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WINTER CHALLENGE 2022
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20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Paul's Task: Woolworth's Great Five Cent StoreRead a non-fiction book of 200 or more pages with a word of four or more letters in the title / subtitle that can be made from the letters in Frank WInfiEld WoolworTH. WHITE
Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future by Elizabeth Kolbert.
I listened to the audio; The first mmp 242 pages:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
Claiming - It's a Fact Ticket; Nonfiction
Points: 20
Total points: 130
Big Book 4
Golden Oldies 1
It's a Fact 3
(post 9)
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Lucy- Bookworm's Task: FOXLEASESelect one of the following options:
1) Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in “FOXLEASE”. Initials: S.A.
The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
Points: 20
Total Points: 150
Big Book 4
Golden Oldies 1
It's a Fact 3
(post 10)
15.3. From A to ZOption 1:
A. Read a book the title of which begins with the letter A. "Abigail"
AND
B. Read a book the author of which contains the letter Z. "Szabo"
OR Option 2: Read one book that satisfies the requirements of both A and B of Option 1.
Abigail by Magda Szabó
Points: 15
Total Points: 165
Big Book 4
Golden Oldies 1
It's a Fact 3
(post 11)
Julia10320.1 Most Improved - ForestGardenGal's Task: So Much to Read...So Little Time
Option A: Blacklist (on page 10 of list)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 650
BB: 3
GO: 2
NF: 7
Tasks completed: 37
Books read this season: 52
15.2. Endings and BeginningsA. The most recently published book in a series.
AND
B. The first whole numbered book in a series.
In each case, a series must have at least 3 published whole numbered books.
A. A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #18, published Nov 2022
B. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery.
Anne of Green Gables #1 ( 9 books in the series), published 1908
Anne of Green Gables (Unabridged)
AR Quiz No. 203 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 17.0
Claiming Golden Oldies Ticket:
Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery,
First published Jan 1, 1908
Points: 15
Total Points: 180
Big Book 4
Golden Oldies 2
It's a Fact 3
(post 12)
25.8 - MegSCL's Task: The Chinese ZodiacFor this task choose one animal and complete two of the following tasks using the same animal. REQUIRED: State the animal and the options that you are using. I chose The Year of the Rabbit (2023, 2011), options 1 and 2.
Option 1. Read a book published in your animal's year - 2011
Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
Option 2. Read a book with your animal on the cover. Rabbit.
Watership Down, by Richard Adams
Watership Down
Adams, Richard
AR Quiz No. 749 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 25.0
Points: 25
Total Points: 205
Big Book 4
Golden Oldies 2
It's a Fact 3
(post 13)
Delicious Dee20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Julia103's Task: Marching for Women's Suffrage!
Option B - The Voting Booth
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 735
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies: 3
Its Just a Fact: 6
MEGSCL50.1 - Lisa MD's Task: Out With the Old, In With the New
1 -The Last Days of New Paris
2 -Daisy Darker
3B - When We Fall by Aoife Clifford
TOTAL - 755
MEGSCL30.3 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: The Importance of December 7th
Option 2: The Candy House
Option 3: Uncultured: A Memoir
TOTAL - 785
Lisa MD10.10 - The Latin Lover
MPG: Romance
☑️🎄The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband by Julia Quinn
384 pages
🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 660/840
Total Books Read: 52
Tasks Completed: 41/52
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 4
Non Fiction Tickets: 11
Chris MD 25.1 Book Style Challenge
Option 2: Read a book from this list: Epistolary Fiction
Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
This book is currently #21 on the first page.
Option 3: Read a book with a MPG of sequential art, manga or graphic novel.
Pinball: A Graphic History of the Silver Ball by John Chad
Top MPG is "Graphic Novels"
Total points: 825
FLY Task #20.4 - Golden Oldies - XBM's Task: Remembering my parents
task: Option 1: ALL of the letters in SALMON found in the title
book: Marilla of Green Gables
(my version is kindle, first MMPB here)
how it fits: MarilLA Of greeN gableS
Points this post: 20
Total points: 400
Tasks completed: 28/52
Big Book tickets: 5
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
It's A Fact tickets: 3
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Readerboard name: List_addict20.2: Rookie at the Top - Becky’s Task: Little Loves
