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WINTER CHALLENGE 2020
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
30.8 Sylvia PlathOpt 2 auth init in BeekeeperS
The Lost Order by Steve Berry
Opt 4 Mental Illness/health genre
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Approved post #2 in help thread
Total: 30
Total/challenge: 255
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Tammy AZ's task: Big Sky Documentary Film FestivalOPTION 3: Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in OSCAR..
Larry's Party by Carol Shields
Points this post: 20
TOTAL POINTS: 120
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Tickets: - (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 6
Total books read: 8
I WILL UNCLAIM THIS, SO IF IT ISN'T COUNTED, PLEASE IGNORE30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Cars, Cars, Cars
Option 1:
❆ Read a book that was first published in 1964 (the first year of production) OR 1968 (the year of my son’s car).
Pedagogy of the Oppressed was first published in 1968.
❆ Read a book that has a word* in the TITLE (subtitles are excluded) from this list of beetles (words in blue).
I chose skin beetles (family Trogidae).
Mysterious Skin
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 410
Tasks Completed: 28
Books Read: 35
Big Books: 500: 1, 750: 2
GO: 1
10.3. March On!Seven Sisters and a Brother: Friendship, Resistance, and Untold Truths Behind Black Student Activism in the 1960s
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 420
Tasks Completed: 29
Books Read: 36
Big Books: 500: 1, 750: 2
GO: 1
MAZZA110.1. Shaken, not Stirred.
Read a book with a single author whose initials can be found in SEAN CONNERY.
The Wedding Nicholas Sparks
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 950
Task 15.1 - Groovy, ManDay 3 - August 17-18
Book 1: Blood Rites by Jim Butcher, finished 12/11
Author - Jim (matches Jim Fielder from Blood, Sweat, and Tears)
Books 2: Losing You, finished 1/21
- "You" from "Ever Since You Told Me That You Love Me (I'm a Nut)"
Points this task: 15
Total points: 430
Jen K30.8 - Ava Catherine's task: Sylvia Plath
Option 2: Beekeeper’s Daughter
Miss Frost Solves a Cold Case by Kristen Painter
beeKeePer
Option 4: Mental Health
Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life
MPG Mental Health
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 305
Jen K25.4 - Kristina Simon's task: The Summer of Love
Option 2: Bell Bottoms
Book A: Reindeer Runes
Book B: Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
ll in Willa
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 330
Jen K15.6 - Heart to Heart
Heart backpack between 2 people on bike
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 345
Jen K10.2. A Decade of Turbulence
Ghana Must Go
set in various places but at least 50% is in Ghana
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Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 355
Julia10315.4 - Assassination Nation
Option 1:
Book A: Redemption in Indigo (TION in Redemption)
Book B: The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett (author name has LL and TT)
This book has 912 pages so claiming 2 BB tickets.
This post: 15 points, 2 BB
Total points: 605
BB: 8
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 33
Books read: 48
Suzannesea20.1 - Most Improved - SandyL's Task: Escape by Romance
Option 4
Read a book with main page genres of Paranormal and Romance.
The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 190
20.1 - Escape by RomanceOption 2:
I read Hello Stranger by Lisa Kleypas. This book is on the 2nd page (currently #156) of the "Tear Jerker: Romance Novels that Jerked the Tears Right Out of Ya" List. This book has the MPG romance.
Points: 20
Total points: 185
Jasmiina F20.2 - 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:
Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie.
*Big Book Ticket with 670 pages.*
Points this post: 20
Total points: 90
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post: 1 (500+)
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 2
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
MARGO 50.1 - TraceyL's task: TwisterMy result: RIGHT HAND BLUE
Page count: 829 (263+367+199)
RIGHT: I have not read from this author before.
The Perfect Life
HAND: 3 words or less in the TITLE
Every Missing Thing
BLUE: the cover is at least 50% blue
Jew ish
tineye results for Jew(ish)
77.8 % #41a4eb Blue
8.8 % #e8eaea Grey
2.8 % #88c4e2 Blue
2.6 % #bcdeed Blue
2.2 % #ac683f Brown
2.1 % #bc8764 Brown
1.8 % #953c1c Brown
1.0 % #d7ba9b Pink
0.4 % #080926 Black
0.4 % #846a64 Grey
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Points this task: 50
Total points: 195
Tasks completed: 8
50.1 - TraceyL's task: TwisterTwister Spinner results: Left Hand Yellow
Book 1: Option Left:
Author you have read from before.
