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SPRING CHALLENGE 2016
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Readerboard name Kathy PDakimel's Task: Sibling and Niece Season
Option C
Number "500" in subtitle
The Making of Home: The 500-Year Story of How Our Houses Became Our Homes
Option E
Stylized: A Slightly Obsessive History of Strunk & White's The Elements of StylePoints this post: 25
Total points: 350
Books this post: 2
Total books posted: 23
Tasks complete: 20
Tallulah A.5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol
Read a book by an author who, at the time you select your book, is deceased.
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott
20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book
Read a book written by an author who shares at least one name with someone who appears on the album cover.
Lorelei James- matching James Joyce
Bound (Mastered #1) by Lorelei James
Points this post: 25
Total points: 120
5.10 Self-portrait Book of choice: Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal
25.5 - Andy P's Task: Symmetry
Book 1, same number of letters in author's first and last names: The Photographer's Wife by Suzanne Joinson
Book 2, same number of letters in each word of the title: Folly Beach: A Lowcountry Tale by Dorothea Benton Frank
Points this post: 30
Total points: 720
That's it for this season. Thank you, moderators!!
5.6 Just what is it...I read The Life and Death of King John by William Shakespeare
Requesting a Golden Oldie for The Life and Death of King John published in 1595
5.10 Self Portrait
I read Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink
Requesting a Big Book ticket for Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital at 558 pages
20.8 Making it Worth Watching
I chose option B and read A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson - on page 1 of the Women's Prize List
New Total: 425
Carly25.6 -- Robin ♥'s Task: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands
Plan B Peanut
Option B-2: Mosquitoland by David Arnold
David has 5 letters in his first name.
Option B-3: The Secret Life of Ms. Finkleman by Ben H. Winters
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 7.0There is a girl on the cover of the book.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 80
Books Read: 6
Completed Tasks: 5
Tasks in Progress: 0
Pages Read: 1841
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
SandiCompleted Tasks
5.7 - Flag by Jasper Johns
Retellings main page genre
Kindle edition I read: Tiger Lily
Most popular paperback: Tiger Lily
30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss
Book #1 -- Using Option B -- at least two identical items on cover
Approved at post #146 for smaller circus tents, stars, and flags on the tents -- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book #2 -- Using Option C -- title is exactly 3 words long
Kindle edition I read: Plague of Coins
Most popular paperback: Plague of Coins
**SUMMARY**
Previous points earned: 510
Points this post: 35
Total Points to date: 545
5.5 - Drowning Girl by Roy LichtensteinLumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy by Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, Shannon Watters & Brooke A. Allen
10.8 - Hey, Einstein!
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard
10.10 - Tournament of Books
Vivian Apple at the End of the World by Katie Coyle
15.6. Light My Fire
by Gini Koch15.7. Tax time!
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis
15.8. It's Magic
Bone Gap by Laura Ruby
20.3 - Best Review: mstan's Task: Returning to My Source of Inspiration...
Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker
message 2346 - K.A. Tucker is a new to me author this season
20.10 - Group Reads
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
Group Read Post
25.1 - Sandy's task as suggested by Katy: Fact and Fiction
Book 1: Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
Book 2: Night by Elie Wiesel
25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Pop Voices
Book 1: The Lake House by Kate Morton
Interviewed in October 2015 - page 1 of Good Minds Suggest
Book 2 - Option A: The Forgetting Time by Sharon Guskin
30.2 - Daphne's task: Peering really close at the world.
Option 2: The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown
#33 on Microhistory list
Option 3: Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach
#1 on Microbiology list
50.1 - Perletwo's task: Primary Colors
Book 1: The Smell of Other People's Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
set in Alaska
Book 2: Arsen: A Broken Love Story by Mia Asher
set in New York
Book 3:
by Miranda KenneallyPoints this post: 240
Total Points: 875
Amy O.5.10 Self-portrait: Book of my choice
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Points this post: 5
Total points: 325
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 23
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 3
ESHAY25.3
Book 1: initials appear in the word OSTARA
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Book 2: NONFICTION book found on the Best Self Help Books list
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
Found on page 1
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 205
Tasks completed: 14
Books Read: 16
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Julia10350.1 - Perletwo's task: Primary Colors
Book 1:
(approved in post 189 of task help thread)Book 2: Threads and Flames is set in NY
Book 3: Between the World and Me is on page 1 of Popular Social Justice Books
This post: 50 points
Challenge total points: 510
Total BB: 4
Total GO: 2
Tasks completed: 25
SandiReposted Task Due to error
30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss
Book #1 -- Using Option B -- at least two identical items on cover
Approved at post #146 for smaller circus tents, stars, and flags on the tents -- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book #2 -- Using Option C
**First in The Judas Chronicles series
**The Judas Chronicles series is a new to me series
**Title "Plague of Coins" is exactly 3 words long
Kindle edition I read: Plague of Coins
Most popular paperback: Plague of Coins
Final points -- 545
Thank you for a wonderful season!
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Chris MDI swore I would get this finished before the end of the challenge!
20.10 Group Read
Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
My comment in the discussion thread can be found here.
Tallulah A.10.9 - March Madness
Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials are the same.
