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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
Sheila5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol
Family Honor by Robert B. Parkerdied in 2010
5.2 - Whaam! by Roy Lichtenstein
Cherry Bomb by J.A. Konrath(bomb)
5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
Over the Edge by Jonathan Kellerman(3.86 rating on 2/13/16)
5.4 -A Bigger Splash by David Hockney
A Bitter Truth by Charles ToddTotal Points = 20
NICK KYFirst Post
5.7 Flag I read The Robber Bridegroom by Eudora Welty, with “Retellings” as a GR genre, OK’d in the Genre Verification thread message 31: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
5.8 I Was a Rich Man’s Plaything. I read Hard Choices, a memoir by Hillary Rodham Clinton.
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for Hard Choices at 656 pages.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 10
Big Books So Far: 500+ (1)
10.8 - Hey, Einstein!Read a book with the main page genre "Science" or "Philosophy."
Book read: Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille
*I'd like to claim a Golden Oldie as it was first published in 1928*
Points this post: 10
Previous points: 35
5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol Any Duchess Will Do by Tessa Dare
4.08 rating on 3/4/16
15.9. Three/Four/Five
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Rating was 4.33 on 3/3/16
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 14.0
POINTS: 70
Karen D. Task 20.9 Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission…
Option Read a book with the complete TITLE in white or black on the cover.
- title is all in whitePoints this task: 20
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Cait S30.6- Making A Name For Yourself
Part A
Last letter is S so doing Option 2: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials are adjacent letters in the alphabet, in either order.
Rage by Jackie Morse Kessler
Page numbers: 209
Part B
Page # between 100-300: Option 3. Read a book with a one, two or three word TITLE.
Alpine for You by Maddy Hunter
Page numbers: 246
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 30
Total Tasks Completed: 1
SCHATZIE5.1: Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol
---deceased author
A Marriage Made in Heaven: Or Too Tired for an Affair
by Erma Bombeck
5.8: I was a Rich Man’s Plaything by Eduardo Paolozzi
---autobiography/memoir
Yes Please
by Amy Poehler
15.3: Still Flying.....
---opt. 2: one book option
The Secret in Their Eyes
by Eduardo Sacheri
Song Title: It's No Secret
Book title match: secret
15.5: No More Snow!
---book title containing the letters S-P-R-I-N-G
Degrees of Separation
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Post Total: 40 pts
Challenge Total: 60 pts
5.7 - Flag by Jasper JohnsI completed Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 10/875
Total Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2/53
Reader name: Daphne5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol
Dead author (include link if not on GR page)
The Rowan by Anne McCaffrey
Passed away November 21, 2011
Points this post: 5
Total points: 75
Reader name: Daphne20.10 - Group Read
Notes from a Small Island
My Post
Points this post: 20
Points Total: 95
HINA15.6. Light My Fire -
Crash & Burn by Abigail Roux.Fire/flames on the cover.
Current post:
Points: 15
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 35
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
CANDY20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book
Option 2: Stephen King matching Stephen Crane
11/22/63 by Stephen King
*11/22/63 is a Big Book (842 pages). Claiming 2 BB tickets*
Points: 20
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 2
Total Points: 20
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
5.5 Drowning Girl by Roy Lichtenstein14 Years of Loyal Service in a Fabric-Covered Box by Scott Adams
Genre: "Sequential Art > Comics"
5.6 Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? by Richard Hamilton
Running Great Meetings and Workshops for Dummies by Jessica Pryce-Jones
Title is seven words long.
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 10
CHANDNI5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
Read a book with a "good" rating of 3.5 or above.
Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones
IL: UG - BL: 6.0 - AR Pts: 11.0
[POINTS]
This Post: 5
Total Points: 50
Books Read: 4
Completed Tasks: 3
FANDURY20.8 - Nickels & Dimes: SpiderMac's task: Making It Worth Watching
Option 1: Read a book with an elephant on the cover or with “nature” or “animals” as a main page genre (stand alone or embedded).
