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WINTER CHALLENGE 2022
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Readerboard Name: Librarianish25.6
Option 1: Read a book with ALL of the letters in ZUMBA found in any combination of the title, subtitle and/or author’s name.
I read Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach. Reluctantly. So reluctantly. I read the kindle edition.
Top pb here has 336 pages.
Fuzz is Nonfiction. Claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket.
Option 3: Zumba class is only as good as the instructor who leads it, and I’ve been fortunate to have some excellent ones:
I read The Library Book, by Susan Orlean. I read the audiobook.
Top pb here has 310 pages.
The Library Book is Nonfiction. Claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket.
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Points this post: 25
Points to date: 680/840
Books read: 56/71
BB: 5
GO: 1
IF: 10
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Repost25.3 - Cat's Task: In the Twenties
Option 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
Both of these books are new to me
Total points: 305
20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's Task: The Golden Age of Detective FictionOption 1: Read a book by Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Margery Allingham, or Ngaio Marsh that was published BEFORE 1939.
I read The Murder on the Links
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... by Agatha Christie published 1923
***Claiming a Golden Oldie ticket for being published in 1923***
New Points: 20
Total Points: 385
BB: 1
GO: 2
IaF: 4
Amy B25.2 - Nick KY's Task: Playing Doubles
Read two books, one Book 1 and one Book 2.
No Book with a genre of “Children’s”, "Kids," etc. may be used.
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.”
Dirty Birds by Morgan Murray - 432 pgs
Book 2. Read a book first published in a year from this list of years with exactly two twos: 1922, 2002, 2012, 2020
REQUIRED: State the year in which the book was first published.
Nights When Nothing Happened by Simon Han (2020) - 272 pgs
This Task: 25 points
To Date: 675 Points
Links function is not working. I will come back and add the book links later.
StaceyNC20.1 Most Improved - ForestGardenGal's Task: So Much to
Option C: Read a book from one of the lists
Book: About that Night (search unavailable currently)
Completed: 2/28/23
Page 1 of Law and Lawyers in Fiction list
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 545
Tasks Completed: 34
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Becky's Task: Little LovesOption 1: Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra
Author initials in OILMAn
Final points total: 335
Thanks to all, especially Sandy and Dlmrose!
Kim O20.10 - Group Reads Gutenberg Classics
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Golden Oldie -- first published January 5, 1886
Discussion post 14
Points this task: 20
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
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Totals:
Points: 105
Big Book - 500+: 0
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 1
It's a Fact: 4
Brooklyn 20.1 – So Much to Read…So Little Time
Option C: Read a book from the “Law and Lawyers in Fiction” listopia
The 8th Confession by James Patterson
Found on pg 5
Points this post: 20
Total points: 170/840
Tasks completed: 21/52
Books read: 21
Brooklyn 20.2 – Little Loves
Option 1: Read a book by an author whose first & last initials can be found in OILMAN
The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven by Nathaniel Ian Miller
Points this post: 20
Total points: 190/840
Tasks completed: 22/52
Books read: 22
Brooklyn 20.3 – The Golden Age of Detective Fiction
Option 2: Read a whole-numbered book from a mystery series that takes place between 1919-1939
A Case of Blackmail in Belgravia by Clara Benson
#1 in the Freddy Pilkinton-Soames series; set in 1929
Points this post: 20
Total points: 210/840
Tasks completed: 23/52
Books read: 23
Brooklyn 20.4 – Remembering My Parents
Option 2: Read a book set at least 50% in a Scandinavian country
The Winners by Fredrik Backman
100% set in Sweden per GR description
Points this post: 20
Total points: 230/840
Tasks completed: 24/52
Books read: 24
Kathy KS20.10 - Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Winter 2022- 2023 season.
Nonfiction - A Comedian's Memoir/Biography
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
My discussion is found at Message 19
I both listened to part of the audiobook and finished reading an ebook; pb-288 p. (no mmpb)
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 395
Tasks completed: 20/52
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: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 5
Delicious Dee10.1 - BINGO!
Breaking the Bro Code - BING in Breaking; O in Bro
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 780
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies: 3
Its Just a Fact: 6
Brooklyn 20.5 – Public Enemy
Option 4: Read a book with a beach on the cover
by Dorothea Benton FrankPoints this post: 20
Total points: 250/840
Tasks completed: 25/52
Books read: 25
Brooklyn 20.6 – The Right to Vote!
Option 2: Read a non-fiction book with a MPG of History, Feminism, Politics, Womens, or Social Movements
The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom
MPG of History; Non-fiction
Points this post: 20
Total points: 270/840
Tasks completed: 26/52
Books read: 26
Kristen IA20.4 - Golden Oldies - XBM's Task: Remembering my parents
Choose one book from the following options. REQUIRED: Specify the option you used.
