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WINTER CHALLENGE 2020
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APRILLEIGH20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Marie-Anne’s task: Where in the World?
Option 1: Read a book with 3 As in one part of the author's name.
Towards Zero by Agatha Christie
*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1944 ***
Three As in AgAthA.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (710)
Golden Oldie: 1 (24)
Big Book: 0 (1)
Books Read: 1 (56)
Total Tasks: 46
APRILLEIGH25.4 - Kristina Simon’s task: The Summer of Love
Option 3: Hippies in Haight-Ashbury
Book A: Read a book first published between 1960 and 1969.
A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie
First published in 1964.
Book B: Read a book with a hyphenated word in the title/subtitle.
Astronomical Sketching: A Step-by-Step Introduction
Hyphens in Step-by-Step.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 25 (735)
Golden Oldie: 0 (24)
Big Book: 0 (1)
Books Read: 2 (58)
Total Tasks: 47
APRILLEIGH15.5 - Let There Be Light(s)
Read a book with all the letters of LASER found in the title.
At Bertram’s Hotel by Agatha Christie
L found in hoteL.
ASER found in bERtrAm’S.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 15 (750)
Golden Oldie: 0 (24)
Big Book: 0 (1)
Books Read: 1 (59)
Total Tasks: 48
APRILLEIGH30.1 - Mazza1’s task: Create a Date
Option 3: Read a book with an ordinal number corresponding to a day in the month in its title.
The 9th Judgment by James Patterson (416 pp)
Option 4: Read a book with a year in its title.
Observer’s Handbook 2021 by James S Edgar (352 pp)
416 + 352 = 768 > 600 pp
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 30 (780)
Golden Oldie: 0 (24)
Big Book: 0 (1)
Books Read: 2 (61)
Total Tasks: 49
APRILLEIGH30.5 - Sandy’s task: Making the Best of It
I choose to read two books from the same option.
Option 2: Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in ESSENTIAL WORKER.
For both titles, WR found in WoRker.
Don’t Lie to Me by Willow Rose (314 pp)
(Read the kindle version - paperback - no mmpb)
What You Did by Willow Rose (316 pp)
(Read the kindle version - paperback - no mmpb)
314 + 316 = 630 > 600 pp
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 30 (810)
Golden Oldie: 0 (24)
Big Book: 0 (1)
Books Read: 2 (63)
Total Tasks: 50
APRILLEIGH30.4 - Dlmrose task: Forward and Backward
Book 1: Read a book with a word in the title that can be read backwards as a new word.
Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie
*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1941 ***
Book 2: Read a book with the backward word from Book 1 in the title.
Live Wire by Pamela Fagan Hutchins
(Read the kindle version - paperback - no mmpb)
EVIL == LIVE
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 30 (840)
Golden Oldie: 1 (25)
Big Book: 0 (1)
Books Read: 2 (65)
Total Tasks: 51
Repost from #23405.3 - Theme from A Summer Place
From this list I Only Watched the Movie
Page 5.
The Mark of Zorro by Johnston McCulley
Published in 1919 for 1 Golden Oldie point.
Points: 5
Total Points: 940
Golden Oldies: 24
Big Books: 3
10.2. A Decade of TurbulenceSet at least 50% in Burma (Myanmar).
Incident at Badamya by Dorothy Gilman
Points: 10
Total Points: 950
Golden Oldies: 24
Big Books: 3
10.4. And in Other News....From List Best Novels about the 1960s
Page 1
The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
Points: 10
Total Points: 960
Golden Oldies: 24
Big Books: 3
MARGIEVANTask 25.2 - Nick KY's task: Regina and the Mountains
2 Book Task
Book 1 - I chose Option B - Read a book with an author whose first and last initials are in James Baldwin.
One for the Money
By Janet Evanovich
Letters J and E
Book 2 - I chose Option B - Read a book with a two-word title, the first letters of each word should be in the name of ONE of the following famous mountains.
The Rising: Antichrist is Born
Mountain Range used was TRES CRUCES
T and R
Points this post: 25
Points total: 145
APRILLEIGH25.8 - Brooke TX’s task: 2020 Wrapped
Option 1: Read a book that won an award.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1926 ***
Won CWA Best Ever Crime Novel
Option 2: Read a book whose title starts with E, I, Q, U, V, X, Y, or Z.
Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 25 (865)
Golden Oldie: 1 (26)
Big Book: 0 (1)
Books Read: 2 (67)
Total Tasks: 52
APRILLEIGH15.2 - Vietnam & the Antiwar Movement
Book 1: Read a book with MPG War or a MPG that includes the word WAR.
Maus II by Art Spiegelman
*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1926 ***
MPG War verified in the help thread.
Book 2: Read a book found on Anti War Books.
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
At time of posting, this book is found on page one of the list.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 15 (880)
Golden Oldie: 0 (26)
Big Book: 0 (1)
Books Read: 2 (69)
Total Tasks: 53
APRILLEIGH30.2 - Delicious Dee’s task: Lost and Found
Book 1: LOST
Read a book that has been lost on your TBR for at least 3 years.
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (324 pp)
Title was added to my TBR list on May 23, 2013, over 7.5 years ago.
Book 2, Option C: FOUND
Read a book by a new-to-you author found in the READERS ALSO ENJOYED section.
The Martian by Andy Weir (384 pp)
This is the first book I've read by Andy Weir.
The presence of this title on the appropriate page was verified in the help thread.
324 + 384 = 708 > 600 pp
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 30 (910)
Golden Oldie: 0 (26)
Big Book: 0 (1)
Books Read: 2 (71)
Total Tasks: 54
APRILLEIGH25.6 - Tien’s task: Lunar New Year 2021
Option 1: Year of the Ox
Read a book with X found in title.
Space and Astronomy Experiments by Pamela Walker
This is the first book I’ve read by Pamela Walker.
X found in eXpediments.
Option 2: Chinese Zodiac
Read a book first published in one of your Zodiac's years, in my case MONKEY.
The 7th Canon by Robert Dugoni
This is the first book I’ve read by Robert Dugoni.
The Years of the Monkey include 2016, which is when this title was first published.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 25 (935)
Golden Oldie: 0 (26)
Big Book: 0 (1)
Books Read: 2 (73)
Total Tasks: 55
APRILLEIGH5.10 - Freedom
Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
Nemesis by Agatha Christie
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 5 (940)
Golden Oldie: 0 (26)
Big Book: 0 (1)
Books Read: 1 (74)
Total Tasks: 56
Coralie25.6 Lunar New Year 2021
Option 1 – Year of the Ox – book with an X in the title
An Excess Male by Maggie Shen King
Option 2 – Chinese Zodiac – book published in a year of the monkey (like me)
The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee published 2016
These authors are both new to me.
Total to date 510 points
Kim O10.2. A Decade of Turbulence Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries, each of which had at least one successful coup during the 60s:Algeria, Argentina, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burma (Myanmar), Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Iraq, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Somalia, Somaliland, South Korea, Sudan, Syria, Togo, Turkey, Upper Volta (Burkina Faso), Yemen, Zanzibar.
The Island of Sea Women Set in South Korea
Points this task: 10
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Totals:
Points: 255
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 4
Tasks completed: 18
APRILLEIGH50.1 - TraceyL’s task: Twister
My spin result was LEFT FOOT - RED.
Book 1: Option LEFT
Read a book by an author you have read from before.
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie (373 pp)
*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1937 ***
I’ve read numerous titles by Agatha Christie, including her very first novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles on April 5, 2018.
Book 2: Option FOOT
Read a book with four or more words in the title.
The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie (375 pp)
*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1929 ***
Title has four words.
Book 3: Option RED
Read a book where the cover is at least 50% RED according to TinEye.
Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie (303 pp)TinEye result with 65.9 % Red (64.1 + 1.8).
64.1 % #c91e30 Red*
10.4 % #b29188 Grey
8.8 % #e4dfcf Grey
7.2 % #a9b790 Grey
4.7 % #28211e Black
1.8 % #901c21 Red*
1.6 % #6f1f21 Brown
1.0 % #441819 Brown
0.4 % #986852 Brown
373 + 375 + 303 = 1051 > 750 pp
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 50 (990)
Golden Oldie: 2 (28)
Big Book: 0 (1)
Books Read: 3 (77)
Total Tasks: 57
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Julia1035.3 - Theme from A Summer Place
Arsenic and Old Lace (on page 3 of list, #239)
This was first published in 1939 - claiming one GO ticket.
This edition has 96 pages. This is my one 5-point task with 80-99 pages.
