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SPRING CHALLENGE 2019
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Sophie20.6 Author initials in ZUID-HOLLAND
The Body on the Shore by Nick Louth
Length verification post
Total 20
trishhartuk15.8 Right-Hand Cat
Read a book with a domestic cat on the cover. Required: Include the cover
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 0
loafer5.2. Sauron
Read a book with “ring” found intact in the title or subtitle.
The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker
the art of heaRING heartbeats
points: 5
total: 10
Jennifer KS15.2 - Villains- Real and Imagined
Read a non-fiction book main page genre True Crime
I'll Be Gone in the Dark One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara
(Paperback 368 pgs)
Read a fiction book-main page genre Crime
The Craftsman (The Craftsman, #1) by Sharon J. Bolton
(Hardcover 418 pgs)
Sharon J Bolton is a Goodreads Author
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Points this task: 15
Points thus far: 25
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 3
Pages read: 1125
Goodreads Author: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets;
0 500+
0 750+
0 1000+
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10.9 next book in a series you've already started. A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas
#2 in Lady Sherlock series
This book is new to me and I just started the series. Hoping there are more soon!
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 30/1030
Tasks completed: 2/58
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Brooke TX10.5 - Spring into Action
Read a book with the MPG Action and/or Adventure. Genre verified in help thread post 18:
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 2
Books Read: 2
5.1 Hannibal LectorKitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain.
It has the MPG Food and drink > food
Poinst: 5
Total points: 20
Andy P.Task # 5.2. Sauron
Read a book with “ring” found intact in the title
The Shimmering Road by Hester Young
ShimmeRING
Points this post: 5
Total points: 35
30.2 - Amanda A's Task: March MadnessOpt 2.
386 pages, more than 50% blue coverFrom tineye:
#3b4883 49.7 %Tory Blue (Blue)
#150c29 27.5 %Black Pearl (Blue)
#a8a5c 29.0 %Wistful (Blue)
#549ad1 7.9 %Picton Blue (Blue)
#494729 1.4 %Onion (Brown)
#bf9886 1.3 %Quicksand (Brown)
#989427 1.2 %Citron (Green)
#835382 1.0 %Trendy Pink (Violet)
#eed0a4 0.5 %Dairy Cream (Brown)
#757334 0.5 %Crete (Green)
Option 4 - author initials MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA
Rough Terrain by Annabeth Albert 368 pages
386 + 368 = 754 which exceeds 500 pages
Total Points = 30 + 80 = 110
Pamela326510.7 - Spring Chicken
Tomorrow's First Light by Naomi Rawlings – First published February 25, 2019
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 25
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
perletwo 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.
Murder, She Knit
Points this task: 20
Total points: 110
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 08
Tasks completed: 07
Alaina15.5 - It's Black and White
Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of those locations: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Scotland, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, or in the US: California, Georgia, Tennessee, Washington DC.
At the Wolf's Table-Rosella Postorino
(Set in Germany)
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 15
Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
CHANDNI20.3 - Best Review -Trishhartuk’s Task: Burdened with Glorious Purpose
Option 3. Read a book by an author, or team of authors, who publish under more than one name.
The Dead Zone by Stephen King
Stephen King/Richard Bachman
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 35
Books Read: 2
Completed Tasks: 2
Task 20.2 - A Day In the Life Of...option 3: read a book with title starting with M
Magic Steps
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20 points
Task 20.6 - Tiptoe Through the Tulipsoption 1: read a book that is #3 in a series
The Fire in the Forging
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40 points
Task 20.9 - Villains in Children's Storiesoption 3: read a book first published in 2001
Street Magic
pub 2001
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60 points
Task 30.2 - March Madness500+ total page count
option 3a: read a book with a five word title and 2, 1 in the page count
The Healing in the Vine
216 pages
option 4: read a book with author initials in MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA
Cold Fire by Tamora Pierce
T in minnesoTa
P in minneaPolis
307 pages
216+307 = 523 pages
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90 points
JUKKA20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Tien's Task: Prequels & Midquels
Option 1: Book with the series designation of #0.5.
Jim Butcher's Dresden Files Welcome to the Jungle by Jim Butcher is 0.5 in the Dresden Files Graphic Novels.
Total Points: 65/1030
Total Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 6/58
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
10.7 - Spring ChickenI read The Dakota Winters which was published in 2018.
Points: 40
books read: 3
tasks completed: 2
pages read: 1344
RAYNEBAIR30.10 - Horsin' Around
Option 1: DRESSAGE
Book 1: 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.
My Not So Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella
Book 2: Read a book written by a single author with an X in the TITLE or the author's name. Subtitles are excluded.
Hexhunter by Jordan L. Hawk
points this post: 30
total points: 95
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 0
10.6 - Spring BreakRead a book about the high school or college experience.
Book read: Always and Forever, Lara Jean
How it fits: MC is in her senior year, approved in the help thread in message 18
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Total points: 15
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
25.1 – Susan A’s Task: Die HardOption 1. Read a book with 2 different numbers from 640 in the page count.
Book read: Touch a Dark Wolf
How it fits: 306 pages (PB Edition: Touch a Dark Wolf)
Option 2. Read a book that was FIRST published in December of any year.
Book read: Children to a Degree: Growing Up Under the Third Reich
How it fits: first published in December 2013
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Total points: 40
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 3
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Jennifer KS15.2 - Villains- Real and Imagined
Read a non-fiction book main page genre True Crime
(Paperback 368 pgs)
Read a fiction book-main page genre Crime
(Hardcover 418 pgs)
Sharon J Bolton is a Goodreads Author
____________________________________________________
Points this task: 15
Points thus far: 25
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 3
Pages read: 1125
Goodreads Author: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets;
0 500+
0 750+
0 1000+
KathyKS15.5 - It's Black and White
verify that Kay’s China works] “OK” message 8: by Dlmrose [3-6-19]
Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of those locations: ...China...
