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SPRING CHALLENGE 2018
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Andy P.Task # 5.1 - A Night at the Museum
Read a book with a main page genre that starts with a letter in MUSEUM. The Purloined Poodle by Kevin Hearne Fantasy>Urban Fantasy (126 users)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 35
VAL TX20.1 - Most Improved Player - Amber's Task: Adventure in the Southwest - This is a one book task. Pick any option.
Option 2: read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase MANHATTAN PROJECT.
Franny, the Queen of Provincetown by John Preston
This post:
Points - 20
Total:
Points - 50
CYNBAXTER# 20.07 – SHORTER IS SWEETER: Shorter is Sweeter - Deborah's Task: Young Sheldon
Task: Read a book that takes place at least 50% in Texas
Option 1: Ruby by Cynthia Bond – setting is Liberty, Texas
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date = 75 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
Shree15.3 -Women’s History Month
Opt 2: Read a book with MPG that includes "history" or "historical" and is written by a woman.
That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston
MPG: Historical > Historical Fiction
Points in Post: 15
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Total Points: 35
Sheila⬛ 5.7 - New England Maple Museum
Sweet Revenge by Diane Mott Davidson5.9 - The International Spy Museum
The English Assassin by Daniel Silva⬛ Page 1 ⬛
⬛ 10.2 - Free For All
End Game by David Baldacci⬛ free from the library ⬛
Total Points = 40
MAZZA120.4 - Golden Oldies - Siobhan's Task: Wedding Day
Option 3: The Sonic Screwdriver Bouquet
Read a book with a main page genre of Science Fiction. The genre may be embedded or standalone.
The Pocket Watch MPG Science Fiction > Time Travel
Points this post = 20
Points to date 225
perletwo30.1 - Dlmrose's Task: And The Award Goes To...- Option 2. Read a book that has won or been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize award. The award winner or nominee designation must be present on the Goodreads main book page.
The Good Earth - 1932 Pulitzer winner
First printed in 1931, this qualifies for a Golden Oldie ticket.
Option 3. Read a book that has won or been nominated for this award. The award winner or nominee designation must be present on the Goodreads main book page.
A Long Line of Dead Men - 1995 Edgar nomination
Points this task: 30
Total points: 80
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 07
Tasks completed: 05
Oma12295.5 - International Cryptozoology Museum
Read a book that features cryptozoology, a cryptozoologist, or one or more cryptids from this list: Cryptids.
The Cryptid that is a character in this book is a Werewolf
Predator by Janice Gable Bashman
Total Points-50/930
Total Tasks- 5/55
Total Golden Oldie Books-1()
Total Big Books-500+(), 750+(),1000+()
Oma122910.5. Springtime in Paris
Read a book set in France or written by an author born or currently living in France.
The Time-Traveling Fashionista at the Palace of Marie Antoinette by Bianca Turetsky
IL:MG-BL:6.9 -AR Points: 7.0
Total Points-60/930
Total Tasks- 6/55
Total Golden Oldie Books-1()
Total Big Books-500+(), 750+(),1000+()
30.2 – Schatzie's Task: Castles and Other Historical SitesOpt. 3: Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site: this concentration camp was the first of its kind. Visiting this place made the day a very somber one. Read a book, nonfiction or fiction, with a main page genre of World War II, embedded or stand alone
I read In Farleigh Field which has a min page genre of WW II.
Opt. 4: Schwarzwald Museum: this is an open air museum you can walk through and see beautiful and quaint buildings from that region. Some of the buildings are from other parts of the Black Forest that were dismantled, transported, and reassembled at this museum.
Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in SCHWARZWALD, middle initials can be ignored.
I read Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore whose initials are found in scHwarzwalD
points: 40
books read: 3
tasks completed: 2
pages read: 1081
10.2. -Free For All
Read a book that you got for free:
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Picked up from a StoryPod (book trading post in town)
This post: 10
Total this season: 15
DebraJean10.10 - Africa Day
Blue Shoes and Happiness which is set in Botswana.
