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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
Julia1035.5 - Drowning Girl by Roy Lichtenstein:
Bernie
15.9. Three/Four/Five:
Deeds of Honor (rating 4.34)
This post: 20 points
Challenge total points: 190
Total BB: 3
Total GO: 1
Tasks completed: 11
Kim O5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol Read a book by an author who, at the time you select your book, is deceased.
by Okakura KakuzōGolden Oldie -- first published 1906
Points this task: 5
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5.2 - Whaam! by Roy Lichtenstein Read a book with a word from the list of onomatopoeia in the title or subtitle.
Moo
Points this task: 5
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5.5 - Drowning Girl by Roy Lichtenstein Read a book with the genre Sequential Art, comics or manga on the GR main page.
The Bloom County Library, Vol. 1: 1980-1982
Points this task: 5
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5.6 - Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? by Richard Hamilton Read a book with a TITLE of six or more words.
Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death
Points this task: 5
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5.7 - Flag by Jasper Johns Read a book with a genre that contains "Retellings" on its main book page.
I, Iago
Points this task: 5
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5.8 - 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.
Travels in Vermeer: A Memoir
Points this task: 5
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20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a card
I drew a 5 of diamonds.
1) Read a book with the number of letters OR words in the title.
Smoke (genre: Chick Lit)
Points this task: 20
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20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration
Option A - Read a book with the genre History or Historical Fiction on its main book page.
The Swan Thieves
Big Book: this book has 561 pages
Points this task: 20
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20.4 -Golden Oldie: Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows
Option C: Fantasy Island - Read a book with "Fantasy" or "Supernatural" genre on the book's main GR page.
George R.R. Martin's In the House of the Worm
Points this task: 20
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20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book
2: Read a book written by an author who shares at least one name with someone who appears on the album cover.
The Time Machine H.G. Wells - matching himself
Golden Oldie - first published in 1895
Point this task: 20
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Cumulative totals
Big Books - 500+: 1
Golden Oldies: 2
Books read: 10
MEGSCL30.4 - Jonquil's Task: Every Letter Counts
Book 1 This book title has longer and longer words. What Alice Forgot
Book 2 This book title has shorter and shorter words. Elizabeth Costello
30.6 - Donna Jo's Task--Making a Name for Yourself
Part C. One Book option. Pick ANY one of the above 5 options and read a book of at least 650 pages that fits.
Option 3. Read a book with a one, two or three word TITLE.
Magician 681pp
**big book ticket
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 195
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
KassandraTask #20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a card
# books required: 1
Random card drawn: 3 of hearts
Book read: Instruments of Darkness
Author: Imogen Robertson
Required info: Hearts == Mystery, 3 == 3 words in title
Task #20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book
# books required: 1
Option 2: Author shares at least one name with someone on the album cover
Book read: Invasive Species
Author: Joseph Wallace
Required info: Joseph Wallace matching Wallace Berman
Points this post: 40
Total points: 40
Readerboard name: Danielle Louise5.7 - Flag by Jasper Johns
The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
Pages Read: 1465
Golden Oldies: -
Big Books: 500+(-), 750+(-), 1000+(-)
LAUREN JODI15.9 - Three/Four/Five
Average Rating comprised of 3,4,5
Motorcycle Man by Kristen Ashley
Rating of 4.44 on March 27
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 180/875
Total Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 11/53
perletwo30.2 - Daphne's task: Peering really close at the world. - Pick a book from the collection Very Short Introductions
Fashion: A Very Short Introduction
For this task, read a book from the first 2 pages of Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
Salt: A World History
Points this task: 30
Total points: 455
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 34
Tasks completed: 27
Reader Name: Daphne15.9. Three/Four/Five
Rating with 3/4/5 (3.53/4.34)
Night of the Hunter (4.33 on 3/27)
Points this post: 15
Points Total: 500
20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission…Option 4: read a book where at least 50% of the story takes place in: California, Florida, France, Japan, Hong Kong, Hawaii or on a cruiseship.
