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Spring Challenge 2016: Completed Tasks:PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS THREAD
Bookwrm526Task #30.6
Part A - the last letter in my readerboard name is M, so I did option 1, to read a book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter. I read Gemsigns by Stephanie Saulter. This book has 320 pages.
Part B - Since my part A book had between 301 and 500 pages, I did option 4, to read a book where the title contains at least two of the words a, an, the, and, if but. I read Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates.
Points this post: 30
Total points so far: 500
Oma122910.1 - Ever So POPular
Death in Cyprus by M.M. Kaye
This book was popular in 1956
Total Points--345/875
Completed Tasks--26/53
GO Books (1)
Big Books 500-750 pages (); 750+pages()
ESHAY20.4
Option C: book with "Fantasy" or "Supernatural" genre
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 105
Tasks completed: 7
Books Read: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
perletwo10.5 - Glenn Frey, Too - In memory of this accomplished singer, songwriter, and music producer, 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.
The Floating Girl: A Rei Shimura Mystery ("it's a girl my lord/in a flat-bed ford")
Points this task: 10
Total points: 810
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 64
Tasks completed: 47
Bookwrm526Task #10.8 - Hey, Einstein!
Read a book with the main page genre "Science" or "Philosophy". I read The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran.
Points this post: 10
Total points so far: 510
Amy O.5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol - book with rating of 3.5 or above
Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes - rating of 4.04 at time of post
15.5. No More Snow! - book with all the letters of SPRING in title/subtitle
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson
Points this post: 20
Total points: 285
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 19
Golden Oldies:
Big Book 500+:
25.6 Melts In Your Mouth Not in Your HandMy favorite M&m is the peanut M&M.
B 1 Yellow cover
by Sophie KinsellaB 2 Chopping Spreeby Diane Mott Davidson
5 letters in the author's first name Diane
Tasks Completed 5
Books Read 6
Task Points: 25
Big Books 0
Grand Total: 85/905
Task 30.1 - Happy Birthday Dr. SeussOption A: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
Read a book with all the letters “R-E-D-B-L-U- E” in the TITLE. These letters can appear in any order. Subtitles will NOT be used for this option.
Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures: Stories (2005) by Vincent Lam (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 352 pages)
Scotiabank Giller Prize (2006)
REDBLUE letters capitalized
B loo DLE tting & mi R ac U lous cur E s
Option D: Oh the Places you will go!
Read a book with “Travel” as a main page genre.
Letters from America (1916) by Rupert Brooke (Paperback, 124 pages)
** Letters from America is a Golden Oldie, published in 1916**
265 + 30 = 295
Tasks Completed: 26
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 265 + 30 = 295
Books read: 29
Pages read: 8,435
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 08
Golden Oldies: 03
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Kait5.6 - Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? by Richard Hamilton
A book with a TITLE of six or more words.
One Good Earl Deserves a Lover by Sarah MacLean -- Title is six words long
Points This Post: 5
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 300
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Kim O15.6. Light My Fire Read a book with the word FIRE in the title or fire/flames on the cover.
Points this task: 15
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Cumulative Totals
Big Books - 500+: 1
Golden Oldies: 4
Books read: 23
Catherine T Task 10.9 - March Madness
Read a book with a two word alliterative title
Hell House by Richard Matheson
Reposting one task from post 2232 as per mod's request25.2 - Brooke TX's Task: #ReadingGoals
Option 2A - one of the 10 books that have been on your to-read list the longest
How to Be a Woman, 312 pages
Added to my account on 21st July 2012, looking at my 'next reads' shelf, this falls within the 10 books that have been there the longest.
Option 3 - Go to your Goodreads Most Read Authors. Choose a new to you book by one of the authors on this list. The Midnight Palace, 336 pages
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, #6, 3 books (not including this one)
Combined, these two books add up to over 600 pages (648). Both books are new to me.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 260
LAUREN JODI5.8 - I was a Rich Man’s Plaything
The Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell
Memoir genre on the main page (92 users)
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 550/875
Total Books Read: 45
Tasks Completed: 37/53
5.1 Marilyn Diptych by Andy WarholRead a book by an author who, at the time you select your book, is deceased.
No Fond Return of Love, Barbara Pym
Per her GoodReads page, Barbara Pym died on January 11, 1980.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 325/875
Total tasks: 27/52
JUKKAReposting to fix problem.
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!
Option 4: A book by an author who shares a name with one of Graham Norton's guests from season 18.
Plague of Shadows by Howard Andrew Jones, who shares his last name with Toby Jones, a guest in episode 17.
Points this post: 20
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 255/875
Total Books Read: 22
Tasks Completed: 20/53
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 0
BEKKA - 20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for CelebrationOption C: For this task, I read “
” by Jessie Ann Foley since it is set primarily in Ireland AND it has a mostly blue cover. 20.4 -Golden Oldie: Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows
Option C: For this task, I read “The Leftovers” by Tom Perrotta since it has Fantasy on its main Goodreads page.
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes: SpiderMac's task: Making It Worth Watching
Option 4. For this task, I read “Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail” by Ben Montgomery since one of my bucket list obsessions right now is to walk the Appalachian Trail.
20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission…
6. For this task, I read “
” by Eowyn Ivey since the title is in black on the cover. Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 80
Total Points Earned to Date: 120
Pages Read this Challenge: 1268
Total Pages Read to Date: 3141
Books Read this Challenge: 4
Total Books Read: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500( 1 ), 750(), 1000()
Jamie NYCTask #5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol
Read a book by an author who is deceased
The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie
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Task #5.2 - Whaam! by Roy Lichtenstein
Read a book with a word from this list of onomatopoeia in the title or subtitle
Rattlesnake by Kim Fielding
Onomatopoeia R page
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Task #5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
Read a book with a "good" rating of 3.5 or above
The Only One Who Knows by Cat Grant & L.A. Witt
The rating was 3.84 on 3/9 when I chose this book
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Task #5.4 -A Bigger Splash by David Hockney
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that ends in -ER
The King of Forever by Kirby Crow
ForevER
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Task #5.5 - Drowning Girl by Roy Lichtenstein
Read a book with the genre Sequential Art, comics or manga on the GR main page
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
Shelved as Sequential Art>Graphic Novels by 3148 users
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Task #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
Holding Out for a Fairy Tale by A.J. Thomas
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Task #5.7 - Flag by Jasper Johns
Read a book with a genre that contains "Retellings" on its main book page
Re Jane by Patricia Park
Shelved as Retellings by 27 users
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Task #5.8 - I was a Rich Man’s Plaything by Eduardo Paolozzi
Read an autobiography or memoir
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin
From the précis
Emmy and Grammy Award winner, author of the acclaimed New York Times bestsellers Shopgirl and The Pleasure of My Company, and a regular contributor to The New Yorker, Martin has always been a writer. His memoir of his years in stand-up is candid, spectacularly amusing, and beautifully written.
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Task #5.9 Triple Elvis 1963 by Andy Warhol
Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #3 in a series
Fall into You by Roni Loren
#3 in Loving On the Edge Series
POINTS
This Post
Points: 45
Books: 9
Tasks: 9
Total
Points: 45
Books: 9
Tasks: 9
Andy P.Task # 20.4 -Golden Oldie: Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows
Option A. Miami Vice
Read a book with a word at least 4 letters long from Glenn Frey's "Smuggler's Blues
But I didn't think he'd kill
by Barry EislerPoints this post: 20
Total points: 765
Post #1915.3. Still Flying.........
Option 2
The Secret of Sabrina Fludde by Pauline Fisk
A) SECRET: "It's No Secret"
B) PF in jeFferson airPlane
Points this post: 15
Total: 450
Books read: 32
Tasks Done: 25
Task 20.5 - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book1: 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"
All Souls (1989) by Javier Marías; translated from Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa; (Paperback, 210 pages)
A – He a rts
L - L onely
L – Lone l y
S - S gt
O – L o nely
U – Cl u b
L – C l ub
S – Heart s
295 + 20 = 315
Tasks Completed: 27
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 295 + 20 = 315
Books read: 30
Pages read: 8,645
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 08
Golden Oldies: 03
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
JeniferTask 20.2 Time for Celebration
Option A: historical fiction
The Nightingale
Task 20.4 Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows
Option C: fantasy genre
Feverborn
Task 20.9 Give Yourself Permission
Option 6: title is in white
Points this post: 60
Total Points: 60
SpiderMac15.1 From Soup to ............Breakfast??
This is a two book task.
Book 1 - Read a book with a word from the list of Campbell's soup flavors in the title.
I read Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
My word is “Pea” and my soup is Green Pea.
Book 2 - Read a book with a word from the list of favorite pop tart flavors in the title.
I read Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
My word is “Red” and my pop tart is Red Velvet.
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20.2 Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration
I chose option A.
Option A - Read a book with main genre "History".
I read Master Thieves: The Boston Gangsters Who Pulled Off the World’s Greatest Art Heist by Stephen Kurkjian
Because I am weird and a worry wart, this book was ok’d in message 29 of the help thread for both genre (opt A) and cover color (opt C).
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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25.4 Nick KY’s Task: Pop Voices
This is a two book task.
Book 1 - Read any book written by any of the Good Minds authors. .
I read Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill
My author is Joe Hill. When I first selected him, he was interviewed in May 2013 (I did not write the page# down). However, he was interviewed again in May 2016 so he is now on page one of the interviews.
https://www.goodreads.com/featured_li...
Book 2 (Option B) - Read a nonfiction book about a musician who was alive when book one was published.
I read Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die: Musings From the Road by Willie Nelson
Locke and Key vol 1 was published in 2008.
Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die is a memoir by Willie Nelson (April 30, 1933-present)
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30.1 Schatzie’s Task: Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss
This is a two book task.
Book 1 (Option B) - Read a book with at least 2 items on the cover that are identical.
I read Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith
The matching giraffes on the cover were approved in message 77 of the help thread.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book 2 (Option C) - Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #1 in a series that is new to you AND the title only has 3 words.
I read Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
This book is identified as Six of Crows book #1 and the author, book and series is new to me. The title has three words.
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Points this post: 90
Golden oldies this post: 0
Big book tickets this post: 0
Points total: 580/875
Golden oldies total: 5
Big book ticket total: 0
Tasks completed: 39/53
Books read: 46
Karen D. Task 15.8. It's Magic
The People in the Trees
points this task: 15
Total points: 640
Tasks completed: 36
Books read: 46
5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol Get Fluffy by Sparkle Abbey
rating currently 3.87
Total points: 485 + 5 = 490
Sarah E30.4 - Jonquil's Task: Every Letter Counts
Book 1: Mobile Library
I listened to the audio, paperback (no MMPB) is: Mobile Library
Mob / ile (6 letters)
Lib / rar / y (7 letters)
Book 2: Ketchup Clouds
I listened to the audio, MMPB is: Nubes de kétchup
Ket / chu / p (7 letters)
Clo / uds (6 letters)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 340
Reader Name Chrissy10.1 - Ever So POPular
Required: State which year the book was popular when you post.
Popular in the year 1956
I read the Kindle version of Death in Cyprus
Link to PB for reference Death in Cyprus
15.1 - From Soup to ............Breakfast??
For both options, the words "and" "with" and "of" cannot be used. Plural/singular forms and possessives may be used, but no other variations of the listed words. Punctuation marks need not be included ("Wild" is fine, it need not be "Wild!")
Book 1 Campbell Soup Flavors
Chicken with White & Wild Rice
I read the ebook of All Dressed in White
link to HC for reference: All Dressed in White
Book 2 Poptart Flavors
word brown from Whole Grain Brown Sugar Cinnamon
I listened to the audiobook of
The Man in the Brown Suit
link to MMPB for reference: The Man in the Brown Suit
***The Man in the Brown Suit is a Golden Oldie. It was first published in 1924. I claim one GO Ticket.***
30.5 - Dlmrose's task: Call the Grammar Police
2 book task
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.
I read the Kindle version of
Their Cajun Queen
Link to PB (no MMPB) for reference Their Cajun Queen
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.
IL: MG, BL: 6,5 AR Points 7.0****************************
Points this Post: 55
GO tickets this post:1
Total points : 375
Total GO: 4
Total Big Book Tickets: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Bluegrass Pam**Repost to add AR BookFinder info**
Task 10.2 Andy Warhol
Author's initials found in ANDY WARHOL
Skin and Other Stories by Roald Dahl
IL: UG, BL 5.4, AR 9.0
Points this post: 10
Total: 210
loafer10.6 - And Alan Rickman
Read a book on this list of The Literary Roles of Alan Rickman.
Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola
published in 1867, this qualifies as a "golden oldie"
points: 10
total: 375
BB: 4
GO: 8
tasks completed: 25
Bookwrm526Task #5.5 - Drowning Girl by Roy Lichtenstein
Read a book with the main page genre Sequential Art, comics or Manga. I read Ms. Marvel, Vol. 2: Generation Why by G. Willow Wilson.
Points this post: 5
Total points so far: 515
SpiderMacRepost. :-(
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25.4 Nick KY’s Task: Pop Voices
This is a two book task.
