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SPRING CHALLENGE 2017
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perletwo5.3 - The 20th Century - Read a book that contains the number 2 or 0 in the series designation: #2, #10, #12, etc. It must be identified as a book in a series in the Goodreads metadata (series *0* or *2*).
Secondhand Souls
GR metadata ID's this as "Grim Reaper #2"
Points this task: 05
Total points: 500
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 05
Big Book ticket requests: 01
Books read: 40
Tasks completed: 29
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.2 Location, Location, Location
Read a book set at least 50% in a location of a modern wonder: England; France; Canada; New York, USA; California,USA; Brazil; Paraguay; Panama; Netherlands
I read A Paris Affair by Tatiana de Rosnay. It was set in France.
Challenge 5.9 Whodunit?
Read a book with a main page genre that includes "Mystery"
I read The Thirteenth Rose: A Charlie D Mystery by Gail Bowen.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 240
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 22
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
CYNBAXTER# 20.02 – ROOKIE AT THE TOP: McCathy's Task: Lucky Charms
Task: Read a book with one of these shapes in the title or subtitle. a) Hearts, b) Shooting Stars, c) Horseshoes, d) Clovers, e) Blue Moons, f) Rainbows, g) Balloons and h) Hourglass.
Option 1: The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart by Mathias Malzieu
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date = 40 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
LAVENDER5.5 - March, April, May
Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 3, 4, or 5.
Hosts by F. Paul Wilson - 503 pages
Both 3 and 5 are in the page numbers 503
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 8
Catherine TTask 15.2 - May is for Art and Music!
book 1 - read a book with MPG graphic novel
Sex Criminals, Vol. 1: One Weird Trick by Matt Fraction
book 2 - read a book with a musical instrument on the cover
From Here to Nashville by Julie Stock
- guitar
Rockynook15.5. Girls Just Wanta Have Fun - read a book with "girl" in title
The Girl Before - J.P. Delaney
Total Points: 25
trishhartuk10.8 - Build A Bridge
Read a book...with a bridge on the cover.
Has two visible bridges on the cover (Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges, I think)
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 195
Tasks Completed: 15
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
15.9 - They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha!MPG of Science Fiction - Read The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu. As of this post, 'Science Fiction' was the top genre for this book.
Points these task: 15
Total points: 75
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 11
Tasks completed: 6
Nick KY5.4 Best Laid Plans I read The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Other Poems of the Romatic Era: Literary Touchstone Classic, which fits task 5.5 December, January, February from the Winter challenge, as it has a “1” and a “2” in the pagination, 112 pp.
25.2 Sandy’s Who? And Where?
Book 1 – a book with a person’s name who is a character in the book. I read Richard the Shaker by Hazel Spencer Phillips. 136 pp
Book 2 – a book with a place name in the title which occurs as a setting in the book. I read A Small Death in Lisbon by Robert Wilson. 451 pp
Total pages for 25.2 = 587 > required 500
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 180
BARBARA ★10.8 ~ Build A Bridge
Wrayth - Pip Ballantine 3/21
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20.2 ~ Rookie At The Top - McCathy's Task: Lucky Charms
Option 2: Buried in a Bog - Sheila Connolly (MPG Cultural: Ireland) 3/12
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 80
Bryony 20.5 - Bigger is Better - Pia's Task: It Was One of Those March Days...
Option 2: Read a book written by a woman whose first and last name initials can be found in "BE BOLD FOR CHANGE".
I read Leap Year by Helen Russell whose first and last initials are in this phrase.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 235
Books read: 17
Tasks completed: 12
Diana K5.5 - March, April, May. Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 3, 4, or 5.
The Impossible Fortress 285 pages
Points this post: 5
Total points: 210
loafer30.2 - Ava Catherine’s Task-Modern and Contemporary Art
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".
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
first published in 1926, it is a "Golden Oldie"
Agatha Christie - 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".
Blaming by Elizabeth Taylor
published in 1976
Elizabeth Taylor - conTEmporary art
points: 30
total: 150
BB: 1
GO: 4
tasks completed: 11
30.2 - Ava Catherine’s Task-Modern and Contemporary ArtBook 1: Read a book FIRST published between 1890 and 1939 whose author’s first and last name initials can be found in BAUHAUS.
Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley
first published 1921
**claiming GOLDEN OLDIES ticket for publication date of 1921**
Book 2: Read a book FIRST published between 1970 and the present whose author’s first and last name initials can be found in "POST MODERN ART".
