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SPRING CHALLENGE 2018
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30.3 Ava Catherine’s Task: Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss
Option 1: The Cat in the Hat. Read a book with a cat on the cover.

Option 3: The Lorax. Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in THE LORAX.
Delicious and Suspicious, Riley Adams
the loRAx
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 360
Tasks Completed: 21
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Book tickets: 0

Task 10.6 - Want to See My Slides?
read a book with MPG Science Fiction
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Task 20.3 - Red or Green?
option 4 - read a book with author initials in SANDS
Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed
SA initials
255 pages >250
Season total = 470

Option 3: Read a book where the author's first and last name initials (middle initials excluded) can be found in OCTOBASS.
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Points this post = 20
Total points = 180
Big Book tickets = 2
Golden Oldies = 7

20.9 - Moderator’s Pet - Book Concierge: Happy 300th Birthday
Option C: Death Below Stairs (D in Parade, B in Battle, S in Flowers)
This post: 20 points,
Challenge total points: 285
BB: 2
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 18

30.04 - Sandy's Task: 3, 4, 5
Option 1: Read a book that is #3, 4, or 5 in a series.
Bedlam Boyz (Bedlam's Bard, #3) by Ellen Guon Kindle I read
Bedlam Boyz (Bedlam's Bard, #3) Top paperback, no MMPB 295 pages
#3 in the Bedlam's Bard series.
Option 3: Read a book where the number of pages includes at least 2 of the numbers 3, 4, 5.
Mad Maudlin (Bedlam's Bard, #6) by Mercedes Lackey, Rosemary Edghill 538 pages
538 pages, 3 and 5 in page number.
I am claiming a BIG BOOK for this book at 538 pages.
>600 pages total for both books
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 175
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 10
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 2

10.9 -"Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press" - Thomas Jefferson
What Is Man? by Mark Twain
(first published 1905)**I claim 1 GO Ticket.**
approved in the help thread.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points 145
Task Completed: 9
Books completed=11
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 6

10.3 - Tell Me Where It Hurts-Read a book with a main page genre of "medicine" or "medical," or about or by a doctor, nurse, midwife or veterinarian.
Rain and Other South Sea Stories by W. Somerset Maugham (first published 1921)
**I claim 1 GO Ticket.**
Maugham was a physician.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points 155
Task Completed: 10
Books completed=12
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 7

OPTION 2 - The Gendarme by Mark Mustian
TG - STATE HERMITAGE
MM - THE BRITISH MUSEUM
20.1 - ADVENTURE IN THE SOUTHWEST
OPTION 1 - The Scribe of Siena: A Novel
20.5 - WELL BEHAVED WOMEN RARELY MAKE HISTORY
OPTION 3 - Everything Here Is Beautiful
TOTAL POINTS - 195

20.8 - 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.
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
at 524 pages for the mmpb version, Wolf Hall, it is a "big book"
points: 20
total: 295
GO: 4
BB: 4
tasks completed: 19

5.3 - The Museum of Bad Art
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business has all the letters of BAD ART in its title/subtitle.
Points this post - 5
Total points - 190
BB - 0
GO - 0

Task 20.4 Wedding Day
Option 3: Genre Science Fiction Verified in Help Thread
A Newfound Land by Anna Belfrage
Verified for ebook length #6689
Points this post:20
Total points:130
Tasks completed:9
Books read:10
Golden Oldies:1
Big Books:500+(3)750+(0)1000+(0)

20.1 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 Dark Wind, Tony Hillerman
manHaTtan
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 380
Tasks Completed: 22
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Book tickets: 0

I chose to read 1 book that has over 500 pages from option B: read a book whose author's first and last name initials can be found in CLAUDE MONET.
Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco (641 pages)
Claiming 1 Big Book ticket - 641 pages
Points this post = 25
Total points = 205
Big Book tickets = 3
Golden Oldies = 7

Task # 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
The Bid by Adrian Magson
T in Mister
H in Neighborhood
E in Mister
B in Neighborhood
I in Neighborhood
D in Neighborhood
Points this post: 15
Total points: 315

15.6 – Oh, Beans!
Read a book with a word in its title/subtitle that matches one of the Jelly Belly flavors.
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Red matches the word red in the flavor “red apple.”
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15.9 – Find Your Muse
Read a book with both a 3-letter word and a 9-letter word in its title
The Godfather by Mario Puzo
The = 3 letters; Godfather = 9 letters
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15.10 – Pay the Piper
Read a book set at least 50% in a country that has a type of bagpipe.
Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh
100% set in England. Roughly 25% is set in a small town in Derbyshire and London, the rest on the coastal town of Beachy Head in Eastbourne.
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20.4 – Wedding Day
Option 4: Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in BEST DAY EVER.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
besT day eveR
Points this post: 65
Total points: 230/930
Tasks completed: 14/55
Books read: 16
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1