A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton
This book is set in California
30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss
Option B: The Cat in the Hat: read a book with at least 2 items on the cover that are identical.
by Jenna Black - This book was approved in the help tread. 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.
by Ken FollettThis book is #1 in The Century Trilogy, the title has 3 words and the series is new to me.
This book has 985 pages. I claim 2 big book tickets.
THIS POST:
Points: 50
Big Books Tickets: 2
Tasks: 2
TOTAL:
Points: 50
Big Books Tickets: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
20.3 - Best Review: mstan's Task: Returning to My Source of Inspiration...Option 3: Truth & Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett is new to me this season. I claimed Bel Canto, which was the first book I'd read by Ann Patchett, in post 570.
Total points: 225
HINA5.9 Triple Elvis 1963 by Andy Warhol - Royal's Child by Sharon Sala.
Book 3 of The Justice Way series.
10.7 - Happy Pi Day - Someone's Been Sleeping In My Bed by Linda Jones.
PI in Sleeping in the title.
Current post:
Points: 15
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 370
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books- 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!Option 3, Best Friendship Books, page 1 #55: Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson
Points this post: 20
Total points: 215
Nick KY5.2 Whaam! I read Scratch Deeper by Chris Simms. Scratch is on the Onomatopoeia list.
25.4 Pop Voices
Book 1. I read War by Sebastian Junger, interviewed in May, 2010, page 7 of GoodMinds.
Book 2. Option A. I read Dispatches by Michael Herr, on Sebastian Junger’s 5 best books about war list.
30.5 DlmRose’s Grammar Test
Option A. Read a book with “Language” as a GR genre – I read Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips, and Secret Parts, Tinctures, Tonics, and Essences; With Examples of Their Usage Foul and Savory by Roy Blount Jr..
Option D. Read a book with the title completely in red letters – I read The Croning by Laird Barron.
Points This Post: 60
Total Points So Far: 340
NARUMON 20.9 Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission…
Read a book with the complete TITLE in white OR in black on the cover. Outlines and drop shadows in a secondary color are not allowed. Subtitles may be ignored.
. Ignoring the subtitle. 30.5 Dlmrose's task: Call the Grammar Police
Option 1: Read a non-fiction book with the genre Language on its main book page.
Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen by Mary Norris. Language > Writing shelved by 78 users. Non Fiction shelved by 215 users.
Option 3: The entire title in red on cover.
.I listened to the audiobook; this is the audiobook cover. For page count verification, here is the paperback version: Asking for It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture and What We Can Do about It.
IN POST:
Points: 20 + 30 = 50
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book: 0
TOTAL SO FAR:
Points: 185 + 50 = 235
Golden Oldies: 0 + 0 = 0
Big Book: 0 + 0 = 0
Emsreviewsbooks15.5. No More Snow!
I read jaNe austen'S woRld: the lIfe and times of enGland's most Popular author by Maggie Lane.
15.9. Three/Four/Five
I read Ooh La La! French Women's Secrets to Feeling Beautiful Every Day by Jamie Cat Callan. I chose the book on 3/15/16, and the rating was 3.34. (It still is, on 4/1/16).
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 325
Books Read: 24
Tasks Complete: 19
trishhartuk30.5 Dlmrose’s Task: Call the Grammar Police
March 4th is National Grammar Day as established by the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar. Read 2 books from 2 different options. Indicate the options when you post.
Option 2. Commonly confused: Read a book with one of these most commonly confused words in the TITLE: They’re, Their, There, Your, You’re, Its, It’s. Subtitles are excluded. Words must match exactly.
meow if IT'S murder, TC LoTempio
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Option 3. March 8 is National Proofreading Day. Break out the red pen! Read a book with the entire TITLE in Red on the cover. Required: Include the cover
(listed in help thread approval message #2)
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 185
Tasks Completed: 8
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥5.6 Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? by Richard Hamilton
book with a TITLE of six or more words. Subtitles are excluded:In the Name of the Father
Points Earned This Post:5
Points Achieved to Date: 525
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥15.9 Three/Four/Five--If your book's rating no longer fits the criteria at the time you post, include the date and rating at the time of selection.
