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SPRING CHALLENGE 2019
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Readerboard name Kathy P30.4 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Seeing Double
Book 1:
Commonwealth 322 pagesAuthor: Ann Patchett
Book 2:
Tell Me More: Stories about the 12 Hardest Things I'm Learning to Say 240 pagesAuthor:Kelly Corrigan
Points this task: 30
Totals
Points: 305
BB: 0
GO:0
Total Tasks completed: 15
Total Books read: 20
Readerboard name Kathy P20.5 - Bigger is Better - Librarianish's Task: TBR-Buster!
Using my own TBR shelf
Option 3:The Almost Sisters
Added to shelf June 29, 2017 and was number 8 on the list
Points this task: 20
Totals
Points: 325
BB: 0
GO:0
Total Tasks completed: 16
Total Books read: 21
Amy FL30.2 - Amanda A's Task: March Madness
Option 1a: The Island of Sea Women - Published March 5, 2019
Option 2:
- 73.5% blue Points this post: 30
Total points: 390
babbling c30.10 - 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.
Marked in Flesh - kindle Marked in Flesh - paperback pg 528 by Anne Bishop
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.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - kindle - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - paperback pg 956 by J.K. Rowling
THIS POST
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies: 0
Total This Season
Points: 410/1030
Completed Tasks: 23/58
Golden oldies: 3
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Pages read this season: 11,211
Books read this season: 28
Amy FL30.8 - Cat's Task: Big Oldies
Option 1
Book 1: The Painted Veil - Published in 1925 (246 pages)
Book 2: The Huntress (551 pages)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 420
Julia10320.5 - Bigger is Better - Librarianish's Task: TBR-Buster!
Option 2: The High King's Golden Tongue by Megan Derr (D is in READ)
I added this to my to-read shelf on January 19, 2019.
This post: 20 points
Total points: 620
Total BB: 6
Total GO: 3
Tasks completed: 27
Books read: 41
Amy FL30.11 - Brooke TX's Task: My Favorite Monsters
Option A
Book 1: The Beautiful Dead by Belinda Bauer
Book 2: Vicious (page 1)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 450
DAWN70Task 5.9 - 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.
Look Alive Twenty-Five Janet Evanovich, #25 Stephanie Plum, 5-16-19, 3* - I listened to audio, but PB has 311 pgs.
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 435
Books Read: 31
Tasks Completed: 22
PAULA S20.1 - Most Improved- Elizabeth B's Task: Spring Festivals Around Europe
Option 1A. Read a book with a cup/mug of coffee (coffee must be visible in the cup/mug ) or coffee beans on the cover
approved in help thread message 27I listened to the audiobook, PB link for reference (no MMPB): When Dimple Met Rishi
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 500
Big Book Ticket: 0
Golden Oldie: 1
20.3 - Best Review -Trishhartuk’s Task: Burdened with Glorious PurposeOption 3, a book by an author who publishes under more than one name: Dance Upon The Air by Nora Roberts, who also publishes under the name J.D. Robb
Points this post: 20
Total points: 765
20.8 Springtime Traditions in SwedenOpt 2 single author with first and last name initials in VÅFFELDAGEN
The Danger in Daring a Lady by Emma Locke
Pt/Task: 20
Total/Challenge: 175
Pamela326530.10 - Kaora's Task: Horsin' Around
Option 1
Book 1: A Cowboy of Convenience by Stacy Henrie - Author's initials are SH
Book 2: An Unexpected Family by Jenna Mindel - X in unexpected
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 415
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
50.1 2 is better than 1 >750 pgsBk 1 single book collaboration written by 2 authors
A Test of Wills by Charles Todd - mother/son writing team - 305 pgs
Bk 2 title contains compound word Tall+grass
Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas - 305 pgs
Bk 3 2 names in title
Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule by Jennifer Chiaverini - 386 pgs
305+305+386=996 pgs
Pts./post: 50
Total/challenge: 225
Task 20.6 - Tiptoe Through the TulipsOption 1: The Festival
Read a book that is #2, #3, or #4 in a series.
