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WINTER CHALLENGE 2020
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
Task 20.7 – Shorter is SweeterOption 1:
Book chosen: Girl, Woman, Other
Fits task: all letters of Motown found in the title M, O, W, N found in "woman," O, T found in "other"
Format read: audio
# of pages: 453
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 425 points
Task 20.9 – Moderator's PetOption 3:
Book chosen: Home Before Dark
Fits task: author: Riley Sager; R and S found in "OSCAR"
Format read: audio
# of pages: 400
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 445 points
Task 25.1 – CHRISTMAS IN THE 1960SBook 1 - Option 2:
Book chosen: Piranesi
Fits task: author: author Susanna Clarke; S and C found in "Christmas"
Format read: audio with ebook along
# of pages: 243
Book 2 - Option 3:
Book chosen: The Magdalene Deception
Fits task: 3-word title; T, M, D found in "to" and "someday"
Format read: ebook
# of pages: 368
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date: 470 points
ZachFor Task 10.1. Shaken, not Stirred. I read Guardians of the Galaxy by Al Ewing, Vol. 1: Then It's Us. Al Ewing's initials can be found in SEAN CONNERY.
Points this post: 10
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Totals:
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Points: 195
BBTs: 1
GOTs: 0
Task 50.1 – TwisterSpinner result: Left Foot Yellow
Book 1 - Left:
Book chosen: The Perfect Blindside
Fits task: author I have read before (read in 2019)
Format read: ebook
# of pages: 265
Book 2 - Foot:
Book chosen: The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany
Fits task: title 4 or more words - title has 6 words
Format read: audio
# of pages: 400
Book 3 - Yellow:
Book chosen:
Fits task: title Tineye color analysis: 56.5%+16.5%+2%+0.8%=75.8% yellow
Format read: audio
# of pages: 298
Total number of pages: 265+400+298=963
Points this post: 50 points
Total points to date: 520 points
Nick KY10.3 March On!
I read The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double-Consciousness by Paul Gilroy. The thesis is that African-inspired culture is not only Afrocentric, but U.S. and Eurocentric in its historical development, The Civil Rights movement is seen as one of a line of developing criteria which defines this mixed bag of cultures which, at its center, holds the conflict and congruence of race relations.
The link on "add books" is not working. The GR homepage is here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 520
Nick KY15.1 Groovy, Man~
Woodstock Day 2. Sat. Aug 16 – Sun Aug. 17
Book 1. I read In the Palm of Your Hand, Second Edition: A Poet's Portable Workshopby Steve Kowit. The author’s name Steve is the same as the keyboard player for Mountain – Steve Knight – who played at 9PM
Book 2. I read Somebody I used to Know by David Bell. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
The word “Somebody” from the title is also in the title of “To Love Somebody” as sung by Janis Joplin at 2AM. (Janis Joplin almost all the time sings “Anybody” rather than “Somebody,” but “Somebody” is in the title of the song.)
