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SPRING CHALLENGE 2018
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Cindy FTask 20.2 Tallin
Option 1: Book with 2 pairs of double letters in the title
My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin (LL,EE)
Claim 1 Golden Oldie Published 1901
Points this post:20
Total points:30
Tasks completed:2
Books read:2
Golden Oldies:1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Sara G15.2 - Two Of The Tates
Read two books, one book 1 and one book 2.
Book 1: Tate Britain was known from 1897 to 1932 as the National Gallery of British Art and from 1932 to 2000 as the Tate Gallery. Read a book FIRST published between 1897 and 1999 (inclusive).
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
This was first published in 1975.
Book 2: The Tate Modern Museum opened on May 11, 2000. Read a book FIRST published since the year 2000 (pre-May is OK).
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
This was first published June 27, 2017.
15.6 - Oh, Beans!
National Jelly Bean Day is April 22. 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, Buttered Popcorn, Watermelon, Cherry, Cinnamon, Pear, Orange, Green Apple, Toasted Marshmallow, Blueberry, Coconut, Strawberry, Cotton Candy, Bubblegum, Root Beer, Peach, Coffee, Grape, Lemon, Red Apple
A single word from the list many be used. Plurals and possessives work, no other variations.
Black Powder War by Naomi Novik
15.8 - The Red Baron
Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen also known as the "Red Baron", was a fighter pilot with the German Air Force during World War I. He is considered the ace-of-aces of the war, being officially credited with 80 air combat victories. He was shot down and killed near Vaux-sur-Somme on 21 April 1918.
Read a book with an airplane on the cover*. An airplane is a fixed-wing aircraft capable of sustained flight flown by a pilot such as a glider, biplane, floatplane, or jet. It is NOT a kite, helicopter, hot air balloon, paper airplane or parachute. *Some portion of the wing must be visible.
by Kate ConstableApproved in the help thread here, the girl on the cover is looking up at a plane in the sky.
15.9 - Find Your Muse
The English "museum" comes from the Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseion), which denotes a place or temple dedicated to the Muses, the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts in Greek mythology. Writers disagree concerning the number of the Muses; some say that there are three, and others that there are nine.
Read a book with BOTH a three-letter word AND a nine-letter word in the title and/or subtitle. Numbers and symbols count at letters, punctuation (apostrophe's, hyphens, etc.) do not count.
The Lady Elizabeth by Alison Weir
The (3), Elizabeth (9)
I read the Kindle edition - the most shelved paperback for reference here has 512 pages.
**The Lady Elizabeth is a Big Book (512 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 60
Total points: 95
Danibean10.9 - "Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press" - Thomas Jefferson: Read a non-fiction book written about or by a journalist.
I read Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink.
**CLAIMING BIG BOOK TICKET** 558 pages
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 Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
20.1 - Adventure in the Southwest: This is a one book task. Pick any option.
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. Middle name initials may be ignored.
I read Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
This Post:
Points - 45
BB Tickets - 1
GO Tickets - 0
Books Read - 3
Tasks Complete - 3
Totals:
Points - 95
BB Tickets - 1
GO Tickets - 0
Books Read - 6
Tasks Complete - 6
Coralie5.10 From Your Collection
The Picts and the Martyrs
This book is not in ARBookFinder
10.4 The Birds and the Bees
Book with name of bird in the title
Thousand Cranes
cranes are birds
10.9 Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press
Nonfiction book by a journalist
Why I Write by George Orwell who was a journalist
15.5 Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Hombre
H & O in neigHbOrhood, M in My, B, R & E in nEighBoRhood
This post 40 points
Total to date 70 points
Mod
I chose option 2 and read Miller's Valley by Anna Quindlen. 2nd main page genre is Historical>Historical Fiction, and author is a woman.
15.5 - Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
I read Indigo - all letters in MIster Rogers NeIGhborhoOD
20.10 - Group Reads
I chose Short Story Collections and read Her Body and Other Parties . My comment is in post 2 of the discussion thread.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 120
Mod
5.2 - A Cultural Experience
initials RC in culture: Ragged Lake by Ron Corbett
5.5 - International Cryptozoology Museum
bigfoot: Working for Bigfoot by Jim Butcher
5.8 - The Museum of Sex
LGBT genre: Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
total = 45
MIKE DENNIS20.6 – Kim O's task: We Are The Music Makers:
Option 2 - Strings and Things: “Read a book with a piano or… on the cover.”
Cloud Atlas - you'll have to look closely in the lower left quadrant, below Luisa Rey (the woman in the coat who looks surprisingly like Halle Berry).
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Tasks: 20.6, using 1 book.
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Amber's Task: Adventure in the SouthwestOption 2: Several of the national monuments and national historic sites in New Mexico relate to the national labs here, which developed and built the first nuclear weapons during World War II. For this option, 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.
I read Rules of Civility by Amor Towles, whose initials "A" and "T" are in the phrase MANHATTAN PROJECT.
points: 60
books read: 4
tasks completed: 3
pages read: 1435
loafer10.9 -"Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press" - Thomas Jefferson
Read a non-fiction book written about or by a journalist.
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer
from Wikipedia: Much of Krakauer's popularity as a writer came from his work as a journalist for Outside. In November 1983, he was able to give up his part-time work as a fisherman and carpenter to become a full-time writer. In addition to his work on mountain climbing, the topics he covered as a freelance writer varied greatly; his writing has also appeared in Architectural Digest, National Geographic Magazine, Rolling Stone, and Smithsonian. Krakauer's 1992 book Eiger Dreams collects some of his articles written between 1982 and 1989.
points: 10
total: 80
GO: 3
BB: 1
tasks completed: 7
loafer10.4. The Birds and the Bees
Read a book with the word “Bird” or the name of a specific bird in the title/subtitle, OR, the word “Bug” or the name of a specific insect* in the title/subtitle.
Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
points: 10
total: 90
GO: 3
BB: 1
tasks completed: 8
15.7 Spring SaintsThe Circle, by Dave Eggars.
Librarianish's Spring SRC points:
This Post: +15
Total: 90
20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Frugalitymom's Task: Well Behaved Women Seldom Make Option 2, a book about a wife of Henry VIII: The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory, about Katherine of Aragon
Points this post: 20
Total points: 90
20.3 - RED OR GREENOPTION 4 - Family Tree by Susan Wiggs
20.7 - YOUNG SHELDON
OPTION 3 - White Chrysanthemum by Mary Lynn Bracht
20.9 - HAPPY 300TH BIRTHDAY
OPTION C - Midwinter Break by Bernard MacLaverty
TOTAL POINTS - 60
Amy O.20.4 - Golden Oldies - Siobhan's Task: Wedding Day
Option 4: book where the author's first and last initials can be found in BEST DAY EVER
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
This post: 20 points
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Pamela32655.4 - Avanos Hair Museum
by Lisa Bingham - Human hair on cover15.9 - Find Your Muse
” by Stacy HenrieThe (3) , Temporary (9)
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Deborah's Task: Young Sheldon
Option 1:
by Myra Johnson – Set in Texas Hill Country20.8 - Nickels & Dimes -Christine V's Task: Celebrating the Seasonal Reading Challenge
Option 1:
by Linda Ford – Big Sky Country #520.9 - Moderator’s Pet - Book Concierge's Task: Happy 300th Birthday
Option A:
by Angel Moore – Set in Texas25.8 - Dakimel’s Task: Rulebreakers
Option 2:
by Lee Tobin McClain - C in CapitalOption 4:
by Robst - Currently listed on line 46Points this post: 105
Total Points: 105
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
CYNBAXTER# 20.08 – NICKELS & DIMES: Christine V's Task: Celebrating the Seasonal Reading Challenge
Task: Read a book from this list: The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Initiated) Book Ever
Option 3: Animal Farm by George Orwell - #92 on the first page of the list
***This is a Golden Oldie (orig pub =1945). Claiming 1 GOLDIE ticket
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date = 115 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 1
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 1
15.8 The Red Baron
(We Need New Names, by NoViolet Bulawayo). Librarianish's Spring SRC points:
This Post: +15
Total: 105
Readerboard Name: Cari10.6 - Want to See My Slides?
Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction (standalone or embedded).
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
5.8 - The Museum of Sex
Read a book with the main page genre of Sexuality, Gender, Feminism, or LGBT (or GLBT).
The Power by Naomi Alderman
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Points this Post: 15
Points to Date:15
Books Read: 2
Tasks complete: 2
Diana K.Task 10.4 Read a book with the word “Bird” or the name of a specific bird in the title/subtitle.Every Word Is a Bird We Teach to Sing: Encounters with the Mysteries and Meanings of Language
Points this post: 10
Total points: 95
Bluegrass Pam20.2 Rina's Task: Tallinn
Option 1: 2 double letters in title
Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family – DD & OO
*Claiming 1 Big Book ticket – 731 pp
*Claiming 1 Golden Oldies ticket- First pub. 1901
GO this post: 1 / BB this post: 1
Total GO: 1 / Total BB:1
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
MAZZA 125.5 - MegSCL's Task: My Favorite Museums
Required: Identify the option. = 3
Option 3. The Met, New York City
Book 1: Read a book set at least 50% in New York City.
The Age of Innocence setting identified as New york on GR metadata
Book 2: My favourite room in this museum is the Pacific Islands collection. Read a book set at least 50% on a Pacific Island.
Livin' Lahaina Loca
set in Maui approved in help thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 380
Andy P.Task # 5.4 - Avanos Hair Museum
Read a book that has human hair visible on the cover
by Anna Quindlen Full head of hair with a ponytail on coverPoints this post: 5
Total points: 70
Andy P.Task # 10.1 - Let's Learn Something.
Read a non-fiction book with a main page genre of history
The Miracle of Dunkirk by Walter Lord
Nonfiction on main page (154 users), History on main page (69 users)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 80
CYNBAXTER# 5.01 – A Night at the Museum
Task: Read a book with a main page genre that starts with a letter in MUSEUM.
Book 1: Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel García Márquez which has Magical Realism on its main page genre list
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date = 120 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 1
trishhartuk15.6 - 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: Green Apple
The GREEN Mill Murder, Kerry Greenwood
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
GREEN Apple
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 145
Tasks Completed: 9
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book tickets :0
Joanne MITask 5.4 Hair Museum Read a book that has human hair visible on the cover.
Now Face to Face
Claiming 2 BB tickets (752 pages)
Points this task 5
Total points 55
BB tickets this post 2
Total BB tickets 3
Brooklyn20.8 – Celebrating the Seasonal Reading Challenge
Option 3: Read a book from the “The Most Begun ‘Read But Unfinished’ (Initiated) Book Ever”
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer – 544 pages
Found on pg 1
**Claiming 1 Big Book ticket**
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25.2 – Roads and Rails
Book 1: Option 1
Read a book set at least 50% in a state I’ve never visited.
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
The book is set in Alaska. I have never visited this state but would like to someday!
Book 2: Option 3
Read a book from the “Tales on Track” listopia.
The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton
Found on pg 1
Points this post: 45
Total points: 45/930
Tasks completed: 2/55
Books read: 3
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets: 1
Readerboard: JENBENT20.1 - Most Improved Player - Amber's Task: Adventure in the Southwest
Option 2: Author's initials in mAnhattan proJect (J.A.)
I Hear She's a Real Bitch by Jen Agg
Points this post: 20
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Big Books this post: 0
Total points: 75
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM5.1 - A Night at the Museum
I read Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot. "Autobiography>Memoir" is an MPG (verified).
5.2 - A Cultural Experience
I read Virgin Territory by Lia Riley (paperback). L and R are in CULTURE.
5.4 - Avanos Hair Museum
I read
by Porochista Khakpour (paperback).The Museum of Sex
I read The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang. LGBT is an MPG (verified).
10.8 - Tax Day
I read Brass by Xhenet Aliu. X and A are in TAX.
20.3 - Best Review – Michelle in Alaska's Task: Red or Green?
I chose Option 4. I read All the Names They Used for God: Stories by Anjali Sachdeva (272p). A and S are in SANDS.
Previous point total: 0
New points this post: 5+5+5+5+10+20
Total points: 50
New tasks completed in this post: 6
Total tasks: 6
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
20.8 - Celebrating the Seasonal Reading ChallengeOption 3: Read a book from this list: The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Initiated) Book Ever
Steppenwolf - on page 6 of the list, #554 https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...
Claiming Golden Oldie ticket - published 1927
Points this post = 20
Total points = 40
Big Book tickets = 0
Golden Oldies = 2
Marina H15.4 - Collect, Preserve, Study, Exhibit, Stimulate, Engage
Option 2: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Author's initials found in The Vatican Museums
Titel initials found in The Uffizi Gallery
Points this post: 15
Total points: 50
Big book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 3
Queen Bee Darlene15.1 A Truth and A Lie
Book 1: Non fiction book
Now and at the Hour of our Death by Susana Moreira Marques Now and at the Hour of Our Death
Book 2: Form of the word Lie in title
The Lying Game by Ruth Ware The Lying Game
15 points
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 65
Shree15.10 - Pay the Piper
Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of the countries that has a type of bagpipe: England & Scotland.
Changeless by Gail Carriger
Entire book takes place in England and Scotland.
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Siobhan's Task: Wedding Day
Option 3: Read a book with MPG Science Fiction.
Blameless by Gail Carriger
Points in Post: 35
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Total Points: 70
Mod
Read a book with a main page genre that starts with a letter in MUSEUM
read Our Dark Stars by Audrey Grey and Krystal Wade - Genre is Sci-Fi
5.2 - A Cultural Experience
Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials can be found in CULTURE
read The Upside of Falling Down by Rebekah Crane Letters C and R
10.7 - My Favorite Holiday!
Read a book from this list: Stories for Book Lovers.
read Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon found on page 7
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
read How to Hang a Witch by Adriana Mather
letters M and A
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Siobhan's Task: Wedding Day
Option 3: The Sonic Screwdriver Bouquet
Read a book with a main page genre of Science Fiction
read The Forgetting by Sharon Cameron
20.8 20.8 - Nickels & Dimes -Christine V's Task: Celebrating the Seasonal Reading Challenge
Option 1:Read a book that is #1, #5, or #10 in a series.
read Hounded by by Kevin Hearne # in series.
20.10 - Group Reads
read Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
Post number 3 in group reads.
Points this post - 100
total points 240
books this post 7
total books read. 18
NICOLE OH5.4 - Avanos Hair Museum
5.8 - The Museum of Sex
Lily and Dunkin MG+ rating on AR Bookfinder
10.1 - Let's Learn Something
Monet: Itinerant of Light (approved in help thread)
10.5. Springtime in Paris
The Little Paris Bookshop
15.4 - Collect, Preserve, Study, Exhibit, Stimulate, Engage
Option 2: The Music Shop (TMS- Smithsonian Institution) by Rachel Joyce (RJ- Rijksmuseum)
15.7 - Spring Saints
Hold Me Closer: The Tiny Cooper Story by David Levithan (David)
Points this post: 60
Total Points for Spring Challenge: 60
perletwo15.8 - The Red Baron - Read a book with an airplane on the cover. Some portion of the wing must be visible. Required: Include the cover.
A Wild and Lonely PlacePoints this task: 15
Total points: 145
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 09
Tasks completed: 07
perletwo5.10 - From Your Collection - Read a book of your choice.
The Woman in the Water
Points this task: 05
Total points: 150
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 10
Tasks completed: 08
LAVENDER20.09 - 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.
Beyond World's End (Bedlam's Bard, #4) by Mercedes Lackey, Rosemary Edghill 416 pages
BWE found in BATTLE OF FLOWERS PARADE, >250 pages
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 55
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
FANDURY20.7 - 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 Necromancer by Jonathan L. Howard
The author has the initals JH.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 105
Books Read: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
MAZZA1Task 30.2 Schatzie's Task: Castles and Other Historical Sites
Pick 2 different options and read a book for each.
Required: State the options you’ve chosen when posting.
Opt. 1:
Read a book with a main page genre of biography, stand alone or embedded.
Agatha Christie: A biography
Opt. 5:
. Read a book that is number 14, 15, 16, 17, or 18 in a series. This must be clear from the metadata.
Miss Marple's Final Cases GR metadata #14
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 410
Task 10.1 – Let’s Learn SomethingNONfiction with main page genre: HISTORY
Prisoners of Geography
Genre confirmed in HELP Thread
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This Post: 10 points
Total points to date: 50 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 0
trishhartuk20.8 Nickels & Dimes -Christine V's Task: Celebrating the SRC
Option 4: Read a book that has a book on its cover.
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 165
Tasks Completed: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book tickets :0
5.5 Cryptids list: VampiresDracula by Bram Stoker
*Claiming GO ticket, first pub 1897*
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 65/930
Tasks completed: 5/55
Books Read: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books:500+(1)750+(1)1000+(0)
20.6 We Are the Music MakersOption 1: Grammy Museum
The Wrong Side of Goodbye by Michael Connelly
More than 50% set in Los Angeles
20.9 Happy 300th Birthday
Option C: Two Steps Forward by Graeme Simsion
TSF is in Battle of Flowers Parade
Post Total: 40
Grand Total: 40
Kayla C10.2 Free For All
The Hating Game bySally Thorne
I borrowed this book from Hoopla using my library card
points this post: 10
total points; 45
BB total: 1
GO total: 0
Readerboard Name: Amarie20.3 - Red or Green?
Option 3 - Read a book with a flower/flowers on the cover.
Required: Include the book cover and 250 page minimum.
Book:
by Amber SmithPage Count: 384
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 160
Tasks Completed: 8
Anja5.4 - Avanos Hair Museum
Read a book that has human hair visible on the cover.
A Night to Surrender by Tessa Dare
POINTS:
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 45
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 4
10.4. The Birds and the Bees Read a book with the word “Bird” or the name of a specific bird in the title/subtitle
Book read: Magpie Murders
How it fits: Magpie in title
Claiming 1 BigBook Ticket: 509 pages (MMPB Edition: Magpie Murders)
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Points this post: 10
Total points: 50
Books read: 5
Tasks completed: 5
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
Bookwrm526Task #20.3 - Red or Green?
Option 4: Read a book (at least 250 p) by an author whose initials can be found in WHITE SANDS. Ignore middle initials. I read The Good House by Tananarive Due.
Points this post: 20
Total points so far: 95
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction (standalone or embedded).
Book read: The Lost Plot
How it fits: MPG Science Fiction
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Points this post: 10
Total points: 40
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 4
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0