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SPRING CHALLENGE 2019
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trishhartuk20.6 Seasoned Reader – Kristen IA’s Task: Tiptoe Through the Tulips
Option 1: The Festival. Read a book that is #2, #3, or #4 in a series.
Killer Green Tomatoes (Farm-to-Fork Mystery #2), Lynn Cahoon
Read the kindle edition. Top PB here
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 625
Tasks Completed: 29
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Book tickets: 1
Elizabeth BTask 5.9
a title of at least 3 words, where the initial letters of each word are found in EMPEROR PALPATINE
A Policy of Lies, initials can be found in emperOr PALpatine, e-book only, approved for length at post#7430
Total 705
Diana K30.3 - ElaineL's task: The Big Bang Theory
I chose to read two books from Option 3.
Opt. 3 Read the next book in a series that you are “behind on.”
Precious and Grace
The House of Unexpected Sisters
Total points: 880
ED20.5 - Bigger is Better - Librarianish's Task: TBR-Buster!
Option 2- How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
Book was placed on my TBR 1/12/2017 and author's last Initial"R" found in "TO BE READ"
Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 285
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 19
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 4
Nick KY30.7 Dulcinella’s Archetypes
Book 1. Opt. 2. The Corrupted. From the White Collar Crime listopia (# 135, p.2 https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...), I read Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America by Beth Macy . 384 pp
Book 2. Opt. 6. Crazy People. From the Novels about Madness list, about 1/4 way down the page (http://flavorwire.com/509675/50-great...), I read The Collector by John Fowles.
305 pp
Total pp = 689 > required 600
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 840
20.3 - Best Review -Trishhartuk’s Task: Burdened with Glorious Purpose*Repost from 3017 to correct children's MPG issue.
Option 3. Read a book by an author, or team of authors, who publish under more than one name. For example J.K. Rowling/Robert Galbraith
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Has MPG of Children's. Has an IL of MG+ on ARBookfinder. Therefore, it may be used without restriction per Rule 4(b).
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 180
Total GO tickets: 1
Total BB tickets: 1
25.3 - Sophie's Task: May Day CelebrationOption 1, a book from Sister Novels list (p. 2, #129): Rise and Shine by Anna Quindlen
Option 2, a book with "blue" found intact in the title: Baker's Blues by Judi Hendricks
Points this post: 25
Total points: 670
20.6 Tiptoe Through the Tulips Option Option 5
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Author`s initials can be found in ZUID-HOLLAND
Points this post: 20
Total points: 140
20.5 Bigger is Better - My Task!Option 2: The Woman in Cabin 10 (R in Ruth in TO BE READ)
New points total: 295
5.2 SauronThe Talisman Ring by Georgette Heyer
"Ring" found in title.
Claiming one Golden Oldie Ticket (published 1936)
Points this post; 20
Total points: 145
BB TICKETS: 1
GO TICKETS: 1
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 16
Mod
I chose option 2 and read The Flight Portfolio. Initial letters of title words, TFP, found in PoFferTjes.
New total: 820
babbling c15.8 - Right-Hand Cat
Read a book with a domestic cat on the cover
Required: Include the cover
Not a Creature Was Purring kindle Not a Creature Was Purring paperback pg 289 by Krista Davis
THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies: 0
Total This Season
Points: 340/1030
Completed Tasks: 19/58
Golden oldies: 3
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Pages read this season: 8,800
Books read this season: 23
Marina H20.1 - Most Improved- Elizabeth B's Task: Spring Festivals Around Europe
Option 3.B: Tågens fyrste by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 15/05/19
Points this post: 20
Total points: 335
Big book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 17
trishhartuk15.4 Number, Please?
Option 1, read 2 books one book 1 and one book 2.
Book 1: Select a number from 2 - 9 and read a book in a series with that whole number designation.
Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers #3), Becky Chambers
Read the kindle edition. PB link here
Book 2: Using the same number as book 1, read a book with a TITLE where the first word begins with one of the associated letters. All words count including articles.
#3 = DEF
Death Waits in the Dark, Julia Buckley
Read the kindle edition. PB link here
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 640
Tasks Completed: 30
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Book tickets: 1
JenniferKS10.10 - Spring Training
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the following locations where spring training takes place: Arkansas, Arizona, California, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mexico, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, Texas.
Required: If the setting is not obvious in the book's description, provide a link that explains how the book fits the task when you post.
(paperback 419 pages)
Set in Los Angles, CA
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Points this task: 10
Points thus far: 265
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 26
Pages read 11182
Goodreads Author: 14
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets;
5 500+
0 750+
Andy P.Task # 30.7 - Dulcinella's Task: The Villain Archetype
Option 2. Corruptors/corrupted
Corruption in High Places
The Pelican Brief by John Grisham # 21 on list(400 p)
Page count 400 + 422
Option 4. Predators Serial Killers
Books About Serial Killers: Fiction
You by Caroline Kepnes (422 p.)
