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WINTER CHALLENGE 2020
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Brooke TX20.9 - 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.
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 150
Completed Tasks: 7
Books Read: 43
Brooke TX25.8 - Brooke TX's task: 2020 Wrapped
Option 2 - A to Z: Read a book whose title or author's LAST name starts with E, I, Q, U, V, X, Y, or Z.
Option 4 - Sword & Laser: Read a book with MPG Science Fiction.
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 175
Completed Tasks: 8
Books Read: 43
Joanna T25.2 - Nick KY's task: Regina and the Mountains
Book 1
Option A. Read a book with an author whose first and last initials are in REGINA KING.
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
Book 2
Option B. 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.
Mountain used = KILIMANJARO
Jesus Land: A Memoir by Julia Scheeres
Task total: 25
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Grand total: 220
BB: 0
GO: 1
Brooke TX30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Cars, Cars, Cars
Option 2: Read a book where the authors first and last initial can be found in VOLKSWAGEN.
Option 4: Read a book that has a word* in the TITLE (subtitles are excluded) from this list of beetles (words in blue). With "lizard" from "lizard beetle":
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 205
Completed Tasks: 9
Books Read: 43
Brooke TX50.1 - TraceyL's task: Twister
I rolled Left Hand Blue.
Book 1 - Option Left: Read a book by an author you have read from before. I've read Rhys Ford before:
Book 2 - Option Hand: Read a book with 3 words or less in the TITLE.
Book 3 - Color: Read a book where the cover is at least 50% the color from your spin according to Tineye. 55.2% blue according to Tineye:
Points
This Post: 50
Total Points: 255
Completed Tasks: 10
Books Read: 43
Brooke TX5.1 - Going to A-Go-Go
Read a book with the letters "go" found intact in a word in the title or subtitle.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 260
Completed Tasks: 11
Books Read: 43
Brooke TX5.2 - 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.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 265
Completed Tasks: 12
Books Read: 43
Brooke TX5.3 - Theme from A Summer Place
Read a book from this list I Only Watched the Movie. Found on page 6:
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7.0
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 270
Completed Tasks: 13
Books Read: 43
Brooke TX5.4 - The Twist
Read a book with a two-word title where the first word is "The".
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 275
Completed Tasks: 14
Books Read: 43
Brooke TX5.5 - Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
Read a book that is book number 5 in a series.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 280
Completed Tasks: 15
Books Read: 43
Brooke TX5.6 - Sugar, Sugar
Read a book written by an author who shares a name from this list : Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Reggie Mantle, Veronica Lodge, Betty Cooper, Ron Dante, Toni Wine, Jeff Barry, Andy Kim.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 285
Completed Tasks: 16
Books Read: 43
Brooke TX5.8 - 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. With "One" from "One Hand, One Heart":
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 290
Completed Tasks: 17
Books Read: 43
Brooke TX10.6. 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.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 300
Completed Tasks: 18
Books Read: 43
Brooke TX10.7 - Earworms!
Read a book with a title of at least 3 words, where the first letter of each word in the title can be found in Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 310
Completed Tasks: 19
Books Read: 43
Brooke TX15.1 - Groovy, Man
I chose Day 2.
Book 1: Read a book written by a single author who shares a name with one of the musical artists who performed on the day you picked. With "Bill" matching Bill Kreutzmann of The Grateful Dead:
Book 2: Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that matches a word** in one of the songs played on the day you chose. With "Of" found in "Ring of Fire":
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 325
Completed Tasks: 20
Books Read: 43
Brooke TX15.3 - Ground Control to Major Tom
Book A: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in ASTRONOMY.
Book B: Read a book with the MPG Space.
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 340
Completed Tasks: 21
Books Read: 43
Brooke TX15.4 - Assassination Nation
Option 2: Read 1 book with the letters TION intact in the title/subtitle AND with at least TWO sets of double letters (consonants and/or vowels) in the title/subtitle and/or the author's name.
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 355
Completed Tasks: 22
Books Read: 43
Brooke TX15.5 - Let There Be Light(s)
Read a book with all the letters of LASER found in the TITLE only.
