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WINTER CHALLENGE 2022
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Katrisa5.9 - WGY TV
Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters in the title that can be made from the letters in SCHENECTADY
I read Things My Son Needs to Know About the World
Word - NEEDS SchENEctaDy
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 10
Barbara �5.10 - The Best Things in Life Are Free
Read any book that meets SRC rules.
Gingerbread - Kate Morris 12/4
Points this task: 5
Total points: 20
Kim O10.2 - Bee's Knees Read a short book, one less than or equal to 200 pages.
How to Be an Artist (non-fiction)
Points this task: 10
It's a Fact ticket(s): 1
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Totals:
Points: 10
Big Book - 500+: 0
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 0
It's a Fact: 1
Blue10.2 - Bee's Knees
Read a short book, one less than or equal to 200 pages.
Let Me Tell You What I Mean by Joan Didion
Page count: 192
*** Claiming 1 It's A Fact ticket for Non-Fiction ***
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| Points this post: 10
| Total points: 10
| Books read: 1
| Tasks completed: 1
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| Tickets:
| BB: 0
| GO: 0
| NF: 1
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Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)10.3 - Freudian Slip
First 25 pages--Psychology
Page Count: 272 listened to AB link to MMPB The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Page: Page 3
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Points Earned This Post: 10
Points Achieved to Date: 65/840
Tasks Completed: 8/52
20.10 - Group ReadsI read Remarkably Bright Creatures and posted on the thread.
points: 20
books read: 1
tasks completed: 1
pages read: 368
15.9 - I Resolve to Read Lots of BooksRead a book whose first and last initials can be found sequentially in NEWYEARSRESOLUTION. The letters can appear either forwards or backwards
The Heavens May Fall by Allen Eskens rAE, going backwards
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 45
Tasks Completed: 4
Books read: 4
GO tickets: 0
BB tickets: 0
IAF tickets: 1
trishhartuk10.7 Black Venus
Read a book by an AUTHOR on this list A Book By A Woman of Color.
Mexican Gothic, Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Read the kindle edition. PB here
Gods of Jade and Shadow, by the same author, is listed on Page 1, #38
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 1
Rockynook5.1 - Votes For Women
book by a female author
That Night by Chevy Stevens
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 5
LAUREN JODI20.8 - Paul's Task: Woolworth's Great Five Cent Store
My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf
Word: Friend
***Claiming an It's A Fact ticket as this book is non-fiction***
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 30/840
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldies Ticket: 2
It's A Fact Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 3
Total Tasks Completed: 3/52
Nick KY1st Post
5.7 Swim the Channel I read Hickory Dickory Dock by Agatha Christie, set in London in the U.K.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 5
Nick KY10.6 It Girl I read Girl at War by Sara Nović. The word “Girl� is in the title.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 15
Nick KY10.9 Empress of the Blues I read Nobody Move by Denis Johnson. The title word “Nobody� is in the Bessie Smith song title “I Ain’t Got Nobody.�
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 25
Mod
Option 1: Read a book with ALL of the letters in SALMON found in any combination of the title and/or subtitle.
Knowing the Score: My Family and Our Tennis Story
The letters SALMON are in the title/subtitle: kNOwing the Score: my fAMiLy and our tennis story
This is a Non-Fiction book so I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 0 + 20 = 20
Total Tasks Completed: 1
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 1
Task 30.2 - Happy Birthday, Grandkids!600+ pages
option 1: letters of ANIME in title
The Jasmine Throne
jAsMINE
533 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
option 3: Humour MPG & part of series
About Time
#4 in series
416 pages
533+416 > 700 pages
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30 points
1 BB tix
Task 10.7 - Black Venusauthor (and indeed book) on p2 of list
Everfair by Nisi Shawl
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40 points
1 BB tix
Readerboard Name: Priya20.8 - 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.
The word heat - frAnk winfiEld woolworTH
Page count: 480
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking by Samin Nosrat
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Line5.3
5.3 - April Showers
Read a book FIRST published in April or May of any year.
