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SPRING CHALLENGE 2019
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30.11Option A
Book 1: Read a book by a single author whose first and last names start with the same letter.
Daughters of the Lake by Wendy Webb
Book 2: Read a book from this list: Villain Protagonist
Prince of Thornsby Mark Lawrence (from page 1)
Task Points :30
Total Points: 30
hoodoomends20.3 - Burdened with Glorious Purpose
✿ Option 2: a book with the letters L O K I in the title.
The Book Lovers' Companion: What to Read Next published by Michael O'Mara
bOoK Lovers' companIon
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Points: 20
GO: -
BB: -
Total
Points: 105
GO: -
BB: -
Delicious Dee25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: Spring Things
Option 1 - The Girls at 17 Swann Street
Option 2 - The Test - shelved as science fiction by 112ppl
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 25
Amy the book bat5.4. President Snow
Read a book with the word “white,” “rose,” or “roses” in its title/subtitle. No variations on the words allowed.
Vanish with the Rose
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Task points: 5
Total points: 5
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Amy the book bat10.9 - Spring Forward
Next! Read the next book in a series you've already started. The book may not be #1 or earlier (i.e., #0.5) in the series and it should be new-to-you. Half-numbers (#1.5, etc) will work as long as they are next in the series, new-to-you, and meet SRC page requirements.
Required: State that the book is next in a series you've already started and new-to-you when you post.
The Battle of the Labyrinth Percy Jackson #4
The book is new to me.
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Task points: 10
Total points: 15
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
25.5 SandyL's Task: Spring Festivals!Option 3:Read a book set at least 50% in California, Florida, New Orleans, England or Australia.
I read Dollbaby. It is set in New Orleans.
Option 4: Read a book from of the following lists:
I chose to read Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology from the Best Show Business Memoirs Biographies list. It is on page 1 of the list.
Task Points: 25
Total Points: 35
Tasks Complete: 2
Books Read: 3
15.5Read a book set at least 50% in Canada
Book read: Exit, Pursued by a Bear by E.K. Johnston
How it fits: The whole book is set in Canada. The first page of tags has 40 tags for Canadian Ya and it can be found at #10 in the Canadian YA list - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...
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Total points: 25
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
perletwo 25.5 - SandyL's Task: Spring Festivals! - Option 1: Read a book with a title of at least three words where all the title initials can be found in CHERRY BLOSSOM.
Man of Steel
Option 4: Read a book from of the following lists: Classic Film Books; Hollywood Romance Novels; Best Show Business Memoirs/Biographies
And Then There Were None - Classic Film Books p. 3
First printed in 1939, this qualifies for a Golden Oldie ticket.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 065
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 05
Tasks completed: 04
JUKKA5.3. Lady MacBeth
Book whose author's initials are in OUT DAMNED SPOT.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Fool's Gold by Scott Tipton.
Total Points: 15/1030
Total Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2/58
Big Books Total:
Golden Oldies Total:
Diana K.10.8 - Spring Fever. Read a book written by a single author in which M A M can be found in in the title/subtitle and/or author's name,
Becoming by Michelle ObAMa
Total points: 10
Diana K.10.10 - Spring Training. Read a book set at least 50% in one of the following locations where spring training takes place: Arkansas, Arizona, California, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mexico, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, Texas.
We Fed an Island: The True Story of Rebuilding Puerto Rico, One Meal at a Time
Total points: 20
Sara G5.8. Annie Wilkes
Read a book from one of these lists: Books About Books and Authors or Writers Who Write About Writers.
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
This book is on page 1 of the Books about Books and Authors list.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.10 - Spring Training
The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
This book is set in California (between LA and Berkeley) which is identified in the book's description.
Link to PB edition: The Wedding Date
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 10 points
Tasks completed: 1
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
10.7 - Spring ChickenBrazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Pénélope Bagieu
first published 2018
Total points: 0 + 10 = 10
5.1. Hannibal Lector.MPG Food and Drink
Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook I listened to audiobook.
Total Points: 75 + 5 = 80
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.3 - Burdened with Glorious Purpose
Latte Trouble by Cleo Coyle
Option 3 - Cleo Coyle is a husband (Marc Cerasini) and wife (Alice Alfonsi) writing team.
Link to MMP edition: Latte Trouble
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 30 points
Tasks completed: 2
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Brooke TX10.4 - Loki
Read a book found on the Best Plot Twist list. Found on page 1:
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Books Read: 1
PegW15.1 - Celebrate Your Name
Book 1: Read a book written by a single author whose first or last name begins with the same letter as the FIRST letter in your readerboard name.
I read The Confessions of Socrates by R.L. Prendergast
Book 2: Option 2: Read a book with a title or title/subtitle that has the same number of words as the number of characters* in your readerboard name. *All punctuation, symbols, letters, and numbers count: spaces do not.
I read Death on the Nile
4 letters in readerboard name/4 words in title.
** Claiming Golden Oldie for Death on the Nile published in 1937
Points this task: 15
Total points: 15
Big book tickets: 0
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 1
Bluegrass Pam 10.10 Spring Training
Set at least 50% in one of the Spring Training locations
Chomp
*Set entirely in Florida, as noted on the GR metadata.
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9.0
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
10.2Artemis, by Andy Weir.
The wikipedia entry discusses the central importance of a Brazilian crime syndicate to the plot of the novel.
Books: 1
Points: 10
BB: 0
5.4. President SnowRead a book with the word “white,” “rose,” or “roses” in its title/subtitle.
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 0
RAYNEBAIR15.4 - Number, Please?
I choose #7 - PRS.
Option 2
Rough Terrain by Annabeth Albert
Book is #7 in series and the title starts with an R.
points this post: 15
total points: 65
BB tickets claimed: 0
GO tickets claimed: 0
10.7 - Spring ChickenRead a "young" book. For the purposes of this task, a young book is defined as a book that was first published in or after 2015.
Then She Was Gone published 2018
Points this Task: 10
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 0
ElaineL20.10: Group Read
Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine K. Albright
Required: You must participate in the book's discussion thread with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book.
My discussion post is here.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
20.2Option 2: initials are found in the word BIOGRAPHY
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
*Claim a BB ticket 662 pgs*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20/1030
Tasks completed: 1/58
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Andy P.Task # 10.6 - Spring Break
Read a book about the high school or college experience
Blythewood by Carol Goodman
Book was approved
here
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Andy P.20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season: NonFiction:Politics:Fascism: A Warning by
Madeleine K. Albright
My comments can be found : Here (Message 3 in help thread)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 30
EMurphy10.7 Spring Chicken - Book first published in or after 2015
P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han
*Published May 26, 2015
This Task:
Points: 10
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 10
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 1
Joanne MITask 30.9 Sandy's Big Adventure
Opt B-Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in the phrase BIG FIVE ANIMALS
Garden Spells Sarah Addison Allen
big five AnimAlS
Opt C-Read a “large” book – at least 500 pages.
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History 560 pages-Claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this task 30
Total Points 30
BB's this post 1
Total BB's 1
Oma122930.5 - Dlmrose’s Task: Answered and Asked
Read 2 books, one book 1 and one book 2.
Book 1: Read a book with a TITLE that could be a Jeopardy! answer.
Quinn by Iris Johansen
Book 2: Read a book with a TITLE that could be a response in the form of a question to the answer proposed in your book 1 title.
Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers
Claiming Whose Body?as Golden Oldie as it was published in 1923
Total Points-30/1030
Total Tasks-1/58
Total Golden Oldie Books-(1)
Total Big Books-()500+( )750+(),1000+()
perletwo 5.8. Annie Wilkes - Read a book from one of these lists: Books About Books and Authors or Writers Who Write About Writers.
Plot It Yourself - Writers Who Write About Writers p. 2
Points this task: 05
Total points: 070
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 06
Tasks completed: 05
15.2 - Villains- Real and ImaginedRead a non-fiction book main page genre True Crime
(Paperback 368 pgs)
Read a fiction book-main page genre Crime
(Hardcover 418 pgs)
Sharon J Bolton is a Goodreads Author
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Points this task: 15
Points thus far: 25
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 3
Pages read: 1125
Goodreads Author: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets;
0 500+
0 750+
0 1000+
MEGSCL10.8 - Spring Fever
MAM in author name Gather the Daughters by jennie MelAMed
TOTAL TO DATE
10 points
30.1 – Schatzie’s task: Villain One-linersOption 3: “I am your father.”
I read Loss of Innocence, which is #2 in the Blaine Trilogy
Option 4: I read
, which was approved on the help thread.points: 30
books read: 2
tasks completed: 1
pages read: 710
Sara G5.9. Emperor Palpatine
Read a book with a title of at least 3 words, where the initial letters of each word are found in EMPEROR PALPATINE. Subtitles need not be considered.
The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier
EMPEROR PALPATINE
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25
JUKKAReposting...
5.3. Lady MacBeth
Book whose author's initials are in OUT DAMNED SPOT.
Clue by Paul Allor.
Total Points: 15/1030
Total Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2/58
Big Books Total:
Golden Oldies Total:
JUKKA5.7. The Joker
Book with main page genre humor.
Agatha Heterodyne and the Golden Trilobite by Phil Foglio and Kaja Foglio.
Total Points: 20/1030
Total Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3/58
Big Books Total:
Golden Oldies Total:
hoodoomends20.6 - Tiptoe Through the Tulips
✿ Option 1: a book that is #2, #3, or #4 in a series.
O Barão nas Árvores by Italo Calvino
Series: I nostri antenati #2
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Current Post
Points: 20
GO: -
BB: -
Total
Points: 125
GO: -
BB: -
CHANDNI15.9 - A True Renaissance Man
Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in LEONARDO DA VINCI.
Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie
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This Post: 15
Total Points: 15
Books Read: 1
Completed Tasks: 1
20.3 - Best Review -Trishhartuk’s Task: Burdened with Glorious PurposeOption 2. Say my name. Read a book with ALL the letters L O K and I in the TITLE (not the subtitle).
I read The Flicker of Old Dreams.
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 55
Tasks Complete: 3
Books Read: 4
JUKKA15.4 - Number, Please?
Option 1:
Book 1: Book with a series designation 2-9.
Agatha Heterodyne and the Voice of the Castle by Phil Foglio and Kaja Foglio. It's #7 in the Girl Genius series.
Book 2: Book whose title starts with one of the associated letters of the first book's number, in this case PRS.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Fool's Gold by Scott Tipton and David Tipton.
Total Points: 35/1030
Total Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 4/58
Big Books Total:
Golden Oldies Total:
perletwo 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Tien's Task: Prequels & Midquels - 1. Prequels: Read a book with the series designation of #0.5.
Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden's Syndrome - Lock In 0.5
Points this task: 20
Total points: 090
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 07
Tasks completed: 06
FANDURY10.9 - Spring Forward
Read the next book in a series you've already started.
The Huntsman's Tale by Ann Swinfen
The book is #3 in the Oxford Medieval Mysteries series. This book is new to me and I started this series in June 2018.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Jasmiina F10.7 - Spring Chicken:
Read a book that was first published in or after 2015:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Reckoning by Joss Whedon.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 0
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
JUKKA10.5 - Spring into Action
Book with main page genre Action or Adventure.
Legenderry: A Steampunk Adventure by Bill Willingham has Adventure.
Total Points: 45/1030
Total Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 5/58
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
perletwo ********REPOST********25.5 - SandyL's Task: Spring Festivals! - Option 1: Read a book with a title of at least three words where all the title initials can be found in CHERRY BLOSSOM.
Man of Steel - verified-not really a comic
Option 4: Read a book from of the following lists: Classic Film Books; Hollywood Romance Novels; Best Show Business Memoirs/Biographies
And Then There Were None - Classic Film Books p. 3
First printed in 1939, this qualifies for a Golden Oldie ticket.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 065
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 05
Tasks completed: 04
Sara G10.3 - Vincent Vega
Vincent Vega is the heroin-addicted hit man in the film "Pulp Fiction." Read a book written by a single author with the initial V. The initial may be in any position (first, middle, last) but must be present in the Goodreads record. Spaces determine names.
Magic Study by Maria V. Snyder
Points this post: 10
Total points: 30
Nick KY5.1 Hannibal Lector “Food and Drink” as GR genre, I read Grilled Cheese Please!: 50 Scrumptiously Cheesy Recipes by Laura Werlin.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 15
Nick KY10.3 Vincent Vega “V” as author’s initial, I read Haiku by Andrew Vachss.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 25
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5.2 Read a book with “ring” found intact in the title or subtitle.
Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris
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GO: 0
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