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WINTER CHALLENGE 2020
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Task 20.2 - Food, Glorious Food!(I had previously used this book in task 25.5, orig post 2159, task unclaimed in 2612)
option 3: three word title, initials in SHRIMP COCKTAIL
Painting the Sand
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635 points
8 BB tix
2 GO tix
Task 30.3 - Eight Tiny Reindeer!read two books, author initials found in the pair of reindeer
Reindeer pair: DASHER & DANCER
Finna by Nino Cipri
NC in daNCer
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
AH in dAsHer
516 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
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665 points
9 BB tix
2 GO tix
Andy P.Task # 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sara G's task: Remembrance
Option 3. Read a book set at least 50% in Japan
The Aosawa Murders by Riku Onda set completely in Japan
Points this post: 20
Total points: 815
ED10.1. Shaken, not Stirred.
The Father by August Strindberg
pub. 1887
*****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
"AS" found in SeAn"
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 225
Books read=15
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 2
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.9. Laugh, We Made it to 2021!
The Bear Went Over the Mountain
Totals
Points: 150
BB: 1
GO: 0
Total Tasks completed: 10
Total Books read: 12
Amy B10.10 - I Want Them All!
The most popular ice cream flavors in the world are
2. chocolate
Read a book with a word from this list in its title/subtitle. The word "and" cannot be used. The word must be standalone, but plurals and possessives may be used.
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 585 Points
ZachFor Task 20.6 – Seasoned Reader - EShay's task: EShay's podcast connection For Option 1 I read Cemetery Boys recommended by the podcast SFF Yeah! (https://bookriot.com/listen/our-picks...).
Points this post: 20
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Totals
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Points: 215
BBTs: 1
GOTs: 0
*** unclaimed *** see post 2671 for unclaimed and 2676 for new 25.3 post
25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: The Unfortunate Effect of Planning
Option 1 -book with one of words DON’T TELL ME WHAT TO DO in title
Word is 'Me':
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Option 2.A.: book first published in a year with 11 in it
Book first published in 2011:
The Coffins of Little Hope by Timothy Schaffert is ebook.
The Coffins of Little Hope paperback has 272 pages
Points this post: 25
Total Points this Season: 850
Total GO Tickets: 11
Total BB Tickets: 2
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.
March: Book Two by John Lewis
Points this post: 10
Total Points this Season: 860
Total GO Tickets: 11
Total BB Tickets: 2
15.5 - Let There Be Light(s)LASER in title 'wE Show whAt we have LeaRned
We Show What We Have Learned and Other Stories by Clare Beams
Points this post: 15
Total Points this Season: 875
Total GO Tickets: 11
Total BB Tickets: 2
SandyL10.3. March On!
Read a nonfiction book about the Civil Rights movement,
Spies of Mississippi: The True Story of the Spy Network that Tried to Destroy the Civil Rights Movement by Rick Bowers
(approved Msg 2)
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 360
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 31
15.6 - Heart to HeartRead a book with a heart(s) on the cover
by Helene TurstenPoints this post: 15
Total Points this Season: 890
Total GO Tickets: 11
Total BB Tickets: 2
50.1 - TraceyL's task: TwisterMy spin was RIGHT FOOT GREEN
Book 1: Right: Read a book by an author you have NOT read from before.
The Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk (384 pages)
This author is new to me
Book 2: Foot: Read a book with 4 or more words in the TITLE.
I listened to the audio version of Two Trees Make a Forest: Travels Among Taiwan's Mountains & Coasts in Search of My Family's Past (304 pages)
Book 3: Read a book where the cover is at least 50% the color from your spin (Green) according to Tineye.
I listened to an audio version of Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
(162 pages)TINeye results:
73.3 %#88b66eGreen
14.5 %#f2e388Yellow
8.4 %#baab64Brown
2.8 %#c4d182Green
1.0 %#7d6b3aBrown
Total pages: 384+304+162=850
New Points: 50
Total Points: 490
GO: 1
30.4 - Dlmrose's task: Forward and BackwardBook 1: book with a word in the TITLE that can be read backwards as a new word.
word- 'god':
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston is ebook
Their Eyes Were Watching God paperback has 219 pages
Book first published 1937
***claiming GO ticket***
Book 2: book with backward word result from Book 1 in the TITLE.
word- 'dog':
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook by Bruce D. Perry is audiobook
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook paperback has 417 pages
Points this post: 30
GO Tickets this post: 1
Total Points this Season: 920
Total GO Tickets: 12
Total BB Tickets: 2
SandyL10.10 - I Want Them All!
Read a book with a word from this list in its title/subtitle
6. chocolate chip
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke
Chocolate Chip in title
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points:370
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 24
Books Read: 32
15.4 - Assassination NationOption 2: Book with the letters TION intact in the title/subtitle AND with at least TWO sets of double letters in the title/subtitle - TION in Redemption, TT in Bitter, OO in Root
Bitter Root, Vol. 2: Rage & Redemption by David F. Walker and Chuck Brown
Total Points: 570
SandyL15.3 - Ground Control to Major Tom
Option 2
A. Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in ASTRONOMY
B. Read a book with the MPG Space
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
asTroNomy
MPG Space
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 385
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 25
Books Read: 33
SandyL15.6 - Heart to Heart
Read a book with a heart(s) on the cover.