Penhallow by Georgette Heyer
528 pages for 1 Big Book point.
I have read Heyer before - lots of times!
First published in 1942 for 1 Golden Oldie point.
Book 2: Option Hand:
3 words or less in TITLE.
Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers
356 pages.
First published in 1933 for 1 Golden Oldies point.
Book 3: Yellow;
Cover is at least 50% yellow.
by Agatha Christie288 pages.
Yellow - 44.5 + 4.8 + 2.2 = 51.5% of cover is yellow.
Total pages - 528 + 356 + 288 = 1172.
Points: 50
Total Points 730
GO Points: 14
BB Points: 2
10.1 Shaken, not StirredCat Trivia: Funny Facts by Elliot Carruthers
sEan Connery
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 430
Tasks Completed: 30
Books Read: 37
Big Books: 500: 1, 750: 2
GO: 1
15.6 - Heart to Heart
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 445
Tasks Completed: 31
Books Read: 38
Big Books: 500: 1, 750: 2
GO: 1
Sara G15.10 - The Digital Divide
Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in ARPANET.
Far to Go by Alison Pick
ARPANET
Points this post: 15
Total points: 550
Sara G15.10 - The Digital Divide
Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in ARPANET.
Far to Go by Alison Pick
ARPANET
Points this post: 15
Total points: 550
I WILL UNCLAIM THIS, SO IF IT ISN'T COUNTED, PLEASE IGNORE5.10 - Freedom
A Wizard of Earthsea
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 450
Tasks Completed: 32
Books Read: 39
Big Books: 500: 1, 750: 2
GO: 1
30.8 - Ava Catherine's task: Sylvia PlathTwo books, one option.
Option 1: Life/Death
First published in 1932.
Book 1:
Peril at End House by Agatha Christie
Published 1932 for 1 Golden Oldies point.
Book 2:
Mr. Parker Pyne, Detective by Agatha Christie
Published in 1932 for 1 Golden Oldies point.
Points: 30
Total Points 760
GO Points: 16
BB Points: 2
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyWinter Season 2020 SRC
Task 10.4. And in Other News....
A Freewheelin' Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties - Memoirs, Biographies - pg 1
Points this task: 10
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
Total points this season: 590
Total GO Tickets: 5
Total BB Tickets: 5
Delicious Dee25.2 - Nick KY's task: Regina and the Mountains
Book A - Option B - I Dare You - Ilsa Madden-Mills - IM found in JAMES BALDWIN
Book B - Option B - Caught Stealing - CS found in TRES CRUCES
points this post: 25
Updated Total points: 465
Delicious Dee30.8 - Ava Catherine's task: Sylvia Plath
Option 2: Beekeeper’s Daughter - This Earl of Mine - Kate Bateman - KB found in BEEKEEPERS
Option 4: Mental health - By Your Side - shelved as health>mental health by 96ppl; approved in genre verification thread
points this post: 30
Updated Total points: 495
MAZZA110.4. And in Other News....
Read a book from one of the following lists:
Best Novels about the 1960s
I read the kindle editionThe Millstone
this is the MMP The Millstone on Page 1 of that list
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 960
5.7 - The House of the Rising SunJinxed (Jinxed #1) by Amy McCulloch
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12.0
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 5
Season Total: 615
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's task: The Sixties, but When?Option 1:
Book: The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear, finished 1/24
Set in the 1860s
Points this task: 20
Total points: 480
Bookwrm526Task #15.6 - Heart to Heart
Read a book with a heart(s) on the cover. The heart(s) may be realistic or stylized. I read A Dead Red Heart by R.P. Dahlke.