Option 2: A title containing an at least four letter word from GARBAGE TRUCK
Beat The Reaper by Josh Bazell
Word: beat
Total this Challenge: 50
Readerboard name: List_Addict10.9: Empress of the Blues
A word in the title matches one in the given song titles
The Last Hour of Gann by R Lee Smith
Word: the
Song: The St Louis Blues
Total this Challenge: 60
15.7. Here's Mickey!Read a book with a 2 word title, where both words begin with the same letter.
Cupid Calling by Viano Oniomoh
IAF tickets general: 2
GO tickets general: 2
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 285
Readerboard Name: List_ Addict5.1: Votes for Women
A female author
Wicked Ties by Shayla Black
Total this challenge: 65
trishhartuk25.2 Nick KY's Task: Playing Doubles
Book 1. Read a book with a title of two words which begin with a letter from the phrase “TWO DOUBLES.”
Doing Time, Jodi Taylor
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (464pg)
D in Doubles, T in Two
Book 2. Read a book first published in a year from this list of years with exactly two twos: 1922, 2002, 2012, 2020.
The Thursday Murder Club, Richard Osman
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB with a page count (Portuguese): here (383pg)
Top PB (English): here (381pg)
First published 3 September 2020
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 605
Tasks Completed: 40
Golden Oldie Tickets: 6
It’s a Fact Tickets: 7
Amy B50.1 - Lisa MD's Task: Out With the Old, In With the New
Read three books, one from each of the following options. The three books must total at least 750 pages. No books with children, kids or related genres on the main book page may be used.
Book 1: Old Ways vs. New Habits
Read a book with either the word "old" or "new" found intact in a word in the title or subtitle.
The New World by Chris Adrian - 224 pages
Book 2: Old Year vs. New Year
Read a book first published in either 2022 or 2023.
Toad by Katherine Dunn (2022) - 352 pgs
Book 3: Clean Slate: You Are the Author of Your Own Story
A. Read a book with a title and/or subtitle that contains all the letters in "clean slate." Letters may only be used as often as they appear in the title/subtitle.
A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories by Lucia Berlin - 406 pgs
This Task: 50 Points
To Date: 635 Points
Joanne MI20.8 - Nickels & Dimes
non-fiction book of 200 or more pages with a word of four or more letters in the title / subtitle that can be made from the letters in Frank Winfield Woolworth.
The world is Wild
Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier
Claiming 1 IAF and 1 BB at 592 pages
Task total 20
1 IAF
1 BB
Season Total 300
IAF Total 8
BB Total 3
CathyG25.8 - MegSCL's Task: The Chinese Zodiac
For this task choose one animal and complete two of the following tasks using the same animal.
REQUIRED: State the animal and the options that you are using. tiger
Option 1
Read a book published in your animal's year. 2022
The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
Option 2
Read a book with your animal on the cover. REQUIRED: post the cover
Once Upon a Tiger by Kat Simons
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 455/840
Tasks completed: 23/52
Books read: 30
It's a Fact tickets: 4
CathyG15.2. Endings and Beginnings
A. Celebrate the end of the year by reading the most recently published book in a series or a book that includes the word FINAL or LAST in its title. Words must match exactly.
The Last Field Party by Abbi Glines
AND
B. Celebrate the beginning of the year by reading the first whole numbered book in a series
Quick and the Dead by Susan Moody
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 470/840
Tasks completed: 24/52
Books read: 32
It's a Fact tickets: 4
Amy B15.9. I Resolve to Read Lots of Books
Read a book whose author's first and last initials can be found sequentially in NEWYEARSRESOLUTION. The letters can appear either forward or backwards, and the final N wraps to the beginning N, so an author with the initials NN can be used.
Oval by Elvia Wilk
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 650 Points
trishhartuk5.6 Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes
Read a book with a monkey or ape on the cover.
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: My Life with the Chimpanzees, Jane Goodall
It’s a Fact: Tags include Nonfiction, Animals, Science, Biography, Memoir
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
It’s a Fact: 1 – My Life with the Chimpanzees is Nonfiction
Total Points: 610
Tasks Completed: 41
Golden Oldie Tickets: 6
It’s a Fact Tickets: 8
Angela IL25.3 - Cat's Task: In the Twenties
Option 1: read a book from one of these lists of books you "should" read in your twenties:
https://www.vogue.com/article/30-book...
