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Spring Challenge 2016: Completed Tasks:PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS THREAD

Task #15.5 - No More Snow
Read a book containing all the letters of SPRING in the title/subtitle.
I read My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon edited by P.N. Elrod.
Points this post: 15
Total points so far: 580

Task 20.5 Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
All letters in title present!
Stolen by Tess Gerritsen
Points this post:20
Total points:260
Tasks completed:14
Books read:18
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(1)1000+(0)

In remembrance of this creative bookworm, read one of David Bowie's Top 100 Must Read Books.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (#16 on the list)
10.10 - Tournament of Books
Read a book found on The 2016 Tournament of Books Longlist.
The Sellout
Not only is this book found on the 2016 Longlist, it won the Rooster!
25.6- Robin ♥'s Task: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands
***All books must be fiction.
My favorite is favorite Plain.
Read TWO books
If you are Plain: choose two different options from Plan A.
Required: When posting state which Plan you are and what options for that plan you selected
I chose Plan A Plain, Options 2 and 3:
Both books are fiction.
Option A-2:
**Read a book by a single author (NO HYPHENATED NAMES) with 7 letters in the first OR last name.
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman
7 letters in both first and last names
Option A-3:
**Read a book with a male on the cover.
Required: Must include cover when posting

This book was first published in 1611. I am claiming one Golden Oldie ticket.
Total points this post: 45
Total points: 275
Total G.O. tickets this post: 1

The Flood Girls by Richard Fifield
25.5 Symmetry
Book 1: Angels Burning by Tawni O'Dell
Tawni O'Dell (5/5)
Book 2: Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
Lilac Girls (5/5)
25.6 Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands
Plan A
Option A2 - The Decent Proposal by Kemper Donovan
Donovan has 7 letters
Option A3 -

Post Total: 55
Grand Total: 210

I chose options C and D:
C. Read a book with a digit (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) on the cover.

This book is 842 pages. I am claiming two Big Book Tickets
D: Read a book with a body of water large enough to snorkel in

30.5 - Dlmrose's task: Call the Grammar Police
I chose options 2 and 3
Option 2. Commonly confused: Read a book with one of these most commonly confused words in the TITLE... It’s.
It's. Nice. Outside.
Option 3. Read a book with the entire TITLE in Red on the cover.

50.1 - Perletwo's task: Primary Colors
This is a three-book task. Do one of each of the options below.
Book 1-Red: Read a book set at least 50 percent in a "red" U.S. state as per the map linked above (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)
My Sunshine Away
This book is set entirely in LA
Book 2-Blue: 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)
The House on Mango Street
This book is set entirely in IL
Book 3-Green: Read a book from Popular Social Justice Books
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
This book is on page one of the list
Total points this post: 105
Total points: 380
Total Big Book Tickets: 2

20.4 -Golden Oldie: Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows
Option A: read a book with a word at least 4 letters long from one of my favorite Miami Vice tunes,. Glenn Frey's "Smuggler's Blues" in the Title
Down on Her Knees by Christine Bell
Word - DOWN
Task points = 20
Total points = 220

20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a card
Card drawn - 4 of Hearts
Hearts: Romance or Young Adult or Mystery
If you draw a number card, this determines the number of letters OR words in the title.
Axel by Harper Sloan
Genre - Romance, 4 letters in title
Task points = 20
Total points = 240

15.9. Three/Four/Five
Read a book whose average rating is made up of the numbers 3, 4, and 5
Profile by JA Huss
Rating was 4.35 on 5/16/16
Task points = 15
Total points = 265

15.5. No More Snow!
Read a book containing all the letters of SPRING in its title/subtitle.
Searching for Perfect by Jennifer Probst
S in Searching, P in Perfect, R in Searching, ING in Searching
Task points = 15
Total points = 280

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
Rescue Me, Maybe by Jackie Bouchard
Word = Me from Let Me In
B. read a book whose author's initials can be found in JEFFERSON AIRPLANE
The Exception by Sandi Lynn
S in Jefferson, L in Airplane
Task points = 15
Total points - 295

10.7 - Happy Pi Day
Read a book with the letters "PI" found together, in order, and intact in the title/subtitle
The Player and the Pixie by LH Cosway
PI in Pixie
Task points = 10
Total points = 305

50 - Primary Colors
Book 1 - The Devil's Intern by Donna Hosie
This book has a cover with a red background -

The book was approved in Message #2 of the task help thread.
Book 2 - Her Last Breath - Linda Castillo
This book is set in Painters Mill, Ohio (Metadata)
Link to PB edition: Teuflisches Spiel
Book 3 - Little Bee - Chris Cleave
This book is on page 4 of the Popular Social Justice Books list
This post: 50 points
Total points to date: 455 points
Tasks completed: 26
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **

5.4 -A Bigger Splash by David Hockney
Summer House with Swimming Pool
15.6. Light My Fire
The Secrets of a Fire King
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 760
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 2

30.6 - Donna Jo's Task--Making a Name for Yourself
Last letter I -> Option 1
Option 1: Read a book by an author whose first and last name start with the same letter. It need not be the same letter as your name.
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
Little Bee has 266 pages -> Option 3
Option 3: Read a book with a one, two or three word TITLE.
The Voodoo Killings by Kristi Charish
[POINTS]
This Post: 30
Total Points: 460
Books Read: 33
Completed Tasks: 29

5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol
Author who is deceased.
The People in the Castle: Selected Strange Stories by Joan Aiken, who died in 2004.
Points this post: 5

5.6 - Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? by Richard Hamilton
Demons are a Ghoul's Best Friend - Victoria Laurie (6 word title) 5/22
Goodreads Author
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50.1 - Perletwo's task: Primary colors
Book 1: Pies and Prejudice - Ellery Adams (set in Georgia) 5/20
Goodreads Author
Book 2: Night Marchers - Rebecca Gober (set in Hawaii) 4/25
Goodreads Author
Book 3:

Goodreads Author
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 55
Total Points: 430
Goodreads Authors: 28
Big Books - 500+: (2)
Big Books - 750+: (0)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)

Watchmen FROM task 15.4 TO:
5.5 - Drowning Girl by Roy Lichtenstein
Sequential art or comics on main page
10.3 - It's So Surreal
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
#3 on page 1 of Popular Surreal Books list
*** One Golden Oldies ticket claimed - The Metamorphosis was first published in 1915 and the other stories in the book were published from 1913 to 1924.
Total points remain at 110

5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol
Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner (died April 1993)
5.2 - Whaam! by Roy Lichtenstein
Crash & Burn
5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
Cometh the Hour (4.19 on 2/21/16)
5.4 -A Bigger Splash by David Hockney
The Stonecutter
5.6 - Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? by Richard Hamilton
The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy (7 words in title)
5.7 - Flag by Jasper Johns
A Court of Thorns and Roses
5.10 Self-portrait
The Last Mile
Points this post: 35
Total points: 35

Task – a book with a title that is six or more words long
The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters
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This Post: 5 points
Total points to date: 310 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

5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
Read a book with a "good" rating of 3.5 or above.

10.3 - It's So Surreal
Read a book found on the first 5 pages of the Popular Surreal Books list. Found on page 2:

15.9. Three/Four/Five
Read a book whose average rating is made up of the numbers 3, 4, and 5. Rated 4.44 on 5/22:

25.6- Robin ♥'s Task: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands
For Plan B - Peanut:
Option B-2: Read a book by a single author with 5 letters in the first OR last name.

Option B-3: Read a book with a female on the cover.

30.6 - Donna Jo's Task--Making a Name for Yourself
Part C - One book option.
Option 3. Read a book with a one, two or three word TITLE. With 673 pages in the edition I read:

Points
This Post: 85
Total Points: 545
Completed Tasks: 36
Books Read: 49

20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission…
Option 1: Book with main page genre Biography or Autobiography.
A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Non-fiction by Terry Pratchett has both.
Points this post: 20
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 325/875
Total Books Read: 27
Tasks Completed: 23/53
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 0

5.9 Triple Elvis 1963 by Andy Warhol
The Boleyn Reckoning - I read this Kindle edition. Link to top Paperback (no MMP available)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 235
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 17
Golden Oldies: 8
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)

Option C - Read a book with a cover that's at least 50% blue.
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

Total Points = 155

Read a book with the complete TITLE in white OR in black on the cover.

Points this post: 20
Total points: 570/875
Total tasks: 39/52

Task #10.6 - And Alan Rickman
Read a book on the list of The Literary Roles of Alan Rickman. I read Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind.
Points this post: 10
Total points so far: 590

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.
It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War
Option 3. Read a book with the entire TITLE in Red on the cover.

