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January 2023 Challenge
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January 2023 Completed Tasks
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MOST POINTS
🍾 Pat - 17
Linda C - 12
🥂🥂 The Adventures - 19
Bethany - 6
Tessa - 9
Amber - 10
Marilyn - 4
Mickslibrarian - 11
Diana S - 9
MOST PAGES
🥂🥂 Pat - 5501
Linda C - 3200
🍾 The Adventures - 4877
Bethany - 1728
Tessa - 2355
Amber - 3179
Marilyn - 1468
Mickslibrarian - 2735
Diana S - 3503
1.2 ~ JANUARY BIRTHDAYSRead a book whose Author's FIRST name begins with either EADVITH and LAST name begins with either WMHIACRETLON
Midnight at the Blackbird Café by Heather WebberRead ~ 12.2.22
Pages ~ 333
Relevance ~ eadvit(H) (W)mhiacretlon
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Points This Task ~ 1
Pages This Task ~ 333
Total Points ~ 1
Total Pages ~ 333
1.6 ~ WINTER STORMS Read a book with the word SNOW, ICE, FROZEN, OR BLIZZARD in its text (give sentence word is in and page #)
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria SempleRead ~ 1.5.22
Pages ~ 330
Relevance ~ pg 314 "...How much can you love ice?...
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Points This Task ~ 1
Pages This Task ~ 330
Total Points ~ 2
Total Pages ~ 663
Task 1.1 HAPPY NEW YEAR! Let's celebrate by reading a book. Your Choice
The Man in the Tent: My Life under Canvas - Part Three: France and Albania ( The Man in the Tent, #3) – Tony Beardsall (4 stars) 1/5/23 [207]
Points This Task ~ 1
Pages This Task ~ 207
Total Points ~ 1
Total Pages ~ 207
1.7 Birthday Montha) Water on the cover
by Amanda Eyre Ward - 01/05 - 368 p. - 2 starsPoints this task: 1
Pages this task: 368 pages
1.10 New Year, New You!New author
The High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere. by James Spooner - 01/06 - 368 p. - 4 stars
Points this task: 1
Pages this task: 368 pages
Total points: 2
Total pages: 736 pages
2.3 The Month of Janus1) Book added to your TBR in 2022, but haven't read yet
Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket: Stories by Hilma Wolitzer - 01/03 - 208 p. - 4 stars
2) Read the most recently added book on your TBR
Bonne année! 10 réveillons littéraires - collection of texts by different authors - 01/07 - 102 p. - 2 stars
Points this task: 2
Pages this task: 310 pages
Total points: 4
Total pages: 1046 pages
Task 1.4 NATIONAL HOT TEA DAY (1/12) Read a book whose Author's initials (FIRST & LAST) are in HOT TEA.
The Probable Future – Alice Hoffman (4 stars) 1/6/23 [352]
Points This Task ~ 1
Pages This Task ~ 352
Total Points ~ 2
Total Pages ~ 559
Task 2.3 (Pat's Task) THE MONTH OF JANUS1. Look back: Read a book that you added to your TBR in 2022 but haven't read yet.
The Chilbury Ladies' Choir – Jennifer Ryan (4 stars) 1/7/23 [371] – added 1/19/22
2. Look forward: Read the most recently added book on your TBR shelf.
The Sorrows of Young Werther - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (3 stars) 1/7/23 [102] – added 1/7/23
Points This Task ~ 2
Pages This Task ~ 473
Total Points ~ 4
Total Pages ~ 1032
1.10 (Amber's Task) Reading Jar Winner #2: NEW YEAR, NEW TO YOU!At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop
Points: 1
Pages: 145
1.7 ~ BIRTHDAY MONTHRead a book associated with one of its symbols - CHOOSE ONE:
a. Zodiac sign: Aquarius - water on the cover
A Dangerous Business by Jane SmileyRead ~ 1.9.23
Pages ~ 224
Relevance ~ ocean front on cover
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Points This Task ~ 1
Pages This Task ~ 224
Total Points ~ 3
Total Pages ~ 887
Task 1.6 WINTER STORMS Read a book with the word SNOW, ICE, FROZEN, OR BLIZZARD in its text (give sentence word is in and page #)
Winter's Camp (Ransom Canyon #0.5) – Jodi Thomas (4 stars) 1/9/23 [108] - p.93 “...as she tiptoed across the snow dusted porch.”
