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SPRING CHALLENGE 2017
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Task #20.3 - Hidden Figures
Option 3: Read a book from the Wikipedia list of films nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Adapted Screenplay category. I read Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter by Loretta Lynn and George Vecsey, which was adapted into the film Coal Miner's Daughter, nominated in 1980.
Point this post: 20
Total points so far: 130

5.4 - Best Laid Plans
I chose task 10.3 They're Old!: Read a book with history/historical fiction MPG. I read The Idiot by Elif Batuman. Historical Fiction is a MPG (verified).
20.4 – Golden Oldies – Amy O's Task: April Showers?
I chose Option 1. I read When the Marquess Falls by Lorraine Heath (paperback). L and H are in APRIL SHOWERS.
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Play Ball!
I chose Option 1. I read Sonata: A Memoir of Pain and the Piano by Andrea Avery. A and A are in GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE.
Previous point total: 25
New points this post: 5+20+20
Total points: 70
New tasks completed in this post: 3
Total tasks: 5
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0

Series #2
A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir
+5 Points
5.5 - March, April, May
184 pages
Winter Words in Various Moods and Metres by Thomas Hardy
+5 Points
10.1 - Catch Some Z's
Liza of Lambeth by W. Somerset Maugham
+10 Points
10.5 - And The Tony Goes To....
Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda
+10 Points
15.5. Girls Just Wanta Have Fun!
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
+15 Points
15.6. I Get By with a Little Help From My Friends.
Sandy: 4 stars
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Mayer
+15 Points
20.2 - Rookie At The Top - McCathy's Task: Lucky Charms
Option 1 - For this option read a book with one of these shapes in the title or subtitle: Heart
Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart by Alice Walker
+20 Points
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Pia's Task: It Was One of Those March Days...
Option 4.- For this task, read a book written by a Mexican author (by birth or residence).
Sudden Death by Álvaro Enrigue
+20 Points
20.6 – Seasoned Reader - Bookwrm526's Task: Batter Up!!
Option 3: There are nine players on the field, and the game takes nine innings (usually). Read a book FIRST published in a year ending with the number 9: 2009
The Ghosts of Belfast by Stuart Neville
+20 Points
20.9 - Chandni's Task: Welcome to My Wheelhouse
Option 1: I love books with complex characters, unreliable narrators, and plot twists. That's why psychological thrillers are my bread and butter.
Read a book from the first 5 pages of the Popular Psychological Thrillers shelf: Page 1
You by Caroline Kepnes
+20 Points
Points this Post: 140
Grand Total: 140

OPTION 3: Read a book where ALL the letters in the word RAINBOW are found in any combination of the title, subtitle and/or author's first and last name.
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
WheN BReAth BecOmes AIr
Points this post: 20
TOTAL POINTS: 20
Golden Oldies: -
Big Book Tickets: - (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 1
Total books read: 1

20.2 - Rookie At The Top - McCathy's Task: Lucky Charms - Option 1 - There are 8 types of marshmallows that represent different lucky/magical charms that are now standard in the cereal: a) Hearts, b) Shooting Stars, c) Horseshoes, d) Clovers, e) Blue Moons, f) Rainbows, g) Balloons and h) Hourglass.
For this option read a book with one of these shapes in the title or subtitle. Singular or plural forms are acceptable, no other variations allowed.
Judging a Book by Its Lover: A Field Guide to the Hearts and Minds of Readers Everywhere
Points this task: 20
Total points: 470
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 04
Big Book ticket requests: 01
Books read: 37
Tasks completed: 26

20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
Message 18 in the thread.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 160
Task this post: 1
Total Tasks: 11
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
BBooks - 500+: BBooks - 750+: 0 BBooks - 1000+: 0

10.1 - Catch Some Z's
March 17, 2017 is World Sleep Day so catch some Z’s. Read a book with the letter Z in the title or subtitle.
The Secret Book of Grazia dei Rossi: Book 1 by Jacqueline Park
Points this post: 10
Total points: 125

Map on the cover

Image confirmed HERE
*** BIG BOOK *** 3 tickets – 1059 pages
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Task 20.1 – Most Improved Player – Camilla – Finland 100 Years!
Option 2 – Sun on the cover

Image confirmed HERE
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This Post: 35 points
Total points to date: 75 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (1) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 4

10.8 - Build A Bridge: Read a book with the word "bridge" or "bridges" (no other variations) in its title/subtitle OR with a bridge on the cover.

