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SPRING CHALLENGE 2018
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD
**REPOST**20.3 - Best Review
Option 3: Read a book with a flower or flowers on the cover.
The Japanese Lover
Points this post: +20
Total points: 155
Kayla C5.4 Avanos Hair Museum
by Jessica Park5.10 From Your Collection
Giant Days, Vol. 1 by John Allison
points this post: 10
total points: 150
MAZZA110.1 - Let's Learn Something.
Read a non-fiction book with a main page genre of history, art or culture/cultural. Genres may be standalone or embedded.
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
Points this post = 10
Total points to Date = 795
Andy P.Task # 20.10 - Group Reads
I read A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles My Comments appear here: message 4 of Discussion thread
Readerboard name: witchygal20.5 Bigger Is Better
Option 3:For this option please read a book where the first letter of each word of the title and subtitle can be found in "Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History."
I read Once We Were Sisters: A Memoir. The first letter of each word of title and subtitle can be found in target phrase= Well behaved WOmen SeldoM mAke history.
Points: 20
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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Total Points and stats for Spring 2018
Books: 10
Points: 210
Big Book: 0
Golden Oldie: 1
Sara G5.1 - A Night at the Museum
Read a book with a main page genre that starts with a letter in MUSEUM. Genres may be stand alone or embedded.
A Tyranny of Petticoats by Jessica Spotswood
MPG Short Stories - 328 users
MUSEUM
5.8 - The Museum of Sex
The Museum of Sex opened in 2002 in NYC. Its stated intent is to preserve the history, evolution, and cultural significance of human sexuality. Read a book with the main page genre of Sexuality, Gender, Feminism, or LGBT (or GLBT).
Native Tongue by Suzette Haden Elgin
MPG Feminism - 91 users
Points this post: 10
Total points: 255
Task 20.1 – Most Improved Player – Amber – Adventure in the SouthwestOption 1: Total page count evenly divisible by 15 - 480 p / 15 = 32
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 130 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2
CelesteR10.3 - "Medical" as genre
35 Do No Ren'ai Netsu by Akemi Takaido
Genre Verification post #43 and corresponding post ...
"medical" genre is #2 genre
100+ gn. < E-book verification post #6750
Total: 155 + 10 pts. = 165 pts.
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Edit: Total points is 170 as I had 160. 160 + 10 = 170 pts.
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Rina's Task: TallinnOPTION 1: Read a book with at least 2 pairs of double letters in the title and/or subtitle.
Book read: All the Missing Girls
How it fits: 2 pairs of double letters (LL, SS) in the title
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 160
Books read: 11
Tasks completed: 11
BB Tickets: 4
GO Tickets: 0
Mod
5.7 - New England Maple Museum
cookies on cover:
The Cookie Cure: A Mother/Daughter Memoir of Cookies and Cancer by Susan Stachler10.10 - Africa Day
Set in Senegal: Fisherman's Blues: A West African Community at Sea by Anna Badkhen
20.10 - Group Reads
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
post 3
total = 345
Sheila15.1 - A Truth and A Lie
Book 1:
Home Sweet Murder by James Pattersonand
Book 2:
Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney15.6 - Oh, Beans!
Little Green: An Easy Rawlins Mystery by Walter Mosley⬛ Green (apple) ⬛
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20.1 - Most Improved Player - Amber's Task:
Option 2:
Little Boy Blue by M.J. Arlidge20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Rina's Task: Tallinn
Option 1.
Bittersweet by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore20.3 - Best Review – Michelle in Alaska's Task: Red or Green?
OPTION 4:
Sleepwalker by Wendy Corsi StaubPaperback, 432 pages
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Siobhan's Task: Wedding Day
Option 4: The Joy
Dead Center by David RosenfeltTotal Points = 250
FANDURY25.1 - 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
The Patient's Eyes: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes by David Pirie
Book is #1 in the Arthur Conan Doyle and Dr. Joseph Bell series.
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in the phrase BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH.
The Heart of What Was Lost by Tad Williams
The initals of the author TW can be found in beWare The ides of march
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 230
Books Read: 15
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Cindy FTask 20.5 Well Behaves Women Seldom Make History
Option 1: Book from list #94 on list The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Points this post:20
Total points:65
Tasks completed:4
Books read:4
Golden Oldies:1
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
20.3 Best Review Option 3 - Read a book with flowers on the cover:
i read
20.4 Golden Oldies
Option 4 - Author's first and last initials found in BEST DAY EVER:
i read In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner.
