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WINTER CHALLENGE 2020
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
10.9 MPG HumorMy Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
* Claim GO ticket, pub 1919*
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
GO: 1
BB: (500) (750) (1000)
15.5 LASER Letters in TitleAll Systems Red by Martha Wells
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
GO: 1
BB: (500) (750) (1000)
SarahBR10.9. Laugh, We Made it to 2021!
Would Like to Meet by Rachel Winters has the main page Humor
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
GO:
BB: (500) (750) (1000)
G.Q. 10.5. Not All Bad!
Read a book by a single author who you first read in 2020, before 11/15.
Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells (not a reread, my first Martha Wells book was All Systems Red, which I read for the first time on August 2, 2020)
Total Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
15.4 - Assassination NationOption 2- read Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty.
TION in Questions
LL in Will; LL in Eyeballs
Task points: 15
Total points: 20
Completed tasks: 2
Delicious Dee30.2 - Delicious Dee's task: LOST and FOUND
Book A - Wild Instinct - Sarah McCarty - added to my TBR on 1 June 2010
Book B Option 1 - Kindred Spirits - Sarah Strohmeyer - ,i>NEW to ME author; shares first name with Book A author
total Pages: 309+336pgs (I read kindle edition, pg count for most popular PB) = 648
points this post: 30
Total points: 40
10.8 - COOKIES! -
Christmas cookie on the cover.
Approved for length in post 8039 of the verification thread
TOTAL POINTS - 20
15.9 A Trekkie is BornRing Shout by P. Djèlí Clark
Science Fiction is a MPG
Post Total: 15
Grand TOtal:15
Mary P30.3 - Cat's task: Eight Tiny Reindeer!
Pick a reindeer pairing and read two books, the author initials (first and last names) can be found in each of the names.
Dasher: Cold Black Earth by Sam Reaves
Dancer: The Hamilton Affair by Elizabeth Cobbs
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
RAYNEBAIR5.1 - Going to A-Go-Go
Read a book with the letters "go" found intact in a word in the title or subtitle.
A Damsel and a Demigod by Annette Marie
"go" in Demigod
ebook approved for one 5 point task
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 10
RAYNEBAIR5.5 - Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
Read a book that is book number 5 in a series (series, #5).
Trapped by Kevin Hearne
The Iron Druid Chronicles #5
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 15
Barbara ★10.9 - Laugh, We Made it to 2021!
Read a book with the main page genre Humor
The Good Fairies of New York - Martin Millar 12/4
Points this task: 10
Total points: 10
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Task 15.7 - The British InvasionBook: The Mirror & the Light, finished 12/5
Set 100% in England
Points this task: 15
Title points: 50
Queen Bee Darlene10.6 Please Phrase That in the Form of a Question
question word in title/sub: How
How to Be Fine: What We Learned from Living by the Rules of 50 Self-Help Books
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 55
Andy P.Task # 5.1 - Going to A-Go-Go
Read a book with the letters "go" found intact in a word in the title
Mrs. Mohr Goes Missing by Maryla Szymiczkowa Go in Goes
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Louise B15.8 - The Fab Four
A book with a 4-word title
A Wild Winter Swan by Gregory Maguire
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 15
Tasks completed: 1
LaureY25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: The Unfortunate Effect of Planning
Option 2
All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny
11 letters in the author's name
Option 4
by Eloisa Jamesblue dress and yellow rose (next to orange ones)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 25
Total Books: 2
Total Tasks: 1
LaureY20.4 - Golden Oldies - Sarah E's task: Silent Night
Option 3
Say Yes to the Duke by Eloisa James
The book is in English and my native language is French.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 45
Total Books: 3
Total Tasks: 2
Joanne MI20.10 - Group Reads
Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution
My comment is in message # 3
Points this task 20
Total Points 35
Sara G30.3 - Cat's task: Eight Tiny Reindeer!
Reindeer pair: Donner & Blitzen
A Rogue of One's Own by Evie Dunmore
DONNER
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
BLITZEN
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 672 pages.
**Crooked Kingdom is a Big Book (672 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
Julia10330.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Cars, Cars, Cars
Option 1: Friday the Rabbi Slept Late (first published in 1964)
Option 2: The Enigma Game by Elizabeth Wein (EW in VOLKSWAGEN)
This post: 30 points
Total points: 30
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 2
MAZZA115.2 - Vietnam & the Antiwar Movement
Book 1: Read a book with the MPG War
The Tin Drum MPG war
This book is 580 pages and I am claiming a BB ticket
Book 2 Book 2: Read a book found on the Anti War Books list.
The Red Badge of Courage
This book was published in 1895 and I am claiming a GO ticket
Points this post = 15
Points to Date = 15
BB tickets - 1
GO tickets 1
MAZZA120.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
I read an ebook edition Twelve Years a Slave this is the MMP Twelve Years a Slave
This was published in 1853 and I am claiming a GO ticket
I have commented on thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... and https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 35
GO ticket = 1
GO to date = 2
MAZZA125.1 - Bluemoon's task: CHRISTMAS IN THE 1960S
This is a two book task. Chose two options below and read a book for each option.
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OPTION 2 - ANIMATED CHRISTMAS SPECIALS
Read a book by a single author whose initials (first and last) are found in ANIMATED CHRISTMAS.
I read an ARC of this book via netgalley This is HB edition on GR Fragile Monsters Catherine Menon CM is in CHRISTMAS
This author is new to me
OPTION 3 - CHRISTMAS CAROLS
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.
