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WINTER CHALLENGE 2020
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20.3 – Best Review - Katy's task: Netflix Binges
opton D, Popsugar list page 1, #100: Sugar by Bernice L. McFadden
total = 480
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25.1 - Bluemoon's task: CHRISTMAS IN THE 1960S
option 1, red bathing suit and cap on cover:
Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanlandoption 2, initials AH in cHristmAs: Everybody Writes: Your Go-To Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content by Ann Handley
total = 505
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25.2 - Nick KY's task: Regina and the Mountains
Book 1, option B, initials JB in James Baldwin: The Mighty Oak by Jeff W. Bens
Book 2, Banff Mountain Book Festival Award, page 1, #37:
The Oil Man and the Sea: A Modern Misadventure on the Pacific Tanker Route by Arno Kopecky
I read the kindle The Oil Man and the Sea: Navigating the Northern Gateway
total = 530
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25.4 - Kristina Simon's task: The Summer of Love
Option 2
Book 1, MM: Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Book 2, LL author: Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder by T.A. Willberg
total = 555
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30.1 - Mazza1's task: Create a Date
option 1, Tuesday in title: Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia, 359 pages
option 2, May author: Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May, 256 pages
359 + 256 = 615 pages
total = 585
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30.2 - Delicious Dee's task: LOST and FOUND
book 1, added to my TBR Oct 10 2010: The Various Haunts of Men by Susan Hill, 438 pages
book 2 ,option A, PB Home on the Waves by Patrick Hill - Hill, a new-to-me author, 220 pages
I read the kindle Home on the Waves
438 + 220 = 658 pages
total = 615
Christine V15.9 - A Trekkie is Born
Lent
MPG Science Fiction was verified in msg 30 of the Genre Verification thread here.
Point this post: 15
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
CYNBAXTERTask #20.04 – Golden Oldies - Sarah E's task: Silent Night
Task, 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 of Silent Night
Requirement: the chosen word is 'Night'
Book: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning by Alan Sillitoe
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 235 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 1
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 5
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I listened to the audiobook of His Truth Is Marching on: John Lewis and the Power of Hope and linked to the top pb (no MMPB). A biography of one of the best known civil rights leaders, and one which focuses on his work in the civil rights movement.
total points: 550
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For my first book, I used option 1 and read
. I read and linked to a kindle ARC. The woman on the cover is wearing a red jacket. For page purposes, the hardcover is Every Waking Hour - no pb or MMPB.For my second book, I used The Constant Rabbit.
Title initials are found in "someday all our dReams will Come To be."
total points: 575
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For my first book, I used option 1, and read Blue Monday - 412 pages.
For my second book, I used option 3 and read Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Fariña and Richard Fariña - 328 pages.
total pages 412 + 328 =740, exceeding 600 page required minimum.
total points: 605
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For my first book, I read The Third Victim by Phillip Margolin - Phillip beginning with PH. 320 pages.
For my second book, I read The Sentence is Death. I read the kindle, linked to the top pb (no MMPB). Word ACID is found in title - the sentenCe Is DeAth. 384 pages.
total pages 320 + 384 = 704, exceeding required 501 minimum.
total points: 635
Kristi CO15.8 - The Fab Four
4 word title
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
Points this post: 15
Total points: 145
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 9
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Andy P.Task # 30.4 - Dlmrose's task: Forward and Backward
Book 1. Future Home of the Living God byLouise Erdrich
Book 2. Hair of the Dog by Susan Slater
The words are God and Dog (The poodles made me read them)
Points this post: 30
Total points:450
Kristi CO30.5 - Sandy's task: Making the Best of It
Option 1: nurse
The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
Option 2: ESSENTIAL WORKER
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
Points this post: 30
Total points: 175
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 11
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
APRILLEIGH15.6 - Heart to Heart
Read a book with a heart on the cover.
Parker Pyne Investigates by Agatha Christie*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1932 ***
Cover approved in the help thread.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 15 (390)
Golden Oldie: 1 (12)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (32)
Total Tasks: 26
MAZZA1 25.3 - 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.
Mr Wilder & Me
Option 2
Read a book that:
B. has 11 letters in the author’s name or title.
Ring Shout P. Djèlí Clark
Author's full name has 11 letters
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 875
trishhartuk10.8 Cookies!
Read a book with one or more cookies on the cover.
