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As February is the second month of the year, read books with a title including the number two, words that imply two, such as “pair”, or even the second book in a series. So for example you could read A Tale of Two Cities or A Pair of Blue Eyes.

👏 👏👏A big shout out to Trisha for sorting our monthly challenges! 👏👏👏

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Tea for Two February Challenge 2022
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Numbers on the bottom are to put your bookcovers!

Who's in?

Cal
Chad
✅Cosmic
Dan
Deleise
Jacquie
✅J.S.
Jason
✅Jazzy
Kathy
Lynn
✅Michaela
✅Nike
✅Rosemarie
Trisha
✅Vicky
✅Vit

I'll play!



Tea for Two February Challenge 2022 *COMPLETE
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✅1. Henry and June (1931-2) - Anaïs Nin
✅2. We of the Never-Never (1907) - Jeannie Gunn

I'm in! Now I just have to find a book that fits!

1. Das doppelte Lottchen by Erich Kästner✅


2. The Lazy Tour Of Two Idle Apprentices by Charles Dickens✅

I’m in too!

Tea for Two February Challenge 2022
1/2/22 - 28/2/22

Through the Looking-Glass - Lewis Carroll because it’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland book #2

You're both linked! Just add to your previous post ☕️🫖☕️

Kathy's Tea for Two February Challenge 2022
1/2/22 - 28/2/22
2/3 ✅ - Finished

1. A Pair of Blue Eyes - Thomas Hardy
✅2. Two-Way Murder - E.C.R. Lorac (finished 4/2/22)
✅3. Lisa and Lottie - Erich Kastner (It's a children's classic featuring twins!)

Great Kathy! Just copy the template to your message and i'm linking you to the challenge right now! x

I have been reading selections from Twice-Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It is as if the challenge was made just for me lol!! I'm in.


Tea for Two February Challenge 2022


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1. Twice-Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Jazzy wrote: "I'll play!



Tea for Two February Challenge 2022
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How does Rendezvous in Black
fit this challenge? Just want to see all the possibility.



1. Henry and June (1931-2) - Anaïs Nin a story of two people
2. [book:Rendezvous in Black|45338..."

Cosmic wrote: "How does Rendezvous in Black
fit this challenge? Just want to see all the possibilites.

Great question! I was thinking Rendezvous was like a meeting between two. Also I was thinking I might change the book, but it's good to discuss the prompts and what someone might think is a good idea!

I’m in! Let me take a look and find one. I have over 1,000 in my wish list so there has to be one with the word in the title! 😀

Lynn, I've linked you!

Jacquie you're linked and great to have you all playing!

Wow I am enjoying looking for my book to read this month. Love seeing others interpretation. Thank you Jazzy definitely opened up possibilities.

1. The Lazy Tour Of Two Idle Apprentices Finished
2. Finished Sybil, or the Two Nations

Maybe or extra ideas....

The Jungle Book II
Strange Case of Dr. Jekell & Mr. Hyde
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz

I've just finished Idoru 2nd book in a series.

Hi,

I love a challenge so count me in! Would Two-Way Murder by E C R Lorac count?

I'd add a picture but I'm not sure how :)

arh I see my mistake now! there's a template!!

Tea for Two February Challenge 2022

01/02/22 - 28/02/22

1. Two-Way Murder by ECR Lorac

2. Take Two At Bedtime by Margery Allingham

Can I clarify a couple of things?Can we include something like Richard IIbyWilliam Shakespeareor You Only Live Twiceby Ian Fleming?
-BTW,I'd like to play!!!

Tea for Two February Challenge 2022
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I've read :
1.Richard IIby William Shakespeare(1595)
✔ (4/2/22)★★★★★
2A Memory of Two Mondaysby Arthur Miller (1955)
✔ (3/2/22)★★★★★
Both are brilliant and the Shakespeare due for a reread!

Would a book with the word "double" in the title work?

Sorry--my Feb plate is full and the only numbers I have in titles are three and five, but it sounds fun! Perhaps in March :)

Tea for Two February Challenge 2022

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✅ 1. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie
2. Sybil, or the Two Nations by Benjamin Disraeli

As I understand it, one title is also enough. I can´t manage two additionally anyway. So I´d also like to read:

✔ Two-Way Murder by E.C.R. Lorac. :)

To all questions about if it fits, we're very sporting here so yes they all fit! Yes, you only need to read ONE book I just chose two! You can choose as many as you like and update your choices later if you want as well.

I will go around and link everyone who's playing!

Karin that's fine and if you DO find something that will fit, pop along! xx

So many different choices of books! It’s great to see lots of different ideas. Perhaps some of us will use recommendations from here another time.

I also moved the Template and the links to the top of the second post.

We have a very exciting month ahead of us!

