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SPRING CHALLENGE 2017
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Jonquil5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder any book
Wait for Dark
Kay Hooper
Hardcover, 304 pages 3/9
Points this post: 5
Total points: 50
Books posted: 10
Tasks complete: 10
Pages this post: 304
Total pages as of this post: 2546
Jonquil10.1 - Catch Some Z's z in title glazed
Peppermint Glazed Murder
Susan Gillard
Paperback, 212 pages 3/4
Points this post: 10
Total points: 60
Books posted: 11
Tasks complete: 11
Pages this post: 212
Total pages as of this post: 2758
Jonquil10.2 - Initial Success author uses 2 initials jj
Fry Another Day
J.J. Cook
Paperback, 304 pages 3/10
Points this post: 10
Total points: 70
Books posted: 12
Tasks complete: 12
Pages this post: 304
Total pages as of this post: 3062
Jonquil10.3 - Aim High
at least 1,454 5-star ratings 5,283
Shades of Gray
Maya Banks
Mass Market Paperback, 292 pages 3/5
Points this post: 10
Total points: 80
Books posted: 13
Tasks complete: 13
Pages this post: 292
Total pages as of this post: 3354
20.5 - 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".
Tamarind Mem by Anita Rau Badami– initials BAR appear in phrase
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Oldie: 0
Big Book: 0
Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 2
Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
20.9 - Chandni's Task: Welcome to My WheelhouseOption 2: read a book with True Crime as a main page genre. The genre may be stand alone or embedded.
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson - book has MPG of True Crime
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Oldie: 0
Big Book: 0
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed: 3
Total Books Read: 3
Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
10.3 - Aim High
At least 1,454 5-star ratings.
Guards! Guards!
Reason: 54,854 5 star ratings
30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: It’s Elementary
Book 1 - name of any element on the Periodic Table in its title
The Hydrogen Murder
Reason: Hydrogen - atomic number: 1 and symbol H
Book 2 - same number in a series as the atomic number
The Equivoque Principle
Reason: atomic number: 1 - 1st in Cornelius Quaint Chronicles
Points this Post: 40
Total Points: 40
Total Tasks: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
At least 1,454 5-star ratings.
Guards! Guards!
Reason: 54,854 5 star ratings
30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: It’s Elementary
Book 1 - name of any element on the Periodic Table in its title
The Hydrogen Murder
Reason: Hydrogen - atomic number: 1 and symbol H
Book 2 - same number in a series as the atomic number
The Equivoque Principle
Reason: atomic number: 1 - 1st in Cornelius Quaint Chronicles
Points this Post: 40
Total Points: 40
Total Tasks: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
loafer5.2 - Location, Location, Location
Read a book set at least 50% in a location of a modern wonder: England; France; Canada; New York, USA; California,USA; Brazil; Paraguay; Panama; Netherlands
Seize the Day by Saul Bellow
points: 5
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20.1- Most Improved Player – Camilla’s Task: Finland 100 Years!
Option 3. read a book FIRST published prior to 1917.
The House by the Medlar Tree by Giovanni Verga
first published in 1881, it is a "Golden Oldie"
points: 20
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total: 60
BB: 0
GO: 1
tasks completed: 5
loaferrepost to claim Big Book ticket:
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15.3. National Library Week is April 9-15.
OPTION 2: – read one book that meets both criteria for option 1.
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
one of the main characters is a librarian
author's initials in NAtional library week
mmpb: Le Temps n'est rien - at 521 pages, it is a "Big Book"
points: 15
total: 60
BB: 1
GO: 1
tasks completed: 5
readerboard name: boromom5.2 - Location, Location, Location
100% set in California
Rhythm & Clues
points this post: 5
total points: 5
Kim ATask 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: James Earl Jones.
A Mutiny in Time by James Dashner
*IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7.0
Points This Post - 10
Total Points - 125
Oma122920.6 – Seasoned Reader - Bookwrm526's Task: Batter Up!!
I chose Option #3
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.
One Corpse Too Many by Ellis Peters
March 1-May 31
Total Points-45/850
Total Tasks- 3/52
Total Golden Oldie Books-
Total Big Books-500+(), 750+(),1000+() >
Oma122920.4 – Golden Oldies – Amy O's Task: April Showers?
