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WINTER CHALLENGE 2020
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10.5. Not All Bad!Help Thread
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.
REQUIRED: In your post, link to the book in which you first read this author, and state the date read. Also state that the book you use for this task is not a re-read.
I read The Woods by Harlan Coben. I first read this author in November of 2020. This book is NOT a reread for me.
points: 70
books read: 7
tasks completed: 4
tasks in progress: 2
pages read: 2560
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25.8 - Brooke TX's task: 2020 Wrapped
Option 1: Tooth and Claw
Option 2: Risa: In Camelot's Shadow
This post: -25 points
Total points: 370
BB: 5
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 29
Julia10325.8 - Brooke TX's task: 2020 Wrapped
Option 2: Risa: In Camelot's Shadow (author last name starts with Z)
Option 4: 1637: The Polish Maelstrom (MPG Science Fiction)
This post: 25 points
Total points: 395
BB: 5
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 31
Julia10320.2 - Rookie at the Top - Melinde's task: Food, glorious food!
Option 3: Tooth and Claw (TAC in COCKTAIL)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 415
BB: 5
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 32
Mary P20.4 - Golden Oldies - Sarah E's task: Silent Night
Option 2: Read a book with a word of at least four letters in the title or subtitle that exactly matches* a word from the lyrics.
Silent Ridge by Gregg Olsen
Points this task: 20
Total points: 185
Julia10320.4 - Golden Oldies - Sarah E's task: Silent Night
Option 1: The Once and Future Queen: Guinevere in Arthurian Legend by Nicole Evelina
(initials NE in SILENT)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 435
BB: 5
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 33
Kim O15.7 - The British Invasion Read a book set at least 50% in the UK (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland).
Gingerbread
Points this task: 15
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Totals:
Points: 90
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 2
Tasks completed: 6
JEN B5.8 - West Side Story
Read a book with a word from one of the songs on the album in the title or subtitle from this list: West Side Story Tracks.
Pretty Things by Janelle Brown
Matches the word Pretty in "I Feel Pretty"
TOTAL POINTS: 80
JEN B15.8 - The Fab Four
Read a book with a 4-word title. Spaces determine words. All words count. Subtitles should be ignored.
Between Me and You by Allison Winn Scotch
TOTAL POINTS: 95
Elizabeth PTask 10.9 - Laugh, We Made it to 2021!
Book with MPG Humor
Network Effect by Martha Wells
Confirmed as having MPG Humor on message 12 of task help thread
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 125
Total Tasks: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 8
Elizabeth PTask 25.8 - 2020 Wrapped
Option 3: Book first published in 2020 or 2021
The Lion's Den by Katherine St. John
First Published May 2020
Option 4: Book with MPG Science Fiction
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 150
Total Tasks: 8
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 10
Shawn H.25.7 - Bookwrm526's task: I LOVE Reading Challenges
Option 3: From PopSugar List - Upside Down Image on Cover
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
**Book found on Page #1**
Option 4: Read a book by an author read between January 1 and November 30, 2020
Previously read The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal by Ben Mezrich - finished 2/14/20
Straight Flush: The True Story of Six College Friends Who Dealt Their Way to a Billion-Dollar Online Poker Empire--and How It All Came Crashing Down . . . by Ben Mezrich
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 85
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Ticket Book: 0
APRILLEIGH15.3 - Ground Control to Major Tom
Option 2: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in ASTRONOMY, and with MPG Space.
Walking to Aldebaran by Adrian Tchaikovsky
(Read the kindle version - hardcover - no mmpb or paperback)
Approved in the help thread.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 15 (160)
Golden Oldie: 0 (5)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (15)
Total Tasks: 14
30.8 - Ava Catherine's task: Sylvia PlathOption 1 - First published in 1932
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Listened to audiobook, top MMPB is 285 pgs
Option 4 - MPG Mental Health or Mental Illness
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison
Total Points: 255
MAZZA120.8 - 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.
Coming Up for Air Patti Callahan Henry - 3 A's in Callaghan
points this post = 20
Points to date = 515
20.3 – Best Review - Katy's task: Netflix BingesOption C, a non-fiction book with MPG Politics: Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Mayer
Points this post: 20
Total points: 225
5.2 - Hey, JudeRead a book with one of these words in the title or subtitle: Hey, Hi, Hello, Welcome, Greetings, Good, Day, Howdy, Aloha, Yo, Oh. The word must match exactly.
Welcome to Night Vale
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 220
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 16
Big Books: 500: 1, 750: 1
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Melinde's task: Food, glorious food!Opt 3-
I read The Mother's Promise.
