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SPRING CHALLENGE 2019
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SCHATZIE25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: Spring Things
Opt. 1. 2 words in title start with same letter
The Motivation Myth: How High Achievers Really Set Themselves Up to Win
Opt. 2: sci-fi mpg
The Lathe of Heaven
Challenge Total: 575
Julia10330.11 - Brooke TX's Task: My Favorite Monsters
Option C
Book 1: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. This is on page 1 of the list.
Book 2: Rivington Street by Meredith Tax (MT in MorningsTar)
This post: 30 points
Total points: 280
Total BB: 4
Total GO: 1
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 19
SCHATZIE30.1 – Schatzie’s task: Villain One-liners
Opt. 2: female author and dog on cover
The Underdogs: Children, Dogs, and the Power of
Unconditional Love
by Melissa Fay Greene
Opt. 4: red text on cover
The Last Fighter Pilot The True Story of the Final Combat Mission of World War II
Challenge Total: 605
Elizabeth BTask 20.4
Option 1: SUN in the title
Touch of a Yellow Sun by VC Locey, e-book only, approved at message 7378 in the verification thread
Total 505
JUKKA30.6 - TessaVanessa’s Task: DC vs Marvel
Option 2: Marvel Comics
Book 1: Book from the Best of Marvel list.
Moon Knight, Vol. 1: From the Dead by Warren Ellis. It's from the first page.
Book 2: Book whose title's first letters are in one of the Marvel villains' names.
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal. The villain is Galactus.
Total Points: 335/1030
Total Books Read: 31
Tasks Completed: 27/58
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 0
30.1 – Schatzie’s task: Villain One-linersOption 3: read a book that is the second book in any series.
The Six Sacred Stones (Jack West Jr #2) by Matthew Reilly
1x Bigger is Better Tix (592p)
Option 4: read a book with red text on the cover.
The Hot Kid (Carl Webster #1) by Elmore Leonard
~title is in red textTotal this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 3
Season Total: 540
Dulcinella 10.6 - Spring Break
Read a book in which the main character is a college or secondary school student or teacher for the entirety of the book.
Teacher, Teacher!
Jack Sheffield 336 p. 10 april 2019 4 stars The MC is a combination of headmaster/teacher
Points in this post: 10 points
Total points: 725 points
3 tickets BB
2tickets GO
FANDURY20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kristen IA’s Task: Tiptoe Through the Tulips
Option 1: Read a book that is #2, #3, or #4 in a series.
Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop
Book is #2 in the series The Others.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 120
Books Read: 8
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Task 5.5 - Cruella de Vilread a book with a coat on the cover
Fur Coat No Knickers
she's lying on a white fur coat
approved in help thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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690 points
Julia10330.11 - Brooke TX's Task: My Favorite Monsters
Option C
Book 1: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. This is on page 1 of the list.
Book 2: Rivington Street by Meredith Tax (MT in MorningsTar)
This post: 30 points
Total points: 280
Total BB: 4
Total GO: 1
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 19
trishhartuk30.11 Brooke TX's Task: My Favorite Monsters
Option C: Lucifer Morningstar
Book 1: Read a book from this list: Required Reading Graphic Novels. Required: State the page.
The Doll's House, Neil Gaiman and others
Page 1, #12 on the list
Book 2: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in MORNINGSTAR.
Just Desserts, G A McKevett
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here.
MorninGstAr
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 345
Tasks Completed: 18
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book tickets: 0
5.3. Lady MacBethMillefiori by Omar Musa
author's initials, OM, found in Out daMned
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 3
Season Total: 545
30.7 - Dulcinella's Task: The Villain ArchetypeOption 3:
Laurent and the Beast 322 pages
Outlaws page 6
Option 4
Guns n' Boys: Book 1, Part 1 278 pages
Questionable Alphas page 3 #269 on list,
322 + 278 = 600 pages, which is at least 600 pages
points: 30 + 745 = 775
ElaineL5.7: The Joker
Read a book with the MPG humor.
