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SPRING CHALLENGE 2019
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Nick KY30.11 Brooke TX's Favorite Monsters
I chose Opt. C. Lucifer Morningstar.
Book 1. I read # 104 (p 2) on the Required Graphic Novels listopia, Batman: Dark Victory by Jeph Loeb.
Book 2. I read a book with an author with initials in "MorNingstar," Overture to Death by Ngaio Marsh.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 990
30.8 Cat's Task: Big OldiesOption 2: One Book Option
Read a book that meets the criteria for a Golden Oldie ticket, a book FIRST published in or before 1950 AND that meets the criteria for getting TWO Big Book tickets, a book with at least 750 pages.
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
GOLDEN OLDIE: First published in 1605
BIG BOOK: 1052 pages (3 tickets)
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 280
DANIELLE M30.2 - Amanda A's Task: March Madness
Option 1 (b): The Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin - 368 pages
Option 2:
by Jane Green - According to TinEye, the dominant color is 60.7% Bay of Many (blue). - 352 pagesPoints This Post: 30
Total Points: 150
Books Read: 10
Tasks Complete: 5
Nick KY20.2 Raynebear's Day in the Life...
Opt. 1. I read # 660 (p 7) on the Best Memoir/Biography/Autobiography list. I listened to the unabridged audio book:
Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell.
The top paperback edition has 416 pp:
Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 1010
Sarah E30.5 - Dlmrose’s Task: Answered and Asked
Book 1, answered: You
I listened to the audio, top paperback (no MMP) is You
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.
Approved in help thread in message 131
Total points: 330
Total GO tickets: 2
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Congratulations, Raynebair! You'll have task 25.5!
25.4 - Diana K's Task - Eating Around the WorldBook 1: Read a book that is set in a country that you have never visited.
Unmarriageable/Soniah Kamal
Set in Pakistan, I never visited Pakistan.
Book 2: Choose a dish from that country and read a book that has ALL of the letters of that dish in the title/subtitle.
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist/Rachel Cohn
Dish: nihari
Total points: 145
Sarah E30.6 - TessaVanessa’s Task: DC vs Marvel
My readerboard name has 6 characters = even number
Option 1
Book 1: From page 1 of the list, currently #64
The Sandman, Vol. 01: Preludes & Nocturnes
I read the kindle edition, top paperback (the only MMP has no page numbers) Preludes & Nocturnes
Book 2: Title initials in Sinestro - siNEsTro
The Nostradamus Equation
I read the kindle edition, paperback (no MMP) is The Nostradamus Equation
Total points: 360
Sarah E30.8 - Cat's Task: Big Oldies
Option 1: Two books
Book 1: Published in or before 1950
Tarzan of the Apes
I read the kindle edition, top MMP is Tarzan delle scimmie - 218 pages
Golden Oldie (first published in 1912). I claim 1 GO ticket.
Book 2: Over 500 pages
Heir of Fire
I read the kindle edition, the MMP is L'héritière du feu - 544 pages
Big Book (544 pages). I claim 1 BB ticket.
218 + 544 = 762 pages
Total points: 390
Total GO tickets: 3
Total BB tickets: 1
30.5 Answered and Askedbook 1, answered: American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson
book 2, asked: Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers
Claiming Golden Oldies ticket for Whose Body? (1923)
New Total: 140
20.10 Group ReadsI read Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine K. Albright and commented in post 20 of the discussion thread
New Total: 160
Task 10.7 – Spring ChickenA “young” book, published 2015 or later - First published
April 12, 2016
Hero of the Empire
I listened to the audio / No MMP / Paperback: Hero of the Empire - 416 pages
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This Post: 10 points
Total points to date: 535 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
PegW15.10 Celebration of the Queen
Option 1: Read a book first published between 1819-1901 inclusive.
The Island of Dr. Moreau published in 1895.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 230
Readerboard name: List_addict20.3: Best Review - Trishhartuk’s Task: Burdened With Glorious Purpose
Option 3: An author who writes under more than one name
A Judgement In Stone by Ruth Rendell
Ruth Rendell/Barbara Vine
Total This Post: 20
Total This Challenge: 60
30.10 - Kaora's Task: Horsin' AroundOption 1. DRESSAGE
Book 1. Read a book written by a single author whose initials are found in these letters:A-K-V-E-S-H-C-M-R-B-P-F, D-L-X-I-G. All initials count.
Island of the Sequined Love Nun by Christopher Moore
Christopher Moore
Book 2. Read a book written by a single author with an X in the TITLE or the author's name. Subtitles are excluded.
Exhalation by Ted Chiang
eXhalation
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Points this post: 30
Total points: 210
Total GO tickets: 1
Total BB tickets: 1
Kathy KS30.5 - Dlmrose’s Task: Answered and Asked
Book 1 was originally used for Task 5.3, but is being moved here
Read 2 books, one book 1 and one book 2.
Book 1: Read a book with a TITLE that could be a Jeopardy! answer.
Blood's Pride, by Evie Manieri
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.
