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WINTER CHALLENGE 2020
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
15.8 - The fab fourI read Write No Matter What: Advice for Academics by Joli Jensen. This book has a 4-word title.
Points: 15
Total points: 60
15.9 - A Trekkie is bornI read Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. This book has the MPG Science Fiction.
Points: 15
Total points: 75
20.4 - Silent NightOption 3
I read A Winter Kiss on Rochester Mews by Annie Darling. This book is originally written in English, my native language is Dutch.
Points: 20
Total points: 95
5.8 - West Side StoryI read Crazy in Love at the Lonely Hearts Bookshop by Annie Darling
The word "love" can be found in the following song title: "A Boy Like That/I Have a Love"
Points: 5
Total points: 100
PegW5.5 - Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
Read a book that is book number 5 in a series
The Big Four #5 in Hercule Poirot Series
Claiming one Golden Oldie - Published in 1927
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 65
Big books: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
15.7 Set 50% in UK The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
*Claim GO ticket, pub 1942*
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 8
GO: 2
BB: (500) (750) (1000)
Meghanly20.6 Eshay's Podcast Connection
Option 1: Read a book recommended or mentioned on a podcast.
Memorial by Bryan Washington
From Podcast: https://debutiful.net/2020/11/24/brya...
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Total Tasks: 1
Total Books Read: 1
Total Pages Read: 320
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Andy P.Task # 5.6 - Sugar, Sugar
Read a book written by an author who shares a name of a band vocalist: Jeff Barry
All the Devils by Barry Eisler
Matching name is Barry
Points this Post: 5
Total points: 55
Andy P.Task # 10.6. Please Phrase That in the Form of a Question.
Read a book with one of these "question words" in its subtitle - Who,
The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II by Denise Kiernan Who in the subtitle
Points this post: 10
Total points: 65
CCTask 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
Books read: 1
Points this task: 15
Total points: 15
5.4 - The TwistRead a book with a two-word title where the first word is "The"
I listened to an audio version of The Outsiders
New Points: 5
Total Points: 45
Bookwrm526Task #5.3 - Theme from A Summer Place
Read a book from this list I Only Watched the Movie. I read The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells, from page 3 of the list (at position 247 at time of posting).
Total points so far: 80
Rockynook20.1 - Escape by Romance
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in LISA KLEYPAS and has a MPG of Romance
Love Your Life by Sophie Kinsella
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Rockynook20.3 - Netflix Binges
Option B: Read a book from the Favorite Comfort Reads list.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling - found on page 1.
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12.0
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Kelly L25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: The Unfortunate Effect of Planning
Option 3
Read a book where at least 2 different vowels appear at least 3 times each in the title and/or subtitle.
A Colony in a Nation
A cOlOny in A nAtiOn = 3 Os & 3 As
Option 4
Read a book with both blue and yellow on the cover.
REQUIRED: Include the book cover and point out the yellow and blue when you post.
Memorial
Blue background; yellow text
This post: 25 points
Total: 75 points
Total BBT: 2
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Melinde's task: Food, glorious food!Option 2: Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey
❆ 62.4% red ❆
Total points: 55 + 20 = 75
10.9. Laugh, We Made it to 2021!Read a book with the main page genre Humor.
Hark! A Vagrant
Points this task: 10
Books read this task: 1
Golden oldie claimed this task: 0
Big book claimed this task: 0
Total points: 10
Total Tasks completed: 1
Total Golden oldies: 0
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Total books read: 1
5.5 - Aquarius/Let the Sunshine InRead a book that is book number 5 in a series.
The Tower of Nero
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 15.0
Points this task: 5
Books read this task: 1
Golden oldie claimed this task: 0
Big book claimed this task: 0
Total points: 15
Total Tasks completed: 2
Total Golden oldies: 0
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Total books read: 2
MEGSCL5.8 - West Side Story
LOVE from "A Boy Like That/I Have a Love"
The Codes of Love
Total to date
20
Christine V20.6 – Seasoned Reader - EShay's task: EShay's podcast connection
Option 1: Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall - from America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness
This book is found on page 1 of the "Radiolab Suggested Readings" list.
Point this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
Sarah H25.1 - Bluemoon's task: CHRISTMAS IN THE 1960S
OPTION 1 - Read a book with a red, blue, and/or green OBJECT on the cover.
Follow Me to Ground
Red flower and green leaves on cover
OPTION 2 - Read a book by a single author whose initials (first and last) are found in ANIMATED CHRISTMAS.
Circe by Madeline Miller
aniMated christMas
Points this task: 25
Total points to date: 45
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 3
Books read: 4
DeborahPost #4
15.5 - Let There Be Light(s)
Read a book with all the letters of LASER found in the TITLE only. Subtitles are excluded.
The Brides of Rollrock Island
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 50
Books Read: 4
Tasks Done: 4
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's task: The Sixties, but When?A book set during a '60s decade in any century except 1960s: Simon the Fiddler by Paulette Jiles, set in the 1860s.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 45
APRILLEIGH10.8 - Cookies!
Read a book with one or more cookies on the cover.
