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SPRING CHALLENGE 2020
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TessaVanessaChallenge 15.2 Music Fact and Fiction
Book 1: Forever and Ever, Amen: A Memoir of Music, Faith, and Braving the Storms of Life by Randy Travis.
Book 2: Far from You by Lisa Schroeder.
Found on List C: Fiction Involving Rock/Pop music. page 1
Points this post: 15
Total points: 390
Tasks completed: 25/51
Books read: 32
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.10 - Group Reads
A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro
I posted one post (#15) in the Discussion Thread
Link to MMP edition: Um Estudo Em Charlotte
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 115 points
Tasks completed: 10
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Queen Bee Darlene15.5 2020 Grammy Awards
author who shares name with 2020 Grammy winneror nominee
Karen O - Best Rock Performance nominee for "Woman"
The Book Charmer by Karen Hawkins The Book Charmer
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 175
Jayme(the ghostreader)20.9
I read "Dragonsong" by Anne McCaffrey and gave it 5 stars. I read "Acorna the Unicorn Girl " by Anne McCaffrey.
Task + 20
Grand total : 35
Laurah3020.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Esther's task: Spring Cleaning
Option 1. Read a book that has been on your Goodreads ‘To be Read’ shelf for 3 years or more.
Dead Secret
This has been on my shelf since Jan 22, 2017
Points this task: 20
Total points to date: 55
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 3
Books read: 3
Pamela326515.6 - Best New Artist
The Masked Baron by Anneka Walker
This author is new to me
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 70
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
30.1 - Ava Catherine's Task: RedemptionOption 1: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in FOLSOM PRISON.
Tyrant's Blood (Valisar Trilogy #2) by Fiona McIntosh
author's initials, FM, found in FolsoM
1x Bigger is Better tix (500p)
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in REDEMPTION.
Growing Things and Other Stories by Paul Tremblay
author's initials, PT, found in redemPTion
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 400
Janice CA30.4 - Musical Mnemonics
Option: B
book 1: male author/male main character
Character's name is Raymond Kaquatosh or "Little Hawk".
(Above info can be found in book description.)
Little Hawk and the Lone Wolf: A Memoir by Raymond C. Kaquatosh
and
book 2: Author shares name with a famous composer of musicals from list.
composer: william PERRY
author: james PERRY
Squatters in Paradise: A Yellowstone Memoir by James Perry
+30
total: 60
tasks: 3
books: 4
Queen Bee DarleneAva Catherine's Task: Redemption
Option 1) single author 1st & last initials in FOLSOM PRISON
What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty What Alice Forgot
foLsoM prison
Option 3) single author 1st & last initials are JC or RC
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins American Dirt
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 205
Barbara ★30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Are we Going to Scarborough Fair?
OPTION 1
A) Read a book that has a TITLE that includes all the letters of one of these words: PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY, or THYME. Subtitles may not be used. All occurrences of the letters must be found in the book title
Another Fine Myth - Robert Lynn Asprin (THYME) 3/28
THYM in MYTH
E in finE
B) Read a book where the author's first and last initials appear in the SAME herb as the one used for book A. Middle names/initials may be ignored. Letters can only be used as often as they appear in the target word.
Required: Identify the word used when you post.
The Outcast = Taran Matharu (ThyMe) 3/30
Points this task: 30
Total points: 325
trishhartuk30.4 Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Musical Mnemonics
Option B: Bass Clef.
Book 1: Read a book by a single male author with a male main character.
Full Dark House, Christopher Fowler
Read the kindle edition. MMPB (Spanish?) here; matching PB here
The main characters are John May (in both timelines) and Arthur Bryant (in the historical one).
Book 2: Read a book by a single author who shares a name with a famous composer of musicals.
