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SPRING CHALLENGE 2018
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Sarah E15.1 - A Truth and A Lie
Book 1: Non-fiction main page genre
Flat Broke with Two Goats: A Memoir
I listened to the audio, paperback (no MMP) is Flat Broke with Two Goats: A Memoir of Appalachia
Book 2: LIE in title
Lies
Points this post: 15
Total points: 370
Bluegrass Pam15.10 - Pay the Piper
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
*At least 50% set in England. This book is set 100% in England (Swindon and London, which are noted in the GR metadata under Setting).
Total GO: 1 / Total BB:2
Points this post: 15
Total points: 180
15.2 - Two Of The TatesBook 1: Read a book FIRST published between 1897 and 1999 (inclusive).
Book read: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
How it fits: first published in 1990
Book 2: Read a book FIRST published since the year 2000
Book read: Fire
How it fits: first published in 2009
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Points this post: 15
Total points: 820
Books read: 62
Tasks completed: 48
BB Tickets: 14
GO Tickets: 2
Nick KY10.10 Africa Day I read She Plays with the Darkness by Zakes Mda, set in Lesotho, a member of the African Union.
20.6 Kim O's We are the Music Makers...
Option 1. Trip to the Museum. The museum I used is The Country Music Hall of Fame Museum in Nashville, TN. I read A Murder in Music City: Corruption, Scandal, and the Framing of an Innocent Man by Michael Bishop, set in Nashville.
Page numbers verified at 330 pp: https://www.amazon.com/Murder-Music-C...
30.3 Ava Catherine's Dr. Seuss
Opt. 1. Cat on Cover. I read Elementary, She Read by Vicki Delany --
Opt. 3. Author's inits in "tHe Lorax": I read Selected Poems by Langston Hughes.
Points This Post: 60
Total Points So Far: 930
Shree15.9 - Find Your Muse
Read a book with BOTH a three-letter word AND a nine-letter word in the title and/or subtitle.
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O'Neil
3: how 9: democracy
30.2 – Schatzie's Task:
Opt 1. MPG: Biography
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance
Opt 2. Read a book with a castle on the cover.
Heartless by Gail CarrigerCover confirmed here.
30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task
Opt 1. Cat on cover.
We Are Never Meeting In Real Life by Samantha IrbyOpt 2. First published in March.
Timeless by Gail Carriger
Points in Post: 75
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Total Points: 145
Sarah E20.9 - Moderator’s Pet - Book Concierge's Task: Happy 300th Birthday
Option B: Author initials in S AN AN T ONIO
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
I read the kindle edition, top paperback (no MMP) is The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle with 505 pages
Big Book (505 pages). I claim 1 BB ticket.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 390
BB tickets this post: 1
Total BB tickets: 4
Julia10325.8 - Dakimel’s Task: Rulebreakers
Option 2 - The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz (A in cApital)
Option 4 - Texas Troubles. This book is row 2570 on SRC eBook Verification
This post: 25 points
Challenge total points: 570
BB: 9
GO: 2
Tasks completed: 33
Sarah E25.4 - Catherine T's Task: Museums For Learning
Book 1: Main page genres of Science and Biography
Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen
I read the ebook, top paperback (no MMP) is Travelling to Infinity with 487 pages
Book 2: Buildings on cover
I read the ebook, the paperback The King's Henchman: Henry Jermyn, Spy-Master, Favourite and Courtier to the Stuarts. Anthony Adolph has 364 pages
487 + 364 = 851 pages
Both books are new to me and are non-fiction
Points this post: 25
Total points: 415
Amy FL15.4 - Collect, Preserve, Study, Exhibit, Stimulate, Engage
Option 2: Little Fires Everywhere - the ufFizzi gaLlEry by Celest Ng -the vatiCaN museums
15.5 - Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Origin - mIsteR rOGer's NeIghborhood
15.8 - The Red Baron
15.9 - Find Your Muse
The Boyfriend (The - 3, Boyfriend - 9)
25.8 - Dakimel’s Task: Rulebreakers
2. The Breakdown - B. A. Paris - A in Capital
3. Far From True - Series - promise FALLs
Points this post: 85
Total points: 125
10.1 - Let's Learn Something. Read a non-fiction book with a main page genre of history, art or culture/cultural.
Book read: Logavina Street: Life And Death In A Sarajevo Neighborhood
How it fits: Nonfiction, MPG History
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Points this post: 10
Total points: 830
Books read: 63
Tasks completed: 49
BB Tickets: 14
GO Tickets: 2
10.6 - Want to See My Slides?Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction
Blindness
15.2 - Two Of The Tates
Book 1:Read a book FIRST published between 1897 and 1999 (inclusive).
