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SPRING CHALLENGE 2019
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JAMTOWN 8015.4- Number, please?
Option 2: Number chosen 2
A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
Post total: 15
Andy P.Task # 15.1 - 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 Shadows We Hide by Allen Eskens
Both my first name and the author's begin with "A"
Option 1: Read a book with a title with the same number of characters* as your readerboard name
Penned by Eileen Brady
Six letters in title, my name has five letters plus a period.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 365
Kayla C20.10
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
message 10
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
total points: 150
*claiming 1 BB ticket, 536 pages*
Kayla C25.1
Option 1
The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine who Outwitted America's Enemies by Jason Fagone
pages 464
Option 2
Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler
published December 2011
total points: 190
BB: 1
Janice CA20.2 - A Day In the Life Of...
Option 3: Title starts with a "M".
Mr. Joe: Tales from a Haunted Life by Joe Barnett
+20
total: 30
tasks: 2
books" 2
Jayme(the ghostreader)5.2 Sauron
Read a book with ring in the title
Ring of Secretsby Roseanna M. White
Task +5
Total Points:30
30.1 – Schatzie’s task: Villain One-linersOption 1, a book with one of the terms of endearment from Popular Terms of Endearment in the title: Love and Ruin by Paula McLain
The word is Love
Option 2, a book by a female author and the cover has a domestic dog on it: Cooper's Charm by Lori Foster
Points this post: 30
Total points: 215
30.4 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Seeing DoubleBook 1, a book in which the author's name contains exactly two sets of double letters: Jell-O Girls: A Family History by Allie Rowbottom
paperback edition Jell-O Girls: A Family History 288 pages
Book 2, 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: A Good Life: A Newspapering and Other Adventures by Ben Bradlee
paperback edition A Good Life: Newspapering and Other Adventures 512 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 245
30.10 - Kaora's Task: Horsin' AroundOption 1, book 1: a book by an author whose initials are found in the letters A K V E S H C M R B P F D L X I G: Morningstar: Growing Up with Books by Ann Hood
Option 1, book 2: a book with an X in the title: An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole
Points this post: 30
Total points: 275
Kim O5.1. Hannibal Lector Read a book with Food and Drink (standalone or embedded) as a main page genre.
Sourdough: A Novel
Points this task: 5
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Totals:
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Tasks completed: 13
Task 10.6 - Spring BreakRead a book in which the main character is a college or secondary school student or teacher. The school setting must be part of the story.
The Shakespeare Requirement (Jason Fitger #2) (2018) by Julie Schumacher (Hardcover, 309 pages)
115 + 10 = 125
Tasks Completed: 06
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 115 + 10 = 125
Books read: 08
Pages read: 2,355
Read but not claimed: 05
Goodreads Authors: 03
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
15.7 - Villains We Love To HateThe Summons by JOHN Grisham
JOHN Huston
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 445
Task 25.2 - Spring Thingsoption 1: read a book with two consecutive words in the title starting with a consonant
Miss Mabel's School for Girls
Miss Mabel start with M
option 2: read a book with Science Fiction MPG
One Word Kill
MPG confirmed: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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645 points
Diana K.20.8 Nickels & Dimes -Paula S's Task: Springtime Traditions in Sweden
Opt 1 Read a book with all the letters in the word SEMLA in the TITLE, not subtitle
The Island of Sea Women
Total points: 295
Diana K.30.8 - Cat's Task: Big Oldies
option 1: Two Book Option - The combined page count must be at least 750.
Book 1 - Read a book that meets the criteria for a Golden Oldie ticket, a book FIRST published in or before 1950.
The Grass is Singing
Book 2 - Read a book that meets the criteria for a Big Book ticket - a book with at least 500 pages.
Legacy
Claiming one GO ticket and one Big Book ticket
Total points: 325
Task 15.5 – It’s Black and WhiteSet at least 50% in JAPAN
Pachinko
I listened to the audiobook / No MMP / Paperback: Pachinko - 496 p
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This Post: 15 points
Total points to date: 115 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
Task 30.9 – Sandy – Sandy’s Big AdventureREQUIRED: At least one book NONfiction /and /
Total pages 600+: 267 + 496 = 763 p
Option A: Set COMPLETELY in an African Nation
NONfiction set 100% in CAMAROON
Mango Elephants in the Sun - 267 p
Option B: Author initials in BIG FIVE ANIMALS - F.B.