Page Count: 400 + 422= 822>600 page requirement
Points this post: 30
Total points: 885
Bookwrm526Task #25.5 - Spring Festivals!
Option 1: Read a book with a title of at least three words where all the title initials can be found in CHERRY BLOSSOM. I read Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse (all three letters in bLOSsom).
Option 3: Read a book set at least 50% in California, Florida, New Orleans, England or Australia. I read The Stone Circle by Elly Griffiths, which is set in Norfolk, England.
Total points so far: 700
APRILLEIGH20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Tien’s Task: Prequels & Midquels
Option 2. Midquels: Read a book with series designation of #X.5 for which X can be any number other than 0.
Black Coffee (Hercule Poirot #45.5) by Charles Osborne (novelization of an Agatha Christie play)
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (170)
Golden Oldie: 0 (1)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (11)
Total Tasks: 10
Readerboard Name: Absurda30.8 - Cat's Task: Big Oldies
option 1: Two Book Option - The combined page count must be at least 750.
Book 1 - Read a book that meets the criteria for a Golden Oldie ticket, a book FIRST published in or before 1950.
Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
First Published in 1922, claim 1 golden oldies ticket
319 pages
Book 2 - Read a book that meets the criteria for a Big Book ticket - a book with at least 500 pages.
The Brothers Karamazov by The Brothers Karamazov
First published in 1879, claim 1 golden oldies ticket
720 pages, claim 1 big book ticket
Total pages: 1039.
Total Golden Oldies tickets (this post): 2
Total Big Book tickets (this post): 1
Points this task: 30
Total Points to date: 235
Suzannesea20.5 Bigger Is Better
Read one book from your to-be-read shelf.
Option 3.
Read one of the twenty oldest on your shelf.
The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
I added this book to my TBR shelf on December 13, 2011. It was the seventeenth book on that list.
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 295
APRILLEIGH15.1 - Celebrate Your Name
Read 2 books, one book 1 and one book 2
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. (‘A')
Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman
Book 2: Option 1: Read a book with a title with the same number of characters as your readerboard name. (10 characters)
Chess Story by Stefan Zweig
*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1941 ***
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 15 (185)
Golden Oldie: 1 (2)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 2 (13)
Total Tasks: 11
Brooke TXReposting so I can move White Hot to a different task.
10.10 - Spring Training
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the locations where spring training takes place. Set in California:
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 845
Completed Tasks: 47
Books Read: 73
Brooke TXReposting so I can move Red Glove to a different task. (ETA: I reposted Task 50.1, which previously used Wildfire a few messages down - sorry about the mix-up, let me know if I need to repost anything.)
15.1 - 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.
Option 1: Read a book with a title with the same number of characters as your readerboard name.
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 845
Completed Tasks: 47
Books Read: 73
Cait S25.5- Spring Festivals
Option 2
Read a book with a main page genre of Humor.
Murder Makes Waves by Anne George
Approved here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Option 3
Read a book set at least 50% in California, Florida, New Orleans, England or Australia.
Glimpse by Carol Lynch Williams
Set completely in Florida, info found in the metadata.
Points This Post: 25
BB Tickets: 2
Total Points: 280
Pamela326515.9 - A True Renaissance Man
William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back by Ian Doescher – ID found in leonarDo da vInci
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 280
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
10.7 - Spring ChickenThe book needs to be published in or after 2015.
I read Not a Scientist: How Politicians Mistake, Misrepresent, and Utterly Mangle Science.
Goodreads shows the publication date as April 18th 2017.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 140
Big Book tickets: 1
10.6 - Spring BreakRead a book about the high school or college experience.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince IL: UY - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 29.0
Points 10
Total 195
5.4. President SnowWhite Dog (Jack Irish #4) by Peter Temple
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 4
Bigger is Better: 7
Season Total: 850
25.1 – Susan A’s Task: Die HardI'm trying to get this right this time!
Option 1.Read a book with 2 different numbers from 640 in the page count. Examples: 140 pages, 416 pages.
I read The Tie That Binds. It has 246 pages.
Option 2:Read a book that was FIRST published in December of any year.
I read The Mountain Midwife. It was published on 12/15/15.
Task Points: 25
Total Points: 370
Tasks Complete: 16
Books Read: 25
25.4 - Diana K's Task - Eating Around the WorldBook 1: I read The Midwife of Venice. I have never been to Italy.
Book 2: one of the national dishes in Italy is pasta. I read Knitting Pearls: Writers Writing About Knitting.
kniTting PeArlS: writers writing About knitting. The word pasta can be found in the title and subtitle.
points: 305
books read: 26
tasks completed: 19
tasks in progrèss: 1
Big Books: 2
pages read: 8305
15.8 domestic cat on the cover Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd by Alan Bradley
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 145/1030
Tasks completed: 12/58
Books Read: 12
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:500+(3)750+(0)1000+(0)
10.10 set at least 50% in one of the following locations where spring training takes place: California The Library Book by Susan Orlean
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 155/1030
Tasks completed: 13/58
Books Read: 13
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:500+(3)750+(0)1000+(0)
10.4 LokiGentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris
This is on page 1 of the best twist list.