I read The Great Gatsby which was first published April 10 1925
points for this task: 5
total points: 5
books read: 1
tasks done: 1
Mod
20.10 - Group Reads
Fiction - Historical Fiction 1900-1939
Shrines of Gaiety
Discussion thread post is here.
Points this task: 20
Season total: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
IAF Tickets: 0
Laurah3020.8 - 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.
Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
352 pages, non fiction - word is LIFE
Claiming 1 It's a fact ticket
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Big Book tickets:
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact ticket: 1
20.10 Group ReadsShrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson
My comments are in the 3rd post of the thread.
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 20
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)20.1 - Most Improved Player -ForestGardenGal's Task: So Much to Read...So Little Time
Option C: Law and Lawyers in Fiction list
Page Count: 145 listened to AB link to MMPBThe Crucible
List/Page #: Page 1
/list/show/1...
The Crucible
Points Earned This Post:20
Points Achieved to Date:85/840
Tasks Completed: 9/52
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)25.5 -Tien’s Task: Bubble Tea
1 graphic novel
1. Pearl Milk Tea with extra topping (pudding)-- “pearl� found intact in title (exclude subtitle) or author’s name.
Page Count: 320 Listened to AB link to PB At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much
Author: Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much
3. Strawberry flavoured tea with strawberry jelly
One or more strawberries or identifiable pieces of strawberry on cover.
Page Count: 146 pgs Listened to audiobook link to PB Killer Cupcakes
Cover Verification: /topic/show/...
Killer Cupcakes
Points Earned This Post:25
Points Achieved to Date: 110/840
Tasks Completed: 10/52
STORMIE (Readerboard Name)5.1 - Votes For Women: Read a Book by a Female Author
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1/52
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
XBM15.4. "You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet"
Option 2: Read one book that fulfills the requirements of Book 1 and Book 2 of option 1.
1B. 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!" MONEY
2. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in "The Jazz Singer."
One for the Money. Janet Evanovich
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 35/840
Tasks completed: 2/52
Books read: 2
GO:
BB:
IAF:
CHANDNI15.6. King Tut
Read a book set at least 50% in Egypt, a book about archaeology, or a book featuring an archaeologist.
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
~90% of this book takes place in Egypt, predominantly in Aswan, Shellal, and on the Nile River.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 85
Julia1035.3 - April Showers
King of Ashes (first published April 5, 2018)
I read the Kindle edition. There is no MMP. The top paperback edition King of Ashes has 560 pages so claiming one BB ticket.
This post: 5 points, 1 BB
Total points: 15
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 0
Tasks completed: 2
Books read this season: 2
Readerboard Name: Librarianish5.1 - Votes for Women
Read a book by a female author.
I read: Chimera, by Mira Grant. (audiobook)
Claiming 1 BB Ticket. Top PB edition: Chimera
Page count: 512.
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Points this post: 5
Points to date: 5/840
Books read: 1/75
BB: 1
GO: 0
IF: 0
FLY Task #5.2 - Guilty
task: Read a book from the list: Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
book: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: page 1 (currently #18) on the list
other:
MPG childrens: AR Quiz Info - IL: MG+ - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 29.0
I would like to request Big Book ticket, 1st MMPB (linked above) = 768 pages
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 2/52
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's A Fact tickets: 0
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15.4. "You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet"Option 2: The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill
Book 1, Option A: "Woman" can be spelled in phrase
Points this post: 15
Total points: 35
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 0
Readerboard Name: Librarianish10.1 - BINGO!
Read a book with ALL the letters of BINGO in the title and/or subtitle.
I read: The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love, by Sonya Renee Taylor (audiobook)
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Points this post: 10
Points to date: 15/840
Books read: 2/75
BB: 1
GO: 0
IF: 0
Readerboard Name: Librarianish5.7 -The Everest of Swimming
Read a book set 50% or more in the UK or France.
I read: Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland (audiobook)
Claiming 1 BB ticket. Top MMPB edition: Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Page Count: 538.
