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WINTER CHALLENGE 2020
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
ZachFor Task 5.10 - Freedom I read Soft Science.
Points this post: 5
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Points: 15
GOTs: 0
BBTs: 0
ZachFor Task 15.10 - The Digital Divide I read Immortal Hulk, Volume 4: Abomination by Al Ewing. Whose initials are found in ARPANET.
Points this post: 15
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Points: 30
GOTs: 0
BBTs: 0
Nick KY30.7 TessaVanessa’s Cars
Opt. 2. Volkswagon Minibus. I read The English Wife by Lauren Willig, author’s inits in “voLksWagon”
Opt. 4. Volkswagon Beetle. I read The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho, with the word “Water” in the title. A beetle’s name is “Water Scavenger Beetle.”
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 55
Julia10325.6 - Tien's task: Lunar New Year 2021
Option 1 - Exquisite Justice (X in title, author Dennis Carstens is new to me)
Option 2: The Wandering Warriors: Includes two bonus stories
I was born in 1960, year of the rat. This was published in 2020 which is also year of the rat. Both authors Alan Smale and Rick Wilber are new to me.
This post: 25
Total points: 90
BB: 3
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 7
Andy P.Task # 20.10 Group Reads
❋ Project Gutenberg - Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
I used this edition https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
My comments can be found here
Points this post: 20
Total points : 35
Joanne MI10.7 - 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". d.
The Rage of Dragons claiming 1 Big Book ticket at 544 pages
Points this task 10
Total Points 45
BB's this task 1
Total BB's 1
Andy P.Task # 5.5 - Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
Read a book that is book number 5 in a series
The Wild One by Nick Petrie
# 5 in the Peter Ash series.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 40
Task 20.4 - Golden Oldies - Sarah E's task: Silent NightBook: The Vines by Shelley Nolden, finished 12/9
Points this task: 20
Total points: 100
APRILLEIGH5.3 - Theme from a Summer Place
Read a book from I Only Watched the Movie!
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1934 ***
Title is currently #443 on page 5 of the list.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 5 (60)
Golden Oldie: 1 (2)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (7)
Total Tasks: 6
Bookwrm526Task #25.2 - Regina and the Mountains
Book 1, Option B: Read a book with an author whose first and last initials are in JAMES BALDWIN. I read Ghost Month (EL in jamEsbaLdwin).
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. I chose the mountain Everest and read The Searcher by Tana French (evereST).
Total points so far: 65
20.7Option 2: initials can be found in JERSEY CITY.
Is This Anything? by Jerry Seinfeld
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
GO: 1
BB: (500) (750) (1000)
Task 20.4 - Golden Oldies - Sarah E's task: Silent NightOption 1:
Book: The Vines by Shelley Nolden, finished 12/9
Points this task: 20
Total points: 100
JEN B25.7 - Bookwrm526's task: I LOVE Reading Challenges
Option 1: Read a book set at least 50% in the Middle East. For purposes of this challenge, this would include the following countries: Akrotin and Dhekelia; Bahrain; Cyprus; Egypt; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Kuwait; Lebanon; Oman; Palestine; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; Syria; Turkey; UAE; Yemen.
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
This book is set in Egypt
Option 4: For this option, choose a book that you read between January 1 and November 11, 2020. Read another book by this author.
Required: In your post, include the name of the book you previously read, and the date when you finished it.
The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis
I read The Address by this author on June 27, 2020.
TOTAL POINTS: 25
PegW10.8. Cookies! Read a book with one or more cookies on the cover.
With a Gingerbread man cookie on cover: Mayhem in [bookcover:Mayhem in Christmas River I read the kindle edition, there is a paperback listed in goodreads with a blank cover for page length verification.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10
Big books: 0
Golden Olides: 0
PegW20.9 - 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.
by Susan Orlean with 310 pagesPoints this post: 20
Total Points: 30
Big books: 0
Golden Olides: 0
Barbara ★20.3 - Best Review - Katy's task: Netflix Binges
Option A: Read a book whose title contains the name of a chess piece - king, queen, knight, bishop, rook, or pawn. Plurals and possessives will work, but no other variations.
