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WINTER CHALLENGE 2020
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Task 30.2 - Delicious Dee's task: LOST and FOUNDBook 1: The Mothers, finished 1/16. Added to TBR 8/30/2016
Book 2, Option C: Friends and Strangers, finished 1/30
Author is new to me.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 525
30.1 - Mazza1's task: Create a DateBook 1: Option 2: Author's name is a month of the year.
MAY
The Unseen Bridegroom, Or, Wedded for a Week by May Agnes Fleming
Published in 1869 for 1 Golden Oldies point.
Book 2: Option 4: A year in its title.
1776 by David McCullough
Pages: 270 + 386 = 656
Points: 30
Total Points: 875
GO Points: 21
BB Points: 3
Task 15.4 - Assassination Nationone book option
-TION in title, double letters CC in aCCount SS in maSSacre, OO in author brOOls
Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre
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380 points
5 BB tix
1 GO tix
APRILLEIGH10.7 - Earworms!
Read a book with a title of at least 3 words, where the first letter of each word can be found in SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS.
Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie
POF found in suPercaliFragilisticexpialidOcious.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (520)
Golden Oldie: 0 (17)
Big Book: 0 (1)
Books Read: 1 (42)
Total Tasks: 34
Elizabeth PTask 20.5 - The Sixties, but When?
Option 3 - Book of 360+ pages where pg count ends in 60 or 66
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
I read the kindle edition (linked above) but per SRC rules for page numbers am using the mass market ppb to fulfill the task, linked
below:
Une braise sous la cendre
560 pages, ends in 60
At 560 pages, good for *1 Big Book Ticket*
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 330
Total Tasks: 19
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 3
Total Books: 24
Task 25.4 - Kristina Simon's task: The Summer of LoveOption 2:
Book A: Silver Sparrow, finished 1/30
Book B: Full Throttle by Joe Hill, finished 12/8
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 550
30.8 - Ava Catherine's task: Sylvia Plath Option 2: Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
❆ author's initials (PB) found in BEEKEEPERS ❆
Option 4: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb
❆ MPG Mental Health ❆
Total points: 200 + 30 = 230
Andy P.Task # 15.4 - Assassination Nation
Option 2. Read a book with the letters TION intact in the title/subtitle. and with at least TWO sets of double letters (consonants and/or vowels) in the title/subtitle and/or the author's name
The Information Officer by Mark Mills
TION in Information, ff in officer, ll in Mills
Points this post: 15
Total points: 625
Bookwrm526Task #50.1 - Twister
I spun LEFT FOOT GREEN
Book 1, Option Left: Read a book by an author you have read from before. I read The Good Turn by Dervla McTiernan (400p). I read two other books by this author in 2020.
Book 2, Option Foot: I read We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence by Becky Cooper (501p), which has five words in the title, ignoring the subtitle.
Book 3, Option Green: Read a book where the cover is at least 50% the color from your spin according to Tineye. I read The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean
(394p), which according to Tineye is:17.4% #3f6042 Green
17.1% #639875 Green
15.4% #f0e8cb Pink
15.0% #86ceaa Green
14.8% #252d20 Black
6.2% #a0a48e Grey
4.5% #4a4e45 Grey
4.2% #87b47b Green
3.0% #6e7261 Grey
2.3% #d0ba92 Brown (17.4+17.1+15+4.2=53.7% Green).
400p+ 501p +394p = 1295p
Total points so far: 430
Task 15.2 - Vietnam & the Antiwar Movementbook 1: War MPG verified https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Rome: A History in Seven Sackings
book 2: on page 6 of list
Saga, Vol. 9
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395 points
5 BB tix
1 GO tix
Louise B10.6. Please Phrase That in the Form of a Question.
A book with a question word in its title/subtitle - Who, What, When, Where, How, Why.
How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
Points this post: 10
Total points to date: 25
Tasks completed: 2
Louise B20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sara G's task: Remembrance
I chose option 3: the novel is set in both Laos and Cambodia
Love Songs From A Shallow Grave by Colin Cotterill
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 45
Tasks completed: 3
Amy B30.8 - Ava Catherine's task: Sylvia Plath
This is a two book task. Read one book from two different options or two books from one option.
Required: Identify which option or options you select when you post.
No books with the MPG Childrens or Kids may be used.
Option 2: Beekeeper’s Daughter
--Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in BEEKEEPERS. The letters may be used only as often as they appear in the target phrase.