Read the kindle edition. PB here
Points this task: 10
Books read: 1
Total points: 245
Tasks completed: 19
Golden oldies: 3
Big book tickets: 5 (750+ x 2 = 4 tkt; 500+ x 1 = 1 tkt)
30.4 - Dlmrose's task: Forward and BackwardBook 1, a book with a word in the title that can be read backwards as a new word: Part Time Cowboy by Maisey Yates
Book 2, a book with the backward word from book 1 in the title: The Grasshopper Trap by Patrick F. McManus
The words are PART and TRAP
Points this post: 30
Total points: 435
Nick KY20.4 - Golden Oldies - Sarah E's task: Silent Night
Silent Night (according to Wikipedia) was composed in Austria in 1818, and is therefore, in first published date if not in length, eligible for a Golden Oldie ticket. It was declared an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2011, and at least according to the Sainsbury's Christmas 2014 advert, was sung in the trenches of WWI in the famous Christmas Truce of 1914.
Read one book from one of the following options.
Required: State which option you chose when you post.
Option 3: Read a book that was originally written in a language other than your native one.
Required: State the original language of your book AND your native language when you post.
I read Clandestine in Chile: The Adventures of Miguel Littín by Gabriel García Márquez, trans. from the Spanish by Asa Zatz. My native language is English.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 370
Joanna T5.10 - Freedom
Unlocked by Shannon Messenger
(Not found in AR Bookfinder)
This book has 768pp, so I would like to claim 2 BB tickets.
Task total: 5
BB this post: 2
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Grand total: 225
BB: 2
GO: 1
Nick KY25.2 - Nick KY's task: Regina and the Mountains
This is a 2 book task. Read one Book 1 and one Book 2.
REQUIRED: State which option you chose for each book when you post.
Book 1
Option B. Read a book with an author whose first and last initials are in JAMES BALDWIN.
I read The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin.
Book 2
Option A. Read a book* from the Banff Mountain Book Awards list: Banff Mountain Book Festival Award Winners or the list of 2020 Banff Mountain Book Award Winners. A list of 2020 Award Winners that fit SRC requirements can also be found in post #2 of the Help Thread.
REQUIRED: State which page on the list your choice is from or that your choice was from the 2020 list when you post.
*NOTE: All SRC rules, including those regarding coffee table/art books, apply, regardless of whether a book is on the list.
I read The Bear by Andrew Krivak, 2020 Banff Award winner in fiction. https://www.banffcentre.ca/banff-moun...
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 395
RAYNEBAIR25.1 - Bluemoon's task: CHRISTMAS IN THE 1960S
Option 1: Read a book with a red, blue, and/or green OBJECT on the cover. This can be an actual object or stylized.
Red dress on the cover of Promise: A Novel by Minrose Gwin
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.
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 160
Elizabeth PTask 5.3 - Theme from a Summer Place
Book from list: I Only Watched the Movie!
Emma by Jane Austen
Page 4, #377 as of this posting
As this was published in 1815, good for *1 Golden Oldies Ticket*
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 225
Total Tasks: 13
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 2
Total Books: 16
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyWinter Season 2020 SRC
Task 30.4 - Dlmrose's task: Forward and Backward
January 31 is Backward Day.
Read two books. One Book 1 and 1 Book 2.
Book 1: Yellow Brick War read 12/23
Book 2: Rough, Raw and Ready read 1/19
WAR --> RAW
Points this post: 30
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
Total points this season: 565
Total GO Tickets: 5
Total BB Tickets: 5
Queen Bee Darlene30.5 Sandy's Task: Making the Best of It
2) single author initials in ESSENTIAL WORKER
A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum
339 pgs
2) single author initials in ESSENTIAL WORKER
The Starter Wife by Nina Laurin
352 pgs
600 pg minimum 339 + 352 = 691 pgs
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 455
5.1 - Going to A-Go-GoElsa Goody, Bushranger by Darry Fraser
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 5
Season Total: 540
APRILLEIGH10.4 - And in Other News….
Read a book from one of the following lists: I selected Best Books on Sixties History Nonfiction.
March: Book One by John Lewis
At time of posting, this was #6 on page one of the indicated list.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (400)
Golden Oldie: 0 (12)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (33)
Total Tasks: 27
15.4 - ASSASINATION NATION - Plantation Shudders by Ellen ByronOne book option.
TION in Plantation
Double D's in Shudders and double L's in Ellen
TOTAL POINTS - 510
25.7 - Bookwrm526's task: I LOVE Reading ChallengesOption 3: read a book found on the Popsugar 2020 - A Book with an Upside-Down Image on the Cover.
