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SPRING CHALLENGE 2019
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KATRINA T5.9. 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.
Time and Again
EMPEROR PaLPatINE
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 0
Total Points: 45
Tasks Completed: 5.9, 20.3, 20.2
Task 20.5 - TBR-Buster!option 2: read a book on my TBR with author initials (yes, I'm over-achieving!) in BE READ
Wild Country by Anne Bishop
AB initials
added 7 Jan 2019
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250 points
babbling c10.3 - 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. Ex: Victoria Aveyard, Rachel Van Dyken, Jeff VanderMeer, Kurt Vonnegut
Kitty Takes a Holiday - Audio Kitty Takes a Holiday - paperback pgs 303 by Carrie Vaughn
Vaughn
THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies: 0
Total This Season
Points: 30/1030
Completed Tasks: 3/58
Golden oldies: 1
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Pages read this season: 1,159
Books read this season: 3
Task 30.8 - Big Oldiesone book option
read a book pub 1877, with page count >750pages
Anna Karenina
I listened to the audio (linked above), MMPB for length: Anna Karenina - 960pages
960 pages - claiming BB tixs please
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280 points
babbling c20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kristen IA’s Task: Tiptoe Through the Tulips
Option 3: The Flowers
Read a book that has a flower or flowers on the cover. Part of the flower must be visible, not just stems!
REQUIRED: If you choose this option, you must include the cover in your post.
A Lady in Need of an Heir - kindle A Lady in Need of an Heir paperback pg 288 by Louise Allen
there are small yellow flowers in her hair. approved in help thread
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies: 0
Total This Season
Points: 50/1030
Completed Tasks: 4/58
Golden oldies: 1
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Pages read this season: 1,447
Books read this season: 4
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM5.5 - Cruella de Vil
I read
by Laura Brown (cover verified for appropriate outerwear coat).Previous point total: 90
New points this post: 5
Total points: 95
Total tasks completed: 7
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Tien's Task: Prequels & Midquels
I chose Option 2. I read Can't Escape Love by Alyssa Cole, book #3.5 in the Reluctant Royals series (MMPB).
Previous point total: 95
New points this post: 20
Total points: 115
Total tasks completed: 8
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
DULCINELLA 30.5 - 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.
But choose carefully…
The Boy in the Suitcase
Lene Kaaberbøl 2 march 2019 3 star 313 p. 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.
Who Are You?
Megan Henley 304 p. 17 march 2019 2 starsWHO ARE YOU?
THE BOY IN THE SUITCASE
Points in this post : 30 points
Total points: 285 points
Tickets BB : 0
Tickets GO: 1
Erin NY10.10 - Spring Training
Spring training is a series of practices and exhibition games that precede the start of the regular baseball season. Read a book set at least 50% in one of the follwoing locations where spring training takes place: Arkansas, Arizona, California, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mexico, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, Texas.
Required: If the setting is not obvious in the book's description, provide a link that explains how the book fits the task when you post.
The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory
* Takes place in California on the main page: "setting Los Angeles, California (United States) "
Total points: 40
Erin NY15.10 - Celebration of the Queen
On 24 May 1819, the future Queen Victoria was born at Kensington Palace. Celebrate her 200th birthday and Victoria Day.
Choose one option.
Required: Indicate the option.
Option 2: Read a book set at least 50% during Queen Victoria's lifetime - the years 1819 -1901 inclusive. A book whose timeline extends before or after the period; has multiple storylines in different times, such as time travel or flashbacks; or is set in an alternate world would work as long as it meets the 50% threshold. A genre or statement of "Victorian" alone does not fit the requirement- a definite reference to the year(s) is necessary.
ex. The Lost Letter setting England, 1860
A Great and Terrible Beauty "It's 1895, ..."
The Girl in the Steel Corset "In 1897... "
Required: If the time setting is not apparent on the book's main page include a reference when you post.
