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XBM10.6 - Inspiration Strikes
Task: Read a biography, autobiography or memoir about an artist, musician, poet or writer.
Foreign Correspondence: A Pen Pal's Journey from Down Under to All Over. Geraldine Brooks
This one has been on my TBR for a long time, I was happy to have a task that inspired me to ILL it!
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 610 / 995
Tasks Completed 38
XBM15.5 Old Saint Nick
Task: For this task read a book with a single author who shares initials with one of these names. (Saint Nicholas)
Initials are SC, CS, KK, FC, CF, SN, NS
Required: State the name.
Ask Me No Questions. Shelley Noble. 1.27.25
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 600 / 995
Tasks Completed 37
XBM15.4 It's Starting to Look A Lot Like Christmas
Task: Option B: One-book task
Read 1 book that satisfies both requirements option 1. (Read a book with an ornament, garland, wreath, Christmas lights, Santa, or deer on the cover. AND where the author's first and last initials are found in MERRY AND BRIGHT). - There is a wreath on the door, AI are RT.
Christmas at the Shelter Inn. RaeAnne Thayne
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 585 / 995
Tasks Completed 36
Jessica wrote: "Just wanted to make sure this will work for option A, book 2
"While the crow is obvious, I feel like it is sitting on a plant in the garden. The green stalk muddies the water. I'm going to say no on this one, sorry. The book looks interesting, though.
XBM10.4 - Wonderful Wetlands
Task: Read a book with a word of four or more letters in its title that can be made from WORLD WETLANDS DAY. (Only)
Only One Survives. Hannah Mary McKinnon
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 570 / 995
Tasks Completed 35
XBM25.6: Lisa MD's Task-New Year Reflections
Task: This is a 2-book task. You may choose to do one option twice if it makes you happy!
Option 1: For this option, read a book with a MPG of mystery, standalone or embedded, AND whose title and/or subtitle contains ALL the letters of FATHER.
The Department of Sensitive Crimes. Alexander McCall Smith
Option 2: For this option, read a book from the first 25 pages of Goodreads "Weddings Books" Shelf: Wedding Books
Required: State the page - page 1
The Wedding Date. Jasmine Guillory
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 560 / 995
Tasks Completed 34
XBM25.1 - KmarieD's Task: It's My Birthday
Task: Choose 2 options and read 1 book for each.
Option 2: Read a book where all the letters from either BOOKS or GAMES can be found in the title and/or subtitle.
Required: State the word you used. (Books) - 304 pages
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library. Michiko Aoyama
Option 3: Read a book with both individual MPG Mystery and MPG Romance or the combined MPG Romantic Suspense.
A Garland of Bones. Carolyn Haines - 336 pages
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 535 / 995
Tasks Completed 33
XBM30.5 - Cat's Task: Books of South America
Task: This is a two book task.
Option 1: Two Book Option (no page count requirement)
Book 1: Read a book that is set (at least 70%) in one or more countries in South America. (Chile)
Violeta. Isabel Allende
Book 2: Read a book that is written by an author born in a country in South America. (Lima, Peru)
The Soul of a Woman. Isabel Allende
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 510 / 995
Tasks Completed 32
XBM15.2 Holiday who-be what-ee?
Task: This is a two book task.
Book 1: Read a book that is at least 75% green according to Tineye. Required: Post the cover.
Innocent in Death. J.D. Robb
64.9 %#b1ca31Green
9.2 %#bbc872Green
8.8 %#6a7f45Green
2.0 %#2c351cGreen
0.6 %#148d4dGreen
Book 2: Read a book with the MPG Christmas
Lakeshore Christmas. Susan Wiggs
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 480 / 995
Tasks Completed 31
XBM15.8 New Year, New Beginnings
Task: Read a book with a word of four or more letters in the title that can be made from "NEW YEAR BRINGS FRESH BEGINNINGS" (When)
When the Emperor Was Divine. Julie Otsuka
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 465 / 995
Tasks Completed 30
Robin P wrote: "and what about this one? the trees look a bit dead but on the right one has a kingfisher or similar bird
Thanks!"
I see birds roosting in the trees on the left, so I'm going to allow it.
Cat wrote: "also on the bird + tree theme...
eagle on the badge bottom left, and stylised map trees elsewhere.
I thin it works, but grateful for confirmation! thanks!"
Sorry, Cat, but I'm going to have to say no on this one.
Robin P wrote: "For Option A2 - There is a bird and a branch here but since the title says bush, I wasn't sure. Does this work?
"Looks good to me.
XBM30.4 - Susan A's Task: Consecutive Letters
Task: This is a two book task, read one book for each option.
Book 1: Read a book in which the first word in the title starts with two consecutive letters.
Not Till We Are Lost. Dennis E. Taylor - NO
Book 2: Read a book with a title ending in two consecutive letters.
A Hundred Summers. Beatriz Williams - RS
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 450 / 995
Tasks Completed 30
XBM10. 3 - A Mountain of Books
Task: Read a book whose page count is comprised of the numbers 9, 1, 4, 4 in any order. (144 pages)
The Christmas Guest. Peter Swanson
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 420 / 995
Tasks Completed 29
XBM5.8 Birdwatching Month
Task: Read a book with a word from this list of Top 100 Remarkable Birds in the title (excluding "of" and "the"). https://www.birderslibrary.com/review. (Great Blue Turaco)
The Blue Bistro. Elin Hilderbrand
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 410 / 995
Tasks Completed 28
XBM5.7 National Cocoa Day
Task: Read a book with a hot beverage on the cover
Lavender Blue Murder. Laura Childs
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 405 / 995
Tasks Completed 27
XBM5.6 Meanwhile, Back in the Southern Hemisphere
Task: Read a book set in the Southern Hemisphere AND first published in December or January.
Set in Botswana, first published January 1, 2004
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies. Alexander McCall Smith
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 400 / 995
Tasks Completed 26
XBM20.9 Moderator's Pet -Jen B's Task: 90s Nostalgia
Task: Option 1 - Music
A: Read a book with EXACTLY 5 words in the title (subtitles ignored) Only words count.
The Author's Guide to Murder. Beatriz Williams
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 395 / 995
Tasks Completed 25
XBM5.1- It's All Natural
Task: Read a book with a cover depicting a natural landscape scene.
Isle of Palms. Dorothea Benton Frank
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 375 / 995
Tasks Completed 24
