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SPRING CHALLENGE 2017
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD

5.9 - Whodunit?
Read a book with a main page genre that includes "Mystery"
Vanishing Act by Thomas Perry
Current Post Points: 5
Cumulative Total Points: 80

10.3 - Aim High
Read a book that has at least 1,454 5-star ratings on Goodreads.
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Current Post Points: 10
Cumulative Total Points: 90

10.5 - And The Tony Goes To....
Read a play.
Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
Current Post Points: 10
Cumulative Total Points: 100

10.7 - Mad For Plaid
Read a book with something plaid on the cover.
Poems and Songs

Current Post Points: 10
Cumulative Total Points: 110

15.1. It's a Wonnder!
#1: Read a book with the main page genre engineering or architecture.
Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery
#2: Read a book with 2 n’s found sequentially in the title/subtitle/author’s name.
Where Roses Never Die by Gunnar Staalesen
Current Post Points: 15
Cumulative Total Points: 125

15.2. May is for Art and Music!
Book 1 – Read a book with the main page genre graphic novels, sequential art, comics, etc.
March: Book One by John Lewis
Book 2 – Read a book with a musical instrument on the cover.
Tin Drum

Current Post Points: 15
Cumulative Total Points: 140

15.4. Laughing and Singing
Book 1 – Read a book with a main page genre of humor.
The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer
Book 2 – Read a book that is #4 in a series. The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie
Current Post Points: 15
Cumulative Total Points: 155

30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: passed to Sheila: In Honor of Earth Day - Two Halves of a Whole.
Book #1: Read a book with one of the words: Spring, March, April or May in the title.
March by Geraldine Brooks
Book #2: Read a book that is designated in the GR series metadata as the 9th, 10th or 11th in a series.
Outrage by Arnaldur Indriðason
Current Post Points: 30
Cumulative Total Points: 185

15.7. It's Contagious!
April 7 is World Health Day. Read a book from one of the following lists: Best Fiction Books About Diseases or Viruses or History of Disease
REQUIRED: In your post, specify the list you used and the page of the list on which your book appears.
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
This one is on page 1 of the "Best Fiction Books About Diseases" list.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 430

Task 20.10 - Group Reads - Stand-alone Fantasy Novel: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke, read 4/16, posted in group thread mid-way through reading and again after reading entire story
claiming two BB tickets, 1,006 pages
Total points this post: 20
Total points to date: 350
GO Tickets: 5
BB Tickets: 4

5.4 ~ Best Laid Plans
Coming Home - Mariah Stewart 4/17
(Fits 10.2 Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle ending in “ing.” )
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5.9 ~ Whodunit?
Better To Rest - Dana Stabenow 4/15
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50.1 - Bryony's Task: Let's Start at the Very Beginning
Book 1
Task 10.2
Read A Novel With A Character Who Suffers From An Addiction
The North Water - Ian McGuire (m.c. is addicted to opium) (272 pages) 4/10
Book 2
One Dog Night - David Rosenfelt (387 pages)
I was born in Putnam, Connecticut. This book takes place in Newark, NJ.
The straight line distance is 144 miles.
Book 3
The Secret of the Nagas - Amish Tripathi 4/17
(snakes, lions and a liger (lion/tiger hybrid) play a significant role in the story)
TOTAL PAGES: 272 + 387 + 396 = 1055 pages
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 60
Total Points: 340

Two books with covers that show places I like to read:
The Newcomer by Robyn Carr

I like to read on the deck of our beach house.
Latte Trouble by Cleo Coyle

I like to read in coffee shops.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 470

5.5 March, April, May
Book with 3, 4 or 5 in page number
Full Fathom Five 382 pages
20.2 Lucky charms
Option 1 'Heart' in title
Black Heart
20.3 Hidden Figures
Option 1 – a novel with a heroine who is a physician
I, Robot: To Protect
This post 45 points
Total to date 315 points

25.6 -Perletwo's task: A Stitch in Time Saves Nine
Book #1: Spring Forward
Lock In by John Scalzi
Found on page #1 of the Popular Near Future Books
Page #: 336
Book #2: Fall Back
No Good Duke Goes Unpunished by Sarah MacLean
Main page genre: Historical Romance
Page #: 384
Total page #: 720
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 415/850
Total Books Read: 33
Tasks Completed: 24/52

