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SPRING CHALLENGE 2016
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20.3 - Best Review: mstan's Task: Returning to My Source of Inspiration...Option 3: Read a book by an author who is new to you this season. You must have claimed at least one other task with a book by this author by the time you post your completion of my task.
I read: Faefever
I read Darkfever for task 20.4.
15.9. Three/Four/FiveRead 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).
I read: Dreamfever (4:44 on 30.03.2016)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 170
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 9
Tasks completed: 8
Jasmiina F5.9 Triple Elvis 1963 by Andy Warhol:
Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #3 in a series:
Ms. Marvel, Vol. 3: Crushed by G. Willow Wilson.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 70
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 2
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
10.2 - Andy WarholThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
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Points this post: 10
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
loafer10.9 - March Madness
Read a book with a two-word, alliterative title OR written by an author whose first and last initials are the same.
Shoveling Smoke by Austin Davis
points: 10
total points: 190
BB: 1
GO: 5
tasks completed: 11
JUKKA25.6- Robin ♥'s Task: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands
Option A-2: Book with a single author with a seven-letter name.
Pohjoinen suurvalta: Ruotsi ja Suomi 1521-1809 by Petri Karonen. The title of the book means "The Great Northern Power: Sweden and Finland 1521-1809". The book is in excess of 500 pages and worth a Big Book ticket.
Option A-3: Book with a male person on the cover.
Hellblazer, Vol. 1: Original Sins by Jamie Delano.
Points this post: 25
Big Books this post: 1
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 110/875
Total Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 10/53
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 0
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20.6 Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!
Option 3: I read Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery. It is on page 2 of the Best Friendship Books list, at position 107 (as of 3/29/16). AR information: IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 22.0
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 295
Books Read: 22
Tasks Complete: 17
BARBARA ★15.4 - Towel Day
Option 2: Invisible Sun - David Macinnis Gill 3/28
Genre: science fiction
Author in DouGlas adaMs
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 120
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books - 500+: (1)
Big Books - 750+: (0)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥5.4 A Bigger Splash by David Hockney
Book with a word in the title or subtitle that ends in -ER. NO plurals, possessives or other forms; the word must terminate in -ER--Prayer:A Prayer for the Night
Points Earned This Post:5
Points Achieved to Date: 460
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥10.1 Ever So POPular--State which year the book was popular when you post
read one of the top 200 books published from 1955 through 1959 (inclusive)--1955 #54:A Good Man Is Hard To Find
Points Earned This Post:10
Points Achieved to Date: 470
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BookOption 2: Read a book written by an author who shares at least one name with someone who appears on the album cover.
I read:
Author John Katzenbach matches John Lennon.
*This book is an ARC
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POINTS
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 195
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 13
BB Total: 2
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥10.7 Happy Pi Day
Read a book with the letters "PI" found together, in order, and intact in the title/subtitle or the author's name--PIeces:A Thousand Pieces of You
Points Earned This Post:10
Points Achieved to Date: 480
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Jayme(the ghost reader)20.8 Nickels and Dimes Making It Worth Watching
I chose option 1 Animals-Dogs 7 users on the GR book page
Once Bittenby Laurien Berenson
Tasks Completed 4
Books Read 4
Task Points: 20
Big Books 0
Grand Total: 60/905
MaiRepost #721 : add request for GO ticket
20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission…
6. Book with the complete title in white on the cover.
Dialectic of Enlightenment: Philosophical Fragments by Theodor W. Adorno
Request one Golden Oldies ticket (first published 1944)
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 150
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 10
Golden Oldies: 5
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: Pamela3265's Task: When Books Went to War
Option A When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II
Points Earned This Post:20
Points Achieved to Date: 500
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
10.2 Andy WarholThe Small Backs of Children by Lidia Yuknavitch Initials L and Y the last letters of Andy Warhol
10.6 And Alan Rickman
Journey Into the Past by Stefan Zweig
Played Karl Hoffmeister
15.1 From Soup to.........Breakfast?
1. Soup Flavor--broccoli
Broccoli and Other Tales of Food and Love by Lara Vapnyar
2. Pop Tart Flavor--Confetti
Confetti Confidential: A Novel by Holly McQueen (BTW, this book is so Chick Lit, you can hear it peep as you walk past the shelf.)
