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Spring Challenge 2016: Completed Tasks:PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS THREAD
Bluegrass PamI would like to REPLACE Task 20.9 Give Yourself Permission Option 6 Title in white or black with
by Daphne du Maurierand move the book that was previously reported for this task The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G.K. Chesterton to
Task 10.3 It's So Surreal
From page 1 of the Popular Surreal Books list.
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 155
Bluegrass PamTask 15.5 No More Snow
Title/Subtitle contains the letters in SPRING
Andy Warhol was a Hoarder: Inside the Minds of History's Great Personalities by Claudia Kalb
SPRIN in PeRSoNalIties
G in Great
Points this post; 15
Total Points: 170
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Pamela3265's Task: When Books Went to WarRead ONE of the books that was published by the Council on Books in Wartime: Armed Service Editions.
Ashenden by W. Somerset Maugham
This book is a Golden Oldie, first published in 1928.
Points this post: 20
Points in total: 190
Golden Oldies: 2
Bib Book Tickets: 3
Mai15.2. I'm Not Answering my Phone until December
Book 1. NONFICTION book with the main page genre politics
The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon
Book 2. Book with "dystopia" as a main page genre.
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Request 1 Golden Oldies ticket (first published 1924)
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 380
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 30
Golden Oldies: 13
Task 10.1 - Ever So POPularUsing the Goodread's Popular function, read one of the top 200 books published from 1955 through 1959 (inclusive).
Year: 1958
Our Man in Havana (1958) by Graham Greene (Paperback, Penguin Twentieth Century Classics, 220 pages)
245 + 10 = 255
Tasks Completed: 24
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 245 + 10 = 255
Books read: 26
Pages read: 7,649
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 08
Golden Oldies: 02
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy WarholRead a book by an author who is deceased
Castle Rackrent by Maria Edgeworth who died in 1849
Pages 87-using the allowable one book between 80-99 pages for a five point task.
Claiming Golden Oldie Ticket-originally Published in 1800
10.4 - Remembering David Bowie
read one of David Bowie's Top 100 Must Read Books.
Madame Bovary
Claiming Golden Oldie ticket-originally published 1856
Points this post: 15
Total challenge points: 245
GO's: 4
25.3 - Whitnie I's Task: Celebrate SpringOption 1: Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials appear in the word OSTARA.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn found in OSTARA
Option 2: Since spring is a time of change and renewal. Read a NONFICTION book found on the Best Self Help Books list. - page 6
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
25.6- Robin ♥'s Task: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands
Option A-1: Brown -#91
A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie
Option A-2: Read a book by a single author (NO HYPHENATED NAMES) with 7 letters in the first OR last name.
The Ringmaster's Wife by Kristy Cambron
Cambron has 7 letters
Post Total: 50
Goldien Oldies: 8
Bigger is Better: 5
Season Total: 560
VAL TX20.6 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 Book Thief by Markus Zusak[born in Sydney, Australia]
Book is 552 pages long, claiming 1 BB ticket.
This post:
Points - 20
BB Tickets - 1
Total:
Points - 70
BB Tickets - 1
20.4 Golden Oldie -- Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV ShowsOption D. Read a book from the Vacations from Hell list.
The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway
The Sun Also Rises is #6 on the list.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 240/875
Total tasks: 21/52
Scooter&Siam 5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol
Read a book by an author who, at the time you select your book, is deceased.
Read Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There
Children's -
Through the Looking-Glass/Alice Through the Looking-Glass
Carroll, Lewis
AR Quiz No. 66733 EN Fiction
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 5.0
Points: 5
Scooter&Siam 5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
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.
Read Brooklyn - 3.62 at 5/6/16
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.
Read The Cater Street Hangman
Points :10
Total: 15
Scooter&Siam 15.6. Light My Fire
Read a book with the word FIRE in the title/subtitle.
Read After the Fire
Points: 15
Total: 30
10.6 - And Alan RickmanRead Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll. This has Childrens as a main genre, so, see below for AR info.
AR Info -- IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 10.0
This book was first published in 1871, so, I claim 1 Golden Oldie ticket.
Points these task: 10
Total points: 195
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 22
Tasks completed: 13
LAUREN JODI15.5 - No More Snow!
Playing for Keeps by R.L. Mathewson
Spring in the title: PlayING foR keepS
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 545/875
Total Books Read: 44
Tasks Completed: 36/53
Bookwrm526Task #30.4 - Every Letter Counts
Book 1: Read a book where each word in the title is exactly one letter longer than the previous word. I read The Fair Fight (3, 4, 5) by Anna Freeman.
Book 2: Read a book where each word in the title is exactly one letter shorter than the previous word. I read Station Eleven (7, 6) by Emily St. John Mandel.
Points this post: 30
Total points so far: 455
Scooter&Siam 20.9 - 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. Outlines and drop shadows in a secondary color are not allowed. Subtitles may be ignored.
REQUIRED: include the cover in your post.
Read Raven Stole the Moon
Points: 20
Total: 50
Task 25.7 – Dakimel – Sibling and Niece SeasonOption C – Number on cover
Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean MineThe “33” is underlined, and just above the word DOWN
Option D – Body of water large enough for snorkeling on cover
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 155 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission…Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
Shelved as autobiography
POINTS: 335
Scooter&Siam20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration Option C - March 17 is Saint Patrick's Day and the original color associated with it was blue. Read a book with a cover that's at least 50% blue. Required: Include the cover.
Read The Children's Book
Points: 20
Total: 70
25.1 - Sandy's task as suggested by Katy: Fact and FictionBook 1: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
the genre "Historical Fiction" on its main page
ARBookFinder IL: UG
This book primarily takes place during WWII at Auschwitz, which is in Oświęcim, Poland (about 3 hours south of Krakow)
Book 2: The Boy on the Wooden Box by Leon Leyson
the only memoir published by a former Schindler's List child
ARBookFinder IL: MG - BL: 7.0 - AR Pts: 7.0
Leyson survived Plaszow, the concentration camp just outside Krakow, Poland
Total points: 445 + 25 = 470
Scooter&Siam 10.2 - Andy Warhol
Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in ANDY WARHOL.
Read Pope John XXIII: The Good Pope by Wyatt North
Points: 10
Total: 80
Reader Name Chrissy5.6 - 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.
I read the kindle version of Once Upon a Time in Bliss
link to PB (no MMPB): Once Upon a Time in Bliss
5.9 - Triple Elvis 1963 by Andy Warhol
I read the ebook of One to Keep by Sophie Oak
link to PB for reference: One to Keep
how it fits: #3 Nights in Bliss, Colorado
10.8 - Hey, Einstein!
I read the Kindle version of At The Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and apricot cocktails with: Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Martin Heidegger, Edmund Husserl, Karl Jaspers, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and others
link to Hardcover for reference: At The Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and apricot cocktails with: Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Martin Heidegger, Edmund Husserl, Karl Jaspers, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and others
how it fits: genre philosophy
20.9 - Give Yourself Permission
Read ONE Book.
6) Pets: I have two dogs, one is black, one is white. Read a book with the complete TITLE in white OR in black on the cover.
white titleLover Unbound by J.R. Ward
***Lover Unbound has 502 pages and is a Big Book. I claim one BB Ticket.***
30.4 - Jonquil's Task: Every Letter Counts -
This is a two book challenge, one Book 1 and one Book 2.
Book 1 This book title has longer and longer words. Each word in the title is exactly one letter longer than the previous word.
Raw Silk
raw (3), silk (4)
Book 2 This book title has shorter and shorter words. Each word in the title is exactly one letter shorter than the previous word.
I listened to the audiobook of Shovel Ready
Sho/vel (6), Rea/dy (5)
link to PB (no MMP) for reference: Shovel Ready
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Points this post : 70
Big Books This Post: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total points : 240
GO: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Bookwrm526Task #15.10 - Batter Up!
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the countries listed. I chose Canada and read Still Life by Louise Penny.
Points this post: 15
Total points so far: 470
Scooter&Siam 5.10 Self-portrait
Choose your own masterpiece. Read a book of your choice.
Read The Three-Body Problem
Points: 5
Total : 75 (to adjust for 2097 being removed)
DANIELLE M10.5 - Glenn Frey, Too
Bitter Is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass, Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office by Jen Lancaster
Title/Subtitle - Bitter Is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass, Or, Why You Should NEVER Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office
Line from 'Take It Easy' - We may lose and we may win, though we will NEVER be here again
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 160
Books Read: 11
Tasks Complete: 11
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.1: Pick a card - 3 of diamonds : The Chalchiuhite Dragon by Kenneth Morris. It has a 3-word title and genre fantasy is listed on the main page.
Task 20.2: Time for celebration - Option C : Historical Murder on Washington Square by Victoria Thompson. The book has the genre Historical fiction on the main page.
Task 20.4: Golden Oldies - Option C : Prospero's Children by Jan Siegel. The book has genre Fantasy on the main page.
Task 20.6: Eurovision calling - Option 4: What's a Ghoul to Do? by Victoria Laurie. The author shares the last name with Hugh Laurie, a guest in show #16 in Series 18.
Task 20.8: Making it worth watching Option 4: The Man on the Istanbul Train by Marie Hudgins. This book ties to my bucket list in two ways. First, my passion for archaeology, specifically Near Eastern and Egyptian archaeology, and the major part of the book plays on an archaeological excavation in Turkey. Secondly, my love for travel, preferably tied to archaeological and/or historical remains, so the title of the book ties in with that, as well as the setting of the book.