Points This Task ~ 1
Pages This Task ~ 108
Total Points ~ 5
Total Pages ~ 1140
TESSATask 1.7 - LindaC - Birthday Month
c) Garnet - Dark Red Cover -
✔ – 05Jan23 - 320 pTHIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 320 p
Total points earned to date - 1
Total pages read to date - 320 p
TESSATask 1.1 - Happy New Year
Book of my choice - The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane ✔ – 01Jan23 - 240 p
THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 240 p
Total points earned to date - 2
Total pages read to date - 560 p
1.5 (Linda C's task) MC HOUSE OF SWEETS 🍬a. Find all the letters in BULLS EYES in the title (in any order) [B(1), U(1), L(2), S(2), E(2), Y(1)]
“You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People by Aubrey Gordon 1/11
Points: 1
Pages: 224
Total points: 2
Total pages:369
2.2 JANUARY HOLIDAYS1. Eat Smarter: Use the Power of Food to Reboot Your Metabolism, Upgrade Your Brain, and Transform Your Life by Shawn Stevenson 1/8 (432 pgs)
2. A Cloud of Outrageous Blue by Vesper Stamper 1/11 (320 pgs) Hobby is drawing.
Points: 2
Pages: 752
Total points: 4
Total pages: 1121
1.1 HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎉Ingredients: The Strange Chemistry of What We Put in Us and on Us by George Zaidan 1/10
Points: 1
Pages: 299
Total points: 5
Total pages: 1420
1.9 ~ Happy Birthday Isaac Asimov!Read a book with "SCIENCE FICTION" genre on the book's main page.
The Midnight Library by Matt HaigRead ~ 1.11.23
Pages ~ 304
Relevance ~ MPG Sci-Fi > 1,231 users
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Points This Task ~ 1
Pages This Task ~ 304
Total Points ~ 4
Total Pages ~ 1191
Bethany wrote: "1.1 HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎉Ingredients: The Strange Chemistry of What We Put in Us and on Us by George Zaidan "
I think I'm seeing a trend here!
Task 1.1 HAPPY NEW YEAR!Let's celebrate by reading a book. Your Choice
The Rabbi's Cat by Joann Sfar - 01/09 - 142 p. - 4.5 stars
Bonus: Read another book
The Rabbi's Cat 2 by Joann Sfar - 01/12 - 144 p. - 4.5 stars
Points This Task ~ 2
Pages This Task ~ 286
Total Points ~ 6
Total Pages ~ 1332
Task 1.6 WINTER STORMSRead a book with the word SNOW, ICE, FROZEN, OR BLIZZARD in its text (give sentence word is in and page #)
Summer of a Thousand Pies by Margaret Dilloway - 01/11 - 378 p. - 4 stars
snow - p. 217: "Snow. I've never seen snow"
Points This Task ~ 1
Pages This Task ~ 378
Total Points ~ 7
Total Pages ~ 1710
Task 1.1 HAPPY NEW YEAR! Let's celebrate by reading a book. Your Choice
BONUS POINT: Enjoying the Fireworks! Lets read another book.
Paris for One and Other Stories – Jojo Moyes (5 stars) 1/11/23 [288]
Points This Task ~ 1
Pages This Task ~ 288
Total Points ~ 6
Total Pages ~ 1428
TESSATask 1.10 READING JAR - Amber - New Year
New to me author & series: Taken to the Cleaners ✔ – 08Jan23 - 272 p
THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 272 p
Total points earned to date - 3 points
Total pages read to date - 832 pages
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Ingredients: The Strange Chemistry of What We Put in Us and on Us by George Zaidan 1/10
Points: 1
Pages: 299
Total points: 5
Total pages: 1420"
I put some of your books on my TBR list
Task 1.2 JANUARY BIRTHDAYS Read a book whose Author's FIRST name begins with either EADVITH and LAST name begins with either WMHIACRETLON
Last Christmas in Paris: A Novel of World War I – Hazel Gaynor & Heather Webb (4 stars) 1/13/23 [384] - 2nd author H and W
Points This Task ~ 1
Pages This Task ~ 384
Total Points ~ 7
Total Pages ~ 1812
1.8 ~ HAVE ARMCHAIR, WILL TRAVEL!This month, read a book where the majority of it is set in Germany.
BONUS POINT: If the entire book is set in Germany.
