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SPRING CHALLENGE 2018
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5.1 - A Night at the MuseumRead a book with a main page genre that starts with a letter in MUSEUM.
S - Suspense
Psychopath's Prey by VF Mason
*Approved for length in post 6806
30.5 - TessaVanessa's Task: Name Game
5 names generated
Jewell Seaver
Kate Hart
Natasha Everett
Lindy Newell
Clarissa Sparks
Book 1 - first name Natasha
Sergio: A Dark Mafia Romance by Natasha Knight
Book 2 - last name Hart
Dirty by Callie Hart
*Approved for length in post 6806
Points this post: 35
Total points: 325
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 21
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Readerboard Name: Kathy P 15.9 - Find Your Muse
For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards
3 Letter Word - For
9 Letter Word - Standards
Points this post: 15
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 205
BB:3
GO:0
Total Task completed: 10
Total Books read: 12
Delicious Dee5.7 - New England Maple Museum
- mmm, i love macarons :)Points This Post: 5
Points Overall: 415
Chris MD20.3 Red or Green
Option 3: Flowers on the cover
by Cynthia Riggs20.6 We Are the Music Makers . . .
Option 3: Author's first and last initials in oCTobass
Watchers of Time by Charles Todd
20.7 Young Sheldon
Option 3: Author's first name is Mary, George, Missy, or Constance
Not Always a Saint by Mary Jo Putney
25.6 Windy City Museums
Option B: Author's initials in Claude moneT
A Fearsome Doubt by Charles Todd
Option D: Cover shows a star
A Cold Dish by Craig JohnsonYou may need to enlarge the cover, but there is a star-shaped badge under his coat collar on the right. It was approved here.
25.8 Rulebreakers
Option 1: Other person role whose initials are found in "unidentified othERs"
by Lisa WingateThis book is narrated by Emily Rankin and Catherine Taber. Emily's initials are found in "unidentified others."
I listened to the audio version of this book (linked above). I don't think the paperback has been released yet. The hardcover edition has 342 pages.
Option 2: Author's name includes a capital letter that it not their first or last initial
by C.S. HarrisI listened to the audio version of this book. The paperback has 368 pages.
Points for this post: 20 + 20 + 20 + 25 + 25 = 110
Total points: 110 + 140 = 250
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 16
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 1
Readerboard name: CariTask 20.9 - Moderator’s Pet - Book Concierge's Task: Happy 300th Birthday
Option 3: Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in: BATTLE OF FLOWERS PARADE -or- FIESTA
FLAMBEAU PARADE. All words count; minimum 3-word title
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
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points this post: 20
total points: 105
25.1 - Perletwo's Task: The Ides of March are ComeOption 2: The Sign of Four
On page 1 (#16) of the Revenge list
*** One Golden Oldie Ticket claimed - published in 1890
Option 3: Idaho by Emily Ruskovich
Initials in BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH
25.5 - MegSCL's Task: My Favorite Museums
Option 1
Book 1: Neverwhere
Set in London
Book 2: Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
1005 pages (more than the required 700)
*** 3 Big Book Tickets claimed - 1005 pages
Total points: 90
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: 3
Readerboard name: witchygal10.9 -"Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press" - Thomas Jefferson
Read a non-fiction book written about or by a journalist.
I read Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Slum by Katherine Boo. This is a non-fiction book. The author profile confirms that Katherine Boo is a journalist -"Katherine (Kate) J. Boo is a staff writer at The New Yorker and a former reporter and editor for The Washington Post."
Points: 10
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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Total Points and stats for Spring 2018
Books: 25
Points: 425
Big Book: 2
Golden Oldie: 2
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Danibean5.10 - From Your Collection: Read a book of your choice.
I read Welcome, Chaos by Kate Wilhelm.
15.4 - Collect, Preserve, Study, Exhibit, Stimulate, Engage: This is a list of the Top 10 Museums in the world: (Smithsonian Institution, Le Louvre, The Acropolis Museum, State Hermitage, The British Museum, The Prado, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Vatican Museums, The Uffizi Gallery, Rijksmuseum. 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. Book 1: Read a book written by a single author whose initials are found in the name of one of these museums listed above. All initials must be found in the museum name.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 above list. Subtitles may be ignored. Spaces determine words.
