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SPRING CHALLENGE 2018
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trishhartuk20.6 Seasoned Reader - Kim O's task: We Are The Music Makers...
Option 1 - A Trip to the Museum: Fodors.com contains a list of the ten must-visit US museums for music lovers: National Music Museum - Vermillion, South Dakota
Blood Ties, Lori G Armstrong
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
From the GR series description: "Julie Collins, is a secretary in a sheriff’s office and part-time private investigator, in western South Dakota"
SD is the home of the National Music Museum (anywhere in SD being allowed by the task)
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 310
Tasks Completed: 19
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Book tickets: 0
Prettygreeneyes15.5 - Wont you be my neighbour? Read a book where ALL the letters in the title can be found in MISTER ROGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD and/or CARDIGAN SWEATER
by Anne EnrightPoints this task: 15
Tasks completed: 3
Total points: 45
Shannon South Africa20.6 We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams
Option 1: Set in US city on list
Songs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford
Set in Seattle, Washington
Task points: 20
Challenge points: 175
15.10 - Pay the Piper - Takes place in RussiaThe Bear and the Nightingale
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 145
Danibean10.1 - Let's Learn Something: Read a non-fiction book with a main page genre of history, art, or culture/cultral.
I read Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon by Jeffrey Kluger
30.4 - 3, 4, 5: Pick 2 different options and read a book for each.
Option 1: Read a book that is #3, 4, or 5 in a series.
I read Messenger of Truth by Jacqueline Winspear. It is #4 in the Maisie Dobbs series.
Option 3: Read a book where the number of pages includes at least 2 of the number 3, 4, 5.
I read Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver. It is 343 pages.
This Post:
Points - 40
BB Tickets - 0
GO Tickets - 0
Books Read - 3
Tasks Complete - 2
Totals:
Points - 295
BB Tickets - 4
GO Tickets - 0
Books Read - 24
Tasks Complete - 20
Delicious Dee15.9 - Find Your Muse
The Breakdown - THE - 3 letters; BREAKDOWN - 9 letters
Points This Post: 15
Points Overall: 235
MAZZA 15.2 - A Cultural Experience
Help Thread
Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials can be found in CULTURE.
The Quantum Correlations of Imagery: How Creating Art Heals and Evolves Our Spirit
Edward a Regensburg
5.3 - The Museum of Bad Art
Read a book that has a title/subtitle that contains all of the letters in BAD ART.
Things Bright and Beautiful
B- in bright
AD -in and
A- in beautiful
RT in bright
5.6 - Meguro Parasitological Museum
Read a book with at least 300 pages that was first published in a year that contains the numbers 2 and 9.
Partners in Crime First Published 1929 Pages 347
5.9 - The International Spy Museum
Read a book found on the Best Spy Novels list.
Required: State which page the book is located on when you post.
The Ninth Orphan on Page 1 of list
20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
post in thread number 16 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post = 40
Total to date 880
Cindy FTask 5.2 A Cultural Experience
Authors initials in CULTURE
A Duty To The Dead by Charles Todd
(C,T)
Points this post:5
Total points:105
Tasks completed:7
Books read:8
Golden Oldies:1
Big Books:500+(3)750+(0)1000+(0)
Readerboard: JENBENT5.1 - A Night at the Museum - main page genre is Mystery
Kaleidoscope by Gail Bowen
10.2 - Free For All - borrowed book from library
Malagash by Joey Comeau
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Rina's Task: Tallinn
Option 3 - food on cover
The Gifted: A Joanne Kilbourn Mystery by Gail Bowen
There is an apple on the cover:
20.9 - Moderator’s Pet - Book Concierge's Task: Happy 300th Birthday
initials of title word are found in FIESTA FLAMBEAU PARADE
About the Author by John Colapinto
Points this post: 55
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Big Books this post: 0
Total points: 175
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Jasmiina F20.1 - Most Improved Player - Amber's Task: Adventure in the Southwest:
Option 1: Read a book with a number of pages evenly divisible by 15:
Because I Was A Girl: True Stories for Girls of All Ages by Melissa de la Cruz.
240/15=16.
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. Ignore middle initials:
The Thin Executioner by Darren Shan.
Points this post: 40
Total points: 105
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
CYNBAXTER# 25.08 – Dakimel’s Task: Rulebreakers
Task: Read a book whose SERIES TITLE (as listed in the GR record) contains one of the following words: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, Season, Reading, Challenge, Girl, Boy, Sister, Brother, Child, Woman, Man.
