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SPRING CHALLENGE 2017
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Sara G15.9. They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha!
Extraterrestrial abductions day is March 20. Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction. The genre may be standalone or embedded (i.e., Fantasy Science Fiction).
The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
Points this post: 15
Total points: 745
Sarah E50.1 - Bryony's Task: Let's Start at the Very Beginning
Book 1
Task 5.1 - "Kid" found in title
The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid: Travels Through my Childhood
I read the ebook, top paperback (no MMPB) is The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir with 268 pages
Book 2
Set completely in Shrewsbury, UK (see MMPB description: "Gervase Bonel, with his wife and servants, is a guest of Shrewsbury Abbey... ") which is 151.32 miles straight line distance from my birthplace
Monk's Hood
I read the kindle edition, MMPB is Monk's Hood with 210 pages
Book 3
SO - a needle pulling thread
The White Princess
I listened to the audio, top paperback (no MMPB) is The White Princess with 576 pages
Takes place entirely in the 1480s and 1490s, published in 2013
The White Princess is a Big Book (576 pages). I claim 1 BB ticket.
268 + 210 + 576 = 1,054 pages
Points this post: 50
Total points: 820
BB tickets this post: 1
Total BB tickets: 1
Kristi CO20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Coralie's Task: Over and Under
When the Nines Roll Over and Other Stories by David Benioff
Points this post: 20
Total points: 310
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 24
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 2
RuthTask 5.9 Whodunit? Read a book which has mystery as a main page genre.
I read Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 75
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 9
20.3 - Best Review: Hidden Figures Option 3: Read a book from the Wikipedia list of films nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley
Nominated in 2016.
Points this Post: 20
Big Books this Post: 0
Golden Oldies this Post: 0
Total Points: 170
Total Books Read: 13
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Jasmiina F2
15.8. How do I Get There?:
Read a book with a map on the cover:
by V.E. Schwab.Points this post: 15
Total points: 195
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
BellaGBeartask 5.6 A Natural History of Dragons written by Marie Brennan, the chech variance
>5 points
task 20.3: 12 Years a Slave adapted to the movie '12 years a slave'
first published in 1853 so I claim a golden oldie
>20 points
total post
25
total challenge
845
Blueberry25.5 Option A
Book 1: read a book FIRST published before 1992.
Canoeing with the Cree
Book 2: read a book FIRST published in 2017.
The Joy of Hygge: How to Bring Everyday Pleasure and Danish Coziness Into Your Life
Pg count verification at eBook Verification thread post 6237
Pts: 25
Total pts: 290
GO: 3
Total books: 19
BellaGBeartask 5.7 The Bell on page 11 of the list and confirmed in the help thread message 10
>5 points
TOTAL
850 I finished :D (first time!)
Sarah D5.1 Thoroughly Modern
My Life in Middlemarch by Rebecca Mead
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Sarah D5.2 Location, Location, Location
My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
This book is set in New York, New York and the Chrysler Building is on the cover!
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Sarah D5.3 The 20th Century
The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante
Goodreads lists this as #2 of La Amica Geniale/Neapolitan Novels
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
Sarah D5.5 March, April, May
Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
This task requires that the number 3, 4 or 5 is in the page number, this book has 336 pages
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.1: Catch some Z's: The King's Lizard: A Tale of Murder and Deception in Old Santa Fe by Pamela Christie. There is a Z in the title: The King's LiZard.
Task 15.10: Spring Gardening: The Dante Connection by Estelle Ryan. The author initials are in GaRdEning.
Task 50.1: Let's start at the very beginning:
Book 1: Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Crime,
by Tamar Myers for Fall 2009 challenge task 5.7: Both the book setting, characters and cover relate to what I am most thankful for: family and good food. Book 2: The Alchemy Of Murderby Carol McCleary. The novel is set inParis, France, which is 141.65 miles from my birthplace. At 565 pages, claim a Big Book ticket.
Book 3 - Option SO: The Mummy Case by Elizabeth Peters. The historical time period and events are centered on the excavations at the pyramids of Dashur in Egypt by Jacques de Morgan in 1894. The book was first published in 1985, more than 50 years after the historical event.
Page count: The total number of pages in this task: 272+565+404 = 1,241 > than the required 1,000 pages.
