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SPRING CHALLENGE 2018
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10.7 - My Favorite Holiday!
pg 1, #100: The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley
15.3 -Women’s History Month
option 2
historical genre: The Winter Guest by female author Pam Jenoff
15.4 - Collect, Preserve, Study, Exhibit, Stimulate, Engage
Option 2
Come Twilight by Tyler Dilts
TD in The Prado
CT in The Vatican Museum
total = 85
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20.1 - Most Improved Player - Amber's Task: Adventure in the Southwest
option 2,initials AA in mAnhAttan: Robert B. Parker's Lullaby by Ace Atkins
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Rina's Task: Tallinn
option 1 TT, OO, (KK) in title: The Little Book of Lykke: Secrets of the World’s Happiest People by Meik Wiking
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Siobhan's Task: Wedding Day
option 3, SF genre: All Systems Red by Martha Wells
total = 145
25.4 - Catherine T's Task: Museums For Learning Option 2: Read one book that meets both Book 1 and Book 2 requirements.
Book read: London: The Biography
How it fits:
It's a new to me book, nonfiction, has 848 pages, has MPG History, has a building on the cover
(Cover was approved in help thread: Link)Claiming 2 Big Book Tickets: 848 pages (PB Edition: London: The Biography)
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Points this post: 25
Total points: 90
Books read: 7
Tasks completed: 7
BB Tickets: 4
GO Tickets: 0
DebraJean10.9 - Our Liberty Depends on Freedom of the Press
The Glass Castle which has a MPG of Non-fiction and was written by Jeannette Walls who is a writer and journalist.
Points this post - 10
Total points - 100
BB - 0
GO - 0
Prettygreeneyes10.4 - The Birds & The Bees
A bird name in the title:
The Kite Runner by Khaled Housseini The bird being a kite.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 1
Andy P.Task # 5.3 - The Museum of Bad Art
Read a book that has a title/subtitle that contains all of the letters in BAD ART. Death in the Abstract by Emily Barnes Death in the ABsTRAct
Points this post: 5
Total points: 95
Andy P.Task #
10.7 - My Favorite Holiday!
Read a book from this list: Stories for Book Lovers. The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster
page 2 # 196 as of 3/18/18
Points this post: 10
Total points: 105
Stephanie12720.9 - 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 -or- FIESTA FLAMBEAU PARADE. All words count; minimum 3-word title. Do NOT include subtitles. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the specific phrase.
The Long Fall: baTtle oF fLowers parade, which has 335 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20/930
Tasks completed: 1/55
Books read: 1
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I read Augustown. 4th main page genre is Magical realism - matching Museum.
10.2 - Free For All
I read Get What's Yours for Medicare: Maximize Your Coverage, Minimize Your Costs - a book I checked out from the public library.
15.6 - Oh, Beans!
I read Written in Red - word "red" in title from jelly bean flavor red apple.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 245
MAZZA125.6 - Diana K's Task: Windy City Museums
Choosing to read 1 book that has over 500 pages from any one option.
Option B.
Read a book whose author's first and last name initials can be found in CLAUDE MONET.
The Secret History Donna Tartt Page count 659 exceeds requirements for one book option
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 530
Christine V20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Rina's Task: Tallinn
Option 1: The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors
2 pairs of double letters in the subtitle (faLL/waRRiors)
I listened to the audio edition. The top non-large print PB (no MMPB available) The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors has 512 pages.
***Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket***
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets this post: 1
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)
10.2 - Free For AllFrom the Library:
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
+10 Points
10.10 - Africa Day
Author born in and book set in Nigeria:
Stay with Me by Ayobami Adebayo
+10 Points
15.9 - Find Your Muse
The (3) and Reluctant (9)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
+15 Points
20.3 - Best Review – Michelle in Alaska's Task: Red or Green?
250 Pages: 306 pages
OPTION 4: One of my best memories from childhood was visiting White Sands National Monument. For this option, read a book by an author whose initials can be found in WHITE SANDS.
White Sands
Pericles by William Shakespeare
+20 Points
Points this Post: 55
Season Total: 55
MAZZA15.10 - From Your Collection
Read a book of your choice.
Neil Armstrong in North Somerset And More Than 50 Other Short Tales for a Fast World
Points this post = 5
points to date = 535
Julia10320.1 - Most Improved Player - Amber's Task: Adventure in the Southwest
Option 2: The Double Image by Helen MacInnes (HM in ManHattan)
This post: 20 points
Challenge total points: 85
BB: 1
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 7
15.9 - Find Your MuseA book with both a 3-letter word and a 9-letter word in the title: Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew J. Sullivan
The=3 letters
Bookstore=9 letters
Points this post: 15
Total points: 155
20.1 - CELEBRATING THE SRCOPTION 1 - Flame in the Mist
25.1 - THE IDES OF MARCH ARE COME
OPTION 1 - A Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor
OPTION 3 - Midwinter Break by Bernard MacLaverty
TOTAL POINTS - 85
Stephanie1275.2 - A Cultural Experience: Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials can be found in CULTURE.
Blankets by Craig Thompson
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25/930
Tasks completed: 2/55
Books read: 2
MegSCL10.8 - Tax Day
Stay with Me by Ayobami Adebayo
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Amber's Task: Adventure in the Southwest
Option 2 (Manhattan Project): Summer At Mount Hope by Rosalie Ham
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Kim O's task: We Are The Music Makers, And We Are The Dreamers Of Dreams
Option 3 (Octobass): Lion : Saroo Brierley by Saroo Brierley
TOTAL TO DATE
points: 165
BB tickets: 4
15.7 - Spring SaintsRead a book by an author named David, Patrick or George or any of the related names found at Behind the Name.
I read Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction by David Sheff.
Task Points: 15
Total Challenge points:15
Total tasks completed:1
Books Read:1
10.2 - Free For AllNumerous museums around the world allow free entry, although donations are appreciated. Read a book that you got for free – a gift, library book, etc.
REQUIRED: Explain in your post how you got the book.
I read Grief Cottage, that I checed out from the library.
Task Points: 10
Total Challenge points:25
Total tasks completed:2
Books Read:2
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.3 The Museum of Bad Art
Read a book that has a title/subtitle that contains all of the letters in BAD ART.
I read Victoria Abdul by Shrabani Basu.
Challenge 15.4 Collect, Preserve, Study, Exhibit, Stimulate, Engage
I choose option 2.
The British Museum: Title of book If It Bleeds: A Nicole Charles Mystery
The Uffizi Gallery: Author is Linda L. Richards
Challenge 20.4 Golden Oldies - Siobhan's Task: Wedding Day
Option 2: The Date -- Read a book FIRST published in June of any year.
I read The Lawyer Lifeguard by James Patterson. It was published first in June 2017
Points this post: 40
Total points: 205
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 19
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Nick KY25.8 Dakimel’s Rulebreakers
Opt. 2. Author Ursula K. Le Guin. “L” in Ursula K. Le Guin is a rulebreaker, and it is also in “capitaL.” Approved in comment 25 in the help thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I read The Wind's Twelve Quarters.
Opt. 5. 100 + -- I read Eudora Welty's The Hitch Hikers. by Larry Ketron, 50 pp, and Isn't it Romantic by Wendy Wasserstein, 72 pp – two plays below 100 pp each which total 122 pp.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 160
FANDURY5.2 - A Cultural Experience
Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials can be found in CULTURE.
Death Comes to the School by Catherine Lloyd
The initals of the author CL can be found in CuLture
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 120
Books Read: 8
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
CYNBAXTER# 10.03 – Tell Me Where It Hurts
Task: Read a book with a main page genre of "medicine" or "medical," or about or by a doctor, nurse, midwife or veterinarian.
Book: The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly: A Physician's First Year by Matt McCarthy
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date = 145 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 1
Brooklyn10.2 – Free For All
Read a book you got for free.
Brother Odd by Dean Koontz
I borrowed this book from my local library.
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10.6 – Want To See My Slides?
Read a book with a MPG of science fiction, standalone or embedded.
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
Has MPG of science fiction.
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10.7 – My Favorite Holiday!
Read a book from the “Stories for Book Lovers” listopia.
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Found on pg 1
**First published in 1817 - Claiming 1 Golden Oldie ticket**
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20.1 – Adventure in the Southwest
Option 32: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in MANHATTAN PROJECT
Burntown by Jennifer McMahon
Manhattan proJect
Points this post: 50
Total points: 95/930
Tasks completed: 6/55
Books read: 7
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
5.4 – Avanos Hair MuseumMarrying Winterborne by Lisa Kleypas
10.2 - Free For All
Darker by E.L. James, this is a BIG BOOK with 546 pages
Borrowed from my library
10.10 – Africa Day
The House of Unexpected Sisters by Alexander McCall Smith
Set in Botswana
Points: 85
Catherine TTask 5.4 - Avanos Hair Museum
read a book with human hair on the cover
Until Dawn by Erin Bedford
read a book featuring vampires (on the list)
Until Midnight by Erin R. Bedford
Vampires MPG. The love interest is a vampire
Task 10.2 - Free For All
read a book I got for free
Nutshell by Ian McEwan
I got this from my library, for free
Task 15.9 - Find Your Muse
read a book with a three letter word & a nine letter word in the subtitle
Molly's Game: From Hollywood's Elite to Wall Street's Billionaire Boys Club, My High-Stakes Adventure in the World of Underground Poker by Molly Bloom
3 letters: THE
9 letters: ADV ENT URE
Season total = 270
Stephanie12720.4 - Golden Oldies - Siobhan's Task: Wedding Day
Option 2: The Date: Read a book FIRST published in June of any year.
Bone first published on June 16, 2014
Points this post: 20
Total points: 45/930
Tasks completed: 3/55
Books read: 3
Diana K.Task 5.10 From Your Collection. Read a book of your choice.
Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear. Get On the Mat. Love Your Body.
Task 10.5 Springtime in Paris. Read a book set in France.
Beginning French: Lessons from a Stone Farmhouse
Points this post: 15
Total points: 110
SCHATZIE5.5 - International Cryptozoology Museum
---cryptid from list
vampires, werewolves (on list) and aliens (not on list)
Clean Sweep
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5.7 - New England Maple Museum
---something sweet to eat on the cover
Murder Freshly Baked
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5.8 - The Museum of Sex
---mpg feminism
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II
---mpg of feminism verified in help thread, msg #10
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5.9 - The International Spy Museum
---book from given list
found on pg. 1
Live and Let Die
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Points this Post: 20
Challenge Total: 20
SCHATZIE10.1 - Let's Learn Something.
---non-fiction with a mpg of history
If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty
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10.3 - Tell Me Where It Hurts
---mpg medicine
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
--approved in help thread, msg. #2
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10.4. The Birds and the Bees
--- “Bird” in the title/subtitle,
Bird Dream: Adventures at the Extremes of Human Flight
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10.5. Springtime in Paris
--- book set in France
The Paris Architect
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10.7 - My Favorite Holiday!
---book from given list
Anne of Green Gables
--found on pg. 1
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 AR pts: 17
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10.8 - Tax Day
---author's initials in TAX DAY
And Only to Deceive
by Tasha Alexander
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10.9 -"Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press" - Thomas Jefferson
---non-fiction book written by a journalist.
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
by Barbara Demick
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Points this Post: 70
Challenge Total: 90
BOOKLOVER===15.7===
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity David Allen
Points in post 15
Total points 720
BOOKLOVER===20.10===
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
My review is message 7.
20 points
740 total points
BOOKLOVER===20.7===
2) Summer Rental Mary Kay Andrews
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B) The Dog Who Came in from the Cold Alexander McCall Smith
40 points
780 total
perletwo30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss - Option 1: The Cat in the Hat - Read a book with a cat on the cover. REQUIRED: Include the cover when posting.
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal SnoggingOption 2: Birthday - Read a book FIRST published in March of any year or FIRST published in 1904.
Neighborly - first printed 3/1/18
Points this task: 30
Total points: 230
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 16
Tasks completed: 12
Queen Bee Darlene10.3 Tell Me Where It Hurts - main page genre of "medicine" or "medical," or about or by a doctor, nurse, midwife or veterinarian
Midwives by Chris Bohjalian Midwives
10 points
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 100
Task 25.3 – AndyP – Correcting Mistakes Before They HappenREQUIRED: 501+ pages: 432 + 228 = 660 pg
RESTRICTIONS: Single author only
Option 1 – Translated from a language I am NOT fluent in: Swedish
Beartown by Fredrik Backman
I listened to the audio / No MMP / Most Popular Paperback: Beartown – 432 pg
Option 2 – Author initials in READ CAREFULLY - A.C.
Agatha Christie / Lord Edgware Dies –228 pg
+++ GOLDEN OLDIE +++ – 1st published 1933
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 95 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
5.4 Avanos Hair MuseumWhat's Left of Me, by Kat Zhang.
(hair on cover approved in task help thread, message #16).This Post: +5
Total: 125
15.10 - Pay the PiperA book set in one of the countries that has a type of bagpipe (Scotland): The Cafe by the Sea by Jenny Colgan
Points this post: 15
Total points: 170
30.1 - Dlmrose's Task: And The Award Goes To...Option 1, a book that has won or been nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award: White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson (for Criticism 2016)
Option 2, a book that has won or been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize: Sweat by Lynn Nottage (for Drama 2017)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 200
5.4 - Avanos Hair MuseumMagi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Vol. 1 (Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic #1) by Shinobu Ohtaka
5.8 - The Museum of Sex
Masquerade (Micah Grey #3) by Laura Lam
10.2 - Free For All
Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Volume 2 (Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic #2) by Shinobu Ohtaka
borrowed from library
20.9 - Moderator’s Pet - Book Concierge's Task: Happy 300th Birthday
B) Read a book by a single author whose First and Last initials are in SAN ANTONIO. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in San Antonio. Middle initials may be ignored.
The Rules of Backyard Croquet by Sunni Overend
author's initials, SO, found in San anthoniO
368 pages
25.8 - Dakimel’s Task: Rulebreakers
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.
The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy #1) by S.A. Chakraborty
Middle initial, A, found in cApital
1x BIGGER IS BETTER TIX (544 pages)
3. read a book whose SERIES TITLE (as listed in the GR record) contains one of the following words: Girl
Plurals and possessives are okay; no other variations.
Ambulance Girls Under Fire (Ambulance Girls #2) by Deborah Burrows
Total this Post: 65
Golden Oldies:
Bigger is Better: 3
Season Total: 180
Katrina H10.4. The Birds and the Bees
Read a book with the word "Bird" in the title. Singular and plural acceptable.
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders.
Points: 10
Total points: 15
Readerboard: JENBENT25.6 - Diana K's Task: Windy City Museums
Option C - number of pages includes the numbers 5 and 3
Nina is Not OK by Shappi Khorsandi
352 pages
Option D - picture of a star (night sky, star on a flag, space scene, etc.) on the cover
The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore by Kim Fu
(cover shows night sky with many stars)
Points this post: 25
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Big Books this post: 0
Total points: 120
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Books: 0
10.7 - My Favorite Holiday!Read a book from this list: Stories for Book Lovers.
Book read: The Dry
How it fits: #1000 on the list, page 11
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Points this post: 10
Total points: 100
Books read: 8
Tasks completed: 8
BB Tickets: 4
GO Tickets: 0
Catherine TTask 30.4 - 3, 4, 5
option 1 - read a book #5 in series
Trapped by Kevin Hearne
336 pages
option 3 - read a book with page count including at least two of 3/4/5
Ice by Ed McBain
324 pages - 3 / 4
336 + 324 = 660 >600 pages
Season total = 305
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Siobhan's Task: Wedding DayOption 3: The Sonic Screwdriver Bouquet
Year One by Nora Roberts
main page genre of Science Fiction -- verified
Total Points: 55 + 20 = 75
Bookwrm526Task #20.4 - Wedding Day
Option 2: Read a book first published in June of any year. I read Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo (June 4, 2013).
Points this post: 20
Total points so far: 145
CelesteR5.5 - Wolf Guy volume 2 is about a werewolf. By Yoshiaki Tabata
Over 100 pages long.
Total pts: 20 + 5 = 25pts.
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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5.1 - A Night at the Museum
Read a book with a main page genre that starts with a letter in MUSEUM.
Banshee Blues by Bilinda Sheehan
MPG Urban Fantasy
10.6 - Want to See My Slides?
Read a book with the main page genre Science Fiction (standalone or embedded).
The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Lost World was first published 1912 so qualifies for one Golden Oldie
15.2 - Two Of The Tates
Book 1
Read a book FIRST published between 1897 and 1999 (inclusive).
The Big Four by Agatha Christie
The Big Four was first published 1927 so qualifies for one Golden Oldie
Book 2
Read a book FIRST published since the year 2000 (pre-May is OK).
Fast Connection by Megan Erickson
15.10 - Pay the Piper
Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of the countries that has a type of bagpipe: ...England...
Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas
Set in England.
Points this post: 45
Total points: 70
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 9