20.8 Nickels & Dimes
Option 3 - Read a book from the list: Most begun but unfinished:
i read Lord of the Flies which was found on page 1 of the list.
20.9 Moderator's Pet
Option D - Read a fiction book with "taco, tamale, tortilla, or barbacoa" in the text:
i read The House of Broken Angels where i found the sentence, “He sat there staring at the taco shop and wished he had learned how to smoke.” this was on page 35.
20.10 Group Reads
Short Story Collection - i read Her Body and Other Parties and posted in the discussion thread, message #6 (so far i'm the only one who liked it!)
Points: 100 / 930
Tasks: 5 / 55
Katrina H10.6 - Want to See My Slides?
Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction.
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor
30.1 - Dlmrose's Task: And The Award Goes To...
Option 1
Read a book that won or was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes - General Nonfiction winner 2009.
Option 2
Read a Pullitzer prize winner or nominee.
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert - General Nonfiction winner 2015.
Points this post 40
Total points 60
Marina H20.9 - Moderator’s Pet - Book Concierge's Task: Happy 300th Birthday
Option C: Better Off Wed by Laura Durham
256 p. In mass market paperback: Better Off Wed
First letter of each title word can be found in: BATTLE OF FLOWERS PARADE
Points this post: 20
Total points: 180
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
Tasks completed: 11
Amy O.20.10 - Group Reads
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
Comment on discussion is posted at message 7
This post: 20
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Amber20.3 - Best Review – Michelle in Alaska's Task: Red or Green?
Option 4 - Book by an author whose initials can be found in WHITE SANDS - author's initials, AN, are in sANds
Tampa by Alissa Nutting
ebook; PB for length is 266 pgs > 250 pgs
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes -Christine V's Task: Celebrating the Seasonal Reading Challenge
Option 2 - Book FIRST published in a year containing the numbers 1 and 5 - this book was first published in 2015
Black Iris by Elliot Wake
20.9 - Moderator’s Pet - Book Concierge's Task: Happy 300th Birthday
Option D - FICTION book in which you find one of the listed food items referenced in the TEXT of the novel - Ch. 10, pg 126, "The spread of TACOS Carlos laid out on the table distracted her."
The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
310 pgs > 250 pgs
20.10 - Group Reads
I commented on the discussion thread here at message 8.
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
25.6 - Diana K's Task: Windy City Museums
Option B - Book whose number of pages includes the numbers 5 and 3 - this book has 533 pgs and also meets the 1 book option (> 500 pgs)
The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
Points this post: 105
Total points: 105
Bluegrass Pam20.6 Kim O's task: We Are The Music Makers, And We Are The Dreamers Of Dreams
Option 3. author's first and last name initials in OCTOBASS
The Air We Breathe by Andrea Barrett
Total GO: 1 / Total BB:1
Points this post: 20
Total points: 95
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Deborah's Task: Young SheldonOption 2: Read a book written by a single author who shares first and last name initials with these iconic Texans: SHJBSS
Mudbound The MMP edition is Mississippi by Hillary Jordan
Total New Points: 20
Total challenge Points: 130
GO: 0
BB: 3
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska15.3 - Women's History Month.
Book 1. Read a book written by a woman with MPG of 'historical' (Option 2)
Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon (754 p.)
*I would like to claim two BB tickets for this book.*
➸ Points: 15 of 290 (goal)
➸ Total Pages: 898
Bookwrm526Task #15.5 - Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Read a book where ALL the letters in the title can be found in mISTERrOGersNeighboodcardigaNsWeater. I read Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones.
Points this post: 15
Total points so far: 320
perletwo15.2 - Two Of The Tates - Book 1: Read a book FIRST published between 1897 and 1999 (inclusive).
The Sanctuary Sparrow - first printed 1983
Book 2: The Tate Modern Museum opened on May 11, 2000. Read a book FIRST published since the year 2000 (pre-May is OK).