The Romanov Empress by C.W. Gortner
* Queen Victoria is actually sort of a very secondary character in the book. She dies towards the end (about 3/4 of the way in). The book starts in roughly 1860ish and ends around 1918.
Total points: 55
Erin NY20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kristen IA’s Task: Tiptoe Through the Tulips
One of the things that we look forward to about Spring is our town’s annual Tulip Time Festival. The town was settled by Dutch immigrants in 1847 and we hold this festival each year to celebrate our town’s history and to share Dutch culture with both residents and visitors.
For this task, choose one of the following options:
REQUIRED: State which option you chose when you post.
Option 1: The Festival
Our festival is held in early May each year. This year’s Tulip Time will be May 2nd, 3rd, & 4th.
Read a book that is #2, #3, or #4 in a series. The series designation must be present on the book's Goodreads metadata.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
* IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 18.0
This book is #3 in the series
Total points: 75
Erin NY25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: Spring Things
This is a two book task. Choose two different Options from those listed below and read 1 book for each option.
Required: State the options.
Option 2. Sci Fi High. Read a book which has a main page genre of Science Fiction, Sci Fi, or SyFy.
Extras by Scott Westerfeld
* MPG: Science Fiction 1,007 users
Option 3. Heat Streak. My first SRC challenge was in the Spring of 2011, and I keep going back to that challenge as inspiration for the tasks I create. The theme that Spring was Australia. I often shamelessly steal from Sandy’s 10 point task of that Spring the option to “Kuddle a Koala.” I shall do so again for Option 3, and also to bring attention to the record-setting heat which has been plaguing that country this year!
April 26th is Hug an Australian Day – read a book by an Australian author, born in or currently resides there, or set at least 50% in Australia.
Required: If the connection is not obvious from the book's main page or the author’s home page, please briefly explain the connection in your post.
The Family Next Door by Sally Hepworth
* States on main page: "setting Melbourne, Victoria (Australia) "
Total points: 100
perletwo ********REPOST********20.5 - Bigger is Better - Librarianish's Task: TBR-Buster! - Option 3: Go to your TBR shelf and sort by date added, oldest first. Read one of the books in the first 20 on the shelf.
The Secret Language of Knitters - Added Dec. 30, 2011, this is #9 on my TBR shelf when organized as required.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 350
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 24
Tasks completed: 18
Andy P.Task # 10.5 - Spring into Action
Read a book with the MPG Action and/or Adventure.
The Lost World by Michael Crichton
Adventure, 348 users on main page.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 110
Mod
5.1. Hannibal Lector.
Food and drink genre: Kitchen Yarns: Notes on Life, Love, and Food by Ann Hood
total = 55
Mod
5.8. Annie Wilkes
From Writers Who Write About Writers page 1 # 6: Death in Venice by Thomas Mann
total = 60
Mod
10.3 - Vincent Vega
Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions by Valeria Luiselli
total = 75
Mod
15.8 - Right-Hand Cat
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myrontotal = 105
Erin NY5.10. What Makes a Villain?
“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are…..” (Albus Dumbledore). Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules. For this task, a book with the main page genre childrens or kids may be used if it is not found in AR Bookfinder.
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Total Points: 105
Tasks completed: 6
Tasks in progress: 2
Books read: 10
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Total pages read: 3,783
REPOST30.2 - Amanda A's Task: March Madness
Option 2: Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% blue according to TinEye.
Empress of all Seasons by Emiko Jean
#11435e 41.1 % Regal Blue (Blue)
#557d92 11.4 % Waikawa Grey (Blue)
#0a7095 9.9 % Cerulean (Blue)
#374954 8.2 % Atomic (Blue)
#283c5f 7.2 % Catalina Blue (Blue)
#5e595e 6.4 % Bright Grey (Grey)
#dadcde 5.7 % Athens Grey (Grey)
#666380 4.4 % Kimberly (Violet)
#a0a8b3 3.1 % Mischka (Grey)
#141c1c 2.7 % Nero (Black)
Total: 77.8% blue
384p
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA.