Points this post - 10
Total points - 10
BB - 0
GO - 0
10.3 - Tell Me Where It HurtsA book about a midwife: Call the Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times by Jennifer Worth
Points this post: 10
Total points: 30
10.1 - Let's Learn SomethingGold!: The Fever that Forever Changed Australia by David Hill
History on MPG
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Siobhan's Task: Wedding Day
Option 4: For this option read a book where the author's first and last initials can be found in BEST DAY EVER. Middle initials may be ignored. One qualifying author in a book with two co-authors would work.
Differently Normal by Tammy Robinson
Author's initials, TR, found in besT eveR
25.6 - Diana K's Task: Windy City Museums
D. Read a book that has a picture of a star (night sky, star on a flag, space scene, etc.) on the cover.
Hero at the Fall (Rebel of the Sands #3) by Alwyn Hamilton
- stars (night sky)1x Bigger is Better tix (506 pages)
Total this Post: 55
Golden Oldies:
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 55
Mod
I read Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History. (read this in the combined version The Complete Maus)
B in bleeds
A in Maus
D in bleeds
A in tale
R in survivor
T in tale
10.1 - Let's Learn Something.
I read Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began. (read this in the combined version The Complete Maus)
Nonfiction, main page genre history
20.9 - Moderator’s Pet - Book Concierge's Task: Happy 300th Birthday
I chose option C and read An American Marriage. 320 pages, so meets minimum page requirement for task.
Initial letters of title words - AAM
fiestA flAMbeau
Points this post: 35
Total points: 70
GreenFairyPrevious Points: 5
5.10 - From Your Collection
Read a book of your choice.
3/3/185 points
10.10 - Africa Day
Read a book set in a country that is a member of the African Union or by an author born or currently living in one of those countries. REQUIRED: If it is not apparent from the description or metadata, please provide a reference for the setting or author's birthplace/current location.
3/6/18Nearly the entire book takes place in Africa
10 points
Post Points: 15
Current Total: 20
trishhartuk25.1 Perletwo’s Task: The Ides of March are Come
Option 1. Read a book that is either #1 in the series or the last (most recently published) entry in a series.
Buzz Off (Queen Bee Mystery #1), Hannah Reed/Deb Baker
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in the phrase BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH.
Dragonsinger, Anne McCaffery
MArch
Just in case: AR Quiz No. 200314 EN Fiction. AR Quiz Information IL: UY - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 13.0. AR Quiz Types: RP, VP
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 90
Tasks Completed: 6
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book tickets: 0
20.6 - Kim O's task:You (option 4 – “you” is in the song)
I read the kindle edition. The mass market paperback edition (in French) has 508 pages.
I would like to claim one Big Book ticket, please.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 65
Big Book tickets: 1
Books read: 4
Marina H15.7 - Spring Saints
1984 by George Orwell
First published 1949 - claiming 1 GO ticket
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Siobhan's Task: Wedding Day
Option 3: The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
Points this post: 35
Total points: 35
Big book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 2
Readerboard: JENBENT20.3 - Best Review – Michelle in Alaska's Task: Red or Green?
OPTION 4: author initials in White sAnds
Artemis by Andy Weir
305 pages
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Siobhan's Task: Wedding Day
Option 4: The Joy - author initials in Best dAy ever
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
Points this post: 40
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Big Books this post: 0
Total points: 40
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Books: 0
15.10 set at least 50% in ONE of the countries that has a type of bagpipe: (England) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
*Claiming 2 BB tickets, 759 pgs*
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 25/930
Tasks completed: 2/55
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:500+(0)750+(1)1000+(0)
Task 5.4 – Avanos Hair MuseumHuman hair visible on cover
Task 15.5 – Won’t You Be My Neighbor
ALL letters in title found in Mister rOGers NEIGHOod
Homegoing
I listened to the audio / MMP: No home
Task 20.3 – Best Review – Michelle in Alaska – Red or Green?
