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WINTER CHALLENGE 2022
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
Readerboard Name: Librarianish20.3 - Best Review
Option 1: Read a book by Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Margery Allingham, or Ngaio Marsh that was published BEFORE 1939.
I read Murder on the Orient Express, by Agatha Christie (audio).
First published January 1, 1934.
Claiming 1 GO Ticket.
First published 1934.
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Points this post: 20
Points to date: 135/840
Books read: 13/75
BB: 3
GO: 1
IF: 1
XBM30.2 - Teri-k's Task: Happy Birthday, Grandkids!
Option 1. December - 400 pages
Read a book where all the letters in ANIME are found in the title only, not including subtitle.
The Miniaturist. Jessie Burton
Option 3. February - 336 pages
Read a book that is part of a series AND has an MPG Humor.
The series name must be indicated in the GR main page listing.
Two for the Dough. Janet Evanovich
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 170/840
Tasks completed: 9/52
Books read: 11
GO:
BB:
IAF: 1
Reader Name: ADVENTURER5.7 - The Everest of Swimming
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.
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle 256p, published 1901, Setting: United Kingdom, Devon, England (United Kingdom), London, England, England
***Claiming a Golden Oldies ticket as this book was published in 1901***
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 235/840; Total Books Read: 23; Total Tasks: 21/52
BB(500+): 1 GO(1950): 7; IAF (NF): 2
Reader Name: ADVENTURER20.8 - 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. Letters can be used only as often as they appear in the target phrase.
REQUIRED: Specify the word.
An Immense World by Ed Yong, 464p, pub. 2022, 5-star! will re-read word:world from Frank Winfield Woolworth
***Claiming an It’s A Fact ticket as the book is nonfiction***
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 255/840; Total Books Read: 24; Total Tasks: 22/52
BB(500+): 1 GO(1950): 7; IAF (NF): 3
Rockynook10.2 - Bee's Knees
Read a short book, one less than or equal to 200 pages.
Forever Wild by K.A. Tucker
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 60
5.1 - Votes For Women
Outbreak by Adrienne Lecter
Date Read: 12/14
Rating: 3*
How It Fits: Female Author
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 5
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 60
GO Tickets:
BB Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets:
5.5 - Herald Square
Trick or Treat Murder by Leslie Meier
Date Read: 12/19
Rating: 3*
How It Fits: MPG Holiday
Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 6
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 65
5.5 - And The Winner Is...
A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
Date Read: 12/16
Rating: 5*
How It Fits: Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel (2015)
Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 7
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 70
Pat5.2 ~ Guilty
Read a book from this banned book list: Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
Required ~ State the page.
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art SpiegelmanRead ~ 12.21.22
Pages ~ 159
How it Fits ~ Page 3, #254
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Points this Task ~ 5
Total Points ~ 75
Total Books ~ 6
Total Pages ~ 1,402
10.8 - Well, I'll Be Dammed
Sexy by J.A. Huss
Date Read: 12/15
Rating: 3*
How It Fits: Set in Lake Tahoe Sexy
Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 8
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 80
10.9 - Empress of the BluesSong: The St. Louis Blues
The Noise by James Patterson
Date Read: 12/19
Rating: 4*
How It Fits: Title contains The - The St. Louis Blues
Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 9
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 90
Readerboard Name: Librarianish20.1 - So Much to Read
Option C: Read a book from one of the lists given.
I read The Children Act, by Ian McEwan, which appears on page 1 of the list Law and Lawyers in Fiction.