Under Heaven, by Guy Gavriel Kay
is set in a version of the Tang Dynasty of China.
[Approved by Dlmrose, 3-6-19, message #8]
Required: State the location if it is not evident on the book's main page and provide a reference.
CLAIM 1 BB ticket: 573 pages [hb read]
Points for this task: 15
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 1
Big Book tickets for this task: 1
Big Book tickets total: 1
5.6 list: Vacations from Hell page 1 At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 35/1030
Tasks completed: 3/58
Books Read: 3
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
20.10 - Group ReadsFascism: A Warning by Madeleine K. Albright
discussion post #4
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Raynebair's Task: A Day In the Life Of...Option 2: The Girl in the Corner by Amanda Prowse
ElaineL5.1: Hannibal Lector
Read a book with Food and Drink as an MPG.
Life from Scratch: A Memoir of Food, Family, and Forgiveness
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 25
perletwo 20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Fee's Task: Villains in Children's Stories - Option 2: Read a book with one of the following words in the TITLE (not subtitle): NIGHT, DARK, SLEEP.
The Night My Friend: Stories of Crime and Suspense
Points this task: 20
Total points: 130
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 09
Tasks completed: 08
Oma122930.10 - Kaora's Task: Horsin' Around
I chose Option 1-Dressage
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.
The Enchanted Places by Christopher Milne
Book 2. Before exiting the arena the rider will typically stop and salute the judge at X. Read a book written by a single author with an X in the TITLE or the author's name. Subtitles are excluded.
The Malta Exchange by Steve Berry
Total Points-60/1030
Total Tasks-2/58
Total Golden Oldie Books-(1)
Total Big Books-()500+( )750+(),1000+()
5.3. Lady MacBethauthor’s initials found in the phrase “OUT DAMNED SPOT.”
Forever & Ever: A Collection of Stories by Tere Michaels
Points: 5 + 110 = 115
5.9. Emperor Palpatinethe initial letters of each word are found in EMPEROR PALPATINE
The Royal Rebel
Points: 5 + 115 = 120
Kim O20.2 - 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.
The Secret Chord
Points this task: 20
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Cumulative Totals
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed 2
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Librarianish's Task: TBR-Buster!I read from my own TBR shelf
Option 2: A-Z ~ Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon by Donna Andrews
author's first and last initials (DA) can be found in READ
Total points: 10 + 20 = 30
CelesteR15.8 - Cat
White cat among white doctor's jacket.
Honey Darling by Norikazu Akira
GN: 202 > 100+
Post - 15
Total - 45
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 Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption. It was on page 6.
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 75
Tasks Complete: 4
Books Read: 5
TINABEER10.4 - Loki
Read a book found on the Best Plot Twist list.
Diary by Chuck Palahniuk
Page 1 of the list, Item #12
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 10
Total Tasks: 1
TINABEER10.7 - Spring Chicken
Read a "young" book first published in or after 2015.
My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent
first published 4/29/2017
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 20
Total Tasks: 2
Task 5.3 - Lady Macbethread a book with author initials in SPOT
Shatterglass by Tamora Pierce
TP initials
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95 points
loafer5.3. Lady MacBeth
Read a book with the author’s initials found in the phrase “OUT DAMNED SPOT.”
All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
ouT daMned spot
points: 5
total: 15
5.8. Annie WilkesRead a book from one of these lists: Books About Books and Authors or Writers Who Write About Writers.
Book read: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
How it fits: #37 (page 1) on the Writers Who Write About Writers list.
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Total points: 45
Books read: 5
Tasks completed: 4
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.3 Vincent Vega
Blue Water Hues by Vicki Delany.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 1/58
Books read: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.2 Villains- Real and Imagined
Book 1: Shirley Turner: Doctor, Stalker, Murderer by Kelly Banaski. True crime is a MPG.
Book 2: Port Mortuary by Patricia Cornwell. Crime is a MPG.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 25
Tasks completed: 2/58
Books read: 3
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.2 Amanda A's Task: March Madness
Option 1A: Sunset Key by Blake Crouch.
1st published in March, 2013.
144 pages
Option 2:
by Ellen Hopkins. 550 pages.
Tin Eye results:
49.2 %Spray (Blue)
23.2 %Curious Blue (Blue)
13.8 %Shark (Grey)
6.5 %Egyptian Blue (Blue)
2.1 %Sulu (Green)
1.5 %Spring Sun (Green)
1.3 %Como (Green)
1.1 %Venetian Red (Red)
0.9 %Keppel (Green)
0.6 %Golden Brown (Brown)
550+144=694 total pages.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 3/58
Books read: 5
JUKKA10.7 - Spring Chicken
Book published in 2015 or later.
Ms. Marvel, Vol. 7: Damage Per Second by G. Willow Wilson is from 2017.
Total Points: 75/1030
Total Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 7/58
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Louise B's Task: In The GardenOption 3: The Cutting Garden - Kill For Me by Karen Rose
Total points: 30 + 20 = 50
Nick KY15.1 - Celebrate Your Name
Read 2 books, one book 1 and one book 2
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.
My Readerboard name is Nick KY beginning with N. I read So Lucky by Nicola Griffith.
AND
Book 2:
Required: Indicate the option.
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.
Nick KY has 6 characters. I read Carrie by Stephen King, the title has 6 characters.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 40
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15.9 - A True Renaissance Man
Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in LEONARDO DA VINCI.
The French Girl by Lexie Elliott
Points this task: 15
Total points: 30
Big book tickets: 0
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 2