REQUIRED: 250+ pages
Option 5: Word in Title: RED
My Name is Red - 417 pg
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This Post: 40 points
Total points to date: 40 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 0
20.1 Adventure in the SouthwestOption 2: The End of Peril, the End of Enmity, the End of Strife, a Haven by Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint. (MANHATTAN PROJECT)
Points This Post: 40
Total Points: 60
Total Tasks Completed: 3
Total Books Read: 3
Total Pages Read: 442
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0)
MAZZA1Task 15.8 - The Red Baron
Read a book with an airplane on the cover
Flying Too Highpints this post = 15
Points to date = 220
READ 60 20.4 Wedding Day
Option 3 Bouquet
The Road by Cormac McCarthy I am using the Science Fiction option for this task
Points this task 20
Total points 35
MAZZA120.8 - Celebrating the Seasonal Reading Challenge
Choose one option, and state which option you chose when you post.
Option 1: Read a book that is #1, #5, or #10 in a series. The series designation must appear in the Goodreads metadata.
An Accidental Murder #1 Yellow cottage mysteries on GR metadata
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 240
CLAIRE 5.1 - A Night at the Museum
Read a book with a main page genre that starts with a letter in MUSEUM
Just What Kind of Mother Are You?
Paula DalyPages: 365 p. Read:2/3/2018 Rating:3 stars
Genre: mystery (Verification post:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
5 points
10.4. The Birds and the Bees
Read a book with the word “Bird” or the name of a specific bird in the title/subtitle,
Bird Box
Josh Malerman262 p. 9 march 2018 4 stars
‘Bird in title’
10 points
Points in this post: 15 points
Total points: 60 points
20.2Option 1: 2 pairs of double letters in the title and/or subtitle. American Assassin by Vince Flynn
two double SS
*Claiming BB ticket 544 pgs*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 45/930
Tasks completed: 3/55
Books Read: 3
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:500+(1)750+(1)1000+(0)
Diana K.Task 5.1 Read a book with a main page genre that starts with a letter in MUSEUM.
Paris Letters (Memoir)
15.9 Read a book with BOTH a three-letter word AND a nine-letter word in the title and/or subtitle
(Not Quite) Mastering the Art of French Living
Points this post: 20
Total points" 55
BOOKLOVER10.1
How the Irish Saved Civilization
10.2
The Witnesses
Borrowed free of charge from public library
10.3
Horse Vet: Chronicles of a Mobile Veterinarian
10.4
Flaubert's Parrot
10.5
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Jules Verne was born in France
***golden oldie published 1869****
280 total points
MegSCL5.3 - The Museum of Bad Art
A Closed and Common Orbit
A closed AnD common oRBiT
10.2 - Free For All
The Wonder Weeks Milestone Guide: Your Baby's Development, Sleep and Crying Explained
Borrowed from the library
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Siobhan's Task: Wedding Day
Option 3 - Science fiction mpg - Chasm City
**694pp - 1 big book ticket
TOTAL TO DATE
points: 35
BB tickets: 1
perletwo20.1 - Most Improved Player - Amber's Task: Adventure in the Southwest - Option 2: For this option, read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase MANHATTAN PROJECT.
The Devil's Novice by Ellis Peters
Points this task: 20
Total points: 100
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 08
Tasks completed: 06
Mary P15.3 -Women’s History Month
Option #2: Read a book with a main page genre that includes "history" or "historical" and is written by a woman.
A King's Ransom by Sharon Kay Penman.
Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 15
loafer5.8 - The Museum of Sex
Read a book with the main page genre of Sexuality, Gender, Feminism, or LGBT (or GLBT).
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
at 513 pages, this is a "big book"
points: 5
total: 50
GO: 2
BB: 1
tasks completed: 5
loafer20.3 - Best Review – Michelle in Alaska's Task: Red or Green?
OPTION 4: read a book by an author whose initials can be found in WHITE SANDS
The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
mmpb: The House of the Seven Gables 328 pages
wHite saNds
published in 1851, it is a "golden oldie"
points: 20
total: 70
GO: 3
BB: 1
tasks completed: 6
Andy P.Task # 5.2 - A Cultural Experience
Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials can be found in CULTURE The Interrogation by Thomas H. Cook
CULTURE
Points this post: 5
Total points: 40
Andy P.Task # 5.7 - New England Maple Museum
Read a book that shows something sweet to eat on its cover
by Jenn McKinlay Cupcakes on coverPoints this post: 5
Total points: 45
Kathy G.30.4 - Sandy's Task: 3, 4, 5
Option 1- this book is #4 in the series
The Kalahari Typing School for Men by Alexander McCall Smith
Link to Paperback:
The Kalahari Typing School for Men
Option 3- this book has a 3 and a 5 in the page number
(352 pages)
The Accidental Tourist byAnne Tyler
Total Points- 30
JAMTOWN 80Task 25.6
Option C: book with numbers 5 and 3 in page count. Can use one book if page count exceeds 500.