Option 1: Read a book with ALL of the letters in SALMON found in any combination of the title and/or subtitle.
Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith From Fear by Jinger Duggar Vuolo
I listened to the audio and have linked to the PB edition.
*******I claim 1 "It's a Fact" ticket*******
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 180/840
Tasks Completed: 12/52
BB: 1
GO: 1
NF: 2
Brooklyn 20.7 – Marching for Women’s Suffrage!
Option C: Read a book set at least 50% in Wyoming or Tennessee
Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson
100% set in Tennessee per GR description
Points this post: 20
Total points: 290/840
Tasks completed: 27/52
Books read: 27
Brooklyn 20.8 – Woolworth’s Great Five Cent Store
Read a nonfiction book with a 4+ letter word in its title that can be made from FRANK WINFIELD WOOLWORTH
Hello, Molly!: A Memoir by Molly Shannon - 304 pgs
Word is HELLO
Points this post: 20
Total points: 310/840
Tasks completed: 28/52
Books read: 28
Brooklyn 20.9 – FOXLEASE
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose initials are in FOXLEASE
The Foundling by Ann Leary
Points this post: 20
Total points: 330/840
Tasks completed: 29/52
Books read: 29
Brooklyn 20.10 – Group Reads
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
My comment is #18: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 20
Total points: 350/840
Tasks completed: 30/52
Books read: 30
Reposting 2865 to claim a Golden Oldies Ticket. 5.5 - Herald Square
Read a book with a main page genre of Holiday or an individual seasonal holiday genre that occurs from December to January, such as "Christmas"
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
"Christmas" is the third term on the Main Page Genre list.
Claiming a GOLDEN OLDIES ticket. A Christmas Carol was published in 1843.
Points: N/A
Total points: 600
Big Book 6
Golden Oldies 4
It's a Fact 11 - I think this should be 12
(post 38)
Delicious Dee20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Becky's Task: Little Loves
Option 2 - The Meet Cute Method - CUTE can be made from the letters in GARBAGE TRUCK
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 800
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies: 3
Its Just a Fact: 6
Brooklyn 50.1 – Out With the Old, In With the New
Book 1: Read a book with OLD or NEW in the title
The Old Woman with the Knife by Gu Byeong-mo - 288 pgs
Book 2: Read a book first published in 2022 or 2023
Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica - 320 pgs
First published in 2023
Book 3: Read a book by an author whose first & last initials are found in CLEAN SLATE
Maggie Moves On by Lucy Score - 416 pgs
288 + 320 + 416 = 1,024 pgs
Points this post: 50
Total points: 400/840
Tasks completed: 31/52
Books read: 33
CathyG30.1 - Katrisa's Task: The Sandman
Choose 2 different options. Since this task is based on graphic novels, you may use one graphic novel/comic. The combined page total should be at least 500 pages.
2, The Endless - The 7 Endless are: Destiny, Death, Dream, Destruction, Desire, Despair, and Delirium/Delight. Delirium and Delight are considered separately for this task, so there are eight choices. Read a book with one of the names of the Endless found in the TITLE. Plurals or possessives are acceptable, but no other variations.
I Dream of Genies by Judi Fennell 392pp
5. Better to Rule in Hell - Spend some time with either Angels or Demons and read a book from one of these lists: Books with Angels, Gods, or Demons p4
Stormwalker by Allyson James 330pp
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 500/840
Tasks completed: 25/52
Books read: 34
It's a Fact tickets: 4
Sue T10.7 - Black Venus
Read a book by an AUTHOR on this list A Book By A Woman of Color
The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama who is on page 1 of the list.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 50/840
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 5
This is my last post of the challenge. Thanks as always to the mods and task creators.
I am claiming two It's A Fact Tickets for books in post 2996. Post 2996:
50.1 - 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. 105+ 400+ 288 = 793 pages
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. "New" in "News"
Ghosting the News: Local Journalism and the Crisis of American Democracy by Margaret Sullivan, 105 pages, Nonfiction
Book 2: Old Year vs. New Year
Read a book first published in either 2022 or 2023.
Search by Michelle Huneven. Published April 2022. Audio, no mmp, first PB = 400 pages.
Book 3: Clean Slate: B. Read a book whose author's first and last initials are found in "clean slate." L.C.
The Flame by Leonard Cohen, 288 pages, nonfiction MPG
Claiming an It's a Fact Ticket for book 1 Ghosting the News: Local Journalism and the Crisis of American Democracy Nonfiction MPG
Claiming an It's a Fact Ticket for book 3 The Flame. MPG nonfiction
Points: --
Total Points: 600
Big Book 6
Golden Oldies 4
It's a Fact 12
(post 39)
15.3. From A to ZOption 1:
A. Read a book the title of which begins with the letter A.
I read Afterlife which starts with an A.
