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WINTER CHALLENGE 2022
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Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)20.8 - Nickels & Dimes Paul's Task: Woolworth's Great Five Cent Store
Non-fiction -- 200 + pages -- word 4+ letters in title/subtitle made from "Frank WInfield WoolworTH".
Page Count:256
Word: With
Playing with Myself
Points Earned This Post: 20
Points Achieved to Date: 265/840
Tasks Completed: 22/52
Readerboard Name: Librarianish10.8 - Well, I'll Be Damned
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these U.S. states: Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, California.
I read: Upgrade, by Blake Crouch (audio).
Set in Colorado, part in New Mexico.
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Points this post: 10
Points to date: 70/840
Books read: 8/75
BB: 3
GO: 0
IF: 0
25.3 - Cat's Task: in the TwentiesOption 1: Read a book from one of the four lists shown
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff, from the first list of the four
Option 3: Read a book that is #20-29 in a series
Night Watch by Terry Pratchett, #29 in the Discworld series
Both of these books are new to me
Points this post: 25
Total points: 185
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 16
GO tickets: 0
BB tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 1
This post is to repair a mistake I made on post 3335,6 - Tennessee v John Thomas Scopes
Read a book with a monkey or ape on the cover
Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen
Points this post: 5
Total points: 185
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 16
GO tickets: 0
BB tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 1
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)20.5 - Bigger is Better -Lauren Jodi's task: Public Enemy
Option 2: page count consisting of 3 of the following digits in any configuration 1, 4, 2, or 9. The numbers 1, 2, and 9 can be used twice.
Page Count: 224
True Grit
Points Earned This Post: 20
Points Achieved to Date: 285/840
Tasks Completed: 23/52
ROBIN P20.6 It's A Fact - Cynbaxter's Task: The Right to Vote
Option 1: Nonfiction Book from Women's Suffrage List
After the Vote Was Won: The Later Achievements of Fifteen Suffragists
Currently #80 on list
Points this post: 20
Total points: 140
BB:1 GO:1 IAF:2
5.3 - April ShowersRead a book FIRST published in April or May of any year.
Baked Fresh by Annabeth Albert
Ebook only. Approved for length message 8659 of the ebook verification thread.
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 55
20.4 - Golden Oldies - XBM's Task: Remembering my parentsOption 1: Read a book with ALL of the letters in SALMON found in any combination of the title and/or subtitle.
Being Indonesian: Life, Strife and the Pursuit of Democracy Indonesia by Desi Anwar
SALMON found in beiNg indOneSiAn: Life, strife and the pursuit of deMocracy Indonesia
1x It's a Fact tix
Total this Post: 20
It's a Fact: 1
Season Total: 120
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20.10 - Group Reads
Remarkably Bright Creatures. Shelby Van Pelt
Posted Message 7 in the discussion thread
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 95/840
Tasks completed: 6/52
Books read: 6
GO:
BB:
IAF: 1
Nick KY5.10 The Best Things in Life are Free I read Sanctuary by William Faulkner.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 75
Nick KY15.7 Here’s Mickey! I read Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney, two word title, both words begin w “D.” I listened to the audiobook. With no Mass Market, the MP Paperback is here: Daisy Darker, 400 pp.
Points this Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 90
LAUREN JODI20.10 - Group Read
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror by Robert Louis Stevenson
***Claiming 1 Golden Oldie tickets as this book was published in 1886***
My comment is in post 4 of the group read thread.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 85/840
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldies Ticket: 4
It's A Fact Ticket: 2
Total Books Read: 7
Total Tasks Completed: 7/52
Reader Name: ShadowTask 25.2 Nick KY's Task: Playing Doubles
Book 1: Soul Taken
First letters of the book's 2-word title found in the required phrase TwodoubleS
388 pages
Book 2: Wool
First published in 2012, a year with exactly 2 2s.
594 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 25
ROBIN P20.6 It's A Fact - Cynbaxter's Task: The Right to Vote
Option 1: Nonfiction Book from Women's Suffrage List
After the Vote Was Won: The Later Achievements of Fifteen Suffragists
Found on p 1 of list, #80
Points this post: 20
Total points: 140
BB:1 GO:1 IAF:2
Blue5.3 - April Showers
Read a book FIRST published in April or May of any year.
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
First published: May 14, 2019
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| Points this post: 5
| Total points: 15
| Books read: 2
| Tasks completed: 2
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| Tickets:
| BB: 0
| GO: 0
| NF: 1
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trishhartuk10.10 The Latin Lover
MPG of Romance
Practical Magic, Alice Hoffman
Includes Romance as a front page genre
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 80
Tasks Completed: 6
It’s a Fact Tickets: 1
LAUREN JODI10.5 - Chanel No. 5
The Lady Has a Past by Amanda Quick
Book #5 in the Burning Cove series.
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 95/840
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldies Ticket: 4
It's A Fact Ticket: 2
Total Books Read: 8
Total Tasks Completed: 8/52
Task 20.9 - Foxleaseoption 1: author initials in FOXLEASE
The Club by Ellery Lloyd
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110 points
1 BB tix
Task 25.1 - Book Style Challenge1 graphic novel OK
option 3: MPG Graphic Novel
Black Panther Omnibus
option 2: on p1 of Epistolary Fiction list
A Tale for the Time Being
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135 points
1 BB tix
Amy FL10.7 - Black Venus
Sugar - top of page 2 of list (#101) at time of posting
Points this post: 10
Total points: 50
Amy FL10.8 - Well, I'll Be Dammed!
The Recruit - set in California
Points this post: 10
Total points: 60
Madison U30.1 – Katrisa’s Task: The Sandman
Pick two options and read a book from each.
Option 2: read a book with one of these words in title- Destiny, Death, Dream, Destruction, Desire, Despair, Delirium, Delight
The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware
(page count = 368)
Option 3: read a book with MPG of retellings
Joan by Katherine J. Chen
(page count = 368)
Points this task = 30
Total points = 30
Tasks complete = 1/52
Reposting from #371Readerboard Name: Librarianish
10.8 - Well, I'll Be Damned
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these U.S. states: Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, California.
I read: Upgrade, by Blake Crouch (audio).
Set >50% in and around Denver, Colorado. The initial raid is in Denver, the MC is kept in a hospital in Denver, his family comes to Denver to see him. Though the MC travels by car to other states, the Denver office of the GPA is the place they keep coming back to.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upgrade...
https://www.randomhousebooks.com/book...
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Points this post: 10
Points to date: 70/840
Books read: 8/75
BB: 3
GO: 0
IF: 0
Amy FL15.4. "You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet"
Option 2: The Shadows We Hide by Allen Eskens
For book 1B - HIDE in HEarD nothIn and for book 2 - Allen Eskins (AE) in jAzz singEr)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 75
Amy FL15.9. I Resolve to Read Lots of Books
I Am Not Who You Think I Am by Eric Rickstad - ER in REsolution
Points this post: 15
Total points: 90
Amy FL20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Lucy- Bookworm's Task: FOXLEASE
Option 1: The Stolen Hours by Allen Eskens - AE in foxlEAse
Points this post: 20
Total points: 110
20.5 - Bigger is Better- Lauren Jodi's task: Public EnemyOPTION 2: Read a book with a page count consisting of 3 of the following digits in any configuration 1, 4, 2, or 9
Dead Reckoning by Francis Bonnamy
Page count = 192
*This book is a GOLDEN OLDIE - 1st pub 1943*
Points this post: 20
TOTAL POINTS: 60
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: - (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 3
Total books read: 3
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Nick KY5.5 Herald Square I read All Wrapped Up by Kimberly Kincaid, GR genre of Holiday.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 95
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Lucy- Bookworm's Task: FOXLEASE
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Date Read: 12/6
How It Fits: Author Initials LF - FoxLease
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 4
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 55
GO Tickets:
BB Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets:
Andy P.Task # 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 Remarkably Bright Creatures for my group read (fiction Animals). So I read The Dictionary of Lost Words from Poll 2 Historical fiction,
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 85
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)5.6 - Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes
1925 - Monkey or ape on cover.
Page Count: 303 pgs
Ape House
Points Earned This Post: 5
Points Achieved to Date: 290/840
Tasks Completed: 24/52
Coralie10.3 Freudian Slip
From page 14 of the psychology list
Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness
Total to date 85 points
Shawn H. 20.6 - 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
Thank You For Your Servitude: Donald Trump's Washington and the Price of Submission by Mark Leibovich
**Nonfiction book with MPG of Politics**
****claiming 1 it's a fact***
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Ticket Books: 0
It's A Fact: 1
CHANDNI20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Paul's Task: Woolworth's Great Five Cent Store
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.
He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys by Greg Behrendt
208 pages
INTO - IN in Winfield, TO in Woolworth
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 200
30.2 - Teri-k's Task: Happy Birthday, Grandkids!Option 1. Read a book where all the letters in ANIME are found in the title only, not including subtitle.
The Chairman 496 pages
Option 3. February
Read a book that is part of a series AND has an MPG Humor.
Portuguese Irregular Verbs 128 pages
New Points: 30
Total Points: 45
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Lucy- Bookworm's Task: FOXLEASEOption 1, author's initials in FOXLEASE: The Last Chance Library by Freya Sampson
Points this post: 20
Total points: 115
Bookwrm526Task #15.8. Can You Feel It?
Read a book from this list: Blind/Deaf/Mute. I read For the Sake of Elena by Elizabeth George from page 1 of the list.
Total points so far: 80
Katrisa10.8 - Well, I'll Be Dammed!
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these U.S. states: Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, California.
I read The Ghost Walker which is set in Wyoming.
It is set on the Wind River Reservation which according to wikipedia is "The Wind River Indian Reservation, in the west-central portion of the U.S. state of Wyoming,"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_Ri...
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 105
Katrisa15.10. 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 Ten Steps to Nanette from the comedian memoir category
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 120
Barbara ★15.9 - I Resolve to Read Lots of Books
Read a book whose author's first and last initials can be found sequentially in NEWYEARSRESOLUTION.
A Whisker of Trouble - Sofie Ryan 12/14
( SR in NEWYEARSRESOLUTION)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 70
15.4. "You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet"Book 1, Option B: The High Window
Title word in "Wait a minute, Wait a minute, you ain't hearD nOthIN' yet!" - The word is WINDOW
*** One Golden Oldie ticket claimed - published in 1942
Book 2: The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty
Author initials in The Jazz SinGer
Total GO tickets: 2
Total points: 55
DOMTask 20.6 - It's a Fact - CynBaxter's Task: The Right to Vote!
I chose Option 1
Option 1: Choose a non-fiction book from this list: Women's Suffrage
Miss Muriel Matters: The Australian Actress Who Became One of London's Most Famous Suffragists
This book is #61 on Page 1 of list
It is non-fiction and claim an It's a Fact Ticket
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 120
Books Read: 8
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 1
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.
The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham
The Crime at Black Dudley was first published 1929. I claim one Golden Oldie ticket
GO tickets this post: 1
GO tickets general: 1
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 75
HanneloreTask 5.3 - April Showers
Read a book FIRST published in April or May of any year.
Book: Dead to the World
How it fits: First published 3rd of May 2004
Points this task: 5
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 3
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 0
10.10 - The Latin LoverRead a book with a main page genre that includes Romance or Romantic.
Book Lovers
Total Points: 45
Mod
Read a book whose author's first and last initials can be found sequentially in NEWYEARSRESOLUTION
The Pearl Thief
The author is Elizabeth Wein
The initials EW can be found consecutively in nEWyearsresolution
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 40 + 15= 55
Total Tasks Completed: 3
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 2
Task:25.1 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Book Style ChallengeOption:2-Read a book from this list: Epistolary_Fiction
Book read:The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
Required:on page 7 of the list
Option:4- MPG of Plays.
Book read:Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Required:mpg plays
I claim 1 golden oldie as this was first published in 1597.
Points this task:25
Total points:55
Total Golden Oldies:2
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:0
Books read:6
Tasks completed:4
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Reader Name: ADVENTURER 10.8 - Well, I'll Be Dammed!
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these U.S. states: Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, California. California: Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki, 372 pages
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 35
Total Books Read: 3
Total Tasks Completed: 2/52
Big Book Ticket: 0
Golden Oldies Ticket: 1
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15.4. "You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet"
Opt 2
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!"
AND
2 - Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in "The Jazz Singer."
I read Grand Union by Zadie Smith
UNION - waIt a miNUte, wait a miNute, yOu ain't heard nothin' yet
ZS in jaZs Singer
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 95