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Spring Challenge 2016: Completed Tasks:PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS THREAD
ABAYOMI5.7: Flag by Jasper Jonhs
a book that contains "rettelings" on its main page genre
O Filho das Sombras
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This task: 5
Total: 5
GO: 0
BB: 0
ABAYOMI20.8- Nickels and dimes: Spider Mac's task: making it worth watching
Option 1: elephant on the cover
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This task: 20
Total: 25
GO: 0
BB: 0
30.6 - Donna Jo's Task--Making a Name for YourselfPART A
Readerboard name: Angeliki
Option 1
Genesis by Bernard BeckettPART B
My Part A book had 157 pages.
Option 3
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison AllenPoints This Post: 30
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 2
Completed Tasks: 1
Pages Read: 620
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
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5.2 - Whaam! by Roy Lichtenstein
Knock: Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death by Katy Butler
5.7 - Flag by Jasper Johns
retellings genre: Shylock Is My Name by Howard Jacobson
10.8 - Hey, Einstein!
science genre: Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars by Nathalia Holt, an ARC.
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Pamela3265's Task: When Books Went to War
option B, H- 221: The Cruise of the Snark by Jack London
total = 110
Oma122920.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration
I chose Option B. Read a book set at least 50% in South America, Africa or Asia.
And After Many Days by Jowhor Ile
This book is set in Nigeria.
Total Points---30/875
Completed Tasks--3/53
GO Books (1)
Big Books 500-750 pages (); 750+pages()
Reader name : Maya5.10 Self-portrait
Read a book of your choice.
Book read: Sellevision by Augusten Burroughs
10.6 - And Alan Rickman
In remembrance of this talented actor, read a book on this list of The Literary Roles of Alan Rickman.
Book read: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Required: IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12.0 ; also in the list of allowed books as per the task help thread.
Points this post : 15
Points total : 225
Total books read: 19
Total tasks completed: 17
MWeaver20.2 Time for Celebration
Option A: Speak by Louisa Hall
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
Books Finished: 1
Tasks Complete: 1
ESHAY15.10 Batter up!
Book set 50% in one of the option countries:
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman is set in Australia
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 35
Tasks completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
10.4 - Remembering David BowieA book from David Bowie's Top 100 Must Read Books, #16: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
Points this post: 10
Total points: 125
Catherine TTask 10.6 - And Alan Rickman
read a book on the Robin Hood list
I want to switch out the previously claimed book and use
Robyn Hood: Fight for Freedom by K.M. Shea
#83 on the list on 15 Mar
length verified @msg 5561 - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Task 20.2 - Time for Celebration
option A - read a book with Historical Fiction MPG
Robyn Hood: A Girl's Tale by K.M. Shea
length verified @msg 5561 - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
JUKKA5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
Book with average rating of 3.5 or higher.
Deadpool Team-Up, Vol. 1: Good Buddies by Fred Van Lente. Average of 3.89 at the moment.
10.7 - Happy Pi Day
Book with the letters "pi" intact in title.
Pientareilla on paljon raatoja by Janne Salminen.
Points this post: 15
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 15/875
Total Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2/53
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
JustJennTask 20.2
Option 2 - Setting is 50% in South America, Africa, or Asia
by Kea Wilson (paperback has 320 pages)Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Cait S5.10- Self Portrait
Read a book of your choice.
The Bullet by Mary Louise Kelly
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 50
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Ana20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book
Option 2-Share a Name
Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George. Shares a name with George Bernard Shaw
Points this Post 20
Total Points 80
Tasks Completed 4
Books Read 4
Total Pages 1442
HINA25.5 - Andy P's Task: Symmetry -
Book 1: Moonlight Captivation by Angela Castle. Approved For Length Message 5520
Angela = 6 letters; Castle = 6 letters.
Book 2: Devil's Desire by Laurie McBain.
Devil's = 6 letters; Desire = 6 letters.
