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Barbara ★25.5 - SandyL's Task: Spring Festivals!
Option 2: Read a book with a main page genre of Humor. It can be standalone or embedded.
A Dirty Job - Christopher Moore (MPG humor) 5/17
Option 3: Read a book set at least 50% in California, Florida, New Orleans, England or Australia.
The Cursed - Heather Graham (100% in Florida) 4/29
(I do not know of a single spirit walking around Key West), p15
Points this task: 25
Total points: 520
20.71. Prequels: Read a book with the series designation of #0.5.
'Til the World Ends by Julie Kagawa
Task points: 20
Total points: 610
Kathy KSI'm replacing the title that was used here, and changing options
20.8 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
Symphony in the Flint Hills Field Journal, volume X: Waterways, 2018
SEMLA = SyMphony in the flint hills fiELd journAl, volume x: waterways, 2018
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Points for this task: 20
Total points: 375
Tasks completed: 21
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 4
Golden Oldies, this task: 0
Golden Oldies total: 1
Kathy KS30.2 - Amanda A's Task: March Madness
Please choose two different options and read a book for each.
Option 3: a) Read a book with a five word TITLE which also contains at least one of these numbers in the page count: 1, 2, 5, 9, 0. Ignore subtitles.
This book was used earlier for task 20.8 and has been replaced
The Pastor Wears a Skirt: stories of gender and ministry, by Dorothy Nickel Friesen
5 words in title; Pages 170 (includes 1, 0)
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA.
Rogue Squadron, by Michael A. Stackpole
Michael A. Stackpole = MinneApoliS minnesota
[read as an ebook; mmpb=388 p.]
Pages 170+388= 558 (>500)
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Points for this task: 30
Total points: 405
Tasks completed: 22
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 4
Golden Oldies, this task: 0
Golden Oldies total: 1
Kathy KS15.2 - Villains- Real and Imagined
Read 2 books one book 1 and one book 2
Book 1 - Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre of True Crime
Wicked Wichita, by Joe Stumpe
MPG noted in task help message 47: by Dlmrose = Crime > True Crime
Book 2 - Read a fiction book with a main page genre of Crime.
Good People, by Ewart Hutton
MPG = Mystery > Crime (8 users)
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Points for this task: 15
Total points: 420
Tasks completed: 23
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 4
Golden Oldies, this task: 0
Golden Oldies total: 1
StaceyNC30.3 - ElaineL's task: The Big Bang Theory
Option 2: The Big Bang Theory will have aired 279 episodes over twelve seasons. Read a book that has 279 pages plus or minus 12 (267-291 pages inclusive).
Book: Curse the Day
Completed: 5/18/19
Pages: 290 (Kindle version which I used). Paperback listed at 288p.
Option 3. Read the next book in a series that you are “behind on.”
Required: State:
the series name,
that you began the series before the Spring 2019 Challenge began,
that the books were new-to-you,
and tell how many published books were left in the series for you to read when you began this task.
Book: Death Masks
Completed: 5/15/19
Series: The Dresden Files
Series begun by me: April 2011
When I started this book (Book 5) there were 10 more full books left in series for me to read.
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 495
Tasks Completed: 23
Stacey NC5.10. What Makes a Villain?
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Book: Once Upon a Billionaire
Completed: 5/17/19
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 500
Tasks Completed: 24
Sara G20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Raynebair's Task: A Day In the Life Of...
Option 1: Read a book from this list: Best Memoir/Biography/Autobiography
REQUIRED: state which page the book was found on.
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
This book is on page 1 of the list.
