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SPRING CHALLENGE 2018
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD
25.2 - Librarian's Task Option 1: Dead and Gone - Louisiana - I have never been to Louisiana
Option 3: Book about a train Strangers on a Train - Page 1
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 205
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Deborah's Task: Young SheldonOption 1
Burn for Me Set in Houston, Texas
Mass Market Paperback: Burn for Me
Points this post 20
Total points 115
Queen Bee Darlene5.4 Human hair visible on the cover
The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks The Wife Between Us
5 points
10.2 Free For All - Book I got for free
Gulp by Mary Roach
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary CanalI got this book from the library
10 points
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 330
15.10 - PAY THE PIPER - Where We Belong Half the book takes place in the Sinai Desert of Egypt.
20.6 - WE ARE THE MUSIC MAKERS AND WE ARE THE DREAMERS OF DREAMS
OPTION 3 - A Change in Altitude by Anita Shreve
30.2 - CASTLES AND OTHER HISTORICAL SITES
OPTION 2 -
OPTION 3 - The Sisters of St Croix
TOTAL POINTS - 260
perletwo30.5 - TessaVanessa's Task: Name Game - Go to Behind the Name Randomizer, Generate ONLY 5 names. Note each name. Select a first name and a last name from your list of 5 names. Required: Post the 5 names you generated.
Chelle Atwood; Melina Strange; Yolanda Sams; Barry Abney; Rufus Tucker
Book 1: Read a book with an author with the same first name as the name generated.
Goth Girl Rising by Barry Lyga
Book 2: Read a book with an author with the same last name as the name generated.
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
this paperback edition has 558 pages, qualifying for a Big Book ticket.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 530
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 39
Tasks completed: 28
Post #1015.3 -Women’s History Month
Option 2:
I Was Anastasia by Ariel Lawhon
1) Historical > Historical Fiction MPG
2) Female Author
Points this post:15
Total Points:225
Books read:15
Tasks Done: 13
25.1 Perletwo's TaskOption 1:
Book #1 in a series.
Annihilation, by Jeff Van der Meer (Southern Reach #1)
Option 2:
From Best Getting Even Book of All Time listopia
The Stars My Destination, by Alfred Bester (#21 on list)
This post: +25
Total: 300
Diana K.Task 25.5
Option 2: Galleria Borghese
Book 1: Read a book set at least 50% in Rome.
The Raphael Affair Most of it takes place in Rome.
Read a book set before the year 1800.
Medici Money: Banking, Metaphysics, and Art in Fifteenth-Century Florence Medici Money: Banking, Metaphysics, and Art in Fifteenth-Century Florence approved in post 1
Points this post: 25
Total points: 375
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25.8 - Dakimel’s Task: Rulebreakers
option 2, Capital (C) in LeClaire: The Halo Effect by Anne D. LeClaire
I read the kindle The Halo Effect
option 4, ebook verification @ 3246: War Party by Joseph Flynn
30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss
Option 2, first published March 13, 2018: Mercy Dogs by Tyler Dilts
I read the kindle: Mercy Dogs
option 4, travel genre: An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic by Daniel Mendelsohn
30.5 - TessaVanessa's Task: Name Game
Names generated:
Imogen Bannister
Chauncey Wolfe
Malvina Clark
Raphael Ready
Gladys Ledford
Book 1, Imogen from Imogen Bannister: Anatomy of Murder by Imogen Robertson
Book 2, Bannister from Imogen Bannister: Perfect Sins by Jo Bannister
total = 840
MARY CIPORAH15.2 - Two of the Tates
✿ Book 1: A book first published between 1897 and 1999 (inclusive)
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (208 pages, first published October 22, 1999)
✿ Book 2: A book first published since the year 2000
Wanted by Sara Shepard (261 pages, first published June 8, 2010)
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New points: 15
Total points: 195
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 15
Pages read: 5,342
5.4 Avanos Hair Museum
by Gabrielle Union10.1 Let's Learn Something
The Grim Sleeper: The Lost Women of South Central by Christine Pelisek
History is a Main Page genre
20.1 Adventure in the Southwest
Option 2: Stray City by Chelsey Johnson
Author Initials in manhattan proJeCt
30.4 3, 4, 5
Option 1:
by Nick Petrie#3 in the Series
Option 3: Crimson Lake by Candice Fox
352 pages
Post Total: 65
Grand Total: 105
Coralie5.8 The Museum of Sex
