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Lets go back to school with the Sweathogs.
Welcome Back Kotter.
Duration: Three months from start date.
Level 1: Michael Woodman 5-9 Tasks.
Level 2: Gabe Kotter 10-19 Tasks.
Level 3: Sweathogs 20 Tasks or more.



Tasks

1. Welcome Back, Kotter is an American sitcom starring Gabe Kaplan as a high school teacher in charge of a racially and ethnically diverse remedial class called the "Sweathogs". Recorded in front of a live studio audience, it originally aired on ABC from September 9, 1975, to May 17, 1979.
🐷 Read a book set at a high school.
🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year.
🐷 Read a book with the letters ABC in any order in the title.

2. Welcome Back, Kotter's first season was controversial. In Boston, the local ABC affiliate (WCVB-TV) initially refused to air the show. The city was going through a tumultuous school busing program that involved widespread protests and riots, and the local affiliate felt Kotter's fictional integrated classroom would exacerbate the situation. The show became an early ratings success, however, and the affiliate relented, picking it up from its fifth episode. Censor concerns about depiction of juvenile delinquency faded after the Sweathogs' antics proved to be silly rather than criminal.
🐷 Read a book that has a controversary in it.
🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars.
🐷 Read a book that is silly or humorous.

3. Gabe Kotter is a flippant but well-meaning teacher who returns to his alma mater, James Buchanan High to teach. The rigid vice principal, Michael Woodman dismisses the Sweathogs as witless hoodlums and only expects Kotter to contain them until they drop out or are otherwise banished. As a former remedial student and a founding member of the original class of Sweathogs, Kotter befriends the current Sweathogs and stimulates their potential. A pupil-teacher rapport is formed, and the students often visit Kotter's apartment, sometimes via the fire escape window, much to the chagrin of his wife, Julie.
🐷 Read a book where a character is called Gabe, Julie, James or Michael.
🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a teacher.

4. Julie Kotter is Gabe's wife and closest friend. She is occasionally upset with the amount of time her husband spends with his students, and she is troubled that he allows them to visit their apartment regularly; in the two-part story arc "Follow the Leader", the Sweathogs' constant intrusions lead Julie to separate briefly from Gabe and even seriously consider divorce. Originally from Nebraska, with a college degree in anthropology, Julie eventually becomes a secretary at Buchanan, and later a substitute teacher after Gabe's promotion to vice-principal. She makes several references to her "world famous tuna casserole", a common meal at the Kotter dinner table, which Gabe and the Sweathogs deem inedible.
🐷 Read a book set in Nebraska
🐷 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is in TUNA CASSEROLE. ( Three word minimum).
🐷 Read a book where a character resents an intrusion in their life.

5. Michael Woodman played by John Sylvester White. Michael Woodman is the curmudgeonly vice-principal and later principal of Buchanan High. He makes no secret of his dislike for the Sweathogs, whom he considers the bottom of the social stratum at his school. His old age, and sometimes his diminutive height, are common jokes with the Sweathogs. Woodman is against Kotter's unorthodox teaching methods, and at one point even puts Kotter in front of the school's review board in an unsuccessful attempt to have him fired.
🐷 Read a book where a character is a vice-principal or a principal.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is short.
🐷 Read a book where someone goes before a review board.

6. Vincent "Vinnie" Barbarino was played by John Travolta. Vinnie Barbarino is a cocky Italian-American, the "unofficial official" leader and resident heartthrob of the Sweathogs. He has a need to be the center of attention. In the two-episode "Follow the Leader", Barbarino quits the Sweathogs and drops out of school in anger when Freddy Washington is chosen as the "leader" of the group, though he returns as leader at the finish of the story. Barbarino's prowess with women is sometimes a source of envy and more often amusement among his classmates.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader.
🐷 Read a book with a character who has a prowess with women.
🐷 Read a book where the author's initials are in SWEATHOGS.

7. Arnold Dingfelder Horshack played by Ron Palillo is the class clown of the Sweathogs. Arnold Horshack, is completely comfortable with his oddball, if naïve, personality. Horshack was known for his unique observations and his wheezing laugh, similar to that of a hyena. It is possible that academically he is the smartest Sweathog. He is the only central Sweathog character to be promoted out of remedial academics class, but he soon returns after feeling out of place. He has an affection for acting and enjoys old movies, particularly 1930s musicals.
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes old movies or musicals.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is smart.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is naive.

8. Freddie Percy "Boom Boom" Washington was played by Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs. Freddie Washington is the hip black student known as the athletic Sweathog for his skills on the basketball court. Washington claimed his nickname came from his habit of "pretending to play the bass" and singing "Boom-boom-boom-boom!". His trademark phrase is, "Hi, there". Though often the voice of reason among his classmates, Washington nonetheless is a willing participant in the Sweathogs' various antics and pranks.
🐷 Read a book with a character who plays basketball.
🐷 Read a book of a character who sings.
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes pranks.

9. Juan Luis Pedro Felipo de Huevos Epstein was played by Robert Hegyes. Epstein is a fiercely proud Puerto Rican Jew. He is one of the toughest students at Buchanan High, despite his short stature. He normally walks with a tough-man strut and was voted "Most Likely to Take a Life" by his peers.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is "tough".
🐷 Read a book with a character who takes some ones life.
🐷 Read a book with a Puerto Rican or a Jewish character.

10. Beauregarde "Beau" De LaBarre played by Stephen Shortridge was introduced as a regular character in the fourth and final season. Beau is a handsome, friendly, blond, silver-tongued southerner who transfers from New Orleans after being kicked out of several other schools. He ends up in Kotter's class. He seems to have a way with women, as shown in later episodes. One of his running jokes involves imparting esoteric and nonsensical sayings, such as "a real man never steps on a pregnant alligator".
🐷 Read a book set in New Orleans.
🐷 Read a book where someone has attended many schools.
🐷 Read a book that is fourth in the series.

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Welcome Back Kotter.
Duration: August 27, 2021-November 26, 2021

Level 3: Sweathogs 20 Tasks or more.

23/23 Completed. Finished

Tasks

1. Welcome Back, Kotter is an American sitcom starring Gabe Kaplan as a high school teacher in charge of a racially and ethnically diverse remedial class called the "Sweathogs". Recorded in front of a live studio audience, it originally aired on ABC from September 9, 1975, to May 17, 1979.
🐷 Read a book set at a high school.

🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year.
(9/2021)
01.Inmate of the Month-Lani Lynn Vale 9/22/21

🐷 Read a book with the letters ABC in any order in the title.
02.Celebration After Dark-Marie Force 9/18/21


2. Welcome Back, Kotter's first season was controversial. In Boston, the local ABC affiliate (WCVB-TV) initially refused to air the show. The city was going through a tumultuous school busing program that involved widespread protests and riots, and the local affiliate felt Kotter's fictional integrated classroom would exacerbate the situation. The show became an early ratings success, however, and the affiliate relented, picking it up from its fifth episode. Censor concerns about depiction of juvenile delinquency faded after the Sweathogs' antics proved to be silly rather than criminal.
🐷 Read a book that has a controversary in it.
03.Fatal Accusation-Marie Force 9/30/21

🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars.
(4.71)
04.Fatal Fraud-Marie Force 10/08/21

🐷 Read a book that is silly or humorous.
05.#1 Crush-T. Gephart 9/09/21


3. Gabe Kotter is a flippant but well-meaning teacher who returns to his alma mater, James Buchanan High to teach. The rigid vice principal, Michael Woodman dismisses the Sweathogs as witless hoodlums and only expects Kotter to contain them until they drop out or are otherwise banished. As a former remedial student and a founding member of the original class of Sweathogs, Kotter befriends the current Sweathogs and stimulates their potential. A pupil-teacher rapport is formed, and the students often visit Kotter's apartment, sometimes via the fire escape window, much to the chagrin of his wife, Julie.
🐷 Read a book where a character is called Gabe, Julie, James or Michael.
(Michael Phan)
06.The Kiss Quotient-Helen Hoang 10/06/21

🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person.

🐷 Read a book with a character who is a teacher.
(MC Natalie)
07.Virtuous-M.S. Force 8/27/21


4. Julie Kotter is Gabe's wife and closest friend. She is occasionally upset with the amount of time her husband spends with his students, and she is troubled that he allows them to visit their apartment regularly; in the two-part story arc "Follow the Leader", the Sweathogs' constant intrusions lead Julie to separate briefly from Gabe and even seriously consider divorce. Originally from Nebraska, with a college degree in anthropology, Julie eventually becomes a secretary at Buchanan, and later a substitute teacher after Gabe's promotion to vice-principal. She makes several references to her "world famous tuna casserole", a common meal at the Kotter dinner table, which Gabe and the Sweathogs deem inedible.
🐷 Read a book set in Nebraska
08.All Done with Dying: A Hella Duran Thriller-Brent Spencer 11/13/21

🐷 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is in TUNA CASSEROLE. ( Three word minimum).
09.Code Name: Sentinel-Sawyer Bennett 9/02/21

🐷 Read a book where a character resents an intrusion in their life.



5. Michael Woodman played by John Sylvester White. Michael Woodman is the curmudgeonly vice-principal and later principal of Buchanan High. He makes no secret of his dislike for the Sweathogs, whom he considers the bottom of the social stratum at his school. His old age, and sometimes his diminutive height, are common jokes with the Sweathogs. Woodman is against Kotter's unorthodox teaching methods, and at one point even puts Kotter in front of the school's review board in an unsuccessful attempt to have him fired.
🐷 Read a book where a character is a vice-principal or a principal.
10.Winter's Touch-Jamie Begley 11/07/21

🐷 Read a book with a character who is short.

🐷 Read a book where someone goes before a review board.
Medical Review Board
11.Flirting with 40-K. Bromberg 10/10/21


6. Vincent "Vinnie" Barbarino was played by John Travolta. Vinnie Barbarino is a cocky Italian-American, the "unofficial official" leader and resident heartthrob of the Sweathogs. He has a need to be the center of attention. In the two-episode "Follow the Leader", Barbarino quits the Sweathogs and drops out of school in anger when Freddy Washington is chosen as the "leader" of the group, though he returns as leader at the finish of the story. Barbarino's prowess with women is sometimes a source of envy and more often amusement among his classmates.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader.
12.Fatal Reckoning-Marie Force 9/08/21

🐷 Read a book with a character who has a prowess with women.

🐷 Read a book where the author's initials are in SWEATHOGS.
13.Toni Anderson-Cold Hearted 9/11/21


7. Arnold Dingfelder Horshack played by Ron Palillo is the class clown of the Sweathogs. Arnold Horshack, is completely comfortable with his oddball, if naïve, personality. Horshack was known for his unique observations and his wheezing laugh, similar to that of a hyena. It is possible that academically he is the smartest Sweathog. He is the only central Sweathog character to be promoted out of remedial academics class, but he soon returns after feeling out of place. He has an affection for acting and enjoys old movies, particularly 1930s musicals.
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes old movies or musicals.
14.Crash-Nicole James 10/12/21

🐷 Read a book with a character who is smart.
15.To Die For-Willow Rose 10/14/21

🐷 Read a book with a character who is naive.
16.Virtuous-M.S. Force 8/29/21


8. Freddie Percy "Boom Boom" Washington was played by Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs. Freddie Washington is the hip black student known as the athletic Sweathog for his skills on the basketball court. Washington claimed his nickname came from his habit of "pretending to play the bass" and singing "Boom-boom-boom-boom!". His trademark phrase is, "Hi, there". Though often the voice of reason among his classmates, Washington nonetheless is a willing participant in the Sweathogs' various antics and pranks.
🐷 Read a book with a character who plays basketball.
17.Flagrant-Alexandria House 11/17/21

🐷 Read a book of a character who sings.
18.Reel-Kennedy Ryan 10/13/21

🐷 Read a book with a character who likes pranks.



9. Juan Luis Pedro Felipo de Huevos Epstein was played by Robert Hegyes. Epstein is a fiercely proud Puerto Rican Jew. He is one of the toughest students at Buchanan High, despite his short stature. He normally walks with a tough-man strut and was voted "Most Likely to Take a Life" by his peers.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is "tough".
19.Sex Piston-Jamie Begley 10/29/21

🐷 Read a book with a character who takes some ones life.
20.Bloody Love-Lisa Renee Jones 9/01/21

🐷 Read a book with a Puerto Rican or a Jewish character.
21.His Perfect Partner-Priscilla Oliveras 10/01/21


10. Beauregarde "Beau" De LaBarre played by Stephen Shortridge was introduced as a regular character in the fourth and final season. Beau is a handsome, friendly, blond, silver-tongued southerner who transfers from New Orleans after being kicked out of several other schools. He ends up in Kotter's class. He seems to have a way with women, as shown in later episodes. One of his running jokes involves imparting esoteric and nonsensical sayings, such as "a real man never steps on a pregnant alligator".
🐷 Read a book set in New Orleans.
22.Step Into My Web-Cynthia Eden 9/12/21

🐷 Read a book where someone has attended many schools.

🐷 Read a book that is fourth in the series.
(Morgan Dane Series)
23.What I've Done-Melinda Leigh 9/16/21

Duration:8/27/21 - 11/28/21

Level 2: Gabe Kotter 10-19 Tasks.

Amount Completed: 19 task

Tasks

1. Welcome Back, Kotter
🐷 Read a book set at a high school.
>>📺We Contain Multitudes - Sarah Henstra, 8/29/21
🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year.
>>🍁From Best Friend to Husband - Lucy McConnell, 10/1/21
🐷 Read a book with the letters ABC in any order in the title.