Ginger Snapped by Gail Oust
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (80)
Golden Oldie: 0 (4)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (10)
Total Tasks: 9
Unclaim, it's a childrens book, and not allowed :)
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.5 Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
Motorhomes, Maps, & Murder by Tonya Kappes
A Camper & Criminals Cozy #5
Points this post: 5
Total points: 65/990
Tasks completed: 5/54
Books read: 5
BB:1
GO: 0
(just keeping track for own purposes)
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.6 Sugar, Sugar
Easy Street by JEFF Ross
Points this post: 5
Total points: 70/990
Tasks completed: 6/54
Books read: 6
BB:1
GO: 0
(just keeping track for own purposes)
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.5 Not All Bad!
Canyons, Caravans, & Cadavers by Tonya Kappes.
Read Beach, bungalows, and burglaries on September 30, 2020
This is not a re-read for me.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 80/990
Tasks completed: 7/54
Books read: 7
BB:1
GO: 0
(just keeping track for own purposes)
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.2 Rookie at the Top - Melinde's task: Food, glorious food!
Option 2:
by Lori WeberRed: 70.3%
Yellow: 4.2%
Yellow: 1.8%
Points this post: 20
Total points: 100/990
Tasks completed: 8/54
Books read: 8
BB:1
GO: 0
(just keeping track for own purposes)
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.2 Nick KY's task: Regina and the Mountains
Book 1: Option A: Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith.
Book 2: Option B: Nine Doors by Vicki Grant
ND found in Denali
Points this post: 25
Total points: 125/990
Tasks completed: 9/54
Books read: 10
BB:2
GO: 0
(just keeping track for own purposes)
10.2. A Decade of Turbulence Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries, each of which had at least one successful coup during the 60s.
Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed Read 12/11
Book is set in Pakistan. Setting can be found on the book's Goodreads page.
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 70
Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 7
15.8 The Fab Four Read a book with a 4-word title.
Paper Girls, Vol. 4 by Brian K. Vaughn Read 12/9
Title was approved in message 6 on the help thread
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...--
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 85
Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 8
Nick KY30.8 Ava Catherine’s Sylvia Plath
Opt. 1. I read a book 1st published in 1963, The Game-Players of Titanby Philip K. Dick.
Opt. 4. I read a book with a main page GR genre of “Mental Health,” Clans of the Alphane Moon by Philip K. Dick.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 100
Nick KY20.5 Julia103’s The Sixties – But When?
Option 2: Read a book first published in the 1560's, 1660s, 1760s or 1860s. Suggestions can be found on these lists, but your book is not required to be on the lists – I used the 1760’s list:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
and I read # 11 on p. 1, Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime by Immanuel Kant (ed./trans. John T. Goldthwaite).
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 120
Casey W15.6 - Heart to Heart
Read a book with heart on the cover, realistic or stylized.
This Is How You Lose Her
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Casey W20.1 - Escape by Romance
Option 3
Read a book where the author's initials can be found in LISA KLEYPAS and has a MPG of Romance.
Among the Beasts & Briars
By Ashley PostonAuthor's initials are found in LisA kleyPas and book has MPG of Romance.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 50
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Rockynook -Re-post and correction of post 282
20.1 - Escape by Romance
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in LISA KLEYPAS and has a MPG of Romance
Love Your Life by Sophie Kinsella
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 40
CYNBAXTERTask #5.02 – Hey, Jude
Task: Read a book with one of these words in the title or subtitle: Hey, Hi, Hello, Welcome, Greetings, Good, Day, Howdy, Aloha, Yo, Oh
Book: Welcome to Lagos by Chibundu Onuzo
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 50 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 3
Delicious DeeUnclaim
5.10 - Freedom
How to Fail at Flirting
points this post: 5
Updated Total points: 130
Delicious Dee25.1 - Bluemoon's task: CHRISTMAS IN THE 1960S
option 1 -
- blue jacketoption 2 - Nora Roberts Land - Ava Miles - AM found in ANIMATED CHRISTMAS
points this post: 25
Updated Total points: 155
MEGSCL10.1. Shaken, not Stirred
How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t with Your Kids: A Practical Guide to Becoming a Calmer, Happier Parent by Carla Naumberg
Not really for kids approved msg 257
Total to date
30
Sara G20.3 – Best Review - Katy's task: Netflix Binges
D. In honor of this show, 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. You may read a different book from the one on the list as long as the author is on the list.
Required: State which page the author can be found on when you post.
The Bride Test by Helen Hoang
Helen Hoang is listed on page 1 of the list.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 145
Sara G20.2 - 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. Letters can only be used as often as they appear in the target phrase. Subtitles should be ignored.
The Lost Orphan: A Novel by Stacey Halls
SHRIMP COCKTAIL
Points this post: 20
Total points: 165
Julia10320.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's task: The Sixties, but When?
Option 1: Falconer's Crusade (set in 1264, year is in description and metadata)
This post: 20
Total points: 160
BB: 3
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 11
20.1 - Most Improved - SandyL's Task: Escape by RomanceOption 4: Read a book with a main page genre (MPG) of Paranormal. Note: Your book must also contain an MPG of Romance.
Evernight (Evernight #1) by Claudia Gray
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 85
SarahBR25.8 - Brooke TX's task: 2020 Wrapped
Option 4:
Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
This book has the stand alone genre of Science Fiction
Option 4
Storm of Locustsby Rebecca Roanhorse This book also has the genre science fiction
I used the option of 2 books from the same option for this task
Task points:25
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 4
GO:
BB: (500) (750) (1000)
Queen Bee Darlene15.6 Heart to Heart
Heart(s) on cover
Love & Luck
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 115
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I read Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. This book is set in Scotland.
Points: 15
Total points: 45