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SPRING CHALLENGE 2019
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FANDURY 20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Fee's Task: Villains in Children's Stories
Option 3: Read a book that was first published between 16 and 21 years ago, so a book FIRST published between 1998 and 2003 inclusive.
Hemlock at Vespers by Peter Tremayne
Book was first published in 2000.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 50
Books Read: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
RAYNEBAIR20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Fee's Task: Villains in Children's Stories
Option 2: Night
Read a book with one of the following words in the TITLE (not subtitle): NIGHT, DARK, SLEEP.
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
points this post: 20
total points: 245
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 1
Mod
I chose option 1, and read The Island of Sea Women. I read the kindle edition, linked to top paperback edition (no MMPB).
SEMLA found in title:
SE in Sea
M in women
LA in island
Total points: 130
Shawn H.5.5. Cruella de Vil
-Read a book with a coat or jacket on the cover-
by James BaldwinPoints this Post: 5
Total Points: 25
Golden Oldie: 1
Big Ticket Books: 0
Ava Catherine5.8. Annie Wilkes
Read a book from one of these lists: Books About Books and Authors or Writers Who Write About Writers.
The Blue Flower by Penelope Fitzgerald
List: Writers Who Write About Writers; page 1, #67
total=150
Ava Catherine5.9. 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.
The Lost Man by Jane Harper
title initials=TLM found in eMperor paLpaTine
total=155
Ava Catherine10.6 - Spring Break
Read a book about the high school or college experience.
Dead Poets Society by N.H. Kleinbaum
total=165
perletwo 15.6 - Imagine Peace - Read a book with ‘bed” found intact in the title, subtitle or author's name.
Assassins Don't Die in Bed
Points this task: 15
Total points: 425
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 30
Tasks completed: 24
Ava Catherine15.1 - Celebrate Your Name
SRC readerboard name: Ava Catherine=12 letters
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.
Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler
author's first name Anne begins with the letter A (as does my readerboard name Ava Catherine)
AND
Book 2:
Option 1: Read a book with a title with the same number of characters as your readerboard name.
Ava Catherine=12 characters: The Black Echo
total=180
Bookwrm526Task #15.8 - Right-Hand Cat
Read a book with a domestic cat on the cover. I read Lending a Paw by Laurie Cass, in which the cat rides along in the bookmobile!
Total points so far: 180
10.1 - Darth VaderRead a book written by a single author that has the word FATHER or LUKE found intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.
Digital Landscape Photography: In the Footsteps of Ansel Adams and the Masters by Michael Frye.
digiTAl landscapE photogRapHy: in the Footsteps of ansel adams and the masters
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Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Ava Catherine15.4 - Number, Please?
#2 = ABC
#3 = DEF
#4 = GHI
#5 = JKL
#6 = MNO
#7 = PRS
#8 = TUV
#9 = WXY
Option 1, read 2 books one book 1 and one book 2.
Book 1: Select a number from 2 - 9 and read a book in a series with that whole number designation.
#7 Final Account by Peter Robinson
AND
Book 2: Using the same number as book 1, read a book with a TITLE where the first word begins with one of the associated letters.
#7 letter S
Salt Houses by Hala Alyan
total=195
Ava Catherine15.6 - Imagine Peace
Read a book with ‘bed” found intact in the title, subtitle or author's name.
Women in Their Beds: New and Selected Stories by Gina Berriault
total=210
babbling c10.8 - Spring Fever
The Spring Challenge covers the months of March, April, and May. 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. Ex: Marissa Meyer (MA in Marissa; M in Meyer)
A Certain Magic - kindle A Certain Magic - paperback pg 224 by Mary Balogh
MA in Magic and M in Mary (one possible combination)
THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies: 0
Total This Season
Points: 60/1030
Completed Tasks: 5/58
Golden oldies: 1
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Pages read this season: 1,671
Books read this season: 5
Ava Catherine15.9 - A True Renaissance Man
Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in LEONARDO DA VINCI.
Foreigner by Nahid Rachlin
author's initials=NR found in leoNaRdo da vinci
total=225
Ava Catherine15.8 - Right-Hand Cat
Read a book with a domestic cat on the cover.
After Cleo
by Helen Browntotal=240
Task 15.4 - Number, Please?one book option: read a book that is #2 in a series and title starts with B
Birds of a Feather
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385 points
babbling c20.1 - Most Improved- Elizabeth B's Task: Spring festivals around Europe
Option 1: AMSTERDAM COFFEE FESTIVAL
B. Read a book set at least 50% in the Netherlands.
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.
