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SPRING CHALLENGE 2019
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Kayla C10.6
Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles
High School plays a large role in the story. Main character, is applying to college and interacts with teachers as part of the story line.
total points: 30
5.8 Annie WilkesI read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer.
This book can be found on the list "writers who write about writers" on page one (currently #37).
Points: 5
Total points: 35
BB: 1
GO: 0
20.3 - Best Review -Trishhartuk’s Task: Burdened with Glorious PurposeOption 1. Ragnarok by A.S. Byatt
Points this post: 20
Points in total: 50
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 1
Andy P.Task # 5.5. Cruella de Vil
Read a book with a coat or jacket on the cover
by Jillian Cantor Woman wearing red coat.Points this post: 5
Total points: 50
Readerboard Name MAZZA15.1. Hannibal Lector.
Read a book with Food and Drink (standalone or embedded) as a main page genre.
Chocolate Wars: The 150-Year Rivalry Between the World's Greatest Chocolate Makers
Points this post = 5
Points to date -10
Readerboard Name MAZZA15.2. Sauron
Read a book with “ring” found intact in the title or subtitle.
Springtime for Murder
spRINGtime
Points this post = 5
points to date = 10
Readerboard Name MAZZA15.3. Lady MacBeth
Read a book with the author’s initials found in the phrase “OUT DAMNED SPOT.”
Ordinary People
Diana Evans
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 15
Readerboard Name MAZZA15.4. President Snow
Read a book with the word “white,” “rose,” or “roses” in its title/subtitle. No variations on the words allowed.
White Rose, Black Forest
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 20
Readerboard Name MAZZA15.5. Cruella de Vil
Read a book with a coat or jacket on the cover.
REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
Against the Tide: Volume 3
approved in message 2 of help thread
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 25
Readerboard Name MAZZA15.6. The shark in Jaws
Read a book from one of these lists: Vacations from Hell list Page 1
Evil Under the Sun
points this post = 5
Points to date = 30
Readerboard Name MAZZA15.7. The Joker
Read a book with the main page genre humor. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
High Society
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 35
MAZZA110.10 - Spring Training
. Read a book set at least 50% in one of the follwoing locations where spring training takes place: Arkansas,
Shakespeare's Landlord
Arkansas identified in GR data on book page
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 45
MAZZA130.5 - Dlmrose’s Task: Answered and Asked
Read 2 books, one book 1 and one book 2.
Book 1: Read a book with a TITLE that could be a Jeopardy! answer.
But choose carefully…
Critical Incidents
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. The response need not be technically correct, but it MUST be a reasonable answer that directly relates.
What Happens in France
Kindle edition e book verified post 7327 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Both books approved in help thread post 41
Points this post = 30
Total points to date = 75
MAZZA110.7 - Spring Chicken
Read 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.
The Wolf and the Watchman Published 2019
Points this post = 10
Total points to date = 85
babbling c10.9 - Spring Forward
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.
Required: State that the book is next in a series you've already started and new-to-you when you post.
Skin Game - Audio Skin Game - paperback pgs. 600 by Jim Butcher
I've been reading this series in order. It is book #15 in the Dresden files and it is new to me.
THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies: 0
Total This Season
Points: 10/1030
Completed Tasks: 1/58
Golden oldies:0
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Pages read this season: 600
Books read this season: 1
Jennifer KS5.5. Cruella de Vil
(Hardcover 656 pgs)
*I would like to claim a big book ticket*
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Points this task: 5
Points thus far: 30
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 4
Pages read: 1781
Goodreads Author: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets;
1 500+
0 750+
0 1000+
5.1 Hannibal LectorFood: A Love Story by Jim Gaffigan
Food and Drink is a main page genre.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
5.3 Lady MacbethClock Dance by Anne Tyler
Author's initials can be found in OUT DAMNED SPOT
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
KathyKS20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Raynebair's Task: A Day In the Life Of...
Choose one option and read a book for that option.
