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SPRING CHALLENGE 2019
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20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Tien's Task: Prequels & MidquelsOption 2. Midquels:
Read a book with series designation of #X.5 for which X can be any number other than 0.
Book read: Rough Justice
How it fits: Cainsville #5.5
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Total points: 475
Books read: 38
Tasks completed: 28
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
30.2 - Amanda A's Task: March MadnessOption 2. Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% blue according to TinEye.
Book read: Mees, kes teadis ussisõnu
How it fits: 100% blue cover according to TinEye
Pages: 384
Option 4. Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA.
Book read: Skyborn
How it fits: Author's (Leia Stone) initials are LS
Pages: 282 (PB Edition: Skyborn)
Total Pages: 666
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Total points: 505
Books read: 40
Tasks completed: 29
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
KATRINA T20.10 Group Read
The Hate U Give
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 11
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 0
Total Points: 165
Tasks Completed: 5.9, 10.7, 15.7, 20.3, 20.2, 20.8, 20.10 25.5, 30.2
trishhartuk50.1 Bluegrass Pam’s Task: 2 is Better than 1!
Book 1: Read a book that is a single work collaboration by exactly two authors.
Cop Killer, Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here (288pg)
(If I remember rightly, translators don't count and the third name in the GR record is the translator)
Book 2: Read a book with a single word TITLE that is a compound word.
Slugfest, Rosemary Harris
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here (276pg)
Slugfest confirmed as a compound word in message #7 (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...) and listed in help thread message #2
Book 3: IRead a book with a TITLE that contains either one character name that includes a first and last name OR two character names.
Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener, MC Beaton
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here (246pg)
Total pages: 288 + 276 + 246 = 810pg
Points this Task: 50
Books Read: 3
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 475
Tasks Completed: 22
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book tickets: 0
25.6 - Andy P.’s Task: New Zealand Sheep FarmingBook 1: author initials in ROMNEY
Sindromul Robinson by Radu Mareş
Book 2: a word of four or more letters that can be made from the letters contained in the phrase, BUY MORE WOOL CLOTHING.
The Lying Game by Ruth Ware
used word: Lying: __Y ____ ___L _____ING
combined page count: 448+232=680 > 500
Points this post: 25
Total points: 105
Books read: 7
Tasks completed: 4
Page count: 1797
ElaineL15.3: The Chunnel
Required: Indicate the option.
Option 1: Read 2 books, one book 1 and one book 2.
Book 1: Read a book set at least 50% in England.
Trusting Him (ebook approved for length here
Required: If the setting is not apparent on the book’s main page include a reference.
The beginning chapter takes place in London, England while the rest of the book takes place in New Forest which is found in Southern England
AND
Book 2: Read a book set at least 50% in France.
Blood and Rain (as alluded to in the blurb, much of the book takes place in France)
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 860
Jasmiina F15.9 - A True Renaissance Man:
Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in LEONARDO DA VINCI:
In the Garden of Beasts: Love and Terror in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson.
*Big Book Ticket with 592 pages.*
Points this post: 15
Total points: 70
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 1 (500+)
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
JenniferKS5.8. Annie Wilkes
Read a book from one of these lists: Books About Books and Authors or Writers Who Write About Writers.
REQUIRED: Include in your post the list and page number on which your book is found
(paperback 308 pages)
Found on writers who write page 2 #128
Ruth Ware is a Goodreads Author
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Points this task: 5
Points thus far: 185
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 19
Pages read 7451
Goodreads Author: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets;
3 500+
0 750+
0 1000+
30.10 - Kaora's Task: Horsin' AroundI chose Option 2 (Cross Country).
Book 1: I read Irrational Numbers by George Alec Effinger. The title of the book starts with a letter contained within the word "NOVICE".
Book 2: I read The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum
. Her shirt is red, and the background is white.Points this post: 30
Total points: 55
MAZZA1 10.8 - 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.
My Lovely Wife Samantha Downing
M in My
AM in Samantha
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 520
MAZZA110.9 - Spring Forward
Read the next book in a series you've already started.
Class of '59
only available in kindle - ebook approval post 7394 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
book is next in a series I have already already started and new-to-me
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 530
MAZZA115.4 - Number, Please
Option 2: read one book that fulfills BOTH book 1 and book 2 requirements.
Doughnuts and Deception D starting letter and # 3 in series
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 545
MAZZA115.6 - Imagine Peace
Read a book with ‘bed” found intact in the title, subtitle or author's name.