Current post:
Points: 25
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 190
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books- 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Karen D. Task 20.5 Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book
Option 1: Read a book whose title (excluding sub-title) can be made up of ONLY the letters found in "Peter Blake Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band"
Slade House
Points this task: 20
Total points: 175
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 9
Andy P.Task # 15.2. I'm Not Answering my Phone until December
Book 1. Read a NONFICTION book with the main page genre politics
by Mei Fong politics (7 users)Book 2. Read a book with "dystopia" (standalone or embedded) as a main page genre.
by George Orwell Science Fiction> Dystopia (5289 users)Points this post = 15
Total points: 100
Teresa JoTask 15.6 Light My Fire
Read a book with the word FIRE in the title or fire/flames on the cover
Version Read: Kindle
Firelight
by Kristen Callihan
Totals
Points this Post: 15
Big Book Tickets: 2
Total Points: 85
10.10 - Tournament of BooksI read Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal
Points this post: 10
Total points: 15
15.5. No More Snow!Read a book containing all the letters of SPRING in its title/subtitle.
The Poisoned Kiss and Other Stories from the Portuguese by Joyce Carol Oates
the PoiSoned kiss aNd other stoRIes from the portuGuese
Task total=15
Grand total=105
Oma12295.5-Drowning Girl by Roy Lichtenstein
Read a book with the genre Sequential Art, comics or manga on the GR main page.
The Hobbit: An Illustrated Edition of the Fantasy Classic by Chuck Dixon
Total Points---35/875
Completed Tasks--4/53
GO Books (1)
Big Books 500-750 pages (); 750+pages()
MEGSCL10.4 - Remembering David Bowie
Read one of David Bowie's Top 100 Must Read Books. The Master and Margarita is 9th on the list.
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 70
Big Book Tickets: 1
Kristen IA15.10. Batter up!
Players from the following countries are represented on the major league rosters, at least at this point: Aruba, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominican Republic, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Venezuela.
In recognition of the international aspects of American baseball, read a book set at least 50% in one of the countries listed above.
A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny
The novel is set in Three Pines, Quebec, Canada
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Total Points this post: 15
Total Points: 70/875
Tasks Completed: 3/53
Books Read: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Queenbee Darlene5.1 Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol Book whose author is deceased
Plainsong by Kent Haruf; author died Nov 30, 2014
Goodreads Author page link: Kent Haruf
Book link: Plainsong
5 points
20.2 Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration
Option C: book cover 50% blue
Gray Mountain by John Grisham Gray Mountain
20 points
This post: 25 points
Total Points 45
10.1 - Ever So POPularUsing the Goodread's Popular function, read one of the top 200 books published from 1955 through 1959 (inclusive)
It's book #97 of the 1957 list.
* This book was an ARC
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POINTS
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 90
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 1
500 (√) 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 7
BB Total: 1
SCHATZIE5.6: Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? by Richard Hamilton
---6 or more words in title
The Slow Regard of Silent Things
10.3: It's So Surreal
--- book from Popular Surreal Books
Oryx and Crake
found on page 3 of list
20.6: Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!
---opt. 3: book from Best Friendship Books list
Looking for Alaska
found on page 1 of the given list
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Points this Post: 35
Challenge Total: 340
Elizabeth PTask 5.7 - Flag by Johns
Book with genre retellings on main page
The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 105
Total Tasks: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
Total Books: 7
Reader name: Daphne25.7 - Dakimel's Task: Sibling & Niece Season
C: # on cover
(#2 on cover above title - "Book 2 in the Southern Reach Trilogy"
D: Cover: Large body of water
Points this post: 25
Points Total: 290
Mar 15, 2016 Readerboard Name JamminJenny
10.1 - Ever So POPular
The Witchtree Symbol (Nancy Drew #33) - 1955 - read 3/14
The Witch Tree Symbol
Task #20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book
Option #2 - Terrifying Tales by Edgar Allen Poe matching himself - read 3/12
Eversion only approved for length in line #2114 on eReader spreadsheet
Terrifying Tales
Points this post: 30 points
Total to date: 70 points
perletwo15.10. Batter up! - Aruba, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominican Republic, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Venezuela.
