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Spring Challenge 2016: Completed Tasks:PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS THREAD
FANDURY50.1 - Perletwo's task: Primary Colors
Book 1-Red: Read a book with a cover that has a red background.
by Steve MosbyThis book has been approved in the help thread in post 55
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)
Needful Things by Stephen King
This book is set in Castle Rock, Maine
I read the Kindle version, but the MMP is 736 pages: Needful Things
I claim 1 big book ticket for this!
Book 3-Green: Read a book with a cover that has a green background.
by Lucy WorsleyThis book has been approved in the help thread in post 55
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 785
Books Read: 59
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books:500+(5)750+(1)1000+(0)
Jamie NYCTask #15.1 - From Soup to ............Breakfast??
Book 1. Read a book the title/subtitle of which contains a word from the list of Campbell's soup flavors
The Stars that Tremble by Kate McMurray
Stars matches Chicken & Stars (mmm, mmm, good...)
Book 2. Read a book the title/subtitle of which contains a word from this list of the best 27 pop tart flavors.
Blueberry Boys by Vanessa North
Blueberry matches with flavor #16. Unfrosted Blueberry
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Task #15.2 - I'm Not Answering my Phone until December
Book 1. Read a NONFICTION book with the main page genre politics or government
The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution by Jonathan Eig
A non fiction book shelved as "Politics" by 12 users
Book 2. Read a book with "dystopia" (standalone or embedded) as a main page genre
The Grand Ballast by J.A. Rock
Shelved as "Science Fiction>Dystopia" by 5 users
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Task #15.3 - Still Flying.........
Option 2 Read one book that satisfies both criteria for option 1
A. Read a book whose title contains a word that matches a word from the titles of songs on Jefferson Airplane Takes Off
AND B. read a book whose author's initials can be found in JEFFERSON AIRPLANE
Secret Maneuvers by Jessie Lane
The title word Secret is found in the song "It's No Secret"
Author initials J & L are found in Jefferson AirpLane
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Task #15.4 - Towel Day
Option 2: A. Read a book with the main page genre science fiction or fantasy AND B. Read a book whose author's initials can be found in DOUGLAS ADAMS
More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera
Shelved as "Science Fiction" by 111 users.
Author initials Adam Silvera found in DouglAS
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Task #15.5 - No More Snow!
Read a book containing all the letters of SPRING in its title/subtitle
The Intersection of Purgatory and Paradise by A.J. Thomas
The INteRSection of PurGatory and Paradise
INRSPG
SPRING
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Task #15.6 - Light My Fire
Read a book with the word FIRE in the title
Mahu Fire: A Hawai'ian Mystery by Neil S. Plakcy
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Task #15.7 - Tax time!
Read a book with the main page genre Finance
Other People's Money: The Real Business of Finance by John Kay
Shelved as "Business>Finance" by 17 users and approved in the help thread Msg Msg 36
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Task #15.8 - It's Magic
Read a book with "Magical Realism" as a GR main page genre
Some Kind of Fairy Tale by Graham Joyce
Shelved as "Magical Realism" by 36 users
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Task #15.9 -Three/Four/Five
Read a book whose average rating is made up of the numbers 3, 4, and 5
Him by Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy
Avg rating is 4.33 on 5/16/2015
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Task #15.10 - Batter up!
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the countries represented by a player on the MLB roster
The Fall by Kate Sherwood
The book is set in Canada
From the precis: ...part-time model Scott Mackenzie somehow ends up owning an abandoned church in rural Ontario
It's also found on the MM Romance Group's set in Canada list
POINTS
This Post
Points: 150
Books: 12
Tasks: 10
Total
Points: 570
Books: 36
Tasks: 45
Readerboard name: witchygal10.5 - 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.
I read The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Steig Larsson.
Matching word is GIRL. Song lyric reference: "It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed "
I would also like to claim one Big Book ticket as the book has 599 pages.
Details of this post
Books read: 1
Points: 10
Big Book: Yes (1 ticket)
Golden Oldie: No
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Total points and stats
Books read: 19
Points: 330
Golden oldies -4
Big books - 6
Nick KY15.6 Light My Fire I read A Vision of Fire by Gillian Anderson, “Fire” in the title.
25.5 Andy P’s Symmetry
Book 1. The author’s first and last name have the same number of letters. I read Solar Labyrinth: Exploring Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun by Robert Borski Robert Borski (6 letters in each name).
