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WINTER CHALLENGE 2019
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Queen Bee Darlene15.3 Spin the Wheel
Option 2: 1 book that fits book 1 & 2 criteria which are all ltrs R, S, T, L, N, E in title/sub/auth and also C, D, M, A in title/sub/auth.
And the Good News Is...Lessons and Advice from the Bright Side by Dana Perino And the Good News Is...: Lessons and Advice from the Bright Side
AND ThE good newS is...Lessons and adviCe fRoM the bright side by dana perino
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 1000
Coralie 5.4 That’s a Strange Title!
Book with odd number of words in title – 3
The Light Brigade
Total to date 470 points
15.4 Go RedOption 1.
Book 1: The Testaments, Margaret Atwood
Book 2: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
+15 = 335 points total
Karen DTask 10.1 - Home for the Holidays
Book: The Little Friend, finished 2/15
Points this task: 10
Total points: 820
Esther 10.6 Fresh start
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Six of Crows Duology #1
Points this post: 10
Total points to date: 245
Esther20.5 Bigger is Better - Julia103's Task: The Name is Important
Option 3. Name of an award in the title - Washington State Book Award
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
Points this post: 20 points
Total to date: 265 points
Esther20.6 Seasoned Reader - Zach's Task: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Option 1: Looking back mpg Historical Fiction
Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson
Whitbread Award for First Novel and Book of the Year (1995)
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 285
Esther25.1 Andy P’s Task: Alphabet Soup
Book 1. No m or n in title Secrets of the Chocolate House by Paula Brackston.
Book 2, Option 2: “L & O” consecutively in title Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth by Rachel Maddow
Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 310
Esther25.7 Nick KY’s Task: Double Duty – Pulitzer Prizes
Book 1 (consecutive letters in title): The Huntress by Kate Quinn
Book 2 The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert
Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 335
Esther25.5 Sally M's Task: I’d Like to Thank
Book 1 Authors initials in ‘Spreadsheet Tracker’ See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt
Book 2 Option 3 Audible Escape & Scribed: E-book borrowed from Libby Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Points this post: 25
Total to date: 360
20.5 Bigger is BetterOption 3:
Golden State (Golden Wreath)
Golden Wreath Award here: https://svp.org.mk/awards/golden-wrea....
+20 = 355 points total.
ED30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Celebrating Louise Erdrich
Opt. 2-The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
MPG of Historical Fiction
Opt. 3
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney -
Points this task: 30
Total points: 140
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 9
Tasks completed: 5
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.7: Stand alone: Harlequin House by Leal Hayes.
Totals this posting:
Points: 15
Summary Totals:
Points: 100
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.3: Celebrating 90's:
Option 2: The Unhappy Medium by T. J. Brown.Page count = 395 > 190 required. Page count contains both 3 and 9 and has MPG fantasy.
Totals this posting:Points: 20
Summary Totals:
Points: 120
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.6: Fresh start: The Turquoise Shop by Frances Crane is #1 in the Pat and Jean Abbott mystery series. The book was first published in 1941: Claim Golden Oldies point.
Totals this posting:
Points: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Summary Totals:
Points: 130
Golden Oldies: 1
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.8: Leap Year: Dreamsongs, Volume I by George R.R. Martin was first published in 2003, a year with a consecutive double digit. Claim Big Book point for 683 pages.
Totals this posting:
Points: 10
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Summary Totals:
Points: 140
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
ED25.11 - SandyL's Task: Rescue Me!
Opt. 3- All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque-296p.
"ER" found in "REscue"
pub.1928
*****I Claim 1 GO Ticket*****
Opt. 4-Raiders of the Lost Bark by Sparkle Abbey-
-206p.296p+ 206p= 504p- exceeding the 500 page minimum
Points this task: 25
Total points: 165
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read:11
Tasks completed: 6
ED25.7 - Nick KY’s Task: Double Duty – Pulitzer Prizes.
Book 1- Add a Dash of Pity by Peter Ustinov
Book 2- The Overstory by Richard Powers-
502p- *****I Claim 1 BB Ticket*****
on the FictionList 2019
Points this task: 25
Total points: 190
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read:13
Tasks completed: 7
Janice CA25.4 - I’d Like to Thank…
Pages must total at least 600.
Option 1: Author's initials found in "spReAdsheet tracker".
Whatever She Wants: True Confessions of a Male Escort by Andrew Rosetta
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Option 2: Read a book that features witches.
Goodreads description states that the author is a witch and his book focuses on what this means to him.