Fatality by Firelight, Lynn Cahoon
Read the kindle edition. PB here
Matches Lynn Ahrens
Points this task: 30
Books read: 2
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 12
Golden oldies: 2
Big Book tickets: 0
Joanne MI15.5 - 2020 Grammy Awards
Read a book written by a single author who shares a name with a 2020 Grammy winner or nominee.
The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast by Douglas Brinkley
-Brinkley shares a first name with Douglas Mcgowan, Best Historical Album
Claiming 2 BB's with 768 pages
Points this Task 15
Total Points 130
BB's this task 2
Total BB's 4
LaureY30.1 - Ava Catherine's Task: Redemption
Option 1: Folsom
🎶 Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in FOLSOM PRISON.
Luck in the Shadows by Lynn Flewelling
Option 5: LIfe
The Distant Echo by Val McDermid
First published in 2003
Points this post: 30
Total points:230/825
Total Books: 15
Total Tasks: 12
ZachFor Task 20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST – Bucket's task: Experimental Reading I chose option B. Read a book found on the experimental writing by women, non-binary writers & writers of colour [of all genders] Listopia and read the first book on the list, Citizen: An American Lyric.
Points this post: 20
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Totals:
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Points: 60
GOTs: 0
BBTs: 0
trishhartuk20.5 Bigger Is Better – Bea's task: Spring Hobbies
Option 2: Read a book, fiction or nonfiction, with a bird on the cover. The image must be of a real and identifiable bird species
Points this task: 20
Books read: 1
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 180
Tasks completed: 13
Golden oldies: 2
Big Book tickets: 0
Nick KY20.5 Bea’s Spring Hobbies (Gardening and Birds)
Opt. 2. Image of a real Parrot on the cover. I read The Mutations by Jorge Comensall.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 210
Queen Bee DarleneRepost - forgot task number. This is my 3rd repost. I think being cooped up inside is messing with my brain!!
30.1 Ava Catherine's Task: Redemption
Option 1) single author 1st & last initials in FOLSOM PRISON
What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty What Alice Forgot
foLsoM prison
Option 3) single author 1st & last initials are JC or RC
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins American Dirt
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 205
10.2 - It's Spring!This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar
❁ TIME can be made out of the letters found in SPRINGTIME ❁
Total points: 70 + 10 = 80
5.5 - Long Live RockRead 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.
Book chosen: The Frost Eater (link is for the Kindle edition)
Format read: audio with ebook readalong
Number of pages printed edition: 408 pages
Points this task: 5
Total points: 355
Oma122910.8. Respect Your Elders
April 9th is National Cherish an Antique Day – read a book originally published before 1950.
The Tree of Heaven by May Sinclair
Claiming The Tree of Heaven as Golden Oldie as it was published in 1917
Total Points-165/825
Total Tasks-12/51
Golden Oldie Books-(1)
Big Books-500-749();750-999(); 1000+()
Oma122915.4 - Celebrate Spring
I chose Option #2. The book is set in England and the author's initials (C.A.) can be found in Celebrate Spring
Option 2: Read one book that fulfills the requirements for book 1 AND book 2. Include any required information in your post.
The Religious Body by Catherine Aird
C and A found in the word celebrate.
The book is set in England.
Total Points-180/825
Total Tasks-13/51
Golden Oldie Books-(1)
Big Books-500-749();750-999(); 1000+()
SALLY M.5.3 Susan B.: Popular Womens Rights Books list, page 2
Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics by bell hooks
Points this post: 5
Total points: 360
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 25
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 4
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 0
SALLY M.10.1 Can you see me?: Blind Heroes and Heroines in Historical Romance list
Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the MMPB)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 370
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 26
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 4
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 0
20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Suzannesea's task: Wagner's Ring Option 2
Ring goers seem to be a very friendly crew. One of the fun parts of attending multiple Ring Cycles is reconnecting with people you've enjoyed meeting at earlier ones.
For this option, look back at books you've given five stars to before the start of the Spring Challenge. Choose one and read (or reread) a book by that book's author. Required: Indicate which book you originally gave five stars to when you post.
