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SPRING CHALLENGE 2018
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Nick KYLinked to the wrong edition.
15.1 A Truth and a Lie
Book 1. Nonfiction. I read Lights, Camera, Kill!: 15 Celebrity Murder Scandals That Shook Hollywood by William Webb
Book 2. "Lie" in title/subtitle. I read Lies That Bind by Stella Cameron
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 430
Danibean25.6 - Windy City Museums: Read 2 books, choosing from 2 different options below or read 1 book that has over 500 pages from any one option.
Option 1: Read a book whose title/subtitle contains all letters in either INTERACTIVE or HANDS ON
I read Year of Yes: How to Dance it Out, Stand in the Sun and be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes. The title/subtitle includes all the letters from HANDS ON (pages = 336)
Option 2:Read a book whose author's first and last name initials can be found in CLAUDE MONET.
I read The Circle by Dave Eggers (pages = 493)
Task 5.5 – International Cryptozoology Museum Features cryptozoology/ist or a creature from list - The Loch Ness Monster
At the Water's Edge
I listened to the audio / no MMP / Paperback: At the Water's Edge
Approved in HELP thread
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This Post: 5 points
Total points to date: 240 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2
Anja25.5 - MegSCL's Task: My Favorite Museums
Option 1. The National Gallery, London
Book 1: Read a book set at least 50% in London.
Hello Stranger by Lisa Kleypas
Book 2: My favourite part of this museum is the great hall which is filled with huge oil paintings. Read a huge book (at least 700 pages).
The Hand of Fatima by Ildefonso Falcones (912 pages) - claiming big book ticket
POINTS:
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 185
Big Books: 500(0) 750(1) 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 13
15.6 - Oh, Beans!A book with a word in the title from a list of the most popular Jelly Belly jelly bean flavors (Coffee): Happy People Read and Drink Coffee by Agnès Martin-Lugand
Points this post: 15
Total points: 500
Zach20.8 - Nickels & Dimes -Christine V's Task: Celebrating the Seasonal Reading Challenge
I did Option 2 and read Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow which was first published in 2015. The numbers 1 and 5 come up in 2015.
Points this post: 20
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Totals
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Total points: 50
Total GOTs: 1
Total BBTs: 0
Readerboard Name: Nicola TTask:30.6 Brooke TX's Task: Conference, Convention, Conventicle
two book task. Choose one of the options below and read Book 1 and Book 2 from that option.
Books with the Main Page Genres of Sequential Art, Comics, Comic Book, and Manga can be used for this task. The books must have a combined total of at least 500 pages.
I chose Option C: Read a book written by a single author who is appearing this year at BookCon 2018, and Read a book set at least 50% in a city that has hosted BEA: New York, NY; Chicago, IL; Washington, DC; or Los Angeles, CA.
I chose Marissa Meyer from BookCon 2018 authors and read Scarlet pages=452
I also read a graphic novel set in Los Angeles, CA:Faith Vol. 4: Faithless pages= 112
total pages= 452 + 112 > 500
Points this post: 30
Points total: 170
GO total: 1
Books read: 11
Tasks completed: 10
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10.2 - Free For All
The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael W. Twitty
I borrowed this from my public library.
20.3 - Best Review – Michelle in Alaska's Task: Red or Green?
option 4, initials HA in wHite sAnds: Salt Houses by Hala Alyan, 320 pages
25.6 - Diana K's Task: Windy City Museums
option B, initials DM in clauDe Monet: The Winter Soldier by Daniel Mason, an ARC.
option D, star cover:
Need to Know by Karen Clevelandtotal = 755
CelesteR 10.4 - Birds & Bugs
The Book of Human Insects by Osamu Tezuka
100+ gn requirement < 308 pages
Total: 190 pts + 10 pts. = 200 pts.
10.2 - Free For AllRead a book that you got for free – a gift, library book, etc.
REQUIRED: Explain in your post how you got the book.
I got this book free from Hoopla using my library card
point 220
points post 10
total point 230
MARY CIPORAH20.3 - Best Review – Michelle in Alaska's Task: Red or Green (Option 4)
✿ A book by an author whose initials can be found in WHITE SANDS
Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone (368 pages)
✂ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
New points: 20
Total points: 180
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 13
Pages read: 4,873
25.1 - Perletwo's Task: The Ides of March are ComeOption 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).
A Murder for the Books
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. Spaces determine names. Letters may only be used as often as they appear in the phrase. One qualifying author in a work by multiple contributors works.
