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Philosophy: Simple Matters: Living with Less and Ending Up with More by Erin Boyle
Points this post: 10
Total points: 685

The Walking Dead, Vol. 20: All Out War Part 1
by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard (Illustrations), Cliff Rathburn (Illustrator)
4.18 avg rating
5.4 A Bigger Splash by David Hockney
The Walking Dead, Vol. 18: What Comes After by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard (Artist), Cliff Rathburn (Illustrator)
5.5 Drowning Girl by Roy Lichtenstein
The Walking Dead, Vol. 17: Something to Fearby Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard (Illustrator), Cliff Rathburn (Illustrator)
5.10 Self-portrait
The Walking Dead, Vol. 22: A New Beginningby Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard (Illustrator), Stefano Gaudiano (Illustrator), Cliff Rathburn (Illustrator)
10.5 Glenn Frey, Too
Find sound in song The Walking Dead, Vol. 15: We Find Ourselves by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard (Illustrator), Cliff Rathburn (Illustrator)
15.5 No More Snow!
SPRING In Title/subtitle
The Walking Dead, Vol. 23: Whispers Into Screams by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard (Illustrator)
15.9 Three/Four/Five
The Walking Dead, Vol. 14: No Way Out
avg rating of 4.34 on 5/27/15
by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard (Illustrator), Cliff Rathburn (Illustrator)
20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a card
Diamonds: Fantasy
The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)
20.2 Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration
Option C:

20.4 Golden Oldie: Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows
Option C: Fantasy Island
The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken (Goodreads author)
20.5 Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book
Robert Kirkman has same first name as Sir Robert Peel in the 2nd row
The Walking Dead, Vol. 19: March to War
by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard (Illustrations), Cliff Rathburn (Illustrator)
25.7 Dakimel's Task: Sibling and Niece Season
Option B: Urban Fantasy
Calamity by Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)
Option C: The Number 3

POINTS
This Post: 145
Total Points: 145
Books Read: 12
Completed Tasks: 11

25.5 - Andy P's Task: Symmetry
Option 1: Author's name has same number of letters in first and last names.
Blackberry Wine by Joanne Harris.
JOANNE HARRIS - both have 6 letters.
Option 2: Book whose TITLE consists of words of the same number of letters.
Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim.
Both words have 6 letters.
Total Points: 535

30.4 - Jonquil's Task: Every Letter Counts
Book A - Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End - 5, 6 in the title
Book B - Going Home - 5, 4 i the title
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 725

25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Pop Voices
Book 1: Read any book (not necessarily the highlighted one) written by any of the Good Minds authors.
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
Kate Morton was interviewed in October 2015 and is found on page 1 of Good Minds Suggest.
I read the Kindle version, but the MMP has 698 pages: Le Jardin des secrets
I claim 1 Big Book Ticket for this
Book 2: Read a nonfiction book about any musician (singer, instrumentalist, composer, or for purposes of this task a dancer) who was alive on the date of Book 1’s first publication.
I Am What I Am by John Barrowman
John Barrowman is a singer, dancer and musical star (besides being an actor and author).
My first book was first published in 2008. John Barrowman was born on 11 March 1967 and is very much alive today.
John Barrowman Biography
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 810
Books Read: 61
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books:500+(6)750+(1)1000+(0)

5.10 Self-portrait - Reader's Choice
Last Ride to Graceland by Kim Wright
Points this task: 5
Total points: 260

15.3. Still Flying.........
I used the one-book option. I read Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging by Sebastian Junger. I matched the word "and" from "And I Like It" from side 2 of the record and S and J are in "Jefferson".
Previous point total: 520
New points this post: 15
Total points: 635
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 38
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 3
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 5

Task 15.8: It's Magic: The Painted Boy by Charles de Lint. The genre Magical Realism is a main page genre.
Task 15.9: Three/Four/Five: Where Death Delights by Bernard Knight. The rating is 3.45.
Task 20.9: Give yourself permission: Option 6: The Murder at Sissingham Hall


Task 25.6: M&Ms: PEANUT . Both books are fiction.
Option B-2:Death on Site by Janet Neel. Single author, with 5 letters in the author's first name.
Option B-3: Consequences of Sin

Task 30.1: Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss
Option B:

Option C: Reign of Shadows by Deborah Chester. The book is the first in the Ruby Throne series, the title has 3 words, and the author is new to me.
Totals this posting:
Points: 105
Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Summary Totals:
Total Points: 300
Total Books Read: 18
Total Tasks Completed: 13
Total Golden Oldies: 1

Task 30.5: Dlmrose's task: Call the Grammar Police
Option 2: I've Got Your Number
Option 3:

Points this task: 30
Total points: 765
Points completed: 42
books read: 56

25.6 - Robin <3's Task: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands
Plan A - Plain M & M's
Option 1 Favorite color (brown list page 1) All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
**Golden Oldie Ticket (published 1929)
Option 2 Author with 7 letters in the first or last name Eldest by Christopher Paolini
**Big Book Ticket (668 pages)
Totals This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
BB Tickets +500: 1
Golden Oldie Ticket: 1
Total:
Points: 140
Books Read: 11
Big Book Tickets +500: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 6

20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book
Option 2 - Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly matching Huntz Hall
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 330
Books Read: 22
Tasks Complete: 18

10.9 - March Madness
Book written by an author with an alliterative name.
Wytches, Vol. 1 by Scott Snyder
Points this post: 10
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 455/875
Total Books Read: 36
Tasks Completed: 30/53
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 0

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.
Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen

Points this post: 5
Total points: 390
Total tasks: 24

25.4 Pop Voices
Book 1
The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier
who was interviewed in March 2016 on page 1
who recommended
Book 2 Option A
All The Pretty Horses
This post 25 points
Total to date 605 points

25.1 - Sandy's task as suggested by Katy: Fact and Fiction
1: Lair of Dreams (New York, immediately following the events in The Diviners, set in 1926)
2: The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York (New York from 1915 to 1936)
25.3 - Whitnie I's Task: Celebrate Spring
1: The Hidden Blade by Sherry Thomas
2: Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up (#517, pg6)
TALLY:
This post - 50 points
Total - 875
Thanks for another fun season! You all do amazing work to keep this going!

Book 1: Red background on book Cover: The Vegetarian by Han Kang

The Vegetarian
Book 2: Blue - took place at least 50% in blue state: This book takes place 50% in New York
The Edge of Apocalypse by Craig Parshall and Tim LaHaye
Edge of Apocalypse

Book 3: Green background on book cover
13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi by Mitchell Zuckoff

13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 360

Read a book whose average rating is made up of the numbers 3, 4, and 5 (i.e. no other number can be found in it - 3.34 is fine while 2.35 is not). Ratings can and do change, so make a note of the rating on the date you select your book.
REQUIRED: If your book's rating no longer fits the criteria at the time you post, include the date and rating at the time of selection.
I began reading this book on May 24, 2016. At that time, the average rating was 3.53.
The Beginning Place (1980) by Ursula K. Le Guin (Mass Market Paperback, 183 pages)
385 + 15 = 400
Tasks Completed: 33
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 385 + 15 = 400
Books read: 36
Pages read: 10,250
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 08
Golden Oldies: 04
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+

April is Financial Literacy Month. Read a book with the main page genre Finance or Finances.
Smart Money Smart Kids: Raising the Next Generation to Win with Money by Dave Ramsey and Rachel Cruze
****Childrens genre overridden post #138 Not Really for Kids Books thread****
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Total Points this post: 15
Total Points: 535/875
Tasks Completed: 32/53
Books Read: 41
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 2

10.3 - It's So Surreal
Book found on the first 5 pages of the Popular Surreal Books list
The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House by Neil Gaiman
Found on Page 3
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 590
Tasks Completed: 37
Books Read: 48
Golden Oldies: 20

15.1
Book 1: Old Loyalty, New Love ('old' from Old Fashioned Tomato Rice)
Book 2: Long Time Gone 'gone' from Gone Nutty! Chocolate Peanut Butter
20.8
Option 4: Before I die I want to visit Los Angeles and this book is set in Los Angeles Down and Dirty
Points: 35
Total: 475+35=510

20.1 - Pick a card
I got: Jack in Hearts
title J for Jack
genre mystery
The Janissary Tree
mystery 213 users
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Points this Post: 20
Total points : 715
GO: 7
Total Big Book Tickets: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg

Read a book with "Magical Realism" as a GR main page genre.
The Ice Queen, Alice Hoffman
Points this post: 15
Total points: 675/875
Total tasks: 45/52

Card=King of Hearts K in title and Mystery genre
Ask the Dark by Henry Turner
Points this post: 20
Total points: 260
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 20

5.3 - 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, new to me book, 322 pgs
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, 290 pgs
30.1 - Schatzie's Task
Option B: Book with at least 2 items on the cover that are identical
Tumbledown Manor, Helen Brown

Option 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

20.3 - 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...
the Completed Task post that uses the previous book I read by the author AND Yes, the author is new to me this season.

