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SPRING CHALLENGE 2017
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Delicious Dee5.4 - Best Laid Plans
- fits task 15.10 - The Plane! The Plane! as there is a plane on the cover15.2. May is for Art and Music!
Book A - Wires and Nerve, Volume 1 - shelved as graphic novel by 400+ ppl
Book B -
- violin on the bookcoverTotal this post: 80
Total overall: 265
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Ticket: 1
SSKroutTask 20.4 - Golden Oldies: Amy O's Task: April Showers
Option 2
approved message #38 in Help Thread
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 35
Total Tasks: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 4
Julia10315.2. May is for Art and Music!
Book 1: The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel
Book 2: The Harp of the Grey Rose: The Legend Of Cerin Songweaver (there is a harp on the back of the man at the bottom of stairs)
This post: 15 points
Total points: 325
Total BB: 1
Total GO: 2
Tasks completed: 18
Kim ATask 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
Dragon's Oath by P.C. Cast
*145 pages
Task 10.4 - Partners in Crime - Read a book co-authored by two female authors
Positive: A Memoir by Paige Rawl and Ali Benjamin
*IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10.0
Points This Post - 15
Total Points - 245
Shree15.8. How do I Get There?
Read a book with a map on the cover.
The Map Thief by Michael Blanding
Cover confirmed here.
Points in Post: 15
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Total Points: 155
Jonquil30.2 - Ava Catherine’s Task-Modern and Contemporary Art
Book 1: published between 1890 and 1939 (first published 1931)
author initials in aRT DEcO AC
The Sittaford Mystery
Agatha Christie
Paperback, 271 pages 4/14
Book 2: published between 1970 and 2017 (first published April 20th 2013)
author initials in cONTEMPORARY aRT CA
Unfinished Business
Carolyn Ridder Aspenson
Paperback, 242 pages 4/15
Points this post: 30
Total points: 710
Books posted: 58
Tasks complete: 48
Pages this post: 513
Total pages as of this post: 16428
Readerboard Name: Kathy P15.3. National Library Week is April 9-15.
Option 2
The mobile library starts the queen reading.
The Uncommon Reader
By Alan BennettPoints this post: 15
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 115
BB:1
GO: 0
Total Task completed: 6
Total Books read: 7
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Play Ball!
Option 1
The Attentive Life by Leighton FordPoints this post: 20
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 135
BB:1
GO: 0
Total Task completed: 7
Total Books read: 8
ANNA K25.4 Nick KY’s Task: Sydney Harbour (2 book challenge)
Option 3 - read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in OUTBACK.
Option 4 - Read a book with the GR genre “environment”
Book 1, Option 3: The Terranauts, by T.C. Boyle (T, B)
-----> 508 pages, claiming Big Book Ticket
Book 2, Option 4: The World Without Us, by Alan Weisman
(Genre - “Environment”)
Points this post: 25
Big Book Tickets claimed this post: 1
Total points this challenge: 50
Amanda D.15.3. National Library Week is April 9-15. - Book 1 – Read a book featuring a library or librarian.
AND
Book 2 – Read a book with its author's initials in NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK.
Book 1: The Librarian and the Spy by Susan Mann (ARC)
Book 2: Twice as Hard by Amber A. Bardan
Ebook verification
Points this post: 15
Total points (not including this post): 100
5.6 - Lady DayRead a book written by an author named Mary or any of the related names
Mary: A Fiction by Mary Wollstonecraft
25.5 - Brooke TX's Task: Here Comes the Bride!
Option A: Old & New
OLD:read a book FIRST published before 1992
The Red Badge of Courage first published 1895
**Claiming Golden Oldies ticket for being published in 1895**
NEW: read a book FIRST published in 2017
A Piece of the World published February 2017
Total New Points: 30
Total challenge Points: 295
Total GO's: 3
hoodoomends15.9 - They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha!
A book with the main page genre Science Fiction.
O restaurante no fim do universo by Douglas Adams (★★★★★)
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Current Post
Points: 15
GO: -
BB: -
Total
Points: 205
GO: 6
BB: -
Stephanie12710.10 -The 2017 Rooster: Read a book from the Tournament of Books Longlist
The Vegetarian
Points this post: 10
Total points: 50/850
Tasks completed: 7/52
Books read: 7
Dakimel5.6- Lady Day
A Chance Encounter by Mary Balogh
5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
The Secret To Seduction
10.8- Build a Bridge
Golden Gate in background of cover:
15.3- National Library Week is April 9-15
1: The Invisible Library
2: Far from Home by Lorelie Brown
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Coralie's Task: Over and Under
Underground Airlines
25.5 - Brooke TX's Task: Here Comes the Bride!