20.4 - Golden Oldies - Siobhan's Task: Wedding Day
Option 4: The Joy. 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.
The Best of Roald Dahl by Roald Dahl
BEST DAY EVER
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Deborah's Task: Young Sheldon
2) In A Sneeze, Detention, and Sissy Spacek, my favorite episode so far, Sam Houston, Jim Bowie, and Sissy Spacek have been held up as the epitome of what a Texan should be by Sheldon's Meemaw.
Read a book written by a single author who shares first and last name initials with these iconic Texans: SHJBSS. The letters may be used in any combination (HB, JS, BJ etc.) Middle initials of authors may be ignored. Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
Magnate by Joanna Shupe
SHJBSS
Points this post: 40
Total points: 375

20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kim O's task: We Are The Music Makers, And We Are The Dreamers Of Dreams
Option 4: Got You Back by Jane Fallon
Word also found in the lyrics: You
Points this post: 20
Total points: 220
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
Tasks completed: 13

20.6 - We Are The Music Makers, And We Are The Dreamers Of Dreams
Option 4: Read a book with a word in its title from the lyrics of the song "You Belong to Me".
word: without (3rd stanza)
Freak Show Without A Tent: Swimming with Piranhas, Getting Stoned in Fiji and Other Family Vacations by Nevin Martell
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total: 20
tasks: 1
books: 1

20.05 - Bigger Is Better - Frugalitymom's Task: Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History
Option 3: 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."
A Drop of Ink by Megan Chance kindle I read
A Drop of Ink Top paperback, no MMPB 432 pages
ADOI found in "Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History".
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 195
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 11
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 2

i chose Option 3: read a book where the author's first and last initials can be found in the word OCTOBASS.
i read The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, A and T found in OCTOBASS
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter
i chose Option 2: read a book by an author whose initials are shared with iconic Texans...SHJBSS.
i read Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin (SS)
25.8 Dakimel’s Task (two book task)
i chose Option 2: author's name contains a capitalized letter somewhere other than first or last name and letter must be in the phrase: CAPITAL NOT INITIAL.
i read American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang. L is capitalized in middle name and is found in phrase.
i also chose Option 5 read two or more books of poetry, each under 100 pages, but together totaling over 100 pages.
i read On Love and Barley: Haiku of Basho, with 92 pages, and Songs of Innocence and of Experience, with 56 pages. together they total 148 pages.
Points: 165 / 930

25.6 Windy City Museums
I read one book over 500 pages for option 3 The Field Museum of Natural History - a book whose number of pages includes the numbers 5 and 3
Babylon's Ashes 538 pages
30.4 3, 4, 5
Option 1 – book that is #3 in series
The High King's Tomb
Option 3 – book with 3 & 4 in page numbers
Infernal Devices – 384 pages
This post 55 points
Total to date 335 points

20.8 - 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 series designation must appear in the Goodreads metadata.
A Certain Justice - Adam Dalgiesh #10
Points this task: 20
Total points: 445
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 33
Tasks completed: 23

Option 4: The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood
~ author's initials, AH, can be found in WHITE SANDS
~ 352 pages > 250
Total Points: 185 + 20 = 205

5.1 - A Night at the Museum
✿ A book with a main page genre that starts with a letter in MUSEUM
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi (Genre: Medicine, 208 pages)
5.2 - A Cultural Experience
✿ A book written by an author whose first and last initials can be found in CULTURE
The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine (560 pages)
✿ A book that has a title/subtitle that contains all of the letters in BAD ART
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (128 pages)
***all future posts edited to remove points from Bridge to Terabithia since it did not meet requirements, OOPS!
5.6 - Meguro Parasitological Museum
✿ A book with at least 300 pages that was first published in a year that contains the numbers 2 and 9
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (391 pages, published 2009)
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New points: 15
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Pages read: 1,159

Option 1, a book originally written in a language other than the one or ones in which you are literate that has been translated into a language that you can read: Beartown by Fredrik Backman, 418 pages
Originally written in Swedish. I am not literate in Swedish.
Option 2, a book by an author whose initials can be found in the phrase READ CAREFULLY: Paradise Valley by Robyn Carr
mass market paperback edition Paradise Valley, 416 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 410

10.2 Free for all
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
I borrowed the book from a friend
Task points: 10
Challenge points: 190