Totals this posting:
Points: 100
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0;
Summary Totals:
Total Points: 100
Total Books Read: 5
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0;
Susan W.10.4 Remembering David Bowie: read a book from David Bowie's Top 100 Must Read Books.
I read Black Boy by Richard Wright
#34 on the list
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15.10. Batter Up! : Read a book set at least 50% in one of the countries listed.
I read Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World by Alan Weisman
The book is set in Colombia, which is on the list.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 185
perletwo10.8 - Hey, Einstein! - In honor of Einstein, read a book with the main page genre "Science" or "Philosophy."
How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog
10.9 - March Madness - Read a book with a two-word, alliterative title OR written by an author whose first and last initials are the same. If using the title option, the title may contain only TWO words (all words count) and both words must start with the same letter.
Dear Daughter
Points this task: 20
Total points: 780
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 61
Tasks completed: 44
NICOLE OH10.5 - Glenn Frey, Too
The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap: A Memoir of Friendship, Community, and the Uncommon Pleasure of a Good Book lyric: "Two that wanna stone me"
20.4 -Golden Oldie: Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows
OPTION A: Things You Should Know: A Collection of Stories Lyric: “And the things nobody saw”
25.2 - Brooke TX's Task: #ReadingGoals
3. #OldFavorites: The Perfectionists Sara Shepard #7, 18
4. #NewBooks: Seven Ways We Lie This book was published March 2016 and this is the very first book I have read by Riley Redgate (I believe it is her only book as well)
Points this post: 55
Total Points: 235
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 20
Tasks completed: 14
30.5 - Dlmrose's task: Call the Grammar PoliceOption 2. Commonly confused: Read a book with one of these most commonly confused words in the TITLE: I used YOUR
Things You've Inherited From Your Mother
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
The Prison Book ClubPoints this task: 30
Total Challenge Points: 275
GO's 4
Janice CA5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
Read a book which is rated 3.5 +.
rating: 3.62
Alcatraz Island: Memoirs Of A Rock Doc by Milton Daniel Beacher
+5
total: 95
books: 6
tasks: 6
Oldies: 1
CathyG20.4 -Golden Oldie: Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows
Option A: Miami Vice - -->For this option, read a book with a word at least 4 letters long from Smuggler Blues Lyrics
Required: Post the word you select. like
Teach Like a Pirate: Increase Student Engagement, Boost Your Creativity, and Transform Your Life as an Educator by Dave Burgess
25.1 - Sandy's task as suggested by Katy: Fact and Fiction
Book 1: Read a book with the genre "Historical Fiction" on its main page.
My American Duchess by Eloisa James
Book 2: Read a nonfiction book that is about the same era (same general time and place) as Book 1.
A Dance with Jane Austen: How a Novelist and Her Characters Went to the Ball by Susannah Fullerton
25.6- Robin ♥'s Task: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands
Plan A Plain
Option A-2: Wow!!! 75 years and still a favorite candy.
**Read a book by a single author with 7 letters in the first OR last name.
The Deal by Elle Kennedy
Option A-3: **Read a book with a male on the cover.
The Beast by J.R. Ward
1 Big Book Ticket
30.5 - Dlmrose's task: Call the Grammar Police
Option 2. Commonly confused: Read a book with one of these most commonly confused words in the TITLE: Their
Their Virgin Captive by Shayla Black
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
When Falcons Fall by C.S. Harris
Points this post: 100
Total points: 300
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 20
Big Book Tickets: 3
15.2 I'm Not Answering My Phone until December Book 1. Read a non-fiction book with the main page genre politics or government
HRC: State Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton, Jonathan Allen
"Politics" is the second main-page genre.
Book 2. Read a book with "dystopia" as a main-page genre.
V for Vendetta, Alan Moore
"Science Fiction > Dystopia" is the fourth main-page genre.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 255/875
Total tasks: 22/52
Kathy G.20.6 - Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!
Option 4- Using "David" for David Attenborough who was
#16 from Season 18
My author---- David Baldacci
One Summer by David Baldacci
Link to Paperback:
One Summer
Total Points- 170
Total Tasks- 9
30.4 - Jonquil's Task: Every Letter CountsBook 1 This book title has longer and longer words.
Various Miracles by Carol Shields
7 letters, 8 letters
Book 2 This book title has shorter and shorter words.
Lantern Slides by Edna O'Brien
7 letters, 6 letters
Task total=30
Season total=425
<> Scooter & Siam 20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book
Read Leviathan by Paul Auster
Matching Paul McCartney
Points: 20
Total: 95
Kathy G.20.4 - Golden Oldie: Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows
Option B- Older woman as the main character
My book was approved here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Previously Loved Treasures by Bette Lee Crosby
Link to Paperback:
Previously Loved Treasures
Total Points- 190
Total Tasks- 10
Nick KY5.4 A Bigger Splash
I read The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende, the title word "Lover" ending in "er."
