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WINTER CHALLENGE 2020
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30.6 - Andy P.’s Task: The Litmus Test
Book 1, -ph author: Vanished by Joseph Finder, 388 pages
Book 2, Acid (and Base) in title: Black Orchid Blues by Persia Walker, 320 pages
388 + 320 = 708
total = 755
15.10 - The Digital DivideAuthor's first and last initials in ArpaneT.
Growing Up by Angela Thirkell
First published in 1943 for 1 Golden Oldies point.
Points: 15
Total Points 640
GO Points: 11
BB Points: 1
10.9. Laugh, We Made it to 2021!Main page genre Humor.
The Inimitable Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
Published in 1923 for 1 Golden Oldies point.
Points: 10
Total Points 650
GO Points: 12
BB Points: 1
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Melinde's task: Food, glorious food!Option 3: Appetizers
Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris
Total Points = 75
Stephanie12715.10 - The Digital Divide: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in ARPANET.
Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett
Points this post: 15
Total points: 90/990
Tasks completed: 5/58
Books read: 5
Suzannesea20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Marie-Anne's Task: Where in the world?
Option 1
Read a book with 3 As in a single word in the title.
In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin
in pAtAgoniA
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 150
G.Q. 15.4 - Assassination Nation
Option 2: Read 1 book with TION intact in the title or subtitle, and with at least two sets of double letters in the author's name.
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
Total Points: 105
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 8
BB tickets: 2
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyWinter Season 2020 SRC
Task 15.3 - Ground Control to Major Tom
Option 2: Read a book that fits both Book A and Book B
Book A: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in ASTRONOMY. Spaces determine names. Letters can only be used as often as they appear in the target word.
Book B: Read a book with the MPG Space. Genre may be standalone or embedded.
Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan - MPG Space
Points this post: 15
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
Total points this season: 580
Total GO Tickets: 5
Total BB Tickets: 5
TessaVanessa Challenge 15.3 Ground Control to Major Tom
Option 2: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Points this post: 15
Total points: 905/990
Tasks completed: 51/57
Books read: 70
BB:5
GO: 0
(just keeping track for own purposes)
TessaVanessa Challenge 15.6 Heart to Heart
by Lauren MyraclePoints this post: 15
Total points: 920/990
Tasks completed: 52/57
Books read: 71
BB:5
GO: 0
(just keeping track for own purposes)
TessaVanessa Challenge 20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Sara G's task: Remembrance
Option 2: 500 Miles from You by Jenny Colgan
Points this post: 20
Total points: 940/990
Tasks completed: 53/57
Books read: 72
BB:5
GO: 0
(just keeping track for own purposes)
25.2 - Nick KY's task: Regina and the MountainsBook 1, Option B - Book with an author whose first and last initials are in JAMES BALDWIN
Exit, Pursued by a Bear by E.K. Johnston
I listened to the audiobook, the top paperback is 243 pgs
Book 2, Option 2 - Book with a two-word title with the first letters in a mountain name - used Everest
The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
Total Points: 470
10.6. Please Phrase That in the Form of a QuestionA book with a question word in its title: How to Eat a Cupcake by Meg Donohue
Points this post: 10
Total points: 445
Barbara ★25.7 - Bookwrm526's task: I LOVE Reading Challenges
Option 3: read a book found on the Popsugar 2020 - A Book with an Upside-Down Image on the Cover.
The Awakening - Nora Roberts (found on page 1) 1/22
Option 4: choose a book that you read between January 1 and November 30, 2020. Read another book by this author.
The Phantom King - Heather Killough-Walden 12/2
(Previously read: Avenger's Angel - Heather Killough-Walden on 7/19)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 520
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
DeborahPost #12
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's task: The Sixties, but When?
Option 3: Fractured 360 pages
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 225
Books Read: 16
Tasks Done: 12
DeborahPost #13
15.9 - A Trekkie is Born
A Canticle for Leibowitz MPG: Science Fiction
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 240
Books Read: 17
Tasks Done: 13
LAUREN JODI15.2 - Vietnam & the Antiwar Movement
Book #1: MPG War
Hard Target by Pamela Clare
Confirmed in post #8 of the task help thread.
Book #2: Anti-War Book
Dispatches by Michael Herr
On page #6
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 225/990
Total Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 15/57
Laurah3010.6. 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.
How to Be an Antiracist
Points this post: 10
Total points: 145
Tasks completed:8
Books read: 10
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Amy B25.5 - Amy FL's task: Verrry Interesting
Let’s pay tribute to Laugh-In by completing two tasks from these options. Books with the MPG Childrens may NOT be used for this task. Required: Identify the options you have selected in your post.