2. Welcome Back, Kotter's first season was controversial. In Boston, the local ABC affiliate (WCVB-TV) initially refused to air the show. The city was going through a tumultuous school busing program that involved widespread protests and riots, and the local affiliate felt Kotter's fictional integrated classroom would exacerbate the situation. The show became an early ratings success, however, and the affiliate relented, picking it up from its fifth episode. Censor concerns about depiction of juvenile delinquency faded after the Sweathogs' antics proved to be silly rather than criminal.
🐷 Read a book that has a controversary in it.
>>👬 Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World - Benjamin Alire Sáenz, 10/16/21
🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars.
>>🌟The Very Thought of You - Iris Morland, 10/8/21
🐷 Read a book that is silly or humorous.
>>😋Something Wicked: A Happy Holidays Romance - Lucy Hudson, 10/29/21

3. Gabe Kotter is a flippant but well-meaning teacher who returns to his alma mater, James Buchanan High to teach. The rigid vice principal, Michael Woodman dismisses the Sweathogs as witless hoodlums and only expects Kotter to contain them until they drop out or are otherwise banished. As a former remedial student and a founding member of the original class of Sweathogs, Kotter befriends the current Sweathogs and stimulates their potential. A pupil-teacher rapport is formed, and the students often visit Kotter's apartment, sometimes via the fire escape window, much to the chagrin of his wife, Julie.
🐷 Read a book where a character is called Gabe, Julie, James or Michael.
>>🎸Bend in the Road - Sara Biren, 10/23/21
🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person.
>>👨‍🏫Puck Drills & Quick Thrills - Eden Finley, 10/17/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a teacher.
>>👩‍🏫Sweet Haven - K.C. Lynn, 9/29/21

4. Julie Kotter is Gabe's wife and closest friend. She is occasionally upset with the amount of time her husband spends with his students, and she is troubled that he allows them to visit their apartment regularly; in the two-part story arc "Follow the Leader", the Sweathogs' constant intrusions lead Julie to separate briefly from Gabe and even seriously consider divorce. Originally from Nebraska, with a college degree in anthropology, Julie eventually becomes a secretary at Buchanan, and later a substitute teacher after Gabe's promotion to vice-principal. She makes several references to her "world famous tuna casserole", a common meal at the Kotter dinner table, which Gabe and the Sweathogs deem inedible.
🐷 Read a book set in Nebraska
🐷 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is in TUNA CASSEROLE. ( Three word minimum).
🐷 Read a book where a character resents an intrusion in their life.
>>❌Tucked Away - Jennie Marts, 9/17/21

5. Michael Woodman played by John Sylvester White. Michael Woodman is the curmudgeonly vice-principal and later principal of Buchanan High. He makes no secret of his dislike for the Sweathogs, whom he considers the bottom of the social stratum at his school. His old age, and sometimes his diminutive height, are common jokes with the Sweathogs. Woodman is against Kotter's unorthodox teaching methods, and at one point even puts Kotter in front of the school's review board in an unsuccessful attempt to have him fired.
🐷 Read a book where a character is a vice-principal or a principal.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is short.
🐷 Read a book where someone goes before a review board.

6. Vincent "Vinnie" Barbarino
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader.
>>💖Bare Ass in Love - Sasha Burke, 8/27/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who has a prowess with women.
>>💖Finding Mr. Right Next Door - Sarah Ballance, 9/4/21
🐷 Read a book where the author's initials are in SWEATHOGS.'
>>🥵Noble and Strong - Tatum West, 10/22/21

7. Arnold Dingfelder Horshack played by Ron Palillo is the class clown of the Sweathogs. Arnold Horshack, is completely comfortable with his oddball, if naïve, personality. Horshack was known for his unique observations and his wheezing laugh, similar to that of a hyena. It is possible that academically he is the smartest Sweathog. He is the only central Sweathog character to be promoted out of remedial academics class, but he soon returns after feeling out of place. He has an affection for acting and enjoys old movies, particularly 1930s musicals.
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes old movies or musicals.
>>🎬Out in the Field - Lane Hayes, 9/27/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who is smart.
>>🩺My Second Chance Player: A Romantic Comedy - Elyse Riggs, 9/14/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who is naive.

8. Freddie Percy "Boom Boom" Washington was played by Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs. Freddie Washington is the hip black student known as the athletic Sweathog for his skills on the basketball court. Washington claimed his nickname came from his habit of "pretending to play the bass" and singing "Boom-boom-boom-boom!". His trademark phrase is, "Hi, there". Though often the voice of reason among his classmates, Washington nonetheless is a willing participant in the Sweathogs' various antics and pranks.
🐷 Read a book with a character who plays basketball.
🐷 Read a book of a character who sings.
>>🎤Heartscape - Garrett Leigh, 9/28/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes pranks.
>>😅Sweet Love - K.C. Lynn, 9/14/21

9. Juan Luis Pedro Felipo de Huevos Epstein
🐷 Read a book with a character who is "tough".
>>💪Runaway Road - Devney Perry, 9/1/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who takes some ones life.
>>🔫Beautifully Broken Pieces - Catherine Cowles, 9/24/21
🐷 Read a book with a Puerto Rican or a Jewish character.

10. Beauregarde "Beau" De LaBarre played by Stephen Shortridge was introduced as a regular character in the fourth and final season. Beau is a handsome, friendly, blond, silver-tongued southerner who transfers from New Orleans after being kicked out of several other schools. He ends up in Kotter's class. He seems to have a way with women, as shown in later episodes. One of his running jokes involves imparting esoteric and nonsensical sayings, such as "a real man never steps on a pregnant alligator".
🐷 Read a book set in New Orleans.
🐷 Read a book where someone has attended many schools.
🐷 Read a book that is fourth in the series.
>>📚Your Inescapable Love - Layla Hagen, 10/31/21

Welcome Back Kotter.
Duration: Three months from start date.

Level 2: Gabe Kotter 10-19 Tasks.
Level 3: Sweathogs 20 Tasks or more.
8/28/2021 - 11/27/2021

Tasks 20/30

1. Welcome Back, Kotter
🐷 Read a book set at a high school.
Flunked by Jen Calonita 10/27/2021
🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year.
The Walking Bread by Winnie Archer 10/29/2021 ( September 25th 2018)
🐷 Read a book with the letters ABC in any order in the title.
Very Buried Cheesecake by Lyndsey Cole 9/20/2021

2.
🐷 Read a book that has a controversary in it.
A Hex for Danger by Esme Addison 11/7/2021
🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars. 4.23
Tricked by Jen Calonita 11/16/2021
🐷 Read a book that is silly or humorous.
Norway to Hide by Maddy Hunter 10/18/2021

3. Gabe Kotter
🐷 Read a book where a character is called James.
Aged for Murder by Fiona Grace 11/14/2021
🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person.
The Blue Bistro by Elin Hilderbrand 10/31/2021
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a teacher.
Charmed by Jen Calonita 11/09/2021

4. Julie
🐷 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is in TUNA CASSEROLE. ( Three word minimum).
Crust No One by Winnie Archer 9/25/2021
🐷 Read a book where a character resents an intrusion in their life. MC adoptive parent resents the biological family.
The Other Family by Loretta Nyhan 10/30/2021

5. Michael Woodman
🐷 Read a book with a character who is short.
Murder at the Taffy Shop by Maddie Day

6. Vincent "Vinnie" Barbarino
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader.
Queen Elizabeth II: A Birthday Souvenir Album by Jane Roberts 10/5/2021
🐷 Read a book with a character who has a prowess with women.
Killer in Crinolines by Duffy Brown 10/4/2021
🐷 Read a book where the author's initials are in SWEATHOGS.
Winter Storms by Elin Hilderbrand 9/16/2021

7. Arnold Dingfelder Horshack
🐷 Read a book with a character who is smart.
Murder with Fried Chicken and Waffles by A.L. Herbert 10/31/2021 (Halia)
🐷 Read a book with a character who is naive.
Nantucket Nights by Elin Hilderbrand 9/7/2021 (Kayla)

8. Freddie Percy "Boom Boom" Washington

9. Juan Luis Pedro Felipo de Huevos Epstein
🐷 Read a book with a character who is "tough".
Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich 9/10/2021
🐷 Read a book with a character who takes some ones life.
Dyeing Season by Karen MacInerney 11/11/2021

10. Beauregarde "Beau" De LaBarre
🐷 Read a book that is fourth in the series.
Room for Murder by Tim Myers 8/30/2021

Welcome Frankie and Katelyn

FINISHED

Lets go back to school with the Sweathogs.
Welcome Back Kotter.
Duration: Three months from start date.

09/01-11/30/21

Level 3: Sweathogs 20 Tasks or more.

LEVEL 3 - 22/20+



Tasks

✅1. Welcome Back, Kotter is an American sitcom starring Gabe Kaplan.
🎃🐷 Read a book set at a high school. - Two Wicked Desserts - Lynn Cahoon 10/21/21
🍎🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year. Burden of Poof - Julie Anne Lindsey 09/07/21 Published September 2021
🍎🐷 Read a book with the letters ABC in any order in the title. Fields' Guide to Abduction - Julie Mulhern 09/18/21 ABduCtion


✅2. Welcome Back, Kotter's first season was controversial. In Boston, the local ABC affiliate (WCVB-TV) initially refused to air the show. The city was going through a tumultuous school busing program that involved widespread protests and riots, and the local affiliate felt Kotter's fictional integrated classroom would exacerbate the situation. The show became an early ratings success, however, and the affiliate relented, picking it up from its fifth episode. Censor concerns about depiction of juvenile delinquency faded after the Sweathogs' antics proved to be silly rather than criminal.
🎃🐷 Read a book that has a controversary in it. Partners in Lime - Bree Baker 10/13/21
🍎🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars. - The Chocolate Raccoon Rigmarole - JoAnna Carl 09/15/21 - has a 4star rating on Goodreads
🦃🐷 Read a book that is humorous. Ukulele Murder - Leslie Langtry 11/28/21 Tagged HUMOR


✅3. Gabe Kotter is a flippant but well-meaning teacher who returns to his alma mater, James Buchanan High to teach. The rigid vice principal, Michael Woodman dismisses the Sweathogs as witless hoodlums and only expects Kotter to contain them until they drop out or are otherwise banished. As a former remedial student and a founding member of the original class of Sweathogs, Kotter befriends the current Sweathogs and stimulates their potential. A pupil-teacher rapport is formed, and the students often visit Kotter's apartment, sometimes via the fire escape window, much to the chagrin of his wife, Julie.
🎃🐷 Read a book where a character is called Gabe, Julie, James or Michael. - Mrs. Morris and the Sorceress - Traci Wilton 10/29/21 JAMES
🍎🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person. Natural Thorn Killer - Kate E. Dyer-Seeley 09/05/21 Elin sees a lot of potential in Britta in floral design.
🎃🐷 Read a book with a character who is a teacher. Owl Be Home for Christmas - Donna Andrews 10/05/21 Michael Waterston


📌📌4. Julie Kotter is Gabe's wife and closest friend. She is occasionally upset with the amount of time her husband spends with his students, and she is troubled that he allows them to visit their apartment regularly; in the two-part story arc "Follow the Leader", the Sweathogs' constant intrusions lead Julie to separate briefly from Gabe and even seriously consider divorce. Originally from Nebraska, with a college degree in anthropology, Julie eventually becomes a secretary at Buchanan, and later a substitute teacher after Gabe's promotion to vice-principal. She makes several references to her "world famous tuna casserole", a common meal at the Kotter dinner table, which Gabe and the Sweathogs deem inedible.
🐷 Read a book set in Nebraska
🍎🐷 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is in TUNA CASSEROLE. ( Three word minimum). The Cider Shop Rules - Julie Anne Lindsey 09/09/21
🍎🐷 Read a book where a character resents an intrusion in their life. Topped Chef Lucy Burdette 09/22/21 Detective Nate Bransford’s ex-wife shows up and puts a sudden halt to Haeley and Nates burgeoning romance


📌📌5. Michael Woodman played by John Sylvester White. Michael Woodman is the curmudgeonly vice-principal and later principal of Buchanan High. He makes no secret of his dislike for the Sweathogs, whom he considers the bottom of the social stratum at his school. His old age, and sometimes his diminutive height, are common jokes with the Sweathogs. Woodman is against Kotter's unorthodox teaching methods, and at one point even puts Kotter in front of the school's review board in an unsuccessful attempt to have him fired.
🍎🐷 Read a book where a character is a vice-principal or a principal. A Hoe Lot of Trouble - Heather Webber 09/11/21 ROBERT MacKenna, V.P. at Riley’s school
🍎🐷 Read a book with a character who is short. - The Diva Serves Forbidden Fruit - Krista Davis 09/02/21 - MC Sophie
🐷 Read a book where someone goes before a review board.


✅6. Vincent "Vinnie" Barbarino was played by John Travolta.
🍎🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader. Cinder - Marissa Meyer 09/25/21 “PRINCE KAI”
🦃🐷 Read a book with a character who has a prowess with women. - That Touch of Ink - Diane Vallere 11/04/21 DETECTIVE TEX ALLEN
🎃🐷 Read a book where the author's initials are in SWEATHOGS. EG - Eva Gates - Something Read, Something Dead 10/25/21


📌📌7. Arnold Dingfelder Horshack played by Ron Palillo.
🎃🐷 Read a book with a character who likes old movies or musicals. Pumpkins in Paradise - Kathi Daley 10/31/21 BEN
🎃🐷 Read a book with a character who is smart. Sleeping with the Fishes - MaryJanice Davidson 10/11/21 Fredrika Bimm is a marine biologist and half mermaid
🐷 Read a book with a character who is naive.


📌8. Freddie Percy "Boom Boom" Washington was played by Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs.
🐷 Read a book with a character who plays basketball.
🐷 Read a book of a character who sings.
🦃🐷 Read a book with a character who likes pranks. Murder Outside the Lines - Krista Davis 11/19/21 CORALUE


📌📌9. Juan Luis Pedro Felipo de Huevos Epstein was played by Robert Hegyes. Epstein is a fiercely proud Puerto Rican Jew. He is one of the toughest students at Buchanan High, despite his short stature. He normally walks with a tough-man strut and was voted "Most Likely to Take a Life" by his peers.
🦃🐷 Read a book with a character who is "tough". - Seven Deadly Sequins - Julie Anne Lindsey 11/14/21 MASON
🎃🐷 Read a book with a character who takes some ones life. Stitches and Witches - Nancy Warren 10/03/21
🐷 Read a book with a Puerto Rican or a Jewish character.


📌10. Beauregarde "Beau" De LaBarre played by Stephen Shortridge was introduced as a regular character in the fourth and final season. Beau is a handsome, friendly, blond, silver-tongued southerner who transfers from New Orleans after being kicked out of several other schools. He ends up in Kotter's class. He seems to have a way with women, as shown in later episodes. One of his running jokes involves imparting esoteric and nonsensical sayings, such as "a real man never steps on a pregnant alligator".
🐷 Read a book set in New Orleans.
🦃🐷 Read a book where someone has attended many schools. - The Pint of No Return - Ellie Alexander 11/25/21 - M.C. Sloan
🐷 Read a book that is fourth in the series.

Welcome Back Kotter.
Duration: Three months from start date.
Date Started: September 1, 2021 (Nov. 30, 2021)
Date Completed: November 29, 2021

Level 2: Gabe Kotter 10-19 Tasks.