Task points: 20
Total points: 110
Completed tasks: 6
Delicious Dee30.6 - Andy P.’s Task: The Litmus Test
Book A - Kiss Me If You Can - Carly Phillips
Book B - Crazy Stupid Bromance- ACID found in title - AC in Crazy, ID in stupid
points this post: 30
Updated Total points: 365
15.3 - Ground Control to Major TomOption 2
Defending the Galaxy (Sentinels of the Galaxy #3) by Maria V. Snyder
Author's first & last initials, MS, found in aStronoMy
MGP: Space
1x Bigger is Better tix (544p)
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 285
Amy B20.1 - Most Improved - SandyL's Task: Escape by Romance
This is a one-book task. Your book must have a main page genre (MPG) of Romance. Required: State which option you chose when posting.
Option 4: Read a book with a main page genre (MPG) of Paranormal or Science Fiction. Note: Your book must also contain an MPG of Romance.
A Stitch in Time by Kelley Armstrong
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 180 Points
MAZZA125.8 - 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 - Read a book that has WON an award. The award must be included in the book's Goodreads metadata.
Lost Horizon Hawthornden Prize 1934
This book was first published in 1933 I am claiming 1 GO ticket
Option 3 - Read a book first published in 2020 or 2021.
I read an ARC of this book via Netgalley on Kindle The Push it is due to be published next week
no MMP this is PB edition - The Push
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 540
GO tickets this post = 1
GO tickets to date = 4
15.6 - Heart to HeartRead a book with a heart(s) on the cover. The heart(s) may be realistic or stylized.
Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn
This task: 15 points
Total: 15 points
25.1 - Bluemoon's task: CHRISTMAS IN THE 1960SThis is a two book task. Chose two options below and read a book for each option.
OPTION 1 - ALUMINIUM CHRISTMAS TREES Read a book with a red, blue, and/or green OBJECT on the cover
There is a red flower on the bottom left.
OPTION 2 - ANIMATED CHRISTMAS SPECIALS Read a book whose initials are in animated Christmas
Regretting You by Colleen Hoover
Initials are C and H.
This task: 25 points
Total points: 40
25.8 - Brooke TX's task: 2020 WrappedThis is a two book task - you can read two books from two different options, or use the same option for two books.
Option 3 - Published This Year: In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
Published Oct. 2020
Option 3 - Friends and Strangers by J. Courtney Sullivan
Published June 2020
This task: 25 points
Total points: 65
Completed tasks: 3
Nick KYmistake
Cindy FTask 15.1 Groovy, Man
DAY 3
Book 1: Author shares name with artist (Neil Young)
The Lost Girls by Heather Young (YOUNG)
Book 2: Word in title matches word in song (WOMAN)
Song is "Just like a Woman by Joe Cocker and Grease Band
Read The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney
Points this post:15
Total points:40
Books read:6
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books: 2 tickets
Tasks completed:5
Cindy FTask 15.10 The Digital Divide
Authors initials in ARPANET (A,P)
A Christmas Guest by Anne Perry
Points this post:15
Total points:55
Books read:7
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books: 2 tickets
Tasks completed:6
Cindy FTask 5.7 The House of the Rising Sun
Main page genre Animals
The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz
Points this post:5
Total points:60
Books read:8
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books: 2 tickets
Tasks completed:7
Janice CA10.7 - Earworms!
Title words begin with the letters found in "SupeRcalifragilisTicexpialiDocious".
The Rural Diaries: Love, Livestock, and Big Life Lessons Down on Mischief Farm by Hilarie Burton Morgan
+10
total: 35
tasks: 3
books: 3
MARGO 10.2 - A Decade of TurbulenceHomegoing
Read a book set at least 50% in a country that had at least one successful coup during the 1960s
Homegoing switches between Ghana and USA.
Approved in Task Help Message 8 for another reader.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Sara G30.2 - Delicious Dee's task: LOST and FOUND
Book 1 – LOST – Read a book that has been LOST on your TBR for at least 3 years (added to TBR list prior to 1 Dec 2017).
The Gathering Storm by Rachel Hore
I added this to my TBR list on September 12, 2016.
Book 2 – FOUND - using your LOST book, read a book by a NEW TO YOU author that fits one of the 3 criteria below:
A – shares a first or last name with LOST book. Names may be in any position, but must match exactly.
Honor's Knight by Rachel Bach
Rachel Bach shares a first name with Rachel Hore.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 330
Kim O15.6 - Heart to Heart Read a book with a heart(s) on the cover.
Golden Oldie -- first published in 1850Points this task: 15
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
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Totals:
Points: 105
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 3
Tasks completed: 7
APRILLEIGH30.3 - 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.
I chose DASHER & DANCER.
Book 1: DASHER
The Amateur Astronomer by Scientific American
dASher contains author initials AS (verified as acceptable in the help thread).
Book 2: DANCER
4:50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie
dAnCer contains author initials AC.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 30 (190)
Golden Oldie: 0 (5)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 2 (17)
Total Tasks: 15
APRILLEIGH10.1 - Shaken, not Stirred
Read a book with a single author whose initials can be found in SEAN CONNERY.
Taken at the Flood by Agatha Christie
*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1948 ***
Author initials AC found in seAn Connery.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (200)
Golden Oldie: 1 (6)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (18)
Total Tasks: 16
Andy P.Task # 30.8 - Ava Catherine's task: Sylvia Plath
Option 1. Read a book first published in 1963.
The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark
Option 2. Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in BEEKEEPERS
Livia Lone by Barry Eisler
BEEEKEEPERS
Points this post: 30
Total points: 295
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Tammy AZ's task: Big Sky Documentary Film FestivalOption 3 - Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in OSCAR.
The Paper Moon (Commissario Montalbano #9) by Andrea Camilleri
author's initials, AC, found in osCAr
272 pages
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 305
FLY Task #25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: The Unfortunate Effect of Planning
task: Option 1 - Read a book with one of the words DON’T TELL ME WHAT TO DO in the title
book: Dogs Don't Lie
how it fits: the word DON’T is in the title
task: Option 2B. Read a book that: has 11 letters in the author’s name or title.
book: Frost Burned
how it fits: Title has 11 letters total
Points this post: 25
Total points: 185
Tasks completed: 9/58
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
25.1 - Bluemoon's task: CHRISTMAS IN THE 1960Book 1: Option 2:
Author initials in animateD cHristMas.
The Santa Klaus Murder by Mavis Doriel Hay.
first published 1936 - 1 Golden Oldie point.
Book 2: Option 3:
Title, at least three words, initials in SomedAy all our dreams Will come to Be.
Why Shoot a Butler? by Georgette Heyer.
First Published 1933 - One Golden Oldie point.
Points: 25
Total Points: 260
GO Points: 5
Coralie10.5 Not All Bad!
I read The Diggers Rest Hotel on October 8, 2020. This was the first book I had read by Geoffrey McGeachin.
I followed up by reading Blackwattle Creek by the same author for this challenge, which I had not previously read.
Total to date 180 points
Sara G5.2 - Hey, Jude
Read a book with one of these words in the title or subtitle: Hey, Hi, Hello, Welcome, Greetings, Good, Day, Howdy, Aloha, Yo, Oh. The word must match exactly.
The Son of Good Fortune by Lysley Tenorio
Points this post: 5
Total points: 335
Jen K25.7 - Bookwrm526's task: I LOVE Reading Challenges
Option 2: The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives
MPG Nonfiction and YA
Option 4: Murder on the Ballarat Train by Kerry Greenwood
I previously read Cocaine Blues on February 10, 2020
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 205
CelesteR15.8 - The Fab Four
4-word title.
The Way to Heaven by Yamimaru Enjin
GN: 100+ < 200 pages
Points: 15
Total: 15
20.6 – Seasoned Reader - EShay's task: EShay's podcast connectionOption 2: Brave Bot
The main character of the Murderbot Diaries series is a security android whose job it is to protect the humans in his charge. Read a book with a main character who risks their life or physical safety for the safety of others. This includes active military, first responders (police, fire fighters, EMTs) and security personnel (secret service, bodyguards, FBI and CIA agents, etc.).
Required: If not obvious in the book's description, provide a link as reference to establish how the book fits the task.
I read Missing You. The main character is a NY city police officer.
points: 90
books read: 8
tasks completed: 5
tasks in progress: 2
pages read: 2959
Inge30.3 - Cat's task: Eight Tiny Reindeer!
pair: Donner & Blitzen
Books:
1. De moordclub (op donderdag)
2. Dromendochter
Points this task: 30
total points: 130
total books: 12
task completed: 10
BB ticket: 1
#pages this post: 800
total #pages: 4592
Joanne MI20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's task: The Sixties, but When?
Option 1: Read a book which is set at least 60% during a ‘60s decade in any century EXCEPT the twentieth century (1960s).
Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington -The book begins on February 11, 1861 and continues for 13 days as Lincoln enters Washington for his first term as President.
Claiming 1 Big Book at 624 pages
Points this task 20
Total Points 135
BB's this task 1
Total BB's 2
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.1. Shaken, not Stirred.
Twisted by Emma Chase
Points this post: 10
Total points: 525/990
Tasks completed: 30/57
Books read: 40
BB:4
GO: 0
(just keeping track for own purposes)
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.7 Earworms!
Dreaming in Color by Melanie Florence
Points this post: 10
Total points: 535/990
Tasks completed: 31/57
Books read: 41
BB:4
GO: 0
(just keeping track for own purposes)
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.10 I Want Them All!
The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris by Jenny Colgan
Points this post: 10
Total points: 545/990
Tasks completed: 32/57
Books read: 42
BB:4
GO: 0
(just keeping track for own purposes)
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5.5 - Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
Read a book that is book number 5 in a series (series, #5) The series name and number must be indicated in the GR title listing in grayscale parentheses following the title.
What I Did for a Duke by Julie Anne Long
This book is #5 in the Pennyroyal Green series.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 300