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WINTER CHALLENGE 2022
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CHANDNI10.2 - Bee's Knees
Read a short book, one less than or equal to 200 pages.
Aquamarine by Alice Hoffman
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1.0
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10
Readerboard Name: Priya10.2 - Bee's Knees
Read a short book, one less than or equal to 200 pages.
Page count: 160 pages
A Gentle Creature and Other Stories: White Nights; A Gentle Creature; The Dream of a Ridiculous Man by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
- And The Winner Is ...Read a book that has won a literary prize
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett, won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2002
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
IAF /tickets: 0
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)5.5 - Herald Square
1924 - MPG Holiday or an individual seasonal holiday genre that occurs from December to January, such as "Christmas"
Page Count: 256
MPG/Holiday: MPG Holiday> Christmas
Christmas at Carnton
Points Earned This Post: 5
Points Achieved to Date: 5/840
Tasks Completed: 1/52
ROBIN P10.4 Wonder Drug
Read a book with a word in the title of at least 4 letters that can be made using the letters in Penicillium notatum
The Toast of Time (ebook & audiobook only - approved in line 3766 of spreadsheet)
Word is TIME - pEnIcilliuM noTatum
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
10.1 - BINGO!Read a book with all of the letters in BINGO in the title and/or subtitle
Gone 'Til November by Wallace Stroby GONe tIl novemBer
Points this post: 10
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
GO rickets: 0
BB tickets: 0
IAF tickets: 0
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Lisa MD15.8. Can You Feel It?
From list: Blind/Deaf/Mute - page 1
🎄True Biz by Sara Nović
386 pages
🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 15/840
Total Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1/52
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
Non Fiction Tickets:
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)5.9 - WGY TV
1928 - Word of 4+ letters in title made from letters in SCHENECTADY.
Page Count: 175 listened to AB link to PB Het Proces-Sonderberg
Word: CASE
The Sonderberg Case
Points Earned This Post: 5
Points Achieved to Date: 10/840
Tasks Completed: 2/52
Kaylee10.4 Wonder Drug
Read a book with a word in the title of at least 4 letters that can be found in “Penicillin Notatum�
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Word is “Patient� / PEnIcillium NoTATum
Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 10
GO Tickets:
BB Tickets:
IAF Tickets:
LAUREN JODI5.2 - Guilty
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Required: Page #2 on the list
AR Bookfinder Data: IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 33.0
***Claiming a Big Book ticket as this book has 528 pages***
***Claiming a Golden Oldies ticket as this book was published in 1868***
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 5/840
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldies Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 1/52
CHANDNI10.3 - Freudian Slip
Read a book from the first 25 pages of this list of books.
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
This is on Page 17 of the list.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 20
Christine V10.4 - Wonder Drug
The Silent Patient
Target word: Patient
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
It's A Fact: 0
10.2 - Bee's KneesRead a short book, one less than or equal to 200 pages.
The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz, 140 pages.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 10/840
Total Books Read: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 1/52
Bookwrm526Task #5.2 - Guilty
Read a book from this banned book list: Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books. I read Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters (on page 3 of the list).
Total points so far: 5
babbling c10.2 - Bee's Knees
Louise Brook’s short bob was the hairstyle of the decade –she came to symbolize the 1920’s flapper girl.
Read a short book, one less than or equal to 200 pages.
The Taming of Annabelle - kindle The Taming of Annabelle - mass market paperback pgs. 192 by Marion Chesney
192<200
THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points:10/840
Completed Tasks: 1/52
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 192
Books read this season: 1
10.2 - Bee's Knees Read a short book, one less than or equal to 200 pages.
Book read: Shopping for a Billionaire 1: Der erste Kuss
Pages paperback edition: 170
points this post: 10
total points: 10
5.2 - Guilty
Banned book list: Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books - Found on page 2
🎄Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
232 pages
🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 20/840
Total Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2/52
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
Non Fiction Tickets:
CHANDNI15.9. I Resolve to Read Lots of Books
Read a book whose author's first and last initials can be found sequentially in NEWYEARSRESOLUTION
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
EW from NEW
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 35
10.3 - Freudian Slip A book from Psychology Books page 13: The Comfort Book by Matt Haig
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)5.1 - Votes For Women
1920 - Female author.