Option 3: The Ship Beyond Time (The Girl from Everywhere #2) by Heidi Heilig
Task: Read two or more books of poetry or plays. Each title MUST be fewer than 100 pages, and their combined total must be greater than 100 pages.
Option 5: The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (76 pages) ***This is a Golden Oldie (orig pub =1895). Claiming 1 GOLDIE ticket
& Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe (56 pages) ***This is a Golden Oldie (orig pub =1604). Claiming 1 GOLDIE ticket
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date = 230 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 2
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 4
25.8 - Dakimel’s Task: RulebreakersOption 2: read a book by an author whose GR-recorded name contains a capitalized letter somewhere OTHER than the first initials of the first and last name, and that letter must be found in the phrase CAPITAL NOT INITIAL.
Book read: Jede Sekunde zählt
How it fits: R.T. Acron, letter T
Option 3: read a book whose SERIES TITLE (as listed in the GR record) contains one of the following words: .. Brother ...
Book read: The Suffragette Scandal
How it fits: Brothers Sinister #4
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Points this post: 25
Total points: 225
Books read: 16
Tasks completed: 14
BB Tickets: 4
GO Tickets: 0
Queen Bee Darlene20.4 Golden Oldies - Siobhan's Task: Wedding Day
Option 1: White Dress on the cover
White Houses by Amy Bloom White Houses
20 points
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 230
30.1 - Dlmrose's Task: And The Award Goes To...Option 1: Read a book that has won or been nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award. The award winner or nominee designation must be present on the Goodreads main book page.
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
Option 3: Read a book that has won or been nominated for the
Edgar Award. The award winner or nominee designation must be present on the Goodreads main book page.
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 180
Total Tasks: 7
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
Task 20.6 – Seasoned Reader – Kim O – We Are Music Makers and We Are the DreamersOption 4: Title word in song lyric: See the marketplace in OLD Algiers
Old Heart
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 190 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2
SCHATZIE10.2 - Free For All
---free book: I got it from the library
News of the World
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10.6 - Want to See My Slides?
---Sci-fi mpg
The Dispatcher
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10.10 - Africa Day
--- 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
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
the setting is in South Africa and the author was born there as well
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15.10 - Pay the Piper
---50% set in England
How to Stop Time
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Points this Post: 45
Challenge Total: 480
Coralie5.5 International Cryptozoology Museum
Book with vampires in it
Death Masks
10.5 Springtime in Paris
Book set in France
The Elementary Particles
30.6 Conference, Convention, Conventicle
Option B
Book 1 – Nebula Award winner 2013
2312
Book 2 – Title where all words begin with the same letter
Hellstrom's Hive
This post 45 points
Total to date 280 points
Mod
15.7 - Spring Saints
I read What is the What by Dave Eggers - Dave is a variation of David.
25.7 - Nick KY’s task: To Choose or Not To Choose
For this task, I chose option B, not to choose.
For my first book, I read Written in Red by Anne Bishop. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the MMPB. Title contains the spring word "red." Book is fiction.
For my second book, I read another book by Anne Bishop, Murder of Crows. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the MMPB.
Points this post: 40
Total points: 385
Read 60 task 30.3 Happy Birthday
Lilian Jackson Braun
Read 60 # 30.3 Happy Birthday Total 30
Lilian Jackson Braun Travels with Epicurus: A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of a Fulfilled Life Daniel Klein
Cindy FTask 5.8 The Museum of Sex
Book with Genre LGBT
Troop 18 by Jessica L. Webb
Points this post:5
Total points:110
Tasks completed:8
Books read:9
Golden Oldies:1
Big Books:500+(3)750+(0)1000+(0)
loafer20.1 - 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.
Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
Manhattan proJeCt
points: 20
total: 275
GO: 4
BB: 3
tasks completed: 18
5.9 - The International Spy MuseumRead a book found on the Best Spy Novels list.
Destination Unknown - on page 3 of the list
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25.8 - Rulebreakers
Option 2: read a book by an author whose GR-recorded name contains a capitalized letter somewhere OTHER than the first initials of the first and last name, and that letter must be found in the phrase CAPITAL NOT INITIAL.