The Ragged Edge of Night by Olivia HawkerRead ~ 1.14.23
Pages ~ 352
Relevance ~ Germany, 1942
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Points This Task ~ 1
Pages This Task ~ 352
Total Points ~ 5
Total Pages ~ 1,543
1.6 WINTER STORMS 🌬️Read a book with the word SNOW
Just Desserts by Mary Daheim 01.14.23 "...maybe even snow by tonight." page 106
Task points 1
Task pages 256
1.9 (Tessa's Task) Reading Jar Winner #1: HAPPY BIRTHDAY ISAAC ASIMOV!Isaac Asimov was born on Jan 2, 1920.
Read a book with "SCIENCE FICTION" genre on the book's main page.
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel 01.05.23
Task points 1
Task pages 255
Total points 2
Total pages 511
1.10 (Amber's Task) Reading Jar Winner #2: NEW YEAR, NEW TO YOU!I don't really celebrate New Year's Eve, but I love what the New Year represents. A fresh start.
Read a book that is either a new author or new series to you.
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave 01.04.23
Task points 1
Task pages 320
Total points 3
Total pages 831
Task 1.10 (Amber's Task) Reading Jar Winner #2: NEW YEAR, NEW TO YOU!Read a book that is either a new author or new series to you.
The Red Address Book – Sofia Lundberg (3 stars) 1/14/23 [304] - new author
Points This Task ~ 1
Pages This Task ~ 304
Total Points ~ 8
Total Pages ~ 2116
TESSATask 1.9 - Reading Jar - Tessa - Happy Birthday Isaac Asimov
Mpg Science Fiction - The Night Masquerade ✔ – 12Jan23 - 208 pg
THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 208
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Task 1.6 - Winter Storms
Word in text: SNOW - pg 303 - "… wear the heavy coat for the snow."
Love, Loss, and What We Ate ✔ – 17Jan23 - 336 p
THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 336
Total points earned to date - 5
Total pages read to date - 1376
1.2 JANUARY BIRTHDAYS 🎂This month David Mitchell (12th) and Edith Wharton (24th) celebrate their birthdays.
Read a book whose Author's FIRST name begins with either EADVITH and LAST name begins with either WMHIACRETLON
Alice Hoffman, author of Magic Lessons--1/7/23--396 pages
Points this task: 1
Pages this task: 396
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1.10 (Amber's Task) Reading Jar Winner #2: NEW YEAR, NEW TO YOU!
Read a book that is a new series to you.
The American Agent #15 by Jacqueline Winspear--1/18/23--400 pages
Points this task: 1
Pages this task: 400
Total points: 2
Total pages: 796
1.6 WINTER STORMS 🌬️Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach
I listened to this as Audiobook, so in chapter 2, 10:49 into the chapter, the author references the town of Snow Mass, which is mentioned several times in the chapter.
Points: 1
Pages: 308
Total points: 6
Total pages: 1728
2.1 THE LOTTERY#4 - Oublier Klara by Isabelle Autissier - 320 p - 01/18 - 5 stars
#6 - The Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984 by Riad Sattouf - 156 p - 01/19 - 3 stars
Points this task: 2
Pages this task: 476
Total points: 9
Total pages: 2186
1.10 ~ New Year, New to YouRead a book that is either a new author or new series to you
We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine NewmanRead ~ 1.20.23
Pages ~ 224
Relevance ~ new to me author
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Points This Task ~ 1
Pages This Task ~ 224
Total Points ~ 6
Total Pages ~ 1767
3.1 ~ Peter Rabbit1. Read a book by an author who has at least ONE initial - F, M, C, or P.
Pavilion of Women by Pearl S. BuckRead ~ 1.4.23
Pages ~ 316
Relevance ~ P ~ (P)earl
2. Read a book with a garden, a garden fruit, or a garden vegetable on the cover.
The Strawberry Hearts Diner by Carolyn BrownRead ~ 1.21.22
Pages ~ 286
Relevance ~ Strawberries on the cover
3. Read a book with shoes on the cover.
Bonus Point ~ if the cover also shows a jacket.
Hang the Moon by Jeannette WallsRead ~ 1.18.23
Pages ~ 368
Relevance ~ Mary Jane pumps on the cover
Bonus ~ Jacket on over her dress.
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Points This Task ~ 4
Pages This Task ~ 970
Total Points ~ 10
Total Pages ~ 2,727
2.4 (Mickslibrarian's Task) PRIDE AND PREJUDICE DAYPride and Prejudice Day is celebrated annually on January 28, the anniversary of its original publication in 1813.