On the cover, below the center of the cover, there is some structure that looks like a bridge to me.
(If this doesn't work, I'd be happy to shuffle it somewhere else. :) )
Points this post: 10
Total points: 35

10.3 - Aim High (book with at least 1,454 5-star ratings on Goodreads)
Love Story by Erich Segal
As of today (March 18, 2017), this book has 10,604 5-star ratings on Goodreads.
20.4 – Golden Oldies – Amy O's Task: April Showers?
Option 1: book by author whose initials are in "APRIL SHOWERS"
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
20.9 - Chandni's Task: Welcome to My Wheelhouse
Option 2: book with True Crime as a main page genre
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum
Points this post: 50
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0

20.5 - Bigger is Better Option 2.
Read a book written by a woman whose first and last name initials can be found in "BE BOLD FOR CHANGE" (N+B)
Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr
Date: 3/18/2017
Points this post: 20
Total points: 25
Task this post: 1
Total Tasks: 2
Pages read this post: 293
Total pages read: 549
Number of books: 1
Total of books read: 2
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
BBooks - 500+ 0: BBooks - 750+: 0 BBooks - 1000+: 0

30.04: A Pride of Lions or a School of Sharks. (2 book task.)
A. Read a book with an animal on the cover.

Animal: Bird
B. Select a word associated with the animal from book 1 and read a book with that word in the title or subtitle.

Word: Flight
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 70
Total Tasks: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 8

Task 15.10 Spring Gardening
Read a book whose author's initials can be found in GARDENING.
I read All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. (gArDening)
At 530 pages, this counts for One Big Book Ticket
Points this post: 15
Total points: 45
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie Tickets: 0

20.10 - Group Reads
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
Discussion Thread #10
Points this post:20
Total Points:75
Books read:7
Tasks Done: 5

10.8 – Build a Bridge
Read a book with the word “bridge” in the title.
The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer
**At 602 pages, I would like to claim One Big Book Ticket **
Points this post: 10
Total points: 25/850
Tasks completed: 3/52
Books read: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets = 1)

20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Play Ball!
1. Read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in the phrase “GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE.”
Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 80
Books Read: 5
Completed Tasks: 5

5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder:
Read a book of your choice: Small Gods: A Discworld Graphic Novel by Terry Pratchett.
15.4. Laughing and Singing:
Option 2: Read a book with a main page genre of humor and that is part 4 in a series: One-Punch Man, Vol. 4 by ONE.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 75
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0

I read Bone Box, which is #24 in the Decker/Lazarus series.
points: 60
books read: 7
tasks completed: 7
pages read: 2588

15.3. National Library Week is April 9-15.
Book 1: The Librarians and The Lost Lamp (approved in post 21 of task help thread)
Book 2: Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner (E,K in WEEK)
30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: It’s Elementary
Book 1: Mercury
Mercury is atomic number 80, symbol Hg
Book 2: Peril at End House
8+0 = 8
This is Hercule Poirot #8.
First published 1932 - claiming one Golden Oldie ticket
This post: 45 points
Total points: 95
Total BB: 0
Total GO: 1
Tasks completed: 5

10.8 - Build A Bridge
I chose the option of reading a book with a bridge on the cover and read Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch.

This was approved in the help thread.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 165
Books read: 13
Tasks completed: 9

25.6 - Perletwo's task: A Stitch In Time Saves Nine
Option 1: Read a book from the first 5 pages of Popular Futurism Books or Popular Near-Future Books
Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
The book is on page 4 of the Popular Near-Future Books list.
I read the Kindle version but the paperback is 307 pages: Sleeping Giants
Option 2: Read a book with a genre that contains "historical" or "history" intact on its main book page
The Secret Life and Curious Death of Miss Jean Milne by Andrew Nicoll
The book has Historical Fiction and Historical as Main Page Genres.
I read the Kindle version but the paperback is 352 pages: La vita segreta e la strana morte della signorina Milne
307 + 352 = 659 pages
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 105
Books Read: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)

Task 20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Coralie's Task: Over and Under - Read a book that has either "under" or "over" intact in its title, subtitle or author's name.

