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WINTER CHALLENGE 2020
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5.7 - The House of the Rising Sun
Animals genre: Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl by Jonathan C. Slaght
total = 15
Delicious Dee15.3 - Ground Control to Major Tom
Book A - Goodnight Beautiful - Aimee Molloy - AM found in Astronomy
Book B - We Could Not Fail: The First African Americans in the Space Program - shelved as space by 12ppl
points this post: 15
Total points: 100
Delicious Dee20.3 – Best Review - Katy's task: Netflix Binges
option c - A Promised Land - shelved as politics by 434users; big book ticket - 750+ pages (i listed to the audiobook, most popular paperback has 764pgs)
points this post: 20
Total points: 120
5.1 - Going to a go-goI read Gotta Get Theroux This: My Life and Strange Times in Television by Louis Theroux. "Go" are the first two letters of the book title.
Poinst: 5
Total points: 5
ZachFor Task 15.9 - A Trekkie is Born I read Y: The Last Man, Vol. 6: Girl on Girl which has the MPG Science Fiction.
Points this post: 15
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Totals:
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Points: 45
BBTs: 0
GOTs: 0
15.5 Let There Be Light(s) Read a book with all the letters of LASER found in the TITLE only.
Paper Girls, Vol. 2 by Brian K. Vaughn
pApER girLS read 12/9
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 45
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 5
15.6 Heart to Heart Read a book with a heart(s) on the cover. The heart(s) may be realistic or stylized.
by Jennifer E. Smith Read 12/7~~~~~~~~~~
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 60
Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 6
Amy B10.7 - 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". Letters can be used only as often as they appear in the target word.
The Finishing School by Joanna Goodman
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 10 Points
CYNBAXTERTask #15.08 – The Fab Four
Task: Read a book with a 4-word title
Book: The Book of Rosy: A Mother's Story of Separation at the Border by Rosayra Pablo Cruz, Julie Schwietert Collazo
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date: 45 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 3
PatTask 5.10 ~ Freedom
Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules. For this task, a book with the main page genre Childrens or Kids may be used if it is not found in AR Bookfinder
The Ickabog by J.K. RowlingCompleted ~ 12.11.20
Pages ~ 282
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 10.0
Points This Task ~ 5
Total Points ~ 5
Books Read ~ 1
Pages Read ~ 282
15.9 - A Trekkie is BornA book with MPG Science Fiction: Happiness for Humans by P.Z. Reizin
Points this post: 15
Total points: 25
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.5 - Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
Christmas Promises at the Garland Street Markets by Helen J. Rolfe
This book is #5 in the New York Ever After series.
Link to PB edition: Christmas Promises at the Garland Street Markets
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 20 points
Tasks completed: 3
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Queen Bee Darlene25.7 Bookwrm26's task: I LOVE Reading Challenges
2) nonfiction mpg Young Adult
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives
4) book I read 1/1 - 11/30/20 - read same author
The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy
I read Goodnight Beautiful by Aimee Molloy on 11/6/2020
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 100
Joanna T20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Marie-Anne's task: Where in the world?
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Option 3: Read a book with fruit on the cover
(book was approved in the help thread)
Cover shows an apple
Task total: 20
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Grand total: 40
BB: 0
GO: 0
20.2Option 3: 3+ word title initials in SHRIMP COCKTAIL
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 7
GO: 1
BB: (500) (750) (1000)
Andy P.Task # 5.7 - The House of the Rising Sun
Walking in Circles Before Lying Down by Merrill Markoe
Animals>Dogs second listed MPG
Points this post: 5
Total points: 50
Josie: Task 25.2 (2 book tasks. Choose one book 1 and one book 2)Book 1: Option B (Read a book with an author whose first and last initials are in JAMES BALDWIN)
The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold
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. TRES CRUCES chosen)
The Unhoneymooners, Christina Lauren
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 3
Points this task: 25
Total points: 50
G.Q. 15.3 - Ground Control to Major Tom
Option 2: Read 1 book in which the first and last name of the author can be found in ASTRONOMY and has MPG Space.
House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds (1 BB ticket: 512 pages)
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
BB tickets: 1
Bookwrm526Task #5.8 - West Side Story
Read a book with a word from one of the songs on the album in the title or subtitle from this list: West Side Story Tracks. I chose the song "One Hand, One Heart", used the word hand, and read the book The Hand on the Wall by Maureen Johnson.
Total points so far: 75
Barbara ★30.7 -TessaVanessa's task: Cars, Cars, Cars
Option 2: Read a book where the authors first and last initial can be found in VOLKSWAGEN.
Archangel's Sun - Nalini Singh 12/2
Option 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.
Rosemary and Crime - Gail Oust 12/11
(RAC in ChAllengeR)
Points this task: 30
Total points: 75
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Delicious Dee10.1. Shaken, not Stirred
A Prince on Paper - Alyssa Cole
points this post: 10
Total points: 135
LAUREN JODI20.1 - Most Improved - SandyL's Task: Escape by Romance
Option 4
Vendetta in Death by J.D. Robb
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 50/990
Total Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 4/57
JEN B15.5 - Let There Be Light(s)
Read a book with all the letters of LASER found in the TITLE only. Subtitles are excluded.
Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics by Dolly Parton
DOLLY PARTON, SONGTELLER
TOTAL POINTS: 40
JEN B10.7 - 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". Letters can be used only as often as they appear in the target word.
The Sweeney Sisters by Lian Dolan
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
TOTAL POINTS: 50
Nick KY15.2 Vietnam
Book 1. I read War by Sebastian Junger. "War" is the second listed main page GR genre.
Book 2. I read The Quiet American by Graham Greene, p 10 of the Anti-War list. https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 70
Sara G30.5 - Sandy's task: Making the Best of It
2. 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.