The Good, The Bad and The Furry: The Brand-New Adventures of the World's Most Melancholy Cat and Other Whiskery Friends by Tom Cox
This book has Animals as one of the genres on its main page.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 75
Books Read: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Readerboard name: witchygal20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission…
Option 6. Read a book with the complete TITLE in white or black on the cover. Subtitles may ignored.
I read
by Margaret Atwood. The title is in white. ---------
Details of this post
Books read- 1
Points- 20
Golden oldies- 0
Big books - 0
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Total points and stats
Books read: 2
Points: 35
Golden oldies - 0
Big books - 0
5.9 Triple Elvis 1963 by Andy WarholThe Last Town
10.9 - March Madness
Tigerlily's Orchids by Ruth Rendell
I listened to the audio CD, link to PB (no MMPB available): Tigerlily's Orchids
20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a card
I drew a ten of hearts. I selected YA genre and the book I read was The Glimpse, containing 10 letters in the title
Points this post: 35
Points total: 35
GO total: 0
BB total: 0
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Mod
I read Please Don't Eat the Daisies, #73 on the 1957 list of Most Popular books.
15.4. Towel Day
I chose option 2 and read 1 book that fit both criteria - Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey. The 2nd main page genre is Science Fiction, and the author's initials, AM, are found in "AdAMs."
15.7. Tax time!
I read The Truth About Retirement Plans and IRAs. "Finances" is the 2nd main page genre.
Points this post: 40
Total points: 60
Catherine TTask 20.5 - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book
option 2: read a book whose author shares a name with a person on the cover
Through the Woods by Emily Carroll
matches Lewis Carroll (on third row)
5.10 - Self PortraitMy own choice:
A Grave Denied by Dana Stabenow
15.10 - Batter Up
Set entirely in South Africa:
The Impostor by Damon Galgut
Total points 20
20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission…1) Genres: Read a book that lists the genre Biography or Autobiography on the main page.
- Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan This book also fits Option 6 with a title completely written in black.Points this post: 20
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 40
Books Read: 2
Tasks Complete: 2
Big Book tickets Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Karen D. Task 20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a card
Drew a 5 of Spades
Has Anyone Seen My Pants?
Spades - Memoir
5 - 5 words in the title
Points this task: 20
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Reader name: Maya5.4 -A Bigger Splash by David Hockney
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that ends in -ER.
Book read: Wither by Lauren DeStefano
20.4 -Golden Oldie: Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows
Read a book with "Fantasy" or "Supernatural" genre on the book's main GR page.
Book read: Sea of Shadows by Kelley Armstrong
Genre: Fantasy
Points this post : 25
Total points : 80
Total books read : 8
Tasks completed : 8
ESHAY20.2 Rookie at the Top
Option C: Book set 50% in Ireland or blue cover
Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos and Luck - Why Some Thrive Despite Them Allby James C. Collins
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Christine V20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration
Option A: Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre was first published in 1847. ***Claiming Golden Oldie Ticket***
Points this post: 20
GO Tickets this post: 1
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
Sarah E5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol
How to be Inimitable by George Mikes
George Mikes died August 30, 1987
This is my one book of 80-99 pages allowed for one 5 point task.
15.5. No More Snow!
ebook I read: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Paperback (no MMPB): Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Spring is found in "misS PereGRINe's"
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Kristi CO20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission…
Option 6: black title
by Kent HarufPoints this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Delicious Dee15.1. From Soup to ............Breakfast??
Book A - Good Girls Don't Date Rock Stars - Stars as a plural for Star in Disney Star Wars C3PO
Book B - More Than Cookies - Cookies for Cookies & Creme
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 50
CYNBAXTERTask # 10.08 – Hey, Einstein!
Book 1: Sudden Death by Álvaro Enrigue which had Philosophy on the main page genre - as of mid February. I just checked and it is no longer on the main page. Let me know if I need to move this to another category. A lot of people have read it since I chose it for this category which has drastically changed the main page.
