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WINTER CHALLENGE 2022
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Replaced 3005 15.4. "You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet"
Option 1: Read one Book 1 and one Book 2.
Book 1: B. Read a book with a title word of at least 4 letters that can be made from the letters in the phrase, "WAiT a minutE, wait a minute, you ain't heaRd nothin' yet!"
"WATER"
The Water Keeper by Charles Martin
Audio, no mmp, the first paperback is 352 pages. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Book 2:
Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in "The Jazz Singer."
Nothing Ventured by Jeffrey Archer J.A.
Audio. mmp is 405 pages. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
✔️Points: 15
✔️Total Points: 565
Big Book 6
Golden Oldies 3
✔️It's a Fact -1 = 10
(post 26)
Blue20.1 Most Improved - ForestGardenGal's Task: So Much to Read...So Little Time
Option A - Read a book from this list: Best Philosophical Literature
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Book can be found on the 1st page of the given list.
*** Claiming 1 Golden Oldies ticket as this book was first published in 1927 ***
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| Points this post: 20
| Total points: 75
| Books read: 7
| Tasks completed: 7
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| Tickets:
| BB: 0
| GO: 2
| NF: 1
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Blue20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Julia103's Task: Marching for Women's Suffrage!
Option A: Read a book with MPG Feminism, Womens, Social Movements, or Social Justice.
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
*** Claiming 1 It's A Fact ticket for Non-Fiction ***
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| Points this post: 20
| Total points: 95
| Books read: 8
| Tasks completed: 8
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| Tickets:
| BB: 0
| GO: 2
| NF: 2
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Jen K10.1 - BINGO!
Butter Honey Pig Bread
Butter hONey pIG
*****
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 745
IAF: 12
Kai5.4 Hooray for Hollywood
Read a book or book series that was made into a TV show or movie.
Friends And Heroes by Olivia Manning
Book #3 of the Fortunes of War series, which was made into a TV series starring Kenneth Branaugh and Emma Thompson in 1987 (Wikipedia page available, but Goodreads will not let me link)
New Points: 5
Total Points: 330
Tasks Completed: 20
Angela IL20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Julia103's Task: Marching for Women's Suffrage!
Option C: Read a book set at least 50% in Wyoming or Tennessee.
Isn't It Bromantic? by Lyssa Kay Adams- 2/28
Setting: Tennessee/ on Main Book Page
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 615
Books Read: 46
Tasks Completed: 34
BB Ticket: 3
NF Ticket: 7
Thank you current mods for all your hard word with these challenges and good luck on your future endeavors and I am sure way more free time!
trishhartuk25.8 MegSCL's Task: The Chinese Zodiac
My animal is the Monkey (2028, 2016, 2007, 1992, 1980, 1968, 1956)
Option 1: Read a book published in your animal's year.
The Sweet Taste of Murder, CeeCee James
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (230pg)
First published 14 July 2016
Option 2. Read a book with your animal on the cover.
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB (French): ici (448pg).
PB matching the kindle edition: here (352pg)
Okayed for a monkey on the cover in the Help Thread for 5.6 Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie: 1 – Monkey was first published in 1592
Total Points: 635
Tasks Completed: 42
Golden Oldie Tickets: 7
It’s a Fact Tickets: 8
Chris MD 15.10 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.
I read The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde for the Gutenberg classic, and I was assigned Historical Fiction as the category I could not pick. So I read
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy, which was in the Comedian Memoir/Biography category
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 384 pages.
Total points: 840
Phew!!!!!!!
MEGAN F. 25.3 - Cat's Task: In the Twenties
Option 1: read a book from one of these lists of books you "should" read in your twenties:
From theculturetrip list (https://theculturetrip.com/north-amer...) I read:
Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro
Option 2: read a book set at least 90% in the 1920s (1920 - 1929). If the time setting is not obvious in the blurb provide a reference to support it.
The Paris Wife - Paula McLain
Both books were new to me!
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 255
Kai5.8 And the Winner Is…
Read a book that has WON an award.
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
2022 Goodreads Choice Award for Science Fiction Winner
New Points: 5
Total Points: 335
Tasks Completed: 21
Kai5.10 The Best Things in Life are Free
Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
My Volcano by John Elizabeth Stintzi
New Points: 5
Total Points: 340
Tasks Completed: 22
Kai15.1 Pick Your Century!
Read 2 books, from 2 different options:
OPTION B: A book first published in 1720 - 1729
Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe
Published 1722
OPTION D: A book first published in 1920 - 1929
The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield
Published 1922
New Points: 15
Total Points: 355
Tasks Completed: 23
Kai20.6 It's a Fact - CynBaxter's Task: The Right to Vote!
OPTION 2: Choose a non-fiction book with an MPG of one of the following: History, Feminism, Politics, Womens, Social Movements
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay: An Unforgettable Comic Chronicle of Innocents Abroad in the 1920s by Cornelia Otis Skinner
Womens
New Points: 20
Total Points: 375
Tasks Completed: 24
KaiREPOST - FIXING 2736
15.3 From A to Z
Option 1: Read one book 1 and one book 2
Book 1: Read a book the title of which begins with the letter A.
