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WINTER CHALLENGE 2019
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Adallae20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Can You Keep A Secret?
option 3 - Beach Music by Pat Conroy
Author's initals P and C in SPECTRE
This book has 592 pages and I am claiming one big book ticket
Points this post - 20
Total points: 395
BB Tickets - 5
GO Tickets - 3
Adallae30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Celebrating Louise Erdrich
Sunflowers - option 1 (MPG Historical Fiction)
The Storyteller's Secret - option 1 (MPG Historical Fiction)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 425
BB Tickets - 5
GO Tickets - 3
Stephanie12725.6 - Cordelia's Task: 2019
Option 1: Read a book FIRST published in 2019.
Costalegre, first published on July 16th 2019.
Option 3: Read a book where the author's initials can be found in TWO THOUSAND AND NINETEEN.
Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi
Points this post: 25
Total points: 135/1165
Tasks completed: 8/64
Books read: 10
Task 30.1 - Celebrating Louise ErdrichOption 2: The Round House
Read a book from this list Native American Fiction.
Required: State the page of the list where your book was found.
On February 23, 2020
Page One, #65
War Dances (2009) by Sherman Alexie (Hardcover, 209 pages)
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction (2010)
Option 3: Birchbark Books
Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in BIRCHBARK.
BirChbark
Recursion (2019) by Blake Crouch (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 330 pages)
340 + 30 = 370
Tasks Completed: 19
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 340 + 30 = 370
Books read: 29
Pages read: 7,275
Read but not claimed: 04
Goodreads Authors: 17
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Task 5.4 That's a Strange Title!Read a book with an odd number of words in its title - subtitles are excluded.
The Man Who Rode Midnight (1987) by Elmer Kelton (Hardcover, First Edition, 261 pages)
370 + 05 = 375
Tasks Completed: 20
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 370 + 05 = 375
Books read: 30
Pages read: 7,536
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 17
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Janice CA15.10 - Get 'Em While They're Hot
Read a book published in 2019/2020.
book published: 2019
Wild Life: Dispatches from a Childhood of Baboons and Button-Downs by Keena Roberts
+15
total: 120
tasks: 7
books: 9
Esther20.4 Everything old is new again, and again and again: read a book from this list: Mythologies and Retellings of Fairy Tales and Classics.
Page 1 #70 Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Points this post: 20
Total points: 335
Jasmiina F20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI’s task-Celebrating the 90’s:
Option 1: Read a book FIRST published between 1990 and 1999:
Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett.
First published in 1996.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 140
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
TraceyL15.1 - Days of Celebration
Option 2, Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries that celebrates its national day in January: India.
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara
Takes place 100% in India.
Option 3, Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries that celebrates its national day in February: Japan.
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Takes place 100% in Japan.
Points Earned This Post: 15
Total Points Earned: 900
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
TraceyL5.3. The Nobel Prize in literature.
Read a book by an author who has won the Nobel Prize for literature.
The Moon Is Down by John Steinbeck
Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize in 1962
Request 1 Golden Oldie Ticket (First Published 1942)
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 905
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Amy B20.4 - Golden Oldies - Perletwo's Task: Everything Old is New Again, and Again and Again
In honor of the Archive's Hugo Award, read a book from this list: Mythologies and Retellings of Fairy Tales and Classics.
Required: State the page on which your book can be found.
Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld (Click link to "Jane Austen Retellings" under CLASSICS on the list - this book in second row)
Eligible : A Modern Retelling of Pride & Prejudice
This task: 20 points
To Date: 470 points
Julia10325.8 - Bookwrm526's Task: Celebrate Every Day!
Option 4: The Man in the Brown Suit (genre Romance verified in post #39 of Genre Verification thread)
This was first published in 1924 - claiming one Golden Oldie ticket
Option 5:
(cats on cover)This post: 25 points, 1 GO
Total points: 835
BB: 11
GO: 2
Tasks completed: 38
Books read: 59
Julia10325.11 - SandyL's Task: Rescue Me!
Option 3: Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper (SC in RESCUE).
This has MPG Children - AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12.0
Option 4:
(Dogs on cover)This post: 25 points
Total points: 860
BB: 11
GO: 2
Tasks completed: 39
Books read: 61
Kristi CO30.7 - Tien's task: Sesame Street 50th
Option 1: published in 2019
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Option 3: Sesame Street character-Linda
Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes
Points this post: 30
Total points: 215
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 14
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
TraceyL5.7. Play Those Words!
Read a book with a musical instrument normally played by a person in its title/subtitle, or pictured on its cover.
Violin on the cover
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 910
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 1
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Jen KTask 25.9 Diana K's Task: 2020 Number Fun.