The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff first published 2000
Total New Points: 30
Total challenge Points: 145
GO: 1
Readerboard Name: Quinn15.6
Read a book that a GR friend has rated 4 or 5 stars.
The Pursuit by Janet Evanovich
*GR Friend: Agnieszka - 4 stars
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 170
GO This Post/Total: 0
BB This Post/Total: 0
5.2 Location, Location, LocationRead a book set at least 50% in a location of a modern wonder: England; France; Canada; New York, USA; California,USA; Brazil; Paraguay; Panama; Netherlands.
Letters to the Lost by Iona Grey
Setting: London, England
Points: 5
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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.
Black Beans & Vice by J.B. Stanley
Page count: 321
Points: 5
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5.9 Whodunit?
Read a book with a main page genre that includes "Mystery".
Grime and Punishment by Jill Churchill
MPG = Mystery 147 users
Points: 5
Grand Total Points: 35
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 5
Big Book Tickets: 0
Oldies Tickets: 0
20.4 – Golden Oldies – Amy O's Task: April Showers?Option 1: Read a book whose author’s initials can be found in the phrase "APRIL SHOWERS"
South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914 - 1917
Claiming a Golden Oldie Ticket: Published first in 1919
Points 210+20=230
10.1 Catch Some Z'sRead a book with the letter Z in the title or subtitle.
The Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith
Zebra starts with Z.
Points: 10
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10.5 And Tthe Tony Goes To...
Read a play.
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
Oldie Ticket - first published 1945
Points: 10
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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.
by Anne PerryPoints: 10
Grand Total Points: 65
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 8
Big Book Tickets: 0
Oldies Tickets: 1
15.10 Spring GardeningRead a book whose author's initials can be found in GARDENING.
A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George
Author initials EG found in GardEning
Points: 15
Grand Total Points: 80
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 9
Big Book Tickets: 0
Oldies Tickets: 1
loafer20.8 - 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.
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell
David and Goliath: UNDERdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
points: 20
total: 170
BB: 1
GO: 4
tasks completed: 12
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For book 1, I read Better Than New: How Saving Old Homes Saved Me. Noted in help thread, posts 2 and 8, as having Architecture as main page genre.
For book 2, I read Doctored Evidence by Donna Leon - author's first name, doNNa, has two sequential Ns.
15.2. May is for Art and Music!
For book 1, I read Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, with Sequential Art>Graphic Novel as the top main page genre.
For book 2, I read
, with a flute on the cover.15.9. They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha!
I read The Fate of the Tearling, with Science Fiction>Dystopia as a main page genre.
Points this post: 45
Total points: 220
20.4 Golden Oldies - Amy O's Task: April Showers?Option 3: Read a book with one of the following main page genres: Ancient, Christian, Christianity, Inspirational, Judaica, Judaism, Mythology, Old Testament, Personal Development, Religion, Self-Help, Spirituality, Theology. The genres may be standalone or embedded.
God Game by Andrew M. Greeley
Approved in thread for MPG of Religion: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 20
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20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Play Ball!
Option 1: please read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in the phrase “GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE.”
The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw
Author initials TA found in GrApefruiT
Points: 20
Grand Total Points: 120
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 11
Big Book Tickets: 0
Oldies Tickets: 1
Readerboard name - Brooklyn10.10 – The 2017 Rooster
Read a book from the Tournament of Books longlist
The Mothers by Brit Bennett
Points this post: 10
Total points: 55/850
Tasks completed: 5/52
Books read: 5
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets = 1)
Nick KYRepost of 25.2 with required info. (sorry about that)
25.2 Sandy’s Who? And Where?
Book 1 – a book with a person’s name who is a character in the book. I read Richard the Shaker by Hazel Spencer Phillips. 136 pp
Here is a link to some info on the book, xplaining that it is about Richard McNemar, a leader of the Shaker religion, including a great deal of his diary.
https://www.abaa.org/book/502798788
Book 2 – a book with a place name in the title which occurs as a setting in the book. I read A Small Death in Lisbon by Robert Wilson. 451 pp
Total pages for 25.2 = 587 > required 500
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 180
SALLY M.15.10 Spring Gardening
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
20.3 Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly (option 3: the film Hidden Figures was adapted from the book Hidden Figures)
20.5 One of Those March Days...
How to Be Brave by E. Katherine Kottaras (option 3)
25.3 No More Wolves
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Firsts by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn
25.5 Here Comes the Bride!
The Third Reich: A Novel by Roberto Bolaño (option a, book 1: published 1989)
Caraval by Stephanie Garber (option a, book 2: published 2017)
Points this post: 105
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 5
Books posted: 7
Pages read: 2,427
Total BB tickets: 0
Total GO tickets: 0
10.3 at least 1,454 5-star ratings on GoodreadsThe Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds by Michael Lewis
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 85/850
Tasks completed: 10/52
Books Read: 10
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books:500+()750+(0)1000+(0)
Bryony20.3 - Best Review - Lauren Jodi's task: 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 Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw. The film Pygmalion won an Oscar for best adapted screenplay in 1938.
