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WINTER CHALLENGE 2020
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10.5 Not all bad!
Book read: The Ask and the Answer
I first read this author this past summer, starting with this book The Knife of Never Letting Go, which I completed August 16, 2020. This book is not a re-read.
Points this task: 10
Books read: 4
Golden oldie:
Big book:
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 3 (less)
Joanne MI15.4 - Assassination Nation
I chose the 1 book option
From Russia with Blood: The Kremlin's Ruthless Assassination Program and Vladimir Putin's Secret War on the West -
Double 's' in Russia, double 'o' in Blood, 'tion' in Assassination
Points this task 15
Total Points 100
BB's 1
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5.3 Theme from A Summer Place
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, found on page 1 (#39)
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9.0
Points this task: 5
Books read: 1
Golden oldie:
Big book:
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1 (less)
Task 25.8 - Brooke TX's task: 2020 WrappedOption 3 for both:
Book 1 - Little Secrets, finished 12/21. Published 21 April 2020
Book 2 - -Lakewood, finished 12/19. Published 24 March 2020
Points this task: 25
Total points: 185
Trisha25.1 - Bluemoon's task: CHRISTMAS IN THE 1960S -
Option #1
The Holy leaves are green and the holly berries are red. Option #4 Death by Eggnog This author is new to me
Points this task: 25
Books read: 6
Golden oldie:
Big book:
Total points: 70
Tasks completed: 4
10.6. Please Phrase That in the Form of a Question.A Christmas Carol: What if Scrooge were a woman? by Charles Dickens & Alison Larkin
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 170
Trisha10.9. Laugh, We Made it to 2021!
Fortune and Glory
Points this task: 10
Books read: 7
Golden oldie:
Big book:
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 5
Trisha20.3 – Best Review - Katy's task: Netflix Binges - Option C Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever
Points this task: 20
Books read: 8
Golden oldie:
Big book:
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 6
PegW10.5. Not All Bad!
Read a book by a single author who you first read in 2020, before 11/15.
I read The Tropic of Serpents by Marie Brennan who I had read for the first time in 2020 with the book A Natural History of Dragons, which I had finished reading on 02/06/2020. This was not a re-read, but new to me as I continue the series.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 95
Big books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Doing Dewey15.5 - Let There Be Light(s) - letters of LASER in title
The Mother of All Questions
This Task :
Points: 15
Golden Oldies Ticket: No
Big Books Ticket: No
Totals:
Total: 100/1015
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 6/58
30.6 - THE LITMUS TESTBOOK 1 - The White Princess by Philippa Gregory
PH in Philippa
528 pages
BOOK 2 - Her Christmas Cowboy
BASE in the title
180 pages
TOTAL POINTS - 200
DeborahPost #5
15.10 - The Digital Divide
Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in ARPANET
Geekerella by Ashley Poston
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 65
Books Read: 5
Tasks Done: 5
Coralie5.7 Sugar, Sugar
Book by an author who shares a name of a band vocalist - Jeff
Dead Astronauts by Jeff VanderMeer
Total to date 75 points
LAUREN JODI10.3 - March On!
Repost Ghosts of Mississippi: The Murder of Medgar Evers, the Trials of Byron De LA Beckwith, and the Haunting of the New South by Maryanne Vollers
This book is about the assassination of Civil Rights activist Medger Evers.
I read the Kindle version.
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 90/990
Total Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 8/57
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.8 - Brooke TX's task: 2020 Wrapped
Option 2: Fortune and Glory by Janet Evanovich
Option 3: A Galway Epiphany by Ken Bruen
Points this post: 25
Total points: 310/990
Tasks completed: 17/57
Books read: 22
BB: 4
GO: 0
(just keeping track for own purposes)
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.7 Bookwrm526's task: I LOVE Reading Challenges
Option 2: Bonnie and Clyde: The Making of a Legend by Karen Blumenthal
Option 4: Sunsets, Sabbatical and Scandal by Tonya Kappes
Beaches, Bungalows, and Burglaries by Tonya Kappes finished on September 30, 2020
Points this post: 25
Total points: 360/990
Tasks completed: 19/57
Books read: 26
BB:4
GO: 0
(just keeping track for own purposes)
Elizabeth PTask 20.2 - Food, Glorious Food
Option Three - Title of 3+ words, initial letters in SHRIMP COCKTAIL
The Heir Affair by Heather Cocks
sHrimp cockTAil
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 70
Total Tasks: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 4
Julia10330.2 - Delicious Dee's task: LOST and FOUND
Book 1 - LOST - Mistress of Mourning (added to my "To Read" shelf on July 14, 2012)
Book 2 - FOUND - Option C
The Boleyn Deceit
This is on the similar books list, verified in task help thread. Author Laura Andersen is new to me.
