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WINTER CHALLENGE 2020
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Kathy KS25.8 - Brooke TX's task: 2020 Wrapped
Option 2 - Read a book whose title or author's LAST name starts with E, I, Q, U, V, X, Y, or Z.
Until Proven Guilty, by J.A. Jance
Until...
I listened to an audio ; 2nd mmpb (1st does not list pages) = 340 p.
Option 4 - Read a book with MPG Science Fiction.
The Returned, by Jason Mott
MPG: Science Fiction 87 users
I listened to an audio ; pb=338 (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 25
Total points : 335
Tasks completed: 15
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Cindy FTask 15.8 The Fab Four
4 word title
A Hanging at Dawn by Charles Todd
Points this post:15
Total points:230
Books read:22
Golden Oldies:0
Big books:2 tickets
Tasks completed:18
Laurah3030.3 - Cat's task: Eight Tiny Reindeer!
Dasher & Dancer
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
SEH found in daSHEr
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
CNA found in dANCer
Points this post: 30
Total points: 315
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 21
Big Book tickets: 5
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
Brooklyn 5.1 – Going to A-Go-Go
Read a book with the letters GO found intact in the title/subtitle
When the Lights Go Out by Mary Kubica
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5/990
Tasks completed: 1/58
Books read: 1
Brooklyn 5.2 – Hey Jude
Read a book with one of the listed greeting words in its title/subtitle
Welcome to Braggsville by T. Geronimo Johnson
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10/990
Tasks completed: 2/58
Books read: 2
Brooklyn 5.3 – Theme From a Summer Place
Read a book from the “I Only Watched the Movie” listopia
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Found on pg. 2
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15/990
Tasks completed: 3/58
Books read: 3
Brooklyn 5.4 – The Twist
Read a book with a 2-word title where the first word is “the”
The Babysitter by Nancy Bush
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20/990
Tasks completed: 4/58
Books read: 4
Brooklyn 5.5 – Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In
Read a book that is #5 in a series
Hell's Corner by David Baldacci
#5 in the Camel Club series
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25/990
Tasks completed: 5/58
Books read: 5
Brooklyn 5.6 – Sugar, Sugar
Read a book written by an author who shares a name of a band vocalist from the list
That Birthday in Barbados by Inglath Cooper
Cooper matches Betty Cooper
Points this post: 5
Total points: 30/990
Tasks completed: 6/58
Books read: 6
Brooklyn 5.7 – The House of the Rising Sun
Read a book with a MPG of Animals
The Last Rhinos: My Battle to Save One of the World's Greatest Creatures by Lawrence Anthony
Points this post: 5
Total points: 35/990
Tasks completed: 7/58
Books read: 7
Bookwrm526Task #30.6 - The Litmus Test
Book 1: Read a book by a single author whose first or last name begins or ends with the sequence PH. I read The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper (314p).
Book 2: Read a book where the word ACID or BASE may be made from the letters in its TITLE. I read The Cold Vanish: Seeking the Missing in North America's Wildlands by Jon Billman (theColDvAnIsh - acid)). (368p).
314+368=682p
Total points so far: 725
Brooklyn 5.9 – Secret Agent Man
Read a book from the “best spy novels” listopia
The Camel Club by David Baldacci
Found on pg 1
Points this post: 5
Total points: 40/990
Tasks completed: 8/58
Books read: 8
Brooklyn 5.10 – Freedom
Read a book of your choice
Divine Justice by David Baldacci
Points this post: 5
Total points: 45/990
Tasks completed: 9/58
Books read: 9
Brooklyn 10.1 – Shaken, Not Stirred
Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in SEAN CONNERY
White Ivy by Susie Yang
Points this post: 10
Total points: 55/990
Tasks completed: 10/58
Books read: 10
25.4 Summer of LoveOpt 1A - flowers on cover
Opt 1B - "ower" intact in title
Followers
Points: 25
Total/challenge: 435
Jen K20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Tammy AZ's task: Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Option 3
Dominicana by Angie Cruz
osCAr
323 pages> 250 pages
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 860
Jen K5.6 - Sugar, Sugar
Prism Cloud by Jeff Wheeler
Jeff matches Jeff Barry
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 865
Jen K5.8 - West Side Story
Song of Susannah
Song matches #3 Jet Song
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 870
Jen K10.6. Please Phrase That in the Form of a Question.
