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SPRING CHALLENGE 2019
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5.3. Lady MacBethRead a book with the author’s initials found in the phrase “OUT DAMNED SPOT.
The Old Man in the Corner: Twelve Classic Detective Stories by Emmuska Orczy (first published in 1901)
Initial E and O
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5
Golden Oldie books this post: 1
Total Golden Oldie books: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
20.1 - Most Improved- Elizabeth B's Task: Spring Festivals Around EuropeOption 2: A. Read a book with a main page genre Food, standalone or embedded
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking (approved in help thread)
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 25
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
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I read Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill. I listened to the audio edition, linked to top pb.
"ring" found in daRING in the subtitle.
Total points: 50
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I read The Width of the World by David Baldacci. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top pb edition.
author David matches #3 on list, David Prowse.
Total points: 65
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I read Plum Island by Nelson DeMille. I listened to the audiobook - top mmpb is Πλαμ Άιλαντ.
Author initials, ND, found in Leonardo.
Total points: 80
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I read Crimson Lake. I read the kindle edition, top pb is Crimson Lake.
Set 100% in Australia - from the GR description - "a thrilling contemporary crime novel set in Queensland, Australia."
Total points: 95
5.8 Annie WilkesRead a book from one of these lists: Books About Books and Authors or Writers Who Write About Writers.
The Thirteenth Tale from Writers Who Write About Writing Page 1 (Book 79)
Points this Task: 5
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 55
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 0
Nick KY5.4 Snow I read The White Album by Joan Didion, with “White” in title.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 190
Oma12295.7. The Joker
Read a book with the main page genre humor.
Look Alive Twenty-Five by Janet Evanovich
Total Points-210/1030
Total Tasks-9/58
Total Golden Oldie Books-(1)
Total Big Books-()500+( )750+(),1000+()
OMa122910.3 - Vincent Vega
Read a book written by a single author with the initial V.
Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival by Velma Wallis
Total Points-220/1030
Total Tasks-10/58
Total Golden Oldie Books-(1)
Total Big Books-()500+( )750+(),1000+()
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Raynebair's Task: A Day in the Life of...
Option 1: Read a book from the "Best Memoir/Biography/Autobiography" list.
Educated by Tara Westover (352 p.)
This book is found on page 2.
➸ Points: 20
➸ Total Pages: 352
30.5 - Dlmrose’s Task: Answered and AskedBook 1: Read a book with a TITLE that could be a Jeopardy! answer.
Suzanne
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
I listened to the audio version of Who Do You Love
New Points: 30
Total Challenge Points: 110
ElaineL15.4: Number, Please?
Required: Indicate the option.
Option 2: read one book that fulfills BOTH book 1 and book 2 requirements. Face the Fire Three Sisters Island #3 (DEF)
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 250
ElaineL10.10: Spring Training
Read a book set at least 50% in California.
Kindred Spirits (set on Catalina Island which is part of Orange County, California)
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 260
RAYNEBAIR5.4 - President Snow
Read a book with the word “white,” “rose,” or “roses” in its title/subtitle.
White by Aria Cole
points this post: 5
total points: 225
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 1
15.7 - Villains We Love To HateShutter Island by Dennis Lehane
the author's first name (Dennis) matches #36. Dennis Hopper
Total points: 125 + 15 = 140
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5.4. President Snow
white in title: Robert B. Parker's Little White Lies by Ace Atkins
total = 110
30.8Option 2: Read a book first published in or before 1950 and at least 750 pages.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
First published 1839 and 974 pages.
Task points: 30
Total points: 120
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10.1 - Darth Vader
Father in title: Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein by Jamie Bernstein
total = 125
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15.4 - Number, Please?
option 2, one book #2 , C
Cast In Stone (Leo Waterman, #2) by G.M. Ford
Total = 140
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20.4 - Golden Oldies - Louise B's Task: In The Garden
option 1, SUN in title: The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds by Caroline Van Hemert
Total = 160
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20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kristen IA’s Task: Tiptoe Through the Tulips
option 1, #4 in series: Mercy River (Van Shaw #4) by Glen Erik Hamilton
total = 180
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20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Tien's Task: Prequels & Midquels
option 1, 0.5: Virgins by Diana Gabaldon
PB: De oorsprong
total - 200
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20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Fee's Task: Villains in Children's Stories
option 2, Dark in title: A Dark Redemption by Stav Sherez
total = 220
Bluegrass Pam 10.7 Spring Chicken
First published in or after 2015
Where the Crawdads Sing
*Pub. in 2018
Points this post: 10
Total points: 55
30.7 - Dulcinella's Task: The Villain ArchetypeOption 2. Corruption in High Places - page 4
XVI (XVI #1) by Julia Karr
325 pages
Option 3. Outlaws (page 10)
Hope and Red (Empire of Storms #1) by Jon Skovron
480 pages
Total pages read: 805
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 185
TINABEER30.10 - Kaora's Task: Horsin' Around
Option 1. DRESSAGE
Book 1. Read a book written by a single author whose initials are found in these letters : A-K-V-E-S-H-C-M-R-B-P-F and the letters in the middle are D-L-X-I-G.
Read The Identicals by Elin Hilderbrand
Book 2. Read a book written by a single author with an X in the TITLE or the author's name.
Read French Exit by Patrick deWitt
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 80
Total Tasks: 4
Shala15.5 - 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.