I read If I Stay by Gayle Forman
GF is located in The Uffizi Gallery
IIS is located in The British Museum
25.4 - Museums for Learning: Choose one option: For this task we'll be reading books which are new to you, non-fiction, and have a total page count of at least 600. Option 1: Read 2 books, one Book 1 and one book 2.
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 Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them by Jennifer Wright. (336 pages)
Book 2: Read a book with a building on the cover. The building must be an exterior view of a man-made construction.
I read
by JD Vance. (264 pags)This Post:
Points - 45
BB Tickets - 0
GO Tickets - 0
Books Read - 4
Tasks Complete - 3
Totals:
Points - 765
BB Tickets - 4
GO Tickets - 2
Books Read - 56
Tasks Complete - 47
Bookwrm526Task #30.6 - Conference, Convention, Conventicle
Option B, Book 1: 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. I read Dune by Frank Herbert, winner in 1965 (528p).
Option B, Book 2: 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. I read Eva's Eye by Karin Fossum (304p).
528+304=832p.
Points this post: 30
Total points so far: 600
ED30.1 - 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 Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra
National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (2015)
Option 2.-Read a book that has won or been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize award.
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1949),
(first published 1949)**I claim 1 GO Ticket**
Points This Post: 30
Total Points 425
Tasks Completed: 23
Books completed=30
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 17
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Amber's Task: Adventure in the SouthwestOption 1: Moloka'i by Alan Brennert (405pg)
Total Points = 160
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.
A Long Way From Home by Peter Carey
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kim O's task: We Are The Music Makers, And We Are The Dreamers Of Dreams
OPTION 4: Read a book with a word in its title (not subtitle) from the lyrics of the song You Belong to Me.
When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife by Meena Kandasamy
The title word from the song lyrics is YOU.
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Deborah's Task: Young Sheldon
OPTION 2: Read a book written by a single author who shares first and last name initials with these iconic Texans: SHJBSS.
The Only Story by Julian Barnes
20.8 - Nickels & 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.
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
(first published in 1985)
Points this post: 80
TOTAL POINTS: 80
Golden Oldies: -
Big Book Tickets: - (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 4
Total books read: 4
Readerboard name: CariTask # 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. Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
The Nix by Nathan Hill
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
trishhartuk10.8 - Tax Day
Read a book whose author’s initials can be found in TAX DAY.
We'll Always Have Parrots, Donna Andrews
DAy
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 625
Tasks Completed: 39
Golden Oldies: 7
Big Book tickets: 0
15.3 -Women’s History MonthONE-BOOK OPTION: Read a book with a main page genre that includes "history" or "historical" AND is written by a woman.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs
*This is a GOLDEN OLDIE (first published 1861)*
15.4 - Collect, Preserve, Study, Exhibit, Stimulate, Engage
ONE-BOOK OPTION: Read a book written by a single author whose initials are found in the name of one of the museums listed AND 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 list.
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
Author initials in rijKSmuseum
Title initials in tHe uFfizzi gallery
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.
Sight by Jessie Greengrass
15.7 - Spring Saints
Read a book by an author named David, Patrick or George or any of the related names.
In the Café of Lost Youth by Patrick Modiano
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 Gathering by Anne Enright
The 3 letter word is THE
The 9 letter word is GATHERING
Points this post: 75
TOTAL POINTS: 155
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: - (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 9
Total books read: 9
Nick KY20.5 FrugalityMom’s Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History
Option 3 -- Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton, first letter of all title words found in the quote: “well behaved women seldom make hiSTORy .”
20.9 Book Concierge’s 300
Opt. A. at least 50% in Texas. I read Rusty Puppy by Joe R. Lansdale, 310 pp > required 250
25.6 Diana K’s Windy City Museums
Opt. 3. Field Museum. I read Brasyl by Ian McDonald, 355 pp. Pagination contains a 3 and a 5.