Book 1 - Read any book written by any of the Good Minds authors.
I read Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill
My author is Joe Hill. He is the 11th author down on page 4 of the list. His interview date for Good Minds Suggest is May 2013.
https://www.goodreads.com/featured_li...
Book 2 (Option B) - Read a nonfiction book about a musician who was alive when book one was published.
I read Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die: Musings From the Road by Willie Nelson
Locke and Key vol 1 was published in 2008.
Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die is a memoir by Willie Nelson (April 30, 1933-present)
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Points this post: 25
Golden oldies this post: 0
Big book tickets this post: 0
Points total: 580/875
Golden oldies total: 5
Big book ticket total: 0
Tasks completed: 39/53
Books read: 46
--- I'm so sorry!!!! I try really hard to not make things more difficult for you guys. Thought I was in the right spot but it'd been so long since I'd researched for the task. I should've realized when the interview date was different. Doh!
FANDURY10.7 - Happy Pi Day
Read a book with the letters "PI" found together, in order, and intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.
The Diamond Conspiracy by Pip Ballantine
The letter PI are found in the word consPIracy in the title.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 620
Books Read: 47
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books:500+(4)750+(1)1000+(0)
M1NKSREASSIGNMENT
30.6 - Making a Name for Yourself
WAS: The Private Life of Chairman Mao 736 pages (1 Big Book Ticket)
NOW:
C Option 5: Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady 1534 pages, Published 1748
* I Claim 3 x Big Book Tickets *
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
CHANGE
3 -1 = +2 Big Book Tickets
+1 Golden Oldie Ticket
Points this post: -
Total points: 455
Golden Oldies: 10
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=1
Tasks Completed = 33
M1NKS5.8 - The Private Life of Chairman Mao 736 pages
* I Claim 1 x Big Book Ticket *
Points this post: 5
Total points: 460
Golden Oldies: 10
Big Books: 500=4, 750=0, 1000=1
Tasks Completed = 34
M1NKS25.3 - Celebrate Spring
Option 1: Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials appear in the word OSTARA
Sword of Destiny
Option 2: Page 8
The Art of War Published 450 BC
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Points this post: 25
Total points: 485
Golden Oldies: 11
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=1
Tasks Completed = 35
M1NKS30.4 - Jonquil's Task: Every Letter Counts
Book 1: To Let (2, 3)Published 1921
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Book 2. Witches Abroad (7, 6)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 515
Golden Oldies: 12
Big Books: 500=4, 750=0, 1000=1
Tasks Completed = 36
Delicious Dee10.8 - Hey, Einstein!
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science - shelved as science by 275ppl
25.5 - Andy P's Task: Symmetry
Book 1 - The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy - Julia Quinn - Julia - 5, Quinn - 5
Book 2 - Grave Peril - Grave - 5, Peril - 5
Points this Post: 35
Total Points: 635
Dakimel5.7 - Flag by Jasper Johns
Scarlet
10.4 - Remembering David Bowie
Madame Bovary (#9 from the list)
15.7. Tax time!
Financial Freedom
25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Pop Voices
1: The Kingdom of Gods - page 5 of the list, interviewed April, 2012
2, option A: The Cloud Roads
TALLY:
This post - 55 points
Total - 685
Lisa NZ15.10. Batter up!
read a book set at least 50% in: Aruba, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominican Republic, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Venezuela.
I read The Cruellest Month by Louise Penny which is set in Canada
20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a card
Card = Eight of Clubs
I read Reckless (Eight letters in title and Historical Fiction) by William Nicholson
* Reckless is a big book with 512 pages. I claim 1 BB ticket *
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration
Option C - Read a book with a cover that's at least 50% blue
I read The Republic of Imagination: A Case for Fiction by Azar Nafisi which has a blue cover
20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission…
Option Two Big Books: Read a book that is at least 500 pages.
I read The Brutal Telling which has 506 pages
* The Brutal Telling is a big book with 506 pages. I claim 1 BB ticket *
Points this post: 75
Total points: 75
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Big Book tickets: 2
Tasks Completed: 4
Amy O.10.4 - Remembering David Bowie
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
**Claiming 1 Golden Oldies ticket - book was first published in 1949**
Book is #1 on David Bowie's Top 100 Must Read Books list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...
Points this post: 10
Total points: 295
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 20
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book 500+:
Amy O.25.7 - Dakimel's Task: Sibling and Niece Season
Option A: Read a book written by an author whose initials all appear in VEGETARIANACTUARY.
