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WINTER CHALLENGE 2020
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Delicious Dee5.9 - Secret Agent Man
American Assassin - found on pg1, position 10
points this post: 5
Updated Total points: 160
20.6 – Seasoned Reader - EShay's task: EShay's podcast connectionOption 3, a book whose author's initials are found in MURDERBOT: 1225 Christmas Tree Lane by Debbie Macomber
Points this post: 20
Total points: 65
Inge5.2 Hey, Jude
book: One Day
Points this task: 5
total points: 45
total books: 45
task completed: 5
BB ticket: 1
#pages this post: 435
total #pages: 1923
Task: Best Review - Katy's task: Netflix BingesOption: C
Book read: Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez
Required: This is a non fiction book with the MPG politics.
Points this task:20
Total points:75
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Books read:5
Tasks completed:4
Amy B15.4 - Assassination Nation
Choose one of the following options.
Required: Identify the option you chose when you post.
Option 2: Read 1 book that fulfills the requirements of both Book A and Book B.
Book A: Read a book with the letters TION intact in the title/subtitle and Book B: Read a book with at least TWO sets of double letters (consonants and/or vowels) in the title/subtitle and/or the author's name. Books must be written by a single author.
Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 50 Points
RAYNEBAIR10.6 - Please Phrase That in the Form of a Question.
read a book with one of these "question words" in its title/subtitle - Who, What, When, Where, How, Why
What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 25
Task 25.2 - Nick KY's task: Regina and the MountainsBook 1:
Option 1 - The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman, finished 12/9.
Book 2:
Option 2 - Utopia Avenue (both letters in FUJIYAMA), finished 12/15
Points this task: 25
Total points: 135
EMurphy30.7 TessaVanessa's Task: Cars, Cars, Cars
Option 2: Author's initials in VOLKSWAGEN In the Presence of the Enemy by Elizabeth George
*Big Book Ticket - 656 pages
Option 4: Word in the title from the list of beetles The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson
*Feather-winged beetle
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket +500: 1
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket +500: 1
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 1
MAZZA115.1 - Groovy, Man
Choose a day from the List of performances and events at Woodstock Festival:
I am Using Day 2 - Saturday, August 16 to Sunday, August 17
Book 1: Read a book written by a single author who shares a name with one of the musical artists who performed on the day you picked.
Mercy Snow Tiffany Baker
Name Match = Baker with Maury Baker from Janis Joplin and the Kozmic Blues Band
Book 2: Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that matches a word in one of the songs played on the day you chose. Words must match exactly.
Life In Pieces I read an ARC edition
This is HB edition Life In Pieces
Matching word = LIFE with A song sung by QUILL - "They live the Life"
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 215
25.8 - WRAPPEDOPTION 1 - Ready Player One
Many literary awards listed in the metadata
OPTION 2 - The Scottish Bride (Brides of Holland Springs) by Marquita Valentine
Authors last name starts with V
TOTAL POINTS - 95
MAZZA120.2 - 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.
Close to Home
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 235
Andy P.Task # 10.5. Not All Bad!
Read a book by a single author who you first read in 2020, before 11/15.
First read True Fiction finished book 10/12/20
For this task I read Killer Thriller by Lee Goldberg This is not a reread.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 75
LAUREN JODI15.8 - The Fab Four
Taken by the Night by Kathryn Smith
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 75/990
Total Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 6/57
Cindy FTask 5.5 Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In
Book #5 in a series.
Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith
Claim 2 BB tickets 927pages
Points this post:5
Total points:20
Books read:3
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:2 tickets
Tasks completed:3
Janice CA15.5 - Let There Be Light(s)
Read a book with all the letters of LASER found in the title.
title: youR SAd stoLE my rake
Your Dad Stole My Rake: And Other Family Dilemmas by Tom Papa
+15
total: 15
tasks: 1
books: 1
Andy P.Task # 5.3 - Theme from A Summer Place
Read a book from this list I Only Watched the Movie
Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
Page 2 #118
Points this post: 5
Total points: 80
MARGIEVANTask 15.9 - A Trekkie is Born: Read a book wth the MPG Science Fiction.
The Mark
MPG Science Fiction shown as of 12/15/20
Points this post: 15
Points total: 20
repost of #296 to indicate option20.5 - Bigger is Better - Julia103's task: The Sixties, but When?
Option 1, 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
New current total points: 65
Kelly L 10.9. Laugh, We Made it to 2021!
January 24 is Global Belly Laugh Day! Read a book with the main page genre Humor.
Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life has an MPG of Humor.
This post: 10 points
Total: 85 points
Total BBT: 2
Queen Bee Darlene5.7 The House of the Rising Sun
animals genre
A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 125
Kai25.5 Amy FL's task: Verrry Interesting
Option 2
Read a book with a title of at least three words where the first letter of each title word can be found in EITHER “You Bet Your Sweet Bippy!” OR "Sock It to Me!"
Topics of Conversation by Miranda Popkey ("Sock it to Me!")
Option 3
Read a book with a MPG of Short Stories or Anthologies.
The Complete Short Stories by Muriel Spark
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 3
Points this task: 25
Total points: 50
APRILLEIGH5.5 - Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In!
Read a book that is #5 is a series.
A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie
*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1950 ***
This title is #5 in the Miss Marple series.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 5 (85)
Golden Oldie: 1 (5)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (11)
Total Tasks: 10
Coralie10.7 Earworms!
Book with a title where the first letter of each word can be found in suPercaliFragilisTicexpiaLidOcious.