This post: 30
Total points: 225
BB: 3
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 16
Lys25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: The Unfortunate Effect of Planning
Option 1
I’d love to tell you to read whatever you want, but it’s not allowed and it really wouldn’t be that much fun. What is a reading challenge without being challenged after all.
Read a book with one of the words DON’T TELL ME WHAT TO DO in the title only. The word must stand alone and match exactly.
I read Kid Me Not: An anthology by child-free women of the '60s now in their 60s
it has the word "ME" in the title.
Option 2
This time I’m going to be more SPONTANEOUS in my reading. I will only fill in a few spots on my spreadsheet. I don’t know how well I’ll do points wise, but it’s going to be more spur of the moment decisions on the books I read.
Spontaneous has 11 letters. Read a book that:
B. has 11 letters in the author’s name or title. The complete author's name or a name part (first, middle, last) may be used. Titles that have 11 letters total or an 11-letter individual word will work. Subtitles may be used or excluded.
I read Cinder by Marie Sexton. MARIE SEXTON has 11 letters.
Points this post 25
Total points 95
Tasks completed 4
Books Read 6
Big Books 1
Nick KY10.1 Shaken, not Stirred I read Ghosts and Grisly Things by Ramsey Campbelll, inits in sean ConneRy
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 175
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.6 - Sugar, Sugar
Brighter Than the Sun by Darynda Jones
The author shares a name of a fictional band vocalist - Jughead Jones.
This book can be found on the Ebook page verification Line 563 as "Conditional- 5 point tasks".
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 25 points
Tasks completed: 4
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.1 - Escape by Romance
Death, and the Girl He Loves by Darynda Jones
Option 1 - This book contains a title of at least 3 words where the first letter of each word can be found in the phrase I NEED TO LAUGH (D in need, AGHL in laugh, T in to).
The book also contains a MPG of romance and was approved in
Message #40 of the task help thread.
Link to PB edition: Death, and the Girl He Loves
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 45 points
Tasks completed: 5
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.7 - Remembrance
Moonlight and Mistletoe at the Christmas Wedding by Helen J. Rolfe
Option 1 - All the letters in the word MOTOWN are in the title (MO in moonlight; TO in mistletoe; and WN in wedding
Link to PB edition: Moonlight and Mistletoe at the Christmas Wedding
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 65 points
Tasks completed: 6
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
MAZZA130.5 - Sandy's task: Making the Best of It
Your two books must have a combined total of at least 600 pages. You may choose two different options, or read two books from the same option.
2. Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in ESSENTIAL WORKER.
I read an ARC of this The Devil and the Dark Water there is no MMP the first PB edition is Il diavolo e l'acqua scura Stuart Turton 528 Pages
I am claiming 1 BB ticlet for this
3.Read a book in which the main character is a K-12 or college teacher or someone who works in a school in another capacity (bus driver, guidance counselor, etc) and a significant portion of the plot/subject takes place in an academic setting or on a school bus. The setting must be evident on the book's main page.
Good-Bye, Mr. Chips Page count = 144 pages
Page count = 528 +144 = 672 pages exceeding requirement
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 330
BB tickets this post = 1
BB tickets total = 3
Rockynook20.9 - Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Option 2: Read a book from the following list: Best Female Lead Characters
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 44.0
Found on page 5 of the list
Claiming 2 BB tickets, 870 pages
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 110
Total BB Tickets: 3
Sara G5.1 - Going to A-Go-Go
Read a book with the letters "go" found intact in a word in the title or subtitle.
Going Bovine by Libba Bray
Points this post: 5
Total points: 270
Mary P25.1 - Bluemoon's task: CHRISTMAS IN THE 1960S
Option 1:Read a book with a red, blue, and/or green OBJECT on the cover.
by Karen WhiteRed poinsettias on the cover.
Option 3:Read a book with a title of at least three words where the initial letter of each word is found in the phrase SOMEDAY ALL OUR DREAMS WILL COME TO BE.
Wilderness Trail of Love by Dorothy Wiley
Points this post: 25
Total points: 105
Mod
I read The Stand - partly on kindle, partly on audio, but I linked to the top MMPB. Found on page 5 of I Only Watched the Movie.
total points: 130
Mod
I used option 2 and read The Mother of All Questions by Rebecca Solnit. "tion" in questions, double ll in All and double c in RebeCCa.
total points: 145
Mod
I used option 1 and read Broken Wish. I read the kindle version, linked to the hardback (only paper edition with page numbers.) Book was set 80% in 1865. Discussed and approved in the help thread.
total points: 165
Mod
For my first book, I used option 1 and read an ARC of Someone to Watch Over Me - I linked to the hardcover edition. Word "Me" in title matches "don't tell ME what to do."
