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SPRING CHALLENGE 2016
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Spring Challenge 2016: Completed Tasks:PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS THREAD
20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a cardUse the first card drawn to define your book.
Card: Six of Spades, Genre; Science Fiction, 6 words in the title
I read: The Man in the High Castle
Points this task: 20
Total points: 90
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 4
15.7. Tax time!Read a book with the main page genre Finance or Finances.
The Richest Man in Babylon
Points this post: 15
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 80
Books Read: 9
Tasks Complete: 9
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 1
Reader name : Maya5.2 - Whaam! by Roy Lichtenstein
Read a book with a word from this list of onomatopoeia in the title or subtitle.
Book read: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Required: KITE is found on the onomatopoeia list.
25.1 - Sandy's task as suggested by Katy: Fact and Fiction
TWO BOOKS
Book 1: Read a book with the genre "Historical Fiction" on its main page.
Book read: Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Book 2: Read a nonfiction book that is about the same era (same general time and place) as Book 1.
Book read: Night
25.7 - Dakimel's Task: Sibling and Niece Season
TWO BOOKS
Book One: Read a book written by an author whose initials all appear in VEGETARIANACTUARY.
Book read: I Am the Cheese by Robert Cormier
Required: vegeta r iana c tuary
Required (also): IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7.0
Book Two: Read a book with the genre “Urban,” “Urban Fantasy,” or “Gardening” on its main book page.
Book read: Libriomancer by Jim C. Hines
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Points this post : 55
Points total : 280
Total books read: 24
Total tasks completed: 20
Jonquil10.9 - March Madness
two-word, alliterative title
Seven Sisters
M.L. Bullock
Paperback, 158 pages 3/16
Points this post: 10
Total points: 140
Books posted: 19
Tasks complete: 19
Pages this post: 158
Total pages as of this post: 5017
NARUMON5.10 Self-portrait
Read a book of your choice.
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor. One book between 80 -99 pages may be used for ONE 5 point task. This is my one book since it's at 96 pages.
25.3 Whitnie I's Task: Celebrate Spring
Option 1: Author initial in OSTARA
Vinegar Girl by Anne Taylor. OSTARA.
Option 2: Read a NONFICTION book found on the Best Self Help Books list.
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl. This book is currently #18 on the list on page 1. Nonfiction shelved by 402 users.
In Post:
Points: 5 + 25 = 30
Big Book: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
TOTAL SO FAR:
Points: 70 + 30 = 100
Big Books: 0 + 0 = 0
Golden Oldies: 0 + 0 = 0
loafer5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
Read a book with a "good" rating of 3.5 or above.
Bull Mountain by Brian Panowich
rating 4.01
points: 5
total points: 110
BB: 1
GO: 2
task completed: 7
MWEAVER20.4 Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows
Option C: Winter by Marissa Meyer
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 40
Books Finished: 2
Tasks Complete: 2
Jonquil10.10 - Tournament of Books
item 10 on https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...
Outline: A Novel
Rachel Cusk
Paperback, 256 pages 3/17
Points this post: 10
Total points: 150
Books posted: 20
Tasks complete: 20
Pages this post: 256
Total pages as of this post: 5273
Kristi COGolden Oldie: Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows
Option C: Fantasy
Morning Star by Pierce Brown
a big book at 518 pgs
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
trishhartuk25.2 Brooke TX’s Task: #ReadingGoals
This is a two book task. The two books combined must have a total of at least 600 pages, and both books must be new to you. REQUIRED: State which options you chose when posting and that both books are new to you.
3. #OldFavorites: Another goal: get caught up on new releases from some of my favourite authors. Go to your Goodreads Most Read Authors. Choose a new to you book by one of the authors on this list. REQUIRED: Include a link to the author's page, the author's ranking on your list, and the number of their books you have read in your post.
The Axe Factor, Colin Cotterill (320pg)
Colin Cotterill is #8 on my most read authors (this was the #12 book of his that I've read), but this was a new book to me. https://www.goodreads.com/user/most_r...
4. #NewBooks: There's always room for discovering new authors. Read a book first published in 2016 by a new to you author. REQUIRED: State that the author is new to you.
Harmony Black, Craig Schaefer (322pg)
First published: 5 January 2016
I hadn’t heard of this author before I selected this book as a kindle first, so this author is new to me.
Total pages: 320pg + 322pg = 642pg
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 125
Tasks Completed: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Jonquil15.1. From Soup to ............Breakfast??