Malbed Mews
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 560
MAZZA115.7 - Villains We Love To Hate
Read a book written by a single author whose name matches the name of a performer who played one of AFI’s 50 Greatest Screen Villains
The Word Is Murder
Required: State the name
#1 Anthony Hopkins
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 575
loafer10.7 - Spring Chicken
Read a "young" book -first published in or after 2015.
Cross Her Heart by Sarah Pinborough
published 2018
points: 275
GO: 3
BB: 1
MAZZA115.8 - Right-Hand Cat
Read a book with a domestic cat on the cover
Required: Include the cover
Blueburied Muffins
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 590
Coralie25.1 Die Hard
Option 1. Book with 2 different numbers from 640 in the page count
Our Lady of Alice Bhatti 240 pages
Option 4. Book with a gun on the cover
Total to date 415 points
5.9 Emperor Palpatine Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Initial letters of title found in EmPeROr Palpatine
Points this post: 5
Total points: 90
10.9 Spring Forward The Wicked King by Holly Black
This book is 2nd in the series. It is new to me and I have read the first one.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 100
BB TICKETS: 1
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 12
30.11 - Brooke TX's Task: My Favorite MonstersOption B: The Darkling
1. Love & Hockey
ebook verified line 1702
2. Villain as Romantic Love Interest #208, page 3.
Captive Prince: Volume Two
Following the rules, the paperback version that has the most ratings is: Prince's Gambit or here's a paperback version with the same title Captive Prince: Volume Two
points: 30 + 940 = 970
Barbara ★15.10 - Celebration of the Queen
Option 2: Read a book set at least 50% during Queen Victoria's lifetime - the years 1819 -1901 inclusive.
Legend of the Highland Dragon - Isabel Cooper 4/17
GR's Blurb states: 1894 London, doesn't provide an easy life for women of the lower class,
(Set 100% in London in 1894)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 435
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
15.2 - Villains- Real and ImaginedBook 1, a nonfiction book with a main page genre of True Crime: The Library Book by Susan Orlean
Book 2, a fiction book with a main page genre of Crime: Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell
Points this post: 15
Total points: 320
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.4 Number, Please?
Option 1, read 2 books one book 1 and one book 2.
Book 1: I chose #3
Trial by Fury by J.A. Jance. It is #3 in the J.P. Beaumont series.
Book 2: Down by Norah McClintock.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 705
Tasks completed: 41/58
Books read: 56
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.5 Bigger is Better - Librarianish's Task: TBR-Buster!
Option 2: A-Z.
Carnegie's Maid by Marie Benedict.
to Be read
I used my want to read list. I added it on September 18, 2018.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 725
Tasks completed: 42/58
Books read: 57
TessaVanessaChallenge 50.1 Bluegrass Pam's Task: 2 is Better than 1!
Book 1: Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer.
352 pages
Book 2: Troublemaker by Linda Howard.
Trouble + Maker =Troublemaker
496 pages
Book 3: My Time as Caz Hazard by Tanya Lloyd Kyi.
Caz Hazard is the name of the main character.
103 pages
352+496+103=951 pages
Points this post: 50
Total points: 775
Tasks completed: 43/58
Books read: 60
Nick KY5.6 Jaws I read Borrower of the Night by Elizabeth Peters, # 91, p.1 on the Vacations from Hell list. https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 510
Bookwrm526Task #10.6 - Spring Break
Read a book about the high school or college experience. To qualify, the book must have a university or secondary school setting and the main character must be a college or secondary school student, teacher, or professor for the entirety of the book. I read On the Come Up by Angie Thomas. The main character is a sixteen year old who attends high school throughout the book. Her experiences with security guards at the school, and her constant suspensions, and dealing with crushes and trying to balance all of that with the personal challenges in her life are a major part of the story.
Total points so far: 475
Sophie20.9
Book from list https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3... p1
Relic by Douglas Preston
Total 255
Sophie 30.10
Option 1
AKVESHCMRBPFDLXIG author initials
The Book of Kells by R.A. MacAvoy
X in title or author name
X by Sue Grafton
Total 285
trishhartuk20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Tien's Task: Prequels & Midquels
1. Prequels: Read a book with the series designation of #0.5.
Wild Card (Raine Benares #0.5), Lisa Shearin
Ebook only. Ebook verification message #7392: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 495
Tasks Completed: 23
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book tickets: 0
Luara5.9 Emperor Palpatine
*at least a three word title with initial letters found in Emperor Palaptine
Eggs in Purgatory by Laura Childs
Eggs - Emperor
In - palaptIne
Purgatory - emPeror
Total points - 150
MAZZA1 20.4 - Golden Oldies - Louise B's Task: In The Garden
This is a one book task.