The Voyage Out First published in 1915
***Claiming a Golden Oldie Ticket for being published in 1915***
Book 2: Read a book FIRST published since the year 2000
The Girls First published 2005
Total new points: 25
Total challenge points: 275
BB's: 6
Go's: 3
Laurah30Mod
50.1 - Booklover's Task: The Classic Novel
1: The Eighteenth Century
Read a novel first published between 1700 and 1799 (inclusive), AND fulfills either:
(A) One of the most famous novels of this period is The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman which purports to be an autobiography of the eponymous Tristram Shandy. Read a novel whose title includes the name of its protagonist (e.g., Moll Flanders, Robinson Crusoe or Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady)
Robinson Crusoe
1: The Eighteenth Century
Read a novel first published between 1700 and 1799 (inclusive), AND fulfills either:
(A) One of the most famous novels of this period is The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman which purports to be an autobiography of the eponymous Tristram Shandy. Read a novel whose title includes the name of its protagonist (e.g., Moll Flanders, Robinson Crusoe or Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady)
Persuasion by Jane Austen
3: The Victorian Era
Read a novel first published between 1837 and 1901 (inclusive), AND fulfills either:
(A) Charles Dickens is widely regarded as one of the greatest early Victorian era novelists and Thomas Hardy as one of the greatest of the late Victorian era. Read a novel by either Charles Dickens or Thomas Hardy.
Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
5.2 - A Cultural ExperienceRead a book written by an author whose first and last initials can be found in (C)ULTU(R)E.
Rough Edge by C. D. Reiss
5.4 - Avanos Hair Museum
5.10 - From Your Collection
Book of choice
Knotted
20.9 - Moderator’s Pet - Book Concierge's Task: Happy 300th Birthday
D) NIOSA – Night in Old San Antonio
Read a FICTION book in which you find one of these food items: Tacos
King's Wrath by Nina Levine
approved for length 6817
“Can you tell him I’ve decided we should have tacos for dinner.”
Location 4135
25.5 - MegSCL's Task: My Favorite Museums
Option 3. The Met, New York City
Book 1
Misadventures with the Boss
The main character just moves to NYC and most of the book is set there.
Book 2
Read a book set at least 50% on a Pacific Island.
One More Time
The movie set and more than 50% of the book is set in Vancouver, listed as part of the Pacific Islands in Canada
Points this post: 60
Total points: 385
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 27
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
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.
A Pale View of Hills
I checked this book out of the library.
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.
Dot Journaling: A Practical Guide: How to Start and Keep the Planner, To-Do List, and Diary That’ll Actually Help You Get Your Life Together
This book has 240 pages. 240/15= 16
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 and/or subtitle.
Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer
LL, LL in subtitle (Wellness, Killing)
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. Your book must have a minimum of 250 pages.
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
This book has 286 pages.
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. The word must have at least three letters and the words must match exactly.
Required: Indicate the word you chose in your post.
You Don't Look Your Age: And Other Fairy Tales
The word 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.
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
This is Big Book at 601 pages. I claim one Big Book Ticket
Points This Post: 110
Total Points: 110
BB Tickets This Post: 1
Total BB Tickets: 1
30.2 – Schatzie's Task: Castles and Other Historical SitesOption 3: Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site: Read a book, nonfiction or fiction, with a main page genre of World War II, embedded or stand alone
The Alice Network
This book has 520 pages. I am claiming one Big Book Ticket
Opt. 4: Schwarzwald Museum:
Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in SCHWARZWALD
O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
This book was first published in 1913. I am claiming one Golden Oldie Ticket.
30.4 - Sandy's Task: 3, 4, 5
This is a two book task. The books must have a combined total of at least 600 pages.
Choose 2 books from 2 different options:
Option 2: Read a book whose average rating consists solely of the numbers 3, 4, and 5
The Great Alone
This book has a current average rating of 4.35. It was locked in at 4.4 in Message 35 of the help thread for this task. It has 440 pages.
Option 3: Read a book where the number of pages includes at least 2 of the numbers 3, 4, 5.
Alternate Side has 304 pages.
Total pages of the two books: 744
Total Points This Post: 60
Total Points: 170
Total Big Books This Post: 1
Total BB Tickets: 2
Total Golden Oldies This Post: 1
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Diana K.Task 20.1 Option 2 read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase MANHATTAN PROJECT
Love and Ruin by Paula McLain
Points this post: 20
Total points: 930
Kristen IA25.8 - Dakimel’s Task: Rulebreakers
Pick 2 of the options below and read one book for each option.
