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SPRING CHALLENGE 2020
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Blueberry15.7 Read a book with a TITLE of at least 3 words in which the initial letters only ascend (ABC) or descend (CBA) through the alphabet.
Depth of Winter
Pts: 15
Total pts: 195
Blueberry15.3 Opt. 2: Read one book that fulfills the requirements for book 1 AND book 2. All letters of BOTH words (i.e., 2 Es, 2 Gs) must be found in the title/subtitle and/or author's name to qualify for this option.
Book 1: Read a book with the letters MEAT found, in any order, in title/subtitle and/or author's name.
AND
Book 2: Read a book with the letters EGG found, in any order, in title/subtitle and/or author's name.
Supporting Transgender Autistic Youth and Adults: A Guide for Professionals and Families
Pts: 15
Total pts: 210
MEGSCL15.8 - It Starts with Music
Macbeth
**512pp - 1 big book
TOTAL TO DATE
135 points
3 big books
1 golden oldie
Stephanie12710.1. Can you see me?: Read a book from one of the following lists:
Awesome Blind Characters, Blind Heroes and Heroines in Historical Romance, Blindness/Loss of Vision - Nonfiction
Blindness, found on page 1 of Awesome Blind Characters list.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 30/825
Tasks completed: 3/51
Books read: 3
Kathy KS10.6. Say what?
Read a book with “who,” “what,” “when,” “where,” “why,” or “how” in the title/subtitle.
The Family Tree Historical Newspapers Guide: How to Find Your Ancestors in Archived Newspapers, by James M. Beidler
The Family Tree Historical Newspapers Guide: How to Find Your Ancestors in Archived Newspapers
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 110
Tasks completed: 6
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
DeborahPost #6
20.10 - Group Reads
Where the Crawdads Sing
Group Reads Discussion post #9
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 70
Books Read: 6
Tasks Done: 6
Readerboard Name Kathy P15.5 - 2020 Grammy Awards
Best Rap Song "Gold Roses"
Noel Cadastre, Aubrey Graham, Anderson Hernandez, Khristopher Riddick-Tynes, William Leonard Roberts II, Joshua Quinton Scruggs, Leon Thomas III & Ozan Yildirim, songwriters (Rick Ross featuring Drake)
Using William from - William Leonard Roberts II
Expiration Day
Author William Campbell Powell
Totals
Points: 30
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total Tasks completed: 2
Total Books read: 2
Readerboard Name Kathy P30.3 - Dlmrose's Task: Påskekrim
Option 1
The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected WorldAuthor Jacqueline Novogratz
Option 2:
Soul Keeping: Caring For the Most Important Part of You
Totals
Points: 60
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total Tasks completed: 3
Total Books read: 4
Task 10.4 Collaboration of the YearRead a book that is written by two authors.
Off the Page (Between the Lines #2) (2015) by Jodi Picoult (Goodreads Author) and Samantha van Leer (Young Adult) (Hardcover, 372 pages)
45 + 10 = 55
Tasks Completed: 03
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 45 + 10 = 55
Books read: 04
Pages read: 1,200
Read but not claimed: 00
Goodreads Authors: 03
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
trishhartuk10.4 Collaboration of the Year
The Terrorists, Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB (Dutch) here . Top PB (English) here
Points this task: 10
Books read: 1
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 8
Golden oldies: 2
Big Book tickets: 0
Task 5.5 - Long Live Rockread a book with a three word title, initial letters in the phrase
Lemonade and Lies
LAL in HALL
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405 points
4 BB tix
3 GO tix
Task 15.9 - Richard Adamsread a book published in 2016
Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of Flags
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420 points
4 BB tix
3 GO tix
Alyssia20.1 - MOST IMPROVED PLAYER – Wayne's task: Play Ball!
Option 3: Read a book which has either the word "father" or "son" in the title or subtitle
My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date = 65 points
BB tickets this post: 1
Total BB tickets to date: 1
30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Are we Going to Scarborough Fair?OPTION 2:
Book A: On the Bright Side: Stories about Friendship, Love, and Being True to Yourself, by Melanie Shankle, bright in the song: The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine
Book B: No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference, by Greta Thunberg, GT in BRIGHT
Points this post: 30
Total points: 130
25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: What I chose not to doOption 4: Ancestry.com
Lăptarul, by Anna Burns. English version: Milkman. Action is set in Ireland.