I gets lots of ideas from challenges by other members in the groups I belong. I already see at least one in this thread-The Lazy Tour Of Two Idle Apprentices.

Jacquie wrote: "Tea for Two February Challenge 2022

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1. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie
2. Sybil, or the Two Nations by Benja..."</i>

Would you like to read [book:Sybil, or the Two Nations together. Message me.

1. Aldous Huxley - Those Barren Leaves Publishes in the year 19②5
2. Vasily Yanovsky - Love the Second

Rosemarie wrote: "I gets lots of ideas from challenges by other members in the groups I belong. I already see at least one in this thread-The Lazy Tour Of Two Idle Apprentices."

This one looks good to me, too!

You're linked Vit! x

Cosmic wrote: "Jacquie wrote: "Tea for Two February Challenge 2022

1/2/22 - 28/2/22

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1. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie
2. Sybil, or the Two Nations ..."

Sure thing, I'm waiting for my book to arrive though so if you want to start, I totally understand.

Oh, I might - my reading schedule is full this month but maybe one of the titles will fit. But have I missed a January challenge? Or is this the first monthly challenge?

I think you did the January Challenge - Oh The Places You'll Go! where we picked a book with the place in the title.

Jazzy wrote: "I think you did the January Challenge - Oh The Places You'll Go! where we picked a book with the place in the title."

Aha! Ok, yes I did =) Thank you! (Regards from "the Confused")

I am fairly new to using the Good Reads app and this is first time I am trying to accept a challenge. I promise I am an intelligent person but need some help!

So I have retyped the name of challenge and two lines in it below.

What do I do next?

Tea for Two (February Challenge)

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The simplest thing is just to start reading the books and listing them under the heading. That's what I do. Other members may do fancier lists, but a simple lists of books and authors works for me.
To find a link to the book or author, just click on "add book/author", but you can do this using only the desktop addition, not the app.
Enjoy your books!

Yes and when you find the books, and the authors - the years would be nice, and if you can put in the bookcovers underneath :)
I'm linking you now Deleise! Now you can read your books!

Dear Confused,
Glad you have that sorted!
xx

Deleise wrote: "I am fairly new to using the Good Reads app and this is first time I am trying to accept a challenge. I promise I am an intelligent person but need some help!

So I have retyped the name of challe..."

Welcome, I know how confused I felt the first years on GoodReads but hang on, it's worth it. I suggest that you don't use the app for adding lists, the app isn't that good really. Use the website on the computer instead. There are a lot more functions there than in the app. I only use the app to update how far I've come in the books I read. For enjoying the community I always use the webversion. And the Moderators in this group are very friendly and pleasant and they will help you.

I've NEVER used the app, i only use gr on my macbook, but a lot of people use the app so they can be more helpful there.

I use the app when I'm in a hurry, other than that I use the desktop version. I've sometimes used both when compiling lists, or shifting them from one group to another. I use an ipad.

Nike are you playing? If so i can link you!

Jazzy wrote: "Nike are you playing? If so i can link you!"

I don't follow? You mean reading something with "Two" for February? No, my schedule for February is full and I can't find anything on my February-list which is connected to "two".

haha i bet i could find a connection between one of the books you're reading! or invent one!

Yes Nike, I found one!

Aska och ära - Elizabeth George

- two words. Joined by 'and'.

Ash & Glory, right?

And Felet Med Eden

"Felet"...with Eden.

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Nevermind if they're not classics, they fit the prompt after all!

Jazzy wrote: "haha i bet i could find a connection between one of the books you're reading! or invent one!"

Well - now I'm reading a Swedish dystopia YA that was released this year, but it's the first book of a planned thrilogy. After that I'll read Carmilla. Then I've planned listening to The Thursday Murder Club. And for the rest of the month: another Swedish book, a horror story which is the first in a trilogy, Alias Grace, a short story collection by Mikhail Sholokhov, Tropic of Cancer, The Sand Child, The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror, Nausea, Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness and The Fifth Season. A lot of them are the first books of two or three or several. Be my guest - please pick one of them for this challenge =)

Jazzy wrote: "Yes Nike, I found one!

Aska och ära - Elizabeth George

- two words. Joined by 'and'.

Ash & Glory, right?"

It's called Playing for the Ashes in the original version. (But yes, your translation is correct =) )

Jazzy wrote: "And Felet Med Eden

"Felet"...with Eden.

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Nevermind if they're not classics, they fit the prompt after all!"

That's the Swedish dystopia YA I mentioned, the first in a planned trilogy. How does it fit "Tea for Two"? Because it was released this year 2022? Or is there another detail that I'm missing?

oh it's got 3 2s in it and it has two nouns in the title! Maybe... I am not sure what Felet translates to.