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--Book Selected on 3/31--Rating 3.33: The Ghost of Graydon Place
Points Earned This Post:15
Points Achieved to Date: 540
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Tea5.7 - Flag by Jasper Johns
Captain Wentworth's Persuasion by Regina Jeffers
- retellings on main book page (verified)
15.9 - Three/Four/Five
Put a Ring on It by K.A. Mitchell
- rating 3.33 on April 1st
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks Completed: 2
Mai30.5 - Dlmrose's task: Call the Grammar Police
Option 2. Read a book with one of these most commonly confused words in the TITLE: Its
Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud
Request one Golden Oldies ticket (first published 1930)
Option 3. Read a book with the entire TITLE in Red on the cover.
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondō
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 180
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 12
Golden Oldies: 6
Blueberry20.8 opt. 4 select something from your bucket list and read a book about it.
I would like to someday hike the Appalachian Trail with my sister.
This book is set in the Appalachian Mts.
The Secret Wisdom of the Earth
Pts: 20
Total Pts: 80
Blueberry20.4 opt. A 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 Things They Carried
There are 2 matching words: things and they.
Pts: 20
Total pts: 100
15.8. It's Magic Read a book with "Magical Realism" as a GR genre.
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Points this post: 15
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 160
Books Read: 9
Tasks Complete: 8
Big Book tickets Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 0
20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book2: Read a book written by an author who shares at least one name with someone who appears on the album cover.
Book read: Hold Me Closer: The Tiny Cooper Story by David Levithan matching David Livingstone (third row)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 200 + 20 = 220
10.1 - Ever So POPularread one of the top 200 books published from 1955 through 1959
Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer (1957) #107 on list
Task total=10
Grand total=270
Bookwrm526Task #20.8 - Making it Worth Watching
Option 2: Read a book from the list Women's Prize List - Orange Prize post 2013. I read The Book of Memory by Petina Gappah, which is on the first page of this list.
Points this post: 20
Total points so far: 185
April 1, 2016Readerboard Name: JamminJenny
Task #20.8 - Nickels & Dimes: SpiderMac's task: Making It Worth Watching
I chose Option 4...bucketlist
Before I die, I want to learn how to read tarot cards really well (without looking up the meanings of the cards). I would also like to expand my knowledge of steampunk literature and meanings. To these ends, I am going to read “The Steampunk Tarot: Wisdom from the Gods of the Machine” to help me accomplish this goal.
The Steampunk Tarot: Wisdom from the Gods of the Machine
The Steampunk Tarot: Wisdom from the Gods of the Machine by John Matthews
Points this Post: 20
Total Points to Date: 100
Kristi CO20.5 Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club
Option 2: John Lennon on album cover
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
A Prayer for Owen Meany is a big book at 617 pgs
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
Kait15.5 - No More Snow!
A book containing all the letters of SPRING in its title/subtitle.
Divorced, Desperate and Dangerous by Christie Craig -- Divorced, Desperate and Dangerous; Ebook approved on line #673 of spreadsheet
Points This Post: 15
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 120
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Reader Name: Daphne30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss
B: Cover: 2 identical items: Red swords
C: NTM: 1st in series: 3 word title
The Godwulf Manuscript (Spenser #1)
Points this post: 30
Points Total: 530
Mai20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book
2: Read a book written by an author who shares at least one name with someone who appears on the album cover.
Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking by William James
William James - matching William S. Burroughs
Request 1 Golden Oldies ticket (first published 1907)
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 200
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 13
Golden Oldies: 7
JUKKA10.5 - Glenn Frey, Too
Book with a word from the lyrics of "Take It Easy" in its title/subtitle.
Southern Bastards, Vol. 1: Here Was a Man by Jason Aaron & Jason Latour. The word is "here".