Points this task: 30
Total points: 365
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 22
Tasks completed: 17

Task 20.7-Shorter is Sweeter: Pamela3265's Task: When Books Went to War
Option A: Read When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II

Points this post: 20
Total points: 385
Total tasks: 23

Task #5.4 - A Bigger Splash
Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that ends in -ER.
I read Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older.
Points this post: 5
Total points so far: 595

5.9 Triple Elvis 1963 by Andy Warhol
Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #3 in a series
Allegiant
Divergent series #3.
**Allegiant is a Big Book (526 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 5
Total points: 120
BB tickets this post: 1
BB tickets total: 2

Option A - Slightly Married by Mary Balogh
Shelved as historical
20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book
Private Arrangements by Sherry Thomas
Author's last name matches Dylan Thomas's last name
POINTS: 385

25.2 - Brooke TX's Task: #ReadingGoals
2. #TooLong: Read A: one of the 10 books on my to-read list the longest.
Dubliners by James Joyce
I used my Goodreads to-read list (though naturally now the book is moved to Read).
Date added: Dec 20, 2011
Request 1 Golden Oldies ticket (book first published 1914)
3. #OldFavorites: New book by an author on my Most Read Authors list
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett
(430 pages)
Ranking: #20
Number of books I've read: 3
Both books are new to me.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 460
Tasks Completed: 27
Books Read: 36
Golden Oldies: 15

Task 10.9 March Madness
Authors first and last initials the same "S"
Gonna Take a Homicidal Journey by Sandra Scoppettone
Points this post:10
Total points:270
Tasks completed:15
Books read:19
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(1)1000+(0)

20.8 - Nickels & Dimes: SpiderMac's task: Making It Worth Watching
Option 1: Elephant on the cover

I read the kindle edition, MMPB is: The Hundred-Foot Journey
Points this post: 20
Total points: 515

50.1. Perletwo's task: Primary Colors
Book A: Set in Colorado (a red state)
Sweet Dreams by Kristen Ashley
This is a big book (688 pages)
Book B: Set in New York (a blue state)
Ceremony in Death by J.D. Robb
Book C: Green Cover
Morgan's Hunter by Cate Beauman

Cover confirmed in post #81 of the task help thread.
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Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 695/875
Total Books Read: 54
Tasks Completed: 42/53
Big Book Ticket: 1

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. - The Secret Life of Violet Grant
Points this task: 5
Total points: 735
Tasks completed: 41
Books read: 54

Option 6 - title in Black
Read The Selected Poems Of William Carlos Williams by William Carlos Williams. The title was all in black.

50.1 - Perletwo's task: Primary Colors
Book 1 - Option 1: Set in Red state - Louisiana
Read All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren. Except for a tiny side trip to California, this was set entirely in Lousiana.
Book 2 - Option 1: Set in Blue state - Wisconsin
Read Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz. This was set entirely in Wisconsin.
Book 3 - Option 1
Read Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof. This is on the first page of Popular Social Justice books.
The Selected Poems Of William Carlos Williams was published in 1949, so, I claim one Golden Oldie ticket.
All the King's Men was published in 1946, and is 672 pages long, so, I claim another Golden Oldie ticket and a Big Book ticket.
Points these task: 70
Total points: 350
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 6
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 29
Tasks completed: 19

25.2 - Brooke TX's Task: #ReadingGoals
1. #MoreGenre: Choose a book from: 2015 Locus Fantasy Novels Recommended Reading List.
Slade House – 238 pages – new book to me
4. #NewBooks: Read a book firstpublished in 2016 by a new to you author.
The Nest – 400 pages – new book to me – new author to me
25.7 - Dakimel's Task: Sibling and Niece Season
A: Read a book written by an author whose initials all appear in VEGETARIANACTUARY.
Obernewtyn by Isobelle Carmody
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11.0
C. Read a book with a digit (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) on the cover.

IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8.0
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 810
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 2

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)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou- Set in Arkansas
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)
My Name Is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira– set in Washington, DC
Book 3-Green: read a book from Popular Social Justice Books,
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee– Found on page 1
Points this post: 50
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 360
Books Read: 24
Tasks Complete: 17
Big Book tickets Total: 4
Golden Oldies Total: 2

25.6 - Robin ♥'s Task: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands
Plan A Plain:
Option A-1:
Blue: The Selection by Kiera Cass Found on page 1
Option A-2:
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Points this post: 25
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Total points: 265

20.4 -Golden Oldie: Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows; Option C: Fantasy Island - For this option, read a book with "Fantasy" or "Supernatural" genre on the book's main GR page.
Read Of Bees and Mist
Points: 20
Total: 180

Task #25.5 - Symmetry
Book 1: Read a book by an author who has the same number of letters in her first and last names. I read All Shall Be Well by Deborah Crombie (7/7).
Book 2: Read a book where the title consists of words with the same number of letters. I read Garden Spells (6/6) by Sarah Addison Allen.
Points this post: 25
Total points so far: 620