I chose Option #1
Option 1: Read a book whose author’s initials can be found in the phrase "APRIL SHOWERS".
The Crook and Flail by Libbie Hawker
otal Points-65/850
Total Tasks- 4/52
Total Golden Oldie Books-
Total Big Books-500+(), 750+(),1000+()
Sarah E10.7 - Mad For Plaid
May need enlarging to see, but the black dog is wearing a tartan coat.
10.8 - Build A Bridge
Cover option
Included in the approved covers in message 2 of the help thread.
I listened to the audio, top paperback (no MMPB) is Someday, Someday, Maybe
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
perletwo25.6 - Perletwo's task: A Stitch In Time Saves Nine - 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.
The Girl with All the Gifts - page 2, Popular Near-Future Books list
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.
Holy Orders - genre verified here
The total page count for the two books must be at least 500 pages.
book 1 top mmp ed. 483 pgs; book 2 this pb ed. 304 pgs
483+304=787 pgs
Points this task: 25
Total points: 350
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 04
Big Book ticket requests: 01
Books read: 27
Tasks completed: 19
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I used Task 5.3 from the winter tasks, book that is #1 in a series, and read Fall of Giants - #1 in the Century Trilogy.
5.5 - March, April, May
I read The Width of the World, with 448 pages.
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Coralie's Task: Over and Under
I read The Underground Railroad, with "under" found intact in "underground."
Points this post: 30
Total points: 95
ElaineL30.3- It's Elementary
Two Book Task:
Book 1: Read a book which has the name of any element on the Periodic Table in its title, subtitle or series name.The Tin Star by J.L. Langley Tin, Sn, atomic number 50
Book 2: Using the atomic number of the element chosen for book 1 read a book that has the same number in a series. Ceremony in Death by J.D. Robb
adding 5 + 0 = 5; Ceremony in Death is #5 in the In Death series
Points this post: 30
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 9
20.3 - Best Review - Lauren Jodi's task: Hidden FiguresOption 3. The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay in 2002, the film was also called The Hours.
Points this post: 20
Points in total: 120
Tasks completed: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 0
Diana K10.10 Read a book from the Tournament of Books long list
My Name Is Lucy Barton
15.8. How do I Get There? Read a book with a map on the cover.
20.1- Most Improved Player – Camilla’s Task: Finland 100 Years!
Opt 1 Read a book set in Finland
The Summer Book The book takes place on an island in Finland
Points this post: 45
Total Points: 105
Bryony 5.4 Best Laid Plans
Read a book that fits one of the Winter Challenge 5, 10 or 15 point tasks.
I choose task
5.1 - The Ancients
Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in ANCIENT.
I read Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Points this post: 5
Total points: 70
Books read: 6
Tasks completed: 4
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30.5 - 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.
Diners, Drive-Ins, and Death: A Comfort Food MysteryThe current organization of the family house has left me without a cozy reading nook, so I go out to eat/read at diner-type establishments, preferably ones with big comfy booths like this one where i can spread out all my stuff.
Book 2: Read a second book with a cover that shows a different reading spot or a variation on book 1's spot.
The Body on the Barstoolproblem explained here
Although - or perhaps because - I don't drink, bars also make nice reading spots. They're also accustomed to patrons who come and set a spell, and don't mind not turning the table for a bit.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 290
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 04
Big Book ticket requests: 01
Books read: 22
Tasks completed: 15
Readerboard name: witchygal15.4 Laughing and Singing
OPTION 2: read one book that meets both criteria for option 1. (Read a book with a main page genre of humor & Read a book that is #4 in a series.)
I read Shopaholic and Sister by Sophia Kinsella. It has a MPG of Humor and this genre has also been verified in Post 2 of the help thread. Shopaholic and Sister is the 4th book in the Shoapholic series.
Points: 15
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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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.
I read Divergent by Veronica Roth. This was rated as 4 stars by my GR friend Stu Schreiber.
Points: 15
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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20.2 Rookie At The Top
Option 2: read a book with a main page genre of "Fairies", "Ireland", or "Irish Literature".
I read A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy. It has a MPG of Cultural > Ireland and has been verified as having Ireland as a genre in Post 2 in the help thread.
Points: 20
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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20.9 Chandni's Task:
Option 1: Read a book from the first 5 pages of the Popular Psychological Thrillers shelf.