In recognition of the international aspects of American baseball, read a book set at least 50% in one of the countries listed
Dead Man's Chest - set 100% in Australia
Points this task: 15
Total points: 285
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 23
Tasks completed: 20
Jonquil10.8 - Hey, Einstein!
genre Science 15 users
NeuroLogic: The Brain's Hidden Rationale Behind Our Irrational Behavior
Eliezer Sternberg
Hardcover, 320 pages 3/15
Points this post: 10
Total points: 130
Books posted: 18
Tasks complete: 18
Pages this post: 320
Total pages as of this post: 4859
20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book Read The China Collectors: America's Century-Long Hunt for Asian Art Treasures by Karl E. Meyer. Karl matched Karl Marx, who is in the 2nd row of the album cover. This book has 2 authors, but, was approved in the help thread, message 6.
Points these task: 20
Total points: 25
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 4
Ava Catherine5.5 Drowning Girl by Roy Lichtenstein
Read a book with the genre sequential art, comics or manga on the GR main page.
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
5.7 Flag by Jasper Johns
Read a book with a genre that contains "Retellings" on its main book page.
The Storyteller's Daughter: A Retelling of the Arabian Nights by Cameron Dokey
5.8 I was a Rich Man's Plaything by Eduardo Paolozzi
Read an autobiography or memoir.
Joan of Arc: In Her Own Words by Jeanne d'Arc
10.2 Andy Warhol
Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in ANDY WARHOL.
Wake by Anna Hope
Points this post: 25
Total points: 225
Jasmiina F20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration:
Option C: Read a book set at least 50% in Ireland or with a cover that's at least 50% blue:
Sushi For Beginners by Marian Keyes.
*Big Book ticket with 564 pages*
Setting: Ireland.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 30
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 1 (+500)
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
Ava Catherine10.9 March Madness
Read a book with a two word, alliterative title or written by an author whose first and last initials are the same.
Travels With My Aunt by Graham Greene
15.2 I'm Not Answering My Phone Until December
Book 1: Read a nonfiction book with the main page genre politics or government.
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt
Book 2: Read a book with "dystopia" as a main page genre. (may be embedded)
The Way by Mary E. Twomey
30.1 Schatzie's Task: Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss
Option B: The Cat in the Hat
Read a book with at lest 2 items on the cover that are identical.
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
(two identical shoes)Option D: Oh The Places You Will Go!
Read a book with "Travel" as a main page genre.
A Year In Provence by Peter Mayle
Points this post: 55
Total points: 280
Post #415.2. I'm Not Answering my Phone until December
1)Antisemitism: A Very Short Introduction Non-Fiction and Politics on main genre page
Politics approved in the help thread post #10
2) Little Brother Dystopia on main genre page
Points this post: 15
Total: 100
Books read: 9
Tasks Done: 8
Ava Catherine10.6 And Alan Rickman
Read a book on this list of The Literary Roles of Alan Rickman.
Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola
15.4 Towel Day
Book A: Read a book with the main page genre science fiction or fantasy (stand alone or embedded)
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones fantasy 592 users; AR: IL: UG
Book B: Read a book whose author's initials can be found in DOUGLAS ADAMS.
On Cats by Doris Lessing
15.5 No More Snow!
Read a book containing all the letters of SPRING in its title/subtitle.
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone by Tennessee Williams
15.7 Tax time!
Read a book with the main page genre Finance or Finances.
What Your Financial Advisor Isn’t Telling You: The 10 Essential Truths You Need to Know About Your Money by Liz Davidson
Points this post: 55
Total points: 335
Nick KY15.1 Soup to Breakfast
Book 1. I read Green Day: American Idiots & The New Punk Explosion by Benjamin Myers. The word “Green” also appears in the Campbell’s Soup flavor “Green Pea.”
Book 2. I read Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality by Donald Miller. The word “Blue” also appears in the #1 flavor on the Pop Tarts List – “Blue Raspberry.”
25.1 Sandy/Katy’s Fact and Fiction
Book 1 – I read The Strange Death of Mistress Coffin by Robert J. Begiebing, with “Historical Fiction” as a GR genre.
Book 2 – I read A Delusion Of Satan by Frances Hill, nonfiction dealing with the late 17th century New England, which is the setting for Book 1. The Mistress Coffin mystery begins in 1648, 43 years before the Salem witch trials.