Fredrik Backman / Us Against You
I listened to the audiobook / No MMP / Paperback; Ние срещу всички - 496 p
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 145 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
Suzannesea20.4 Golden Oldies
Read a book with an mpg of essays, standalone or embedded.
I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel
mpg: Writing>Essays
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 120
DULCINELLA10.10 - Spring Training
Spring training is a series of practices and exhibition games that precede the start of the regular baseball season. 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.
Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid 368 p. 7 april 2019 4 stars The book is largely set in Los Angeles (intro on GR page)
Points in this post: 10 points
Total points :675 points
GO tickets: 2
BB tickets: 3
Nick KY25.1 Susan A’s Die Hard
Option 1. Two digits from “6 4 0” in page count, I read The Bold and Cold: A History of 25 Classic Climbs in the Canadian Rockies by Brandon Pullan, 246 pp.
Option 4. Gun on the cover. I read Kaboom: Embracing the Suck in a Savage Little War by Matt Gallagher. The soldier on the right clearly has a gun, and the others probably do too.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 395
30.1 – Schatzie’s task: Villain One-linersOption 3: The Lake House by James Patterson
When the Wind Blows #2
Option 4: Zoo by James Patterson
Total points: 275 + 30 = 305
10.6 - Spring BreakSimon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
takes place during Simon’s junior year of high school
Total points: 305 + 10 = 315
Ava Catherine30.9 – Sandy’s Task: Sandy's Big Adventure
You may choose two (books) from the same option.
A. Read a book set in one or more African countries.
Book 1: We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda by Philip Gourevitch set in Rwanda and Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of Congo; mpg nonfiction, National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction 1998; pages 356
Book 2: The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood by Elspeth Huxley nonfiction mpg, pages 288, set in Kenya
356+288=644 total pages
total=915
Oma12295.8. Annie Wilkes
Read a book from one of these lists: Books About Books and Authors OR Writers Who Write About Writers.
Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley
This book is found on page 2 of Books About Books and Authors
Claiming Parnassus on Wheels as Golden Oldie as it was first published in 1917
Total Points-270/1030
Total Tasks-14/58
Total Golden Oldie Books-(2)
Total Big Books-()500+( )750+(),1000+()
Oma122915.9 - 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.
Turnagain Love by Nancy Radke
Total Points-285/1030
Total Tasks-15/58
Total Golden Oldie Books-(2)
Total Big Books-()500+( )750+(),1000+()
Oma122925.2 - Nick KY’s Task: Spring Things
I chose Options #1 and #2.
Option 1. Double Trouble
Read a book which has two consecutive words in the title (NOT subtitle) which begin with the same consonant.
A Lion Called Christian: The True Story of the Remarkable Bond Between Two Friends and a Lion by Anthony Bourke
Option 2. Sci Fi High.
Read a book which has a main page genre of Science Fiction, Sci Fi, or SyFy.
Delete All Suspects by Donna Andrews
Total Points-310/1030
Total Tasks-16/58
Total Golden Oldie Books-(2)
Total Big Books-()500+( )750+(),1000+()
Cait S15.5- 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.
Grand Theft Horse by G. Neri
Whole book is set in California.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 85
Ava Catherine30.10 - Kaora's Task: Horsin' Around
Option 3. STADIUM JUMPING
Book 1: read a book that is book 2 or 3 of a series.
Murder at the University (DI Hillary Green #2) by Faith Martin; #2 in series
Book 2: Read a book that does not have ANY of the letters in FAULT in the title or subtitle.
Pompeii by Robert Harris
total=945
Kathy KS5.7. The Joker
Read a book with the mpg humor.
Finding Fraser, by K.C. Dyer
*****
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 235
Tasks completed: 16
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
Ava Catherine5.10. What Makes a Villain?
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Murder at Work by Faith Martin
total=950
Ava Catherine30.2 - Amanda A's Task: March Madness
Option 1: Read a book
b) with '68' intact in the page number.
A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
468 pages
Option 3: b) Read a book that is #5 in a series which also contains at least one of these numbers in the page count: 1, 2, 5, 9, 0.