Opt. 4. Adler Planetarium. I read The 37th Parallel: The Secret Truth Behind America's UFO Highway by Ben Mezrich, with stars on the cover. Don’t mistake the line of UFOs on the 37th parallel as stars. Rather, the cover is dotted with stars in the background:
Points This Post: 65
Total Points So Far: 665
Nick KYRepost 20.9 Book Concierge’s 300
Opt. A. at least 50% in Texas.
I am not sure where I got that 310 pp. for Rusty Puppy. I read the 320 pp. paperback, which is still greater than the required 250 pp.
Total Points so Far: still 665
Joanne MITask 20.5 Bigger Is Better - Frugalitymom's Task: Option 1
pick one book from Book Riots 100 Must Read Books of U.S. Historical Fiction.
Before We Were Yours # 13 on the list
Points this Task 20
Total points 230
BB tickets this task 0
Total BB tickets 9
Danibean25.4 - Museums for Learning: Choose one option: For this task we'll be reading books which are new to you, non-fiction, and have a total page count of at least 600. Option 1: Read 2 books, one Book 1 and one book 2.
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 Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them by Jennifer Wright. (336 pages)
Book 2: Read a book with a building on the cover. The building must be an exterior view of a man-made construction.
I read
by J.D. Vance by JD Vance. (264 pags)Both books are new to me.
Andy P.Task # 25.5 - MegSCL's Task: My Favorite Museums
Option 1. The National Gallery, London
Book 1: Read a book set at least 50% in London.
Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear over 50% set in London
Book 2 Read a huge book (at least 700 pages)
Just One Evil Act by Elizabeth George (720 pages)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 660
25.5 - MegSCL's Task: My Favorite MuseumsOption 3, book 1, a book set in New York City: Going Into Town: A Love Letter to New York by Roz Chast
Option 3, book 2, a book set on a Pacific island: Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
Points this post: 25
Total points: 635
Readerboard: JENBENT30.2 – Schatzie's Task: Castles and Other Historical Sites
#1 - biography MPG
Cockeyed: A Memoir by Ryan Knighton
#4 - author's initials in SCHWARZWALD
Down a Dark Road by Linda Castillo
Points this post: 30
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Big Books this post: 0
Total points: 370
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Books: 0
10.3 – Tell Me Where It HurtsStiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
Shelved as Medical
10.8 – Tax Day
Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dara
Author’s initial in TAX DAY
20.9 - Moderator’s Pet - Book Concierge's Task: Happy 300th Birthday
Option 1 - Lady Be Good by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Set in Texas
Points: 280
Task 15.4 - Collect, Preserve, Study, Exhibit, Stimulate, Engage Option 2 : read a book whose author's initials are in one of the given museums names and where the first letters of all the words in the title are found in another listed museum's name. The title must have at least 2 words.
Pour en finir avec le Moyen Age by Régine Pernoud
Pour En Finir Avec le Moyen Age in the MEtroPoLitAn museum oF Art
Régine Pernoud in the PRado
Points this post : 15
Total points : 55
Bookwrm526Task 10.1 - Let's Learn Something
Read a non-fiction book with a main page genre of history, art or culture/cultural. Genres may be standalone or embedded. I read Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell (genre history).
Points this post: 10
Total points so far: 610
Sorry for the mammoth post, mods. I was trying to take a break from the challenge this season but it turns out I can’t resist joining in, even if I am a bit late! 5.3 - The Museum of Bad Art
I read Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman.
5.4 - Avanos Hair Museum
I read Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
This was published in 1604 so I’m requesting one Golden Oldie ticket
5.7 - New England Maple Museum
I read Sugar Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke
5.8 - The Museum of Sex
I read Women & Power: A Manifesto by Mary Beard. Feminism is a MPG.
5.9 - The International Spy Museum
I read The Spy Who Came In from the Coldby John le Carré
This appears on page one of the list.
5.10 - From Your Collection
I read Bring the Noise: The Jürgen Klopp Story byRaphael Honigstein
10.2 - Free For All
I read How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber.
I borrowed the book (for free) from my local library.
This book has children as an MPG but was noted as not really a children’s book in the “not really for kids” thread.
10.3 - Tell Me Where It Hurts
I read The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie.
The narrator is a medical doctor. The book was approved in the task help thread.
This was first published in 1923 so I’m requesting one Golden Oldie ticket.
10.4. The Birds and the Bees
I read The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
10.6 - Want to See My Slides?
I read The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde which has science fiction as an MPG.
10.8 - Tax Day
I read The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
10.9 -"Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press" - Thomas Jefferson
I read Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
The author’s Goodreads biography states that “Her writing has appeared in numerous publications in print and online, including the Guardian newspaper and Harper's Magazine, where she is the first woman to regularly write the Easy Chair column founded in 1851. She is also a regular contributor to the political blog TomDispatch and to LitHub.”
10.10 - Africa Day
I read Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad which is set in what is today The Democratic Republic of the Congo.
This was published in 1899 so I’m requesting one Golden Oldie ticket
15.5 - Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
I read On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
15.9 - Find Your Muse
I read The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon
15.10 - Pay the Piper
I read The Great Cornish Getaway by Fern Britton which is set entirely in England.
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Amber's Task: Adventure in the Southwest
Option 3: I read Northern Lights: The Graphic Novel by Philip Pullman. The MPG adventure was noted in the genre verification thread.
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Rina's Task: Tallinn
Option 1: I read Othello, the Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare
This was published in 1603 so I’m requesting one Golden Oldie ticket
The book is 512 pages so I’m requesting one Big Book ticket
20.3 - Best Review – Michelle in Alaska's Task: Red or Green?
Option 4: I read Autumn by Ali Smith
Post total: 205
Season total: 205
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 1
Tasks completed: 19
20.10 Group ReadsI chose the short story collection, Her Body and Other Parties, and posted in the thread here, at message 24.
points this post: +20
Total points: 435
Kayla C15,1 A Truth and A Lie
Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between by Lauren Graham
MPG nonfiction
The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett by Chelsea Sedoti
points this post: 15
total points: 345
REPOST15.5 - Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Terrier (Beka Cooper #1) by Tamora Pierce
word in title, 'terrier', found in misTER RogER's neIghborhood
1x Bigger is Better tix (582 pages)
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 9
Season Total: 540
10.3 - Tell Me Where It HurtsThe Anatomist's Apprentice (Dr. Thomas Silkstone #1) by Tessa Harris
MC is a surgeon (doctor); Dr. Thomas Silkstone
25.3 - Andy P.’s Task: 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. The translator’s name MUST be present in the Goodreads main book record because if it weren’t for him/her you wouldn’t have been able to read this book.
Required: State the book's original language and that you are not literate in that language."
A People without a Past (Between Three Plagues: The Story of Balthasar Russow #2) by Jaan Kross
The book was originally published in Estonian & I cannot read Estonian
432 pages
Book 2. Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in the phrase READ CAREFULLY.
Night Letters:A Novel by Robert Dessaix
author's initials, RD, found in ReaD
276 pages
Total pages read: 708
25.4 - Catherine T's Task: Museums For Learning
"Option 1: Read 2 books, one Book 1 and one book 2.
Book 1: Read a book with a main page genre of Biography "
He Died with a Felafel in His Hand by John Birmingham
214 pages
Book 2: read a book with a building on the cover. The building must be an exterior view of a man-made construction.
Ghost Empire by Richard Filder
512 pages
1x Bigger is Better tix (512 pages)
Both books are new to me & non-fiction
Total pages read: 726
Total this Post: 60
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 10
Season Total: 600
Pamela32655.10 - From Your Collection
Reunited by a Secret Child by Leigh Bale
25.1 - Perletwo's Task: The Ides of March are Come
Option 1: Their Secret Baby Bond by Stephanie Dees - #3 in Family Blessings published March 2018. This is the latest book in the series.
Option 3: Loving Lieutenant Lancaster by Sarah M. Eden - S and E in Ides, M in March
30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss
Option 1:
by Evelyn M. Hill – The man on the cover is holding a cat.Option 2:
by Keli Gwyn – Published March 7, 2017Points this post: 60
Total Points: 305
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Post #165.4 - Avanos Hair Museum
Skip Beat!, Vol. 39..................................................................