At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft - the initial P
Claiming Golden Oldie ticket - published 1936
Option 4: read a book that does not have a valid print edition on GR from the “SRC eBook Verification” list of approved books.
Zenka - row 3376 in the ebook verification spreadsheet
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Points this post = 30
Total points = 160
Big Book tickets = 2
Golden Oldies = 7
Nick KY5.5 Cryptozoology I read
by Gareth Williams, about the myths of Loch Ness, definitively containing a cryptid in the subject matter.Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 310
ED25.5 - MegSCL's Task: My Favorite Museums
Option 2
Book 1: Read a book set at least 50% in Rome.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum by Stephen Sondheim- set entirely in Rome
Book 2: Read a book set before the year 1800.
The Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kyd- set in the 16th century
(first published 1592)**I claim one GO ticket**
Points This Post: 25
Total Points 120
Task Completed: 7
Books completed=9
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 4
Queen Bee Darlene15.3 Women's History Month
Option 2: Book that fills both requirements of Option 1 which are history or historical genre and written by a woman
White Houses by Amy Bloom White Houses
15 points
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 225
Sarah E5.5 - International Cryptozoology Museum
Vampire Moon
I read the kindle edition, paperback (no MMP) is Vampire Moon
15.9 - Find Your Muse
Castaway and Other Tales from Mauritius
And (3) Mau / rit / ius (9)
ebook approved for length in message 6720
Points this post: 20
Total points: 55
5.4 - Avanos Hair Museum - Visible hair on cover
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 150
Mod
10.9 -"Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press" - Thomas Jefferson
Stringer: A Reporter's Journey in the Congo by Anjan Sundaram "An award-winning journalist" in GR bio
15.9 - Find Your Muse
Kinfolks: Falling Off the Family Tree - The Search for My Melungeon Ancestors by Lisa Alther
Off (3), Anc/est/ors (9)
25.3 - Andy P.’s Task: Correcting Mistakes Before They Happen
Book 1: The Hunting Dogs by Jørn Lier Horst Anne Bruce (Translator)
Translated from the Norwegian: regretfully, I am not literate in Norwegian. 322 pages
Book 2: Initials AF: The Wine Lover's Daughter: A Memoir by Anne Fadiman, 272 pages
322 + 272 = 594
total = 510
Joanne MITask10.9 Read a non-fiction book written about or by a journalist.
The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and Medics Behind Nazi Lines
Approved in Help Thread #50
Task 25.1 Option 1 Read a book that is either #1 in the series or the last
Shadowheart
See notation on GR page verifying this is the last
Claiming two BB tickets at 766 pages
Option 2 Read a book from https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Revenge Absolute Power page 3 #258
Points this Post 35
Total points 165
BB Tickets this post 2
Total BB Tickets 7
Readerboard name: witchygal5.5 - International Cryptozoology Museum
Read a book that features cryptozoology, a cryptozoologist, or one or more cryptids from this list: Cryptids.
I read Dead Ice. It features vampires & werewolves (it also has weretigers, wererats, wereleopards, werelions, werehyenas, zombies, necromancers & witches). Vampires are explicitly mentioned in the MPG summary.
I am claiming one Big Book ticket as the book has 576 pages.
Points: 5
Big Book: Yes (1)
Golden Oldie: No
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20.1 - Most Improved Player
Option 2. Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase MANHATTAN PROJECT.
I read Claudia: Daughter of Rome by Antoinette May. Author's initials can be found in target phrase: MAnhattan project.
I am claiming one Big Book Ticket as this book has 501 pages.
Points: 20
Big Book: Yes (1)
Golden Oldie: No
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Points and Stats for this post
Points: 25
Big Book: 2
Golden Oldie: 0
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Total Points and stats for Spring 2018
Books: 12
Points: 235
Big Book: 2
Golden Oldie: 1
Sara G10.2 - Free For All
Numerous museums around the world allow free entry, although donations are appreciated. Read a book that you got for free – a gift, library book, etc.
REQUIRED: Explain in your post how you got the book.
The Year We Fell Down by Sarina Bowen
I got this book from an author giveaway.
10.9 -"Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press" - Thomas Jefferson
Putin's Russia: Life in a Failing Democracy by Anna Politkovskaya
From the author's Goodreads bio: "Russian journalist and human rights activist well-known for her opposition to the Chechen conflict and Russian president Putin."
10.10 - Africa Day
May 25th is 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.
Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
This book is set in Kenya which is a member of the African Union.
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Amber's Task: Adventure in the Southwest
Option 2: Several of the national monuments and national historic sites in New Mexico relate to the national labs here, which developed and built the first nuclear weapons during World War II. 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 Curse of the Pharaohs by Elizabeth Peters
MANHATTAN PROJECT
Points this post: 50
Total points: 335
Readerboard Name: JamminJennyTask 10.6 - Want to See My Slides?
Doctor Who: Time Lord Fairy Tales MPG Sci-Fi
Task 10.7 - My Favorite Holiday!
The Eyre Affair on page 1 of list
Task 15.3 -Women’s History Month
Option 2 - The Girls by Emma Cline, MPG Historical written by a woman author
Task 15.6 - Oh, Beans!
Peach Cobbler Murder
Task 25.3 - Andy P.’s Task: Correcting Mistakes Before They Happen
Book 1: Reykjavík Nights: Murder in Reykjavík initially published in Icelandic, I am not fluent in that language
Book 2: Obligations Of The Bone by Dick Cluster, the author's initials DC are in READ CAREFULLY
Points this post: 75
Total points: 335
Books read: 26
Tasks completed: 24
BB tickets: 2
GO tickets: 1
Anja15.3 - Women’s History Month
Option 2
Book 1: Read a book with a main page genre that includes "history" or "historical".
AND
Book 2: Read a book written by a woman.
Ogenj, rit in kače niso za igrače by Milena Miklavčič (Historical 2 users)
POINTS:
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 125
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 10
20.8 - Christine V's Task:option 4:
- cover shows a person holding a book and looking up at the skyPoints this post: 20
Total Points: 150
MegSCL25.1 - Perletwo's Task: The Ides of March are Come
Option 1. Read a book that is #1 in the series - The Dry
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in the phrase BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH. First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Story About
Anxiety by Sara Wilson
25.8 - Dakimel’s Task: Rulebreakers
1: “Identified as Author” – Saga, Vol. 8
Fiona Staples, Illustrator
2. “Initials” – The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection by
Alexander McCall Smith
C in McCall
TOTAL TO DATE
points: 320
BB tickets: 7
30.4 Sandy's TaskBook 1: Option 1, Read a book that is #3, 4, or 5 in a series.
A Conjuring of Light (audiobook) (Shades of Magic #3).
Page count: no mmpb; top pb has 640 pages.
Book 2: Option 2, Read a book whose average rating consists solely of the numbers 3, 4, and 5.
The Interestings (audio) - rating is 3.54.
Page count: mmpb has 744 pages.
This post: +30
Total: 185
Mary P20.3 - 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.
Fourth of July Creek by Smith Henderson.
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 135
CYNBAXTER# 30.02 – Schatzie's Task: Castles and Other Historical Sites
Task: Read a book with a main page genre of biography
Option 1: Flat Broke with Two Goats: A Memoir of Appalachia by Jennifer McGaha
Task: Read a book that is number 14, 15, 16, 17, or 18 in a series.
Option 5: A Question of Blood(Inspector Rebus #14) by Ian Rankin
Points this post: 30 points
Total points to date = 230 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 4
Marina H20.1 - Most Improved Player - Amber's Task: Adventure in the Southwest
Option 2: For min søsters skyld by Jodi Picoult
Initials found in MANHATTAN PROJECT
Points this post: 20
Total points: 200
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
Tasks completed: 12
FANDURY5.4 - Avanos Hair Museum
Read a book that has human hair visible on the cover.
by Guy Haley10.1 - Let's Learn Something.
Read a non-fiction book with a main page genre of history, art or culture/cultural.
Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction by Grady Hendrix
This non-fiction book has Art as a MPG
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 300
Books Read: 20
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Amber's Task: Adventure in the SouthwestOption 2: read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase MANHATTAN PROJECT
Book read: Thirteen Reasons Why
How it fits: Jay Asher
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 245
Books read: 17
Tasks completed: 15
BB Tickets: 4
GO Tickets: 0
Julia1035.10 - From Your Collection
An Average Curse
This has Children as a genre but is not in AR Bookfinder.
