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WINTER CHALLENGE 2020
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Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyWinter 2020 SRC
Task 25.5 - Amy FL's task: Verrry Interesting
Option 2: Read a book with a title of at least three words where the first letter of each title word can be found in EITHER “You Bet Your Sweet Bippy!” OR "Sock It to Me!" Letters may be used only as often as they appear.
Twelve Slays of Christmas TSOC is in SOCk iT to me
Option 3: Since the show contains multiple sketches, read a book with a MPG of Short Stories or Anthologies.
The Lottery and Other Stories initially published in 1949, claiming 1 GO ticket
Points this post: 25
GO Tickets: 1
BB Tickets: 0
Total Points this season: 200
Total GO Tickets: 3
Total BB Tickets: 2
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyWinter 2020 SRC
Task 5.1 - Going to A-Go-Go
Read a book with the letters "go" found intact in a word in the title or subtitle.
Christmas in the Four Gospel Homes: An Advent Study - 96 pages (my one 5 point task) word "GOspel"
Points this task: 5
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
Total Points this season: 205
Total GO Tickets: 3
Total BB Tickets: 2
Task 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sara G's task: RemembranceOption 2: The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose, finished 12/22
points this task: 20
Total points: 230
Sunshine30.3 - Cat's task: Eight Tiny Reindeer!
Pairs: Comet & Cupid
Books: The Alion King by Milly Taiden 12/9/20
Drowning In The Dark by Pippa DaCosta 12/8/20
How it Fits: MT found in Comet and PD found in Cupid
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 50
Books Read: 3
Sunshine25.2 - Nick KY's task: Regina and the Mountains
Book 1: Option B
Books: Rylee by Shannon Mayer 12/13/20
How it Fits: SM in JAMES BALDWIN
Book 2: Option B
Books: Vampire Sun by J.R. Rain 12/3/20
How it Fits: VS in EVEREST
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 75
Books Read: 5
25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: The Unfortunate Effect of PlanningThis is a two-book task. Read one book from two different options.
Required: Identify which options you select when you post.
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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.
B. has 11 letters in the author’s name or title.
I read The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny. The author's name has 11 letters in it.
Option 4
Two colors on my spreadsheet that I forgot to mention are Yellow and Blue. I make the cell yellow when I have read the book and then I mark the cell blue after I have posted the task. The goal of course is to see a whole sheet of blue by the time the challenge is over.
Read a book with both blue and yellow on the cover.
REQUIRED: Include the book cover and point out the yellow and blue when you post.
I read
This cover is yellow and blue.points: 60
books read: 6
tasks completed: 3
tasks in progress: 1
pages read: 2144
Abbie Disco-Super-Fly5.7 - The House of the Rising Sun
Read a book with a main page genre Animals. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
The Twelve Dogs of Christmas
12/14
MPG:Animals
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Books Read: 1
Abbie Disco-Super-Fly5.9 - Secret Agent Man
Read a book from this list: Best Spy Novels
American Spy
12/19
#495 on list
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 10
Books Read: 2
Abbie Disco-Super-Fly5.10 - Freedom
Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
Haunting Charlie
12/1
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 15
Books Read: 3
Abbie Disco-Super-Fly10.5. Not All Bad!
Read a book by a single author who you first read in 2020, before 11/15. The 2020 book may be a single author book, or from a book with multiple authors. You may have read as many books as you like by this author in 2020, but the book you use for this task must be new to you, not a re-read.
Author: Kathi Daley
Christmas in Paradise
12/2
New to me author, first and only book I have read by them. This is not a re-read
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 25
Books Read: 4
Abbie Disco-Super-Fly10.6. Please Phrase That in the Form of a Question.
Help Thread
Read a book with one of these "question words" in its title/subtitle - Who, What, When, Where, How, Why.
How to Pronounce Knife
12/8
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 35
Books Read: 5
20.6 – Seasoned Reader - EShay's task: EShay's podcast connectionAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
What Should I Read Next Podcast - pg. 1
Total: 45
Abbie Disco-Super-Fly10.9. Laugh, We Made it to 2021! Read a book with the main page genre Humor.
Daisy's Back in Town
10/2
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 45
Books Read: 6
15.1 - Groovy, ManChoose a day from the List of performances and events at Woodstock Festival:
Day 1 - Friday, August 15 to Saturday, August 16
Read 2 books, one Book 1 and one Book 2.
Book 1: Read a book written by a single author who shares a name with one of the musical artists who performed on the day you picked.
Canned Heat: Larry Taylor
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Daisy Jones & The Six
12/22
Book 2: Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that matches a word** in one of the songs played on the day you chose. Words must match exactly. **These words may NOT be used: a, an, and (&), the, to
8:30pm to 9:15pm
"Speak Like A Child"
Child of the Mist
12/17
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 65
Books Read:8
30.3 - Cat's task: Eight Tiny Reindeer!Reindeer pair: Dasher & Dancer
Author initials in DASHER: The Fifth Avenue Story Society by Rachel Hauck
Author initials in DANCER: Sunrise Point by Robyn Carr
Points this post: 30
Total points: 155
Andy P.Task # 20.4 - Golden Oldies - Sarah E's task: Silent Night
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in SILENT NIGHT.