15.3 Still Flying.........
Option 2
Land Where the Blues Began, The by Alan Lomax. The title word comes from Side 2, song "Chauffeur Blues" and initials in AirpLane.
15.10 Batter Up
Set in Australia
Past the ShallowsFavel Parrett
Today's total: 65
Grand total: 345
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥20.8 Nickels & Dimes: SpiderMac's task: Making It Worth Watching
Option 4 select something from your bucket list and read a book about it:Evil Obsession the Annie Cook Story
Although I lived in Nebraska for 5 years, there's still a lot of historical sites/cities/places/museums in the western half of the state that I know about/read about that I never got the chance to visit. One of my bucket list items is to go back to Nebraska for a vacation and visit some of these historical places in the western half of the state. Evil Obsession gives a lot of history about Western Nebraska in the early 1900's, especially North Platte, which was also known as "Little Chicago of the West" during that time period. Annie Cook was a very well known,evil woman who lived in NP and is buried in a local cemetery there. After reading this book, I am not sure I want to visit that cemetery or the farm site.
Points Earned This Post:20
Points Achieved to Date: 520
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Karen D. Task 15.9. Three/Four/Five
A Gathering of Shadows - as of 4:30EST on 3/30, the book is rated 4.45
Points this task: 15
Total points: 310
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 19
Tallulah A.5.10 Self-portrait
Read a book of your choice.
Now You See Her by Joy Fielding
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Points this post: 5
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Books read: 5
Tasks completed: 5
Total points to date: 40
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Big Book tickets: 1
**Repost**20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a card
I drew the King of Spades, so a Crime, Science Fiction or Memoir book with a 'K' in the title. I read:
Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin (Crime)
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration
Option A - April 8 is the birthday of my "one and only" and History is one of her favorite subjects. Read a book with a genre on its main book page that contains "History" or "Historical".
1914: Goodbye To All That by Lavinia Greenlaw - Main Page genre 'History' on 29.3.16.
20.5 - 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 BLEAK Sgt Peppers LOnely HeartS ClUb Band" Letters can only be used as many times as they appear in the phrase. Punctuation in the book title may be ignored; only the letters should be considered.
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
This is a Big Book (3 tickets) at 1036 pages, and a Golden Oldie published in 1853.
Total this post: 60
Total to date: 60
Golden Oldie: 1
Big Book tickets: 3
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oma122930.1 - Schatzie’s Task: Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss
I chose options B and C
Option B: The Cat in the Hat
For this option, read a book with at least 2 items on the cover that are identical.
by Eugenia O'NealThis book is approved for length and is #2024 on approved list
The two identical items are the beach chairs on the shore. The cover is approved in the help thread.
Option C: Go, Dog, Go
Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #1 in a series that is new to you AND the TITLE can only have exactly 3 words.
Just This Once by Rosalind James
This book is new to me.
Total Points---115/875
Completed Tasks--11/53
GO Books (1)
Big Books 500-750 pages (); 750+pages()
Mod
I read An Artificial Night, #3 in the October Daye series.
10.9 - March Madness
I read The Opposite of Everyone by Joshilyn Jackson. Author's initials both start with J.
15.6. Light My Fire
I read Memory of Fire, with the word "fire" in the title.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 430
30.4 - Jonquil's Task: Every Letter CountsBook 1 This book title has longer and longer words. Each word in the title is exactly one letter longer than the previous word.
The Dumb House - John Burnside (3, 4, 5)
Book 2 This book title has shorter and shorter words. Each word in the title is exactly one letter shorter than the previous word.
Dragon Haven - Robin Hobb (6, 5)
with 570 pages, Dragon Haven is a big book, one ticket claimed
Points this post: 30
Points total: 110
Tasks completed: 5
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 2 - 500+(2) 750+() 1000+()
Total pages: 2222
Bookwrm526Task #20.2 - Time for Celebration
Option A: read a book with a main page genre that includes History or Historical. I read My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family's Nazi Past by Jennifer Teege and Nikola Sellmair.