Required: Identify the options.
3. “Title or Subtitle” –
For this option, read a book whose SERIES TITLE (as listed in the GR record) contains one of the following words: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, Season, Reading, Challenge, Girl, Boy, Sister, Brother, Child, Woman, Man.
Plurals and possessives are okay; no other variations.
Defending Hearts by Shannon Stacey
I listened to an audiobook and linked to the MMPB edition.
4. “No Print Edition” – For this option, read a book that does not have a valid* print edition on GR from the “SRC eBook Verification” list of approved books. NOTE: Only books approved for 100+ pages can be used for this task.
*A valid print edition has page numbers.
REQUIRED: State the row # of your book as of the day you claim the task.
A Lady of Esteem by Kristi Ann Hunter
I read the ebook and it is approved for length on line #81
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 300/930
Tasks Completed: 15/55
GO: 0
BB: 4
Readerboard Name: Kathy P 15.5 - Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
MISTER ROGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD and/or CARDIGAN SWEATER
Embroideries
E in Mister
M in Mister
B in Neighborhood
R in Mister
O in Neighborhood
I in Neighborhood
D in Neighborhood
E in Neighborhood
R in Neighborhood
I in Mister
E in Roger's
S in Mister
Points this post: 15
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 305
BB:3
GO:0
Total Task completed: 15
Total Books read: 19
Readerboard Name: Kathy P 15.7 - Spring Saints
The Princess and the GoblinGeorge MacDonald
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 8.0
Points this post: 15
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 320
BB:3
GO:0
Total Task completed: 16
Total Books read: 20
Readerboard Name: Kathy P 20.3 - Best Review – Michelle in Alaska's Task: Red or Green?
Option 3:The Truth About Forever
374 pages
Points this post: 20
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 340
BB:3
GO:0
Total Task completed: 17
Total Books read: 21
Amy O.REPOST - TO SUBSTITUTE A NEW BOOK ONLY
**In Task 25.4, I would like to replace Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers with Flat Broke with Two Goats: A Memoir of Appalachia.**
25.4 - Catherine T's Task: Museums For Learning
Option 1, Book 1: nonfiction book with MPG of Biography
Flat Broke with Two Goats: A Memoir of Appalachia
This book is new to me.
Page count: 368 pages
Book 2: nonfiction book with a building on the cover
I'm Just Happy to Be Here: A Memoir of Renegade Mothering
This book is new to me.
Page count from hardcover edition, I'm Just Happy to Be Here: A Memoir of Renegade Mothering: 320 pages
Total page count: 368 pages + 320 pages = 688 pages
This post: 0 - this is a repost only
Total points: 415
Tasks completed: 26
Books read: 31
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 2 (less)
Amy O.10.3 - Tell Me Where It Hurts (book with MPG of Medical)
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
25.2 - Librarianish's Task - Roads and Rails
Book 1: set at least 50% in state you have never visited
The Snow Child
This book is set in Alaska. I have never visited Alaska.
Mass market paperback page count: 360 pages - Copila de zăpadă
Book 2: book from Young Adult road Trip Novels
Going Bovine - on page 1 of list
Paperback page count: 480 pages - Going Bovine
Total pages: 360 + 480 = 840
This post: 35
Total points: 450
Tasks completed: 28
Books read: 34
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 2
JUKKA5.2 - A Cultural Experience
Book whose author's first and last initials are in CULTURE.
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates.
10.6 - Want to See My Slides?
Book with main page genre Science Fiction.
Raven Stratagem by Yoon Ha Lee.
Points this post: 15
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Points: 255/930
Total Books Read: 23
Tasks Completed: 19/55
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 3
MegSCLMoving Modern Romance from task 5.10 to 15.1 please
5.1 - A Night at the Museum
What's Right?: The Future of Conservatism in Australia mpg Essays
5.10 - from your collection
Wormwood Mire
Children's genre, not listed in ar book find
15.1 - A Truth and A Lie
Book 1: Modern Romance
Book 2: Necessary Lies
TOTAL TO DATE
points: 880
BB tickets: 11
Golden Oldies; 3
Sara G30.6 Brooke TX's Task: Conference, Convention, Conventicle
Option B: SFWA (Science Fiction Writers of America), May 17-20
The Nebula Awards for science fiction/fantasy literature are presented during this conference, held this year in Pittsburgh, PA.
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.
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
This book won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 2014.
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.
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 509 pages.
**Magpie Murders is a Big Book (509 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 710
Mary P10.2 - Free For All
Read a book that you got for free – a gift, library book, etc.