How We Fight For Our Lives
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 885
Jen K10.5. Not All Bad!
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
This was not a re-read
I first read this author with All Systems Red on July 2, 2020
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 895
Scooter&Siam20.6 – Seasoned Reader - EShay's task: EShay's podcast connection
Chose
Option 3: Pew pew producer
Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MURDERBOT.
Read A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
Points: 20
Total: 245
Brooklyn 10.2 – A Decade of Turbulence
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the listed countries
His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie
Points this post: 10
Total points: 65/990
Tasks completed: 11/58
Books read: 11
Brooklyn 10.3 – March On!
Read a book non-fiction book about the Civil Rights movement or one of its leaders
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X by Les Payne
A biography of Malcolm X
Points this post: 10
Total points: 75/990
Tasks completed: 12/58
Books read: 12
Brooklyn 10.4 – And in Other News…
Read a book from one of the listopias.
Dominicana by Angie Cruz
Found on pg 2 of “The best novels about the 1960’s”
Points this post: 10
Total points: 85/990
Tasks completed: 13/58
Books read: 13
Brooklyn 10.5 – Not All Bad!
Read a book by a single author who I first read in 2020, before 11/5
Luck of the Draw by Kate Clayborn
I first read Beginner's Luck on Oct 18, 2020; Luck of the Draw is not a reread
Points this post: 10
Total points: 95/990
Tasks completed: 14/58
Books read: 14
Brooklyn 10.6 – Please Phrase That in the Form of a Question
Read a book with one of the “question” words in the title/subtitle
When I Was You by Amber Garza
Points this post: 10
Total points: 105/990
Tasks completed: 15/58
Books read: 15
Brooklyn 10.7 – Earworms!
Read a book with a 3+ word title where the first letter of each word is found in SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS
A Lie for a Lie by Helena Hunting
Points this post: 10
Total points: 115/990
Tasks completed: 16/58
Books read: 16
Brooklyn 10.8 – Cookies!
Read a book with at least one cookie on the cover
by Joanne FlukeApproved in help thread (mssg #16)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 125/990
Tasks completed: 17/58
Books read: 17
Brooklyn 10.9 – Laugh, We Made It to 2021!
Read a book with a MPG of humor
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Points this post: 10
Total points: 135/990
Tasks completed: 18/58
Books read: 18
Brooklyn 10.10 – I Want Them All!
Read a book with one of the words from the list of ice cream flavors in its title/subtitle
The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street by Susan Jane Gilman
Word is “cream” from cookies and cream flavor
Points this post: 10
Total points: 145/990
Tasks completed: 19/58
Books read: 19
Brooklyn 15.1 – Groovy, Man
Chosen day: Day 2
Book 1: Read a book by a single author who shares a name with one of the musical performances who performed on my chosen day
Stone Cold by David Baldacci
Matches David Brown in Santana, who performed from 2:00-2:45 on day 2
Book 2: Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that matches a word in one of the songs played on my chosen day
My Smalltown C.E.O. Scrooge: A Festive Romantic Comedy by Harmony Knight
“MY” matches song “Piece of My Heart” sung by Janis Joplin
Points this post: 15
Total points: 160/990
Tasks completed: 20/58
Books read: 21
Brooklyn 15.2 – Vietnam and the Antiwar Movement
Book 1: Read a book with a MPG that includes the word WAR
Red Sky Over Hawaii by Sara Ackerman
Has a MPG of War>World War II
Book 2: Read a book from the “Anti-War books” listopia
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain
Found on pg 1
Points this post: 15
Total points: 175/990
Tasks completed: 21/58
Books read: 23
Brooklyn 15.4 – Assassination Nation
Option 2: Read a book with the letters TION intact in the title/subtitle and with 2 sets of double letters in the title/subtitle/author’s name
Conventionally Yours by Annabeth Albert
Points this post: 15
Total points: 190/990
Tasks completed: 22/58
Books read: 24
Brooklyn 15.5 – Let There Be Light(s)
Read a book with all the letters LASER found in the title