This book was first published in 1912 so I'm claiming one Golden Oldie.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 255
Books read: 18
Tasks completed: 13
Golden oldies: 1
Oma122920.1- Most Improved Player – Camilla’s Task: Finland 100 Years!
I chose Option #3
Read a book FIRST published prior to 1917.
The Clue by Carolyn Wells
Total Points-90/850
Total Tasks- 6/52
Total Golden Oldie Books-
Total Big Books-500+(), 750+(),1000+()
5.10- Your Own 8th WonderRead a book of your choice.
Awakened
Points this post: 5
Total points: 55
Challenges completed: 7
Books read: 7
Big Books this post: 0
Total big books: 3
Oma122920.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Play Ball!
I chose Option #2
Read a book that takes place in Florida or France. At least 50% of the book must be set in either of those locations.
The Blue Edge of Midnight by Jonathon King
Total Points-110/850
Total Tasks- 7/52
Total Golden Oldie Books-
Total Big Books-500+(), 750+(),1000+()
10.9 - Star Wars StarsThe House of Silk (Sherlock Holmes #1) by Anthony Horowitz
ANTHONY Daniels
15.5. Girls Just Wanta Have Fun!
Ambulance Girls (Ambulance Girls #1) by Deborah Burrows
20.6 – Seasoned Reader - Bookwrm526's Task: Batter Up!!
Option 3: Read a book FIRST published in a year ending with the number 9.
Fire (Graceling Realm #2) by Kristin Cashore
Published 2009
30.2 - Ava Catherine’s Task-Modern and Contemporary Art
Book 1: Read a book FIRST published between 1890 and 1939 whose author’s initials can be found in "ART DECO"
The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence #1) by Agatha Christie
Published 1922 & author's initials, AC, found in Art deCo
1 X GOLDEN OLDIES tix
Book 2: Read a book FIRST published between 1970 and the present whose author’sinitials can be found in "POST MODERN ART".
Illumine Her by Sienni A.M.
Published 2013 & author's initials, SAM, found in poSt Modern Art
Total this Post: 75
Golden Oldies: 2
Season Total: 180
Andy P.Task # 25.3 - Andy P.’s task: No More Wolves
Book 1.Read a book whose title does NOT contain any of the letters in the word WOLF. Drink the Tea by Thomas Kaufman no W,O,L or F in Drink the Tea
(304 p.)
Book 2. Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in the word FLOWER. The Watcher in the Wall by Owen Laukkanen FLOWER (356 p.)
page count: 304+356= 660>500
Points this post: 25
Total points: 155
5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Winter Task: 15.1 - Madly in Love With Me Day
Book 1 - Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from this list: me, myself, I, my, mine.
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Pia's Task: It Was One of Those March Days...
Option 2 - Read a book written by a woman whose first and last name initials can be found in "BE BOLD FOR CHANGE".
Taken at the Flood by Agatha Christie
Reason: BE BOLD FOR CHANGE
Golden Oldie: 1948
Total Points: 70
Total Tasks: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Winter Task: 15.1 - Madly in Love With Me Day
Book 1 - Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from this list: me, myself, I, my, mine.
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Pia's Task: It Was One of Those March Days...
Option 2 - Read a book written by a woman whose first and last name initials can be found in "BE BOLD FOR CHANGE".
Taken at the Flood by Agatha Christie
Reason: BE BOLD FOR CHANGE
Golden Oldie: 1948
Total Points: 70
Total Tasks: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Shawn H.5.5 - March, April, May (3,4,5 in page #)
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
***240 pages***
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 20
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Ticket Books: 0
Amanda D.5.4 - Best Laid Plans - Read a book that fits one of the Winter Challenge 5, 10 or 15 point tasks.
Winter Task - 10.5. Noel!