A1: Thus Was Adonis Murdered
A2: Exit West
30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: passed to Sheila: In Honor of Earth Day - Two Halves of a Whole
1: Devil in Spring
2: Duke of Pleasure - #11
30.5 - Jonquil’s task: There Is No Frigate Like A Book
1:
I read books (and audiobooks, when I choose to be a little safer) while walking down the road2:
I read in the courtyard of a nearby coffee shop, next to their fountainTALLY:
This post - 140 points
Total - 445
Readerboard name: witchygal20.10 - Group Reads
I read The Wonder by Emma Donoghue from LGBT Mystery genre. I commented on this book in message 35 of the thread.
Points: 20
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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Total points and stats for Spring 2017 Reading Challenge
Books read: 14
Points: 240
Big Book: 0
Golden Oldie: 0
DAIRE30.3 It's Elementary
Book 1 (Chemical element in title)
The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
Book 2 (atomic number of silver = 74, 7+4 = 11 >> #11 in a series)
Devil Bones by Kathy Reichs (11th in Temperance Brennan series)
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 145
Total Tasks: 6
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book pts: 3
Total Books: 9
Clarification on post 1492The first is a teeny tiny French kitchen, the other is a big, spacious Spanish kitchen. (If that is not enough variation let me know and I'll use these books for different tasks)
Readerboard Name MAZZA1Task 25.2
Please could i change
The Ashes of London from Book 2: Read a book with the name of a place in the title/subtitle - (original post 1066)
and replace it with
The Storyteller of Marrakesh
That would make the two books for that task
Inspector Cadaver
The Storyteller of Marrakesh
and the page count 176 + 340 = 516
This would not change my point total or BB or go tickets
POINTS to date = 600
Readerboard Name MAZZA1Task 50.1
Option 1 Using the task 5.7 from 2009
Read A Book That Relates To The Thing You Are Most Thankful For.
Colours in Blackness: A New Life Pages 268
I am thankful for the Colours of the seasons, the blue sky, golden sun and fall leaves
Option 2 Read a book that is a) set within 200 miles of the place you were born
Jonathan Dark or The Evidence Of Ghosts Pages 352
set in London which is 177.01 miles in Straight line distance from my birthplace
Option 3 Using
SO - a needle pulling thread
Since "a stitch in time saves nine", read a historical fiction novel
The Ashes of London pages 496
first published 2016 and describing events in London in 1666
Total page count 268 + 352+ 496 = 1,116
Points this post - 50
Points to date 650
Books read to date = 52
LAVENDER30.3 - 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, subtitle or series name.
The Clockwork God (Aboard the Great Iron Horse, #1) by Jamie Sedgwick - ebook I read
The Clockwork God (Aboard the Great Iron Horse, #1) Top Paperback (no MMPB) 218 pages
Iron, Fe, Element #26, "Iron" in series name.
Book 2: Using the atomic number of the element chosen for book 1, read a book that has the same number in a series.
4:50 From Paddington (Miss Marple, #8) by Agatha Christie - ebook I read
4:50 From Paddington (Miss Marple, #8) Top MMPB 185 pages
Iron is element #26, 2+6=8, This is the 8th book in the Miss Marple series according to goodreads data.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 285
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 22
10.9 - Star Wars StarsAuthor shares name with Star Wars IV actor - Read About Grace by Anthony Doerr. Shares name with Anthony Daniels.
Points these task: 10
Total points: 105
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 14
Tasks completed: 8
Mod
The first is a teeny tiny French kitchen, the other is a big, spacious Spanish kitchen. (If that is not enough variation let me know and I'll use these books for differen..."
To me, that isn't really a variation enough to make a difference any more than a cover with a single bed and another with a double bed, for "reading in bed." But feel free to ask in the help thread.
Sheila50.1 - Bryony's Task: Let's Start at the Very Beginning
Option 1. Let's start at the very beginning...
I chose 5.3.- In 1492 Columbus Sailed The Ocean Blue from the Fall 2009 SRC
All by Myself Alone by Mary Higgins ClarkPaperback, 400 pages
(The Main Character Travels At Sea )
Option 2: It's a very good place to start...
Shot of Tequila by J.A. KonrathPaperback, 274 pages
I used the setting as Chicago with the Straight line distance: 151.22 miles from my birthplace
Option 3. When you read you begin with A, B, C, when you sing you begin with do, re, mi...
RE - a drop of golden sun
The Chosen by Kristina OhlssonPaperback, 584 pages
Set in Sweden
Total Points = 625
loafer10.6 - Penguin Places
Read a book set at least 50% in a country/territory from this list that is a home to penguins
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
set in Brazil
points: 10
total: 385
BB: 2
GO: 5
tasks completed: 23
Nick KY5.9 Whodunit? I read a book with the GR genre “Mystery,” Any Other Name by Craig Johnson.
