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SPRING CHALLENGE 2019
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SandyL20.2 - 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.
Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo by Lawrence Anthony
Title starts with B
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 185
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 12
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
5.5: Cruella de Vil
Read a book with a coat or jacket on the cover.
Cronin's Key
Required: Include the cover in your post.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 505
SandyL15.8 - Right-Hand Cat
Read a book with a domestic cat on the cover
Dear Jane by Marissa Clarke
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 200
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 13
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
RAYNEBAIR15.1 - 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.
The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan
** IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
Book 2 Option 1: Read a book with a title with the same number of characters* as your readerboard name.
Threepeat by K.C. Wells
My readerboard name has 9 characters
points this post: 15
total points: 310
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 2
SandyL10.10 - Spring Training
Sexiest Billionaire by Sierra Cartwright
Set in Louisiana (New Orleans)
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 210
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 14
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
SandyL10.7 - Spring Chicken
Read a "young" book
Overnight Sensationby Sarina Bowen
Published in 2019
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 220
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 15
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
SandyL10.3 - Vincent Vega
Read a book written by a single author with the initial V.
The Lawman (Montana Men) by Vanessa Vale
Author has V initial
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 230
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 16
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
SandyL5.6. The shark in Jaws
Read a book from one of these lists: Summer beach reads set in beach towns.
Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
Pg 1 of Summer Beach Reads (#18)
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 235
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 17
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
10.8 - Spring FeverMontalbano's First Case and Other Stories by Andrea Camilleri
MA in Montalbano, M in Camilleri
*** One Big Book Ticket claimed - 560 pages
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Total points: 55
SandyL5.2. Sauron
Read a book with “ring” found intact in the title
Spring in Lilac Glen (A Moonlit Hearts Romance) by Angie Ellington
spRING in lilac glen
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Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 240
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 18
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Joanne MITask 20.2 A Day in the Life Of
Option 1
Task Read a book from this list: BestMemoir/Biography/Autobiographys
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
Located on page 4 # 315
Points this task 20
Total Points 130
Total BB's 1
Queen Bee Darlene10.10 Spring Training - book set at least 50% in Georgia
God's Little Acre by Erskine Caldwell God's Little Acre
Set in Georgia
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 140
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Fee's Task: Villains in Children's Stories
Option 2: That Night by Chevy Stevens.
NIGHT is in the title.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 430
Tasks completed: 26/58
Books read: 33
Joanne MIPost 5.1 Read a book with MPG of food or drink
What Kings Ate and Wizards Drank
This book was approved in the Help Thread-message #10
Points this task 5
Total points 135
Total BB's 1
READ 60 5.5 Humor Assume the Worst: The Graduation Speech You'll Never Hear by Carl Hiaasen
Points; 5
Total points 30
5.5. Cruella de VilThe man on the other side of the window is wearing a coat.
Bunner Sisters by Edith WhartonTask Total: 5
Season Total: 5
15.7 - Villains We Love To Hate#24 Michael Douglas
Warlight by Michael Ondaatje
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 30
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Fee's Task: Villains in Children's StoriesOption 3: Adults
Read a book that was first published between 16 and 21 years ago, so a book FIRST published between 1998 and 2003 inclusive.
2003:
The Orange Girl by Jostein Gaarder
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 80
25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: Spring Things Option 1. Double Trouble. Read a book which has two consecutive words in the title (NOT subtitle) which begin with the same consonant.
Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones
Option 2. Sci Fi High. Read a book which has a main page genre of Science Fiction, Sci Fi, or SyFy.
Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 105
Cait S5.5- Cruella de Vil
Read a book with a coat or jacket on the cover.
by Craig ThompsonPoints This Post: 5
Total Points: 70
5.8. Annie WilkesI read Flaubert's Parrot
This is #44 (page 1) on the "Writers Who Write About Writers" list.
Total points: 5
20.3 - Best Review -Trishhartuk’s Task: Burdened with Glorious PurposeI read Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange, Vol. 1
for Option #1.This book has the main page genre Superheroes > Marvel.
Total points: 25
25.5 - SandyL's Task: Spring Festivals!Option 1 Read a book with a title of at least three words where all the title initials can be found in CHERRY BLOSSOM.
My Bad Ex-Boyfriend
Option 3: 50 % set in England
The Countess Conspiracy - set 100% in England, noted on book's main page setting
points: 25 + 570 = 595
Readerboard name Kathy P20.1 - Most Improved- Elizabeth B's Task: Spring Festivals Around Europe
Option 2 Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World
Points this task: 20
Totals
Points: 60
BB: 0
GO:0
Total Task completed: 4
Total Books read: 4
Diana K.20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kristen IA’s Task: Tiptoe Through the Tulips
Opt 3 Read a book that has a flower or flowers on the cover.
Total points: 275
5.1. Hannibal Lector.Read a book with Food and Drink as MPG
Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef
Points 5
Total 15
5.6. The shark in JawsRead a book from one of these lists: Vacations from Hell or Summer beach reads set in beach towns.
The Black Stallion 36 on Vacations from Hell
mg Bl 5.2 AR 7
Points 5
Total 20
DAWN70Task 30.2 - Amanda A.'s Task: March Madness
Choose two different options and read a book for each. Combined pages of both books must be at least 500 pages.