25.5 Brooke TX's Task: Here Comes the Bride!
Option A: Old & New
Book 1: My sister has decided that "old" refers to anything older than she is (for example, me). For this option read a book FIRST published before 1992 (the year she was born).
I read Remains of the Day published in 1989

AND
Book 2: For something new, read a book FIRST published in 2017.
I read The Memory Watcher published in 2017


1. Let's start at the very beginning...
Fall 5.9 - Coming Of Age Or All Grown Up (And Then Some) – Read:
• A Novel Where The Main Character Is A Senior Citizen.
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer - 326 pages
– 2 MC are senior citizens – grandmother & grandfather
2. It's a very good place to start...
Read a book that is a) set within 200 miles of the place you were born
Mating for Life by Marissa Stapley - set at least 50% in Rye, New York. – 105.52 miles from Philadelphia – page 30 – “Fiona was going to her family cottage the following day, which meant flying with Isla, her middle sister – she lived in Rye, too, with her husband...” - 336 pages
3. When you read you begin with A, B, C, when you sing you begin with do, re, mi...
SO - a needle pulling thread - read a historical fiction novel.
The House of Blue Mangoes by David Davidar - MPG Historical - fictional novel about the 1890s - 1930s - 432 pages
Total pages = 1 094
Points this Task: 50
Books Read: 3
Oldie: 0
Big Book: 0
Total Points: 190
Tasks Completed: 8
Total Books Read: 10
Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2

Read a book whose author's initials can be found in GARDENING.
Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith - RG is found in gardening
15.7. It's Contagious!
April 7 is World Health Day. Read a book from one of the following lists: Best Fiction Books About Diseases or Viruses or History of Disease
Blindness by José Saramago - Found on page 1 on Best Fiction Books About Diseases or Viruses
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Oldie: 0
Big Book: 0
Total Points: 220
Tasks Completed: 10
Total Books Read: 12
Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2

5.4 - Best Laid Plans
winter task:
15.5 - B-I-N-G-O!
Read a book where the FIRST word of the title begins with a letter in Bingo.
Bear in the Back Seat: Adventures of a Wildlife Ranger in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park by Carolyn Jourdan
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total: 60
tasks: 4
books: 5

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.
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
My friend Jenny has rated this 5 stars.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 305
Books Read: 22
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)

20.8 Coralie’s Over and Under I read When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge by Chanrithy Him, with “Under” in the subtitle.
25.6 PerlTwo’s Forward and Back
Book 1. On page 1 of the "Popular Futurism" list, I read Abundance: The Future is Better than You Think by Peter H. Diamandis, 400 pp. (# 2 on list: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... )
Book 2. “Historical Fiction” as a GR genre, I read Sula by Toni Morrison. 174 pp.
Total Pages: 574 >required 500
Points This Post: 45
Total Points So Far: 445

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 3: Read a book from the Wikipedia list of films nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Adapted Screenplay category.

The film "Winter's Bone", adapted from the above novel, was nominated in 2010.
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".

*This is a BIG BOOK (713 pages)*
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.

20.9 - Chandni's Task: Welcome to My Wheelhouse
OPTION 2: Read a book with True Crime as a main page genre.

Points this post: 100
TOTAL POINTS: 205
Golden Oldies: -
Big Book Tickets: 1 (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 10
Total books read: 11

20.9 - Welcome to my Wheelhouse
Option 3: A book from the Epistolary Fiction or Best Diary Novels lists.
Princess in the Spotlight by Meg Cabot
Page 1 of Best Diary Novels list.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 465
Total tasks: 31
BB total: 3
GO total: 2
10.1 - Catch Some Z's
I read Fuzzy Nation
25.3 - Andy P.’s task: No More Wolves
For book 1, I read Feedback. I read the kindle edition, but the top paperback edition (no MMPB edition) has 469 pages. Feedback.
For book 2, I read The Truth About Your Future: The Money Guide You Need Now, Later, and Much Later by Ric Edelman. Author initials, RE, found in flowER. 400 pages.
469 + 400 = 869, exceeding the required task minimum.
30.2 - Ava Catherine’s Task-Modern and Contemporary Art
For book 1, I read The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie. The book was first published in 1925, between 1890 and 1939, and the author's initials, AC, appear in Art deCo.
For book 2, I read The Last One by Alexandra Oliva. The book was first published in 2016, between 1970 and the present, and the author's initials, AO, appear in cOntemporAry art.
Points this post: 65
Total points: 745
I read Fuzzy Nation
25.3 - Andy P.’s task: No More Wolves
For book 1, I read Feedback. I read the kindle edition, but the top paperback edition (no MMPB edition) has 469 pages. Feedback.
For book 2, I read The Truth About Your Future: The Money Guide You Need Now, Later, and Much Later by Ric Edelman. Author initials, RE, found in flowER. 400 pages.
469 + 400 = 869, exceeding the required task minimum.
30.2 - Ava Catherine’s Task-Modern and Contemporary Art
For book 1, I read The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie. The book was first published in 1925, between 1890 and 1939, and the author's initials, AC, appear in Art deCo.
For book 2, I read The Last One by Alexandra Oliva. The book was first published in 2016, between 1970 and the present, and the author's initials, AO, appear in cOntemporAry art.
Points this post: 65
Total points: 745

