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20.2 New Years Resolutions
Option 2: Book by an author whom you've read at least three times before
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
According to my Read list on GR, I have read 16 other Christie titles.
This book was first published in 1937. Claiming one Golden Oldie ticket.
I read the Kindle edition. The top MMP has 320 pages.
Total points: 155
Chris MD 25.2 New Year, New Goals
Option 2: From the Friends to Lovers list.
Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
The book is listed on the first page.
I read the Kindle edition. The top MMP has 473 pages.
Option 3: Book is #3 or higher in a series
Miles Off Course by Sulari Gentill
This is the third book in the Rowland Sinclair series
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 350 pages.
Total points: 180
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30.2 What Does Home Mean to You?
Option 1: Single author whose initials can be found in GRANDMA WOLFE
Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker
M in grandMa
W in Wolfe
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 273 pages.
Option 2: Title includes all the letters in DREAM
Some Danger Involved by Will Thomas
DREA in DAngER
M in soMe
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 290 pages.
Total points: 210
Chris MD 50.1 Advent Calendar
Book 1: Rolled 17: Paranormal
Double, Double, Toil and Truffle by H.Y. Hanna
I read the Kindle version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 356 pages.
Book 2: Rolled 10: Art
The MuralistThe Muralist by B.A.(13) Shapiro
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 368 pages.
Book 3: Literary Fiction
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 444 pages.
356 + 369 + 444 = 1,168 total pages
Total points: 260
Sarah E5.1 - Dorothy, Dot, & Dotty
The Donaldson Case by Diana Xarissa
Approved for length in message 8419
Total points: 515
Sarah E15.5 - There's No Place Like Home
An Expert in Murder - set in England, where I was born
I listened to an audio, top paperback - no MMP - is An Expert in Murder
Total points: 530
Sarah E20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk's Task: Representing Cats!
Option 1: MPG Fantasy
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
I read an ebook, top MMP is The Voyage of the “Dawn Treader”
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9.0
Total points: 550
Sarah E30.5 - Judy's Task: Some SRC New “Favorite Things”
Option 1: MPG Classics
Midwinter Murder: Fireside Tales from the Queen of Mystery
I listened to an audio but have linked to the top paperback - no MMP
Option 4: Author initials in AUDIOBOOKS
Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch
Appropriately, I listened to an audio, top MMP is Moon Over Soho
Total points: 580
20.8 - Nickles & Dimes - Brooklyn's Task: In Honor of My Favorite DorothyOption 4: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in MEALS ON WHEELS
The Myth of You and Me by Leah Stewart meaLS on wheels
Points this post: 20
Total points: 940
Tasks completed: 54
Books read: 74
Big Books tickets: 5
Golden Oldies tickets: 6
10.1 - GiftsChoose one option:
Required: Identify the option when you post.
A. Read a book you have received as a gift*.
*These are gifts:
>A gift card or voucher to a book store or online book vendor and you used it to choose a book
>Someone gave (not loaned) you a new or used book.
>A gift of a book subscription service for x length of time/uses
I read Chasing History: A Kid in the Newsroom. My mother gave me an Amazon gift card for Valentine's Day, so I bought this book.
points: 235
books read: 22
tasks completed: 17
tasks in progress: 2
Big Books: 5
pages read: 8358
Task 25.2 – Tien's Task - New Year New Goals REPOSTED POST #2805 WITH UPDATED LIST PAGE NUMBER (I hope the book doesn't move again ;-))Book 1 chosen: Option 2: House of Earth and Blood
Fits task: found on Friends to Lovers page 20
Format read: audio
# of pages: 803 (printed edition)
Book 2 chosen: Option 3: One Step Behind
Fits task: book 7 in the series
Format read: audio
# of pages: 450 (printed edition)
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date: 750 points
EMurphy10.7 Not This Year - Number of pages that ends in zero
A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole (360 pages)
This Task:
Points: 10
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 365
Books Read: 26
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket +750: 1
Tasks Completed: 16
MAZZA130.9 - Sandy's Task: Wowbrary!
read 2 books, one from each of the options below. At least one of those books must be nonfiction
Your books must have a combined number of pages of at least 600.
Book 1: Read a book with a single author, with ALL of the author's initials found in WOWBRARY. Letters may be used only as often as they appear.