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 535
Beth_NC20.2 Food, Glorious Food Of Blood and Bone by Nora Roberts
55.4% Orange 9.3 Red
Points: 20
Total Points: 105
Total Tasks: 11
Total Books: 13
Big Book Tickets: 2
Total Pages: 5193
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Marie-Anne's task: Where in the world?Option 3:
Writers & Lovers by Lily King
Total Points = 120
Andy P.Task # 15.5 - Let There Be Light(s)
Read a book with all the letters of LASER found in the TITLE
Spring Cleaning by Antonio Manzini
SPRINGCLEANING
Points this post: 15
Total points: 685
Trisha10.2. A Decade of Turbulence I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World - this book is set in Pakistan
Points this task: 10
Books read: 22
Golden oldie:
Big book: 2
Total points: 300
Tasks completed: 17
delicious dee50.1 - TraceyL's task: Twister
left hand yellow
Book 1 - Brotherhood in Death - J.D. Robb - i've read this author before
book 2 - Concrete Rose
book 3 -
- timeye results: 50.4 %#f5d683 Yellow
10.5 %#dcae8e Brown
8.9 %#e7b343 Orange
7.1 %#443428 Brown
6.4 %#8e6248 Brown
5.6 %#1b1b1b Black
4.7 %#cf9d66 Brown
3.1 %#ab9b69 Brown
2.9 %#716545 Brown
0.4 %#a17529 Brown
points this post: 50
Updated Total points: 615
Delicious Dee30.5 - Sandy's task: Making the Best of It
Option 1 - Her Billionaire Army Doc
Option 2 - Ritual Sins - Anne Stuart - AS found in ESSENTIAL WORKER
points this post: 30
Updated Total points: 645
Task 5.1 - Going to A-Go-GoGO intact in title
The Gospel of Loki
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455 points (NB - you seem to have credited me 10 points for a task you flagged an error in - 10.1 submitted in post 2249, flagged in #200 of the Problems thread)
6 BB tix
2 GO tix
10.10 Word in Sub/Title: 3. Butter (Pecan)Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton
Total points: 650
Tasks completed: 40
Books read: 52
GO: 4
BB: (500) 1(750) (1000)
Task 20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Marie-Anne's task: Where in the world?Option 1: The Last One by Alexandra Oliva, finished 2/5
Points this task: 20
Total points: 655
Mary P50.1 - TraceyL's task: Twister
Left Foot Red
Book 1:Option Left: Read a book by an author you have read from before.
Starvation Heights} by {author:Gregg Olson}
436 pages I have read this author before.
Book 2: Foot: Read a book with 4 or more words in the TITLE. Ignore subtitles. Spaces determine words.
[book:Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
386 pages
Book 3: Read a book where the cover is at least 50% the color from your spin according to Tineye.
The Strawberry Hearts Diner by Carolyn Brown
286 pages 52.6% Red
Points this post: 50
Total points 250
Task 15.8 – The Fab FourFour-word title
A History of Loneliness
I listened to the audio / no MMP / A History of Loneliness - 384 pg
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This Post: 15 points
Total points to date: 255 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Melinde's task: Food, glorious food!Option 3: Read a book with a title of 3 words or more, where the initial letters of each word can be found in the words SHRIMP COCKTAIL.
The Lost Man by Jane Harper
title has 3 words & initial letters of each word, TLM, found in shriMp cockTaiL
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 4
Bigger is Better: 8
Season Total: 850
Task 25.4 – Kristina Simon – The Summer of LoveREQUIRED: Choose ONE Option and read Book A and Book B
Option 3: Hippies In Haight-Ashbury
Book 1: 1st published 1960 – 1969 inclusive
Little Big Man - 1st published 1964
I listened to the audio / MMPB: Piccolo grande uomo - 567 pg
*** BIG BOOK *** 1 tickets – 567 pages
Book 2: Hyphenated word in title
A Well-Behaved Woman
I listened to the audio / No MMPB / Paperback: A Well-Behaved Woman - 560 pg
*** BIG BOOK *** 1 tickets – 560 pages
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 280 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (3) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 3
Kathy KS50.1 - TraceyL's task: Twister
This is a 3 book task. The total page count must be at least 750 pages.
Results of the Twister spinner: Right hand - Blue
Book 1 - Option Right: Read a book by an author you have NOT read from before.
Western Rivermen, 1763-1861: Ohio and Mississippi Boatmen and the Myth of the Alligator Horse, by Michael Allen
this author is new-to-me
261 p. (hb)
Book 2 - Option Hand: Read a book with 3 words or less in the TITLE.
Wild Rain, by Beverly Jenkins
I read an ebook ARC of this title; mmpb=384 p.
Book 3 - Read a book where the cover is at least 50% the color from your spin according to Tineye.
Even Money, by Dick Francis
Tineye results:
among others...