Book 1- Chicken & Stars: The Prairie Chicken Kill
Book 2- Red Velvet: Violence in Velvet
Book 1-
The Prairie Chicken Kill
Bill Crider
Hardcover, 208 pages 3/15
Book 2-
Violence in Velvet
Michael Avallone
Paperback, 127 pages 3/16
Points this post: 15
Total points: 165
Books posted: 22
Tasks complete: 21
Pages this post: 335
Total pages as of this post: 5608
JUKKA5.5 - Drowning Girl by Roy Lichtenstein
Book with main page genre Sequential Art, Comics, or Manga.
Pathfinder Vol. 2: Of Tooth and Claw by Jim Zub has main page genre Sequential Art.
5.9 Triple Elvis 1963 by Andy Warhol
Book that is #3 in a series.
Pathfinder Vol. 3: City Of Secrets by Jim Zub is #3 in Pathfinder Comics.
Points this post: 10
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 25/875
Total Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 4/53
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
25.3 - Whitnie I's Task: Celebrate Spring1 - Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen
Author's initials in OSTARA
2 - Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Found on page 1 of the list
POINTS: 145
Cait S20.1- Pick A Card
The book you read must meet the suit AND the face value of your card as described below.
Becoming Chloe by Catherine Ryan Hyde
I drew a 2 of Hearts. This matches as it has a 2 word title and is listed as Young Adult genre.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 70
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Laurajay30.5 - Dlmrose's task: Call the Grammar Police
Part C
Option 2 Bleak House by Charles Dickens 1036 pages
**bleak house is a Big Book at 1036 pages**
***bleak house is a Golden Oldie first published 1853***
Current post: 30
Points: 30
Big Book Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Total:
Total Points: 30
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
Total Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 1
Total books read: 1
loafer25.6- Robin ♥'s Task: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands
Plan A Plain
Option A-1:Who is your favorite M&M character? Red,Blue, or Ms.Brown. Choose your color and read a book from the first 5 pages of that color list.
Dracula by Bram Stoker
found on RED list on page 1, #13
published in 1897, it is a "Golden Oldie"
Option A-2: Wow!!! 75 years and still a favorite candy.
**Read a book by a single author with 7 letters in the first OR last name.
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
published in 1905, it is also a "Golden Oldie"
points: 25
total points: 135
BB: 1
GO: 4
tasks completed: 8
SweetMelissaTask 5.2 - Whaam! by Roy Lichtenstein
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
Task 5.6 - Just what is it that makes today's home so different, so appealing? by Richard Hamilton
The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede
Task 5.7 - Flag by Jasper Johns
Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
Task 15.10 - Batter up!
The Street of a Thousand Blossoms by Gail Tsukiyama
Required: Set at least 50% in Japan
Task 20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration
Option C: Book with a cover at least 50% blue
A Fatal Grace by Louise PennyTask 30.5 - Dlmrose's task: Call the Grammar Police
Option 2: "your" I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella
Option 3: Entire TITLE in red on the cover
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carre------------------------------------------------------------
Points this post: 80
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total points: 80
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Christine V5.5 - Drowning Girl by Roy Lichtenstein
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
Points this post: 5
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
Oma12295.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
Read a book with a "good" rating of 3.5 or above.
My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
On 3/17/16-the rating was 3.61
Total Points---40/875
Completed Tasks--5/53
GO Books (1)
Big Books 500-750 pages (); 750+pages()
Bookwrm526Task #25.7 - Sibling and Niece Season
Option A: Read a book where the author's initials can be found in VEGETARIANSANCTUARY. I read I Remember You: A Ghost Story by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir.
Option B: Read a book with the genre Urban, Urban Fantasy, or Gardening; the help thread says imbedded genre is ok. I read Half-Resurrection Blues by Daniel José Older.
Points this post: 25
Total points so far: 100
Ana20.3 - Best Review: mstan's Task: Returning to My Source of Inspiration...
Option 3-New Author
Princess of Glass by Jessica Day George. This author is new to me this season. Here is link to other post https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/....
Points this Post 20
Total Points 100
Tasks Completed 5
Books Read 5
Total Pages 1708
15.7. Tax time!Read a book with the main page genre Finance or Finances.
Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki
30.5 - Dlmrose's task: Call the Grammar Police
Option 2. Read a book with one of these most commonly confused words in the TITLE: They’re, Their, There, Your, You’re, Its, It’s.
Run For Your Life (Michael Bennett #2) by James Patterson
Option 3.Break out the red pen! Read a book with the entire TITLE in Red on the cover.
Factory Girls: Voices from the Heart of Modern China by Leslie T. Chang
Post Total: 45
Goldien Oldies: 1
Season Total: 135
FANDURY10.9 - March Madness
Read a book with a two-word, alliterative title OR written by an author whose first and last initials are the same.