20.8 - Nickels & Dimes: SpiderMac's task: Making It Worth Watching
Option Two: read a book from the Orange Prize list or Women's Prize list - Orange Prize post 2013 (winners or nominees) at
Required: State on which page your book is found.
I read The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters which was shortlisted for the prize in 2015.
The book is found on page 2 of the Women's Prize for Fiction Winners list.
This is a Big Book of 599 pages. I claim 1 BB ticket
Points this post: 20
Total points: 140
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
Big Book tickets: 5
Tasks Completed: 7

5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol:
The Collected Kagan by Janet Kagan (died 03/01/2008 per GR author page and www.janetkagan.com)
20.3 - Best Review: mstan's Task: Returning to My Source of Inspiration...
Option 3: With Love, The Argentina Family: Memories of Tango and Kugel; Mate with Knishes by Mirta Ines Trupp.
This author was new to me this season. I previously claimed Becoming Malka in post 1983
20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book
Option 1: Lost
30.5 - Dlmrose's task: Call the Grammar Police
Option 2: To Your Scattered Bodies Go
Option 3: Modern Girls (approved in post 68 of help thread)
This post: 75 points
Challenge total points: 430
Total BB: 4
Total GO: 2
Tasks completed: 23

10.4 - Remembering David Bowie
Read one of David Bowie's Top 100 Must Read Books.

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Pamela3265's Task: When Books Went to War
Option B: Read one of the books that was published by the Council on Books in Wartime: Armed Service Editions.

IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 14.0
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 575
Completed Tasks: 38
Books Read: 52

5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol
Read a book by an author who, at the time you select your book, is deceased.
E. M. Forster died June 7, 1970.
A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
5.4 -A Bigger Splash by David Hockney
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that ends in -ER.
The FevER of 1721: The Epidemic That Revolutionized Medicine and American Politics by Stephen Coss
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.
The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra by Vaseem Khan
5.8 - 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.
Autobiography > Memoir is the second genre on the book's main page.
Paris: A Love Story by Kati Marton
10.2 - Andy Warhol
Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in ANDY WARHOL.
NPCs by Drew Hayes
10.3 - It's So Surreal
Read a book found on the first 5 pages of the Popular Surreal Books list.
This book is on page 1, #3 on the page.
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
30.2 - Daphne's task: Peering really close at the world.
2. Read a book from the first 2 pages of Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
This book is #70 on page 1
The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 by David McCullough
3. Read a book shelved at least 4 times under Microbiology from this list Popular Microbiology Books OR read a book from this listopia: Microbiology
This book is #16 on page 1 of the Popular Microbiology Books and was shelved 5 times as microbiology.
The Demon Under the Microscope: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor's Heroic Search for the World's First Miracle Drug by Thomas Hager
30.6 - Donna Jo's Task--Making a Name for Yourself
Part C. Want to make it easier on yourself? One Book option.
Using Option 3. Read a book with a one, two or three word TITLE. All words count.
Hawaii by James A. Michener, 1036 pages
Points this post: 100
Points to date: 400

Book with over a 3.5 I read

This post=5
Total Points=95

10.7 - Happy Pi Day
The Penelopiad - I read this audio edition. Link to top MMP
Points this post: 10
Total points: 245
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 18
Golden Oldies: 8
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)

25.2
Option 3: All Kinds of Tied Down by Mary Calmes, #5, 35 books (290 pgs)
Option 4: Read a book first published in 2016 by a new to you author.
Kings Rising by C.S. Pacat, a new to me author
(352 pgs)
290 + 352 > 600 pgs
Both books were new to me
30.5
Option 2: How to Train Your Dom in Five Easy Steps (your in the title)
Option 3: TITLE in Red

Points: 55
Total: 420+55=475

1. Read a book written by an author who has the same number of letters in his/her first and last names
The Book of Memory, Petina Gappah
2. Read a book whose TITLE consists of words of the same number of letters.
Saint Mazie, Jami Attenberg
Points this post: 25
Total points: 595/875
Total tasks: 40/52
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15.3. Still Flying.........
Option 2:
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 (when Anderson was with the band) Jefferson Airplane Takes Off.
AND
Read a book whose author's initials can be found in JEFFERSON AIRPLANE.
Way Down Dark by James Smythe
The word DOWN from the song Bringing Me Down is in the title and the initials of the author JS are found in JefferSon airplane
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 735
Books Read: 56
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books:500+(4)750+(1)1000+(0)