Dream On (Silber #2) (2014) by Kerstin Gier; translated from the German by Anthea Bell (Young Adult) (Hardcover, 328 pages)
Lexile 800L
440 + 20 = 460
Tasks Completed: 22
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 440 + 20 = 460
Books read: 33
Pages read: 9,185
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 10
Golden Oldies: 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
30.7 - Dulcinella's Task: The Villain ArchetypeOption 1, a book from Bad Girls and Femmes Fatales list (p. 2, #156): Mademoiselle Chanel by C.W. Gortner
paperback edition Mademoiselle Chanel 432 pages
Option 2, a book from White Collar Crime list (p. 2, #135): Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America by Beth Macy
paperback edition Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company that Addicted America 384 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 775
20.3 Option 1: Read a book with a main page genre Mythology or Superheroes
The Deep End of the Sea by Heather Lyons
Task points: 20
Total points: 710
Christine V10.9 - Spring Forward
Imago
This book is new to me and next in a series I'd already started.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 8
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.4 - Loki
The Night Before by Wendy Walker
This book is found on Page 3, #218 of the Best Plot Twist list.
Link to PB edition: The Night Before
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 325 points
Tasks completed: 19
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.6 - Imagine Peace
Book Clubbed by Lorna Barrett
The word ‘bed' is found intact in the title (clubBED).
Link to PB edition: Book Clubbed
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 340 points
Tasks completed: 20
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
10.4 Loki Best Plot Twist- page 1
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Points this post; 10
Total points: 180
BB TICKETS: 3
GO TICKETS: 2
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 20
PAULA S10.8 - Spring Fever
Read a book written by a single author in which M A M can be found in in the title/subtitle and/or author's name
Crimes and Chimichangas M in criMes A in And M in chiMichangas
I read the Kindle edition, PB for reference: Crimes and Chimichangas
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 510
Big Book Ticket: 0
Golden Oldie: 1
PAULA S10.3 - Vincent Vega
Read a book written by a single author with the initial V
by Brian K. Vaughan - author's last name starts with VPoints this Post: 10
Total Points: 520
Big Book Ticket: 0
Golden Oldie: 1
PAULA S10.9 - Spring Forward
Read the next book in a series you've already started
- A Callie's Kitchen Mystery #4I had already read the first three books in this series when the spring challenge started, and this was the next, new-to-me book in the series
I read the Kindle edition. PB link for reference (no MMPB): A Stew to a Kill
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 530
Big Book Ticket: 0
Golden Oldie: 1
DAWN70Task 30.11 - Brooke TX's Task: My Favorite Monsters
2-book task
Option B
Book 1: Read a book with a 3-word title in the format "___&___" or "___and___".
Cut Run Traci Hohenstein, #3 Rachel Scott, 5-27-19, 3*
- I listened to audio, but PB has 213 pgs.
Book 2: Read a book from one of these lists: Villain as Romantic Love Interest - (first page, #50 on list) or Best Villains in YA Fiction
The Wolf and the Dove Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, 5-17-19, 3* - PB 512 pgs.
my PB cover
GR's PB coverPoints this task: 30
Total Points: 465
Books Read: 33
Tasks Completed: 23
10.8 - Spring FeverRead a book written by a single author in which M A M can be found in in the title/subtitle and/or author's name.
Sechs Koffer by Maxim Biller
M A M in the author's name: M A xi M Biller
Total Points: 145
30.10 - Kaora's Task: Horsin' AroundOption 2. CROSS COUNTRY
Book 1: "Read a book where the first word in the title starts with one of the letters in NOVICE."
Nevernight
Book 2: "Read a book where the cover includes both red and white."
La Vérité sur l'affaire Harry Quebert
red: The sign "Esso" is written in read.
white: First house on the right is white.
La Vérité sur l'affaire Harry Quebert is a Big Book (672 pages). Claiming 1 BB tickets.
BB tickets this post: 1
Total BB tickets to date: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Total Points: 175
Sara G5.1. Hannibal Lector.
Read a book with Food and Drink (standalone or embedded) as a main page genre.