Option 3: The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
vigesiMAl
Option 4: The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 545
EstherRepost #2845 Task 20.5
Name of an award in the title
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
Washington State Book Award - Goodreads | Awards p. 2
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 355
EstherREPOST #2848 - 25.7 Nick KY’s Task: Double Duty – Pulitzer Prizes
Book 1 (consecutive letters in title): The Huntress by Kate Quinn
Book 2 Read a book written by a winning author or finalist from ... lists: From #2, General Nonfiction 2015
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert
Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 380
5.4. That's a Strange Title!odd number of words in its title
Legend by M.R. Leahy
*Approved for length 7740
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 180
Total Tasks: 12
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 15
20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Queen Bee Darlene's Task: Be BetterOption 3) read a book written by a single author whose name contains both an E and a D.
Grenade by Annie Dyer
*Approved for length 7750
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 200
Total Tasks: 13
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 16
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MEGSCL's Task: Title TropesOption 1: The Thrilling Woman
Read a book with mystery or thriller as a main page genre and the word 'girl" 'wife' or 'woman' in the title.
Dirty Girls by Lily White
Thriller genre noted in post 41 just in case it disappears.
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 220
Total Tasks: 14
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 17
Chris MD 25.5 All Work and Some Play
Option 1 - Page total includes at least two of these numbers: 0, 1, 3, 4, 8
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
The book I read has 312 pages.
Option 2 - #2 in a series
Closed Casket by Sophie Hannah
#2 in the New Hercule Poirot Mystery Series
I listened to the audio version of this book. The top MMP has 408 pages.
Total points: 205
Chris MD 25.7 Double Duty: Pulitzer Prizes
Option 1 - One word in title has consecutive double letters
Callander Square by Anne Perry
Double letters are LL
I listened to the audio version of this book. The top MMP has 383 pages.
Option 2 - Any book written by a Pulitzer Prize winner or finalist
Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth
Roth was a finalist three times and won in 1998 for American Pastoral.
Total points: 230
Chris MD 25.10 Reward of Awards
Option 1 - From list of Popular Book Club Books
Educated by Tara Westover
On first page of the list
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 384 pages.
Option 3 - From list of Alex Award Winners
The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig
Listed near the top of page 5
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 345 pages.
Educated 384 pages
Whistling 345 pages
Total 729 pages
Total points: 255
Chris MD 25.11 Rescue Me!
Option 3 - Author's initials in RESCUE DOGS
A Hundred Thousand Dragons by Dolores Gordon-Smith
All three of the initials are in DoGS
Option 4 - Dog on the cover
by Miranda JamesDragons 240 pages
Bless 304 pages
Total 544 pages
Total points: 280
25.9 Diana K's Task: 2020 Number Fun.Option 2:
Read a book where the digits in the page number count add up to 20
Opaque Melodies by Natalie Bennett
299 pages = 2+9+9 = 20
Option 3:
Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials appear in the word VIGESI MA L
Release by Aly Martinez
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 245
Total Tasks: 15
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 19
Sarah E20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI’s task-Celebrating the 90’s
Option 1: FIRST published between 1990 and 1999 (inclusive)
In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer
First published June 1st 1992, 304 pages
I listened to the audio but have linked to the top paperback (no MMP)
Total points: 140
Sarah E30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Book 1
Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science and What the Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves
EIEI in frEEdIvIng
O in Ocean
Book 2: Option 1
Seriously Mum, Where's that Donkey?
I read the kindle edition, top paperback (no MMP) is Seriously Mum, Where's That Donkey?
Total points: 170
25.1 - Andy P.’s Task: Learning the AlphabetBook 1. Read a book which does NOT contain an M or an N in the title or subtitle.
Hate Sober by T.L. Smith
Book 2.
Option 2: Read a book whose TITLE contains the letters LO in sequence.
Lost Girl by Dee Garcia
LO in Lost
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 270
Total Tasks: 16
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 21
*reposting so I can actually follow the instructions*Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM
50.1 - Delicious Dee's Task: Diversify Your Reading
Book 1: I read Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (373p). As noted in the GR description, the heroine Chloe is chronically ill; this review at NPR further clarifies that she has fibromyalgia and chronic pain syndromes. Category 6: Physical disability. Talia is a new author to me.
Book 2: I read Real Life by Brandon Taylor (336p). Brandon's GR bio is pretty brief so here's the profile in the NYT that specifically notes he is Black and gay. Category 1: Person of Color and Category 3: LGBTQIA+. Brandon is a new author to me.
Book 3: I read Children of the Land by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo (384p), which is about the author's experience as an undocumented immigrant as noted on the GR blurb. Category 2: Refugee/Immigrant. Marcelo is a new author to me.
373p + 336p + 384p = 1093
(Technically, all three authors are new to me, I just realized that.)
