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SPRING CHALLENGE 2019
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FYI: This is my first post of the challenge.20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Raynebair's Task: A Day In the Life Of...
Option 2: Read a book in which the authors initials are found in the word BIOGRAPHY. All initials must be present and can only appear as many times as found in the word.
The Royal Affair by Gail Barrett (Goodreads Author)
Points This Post: 20
Grand Total Points: 20/1030
Total Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1/58
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: ()500+( )750+(),1000+()
Golden Oldies:
20.8 Nickels & Dimes -Paula S's Task: Springtime Traditions in SwedenOption 2: Murder With Peacocks Donna Andrews
25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: Spring ThingsOption 1: The Girls at 17 Swann Street
Option 3: Captive for the Sheikh's Pleasure Carol Marinelli
25.5 - SandyL's Task: Spring Festivals!Option 1: Yeast of Eden
Option 3: First & Then
Set in Florida - "His family lived in California, we were in Florida, and that had been perfectly fine, a perfectly acceptable dose of Foster." page 7
30.3 - ElaineL's task: The Big Bang TheoryOption 2: Lowcountry Bordello - 272 pages
Option 3: Visions in Death
I started the In Death series before the Spring challenge began and this book is new to me. Prior to reading this book, there were 30 published books remaining in the series that I have not read.
30.4 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Seeing DoubleBook 1: One Hundred Reasons Kelly Collins
Book 2: On the Chopping Block Jenny Kales
30.6 - TessaVanessa’s Task: DC vs MarvelOption 2
Book 1: Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal - page 1
Book 2: The Good Ones - Magneto
30.10 - Kaora's Task: Horsin' AroundOption 2
Book 1: No Good Tea Goes Unpunished
Book 2: The Italian's One-Night Consequence
- Red banner, white background
30.11 - Brooke TX's Task: My Favorite MonstersOption B
Book 1: Heirs and Graces
Book 2: Ice Blue - Villain as romantic love interests page 2
Total Points: 615
TINABEER15.9 - A True Renaissance Man. Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in LEONARDO DA VINCI.
Our House by Louise Candlish
Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 95
Total Tasks: 5
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).
The Best Kind of Trouble by Lauren Dane
The Best KInd of TrOubLe
Points This Post: 20
Grand Total Points: 40/1030
Total Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2/58
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: ()500+( )750+(),1000+()
Golden Oldies:
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Librarianish's Task: TBR-Buster!Option 2: A-Z. Sort your TBR list by author's name. Read a book written by a single author whose first or last name begins with any letter in TO BE R EAD.
The Night In Question by Kelsey R oberts
Points This Post: 20
Grand Total Points: 60/1030
Total Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3/58
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: ()500+( )750+(),1000+()
Golden Oldies:
20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kristen IA’s Task: Tiptoe Through the TulipsOption 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.
Eternal Prey by Nina Bangs (Goodreads Author)
Book #3 in the Gods of the Night series.
Points This Post: 20
Grand Total Points: 80/1030
Total Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 4/58
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: ()500+( )750+(),1000+()
Golden Oldies:
SCHATZIE5.3. Lady MacBeth
--author initials in OUT DAMNED SPOT
The Silent Patient
by Alex Michaelides
Challenge Total: 95
SCHATZIE10.2 - Vito & Michael Corleone
--organized crime plays major role
The Family Corleone
Challenge Total: 105
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Fee's Task: Villains in Children's StoriesOption 2: Night: Read a book with one of the following words in the TITLE (not subtitle): NIGHT, DARK, SLEEP. Plurals and Possessives are allowed, but no other variations.
Wicked Nights by Nina Bangs (Goodreads Author)
"Night" is found in the book title.
Points This Post: 20
Grand Total Points: 100/1030
Total Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 5/58
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Big Books: ()500+( )750+(),1000+()
Golden Oldies:
SCHATZIE10.4 - Loki
--book from given list
Tell No One
--found on pg. 1 of given list
Challenge Total: 115
25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: Spring ThingsOption 1: Double Trouble. Read a book which has two consecutive words in the title (NOT subtitle) which begin with the same consonant.
Mysterious Millionaire by Cassie Miles
Option 2: Sci Fi High. Read a book which has a main page genre of Science Fiction, Sci Fi, or SyFy.
Beyond the Rain by Jess Granger
"Science Fiction" is found on main page genre.
Points This Post: 25
Grand Total Points: 125/1030
Total Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 6/58
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Big Books: ()500+( )750+(),1000+()
Golden Oldies:
Kim O30.6 - TessaVanessa’s Task: DC vs Marvel
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 Marvel Comics. Identity Crisis -- Found on page 1
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 these DC villains: Joker, Deathstroke, Darkseid, Lex Luthor, Bane, Professor Zoom, Ra's al Ghul, Sinestro, Scarecrow, Doomsday. The Story of Arthur Truluv - De at h st r o ke
Points this task: 30
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Totals:
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 9
25.4 - Diana K's Task - Eating Around the WorldBook 1: Read a book that is set in a country that you have never visited.
Kiss of the Wolf by Morgan Hawke (Goodreads Author)
The book is set in Romania. I have never been to Romania.
