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SPRING CHALLENGE 2019
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Nick KY20.10 Group Read I chose the WWI Fiction category and read The Alice Network by Kate Quinn.
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for The Alice Network at 532 pp.
My comment is in message 18 of the discussion thread. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 530
Big Books So Far: 500+ (4)
Nick KY25.6 Andy P’s New Zealand
Book 1. Inits in RomneY, I read The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey.
Book 2. A single word, ROGUE, in the title has letters found in “bUy mORE wool clothinG, I read Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells.
Monstru… = 434 pp
Rogue = 158 pp
Total pp = 592 > required 500
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 555
Andy P.Task # 15.2 - Villains- Real and Imagined
Book 1 - Real - Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre of True Crime and
Book 2, Imagined - Read a fiction book with a main page genre of Crime.
Book 1. Chase Darkness with Me: How One True-Crime Writer Started Solving Murders by Billy Jensen Crime>True Crime (44 users)
Book 2. Killer Instinct by Zoë Sharp
Mystery>Crime (16 users)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 515
KATRINA T20.1 - Most Improved- Elizabeth B's Task: Spring Festivals Around Europe
Option 1: AMSTERDAM COFFEE FESTIVAL
B. Read a book set at least 50% in the Netherlands.
The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found Non fiction text about a young Jewish girl's survival in Holland/Amsterdam - see goodreads synopsis for confirmation.
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 12
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 0
Total Points: 185
Tasks Completed: 5.9, 10.7, 15.7, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 20.8, 20.10 25.5, 30.2
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I read Naked Once More. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top paperback edition (no MMPB). Found on page 3 of Writers Who Write About Writers
New total: 430
Julia10320.3 - Best Review -Trishhartuk’s Task: Burdened with Glorious Purpose
Option 2: From Sky Girl to Flight Attendant: Women and the Making of a Union (L and I in fLIght, O in frOm, K in sKy)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 325
Total BB: 5
Total GO: 1
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 22
Stephanie12710.8 - Spring Fever: The Spring Challenge covers the months of March, April, and May. 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.
If They Come for Us by Fatimah Asghar
Points this post: 10
Total points: 60/1030
Tasks completed: 5/58
Books read: 5
Shawn H.20.3 - Best Review -Trishhartuk’s Task: Burdened with Glorious Purpose
Option 3. The Trickster - Read a book by an author, or team of authors, who publish under more than one name
The Gunslinger by Stephen King
Stephen King also writes as Richard Bachman
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 75
Big Ticket Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Laurah3030.3 - ElaineL's task: The Big Bang Theory
Option 2: Read a book that has 279 pages plus or minus 12 (267-291 pages inclusive).
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
288 pages
Option 3: Read the next book in a series that you are “behind on.” For the purposes of this task, “behind on” means you began the series prior to the Spring 2019 Challenge beginning and there must be at least two more whole number series books currently published in your chosen series that you have not yet read before beginning this task.
The Forgotten
This is book #2 in John Puller series. I read book #1 Zero Day in February. There are 4 books in this series. These books are new to me. I had not read The Forgotten before. I have not read The Escape or No Man's Land.
Total points: 100 points
VAL TX20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Raynebair's Task: A Day In the Life Of... - Choose one option and read a book for that option.
Option 3: Read a book where the title starts with a word that begins with the letter B, A or M.
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
This post:
Points - 20
Total:
Points - 35
Mary P30.2 - Amanda A's Task: March Madness
Option 1a: Read a book FIRST published in March of any year.
Cemetery Road by Greg Iles
Published March 5,2019 (608 pgs)
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA.
The Secrets We Carried by Mary McNear (347 pgs)
Points this task: 30
Total points: 235
Suzannesea30.3 ElaineL's Task
Option 3
I read the first two books in the Justin de Quincy series before the Spring 2019 Challenge. There are four books in the series, so there were two more left for me to read. For this task I read #3 and #4, both of which were new to me.
Dragon's Lair by Sharon Kay Penman
Prince of Darkness by Sharon Kay Penman
Points this post: 30
Total points to date: 150
Suzannesea30.9 Sandy's Task
Option A.
Read a book set in an African country.
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen is set in Kenya and is nonfiction (an autobiography).
399 pages
A Beautiful Place to Die by Malla Nunn is set in South Africa.
384 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points to date: 180
25.4Book 1: Read a book that is set in a country that you have never visited.
The Quartet Murders by J.R. Ellis
Set in England, a country I have not visited.
Book 2: Choose a dish from that country and read a book that has ALL of the letters of that dish in the title
National Dish "beef"
Forbidden Forest by Tenaya Jayne
Task points: 25
Total points: 405
Kim O15.4 - Number, Please?
One book option: Closed Casket
Book 1 requirement: Select a number from 2 - 9 and read a book in a series with that whole number designation. This book is #2 in the series.