Mercy Creek by Matt Matthews
15.9. Three/Four/Five
Read a book whose average rating is made up of the numbers 3, 4, and 5.
Mystic Dreamers (Mystic Series #1) by Rosanne Bittner
Rating May 31: 4.33
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.
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Caged (Mastered #4) by Lorelei James
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.
Unwound (Mastered #2) by Lorelei James
Required:
** LINK to the Completed Task post that uses the previous book you read by the author: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
** The author is new to me this season.
20.4 -Golden Oldie: Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows
Option C: For this option, read a book with "Fantasy" genre on the book's main GR page.
Dawn (Xenogenesis #1) by Octavia E. Butler
25.6- Robin ♥'s Task: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands
Option A-2: Read a book by a single author (NO HYPHENATED NAMES) with 7 letters in the first OR last name.
Unraveled (Mastered #3) by Lorelei James
Option B-3: Read a book with a female on the cover.
Hers for the Evening (Courtesans Tales #2) by Jasmine Haynes
Points this post: 110
Total points: 230
EMurphy10.8 Hey, Einstein! Science or Philosophy genre
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Total This Task:
Points: 10
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
Golden Oldie: 0
Total:
Points: 150
Books Read: 12
Tasks Completed: 7
Big Book Ticket: +500: 1
Golden Oldie: 1
Pamela326510.5 - Glenn Frey, Too
The Baby Barter by Patty Smith Hall - Word: Baby
20.3 - Best Review: mstan's Task: Returning to My Source of Inspiration...
Option 3: The Orchard by Krista Lynne Jensen - The author is new to me this season - Link to previous posting: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 700
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books:
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Kristen IA5.10 Self-portrait
Read a book of your choice.
Truly Madly Yours by Rachel Gibson
20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
Travel Non-fiction: Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
Notizie da un'isoletta (MMPB)
I commented in the discussion thread – post #57
I listened to the audiobook and linked the MMPB (Italian) edition
30.6 - Donna Jo's Task--Making a Name for Yourself
You may do this as a two book task (Parts A and B) or a one book task (Part C). When you post be sure you specify which you are doing.
Part A: You will use the last letter of your SRC Readerboard Name for this task. You will use the page numbers of your Part A book to determine Part B.
If the last letter of your Readerboard Name is A-M, do option 1
**The last letter of Kristen IA is “A” so I went with 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. The book must be written by a single author, no co-authors or multiple contributors.
A Lot like Love by Julie James – 274 pages
Record the number of pages for Part B.
Part B: You will use the number of pages in your book for part A to determine which option you must use in part B.
If your Part A book had 100-300 pages do option 3.
274 pages = Option 3
Option 3. Read a book with a one, two or three word TITLE. All words count. Do NOT use subtitles or series names.
Insurgent by Veronica Roth– 525 pages
******Claim 1 Big Book Ticket for a 500+ page book******
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Total Points this post: 55
Total Points: 665/875
Tasks Completed: 38/53
Books Read: 48
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 4
10.9 March Madness The Opposite of Everyone by Joshilyn Jackson
Author initials are JJ
20.3 Returning to my Source of Inspiration
Option 3
The Empress of Bright Moon by Weina Dai Randel
She is new author to me this season and I read her previous book and posted here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
20.4 Golden Oldies
Option C
The Last Days of Magic by Mark Tompkins
Has Fantasy on Main Page
Post Total 50
Grand Total 260
Boston Kate
50.1 Primary Colors
Book 1: I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
red background:
Book 2: The Shining Girls
set in Illinois (IL)
Book 3: The Bluest Eye
on page 3 of Popular Social Justice books
Points this post: 50
Total points: 170
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 16
Tallulah A.50.1 - Perletwo's task: Primary Colors
Book 1 - Red: Read a book set at least 50 percent in a "red" U.S. state: CO
Schooled (Mastered #2.5) by Lorelei James
Book 2 - Blue: Read a book set at least 50 percent in a "blue" U.S. state: NY
Lover at Last (Black Dagger Brotherhood #11) by J.R. Ward
Big Ticket Request: Mass Market Paperback, 609 pages
Book 3 - Green: Read a book from Popular Social Justice Books (page 1).
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson
Points this post: 50
Total points: 280
SandiCompleted Task
Sorry . . .found one I didn't claim yet
15.5. No More Snow!
All letters of Spring in title/subtitle
Kindle edition I read: A Mackenzie Family Christmas: The Perfect Gift
Paperback edition: Mackenzie Family Christmas: The Perfect Gift
S, R, I= found in Christmas
P = found in Perfect
N = found in Mackenzie
G = found in Gift
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Mackenzie Family Christmas: The Perfect Gift (other topics)A Mackenzie Family Christmas: The Perfect Gift (other topics)
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time (other topics)
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Joshilyn Jackson (other topics)Mark Tompkins (other topics)
Weina Dai Randel (other topics)
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10.4 - Remembering David Bowie
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (#16 on list)
10.8 - Hey, Einstein!
Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ (Science)
15.8. It's Magic
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
50.1 - Perletwo's task: Primary Colors
Book 1: Season of Fear (set in FL)
Book 2: 15th Affair (set in CA)
Book 3: Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World (Page 1 of Popular Social Justice list)
Points this post: 85
Final point total: 690