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.
Protective Confinement by Cassie Miles
Romania National Dish: Mici
Points This Post: 25
Grand Total Points: 150/1030
Total Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 7/58
Total Goodreads Authors: 4
Total Big Books: ()500+( )750+(),1000+()
Golden Oldies:
SCHATZIE15.1 - Celebrate Your Name
Book 1: The Possibility Dogs: What a Handful of "Unadoptables" Taught Me about Service, Hope, and Healing
by Susannah Charleson
Book 2, Opt. 1: title has same # of characters as readerboard name
Wild Bird
Challenge Total: 140
SCHATZIE15.5 - It's Black and White
--50% set in Australia
The Lost Man
--approved in msg 10 in help thread
Challenge Total: 155
30.8 - Cat's Task: Big OldiesOption 2: One Book Option
Read a book that meets the criteria for a Golden Oldie ticket, a book FIRST published in or before 1950 AND that meets the criteria for getting TWO Big Book tickets, a book with at least 750 pages.
The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
801 Pages and First Published in 1837
Claiming 2 Big Book Tickets and 1 Golden Oldie
Points This Post: 30
Grand Total Points: 180/1030
Total Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 8/58
Total Goodreads Authors: 4
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
Amy the book bat20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Raynebair's Task: A Day In the Life Of...
Option 3: Read a book where the title starts with a word that begins with the letter B, A or M. All title words count, including articles.
Anne of Windy Poplars
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 14.0
first published 1936 - claiming 1 GO ticket
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Task points: 20
Total points: 240
Books read: 21
Tasks completed: 20
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 2
SCHATZIE15.7 - Villains We Love To Hate
--author name match to given list
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
by Charles Duhigg
--name from list: Charles Laughton
Challenge Total: 185
SCHATZIE15.9 - A True Renaissance Man
--author initials in LEONARDO DA VINCI
The Girl Who Was Taken
by Charlie Donlea
Challenge Total: 215
Amy FL5.1. Hannibal Lector
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25
Amy FL10.2 - Vito & Michael Corleone
The Power of the Dog - This book details the interaction between a Mexican drug cartel (the Barrerra family) and the Mafia in New York. A DEA agent is attempting to bring the cartel down throughout.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 35
Amy FL20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Raynebair's Task: A Day In the Life Of...
Option 3: My Sister, the Serial Killer (My)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 55
Amy FL20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kristen IA’s Task: Tiptoe Through the Tulips
Option 5: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (zuiD-hOlland)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 75
30.4The page number total for both books must exceed 500
Book 1: Read a book in which the author’s name contains exactly TWO sets of double-letters.
The Lost Sun by Tessa Gratton
334 pages
Book 2: Read a book in which the TITLE contains at least one set of double-letters, AND the author’s name contains at least one set of double-letters.
Winter Cottage by Mary Ellen Taylor
348 pages
Task points: 30
Total points: 240
SCHATZIE 15.10 - Celebration of the Queen
Opt. 1: pub. between 1819-1901
King Solomon's Mines
Challenge Total: 230
StaceyNC10.10 - Spring Training
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.
Book: Feral Heat
Completed: 3/29/19
Setting: Austin, Texas
Approved for length -- line 1051
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 170
Tasks Completed: 9
SCHATZIE20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Raynebair's Task: A Day In the Life Of...
Opt. 2: author initials in BIOGRAPHY
The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls
by Anissa Gray
Challenge Total: 250
SCHATZIE20.3 - Best Review -Trishhartuk’s Task: Burdened with Glorious Purpose
Opt. 2: LOKI letters in title
The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan
Challenge Total: 270
SCHATZIE20.5 - Bigger is Better - Librarianish's Task: TBR-Buster!
Opt. 2: one author initial in TO BE READ
-I used my own TBR list
Brave, Not Perfect: Fear Less, Fail More, and Live Bolder
by Reshma Saujani
added to my TBR list on Feb. 19, 2019
Challenge Total: 290
Bookwrm526Task #30.11 - My Favorite Monsters
Option A
Book 1: Read a book by a single author whose first and last names start with the same letter. I read Ignite the Stars by Maura Milan.
Book 2: Read a book from the list Villain Protagonist. I read The Cruel Prince by Holly Black, from page 1 of the list, at #8 at time of posting.
Total points so far: 270
SCHATZIE20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Tien's Task: Prequels & Midquels
Opt. 2: midquels
Stars Above
Challenge Total: 310
SCHATZIE20.8 Nickels & Dimes -Paula S's Task: Springtime Traditions in Sweden
Opt. 1: SEMLA letters in title
The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story
Challenge Total: 330
SCHATZIE20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Fee's Task: Villains in Children's Stories
Opt. 2: NIGHT in title
The Night Tiger
Challenge Total: 350
Kathy KS15.4 - Number, Please?
Choose one option.
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.
Rapid River Hoax, by Loretta Jackson
High Country Mystery #8
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.
#8 = TUV = The
The Real Education of TJ Crowley, by Grant Overstake
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Points for this task: 15
Total points: 175
Tasks completed: 12
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
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