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SPRING CHALLENGE 2017
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Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.2 - May is for Art and Music!
Book 1 - Spider-Woman: Shifting Gears, Volume 1: Baby Talk by Dennis Hopeless
This book has a main page genre of Sequential Art > Comics shelved by 95 users
Book 2 - Country Heaven by Ava Miles
There is a guitar on the cover
Link to PB edition: Country Heaven
15.7 - It's Contagious!
Feed by Mira Grant
This book is #14 on the Best Fiction Books About Diseases or Viruses list
Link to MMP edition: Feed
This post: 30 points
Total points to date: 220 points
Tasks completed: 17
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.7 - Play Ball!
A Secret Wish by Barbara Freethy
There is a lit candle on the cover
Link to PB edition: Geceye Fısıldanan Dilekler
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 240 points
Tasks completed: 18
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
20.1- Most Improved Player – Camilla’s Task: Finland 100 Years!Option 2. read a book with either snow or the sun on the cover
Option 3. read a book FIRST published prior to 1917
by Walt WhitmanPoints this post: 20
Total points: 275
Tasks completed: 18
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Read a book that fits one of the Winter Challenge 5, 10 or 15 point tasks.
I choose Challenge 5.5 December, January, February Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 1 or 2.
I readHollow City by Ransom Riggs. It had 428 pages.
Challenge 15.1 It's a Wonnder!
Book 1: Read a book with the main page genre engineering or architecture.
I read Unpacking My Library: Architects and Their Books by Jo Steffens.
Book 2: Read a book with 2 n’s found sequentially in the title/subtitle/author’s name.
I read The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. Double n’s in Tennessee.
Challenge 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.
I read The March Against Fear by Ann Bausum.
Book 2: Read a book that is designated in the GR series metadata as the 9th, 10th or 11th in a series.
I read Maximum Ride Forever by James Patterson. It is #9 in the Maximum Ride series.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 750
Tasks completed: 47
Books read: 60
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
Pamela326525.6 - Perletwo's task: A Stitch In Time Saves Nine –
Already reported points posting to switch books
Book 1: The Martian by Andy Weir
Book 2: Switch from Courting Carrie in Wonderland by Carla Kelly to His Substitute Wife by Dorothy Clark
30.2 - Ava Catherine’s Task-Modern and Contemporary Art
Book 1: The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie
Author's initials found in Art deCo
First published in 1924 - Golden Oldie
Book 2: Seeking Persephone by Sarah M Eden - poStModErnart
30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Passed to Delicious Dee: A Pride of Lions or a School of Sharks?
Book 1: “
” by Brenda Minton – Horse on coverTeam, Harras, Stable, Troop, Stud, Rag, Rake, Herd
Book 2: “
” by Jeanne SaveryPoints this post: 60
Total Points: 425
Golden Oldie books this post: 1
Total Golden Oldie books: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+: 1
Big Books - 1000+:
Amy O.20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Play Ball!
Option 1: book written by author whose initials are in the phrase GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE
Landline by Rainbow Rowell (2 R's in GRAPEFRUIT)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 250
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 18
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0
CHANDNI20.6 – Seasoned Reader - Bookwrm526's Task: Batter Up!!
Option 3: Read a book FIRST published in a year ending with the number 9.
And Another Thing... by Eoin Colfer
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 215
Books Read: 14
Completed Tasks: 14
Ana 15.9. They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha!
by Anne McCaffrey. This is a Science Fiction novel.Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 230
Tasks Completed 13
Books Read 15
Total Pages 3994
Jasmiina F10.1 - Catch Some Z's:
Read a book with the letter Z in the title or subtitle: Wonder Woman: The True Amazon by Jill Thompson.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 110
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
10.2 - Initial SuccessAuthor uses 2 initials instead of first name - Read The Sport of Kings by C.E. Morgan.
This book has 545 pages, so, I claim one Big Book ticket.
Points these task: 10
Total points: 115
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 15
Tasks completed: 9
loafer30.5 - 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.
The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg
I listen to audiobooks all the time in my car and even have my earphones on while I fill my tank!
Book 2: Read a second book with a cover that shows a different reading spot or a variation on book 1's spot.
That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo
I love reading on beach vacations and have visited Cape Cod many times.
points: 30
total: 460
BB: 2
GO: 5
tasks completed: 27
Amber15.9 - They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha!