Totals this posting:
Points: 75
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Summary Totals:
Points: 190
Books Read: 12
Tasks Completed: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1; 750+: 0; 1000+: 1
Sarah D5.9 Whodunit?
Six Four by Hideo Yokoyama
mystery is listed as the top main page genre
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25
Sarah D5.10 Your Own 8th Wonder
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir by Sherman Alexie
Points this post: 5
Total points: 30
Sarah D10.2 Initial Success
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
The author uses 2 initials instead of a first name
Points this post: 10
Total points: 40
Sarah D10.3 Aim High
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
This book has 6,541 5 star ratings as of this post
Points this post: 10
Total points: 50
Sarah D10.9 Star Wars Stars
To Be a Machine: Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death by Mark O'Connell
This author shares a first name with Star Wars Star Mark Hamill
Points this post: 10
Total points: 60
Sarah D10.10 The 2017 Rooster
The Sport of Kings by C.E. Morgan
This book was on the 2017 Tournament of Books Longlist (and I believe made the shortlist as well)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 70
Susan W.5.9 Whodunit: Read a book with the main page genre of Mystery
I read Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley
Mystery is on the main page (1,432 users)
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10.2 Initial Success: Read a book by an author who uses exactly two initials instead of a first name.
I read The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin
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15.9 They're Coming to Take Me Away: Read a book with a main page genre of Science Fiction
I read The Woods, Vol. 1: The Arrow by James Tynion IV
Science Fiction is on the main page (47 users)
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 120
Task 5.8 – Under the Spring MoonTitle word: PINK
Death, Taxes, and Hot-Pink Leg Warmers
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This Post: 5 points
Total points to date: 535 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 3
Big Books Read: (4) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (2) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 10
Mod
15.3. National Library Week is April 9-15.OPTION 1:
Book 1 – read a book featuring a library or librarian. If the connection is not apparent in the Goodreads description, explain the connection in your post.
Booked for Trouble
AND
Book 2 – read a book with its author's initials in NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK.
Bookplate Special by Lorna Barrett
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 165
Total Tasks: 15
Big Books: 2
Sarah E30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Passed to Delicious Dee: A Pride of Lions or a School of Sharks?
A tribe of goats
Book 1
Book 2
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, The Ultra-runners, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Points this post: 30
Total points: 850
For the first and no doubt only time - FINISHED!
Kristen IA20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
Nonfiction- The Unexplained: The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code by Margalit Fox
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB edition.
I participated in the discussion thread in Post #36
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Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 390/850
Total Tasks: 25/52
GO: 1
BB: 6
SandiCompleted Tasks
Note: I wish to remove The Keepers from 20.2 - Rookie At The Top - McCathy's Task: Lucky Charms
-20 points
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15.10. Spring Gardening
Author's initials found in GARDENING
Kindle edition I read: The Keepers by Donna Augustine
Paperback edition: The Keepers
20.2 - Rookie At The Top - McCathy's Task: Lucky Charms
Using Option #1 where the singular form of HEARTS can be found in title/subtitle
Audio edition I listened to: Esther the Wonder Pig: Changing the World One Heart at a Time
Most popular paperback edition: Esther the Wonder Pig: Changing the World One Heart at a Time
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 610
Points Removed this Post: 20
Points Earned this Post: 35
Total Points To Date: 625
That's it for me -- Thanks for the challenge!
JUKKA30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: It’s Elementary
Book 1: Book with an element in the title.
Bitter Gold Hearts by Glen Cook.
Book 2: Book with a series number derived from above element.
Gold's atomic number is 79. 7+9=16, 1+6=7.
Song of the Serpent by Hugh Matthews, #7 of Pathfinder Tales.
Points this post: 30
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 460/850
Total Books Read: 35
Tasks Completed: 31/52
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 6
5.5 - March, April, MayRead a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 3, 4, or 5.
Odessa Stories has 224 pages.
It was first published in 1924; I am claiming one Golden Oldie Ticket.
Points this post: 5
Total Points Challenge: 275
Kathy G.15.9. They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha!