Required: State the location if it is not evident on the book's main page and provide a reference.
set mostly in France.Points this task: 15
Total Points: 15
Total Tasks: 1
Total Books: 1
Andy P.Task # 15.7 - Villains We Love To Hate
Read a book written by a single author whose name matches the name of a performer who played one of AFI’s 50 Greatest Screen Villains # 10 Peter O'Toole
I'll Keep You Safe by Peter May
Points this post: 15
Total points: 175
15.1 - Celebrate Your NameMy Readerboard Name is Susan A = 6 letters
Book 1: author starts with S
The Weaver Takes a Wife by Sheri Cobb South
Book 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.
The Moon's Gonna Follow Me Home - 6 words
ebook verified post 7281
points: 15 +430 = 445
Delicious Dee10.6 - Spring Break
American Panda- Mei is a student at MIT (college)
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 190
Suzannesea20.2 Rookie at the Top
Option 3
A book title that starts with a word that begins with B, A, or M.
Butterfly Gardening: The North American Butterfly Association Guide by Jane Hurwitz
Points this post: 20
Total points today: 20
Suzannesea20.6 Seasoned Reader
Option 3
A book with flowers on the cover
by Kate FreyPoints this post: 20
Total points to date: 40
Bookwrm526Task #20.8 - Springtime Traditions in Sweden
Option 2: Read a book written by a single author with first and last name initials in VÅFFELDAGEN. I read Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi.
Total points so far: 120
Barbara ★15.5 - 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.
Snow White Must Die - Nele Neuhaus (set 100% in Germany) 3/22
Points this task: 15
Total points: 280
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Coralie5.8 Annie Wilkes
From page 2 of the list Writers Who Write About Writers
Burning Bright
Total to date 160 points
CHANDNI20.8 Nickels & Dimes -Paula S's Task: Springtime Traditions in Sweden
Option 2:
Read a book written by a single author with first and last name initials in VÅFFELDAGEN.
Good as Gone by Amy Gentry
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This Post: 20
Total Points: 100
Books Read: 6
Completed Tasks: 6
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For book 1, I read I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer. PB I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer.
Crime>True Crime is 2d listed genre.
For book 2, I read A Map of the Dark. PB A Map of the Dark.
Mystery>Crime is the 3d listed genre.
Both genres were noted in the help thread message 18.
Total points: 110
Elizabeth BTask 25.4
Book1 set in USA - I have never visited USA
Get Off My Case
Book 2 I chose the dish POI from USA and read Imperial Stout (ImPerial stOut)
Total 255
DULCINELLA ✔️15.4 - Number, Please?
#3 = DEF
Option 2: read one book that fulfills BOTH book 1 and book 2 requirements.
De jongen in de sneeuw
Samuel Bjørk 352 p. 22 march 2019 3 stars Points in this post: 15 points
Total points: 410 points
1 ticket GO
2 tickets BB
DULCINELLA✔️25.3 - Sophie's Task: May Day Celebration
Select 2 options and read a book for each.
Required: State the options.
Option 1. May Queen
Read a book from this list: Sister Novels
Required: State the page where your book can be found.
Unless Carol Shields 23 march 2019 336 p. 4 stars Page 2 Option 2
Read a book with ONE of these colour names: blue, green, red, yellow found intact in the title or subtitle.
Groen licht
Corine Hartman 320 p. 2 stars 7 march 2019 ‘Groen’is the dutch word for ‘green’
Points in this post: 25 points
Total points: 435 points
1 ticket GO
2 tickets BB
Sophie30.1
Option 2: female author and dog on the cover
Lingus by Mariana Zapata
https://www.marianazapata.com/about-me biography for gender confirmation
Option 3: 2nd in series
Irish Rose by Nora Roberts
Total 110
perletwo 10.9 - Spring Forward 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.
A Dangerous Place
This is #11 in the Maisie Dobbs series, and new to me. I completed Maisie Dobbs #10 on 9/3/2018.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 400
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 28
Tasks completed: 22
Sophie30.6
Even number in readerboard name
Option 1 - from DC comics list
Batman: Hush by Jeph Loeb
Option 2 title initials in deathstroke
Time of Death by Mark Billingham
Total 140
15.9 - A True Renaissance ManSabrina by Nick Drnaso
author initials (ND) found in LEONARDO
Total points: 140 + 15 = 155
Task 30.2 - Amanda A's Task: March MadnessOption 3:
b) Read a book that is #5 in a series which also contains at least one of these numbers in the page count: 1, 2, 5, 9, 0.
Sourcery (Discworld #5) (1988) by Terry Pratchett (Mass Market Paperback, 276 pages)
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA.
MinneapoLis minnesota
House on Fortune Street (2008) by Margot Livesey (Hardcover, 311 pages)
Laurence L. & Thomas Winship/PEN New England Award for Fiction (2009)
Pagecount: 276 + 311 = 587 > 500
55 + 30 = 85
Tasks Completed: 04
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 55 + 30 = 85
Books read: 06
Pages read: 1,732
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 01
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
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15.3 - The Chunnel
Option A:
Book 1: A book set at least 50% in England.
Captain Britain and MI13, Vol. 1: Secret Invasion by Paul Cornell
Book 2: A book set at least 50% in France.
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 10: Whys and Wherefores by Brian K. Vaughan
Total Points: 230/1030
Total Books Read: 23
Tasks Completed: 21/58
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 0