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WINTER CHALLENGE 2020
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
30.7 Option 2: First & Last initials in VOLKSWAGEN
The Quiet Americans: Four CIA Spies at the Dawn of the Cold War—A Tragedy in Three Acts by Scott Anderson
*Claiming a BB ticket 562 pgs*
Option 4: Exact Word in Title: Soldier (beetle)
Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War by Karen Abbott
*Claiming a BB ticket, 544 pgs
Total points: 740
Tasks completed: 44
Books read: 58
GO: 4
BB: 4(500) 1(750) (1000)
PegW25.2 - Nick KY's task: Regina and the Mountains
Read 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.
Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks
Book 2 - Option A: Option A. Read a book* from the Banff Mountain Book Festival Award Winners- from page 1 I read:
The Anthropology of Turquoise: Reflections on Desert, Sea, Stone, and Sky
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 405
Big books: 3
Golden Oldies: 4
Joanna T20.4 - Golden Oldies - Sarah E's task: Silent Night
Option 3: Read a book that was originally written in a language other than your native one.
Hard Rain by Irma Venter
Required: State the original language of your book AND your native language when you post.
The original language is Afrikaans and my native language is English.
Task total: 20
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Grand total: 370
BB: 2
GO: 1
READ 60 And in other news Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson
Best Novels of the Sixties pg. 1 #83
points: 10
Total Points: 85
Joanne MI -reposting noting not for kids50.1 - TraceyL's task: Twister
I spun Left Foot Blue
Book 1:-Verified "Not For Kids" in post #270
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
Jasmiina F10.9. Laugh, We Made it to 2021!:
Read a book with the main page genre Humor:
The Problem with Men: When is International Men’s Day? by Richard Herring.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 105
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Delicious Dee20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Tammy AZ's task: Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
optio 3 - We Met in December - Rosie Curtis - RC found in OSCAR
points this post: 20
Updated Total points: 845
Task 25.7 - I LOVE Reading Challengesoption 1: set in Beirut, Lebanon (in book blurb). I estimate 60% - 65% is in Beirut
I, The Divine
option 4: I read The Six Sacred Stones by Matthew Reilly in April 2020, so chose another book by Reilly:
The Two Lost Mountains
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715 points
9 BB tix
2 GO tix
Sarah E10.10 - I Want Them All!
Neapolitan Delight Murder
I read a kindle edition, paperback - no MMP - is Neapolitan Delight Murder
Total points: 25
Sarah E20.3 – Best Review - Katy's task: Netflix Binges
Option A: King in title
The Return of the King - top MMP edition
I read this from the omnibus kindle edition The Lord of the Rings.
Total points: 45
Task 20.6 - EShay's Podcast Connectionoption 3: author initials in MURDERBOT
Black and British: A Forgotten History by David Olusoga
602 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
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735 points
10 BB tix
2 GO tix
Andy P.Task # 20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's task: The Sixties, but When?
Option 3. Read a book of at least 360 pages where the page count ends in 60 or 66
Brutal Journey: The Epic Story of the First Crossing of North America by Paul Schneider 366 p.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 835
15.7 The British Invasionset 50% in UK
The Poison Tree by Erin Kelly
Set in London, England
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 800
Task 5.7 - The House of the Rising SunMPG Animals verified https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
The Ardent Swarm
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740 points
10 BB tix
2 GO tix
Coralie30.7 Cars, Cars, Cars
Option 2 – book by an author whose initials can be found in volkSwAgen
The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart
Option 4 – book with a word in the title from list of beetles – using WATER from Water scavenger beetles
The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water
Total to date 550 points
Sara G25.5 - Amy FL's task: Verrry Interesting
Option 1: There were lots of guest stars and cast members on Laugh-In over the years, but only a handful that I think of as regulars. Read a book by a single author who shares a name with one of these funny people: Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Judy Carne, Ruth Buzzi, Arte Johnson, Henry Gibson, Lily Tomlin, Goldie Hawn, Jo Anne Worley, Alan Sues and Gary Owens. Spaces determine names.
Intercepted by Alexa Martin
Alexa Martin shares a name with Dick Martin.
Option 3: Since the show contains multiple sketches, read a book with a MPG of Short Stories or Anthologies.
Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda
Points this post: 25
Total points: 825
30.4 - Dlmrose's task: Forward and BackwardBook 1: Read a book with a word in the TITLE that can be read backwards as a new word, such as War backwards is Raw. Subtitles are excluded.
Book 2: Read a book with the backward word that resulted in Book 1 in the TITLE. Subtitles are excluded.
My words are DEVIL and LIVED
Book 1: The Devil and Miss Prym
Book 2: Audio version of Livvie Owen Lived Here
MPG Childrens is present, AR bookfinder score is :
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7.0
New Points: 30
Total Points: 520
GO: 1
Shawn H.25.2 - Nick KY's task: Regina and the Mountains
Book 1 Option B: Read a book with an author whose first and last initials are in JAMES BALDWIN.
Rage by Bob Woodward
BW in BaldWin
Book 2 Option B: two-word title in KILIMANJARO
Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
LJ in kiLimanJaro
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 130
Golden Oldie: 1
Big Ticket Books: 0
Task 20.3 – Best Review - Katy's task: Netflix BingesOption C: The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War, finished 2/15
Points this task: 20
Total points: 760
15.1 - GROOVY MAN - DAY 3BOOK 1 - One Summer Weekend by Shannon Stacey
Using Shannon from Tommy Shannon (Johnny Winter)
Book approved for length in post 8119 of the verification thread
BOOK 2 - Stone of Fire
Fire from This Wheel's on Fire by The Band
TOTAL POINTS - 805
Sarah H15.5 - Let There Be Light(s) - Read a book with all the letters of LASER found in the TITLE only.
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
Points this task: 15
Total points to date: 105
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 8
Books read: 9
FLY Task #15.8 - The Fab Four
task: Read a book with a 4-word title.
book: Every Heart a Doorway
how it fits: 4-word title
Points this post: 15
Total points: 440
Tasks completed: 19 /58
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
DeborahPost #18
20.6 – Seasoned Reader - EShay's task: EShay's podcast connection
Option 4: Short and sweet
All Systems Red MPG: NOVELLA 152 pages
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 345
Books Read: 24
Tasks Done: 18
DeborahPost #19
5.10 - Freedom
Over the Woodward Wall by A. Deborah Baker
Not found on AR Bookfinder
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 350
Books Read: 25
Tasks Done: 19
Mary P20.3 – Best Review - Katy's task: Netflix Binges
Option B:Read a book from the Favorite Comfort Reads list.
The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher.
Found on page 1 of the list.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 270
30.8 - Ava Catherine's task: Sylvia PlathOption 2: Beekeeper’s Daughter: Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in BEEKEEPERS
Royal Flush by Rhys Bowen
Option 4: Mental Health: Read a book with MPG mental health or the MPG mental illness
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb
Total points: 75
Task 20.5 - The Sixties, but When?option 2: published in 1860
Framley Parsonage
pub 1860 - claiming 1 GO tix
666 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
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760 points
11 BB tix
3 GO tix
Andy P.Task # 25.5 - Amy FL's task: Verrry Interesting
Option 1.
Read a book by a single author who shares a name with one of these funny people: Ruth Buzzi
The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
Option 2. Read a book with a title of at least three words where the first letter of each title word can be found in “You Bet Your Sweet Bippy! Rings of Ice by Piers Anthony R in Your, O in your, I in Bippy
Points this post: 25
Total points: 860
Doing Dewey30.4 - Dlmrose's task: Forward and Backward
Book 1 - Spying on Whales: The Past, Present, and Future of Earth's Most Awesome Creatures
ON in the above title is NO backwards, a word found in the following title...
Book 2 - The River of No Return
This Task :
Points: 30
Golden Oldies Ticket: No
Big Books Ticket: No
Totals:
Total: 430/1015
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 4
Total Tasks Completed: 21/58
Christine V5.10 - Freedom
Daisy Miller: A Study
I read the Kindle edition. The top MMPB Daisy Miller has 93 pages. This will be my one book that has 80-99 pages.
This book was first published in 1878.
***Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket***
Point this post: 5
GO Tickets this post: 1
Total points: 155
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 11
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
Sarah E15.6 - Heart to Heart
The heart is bottom centre of the cover.