The Christmas Holiday by Sophie Claire
Points this post: 15
Total points: 205/990
Tasks completed: 23/58
Books read: 25
Brooklyn 15.6 – Heart to Heart
Read a book with a heart on the cover
by Kate ClaybornPoints this post: 15
Total points: 220/990
Tasks completed: 24/58
Books read: 26
Brooklyn 15.7 – The British Invasion
Read a book set at least 50% in the UK
This Time Next Year by Sophie Cousens
100% set in London, England
Points this post: 15
Total points: 235/990
Tasks completed: 25/58
Books read: 27
Brooklyn 15.8 – The Fab Four
Read a book with a 4-word title
Faking Under the Mistletoe by Ashley Shepherd
Points this post: 15
Total points: 250/990
Tasks completed: 26/58
Books read: 28
Brooklyn 15.9 – A Trekkie is Born
Read a book with a MPG of science fiction
Kindred in Death by J.D. Robb
Points this post: 15
Total points: 265/990
Tasks completed: 27/58
Books read: 29
Brooklyn 15.10 – The Digital Divide
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials are found in ARPANET
The Obsession by Nora Roberts
Points this post: 15
Total points: 280/990
Tasks completed: 28/58
Books read: 30
Brooklyn 20.1 – Escape By Romance
Option 4: Read a book with a MPG of romance and science fiction
Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb
Points this post: 20
Total points: 300/990
Tasks completed: 29/58
Books read: 31
Coralie30.3 Eight Tiny reindeer
Reindeer pairing Comet & Cupid
ComeT – Mateship with Birds by Carrie Tiffany
CuPid - Stormsong by C.L. Polk
Total to date 745 points
Brooklyn 20.2 – Food, Glorious Food!
Option 3: Read a book with a 3+ word title where the initial letter of each word can be found in SHRIMP COCKTAIL
The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
Points this post: 20
Total points: 320/990
Tasks completed: 30/58
Books read: 32
Brooklyn 20.3 – Netflix Binges
Option D: Read a book by a woman of color that can be found on the “Popsugar 2020 – A book by a woman of color” listopia
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
Found on pg 1
Points this post: 20
Total points: 340/990
Tasks completed: 31/58
Books read: 33
Brooklyn 20.4 – Silent Night
Option 2: Read a book with a 4+ letter word in the title/subtitle that matches a word in the song lyrics
The Secret Child by Kerry Fisher
Word is “child”
Points this post: 20
Total points: 360/990
Tasks completed: 32/58
Books read: 34
Brooklyn 20.5 – The Sixties, But When?
Option 1: Read a book set at least 60% during a 60’s decade in any century except the 20th
Promises in Death by J.D. Robb
Set entirely in the year 2060 per the Goodreads description and approved in help thread (mssg #10)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 380/990
Tasks completed: 33/58
Books read: 35
30.8 - Ava Catherine's task: Sylvia PlathOption 1: The Radetzky March
Published in 1932
*** One Golden Oldie Ticket claimed - published in 1932
Option 4: Calm the F*ck Down: How to Control What You Can and Accept What You Can't So You Can Stop Freaking Out and Get On With Your Life
MPG Mental Health
Total points: 255
Total Golden Oldies: 2
Brooklyn 20.6 – Podcast Connection
Option 2: Read a book with a main character who risks their life or personal safety for the safety of others
Happily This Christmas by Susan Mallery
Main character Garrick is a police officer per Goodreads description
Points this post: 20
Total points: 400/990
Tasks completed: 34/58
Books read: 36
Brooklyn 20.7 – Remembrance
Option 3: Read a book set at least 50% in one of the listed countries
Smaller and Smaller Circles by F.H. Batacan
100% set in the Philippines
Points this post: 20
Total points: 420/990
Tasks completed: 35/58
Books read: 37
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25.2 - 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.
De röda kattorna by Maria Lang
author initials ML in jaMes baLdwin
I read the ebook, PB for reference (no MMPB): De Røde Katte
Book 2 Option B. Read a book with a two-word title. (subtitles are excluded.) The first letters of each word should be in the name of ONE of the following famous mountains.
Siden Sammet
SS found in treS cruceS
I read the ebook, MMPB for reference: Siden sammet
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Point this Post: 25
Total Points: 60
Big books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1