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SPRING CHALLENGE 2019
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DAWN70Task 15.4 - Number, Please?
Option 1, read 2 books (one book 1 and one book 2).
Book 1: Choose a number from 2-9 and read a book in a series with that whole number designation. #6
The Genius Elin Peer, #6 Men of the North - I listened to audio, but PB is 365 pgs.
Book 2: Using same number as book 1 (#6), read a book with a title where the first word begins with one of the associated letters (MNO).
Nate C.M. Marin, #1 Chaos Chasers MC - Kindle and PB are 360 pgs.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 250
Books read: 18
Tasks completed: 13
DAWN70Task 10.6 - Spring Break
Read a book about a high school or college experience.
Characters attend "Southern University".
Embrace S.E. Hall, #2 Evolve, 4-27-19, 3-1/2* review
I listened to audio but PB version is 348 pgs.
Cover for Goodread's audio version
My cover on audio versionPoints this task: 10
Total points: 260
Books read: 19
Tasks completed: 14
DAWN70Task 10.9 - Spring Forward
Read the next book in a series you've already started.
This series is new to me. I had just finished Book 1 and luckily, had this second one on my shelf so I was able to continue on.
Another Dawn Sandra Brown, #2 Coleman Family Saga, 4-25-19, 4* PB 464 pgs.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 270
Books read: 20
Tasks completed: 15
30.3 - ElaineL's task: The Big Bang TheoryOption 2: Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine
286 pages
Option 3: Devoted in Death by J.D. Robb
In Death series #41; I began the series years ago; this was the next book in the series and was new-to-me; there are currently 48 whole number series books published in the series; before I read this one for this task, I had 8 books left to finish the series
Total points: 400 + 30 = 430
RAYNEBAIR30.5 - Dlmrose’s Task: Answered and Asked
Book 1: Read a book with a TITLE that could be a Jeopardy! answer.
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.
Book 1: The Rooster Bar by John Grisham
Book 2: Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
points this post: 30
total points: 760
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 3
25.5 - SandyL's Task: Spring Festivals!Option 2: Hardcore Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich
humor MPG
Option 3: Ten Thousand Islands by Randy Wayne White
set entirely "off Florida’s Gulf Coast"
Total points: 430 + 25 = 455
Pamela326520.4 - Golden Oldies - Louise B's Task: In The Garden
Option 1: Mountain Country Courtship by Glynna Kaye – Word: Mountain
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 230
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
MEGSCL15.2 - Villains- Real and Imagined
Book 1 - Real - Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre of True Crime or Truecrime. The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire
Book 2, Imagined - Read a fiction book with a main page genre of Crime. In a Dark, Dark Wood (genre verified in https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... )
TOTAL TO DATE
175 points
1 big book
MEGSCL25.4 - Diana K's Task - Eating Around the World
Book 1 - never been to Japan - The Lake
Book 2 - RAMEN - Mortal Engines
TOTAL TO DATE
200 points
1 big book
MEGSCL25.6 - Andy P.’s Task: New Zealand Sheep Farming
Book 1. Author initials EM - The Lesser Bohemians
Book 2. Word= ECHO - The Echo Maker
*569 pages = 1 big book ticket
TOTAL TO DATE
225 points
2 big books
Julia10320.4 - Golden Oldies - Louise B's Task: In The Garden
Black Plumes
This was first published in 1940 so claiming one GO ticket.
This post: 20 points
Total points: 365
Total BB: 5
Total GO: 2
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 24
APRILLEIGH15.4 - Number, Please?
Option 2: Read one book that fulfills both book 1 and book 2 requirements
(I chose #2 = ABC - 2nd book in series, first word in title begins with 'A', ’B’, or 'C')
Body of Evidence (Kay Scarpetta #2) by Patricia Cornwell
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 15 (45)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (3)
Total Tasks: 2
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.7 - Dulcinella's Task: The Villain Archetype
Option1: The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis.
From the list: Dangerous Teenage Girls pg.1
341 pages
Option 6: Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
From the list : personality disorders page 1.
278 pages
341+278= 619 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 1030
Tasks completed: 58/58
Books read: 81
And another challenge is done!
Barbara ★15.9 - A True Renaissance Man
Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in LEONARDO DA VINCI.