Total points: 60
Sarah E30.4 - Dlmrose's task: Forward and Backward
My words are LIVE and EVIL
Book 1: Come, Tell Me How You Live: An Archaeological Memoir
I listened to an audio, MMP is Come, Tell Me How You Live
Golden Oldie, first published 1946. Claiming 1 GO ticket.
Book 2: A Different Kind of Evil
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is A Different Kind of Evil
Total points: 90
Total GOs: 1
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.1: Escape by romance Option 3: The Mystery Box by Eva Pohler. Author initials EP are in lisa klEyPas. The MPG romance is on main page.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 105
Books: 6
Tasks: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Reader name: Marie-Anne**** REPOST, including cover: Task 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
UNCLAIMING POST Task 10.1 - Shaken, not Stirred (claimed in #2342author initials in SEAN CONNERY
Winter Dark by Alex Callister
length verified: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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updated points: 750 points
UNCLAIMING POST Task 25.1 - Christmas in the 1960s (claimed in #1930)option 1: red & green item on cover
The Ordeal of the Haunted Room
holly sprig on RHS next to the M in ROOMlength verified: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
option 2: author initials in CHRISTMAS
Brilliant Devices by Shelley Adina
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updated points: 725 points
Task 25.1 - Christmas in the 1960s (orig claimed in #1930, unclaimed in #2755)option 1: red & green item on cover
The Ordeal of the Haunted Room
holly sprig on RHS next to the M in ROOMlength verified: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
option 2: author initials in CHRISTMAS
Winter Dark by Alex Callister
length verified: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
(previously used for 10.1, unclaimed in #2754)
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updated points: 750 points
11 BB tix
3 GO tix
Task 20.9 - Big Sky Documentary Film Festival250+ pages
option 3: author initials in OSCAR
Brilliant Devices by Shelley Adina
342 pages
(previously used for 25.1, unclaimed in #2755)
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770 points
11 BB tix
3 GO tix
MARGIEVANTask 5.2 - Hey, Jude: Read a book with one of these words in the title or subtitle: Hey, Hi, Hello . . .
Hello, Darkness
Point this post: 5
Points total: 180
10.2 A Decade of Turbulence I read The Neighborhood by Mario Vargas Llosa - set almost entirely in Peru
Total Points: 10
20.4 Silent Night I chose option 3 and read Knife by Jo Nesbø - written in Norwegian and my native language is English
Total Points: 45
20.6 Eshay's podcast connection I chose option 4 and read All Systems Red by Martha Wells - MPG Novella
(and the inspiration for this task - I couldn't agree more about how great the series is!)
Total Points: 65
b>Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.2: Escape by romance Option 3: Shadows on the Ivy by Lea Wait. The 4-word title initials SOTI are in ShrImp cOcTail. The MPG romance is on main page.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 105
Books: 7
Tasks: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0750+: 0; 1000+: 0
25.3Option 2: 11 letters in author's name
Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline
Option 3: 2 different vowels appear at least 3 times each in the title/ subtitle
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan
E's and O's
Total points: 765
Tasks completed: 45
Books read: 60
GO: 4
BB: 4(500) 1(750) (1000)
25.1 Christmas in the 1960sOption 2: American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century byMaureen Callahan
MC is inAniMated Christmas
Option 3: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Someday All Our Dreams WilL CoMe To Be
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 255
Sara G25.3 - 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. The word must stand alone and match exactly.
Calling Me Home by Julie Kibler
Option 2
Spontaneous has 11 letters. Read a book that:
A. was first published in a year with 11 in it.
The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
The Peach Keeper was first published in 2011.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 850
Nick KY10.2. A Decade of Turbulence
I read The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives by Lola Shoneyin, set in Nigeria.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 640
30.1 - Mazza1's task: Create a DateOption 2, a book by an author whose name is a month of the year: The House by the Sea: A Journal by May Sarton
paperback edition The House by the Sea 288 pages
Option 3, a book with an ordinal number that corresponds to a day in the month in its title: Miracle on 5th Avenue by Sarah Morgan
mass market paperback Noël sur la 5e Avenue 496 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 685
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15.6 - Heart to Heart
Read a book with a heart(s) on the cover. The heart(s) may be realistic or stylized.
From Russia with Love by Ian Fleming
Task total: 15
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Grand total: 350
BB: 2
GO: 1