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WINTER CHALLENGE 2020
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Amy B20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Tammy AZ's task
This is a one book task.
Required: State which option you chose when posting.
Your book must have at least 250 pages.
Option 3: ❄︎ Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in OSCAR.
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (250 pages)
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 425 Points
30.6 Book 1: First or Last Name Begins or Ends with PH
The Future of Power by Joseph S. Nye Jr. 320 pgs
Book 2: BASE Letters in Title Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers 358 pgs
Total points: 580
Tasks completed: 35
Books read: 46
GO: 4
BB: (500) 1(750) (1000)
Bookwrm526Task #15.7 - The British Invasion
Read a book set at least 50% in the UK (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland). I read Belfast Noir by Adrian McKinty.
Total points so far: 445
Elizabeth PTask 20.7 - Remembrance
Option 2 - Author's initials in JERSEY CITY
A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir
jerSey ciTy
At 571 pages, good for *1 Big Book Ticket*
MMPB Edition: Une Braise Sous La Cendre #2
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 350
Total Tasks: 20
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 4
Total Books: 25
Task 30.5 - Making the Best of Ittotal 600+ pages
I did option 2 twice
read books with author initials in ESSENTIAL WORKER
Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope
656 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
pub 1858 - claiming 1 GO tix
Love on Ice by Olivia West
144 pages
656 + 144 > 600 pages
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425 points
6 BB tix
2 GO tix
Scooter&Siam20.3 – Best Review - Katy's task: Netflix Binges
Choose Option C. Read a nonfiction book with the MPG "Politics."
Read Permanent Record
Points: 20
Total: 160
50.1 - TraceyL's task: TwisterRIGHT HAND - GREEN
Book 1 - Right: Read a book by an author you have NOT read from before.
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse #1) by James S.A. Corey
1x Bigger is Better tix (561 pages)
Author is New-to-Me
Book 2 - Hand: Read a book with 3 words or less in the TITLE. Ignore subtitles. Spaces determine words.
The Crossing (Taylor Bridges #1) by B. Michael Radburn
2-word title
323 pages
Book 3 - Read a book where the cover is at least 50% the color from your spin according to Tineye. Percentages of the same base color may be combined to achieve 50%.
Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books by Cathy Rentzenbrink
76.3 %#004444Green
15.0 %#139cbeBlue
6.6 %#0d6772Blue
1.0 %#617451Grey
0.8 %#b5a663Brown
0.3 %#898e5bGreen
Total: 76.6% GREEN
230 pages
Total pages read: 1,114
Total this Post: 50
Golden Oldies: 4
Bigger is Better: 6
Season Total: 765
10.9. Laugh, We Made it to 2021!Bliss by Peter Carey
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 4
Bigger is Better: 6
Season Total: 775
5.10 - FreedomRead a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules
I listened to an audio version of Jonny Appleseed
New Points: 5
Total Points: 345
GO: 1
10.5. Not All Bad!Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire #1) by Mark Lawrence
First book I read of this author was The Girl and the Stars (Book of the Ice #1) which I finished on 07/17/20
This is not a re-read
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 4
Bigger is Better: 6
Season Total: 785
Task 10.2. A Decade of TurbulenceBook: When the Apricots Bloom, finished 1/31
Set in Iraq
Points this task: 10
Total points: 560
Task 30.8 - Ava Catherine's task: Sylvia PlathOption 2: Hadley & Grace by Suzanne Redfearn, finished 1/17
Option 4: The Midnight Library, finished 1/31
Points this task: 30
Total points: 590
20.1 - Most Improved - SandyL's Task: Escape by RomanceOption 3: The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende
Total Points = 95
MEGSCL10.3. March On!
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
From the goodreads author profile: Maya Angelou, born Marguerite Ann Johnson April 4, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri, was an American poet, memoirist, actress and an important figure in the American Civil Rights Movement.
Total to date
415 points
2 big book
MEGSCL10.4. And in Other News....
Best novels about the 60s list page 1 - A Prayer for Owen Meany
**637pp - 1 big book
Total to date
425 points
3 big book
MEGSCL10.8. Cookies!.
Total to date
435 points
3 big book
MEGSCL25.7 - Bookwrm526's task: I LOVE Reading Challenges
Option 1, set in the middle East - The Book of Longings
(description states it is set in Nazareth)
Option 3, page 2 - Afterland
Total to date
470 points
3 big book
30.3 - EIGHT TINY REINDEERDasher and Dancer
DASHER - The Wedding Dress by Danielle Steel
DANCER - Thief's Mark by Carla Neggers
TOTAL POINTS - 645
Inge10.3 March On!
Book: My Time with the Kings: A Reporter's Recollection of Martin, Coretta and the Civil Rights Movement
Points this task: 10
total points: 185
total books: 16
task completed: 14
BB ticket: 1
#pages this post: 224
total #pages: 6023
Inge5.7 The house of the rising sun
Book: De Wildernis in
This book is a re-read
As it has also children on the main page.
Into the Wild
Hunter, Erin
AR Quiz No. 67278 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10.0
BL >5 and AR > 7
Points this task: 5
total points: 190
total books: 17
task completed: 15
BB ticket: 1
#pages this post: 316
total #pages: 6339
Sara G30.8 - Ava Catherine's task: Sylvia Plath
Option 2: Beekeeper’s Daughter
Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in BEEKEEPERS.
Alcestis by Katharine Beutner
BEEKEEPERS
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. Middle names/initials may be ignored.
The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng
TE - Tan Eng.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 640
Suzannesea20.3 - Best Review - Katy's Task: Netflix Binges
Option C. The Election
Read a nonfiction book with the MPG Politics.
Conversations with RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Love, Liberty, and Law by Jeffrey Rosen
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 275
Kristen IA10.6. 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. The words must be standalone - no variations.