Tasks: 17

1. Welcome Back, Kotter is an American sitcom starring
Gabe Kaplan
🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year. - Just Add Salt (Hetta Coffey 2) by Jinx Schwartz - 9/19/21 - Published September 28, 2011
🐷 Read a book with the letters ABC in any order in the title. - The Ghost of Tobacco Road by Dale J. Young - 10/27/21

2. Welcome Back, Kotter's first season was controversial.
🐷 Read a book that has a controversy in it - The Secrets of Mystic Springs (Mystic Springs 2) by Mona Marple - 10/24/21 - 2 different characters claim their ancestors are the ones who founded the town
🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars. - Murder at Corgi Country Club (Wagging Tails 5) by Cindy Bell - 9/9/21

3. Gabe Kotter is a flippant but well-meaning teacher who returns to his alma mater, James Buchanan High to teach.
🐷 Read a book where a character is called Gabe, Julie, James or Michael. - Sasquatch (Sasquatch 1) by K.T. Tomb - 9/6/21 - Julie North, survivalist and biologist
🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person. - Rules of Lying (Jane Dough 1) by Stephie Smith - 11/01/21

4. Julie Kotter is Gabe's wife and closest friend.
🐷 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is in TUNA CASSEROLE. ( Three word minimum). - Spells and Spooks (Witch Haven 1) by K.E. O'Connor - 10/09/2021
🐷 Read a book where a character resents an intrusion in their life. - Daisy McDare and the Deadly Directorial Affair (Daisy McDare 3) by K.M. Morgan - 11/14/21 - Fiona

5. Michael Woodman played by John Sylvester White.

6. Vincent "Vinnie" Barbarino played by John Travolta.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader. - The Jackpot by David Kazzie - 10/04/2021 - Jamal
🐷 Read a book with a character who has a prowess with women. - Daisy McDare and the Deadly Restaurant Affair (Daisy McDare 6) by K.M. Morgan - 11/15/21 - Adam Hunter is married and has two mistresses

7. Arnold Dingfelder Horshack played by Ron Palillo
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes old movies or musicals. - Raspberry Chocolate Murder: A Cozy Murder Mystery (Dolphin Bay 1) by Leena Clover - 11/29/21 - Cassie's favorite movie is Casablanca
🐷 Read a book with a character who is smart. - Murder at Sea of Passenger X (Georgie Shaw 5) by Anna Celeste Burke - 10/14/2021 - Georgie & Jack Shaw, both very smart

8. Freddie Percy "Boom Boom" Washington played by
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs.

9. Juan Luis Pedro Felipo de Huevos Epstein played by
Robert Hegyes.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is "tough". - Talking with the Dead (Kat Parker 2) by K.L. Phelps - 10/28/21 - Jonny and Damian
🐷 Read a book with a character who takes someone's life. - Marshmallow Murder (Cupcake Crimes 2) by Molly Maple - 9/12/21

10. Beauregarde "Beau" De LaBarre played by Stephen Shortridge
🐷 Read a book that is fourth in the series. - Angel of Death (Addie Foster 4) by Kimberley O'Malley - 11/09/21

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Welcome Back Kotter.
Duration: Three months from start date.
Level 1: Michael Woodman 5-9 Tasks.
Level 2: Gabe Kotter 10-19 Tasks.
Level 3: Sweathogs 20 Tasks or more.
8/28/2021 - 11/27/2021

Tasks

1.
🐷 Read a book set at a high school.
🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year. Murder in the Corn Maze G.A. McKevett 11/18/21. Sept 2019
🐷 Read a book with the letters ABC in any order in the title. Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye Victoria Laurie 10/25/21

2.
🐷 Read a book that has a controversy in it.
🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars. The Ghost and the Haunted Portrait Cleo Coyle 9/7/21. 4.18 stars
🐷 Read a book that is silly or humorous.

3.
🐷 Read a book where a character is called Gabe, Julie, James or Michael. No Nest for the Wicket Donna Andrews 9/19/21. Michael Waterston
🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person. For Whom the Book Tolls Laura Gail Black 10/14/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a teacher. Murder, Plainly Read Isabella Alan 11/9/21 Phoebe Truber

4.
🐷 Read a book set in Nebraska
🐷 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is in TUNA CASSEROLE. ( Three word minimum).
🐷 Read a book where a character resents an intrusion in their life. Murder in the Bayou Boneyard Ellen Byron 10/9/21. Maggie resents the McDowell's intrusion in her family's life and business

5.
🐷 Read a book where a character is a vice-principal or a principal. Murder in Her Stocking G.A. McKevett 10/28/21. Jake Neville
🐷 Read a book with a character who is short. A Timely Vision Joyce Lavene 11/7/21. SBI Agent Brooks Walker p 95
🐷 Read a book where someone goes before a review board.

6.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader. Synchronized Sorcery Juliet Blackwell 9/14/21. Lily is the leader of San Francisco's magical community
🐷 Read a book with a character who has a prowess with women. Grounds for Murder Tara Lush 9/20/21. Fabrizio “Fab” Bellucci
🐷 Read a book where the author's initials are in SWEATHOGS. Mrs. Morris and the Ghost of Christmas Past Traci Wilton 11/26/21

7.
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes old movies or musicals.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is smart. The Inspector and Mrs. Jeffries Emily Brightwell 11/23/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who is naive. Picture Miss Seeton Heron Carvic 10/11/21

8.
🐷 Read a book with a character who plays basketball.
🐷 Read a book of a character who sings.
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes pranks. Lord of the Wings Donna Andrews 10/18/21. Rob Langslow

9.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is "tough". Bless Her Dead Little Heart Miranda James 11/2/21 Kanesha Berry
🐷 Read a book with a character who takes some ones life. Hearse and Buggy Laura Bradford 9/13/21
🐷 Read a book with a Puerto Rican or a Jewish character.

10.
🐷 Read a book set in New Orleans. Killer on a Hot Tin Roof Livia J. Washburn. 11/17/21
🐷 Read a book where someone has attended many schools.
🐷 Read a book that is fourth in the series. Skirting The Grave Annette Blair 10/8/21

Welcome Back Kotter.
Duration: Three months from start date.
Date Started: September 1, 2021 (Nov. 30, 2021)
Date Completed:
18/20

Level 1: Michael Woodman 5-9 Tasks.
Level 2: Gabe Kotter 10-19 Tasks.
Level 3: Sweathogs 20 Tasks or more.

Tasks:

1. Welcome Back, Kotter is an American sitcom starring
Gabe Kaplan
🐷 Read a book set at a high school.
Speak. Laurie Halse Anderson. 9.14.21
🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year.
Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century. Jessica Bruder. 9.19.21 (2018)
🐷 Read a book with the letters ABC in any order in the title.
The Magnificent Ambersons. Booth Tarkington. 9.23.21

2. Welcome Back, Kotter's first season was controversial.
🐷 Read a book that has a controversary in it.
The Seed Keeper. Diane Wilson. 9.5.21
🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars.
House Lessons: Renovating a Life. Erica Bauermeister. 9.1.21 (4.08)
🐷 Read a book that is silly or humorous.
Mayhem at the Orient Express. Kylie Logan. 9.18.21

3. Gabe Kotter is a flippant but well-meaning teacher who returns to his alma mater, James Buchanan High to teach.
🐷 Read a book where a character is called James.
Who Is Vera Kelly?. Rosalie Knecht. 10.1.21
🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person.
Downsizing. Lin Stepp. 9.7.21 (Owen & Charlotte>Mary Pat)
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a teacher.
Everything I Have Is Yours: A Marriage. Eleanor Henderson. 9.8.21

4. Julie Kotter is Gabe's wife and closest friend.
🐷 Read a book set in Nebraska
🐷 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is in TUNA CASSEROLE.
A Likely Story. Jenn McKinlay. 9.9.21
🐷 Read a book where a character resents an intrusion in their life.
A Cup of Silver Linings. Karen Hawkins. 9.12.21 (Kristen resents her grandmother's intruding on her life.)

5. Michael Woodman played by John Sylvester White.
🐷 Read a book where a character is a vice-principal or a principal.
To Sir, With Love. E.R. Braithwaite. 9.15.21
🐷 Read a book with a character who is short.
Christmas in Winter Hill. Melody Carlson. 9.13.21
🐷 Read a book where someone goes before a review board.

6. Vincent "Vinnie" Barbarino played by John Travolta.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader.
Debt of Bones. Terry Goodkind. 9.22.21 (Zedd)
🐷 Read a book with a character who has a prowess with women. (Jake)
500 Miles from You. Jenny Colgan. 10.3.21
🐷 Read a book where the author's initials are in SWEATHOGS.
South of the Buttonwood Tree. Heather Webber. 9.5.21

7. Arnold Dingfelder Horshack played by Ron Palillo
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes old movies or musicals.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is smart.
The Wright Brothers. David McCullough. 9.15.21
🐷 Read a book with a character who is naive.
Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam. M.C. Beaton. 10.5.21 (Agatha)

8. Freddie Percy "Boom Boom" Washington played by
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs.
🐷 Read a book with a character who plays basketball.
Nothing to See Here. Kevin Wilson. 9.9.21
🐷 Read a book of a character who sings.
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes pranks.
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away. Bill Bryson. 9.18.21

9. Juan Luis Pedro Felipo de Huevos Epstein played by
Robert Hegyes.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is "tough".
🐷 Read a book with a character who takes some ones life.
The Stranger. Albert Camus. 9.20.21
🐷 Read a book with a Puerto Rican or a Jewish character.
With the Fire on High. Elizabeth Acevedo. 9.19.21

10. Beauregarde "Beau" De LaBarre played by Stephen Shortridge
🐷 Read a book set in New Orleans.
🐷 Read a book where someone has attended many schools.
The Travelling Cat Chronicles. Hiro Arikawa. 10.1.21 (Saturo)
🐷 Read a book that is fourth in the series.

Welcome Back Kotter.
Duration: Three months from start date.
September 1, 2021 - Nov. 30, 2021

Level 2: Gabe Kotter 10-19 Tasks.
Completed: 10

Tasks: 10

1. Welcome Back, Kotter is an American sitcom starring
Gabe Kaplan
🐷 Read a book set at a high school- I Am Not Starfire-Mariko Tamaki 9/17
🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year- Skulduggery Pleasant-Derek Landy 9/12

2. Welcome Back, Kotter's first season was controversial.
🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars- Pokémon Adventures, Vol. 2-Hidenori Kusaka 9/11
🐷 Read a book that is silly or humorous- Thor & Loki: Double Trouble-Mariko Tamaki 9/18

3. Gabe Kotter is a flippant but well-meaning teacher who returns to his alma mater, James Buchanan High to teach.
🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person- BORUTO―ボルト― 15 ―NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS―-Mikio Ikemoto 9/19

6. Vincent "Vinnie" Barbarino played by John Travolta.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader- Across the Sea: Wolf Girl 5-Anh Do 9/9
🐷 Read a book where the author's initials are in SWEATHOGS- Dragon Ball, Vol. 10: Return to the Tournament-Akira Toriyama 9/17

7. Arnold Dingfelder Horshack played by Ron Palillo
🐷 Read a book with a character who is naive- Dragon Ball, Vol. 13: Piccolo Conquers the World-Akira Toriyama 9/22

8. Freddie Percy "Boom Boom" Washington played by Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs.
🐷 Read a book of a character who sings- Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death-Amy Chu 9/13

10. Beauregarde "Beau" De LaBarre played by Stephen Shortridge
🐷 Read a book that is fourth in the series- Fence, Vol. 4: Rivals-C.S. Pacat 9/8

Welcome Back Kotter.
September - November, 2021

Level 3: Level 3: Sweathogs 20 Tasks or more
Task Completed: 20/20


Tasks:
1. Welcome Back Kotter is an American sitcom starring Gabe Kaplan.
🐷 Read a book set at a high school.
The Last Graduate | Naomi Novik - Oct 6
🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year.
I'd Rather Be Reading | Anne Bogel - Oct 3 (pub. Sep. 2018)
🐷 Read a book with the letters ABC in any order in the title.
Blacktop Wasteland | S.A. Cosby - Sep 22

2. Welcome Back Kotter's first season was controversial.
🐷 Read a book that has a controversy in it.
🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane | Neil Gaiman - Oct 11 (4.00 at time of reading)
🐷 Read a book that is silly or humorous.
Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village | Maureen Johnson-Sep 26

3. Kotter, a flippant but well-meaning teacher, returns to his alma mater, James Buchanan High to teach.
🐷 Read a book where a character is called Gabe, Julie, James or Michael.
The Boy Next Door | Meg Cabot - Oct 24 (character named Michael Everett)
🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person.
The Love Hypothesis | Ali Hazelwood -Sep 28
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a teacher.
Confessions | Kanae Minato - Sep 3

4. Julie Kotter is Gabe's wife and closest friend.
🐷 Read a book set in Nebraska
🐷 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is in TUNA CASSEROLE.
Trail of Lightning | Rebecca Roanhorse - Nov 30
🐷 Read a book where a character resents an intrusion in their life.
Saving Francesca | Melina Marchetta - Sep 24

5. Michael Woodman played by John Sylvester White.
🐷 Read a book where a character is a vice-principal or a principal.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is short.
The Beatryce Prophecy | Kate DiCamillo - Oct 22
🐷 Read a book where someone goes before a review board.

6. Vincent "Vinnie" Barbarino played by John Travolta.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader.
Steelheart | Brandon Sanderson - Oct 10
🐷 Read a book with a character who has a prowess with women.
Idol | Kristen Callihan - Nov 1
🐷 Read a book where the author's initials are in SWEATHOGS.
The Spanish Love Deception | Elena Armas - Sep 20

7. Arnold Dingfelder Horshack played by Ron Palillo.
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes old movies or musicals.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is smart.
As Good As Dead | Holly Jackson - Oct 2
🐷 Read a book with a character who is naive.
Red Winter | Annette Marie - Oct 29

8. Freddie Percy "Boom Boom" Washington played by Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs.
🐷 Read a book with a character who plays basketball.
🐷 Read a book of a character who sings.
Wild Sign | Patricia Briggs - Sep 4
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes pranks.

9. Juan Luis Pedro Felipo de Huevos Epstein played by Robert Hegyes.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is "tough".
The One and Only Crystal Druid | Annette Marie - Oct 17
🐷 Read a book with a character who takes some ones life.
The Hawthorne Legacy | Jennifer Lynn Barnes - Sep 16
🐷 Read a book with a Puerto Rican or a Jewish character.

10. Beauregarde "Beau" De LaBarre played by Stephen Shortridge.
🐷 Read a book set in New Orleans.
Wicked | Jennifer L. Armentrout - Oct 26
🐷 Read a book where someone has attended many schools.
🐷 Read a book that is fourth in the series.

Welcome Back Kotter
September – November 2021

Level 2: Gabe Kotter 10-19 Tasks

15 completed

1. Welcome Back, Kotter
🐷 Read a book set at a high school.
A Good School by Richard Yates - 9/24 ★★★★★
🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year.
The Lover by Marguerite Duras (September 1984) - 9/22 ★★★
🐷 Read a book with the letters ABC in any order in the title.
Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light by Helen Ellis - 9/20 ★★★

2. Controversial first season
🐷 Read a book that has a controversary in it.
Welcome, Chaos by Kate Wilhelm - 9/12 ★★★
🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars.
The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley (avg rating 4.05) - 9/2 ★★★
🐷 Read a book that is silly or humorous.
Fraud by David Rakoff - 9/5 ★★★★

3. Gabe Kotter
🐷 Read a book where a character is called Gabe, Julie, James or Michael.
🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person.
The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett - 9/4 ★★★★
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a teacher.
The Invited by Jennifer McMahon - 9/10 ★★★★

4. Julie Kotter
🐷 Read a book set in Nebraska.
The Magician's Assistant by Ann Patchett - 9/11 ★★★★★
🐷 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is in TUNA CASSEROLE.
Son of Rosemary by Ira Levin - 9/24 ★★★★
🐷 Read a book where a character resents an intrusion in their life.
Death with Interruptions by José Saramago - 9/22 ★★★★

5. Michael Woodman
🐷 Read a book where a character is a vice-principal or a principal.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is short.
X Marks the Scot by Kaitlyn Dunnett - 9/29 ★★★
🐷 Read a book where someone goes before a review board.