Fit to Die by Ellery Adams
Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 290
Total Tasks: 12
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 2
10.2 - Free For AllFreedom™ I read this through my library's Overdrive.
20.1 Most Improved Player - Amber's Task: Adventure in the Southwest
Option 2
Year One by Nora Roberts N and R are in MANHATTAN PROJECT
20.3 Best Review – Michelle in Alaska's Task: Red or Green?
Option 4
Sweep in Peace by Ilona Andrews I and A are in WHITE SANDS
Paperback: Sweep in Peace
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Siobhan's Task: Wedding Day
Option 2
Deadly Strain First Published June 15 2015
Paperback:Deadly Strain
Points this post 70
Total points 95
perletwo10.6 - Want to See My Slides? - Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction (standalone or embedded).
Head On
Points this task: 10
Total points: 500
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 37
Tasks completed: 27
Janice CA20.1 - Adventure in the Southwest
Option 2: Author's initials can be found in Manhattan prOject.
I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O'Farrell
+20
total: 40
tasks: 2
books: 2
Suzannesea30.1 Dlmrose's Task: And the Award Goes to. . .
Option 1
Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution by Simon Schama received the National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction in 2006.
Option 3
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger received the Edgar Award for Best Novel in 2014.
Points this post: 30
Total points to date: 110
Readerboard: JENBENT15.9 - Find Your Muse
title has a 3 letter word (the) and a 9 letter word (eff-ect-ive)
The Effective Citizen: How to Make Politics Work for You by Graham Steele
30.4 - Sandy's Task: 3, 4, 5
Option 2 - Verified in Help Thread post 21 as having had an avg rating of 3.44
The Chocolate Money by Ashley Prentice Norton
Option 3 - pg count contains two of 3, 4, 5
Surprise Me by Sophie Kinsella
This book has 432 pages
combined page total = 720
Points this post: 45
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Big Books this post: 0
Total points: 260
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Books: 0
FANDURY5.3 - The Museum of Bad Art
Read a book that has a title/subtitle that contains all of the letters in BAD ART.
HELP FUND MY ROBOT ARMY!!! and Other Improbable Crowdfunding Projects by John Joseph Adams
Title includes all letters in BAD ART: help funD my RoBoT Army!!! And other improbable crowdfunding projects
This ebook was approved in the verification thread and can be found in the googledoc in line 1186.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 385
Books Read: 28
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Siobhan's Task: Wedding DayOption 4: The Joy
The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer
*author's first and last initials can be found in BEST DAY EVER*
Total Points = 80
20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Frugalitymom's Task: Well Behaved Women Seldom Make HistoryOption 4: The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant (published 12/9/14)
*read a book FIRST published in May or December from 2007-2018 inclusive.*
Total Points = 100
Queen Bee Darlene25.7 Nick KY's task: To Choose or Not To Choose
Option A: To Choose
Book 1: Good Minds author Kevin Kwan
Crazy Rich Asians Crazy Rich Asians
Book 2: Suggested book by Kevin Kwan I chose is The Windfall by Diksha Basu The Windfall
25 points
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 315
MAZZA1 Please can i remove The Illumination of Ursula Flight Anna-Marie Crowhurst from task 25.3 POST 77
Task 25.3 will now be
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 Author in the phrase READ CAREFULLY.
Up All Night Carmen Reid
348 + 384 = 732 exceeding page requirements
15.2 - Two of the Tates1) - At Bertram's Hotel = 1965
2) - Dead in the Family - 2010
Points this post: 15
TOTAL POINTS: 180
20.9 - Moderator’s Pet - Book Concierge's Task: Happy 300th BirthdayC) Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in: BATTLE OF FLOWERS PARADE -or- FIESTA FLAMBEAU PARADE.
The Light We Lost by Jill Santopolo (328pg)
Total Points = 135
phantomswife10.6 - Want to See My Slides?
Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction (standalone or embedded).
Children of God
15.2 - Two Of The Tates
Book 1: Read a book FIRST published between 1897 and 1999 (inclusive). The Moviegoer
Book 2: Read a book FIRST published since the year 2000 (pre-May is OK). The Woman on the Orient Express
15.3 -Women’s History Month
Option 2: Read a book with a main page genre that includes "history" or "historical".
AND written by a woman.
The Lost Garden
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. Required: State the words.
The Beautiful and Damned
The (3) Beautiful (9)
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. Middle name initials may be ignored.
Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
H in manHattan J in proJect
25.1 - 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 Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in the phrase BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH.