Book with main page genre feminism
The Power
15.7 Spring Saints
Book by an author named George
Felix Holt: The Radical by George Eliot
15.9 Find Your Muse
Book with a three letter word (the) and a nine letter word (aeronaut’s) in title
The Aeronaut's Windlass
This post 35 points
Total to date 395 points
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read a book set in a country that is a member of the African Union
read Reawakened by Colleen Houck set in Egypt
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:Red Apple used word RED
Written in Red by Anne Bishop
20.9 - Moderator’s Pet - Book Concierge's Task: Happy 300th Birthday
C) Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in: BATTLE OF FLOWERS PARADE
read One Was Lost by Natalie D. Richards 308 pages
25.2 - Librarianish's Task - Roads and Rails
Option 1: Read a book set at least 50% in any U.S. state that you've never visited- I have never visited - Maine
The Lies They Tell by Gillian French 304 pages
Option 2: Read a book from this road trip-themed Listopia:
Young Adult Road Trip Novels
found on page 1-
read The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken 488 pages
25.3 - Andy P.’s Task: Correcting Mistakes Before They Happen
book one- 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.
read Dream a Little Dreamby Kerstin Gier Anthea Bell (Translation) 319 pages
Book 2 Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in the phrase READ CAREFULLY.
read Ace of Shades by Amanda Foody
416 pages
total points this task 95
total points 820
25.6 - Diana K's Task: Windy City MuseumOption B: Read a book whose author's first and last name initials can be found in CLAUDE MONET. Middle initials may be ignored.
Another One Bites the Crust by Ellie Alexander
Option C: Read a book whose number of pages includes the numbers 5 and 3.
The Silence of the Library
305 Pages
Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 315
Total Tasks: 13
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 2
Mary P20.9 - 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 -or- FIESTA FLAMBEAU PARADE.
Red Adam's Lady by Grace Ingram.
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 195
SCHATZIE30.5 - TessaVanessa's Task: Name Game
my generated names: richard riley, rhett mathews, shawn cokes, jemmy darwin, frank kidd
Book 1: author with same first name as generated name
Big Potential: How Transforming the Pursuit of Success Raises Our Achievement, Happiness, and Well-Being
by Shawn Achor
---name: SHAWN from SHAWN cokes
Book 2: author with the same last name as a generated name
Too Bad to Die
by Francine Mathews
---name: MATHEWS from rhett MATHEWS
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50.1 - Booklover's Task: The Classic Novel
Book 1, Opt. B: first published between 1700 and 1799 and author has long name
Gulliver's Travels
by Jonathan Swift
pg. count link: mmpb - Gulliver's Travels
336 pgs.
Book 2, Opt. A: first published between 1798 and 1837, by female author
Emma
by Jane Austen
pg. count link: mmpb - Emma
446 pgs.
Book 3, Opt. B: first published between 1837 and 1901 and
author initials are in VICTORIA REGINA
Mary Barton
by Elizabeth Gaskell
pg. count link: pb (no mmpb) - Mary Barton
437 pgs.
pg count: 336 + 446 + 437 = 1219
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Points this Post: 80
Readerboard name: witchygal5.4 Avanos Hair Museum
Read a book that has human hair visible on the cover.
I read
. This has been approved in post 14 in the task help thread. Points: 5
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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20.9 Moderator’s Pet
Option B- Read a book by a single author whose First and Last initials are in SAN ANTONIO.
I read Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup. Authors initials can be found in target word: SaN antonio. This books has 295 pages which exceeds the minimum requirement.
I would like to claim one Golden Oldie ticket as it was first published in 1853.
Points: 20
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: Yes (1)
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30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task
Option 2: Read a book FIRST published in March of any year or FIRST published in 1904.
I read The Primrose Path which was first published in March 2016.
Option 3: Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in THE LORAX.
I read The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman. Authors initials can be found in target phrase: tHe lorAx.