A Symphony of Echoes - first printed 2013
Points this task: 15
Total points: 390
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 28
Tasks completed: 19
CelesteR10.3 - "Medical" as genre
35 Do No Ren'ai Netsu by Akemi Takaido
Genre Verification post #43 and #44
"medical" genre is #2 genre
100+ gn. < E-book verification post #6750 and #6752
Total points: 160 + 10 = 170 points
SCHATZIE5.2 - A Cultural Experience
---author's initials in CULTURE
Down a Dark Road
by Linda Castillo
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15.1 - A Truth and A Lie
Book 1: nonfiction book
Soulful Simplicity: How Living with Less Can Lead to So Much More
Book 2: any form of the word LIE in the title/subtitle
I'm Special: And Other Lies We Tell Ourselves
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15.2 - Two Of The Tates
Book 1: first published between 1897 and 1999
Carrie
Book 2: first published since the year 2000
The Queen and the Cure
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15.3 -Women’s History Month
Option 2: female author & historical mpg
Out of The Easy
by Ruta Sepetys
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15.4 - Collect, Preserve, Study, Exhibit, Stimulate, Engage
Option 2: single author whose initials are found in the name of one of the museum names & with a title of at least two words in which the initial letter of each word of the title can be found in the name of a different museum name
Running Man
by Charlie Engle
two museum names:
the aCropolis musEum
RijksMuseum
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15.5 - Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
---ALL the letters in the title can be found in MISTER ROGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD
Sister
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15.6 - Oh, Beans!
---a word in the title or subtitle from this list of the most popular Jelly Belly jelly bean flavors: Cherry
Big Cherry Holler
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15.8 - The Red Baron
---airplane on the cover
The Flight of the Phoenix
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Points this Post: 110
Challenge Total: 200
Post #520.8 - Nickels & Dimes -Christine V's Task: Celebrating the Seasonal Reading Challenge
1) The Secret History of the Pink Carnation (Pink Carnation #1)
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20.9 - Moderator’s Pet - Book Concierge's Task: Happy 300th Birthday
C) The English Wife
T-E-W
TE in Battle
W in Flowers
376/250 pages
Points this post:40
Total Points:130
Books read:7
Tasks Done: 7
Shannon South Africa20.9 Happy 300th Birthday
Option C: First letter of each word in title in "Battle of Flowers Parade"
The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer by Kate Summerscale
T in Battle
W in Flowers
B in Battle
Task points: 20
Challenge points: 155
Andy P.Task # 10.5. Springtime in Paris
Read a book set in France
The Paris Librarian by Mark Pryor Set almost entirely in Paris,
Points this post: 10
Total points: 230
Andy P.Task # 15.8 - The Red Baron
Read a book with an airplane on the cover
by Randy Wayne White Airplane under the I in White, above the U in SeducedPoints this post: 15
Total points: 245
CYNBAXTER# 20.03 – BEST REVIEW: Michelle in Alaska's Task: Red or Green?
Task: Read a book that takes place (at least 50%) in New Mexico.
Option 2: Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather – the setting is Santa Fe, New Mexico
***This is a Golden Oldie (orig pub =1927). Claiming 1 GOLDIE ticket
Minimum page count is 250 – this book has 297 pages
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date = 205 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 1
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 2
Ava Catherine20.10 - Group Reads
Non-Fiction - On the Seven Seas - Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Discussed in post #14 on group thread.
total=20
Ava Catherine20.1 - Most Improved Player - Amber's Task: Adventure in the Southwest
Option 2: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase MANHATTAN PROJECT.
The Ballroom: A Novel by Anna Hope
author's initials=AH found in mAnHattan project
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Rina's Task: Tallinn
Option 1: Read a book with at least 2 pairs of double letters in the title and/or subtitle.
A Different Class of Murder: The Story of Lord Lucan
ff, ss
total=60
Ava Catherine20.3 - Best Review – Michelle in Alaska's Task: Red or Green?
OPTION 2: Read a book that takes place (at least 50%) in New Mexico. The location should be obvious on the Goodreads book main page.
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Siobhan's Task: Wedding Day
Option 4: The Joy
read a book where the author's first and last initials can be found in BEST DAY EVER.
The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout
author's initials=ES found in bESt day ever
total=100
Ava Catherine20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Frugalitymom's Task: Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History
Option 2: For this option pick a fiction or non fiction book that covers either Henry VIII, one of his wives, or one of his children (Elizabeth, Mary, or Edward.) You can go here for a list of his wives.
daughter of Henry VIII-Elizabeth I
Elizabeth: The Forgotten Years by John Guy
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kim O's task: We Are The Music Makers, And We Are The Dreamers Of Dreams
Option 4 - Musical Heritage:
Read a book with a word in its title (not subtitle) from the lyrics of the song You Belong to Me.
word=blue
Blue Nights by Joan Didion
total=140
Ava Catherine20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Deborah's Task: Young Sheldon
Option 1: Read a book that takes place at least 50% in Texas, the book's Texas setting must be clear from the book's main page.