**Man's Search For Meaning is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1946). I claim one GO ticket.**
Points this post: 20
Total points: 870
PAULA S5.7. The Joker
Read a book with the main page genre humor
I read the ebook, MMPB for reference: The Rosie Project
Points this post: 5
Total points: 35
Task 10.1 - Darth Vaderread a book with author name LUKE
In The Darkness, That's Where I'll Know You: The Complete Black Room Story by Luke Smitherd
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1010 points
10.2 Vito & Michael CorleoneAll These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin
Organized crime family approved in help thread.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 155
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 17
SandyL15.5 - It's Black and White
Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of those locations: Canada
What Once Was Perfect by Zoe York
Set over 50% in Canada
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 920
Tasks Completed: 52
Books Read: 72
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 2
SandyL20.8 Nickels & Dimes -Paula S's Task: Springtime Traditions in Sweden
Option 2: Read a book written by a single author with first and last name initials in VÅFFELDAGEN
Getting Over It by Erin Nicholas
vaffeldagEN
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 940
Tasks Completed: 53
Books Read: 73
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 2
SandyL25.4 - Diana K's Task - Eating Around the World
Book 1: Read a book that is set in a country that you have never visited
Let It Ride by Vivian Arend
Set in Canada, which I have never visited
Book 2: Poutine
Puppy Love in Thunder Canyon by Christyne Butler
PUppy lOvE IN Thunder canyon
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 965
Tasks Completed: 54
Books Read: 75
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 2
Sarah E20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Fee's Task: Villains in Children's Stories
Option 2: NIGHT in title
By Night the Mountain Burns
I read the kindle edition, top paperback (no MMP) is By Night the Mountain Burns
Total points: 215
PAULA S15.10 - 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 1879I read the kindle edition, PB link (no MMPB) for reference: Maids of Misfortune
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 50
Big Book Ticket: 0
Golden Oldie: 0
Mod
For my first book, I used option 2 and read The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump. This is found on page 1 of the Corruption in High Places List. 288 pages.
For my second book, I used option 3 and read The Last Outlaws: The Lives and Legends of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. This is found on page 1 of Popular Outlaw Books. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the paperback edition (no MMPB). 368 pages.
288 + 368 = 656 pages (>600).
New total: 900
Andy P.Task # 10.2 - Vito & Michael Corleone
Read a book in which an organized crime family, criminal organization, or crime syndicate plays a major role.
Lucky Luciano by Hickman Powell
Points this post: 10
Total points: 915
Sue T15.5 - It's Black and White - book set at least 50% in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Scotland, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, or in the US: California, Georgia, Tennessee, Washington DC
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Link to location: https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/H...
AR Finder IL: MG, BL: 5.5
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 45/1030
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 3
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (1), 1000+ ()
Cait S30.1- Villain One Liners
Option 3
For this option, read a book that is the second book in any series.
The Body at the Tower by Y.S. Lee
Option 4
For this option, read a book with red text on the cover.
by Cat WintersThe author's name is in red at the top of the cover.
Points This Post: 30
BB Tickets: 2
Total Points: 345
Coralie30.11 My Favorite Monsters
Option C: Lucifer Morningstar
Book 1 – #275 from page 3 of required reading graphic novels
Rat Queens, Vol. 1: Sass & Sorcery
Book 2 – book by an author whose initials are in morningsTAr
Empire in Black and Gold by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Total to date 840 points
Mai20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Raynebair's Task: A Day In the Life Of...
Option 3: Read a book where the title starts with a word that begins with the letter B, A or M.
Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie
* Golden Oldie ticket: book first published in 1936 *
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 365
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 28
Golden Oldies: 5
PAULA S50.1 - Bluegrass Pam's Task: 2 is Better than 1!
Book 1: Read a book that is a single work collaboration by exactly two authors.
Barn som bråkar by Bo Hejlskov Elvén & Tina Wiman
Book 2: Read a book with a single word TITLE that is a compound word.
Björnstad - compound word made up of individual words björn (bear) and stad (town). English title Beartown, approved in help thread message 2
I read the ebook edition, MMPB link for reference: Beartown
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.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - title includes first and last name of character Dirk Gently
I read the ebook, MMPB link for reference: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
The three books must total at least 750 pages:
192 + 480 + 306 > 750
Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 100
Big Book Ticket: 0
Golden Oldie: 0
Bookwrm526Task #25.6
Book 1. Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in the word ROMNEY. I read Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach (319pp).
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. I read Vertical Motion by Can Xue (MOTION, MO from more, TION from clothing) (186p).
319+186=505p
Total points so far: 725
20.6Option 1: Read a book that is #2, #3, or #4 in a series.
The Master Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg
Task points: 20
Total points: 630
30.5 - Dlmrose’s Task: Answered and AskedBook 1: Answered - Juliet, Naked
Book 2: Asked - Whose Body?
Total points: 495 + 30 = 525
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20.5 - Bigger is Better - Librarianish's Task: TBR-Buster!
