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WINTER CHALLENGE 2020
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ED20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Marie-Anne's task: Where in the world?
Opt.3- Orange Crush by Tim Dorsey
"Orange in title AND on cover
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 95
Books read=6
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Sara ITA10.7 - 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 "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious".
La parola alla difesa (Sad Cypress) by Agatha Christie
suPercALifragilisticexpialiDocious
I listened to the audiobook / MMP: Je ne suis pas coupable (222 pages)
**La parola alla difesa is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1940). Claiming 1 GO ticket. **
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Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 220
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 9
Jen K50.1 - TraceyL's task: Twister
Spinner Results: Right Hand Yellow
Book 1 - Right
These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong - 449 pages
Requires: This author is new to me.
Book 2 - Hand
Plainsong -301 pages
Book 3 - Yellow
- 270 pages75.4 % #f0e529 Yellow
449+301+270 > 750 pages
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Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 550
MARGIEVANTask 15.1 - Groovy, Man
I chose Saturday, August 16-17
Book 1: Read a book written by a single author who shares a name with one of the musical artists.
A Time For Mercy
Book by John Grisham
Artist John Sebastian
Book 2: Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that matches a word in one of the songs played on the day you choose.
Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love
Word in title/subtitle: LOVE
Song by Grateful Dead: Turn on Your LOVE Light
Points this post: 15
Points total: 160
Congratulations, Aprilleigh! You'll have a 30 point task in the Spring Challenge.
MEGSCL15.4 - Assassination Nation
Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
TION in Speculation, FF LL in Offill
Total to date
530 points
3 big book
MEGSCL20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Melinde's task: Food, glorious food!
Option 3 - Title initials in SHRIMPCOCKTAIL
A Room Made of Leaves
Total to date
550 points
3 big book
Sue T5.9 - Secret Agent Man
Book from list "Best Spy Novels"
The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie - link is to the paperback edition, I listened to the audiobook in this collection The Secret of Chimneys & A Murder is Announced Bundle: Two Bestselling Agatha Christie Mysteries.
This book is on page 10 of the list.
Claiming one Golden Oldie ticket
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 75/990
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
25.4 - Kristina Simon’s task: The Summer of LoveOption 3: Hippies in Haight-Ashbury
Book A: Read a book first published between 1960 and 1969.
First published 1961:
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark is audiobook
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie MMP is 128 pages
Book B: Read a book with a hyphenated word in the title/subtitle.
The Terra-Cotta Dog by Andrea Camilleri is audiobook
The Terra-Cotta Dog paperback is 352 pages
Points this post: 25
Total Points this Season: 825
Total GO Tickets: 11
Total BB Tickets: 2
Task 25.6 - Lunar New Year 20212. Chinese Zodiac
Read a book first published in one of your Zodiac's years.
REQUIRED: Specify your Chinese Zodiac animal when you post (you do not have to tell us your birth year).
I was born Year of the Monkey:
1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016, 2028
Julia Buckley is a new-to-me author.
A Dark and Stormy Murder (A Writer's Apprentice Mystery #1) (2016) by Julia Buckley (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 273 pages)
3. Red is an auspicious colour
Read a book with a red cover. There should be a Minimum of 80% as determined by tineye.
REQUIRED: Include the book cover and the percentage of red when you post.
Red: 86.3% + 1.3% = 87.6%
Peter Ho Davies is a new-to-me author.
The Fortunes (2016) by Peter Ho Davies (Hardcover, 268 pages)
160 + 25 = 185
Tasks Completed: 10
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 160 + 25 = 185
Books read: 14
Pages read: 4,337
Read but not claimed: 06
Goodreads Authors: 08
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
DeborahPost #16
30.6 - Andy P.’s Task: The Litmus Test
1) Read a book by a single author whose first or last name begins or ends with the sequence PH
Hunter's Green by Phyllis A. Whitney 260 pages
2) Read a book where the word ACID or BASE may be made from the letters in its TITLE.
America for Beginners B.A.S.E 320 pages
260+320=580/501 pages
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 300
Books Read: 21
Tasks Done: 16
5.2 - Hey, JudeZero Day (John Puller #1) by David Baldacci
"Day" in title
1x Bigger is Better tix (553p)
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 4
Bigger is Better: 9
Season Total: 885
Amy B20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Melinde's task: Food, glorious food!
This is a one book task. Choose one option from below and read one book for that option. Required: Identify the option when you post.