I See Life Through Rosé-Colored Glasses
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 705
trishhartuk30.6 TessaVanessa’s Task: DC vs Marvel
Trishhartuk = 11 = odd
Option 2: Odd number of characters in readerboard name=Marvel comics
Book 1: Read one book from this list with a main page genre of sequential art. Best of Marvel Comics
Marvel 1602, Neil Gaiman and others
Found on Page 1, #19
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 Marvel Villains: ...Galactus
The Cracked Spine, Paige Shelton
galaCTuS
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 375
Tasks Completed: 19
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book tickets: 0
25.5 - SandyL's Task: Spring Festivals!Option 2: Read a book with a main page genre of Humor.
Book read: Nenne drei Hochkulturen: Römer, Ägypter, Imker: Neue witzige Schülerantworten und Lehrergeschichten
How it fits: MPG Humor
Option 3: Read a book set at least 50% in California, Florida, New Orleans, England or Australia.
Book read: The Duke and I (With 2nd Epilogue)
How it fits: Set in England
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Total points: 450
Books read: 36
Tasks completed: 26
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
Brooke TX20.5 - Bigger is Better - Librarianish's Task: TBR-Buster!
Option 2: Read a book written by a single author whose first or last name begins with any letter in TO BE READ.
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 230
Completed Tasks: 17
Books Read: 40
Brooke TX25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: Spring Things
Option 1. Read a book which has two consecutive words in the title which begin with the same consonant.
Option 2. Sci Fi High. Read a book which has a main page genre of Science Fiction, Sci Fi, or SyFy.
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 255
Completed Tasks: 18
Books Read: 40
Brooke TX25.3 - Sophie's Task: May Day Celebration
Option 2. Read a book with ONE of these colour names found intact in the title or subtitle: blue, green, red, yellow.
Option 3. Read a book with a title of at least 3 words where all the title initials can be found in MORRIS DANCING.
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 280
Completed Tasks: 19
Books Read: 40
Brooke TX30.2 - Amanda A's Task: March Madness
Option 1: Read a book FIRST published in March of any year.
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA.
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 310
Completed Tasks: 20
Books Read: 40
Brooke TX30.3 - ElaineL's task: The Big Bang Theory
Option 3: Read the next book in a series that you are “behind on.” I started the Vorkosigan Saga prior to the Spring 2019 challenge; I had seven books remaining in the series to read; and these two were new to me:
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 340
Completed Tasks: 21
Books Read: 40
Brooke TX30.4 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Seeing Double
Book 1: Read a book in which the author’s name contains exactly TWO sets of double-letters.
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.
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 370
Completed Tasks: 22
Books Read: 40
Brooke TX30.9 – Sandy’s Task: Sandy's Big Adventure
Option B. Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in the phrase BIG FIVE ANIMALS.
Option C. Read a “large” book – at least 500 pages.
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 400
Completed Tasks: 23
Books Read: 40
Brooke TX30.10 - Kaora's Task: Horsin' Around
Option 2. CROSS COUNTRY
Book 1. Read a book where the first word in the title starts with one of the letters in NOVICE.
Book 2. Read a book where the cover includes both red and white.
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 430
Completed Tasks: 24
Books Read: 40
Nick KY10.2 I read a book which deals with organized crime, The Japanese Corpse by Janwillem van de Wetering. (The jakuza, or yakuza, is Japanese organized crime.)
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 430
20.3 Burdened with Glorious PurposeOption 2: LOKI
Flat Broke with Two Goats: A Memoir of Appalachia fLat brOKe wIth two goats
New points total: 165
Big Book Tickets: 1
30.9 Sandy's Big Adventure!A. An Orchestra of Minorities (set in Nigeria). Top pb edition has 512 pages.
** An Orchestra of Minorities is a Big Book. Claiming one Big Book Ticket. **
B. Paddle for a Purpose, Barb Geiger (394 pages).
Book B. is nonfiction (memoir).
New points total: 205
Big Book Tickets: 1
5.2 SauronThe Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker
Ring is intact in heaRING
Post Total: 5
Grand Total: 85
10.7 - Spring ChickenRead a book that was first published in or after 2015.
Burn Bright published in 2018
Points 10
Total 70
30.2 The combined pages of both books must be at least 500 pages.
Option 3a: 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, 0.