What's Right With Kansas: everyday citizens transforming their state, by Ed O'Malley
book 1, answered: Blood's pride
book 2, asked: What's right with Kansas
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Points for this task: 30
Total points: 445
Tasks completed: 23
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 4
Golden Oldies, this task: 0
Golden Oldies total: 1
Kathy KSBook 2 is being replaced. The original title will be used in another task.
30.10 - Kaora's Task: Horsin' Around
Option 1. DRESSAGE
Book 1. Surrounding the dressage arena are... A-K-V-E-S-H-C-M-R-B-P-F and... D-L-X-I-G. Read a book written by a single author whose initials are found in these letters.
Thursday Afternoon Cooking Club: est. 1891, Wichita, KS, by Sondra Langel.
Book 2. Read a book... with an X in the TITLE or the author's name.
Found Documents from the Life of Nell Johnson Doerr, by Thomas Fox Averill
X = thomas foX averill
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Points for this task: 30
Total points: 445
Tasks completed: 23
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 4
Golden Oldies, this task: 0
Golden Oldies total: 1
Kathy KSThis book was originally used for Task 30.10, but has been replaced
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Louise B's Task: In The Garden
This is a one book task.
Option 4: Attracting Birds
Read a book with a title of at least three words in which the first letter of each word can be found in NATIVE PLANTS
The Six-Gun Tarot, by R.S. Belcher
The Six-gun Tarot = naTive planTS
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Points for this task: 20
Total points: 465
Tasks completed: 24
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 4
Golden Oldies, this task: 0
Golden Oldies total: 1
Suzannesea15.7 Villains We Love to Hate
Read a book by a single author whose name matches the name of a performer who played one of AFI's 50 Greatest Screen Villains.
The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
Louise Fletcher played Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 340
APRILLEIGH30.10 - Kaora’s Task: Horsin’ Around
Option 1. DRESSAGE
Book 1. Read a book written by a single author whose initials are found in these letters (AKVESHCMRBPF and DLXIG).
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Book 2. Read a book written by a single author with an X in the title or the author's name.
The Xibalba Murders by Lyn Hamilton
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 30 (300)
Golden Oldie: 0 (4)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 2 (21)
Total Tasks: 15
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.3 - Lady MacBeth
You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott
The author’s initials are found in the phrase "out dAMned spot."
Link to PB edition: You Will Know Me
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 255 points
Tasks completed: 14
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.10 - What Makes a Villain?
The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 260 points
Tasks completed: 15
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.8 - Spring Fever
The Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
The book is written by a single author in which M A M can be found in in the title/subtitle and/or author's name (M A in Mara and M in Michelle)
Link to PB edition: The Evolution of Mara Dyer
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 270 points
Tasks completed: 16
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
5.1. Hannibal Lector.Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir by Eddie Huang
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 4
Bigger is Better: 7
Season Total: 910
20.5Option 3: Sort by date added, oldest first. Read one of the books in the first 20 on the shelf.
Librarianish's TBR Date added Sep 26, 2015
Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart
Task points: 20
Total points: 690
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Raynebair's Task: A Day In the Life Of...Option 2: authors initials in BIOGRAPHY
Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley
Points this post: 20
Total points: 180
Books read: 11
Tasks completed: 8
Page count: 3119
Coralie30.4 Seeing Double
Book 1 – author’s name contains two double letters NN & TT
Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
Book 2 – double letter in title (LL) and author’s name (TT)
Arabella by Georgette Heyer
Total to date 930 points
PAULA S10.7 - Spring Chicken
Read a bookfirst first published in or after 2015.
first published 2018I listened to the audiobook, hardcover link for reference (no PB or MMPB): Den osannolika mördaren: Skandiamannen och mordet på Olof Palme
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 480
Big Book Ticket: 0
Golden Oldie: 1
Christine V20.5 - Bigger is Better - Librarianish's Task: TBR-Buster!
Option 2: Dawn by Octavia E. Butler
Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)
APRILLEIGH50.1 - Bluegrass Pam’s Task: 2 is Better than 1!
Book 1: Read a book that is a single work collaboration by exactly two authors.
Powers That Be by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (384 pages)
Book 2: Read a book with a single word title that is a compound word.
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz (304 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 Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy (106 pages)
*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1886 ***
Total pages: 384 + 304 + 105 = 793
First two selections were approved in the help thread. The third is obvious.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 50 (350)
Golden Oldie: 1 (5)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 3 (24)
Total Tasks: 16
5.9. Emperor PalpatineRead a book with a title of at least 3 words, where the initial letters of each word are found in EMPEROR PALPATINE
I listened to the audiobook version of Anne of Avonlea
This book has a MPG of Childrens
AR information: IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 16.0
***Claiming Golden Oldie Ticket, as first published in 1909***
New Points: 5
Total Challenge Points: 535
GO's: 4
30.4 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Seeing DoubleBook 1: Read a book in which the author’s name contains exactly TWO sets of double-letters.
Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibb (415 pages)
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.
