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SPRING CHALLENGE 2019
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DULCINELLA 30.10 - Kaora's Task: Horsin' Around
Required: Indicate the option.
Option 1. DRESSAGE
Book 1. Surrounding the dressage arena are letters evenly spaced, which determine where the movements should start and end. Those letters are: 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 a book written by a single author whose initials are found in these letters. All initials count.
Over oude wegen
Mathijs Deen 415 p. 25 march 2019 4 starsBook 2. Read a book written by a single author with an X in the TITLE or the author's name. Subtitles are excluded.
Single en Sexy
Mariëtte Middelbeek 253 p. 27 march 2019 2 stars Points in this post: 30 points
Total points: 515 points
Tickets GO: 1
Tickets BB: 2
Sara G25.5 - SandyL's Task: Spring Festivals!
Option 3: Read a book set at least 50% in California, Florida, New Orleans, England or Australia.
Queen of Bedlam by Laura Purcell
This book is about Queen Charlotte of England and almost all of the story takes place there.
Option 4: Cannes Film Festival. This annual event premiers many of the films we end up seeing in our theaters throughout the year.
Read a book from of the following lists:
Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier
This book is on page 1 of the Classic Film Books list.
**Jamaica Inn is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1935). I claim one GO ticket.**
Points this post: 25
Total points: 340
30.2 - Amanda A's Task: March MadnessOPTION 1B: Read a book with '68' intact in the page number.
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
I listened to the audiobook linked above. The MMP version is The Lacuna, which has 688 pages, meeting the requirements of the task.
*This is a BIG BOOK (688 pages)*
OPTION 4: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA
The Murder on the Enriqueta by Molly Thynne
*This book is a GOLDEN OLDIE (first published in 1929)*
Combined pages = 688 + 220 = 908
Points this post: 30
TOTAL POINTS: 70
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1 (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 3
Total books read: 4
Janice CA10.9 - Spring Forward
I read a book which was new to me and was next in a series that I had already started.
book #4 in the Betty MacDonald Memoirs series
Onions in the Stew by Betty MacDonald
+10
total: 10
tasks: 1
books: 1
MEGAN RAE20.6 - 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 series designation must be present on the book's Goodreads metadata.
- Completed 27th MarchHow it fits: #3 in the series
Points this post: 20
Total points: 50
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.5 SandyL's Task: Spring Festivals!
Option 1: Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough.
cHErry Blossom
Option 3: Ready to Roll by Suzanne Brockmann.
It takes place in Coronado, California. It states that in the summary on GR.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 280
Tasks completed: 18/58
Books read: 23
Andy P.Repost of 755
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: David Prowse # 3 on Help Thread post
Outfoxed by David Rosenfelt
First names match
Points this post: 15
Total points: 230
Elizabeth PTask 20.8 - Springtime Traditions in Sweden
Option One - book with all letters of SELMA in title
The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton
the cLockMAkEr'S daughter
At 608 pages, good for *1 Big Book Ticket*
PB link: The Clockmaker's Daughter
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Total Tasks: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 1
Joanne MITask 15.4 Number Please
I chose Option 1 and read 2 books.
The number I chose was 3 and I read The Farthest Shore, which is book #3 in the Earthsea Cycle(cycle being the same as series in this instance).
The letter I choose was D and I read Daughters of the Winter Queen: Four Remarkable Sisters, the Crown of Bohemia, and the Enduring Legacy of Mary, Queen of Scots
Points this task 15
Total Points 85
Total BB's 1
Joanne MITask 20.5 TBR Buster
Read ONE book from your to-read/to-be-read (TBR) shelf
I chose Option # 3 First In, First Out. Go to your TBR shelf and sort by date added, oldest first. Read one of the books in the first 20 on the shelf.
I read Rubies from Burma which was # 19 on my shelf, added on June 5, 2017
Points this task 20
Total Points 105
Total BB's 1
Ava Catherine20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Tien's Task: Prequels & Midquels
Option 2. Midquels:
Read a book with series designation of #X.5 for which X can be any number other than 0.
An Event in Autumn #9.5 in series by Henning Mankell
total=380
RE POST - original post 97410.4 - Loki
Above and Beyond
Best Plot Twist page 4 #309
ebook verified post 7289
points: 10 + 530 = 540
15.8 - Right-Hand Catcat on cover
points: 15 + 540 = 555
Mod
For 15.7, I want to substitute The Stars Below for The Width of the World.
15.7 - Villains We Love To Hate
I read The Stars Below by David Baldacci.
author David matches #3 on list, David Prowse.
No change in points.
Mod
For my first book, I chose option 1(a) and read How To Steal A Country: State Capture in South Africa, first published March 27, 2018. I read the kindle edition - the hardcover edition (not published until April 2018) is How to Steal a Country - State Capture and Hopes for the Future in South Africa.
For my second book, I chose option 3(a) and read The Width of the World. The title has 5 words, and the page count of the top paperback edition, The Width of the World, is 480 pages - so, a 0 in the page count.