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Points this post: 5
Points to date: 20/840
Books read: 3/75
BB: 2
GO: 0
IF: 0
Bookwrm526Task #10.3 - Freudian Slip
Read a book from the first 25 pages of this list of books shelved as Psychology. I read Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell, from page 6 of the list.
Total points so far: 15
15.9 - I Resolve to Read Lots of Books author's first and last initials can be found sequentially in NEWYEARSRESOLUTION
PB: A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
I listened to the audiobook: A Deadly Education
🎄 NN - wrapping from last letter to first 🎄
Total points: 20 + 15 = 35
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 0
5.1 - Votes For WomenI read Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard.
Points this task: 5
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Totals:
Points: 15
Task completed: 2
Coralie15.3 from a to Z
1 book option
Title begins with letter A, author has Z in name
Autonomous by Annalee Newitz
Total to date 15 points
15.4 - "You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet" Option 2:
PB: Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez
I read the Kindle edition: Part of Your World
🎄YOUR - YOU in you; R in heard 🎄
🎄AJ in Jazz 🎄
Total points: 35 + 15 = 50
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 0
Deborah30.2 - Teri-k's Task: Happy Birthday, Grandkids!
1) Now That You Mention It 416/600
A.N.I.M.E
3) Bears Behaving Badly 384/600
(BeWere My Heart #1)
MPG: HUMOR (Verified in task help thread post 14)
416+384=800
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 2
Tasks Done: 1
Deborah10.8 - Well, I'll Be Dammed!
Tempting Danger
REQUIRED: San Diego, California
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 40
Books Read: 3
Tasks Done: 2
Readerboard Name: SashaTask Number w/ Short Description: 5.10 The Best Things In Life- Free Read
Surviving Ice by KA Tucker
Surviving Ice
Points Claiming 5
Total Points 5/840
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)10.2 - Bee's Knees
Short book, less than or equal to 200 pages.
Page Count: 163
Convenience Store Woman
Points Earned This Post: 10
Points Achieved to Date: 120/840
Tasks Completed: 11/52
Readerboard Name: ShadeTask # 15.7: Here's Mickey
I Read: Blankety Blank by D. Harlan Wilson
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Points This Post: 15
Point Total: 15/840
Books Read: 1/75
BB: 0
GO: 0
IF: 0
Andy P.Task # 20.10 Fiction - Animals
Remarkably Bright Creatures
My comment on this book can be found in comment 3 of Discussion thread for this book.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
20.5 - Bigger is Better- Lauren Jodi's task: Public EnemyOption 4: The Beach House by Rachel Hanna, a book with a beach on the cover.
Books Read this post: 1
Books read Total: 2
Points This Post: 20
Point Total: 30/840
Tasks Total: 2/52
Kaylee10.6 - It Girl
Read a book with the word IT or GIRL in the title or subtitle. The word must match exactly, no variations.
The Girl in the Yellow Dress by Jane Adams
Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 25
GO Tickets:
BB Tickets:
IAF Tickets:
30.1 - Katrisa's Task: The Sandman1, Read a book by Neil Gaiman. Co-authored book or anthologies are acceptable as long as Neil Gaiman is included
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Audiobook, 491 pg first listed MMP
2. The Endless: Read a book that includes the name of one of the endless in the title
I chose Death as the name of one of the Endless
Death on Demand by Carolyn G. Hart Audiobook, 195 pg first listed MMP
491 + 195 = 686 pg
Points this post: 30
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 6
GO tickets: 0
BB tickets: 0
IAF tickets: 1
Nick KY10.5 Chanel No. 5 � I read Garden of Shadows by V.C. Andrews, # 5 in the Dollanganger series.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 35
Mod
A Separate Peace by John Knowles / pg 2 #124 on list
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Andy P.Task # 15.6. King Tut.
Read a book about archaeology, or a book featuring an archaeologist.
Chasing Aphrodite: The Hunt for Looted Antiquities at the World's Richest Museum by Jason Felch Approved in message 8 of help thread.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 35
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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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"
I read Holidays on Ice which has both Christmas and Holiday on MPG
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 5