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SPRING CHALLENGE 2017
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Jonquil25.2 - Sandy's Task: Who Am I? Where Am I?
Book 1: name of a person in the title Grace
300 + 293= 593 pages
Grace Cries Uncle
Julie Hyzy
Paperback, 293 pages 4/9
Book 2: name of a place in the title Mudbug, LA
Trouble in Mudbug
Jana Deleon
Paperback, 300 pages 4/9
Points this post: 25
Total points: 550
Books posted: 46
Tasks complete: 42
Pages this post: 593
Total pages as of this post: 13110
Jonquil25.3 - Andy P.’s task: No More Wolves
Book 1.title does NOT contain letters in WOLF Iris Avenue
310 + 290 = 600
Iris Avenue
Pamela Grandstaff
Paperback, 310 pages 3/16
Book 2
author initials in FLOWER LW
Thread and Gone
Lea Wait
Paperback, 290 pages 3/10
Points this post: 25
Total points: 575
Books posted: 48
Tasks complete: 43
Pages this post: 600
Total pages as of this post: 13710
Jonquil25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Sydney Harbour
Option 1 Harbor in title
Gull Harbor
Kathryn Knight
Paperback, 268 pages 4/4
Option 5 set 100% in Australia
reviewer Ali says "Interesting for the view it gives of life in the Australian outback"
The Sands of Windee
Arthur W. Upfield
Paperback, 217 pages 3/21
Points this post: 25
Total points: 600
Books posted: 50
Tasks complete: 44
Pages this post: 485
Total pages as of this post: 14195
BOUCHRA - repost15.3. National Library Week is April 9-15
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by William Kamkwamba
This book fits both options 1 & 2. William Kamkwamba, the author of the book, who is also the main character, learns how to build windmills and other devices by self-learning while he's out of school due to poverty. The library plays a huge role in helping him gain his knowledge, as that is where he goes to find books that give him all sorts of ideas on what to build and how to build them. Without the library, William would have been just another ordinary school dropout from Malawi.
Initials: W & K.
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 105
Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 7
GO This Post/Total: 0/1
BB This Post/Total: 0
BARBARA ★15.3 ~ National Library Week is April 9-15
Option 1
Book 1 – Books Can Be Deceiving - Jenn McKinlay (m.c. is a librarian) 4/7
Book 2 – Betrayed - Rebecca York (R & Y in LIBRARY) 3/23
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15.5 ~ Girls Just Wanta Have Fun!
The Girl with the Golden Gun - Ann Major 4/11
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30.4 ~ Dlmrose's Task: Passed to Delicious Dee: A Pride of Lions or a School of Sharks?
Book 1: Once Upon Stilettos - Shanna Swendson (frog on cover) 4/9
Book 2: When a Scot Ties the Knot - Tessa Dare (knot on list) 4/12
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 60
Total Points: 240
Readerboard name - Brooklyn15.4 – Laughing and Singing
Option 2: Read a book with a MPG of humor and that is #4 in a series
Bridget Jones's Baby: The Diaries by Helen Fielding
Points this post: 15
Total points: 120/850
Tasks completed: 9/52
Books read: 10
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets = 1)
25.2 - Sandy's Task: Who Am I? Where Am I?Name: MILA 2.0 336 pages
Place: Barrayar 470 pages
Points 340 + 25 = 365
Readerboard name - Brooklyn15.7 – It’s Contagious!
April 7 is World Health Day. Read a book from one of the lists.
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
It is on page 1 of the “Best Fiction Books About Diseases or Viruses” list
Points this post: 15
Total points: 135/850
Tasks completed: 10/52
Books read: 11
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets = 1)
LAUREN JODI 15.3 - National Library Week is April 9-15.
Option #1:
Book #1: Heroine is a librarian:
In Bed with Mr. Wrong by Katee Robert
Book #2: Author initials in NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK
A SEAL's Fantasy by Tawny Weber
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 350/850
Total Books Read: 27
Tasks Completed: 19/52
CELESTER5.3 - 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*). Prequels and fill-ins work, ex. 0.1, 0.2, 10.5
Justice League, Volume 2: The Villain's Journey
By Geoff Johns and illustrated by Jim Lee
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 20
20.6 – Seasoned Reader - Bookwrm526's Task: Batter Up!!Option 2
Peaches and Scream by Susan Furlong
Points this post: 20
Total points: 210
Tasks completed: 14
EMurphy 20.3 Best Review-Lauren Jodi's Task: Hidden Figures
Option 1: TRAILBLAZING WOMEN - Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 75
Books Read: 4
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 4
Nick KY10.5 Tony’s I read the play Fences by August Wilson.