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Points this post: 20
Points to date: 155/840
Books read: 14/75
BB: 3
GO: 1
IF: 1
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Julia103's Task: Marching for Women's Suffrage!Option A
A Room Made of Leaves by Kate Grenville
Date Read: 12/4
Rating: 4*
How It Fits: MPG Womens
Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 10
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 110
25.2 - Nick KY's Task: Playing DoublesBook 1
Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie
Date Read: 12/21
Rating: 4*
How It Fits: 2 word Title; Initials BS - two douBleS
Pages: 309
Book 2
Year: 2020
The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
Date Read: 12/1
Rating: 4*
How It Fits: First published July 21, 2020
Pages: 256
Books Read: 12
Tasks Completed: 11
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 135
Andy P.Task # 5.1 - Votes For Women
Read a book by a female author
Tokyo Fiancée by Amélie Nothomb
Points this post: 5
Total points: 120
25.4 - Sandy's Task: Remembering my GrandparentsOption 1
More Than Water by Renee Ericson
Date Read: 12/12
Rating: 3*
How It Fits: THAN - EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT
Pages: 340
Option 2
Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli
Date Read: 12/9
Rating: 4*
How It Fits: Author Initials AB - BATHTUB GIN
Pages: 352
Combined Page Count: 340 + 352 = 692
Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 12
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 160
Andy P.Task # 5.3 - April Showers
Read a book FIRST published in April or May of any year.
Breaking Blue by Timothy Egan
First Published April 1992
Points this post: 5
Total points: 125
Barbara �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"
Murder at an Irish Christmas - Carlene O'Connor 12/8
(has MPG holiday)
Points this task: 5
Total points: 165
Reader Name: ADVENTURERTask 20.6 - It's a Fact - CynBaxter's Task: The Right to Vote!
Option 1: Choose a non-fiction book from this list: Women's Suffrage NOTE: This list contains a number of fiction books, as well as nonfiction. The book you use must be NON FICTION
REQUIRED: Indicate the page on which your book is found.
20.6 O1. Finding Me by Viola Davis, 289p, on p2 SuffrageList.
***Claiming an It’s A Fact ticket as the book is nonfiction***
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Total Points: 275/840; Total Books Read: 25; Total Tasks: 23/52
BB(500+): 1 GO(1950): 7; IAF (NF): 4
CHANDNI15.7. Here's Mickey!
Read a book with a 2 word title, where both words begin with the same letter.
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
IL: MY - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 8.0
Points this post: 15
Total points: 250
XBM25.8 - MegSCL's Task: The Chinese Zodiac
REQUIRED: State the animal and the options that you are using. GOAT
Option 1: Read a book published in your animal's year. (2015)
The Storm Sister. Lucinda Riley - 608 pages - claiming 1 BB ticket
Option 2: Read a book with your animal on the cover.
. Claudia BishopPoints this post: 25
Total Points: 195/840
Tasks completed: 10/52
Books read: 13
GO:
BB: 1
IAF: 1
20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's Task: The Golden Age of Detective FictionOption 1: Read a book by Agatha Christie published BEFORE 1939.
Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie
Published 1939 for 1 GO point.
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 160
GO Points: 2
BB Points:
NF Points: 1
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Becky's Task: Little LovesOption 1: Author's initials in OILMAN.
Surfeit Of Lampreys by Ngaio Marsh
First published 1940 for 1 GO point.
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 180
GO Points: 3
BB Points:
NF Points: 1
15.5. All That JazzList: Jazz Age Books: Page 9
The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
First Published 1942 for 1 GO point.
Task Points: 15
Total Points: 195
GO Points: 4
BB Points:
NF Points: 1
Katrisa20.10 Group Reads
I read Remarkably Bright Creatures and posted in the thread.
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 280
Christine V10.3 - Freudian Slip
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business is found on page 1 of the Psychology Books list.
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business is Nonfiction. ***Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket***
Points this post: 10
NF tickets this post: 1
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
It's A Fact: 2
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)15.10. They All Look Good to Me
Nominated group read for Winter 2022-2023--different category than book used for Task 20.10.
Page Count: 256
Task 20.10: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
Eliminated Category: Poll #3 Animals--/topic/show/...
Chosen Category: Poll #2 Historical Fiction
Page Count: 384 listened to AB link to PB The Dictionary of Lost Words
The Dictionary of Lost Words
Points Earned This Post:
Points Achieved to Date: 390/840
Tasks Completed: 29/52
MegSCL's Task: The Chinege ZodiacSince I was born in a Dog year, I'm going to use Dog as my animal.
Option 1: Read a book first published in tour animal's year
Still Me by Jojo Moyes, FP 2018
Option 2: Read a book with your animal on the cover
Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog by Ted Kerasote
I'm claiming an IAF ticket for Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 255
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 23
GO tickets: 1
BB tickets: 3
LAF tickets: 2
I didn't forget this time - I had to log out and log back in to make the cover picture work
bookcover isn't working for me. What can I do?
