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SPRING CHALLENGE 2020
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Delicious Dee20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Esther's task: Spring Cleaning
Option 1 - Fall of Giants - added to my GR To be REad on September 30, 2010; Big Book Ticket - most popular PB has 942pgs (I read kindle) - 2 Big Book Tickets
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 125
Beth NC10.6 Say What?
Read a book with Who/What/When/Where/Why/How in title
When They Come for You by James W. Hall
Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 125
Total Tasks: 8
Total Books: 11
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Pages: 4184
Delicious Dee20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Babbling C's task: Mom
option a - Running From the Law - Jami Albright - JA found in Nora Roberts J. D. Robb
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 145
Delicious Dee20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Bea's task: Spring Hobbies (Gardening and Birds)
Option 1 - The Quarter-Acre Farm: How I Kept the Patio, Lost the Lawn, and Fed My Family for a Year
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 165
Blueberry20.9 opt 1
read a book set at least 50% in California, Washington, Illinois, Germany, Denmark, or Finland.
The Long Goodbye, set in California.
Pts: 20
Total pts: 100
Bookwrm526Task #30.3 - Påskekrim
Option 1: Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in FJELLVETTREGLENE. I read Snow White Learns Witchcraft: Stories and Poems by Theodora Goss.
Option 2: Read a book with a word in the TITLE that begins with a K. I read King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild.
Total points so far: 125
Beth NC15.5 2002 Grammy Awards
Author shares name with 2020 Grammy winner or nominee
Jane Was Here by Sarah Kernochan
Sarah Jarosz Best American Roots
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 140
Total Tasks: 9
Total Books: 12
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Pages: 4482
Beth NC15.6 Best New Artist
Book published in 2019/2020 written by new-to-me author
Cold Waters by Debbie Herbert
Published May 1st, 2019 and first book I have read by this author
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 155
Total Tasks: 10
Total Books: 13
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Pages: 4814
Beth NC20.4 Mom
Dragon Bites by Allyson James
Option A Author's initials found in norA roberts/Jd robb
Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 175
Total Tasks: 11
Total Books: 14
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Pages: 5102
Ava Catherine30.3 - Dlmrose's Task: Påskekrim
Option 2. Grab a Kvikk Lunsj.
Read a book with a word in the TITLE that begins with a K.
The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman
Option 4. Read a book from this list of "TV Series Based on Crime Novels."
#3 on the list,
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
total=455
Ava Catherine30.5 - TessaVanessa's Task: Music Terms
Option 1: Song
Read a book that was first published under a different title.
Orient Express by Graham Greene
approved in help thread post #24
Option 3: Ensemble
Read a book with 3 or more authors/contributors.
The Best American Short Stories 1993 by Louise Erdrich
approved in help thread; post #24 (and 22)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
total=485
Ava Catherine10.9. Tax Day
Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre (standalone or embedded) of money, economics, or finance.
One Up On Wall Street: How to Use What You Already Know to Make Money in the Market by Peter Lynch mpg money, economics, and finance
total=495
Ava Catherine5.6 - Rhyme, Repetition, Rhythm
Read a book with a main page genre of Poetry or Novel in Verse.
Plath: Poems by Sylvia Plath
mpg poetry
total=500
Andy P.Task # 15.4 - Celebrate Spring
Option 2: Read one book that fulfills the requirements for book 1 AND book 2
Book set in New York and author's initials in Celebrate SPring
Just Kids by Patti Smith
Setting given on book's main page
Points this post: 15
Total points: 120
Andy P.Task # 15.10 - Artemis Fowl, the Movie
Read a book written by Eoin Colfer
And Another Thing... by Eoin Colfer
Points this post: 15
Total points: 135
perletwo15.4 - Celebrate Spring - Option 2: Read one book that fulfills the requirements for book 1 AND book 2.
Book 1: Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries/regions/states: Afghanistan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cambodia, China, Czechia (Czech Republic), England, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Malta, Mexico, Nepal, New York City, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Siberia, Sicily, Spain, Turkey, Uzbekistan
Book 2: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase CELEBRATE SPRING.
A Long Line of Dead Men - Lawrence Block
Points this task: 15
Total points: 260
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 19
Tasks completed: 15
MEGSCL5.4 - I'm a Slave 4 U
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return
TOTAL TO DATE
100 points
2 big books
1 golden oldie
Jen K15.7 - Practicing Scales
I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution
ILTW
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 140
Amy W5.1 - Baby, Remember My Name: Read a book by an author who uses a one-word name.
I read Acid For The Children by Flea.
Points This Task: 5
Total Points to Date: 15
Amy W5.6 - Rhyme, Repetition, Rhythm: Read a book with a main page genre of Poetry or Novel in Verse.
I read Picnic, Lightning by Billy Collins.
Points This Task: 5
Total Points to Date: 20
Suzannesea20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Bea's Task: Spring Hobbies (Gardening and Birds)
Option 1
Read a book where gardening. . . is integral to the subject.
"A Rich Spot of Earth": Thomas Jefferson's Revolutionary Garden at Monticello by Peter J. Hatch
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 80
Suzannesea20.8 Nickels & Dimes - SandyL's Task: Country Music
Option 2
Read a book with Westerns as a main page genre.
The Searchers by Alan LeMay
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 100
10.7. It Takes TwoThe Ultimatum (The Guardian #1) by Karen Robards
Total this Post: 10
Season Total: 180
Delicious Deerepost with paperback entry now recorded
20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Bea's task: Spring Hobbies (Gardening and Birds)
Option 1 - The Quarter-Acre Farm: How I Kept the Patio, Lost the Lawn, and Fed My Family for a Year
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 165
Delicious Dee30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Are we Going to Scarborough Fair?
OPTION 1
Book a - Running with a Sweet Talker - S in Sweet, A in talker, G in Running, E in Sweet
Book b - The Rabbit Girls - Anna Ellory -AE found in SAGE
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 195
Reposting the task25.5 - Brooke TX's task: Paperback Playlists
Chosen Playlist: Kingdom Reclaimed - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/310...
Book 1:
Option 2: Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that matches a word in a song title from your chosen playlist.
Book read: Lucky in Love
How it fits: The word Love in the title and in a song title (Love and War)
Book 2:
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in one of the artists featured on your chosen playlists.
Book read: Slaying Monsters for the Feeble
How it fits: Author's (Annette Marie) initials AM are in the artist's name (Natasha Blume)
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Total points: 135
Books read: 10
Tasks completed: 9
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
10.8. Respect Your EldersPublished 1908
A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 25
10.9. Tax DayEconomics
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate by Naomi Klein
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 35
20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Esther's task: Spring CleaningOption 1. Read a book that has been on your Goodreads ‘To be Read’ shelf for 3 years or more.
Required: State the date you added the book to your shelf when you post.
Added January 31, 2016
Joyland by Stephen King
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 55
20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Bea's task: Spring Hobbies (Gardening and Birds)Option 2:
For this option, read a book, fiction or nonfiction, with a bird on the cover. The image must be of a real and identifiable bird species.
A Kestrel for a Knave by Barry HinesTask Total: 20
Season Total: 75
perletwo5.4 - I'm a Slave 4 U - Read a book with at least one Arabic numerical digit in the title or subtitle.
18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics
Points this task: 05
Total points: 265
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 20
Tasks completed: 16
15.9 - Richard AdamsRead a book first published in 1920, 1966, 1972, or 2016
The City of Mirrors
Published: March 24, 2016
** This book is 810 pages, I am claiming 2 big book tickets **
[POINTS]
This post: 15
Total points: 15
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Fiona (Titch)10.2. It's Spring!
Read a book written with a word in the title (not subtitle) that can be made from the letters in SPRINGTIME.
Murder of the Bride - Faith Martin
Points for this post: 10
Points Total: 10
Sara G30.5 - TessaVanessa's Task: Music Terms
Option 1: Song
Read a book that was first published under a different title. The original title must be present in the metadata on the book's main GR page.
Journey to Britannia: From the Heart of Rome to Hadrian's Wall, AD 130 by Bronwen Riley
This book was originally published as The Edge of the Empire.
Option 3: Ensemble
An ensemble is a group of performers.
Read a book with 3 or more authors/contributors.
My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows
I read the Kindle edition. The paperback (no MMPB) here has 512 pages.
**My Plain Jane is a Big Book (512 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 110
SALLY M.20.9 Wagner's Ring Cycle
Option 1: set at least 50% in California (it’s set 100% in Los Angeles, CA)
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
Points this post: 20
Total points: 175
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 12
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 2
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 0
Queen Bee Darlene10.4 Collaboration of the Year
Written by two authors (not anthology)
You are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen You Are Not Alone
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 130
10.4 Collaboration of the YearA Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America by Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig
Post Total: 10
Grand Total: 40
15.5 2020 Grammy AwardsThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
She shares a name with Taylor Swift
Post Total: 15
Grand Total: 55
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.2 - It's Spring!
Spring Fever by Mary Kay Andrews
A word in the title can be made from the letters in SPRINGTIME (spring)
Link to PB edition: Spring Fever
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 35 points
Tasks completed: 4
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: What I chose not to doOption 3: Peloton
I have a strong desire to be in shape, but I did not have that same strong desire to exercise until my husband purchased us a Peloton. I love this bike. I work harder than I ever have. The instructors inspire and encourage me. My favorite instructor is Christine D’Ercole. She even gave me a shout out on my century ridThe King's Justicee. So here is a shout out to Christine:
Read a book with an apostrophe in the title. Subtitles are excluded.
I read The King's Justice which has an apostrophe in the title. I read the Kindle version here The King's Justice .
Option 4: Ancestry.com
Other than reading, this website consumes the majority of my free time. I can easily lose 3 hours on this site without realizing it. Other than my mother’s mother, and my father’s father, I had no clue who anyone else was and I didn’t have any real relationship with either of them. I had my DNA done in 2016 and found out I am English (which I knew), but also Irish and Swedish (which I had no idea!) I have met cousins that I didn’t know existed and they didn’t know I existed, and traced my family tree back to the 1600s on one side.
Read a book set at least 50% in England, Ireland, or Sweden.
Required: If the setting is not obvious from the book's Goodreads main page, provide a link to a reference establishing the setting when you post.
I read Tudors: The History of England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I which is set 100%in England. This book has 507 pp and so is a ******BIG BOOK******
points: 70
books read: 6
tasks completed: 4
task in progress: 1
Big Books: 1
pages read: 2097
20.10 - Group ReadsRead ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season
Chosen Book: Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
My Comment
[POINTS]
This post: 20
Total points: 35
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
JUKKA15.6 - Best New Artist
Book by a new-to-me author released in 2019 or 2020.
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir. Muir was new to me and the book came out in 2019.
Total Points: 25/825
Total Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3/51
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Task 30.3 - Dlmrose's Task: PåskekrimOption 1: The Family Upstairs, finished 3/10
How it fits: Author - Lisa Jewell
Option 4: Cross Bones, finished 3/18
How it fits: Book is #8 in the Temperance Brennan series; Bones (#35 on list) based on that
Points this task: 30
Total points: 235
15.8 - It Starts with MusicMystic City (Mystic City #1) by Theo Lawrence
Total this Post: 15
Season Total: 195
5.2 - How Time FliesBloodstorm (Karl Kane #1) by Sam Millar
223 pages
Total this Post: 5
Season Total: 200
Readerboard Name: NancyHelenTask #5.2 - How Time Flies
Read a book with a number of pages between 214 and 305 inclusive.
Being Black 'n Chicken, and Chips by Matt Okine
Number of pages: 288
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Total Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 20
Tasks completed: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
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I read The Guardians - the main character, Cullen Post, is a lawyer.
total points: 80
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Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 105