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SPRING CHALLENGE 2017
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LAUREN JODI 5.5 - March, April, May
Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
# of pages: 274
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 235/850
Total Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 12/52
Diana K5.8 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: worm, sap, pink, sprouting, grass, seed, egg, fish, flower, corn, milk.
Leaving the Pink House
30.5 - 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.
I like to read on the beach.
Book 2: Read a second book with a cover that shows a different reading spot or a variation on book 1's spot.
I like to read in the tub.
Points this post: 35
Total points: 315
25.4 - Nick KY's Task: Sydney Harbour Option 1: Read a book with harbour, harbor, bridge, opera or shell. Plurals and possessives are the only variations allowed.
The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller
Option 5: Read a book set at least 50% in Australia.
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
Points this Post: 25
Big Books this Post: 0
Golden Oldies this Post: 0
Total Points: 60
Total Books Read: 4
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Post #75.5 - March, April, May
Dead Over Heels 254 pages
Points this post:5
Total Points:125
Books read:11
Tasks Done: 8
Task 15.4 – Laughing and SingingONE book option – Main page genre HUMOR -and- Series book # 4
Four to Score
HUMOR verified
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This Post: 15 points
Total points to date: 130 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
VAL TX5.6 - Lady Day - Read a book written by an author named Mary or any of the related names found at Behind the Name - Mary such as Maria, Molly, Miriam, Mia, Polly.
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
This post:
Points - 5
Total:
Points - 45
Peg W5.5 March, April, May
Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 3, 4, or 5.
I read The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds, which has a page total of 362.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 70
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 6
Tasks completed: 4/52
Reader board name - DAIRE30.2
Book 1 - published between 1890 and 1939 whose author's initials can be found in ART DECO
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
(Published 1892 - 1x GO ticket)
Book 2 - published between 1970 and present whose author's initials can be found in CONTEMPORARY ART
The Witching Hour by Anne Rice
(Published 1990)
BB tickets x3 - 1207 pages
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 30
Total Tasks: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 3
Total Books: 2
CYNBAXTER# 20.10 – GROUP READS
Task: Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season
Stand-alone Fantasy Novels: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Posted: 03/30/2017 @ 17:35 – Message #08
**This is a Big Book (1006 pages). Claiming 3 BB tickets
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date = 60 points
BB tickets this post: 3
Total BB tickets to date: 3
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
5.3 - The 20th CenturyThe Unmourned (The Monsarrat Series #2) by Meg Keneally & Tom Keneally
5.4 - Best Laid Plans
10.8. On the Coast: Read a book set at least 50% in Algeria
The Meursault Investigation by Kamel Daoud
set 100% in Algeria
15.6. I Get By with a Little Help From My Friends.
The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn #1) by Tad Williams
My friend, Lusie rated this book 5-stars
2 X BIGGER IS BETTER tix (783 pages)
20.9 - Chandni's Task: Welcome to My Wheelhouse
Option 4: read a book from The Best Fairytales and Retellings.
Snow White & the Huntsman by Lily Blake & others
page 10
Total this Post: 45
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 225
30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: passed to Sheila: In Honor of Earth Day - Two Halves of a Whole.Book one: Read a book with one of the words: Spring, March, April or May in the title.
I read A Spring Affair by Milly Johnson (Spring in the title).
Book two: Read a book that is designated in the GR series metadata as the 9th, 10th or 11th in a series.
I read At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie. This is #11 in the Miss Marple series.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 395
Books read: 27
Tasks completed: 19
Golden oldies: 2
MegSCL10.2 - Initial Success
Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 200 Goldies: 1 Big Books: 0
15.2. May is for Art and Music!Book 1: Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia E. Butler
Book 2:
by Mercedes LackeyPoints this post: 15
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 9
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Play Ball!Option 1, a book by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in the phrase GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE: Miss Julia Takes Over by Ann B. Ross
Points this post: 20
Total points: 295
Brooke TX10.4 - Partners in Crime
Read a book co-authored by two female authors.
