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SPRING CHALLENGE 2017
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Ava Catherine15.2. May is for Art and Music!
Book 1 – read a book with the main page genre graphic novels, sequential art, comics, etc.
Kafka by David Zane Mairowitz
main page genre sequential art 86 users, comics 69 users
Book 2 – read a book with a musical instrument on the cover.
A Curtain of Green and Other Stories by Eudora Welty
(violin on cover)25.1 - Diana K’s task - Spring Flowers
Option 1: Spring Bulbs
Read a book with one of these spring flowers found intact in the title/ subtitle: Bluebell, crocus, daffodil, hyacinth, iris, snowdrop.
iris=flower selected
Iris and Ruby by Rosie Thomas
400 pages
Option 2: Tulip Mania.
Read a book about the Tulip Mania or one of the two economic bubbles that followed it in Europe, the South Sea Bubble and the Mississippi Bubble.
The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas
288 pages
400+288=688 total pages
total=680
Ava Catherine5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
Read a book of your choice.
Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller
total=685
KATRINAT20.9 - Chandni's Task: Welcome to My Wheelhouse
Option 1:
Read a book from the first 5 pages of the Popular Psychological Thrillers shelf. Found on page 1 of the list
The Couple Next Door, Shari Lapena
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 65
GO: 1
BB:
Tasks completed: 5 (5.5/5.10/10.3/20.9/25.5)
Books read: 6
10.4 - Partners in CrimeA book co-authored by two female writers: The Christie Curse by Victoria Abbott
Victoria Abbott is a pseudonym used by Victoria Maffini and her mother, Mary Jane Maffini
Points this post: 10
Total points: 235
MegUnder20.1- Most Improved Player – Camilla’s Task: Finland 100 Years!
Option 2 - Read a book with either snow or the sun on the cover.
The Life We Bury, Allen Eskens
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
Jen UT5.2 - Location, Location, Location
The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
Points this post: 5
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Total points: 10
MegUnder15.6. I Get By with a Little Help From My Friends.
Read a book that a GR friend has rated 4 or 5 stars. REQUIRED: Give the name of the friend in your post.
The Wrath & the Dawn, Renee Ahdieh
Five Stars from Allison
Total this post: 15
Total Points: 35
Bryony20.6 – 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.
I read The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner by Alan Sillitoe which was first published in 1959.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 215
Books read: 16
Tasks completed: 11
5.3 Number 2 or 0 in the series designation: #2, #10, #12... Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie (#12 of Hercule Poirot)
*claim GO ticket, pub 1935*
5.5 Number of pages includes the number 3, 4, or 5.
The Magician's Land by Lev Grossman
402 pages
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 75/850
Tasks completed: 9/52
Books Read: 9
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books:500+()750+(0)1000+(0)
Mod
I read Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2
10.10 -The 2017 Rooster
I read Swing Time
20.2 - Rookie At The Top - McCathy's Task: Lucky Charms
I read This Must Be the Place - main page genre Cultural>Ireland. Genre noted in the help thread, post 2.
Points this post: 40
Total points: 175
Claire (Tiny Owl) 5.3 - book with #2 in series designation
Prince of Time - #2 in 'After Cilmeri' series
5.4 - Book fits Winter challenge 2016 task 5.3 - Sole Survivor - designated #1 in series
Footsteps in Time - #1 in 'After Cilmeri' series
5.10 - Book of my choice
Daughter of Time: A Time Travel Romance
Points this post: 15
Total points: 20
Diana AKTask 10.3 Aim High
Book must have at least 1,454 5 Star Reviews
Caraval by Stephanie Garber
As of now this book has 5,535 5 star ratings.
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 35
Total Tasks: 3
Total Books: 3
10.2 - Initial SuccessRead a book with an author who uses exactly 2 initials instead of a first name as it appears on Goodreads
Hunted P.C. Cast
10.4 - Partners in Crime
Read a book co-authored by two female authors. The co-authors must be evident on the Goodreads book record. Required: Include a reference if the Goodread's writing team's page does not identify the two female authors.
Tempted P.C. Cast Kristen Cast
Points this post: 20
Total points: 50
Challenges completed: 6
Books read: 6
Big Books this post: 0
Total big books: 3
Readerboard Name - LaureY5.2 - Location, Location, Location
Read a book set at least 50% in a location of a modern wonder: England; France; etc.
Devil's Cub by Georgette Heyer
*I claim one Golden Ticket for this book at it was first published in 1932*
Points this post: 5
Total points: 170
Task this post: 1
Total Tasks: 13
Golden Oldies this post: 1
Total Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
BBooks - 500+: BBooks - 750+: 0 BBooks - 1000+: 0
Kim ATask 5.6 - Lady Day - Read a book written by an author named Mary
All the Lovely Bad Ones by Mary Downing Hahn
Points This Post - 5
Total Points - 210
Bookwrm526Task #20.4 - April Showers?
Option 1: Read a book where the author's initials can be found in the phrase april shoWeRs. I read Beastly Bones byWilliam Ritter.
Points this post: 20
Total points so far: 150
Coralie10.3 Aim High
Book with at least 1,454 5-star ratings
Moon Tiger 2,054 5-star ratings
10.5 And the Tony Goes To…
Oedipus at Colonus
10.9 Star Wars Stars
Book by an author who shares a name with Peter Mayhew
Judas Unchained by Peter F. Hamilton
15.8 How Do I Get There?
Map on cover
(in background)20.4 April Showers
Option 1 Author's initials in April shoWers
Now Is The Time To Open Your Heart by Alice Walker
20.9 Welcome to My Wheelhouse
option 3
From page 2 of Epistolary fiction
A Study in Scarlet
This post 85 points
Total to date 135 points
Repost from 62230.3 - MAZZA1's Task: It’s Elementary
This is a 2 book task.
Book 1
Read a book which has the name of any element on the Periodic Table in its title, subtitle or series name.
Hurricane Gold
Element: Gold AU
Book 2
Using the atomic number of the element chosen for book 1 read a book that has the same number in a series.
Holiday in Death
Gold's atomic number: 79
7+9=16
1+6=7
Points
180+30=210
5.1- Thoroughly ModernI read Introducing Kafka by David Zane Mairowitz. This satisfies the task requirements because the author's first and last initials, D & M, are both found in the word, MODERN.
5.9 - Whodunit?
I read Blacksad by Juan Díaz Canales. This satisfies the task requirements because mystery was verified as an MPG in the Genre Verification Thread.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 55
Tasks complete: 5
Books read: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Bookwrm526Task #15.5 - Girls Just Wanta Have Fun
Read a book with the word girl intact in the title/subtitle. I read Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools by Monique Morris.
Points this post: 15
Total points so far: 165
Task 20.8 - Over and UnderRead a book that has either "under" or "over" intact in its title, subtitle or author's name.
Over holser
A Hanging in Sweetwater (1974) by Stephen Overholser (Paperback, 186 pages)
Spur Award for Best Novel (1974)
30 + 20 = 50
Tasks Completed: 02
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 30 + 20 = 50
Books read: 03
Pages read: 792
Read but not claimed: 05
Goodreads Authors: 00
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
FANDURY15.9. They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha!
Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction.
The Deep Sea Diver's Syndrome by Serge Brussolo
Science Fiction is a Main Page Genre.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 125
Books Read: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Sheila10.1 - Catch Some Z's
Lazybones by Mark Billingham10.2 - Initial Success
Judgment Call by J.A. Jance10.3 - Aim High
Blackberry Winter by Sarah Jio10.4 - Partners in Crime
Snow Blind by P.J. Tracy10.8 - Build A Bridge
Robert B. Parker's The Bridge by Robert Knott10.9 - Star Wars Stars
Blackman's Coffin by Mark de Castrique(Mark)
Total Points = 140
Sheila20.4 – Golden Oldies – Amy O's Task: April Showers?
Option 1:
The Baker's Wife by Erin Healy20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Play Ball!
Option 2:
The Chalk Circle Man by Fred Vargasset in Paris, France
Total Points = 180
Catherine TTask 5.3 - The 20th Century
read a book which is #2 in series
Rat Queens, Vol. 2: The Far Reaching Tentacles of N'rygoth by Kurtis J. Wiebe
and because of minor flap yesterday, confirming that it's OK for #2: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.1 Thoroughly Modern
Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in MODERN.
I read Close Your Eyes by Michael Robotham.
Challenge 15.10 Spring Gardening
Read a book whose author's initials can be found in GARDENING.
I read Her Fearful Symmetryy by Audrey Niffenegger.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 230
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 20
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Delicious Dee20.10 Group Reads
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
Total this post: 20
Total overall: 110
Golden Oldies: 1
trishhartuk5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Read a book that fits one of the Winter Challenge 5, 10 or 15 point tasks.
I chose Winter 15.7 - Tales of Middle-earth: Read a book with a main page genre that contains “Fantasy”
Brimstone Kiss, Carole Nelson Douglas
Fantasy > Urban Fantasy 49 users, Fantasy > Paranormal 32 users, Fantasy 18 users
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 185
Tasks Completed: 14
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
ElaineLEDITED: I cannot use The Wedding Gift in Book 1--too many pages...I will re-post when a different title has been approved. Thanks and sorry!!
25.4 - Sydney Harbor
Two Book Task...
Book 1: (Option 2) Read a book of 100-150 pages in length.
The Wedding Gift by Lucy Kevin
Book 2: (Option 3) Read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in OUTBACK.
American Love Songs by Ashlyn Kane
Points this post: 25
Total points: 210
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 18
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Pia's Task: It Was One of Those March Days...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.
Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill by Candice Millard.
heRO of the empIre: the Boer war, A dariNg escape, and the making of Winston churchill by candice millard
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Books read: 1
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Andy P.Task # 5.8 Under the Spring Moon
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from the names used by various tribes to describe the spring season’s moons: grass
by Deanna Raybourn
Points this post: 5
Total points: 130
Marina H 5.3 - The 20th Century
Kakerlakkerne by Jo Nesbø
2nd in series
Points this post: 5
Total points: 155
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
Tasks completed: 9
Catherine TTask 25.3 - No More Wolves
book 1 - read a book with title that does NOT contain any of WOLF
Ax by Ed McBain
188 pages
book 2 - read a book with author initials in FLOWER
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
LO initials in wOLf
441 pages
441 + 188 > 600 = >501 pages
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280 points
ElaineL25.4 - Sydney Harbor
Two Book Task...