The Roses of May by Dot Hutchison.
This book was a free kindle download.
Points this Task: 10
Total Points: 335
15.10 - Pay the PiperWolfskin
The book is set in the Orkney islands, which belong to Scotland.
Quotes from the author's "historical note":
"Orkney's history exists in the very bone of the islands."
"In Wolfskin I have not attempted to re-create the history of the first Norse arrival in Orkney...I've simply presented one possible picture of how it might have been..."
I read the kindle edition. The most popular paperback edition has 544 pages.
I'd like to claim one Big Book ticket, please.
points this post: 15
Total points: 470
Big Book tickets total: 5
Julia10310.3 - Tell Me Where It Hurts
Vital Signs (main characters are doctors)
This post: 10 points
Challenge total points: 590
BB: 9
GO: 2
Tasks completed: 34
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.2: Cultural Experience: The Silver Touch by Rosalind Laker. Author initials are in CULTURE.
Task 5.8: Museum of sex: Six of One by Rita Mae Brown. The book has the genre GLBT on the main page.
Task 10.1: Let's learn something: Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens by Steve Olson. The book has the genres Non Fiction and Historyon the main page.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0;
5.10 From Your CollectionI read Ship It by Britta Lundin
20.5 Bigger is Better
I chose option 3 and read Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney - S, I and L are in target phrase (well behaved women SeLdom make hIstory)
New Total: 160
FANDURY5.1 - A Night at the Museum
Read a book with a main page genre that starts with a letter in MUSEUM.
The Real-Town Murders by Adam Roberts
One of the main page genres of this book is Mystery.
10.7 - My Favorite Holiday!
Read a book from this list: Stories for Book Lovers.
Mostly Void, Partially Stars by Joseph Fink
Book is on page 12, #1107 on the list.
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 Reckoning by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
This book was originally written in Icelandic and I'm not literate in this language.
I read the Kindle version, but the paperback is 456 pages: Hævn
Book 2: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in the phrase READ CAREFULLY.
The Haunting of Rookward House by Darcy Coates
The initals of the author DC can be found in reaD Carefully
I read the kindle version, but the paperback is 296 pages: The Haunting of Rookward House
456 + 296 = 752 pages
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 585
Books Read: 46
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
5.2 - A Cultural Experience Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials can be found in CULTURE.
Book read: Glass Houses
How it fits: Author's (Rachel Caine) initials are RC.
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Points this post: 5
Total points: 835
Books read: 64
Tasks completed: 50
BB Tickets: 14
GO Tickets: 2
5.4 - Avanos Hair MuseumHelp Thread
This museum displays the hair of more than 16,000 women. If you care to visit, you can find it in a small, dark cave in the rural Turkish town of Avanos. Read a book that has human hair visible on the cover. Ex:
A Separate Peace by John Knowles Just Kids by Patti Smith Thrill Me to Death (Bullet Catcher, #2) by Roxanne St. Claire Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani 50 Ways to Hex Your Lover (Hex #1) by Linda Wisdom
Required: Include the cover.
I read
. You can see the blonde bob on the woman in the upper right corner.points: 205
books read: 16
tasks completed: 14
tasks in progress: 1
pages read: 6108
Readerboard Name: Nicola TTask: 15.10 - Pay the Piper
Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of the countries that has a type of bagpipe. I chose England
I read Giant Days, Vol. 5 (112 pages) which is set in Sheffield, England
Task: 20.10 - Group Reads
I read A Gentleman in Moscow. My thoughts on this book can be found in post 7 of the group reads page for this book: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 15 + 20 =35
Points total: 235
GO total: 1
Books read: 18
Tasks completed: 16
30.5 - TessaVanessa's Task: Name GameNames generated:
Terrie Woods
Jacqui Walker
Carissa Emerson
Angelina Young
Elenora Otis
Book 1, a book by an author with the same first name as the name generated (Terrie): Well Read, Then Dead by Terrie Farley Moran
Book 2, a book by an author with the same last name as the name generated (Woods): Sand Castle Bay by Sherryl Woods
Points this post: 30
Total points: 790
20.3 - Red or Green - Option 4 - whIte sAnds - Wildfire by Ilona Andrews20.7 - Young Sheldon - i) 50% in Texas - White Hot
Takes place entirely in Houston
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 475
loafer30.5 - TessaVanessa's Task: Name Game
names generated:
Meg Spark
Peter Kersey
Cade Fairborn
Laura Starr
Taylor Daniels
Book 1: Read a book with an author with the same first name as the name generated.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
TAYLOR Daniels
Book 2: Read a book with an author with the same last name as the name generated.