Page Count: 384
Author: Alexandria Bellefleur
Written in the Stars
Points Earned This Post: 5
Points Achieved to Date: 15/840
Tasks Completed: 3/52
Readerboard Name: Priya15.9. 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.
Author initials: NN - N wrapping from last letter to first
The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik
Points this post: 15
Total points: 25
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Julia10310.5 - Chanel No. 5
Next in Line
(Detective William Warwick #5)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 10
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Tasks completed: 1
Books read this season: 1
Kaylee5.7 - The Everest of Swimming
Read a book set 50% or more in either the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) or France.
Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
Setting is not clear from GR description, including a link to a review mentioning the English manor the main characters spent their training in and then spent the last half of the book between England and Paris on missions.
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 15
GO Tickets:
BB Tickets:
IAF Tickets:
15.10 - It All Looks Good to MeRead a book that was nominated for the group read for Winter 2022-2023, in a different category that the book I will be using for Task 20.10
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
I will be using Remarkably Bright Creatures for Task 20.10
I'm claiming a IAF ticket for Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
Points this post: 15
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
GO tickets: 0
BB tickets: 0
IAF tickets: 1
JEN B25.1 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Book Style Challenge
Option 1: Books in Verse Read a book from one of these lists
REQUIRED: State which list and page number it came from.
White Rose by Kip Wilson
This book is on Page 2 of the Barnes & Noble Teen Novels-in-Verse list
Option 3: Graphic Novels:
Read a book with a MPG of sequential art, manga or graphic novel.
This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki
TOTAL POINTS: 25
FLY Task #10.5 - Chanel No. 5
task: Read a book that is #5 in a series.
book: The Leper of Saint Giles
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #5)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 1/52
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's A Fact tickets: 0
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)15.3. From A to Z
Option 2: 1 book satisfies A and B
A: Title starts with letter "A"
B: Author name contains letter "Z"
Page Count: 254 pgs
Author: Elizabeth Strout
Anything Is Possible
Points Earned This Post: 15
Points Achieved to Date: 30/840
Tasks Completed: 4/52
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)15.4. "You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet"
Option 2: Read one book that fulfills both requirements of option 1.
Book 1 B: Word of 4+ Letters from"WaIT a minute, wait a minute, you ain't Heard nothin' yet!"
Book 2: Author's first and last initials appear in "The Jazz Singer."
Page Count: 375 pgs Listened to AB link to PB With Love from London
Word: With
Author: Sarah Jio
With Love from London
Points Earned This Post: 15
Points Achieved to Date: 45/840
Tasks Completed: 5/52
10.6 - It GirlI read Your Own Kind of Girl by Clare Bowditch.
"Girl" is in the title.
Points this task: 10
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Totals:
Points: 10
Task completed: 1
20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's Task: The Golden Age of Detective FictionOption 1: Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers
*Claiming GO, first published 1935
*Claiming BB, 501 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 0
Stephanie1275.4 - Hooray For Hollywood: Read a book or book series that was made into a TV show or movie.
Prince Caspian
Movie Link:
YA/Children's book... IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7.0
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5/840
Tasks completed: 1/52
Books read: 1
Readerboard Name: Caraina30.2 - Teri-k's Task: Happy Birthday, Grandkids!
Chose two different options and read a book for each.
There is a minimum of 600 pages total for this task.
Page count: 680 combined total pages
Option 1. December
Read a book where all the letters in ANIME are found in the title only, not including subtitle.: The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell 12/1/22
Option 3. February
Read a book that is part of a series AND has an MPG Humor.: For the Love of Beard by Lani Lynn Vale 12/1/22
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
DOM10.1 - BINGO!