15.5 - Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
All letters in NEIGHBORHOOD - Borne
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Rina's Task: Tallinn
1. Read a book with at least 2 pairs of double letters in the title and/or subtitle. (TT; OO)
The New Contented Little Baby Book: The Secret To Calm And Confident Parenting
TOTAL TO DATE
points: 380
BB tickets: 7

10.2 - Free For All
Read a book that you got for free.
I read American Housewife, which I got out from the library.
10.6 - Want to See My Slides?
Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction (standalone or embedded).
I read The Windup Girl.
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.
I read The Hating Game.
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kim O's task: We Are The Music Makers, And We Are The Dreamers Of Dreams
4. Read a book with a word in its title (not subtitle) from the lyrics of the song You Belong to Me.
I read High on You. The word is "you".
30.4 - Sandy's Task: 3, 4, 5
The books must have a combined total of at least 600 pages.
2. Read a book whose average rating consists solely of the numbers 3, 4, and 5.
I read Lord of Shadows, rated 4.54. 704 pages.
3. Read a book where the number of pages includes at least 2 of the numbers 3, 4, 5.
I read The City of Brass, which has 533 pages.
1237 pages total.
Post Points: 85
Total Points: 255
15.1 - A Truth and A Lie
For my first book, nonfiction, I read Fair Shot: Rethinking Inequality and How We Earn. Nonfiction is listed as a main page genre.
For my second book, I read All the Little Liars, with the word "liars" in the title.
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kim O's task: We Are The Music Makers, And We Are The Dreamers Of Dreams
I chose option 3 and read The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian. Author initials CB in oCtoBass.
30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss
For my first book, I chose option 2, and read Every Note Played. I read the kindle edition, but linked to the top paperback edition (no MMPB). The book was first published March 20, 2018.
For my second book, I chose option 4 and read In a Sunburned Country, with travel as a main page genre. I listened to the audiobook - here's the MMPB - nos voisins du dessous, chroniques australiennes.
Points this post: 65
Total points: 450
For my first book, nonfiction, I read Fair Shot: Rethinking Inequality and How We Earn. Nonfiction is listed as a main page genre.
For my second book, I read All the Little Liars, with the word "liars" in the title.
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kim O's task: We Are The Music Makers, And We Are The Dreamers Of Dreams
I chose option 3 and read The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian. Author initials CB in oCtoBass.
30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss
For my first book, I chose option 2, and read Every Note Played. I read the kindle edition, but linked to the top paperback edition (no MMPB). The book was first published March 20, 2018.
For my second book, I chose option 4 and read In a Sunburned Country, with travel as a main page genre. I listened to the audiobook - here's the MMPB - nos voisins du dessous, chroniques australiennes.
Points this post: 65
Total points: 450

**Shifting book from Task #5.8 to Task 15.4**
Task #15.4 - Collect, Preserve, Study, Exhibit, Stimulate, Engage
Option 2: Read ONE book that satisfies BOTH book 1 and book 2 requirements. Note that 2 different museum names must be used to satisfy each requirement.
The Power (The Prado) by Naomi Alderman (SmithsoNIAn Institution)
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+10 this post
45 pts total

**Shifting book from Task #10.6 to Task 20.4**
Task #20.4 - Golden Oldies - Siobhan's Task: Wedding Day
Option 3: Read a book with a main page genre of Science Fiction. The genre may be embedded or standalone.
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
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+10 this post
55 its total

10.2 - 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.
Trailer Park Fae - Audible Trailer Park Fae - paperback pgs. 312 by Lilith Saintcrow
Barrowed from Library.

15.3 -Women’s History Month
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Read ONE book that satisfies BOTH book 1 and book 2 requirements.
Cleopatra - Audible Kleopatra paperback pgs 400 by Stacy Schiff
History 352 users
Nonfiction 273 users
Stacy Schiff is a woman.

15.10 - Pay the Piper
Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of the countries that has a type of bagpipe: , England,
Required: State the setting and if it is not evident on the book's main page include a reference that establishes the setting.
The Thirteenth Tale - Audible The Thirteenth Tale - Dongeng Ketiga Belas - paperback pgs.608 by Diane Setterfield
Setting: UNITED KINGDOM
this is a big book 608 pages

20.1 - 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. Middle name initials may be ignored
Her Perfect Mate- Kindle Her Perfect Mate - paperback 316 by Paige Tyler
MANHATTAN PROJECT

