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SPRING CHALLENGE 2019
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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.
Beauty & Rage by Natalie Bennett
*approved for length in post 7386
Points this task: 20
Total points: 225
Big book tickets: 0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 15
Mod
I read a kindle ARC of Keep You Close: A Novel - to be published 5/28/19. The paperback edition is Keep You Close.
New total: 500
30.1 – Schatzie’s task: Villain One-linersOption 3: “I am your father.”
read a book that is the second book in any series
The Devil's Advocate: Devil's Playground Duet #2 by Ashley Jade
Devil's Playground #2
Option 4: “Ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight.”
read a book with red text on the cover
by Eva CharlesThe whole title is in red and this book was approved for length in post 7386
Points this task: 30
Total points: 255
Big book tickets: 0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 16
15.6 - Imagine PeaceRead a book with ‘bed” found intact in the title, subtitle or author's name.
I read an audio version of Three Bedrooms, One Corpse
"bed" found in bedrooms
New points: 15
Total challenge Points: 340
GO's: 1
Barbara ★20.4 - Golden Oldies - Louise B's Task: In The Garden
Option 4: 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 Last Second - Catherine Coulter 4/23
(T, L, S in native pLanTS)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 450
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Coralie15.6 Imagine Peace
Book with ‘bed’ found intact in title
The Bedlam Stacks
Total to date 465 points
Kathy KSThese 3 books were originally used for 25.5, 10.5, & 20.2. They will be replaced in those tasks.
50.1 - Bluegrass Pam's Task: 2 is Better than 1!
The three books must total at least 750 pages.
Read 3 books:
Book 1: Read a book that is a single work collaboration by... two authors.
Rapid River Hoax, by Loretta Jackson & Vickie Britton
Book 2: Read a book with a single word TITLE that is a compound word.
Seafire, by Natalie C. Parker
Seafire = sea + fire
Book 3: Read a book with a TITLE that contains... one character name that includes a first and last name.
The Real Education of TJ Crowley, by Grant Overstake
charcter name = TJ Crowley
page count: 251+374+368= 993 (>750)
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Points for this task: 50
Total points: 360
Tasks completed: 20
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies, this task: 0
Golden Oldies total: 1
Janice CA5.10. What Makes a Villain?
MPG: Childrens
Not on AR Bookfinder
Innside Nantucket by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.
+5
total: 65
tasks: 4
books: 5
Kathy KSThis book was originally used for 25.5. The original book used here is now used in 50.1
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Raynebair's Task: A Day In the Life Of...
Choose one option
Option 3: Read a book where the title starts with a word that begins with the letter B, A or M.
A Delicate Truth, by John le Carré
*****
Points for this task: 0
Total points: 325
Tasks completed: 19
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies, this task: 0
Golden Oldies total: 1
Kathy KS5.3. Lady MacBeth
Read a book with the author’s initials found in the phrase “OUT DAMNED SPOT.”
Blood's Pride, by Evie Manieri
out daMnEd spot
Claim 1 BB ticket" (512 pages)
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Points for this task: 5
Total points: 330
Tasks completed: 20
Big Book tickets for this task: 1
Big Book tickets total: 3
Golden Oldies, this task: 0
Golden Oldies total: 1
30.4 - Seeing DoubleBook 1:
I read Last to Die by Tess Gerritsen (Double S, Double R, 338 pages)
Book 2:
I read The Other Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn (Title: double S in Miss, Author: Double N in Quinn, 391 pages)
Points: 30
Total points: 275
10.9 - Spring ForwardThe Awakening (Darkest Powers #2) by Kelley Armstrong
book is next in a series I've already started and new-to-me.
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 3
Season Total: 650
Coralie25.3 May Day Celebrations
Option 2. Maypole dancing
Book with ‘red’ in the title
All Systems Red
Option 3. Morris dancing
Book with a title where all the initials can be found in mOrris danCinG
Crucible of Gold
Total to date 490 points
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.7 Spring Chicken
The Gradual Disappearance of Jane Ashland by Nicolai Houn.
It was first published in 2016.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 845
Tasks completed: 48/58
Books read: 66
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.3 The Chunnel
Option 1:
Book 1: We Come Apart by Sarah Crossan.
Book 2: The Girl with No Shadow by Joanne Harris.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 860
Tasks completed: 49/58
Books read: 68
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.5 It's Black and White
Letters from Paris by Juliet Blackwell.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 875
Tasks completed: 50/58
Books read: 69
Diana K.5.8. Annie Wilkes Read a book from one of these lists: Books About Books and Authors or Writers Who Write About Writers.
A Moveable Feast Page 1 of Writers Who Write About Writers
Total points: 520
Diana K.20.3 - Best Review -Trishhartuk’s Task: Burdened with Glorious Purpose
Opt 2 Read a book with ALL the letters L O K and I in the TITLE
The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
Total Points: 540
Delicious Dee5.7. The Joker
The Greatest Love Story Ever Told - shelved as humor by 175ppl
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 425
Delicious Dee5.9. Emperor Palpatine
Trail of Lightning - TOL found in EMPEROR PALPATINE
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 430
Luara10.7 Spring Chicken
*book published after 2015
The Winter Sister by Megan Collins
published in 2019
Total points: 165
trishhartuk10.9 Spring Forward
Next! Read the next book in a series you've already started.
Cat on the Scent (Mrs Murphy #7), Rita Mae Brown
I’ve been reading the series on and off since 2006 – most recently in January 2016. This specific book was the next in the series and was new to me.