Option 5: Sleep
O dimineață de iubire pură, by Yukio Mishima, 216 pages (is between 182 – 228)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 155
trishhartuk10.7 It Takes Two
Read a book with a 2 word title.
Thread Herrings, Lea Wait
Read the kindle edition. PB here
Points this task: 10
Books read: 1
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 9
Golden oldies: 2
Big Book tickets: 0
Meghanly20.6 Baseball Road Trip
Option 3: Initials of author
Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit (RS)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Task 20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Bea's task: Spring Hobbies (Gardening and Birds)Option 2:
Book:
, finished 3/23Points this task: 20
Total points: 280
Suzannesea10.6 Say What?
Read a book with. . ."how" in the title.
How to Eat: All Your Food and Diet Questions Answered by Mark Bittman
Points this post: 10
Total points to date: 125
Beth NC15.1 Eurovision Song Contest
2004 - Wild Dances by Rusiana
Book 1: When Never Comes by Barbara Davis
Wild daNCes
Book 2: The Lion Mistress: Book 1 by R.A. Steffan
RuSiAna
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 190
Total Tasks: 12
Total Books: 16
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Pages: 5859
DeborahPost #7
30.4 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Musical Mnemonics
A1) An English Bride In Scotland
A2)
Deadly CoolApproved in task help thread post #22
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 100
Books Read: 8
Tasks Done: 7
Beth NC15.7 Practicing Scales
The Silent Girls by Eric Rickstad
Initial letters of title Descend TSG
Points This Task - 15
Total Points - 205
Total Tasks: 13
Total Books: 17
Total Pages: 6232
Big Book Tickets: 1
Andy P.Task # 15.9 - Richard Adams
Read a book first published in 2016.
Missing Pieces by Heather Gudenkauf
first published 1/26/16
Points this post: 15
Total points: 190
Sara G25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: MUSYCK is the LIMIT!
Book 1. MUSYCK.
Opt. A. Read a book that has a word of 3 or more letters in the title/subtitle that can be made using only the letters found in the phrase: SUSATO MUSYCK. Letters may be used only as many times as they appear in the phrase.
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
"SAY" can be found in SUSATO MUSYCK.
I listened to the audiobook. The paperback (no MMPB) here has 528 pages.
**Say Nothing is a Big Book (528 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Book 2. LIMIT. The second book is limited to a book from one of the 4 Listopias below. Choose one list and read a book found on that list.
Corregidora by Gayl Jones
This book is on page 1 of the One Word Titles - C list.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 195
Sunshine30.1 - Ava Catherine's Task: Redemption
Option 1:
Book: Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas 3/8/20
How it Fits: SM found in FOLSOM PRISON
Book: Her Purrfect Match by Milly Taiden 3/18/20
How it Fits: MT found in REDEMPTION
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 2
Oma122915.6 - Best New Artist
Best New Artist is a common music awards category. Read a book first published in 2019 or 2020 that was written by a new-to-you author.
The Andromeda Evolution by Daniel H. Wilson
Daniel H. Wilson is a new author for me
Total Points-120/825
Total Tasks-8/51
Golden Oldie Books-()
Big Books-500-749();750-999(); 1000+()
Kathy KS10.4. Collaboration of the Year
Read a book that is written by two authors (that is not an anthology).
The Cassandra Project, by Jack McDevitt AND Mike Resnick
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 120
Tasks completed: 7
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
5.10 Goof-OffRead a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Read Out of Sight, Out of Time
ARfinder:
IL: MG+ BL: 4.7 AR 10.0
Points this post: 5
Total points: 60
Books read: 6
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 0
20.2 Rookie at the Top- Esther's taskOption 1 chosen. Read a book that has been on your Goodreads "To Be Read" shelf for 3 years or more.
Read The Christmas Basket
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
Books read: 7
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 0
Barbara ★30.1 - Ava Catherine's Task: Redemption
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in FOLSOM PRISON.