Read 2 books:
1. Read a book either by Jane Austen
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen01.20.23
pages 488
2. Read a book with MPG: Romance.
The Ugly Duckling by Iris Johansen 01.11.23
pages 408
Task points 2
Task pages 896
Total points 5
Total pages 1727
1.7 (Linda C's Task) BIRTHDAY MONTHMy birthday is near the end of this month - read a book associated with one of its symbols - CHOOSE ONE:
a. Zodiac sign: Before the 21st?-Capricorn 20th or later? Aquarius - water on the cover
by Holly Danvers 01.16.23Task points 1
Task pages 336
Total points 6
Total pages 2063
1.2 JANUARY BIRTHDAYS - Read a book whose Author's FIRST name begins with either EADVITH and LAST name begins with either WMHIACRETLON.The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin 1/14/2023 185 p.
Task Points: 1
Task Pages: 185
Total Points: 1
Total Pages: 185
1.4 NATIONAL HOT TEA DAY (1/12) - Read a book whose Author's initials (FIRST & LAST) are in HOT TEA. Horton Halfpott; or, The Fiendish Mystery of Smugwick Manor; or, The Loosening of M’Lady Luggertuck’s Corset by Tom Angleberger 1/21/2023 216 p.
Task Points: 1
Task Pages: 216
Total Points: 2
Total Pages: 401
Task 3.1 (Pat's Task) PETER RABBITRead 3 Books
1. Read a book by an author who has at least ONE initial - F, M, C, or P.
Dragon Teeth – Michael Crichton (2 stars) 1/3/23 [338] – initials are both M and C
2. Read a book with a garden, a garden fruit, or a garden vegetable on the cover.
Catching Fireflies (A Sweet Magnolia Novel, #9) – Sherryl Woods (4 stars) 1/18/23 [378] – garden with lemons on the table3. Read a book with shoes on the cover.
Bonus Point ~ if the cover also shows a jacket.
Miss Benson's Beetle – Rachel Joyce (3 stars) 1/22/23 [368] - 2 women on cover are wearing shoes and jacketsPoints This Task ~ 4
Pages This Task ~ 1084
Total Points ~ 12
Total Pages ~ 3200
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Initials: V & A
The Children's Train by Viola Ardone (1/13/23) 304 pp. 3.5 ⭐⭐⭐
Points Earned: 1
Pages Read: 304
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Life in title
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (1/22/2023) 370 pp ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Points Earned: 1
Pages Read: 370
Total Points: 2
Total Pages: 674
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Author's initials: A & T
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles (1/13/23) 576 pp 3.5 ⭐⭐⭐
Points Earned: 1
Pages Read: 576
Total Points: 3
Total Pages: 1250
2.1 ~ 
#4 & #6
The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna QuinnRead ~ 1.20.23
Pages ~ 576
Relevance ~ Book #4 on my DICE task
People of the Book by Geraldine BrooksRead ~ 1.24.23
Pages ~ 372
Relevance ~ Book #6 on my DICE task
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Points This Task ~ 2
Pages This Task ~ 948
Total Points ~ 12
Total Pages ~ 3675
1.1 ~ HAPPY NEW YEAR! Let's celebrate by reading a book. Your Choice
BONUS POINT: Enjoying the Fireworks! Let read another book.
Demon Copperhead by Barbara KingsolverRead ~ 1.8.23
Pages ~ 546
Relevance ~ Free Choice Read
Bonus ~
Razorblade Tears by S.A. CosbyRead ~ 1.25.23
Pages ~ 336
Relevance ~ Free Choice Bonus Read
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Points This Task ~ 2
Pages This Task ~ 882
Total Points ~ 14
Total Pages ~ 4,557
2.2 JANUARY HOLIDAYS1. The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays by Esme Weijun Wang - 01/27 - 208 p. - 4 stars
2. Garlic and the Vampire by Bree Paulsen - 01/14 - 160 p. - 5 stars
The vampire loves plants, gardening
Points: 2
Pages: 368
Total points: 11
Total pages: 2554
2.1 THE LOTTERY 🎲Read 2 Books
#4 This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub--1/27/23--320 pages
#6 Before You Know It: The Unconscious Reasons We Do What We Do by John A. Bargh--1/15/23--352 pages
Points this task: 2
Pages this task: 672
Total Points: 4
Total Pages: 1468
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