20.3 - Best Review – Michelle in Alaska's Task: Red or Green?
OPTION 4: For this option, read a book by an author whose initials can be found in WHITE SANDS. Ignore middle initials. Letters may only be used as often as they appear. One qualifying author in a book with multiple contributors works.
Trouble Walks In - Kindle Trouble Walks In - Paperback pgs. 320 by Sara Humphreys
WHITE SANDS

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Deborah's Task: Young Sheldon
2) Read a book written by a single author who shares first and last name initials with these iconic Texans: SHJBSS. The letters may be used in any combination (HB, JS, BJ etc.) Middle initials of authors may be ignored. Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
Grave Peril Audible Grave Peril - Paperback pgs.384 by Jim Butcher
Has the same initials as Jim Bowie

20.8 - 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 series designation must appear in the Goodreads metadata.
The Beautiful Ashes- Kindle The Beautiful Ashes paperback pgs 368 by Jeaniene Frost
1st in the Broken Destiny series

THIS POST
Points: 120
Completed Tasks:7
Golden oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total This Season
Points: 120/930
Completed Tasks: 7/55
Golden oldies:
Big Books: 1
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Pages read this season: 2,708
Books read this season: 7

Task #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.
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
Task # 20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Rina's Task: Tallinn
Option 4: Read a book with a main page genre Mythology
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
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+30 this post
85 total

Task # 10.6 - Want to See My Slides?
Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction
The Last Colony by John Scalzi
Science Fiction on main page (77 users)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 325
5.3 The Museum of Bad Art
Read a book that has a title/subtitle that contains all of the letters in BAD ART.
Read The Beautiful and the Cursed by Page Morgan
BAT in beautiful and A in and and DR in Cursed
10.4 The Birds and the Bees
Read a book with the word “Bird” in the title/subtitle
read Wild Bird by Wendelin Van Draanen
15.7 Spring Saints
Read a book by an author named David
read Kids of Appetite by David Arnold
15.10 Pay the Piper
Read a book set at least 50% in Ireland
read Beyond a Darkened Shore
Takes place in Éirinn which is the old word for Ireland.
points this post 45
total points - 725
Read a book that has a title/subtitle that contains all of the letters in BAD ART.
Read The Beautiful and the Cursed by Page Morgan
BAT in beautiful and A in and and DR in Cursed
10.4 The Birds and the Bees
Read a book with the word “Bird” in the title/subtitle
read Wild Bird by Wendelin Van Draanen
15.7 Spring Saints
Read a book by an author named David
read Kids of Appetite by David Arnold
15.10 Pay the Piper
Read a book set at least 50% in Ireland
read Beyond a Darkened Shore
Takes place in Éirinn which is the old word for Ireland.
points this post 45
total points - 725

15.10 - Pay the Piper
To Tame a Highland Warrior Set in Scotland
Points this post:15
Total Points:170
Books read:10
Tasks Done: 9
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25.5 - MegSCL's Task: My Favorite Museums
Option 4
Book 1, set in Tamania: To Name Those Lost by Rohan Wilson
Book 2, indigenous author: Dream Wheels by Richard Wagamese GR bio: one of Canada's foremost Native authors and storytellers
30.2 – Schatzie's Task: Castles and Other Historical Sites
option 1, biography genre: The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard
option 5, #17: House of Spies by Daniel Silva
30.4 - Sandy's Task: 3, 4, 5
option 1, #3: Give Up the Dead by Joe Clifford, 320 pages
option 2, 4.55 rating verified post 6: The Disappeared by C.J. Box, 400 pages
320 + 400 = 720
total = 640
25.5 - MegSCL's Task: My Favorite Museums
Option 4
Book 1, set in Tamania: To Name Those Lost by Rohan Wilson
Book 2, indigenous author: Dream Wheels by Richard Wagamese GR bio: one of Canada's foremost Native authors and storytellers
30.2 – Schatzie's Task: Castles and Other Historical Sites
option 1, biography genre: The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard
option 5, #17: House of Spies by Daniel Silva
30.4 - Sandy's Task: 3, 4, 5
option 1, #3: Give Up the Dead by Joe Clifford, 320 pages
option 2, 4.55 rating verified post 6: The Disappeared by C.J. Box, 400 pages
320 + 400 = 720
total = 640

Task #25.4 - Museums For Learning
Two book option.
Book 1: Read a book with a main page genre of History, Science or Biography or a related subgenre under one of those genres, such as History>Microhistory or Science>Biology. I read I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong (368p).
Book 2: Read a non-fiction book with a building on the cover. The building must be an exterior view of a man-made construction. I read Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell (274p), approved in help thread for building on the cover

