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WINTER CHALLENGE 2020
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25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: The Unfortunate Effect of PlanningThis is a two-book task. Read one book from two different options.
Option 2: Read a book that:
A. was first published in a year with 11 in it.
Make the Bread, Buy the Butter: What You Should and Shouldn't Cook from Scratch -- Over 120 Recipes for the Best Homemade Foods
Published in 2011
Option 3: Read a book where at least 2 different vowels appear at least 3 times each in the title and/or subtitle.
The Code of the Woosters
'O' and 'E' appear four times each
claiming a golden oldie. This book was published in 1938
Points this task: 25
Books read this task: 2
Golden oldie claimed this task: 1
Big book claimed this task: 0
Total points: 100
Total Tasks completed: 6
Total Golden oldies: 2
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Total books read: 8
Sara ITA25.5 - Amy FL's task: Verrry Interesting
Option 1: Read a book by a single author who shares a name with one of these funny people: Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Judy Carne, Ruth Buzzi, Arte Johnson, Henry Gibson, Lily Tomlin, Goldie Hawn, Jo Anne Worley, Alan Sues and Gary Owens.
Ritratto di signora (The Portrait of a Lady) by Henry James
Henry matches Henry Gibson
** Ritratto di signora is a Big Book (537 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket
** Ritratto di signora is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1881). Claiming 1 GO ticket. **
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Option 3: Read a book with a MPG of Short Stories or Anthologies.
Fiabe lapponi by Various
I listened to the audiobook / No MMP / PB: Fiabe lapponi (167 pages)
MPG Short Stories, verified and approved here
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Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 165
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 6
Sara ITA15.8 - The Fab Four
Read a book with a 4-word title.
Un messaggio dagli spiriti by Agatha Christie
I listened to the audiobook / MMP: The Murder at Hazelmoor (228 pages)
** Un messaggio dagli spiriti is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1931). Claiming 1 GO ticket. **
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Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 180
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 7
Task 25.5 - Verrry Interestingoption 1: author DICK matches DICK Martin
Blood Sport by Dick Francis
option 2: three word title, initials in SWEET BIPPY
Painting the Sand
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450 points
6 BB tix
2 GO tix
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I read Peace Like a River. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top pb (no MMPB).
Book is found on page 1 of the Best Novels About the 1960s list - currently #38.
total points: 820
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For book 1, I read a kindle ARC of Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Hannie Schaft and the Oversteegen Sisters, Teenaged Saboteurs and Nazi Assassins. I linked to the hardback edition (no pb or MMPB).
"War" is the 3d listed MPB, and "War>World War II" is the 4th.
For book 2, I listened to an audiobook of Between Shades of Gray The MMPB is Pomrčina srca.
The book is found on page 13 of the Anti War shelf. Currently at the very bottom of the shelf.
total points: 835
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I read
- I read and linked to the kindle edition. Heart showing on the cover. The top MMPB is Nero Wolfe e sua figlia .total points: 850
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I chose option 2 for both books, author initials found in ESSENTIAL WORKER.
For my first book, I read The Enigma Game by Elizabeth Wein. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top pb (no MMPB). 320 pages.
Author initials, EW, found in Essential Worker.
For my second book, I read Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas. 360 pages.
Author initials, AT, found in essenTiAl.
320 + 360 = 680, exceeding 600 required minimum.
total points: 880
15.10 The Digital Divide Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in ARPANET.
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam ARpanet Read 1/20
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 305
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Sarah E's task: Silent Night Option 2: Read a book with a word of at least four letters in the title or subtitle that exactly matches* a word from the lyrics.
The Night Swim by Megan Goldin. Word matched "Night" Read 2/2/21
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 325
Joanne MI10.9. Laugh, We Made it to 2021!
January 24 is Global Belly Laugh Day! Read a book with the main page genre Humor.
Fortune and Glory
Points this task 10
Total Points 305
Total BB's 5
trishhartuk5.2 Hey, Jude
Read a book with one of these words in the title or subtitle: ...Good
GOOD Night, Mr. Holmes, Carole Nelson Douglas
Points this task: 5
Books read: 1
Total points: 270
Tasks completed: 22
Golden oldies: 3
Big book tickets: 5 (750+ x 2 = 4 tkt; 500+ x 1 = 1 tkt)
30.6 - 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
The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper Read 12/04/2020
Book 2. Read a book where the word ACID or BASE may be made from the letters in its TITLE. Subtitles are excluded.
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix Word Chosen BASE. Read 12/16/2020
B-Book
A-slAying
S-Southern
E-southErn
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 355
Sunshine25.8 - Brooke TX's task: 2020 Wrapped
Option 2:
Books: The Last Star by Rick Yancey 12/7/20 338
How it Fits: Author's Last name starts with Y
Option 3:
Books: The Necromancer's Library by J.L. Bryan 1/21/21
How it Fits: Published Apr 26, 2020
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 210
Books Read: 14
Sunshine20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Marie-Anne's task: Where in the world?