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Siobhan's Task: Wedding Day
Option 2: Key to the Journey (published June 2016)
This post: 25 points,
Challenge total points: 265
BB: 2
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 17
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kim O's task: We Are The Music Makers, And We Are The Dreamers Of DreamsOption 4, a book with a word in its title from the lyrics of the song You Belong To Me ("Alone"): The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
Points this post: 20
Total points: 355
30.2 - Schatzie's task: Castles and Other Historical SitesOpt. 3: Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
main page genre World War II
Opt. 4: Schwarzwald Museum
Do or Diner by Christine Wenger
author initials, CW, can be found in SCHWARZWALD
Total Points: 155+ 30 = 185
DebraJean20.7 - Shorter Is Sweeter
For option 3, I read 41: A Portrait of My Father by George W. Bush
Points this post - 20
Total points - 185
BB - 0
GO - 0
Jess Philly20.4 - Golden Oldies - Siobhan's Task: Wedding Day
For this task I chose Option 4, and read The Storm King by Brendan Duffy. The initials B and D are in Best Day Ever.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 110
Delicious Dee25.2 - Librarianish's Task - Roads and Rails
Option 1 - Come Sundown - set entirely in Montana, which I have never visited or lived in
Option 2 - Two-Way Street - #5 on the listopia
Points This Post: 25
Points Overall: 260
SCHATZIE 5.6 - Meguro Parasitological Museum
---published in a year that contains the numbers 2 and 9
The Burning Land
pg. count link: mmpb - Det brinnande riket
439 pgs.
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15.7 - Spring Saints
---an author named David, Patrick or George
Always Hungry?: Conquer Cravings, Retrain Your Fat Cells, and Lose Weight Permanently
by David Ludwig
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25.2 - Librarianish's Task - Roads and Rails
Opt. 1: set in a state I've never visited
Turtles All the Way Down
---set in Indiana, and I've never been there, but I'd love to visit one day
pg. count link: Mil veces hasta siempre
304 pgs.
Opt. 2: book from given list
---my book is found on pg. 1
Treasure Island
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 12.0
pg. count link: mmpb - Treasure Island
206 pgs.
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25.3 - Andy P.’s Task: Correcting Mistakes Before They Happen
Book 1: originally written in a language other than the one or ones in which you are literate
The Hanging Girl
Original language: Danish and
I am not literate in that language.
pg count link: Den gränslöse
497 pgs.
Book 2: author initials in READ CAREFULLY
Stillhouse Lake
by Rachel Caine
pg count link: pb Stillhouse Lake
300 pgs.
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25.6 - Diana K's Task: Windy City Museums
Opt. A: title/subtitle contains the letters INTERACTIVE
Treating People Well: The Extraordinary Power of Civility at Work and in Life
pg. count link: hc - Treating People Well: The Extraordinary Power of Civility at Work and in Life
256 pgs.
Opt. D: a picture of a star on the cover
Starflight
pg. count link: pb - Starflight
384 pgs
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25.7 - Nick KY’s task: To Choose or Not To Choose
Opt. B:
Book 1: fiction book with a Spring color in title
Red River
by Lalita Tademy
Book 2: book by the same author as Book 1
Cane River
by Lalita Tademy
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Points this Post: 120
Challenge Total: 600
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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!! some changes in this post, hopefully it'll be clear enough!
Task 5.8 - The Museum of Sex
(I have previously claimed this book in msg 334 for task 20.9)
read a book with MPG Feminism
The Power by Naomi Alderman
Task 10.7 - My Favourite Holiday!
(I have previously claimed this book in msg 334 for task 20.8)
read a book from the list
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
#81 on p1 of list
Task 20.7 - Young Sheldon
option 2 - read a book with author initials JS
Redshirts by John Scalzi
Task 20.8 - Celebrating the Seasonal Reading Challenge
(I had previously claimed this task, but moved the book as above)
option 1 - read a book #1 in series
Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake
Task 20.9 - Happy 300th Birthday
(I had previously claimed this task, but moved the book as above)
option 3 - read a book with title initials in FLOWERS PARADE
Spare and Found Parts by Sarah Maria Griffin
SAFP
SF in FlowerS
AP in PArade
416pages >250
Task 25.4 - Museums for Learning
(here's hoping I don't screw up the reporting here!)
one book option: read a non-fiction book, new to me, with MPG History, buildings on the cover & more than 600 pages
The Second World War by Antony Beevor
this is new to me
MPG History
non-fiction
994 pages > 600
(also, I approved it in the help thread for another reader)
Season total = 440