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date = 45 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
Suzanne VN5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol - book with a "good" rating of 3.5 or above
Killing Trail - Rating = 3.87 as of date I completed the book on 3/1/2016
15.6 - Light My Fire - book with fire/flames on the cover
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Total Points this Post: 20
Total Points to Date:
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
Morgan Faeriesfolly5.5 - Drowning Girl by Roy Lichtenstein
Read a book with the genre Sequential Art, comics or manga on the GR main page.
Gunnerkrigg Court, Vol. 1: Orientation by Thomas Siddell
5.9 Triple Elvis 1963 by Andy Warhol
Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #3 in a series. Whole numbers only.
Gunnerkrigg Court, Vol. 3: Reason (Gunnerkrigg Court #3) by Thomas Siddell
15.9. Three/Four/Five
Read a book whose average rating is made up of the numbers 3, 4, and 5.
Gunnerkrigg Court, Vol. 2: Research by Thomas Siddell
Rating: 4.44 on 3/6
20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a card
Required:
Card -->
Three of Clubs -->
3 words in title and Horror/Historical Fiction Genre (it has both)
Daughters Unto Devils by Amy Lukavics
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.
Required: Thomas Siddell --> matching Dylan Thomas
Gunnerkrigg Court Vol. 5: Refine by Thomas Siddell
20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season.
Ancient History: The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
Discussion: msg 2 here
[POINTS]
This Post: 5, 5, 15, 20, 20, 20
Total Points: 85
Emsreviewsbooks20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration
Option A: I read I Kissed a Rogue by Shana Galen. Historical Fiction is one of the main genres on the book's page.
20.4 -Golden Oldie: Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows
Option B: I read Wedding Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke. Hannah's mother, who is past 60, is a very prominent character in this series, and in this book, plans Hannah's wedding.
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 70
Books Read: 5
Tasks Complete: 5
Reader name: Maya10.2 - Andy Warhol
Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in ANDY WARHOL.
Book read:Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by David Wong
Points this post : 10
Total points : 90
Total books read : 9
Tasks completed : 9
CANDY20.2 - 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.
To Tame A Highland Warrior by Karen Marie Moning
Points: 20
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Points: 40
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Andy P.Task # 5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol
Read a book by an author who is deceased.
by Dick FrancisAccording to GR main page for Francis, he died in Feb. 2010
Points this post:5
Total points: 65
babbling C5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol
Read a book by an author who, at the time you select your book, is deceased.
Required: If the author's death is not noted on his/her Goodreads page include a reference LINK that establishes the death.
Little Women - Audiobook Little Women -paperback pgs 451 by Louisa May Alcott
this book is a Golden Oldie
Little Women: Book One
Alcott, Louisa May
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 15.0
5.4 -A Bigger Splash by David Hockney
Read a 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.
Darker After Midnight - Audiobook Darker After Midnight - paperback pg 576 by Lara Adrian
Darker
This is a big book
10.7 - Happy Pi Day
March 14 is Pi Day. Read a book with the letters "PI" found together, in order, and intact in the title/subtitle or the author's name.
Pia Does Hollywood kindle Pia Does Hollywood paperback pg 180 by Thea Harrison
Pia
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 3
Golden oldies: 1
Big Books: 1
Total This Season
Points: 20/875
Completed Tasks: 3/53
Golden oldies: 1
Big Books: 1
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Pages read this season: 1, 207
Books read this season: 3
Teresa JoTask 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 word TITLE. All words count. Do NOT use subtitles or series names.
Version Read: Kindle
Outlander
by Diana Gabaldon
Big Book: 2 tickets
Mass Market Paperback: 850 pages
Outlander
Totals
Points this Post: 30
Big Book Tickets: 2
Total Points: 30
MegD20.2 - Rookie at the Top
Required: Option C-a cover that's at least 50% blue
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 30
Total Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
perletwo20.8 - Nickels & Dimes: SpiderMac's task: Making It Worth Watching - Option 1: To honor these magnificent creatures, please read a book with an elephant on the cover or with “nature” or “animals” as a main page genre (stand alone or embedded). Required: Include the cover if that is the option you selected.