Flora's Travelling Christmas Shop 384 pages
Rebecca Raisin - RR in target word
Book 2: Read a book with a title of at least 3 words, where the initial letter of each title word can be found in I LOVE MY LIBRARY.
A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy 305 pages this is my Non-Fiction Option
A M R in target Phrase
Total page count is 688
Points this post = 30
Points to date 765
Mai15.1 - Welcome to Oz
Book 1 – Only black/white/gray cover
Black No More by George S. Schuyler**Golden Oldie ticket: book first published 1931**
Book 2 – Book with at least 3 different colors on the cover (not including black, white, gray)
Strange Planet by Nathan W. Pyle3 other colors: Violet, Blue, Pink
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 380
Tasks Completed: 25
Books Read: 32
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 2
Mai20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Brooklyn's Task: In Honor of My Favorite Dorothy
Option 4: Book by an author whose initials can be found in MEALS ON WHEELS.
One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society by Herbert Marcuse
(320 pages)
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 400
Tasks Completed: 26
Books Read: 33
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 2
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 30.2: What does home mean to you? - option 1: Hopebreaker by F. Dean Wilson. Author initials DFW are in granDma WolDe.
option 2: Murder in the South of France: A Maggie Newberry Mystery by Susan Kiernan-Lewis has all letters of DREAM in title MuRDEr in the south of frAnce.
Totals this posting:
Points: 30
Books: 2
Summary Totals: 110
Books: 6
Tasks: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big books tickets: 0
Mod
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green / on pg 4 of list
Points this post: 10
Points total: 920
5,5 - The Land of OzRead a book that was set in Australia or written by an author born in Austrakia
His Illegal Self by Peter Carey
Peter Carey was born in Australia in 1943
Points this post: 5
Total points: 945
Tasks completed: 55
Books read: 75
Big Book tickets: 5
Golden Oldies rickets: 6
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 30.7: Festival of sleep - book 1: Miss Spelled by Morgana Best has all letters of SLEEP in title miSs sPELlEd.
book 2: The Midnight Queen by Silvia Izzo Hunter meets criteria of 2 Zs in title/subtitle/single author's name.
Total number of pages >= 500 pages: 226 + 417 = 691
Totals this posting:
Points: 30
Books: 2
Summary Totals: 140
Books: 8
Tasks: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
Big books tickets: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 30.5: Some SRC new favorite things - option 2: Death and Faxes by Leslie O'Kane has all title initials DAF are in DrAgon Fanthasy.
option 4: The Crush by Sandra Brown. Author initials SB are in audioBookS.
Totals this posting:
Points: 30
Books: 2
Summary Totals: 170
Books: 10
Tasks: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Big books tickets: 0
FLY Task #25.2 - Tien's Task: New Year New Goals
task: Option 2 - Read a book from a list about my favorite tropes
book: Bloody Jack
how it fits: #1 (page 1) on the Girls Disguised As Boys Books list
task: Option 3 - Read a book that is the third (3rd) or higher in a series.
book: Murder on the Orient Express
how it fits: (Hercule Poirot #10)
**claiming GO ticket - first published 1934**
Points this post: 25
Total points: 465
Tasks completed: 27/56
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.4: MMXXII: High Wizardry by Diane Duane has initials DD.
AR IL level UG
Totals this posting:
Points: 10
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 180
Books: 11
Tasks: 8
Golden Oldies: 0
Big books tickets: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.5: There's no place like home: De kinderen van Chronos by Pieter Aspe is set in Brugge (Bruges) Belgium. I was born in Belgium.
Totals this posting:
Points: 15
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 195
Books: 12
Tasks: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
Big books tickets: 0
Kathy KS25.2 - Tien's Task: New Year New Goals
1. Read a book that has been on your TBR for at least 5 years. REQUIRED: please state what list you are using and when book was added to your personal TBR
The Remnant: On the Brink of Armageddon, by Tim LaHaye
This was added first to my handwritten TBR list in early 2014.
I read the hb large print version; pb=432 p. (no mmpb)
3. Read a book in a series that is the third (3rd) or higher in series.
I read an English version of There’s trouble brewing , by Nicholas Blake. mmpb=312 p. [[book:Los toneles de la muerte|28496519]
This is #3 in the Nigel Strangeways series.