Total points: 190
20.10 Group ReadsI read The Alice Network, which has 510 pages and is a ****Big Book***. I made a comment on the comment thread.
points: 145
books read: 10
tasks complete: 7
Big Books: 1
pages read: 3419
Ava Catherine20.8 Nickels & Dimes -Paula S's Task: Springtime Traditions in Sweden
Option 3: Read a book about a witch or witches.
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
total=400
Ava Catherine20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Fee's Task: Villains in Children's Stories
Option 1: Monsters:
Read a book from this list: Best Monster Books
The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson
page 1; #92
total=420
Ava Catherine25.1 – Susan A’s Task: Die Hard
Option 3: Read a book that takes place entirely in California.
City of Bones by Michael Connelly
set in Los Angeles, California
Option 4: Read a book with a gun on the cover.
The Big Sleep
by Raymond Chandlertotal=445
Ava Catherine25.3 - Sophie's Task: May Day Celebration
Option 1. May Queen
Read a book from this list: Sister Novels
page 1; # 33
Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald
Option 2. Maypole dancing
Read a book with ONE of these colour names: blue, green, red, yellow found intact in the title or subtitle.
Tigers in Red Weather by Liza Klaussmann
total=470
Ava Catherine25.4 - Diana K's Task - Eating Around the World
Book 1: Read a book that is set in a country that you have never visited.
The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene set in Mexico, a country I have never visited
Book 2: Find the country from Book 1 on this list of National Dishes. Choose a dish from that country and read a book that has ALL of the letters of that dish in the title/subtitle.
Mexico: dish=taco
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
taco found in The physick bOok of deliverAnCe dane
total=495
Ava Catherine5.1. Hannibal Lector.
Read a book with Food and Drink (standalone or embedded) as a main page genre.
97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement by Jane Ziegelman mpg food and drink>food 138 users
total=500
Ava Catherine10.2 - Vito & Michael Corleone
Read a book in which an organized crime family, criminal organization, or crime syndicate plays a major role.
Sins of the Son by Frank Lucianus
total=510
Ava Catherine10.5 - Spring into Action
Read a book with the MPG Action and/or Adventure. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
mpg Adventure 833 users
total=520
CHANDNI15.7 - 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
The Round House by Louise Erdrich
#5 Louise Fletcher
[POINTS]
This Post: 15
Total Points: 115
Books Read: 7
Completed Tasks: 7
15.2 - Villains- Real and ImaginedBook 1 - Real - Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre of True Crime or Truecrime.
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara Crime>True Crime mpg 2,650 users
Book 2, Imagined - Read a fiction book with a main page genre of Crime. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
The Likeness by Tana French
mpg Mystery>Crime 607 users
total=535
Ava Catherine15.7 - 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.
#24 Michael Douglas - Michael Connelly
The Black Ice by Michael Connelly
total=550
Coralie5.9 Emperor Palpatine
Book with a title of three words where the initial letters of each word are found in EmperOr pAlpatine
Only Ever Always
Total to date 200 points
30.10 - Kaora's Task: Horsin' Around"Option 2. CROSS COUNTRY
Book 1. Read a book where the first word in the title starts with one of the letters in NOVICE."
Vardaesia (The Medoran Chronicles #5) by Lynette Noni
title starts with the letter V, found in noVice
Book 2. Read a book where the cover includes both red and white.
Holden's Performance by Murray Bail
RED curtain on top half of cover
WHITE top worn by boy on bottom half of cover
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 285
Ava Catherine15.10 - Celebration of the Queen
Option 1: Read a book FIRST published during Queen Victoria's lifetime - the years 1819 -1901 inclusive.
Bel-Ami by Guy de Maupassant
first published 1885
total=565
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Librarianish's Task: TBR-Buster!Option 1, randomizer numbers generated—66, 104, 555: Howards End is on the Landing: A Year of Reading from Home by Susan Hill, book #66 on my TBR shelf, added Dec 11, 2012
Points this post: 20
Total points: 145
CYNBAXTER# 5.05 – Cruella de Vil
Task: Read a book with a coat or jacket on the cover.
Book 1:
The Line Between by Tosca LeePoints this post: 5 points
Total points to date = 25 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
MAZZA115.1 - Celebrate Your Name
Using your SRC readerboard 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 an ARC copy of this book from net galley via Pan Macmillan
A Nearly Normal Family
M.T. Edvardsson
AND
Book 2:
Required: Indicate the option.
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.
The Man in the Brown Suit
this is first published in 1925 and i wish to claim a GO ticket
Points this post = 15
points to date = 245
GO tickets this post = 1
Tickets to date = 3
MAZZA125.1 – Susan A’s Task: Die Hard
This is a 2 book task. Choose 2 different options.
Required: Indicate the options.
Option 1.