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 370
Completed Tasks: 23
Books Read: 43
Brooke TX15.7 - The British Invasion
Read a book set at least 50% in the UK. Set in London:
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 385
Completed Tasks: 24
Books Read: 43
Brooke TX15.8 - The Fab Four
Read a book with a 4-word title.
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 400
Completed Tasks: 25
Books Read: 43
Brooke TX15.10 - The Digital Divide
Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in ARPANET.
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 430
Completed Tasks: 27
Books Read: 43
Bookwrm526Task #10.4 - And in Other News...
Read a book from one of the following lists. I chose the Best Books on Sixties History Nonfiction list and read Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution by David Carter, from page 1 of the list.
Total points so far: 290
Barbara ★20.8 - 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
Killer Physique - G.A. McKevett 1/13
(strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, kiwi and lemon on cover)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 450
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★10.2 - A Decade of Turbulence
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries, each of which had at least one successful coup during the 60s.
The Legend Makers - Catherine Lanigan 1/15
(The book is about searching for oil in the jungles of Ecuador. Takes place 99% in Ecuador)
(Chapter 4 starts -- due to the fog and poor visibility the plane circles Quito for one hour and twenty minutes before landing)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 460
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
30.6 - Andy P.’s Task: The Litmus TestBook 1. Read a book by a single author whose first or last name begins or ends with the sequence PH
Starglass (Starglass #1) by Phoebe North
439 pages
Book 2. Read a book where the word ACID or BASE may be made from the letters in its TITLE. Subtitles are excluded.
Required: State which word you used when you post.
Dr Karl's Random Road Trip Through Science by Karl Kruszelnicki
ACID found in roAD sCIence
192 pages
Total pages: 631
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 505
30.8 - Ava Catherine's task: Sylvia PlathOption 1: Read a book first published in 1963.
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (George Smiley #3) by John le Carré
Option 2: Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in BEEKEEPERS.
Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive #4) by Brandon Sanderson
author's initials, BS, found in BeekeeperS
3x Bigger is Better Tix (1,230 pages)
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 5
Season Total: 535
Brooke TX20.10 - Group Reads
My discussion post can be found here.
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 450
Completed Tasks: 28
Books Read: 43
Brooke TX15.6 - Heart to Heart
Read a book with a heart(s) on the cover. Heart on the note in background, just to the right of the central person's head:
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 465
Completed Tasks: 29
Books Read: 43
15.5 - LET THERE BE LIGHT(S) - Troubles in ParadiseAll letters of LASER in the title
TOTAL POINTS - 475
Kim O15.8 - The Fab Four Read a book with a 4-word title.
The Book of Daniel
Points this task: 15
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Totals:
Points: 145
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 3
Tasks completed: 11
LYS25.2 - Nick KY's task: Regina and the Mountains
Book 1, Option B
My Life as the Ugly Stepsister Juli Alexander
Book 2, Option B
Italian Folktales
(FujIyama)
* I would like to claim big book tickets for this one. The paperback is 800 pages long. *
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 325
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 27
Big Books: 500: 1, 750: 2
GO: 1
LYS5.7 - The House of the Rising Sun
Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 330
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 28
Big Books: 500: 1, 750: 2
GO: 1
LYS10.8. Cookies!
Read a book with one or more cookies on the cover. REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 340
Tasks Completed: 24
Books Read: 29
Big Books: 500: 1, 750: 2
GO: 1
30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Cars, Cars, CarsOption 1 - Book that was first published in 1964 OR 1968
Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
Option 2 - Book where the authors first and last initial can be found in VOLKSWAGEN
My Body Is a Book of Rules by Elissa Washuta
Total Points: 365
30.6 - Andy P.’s Task: The Litmus TestBook 1 - Book by a single author whose last name begins with the sequence PH
Unrequited: Women and Romantic Obsession by Lisa A. Phillips
I listened to the audiobook, the top paperback has 303 pgs
Book 2 - Book where the word BASE may be made from the letters in its TITLE
Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth
I read an ebook, the top paperback has 623 pgs
Total Points: 395
MARGO 20.1 - Most Improved - SandyL's Task: Escape by RomanceREPOSTING after e-book verification
approved for length message #8106
line 158 in SRC ebook Verification
Option 4: MPG Paranormal + MPG Romance.