25.1 Diane K’s Spring Flowers
Option 4. I read a book set 75%+ in The Netherlands, Death of a Hawker by Janwillem van de Wetering. 256 pp.
Option 5. I read a book set 75%+ in Japan, A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami. 353 pp.
Total pages = 609 > required 500
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 395
Andy PTask # 10.3 - Aim High
Read a book that has at least 1,454 5-star ratings on Goodreads
by Adrian McKinty This book has 4457 ratings.Points this post: 10
Total points: 370
10.1 - Catch Some Z'sDark Terrors 6: The Gollancz Book of Horror
*576 pages, claiming one BB ticket*
10.3 - Aim High
Noitasisaret
15.6. I Get By with a Little Help From My Friends.
Kuninkaiden rakastajattaret -500 vuotta valtaa, valheita ja viettelyksiä
GR friend: Connie (Ava Catherine)
20.2 - Rookie At The Top - McCathy's Task: Lucky Charms
Option 1: Black Heart on the Appalachian Trail: A Novel
30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: It’s Elementary
Book 1: Iron Mike: A boy. A dog. The end of the world.
Element: iron, symbol Fe
Atomic number: 26 -> 2 + 6 = 8
Book 2: Cut to the Bone
no MMPB available, PB 512 pages Cut to the Bone
*claiming one BB ticket*
Points this task: 85
Points total: 440
GO total: 1
BB total: 4
Tasks completed: 30
Books read: 37
LAUREN JODI5.6 -Lady Day
Author named Mary:
Before She Dies by Mary Burton
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 360/850
Total Books Read: 29
Tasks Completed: 21/52
Maddie O.5.4 - Best Laid Plans
I'm using Task 5.5 from the Winter 2016 Challenge, which requires a book with a number of pages including 1 or 2.
I read Traitor to the Throne by Alwyn Hamilton, which has 521 pages.
At 521 pages, this counts for 1 Big Book Ticket
15.6. I Get By with a Little Help From My Friends.
I read Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie, which my GR friend Aldrin gave 5 stars.
ARBookFind lists IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR pts: 8.0
Since this book was published in 1911, it qualifies for 1 Golden Oldie Ticket
30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Passed to Delicious Dee: A Pride of Lions or a School of Sharks?
For Book 1, I read The Labours of Hercules by Agatha Christie
, which has a lion on the cover.For Book 2, I read Eligible: A Modern Retelling of Pride and Prejudice by Curtis Sittenfeld. Pride is an Animal Group for lions.
The Labours of Hercules was published in 1947, so it qualifies for 1 Golden Oldie Ticket .
Eligible is 512 pages, so it qualifies for 1 Big Book Ticket
30.5 - Jonquil’s task: There Is No Frigate Like A Book
For Book 1, I read
, because I like to read outside near lakes.For Book 2, I read
, because I also like to read outside under trees.Points this post: 80
Total points: 230
Big Book Tickets this post: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 7
Golden Oldie Tickets this post: 2
Total Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
KATRINAT*CLAIMING A GOLDIE OLDIE*
5.9 March is Mystery Month. Read a book with a main page genre that includes "Mystery"
The Haunted Hotel, Wilkie Collins Originally published in 1879
#Points this post: 5
Total Points: 190
GO: 1
BB: 1
Tasks completed:13
(5.4/5.5/5.9/5.10/10.3/15.6/15.7/20.1/20.6/20.7/20.9/25.4/25.5)
Books read: 15
Sara G10.4 - Partners in Crime
Cagney & Lacey premiered 35 years ago on March 25, 1982. Read a book co-authored by two female authors. The co-authors must be evident on the Goodreads book record. 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. Anthologies do NOT work unless each of the selections were written by 2 female authors.
The Winter Siege by Ariana Franklin and Samantha Norman
Points this post: 10
Total points: 400
20.9 - Chandni's Task: Welcome to My WheelhouseOption 4: Book from the Best Fairy Tales and Retellings list.
The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander. AR Bookfinder data: IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7.0. It's on page four of the list.
Points this post: 20
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 220/850
Total Books Read: 20
Tasks Completed: 19/52
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 2
Sarah E5.2 - Location, Location, Location
The Weight of Water
Over 50% set in Coventry, England
5.9 - Whodunit?
Drilled in Murder
MPG of Mystery
ebook only, length confirmed on line 788 of the spreadsheet
Points this post: 10
Total points: 110
Queen Bee Darlene30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Passed to Delicious Dee: A Pride of Lions or a School of Sharks?
Book 1: animal from list of Animal Groups on the cover
Animal is Bees; Book I read is The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd The Secret Life of Bees
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
Animal group is Nest; Book I read is Hornet's Nest by Patricia Cornwell Hornet's Nest
30 points
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 50
FANDURY20.3 - 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.
