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WINTER CHALLENGE 2020
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.6: EShay's podcast connection Option 3: Serial Date by D. V. Berkom. The author initials DB are in murDerBot.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 165
Books: 9
Tasks: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0750+: 0; 1000+: 0
PegW25.6 - Tien's task: Lunar New Year 2021
Option 1: Read a book with 'x' found in title/subtitle and/or author's name
Our Sixties: An Activist's History
Option 2: Read a book first published in one of your Zodiac's years.
My Chinese Zodiac Animal is a Rabbit:1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Both of these authors were new to me.
**claiming one Golden Oldie for The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1927)
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 435
Big books: 3
Golden Oldies: 5
Task: 15.8 - The Fab Four - read a book with a 4 word title.Book read:The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Required: "The Thursday Murder Club" has 4 words.
Points this task:15
Total points:380
Total Golden Oldies:2
Total Big Books:1
Books read:23
Tasks completed:19
Andy P.Task # 25.6 - Tien's task: Lunar New Year 2021
Option 1. Read a book with 'x' found in title
Toxic Rage: A Tale Of Murder In Tucson by A.J. Flick This author is new to me
Option 2. Read a book first published in one of your Zodiac's years
I am a rooster so if I read the chart correctly, 2005 is the year of the rooster
Body Count by P.D. Martin was published in 2005 and this author is new to me
Points this post: 25
Total points: 910
Nick KY20.3 Best Review - Katy's task: Netflix Binges
Option D. I read White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson, # 203 on the list, p. 3.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 675
Nick KY20.6 Eshay’s Podcast Connection
Option 1: Podcast proposition -- I read A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay, mentioned in an interview with the author, Paul Tremblay, Sept. 2020 on the premier episode of the podcast “Talking Scared”: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast...
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 695
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.7: Remembrance Option 2: The Numbers Killer by Jennifer Ruff. The author initials JR are in JeRsey city.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 185
Books: 10
Tasks: 8
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0750+: 0; 1000+: 0
25.7 - Bookwrm526's task: I LOVE Reading ChallengesOption 3: Gender Queer
found on page 1 (pos 66 currently)
Option 4: Crank
I read Burned from April 15-20, 2020.
*I would like to claim a big book ticket*
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 730
Tasks Completed: 46
Books Read: 60
Big Books: 500: 5, 750: 2
GO: 1
15.2 - Vietnam & the Antiwar MovementBook 1, a book with MPG War: All the Flowers in Paris by Sarah Jio
Book 2, a book from Anti War Books list, p. 1: A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Points this post: 15
Total points: 810
Task 50.1 - TraceyL's task: TwisterTwister spin: Right Hand - Yellow
Book 1: The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis Graves - a new-to-me author, finished 1/11/21
Book 2: The Orphan Collector, finished 12/29/20
Book 3:
, finished 2/19/21Points this task: 50
Total points: 825
Task 30.3 - Cat's task: Eight Tiny Reindeer!Pair: Donner and Blitzen
Book 1: The Perfect Guests, by Emma Rous, finished 1/9
Book 2: When She Returned, by Lucinda Berry, finished 2/19
Points this task: 30
Total points: 855
30.6 - Andy P.’s Task: The Litmus TestBook 1. Read a book by a single author whose first or last name begins or ends with the sequence PH
I read The Taming of the Queen by Philippa Gregory. Her first name starts with "PH." This book has 50 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 The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding. This book has 363 pp. It has the letters that spell ACID in it: the Adventures of the ChrIstmas puDding.
450+ 363 = 813
points: 330
books read: 25
tasks completed: 16
Big Books: 1
pages read: 8413
Nick KY5.5 Aquarius
I read The Spider's Web by Peter Tremayne, # 5 in the Sister Fidelma series.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 700
25.5 - Amy FL's task: Verrry InterestingOption 2: 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!”