A Shifter for Christmas
genre approved in Task Help message #47
Points this task: 20
Total points: 100 (amended as subsequent tasks posted)
Tasks completed: 5 (amended as subsequent tasks posted)
Mary P5.4 - The Twist
Read a book with a two-word title where the first word is "The".
The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin
Points this post: 5
Total points: 200
15.9 - A Trekkie is BornMPG Science Fiction.
A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold
This book has 534 pages for 1 Big Book point.
Points: 15
Total Points: 545
GO Points: 9
BB Points: 1
Task: 20.6 – Seasoned Reader - EShay's task: EShay's podcast connectionOption: 4 - short and sweet - read a book with mpg novella and/or page count of 150-200
Book read:
by S. Alexander ReedRequired: This book has 152 pages.
Points this task:20
Total points:170
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Books read:11
Tasks completed:9
Queen Bee Darlene10.9 Laugh, We Made it to 2021!
Humor Genre
I Owe You One
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 400
MARGO 30.8 - Ava Catherine's task: Sylvia PlathOption 2:
In Farleigh Field
Author Rhys Bowen initials in BEEKEEPERS
Option 4:
Send in the Idiots: Stories from the Other Side of Autism
MPG Mental Health genre noted in task help message 24
Points this task: 30
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 6
MAZZA15.1 - Going to A-Go-Go
Read a book with the letters "go" found intact in a word in the title or subtitle.
The Gown: A Novel of the Royal Wedding
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 780
Anja5.1 - Going to A-Go-Go
Read a book with the letters "go" found intact in a word in the title or subtitle.
When a Tigon Weds by Eve Langlais
POINTS:
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 25
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 2
Anja5.7 - The House of the Rising Sun
Read a book with a main page genre Animals.
Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan
Animals 908 users
POINTS:
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 30
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 3
Anja10.6. 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 Ashes Fall by Marni Mann
POINTS:
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 40
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 4
Andy P.Task # 30.6 - 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
The Fixer by Joseph Finder .
JOSEPHFINDER 480 p.
Book 2. Read a book where the word BASE may be made from the letters in its TITLE
The Body of David Hayes by Ridley Pearson 352 p. B in Body,A in David, S in Hayes, E in Hayes
Page count 480 + 352= 832 p>500 page minimum.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 390
Mod
In post 1270, I posted a 15 point task, and only added 10 points to my total. So, after post 1271, my correct total is 460, rather than 455.
ETA: I noticed that your math is better than mine, and that the total is correct on the readerboard!
Mod
I read A Curious Indian Cadaver, #5 in the Inspector Singh Investigates series. I read the kindle, linked to the top pb (no MMPB).
total points: 465
Mod
I chose Saturday, day 2.
For book one, I read Daylight by David Baldacci. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top PB (no MMPB).
Author "David" matches David Brown, bass player for Santana.
For book 2, I read Troubled Blood. I read the kindle, linked to the top pb (no MMPB).
Word "Blood" in title matches "Blood of the Sun" played by Mountain.
total points: 480
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Challenge 50.1 TraceyL's task: Twister
LEFT FOOT RED
Book 1: LEFT One by One by Ruth Ware
I have read Ruth Ware's books before.
Book 2: FOOT The Bookshop on the Shore by Jenny Colgan
Book 3: RED
88.5 %#e92227Red
3.5 %#a01f26Red
2.7 %#dddadaGrey
2.1 %#69181aBrown
1.1 %#270a0cBlack
1.1 %#440e10Brown
0.5 %#e55d60Pink
0.3 %#d88b89Pink
Points this post: 50
Total points: 825/990
Tasks completed: 44/57
Books read: 62
BB:5
GO: 0
(just keeping track for own purposes)