15.4. Laughing and Singing
OPTION 2: Read one book with a main page genre of humor that is #4 in a series.
15.5. Girls Just Wanta Have Fun!
Read a book with the word “girl” found intact in the title/subtitle of the book.
Points
This Post: 40
Total Points: 120
Completed Tasks: 9
Books Read: 16
trishhartuk30.1 Schatzie’s Task: passed to Sheila: In Honor of Earth Day - Two Halves of a Whole
Book 1: Spring in the northern hemisphere: Read a book with one of the words: Spring, March, April or May in the title.
The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack, Mark Hodder
Big book: Yes - 511pg - 500+ x 1 = 1 ticket
Book 2: Spring in the southern hemisphere: Read a book that is designated in the GR series metadata as the 9th, 10th or 11th in a series.
A Serpent's Tooth (Walt Longmire #9), Craig Johnson
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie: No
Big Book: Yes - The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack is 511pg
Total Points: 255
Tasks Completed: 18
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1 (500+ = 1 ticket)
Shree20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Play Ball!
Option 1: read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in the phrase “GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE.”
Long May She Reign by Rhiannon Thomas
Points in post: 20
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Total points: 140
5.7- Modern ClassicsRead a book that has been shelved at least 10 times as “modern classic” from this list Popular Modern Classics.
I read Night. It is on page 2 on the list, and shelved 53 times.
Task points: 5
Total points:55
Tasks completed:4
Reader board name - DAIRE20.9
Option 1 - Book from list of popular psychological thrillers
The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison
(on page 1)
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 50
Total Tasks: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book pts: 3
Total Books: 3
Sheila15.3. National Library Week is April 9-15
OPTION 1:
Book 1 –
A Likely Story by Jenn McKinlayand
Book 2 –
Loyalty by Ingrid Thoft15.4. Laughing and Singing
OPTION 2:
The Scam by Janet Evanovich(Fox and O'Hare #4)
15.5. Girls Just Wanta Have Fun!
Little Girl Lost by Richard Aleas15.6. I Get By with a Little Help From My Friends.
Blood Lines by Angela MarsonsMy friend Gary rated it 4 stars
15.7. It's Contagious!
The Last One by Alexandra Olivapage 1 on Best Fiction Books About Diseases or Viruses
15.10. Spring Gardening
Oblivion by Arnaldur Indriðason20.1- Most Improved Player – Camilla’s Task: Finland 100 Years!
Option 2. Snow
Deep Freeze by Lisa Jackson20.6 – Seasoned Reader - Bookwrm526's Task: Batter Up!!
Option 2:
The Body Box by Lynn AbercrombieSet in Atlanta, Ga.
Total Points = 310
Catherine TTask 15.5 - Girls Just Wanta Have Fun!
read a book with GIRL intact in the title
The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel
Task 30.4 - A Pride of Lions or a School of Sharks?
book 1 - read a book with an animal from the list on the cover
Inspector Hobbes and the Curse: Comedy Crime Fantasy Romance by Wilkie Martin
rhino (silhouette) on RHS (approved in thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
book 2: read a book with the collective term for the book 1 animal in the title
Crash by Daphne Loveling
CRASH is the collective noun for a group of rhinos
Diana AKTask 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 initials can be found in "BE BOLD FOR CHANGE"
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Lauren Oliver's initials L & O can be found in "BE BOLD FOR CHANGE"
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 85
Total Tasks: 6
Total Books: 6
Catherine TTask 30.4 - A Pride of Lions or a School of Sharks?
book 1 - read a book with an animal from the list on the cover
Inspector Hobbes and the Curse: Comedy Crime Fantasy Romance by Wilkie Martin
rhino (silhouette) on RHS (approved in thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
book 2: read a book with the collective term for the book 1 animal in the title
Crash by Daphne Loveling
CRASH is the collective noun for a group of rhinos
TessaVanessaOne Pink RoseChallenge 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: worm, sap, pink, sprouting, grass, seed, egg, fish, flower, corn, milk.