Option 2: Read a book with a title of at least three words where the first letter of each title word can be found in EITHER “You Bet Your Sweet Bippy!” OR "Sock It to Me!" Letters may be used only as often as they appear.
Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin (Sock It to Me)
Option 3: Read a book with a MPG of Short Stories or Anthologies.
The Sisters from Hardscrabble Bay by Beverly Jensen
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 350 Points
JEN B5.10 - Freedom
Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 18.0
TOTAL POINTS: 190
JEN B15.7 - The British Invasion
Read a book set at least 50% in the UK (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland).
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 14.0
TOTAL POINTS: 205
JEN B5.3 - Theme from A Summer Place
Read a book from this list I Only Watched the Movie
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12.0
This book is on Page 2 of the list
TOTAL POINTS: 210
PegW15.2 - Vietnam & the Antiwar Movement
Book 1: Read a book with the MPG War or a MPG that includes the word WAR.
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
Book 2: Read a book found on the Anti War Books list.
Z for Zachariah found on page 12 of the list.
*Claiming one Big Book ticket for The Splendid and the Vile at 585 pages
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 180
Big books: 2
Golden Oldies: 2
Sara G50.1 - TraceyL's task: Twister
I got Left Hand Red from the Twister spinner.
Book 1 - Left or Right
Option Left: Read a book by an author you have read from before.
The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin
I have read books by N.K. Jemisin before.
Book 2 - Hand or Foot
Option Hand: Read a book with 3 words or less in the TITLE. Ignore subtitles. Spaces determine words.
Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma Oluo
Book 3 - Color
Read a book where the cover is at least 50% the color from your spin according to Tineye.
by Zen ChoTineye results:
41.7 %#6d0b0e Red
31.1 %#4a0809 Brown
17.7 %#9e2120 Red
3.0 %#c19e5b Brown
2.5 %#8a613a Brown
1.8 %#673220 Brown
1.7 %#7f6363 Grey
41.7 + 17.7 = 59.4% red
Points this post: 50
Total points: 535
EMurphy30.8 Ava Catherine's Task: Sylvia Plath
Option 1: First published in 1932 or 1963 Peril at End House by Agatha Christie
*Golden Oldies Ticket - published in 1932
Option 4: Mental Health/Mental illness genre Red Pill by Hari Kunzru
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 135
Books Read: 10
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket +500: 1
BB Ticket +750: 1
Tasks Completed: 6
Task:20.10 - Group ReadsOption:Project Gutenberg
Book read:Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
Required: I participated in the discussion in posts 22 and 24 here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
GO/BB?: This was first published in 1853 so I claim one golden oldie.
Points this task:20
Total points:205
Total Golden Oldies:1
Total Big Books:0
Books read:13
Tasks completed:11
Kelly L20.6 – Seasoned Reader - EShay's task: EShay's podcast connection
Option 1: Podcast proposition: Read a book recommended or mentioned on a podcast.
Outlawed was discussed on Novel Pairing's January 15th episode: https://novelpairings.com/2021/01/15/...
This task = 20 points
Total = 250 points
BBT = 2
30.4 - Dlmrose's task: Forward and BackwardBooks with words read forward and back.
DEVIL & LIVED
Book 1: DEVIL
Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas
Book 2: LIVED
The Cat Who Lived High by Lilian Jackson Braun
Points: 30
Total Points 680
GO Points: 12
BB Points: 1
Queen Bee DarleneBigger is Better - Julia103's task: The Sixties, but When?
1) set at least 60% during a 60's decade in any century except 1960s
My Name is Mary Sutter
Civil war fiction which of course was in the 1860s
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 505
Task 30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Cars, Cars, CarsOption 2 - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, finished 12/28
Author: V.E. Schwab
Option 4: The Devil and the Dark Water, finished 1/23
Beetle: Water Scavenger Beetle
Points this task: 30
Total points: 460
ZachFor Task 15.5 - Let There Be Light(s) I read The Far Reaching Tentacles of N'rygoth which has the letters LASER in the title.
Points this post: 15
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Totals:
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Points: 145
BBTs: 1
GOTs: 0
MAZZA15.9 - Secret Agent Man
Read a book from this list: Best Spy Novels
They Came to Baghdad on Page 2 of list
Points this post = 5
Points to date 940
I have stopped counting BB or GO
Suzannesea20.2 Rookie at the Top - Melinde's Task: Food Glorious Food!
Option 3: Appetizers
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.
