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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
perletwo10.3 - It's So Surreal - Read 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.
Slaughterhouse-Five is on page 1 of the above list.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 525
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 38
Tasks completed: 30
Teresa JoTask 20.2: Rookie at the Top: Gabriella's task: Time for Celebration
Read a book set in Ireland
Setting: County Cork
Version Read: Kindle
Buried in a Bog
by Sheila Connolly
Totals
Points this Post: 20
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Total Points: 195
JUKKA10.2 - Andy Warhol
Book whose author's initials are in ANDY WARHOL.
White: Essays on Race and Culture by Richard Dyer.
Points this post: 10
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 160/875
Total Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 14/53
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 0
DANIELLE LOUISE20.4 - Golden Oldie: Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows
Option C: Fantasy Island - book with Fantasy on its main page
The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski
-“Fantasy” is the top genre
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 80
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 5
Pages Read: 1820
Golden Oldies: -
Big Books: 500+(-), 750+(-), 1000+(-)
15.3. 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.
Song: "It's No Secret" (Side 1 / Track 4)
Book:
The matching word is SECRET
B. Read a book whose author's initials can be found in JEFFERSON AIRPLANE.
Author is Laura Powell
L & P are found in airPLane
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POINTS
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 255
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 17
BB Total: 2
Jasmiina F20.9 - 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:
by Anna Jansson.Points this post: 20
Total points: 135
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
15.10. Batter up!read a book set at least 50% in one of the countries listed (Canada)
Dancing Girls and Other Stories by Margaret Atwood
Well over 50% of the stories (and pages) are set in Canada. Here is a link to a GR review that states most of the stories are set in Canada: GR user review.
Task total=15
Grand total=295
Catherine TTask 5.8 - I was a Rich Man’s Plaything
read a book with MPG memoir / autobiography
Bossypants by Tina Fey
COLLEENS15.2. I'm Not Answering my Phone until December
Book 1. Read a NONFICTION book with the main page genre politics or government.
In Defense of a Liberal Education by Fareed Zakaria
AND
Book 2. Since dystopian books are generally about "government gone wrong," read a book with "dystopia" (standalone or embedded) as a main page genre
The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood
POINTS this post: 15
TOTAL POINTS: 125
Reader name: Daphne30.2 - Daphne's task: Peering really close at the world
2: Microhistory (2pages)
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void - 1st page #21
3: Microbiology List: Panic in Level 4: Cannibals, Killer Viruses, and Other Journeys to the Edge of Science
Points this post: 30
Points Total: 590
NARUMON20.3 - Best Review: mstan's Task: Returning to My Source of Inspiration...
Option 2: Book originally written in Italian
Like Family by Paolo Giordano. Original title is Il nero e l'argento.
IN POST:
Points: 20
Big Book: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
TOTAL SO FAR:
Points: 265 + 20 = 285
Golden Oldies: 0 + 0 = 0
Big Book: 0 + 0 = 0
Creynard5.9 Triple Elvis 1963 by Andy Warhol
Undo Me by M. Robinson
(approved paperback version of ebook Dylan and Aubrey)
This is #3 in the Good Ol Boys Series.
Points this post: 5
Points total: 110
Creynard10.2 - Andy Warhol
His Price: A Billionaire Romance by Leah Holt.
Points this post: 10
Points total: 120
Creynard25.6- Robin ♥'s Task: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands
I like plain M&Ms.
Option A-2:
First Comes Love by Emily Goodwin (ebook approved for length SRC 823)
"Goodwin" is 7 letters long.
Option A-3:
Make Me Sin
Points this post: 25
Points total: 140
Creynard25.7 - Dakimel's Task: Sibling and Niece Season
Option C:
9 Letters by Blake Austin
Option D:
Highlander Betrayed by Lauren Wittig
There is a loch in the background to snorkel in.
Points this post: 25
Points total: 170
Cindy C.Task 25.5-Andy P's Task: Symmetry
Book 1: The author's first and last names are each 5 letters long. Sarah Blake
The Postmistress
Book 2: Each word in the title is 5 letters long.
Round Robin
Points this post: 25
Total points: 130
Total tasks: 7
HINA20.3 - Best Review: mstan's Task: Returning to My Source of Inspiration...
Option 3: The Marriage He Must Keep by Dani Collins.
Take 5.3 Message 704 in Completed Thread AND the author is new to me this season.
Current post:
Points: 20
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 425
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books- 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Sarah E15.7. Tax time!
Kindle edition I read: The Richest Man in Babylon
Most rated MMPB with a page count: The Richest Man in Babylon
Finances was approved as a main page genre in the genre verification thread here
** The Richest Man in Babylon is a Golden Oldie, first published in 1926. I claim one GO ticket. **
15.9. Three/Four/Five
Kindle edition I read: Tapas, Carrot Cake and a Corpse
Paperback (no MMPB): Tapas, Carrot Cake and a Corpse
This was rated 3.45 when I started reading on 25th March.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 165
Golden Oldies this post: 1
Total Golden Oldies: 3
Kait25.6 - Robin ♥'s Task: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands
I prefer peanut M&Ms - Plan B.
Option B-2 - A book by a single author with 5 letters in the first OR last name.
Until Fountain Bridge by Samantha Young -- Young is five letters; I read the kindle ebook edition, here is the paperback: Calles de Edimburgo
Option B-3 - A book with a female on the cover. You must be able to see at least from the head to the waist or the full body.
Moonglow by Kristen Callihan -- Woman on the cover
Points This Post: 25
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 145
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Golden Oldies: 0
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20.6 Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!
option 2, Gods from line 1, "Don't tell the gods I left a mess":
The Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye
25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Pop Voices
Book 1, Good Minds Suggest pg 1 January 2016, Gregg Hurwitz: Featured book:
Orphan X by Gregg Hurwitz
Book 2, option B, Book 1 published in January 2016:
Elvis Costello- 1954-present: Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink by Elvis Costello, non-fiction memoir
25.7 - Dakimel's Task: Sibling and Niece Season
option C, digit 5 on cover:
Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture by Apostolos Doxiadisoption D, sea creature (squid) on cover:
Kraken: The Curious, Exciting, and Slightly Disturbing Science of Squid by Wendy Williamstotal = 555
Bookwrm526Task #20.3 - 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 by this author to complete this task. I read Last Rituals by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir.
I read my first book by her for task #25.7 option A (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
Points this post: 20
Total points so far: 205
20.10 - Group ReadsNotes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
Discussion post #28
Points this post: 20
Total points: 300
5.4 A Bigger Splash by David HockneyRead a book with a word in the title or subtitle that ends in -ER
My Father, the Pornographer: A Memoir, Chris Offutt
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5/875
Total tasks: 1/52
Andy P.Task # 25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Pop Voices
Book 1 Orphan X by Gregg Hurwitz Under Good Minds Suggest, Hurwitz is # 8 on list, January 2016 interview date.
Book 2 Option A . Shovel Ready by Adam Sternbergh This is # 2 on Hurwitz's suggested books.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 310
Mary P20.2 - 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".
Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon.
**Written in My Own Heart's Blood is a Big Book ( 825 pgs ). Claiming 2 BB Tickets **
Points this task: 20
Total points: 130
Big Book Tickets: 9
Jonquil25.1 - Sandy's task as suggested by Katy: Fact and Fiction
Both set in Medieval England
Book 1: genre "Historical Fiction" 14 users; European Literature > British Literature 5 users
Book 2: Non Fiction 117 users; History 230 users
Note, despite the 39 users who were so captivated by the informal narrative that they shelved it as "historical fiction", amazon.com classifies it as:
#135 in Books > History > Europe > Great Britain > England
#997 in Books > History > Historical Study & Educational Resources
http://www.amazon.com/Terry-Jones-Med...
Book 1: Shadow of the Alchemist (Crispin Guest Medieval Noir #6)
Jeri Westerson
Hardcover, 320 pages 4/4
Book 2: Terry Jones' Medieval Lives
Terry Jones
Hardcover, 256 pages 4/7
Points this post: 25
Total points: 525
Books posted: 44
Tasks complete: 41
Pages this post: 576
Total pages as of this post: 12368
Jonquil25.2 - Brooke TX's Task: #ReadingGoals
Both books were new to me.
426 pages plus 336 pages = 762 pages (more than 600)
Option 2. #TooLong
A: one of the 10 books that have been on your to-read list the longest-- book #9 added July 8, 2012
Girl's Guide to Witchcraft
Mindy Klasky
Paperback, 426 pages 3/4
Option 3. #OldFavorites: Most read author #9, J. A. Jance--I've read 44 of her books.
