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WINTER CHALLENGE 2020
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Suzannesea25.2 - Nick KY'S Task: Regina and the Mountains
Book 1, Option B
Read a book with an author whose first and last initials are in JAMES BALDWIN
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
jAmes baldWin
Book 2, Option B
Read a book with a two-word title and the first letters of each word should be in . . .Tres Cruces.
The Searcher by Tana French
TreS cruces
Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 80
Suzannesea30.1 Mazzai's Task: Create a Date
Option 1
Read a book with a day of the week in its title.
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
355 pages
Option 2
Read a book by an author whose first, middle, or last name is a month of the year.
Coffin Road by Peter May
303 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points to date: 110
Christine V15.5 - Let There Be Light(s)
Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower
Point this post: 15
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
Kelly L 25.7 - Bookwrm526's task: I LOVE Reading Challenges
Option 1: Read a book set at least 50% in the Middle East.
The Stationery Shop is set more than 50% in Iran.
Option 4: Choose a book that you read between January 1 and November 30, 2020. Read another book by this author.
I previously read Salvage the Bones between June 15 and July 4, 2020. For this option, I picked up Men We Reaped by the same author, Jesmyn Ward.
This post: 25 points
Total: 140 points
Total BBT: 2
MAZZA115.6 - Heart to Heart
Read a book with a heart(s) on the cover.
Exit Papers from Paradise
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 430
10.5. Not All Bad!Author you first read in 2020, before 11/15.
For this challenge I read Snowbound by Janice Kay Johnson.
This book is not a reread.
I read Brace For Impact by Janice Kay Johnson, my first book by the author, February 27, 2020.
Points: 10
Total Points: 140
GO Points: 2
delicious dee10.5. Not All Bad!
Cyborg Protector - Cara Bristol - the first book i read by this author was Alien Mischief that i read in October 2020 and Cyborg Protector is NOT a re-read for me; ebook only approved msg 8090 of ebook verification thread
points this post: 10
Updated Total points: 335
5.5 - Aquarius/Let the Sunshine InNumber 5 in a series.
The Pursuit by Janet Evanovich
Points: 5
Total Points: 145
GO Points: 2
30.5 - Sandy's task: Making the Best of ItOption 2, a book by an author whose initials are found in ESSENTIAL WORKER: Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson
paperback edition Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History 336 pages
Option 3, a book with MPG Education and takes place in an academic setting: The Class: A Life-Changing Teacher, His World-Changing Kids, and the Most Inventive Classroom in America by Heather Won Tesoriero, 448 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 200
Task 10.4 And in Other News....Read a book from one of the following lists:
Sixties Memoirs, Biographies
On December 26, 2020
Page One, #9
Underground: My Life with SDS and the Weathermen (2009) by Mark Rudd (Hardcover, 336 pages) [Biography/921]
65 + 10 = 75
Tasks Completed: 04
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 65 + 10 = 75
Books read: 05
Pages read: 1,556
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 02
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
DeborahPost #7
10.6. Please Phrase That in the Form of a Question.
The Music of What Happens
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 105
Books Read: 8
Tasks Done: 7
RAYNEBAIR15.9 - A Trekkie is Born
Read a book with the MPG Science Fiction
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 45
Queen Bee Darlene5.4 The Twist
2 word title where 1st word is THE
The Cousins
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 235
Amy W20.1 - Most Improved - SandyL's Task: Escape by Romance: Read a book with a title of at least 3 words where the first letter of each word can be found in the phrase I NEED TO LAUGH. Your book must have the MPG Romance.
I read In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren.
Points This Task: 20
Total Points to Date: 20
Andy P.Task # 10.8. Cookies!
Read a book with one or more cookies on the cover.
by Kevin Alan MilneFortune Cookie Front and Center on cover.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 245
Mod
I read
, with macarons on the cover (and now I'd REALLY like some to eat!). I read the kindle edition, the paperback edition is Macaron Murder.total points: 225
Mod
I chose option 2 and read The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet by Neil deGrasse Tyson.