Option 3:
Book: Indexing by Seanan McGuire 2/1/21
How it Fits: Apple on cover
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 230
Books Read: 15
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Melinde's task: Food, glorious food!:Option: 3: title 3 words or more, where initial letter each word found in SHRIMP COCKTAIL
The Coffins of Little Hope by Timothy Schaffert is ebook
The Coffins of Little Hope paperback has 272 pgs
Points this post: 20
Total Points this Season: 275
Total GO Tickets: 3
Total BB Tickets: 1
20.3 – Best Review - Katy's task: Netflix BingesOption D, Popsugar list page 1, #83
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado is audiobook
In the Dream House: A Memoir paperback is 304 pages
Points this post: 20
Total Points this Season: 295
Total GO Tickets: 3
Total BB Tickets: 1
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Sarah E's task: Silent NightOption 1: Book by author whose initials found in SILENT NIGHT.
Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America by Eliza Griswold
Points this post: 20
Total Points this Season: 315
Total GO Tickets: 3
Total BB Tickets: 1
Sunshine20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Melinde's task: Food, glorious food!
Option 3:
Book: Happily Letter After by Vi Keeland 12/19/20
How it Fits: HLA found in SHRIMP COCKTAIL
*This has been approved as "not for kids" but I don't see it on the googledoc
Message 261 (and as of this posting date, "Childrens" doesn't even show up on the MPG anymore. Arg) :-)
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 250
Books Read: 16
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103’s task: The Sixties, but When?Option 1: Book set at least 60% during a ‘60s decade in any century EXCEPT the twentieth century.
A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe is audiobook.
A Journal of the Plague Year is MMP of 240 pages
Identified in description and metadata as taking place in 1665.
Book first published in March 1722.
***Claiming GO ticket***
Points this post: 20
GO Tickets this post: 1
Total Points this Season: 335
Total GO Tickets: 4
Total BB Tickets: 1
20.6 – Seasoned Reader - EShay's task: EShay's podcast connectionOption 3: Book where the author’s initials found in MURDERBOT.
Lady Clementine by Marie Benedict is ebook.
Lady Clementine paperback is 416 pgs.
Points this post: 20
Total Points this Season: 355
Total GO Tickets: 4
Total BB Tickets: 1
Sunshine10.7 - Earworms!
Book: Into the Darkness by K.F. Breene 1/30/21
How it Fits: ITD found in Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 260
Books Read: 17
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sara G's task: RemembranceOption 2: Author's initials in JERSEY CITY
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is audiobook
Heart of Darkness is MMP with 121 pgs.
Book first published in 1899.
***Claiming GO Ticket***
Points this post: 20
GO Tickets this post: 1
Total Points this Season: 375
Total GO Tickets: 5
Total BB Tickets: 1
Bookwrm526Task #20.5 - The Sixties, But When?
Option 3: Read a book of at least 360 pages where the page count ends in 60 or 66. I read The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar (360p).
Total points so far: 465
Sunshine25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: The Unfortunate Effect of Planning
Option 2B
Book: Playing for Keeps by R.L. Mathewson 12/3/20
How it Fits: There are 11 letters in the entire author's name
Option 4
Book: Lynchpin by Shannon Mayer 1/31/21
How it Fits: Blue sky, Yellow title
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 285
Books Read: 19
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Marie-Anne's task: Where in the world? Option 1: 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).
3 A's in Barbara.
How to Fly (In Ten Thousand Easy Lessons): Poetry by Barbara Kingsolver is audiobook
How to Fly: In Ten Thousand Easy Lessons is hardback (no paperback) is 128 pgs
Points this post: 20
Total Points this Season: 395
Total GO Tickets: 5
Total BB Tickets: 1
Task 15.4 - Assassination NationOption 2:
Waiting for an Echo: The Madness of American Incarceration, by Christine Montross, finished 2/2
TION in Incarceration
SS in Madness
SS in Montross
Points this task: 15
Total points: 605
20.10 - Group ReadsRead ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
*Love Triangles
I commented in discussion thread, message #12.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë is audiobook.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is MMP with 496 pgs.
Book first published in 1848
***claiming GO ticket***
Points this post: 20
GO tickets this post: 1
Total Points this Season: 415
Total GO Tickets: 6
Total BB Tickets: 1
Sara G30.4 - Dlmrose's task: Forward and Backward
Book 1: Read a book with a word in the TITLE that can be read backwards as a new word, such as War backwards is Raw. Subtitles are excluded.
I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up In The Holocaust by Livia Bitton-Jackson
Book 2: Read a book with the backward word that resulted in Book 1 in the TITLE. Subtitles are excluded.