Amity & Sorrow by Peggy Riley
Option 3: Idols
--Read a book with a single author whose first and last name initials are either WY or TE emulating either William Butler Yeats or T.S. Eliot.
Like Rum-Drunk Angels by Tyler Enfield
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 405 Points
Louise B15.8 - The Fab Four
Read a book with a 4-word title. Spaces determine words. All words count.
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
Points this task: 15
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 4
Louise B15.7 - The British Invasion
A book set at least 50% in the UK (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland).
Joy in the Morning by P.G. Wodehouse
Book is set in Steeple Bumpleigh, UK, as noted in book description.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 5
Coralie20.3 Netflix Binges
Option 3 – Author on page 1 of list #69
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich
Total to date 415 points
25.6 - Tien's task: Lunar New Year 2021Both authors are new to me.
Option 1, a book with X found in the title: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez
Option 2, a book first published in one of my Chinese Zodiac years (Rabbit): When We Were Strangers by Pamela Schoenewaldt, first published 2011
Points this post: 25
Total points: 525
Kim O20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Melinde's task: Food, glorious food!
Option 1: Pizza - Read a book from the list Pizza! Pizza!.
Slice Harvester: A Memoir in Pizza Found on page 1
Points this task: 20
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Totals:
Points: 245
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 4
Tasks completed: 17
Barbara ★50.1 - TraceyL's task: Twister
Spun - Left Foot Yellow
Book 1 - Left or Right
Option Left: Read a book by an author you have read from before.
The Shape of Night - Tess Gerritsen 1/23
(I have read numerous books by Tess Gerritsen)
Proof: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Book 2 - Hand or Foot
Option Foot: Read a book with 4 or more words in the TITLE. Ignore subtitles. Spaces determine words.
Into the Black Nowhere - Meg Gardiner 1/7
Book 3 - Color
Read a book where the cover is at least 50% the color from your spin according to Tineye.
Man at Work - Elaine Fox 12/19
50.2 %#ecdf2d - Yellow
4.7 %#c7b03f - Yellow
54.9% yellow
TOTAL PAGES: Book 1 (288 pages) + Book 2 (355 pages) + Book 3 (384 pages) = 1027 < 750 pages
Points this task: 50
Total points: 570
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★5.8 - West Side Story
Read a book with a word from one of the songs on the album in the title or subtitle from this list: West Side Story Tracks.
The Pretty Ones - Ania Ahlborn 1/27
("I Feel Pretty")
APPROVAL: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this task: 5
Total points: 575
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★20.9 - 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
A New Leash on Death - Susan Conant 1/23
(S & C in oSCar)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 595
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★20.7 - 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.
A Second Chance - Jodi Taylor 1/29
(J & T in Jersey ciTy)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 615
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★10.5 - Not All Bad!
Read a book by a single author who you first read in 2020, before 11/15. The 2020 book may be a single author book, or from a book with multiple authors. You may have read as many books as you like by this author in 2020, but the book you use for this task must be new to you, not a re-read.
The Dark Corners of the Night - Meg Gardiner 1/24
(Read UNSUB on July 27, 2020)
(This book is not a re-read)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 625
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★10.1 - Shaken, not Stirred
Read a book with a single author whose initials can be found in SEAN CONNERY.
I'll Be Slaying You - Cynthia Eden 1/29
(C & E in sean ConnEry)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 635
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★5.7 - The House of the Rising Sun
Read a book with a main page genre Animals. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
Cat in a Sapphire Slipper - Carole Nelson Douglas 1/25
(had MPG animals)
Points this task: 5
Total points: 640
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Coralie20.7 Remembrance
Option 1 Motown
M & O in roOM, T in The, O in rOom, W in We, N in iN
We All Sleep in the Same Room: A Novel
Total to date 435 points
G.Q. 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sara G's task: Remembrance
Read a book that takes at least 50% in a Southeast Asian country:
A Vietcong Memoir: An Inside Account of the Vietnam War and Its Aftermath by Truong Nhu Tang (takes place in Vietnam & Cambodia)
Total Points: 125
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 9
BB tickets: 2
25.7 - Bookwrm526's task: I LOVE Reading ChallengesOption 1: I read Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled. This book takes place in Syria.
