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WINTER CHALLENGE 2020
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StaceyNC30.3 - Cat's task: Eight Tiny Reindeer!
Pick a reindeer pairing and read two books, the author initials (first and last names) can be found in each of the names.
My Pair: Dasher & Dancer
Book 1: In the Clearing
Completed: 12/2/20
Author: Robert Dugoni
Book 2: The Trapped Girl
Completed: 2/2/21
Author: Robert Dugoni
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 205
Tasks Completed: 10
BB Tickets: 3
StaceyNC30.8 - 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.
Book 1: Livia Lone
Completed: 12/20/20
Author: Barry Eisler
Book 2: Speakeasy
Completed: 1/3/21
Author: Sarina Bowen
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 235
Tasks Completed: 11
BB Tickets: 3
10.1. Shaken, not Stirred.August Heat (Commissario Montalbano #10) by Andrea Camilleri
author's initials, AC, found in seAn Connery
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 4
Bigger is Better: 8
Season Total: 815
30.5 - Sandy's task: Making the Best of It2. Despite everything, the garbage gets picked up, packages get delivered, and the grocery stores stay open and stocked. We have many people to thank for this and they deserve our appreciation!
Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in ESSENTIAL WORKER. All initials, including any middle initials listed on Goodreads, must be in the phrase, and letters can only be used as often as they appear in the phrase.
I read Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson. Her initials are in the phrase essentIal Workers. This book has 496 pp.
3. As the mother of two teachers, I can attest to the hard work under difficult conditions that has to be done by teachers, whether they're putting their lives at risk by being required to teach in person, or whether they're spending inordinate numbers of hours learning techniques for effective virtual education.
Read a book with the main page genre Education (standalone or embedded)
I read Buddha in the Classroom: Zen Wisdom to Inspire Teachers. It has Education on its MPG. There are 240 pp.
496+ 240 =736 pp
points: 195
books read: 18
tasks completed: 11
tasks in progress: 3
Big Books: 1
pages read: 5461
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyWinter Season 2020 SRC
REPOSTING
Task 25.2 - Nick KY's task: Regina and the Mountains
Book 1 - Option B.
Comet's First Christmas by Delilah Night, DN in balDwiN
approved for length post #8115
Book 2 - Option B.
Unspeakable Things - UT in TRES CRUCES
Points this post: 25
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
Total points this season: 655
Total GO Tickets: 6
Total BB Tickets: 6
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyWinter Season 2020 SRC
Task 20.3 – Best Review - Katy's task: Netflix Binges
A. "The Queen's Gambit" - I'm loving this chess show on Netflix. 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 Wicked King
Points this post: 20
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
Total points this season: 675
Total GO Tickets: 6
Total BB Tickets: 6
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyWinter Season 2020 SRC
Task 5.3 - Theme from A Summer Place
Read a book from this list I Only Watched the Movie
Required: State the page.
Warm Bodies on page 1
Points this post: 5
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
Total points this season: 680
Total GO Tickets: 6
Total BB Tickets: 6
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyWinter Season 2020 SRC
Task 5.9 - Secret Agent Man
Read a book from this list: Best Spy Novels
Required: State the page.
N or M?, page 2, initially published in 1941, claiming 1 GO ticket
Points this post: 5
GO Tickets: 1
BB Tickets: 0
Total points this season: 685
Total GO Tickets: 7
Total BB Tickets: 6
LAUREN JODI15.9 - A Trekkie is Born
Shadows in Death by J.D. Robb
Confirmed in post #12 of the help thread.
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 290/990
Total Books Read: 23
Tasks Completed: 19/57
trishhartuk5.1 Going to A-Go-Go
Read a book with the letters "go" found intact in a word in the title
the readaholics and the GOthic gala, Laura DiSilverio
Points this task: 5
Books read: 1
Total points: 275
Tasks completed: 23
Golden oldies: 3
Big book tickets: 5 (750+ x 2 = 4 tkt; 500+ x 1 = 1 tkt)
Sara ITA20.6 - 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.