I read Broken Harbor by Tana French. In the 2019 Winter SRC , I read In the Woods and gave it 5 stars. This is by the same author.
points: 180
books read: 12
tasks completed: 9
Big Books: 1
Pages read: 4140
Kathy KS30.4 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Musical Mnemonics
Choose one option (Treble Clef or Bass Clef) and read a book for both tasks associated with that option. REQUIRED: State the option you chose in your post.
Option B: Bass Clef
Book 1: Read a book by a single male author with a male main character. Required: Include the name of the male main character in your post.
Red Rising, by Pierce Brown
Male main character: Darrow
I read the book by listening and finished by reading the ebook version. pb=400 pages (no mmpb)
Book 2: Read a book by a single author who shares a name with a famous composer of musicals from this list: Composers of Musicals. The name must match exactly but may be in any position. Required: Include the name of the composer from the list in your post.
Stretch & Sarah, by Carlene Meredith Cogliati
Composer: Meredith Willson
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 165
Tasks completed: 9
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Amy B20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Suzannesea's task: Wagner's Ring Cycle
This is a one book task. Select one option and read a book that fits. Required: Identify the option when you post.
Option 2
For this option, look back at books you've given five stars to before the start of the Spring Challenge. Choose one and read (or reread) a book by that book's author. Required: Indicate which book you originally gave five stars to when you post.
Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell (original 5-star book: David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants)
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
This Task: 20 points
To Date: 185 points
Amy B20.6 - SEASONED READER – Kevin's task: Baseball Road Trip
This is a one book task. Required: Identify the option you choose when you post.
Option 3: In honor of that car and those plates, read a book by a single author whose first and last initials (middle initials can be ignored) are found in RED SOX SUCK. Letters may only be used as often as they appear in the phrase.
The Lightest Object in the Universe by Kimi Eisele
The Lightest Object in the Universe
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 205 Points
Coralie 15.9 Richard adams
Book first published in 2016
Barkskins
At 717 pages I would like to claim a big book ticket.
Total to date 130 points
Replacing post #984 with this post containing the correct information!15.7 - Practicing Scales
Practice your scales by reading a book with a TITLE (subtitles should be ignored) of at least 3 words in which the initial letters only ascend (ABC) or descend (CBA) through the alphabet.
Book chosen: The Final Cut
Format read: audio
Number of pages printed edition: 544 pages
Points this task: 15
Total points: 350
Jen K5.8 - Spring Is In The Air
You Don't Look Your Age...and Other Fairy Tales
AIR in fAIRy
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Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 260
Big Books: 1
Adallae30.4 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Musical Mnemonics
Option B -
Book 1 - 3001: The Final Odyssey
MC - Frank Poole
Book 2 - Proxima
Composer - Stephen Schwartz
Points this post - 30
Total points - 80
30.5 - TessaVanessa's Task: Music TermsOption 1: Read a book that was first published under a different title.
His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire #1) by Naomi Novik
Original Title: Temeraire
Option 3: Read a book with 3 or more authors/contributors.
A Tyranny of Petticoats: 15 Stories of Belles, Bank Robbers & Other Badass Girls (A Tyranny of Petticoats #1) edited by Jessica Spotswood
15 authors
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 430
15.3 - Going GagaOption 2: Read one book that fulfills the requirements for book 1 AND book 2.
The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling by Wai Chim
MEAT & EGG found in ThE surprisinG powEr of A Good duMpling
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 445
25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: What I chose not to doOption 3, a book with an apostrophe in the title: I'd Know You Anywhere by Laura Lippman
Option 4, a book set in England: Goodnight From London by Jennifer Robson
Points this post: 25
Total points: 330
Task: 20.1 - MOST IMPROVED PLAYER – Wayne's task: Play Ball!Option: 2
Book read:Persuasion by Jane Austen
Required: 1st published in 1818
GO/BB?: I claim 1 golden oldie as published in 1818.