Murder in the Family(DI Hillary Greene #5) by Faith Martin 239 pages; #5 in series
468+239=707 total pages
total=980
30.3Option 2: Read a book that has 279 pages plus or minus 12 (267-291 pages inclusive).
Sea of Memories by Fiona Valpy
284 pages
The Gift by Patrick O'Leary
286 pages
Task points: 30
Total points: 270
Louise B30.1 – Schatzie’s task: Villain One-liners
I chose options 2 and 4.
Option 2: “I’ll get you my pretty, and your little dog too.”
A book written by a single female author AND the cover has a domestic dog on it.
The Shortest Way Home by Juliette Fay
Cover has a German Shepherd on it, author is a woman.
Option 4: “Ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight.”
A book with red text on the cover. All of the text need not be red, but at least one entire word has to completely red.
The Double-A Western Detective Agency by Steve Hockensmith
Red text on cover. I read the ebook but have linked to the paperback.
Points this task: 30
Number of tasks completed: 3
Total points to date: 55
JAMTOWN 8020.2- A Day in the Life of......
Option 1: on page 9 of https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
Gather Together in My Name by Maya Angelou
Post total: 20
Season total:
Kayla C20.6
Option 1
The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion
#2 in the Don Tillman Series
total points: 210
BB: 1
30.11 - Brooke TX's Task: My Favorite MonstersOption C: Lucifer Morningstar (from Mike Carey's Lucifer comic series)
Book 1: Read a book from this list: Required Reading Graphic Novels.
Required: State the page. I read What It Is by Lynda Barry. This book was found on page 2 of the list.
Book 2: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in MORNINGSTAR. Middle initials may be ignored.
I read Less by Andrew Sean Greer, whose initials cane be found in morninGStaR.
points: 190
books read: 15
tasks completed: 11
Big books: 1
pages read: 4275
Elizabeth PTask 10.9 - Spring Forward
Devil's Daughter by Lisa Kleypas
This book was next in the Ravenels series, which I started in 2015. This book was new to me.
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 30
Total Tasks: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 2
10.7 - Spring ChickenThe Brightsiders by Jen Wilde
pub 2018
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 455
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.3 Lady MacBeth
The Library Book by Susan Orlean.
Out damned Spot
Points this post: 5
Total points: 515
Tasks completed: 31/58
Books read: 40
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.5 Cruella de Vil
by Lesley Choyce.Points this post: 5
Total points: 520
Tasks completed: 32/58
Books read: 41
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.4 Diana K's Task - Eating Around the World
Book 1: The Children Act by Ian McEwan. It is send in the United Kingdom.
I have never visited the United Kingdom.
Book 2: Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening: How I Learned the Unexpected Joy of a Green Thumb and an Open Heart by Carol Wall.
CAWL is the dish.
C=unexpeCted
A=gArdening
W=oWita's
L= Learned
Points this post: 25
Total points: 545
Tasks completed: 33/58
Books read: 43
ElaineL5.10: What Makes a Villain?
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Wicked Bite
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 620
ElaineL20.8: Nickels & Dimes -Paula S's Task: Springtime Traditions in Sweden
Required: state which option you chose in your post.
Option 2: Read a book written by a single author with first and last name initials in VÅFFELDAGEN.
About a Dragon by G.A. Aiken
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 640
Diana K.10.4 Read a book found on the Best Plot Twist list
Behind Closed Doors on page 3
Total points: 335
ElaineL25.6: Andy P.’s Task: New Zealand Sheep Farming
Required: Identify the option.
Book 1. Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in the word ROMNEY.
Heaven and Earth by Nora Roberts
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.
Night's Honor HONOR buy mORe wOol clotHiNg
501 p. minimum: 416 p. + 304 p. = 720 p.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 665
Delicious Dee15.1 - Celebrate Your Name
book 1 - Barbarian's Taming - Ruby Dixon - D for Dixon and D for Delicious Dee
book 2 - Just Come Over - 12 characters in title and in R/B name
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 320
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30.8 - Cat's Task: Big Oldies
Option 2: Read a book that meets the criteria for a Golden Oldie AND that meets the criteria for getting TWO Big Book tickets.
Book read: You Can't Go Home Again
Required: Published in 1940 and is 774 pages.
Points this post: 30
Also claiming 1 GO ticket and 2 BB tickets
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Points Total: 115