"Space" is the 5th MPG. Author F/L initials, NT, are in asTroNomy.
total points: 240
Mod
I read False Scent, set completely in England. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top pb.
total points: 255
Mod
I chose option 1 and read A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top pb.
Author initials, ST, found in SilenT.
total points: 275
Amy W15.8 - The Fab Four: Read a book with a 4-word title.
I read The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams.
Points This Task: 15
Total Points to Date: 35
15.8 4 Word TitleMurder on Washington Square by Victoria Thompson
Total points: 195
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 15
GO: 3
BB: (500) (750) (1000)
Jen K20.10 - Group Reads
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Message 5 in the group read thread.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 135
30.1 - CREATE A DATE OPTION 2 - Jane by April Lindner
First name of author also name of a month
373 pages
OPTION 3 - The 18th Abduction
Ordinal number in the title
383 pages
TOTAL POINTS - 250
Elizabeth PTask 20.10 - Group Reads
Read a group read and post in the discussion
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Post 7 in the Mexican Gothic Discussion
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 115
Total Tasks: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 7
Shelby
5.3 - Theme from A Summer Place
Read a book from this list I Only Watched the Movie.: The Scorch Trials, by James Dashner
How Fits: Pg: 6, #587 on I Only Watched the Movie
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
5.5 - Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
Read a book that is book number 5 in a series.: The Big Four, by Agatha Christie
How Fits: Series: #5 in Hercule Poirot
Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket - Published: Jan 1927
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Shelby
10.8. Cookies!
Read a book with one or more cookies on the cover.: The Sugar Cookie Sweetheart Swap, by Donna Kauffman
How Fits: Cover - Cookies
Points this post: 10
Total points: 20
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Shelby
15.7 - The British Invasion
Read a book set at least 50% in the UK .: After Felix, by Lily Morton
How Fits: Location - England
Points this post: 15
Total points: 35
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Shelby
15.8 - The Fab Four
Read a book with a 4-word title.: The Monuments Men Murders, by Josh Lanyon
How Fits: Title - The Monuments Men Murders (4)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 50
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Shelby
20.6 – 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.: Caught in Time, by Julie McElwain
How Fits: MC: FBI agent tracking down and catching murders in 19th century England
Points this post: 20
Total points: 70
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Shelby
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Tammy AZ's task: Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Option 2
Read a book from the following list: Best Female Lead Characters.: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, by N.K. Jemisin
How Fits: Page Count - 427pgs & Pg. 9, #847 on Best Female Lead Characters
Points this post: 20
Total points: 90
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Shelby
5.10 - Freedom
Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.: Betrayal in Time, by Julie McElwain
How Fits: Choice
Points this post: 5
Total points: 95
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Sarah H5.5 - Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In - Read a book that is book number 5 in a series.
The Secret Place
Points this task: 5
Total points to date: 50
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 4
Books read: 5
Shelby
15.4 - Assassination Nation
Book A
Read a book with the letters TION intact in the title/subtitle.: Reclamation, by Lissa Kasey
How Fits: Title - ReclamaTION
AND
Book A
Read a book with at least TWO sets of double letters (consonants and/or vowels) in the title/subtitle and/or the author's name.: Rough Terrain, by Annabeth Albert
How Fits: Title - Rough TeRRain & Author - ANNabeth Albert
Points this post: 15
Total points: 110
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
25.5 - Amy FL's task: Verrry InterestingOPTION 1: Read a book by a single author who shares a name with one of these funny people: Dan Rowan....
Pretentiousness: Why It Matters by Dan Fox
DAN
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!”.....
The Book of Tea by Kakuzō Okakura
you BeT yOur sweeT bippy
*This is a GOLDEN OLDIE - pub 1906*
Points this post: 25
TOTAL POINTS: 85
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Tickets: - (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 4
Total books read: 6
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.9 A Trekkie is Born
5 to 1 by Holly Bodger
MPG Science Fiction
Points this post: 15
Total points: 475/990
Tasks completed: 26/57
Books read: 35
BB:4
GO: 0
(just keeping track for own purposes)
Task:15.6 - Heart to HeartRead a book with a heart on the cover.