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
LIVED - DEVIL
Points this post: 30
Total points: 670
Sunshine15.10 - The Digital Divide
Book: Moonshine by Rob Thurman 12/27/20
How it Fits: RT in ARPANET
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 300
Books Read: 20
Sunshine15.9 - A Trekkie is Born
Book: Pines by Blake Crouch 1/9/21
How it Fits: MPG Science Fiction
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 315
Books Read: 21
Sunshine20.1 - Most Improved - SandyL's Task: Escape by Romance
Option 4
Book: Kissed by Night by Jasmine Walt 1/14/21
How it Fits: MPG Paranormal, MPG Romance
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 335
Books Read: 22
Queen Bee Darlene5.10 Freedom - Book of my choice
The Wrong Family
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 610
Queen Bee Darlene15.3 Ground Control to Major Tom
Option 2: single author 1st & last initials found in ASTRONOMY & MPG Space
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 625
Queen Bee Darlene25.3 Queen Bee Darlene's task: The Unfortunate Effect of Planning
2B) 11 letters in author's name
Blueberry Muffin Murder by Joanne Fluke
4) blue and yellow on cover One of Us Is Next
blue background to bottom picture, yellow highlight on wording
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 650
5.7 MPG Animals Watership Down by Richard Adams
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 25.0
Total points: 585
Tasks completed: 36
Books read: 47
GO: 4
BB: (500) 1(750) (1000)
APRILLEIGH15.8 - The Fab Four
Read a book with a 4-word title.
Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 15 (535)
Golden Oldie: 0 (17)
Big Book: 0 (1)
Books Read: 1 (43)
Total Tasks: 35
Task 5.9 - Secret Agent ManBook: The Expats, finished 2/2
On p. 2 of the list
Points this task: 5
Total points: 610
25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: The Unfortunate Effect of PlanningOption 1:Read a book with one of the words DON’T TELL ME WHAT TO DO in the title only.
I listened to the audio version of I've Been Meaning to Tell You: A Letter to My Daughter
Option 2 A: Read a book that:
A. was first published in a year with 11 in it.
I read an ebook edition of Shatter Me published in 2011
New Points: 25
Total Points: 395
GO: 1
Nick KY25.4 Kristina Simon’s Summer of Love
Option 2: Bell Bottoms
Book 1. Two word title, both words begin with the same letter. I read There There by Tommy Orange, both title words begin with "T."
Book 2. Author’s name contains a double “LL” I read The Parasite by Ramsey Campbell.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 455
Task:15.10 - The Digital Divide (Author initials in ARPANET)Book read:The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Required:Author initials PN in arPaNet
GO/BB?: this book has 512 pages so I claim 1 bb ticket.
Points this task:15
Total points:270
Total Golden Oldies:2
Total Big Books:1
Books read:17
Tasks completed:13
MARGO 25.6 - Tien's task: Lunar New Year 2021Both authors are new to me.
1. Year of the Ox
Read a book with 'x' found in title/subtitle and/or author's name
The Twin Paradox
2. Chinese Zodiac
Read a book first published in one of your Zodiac's years.
Dead Man's Prayer
I am a Chinese Zodiac MONKEY. My book was published in 2016, year of the Monkey.
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Points this task: 25
Total points: 220
Tasks completed: 9
30.6 - Andy P.’s Task: The Litmus TestBook 1, a book by an author whose first or last name begins or ends with the sequence PH: The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
paperback edition The Secret Lives of Church Ladies 192 pages
Book 2, a book whose title contains the letters ACID: Midnight at the Blackbird Café by Heather Webber
paperback edition Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe 336 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 555
EMurphy30.3 Cat's Task: Eight Tiny Reindeer - Donner and Blitzen
Donner - The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
IL: MG-BL: 5.3 AR Pts: 8.0 https://www.arbookfind.com/bookdetail...
Blitzen - Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 185
Books Read: 13
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket +500: 1
BB Ticket +750: 1
Tasks Completed: 8
StaceyNC15.5 - Let There Be Light(s)
Read a book with all the letters of LASER found in the TITLE only.
Book: All the Stars in the Sky
Completed: 1/15/21
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 90
Tasks Completed: 5
BB Tickets: 2
Amy B30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Cars, Cars, Cars
Choose 2 different options and read a book for each option.
Required: Indicate which options you chose when you post.
2. Read a book where the authors first and last initial can be found in VOLKSWAGEN. Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
3. Read a book with at least 3 words in the title (ignore subtitle) where the 1st letter of each title word is found in DODGE CHALLENGER.
Cause of Death by Patricia Cornwell
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 455 Points
StaceyNC20.6 – Seasoned Reader - EShay's task: EShay's podcast connection
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.
Book: Shopping for a Billionaire 1
Completed: 1/30/21
Pages: 170
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 110
Tasks Completed: 6
BB Tickets: 2
StaceyNC20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sara G's task: Remembrance
Option 3: Southeast Asia
Read a book set at least 50% in Japan or one of these countries in Southeast Asia: Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam.
Book: A Clean Kill in Tokyo
Completed: 1/23/21
Set in Tokyo, Japan
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 130
Tasks Completed: 7
BB Tickets: 2
StaceyNC20.8 - 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).
Book: Wait for It
Completed: 1/20/21
Author: Mariana Zapata (either name works)
Claiming 1 Big Book ticket -- 670 pages
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 150
Tasks Completed: 8
BB Tickets: 3
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The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Points this post: 20
Total Points this Season: 255
Total GO Tickets: 3
Total BB Tickets: 1