Wolf's Revenge by Lachlan Smith SILENT NIGHT
Points this post: 20
Total points: 175
Kathy KS***UNCLAIM***
15.9 - A Trekkie is Born
Read a book with the MPG Science Fiction.
Trade Secret, by Sharon Lee
MPG: Science Fiction 78 users
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 0
Tasks completed: 0
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Bookwrm526Task #25.8 - 2020 Wrapped
Option 2: Read a book whose title or author's LAST name starts with E, I, Q, U, V, X, Y, or Z. I went with author's last name and read Hi Five by Joe Ide.
Option 3: Read a book first published in 2020 or 2021. I read Broken Wish by Julie C. Dao (first published 2020).
Total points so far: 165
Kathy KS25.8 - Brooke TX's task: 2020 Wrapped
This is a two book task
Option 1 - Read a book that has WON an award.
The Greatest Love Story Ever Told
Literary Awards: Audie Award for Humor (2019)
I listened to the audio version; pb=288 p. (no mmpb)
Option 4 - Read a book with MPG Science Fiction. The genre may be standalone or embedded (nested) but combination genre "Science Fiction Fantasy" does NOT work.
Trade Secret, by Sharon Lee
MPG: Science Fiction 79 users
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Points for this task: 25
Total points : 25
Tasks completed: 1
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Kathy KS15.5 - Let There Be Light(s)
Read a book with all the letters of LASER found in the TITLE only. Subtitles are excluded.
Sith, Slayers, Stargates, + Cyborgs: Modern Mythology in the New Millennium
LASER =sLAyERS
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 40
Tasks completed: 2
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Kathy KS20.6 – Seasoned Reader - EShay's task: EShay's podcast connection
Option 2: Read a book with a main character who risks their life or physical safety for the safety of others.
Mating Season, by Jon Loomis
from description:
"onetime Baltimore homicide detective" [moves back to hometown & returns to police:] "Frank and his partner Officer Lola Winters"
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 60
Tasks completed: 3
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
G.Q. 20.4 - Golden Oldies - Sarah E's task: Silent Night
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in [S]ILENT NIG[H]T.
You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle
Total Points: 55
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
BB tickets: 2
25.2 - Nick KY's task: Regina and the MountainsBook 1: Option B. Read a book with an author whose first and last initials are in JAMES BALDWIN.
Incurable (The Ellie Chronicles #2) by John Marsden
author's initials, JM, found in JaMes
Book 2: Option B. Read a book with a two-word title. (subtitles are excluded.) The first letters of each word should be in the name of ONE of the following famous mountains: KILIMANJARO
Night's Master (Tales from the Flat Earth #1) by Tanith Lee
first letters of title words, N & M, found in kiliMaNjaro
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 195
Doing Dewey15.6 - Heart to Heart - Heart on the cover
This Task :
Points: 15
Golden Oldies Ticket: No
Big Books Ticket: No
Totals:
Total: 115/1015
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 7/58
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyWinter 2020 SRC
Task 20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Marie-Anne's task: Where in the world?
Option 1: ❄︎ Read a book with 3 As in a single word in the TITLE (title only) or in one part of the author's name (first, middle, last). If using the author option, the book must be written by a single author.
Mrs. Claus and the Santaland Slayings read 12/23, sAntAlAnd has 3 As
Points this post: 20
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
Total Points this season: 225
Total GO Tickets: 3
Total BB Tickets: 2
Task 25.4 - Summer of LoveI chose Option One.
Option 1A: Book with flowers (real or stylized) on the cover
by Kate Stayman-LondonThere are stylized roses on the character's dress in the cover
Option 1B: Book that has "OWER" intact in title/subtitle
The Tower of Nero by Rick Riordan
tOWER
Childrens is currently present as a MPG, AR Bookfind info:
MG Designation, BL 5.5 (>5.0), AR Points 15.0 (>7.0)
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 95
Total Tasks: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 6
15.9 - A Trekkie is BornRead a book with the MPG Science Fiction
House of M
Points this task: 15
Books read this task: 1
Golden oldie claimed this task: 0
Big book claimed this task: 0
Total points: 30
Total Tasks completed: 3
Total Golden oldies: 0
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Total books read: 3
Mary P20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Melinde's task: Food, glorious food!
Option 3:Read a book with a title of 3 words or more, where the initial letters of each word can be found in the words SHRIMP COCKTAIL.
A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg
Points this task: 20
Total points: 125
Delicious Dee25.8 - Brooke TX's task: 2020 Wrapped
Option 2 - The Third Circle - Amanda Quick
Option 3 - The Arctic Fury - first published Dec 2020
points this post: 25
Updated Total points: 250
MAZZA115.9 - A Trekkie is Born
Read a book with the MPG Science Fiction. Genre may be standalone or embedded.
The Midnight Library MPG Science Fiction
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 345
Lys15.9 - A Trekkie is Born
Read a book with the MPG Science Fiction. Genre may be standalone or embedded.