15.4. Towel Day
Option 2: Book with main page genre science fiction or fantasy, whose author's initials are in DOUGLAS ADAMS.
Stand Still, Stay Silent: Book 1 by Minna Sundberg has both genres.
15.10. Batter up!
Book set in one of the countries represented on the major league rosters.
Wayward, Vol. 1: String Theory by Jim Zub, set in Japan.
Points this post: 40
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 150/875
Total Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 13/53
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 0
25.1 - Sandy's task as suggested by Katy: Fact and FictionBook 1: Read a book with the genre "Historical Fiction" on its main page. I read The Marriage Game: A Novel of Queen Elizabeth I
Book 2: Read a nonfiction book that is about the same era (same general time and place) as Book 1. I read The Temptation of Elizabeth Tudor: Elizabeth I, Thomas Seymour, and the Making of a Virgin Queen, which explains the backstory, rumors and reality (assumably) of the "Virgin Queen."
Points: 115
Books read: 8
tasks completed: 6
pages read: 2557
Alexxy15.2
Read a NONFICTION book with the main page genre politics or government. = Animal Farm
Read a book with "dystopia" (standalone or embedded) as a main page genre. = The 5th Wave
Points this post: 15
Points Total: 40
FANDURY20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission…
Option 1: Read a book that lists the genre Biography or Autobiography on the main page.
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson
This book has biography as one of its genres on the main page.
This was confirmed in the Genre Verification Thread in post 116
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 335
Books Read: 21
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books:500+(0)750+(1)1000+(0)
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM25.6 - Robin ♥'s Task: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands
I used Plan B (Peanut) and selected tasks 2 and 3.
B-2: I read The Geography of Madness: Penis Thieves, Voodoo Death, and the Search for the Meaning of the World's Strangest Syndromes by Frank Bures. The author's first name has five letters.
B-3: I read
by Kelly Thompson - there are four ladies on the cover.30.4 - Jonquil's Task: Every Letter Counts…
Book 1: I read The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney. 3 letters then 4 letters
Book 2: I read Sudden Death by Alvaro Enrigue. 6 letters then 5 letters
Previous point total: 65
New points this post: 25+30
Total points: 120
New tasks completed in this post: 2
Total tasks: 6
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book
Option 2: Read a book written by an author who shares at least one name with someone who appears on the album cover.
Book read: Looking for Alaska by John Green
John Lennon matching John Green's first name which is John.
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 145 + 20 = 165
Big books ticket requests: 500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Golden oldies ticket requests: 0
Books read: 11
Tasks completed: 10
Option 2: Read a book written by an author who shares at least one name with someone who appears on the album cover.
Book read: Looking for Alaska by John Green
John Lennon matching John Green's first name which is John.
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 145 + 20 = 165
Big books ticket requests: 500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Golden oldies ticket requests: 0
Books read: 11
Tasks completed: 10
Marina H20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration
Option A - "Historical" as main page genre:
Ikke at ville se
Points this post: 20
Total points: 120
Tea25.7 - Dakimel's Task: Sibling and Niece Season
Option A
Playing to Win by Avery Cockburn
- author's initials in VEGETARIANACTUARY
- approved for length
Option C
by Libby Drew- number is part of the title and there is also tattooed 40 on guy's arm/shoulder
- approved for length
Points this post: 25
Total points: 45
Tasks Completed: 3
Andy P.Task # 5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
Read a book with a "good" rating of 3.5 or above.
The Muralist by B.A. Shapiro
Rated 3.72 on 4/2/16
Points this post: 5
Total points: 240
Tallulah A.5.9 Triple Elvis 1963 by Andy Warhol
Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #3 in a series.
Getting the Girl by Markus Zusak (Wolfe Brothers #3)
20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a card
The book you read must meet the suit AND the face value of your card as described below.
I pulled a three of hearts. I read a mystery with a three word title: Pago Pago Tango by John Enright.
30.6 - Donna Jo's Task--Making a Name for Yourself
Part C: Pick ANY one of the above 5 options and read a book of at least 650 pages that fits.