Animals by Emma Jane Unsworth
Book 2: Read a book in which the author's name contains the letter Z.
The Tortoise and the Hare by Elizabeth Jenkins
New Points: 15
Total Points: 375
MEGAN F. 5.1 - Votes for Women
1920 - The 19th amendment was ratified legally guaranteeing American women the right to vote. Read a book by a female author.
People We Meet on Vacation - Emily Henry
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 260
KaiREPOST - FIXING 2736
20.5 Bigger is Better- Lauren Jodi's task: Public Enemy
Option 4: Read a book with a beach on the cover.
An Island by Karen Jennings
New Points: 20
Total Points: 375
MEGAN F. 5.7 - The Everest of Swimming
1926 - Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim the English Channel. Read a book set 50% or more in either the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) or France. REQUIRED: If the setting is not clear from the GR description or the metadata, provide a reference.
A Weekend with Mr. Darcy - Victoria Connelly
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 265
KaiREPOST - FIXING 2736
10.1 BINGO!
Read a book with ALL the letters of BINGO in the title and/or subtitle.
Absolute Beginners by Colin MacInnes
New Points: 10
FINAL POINTS: 375
MEGAN F. 5.10 - The Best Things in Life Are Free
1929 - The Great Depression began. However, the best things in life are free, so they say, so free choice. Read any book that meets SRC rules. For this task, a book with the MPG Childrens, Kids, Middle Grade or Juvenile that is NOT found in ARBF may be used.
Cloud Cuckoo Land - Anthony Doerr
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 270
Andy P.Task # 10.9 - Empress of the Blues
Read a book with a word from a Bessie Smith song title listed below in the TITLE
After You've Gone by Jeffrey Lent
After You’ve Gone — peaked at #7 in 1927
Points this post: 10
Total points: 815
5.7 - The Everest of SwimmingRead a book set 50% or more in either the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) or France.
This book is set in England "... on the sands of St Piran in Cornwall" -
*https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Not Forgetting the Whale aka The Whale at the End of the world. I read the kindle and audio. The paperback is 360 pages.
Points:
Total Points: 575 -Adjust total points at the end - 5
Big Book 6
Golden Oldies 3
It's a Fact 10
(post 33)
5.1 - Votes For WomenRead a book by a female author.
Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home by Jessica Fechtor
Claiming It's a Fact: Nonfiction MPG
Points: 5
Total Points: 580
Big Book 6
Golden Oldies 3
It's a Fact 11
(post 34)
5.3 - April ShowersRead a book FIRST published in April or May of any year.
Have You Seen Luis Velez? by Catherine Ryan Hyde, Published May 21, 2019
Audio, no mmp, paperback is 320 pages: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Points: 5
Total Points: 585
Big Book 6
Golden Oldies 3
It's a Fact 11
(post 35)
10.4 - Wonder DrugRead a book with a word in the title of at least 4 letters that can be made using the letters in PENIenicilliuM notatum. Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
"Mine"
The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O'Farrell, audio, mmp 408 pages:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
English paperback 374 pages: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...
Points: 10
Total Points: 595
Big Book 6
Golden Oldies 3
It's a Fact 11
(post 36)
25.7 600+ pgsBook A:
Option 3: author initials in LATVIA
Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine, 1921-1933 by Anne Applebaum 384 pgs
Book B:
Op 3: initials in CHICAGO
Wild Fire by Ann Cleeves 398 pgs
Books read: 33
Point Total: 390/840
Tasks Total: 27/52
10.9 - Empress of the BluesRead a book with a word from a Bessie Smith song title listed below in the TITLE. Any word works including I, Do, If, You, The. The word must match exactly.
Song: THE St. Louis Blues — peaked at #3 in 1925
Book: THE Hungry Tide
The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh
Points: 10
Total Points: 605 - 5 = 600
Big Book 6
Golden Oldies 3
It's a Fact 11 - I think this should be 12
(post 37)
30.3 The Importance of December 7Option 3) Mississippi Mud by Edward Humes
Option 6: The Soldier's Wife by Margaret Leroy
On page 1 of the list.
Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 430
That's it for me this season! Thanks to the mods for their hard work.
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Lucy- Bookworm's Task: FOXLEASEOption 1
Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in “FOXLEASE”.
The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
Total Points: 115
KYLIE15.3 - From A to Z
A. Read a book the title of which begins with the letter A.
AND
B. Read a book the author of which contains the letter Z.
A. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
B. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Task Points: 15
Total Points: 135
Books Read: 12
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Julia103's Task: Marching for Women's Suffrage!Option A: Read a book with MPG Feminism, Womens, Social Movements, or Social Justice.
Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
Total Points: 135
25.4 - Sandy's Task: Remembering my GrandparentsOption 1 - Read a book with a title (not subtitle) containing a word of at least 4 letters that can be made from the letters in EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT.
The Unspoken Name - NAME
Option 2 - Read a book with a single author, whose initials (all of them) appear in the phrase BATHTUB GIN.
Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail by Ashley Herring Blake
Total Points: 160
Mod
15.4. "You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet"Option 1, book 1B, title word from letters in "Wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain't heard nothin' yet": Everything Beautiful in Its Time: Seasons of Love and Loss by Jenna Bush Hager
The word is Time.
Option 1, book 2, author's initials in "The Jazz Singer": Summer Hours at the Robbers Library by Sue Halpern
Points this post: 15
Total points: 805
Last post for this season. Thank you, moderators, for this and many past seasons of this challenge.
20.1 Most Improved - ForestGardenGal's Task: So Much to Read...So Little TimeOption B: First published in 1950 or earlier
I read an ebook version of Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions published 1884
This book is new to me
***Claiming a Golden Oldies Ticket for being published in 1884***
New Points: 20
Total Points: 365
BB: 1
GO: 1
IaF: 4
Sarah E30.3 - Robin (Saturndoo)'s Task: The Importance of December 7th
Option 2: COTTON in title
A Killing at Cotton Hill: A Samuel Craddock Mystery
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is A Killing at Cotton Hill
Option 5: page count that contains a "4" AND a "9"
Apples Never Fall
I listened to an audio, top paperback - no MMP - is Apples Never Fall - 496 pages
Total points: 730
Kathy KS15.3. From A to Z
Option 2:
Read one book that satisfies the requirements of both A and B of Option 1.
A. Read a book the title of which begins with the letter A.
AND
B. Read a book the author of which contains the letter Z.
A Tale of Two Clocks by James H. Schmitz
TITLE: A tale of...
AUTHOR: schmitZ
*******
Points for this task: 15
Total points : 375
Tasks completed: 19/52
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 4
trishhartukThe book I was going to claim doesn't seem to work - I couldn't get the book links properly, and the GR page had more authors than the book cover does. So better not to try and end up on the naughty list at the eleventh hour. So placeholding so it doesn't knock out the message numbers.
Mod
Option A: Read a book with MPG Feminism, Womens, Social Movements, or Social Justice.
Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary
MPG Feminism & Womens
(Also works for option B with the word suffragette in the subtitle!)
This is non-fiction so I claim an It's a Fact ticket
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 480 + 20 = 500
Total Tasks Completed: 33
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Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 3
It's a Fact: 14+1 = 15
Sarah E25.8 - MegSCL's Task: The Chinese Zodiac
I chose the pig - pig years are 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019, 2031
Option 1: First published in 1995
Practical Magic
Option 2: Pig on cover
Total Points: 755
Enormous thanks to the outgoing mods for all your years of managing the challenge; and thank you to the new mods for stepping up. You are all amazing. Thank you!
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Book 1
option 2
Read a book from this list: Epistolary_Fiction
I read Carrie which is on page 1 of the list
Book 2
Option 4
Read a book with a MPG of Plays.
I read Romeo and Juliet
points for this task: 25
total points: 85
books read: 10
tasks done: 8
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Book 1
option 1
Read a book with a title (not subtitle) containing a word of at least 4 letters that can be made from the letters in EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT.
I read The Night Circus where night can be made of letters from eIGHTeeNth amendment
Book 2
Option 2
Read a book with a single author, whose initials (all of them) appear in the phrase BATHTUB GIN. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the target phrase.
I read The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest which is written by Anatoli Boukreev and both A and B can be found in BAthtub gin
points for this task: 25
total points: 110
books read: 12
tasks done: 9
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Read a book by a female author.
I read Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
points for this task: 5
total points: 115
books read: 13
tasks done: 10
Line10.10
Read a book with a main page genre that includes Romance or Romantic.
I read Twilight which has romance as a MPG
points for this task: 10
total points: 125
books read: 14
tasks done: 11
Julia10310.4 - Wonder Drug
Palon, a Windward novella
(Palon is in the target phrase: P and L in Penicillium, AO and N in Notatum)
E-book was approved for length in post #3 of the new e-book verification thread.
This post: 10 points
Total points: 675
BB: 3
GO: 2
NF: 7
Tasks completed: 39
Books read this season: 55
End of the season for me. I'm not going to try to push through another book tonight.
EMurphy5.10 The Best Things in Life Are Free - Book of your choice Love After Love by Ingrid Persaud
This Task:
Points: 5
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 350
Books Read: 27
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +500: 1
IAF Ticket: 7
Tasks Completed: 19
EMurphy5.5 Herald Square - MPG Holiday Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand
This Task:
Points: 5
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 355
Books Read: 28
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +500: 1
IAF Ticket: 7
Tasks Completed: 20
MEGSCL25.4 - Sandy's Task: Remembering my Grandparents
Option 2. Bathtub Gin.Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth
Option 3. Set in New York (Brooklyn mentioned in GR blurb). Shmutz
TOTAL - 840
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20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Becky's Task: Little Loves
Option 1: Read a book whose author's initials (first and last) are found in OILMAN.
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
This book was first published in 1950. One Golden Oldies ticket please!
Points this task: 20
Season total: 270
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 3
IAF Tickets: 4
Thanks for a fantastic Winter challenge :)