La donna di Gilles by Madeleine Bourdouxhe
MPG Novella and 150 pages, verified and approved here
**La donna di Gilles is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1937). Claiming 1 GO ticket. **
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Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 200
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 8
Joanna T15.5 - Let There Be Light(s)
Read a book with all the letters of LASER found in the TITLE only.
Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire
Task total: 15
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Grand total: 270
BB: 2
GO: 1
ED30.6 - Andy P.’s Task: The Litmus Test
Book 1-
Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth
274 p.
Book 2-
The Call of the Weird: Travels in American Subcultures by Louis Theroux
266 p.
"ACID" found in "the CAll of the weIrD"
274+266= 540 p.
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 30
Books read=2
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Andy P.Task # 15.10 - The Digital Divide
Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in ARPANET.
The London Pigeon Wars by Patrick Neate ARPANET
Points this post : 15
Total points: 655
MARGIEVANTask 15.7 The British Invasion - read a book set at least 50% in the UK.
The Midnight Library
Details show Setting: in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
Points this post: 15
Points total: 120
Nick KY30.2 - Delicious Dee's task: LOST and FOUND
Book 1 – LOST – (I read The Drowned Lifeby Jeffrey Ford, on tbr list since 2013) 320 pp.
Book 2 - FOUND -
- Option C – I read Wasteland: The Great War and the Origins of Modern Horror, from the link to the Similar Books list, by W. Scott Poole a NEW TO ME author. 304 pp
Required: State which option you used AND that the author is new-to-you when you post.
Total pp = 624 > required 600
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 485
Bookwrm526Task #20.9 - Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Option 3: Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in OSCAR. I read Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby (285p).
Total points so far: 485
15.2 - Vietnam & the Antiwar MovementBook 1: The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
❆ MPG War > World War II ❆
Book 2: On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder
❆ found on p. 4 ❆
Total points: 230 + 15 = 245
APRILLEIGH25.5 - Amy FL’s task: Very Interesting
Option 2: Read a book with at least a 3-word title and the first letter of each word found in SOCK IT TO ME.
The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie
*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1925 ***
T found in iT.
SOC found in SOCk.
Option 3: Read a book with MPG Short Stories.
Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie
*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1929 ***
Genre verified in the help thread.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 25 (560)
Golden Oldie: 2 (19)
Big Book: 0 (1)
Books Read: 2 (45)
Total Tasks: 36
20.1 - Most Improved - SandyL's Task: Escape by RomanceOption 2:
Read a book from one of the following lists:
You Broke My Heart With Your Words
Persuasion No. 20 in the list.
Claiming a golden oldie. Published in 1818
Points this task: 20
Books read this task: 1
Golden oldie claimed this task: 1
Big book claimed this task: 0
Total points: 120
Total Tasks completed: 7
Total Golden oldies: 3
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Total books read: 9
Brooke TX10.8. Cookies!
Read a book with one or more cookies on the cover.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 505
Completed Tasks: 34
Books Read: 55
Brooke TX10.10 - I Want Them All!
Read a book with a word from the list of most popular ice cream flavors in the world. With "Chocolate":
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 515
Completed Tasks: 35
Books Read: 55
Brooke TX25.5 - Amy FL's task: Verrry Interesting
Option 2: Read a book with a title of at least three words where the first letter of each word can be found in EITHER “You Bet Your Sweet Bippy!” OR "Sock It to Me!"
Option 3: Read a book with a MPG of Short Stories or Anthologies.
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 540
Completed Tasks: 36
Books Read: 55
Brooke TX30.3 - Cat's task: Eight Tiny Reindeer!
Pick a reindeer pairing and read two books, the author initials (first and last names) can be found in each of the names. I picked Donner & Blitzen.
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 570
Completed Tasks: 37
Books Read: 55
Brooke TX30.8 - Ava Catherine's task: Sylvia Plath
Option 4: Read a book with MPG mental health or the MPG mental illness.
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 600
Completed Tasks: 38
Books Read: 55
Andy P.Task # 15.9 - A Trekkie is Born
Read a book with the MPG Science Fiction.