An Infamous Army - Audile An Infamous Army - paperback pgs 369 by Georgette Heyer
Brussels and the Battle of Waterloo
approved in help thread
This is a golden oldie: 1937
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies: 1
Total This Season
Points: 80/1030
Completed Tasks: 6/58
Golden oldies: 2
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Pages read this season: 2,040
Books read this season:6
Ava Catherine20.1 - Most Improved- Elizabeth B's Task: Spring Festivals Around Europe
Option 1: AMSTERDAM COFFEE FESTIVAL
B. Read a book set at least 50% in the Netherlands.
Tulip Fever by Deborah Moggach
total=260
Ava Catherine20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Raynebair's Task: A Day In the Life Of...
Option 1: Read a book from this list: Best Memoir/Biography/Autobiography
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride page 1; #40
total=280
Ava Catherine20.3 - Best Review -Trishhartuk’s Task: Burdened with Glorious Purpose
Option 1. Read a book with a main page genre Mythology or Superheroes, stand alone or embedded.
Circe by Madeline Miller
1,877 users mpg fantasy>mythology
total=300
loafer30.5 - Dlmrose’s Task: Answered and Asked
Book 1: answered:
The Whites by Harry Brandt
Book 2: asked:
Did You Ever Have A Family by Bill Clegg
points: 30
total: 145
GO: 1
trishhartuk20.9 Moderator's Pet - Fee's Task: Villains in Children's Stories
Option 2: Night: Read a book with one of the following words in the TITLE (not subtitle): NIGHT, DARK, SLEEP.
a DARK and twisting path, Julia Buckley
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 170
Tasks Completed: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book tickets: 0
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.4 Golden Oldies - Louise B's Task: In The Garden
Option 1: Circling the Sun by Paula McLain.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 255
Tasks completed: 17/58
Books read: 21
Nick KY20.9 Fee’s Villains for Children
Opt. 1. I read # 37 on the Monsters list, Moby Dick by Herman Melville.
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for Moby Dick at 536 pp
I had 50 pp of Moby Dick read before the challenge began. I set it aside, then picked it back up. Now, I have conquered.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 210
Big Books So Far: 500+ (2)
Reader name : Maya30.10 - Kaora's Task: Horsin' Around
Option 1. DRESSAGE
Read a book written by a single author whose initials are found in these letters.
Book read: Guilty Pleasures
Required: L, K, H all in the list of initials.
Read a book written by a single author with an X in the TITLE or the author's name.
Book read: The Darkest Minds
Required: Author is AleXandra Bracken
Points this post: 30
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Points Total: 75
Diana K.30.10 - Kaora's Task: Horsin' Around Opt 2 CROSS COUNTRY
Book 1. Read a book where the first word in the title starts with one of the letters in NOVICE.
Caesar's Footprints: A Cultural Excursion to Ancient France - Journeys Through Roman Gaul
Book 2. Read a book where the cover includes both red and white.
(red background, white letters, white card)Total points: 205
Diana K.30.5 - Dlmrose’s Task: Answered and Asked
Book 1: Read a book with a TITLE that could be a Jeopardy! answer
The Lover
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.
Congratulations, Who Are You Again?: A Memoir
Total points: 235
Andy P.Task # 30.4 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Seeing Double
Book 1: Read a book in which the author’s name contains exactly TWO sets of double-letters.
The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths LL and FF
Book 2: Read a book in which the TITLE (subtitles are excluded) contains at least one set of double-letters, AND the author’s name contains at least one set of double-letters
The Innocent byDavid Baldacci
NN and CC
Points this post: 30
Total points: 200
Andy P.Task # 15.5 - It's Black and White
Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of those locations: Scotland
I'll Keep You Safe by [[author:Peter May|4605488]Takes place in the Hebrides Islands which are part of Scotland (more than 50%)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 215
30.9 – Sandy’s Task: Sandy's Big AdventureB. Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in the phrase BIG FIVE ANIMALS.
Beyond Bad: The Life and Crimes of Katherine Knight, Australia's Hannibal by Sandra Lee
Non-Fiction (True Crime)
author's initial, SL, found in animaLS
296 pages
C. Read a “large” book – at least 500 pages.
Orbital Cloud by Taiyo Fujii
1x Bigger is Better Tix (528 pages)
Total pages read: 824
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 235
JenniferKS15.1 - 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.
(Hardcover 352 pages)
James Patterson and JenniferKS
*James Patterson is a Goodreads Author*
Book 2 Option 1: Read a book with a title with the same number of characters* as your readerboard name. Subtitles may be used or ignored. *All punctuation, symbols, letters, and numbers count: spaces do not.