The version I actually read was part of an omnibus: The Nicholas Blake Treasury Volume 2, p. 169-348
**Claiming 1 (one) Golden Oldies ticket** 1st published: 1937
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Points for this task: 25
Total points : 495
Tasks completed: 21/56
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 5
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 4
30.2 - TessaVaness's Task: What does home mean to you?Option 2, a book with all the letters of DREAM in the title: Mothers, Daughters by Carolyn See
Option 3, a book that has a tree name from this list https://localwiki.org/davis/Street_Na... in the title: The Ballad of Laurel Springs by Janet Beard
The word is Laurel.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 790
Barbara ★30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: From Alpha to Zulu
Book 1: Read a book with a word from the phonetic alphabet in its TITLE
Whiskey Straight Up - Nina Wright (WHISKEY) 12/18
Book 2: Read a book whose SINGLE author has one of these names (in any position).(no variation)
Blood Faerie - India Drummond (INDIA) 2/20
Points this task: 30
Total points: 660
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (1) 1000 (0)
Task 20.2 - New Years ResolutionsOption 2: Read a book by an author that you have previously read three other books by.
REQUIRED: In your post state what other three books you have previously read by this author).
Author: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Other books I’ve read by him:
Slaughterhouse-Five
The Sirens of Titan
Deadeye Dick
Mother Night
Book by Vonnegut I read for this task:
Jailbird (1979) by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (Paperback, 310 pages)
270 + 20 = 290
Tasks Completed: 14
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 270 + 20 = 290
Books read: 20
Pages read: 6,727
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 08
Golden Oldies: 03
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)30.1 - Aprilleigh’s Task: The Computer Curse
Each book should be at least 250 pages
set at least 80% in NYC (includes The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island), AND with a ‘4’ in number of pages or the series number
Page Count: 345
Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb
Book 2: LOGIC or BOARD intact in the title (subtitles are excluded), AND with a ‘3’ in page number or the series number
Page count: 368
Word: Board
Board Stiff by Annelise Ryan
Points Earned This Post: 30
Points Achieved to Date: 670/970
GO Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets: 1
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Deborah20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Tamara's Task: New Years Resolutions
Option 2: The Deepest of Secrets by Kelley Armstrong
Previously read all the prior 6 books
City of the Lost
A Darkness Absolute
This Fallen Prey.......
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 430
Books Read: 33
Tasks Done: 25
Natalie CH30.7 - Dlmrose's Task: Festival of Sleep
Book 1: Read a book with ALL the letters in SLEEP in title:
Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood by Mark Harris
S in Pictures
L in Revolution
E in Revolution
E in Pictures
P in Pictures
Book 2: Read a book with at least 2 Zs in title or author name
The Bay of Noon by Shirley Hazzard
author last name has two "z"
Points this post: 30
Tasks completed: 12
Total Points: 230
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)5.2 - ...and Your Little Dog, Too!
single author with a name part that matches Terry or a name related to Terry
Page Count: 336
Related Name: Tracie
A Lady of High Regard by Tracie Peterson
Points Earned This Post: 5
Points Achieved to Date: 675/970
GO Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets: 1
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Nick KY15.5 No Place Like Home. I read Man With a Bull-Tongue Plow by Jesse Stuart, takes place in Kentucky, the U.S. state where I live.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 910
Nick KY20.7 Coralee’s 3 2’s
I read The Word for World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin.
Two part author’s name, Le Guin
2 in 1st pub date, 1st pub’d 1972,
2 in page enumeration, 128 pp.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 930
Andy P.Task 3 5.9 - Home Sweet Home
Read a book with all the letters of HOME in the TITLE
No One Will Miss Her by Kat Rosenfield
H in HER
O in One
M in Miss
E in One
Points this post: 5
Total points: 880
Suzannesea20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Coralie's Task: Three 2's
A - Is #2 in a series
D - Has a 2 in the page count
E - Has a two-word title
The Taken by Inger Ash Wolfe is #2 in the Hazel Micallif series.
432 pages
Points this task: 20
Total points today: 325
Mod
author whose first and last name initials are found in KRAMPUSLAUF
The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe
Author is Angela Kelly - the initials AK are in KrAmpuslauf
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 645 + 10 = 655/970
Total Tasks Completed: 39
Amy B20.10 - Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Winter 2021-2022 season. The requirement for this task: you must participate in the book's discussion thread below with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book.