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Clawback: A Novel
J.A. Jance
Hardcover, 336 pages 4/5
Points this post: 25
Total points: 550
Books posted: 46
Tasks complete: 42
Pages this post: 762
Total pages as of this post: 13130
Jonquil25.3 - Whitnie I's Task: Celebrate Spring
Option 1: author initials appear in OSTARA AT
Winter Hawk's Legend
Aimée Thurlo
Paperback, 223 pages 3/26
Option 2: page 1 item 24
The Magic of Thinking Big
David J. Schwartz
Paperback, 320 pages 3/21
Points this post: 25
Total points: 575
Books posted: 48
Tasks complete: 43
Pages this post: 543
Total pages as of this post: 13673
babbling c5.3 - 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.
Required: If your book's rating falls below 3.5 at the time you post include the date and rating at the time of selection.
The Mystery Of The Blue Train - audiobook Le train bleu - paperback pgs 221 by Agatha Christie
rating: 3.75 as of 5 April
this book is a golden oldie first published 1928.
5.7 - Flag by Jasper Johns
Johns made over 40 works based on the US flag See it, reworking the traditional colors as a monochrome White Flag in 1955. Read a book with a genre that contains "Retellings" on its main book page.
Longbourn -Audiobook Une saison à Longbourn - paperback pgs . 453 by Jo Baker
Retellings 51 users
25.6- Robin ♥'s Task: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands
Plan B Peanut
Option B-1 Who is your favorite M&M character?
Green
Dragon Dawn -kindle Dragon Dawn - paperback 314 by Deborah O'Neill Cordes
page 1, #24
Option B-3:On the M&M website you can meet the characters.There are only two females,Ms Brown and Green.
**Read a book with a female on the cover.
Night Broken - kindle Night Broken - paperback pgs 292
THIS POST
Points: 35
Completed Tasks: 3
Golden oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 140/875
Completed Tasks: 11/53
Golden oldies: 2
Big Books: 1
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Pages read this season: 4,451
Books read this season: 13
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM10.5 - Glenn Frey, Too
I read Not Just Jane: Rediscovering Seven Amazing Women Writers Who Transformed British Literature by Shelley DeWees (I read an advance copy provided by the publisher). I matched the word "just" from the 13th line of the song.
25.5 - Andy P's Task: Symmetry
Book 1: I read Charlotte Brontë: A Fiery Heart by Claire Harman. There are six letters each in "Cla/ire" and "Har/man."
Book 2: I read Gaudy Night by Dorothy Sayers (paperback for length). There are five letters apiece in "Gau/dy" and "Nig/ht."
** Gaudy Night was first published in 1935, I'd like to claim a Golden Oldies ticket**
Previous point total: 190
New points this post: 10+25
Total points: 225
New tasks completed in this post: 2
Total tasks: 11
GO tickets this post: 1
Total GO: 2
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 3
Jasmiina F5.4 -A Bigger Splash by David Hockney :
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that ends in -ER:
My Little Monster 10 by Robico.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 140
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
20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission…3) Re-reads: I For this task, I give you permission to re-read any book you enjoyed several years ago.
On a Pale Horse
Points this post: 20
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 105
Books Read: 11
Tasks Complete: 11
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 1
Jessiebee20.10 - Group Reads
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
My discussion post
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
HINA25.7 - Dakimel's Task: Sibling and Niece Season -
Option A: Shock & Awe by Abigail Roux.
Author's initials are found in VEGETARIANACTUARY.
Option C:
Wife Is a 4-Letter Word by Stephanie Bond.Number in the title and on the bottom right of cover.
Current post:
Points: 25
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 450
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books- 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
SarahBR10.9 - March Madness
Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson. Morgan Matson has matching initials for first and last name meeting the requirement of the task.
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration
Option A: Passenger by Alexandra Bracken has a main page Genre listed as Historical Fiction meeting the requirement of the task.
25.5 - Andy P's Task: Symmetry
Book 1:
The Way I Used to Be by The Way I Used to Be Amber Smith's name consists of two words both containing 5 letters meeting the requirement for the challenge.
Book 2:
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn This book has a title that has two words that have the same amount of letters in them being 4 in Gone and 4 in girl meeting the challenge requirements.
30.2 - Daphne's task: Peering really close at the world.