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
total=160
Ava Catherine20.8 - Nickels & Dimes -Christine V's Task: Celebrating the Seasonal Reading Challenge
Option 4: Read a book that has a book on its cover.
The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them byRoxanne J. Coadytotal=180
30.6 Brooke TX's Task: Conference, Convention, ConventicleOPTION B:
Book 1: Read a Nebula Award winner or nominee from any year.
Book read: Flowers for Algernon
How it fits: Nebula Award for Best Novel (1966)
Pages: 311 (MMPB Edition: Flowers for Algernon)
Book 2: Read a book with a title with at least two words where ALL words in the title start with the same letter.
Book read: Wonder Woman: Warbringer
How it fits: 2 words in the title. Both words and also one word in the subtitle start with W.
Pages: 369 (PB Edition: Wonder Woman: Warbringer)
Total Pages: 680
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Points this post: 30
Total points: 190
Books read: 13
Tasks completed: 12
BB Tickets: 4
GO Tickets: 0
Julia10320.5 - Bigger Is Better - Frugalitymom's Task: Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History
Option 3: The Short Victorious War (T in hisTory, S in Seldom, V in behaVed, W in Women)
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes -Christine V's Task: Celebrating the Seasonal Reading Challenge
Option 1: Flag in Exile (Honor Harrington #5)
30.4 - Sandy's Task: 3, 4, 5
Option 1: Field of Dishonor (Honor Harrington #4)
Option 3: Gossamer Axe (351 pages)
This post: 70 points
Challenge total points: 215
BB: 1
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 14
Joanne MITask 10.2 Free for All- Read a book that you got for free
The Essex Serpent
I won this book in a Good Reads Giveaway!
Task 20.1 Most Improved Player opt #2 read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase MANHATTAN PROJECT
Children of Blood and Bone
By Tomi Adeyemi manhaTtAn
Claiming one Big Book Ticket-book is 525 pages
Points this Post 30
Total points 130
BB this post 1
Total BB 5
Brooke TX5.8 - The Museum of Sex
Read a book with the main page genre of Sexuality, Gender, Feminism, or LGBT (or GLBT). Approved in help thread message 17:
10.3 - Tell Me Where It Hurts
Read a book about or by a doctor, nurse, midwife or veterinarian. Three of the main characters are doctors (Doctor Strange, Nicodemus West, and Night Nurse):
10.5. Springtime in Paris
Read a book set in France or written by an author born or currently living in France. By Pierre Christin, born in Saint-Mandé, France:
10.10 - Africa Day
Read a book set in a country that is a member of the African Union.
15.2 - Two Of The Tates
Book 1: Read a book FIRST published between 1897 and 1999 (inclusive).
Book 2: Read a book FIRST published since the year 2000.
15.5 - Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Read a book where ALL the letters in the title can be found in MISTER ROGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD and/or CARDIGAN SWEATER.
20.3 - 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.
Points
This Post: 85
Total Points: 230
Completed Tasks: 19
Books Read: 24
5.3 - The Museum of Bad Art - Read a book that has a title/subtitle that contains all of the letters in BAD ART.Almost A Bride by Patricia McLinn - 3/31/18 - ALMOST A BRIDE
5.10 - From Your Collection - Read a book of your choice.
The Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa - 3/20/18
10.2 - Free For All - Read a book that you got for free.
Angel by Barbara Taylor Bradford - 3/11/18 - I like to read older books from the library so they have to keep them in circulation.
10.8 - Tax Day - Read a book whose author's initials can be found in TAX DAY.
Days of Wine and Roquefort by Avery Aames - 3/28/18 - TAX DAY
15.6 - Oh, Beans! - Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from this list of the most popular Jelly Belly jelly bean flavors.
Town in a Blueberry Jam by B.B. Haywood - 3/31/18 - BLUEBERRY
15.9 - Find Your Muse - Read a book with BOTH a three-letter word AND a nine-letter word in the title and/or subtitle.
The Chocolate Frog Frame-Up by JoAnna Carl - 3/30/18 - THE(3) CHOCOLATE(9)
15.10 - Pay the Piper - Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of the countries that has a type of bagpipe.
Death of a Nag by M.C. Beaton - 3/28/18 - SCOTLAND
30.2 – Schatzie's Task: Castles and Other Historical Sites - Pick 2 different options and read a book for each.