One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter by Scaachi Koul (241 pages)
New Points: 30
Total Challenge points: 565
GO's: 4
15.5 - It's Black and WhiteA book set at least 50% in a location of a zoo where giant pandas can be seen: A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership by James Comey, set in Washington, DC
Points this post: 15
Total points: 745
DAWN70Task 20.4 - Golden Oldies - Louise B's Task: In the Garden
One-book task.
Option 1: Tomatoes
Read a book with one of the following words in the title/subtitle: BLACK, RUFFLES, SUN, GOLD, NUGGET
Friday Black Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, 5-23-19, 4* - I listened to audio, but PB has 194 pages.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 400
Books read: 28
Tasks completed: 20
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.2 - A Day In the Life Of...
My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing
Option 3 - The book title starts with a word that begins with the letter B, A or M (My)
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 290 points
Tasks completed: 17
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Julia10325.3 - Sophie's Task: May Day Celebration
Option 1: The King's Daughter on page 3 of list
Option 2: The Sky-Blue Wolves
This post: 25 points
Total points: 585
Total BB: 6
Total GO: 3
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 39
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ25.6 - New Zealand Sheep Farming
Book 1
7 Deadly Wonders by Matthew Reilly
This book was written by a single author whose initials are found in the word ROMNEY (MR)
Link to MMP edition: Seven Deadly Wonders (544 pages)
Book 2
Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
Read a book with a title that contains a word of four or more letters that can be made from the letters contained in the phrase, BUY MORE WOOL CLOTHING (THN in clothing E in more)
Link to PB edition: Then She Was Gone (384 pages)
544 + 384 = 928 pages
This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 315 points
Tasks completed: 18
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kristen IA’s Task: Tiptoe Through the TulipsOption 3: Wife by Wednesday by Catherine Bybee
Total: 85
Pamela326520.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kristen IA’s Task: Tiptoe Through the Tulips
Option 3: by Jacqueline Kelly –
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
Kelly, Jacqueline
AR Quiz No. 130075 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12.0
Flowers in the bottom border were approved in the Help Thread. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 355
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
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 30.1: Villain one liners:
Option 2: Killer Mousse
by Melinda Wells, female author and dog on cover. Melinda Wells is a pseudonym for Linda Palmer. Linda Palmer's GR author's page documents that she is female and there is a picture.Option 3: The Taint of Midas by Anne Zouroudi is #2 in the The Greek Detective series.
Totals this posting:
Points: 30
Summary Totals:
Points: 280
Books Posted: 17
Tasks Completed: 14
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Dakimel25.3 - Sophie's Task: May Day Celebration
2: Half of a Yellow Sun
3: Any Old Diamonds
Tally: +25
Total: 980
Mary P25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: Spring Things
Choose two different Options from those listed below and read 1 book for each option.
Option 1: Read a book which has two consecutive words in the title (NOT subtitle) which begin with the same consonant.
The Devil's Daughter by Katee Robert
Option 2 : Read a book which has a main page genre of Science Fiction, Sci Fi, or SyFy.
The Stand by Stephen King
Points this post: 25
Total points: 355
Kim O20.5 - Bigger is Better - Librarianish's Task: TBR-Buster!
Option 2: A-Z. Sort your TBR list by author's name. Read a book written by a single author whose first or last name begins with any letter in TO BE READ.
Caleb's Crossing
Points this task: 20
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Totals:
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Tasks completed: 20
10.10 - Spring TrainingLegend: The Graphic Novel
Based on the book, Legend (Legend #1) and as noted on this book page, it is set in Los Angeles (100%)
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 4
Bigger is Better: 7
Season Total: 920
Bluegrass Pam10.9 Spring Forward
Read the next book in a series you've already started
Epitaph
This book is #2 and next in a series I’ve already started and is new-to-me.
*Claiming 1 BB ticket - 581 pp
Points this post:10
BB this post: 1 / BB Total: 1
Total points: 160
20.3 - Best Review -Trishhartuk’s Task: Burdened with Glorious PurposeOPTION 1: Read a book with a main page genre Mythology or Superheroes
The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker
Points this post: 20
TOTAL POINTS: 90
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1 (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 4
Total books read: 5
StaceyNC15.1 Celebrate your Name
Book 1: Read a book written by a single author whose first or last name begins with with the same letter as the FIRST letter in your readerboard name.
Book: Reaper Witch: Wolves and Zombies
Author: Chandra Stafford
Completed 5/26/19
How it fits: Last name starts with S
Book 2: Option 1 - Read a book with a title that has the same number of characters as your readerboard name.
Book: The Fix UpR
Completed: 4/30/19
How it fits: 8 characters in title
Points this task: 15
Total points: 515
Tasks completed: 25
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This task is a 2 book task.
If your readerboard name is an even number of characters do option 1.
If your readerboard name is an odd number of characters do option 2.
My readerboard name is 3 letters, so I did option 2.
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).
Required: State the page of the list.
Captain America: Winter Soldier by Ed Brubaker
MPG: Sequential Art > Comics 429 users, Sequential Art > Graphic Novels 222 users
Found on Page 1, #23 of list.
AND
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.
Required State which villain you are using when you post.
The Orange Girl by Jostein Gaarder
Villain = Magneto (TOG)
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 250