I read One Pink Rose by Julie Garwood.
Challenge 5.10 Your Own 8th Wonder
Read a book of your choice.
I read The Black Book by James Patterson.
Challenge 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.
I read Private Down Under by James Patterson.
Challenge 20.9 Chandni's Task: Welcome to My Wheelhouse
Option 3: Read an epistolary novel from one of these lists: Epistolary Fiction or Best Diary Novels
I read Checkers by John Marsden. It is found on here in Best Diary Novels: [page 2 Book #141]
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5...
Points this post: 50
Total points: 435
Tasks completed: 31
Books read: 37
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
5.9 - Whodunit?Book with Mystery as main page genre.
James Bond, Vol. 1: VARGR by Warren Ellis
15.4. Laughing and Singing
Book 1: Book with Humor as main page genre.
Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu by Junji Ito
Book 2: Book that is #4 in its series.
Taivaan suuri susi by Petri Hiltunen is #4 in Praedor. The title means "The Great Wolf of Heaven".
Points this post: 20
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 125/850
Total Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 12/52
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
5.9 - Whodunit?Book with mystery as main page genre
While You Were Sleeping - Kathryn Croft
Total Points: 30
perletwo10.1 - Catch Some Z's - Read a book with the letter Z in the title or subtitle.
A Fatal Waltz
Points this task: 10
Total points: 610
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 05
Big Book ticket requests: 02
Books read: 47
Tasks completed: 36
Readerboard name - Brooklyn5.3 – The 20th Century
Read a book that contains the number “0” or “2” in the series designation
Hidden Bodies: A Novel by Caroline Kepnes
It is #2 in the You series
Points this post: 5
Total points: 105/850
Tasks completed: 8/52
Books read: 9
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets = 1)
CHRISTINA PA15.9. They're Coming to Take Me Away
Ready Player One
by Ernest Cline
AND
15.10. Spring Gardening
The Circle
by Dave Eggers
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
10.2 - Initial Success. CN tower: read a book with an author who uses exactly 2 initials instead of a first name as it appears on GoodreadsAn Unsuitable Job for a Woman by P.D. James
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.
Tulip Fever publ. in 1999
Points this post: 30
Total points: 345
Andy P.Task # 15.4. Laughing and Singing
One book option
Book 1 – Read a book with a main page genre of humor.
AND
Book 2 – Read a book that is #4 in a series.
The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza by Lawrence Block
Humor on main page (20 users), #4 in Bernie Rhodenbarr series
Points this post: 15
Total points: 215
Maddie O.Task 10.5 - And The Tony Goes To....
Read a play.
I read A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare.
Since it was published in 1595, this counts for One Golden Oldie Ticket
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Pia's Task: It Was One of Those March Days...
I used 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 Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton. (be bold for cHAnge)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 95
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets this post: 1
Total Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Laura NT5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
Read a book of your choice.
Cape Light
Points this post: 5
Total points: 65
LAVENDER10.1 - Catch Some Z's
Read a book with the letter Z in the title or subtitle.
The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville 187 pages
Z in title.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 165
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 13
Diana K10.2 - Initial Success. CN tower: read a book with an author who uses exactly 2 initials instead of a first name as it appears on Goodreads
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman by P.D. James
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.
Tulip Fever publ. in 1999
Points this post: 30
Total points: 345
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Sara G15.5. Girls Just Wanta Have Fun!
March 3 is Girls Day in Japan. Read a book with the word “girl” found intact in the title/subtitle of the book.
The Girl in the Green Sweater: A Life in Holocaust's Shadow by Krystyna Chiger
Points this post: 15
Total points: 235
DANIELLE M25.2 - Sandy's Task: Who Am I? Where Am I?
