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February 2022 Mini Challenge: Winter Olympics S*P*E*L*L
Begins: 01Feb22 / Ends: 28Feb22


The Winter Olympics will be held this month in Beijing, China. I know I will be glued to the television to watch a variety of competitions. Here's a list of words associated with the Winter Olympics. Choose one (or more) to spell this month. You may use the first letter of the title (exclude: A, An, The), or the author's first or last initial.

NOTE: For 2- or 3-word phrases, if you do not want to spell the entire thing, spell just the WORD in ALL CAPS.

Word choices :
Beijing
biathlon
bob SLEIGH
cross COUNTRY
curling
FIGURE skating
ice HOCKEY
luge
NORDIC combined
PARADE of nations
SHORT track
skeleton
ski JUMPING
slalom
snowboarding


(You may also spell a word of your choice that you feel represents the Winter Olympics; tell us about it.)

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All books used must be a minimum of 100 pages long - Page length determined by HARDCOVER 1st edition. If there is no Hardcover, then the most popular paperback governs page #.

You may read in any format - text, audio or e-book. If using audio or e-book I suggest using Amazon.com's "look inside" feature to get a page number for your quote.

You MUST finish the book before you can claim credit for completing a task.

A book may be used for only one task, even if it would satisfy the challenge for multiple tasks.

EXAMPLE of a successful post:
Spell BLUE:
B - Nickolas BUTLER / Shotgun Lovesongs ✔ - 03July21
L - Lucky in Love ✔ - 23July21
U - The Unteachables ✔ - 31July21
E - Elizabeth Strout / My Name Is Lucy Barton ✔ - 15July21

If you'd like to be recognized as finishing, the challenge, please post a new comment alerting me to your finish. I do not get notifications when you edit your original post.

Have Fun!

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CLICK on your name to go directly to your challenge post.

Beverly ✔ DONE

Connie

JennH✔ DONE

Koren ✔ DONE

Sheila ✔ DONE

TerriS ✔ DONE


Tessa ✔ DONE


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February 2022 Mini Challenge Winter Olympics

For the curling fan in the house

✔C - By Cook or by Crook by Maya Corrigan 2/4/22
✔U - Untimely Death by Elizabeth J. Duncan 2/21/22
✔R - A Room with a View by E.M. Forster 2/20/22
✔L - These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder 2/4/22
✔I - I've Got My Eyes on You by Mary Higgins Clark 2/23/22
✔N - Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee 2/21/22
✔G - Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen 2/8/22

February 2022 Mini Challenge Winter Olympics - WINTER OLYMPICS S*P*E*L*L
I may be getting overly ambitious here ;)

11/12

C - The Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwan, 3***s, 2-16-22
R - West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge, 4****s, 2-10-22
O - The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, 5*****s, 2-3-22
S - Summer of Brave by Amy Noelle Parks, 4****s, 2-8-22
S - Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart, 4****s, 2-22-22

C - Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner 4****s, 3-28-22
O - Out of My Heart by Sharon M. Draper, 4****s, 3-26-22
U - Unprotected: A Memoir by Billy Porter, 5*****s, 2-15-22
N - The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner, 4****s, 2-7-22
T - This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance! by Jonathan Evison, 2**s, 2-24-22
R - Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates, 3***s, 2-23-22
Y - Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto, 4****s, 2-12-22

February 2022 Mini Challenge - WINTER OLYMPICS S*P*E*L*L
Begins: 01Feb22 / Ends: 28Feb22


6 / 6 completed


✔ Slalom
S - SZPILMAN, Władysław / The Pianist ✔ – 05Feb22
L - Louise Erdrich / The Night Watchman ✔ – 08Feb22
A - Ask Again, Yes ✔ – 06Feb22
L - LUKACS, John/ Five Days in London ✔ – 17Feb22
O - OZEKI, Ruth / A Tale for the Time Being ✔ – 20Feb22
M - Magic Bites ✔ – 08Feb22

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February 2022 Mini Challenge - WINTER OLYMPICS S*P*E*L*L
Begins: 01Feb22 / Ends: 28Feb22


0 / 7 completed

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I'm in.

Ice Hockey

I--Irresistible Cowboy by Sarah Mayberry--finished 4/15/2022
C--Crushing on My Best Friend's Dad by Lisa Freed--finished 2/2/2022
E--Enraptured by Jayne Fresina--finished 4/28/2022

H--Have Tail, Will Travel by Nancey Cummings--finished 2/17/2022
O--One True Sentence by Craig McDonald--finished 2/21/2022
C--Copping an Attitude by Morticia Knight--finished 3/22/2022
K--Klara and the Sun / Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro--finished 3/16/2022
E--Earth Girls Are Difficult: Collected Stories by Frances Pauli--finished 4/29/2022
Y--Yank by Selena Kitt--finished 5/1/2022

I'll try for Snowboarding...12/12

S Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe FINISHED 2/5
N Nightfall Gardens by Allen Houston FINISHED 2/7
O The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde FINISHED 2/12
W 100 Cupboards by N.D. Wilson FINISHED 2/9
B The Buried Book by D.M. Pulley FINISHED 2/4
O Limelight by Emily Organ FINISHED 2/17
A Fable by Adrienne Young FINISHED 2/4
R Arcade and the Triple T Token by Rashad Jennings FINISHED 2/6
D Himalayan Dhaba by Craig Joseph Danner FINISHED 2/15
I The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See FINISHED 2/8
N Neverworld by E. Racine FINISHED 2/10
G The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clemantine Wamariya FINISHED 2/10

Please add me to the list.

Thanks for letting me know, Sheila. I've got everyone linked to this point.

February 2022 Mini Challenge: Winter Olympics S*P*E*L*L
Begins: 01Feb22 / Ends: 28Feb22

H-The House of Kennedy by James Patterson finished 2/8

O-Owens, Valerie Biden Growing Up Biden finished 2/7

C-Death on Ocean Boulevard: Inside the Coronado Mansion Case by Caitlin Rother finished 2/20

K-Kevin Boyle The Shattering: America in the 1960s finished 2/14

E-Eleanor Herman Sex with Presidents: The Ins and Outs of Love and Lust in the White House finished 2/3

Y-You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness by Julie Klam finished 2/6

Updated message #8: 12/12 DONE

Great challenge work, Beverly.

Book Concierge wrote: "Great challenge work, Beverly."

Thank you!!

Finished!

Whoop, Whoop, WHOOP! Great job, Koren.

I'm done. :)

Great job, JennH!

I am still working on this one! But it may be awhile because one of my books is on hold for 3 more weeks!!
However, I will not be beaten by this obstacle! I will go on!
(hopefully by the end of March -- haha!)

Terris wrote: "I am still working on this one! But it may be awhile because one of my books is on hold for 3 more weeks!!
However, I will not be beaten by this obstacle! I will go on!
(hopefully by the end of Ma..."

Spoken like a true Olympic champion!

Haha! Love it! ;)

I finally finished!!!! It took forever for "Out of My Heart" to come in, but it was the only book on my "reading lists" that started with "O!" But it was worth it. It was a great read! :)

Glad the wait was worth it, Terri!

I am finally finished with February. I'm all caught up and now it is time for May's challenge.

Sheila wrote: "I am finally finished with February. I'm all caught up and now it is time for May's challenge."

Woohoo, Sheila! Feels good, doesn’t it? 😀

Way to go, Sheila!