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SPRING CHALLENGE 2018
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BOOKLOVER==30.5==
5 names
Esta Clark
Meaghan Shepherd
Melville Arthurson
Bryon Aston
Norman Ashworth
1) Harlot's Ghost
Author name Norman Mailer from name generator Norman Ashworth
***Big Book***
2) New Self, New World: Recovering Our Senses in the Twenty-First Century
Author name Philip Shepherd from name generator Meaghan Shepherd
***Big Book***
Points = 60
Big books = 3
Golden oldies = 1
BOOKLOVER==5.1==
The Quiche of Death
Genre mystery
==5.2==
Killing Floor
Author Lee Child (CuLture)
***Big Book***
==5.3==
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards
the cAT who could ReAD Backwards
Points = 75
Big books = 4
Golden oldies = 1
5.10 - From Your CollectionTill Death Do Us Purl by Anne Canadeo - 3/3/18
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
20.10 - Group ReadsDead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson
discussion post #3
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Task 5.1 - 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. Ex:
You Will Never Be The Same (1963) by Cordwainer Smith (Hardcover, 176 pages)
Main Page Genre:
S cience Fiction
00 + 05 = 05
Tasks Completed: 01
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 00 + 05 = 05
Books read: 01
Pages read: 176
Read but not claimed: 00
Goodreads Authors: 00
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
perletwo25.1 - 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 (by first printing, not a paperback, re-issue etc). The book's Goodreads series main page must indicate this by series listing and/or publication date.
Edwin of the Iron Shoes - Sharon McCone #1
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in the phrase BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH. All name part initials must be present.
Lowcountry Bordello by Susan M. Boyer
Points this task: 25
Total points: 50
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 05
Tasks completed: 04
Task 5.1 : A Night At the MuseumRead a book with a main page genre that starts with a letter in MUSEUM. Genres may be stand alone or embedded.
The Wife Between Us
Main Page Genre: M for Mystery
Point for this task: 5
Total Point: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Christine J
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.2 - Free For All
There's Cake in My Future by Kim Gruenenfelder
I borrowed this book from my sister in July 2016.
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 25 points
Tasks completed: 2
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
5.8 - The Museum of SexRead a book with the main page genre of Sexuality, Gender, Feminism, or LGBT (or GLBT).
Book read: The Upside of Unrequited
How it fits: MPG LGBT
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Points this post: 5
Total points: 30
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 3
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Shannon South Africa20.8 Celebrating the SRC
Option 4. Book on cover
The Reader on the 6.27 by Jean-Paul Didierlaurent
Task points: 20
Challenge points: 20
10.4. The Birds and the Bees Help Thread
Read a book with the word “Bird” or the name of a specific bird in the title/subtitle,
I read The Bird Artist.
points: 10
books read: 1
tasks completed: 1
pages read: 289
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.8 Tax Day
Read a book whose author's initials can be found in TAX DAY.
I read Lockdown by Diane Tullson.
Challenge 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:
I read The Red Notebook by Antoine Laurain. Jelly bean flavor: RED Apple
Challenge 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.
I read Dazzling by Elizabeth Hayley. It is #1 in the Diamond Trilogy.
Points this post: 45
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Nick KY5.3 Museum of Bad Art I read Daughter of Albion by Ilka Tampke. All letters in BAD ART are in the title:
BA in AlBion
D ART in DAughTeR
10.7 Favorite Holiday!
I read The End of Mr. Y by Scarlett Thomas, # 151, p. 2, on the list. https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5...
10.9 “Our freedom….”
I read Awake in the Dark: The Best of Roger Ebert by the journalist and film critic Roger Ebert.
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for Awake in the Dark at 512 pp. I had 220 pp read before the challenge began.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 25
Big Books So Far: 500+ (1)
Sheila5.1 - A Night at the Museum
Shoot to Thrill by P.J. Tracy⬛ Mystery ⬛
5.2 - A Cultural Experience
Sliver of Truth by Lisa Unger5.4 - Avanos Hair Museum
Look for Me by Lisa Gardner5.6 - Meguro Parasitological Museum
Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child⬛ (first published May 19th 2009) ⬛
Total Points = 20
Queen Bee Darlene5.7 New England Maple Museum - Something sweet to eat on the cover
Sprinkle with Murder by Jenn McKinlay Sprinkle with Murder
5 points
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Deborah's Task: Young Sheldon - Option 2: author's initials SHJBSS
Force of Nature by Jane Harper
Force of Nature20 points
points this post: 25
Total Points: 25
20.8 Nickels & Dimes - Christine V's TaskOption 1:
A Conspiracy of Stars (Faloiv #1)
Librarianish's Spring SRC points:
This Post: +20
Total: 70
Mod
5.1 - 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.
The 11th Hour Health> Mental health
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.
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You Found on page 2 of the list (Number 193)
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.