Book 1: Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
Book 2: Isle of Palms by Dorothea Benton Frank
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 170
Books Read: 10
Tasks Complete: 9
Kathryn CA10.9 - Star Wars Stars
Read a book by an author who shares a name with one of these actors who appeared in the film
The Last Mile by David Baldacci
Author has first name of David which matches David Prowse
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 10/850
BB Tickets This Post: 0
Total BB Tickets: 500+: (0), 750+: (0), 1000+: (0)
Total GO Tickets:
Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
25.3 - Andy P.’s task: No More WolvesOption 1. Dead Beat by Val McDermid
Option 2. We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
275 + 227 = 502 pages.
Points this post: 25
Points in total: 285
Tasks completed: 16
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book tickets: 0
Kathryn CA20.5 - 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.
Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between by Lauren Graham
talking As fast as I can: from gilmoRe girls to gilmOre girls, aNd everything in BetWeen (letters in RAINBOW capitalized)
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 30/850
BB Tickets This Post: 0
Total BB Tickets: 500+: (0), 750+: (0), 1000+: (0)
Total GO Tickets:
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
MelissaH20.8 Over and Under
Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes by Denise Grover Swank
(Over in author's name)
20.9 Welcome to my Wheelhouse
Option 1
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
Found on page 1
20.10 Group Reads (repost from #290 with link)
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
Post #9
Points this post: 60
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Kathryn CA15.6 - I Get By with a Little Help From My Friends.
Read a book that a GR friend has rated 4 or 5 stars.
Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan
Many friends rated this 4 of 5 stars. One is a friend named Megan.
***Lord of Chaos is a big book ticket. 1011 pages***
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 45/850
BB Tickets This Post: 0
Total BB Tickets: 500+: (0), 750+: (0), 1000+: (1)
Total GO Tickets:
Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3
Kathryn CA15.5. Girls Just Wanta Have Fun!
Read a book with the word “girl” found intact in the title/subtitle of the book.
The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die by April Henry
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 60/850
BB Tickets This Post: 0
Total BB Tickets: 500+: (0), 750+: (0), 1000+: (1)
Total GO Tickets:
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 4
Kathryn CA20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Play Ball!
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.
Replica by Lauren Oliver
The book is set at least 50% in Florida (maybe a quarter is set in North Carolina). Florida mentioned in the book description.
***Replica is a big book ticket. 544 pages***
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 80/850
BB Tickets This Post: 0
Total BB Tickets: 500+: (1), 750+: (0), 1000+: (1)
Total GO Tickets:
Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 5
Kathryn CA10.2 - Initial Success
Read a book with an author who uses exactly 2 initials instead of a first name as it appears on Goodreads
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
***Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a big book ticket. 734 pages***
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 90/850
BB Tickets This Post: 0
Total BB Tickets: 500+: (2), 750+: (0), 1000+: (1)
Total GO Tickets:
Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 6
15.5 Girls Just Wanta Have FunRead a book with the word “girl” found intact in the title/subtitle of the book.
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
"Girl" in subtitle of book.
Task Points: 15
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20.1 Camilla's Task: Finland 100 Years!
Option 3: Read a book FIRST published prior to 1917.
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
BIG BOOK ticket - 510 pages
Oldie ticket - first published 1831
Task Points: 20
Grand Total Points: 155
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 16 (not all reported yet)
Big Book Tickets: 1
Oldies Tickets: 3 (not all reported yet)
5.4 - Best Laid PlansGet Smart: How to Think and Act Like the Most Successful and Highest-Paid People in Every Field by Brian Tracy
which would have worked for task 10.4 Fire and Ice - Read a book with all letters of FIRE and of ICE found in the book’s title/subtitle/author name
Get Smart: How to Think and Act Like the Most Successful and Highest-Paid People in Every Field
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5/825
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
CHANDNI20.9 - Chandni's Task: Welcome to My Wheelhouse
Option 2: Read a book with True Crime as a main page genre.
A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 130
Books Read: 8
Completed Tasks: 8
Post #820.6 – Seasoned Reader - Bookwrm526's Task: Batter Up!!
Option 3: A Fool and His Honey first published in 1999
Points this post:20
Total Points:145
Books read:12
Tasks Done: 9
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Points this post: 20
Total points (not including this post): 65