For my second book, I used option 3 and read The Future Is Female! 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women, from Pulp Pioneers to Ursula K. Le Guin: A Library of America Special Publication.
3 Us in title (fUtUre, pUlp) and 3 Es (thE futurE, fEmale). and more of each, but there's the equired 3!
total points: 190
REPOST5.5 - Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
Marriage before Death by Uvi Poznansky
Date Read: 12/21
How It Fits: #5 Still Life with Memories
Points This Post: 5
Total points: 60
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Golden Oldie:
Books Read: 5
Total Tasks: 5
Julia10315.3 - Ground Control to Major Tom
Option 1 (two books):
Book A: Revolutionary by Alex Myers (initials AM in ASTRONOMY)
Book B: A Just Determination (MPG Space)
This post: 15
Total points: 240
BB: 3
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 18
Nick KY10.7 Earworms I read The Guest List by Lucy Foley. First letters of title words are in “supercaLifraGilisTicsexpialidocious.”
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 185
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Tammy AZ's task: Big Sky Documentary Film FestivalOption 3, a book whose author's initials are in OSCAR: My Kind of Christmas by Robyn Carr
mass market paperback edition My Kind of Christmas 320 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
Queen Bee Darlene20.2 Rookie at the Top - Melinde's task: Food, glorious food!
3) title 3 words or more with initial ltr of each word found in SHRIMP COCKTAIL
Two Can Keep a Secret
Shrimp coCKTAl
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 170
CYNBAXTERTask #15.09 – A Trekkie is Born
Task: Read a book with the MPG Science Fiction
Book: Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date: 70 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 3
20.9 - BIG SKY DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVALOPTION 3 - Seaside Surprises by Stacy Claflin
Author's initials in OSCAR
250 pages
TOTAL POINTS - 220
SarahBR15.6 - Heart to Heart
by Natalie Walton There are stylized hearts on the bikini top on the coverTask points:15
Total points: 70
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
GO:
BB: (500) (750) (1000)
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10.5 Not all bad!
Book read: The Ask and the Answer
I first read this author this past summer, starting with this book The Knife of Never Letting Go, which I completed August 16, 2020. This book is not a re-read.
Points this task: 10
Books read: 4
Golden oldie:
Big book:
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 3 (less)
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sara G's task: RemembranceOPTION 3: Read a book set at least 50% in .... Vietnam.
The Quiet American by Graham Greene
Points this post: 20
TOTAL POINTS: 20
Golden Oldies: -
Big Book Tickets: - (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 1
Total books read: 1
Inge5.3 - Theme from A Summer Place
Book: Schindler's List
book 57 on the list, page 1
Points this task: 5
total points: 75
total books: 8
task completed: 7
BB ticket: 1
#pages this post: 429
total #pages: 3088
15.5 - Let There Be Light(s)Read a book with all the letters of LASER found in the TITLE only.
Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts by Julian Rubinstein
baLlAd of the whiSkEy robbeR
Points this post: 15
TOTAL POINTS: 35
Golden Oldies: -
Big Book Tickets: - (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 2
Total books read: 2
trishhartuk15.6 Heart to Heart
Read a book with a heart(s) on the cover.
Heart cookies hanging from the building, middle to top right
Confirmed in help thread message #6: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this task: 10
Books read: 1
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 8
Golden oldies: 1
Julia10325.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: The Unfortunate Effect of Planning
Option 1: Kill Me a Fortune (matching word is ME)
Option 2A: 1636: The Saxon Uprising (published in 2011)
I read the Kindle edition. Paperback 1636: The Saxon Uprising has 586 pages so claiming one BB ticket. (There is no MMPB.)
This post: 25, 1 BB
Total points: 265
BB: 4
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 20
10.5 - Not All Bad!Euphoria by Lily King
❆ I first read a book by Lily King earlier this year when I read Writers & Lovers ❆
❆ I finished reading Writers & Lovers on 10/28/20 ❆
❆ Euphoria was a new to me book and was not a re-read ❆
Total points: 110 + 10 = 120
Casey WTask 20.2 - Food Glorious Food
Option 2 - Read a book where 50% of cover is red, orange, or yellow)
Recursion By Blake Crouch
Per Tineye cover is 65% Yellow.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 70
Tasks completed:4
Books Read: 4
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyWinter 2020 SRC
Task 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sara G's task: Remembrance
Option 2: New Jersey
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in JERSEY CITY.
NEW BEGINNINGS: ADAM & JACQUELINE’S STORY: PART ONE by Jodie Collins
JC in Jersey City
Points this post: 20
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
Total Points this season: 150
Total GO Tickets: 2
Total BB Tickets: 2
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Option 1: Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
❆ set entirely in 1666 ❆
Total points: 90 + 20 = 110