The Warlock King - Heather Killough-Walden 12/5
Points this task: 20
Total points: 40
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Jayme(the ghostreader)20.1 Escape by romance
option 4
From Dead to Worseby Charlaine Harris
MPG romance- paranormal 743 users as of 12/7/20
Task +20
Grand Total: 20
20.4 - SILENT NIGHTOPTION 2 - All Is Calm / All Is Bright
Words from lyrics - Calm and Bright
TOTAL POINTS - 40
20.6 - ESHAY'S PODCAST CONNECTIONOPTION 2 - Island Affair
Main character is a Firefighter Paramedic
TOTAL POINTS - 60
APRILLEIGH5.8 - West Side Story
Read a book with a word from one of the songs from the West Side Story (soundtrack).
Death Comes as the END by Agatha Christie
*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1944 ***
The word END is found in “End Credits” - track 19 of the CD version.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 5 (65)
Golden Oldie: 1 (3)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (8)
Total Tasks: 7
trishhartuk10.6 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.
Witch Is WHEN Everything Went Crazy, Adele Abbott
Read the kindle edition. PB here
Points this task: 10
Books read: 1
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 5
DeborahPost #3
15.8 - The Fab Four
A Night Like This
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 35
Books Read: 3
Tasks Done: 3
Delicious Dee15.5 - Let There Be Light(s)
A Lady of Persuasion - LA in lady; SER in Persuasion
points this post: 15
Total points: 85
15.5 - Let There Be Light(s)The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley
LASER found in wAtchmaker fiLigree StREet
Total this Post: 15
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 35
Trisha10.5 Not all bad!
Book read: The Ask and the Answer
I first read this author this past summer, starting with this book The Knife of Never Letting Go, which I completed August 16, 2020.
Points this task: 10
Books read: 4
Golden oldie:
Big book:
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 3
Repost to correct error:Trisha
5.3 Theme from A Summer Place
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, found on page 1 (#39)
Points this task: 5
Books read: 1
Golden oldie:
Big book:
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1
Julia10330.3 - Cat's task: Eight Tiny Reindeer!
Reindeer pairing: Dasher and Dancer
Obstacles by Ryan English (RE in Dasher)
The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie (AC in Dancer)
This post: 30
Total points: 120
BB: 3
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 9
5.5 Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In Read a book that is book number 5 in a series (series, #5)
Paper Girls, Vol. 5 by Brian K. Vaughn
Read 12/9
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 25
Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3
5.10 Freedom Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
Paper Girls, Vol. 3 by Brian K. Vaughn
Read 12/9
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 4
Cindy FTask 10.7 Earworms
First letters of words in title found in "supercalifragilisticexpialadocious" (A,I,C,C)
An Irish Country Childhood: A Bygone Age Remembered
Points this post:10
Total points:10
Books read:1
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:0
Tasks completed:1
Cindy FTask 5.3 Theme From A Summer Place
Book found on page 2 of list.
The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy
Points this post:5
Total points:15
Books read:2
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:0
Tasks completed:2
Andy P.Task # 5.4 - The Twist
Read a book with a two-word title where the first word is "The"
The Adjustment byScott Phillips
Points this post: 5
Total points: 45
Bookwrm526Task #5.7 - The House of the Rising Sun
Read a book with a main page genre Animals. The genre may be standalone or embedded. I read Pouncing on Murder by Laurie Cass (genre approved in help thread, posts 26 and 27).
Total points so far: 70
PegW10.8. Cookies! Read a book with one or more cookies on the cover.
With a Gingerbread man cookie on cover:
I read the kindle edition, there is a paperback listed in Goodreads with a blank cover for page length verification.Points this post: 10
Total Points: 30
Big books: 0
Golden Oldiess: 0
Task 5.1 - Going to A-Go-GoBook: Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot, finished 12/10
"Go" in "Forgot"
Points this task: 5
Total points: 105
Coralie5.4 The Twist
Book with a two-word title where the first word is ‘the’.