Let Me Go by Chelsea Cain
The first and last initials of the author are the same CC.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 145
Books Read: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BookBooks with the genre Sequential Art, Graphic novels, or Manga MAY be used.
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"
The Pretenders by Charlaine Harris - the title uses only letters found in the required phrase. The graphic novel is 128 pages.
Points this post: 20
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 125
Books Read: 7
Tasks Complete: 6
Big Book tickets Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Delicious Dee5.6 - Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? by Richard Hamilton
Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover - 7 words in title
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 150
HIINA20.8 - Nickels & Dimes: SpiderMac's task: Making It Worth Watching -
Option 3: New Year at the Boss's Bidding by Rachael Thomas.
New Year in the title.
Current post:
Points: 20
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 240
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books- 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Cait S10.5- Glenn Frey Too
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 the band's first single, Take It Easy.
Dead Girls Don't Write Letters by Gail Giles
The matching word is "don't".
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 80
Total Tasks Completed: 6
25.6- Robin ♥'s Task: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your HandsI chose Plan A Plain, Option A-2 and Option A-3.
Option A-2: Read a book by a single author with 7 letters in the first OR last name.
Tales of Ordinary Madness by Charles Bukowski ("Charles" has 7 letters)
Option A-3: Read a book with a male on the cover.
by Raymond CarverTask total=25
Season total=150
Reader Name: Daphne15.5. No More Snow!
Title/Sub: All letters of SPRING
The Ice Balloon: S. A. Andrée and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration
S in S.
P in Exploration
R in Heroic
I in Arctic
N in and
G in Age
Points this post: 15
Points Total: 305
5.2 - Whaam! by Roy LichtensteinRead a book with a word from this list of onomatopoeia in the title or subtitle. You may use any word from the 25 pages (no x page)
The Midwich Cuckoos Found on the C list.
Points this post: 5
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 70
Books Read: 9
Tasks Complete: 9
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 1
5.6 - Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? by Richard HamiltonRead a book with a TITLE of six or more words.
Book read: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes: SpiderMac's task: Making It Worth
Option 4: Select something from your bucket list and read a book about it.
Book read: Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter
Before I die I want to visit all of the 50 states of the USA, including Georgia. Blindsighted ties to my bucket list goal because it is set in a small town in said state.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 110 + 25 = 135
Task 5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol Read a book with a "good" rating of 3.5 or above. As ratings can change, note the book's rating at the time you select your book.
Today, March 17, 2016: rating is 4.25
Unto a Good Land (The Emigrants #2) (1952) by Vilhelm Moberg; translated by Gustaf Lannestock (Paperback, 402 pages)
65 + 05 = 70
Tasks Completed: 05
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 65 + 05 = 70
Books read: 05
Pages read: 1,409
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 01
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
SCHATZIE10.2: Andy Warhol
---author's initials found in Andy Warhol
The Life and Death of Sophie Stark
byAnna North
20.1: Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a card
---I drew a 10 of clubs, I chose Historical Fiction, and my title count is in letters
Tiger, Tiger
IL: MG - BL 5.4 - AR pts: 7
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Points this Post: 30
Challenge Total: 425
perletwo15.9. Three/Four/Five - Read a book whose average rating is made up of the numbers 3, 4, and 5 (i.e. no other number can be found in it - 3.34 is fine while 2.35 is not). Ratings can and do change, so make a note of the rating on the date you select your book.
How to Drink has an average rating of 3.54 on the date this is posting, 3/17/16. (It had the same rating when I checked it on the help thread when composing my reading list.)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 300
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 24
Tasks completed: 21
Elizabeth B5.10
Beware of Geeks Bearing Gifts, e-book only, approved for length at msg#5527 of the verification thread
30.1
Option 2:
, two wine glasses identical. E-book only, approved for length at msg#5527 of the verification threadOption 3: Spice ‘n’ Solace, Galactic alliance series #1, this series is new to me. E-book only, approved for length at msg#5527 of the verification thread.
Points: 35
Total: 105+35=140
Catherine T Task 25.7 - Sibling and Niece Season
Option a - read a book whose author initials can be found in vegetarian actuary
Shine Not Burn by Elle Casey
Option b - read a book with MPG urban fantasy
The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross
Mod
10.9 - March Madness
same initial author, AA: The Broken Places by Ace Atkins
15.8. It's Magic
Magical Realism genre: Scent of Darkness by Margot Berwin
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration
option B, set in Mali: White Leopard by Laurent Guillaume
total = 155
Bookwrm526Task #20.10 - Group Reads
I chose to read The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro. I posted my first comment in the discussion thread about the book in message 5.