6. Vincent "Vinnie" Barbarino
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader.
Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee - 9/14 ★★★★
🐷 Read a book with a character who has a prowess with women.
🐷 Read a book where the author's initials are in SWEATHOGS.
Permutation City by Greg Egan

7. Arnold Dingfelder Horshack
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes old movies or musicals.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is smart.
Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov - 10/2 ★★★★★
🐷 Read a book with a character who is naive.

8. Freddie Percy "Boom Boom" Washington
🐷 Read a book with a character who plays basketball.
🐷 Read a book of a character who sings.
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes pranks.

9. Juan Luis Pedro Felipo de Huevos Epstein
🐷 Read a book with a character who is "tough".
🐷 Read a book with a character who takes some ones life.
Zone One by Colson Whitehead - 9/18 ★★★
🐷 Read a book with a Puerto Rican or a Jewish character.

10. Beauregarde "Beau" De LaBarre
🐷 Read a book set in New Orleans.
🐷 Read a book where someone has attended many schools.
🐷 Read a book that is fourth in the series.

Retro TV: Welcome Back Kotter.
Duration: September 1, 2021 - November 30, 2021

Goal: 22/20+
Level 3: Sweathogs 20 Tasks or more.

Tasks
🐷 Read a book set at a high school.
William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Mean Girls - Ian Doescher - 10/19/21

🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year.
Velvet, Vol. 3: The Man Who Stole the World - Ed Brubaker - 08/10/21 - September 21, 2016

🐷 Read a book with the letters ABC in any order in the title.
An Unexpected Mail Order Bride - Blythe Carver - 11/07/21

🐷 Read a book that has a controversary in it.
How Beautiful We Were - Imbolo Mbue - 11/12/21 - Big corporations and governments exploiting defenceless people.

🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars.
Namesake - Adrienne Young - 09/07/21 - 4.13 on 09/30/2021

🐷 Read a book that is silly or humorous.
The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party - Alexander McCall Smith - 09/01/21

🐷 Read a book where a character is called Gabe, Julie, James or Michael.
We Are the Brennans - Tracey Lange - 10/10/21 - Michael Eaton

🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person.
The Four Winds - Kristin Hannah - 10/14/21 - Jack sees the courage in Elsa.

🐷 Read a book with a character who is a teacher.
Petals of Blood - Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o - 09/18/21 - Munira

🐷 Read a book set in Nebraska

🐷 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is in TUNA CASSEROLE. ( Three word minimum).
The Night Country - Melissa Albert - 07/10/21

🐷 Read a book where a character resents an intrusion in their life.
The Push - Ashley Audrain - 10/01/21 - Blythe resents having given birth to her daughter.

🐷 Read a book where a character is a vice-principal or a principal.

🐷 Read a book with a character who is short.
Pantaleón és a hölgyvendégek - Mario Vargas Llosa - 09/23/21 - Chupito

🐷 Read a book where someone goes before a review board.
The Soulmate Equation - Christina Lauren - 11/20/21 - River Pena

🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader.
Túlontúl - Ágnes Gaura - 10/04/21 - Árnyék, Lord of Fairyland

🐷 Read a book with a character who has a prowess with women.
Ariadne - Jennifer Saint - 11/25/21 - Theseus

🐷 Read a book where the author's initials are in SWEATHOGS.
Catherine House - Elisabeth Thomas - 09/15/21

🐷 Read a book with a character who likes old movies or musicals.

🐷 Read a book with a character who is smart.
Velvet, Vol. 2: The Secret Lives of Dead Men - Ed Brubaker - 07/10/21 - Velvet Templeton

🐷 Read a book with a character who is naive.

🐷 Read a book with a character who plays basketball.
🐷 Read a book of a character who sings.

🐷 Read a book with a character who likes pranks.
Teen Titans: Beast Boy - Kami Garcia - 11/17/21 - Garfield Logan

🐷 Read a book with a character who is "tough".
Knotted - Pam Godwin - 09/02/21 - Jake Holsten

🐷 Read a book with a character who takes some ones life.
Sherwood - Meagan Spooner - 09/27/21 - Marian kills a soldier.

🐷 Read a book with a Puerto Rican or a Jewish character.

🐷 Read a book set in New Orleans.
Interview with the Vampire - Anne Rice - 10/30/21

🐷 Read a book where someone has attended many schools.

🐷 Read a book that is fourth in the series.
A Kiss for a Kiss - Helena Hunting - 11/03/21

Sweathogs - Level 3
Read: 20/20

Tasks

1.
🐷 Read a book set at a high school.
🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year. - 2013
Tempt Me, Cowboy, Megan Crane ★★★ 9/9
🐷 Read a book with the letters ABC in any order in the title.

2.
🐷 Read a book that has a controversary in it.
The Start of Us, Lauren Blakely ★★★ 9/12
🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars. - 4.05
Your French Kisses, Lauren Blakely ★★★ 9/1
🐷 Read a book that is silly or humorous.
The Best Thing, Mariana Zapata ★★★ 9/23

3.
🐷 Read a book where a character is called Gabe, Julie, James or Michael. - James Fraser
Outlander, Diana Gabaldon ★★★★★ 9/24
🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person. Royce <-> Daniela
Fit for a Queen, Nicole Burnham ★★★★ 9/5
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a teacher. - Amanda
The Prince's Tutor, Nicole Burnham ★★★★ 9/20

4.
🐷 Read a book set in Nebraska
🐷 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is in TUNA CASSEROLE. ( Three word minimum).
Storm and Silence, Robert Their ★★★★ 9/2
🐷 Read a book where a character resents an intrusion in their life. - Hayley
The Thrill of It, Lauren Blakely ★★★ 9/13

5.
🐷 Read a book where a character is a vice-principal or a principal.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is short. - Twyla
Sweet Dreams, Kristen Ashley ★★★★★ 9/10
🐷 Read a book where someone goes before a review board.

6.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader. - Haven
Overnight Service, Lauren Blakely ★★★★ 9/4
🐷 Read a book with a character who has a prowess with women. - Trey
Every Second with You, Lauren Blakely ★★★ 9/13
🐷 Read a book where the author's initials are in SWEATHOGS.
Wylding Hall, Elizabeth Hand ★★★★ 10/19

7.
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes old movies or musicals. - Thad
When Stars Collide, Susan Elizabeth Phillips ★★★★ 9/19
🐷 Read a book with a character who is smart. - Katie
Secret Seduction, Jill Sanders ★★★ 10/2
🐷 Read a book with a character who is naive. Erik
A November Bride, Beth K. Vogt ★★★ 9/11

8.
🐷 Read a book with a character who plays basketball.
🐷 Read a book of a character who sings. - Marissa
Three Last First Dates, Kate O'Keeffe ★★★ 9/14
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes pranks.

9.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is "tough". - Jennifer Allen
Going to the Castle, Nicole Burnham ★★★★ 9/5
🐷 Read a book with a character who takes some ones life. - serial killer
Northern Lights, Nora Roberts ★★★★ 10/2
🐷 Read a book with a Puerto Rican or a Jewish character.

10.
🐷 Read a book set in New Orleans.
🐷 Read a book where someone has attended many schools.
🐷 Read a book that is fourth in the series.
Breaking Dawn, Stephanie Meyer ★★★★ 9/16

Retro TV: Welcome Back Kotter
September 1, 2021 - November 30, 2021
21/20+

Level 3: Sweathogs 20 Tasks or more.

Tasks
🐷 Read a book set at a high school.
🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year.
Pub 9/7/21-Reading Between the Crimes Kate Young 9/7/21
🐷 Read a book with the letters ABC in any order in the title.
Birthday Cake and Burglary Sue Hollowell 9/4/21

🐷Read a book that has a controversary in it.
Publishable by Death A.C.F.Bookens 9/11/21
🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars.
4.68-Berried in Murder Thea Cambert 9/1/21
🐷 Read a book that is silly or humorous.

🐷 Read a book where a character is called Gabe, Julie, James or Michael.
James-Camping, Couples and Crime Susan Harper 9/14/21
🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person.
Jack Russelled to Death C.B. Wilson 9/3/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a teacher.
Grady Butler-Deadly Delivery Tonya Kappes 9/2/21

🐷 Read a book set in Nebraska
🐷 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is in TUNA CASSEROLE. ( Three word minimum).
🐷 Read a book where a character resents an intrusion in their life.
Martin-Puppy Love and Peril T.J. Costello 9/8/21

🐷 Read a book where a character is a vice-principal or a principal.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is short.
Sweet Fire and Stone J.A. Whiting 9/9/21 (Mr. Finch is short)
🐷 Read a book where someone goes before a review board.
A Killer Deal Leona Fox 9/12/21

🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader.
Mayor Dory-Halloween at Pumpkin Hill Thea Cambert 9/16/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who has a prowess with women.
Percy-The Coloring Crook Krista Davis 9/15/21
🐷 Read a book where the author's initials are in SWEATHOGS.
AW-Cake Tastings and Killers A.R. Winters 9/13/21

🐷 Read a book with a character who likes old movies or musicals.
Myrtle-Chapter and Curse Elizabeth Penney 9/28/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who is smart.
Laura-Read Herring Riddle C.K. Fyfe 9/5/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who is naive.
Sweet Friend of Mine J.A. Whiting 9/23/21

🐷 Read a book with a character who plays basketball.
🐷 Read a book of a character who sings.
Plateful of Murder Carole Fowkes 9/17/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes pranks.
Jenn-Here Comes the Fudge Nancy Coco 9/22/21

🐷 Read a book with a character who is "tough".
Buried in the Sand T.J. Costello 9/10/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who takes someone's life.
Romance Is Murder Teri Barnett 9/6/21
🐷 Read a book with a Puerto Rican or a Jewish character.

🐷 Read a book set in New Orleans.
🐷 Read a book where someone has attended many schools.
🐷 Read a book that is fourth in the series.
#4 Food Blogger Mysteries-The Corpse in the Gazebo Debra Sennefelder 9/26/21

Welcome Back Kotter.
Duration: Three months from start date.
Date Started: September 1, 2021 - Nov. 30, 2021
Level 3: Sweathogs 20 Tasks or more.
Read: 20/20+

Tasks:
1. Welcome Back, Kotter is an American sitcom starring
Gabe Kaplan
🐷 Read a book set at a high school.
🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year.
2013 Carter Reed Tijan 9/12/21
🐷 Read a book with the letters ABC in any order in the title.
Last Chance Harbor Vickie McKeehan 9/18/21

2. Welcome Back, Kotter's first season was controversial.
🐷 Read a book that has a controversy in it.
The Boathouse Vickie McKeehan 9/27/21
🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars.
4.36 Starlight Dunes Vickie McKeehan 9/4/21
🐷 Read a book that is silly or humorous.

3. Gabe Kotter is a flippant but well-meaning teacher who returns to his alma mater, James Buchanan High to teach.
🐷 Read a book where a character is called Julie.
Paws in the Action: Psychic Sleuths and Talking Dogs Max Parrott 9/6/21
🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person.
Crash into Me K.M. Scott 10/1/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a teacher.
Fall into Me K.M. Scott 10/2/21

4. Julie Kotter is Gabe's wife and closest friend.
🐷 Read a book set in Nebraska
🐷 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is in TUNA CASSEROLE.
The Summer Cottage Viola Shipman 10/8/21
🐷 Read a book where a character resents an intrusion in their life.
Alaska Skies: Brides for Brothers / The Marriage Risk Debbie Macomber 9/17/21

5. Michael Woodman played by John Sylvester White.
🐷 Read a book where a character is a principal.
Sea Glass Cottage Vickie McKeehan 9/19/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who is short.
🐷 Read a book where someone goes before a review board.
A Witch Too Late Paula Lester 10/4/21

6. Vincent "Vinnie" Barbarino played by John Travolta.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader.
Heartbreak Bay Rachel Caine 9/27/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who has a prowess with women.
🐷 Read a book where the author's initials are in SWEATHOGS.
Death on Tap Ellie Alexander 10/7/21

7. Arnold Dingfelder Horshack played by Ron Palillo
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes old movies or musicals.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is smart.
The Sunrise Cove Inn Katie Winters 9/14/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who is naive.

8. Freddie Percy "Boom Boom" Washington played by
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs.
🐷 Read a book with a character who plays basketball.
The One You're With Lauren K. Denton 9/3/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who sings.
The Beachcomber Vickie McKeehan 9/28/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes pranks.

9. Juan Luis Pedro Felipo de Huevos Epstein played by
Robert Hegyes.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is "tough".
I Flipping Love You Helena Hunting 9/9/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who takes someone's life.
🐷 Read a book with a Puerto Rican or a Jewish character.

10. Beauregarde "Beau" De LaBarre played by Stephen Shortridge
🐷 Read a book set in New Orleans.
🐷 Read a book where someone has attended many schools.
Edge of the Heat Lisa Ladew 9/11/21
🐷 Read a book that is fourth in the series.
Pelican Point Irene Hannon 9/7/21 (Hope Harbor #4)

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Retro TV: Welcome Back Kotter
Duration: September 1 - November 30, 2021
Level 3: Sweathogs 20 Tasks or more.