Points this post: 20
Total points so far: 165
Mary P30.6 - Donna Jo's Task--Making a Name for Yourself
Part C
Option 4: An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon ( 832 pgs ).
An Echo in the Bone is a Big Book ( 832 pgs ). Claiming 2 BB Tickets.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 110
Big Book Tickets: 7
25.7 - Dakimel's Task: Sibling and Niece Season (2 books from 2 options)*Option A: Read a book written by an author whose initials all appear in VEGETARIANACTUARY. I read Behind the Lines: Powerful and Revealing American and Foreign War Letters---And One Man's Search to Find Them by Andew Carroll.
*Option D: Read a book with body of water large enough to snorkel in and/or with fish or sea creature on cover. I read Lucky You by Carl Hiaasen.
Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 120
Sheila20.3 - Best Review: mstan's Task: Returning to My Source of Inspiration...
Option 3: Referring Peter James in task 15.3 - link the post
Looking Good Dead by Peter Jameslink is here - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
This author is new to me this season and he is a keeper.
30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss
Option A: Red Fish, Blue Fish, One Fish, Two Fish
The Buzzard Table by Margaret Maronand
Option C: Go, Dog, Go
The Long Fall by Walter Mosley(Leonid McGill #1)
The series is new to me
Total Points = 350
Catherine TTask 15.10 - Batter Up!
read a book set in one of the listed countries - I used Italy
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
620 pages - claiming BigBook ticket
A&D is a treasure (?!) hunt in Rome
FANDURY20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Pamela3265's Task: When Books Went to War
Option B: Read ONE of the books that was published by the Council on Books in Wartime.
Dracula by Bram Stoker
This book was first published in 1897.
I claim a Golden Oldie ticket for this!
Point this post: 20
Total Points: 315
Books Read: 20
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books:500+(0)750+(1)1000+(0)
Mod
15.5. No More Snow!
Spring in title: Peregrine Spring: A Master Falconer's Extraordinary Life with Birds of Prey by Nancy Cowan
15.6. Light My Fire
fire on cover
Falling Glass by Adrian McKinty15.10. Batter up!
Set in Canada: The Language of Secrets by Ausma Zehanat Khan
total = 385
10.5 - Glen Frey, TooThe title contains the word GIRL from the lyrics of Take It Easy - 'It's a girl my Lord, in a flatbed':
The Zig Zag Girl by Elly Griffiths
Total points 75
trishhartuk30.4 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.
Dead Spots, Melissa F Olson
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
(4 then 5 letters)
Book 2 This book title has shorter and shorter words. Each word in the title is exactly one letter shorter than the previous word.
Hauling Checks, Alex Stone
(7 then 6 letters)
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 155
Tasks Completed: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Task 5.6Read a book with a TITLE of six or more words. Subtitles are excluded.
Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me (1994) by Javier Marías; translated from Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa (Hardcover, 313 pages)
Premio Internacional de Novela Rómulo Gallegos (1995)
Prix Femina for Étranger (1996)
Premio Fastenrath (1994)
90 + 05 = 95
Tasks Completed: 09
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 90 + 05 = 95
Books read: 09
Pages read: 2,658
Read but not claimed: 04
Goodreads Authors: 01
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Laura NT20.9 - 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.
Insurgent
This book had 592 pages.
**Insurgent is a Big Book (592 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 20 + 1BB
Total points: 65
oma122910.7 - Happy Pi Day
Read a book with the letters "PI" found together, in order, and intact in the title/subtitle or the author's name.
The Golden Porcupine by Muriel R. Bolton
Total Points---125/875
Completed Tasks--12/53
GO Books (1)
Big Books 500-750 pages (); 750+pages()
Reader name :: Maya10.7 - Happy Pi Day
Read a book with the letters "PI" found together, in order, and intact in the title/subtitle or the author's name.
Book read: Briar's Book by Tamora Pierce
PI: tamora PIerce
Required: IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9.0
15.10. Batter up!
In recognition of the international aspects of American baseball, read a book set at least 50% in one of the countries listed above.
Book read: I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
Required: Book is set in Australia, which is on the list!
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!
Read a book found in the Best Friendship Books list.
Book read: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Required: Verified on post 6 of help thread.
Points this post : 45
Points total : 395
Total books read: 34
Total tasks completed: 30
Reader Name: Daphne25.5 - Andy P's Task: Symmetry
1: Author Same # of letters in names
The Castle by Franz Kafka
2: Title: Same # of letters in title
Black Holes: A Very Short Introduction
Points this post: 25
Points Total: 485
Stephanie12715.3. Still Flying.........
Option 1.
A. Read a book whose title/subtitle contains a word that matches one of the words from the titles of the songs on the Airplane's first album (when Anderson was with the band) Jefferson Airplane Takes Off.
AND
B. read a book whose author's initials can be found in JEFFERSON AIRPLANE. Middle initials can be disregarded. There must be at least 2 initials, however - a single name author will not work.
*Option 2* Read one book that satisfies both criteria for option 1 : Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard, word "Get" in song title "Let's Get Together" (side two, track three) and author initials E & L found in Jefferson Airplane
Points this post: 15
Total points: 75/875
Tasks completed: 6/53
Books read: 6
20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a cardCard=3 of Spades: Out of Orange: A Memoir, three word title (ignoring subtitle) with Memoir genre.
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
BB tickets: 3
GO: 0
CANDY5.2 - Whaam! by Roy Lichtenstein
Read a book with a word from this list of onomatopoeia in the title or subtitle.
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
*Whistle is on the onomatopoeia list*
Points: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Points: 95
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A REPOST OF 100510.7 - Happy Pi Day
Read a book with the letters "PI" found together, in order, and intact in the title/subtitle or the author's name.
The Golden Porcupine by Muriel R. Bolton
Claiming this book as Golden Oldie as it was originally published in January, 1945
Total Points---125/875
Completed Tasks--12/53
GO Books (2)
Big Books 500-750 pages (); 750+pages()
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DANIELLE M20.9 - Moderator's Pet
Option 6: Title in white
by Lauren GroffPoints This Post: 20
Total Points: 90
Books Read: 6
Tasks Complete: 6
Laurajay20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a card
The card selected was Jack of Clubs and I chose Contemporary as my genre.
Using the letter J in the title, I chose the book:
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry
Current post: 20
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 90
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
Total Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Tasks completed: 4
Total books read: 4
Andy P.Task # 5.9 Triple Elvis 1963 by Andy Warhol
Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #3 in a series
Dry Heat by Jon Talton
#3 of David Mapstone mysteries.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 225
Andy P.Task # 10.3 - It's So Surreal
Read a book found on the first 5 pages of the Popular Surreal Books list. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman Page 1 # 25 on list.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 235
loafer15.10. Batter up!
In recognition of the international aspects of American baseball, read a book set at least 50% in one of the countries listed above.
The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny
link to paperback, as audible version has no description: The Beautiful Mystery
set completely in Canada
points: 15
total points: 205
BB: 1
GO: 5
tasks completed: 12
5.7 - Flag by Jasper JohnsCinder
Approved in Help Thread here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
10.4 - Remembering David Bowie
A Confederacy of Dunces
#14 on David Bowie's list
10.5 - Glenn Frey, Too
A Beautiful Mind
Matching word is "mind"
Total points: 25
Janice CA10.7 - Happy Pi Day
"PI" found intact in title/subtitle.
word: mississipPI
Dispatches from Pluto: Lost and Found in the Mississippi Delta by Richard Grant
+10
total: 50
tasks: 3
books: 3
Cait S15.5- No More Snow!
Read a book containing all the letters of SPRING in its title/subtitle.
Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited by Elyse Schein
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 135
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 11
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If you are Plain: choose two different options from Plan A.
Option A-1: Choose your color and read a book from the first 5 pages of that color list.
Red - page 1 no. 80
I read: Bloodfever
Option A-3: Read a book with a male on the cover.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 135
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 7
Tasks completed: 6