The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi MPG Science Fiction
Points this post: 15
Total points: 670
5.5 - Aquarius/Let the Sunshine InTales from Earthsea
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 480
Tasks Completed: 36
Books Read: 43
Big Books: 500: 1, 750: 2
GO: 1
30.1 - Mazza1's task: Create a DateOption 1: Read a book with a day of the week in its TITLE: an S may be added to pluralise or create a possessive.
Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage
Option 2: Read a book written by a single author whose name (first, middle or last) is a month of the year
Birth Without Fear: The Judgment-Free Guide to Taking Charge of Your Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum by January Harshe
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 510
Tasks Completed: 37
Books Read: 45
Big Books: 500: 1, 750: 2
GO: 1
20.5Option 3: 360+ pages where the page count ends in 60 or 66
Komarr by Lois McMaster Bujold
366 pgs
Total points: 610
Tasks completed: 38
Books read: 49
GO: 4
BB: (500) 1(750) (1000)
5.6 - Sugar, SugarAsh Island (The Belltree Trilogy #2) by Barry Maitland
author's first name, Barry, matched Jeff Barry
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 4
Bigger is Better: 8
Season Total: 820
Coralie25.5 Regina and the Mountains
Option B – book by an author whose initials are in james baldWiN
History of the Rain by Niall Williams
Option B – book with a two word title where the first letters can be found in kilmAnjarO
Olive, Again
Total to date 460 points
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyWinter Season 2020 SRC
Task 5.7 - The House of the Rising Sun
Read a book with a main page genre Animals. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
Jaws - MPG animals
Points this post: 5
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
Total points this season: 690
Total GO Tickets: 7
Total BB Tickets: 6
25.6 - Tien's task: Lunar New Year 20211. Year of the Ox
Read a book with 'x' found in title/subtitle and/or author's name
New to me author!
You Exist. Details Follow.
2. Chinese Zodiac
I'm a Tiger. New-to-me, author.
The Gifts of Imperfection
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 535
Tasks Completed: 38
Books Read: 47
Big Books: 500: 1, 750: 2
GO: 1
20.8 - 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.
The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 555
Tasks Completed: 39
Books Read: 48
Big Books: 500: 1, 750: 2
GO: 1
Mod
I read N or M? - I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top MMPB.
total points: 885
Mod
For my first book, I used option 1 and read A Perfect Evil by Alex Kava. (top MMPB is Hyytävä salaisuus).
Author name contains an X - aleX. Alex Kava is a new author for me.
For my second book, I used option 2 and read The Mountains of Mourning by Lois McMaster Bujold - I read the kindle edition, linked to the top pb (no MMPB).
I was born in the year of the Snake - 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025. This book was first published in 1989. Lois McMaster Bujold is a new author for me.
total points: 910
Mod
For my first book, I used option 2 and read a kindle ARC of Guilt at the Garage - linked to the hardback, no pb or MMPB. Author is Simon Brett.
Author initials, SB, found in BeekeeperS.
For my second book, I used option 4 and read a kindle ARC of Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting - linked to the hardcover (no pb or MMPB).
"Health>Mental Health" is a listed MPG, and was verified in the help thread post 2
total points: 940
Mod
I spun Left Foot Yellow.
For book 1, a book by an author I have read before. I read No Time Like the Future by Michael J Fox. I read the kindle, linked to the top pb (no MMPB). I previously read Lucky Man and Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist by the same author. 230 pages.
For book 2, a book with a title of 4 or more words. I read The House in the Cerulean Sea. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top pb. 6 word title. 396 pages.
For book 3, at least 50% yellow cover, I read
. 320 pages.Tineye results:
39.7% #fcf62c - yellow
20.7% #f2ecd6 - grey
17.3% #362525 - brown
11.9% #d8cb48 - yellow
30.7 + 11.9 = 51.6%
230+396+320 = 946 pages
total points: 990
Christine V15.10 - The Digital Divide
The Warden by Anthony Trollope
The Warden was first published in 1855.
***Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket***
Point this post: 15
GO Tickets this post: 1
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 8
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
Task 10.1 - Shaken, not Stirredauthor initials in SEAN CONNERY
Winter Dark by Alex Callister
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460 points
6 BB tix
2 GO tix
LAUREN JODI50.1 - TraceyL's task: Twister
Twister roll: Left Foot Yellow
Book #1: Left
Beautiful Player by Christina Lauren
Page #: 402
Required: I have read this author before.
Book #2: Foot
The Wicked Ways of a Duke by Laura Lee Guhrke
Page #: 372
Book #3: Yellow
4:50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie
Page #: 288
Total pages: 1062
Tineye Results:
44.5 % #fcf20a Yellow
23.2.4 % #505552 Grey
16.2 % #93938f Grey
4.8 % #e6db41 Yellow
2.7 % #16211d Black
2.4 % #98944c Brown
2.2 % #fbfa98 Yellow
1.8 % #ada032 Brown
1.4 % #918d65 Grey
0.8 % #4c5524 Green
44.5 + 4.8 + 2.2 = 51.5%
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Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 340/990
Total Books Read: 26
Tasks Completed: 20/57
ZachFor Task 20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Melinde's task: Food, glorious food! I chose Option 3: Appetizers and read Trail of Lightning. The initial letters T O L appear in SHRIMP COCKTAIL.
Points this post: 20
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Totals:
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Points: 185
BBTs: 1
GOTs: 0
Jasmiina F25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: The Unfortunate Effect of Planning:
Option 1: Read a book with one of the words DON’T TELL ME WHAT TO DO in the title only:
Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich.
Option 2.A.: Read a book that was first published in a year with 11 in it:
The Near Witch by Victoria Schwab.
The book was first published in 2011.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 95
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
25.1 - Bluemoon's task: CHRISTMAS IN THE 1960STwo books. Chose two options.
Option 2: book with author initials in ANIMATED CHRISTMAS.
Letters from Yellowstone by Diane Smith
Option 3: book title of at least three words with initial letter each word found in SOMEDAY ALL OUR DREAMS WILL COME TO BE.
The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason is audiobook.
The Richest Man in Babylon is MMP with 144 pgs
First published 1926
***claiming GO ticket***
Points this post: 25
GO tickets this post: 1
Total Points this Season: 440
Total GO Tickets: 7
Total BB Tickets: 1
25.2 - Nick KY's task: Regina and the Mountains Read one Book 1 and one Book 2.
Book 1-Option B book with author initials in JAMES BALDWIN.
Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl by Jonathan C. Slaght is audiobook
Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl paperback is 368 pages
Book 2-option A: Book from 2020 Banff Mtn Award Winners
The Bear by Andrew Krivak
Points this post: 25
Total Points this Season: 465
Total GO Tickets: 7
Total BB Tickets: 1
30.1 Option 1: Day of Week in Title
Blue Monday by Nicci French
412 pgs
Option 3: Digit 1st-31st in Title
1st to Die by James Patterson
424 pgs
Total points: 640
Tasks completed: 39
Books read: 51
GO: 4
BB: (500) 1(750) (1000)
Delicious Dee30.1 - Mazza1's task: Create a Date
Option 1 - Monday the Rabbi Took Off
Option 3 - The 6th Extinction - Big Book ticket - i read the kindle book, but most popular MMPB has 567pgs - The 6th Extinction
points this post: 30
Updated Total points: 550
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25.1 - Bluemoon's task: CHRISTMAS IN THE 1960S
This is a two book task. Chose two options below and read a book for each option.
OPTION 1 - ALUMINIUM CHRISTMAS TREE
Read a book with a red, blue, and/or green OBJECT on the cover.
Book:
Completed: 12/30/21
Blue pants on Cover
Approved for length -- Post 8097
OPTION 2 - ANIMATED CHRISTMAS SPECIALS
Read a book by a single author whose initials (first and last) are found in ANIMATED CHRISTMAS.
Book: Blood Heir
Completed: 1/17/21
Author: Ilona Andrews
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 175
Tasks Completed: 9
BB Tickets: 3