5.5 - March, April, May
A book with 3, 4 or 5 in the number of pages.
The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
283 pages
Points this post: 5
Total points: 470
Total tasks: 32
BB total: 3
GO total: 2

5.4 Best Laid Plans - A task from Winter
10.10 Got Your Lottery Ticket?
A book in the genre of HORROR
Mother's Boys by Bernard Taylor
7 users listed it as Horror
20.4 - Amy O's Task - April Showers
Option 1: Author's initials in APRIL SHOWERS
Fairy Lights (approved in the Ebook verification thread)
Edward Lorn EL
20.7 Amy FL's Task - Play Ball
Option 1: Author's initals in GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE
Becoming
Glenn Rolfe GR
Points this post: 45
Total points: 120
Tasks: 9
Books read: 9

10.3 - Aim High
A book with at least 1454 5 star reviews.
Princess in Love by Meg Cabot
Book currently has 11374 5 star reviews.
Childrens as a main page genre - IL: UG
Points this post: 10
Total points: 480
Total tasks: 33
BB total: 3
GO total: 2

Task 25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Sydney Harbour
Option 2. Shrimp on the Barbie. Rage by Richard Bachman, read 3/13, 131 pages
Option 4. Not Dead Yet. We Bought a Zoo by Benjamin Mee, read 4/22, tagged Nature
Total points this post: 25
Total points to date: 375
GO Tickets: 5
BB Tickets: 4

20.3 - Best Review - Lauren Jodi's task: Hidden Figures
Read ONE book from the following options.
Option 1: Read a novel with a heroine who is one of these kinds of scientists:
Physician, Engineer, Mathematician, Physicist, Biologist, Chemist,
Psychologist, Sociologist, Anthropologist, Forensic Scientist.
Roping the Wind "Dr. Helen Kinsale"
NEW
50.1 - Bryony's Task: Let's Start at the Very Beginning
books must total at least 1,000 pages
1. Read a book that fulfills the requirements of a 5 or 10 point task from https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... may be used.
6. Read A Book With A Main Character Who Is Native American.
Blood Challenge mmpb 443 pgs "Navaho Dr. Nettie Two Horses"
2. Read a book that is a) set within 200 miles of the place you were born:
Sacramento, CA to San Francisco, CA Straight line distance: 75.12 miles
Roping the Wind pb 288 pgs
setting San Francisco, California, 2008 (United States)
3. SO - Read a historical fiction novel.
Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart mmpb 367 pgs
setting London, England, 1823 published 2011
443+288+367 = 1098 pgs
Cumulative Total 480+50 = 530

5.07 Modern Classics -- Read a book that has been shelved 10 times as a modern classic from this list.
Book: The Shining, by Stephen King. Appears on
page 5 of the list and has been shelved as a modern classic 26 times.
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 110
Total Tasks: 11
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 12

A Collective of Apes, is called a Troop
Book 1:Ape House

Book2: The Troop
Total new Points: 30
Total Challenge points: 325
GO's: 3

15.7. It's Contagious!
April 7 is World Health Day. Read a book from one of the following lists: Best Fiction Books About Diseases or Viruses or History of Disease
Blindness by José Saramago - Found on page 1 on Best Fiction Books About Diseases or Viruses
15.10. Spring Gardening
Read a book whose author's initials can be found in GARDENING.
Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith - RG is found in gardening
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Oldie: 0
Big Book: 0
Total Points: 220
Tasks Completed: 10
Total Books Read: 12
Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2