Read a Sci. Fi Book
Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
Link to paperback:
Steelheart
Total Points- 80
15.9. They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha!Science Fiction: Mariana by Susanna Kearsley
Points this post: 15
Total points: 830
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.1: Thoroughly Modern: Pianist in a Bordello by Mike C. Erickson. Author first and last name initials are in ModErn.
Task 5.2: Location: Swan Lake, Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet by Barbara Newman and Leslie Pratt. The entire book is set in England at the Sadler's Well Royal Ballet company in London, England. Most of the book is set in London, with brief visits to Manchester and Birmingham.
Task 5.4: Best Laid Plans: Gaudi Afternoon by Barbara Wilson, #1 in the Cassandra Reilly series. Fits Winter 2016 task5.3: First in Series.
Task 5.5: March, April, May: The Coroner's Lunch by by Colin Cotteril. The page count is 257 and contains 5.
Task 20.6: Batter Up!: Option 3:
Soulless by Gail Carriger. The book was first published in 2009, a year ending in 9.
Task 20.8: Over and Under: Murder under Blue Skies by Willard Scott & Bill Crider. The title includes the word Under: Murder under blue skies.
Totals this posting:
Points: 60
Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Summary Totals:
Points: 250
Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 16
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1; 750+: 0; 1000+: 1
Mod
5.5 - March, April, MayPage number includes 3, 4, or 5: Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama by Alison Bechdel, 304 pages
Points this post: 5
Total points: 835
That's it for me for this season. Thank you, moderators!
10.10 - The 2017 RoosterI read Enchanted Islands by Allison Amend. This book was on the 2017 Tournament of Books longlist.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 275
Tasks complete: 27
Books read: 29
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
JUKKAReposting...
30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: It’s Elementary
Book 1: Book with an element in the title.
Bitter Gold Hearts by Glen Cook. The element is gold, its symbol Au.
Book 2: Book with a series number derived from above element.
Gold's atomic number is 79. 7+9=16, 1+6=7.
Song of the Serpent by Hugh Matthews, #7 of Pathfinder Tales.
Points this post: 30
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 460/850
Total Books Read: 35
Tasks Completed: 31/52
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 6
DANIELLE M5.5 - March, April, May
The Dry by Jane Harper - 320 pages
5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 420
Books Read: 31
Tasks Complete: 23
Amber25.3 - Andy P.’s task: No More Wolves
Book 1 - Title does NOT contain any of the letters in the word WOLF
High Dive by Jonathan Lee
PB for length, 384 pgs
Book 2 - Written by a single author whose initials can be found in the word FLOWER - fLowEr
Shadow Tag by Louise Erdrich
MMPB for length, 264 pgs
Total pages = 384 + 264 = 648 > 500
Points this post: 25
Total points: 370
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
Thank you for a wonderful Spring challenge!
Sara G5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
Read a book of your choice. Note: Books with the genre "children" or "kids" NOT found in AR Bookfinder MAY be used for this task. Required: If using this exemption, state that the book is not found in ARBookFinder.
Mistress of My Fate by Hallie Rubenhold
Points this post: 5
Total points: 750
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.7 - Mad For Plaid
Winter Storms by Elin Hilderbrand
There is a plaid blanket on the cover
Link to PB edition: Winter Storms
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 540 points
Tasks completed: 37
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Amy FL25.2 - Sandy's Task: Who Am I? Where Am I?
Book 1: The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper (331 pages)
Book 2: Private L.A. (set in Hollywood - Los Angeles, CA) - 425 pages
25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Sydney Harbour
Option 3: A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline (outBaCK)
Option 5: Zac and Mia (set in Perth, Australia)
Points this post: 50
Total points: 410
Readerboard Name: Kathy P25.2 - Sandy's Task: Who Am I? Where Am I?
Book 1: Mr. Fox
Mr Fox is the main character in the book.
Book 2:
Gap CreekPoints this post: 25
Books this post: 2
Totals
Points: 375
BB:1
GO: 0
Total Task completed: 18
Total Books read: 23
Readerboard Name: Kathy P15.8. How do I Get There?
No Ordinary Lives: One Man's Surprising Journey Into the Heart of America
Points this post: 15
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 390
BB:1
GO: 0
Total Task completed: 19
Total Books read: 24
JUKKA15.2. May is for Art and Music!
Book 1: Book with main page genre comics, graphic novel, or something along those lines.