25.1 - Perletwo's Task: The Ides of March are Come
1) Cocaine Blues Phryne Fisher #1
3)The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie
AC in MARCH
Points this post:30
Total Points:380
Books read:27
Tasks Done: 22
Suzannesea30.6 Brooke TX's Task
Option C
Book 1. Read a book written by a single author who is appearing at BookCon 2018.
Cinnamon Kiss by Walter Mosley
320 pages
Book 2. Read a book set at least 50% in a city that has hosted BEA.
Walking the Perfect Square by Reed Farrel Coleman is set in New York City.
264 pages.
Points this post: 30
Total points to date: 260
DebraJean15.4 - Collect, Preserve, Study, Exhibit, Stimulate, Engage
For Book 1, I read Tara Road by Maeve Binchy, whose initials appear in The British Museum. I am also claiming one BB ticket for this book which has 648 pages.
For Book 2, I read Rainbow Valley (R and V appear in Le Louvre). I am also claiming on GO ticket for this book originally pubished in 1919. And because this book has a MPG of Children's, below is the AR Bookfinder info:
Rainbow Valley
Montgomery, L.M.
AR Quiz No. 8091 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 14.0
Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP
Points this post - 15
Total points - 230
BB - 1
GO - 1
ED5.10 - From Your Collection-Read a book of your choice.
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
(first published January 1945)**I Claim 1 GO Ticket.**
Points This Post: 5
Total Points 430
Tasks Completed: 24
Books completed=31
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 18
5.4 - AVANOS HAIR MUSEUM -
Das Erdbeermädchen for length.
15.8 - THE RED BARON -
15.9 - The Forbidden Orchid
3 - The
9 - Forbidden
TOTAL POINTS - 385
ERICA PA25.1 - Perletwo's Task: The Ides of March are Come
Option 1: Read a book that is #1 in the series.
I read Hounded.
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in the phrase BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH.
I read Release Me by Farrah Rochon.
25.3 - Andy P.’s Task: 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.
I read The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George, translated by Simon Pare. This book was originally written in German, in which I am not literate.
Book 2: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in the phrase READ CAREFULLY.
I read Peter Darling by Austin Chant.
30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss
Option 1: Read a book with a cat on the cover.
I read
. Option 3: Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in THE LORAX.
I read
by Lesley Nneka Arimah.Post Points: 80
Total Points: 390
Cait S5.4- Avanos Hair Museum
Read a book that has human hair visible on the cover.
by Mindy McGinnis(Little hard to see unless you enlarge, but it's the girl on the bottom right of the cover.)
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 125
Brooklyn15.2 – Two of the Tates
Book 1: Read a book first published between 1897 and 1999 (inclusive).
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
First published in 1955.
Book 2: Read a book first published since 2000.
Trespassing by Brandi Reeds
First published in 2018.
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15.4 – Collect, Preserve, Study, Exhibit, Stimulate, Engage
Option 2: Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in the name of one of the museums and with a title of 2+ words in which the first letters of each word can be found in a different museum.
A Stranger in the House by Shari Lapena
Shari Lapena – the acropoLiS museum
A Stranger in the House – SmITHsoniAn institution
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25.4 – Museums For Learning
Book 1: Read a non-fiction book with a MPG of history, science or biography.
Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar--Your Brain's Silent Killers by David Perlmutter – 336 pgs
MPG of Science; verified in help thread
Book 2: Read a non-fiction book with a building on the cover
by Jennifer Worth – 340 pgsBuilding approved in help thread
336 + 340 = 676 pgs
Points this post: 55
Total points: 430/930
Tasks completed: 25/55
Books read: 32
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
CEELEETask 20.10 GROUP READS
Read a book from the three Group Read choices and participate in the discussion thread with observations and/or review of the book.
I chose Dead Wake by Eric Larson.
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
My discussion post was made on May 8 2018 and Message #21.
Total Points for Task: 20
Total Books Read for Task: 1
Total Big Books Points Earned for Task: 0
Total GO Points Earned for Task: 0
Total Points Earned for Spring Challenge 2018: 60
Total Tasks completed for Spring Challenge 2018: 4
Total Books read for Spring 2018 Challenge: 4
Total Big Books point Earned for Spring Challenge 2018: 0
Total GO Points Earned for Spring Challenge: 0
10.2 - Free For AllA book that I got for free: The Woman in the Water by Charles Finch
Audiobook downloaded from my public library.