(paperback edition 304 pages)
Jenniferks 10 characters Clock Dance 10 characters
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Points this task: 15
Points thus far: 90
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 10
Pages read: 3972
Goodreads Author: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets;
2 500+
0 750+
0 1000+
Kim O20.1 - Most Improved- Elizabeth B's Task: Spring Festivals Around Europe
Option 2: TASTE FLORENCE FOOD FESTIVAL
B. Read a book set at least 50% in Italy
My Brilliant Friend
Points this task; 20
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Totals:
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Tasks completed: 5
Delicious Dee10.9 - Spring Forward
Festive in Death- new to me and I've been working on this series on and off for several years, but i'm getting close to finishing it...then I guess i'll have to start over
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 240
Ava Catherine20.4 - Golden Oldies - Louise B's Task: In The Garden
Option 2: Reading about the Garden
Read a book with a main page genre of “essays”. This may be standalone or embedded.
Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion writing>essays mpg 982 users
total=320
Ava Catherine20.5 - 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 Temporary Gentleman by Sebastian Barry
Ava Catherine's Want-to-Read shelf: added May 18, 2014
(#4 down on list)
total=340
Ava Catherine20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kristen IA’s Task: Tiptoe Through the Tulips
Option 1: The Festival
Read a book that is #2, #3, or #4 in a series.
The Hanging Valley by Peter Robinson
#4 in series
total=360
Pamela326530.3 - ElaineL's task: The Big Bang Theory
Option 2: Romancing the Runaway Bride by Karen Kirst – 288 pages
Option 3: Messenger of Truth by Jacqueline Winspear – Maisie Dobbs #4
There are 10 more books in the series that I have yet to read.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 125
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books:
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Suzannesea20.3 Best Review
Option3. The Trickster
A book by an author who publishes under more than one name
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
Goodreads notes that Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowen.
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 60
Julia10315.8 - Right-Hand Cat
(cat on cover)This post: 15 points
Total points: 175
Total BB: 4
Total GO: 1
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 13
5.9 Emperor PalpatineThe Nowhere Man by Gregg Hurwitz
TNM are in eMperor palpaTiNe
Post Total: 5
Grand Total: 5
10.9 Spring ForwardDownfall by J.A. Jance
This is #17 in the Joanna Brady series. It is the next book for me in this series and it is new to me
Post Total: 10
Grand Total: 15
10.10 Spring TrainingThe Bomb Shelter by Jon Talton
The book takes place entirely in Phoenix, Arizona and revisits a notorious Phoenix murder.
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-re...
Post Total: 10
Grand Total: 25
30.4 Seeing DoubleBook 1: The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
rebeCCa maKKai
421 pages
Book 2: The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
Double TT and OO is Tattooist
Double RR is Morris
262 pages
Total Pages exceed 500
Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 55
perletwo 30.10 - Kaora's Task: Horsin' Around - Option 2
Book 1. Read a book where the first word in the title starts with one of the letters in NOVICE.
In a Dark, Dark Wood
Book 2. Read a book where the cover includes both red and white. Required: Point out the red and white on the cover.
Liars and Tyrants and People Who Turn Blue - White: woman's face/shoulder, author's name; Red: background, title, dot pattern at bottomPoints this task: 30
Total points: 455
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 32
Tasks completed: 25
Task 10.3 - Vincent Vegaread a book with author first name beginning with V
The Neon Lawyer by Victor Methos
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395 points
Task 25.6 - New Zealand Sheep Farmingtotal page count >501
book 1: read a book with author initials in ROMNEY
The Retreat by Mark Edwards
ME initials
335p
book 2: read a book with an 4 letter anagram from the phrase
The Rule of One
RULE is the anagram: bUy moRE wooL
270pages
335 + 270 > 501
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420 points
RAYNEBAIR5.7 - The Joker
Read a book with the main page genre humor. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
How to Be a Normal Person by T.J. Klune
MPG Humor (verified in msg 6 of task thread)
points this post: 5
total points: 250
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 1
Nick KYJust in case this is an issue, I neglected to put the page number of the list when I posted yesterday. So here it is.
20.9 Fee’s Villains for Children
Opt. 1. I read # 37, p. 1, on the Monsters list, Moby Dick by Herman Melville.
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for Moby Dick at 536 pp
I had 50 pp of Moby Dick read before the challenge began. I set it aside, then picked it back up. Now, I have conquered.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 210
Big Books So Far: 500+ (2)
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Points this post: 15
Total points: 235
Tasks completed: 16/58
Books read: 20