Book 2. Book title has the same number of letters in each word. I read Deep Blue by Randy Wayne White (4 letters in each word of title).
Points This Post: 40
Total Points So Far: 785
SweetMelissa5.3 - Campbell's Soup Cans
Read a book with a "good" rating of 3.5 or above.
The Silkworm, Robert Galbraith, rated 4.02 on 4/6/16
5.4 - A Bigger Splash
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that ends in -ER.
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter, Tom Franklin
5.10 - Self-portrait
Read a book of your choice.
Glory over Everything: Beyond The Kitchen House, Kathleen Grissom
10.4 - Remembering David Bowie
Read one of David Bowie's Top 100 Must Read Books
Fingersmith, Sarah Waters, 511 pages (BBT), #15 on list
10.5 - Glenn Frey, Too
Read a book with a title/subtitle containing a word of 4+ letters found in the lyrics of Take It Easy
The Good Girl, Mary Kubica, "Girl" is found in lyrics
15.5 - No More Snow!
Book containing all the letters of SPRING in its title/subtitle
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, Helen Simsion
20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's Task
Card: Three of Hearts = Three letters or words in title, Romance, Young Adult, or Mystery Genre
One Plus One, Jojo Moyes, three word title/romance genre
20.6 - Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task
Option 4: Read a book by an author who shares a first, middle, or last name with either Graham Norton himself or a guest from Series 18
Career of Evil, Robert Galbraith, Guest: Robert De Niro (aired 10/2/15)
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes: SpiderMac's task
Option 4: Select something from your bucket list and read a book about it
The Innocent, David Baldacci
My bucket list item is to visit Washington, DC. This book is set in Washington, DC.
25.2 - Brooke TX's Task
Option 3: Choose a new to you book by one of the authors on your GR Most Read Authors list
A Rule Against Murder, Louise Penny, #5, 3 books
Option 4: Read a book first published in 2016 by a new to you author
The Second Chance Shoe Shop, Marcie Steele, new to me author
30.1 - Schatzie's Task
Option B: Book with at least 2 items on the cover that are identical
Tumbledown Manor, Helen Brown
lanterns are identicalOption C: Read a book identified on GR as #1 in series that is new to you AND the TITLE canonly have exactly 3 words
A Muddied Murder, Wendy Tyson, #1 in A Greenhouse Mystery series which is new to me
Points this post: 165
BBT this post: 1
Total points: 385
Total BBT: 1
Reader name : Maya15.6. Light My Fire
Read a book with the word FIRE in the title/subtitle or fire/flames on the cover.
Book read: City on Fire by Garth Risk Hallsberg
I am claiming 2 BB tickets for City on Fire. It has 911 pages.
Points this post : 15
Points total : 875
Golden Oldies : 5
Big Book : 22
aaandddd I completed the SRC for my very first time :D
Paula S20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a card
I got Two of Hearts
Hearts: Romance or Young Adult or Mystery
2: a book with a two letter title like Us OR a two word title like Jane Eyre.
2 word title and mpg mystery. 20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration
Choose ONE of the following options.
Option A - April 8 is the birthday of my "one and only" and History is one of her favorite subjects. Read a book with a genre on its main book page that contains "History" or "Historical".
Historical fiction20.3 - 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. You must have claimed at least one other task with a book by this author by the time you post your completion of my task.
This author is new to me this season. I previously claimed the first book in the series in task 50.1 message 2369
20.4 -Golden Oldie: Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows
Option C: read a book with "Fantasy" or "Supernatural" genre on the book's main GR page.
20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book
1: 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"
The Argonauts
peTeR blAke sGt peppers lONley HEArTS clUb band
20.6 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.
På stranden
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes: SpiderMac's task: Making It Worth Watching
Option 1: read a book with an elephant on the cover
Cover approved in help thread message 2.20.9 - 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.
10.1 - Ever So POPularRoom at the Top by John Braine - 5/24/16, popular in 1957.
10.3 - It's So Surreal
Hollow City by Ransom Riggs - 5/18/16, page 3 of the Popular Surreal Books list.
20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission…
Option 1: Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953 by Elizabeth Winder - 4/5/16
Option 6:
by Suzanne Weyn - 5/14/16Points this Post: 40
Total Points: 90
DANIELLE M20.6 Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!