Toil & Trouble by Augusten Burroughs
pages read: 288 + 320 = 608
+25
total: 105
tasks: 6
books: 8
DeborahPost #16
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's Task: The Name is Important
1) Nemesis by Agatha Christie
On page 1: The Agatha Award- named for Agatha Christie
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 310
Books Read: 23
Tasks Done: 16
DeborahPost #17
10.8 - Leap Year
The Secret of Everything first published 2009
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 320
Books Read: 24
Tasks Done: 17
25.5 - Kaora's Task: All Work and Some Play...Option 2, a book that is the second in a series: What Happens in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand (Paradise #2)
Option 4, a book by an author whose initials are in ALBUQUERQUE BALLOON FESTIVAL: Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee
Points this post: 25
Total points: 870
Julia10310.9 - Winter's in the Air
Will Eisner: Champion of the Graphic Novel
This was a Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards Nominee for Best Comics-Related Book (2016) (W in Winter)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 735
BB: 11
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 33
Books read: 51
Laurah3025.11 - SandyL's Task: Rescue Me!
Option 3: Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase RESCUE DOGS
Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman 342 pages
Option 4: Read a book with a dog on the cover.
Who Let the Dog Out? 324 pages
664 pages in total
Points this task: 25
Total points to date: 320
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 1
Tasks complete: 14
Books read: 21!
TraceyL25.10 - Kristina Simon's task: Rewards of Awards
Option 1: For this option, read a book found on the list of Popular Book Club Books.
Me Before You Audiobook
Me Before You MMPB 381 Pages
Page 1
Option 3: For this option, read a book found on the Alex Award Winners list.
All Systems Red Audiobook
All Systems Red PB 152 Page
Page 1
381 + 152 = 533 Pages
Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 755
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Pat ☆ ☆ 25.9 ~ 2020 Number Fun
Task Description ~ This is a two book task. Choose two of the following options and read one book for each option.
REQUIRED ~ State the option.
Option #1 ~ Read a book that has a consecutive repeating pair of letters in a word in the title, subtitle or author's name.
The Giver of Stars by Jojo MoyesCompleted ~ 12.28.19
Pages ~ 400
Option #3 ~ Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials appear in the word VIGESIMAL. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the target word.
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenCompleted ~ 2.13.20
Pages ~ 503
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Points this post ~ 25
Total Points ~ 520
Tasks Completed ~ 27
Books Read This Season ~ 42
Pages Read This Season ~ 14,467
50.1 - Delicious Dee's Task: Diversify Your ReadingBook 1: Main character is a person of colour
Washington Black 419 pages
Book 2: Author is a person of diverse background (Inuit)
From inside the book cover jacket, “From the internationally acclaimedInuit throat singer”
Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq 208 pages
This author is new to me
Book 3: This is a NF book about LGBTQ issues
I listened to audio version of Visions and Revisions 224 pages
This author is new to me
New Points: 50
Total challenge points:410
BB: 1
GO: 1
Joanne MITask 5.5 Read a book with a main page genre of science fiction, fantasy, or speculative fiction
The Deep-MPG of both SF and Fantasy
Points this task 5
Total Points 395
BB's 9
Sarah H25.6 - Cordelia's Task: 2019
Option 1 - Read a book FIRST published in 2019.
The Library of the Unwritten
Option 5 - Read a book which has at least 2 of the following numbers: 2, 0, 1, 9 in the number of pages.
The Bell - 296 pages
Points this task: 25
Total points to date: 385
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 22
Books read: 30
Sarah H10.6 - Fresh Start - Read a book that is #1 in a series.
Kick at the Darkness
I read the Kindle edition. The paperback version is Kick at the Darkness
Points this task: 10
Total points to date: 395
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 23
Books read: 31
25.4 I'd Like to ThankOption 1: Splinter in the Blood by Ashley Dyer
pages - 416
Option 3 - A Dangerous Man by Robert Crais
pages - 339
I borrowed this from the Phoenix Public Library
Total pages - 755
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 420
Sarah H20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI’s task-Celebrating the 90’s
Option 2 - Read a book with a main page genre of Fantasy, standalone or embedded, AND whose page count contains a 1, 9 or 3.
Captive
I read the Kindle edition. The paperback version is Captive
Points this task: 20
Total points to date: 415
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 24
Books read: 32
Nick KY30.1 Ava Catherine's Celebrating Louise Erdritch
Opt. 1. A Plague of Doves -- I read Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria E. Anzaldúa with a main page GR genre of "RACE."