When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton
I listened to the audiobook and linked the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 140/990
Tasks Completed: 9/57
BB: 0
GO: 0
Jen K30.6 - Andy P.’s Task: The Litmus Test
Book 1. The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw - 192 pages
PHilyaw
Book 2. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed - 415 pages
Word: BASE - mAyBE Should
192+415 > 500
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 410
Jen K30.1 - Mazza1's task: Create a Date
Option 1: Black Sunday - 277 pages
Day: Sunday
Option 2: The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees by Meredith May - 336 pages
Month: May
277 + 336 > 600
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 440
Kristi CO20.1 - Most Improved - SandyL's Task: Escape by Romance
romance genre
Option 4: sci fi
The Space Between Worlds
Points this post: 20
Total points: 195
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 12
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Trisha20.8 - 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 (title only) or in one part of the author's name (first, middle, last). If using the author option, the book must be written by a single author.
Liminal: a refugee memoir *Author's Last Name has 3 A's (Babayan)
Points this task: 20
Books read: 21
Golden oldie:
Big book: 2
Total points: 290
Tasks completed: 16
Kristi CO20.10 - Group Reads
Southern Lit
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
discussion link
Points this post: 20
Total points: 215
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 13
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
PegW30.8 - Ava Catherine's task: Sylvia Plath
Option 1: Read a book first published in 1932, or read a book first published in 1963.
Peril at End House published in 1932.
Option 2: Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in BEEKEEPERS.
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind
**Claiming one Golden Oldie for Peril at End House (1932).
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 240
Big books: 2
Golden Oldies: 3
Andy P.Task # 15.8 - The Fab Four
Read a book with a 4-word title.
Murder by Milk Bottle by Lynne Truss
Points this post: 15
Total points: 640
Beth_NC15.2 Vietnam & the AntiWar Movement
Book 1: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
MPG War
Book 2: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Page 4 on Antiwar Books List
Big Book Ticket 594 pgs
Points: 15
Total Points: 70
Total Tasks: 9
Total Books: 10
Big Book Tickets: 2
Total Pages: 4096
Beth_NC15.3 Ground Control to Major Tom
Book 1: Aimless Witch by Shannon Mayer
aStronoMy
Book 2: Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton
MPG Space
Points: 15
Total Points: 85
Total Tasks: 10
Total Books: 12
Big Book Tickets: 2
Total Pages: 4740
25.6 Tien's task: Lunar New Year 2021Book 1: Option 1. Year of the Ox
'X' in title.
The Next Right Thing by Colleen Collins
This is a new-to-me author.
Book 2: 2. Chinese Zodiac
First published in one of your Zodiac's years.
I'm the year of the Monkey; this book was published in 2016.
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
This is a new-to-me author.
Points: 25
Total Points: 900
GO Points: 21
BB Points: 3
MARGIEVANTask 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 . . . .
Troubles in Paradise
Points this post: 10
Points total: 105
25.8 - Brooke TX's task: 2020 WrappedOption 1: Read a book that has WON an award.
I read the audio version of The Sentimentalists which won the Scotiabank Giller prize in 2010
Option 3: read a book first published in 2020 or 2021.
The Four Winds
New points: 25
Total Points: 370
GO: 1
FLY Task # 20.10 - Group Reads
task: Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
book: Mexican Gothic
how it fits: discussed here: message 24
Points this post: 20
Total points: 285
Tasks completed: 13 /58
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Task 15.4 - Assassination NationOption 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
Miss Cecily's Recipes for Exceptional Ladies by Vicky Zimmerman is audiobook
Miss Cecily's Recipes for Exceptional Ladies paperback is 432 pages
TION in Exceptional and ss in Miss and mm in Zimmerman.
Points this post: 15
Total Points this Season: 160
Total GO Tickets: 2
Total BB Tickets: 1
15.5 - Let There Be Light(s) Read a book with all the letters of LASER found in the TITLE only. Subtitles are excluded.
tuRtLES All the way down
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green is audiobook
Turtles All the Way Down is paperback at 286 pages.
Points this post: 15
Total Points this Season: 175
Total GO Tickets: 2
Total BB Tickets: 1
5.8 Exact Word from West Side Story track list in Sub/Title:Word: America
Here for It; Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays by R. Eric Thomas
Total points: 585
Tasks completed: 36
Books read: 47
GO: 4
BB: (500) 1(750) (1000)
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Marie-Anne's task: Where in the world?Option 3:Read a book with the name of a fruit in the title.
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
2x Bigger is Better tix (830p)
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 4
Bigger is Better: 8
Season Total: 805
15.7 - The British InvasionRead a book set at least 50% in the UK.
Birds of a Feather byJacqueline Winspear is audiobook
Birds of a Feather MMP is 307 pages.
The setting per GR description is UK.
Points this post: 15
Total Points this Season: 190
Total GO Tickets: 2
Total BB Tickets: 1
15.8 - The Fab FourRead a book with a 4-word title.
Death Be Not Proud by John Gunther is ebook
Death Be Not Proud MMP is 161 pages.
First published 1949
***claiming 1 GO ticket***
Points this post: 15
GO tickets this post 1
Total Points this Season: 205
Total GO Tickets: 3
Total BB Tickets: 1
15.9 - A Trekkie is BornMPG Science Fiction
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig is audiobook
The Midnight Library paperback is 288
Points this post: 15
Total Points this Season: 220
Total GO Tickets: 3
Total BB Tickets: 1
15.10 - The Digital DivideRead a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in ARPANET.
Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar is ebook
Homeland Elegies paperback is 384 pages
Points this post: 15
Total Points this Season: 235
Total GO Tickets: 3
Total BB Tickets: 1
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