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WINTER CHALLENGE 2020
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5.7 - The House of the Rising Sun I read The Language of Butterflies: How Thieves, Hoarders, Scientists, and Other Obsessives Unlocked the Secrets of the World's Favorite Insect.
The book has an MPG of Animals.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 110
Big Book TIckets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
5.10 - FreedomI read True Grit.
Points this post: 5
Total points 115
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
****Unclaiming task 25.3 / post message 2623: by Janet F 19 hours, 40 min ago****Will repost with corrected (non-duplicate) book.
The corrected total should now be 925 through my most recent task posting. Thank you!
Previous 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
Julia10320.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sara G's task: Remembrance
Option 1: The Moon In The Water
(MOTOWN: MO in Moon, T in The, O in Moon, W in Water, N in Moon)
This book is 528 pages - claiming one BB ticket
This post: 20 points, 1 BB
Total points: 775
BB: 9
GO: 5
Tasks completed: 40
Books read: 60
FLY Task #50.1 - TraceyL's task: Twister
my spin: left hand green
task: Left: Read a book by an author you have read from before.
book: The Shadow Hour
how it fits: I have read this author before (first book of this series)
#pages - no mmpb, 1st listed paperback has 368 pages
task: Hand: Read a book with 3 words or less in the TITLE.
book: Follow You Home
how it fits: 3-word title
#pages - no mmpb, 1st listed paperback has 400 pages
task: Green: Read a book where the cover is at least 50% green according to Tineye.
book: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
how it fits:
greens add up to 70.0% per tineye#pages - no mmpb, 1st listed paperback has 389 pages
total page count is over 750 pages
Points this post: 50
Total points: 425
Tasks completed: 18/58
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Sarah E5.10 - Freedom
Binti
This is my one book of 80-99 pages allowed for one 5 point task.
I listened to the audio but have linked to the top paperback, no MMP
Total points: 5
10.1 initials in SEAN CONNERY The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Total points: 710
Tasks completed: 43
Books read: 56
GO: 4
BB: 2(500) 1(750) (1000)
25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: The Unfortunate Effect of Planning(repost of my task 25.3 ref msg 2623 & 2671)
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 4- book with blue and yellow on the cover
by Rachel Carson is ebookBlue on lettering & sky, yellow on lettering
Under the Sea Wind MMP has 157 pages.
Book first published in 1941.
***claiming GO ticket***
Points this post: 25
GO tickets this post: 1
Total Points this Season: 950
Total GO Tickets: 13
Total BB Tickets: 2
Sarah E10.4. And in Other News....
From the Best Novels about the 1960s list, page 1, currently #11
A Prayer For Owen Meany
I read an ebook, top MMP is A Prayer for Owen Meany
Big Book, 617 pages. Claiming 1 BB ticket.
Total points: 15
Total BBs: 1
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.4: Assassination Nation: Option 2: The Flinck Connection by Estelle Ryan:
* TION in COnnection; LL in Estelle; NN in Connection.
Totals this posting:
Points: 15
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 15
Books: 1
Tasks: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.8: Where in the world?: Option 2: De Midasmoorden by Pieter Aspe. This author's first name matches Pieter in Pieter Jan Paul.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 35
Books: 2
Tasks: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0750+: 0; 1000+: 0
15.7 - The British InvasionA book set in the UK: One Day in December by Josie Silver
Points this post: 15
Total points: 655
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 50.1: Twister result: left foot blue
Book 1 - left: Tombstone Courage by J. A. Jance an author I've read before. 448 pages.
Book 2 - foot: A Cat in Wolf's Clothing by Lydia Adamson, 5 words in title. 208 pages.
Book 3 - blue:Flying Lessons by Lovelyn Bettison. I read the ebook version, which shows 67.9% blue in tineye. A page count of 296 pages is listed for the paperback edition Flying Lessons.
Total pages = 448 + 208 + 296 = 952 > 750 required.
Totals this posting:
Points: 50
Books: 3
Summary Totals: 85
Books: 5
Tasks: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Chris MD30.1 Create a Date
Option 1: Book title includes a day of the week
Rewriting Monday by Jodi Thomas
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The paperback has 352 pages.
Option 2: One of the author's names matches the name of a month
Murder in Old Bombay by Nev March
This book has 389 pages
352 + 389 = 741 total pages
Total points: 220
Chris MD30.2 Lost and Found
Option 1: Book added to TBR list before Dec 2017
The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin
Was added to my TBR shelf March 20, 2016.
This book has 448 pages
Option 2c: listed in the "Reader's Also Enjoyed" section
The Lions of Fifth Avenue: A Novel by Fiona Davis
The combo of The Aviator's Wife and The Lions of Fifth Avenue is noted as #81 in the books list in the help thread.
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The paperback has 464 pages.
