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WINTER CHALLENGE 2020
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Andy P.Task # 30.1 - Mazza1's task: Create a Date
Option 2: Read a book written by a single author whose name (first, middle or last) is a month of the year
Judas Horse by April Smith first name is April (336 p.)
Option 3: Read a book with an ordinal number that corresponds to a day in the month (i.e., 1st through 31st) in its TITLE
29 Seconds by T.M. Logan(368 p.)
page count: 336 + 368= 704> 600 page minimum
Points this post: 30
Total points: 340
Sara ITA25.1 - Bluemoon's task: CHRISTMAS IN THE 1960S
OPTION 1: Read a book with a red, blue, and/or green OBJECT on the cover.
Il Natale di Poirot (Hercule Poirot's Christmas) by Agatha Christie
woman's red shirt
I listened to the audiobook / MMP: A Holiday for Murder (167 pages)
**Il Natale di Poirot is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1938). Claiming 1 GO ticket. **
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OPTION 4: Start a new tradition this year by reading a book with the MPG Holiday by an author that is new to you.
Il pastore d'Islanda (The Good Shepherd) by Gunnar Gunnarsson
Gunnar Gunnarsson is new-to-me
I listened to the audiobook / No MMP / PB: Il pastore d'Islanda (140 pages)
**Il pastore d'Islanda is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1936). Claiming 1 GO ticket. **
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Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 80
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 4
Coralie15.5 Let There Be Light(s)
Book with all the letters of LASER in title
Heavenly Pleasures
The letters are all in pLEASuRes
Total to date 260 points
Kelly L 25.4 - Kristina Simon's task: The Summer of Love
Choose one option. Read one Book A and one Book B.
Required: State which option you chose when you post.
Option 2: Bell Bottoms
Book A: Read a book with a title of at least two words where all the words begin with the same letter. All words count. Subtitles should be ignored.
Black Buck = B B
Book B: Read a book written by a single author whose name contains LL or TT. Ex: Jennifer Donnelly, Matthew J. Sullivan
The House on Vesper Sands by Paraic O'Donnell = LL in O'Donnell
This post = 25 points
Total points = 210 points
BB = 2
JEN B20.4 - 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.
The Night Swim by Megan Goldin
The word "Night" is in "Silent Night"
TOTAL POINTS: 155
Joanne MI20.6 – Seasoned Reader - EShay's task: EShay's podcast connection
Option 1: Podcast proposition
Read a book recommended or mentioned on a podcast.
Trial by Fire: A Devastating Tragedy, 100 Lives Lost, and A 15-Year Search for Truth
Links to Podcast verification: https://www.wamc.org/post/scott-james...
https://www.wamc.org/programs/roundtable
Points this task 20
Total Points 155
BB's 2
APRILLEIGH5.9 - Secret Agent Man
Read a book from this list: Best Spy Novels.
N or M? by Agatha Christie
*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1941 ***
Title is #155 on page 2 of the list.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 5 (250)
Golden Oldie: 1 (9)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (22)
Total Tasks: 19
MEGSCL30.6 - Andy P.’s Task: The Litmus Test
Book 1. Read a book by a single author whose first or last name begins or ends with the sequence PH
Tidelands by Philippa Gregory
Book 2. Read a book where the word BASE may be made from the letters in its TITLE.
The End of the World Is Bigger than Love
Total to date
230
MEGSCL15.1 Groovy Man
Day picked: Day 3
Book 1: Silver by Chris Hammer
❆ Chris matches Chris Stainton of Joe Cocker and the Grease Band ❆
** 576 pages - 1 big book
Book 2: Red, White & Royal Blue
❆ Red found in Long Red by Mountain ❆
Total to date
245 points
1 big book
Task 20.10 - Group ReadsBook: Mexican Gothic, finished 1/10
Participation in group discussion here
Points this task: 20
Total points: 365
25.1 - Bluemoon's task: CHRISTMAS IN THE 1960SOption 1 - Book with a red, blue, and/or green OBJECT on the cover - Chloe's shirt is red and skirt is blue
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia HibbertI listened to the audiobook, the paperback has 373 pgs
Option 2 - Book by an author whose initials are found in ANIMATED CHRISTMAS
Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev
I listened to the audiobook, the paperback has 481 pgs
Total Points: 305
Sue T15.10 - The Digital Divide
book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in ARPANET
Island of Glass by Nora Roberts
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 60/990
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Task 15.2 - Vietnam & the Antiwar MovementBook 1: The Mountains Sing, finished 1/3
MPG War
Book 2: The Kite Runner, finished 12/12
On page 1 of the list
Points this task: 15
Total points: 380
Kathy KS20.7 - 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.
The Cold Dish, by Craig Johnson
CJ=Jersey City
I listened to the audio; mmpb=368 p.
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 80
Tasks completed: 4
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Barbara ★25.4 - Kristina Simon's task: The Summer of Love
Option 1: Flower Power
Book A: Read a book with a flower or flowers on the cover. The flower(s) may be realistic or stylized but at least one flower must be clearly shown on the cover.
Lavender Blue - Donna Kauffman 12/29
Book B: Read a book with a word that has "ower" intact in the title/subtitle.
The Tower of Armaethia - Andrenik Sergoyan 1/10
Points this task: 25
Total points: 405
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyWinter 2020 SRC
Task 5.5 - Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
Read a book that is book number 5 in a series (series, #5)
Ghoulish Magic
e-length approval given in Message 8100
Points this post: 5
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
Total points this season: 430
Total GO Tickets: 4
Total BB Tickets: 4
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyWinter 2020 SRC
Task 25.4 - Kristina Simon's task: The Summer of Love
Option 2: Bell Bottoms
Book A: Read a book with a title of at least two words where all the words begin with the same letter. All words count. Subtitles should be ignored.
The Toll all words begin with T, the version I read was 640 pages, so I am claiming 1 BB ticket
Book B: Read a book written by a single author whose name contains LL or TT. Ex: Jennifer Donnelly, Matthew J. Sullivan
The Wicked Will Rise by Danielle Paige (LL in danieLLe)
Points this post: 25
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 1
Total points this season: 450
Total GO Tickets: 4
Total BB Tickets: 5
5.4 The TwistRead a book with a two-word title where the first word is "The".
The Riders by Tim Winton
Points this post: 5
Total points to date: 140
30.3 - 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.e. author 1 must be found in one reindeer, author 2 in the paired deer.
D onne r & B l itzen
The Commitments by Roddy Doyle
Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo
Points this post: 30
Total points: 170
30.4 - Dlmrose's task: Forward and BackwardBook 1: Read a book with a word in the TITLE that can be read backwards as a new word: Live
Live Long and . . .: What I Learned Along the Way by William Shatner
Book 2: Read a book with the backward word that resulted in Book 1 in the TITLE: Evil
A Perfect Evil by Alex Kava
Points this post: 30
Total points: 200
Inge15.8 - The Fab Four
Book: The Van Alen Legacy
Points this task: 15
total points: 165
total books: 14
task completed: 12
BB ticket: 1
#pages this post: 395
total #pages: 5355
trishhartuk20.7 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.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J K Rowling
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB here (768pg - big book)
J R in JeRsey
UK AR Quiz No. 207654 EN Fiction; IL: UY - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 29.0; AR Quiz Types: RP, LS, VP
Big Book: 750+ = 2 tickets
Points this task: 20
Books read: 1
Big book: MMPB has 768pg: 750+ = 2 tickets
Total points: 190
Tasks completed: 14
Golden oldies: 2
Big book tickets: 3 (750+ x 1 = 2 tkt; 500+ x 1 = 1 tkt)
MAZZA130.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Cars, Cars, Cars
Choose 2 different options and read a book for each option.
2. ❆ Read a book where the authors first and last initial can be found in VOLKSWAGEN.
I read an ARC of this book via Netgalley Murder on Mustique
only physical copy on GR is Murder On Mustique
AuthorAnne Glenconner
3. ❆ Read a book with at least 3 words in the title (ignore subtitle) where the 1st letter of each title word is found in DODGE CHALLENGER.
City of Girls
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 645
25.8 Brooke TX's task: 2020 Wrapped *One of your books may have an MPG of Comics, Manga, Graphic Novels, or Sequential Art.*
Option 2- Read a book whose title or author's LAST name starts with E, I, Q, U, V, X, Y, or Z.
Paper Girls, Vol. 6 by Brian K. Vaughan Read 12/9
*Using this book as the book with MGP Comics, Manga, Graphic Novel, Sequential Art*
Option 3- Read a book first published in 2020 or 2021.
His & Hers by Alice Feeney Read 12/17 Published 07/28/2020
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 260
Books Read: 21
Tasks Completed: 18
30.3 Cat's task: Eight Tiny Reindeer! Selected Pair Dasher & Dancer
Book 1: You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria Read 01/10 DAncer
Book 2: The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager Read 12/06 daSheR
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 290
Books Read: 23
Tasks Completed: 19
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.7 - The British Invasion
The Little Shop of Happy Ever After by Jenny Colgan
Points this post: 15
Total points: 675/990
Tasks completed: 39/57
Books read: 52
BB:4
GO: 0
(just keeping track for own purposes)
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.3 Cat's task: Eight Tiny Reindeer!
DASHER & DANCER
DASHER: Firewall by Sean Rodman
DANCER: Responsible by Darlene Ryan
Points this post: 30
Total points: 705/990
Tasks completed: 40/57
Books read: 54
BB:4
GO: 0
(just keeping track for own purposes)
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.6 Andy P.’s Task: The Litmus Test
Book 1: Baggage by Wendy Phillips
304 pages
Book 2: The Same Blood by M. Azmitia
BASE can be made
200 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 735/990
Tasks completed: 41/57
Books read: 56
BB:4
GO: 0
(just keeping track for own purposes)
10.5 Book By Author I First Read Between Jan1-Nov15 A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
I read book one of the series The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet on Sept 17, 2020
Neither book was a reread.
Total points: 365
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 28
GO: 3
BB: (500) 1(750) (1000)
ZachTask 15.4 - Assassination Nation
Option 2: Read 1 book that fulfills the requirements of both Book A and Book B.
I read Black Panther, Vol. 1: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book 1
TION in Nation and double letters EE, OO in Feet and Book.
Points this post: 15
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Totals:
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Points: 90
BBTs: 0
GOTs: 0
EMurphy25.8 Brooke TX's Task: 2020 Wrapped
Option 1: Won an award A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny
*Won Anthony Award for Best Novel 2012
Option 2: Title or author's last name starts with E, I, Q, U, V, X, Y, Z
Zone One by Colson Whitehead
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 85
Books Read: 7
BB Ticket +500: 1
BB Ticket +750: 1
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 4
MAZZA130.2 - Delicious Dee's task: LOST and FOUND
This is a 2 book task, you must read one book from LOST and one book from FOUND.
Your books need to be a total of at least 600 pages
Book 1 – LOST –
Read a book that has been LOST on your TBR for at least 3 years
I have no books on my TBR for more than a year or so therefore I have chosen from the linked shelf: amazon archive shelf https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
A Victorian Christmas 311 pages Catherine Palmer this Author is new to me
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
Something in the Water Catherine Steadman 368 pages
this Author is new to me
311 + 368 = 779 exceeds page requirement
Points this post = 30
Points to date= 675
Bookwrm526Task #10.5 - Not All Bad!
Read a book by a single author who you first read in 2020, before 11/15. I read The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow. This book is new to me, but I read another book by this author (The Ten Thousand Doors of January) in May 2020.
Total points so far: 270
MARGIEVANTask 10.10 - Read a book with a word from this list in its title/subtitle.
The Little French Bistro
For French Vanilla
Points this post: 10
Points total: 45
5.1 - Going To A-Go-GoThis is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
25.7Option 3: list Popsugar 2020 Upside-Down Image on the Cover
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
On page 1 of list
Option 4: book by author read between Jan 1 and Nov 30, 2020.
