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SPRING CHALLENGE 2019
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Mary P20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kristen IA’s Task: Tiptoe Through the Tulips
Option 1: Read a book that is #2, #3, or #4 in a series.
Dark Harmony by Laura Thalassa
Points this post: 20
Total points: 300
Sarah E15.8 - Right-Hand Cat
I read the ebook, paperback (no MMP) is Death of a Dapper Snowman
Total points: 90
Joanne MITask 30.1 Horsin' Around
Option 3 Stadium Jumping
Book 1. For this task read a book that is book 2 or 3 of a series.
Silverthorn # 3 in The Riftwar Saga
Book 2. Read a book that does not have ANY of the letters in FAULT in the title or subtitle. Homegoing
Points this task 30
Total Points 270
Total BB's 1
Joanne MITask 5.10 Book of Choice
Dark Angels
Claiming 1 BB at 530 pages
Points this task 5
Total points 280
Total BB's 2
Andy P.Task # 25.3 - Sophie's Task: May Day Celebration
Option 1. From the Sister list: page 1 # 16
The Girls by Lori Lansens
Option 3 Morris Dancing
Read a book with a title of at least 3 words where all the title initials can be found in MORRIS DANCING.
An Ordinary Decent Criminal by Michael Van Rooy
A in Dancing
O in Morris
D in Dancing
C in Dancing.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 705
Task 10.8 – Spring FeverLetters MAM appear in Title and/or Author name - optiMist’s / AMy
The Optimist's Guide to Letting Go by Amy E. Reichert
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This Post: 10 points
Total points to date: 315 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2
Task 30.3 – ElaineL – The Big BangOption 2 – Total pages between 267 – 291 inclusive / 272 pg
Zamba: The True Story of the Greatest Lion That Ever Lived / 272 pg
Option 3 - NEXT book in a series I previously started but have not finished
This is Book # 4 in the Coffeehouse Mystery Series. When I chose it for this task I had 15 books yet to read in the series. This is a new book for me. I read book # 3 in Aug 2016
Murder Most Frothy
I listened to the Audiobook / MMP: Murder Most Frothy - 247 p
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 345 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2
Kim O20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Tien's Task: Prequels & Midquels
2. Midquels: Read a book with series designation of #X.5 for which X can be any number other than 0.
The Highwayman: A Longmire Story
Points this task: 20
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Totals:
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Tasks completed: 18
Task 20.5 - Bigger is Better - Librarianish's Task: TBR-Buster!*Repost*
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.
Added to my TBR on July 31, 2013
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+
Suzannesea20.9 Moderator's Pet
Option 2.
Read a book with NIGHT in the title.
West with the Night by Beryl Markham
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 220
Task 15.2 – Villains Real and ImaginedBook 1: NONfiction book with main page genre TRUE CRIME
Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original "Psycho"
Book 2: Fiction book with main page genre CRIME
Girl Waits With Gun
I listened to the audio / MMP: La fille au revolver - 480 pg
Genre verified in HELP thread
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This Post: 15 points
Total points to date: 360 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2
20.1 - Most Improved- Elizabeth B's Task: Spring Festivals Around EuropeOption 2: TASTE FLORENCE FOOD FESTIVAL
B. Read a book set at least 50% in Italy
His Salvation by Claire Marta
*Approved for length 7423
Set in Rome; see review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Points this task: 20
Total points: 275
Big book tickets: 0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 17
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Fee's Task: Villains in Children's Stories Option 2: Night:
Read a book with one of the following words in the TITLE (not subtitle): NIGHT
Eighty-One Nights: Beautiful Illusions Duet Book 1 by Georgia Cates
(this is the paperback version)
Eighty-One Nights - this version has all of the activity
Points this task: 20
Total points: 295
Big book tickets: 0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 18
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyTask 15.2 - Villains- Real and Imagined
Read 2 books one book 1 and one book 2
Book 1 - Real - Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre of True Crime or Truecrime. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
The Trial of Lizzie Borden MPG True Crime
AND
Book 2, Imagined - Read a fiction book with a main page genre of Crime. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
206 Bones MPG Crime read 3/4
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 610
GO Tickets: 5
BB Tickets: 5
Amy the book bat5.5. Cruella de Vil
Read a book with a coat or jacket on the cover.
both people on the cover are wearing coats~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~
Task points: 5
Total points: 245
Books read: 22
Tasks completed: 21
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 2
Amy the book bat5.9. Emperor Palpatine
Read a book with a title of at least 3 words, where the initial letters of each word are found in EMPEROR PALPATINE.
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Task points: 5
Total points: 250
Books read: 23
Tasks completed: 22
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 2
Amy the book bat10.3 - Vincent Vega
Read a book written by a single author with the initial V.
by Victor Hugoclaiming 1 BB ticket (510 pages)
claiming 1 GO ticket (first published January 14th 1831)
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Task points: 10
Total points: 260
Books read: 24
Tasks completed: 23
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 3
Amy the book bat15.1 - Celebrate Your Name
Book 1: Read a book written by a single author whose first or last name begins with the same letter as the FIRST letter in your readerboard name.
book 1 - This Is Where the World Ends by Amy Zhang
Book 2: Option 1: Read a book with a title with the same number of characters* as your readerboard name.
book 2 - Bellman & Black
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Task points: 15
Total points: 275
Books read: 26
Tasks completed: 24
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 3
Amy the book bat15.2 - Villains- Real and Imagined
Book 1 - Real - Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre of True Crime or Truecrime.