Book with MPG of Science Fiction
Gunnerkrigg Court, Vol. 3: Reason by Thomas Siddell
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 movie Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) was adapted from this book, also called Kramer vs. Kramer.
Kramer vs. Kramer by Avery Corman
MMPB for length - 256 pgs
20.6 – Seasoned Reader - Bookwrm526's Task: Batter Up!!
Option 3 - book FIRST published in a year ending with the number 9
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Play Ball!
Option 1 - book by an author whose initials can be found in the phrase “GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE” - grApefruit leaGue
Good as Gone by Amy Gentry
Points this post: 75
Total points: 170
Bluegrass Pam5.9 Whodonuit? - MPG that includes mystery
Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley
I don’t see Children’s MPG listed but here is the AR info, just in case:
IL: UG - BL: 6.0 - AR Pts: 14.0
MPG of Mystery
Points this post: 5
Total points: 160
GO Total: 3
MelissaH20.4 April Showers?
Option 1
The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena
Points this post: 20
Total points: 140
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 7
Dakimel15.4- Laughing and Singing
1: To Say Nothing of the Dog
2: Lord of the Privateers
15.7- It's Contagious!
Doomsday Book - on Best Fiction Books About Diseases or Viruses list, page 1
15.9- They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha Ha!
A Closed and Common Orbit
25.2 - Sandy's Task: Who Am I? Where Am I?
1: The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal (234 pages)
2: Hot in Hellcat Canyon (374 pages) Hellcat Canyon, CA is the town the book is set in
30.2 - Ava Catherine’s Task-Modern and Contemporary Art
1: Lord Edgware Dies by Agatha Christie
2: Hold Me by Courtney Milan
50.1 - Bryony's Task: Let's Start at the Very Beginning
1: The Inexplicable Logic of My Life (452 pgs) fits 5.4/adoptive narrator
2: Earth Bound (386 pages) - set in Houston, which is where I was born - maybe 20 miles distant total depending where exactly in the city the random suburb of the book is supposed to be
3: As Rich as a Rogue (416 pgs) fits SO
TALLY:
This post - 150 points
Total - 615
Kim ATask 25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Sydney Harbour
Book 1 - Read a book with "harbour" in the title
Safe Harbour by Danielle Steel
Book 2 - Read a book written by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in OUTBACK
The Crown by Kiera Cass
Points This Post - 25
Total Points - 365
25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Sydney HarbourOption 2. We the Animals by Justin Torres 128 pages.
Option 3. Witches, a tale of Scandal, Sorcery and Seduction by Tracy Borman
Points this post: 25
Points in total: 465
Tasks completed: 25
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book tickets: 0
LAVENDER15.5. Girls Just Wanta Have Fun!
Read a book with the word “girl” found intact in the title/subtitle of the book.
The Girl (Guardians #1) by Lola St. Vil - ebook I read
The Girl (Guardians #1) Top Paperback (no MMPB) 312 pages
GIRL is in the title.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 375
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 30
Christine V20.9 - Chandni's Task: Welcome to My Wheelhouse
Option 3: The Handmaid's Tale, which is found on page 1 of the Epistolary Fiction list.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=2)
10.10 -The 2017 RoosterRead a book from the Tournament of Books Longlist https://www.themorningnews.org/articl...
The Life of Elves
15.5. Girls Just Wanta Have Fun!
Read a book with the word “girl” found intact in the title/subtitle of the book.
Good Girl VS. Bad Boy: The Marine Meets His Match
25.6 - Perletwo's task: A Stitch In Time Saves Nine
Total page count for the two books must be at least 500 pages.
1. Read a book from the first 5 pages of
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
also https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Ready Player One pb 372 pgs
found on page 1 of both lists
2. Read a book with a genre that contains "historical" or "history" intact on its main book page.
The Shadow Sister pb 541 pgs
verification: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
372+541 = 913 pgs
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claiming 1 BIG BOOK ticket for The Shadow Sister pb 541 pgs
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Cumulative Total 510+50 = 560
Cait S5.5- March, April, May
Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 3, 4, or 5.
Scent of the Missing: Love and Partnership with a Search-and-Rescue Dog by Susannah Charleson
Points This Post: 5
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Points: 150/850
didi302315.1. It's a Wonnder!