This post: 5 points, 1 GO
Total points: 755
BB: 8
GO: 5
Tasks completed: 39
Books read: 59
MARGO 20.8 - Nickels & DimesOption 3: Read a book with fruit on the cover or the name of a fruit in the title.
Apple Pie and Arsenic
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Points this task: 20
Total points: 275
Tasks completed: 12
15.1 - Groovy, ManDay 2 selected
Book 1-
musical artist name also found in author name -John- as in John Sebastian
The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vaillant is audiobook
The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival paperback has 352 pages
Book 2
word found in Song title 'Long Red'. Red also found in book title:
Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea by Morgan Callan Rogers is audiobook'
Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea is paperback with 320 pages
Points this post: 15
Total Points this Season: 800
Total GO Tickets: 11
Total BB Tickets: 2
Doing Dewey50.1 - TraceyL's task: Twister
Twister spinner results - Right Foot Red
Book 1 - Right - book by an author I've read from before
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
450 pages
Book 2 - Foot - book with 4+ word title
A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History
278 pages
Book 3 - Red - book with cover 50% red
How to Walk Away
302 pages
total pages > 750: 450+278+302=1030
This Task :
Points: 50
Golden Oldies Ticket: No
Big Books Ticket: No
Totals:
Total: 380/1015
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 4
Total Tasks Completed: 19/58
Kim O10.10 - I Want Them All! Read a book with a word from this list in its title/subtitle: vanilla, chocolate, butter pecan, strawberry, neapolitan, chocolate chip, french vanilla, cookies and cream, vanilla fudge ripple, praline pecan.
Vanilla Bean Killer
Points this task: 10
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Totals:
Points: 265
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 4
Tasks completed: 19
Elizabeth PTask 30.8 - Sylvia Plath
Option 2: Author's initials in BEEKEEPERS
Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson
BeekeeperS
At 1306 pages, good for *3 Big Book Tickets*
MMPB Link: Oathbringer
Option 4: Main page genre mental health
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Mental health embedded under Health
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 415
Total Tasks: 23
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 8
Total Books: 29
15.10 - The Digital DivideSingle author whose initials can be found in ARPANET
Beard in Mind by Penny Reid
Read the audiobook, the top paperback is 400 pgs
Total Points: 555
30.1 - Mazza1's task: Create a DateOption 1: Book with a day of the week in its title
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Read the audiobook, the top paperback is 381 pgs
Option 4: Book with a year (numerical format) in its title
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2013 by Dave Eggers
Read an ebook, the top paperback is 487 pgs
381+487 = 868 > 600 pgs
Total Points: 585
Coralie10.9 Laugh; We Made it to 2021
Book with MPG Humor
The Annihilation Score
Total to date 520 points
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska20.1 - Most Improved - SandyL's Task: Escape by Romance.
Option 4. Read a book with MPGs romance and paranormal.
Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer (662 p.)*
* I would like to claim a BBT, please.
➸ Total Points: 20
➸ Total Pages: 662
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska20.4 - Golden Oldies - Sarah E's task: Silent Night
Option 1.Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in SILENT NIGHT.
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (438 p.)
➸ Total Points: 40
➸ Total Pages: 1,100
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska20.6 – Seasoned Reader - EShay's task: EShay's podcast connection.
Option 4.Read a book whose page count is between 150-200.
Buddhism Plain and Simple: The Practice of Being Aware, Right Now, Every Day by Steve Hagen (177 p.)
➸ Total Points: 60
➸ Total Pages: 1,277
Delicious Dee15.2 - Vietnam & the Antiwar Movement
Book 1 - The Light in Hidden Places - shelved as war by 40ppl
Book 2 - The Yellow Bird Sings - found on pg4 about 2/3 of the way down the page
points this post: 15
Updated Total points: 780
Delicious DeeUNCLAIM
5.1 - Going to A-Go-Go
The Eye of God - GO in God; 1 big book ticket - i read the kindle version but most popular MMPB has 530pgs (The eye of god)
points this post: -5
Updated Total points: 775
Delicious Dee15.9 - A Trekkie is Born
The Eye of God - science fiction by 38ppl
points this post: 15
Updated Total points: 795
Delicious dee5.10 – Freedom
Across the Green Grass Fields
points this post: 5
Updated Total points: 800
Task 30.7 - Cars, Cars, Carsoption 2: author initials in VOLKSWAGEN (ignore middle)
A Pale Light in the Black by K.B. Wagers
option 4: TIGER matches TIGER beetle (on list)