READ: 23/20+

1. Welcome Back, Kotter is an American sitcom starring Gabe Kaplan as a high school teacher in charge of a racially and ethnically diverse remedial class called the "Sweathogs". Recorded in front of a live studio audience, it originally aired on ABC from September 9, 1975, to May 17, 1979.
✔️🐷 Read a book set at a high school.
Turned - Morgan Rice 10/27
✔️🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year.
The Ghost Tree - Christina Henry (pub Sep 8, 2020) 10/30
✔️🐷 Read a book with the letters ABC in any order in the title.
Grim Death and Bill the Electrocuted Criminal - Mike Mignola & Tom Sniegoski 10/19


2. Welcome Back, Kotter's first season was controversial. In Boston, the local ABC affiliate (WCVB-TV) initially refused to air the show. The city was going through a tumultuous school busing program that involved widespread protests and riots, and the local affiliate felt Kotter's fictional integrated classroom would exacerbate the situation. The show became an early ratings success, however, and the affiliate relented, picking it up from its fifth episode. Censor concerns about depiction of juvenile delinquency faded after the Sweathogs' antics proved to be silly rather than criminal.
✔️🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars.
Imprudence - Gail Carriger (4.07 rating) 10/31
✔️🐷 Read a book that is silly or humorous.
Frightfully Fortune - Jana Deleon 10/21


3. Gabe Kotter is a flippant but well-meaning teacher who returns to his alma mater, James Buchanan High to teach. The rigid vice principal, Michael Woodman dismisses the Sweathogs as witless hoodlums and only expects Kotter to contain them until they drop out or are otherwise banished. As a former remedial student and a founding member of the original class of Sweathogs, Kotter befriends the current Sweathogs and stimulates their potential. A pupil-teacher rapport is formed, and the students often visit Kotter's apartment, sometimes via the fire escape window, much to the chagrin of his wife, Julie.
✔️🐷 Read a book where a character is called Gabe, Julie, James or Michael.
The Naturals - Jennifer Lynn Barnes (Michael Townsend) 11/12
✔️🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person.
Mind Games - Carolyn Crane 11/26
✔️🐷 Read a book with a character who is a teacher.
Hekla's Children - James Brogden (Nathan) 11/23


4. Julie Kotter is Gabe's wife and closest friend. She is occasionally upset with the amount of time her husband spends with his students, and she is troubled that he allows them to visit their apartment regularly; in the two-part story arc "Follow the Leader", the Sweathogs' constant intrusions lead Julie to separate briefly from Gabe and even seriously consider divorce. Originally from Nebraska, with a college degree in anthropology, Julie eventually becomes a secretary at Buchanan, and later a substitute teacher after Gabe's promotion to vice-principal. She makes several references to her "world famous tuna casserole", a common meal at the Kotter dinner table, which Gabe and the Sweathogs deem inedible.
✔️🐷 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is in TUNA CASSEROLE.
The Secret Chapter - Genevieve Cogman 11/13
✔️🐷 Read a book where a character resents an intrusion in their life.
Savage: The Awakening of Lizzie Danton - L.A. Fiore 9/17
(hero resent heroine when her car breaks down and he is forced to be sociable)


5. Michael Woodman played by John Sylvester White. Michael Woodman is the curmudgeonly vice-principal and later principal of Buchanan High. He makes no secret of his dislike for the Sweathogs, whom he considers the bottom of the social stratum at his school. His old age, and sometimes his diminutive height, are common jokes with the Sweathogs. Woodman is against Kotter's unorthodox teaching methods, and at one point even puts Kotter in front of the school's review board in an unsuccessful attempt to have him fired.
✔️🐷 Read a book with a character who is short.
A Merciful Death - Kendra Elliott (heroine is short) 10/19


6. Vincent "Vinnie" Barbarino was played by John Travolta. Vinnie Barbarino is a cocky Italian-American, the "unofficial official" leader and resident heartthrob of the Sweathogs. He has a need to be the center of attention. In the two-episode "Follow the Leader", Barbarino quits the Sweathogs and drops out of school in anger when Freddy Washington is chosen as the "leader" of the group, though he returns as leader at the finish of the story. Barbarino's prowess with women is sometimes a source of envy and more often amusement among his classmates.
✔️🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader.
Protector - Anna Hackett 9/23
✔️🐷 Read a book with a character who has a prowess with women.
Vortex - Catherine Coulter (Alex Harrington) 9/6
✔️🐷 Read a book where the author's initials are in SWEATHOGS.
One of Those Malibu Nights - Elizabeth Adler 9/15


7. Arnold Dingfelder Horshack played by Ron Palillo is the class clown of the Sweathogs. Arnold Horshack, is completely comfortable with his oddball, if naïve, personality. Horshack was known for his unique observations and his wheezing laugh, similar to that of a hyena. It is possible that academically he is the smartest Sweathog. He is the only central Sweathog character to be promoted out of remedial academics class, but he soon returns after feeling out of place. He has an affection for acting and enjoys old movies, particularly 1930s musicals.
✔️🐷 Read a book with a character who likes old movies or musicals.
The Haunting of Josie - Kay Hooper (heroine)10/15
✔️🐷 Read a book with a character who is smart.
Pulse - Jeremy Robinson (Richard Ridley)10/23
✔️🐷 Read a book with a character who is naive.
Murder Packs a Suitcase - Cynthia Baxter (Mallory) 10/9


8. Freddie Percy "Boom Boom" Washington was played by Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs. Freddie Washington is the hip black student known as the athletic Sweathog for his skills on the basketball court. Washington claimed his nickname came from his habit of "pretending to play the bass" and singing "Boom-boom-boom-boom!". His trademark phrase is, "Hi, there". Though often the voice of reason among his classmates, Washington nonetheless is a willing participant in the Sweathogs' various antics and pranks.
✔️🐷 Read a book of a character who sings.
Darkest Journey - Heather Graham (heroine) 10/7
✔️🐷 Read a book with a character who likes pranks.
Security - Gina Wohlsdorf (Franklin) 10/3


9. Juan Luis Pedro Felipo de Huevos Epstein was played by Robert Hegyes. Epstein is a fiercely proud Puerto Rican Jew. He is one of the toughest students at Buchanan High, despite his short stature. He normally walks with a tough-man strut and was voted "Most Likely to Take a Life" by his peers.
✔️🐷 Read a book with a character who is "tough".
Snow Like Ashes - Sara Raasch (hero) 10/21
✔️🐷 Read a book with a character who takes some ones life.
This Fallen Prey - Kelley Armstrong (Oliver) 9/22


10. Beauregarde "Beau" De LaBarre played by Stephen Shortridge was introduced as a regular character in the fourth and final season. Beau is a handsome, friendly, blond, silver-tongued southerner who transfers from New Orleans after being kicked out of several other schools. He ends up in Kotter's class. He seems to have a way with women, as shown in later episodes. One of his running jokes involves imparting esoteric and nonsensical sayings, such as "a real man never steps on a pregnant alligator".
✔️🐷 Read a book set in New Orleans.
Getting It! - Rhonda Nelson 10/1
✔️🐷 Read a book that is fourth in the series
Watcher in the Woods - Kelley Armstrong (Rockton #4) 9/28


CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Welcome Barbara

Lets go back to school with the Sweathogs.
Welcome Back Kotter.
Duration: Three months from start date. 9/7/21 - 12/7/21
Level 1: Michael Woodman 5-9 Tasks.

COMPLETED

Total Read: 9 books

Tasks

1.
🐷 Read a book set at a high school.
🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year. Lord of the Flies by William Golding 11/9/21 (first published September 17th 1954)
🐷 Read a book with the letters ABC in any order in the title.

2.
🐷 Read a book that has a controversary in it.Loving vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case by Patricia Hruby Powell 10/5/21
🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars
Just as I Am by Cicely Tyson 9/17/21 5 stars
🐷 Read a book that is silly or humorous.Drunken Fireworks by Stephen King 9/24/21


3.
🐷 Read a book where a character is called Gabe, Julie, James or Michael.
🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person.
Definition of Down: My Life with Ice T & the Birth of Hip Hop by Darlene Ortiz 10/20/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a teacher.

4.
🐷 Read a book set in Nebraska
🐷 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is in TUNA CASSEROLE. ( Three word minimum). The Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars 10/2/21
🐷 Read a book where a character resents an intrusion in their life.

5.
🐷 Read a book where a character is a vice-principal or a principal.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is short.
🐷 Read a book where someone goes before a review board.

6.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader. Becoming by Michelle Obama 10/27/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who has a prowess with women.
🐷 Read a book where the author's initials are in SWEATHOGS.

7.
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes old movies or musicals.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is smart.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is naive.

8.
🐷 Read a book with a character who plays basketball.
🐷 Read a book of a character who sings. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Movie Tie-In): A Play by August Wilson 9/25/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes pranks.

9.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is "tough".
🐷 Read a book with a character who takes some ones life
A Good Marriage by Stephen King 9/20/21

🐷 Read a book with a Puerto Rican or a Jewish character.

10.
🐷 Read a book set in New Orleans.
🐷 Read a book where someone has attended many schools.
🐷 Read a book that is fourth in the series.

Welcome Zenobia2016

Retro TV: Welcome Back Kotter.
Duration: September 11, 2021 - December 10, 2021

Goal: 0/20+
Level 1: Michael Woodman 5-9 Tasks.
Level 2: Gabe Kotter 10-19 Tasks.
Level 3: Sweathogs 20 Tasks or more.

Tasks
🐷 Read a book set at a high school.
🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year.
🐷 Read a book with the letters ABC in any order in the title.

🐷 Read a book that has a controversary in it.
🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars.
🐷 Read a book that is silly or humorous.

🐷 Read a book where a character is called Gabe, Julie, James or Michael.
🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a teacher.

🐷 Read a book set in Nebraska
🐷 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is in TUNA CASSEROLE. ( Three word minimum).
🐷 Read a book where a character resents an intrusion in their life.

🐷 Read a book where a character is a vice-principal or a principal.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is short.
🐷 Read a book where someone goes before a review board.

🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader.
🐷 Read a book with a character who has a prowess with women.
🐷 Read a book where the author's initials are in SWEATHOGS.

🐷 Read a book with a character who likes old movies or musicals.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is smart.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is naive.

🐷 Read a book with a character who plays basketball.
🐷 Read a book of a character who sings.
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes pranks.

🐷 Read a book with a character who is "tough".
🐷 Read a book with a character who takes some ones life.
🐷 Read a book with a Puerto Rican or a Jewish character.

🐷 Read a book set in New Orleans.
🐷 Read a book where someone has attended many schools.
🐷 Read a book that is fourth in the series.

Welcome Dita

Welcome Back Kotter.
Duration: Three months from start date.
September 1, 2021 - Nov. 30, 2021

Level 2: Gabe Kotter 10-19 Tasks.
Completed: 10

Tasks: 10
FINISHED

1. Welcome Back, Kotter is an American sitcom starring
Gabe Kaplan
🐷 Read a book set at a high school- I Am Not Starfire-Mariko Tamaki 9/17
🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year- Skulduggery Pleasant-Derek Landy 9/12

2. Welcome Back, Kotter's first season was controversial.
🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars- Pokémon Adventures, Vol. 2-Hidenori Kusaka 9/11
🐷 Read a book that is silly or humorous- Thor & Loki: Double Trouble-Mariko Tamaki 9/18

3. Gabe Kotter is a flippant but well-meaning teacher who returns to his alma mater, James Buchanan High to teach.
🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person- BORUTO―ボルト― 15 ―NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS―-Mikio Ikemoto 9/19

6. Vincent "Vinnie" Barbarino played by John Travolta.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader- Across the Sea: Wolf Girl 5-Anh Do 9/9
🐷 Read a book where the author's initials are in SWEATHOGS- Dragon Ball, Vol. 10: Return to the Tournament-Akira Toriyama 9/17

7. Arnold Dingfelder Horshack played by Ron Palillo
🐷 Read a book with a character who is naive- Dragon Ball, Vol. 13: Piccolo Conquers the World-Akira Toriyama 9/22

8. Freddie Percy "Boom Boom" Washington played by Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs.
🐷 Read a book of a character who sings- Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death-Amy Chu 9/13

10. Beauregarde "Beau" De LaBarre played by Stephen Shortridge
🐷 Read a book that is fourth in the series- Fence, Vol. 4: Rivals-C.S. Pacat 9/8

Congrats Grace

Gonna call it done at 21 :)

Retro TV: Welcome Back Kotter
September 1, 2021 - November 30, 2021
21/20+

Level 3: Sweathogs 20 Tasks or more.

Tasks
🐷 Read a book set at a high school.
🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year.
Pub 9/7/21-Reading Between the Crimes Kate Young 9/7/21
🐷 Read a book with the letters ABC in any order in the title.
Birthday Cake and Burglary Sue Hollowell 9/4/21

🐷Read a book that has a controversary in it.
Publishable by Death A.C.F.Bookens 9/11/21
🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars.
4.68-Berried in Murder Thea Cambert 9/1/21
🐷 Read a book that is silly or humorous.

🐷 Read a book where a character is called Gabe, Julie, James or Michael.
James-Camping, Couples and Crime Susan Harper 9/14/21
🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person.
Jack Russelled to Death C.B. Wilson 9/3/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a teacher.
Grady Butler-Deadly Delivery Tonya Kappes 9/2/21

🐷 Read a book set in Nebraska
🐷 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is in TUNA CASSEROLE. ( Three word minimum).
🐷 Read a book where a character resents an intrusion in their life.
Martin-Puppy Love and Peril T.J. Costello 9/8/21

🐷 Read a book where a character is a vice-principal or a principal.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is short.
Sweet Fire and Stone J.A. Whiting 9/9/21 (Mr. Finch is short)
🐷 Read a book where someone goes before a review board.
A Killer Deal Leona Fox 9/12/21

🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader.
Mayor Dory-Halloween at Pumpkin Hill Thea Cambert 9/16/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who has a prowess with women.
Percy-The Coloring Crook Krista Davis 9/15/21
🐷 Read a book where the author's initials are in SWEATHOGS.
AW-Cake Tastings and Killers A.R. Winters 9/13/21

🐷 Read a book with a character who likes old movies or musicals.
Myrtle-Chapter and Curse Elizabeth Penney 9/28/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who is smart.
Laura-Read Herring Riddle C.K. Fyfe 9/5/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who is naive.
Sweet Friend of Mine J.A. Whiting 9/23/21

🐷 Read a book with a character who plays basketball.
🐷 Read a book of a character who sings.
Plateful of Murder Carole Fowkes 9/17/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes pranks.
Jenn-Here Comes the Fudge Nancy Coco 9/22/21

🐷 Read a book with a character who is "tough".
Buried in the Sand T.J. Costello 9/10/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who takes someone's life.
Romance Is Murder Teri Barnett 9/6/21
🐷 Read a book with a Puerto Rican or a Jewish character.

🐷 Read a book set in New Orleans.
🐷 Read a book where someone has attended many schools.
🐷 Read a book that is fourth in the series.
#4 Food Blogger Mysteries-The Corpse in the Gazebo Debra Sennefelder 9/26/21

Congrats Tari.

Genevieve wrote: "Congrats Tari."

Thanks, Genevieve!

FINISHED
Welcome Back Kotter.
Duration: Three months from start date.
Date Started: September 1, 2021 - October 8, 2021
Level 3: Sweathogs 20 Tasks or more.
Read: 20/20+

Tasks:
1. Welcome Back, Kotter is an American sitcom starring
Gabe Kaplan
🐷 Read a book set at a high school.
🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year.
2013 Carter Reed Tijan 9/12/21
🐷 Read a book with the letters ABC in any order in the title.
Last Chance Harbor Vickie McKeehan 9/18/21

2. Welcome Back, Kotter's first season was controversial.
🐷 Read a book that has a controversy in it.
The Boathouse Vickie McKeehan 9/27/21
🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars.
4.36 Starlight Dunes Vickie McKeehan 9/4/21
🐷 Read a book that is silly or humorous.