To Fetch a Thief - it's easier to see if you embiggen, but that's an elephant coming out of the tent.Points this task: 20
Total points: 120
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 11
Tasks completed: 9
Morgan Faeriesfolly15.4. Towel Day
Option 1:
A. Read a book with the main page genre science fiction or fantasy (standalone or embedded)
Gunnerkrigg Court, Vol. 4: Materia by Thomas Siddell
verified genre: here
B. Read a book whose author's initials can be found in DOUGLAS ADAMS. Middle initials can be disregarded.
The Fairest Beauty by Melanie Dickerson
[POINTS]
This Post: 15
Total Points: 100
20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book1:"Peter Blake Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band"
Akarnae (The Medoran Chronicles #1) by Lynette Noni
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!
Option 1: read a book by an author who was born in Australia.
A Tangle of Gold (The Colours of Madeleine #3) by Jaclyn Moriarty
Post Total: 40
Season Total: 40
5.1 Marilyn Diptych by Andy WarholLove and Freindship by Jane Austen (died in 1817)
Claiming one Golden Oldies ticket: first published in 1793.
(Using my one exemption from 100-page rule; paperback is 90 pages.)
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 15
I'd like to switch the book of the task 10.8. (message #106) so it becomes the one for task 20.9.So, reposting task 10.8.
10.8 - Hey, Einstein!
Read a book with the main page genre "Science" or "Philosophy."
Book read: The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Tolstoy
*I'd like to claim a Golden Oldie as it was first published in 1886*
20.9. Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission…
4) Travel and entertainment: Read a book where at least 50% of the story takes place in: California, Florida, France, Japan, Hong Kong, Hawaii or on a cruiseship.
Book read: Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille
*Already claimed a GO ticket for this on message #106*
Points this post: 20
Golden Oldies this post: 1
20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a cardI picked an eight of clubs
Genre: Horror
8 letters in title
Positive
Total points this post: 20
Total challenge Points: 20
Total GO: 0
**** REPOST FOR GO********babbling C
5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol
Read a book by an author who, at the time you select your book, is deceased.
Required: If the author's death is not noted on his/her Goodreads page include a reference LINK that establishes the death.
Little Women - Audiobook Little Women -paperback pgs 451 by Louisa May Alcott
this book is a Golden Oldie: first pub in 1868
Little Women: Book One
Alcott, Louisa May
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 15.0
Delicious Dee5.5 - Drowning Girl by Roy Lichtenstein
Accidental Mistress - shelved as Manga by 4ppl (as of 1/6/16; ebook only approved #5499 of the approval thread
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 55
MELANIE CTASK NAME: 10.2 Andy Warhol
Murder at the Brightwell by Ashley Weaver
Qualifier: Initials A.W. for Ashley Weaver are in Andy Warhol
Points this task: 10
Points Total: 10
Tasks Completed: 1
Big Books: 0
20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BookChoose one option. Indicate the option when you post.
2: The artwork is a collage with many different people and items. Read a book written by an author who shares at least one name with someone who appears on the album cover.
I read the book The Promise by Robert Crais matching Sir Robert Peel.
This Post
Points: 20
Tasks Posted: 1
Books Posted: 1
Pages Read: 416
Total
Points: 20
Tasks Posted: 1
Books Posted: 1
Pages Read: 416
15.6. Light My FireRead a book with the word FIRE in the title/subtitle or fire/flames on the cover.
I read the book The Circus Fire: A True Story of an American Tragedy by Stewart O'Nan.
This Post
Points: 15
Tasks Posted: 1
Books Posted: 1
Pages Read: 384
Total
Points: 35
Tasks Posted: 2
Books Posted: 2
Pages Read: 800
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5.4 -A Bigger Splash by David Hockney - A Baby of Her Own by Brenda Novak.
Her in title ends in -er.
Current post:
Points: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 20
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
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