Book 2 - Imagined - Read a fiction book with a main page genre of Crime.
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Task points: 15
Total points: 290
Books read: 28
Tasks completed: 25
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 3
Amy the book bat15.7 - 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
#5 Nurse Ratched - Louise Fletcher
by Louise Hawes~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~
Task points: 15
Total points: 305
Books read: 30
Tasks completed: 26
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 3
Amy the book bat15.10 - Celebration of the Queen
Option 2: Read a book set at least 50% during Queen Victoria's lifetime - the years 1819 -1901 inclusive.
- set in 1888 England (The Jack the Ripper murders occurred in the East End of London in 1888.)
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Task points: 15
Total points: 320
Books read: 31
Tasks completed: 27
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 3
Amy the book bat20.1 - Most Improved- Elizabeth B's Task: Spring Festivals Around Europe
Option 3: BARCELONA BEER FESTIVAL
B. Read a book set at least 50% in Spain.
The Just Men of Cordova
Cordova is a city in Spain
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Task points: 20
Total points: 340
Books read: 32
Tasks completed: 28
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 3
Amy the book bat20.3 - Best Review -Trishhartuk’s Task: Burdened with Glorious Purpose
Option 2. Say my name. Read a book with ALL the letters L O K and I in the TITLE (not the subtitle).
how to fInd LOve in a booKshop
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Task points: 20
Total points: 360
Books read: 33
Tasks completed: 29
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 3
Amy the book bat20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Tien's Task: Prequels & Midquels
2. Midquels: Read a book with series designation of #X.5 for which X can be any number other than 0.
(Percy Jackson and the Olympians #4.5)~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~
Task points: 20
Total points: 380
Books read: 34
Tasks completed: 30
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 3
Amy the book bat20.8 Nickels & Dimes -Paula S's Task: Springtime Traditions in Sweden
Option 1: Read a book with all the letters in the word SEMLA in the TITLE, not subtitle
trebLE At the jaM feSt~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~
Task points: 20
Total points: 400
Books read: 35
Tasks completed: 31
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 3
Amy the book bat20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Fee's Task: Villains in Children's Stories
Option 1: Monsters: Read a book from this list: Best Monster Books
pg.4 #336 of listclaiming 1 BB ticket (692 pages)
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Task points: 20
Total points: 420
Books read: 36
Tasks completed: 32
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 3
Amy the book bat25.1 – Susan A’s Task: Die Hard
Option 1 Read a book with 2 different numbers from 640 in the page count. Examples: 140 pages, 416 pages
(490 pages)Option 2 Read a book that was FIRST published in December of any year.
(first published December 30th 2014)~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~
Task points: 25
Total points: 445
Books read: 38
Tasks completed: 33
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 3
DeborahPost 16
5.4. President Snow
White Crow
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 250
Books read: 19
Tasks Done: 16
Amy the book bat25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: Spring Things
Option 1. Read a book which has two consecutive words in the title (NOT subtitle) which begin with the same consonant.
Option 2. Read a book which has a main page genre of Science Fiction, Sci Fi, or SyFy.
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Task points: 25
Total points: 470
Books read: 40
Tasks completed: 34
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 3
Task 10.2 - Vito & Michael Corleoneread a book with a crime family / syndicate at the centre
Bound by Honor
#1 in Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles
MCs are both in mafia families, in an arranged marriage to secure a treaty between the families
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935 points
TINABEER20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Option 3: Read a book where the title starts with a word that begins with the letter B, A or M. All title words count, including articles.
I read Bonfire by Krysten Ritter
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 175
Total tasks: 9
MAZZA150.1 - Bluegrass Pam's Task: 2 is Better than 1!
The three books must total at least 750 pages.
Read 3 books:
Book 1: If one author is good, two are better!
Read a book that is a single work collaboration by exactly two authors..
Dead Run 346 pages
PJ Tracy is the pseudonym of mother-daughter writing duo P.J. and Traci Lambrecht, on GR author data
Book 2:
Read a book with a single word TITLE that is a compound word.
Kickback KICK and BACK 240 pages
Book 3:
Read a book with a TITLE that contains either one character name that includes a first and last name
The Other Half of Augusta Hope 384 Pages
Page requirement = 750
346+340+384 = 970 pages
Points this post = 50
Points to date = 945
15.8 - Right-Hand CatRead a book with a domestic cat on the cover
I read an audio version of Cat out of Hell
audio version cover:
approved in the help thread in post #10New Points: 15
Total Challenge points: 375
GO's: 1
Cait S10.4- Loki
Read a book found on the Best Plot Twist list.
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
Found on page 3.