10.4. The Birds and the Bees
A book with the word "Bird" in the title: Bird Cloud: A Memoir by Annie Proulx
Points this post: 20
Total points: 655
ED5.8 - The Museum of Sex-Read a book with the main page genre of Sexuality, Gender, Feminism, or LGBT (or GLBT).
Take Me Out: A Play by Richard Greenberg... GLBT genre noted in help thread
Points This Post: 5
Total Points 435
Tasks Completed: 25
Books completed=32
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 18
Joanne MITask 15.3-Option 2-Read one book with the MPG as history/historical AND written by a woman
Falls the Shadow
Sharon Kay Penman
Claiming 1 Big Book ticket 580 pages
Points this task 15
Total Points 245
BB this post 1
Total BB 10
Chris MDI need to delete the points I originally claimed for task 15.6. I will not be replacing it.
15.3 Women's History Month
One book option
What Darkness Brings by C.S. Harris
The book has a main page genre of "historical," and the author page for C.S. Harris shows that she is a woman.
I listened to the audio version of this book. The paperback has 368 pages.
25.8 Rulebreakers
Option 1: Other person role whose initials are found in "unidentified othERs"
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
This book is narrated by Emily Rankin and Catherine Taber. Emily's initials are found in "unidentified others."
I listened to the audio version of this book (linked above). I don't think the paperback has been released yet. The hardcover edition has 342 pages.
Option 2: Author's name includes a capital letter that it not their first or last initial
The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
The middle name starts with an A, which is found in CAPITAL NOT INITIAL.
I listened to the audio version of this book. The paperback has 273 pages.
This adds a net 25 points to my total for 250 total points.
25.3 - Andy P.’s Task: Correcting Mistakes Before They HappenBOOK 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.
Small Country by Gaël Faye
The book's original language is French. While I have some school-level French, I definitely could not read and appreciate a whole novel; I hope this counts as "not literate".
BOOK 2: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in the phrase READ CAREFULLY.
The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
(801 pages)
*This book is a GOLDEN OLDIE (first published 1837)*
*This book is a BIG BOOK (801 pages)*
Points this post: 25
TOTAL POINTS: 180
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: - (500+); 1 (750+)
Total tasks completed: 10
Total books read: 11
Julia10320.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Deborah's Task: Young Sheldon
Option 2: The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard
25.5 - MegSCL's Task: My Favorite Museums
Option 1:
Book 1: Lord Edgware Dies (set in London)
Book 2: At All Costs (880 pages)
At All Costs has 880 pages - claiming 2 BB tickets
Lord Edgware Dies was first published in 1933 - claiming one GO ticket
This post: 45 points, 2 BB, 1 GO
Challenge total points: 415
BB: 8
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 24
FANDURY5.6 - 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.
Burn Me Deadly by Alex Bledsoe
The book was first published 2009 and the MMP has 320 pages: Burn Me Deadly
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 490
Books Read: 38
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
CYNBAXTER# 10.07 – My Favorite Holiday!
Task: Read a book from this list: Stories for Book Lovers.
Book 1: The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly which was #28 on the first page of the list
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date = 275 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 4
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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I read Six Months, Three Days, Five Others
15.2 - Two Of The Tates
For book 1, I read Death and the Dancing Footman, first published in 1941.
For book 2, I read The Immortalists. I read the kindle edition; the top paperback (no MMPB) is The Immortalists. First published 2018.
30.1 - Dlmrose's Task: And The Award Goes To...
For my first book, I chose option B (Pulitzer) and read Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City. I read the kindle edition - the top paperback (no MMPB) is Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City. This book won the 2017 Pulitzer for general non-fiction. page 1 of list.
For my second book, I chose option C (Edgar) and read Bimbos of the Death Sun. I read the kindle version - the top MMPB is Bimbos of the Death Sun. 1988 Edgar for Best Paperback Original. page 8 of list.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 820