Option 2: Ice cream
Read a book with a cover that is more than 50% (51+%) rocket colors (red-orange-yellow) according to Tineye. A single color over 50% or combination of colors may be used to reach >50% if necessary.
REQUIRED: Include the book cover and the percentage of red, orange, and/or yellow when you post.
The Last Time I Saw You by Elizabeth Berg (62.5% yellow +3.6% red = 66.1%)
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 575 Points
Trisha 15.1 - Groovy, Man
Day 2 - Trust: America's Best Chance Author's first name Pete matches Pete Townshend from The Who
The House in the Cerulean Sea The word "sea" found in "Beside the sea" from Mountain.
Points this task: 15
Books read: 24
Golden oldie:
Big book: 2
Total points: 315
Tasks completed: 18
Nick KY30.6 - Andy P.’s Task: The Litmus Test
This is a two book task. Choose one book that satisfies the requirements for Book 1, and another that satisfies the requirements for Book 2.
No books with the Main Page Genre of Children may be used for this task.
The total number of pages for both books must be greater than 500 pages (501+).
Book 1. Read a book by a single author whose first or last name begins or ends with the sequence PH
I read Self-Reliance and Other Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson. 117 pp
Book 2. Read a book where the word ACID or BASE may be made from the letters in its TITLE. Subtitles are excluded.
Required: State which word you used when you post.
I read Lakeside Cottage by Susan Wiggs, the letters ACID are in the title: lAkesIDe Cottage. 409 pp.
Total pp = 526 > required 500
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 630
CYNBAXTERTask #10.03 – March On!
Task: Read a nonfiction book about the Civil Rights movement, or about one of the leaders/important figures of the Civil Rights movement
Book: March by John Lewis - I read all three volumes in this graphic novel omnibus
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date: 275 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 3
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 6
ED20.6 – Seasoned Reader - EShay's task: EShay's podcast connection
Opt. 3- The Shoemaker's Holiday by Thomas Dekker
pub. 1599
*****I claim 1 GO ticket*****
"TD" found in "murDerboT"
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 115
Books read=7
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
ED20.4 - Golden Oldies - Sarah E's task: Silent Night
Opt. 1- A Brief Conversion and Other Stories by Earl Lovelace
"EL" found in "siLEnt"
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 135
Books read=8
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyWinter Season 2020 SRC
Task 50.1 - TraceyL's task: Twister
Total Pages: 225+304+288=817 pages
Left Hand Blue
Book 1 - Left or Right
Option Left: Read a book by an author you have read from before.
Required: State that you have read this author before when you post.
Christmas Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke - 225 pages
I have read this author before.
Book 2 - Hand or Foot
Option Hand: Read a book with 3 words or less in the TITLE. Ignore subtitles. Spaces determine words.
The Wife Upstairs read 1/13 - 304 pages
Book 3 - Color
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%.
Blue...
Required: Include the cover in your post.
- 57.3% blue per tineye - 288 pagesPoints this post: 50
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 0
Total points this season: 740
Total GO Tickets: 7
Total BB Tickets: 6
ED20.1 - Most Improved - SandyL's Task: Escape by Romance
Opt. 3- The Red Notebook by Antoine Laurain
MPG of Romance
"AL" found in "LisA"
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 155
Books read=9
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
ED15.9 - A Trekkie is Born
Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord
MPG-"Science Fiction"
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 170
Books read=10
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
15.5 - Let There Be Light(s)Physicist Theodore Maiman uses a core of man-made ruby to create the first successful LASER (an acronym for Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation). It was first demonstrated on May 16, 1960. The invention has an immediate effect on pop culture, heavily promoted in science fiction books and movies. Read a book with all the letters of LASER found in the TITLE only. Subtitles are excluded.
I read The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax. The title has all the letters of "Laser" in it: thE ELuSive mRs. pollifAx"
points: 275
books read: 21
tasks completed: 14
Big Books: 1
pages read: 6999
Task 25.7 - Bookwrm526's task: I LOVE Reading ChallengesOption 1: Darius the Great Is Not Okay, finished 12/30. Set mostly in Iran
Option 4: 28 Summers, finished 2/11
Previous book was Winter in Paradise, also by Elin Hilderbrand, finished 7/17/2020
Points this task: 25.7
Total points: 705
Queen Bee Darlene30.6 Andy P's Task: The Litmus Test
501 min pgs
1) single author 1st or last name begins or ends with PH
Fierce Kingdom by Gin PHillips 288 pgs
2) ACID made from ltrs in title
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
trAnsCenDent kIngdom 264 pgs
288 + 264 = 552
Points this post: 30
Total points: 785
PegW25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: The Unfortunate Effect of Planning
Option 3 - Read a book where at least 2 different vowels appear at least 3 times each in the title and/or subtitle.