The Devlin Diary by Christi Phillips
POINTS this post: 20
TOTAL POINTS: 255

REPOST with readerboard name (whoops!)
15.7. Tax time!
April is Financial Literacy Month. Read a book with the main page genre Finance or Finances.
Smart Money Smart Kids: Raising the Next Generation to Win with Money by Dave Ramsey and Rachel Cruze
****Childrens genre overridden post #138 Not Really for Kids Books thread****
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Total Points this post: 15
Total Points: 535/875
Tasks Completed: 32/53
Books Read: 41
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 2

Read a book with a genre that contains "Retellings" on its main book page.
The Gap of Time
10.6 - And Alan Rickman
Read a book on this list of The Literary Roles of Alan Rickman.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
This book has Childrens on the MGP but meets the requirements for the SRC:
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 18.0
15.5. No More Snow!
Read a book containing all the letters of SPRING in its title/subtitle.
A Thousand Naked Strangers: A Paramedic’s Wild Ride to the Edge and Back
A Thou*S*a*N*d Naked St*R*an*G*ers: A *P*aramed*I*c's....
Points this post: 30
Total points: 410

Task 5.1 Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol
The Silent Wife by A.S.A. Harrison
ASA Harrison passed away in April 2013
Task 5.3 Campbell's Soup by Andy Warhol
Two Graves by Douglas Preston
GR rating: 4.01
Task 15.4 Towel Day
Option A: sci fi
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Option B: initials in Douglas Adams
Entwined with You by Sylvia Day
Task 15.9 Three/Four/Five)
The Widow by Fiona Barton
GR rating: 3.53
Task 15.10 Batter Up!
set in South Africa
The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
Task 25.6 Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands
A2: seven letters in author's name (Susanna)
Named of the Dragon by Susanna Kearsley
B2: five letters in author's name (Emily)
First Comes Love by Emily Giffin
Points this post: 80
Total Points: 140

Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
My response:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
+20 Points
Grand Total: 700

20.10 Group Reads
I chose NOTES FROM A SMALL ISLAND by Bill Bryson.
Notes from a Small Island
Discussion thread
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
My participation includes three posts: #38, #46 and #52.
I really y enjoyed the book and the lively discussion about it!
Total points for this task: 20
Total GO Tickets claimed for Task: 0
Total BB Tickets claimed for task: 0
Total points for Spring Challenge: 25
Total Tasks Completed for Spring Challenge: 2
Total Books Read: 2
Total GO Tickets claimed for Spring Challenge: 0
Total Big Books Tickets Claimed for Spring Challenge: 0

Book 1 - Each word in the title is exactly one letter longer than the previous word.

Ice Cold
3 letters in ice / 4 letters in cold
Book 2 - Each word in the title is exactly one letter shorter than the previous word.

Dangerous Comforts
9 letters in dangerous
8 letters in comforts
*Both books are ARC's
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POINTS
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 635
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 39
BB Total: 2

Task 30.1 Happy Birthday Dr Seuss
Read two books from options listed in task description.
Option A One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
Read a book with the letters R-E-D-B-L-U-E found in the title of the book.
I chose THE APE WHO GUARDS THE BALANCE by Elizabeth Peters (a favorite author of mine)
The Ape Who Guards the Balance: An Amelia Peabody Novel of Suspense
The letters are as follows:
RED:
thE ape who guaRDs the balance
BLUE:
the ape who gUards the BaLancE
OPTION C
Read a book identified on Goodreads as #1 in a series new to you and contains only three words for the title.
I chose THESE OLD SHADES by Georgette Heyer the first in the Alistair series.
These Old Shades
The series is new to me as I have never read any of her books. The title has exactly three words too! I originally dismissed this option as impossible to find but a friend of mine is a fan of this author and suggested it. It si great to have reading friends!
Total points for Task: 30
Total books read for Task: 2
Total GO tickets claimed: 0
Total BB tickets claimed for task: 0
Total points for Spring Challenge: 55
Total Tasks Completed for Spring Challenge: 3
Total books read for Spring Challenge: 4
Total GO books claimed for Spring Challenge: 0
Total BB claimed for Spring Challenge: 0

5.10 Self-portrait
Read a book of your choice.

20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission…
Option 2 - Big Books: Read a book that is at least 500 pages.

Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 770
Completed Tasks: 48
Books Read: 63

Task #10.4 - Remembering David Bowie
Read one of David Bowie's Top 100 Must Read Books
In Between the Sheets by Ian McEwan
#47 on the list
POINTS
This Post
Points: 10
Books: 1
Tasks: 1
Total
Points: 875
Books: 69
Tasks: 53
Thanks mods for another great season. You are amazing!

option 1
book A
Take Me to the Willow by Shelly Brimley
Word me Song Let Me In
Book B
I Promise You This by Patricia Sands
Points this post: 15
Total points: 275
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 22

Task 10.8 - Hey, Einstein!
Crime and Punishment
Points this task: 10
Total points: 775
Tasks completed: 43
Books read: 57

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.
Diving Mimes and Weeping Czars and Other Unusual Suspects by Ken Scholes
The title has 9 words.
10.5 - 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.
Dark Road to Darjeeling by Deanna Raybourn
The word road can be found in the lyrics (Well, I'm running down the road).
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 825
Books Read: 63
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books:500+(6)750+(1)1000+(0)

Reader’s choice – any book that meets SRC general requirements
Brown Bottle
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
This Post: 5 points
Total points to date: 315 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

C. Pick any of the 5 task options and read a book of at least 650 pages that fits.
Option 3. Read a book with a one, two, or three word title.
A Royal Experiment: The Private Life of King George III, Janice Hadlow
A Royal Experiment has three words in the title and is 704 pages long.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 705/875
Total tasks: 46/52

Read a book of your choice.
The Past by Tessa Hadley
Points this post: 5
TOTAL POINTS: 375
Golden Oldies: 8
Big Book Tickets: - (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 18
Total books read: 24

30.2 - Peering really close at the world -
Option 1 Very Short Introductions
page #3
I read the Kindle version of Modern Japan: A Very Short Introduction
link to PB: Modern Japan: A Very Short Introduction
Option 2 Microhistory
page #1
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
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Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 745
GO: 7
Big Book Tickets (1) 500pg

Me Before You
10.8-Book with mpg of Science
Hidden Treasures in the Book of Job: How the Oldest Book in the Bible Answers Today's Scientific Questions
20.5-Sgt Pepper's
I chose Option 2: Author who shares name with person on cover
Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld
Shares name with Tony Curtis
20.6-Eurovision
I chose Option 4: Author who shares name with guest on show
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson
Shares name with Nigella Lawson (#268)
Points this post: 55
Total points: 280

5.2 - Whaam! by Roy Lichtenstein
Switcheroo
Rating as of today is 3.94, more than the required 3.5
Total points: 140

Switcheroo
Word is switch/switcheroo, approved in Task Help Thread
5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
The Handsome Man's Deluxe Café
Current rating is 3.94, which is higher than the required 3.5
Total points: 140

10.8 Hey Einstein!
Main page genre "Science" or "Philosophy."
The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability by Lierre Keith
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 130
Tasks completed: 9
Books Read: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)

********I need to move a book**********
I need to move Cuckoo Song from Task # 20.6 to 5.2
5.2 Whaam! by Roy Lichtenstein
Cuckoo Song using cuckoo
(M6-BL:6.0-AR19)
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!
Option 2: City of the Lost using the word LOST
When you were LOST I followed right behind
Points this post: 5
Total: 485
Books read: 36
Tasks Done: 29
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5.2 - Whaam! by Roy Lichtenstein
Book with an onomatopoeic word in the title
The Flash, Vol. 1: Move Forward by Francis Manapul
"Flash"
5.9 Triple Elvis 1963 by Andy Warhol
Book identified as #3 in a series
Saga, Volume 3 by Brian K. Vaughan
30.4 - Jonquil's Task: Every Letter Counts
Book 1 This book title has longer and longer words.
The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
Request 1 Golden Oldies ticket (book first published 1912)
Book 2 This book title has shorter and shorter words
Cocaine Nights by J.G. Ballard
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 580
Tasks Completed: 36
Books Read: 47
Golden Oldies: 20