Opt. 4. Literary Influence -- I read The Unvanquished by William Faulkner, initials WF.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 900
Sarah E20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's Task: The Name is Important
Option 1
Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie
I read an ebook, top MMP is Murder in Three Acts
Agatha Award, on page 1, is named for Agatha Christie
Golden Oldie, first published 1934. I claim 1 GO ticket.
Total points: 90
Total GOs: 1
Readerboard name: D20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI’s task-Celebrating the 90’s
Option 1: Read a book FIRST published between 1990 and 1999
The Imaginary Girlfriend by John Irving
(first published 1996; 208 pages)
Task=20
Season total=285
Sarah E30.3 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Get Hooked on Yarn
Option 3
A Year in the Life of the Yorkshire Shepherdess
My word is YEAR - can be found in THE YARN
Option 5: MPG Health
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
I read a kindle edition but have linked to the top paperback (no MMP)
Total points: 120
SALLY M.30.2 Two Women Honoring a Remarkable Woman
Option 1: author initials in CORETTA SCOTT KING
A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Option 4: two sets of double letters
Open Book by Jessica Simpson
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
360 + 416 = 776 > 500 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 530
Tasks completed: 30
Books read: 41
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 3
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 2
ED25.6 - Cordelia's Task: 2019
Opt. 3- The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman "DA" found in "thousAnD"
Opt. 5- The Naked Civil Servant by Quentin Crisp-212 p.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 215
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read:15
Tasks completed: 8
Andy P.Task # 25.7 - Nick KY’s Task: Double Duty – Pulitzer Prizes.
Book 1. Read a book with at least one word in the TITLE which has a set of consecutive double letters
Fatal Odds: A Novel by John F. Dobbyn Double D in ODD
Book 2. Read a book written by a winning author or finalist from one of these lists:
2. General Nonfiction, 1962 to the present.
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
Winner 1998
Points this post: 25
Total points: 805
25.6 - Cordelia's Task: 2019BOOK 1: Read a book FIRST published in 2019.
A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier
OPTION 5: Read a book which has at least 2 of the following numbers: 2, 0, 1, 9 in the number of pages.
A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr
128 pages
Points this post: 25
TOTAL POINTS: 240
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Tickets: - (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 11
Total books read: 15
15.7 - Stand AloneRead a book that is a standalone
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Points this post: 15
TOTAL POINTS: 255
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Tickets: - (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 12
Total books read: 16
** Repost **15.4 Go Red
Option 1.
Book 1: The Testaments, Margaret Atwood
Book 2: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
+15 = 335 points total
Task 5.5 - Try to Count Themread a book with MPG Science Fiction
Victorious
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1050 points
10 BB tix
3 GO tix
**Repost**20.5 Bigger is Better
Option 3:
Golden State (Golden Wreath)
Golden Wreath Award on page 3 of Goodreads awards.
+20 = 355 points total.
30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Celebrating Louise ErdrichOption 1
Read a book with mpg historical fiction, mpg sociology, or mpg race (or racism). mpg may be stand alone or embedded.
The Alice Network
This book has 503 pages, I am claiming 1 Big Book Ticket.
Option 3:
Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in BIRCHBARK. Letters can be used only as often as they appear in the target word.
Dark Matter
By: Blake Crouch
B IR C HBARK
[POINTS]
This post: 30
Total points: 255
Books read: 16
Tasks completed: 13
Big Book tickets: 5
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
ED25.5 - Kaora's Task: All Work and Some Play..
Opt. 1- Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood-185p.
Opt. 4- Hadji Murat by Leo Tolstoy
"LT" in "fesTivaL"
pub. 1912
*****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
Points this task: 25
Total points: 240
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 6
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read:17
Tasks completed: 9
perletwo10.4 - Snuggle Up - read a book with the letters GG in the title, subtitle, or author's name.
Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest by Gregg Olsen
Points this task: 10
Total points: 685
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 3
Books read: 54
Tasks completed: 40
Task 5.3 - The Nobel Prize in Literatureread a book by a Nobel Prize in Literature winner
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
Steinbeck won in 1962, per his GR bio
pub in 1947 - claiming a GO tix
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1055 points
10 BB tix
4 GO tix
ED20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Can You Keep A Secret?
Opt. 3- The Ravishing of Lol Stein by Marguerite Duras
"MD" found in "MeltDown"
Points this task: 20
Total points: 260
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 6
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read:18
Tasks completed: 10
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25.14 Celebrating Trafalgar Square
Option A – Christian Holiday
Book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in cHArity carols
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
Option D – Art
From page 2 of the list Novels about Motherhood
Brown Girl in the Ring
Total to date 465 points