Games of the Heart by Kristen Ashley
***requesting Big Book Ticket - 572 pages****
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 400
Big Books Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 26
Books Read: 34
SandyL15.7 - The British Invasion
Read a book set at least 50% in the UK
Scandal And The Duchess by Jennifer Ashley
Set in England
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 415
Big Books Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 27
Books Read: 35
SandyL20.1 - Most Improved - SandyL's Task: Escape by Romance
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in LISA KLEYPAS
A Wallflower Christmas by Lisa Kleypas
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 435
Big Books Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 28
Books Read: 36
30.6 - Andy P.’s Task: The Litmus Test(total pages for both books greater than 500 pages.)
Book 1. book by author whose first or last name begins or ends with sequence PH:
PHilbrick
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick my paperback with 302 pages
Book 2- book where the word BASE may be made from the letters in its TITLE.
BAck whEn we were grownupS
Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler my paperback with 294 pages
302 + 294 =596
Points this post: 30
Total Points this Season: 950
Total GO Tickets: 12
Total BB Tickets: 2
SandyL20.3 – Best Review - Katy's task: Netflix Binges
Option D: Read a book written by a woman of color who can be found on this list: Popsugar 2020 - A Book by a Woman of Color
A Kiss for Midwinter by Courtney Milan
Page 2
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 455
Big Books Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 29
Books Read: 37
Elizabeth PTask 50.1 - Twister
I spun Right/Hand/Blue
Book One (Right): Book by author you've NOT read before
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
This is my first time reading Matt Haig
288 pages: The Midnight Library
Book Two (Hand): Book with 3 or less words in title
In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
307 pages: In a Holidaze
Book Three (Blue): Book where cover is 50%+ blue according to Tineye
by Louise PennyTineye Results:
57.1 %#21213e Blue
10.6 %#3b4835 Grey
7.7 %#737278 Grey
5.9 %#bfb69c Grey
5.9 %#c4a7b8 Grey
5.4 %#586539 Green
2.6 %#849943 Green
2.6 %#9bb53e Green
1.4 %#612b2e Brown
At 528 pages, good for *1 Big Book Ticket*
MMPB Link: Le Mois le plus cruel
288+307+528 = 1123>750
Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 500
Total Tasks: 26
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 9
Total Books: 35
SandyL20.10 - Group Reads
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
Discussion - Msg 14
**Requesting Big Book ticket - 576 pages***
**Request Golden Oldie ticket - published 1848**
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 475
Big Books Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Tasks Completed: 30
Books Read: 38
SandyL25.7 - Bookwrm526's task: I LOVE Reading Challenges
Option 1: Read a book set at least 50% in the Middle East
Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie
Set in Iraq
**Requesting Golden Oldie ticket - published 1936**
Option 3: Read a book found on the Popsugar 2020 - A Book with an Upside-Down Image on the Cover.
The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver
Page 1
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 500
Big Books Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 3
Tasks Completed: 31
Books Read: 40
SandyL30.1 - Mazza1's task: Create a Date
Option 1: Read a book with a day of the week in its TITLE: an S may be added to pluralise
Thursdays at Eight by Debbie Macomber
"Thursdays" in title
384 pages
Option 2: Read a book written by a single author whose name is a month of the year
Deal with the Devil by Meghan March
Author last name: March
359 pages
Total pages: 384+359 = 743
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Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 530
Big Books Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 3
Tasks Completed: 32
Books Read: 42
MARGO 30.6 - Andy P.’s Task: The Litmus TestPage count: Book 1 (268) + Book 2 (284) = 552
These are paperback equivalents but I read both on Kindle.
Book 1 - Read a book by a single author whose first or last name begins or ends with the sequence PH
Author last name is PHipps
Bagels and Blackmail
Book 2 - Read a book where the word ACID or BASE may be made from the letters in its TITLE. Subtitles are excluded.
BASE in the title "AlitterofBonES"
A Litter of Bones
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Points this task: 30
Total points: 375
Tasks completed: 16
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Melinde's task: Food, glorious food!I chose Option 2: Ice cream - Read a book with a cover that is more than 50% (51+%) rocket colors (red-orange-yellow).
I read Girl Like a Bomb by Autumn Christian. According to Tineye, the cover is 72.9% red and 1.5% orange.
Points This Task: 20
Total Points to Date: 75
SandyL30.2 - 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
Confessions of a Reformed Tom Cat by Daisy Prescott
Added to TBR August 10, 2015
312 Pages
Book 2 – FOUND - using your LOST book, read a book by a NEW TO YOU author that fits one of the 3 criteria below:
C – a book found in the readers also enjoyed section
Sticking to the Script by Stella Weaver
Confirmed Msg 94
Author is New To Me
322 Pages
Total pages: 312 + 322 = 634
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Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 560
Big Books Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 3
Tasks Completed: 33
Books Read: 44
30.7 - TessaVanessa's task: Cars, Cars, CarsI chose Options 2 and 3.
