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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 cardThe book you read must meet the suit AND the face value of your card as described below.
Required: State the card you drew, the suit genre you selected and whether your title count is letters or words.
I drew 8 of hearts
Hearts: Mystery (Shelved in this category by 102 users)
8: letters in title (The Widow)
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20.4 -Golden Oldie: Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows
Option A: Miami Vice.- 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
The word I selected is "ALONE":
"There's trouble on the streets tonight
I can feel it in my bones
I had a premonition
That he should not go ALONE"
I'm Traveling Alone
*Both books are ARC's
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POINTS
Points This Post: 40
Points Total: 150
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 11
BB Total: 2
25.7 - Dakimel's Task: Sibling and Niece SeasonI chose Option A and Option E.
Option A: Read a book written by an author whose initials all appear in VEGETARIANACTUARY.
The Empty Family by Colm Tóibín
Option E: Read a book whose title (including subtitle) contains ALL the letters of WHITE BUNNY.
Butterfly in the Typewriter: The Short, Tragic Life of John Kennedy Toole and the Remarkable Story of A Confederacy of Dunces by Cory MacLauchlin
BUtterfly in tHe typeWrITEr: the short, tragic life of john keNNedY toole and the remarkable story of a confederacy of dunces
Task total =25
Grand total=230
5.2 Whaam! by Roy Lichtenstein:The Problem with Murmur Lee by Connie May Fowler
5.9 Triple Elvis 1963 by Andy Warhol:
The Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold
10.7 Happy Pi Day:
How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics by Eugenia Cheng
10.8 Hey, Einstein!:
Adventures in Human Being: A Grand Tour from the Cranium to the Calcaneum by Gavin Francis
Today's total: 30
Grand total: 200
15.4 Towel Day:Option 2
Augur's Teacher by Sherwood Smith, with an S at the end of Douglas and another S at the end of Adams.
15.7 Tax Time:
One Year to an Organized Life: From Your Closets to Your Finances, the Week-by-Week Guide to Getting Completely Organized for Good by Regina Leeds book okayed post #14.
20.9 Moderator's Pet--Seakbee's Task--Give Yourself Permission:
1. Queen Victoria's Mysterious Daughter: A Biography of Princess Louise by Lucinda Hawksley
30.4 Jonquil's Task--Every Letter Counts:
1. Midnight Pleasures by Eloisa James word count 8/9
2. Making Money by Terry Pratchett word count 6/5
Today's total: 80
Grand total: 280
Jonquil15.8. It's Magic
Genre: Magical Realism 78 users
The House at the End of Hope Street
Menna van Praag
Hardcover, 447 pages 3/24
Points this post: 15
Total points: 270
Books posted: 30
Tasks complete: 28
Pages this post: 447
Total pages as of this post: 8027
Jonquil15.9. Three/Four/Five
rated 3.45 on March 1st
The Force Is Middling in This One: And Other Ruminations from the Outskirts of the Empire
Robert Kroese
Paperback, 310 pages 3/24
Points this post: 15
Total points: 285
Books posted: 31
Tasks complete: 29
Pages this post: 310
Total pages as of this post: 8337
Jonquil15.10. Batter up!
setting Venice (Italy) 100%
Death at La Fenice
Donna Leon
Paperback, 338 pages
Points this post: 15
Total points: 300
Books posted: 32
Tasks complete: 30
Pages this post: 338
Total pages as of this post: 8675
Repost of Message #782Oma1229
20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a card
This is a ONE book task. The book you read must meet the suit AND the face value of your card as described below.
I drew the 2 of Hearts the title count is words.
I chose the genre Romance
Forever Wicked by Shayla Black
Required: State the card you drew, the suit genre you selected and whether your title count is letters or words.
Repost of Post # 780-Adding missing information for Children's Bookoma1229
5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol
Read a book by an author who, at the time you select your book, is deceased.
High Rhulain by Brian Jacques
AR Information-IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 15.0
Reader Name: Daphne10.9 - March Madness
2word alliterative title or author w/same first letters (no middle)
Bay of the Dead by Mark Morris
Points this post: 10
Points Total: 405
Sheila15.6. Light My Fire
Into the Fire by Suzanne Brockmann15.10. Batter up!
Truth by Peter Temple(Australia) - It doesn't really mention a city or country in the metadata but it is set in Australia and the genre listing reflects that.