10.8 Build a Bridge I read a book with a bridge on the cover as well as "Bridge" in the title, Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo:
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for Bridge of Sighs at 528 pages.
Points this Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 365
Big Books So Far: 500+ (2)
Readerboard Name MAZZA1 REPOSTING
Task 30.3
Book 1 Read a book which has the name of any element on the Periodic Table in its title, subtitle or series name.
BOOK The Helium Murder
HOW IT FITS Helium in title atomic element number 2 on Periodic table
Atomic element is Helium; symbol He; atomic number 2
Book 2 Using the atomic number of the element chosen for book 1 read a book that has the same number in a series.
BOOK The Angel of Darkness
HOW IT FITS #2 in Dr Laszlo Kreizler series matching atomic element number
this book has 752 pages and i would like to claim 2 BB tickets
Points this post 30
BB tickets this post 2
Total points 585
Total BB tickets 4
Readerboard Name - LaureY15.3. National Library Week is April 9-15.
Book 1 – read a book featuring a library or librarian.
Lirael by Garth Nix
Book 2 – read a book with its author's initials in NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK.
Again the Magic by Lisa Kleypas
Points this post: 15
Total points: 240
Task this post: 1
Total Tasks: 17
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 4
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
BBooks - 500+: BBooks - 750+: 0 BBooks - 1000+: 0
kiki 15.6. I Get By with a Little Help From My Friends
read a book from your friend's shelf they rated a 4 or 5. i read Claire of the Sea Light. my friend (actually my mom!) rated it 4 stars. her name is Hallie Lauritzen.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 200
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 11
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Pamela326520.10 - Group Reads
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Paperback version: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
My comment can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/....
849 pages - 2 Big Book Tickets
30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: It’s Elementary
Book 1: Drops of Gold by Sarah M. Eden – Gold ‘s atomic # is 79
7 + 9 = 16
1 + 6 = 7
Book 2: A Temporary Family by Sherri Shackelford (Prairie Courtships #7)
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 280
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+: 1
Big Books - 1000+:
Diana K15.6. 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.
Ordinary Grace. My friend Janet rated it 5 stars. I do too.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 510
Mod
10.2 - Initial Success
Vicious Circle by C.J. Box
20.1- Most Improved Player – Camilla’s Task: Finland 100 Years!
option 1, set in Finland/Finnish author: Nights of Awe by Harri Nykänen
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Play Ball!
option 1, initials AT in grApefruiT: The Ashes of London by Andrew Taylor
total = 740
Chelleann5.10 - Your Own 8th Wonder: Read a book of your choice
Book: Nevertheless: A Memoirby Alec Baldwin
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10.04 - Partners in Crime: Read a book co-authored by 2 female authors
Book: Monkeewrench by P.J. Tracy (A pseudonym for a mother and daughter team.)
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20.3 - Best Review: Hidden Figures (Option 3) Read a book from the Wikipedia list of films nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Adapted Screenplay category.
Book: The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler (1988)
Points this Post: 35
Total Points: 105
Total Tasks: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 11
Sara G20.4 – 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". If the book has more than one author, only one author’s initials need to be used. Spaces determine names. All author initials must be included. Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
Peony in Love by Lisa See
APRIL SHOWERS
Points this post: 20
Total points: 360
Coralie5.1 Thoroughly Modern
Book by author whose first and last name initials can be found in ModErn
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
10.10 The 2017 Rooster
From the Tournament of Books longlist
Commonwealth
15.6 I Get By with a Little Help from My Friends
Book my friend Clouds gave five stars
The Thousand Names
This post 30 points
Total to date 255 points
Brave15.6. 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 Sculptor by Scott McCloud
page count: 488
My GR friend Charlotte Jones rated this 4 stars.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 125
Readerboard name: Witchygal25.4 - Nick KY’s Task
I am so excited about this next task because I am Australian! It's so fun to be represented in the SRC. Wooo!!
Option 3. Outback! – For this option read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in OUTBACK.
I read Wards of Faerie by Terry Brooks. T and B can be found in the target phrase: ouTBack.
Option 5 – A Hearty Handshake. Read a book set at least 50% in Australia.
I read Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty. This book is 100 % set in Sydney, Australia as stated in the "Setting" section of the Goodreads page for Three wishes.