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20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's Task: The Golden Age of Detective FictionOption 2, mystery series that takes place between 1919-1939: Murder at the Brightwell by Ashley Weaver (Amory Acmes #1) set in 1932
Points this post: 20
Total points: 175
MegSCL's Task: The Chinese Zodiac
Option 2Option 1: Read a book first published in your animal's year
Still Me by Still Me 2018 FP
I'm claining an IAF ticket for Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog
Points this post: 25
Totql points: 255
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 23
GO tickets: 1
BB tickets: 3
IAF rickets: 2
Woo Hoo! It worked! Thanks very much for your help Robin!
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)10.8 -Well, I'll Be Dammed!
Set at least 50% in one of these U.S. states: Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, California.
Page Count: 187 pgs Listened to AB link to PB Where You Once Belonged
Setting Per GR metadata: Holt Colorado and Denver Coloroado
Where You Once Belonged
Points Earned This Post: 10
Points Achieved to Date: 400/840
Tasks Completed: 30/52
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)20.6 - Seasoned Reader -It's a Fact - CynBaxter's Task: The Right to Vote!
Option 2: Non-fiction with MPG of History, Feminism, Politics, Womens, Social Movements
Page Count: 270
Verification: MPG Non-fiction & History--/topic/show/...
A Bookshop in Berlin
Points Earned This Post: 20
Points Achieved to Date: 420/840
Tasks Completed: 31/52
Coralie5.6 Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes
Book with monkey on cover
Total to date 175 points
Task 25.4 - Remembering my Grandparents500+pages
option 1: NINTH in phrase
Nona the Ninth
480 pages
option 2: author intials in BATHTUB
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
312 pages
480+312 = 792pages >>500
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225 points
1 BB tix
1 GO tix
5.3 - April ShowersChantress (Chantress Trilogy #1) by Amy Butler Greenfield
pub May 7th 2013
Total this Post: 5
Bigger is Better: 1
It's a Fact: 1
Season Total: 205
Julia10330.1 - Katrisa's Task: The Sandman
Option 2: Death by Bubble Tea
Option 4: Black Dove, White Raven (White is in the song lyrics)
This post: 30 points
Total points: 80
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 0
Tasks completed: 5
Books read this season: 7
LAUREN JODI15.1 - Pick your century!
A. A book first published in 1620 -1629
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
***I claim a Golden Oldie ticket for this book published in 1623***
B. A book first published in 1720 -1729
The Political History of the Devil by Daniel Defoe
***I claim a Golden Oldie ticket for this book published in 1726***
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 135/840
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldies Ticket: 6
It's A Fact Ticket: 2
Total Books Read: 12
Total Tasks Completed: 11/52
15.4. "You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet"Book 1: B Title word in phrase - THREE
Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie
First Published 1934 for 1 GO point.
Book 2: Author's first and last initials in "The Jazz Singer."
Indulgence in Death by J.D. Robb
Task Points: 15
Total Points: 210
GO Points: 5
BB Points:
NF Points: 1
15.3. From A to ZOption 1:
A. Title begins with A.
An Old-Fashioned Girl by Betty Neels
B. Author's initials contain Z.
Holiday Rogue by Rebecca Zanetti
Task Points: 15
Total Points: 225
GO Points: 5
BB Points:
NF Points: 1
10.5 - Chanel No. 5#5 in a series.
Etched in Bone by Anne Bishop
Task Points: 10
Total Points: 235
GO Points: 5
BB Points:
NF Points: 1
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It looks like you linked the audiobook edition. Choose the edition you read, where it says Other editions, or a paperback if you liste..."
no. you are supposed to link to the edition you actually read, not just linke to a paperback edition because you listened to an audiobook. that's only for page numbers, not for covers.
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5.3 - April Showers
Read a book FIRST published in April or May of any year.
I read Exhalation, by Ted Chiang (kindle edition).
First published May 7, 2019.
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Points this post: 5
Points to date: 115/840
Books read: 12/75
BB: 3
GO: 0
IF: 1