Points This Post: 40
Total Points So Far: 160
Task 10.10 - Tournament of BooksRead a book found on The 2016 Tournament of Books Longlist.
The Invaders (2015) by Karolina Waclawiak (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 240 pages)
** Karolina Waclawiak is a Goodreads Author **
55 + 10 = 65
Tasks Completed: 04
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 55 + 10 = 65
Books read: 04
Pages read: 1,007
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 01
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for CelebrationOption B - Read a book set at least 50% in South America, Africa or Asia.
Asia: Set in Pakistan – I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
Points this post: 20
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 105
Books Read: 6
Tasks Complete: 5
Big Book tickets Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 0
25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Pop VoicesBook 1 -- You're Never Weird on the Internet by Felicia Day
Felicia Day is on p. 6 of Good Minds Suggest. She was interviewed in November 2010.
Book 2, option A -- Chew, Vol. 1: Taster's Choice by John Layman
recommended by Felicia Day
Total points: 65
5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol Read a book with a "good" rating of 3.5 or above
Birdie
Rating 3.72 as of March 16th, 2016
20.3 - Best Review: mstan's Task: Returning to My Source of Inspiration...
Option 1: Read a book by Elena Ferrante.
My Brilliant Friend
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!
Option 2: Read a book with a title/subtitle that contains a word of at least 4 letters that can also be found in the lyrics of "Heroes". My word is life found in the line:
And live your life like there is no tomorrow, son
A Season in the Life of Emmanuel
Total Points this post: 45
Total Challenge Points: 65
20.6 Seasoned ReaderI chose Option 2: Read a book with a title/subtitle that contains a word of at least 4 letters that can also be found in the lyrics of "Heroes"
The Faith of a Writer: Life, Craft, Art by Joyce Carol Oates
Matching word: life
Task total=20
Grand total=125
Teresa JoTask 5.7 Flag by Jasper Johns
Read a book a the genre "Retellings"
Retellings - 24 users on 3/16/16
verified in Post 98
Version Read: Kindle
UnEnchanted
by Chanda Hahn
Totals
Points this Post: 5
Big Book Tickets: 2
Total Points: 90
edit was to add link to genre verification only - no other changes were made
5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol I read Dear Mr. You, which as of today, 3/16, has a rating of 3.86.
Points: 25
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 2, tasks in progress: 1
pages read 921
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I read Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton, who died November 4, 2008.
10.4 - Remembering David Bowie
I read The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, #16 on David Bowie's Top 100 List.
20.4 -Golden Oldie: Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows
I chose option C and read The White Dragon, with Fantasy as the top main page genre.
Points this post: 35
Total points: 215
5.8 - I was a Rich Man’s Plaything by Eduardo PaolozziRead an autobiography or memoir- a non-fiction account of the author’s own life or experiences.
It has been shelved as
Autobiography > Memoir by 53 users
Non Fiction by 51 users
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POINTS
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 95
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 1
500 (√) 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 8
BB Total: 1
HINA30.6 - Donna Jo's Task--Making a Name for Yourself -
Reader: HINA, last letter A, would do Option 1.
Option 1: Roman's Heart by Sharon Sala.
Author's first & last name start with the same letter (SS) AND 251 pages.
Option 3: Christmas from Hell by R.L. Mathewson. Approved For Length Message 5519
3 word title.
Current post:
Points: 30
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 220
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books- 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
SCHATZIE10.9: March Madness
---author with first and last initials that are the same
Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of A Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator
by Homer Hickam
20.7: Shorter is Sweeter: Pamela3265's Task: When Books Went to War
--- Opt. B: book from the list Armed Service Editions
Cannery Row
25.4: Nick KY’s Task: Pop Voices
Book 1: Good Mind Suggests:
Felicia Day - August 2015, pg. 1.
You're Never Weird on the Internet
by Felicia Day
Book 2: Felicia day recommended:
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
Points this post: 55
Challenge Total: 395
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10.7 - Happy Pi Day
"PI" found together, in order, and intact in the title: sPIrits
Southern Spirits
Angie Fox
Paperback, 320 pages 3/12
Points this post: 10
Total points: 120
Books posted: 17
Tasks complete: 17
Pages this post: 320
Total pages as of this post: 4539