Pachinko: page count for book read 537 pages
: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Joanne MITask 10.6 Read a book with Science Fiction as a main page genre
The Stone Sky
Book Ok'd in help thread-message #8
Task 15.8 Read a book with a plane on the cover
Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
Points this post 25
Total points 50
BB 1
Queen Bee Darlene5.5 International Cryptozoology Museum - book that features cryptozoology or cryptid from list
Cryptozoology: A to Z by Jerome Clark Cryptozoology A to Z: The Encyclopedia of Loch Monsters, Sasquatch, Chupacabras & Other Authentic Mysteries of Nature
5 points
5.8 The Museum of Sex - genre Feminism
Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu Moxie
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 35
phantomswife10.2 - Free For All
Read a book that you got for free – a gift, library book, etc.
REQUIRED: Explain in your post how you got the book.
East Lynne - I downloaded this book through Gutenberg, a service which I truly appreciate as it has enabled me to read a great number of books that would have been unavailable to me otherwise. Didn't cost me a cent.
10.5. Springtime in Paris
Read a book set in France or written by an author born or currently living in France.
Tender Is the Night
20.3 - Best Review – Michelle in Alaska's Task: Red or Green?
read a book EITHER by an author whose first or last name is Billy OR whose main character’s name is Billy.
Slaughterhouse-Five, whose main character is Billy Pilgrim.
20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Frugalitymom's Task: Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History
Option 1: One of my areas of study is Early American History. For this option pick one book from Book Riots 100 Must Read Books of U.S. Historical Fiction.
Number 13 on the list: Before We Were Yours
Points This Post: 65
Total Points: 65
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
5.1 - Night at the Museum - All Together Dead (Urban Fantasy)5.5 - International Cryptozoology - Club Dead (Vampire)
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Option 1 - 5th book in a series Dead as a Doornail
30.4 - 3,4,5 - Option 1 Dead to the World #4
Option 3 - Definitely Dead 342 pages
Points this post: 60
Total Points: 60
BOOKLOVER===25.7===
B
1) Red Rising
2) Golden Son
===25.8==
2) The Spy
***golden oldie published 1821***
3) Winter Street
330 points total
BOOKLOVER==10.6==
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
==10.7==
The Jane Austen Book Club
Page 1
==10.8==
Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant
Daniel Tammet
==10.9==
Lines in the Sand: Collected Journalism
==10.10==
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
380 points
Diana KTask 20.10 Group Read
I read Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania My post is #4
Points this post: 20
Total points: 75
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Siobhan's Task: Wedding DayOption 1, a book with a white dress on the cover: Something New: Tales from a Makeshift Bride by Lucy Knisley
Points this post: 20
Total points: 50
Oma122920.1 - Most Improved Player - Amber's Task: Adventure in the Southwest
I chose Option #2
Option 2: For this option, read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase MANHATTAN PROJECT. Middle name initials may be ignored.
The Sound of Thunder by Taylor Caldwell
Claiming The Sound of Thunderas Big Book as it has 512 pages.
Total Points-80/930
Total Tasks- 7/55
Total Golden Oldie Books-1()
Total Big Books-500+(1), 750+(),1000+()
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10.1 Let’s Learn
I read African Masks: The Barbier-Mueller CollectionAfrican Masks by Iris Hahner, with “Art” as a mainpage GR genre. The book is an oversized art book with not-quite ½ of the 287 pages being photographs of artworks. This leaves 140-ish oversized pages of text, described in the GR metadata.
20.7 Deborah’s Young Sheldon Opt. 2 – author’s inits in SHJBSS. I read 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 55