3. Gabe Kotter is a flippant but well-meaning teacher who returns to his alma mater, James Buchanan High to teach.
🐷 Read a book where a character is called Julie.
Paws in the Action: Psychic Sleuths and Talking Dogs Max Parrott 9/6/21
🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person.
Crash into Me K.M. Scott 10/1/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a teacher.
Fall into Me K.M. Scott 10/2/21

4. Julie Kotter is Gabe's wife and closest friend.
🐷 Read a book set in Nebraska
🐷 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is in TUNA CASSEROLE.
The Summer Cottage Viola Shipman 10/8/21
🐷 Read a book where a character resents an intrusion in their life.
Alaska Skies: Brides for Brothers / The Marriage Risk Debbie Macomber 9/17/21

5. Michael Woodman played by John Sylvester White.
🐷 Read a book where a character is a principal.
Sea Glass Cottage Vickie McKeehan 9/19/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who is short.
🐷 Read a book where someone goes before a review board.
A Witch Too Late Paula Lester 10/4/21

6. Vincent "Vinnie" Barbarino played by John Travolta.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader.
Heartbreak Bay Rachel Caine 9/27/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who has a prowess with women.
🐷 Read a book where the author's initials are in SWEATHOGS.
Death on Tap Ellie Alexander 10/7/21

7. Arnold Dingfelder Horshack played by Ron Palillo
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes old movies or musicals.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is smart.
The Sunrise Cove Inn Katie Winters 9/14/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who is naive.

8. Freddie Percy "Boom Boom" Washington played by
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs.
🐷 Read a book with a character who plays basketball.
The One You're With Lauren K. Denton 9/3/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who sings.
The Beachcomber Vickie McKeehan 9/28/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes pranks.

9. Juan Luis Pedro Felipo de Huevos Epstein played by
Robert Hegyes.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is "tough".
I Flipping Love You Helena Hunting 9/9/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who takes someone's life.
🐷 Read a book with a Puerto Rican or a Jewish character.

10. Beauregarde "Beau" De LaBarre played by Stephen Shortridge
🐷 Read a book set in New Orleans.
🐷 Read a book where someone has attended many schools.
Edge of the Heat Lisa Ladew 9/11/21
🐷 Read a book that is fourth in the series.
Pelican Point Irene Hannon 9/7/21 (Hope Harbor #4)

Congrats JoAnne

Retro TV: Welcome Back Kotter
Duration: October 10, 2021 - January 9, 2022

Level 1: Michael Woodman 5-9 Tasks.
Level 2: Gabe Kotter 10-19 Tasks.
Level 3: Sweathogs 20 Tasks or more.

Tasks: 1/20+

1. Welcome Back, Kotter is an American sitcom starring Gabe Kaplan as a high school teacher in charge of a racially and ethnically diverse remedial class called the "Sweathogs".
🐷 Read a book set at a high school.
🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year.
🐷 Read a book with the letters ABC in any order in the title.

2. Welcome Back, Kotter's first season was controversial.
🐷 Read a book that has a controversary in it.
🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars.
🐷 Read a book that is silly or humorous.

3. Gabe Kotter is a flippant but well-meaning teacher who returns to his alma mater, James Buchanan High to teach.
🐷 Read a book where a character is called Gabe, Julie, James or Michael.
🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a teacher.

4. Julie Kotter is Gabe's wife and closest friend.
🐷 Read a book set in Nebraska
🐷 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is in TUNA CASSEROLE. ( Three word minimum).
🐷 Read a book where a character resents an intrusion in their life.

5. Michael Woodman played by John Sylvester White.
🐷 Read a book where a character is a vice-principal or a principal.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is short.
🐷 Read a book where someone goes before a review board.

6. Vincent "Vinnie" Barbarino was played by John Travolta.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader.
🐷 Read a book with a character who has a prowess with women.
🐷 Read a book where the author's initials are in SWEATHOGS.

7. Arnold Dingfelder Horshack played by Ron Palillo is the class clown of the Sweathogs.
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes old movies or musicals.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is smart.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is naive.

8. Freddie Percy "Boom Boom" Washington was played by Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs.
🐷 Read a book with a character who plays basketball.
🐷 Read a book of a character who sings.
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes pranks.

9. Juan Luis Pedro Felipo de Huevos Epstein was played by Robert Hegyes.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is "tough".
🐷 Read a book with a character who takes some ones life. - Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy - Completed: 10/11/2021
🐷 Read a book with a Puerto Rican or a Jewish character.

10. Beauregarde "Beau" De LaBarre played by Stephen Shortridge
🐷 Read a book set in New Orleans.
🐷 Read a book where someone has attended many schools.
🐷 Read a book that is fourth in the series.

Welcome Lex

I seem to be stalling out on this one a little so will call it good at 15. :)

Welcome Back Kotter
September – November 2021

Level 2: Gabe Kotter 10-19 Tasks

15 completed

1. Welcome Back, Kotter
🐷 Read a book set at a high school.
A Good School by Richard Yates - 9/24 ★★★★★
🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year.
The Lover by Marguerite Duras (September 1984) - 9/22 ★★★
🐷 Read a book with the letters ABC in any order in the title.
Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light by Helen Ellis - 9/20 ★★★

2. Controversial first season
🐷 Read a book that has a controversary in it.
Welcome, Chaos by Kate Wilhelm - 9/12 ★★★
🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars.
The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley (avg rating 4.05) - 9/2 ★★★
🐷 Read a book that is silly or humorous.
Fraud by David Rakoff - 9/5 ★★★★

3. Gabe Kotter
🐷 Read a book where a character is called Gabe, Julie, James or Michael.
🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person.
The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett - 9/4 ★★★★
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a teacher.
The Invited by Jennifer McMahon - 9/10 ★★★★

4. Julie Kotter
🐷 Read a book set in Nebraska.
The Magician's Assistant by Ann Patchett - 9/11 ★★★★★
🐷 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is in TUNA CASSEROLE.
Son of Rosemary by Ira Levin - 9/24 ★★★★
🐷 Read a book where a character resents an intrusion in their life.
Death with Interruptions by José Saramago - 9/22 ★★★★

5. Michael Woodman
🐷 Read a book where a character is a vice-principal or a principal.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is short.
X Marks the Scot by Kaitlyn Dunnett - 9/29 ★★★
🐷 Read a book where someone goes before a review board.

6. Vincent "Vinnie" Barbarino
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader.
Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee - 9/14 ★★★★
🐷 Read a book with a character who has a prowess with women.
🐷 Read a book where the author's initials are in SWEATHOGS.
Permutation City by Greg Egan

7. Arnold Dingfelder Horshack
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes old movies or musicals.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is smart.
Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov - 10/2 ★★★★★
🐷 Read a book with a character who is naive.

8. Freddie Percy "Boom Boom" Washington
🐷 Read a book with a character who plays basketball.
🐷 Read a book of a character who sings.
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes pranks.

9. Juan Luis Pedro Felipo de Huevos Epstein
🐷 Read a book with a character who is "tough".
🐷 Read a book with a character who takes some ones life.
Zone One by Colson Whitehead - 9/18 ★★★
🐷 Read a book with a Puerto Rican or a Jewish character.

10. Beauregarde "Beau" De LaBarre
🐷 Read a book set in New Orleans.
🐷 Read a book where someone has attended many schools.
🐷 Read a book that is fourth in the series.

Congrats Beth

Welcome Back Kotter.
Date Completed: 10.12.21
23/20

Level 3: Sweathogs 20 Tasks or more.

Tasks:

1. Welcome Back, Kotter is an American sitcom starring
Gabe Kaplan
🐷 Read a book set at a high school.
Speak. Laurie Halse Anderson. 9.14.21
🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year.
Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century. Jessica Bruder. 9.19.21 (2018)
🐷 Read a book with the letters ABC in any order in the title.
The Magnificent Ambersons. Booth Tarkington. 9.23.21

2. Welcome Back, Kotter's first season was controversial.
🐷 Read a book that has a controversary in it.
The Seed Keeper. Diane Wilson. 9.5.21
🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars.
House Lessons: Renovating a Life. Erica Bauermeister. 9.1.21 (4.08)
🐷 Read a book that is silly or humorous.
Mayhem at the Orient Express. Kylie Logan. 9.18.21

3. Gabe Kotter is a flippant but well-meaning teacher who returns to his alma mater, James Buchanan High to teach.
🐷 Read a book where a character is called James.
Who Is Vera Kelly?. Rosalie Knecht. 10.1.21
🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person.
Downsizing. Lin Stepp. 9.7.21 (Owen & Charlotte>Mary Pat)
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a teacher.
Everything I Have Is Yours: A Marriage. Eleanor Henderson. 9.8.21

4. Julie Kotter is Gabe's wife and closest friend.
🐷 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is in TUNA CASSEROLE.
A Likely Story. Jenn McKinlay. 9.9.21
🐷 Read a book where a character resents an intrusion in their life.
A Cup of Silver Linings. Karen Hawkins. 9.12.21 (Kristen resents her grandmother's intruding on her life.)

5. Michael Woodman played by John Sylvester White.
🐷 Read a book where a character is a vice-principal or a principal.
To Sir, With Love. E.R. Braithwaite. 9.15.21
🐷 Read a book with a character who is short.
Christmas in Winter Hill. Melody Carlson. 9.13.21

6. Vincent "Vinnie" Barbarino played by John Travolta.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader.
Debt of Bones. Terry Goodkind. 9.22.21 (Zedd)
🐷 Read a book with a character who has a prowess with women. (Jake)
500 Miles from You. Jenny Colgan. 10.3.21
🐷 Read a book where the author's initials are in SWEATHOGS.
South of the Buttonwood Tree. Heather Webber. 9.5.21

7. Arnold Dingfelder Horshack played by Ron Palillo
🐷 Read a book with a character who is smart.
The Wright Brothers. David McCullough. 9.15.21
🐷 Read a book with a character who is naive.
Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam. M.C. Beaton. 10.5.21 (Agatha)

8. Freddie Percy "Boom Boom" Washington played by
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs.
🐷 Read a book with a character who plays basketball.
Nothing to See Here. Kevin Wilson. 9.9.21
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes pranks.
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away. Bill Bryson. 9.18.21

9. Juan Luis Pedro Felipo de Huevos Epstein played by
Robert Hegyes.
🐷 Read a book with a character who takes some ones life.
The Stranger. Albert Camus. 9.20.21
🐷 Read a book with a Puerto Rican or a Jewish character.
With the Fire on High. Elizabeth Acevedo. 9.19.21

10. Beauregarde "Beau" De LaBarre played by Stephen Shortridge
🐷 Read a book where someone has attended many schools.
The Travelling Cat Chronicles. Hiro Arikawa. 10.1.21 (Saturo)

Congrats Kim

FINISHED
Sweathogs - Level 3
Read: 20/20

Tasks
1.
🐷 Read a book set at a high school.
🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year. - 2013
Tempt Me, Cowboy, Megan Crane ★★★ 9/9
🐷 Read a book with the letters ABC in any order in the title.

2.
🐷 Read a book that has a controversary in it.
The Start of Us, Lauren Blakely ★★★ 9/12
🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars. - 4.05
Your French Kisses, Lauren Blakely ★★★ 9/1
🐷 Read a book that is silly or humorous.
The Best Thing, Mariana Zapata ★★★ 9/23

3.
🐷 Read a book where a character is called Gabe, Julie, James or Michael. - James Fraser
Outlander, Diana Gabaldon ★★★★★ 9/24
🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person. Royce <-> Daniela
Fit for a Queen, Nicole Burnham ★★★★ 9/5
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a teacher. - Amanda
The Prince's Tutor, Nicole Burnham ★★★★ 9/20

4.
🐷 Read a book set in Nebraska
🐷 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is in TUNA CASSEROLE. ( Three word minimum).
Storm and Silence, Robert Their ★★★★ 9/2
🐷 Read a book where a character resents an intrusion in their life. - Hayley
The Thrill of It, Lauren Blakely ★★★ 9/13

5.
🐷 Read a book where a character is a vice-principal or a principal.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is short. - Twyla
Sweet Dreams, Kristen Ashley ★★★★★ 9/10
🐷 Read a book where someone goes before a review board.

6.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader. - Haven
Overnight Service, Lauren Blakely ★★★★ 9/4
🐷 Read a book with a character who has a prowess with women. - Trey
Every Second with You, Lauren Blakely ★★★ 9/13
🐷 Read a book where the author's initials are in SWEATHOGS.
Wylding Hall, Elizabeth Hand ★★★★ 10/19

7.
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes old movies or musicals. - Thad
When Stars Collide, Susan Elizabeth Phillips ★★★★ 9/19
🐷 Read a book with a character who is smart. - Katie
Secret Seduction, Jill Sanders ★★★ 10/2
🐷 Read a book with a character who is naive. Erik
A November Bride, Beth K. Vogt ★★★ 9/11

8.
🐷 Read a book with a character who plays basketball.
🐷 Read a book of a character who sings. - Marissa
Three Last First Dates, Kate O'Keeffe ★★★ 9/14
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes pranks.

9.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is "tough". - Jennifer Allen
Going to the Castle, Nicole Burnham ★★★★ 9/5
🐷 Read a book with a character who takes some ones life. - serial killer
Northern Lights, Nora Roberts ★★★★ 10/2
🐷 Read a book with a Puerto Rican or a Jewish character.

10.
🐷 Read a book set in New Orleans.
🐷 Read a book where someone has attended many schools.
🐷 Read a book that is fourth in the series.
Breaking Dawn, Stephanie Meyer ★★★★ 9/16

Congrats Tammie

FINISHED

Welcome Back Kotter.
Duration: Three months from start date.

