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SPRING CHALLENGE 2017
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20.10 Group ReadsI read The Wonder by Emma Donoghue and posted my review in the Group Reads thread.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks complete: 1
Books read: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Vicki5.9 - Whodunit?
A book with main page genre of mystery.
Everything but the Truth by Gillian McAllister
5 users shelved as "mystery"
Points: 5
Total points: 30
Books: 3
Tasks: 3
Ava Catherine20.4 – 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".
In the Language of Miracles by Rajia Hassib
APRIL SHOWERS=Rajia Hassib
total: 255
Ava Catherine25.2 - Sandy's Task: Who Am I? Where Am I?
Book 1: Read a book with the name of a person in the title/subtitle that is the name of a character in the book.
Victoria by Daisy Goodwin 404 pages
Book 2: Read a book with the name of a place in the title/subtitle where at least some of the plot of the book takes place in that specific named place.
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles 462 pages
404+462=868 total pages
total=280
Ava Catherine25.3 - 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.
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
383 pages
Book 2: Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in the word FLOWER.
The Girl on the Cliff by Lucinda Riley 404 pages
Lucinca Riley=FLOWER
383+404=787 total pages
total=305 points
20.10 - Group ReadsThe Wonder by Emma Donoghue
Discussion post #11
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
Sheila5.1- Thoroughly Modern
My Lost Daughter by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg5.2 - Location, Location, Location
The Ex by Alafair Burke(New York)
5.3 - The 20th Century
Don't Look Twice by Andrew Gross(Ty Hauck #2)
5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Strange Shores by Arnaldur Indriðason(5.1 - The Ancients
Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in ANCIENT. ) from Winter 2016
5.5 - March, April, May
The Redbreast by Jo NesbøMass Market Paperback, 576 pages
5.6 - Lady Day
The Sleeping Beauty Killer by Mary Higgins Clark5.7- Modern Classics
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler5.8 Under the Spring Moon
The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith5.9 - Whodunit?
Right Behind You by Lisa Gardner5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
Weekend Warriors by Fern Michaels❏ 30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: It’s Elementary
Book 1: I chose the Element Arsenic
The Arsenic Labyrinth by Martin Edwardsand
Book 2: The Atomic # of Arsenic is 33 so I added the 3's and got 6
Poisoned Ground by Sandra Parshall(Rachel Goddard Mystery #6)
Total Points = 80
trishhartuk10.7 - Mad For Plaid
Read a book with something plaid on the cover. Required: Include the cover.
Quilt or Innocence, Elizabeth Spann Craig
The ebook cover blows up best so it can be seen
. The fabric on the middle of the three chairs has a horizontal/vertical pattern on it as well as the pumpkins
Approved by Dlmrose: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
20.6 Seasoned Reader - Bookwrm526's Task: Batter Up!!
Option 2: Read a book where at least 50% of the action takes place in Georgia.
Brownies and Broomsticks, Bailey Cates
Set in Savannah, Georgia
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 125
Tasks Completed: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Task 5.4 – Best Laid PlansRead a book that would have satisfied a Winter 2016 SRC 5, 10 or 15 point task
Winter task 10.4 – Fire & Ice – ALL letters of FIRE and of ICE in title
A Fierce Radiance - FIERce radIanCE
*** BIG BOOK *** 1 ticket – 530 pages
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
This Post: 5 points
Total points to date: 30 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
KATIEGIRL20.4 - April Shower?
Option 3: A book with one of the following main page genres: Ancient, Christian, Christianity, Inspirational, Judaica, Judaism, Mythology, Old Testament, Personal Development, Religion, Self-Help, Spirituality, Theology.
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by Dalai Lama XIV, Desmond Tutu and Douglas Carlton Abrams
Religion, Self Help & Spirituality are all main page genres.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 50
Total tasks: 3
BB total: 0
GO total: 0
Marina H20.4 – Golden Oldies – Amy O's Task: April Showers?
Option 3: Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
Mythology as main page genre
Points this post: 20
Total points: 55
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 4
KATIEGIRL20.5 - It Was One of Those March Days...
Option 3: A book with the letters RAINBOW in the title, subtitle & author's name.
Feminist Fight Club: An Office Survival Manual for a Sexist Workplace by Jessica Bennett
RAI - suRvIvAl
NB - BeNnett
OW - WOrkplace
Points this post: 20
Total points: 70
Total tasks: 4
BB total: 0
GO total: 0
5.9 main page genre "mystery"The Likeness by Tana French
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 35/850
Tasks completed: 4/52
Books Read: 3
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:500+()750+(0)1000+(0)
LAVENDER20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season.
