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WINTER CHALLENGE 2020
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APRILLEIGH25.2 - 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.
Everything You Need to Ace Chemistry in One Big Fat Notebook by Jennifer Swanson (528 pp)
*** Big Book - one ticket for 500+ pages ***
Author initials JS found in JameS.
Book 2
Option B: Read a book with a two-word title whose initial letters are found in the name of one of the following famous mountains: TRES CRUCES.
Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie
*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1944 ***
Title initials SC found in CruceS.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 25 (445)
Golden Oldie: 1 (13)
Big Book: 1 (1)
Books Read: 2 (36)
Total Tasks: 29
30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Cars, Cars, CarsOption 2: Read a book where the authors first and last initial can be found in VOLKSWAGEN.
I listened to the audio version of Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
Option 4: Read a book that has a word* in the TITLE (subtitles are excluded) from this list of beetles (words in blue)
The beetle name I used is tortoise beetles
Come, Thou Tortoise
New Points: 30
Total Points: 310
GO: 1
MAZZA110.6. 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.
I read an ARC of this book from Netgalley
Where Madness Lies this is only edition on GR
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 970
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I read Welcome to Lagos, set primarily in Nigeria. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top pb (no MMPB).
total points: 645
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I read Shrill by Lindy West. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the pb (no MMPB). This is not a re-read.
I first read Lindy West in October 19, 2020, when I read The Witches Are Coming.
total points: 655
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For book 1, I chose option 2 and read Lore by Alexandra Bracken. I read a kindle ARC, linked to the top pb (no MMPB).
Author initials AB found in jAmes Baldwin.
For book 2, I chose option B and read a kindle ARC of Sunflower Sisters - linked to the hardcover (no MMPB, only pb is large print).
two word title, initials SS, found in treS cruceS.
total points: 680
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For my first book, I chose option A and read Un-Trumping America: A Plan to Make America a Democracy Again by Dan Pfeiffer. I read the kindle edition, linked to the paperback (no MMPB).
author "Dan" matches Dan Rowan.
For my second book, I chose option 2 and read The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?.
The initial title letters, TTOM, are found in sock iT TO Me.
total points: 705
Sara G30.6 - 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
Tidelands by Philippa Gregory
Book 2. Read a book where the word ACID or BASE may be made from the letters in its TITLE. Subtitles are excluded.
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
ACID - ARTIFICIAL CONDITION
Points this post: 30
Total points: 580
Elizabeth PTask 10.7 - Earworms!
Book of 3+ words whose title initials in Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Sweep in Peace by Ilona Andrews
SupercalIfragilisticexPialidocious
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 270
Total Tasks: 16
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 2
Total Books: 20
10.4. And in Other News....A book from Best Novels about the 1960s list (p. 1 #48): How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
Points this post: 10
Total points: 480
25.8 - Brooke TX's task: 2020 WrappedOption 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.
The Greek Coffin Mystery by Ellery Queen
Author's last name begins with Q.
Claiming a Golden Oldie. First published in 1930.
Option 3 - Published This Year: read a book first published in 2020 or 2021.
The Flavor Equation: The Science of Great Cooking Explained in More Than 100 Essential Recipes
Points this task: 25
Books read this task: 2
Golden oldie claimed this task: 1
Big book claimed this task: 0
Total points: 75
Total Tasks completed: 5
Total Golden oldies: 1
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Total books read: 6
APRILLEIGH10.6 - 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.
WHY Didn’t They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie
*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1934 ***
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (455)
Golden Oldie: 1 (14)
Big Book: 1 (1)
Books Read: 1 (37)
Total Tasks: 30
30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Cars, Cars, CarsOption 1:
❆ Read a book that was first published in 1964 (the first year of production) OR 1968 (the year of my son’s car).
A Wizard of Earthsea 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: 445
Tasks Completed: 31
Books Read: 38
Big Books: 500: 1, 750: 2
GO: 1
5.10 FreedomTreasure Island
IL: MG AR: 12
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 450
Tasks Completed: 32
Books Read: 39
Big Books: 500: 1, 750: 2
GO: 1
Laurah3030.6 - 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
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick 244p
Book 2. Read a book where the word ACID or BASE may be made from the letters in its TITLE.
Ordinary Grace 307 p
ACID is found in the title.
