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WINTER CHALLENGE 2020
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Melinde's task: Food, glorious food!Initial letters of title found in the words shRiMp CocKtail.
Real Men Knit by Kwana Jackson
Points: 20
Total Points: 415
GO Points: 6
BUCKET25.3 Queen Bee Darlene’s Task: The Unfortunate Effect of Planning
Option 2B.
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
(Author name Ibram X. Kendi has 11 letters.)
Option 4.
A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny
(Blue: most of the cover. Yellow: Moon and lights in windows.)
Points this post: 25
Points total: 95
BUCKET30.4 Dlmrose’s Task: Forward and Backward
Book 1.
Almost No Memory by Lydia Davis
(Word: No.)
Book 2.
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
(Word: On.)
Points this post: 30
Points total: 125
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Marie-Anne's task: Where in the world?Option 1: The Vanishing of Katharina Linden
'Katharina' has 3 As
Total points: 115
10.7 - Earworms!The Shadowed Sun (Dreamblood #2) by N.K. Jemisin
first letters of words in title, TSS, found in SupercaligragiliSTicexpialidocious
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 430
delicious dee15.10 - The Digital Divide
In His Hands - Adriana Anders - AA found in ARPANET
points this post: 15
Updated Total points: 410
LYS5.3 - Theme from A Summer Place
Read a book from this list I Only Watched the Movie
Required: State the page.
Forrest Gump
is on page 1, currently position 1.
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 295
Tasks Completed: 20
Books Read: 24
Big Books: 500: 1, 750: 1
GO: 1
Amy B20.3 – Best Review - Katy's task: Netflix Binges
Choose 1 option and read a corresponding book. Required: State which option you chose when you post.
A. Read a book whose title contains the name of a chess piece - king, queen, knight, bishop, rook, or pawn. Plurals and possessives will work, but no other variations.
Deacon King Kong by James McBride
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 270 Points
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.9 Laugh, We Made it to 2021!
Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh
Points this post: 10
Total points: 745/990
Tasks completed: 42/57
Books read: 57
BB:5
GO: 0
(just keeping track for own purposes)
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.4 Dlmrose's task: Forward and Backward
Book 1: I Have Lived a Thousand Years by Livia Bitton-Jackson
Book 2: Deal with the Devil by Meghan March
LIVED=DEVIL
Points this post: 30
Total points: 775/990
Tasks completed: 43/57
Books read: 59
BB:5
GO: 0
(just keeping track for own purposes)
Joanna T20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sara G's task: Remembrance
Option 2: New Jersey
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in JERSEY CITY.
Judgment in Death by J.D. Robb
Task total: 20
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Grand total: 170
BB: 0
GO: 1
Joanna T25.8 - Brooke TX's task: 2020 Wrapped
Option 2 - author's LAST name starts with E, I, Q, U, V, X, Y, or Z.
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Option 3 - Published This Year: read a book first published in 2020 or 2021.
Battle Ground by Jim Butcher
(published 2020)
Task total: 25
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Grand total: 195
BB: 0
GO: 1
trishhartuk5.3 Theme from A Summer Place
Read a book from this list I Only Watched the Movie.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J K Rowling (Page 3, #216)
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB: here (831pg)
Big Book: MMPB has 831pg: 750+ = 2 tickets
UK AR Quiz No. 210940 EN Fiction. AR Quiz Information IL: MY - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 34.0; AR Quiz Types: RP, LS, VP
Points this task: 5
Books read: 1
Big book: the top MMPB has 831pg: 750+ = 2 tickets
Total points: 195
Tasks completed: 15
Golden oldies: 2
Big book tickets: 5 (750+ x 2 = 4 tkt; 500+ x 1 = 1 tkt)
Sunshine20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Tammy AZ's task: Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Option 3:
Books: Optical Delusions in Deadwood by Ann Charles 12/23/20
How it Fits: AC found in OSCAR
Pages: 414
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 115
Books Read: 7
Sunshine20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Melinde's task: Food, glorious food!
Option 3:
Books: Happily Letter After by Vi Keeland 12/19/20
How it Fits: HLA found in SHRIMP COCKTAIL
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 135
Books Read: 8
Sunshine25.7 - Bookwrm526's task: I LOVE Reading Challenges
Option 2:
Books: Frozen Past by Richard C. Hale 12/27/20
How it Fits: MPG Young Adult
Option 4:
Books: Perfection by R.L. Mathewson 1/7/21
How it Fits: I previously read Tall, Dark & Lonely by R.L. Mathewson 1/18/20
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 160
Books Read: 10
Sunshine20.6 – Seasoned Reader - EShay's task: EShay's podcast connection
Option 3:
Books: Nightlife by Rob Thurman 12/18/20
How it Fits: RT found in MURDERBOT
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 180
Books Read: 11
JEN B30.5 - Sandy's task: Making the Best of It
2. Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in ESSENTIAL WORKER.
Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore
3. Read a book in which the main character is a teacher
The Water is Wide by Pat Conroy
This book is about Conroy's year as a teacher on Yamacraw (Daufuskie) Island, SC.
TOTAL POINTS: 185
Jen K20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's task: The Sixties, but When?
Option 1: An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole
Set in 1861 and 1862, included in metadata
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 225
LAUREN JODI15.4 - Assassination Nation
Book #1:
Temptation Ridge by Robyn Carr
Book #2
Moonshadow by Thea Harrison
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 190/990
Total Books Read: 15
Tasks Completed: 13/57
CYNBAXTERTask #10.02 – A Decade of Turbulence
Task: Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries, each of which had at least one successful coup during the 60s.
Requirement: Specify in your post the country in which your book is set
Book: The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri - Setting in Syria & Turkey
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date: 170 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 1
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 4
Christine V10.1. Shaken, not Stirred
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Point this post: 10
Total points: 65
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
25.8Option 3: published in 2020 or 2021.
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
pub Feb 2020
Option 4: MPG Science Fiction.
The Last by Hanna Jameson
Total points: 415
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 32
GO: 3
BB: (500) 1(750) (1000)
30.2 - Delicious Dee's task: LOST and FOUNDBook 1 – LOST –
On TBR prior to 1 Dec 2017.
The Black Moth by Georgette Heyer.
Added to my TBR on 9 July, 2017.
Published 1921 for 1 Golden Oldie Point.
Book 2 - Found -
Option B: Author found on similar authors portion of author's profile. Confirmed in HELP thread message #61.
Truly Yours by Barbara Metzger
Metzgar is a new-to-me author.
Pages: 355+352= 707
Points: 30
Total Points: 445
GO Points: 7
30.6 - Andy P.’s Task: The Litmus TestBook 1. Author's name begins or ends with PH.
Home to Harmony by Philip Gulley.
Book 2. ACID made from letters in TITLE.
Death in the Stocks by Georgette Heyer.
Published 1935 for 1 Golden Oldie point.
Pages 256+314=570.
Points: 30
Total Points: 475
GO Points: 8
APRILLEIGH30.7 - TessaVanessa’s task: Cars.Cars, Cars
Option 1: Ford Mustang
Read a book that was first published in 1964 or 1968.
By the Pricking of My Thumbs by Agatha Christie
First published in 1968.
Option 3: Dodge Challenger
Read a book with at least 3 words in the title where the first letter of each title word is found in DODGE CHALLENGER.
Hickory Dickory Dock by Agatha Christie
H found in cHallenger.
DD found in DoDge.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 30 (280)
Golden Oldie: 0 (9)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 2 (24)
Total Tasks: 20
Queen Bee Darlene20.8 Nickels & Dimes - Marie-Anne's task: Where in the world?
2) single author whose name includes Pieter, Jan, or Paul
The Case Against Socialism by Rand Paul
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 400
Elizabeth PTask 20.4 - Silent Night
Option Two: Book with word from lyrics of Silent Night in title
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini
Word: Sleep
At 888 pages, good for *2 Big Book Tickets*
PPB Link: Dormir en un Mar de Estrellas
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 190
Total Tasks: 11
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
Total Books: 13
Julia10310.10 - I Want Them All!
Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot
(Chocolate in subtitle)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 530
BB: 6
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 28
Books read: 41
Barbara ★25.8 - Brooke TX's task: 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.
Queen Alice - Roy A. Mauritsen 12/18
(title starts with Q)
Option 3: read a book first published in 2020 or 2021.
A Heart So Fierce and Broken - Brigid Kemmerer 1/12
(published Jan 7, 2020)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 430
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Amy FL 20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Marie-Anne's task: Where in the world?