There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor's Baby: Scary Fairy Tales 6 of the letter E and 4 of the letter O.
Option 4 -
There is blue from the water spilled from the tub and the author's name is in blue. There is yellow coming in suns rays coming through the window and on the floor.** Claiming one Golden Oldie for Whose Body -1923**
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 370
Big books: 3
Golden Oldies: 4
MARGO 25.4 - Kristina Simon's task: The Summer of LoveOption 1: Flower Power
Book A: Read a book with a flower or flowers on the cover.
The Library of Lost and Found
Book B: Read a book with a word that has "ower" intact in the title/subtitle.
Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Life Of A Desert Nomad
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Points this task: 25
Total points: 300
Tasks completed: 13
Andy P.Task # 25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: The Unfortunate Effect of Planning
Option2.
B. has 11 letters in the title.
Rogue Island by Bruce DeSilva
Option 3. . Read a book where at least 2 different vowels appear at least 3 times each in the title
The Power of the Dog by Thomas Savage there are 3 e's (1 in each THE and one in power)
and 3 O's (One in Power, one in dog, and one in of)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 795
30.6 - Andy P.’s Task: The Litmus TestBook 1:
The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil by PHillip Zimbardo
*I would like to claim a big book ticket*
Book 2:
Night's Darkest Embrace
night'S dArkEst emBrace = BASE
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 630
Tasks Completed: 43
Books Read: 53
Big Books: 500: 3, 750: 2
GO: 1
Task 5.3 - Theme from A Summer PlaceBook: Don Quixote, finished 2/11
On p. 9 of the list.
Points this task; 5
Total points: 710
MARGIEVANTask 15.8 The Fab Four - Read a book with a 4-word title.
Two for the Dough
Points this post: 15
Points total: 175
25.4 - Kristina Simon's task: The Summer of LoveOption 3: Hippies in Haight-Ashbury
Book A: Read a book first published between 1960 and 1969, inclusive.
Book B: Read a book with a hyphenated word in the title/subtitle.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 655
Tasks Completed: 44
Books Read: 55
Big Books: 500: 3, 750: 2
GO: 1
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyWinter Season 2020 SRC
Task 30.5 - Sandy's task: Making the Best of It
Pages: 571+286=857 pages
2. Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in ESSENTIAL WORKER.
The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler, MMPB version is 571 pages https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...
LK in essentiaL worKer
claiming 1 BB ticket
3. Read a book in which the main character is a K-12 or college teacher or someone who works in a school in another capacity (bus driver, guidance counselor, etc) and a significant portion of the plot/subject takes place in an academic setting or on a school bus. The setting must be evident on the book's main page.
Pumpkins in Paradise read 1/16 - 286 pages
Points this post: 30
GO Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: 1
Total points this season: 770
Total GO Tickets: 7
Total BB Tickets: 7
10.10 - I Want Them All!Read a book with a word from this (ice cream flavours) list in its title/subtitle.
I used the flavour : butter pecan
I read an ebook version of Butter Honey Pig Bread
New Points: 10
Total Points: 440
GO: 1
Shelby
5.2 - Hey, Jude
Read a book with one of these words in the title or subtitle: Hey, Hi, Hello, Welcome, Greetings, Good, Day, Howdy, Aloha, Yo, Oh.: Late in the Day, by Mary Calmes
How Fits: Title - Late in the DAY
Points this post: 5
Total points: 230
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Shelby
10.2. 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.: Soul on Fire, by Tal Bauer
How Fits: Location - Democratic Republic of Congo
Points this post: 10
Total points: 240
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Shelby
10.3. March On!
Read a nonfiction book about the Civil Rights movement, or about one of the leaders/important figures of the Civil Rights movement.: Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America, by Gilbert King
How Fits: Genre - Non-Fiction & Plot - Thurgood Marshall & the NAACP's fight for the wrongly accused Groveland Boys
Points this post: 10
Total points: 250
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Trisha20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sara G's task: Remembrance
Option 1: Motown - Read a book with all the letters in the word MOTOWN in the title only. Subtitles are excluded.