Takeover by Anna Zabo
Points This Post - 20
Total Points - 195

The Clockwork Scarab: A Stoker & Holmes Novel
10.10 -The 2017 Rooster
The Fireman
No MMPB available, PB The Fireman 768 pages
*claiming two BB tickets*
15.5. Girls Just Wanta Have Fun!
American Girl on Saturn
Points this post: 30
Points total: 100
GO total: 0
BB total: 2
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 10

15.3 - National Library Week is April 9-15.
I Only Have Eyes for You by Bella Andre
Option 2 - this book fits both criteria from Option 1.
From this description I Only Have Eyes for You, the main character Sophie is a librarian in San Francisco.
The author's initials can be found in nAtional liBrary week.
15.9 - They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha!
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
This book has a main page genre of Science Fiction shelved by 1,811 users
Link to PB edition: Station Eleven
This post: 30 points
Total points to date: 115 points
Tasks completed: 8
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **

5.3- The 20th Century
Blue-Eyed Devil
5.4- Best Laid Plans
Breathless fits 10.3.They're Old!
5.8- Under the Spring Moon
Milk and Honey (MILK)
10.2- Initial Success
Vow by K.J. Jackson
10.10- The 2017 Rooster
We Love You, Charlie Freeman
15.6- I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends
Think of England - my friend Kate gave it 4* https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/7...
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Pia's Task: It Was One of Those March Days...
option 4: Sudden Death by Álvaro Enrigue
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Play Ball!
option 1: Mister Monkey by Francine Prose
TALLY:
This post - 90 points
Total - 140

15.2 Art and Music
Book 1. I read a graphic novel "Sequential Art" as GR genre, American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang --

Book 2. I read a book with a piano on the cover The Piano Lesson by August Wilson --

15.4 Laughing and Singing Book 1. “Humor” as GR genre, I read The Mighty Walzer by Howard Jacobson.
Book 2. I read Fogged Inn by Barbara Ross, # 4 in the Maine Clambake series.
15.6 Friends I read a book to which a GR friend, Mark, gave 5 stars, Iced Under by Barbara Ross : https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Points This Post: 45
Total Points So Far: 150

Author's initials in GARDENING: Nantucket by Nan Rossiter
Points this post: 15
Total points: 225

10.9 - Star Wars Stars: Read a book by an author who shares a name with one of these actors who appeared in the film.
Lady Killer by Joëlle Jones
Page count in my edition: 138 pages
Joelle Jones
James Earl Jones
Points this post: 10
Total points: 45

Task 10.7 - Mad For Plaid - Read a book with something plaid on the cover

Private by Kate Brian
Points This Post - 10
Total Points - 205

30.2 - Ava Catherine’s Task-Modern and Contemporary Art
Book 1: The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie (initials in ART DECO, first published 1924)
Claiming one Golden Oldie - published in 1924
Book 2: A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas (initials in POST MODERN ART, published 2016)
This post: 30 points
Total points: 125
Total BB: 0
Total GO: 2
Tasks completed: 6

Task 10.1 10 points Catch some Z's
Read a book with the letter Z in the title.
Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal

5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Read a book that fits one of the Winter Challenge 5, 10 or 15 point tasks. You may not use Task 5.4 or 5.10.
I chose Winter Task 10.7-Rollin on the River.
Winter task-10.7. Rollin on the River
Read a book with "environment," "ecology," "engineering," or "food" as a main page genre . The genre can be embedded as in "Food and Drink>Food."
Aunty Lee's Delights by Ovidia Yu
March 1-May 31
Total Points-70/850
Total Tasks- 5/52
Total Golden Oldie Books-
Total Big Books-500+(), 750+(),1000+()

5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
Read a book of your choice.
Sabriel by Garth Nix
Points this post: 5
Total points: 165
Task this post: 1
Total Tasks: 12
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
BBooks - 500+: BBooks - 750+: 0 BBooks - 1000+: 0

5.2 - Location, Location, Location
I read The Art of Duke Hunting by Sophia Nash. The setting is London, which is mentioned in the book's GR description.
5.4 - Best Laid Plans
I chose task 10.5. Noel! from the winter list, and read The Once and Future Duchess by Sophia Nash. There is no 'L' in the combination of title and author's name.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 25
Books Read: 5
Tasks Complete: 5

5.2 Location, Location, Location
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare set entirely in London
15.6 I Get By with a Little Help From My Friends
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
mmpb 220 pgs. IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 11.0
Rated 4 stars by my friend Sallie(GeorgiaGirl)
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 45

Book 1: Read a book FIRST published between 1890 and 1939 whose author’s first and last name initials can be found in ONE of theses words/phrases: "ART DECO" or "ART NOUVEAU" or "BAUHAUS".
I read The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler (first published in 1939, author's initials found in Art Deco).
Book 2: Read a book FIRST published between 1970 and the present whose author’s first and last name initials can be found in ONE of these phrases: "CONTEMPORARY ART" or "POST MODERN ART".
I read The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (first published in 1970, author's initials found in contemporary art).
Points this post: 30
Total points: 195
Books read: 15
Tasks completed: 10