Points this post: 20
Total points so far: 120
Jess Philly20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book
I chose Option B, and read Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith. Robert Galbraith matches Sir Robert Peel on the album cover.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 40
Big Book Tickets: 1
Task 5.8 Read an autobiography or memoir- a non-fiction account of the author’s own life or experiences.
Can't Is Not an Option: My American Story (2012) by Nikki Haley (Hardcover, 245 pages)
70 + 05 = 75
Tasks Completed: 06
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 70 + 05 = 75
Books read: 06
Pages read: 1,654
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 01
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Sarah E10.5 - Glenn Frey, Too
Murder is Easy
My word is "Easy", from the title and the line: "Take it easy, take it easy"
**Murder is Easy is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1939). I claim 1 GO ticket. **
30.6 - Donna Jo's Task--Making a Name for Yourself
Part C: One book option
Option 3: One word title
Crusade, 720 pages
I had read up to page 248 of 720 before this season began.
** Crusade is a Big Book (720 pages). I claim 1 BB ticket. **
Points this post: 40
Total points: 95
GO tickets this post: 1
Total GO tickets: 1
BB tickets this post: 1
Total BB tickets: 1
By Peakles5.6 - Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? by Richard Hamilton
Title of 6 words or more.
The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra
5.10 Self-portrait
Book of choice.
The Whites by Harry Brandt
30.6 - Donna Jo's Task--Making a Name for Yourself
Part C: 6 --- One book
Option 3: one, two, or three words in title.
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, 815 pages.
Claim 2 BB tickets for book > 750 pages.
Points this post: 40
Total points: 130
BB tickets: 2
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MELANIE CTASK NAME: 20.2 Time for Celebration
Option A: Historical fiction
Death Wears a Mask by Ashley Weaver
Qualifier: Genre - Historical Fiction
Points this task: 20
Points Total: 30
Tasks Completed: 2
Big Books: 0
Reader name : Maya5.9 Triple Elvis 1963 by Andy Warhol
Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #3 in a series.
Book read: Daja's Book by Tamora Pierce
Required: IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8.0
Points this post : 5
Points total : 285
Total books read: 25
Total tasks completed: 21
5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy WarholSelected Poems by W.B. Yeats
+5 Points
5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
4.13, 3/17/16:
Georgia: A Novel of Georgia O'Keeffe by Dawn Tripp
+5 Points
5.10 Self-portrait
Corregidora by Gayl Jones
+5 Points
10.10 - Tournament of Books
The Turner House by Angela Flournoy
+10 Points
15.10. Batter up!
Set in Brazil:
Ways to Disappear by Idra Novey
+15 Points
20.4 -Golden Oldie: Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows
Option A: Miami Vice - -->For this option, read a book with a word at least 4 letters long from one of my favorite Miami Vice tunes,. Glenn Frey's "Smuggler's Blues" in the Title.
Word selected: Bones
A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters
+20 Points
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes: SpiderMac's task: Making It Worth Watching
Option 2: read a book from the Orange Prize list
Property by Valerie Martin
+20 Points
Points this Post: 80
Grand Total: 80
Kimber10.1 Ever So Popular
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
*popular in 1958
This task: 10 points
# tasks completed to date: 3
Total points: 40
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!To acknowledge his 8th year involved with the contest, read a book by an author who shares a first, middle or last name with either Graham Norton himself or a guest from the past series of his show.
The Thoughts & Happenings of Wilfred Price, Purveyor of Superior Funerals - Wendy Jones
Wendy Jones shares a surname with Toby Jones, who appeared in episode 17 of series 18 of the Graham Norton show.
Points this post: 20
Points total: 40
Tasks completed: 2
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: - 500+() 750+() 1000+()
Total pages: 567
Karen D.Task 15.4. Towel Day
Prodigy by Marie Lu
Option 1: SF and Fantasy are main page genres
Option 2: M and L both in DOUGLAS ADAMS
Points this task: 15
Total points: 190
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 10
Dakimel10.9 - March Madness
Sinful Seduction
20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a card
I got the 2 of Hearts & chose a 2-word romance: Sinful Temptation
20.4 -Golden Oldie: Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows
For option A: A Short History of Nearly Everything (Word: EVERYTHING)
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!
option 3: A Little Life (#82 on pg 1 of list)
TALLY:
This post - 70 points
Total - 180
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Read a book with a "good" rating of 3.5 or above. As ratings can change, note the book's rating at the time you select your book.
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing The rating on Mar 16/16 was 3.79
Points this post: 5
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 65
Books Read: 8
Tasks Complete: 8
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 1