448 + 464 = 912 total pages
Total points: 250
Chris MD30.5 Making the Best of It
I chose to do Option 2 twice: Single author whose initials are found in ESSENTIAL WORKER
Book 1:
One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson
essentiAl worKer
I listened to the audio version of this book. The MMP has 539 pages.
Claiming one BIG BOOK ticket.
Book 2:
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
essenTiAl worker
This book has 335 pages
539 + 335 = 874 total pages
Total points: 280
Chris MD30.7 Cras, Cars, Cars
Option 2: Author's first and last initial in volkSwAgen
Dear Miss Kopp by Amy Stewart
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The paperback has 320 pages.
Option 3: Title of at least three words where the first letter of every word is found in Dodge chALlenger
A Lonely Death by Charles Todd
Total points: 310
Joanne MI 50.1 - TraceyL's task: Twister
I spun Left Foot Blue
Book 1:
Option Left: Read a book by an author you have read from before:
Fool's Errand by Robin Hobb -I have read numerous books by this author
Claiming 1 BB at 661 pages
Book 2:
Option Foot: Read a book with 4 or more words in the TITLE
The Last Garden in England-5 word title
Book 3 -
Color- Read a book where the cover is at least 50% Blue
The Hollow Hills per Tineye the cover is 51.4 Blue
Points this task 50
Total Points 380
BB's this task 1
Total BB's 6
***UNCLAIMING*** totals changed belowKathy KS
10.7 - 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".
The Executor's Guide: Settling a Loved One's Estate or Trust, by Mary Randolph
TEG=supErcalifraGilisTicexpialidocious
***CLAIMING 1 big book ticket*** 520 pages
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 220-10=210
Tasks completed: 1-1=9
Big Book tickets for this task: 1-1=0
Big Book tickets total: 2-1=1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
50.1 - TraceyL's task: TwisterTwister Results: Left Hand Yellow
Book 1: Book by an author you have read from before - I have read this author before
Dr. Strange Beard by Penny Reid
Read the audiobook, the top paperback has 350 pgs
Book 2: Book with 3 words or less in the TITLE - 288 pgs
Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life by Christie Tate
Book 3: Book where the cover is at least 50% the color from your spin - 72.3% yellow per Tineye
Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia HibbertRead an ebook, the top paperback is 361 pgs
350+288+361 = 999 > 750 total pages
Total Points: 650
Suzannesea30.4 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.
Live Wire by Harlan Coben
LIVE can be read backwards as EVIL.
Book 2
Read a book with that backward word in its title.
Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith
Points this post: 30
Total points to date: 325
DeborahPost #17
25.1 - Bluemoon's task: CHRISTMAS IN THE 1960S
2) The Suffering by Rin Chupeco
RC: ANIMATED CHRISTMAS
3) Save the Date
STD: SOMEDAY ALL OUR DREAMS WILL COME TO BE
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 325
Books Read: 23
Tasks Done: 17
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Tammy AZ's task: Big Sky Documentary Film FestivalOption 2: Book from the following list: Best Female Lead Characters - this book is found on page 7, #672
Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey
AR Bookfinder IL: UG
Total Points: 670
Sue T5.5 - Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
Book that is #5 in a series
Twisted Vine by Toby Neal
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 80/990
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 7
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
MARGO 15.8 - The Fab FourRead a book with a 4-word title. Subtitles should be ignored.
Death on the Danube: A New Year's Murder in Budapest
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Points this task: 15
Total points: 390
Tasks completed: 17
MEGSCL30.8 - Ava Catherine's task: Sylvia Plath
Option 2 - author initials in BEEKEEPERS - Shopaholic Ties the Knot by Sophie Kinsella
Option 4 - mpg Mental health - Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Total to date
630 points
3 big book
20.3 - Best Review - Katy's task: Netflix BingesD. "The Babysitter's Club" - Warcross by Marie Lu
❆ Marie Lu is on page 1 ❆
Total points: 245 + 20 = 265
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Sarah E's task: Silent NightOption 3: The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen
❆ originally published in Danish; my native language is English ❆
Total points: 265 + 20 = 285
30.2 - Delicious Dee's task: LOST and FOUNDBook 1: Ice Cold by Tess Gerritsen
❆ shelved on my GR's TBR list on August 15, 2010 ❆
📖 456 pages 📖
Book 2, option B: The Bat by Jo Nesbø
❆ Jo Nesbø is a new-to-me author ❆
📖 369 pages 📖
📖 📖 📖 456 + 369 = 825 pages 📖 📖 📖
Total points: 285 + 30 = 315
30.3 - Cat's task: Eight Tiny Reindeer!Reindeer Pair: Dasher & Dancer
DASHER: Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir by Robin Ha
❆ RH in Dasher ❆
DANCER: Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara
❆ DA in Dancer ❆
Total points: 315 + 30 = 345
30.4 - Dlmrose's task: Forward and BackwardBook 1: The Elements We Live By: How Iron Helps Us Breathe, Potassium Lets Us See, and Other Surprising Superpowers of the Periodic Table by Anja Røyne
❆ LIVE in the title ❆
Book 2: Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith
❆ EVIL in the title ❆
Total points: 345 + 30 = 375
Kathy KS25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: The Unfortunate Effect of Planning
Read one book from two different options. Required: Identify which options you select when you post.
