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Spring Challenge 2016: Completed Tasks:PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS THREAD
Sheila10.3 - It's So Surreal
Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane(page 3)
10.5 - Glenn Frey, Too
Night Road by Kristin Hannah(Road)
15.9. Three/Four/Five
Broken by Karin Fossum3.55 rating on 3/18
Total Points - 150
Ava Catherine20.3
Option 1: Read a book by Elena Ferrante.
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
This post: 20
Total: 380
Andy P.Task # 10.8 - Hey, Einstein!
Read a book with the main page genre "Science"
by Jonathan Weiner Science on mp (299 users)Points this post: 10
Total points: 110
Ava Catherine30.5 Dimrose's task: Call the Grammar Police
Option 1: Read a non-fiction book with the genre Language on its main book page.
Metaphors We Live By by George Lakoff (90 users)
Option 2: Read a book with one of these most commonly confused words in the title: they're, their, there, your, you're, you're, its, it's.
When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson
This post: 30
Total: 410
Andy P.Task # 10.5 - 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.
by Harry Bingham Love appears several times in the lyrics (your sweet love)Points this post: 10
Total points: 120
Ava Catherine15.9 Three/Four/Five
Read a book whose average rating is made up of the numbers 3, 4, and 5.
Broken by Karin Fossum 3.55 rating 3/18
25.1 Sandy's task as suggested by Katy: Fact and Fiction
Book 1: Read a book with the genre historical fiction on the main page.
The Girl in the Glass by Jeffrey Ford (set during the Great Depression) historical fiction: 31 users
Book 2: Read a nonfiction book that is about the same era as book 1.
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan
This post: 40
Total: 450
25.6 - Robin ♥'s Task: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your HandsPlain -- Plan A
Option A-2: Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz
written by a single author; 7 letters in Sch/war/z
Option A-3:
by Ann Patchettseveral men can be seen head to waist on the cover
Both books are fiction.
Total points: 90
Oma12295.2 - Whaam! by Roy Lichtenstein
Read a book with a word from this list http://www.onomatopoeialist.com/ in the title or subtitle.
When Hoopoes go to Heaven by Gaile Parkin
Total Points---45/875
Completed Tasks--6/53
GO Books (1)
Big Books 500-750 pages (); 750+pages()
Elizabeth PTask 30.6 - Making a Name for Yourself
Option C: Read book of 650+ pages that satisfies one of the other options.
I chose to read a book of 650 pages+ that satisfies Option Four - book with title containing 2+ of the words the, an, a, and, if, but.
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
Page Count: 814
At 814 pages, good for *2 Big Book Tickets *
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 135
Total Tasks: 8
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 4
Total Books: 8
Didi30235.8: I was a Rich Man’s Plaything by Eduardo Paolozzi
Read an autobiography or memoir- a non-fiction account of the author’s own life or experiences.
Night by Elie Wiesel
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Points: 5
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 5
Didi302310.4: Read one of David Bowie's Top 100 Must Read Books.
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
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Points: 10
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 15
Didi302310.7: Happy Pi Day
Read a book with the letters "PI" found together, in order, and intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.
Easy Money by Jens Lapidus
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Points: 10
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 25
Queenbee Darlene20.2 Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration
Option C: book cover 50% blue
Gray Mountain by John Grisham
20 points
Points this post: 20
Total points: 45
Didi302310.9: March Madness
Read a book with a two-word, alliterative title.
Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
Points: 10
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 35
Didi302315.2: Book 1. Read a book the title/subtitle of which contains a word from this list of Campbell's soup flavors
Free-Range Chickens by Simon Rich
Book 2. Read a book the title/subtitle of which contains a word from this list of the best 27 pop tart flavors.
The Cinnamon Peeler: Selected Poems by Michael Ondaatje
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Points: 15
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 50
Didi302315.2: I'm Not Answering my Phone until December
Read a NONFICTION book with the main page genre politics or government.