Above List Used
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney- 2/27
Option 3: read a book that is in the 20s of a series (#20 - #29).
Gone by Jonathan Kellerman- 12/30
Both of these books are New To Me
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 595
Books Read: 45
Tasks Completed: 33
BB Ticket: 3
NF Ticket: 7
MAZZA110.5 - Chanel No. 5
Read a book that is #5 in a series.
Towards Zero
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 735
Mod
Scythe by Neal Shusterman / SCYTHE spelled from phrase
Points this post: 5
Total points: 780
Mod
Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann / nominee in the Fiction-Animals category
I read Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood for task 20.10, already posted and verified for points (post 2709)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 795
Andy P.Task # 15.3. From A to Z
Option 1:
A. Read a book the title of which begins with the letter A.
A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham
B. Read a book in which the author' name contains the letter Z.
The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg
Points this post: 15
Total points: 805
Sarah E5.9 - WGY TV
My Name is Not Easy
I listened to an audio, paperback - no MMP - is My Name Is Not Easy
EASY can be found in SCHENECTADY
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9.0
Total points: 625
Sarah E5.10 - The Best Things in Life Are Free
Spellmaker
I read the kindle edition but have linked to the top paperback, no MMP
Total points: 630
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ30.3 - The Importance of December 7th
Book 1 -
A Christmas Candy Killing by Christina Romeril
Option 2 - The title contains the word "CANDY".
Link to HB edition (no MMP nor PB edition): A Christmas Candy Killing
Book 2 -
Obsidio by Amie Kaufman
Option 4 - This book can be found on page 3 of the Epistolary Novels Books list.
This post: 30 points
Total points to date: 225 points
Tasks completed: 16
Becky C30.1 - Katrisa's Task: The Sandman
Option 3. Read a book with an MPG of retellings.
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Option 4. Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters from the lyrics of “Enter Sandman” in the TITLE.
Exit Strategy by Martha Wells
Word: Exit
Points earned this post: 30
Total points: 280
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.1 - Votes For Women
A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham
Stacy Willingham is a female author.
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 230 points
Tasks completed: 17
Becky C50.1 - Lisa MD's Task: Out With the Old, In With the New
Book 1: Read a book with either the word "old" or "new" found intact in a word in the title or subtitle.
The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old Man by Jonas Jonasson
Book 2: Read a book first published in either 2022 or 2023.
Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne
Book 3B: B. Read a book whose author's first and last initials are found in "clean slate."
Milk Run by Nathan Lowell
Points earned this post: 50
Total points: 330
Becky C20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Paul's Task: Woolworth's Great Five Cent
Read a non-fiction book of 200 or more pages with a word of four or more letters in the title / subtitle that can be made from the letters in Frank Winfield Woolworth.
The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede
WORLD
Claim: "It's a fact"
Points earned this post: 20
Total points: 350
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.9 - Empress of the Blues
The Locked Door by Freida McFadden
"The" matches "The" in The St. Louis Blues.
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 240 points
Tasks completed: 18
Becky C15.10. They All Look Good to Me
Read a book that was nominated for the group read for Winter 2022-2023, in a different category than the book you used for Task 20.10. You can use any of the 20 nominees in those 2 categories.
Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson
I read Remarkably Bright Creatures for Task 20.10.
Points earned this post: 15
Total points: 365
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ25.2 - Playing Doubles
Book 1 -
Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
Title contains two words and T and D can be found in the phrase “Two Doubles.”
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): Truly Devious - 420 pages which is more than 220 pages.
Book 2 -
In a Witch's Wardrobe by Juliet Blackwell
This book was first published in 2012.
Link to MMP edition: In a Witch's Wardrobe -322 pages which is more than 220 pages.
This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 265 points
Tasks completed: 19
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ25.4 - Remembering my Grandparents
Book 1 -
More Than You'll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez
Option 1 - "THAN" can be created from the letters in eigHTeenth AmeNdment.
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): Más de lo que imaginas - 448 pages
Book 2 -
We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix
Option 2 - This book is by a single author whose initials appear in the phrase batHtub Gin.
336 pages
448 + 336 = 784 pages (at least 500 pages)
This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 290 points
Tasks completed: 20
Sarah E10.10 - The Latin Lover
The Shadow Sister
I read a kindle edition, top MMP is Les sept soeurs T.3 ; la soeur de l'ombre
Big Book, 768 pages. Claiming 2 BB tickets.