The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin
{M in March/B in Beware}
30.2 – Schatzie's Task: Castles and Other Historical Sites
Opt. 2: Read a book with a castle on the cover.
Required: include the cover when posting
Opt. 4: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in SCHWARZWALD, middle initials can be ignored.
Avalon by Anya Seton
Points this post: 130
Total Points: 280
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 19
Diana K. Task 5.7 Read a book that shows something sweet to eat on its cover
Points this Post: 5
Total points: 350
Joanne MITask 20.2 Rina's Task
option 2 read a book from https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...
Blood & Beauty: The Borgias listed on page 1, book # 60.
Claiming 1 Big Book ticket-506 pages
Points this task 20
Total Points 195
BB tickets this post 1
Total BB tickets 9
Cindy FTask 10.3 Tell Me Where it Hurts
Genre Medical and /or written by a Doctor
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
Points this post:10
Total points:140
Tasks completed:10
Books read:11
Golden Oldies:1
Big Books:500+(3)750+(0)1000+(0)
Sheila25.3 - Andy P.’s Task: Correcting Mistakes Before They Happen
Book 1:
The Potter's Field by Andrea CamilleriItalian. I am not proficient in Italian
(Paperback, 288 pages)
and
Book 2.
Prayers for Rain by Dennis LehanePaperback, 375 pages
25.6 - Diana
K's Task: Windy City Museums
B. The Art Institute of Chicago.
The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye by David LagercrantzPaperback, 362 pages
and
D. The Adler Planetarium.
Robert B. Parker's Lullaby by Ace AtkinsPaperback, 400 pages
25.8 - Dakimel’s Task: Rulebreakers
1: “Identified as Author”
He Who Fears the Wolf by Karin Fossum(translator Felicity David)
and
2. “Initials”
Agatha Raisin and the Busy Body by M.C. Beaton30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss
Option 2: Birthday
Payment in Kind by J.A. Jance(first published March 1st 1991)
and
Option 3: The Lorax
The Blood Spilt by Åsa LarssonTotal Points - 535
*REPOST*5.3 The Museum of Bad Art
The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman
AR Bookfind Info: IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10.0
MG+ books may be used with no restrictions.
This post: +5
Total: 255
Brooklyn10.3 – Tell Me Where It Hurts
Read a book with a MPG of medicine or about/by a doctor, nurse midwife or veterinarian.
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
Has MPG of medical
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15.1 – A Truth and a Lie
Book 1: Read a non-fiction book
Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman by Lindy West
Book 2: Read a book with any form of the word “lie” in the title/subtitle.
Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney
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25.3 – Correcting Mistakes Before They Happen
Book 1: Read a book that is translated from a language I cannot read to one I can.
P.S. from Paris by Marc Levy - 288 pgs
Originally written in French, which, unfortunately, I cannot read. The translator is listed on the page for the Kindle edition, which comes up first when searching the book title: P.S. from Paris. I switched between reading the Kindle and the U.S. paperwork editions, both of which I own.
Book 2: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in READ CAREFULLY
Sunburn by Laura Lippman - 290 pgs
288 + 290 = 578 pgs
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30.2 – Castles and Other Historic Sites
Option 1: Read a book with a MPG of biography.
I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons by Kevin Hart
Option 4: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in SCHWARZWALD.
Red Clocks by Leni Zumas
Points this post: 80
Total points: 310/930
Tasks completed: 18/55
Books read: 23
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
Queen Bee DarleneRepost as I forgot to post the link to the Good Minds Suggest page
25.7 Nick KY's task: To Choose or Not To Choose
Option A: To Choose
https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/...
Book 1: Good Minds author Kevin Kwan
Crazy Rich Asians Crazy Rich Asians Crazy Rich Asians
Book 2: Suggested book by Kevin Kwan I chose is The Windfall by Diksha Basu The Windfall The Windfall
25 points
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 315
CelesteR5.7 - Sweet Things
A Love for Sweet Things by Hinata Mahiru
E-book verification post: 6796
Total: 200 + 5pts. = 205 points
Please Ignore the Other Post. Wrong Edition of Book. CelesteR 15.3 - Option 2
Thermae Romae, Tome 1 by Mari Yamazaki as in Mary in English and Romae as in Roman. And "historical" and "history >> historical fiction" in genre.
GN req. : 128 > 100+
Total: 205 +15 =220 points.
Repost from post 1121, page 23 Task 15.2 - Two of the Tates
Read a book first published between 1897 and 1999 (inclusive) and a book first published since 2000.