The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult
Read the ebook, the top paperback is 432 pgs
Option 3: MPG of Short Stories
Reasons to Live by Amy Hempel
Total Points: 730
Coralie25.4 The Season of Love
Option 3: hippies in Haight-Ashbury
Book A – first published in 1960
The Musgravess
Book B – book with a hyphenated word in title
Beasts and Super-Beasts
Total to date 625 points
30.4 - FORWARD AND BACKWARDBOOK 1 - WON - Fletch Won
BOOK 2 - NOW - Now and Then and Always
TOTAL POINTS - 900
5.9 - Secret Agent ManRead a book from the list "Best Spy Novels"
#3 The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
Points this post: 5
Total points to date: 260
10.2 - A decade of TurbulenceRead a book set at least 50% in a countries which had at least one successful coup during the 60s: Iraq
The Beekeeper of Sinjar: Rescuing the Stolen Women of Iraq by Dunya Mikhail
Points this post: 10
Total points: 270
10.9. Laugh, We Made it to 2021!Read a book with the main page genre Humor.
And the Rest is History by Jodi Taylor
Points this post: 10
Total points to date: 280
25.5 - Amy FL's task: Verrry InterestingOption 1: Goldie Hawn
Nightingale Point by Luan Goldie
Option 3: Anthologies
The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic by Leigh Bardugo
Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 305
25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: The Unfortunate Effect of PlanningOption 2 (b): Spontaneous has 11 letters. Read a book that has 11 letters in the title.
Black Friday by Alex Kava
Option 4: Read a book with both blue and yellow on the cover.
by Fredrik BackmanYellow background, blue coats.
Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 330
10.7 - Earworms!Read a book with a title of at least 3 words, first letters can be found in Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
Points this post: 10
Total points to date: 340
MARGO 25.5 - Amy FL's task: Verrry InterestingOption 1: a single author who shares a name:
AUTHOR Gracie RUTH Mitchell for RUTH Buzzi.
Eye of the Beholder
Option 3: a book with a MPG of Short Stories
The Return Journey
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Points this task: 25
Total points: 445
Tasks completed: 19
LAUREN JODI25.7 - Bookwrm526's task: I LOVE Reading Challenges
Option 1: Set in Egypt
The Promise of a Kiss by K.C. Bateman
Option 4:
The Duke and the Lady in Red by Lorraine Heath
Previously read book: When the Duke Was Wicked, read June 24, 2020
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 465/990
Total Books Read: 36
Tasks Completed: 27/57
LAUREN JODI5.10 - Freedom
Cyclone by Janie Crouch
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 470/990
Total Books Read: 37
Tasks Completed: 28/57
LAUREN JODI10.4 - And in Other News....
Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake by Frank W. Abagnale
List: Best Novels about the 1960s, Page #1, book 31
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 480/990
Total Books Read: 38
Tasks Completed: 29/57
Sara G25.4 - Kristina Simon's task: The Summer of Love
Option 1: Flower Power
Book A: Read a book with a flower or flowers on the cover.
by Kate AtkinsonI read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 544 pages.
**Life After Life is a Big Book (544 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Book B: Read a book with a word that has "ower" intact in the title/subtitle.
by John McWhorterPoints this post: 25
Total points: 875
5.6 - Sugar, SugarBook written by an author who shares a name of a band vocalist - using Jeff Barry
Ascender, Vol. 2: The Dead Sea by Jeff Lemire
Total Points: 735
M1nks30.3
1. DASHER - Whose Body? Pub 1923
*1 Golden Oldie Ticket
2. DANCER - Evil under the Sun Pub 1941
* 1 Golden Oldie Ticket
Points for this task: 30
Total points : 210
Big Book tickets : 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets total: 9
M1nks5.1- The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance - GOdfathers
Points for this task: 5
Total points : 215
Big Book tickets : 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets:
Golden Oldies tickets total: 9
M1nks5.4 - The Magician Pub 1908
* 1 Golden Oldie Ticket
Points for this task: 5
Total points : 220
Big Book tickets : 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 10
M1nks5.5 - Vintage Murder Pub 1937
* 1 Golden Oldie Ticket
Points for this task: 5
Total points : 225
Big Book tickets : 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 11
M1nks5.6 - Artemis - Andy Kim
Points for this task: 5
Total points : 230
Big Book tickets : 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets:
Golden Oldies tickets total: 11
M1nks 5.7 - Dogsbody
IL: MY+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10.0
Points for this task: 5
Total points : 235
Big Book tickets : 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets:
Golden Oldies tickets total: 11
PegW20.4 - 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.