Book 2 requirement: Using the same number as book 1, read a book with a TITLE where the first word begins with one of the associated letters. #2 = ABC
Points this task: 15
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Totals:
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Tasks completed: 15
perletwo ********REPOST********50.1 - Bluegrass Pam's Task: 2 is Better than 1! - Book 1: Read a book that is a single work collaboration by exactly two authors.
Crime Scene by Jonathan Kellerman and Jesse Kellerman
Book 2: Read a book with a single word TITLE that is a compound word.
Comeback
Book 3: Read a book with a TITLE that contains either one character name that includes a first and last name OR two character names. The two character names may be first names, last names, full names or any combination.
Bryant & May and the Burning Man
Points this task: 50
Total points: 635
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 48
Tasks completed: 37
20.8 Nickels & Dimes -Paula S's Task: Springtime Traditions in SwedenOption 1: Fat Tuesday: Read a book with all the letters in the word SEMLA in the TITLE, not subtitle.
I read A Gentleman in Moscow.
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 225
Tasks Complete: 11
Books Read: 13
20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kristen IA’s Task: Tiptoe Through the TulipsOption 1: The Festival
Read a book that is #2, #3, or #4 in a series.
Only the Good Spy Young by Ally Carter
Total points: 85
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.6 The shark in Jaws
Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
It is found on Summer beach reads set in beach towns pg. 1 #93
Points this post: 5
Total points: 820
Tasks completed: 46/58
Books read: 63
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.1 Celebrate Your Name
Book 1: Orchards by Holly Thompson.
TessaVanessa=Thompson
Book 2-Option 1: Love Me Tender by Laurie Horowitz.
12 letters in TessaVanessa
12 letters in LoveMeTender
Points this post: 15
Total points: 835
Tasks completed: 47/58
Books read: 65
ElaineL10.4: Loki
Read a book found on the Best Plot Twist list.
A Curious Beginning
Required: State the page on which your book can be found when you post.
Found on page 3 (#286 at time of posting)
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 870
ElaineL10.8: Spring Fever
Read a book written by a single author in which M A M can be found in in the title.
My Handyman
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 880
ElaineL15.2:Villains- Real and Imagined
Book 1 - Real - Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre of True Crime or Truecrime.
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Book 2, Imagined - Read a fiction book with a main page genre of Crime.
And Then There Were None (Genre verified here)
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 895
ElaineL15.10: Celebration of the Queen
Required: Indicate the option.
Option 2: Read a book set at least 50% during Queen Victoria's lifetime - the years 1819 -1901 inclusive.
Firelight
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 910
ElaineL50.1 - Bluegrass Pam's Task: 2 is Better than 1!
Book 1: Read a book that is a single work collaboration by exactly two authors.
Diamond Fire by Ilona Andrews
Book 2: Read a book with a single word TITLE that is a compound word.
Quicksilver
Book 3: Read a book with a TITLE that contains two character names.
Harley's Achilles (Harley Payne and Achilles Castellanos)
Minimum 750 p.: 145p. + 399p. + 230p. = 774 p.
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 960
Laurah3025.1 – Susan A’s Task: Die Hard
Option 1.
Read a book with 2 different numbers from 640 in the page count.
Obama's Wars 464 pages - 6 and 4 in page count
Option 3
Read a book that takes place entirely in California.
Q is for Quarry
This mystery tales place in the state of California.
618 pages
claiming 1 BB ticket
Total BB tickets - 2
Total points: 125
Mai5.4. President Snow
Book with the word “white” in its title
The White Book by Han Kang
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 165
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 13
Golden Oldies: 1
Mod
Book 1- a jeopardy answer-
Bucky F*cking Dent.
Book 2 - the jeopardy question
Whose Body?. I read the kindle edition, linked to the MMPB.
New total: 460
15.5 - It's Black and WhiteRead a book set at least 50% in ONE of those locations: ..., Japan,...
Book read: Grass for His Pillow
How it fits: Set in Japan
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Total points: 520
Books read: 41
Tasks completed: 30
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
Readerboard Name: Absurda50.1 - Bluegrass Pam's Task: 2 is Better than 1!
Book 1: If one author is good, two are better!
Read a book that is a single work collaboration by exactly two authors.
No Shred of Evidence by Charles Todd.
This is a mother/son writing team.
368 pages
Book 2: If you like a single word title, you will love a single compound word title!
Read a book with a single word TITLE that is a compound word.
Murder at Redwood Cove by Janet Finsilver.
Redwood is a compound word.
198 pages
Book 3: If one character’s name in a title works, two names are sure to be a winner!
Read a book with a TITLE that contains either one character name that includes a first and last name OR two character names.
My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout.