The Driver's Seat by Muriel Spark
Meg SPARK
points: 30
total: 625
GO: 8
BB: 7
Tasks completed: 36
loafer5.10 - From Your Collection
Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe
published in 1722 - claiming "golden oldie"
points: 5
total: 630
GO: 9
BB: 7
tasks completed: 37
JAMTOWN 80Task 25.4- Museums for Learning
Option 1:
Book 1: History and biography genre: The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
This author is new to me. Pages count : 414 pages
Book 2 : A building on cover
This is my first time reading Jeffrey Archer; page count is 400
Total page count 814 pages> 600
Post total: 25
10.7 - My Favorite Holiday!Read a book from this list: Stories for Book Lovers.
Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore
Found on page 6
Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 585
Total Tasks: 27
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 4
JAMTOWN 80Task 30.4- 3,4,5
Option 2: A book with average rating including 3,4,5
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
Approved in message 2 of the help thread
Page count of 298 pages
Option 3: A book with at least 2 of 3,4,5 in page count
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories- page count of paperback -437 pages
Total page count 735 > 600 pages
Post total: 30
JAMTOWN 80 Task 15.3- Women's History Month
Option 2: Candle in the Darkness by Lynn Austin
Post total: 15
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
Book read: Red Rising
How it fits: Has the word Red from Red Apple in the title
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Points this post: 15
Total points: 850
Books read: 65
Tasks completed: 51
BB Tickets: 14
GO Tickets: 2
Suzannesea20.6 Seasoned Reader
Option 4. Read a book with a word of at least three letters in its title from the lyrics of the song "You Belong to Me".
Midnight Sun by Jo Nesbø
My word is sun.
". . . watch the SUN rise on a tropic isle. . ."
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 320
5.1 A Night at the Museum genre: Mystery
The Light of the Fireflies by Paul Pen
5.2 A Cultural Experience
Inits in CutlturE
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
10.7 My Favorite Holiday!
Page 2 in list #140
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
This post: 20
Total: 20
Laurah3050.1 - Booklover's Task: The Classic Novel
1: The Eighteenth Century
Read a novel first published between 1700 and 1799 (inclusive), AND fulfills either:
(A) One of the most famous novels of this period is The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman which purports to be an autobiography of the eponymous Tristram Shandy. Read a novel whose title includes the name of its protagonist (e.g., Moll Flanders, Robinson Crusoe or Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady)
Robinson Crusoe 320 pages
2: The Eighteenth Century
Read a novel first published between 1700 and 1799 (inclusive), AND fulfills either:
(A) One of the most famous novels of this period is The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman which purports to be an autobiography of the eponymous Tristram Shandy. Read a novel whose title includes the name of its protagonist (e.g., Moll Flanders, Robinson Crusoe or Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady)
2: Romanticism
Read a novel first published between 1798 and 1837 (inclusive) AND fulfills either:
(A) Jane Austen is one of the most well known novelists of this period. Read a novel written by a female author.
Pride and Prejudice 435 pages
3: The Victorian Era
Read a novel first published between 1837 and 1901 (inclusive), AND fulfills either:
(A) Charles Dickens is widely regarded as one of the greatest early Victorian era novelists and Thomas Hardy as one of the greatest of the late Victorian era. Read a novel by either Charles Dickens or Thomas Hardy.
Far from the Madding Crowd 476 pages
total pages 320+435+476= 1231 pages
Chris MD20.4 Wedding Day
Option 2: Published in June of any year
Camino Island by John Grisham
This book was originally published June 6, 2017
I listened to the audio version of this book. The paperback has 368 pages.
20.5 Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History
Option 3: First letter in each word in title and subtitle are found in Well-Behave-D Wo-M-en Seldom Make History
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
20.9 Happy 300th Birthday
Option C: First letter in each word in the title is found in Battle of Flowers Parade
A Fete Worse Than Death by Dolores Gordon-Smith
A in Battle
F in Flowers
W in Flowers
T in Battle
D in Parade
The book is 288 pages long, meeting the 250 page requirement.
Points for this post: 20 + 20 + 20 = 60
Total points: 60 + 315 = 375
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 23
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 1
Mary P5.10 - From Your Collection
Read a book of your choice.
The Summer Children by Dot Hutchison.
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 340
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Task #20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Frugalitymom's Task: Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History
Option 3: Of course in any history I read I look for the women especially for those whose stories have yet to be told. For this option please 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.
Murder on a Summer's Day: A Kate Shackleton Mystery by Frances Brody
Murder on a Summer's Day: A Kate Shackleton Mystery
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"Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History."
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