Swamp Thing: Twin Branches
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 110
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 7
Big Books: 1
Abbie Disco-Super-Fly30.6 - Andy P.’s Task: The Litmus Test
This is a two book task. Choose one book that satisfies the requirements for Book 1, and another that satisfies the requirements for Book 2.
The total number of pages for both books must be greater than 500 pages (501+).
Book 1. Read a book by a single author whose first or last name begins or ends with the sequence PH
Philippa Gregory
The Other Boleyn Girl
12/18
661 pages
Book 2. Read a book where the word ACID or BASE may be made from the letters in its TITLE. Subtitles are excluded.
The Christmas Wedding
ChrIstmAs WeDding
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 95
Books Read: 10
Abbie Disco-Super-Fly15.5 - Let There Be Light(s)
Read a book with all the letters of LASER found in the TITLE only. Subtitles are excluded.
A Children's Bible
12/8
A ChiLdREn'S Bible
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 110
Books Read: 11
Abbie Disco-Super-Fly15.7 - The British Invasion
Read a book set at least 50% in the UK (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland).
Required: If the location is not evident from the metadata or book description, include a reference to establish how the book fits the task when you post.
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
12/16
Set in Northern Ireland
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 125
Books Read: 12
Abbie Disco-Super-Fly15.8 - The Fab Four
Read a book with a 4-word title. Spaces determine words. All words count. Subtitles should be ignored.
Anna and the Apocalypse
12/4
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 140
Books Read: 13
Abbie Disco-Super-Fly15.9 - A Trekkie is Born
Read a book with the MPG Science Fiction. Genre may be standalone or embedded.
The Children of Men
15/15
MPG Science Fiction
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 155
Books Read: 14
Lys10.9. Laugh, We Made it to 2021!
January 24 is Global Belly Laugh Day! Read a book with the main page genre Humor.
Stranger Planet
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 120
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 8
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.7 - Earworms!
The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian
TFA can be found in supercaliFrAgilisTicexpialidocious
Link to PB edition: The Flight Attendant
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 75 points
Tasks completed: 7
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Nick KY5.3 A Summer Place. I read I Am Not Your Negro by James Baldwin, #891 (p. 10) on the “I Watched the Movie” list.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 190
Nick KY5.8 West Side Story
I read America on the Brink: How the Political Struggle Over the War of 1812 Almost Destroyed the Young Republic by Richard Buel Jr. The word “America” is in the title and is the title of one of the songs in West Side Story.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 195
Nick KY15.3 Ground Control to Major Tom Opt. 2 -- one book option meets both requirements. Author’s inits are in ASTRONOMY, and “Space” is a GR genre.
I read The Cosmic Mystery Tour: A High-Speed Journey Through Space & Time by Nicholas Mee.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 210
25.1 - Bluemoon's task: CHRISTMAS IN THE 1960SOption 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.
I listened to an audio book of A Christmas Beginning
Option 4: reading a book with the MPG Holiday by an author that is new to you. The holiday does not have to be Christmas but the author must be one you have not read before.
I listened to an audiobook of A Christmas Guest by Anne Perry(no pages numbers attached so most popular paperback with page #'s is Una visita navideña a Romney Marshes
This author was new to me (I read this book first before the Option 3 book)
New Points: 25
Total Points: 170
GO: 1
LAUREN JODI20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sara G's task: Remembrance
Option 2: New Jersey
All the Ways to Ruin a Rogue by Sophie Jordan
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 110/990
Total Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 9/57
Task 20.9 - Big Sky Documentary Film FestivalOption 2 - Read a book from the following list: Best Female Lead Characters
On December 24, 2020:
Page One, #56
287 > 250 pages
One For The Money (Stephanie Plum #1) (1994) by Janet Evanovich (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 287 pages)
45 + 20 = 65
Tasks Completed: 03
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 45 + 20 = 65
Books read: 04
Pages read: 1,220
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 02
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Amy B25.8 - Brooke TX's task: 2020 Wrapped
This is a two book task - you can read two books from two different options, or use the same option for two books.
Option 1 - Award Winners: Read a book that has WON an award. The award must be included in the book's Goodreads metadata.
Married by Monday by Catherine Bybee - RONE Award for Contemporary (2013)
Option 2 - A to Z: Read a book whose title or author's LAST name starts with E, I, Q, U, V, X, Y, or Z.
Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 125 Points
Andy P.Task # 20.1 - Most Improved - SandyL's Task: Escape by Romance
Option 2. Read a Book from one of the Following Lists:
You Broke My Heart With Your Words
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
Page 1 # 8
Points this post: 20
Total points: 195
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Winter 2020 SRC
Task 25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: The Unfortunate Effect of Planning
Option 1
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.
How to Raise an Elephant, the word "TO" is in the title
Option 3
BOOKS FOR EVERYONE. Read a book where at least 2 different vowels appear at least 3 times each in the title and/or subtitle.
The Tarot Bible: The Definitive Guide to the Cards and Spreads - 6 of the letter E, 4 of the letter A, 5 of the letter I
Points this post: 25
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
Total Points this season: 175
Total GO Tickets: 2
Total BB Tickets: 2