The Riddle of the Labyrinth by Margalit Fox (363 pages)
This is a Group Reads book for this season.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 4
Delicious Dee5.9 - Whodunit?
Time of Death - shelved as mystery by 10ppl
30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: passed to Sheila: In Honor of Earth Day - Two Halves of a Whole.
Book 1 - Devil in Spring
Book 2 - Just Say Yes - #10 in the Escape to New Zealand series
Total this post: 35
Total overall: 70
Golden Oldies: 1
Nick KY10.10 2017 Roster I read The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee, about a quarter of the way down the scroll-down list (perhaps 24th, if I have counted correctly).
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for The Queen of the Night at 561 pp. (I had read 250 pages of the book before the Challenge began.)
15.9 They’re Coming…. I read a book with “Science Fiction” as a GR genre, Camouflage by Joe Haldeman.
Points this Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 75
Big Books So Far: 500+ (1)
Diana K10.3 Read a book that has at least 1,454 5-star ratings on Goodreads. Yellow Crocus has over 16,000 5-start ratings
Points this post : 10
Total points: 115
5.10 Your Own 8th WonderRead a book of your choice.
Left Neglected by Lisa Genova
Points: 5
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15.9 They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha!
Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction.
Farthing by Jo Walton
Genre = Science Fiction 114 users
Points: 15
Grand Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
Oldies Tickets: 0
Repost5.7- Modern Classics
The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerOn Page 5 of Popular Modern Classics
30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: It’s Elementary
Book 1: I chose the Element Arsenic - Symbol is As and atomic # is 33
The Arsenic Labyrinth by Martin Edwardsand
Book 2: The Atomic # of Arsenic is 33 so I added the 3's and got 6
Poisoned Ground by Sandra Parshall(Rachel Goddard Mystery #6)
Total Points = 80
Andy P.Task # 10.2 - Initial Success
Read a book with an author who uses exactly 2 initials instead of a first name
Cold Wind by C.J. Box
Points this post: 10
Total points: 85
loafer10.9 - 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.
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
name = JAMES
First published 1934, it is a "Golden Oldie"
points: 10
total: 70
BB: 1
GO: 2
tasks completed: 6
DANIELLE M20.6 – Seasoned Reader - Bookwrm526's Task: Batter Up!!
Option 2: Set in Georgia. Deep Dish by Mary Kay Andrews
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 75
Books Read: 4
Tasks Complete: 4
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.
Echoes in Death by J.D. Robb
20.4 April Showers?
Option 3: Read a book with Self-Help main page genre.
Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Oma1229Posted in error
20.9 - Chandni's Task: Welcome to My WheelhouseOption 3, epistolary novel from Epistolary Fiction, p. 1 #62: A Woman of Independent Means by Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
20.3 - Best Review - Lauren Jodi's task: Hidden FiguresOption 3: AND THE OSCAR GOES TO …
Read a book from the Wikipedia list of films nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Adapted Screenplay category.
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Required: Give the title of the film and the name of the work that it was adapted from.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby – Movie of the same name was based on the memoir with the same name - nominated in 2007
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Oldie: 0
Big Book: 0
Total Points: 80
Tasks Completed: 4
Total Books Read: 4
Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Ana20.5 - Bigger is Better - Pia's Task: It Was One of Those March Days...
Option 1-Match a Word in the Quote
by Susan Mallery. I am matching the word CARE.Points this Post 20
Total Points 80
Tasks Completed 4
Books Read 4
Total Pages 930
VAL TX15.10. Spring Gardening - Read a book whose author's initials can be found in GARDENING.
The Life and Death of Sophie Stark by Anna North
GARDENING
This post:
Points - 15
Total:
Points - 20
5.9 - Whodunit?Destination Unknown by Agatha Christie
10.6 - Penguin Places
Wild Man by Alecia Simmonds
100% in Australia
15.9. They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha!
Open Minds (Mindjack Series #1) by Susan Kaye Quinn
Science Fiction on main book page
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Coralie's Task: Over and Under
Last Woman Hanged by Caroline Overington
"over" in author's last name, OVERington
25.5 - Brooke TX's Task: Here Comes the Bride!
Option A: Old & New
Book 1: read a book FIRST published before 1992 (the year she was born).
The Mystery of the Yellow Room (Joseph Rouletabille #1) by Gaston Leroux
published 1908
1 X GOLDEN OLDIES tix
Book 2: read a book FIRST published in 2017.