Points: 30
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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Stats for this post
Books: 4
Points: 55
Big Book: 0
Golden Oldie: 1
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Total Points and stats for Spring 2018
Books: 17
Points: 310
Big Book: 2
Golden Oldie: 2
Readerboard: JENBENT20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kim O's task: We Are The Music Makers, And We Are The Dreamers Of Dreams
Option 3 - author initials in OCTOBASS
Norman Bray in the Performance of His Life by Trevor Cole
Points this post: 20
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Big Books this post: 0
Total points: 280
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Books: 0
LAVENDER10.02 - Free For All
Read a book that you got for free – a gift, library book, etc.
Sherlock Holmes vs. Cthulhu: The Adventure of the Deadly Dimensions by Lois H. Gresh 352 pages
This book was gifted to me by a friend who knows I like both Sherlock Holmes and Lovecraft's mythos.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 225
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 13
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 2
Nick KY20.2 Rina’s Tallinn opt. 1 – at least two sets of double letters. I read The Common Good by Noam Chomsky, with double “M” and double “O”.
30.4 Sandy’s Task. 3 and 4 and 5
Option 2. I read The Colour of Blood by Brian Moore, rating of 3.53 verified in help thread message 36: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 191 pp.
Option 3. I read On Ugliness by Umberto Eco, with the digits 4 and 5 in the total of 456 pp.
Total pp = 647 > required 600
Points This Post: 50
Total Points So Far: 480
loafer15.10 - Pay the Piper
Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of the countries that has a type of bagpipe: Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Egypt, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, India, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kuwait, Latvia, Libya, Lithuania, Malta, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, SCOTLAND, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales.
Complicity by Iain Banks
points: 15
total: 425
GO: 5
BB: 4
tasks completed: 25
Marina H20.8 - Nickels & Dimes -Christine V's Task: Celebrating the Seasonal Reading Challenge
Option 1: Tyskerungen by Camilla Läckberg
#5 in series
Points this post: 20
Total points: 335
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 4
Tasks completed: 18
ED20.8 - Nickels & Dimes -Christine V's Task: Celebrating the Seasonal Reading Challenge
Option 3-Read a book from this list: The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Initiated) Book Ever
A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
on page 4 of the list- currently at #322
(first published 1924)**I claim 1 GO Ticket**
Points This Post: 20
Total Points 295
Task Completed: 16
Books completed=20
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 12
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM5.6 - Meguro Parasitological Museum
I read The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie by Jennifer Ashley, originally published in 2009. The MMPB has 320p.
10.2 - Free For All
I read My Oxford Year by Julia Whelan. I received an advance reader copy from the publisher, William Morrow (publication date 4/24/18).
15.2 - Two Of The Tates
Book 1: I read Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase, first published in 1995.
Book 2: I read The Many Sins of Lord Cameron by Jennifer Ashley, first published in 2011 (MMPB).
15.5 - Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
I read Sinner by Sierra Simone (paperback). SI,ER in MISTER, N in NEIGHBORHOOD, and N in CARDIGAN.
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kim O's task: We Are The Music Makers, And We Are The Dreamers Of Dreams
I chose Option 3. I read Midnight Mass by Sierra Simone (paperback). S and S are in OCTOBASS.
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Deborah's Task: Young Sheldon
I chose Option 2. I read Priest by Sierra Simone (paperback). S and S are in SHJBSS.
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes -Christine V's Task: Celebrating the Seasonal Reading Challenge
I chose Option 1. I read Unmasked by the Marquess by Cat Sebastian (MMPB) book 1 in the Regency Impostors series.
30.4 - Sandy's Task: 3, 4, 5
I chose Options 1 and 3.
Option 1: I read The Seduction of Elliot McBride by Jennifer Ashley (MMPB), 320p, book 5 in the Mackenzies and McBrides series.
Option 3: I read Futureface: A Family Mystery, an Epic Quest, and the Secret to Belonging by Alex Wagner, 352p.
320p+352p=672p
Previous point total: 190
New points this post: 5+10+15+15+20+20+20+30
Total points: 325
New tasks completed in this post: 8
Total tasks: 22
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
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I read Colour Scheme, found on p. 4 (currently #340) of the Best Spy Novels list.