The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx
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Points: 15
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 65
Didi302315.4: Towel Day
Read a book whose author's initials can be found in DOUGLAS ADAMS
An Autobiography by Angela Y. Davis
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Points: 15
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 70
Didi302330.4: Jonquil's Task: Every Letter Counts
Book 1 This book title has longer and longer words. Each word in the title is exactly one letter longer than the previous word.
Lost Light by Michael Connelly
Book 2 This book title has shorter and shorter words. Each word in the title is exactly one letter shorter than the previous word.
Arctic Chill by Arnaldur Indriðason
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Points: 30
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 100
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM10.9 - March Madness
I read Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond by Sonia Shah (alliterative author name).
15.9. Three/Four/Five
I read The Literature Book , which had a rating of 4.33 stars on 3/2/16 when I selected it.
20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a card
I drew a 3 of Clubs - I chose to read a book with the genre "historical fiction" and three words in the title. I read Margaret the First by Danielle Dutton - three words in the title and "historical fiction" is the first genre on the main page.
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!
I chose Option 3. I read Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts - found on page 1, #58 of the "Best Friendship Books" list.
Previous point total: 0
New points this post: 10+15+20+20
Total points: 65
New tasks completed in this post: 4
Total tasks: 4
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Reader Name: Daphne25.6 -Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands FICTION
PLAIN
A: RED: 1st Page: #37:
C: Man on Cover:
Points this post: 25
Points Total: 330
5.9 Triple Elvis 1963 by Andy WarholRead a book that is identified on Goodreads as #3 in a series.
Book read: Poderosa 3 by Sérgio Klein.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 135 + 5 = 140
Suzanne VN20.1 Pick A Card: I drew a 3 of hearts.
For hearts, I chose mystery.
For the 3, I used letters.
You by Caroline Kepnes
20.4 Golden Oldies: Option A - Miami Vice
"Smuggler's Blues (line 4) - That he should not go alone"
I'm Traveling Alone by Samuel Bjørk
25.6 Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands
Option B: My favorite M&M's are peanut.
B1: Green is my favorite character - #48 on "green" list - Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
B2: Author first or last name has 5 letters; I used the first name. Once Upon a List by Robin Gold
Points this Post 65
Total Points 85
SCHATZIE5.3: Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
---3.5 rating or higher
What I Know For Sure rating of 4.09
5.4: A Bigger Splash by David Hockney
---a word ending in ER
The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child
words: whisperer, inner, reader
25.2: Brooke TX's Task: #ReadingGoals
Opt. 1: book from a specific list. I chose the list:
2015 Locus Fantasy Novels Recommended Reading List
and this book is new to me.
Slade House
I did the audio, here is the link to the pb (no mmpb) for page count: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
207 pgs.
Opt. 3: a book by an author I've read a lot
David Baldacci, #1 on my list, I've read 30 of his books.
The Guilty
I did the audio. Here is the link to the pb (no mmpb) for page count: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
464 pages
and this book is new to me
Total pages: 671
Post Total: 35
Challenge Total: 460
Readerboard name: witchygal30.2 - Daphne's task: Peering really close at the world.
Option 1: Pick a book from the collection Very Short Introductions. I read Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction.
Option 2: read a book from the first 2 pages of Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing. I read Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer. This is found as Number 27 on the list (page 1)
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Details of this post
Books read- 2
Points- 30
Golden oldies- 0
Big books - 0
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Total points and stats
Books read: 4
Points: 65
Golden oldies - 0
Big books - 0
Karen D. Task 20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission…
Option 6: Read a book with the complete TITLE in white OR in black on the cover.
Points this task: 20
Total point: 210
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 11
Elizabeth PTask 5.6 - Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing? by Richard Hamilton
Book with title of 6+ words
The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 140
Total Tasks: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 4
Total Books: 9
30.6 - Donna Jo's Task--Making a Name for YourselfPart C, option 5: Read a book with a TITLE that contains a person's name.