Points: 25
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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Total points and stats for Spring 2017 Reading Challenge
Books read: 11
Points: 220
Big Book: 0
Golden Oldie: 0
Catherine TTask 25.1 - Spring Flowers
option 1: read a book where IRIS can be found intact in the title
Irish by Olivia Hawthorne
294 pages
option 4: read a book set 70% + in Japan
For Fukui's Sake: Two years in rural Japan by Sam Baldwin
set 98% in Japan
210 pages
total pages = 294 + 210 = 504 > 500 pages
SandiCompleted Tasks
Note: I wish to remove Tricky Blueberry Murder from the previously reported task 10.7 - Mad For Plaid - 10 points
5.4 - Best Laid Plans
A book that fits a 5, 10, or 15 pt task from the Winter 2016-2017 challenge. Using Task #10.6 which is author first read in 2016. I first read a book by Susan Gillard in November of 2016 (11/23/16)
Kindle edition I read: Mint Chip Murder
Paperback edition: Mint Chip Murder
5.9 - Whodunit?
Mystery as main page genre
Kindle edition I read: Red, White and Blueberry Murder
Paperback edition: Red, White and Blueberry Murder
10.7 - Mad For Plaid
Plaid pattern on cover. Male adult is wearing a plaid shirt
10.9 - Star Wars Stars
Author share name with actor from Star Wars. Actor name using is James Earl Jones. Shared Name is James
Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend by Robert James Waller
15.3. National Library Week is April 9-15.
Using Option 1 which is the two book option
★Book #1: Book featuring a librarian. As stated in the book description, Maria Jones is a shy librarian.
Mardi Gras Masquerade
Book is available in ebook format only. Verified for length at post #6107 of the length verification thread -- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
★Book #2: author's initials in NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK.
Kindle edition: I, Target by Bruce Rousseau
Paperback edition: I, Target
15.4. Laughing and Singing
Using Option 1 which is the two book option
★Book #1: Humor main page genre
Kindle edition I read: Raising Zombies - Family Life in the Modern Age
Paperback edition: Raising Zombies: Family Life in the Modern Age
★Book #2: Book #4 in series
Kindle edition I read: Tricky Blueberry Murder
Paperback edition: Tricky Blueberry Murder
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Pia's Task: It Was One of Those March Days...
Using Option 2 where female author's initials can be found in BE BOLD FOR CHANGE
Book available only in ebook format. Verified for length at post #6176 of the ebook length verification thread -- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Ghosts and Other Dead Things by Elizabeth Archer
20.9 - Chandni's Task: Welcome to My Wheelhouse
Using Option 1 where book is found within first 5 pages of the Popular Psychological Thrillers shelf. Book found on page two. -- The Girl in 6E
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 265
Task Removed from Previous Post -10
Points Earned this Post: 100
Total Points To Date: 355
Shannon South Africa20.6 Batter up!!
Published in a year ending in 9
The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss by Edmund de Waal
First published in 2009
Task points: 20
Challenge points: 60
GO Tickets: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.10 Group Reads
I read The Wonder by Emma Donoghue. My review is found on Post 29 of the discussion thread.
Points this post:20
Total points: 665
Tasks completed: 42
Books read: 53
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
LAVENDER20.5 - 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".
A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie ebook I read
A Pocket Full of Rye Top MMPB for page length - 196 pages
Female author.
Initials are AG - Both are found in BE BOLD FOR CH A N G E
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 235
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 19
trishhartuk30.4 Dlmrose's Task: Passed to Delicious Dee: A Pride of Lions or a School of Sharks?
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.
The beastie I'm using is a Crow (which I'm assuming is what's on the cover, given the title, rather than a raven - but then, I think the two groups got put together anyway, as they're hard to tell apart in a picture)
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
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 or subtitle.
A group of Crows is called a Murder
Murder on the Levels, Frances Evesham
Read the kindle version. PB reference link here
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 375
Tasks Completed: 25
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 1 (500+ x 1 = 1 ticket)
CYNBAXTER# 30.04 – Dlmrose's Task: Passed to Delicious Dee: A Pride of Lions or a School of Sharks?
Task: Read a book with an animal from this list of Animal Groups on the cover.
Book 1:
Bone Gap by Laura Ruby – the ‘animal’ is a beeTask: 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 or subtitle.