Nonfiction: Social Justice
Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder
Posted to the Discussion Thread 2/21
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 460 Points
INSIYAH5.4 - We're Not in Kansas Anymore
MPG Fantasy and/or Science Fiction
Book: A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
How it fits: MPG Fantasy
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 430
Books Read: 30
Tasks Completed: 22
Big Book Tickets: 8
Golden Oldies: 5
Sarah E20.10 - Group Reads
Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century - my comment is here
I read an ebook but have linked to the top paperback, no MMP
Total Points: 600
Sarah E25.1 - XBM's Task: Read a Newbery
Option 2: Author initials in KDEKLJKLLKPEGS
Prologue to Murder by Lauren Elliott
I read a kindle edition, MMP is Prologue to Murder
Option 3: Title initials in John Newbery Medal
Heretics of Dune
I listened to an audio, top MMP is Heretics of Dune
Total Points: 625
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.1 - Challenges and Pleasures
Sense of Evil by Kay Hooper
This book was written by a new-to-me author. I have not read any books by Kay Hooper before.
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 470 points
Tasks completed: 28
Angela IL15.8: The Peculiarity of Time Passing
Read a book with one of the following words in the title: second, minute, hour, day, week, month or year.
One Day by David Nicholls-2/21/22
Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 615
Books Read: 40
Tasks Completed: 24/56
BB Ticket: 1
50.1 - TraceyL's Task: Advent CalendarI rolled a 1 (biography), a 3 (Historical), and a 20 (Cultural)
Book 1: Biography
Life in the City of Dirty Water: A Memoir of Healing 240 pages
Book 2: Historical
I listened to an audio version of Five Little Indians 297 pages
Book 3: Cultural
I read an ebook version of Scarborough 272 pages
Total page count is 809
New Points: 50
Total Points: 375
BB: 2
GO: 1
Hannelore Task 30.9 - Sandy's Task: Wowbrary!
Read 2 books, at least 1 non-fiction. 600+ pages combined.
Book 1: Read a book with a single author, with ALL of the author's initials found in WOWBRARY. Letters may be used only as often as they appear.
Book: Wilder
How it fits: This book is written by Rebecca Yarros, her initials are in 'wowbraRY'.
Book 2: Read a book with a title of at least 3 words, where the initial letter of each title word can be found in I LOVE MY LIBRARY.
Book: I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
How it fits: This is the non-fiction book I chose. The title has 3 words (excluding the subtitle) and the initial letter of each word (IAM) can be found in 'My lIbrAry'.
Page total: book 1 has 400, book 2 has 310 pages. Together this is 710 and fits the 600+ requirement.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 405
Tasks completed: 24
BB tickets:
(4) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 2
Kristina Marie5.7 - The Emerald City
Read a book with a word from the Shades of Green list in the title/subtitle.
Blue Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews
Audiobook. The MMPB has 256 pages.
Robin egg blue and Blue Christmas
Points this post: 5
Total points: 285
Hannelore Task 15.10 - Curl Up and Read
Read a book from the first 25 pages of the list Best Books to Read When the Snow is Falling.
Book: Ready Player One
How it fits: This book is on page 14 of the list. At the moment I'm posting this it is #1339.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 420
Tasks completed: 25
BB tickets:
(4) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 2
Joanne MI25.6 - Kaora's Task: Honoring Family
Evan-Option 2 Read a book that has the same two letters sequentially in the same order in the title
The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning
LA in last and LA in slave
Riley-Option 2 read a book that has a minimum of three letter word that can be made from KINDERGARTEN CLASS
The Taking of Jemima Boone: The True Story of the Kidnap and Rescue That Shaped America
The word I made is Taking -KINderGArTeN
Points this task 25
Total Points 395
BB's 6
GO;s 1
10.8 - #ownvoicestoriesA book from Own Voices Books (p. 5): Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob
Points this post: 10
Total points: 800
Delicious Dee5.4 - We're Not in Kansas Anymore
The Left Hand of Dog - shelved as Science Fiction by 11ppl
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 590
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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REPOST 2038
30.8 Four Years, Four Films: 2000–2003
Option 1: Author's last name begins with a G
Deception on His Mind by Elizabeth George
This book has 616 pages. Claiming 1 Big Book ticket.
Option 2: From List of Minority Authors
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
Noah is currently listed 5th on the first page of the Minority Authors list.
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 288 pages.
616 + 288 = 904 total pages
Total points: 135