Option 1: Shoot the Breeze by Gina LaManna (Three A's in author's last name: lAmAnnA)
This is a repost. Librarian updated the listing to reflect page numbers for paperback edition. I linked to the audiobook which is what I completed.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 290
G.Q. 25.7 - Bookwrm526's task: I LOVE Reading Challenges
Option 2: read a YA nonfiction.
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater
Option 4: Read another book by an author you read between January 1, 2020 and November 30, 2020.
I read Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett on October 25, 2020.
I read Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett on January 12, 2021.
Total Points: 90
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 7
BB tickets: 2
Coralie10.2 A Decade of Turbulence
Book set in Nigeria
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
Total to date 280 points
15.10 - The Digital DivideRead a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in ARPANET. Spaces determine names.
I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution by Emily Nussbaum
Paperback: 384pp
Points: 15
Points to date: 215
repost of #1314 to point out blue and yellow on cover of option 425.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: The Unfortunate Effect of Planning
Option 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
There are a BLUE book and a YELLOW book on the cover.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 340
Kristen IA5.3 - Theme from A Summer Place
Read a book from this list I Only Watched the Movie
Required: State the page.
Legends of the Fall by Jim Harrison - Page 1, #76
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 5/990
Tasks Completed: 1/57
BB: 0
GO: 0
Kristen IA10.3. March On!
Read a nonfiction book about the Civil Rights movement, or about one of the leaders/important figures of the Civil Rights movement.
March: Book One by John Lewis
I read the ebook edition and have linked the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 15/990
Tasks Completed: 2/57
BB: 0
GO: 0
25.1 - Bluemoon's task: CHRISTMAS IN THE 1960SOPTION 2 - Read a book by a single author whose initials (first and last) are found in ANIMATED CHRISTMAS.
The Two Lost Mountains (Jack West Jr #6) by Matthew Reilly
author's initials, MR, found in chRistMas
OPTION 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.
Murder and Mendelssohn (Phryne Fisher #20) by Kerry Greenwood
first letters of words in title, MAM, found in soMedAy dreaMs
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 455
Sara ITA25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: The Unfortunate Effect of Planning
Option 2B: Title with 11 letters
Macabro quiz by Agatha Christie
I listened to the audiobook / MMP: Cat Among the Pigeons (352 pages)
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Option 4: Read a book with both blue and yellow on the cover.
Fiabe svedesi by Bruno Berni
Verified and approved here
I listened to the audiobook / No MMP / PB: Fiabe svedesi (224 pages)
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Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 105
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 4
5.8 - West Side StoryThe Boy Who Sneaks in My Bedroom Window
matches "A BOY like that"
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 300
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 25
Big Books: 500: 1, 750: 1
GO: 1
CYNBAXTER - Re-post of#1345Task #10.02 – A Decade of Turbulence
Task: Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries, each of which had at least one successful coup during the 60s.
Requirement: Specify in your post the country in which your book is set
Book: The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri - Setting in Syria - to clarify (Kristina Simon Msg 135 in Issues) - this is a story about the Syrian Civil War and what happened to Nuri and Afra and their small circle of friends before and during - at least 50% of the story is set in Aleppo, Syria and is told thru multiple POVs and timelines.
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date: 170 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 1
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 4
CYNBAXTERTask #25.04 – Kristina Simon's task: The Summer of Love
Option 3a, Task: Read a book first published between 1960 and 1969, inclusive.
Book 1: Norwood by Charles Portis which was first published in 1966
Option 3b, Task: Read a book with a hyphenated word in the title/subtitle.
Book 2: The Twenty-Ninth Day by Alex Messenger
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date: 195 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 1
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 4
PegW25.1 - Bluemoon's task: CHRISTMAS IN THE 1960S
OPTION 2 -Read a book by a single author whose initials (first and last) are found in ANIMATED CHRISTMAS.
The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton
OPTION 4 -Read a book with the MPG Holiday by an author that is new to you.
North Pole Inc. by Davy Pepperidge.
North Pole approved for length in message 2151. Davy Pepperidge was a new author to me.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 155
Big books: 1
Golden Oldies: 2
Read 60 15.10 The Digital Divide The Mistletoe Promise by Richard Paul Evans
RPE from ARPANETT
points 15
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Fate's Edge by Ilona Andrews.
Points: 5
Total Points: 395
GO Points: 6