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WINTER CHALLENGE 2020
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MEGSCL20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's task: The Sixties, but When?
Option 3: page number ends in 66: Not Bad People
* 566 pages - 1 big book
Total to date
690 points
4 big book
Congratulations, Andy P! You'll have a 25 point task in the Spring Challenge.
30.2Book 1: On TBR 3+ Years
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss
Added to TBR April 3, 2013, 347 pgs
Book 2 New to you Author
Option C: Similar Book to Book 1
The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor by Mark Schatzker
Author is new to me, 272 pgs
Link to proof of similarity
Total points: 900
Tasks completed: 50
Books read: 69
GO: 4
BB: 6(500) 1(750) (1000)
Congratulations, Delicious Dee! You'll have a 25 point task in the Spring Challenge.
PAULA S15.6 - Heart to Heart
Read a book with a heart(s) on the cover.
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Point this Post: 15
Total Points: 35
Big books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Anja5.10 - Freedom
Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
Motorcycle Daddy by Laylah Roberts
POINTS:
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 195
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 10
Anja10.1. Shaken, not Stirred.
Read a book with a single author whose initials can be found in SEAN CONNERY.
Lethal Balance by Cherise Sinclair
POINTS:
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 205
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 11
Anja15.7 - The British Invasion
Read a book set at least 50% in the UK (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland).
Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
POINTS:
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 220
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 12
Anja15.8 - The Fab Four
Read a book with a 4-word title.
Daddy in Cowboy Boots by Laylah Roberts
book lenght approved here
POINTS:
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 235
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 13
Anja15.9 - A Trekkie is Born
Read a book with the MPG Science Fiction.
Unnatural by Alessandra Hazard
Science Fiction 41 users
POINTS:
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 250
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 14
Anja20.2 - 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.
Crave to Conquer by Zoey Ellis
POINTS:
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 270
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 15
Anja25.4 - Kristina Simon's task: The Summer of Love
Option 2: Bell Bottoms
Book A: Read a book with a title of at least two words where all the words begin with the same letter.
Lila's Loves by Laylah Roberts
book lenght approved here
Book B: Read a book written by a single author whose name contains LL or TT.
Her Broken Alpha by Isoellen
POINTS:
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 295
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 16
Anja25.8 - Brooke TX's task: 2020 Wrapped
Option 3 - Read a book first published in 2020 or 2021.
Hero Daddy by Laylah Roberts
Protector Daddy by Laylah Roberts
book lenght approved here
POINTS:
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 320
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 17
10.9. Laugh, We Made it to 2021!Read a book with the main page genre Humor
Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
Total points: 85
UNCLAIM
Brooke TX
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Melinde's task: Food, glorious food!
Option 3: 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.
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
Books Read: 41
Brooke TX20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Melinde's task: Food, glorious food!
Option 2: Read a book with a cover that is more than 50% (51+%) rocket colors (red-orange-yellow). With a cover that is 57.6% orange:
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 600
Completed Tasks: 38
Books Read: 66
UNCLAIM
Brooke TX
20.6 – Seasoned Reader - EShay's task: EShay's podcast connection
Option 2: Read a book with a main character who risks their life or physical safety for the safety of others. Main character is a SWAT officer:
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Completed Tasks: 2
Books Read: 43
Kristen IA20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sara G's task: Remembrance
This is a one book task.
Required: State which option you chose when posting.
Option 2: New Jersey
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in JERSEY CITY.
Just Say Christmas by Rosalind James
I read the ebook and linked the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 185/990
Tasks Completed: 11/57
BB: 0
GO: 0
Brooke TX20.6 – Seasoned Reader - EShay's task: EShay's podcast connection
Option 4: Read a book with the main page genre Novella and/or that has a page length of 150-200, inclusive.
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 600
Completed Tasks: 38
Books Read: 66
UNCLAIM
Brooke TX
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sara G's task: Remembrance
Option 2: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in JERSEY CITY.
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 600
Completed Tasks: 38
Books Read: 66
Brooke TX20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sara G's task: Remembrance
Option 2: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in JERSEY CITY.
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 600
Completed Tasks: 38
Books Read: 66
Kristen IA25.1 - Bluemoon's task: CHRISTMAS IN THE 1960S
This is a two book task. Chose two options below and read a book for each option.
OPTION 1 - ALUMINIUM CHRISTMAS TREES
Read a book with a red, blue, and/or green OBJECT on the cover. This can be an actual object or stylized. Background color or lettering will not work for this task.
Required: Include the cover and point out the object when you post.