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Option 3: I also participate in the Pop Sugar Challenge every year. This one is really difficult to finish, because it requires the most books of any of the challenges I do. For this option, read a book found on the Popsugar 2020 - A Book with an Upside-Down Image on the Cover.
Required: Include which page your book can be found on when you post.
I read Fleishman Is in Trouble which was #7 on page 1.
points: 165
books read: 18
tasks completed: 10
tasks in progress: 3
Big Books: 1
pages read: 5717
DeborahPost #15
10.7 - Earworms!
Sweep in Peace
SIP: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 270
Books Read: 19
Tasks Done: 15
LAUREN JODI30.5 - Sandy's task: Making the Best of It
Option 1: Doctor
Intrigue Me by Jo Leigh
Setting: Main character is a doctor and much of the story takes place in the Moss Street free clinic.
Page #: 224
Option 2: Initials in Essential Worker
Let the Night Begin by Kathryn Smith
Page#: 384
Total pages: 608
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 275/990
Total Books Read: 22
Tasks Completed: 18/57
Christine V20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Marie-Anne's task: Where in the world?
Option 1: The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie (3 A's in Agatha)
The Body in the Library was first published in 1942.
***Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket***
Point this post: 20
GO Tickets this post: 1
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 7
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
10.1. Shaken, not Stirred.Beauty and the Bachelor Naima Simone
Sean coNnery
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 460
Tasks Completed: 33
Books Read: 40
Big Books: 500: 1, 750: 2
GO: 1
5.9 - Secret Agent ManThe Farthest Shore
Page 4. Currently 337.
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 465
Tasks Completed: 34
Books Read: 41
Big Books: 500: 1, 750: 2
GO: 1
10.6. Please Phrase That in the Form of a Question.How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 475
Tasks Completed: 35
Books Read: 42
Big Books: 500: 1, 750: 2
GO: 1
10.1. Shaken, not StirredRead a book with a single author whose initials can be found in SEAN CONNERY.
Biting Cold by Chloe Neill
Total points: 15
15.6 - Heart to HeartRead a book with a heart(s) on the cover.
by Mary Pauline LowryTotal points: 30
15.7 - The British InvasionRead a book set at least 50% in the UK (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland).
Copy Cap Murder by Jenn McKinlay
Set in London, England, UK.
Total points: 45
20.1 - Most Improved - SandyL's Task: Escape by RomanceOption 4: A Romance with a subgenre of Paranormal or Science Fiction.
The Weight of the Stars
Total points: 20
20.3 – Best Review - Katy's task: Netflix BingesOption A: Read a book whose title contains the name of a chess piece.
The Wicker King
Total points: 40
Congratulations, Dlmrose! You'll have a 30 point task in the Spring Challenge.
PegW10.6. 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.
What Wildness Is This: Women Write about the Southwest
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 210
Big books: 2
Golden Oldies: 2
15.5 - Let There Be Light(s)Read a book with all the letters of LASER found in the TITLE only.
The Princess and the Fangirl
Total points: 55
15.7 - The British InvasionRead a book set at least 50% in the UK.
The Bone Season (set in London)
Total points: 70
Julia10325.4 - Kristina Simon's task: The Summer of Love
Option 3
Book A: Only One Heart (published in 1963)
Book B: Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man (hyphenated word in subtitle)
This post: 25 points
Total points: 670
BB: 8
GO: 2
Tasks completed: 36
Books read: 53
25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: The Unfortunate Effect of PlanningTwo-book task.
Book 1 using option 1: Read a book with one of the words DON’T TELL ME WHAT TO DO in the title only.
These Witches Don't Burn
Book 2 using option 2
B. The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett - Brit Bennett has 11 letters
Total points: 95
15.3 - Ground Control to Major TomOption 1
Book A - Book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in ASTRONOMY
Archie by Nick Spencer Vol. 1 by Nick Spencer
Read the ebook, top paperback has 144 pgs
Book B- MPG Space
Southern Cross, Vol. 1 by Becky Cloonan
Read the ebook, top paperback has 160 pgs
Total Points: 505
15.9 - A Trekkie is BornMPG Science Fiction
Ascender, Vol. 1: The Haunted Galaxy by Jeff Lemire
Total Points: 520
Jen K20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Marie-Anne's task: Where in the world?
Option 1: Earthlings by Sayaka Murata
3 A's = sAyAkA
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 375
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Option 3: Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MURDERBOT.
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 200
Big books: 2
Golden Oldies: 2