Total points: 640
Total BBs: 8
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ50.1 - Out With the Old, In With the New
Book 1 -
New Beginnings: Hollow Crest Wolf Pack Book 1 by C.C. Masters
The word "new" is in the title.
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): New Beginnings: Hollow Crest Wolf Pack Book 1 - 218 pages
Book 2 -
The Final Hunt by Audrey J. Cole
This book was first published in 2022.
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): The Final Hunt - 310 pages
Book 3
Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen
Option B - The author's first and last initials are found in "cleAn Slate."
290 pages
218 + 310 + 290 = 818 pages (greater than 750 pages)
This post: 50 points
Total points to date: 340 points
Tasks completed: 21
Sarah E15.2. Endings and Beginnings
Book A: The Bullet That Missed Thursday Murder Club #3
Published September 15, 2022, the most recently published in the series
I listened to an audio. top paperback - no MMP - is The Bullet That Missed
Book B: The Pursuit of Love Radlett and Montdore #1 - three books in series
Golden Oldie, first published 1945. Claiming 1 GO ticket.
Total points: 655
Total GOs: 6
Sarah E20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Lucy- Bookworm's Task: FOXLEASE
Option 1: Author initials in FOXLEASE
The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley by Sean Lusk
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley
Total points: 675
Sarah E25.4 - Sandy's Task: Remembering my Grandparents
Option 1: DEATH can be found in EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT
Death at the Dance
I read the kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is Death at the Dance - 273 pages
Option 2: Author initials in BATHTUB GIN
The Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is The Twist of a Knife - 400 pages
273 + 400 = 673 pages
Total points: 700
EMurphy5.9 WGY TV - Word of at least 4 letters in the title that can be made from the letters in SCHENECTADY Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss
*Word is EATS
**It's a Fact Ticket
This Task:
Points: 5
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Total:
Points: 340
Boks Read: 25
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +500: 1
IAF Ticket: 7
Tasks Completed: 17
EMurphy5.8 And the Winner Is... - WON an award The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri
This Task:
Points: 5
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 345
Books Read: 26
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +500: 1
IAF Ticket: 7
Tasks Completed: 18
25.3 - Cat's Task: In the TwentiesOption 1: Half of a Yellow Sun
This book is last on the 2nd list "theculturetrip.com". I was not able to link to it.
Option 3: Evil Under the Sun
#21 in the Hercule Poirot series
Total points: 305
25.2 - Nick KY's Task: Playing DoublesRead two books, one Book 1 and one Book 2.
Each book must be 220 pages in length or longer.
Book 1. Read a book with a title of two words. Each word must begin with a letter from the phrase “TWO DOUBLES.”
The Winners by Fredrick Backman, 2021
I listened to the audio. There is no mmp, this is the first paperback edition.
Book 2. Read a book first published in a year from this list of years with exactly two twos(1922, 2002, 2012, 2020):
Fast, Feast, Repeat: The Comprehensive Guide to Delay, Don't Deny® Intermittent Fasting by Gin Stephens. First published in 2020. I listened to the audio. There is no mmp, this is the first paperback edition.
BIG BOOK Ticket: The Winners by Fredrick Backman. 673 pages
IT'S A FACT Ticket: Fast, Feast, Repeat: The Comprehensive Guide to Delay, Don't Deny® Intermittent Fasting by Gin Stephens. NONFICTION
Points: 25
Total Points: 230
Big Book 5
Golden Oldies 2
It's a Fact 4
(post 14)
20.4 - Golden Oldies - XBM's Task: Remembering my parentsOption 3: Read a book with ALL of the letters in BINGO found in the author’s name.
Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade by Diana Gabaldon
***Claiming a Big Book ticket for page count of 528 pages***
New Points: 20
Total Points: 345
BB: 1
IaF: 4
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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For the purpose of this task - your choice must be a Non-Fiction book.
Option 2: Choose a non-fiction book with an MPG of one of the following: History, Feminism, Politics, Womens, Social Movements
Paradise Falls: The True Story of an Environmental Catastrophe - MPG Nonfiction and History (the first two genres on the MPG list)
Claiming - It's a Fact Ticket: Nonfiction
Points: 20
Total points: 110
Big Book 4
Golden Oldies 1
It's a Fact 2
(post 8)