Disney Twisted Tales: Reflection (Twisted Tales #4) by Elizabeth Lim
author's initials, EL, found in minnEapoLis
416p
Total pages read: 800
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies:
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 100
Delicious Dee15.4 - Number, Please?
number picked = 2 = ABC
Book 1 - Lieutenant - #2 in the Governor Trilogy
Book 2 - Concealed in Death
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 160
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Fee's Task: Villains in Children's Stories Option 3: Adults - The Mangrove Coast by Randy Wayne White
first published September 28th 1998
Total points: 70 + 20 = 90
Elizabeth BTask 25.1
Option 1: book with 2 different numbers from 640 in the page count Discover Me, 106 pgs
Option 3 :a book that takes place entirely in California Don't Fail Me Now, ebook only, approved for length post#7352
Total 170
Task 30.6 - DC vs MarvelIf your readerboard name is an even number of characters do option 1.
Option 1: Even number of characters in readerboard name=DC comics
Book 1: Read one book from this list with a main page genre of sequential art: Best of DC Comics
Required: State the page of the list.
PAGE ONE #2 as of March 18, 2019
Batman: The Long Halloween (Batman: The Long Halloween #1-13) (1997) by Jeph Loeb; Tim Sale (Illustrator), Gregory Wright (Colorist), Richard Starkings (Letterer) (Paperback, 376 page)
Book 2: Read a book with a TITLE of at least 3 words where the beginning letters of each word appear in the name of one of the DC villains.
Required: State which villain you are using when you post.
DeATHstRoke
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (1982) by Anne Tyler (Hardcover, First Edition, 303 pages)
25 + 30 = 55
Tasks Completed: 03
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 25 + 30 = 55
Books read: 04
Pages read: 1,145
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 01
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
StaceyNC15.4 - Number, Please?
The letters associated with the numbers on a rotary dial in 1939:
#2 = ABC
#3 = DEF
#4 = GHI
#5 = JKL
#6 = MNO
#7 = PRS
#8 = TUV
#9 = WXY
Option 2: read one book that fulfills BOTH book 1 and book 2 requirements.
ex #7 - S Shattered, #8 - T Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd , #9 - W Wind Spirit
Book: Claimed
Completed: 3/18/19
Hit it Fits: Book 2 in Dark Protectors series, starts with C.
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 55
Tasks Completed: 4
15.3 - The ChunnelOption 1: Read 2 books, one book 1 and one book 2.
Book 1: Read a book set at least 50% in England.
AND Book 2: Read a book set at least 50% in France.
I read French Exit which is set mainly in France and The Heavens which takes place 50% in England (referred to as Albion, during the 1500's with William Shakespeare).
points: 105
books read: 8
tasks completed: 5
pages read: 2599
trishhartuk15.5 It's Black and White
Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of those locations: ...the Netherlands
The Diary of Anne Frank, Anne Frank
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
The diary was written while she was hiding in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Golden Oldie: First published in 1947
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie: 1 - The diary was published in 1947
Big Book: No
Total Points: 80
Tasks Completed: 6
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book tickets: 0
trishhartuk20.3 Best Review - Trishhartuk’s Task: Burdened with Glorious Purpose
Option 4. For this option, read a play. This should be identified on the main book page.
Betrayal, Harold Pinter
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
GR description: “Betrayal is Pinter's latest full-length play since the enormous success of No Man's Land.”
Shelved as plays by 341 people
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 7
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book tickets: 0
Readerboard Name: Absurda10.9 - Spring Forward
Read the next book in a series you've already started.
A Fine Summer's Day by Charles Todd.
This is the next (#17) in a series I've already started.
Points this task: 10
Total Points to date: 255
Readerboard Name: Absurda15.8 - Right-Hand Cat
Read a book with a domestic cat on the cover
Murder in the Mystery Suite by Ellery Adams
Points this task: 15
Total Points to date: 270
Readerboard Name: Absurda15.5 - It's Black and White
Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of those locations: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Scotland, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, or in the US: California, Georgia, Tennessee, Washington DC.
by Bailey CattrellSet in Poppyville, California. This is mentioned in the mainpage synopsis.
Points this task: 15
Total Points to date: 285
RAYNEBAIR5.5 - Cruella De Vil
Read a book with a coat or jacket on the cover.
Dedicated by Neve Wilder
points this post: 5
total points: 165
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 1
20.8 Nickels & Dimes -Paula S's Task: Springtime Traditions in SwedenOption 1: Read a book with all the letters in the word SEMLA in the TITLE,
A Gentleman's Position (I listened to audiobook)
ebook verified spreadsheet line 71 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
A GentLEMAn'S Position
points: 20 + 305 = 325
RAYNEBAIR10.1 - Darth Vadar
Read a book written by a single author that has the word FATHER or LUKE found intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.
Father of the Groom by Silvia Violet
points this post: 10
total points: 175
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 1
RAYNEBAIR5.10 - What Makes a Villain?
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
True Mates by Noah Harris
ebook length approved in msg 7334
points this post: 5
total points: 180
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 1
CYNBAXTER# 10.04 – Loki
Task: Read a book found on the Best Plot Twist list.
Book 1: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart which is on the first page of the list
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date = 20 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
Nick KY5.9 Emporer Palpatine I read The Mousetrap and Other Plays by Agatha Christie, First letters of the title words are in “eMPOrer palpATine.”
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for The Mousetrap and Other Plays 705 pp
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 155
Big Books So Far: 500+ (1)
Nick KY15.7 Love to Hate I read Stravinsky: Chronicle of a Friendship, 1948-1971 by Robert Craft. “Robert” is the same name as Robert Mitchum who played villains in Cape Fear and Night of the Hunter, #s 28 and 29 on the list.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 170
Diana K.20.1 - Most Improved- Elizabeth B's Task: Spring Festivals Around Europe
Opt 2 B. Read a book set at least 50% in Italy (Vatican City is considered to be part of Italy for this task).
Unto Us a Son Is Given takes place in Venice, Italy
Total points: 150
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.5 - TBR-Buster!
Educated by Tara Westover
Option 1 - Using the True Random Number Generator, these three numbers were generated - #668, #973, #921. I selected #668.
Link to PB edition: Educated: A Memoir
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 60 points
Tasks completed: 4
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
30.9 – Sandy’s Task: Sandy's Big Adventure2 Books from Option 2:
Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in the phrase BIG FIVE ANIMALS.
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing 416 pages
A L found in the word ANIMALS
Non-Fiction MPG
Deke by Eden Finley 308 pages
E F found in the word FIVE
416 + 308 = 724 which exceeds 600 pages
points: 30 + 325 = 355
EMurphy10.9 Spring Forward - Next book in a series you've already started
Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han
*Third and final book in the series
*I have read the other two books, but this one was new to me
This Task:
Points: 10
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 20
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 2
Elizabeth BTask 5.3
Infinite Space, by DiscontentedWinter author’s initial D found in the phrase “OUT DAMNED SPOT.”
This is an ebook only, approved for 5-point task at post 7354, so I'm using my Small book for this task
Total 175
Elizabeth BTask 25.2
Option 1: The Truth Within two consecutive words in the title, which begin with the same consonant T
Option 2: MPG Science Fiction Evolved
Total 200
AdribeTask 15.5 It's Black and White
Audition - Ryū Murakami
Book set in Japan
Points in this post: 15
Total points: 35
Kim O10.2 - Vito & Michael Corleone Read a book in which an organized crime family, criminal organization, or crime syndicate plays a major role.
The Godfather
Points this task: 10
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Cumulative Totals
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Tasks completed 4
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Task 10.2 - Vito & Michael Corleone
Read a book in which an organized crime family, criminal organization, or crime syndicate plays a major role.
The Mastermind: Drugs. Empire. Murder. Betrayal. This book was approved in the Help Thread
Message #6
Points this task 10
Total Points 70
Total BB's 1