What You Wish For by Katherine Center
The red object is a leaf.
I read the ebook and have linked to the PB edition for page count and the ebook for the cover.
OPTION 2 - ANIMATED CHRISTMAS SPECIALS
Read a book by a single author whose initials (first and last) are found in ANIMATED CHRISTMAS. Letters may only be used as often as they are found in the target phrase.
A Season of Angels by Debbie Macomber
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 210/990
Tasks Completed: 12/57
BB: 0
GO: 0
Brooke TX20.1 - Most Improved - SandyL's Task: Escape by Romance
Option 4: Read a book with a main page genre of Paranormal or Science Fiction.
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 620
Completed Tasks: 39
Books Read: 66
Joanna T20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Melinde's task: Food, glorious food!
Option 2: Ice cream
Read a book with a cover that is more than 50% (51+%) rocket colors (red-orange-yellow) according to Tineye.
REQUIRED: Include the book cover and the percentage of red, orange, and/or yellow when you post.
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
83.3 % - Red
7.8 % - Black
5.0 % - Grey
2.3 % - Grey
1.0 % - Red
0.5 % - Red
Task total: 20
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Grand total: 425
BB: 3
GO: 1
Brooke TX20.3 – Best Review - Katy's task: Netflix Binges
Option B: Read a book from the Favorite Comfort Reads list. Found on page 3:
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 640
Completed Tasks: 40
Books Read: 66
Kristen IA30.6 - Andy P.’s Task: The Litmus Test
This is a two book task. Choose one book that satisfies the requirements for Book 1, and another that satisfies the requirements for Book 2.
The total number of pages for both books must be greater than 500 pages (501+). - 443 + 288 = 731 pages total
Book 1. Read a book by a single author whose first or last name begins or ends with the sequence PH
The Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory - 443 pages
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. - ACID
A Deception at Thornecrest by Ashley Weaver - 288 pages
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the HC edition for page count
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 240/990
Tasks Completed: 13/57
BB: 0
GO: 0
CelesteR15.10 - The Digital Divide
Find a book whose author's initials are in ARPLANET.
You Make It Too Easy Suki darake no Anta ga Warui by Akihisa Teo
GN: 100+ < 202 pages
Post: 15
Total Pts: 30
Brooke TX20.4 - Golden Oldies - Sarah E's task: Silent Night
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in SILENT NIGHT.
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 660
Completed Tasks: 41
Books Read: 66
20.6 – Seasoned Reader - EShay's task: EShay's podcast connectionOption 3: Pew pew producer
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
Total Points = 160
EMurphy25.1 Bluemoon's Task: CHRISTMAS IN THE 1960S
Option 2: Author whose initials are found in ANIMATED CHRISTMAS The Last Romantics by Tara Conklin
Option 3: Title of at least three words where the initial letter of each word is found in the phrase SOMEDAY ALL OUR DREAMS WILL COME TO BE The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
*Golden Oldies Ticket - published 1922
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 320
Books Read: 22
GO Ticket: 2
BB Ticket +500: 1
BB Ticket +750: 1
Tasks Completed: 14
Queen Bee Darlene15.9 A Trekkie is Born
Science fiction MPG
An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 890
Task 25.6 – Lunar New Year 2021Book 1: Option 1
Book chosen: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Fits task: New-to-me author; x in Mexican
Format read: audio
# of pages: 368
Book 2: Option 3
Book chosen:
Fits task: Minimum of 80% red
Color percentages: 49.2%+35.0%+2.4%=86.6%
Format read: audio
# of pages: 393
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date: 545 points
Task 25.7 – I LOVE Reading ChallengesBook 1: Option 1
Book chosen: The Book of Two Ways
Fits task: 50% set in the U.S. and 50% set in Egypt (every other chapter is set in Egypt)
Format read: audio
# of pages: 432
Book 2: Option 4
Book chosen: The Vine Eater
Fits task: Previously read: The Frost Eater by the same author (finished on March 30, 2020)
Format read: audio with ebook readalong
# of pages: 419
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date: 570 points
Task 30.5 – Making the Best of ItBook 1: Option 2
Book chosen: Zehn Stunden tot
Fits task: author initials S and A found in ESSENTIAL WORKER
Format read: audio with ebook readalong
# of pages: 496
Book 2: Option 2
Book chosen: Tuesdays with Morrie
Fits task: MC is college professor
Format read: audio
# of pages: 210
Total # of pages: 496+210=706
Points this post: 30 points
Total points to date: 600 points
Task 15.2 - Vietnam & the Antiwar MovementBook 1: Read a book with the MPG War or a MPG that includes the word WAR.