10.6 - Want to See My Slides?
I read Head On. I listened to the audio version (Head On), but linked to the paperback version. Top main page genre is Science Fiction.
30.4 - Sandy's Task: 3, 4, 5
For my first book, I read Chaos Choreography - book 5 in the Incryptid series. I read the kindle version, (Chaos Choreography), but linked to the MMPB - 368 pages.
For my second book, I read Circe. I read the kindle edition, (Circe), but linked to the top PB (no MMPB) - 333 pages. Appropriate rating verified in post 2 of help thread.
368 + 333 = 701 pages for task.
New points this post: 45
Total points: 580
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Bookwrm526Task #30.1 - And the Award Goes To....
Option 2: Read a book that has won or been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize award. I read The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (2008).
Option 3: Read a book that has won or been nominated for the Edgar Award. I read Before the Fall by Noah Hawley (2017).
Points this Post: 30
Total points so far: 400
Laurah3020.8 - Nickels & Dimes -Christine V's Task: Celebrating the Seasonal Reading Challenge
Read a book from this list: The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Initiated) Book Ever
Required:Indicate on which page of the list your book appears when you post.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
p. 3 #221
Diana K.Task 10.3
Points this post: 10
Total points: 385
15.7 - Spring Saintsa book by an author named David, Patrick or George or any of the related names found at Behind the Name - David , Behind the Name - Patrick, Behind the Name - George
Memory Man by David Baldacci
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 45/880
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Sara G30.5 - TessaVanessa's Task: Name Game
My generated names:
Edison Milford
Dayna Dixon
Jennifer Jones
Abbi Millhouse
Elias Saylor
Book 1: Diary of an Accidental Wallflower by Jennifer McQuiston from Jennifer Jones
Book 2: A Murder on the Appian Way by Steven Saylor from Elias Saylor
I read the Kindle edition, the MMPB here has 646 pages.
**A Murder on the Appian Way is a Big Book (646 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 480
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska15.9 - Find Your Muse.
Read a book with a 3- and 9-letter word in the title.
The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne (592 p.)
The - 3 letters
Invisible - 9 letters
**I would like to claim one BB ticket for this book.**
➸ Points: 70 of 290 (goal)
➸ Total Pages: 2,160
Kristen IA10.2 - Free For All
Read a book that you got for free – a gift, library book, etc.
REQUIRED: Explain in your post how you got the book.
Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
I listened to an audiobook that I borrowed from my library's on-line library.
I listened to an audiobook and linked to the MMPB edition.
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 130/930
Tasks Completed: 7/55
GO: 0
BB: 0
Readerboard name: witchygal20.10 Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season
I read Her Body and Other Parties. My comment is post 16 in the discussion thread.
Points: 20
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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Total Points and stats for Spring 2018
Books: 18
Points: 330
Big Book: 2
Golden Oldie: 2
perletwo30.6 Brooke TX's Task: Conference, Convention, Conventicle Option B - Read a Nebula Award winner or nominee from any year. The award winner or nominee designation must be present on the Goodreads main book page.
The Dispossessed - 1974 Nebula winner
Read a book with a title with at least two words where ALL words in the title start with the same letter. All words count including articles. Subtitles should be ignored.
Road Rage
The books must have a combined total of at least 500 pages.
Book 1 this pb ed. 386 pgs + Book 2 top mmp ed. 400 pgs = 786 pgs
Points this task: 30
Total points: 560
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 41
Tasks completed: 29
5.1 - A Night at the MuseumShort Stories on main page:
The Best Short Stories by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
+5 Points
5.7 - New England Maple Museum
Sweet oranges on the cover:
Commonwealth by Ann Patchett+5 Points
10.6 - Want to See My Slides?
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu
+10 Points
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.
MaNHATTAN PROjECT:
Emporium by Adam Johnson
+20 Points
Points this Post: 40
Season Total: 150
Delicious Dee20.4 - Golden Oldies - Siobhan's Task: Wedding Day
Option 1
Points This Post: 20
Points Overall: 330
Ava Catherine15.4 - Collect, Preserve, Study, Exhibit, Stimulate, Engage
OPTION 1: Read 2 books, one book 1 and one book 2 using 2 different museums from the given list.