5.2 Location, Location, Location
The Hangman by Louise Penny
This 96-page book is my one 80-99 page book in a 5 point task.
20.4 April Showers
Option 1: Author's initials in aPril showErs
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
20.5 It Was One of Those March Days
Option 3: All the letters in RAINBOW found in title/subtitle/author's name
Landline by RAINBOW Rowell
I listened to the audio version of this book. The paperback has 356 pages.
20.9 Welcome to My Wheelhouse
Option 3: From the Epistolary Fiction list (#10 on the list)
Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
25.4 Sydney Harbour
Option 4: MPG of Biology
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong
Option 5: Set in Australia
Flying Too High by Kerry Greenwood
The entire story is set in Melbourne.
Points for this post: 5 + 20 + 20 + 20 + 25 = 90
Total points: 90 + 180 = 270
Books read: 22
Tasks completed: 21
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 0

25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Sydney Harbour
Option 3. Outback! – book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in OUTBACK.
The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington
**This book was first published in 1918. I claim one Golden Oldie ticket.**
Option 5 – A Hearty Handshake: book set at least 50% in Australia.
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty - this book is set 100% in Australia
Points this post: 25
Total points: 205
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 15
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0

15.7. It's Contagious!

Points this Post 15
Total Points 215
Tasks Completed 12
Books Read 14
Total Pages 3695

Book 1, a book first published between 1890 and 1939 whose author's initials are found in ART DECO: Coronation Summer by Angela Thirkell, first published in 1937
Book 2, a book first published between 1970 and the present whose author's initials are found in CONTEMPORARY ART: The Wanderer by Robyn Carr, published in 2013
Points this post: 30
Total points: 500

I chose

An animal group word for "insect" included "nest". Therefore, I read The Nest.
Task points: 30
Total points:145
Tasks completed:8
BB ticket:1

10.9 - Star Wars Stars - Read a book by an author who shares a name with one of these actors who appeared in the film: Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, David Prowse, James Earl Jones.
Trigger Mortis by Anthony Horowitz
Points this task: 10
Total points: 735
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 05
Big Book ticket requests: 03
Books read: 57
Tasks completed: 43

Option 1: Let's start at the very beginning
I chose task 5.8: Let's Find Out If Two Heads Really Better Than One - Read A Book That Has More Than One Author.
I read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Option 2: It's a very good place to start
I chose option b - read a book by an author born within 200 miles of your birthplace.
I read The Other Side of the Dale by Gervase Phinn.
The author was born in Rotherham which is 47.45 miles from my birthplace.
Option 3: When you read you begin with A, B, C, when you sing you begin with do, re, mi...
I chose option
RE - a drop of golden sun
Read a book set at least 75% in a country that experiences the midnight sun: Canada (Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut only), Greenland, Iceland, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Alaska (only) US.
I read Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell.
The plot takes place entirely in Sweden.
Page counts
I read ebooks, the page counts are:
Le cercle littéraire des amateurs d'épluchures de patates (top MMPB): 411 pages
The Other Side of the Dale (PB, there is no MMPB): 288 pages
Faceless Killers (top MMPB): 369 pages
Total: 1068 pages.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 850

Read a book that contains the number 2 or 0 in the series designation: #2, #10, #12, etc.
Gun Games by Faye Kellerman
Series #20
Points: 5
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5.4 Best Laid Plans
Read a book that fits one of the Winter Challenge 5, 10 or 15 point tasks. You may not use Task 5.4 or 5.10. You may use a single book A or B option from a 15 point task.
I chose 5.2: Read a book set at least 50% in a location of an ancient wonder: Egypt, Iraq, Greece, Turkey.
My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk
Book is set in Turkey.
Points: 5
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10.2 Initial Success
Read a book with an author who uses exactly 2 initials instead of a first name as it appears on Goodreads.
Selected Poems by T.S. Eliot
Points: 10
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10.3 Aim High
Read a book that has at least 1,454 5-star ratings on Goodreads.
Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy
5 star ratings = 14,533
Big Book ticket - 596 pages
Points: 10
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10.4 Partners in Crime
Read a book co-authored by two female authors.
Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer
Points: 10
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15.2 May is for Art and Music
This is a 2 book task.
Book 1 – Read a book with the main page genre graphic novels, sequential art, comics, etc.
The Pretenders by Charlaine Harris
MPG = Sequential Art>Graphic Novels
AND
Book 2 – Read a book with a musical instrument on the cover.