Option 3. Read a book with a one, two or three word TITLE.
I listened to the audiobook version of Voyager by Diana Gabaldon. The mass market paperback version is 1,059 pages.
Big Ticket Request: 3
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Points this post: 55
Big Ticket request: 3
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Books read: 8
Tasks completed: 8
Total points to date: 95
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Big Book tickets: 4
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!Option 4: Episode 13 of the Graham Norton show had Jennifer Lawrence and the author of the book
is named James Lawrence Powell
Points this task=20
Points this season=80
Andy P.Task # 25.5 - 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
Gardens of Water by Alan Drew
(4/4)
Book 2.
Read a book whose TITLE consists of words of the same number of letters. Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood (5/5)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 265
Susan W.25.2 Brooke TX's Task: #ReadingGoals
This is a two book task. State which options you chose. The two books combined must have a total of at least 600 pages. Both books must be new to you.
Option 1: Choose a book from one of the lists provided.
I read The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
This was found on the 2015 Locus Fantasy Novels Recommended Reading List.
Option 4: Read a book that was first published in 2016 by a new to you author.
I read The Smell of Other People's Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
This author is new to me.
Both books are new to me.
Total pages combined are over 600 (449 + 240 = 689)
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25.7 Dakimel's Task: Sibling and Niece Season.
This is a two book task.
Option A. Read a book whose Author's initials appear in VEGETARIANACTUARY
I read The Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer
EC are in VEGETARIANACTUARY
AR Info: IL: MG - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 9.0
Option B. Read a book with the genre "Urban", "Urban Fantasy", or "Gardening" on the main page.
I read For a Few Demons More by Kim Harrison
Fantasy > Urban Fantasy is on the main page.
Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 105
CYNBAXTERTask # 20.07– Shorter is Sweeter: Pamela3265's Task: When Books Went to War
Book 1, Option B: Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck which was A09 on the Armed Service Editions List http://www.armedserviceseditions.com/...
***This is a Golden Oldie (orig pub = 1935). Claiming 1 GOLDIE ticket
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date = 145 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 1
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 1
perletwo20.6 Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling! - Option 4: 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. That would be Series 18. You may use a member from a band that has appeared. REQUIRED: State the name you chose. If you are using a band member include a reference link to the band.
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven - Jennifer Lawrence, guest s18ep13
Points this task: 20
Total points: 475
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 35
Tasks completed: 28
CHANDNI20.5 - 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".
Hotel Ruby by Suzanne Young
PETER BLAKE SGT PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 210
Books Read: 17
Completed Tasks: 16
NAVI5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol
Read a book by an author who, at the time you select your book, is deceased.
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
10.6 - And Alan Rickman
In remembrance of this talented actor, read a book on this list of The Literary Roles of Alan Rickman.
Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola
15.10. 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.
The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis; set in Canada
15.8. It's Magic
Read a book with "Magical Realism" as a GR main page genre.
The Daughters by Adrienne Celt
20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a card
Required: State the card you drew, the suit genre you selected and whether your title count is letters or words.
2 of hearts; Mystery; word count
The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld
Points this post: 65
Total points: 65
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 5
Tasks completed: 5
ASHLEY OZ25.7 - Dakimel's Task: Sibling and Niece Season
C. Read a book with a digit on the cover.
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
D: Read a book with a body of water large enough to snorkel in on the cover.
Thicker Than Water by Brigid Kemmerer
POINTS
This Post: 25
Total Points: 135
Books Read: 12
Completed Tasks: 11
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Task 20.3 Best Review: Mstan's task: Returning to my source of inspiration
Option 3: Read a book by an author that is new to me this season
Version Read: Kindle
Moonglow
by Kristen Callihan
15.6 Light My Fire - This author is new to be this season (and I really like her writing)
Link to Completed Task that uses the previous book by this author
Totals
Points this Post: 20
Big Book Tickets: 2
Total Points: 170