REQUIRED: state which option you chose in your post.
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.
A Delicate Truth, by John le Carré
Title begins with "A" = A delicate truth
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Points for this task: 20
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 3
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
15.9 - A True Renaissance Mansingle author, initials can be found in LEONARDO DA VINCI.
Tasteless by India Lee
Leonarda da dInci
ebook verified in message 7329
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Louise B's Task: In The GardenOption 3: The Cutting Garden. I picked the name Heather, and read Little Mercies by Heather Gudenkauf.
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 95
Tasks Complete: 5
Books Read: 6
Task 20.8 - Springtime Traditions in Swedenoption 1: read a book with SEMLA in the title
The Psychology of Time Travel
S in pSychology
EM in tiME
LA in trAveL
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190 points
Task 30.10 - Horsin' Aroundoption 1
book 1: read a book whose author initials are in AKVESHCMRBPFDLXIG
The Monsters We Deserve by Marcus Sedgwick
book 2: read a book whose author name contains an X
Dr. OB by Max Monroe
maX
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220 points
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.10 Spring Training
Red Mist: Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell. It takes place in Georgia.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 65
Tasks completed: 4/58
Books read: 6
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.6 Imagine Peace
The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary by NoNieqa Ramos.
BED is in disturBED
Points this post: 15
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 5/58
Books read: 7
Task 25.2 – Nick KY – Spring ThingsOption 1 – Two consecutive title words begin with same consonant: Buried Beneath
Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree
Option 2 – By an Australian author
Liane Moriarty / Nine Perfect Strangers
I listened to the audiobook / No MMP / Paperback: Nine Perfect Strangers - 464 pg
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 25 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
DULCINELLA25.4 - Diana K's Task - Eating Around the World
Book 1: Read a book that is set in a country that you have never visited.
The Gun
Fuminori Nakamura 198 p. 10 march 2019 4 starsI have never visited Japan
Japan
Book 2: Find the country from Book 1 on this list of National Dishes. Choose a dish from that country and read a book that has ALL of the letters of that dish in the title/subtitle.
Used: Ramen
Zwarte nazomer
Inger Wolf 274 p. 3 march 2019DISH: RAMEN in zwARtE NazoMer
Points in this post: 25 points
Total points: 130 points
Tickets BB: 0
Tickets GO: 1
Nick KY10.7 Spring Chicken I read Once We Were Sisters: A Memoir by Sheila Kohler, 1st pub'd 2017.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 50
Nick KY20.1 Elizabeth B's Spring Festivals
Opt. 2.b. Set in Italy. I read Death in August by Marco Vichi.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 70
RAYNEBAIR15.8 - Right-hand cat
Read a book with a domestic cat on the cover
At Sixes and Sevens by M.A. Church
points this post: 15
total points: 130
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 0
RAYNEBAIR5.9 - 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.
The Mistletoe Promise by Aria Grace
T M P found in Emperor Palpatine
points this post: 5
total points: 135
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 0
Sara G15.1 - 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. If your readerboard name begins with any character other than a letter, move to the first letter that appears.
My readerboard name is Sara G.
Secrets of a Charmed Life by Susan Meissner
Book 2:
Option 1: Read a book with a title with the same number of characters* as your readerboard name. Subtitles may be used or ignored. *All punctuation, symbols, letters, and numbers count: spaces do not.
My readerboard name Sara G has 5 characters.
Flora by Gail Godwin
Points this post: 15
Total points: 100
RAYNEBAIR5.6 - Shark in the Jaws
Read a book from one of these lists: Vacations from Hell or Summer beach reads set in beach towns.
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
#1 on the list Vacations From Hell (page 1)
Murder on the Orient Express was first published in 1934, Claiming one GO ticket.
points this post: 5
total points: 140
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 1
trishhartuk10.7 Spring Chicken
Read 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.
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, Gail Honeyman
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
First published in 2017
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 0
Jasmiina F10.9 - Spring Forward:
Read the next book in a series you've already started:
To Your Eternity, Vol. 2 by Yoshitoki Oima.