Previous point total: 205
New points this post: 50
Total points: 255
Total tasks completed: 17
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 2
Julia10310.8 - Leap Year
Dealing with Dragons (first published in 1990)
This has MPG = Children. AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8.0
This post: 10 points
Total points: 870
BB: 11
GO: 2
Tasks completed: 40
Books read: 62
Readerboard Name Kathy P20.4 - Golden Oldies - Perletwo's Task: Everything Old is New Again, and Again and Again
Lavinia
Found on page 10
Totals
Points: 255
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total Tasks completed: 12
Total Books read: 15
JAMTOWN 80Task : 30.8 - Worlds without End
Book 1: 2014 Hugo Winner
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
Page count: 410 pages
Book 2: 2018 Aurora Winner
Jade City by Fonda Lee
page count: 600 (Kindle)
Total page count: 1010 exceeds 500 page minimum
Post: 30
Season total: 210
JAMTOWN 80Task: 30.5
Option 1: Total page count contains1,2
Crick Crack, Monkey by Merle Hodge
Page count: 128 pages
Option 2: First book in a series
Red Sister by Mark Lawrence
Page count : 500
Total page count: 628
Post: 30
Season total: 240
AlyssiaTask 20.3 - Celebrating the 90’sl
Option 2: My daughter was born in January 1993, and so, of course, she became a huge Harry Potter Fan-Girl then graduated to J.R.R. Tolkien. For this option read a book with a main page genre of Fantasy, standalone or embedded, AND whose page count contains a 1, 9 or 3.
Foundation
4 1 8 pages. FANTASY is a MPG.
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 20
Alyssia25.1 - Andy P.’s Task: Learning the Alphabet
This is a two book task. Please select a book that satisfies the criteria for Book 1 and another for Book 2.
Book 1. Read a book which does NOT contain an M or an N in the title or subtitle.
As You Like It
Book 2.
Option 1: Read a book in which the author’s name contains both an M and an N.
Open Season: Legalized Genocide of Colored People by Ben Crump
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 45
Alyssia 15.10 - Get 'Em While They're Hot
Baby and the Beast was published January 2020.
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 60
25.7 - Nick KY’s Task: Double Duty – Pulitzer PrizesBook 1:
by Ken Liuthe hiDDen girl and other stories
Book 2:
by Eowyn IveyFiction; 2013; finalist
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 540
Books Read: 41
Completed Tasks: 23
BB tickets:00
BB Tickets to Date: 01
GO tickets: 00
GO Tickets to Date: 01
Alyssia10.6 - Fresh Start
Skeletons in the Closet
#1 in Misadventures of Laundry Hag series
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 70
Alyssia10.3 - Let It Snow
All's Well That Ends Well
AWTEW are all in WINTER WONDERLAND
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 80
SALLY M.15.8 Ice Ice Baby: ICE intact in title
Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 615
Tasks completed: 33
Books read: 46
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 5
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 2
Sara G30.2 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Two Women Honoring a Remarkable Woman
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in CORETTA SCOTT KING. All initials count.
Tangled by Emma Chase
CORETTA SCOTT KING
Option 4: Read a book with at least two sets of double letters in the title and/or author name (single authors only.)
Censoring Queen Victoria by Yvonne M. Ward
CENSORING QUEEN VICTORIA YVONNE M WARD
Points this post: 30
Total points: 865
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM25.4 - Sally M's Task: I’d Like to Thank…
I chose Options 1 and 2.
Option 1: I read Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis by Ada Calhoun, 288p. A and C are in TRACKER.
Option 2: I read Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night by Kresley Cole, 400p. As noted in the first paragraph of the description, Mariketa is a witch.
288p + 400p = 688p
Previous point total: 25
New points this post: 25
Total points: 280
Total tasks completed: 18
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 2
Queen Bee Darlene5.10 Your Personal Award!
Book of my choice
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan A Visit from the Goon Squad
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 1135
Andy P.Task # 20.7- Shorter is Sweeter - Queen Bee Darlene's Task: Be Better
Option 3. read a book written by a single author whose name contains both an E and a D.
Vanished by Joseph Finder
FINDER
Points this post: 20
Total points: 940
Andy P.Task # 20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Sarah Ruth's Task: Can You Keep A Secret?
Option 3. Read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in either SPECTRE
A Small Town by Thomas Perry
SPECTRE
Points this post: 20
Total points: 960
Task 25.9 Diana K's Task: 2020 Number Fun.Option 3: Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials appear in the word VIGESIMAL.
Gone (Quincy & Rainie #5) by Lisa Gardner
author's initials, LG, found in viGesimaL
Option 4: Read a book that has a pair of glasses on the cover. Sunglasses, monocles, lorgnettes, etc. work.
Carry On, Jeeves! (Jeeves #3) by P.G. Wodehouse
1x Golden Oldies Tix (pub. 1925)
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 6
Season Total: 905
Stephanie1275.5. Try to Count Them: Read a book with a main page genre of science fiction, fantasy, or speculative fiction, standalone or embedded.
Kindred
Points this post: 5
Total points: 140/1165
Tasks completed: 9/64
Books read: 11
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25.5 - Kaora's Task: All Work and Some Play...
option 1 - The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
page count includes 1 and 3
option 2 - The Sign of Four
book 2 in series
Points this post - 25
Total points - 375
BB Tickets - 4
GO Tickets - 3