Spellbreaker (Spellbreaker Duology #1) by Charlie N. Holmberg
page 2
Option 4: choose a book that you read between January 1 and November 11, 2020. Read another book by this author.
Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee
I previously read Dragon Pearl on October 14, 2020
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 5
Season Total: 565
Inge10.5 Not All Bad
Book: Glass Sword
This is not a re-read
first read: Red Queen Dates read: 2-19 September 2020
Points this task: 10
total points: 175
total books: 15
task completed: 13
BB ticket: 1
#pages this post: 444
total #pages: 5799
Amy B20.5 - Bigger is Better
This is a one book task. Required: State which option you chose when you post.
Option 1: Read a book which is set at least 60% during a ‘60s decade in any century EXCEPT the twentieth century (1960s).
Required: If the date is not mentioned in the book description or metadata, include a reference in your post to show when the book was set.
March by Geraldine Brooks - set during the U.S. Civil War (1861 – 1865) - book used as an example for this option in posting of task.
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 305 Points
Amy B20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
❋ Southern Literature - Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
REQUIRED: You must participate in the book's discussion thread with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book.
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 325 Points
MAZZA1 5.7 - The House of the Rising Sun
Read a book with a main page genre Animals.
Lily and the Octopus
MPG confirmed in help thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 880
Andy P.Repost of Post # 1273 with Qualifying books:
30.1 - Mazza1's task: Create a Date
Option 1. Read a book with a day of the week in its TITLE
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman 382 p. (Thursday)
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 336 p. (April)
page count 382 + 336 = 718 p> 600 p minimum
Points this post: 30
Total points: 480
Trisha20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Tammy AZ's task: Big Sky Documentary Film Festival -
Option #2 Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West found on page 1
Points this task: 20
Books read: 17
Golden oldie:
Big book: 2
Total points: 240
Tasks completed: 12
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Marie-Anne's task: Where in the world?Option 1: 3 As in single word in TITLE. (AvAlAnche)
Avalanche of Trouble by Cindi Myers
Points: 20
Total Points 600
GO Points: 9
BB Points: 1
MAZZA15.4 - The Twist
Read a book with a two-word title where the first word is "The".
The Burden
points this post = 5
Points to date = 885
MAZZA110.2. 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.
Nigeria,
The Fishermen
Setting identified as Nigeria on GR main page
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 895
10.4 In Other NewsThe Brothers K by David James Duncan
This book is on the "Best Novels about the 1960s" on page 1
This is a Big Book at 645 pages
Post Total: 15
Grand Total: 140
MEGSCL5.6 - Sugar, Sugar
From Andy Kim
New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson
**624 pages - 1 big book ticket
Total to date
330 points
2 big book
MEGSCL20.1 - Most Improved - SandyL's Task: Escape by Romance
Option 4 - Romance + Sci Fi = Tooth and Claw
Total to date
350 points
2 big book
MEGSCL25.1 - 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
Max by Alex Miller
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
Us Against You
Total to date
375 points
2 big book
15.1 Groovy, ManDay 2
Book 1:
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
The author shares the Graham with Larry Graham of Sly and the Family Stone
Book 2:
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
World is in Rockin' Round the World by Country Joe McDonald
Post Total: 15
Grand Total: 155
Beth_NC5.2 Hey Jude Her Last Day by T.R. Ragan
Day in the Title
Points: 5
Total Points: 5
Total Tasks: 1
Total Books: 1
Big Book Tickets:
Total Pages: 309
Beth_NC5.3 Theme From a Summer Place Still Alice by Lisa Genova
Page 6 #582
Points: 5
Total Points: 10
Total Tasks: 2
Total Books: 2
Big Book Tickets:
Total Pages: 601
Beth_NC5.4 The Twist The Obsession by Nora Roberts
2 Word Title - first Word The
Points: 5
Total Points: 15
Total Tasks: 3
Total Books: 3
Big Book Tickets:
Total Pages: 1081
MAZZA15.5 - Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
Read a book that is book number 5 in a series (series, #5)
The Big Four
points this post = 5
points to date = 900
Beth_NC5.5 Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In Rootbound by Shannon Mayer
#5 in The Elemental Series
Points: 5
Total Points: 20
Total Tasks: 4
Total Books: 4
Big Book Tickets:
Total Pages: 1355
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Total points: 405