Option 1: An Introduction to Game Theory by Martin J. Osborne is a book on the a very short introduction board meeting the requirement for the challenge
Option2: Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach Is found on page one position 18 on the Microhistories list meeting the requirements for the challenge
30.4 - Jonquil's Task: Every Letter Counts
Book 1: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak the words in the book title got bigger with every word. Three in The Four in Book Five in Thief meeting the requirement for the challenge
Book2:Final Rose by Shawntel Newton this book has words getting shorter as the title went on. Five in Final Four in Rose meeting the requirement for the challenge
Points this post: 115
Total points to date: 295
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 21
Tasks completed: 14
Spantalian Joanne5.6 - 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. Subtitles are excluded. Spaces determine words. Digits should be counted as words.
All the Truth That's in Me~ By Julie Berry, 3/25/16Points this task: 5
Total points: 5
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
Spantalian Joanne10.9 - March Madness
Read a book with a two-word, alliterative title OR written by an author whose first and last initials are the same.
~ by Stacey Jay, 3/7/16Points this task: 10
Total points: 15
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
Spantalian Joanne15.4. Towel Day
May 25, Towel Day, celebrates Douglas Adams. Towel Day
Option 1:
A. Read a book with the main page genre science fiction or fantasy (standalone or embedded)
~ by Darren Shan, 4/2/16AND
B. Read a book whose author's initials can be found in DOUGLAS ADAMS. Middle initials can be disregarded.
~ by Darren Shan, 3/30/16Points this task: 15
Total points: 30
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 3
Spantalian Joanne20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration
Choose ONE of the following options.
REQUIRED: State which option you chose when you post.
Option A - Read a book with a genre on its main book page that contains "History" or "Historical".
~ by Suzanne Weyn, 3/18/16Points this task: 20
Total points: 50
Books read: 5
Tasks completed: 4
Spantalian Joanne20.4 -Golden Oldie: Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows
Read ONE book from the following options. Indicate the option when you post.
Option C: Fantasy Island - For this option, read a book with "Fantasy" or "Supernatural" genre on the book's main GR page.
~ 306 pgs, 3/6/16Points this task: 20
Total points: 70
Books read: 6
Tasks completed: 5
Cindy C.Task 20.3-Best Review: mstan's Task: Returning to My Source of Inspiration...
Option 3: Jennifer Chiaverini is new to me this season. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
The Quilter's Apprentice
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Task 20.6-Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!
Option 3: Read a book found in the Best Friendship Books list. My book is on page 1 #13 on the list. Approved in Help Thread post #13.
IL: MG BL: 7.2 AR points: 44
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Points this post: 40
Total points: 170
Total tasks: 9
trishhartuk20.2 Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration
Option B - As Spring is a season of renewal, let's diversify our reading. Read a book set at least 50% in South America, Africa or Asia. Required: Identify the country if it is not obvious in the book's description or metadata.
The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party , Alexander McCall Smith
#12 in https://www.goodreads.com/series/4341... "Featuring Precious Ramotswe – Botswana's leading, and only, female private detective."
Set in Botswana, Africa. In addition, 155 users have shelved it as Cultural > Africa.
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 205
Tasks Completed: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
15.3. Still Flying.........1A: Jezebel's Blues by Ruth Wind - (Blues from an Airplane)
1B: The Reverse of the Medal by Patrick O'Brian
Elizabeth B5.2
The Lion and the Crow - "crow" in the title
15.4
Opt1: Catch a Ghost, fantasy genre- 31 users
Opt2: Sam and Aaron by L.B. Gregg, author's initials (LG) can be found in DOUGLAS ADAMS.
e-book only, approved for length at line 1387 of the verification spreadsheet.
Points:20
Total:210+20=230
Sheila25.5 - Andy P's Task: Symmetry
Book 1.
Where Memories Lie by Deborah Crombieand
Book 2.
Play With Fire by Dana Stabenow25.6- Robin ♥'s Task: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands
I'm a Peanut M&M person so I went with Option B.
Option B-1 - Orange Page 2 - # 128
Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harrisand
Option B-2
Dead Wrong by J.A. JanceTotal Points = 515
Creynard5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol
Without Remorse by Tom Clancy
**Without Remorse is a Big Book (750 pages). Claiming 2 BB tickets.**
Points this post: 5
Points total: 175
BB tickets this post: 2
Total BB tickets to date: 2
BARBARA ★15.8 - It's Magic
The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman 4/7
(magical realism listed on main book page)
Goodreads Author
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 160
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books - 500+: (2)
Big Books - 750+: (0)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Task 10.5 - Glenn Frey, Too
P.S. I Love You - "Love"
Points this task: 10
Total points: 365
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 23