The Boys, Volume 11: Over the Hills with the Swords of a Thousand Men by Garth Ennis
Book 2: Book with a musical instrument on the cover.
by Jo Walton features an aulos.Points this post: 15
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 475/850
Total Books Read: 37
Tasks Completed: 32/52
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 6
Bookwrm526Task #10.9 - Star Wars Stars
Read a book by an author who shares a name with one of the actors who appeared in Star Wars. I chose David Prowse from the list and read Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris.
Points this post: 10
Total points for the challenge: 785 (I think this is the closest I've ever gotten to finishing!)
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.6 - Lady Day
Wait for the Rain by Maria Murnane
Maria is a related name to Mary
Link to PB edition: Wait for the Rain
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 545 points
Tasks completed: 38
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Kim O30.2 - Ava Catherine’s Task-Modern and Contemporary Art
Book 1: Read a book FIRST published between 1890 and 1939 whose author’s first and last name initials can be found in ART DECO, ART NOUVEAU, or BAUHAUS.
The Flivver King: A Story of Ford-America by Upton Sinclair Golden Oldie -- first published in 1937
Book 2: Read a book FIRST published between 1970 and the present whose author’s first and last name initials can be found in CONTEMPORARY ART or POST MODERN ART.
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow This book has 731 pages.
Points this task: 30
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
Big Book 500+ tickets: 1
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Cumulative Totals
Points: 140
Big Books - 500+: 2
Golden Oldies: 3
Books read: 10
5.9 whodunit?Iron House by John Hart
5.10 Your own 8th wonder
Two By Two by Nicholas Sparks
10.3 Aim High
Son by Lois Lowry
10.4 Partners in crime
These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner.
10.5 And the Tony goes to.....The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Points this post 40
Total points 40
Amy O.5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
(book of your choice)
Waiting Games by Bruce and Carole Hart
This book has "Children" listed as a main page genre, but I can't find it in AR Bookfinder.
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Pia's Task: It Was One of Those March Days...
Option 2 - book by woman author whose initials are in phrase BE BOLD FOR CHANGE
Stern Men by Elizabeth Gilbert
20.6 – Seasoned Reader - Bookwrm526's Task: Batter Up!!
Option 1: read a book about baseball
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis
25.5 - Brooke TX's Task: Here Comes the Bride!
Book 1 - book first published before 1992
Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie
**Partners in Crime was first published in 1929 - claiming 1 Golden Oldies ticket**
Book 2 - book first published in 2017
This is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
Points this post: 70
Total points: 435
Tasks completed: 27
Books read: 32
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 1
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5.3 - The 20th Century
Read a book that contains the number 2 or 0 in the series designation: #2, #10, #12, etc.
Amber Eyes by Maya Banks
Approved for length post #6229
5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Read a book that fits one of the Winter Challenge 5, 10 or 15 point tasks.
5.2 - Location, Location, Location
Read a book set at least 50% in a location of an ancient wonder: Egypt, Iraq, Greece, Turkey.
Required: If the setting is not evident on the book's main page include a reference or quote from the book when you post.
Dancer of the Nile by Veronica Scott
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.
Forever Wicked by Shayla Black
156pp
5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
Read a book of your choice.
Golden Eyes by Maya Banks
Spreadsheet #1038
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
The Chosen by J.R. Ward
Big book ticket
15.9. They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha!
Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction.
My Fair Viking by Sandra Hill
25.2 - Sandy's Task: Who Am I? Where Am I?
This is a two book task.
Your two books combined should have a total of at least 500 pages.
Book 1: Read a book with the name of a person in the title/subtitle.
The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion
368 pages
Book 2: Read a book with the name of a place in the title/subtitle.
Texas Rebels: Quincy by Linda Warren
224 pages
25.3 - Andy P.’s task: No More Wolves
A combined page total for both books must exceed 500 pages.
Book 1.Read a book whose title does NOT contain any of the letters in the word WOLF.
Brighter Than the Sun by Maya Banks
336 pages
Book 2. Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in the word FLOWER.
Falcon by Linda Warren
224 pages
Points this post: 95
Total points: 495
Tasks completed: 27
Books read: 36
Big Book Ticket: 2 Golden Oldie Ticket: 1