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WINTER CHALLENGE 2020
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
SandyL5.8 - 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
Dare Me Tonight by Carly Phillips
Word: TONIGHT
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 20
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
SandyL5.9 - Secret Agent Man
Read a book from this list: Best Spy Novels
N or M? by Agatha Christie
Page 2
***Requesting Golden Oldie Ticket - book originally published in 1941****
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 25
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 5
SandyL10.2. A Decade of Turbulence
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries: Turkey
The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
Set in Turkey
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 35
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 6
SandyL10.6. Please Phrase That in the Form of a Question.
Read a book with one of these "question words" in its title - When
Only When It's Us by Chloe Liese
Word: WHEN
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 45
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 7
SandyL15.5 - Let There Be Light(s)
Read a book with all the letters of LASER found in the TITLE
The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
the ELusive mRS pollifAx
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 60
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 8
SandyL20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Melinde's task: Food, glorious food!
Option 3: Read a book with a title of 3 words or more, where the initial letters of each word can be found in the words SHRIMP COCKTAIL
Mrs. Pollifax on Safari by Dorothy Gilman
ShriMP cOcktail
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 80
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 9
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's task: The Sixties, but When?Option 1: Set in '60's decade other than 1960's.
The Bride Fair by Cheryl Reavis
The book opens with "Salisbury, N. C. June, 1868".
Points 20
Total Points: 515
GO Points: 9
SandyL20.9 - 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
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
Page 1
289 Pages
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 100
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 10
SandyL25.2 - 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.
Wylde: An Arizona Vengeance Novel by Sawyer Bennett
jameS Baldwin
Book 2: Option B: Mountain: DENALI
Read a book with a two-word title. (subtitles are excluded.) The first letters of each word should be in the name of ONE of the following famous mountains
Dirty Letters by Vi Keeland
DenaLi
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 125
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 12
SandyL25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: The Unfortunate Effect of Planning
Option 1: Read a book with one of the words DON’T TELL ME WHAT TO DO in the title only
Make Me Yours by Vanessa Vale
Word: ME
Option 2B: Read a book that: has 11 letters in the author’s name
Unfathomed by Anna Hackett
Anna Hackett has 11 letters
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 150
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 14
SandyL30.3 - 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.
Prancer & Vixen
Perception by Nicole Edwards
praNcEr
Sugarcoated: Hot Cakes, Book One by Erin Nicholas
vixEN
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Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 180
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 16
Nick KY10.6. Please Phrase That in the Form of a Question.
Alex Trebek, the long-time host of the show Jeopardy, passed away this month. In honor of Mr. Trebek, read a book with one of these "question words" in its title/subtitle - Who, What, When, Where, How, Why. The words must be standalone - no variations.
I read When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 310
SandyL30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Cars, Cars, Cars
Option 1: Read a book that was first published in 1968
By the Pricking of My Thumbs by Agatha Christie
First published in 1968
Option 2: Read a book where the authors first and last initial can be found in VOLKSWAGEN
Dream Chaser by Kristen Ashley
volKswAgen
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Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 210
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 18
SandyL30.8 - Ava Catherine's task: Sylvia Plath
Option 2: Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in BEEKEEPERS
Dr. Strange Beard by Penny Reid
beekeePeRs
Option 2: Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in BEEKEEPERS
Blush for Me by Kristen Proby
beeKeePers
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Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 240
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 20
MARGO 25.1 - Bluemoon's task: CHRISTMAS IN THE 1960S(TASK REDONE)
Chose two options below and read a book for each option.
OPTION 2 - ANIMATED CHRISTMAS SPECIALS
A Christmas Gift
Author initials in ANIMATED CHRISTMAS (Sue Moorcroft)
OPTION 4 - TRADITIONS
The Perfect Christmas
MPG Holiday-Christmas
Author new to me (Georgie Carter)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 65
Tasks completed: 3
MARGO 20.1 - Most Improved - SandyL's Task: Escape by RomanceOption 4: MPG Paranormal + MPG Romance.
Approved in Task Help
A Shifter for Christmas
Points this task: 20
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 4
MARGO 15.7 - The British InvasionRead a book set at least 50% in the UK
Notting Hill in the Snow
set in Notting Hill, London, England
Points this task: 15
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 5
MAZZA130.1 - Mazza1's task: Create a Date
This is a two book task, from two different options.
The combined page total for both books must be 600 pages or more.
Option 1: Read a book with a day of the week in its TITLE: an S may be added to pluralise or create a possessive.
Sunday's on the Phone to Monday 323 pages
Option 3: Read a book with an ordinal number that corresponds to a day in the month
The 3rd Woman 544 pages i am claiming one BB ticket for this book
323+544 = 867 pages exceeds requirement
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 705
BB tickets this post = 1
BB tickets to date = 5
25.5 - Amy FL's task: Verrry InterestingOption 1, a book by an author who shares a name with... Dick Martin: Life From Scratch: A Memoir of Food, Family, and Forgiveness by Sasha Martin
Option 3, a book with MPG of Short Stories or Anthologies: Tales of Two Americas: Stories of Inequality in a Divided Nation ed. by John Freeman
Points this post: 25
Total points: 365
Joanne MI5.1 - Going to A-Go-Go
Read a book with the letters "go" found intact in a word in the title or subtitle.
God of Vengeance
Points this task 5
Total Points 160
BB's 2
Brooke TX20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Melinde's task: Food, glorious food!
Option 3: Read a book with a title of 3 words or more, where the initial letters of each word can be found in the words SHRIMP COCKTAIL.
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
Books Read: 41
Amy B15.5 - Let There Be Light(s)
Read a book with all the letters of LASER found in the TITLE only. Subtitles are excluded.
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 285 Points
Kathy KS20.4 - Golden Oldies - Sarah E's task: Silent Night
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in SILENT NIGHT.
The Lies of Locke Lamora, by Scott Lynch
SL=SiLent night
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 100
Tasks completed: 5
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
20.8 - WHERE IN THE WORLDOPTION 1 - Christmas in Silver Bell Falls by Samantha Chase
3 A's in Samantha
TOTAL POINTS - 460
Shawn H.20.1 - Most Improved - SandyL's Task: Escape by Romance
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in LISA KLEYPAS
Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata
YK found in KleYpas
***MPG of ROMANCE - Confirmed in message 34 of the help thread***
****Claiming a Golden Oldie as this was originally published in 1948****
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 105
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Ticket Books: 0
Brooke TX20.6 – 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. Main character is a SWAT officer:
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Completed Tasks: 2
Books Read: 43
Brooke TX20.7 - 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.
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 60
Completed Tasks: 3
Books Read: 43
Brooke TX20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Marie-Anne's task: Where in the world?
Option 3: Read a book with fruit on the cover or the name of a fruit in the title.
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 80
Completed Tasks: 4
Books Read: 43
Brooke TX25.1 - 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.
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.
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 105
Completed Tasks: 5
Books Read: 43
Brooke TX25.2 - 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.
Book 2
Option B. Read a book with a two-word title where first letters of each word should be in the name of ONE of the following famous mountains. With SR found in EVEREST:
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 130
Completed Tasks: 6
Books Read: 43
Doing Dewey20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sara G's task: Remembrance
Option 2 - author initials in JERSEY CITY
The Lady's Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness by Sarah Ramey
This Task :
Points: 20
Golden Oldies Ticket: No
Big Books Ticket: No
Totals:
Total: 260/1015
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 3
Total Tasks Completed: 14/58
APRILLEIGH30.8 - 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.
Tall Man in Ray-Bans by JosePH Flynn (224 pages)
(Read the kindle version - paperback - no mmpb)
Book 2: Read a book where the word ACID may be made from the letters in its title.
Mrs. McGinty’s Dead by Agatha Christie (328 pages)
A and D from DeAd.
C and I from mCgInty’s.
224 + 328 = 552 > 501 pages
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 30 (340)
Golden Oldie: 0 (10)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 2 (28)
Total Tasks: 22
15.7 - The British InvasionA Murder of Quality (George Smiley #2) by John le Carré
100% England
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 475
delicious dee20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sara G's task: Remembrance
Option 2 - Ready Player Two - Ernest Cline - EC found in JERSEY CITY
points this post: 20
Updated Total points: 430
20.1 - Most Improved - SandyL's Task: Escape by RomanceOption 1, a book with MPG Romance and title initials in I NEED TO LAUGH: The Honey-Don't List by Christina Lauren
Points this post: 20
Total points: 385
DeborahPost #11
20.10 - Group Reads
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Post #10 in the discussion thread
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 205
Books Read: 15
Tasks Done: 11
MAZZA120.9 - Moderator's Pet - Tammy AZ's task: Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Option 3 -
❄︎ Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in OSCAR.
When No One is Watching
Alyssa Cole
points this post = 20
Points to date = 725
Scooter&Siam20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Melinde's task: Food, glorious food!
Option 2
Read a book with a cover that is more than 50% (51+%) rocket colors (red-orange-yellow) according to Tineye. REQUIRED: Include the book cover and the percentage of red, orange, and/or yellow when you post.
Read
67.8% - Orange, 6.00% -Red, 1.6% Yellow
Points: 20
Total: 75
Nick KYNick KY
15.4 - Assassination Nation
Medgar Evers, John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy were just a few of the civil rights activists and political leaders assassinated in the U.S. during the 1960s.
Choose one of the following options.
Required: Identify the option you chose when you post.
Option 2: Read 1 book that fulfills the requirements of both Book 1 and Book 2.
I read Off the Planet: Surviving Five Perilous Months Aboard the Space Station Mir. By Jerry M. Linenger.
TION in Station, FF in “Off”; RR in Jerry.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 325
Nick KY25.1 - Bluemoon's task: CHRISTMAS IN THE 1960S
Christmas is my favorite time of the year. And this year especially need an escape from the news and reality of everyday. So I thought it would be nice to revisit a simpler time and celebrate the season in the 1960s.
This is a two book task. Chose two options below and read a book for each option.
OPTION 3 - CHRISTMAS CAROLS
One of my favorite Christmas carols and one that has a great message especially for the current events in our country is Someday at Christmas by Stevie Wonder was first released in 1967. The song is a wish for peace, freedom, equality and so much more.
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. Letters may only be used as often as they are found in the target phrase.
I read The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime by Judith Flanders, init letters of title in “sOMeday all our dreams wIll come True.”
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for The Invention of Murder at 556 pp.
OPTION 4 - TRADITIONS
Every year at this time I reminisce about Christmas past and all of our family traditions that we continue to honor. When my sister and I were children my mother started buying us at least one new Christmas ornament for the tree so when we were able to move out on our own we would have a starter collection. This is something that she still does every year for us and for her grandchildren. I also do this for my nieces. I am also amazed that every year new traditions are born and each family celebrates in their own special way.
Start a new tradition this year by reading a book with the MPG Holiday by an author that is new to you. The holiday does not have to be Christmas but the author must be one you have not read before. The genre may stand alone or be embedded.
Required: State that the author is new-to-you when you post.
I read Have Yourself a Fudgy Little Christmas by Nancy CoCo, an author I have not read before.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 350
15.1 - Groovy, ManI chose Day 3
Book 1 - Book by an author who shares a name with one of the musical artists - Joe Cocker shares a name with Joe Hill
Plunge by Joe Hill
Book 2 - Book with a word in the title/subtitle that matches a word in one of the songs played - Song chosen is "Something to Say" by Joe Cocker and the Grease Band and the matching word is "something"
Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV
I read the ebook, the paperback has 128 pgs
Total Points: 320
15.5 - Let There Be Light(s)Book with all the letters of LASER found in the TITLE only
Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me by Ellen Forney
Total Points: 335
Joanne MI25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: The Unfortunate Effect of Planning
Option 1 Read a book with one of the words DON’T TELL ME WHAT TO DO in the title only
What Stands in a Storm: Three Days in the Worst Superstorm to Hit the South's Tornado Alley
Option 3 Read a book where at least 2 different vowels appear at least 3 times each in the title and/or subtitle.
Sailing to Sarantium 3 A's, 3 I's
Points this task 25
Total Points 185
15.4 - Assassination NationOption 1
Book A: Letters TION intact in the title
Detection Unlimited by Georgette Heyer
Book B: TWO sets of double letters in author's name. TT/EE
Roses for Christmas by Betty Neels
Points: 15
Total Points: 530
GO Points: 9
MAZZA150.1 - TraceyL's task: Twister
I used the twister wheel and got RIGHT HAND GREEN
Book 1 -
Option Right: Read a book by an author you have NOT read from before.
Death Stalks Kettle Street This Author is new to me 376 pages
Book 2 -
Option Hand: Read a book with 3 words or less in the TITLE. Ignore subtitles. Spaces determine words.
Symbiont This book has 518 pages and I am claiming a BB ticket
Book 3 - Color
Read a book where the cover is at least 50% the color from your spin according to Tineye. Percentages of the same base color may be combined to achieve 50%
Going Green 336 Pages
Tin eye results = over 50% green
60.4 %#24c92aGreen
20.3 %#f8fae2White
5.7 %#c7efbaGreen
4.8 %#86dc7fGreen
4.0 %#47c146Green
1.9 %#001101Black
1.4 %#247e24Green
0.8 %#175318Green
Page count = 376 +518 + 336 = 1,230 Pages exceeds requirements
Points this post = 50
Points to date = 775
Big Books this post = 1
BB to date = 6
Sara G15.3 - Ground Control to Major Tom
Option 2: Read 1 book that fulfills the requirements of both Book A and Book B.
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
Author's first and last initials MS found in ASTRONOMY, and MPG of Space > 177 users.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 455
Trisha30.8 - Ava Catherine's task: Sylvia Plath - Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in BEEKEEPERS.
Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future Author initials P.B. (Pete Buttigieg)
Points this task: 30
Books read: 14
Golden oldie:
Big book: 2
Total points: 200
Tasks completed: 11
20.1 - Most Improved - SandyL's Task: Escape by RomanceOption 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.
I read an ebook version of Bone Crossed
New Points: 20
Total Challenge Points: 280
GO: 1
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5.4 - The Twist
Read a book with a two-word title where the first word is "The".
The Player by Denise Grover Swank
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 15
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3