5.4 - Best Laid Plans
The Walking Dead, Vol. 13: Too Far Gone - fits 10.10. Got Your Lottery Ticket? mpg horror
5.5 - March, April, May
The Walking Dead, Vol. 14: No Way Out - 136 pages
10.4 - Partners in Crime
Does This Beach Make Me Look Fat?: True Stories and Confessions by Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 115 Goldies: 1 Big Books: 0

10.4 - Partners in Crime
Read a book co-authored by two female authors.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shafferand Annie Barrows (She has a GR page.)
15.6. I Get By with a Little Help From My Friends.
Read a book that a GR friend has rated 4 or 5 stars.
Cherie Robinson is my friend, and she rated this book 5 stars.
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton
15.7. It's Contagious!
Read a book from one of the following lists: Best Fiction Books About Diseases or Viruses or History of Disease.
The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus by Richard Preston
from the list "Best Fiction Books About Diseases or Viruses, page 1, #4."
15.9. They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha!
Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction. The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson
main page genre science fiction: 792 users
total=420

20.5 - Bigger is Better - Pia's Task: It Was One of Those March Days...
Option 4.
For this task, read a book written by a Mexican author (by birth or residence).
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
total=440

Option 1
Book 1: Better Late Than Never by Jenn McKinlay
Book 2: Firebrand by Kristen Britain
Points this post: 15
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 7

Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in MODERN.
The Treasured One I am claiming 1 big book ticket as this book is 544 pages.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 30
Challenges completed: 4
Books read: 4
Big Books this post: 1
Total big books: 3

Task 20.6 - Bookwrm526's Task: Batter Up!!
Option 2: At least 50% of the action takes place in Georgia Home by Toni Morrison
Task 20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Coralie's Task: Over and Under "under" in either the title or subtitle (undercity) : Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Points this post: 40
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0

5.4 - Best Laid Plans - Read a book that fits one of the Winter Challenge 5, 10 or 15 point tasks. You may not use Task 5.4 or 5.10.
Sin by Josephine Hart
Fulfills Winter task 10.5, "Read a book with NO "L" in the title/subtitle and NO "L" in the author name."
Points this task: 05
Total points: 475
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 04
Big Book ticket requests: 01
Books read: 38
Tasks completed: 27

5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Didn't quite finish last time? Read a book that fits one of the Winter Challenge 5, 10 or 15 point tasks.
Book Read: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Fit Winter Task 15.6 - Multilingual
Read a book that was originally published in a language other than your native language.
Originally published in Swedish, my native language is English
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0

Read a book wit the letter Z in the title.
Saint Mazie
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0

10.3 - Aim High
Read a book that has at least 1,454 5-star ratings on Goodreads.
The Namesake
Points this post: 10
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read Total: 2
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0

15.10 - Spring Gardening
A book whose author's initials can be found in "GARDENING".
O Guia do Mochileiro das Galáxias by Douglas Adams (★★★★★)
GARDENING.
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Current Post
Points: 15
GO: -
BB: -
Total
Points: 130
GO: 5
BB: -

Book 1 Read a book with an animal from this list of Animal Groups on the cover.
Required: Include the cover and state the animal.
ANIMAL: Buffalo

The Time of the Buffalo (1972) by Tom McHugh (Paperback, 383 pages) [599.735]
Spur Award for Best Nonfiction (1972)
Book 2 Using the same animal as book 1, select an Animal Group word associated with that animal from the same list and read a book with that word in the title.
Buffalo, Bison -- Herd, Troop, Gang, Obstinancy
The Tin Lizzie Troop (1972) by Glendon Swarthout (Hardcover, First Edition, 223 pages)
00 + 30 = 30
Tasks Completed: 01
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 00 + 30 = 30
Books read: 02
Pages read: 383 + 223 = 606
Read but not claimed: 05
Goodreads Authors: 00
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+

5.5 - March, April, May
Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 3, 4, or 5.
When We Were Animals by Joshua Gaylord
The paperback has 336 pages: When We Were Animals
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 110
Books Read: 8
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
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25.2 - Sandy's Task: Who Am I? Where Am I?
(Your two books combined should have a total of at least 500 pages.)
Book 1: Read a book with the name of a person in the title/subtitle that is the name of a character in the book.
Sfida a Poirot by Agatha Christie
(audiobook - most popular edition has 381 pages)
Character Hercule Poirot
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Book 2: Read a book with the name of a place in the title/subtitle where at least some of the plot of the book takes place in that specific named place.
Le notti di Salem by Stephen King
(original title: 'Salem's Lot)
Book entirely set in the town of Jerusalem's Lot ('Salem's Lot for short)
** Le notti di Salem is a Big Book (651 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket. **
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Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 85
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 2