The Wages of Sin by Kaite Welsh
ESSENTIAL WORKER.
4. Read a book from one of the following lists. Remember that all the rules apply (length, childrens, etc.), even if a book is found on one of these lists.
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
This book is on page 1 of the Future Technology Nonfiction list.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 85
PegW20.10 - Group Reads
Mexican Gothic
Message 2 in group discussion
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 60
Big books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Kathy KS15.9 - A Trekkie is Born
Read a book with the MPG Science Fiction.
Trade Secret, by Sharon Lee
MPG: Science Fiction 78 users
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 15
Tasks completed: 1
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Oma12295.10 - Freedom
Sing along Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules. For this task, a book with the main page genre Childrens or Kids may be used if it is not found in AR Bookfinder.
The Last Safe House: A Story of the Underground Railroad by Barbara Greenwood
Total Points-30/1015
Total Tasks-2/58
Golden Oldie Books=()
# 0f Big Books=500-749(); 750-1000(); 1000+()
Oma122930.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Cars, Cars, Cars
I chose options #2 & #4
2.
❆ Read a book where the author's first and last initial can be found in VOLKSWAGEN. Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock by Lucy Worsley
4.
❆ Read a book that has a word* in the TITLE (subtitles are excluded) from this list of beetles (words in blue). Single words from a multi-word name may be used but words must match exactly. *The word "and" may NOT be used.
Required: State the name of the beetle when you post.
Death Turns a Trick by Julie Smith
The name of the beetle is "deathwatch beetle."
Total Points-60/1015
Total Tasks-3/58
Golden Oldie Books=()
# 0f Big Books=500-749(); 750-1000(); 1000+()
APRILLEIGH5.4 - The Twist
Read a book with a two-word title where the first word is THE.
THE Hollow by Agatha Christie
*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1946 ***
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 5 (70)
Golden Oldie: 1 (4)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (9)
Total Tasks: 8
Joanna T20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's task: The Sixties, but When?
Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
Option 2 - book published in 1860s
This book was published in 1862.
I am claiming a Golden Oldies ticket for this book.
Task total: 20
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Grand total: 60
BB: 0
GO: 1
Doing Dewey15.9 - A Trekkie is Born - MPG Science Fiction
Recursion
This Task :
Points: 15
Golden Oldies Ticket: No
Big Books Ticket: No
Totals:
Total: 60/1015
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 4/58
10.7 - EARWORMS! - Chili Cauldron CurseApproved for length in post 8039 of the verification thread
TOTAL POINTS - 70
Sarah H15.4 - Assassination Nation - Option 2: Read 1 book that fulfills the requirements of both Book A and Book B.
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
TION in Relaxation; TT and SS in Ottessa
Points this task: 15
Total points to date: 20
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 2
Books read: 2
Mary P25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: The Unfortunate Effect of Planning
Option 2B: Read a book that has 11 letters in the author’s name or title.
The Institute by Stephen King
Stephen King = 11 letters
Option 3:Read a book where at least 2 different vowels appear at least 3 times each in the title and/or subtitle.
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
E= 7 times, O = 3 times
Points this post: 25
Total points: 55
LAUREN JODI10.5 - Not All Bad!
Bones Don't Lie by Melinda Leigh
First book read by this author: Hour of Need
Date read: July 17, 2020
The book used for this task is not a re-read
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 60/990
Total Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 5/57
Sara G20.6 – Seasoned Reader - EShay's task: EShay's podcast connection
Option 4: Short and sweet
The first four books of the series are novella length. Read a book with the main page genre Novella and/or that has a page length of 150-200, inclusive.
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
MPG Novella 766 users
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Tammy AZ's task: Big Sky Documentary Film FestivalOption 3: This Time Next Year by Sophie Cousens (352 pages)
Total: 25
SarahBR20.6 – Seasoned Reader - EShay's task: EShay's podcast connection
Option 3: Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo BE can be found in murderbot
Task points:20
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
GO:
BB: (500) (750) (1000)
Joanne MI20.3 – Best Review - Katy's task: Netflix Binges
I chose Option A. "The Queen's Gambit" -
The Lost King of France: How DNA Solved the Mystery of the Murdered Son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
Points this task 20
Total points 65
Total BB's 1
MAZZA115.3 - Ground Control to Major Tom
Option 2: Read 1 book that fulfills the requirements of both Book A and Book B. i.e Author initials in ASTRONOMY and MPG Space
I listened to the Audio edition of Breaking the Chains of Gravity: The Story of Spaceflight before NASA
No MMP this is PB edition Breaking the Chains of Gravity: The Story of Spaceflight before NASA
MPG approved in help thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Author Initials A S and T Amy Shira Teitel
Points this post = 15
Points to date 170
5.2 - Hey JudeI read The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. The title contains the word "day".
Points: 5
Total points: 10
MAZZA130.8 - Ava Catherine's task: Sylvia Plath
I chose to Read two books from one option.
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 - Jeeves and the Leap of Faith (Kindle edition) PB is Jeeves and the Leap of Faith
Author = Ben Schott
Book 2 Out of the Easy Ruta Sepetys
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 200
10.1 Shaken, not stirredI read Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit. The R can be found in conneRy and the S can be found in Sean.
Points: 10
Total points: 20
10.5 - Not all badI read True Love at the Lonely Hearts Bookshop by Annie Darling. I first read a book by Annie Darling on November 6, 2020 (The Little Bookshop of Lonely Hearts). This book is not a re-read.
Points: 10
Total points: 30
Sara G20.4 - Golden Oldies - Sarah E's task: Silent Night
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in SILENT NIGHT.
The Earl Takes All by Lorraine Heath
SILENT NIGHT
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
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5.4 - The Twist
2 word title, The: The Searcher by Tana French
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