Book 1 - Option 4 - Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in SCHWARZWALD, middle initials can be ignored.
Dishonorable Intentions by Stuart Woods - 3/05/18 - SCHWARZWALD
Book 2 - Option 5 - Read a book that is number 14, 15, 16, 17, or 18 in a series.
Dr. Death by Jonathan Kellerman - 3/28/18 - Alex Delaware #14
Points This Post: 105
Total Points: 295
Coralie5.9 The International Spy Museum
From page 7 on the Best Spy Novels list
Revelation Space
15.3 Women’s History Month
Book written by a woman with main page genre ‘historical’
Only a Kiss by Mary Balogh
20.6 We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams
Option 3 – All about that bass – book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in octbASs
The Brothers by Asko Sahlberg
This post 40 points
Total to date 235 points
20.4.2Read a book FIRST published in June of any year.
Down Among the Sticks and Bones
20.5.4
For this option read a book FIRST published in May or December from 2007-2018 inclusive.
A Court of Thorns and Roses
20.8.1
Read a book that is #1, #5, or #10 in a series.
The Girl with Ghost Eyes
Total: 60
SCHATZIE5.1 - A Night at the Museum
---MPG that starts with a letter in MUSEUM
The Dire King
--approved in help thread msg #30
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5.3 - The Museum of Bad Art
---title/subtitle that contains all of the letters in BAD ART
Blessed in the Darkness: How All Things Are Working for Your Good
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5.4 - Avanos Hair Museum
--- human hair visible on cover
Spilled Milk
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15.9 - Find Your Muse
---three-letter word AND a nine-letter word in the title and/or subtitle
Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life
GET (3) & EMOTIONAL (9)
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20.1 - Most Improved Player - Amber's Task: Adventure in the Southwest
Opt. 2: author initials in MANHATTAN PROJECT
Brave
by Rose McGowan
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20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Rina's Task: Tallinn
Opt. 1: 2 pairs of double letters in the title/subtitle
Happiness for Beginners
PP, SS, NN
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20.3 - Best Review – Michelle in Alaska's Task: Red or Green?
Opt. 4: author initials in WHITE SANDS
Scythe
by Neal Shusterman
pg. count link: pb-Siega
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Post Total: 90
Challenge Total: 290
15.4 -Collect, Preserve, Study, Exhibit, Stimulate, Engage
Option 2: Read ONE book that satisfies BOTH book 1 and book 2 requirements:
Tricky Twenty-Two by Janet Evanovitch
1. Author’s initials in “Rijksmuseum”
2. First letter of each word in the title found in “Smithsonian Institution”
This post: 15
Total this season: 35
Anja20.8 - Nickels & Dimes -Christine V's Task: Celebrating the Seasonal Reading Challenge
Option 1: Read a book that is #1, #5, or #10 in a series.
The Dry (Aaron Falk #1) by Jane Harper
POINTS:
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 80
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 7
FANDURY20.3 - Best Review – Michelle in Alaska's Task: Red or Green?
Option 3: Read a book with a flower/flowers on the cover.
by Jen CampbellFlowers on cover.
I read the Kindle version, but the paperback is 272 pages: The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kim O's task: We Are The Music Makers, And We Are The Dreamers Of Dreams
Option 3: Read a book where the author's first and last name initials (middle initials excluded) can be found in OCTOBASS.
Semiosis by Sue Burke
The initals of the author SB can be found in octoBaSs
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 270
Books Read: 17
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Diana K.Task 15.2 Tale of the Two Tates
Book 1 Read a book first published between 1897 and 1999
Dawn's Early Light 1st published 1934
Claiming 1 Golden Oldie ticket
Book 2 Read a book first published since 2000
The Atomic City Girls 2018
Task 15.10 Pay the Piper Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of the countries that has a type of bagpipe.
The Temptation of Forgiveness set in Italy
Task 20.4 - Golden Oldies - Siobhan's Task: Wedding Day
Opt 4. For this option read a book where the author's first and last initials can be found in BEST DAY EVER.
Eating with Peter: A Gastronomic Journey by
Susan Buckley
Task 25.1 For this option read a book where the author's first and last initials can be found in BEST DAY EVER.
Option 1 Read a book that is either #1 in the series or the last
Julie and Romeo (Julie and Romeo #1)
Option 3 Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in the phrase BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH.
La Bella Lingua: My Love Affair with Italian, the World's Most Enchanting Language by Dianne Hales
Points this post: 75
Total points: 205
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