Option 4: The Versions of Us by Laura Barnett
Guest: Laura Mvula (aired 29 Jan 2016)
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 310
Books Read: 21
Tasks Complete: 17
Elizabeth PTask 5.9 - Triple Elvis 1963 by Andy Warhol
Book that is #3 in a series
The Winner's Kiss by Marie Rutkoski
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 355
Total Tasks: 23
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 14
Total Books: 28
25.3 - Whitnie I's Task: Celebrate SpringBook 1: On the Road with Del and Louise: A Novel in Stories by Art Taylor
author's initials appear in OSTARA
Book 2: The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller
found on p. 2 of the list, #148
Total points: 560 + 25 = 585
Mod
Dakimel15.5. No More Snow!
Long Simmering Spring
15.7. Tax time!
The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Pamela3265's Task: When Books Went to War
option B: How Green Was My Valley
30.2 - Daphne's task: Peering really close at the world
option 1: Linguistics: A Very Short Introduction
2: The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914 (page 2 of list)
TALLY:
This post - 80 points
Total - 825
15.6. Light My Fire Read a book with fire/flames on the cover.
Saints and Strangers by Angela Carter+15 Points
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: They’re, Their, There, Your, You’re, Its, It’s.
There but for the by Ali Smith
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.
Zorro by Isabel Allende+30 Points
Points this Post: 45
Grand Total: 680
20.9 - Give yourself Permission6) Pets: The Title is written in white:
Carnival of Criminals by Evelyn James
Total points 170
Reader Name Chrissy25.6 Melts in your mouth M&Ms
***All books must be fiction.
Plan A Plain I'm allergic to peanuts.
Option: A1
List red; book can be found on page 1 ; #28: I listened to the audiobook The Mysterious Affair at Styles
link to MMPB: The Mysterious Affair at Styles
***The Mysterious Affair at Styles is a Golden Oldie. It was first published in 1920. I claim one GO Ticket. ***
Option A3 read a book with a male on the cover
I read the Kindle version of Dragos Goes to Washington
link to PB (no MMPB): Dragos Goes to Washington
Required: Must include cover when posting
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Points this Post: 25
GO This Post: 1
Total Points: 620
Total Big Book TICKETS : (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
GO: 6
JUKKA15.5. No More Snow!
Book with the letters SPRING in its title/subtitle.
Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 1.1: Learning to Crawl by Dan Slott.
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes: SpiderMac's task: Making It Worth Watching
Option 4: A book that ties to something on your bucket list.
One of my eventual career and life goals is to publish a fantasy novel. The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynne Jones is one of the definitive guidebooks on how (not) to do that.
30.4 - Jonquil's Task: Every Letter Counts
Book 1: Book whose title's each word is a letter longer than the previous.
Horus Rising by Dan Abnett. 5 letters in "Horus", 6 letters in "Rising".
Book 2: Book whose title's each word is a letter shorter than the previous.
False Gods by Graham McNeill. 5 letters in "False", 4 letters in "Gods".
Points this post: 65
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 390/875
Total Books Read: 31
Tasks Completed: 26/53
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 0
30.5 - Dlmrose's task: Call the Grammar PoliceOption 1. Read a non-fiction book with the genre Language on its main book page.
The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature, Steven Pinker
Humanities > Language is the second main-page genre. (Per the help thread, embedded genres are OK.)
Option 3. Read a book with the entire TITLE in Red on the cover.
, Gary J. BassPoints this post: 30
Total points: 625/875
Total tasks: 41/52
25.3 - Whitnie I's Task: Celebrate SpringBook 1, author's initials in OSTARA: Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
Book 2, non-fiction book from Best Self Help Books, p. 4: How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
Points this post: 25
Total points: 660
Julia103Reposting with cover
30.5 - Dlmrose's task: Call the Grammar Police
Option 2: To Your Scattered Bodies Go
Option 3:
(approved in post 68 of help thread)This post: 30 points
Challenge total points: 425
Total BB: 4
Total GO: 2
Tasks completed: 22
Coralie25.7 Sibling and Niece Season
A. – book by author whose initials are in veGetariaNactuary
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
D. book with sea creatures on cover – whales
This post 25 points
Total to date 580 points
MEGSCL10.8 - Hey, Einstein!
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission…
3) Re-reads: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Definitely even better this time!