10.1 Ever so POPular
I read Satan in Goray by Isaac Bashevis Singer, # 160 on the 1955 list.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So far: 610
I have to do a little reshuffeling.I want to take Slade House from task 25.5 and put it into task 10.10.
10.10 - Tournament of Books
Get your brackets ready and read a book found on The 2016 Tournament of Books Longlist.
Slade House by David Mitchell
The book is #3 on the list.
I want to use a different book for task 25.5 Book 2
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 (and middle name if the author uses one).
Close Encounters of the Furred Kind by Tom Cox
The author has three letters in his first and last name.
Book 2: Read a book whose TITLE consists of words of the same number of letters.
Day Boy by Trent Jamieson
The words in the title have three letters.
As 25.5 was already claimed, there are only 10 new points in this post.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 590
Books Read: 44
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books:500+(3)750+(1)1000+(0)
Dakimel10.6 - And Alan Rickman
Sense and Sensibility
15.9. Three/Four/Five
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (4.33 on 5/4)
TALLY:
This post- 25 points
Total- 630
50.1 - Perletwo's task: Primary ColorsBook 1, set in a "red" state (Texas): From Here To Home by Marie Bostwick
Book 2, set in a "blue" state (Ohio): Eligible: A modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice by Curtis Sittenfeld
Book 3, a book from the Popular Social Justice Books list, page 1: Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
Points this post: 50
Total points: 510
Andy P.Task 3 5.8 - I was a Rich Man’s Plaything by Eduardo Paolozzi
Read an autobiography or memoir
by John Gunther Autobiography>Memoir (104 users)Points this post: 5
Total points: 690
Harm NL5.6 Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing? by Richard Hamilton
For this task I needed to read a book with it least six words. I read Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm.
Andy P.Task # 10.10 - Tournament of Books
Read a book found on The 2016 Tournament of Books Longlist.
by Jim Shepard book is # 49 on list.Points this post: 10
Total points: 700
50.1 - Perletwo's task: Primary ColorsBook 1-Red:The Pecan Man set in Florida
Book 2-Blue: The Shining Girls set in Illinois
Book 3-Green: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings found on the second page of Popular Social JusticeBooks
Total Points this post: 50
Total Challenge Points: 325
GO's 4
Emsreviewsbooks5.2 - Whaam! by Roy Lichtenstein
I read Diamond Rings Are Deadly Things by Rachelle J. Christensen. Ring is on the list of words.
10.7 - Happy Pi Day
I read ConsPIracy of Blood and Smoke by Anne Blankman.
15.10. Batter up!
I read Wish You Were Italian by Kristin Rae. It is set in Italy.
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Pamela3265's Task: When Books Went to War
Option A: I read When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II by Molly Guptill Manning and loved it!
25.5 - Andy P's Task: Symmetry
Book 1: I read The Martian by Andy Weir.
Book 2: I read Night Study by Maria V. Snyder.
30.5 - Dlmrose's task: Call the Grammar Police
Option 2: I read The Hero's Guide to Saving YOUR Kingdom by Christopher Healy.
AR IL: MG - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 12.0
Option 3: I read
by Brodi Ashton.Points this post: 105
Total Points: 515
Books Read: 42
Tasks Complete: 32
15.8. It's Magic So read a book with "Magical Realism" as a GR main page genre.
Daydreams of Angels: Tall Tales and Twisted Fairy Stories - Heather O’Neill
Points this post: 15
Points total: 165
Tasks completed: 8
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 1 - 500+(1) 750+() 1000+()
Total pages: 3025
Didi302315.3. Still Flying.........
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 Jefferson Airplane Takes Off: "It's No Secret"
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
AND
B. read a book whose author's initials can be found in JEFFERSON AIRPLANE. Middle initials can be disregarded.
Darwin: Discovering the Tree of Life by Niles Eldredge
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Points: 15
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 200
Done for this season
M1NKS10.1 - Ever So POPular - 1955
The Chrysalids
10.6 - And Alan Rickman
The Warden Published 1855
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
10.7 - Happy Pi Day
Cat Among the Pigeons
Points this post: 30
Total points: 435
Golden Oldies: 8
Big Books: 500=4, 750=0, 1000=0
Tasks Completed = 32
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I would like to move The 5th Wave FROM task 10.2 to 25.7 as follows:
25.7 Sibling and Niece Season
Option A: Author's initials in vegetariansanctuaRY
The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey
Option C: Digit on the cover
Points this post: -10+25=15