Genre
American Revolution > American Revolutionary War
Noted in the Genre Noted thread.
A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America (2005) by Stacy Schiff (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 489 pages) [327.73]
Book 2: Read a book found on the Anti War Books list.
Required: State which page the book can found on when you post.
Found on Page Two
The Eye in the Door (Regeneration #2) (1993) by Pat Barker (Paperback, 280 pages)
280 + 15 = 295
Tasks Completed: 14
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 280 + 15 = 295
Books read: 22
Pages read: 6,991
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 13
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Sara G10.3. March On!
Read a nonfiction book about the Civil Rights movement, or about one of the leaders/important figures of the Civil Rights movement.
At the Dark End of the Street by Danielle L. McGuire
Points this post: 10
Total points: 925
Sarah E25.4 - Kristina Simon's task: The Summer of Love
Option 2: Bell Bottoms
Book A: The Two Towers - top MMP edition
I read this from the ebook omnibus edition The Lord of the Rings
Book B: Author name contains LL
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
I listened to an audio but have linked to the top paperback, no MMP
Total Points: 240
25.1 Christmas in the 1960S READ 60Op.2 Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Lettersby Mark Dunn authors inititals in Animated M D
op4.The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher Moore this is a new to me author
Points 20
Total 105
READ 60 Lunar New Year 25.6Anxious Peopleby Bachman letter x in the title
Magpie Murders by anthony horowitz redcover
Points 25
total points 130
Brooke TX25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: The Unfortunate Effect of Planning
Option 2: Read a book that has 11 letters in the author’s name or title. The complete author's name or a name part (first, middle, last) may be used. Titles that have 11 letters total or an 11-letter individual word will work. "Mockingbird" has 11 letters:
Option 4: Read a book with both blue and yellow on the cover. Blue sky, yellow letters and glowing light (coming from book & lower right corner):
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 685
Completed Tasks: 42
Books Read: 66
Brooke TX25.7 - Bookwrm526's task: I LOVE Reading Challenges
Option 1: Read a book set at least 50% in the Middle East. Set in Egypt:
Option 4: Choose a book that you read between January 1 and November 30, 2020 and read another book by this author. I previously read Balefire by the same author, finished 10/8/20:
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 710
Completed Tasks: 43
Books Read: 66
Brooke TX30.5 - Sandy's task: Making the Best of It
Option 2. Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in ESSENTIAL WORKER.
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 740
Completed Tasks: 44
Books Read: 66
Brooke TX30.6 - Andy P.’s Task: The Litmus Test
Book 1. Read a book by a single author whose first or last name begins or ends with the sequence PH.
Book 2. Read a book where the word ACID or BASE may be made from the letters in its TITLE. "Base" can be made from the letters in the title:
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 770
Completed Tasks: 45
Books Read: 66
Julia103repost of 3073 (to include AR Bookfinder data on children's book)
10.1. Shaken, not Stirred.
Enchantress from the Stars by Sylvia Engdahl
(SE in SEAN)
AR Bookfinder: IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 15.0
This post: 10 points
Total points: 915
BB: 9
GO: 7
Tasks completed: 48
Books read: 69
Brooke TX10.1. Shaken, not Stirred.
Read a book with a single author whose initials can be found in SEAN CONNERY.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 780
Completed Tasks: 46
Books Read: 66
Coralie30.4 Forward and Backward
Using the words GOD and DOG I read
To a God Unknown
And
The Spotted Dog
Total to date 660 points
Brooke TX10.5. Not All Bad!
Read a book by a single author who you first read in 2020, before 11/15. I first read Black Widow, Volume 1: The Finely Woven Thread on 8/3/20. This book is new to me.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 790
Completed Tasks: 47
Books Read: 66
Coralie30.8 Sylvia Plath
Option 1: Life and Death
Book first published in 1932
The Memorial
Option 2: Beekeeper’s Daughter
Book by an author whose initials can be found in BeekeeperS
Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson
Total to date 690 points
Joanne Mi Task 15.5 - Let There Be Light(s)
Read a book with all the letters of LASER found in the TITLE only. Subtitles are excluded.
Across the Green Grass Fields
Points this is task 15
Total Points 395
Total BB's 6
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10.1. Shaken, not Stirred.
Enchantress from the Stars by Sylvia Engdahl
(SE in SEAN)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 915
BB: 9
GO: 7
Tasks completed: 48
Books read: 69