368+274=642p
Points this post: 25
Total points so far: 370

MPG of "medicine" or "medical," or about or by a doctor, nurse, midwife or veterinarian.: Read Call the Nurse: True Stories of a Country Nurse on a Scottish Isle by Mary J. Macleod. The author of this memoir is a nurse.
15.4 - Collect, Preserve, Study, Exhibit, Stimulate, Engage
Book 1 - Single author whose initials are found in one of the listed museums: Read Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin. SS is found in SMITHSONIAN. (Weird book!)
Book 2 - 2+ word title with the first letters in a different museum: Read The Martian by Andy Weir. T & M are in THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
Points these task: 25
Total points: 70
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 10
Tasks completed: 5

Task # 5.8 - The Museum of Sex
Read a book with the main page genre of LGBT
LGBT on mp (521 users)
Maurice[ by [author:E.M. Forster|86404]
Points this post: 5
Total points: 330

Choose one option.
Option 2: Read ONE book that satisfies BOTH book 1 and book 2 requirements.
Twenty-One Days
Points this post: 5
Total points: 50

5.2 A Cultural Ezperience
Book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in cuLturE
LaRose by Louise Erdrich
20.7 Young Sheldon
Option 2 Book written by an author with initials shJbSs
Skylight by José Saramago
This post 25 points
Total to date 360 points

15.4 - Collect, Preserve, Study, Exhibit, Stimulate, Engage
one book option
The Bone Tree - Greg Iles - The Bone Tree (TBT) - The British Museum; Greg Iles (GI) - The Uffizi Gallery; Big Book Ticket - 750+pg (804pgs)
Points This Post: 15
Points Overall: 275

5.1 - A Night at the Museum
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry has a a main page genre Science which starts with a letter in MUSEUM.
5.4 - Avanos Hair Museum
I Hate Fairyland, Vol. 3: Good Girl has human hair visible on the cover:

10.2 - Free For All
Got for free: I Hate Fairyland, Vol. 2: Fluff My Life from my public library.
20.10 - Group Reads
Dead Wake, discussed here.
25.1 - Perletwo's Task: The Ides of March are Come
(1) Option 1: Never Say Die is the last (most recently published) entry in the Alex Rider series.
(2) Option 3: To Say Nothing of the Dog. Author Connie Willis' initials in "BEWARE" and "MARCH"
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Current Post: Points: 65 GO: - BB: -
Total: Points: 165 GO: - BB: 1
Tasks: 5.1, 5.4, 10.2, 15.4, 20.1, 20.4, 20.8, 20.10, 25.1, 25.6, using 11 books.

Book 1: Read a book with a main page genre of History, Science or Biography or a related subgenre under one of those genres, such as History>Microhistory or Science>Biology.
Empires of the Atlantic World: Britain and Spain in America 1492-1830
This book has 560 pages, I am claiming 1 Big Book Ticket
Book 2: Read a book with a building on the cover. The building must be an exterior view of a man-made construction.

Both books are new to me, are nonfiction, and have over 600 pages combined.
Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 245
Total Tasks: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 2

30.4 - Sandy's Task: 3, 4, 5
1) Wit'ch War (The Banned and the Banished #3)
542 pages
2) The End of Everything 3.35 rating verified in Task Help thread #17
246 pages
542+246= 788/600 pages
Points this post:30
Total Points:200
Books read:12
Tasks Done: 10

10.6 - Science fiction as a main page genre.
Blue Drop―吉富昭仁作品集 by Akihito Yoshitomi
#3 genre - Science Fiction
100+ < 190. = manga requirement
Total: 170 + 10 = 180 pts.

Option 2: Read ONE book that satisfies BOTH book 1 and book 2 requirements. Note that 2 different museum names must be used to satisfy each requirement.
I read Every Note Played by Lisa Genova.
Requirement 1-initials of Author are found in "The Uffizi Gallery"
Requirement 2-the initial letter of each word of the title can be found in the name of a DIFFERENT museum: E,N and P are found in "The Metropolitan Museum of Art".
Task Points: 15
Total Challenge points:40
Total tasks completed:3
Books Read:3

The British Museum is a museum dedicated to human history, art and culture. Read a non-fiction book with a main page genre of history, art or culture/cultural.
I read Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly. History is a main page genre.
Task Points: 10
Total Challenge points:50
Total tasks completed:4
Books Read:4
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15.4 - Collect, Preserve, Study, Exhibit, Stimulate, Engage
Option 2: Read ONE book that satisfies BOTH book 1 and book 2 requirements.
The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty
The AcropoLis Museum
StaTe Hermitage
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