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WINTER CHALLENGE 2020
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
PegW15.7 - The British Invasion
Read a book set at least 50% in the UK (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland).
Small Island
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 470
Big books: 3
Golden Oldies: 5
30.2 - Delicious Dee's task: LOST and FOUNDBook 1 – LOST – Read a book that has been LOST on your TBR for at least 3 years (added to TBR list prior to 1 Dec 2017)
I listened to an audio version of They Left Us Everything: A Memoir by Plum Johnson (288 pages)
Added to my Goodreads shelf on March 3 2015 (listed as maybe)
Book 2 – FOUND
Option B: B – by an author that can be found on the similar authors portion of the authors profile (just above list of books on author's profile)
The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis (314 pages)
288+314=602 pages
Terry Fallis is found on Plum Johnson's similar authors list. (17th one down)
New Points: 30
Total Points: 550
GO: 1
MARGO 20.6 – Seasoned Reader - EShay's taskOption 4: Short and sweet
Read a book with the main page genre Novella and/or that has a page length of 150-200, inclusive.
162 pages. MMPB posted, but read Kindle version
Nobody's Perfect
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Points this task: 20
Total points: 485
Tasks completed: 21
50.1 - TraceyL's task: TwisterBook 1 - Left or Right
Option Left: Read a book by an author you have read from before.
Required: State that you have read this author before when you post.
Mastiff
I have read this author before.
*I would like to claim a big book ticket*
Book 2 - Hand or Foot
Option Foot: Read a book with 3 words or less in the TITLE. Ignore subtitles. Spaces determine words.
Assessing English Language Learners: Bridges to Educational Equity: Connecting Academic Language Proficiency to Student Achievement
Book 3 - Color (GREEN)
Read a book where the cover is at least 50% the color from your spin according to Tineye. Percentages of the same base color may be combined to achieve 50%.
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 705
Tasks Completed: 45
Books Read: 58
Big Books: 500: 4, 750: 2
GO: 1
15.9 A Trekkie is Born - Science Fiction genreLa Belle Sauvage
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 20.0
Points: 15
Total/challenge: 240
20.1 The Duke - genre RomanceOpt 3 first and last initials can be found in LISA KLEYPAS.
The Duke by Katharine Ashe
K, A found in KlepAs
Total: 10
Total/challenge: 260
20.4 Silent NightOption 2: Read a book with a word of at least four letters in the title or subtitle that exactly matches* a word from the lyrics -used Night
The Last Days of Night
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 280
20.6 PodcastOpt 4 Novella between 150-200 pgs
All Systems Red - 152 pgs
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 300
30.4 Forward and Backwards Bk 1 - title has word that forms a new word when read backwards Used dog/god
The Dog Stars
Bk 2 - read backwards word from Bk 1
The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story
Total: 30
Total/challenge: 330
30.5 Making the Best of It >600 pgsBk 1 - main character is doctor/nurse/hospital worker
A Spark of Light -352 pgs
Doctor and nurse are main characters
Bk 2 - Bk 3 - Education genre or main character works in a school and a significant portion is in school setting
The Lake of Dead Languages- 390 pgs
Main character is Latin teacher at a private girls boarding school
352+390 =742
Points: 30
Total/challenge: 360
50.1 Twister - Left-Hand- Blue >750 pgsBk 1 Left - Author you've read before
Wicked and the Wallflower by Sarah MacLean 396 pgs
I have read book by Sarah MacLean before
Bk 2 Hand -Read a book with 3 words or less in the TITLE. Ignore subtitles
Loving the Marquess 316 pgs
Bk 3 Blue cover is >50% blue
- 370 pgshttps://labs.tineye.com/color/5e394fc...
43.7 +9.8+3.9 = 57.4 % blue
396+316+370=1085 pgs
Points: 50
Total/challenge: 410
Amy FL10.10 - I Want Them All!
A French Girl in New York - "french" vanilla
Points this post: 10
Total points: 805
Amy FL20.1 - Most Improved - SandyL's Task: Escape by Romance
Option 3: The Lying Woods by Ashley Elston (lisA klEypas)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 825
Suzannesea20.4 - Golden Oldies - Sarah E's Task: Silent Night
Option 3
Book in translation
Excursion to Tindari by Andrea Camilleri was originally written in Italian. My native language is English.
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 360
REPOST with "not for kids" verificationKristen IA
20.7 - 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
****verified as not for kids in Post #274****
I read the ebook and linked the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 240/990
Tasks Completed: 13/57
BB: 0
GO: 0
10.9. Laugh, We Made it to 2021!MPG Humor
Beard Necessities by Penny Reid
Read the audiobook, the top paperback has 334 pgs (no MMPB)
Total Points: 760
Sara G5.7 - The House of the Rising Sun
Read a book with a main page genre Animals. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
Ape House by Sara Gruen
Points this post: 5
Total points: 930
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Marie-Anne's task: Where in the world?Option 3: Book with fruit on the cover - strawberries and blueberries on the cover
Heart Berries by Terese Marie MailhotTotal Points: 780
Inge20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Melinde's task: Food, glorious food!
Option 1
Book: Pizza Girl
Book is on page 1 of the list, book 55
Points this task: 20
total points: 325
total books: 25
task completed: 21
BB ticket: 2
#pages this post: 208
total #pages: 9117
trishhartuk10.5 Not All Bad!
After Atlas, Emma Newman
Read the kindle edition. PB here
After Atlas is new to me, and not a reread.
I finished my first Emma Newman book, Planetfall, on 19 May 2020.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Points this task: 10
Books read: 1
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 465
Tasks completed: 31
Golden oldies: 5
Big book tickets: 5 (750+ x 2 = 4 tkt; 500+ x 1 = 1 tkt)
20.10 - Group ReadsMexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
discussion post #33
Points this post: 20
Total points: 865
5.8 - West Side StorySomething in the World Called Love by Sue Saliba
word in title, love, found in song title: A Boy Like That / I have a Love
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 4
Bigger is Better: 9
Season Total: 915
LAUREN JODI20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's task: The Sixties, but When?
Option 1: Set in 1864
The First Bride by Sofia Hunt
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 550/990
Total Books Read: 42
Tasks Completed: 32/57
Julia1035.6 - Sugar, Sugar
The Renegade Apprentice by Andy Peloquin (name matches Andy Kim)
This post: 5 points
Total points: 920
BB: 9
GO: 7
Tasks completed: 49
Books read: 70
LAUREN JODI20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Melinde's task: Food, glorious food!
Option 2: Ice Cream
Spell Bound by Kelley Armstrong
62.6% orange + 29.7% red = 92.3% rocket colors
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 570/990
Total Books Read: 43
Tasks Completed: 33/57
MARGO 30.4 - Dlmrose's task: Forward and Backwardwords chosen: PEELS and SLEEP
Banana Peels on the Tracks: Coming of Age in Post-Communist Slovakia
I Can't Sleep: The gripping psychological thriller that will keep you awake at night.
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Points this task: 30
Total points: 515
Tasks completed: 22
5.2 Exact Word in Sub/Title: Hey, Hi, Hello, Welcome, Greetings, Good, Day, Howdy, Aloha, Yo, Oh The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames by Kai Bird
Total points: 905
Tasks completed: 51
Books read: 70
GO: 4
BB: 6(500) 1(750) (1000)
Amy B25.7 - Bookwrm526's task: I LOVE Reading Challenges
This is a two-book task. Choose two options below and read a book for each option.
Required: State which options you chose when you post.
Option 3: For this option, read a book found on the Popsugar 2020 - A Book with an Upside-Down Image on the Cover.
Required: Include which page your book can be found on when you post.
The Boat People by Sharon Bala (page 1, #23)
Option 4: For this option, choose a book that you read between January 1 and November 11, 2020. Read another book by this author. Required: In your post, include the name of the book you previously read, and the date when you finished it.
Read Indians on Vacation by Thomas King on Nov. 6; Obsidian: A DreadfulWater Mystery by Thomas King
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 660 Points
Cindy FTask 25.3 The Unfortunate Effect of Planning
Option 1: Book with word from DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO
(TELL)
Tell It to the Trees by Anita Rau Badami
Option 2: First published with 11 in year
Published 2011 Hell's Highway by Gerri Hill
Points this post:25
Total points:190
Books read:19
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:2 tickets
Tasks completed:14
Joanna TUNCLAIM
From Post 3032:
Joanna T
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.
...Nigeria....
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Book is set in Nigeria and is nearly 100% in Nigeria.
This book had 543 pages, so I would like to claim one BB ticket.
Task total: -10
BB this post: -1
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Grand total: 395
BB: 2
GO: 1
Cindy FTask 10.9 Laugh, We Made it to 2021!