When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain
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590 points
6 BB tix
2 GO tix
Task 20.1 - Escape by Romanceoption 4: MPG Science Fiction AND Romance
Chaos Reigning
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610 points
6 BB tix
2 GO tix
10.1. Shaken, not Stirred. Read a book with a single author whose initials can be found in SEAN CONNERY.
Final Girls by Riley Sager Read 01/29/21
Sean conneRy
~~~~~~~~~~
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 365
20.6 – Seasoned Reader - EShay's task: EShay's podcast connection Option 3: Pew pew producer
Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MURDERBOT.
Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust Read 02/05/2021
MurderBot
~~~~~~~~~~
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 385
Inge5.4 The Twist
Book: The Perfectionists
Points this task: 5
total points: 195
total books: 18
task completed: 16
BB ticket: 1
#pages this post: 336
total #pages: 6675
PegW30.4 - 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.
The Taste Of War: World War Two And The Battle For Food
Book 2: Read a book with the backward word that resulted in Book 1 in the TITLE.
Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook
**Claiming one Big Book ticket for The Taste of War - 656 pages**
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 345
Big books: 3
Golden Oldies: 3
Nick KY25.6 Tien’s Lunar New Year 2021.
Opt. 1 Year of the Ox. I read Experience: Thinking, Writing, Language, and Religion by Norman Fischer, with an “X” in the title. The author is new to me.
Opt. 2 Chinese Zodiac. I read The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation by Chögyam Trungpa, from 1976, a year of the dog. I was born in 1958, a year of the dog. The author is new to me.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 600
Task:20.1 - Most Improved - SandyL's Task: Escape by RomanceOption:4 - must have mpg of science fiction AND romance
Book read:Come Again by Robert Webb
Required: MPG of romance and science fiction both present at time of posting
Points this task:20
Total points:325
Total Golden Oldies:2
Total Big Books:1
Books read:20
Tasks completed:16
EMurphy20.2 Rookie at the Top-Melinde's Task: Food, glorious food!
Option 3: Title of at least 3 words where the initial letters of each word can be found in SHRIMP COCKTAIL The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
This Task:
Points: 15
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 250
Books Read: 17
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket +500: 1
BB Ticket +750: 1
Tasks Completed: 11
Amy B25.2 - Nick KY's task: Regina and the Mountains
This is a 2 book task. Read one Book 1 and one Book 2.
REQUIRED: State which option you chose for each book when you post.
Book 1
Option B. Read a book with an author whose first and last initials are in JAMES BALDWIN.
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
Book 2
Option B. Read a book with a two-word title. (subtitles are excluded.) The first letters of each word should be in the name of ONE of the following famous mountains. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the target word.
REQUIRED: State which mountain you used when you post.
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (Tres Cruces)
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 555 Points
Task:20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Marie-Anne's task: Where in the world?Option:3 - Read a book with fruit on the cover
Book read:
by Lana Del ReyRequired: Oranges growing on the tree on the cover.
Points this task: 20
Total points:345
Total Golden Oldies:2
Total Big Books:1
Books read:21
Tasks completed:17
5.6 - Sugar, SugarRead a book written by an author who shares a name of a band vocalist- fictional or actual - from this list : I used Archie Andrews,
Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews
New points: 5
Total Points: 430
GO: 1
15.10 - The Digital DivideThe first computer transmission is carried by ARPANET at 10:30 PM on October 29, 1969 from a host computer at UCLA to another host computer at Stanford. Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in ARPANET. Spaces determine names. Letters can only be used as often as they appear in the target word.
I read Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler. Her initials are found in ArpaneT.
points: 260
books read: 20
tasks completed: 13
Big Books: 1
pages read: 6791
ED20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Tammy AZ's task: Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Opt. 1- Around the World in 50 Years: My Adventure to Every Country on Earth by Albert Podell
Non-fiction with "Adventure" as an MPG
349p.
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 75
Books read=5
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
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15.9 - A Trekkie is Born
Read a book with MPG Science Fiction.
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
MPG Science Fiction verified in the help thread.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 15 (690)
Golden Oldie: 0 (23)
Big Book: 0 (1)
Books Read: 1 (55)
Total Tasks: 45