Book 1: Read a book written by a single author whose initials are found in the name of one of the museums listed. All initials must be found in the museum name.
The Acropolis Museum= museum selected
Tangerine by Christine Mangan
author's initials=CM found in the aCropolis Museum
Book 2: Read a book 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 from the given list.
State Hermitage=museum selected
The House Girl by Tara Conklin
sTate HeremitaGe=initial letters of title words
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: Black Licorice = word in title is black
The Black Book by Ian Rankin
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 Abundance: Narrative Essays Old and New by Annie Dillard
the=3 letters
abundance=9 letters
total=750
Ava Catherine25.6 - Diana K's Task: Windy City Museums
Option B. The Art Institute of Chicago
Read a book whose author's first and last name initials can be found in CLAUDE MONET.
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke 307 pages
AL found in cLAude monet
Option C. The Field Museum of Natural History
Read a book whose number of pages includes the numbers 5 and 3.
The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler 352 pages
307+352=659 total pages
total=775
BARBARA ★ 25.6 - Diana K's Task: Windy City Museums
Option B: Strange the Dreamer - Laini Taylor (536 pages) 4/15
(5 & 3 in pages and L & T in Claude Monet)
BIG BOOK: 536 pages
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30.2 - Schatzie's Task: Castles and Other Historical Sites
Option 2: The Knight & the Seer - Ruth Ryan Langan (castle on the cover) 4/16
Option 5: Cinnamon Roll Murder - Joanne Fluke (#15 Hannah Swensen) 3/2
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30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss
Option 1: Read a book with a cat on the cover.
Laced with Magic - Barbara Bretton 3/20
Option 3: Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in THE LORAX.
Relocating MIA - Rebecca Lerwill (L & R in LoRax) 3/4
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30.4 - Sandy's Task: 3, 4, 5
Option 1: Read a book that is #3, 4, or 5 in a series.
Etched in Bone - Anne Bishop (#5 The Others) 3/31
Option 3: Read a book where the number of pages includes at least 2 of the numbers 3, 4, 5.
Baby, Don't Go - Susan Andersen (357 pages) 3/27
PAGE TOTAL: Book 1 (397 pages) + Book 2 (357 pages) = 754 pages > 600 pages
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 115
Total Points: 115
BIG BOOKS: 500+: (1), 750+: (0); 1000+: (0)
trishhartuk15.10 - Pay the Piper
International Bagpipe Day is March 10. Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of the countries that has a type of bagpipe: ...England
The Way of the World, William Congreve
Read the kindle edition. Top paperback link here
Golden Oldie: First published in 1700
Set in London, England. This link (http://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/it...) confirms the London setting: “It is set in iconic, fashionable London locations - St. James's Park, the salons of rich ladies, and the chocolate-houses that were dens of gossip and gambling..."
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie: 1 - The Way of the World was written in 1700
Big Book: No
Total Points: 490
Tasks Completed: 28
Golden Oldies: 6
Big Book tickets: 0
BARBARA ★ 20.1 - Most Improved Player - Amber's Task: Adventure in the Southwest
Option 1: Read a book with a number of pages evenly divisible by 15.
Simply Irresistible - Rachel Gibson 3/22
(375 pages / 15 = 25)
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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
The Perfect Roommate - Minka Kent (double Os and Ms) 4/9
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20.3 - Best Review – Michelle in Alaska's Task: Red or Green?
Option 5: read a book with the words “red” or “green”, as a standalone word, in the title
The Red Hunter - Lisa Unger (359 pages) 4/12
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20.4 - Golden Oldies - Siobhan's Task: Wedding Day
Option 2: Read a book FIRST published in June of any year
Bay of Sighs - Nora Roberts (pub June 2016) 3/8
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20.5 - 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." Titles must be at least three words in length.