The Romanovs: The Final Chapter: The Terrible Fate of Russia's last Tsar and his Family by Robert K. Massie(first published 1995)
Joueur d'échecs : Il faut parfois faire un petit sacrifice pour prendre l'avantage by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (first published 2017, only one publication date is mentioned on GR ; ebook only on GR : approved for length in post 6793 on page 136 of the ebook verification thread).
Points before this repost : 25
Points after the repost : 40
CelesteR 25.5 - Option 2: Ancient Rome
1. In Rome. 2. In Ancient Rome >> Before 1800's.
Thermae Romae, Tome 2 and Thermæ Romæ 3by Mari Yamazaki
100+ gn requirement < 128 pages each book
Total: 220 +25 = 245 pts.
CelesteR15.10 - Italy
Thermæ Romæ, IV by Mari Yamazaki
Based in Rome, Italy.
GN: 100+ < 128 pages.
Total: 245 + 15pts. = 260 points.
15.7 - Spring SaintsA book by an author named David, Patrick or George: The Little French Bistro by Nina George
Points this post: 15
Total points: 515
20.2 Rookie at the TopOption 1.
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend (ee, mm)
This post: +20
Total: 275
20.8 - Nickels and Dimes: Christine V's Task Celebrating the Seasonal Reading Challenge Option 2: Read a book first published in a year containing the numbers 1 and 5.
Christopher's Diary: Echoes of Dollanganger by V.C. Andrews
Published on January 27, 2015.
Points this Post: 20
Big Books this Post: 0
Golden Oldies this Post: 0
Total Points: 25
Total Books Read: 2
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
trishhartuk30.6 Brooke TX’s Task: Conference, Convention, Conventicle
Option B: SFWA (Science Fiction Writers of America):
Book 1: Read a Nebula Award winner or nominee from any year.
The Stone Sky, NK Jemisin
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here (416pg)
Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (2018)
Book 2: Read a book with a title with at least two words where ALL words in the title start with the same letter.
Fatal Fortune, Leighann Dobbs
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here (210pg)
Total pages: 416 + 210 = 626
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 475
Tasks Completed: 27
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Book tickets: 0
20.3 - Best Review – Michelle in Alaska's Task: Red or Green?option 4: [[book:I Capture the Castle|18903421] by Dodie Smith
I read the kindle edition. The mass market paperback edition in French has 532 pages.
I would like to claim one Big Book ticket and one Golden Oldie ticket, please (it was first published in 1948).
Points this post: 20
Total points: 215
Big Book tickets total: 4
Golden Oldie tickets total: 1
Catherine Tin light of the 50 point task, some shuffles coming up...
Task 5.8 - The Museum of Sex
previously claimed in msg 839
read a book with LGBT MPG
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
Task 10.6 - Want to See My Slides?
previously claimed in msg 946, will use for the 50 task later...
read a book with Science Fiction MPG
The Power by Naomi Alderman
(this was previously in task 5.8)
Task 20.10 - Group Reads
read & comment on one of the books
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
my comment: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Season total = 505
Catherine T(sorry, forgot one!)
Task 25.3 - Correcting Mistakes Before They Happen
book 1 - read a book originally published in a language I am not fluent in
Lullaby by Leïla Slimani
originally published in French; only language I am fluent in is English - and am not fluent in French
MMPB: Chanson douce 256 pages
book 2 - read a book with author initials in CAREFULLY
Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming
initials AC
304 pages
256 + 304 = 560 > 501pages
Season total = 530
5.7 - New England Maple MuseumBook 1: Read a book that shows something sweet to eat on its cover.
Book read: Dark, Witch & Creamy
How it fits:
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Points this post: 5
Total points: 320
Books read: 23
Tasks completed: 20
BB Tickets: 4
GO Tickets: 0
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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5.9 International Spy Museum I read Polar Star by Martin Cruz Smith, # 175 (p.2) on the Best Spy Novels list.
10.6 Can I Show You My Slides? I read Hardfought/Cascade Point by Greg Bear and Timothy Zahn, “Sci Fi” as a GR genre.
15.1 A Truth and a Lie
Book 1. Nonfiction. I read Lights, Camera, Kill! 15 Celebrity Murder Scandals That Shook Hollywood by William Webb.
Book 2. “Lie” in title/subtitle. I read Lies That Bind by Stella Cameron.
15.6 Oh Beans! I read A Wedding in Apple Grove by C.H. Admirand, “Apple” from the flavor “Green Apple”
Points This Post: 45
Total Points So Far: 430