Book 1. Read a book with the main page genre engineering or architecture. Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery
Book 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: 175
5.7- Modern ClassicsMother Night by Kurt Vonnegut
Page 8 of Popular Modern Classics
10.2 - Initial Success
Traveler (Traveler #1) by L.E. DeLano
10.4 - Partners in Crime
Ladykiller: How Conman Bruce Burrell Kidnapped and Killed Rich Women for Their Money by Candace Sutton, Ellen Connolly
25.2 - Sandy's Task: Who Am I? Where Am I?
Book 1: Read a book with the name of a person in the title/subtitle.
The Waterlow Killings: A Portrait of a Family Tragedy by Pamela Burton
Waterlow is the family name (surname/last name) of victims & the murderer
256 pages
Book 2: Read a book with the name of a place in the title/subtitle.
The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island by Chloe Hooper
Palm Island is a tropical island in Queensland, Australia
276 pages
Total: 256 + 276 = 532 pages
Total this Post: 50
Golden Oldies: 6
Bigger is Better: 3
Season Total: 600
Readerboard name - Brooklyn20.4 – 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.”
The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break by Steven Sherrill
Points this post: 20
Total points: 225/850
Tasks completed: 16/52
Books read: 17
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets = 1)
Task 5.1 – Thoroughly Modern Author First & Last initials in M O D E R N - M.D.R
Mary Doria Russell / Epitaph: A Novel of the O.K. Corral
I listened to the audio / No MMP / Paperback: Epitaph: A Novel of the O.K. Corral – 592 pages
*** BIG BOOK *** 1 ticket – 592 pages
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Task 5.3 – The 20th Century
Series # includes a ‘2’ or ‘0’ - Hercule Poirot # 22
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
I listened to the audio / MMP: An Overdose of Death
+++ GOLDEN OLDIE +++ – 1st published 1940
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This Post: 10 points
Total points to date: 330 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 2
Big Books Read: (3) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (2) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 9
25.3 - Andy P.’s task: No More WolvesBook 1.Read a book whose title does NOT contain any of the letters in the word WOLF.
Hexed 326 pages
Book 2. Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in the word FLOWER
Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver 375 pages
Points
500 + 25 = 525
10.3 - Aim HighAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz has over 61,000 5-star ratings.
Points = 10
Challenge total = 65
Post #1625.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Sydney Harbour
Option 2) The Bookshop 123 pages
Option 3) Lost Souls by Kelley Armstrong KA in OUTBACK
Points this post:25
Total Points:335
Books read:29
Tasks Done: 18
MegSCL20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Amy FL's Task: Play Ball!
1. author initials can be found in “GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE.”
This is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Coralie's Task: Over and Under
Read a book that has either "under" or "over" intact in its title.
The Underground Railroad
20.9 - Chandni's Task: Welcome to My Wheelhouse
Option 1: On page 1 of the Popular Psychological Thrillers shelf. The Shining
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 430 Goldies: 2 Big Books: 0
MegSCL25.3 - 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.
Venice (168pp)
Book 2. Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in the word FLOWER.
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante (418pp)
25.6 - Perletwo's task: A Stitch In Time Saves Nine
1. Spring Forward: On page 4 of Popular Near-Future Books
Armada (349pp)
2. Fall Back: Read a book with a genre that contains "historical" or "history" intact on its main book page
The Golden Age (256pp)
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 480 Goldies: 2 Big Books: 0
Jasmiina F20.5 - 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 Fool and His Honey by Charlaine Harris.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 130
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
15.8. How do I Get There?
by Ben AaronovitchPoints this post: 15
Total points: 290
Tasks completed: 19
Readerboard name: witchygal5.10 Your Own 8th Wonder
Read a book of your choice.
I read The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling.
Points: 5
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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30.5 - Jonquil’s task:
Book 1: Read a book with a cover that shows the type of place where you like to read.
I read
by Fannie Flagg. I enjoy reading at cafes with a nice strong coffee. If only I could find some yummy fried green tomatoes. This was verified in message 26.Book 2: Read a second book with a cover that shows a different reading spot or a variation on book 1's spot.
I read
by Barbara Vine. I love to read in libraries. I would be more than happy to perch myself against a bookshelf with a cup of tea and read for hours and hours. Points: 30
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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Points for this post.
Points: 35
Big Book: 0
Golden Oldie: 0
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Total points and stats for Spring 2017 Reading Challenge
Books read: 17
Points: 275
Big Book: 0
Golden Oldie: 0
Task 5.5 - March, April, May 3, 4 or 5 in page count
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien (this is the edition I read)
Mass market paperback edition is here : The Fellowship of the Ring, is has 531 pages (both 3 and 5 in the page count).
I also claim a "big book ticket" for this as it has 531 pages on the mass market paperback edition.
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 30
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Shannon South Africa10.3 Aim High
A book with 1,454+ ratings
The Bookman’s Tale by Charlie Lovett
11,539 ratings as at 26 April 2017
Task points: 10
Challenge Points: 70
GO tickets: 1
LAVENDER30.4 - 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 the list of Animal Groups on the cover.
Five Red Herrings (Lord Peter Wimsey #7) by Dorothy L. Sayers - 286 pagesFish on the cover. (See line 34 of the list)
Book 2: Using the same animal as book 1, select an Animal Group word associated with that animal from the list and read a book with that word in the title or subtitle.
Nest by Terry Goodkind - 432 pages
Nest is a word associated with a group of fish. (See line 34 of the list)
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 405
Tasks Completed: 24
Books Read: 32
KATIEGIRL15.5 - Girls Just Wanta Have Fun!
A book with "girl" in the title/subtitle.
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Childrens as a main page genre - IL: MG+
Points this post: 15
Total points: 500
Total tasks: 35
BB total: 3
GO total: 2
15.10. Spring GardeningFired!: Tales of the Canned, Canceled, Downsized, and Dismissed by Annabelle Gurwitch
Points 525 + 15 = 540
Sara G15.4. Laughing and Singing
OPTION 1:
Book 1 – April is National Humor Month. Read a book with a main page genre of humor.
Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella
AND
Book 2 – April 11 is Barbershop Quartet Day. Read a book that is #4 in a series.
Death on the Romney Marsh by Deryn Lake (listed on the book's page as John Rawlings, #4)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 475
Andy P.Task # 15.10. Spring Gardening
Read a book whose author's initials can be found in GARDENING. All initials must be used. If a book has more than one author, only one author's initials must be found in the target word
The Trouble with Mirrors by Charlotte Elkins and Aaron Elkins GARDENING
Points this post: 15
Total points: 510
Nikki S5.10 Read a book of your choice.
Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls
Points this Post : 5
Total Points : 60
Tasks : 5
loafer15.10. Spring Gardening
Read a book whose author's initials can be found in GARDENING.
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
gardeNinG
points: 15
total: 475
BB: 2
GO: 5
tasks completed: 28
Kim ATask 5.9 - Whodunit? - Read a book with a main page genre that includes "Mystery"
Relatively Dead by Sheila Connolly
*Verified for length here
Points This Post - 5
Total Points - 370
Natalie CH15.7. It's Contagious!
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
from History of Disease on the first page
Points this task: 15
Grand Total:130
Tasks completed:7
BB Tickets:1
GO's Tickets: 0
20.2 - Rookie At The Top - McCathy's Task: Lucky CharmsOption 2 - For this option read a book with a main page genre of "Fairies", "Ireland", or "Irish Literature". The genre may be standalone or embedded.
Casualties of Peace - Edna O’Brien
Points this post: 20
Points total: 80
Tasks completed: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: - 500+() 750+() 1000+()
Books read: 5
Pages read: 1341
Andy P.Task # 15.8. How do I Get There?
Read a book with a map on the cover.
by Mark Monmonierapproved in message 2 of help thread
Points this post: 15
Total points: 525
Ana10.3 - Aim High
by Marc Levy. This book has 2816 five star ratings.Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 240
Tasks Completed 14
Books Read: 16
Total Pages: 4223
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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10.3 - Aim High
Always on My Mind by Bella Andre
This book has 4,309 5 star ratings
Link to MMP edition: Always on My Mind
10.8 - Build A Bridge
Come A Little Bit Closer by Bella Andre
There is a bridge on the cover
Link to MMP edition: Come A Little Bit Closer
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 190 points
Tasks completed: 15
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **