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SPRING CHALLENGE 2019
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Delicious Dee25.3 - Sophie's Task: May Day Celebration
Option 1 - The Forgotten Garden - #27 on the Sister list, big book ticket - 500+ pgs, the paperback is 648pgs
Option 3 - My American Duchess - MAD can be found in MORRIS DANCING
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 650
Readerboard name Kathy P20.3 - Best Review -Trishhartuk’s Task: Burdened with Glorious Purpose
Option 2: A Monk in the World: Cultivating a Spiritual Life
L in World
O and K in Monk
I in In
Points this task: 20
Totals
Points: 360
BB: 0
GO:0
Total Tasks completed: 18
Total Books read: 23
Mai30.1 – Schatzie’s task: Villain One-liners
Option 2: rRad a book written by a single female author AND the cover has a domestic dog on it.
Flush by Virginia WoolfGolden Oldie ticket: Book first published in 1933
Option 4: Read a book with red text on the cover.
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado PérezPoints this post: 30
Total Points: 550
Tasks Completed: 29
Books Read: 41
Golden Oldies: 8
10.10 - Spring TrainingRead a book set at least 50% in one of the following locations where spring training takes place: Georgia
Cold Sassy Tree, Olive Ann Burns, 05/30/2019
Takes place in Georgia
Points this post: 10
Total points: 355
Joanne MITask 5.5 Read a book with a coat or jacket on the cover.
The Gray Man: A Gray Man Novel
Points this task 5
Total Points 395
BB's 7
GO's 1
*Another Challenge in the books for me-Just wanted to say thanks to all of you who work tirelessly to keep this group going!
Mai20.10 - Group Reads
Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine K. Albright
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 570
Tasks Completed: 30
Books Read: 42
Golden Oldies: 8
Task 30.2 – Amanda A – March MadnessREQUIRED: Total pages 500+ / 479 + 454 = 933 p
Option 2 – 50% blue cover
Per TinEye
#2591a4 67.7 % Scooter (Blue)
#ddc775 10.7% Chenin (Brown)
#f5f7f7 6.7% White Smoke (White)
#57a79a 3.2% Cadet Blue (Blue)
I listened to the audio / MMP: China Rich Girlfriend 479 p
Option 3 – A 5-word title /and/ total pages includes a 5
The House of the Spirits
I listened to the audio / MMP: La casa de los espíritus - 454 p
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 595 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
Kristi CO10.8 - Spring Fever
M A M
Miracle Creek by Angie Kim
(MA in Miracle; M in Kim)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 180
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 13
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
APRILLEIGH15.6 - Imagine Peace
Read a book with ‘bed” found intact in the title, subtitle or author's name.
All My Patients Are Under the BED by Louis J. Camuti
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (515)
Golden Oldie: 0 (8)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (34)
Total Tasks: 24
Kristi CO15.5 - It's Black and White
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
in Scotland
*Big Book ticket* at 850 pages
Points this post: 15
Total points: 195
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 15
Big Books: 500=1, 750=1, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Nevermind
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. All title words count, including articles.
Bethlehem Road Murder by Batya Gur
Title starts with a B.
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 300
30.1 Schatzie’s task: Villain One-linersOption 3: Read a book that is the second book in any series. It must be identified in the Goodreads metadata and follow the title/subtitle on the book's main page (series #2).
Heaven's Prisoners by James Lee Burke
AND
Option 4: Read a book with red text on the cover. All of the text need not be red, but at least one entire word has to completely red.
by John le CarréThe word "spy" is all red.
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 230
Task 20.4 – Golden Oldies – Louise B – In the Garden Option 1 - Title word SUN
The Sun Also Rises
+++ GOLDEN OLDIE +++ – 1st published 1926
I listened to the audiobook / MMP: Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises - 216 p
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 615 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 3
Big Books Read: (3) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 3
Task 30.8 – Cat – Big OldiesREQUIRED: Total pages 750+: 311 + 644 = 955 p
Option A – Two book option
Book 1: Qualifies for Golden Oldie
Riders of the Purple Sage
I listened to the audio / MMP: Riders Purple Sage – 311 pg
+++ GOLDEN OLDIE +++ – 1st published 1912
Book 2 - Qualifies for Big Book Ticket
Turning Angel
I listened to the audio / MMP - Turning Angel - 644 pg
*** BIG BOOK *** 1 tickets – 644 pages
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 645 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 4
Big Books Read: (4) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 4
Task 50.1 – Bluegrass Pam – 2 is Better Than 1REQUIRED: Total pages equals 750: 261 + 440 + 246 = 947
RESTRICTIONS: No books with Childrens / Kids
Option 1: A book written by two authors in collaboration
Mary Higgins Clark & Carol Higgins Clark / Santa Cruise - 261 p
Option 2: Compound Word in Title: BITTERsweet
Bittersweet
I listened to the audio book / MMP: Bittersweet - 440 p
Option 3: Two characters names in the title
Arthur and Sherlock – 246 p
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This Post: 50 points
Total points to date: 695 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 4
Big Books Read: (4) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 4
(Edited only to correct points total)
Task 10.10 – Spring TrainingSet in TX, AZ and Mexico
The Line Becomes a River
I listened to the audio / no MMPB / Paperback: The Line Becomes a River – 288 pg
Author's page comments on his work in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas ... Francisco Cantú
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This Post: 10 points
Total points to date: 705 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 4
Big Books Read: (4) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 4
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And that's it for me this season!
Sarah E10.9 - Spring Forward
The Glass Magician
I read the kindle edition, MMP is 硝子の魔術師
This is next in The Paper Magician series which I had already started, and is new-to-me.
Total points: 640
Sarah E20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Kristen IA’s Task: Tiptoe Through the Tulips
Option 4: COURT in title
The Corpse on the Court
I read an ebook, MMP is The Corpse on the Court
Total points: 660
Brooklyn5.8 – Annie Wilkes
Read a book from one of the lists.
Relic by Douglas Preston
On pg. 4 of the “writers who write about writers” listopia.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 555/1030
Tasks completed: 32/58
Books read: 43
Big Book Tickets: 2
Brooklyn10.4 – Loki
Read a book from the “best plot twist” list.
The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
Found on pg. 1
Points this post: 10
Total points: 565/1030
Tasks completed: 33/58
Books read: 44
Big Book Tickets: 2
Sarah E50.1 - Bluegrass Pam's Task: 2 is Better than 1!
Book 1: Two authors
Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey Of A Desert Nomad by Waris Dirie and Cathleen Miller
I read the ebook, top MMP is Pustinjski cvijet - 240 pages
Book 2: Single compound word title
Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading
I read the ebook, paperback (no MMP) is Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading - 336 pages
Book 3: Two character names in title
The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy
I read a kindle edition, top paperback (no MMP) is The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy - 384 pages
240 + 336 + 384 = 960 pages
Total points: 710
Brooklyn10.7 – Spring Chicken
Read a “young” book, first published during or after 2015.
Verity by Colleen Hoover
First published in 2018.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 575/1030
Tasks completed: 34/58
Books read: 45
Big Book Tickets: 2
Brooklyn20.2 – A Day in the Life of…
Option 2: Read a book in which the author’s initials are found in BIOGRAPHY.
Letters to the Lost by Iona Grey
Points this post: 20
Total points: 595/1030
Tasks completed: 35/58
Books read: 46
Big Book Tickets: 2
Brooklyn25.2 – Spring Things
Option 1: Read a book which has 2 consecutive words in the title that begin with the same consonant.
Our Little Lies by Sue Watson
Option 3: Read a book written by an author from Australia or set at least 50% in Australia.
The Lost Man by Jane Harper
Both written by an author who was born (and resides) in Australia and is set entirely in Australia.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 620/1030
Tasks completed: 36/58
Books read: 48
Big Book Tickets: 2
Brooklyn25.5 – Spring Festivals!
Option 3: Read a book set at least 50% in California, Florida, New Orleans, England or Australia.
The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth
Takes place entirely in Australia.
Option 4: Read a book from one of the lists.
Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe
Found on pg. 1 of the “best show business memoirs/autobiographies” list.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 645/1030
Tasks completed: 37/58
Books read: 50
Big Book Tickets: 2
Brooklyn30.4 – Seeing Double
Book 1: Read a book by an author whose name contains exactly two sets of double letters.
Beauchamp Hall by Danielle Steel
LL in Danielle; EE in Steele
Book 2: Read a book in which the title and the author’s name contains at least one set of double letters.
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
OO in Blood; RR in Carreyrou
Points this post: 30
Total points: 675/1030
Tasks completed: 38/58
Books read: 52
Big Book Tickets: 2
Brooklyn30.10 – Horsin’ Around
I selected Option 2.
Book 1: Read a book where the first word of the title begins with a letter found in NOVICE.
Conspiracy in Death by J.D. Robb
Book 2: Read a book where the cover includes both red and white.
by K.L. Slaterred dress, white text
Points this post: 30
Total points: 705/1030
Tasks completed: 39/58
Books read: 54
Big Book Tickets: 2
Sarah E10.7 - Spring Chicken
Donuts, Delights & Murder - published in 2017
I read the kindle edition but have linked to the paperback (no MMP)
Total points: 720
5.8 Annie WilkesBalzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Page 1 on Books about books and authors list
Points this post: 5
Total points :185
GO TICKETS :2
BB TICKETS: 3
Tasks completed : 21
Books read: 21
10.5 - Spring into ActionLet's get that plot moving! Read a book with the MPG Action and/or Adventure.
I listened to an audio version of Treasure Island
***Claiming Golden Oldies ticket, first published in 1882***
New Points: 10
Total Challenge Points: 605
GO's: 5
Sarah E20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Raynebair's Task: A Day In the Life Of...
Option 3: Title starts with M
Murder at Maypole Manor
I read the kindle edition, paperback (no MMP) is Murder at Maypole Manor
Total points: 740
Sarah E20.8 Nickels & Dimes -Paula S's Task: Springtime Traditions in Sweden
Option 1: all the letters in the word SEMLA in the TITLE
My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises
I read the kindle edition, MMP is Ma grand-mère vous passe le bonjour
Big Book (512 pages). I claim 1 BB ticket.
Total points: 760
Total BB tickets: 2
Sarah E30.9 – Sandy’s Task: Sandy's Big Adventure
Option B: Author initials in BIG FIVE ANIMALS
Wild Raspberry Murder by Susan Gillard - 222 pages
I read the kindle edition but have linked to the paperback (no MMP)
Option C: Over 500 pages
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome - 608 pages, Nonfiction
I read an ebook but have linked to the top paperback (no MMP)
Big Book (608 pages). I claim 1 BB ticket.
222 + 608 = 830 pages
Total points: 790
Total BB tickets: 3
Sarah E30.10 - Kaora's Task: Horsin' Around
Option 1
Book 1: Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson
Book 2: Payback in Paxton Park
Approved for length in message 7428
Edited to add total points
Total points: 820
Amy FL25.1 – Susan A’s Task: Die Hard
Option 1: Dodgers - 304 pages
Option 2: The Organ Growers: A Novel of Surgical Suspense - December 2017
Points this post: 25
Total points: 590
30.10 Horsin' AroundOption 1:
Book 1: In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors by Doug Stanton
Author Initials DS
Book 2: Biloxi by Mary Miller
X in title
Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 270
Mai30.6 - TessaVanessa’s Task: DC vs Marvel
Option 2: Odd number of characters in my readerboard name
Book 1: Read one book from this list with a main page genre of sequential art. Best of Marvel Comics
Captain Marvel, Volume 1: Higher, Further, Faster, More by Kelly Sue DeConnick
(from page 2 of the list)
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 the villain THANOS
Sonnets to Orpheus by Rainer Maria Rilke
Golden Oldie ticket: Book first published in 1923
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 600
Tasks Completed: 31
Books Read: 44
Golden Oldies: 9
Kristen IA50.1 - Bluegrass Pam's Task: 2 is Better than 1!
The three books must total at least 750 pages.
No books with the genres children or kids on the main book page may be used.
Read 3 books:
Book 1: Read a book that is a single work collaboration by exactly two authors.
Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren - 309 pages
Book 2: Read a book with a single word TITLE that is a compound word.
Beartown by Fredrik Backman - 418 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.
Nathan Coulter by Wendell Berry - 180 pages
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB edition.
309 + 418 + 180 = 907 pages total
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Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 335/1030
Tasks Completed: 15/58
BB: 1
GO: 0
Kristen IA10.7 - 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.
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson - published in 2015
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB edition
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 345/1030
Tasks Completed: 16/58
BB: 1
GO: 0
Christine VSqueezing in one last task!
20.8 Nickels & Dimes -Paula S's Task: Springtime Traditions in Sweden
Option 1: All Systems Red
Points this post: 20
Total points: 150
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 10
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)
Kristen IA15.9 - A True Renaissance Man
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.
Stay with Me by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB edition
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 360/1030
Tasks Completed: 17/58
BB: 1
GO: 0
Kristen IA25.4 - Diana K's Task - Eating Around the World
Read 2 books, one book 1 and one book 2.
Book 1: Read a book that is set in a country that you have never visited.
I have never been to Russia - I read A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
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. The name of the dish as it appears in the pop-up link should be used. -
REQUIRED: State the dish you are using. - Shchi
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB edition
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 385/1030
Tasks Completed: 18/58
BB: 1
GO: 0
Kathy KS20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Tien's Task: Prequels & Midquels
Read ONE book... Required: Identify the option.
Option 2. Midquels:
Read a book with series designation of #X.5
Winter Moon: An Anthology
Series info listed in GR as: Walker Papers #1.5, Five Hundred Kingdoms #1.5
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Points for this task: 20
Total points: 485
Tasks completed: 25
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 4
Golden Oldies, this task: 0
Golden Oldies total: 1
I posted about my Readerboard score in the "Questions/Problems" thread and was acknowledged in message 236: by Dlmrose. The figures above should be correct now.
10.7 Spring Chicken - published 2015 or afterThe Great Believers - published 2018
Pts/Task: 10
Total Pts: 235
Bookwrm526Task #50.1 - 2 is better than 1!
Book 1: Read a book that is a single work collaboration by exactly two authors. I read Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (412p).
Book 2: Read a book with a single word TITLE that is a compound word. I read Neverhome by Laird Hunt, approved in help thread, message 36 (246p).
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. I read Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (368p).
412+246+368=1026pp
Total points for the challenge: 860
Kathy KSThe book used in option 1 was originally used for task 10.9. It will NOT be replaced at this time
25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: Spring Things
Choose two different Options... 1 book for each option.
Option 1. Read a book which has two consecutive words in the title... begin with the same consonant.
The Thunder Keeper, by Margaret Coel
The Thunder keeper
Option 2. book... MPG Science Fiction
The Protector's War, by S.M. Stirling
Science Fiction 155 users
Claiming 1 BB ticket for Protector's War.
Listened to audiobook; pb = 591 pages (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 25
Total points: 500 (485-10+25=500)
Tasks completed: 25
Big Book tickets for this task: 1
Big Book tickets total: 5
Golden Oldies, this task: 0
Golden Oldies total: 1
20.1Option 2B: Read a book set at least 50% in Italy
The Tuscan Child by Rhys Bowen
Task points: 20
Total points: 730
Sara G15.7 - Villains We Love To Hate
Read 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.
Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street's Great Foreclosure Fraud by David Dayen
David Dayen shares a name with #3, David Prowse (Darth Vader).
Points this post: 15
Total points: 950
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30.2 Amanda A’s Task: March Madness
Option 2: Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% blue according to TinEye.
Read the kindle edition. Top PB here (431pg)
TinEye gives me a total of 72.0% blue
#031214 26.3% Black (Black)
#15263a 22.6% Midnight Express (Blue)
#29526f 20.4% Venice Blue (Blue)
#5090b2 20.1% Shakespeare (Blue)
#8dc4dc 8.2% Seagull (Blue)
#6c6e73 1.6% Raven (Grey)
#ceecf7 0.7% Onahau (Blue)
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA.
Spinning Silver, Naomi Novik
Read the kindle edition. Top PB here (466pg)
miNNeapolis
Total pages: 431 + 466 = 897pg
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 675
Tasks Completed: 32
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Book tickets: 1