Level 2: Gabe Kotter 10-19 Tasks.
Level 3: Sweathogs 20 Tasks or more.
8/28/2021 - 11/27/2021

Tasks 20/30

1. Welcome Back, Kotter
🐷 Read a book set at a high school.
Flunked by Jen Calonita 10/27/2021
🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year.
The Walking Bread by Winnie Archer 10/29/2021 ( September 25th 2018)
🐷 Read a book with the letters ABC in any order in the title.
Very Buried Cheesecake by Lyndsey Cole 9/20/2021

2.
🐷 Read a book that has a controversary in it.
A Hex for Danger by Esme Addison 11/7/2021
🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars. 4.23
Tricked by Jen Calonita 11/16/2021
🐷 Read a book that is silly or humorous.
Norway to Hide by Maddy Hunter 10/18/2021

3. Gabe Kotter
🐷 Read a book where a character is called James.
Aged for Murder by Fiona Grace 11/14/2021
🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person.
The Blue Bistro by Elin Hilderbrand 10/31/2021
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a teacher.
Charmed by Jen Calonita 11/09/2021

4. Julie
🐷 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is in TUNA CASSEROLE. ( Three word minimum).
Crust No One by Winnie Archer 9/25/2021
🐷 Read a book where a character resents an intrusion in their life. MC adoptive parent resents the biological family.
The Other Family by Loretta Nyhan 10/30/2021

5. Michael Woodman
🐷 Read a book with a character who is short.
Murder at the Taffy Shop by Maddie Day

6. Vincent "Vinnie" Barbarino
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader.
Queen Elizabeth II: A Birthday Souvenir Album by Jane Roberts 10/5/2021
🐷 Read a book with a character who has a prowess with women.
Killer in Crinolines by Duffy Brown 10/4/2021
🐷 Read a book where the author's initials are in SWEATHOGS.
Winter Storms by Elin Hilderbrand 9/16/2021

7. Arnold Dingfelder Horshack
🐷 Read a book with a character who is smart.
Murder with Fried Chicken and Waffles by A.L. Herbert 10/31/2021 (Halia)
🐷 Read a book with a character who is naive.
Nantucket Nights by Elin Hilderbrand 9/7/2021 (Kayla)

8. Freddie Percy "Boom Boom" Washington

9. Juan Luis Pedro Felipo de Huevos Epstein
🐷 Read a book with a character who is "tough".
Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich 9/10/2021
🐷 Read a book with a character who takes some ones life.
Dyeing Season by Karen MacInerney 11/11/2021

10. Beauregarde "Beau" De LaBarre
🐷 Read a book that is fourth in the series.
Room for Murder by Tim Myers 8/30/2021

Welcome Back Kotter.
Duration: August 27, 2021-November 26, 2021

Level 3: Sweathogs 20 Tasks or more.

23/23 Completed. Finished

Tasks

1. Welcome Back, Kotter is an American sitcom starring Gabe Kaplan as a high school teacher in charge of a racially and ethnically diverse remedial class called the "Sweathogs". Recorded in front of a live studio audience, it originally aired on ABC from September 9, 1975, to May 17, 1979.
🐷 Read a book set at a high school.

🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year.
(9/2021)
01.Inmate of the Month-Lani Lynn Vale 9/22/21

🐷 Read a book with the letters ABC in any order in the title.
02.Celebration After Dark-Marie Force 9/18/21


2. Welcome Back, Kotter's first season was controversial. In Boston, the local ABC affiliate (WCVB-TV) initially refused to air the show. The city was going through a tumultuous school busing program that involved widespread protests and riots, and the local affiliate felt Kotter's fictional integrated classroom would exacerbate the situation. The show became an early ratings success, however, and the affiliate relented, picking it up from its fifth episode. Censor concerns about depiction of juvenile delinquency faded after the Sweathogs' antics proved to be silly rather than criminal.
🐷 Read a book that has a controversary in it.
03.Fatal Accusation-Marie Force 9/30/21

🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars.
(4.71)
04.Fatal Fraud-Marie Force 10/08/21

🐷 Read a book that is silly or humorous.
05.#1 Crush-T. Gephart 9/09/21


3. Gabe Kotter is a flippant but well-meaning teacher who returns to his alma mater, James Buchanan High to teach. The rigid vice principal, Michael Woodman dismisses the Sweathogs as witless hoodlums and only expects Kotter to contain them until they drop out or are otherwise banished. As a former remedial student and a founding member of the original class of Sweathogs, Kotter befriends the current Sweathogs and stimulates their potential. A pupil-teacher rapport is formed, and the students often visit Kotter's apartment, sometimes via the fire escape window, much to the chagrin of his wife, Julie.
🐷 Read a book where a character is called Gabe, Julie, James or Michael.
(Michael Phan)
06.The Kiss Quotient-Helen Hoang 10/06/21

🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person.

🐷 Read a book with a character who is a teacher.
(MC Natalie)
07.Virtuous-M.S. Force 8/27/21


4. Julie Kotter is Gabe's wife and closest friend. She is occasionally upset with the amount of time her husband spends with his students, and she is troubled that he allows them to visit their apartment regularly; in the two-part story arc "Follow the Leader", the Sweathogs' constant intrusions lead Julie to separate briefly from Gabe and even seriously consider divorce. Originally from Nebraska, with a college degree in anthropology, Julie eventually becomes a secretary at Buchanan, and later a substitute teacher after Gabe's promotion to vice-principal. She makes several references to her "world famous tuna casserole", a common meal at the Kotter dinner table, which Gabe and the Sweathogs deem inedible.
🐷 Read a book set in Nebraska
08.All Done with Dying: A Hella Duran Thriller-Brent Spencer 11/13/21

🐷 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is in TUNA CASSEROLE. ( Three word minimum).
09.Code Name: Sentinel-Sawyer Bennett 9/02/21

🐷 Read a book where a character resents an intrusion in their life.



5. Michael Woodman played by John Sylvester White. Michael Woodman is the curmudgeonly vice-principal and later principal of Buchanan High. He makes no secret of his dislike for the Sweathogs, whom he considers the bottom of the social stratum at his school. His old age, and sometimes his diminutive height, are common jokes with the Sweathogs. Woodman is against Kotter's unorthodox teaching methods, and at one point even puts Kotter in front of the school's review board in an unsuccessful attempt to have him fired.
🐷 Read a book where a character is a vice-principal or a principal.
10.Winter's Touch-Jamie Begley 11/07/21

🐷 Read a book with a character who is short.

🐷 Read a book where someone goes before a review board.
Medical Review Board
11.Flirting with 40-K. Bromberg 10/10/21


6. Vincent "Vinnie" Barbarino was played by John Travolta. Vinnie Barbarino is a cocky Italian-American, the "unofficial official" leader and resident heartthrob of the Sweathogs. He has a need to be the center of attention. In the two-episode "Follow the Leader", Barbarino quits the Sweathogs and drops out of school in anger when Freddy Washington is chosen as the "leader" of the group, though he returns as leader at the finish of the story. Barbarino's prowess with women is sometimes a source of envy and more often amusement among his classmates.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader.
12.Fatal Reckoning-Marie Force 9/08/21

🐷 Read a book with a character who has a prowess with women.

🐷 Read a book where the author's initials are in SWEATHOGS.
13.Toni Anderson-Cold Hearted 9/11/21


7. Arnold Dingfelder Horshack played by Ron Palillo is the class clown of the Sweathogs. Arnold Horshack, is completely comfortable with his oddball, if naïve, personality. Horshack was known for his unique observations and his wheezing laugh, similar to that of a hyena. It is possible that academically he is the smartest Sweathog. He is the only central Sweathog character to be promoted out of remedial academics class, but he soon returns after feeling out of place. He has an affection for acting and enjoys old movies, particularly 1930s musicals.
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes old movies or musicals.
14.Crash-Nicole James 10/12/21

🐷 Read a book with a character who is smart.
15.To Die For-Willow Rose 10/14/21

🐷 Read a book with a character who is naive.
16.Virtuous-M.S. Force 8/29/21


8. Freddie Percy "Boom Boom" Washington was played by Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs. Freddie Washington is the hip black student known as the athletic Sweathog for his skills on the basketball court. Washington claimed his nickname came from his habit of "pretending to play the bass" and singing "Boom-boom-boom-boom!". His trademark phrase is, "Hi, there". Though often the voice of reason among his classmates, Washington nonetheless is a willing participant in the Sweathogs' various antics and pranks.
🐷 Read a book with a character who plays basketball.
17.Flagrant-Alexandria House 11/17/21

🐷 Read a book of a character who sings.
18.Reel-Kennedy Ryan 10/13/21

🐷 Read a book with a character who likes pranks.



9. Juan Luis Pedro Felipo de Huevos Epstein was played by Robert Hegyes. Epstein is a fiercely proud Puerto Rican Jew. He is one of the toughest students at Buchanan High, despite his short stature. He normally walks with a tough-man strut and was voted "Most Likely to Take a Life" by his peers.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is "tough".
19.Sex Piston-Jamie Begley 10/29/21

🐷 Read a book with a character who takes some ones life.
20.Bloody Love-Lisa Renee Jones 9/01/21

🐷 Read a book with a Puerto Rican or a Jewish character.
21.His Perfect Partner-Priscilla Oliveras 10/01/21


10. Beauregarde "Beau" De LaBarre played by Stephen Shortridge was introduced as a regular character in the fourth and final season. Beau is a handsome, friendly, blond, silver-tongued southerner who transfers from New Orleans after being kicked out of several other schools. He ends up in Kotter's class. He seems to have a way with women, as shown in later episodes. One of his running jokes involves imparting esoteric and nonsensical sayings, such as "a real man never steps on a pregnant alligator".
🐷 Read a book set in New Orleans.
22.Step Into My Web-Cynthia Eden 9/12/21

🐷 Read a book where someone has attended many schools.

🐷 Read a book that is fourth in the series.
(Morgan Dane Series)
23.What I've Done-Melinda Leigh 9/16/21

Congrats Frankie

Lets go back to school with the Sweathogs.
Welcome Back Kotter.
Duration: Three months from start date. 9/7/21 - 12/7/21
Level 1: Michael Woodman 5-9 Tasks.

COMPLETED

Total Read: 9 books

Tasks

1.
🐷 Read a book set at a high school.
🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year. Lord of the Flies by William Golding 11/9/21 (first published September 17th 1954)
🐷 Read a book with the letters ABC in any order in the title.

2.
🐷 Read a book that has a controversary in it.Loving vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case by Patricia Hruby Powell 10/5/21
🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars
Just as I Am by Cicely Tyson 9/17/21 5 stars
🐷 Read a book that is silly or humorous.Drunken Fireworks by Stephen King 9/24/21


3.
🐷 Read a book where a character is called Gabe, Julie, James or Michael.
🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person.
Definition of Down: My Life with Ice T & the Birth of Hip Hop by Darlene Ortiz 10/20/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a teacher.

4.
🐷 Read a book set in Nebraska
🐷 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is in TUNA CASSEROLE. ( Three word minimum). The Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars 10/2/21
🐷 Read a book where a character resents an intrusion in their life.

5.
🐷 Read a book where a character is a vice-principal or a principal.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is short.
🐷 Read a book where someone goes before a review board.

6.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader. Becoming by Michelle Obama 10/27/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who has a prowess with women.
🐷 Read a book where the author's initials are in SWEATHOGS.

7.
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes old movies or musicals.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is smart.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is naive.

8.
🐷 Read a book with a character who plays basketball.
🐷 Read a book of a character who sings. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Movie Tie-In): A Play by August Wilson 9/25/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes pranks.

9.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is "tough".
🐷 Read a book with a character who takes some ones life
A Good Marriage by Stephen King 9/20/21

🐷 Read a book with a Puerto Rican or a Jewish character.

10.
🐷 Read a book set in New Orleans.
🐷 Read a book where someone has attended many schools.
🐷 Read a book that is fourth in the series.

Congrats Zenobia2016

Completion Post

Welcome Back Kotter.

Level 2: Gabe Kotter - completed 19 Tasks.

Tasks

1.
🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year. Murder in the Corn Maze G.A. McKevett 11/18/21. Sept 2019
🐷 Read a book with the letters ABC in any order in the title. Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye Victoria Laurie 10/25/21

2.
🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars. The Ghost and the Haunted Portrait Cleo Coyle 9/7/21. 4.18 stars

3.
🐷 Read a book where a character is called Gabe, Julie, James or Michael. No Nest for the Wicket Donna Andrews 9/19/21. Michael Waterston
🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person. For Whom the Book Tolls Laura Gail Black 10/14/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a teacher. Murder, Plainly Read Isabella Alan 11/9/21 Phoebe Truber

4.
🐷 Read a book where a character resents an intrusion in their life. Murder in the Bayou Boneyard Ellen Byron 10/9/21. Maggie resents the McDowell's intrusion in her family's life and business

5.
🐷 Read a book where a character is a vice-principal or a principal. Murder in Her Stocking G.A. McKevett 10/28/21. Jake Neville
🐷 Read a book with a character who is short. A Timely Vision Joyce Lavene 11/7/21. SBI Agent Brooks Walker p 95

6.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader. Synchronized Sorcery Juliet Blackwell 9/14/21. Lily is the leader of San Francisco's magical community
🐷 Read a book with a character who has a prowess with women. Grounds for Murder Tara Lush 9/20/21. Fabrizio “Fab” Bellucci
🐷 Read a book where the author's initials are in SWEATHOGS. Mrs. Morris and the Ghost of Christmas Past Traci Wilton 11/26/21

7.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is smart. The Inspector and Mrs. Jeffries Emily Brightwell 11/23/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who is naive. Picture Miss Seeton Heron Carvic 10/11/21

8.
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes pranks. Lord of the Wings Donna Andrews 10/18/21. Rob Langslow

9.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is "tough". Bless Her Dead Little Heart Miranda James 11/2/21 Kanesha Berry
🐷 Read a book with a character who takes some ones life. Hearse and Buggy Laura Bradford 9/13/21

10.
🐷 Read a book set in New Orleans. Killer on a Hot Tin Roof Livia J. Washburn. 11/17/21
🐷 Read a book that is fourth in the series. Skirting The Grave Annette Blair 10/8/21

FINISHED

Duration:8/27/21 - 11/28/21

Level 2: Gabe Kotter 10-19 Tasks.

Amount Completed: 19 task

Tasks

1. Welcome Back, Kotter
🐷 Read a book set at a high school.
>>📺We Contain Multitudes - Sarah Henstra, 8/29/21
🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year.
>>🍁From Best Friend to Husband - Lucy McConnell, 10/1/21
🐷 Read a book with the letters ABC in any order in the title.