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 840
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 2
Amy FL20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a card
Card: King of Hearts - No Way Back - K in title (bacK) and Mystery genre
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration
Option B: The Pearl That Broke Its Shell - Asia (Afghanistan)
20.3 - Best Review: mstan's Task: Returning to My Source of Inspiration...
Option 1: My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
20.4 -Golden Oldie: Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows
Option B: Fear the Darkness (approved in message 2)
20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book
2. The Black Angel by John Connolly (matching John Lennon)
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!
Option 4: Forty Thieves by Thomas Perry (No. 15: Matthew Perry)
20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission…
6)
20.10 - Group Reads
The Buried Giant (my comment appears in message 26)
Points this post: 160
Total points: 195
Kait10.10 - Tournament of Books
A book found on The 2016 Tournament of Books Longlist.
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro -- #66 on the 2016 Tournament of Books longlist; I read the audiobook edition, here is the mass market paperback: The Buried Giant
Points This Post: 10
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 415
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Total Golden Oldies: 0
15.6. Light My FireRead a book with the word FIRE in the title/subtitle or fire/flames on the cover.
After the Fire
Fire in title
* This book was an ARC
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POINTS
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 590
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 37
BB Total: 2
Mai20.8 - Nickels & Dimes: SpiderMac's task: Making It Worth Watching
Option 4: Read a book about an item in my bucket list.
As I've always been a big fan of Agatha Christie and murder mysteries, before I die, I'd like to solve/ help solve a murder/ crime, like Tommy and Tuppence do in this book.
Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie
Request one golden oldies ticket (book first published 1929)
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 480
Tasks Completed: 28
Books Read: 37
Golden Oldies: 16
5.2 - Whaam! by Roy LichtensteinRead a book with a word from this list of onomatopoeia in the title or subtitle.
Book read: Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Word: Howl
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12.0
Points this post: 5
Total points: 530
Mai10.5 - Glenn Frey, Too
Read a book whose title has a word in the lyrics of "Take It Easy"
Murder Is Easy by Agatha Christie
Word: "easy"
Request one Golden Oldies ticket (book published 1939)
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 490
Tasks Completed: 29
Books Read: 38
Golden Oldies: 17
Mary P20.8 - Nickels & Dimes: SpiderMac's task: Making It Worth Watching
Option 2: Read a book from the Orange Prize list or Women's Prize list - Orange Prize post 2013(winners or nominees).
A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
Found on Woman's Prize List, pg 2
Points this post: 20
Total points: 305
CathyG 5.4 -A Bigger Splash by David Hockney
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that ends in -ER.
Brighter Than the Sun by
Darynda Jones
Approved conditionally post 5600
10.2 - Andy Warhol
Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in ANDY WARHOL.
Unconditional by Lauren Dane
30.4 - Jonquil's Task: Every Letter Counts
This is a two book challenge, one Book 1 and one Book 2.
Book 1 Each word in the title is exactly one letter longer than the previous word.
Run Girl by Eva Hudson
Approved in spreadsheet #1785
Book 2 Each word in the title is exactly one letter shorter than the previous word.
Simon Says by Lori Foster
Points this post: 45
Total points: 600
Tasks completed: 31
Books read: 43
Big Book Tickets: 4
10.4 Remembering David BowieRead one of David Bowie's Top 100 Must Read Books.
Flaubert's Parrot, Julian Barnes
Flaubert's Parrot is #29 on the list
Points this post: 10
Total points: 635/875
Total tasks: 42/52
Jamie NYC**REPOSTING TO FIX ERROR**
Task #15.1 - From Soup to ............Breakfast??
Book 1. Read a book the title/subtitle of which contains a word from the list of Campbell's soup flavors
The Stars that Tremble by Kate McMurray
The book has "Childrens" as a main page genre but that was overruled here
Stars matches Chicken & Stars (mmm, mmm, good...)
Book 2. Read a book the title/subtitle of which contains a word from this list of the best 27 pop tart flavors.