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
The name of the film is Silence of the Lambs and is adapted from the novel Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris. It won in 1991.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 280
Books Read: 20
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Task 20.7 – Shorter is Sweeter – Amy FL – Play Ball!Option 1 – Author first & last initial in GRAPEFRUITLEAGE - A.E.R
Amy E. Reichert / The Coincidence of Coconut Cake
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 250 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (2) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 7
5.2 - Location, Location, LocationBrazil:
The Head of the Saint by Socorro Acioli
+5 Points
15.7. It's Contagious!
Best Fiction Books About Diseases or Viruses Page 1
The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
+15 Points
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Coralie's Task: Over and Under
coOVER
Huck Out West by Robert Coover
+20 Points
Option 2. Shrimp on the Barbie. Shamelessly stolen from a 5-point task in that first challenge (Spring 2011), for this option read a book of 100-150 pages in length: 119 pages
The Circus of Dr. Lao by Charles G. Finney
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. Letters may only be used as often as they appear. Spaces determine names.
outBaCk
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
+25 Points
Points this Post: 65
Grand Total: 440
Readerboard Name Jammin JennyTask 15.7. It's Contagious! - World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War - Best Fiction Books, page 1, read 4/17
Total points this post: 15
Total points to date: 350
GO Tickets: 5
BB Tickets: 4
15.6. I Get By with a Little Help From My Friends.I read In the Darkroom. My friend, Laurie, rated it 4 stars.
Points: 120
Books read: 13
tasks completed: 12
tasks in progress: 1
pages read: 4847
Readerboard Name MAZZA1Task 20.5
Option 1.-
Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) was born on March 2, 1904.
I can still read "Green Eggs and Ham" and smile!
One of my favorite Dr. Seuss quotes is:
"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. Words must match exactly.
When Breath Becomes Air
Word from quote = WHEN
Points this post = 20
Total points = 670
Books read to date 53
Julia103Repost of 1501
15.2. May is for Art and Music!
Book 1: The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel
Book 2:
(there is a harp on the back of the man at the bottom of stairs)
This post: 15 points
Total points: 325
Total BB: 1
Total GO: 2
Tasks completed: 18
Readerboard name - Brooklyn20.9 – Chandi’s Task: Welcome to my wheelhouse!
Option 1: Read a book from the first 5 pages of the Popular Psychological Thrillers shelf.
The Girl Before by J.P. Delaney
It is found on page 1.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 155/850
Tasks completed: 11/52
Books read: 12
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets = 1)
Readerboard name - Brooklyn20.6 – Seasoned Reader – Bookwrm526’s Task: Batter Up!
Option 3: Read a book first published in a year ending with the number 9.
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
The book was first published in 2009.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 175/850
Tasks completed: 12/52
Books read: 13
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets = 1)
Jess Philly5.3 - The 20th Century
For this task I read Glass Sword, which is #2 in the Red Queen series on Goodreads.
10.3 - Aim High
For this task I read Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World. It has 2259 5-star ratings on Goodreads.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 45
MegSCL5.2 - Location, Location, Location
Set completely in England (London mentioned in 2nd sentence of the GR blurb) - Nutshell
15.6. I Get By with a Little Help From My Friends.
Rated 4 stars by my friends Judy, Tim and Jenny - Darkness, Be My Friend
15.7. It's Contagious!
On page 1 of Best Fiction Books About Diseases or Viruses - Warm Bodies
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 370 Goldies: 2 Big Books: 0
SALLY M.This post is to switch my book option for 20.9.
I previously had Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (but am shifting that to 50.1).
20.9 Welcome to My Wheelhouse
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (option 3: Epistolary Fiction, page 1)
Points this post: 0
Total points: 175
Tasks completed: 9
Amy O.5.9 - Whodunit? (book with main page genre that includes "Mystery")
Garden of Lies by Amanda Quick - Mystery is listed as a main page genre
20.2 - Rookie At The Top - McCathy's Task: Lucky Charms
Option 1: book whose title includes one of the following shapes: a) Hearts, b) Shooting Stars, c) Horseshoes, d) Clovers, e) Blue Moons, f) Rainbows, g) Balloons and h) Hourglass.
Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist by Sunil Yapa - title contains the word "Heart"
Points this post: 25
Total points: 175
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 12
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
KATIEGIRL15.9 - They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha!
A book with Science Fiction as a main page genre.
Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams
Points this post: 15
Total points: 415
Total tasks: 27
BB total: 3
GO total: 2
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I read Saga, Vol. 5 by Brian K. Vaughan. This fits the task requirements because it has Science Fiction as an MPG.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 130
Tasks complete: 14
Books read: 14
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0