Total pages = 551
Points this post: 30
Total points: 175
Tasks completed:9
Books read: 12
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Laurah305.10 - Freedom
Book of my choice Whisper Network
Points this post: 5
Total points: 180
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 13
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Trisha10.7 - 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" One Dark Throne
Points this task: 10
Books read: 19
Golden oldie:
Big book: 2
Total points: 265
Tasks completed: 14
trishhartuk5.10 Freedom
A Trail Through Time, Jodi Taylor
Read the kindle edition. PB: here
Points this task: 5
Books read: 1
Total points: 250
Tasks completed: 20
Golden oldies: 3
Big book tickets: 5 (750+ x 2 = 4 tkt; 500+ x 1 = 1 tkt)
trishhartuk15.9 A Trekkie is Born
Read a book with the MPG Science Fiction.
The Burning Page, Genevieve Cogman
Read the kindle edition. PB: here
Science Fiction > Steampunk: 133 users
Science Fiction: 51 users
Genre noted in help thread message #11: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this task: 15
Books read: 1
Total points: 265
Tasks completed: 21
Golden oldies: 3
Big book tickets: 5 (750+ x 2 = 4 tkt; 500+ x 1 = 1 tkt)
CYNBAXTERTask #20.05 – Bigger is Better - Julia103's task: The Sixties, but When?
Task: Read a book which is set at least 60% during a ‘60s decade in any century EXCEPT the twentieth century (1960s).
Book: Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens - first published serially in 1864 and in 1865 as a novel, the story is set to 'current day'
**This is a Big Book (918 pages). Claiming 2 BB tickets
***This is a Golden Oldie (orig pub = 1865). Claiming 1 GOLDIE ticket
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 255 points
BB tickets this post: 2
Total BB tickets to date: 3
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 1
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 6
Joanne MI20.4 - Golden Oldies - Sarah E's task: Silent Night
I chose option 3: Read a book that was originally written in a language other than your native one.
The Last Brother - originally written in French, my native language is English.
Points this task 20
Total points 225
BB's 2
Joanne MI5.10 - Freedom
Book of Choice
1666: Plague, War, and Hellfire
Points this task 5
Total Points
230
Total BB's 2
Andy P.Task # 20.3 – Best Review - Katy's task: Netflix Binges
Option B. Read a book from the Favorite Comfort Reads list. p. 1 # 57
The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets by Eva Rice
Points this post: 20
Total points: 555
Brooke TX5.7 - The House of the Rising Sun
Read a book with a main page genre Animals.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 470
Completed Tasks: 30
Books Read: 49
10.10 - I Want Them All!Word from list in its title.
"French"
The French Powder Mystery by Ellery Queen
First published in 1930 for 1 Golden Oldie point.
Points: 10
Total Points: 770
GO Points: 17
BB Points: 2
Brooke TX5.9 - Secret Agent Man
Read a book from this list: Best Spy Novels. Found on page 4:
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 475
Completed Tasks: 31
Books Read: 49
Brooke TX10.2. A Decade of Turbulence
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries which had at least one successful coup during the 60s. Set in Iraq:
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 485
Completed Tasks: 32
Books Read: 49
Internet problems all day - double post. Sorry,
MAZZA1 5.3 - Theme from A Summer Place
Read a book from this list I Only Watched the Movie
Dead Poets Society on Page 1 of list
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 975
MAZZA15.6 - Sugar, Sugar
Read a book written by an author who shares a name of a band vocalist- fictional or actual - from this list : Veronica Lodge,
False Charity Veronica Heley
points this post = 5
Points to date = 980
MAZZA110.8. Cookies!
December 18 is Bake Cookies Day! Read a book with one or more cookies on the cover.
The Art of French Kissing
Points this post = 10
points to date 990 hopefully that is me done for this season
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Tammy AZ's task: Big Sky Documentary Film FestivalOption 3:
Author’s first and last initials in OSCAR.
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
300 pages.
Published 1939 for 1 Golden Oldie point.
Points: 20
Total Points: 790
GO Points: 18
BB Points: 2
Suzannesea25.7 Bookworm526's Task: I LOVE Reading Challenges
Option 1
Read a book set at least 50% in the Middle East.
The Mamur Zapt and the Return of the Carpet by Michael Pearce is set in Egypt.
Option 4
Choose a book that you read between January 1 and November 30, 2020. Read another book by that author.
Drop Shot by Harlan Coben
I completed Tell No One by Harlan Coben February 7, 2020.
Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 215
SandyL5.1 - Going to A-Go-Go
Read a book with the letters "go" found intact in a word in the title
Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle by Dorothy Gilman
mrs pollifax and the GOlden triangle
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 245
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 21
Task 10.5. Not All Bad!Book: It Ended Badly: Thirteen of the Worst Breakups in History, finished 1/26 (not a re-read)
By Jennifer Wright
First read by Jennifer Wright: Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them, finished 4/4/2020
Points this task: 10
Total points: 495
SandyL5.7 - The House of the Rising Sun
Read a book with a main page genre Animals
Still the One by Jill Shalvis
MPG Animals
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 250
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 22
SandyL10.9. Laugh, We Made it to 2021!
Read a book with the main page genre Humor.
Better Love by Daisy Prescott
MPG Humor
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 260
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 23
SandyL15.4 - Assassination Nation
Option A
Book A: Read a book with the letters TION intact in the title
Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station by Dorothy Gilman
mrs pollifax on the china staTION
Book B: Read a book with at least TWO sets of double letters in the author's name
Rafe by Sawyer Bennett
sawyer beNNeTT
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 275
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 25
TessaVanessa Challenge 20.10 - Group Reads
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
Discussion post #13
Points this post: 20
Total points: 990/990
Tasks completed: 57/57
Books read: 76
BB:5
GO: 1
(just keeping track for own purposes)
SandyL20.7 - 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.
The Bottom Line by Sandy James
JerSey city
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 295
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 20
Books Read: 26
SandyL25.4 - Kristina Simon's task: The Summer of Love
Option 2
Book A: Read a book with a title of at least two words where all the words begin with the same letter
Barely Breathing by Pamela Clare
Barely Breathing
Book B: Read a book written by a single author whose name contains LL or TT
Dirty Secret by Mira Lyn Kelly
mira lyn keLLy
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 320
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 28
SandyL30.6 - 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
Dare to Hold by Carly Phillips
carly PHillips
290 pages
Book 2. Read a book where the word ACID may be made from the letters in its TITLE
Stud in the Stacks by Pippa Grant
stuD In the stACks
274 pages
290+274 = 564 pages
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Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 350
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 30
Sara ITA20.4 - Golden Oldies - Sarah E's task: Silent Night
Option 3: Read a book that was originally written in a language other than your native one.
Le persiane verdi by Georges Simenon
I listened to the audiobook / No MMP / PB: Le persiane verdi (208 pages)
The original language of the book is French and I read it in its Italian translation
**Le persiane verdi is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1950). Claiming 1 GO ticket. **
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Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 140
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 5
Andy P.Task # 15.2 - Vietnam & the Antiwar Movement
Book 1: Read a book with the MPG War
Overwatch by Matthew Betley Mpg War>Military Fiction MPG
Book 2: Read a book found on the Anti War Books list.
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Found on page 1 of list
Points this post: 15
Total points: 570
Task 5.8 – West Side StoryTitle word matches Song title word: A Boy Like THAT
THAT Churchill Woman
I Listened to the audiobook / No MMP / Paperback: That Churchill Woman - 416 pg
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This Post: 05 points
Total points to date: 215 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 0
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Task 25.2 – Nick KY – Regina and the Mountains Option 1B – Author’s first and last initials in JAMES BALDWIN - B W
Beatriz Williams / The Secret Life of Violet Grant
I listened to the audio / MMPB: La vie secrète de Violet Grant - 568 pg
*** BIG BOOK *** 1 tickets –568 pages
Option 2B – Two-word title, 1st letter of each word in: TRES CRUCES - U C
Unnatural Causes
I listened to the audio / MMPB - Sans Les Mains - 287 p
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 240 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
Kristen IA5.5 - Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
Read a book that is book number 5 in a series.
Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory
I listened to the audiobook and have linked the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 55/990
Tasks Completed: 5/57
BB: 0
GO: 0
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Task 25.8: 2020 Wrapped
Option 1: Circe
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Total Points: 10 + 25 = 35