Brush with Death - Karen MacInerney (BWD in (W)ell (B)ehave(d)) 3/6
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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
A Wild Fright in Deadwood - Ann Charles (A & C in o(C)tob(A)ss) 3/12
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20.8 - Nickels & Dimes -Christine V's Task: Celebrating the Seasonal Reading Challenge
Option 4: Read a book that has a book on its cover. POST cover
Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore - Matthew J. Sullivan 3/31
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20.9 - Moderator’s Pet - Book Concierge's Task: Happy 300th Birthday
Option B: Read a book by a single author whose First and Last initials are in SAN ANTONIO
Beauty's Beast - Amanda Ashley (A & A in s(A)n (A)ntonio) 3/10
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25.1 - Perletwo's Task: The Ides of March are Come
✔️Option 1: Read a book that is #1 in the series
The Butterfly Garden - Dot Hutchison (#1 The Collector) 3/22
✔️Option 2: Moonlight Warrior - Janet Chapman 4/16
(Vengeance is Mine list #127, page 2)
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25.8 - Dakimel’s Task: 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.
Lady Anne and the Howl in the Dark - Donna Lea Simpson (L in capitaL) 4/12
✔️Option 3. read a book whose SERIES TITLE contains one of the following words: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, Season, Reading, Challenge, Girl, Boy, Sister, Brother, Child, Woman, Man.
Demon Mistress - Yasmine Galenorn (Sisters of the Moon #6) 3/16
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 210
Total Points: 325
BIG BOOKS: 500+: (1), 750+: (0); 1000+: (0)
Sarah E5.3 - The Museum of Bad Art
Banana Coconut Murder
I read the kindle edition, paperback (no MMP) is Banana Coconut Murder
5.4 - Avanos Hair Museum
ebook only approved for length in message 6782
Points this post: 10
Total points: 65
BARBARA ★ 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
Dead Angler - Victoria Houston (MPG Mystery, M in (M)useum) 4/12
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5.4 - Avanos Hair Museum
Read a book that has human hair visible on the cover.
A Ghoul's Guide to Love and Murder - Victoria Laurie 3/14
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5.5 - International Cryptozoology Museum
Read a book that features cryptozoology, a cryptozoologist, or one or more cryptids from this list
Blood of the Earth - Faith Hunter 4/19
(has both Vampires and Werewolves)
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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.
Hunting Season - Shelly Laurenston (published October 2009) 3/8
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5.10 - From Your Collection
Dragon Blood - Eileen Wilks (choice) 3/18
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10.2 - Free For All
Read a book that you got for free – a gift, library book, etc. explain
Penguins and Mortal Peril - Ruby Loren 3/24
(Amazon freebie)
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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.
Love Without Blood - Raz Steel 3/10
(hero is a doctor, heroine is a nurse)
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10.5 - Springtime in Paris
Read a book set in France or written by an author born or currently living in France.
Black Water Lilies - Michel Bussi (set in France and a French author) 3/15
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10.6 - Want to See My Slides?
Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction (standalone or embedded).
Oasis - Randie Lipkin 3/2
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 65
Total Points: 390
BIG BOOKS: 500+: (1), 750+: (0); 1000+: (0)
25.7 - Nick KY’s task: To Choose or Not To ChooseOption B. Not to Choose.
Book 1: Read a FICTION book with one of these Spring color words in the title (title only -- not subtitle): ... Blue ...
Book read: Blue Monday
How it fits: Blue in the title, Fiction
Book 2: Read a fiction or nonfiction book by the same author as Book 1.
Book read: Tuesday's Gone
How it fits: Same author (Nicci French) as the first book.
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Points this post: 25
Total points: 345
Books read: 25
Tasks completed: 21
BB Tickets: 4
GO Tickets: 0
CYNBAXTER# 15.05 – Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Task: Read a book where ALL the letters in the title can be found in MISTER ROGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD
Book 1: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date = 245 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 4
Andy P.Task #30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss
Option 2 Birthday
>Read a book FIRST published in March of any year
Every Note Played by Lisa Genova pub 3/20/18
Option 3. The Lorax
>Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in THE LORAX.
Lost Dog by Alan Russell
THE LORAX
Points this post: 30
Total points: 375
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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10.5 - Tony Valente was born in France
Radiant by Tony Valente
174 pages > 100+ pages
Total: 250 + 10 = 260 points.