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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
50.1 - Perletwo's task: Primary ColorsBook 1 - Red: First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen
set entirely in North Carolina
Book 2 - Blue: Desperate Housedogs by Sparkle Abbey
set entirely in California
Book 3 - Green: Night by Elie Wiesel
found on p. 1 of the Popular Social Justice Books list
Total points: 250 + 50 = 300
Andy P.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.
by Edward AbbeyVEGETARIAN ACTUARY
Option C. Read a book with a digit (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) on the cover.
by Tami Hoag number 9 on cover.Points this post: 25
Total points: 430
Karen D. Task 25.1 - Sandy's task as suggested by Katy: Fact and Fiction
Book 1: March - set in the Civil War in the south and Washington DC
Book 2: Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War - about the Civil War, also set mostly in south and Washington DC
Points this task: 25
Total points: 480
Tasks completed: 26
Books read: 33
5.6 Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? by Richard HamiltonRead a book with a TITLE of six or more words.
Lafayette in the Somewhat United States, by Sarah Vowell
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25/875
Total tasks: 5/52
FANDURY15.6. Light My Fire
Read a book with the word FIRE in the title/subtitle or fire/flames on the cover.
by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe book was approved in the Help Thread in post 42
I read the Kindle version but the MMP is 502 pages: The Fall of Atlantis
I claim 1 big book title for this book.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 500
Books Read: 34
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books:500+(1)750+(1)1000+(0)
CYNBAXTERTask # 25.02 – Brooke TX's Task: #ReadingGoals
Book 1, Option 3: Savage Run by C.J. Box, #5, 2 books
Book 2, Option 4: Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin, the author is new to me. This book was published Feb 2 2016
Both books are new to me
Book 1: 304 pages + Book 2: 352 pages = 656 combined pages
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date = 185 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 1
Mai10.7 - Happy Pi Day
Read a book with the letters "PI" found intact in the title
Politics of Piety: The Islamic Revival and the Feminist Subject by Saba Mahmood
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 345
Tasks Completed: 20
Books Read: 25
Golden Oldies: 11
Jonquil50.1 - Perletwo's task: Primary colors
Book 1-Red AK, AL, AR, AZ, CO, FL, GA, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA,
set 100% in the Blue Ridge Mountains of rural Virginia "in the middle of Dudley County, VA" page 7
Blue Ridge Ricochet
Paula Graves
Paperback, 288 pages 4/17
Book 1-Blue CA, CT, DC, DE, HI, IA, IL, MA
set 100% in and around Salem, Mass. "in her hometown of Salem, Massachusetts" goodreads blurb
Tails, You Lose
Carol J. Perry
Mass Market Paperback, 365 pages 4/18
Book 3-Green cover approved in help thread
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Silent Truth
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Paperback, 471 pages 4/18
Points this post: 50
Total points: 875
Books posted: 69
Tasks complete: 53
Pages this post: 1124
Total pages as of this post: 19214
REPOST OF MESSAGE 1513
Readerboard name: MASOODAH
5.7 - Flag by Jasper Johns
Read a book with a genre that contains "Retellings" on its main book page.
Book read: The Forbidden Wish by Jessica Khoury
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15.4. Towel Day
Option 2: Read one book that satisfies both criteria for option 1.
Book: Wither by Lauren DeStefano
It satisfies both critera as its a Fantasy book and the authors initals can be found in DOUGLAS ADAMS
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Points this post: 15 +5 = 20
Total points to date: 165 + 20 = 185
Big books ticket requests: 500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Golden oldies ticket requests: 0
Books read: 13
Tasks completed: 12
Readerboard name: MASOODAH
5.7 - Flag by Jasper Johns
Read a book with a genre that contains "Retellings" on its main book page.
Book read: The Forbidden Wish by Jessica Khoury
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15.4. Towel Day
Option 2: Read one book that satisfies both criteria for option 1.
Book: Wither by Lauren DeStefano
It satisfies both critera as its a Fantasy book and the authors initals can be found in DOUGLAS ADAMS
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Points this post: 15 +5 = 20
Total points to date: 165 + 20 = 185
Big books ticket requests: 500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Golden oldies ticket requests: 0
Books read: 13
Tasks completed: 12
Reader name: Maya25.2 - Brooke TX's Task: #ReadingGoals
TWO BOOKS
Book One: Choose a book from one of these lists:
2015 Locus SF Novels Recommended Reading List
Book read: Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
Book Two: Read one of the 10 books that have been on your to-read list the longest.
Book read: Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
List: On my To Read I Own list, added January 28, 2014.
I am claiming 1 BB ticket for Seveneves. Seveneves has 881 pages.
30.5 - Dlmrose's task: Call the Grammar Police
Options 2 and 3 chosen.
Option 2: Read a book with one of these most commonly confused words in the TITLE: They’re, Their, There, Your, You’re, Its, It’s.
Book read: I'll Be Right There by Kyung-sook Shin
Option 3: Read a book with the entire TITLE in Red on the cover.
Book read: Mockingbird by Chuck Wendig
50.1 - Perletwo's task: Primary colors
THREE BOOKS
Book One
Read a book with a cover that has a red background
Book read: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
This book has been approved here in the task help thread
Book Two:
Read a book set at least 50 percent in a "blue" U.S. state.
Book read: The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes by Marcus Sakey
Set in: Malibu, California
This book has been approved here in the task help thread
Book Three:
Read a book from Popular Social Justice Books
Book read: Possible Side Effects by Augusten Burroughs
Found on: Social Justice, page 69
I am claiming one GO ticket for Rebecca, which was originally published in 1938.
Points this post : 105
Points total : 570
Golden Oldies : 2
Big Book : 4
Marina H 20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a card
My card: Eight of Clubs
What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal (Contemporary as genre and 8 words in titel)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 170
Completed:5.4 Read The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore
5.6 Read Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story by John Berendt
5.9 Read The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore
5.10 Read I Am Legend by richard Mattheson
10.7 Read The Fall of Five by Pittacus Lore
Task Points: 30
Total points: 30
Oma122920.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
Ancient History: The Buried Giant by The Buried Giant
Discussion Thread
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
Post # 19 on Book Discussion Thread
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
REQUIRED: You must participate in the book's discussion thread with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book.
Total Points--225/875
Completed Tasks--17/53
GO Books (2)
Big Books 500-750 pages (); 750+pages()
Oma1229This is not a new post but a correction to totals.
Total Points--245/875
Completed Tasks--18/53
GO Books (2)
Big Books 500-750 pages (); 750+pages()
Reader Name: Daphne10.4 - Remembering David Bowie
The Master and Margarita 9th
15.4. Towel Day 2books/both
A: MPG Sci-fi or fantasy
B: Initials in: DOUGLAS ADAMS
The Jewel of Turmish by Mel Odom
Points this post: 25
Points Total: 795
Teresa Jo5.9 Triple Elvis 1963 by Andy Warhol
Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #3 in a series.
Darkest London #3
Version Read: Kindle
Winterblaze
by Kristen Callihan
Totals
Points this Post: 5
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Total Points: 220
10.4 - Remembering David BowieRead a book from David Bowie's 100 Must Read Books.
#46 In Between the Sheets by Ian McEwan
Points this post: 10
Points in total: 140
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: 3
loafer30.4 - Jonquil's Task: Every Letter Counts
Book 1 This book title has longer and longer words.
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
Book 2 This book title has shorter and shorter words.
Seventh Heaven by Alice Hoffman
points: 30
total: 310
BB: 1
GO: 5
tasks completed: 19
Reader Name: Daphne50.1 - Perletwo's task: Primary colors
Book 1 a red background. The red must be primary color red as close to the red on the map as possible
Book 2-Blue: Either read a book set at least 50 percent in a "blue" U.S. state as per the map linked above (CA, CT, DC, DE, HI, IA, IL, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, VT, WA, WI)
God Save The Child - Takes place in and around Boston, Massachusetts (MA)
Book 3-Green: read a book from Popular Social Justice Books,
- Page 24Points this post: 50
Points Total: 845
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25.2 - Brooke TX's Task: #ReadingGoalsTWO BOOKS
Both of these books are new to me.
Book One: Choose a book from one of these lists:
2015 Locus SF Novels Recommended Reading List
Book read: Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
Book Two: Read one of the 10 books that have been on your to-read list the longest.
Book read: Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
List: On my To Read I Own list, added January 28, 2014.
I am claiming 1 BB ticket for Seveneves. Seveneves has 881 pages.