Post Total: 10
Grand Total: 145
30.3 Big Bang TheoryOption 3
Book 1 - Creole Belle by James Lee Burke
Book 19 in the Dave Robicheaux series
Book 2 - Light of the World: A Dave Robicheaux Novel by James Lee Burke
Book 20 in the Dave Robicheaux series
These books are both new to me and I started this series before the Spring Challenge.
After Book 20 there are 2 more books in this series.
Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 175
SandyL15.2 - Villains- Real and Imagined
Book 1 - Real - Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre of True Crime
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi
MPG True Crime
Book 2, Imagined - Read a fiction book with a main page genre of Crime
Dexter By Design by Jeff Lindsay
MPG Crime
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 850
Tasks Completed: 49
Books Read: 67
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 2
SandyL25.3 - Sophie's Task: May Day Celebration
Option 2: Read a book with ONE of these colour names: blue, green, red, yellow found intact in the title
Tattered by Devney Perry
tatteRED
Option 3: Read a book with a title of at least 3 words where all the title initials can be found in MORRIS DANCING
A Spring Deception by Jess Michaels
morriS DAncing
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 875
Tasks Completed: 50
Books Read: 69
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 2
SandyL30.6 - TessaVanessa’s Task: DC vs Marvel
Option 1: Even number of characters in readerboard name=DC comics (readerboard = 6 characters)
Book 1: Read one book from this list with a main page genre of sequential art.
Green Lantern: Rebirth by Geoff Johns
Page 1 on Best of DC Comics
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 DC villains: Deathstroke
Save the Date by Susan Hatler
DeaThStroke
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Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 905
Tasks Completed: 51
Books Read: 71
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 2
Readerboard Name: Absurda30.10 - Kaora's Task: Horsin' Around
Option 1. DRESSAGE
Book 1. Surrounding the dressage arena are letters evenly spaced, which determine where the movements should start and end. Those letters are: A-K-V-E-S-H-C-M-R-B-P-F and the letters in the middle are D-L-X-I-G. Read a book written by a single author whose initials are found in these letters. All initials count.
The Missing Years by Lexie Elliott
Book 2. Before exiting the arena the rider will typically stop and salute the judge at X. Read a book written by a single author with an X in the TITLE or the author's name. Subtitles are excluded.
Death Among the Doilies by Mollie Cox Bryan
Points this task: 30
Total Points to date: 265
Andy P.Task # 20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Fee's Task: Villains in Children's Stories
Option 2. Read a book with one of the following words in the TITLE (not subtitle): NIGHT
Night Mares by Manda Scott
Points this post: 20
Total points: 905
Brooke TXReposting so I can move The King of Attolia to a different task.
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Librarianish's Task: TBR-Buster!
Option 2: 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 January 3, 2018:
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 845
Completed Tasks: 47
Books Read: 73
Brooke TXReposting so I can move Wildfire to a different task. (Task 15.1, already reposted - sorry! I got out of order.)
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. Per the GR author page Ilona Andrews is the pseudonym for a husband-and-wife writing team:
Book 2: Read a book with a single word TITLE that is a compound word.
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.
Points
This Post: 50
Total Points: 845
Completed Tasks: 47
Books Read: 73
Brooke TX5.4. President Snow
Read a book with the word “white,” “rose,” or “roses” in its title/subtitle.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 850
Completed Tasks: 48
Books Read: 73
Brooke TX25.1 – Susan A’s Task: Die Hard
Option 3: Read a book that takes place entirely in California. Set "in two fictional cities on the central coast of California":
Option 4: Read a book with a gun on the cover.
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 875
Completed Tasks: 49
Books Read: 73
Brooke TX30.1 – Schatzie’s task: Villain One-liners
Option 3: Read a book that is the second book in any series.
Option 4: Read a book with red text on the cover.
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 905
Completed Tasks: 50
Books Read: 73
Brooke TX30.7 - Dulcinella's Task: The Villain Archetype
Option 3. Found on page 10 of Popular Outlaw Books:
Option 5. Found on page 1 of Worst Mothers Ever:
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 935
Completed Tasks: 51
Books Read: 73
Brooke TX30.8 - Cat's Task: Big Oldies
Book 1 - Read a book FIRST published in or before 1950.
Book 2 - Read a book with at least 500 pages.
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 965
Completed Tasks: 52
Books Read: 73
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For my first book, I read Scales of Justice by Ngaio Marsh. Author initials, NM, found in roMNey. 256 pages.
For my second book, I read The Water Cure. "Cure" found in bUy moRE Clothing. 288 pages.
total pages - 256+288 = 544 pages
New total: 845
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I read Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life by Sally Bedell Smith. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top pb edition (no MMPB).
"bed" intact in author's name, sally BEDell Smith
New total: 800