Blueberry Boys by Vanessa North
Blueberry matches with flavor #16. Unfrosted Blueberry
POINTS
This Post
Points: 15
Books: 2
Tasks: 1
Total
Points: 570
Books: 45
Tasks: 36
20.7 Pamela3265's Task: When Books Went to WarOption A: Read When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II by Molly Guptill Manning
When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II by Molly Guptill Manning
Points: 20
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20.8 SpiderMac's task: Making It Worth Watching
Option 2: In honor of the Buddhist monks of southeast Asia and the bright orange robes they wear, read a book from the Orange Prize list or Women's Prize list - Orange Prize post 2013(winners or nominees)
The Siege by Helen Dunmore
This book was on the Orange Prize list - page 4.
Points: 20
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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).
One Step Behind by Henning Mankell
Henning Mankell (7,7)
Book 2: Read a book whose TITLE consists of words of the same number of letters.
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Madame Bovary (6,6)
Points: 25
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Grand Total Points: 325
Total Books Read: 38
Total Tasks Completed: 25
Total Golden Oldies: 3
Total Big Books: 0
Jamie NYCTask #50.1 - Perletwo's task: Primary Colors
Book 1-Red: Read a book with a cover that has a red background. The red must be primary color red as close to the red on the map as possible. The background needs to be at least half the cover
Lights, Camera, Cupid! by S.E. Jakes
Cover approved here
Book 2-Blue: Read a book set at least 50 percent in a "blue" U.S. state as per the map linked above - NY
Lover Unleashed by J.R. Ward
Series is set in Caldwell, NY as noted in the meta data
Book 3-Green: Read a book with a cover that has a green background. The green must be as close to the signature green of the Green Party logos/website as possible. The background needs to be at least half the cover.
Flare by Posy Roberts
Cover approved here
The book has "Childrens" as a main page genre but that was overruled here
If using the second option, include the cover in your post.
POINTS
This Post
Points: 50
Books: 3
Tasks: 1
Total
Points: 620
Books: 48
Tasks: 37
Bookwrm526Task #15.3 - Still Flying....
I chose the one book option - read a book where the title contains a four letter+ word that matches a song title from Jefferson Airplane Takes Off (I chose the song Tobacco Road)
AND the author's initials can be found in JEFFERSON AIRPLANE.
I read Mission Road by Rick Riordan.
Points this post: 15
Total points so far: 635
BEKKA - 20.3 - Best Review: mstan's Task: Returning to My Source of Inspiration…Option 1: For this task, I read “My Brilliant Friend” by Elena Ferrante.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 20
Total Points Earned to Date: 140
Pages Read this Challenge: 331
Total Pages Read to Date: 3472
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500( 1 ), 750(), 1000()
Kristen IA20.8 - Nickels & Dimes: SpiderMac's task: Making It Worth Watching
This is a one book task. Choose one book that fits one of the options below.
Required: State which option you used when you post.
Option 4: In honor of your dreams, select something from your bucket list and read a book about it. Nonfiction and fiction are both ok but your bucket list item must play a major role in or be the main theme of your book.
Sweet Girl by Rachel Hollis
Required: State when posting your task what your bucket list item is and how it ties in with the book you read:
Before I die, I would love to own a business, doing something I love. One such business that interests me is opening a bakery, as I love to be creative and I love to bake. One of the main themes of this book is the main character following her dream and using her natural talents to be a baker.
I read an ebook and have linked to the PB edition
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Total Points this post: 20
Total Points: 510/875
Tasks Completed: 30/53
Books Read: 39
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 1
Sarah E5.9 Triple Elvis 1963 by Andy Warhol
At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances
15.3. Still Flying
Option 2
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Secret found in "It's No Secret"
Author's initials in JefferSon AirpLane
Points this post: 20
Total points: 535
Brooke TX10.2 - Andy Warhol
Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in ANDY WARHOL.
20.10 - Group Reads
Here is my comment in the discussion thread.
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 605
Completed Tasks: 40
Books Read: 55
Marina H10.5 - Glenn Frey, Too
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
The word GIRL can be found in the lyrics
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes: SpiderMac's task: Making It Worth Watching
Burial Rites
Found on page 2 on Women's Prize list - Orange Prize post
Points this post: 30
Total points: 275
Marina H5.9 Triple Elvis 1963 by Andy Warhol
C is for Corpse
#3 in series
10.2 - Andy Warhol
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Authors initials is found in ANDY WARHOL
10.9 - March Madness
Hex Hall
Points this post: 25
Total points: 300
JUKKA5.4 -A Bigger Splash by David Hockney
A book whose title contains a word ending in -ER.
