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24 Festive Tasks: TA's Master Update Post -- Final Wrap
MARKERS:
Books: Candles
Tasks: Stars
DOOR 1: DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS
Book: Ngaio Marsh: Death and the Dancing Footman (audio version, read by James Saxon)
Task 1: Miss Marple limerick.
Task 2: Chili con carne.
Task 3: Epitaph for The Disappearing Spoon.
Task 4: Gaby in Mexico (& Guatemala).
Points: 5
DOOR 2: JAPANESE CULTURE DAY
Book: Michael Innes: Death at the President's Lodging (audio version, read by Stephen Hogan)
Task 1: Beethoven Festival.
Task 2: KitKat flavors.
Task 3:
Task 4: Teriyaki Chicken.
Points: 4
DOOR 3: MELBOURNE CUP DAY
Book: Ellis Peters: The Rose Rent (audio version, read by Nadia May)
Task 1: Pick your ponies.
Task 2: Ross are red, violets are blue: Shakespeare, Much Ado.
Task 3: Cheshire Cat mug.
Task 4: Holiday treats in a cup.
Points: 5
DOOR 4: GUY FAWKES NIGHT
Book: Joy Ellis: The Stolen Boys (audio version, read by Richard Armitage)
Task 1:
Task 2: Book world revolution: thinking differently about books.
Task 3:
Task 4: Bookshelf ordering system.
Points: 3
DOOR 5: BON OM TOUK
Book: Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None (audio version, read by Dan Stevens)
Task 1: Favorite rainy day books.
Task 2:
Task 3: Dragons.
Task 4: Books on my shelf with antonym titles.
Points: 4
DOOR 6: VETERANS' / ARMISTICE DAY
Book: E.C.R. Lorac: Murder by Matchlight (audio version, read by Mark Elstob)
Task 1: Sunrise photos.
Task 2: Authors who died this year I'll miss the most.
Task 3:
Task 4: Sunset walk in the woods.
Points: 4
DOOR 7: INT'L DAY FOR TOLERANCE
Book: Chris Ewan: The Good Thief's Guide to Paris (audio version, read by Simon Vance)
Task 1: Redeeming feature of a DNF'd book (Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn).
Task 2: Baby diaries.
Task 3: Having to let go my library.
Task 4: My one UNESCO world heritage site to visit: Machu Picchú.
Points: 5
DOOR 8: INT'L CHILDREN'S DAY
Book: Cyril Hare: An English Murder
Task 1: Favorite children's and middle grade books.
Task 2:
Task 3:
Task 4: Carnivals and amusement parks.
Points: 3
DOOR 9: WORLD PHILOSOPHY DAY
Book: Plato: Timaeus and Critias (audio version, read by David Rintoul, David Timson and Peter Kenny)
Task 1: Reading philosophy.
Task 2: Rating and reviewing policy.
Task 3: Creature comforts.
Task 4: Books read in school.
Points: 5
DOOR 10: RUSSIAN MOTHERS' DAY
Book: Lesley Cookman: Murder in Steeple Martin (audio version, read by Patience Tomlinson)
Task 1:
Task 2: Fiction about royalty "moonlighting" as commoners.
Task 3:
Task 4: Nobel prize medal for Harriet Vane.
Points: 3
DOOR 11: THANKSGIVING
Book: Louisa May Alcott: The Christmas Stories (audio version, read by Susie Berneis)
Task 1: Toddler on the move alone in the city.
Task 2: The books I am most thankful to have found this year.
Task 3:
Task 4:
Points: 3
DOOR 12: ST. ANDREW'S DAY
Book: Ann Cleeves: White Nights (audio version, read by Kenny Blyth)
Task 1: Favorite Scottish writers.
Task 2:
Task 3: 2019 Reading: greatest "catches" from my TBR.
Task 4: Black Watch tartan.
Points: 4
DOOR 13: ADVENT
Book: Louise Penny: Still Life (audio version, read by Adam Sims)
Task 1: Advent calendar.
Task 2: Favorite holiday tradition / moment.
Task 3: Pineapple (wassail) bowl.
Task 4:
Points: 4
DOOR 14: ST. NICHOLAS' DAY
Book: Joy Ellis: Five Bloody Hearts (audio version, read by Matthew Lloyd Davies)
Task 1: Book wish list.
Task 2: Holiday treats.
Task 3: Same book -- different title.
Task 4: Audre Lorde: Coal.
Points: 5
DOOR 15: INT'L HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
Book: Nancy Mitford: Christmas Pudding (audio version, read by Kristin Atherton)
Task 1: Foreign cuisine: Chicken Tikka Masala.
Task 2:
Task 3: Literature Nobel Prize for Harriet Vane.
Task 4:
Points: 3
DOOR 16: ST. LUCIA'S DAY
Book: Katrine Engberg: Krokodilwächter (audio version, read by Dietmar Bär)
Task 1: Harriet Vane and the St. Lucia maidens.
Task 2: Sleigh rides.
Task 3: Kokopelli and Dobby.
Task 4: Books from the farthest origins.
Points: 5
DOOR 17: WINTER SOLSTICE
(YULE/ YALDĀ NIGHT/ DONGZHI/ SOYAL)
Task 1: Candles.
Task 2: Listening to Mary Kelly's The Christmas Egg long past my regular bedtime.
Task 3:
Task 4: Childhood good night stories.
Points: 4
DOOR 18: HANUKKAH
Book: Nicholas Blake: Thou Shell of Death (audio version, read by Kris Dyer)
Task 1: Dreidel spin: first book of 2020.
Task 2: Water chestnut latkes.
Task 3: Reading Angela Thirkell's High Rising by flashlight.
Task 4:
Points: 4
DOOR 19: FESTIVUS
Book: Donna Andrews: Owl Be Home for Christmas (audio version read by Bernadette Dunne)
Task 1: Airing of grievances: 5 most disliked books of 2019.
Task 2: Battle of the Books: Pippi Longstocking vs. Anna Karenina.
Task 3:
Task 4:
Points: 3
DOOR 20: CHRISTMAS
Book: Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot's Christmas (audio version, read by Hugh Fraser)
Task 1:
Task 2: Christmas movies.
Task 3: Christmas book gifts.
Task 4: The gifts that meant the most to me.
Points: 4
DOOR 21: KWANZAA
Book: Agatha Christie: A Caribbean Mystery (audio version, read by Emilia Fox)
Task 1:
Task 2: Favorite books where music is an important feature.
Task 3:
Task 4: Coffee and pastries with a colleague.
Points: 3
DOOR 22: NEW YEAR'S EVE
Book: Candace Robb: A Gift of Sanctuary (audio version, read by Stephen Thorne)
Task 1: 2020 reading goals.
Task 2: 2019 reading stats.
Task 3: 2020 reading year bibliomancy.
Task 4:
Points: 4
DOOR 23: HOGSWATCH
Book: Terry Pratchett: Hogfather (audio version, read by Nigel Planer)
Task 1:
Task 2: Favorite Discworld characters.
Task 3: Discworld subseries world I'd like to visit: The Witches.
Task 4: Good Omens: Rooting for Crowley, Aziraphale, and Agnes.
Points: 4
DOOR 24: EPIPHANY
Book: Agatha Christie: Star Over Bethlehem (audio version read by Simon Vance)
Task 1: Spicy red pesto pasta.
Task 2:
Task 3: Purple comfort socks (with pompoms!).
Task 4: Tea and book.
Points: 4
BOOK JOKER
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TOTAL SCORE:
95 points
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