AND
B. Read a book the author of which contains the letter Z.
I read The Fraud Squad by Kyla Zhao, whose last name starts with a Z.
points: 190
books read: 18
tasks completed: 13
Big Books: 1
pages read: 6072
Thank you to the mods for everything they do!!
Kristi CO20.4 - Golden Oldies - XBM's Task: Remembering my parents
Option 1: SALMON
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Delicious Dee20.4 - Golden Oldies - XBM's Task: Remembering my parents
Option 2 - The Fires - set in Iceland
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 820
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies: 3
Its Just a Fact: 6
RACHEL CA 70 points5.01 by female author, Modern Art Desserts: Recipes for Cakes, Cookies, Confections, and Frozen Treats Based on Iconic Works of Art, Freeman, Caitlin IT’S A FACT
5.03 published in April or May, Sabrina & Corina, Fajardo-Anstine, Kali * (comment: published April 2, 2019)
5.04 made into a movie,Cyrano de Bergerac, Rostand, Edmond (comment: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12889404/) GOLDEN OLDIE 1897
5.08 won an award, Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void, Roach, Mary (comment: Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Nonfiction (2010)) IT’S A FACT
5.10 free choice, A Painted House, John Grisham*
10.04 four letters, penicillium notatum, The Man Who Came Uptown, George Pelecanos (comment: came)
10.05 #5 in a series, The Devil's Cave, Martin Walker
25.04, options 1 and 3, 4 letters (eighteenth amendment); set at least 50% NY, etc. To The Bright Edge of the World, Ivey, Eowyn (comment: edge); Also a Poet: Frank O'Hara, My Father, and Me, Calhoun, Ada (NY)
Points this post: 70
Total points: 70
It’s a Fact: 2
Golden Oldie: 1
Kristi CO20.10 - Group Reads
Fiction - Historical Fiction 1900-1939
Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Julia103's Task: Marching for Women's Suffrage!
Option C: Tennessee
Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
15.6. King TutBook: Death Comes as the End
How it fits: Set 100% in Egypt
*** Claiming GO ticket; first published 1944
Points this post: 15
Total points: 195
BB tickets: 2
GO tickets: 5
IAF tickets: 4
Kristi CO25.4 - Sandy's Task: Remembering my Grandparents
Option 1: EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (ninth) (461 pg)
Option 3: New York
They're Going to Love You by Meg Howrey (288 pg)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO25.7 - Delicious Dee's Task: Where in the World Am I?
Book A, Option 3: Belgium
Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo (496 pg)
Book B, Option 3: CHICAGO
The Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz (384 pg)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 7
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO10.8 - Well, I'll Be Dammed!
California
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Points this post: 10
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 8
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Becky's Task: Little Loves
Option 2: GARBAGE TRUCK
Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid (back)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 140
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 9
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO10.7 - Black Venus
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler (page 1)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 150
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 10
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO5.8 - And The Winner Is...
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction (2022)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 155
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 11
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO5.4 - Hooray For Hollywood
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167261/
Points this post: 5
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 12
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO5.1 - Votes For Women
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
Points this post: 5
Total points: 165
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 13
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO5.10 - The Best Things in Life Are Free
Exiles by Jane Harper
Points this post: 5
Total points: 170
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 14
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.2 - Bee's Knees
Francis De Sales: Introduction to the Devout Life & Treatise on the Love of God
168 Pages
Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket
Totals
Points: 200
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 4
Total Tasks Completed: 16
Total Books Completed: 18
Delicious Dee20.5 - Bigger is Better- Lauren Jodi's task: Public Enemy
Option 3 - Beginner's Luck
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 840
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies: 3
Its Just a Fact: 6
Mod
SandiCompleted Task
10.2 - Bee's Knees
Page Count = 200 or less
Season Of Hope by Carol Cox
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 215
Points Earned this Post: 10
Total Points To Date: 225
Kristen IA15.1. Pick your century!
Read 2 books, from 2 different options:
C. A book first published in 1820 - 1829
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving - published 1820
D. A book first published in 1920 - 1929
The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie - published 1923
*******I claim 2 "Golden Oldies" tickets*******
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 195/840
Tasks Completed: 13/52
BB: 1
GO: 3
NF: 2
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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5.1 Votes for Women - Female Author Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
This Task:
Points: 5
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 360
Books Read: 29
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +500: 1
IAF Ticket: 7
Tasks Completed: 21
All done!! Thank you admins!