The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir
*I am claiming this for a BB ticket
Points this task: 20
Books read: 25
Golden oldie:
Big book: 3
Total points: 335
Tasks completed: 19
20.9 Big Sky Doc FestivalOption 3: Blacktop Wasteland byS.A. Cosby
SAC in OSCAR
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 230
MEGSCL50.1 - TraceyL's task: Twister
RIGHT FOOT YELLOW
Book 1 - Left or Right
Option Right: Read a book by an author you have NOT read from before. This author is new-to-me. Oona Out of Order
Book 2 - Hand or Foot
Option Foot: Read a book with 4 or more words in the TITLE. The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well
Book 3 - Color
67.9 %#fdcf1eYellow
15.0 %#c8c03fYellow
4.0 %#f2eedaWhite
4.0 %#729a60Green
2.9 %#519da0Blue
1.9 %#eb3422Red
1.4 %#f58f2eOrange
1.1 %#c7955fBrown
1.1 %#69338aViolet
Total to date
600 points
3 big book
30.7 - CARS, CARS, CARSOPTION 2 - A Castle in the Clouds by Kerstin Gier
KG in Volkswagon
OPTION 4 - Miss Benson's Beetle
Beetle from Cobalt Milkweed Beetle
TOTAL POINTS - 745
Elizabeth PTask 25.5 - Verrry Interesting
Option One: Author shares name with one of the celebrities, I chose Dick Martin
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin
Shares name "Martin"
Option Two: Title of 3+ words, initial letters found in "Sock It To Me"
Shadows in Time: A Novel by Julie McElwain
Sock IT to me
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 440
Total Tasks: 24
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 8
Total Books: 31
LAUREN JODI10.1 - Shaken, not Stirred.
No Chance by Christy Reece
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 375/990
Total Books Read: 29
Tasks Completed: 22/57
LAUREN JODI15.5 - Let There Be Light(s)
Sapphire Flames by Ilona Andrews
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 390/990
Total Books Read: 30
Tasks Completed: 23/57
Task:20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Tammy AZ's task: Big Sky Documentary Film FestivalOption: 2 - read a book from the best female lead characters list
Book read: The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
Children's mpg present. IL: UY
Required: Page 2 of best female lead characters list.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 365
Total Golden Oldies:2
Total Big Books:1
Books read:22
Tasks completed:18
StaceyNC25.3 - 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.
Book: The Wall of Winnipeg and Me
Completed: 1/28/21
Pages: 672
Claiming Big book ticket
Option 2
Read a book that:
B. has 11 letters in the author’s name or title.
Book: Phantom Evil
Completed: 2/9/21
11 letters in title
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 260
Tasks Completed: 12
BB Tickets: 4
StaceyNC30.2 - Delicious Dee's task: LOST and FOUND
This is a 2 book task, you must read one book from LOST and one book from FOUND.
Your books need to be a total of at least 600 pages
Book 1 – LOST – Read a book that has been LOST on your TBR for at least 3 years (added to TBR list prior to 1 Dec 2017).
Book: Fire Inside
Completed: 1/7/21
Added to TBR 3/15/17
Pages: 421
Book 2 – FOUND - using your LOST book, read a book by a NEW TO YOU author that fits one of the 3 criteria below:
B – by an author that can be found on the similar authors portion of the authors profile (just above list of books on author's profile).
Book: Burn for You
Completed: 2/3/21
Author: J.T. Geissinger -- new to me
Pages: 348
Approved: Post #72 in help thread
Total Pages: 769
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 290
Tasks Completed: 13
StaceyNC30.6 - Andy P.’s Task: The Litmus Test
The total number of pages for both books must be greater than 500 pages (501+).
Book 1. Read a book by a single author whose first or last name begins or ends with the sequence PH
Book: Hot Stuff
Completed: 2/7/21
Author: Carly PHillips
Pages: 333
Book 2. Read a book where the word ACID or BASE may be made from the letters in its TITLE. Subtitles are excluded.
Book: A Bad Day for Sunshine
Completed: 1/31/21
Pages: 400
Word: Base
Total Pages: 733
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 320
Tasks Completed: 14
BB Tickets: 4
Cindy FTask 5.6 Sugar, Sugar
Authors name shared with band vocalist
Brunonia Barry from Jeff Barry
The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
Points this post:5
Total points:90
Books read:11
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:2 tickets
Tasks completed:9
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10.1 - Shaken, not Stirred
Read a book with a single author whose initials can be found in SEAN CONNERY
Tarot and the Archetypal Journey: The Jungian Path from Darkness to Light by Sallie Nichols
Author Sallie niChols
I read the Kindle edition / No MMP / PB: Jung and Tarot: An Archetypal Journey
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Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 210
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 8