Anxious People
Originally written in Swedish, my language is English.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 455
Big books: 3
Golden Oldies: 5
M1nks 5.8 - Hand in Glove - Hand (One Hand, One Heart)
Points for this task: 5
Total points : 240
Big Book tickets : 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets:
Golden Oldies tickets total: 11
Scooter&Siam20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Tammy AZ's task: Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Option 3 chosen: Option 3 - Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in OSCAR.
Read The Terminal Spy: A True Story of Espionage, Betrayal and Murder by Alan S. Cowell
Points: 20
Total: 205
Jen K25.6 - Tien's task: Lunar New Year 2021
1. Year of the Ox
You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria
X in AleXis- this author is new to me
3. Red is an auspicious colour
Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy by Talia Lavin
Tineye: 84.7 %#de3123Red
This author is new to me.
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 695
Jen K5.9 - Secret Agent Man
Page 3 on list, #215
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 700
Julia10320.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Marie-Anne's task: Where in the world?
Option 1 - Pilgrim of the Sky by Natania Barron (3 As in author first name)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 850
BB: 9
GO: 6
Tasks completed: 44
Books read: 65
Kim O25.2 - 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.
To the Bright and Shining Sun
Book2: Option B. Read a book with a two-word title. (subtitles are excluded.)where the first letters of each word are in the name of ONE of the following famous mountains: FUJIYAMA, EVEREST, KENYA, KILIMANJARO, DENALI, TRES CRUCES.
The Son (Everest) This book has 592 pages
Points this task: 25
Big book tickets: 1
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Totals:
Points: 325
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 4
Tasks completed: 22
Task 30.5 - Making the Best of Itbooks combined total of at least 600 pages.
Option 2. Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in ESSENTIAL WORKER.
LR are the initials
Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory by Lydia Reeder is audiobook
Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory paperback is 304 pages
Option 4: Book from list SCIENCE & LITERATURE--Together at Last
on 1st page of list:
Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History by Stephen Jay Gould has 347 pages
304 + 347 = 651 pages
Points this post: 30
Total Points this Season: 990
Total GO Tickets: 13
Total BB Tickets: 2
15.7 - The British Invasion In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware Read 2/19/21
Book is set in England. Setting can be found in the data on the book's page.
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 490
Kai5.6 Sugar Sugar
Read a book written by an author who shares a name of a band vocalist- fictional or actual - from this list : Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Reggie Mantle, Veronica Lodge, Betty Cooper, Ron Dante, Toni Wine, Jeff Barry, Andy Kim. The name must match exactly, but may be used in any position.
The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper
Books read: 24
Tasks completed: 19
Points this task: 5
Total points: 325
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. Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
We Hear Voices by Evie Green Read 1/13/21
volkswaGEn
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.
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik Read 1/15/21
A- in ChAllenger
D- in Dodge
E- in challEnger
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 520
Jasmiina F5.10 - Freedom:
Read a book of your choice:
Adult Children of Alcoholics: Expanded Edition by Janet Geringer Woititz.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 110
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Task 10.1 - Shaken, not Stirred(I've previously claimed this task in #2342 but unclaimed it in #2754)
author initials in CONNERY
Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan
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815 points
12 BB tix
3 GO ti
15.6 - Heart to Heartheart on cover (in the border at the top/bottom)
Truth or Beard
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830 points
12 BB tix
3 GO tix
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Task 20.4: Silent Night Option 2: Holy Terrors by Mary Daheim. The 4-letter word HOLY in the title is in the lyrics.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 145
Books: 8
Tasks: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0750+: 0; 1000+: 0