75.5 % #1d447f Blue
I read a large print hb of this title; pb=448 p. (no mmpb)
Total pages: 261+384+448=1093 pages (>750)
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Points for this task: 50
Total points : 210
Tasks completed: 9
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
20.10 - Group ReadsThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
Read the audiobook, the top MMPB is 563 pgs
I commented on the group read thread, message #15
Total Points: 540
FLY Task #30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Cars, Cars, Cars
task: 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.
book: Oryx and Crake
how it fits: 1st letters are OAC - dOdge ChAllenger
task: 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.
book: Murder in the South of France
how it fits: author Susan Kiernan-Lewis has initials SK - volKSwagen
Points this post: 30
Total points: 315
Tasks completed: 14/58
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
FLY Task #20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Melinde's task: Food, glorious food!
task: Option 3: Appetizers
Read a book with a title of 3 words or more, where the initial letters of each word can be found in the words SHRIMP COCKTAIL.
book: Ready Player Two
how it fits: initial letters RPT in shRimP cockTail
Points this post: 20
Total points: 335
Tasks completed: 15 /58
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Task 25.4 - The Summer of Loveoption 2A: title has all the same initials
Toe to Toe
option 2B: author name contains LL
The Secret Runners of New York by Matthew Reilly
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485 points
6 BB tix
2 GO tix
Amy FL15.1 - Groovy, Man
Day 1
Book 1: A Time for Mercy by John Grisham (John Pilla – guitarist for Arlo Guthrie)
Book 2: Joe Victim (Joe Hill - performed by Joan Baez)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 450
Amy FL25.4 - Kristina Simon's task: The Summer of Love
Option 2: Bell Bottoms
Book A: Seeking Safety (Both title words start with S)
Book B: The Evening and the Morning by Ken FoLLeTT
Points this post: 25
Total points: 475
Amy FL50.1 - TraceyL's task: Twister
Spin: Right Hand Blue
Book 1: The Guest List by Lucy Foley (this author was new to me)
Book 2: Redemption Point (2 word title)
Book 3:
94.9% Blue:
82.3 % #1e2051 Blue
7.9 % #579dcc Blue
4.7 % #345a8b Blue
2.8 % #7a7b95 Grey
0.9 % #735633 Brown
0.6 % #a17933 Brown
0.4 % #ca9b32 Orange
0.3 % #433641 Grey
0.2 % #f7eb9d Yellow
Linked to audiobook versions which I listened to, but combined page total for paperback editions is over 1,100.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 525
5.10 - FreedomBook of your choice.
Have His Carcase by Dorothy L. Sayers
Published 1932 for 1 Golden Oldie point.
Points: 5
Total Points: 905
GO Points: 22
BB Points: 3
10.8. Cookies!Cookies on the cover.
by Joanne FlukePoints: 10
Total Points: 915
GO Points: 22
BB Points: 3
The Mark of Zorro by Johnston McCulleyPublished in 1919 for 1 Golden Oldie point.
Points: 5
Total Points: 920
GO Points: 23
BB Points: 3
EMurphy30.5 Sandy's Task: Making the Best of It
Option 2: Author's initials are found in ESSENTIAL WORKERS Educated by Tara Westover (334 pages)
Option 4: Book from one of the lists Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (399 pages)
Page 1 of Science and Literature-Together at Last list
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 215
Books Read: 15
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket +500: 1
BB Ticket +750: 1
Tasks Completed: 9
Task 10.1 - Shaken, not Stirred - REPOST after error (original post #2249)author initials in SEAN CONNERY
Winter Dark by Alex Callister
length verified: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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495 points
6 BB tix
2 GO
Julia10350.1 - TraceyL's task: Twister
I rolled Left Hand Blue.
Book 1: The Two Mrs. Abbotts by D.E. Stevenson. I have previously read books by this author.
Book 2: Miss Buncle Married (three word title)
Book 3:
TinEye results:
70.0%#2c2f46 blue
15.1%#374075 blue
3.5 %#70695dGrey
2.9 %#cab165Brown
2.3 %#c2b379Brown
2.2 %#9a8f6bGrey
1.7 %#858a96Grey
1.4 %#c8ccd9Grey
0.9 %#a7add3Grey
70.0 + 15.1 = 85.1% blue
Miss Buncle Married was first published in 1936. The Two Mrs. Abbotts was first published in 1943. Claiming two GO tickets.