209 pages
Total pages: 775
Points this task: 50
Total Points to date: 190
30.2 - Amanda A's Task: March MadnessOption 2: Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% blue according to TinEye.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
80.5% blue per Tineye.
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. Ignore subtitles.
Digital Photography Through the Year by Tom Ang
Has 36 0 pages.
The combined pages of both books must be at least 500 pages.
Pride and Prejudice had 380 pages. Digital Photography had 360 pages. 380 + 360 = 740 total pages
Pride and Prejudice was first published in 1813. I claim one Golden Oldie ticket.
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Points this post: 30
Total points: 85
Total GO tickets: 1
JAMTOWN 8015.10- Celebration of the Queen
Option 1- Published in 1879
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Post 15
Season total: 180
10.7 - Spring ChickenRead 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.
Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything by Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith.
First published in 2017.
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Points this post: 10
Total points: 95
Total GO tickets: 1
REPOSTJAMTOWN 80
20.2- 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: 145
REPOSTJAMTOWN 80
20.5- TBR- Buster
Option 2- Author name found in To Be Read
Taken from my TBR- added on April 4, 2019
Post- 20
Season total: 165
Mai25.1 – Susan A’s Task: Die Hard
Option 1. Read a book with 2 different numbers from 640 in the page count.
Death Is a Lonely Business by Ray Bradbury
(240 pages)
Option 2: Read a book that was FIRST published in December of any year.
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself by Clayton M. Christensen
(first published December 14th 2010)
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 190
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 15
Golden Oldies: 1
Diana K15.9 - A True Renaissance Man. Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in LEONARDO DA VINCI.
Invisible Cities byItalo Calvino
Total points: 515
50.1 - Bluegrass Pam's Task: 2 is Better than 1!Book 1: 2 authors
Hostile Ground by LA Witt and Aleksandr Voinov 300 pages
Book 2: single compound word title
Goodbye Paradise 266 pages
good: adjective https://www.dictionary.com/browse/goo...
bye: noun https://www.dictionary.com/browse/bye
Book 3: one character name that includes a first and last name
The Ongoing Reformation of Micah Johnson 190 pages
300 + 266 + 190 = 756 which exceeds 750 pages
points: 980 + 50 = 1030
ElaineL25.4: Diana K's Task - Eating Around the World
Book 1: Read a book that is set in a country that you have never visited.
Rebel Hard
Required: You MUST state that you have never visited this country.
This book is set in New Zealand, a county I have never visited.
Book 2: Read a book that has ALL of the letters of that dish in the title/subtitle.
Summer in Eclipse Bay
Required: State the dish you are using.
Lamb (suMmer in ecLipse BAy)
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 985
30.2 - Amanda A's Task: March MadnessOption 2, a book with a cover that is at least 50% blue: Transcription by Kate Atkinson
85.8% blue
paperback edition Transcription 368 pages
Option 3a, a book with a 5-word title that also contains at least one of these numbers in the page count: 1, 2, 5, 9, 0: The Light of the World by Elizabeth Alexander, 209 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 360
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20.8 Nickels & Dimes -Paula S's Task: Springtime Traditions in Sweden
option 2, initials AL in VÅFFELDAGEN:
Pleasantville by Attica Locke
total = 750
Mod
25.3 - Sophie's Task: May Day Celebration
option 2, yellow in title: The Yellow House by Patricia Falvey
option 3, title letters DOAR in mORris DAncing: Death of a Rainmaker: A Dust Bowl Mystery by Laurie Loewenstein
total = 775
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30.2 - Amanda A's Task: March Madness
option 3B, #5 in series, 2 in page number:
Acqua Alta by Donna Leon, 282 pages (Commissario Brunetti #5)
option 4, initials PM in MINNEAPOLIS:
I'll Keep You Safe by Peter May, 366 pages
282 + 366 = 648
total = 805
Mod
30.9 – Sandy’s Task: Sandy's Big Adventure
Option A, set completely in South Africa:
The Serpentine Road by Paul Mendelson
PB: The Serpentine Road 352 pages
Option B, nonfiction, initials AL in ANIMALS:
Common People: In Pursuit of My Ancestors by Alison Light
352 + 352 = 704
total = 835
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30.11 - Brooke TX's Task: My Favorite Monsters
Option C,
Book 1, from Required Reading Graphic Novels page 1, #1: Watchmen by Alan Moore
Book 2, initials MG in MORNINGSTAR: A Sudden Death in Cyprus by Michael Grant
total = 865
15.7 - Villains We Love To HateA Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher
Villain: Nurse Ratched from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Played by: Louise Fletcher
Total: 40
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20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kristen IA’s Task: Tiptoe Through the Tulips. Option 4: Read a book that has one of the following words in its title or subtitle: TULIP, QUEEN, ROYAL, or COURT.
Read The Royal Nanny by Karen Harper
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 155
Total tasks: 8