Book read:
by Louise PentlandRequired:There is a heart on the sippy cup and on the phone screen.
Points this task:15
Total points:110
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Books read:7
Tasks completed:6
APRILLEIGH20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sara G’s task: Remembrance
Option 1: Motown
Read a book with all the letters in MOTOWN in the title.
Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire
MO in cOMe
T in Tumbling
OWN in dOWN
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (145)
Golden Oldie: 0 (5)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (14)
Total Tasks: 13
Sara G5.6 - Sugar, Sugar
Sing along performed by "The Archies", a fictional band featured on the animated "The Archie Show". Read a book written by an author who shares a name of a band vocalist- fictional or actual - from this list : Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Reggie Mantle, Veronica Lodge, Betty Cooper, Ron Dante, Toni Wine, Jeff Barry, Andy Kim. The name must match exactly, but may be used in any position.
The Fall of Heaven: The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran by Andrew Scott Cooper
Andrew Scott Cooper shares a name with Betty Cooper.
I read the Kindle edition. The paperback (no MMPB) here has 624 pages.
**The Fall of Heaven is a Big Book (624 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 5
Total points: 275
30.4 Book 1: Word in Title Becomes New Word Backwards
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
Book 2: Backwards Word from Book 1 in Title
The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism by Timothy J. Keller
Total points: 225
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 17
GO: 3
BB: (500) (750) (1000)
MAZZA115.7 - The British Invasion
Read a book set at least 50% in the UK (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland).
Jeeves and the King of Clubs
The synopsis establishes setting as UK "In this magnificent new homage to P. G. Wodehouse, Ben Schott leads Jeeves and Wooster on an uproarious adventure of espionage through the secret corridors of Whitehall, the sunlit lawns of Brinkley Court, and the private clubs of St James's."
also from Page 5" London's finest clubs" and " I crossed Picadilly and St James' street"
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 445
Julia10315.8 - The Fab Four
The Short Victorious War (four word title)
This post: 15 points
Total points: 360
BB: 5
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 27
Doing Dewey25.1 - Bluemoon's task: CHRISTMAS IN THE 1960S
Option 2 - author's initials in ANIMATED CHRISTMAS
Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman (544 pages)
Option 3 - title of at least three words with initials in SOMEDAY ALL OUR DREAMS WILL COME TO BE
Let the Right One In (513 pages)
This Task :
Points: 25
Golden Oldies Ticket: No
Big Books Ticket: 2 in this task
Totals:
Total: 160/1015
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 3
Total Tasks Completed: 9/58
25.7 - Bookwrm526's task: I LOVE Reading ChallengesOption 2 - Nonfiction book with MPG Young Adult
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater
Read the ebook, the paperback is 320 pgs
Option 4 - Another book by an author read between 1 Jan 2020 and 30 Nov 2020
Us Against You by Fredrik Backman
Listened to the audiobook, the MMPB has 496 pgs
I previously read Beartown, finished 21 Nov 2020
Total Points: 220
Andy P.Task # 10.4. And in Other News....
Read a book from one of the following lists:
Best Novels about the 1960s:
Clover Blue by Eldonna Edwards found on page 1 # 14
Points this Post: 10
Total points: 255
MEGSCL20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Marie-Anne's task: Where in the world?
Option 1, 3 As in author’s first name
Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin
Total to date
90
MEGSCL25.8 - Brooke TX's task: 2020 Wrapped
Option 3 - read a book first published in 2020 or 2021. The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
Option 4 - Read a book with MPG Science Fiction. Stories of Your Life and Others
Total to date
115
Mary P20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sara G's task: Remembrance
Option 2:Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in JERSEY CITY.
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
Points this post: 20
Total points: 165
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30.3 Cat's Task: Eight Tiny Reindeer!
author's initials in reindeer names
Donner & Blitzen
Book 1: Heartburn by Nora Ephron doNnEr
Book 2: If I Run by Terri Blackstock BliTzen
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 230