This post: 50 points, 2 GO
Total points: 720
BB: 8
GO: 4
Tasks completed: 37
Books read: 56
APRILLEIGH25.7 - Bookwrm526's task: I Love Reading Challenges
Option 1: Read a book set at least 50% in the Middle East.
Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie
*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1937 ***
The book is set almost entirely in Jerusalem (Israel) and Petra (Jordan) in the Middle East, with only the epilogue taking place in London. This is confirmed in the Goodreads metadata.
Option 4: Choose a book read between Jan 1 and Nov 30 of 2020 and read another by this author.
The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie
*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1942 ***
I finished One, Two, Buckle My Shoe on April 24, 2020.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 25 (600)
Golden Oldie: 2 (21)
Big Book: 0 (1)
Books Read: 2 (48)
Total Tasks: 38
Andy P.Task # 15.6 - Heart to Heart
Read a book with a heart(s) on the cover
by Warren TalbotPoints this post: 15
Total points: 700
30.5 (600+ pgs)Option 2: All Initials in ESSENTIAL WORKER
The Hollow of Fear by Sherry Thomas 329 pgs
Option 4: "Science & Literature Together at Last" List, page 1
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson 544 pgs
*Claiming BB ticket*
Total points: 680
Tasks completed: 41
Books read: 54
GO: 4
BB: 1(500) 1(750) (1000)
Task 20.7 - Remembranceoption 2: author initials in JERSEY
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
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515 points
6 BB tix
2 GO tix
delicious dee10.6. Please Phrase That in the Form of a Question.
What You See
points this post: 10
Updated Total points: 655
Delicious Dee10.10 - I Want Them All!
French Roast - for french vanilla
points this post: 10
Updated Total points: 665
Delicious Dee15.7 - The British Invasion
One Fine Duke - set primarily in London
points this post: 15
Updated Total points: 680
APRILLEIGH15.7 - The British Invasion
Read a book set at least 50% in the UK.
Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie
*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1938 ***
The book is set entirely in the UK. This is confirmed in the Goodreads metadata.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 15 (615)
Golden Oldie: 1 (22)
Big Book: 0 (1)
Books Read: 1 (49)
Total Tasks: 39
Amy B15.8 - The Fab Four
Read a book with a 4-word title. Spaces determine words. All words count. Subtitles should be ignored.
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 500 Points
Doing Dewey15.7 - The British Invasion
The People We Hate at the Wedding
This Task :
Points: 15
Golden Oldies Ticket: No
Big Books Ticket: No
Totals:
Total: 330/1015
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 4
Total Tasks Completed: 18/58
Coralie25.8 2020 Wrapped
Option 1 – book that has won an award
Golden Boys winner of the Australian Independent Booksellers Indie award for fiction 2015
Option 3 – book first published in 2020
The Living Sea of Waking Dreams
Total to date 485 points
Suzannesea20.9 - Moderator's Task - Tammy AZ's Task: Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Option 2
Read a book from the Best Female Lead Characters list.
Divergent by Veronica Roth is on page 1 (#15) of the list.
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 295
TrishaReposting to correct version read
10.2. I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban- this book is set in Pakistan
Points this task: 10
Books read: 22
Golden oldie:
Big book: 2
Total points: 300
Tasks completed: 17
Jen K30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Cars, Cars, Cars
Option 2. VW Microbus:
Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
volksWagoN
Approved as not a comic book- message 79
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Option 4. VW Beetle:
The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water
Beetle: water scavenger beetles (superfamily Hydrophiloidea)
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 470
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Option 1:
Book chosen: The Odyssey
Fits task: On List "Radiolab Suggested Readings" - page 1, position 24
Format read: audio
# of pages: 541
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 405 points