Points this post : 25
Points total : 570
Golden Oldies : 2
Big Book : 4
Mod
5.10 Self-portrait
The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
30.5 - Dlmrose's task: Call the Grammar Police
option 1, language genre: Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English by Patricia T. O'Conner
option 3, red title:
The Travelers by Chris Pavone50.1 - Perletwo's task: Primary Colors
Book 1, set in Montana: Montana by Gwen Florio
Book 2, set in New York: The Big Fear by Andrew Case
PB: The Big Fear
Book 3, Popular Social Justice Books pg 3: Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer
total = 875
Delicious Dee20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book
Option 2 - On Any Given Sundae - Marilyn Brant - Marilyn Brant for Marilyn Monroe (2nd row)
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 400
REPOST25.6- Robin ♥'s Task: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands
My favorite is Peanut: two different options from Plan B
Option B-2: Read a book by a single author with 5 letters in the first OR last name.
by Renee Patrick. There are 5 letters in Renee
Option B-3: Read a book with a female on the cover.
Book was approved in Message 2 of Help Thread
and it was approved for length here
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POINTS
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 330
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 23
BB Total: 2
Kait30.2 - Daphne's Task: Peering Really Close at the World
Option 1 - A book from the collection Very Short Introductions.
Corruption: A Very Short Introduction by Leslie Holmes -- #426 and on page 5 of the Very Short Introductions series list
Option 2 - A book from the first 2 pages of Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing.
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester -- #4 and on page 1 of the Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing listopia
Points This Post: 30
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 225
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Jasmiina F10.2 - Andy Warhol:
Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in ANDY WARHOL:
The Midas Flesh Vol. 1 by Ryan North.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 165
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
COLLEENS30.4 - 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.
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Book 2 This book title has shorter and shorter words. Each word in the title is exactly one letter shorter than the previous word.
Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
POINTS this post: 30
TOTAL POINTS: 205
Alexxy30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss
Option C: 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.
Throne of Glass -->this series was new to me
Option D: Read a book with “Travel” as a main page genre.
13 Little Blue Envelopes
Points this post: 30
Points Total: 80
5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy WarholMortality by Christopher Hitchens
Hitchens death on December 15, 2011 is noted on his Goodreads page
Total points: 300 + 5 = 305
trishhartuk50.1 - Perletwo's task: Primary Colors
Book 1-Red: Read a book set at least 50 percent in a "red" U.S. state (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CO, FL, GA, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WV, WY)
Junkyard Dogs, Craig Johnson
Set in Wyoming (WY)
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Book 2-Blue: Read a book set at least 50 percent in a "blue" U.S. state (CA, CT, DC, DE, HI, IA, IL, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, VT, WA, WI)
Murdermobile, BB Cantwell
Set in Portland OR (mentions “Oregon’s quirky Rose City” in the GR description for the Kindle edition: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Book 3-Green: It's not easy being a third-party alternative to the two majors, but the Green Party gives its best every election year. Read a book from Popular Social Justice Books
I Am Malala, Malala Yousafzai
Page 1, #10 on the Social Justice list
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Points this Task: 50
Books Read: 3
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 395
Tasks Completed: 17
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
FANDURY5.8 - 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.
Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 505
Books Read: 35
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books:500+(1)750+(1)1000+(0)
Kristi CO5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol
Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, died in 1928
*Golden Oldie ticket: Tess of the D'Urbervilles was first published in 1891*
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration
Option A, Historical Fiction: The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff
Points this post: 25
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
SandiCompleted Tasks
5.9 Triple Elvis 1963 by Andy Warhol
Identified as #3 in series -- Embrace
Most popular paperback: Embrace
15.7. Tax Time
Finances as main page genre -- The Total Money Makeover: Classic Edition: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness
Most popular paperback: La transformación total de su dinero: Un plan efectivo para alcanzar bienestar económico
30.2 - Daphne's task: Peering really close at the world.
Book #1 -- Option 1: a book from the "Very Short Introductions" series -- Russian History: A Very Short Introduction
Book #2 -- Option 2: book from first two pages of list. Found at spot #19 on page one of list -- Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
**SUMMARY**
Previous points earned: 195
Points this post: 50
Total Points to date: 245
NARUMONReplacing a book in a task; no new points.
Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission…
Previously claimed option 6 using A Deadly Wandering: A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention. That book is being moved to a different task, to be posted at a later time.
Option 1: Read a biography/autobiography
Homer's Odyssey by Gwen Cooper. Autobiography> Memoir by 115 users and biography by 49 users.