The Humans
Total to date 25 points
Task 5.7 - The House of the Rising Sun Book: Sad Janet, finished 12/10
Points this task: 5
Total points: 110
Barbara ★5.10 - Freedom
Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
Possession - Tracey M. Frazier 12/9
Points this task: 5
Total points: 45
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
PegW10.9. Laugh, We Made it to 2021! Read a book with the main page genre Humor.
Fox Tossing, Firework Boxing, and Other Curious Pastimes from the Far Corners of History
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 40
Big books: 0
Golden Oldiess: 0
Julia10320.6 – Seasoned Reader - EShay's task: EShay's podcast connection
Option 4: Mira's Last Dance
MPG = Novella
I read Kindle edition. There is no MMPB or paperback. Hardcover edition Mira's Last Dance is 160 pages.
This post: 20
Total points: 140
BB: 3
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 10
Kai15.7 The British Invasion
Read a book set at least 50% in the UK (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland).
The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
Points this task: 15
Total points: 25
Kelly L20.3 – Best Review - Katy's task: Netflix Binges
C. The election - Read a nonfiction book with the MPG "Politics."
A Promised Land has a MPG of Politics.
**751 pages = claiming 2 Big Book tickets!**
BBT: 2
This post: 20 points
Total: 45 points
30.3 - Cat's task: Eight Tiny Reindeer!Pair: Dasher & Dancer
Book 1: The Unseen Ones (The Hollis Timewire Series #2) by Danielle Harrington
author's initials, DH, found in DasHer
Book 2: Sparkling Cyanide (Colonel Race #4) by Agatha Christie
author's initials, AC, found in dAnCer
1x Golden Oldies tix (pub 1944)
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 65
MAZZA110.3. March On!
Read a nonfiction book about the Civil Rights movement, or about one of the leaders/important figures of the Civil Rights movement.
March: Book One approved post 28 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 70
MAZZA1 10.7 - 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".
Perhaps She'll Die PSD in target word
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 80
MAZZA120.3 – Best Review - Katy's task: Netflix Binges
Option B. "The Office" -. Read a book from the Favorite Comfort Reads list.
Required: State which page your book can be found on when you post.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
This is on page 2 of the list https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...
It is also first written in 1828 and I am claiming a GO ticket
AND 524 pages I am claiming a BB ticket
Points this post = 20
Points to date =100
BB tickets to date = 2
GO tickets to date = 3
MAZZA125.7 - Bookwrm526's task: I LOVE Reading Challenges
Option 1: Read a book set at least 50% in the Middle East. For purposes of this challenge, this would include the following countries: Turkey;
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World set in Turkey
Mentioned in information / reviews of book on its main page 'Haunting, moving, beautifully written - and based by an extraordinary cast of characters who capture the diversity of modern Turkey. A masterpiece' Peter Frankopan
Option 4: For this option, choose a book that you read between January 1 and November 30, 2020. Read another book by this author.
Survivor In Death
I read Visions in Death by this Author on November 17th 2020
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 125
MAZZA130.6 - Andy P.’s Task: The Litmus Test
Read one Book 1, and another for Book 2
The total number of pages for both books must be greater than 500 pages (501+).
Book 1. Read a book by a single author whose first or last name begins or ends with the sequence PH
The Stationmaster's Cottage Phillipa Nefri Clark
Page numbers 329
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.
Using the word ACID = letters found in DICtionAry
The Dictionary of Lost Words
Page numbers 384
329 + 384 = total page count of 713 exceeding requirement
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 155
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5.3 - Theme from A Summer Place
From page 2 #126: The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy by Mark Logue
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For Task 10.3. March On! I read March: Book Two.
Points this post: 10
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Points: 10
GOTs: 0
BBTs: 0