Moonrise- MIStER ROgers NeighbOrhood
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date = 40 points
trishhartuk5.2 - A Cultural Experience
Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials can be found in CULTURE.
A Story to Kill, Lynn Cahoon
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
CuLture
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
30.4 Sandy’s Task: 3, 4, 5
1. Read a book that is #3, 4, or 5 in a series.
Plot Boiler (Black Cat Bookshop Mystery #5), Ali Brandon (304pg)
3. Read a book where the number of pages includes at least 2 of the numbers 3, 4, 5.
Threads of Evidence, Lea Wait (304pg)
Total pages: 304 + 304 = 608pg
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 50
Tasks Completed: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book tickets :0
Bluegrass PamMost Improved Player - Amber's Task: Adventure in the Southwest
Option 2: Single author - first and last initials in MANHATTAN PROJECT
I listened to the audiobook The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna.
Here is the English paperback edition (No MMP in English): The Year of the Hare.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
CYNBAXTER# 5.07 – New England Maple Museum
Task: Read a book that shows something sweet to eat on its cover.
Book:
The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison AllenPoints this post: 5 points
Total points to date = 40 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
Readerboard Name: AmarieTask: 20.1: Adventure in the Southwest
Option 1: Read a book with a number of pages evenly divisible by 15.
Book: The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine
Pages: 390 (390/15=26)
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Readerboard name MAZZA1Task 15.4 Collect, Preserve, Study, Exhibit, Stimulate, Engage
Option 2 - 1 book option
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.
Everything Here Is Beautiful
Book 1 Author Mira T. Lee initials in
Metropolitan Museum of Art - M T L
Book 2 - Initial letters of title in The British Museum E H I B
Task 25.3 Correcting Mistakes Before They Happen
Book 1:
Read 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.
Love in the Time of Cholera originally written in Spanish which i am not literate in - translator Edith Grossman 348 pages
Book 2.
Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in the phrase READ CAREFULLY.
I read a net galley proof of The Illumination of Ursula Flight Anna-Marie Crowhurst A and C found in "Read Carefully " approved post 8 416 pages
348 +416 = 764 exceeding page requirements
Points this post = 40
total points to date 100
BOOKLOVER**30.4**
1) Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener
2) Gray Mountain
Points = 105
Big books =
Golden oldies = 1
Bluegrass Pam*Repost of message #74 to include the task #!*
Task 20.1 Adventure in the Southwest
Option 2: Single author - first and last initials in MANHATTAN PROJECT
I listened to the audiobook The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna
Here is the English paperback edition (No MMP in English): TThe Year of the Hare
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
BOOKLOVER30.3
1)
2) The Exile: BookShots
March publication date
Points = 135
Big book = 4
Golden Oldie = 1
Mod
Read a book that shows something sweet to eat on its cover
read
by Lola Dodge (cake on cover) 5.8 - The Museum of Sex
Read a book with the main page genre of Sexuality, Gender, Feminism, or LGBT (or GLBT)
People Like Us by Dana Mele
Main Page Genre LGBT
15.3 -Women’s History Month
Read a book with a main page genre that includes "history" or "historical". and Read a book written by a woman.
read Cadaver & Queen by Alisa Kwitney
main page genre Historical and written by female author.
Points this post-25
Total Points - 35
book finished this post- 3
total Books finished -4
Julia10315.3 -Women’s History Month
Option 2: Death Comes to London by Catherine Lloyd (genre = historical fiction, woman author)
This post: 15 points
Challenge total points: 30
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 4
5.4 - Avanos Hair Museum
by Barbara Hambly15.3 -Women’s History Month
Option 2: 1 book meeting both criteria
The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 2
MAZZA1Task 20.1 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. Middle name initials may be ignored.
Dunbar Edward St. Aubyn E and A in phrase
Points this post = 10
Total points to date = 110
FANDURY20.9 - Moderator’s Pet - Book Concierge's Task: Happy 300th Birthday
Option C: Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in: BATTLE OF FLOWERS PARADE
The Element of Fire by Martha Wells
The first letter of each word in the title TEOF can be found in baTtlE OF flowers parade
The MMP has 416 pages: The Element of Fire
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 60
Books Read: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
MAZZA 1Post 85- reposting as I put wrong points for task should have read 20 and current points total 120
Task 20.1 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. Middle name initials may be ignored.
Dunbar Edward St. Aubyn E and A in phrase
Points this post = 20
Total points to date = 120
Readerboard Name: Claire20.4 - Golden Oldies - Siobhan's Task: Wedding Day
Option 2: The Date
Read a book FIRST published in June of any year.
Dear Amy
Helen Callaghan
352 p.
read: 5/3/2018
first published june 2016
Points for this post: 20 points
Total points: 20
10.6 genre Science Fiction Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10/930
Tasks completed: 1/55
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Diana K.Task 30.4 - Sandy's Task: 3, 4, 5
Opt 2. Read a book whose average rating consists solely of the numbers 3, 4, and 5.
The Great Alone (rating verified in post 33)
Opt. 3. 3. Read a book where the number of pages includes at least 2 of the numbers 3, 4, 5
Everything I Never Told You 304 pages
Poibnts this post: 30
Total points:35
Oma12295.1 - 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.
M-Sand Sharks by Margaret Maron
Total Points-35/930
Total Tasks- 3/55
Total Golden Oldie Books-()
Total Big Books-500+(), 750+(),1000+()
Oma122910.2 - Free For All
Read a book that you got for free – a gift, library book, etc.
I obtained this book by checking it out from my public library.
Rendezvous in Black by Cornell Woolrich
Claiming Rendezvous in Black as a Golden Oldie Book as it was published in 1948
Total Points-45/930
Total Tasks- 4/55
Total Golden Oldie Books-1()
Total Big Books-500+(), 750+(),1000+()
MAZZA1Task 30.5 TessaVanessa's Task: Name Game
GENERATED NAMES
Harlan Devin
Dirk Sniders
Melva Power
Aretha Peterson
Marianna Newport
Book 1: Read a book with an author with the same first name as the name generated.
Long Lost Using the name "Harlan" Harlan Coben
Book 2: Read a book with an author with the same last name as the name generated.Second Chance Romance using the name " Devin" Asrai Devin
Points this post = 30
Points Total - 150
Joanne MITask 5.9 Read a book found on the Best Spy Novels list.
American Assassin
This book was found on Page 1 of the list, #9
Points this task 5
Total points 15
BB tickets this task 0
Total BB tickets 1
5.4 - Avanos Hair MuseumRead a book that has human hair visible on the cover.
by Summer DevonPoints this post: 5
Total points: 10
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
BOOKLOVER==5.4==
==5.5==
Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster
==5.6==
The Cat Who Moved a Mountain
==5.7==
==5.8==
Total points 160
Readerboard Name: Amarie15.3 - Women's History Month
Option 2: Read ONE book that satisfies BOTH book 1 and book 2 requirements. Requirements = Woman Author + Historical Genre
Book: Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein
20.4 Wedding Day
Option 4: Read a book where the authors first and last initials can be found in BEST DAY EVER
Book: The Stars Are Fire by Anita Shreve
Points This Post: 35
Total Points: 55
Tasks Completed: 3
REPOSTING FOR BIG BOOK AND GOLDEN OLDIE ONLY BOOKLOVER
===30.6===
Option B
1) The Yiddish Policemen's Union
2) Rob Roy
***Big Book*** 501 pages
***Golden Oldie*** published 1817
REPOSTING FOR BIG BOOK ONLY BOOKLOVER
==30.5==
5 names
Esta Clark
Meaghan Shepherd
Melville Arthurson
Bryon Aston
Norman Ashworth
1) Harlot's Ghost
Author name Norman Mailer from name generator Norman Ashworth
***Big Book*** 1168 pages
2) New Self, New World: Recovering Our Senses in the Twenty-First Century
Author name Philip Shepherd from name generator Meaghan Shepherd
***Big Book*** 512 pages
BOOKLOVER==30.1==
1) A Visit from the Goon Squad
3) The Scientific Sherlock Holmes: Cracking the Case with Science and Forensics
==30.2==
1) Coming Clean
4) The Mating Season
Total points 220
Mod
read Hiroshima by John Hersey
10.6 Want to See My Slides?
Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction
read The Final Six by Alexandra Monir
30.1 Dlmrose's Task: And The Award Goes To...
Option 2. read a Pulitzer Prize winner
read Next to Normal by Brian Yorkey
and Option 3 read an Edgar Award Winner
read Ketchup Clouds by Annabel Pitcher
Points this post-50
Total Points - 85
book finished this post- 4
total Books finished -8
5.4 - Avanos Hair Museum
Read a book that has human hair visible on the cover:
by Angie ThomasThis post: 5
Total this season: 5
CelesteR5.4 - Avanos Hair Museum
少年は明日を殺す 1 Shounen wa Ashita wo Korosu 1 by Satoru Ishihara
GN requirement: 100+ < 191
Total pts: 5
CelesteR15.2 - Two of the Tates
Book 1: 少年は明日を殺す 2 Shounen wa Ashita wo Korosu 2 by Satoru Ishihara
GN requirement: 100+ < 158
Book 2: Kimi Shiruya - Dost Thou Know? by Satoru Ishihara
GN requirement: 100+ < 166
Total pts: 20
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===30.6===
Option B
1) The Yiddish Policemen's Union
2) Rob Roy
***Big Book***
***Golden Oldie***
Points = 30
Big books = 1
Golden oldies = 1