Murder on St. Mark's Place by Victoria Thompson
I previously read Murder on Astor Place (No 1 in series) on Nov 8, 2020
Total points: 390
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 30
GO: 3
BB: (500) 1(750) (1000)
20.2 - FOOD GLORIOUS FOODOPTION 3 - And They Called It Camelot: A Novel of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
ATCIC - All found in Shrimp Cocktail
TOTAL POINTS - 380
30.5 - MAKING THE BEST OF ITOPTION 1 - The Pull of the Stars
Main character is a nurse and most of the story takes place in a hospital.
295 pages
OPTION 2 - The Pearl Sister by Lucinda Riley
LR found in Essential Worker
510 pages
TOTAL POINTS - 410
25.2 - Nick KY's task: Regina and the MountainsOption 1B, a book with an author whose initials are in JAMES BALDWIN: Afterlife by Julia Alvarez
Option 2B, a book with a 2-word title and title initials in the name of a famous mountain (TRES CRUCES): Surfside Sisters by Nancy Thayer
Points this post: 25
Total points: 315
25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: The Unfortunate Effect of PlanningOption 2B, a book that has 11 letters in the title: In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
Option 4, a book with both blue and yellow on the cover: The Lost and Found Bookshop by Susan Wiggs
Points this post: 25
Total points: 340
25.6 - Tien's task: Lunar New Year 2021Authors are New-to-me
1. Read a book with 'x' found in title/subtitle
The Exphoria Code (Brigitte Sharp #1) by Antony Johnston
2. Read a book first published in one of your Zodiac's years - MONKEY: 1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016
Release the Bats: Writing Your Way Out Of It by D.B.C. Pierre
published 2016
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 420
Queen Bee Darlene30.5 Sandy's Task: Making the Best of It
600 min pgs
1) main character doctor, nurse, medical researcher, or other hospital worker
Murder on St. Mark's Place Main Character is a midwife 277 pgs
2) single author initials found in ESSENTIAL WORKER
A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum
Essential woRker 339 pgs
277 + 339 = 616
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 380
Julia10315.7 - The British Invasion
Hidden in Plain Sight (metadata has setting: London, England)
This post: 15 points
Total points: 520
BB: 6
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 27
Books read: 40
BUCKET15.7 The British Invasion
Mary Toft; or, The Rabbit Queen by Dexter Palmer
(Set in Godalming, England and London, England)
Points this post: 15
Points total: 15
BUCKET15.10 The Digital Divide
Hearing Secret Harmonies by Anthony Powell
(Initials AP are in ARPANET)
Points this post: 15
Points total: 30
BUCKET20.3 Katy’s Task: Nexflix Binges
Option A. The Queen’s Gambit
Temporary Kings by Anthony Powell
(Chess piece: King)
Points this post: 20
Points total: 50
BUCKET20.7 Sara G’s Task: Remembrance
Option 2. New Jersey
Saint Monkey by Jacinda Townsend
(Initials JT are in JERSEY CITY)
Points this post: 20
Points total: 70
LYS5.4 - The Twist
Sing Along Come on, baby... Read a book with a two-word title where the first word is "The". Subtitles should be ignored.
ex. The Nightingale, The Street
The Chimes
I would like to claim a GO ticket, please.
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 280
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 22
Big Books: 500: 1, 750: 1
GO: 1
LYS10.5. Not All Bad!
Read a book by a single author who you first read in 2020, before 11/15.
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.
Hung Out to Dry
First read this author on Feb 2, 2020. The book was Skeletons in the Closet This book was not a reread.
Reposting this because the paperback edition has now been added to Goodreads.
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 290
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 23
Big Books: 500: 1, 750: 1
GO: 1
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10.1. Shaken, not Stirred.
Read a book with a single author whose initials can be found in SEAN CONNERY. All initials must be present. Letters can only be used as often as found in the target name.
Read Ghostwalk by Rebecca Stott
Sean conneRy
Points: 10
Total: 55