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain
Points this post: 5
Total points: 925
Delicious Dee30.6 - TessaVanessa’s Task: DC vs Marvel
Delicious Dee has 12 characters
Book A - Identity Crisis - position 16 on the list
Book B - Deathstroke - Kiss of a Dragon
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 575
Delicious Dee15.3 - The Chunnel
Book 1 - Devil's Daughter
Book 2 - The Beekeeper's Promise
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 590
trishhartuk5.9 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.
Trail of Lightning, Rebecca Roanhorse
emperOr paLpaTine
Read the kindle edition. PB link here
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 645
Tasks Completed: 31
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Book tickets: 1
20.5 - 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.
Golden State by Ben H. Winters
Has been on my TBR shelf since October 18, 2018.
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 230
Total GO tickets: 1
Total BB tickets: 1
Readerboard Name: Absurda10.1 - Darth Vader: Read a book written by a single author that has the word FATHER or LUKE found intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.
Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win by Luke Harding
Author's name is Luke
Points this task: 10
Total Points to date: 320
Sunshine5.2. Sauron
Book: Geek Bearing Gifts by Milly Taiden 4/16/19
How it Fits: "ring" intact in the word Bearing
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 495
Books Read: 38
Sunshine25.3 - Sophie's Task: May Day Celebration
Option 2
Book: Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard 5/21/19
How it Fits: "Red" in the title
Option 3
Book: Ride Me Dirty by Vanessa Vale 4/14/19
How it Fits: Letters RMD are in "MORRIS DANCING"
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 520
Books Read: 40
Sarah E15.9 - A True Renaissance Man
Author initials in LEONARDO DA VINCI
Remember to Forget by Ashley Royer
I listened to the audio, MMP is Remember. Un amor inolvidable
Total points: 465
Sarah E15.10 - Celebration of the Queen
Option 2
The Lair of the White Worm - set in 1860 according to metadata
I read the kindle edition, top MMP is The Lair of the White Worm
Golden Oldie, first published 1911. I claim 1 GO ticket.
Total points: 480
Total GO tickets: 4
Sarah E20.3 - Best Review -Trishhartuk’s Task: Burdened with Glorious Purpose
Option 2: LOKI in title
Bookplate Special
I listened to the audio, paperback (no MMP) is Bookplate Special
Total points: 500
Sarah E30.11 - Brooke TX's Task: My Favorite Monsters
Option C
Book 1: Page 1, #3 on the list
V for Vendetta
I read the kindle edition but have linked to the MMP
Book 2: Author initials in MORNINGSTAR
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
I read the ebook, the top MMP with a page count is De vreugde- en gelukclub
Total points: 530
15.9 initials in LEONARDO DA VINCI The Hollow by Agatha Christie
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 210/1030
Tasks completed: 16/58
Books Read: 18
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:500+(3)750+(0)1000+(0)
5.3. Lady MacBethRead a book with the author’s initials found in the phrase “OUT DAMNED SPOT.”
Book Love by Debbie Tung
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books Read: 1
5.4. President SnowRead a book with the word “white,” “rose,” or “roses” in its title/subtitle.
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 10
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 2
5.7. The JokerRead a book with the main page genre humor.
I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 15
Total Tasks Completed: 3
Total Books Read: 3
5.10. What Makes a Villain?Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Skip·Beat!, Vol. 40
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 20
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Total Books Read: 4
10.7 - Spring ChickenRead a "young" book, first published in or after 2015.
The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports
First published in 2016
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 30
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Total Books Read: 5
10.8 - Spring FeverRead a book written by a single author in which M A M can be found in in the title/subtitle and/or author's name.
Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich by Mark Kriegel
M in Maravich, A in mAravich, M in Mark
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 40
Total Tasks Completed: 6
Total Books Read: 6
10.9 - Spring ForwardRead the next book in a series you've already started.
Skip·Beat!, Vol. 41
This book was next in a series I'd already started, and new-to-me.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 50
Total Tasks Completed: 7
Total Books Read: 7
15.7 - Villains We Love To HateRead 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.
Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan
Kevin Spacey is #48 on AFI's list.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 65
Total Tasks Completed: 8
Total Books Read: 8
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10.7 - Spring Chicken
Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives
Published in 2016
Points this task: 10
Totals
Points: 275
BB: 0
GO:0
Total Tasks completed: 14
Total Books read: 18