The Morrow Secrets - Susan McNally 3/17
(S & M in folSoM)
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in REDEMPTION
The Unforgiven - Patricia MacDonald 3/23
(P & M in redeMPtion)
Points this task: 30
Total points: 155
15.9 - Richard AdamsJourney to Munich (Maisie Dobbs #12) by Jacqueline Winspear
pub. 2016
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 2
Season Total: 285
Ava Catherine5.1 - Baby, Remember My Name
Read a book by an author who uses a one-word name.
The Complete Short Stories by Saki
total=610
Ava Catherine5.2 - How Time Flies
Read a book with a number of pages between 214 and 305 inclusive.
Ghostbread by Sonja Livingston 248 pages
total=615
Ava Catherine5.3 - Susan B.
Read a book that has been shelved Women's Rights from the list of "Popular Women's Rights" books.
page 1
A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum
total=620
Ava Catherine5.5- Long Live Rock
Read a book with a TITLE of at least 3 words where the first letter of each word is found in THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME.
Enter a Murderer by Ngaio Marsh
EAM (first letters of title) found in fAME
total=625
Julia10320.1 - MOST IMPROVED PLAYER – Wayne's task: Play Ball!
The A.B.C. Murders (first published in 1936)
Claiming one Golden Oldie ticket
This task: 20 points, 1 GO
Total points: 115
BB: 0
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 8
Kelly L20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Babbling C's task: Mom
Option B: MPG Romance
99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne
This task = 20
Total = 115
Adallae25.4 - TraceyL's task: The Masked Singer
Option 3 - Tamarind Woman
Option 4 - It Would Be Night in Caracas
Points this task - 25
Total - 50
BB Tickets - 0
GO Tickets - 0
20.8 - NICKELS & DIMES – SandyL's task: Country MusicOption 2: Read a book with a MPG of "Westerns" standalone or embedded.
The Son by Philipp Meyer
1x Bigger is Better Tix (561p)
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 305
PegW5.9 - Go For Baroque
Read a book with a main page genre that includes History or Historical.
Potato
Points this task: 5
Total points: 115
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Total tasks: 10
Janice CA20.6 - Baseball Road Trip
Option 2: Book's page count includes a 8 & 2.
Trailer Trash: an '80s Memoir by Angie Cavallari
pages: 208
+20
total: 30
tasks: 2
books: 2
Coralie 30.2 Are We Going to Scarborough Fair?
Option 1 – Using the word THYME
Book 1: All the letters in title
T in Time, H & Y in psyycHologY, M & E in tiME
The Psychology of Time Travel
Book 2: Author’s initials thyME
Against the Odds by Elizabeth Moon read in The Serrano Succession
Total to date 75 points
Christine V20.6 - SEASONED READER – Kevin's task: Baseball Road Trip
Option 1: Lady of the Eternal City, first published in 2015.
I read the audio edition. The top MMPB has 584 pages.
***Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket***
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets this post: 1
Total points: 25
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)
Task 15.4 - Celebrate Springone book option
read a book set in England with author initials in CELEBRATE
Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë
AB initials
published 1847 - claiming 1 GO tix
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435 points
4 BB tix
4 GO tix
10.6. Say what?Read a book with “who,” “what,” “when,” “where,” “why,” or “how” in the title/subtitle.
Book read: The Girl Who Wrote in Silk
How it fits: The word Who in the title
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Total points: 185
Books read: 15
Tasks completed: 13
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Mod
I read Conviction - I read the kindle edition, linked to the pb (no MMPB).
total points: 110
Mod
I chose option C, and read A Wizard of Earthsea, I listened to the audiobook, linked to the MMPB. The book is found on page 1 of The Best Epic Fantasy list.
total points: 130
Mod
I chose option 2 and read Bring Up the Bodies. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top pb edition (no MMPB). 482 pages, so includes both an 8 and a 2.
total points: 150
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30.5
Opt 3: Read a book with 3 or more authors/contributors.
Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption
Opt 5: Read a book with a 4 found in the total page count AND in the year first published.
The Children Act, published in 2014 with 240 pgs
Pts: 30
Total pts: 180