Option 2
Read a book that:
B. has 11 letters in the author’s name or title.
The Returned, by Jason Mott - 11 letters in title
I listened to an audio ; pb=338 (no mmpb)
Option 3
Read a book where at least 2 different vowels appear at least 3 times each in the title and/or subtitle.
The Executor's Guide: Settling a Loved One's Estate or Trust, by Mary Randolph
9 of letter E ; 3 of letter U ; 4 of letter O
520 pages
***CLAIMING 1 big book ticket*** 520 pages
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Points for this task: 25
Total points : 235
Tasks completed: 10
Big Book tickets for this task: 1
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
15.5 let There Be LightsLaser found in the title
Alex Cross's Trialby James Patterson
Task +15
Grand Total: 70
Kathy KS15.8 - The Fab Four
Read a book with a 4-word title.
Long Road to Mercy, by David Baldacci
I read a large print version ; mmpb=416 p. ; (Χωρίς Έλεος)
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 250
Tasks completed: 11
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Sara G25.6 - Tien's task: Lunar New Year 2021
1. Year of the Ox
Read a book with 'x' found in title/subtitle and/or author's name
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Mohsin Hamid is a new to me author.
2. Chinese Zodiac
Read a book first published in one of your Zodiac's years
I was born in the year of the Tiger.
Old World Murder by Kathleen Ernst
Kathleen Ernst is a new to me author.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 800
Sarah H15.9 - A Trekkie is Born
The Stone Sky
Points this task: 15
Total points to date: 90
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 7
Books read: 8
Julia10310.2. A Decade of Turbulence
Murder in Mesopotamia (set in Iraq)
This was first published in 1936 so claiming one GO ticket.
This post: 10 points, 1 GO
Total points: 785
BB: 9
GO: 6
Tasks completed: 41
Books read: 61
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sara G's task: RemembranceOption 1: All the letters in the word MOTOWN in the title only
Welcome to the Jungle by Hilary T. Smith
Read an ebook, the top paperback has 208 pgs
Total Points:690
Elizabeth PTask 15.10 - Digital Divide
Author's initials in ARAPNET
Engagement and Espionage by Penny Reid
aRaPnet
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 515
Total Tasks: 27
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 9
Total Books: 36
Kim O20.10 - Group Reads
Project Gutenberg Twelve Years a Slave : Golden Oldie -- first published February 5th 1853
Discussion post 24
Points this task; 20
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
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Totals:
Points: 285
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 4
Tasks completed: 20
repost of 25.3 (ref msg 2676)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 4- book with blue and yellow on the cover
by Rachel Carson is ebookBlue on lettering & sky, yellow on lettering
Under the Sea Wind MMP has 157 pages.
Book first published in 1941.
***claiming GO ticket***
Points this post: 25
GO tickets this post: 1
Total Points this Season: 950
Total GO Tickets: 13
Total BB Tickets: 2
Task 25.2 - Regina and the MountainsBook 1
Option B. Read a book with an author whose first and last initials are in JAMES BALDWIN.
jameS balDwin
Iron Cast (2016) by Destiny Soria (Goodreads Author) (Young Adult) (Hardcover, 378 pages)
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.
Mountain:
Tres Cruces
Topped Chef (Key West Food Critic Mystery #3) (2013) by Lucy Burdette (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 292 pages)
185 + 25 = 210
Tasks Completed: 11
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 185 + 25 = 210
Books read: 16
Pages read: 5,007
Read but not claimed: 05
Goodreads Authors: 10
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
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..
Opt. 2. Chinese Zodiac. I read Great Expectations by Kathy Acker, first pub'd 1982 a year of the dog. I was born in 1958, year of the dog.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 630
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Melinde's task: Food, glorious food! 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.
The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi Read 02/13/21
T in cockTail
H in sHrimp
A in cocktAil
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 405
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Tammy AZ's task: Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Option 2
Read a book from the following list: Best Female Lead Characters
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield Read 02/12/21
Book found on Page 3 of list, #272 https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 425
Jen K30.4 - Dlmrose's task: Forward and Backward
Book 1: A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World
Word: dog
Book 2: The Burning God
Word: god
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 605
Jen K10.4. And in Other News....
March: Book One
List: Best Books on Sixties History Nonfiction, Page 1, #6
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 615
Jen K10.7 - Earworms!
City of Ashes
superCAlifragilisticexpialidOcious
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 625
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For this task, I read Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why. The word "WHY" is in the title.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 105
Big Book TIckets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0