375+354=729 pages
Option 1(a): Read a book FIRST published in March of any year.
The Warrior Elin Peer, #5 Men of the North, 3-13-19, 3-1/2* 375 pgs. - Published March 25, 2018
Option 3(a): Read a book with a five-word TITLE which also contains at least one of these numbers in the page count: 1, 2, 5, 9
The Ones Who Got Away Roni Loren, #1 The Ones Who Got Away, 3-21-19, 5*
The Ones Who Got Away = 5 words in title
354 pages
Points this task: 30
Total points: 90
Books read: 7
Tasks done: 5
DAWN70Task 25.6 - Andy P.'s Task: New Zealand Sheep Farming
Combined page count for both books must be 501 pages or more. 357+388=745 pages
Two books must be read, one for Book 1, and one for Book 2.
Book 1: Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in the word ROMNEY.
A Little Magic Nora Roberts, 3-18-19, 3* 357 pgs.
ROMNEY
Book 2: Read a book with a title 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.
All the Bright Places Jennifer Niven, 3-24-19, 4-1/2* 388 pages
BUY MORE WOOL CLOTHING (Using "BRIGHT")
Points this task: 25
Total points: 115
Books read: 9
Tasks done: 6
DAWN70Task 20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Fee's Task: Villains in Children's Stories
This is a one-book task. Choose one of the villains and read one book that fits its task.
Option 2: Night - Read a book with one of the following words in the title: NIGHT, DARK, SLEEP.
The Two-Night One-Night Stand Ryan Ringbloom, 3-18-19, 3* 164 pgs.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 135
Books Read: 10
Tasks Done: 7
DAWN70Task 20.6 - 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.
Taken by the Night Kathryn Smith, #3 Brotherhood of Blood, 3-28-19, 4* PB=384 pages
Points this task: 20
Total points: 155
Books read: 11
Tasks done: 8
DAWN70Task 20.2 - 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.
Midnight Rainbow Linda Howard, #1 Rescues, 3-21-19, 2* PB=256 pages
Points this task: 20
Total points: 175
Books read: 12
Tasks done: 9
DAWN70Task 10.7 - Spring Chicken
Read a book first published in or after 2015.
The Seducer Elin Peer, #4 Men of the North, 3-11-19, 2-1/2* First published 1-8-18
Points this task: 10
Total points: 185
Books read: 13
Tasks done: 10
20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kristen IA’s Task: Tiptoe Through the TulipsOption 3: The Flowers
I read
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 205
Tasks Complete: 10
Books Read: 12
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I read a kindle ARC of Lost Roses. The top paperback edition with page numbers listed is Russische rozen. "Roses" in title.
Total points: 265
20.8 Nickels & Dimes -Paula S's Task: Springtime Traditions in SwedenOption 2: Read a book written by a single author with first and last name initials in VÅFFELDAGEN.
Highway Bodies by Alison Evans
author's initials, AE, found in VÅFFELDAGEN
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 375
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5.2. Sauron
ring in suffering: No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering by Thich Nhat Hanh
total = 365
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10.7 - Spring Chicken
first published March 2019: I read the kindle edition - And Brother It's Starting to Rain by Jake Needham
total = 375
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20.3 - Best Review -Trishhartuk’s Task: Burdened with Glorious Purpose
option 4, a play: King Lear by William Shakespeare
total = 410
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25.5 - SandyL's Task: Spring Festivals!
option 1, CMHS title in CHerry bloSsoM: Contents May Have Shifted by Pam Houston
option 3, set in Australia: Crimson Lake by Candice Fox
total = 435
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30.6 - TessaVanessa’s Task: DC vs Marvel
7 letters- odd
Option 2
Book 1, from page 2 #135: Captain Marvel, Volume 1: Higher, Further, Faster, More by Kelly Sue DeConnick
Book 2, HOS in tHanOS: Heart of Stone by James W. Ziskin
total = 465
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30.7 - Dulcinella's Task: The Villain Archetype
option 1, Bad Girls and Femme Fatales, page 1, #74: Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron, 261 pages
option 2, Corruption in High Places page 1, #99: The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch, 722 pages
261 + 722 = 983 pages
total = 495
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.9 Emperor Palpatine
Three Rivers Rising by Jame Richards.
empoRoR palpaTine
Points this post: 5
Total points: 435
Tasks completed: 27/58
Books read: 34
Nick KY20.5 Librarianish’s TBR Buster!
Opt. 1. Random generated number on my TBR
1st random number: 392 – The Luck of Ginger Coffee by Brian Moore
2nd random number: 686 – The American by Henry James
3rd random number: 801 – The Music of Pythagorus by Kitty Ferguson
I read The American by Henry James, # 686, added Mar. 9, 2018.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 300
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10.3: Vincent Vega
Read a book written by a single author with the initial V.
In Safe Hands by Victoria Sue
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 500