25.2 - Brooke TX's Task: #ReadingGoals
2. #TooLong: Option A. # 8 on my wom-nominees shelf since May 2012
Standoff by Sandra BrownI listened to the audiobook
Standoff by Sandra BrownPaperback, 261 pages for page count
and
3. #OldFavorites:
I picked Linwood Barclay who is number 76 on my list and I have read 7 books by him. https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
I read the audiobook
No Safe House by Linwood Barclayppb is 464 pages for page count
No Safe House by Linwood BarclayBoth books are new to me
Total Points =235
FANDURY25.5 - Andy P's Task: Symmetry
Book 1: Read a book written by an author who has the same number of letters in his/her first and last names (and middle name if the author uses one).
Close Encounters of the Furred Kind by Tom Cox
The author has the same number of letters in his first and last name (3/3).
Book 2: Read a book whose TITLE consists of words of the same number of letters.
Slade House by David Mitchell
The words in the title contain the same number of letters (5/5).
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 225
Books Read: 15
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(1)1000+(0)
NICOLE OH5.2 - Whaam! by Roy Lichtenstein
Slam (the word "slam" is on the list)
20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a card
The Year We Fell Apart: I drew the 5 of hearts and chose a book with 5 words in the title. This book has a main page genre of Young Adult.
25.1 - Sandy's task as suggested by Katy: Fact and Fiction
Book 1: Salt to the Sea
Book 2: I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust
(both books approved in task thread)
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 105
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 9
Tasks completed: 6
Catherine T Task 5.6 - Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing?
Read a book with 6+ words in the title
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
(6 words)
Christine V5.2 - Whaam! by Roy Lichtenstein
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Matching the word "cuckoo" from the list
I read the above audio edition. Link to top MMP
Points this post: 5
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
MEGS20.4 -Golden Oldie: Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows
I choose Option C.
The Reckoning - Main page genre "Fantasy>Supernatural
20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission…
I choose Option 6.
- Title is all white.Points this post: 40
Total points: 130
Cait S10.2- Andy Warhol
Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in ANDY WARHOL.
Pregnant Pause by Han Nolan
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 110
Total Tasks Completed: 8
Kristen IA10.7 - Happy Pi Day
Read a book with the letters "PI" found together, in order, and intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.
Hostage Taker by Stefanie Pintoff
I listened to an audiobook and have linked to the hardcover edition
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Total Points this post: 10
Total Points: 110/875
Tasks Completed: 7/53
Books Read: 9
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
25.1 - Sandy's task as suggested by Katy: Fact and Fiction (2 books)*Option 1 - Read a book with the genre "Historical Fiction" on its main page. I read The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman
*Option 2 - Read a nonfiction book that is about the same era (same general time and place) as Book 1. I read Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by
Erik Larson
Points: 25
Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 95
I am switching the book for task 20.3 which was originally posted in post 504 and using it for another task. 10.5 - Glenn Frey, Too
using the word "friend" from the line:
One says she's a friend of mine
My Brilliant Friend
reposting task 20.3
20.3 - Best Review: mstan's Task: Returning to My Source of Inspiration...
Option 1: Read a book by Elena Ferrante.
The Story of a New Name
Total new points this post: 10
Total Challenge Points: 75
CANDY10.1 - Ever So POPular
Read one of the top 200 books published from 1955 through 1959
Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
*Starship Troopers was popular in 1959*
Points: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Points: 90
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Nick KY20.3 mstan’s returning to my source… I chose Option B: Translated from the Italian. I read The Wine-Dark Sea by Leonardo Sciascia.
20.7 Pamela’s Books at War I chose Option B and read The Lost Weekend by Charles Jackson, # O – 19 on the list.
30.6 Donna Jo’s Making a Name
My moniker ends in Y, so for Part A, I had to do Option 2 – author’s inits are alphabetically consecutive:
I read Death on a Silver Tray by Rosemary Stevens (R S).
Book 1 is 277 pages in length, so for Book 2, Part B, I had to do Option B-3 – one, two, or three word title. I read Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan (388 pp).
Points This Post: 70
Total Points So Far: 280
perletwo25.3 - Whitnie I's Task: Celebrate Spring - Option 1: Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials appear in the word OSTARA. If there are co-authors or multiple contributors all of the authors' initials must fit.
The Girl in 6E by A.R. Torre
Option 2: Since spring is a time of change and renewal. Read a NONFICTION book found on the Best Self Help Books list. Required: State which page your book can be found on when you post.
Outliers: The Story of Success is on page 7 of the list.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 395
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 30
Tasks completed: 25
M1NKS20.1 - Pick a card - 5 Hearts (Mystery/Title)
Murder on the Orient Express Published 1934
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
20.8 - Making It Worth Watching
Option 3: read a book that has “Buddha”, “festival", “balloon”, or “New Year” in the title or subtitle.
Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha
Points this post: 40
Total points: 195
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Tasks Completed = 17
M1NKS30.6 - Making a Name for Yourself
Part C - Option 5
The Private Life of Chairman Mao 736 pages
* I Claim 1 x Big Book Ticket *
Points this post: 30
Total points: 225
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
Tasks Completed = 18
Christine V15.5. No More Snow!
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Points this post: 15
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
Karen D. Task 25.7 - Dakimel's Task: Sibling and Niece Season
Option A: Read a book written by an author whose initials all appear in VEGETARIANACTUARY.
Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine
Option B: Read a book with the genre “Urban,” “Urban Fantasy,” or “Gardening” on its main book page
Hounded - Urban Fantasy on main page genre
POints this task: 25
Total points: 260
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 15
25.4 - Pop VoicesBook 1
The Handsome Man's De Luxe Café by Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander McCall Smith was interviewed in February 2014 (page 3). He recommended:
Book 2, Option A
Swami and Friends by R.K. Narayan
That is a paperback edition, I read it from this omnibus:
A Malgudi Omnibus: Swami and friends / The bachelor of arts / The English teacher
Total points 65
HINA5.6 - Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? by Richard Hamilton - The Italian's Rags-to-Riches Wife vby Julia James.
Title has 6 words.
Current post:
Points: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 300
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books- 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Mod
5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
4.15 rating as of 3/26: Swansong by Damien Boyd
PB: Swansong
5.9 Triple Elvis 1963 by Andy Warhol
#3 in series: Morning Star by Pierce Brown
25.3 - Whitnie I's Task: Celebrate Spring
book 1, author initials in OSTARA: The Forsaken by Ace Atkins
Book 2, #76 page 1 Best Self Help: Eat Move Sleep: How Small Choices Lead to Big Changes by Tom Rath
total = 300
Kait25.5 - Andy P's Task: Symmetry
Book 1 - A book written by an author who has the same number of letters in his/her first and last names (and middle name if the author uses one).
Everything and the Moon by Julia Quinn -- Both Julia and Quinn have 5 letters
Book 2 - A book whose TITLE consists of words of the same number of letters.
Lessons Learned by Nora Roberts -- Both lessons and learned have 7 letters; I read the kindle ebook edition, here is the mass market paperback: Lessons Learned
Points This Post: 25
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 90
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Golden Oldies: 0
March 26, 2016 - reposting with linksReaderboard Name: JamminJenny
Task #5.4 -A Bigger Splash by David Hockney
Nailbiter Volume 1 - read 3/24
Nailbiter, Vol. 1: There Will Be Blood
Task #10.9 - March Madness
Wytches Volume 1 by Scott Snyder (SS) - read 3/21
Matching initials - SS
Wytches, Vol. 1
Points this post: 15 points
Total to date: 80 points
Thanks!
Readerboard name: witchygal20.4 -Golden Oldie: Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows
Option C. read a book with "Fantasy" or "Supernatural" genre on the book's main GR page.
I read Kiss the Dead by Laurell K Hamilton. This book has been shelved as "Fantasy" by 230 users and is a genre on the book's main GR page.
Points: 20
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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20.8 - Nickels & Dimes: SpiderMac's task: Making It Worth Watching
Option 2. Read a book from the Orange Prize list or Women's Prize list - Orange Prize post 2013(winners or nominees).
I read Girl at War by Sara Novic. This is found on the 'Women's Prize List - Orange Prize post 2013' on page 1. It was a nominee for the 'Women's Prize for Fiction Nominee for Longlist 2016.
Points: 20
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
I read The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro. I have also commented in the discussion thread. My post in message 11.
Points: 20
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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Details of this post
Books read- 3
Points- 60
Golden oldies- 0
Big books - 0
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Total points and stats
Books read: 7
Points: 125
Golden oldies - 0
Big books - 0
Mod
I read Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! - 3 words from Take It Easy - world, baby, girl. "got a world of trouble on my mind."
30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss
For my first book, I chose option B and read
- numerous identical birds flying across the cover.For my second book, I chose option C and read The Dragon Keeper - 3 word title, #1 in the Rain Wild Chronicles, a series that is new to me.
30.6 - Donna Jo's Task--Making a Name for Yourself
I chose the 2 book option.
For my first book, since the last letter of my readerboard name is Y, I did option 2 and read a book whose author's first and last initials are adjacent. I read The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester (AB).
Since that book was 250 pages, for my second book, I did option 3 and read a book with a 2 word title - Temporary Sanity.