Read a book with 2 different numbers from 640 in the page count. Examples: 140 pages, 416 pages
The Storyteller's Secret 400 pages includes 4 and 0
Option 2:
Read a book that was FIRST published in December of any year.
Cassidy Jones and the Secret Formula
First published December 13th 2010
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 270
trishhartuk15.9 A True Renaissance Man
Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in LEONARDO DA VINCI.
Killer Insight, Victoria Laurie
Leonardo da Vinci
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 195
Tasks Completed: 12
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book tickets: 0
MAZZA125.6 - Andy P.’s Task: New Zealand Sheep Farming
The combined page count for both books must be 501 pages or more.
Book 1. Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in the word ROMNEY. All name part initials count. Letters may only be used as often as they appear in the target.
Becoming Michelle Obama 426 pages
Book 2. Read a book with a title (subtitles are excluded) that contains a word of four or more letters that can be made from the letters contained in the phrase, BUY MORE WOOL CLOTHING. Words that can be made from consecutive letters in the phrase are not eligible.
Into the Water 386 pages
Required: State the word. INTO
426 +386 = 812 pages in total exceeds requirement
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 295
Reader name : Maya10.2 - Vito & Michael Corleone
Read a book in which an organized crime family plays a major role.
Book read: Carrots
Required: In case it's not clear enough, review here clarifies that Shelby works for a mob boss during this novel.
Points this post: 10
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Points Total: 85
Diana K.20.4 - 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”
Home Cooking: The Pleasures of Simple Food
Total points: 255
trishhartuk30.10 Kaora’s Task: Horsin' Around
Option 1. DRESSAGE. Book 1. The letters are: 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 a book written by a single author whose initials are found in these letters.
All The Weyrs Of Pern, Anne McCaffrey
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
A-K-V-E-S-H-C-M-R-B-P-F
Book 2. Read a book written by a single author with an X in the TITLE or the author's name.
Fixin' to Die, Tonya Kappes
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 225
Tasks Completed: 13
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book tickets: 0
15.10 - Celebration of the QueenOption 1: A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
first published 1887
Total points: 180 + 15 = 195
Sara G25.6 - Andy P.’s Task: New Zealand Sheep Farming
Book 1. Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in the word ROMNEY. All name part initials count. Letters may only be used as often as they appear in the target.
The Falconer by Elizabeth May
ROMNEY
Book 2. Read a book with a title (subtitles are excluded) that contains a word of four or more letters that can be made from the letters contained in the phrase, BUY MORE WOOL CLOTHING. Words that can be made from consecutive letters in the phrase are not eligible.
Room by Emma Donoghue
BUY MORE WOOL CLOTHING
Points this post: 25
Total points: 365
DULCINELLA15.9 - A True Renaissance Man
Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in LEONARDO DA VINCI. All name part initials count. Letters may only be used as often as they appear in the target.
After Anna Alex Lake 407 p. 28 march 2019 3 stars Points in this post: 15 points
Total points: 530 points
Tickets GO 1 points
Tickets BB: 2 points
30.6If your readerboard name is an even number of characters do option 1.
Book 1: Read one book from this list with a main page genre of sequential art.
Best of DC Comics Page 1
Batman: Year One by Frank Miller
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 Red Skull
Un Lun Dun by China Miéville
Task points : 30
Total points: 180
CYNBAXTER# 5.01 – Hannibal Lector
Book: The Chef's Secret by Crystal King
Task: Read a book with Food and Drink (standalone or embedded) as a main page genre.
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date = 30 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
20.2 - 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.
I read the ebook vesion of
Educated: A Memoir
This book is found on page 2, slot #193 of the list
New Points: 20
Total Challenge points: 180
Nick KY30.2 Amanda A’s March Madness
Option 2. At least 50% of the cover is Blue. I read What A Coincidence!: The Wow! Factor In Synchronicity and What It Means In Everyday Life by Susan M. Watkins. According to TinEye, 86.2% of the cover is Balai Hai Blue.
#8891b3 86.2 %Bali Hai (Blue)
#5d5648 6.2 %Judge Grey (Brown)
#575b70 5.4 %Smoky (Violet)
#1c1b25 1.6 %Nero (Black)
#b9ad96 0.6 %Bison Hide (Grey)
https://labs.tineye.com/color/7a2ec04...
Option 4. Author’s inits in MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA. I read Medusa's Web by Tim Powers: “minneaPolis minnesoTa.”
“…Coincidence” = 156 pp
“…Web” = 368 pp
Total pp = 524 > required 500
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 240
5.5. Cruella de VilY: The Last Man - The Deluxe Edition Book One by Brian K. Vaughan
Total points: 195 + 5 = 200
EMurphy5.3 Lady Macbeth - Author's initials found in the phrase OUT DAMNED SPOT
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
*Big Book Ticket: 512 pages
This Task:
Points: 5
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 1
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 45
Books Read: 4
BB Ticket: 1
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 4
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read a book set in Scotland
A Highland Christmas
set in Scottish Highlands
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480 points