First to Burn - Anna Richland (A & R in leonARdo) 4/25
Points this task: 15
Total points: 465
Coralie20.8 Springtime Traditions in Sweden
Option 2. Lady Day
Book by an author whose initials are in VaffeldageN
Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov
Total to date 510 points
SweetMelissa20.5 - 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
City of Thieves, David Benioff, 4/24/19
Required: I used my own "want to read" shelf. The book was added 09/19/2018
Points this post: 20
Total points: 200
RAYNEBAIR30.3 - ElaineL's task: The Big Bang Theory
Option 2: Read a book that has 279 pages plus or minus 12 (267-291 pages inclusive)
Best Man by Chris Delyani
I read the kindle version. The paperback is 271 pages
Option 3: Read the next book in a series that you are “behind on.”
Sound of Us by A.M Arthur (Us #2)
I read #1 in Aug 2017 and hadn't read any of the other 3 books in the series before this spring challenge.
ebook length was approved for this book in message 7407
points this post: 30
total points: 790
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 3
Amy FL5.6. The shark in Jaws
The Beach Club - page 1 (#5) of Summer Beach reads set in beach towns list
Points this post: 5
Total points: 180
Amy FL20.1 - Most Improved- Elizabeth B's Task: Spring Festivals Around Europe
Option 2B: Love & Gelato
Points this post: 20
Total points: 200
Sunshine25.4 - Diana K's Task - Eating Around the World
Book 1
Book: Taming a Wild Scot by Rowan Keats 3/27/19
How it Fits: Takes place in Scotland. I have never been to this country.
Book 2
Book: Laugh Yourself Healthy: Keep the Doctor Away With a Giggle a Day! by Charles Hunter 4/29/19
How it Fits: Using the dish Haggis. ALL of the letters of the dish is in the title/subtitle.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 465
Books Read: 35
Theresa5.1. Hannibal Lector.
Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J Ryan Stradal
Food and Drink
Points - 5
Total Points - 5
Sarah E15.7 - Villains We Love To Hate
The English Patient: Winner of the Golden Man Booker Prize by Michael Ondaatje
#24 Michael Douglas
Total points: 15
Sarah E20.1 - Most Improved- Elizabeth B's Task: Spring Festivals Around Europe
Option 2B: Almost completely set in Italy
Love & Gelato
I read the kindle edition but have linked to the top paperback (no MMP)
Total points: 35
Andy P.Task # 25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: Spring Things
Option 1. Double Trouble. Read a book which has two consecutive words in the title (NOT subtitle) which begin with the same consonant.Spill Simmer Falter Wither by Sara Baume S in Spill, Simmer
Option 2. Sci Fi High. Read a book which has a main page genre of Science Fiction, A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. Science Fiction on mp (2868 users)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 610
Sunshine10.2 - Vito & Michael Corleone
Book: Xander: A Forbidden Mafia Romance by Margot Rose 4/26/19
How it Fits: A Romeo & Juliet style Mafia Romance
(Ebook Approved Msg 7415)
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 475
Books Read: 36
Diana K.5.3. Lady MacBeth. Read a book with the author’s initials found in the phrase “OUT DAMNED SPOT.”
Lord Dashwood Missed Out by Tessa Dare
Total points: 580
Diana K.25.3 - Sophie's Task: May Day Celebration
Opt 2 Read a book with ONE of these colour names: blue, green, red, yellow found intact in the title or subtitle.
Blue Nights
Opt 3 Read a book with a title of at least 3 words where all the title initials can be found in MORRIS DANCING.
Divorce Islamic Style
Total points: 605
Diana K.10.9 - Spring Forward. Next! Read the next book in a series you've already started.
The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine This was a new-to-me next book in the Ladies #1 Detective series.
Total points: 615
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM10.3 - Vincent Vega
I read The Golden Goblet: Selected Poems of Goethe by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. V is in Von.
Previous point total: 405
New points this post: 10
Total points: 415
Total tasks completed: 25
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM25.1 – Susan A’s Task: Die Hard
I chose Options 1 and 3.
Option 1: I read The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World by Simon Winchester, paperback for length - 416p. 4 and 6 in 640p
Option 2: I read The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory. The book is set entirely in Los Angeles, CA, and environs (noted in the Goodreads description).
Previous point total: 415
New points this post: 25
Total points: 440
Total tasks completed: 26
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM25.5 - SandyL's Task: Spring Festivals!
I chose Options 1 and 2.
Option 1: I read Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative by Jane Alison. M and S in BLOSSOM, E in CHERRY.
Option 2: I read The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang. The book is set entirely in Palo Alto, CA - this link notes the location (an excerpt from the book).
Previous point total: 440
New points this post: 25
Total points: 465
Total tasks completed: 27
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM30.11 - Brooke TX's Task: My Favorite Monsters
I chose Option C.
Book 1: I read The Unwritten, Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity by Mike Carey. Found on page 2 on the Required Reading Graphic Novels list.
Book 2: I read How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England: A Guide for Knaves, Fools, Harlots, Cuckolds, Drunkards, Liars, Thieves, and Braggarts by Ruth Goodman. R and G in MORNINGSTAR.
Previous point total: 465
New points this post: 30
Total points: 495
Total tasks completed: 28
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Mai10.7 - Spring Chicken
Read a "young" book. (Published after 2015)
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 200
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 16
Golden Oldies: 1
RAYNEBAIR20.5 - Bigger is Better - Librarianish's Task: TBR-Buster!
Option 3: First In, First Out. Go to your TBR shelf and sort by date added, oldest first. Read one of the books in the first 20 on the shelf.
Rebound Remedy by Christine d'Abo
I added this book to my TBR back in November 2015
points this post: 20
total points: 810
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 3
Suzannesea20.7 Shorter is Sweeter
Option 2
Read a book with a series designation #X.5.
The Highwayman by Craig Johnson
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 200
Mary P25.6 - Andy P.’s Task: New Zealand Sheep Farming
Book 1: Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in the word ROMNEY.
Sunshine by Robin McKinley (405 pgs)
Book 2:Read a book with a title (subtitles are excluded) that contains a word of four or more letters that can be made from the letters contained in the phrase, BUY MORE WOOL CLOTHING.
A Strange Hymn by Laura Thalassa (324 pgs)
Hymn is the word used.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 260
5.3. Lady MacBethRead a book with the author’s initials found in the phrase “OUT DAMNED SPOT.”
SpoT:
More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 190
5.8. Annie WilkesBooks About Books and Authors Page 1
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 195
10.10 - Spring TrainingTakes place entirely in Florida:
Untwine by Edwidge Danticat
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 215
20.3 - Best Review -Trishhartuk’s Task: Burdened with Glorious PurposeOption 3. The Trickster. Read a book by an author, or team of authors, who publish under more than one name.
Stephen King also publishes as Richard Bachman
Elevation by Stephen King
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 235
Mod
For my first book, I chose option 1 and read a kindle ARC of The Soul of Power - linked to the hardback version (no MMPB or pb). 480 pages, so contains 2 different digits from 640 - 4 and 0.
For my second book, I chose option 4 and read
- 2 guns on the cover, just below and to the sides of the title.New total: 610
30.3 - ElaineL's task: The Big Bang TheoryOption 2: Read a book that has 279 pages plus or minus 12 (267-291 pages inclusive).
A Thousand Perfect Notes by C.G. Drews
282 pages
Option 3: Read the next book in a series that you are “behind on.”
The Five Greatest Warriors (Jack West Jr #3) by Matthew Reilly
Jack West Jr series
I began the series before Spring 2019 challenge began,
book is new to me
there are 3 published books left in the series when I began this task (including this book)
1x Bigger is Better tix (574 pages)
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 4
Season Total: 695
10.9 - Spring ForwardHelp Thread
Next! Read the next book in a series you've already started. The book may not be #1 or earlier (i.e., #0.5) in the series and it should be new-to-you. Half-numbers (#1.5, etc) will work as long as they are next in the series, new-to-you, and meet SRC page requirements.
This book is new to me and the next in a series that I have read.
Black Heart
Points 10
Total 115
APRILLEIGH20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk’s Task: Burdened with Glorious Purpose
Option 2: Read a book with all the letters L O K and I in the title.
The Kremlin Conspiracy by Joel C. Rosenberg
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (65)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (4)
Total Tasks: 3
Coralie20.9 Villains in Children’s Stories
Option 2. Night
Book with DARK in title
Dark Eden
Total to date 530 points
DAWN70Task 20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk's Task: Burdened With Glorious Purpose
Option 4: Read a play.
The Crucible Arthur Miller, 4-29-19, 4* MPG Plays
I listened to the full-cast audio production by L.A. Theater Works, but the PB version has 143 pages.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 290
Books read: 21
Tasks completed: 16
30.10 - Kaora's Task: Horsin' AroundOption 1. DRESSAGE
Book 1- I read A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson.
Book 2- I read The Ex by Alafair Burke.
Task Points: 30
Total Points: 255
Tasks Complete: 12
Books Read: 15
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30.2 - Amanda A’s Task: March Madness
Option 1a: Read a book first published in March of any year.
Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay, first published March 15, 2005 (292 pages)
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA.
Hope Never Dies by Andrew Shaffer (304 pages)
Total pages: 292 + 304 = 596
Selections approved in the help thread
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 30 (30)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 2 (2)
Total Tasks: 1