Book 2: The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney – the Animal Group terms for bees are: Grist, Hive, Swarm, Nest
Points this post: 30 points
Total points to date = 90 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 3
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
CYNBAXTER# 20.09 – MODERATOR’S PET: Chandni's Task: Welcome to My Wheelhouse
Task: Read a book with True Crime as a main page genre. The genre may be stand alone or embedded.
Option 2: His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date = 110 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 3
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
loafer15.5. Girls Just Wanta Have Fun!
Read a book with the word “girl” found intact in the title/subtitle
The House Girl by Tara Conklin
points: 15
total: 355
BB: 2
GO: 5
tasks completed: 21
LAVENDER20.1- Most Improved Player – Camilla’s Task: Finland 100 Years!
Option 3: read a book FIRST published prior to 1917.
The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle - 224 pages
First published September 1914
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 255
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 20
Andy P.Task # 10.7 - Mad For Plaid
Read a book with something plaid on the cover.
by Margaret Scherf The skeleton is sporting green and red plaid pants.Points this post: 10
Total points: 305
Andy P.Task # 30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: It’s Elementary
Book 1
Read a book which has the name of any element on the Periodic Table in its title, Oxygen by Carol Cassella
Book 2
Using the atomic number of the element chosen for book 1 read a book that has the same number in a series.
Oxygen (symbol O) is # 8 in the periodic table
In a Gilded Cage by Rhys Bowen This book is # 8 in the Molly Murphy series.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 335
CYNBAXTER# 20.03 – BEST REVIEW: Lauren Jodi's task: Hidden Figures
Task: Read a book from the Wikipedia list of films nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Adapted Screenplay category.
Option 3: Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell – the movie and book share the same title
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date = 130 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 3
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
5.2 - Location, Location, LocationI read French Milk by Lucy Knisley. This fits the task requirements because it takes place almost entirely in France. The setting is noted in the GR metadata.
10.1 - Catch Some Z's
I read Unterzakhn by Leela Corman. This satisfies the task requirements because the letter Z is in the title - UnterZakhn.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 115
Tasks complete: 13
Books read: 13
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
CYNBAXTER# 15.09 – They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha!
Task: Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction. The genre may be standalone or embedded (i.e., Fantasy Science Fiction).
Book: Passenger by Alexandra Bracken – Science Fiction > Time Travel
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date = 145 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 3
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
CYNBAXTER# 15.08 – How do I Get There?
Task: Read a book with a map on the cover.
Book:
After Alice by Gregory MaguirePoints this post: 15 points
Total points to date = 160 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 3
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
CYNBAXTER# 10.10 – The 2017 Rooster
Task: Read a book from the Tournament of Books Longlist
Book: Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood - fun read!!
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date = 170 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 3
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
CYNBAXTER# 10.05 – And The Tony Goes To....
Task: Read a play
Book: The Crucible by Arthur Miller - won the 1953 Tony Award for Best Play
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date = 180 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 3
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
READ 60A book about a bridge or a picture of a bridge on it 10.8
by Colson Whitehead Task points; 10
Total Points; 40
Post #135.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
A Fantasy Medley 2
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15.3. National Library Week is April 9-15.
1) Poppy Done to Death Librarian in GR description
2) The Girl Who Owned a City by O.T. Nelson OTN in NaTiOnal
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG+ - BL: 3.0 - AR Pts: 1.0
Points this post:20
Total Points:255
Books read:22
Tasks Done: 13
SALLY M.15.9 Coming to Take Me Away
Nerve by Jeanne Ryan (Science Fiction genre verified)
20.9 Welcome to My Wheelhouse
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (option 3: Epistolary Fiction list, page 1)
Points this post: 35
Total points: 140
Tasks completed: 7
Books posted: 9
Pages read: 3,189
Total BB tickets: 0
Total GO tickets: 0
MegUnder20.8 - 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.
Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein
Total this post: 20
Total Points: 75
Tasks Completed: 4
Jen UT5.4 - Best Laid Plans
10.3 - They're Old!
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
Points this post: 10
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Total points: 15
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25.1 - Diana K’s task - Spring Flowers
Option 1: iris in title Iris h
358 + 384 = 742 pages
Murder at Irish Mensa
Clare O'Beara
Paperback, 358 pages 3/29
Option 4: set 100% in Japan
reviewer Jim says "I liked that it was set in Japan"
Hard Rain
Barry Eisler
Paperback, 384 pages 4/11
Points this post: 25
Total points: 525
Books posted: 44
Tasks complete: 41
Pages this post: 742
Total pages as of this post: 12517