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
shriMp cockTaiL
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 170
Andy P.Task # 25.1 - Bluemoon's task: CHRISTMAS IN THE 1960S
Option 1. Read a book with a red, blue, and/or green OBJECT on the cover
by Greer Macallister woman's skirt is blue and her top is red. approved in message 2 of help threadOption 2. Read a book by a single author whose initials (first and last) are found in ANIMATED CHRISTMAS.
Head Wounds by Michael McGarrity ANIMATEDCHRISTMAS
Points this post: 25
Total points: : 535
Coralie25.1 Christmas in the 1960’s
Option 2 – Animated Christmas Specials
Book by an author whose initials can be found in animated Christmas specials
The Book of Koli by M.R. Carey
Option 3 – Christmas Carols
Book with a title of three words where the initial letter of each word is found in the phrase someDay All our dreams will Come to be
A Capitol Death
Total to date 370 points
15.2 - Vietnam & the Antiwar MovementBook 1: Read a book with the MPG War
The Life and Times of Michael K by J.M. Coetzee
Book 2: Read a book found on list
The Enormous Room by E.E. Cummings
page 15
1x Golden Oldies tix (pub 1922)
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 5
Season Total: 590
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Sarah E's task: Silent NightOption 3: Read a book that was originally written in a language other than your native one.
The Price of Paradise by Susana López Rubio
original language
book: Spanish
mine: Bahasa Indonesia
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 5
Season Total: 610
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.4 - Golden Oldies - Sarah E's task: Silent Night
Option 1: Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World
Author:Henri J.M. Nouwen
Totals
Points: 130
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total Tasks completed: 7
Total Books read: 9
25.2 - REGINA AND THE MOUNTAINSBOOK 1A - Crazy about Cameron by Katy Regnery
KR in Regina King
BOOK 2B - Selkie Summer
SS in Tres Cruces
TOTAL POINTS - 550
50.1 - TWISTERRIGHT - FOOT - BLUE
BOOK 1 - The Lost Diary of Venice by Margaux Deroux
Margaux Deroux is a new author for me.
336 pages
BOOK 2 - J.C. and the Bijoux Jolis
Title with > 4 words
160 pages
BOOK 3 -
310 pages
Per Tineye
34.5 % Blue
26.0 % Blue
13.0 % Grey
11.3 % Grey
8.5 % Black
3.2 % Red
1.5 % Violet
0.8 % Pink
0.7 % Red
0.5 % Violet
TOTAL POINTS - 600
MARGIEVANTask 10.5 - Not All Bad! Read a book by a single author who you first read in 2020, before 11/15.
One of Us Is Next
This book is not a re-read.
I read One of Us Is Lying on 11/12/20
Points this post: 10
Points total: 70
20.9 Big Sky Documentary - Opt 1 NF Adventure >250 pgsEndurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery 400 pgs
Total: 20
Total/challenge: 35
25.1 Christmas in the 1960'sOpt 1 - book with red, green, blue object on cover
red flowers on cover
Opt 2 author's initials in aNimatedChristmas
Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport
Total: 25
Total/challenge: 80
25.8 2020 WrappedOpt 2 author last name or title starts with E, I, Q, U, V, X, Y, or Z
Turbo Twenty-Three by Janet Evanovich
Opt 3 - published in 2020 or 2021
The Lions of Fifth Avenue
published 2020
Total: 25
Total/challenge: 105
30.1 Create a Date >600 pgsOpt 1 Day of the week in title
Sold on a Monday 344 pgs
Opt 3 has year or range of years in title
1776 386 pgs
344+386=730 pgs
Total: 30
Total/challenge: 135
30.2 Lost and Found >600 pgsOpt 1 - on TBR before 12/1/17
The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb 424 pgs
Added to my TBR 2/15/15
Opt 2B found on similar authors from bk 1 - approved post #2 in help thread
Dollface: A Novel of the Roaring Twenties by Renee Rosen 416 pgs
Renee Rosen is a new to me author
Total: 30
Total/challenge: 165
424+416=840 pgs
30.3 Eight Tiny ReindeerPick a reindeer pairing and read two books, the author initials (first and last names) can be found in each of the names.
Used Dasher and Dancer
Bk 1 - Bellman & Black by Diane Setterfield DS in DaSher
Bk 2 The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi RC in danCeR
Total: 30
Total/challenge: 195
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30.5 - Sandy's task: Making the Best of It
option 2, initials ET in EssenTial: First: Sandra Day O'Connor by Evan Thomas, 496 pages
option 4, Science & Literature page 1, #41: Basin and Range by John McPhee, 240 pages
496 + 240 = 736 pages
total = 725