Option 4: Attracting Birds
Read a book with a title of at least three words in which the first letter of each word can be found in NATIVE PLANTS.
The Plainview Lottery
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 610
Sunshine5.3. Lady MacBeth
Book: Killer Heels by Tracy Tegan 4/17/19
How it Fits: Author's Initials are in ouT damned spoT
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 350
Books Read: 28
MAZZA120.5 - Bigger is Better - Librarianish's Task: TBR-Buster!
Required: Indicate the option, whose shelf you used and state the date it was added to the TBR shelf.
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.
Dream Sequence Adam Foulds
Added to my TBR on 19th February 2019
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 630
Sunshine10.10 - Spring Training
Book: Hard Corps by Scott Hildreth 3/11/19
How it Fits: Takes place more than 50% in Texas
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 360
Books Read: 29
Sunshine20.3 - Best Review -Trishhartuk’s Task: Burdened with Glorious Purpose
Option 3
Book: Night of the Zandians by Renee Rose 4/18/19
How it Fits: Author also writes books under the Pen Name Darling Adams
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 380
Books Read: 30
Sunshine20.4 - Golden Oldies - Louise B's Task: In The Garden
Option 4
Book: Tropical Tiger Spy by Zoe Chant 3/31/19
How it Fits: All letters found in NATIVE PLANTS.
(Ebook Approved Msg 7376)
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 400
Books Read: 31
Sunshine20.8 Nickels & Dimes -Paula S's Task: Springtime Traditions in Sweden
Option 4
Book: Deader Homes and Gardens by Angie Fox 4/12/19
How it Fits: Author's initials found in VÅFFELDAGEN.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 420
Books Read: 32
Sunshine20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Fee's Task: Villains in Children's Stories
Option 1
Book: The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells 4/10/19
How it Fits: Page 2, #130
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 440
Books Read: 33
30.10 - Kaora's Task: Horsin' AroundOption 2
Book 1. Read a book where the first word in the title starts with one of the letters in NOVICE.
Eleanor & Park
Book 2. Read a book where the cover includes both red and white. (confirmed in book help thread)
(554 pages)
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 65
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska15.10 - Celebration of the Queen.
Option 1: Read a book first published between 1819-1901.
Hunger by Knut Hamsun (134 p.)*
I would like to claim a GO ticket for this book, please.
➸ Points: 35
➸ Total Pages: 486
StaceyNC20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Tien's Task: Prequels & Midquels
Read ONE book according to your choice of option as follows:
Required: Identify the option.
1. Prequels:
Read a book with the series designation of #0.5.
Book: Beauty and the Mustache
Completed: 4/18/19
Winston Brothers 0.5
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 275
Tasks Completed: 14
Completed 5.8 Annie Wilkes read Misery by Stephen King (its a coincidence but it works :))
Found one page 1 of the writers who write about writers list
task points 5
total point 5
10.8 - Spring FeverA book by a single author in which MAM can be found in the title/subtitle and/or author's name: Stranger in the Pen by Mohamed Asem
MOhaMed
Points this post: 10
Total points: 330
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.6 Seasoned Reader – Kristen IA’s Task: Tiptoe Through the Tulips
Option 5: Family Heritage
Hannah's Touch by Laura Langston.
zuid-hoLLand
Points this post: 20
Total points: 795
Tasks completed: 44/58
Books read: 61
Delicious Dee10.1 - Darth Vader
Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets - Luke Dittrich
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 420
Task 30.9 - Sandy's Big Adventuretotal page count 600+
one non-fiction book
I chose to do option B twice
read books with author initials in ANIMALS
Holy Sister by Mark Lawrence
ML initials
352 pages
Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading by Lucy Mangan
LM initials
NON-FICTION book
336 pages
352 +336 > 600 pages
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845 points
Task 50.1 - 2 is Better than 1!previously claimed in #1957, but changing book 1
750+ pages
book 1 - read a book with two authors (writing under one name
Magic Breaks by Ilona Andrews
Ilona Andrews is a husband & wife writing team
357 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
357 + 361 + 368 >750 pages
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no point change = 845 points
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Read a book with “ring” found intact in the title or subtitle.
Book read: Ring
How it fits: Ring in title
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Total points: 455
Books read: 37
Tasks completed: 27
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1