The book is next in a series I've already started and new-to-me.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 20
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 0
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
perletwo ********REPOST********30.11 - Brooke TX's Task: My Favorite Monsters - Option C: Book 1: Read a book from this list: Required Reading Graphic Novels.
Justice League International Vol. 1 - page 6
Book 2: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in MORNINGSTAR.
In the Beginning...Was the Command Line - Neal Stephenson
Points this task: 30
Total points: 180
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 13
Tasks completed: 11
perletwo 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.
High Heat
Option 3. read a book by an Australian author, born in or currently resides there, or set at least 50% in Australia.
The Castlemaine Murders
Points this task: 25
Total points: 205
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 15
Tasks completed: 12
Christine V15.7 - Villains We Love To Hate
Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler, matching the name Anne Baxter.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
babbling c10.4 - Loki
Loki is the wily trickster god of Norse mythology. Read a book found on the Best Plot Twist list. Required: State the page on which your book can be found when you post.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - kindle Le Meurtre de Roger Ackroyd - paperback pgs, 256 by Agatha Christie
Page 1, #15
This is a golden oldie: 1926
THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies: 1
Total This Season
Points: 20/1030
Completed Tasks: 2/58
Golden oldies:1
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Pages read this season:856
Books read this season: 2
trishhartuk30.1 Schatzie’s Task: Villain One-liners
Option 3: “I am your father.” Read a book that is the second book in any series.
It Happened One Knife (Double Feature Mystery #2), Jeffrey Cohen
(which coincidentally, is set in a movie theatre)
Option 4: “Ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight.” For this option, read a book with red text on the cover.
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Red text confirmed in help thread message 17: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 0
Kim O15.2 - Villains- Real and Imagined
Book 1 - Real - Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre of True Crime or Truecrime.
Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures
Book 2 - Imagined - Read a fiction book with a main page genre of Crime.
A Pocket Full of Rye
Points this task: 15
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Cumulative Totals
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed 3
Marina H5.6. The shark in Jaws
Summer Sisters by Judy Blume
Found on page 1 on Summer Beach Reads set in beach towns
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Big book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 1
Marina H20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Raynebair's Task: A Day In the Life Of...
Option 2: Jonathan Livingston havmåge by Richard Bach
Authors initials found in BIOGRAPHY
Points this post: 20
Total points: 25
Big book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 2
Marina H30.2 - Amanda A's Task: March Madness
Option 3.A: The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson
117 pages
five word TITLE and the number 1 in page count
Option 4: Planen by Morten Pape
565 pages - claiming 1 BB ticket
Author initials found in MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA
Points this post: 30
Total points: 55
Big book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 3
25.3 - Sophie's Task: May Day CelebrationOption 2. Maypole dancing - blue
A Deeper Blue
Option 3. initials in Morris DANcing
Assassin Next Door
Total Points: 25 + 180 = 205
20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kristen IA’s Task: Tiptoe Through the TulipsOption 1: The Festival
Reliquary (Pendergast #2) by Douglas Preston
Total points: 50 + 20 = 70
Dawn70Task 20.10 - Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season. REQUIRED: You must participate in the book's discussion thread...after you read the book.
The Alice Network Kate Quinn, 3-11-19, 4-1/2*
I read a PB copy - 532 pages.
My comments in group discussion thread
Points this task: 20
Total points: 30
Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3
Andy P.Task # 10.1 - Darth Vader
Read a book written by a single author that has the word FATHER or LUKE found intact in the title.
Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming
Points this post: 10
Total points; 60
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30.5 - Dlmrose's Task: Answered and Asked
Book 1: The Book of M
Book 2: N or M?
This combination was approved in task help thread, post #75
N or M? was first published in 1941 so claiming one Golden Oldie ticket.
This post: 30 points, 1 GO
Total points: 85
Total BB: 4
Total GO: 1
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 6