Book read: The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, 880 pages
*Claiming BB (880 pages) and GO tickets (first published in 1812)*
Points this post: 30
Total points: 140 + 30 = 170
LOULOU25.6 Robin ♥'s Task: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands
Plan B, Peanut.
B2. A book by a single author with five letters in the first or last name.
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré
CARRÉ has five letters.
B3. Female figure on the front cover.
by Malcolm PryceThis post:
Points: 25
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Big Book tickets: 0
Overall:
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Points overall: 65
Catherine TTask 10.9 - March Madness
Read a book with an alliterative title
The Thief Taker by C.S. Quinn
Mary P25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Pop Voices
Book 1:Goodreads Voices are Good Minds.
Ashley Bell by Dean Koontz.
Good Minds Suggest - pg 6
Interviewed - January 2011
** Ashley Bell is a Big Book (560 pgs ). Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket.
Book 2: Option A. Good Choices.
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Points this post: 25
Total points: 60
Big Book Tickets: 4
HINA15.8. It's Magic - Just Say Yes by Alyssa Goodnight.
Magical Realism ~3 Users on main page genre. Also approved in Help Thread Message 2.
Current post:
Points: 15
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 255
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books- 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
10.5 Glenn Frey, TooNews of the World by Paulette Jiles
I used the word "world"
10.10 Tournament of Books
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
20.1 Pick A Card
I drew a 9 of Spades
Stone Cold by C.J. Box
This has Crime on the main page and a 9 letter title.
20.2 Time for Celebration
Option C - Fates and Furies
by Lauren GroffBook was approved in help thread.
Post Total: 60
Grand Total: 60
5.3 Campbell's Soup Cans by Andy WarholThe Night Watch by Sarah Waters
Book rated 3.67
5.8 I Was a Rich Man's Plaything by Eduardo Paolozzi
The House of Twenty Thousand Books by Sasha Abramsky
15.9Three/Four/Five
The Lady's Command by Stephanie Laurens. On February 13 it had a rating of 3.55
20.1 Most Improved--MegSCL's Task: Pick a Card
I drew the three of Spades
The River's Gift by Mercedes Lackey
20.5 Bigger Is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book:
2. I chose David Livingstone
The Way to Glory by David Drake
Today's Total: 65
Grand Total: 130
Marina H25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Pop Voices
Book 1: Caught by Harlan Coben
Page 6 of Good Minds Suggest. He was interiewed in February 2011
Book 2 - option A:
B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton
The Kinsey Millhone series is recommended by Harlan Coben
Points this post: 25
Total points: 100
ShariceTask 20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration
Option c the book cover must be at least 50% blue. I read.
Points this post=20
Total points=20
5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy WarholOld Whaling Days
Author approved in task help thread, link:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
*Golden Oldie, first published 1895, claiming one GO ticket*
20.4 -Golden Oldie: Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop
Option C: The Golden Apples Of The Sun
20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission…
6) Pets
title in blackPoints this post: 45
Points total: 115
GO total: 1
BB total: 0
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 5
30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: Happy Birthday Dr. SeussOption A: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
Read a book with all the letters “R-E-D-B-L-U- E” in the TITLE. These letters can appear in any order. Subtitles will NOT be used for this option.
I read A Spool of Blue Thread, which has all the letters from "red" and "blue" in the title. This book was approved on the help thread.
Option B: The Cat in the Hat
My girls loved Thing 1 and Thing 2. For this option, read a book with at least 2 items on the cover that are identical. I read
. The two elephants are identical. This book was approved on the help thread.Points: 55
Books read: 4
tasks completed: 3
pages read: 921
Readerboard name: MASOODAH
20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission…
2) Big Books: I really like to dig deeper into books, so for this task, kick back and Read a book that is at least 500 pages.
Mirrorscape by Mike Wilks – 564 PAGES
REQUESTING BIG BOOK TICKET FOR 500+ PAGES.