A Medium's Birthday Surprise (Becky Tibbs: A North Carolina Medium's Mystery Series)
This Author is new to me
points this post = 25
Points to date = 60
MAZZA1 - REPOSTING forgot page number of list15.2 - Vietnam & the Antiwar Movement
Book 1: Read a book with the MPG War
The Tin Drum MPG war
This book is 580 pages and I am claiming a BB ticket
Book 2 Book 2: Read a book found on the Anti War Books list.
The Red Badge of Courage
This book was published in 1895 and I am claiming a GO ticket
Found on Page 1 of list
Points this post = 15
Points to Date = 15
BB tickets - 1
GO tickets 1
Julia10330.1 - Mazza1's task: Create a Date
Option 1: Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry (day of the week in title)
Option 4: 1634 The Baltic War (year in title)
I read the ebook edition. No MMPB. Top paperback 1634: The Baltic War has 1056 pages, so claiming 3 BB tickets.
This post: 30 points, 3 BB
Total points: 60
BB: 3
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 4
Task: 20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Melinde's task: Food, glorious food!Option:2 - ice cream
Book read:
by Ian McEwanRequired:cover is 89.1% yellow.
Points this task:20
Total points:55
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Books read:4
Tasks completed:3
Jen K20.4 - Golden Oldies - Sarah E's task: Silent Night
Option 3: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Originally written in French, my native language is English
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 35
25.8 - Brooke TX's task: 2020 Wrapped For my first book, I chose Option 1, and read The Man in the High Castle, which won the Hugo Award in 1962.
For my second book, I chose Option 2, and read Servants of the Wankh. The author (Jack Vance) has a last name starting with one of the "hard-to-find" letters ( V in this case).
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 35
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
15.9 MPG Science Fiction Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
GO: 1
BB: (500) (750) (1000)
Doing Dewey15.8 - The Fab Four - four word title
Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel
This Task :
Points: 15
Golden Oldies Ticket: No
Big Books Ticket: No
Totals:
Total: 30/1015
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 2/58
Doing Dewey15.4 - Assassination Nation - Option 2: 1 book with TION in title and 2 double letters in title/subtitle + author name
Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks
This Task :
Points: 15
Golden Oldies Ticket: No
Big Books Ticket: No
Totals:
Total: 45/1015
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 3/58
20.10 - Group ReadsTwelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
❆ I listened to the unabridged audiobook; linked to the top MMPB ❆
❆ my thoughts can be found in messages 6 and 9
Total points: 15 + 20 = 35
Barbara ★10.6 - Please Phrase That in the Form of a Question.
read a book with one of these "question words" in its title/subtitle - Who, What, When, Where, How, Why.
When We Meet Again - Victoria Alexander 12/6
Points this task: 10
Total points: 20
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Task 15.10 - The Digital DivideBook: Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar, finished 12/6
Points this task: 15
Total points: 65
5.4 The TwistFor this task, I read The Dirdir.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 40
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Inge15.6 Heart to heart
book: Where Rainbows End
** Claiming a big book ticket, 585 pages**
Points this task: 15
total points: 25
total books: 2
task completed: 2
BB ticket: 1
#pages this post: 585
total #pages: 1062
Josie10.1 (Read a book with a single author whose initials can be found in SEAN CONNERY)
Sadie,Courtney Summers
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
Points this task: 10
Total points: 25
Inge5.10 Free choice
book: Een puppy voor kerst
Points this task: 5
total points: 30
total books: 3
task completed: 3
BB ticket: 1
#pages this post: 121
total #pages: 1183
Shawn H.20.3 – Best Review - Katy's task: Netflix Binges
Option C - Read a nonfiction book with the MPG "Politics."
The Fall of Richard Nixon: A Reporter Remembers Watergate by Tom Brokaw
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Ticket Books: 0
Suzannesea15.7 - The British Invasion
Read a book set at least 50% in the UK.
The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 15
Jen K20.1 - Most Improved - SandyL's Task: Escape by Romance
Option 4: Ruin and Rising
MPG Romance and Paranormal
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 55
Joanna T20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Tammy AZ's task: Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Option 2 - p. 12 of list - 307pp in mass market paperback (I read the audiobook)
Eva Luna by Isabel Allende
Task total: 20
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Grand total: 20
BB: 0
GO: 0
DeborahPost #1
10.1. Shaken, not Stirred.
Read a book with a single author whose initials can be found in SEAN CONNERY.
Skip Beat!, Vol. 44 by Yoshiki Nakamura
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10
Books Read: 1
Tasks Done: 1
DeborahPost #2
10.9. Laugh, We Made it to 2021!
Locked in in Task Help thread message #6 for genre
Daddy-Long-Legs MPG: Humor
UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 6.0
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 20
Books Read: 2
Tasks Done: 2
Julia1035.10 - Freedom
The Hogwarts Collection
Length approved in post #8058 of eBook Verification thread
MPG Children but book is not in AR Bookfinder
This post: 5
Total points: 65
BB: 3
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 5
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.7 - The House of the Rising Sun
Kitty Confidential by Molly Fitz
Animal is a MPG shelved by 11 users.
Link to PB edition: Kitty Confidential
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 5 points
Tasks completed: 1
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.5 - Not All Bad!
Christmas Miracles at the Little Log Cabin by Helen J. Rolfe
I first read Christmas at the Little Knitting Box on November 14, 2020 (this is the date I finished it)
Link to PB edition: Christmas Miracles at the Little Log Cabin
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 15 points
Tasks completed: 2
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
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Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
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