Option 2: Read a book where the authors first and last initial can be found in VOLKSWAGEN. I read Undercover Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams.
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. I read Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel.
Points This Task: 30
Total Points to Date: 105
10.2. A Decade of TurbulenceWicked Fox (Gumiho #1) by Kat Cho
Set 100% In South Korea
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 4
Bigger is Better: 9
Season Total: 895
25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: The Unfortunate Effect of PlanningI chose Options 2 and 3.
Option 2: Read a book that: C. has the number 11 in the title/subtitle (in any variation.) I read Riviera Gold by Laurie R. King. There are 11 letters in the title.
Option 3: Read a book where at least 2 different vowels appear at least 3 times each in the title and/or subtitle. I read They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib. The title contains 3 of letter i and 3 of letter u.
Points This Task: 30
Total Points to Date: 135
SandyL50.1 - TraceyL's task: Twister
Twister Spinner: Left Hand Green
Book 1: Read a book by an author you have read from before.
Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha by Dorothy Gilman
I have read this author before
224 pages
Book 2: Read a book with 3 words or less in the TITLE
The Rivals by Vi Keeland
2 word title
340 pages
Book 3: Read a book where the cover is at least 50% the color from your spin (Green)
My Not So Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella
>50% green according to Tineye
448 pages
Total pages: 224 + 340 + 448 = 1012
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Points This Task: 50
Total Points: 610
Big Books Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 47
Bookwrm526Task #20.7 - Remembrance
Option 2: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in JERSEY CITY. I read Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi.
Total points so far: 555
Doing Dewey50.1 - TraceyL's task: Twister
Twister spinner results - Left Foot Red
Book 1 - Left - 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
25.6 - LUNAR NEW YEAR 2021OPTION 1 - Burn So Bad by J.H. Croix
X in authors name
OPTION 2 - MONKEY - Titanic by I.D. Johnson published in 2016
Both authors are new to me
TOTAL POINTS - 770
Doing Dewey20.10 - Group Reads
Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution
Discussion - message 18
This Task :
Points: 20
Golden Oldies Ticket: No
Big Books Ticket: No
Totals:
Total: 400/1015
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 4
Total Tasks Completed: 20/58
15.7 - THE BRITISH INVASION - Once Upon a Moonlit NightSet in England
Approved for length in row 2229 of the spreadsheet
TOTAL POINTS - 785
LAUREN JODI25.8 - Brooke TX's task: 2020 Wrapped
Option 1: Award Winners
Daisy's Back In Town by Rachel Gibson
Award: All About Romance (AAR) Annual Reader Poll for Most Disappointing Read (2005)
Option 3: Published This Year
Death Comes to the Rectory by Catherine Lloyd
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 415/990
Total Books Read: 32
Tasks Completed: 24/57
Boston Kate
10.9 Laugh, We Made it to 2021!
In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox
"Humor" on main page
Points this post: 10
Total points: 15
Boston Kate
15.6 Heart to Heart
the emoji has heart eyes
Points this post: 15
Total points: 30
Boston Kate
20.7 Remembrance
Option 2: Ready Player Two
author Ernest Cline's initials found in JERSEY CITY
Points this post: 20
Total points: 50
Bookwrm526Task #20.10 - Group Reads
I chose to read Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup. I posted in the discussin thread at post 23.
Total points so far: 575
Bookwrm526Task #25.3 - The Unfortunate Effect of Planning
Option 2B: Read a book that has 11 letter's in the author's name or title. I read The Undertaker's Daughter by Sara Blaedel (Sara Blaedel is 11 letters).
Option 4: Read a book with both blue and yellow on the cover. I read Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade. The background is blue, and his hair is yellow (I had that approved on the help thread).
Total points so far: 600
Task 25.5 - Verrry Interesting(previously claimed this task in #2159 but unclaimed it in 2612)
option 1: author DICK matches DICK Martin
Blood Sport by Dick Francis
option 2: three+ word title, initials in SWEET BIPPY
The Space Between Worlds
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690 points
9 BB tix
2 GO tix
LAUREN JODI20.3 - Best Review - Katy's task: Netflix Binges
Option B: The Office
Emma by Jane Austen
Page 1
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 435/990
Total Books Read: 33
Tasks Completed: 25/57
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sara G's task: RemembranceFor this task, I chose Option #2, and read Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline.
The initials E and C are contained within the words "JERSEY CITY".
Points this post: 20
Total points: 75
BIg Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldie TIckets: 0
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Marie-Anne's task: Where in the world?For this task, I chose Option #1, and read N.P
. The author (Banana Yoshimoto) has three A's in her first name.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 95
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
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10.5. Not All Bad!
The Cheshire Cat's Eye by Marcia Muller
The first book I read by this author was Edwin of the Iron Shoes by Marcia Muller which I finished on 6/14/2020.
This was NOT a re-read for me.
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 215
Books read=14
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1