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SPRING CHALLENGE 2019
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Kathy KS20.8 Nickels & Dimes -Paula S's Task: Springtime Traditions in Sweden
Choose one option and read a book for that option.
Option 2: Lady day.
Read a book written by a single author with first and last name initials in VÅFFELDAGEN.
The Pastor Wears a Skirt: stories of gender and ministry, by Dorothy Nickel Friesen
DF = VÅFFELDAGEN
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Points for this task: 20
Total points: 195
Tasks completed: 13
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
SCHATZIE25.3 - Sophie's Task: May Day Celebration
Opt. 1: book from given list
Dark Places
--found on pg. 2
Opt. 3: title word initials in MORRIS DANCING
My Sister's Grave
Challenge Total: 400
SCHATZIE25.4 - Diana K's Task - Eating Around the World
Book 1: set in a country I've never been to - Iran
--I've never been to Iran
Song of a Captive Bird
Book 2: Iranian dish - ABGOOSHT: letters in title/subtitle
Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism
Challenge Total: 425
SCHATZIE25.5 - SandyL's Task: Spring Festivals!
Opt. 1: title initials in CHERRY BLOSSOM
Her One Mistake
Opt. 3: set in England
Watching You
Challenge Total: 450
Coralie30.3 The Big Bang Theory
I chose to read 2 books that satisfy Option 2: 279 pages plus or minus 12
Edgedancer 272 pages
Central Station 275 pages
Total to date 250 points
Dakimel20.3 - Best Review -Trishhartuk’s Task: Burdened with Glorious Purpose
1: Heroine Complex
Tally: +20
Total: 140
CHANDNI30.4 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Seeing Double
Book 1: Read a book in which the author’s name contains TWO sets of double-letters.
The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths - 352 pages
Double ll and double 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.
That Summer by Sarah Dessen - 208 pages
title double letters -mm/author double letters -ss
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This Post: 30
Total Points: 145
Books Read: 9
Completed Tasks: 8
Dakimel25.6 - Andy P.’s Task: New Zealand Sheep Farming
1: Anger Is a Gift by Mark Oshiro
2: Bringing Delaney Home - word HOME
Tally: +25
Total: 190
Dakimel30.2 - Amanda A's Task: March Madness
1A: Deception
4: Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny
Tally: +30
Total: 220
Dakimel30.4 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Seeing Double/b>
1: Restless Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan - RR in Carrie, NN in Ann
2: The Other Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn - SS in title 'Miss', NN in surname 'Quinn'
Tally: +30
Total: 250
Dakimel30.5 - Dlmrose’s Task: Answered and Asked
book 1, answered: The Stranger I Married
book 2, asked: Could This Be Love?
Tally: +30
Total: 280
Dakimel30.6 - TessaVanessa’s Task: DC vs Marvel
Option 2
2-1: Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal (pg 1 of list)
2-2: The Calculating Stars (villain: Galactus)
Tally: +30
Total: 310
Dakimel30.9 – Sandy’s Task: Sandy's Big Adventure
B: In Pieces by Sally Field
C: The Overstory
Tally: +30
Total: 340
Dakimel30.10 - Kaora's Task: Horsin' Around
1-1: The Duke I Tempted by Scarlett Peckham
1-2: The Quiet Side of Passion by Alexander McCall Smith
Tally: +30
Total: 370
20.1 - Most Improved- Elizabeth B's Task: Spring Festivals Around EuropeOption 2: TASTE FLORENCE FOOD FESTIVAL
A. Read a book with a main page genre Food, standalone or embedded.
I read The Kitchen Daughter.
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 185
Tasks Complete: 9
Books Read: 11
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.
Murder Must Wait (Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte #17) by Arthur W. Upfield
Option 3. read a book by an Australian author, born in or currently resides there, or set at least 50% in Australia.
Diamond Dove (Emily Tempest #1) by Adrian Hyland
Set 100% in Australia
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 330
Kim O10.1 - Darth Vader 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.
Lenten Reflections From A Father Who Keeps His Promises
Points this task: 10
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Totals:
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 10
Readerboard Name: ADRIBETask 10.10 - Spring Training
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the following locations where spring training takes place: Arkansas, Arizona, California, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mexico, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, Texas.
Selected: Hecho en Saturno by Rita Indiana
Takes place half in Cuba, half in the Dominican Republic
Points in this post: 10
Total points: 85
Total books read: 6
Readerboard Name: ADRIBETask 15.9 - 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.
Selected: What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah
Points in this post: 15
Total points: 100
Total books read: 7
Readerboard Name: ADRIBECorrection post
Task 20.5 - Bigger is Better - Librarianish's Task: TBR-Buster!
Option 1
Randomized numbers: 541, 893, 94
Selected: Burden Kansas by Alan Ryker (541)
Shelved on August 17, 2012, to my TBR shelf.
Points in this post: 20
Total points: 100
Total books read: 7
Coralie30.8 Big Oldies
1 book option – book first published before 1950 with at least 750 pages
The Good Soldier Švejk, first published 1923, 752 pages
Total to date 280 points
25.3 - Sophie's Task: May Day CelebrationOption 1. Read a book from Sister Novels (page 3)
Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
Option 3. Read a book with a title of at least 3 words where all the title initials can be found in MORRIS DANCING.
Carry Me Down by M.J. Hyland
initials in title, CMD, found in Morris DanCing
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 355
Task 20.10 - Group Readsread and comment on one of the group reads
The Alice Network
comment
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500 points
Task 10.6 - Spring Breakread a book set in school
Truly Devious
set in Ellingham Academy, a boarding school. The school setting is essential to the story
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510 points
Repost10.9 - Spring Forward
All Wound Up - next book in a series I've already started and new-to-me
Total Points: 105
Repost15.7 - Villains We Love To Hate
Twins for the Billionaire Sarah M. Anderson - Judith Anderson
Total Points: 145
Repost20.1 - Most Improved- Elizabeth B's Task: Spring Festivals Around Europe
Option 1A: The Dirt on Ninth Grave
Total Points: 195
Repost20.3 - Best Review -Trishhartuk’s Task: Burdened with Glorious Purpose
Option 3: The Other Lady Vanishes Amanda Quick
Total Points: 215
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25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: Spring Things
Opt. 1: two consecutive title words begin with same consonant
We Are All Made of Molecules
Opt. 2: sci-fi mpg
The Lathe of Heaven
Challenge Total: 375