Daughter of the Drow by Elaine Cunningham
30.5 - Dlmrose's task: Call the Grammar Police
Option 1: Non-fiction book with main page genre Language.
Existentialism: A Very Short Introduction by Thomas R. Flynn
Option 3: Book with its title in red on the cover.
by Olivia MunnPoints this post: 35
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 425/875
Total Books Read: 34
Tasks Completed: 28/53
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 0
LAUREN JODI25.5 - Andy P's Task: Symmetry
Book 1. Same number of letters in author’s first and last names
Because of Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
Book 2. Same number of letters in all words of the title
Trunk Music by Michael Connelly
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 720/875
Total Books Read: 56
Tasks Completed: 43/53
Reader name Chrissy 50.1 Perletwo's task: Primary Colors
Book 1-Red: Either 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)
I read the ebook of Lost in Bliss by Sophie Oak
Set in colorado
link to PB (no MMPB): Lost in Bliss
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)
I read the Kindle version of Omens
Set entirely in Illinois
link to PB (no MMPB): Omens
Book 3-Green:
I read the ebook of Guards! Guards!
required: cover
link to MMPB: Guards! Guards!
(has been approved in help thread)
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Points this post : 50
Total points : 670
Total Big Book Tickets: (1) 500 pg
GO: 6
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM10.7 - Happy Pi Day
I read Your Song Changed My Life: From Jimmy Page to St. Vincent, Smokey Robinson to Hozier, Thirty-Five Beloved Artists on Their Journey and the Music That Inspired It by Bob Boilen. PI is found in "Inspired" at the end of the subtitle.
Previous point total: 580
New points this post: 10
Total points: 590
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 36
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 3
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 5
DIANE L10.5 - 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.
From the line: Just find a place to make your stand
Matching: place
The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
10.8 - Hey, Einstein!
Read a book with the main page genre "Science" or "Philosophy."
Science is the second genre on the main page.
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
15.9. Three/Four/Five
Read a book whose average rating is made up of the numbers 3, 4, and 5
This book had a rating of 4.34 on 17 May.
The Prophetess: Deborah's Story by Jill Eileen Smith
15.10. Batter up!
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the countries listed above.
Canada
This book, indeed the entire series, is set in the province of Quebec. Cultural > Canada is the third genre on the main page.
The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny
50.1 - Perletwo's task: Primary Colors
Book 1-Red: Either read a book set at least 50 percent in a "red" U.S. state
This book is set in Alabama
What Stands in a Storm: Three Days in the Worst Superstorm to Hit the South's Tornado Alley by Kim Cross
Book 2-Blue: Either read a book set at least 50 percent in a "blue" U.S. state
This book is set in Ohio
Murder, Plain and Simple by Isabella Alan
Book 3-Green: Either read a book from Popular Social Justice Books,
This book is on page 11, 5th from the bottom
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
Points this post: 100
Points to date: 500
25.2 - Brooke TX's Task: #ReadingGoals3. #OldFavorites: Another goal: get caught up on new releases from some of my favorite authors. Go to your Goodreads Most Read Authors (under the "Tools" sidebar on the My Books page). Choose a new to you book by one of the authors on this list.
The Dragon Keeper - Robin Hobb
Robin Hobb is my 7th most read author, I have read 11 books by her to date
This book was new to me
**With 553 pages, The Dragon Keeper is a big book, one ticket claimed**
4. #NewBooks: There's always room for discovering new authors. Read a book first published in 2016 by a new to you author.
All the Birds in the Sky - Charlie Jane Anders
First published January 2016
Charlie Jane Anders is a new to me author
553 pages (The Dragon Keeper) + 432 pages (All the Birds in the Sky) = 985 pages (>600)
Points this post: 25
Points total: 205
Tasks completed: 10
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 2 - 500+(2) 750+() 1000+()
Total pages: 4455
Bookwrm526Task #15.8 - It's Magic
Read a book with the main page genre magical realism.
I read Mr. Fox by Helen Oyeyemi.
Points this post: 15
Total points so far: 650
5.5 - Drowning Girl by Roy LichtensteinI read
Genre of sequential art.
Points this post=5
Total points=100
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I read The Bridge Ladies which has both autobiography and memoir listed on its page. This book was approved on the help thread.
points: 220
books read: 18
tasks completed: 15
GO: 1
Big books: 1
pages read: 6330