The Body in the Dales by J.R. Ellis
320 pages
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA.
Creatures of Will and Temper by Molly Tanzer
368 pages
Task points: 30
Total points: 300
ElaineL10.6:Spring Break -- reposted to include missing info from Post #1641
Read a book in which the main character is a college or secondary school student or teacher for the entirety of the book.
Fair Game
Required: If the school setting and/or status of the main character is not obvious in the book's description, provide a link that explains how the book fits the task when you post.
One of the MC's is a college professor, the mystery deals with missing college students and much of the action takes place on and around the college campus (Puget Sound University is the name of the college)..
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 705
RAYNEBAIR15.10 - Celebration of the Queen
Option 1: Read a book FIRST published during Queen Victoria's lifetime - the years 1819 -1901 inclusive.
The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
first published in 1897
Claiming one GO ticket
points this post: 15
total points: 395
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 3
Brooke TXI had previously posted All Souls Near & Nigh for Task 20.5, but there was an issue, so I'll be moving it to Task 20.2.
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.
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 430
Completed Tasks: 24
Books Read: 40
** Repost **30.9 Sandy's Big Adventure!
C. An Orchestra of Minorities. Top pb edition has 512 pages.
** An Orchestra of Minorities is a Big Book. Claiming one Big Book Ticket. **
B. Paddle for a Purpose, Barb Geiger (394 pages).
Book for option B. is nonfiction (memoir).
New points total: 205
Big Book Tickets: 1
Brooke TXI had previously posted All Souls Near & Nigh for Task 20.5, but there was an issue, so I'm reposting with a different book.
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Librarianish's Task: TBR-Buster!
Option 2: Read a book written by a single author whose first or last name begins with any letter in TO BE READ. From my "To Read" shelf, added January 9, 2019:
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 450
Completed Tasks: 25
Books Read: 40
10.1 - Darth VaderRead a book written by a single author that has the word FATHER or LUKE found intact in the title/subtitle
I listened to the audio version of Fathers and Sons
***Claiming Golden Oldie Ticket, first published 1862***
New Points: 10
Total Challenge Points: 235
GO's: 1
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 READ.
A Boy of Good Breeding by Miriam Toews
I used my own To be Read Shelf
This book was put on my To be Read shelf on September 12th, 2016
New Points 20
Total Challenge Points: 255
GO's: 1
Elizabeth BTask 15.3
Book 1 set at least 50% in England Romancing the Undercover Millionaire
Book 2 set at least 50% in France The Summer of Us
Total 520
perletwo 10.3 - Vincent Vega - Read a book written by a single author with the initial V.
Closed Circles by Viveca Sten
Points this task: 10
Total points: 560
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 42
Tasks completed: 34
10.5 - Spring into ActionCaged: Love and Treachery on the High Seas
MPG Adventure
points: 10 + 775 = 785
JUKKA5.1. Hannibal Lecter
Book with Food and Drink as main page genre.
Ritz and Escoffier: The Hotelier, the Chef, and the Rise of the Leisure Class by Luke Barr.
Total Points: 340/1030
Total Books Read: 32
Tasks Completed: 28/58
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 0
delicious dee10.7 - Spring Chicken
Back to You - first published 2019
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 355
Queen Bee Darlene25.4 Diana K's Task: Eating Around the World
Book 1: set in country I have not visited
Morocco - I have not visited this country
Tangerine by Christine Mangan Tangerine; Takes place in Tangier, Morocco
Book 2: National dish of country I have chosen, read book with all the ltrs of that dish in title/sub
Morocco's national dish is Tagine.
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
hIbilly EleGy: A memoir of a family aNd culTure in crisis
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 165
delicious dee30.11 - Brooke TX's Task: My Favorite Monsters
Option A: Victor Vale/Eli Ever (from the Villains duology)
Book A - Crossing Hope - Kimberly Kincaid
Book B - Not Even Bones - found on pg 1, position 30
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 400
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Option 2: Night - Read a book with one of the following words in the TITLE (not subtitle): NIGHT, DARK, SLEEP. I chose dark, and read Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
Total points so far: 395