Points this task: 20
Total points:20
Total Golden Oldies:1
Total Big Books:0
Books read:1
Tasks completed:1
Task:20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Bea's task: Spring Hobbies (Gardening and Birds)Option: 1
Book read:No. More. Plastic. What you can do to make a difference by Martin Dorey
Required: This book is about being environmentally friendly by reducing plastic use.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 40
Total Golden Oldies:1
Total Big Books:0
Books read:2
Tasks completed:2
Task 5.2 - How Time Fliesread a book with page count between 214 & 305
Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead
268p
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485 points
5 BB tix
5 GO tix
Task 10.4 - Collaboration of the Yearread a book written by two authors
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
as per their bio: "Christina Lauren is the combined pen name of long-time writing partners/besties/soulmates/brain-twins Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings"
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495 points
5 BB tix
5 GO tix
Task 30.4 - Musical Mnemonicsoption A
book 1: read a book with a 5 word title
Turtles All the Way Down
book 2: read a book with a face on the cover
Europe in Autumn
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525 points
5 BB tix
5 GO tix
Task: 20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Babbling C's task: MomOption: A
Book read:Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling IL: MG - BL: 6.0 - AR Pts: 12.0 in case children shows up as mpg.
Required:authors first and last initials J and R found in J. D. Robb
Points this task:20
Total points:60
Total Golden Oldies:1
Total Big Books:0
Books read:3
Tasks completed:3
Task:15.6 - Best New ArtistBook read:She by HC Warner
Required: 1st published in 2020 and author is new to me.
Points this task:15
Total points:75
Total Golden Oldies:1
Total Big Books:0
Books read:4
Tasks completed:4
20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Esther's task: Spring CleaningOption 1: The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
Date addes to my to-be-read list: May 23, 2014
Total points: 20
Bookwrm526Task #20.1 - Play Ball!
Option 1: Read a book set at least 50% in either Montreal or Washington D.C. I read Murder in the White House by Margaret Truman.
Total points so far: 225
Bookwrm526Task #5.2 - How Time Flies
Read a book with a number of pages between 214 and 305 inclusive. I read Dim Sum of All Fears by Vivien Chien, which has 291 pages.
Total points so far: 230
Bookwrm526Task #30.5 - Music Terms
Option 3: Read a book with 3 or more authors/contributors. I read Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases by editor: Michael Chabon.
Option 5: Read a book with a 4 found in the total page count AND in the year first published. I read Gilead by Marilynne Robinson, which has 247p and was first published in 2004.
Total points so far: 260
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.9. Tax Day
$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America by Kathryn J. Edin
MPG Economics
Points this post: 10
Total points: 400
Tasks completed: 26/51
Books read: 33
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Esther's task: Spring Cleaning
Option 2: The Rapture by Liz Jensen
Cli-Fi: Climate Change Fiction pg 1
Points this post: 20
Total points: 420
Tasks completed: 27/51
Books read: 34
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.7 - SHORTER IS SWEETER – Florence's task: Most Valuable Players
Option 3: Dreams on Fire by Annette Daniels Taylor
MPG Young adult
Points this post: 20
Total points: 440
Tasks completed: 28/51
Books read: 35
SALLY M.25.5 Paperback Playlists: Magical Outcasts for Sea Witch
Option 1
Sea Witch by Sarah Henning
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Option 2: word in title/sub matches word in song title from chosen playlist, Send My Love (to Your New Lover)
How to Not Always Be Working: A Toolkit for Creativity and Radical Self-Care by Marlee Grace
Points this post: 25
Total points: 395
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 28
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 4
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 0
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20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Florence's task: Most Valuable Players
Option 2) Books turned into musicals list
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Little Women Little Women
Page 1, #2 on list
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 33.0
Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket: 504 pages
Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket: 1st pub 1868
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 160