The instrument is lying on its face at the top of the cover.
Points: 15
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20.5 Pia's Task: It Was One of Those March Days…
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.
I chose the word "step".
Step into the Light by Donna B. MacDonald
Points: 20
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20.6 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.
Grime and Punishment by Jill Churchill
First published: 1989
Points: 20
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20.9 Chandni's Task: Welcome to My Wheelhouse
Option 1: Read a book from the first 5 pages of the Popular Psychological Thrillers shelf.
The Secret Place by Tana French
This book was found on page 3.
Points: 20
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25.6 PerleTwo's Task: A Stitch In Time Saves Nine
This is a two-book task. Read one book for each option.
The total page count for the two books must be at least 500 pages.
1. Spring Forward: Read a book from the first 5 pages of Popular Futurism Books or Popular Near-Future Books
Required: State the list you used and the page where your book was found.
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Book found on Popular Near-Future Books list, page 1.
AND
2. Fall Back: Read a book with a genre that contains "historical" or "history" intact on its main book page, e.g., Historical Romance, Microhistory, Military History. The genre can be stand-alone or embedded.
Common Sense: The Call to Independence by Thomas Paine
MPG = History 644 users
Points: 25
Grand Total Points: 295
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 31
Big Book Tickets: 2
Oldies Tickets: 3

5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder - Book of Choice
Attitude: Develop a Winning Mindset on and off the Court by Jay Wright
10.1 - Catch Some Z's - Z in title or subtitle
Twenty-Six Seconds: A Personal History of the Zapruder Film by Alexandra Zapruder
Z - in Zapruder in subtitle
15.9. They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha!
Main page genre of Sci - Fi
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
****Claiming 1 Golden Oldie (pub 1924)****
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Coralie's Task: Over and Under
Under / Over intact in Title or authors name
Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie
****Claiming 1 Golden Oldie (pub 1941) ********
Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 70
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Ticket Books: 0

Book 1: Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
Book 2: Enkeltje Ierland by Charlotte de Monchy
Ierland is the dutch word for Ireland where this book is set.
Total points: 80

15.5
Read a book with the word “girl” found intact in the title/subtitle of the book.
A Curvy Girl for the Cadet by Sugar Jamison
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 270
GO This Post/Total: 0
BB This Post/Total: 0

15.8. How do I Get There?
The first week in April is Read a Road Map Week. Read a book with a map on the cover. REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.

Approved in the help thread here.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 445

10.10 -- The 2017 Rooster: Read a book from the Tournament of Books Longlist.
To The Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey
Points this post: 10
Total points: 150
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 2

Option 3 - Go Ask Alice is currently #7 (page 1) on Listopia: Best Diary Novels.
Points = 20
Challenge Total = 55


+10 Points
15.5. Girls Just Wanta Have Fun!
Ambulance Girls by Deborah Burrows
+15 Points
Points this Post: 25
Grand Total: 465

From TOURNAMENT OF BOOKS Longlist
My Name Is Lucy Barton
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Task 15.5 – Girls Just Wanta Have Fun
Title word: GIRL (must be intact)
The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls: A Novel
I listened to the audio / MMP: Le Pensionnat des jeunes filles sages
*** BIG BOOK *** 1 tickets – 528 pages
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Task 30.4 – Dlmrose – Passed to Delicious Dee – A Pride of Lions or a School of Sharks
Animal: WOLF (WOLVES) / Group name: ROUTE
Book 1 – Animal on the cover from the GROUP LIST
Wolf:

Book 2 – Title word that is used as that animal’s “group” name
Route: The Route
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This Post: 55 points
Total points to date: 320 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (2) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 8

25.5 - Brooke TX's Task: Here Comes the Bride!
Option A: Old & New
Book 1: Read a book FIRST published before 1992
Enter a Murderer by Ngaio Marsh
The book was first published in 1935.
I claim 1 Golden Oldie ticket for this
Book 2: Read a book FIRST published in 2017
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
The book was first published in April 2017
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 330
Books Read: 24
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
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20.6 Batter Up!!
Option 1
Calico Joe by John Grisham
Points this post: 20
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6