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SPRING CHALLENGE 2019
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30.10 - Kaora's Task: Horsin' Around
Option 1. DRESSAGE
Book 1. Surrounding the dressage arena are... A-K-V-E-S-H-C-M-R-B-P-F and... D-L-X-I-G. Read a book written by a single author whose initials are found in these letters.
Thursday Afternoon Cooking Club: est. 1891, Wichita, KS, by Sondra Langel.
Book 2. Read a book... with an X in the TITLE or the author's name.
The Six-Gun Tarot, by R. S. Belcher.
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Points for this task: 30
Total points: 280
Tasks completed: 17
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
Kristen IA20.10 - Group Reads
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn - 532 pages
I participated in the discussion thread in post #5
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB edition.
******I claim 1 BB Ticket for 532 pages******
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 120/1030
Tasks Completed: 7/58
BB: 1
GO: 0
Kathy KS10.8 - Spring Fever
Read a book written by a single author in which M A M can be found in in the title/subtitle and/or author's name.
Osage Women and Empire: Gender and Power, by Tai Edwards.
osage woMen And eMpire
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Points for this task: 10
Total points: 290
Tasks completed: 18
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
FANDURY5.8. Annie Wilkes
Read a book from one of these lists: Books About Books and Authors or Writers Who Write About Writers.
Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas by Stephanie Barron
Book is on the Authors or Writers Who Write About Writers list on page 3, #218
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 125
Books Read: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
FANDURY20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Tien's Task: Prequels & Midquels
Option 1: Read a book with the series designation of #0.5.
A Rare Benedictine: The Advent of Brother Cadfael by Ellis Peters
Book is 0.5 in the Chronicles of Brother Cadfael series.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 145
Books Read: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
50.1 - Bluegrass Pam's Task: 2 is Better than 1!Book 1: 4th of July - James Patterson & Maxine Paetro
Book 2: Bittersweet
Book 3: Daisy Jones & The Six
Total Points: 1,030
Marina H5.3. Lady MacBeth
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
author’s initials found in the phrase “OUT DAMNED SPOT.”
Points this post: 5
Total points: 215
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 12
Marina H10.9 - Spring Forward
Skindød by Tess Gerritsen
A new book to me from a series I've already started
Points this post: 10
Total points: 225
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 13
15.3 - The ChunnelOption 1: Read 2 books, one book 1 and one book 2.
Book 1: Read a book set at least 50% in England.
An Equal Music by Vikram Seth
80% in England
Book 2: Read a book set at least 50% in France.
The Afterlives of Doctor Gachet by Sam Meekings
65% in France
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 3
Season Total: 590
SCHATZIE50.1 - Bluegrass Pam's Task: 2 is Better than 1!
Book 1: two authors
Smart Money Smart Kids: Raising the Next Generation to Win with Money
--272 pgs
by Dave Ramsey and Rachel Cruze
Book 2: single compound word title
Firestarter
page count edition: mmpb - Firestarter
--564 pgs
Book 3: title containing two names
To Davy Jones Below
page count edition: pb - To Davy Jones Below]
--256 pgs
Challenge Total: 1030
Delicious Dee10.2 - Vito & Michael Corleone
Spin - From the description: Mafia capo, Antonio Spinelli blew through my orderly life like a cyclone.
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 410
RAYNEBAIR20.3 - 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.
Shelter in Place by Nora Roberts
also writes under J.D. Robb
points this post: 20
Total points: 460
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 3
ElaineL30.5: Dlmrose’s Task: Answered and Asked
Book 1: Read a book with a TITLE that could be a Jeopardy! answer.
The Winter King
Book 2: Read a book with a TITLE that could be a response in the form of a question to the answer proposed in your book 1 title.
Whose Body?
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 820
Task 30.1 - Villain One-linersNOTE: previously claimed this in msg #207, but shifting books about
option 3: read a book that is #2 in a series
The Power in the Storm
IL: MY - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9.0
option 4: read a book with red text on the cover
Into the Drowning Deep
the strapline above the author name is red (go can see if you embiggen)
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no change: 750 points
Task 50.1 - 2 is Better than 1!750+ pages
book 1 - read a book with two authors
An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen
375 pages
book 2 - read a book with one word title made up of two 4 letter words
Everless
Ever = adverb
Less = adverb / adjective
361 pages
book 3 - read a book with two names in the title
Daisy Jones and The Six
names: Daisy Jones
368 pages
375 + 361 + 368 >750 pages
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800 points
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.6 - The shark in Jaws
Summerland by Elin Hilderbrand
This is Book #15 on page 1 of the Summer beach reads set in beach towns list
Link to MMP edition - Secret d'été
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 65 points
Tasks completed: 5
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
trishhartuk20.1 Most Improved- Elizabeth B's Task: Spring Festivals Around Europe
Option 2: TASTE FLORENCE FOOD FESTIVAL. B. Read a book set at least 50% in Italy
The Potter's Field, Andrea Camilleri
For Option 2:B. Set 100% in Italy, mainly in Sicily.
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
The series link confirms Sicily as a setting: https://www.goodreads.com/series/5107...
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 425
Tasks Completed: 21
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book tickets: 0
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ25.5 - Spring Festivals!
Book 1 - One S'more Summer by Beth Merlin
Option 1 - All of the title initials can be found in cherry blOSSom.
Link to PB edition - One s'More Summer
Book 2 - Good Talk, Dad: The Birds and the Bees...and Other Conversations We Forgot to Have by Bill Geist
Option 2 - This book has a main page genre of Humor (shelved by 15 users).
Link to PB edition - Good Talk, Dad: The Birds and the Bees...and Other Conversations We Forgot to Have
This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 90 points
Tasks completed: 6
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ30.6 - DC vs Marvel
My readerboard name has 9 letters (REB|ECC|ANJ) so I had to use Option 2 (Marvel comics)
Book 1 - Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson
This is book #8 on page 1 of the Best of Marvel Comics list
Link to PB edition - Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal
Book 2 - The Sisters Chase by Sarah Healy
The beginning letters of each word in the title appear in the name of one of these Marvel Villains: galaCTuS.
Link to PB edition - The Sisters Chase
This post: 30 points
Total points to date: 120 points
Tasks completed: 7
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.8 Spring Fever
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson.
MA in Mark
M in Manson
Points this post: 10
Total points: 690
Tasks completed: 40/58
Books read: 54
30.3 - ElaineL's task: The Big Bang TheoryOption 3:
Required:
the series name: A Lion's Pride
I began the series before the Spring 2019 Challenge began (Feb 6 2019), the books were new-to-me, there were 6 published books left in the series for me to read when I began this task.
When an Omega Snaps
A Tiger's Bride
points: 30 + 880 = 910
CYNBAXTER# 20.08 – NICKELS & DIMES: Paula S's Task: Springtime Traditions in Sweden
Task: Read a book about a witch or witches.
Option 3: The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date = 95 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 1
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
Mod
5.7. The Joker
humor genre: My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
I read the kindle edition My Man Jeeves
total = 645
Mod
15.2 - Villains- Real and Imagined
Book 1, NF true crime: Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
Book 2, crime genre: Redemption Point by Candice Fox
total = 660
Mod
20.1 - Most Improved- Elizabeth B's Task: Spring Festivals Around Europe
option 2A (or B): Pasta, Pane, Vino: Deep Travels Through Italy's Food Culture by Matt Goulding
total = 680
Mod
25.1 – Susan A’s Task: Die Hard
option 2, first published December: Bleak Harbor by Bryan Gruley
I read the kindle edition: Bleak Harbor
option 4, gun cover:
Spark by John Twelve Hawkstotal = 705
Mod
25.6 - Andy P.’s Task: New Zealand Sheep Farming
Book 1,RY in RomneY: The Essay: A Novel by Robin Yocum, 256 pages
Book 2: Becoming by Michelle Obama, 426 pages
B in Buy, E in morE, CO in ClOthing, M in more, ING in clothing
256 + 426 = 682
total = 730
Mod
I read The Mars Room, set completely in CA, one of the listed spring training locations. GR descriptions refers to her being in a prison in CA and to her earlier life in San Francisco.
New total: 395
10.8 - Spring FeverRead a book written by a single author in which M A M can be found in in the title/subtitle and/or author's name.
Montana by M.J. Roberts
MA in Montana
M in M.J.
points: 10 + 910 = 920
Brooke TX30.11 - Brooke TX's Task: My Favorite Monsters
Option C:
Book 1: Read a book from this list: Required Reading Graphic Novels. Found on page 4:
Book 2: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in MORNINGSTAR.
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 510
Completed Tasks: 28
Books Read: 42
KATRINA T30.2 - Amanda A's Task: March Madness
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, 0.
The Silence of the Girls 291 pages
Option 4:
Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA.
Mouthful of Birds, Samanta Schweblin 240 pages
total pages: 531
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 0
Total Points: 135
Tasks Completed: 5.9, 15.7, 20.3, 20.2, 20.8, 25.5, 30.2
KATRINA T10.7 - Spring Chicken
Help Thread
Read a "young" book. For the purposes of this task, a young book is defined as a book that was first published in or after 2015
The Widow PUBLISHED IN 2016
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 0
Total Points: 145
Tasks Completed: 5.9, 10.7, 15.7, 20.3, 20.2, 20.8, 25.5, 30.2
MEGAN RAE20.2 - 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.
Book:
A Spark of Light by Jodi PicoultDate Read: 12th April
How it fits: Title begins with A
Points this post: 20
Total points: 95
Task 15.7 - Villains We Love To Hateread a book whose author name matches one of the villain actors listed
Witches of Lychford by Paul Cornell
Paul matches Paul Muni (at bottom of list)
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815 points
RAYNEBAIR10.3 - Vincent Vega
Read a book written by a single author with the initial V. The initial may be in any position (first, middle, last) but must be present in the Goodreads record.
Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
points this post: 10
total points: 470
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 3
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyTask 30.10 - Kaora's Task: Horsin' Around
Option 3. STADIUM JUMPING
Book 1. For this task read a book that is book 2 or 3 of a series.
#2 in series, 4/11Book 2. Read a book that does not have ANY of the letters in FAULT in the title or subtitle.
New Moon 4/10, I listened to the audio version, the MMPB version is 576 pages
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 430
GO Tickets: 2
BB Tickets: 4
Readerboard Name: Absurda25.1 – Susan A’s Task: Die Hard
Option 1. Hans Gruber’s ultimate goal was the theft of $640 million dollars in negotiable bearer bank bonds.
Read a book with 2 different numbers from 640 in the page count. Examples: 140 pages, 416 pages
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith, 496 pages.
One Golden Oldies ticket - Originally publishes in 1943
Option 4: Hans Gruber’s gang of heavily-armed terrorists use Heckler & Koch M5 submachine guns while Hans uses Heckler & Koch P7M13 9mm pistol, to subdue the party guests at Nakatomi Plaza.
Read a book with a gun on the cover.
Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart
Points this task: 25
Total Points to date: 125
Golden Oldies Ticket Request: 1
Brooke TX30.6 - TessaVanessa’s Task: DC vs Marvel
Option 1:
Book 1: Read one book from this list with a main page genre of sequential art: Best of DC Comics. Found on page 1:
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 a DC villain. With "TAT" found in "Deathstroke":
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 540
Completed Tasks: 29
Books Read: 43
Andy P.Task # 10.10 - Spring Training
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the following locations where spring training takes place: Arizona
Cactus Heart: David Mapstone Mystery by Jon Talton Takes place entirely in Arizona
Points this post: 10
Total points: 455
Mary P5.10. What Makes a Villain?
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
The Death Factory by Greg Iles
Points this task: 5
Total points: 205
Mod
Since I have a 5 letter readerboard name, I did option 2 - Marvel.
For book 1, I read Marvel Masterworks Vol. 1: Amazing Spider-Man Nos. 1-10 & Amazing Fantasy No. 15, on p.1 of list and with MPG of sequential art.
For book 2, I read Crazy Rich Asians. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the MMPB. Beginning letters of title, CRA, appear in villain CARnage.
New total: 425
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.
Horror at Hideaway Cove by Hank Edwards, initial E in BE
ebook verified post 7299
Susan A's Want to Read shelf, added Aug 26, 2018
points: 20 + 930 = 950
Pamela326510.8 - Spring Fever
What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon – MA in Amy; M in Harmon
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 205
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
CelesteR5.5 - Coat or Jacket? You get both!!
On Doorstep by Chongtak
GN: 100+ < 178 p.
Total: 90 Post - 5
DeborahPost 12
20.10 - Group Reads
Fascism: A Warning
Discussion thread #15
Points this post:20
Total Points:175
Books read:13
Tasks Done:12
30.6 - TessaVanessa’s Task: DC vs MarvelMy readerboard name has even number of characters (4)
Option 1: Even number of characters in readerboard name=DC comics
Book 1: Read one book from this list with a main page genre of sequential art: Best of DC Comics (page 1)
Batman: Year One by Frank Miller
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 DC villains: Deathstroke
The Hummingbird Dagger by Cindy Anstey
3 words in title where words begin with THD which can be found in DeaTHstrike
I read an ARC - courtesy of publisher
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 3
Season Total: 620
Nick KY25.2 Nick KY’s Spring Things
Opt. 2 Sci Fi High. I read a book with “science fiction” as a GR genre, The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders.
Opt. 3 Heat Streak.. I read a book set in Australia by an Australian author, True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 505
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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.
Required: Indicate the option.
No books with the main page genre Childrens or Kids may be used.
Option 1: Monsters: The most dangerous villains in children’s stories are monsters.
Read a book from this list: Best Monster Books
Required: State the page.
Summoned to Thirteenth Grave by Darynda Jones
#388 on page 4 of list
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 100/1030
Tasks Completed: 6/58
BB: 0
GO: 0