2. Welcome Back, Kotter's first season was controversial. In Boston, the local ABC affiliate (WCVB-TV) initially refused to air the show. The city was going through a tumultuous school busing program that involved widespread protests and riots, and the local affiliate felt Kotter's fictional integrated classroom would exacerbate the situation. The show became an early ratings success, however, and the affiliate relented, picking it up from its fifth episode. Censor concerns about depiction of juvenile delinquency faded after the Sweathogs' antics proved to be silly rather than criminal.
🐷 Read a book that has a controversary in it.
>>👬 Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World - Benjamin Alire Sáenz, 10/16/21
🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars.
>>🌟The Very Thought of You - Iris Morland, 10/8/21
🐷 Read a book that is silly or humorous.
>>😋Something Wicked: A Happy Holidays Romance - Lucy Hudson, 10/29/21

3. Gabe Kotter is a flippant but well-meaning teacher who returns to his alma mater, James Buchanan High to teach. The rigid vice principal, Michael Woodman dismisses the Sweathogs as witless hoodlums and only expects Kotter to contain them until they drop out or are otherwise banished. As a former remedial student and a founding member of the original class of Sweathogs, Kotter befriends the current Sweathogs and stimulates their potential. A pupil-teacher rapport is formed, and the students often visit Kotter's apartment, sometimes via the fire escape window, much to the chagrin of his wife, Julie.
🐷 Read a book where a character is called Gabe, Julie, James or Michael.
>>🎸Bend in the Road - Sara Biren, 10/23/21
🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person.
>>👨‍🏫Puck Drills & Quick Thrills - Eden Finley, 10/17/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a teacher.
>>👩‍🏫Sweet Haven - K.C. Lynn, 9/29/21

4. Julie Kotter is Gabe's wife and closest friend. She is occasionally upset with the amount of time her husband spends with his students, and she is troubled that he allows them to visit their apartment regularly; in the two-part story arc "Follow the Leader", the Sweathogs' constant intrusions lead Julie to separate briefly from Gabe and even seriously consider divorce. Originally from Nebraska, with a college degree in anthropology, Julie eventually becomes a secretary at Buchanan, and later a substitute teacher after Gabe's promotion to vice-principal. She makes several references to her "world famous tuna casserole", a common meal at the Kotter dinner table, which Gabe and the Sweathogs deem inedible.
🐷 Read a book set in Nebraska
🐷 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is in TUNA CASSEROLE. ( Three word minimum).
🐷 Read a book where a character resents an intrusion in their life.
>>❌Tucked Away - Jennie Marts, 9/17/21

5. Michael Woodman played by John Sylvester White. Michael Woodman is the curmudgeonly vice-principal and later principal of Buchanan High. He makes no secret of his dislike for the Sweathogs, whom he considers the bottom of the social stratum at his school. His old age, and sometimes his diminutive height, are common jokes with the Sweathogs. Woodman is against Kotter's unorthodox teaching methods, and at one point even puts Kotter in front of the school's review board in an unsuccessful attempt to have him fired.
🐷 Read a book where a character is a vice-principal or a principal.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is short.
🐷 Read a book where someone goes before a review board.

6. Vincent "Vinnie" Barbarino
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader.
>>💖Bare Ass in Love - Sasha Burke, 8/27/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who has a prowess with women.
>>💖Finding Mr. Right Next Door - Sarah Ballance, 9/4/21
🐷 Read a book where the author's initials are in SWEATHOGS.'
>>🥵Noble and Strong - Tatum West, 10/22/21

7. Arnold Dingfelder Horshack played by Ron Palillo is the class clown of the Sweathogs. Arnold Horshack, is completely comfortable with his oddball, if naïve, personality. Horshack was known for his unique observations and his wheezing laugh, similar to that of a hyena. It is possible that academically he is the smartest Sweathog. He is the only central Sweathog character to be promoted out of remedial academics class, but he soon returns after feeling out of place. He has an affection for acting and enjoys old movies, particularly 1930s musicals.
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes old movies or musicals.
>>🎬Out in the Field - Lane Hayes, 9/27/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who is smart.
>>🩺My Second Chance Player: A Romantic Comedy - Elyse Riggs, 9/14/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who is naive.

8. Freddie Percy "Boom Boom" Washington was played by Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs. Freddie Washington is the hip black student known as the athletic Sweathog for his skills on the basketball court. Washington claimed his nickname came from his habit of "pretending to play the bass" and singing "Boom-boom-boom-boom!". His trademark phrase is, "Hi, there". Though often the voice of reason among his classmates, Washington nonetheless is a willing participant in the Sweathogs' various antics and pranks.
🐷 Read a book with a character who plays basketball.
🐷 Read a book of a character who sings.
>>🎤Heartscape - Garrett Leigh, 9/28/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes pranks.
>>😅Sweet Love - K.C. Lynn, 9/14/21

9. Juan Luis Pedro Felipo de Huevos Epstein
🐷 Read a book with a character who is "tough".
>>💪Runaway Road - Devney Perry, 9/1/21
🐷 Read a book with a character who takes some ones life.
>>🔫Beautifully Broken Pieces - Catherine Cowles, 9/24/21
🐷 Read a book with a Puerto Rican or a Jewish character.

10. Beauregarde "Beau" De LaBarre played by Stephen Shortridge was introduced as a regular character in the fourth and final season. Beau is a handsome, friendly, blond, silver-tongued southerner who transfers from New Orleans after being kicked out of several other schools. He ends up in Kotter's class. He seems to have a way with women, as shown in later episodes. One of his running jokes involves imparting esoteric and nonsensical sayings, such as "a real man never steps on a pregnant alligator".
🐷 Read a book set in New Orleans.
🐷 Read a book where someone has attended many schools.
🐷 Read a book that is fourth in the series.
>>📚Your Inescapable Love - Layla Hagen, 10/31/21

FINISHED

Lets go back to school with the Sweathogs.
Welcome Back Kotter.
Duration: Three months from start date.

09/01-11/30/21

Level 3: Sweathogs 20 Tasks or more.

LEVEL 3 - 22/20+



Tasks

✅1. Welcome Back, Kotter is an American sitcom starring Gabe Kaplan.
🎃🐷 Read a book set at a high school. - Two Wicked Desserts - Lynn Cahoon 10/21/21
🍎🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year. Burden of Poof - Julie Anne Lindsey 09/07/21 Published September 2021
🍎🐷 Read a book with the letters ABC in any order in the title. Fields' Guide to Abduction - Julie Mulhern 09/18/21 ABduCtion


✅2. Welcome Back, Kotter's first season was controversial. In Boston, the local ABC affiliate (WCVB-TV) initially refused to air the show. The city was going through a tumultuous school busing program that involved widespread protests and riots, and the local affiliate felt Kotter's fictional integrated classroom would exacerbate the situation. The show became an early ratings success, however, and the affiliate relented, picking it up from its fifth episode. Censor concerns about depiction of juvenile delinquency faded after the Sweathogs' antics proved to be silly rather than criminal.
🎃🐷 Read a book that has a controversary in it. Partners in Lime - Bree Baker 10/13/21
🍎🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars. - The Chocolate Raccoon Rigmarole - JoAnna Carl 09/15/21 - has a 4star rating on Goodreads
🦃🐷 Read a book that is humorous. Ukulele Murder - Leslie Langtry 11/28/21 Tagged HUMOR


✅3. Gabe Kotter is a flippant but well-meaning teacher who returns to his alma mater, James Buchanan High to teach. The rigid vice principal, Michael Woodman dismisses the Sweathogs as witless hoodlums and only expects Kotter to contain them until they drop out or are otherwise banished. As a former remedial student and a founding member of the original class of Sweathogs, Kotter befriends the current Sweathogs and stimulates their potential. A pupil-teacher rapport is formed, and the students often visit Kotter's apartment, sometimes via the fire escape window, much to the chagrin of his wife, Julie.
🎃🐷 Read a book where a character is called Gabe, Julie, James or Michael. - Mrs. Morris and the Sorceress - Traci Wilton 10/29/21 JAMES
🍎🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person. Natural Thorn Killer - Kate E. Dyer-Seeley 09/05/21 Elin sees a lot of potential in Britta in floral design.
🎃🐷 Read a book with a character who is a teacher. Owl Be Home for Christmas - Donna Andrews 10/05/21 Michael Waterston


📌📌4. Julie Kotter is Gabe's wife and closest friend. She is occasionally upset with the amount of time her husband spends with his students, and she is troubled that he allows them to visit their apartment regularly; in the two-part story arc "Follow the Leader", the Sweathogs' constant intrusions lead Julie to separate briefly from Gabe and even seriously consider divorce. Originally from Nebraska, with a college degree in anthropology, Julie eventually becomes a secretary at Buchanan, and later a substitute teacher after Gabe's promotion to vice-principal. She makes several references to her "world famous tuna casserole", a common meal at the Kotter dinner table, which Gabe and the Sweathogs deem inedible.
🐷 Read a book set in Nebraska
🍎🐷 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is in TUNA CASSEROLE. ( Three word minimum). The Cider Shop Rules - Julie Anne Lindsey 09/09/21
🍎🐷 Read a book where a character resents an intrusion in their life. Topped Chef Lucy Burdette 09/22/21 Detective Nate Bransford’s ex-wife shows up and puts a sudden halt to Haeley and Nates burgeoning romance


📌📌5. Michael Woodman played by John Sylvester White. Michael Woodman is the curmudgeonly vice-principal and later principal of Buchanan High. He makes no secret of his dislike for the Sweathogs, whom he considers the bottom of the social stratum at his school. His old age, and sometimes his diminutive height, are common jokes with the Sweathogs. Woodman is against Kotter's unorthodox teaching methods, and at one point even puts Kotter in front of the school's review board in an unsuccessful attempt to have him fired.
🍎🐷 Read a book where a character is a vice-principal or a principal. A Hoe Lot of Trouble - Heather Webber 09/11/21 ROBERT MacKenna, V.P. at Riley’s school
🍎🐷 Read a book with a character who is short. - The Diva Serves Forbidden Fruit - Krista Davis 09/02/21 - MC Sophie
🐷 Read a book where someone goes before a review board.


✅6. Vincent "Vinnie" Barbarino was played by John Travolta.
🍎🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader. Cinder - Marissa Meyer 09/25/21 “PRINCE KAI”
🦃🐷 Read a book with a character who has a prowess with women. - That Touch of Ink - Diane Vallere 11/04/21 DETECTIVE TEX ALLEN
🎃🐷 Read a book where the author's initials are in SWEATHOGS. EG - Eva Gates - Something Read, Something Dead 10/25/21


📌📌7. Arnold Dingfelder Horshack played by Ron Palillo.
🎃🐷 Read a book with a character who likes old movies or musicals. Pumpkins in Paradise - Kathi Daley 10/31/21 BEN
🎃🐷 Read a book with a character who is smart. Sleeping with the Fishes - MaryJanice Davidson 10/11/21 Fredrika Bimm is a marine biologist and half mermaid
🐷 Read a book with a character who is naive.


📌8. Freddie Percy "Boom Boom" Washington was played by Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs.
🐷 Read a book with a character who plays basketball.
🐷 Read a book of a character who sings.
🦃🐷 Read a book with a character who likes pranks. Murder Outside the Lines - Krista Davis 11/19/21 CORALUE


📌📌9. Juan Luis Pedro Felipo de Huevos Epstein was played by Robert Hegyes. Epstein is a fiercely proud Puerto Rican Jew. He is one of the toughest students at Buchanan High, despite his short stature. He normally walks with a tough-man strut and was voted "Most Likely to Take a Life" by his peers.
🦃🐷 Read a book with a character who is "tough". - Seven Deadly Sequins - Julie Anne Lindsey 11/14/21 MASON
🎃🐷 Read a book with a character who takes some ones life. Stitches and Witches - Nancy Warren 10/03/21
🐷 Read a book with a Puerto Rican or a Jewish character.


📌10. Beauregarde "Beau" De LaBarre played by Stephen Shortridge was introduced as a regular character in the fourth and final season. Beau is a handsome, friendly, blond, silver-tongued southerner who transfers from New Orleans after being kicked out of several other schools. He ends up in Kotter's class. He seems to have a way with women, as shown in later episodes. One of his running jokes involves imparting esoteric and nonsensical sayings, such as "a real man never steps on a pregnant alligator".
🐷 Read a book set in New Orleans.
🦃🐷 Read a book where someone has attended many schools. - The Pint of No Return - Ellie Alexander 11/25/21 - M.C. Sloan
🐷 Read a book that is fourth in the series.

Final Post!!

Welcome Back Kotter.
Duration: Three months from start date.
Date Started: September 1, 2021 (Nov. 30, 2021)
Date Completed: November 29, 2021

Level 2: Gabe Kotter 10-19 Tasks.

Tasks: 17

1. Welcome Back, Kotter is an American sitcom starring
Gabe Kaplan
🐷 Read a book that was published in September of any year. - Just Add Salt (Hetta Coffey 2) by Jinx Schwartz - 9/19/21 - Published September 28, 2011
🐷 Read a book with the letters ABC in any order in the title. - The Ghost of Tobacco Road by Dale J. Young - 10/27/21

2. Welcome Back, Kotter's first season was controversial.
🐷 Read a book that has a controversy in it - The Secrets of Mystic Springs (Mystic Springs 2) by Mona Marple - 10/24/21 - 2 different characters claim their ancestors are the ones who founded the town
🐷 Read a book that has good ratings 4 or more stars. - Murder at Corgi Country Club (Wagging Tails 5) by Cindy Bell - 9/9/21

3. Gabe Kotter is a flippant but well-meaning teacher who returns to his alma mater, James Buchanan High to teach.
🐷 Read a book where a character is called Gabe, Julie, James or Michael. - Sasquatch (Sasquatch 1) by K.T. Tomb - 9/6/21 - Julie North, survivalist and biologist
🐷 Read a book where one character sees potential in another person. - Rules of Lying (Jane Dough 1) by Stephie Smith - 11/01/21

4. Julie Kotter is Gabe's wife and closest friend.
🐷 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is in TUNA CASSEROLE. ( Three word minimum). - Spells and Spooks (Witch Haven 1) by K.E. O'Connor - 10/09/2021
🐷 Read a book where a character resents an intrusion in their life. - Daisy McDare and the Deadly Directorial Affair (Daisy McDare 3) by K.M. Morgan - 11/14/21 - Fiona

5. Michael Woodman played by John Sylvester White.

6. Vincent "Vinnie" Barbarino played by John Travolta.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is a leader. - The Jackpot by David Kazzie - 10/04/2021 - Jamal
🐷 Read a book with a character who has a prowess with women. - Daisy McDare and the Deadly Restaurant Affair (Daisy McDare 6) by K.M. Morgan - 11/15/21 - Adam Hunter is married and has two mistresses

7. Arnold Dingfelder Horshack played by Ron Palillo
🐷 Read a book with a character who likes old movies or musicals. - Raspberry Chocolate Murder: A Cozy Murder Mystery (Dolphin Bay 1) by Leena Clover - 11/29/21 - Cassie's favorite movie is Casablanca
🐷 Read a book with a character who is smart. - Murder at Sea of Passenger X (Georgie Shaw 5) by Anna Celeste Burke - 10/14/2021 - Georgie & Jack Shaw, both very smart

8. Freddie Percy "Boom Boom" Washington played by
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs.

9. Juan Luis Pedro Felipo de Huevos Epstein played by
Robert Hegyes.
🐷 Read a book with a character who is "tough". - Talking with the Dead (Kat Parker 2) by K.L. Phelps - 10/28/21 - Jonny and Damian
🐷 Read a book with a character who takes someone's life. - Marshmallow Murder (Cupcake Crimes 2) by Molly Maple - 9/12/21

10. Beauregarde "Beau" De LaBarre played by Stephen Shortridge
🐷 Read a book that is fourth in the series. - Angel of Death (Addie Foster 4) by Kimberley O'Malley - 11/09/21

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Congrats Kellene, Katelyn, Shelly and SANDYE