IN POST:
Points: 20
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
TOTAL SO FAR:
Points: 315
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
FANDURY15.9. Three/Four/Five
Read a book whose average rating is made up of the numbers 3, 4, and 5
Nameless by Grant Morrison
Rating in the moment I posted this (and when I selected it) 3,53.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 520
Books Read: 36
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books:500+(1)750+(1)1000+(0)
10.2 Andy WarholRead a book written by an author whose initials can be found in ANDY WARHOL.
Pleasantville, Attica Locke
Points this post: 10
Total points: 35/875
Total tasks: 6/52
REPOSTING ONLY FOR BB TICKET CLAIM25.2 - Brooke TX's Task: #ReadingGoals
TWO BOOKS
Both of these books are new to me.
Book One: Choose a book from one of these lists:
2015 Locus SF Novels Recommended Reading List
Book read: Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
Book Two: Read one of the 10 books that have been on your to-read list the longest.
Book read: Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
List: On my To Read I Own list, added January 28, 2014.
I am claiming 1 BB ticket for Seveneves. Seveneves has 867 pages.
Points this post : 25
Points total : 570
Golden Oldies : 2
Big Book : 4
perletwo20.10 - Group Reads - Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season. REQUIRED: You must participate in the book's discussion thread with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book.
The Buried Giant
I posted a couple of thoughts in the discussion thread here.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 625
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 46
Tasks completed: 35
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Mod
I read Sabre-Tooth. Sequential arts>comics is a main page genre.
15.9. Three/Four/Five
I read Maximum Security. Average rating was 3.53 on 4/10/16 when I selected it.
20.10. Group Reads
I read Notes from a Small Island and posted my comments in the discussion thread at post 32.
Points this post: 40
Total points: 610
perletwo5.10 Self-portrait - Read a book of your choice.
Murder on the Links
First printed in 1923, this book qualifies for a Golden Oldie ticket.
Points this task: 05
Total points: 630
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 47
Tasks completed: 36
Task 5.7 - Flag by Jasper Johns.Read a book with a genre that contains "Retellings" on its main book page.
The Shadow Queen (Ravenspire #1) (2016) by C.J. Redwine (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 387 pages)
** C.J. Redwine is a Goodreads Author **
180 + 05 = 185
Tasks Completed: 17
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 180 + 05 = 185
Books read: 18
Pages read: 5,618
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 06
Golden Oldies: 02
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
MEGSCL20.6 Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!
Option 1: Read a book set at least 50% in Australia and/or by an author who was born in Australia. The Natural Way of Things
It is set totally in Australia and the author is Australian (the link to her website from her goodreads profile confirms this)
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 330
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
Reader Name Chrissy10.5 - Glenn Frey, Too
read a book with a title/subtitle that contains a word of at least 4 letters that can also be found in the lyrics of the band's first single, Take It Easy. Words must match exactly.
Required: Identify the word you used when you post.
word: love
I listened to the audiobook Love Songs From A Shallow Grave
PB for reference (no MMP): Love Songs From A Shallow Grave
15.6 - Light My Fire
I read the Kindle version of Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs
link to PP for reference (no MMP) Fire Touched
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes: SpiderMac's task: Making It Worth Watching
Option 3: In honor of the fun loving Thai people, read a book that has “Buddha”, “festival", “balloon”, or “New Year” in the title or subtitle. “New Year” must be intact and plurals and possessives are ok. No other variations.
word: festival
I listened to the audiobook The Festival of Insignificance
MMP for reference The Festival of Insignificance
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Points this Post: 35
Total Points: 130
GO: 1
JUKKA15.7. Tax time!
Book with the main page genre Finance or Finances.
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis.
15.9. Three/Four/Five
Book whose average rating is made up of numbers 3, 4, and 5.
The Shadow, Volume 1: The Fire of Creation by Garth Ennis, at the time of posting has a rating of 3.54.
Points this post: 30
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 205/875
Total Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 17/53
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 0
5.3 - 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.
I read: Halfway to the Grave
Average rating: 4.20
Points this task: 5
Total points: 245
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 15
Tasks completed: 13
Creynard10.7 - Happy Pi Day
A Conspiracy of Alchemists by Liesel Schwarz
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 335
Cindy FTask 10.5 Glen Frey too!
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Word from lyrics "girl"
Points this post:10
Total points:75
Tasks completed:4
Books read:5
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(1)1000+(0)
loafer5.2 - Whaam! by Roy Lichtenstein
Read a book with a word from this list of onomatopoeia in the title or subtitle.
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
word = CRY
published in 1948, this book qualifies for a "Golden Oldie" ticket
points: 5
total: 315
BB: 1
GO: 6
tasks completed: 20
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Please remove:
Night from task 10.1
and
First Frost from task 15.8
I'll replace those later.
Total points: 275 - 10 - 15 = 250