From my GoodReads TBR shelf from Feb 15, 2019
2)The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
Using Ruth in Read
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 295
Books read: 22
Tasks Done: 18
JenniferKS10.6 - Spring Break
Read a book about the high school or college experience. To qualify, the book must have a university or secondary school setting and the main character must be a college or secondary school student, teacher, or professor for the entirety of the book
(paperback 292 pages)
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Points this task: 10
Points thus far: 295
Tasks completed: 27
Books read: 28
Pages read 11675
Goodreads Author: 14
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets;
5 500+
0 750+
5.4 President SnowFear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward
The word WHITE is in the Subtitle
Post Total: 5
Grand Total: 180
30.9 Sandy's Big AdventureOption B: The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump by Andrew G. McCabe
Author initials AM are in BIG FIVE ANIMALS
This book is non-fiction
Option C: Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
This book has 578 pages
Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 210
Suzannesea20.8 Nickels & Dimes
Option 2
Read a book written by a single author with first and last name initials in VAFFELDAGEN.
The Clairvoyant Countess by Dorothy Gilman
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 315
Pamela326515.5 - It's Black and White
The Proud Shall Stumble by Gerald Lund - I estimated that 70% of this book is set in Gerrmany.
Big Book at 544 pages
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 315
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books:
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Suzannesea10.8 Spring Fever
Read book written by a single author in which M A M can be found in the title/subtitle.
Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-scale Permaculture
by Toby Hemenway
gAia's garden: a guide to hoMe-scale perMaculture
Points this post: 10
Total points to date: 325
30.2 - Amanda A's Task: March MadnessOption 1:b) with '68' intact in the page number.
I read Accidents of Marriage. It has 368 pages.
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA.
I read Everything You Want Me to Be by Mindy Mejia.
Task Points: 30
Total Points: 400
Tasks Complete: 18
Books Read: 27
10.10 - Spring TrainingI read Sweet Forgiveness by Lori Nelson Spielman. This book is set in New Orleans, Lousiana.
Points: 10
Total points: 325
20.2 - A day in the life ofOption 3
I read Because of Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn. The title starts with a "B"
Points: 20
Total points: 345
20.5 - TBR-BusterOption 2:
I read The Silent Girl by Tess Gerritsen. I added this book to my TBR-shelf on January 13, 2019. The authors first name starts with a "T" from "To".
Points: 20
Total points: 365
25.1 Die hardOption 1:
I read The Messiah Secret by James Becker. The numbers 4 and 6 can be found in the page number as this book has 462 pages.
Option 2:
I read How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown. This book was first published in December 2010.
Points: 25
Total points: 390
30.2 - March MadnessOption 1b
I read Keeping The Dead by Tess Gerritsen. '68' can be found intact in the page numbers, as this book has 368 pages.
Option 2
I read
by Willem Otterspeer. According to TinEye, 82.6% of this cover is Ship Cove Blue (in addition to some other blues).This book has 208 pages, resulting in more than 500 pages combined.
Points: 30
Total points: 420
30.3 - The big bang theoryOption 2
I read Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. This book has 288 pages, which falls in the 267-291 range.
Option 3
I read Die Again by Tess Gerritsen. I started reading this series before the start of the spring challenge. This is book #11 in the Rizolli and Isles series. Before beginning this task, there were 2 books left in the series (#11 and #12) that I had not yet read. This book is new to me.
Points: 30
Total points: 450
30.10 - Horsin' AroundOption 2:
Book 1
On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn. The title starts with the "O" from novice.
Book 2
by Tess Gerritsen. The face is white, the title text is red.Points: 30
Total points: 480
20.5Option 2: Read a book written by a single author whose first or last name begins with any letter in TO BE READ.
Jasmyn by Alex Bell
from my to-read shelf, date added March 8, 2019
Task points: 20
Total points: 650
5.7. The JokerRead a book with the main page genre humor
Look Alive Twenty-Five by Janet Evanovich
Total points: 120
Sara G15.9 - A True Renaissance Man
This year marks the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci, the Italian Renaissance master who died in May 1519.
Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in LEONARDO DA VINCI. All name part initials count. Letters may only be used as often as they appear in the target.
The Headmaster's Wager by Vincent Lam
LEONARDO DA VINCI
Points this post: 15
Total points: 885
Task 30.5 – Dlmrose – Answered and AskedBook 1 – Answered:
Honeymoon
I listened to the audiobook / MMP - Μήνας του μέλιτος 384 p
Book 2 – Asked:
Isn't It Romantic?
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 495 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 2
Big Books Read: (3) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 3
Mod
I read On the Beach, found on page 3 of Summer Beach Reads Set in Beach Towns.
I read the kindle edition - the top MMPB is L'ultima spiaggia
New total: 905
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