Humor Genre
In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Points this post:10
Total points:200
Books read:20
Golden Oldies:0
Bigbooks:2 tickets
Tasks completed:16
Cindy FTask 15.9 A Trekkie is Born
MPG Science Fiction
The Ordeal of the Haunted Room by Jodi Taylor
ebook length verified in thread for no print edition line #3426
Points this post:15
Total points:215
Books read:21
Golden Oldies:0
Big books: 2 tickets
Tasks completed: 17
Brooke TX30.4 - Dlmrose's task: Forward and Backward
My word pair is NO - ON.
Book 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.
Book 2: Read a book with the backward word that resulted in Book 1 in the TITLE.
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 820
Completed Tasks: 48
Books Read: 67
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.
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
21.6 %#f76f1aOrange
21.2 %#27120eBrown
16.0 %#cd5f2eOrange
14.7 %#f8f16aYellow
14.2 %#d7cd70Yellow
3.2 %#711408Red
2.7 %#cf7650Orange
2.7 %#ed9014Orange
2.6 %#ccd2cdGrey
1.3 %#fcc449Yellow
Task total: 20
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Grand total: 415
BB: 2
GO: 1
Bookwrm526Task #30.5 - Making the Best of It
The task description says you can read two books for the same option, so that is what I did. I chose option two, read a book by a single author whose initials are found in ESSENTIAL WORKER and read the following two books:
Book 1: The Toll by Neal Shusterman (625p).
Book 2: A Provencal Mystery by Ann Elwood (232p).
625+232= 857p.
Total points so far: 695
UNCLAIMING THIS POSTTask: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"
Book read:The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
Required: first letters of the title TUOU in sUpercalifragilisTicexpialidOcioUs
Points this task:10
Total points:405
Total Golden Oldies:2
Total Big Books:1
Books read:25
Tasks completed:20
Task:30.8 - Ava Catherine's task: Sylvia PlathChoosing the option to read 2 books from 1 option, both:
Option 4: Mental Health (a book with MPG mental health or the MPG mental illness.)
Book 1
Book read:The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
Required: mpg
Health > Mental Health 111 users
Book 2
Book read:Swimming Lessons: Poems by Lili Reinhart
Required: mpg
Health > Mental Health 23 users
Points this task:30
Total points:395
Total Golden Oldies:2
Total Big Books:1
Books read:24
Tasks completed:19
An aside: A poignant task for me as I grew up next to the graveyard where Sylvia Plath was buried <3
Task:15.5 - Let There Be Light(s) (all the letters of LASER found in the TITLE )Book read:The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary
Required:LASER in the fLAtShaRE
Points this task:15
Total points:410
Total Golden Oldies:2
Total Big Books:1
Books read:25
Tasks completed:20
Sarah E30.3 - Cat's task: Eight Tiny Reindeer!
Reindeer pairing: Comet & Cupid
Book 1: Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer - ComEt
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 9.0
Book 2: Old Bones by Douglas Preston - cuPiD
Total points: 270
Sarah E30.5 - Sandy's task: Making the Best of It
I chose to do option 2 twice
Book 1: A Talent for Murder by Andrew Wilson - 416 pages
ESSENTIAL WORKER
Book 2: Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
I listened to an audio, top MMP is La Nuit des rois - 404 pages
ESSENTIAL WORKER
416 + 404 = 820 pages
Total points: 300
Task 10.3 - March On!non-fiction about the US Civil Rights Movement (OKed in help thread)
March: Book Two
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935 points
Task 10.4 - And in Other News....on p1, #6, of Best Books on Sixties History Non-Fiction list
March: Book One
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945 points
Brooke TX10.3. March On!
Read a nonfiction book about the Civil Rights movement, or about one of the leaders/important figures of the Civil Rights movement.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 830
Completed Tasks: 49
Books Read: 69
Brooke TX10.4. And in Other News....
Found on page 1 of Best Books on Sixties History Nonfiction:
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 840
Completed Tasks: 50
Books Read: 69
25.7 - Bookwrm526's task: I LOVE Reading ChallengesOption 3:
found on page 1 (pos 38 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
MEGSCL30.3 - Cat's task: Eight Tiny Reindeer!
DASHER - A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
***Golden oldie ticket (first published 1929)
DANCER -Under the Midnight Sky by Anna Romer
Total to date
720 points
4 big book
1 golden oldie
MEGSCLReposting because I forgot the GO ticket!
5.7 - The House of the Rising Sun
Black Beauty
IL: MY - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 11.0
***first published 1877 - golden oldie***
Total to date
720 points
4 big book
2 golden oldie
MEGSCL5.3 - Theme from A Summer Place
Practical Magic
List page 3
Total to date
725 points
4 big book
2 golden oldie
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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5.10 - Freedom
Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
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Total = 460 points
BBT = 3