Nemesis by Agatha Christie
Option B: Read a book with the genre “Urban,” “Urban Fantasy,” or “Gardening” on its main book page.
Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Points this post: 25
Total points: 320
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 22
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 3
**REPOST of message 1519 - only to claim Big Book tickets**Amy O.
30.6 - Donna Jo's Task--Making a Name for Yourself
I used Option C - one book task, and chose my book to meet Option 3 - book of at least 650 pages with a one-word title.
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
**1Q84 is a Big Book of 1000+ pages. I claim three BB tickets.**
I read the Kindle book. Paperback edition has 1,157 pages: 1Q84 (link to paperback edition)
**REPOST - ONLY TO CLAIM GOLDEN OLDIES TICKET**Amy O.
5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol - book by author who is dead at time of selecting book
Taken at the Flood by Agatha Christie
** Taken at the Flood is a Golden Oldie, first published 1948. I claim one GO ticket. **
10.9 - March Madness - book written by an author whose first and last initials are the same
Uncovered: How I Left Hasidic Life and Finally Came Home by Leah Lax
Emsreviewsbooks20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book
Option 2: I read Jane Goes Batty by Michael Thomas Ford - matching Dylan Thomas (poet).
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 535
Books Read: 43
Tasks Complete: 33
Elizabeth PTask 5.3 - Campbell's Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
Book with "good" rating of 3.5 or above
The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
Rating of 4.19 as of 5/12
At 705 pages, good for *1 Big Book Ticket*
Link: The Great Hunt
Task 10.2 - Andy Warhol
Author's initials in ANDY WARHOL
Blood Magick by Nora Roberts
aNdy waRhol
Task 10.5 - Glenn Frey, Too
Book with title/subtitle with 4+ letter word from "Take it Easy"
Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan
Word: Lord
"It's a girl, my LORD, in a flatbed Ford"
At 1,011 pages, good for *3 Big Book Tickets*
Link: Lord of Chaos
Task 20.5 - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Book Club
Option Two: Book written by author who shares name with someone on album cover
The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan
Shares name with Sir ROBERT Peel
At 1,007 pages good for *3 Big Book Tickets*
Link: The Shadow Rising
Points this Post: 45
Total Points: 190
Total Tasks: 14
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 11
Total Books: 14
10.2 - Andy WarholRead a book written by an author whose initials can be found in ANDY WARHOL.
I picked Why Can't I Be You by Allie Larkin. A and L are in his name.
Task Points:10
Challenge total:50
MEGSCL20.3 - Best Review: mstan's Task: Returning to My Source of Inspiration...
Option 3: Read a book by an author who is new to you this season.
First book I ever read by Jean Plaidy
I now read: The Lady in the Tower
30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss
Option A: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
Read a book with all the letters “R-E-D-B-L-U- E” in the TITLE.
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (BEsiDE oURseLves)
Option C: Go, Dog, Go
Read a book that is #1 in a series that is new to you AND the TITLE can only have exactly 3 words.
Crazy Rich Asians is #1 in Crazy Rich Asians series which is new to me.
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 645
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
CHANDNI30.4 - 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.
Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr
Book 2 This book title has shorter and shorter words. Each word in the title is exactly one letter shorter than the previous word.
Oracle Night by Paul Auster
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This Post: 30
Total Points: 395
Books Read: 28
Completed Tasks: 25
May 13, 2016Readerboard Name: JamminJenny
Task #5.8 - I was a Rich Man’s Plaything by Eduardo Paolozzi
Furiously Happy - read 5/11
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson
Task #10.1 - Ever So POPular
Gidget - 1957 - read 5/13
Gidget by Frederick Kohner
Task #30.4 - Jonquil's Task: Every Letter Counts
Dearest Daughter - 7 letters in Dearest, 8 letters in Daughter - read 5/7 Dearest Daughter: Become Who You Were Created to Be by Jeremy Mark Lane
Technicolor Terrorists - 11 letters in Technicolor, 10 letters in Terrorists - read 4/5/16 Technicolor Terrorists by Andre Duza
Points this Post: 45
Total Points to Date: 165
GO Tickets: 1, BB tickets: 0
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10.2 - Andy Warhol
I read the Kindle version of Bone Gap by Laura Ruby
Link to PB (no MMPB): Bone Gap
author initials in Andy Warhol
Points this Post: 10
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Total Big Book TICKETS: (1) 500pg