Points This Post: 10
BB Tickets: 1
Total Points: 220
15.9 - A True Renaissance ManRead a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in LEONARDO DA VINCI
13 for Luck by Agatha Christie
New Points: 15
Total Challenge Points: 390
GO's: 1
Sara G30.6 - TessaVanessa’s Task: DC vs Marvel
Option 2: Odd number of characters in readerboard name=Marvel comics
Book 1: Read one book from this list with a main page genre of sequential art.
Best of Marvel Comics (Make sure your book meets all SRC reading requirements)
Marvel 1602 by Neil Gaiman
This book is on page 1 of the Best of Marvel Comics list.
Book 2: Read a book with a TITLE of at least 3 words where the beginning letters of each word appear in the name of one of these Marvel Villains: Loki, Dr. Doom, Venom, Magneto, Thanos, Carnage, Green Goblin, Ultron, Galactus, Red Skull. Subtitles are excluded.
The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America by Andrés Reséndez
I used Thanos - THANOS
Points this post: 30
Total points: 710
perletwo 30.3 - 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.
Option 1: The Big Bang Theory premiered on September 24, 2007. Read a book first published in September 2007.
Making Money - first printed 9/20/07
Exit Music - first printed 9/6/07
Points this task: 30
Total points: 760
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 57
Tasks completed: 43
Diana K 30.7 - Dulcinella's Task: The Villain Archetype
Option 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
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Diana K15.10 - Celebration of the Queen
Option 2: Read a book set at least 50% during Queen Victoria's lifetime - the years 1819 -1901 inclusive.
Girl in Disguise Takes place during the Civil War in the 1860s
Total points: 740
Laurah3030.4 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Seeing Double
Book 1: Read a book in which the author’s name contains exactly TWO sets of double-letters.
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger - double f and double g
528 pages - claiming 1 BB ticket
Book 2 Read a book in which the TITLE (subtitles are excluded) contains at least one set of double-letters, AND the author’s name contains at least one set of double-letters.
examples.
Less by Andrew Sean Greer
double s in Less and double e in Greer
273 pages
Total pages 801
Total points - 185
total BB tickets claimed - 2
25.3Option 2. Read a book with ONE of these colour names: blue, green, red, yellow found intact in the title
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
Option 3. Read a book with a title of at least 3 words where all the title initials can be found in MORRIS DANCING.
Another Day Gone by Eliza Graham
Task points: 25
Total points: 480
Laurah3020.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kristen IA’s Task: Tiptoe Through the Tulips
Option 5: Family Heritage
Read a book by a single author whose first and last name initials can be found in ZUID-HOLLAND. Middle initials can be ignored.
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
published in 1932
Claiming 1 GO ticket
TOTAL GO - 1
Total Points - 205
Julia10330.2 - Amanda A's Task: March Madness
Option 1a: Today I Am Carey (first published March 2019)
Option 3a: The Price Of My Soul (five word title, 224 pages)
This post: 30 points
Total points: 395
Total BB: 5
Total GO: 2
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 26
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.
Homes: A Refugee Story by Abu Bakr al Rabeeah and Winnie Yeung (220 pages)
Book 2: Read a book with a single word TITLE that is a compound word
Flashforward (320 pages)
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 Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (264 pages)
New Points: 50
Total Challenge Points: 440
GO's: 1
APRILLEIGH20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Pauls S’s Task: Springtime Traditions in Sweden
Option 3: Read a book about a witch or witches.
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
I would assume the connection is obvious, but just in case…
2nd book on this list of “witchy” books.
8th book on this list of books about witches.
22nd book on this Listopia of books with witches.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (105)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (6)
Total Tasks: 5
CoralieI would like to move a book from 10.7 (post 1578) to 30.1
30.1 Villain One-liners
Option 3 – second book in a series
Home Binti #2
Option 4 – book with red text on the cover (title)
moved from 10.7Total to date 590 points
Amy the book bat25.5 - SandyL's Task: Spring Festivals!
Option 2: Read a book with a main page genre of Humor. It can be standalone or embedded.
Lessons From Lucy: The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog
Option 4: Read a book from of the following lists:
Classic Film Books page 1, #31 Breakfast at Tiffany's
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Task points: 25
Total points: 495
Books read: 42
Tasks completed: 35
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 3
Amy the book bat30.1 – Schatzie’s task: Villain One-liners
option 1: Read a book with one of the terms of endearment from this list Popular Terms of Endearment in the TITLE, not subtitle.
word from list = Love
P.S. I Still Love You
option 3: Read a book that is the second book in any series.
Obsession Untamed (Feral Warriors #2)
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Task points: 30
Total points: 525
Books read: 44
Tasks completed: 36
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 3
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25.5 SandyL’s Task: Spring Festivals!
Option 2: Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Read a book with a main page genre of Humor.
The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling, Lawrence Block
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Shelved as Humor by 26 users.
Genre locked for humour in SandyL’s task help thread message #16: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Option 3: Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival...Read a book set at least 50% in California, Florida, New Orleans, England or Australia.
Blood And Circuses, Kerry Greenwood
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Set in Melbourne, Australia
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 550
Tasks Completed: 26
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book tickets: 0