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 505
Tasks Completed: 24
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book tickets: 0
10.6 Spring BreakI read Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson - as per GR description, MC is a high school student and story revolves around her experience at her private school
Season Total: 20
20.9 Villains in Children's StoriesI chose option 2 and read I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara
Season Total: 90
Readerboard Name: Absurda5.10. What Makes a Villain?
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis
Points this task: 5
Total Points to date: 145
Cait S10.9- Spring Forward
Read the next book in a series you've already started.
The Broken Vow by Scott Westerfeld
This is #2 in a series I already started and I had not read it prior to this.
Points This Post: 10
BB Tickets: 1
Total Points: 170
Readerboard Name: Absurda10.10 - Spring Training
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.
Murder at Redwood Cove by Janet Finsilver
Set in Northern California
Points this task: 10
Total Points to date: 155
SandyL20.4 - Golden Oldies - Louise B's Task: In The Garden
Option 1: Tomatoes
Rocky Mountain Shelter by Vivian Arend
MOUNTAIN in title
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 410
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 31
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
SandyL20.5 - Bigger is Better - Librarianish's Task: TBR-Buster!
Option 2: A-Z
Most Likely to Score by Lauren Blakely
to Be read (B for Blakely)
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 430
Tasks Completed: 24
Books Read: 32
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
SandyL30.2 - Amanda A's Task: March Madness
Option 1A - Read a book FIRST published in March of any year
Flirting with the Frenemy by Pippa Grant
First published 1 March 2019
263 pages
Option 3B - 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.
Getting Lucky by Erin Nicholas
Series: Sapphire Falls #5
314 pages
Total pages = 577
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Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 460
Tasks Completed: 25
Books Read: 34
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
babbling c30.5 - Dlmrose’s Task: Answered and Asked
book 1, answered: The Fireman Who Loved Me - kindle The Fireman Who Loved Me - paperback pg. 373 by Jennifer Bernard
book 2, asked: Whose Body? - kindle Whose Body? - paperback pg. 171 by Dorothy L. Sayers
This is a golden oldie: 1923
THIS POST
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies: 1
Total This Season
Points: 165/1030
Completed Tasks: 10/58
Golden oldies:3
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Pages read this season: 4,746
Books read this season:12
DANIELLE M30.4 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Seeing Double
Book 1: Glitter and Glue by Kelly Corrigan double letters ll and rr
Book 2: The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
title double letters-oo/ author double letters-rr
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 2
Tasks Complete: 1
DULCINELLA 15.10 - Celebration of the QueeN
Option 1: Read a book FIRST published during Queen Victoria's lifetime - the years 1819 -1901 inclusive.
Max Havelaar, of de koffieveilingen van de Nederlandse handelsmaatschappij
Multatuli 23 april 2019 320 p. 5 starsFirst published: 1860
I ask a BB ticket for this book
Points in this post: 15 points
Total points: 955 points
6 GO
3 BB
Brooke TX5.6. The shark in Jaws
Read a book from one of these lists: Vacations from Hell or Summer beach reads set in beach towns. Found on page 1 of Vacations from Hell:
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 545
Completed Tasks: 30
Books Read: 49
Brooke TX10.10 - Spring Training
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. Set in Texas:
Points
This Post:10
Total Points: 555
Completed Tasks: 31
Books Read: 49
Brooke TX15.2 - Villains- Real and Imagined
Book 1: Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre of True Crime or Truecrime.
Book 2: Read a fiction book with a main page genre of Crime.
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 570
Completed Tasks: 32
Books Read: 49
Brooke TX20.4 - Golden Oldies - Louise B's Task: In The Garden
Option 1: Read a book with one of the following words in the title/subtitle: BLACK, RUFFLES, SUN, GOLD, NUGGET, MOUNTAIN, or MERIT.
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 590
Completed Tasks: 33
Books Read: 49
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM20.5 - Bigger is Better - Librarianish's Task: TBR-Buster!
I chose Option 2. I read The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert (mass market paperback). E is in READ. I added The Signature of All Things to my to-read shelf on Goodreads on 1/7/14).
**The mass market paperback of The Signature of All Things is 609p long, I would like to claim ONE Big Book Ticket**
Previous point total: 360
New points this post: 20
Total points: 380
Total tasks completed: 22
GO tickets this post: 1
Total GO: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
DULCINELLA10.5 - Spring into Action
Read a book with the MPG Action and/or Adventure. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson 159 p. 24 april 2019 3 stars 206 p mass paper back Treasure Island
I claim a GO ticket as the book was first published in 1882
Points in this post: 10 points
Total points: 965 points
7 GO
3 BB
Nick KY10.10 Spring Training. I read Chomp by Carl Hiaasen, which takes place in Florida.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 575
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.10 What Makes a Villain?
Stealing Gulfstreams by James Patterson.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 880
Tasks completed: 51/58
Books read: 70
5.7 the JokerI read The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson (this book has the MPG humor)
Points: 5
Total points: 280
RAYNEBAIR25.4 - Diana K's Task - Eating Around the World
Book 1: Read a book that is set in a country that you have never visited.
I have never been to Australia.
Upside Down by N.R. Walker
Book 2: Choose a dish from that country and read a book that has ALL of the letters of that dish in the title/subtitle.
I chose Vegemite for my dish.
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
points this post: 25
total points: 660
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 3
MAZZA15.10. What Makes a Villain?
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
The Daffodil Mystery
This book is first published in 1920 and I acclaiming a GO ticket
Points this post = 5
Points to date 635
GO tickets this post = 1
GO to date = 5
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Read a book with ‘bed” found intact in the title, subtitle or author's name.
Vow of Obedience by Brianna Hale
Obedience
*approved for length in post 7386
Points this task: 15
Total points: 205
Big book tickets: 0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 14