Book 1: (Option 2) Read a book of 100-150 pages in length.
Crave by J.M. Dabney 129 pages
Book 2: (Option 3) Read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in OUTBACK.
American Love Songs by Ashlyn Kane
Points this post: 25
Total points: 210
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 18
ElaineL5.5 - March, April, May
Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 3, 4, or 5.
The Guy From Glamour by Skylar M. Cates 246 pages
Points this post: 5
Total points: 215
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 19
ElaineL10.3 - Aim High
Read a book that has at least 1,454 5-star ratings on Goodreads.
Archangel's Enigma by Nalini Singh (5,266 5-Star ratings at time of posting)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 225
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 20
Readerboard name: Vicki L.Task 5.1 - Thoroughly Modern
Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn
Points for this task: 5
Task 5.6 – Lady DayAuthor name “Mary” (or related name from list) - Maria
María, Daughter of Immigrants by Maria Antonietta Berriozabal
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This Post: 5 points
Total points to date: 80 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
loafer20.5 - Bigger is Better - Pia's Task: It Was One of Those March Days...
Option 1.-
"So be sure when you step, Step with care and great tact. And remember THAT life's A Great Balancing Act. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and ¾ percent guaranteed)..."
Read a book that has a word in the title or subtitle of at least 4 letters that matches any of the words in the quote above.
The Undoing Project: A Friendship that Changed Our Minds by Michael Lewis
word = THAT
points: 20
total: 120
BB: 1
GO: 3
tasks completed: 10
kiki20.5 - Bigger is Better - Pia's Task: It Was One of Those March Days... Option 4: Read a book written by a Mexican Author: i read The Water Museum by Luis Alberto Urrea who was born in Tijuana, Mexico.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 6
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
5.5 March, April, MayDarktown by Thomas Mullen (384 pages)
5.9 Whodunit?
I'd Know You Anywhere by Laura Lippman
New Total: 65
Readerboard name - Brooklyn20.5 – Bigger Is Better – Pia’s Task: It Was One of Those March Days…
Option 2: March 8 is International Women’s Working Day
Read a book by a woman whose first and last name initials can be found in BE BOLD FOR CHANGE
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood
Points this post: 20
Total points: 45/850
Tasks completed: 4/52
Books read: 4
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets = 1)
20.10 Group ReadsI read The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code and posted to the thread, #14.
points: 80
books read: 8
tasks completed: 8
pages read: 2951
MegSCL20.1- Most Improved Player – Camilla’s Task: Finland 100 Years!
Option 2. read a book with either snow or the sun on the cover.
20.3 - Best Review - Lauren Jodi's task: Hidden Figures
Option 1: TRAILBLAZING WOMEN, read a non-fiction book about a woman or group of women who were the first to achieve something significant in their field.
Lab Girl by and about Hope Jahren who was the first woman to have been awarded both of the Young Investigator Medals given in the Earth Sciences. (This was approved in the task help thread).
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 155 Goldies: 1 Big Books: 0
Ava Catherine10.9 - Star Wars Stars
Read a book by an author who shares a name with one of the given actors who appeared in the film.
actor selected=Kenny Baker
Longbourn by Jo Baker
25.5 - Brooke TX's Task: Here Comes the Bride!
Option A: Old & New
Book 1: read a book FIRST published before 1992
The Professor's House by Willa Cather first published 1925
Book 2: read a book FIRST published in 2017
A Separation by Katie Kitamura
first published February 7, 2017
total=720
Amy O.15.5. Girls Just Wanta Have Fun! (book with "girl" in title)
The Good Girl by Mary Kubica
20.3 - Best Review - Lauren Jodi's task: Hidden Figures
Option 3: AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... (book that was basis for Best Adapted Screenplay nominee)
1977 nominee film - I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Adapted from I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Hannah Green
Points this post: 35
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Amy O.I originally claimed the book Love Story for Task 10.3, Aim High (see post 530). I want to change that, and use Love Story for Task 30.2 instead.
30.2 - Ava Catherine’s Task-Modern and Contemporary Art
Book 1: book published 1890-1939 whose author's initials are in ART DECO
The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie (First published 1923)
**claiming one Golden Oldies ticket for The Murder on the Links**
Book 2: book published 1970-present whose author's initials are in POST MODERN ART
Love Story by Erich Segal (first published 1970)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 85 - 10 + 30 = 105
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 6
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
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This is a 2 book task.
Book 1
Read a book which has the name of any element on the Periodic Table in its title, subtitle or series name.
Hurricane Gold
Element: Gold
Book 2
Using the atomic number of the element chosen for book 1 read a book that has the same number in a series.
Holiday in Death
Gold's atomic number: 79
7+9=16
1+6=7
Points
180+30=210