The Immortal Bind by Traci Harding
Total this Post: 75
Golden Oldies: 1
Season Total: 105
5.5 - March, April, MayRead a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 3, 4, or 5.
The Magician's Land
15.9. They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha!
Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction. The genre may be standalone or embedded (i.e., Fantasy Science Fiction).
Genre has been verified for Daughter of the Blood
Points this post: 20
Total points: 25
Challenges completed: 3
Books read: 3
Big Books this post: 0
Total big books: 2
EmilyD1037 Post disqualified5.6 - Lady Day Read a book written by an author named MARY
St. Rose of Lima: The Story of the First Canonized Saint of the Americas Mary Fabyan Windeatt
Date: 3/09/2017
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Task this post: 1
Total Tasks: 1
Pages read this post: 256
Total pages read: 256
Number of books: 1
Total of books read: 1
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
BBooks - 500+ 0: BBooks - 750+: 0 BBooks - 1000+: 0
5.10: Your Own 8th WonderI read This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki. This is my book of choice.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25
Tasks complete: 2
Books read: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Jonquil10.4 - Partners in Crime
two female authors
In For A Penny
Kelsey Browning, Nancy Naigle
Paperback, 320 pages 3/12
Points this post: 10
Total points: 90
Books posted: 14
Tasks complete: 14
Pages this post: 320
Total pages as of this post: 3674
Jonquil10.5 - And The Tony Goes To....
a play Plays 930 users
Arcadia
Tom Stoppard
Paperback, 112 pages 3/13
Points this post: 10
Total points: 100
Books posted: 15
Tasks complete: 15
Pages this post: 112
Total pages as of this post: 3786
Jonquil10.6 - Penguin Places
set 100% in Australia
The Green Mill Murder
Kerry Greenwood
Paperback, 259 pages 3/12
Points this post: 10
Total points: 110
Books posted: 16
Tasks complete: 16
Pages this post: 259
Total pages as of this post: 4045
Jonquil10.7 - Mad For Plaid
If it was any lower on his hips, his kilt wouldn't be doing its job, but it is maroon and black plaid. For cheap thrills, the amazon pic gives a clearer view :)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/150...
Highland Wolf Pact
Selena Kitt
Paperback, 222 pages 3/6
Points this post: 10
Total points: 120
Books posted: 17
Tasks complete: 17
Pages this post: 222
Total pages as of this post: 4267
Jonquil10.8 - Build A Bridge
bridge on cover and in title
Above the Bridge
Deborah Garner
Paperback, 240 pages 3/11
Points this post: 10
Total points: 130
Books posted: 18
Tasks complete: 18
Pages this post: 240
Total pages as of this post: 4507
Kristen IA15.3. National Library Week is April 9-15
OPTION 2: – read one book that meets both criteria for 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.
AND
Book 2 – read a book with its author's initials in NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK. All initials must be used. If there is more than one author, only one author's initials must be found in the target phrase.
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
25.1 - Diana K’s task - Spring Flowers
This is a two-book task. Read one book from each of two different options.
No book with the genre "Childrens" or "Kids" on the book's Good Reads main page may be used for this task.
The combined page count for both books must be at least 500 pages.
REQUIRED: Identify which options you select when you post.
Option 1: Spring Bulbs
Read a book with one of these spring flowers found intact in the title/ subtitle: Bluebell, crocus, daffodil, hyacinth, iris, snowdrop.
Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim - 229 pages
I read the ebook and have linked to the PB version.
Option 4: Blooming Trees and International Friendship
Read a book set at least 75% in Japan.
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden - 512 pages
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the MMPB version.
229 + 512 = 741 pages
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Points this Post: 40
Total Points: 65/850
Total Tasks: 4/52
GO: 0
BB: 0
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Coralie's Task: Over and UnderI read Underground Airlines, which has the word "under" in the title.
Points: 40
books read: 4
tasks completed: 4
pages read: 1765
dawn99 5.4 Best Laid Plans
Night Shift by Charlaine Harris
Option 1 from 15.2 - Celebrity Eye Roll. Title includes the word "night" intact.
5.5 March, April, May
3,4 or 5 in page numbers
Embracing My Submission by Jenna Jacob
paperback version has 236 pgs.
20.1 Most Improved Player - Camilla's Task: Finland 100 Years!
Option 3: Book first published before 1917
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
first published in 1719
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
Pamela32655.1- Thoroughly Modern
The Firefighter Daddy by Margaret Daley
5.6 - Lady Day
Falling for the Single Mom by Mia Ross
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Pia's Task: It Was One of Those March Days...
