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WINTER CHALLENGE 2020
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
Coralie25.7 I LOVE Reading Challenges
Option 3. Found on page 2, #136 on list
Conjure Women
Option 4 I completed At The Sign Of The Cat And Racket on May 30, 2020, so for this task I read
Letters of Two Brides also by Honoré de Balzac
Total to date 715 points
BUCKET10.7 Earworms
The American Agent by Jacqueline Winspear
(TAA in SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS.)
Points this post: 10
Points total: 340
BB total: 4
GO total: 4
30.1 - Mazza1's task: Create a DateOption 1: Read a book with a day of the week in its TITLE
The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club #1) by Richard Osman
381 pages
Option 4: Read a book with a year (numerical format) or a range of years in its TITLE.
New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson
480 pages
Total pages read: 861
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 4
Bigger is Better: 9
Season Total: 945
Barbara ★20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Tammy AZ's task: Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Option 3: Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in OSCAR
A Cold Day in Hell - Stella Cameron (410 pages) 2/25
(S & C in oSCar)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 675
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Janice CA5.10 - Freedom
free choice
The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy, Updated and Expanded Edition by Elizabeth Kendall
+5
total: 70
tasks: 6
books: 7
Jen K25.1 - Bluemoon's task: CHRISTMAS IN THE 1960S
OPTION 2 - ANIMATED CHRISTMAS SPECIALS
Salt Houses by Hala Alyan
cHristmAs
OPTION 4 - TRADITIONS
The Tourist Attraction by Sarah Morgenthaler
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 780
MPG Holiday; this author is new to me
Jen K15.8 - The Fab Four
The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 795
Jen K15.7 - The British Invasion
Wolf Hall
100% in England
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 810
Jen K15.5 - Let There Be Light(s)
Devil in a Blue Dress
dEviL in A blue dReSs
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 825
Jen K15.4 - Assassination Nation
Option 2: The Office of Historical Corrections
the oFFice of historical coRRecTIONs
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 840
MEGSCL20.4 - Golden Oldies - Sarah E's task: Silent Night
Option 1: initials in Silent Night: Rosewater by Tade Thompson
Total to date
750 points
4 big book
2 golden oldie
Kim O30.5 - Sandy's task: Making the Best of It
3. Read a book with the main page genre Education (standalone or embedded) OR a book in which the main character is a K-12 or college teacher or someone who works in a school in another capacity (bus driver, guidance counselor, etc.) and a significant portion of the plot/subject takes place in an academic setting or on a school bus.
Good-Bye, Mr. Chips Golden Oldie -- first published in 1934 (132 pages)
4. Read a book from one of the following lists: Future Technology Nonfiction, Science & Literature Together at Last, Essential Computer History and Information Revolution Books
Snow Crash from the list Science & Literature Together at Last, page 1 (470 pages)
Combined page total > 600 (132 + 470 = 602)
Points this task: 30
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
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Totals:
Points: 405
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 5
Tasks completed: 24
Inge30.2 - Delicious Dee's task: LOST and FOUND
Book 1: Delirium
Shelved november 4 2015 as to read
Book 2: The Summer House
option A, shares the same name (Lauren)
Points this task: 30
total points: 355
total books: 27
task completed: 22
BB ticket: 2
#pages this post: 441+ 352
total #pages: 9910
Suzannesea15.5 - Let There Be Light(s)
Read a book with all the letters of LASER in the title.
The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
thE widowS of mALabaR
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 375
Task 20.1 - Escape by RomanceOption 4: Read a book with a main page genre (MPG) of Paranormal or Science Fiction. Note: Your book must also contain an MPG of Romance.
This book was specifically approved in the help thread.
Storybound (2020) by Emily McKay (Goodreads Author) (Young Adult) (Hardcover, 403 pages)
315 + 20 = 335
Tasks Completed: 20
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 315 + 20 = 335
Books read: 24
Pages read: 7,689
Read but not claimed: 00
Goodreads Authors: 15
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
M1nks25.4 - Opt 1. A.