Total points so far: 370
Jayme(the ghostreader)10.5 Not All Bad
new to me author
Confessions of a Shopaholicby Sophie Kinsella
Task +10
Grand Total: 55
Queen Bee Darlene20.4 Golden Oldies - Sarah E's task: Silent Night
3) originally written in language other than my native one
Whiteout
Originally written in Icelandic, my native language is English
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 525
Doing Dewey5.10 - Freedom
book of choice
Black Futures
This Task :
Points: 5
Golden Oldies Ticket: No
Big Books Ticket: No
Totals:
Total: 285/1015
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 3
Total Tasks Completed: 16/58
Task 5.6 - Sugar, SugarBook: Blood and Salt by Kim Liggett, finished 1/24
Kim from Andy Kim
Points this task: 5
Total points: 485
10.8 Cookie on Cover Mistletoe Murder by Leslie Meier
Total points: 505
Tasks completed: 30
Books read: 40
GO: 4
BB: (500) 1(750) (1000)
25.4 - Kristina Simon's task: The Summer of LoveOption 2A, a book with a title of at least two words, all of which begin with the same letter (ignore subtitles): Hungry Heart: Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing by Jennifer Weiner
Option 2B, a book by an author whose name contains LL or TT: Hieroglyphics by Jill McCorkle
Points this post: 25
Total points: 470
Elizabeth PTask 30.5 - Making the Best of It
I chose to do option 2 twice: author's initials in ESSENTIAL WORKER
Book 1: Steel's Edge by Ilona Andrews
essentIAl worker
Book 2: Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews
essentIAl worker
388+253 = 641>600
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 260
Total Tasks: 15
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 2
Total Books: 19
TessaVanessa Challenge 5.9 Secret Agent Man
A Small Town by Thomas Perry
Found on page 9
Points this post: 5
Total points: 945/990
Tasks completed: 54/57
Books read: 73
BB:5
GO: 0
(just keeping track for own purposes)
Casey WTask 20.6 - Option 1
Read a book mentioned in a podcast
The Lady Upstairs by Halley Sutton
Mentioned on All the Books - November 17,2020
https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0...
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 110
Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 6
Casey WTasks 15.8 - The Fab Four
Read a Book with 4-word title
When You Find Me By PJ Vernon
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 125
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 7
TessaVanessa Sorry I messed up Post 1828 and posted before I had put in a book.
Challenge 10.8 Cookies
by Eve Calder Points this post: 10
Total points: 955/990
Tasks completed: 55/57
Books read: 74
BB:5
GO: 0
(just keeping track for own purposes
Casey WTask 25.3 - The Unfortunate Effect of Planning
Book 1 - Option 3
Read a book with 2 vowels appearing at least 3 times in the title and subtitle
After the Last Border: Two Families and the Story of Refuge in America By Jessica Goudeau
Letter A = 6 times
Letter E = 6 times
Book 2 - Option 4
The Dutch House by Ann Patchet
Blue = Vase
Yellow = Flowers
Points this post = 25
Total Points = 150
Tasks completed: 8
Books Read: 9
TessaVanessa Challenge 15.2 Vietnam & the Antiwar Movement
Book 1: Crossing Stones by Helen Frost
Book 2: A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Found on page 1
Points this post: 15
Total points: 970/990
Tasks completed: 56/57
Books read: 75
BB:5
GO: 0
(just keeping track for own purposes
20.3 – Best Review - Katy's task: Netflix BingesOpt D: I read Miracle Creek. It is in page 2 of the list.
Task points: 20
Total points: 130
Completed tasks: 7
Amy B20.6 – Seasoned Reader - EShay's task: EShay's podcast connection
This is a one book task. No children's books may be used. Required: State which option you chose when you post.
Option 4: Short and sweet
Read a book with the main page genre Novella and/or that has a page length of 150-200, inclusive.
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells (Murderbot #2) - 158 pg.
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 370 Points
Trisha15.5 - Let There Be Light(s) Read a book with all the letters of LASER found in the TITLE only. Subtitles are excluded.
American Royals
Points this task: 15
Books read: 18
Golden oldie:
Big book: 2
Total points: 255
Tasks completed: 13
RAYNEBAIR5.7 - The House of the Rising Sun
Read a book with a main page genre Animals.
Separation Anxiety by Laura Zigman
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 165
RAYNEBAIR15.2 - Vietnam & the Antiwar Movement
Book 1: Read a book with the MPG War or a MPG that includes the word WAR
Don't Go by Lisa Scottoline
Book 2: Read a book found on the Anti War Books list.
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
book found on 1st page of the list
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 180
Joanna T15.8 - The Fab Four
Read a book with a 4-word title.
Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith
Task total: 15
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Grand total: 255
BB: 2
GO: 1
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Bk 1 - auth name begins/ends with PH
La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman
449 pgs PH in Phillip
Bk 2 - ACID made from words in title
Wicked and the Wallflower 396 pgs
AD in AnD
CI in wICked
449+396 = 845 pgs
Total: 30
Total/challenge: 225