The Cowboy's Ready-Made Family by Linda Ford
R-foRd
ain-Linda
bow-cowboy
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 105
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
perletwo5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder - Read a book of your choice.
A Shroud for Delilah
25.3 - 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. If the book has a subtitle none of the letters in WOLF may appear in the subtitle.
Sula
Book 2. Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in the word FLOWER. All of the author initials count so if an author uses two initials plus a last name all three initials must be found in the word FLOWER. Letters may only be used as often as they appear. Spaces determine names.
Final Jeopardy by Linda Fairstein
A combined page total for both books must exceed 500 pages (at least 501 pages).
book 1 this pb ed 174 pgs; book 2 top mmp ed 336 pgs
174+336=510 pgs
Points this task: 30
Total points: 380
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 04
Big Book ticket requests: 01
Books read: 30
Tasks completed: 21
Kait10.1 - Catch Some Z's
A book with the letter Z in the title or subtitle.
Grizzly Love by Eve Langlais -- Grizzly Love; I read the kindle ebook edition, here is the paperback: Grizzly Love
15.4 - Laughing and Singing
Option 2 - A book with a main page genre of humor AND is #4 in a series.
Nice Girls Don't Bite Their Neighbors by Molly Harper -- Humor on main page with 78 users; #4 in the Jane Jameson series -- Genre noted in genre verification thread posts #65 & 66
15.9 - They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha!
A book with the main page genre Science Fiction.
One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews -- Science Fiction on main page with 75 users; I read the kindle ebook edition, here is the paperback: One Fell Sweep -- Genre noted in genre verification thread posts #67 & 68
Points This Post: 40
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 40
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
CHANDNI15.9. They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha!
Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction.
Company Town by Madeline Ashby
[POINTS]
This Post: 15
Total Points: 55
Books Read: 3
Completed Tasks: 3
Post #310.3 - Aim High
Ashes of Honor 5573 5-star ratings on Goodreads.
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15.2. May is for Art and Music!
Book 1- Skip Beat!, Vol. 37 Sequential art on main page genre
Book 2-
Blank SlatePoints this post:25
Total Points:55
Books read:6
Tasks Done: 4
Sara ITA10.1 - Catch Some Z'sn
Read a book with the letter Z in the title or subtitle.
Auschwitz: True Tales From a Grotesque Land by Sara Nomberg-Przytyk
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10.3 - Aim High
Read a book that has at least 1,454 5-star ratings on Goodreads.
Corpi al sole by Agatha Christie
(audiobook - most popular edition has 220 pages)
8,788 5 stars ratings
** Corpi al sole is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1941). Claiming 1 GO ticket. **
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20.6 – Seasoned Reader - Bookwrm526's Task: Batter Up!!
Option 3: Read a book FIRST published in a year ending with the number 9.
Dieci piccoli indiani by Agatha Christie
(audiobook - most popular edition has 264 pages)
Book first published November 6th, 1939
** Dieci piccoli indiani is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1939). Claiming 1 GO ticket. **
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Points this Post: 40
Total Points: 40
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 2
hoodoomends30.1 - Two Halves of a Whole
✿ book 1: a book with "Spring", "March", "April" or "May" in the title.
Absent In The Spring by Mary Westmacott (★★★★)
**I'd like a GO ticket since it was first published in 1944**
✿ book 2: a book that is the 9th, 10th or 11th in a series.
Assassinato no Expresso do Oriente (Hercule Poirot #10) by Agatha Christie (★★)
**I'd like a GO ticket since it was first published in 1934**
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Points: 30
GO: 2
BB: -
Total
Points: 95
GO: 4
BB: -
Catherine TTask 20.4 - April Showers?
option 1 - read a book with author initials in APRIL SHOWERS
The Doctor's Secret Bride by Ana E. Ross
AER in ApRil showErs
Task 20.6 - Batter Up!!
option 3 - read a book published in 2009
Fire by Kristin Cashore
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30.3 - It’s Elementary
Book 1 - The Helium Murder by Camille Minichino
Helium is an element on the Periodic Table
Link to PB edition: The Helium Murder
Book 2 - See How They Run by Ally Carter
This book is #2 in the Embassy Row series
Heliums’s atomic number is 2, symbol He (did not add to get to book 2 in the series)
This post: 30 points
Total points to date: 85 points
Tasks completed: 6
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **