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SPRING CHALLENGE 2019
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5.4. President SnowRead a book with the word “white,” “rose,” or “roses” in its title/subtitle.
Book read: White Shades - The call of Angel
How it fits: White in the title
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Total points: 545
Books read: 42
Tasks completed: 31
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
Dakimel25.5 - SandyL's Task: Spring Festivals!
1: Can't Escape Love
3: The Library Book (CA)
Tally: +25
Total: 700
Dakimel30.11 - Brooke TX's Task: My Favorite Monsters
A1: Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
A2: The Rose Society - page 1 of list
Tally: +30
Total: 730
15.7 - Villains We Love To HateRead 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
Book read: Rich Dad Poor Dad
How it fits: Author's (Robert T. Kiyosaki) first name is Robert, matches the first name of Robert De Niro.
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Total points: 560
Books read: 43
Tasks completed: 32
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
Bookwrm526Task #10.2 - Vito & Michael
Read a book in which an organized crime family, criminal organization, or crime syndicate plays a major role. I read Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime by Ron Stallworth, approved in task help thread posts 38,39.
Total points so far: 600
10.6 Spring Break Seven Ways We Lie by Riley Redgate
There are 7 main characters who are students in a high school setting.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 120
BB TICKETS: 1
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 14
Sara G50.1 - 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.
Wakulla Springs by Andy Duncan and Ellen Klages
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.
Heartless by Marissa Meyer
Heartless is approved for being a compound word in the help thread here.
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.
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Points this post: 50
Total points: 680
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5.9. Emperor Palpatine
Book with a title of at least three words whose initial letters are in EMPEROR PALPATINE.
Role, Play, Art by Thorbiörn Fritzon et al.
Total Points: 385/1030
Total Books Read: 35
Tasks Completed: 31/58
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 0
20.8 Nickels & Dimes -Paula S's Task: Springtime Traditions in SwedenOption 1: "Read a book with all the letters in the word SEMLA in the TITLE, not subtitle"
All the Missing Girls
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Total Points: 135
25.1 – Susan A’s Task: Die HardOption 1. Read a book with 2 different numbers from 640 in the page count.
Alice in Zombieland (White Rabbit Chronicles #1) by Gena Showalter
404 pages
Option 4: Read a book with a gun on the cover.
Hammered (Jenny Casey #1) by Elizabeth Bear
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 4
Season Total: 720
25.1 – Susan A’s Task: Die HardOption 1 - I read The Tie That Binds. It has 246 pages.
Option 2- I read From the Kitchen of Half Truth. It was first published in December of 2012.
Task Points: 25
Total Points: 280
Tasks Complete: 13
Books Read: 17
Elizabeth BTask 20.5
Option 2: single author whose first or last name begins with any letter in TO BE READ.
Meant For Me by Ann Lister, added on TBR in 2016
Total 695
Sophie20.8
Option a SEMLA in title
A Murderous Malady by Christine Trent
This is an ARC from the publisher
Total: 330
trishhartuk20.8 Nickels & Dimes -Paula S's Task: Springtime Traditions in Sweden
Option 3: Easter witches. Read a book about a witch or witches.
Hexes and Hemlines, Juliet Blackwell
The main character is a witch.
From the GR description: “Lily gets called away from Aunt Cora's Closet when the police need a witch's take on a strange case.”
Shelved as Paranormal > Witches by 67 users
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 525
Tasks Completed: 25
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book tickets: 0
Task 15.6 - Imagine Peaceread a book with BED in the title
Stranger in his Bed
ebook verification: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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920 points
Theresa5.5. Cruella de Vil
by Jennifer Scottpoints - 5
Total Points - 25
Theresa5.6. The shark in Jaws
by Elin HilderbrandSummer beach reads set in beach towns, page 1
points - 5
Total Points - 30
Andy P.Task # 15.6 - Imagine Peace
Read a book with ‘bed” found intact in the title
The Bedlam Detective by Stephen Gallagher
Points this post: 15
Total points: 680
Katrina H5.1 - Hannibal Lector
Read a book with Food and Drink as a main page genre.
The Case Against Sugar
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Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 0
Sophie30.2
Option 3 b
5th in series, page count includes a 1 2 5 9 or 0
An Incomplete Revenge by Jacqueline Winspear
Option 4
Author initials in Minneapolis Minnesota
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
Total 360
Katrina H5.7 - The Joker
Main page genre of humour.
Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett.
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Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 0
Sarah E10.4 - Loki
All the Bright Places - on page 3, currently #289
I read an ebook but have linked to the top paperback as the only MMP has no page numbers
Total points: 45
Sarah E30.5 - Dlmrose’s Task: Answered and Asked
Book 1, answered: The Dogs of Riga
I read the ebook, top MMP is Los perros de Riga
Book 2, asked: Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
I listened to the audio, the top MMP is The Boomerang Clue
Golden Oldie, first published 1934. I claim 1 GO ticket.
Total points: 75
Total GO tickets: 1
JenniferKS10.4 - Loki
Read a book found on the Best Plot Twist list. Required: State the page on which your book can be found when you post.
(paperback 447 pages)
Found on page 3
Jennifer McMahon is a Goodreads author
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Points this task: 10
Points thus far: 255
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 25
Pages read 10463
Goodreads Author: 14
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets;
5 500+
0 750+
DeborahPost 15
30.6 - TessaVanessa’s Task: DC vs Marvel
Option 2: Odd number of characters in readerboard name=Marvel comics
1) Hawkeye, Volume 1: My Life as a Weapon #6 on list
2) The Marco Effect
TME in Magneto
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 245
Books read: 18
Tasks Done: 15
SandyL10.8 - Spring Fever
Read a book in which M A M can be found in in the title/subtitle and/or author's name.
Maid for Love by Marie Force
MAid for love by Marie force
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 505
Tasks Completed: 30
Books Read: 40
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
SandyL30.3 - ElaineL's task: The Big Bang Theory
Option 2:Read a book that has 279 pages plus or minus 12 (267-291 pages inclusive).
Wild Irish Soul by Tricia O'Malley
282 Pages
Option 3: Read the next book in a series that you are “behind on.”
The Hero by Robyn Carr
Series: Thunder Point
I began this series before the Spring 2019 challenge began
I read book #3 in this series and there were seven to read in the series of 9 books when I began the task
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Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 535
Tasks Completed: 31
Books Read: 42
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
SandyL30.8 - Cat's Task: Big Oldies
Book 1 - Read a book FIRST published in or before 1950.
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
First published in 1934
274 pages
*****Claiming Golden Oldie ticket*******
Book 2 - Read a book with at least 500 pages.
Lady Luck by Kristen Ashley
662 Pages
******Claiming Big Book Ticket*******
Total pages = 936
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Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 565
Tasks Completed: 32
Books Read: 44
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 2
15.10 - Celebration of the QueenOption 2, a book set during Queen Victoria's lifetime (1819-1901): The Vanishing Man by Charles Finch, set in London, 1853
Points this post: 15
Total points: 475
MEGAN RAE10.10 - 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.
- Completed 2nd MayHow it fits: Set in Silicon Valley (California) - setting mentioned on main page of book.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 135
RAYNEBAIR20.10 - Group Reads
I chose The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas.
My discussion post
points this post: 20
total points: 850
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 3
Stephanie1275.7. The Joker: Read a book with the main page genre humor.
The Little Book of Sloth Philosophy
Points this post: 5
Total points: 100/1030
Tasks completed: 8/58
Books read: 8
Coralie25.4 Eating around the world
Book 1 – Set in Germany. I have never visited Germany.
The Reader
Book 2 – Book whose title includes all the letters of a dish from Germany – Doener
D in anD, O & E in sOrcErer, N in aNd, ER in sorcerER
A Sorcerer And A Gentleman
Total to date 565 points
Task 20.5 - Bigger is Better - Librarianish's Task: TBR-Buster!Option 2: A-Z. Read a book written by a single author whose first or last name begins with any letter in TO BE READ.
Venus (The Grand Tour #18) (2000) by Ben Bova (Paperback, 405 pages)
235 + 20 = 255
Tasks Completed: 12
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 235 + 20 = 255
Books read: 18
Pages read: 5,539
Read but not claimed: 04
Goodreads Authors: 05
Golden Oldies: 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Kim O30.2 - Amanda A's Task: March Madness
Option 1a: Read a book FIRST published in March of any year.
To Die But Once This book has 326 pages.
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA.
An Object of Beauty This book has 304 pages.
326 + 304 = 330 (> 500 pages)
Points this task: 30
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Totals:
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Tasks completed: 17
25.4 - Diana K's Task - Eating Around the WorldBook 1, a book set in a country that you have never visited: Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal
The book is set in Pakistan. I have never visited Pakistan.
Book 2, a book whose title contains all of the letters of a national dish from Pakistan (NIHARI): The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray
Points this post: 25
Total points: 500
15.8 - right-handed catI read
by Davina Hanes. This book was approved for length here
Points: 15
Total points: 295
5.4 - President snowI read Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge.
Points: 5
Total points: 300
30.2 - Amanda A's Task: March MadnessTwo Book Task. The combined pages of both books must be at least 500 pages.
Option 2:
Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% blue according to TinEye.
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
Page Count: 335
Tineye gives various shades of blue that amount to more than 50%:
#43579c 42.7 % Mariner (Blue)
#0a1328 38.4 % Black Pearl (Blue)
#21325b 5.7 % Catalina Blue (Blue)
#c4d8ee 3.5 % Periwinkle (Blue)
Option 4:
Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA.
Shield of Winter by Nalini Singh
Page count: 442
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Points for this post: 30
Total Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 1
Task 5.8 - Annie Wilkesread a book from the Writers Who Write about Writers list
Smut
on p1, #79 of list
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925 points
JUKKA15.10 - Celebration of the Queen
Option 2: Book set at least 50% in Queen Victoria's lifetime.
Captain Swing and the Electrical Pirates of Cindery Island by Warren Ellis is set in 1830.
Total Points: 400/1030
Total Books Read: 36
Tasks Completed: 32/58
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 0
MAZZA130.1 – Schatzie’s task: Villain One-liners
Help Thread
This is a two book task. Pick two different options.
Option 1: “My Precious.”
Read a book with one of the terms of endearment from this list Popular Terms of Endearment in the TITLE, not subtitle. Plurals are allowed, otherwise, words must match exactly.
In Love With Alien Santa Claus LOVE in list
Option 3: “I am your father.”
Read a book that is the second book in any series.
Head in the Sand
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 865
MAZZA130.3 - ElaineL's task: The Big Bang Theory
This is a two-book task. You may select books from two different options, or select two books from the same option*.
Required: Indicate the option
BOTH books come from
Option 2: T Read a book that has 279 pages plus or minus 12 (267-291 pages inclusive).
Reasons to Be Cheerful 288 pages
The Merry Misogynist 272 pages
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 895
30.7 - Dulcinella's Task: The Villain ArchetypeOption 1. Femme Fatale . Read a book from the list Dangerous Teenage Girls.
White Oleander on page 1. 390 pages
Option 2. Corruptors/corrupted. Read a book from, the list Corruption in High Places
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity On page 2. 256 pages
Total points: 725
Delicious Dee5.8. Annie Wilkes
The Collector - found on pg 3 of the Writers Who Write About Writers list (position 280)
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 470
Joanne MITask 25-1 Die Hard
Option 1 Read a book with 2 different numbers from 640 in the page count.
The Golem and the Jinni 486 pages (4&6)
Option 2 Read a book that was FIRST published in December of any year.
Once Upon a River published Dec. 2018
Points this post 25
Total points 240
Total BB's 1
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20.5 - Bigger is Better - Librarianish's Task: TBR-Buster!
2: The Golden Tresses of the Dead by Alan Bradley (added to my TBR 1-19-19)
Tally: +20
Total: 675