Read a book with NO "L" in the title/subtitle and NO "L" in the author name
Seduction Squad: Captured by Amanda Stewart
Ebook verification post
5.10 - Your Own 8th Wonder - Read a book of your choice
Absolve Me by Morgaine Cameron
Ebook verification post
Points this post: 10
Total points (not including this post): 35
EmilyD1037A Fatal Thaw by Dana Stabenow
Friend: Cath Russell rated 5 stars
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. REQUIRED: Give the name of the friend in your post.
Date: 3/23/2017
Points this post: 15
Total points: 40
Task this post: 1
Total Tasks: 3
Pages read this post: 179
Total pages read: 728
Number of books: 1
Total of books read: 3
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
Amy O.5.2 - Location, Location, Location (book set at least 50% in location of a modern wonder, including New York, USA)
Lisa, Bright and Dark by John Neufeld
This book is set in New York, USA. Setting is indicated by this quote from page 12 of the e-book: "Right now, what I am is plain, single, and alive on Long Island (if you can stand it)."
This book has a main page genre of Children's, but is listed on AR Bookfinder as IL: UG.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 8
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
CHANDNI10.2 - Initial Success
Read a book with an author who uses exactly 2 initials instead of a first name.
Nostalgia by M.G. Vassanji
[POINTS]
This Post: 10
Total Points: 90
Books Read: 6
Completed Tasks: 6
Catherine TTask 10.5 - And The Tony Goes To....
read a play
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two
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305 points
Sara ITA10.5 - And The Tony Goes To....
Read a play.
Romeo e Giulietta by William Shakespeare (audiobook)
** Romeo e Giulietta is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1595). Claiming 1 GO ticket. **
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Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 95
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 3
Mod
5.6 - Lady Day
author named Mary/Maria: Whatever...Love Is Love: Questioning the Labels We Give Ourselves by Maria Bello
10.5 - And The Tony Goes To....
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
15.9. They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha!
SF genre: Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie
total = 210
Julia10325.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Sydney Harbour
Option 2: Cold-Forged Flame (100 pages)
Option 5: The Road from Coorain (set in Australia)
This post: 25 points
Total points: 150
Total BB: 0
Total GO: 2
Tasks completed: 7
trishhartuk10.4 - Partners in Crime
Read a book co-authored by two female authors. Writing teams of two female authors who use a single author name may be used if it is evident on the author page or include a reference.
The Sayers Swindle, Victoria Abbott
The author link refers to “Pseudonym used by Victoria Maffini and mother Mary Jane Maffini.”
Okayed in help thread message #14: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 205
Tasks Completed: 16
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
LAVENDER30.5 - Jonquil’s task: There Is No Frigate Like A Book
Book 1: Read a book with a cover that shows the type of place where you like to read.
Destination Unknown by Agatha Christie ebook I read
Destination Unknown Top MMPB 168 pages
Book cover shows a plane. I like to read while traveling on buses, trains, planes, etc.
Book 2: Read a book with a cover that shows the type of place where you like to read.
Problem at Pollensa Bay by Agatha Christie ebook I read
Problem at Pollensa Bay Top MMPB 188 pages
Book cover shows a lighthouse. I saw quite a few nice lighthouses on a tour of Alaska last year, and sitting either inside of one or at the base of one with a good book is heavenly.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 130
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 10
Shannon South Africa5.9 Whodunit?
Main page genre "mystery"
Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier
Golden Oldie - published 1935
Task points: 5
Challenge points: 5
GO tickets: 1
Shannon South Africa15.5 Girls Just Wanta Have Fun!
Word "girl" in title or subtitle
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Task points: 15
Challenge points: 20
GO tickets: 1
Shannon South Africa20.5 It was one of those March days
Option 2: Woman author with initials in "be bold for change"
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
Task points: 20
Challenge points: 40
GO tickets: 1
EmilyD10375.2 - Location, Location, Location 100 % England
A Vow of Obedience by Veronica Black
The entire book takes place in Cornwall England and is
listed as British Lit on the main page.
Date: 3/24/2017
Points this post: 5
Total points: 45
Task this post: 1
Total Tasks: 4
Pages read this post: 247
Total pages read: 975
Number of books: 1
Total of books read: 4
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
20.1- Most Improved Player – Camilla’s Task: Finland 100 Years!Option 1.
The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson
Author born in Finland, and the book is set in Finland.
Points this task: 20
Points in total: 230
Tasks completed: 13
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0
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Task 10.3 - Aim High (book with at least 1,454 5-star ratings)
All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood by Jennifer Senior
As of March 22, 2017, this book has 1,965 5-star ratings on Goodreads.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 115
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0