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February 2023 Tasks

ONE POINT TASKS

1.1 HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY 💝
Wrap yourself with a cozy blanket, sip your favorite hot tea and read a lovely book (your choice) .
BONUS POINT: Don't forget your box of chocolates, a glass of wine and read another wonderful book (again your choice).

1.2 FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS 🎂
This month Alice Walker (Feb 9) and John Steinbeck (Feb 27) celebrate their birthdays.
Read a book whose Author's FIRST name begins with either A•J•L•O•I•H•C•N•E and LAST name begins with either S•W•T•A•E•L•I•K•B•R•C

1.3 BUZZWORD 🐝
February's Buzzword is VERBS
Read a book with a verb in the title.
e.g. The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea , The Skeleton Takes a Bow , Finlay Donovan Is Killing It

1.4 CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION (JAN 21 - FEB 5)
This is the "Year of the Rabbit". 🐇
Read a book whose Author's last name initial in the word Rabbit -OR- the MC is a rabbit/a rabbit on the cover (show cover).

1.5 (Pat's Task) MC HOUSE OF SWEETS 🍬
Our "Special" of the month is CANDY HEARTS

Read a book with one of the words (in the title ) from any candy heart in this image. The image is below (post #6)

BONUS POINT: Pick another heart to read another book.

1.6 MARDI GRAS 👑
Read a book that has a cover predominantly (60%) purple, green, or gold (Show cover) --OR-- set in New Orleans or Brazil.

1.7 (The Adventures Task) SHORT MONTH, SHORT BOOK
Read a book under 200 pages

BONUS POINT: Read another SHORT BOOK

1.8 HAVE ARMCHAIR, WILL TRAVEL!
Traveling through Europe . . . 🛵🚆🚤🚙
This month, read a book where the majority of it is set in ITALY.
BONUS POINT: If the entire book is set in ITALY

1.9 ( Mickslibrarian's Task ) READING JAR WINNER #1: "SWEETS TO THE SWEET"

Choose one:
a. Read a book with a chocolate or candy-related word in the title, or chocolate/candy on the cover.

b. Read a book where the title has a word of at least 2 letters that can be found intact in another word in the title - Sweet -> Sweets (NO subtitles).

Eg.: Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity Try -> Trying; Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey The -> Catherine; Everything Within and In Between In -> Within.

c. In Shakespeare's Hamlet, "sweets" were funeral flowers. Read a book where a death is a major part of the plot OR has a bouquet of flowers on the cover (must be multiple flowers in a single bunch). Explain plot if not obvious from GR description.

1.10 (Amber's Task) READING JAR WINNER #2: SUPER BOWL LVII 🏈
I am not a big sports fan but I do usually watch the Super Bowl with a group of girlfriends. We love to pick teams and cheer them on, eat junk food, and critique the commercials and half-time show. We have a blast. This year the contenders are Kansas City Chiefs (our hostess' favorite team) and Philadelphia Eagles.
Read a book with a cover at least 50% color that matches a color of their uniforms.
Eagles-Midnight Green (looks like teal to me), silver, black, white or Chiefs-red, gold, white

TWO POINT TASKS

2.1 THE LOTTERY 🎲
Read 2 Books

Go to THE LOTTERY for details. This is a time-limited task.

2.2 YAHTZEE: TWO 🃏🃏
Read 2 Books

Read 2 Books with TWO words in the title, but the first word must be the word THE
e.g. The Retreat , The Maid , The Sentence

2.3 (Pat's Task) PRESIDENT'S DAY

The birthday of U.S. President George Washington was first celebrated as a federal holiday in the United States in the 1880s. In 1968 the holiday was adapted to also honour the birth of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and moved to the third Monday in February. However, in some states, both men have celebrations that honor them specifically. George Washington's Birthday Marathon and Relay is the longest-running marathon in the National Capital area. Lincoln's Days Celebration is a legal, public holiday in Kentucky, established for the purpose of celebrating the birth of Abraham Lincoln.

Select one of the following two options and read Task A and B for that option.


✪ Option 1 ~ Abe Lincoln
Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, to Nancy and Thomas Lincoln in a one-room log cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky. In 1830, his family moved to Macon County in southern Illinois, and Lincoln got a job working on a river flatboat hauling freight down the Mississippi River to New Orleans.

Task A ~ Read a book by an author whose first initial is A or whose last initial is L
Task B ~ Read a book that has at least 2 of the digits in Lincoln's birthday in its page count.
FEB 12, 1809 ~ 0, 1, 1, 2, 8, 9


✪ Option 2 ~ George Washington
If you could go back in time and ask a young George Washington on what day he was born, he would reply February 11, 1731. However, when GW was born, Great Britain and its colonies, used the Julian calendar which had different dates than the wider used Gregorian calendar. In 1752, Britain and all its colonies adopted the Gregorian calendar which moved Washington's birthday a year and 11 days to February 22, 1732.

Task A ~ Read a book by an author whose first initial is G or whose last initial is W
Task B ~ Read a book that has at least 2 of the digits in one of George Washington's birthdays in its page count.
***Specify which date you selected for your page count
FEB 11, 1731 ~ 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 7
FEB 22, 1732 - 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 7

2.4 (Pat's Task) TBR FEBRUARY CLEANUP

Read two books

Book 1 ~ Read a book that has been published in February of any year except this year.

Book 2 ~ Read a book that you added to your TBR in February of any year except this year.


THREE POINT TASK

3.1 (The Adventures Task) FEBRUARY/Février
Read three books

1. Read a book with a title beginning with any letter in "FEVRIER"

2. February is a cold month, read a book set in a cold climate/season or with snow on the cover

3. February is also when Valentine's day takes place. Read a book with MPG: romance.

FIVE POINT TASK

5.1 VALENTINE PARTY 💝 🍱 🍫🌹🍷
Read 5 Books

*one word per book
Find the word in the text - give the sentence and page or LOC #

HEART(S)
DINNER
CHOCOLATE(S)
FLOWER(S)
WINE

FEBRUARY WINNERS

MOST POINTS

3.1 - The Adventures
2.4 - Pat


MOST PAGES

2.3 - Pat
1.7 - The Adventures

1.5 MC House of Sweet: Candy Hearts (Pat)

1.9 - Reading Jar Winner #1 - Mickslibrarian
1.10 - Reading Jar Winner #2 - Amber
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I can do the MC house of sweets if you still need someone.

Candy Hearts ~

Read a book with one of the words from any candy heart in this image.