The Lost Future of Pepperharrow
Total to date 35 points
25.8 - Brooke TX's task: 2020 WrappedOption 3 - read a book first published in 2020
Elsewhere by Dean Koontz
Option 4 - Read a book with MPG Science Fiction.
Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 3 by NaRae Lee & James Patterson
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 110
25.4 - Kristina Simon's task: The Summer of LoveOption 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.
Salt Slow by Julia Armfield
Book B: Read a book written by a single author whose name contains LL
Outsider (Kate Burkholder #12) by Linda Castillo
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 135
5.3 - Theme from A Summer PlaceRead a book from this list I Only Watched the Movie
Book read: A Walk to Remember
How it fits: #20 on the list, page 1
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Total points: 5
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
MAZZA115.5 - Let There Be Light(s)
Read a book with all the letters of LASER found in the TITLE only. Subtitles are excluded.
The Female Persuasion LAE (in female) SR in Persuasion
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 250
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.4 Kristina Simon's task: The Summer of Love
Option 2:
Book A: Assailants, Asphalt & Alibis by Tonya Kappes.
Book B: Someone Knows by Lisa ScoTToline
Points this post: 25
Total points: 150/990
Tasks completed: 10/57
Books read: 12
BB:3
GO: 0
(just keeping track for own purposes)
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.7 TessaVanessa's task: Cars, Cars, Cars
Option 2: A Girl Named Mister by Nikki Grimes
Option 3: Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel
Points this post: 30
Total points: 180/990
Tasks completed: 11/57
Books read: 14
BB: 3
GO: 0
(just keeping track for own purposes)
Sara G20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sara G's task: Remembrance
Option 3: Southeast Asia
Read a book set at least 50% in Japan or one of these countries in Southeast Asia: Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam.
The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa
This book is set entirely within Japan.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 185
CYNBAXTERTask #05.09 – Secret Agent Man
Task: Read a book from this list: Best Spy Novels
Book: Shibumi by Trevanian which is on the first page of the list
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 55 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 3
Kai20.2 Rookie at the Top - Melinde's task: Food, glorious food!
Option 1
Read a book from the list Pizza! Pizza!
Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier (page 2)
Books read: 5
Tasks completed: 4
Points this task: 20
Total points: 70
15.4 Assassination NationOption 1:
Book A - Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok by Susan Vreeland
TT and EE
Post Total: 15
Grand Total: 30
20.3 Netflix BingesOption C - The Election. I read Disloyal: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump
by Michael Cohen
Sadly, this in just one on many political books I've read this year.
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 65
15.9 A Trekkie is Born Read a book with the MPG Science Fiction. Genre may be standalone or embedded.
Paper Girls, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughn Read 12/1
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 100
Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 9
20.3 Best Review - Katy's task: Netflix Binges Option B. "The Office" - Read a book from the Favorite Comfort Reads list.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer Read 12/8
Comfort Reads Page 1 #42
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 120
Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 10
30.8 - Ava Catherine's task: Sylvia PlathOption 2: Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in BEEKEEPERS
The Two-Headed Calf by Sandra Birdsell
Option 4: Read a book with MPG mental health or the MPG mental illness.
I listened to the audio version of Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
New Points: 30
Total Challenge Points: 75
Bookwrm526Task #20.1 - Escape by Romance
Option 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. I read A Case of Possession by K.J. Charles (genres approved in help thread at posts 31 and 32).
Total points so far: 100
FLY Task #25.5 - Amy FL's task: Verrry Interesting
Chosen options 1 & 2
task: Option 1: Read a book by a single author who shares a name with one of these funny people
book: The Bat by Jo Nesbø
how it fits: Jo Nesbø, Jo Anne Worley
task: Option 2: Read a book with a title of at least three words where the first letter of each title word can be found in “You Bet Your Sweet Bippy!”
book: The Wife Stalker
how it fits: “You Be t Your Sw eet Bippy!”
Points this post: 25
Total points: 25
Tasks completed: 1/58
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
MAZZA110.9. Laugh, We Made it to 2021!
Read a book with the main page genre Humor.
This is Life MPG approved in help thread Post 20 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post = 10
points to date =260
30.3 - Cat's task: Eight Tiny Reindeer!I used the reindeer pairing of Dasher and Dancer
Book 1: The Vacationers by Emma Straub: ES found in Dasher
Book 2: A Holiday for Murder by Agatha Christie: AC found in Dancer
***Claiming a Golden Oldie Ticket for A Holiday for Murder which was published in 1938****
New Points: 30
Total Points: 105
GO: 1
REPOST TO FIX ERRORTask: 20.3 Best Review - Katy's task: Netflix Binges
Option: C -The election: a nonfiction book with mpg politics
Book read: Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez
Required: This is a non fiction book with the MPG politics.
Points this task:20
Total points:75
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Books read:5
Tasks completed:4
Sara G20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Tammy AZ's task: Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Option 2 - Read a book from the following list: Best Female Lead Characters
Naked in Death by J.D. Robb
This book is on page 2 of the list.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 205
15.5 - Let There Be Light(s)The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
❆ LA in Cerulean; SE in Sea; R in Cerulean ❆
Total points: 75 + 15 = 100
Task 5.8 - West Side StoryBook: Pretty Things, finished 12/16
Word: Pretty
Points this task: 5
Total points: 140
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Option 3: The Crow Trap
560 pages
*** One Big Book Ticket claimed - 560 pages
Total points: 20
Total Big Book Tickets: 1