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 85
Big books ticket requests: 1
Golden oldies ticket requests: 0
Books read: 7
Tasks completed: 6
20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission…
2) Big Books: I really like to dig deeper into books, so for this task, kick back and Read a book that is at least 500 pages.
Mirrorscape by Mike Wilks – 564 PAGES
REQUESTING BIG BOOK TICKET FOR 500+ PAGES.
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 85
Big books ticket requests: 1
Golden oldies ticket requests: 0
Books read: 7
Tasks completed: 6
perletwo20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration - Option A - Read a book with a genre on its main book page that contains "History" or "Historical".
The Suspicion at Sanditon (Or, The Disappearance of Lady Denham)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 320
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 25
Tasks completed: 22
CANDY15.8. It's Magic
Read a book with "Magical Realism" as a GR main page genre.
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
Points: 15
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Points: 75
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Didi302315.2: I'm Not Answering my Phone until December
Read a NONFICTION book with the main page genre politics or government.
The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx
Read a book with "dystopia" (standalone or embedded) as a main page genre.
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Points: 15
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 85
Didi302315.4: Towel Day
Option 1:
A. Read a book with the main page genre science fiction or fantasy (standalone or embedded)
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
AND
B. Read a book whose author's initials can be found in DOUGLAS ADAMS. Middle initials can be disregarded.
An Autobiography by Angela Y. Davis
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Points: 15
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 100
Ava Catherine15.3 Still Flying
Option 1
Book A: Read a book whose title/subtitle contains a word that matches on of the words from the titles of the songs on the Airplanes first album.
word used "road"
At the End of the Road by Grant Jerkins
Book B: Read a book whose author's initials can be found in JEFFERSON AIRPLANE.
The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens
This post: 15
Total: 465
Ava Catherine25.5
Book 1: author with same number of letters in his/her first and last names
The English Teacher by Lily King
Book 2: book whose title consists of words of the same number of letters
Finders Keepers by Stephen King
This post: 25
Total: 490
15.4. Towel DayOption 1:
A. Read a book with the main page genre science fiction or fantasy (standalone or embedded)
It has been shelved as Fantasy by 48 users and as Science Fiction by 18 users.
AND
B. Read a book whose author's initials can be found in DOUGLAS ADAMS. Middle initials can be disregarded.
Author is Gillian Slovo
G found in douGlas
S found in douglaS and also in adamS
* Both books are ARC's
* Claiming a Big Book ticket for Arcadia as it's 608 pages long.
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POINTS
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 110
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: √
500 (X) 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 9
BB Total: 2
etwatson20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book
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 One by Kiera Cass
Points: 20
Total Points: 40
Readerboard name Kathy P20.6 Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!
Option 2 word is FIRE
Written in Fire
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Books posted: 1
Tasks complete: 1
Readerboard name Kathy P30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss
Option B: The Cat in the Hat
The chairs are identical items
The Restaurant at the End of the UniverseOption D Option D: Oh the Places you will go!
Last Chance to See
Points this post: 30
Total points: 50
Books this post: 2
Total books posted: 3
Tasks complete: 2
Blueberry20.2
Opt. C: Read a book with a cover that's at least 50% blue.
Star Island
Pts: 20
Total pts: 40
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10.5 Glenn Frey, Too
Read a book with a title/subtitle that contains a word of at least 4 letters that also be found in the lyrics of the band's firs single, "Take It Easy."
Word used: girl
The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden by Jonas Jonasson
15.1 From soup to...Breakfast??
Book 1: Read a book the title/subtitle of which contains a word form the list of Campbell's soup flavors.
"onion" from "French onion"
The Onion Girl by Charles de Lint
Book 2: Read a book the title/subtitle of which contains a word from the list of best pop tart flavors.
"blue" from "Blue Raspberry"
Blue Asylum by Kathy Hepinstall
Points this post: 25
Total points: 360