I read In the Woods by Tana French which can be found on Page 1 of "Popular Psychological Thrillers" shelf.
Points: 20
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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Total points and stats for Spring 2017 Reading Challenge
Books read: 4
Points: 70
Big Book: 0
Golden Oldie: 0
Catherine TTask 5.7 - Modern Classics
read a book from the list
Dune by Frank Herbert
on page 3
Task 10.2 - Initial Success
read a book whose author uses two initials
Sleeping Beauty by K.M. Shea
verified for length msg 6116: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
MegSCL5.9 - Whodunit?
Mystery genre: The Sunday Philosophy Club
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 60 Goldies: 1 Big Books: 0
Ana20.1- Most Improved Player – Camilla’s Task: Finland 100 Years!
Option 2-Snow on the Cover
by Chris Priestley.Points this Post 20
Total Points 60
Tasks Completed 3
Books Read 3
Total Pages 681
5.2 - Location, Location, LocationAssault & Beret by Jenn McKinlay
5.3 - The 20th Century
Ghost in the Polka Dot Bikini by Sue Ann Jaffarian
5.5 - March, April, May
Once Broken Faith by Seanan McGuire
5.9 - Whodunit?
The Bone Thief by Jefferson Bass
10.7 - Mad For Plaid
Points this post: 30
Tasks completed: 5
MelissaH20.10 Group Reads
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
Post #9
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Amanda D.5.2 - Location, Location, Location - Read a book set at least 50% in a location of a modern wonder: California, USA
Dating You / Hating You by Christina Lauren (ARC)
Points this post: 5
Total points (not including this post): 30
5.4 - Best Laid Plans Pahaa parempi task 5.5
10.4 - Partners in Crime
Does This Beach Make Me Look Fat?: True Stories and Confessions by Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella
15.8. How do I Get There?
ebook approved for length (msg #6122)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 30
Points total: 70
GO total: 0
BB total: 0
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 7
Claire (Tiny Owl)5.6 - Lady Day - author name Mary
A Family Affair by Mary Campisi
Points this post: 5
Points total: 5
GO total: 0
BB total: 0
Tasks finished: 1
Books read: 1
Catherine TTask 30.2 - Modern and Contemporary Art
book 1 - published before 1939 & author initials in phrase
Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie
AC in ART DECO
published 1938
book 2 - published after 1970 & author initials in phrase
The Wrath & the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh
RA in ART
published in 2015
Appointment with Death published 1938 - claiming Golden Oldie
Laurah3020.4 Golden Oldies – Amy O's Task: April Showers?
Option 1
Indian Horse
Richard Wagamese - RW in April Showers
I am reposting - originally 202 but I din't seem to get credit for this post.
20.9 - Chandni's Task: Welcome to My WheelhouseOption 3: read an epistolary novel from one of these lists: Epistolary Fiction
84, Charing Cross Road
On First page of the list #37
Total new points: 20
Total Challenge Points: 90
BARBARA ★20.1 ~ Most Improved Player – Camilla’s Task: Finland 100 Years!
Option 2: Nothing Gold Can Stay - Dana Stabenow (snow on cover) 3/11
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 50
Ava Catherine5.3 - The 20th Century
Read a book that contains the number 2 or 0 in the series designation: #2, #10, #12, etc.
A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey
5.8 Under the Spring Moon
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from the names used by various tribes to describe the spring season’s moons: word used = milk.
Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
10.1 - Catch Some Z's
Read a book with the letter Z in the title or subtitle.
Save Me the Waltz by Zelda Fitzgerald
total=145
Ava Catherine10.2 - Initial Success
read a book with an author who uses exactly 2 initials instead of a first name
Shroud for a Nightingale by
P.D. James
10.5 - And The Tony Goes To....
Read a play.
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
10.8 - Build A Bridge
Read a book with the word "bridge" or "bridges" in its title/subtitle OR with a bridge on the cover.
Across the Bridge by Mavis Gallant
Bridge in title and a bridge on the cover
15.1. It's a Wonnder!
Book 1. Read a book with the main page genre engineering or architecture.
Eiffel's Tower: And the World's Fair Where Buffalo Bill Beguiled Paris, the Artists Quarreled, and Thomas Edison Became a Count by Jill Jonnes
main page genre architecture: 14 users
Book 2. read a book with 2 n’s found sequentially in the title/subtitle/author’s name
Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor
Two sequential n's in author's name.
total=190
Ava Catherine15.4. Laughing and Singing
Book 1 –Read a book with a main page genre of humor.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams main page genre humor: 4198 users
Book 2 – Read a book that is #4 in a series.
To Love and Be Wise by Josephine Tey
total=205
Ava Catherine30.3 - 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.
Mercury by Margot Livesey
Book 2
Using the atomic number of the element chosen for book 1 read a book that has the same number in a series.
Mercury’s atomic number is 80, symbol Hg
(Mercury) Book 1
(80) 8+0 = 8
Devices and Desires #8 by P.D. James Book 2
total=235
Cindy FTask 20.1 Finland 100 Years!
Option 2: Snow on Cover
by Gerri HillPoints this post:20
Total points:20
Tasks completed:1
Books read:1
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Stephanie1275.9 - Whodunit?: Read a book with a main page genre that includes "Mystery"
The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10/850
Tasks completed: 2/52
Books read: 2
Readerboard Name: Quinn20.6
Option 2: Read a book where at least 50% of the action takes place in Georgia.
Baby, Drive South by Stephanie Bond
*Set in Sweetness, Georgia
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 110
GO This Post/Total: 0
BB This Post/Total: 0
Elizabeth PTask 5.5 - March, April, May
Book with a 3, 4, or 5 in page count
Shattered by Kevin Hearne
Paperback edition: Shattered
361 pages
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 70
Total Tasks: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 7
Vicki5.2 - Location, Location, Location
Set in CA, USA
The Vanishing by Bentley Little
From the book description: "And all across California, children are falling victim to a monstrous change "
20.9 - Welcome to My Wheelhouse
Option 2: True Crime as a main page genre
Escaping the Arroyo by Joyce Nance
34 users shelved "crime > true crime"
Points this Post: 25
Total points: 25
Total tasks: 2
Total books: 2
Christine V20.1- Most Improved Player – Camilla’s Task: Finland 100 Years!
Option 3: King Lear
This book was first published in 1603. ***Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket***
Points this post: 20
GO tickets this post: 1
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=2)
BellaGBeartask 15.10 De wake written by Ronald Giphart
>15 points
task 25.2: book 1: Vaslav. This is a book about the famous balletdanser Vaslav Nijinski 374 pages
book 2: The Sittaford Mystery. The goodreads desciption only mentions sittaford house, but this wikipedia page about the book confirms that sittaford is also a tiny villagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sit... (first line of the plot description). A major part of the book is set in that little village. The book is 400 pages making the total of the books >500.
Also the book is first published in 1931 so I claim a golden oldie
>points: 25
>GO: 1
Total post:
points 40
Go 1
First post this challenge so total challenge as well,
Peg WTask 25.5 Brooke TX's Task: Here Comes the Bride!
Option A
Book 1 - A book published before 1992
They Came to Baghdad
Book 2 - A book first published in 2017
Difficult Women
Points this task: 25
Total points: 65
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 5
Tasks completed: 3/52
Bryony 15.4. Laughing and Singing
OPTION 1:
Book 1 – April is National Humor Month. Read a book with a main page genre of humour
The Complete Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby
Book 2 – April 11 is Barbershop Quartet Day. Read a book that is #4 in a series.
Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction by Jonathan Culler (#4 in the Very Short Introductions series)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 85
Books read: 8
Tasks completed: 5
Mod
15.1. It's a Wonnder!
Book 1, architecture genre: A Place of My Own: The Education of an Amateur Builder by Michael Pollan
Book 2, NN in JohNNy: Imperial Valley by Johnny Shaw
I read the kindle: Imperial Valley
15.2. May is for Art and Music!
book 1, graphic novel genre: Rosalie Lightning: A Graphic Memoir by Tom Hart
book 2, violin on the cover
The Four Seasons: A Novel of Vivaldi's Venice by Laurel Corona20.10 - Group Reads
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code by Margalit Fox
My comment Post 4
total = 80
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5.9 - Whodunit?
Mystery > Cozy Mystery 15 users
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A Corpse for Yew
Joyce Lavene
Paperback, 304 pages 3/3
Points this post: 5
Total points: 45
Books posted: 9
Tasks complete: 9
Pages this post: 304
Total pages as of this post: 2242