Read a book with ALL the letters of BINGO in the title and/or subtitle.
The Ballad of Banjo Crossing by Tess Evans
All the letters of BINGO in title: The Ballad of BaNjO CrossInG
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 10
Books Read: 1
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.: The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams 12/3/22
Points this post: 20
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Barbara �10.1 - BINGO
Read a book with ALL the letters of BINGO in the title and/or subtitle.
By Their Cold Fingers - Timothy Brian 12/1
B in By
ING in fINGers
O in cOld
Points this task: 10
Total points: 10
Barbara �5.1 - Votes For Women
Read a book by a female author.
Crypt Suzette - Maya Corrigan 12/2
Points this task: 5
Total points: 15
LAUREN JODI5.6 - Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes
The Beasts of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs
***Claiming a Golden Oldies ticket as this book was published in 1914***
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 10/840
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldies Ticket: 2
Total Books Read: 2
Total Tasks Completed: 2/52
Readerboard Name: Priya15.5. All That Jazz
Read a book from this list: Jazz Age Books
Page 1 of the list
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos
Points this post: 15
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Lisa MDReposted from message #20 to include readerboard name
5.2 - Guilty
Banned book list: Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books - Found on page 2
🎄Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
232 pages
🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️🎄☃️❤️
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 20/840
Total Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2/52
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
Non Fiction Tickets:
20.10 - Group ReadsRemarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
🎄my reaction - post 2 🎄
Total points: 0 + 20 = 20
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 0
CHANDNI20.10 - Group Reads
I read Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
My post can be found here.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 55
CHANDNI15.10. 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 Watership Down by Richard Adams
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 25.0
For 20.10 I used Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 70
XBM20.4 - Golden Oldies - XBM's Task: Remembering my parents
Option 1: Read a book with ALL of the letters in SALMON found in any combination of the title and/or subtitle.
Picnic in Someday Valley. Jodi Thomas
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20/840
Tasks completed: 1/52
Books read: 1
GO:
BB:
IAF:
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)5.2 - Guilty
1921 -Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books Required: State the Page
Page Count: 230 pgs Listened to AB link to PB The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Page/Link: Page 1
ARBF: IL: UG - BL: 4.0 - AR Pts: 6.0
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Points Earned This Post: 5
Points Achieved to Date: 50/840
Tasks Completed: 6/52
Helen B10.10 - The Latin Lover
Read a book with a main page genre that includes Romance or Romantic.
The Convent's Secret by C.J. Archer
MPG Romance
Total Points: 10
Helen B20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's Task: The Golden Age of Detective Fiction
Option2. Read a whole-numbered book from a mystery series and that takes place between 1919 and 1939.
The Other Lady Vanishes by Amanda Quick
Total points: 30
Helen BTask 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
The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World by Catherine Nixey
MPG: History
Total points: 50
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)5.3 - April Showers
1922 - FIRST published in April or May of any year.
Page Count: 400 pgs Listened to Audio link to PB The Henna Wars
First Published: May 12, 2020
The Henna Wars
Points Earned This Post: 5
Points Achieved to Date:55/840
Tasks Completed: 7/52
Kathy KS20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's Task: The Golden Age of Detective Fiction
Option 2: Read a whole-numbered book from a mystery series that takes place between 1919 and 1939. The book must have an MPG of Mystery
The Dying Alderman by Henry Wade
MPG: Mystery
Series: Inspector Lott #1
Time frame: 1st published in 1930 and seems to be from that time period. Documents cited in the police case are dated as late as 1928. Many of the police and suspects in the case are veterans of The Great War, which should show that the book falls between the two World Wars. Lastly, here's a part of a comment on the author and the book from a blog: “his knowledge of privilege and also the tough streets of London for the police - who did not spend all their time in the 1930s doffing their caps at residents�-- from:
**Claiming 1 (one) Golden Oldies ticket** 1st published: 1930
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 20
Tasks completed: 1/52
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
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