Points this post: 70
Total points: 400
Ava Catherine25.3 Whitney I's Task: Celebrate Spring
Option 1: a book written by an author whose first and last name initials appear in the word OSTARA.
The Watchers: A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I by Stephen Alford
Option 2: read a nonfiction book from the Best Self Help Books list.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey #1, page 1
25.6 Robin's Task: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands
Plan A Plain
Option A-1: Blue list; page 1, #80
The A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christie
Option A-2: a book by a single author with 7 letters in the first or last name
The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld
30.6 Donna Jo's Task: Making a Name for Yourself
(Ava Catherine ends with e=A-M, do option 1)
Option 1: author's first and last name start with the same letter
Serena by Ron Rash 371 pages
Option 2: 371 pages= option 4
Read a book with a TITLE that contains TWO or more of the following words: A, An, The, And, If, But.
The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee (the/the)
total=740
Delicious Dee15.4. Towel Day
one book option
Hounacier - shelved as fantasy by 3ppl; the authors initials, Seth Skorkowsky, are found in DOUGLAS ADAMS
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 220
Task 5.9 Triple Elvis 1963 by Andy WarholRead a book that is identified on Goodreads as #3 in a series. Whole numbers only.
Mendoza in Hollywood (The Company #3) (2000) by Kage Baker (Mass Market Paperback, 365 pages)
75 + 05 = 80
Tasks Completed: 07
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 75 + 05 = 80
Books read: 07
Pages read: 2,019
Read but not claimed: 05
Goodreads Authors: 01
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
HINA 20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book -
Option 2 The Italian's Rags-to-Riches Wife by Julia James.
Matching James Joyce.
Current post:
Points: 20
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 315
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books- 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Karen D. Task 25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Pop Voices
Book 1: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater, interviewed July 2010, found on p. 7
Book 2, Option A: If I Stay
Points this task: 25
Total points: 285
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 17
Task 10.3 - It's So SurrealRead a book found on the first 5 pages of the Popular Surreal Books list.
Required: State which page the book can be found on when you post.
March 26, 2016 : Page 3
The Sirens of Titan (1959) by Kurt Vonnegut (Paperback, 326 pages)
1960 Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel
80 + 10 = 90
Tasks Completed: 08
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 80 + 10 = 90
Books read: 08
Pages read: 2,345
Read but not claimed: 04
Goodreads Authors: 01
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Ava Catherine25.4 Nick KY's Task: Pop Voices
Book 1: Goodreads Voices are Good Minds.
March 2016 Interview of Melanie Benjamin, page 1 of News & Interviews/ Good Minds Suggest
The Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin
Book 2, Option A, Good Choices: Answered Prayers - The Unfinished Novel by Truman Capote
total=765
CHANDNI5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol
Read a book by an author who, at the time you select your book, is deceased.
Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams
[POINTS]
This Post: 5
Total Points: 170
Books Read: 15
Completed Tasks: 14
20.9 - Moderator’s PetOption 6: title in white
Shadow Study by Maria V. Snyder
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 55
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Pages Read: 1070
Golden Oldies: -
Big Books: 500+(-), 750+(-), 1000+(-)
LAUREN JODI5.10 - Self-portrait
Slow Burn by Anne Marsh
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 145/875
Total Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 9/53
Reader Name: Daphne10.8 - Hey, Einstein!
MPG: Science or Philosophy
The Careful Use of Compliments
Points this post: 10
Points Total: 415
5.2 - Whaam! by Roy LichtensteinSelected Short Stories Featuring Cry Wolf
Word: cry
Ebook approved for length, msg #5537: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
10.5 - Glenn Frey, Too
Children of the Mind
word: mind
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration
Option A - Jäähyväiset nunnille
Points this post: 35
Points total: 150
GO total: 1
BB total: 0
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 11
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥15.7 Tax time!
Read a book with the main page genre Finance or Finances:Cashflow Quadrant: Rich Dad's Guide to Financial Freedom
Points Earned This Post:15
Points Achieved to Date: 415
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥20.5 Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book
Option 2 written by an author who shares at least one name with someone who appears on the album cover--Bob Dylan:Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen by Bob Greene
Points Earned This Post:20
Points Achieved to Date: 435
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥20.6 Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!
Option 2 title/subtitle that contains a word of at least 4 letters that can also be found in the lyrics of "Heroes"--Word "LEFT": What We Left Behind
Points Earned This Post:20
Points Achieved to Date: 455
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
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15.5. No More Snow!
Read a book containing all the letters of SPRING in its title/subtitle.
The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor by Mark Schatzker
POINTS
This Post: 15
Total Points: 110
Books Read: 10
Completed Tasks: 10