- Flowers in 3 of the ladies hairstylingB. The Borgias: Power and Depravity in Renaissance Italy - pOWER
Points for this task: 25
Total points : 620
Big Book tickets :
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets:
Golden Oldies tickets total: 23
M1nksUNCLAIM
30.6 - 1. The Queen's Fool 504 pges
2. Indiscretions of Archie Pub 1923 - ACID
-1 BBT and GO ticket but these won't change after being reposted below
M1nks30.6 - 1. The Queen's Fool 504 pgs
2. Death and the Dancing Footman Pub 1941 - ACID DAnCIng
No actual change to totals as this is a match for the previous entry
Points for this task:
Total points : 620
Big Book tickets :
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets:
Golden Oldies tickets total: 23
M1nks15.10 - The Wee Free Men
IL: UY - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11.0
Points for this task: 15
Total points : 635
Big Book tickets :
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets:
Golden Oldies tickets total: 23
M1nks20.1 - 1. Indiscretions of Archie Pub 1921
* 1 Golden Oldie Ticket
Points for this task: 20
Total points : 655
Big Book tickets :
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 24
Amy B15.10 - The Digital Divide
Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in ARPANET. Spaces determine names. Letters can only be used as often as they appear in the target word.
An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 675 Points
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Sarah E's task: Silent NightOption 1. Sfârșitul competenței: discreditarea experților și campania împotriva cunoașterii tradiționale, by Tom Nichols
Points: 20
Total points: 145
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sara G's task: RemembranceOption 2. The Quest for Cosmic Justice, by Thomas Sowell
Points: 20
Total points: 165
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Tammy AZ's task: Big Sky Documentary Film FestivalOption 3. Red Sky Over Hawaii, by Sara Ackerman
Pages: 352
Points: 20
Total points: 185
30.8 - Ava Catherine's task: Sylvia Plath Book 1
Option 2 Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in BEEKEEPERS.
A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown Read 12/10/2020
BeekeepeR
Book 2
Option 4: Mental Health-Read a book with MPG mental health or the MPG mental illness. (MPG may be stand alone or embedded)
You Asked for Perfect by Laura Silverman Read 2/25/21
MPG Health > Mental Health
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 625
Mary P10.1. Shaken, not Stirred.
Read a book with a single author whose initials can be found in SEAN CONNERY.
Sanctuary on Fire by Nikita Slater
Approved for length. Message #8132
Points this task: 10
Total points: 295
Mary P5.10 - Freedom
Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
The Last Sanctuary by Nikita Slater
Approved for length. Message #8132
Points this task: 5
Total points: 300
Amy FL20.6 – Seasoned Reader - EShay's task: EShay's podcast connection
Option 3: The K Team by David Rosenfelt (muRDerbot)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 850
Amy FL30.8 - Ava Catherine's task: Sylvia Plath
Option 2: Before I Let You Go by Kelly Rimmer (beeKeepeRs)
Option 4: Stay - approved for MPG mental health > mental illness in message 2 for this task
Points this post: 30
Total points: 880
Queen Bee Darlene30.2 Delicious Dee's Task: LOST and FOUND
600 pgs min
1) lost on my TBR for at least 3 years
Sister by Rosamund Lupton - This book has been on my shelf since 2016
2B) author found on similar author's portion of author's profile
The Line Between by Tosca Lee
https://www.goodreads.com/author/simi...
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 950
25.5Option 1: author shares name Dick Martin
Dead Reckoning: The Story of How Johnny Mitchell and His Fighter Pilots Took on Admiral Yamamoto and Avenged Pearl Harbor by Dick Lehr
Option 2: 3+ word title initials in "Sock It to Me!"
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Total points: 935
Tasks completed: 53
Books read: 73
GO: 4
BB: 6(500) 1(750) (1000)
Joanna T20.3 – Best Review - Katy's task: Netflix Binges
C. The election - Read a nonfiction book with the MPG "Politics."
Ghosts of Spain: Travels Through Spain and its Silent Past by Giles Tremlett
Task total: 20
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Grand total: 435
BB: 2
GO: 1
Final book of the season for me, it was really fun to be back again!Thank you so much to the mods for the awesome work and effort ❤
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Sara ITA
15.6 - Heart to Heart
Read a book with a heart(s) on the cover.
Contro le diete: come evitare sacrifici, vivere sani e dimagrire lo stesso (How Not To Diet: The Groundbreaking Science of Healthy, Permanent Weight Loss) by Michael Greger
**Contro le diete: is a Big Book (1,019 pages). Claiming 3 BB tickets**
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Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 235
BB Tickets: 4
GO Tickets: 9
MARGIEVANTask 15.10 The Digital Divide: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in ARPANET.
Rules of Civility
By Amor Towles
A and T
Points this post: 15
Points total: 195
Sara G10.2. 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.
Algeria, Argentina, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burma (Myanmar), Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Iraq, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Somalia, Somaliland, South Korea, Sudan, Syria, Togo, Turkey, Upper Volta (Burkina Faso), Yemen, Zanzibar.
The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta
This book takes place entirely within Nigeria.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 945
Laurah3020.2 - 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) according to Tineye. A single color over 50% or combination of colors may be used to reach >50% if necessary.
Olive Kitteridge
75% yellow
Points this post: 20
Total points: 285
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 19
Big Book tickets: 5
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
trishhartuk25.4 Kristina Simon's task: The Summer of Love
Option 2: Bell Bottoms
Book A: Read a book where all the words begin with the same letter.
After Atlas, Emma Newman
Read the kindle edition. PB here
Moved from 10.5, which I unclaimed in message #3188 (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
Book B: Read a book written by a single author whose name contains LL
The Whispered Word, Ellery Adams
Read the kindle edition. PB: here
Points this task: 25
Books read: 2
Total points: 480
Tasks completed: 31
Golden oldies: 5
Big book tickets: 5 (750+ x 2 = 4 tkt; 500+ x 1 = 1 tkt)
Sarah E15.9 - A Trekkie is Born
An Ember in the Ashes
I read a kindle edition, MMP is Une braise sous la cendre
Big Book, 560 pages. Claiming 1 BB ticket.
Total points: 340
Total BBs: 3
Sarah E20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Marie-Anne's task: Where in the world?
Option 1: 3 As in one part of the author's name
Passenger to Frankfurt by Agatha Christie
Total points: 360
Sarah E25.2 - Nick KY's task: Regina and the Mountains
Book 1
Option B: Author whose first and last initials are in JAMES BALDWIN
Agatha Raisin and Kissing Christmas Goodbye by M.C. Beaton
Book 2
Option B: Two word title. My word is EVEREST
Ring Shout
I listened to an audio, paperback - no MMP is Ring Shout
Total points: 385
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
I listened to an audio version of Parable of the Sower
New Points: 20
Total Points: 595
GO: 1
Shelby
Repost30.8 - Ava Catherine's task: Sylvia Plath
Option 1
Read a book first published in 1932, or read a book first published in 1963.: Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
How Fits: Published - 1932
Claiming Golden Oldies Ticket - Published 1932
AND
Option 2
Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in BEEKEEPERS.: Raze, by Roan Parrish
Ebook Verified: Here
How Fits: Author - Roan Parrish
Points this post: 30
Total points: 595
Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 3
Suzannesea25.1 - Bluemoon's Task: Christmas in the 1960's
Option 2 - Animated Christmas Specials
Author's initials in ANIMATED CHRISTMAS
Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben
animated CHristmas
Option 4 - Traditions
Read a book with the MPG Holiday by a new-to-you author.
Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher
This is the first of her books that I have read.
Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 400
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15.7 - The British Invasion
Lamentation
Big Book, 737 pages. Claiming 1 BB ticket.
Total points: 325
Total BBs: 2