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SPRING CHALLENGE 2020
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LAUREN JODI10.7 - It Takes Two
Primal Force by D.D. Ayres
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 165/825
Total Books Read: 16
Tasks Completed: 13/51
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I read The Last Passenger - I read a kindle ARC, but linked to the hardcover edition - no MMPB or PB. 304 pages, so within the 214-305 range.
total points: 310
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I chose option 2 and read Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone . I listened to the audiobook - the top MMPB is Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers. The Harry Potter boxed set is #35 on the list of Books Turned into Musicals.
Currently listed as childrens. ARBF data: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12.0.
total points: 335
SALLY M.10.3 It's Not Just the Grammys: author name matches name of AMA host (Natalie Cole)
Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the MMPB)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 585
Tasks completed: 35
Books read: 43
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 5
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 0
Joanne MI 30.4 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Musical Mnemonics
I chose option B
Book 1: Read a book by a single male author with a male main character
Dog on It -Main character is Bernie, a PI
Book 2: Read a book by a single author who shares a name with a famous composer
The Wizard of Oz- L.Frank Baum shares a name with Frank Loesser
Children's is on Main Page:
"The Wizard of Oz/The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Unabridged)
Baum, L. Frank
AR Quiz No. 525 EN Fiction
IL: MG - BL: 7.0 - AR Pts: 7.0
AR Quiz Types: RP, LS
Rating:"
Claiming 1 Golden Oldie-First published in 1900
Points task 30
Total Points 235
Total BB's 3
GO's this post 1
Total GO's 1
Mai10.8. Respect Your Elders
Book originally published before 1950.
Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West
First published in 1933
* Golden Oldie ticket*
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
10.10. No Lawyer Jokes!Read a fiction or non-fiction book about law or in which the main character is a lawyer.
Book read: The Case of the Sulky Girl
How it fits: Main character, Perry Mason, is a lawyer. "Perry Mason is an American fictional character, a criminal defense lawyer who is the main character in works of detective fiction written by Erle Stanley Gardner." - from Wikipedia: Perry Mason
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Total points: 280
Books read: 25
Tasks completed: 22
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
15.2 - Music Fact and FictionBook 1: Read a book that has both "Nonfiction" AND "Music"
I read ebook version of
The Beautiful Ones (no mmp or paperback)
Book 2: I read a book from Best Books about Musicians, Singers, and Bands,
I read an ebook version of
The Commitments
This is on first page of the list
New Points: 15
Total Challenge Teams: 155
GO: 1
20.8 - NICKELS & DIMES – SandyL's task: Country MusicOption 1: Read a book written by an author who shares a name with one of the artists performing at the festival this year.
Book read: After the Wedding
How it fits: Author (Courtney Milan) shares her first name with Courtney Marie Andrews
Pages: 364 (PB Edition: After the Wedding)
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Total points: 300
Books read: 26
Tasks completed: 23
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
EMurphy25.5 Brooke TX's Task: Paperback Playlists
Both books from Magical Outcasts - For Seawitch https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0zo...
Both books are Option 3: Author whose initials can be found in one of the artists featured on the chosen playlist
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson (Amber Run)
American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century by Maureen Callahan (Arctic Monkeys)
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 40
Books Read: 3
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 2
Task 5.1 - Baby, Remember My Nameread a book by an author with one name
The Three Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles
pub ~450BCE - claiming a GO tix
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715 points
12 BB tix
6 GO tix
Andy P.Task # 25.1 - Cat's task: My genre's Opera, Space Opera
Option 1.
Task B.
Read a book written by a single author who has a name with at least three parts (i.e first, middle, last name)
Vicious Circle by C.J. Box
Task C.
Read a book written by a single author that has a three+ word title, where the initial letter of each word in the title (ignore subtitles) and the first and last initials of the author can be found in "Also sprach Zarathustra" and/or "Flash Gordon, Queen.")
Chain of Evidence by Garry Disher
C in Sprach
O in Also
E in Queen
G and D in Gordon
Points this post: 25
Total points: 355
Oma12295.9 - Go For Baroque
Read a book with a main page genre that includes History or Historical.
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
Claiming Voyager as Big Book as it has 870 pages.
Total Points-200/825
Total Tasks-15/51
Golden Oldie Books-(1)
Big Books-500-749(1);750-999(1); 1000+()
Oma122915.3 - Going Gaga
I chose Option #2
Hanging Ruth Blay: An Eighteenth-Century New Hampshire Tragedy by Carolyn Marvin
Hanging=A,G,G
Ruth=T
Eighteenth=E,E
Hampshire=M
Total Points-215/825
Total Tasks-16/51
Golden Oldie Books-(1)
Big Books-500-749(1);750-999(1); 1000+()
Sunshine25.1 - Cat's task: My genre's Opera, Space Opera
Task A:
Book: The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey 4/9/20
How it Fits: Best YA Sci-Fi / Space Opera - Book #6
Task B:
Book: Once Bitten by Trina M. Lee 3/17/20
How it Fits: Author's name has 3 parts.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 55
Books Read: 4
Sunshine30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Are we Going to Scarborough Fair?
Option 1:
Book A:
Book: The Crawling Darkness by J.L. Bryan 3/20/20
How it Fits: All letters SAGE found in the title
Book B:
Book: Brilliant Devices by Shelley Adina 3/31/20
How it Fits: Author's initials SA found in SAGE
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 85
Books Read: 6
Oma122925.1 - Cat's task: My genre's Opera, Space Opera
I chose Option 1 and tasks B and C.
Task B:Read a book written by a single author who has a name with at least three parts (i.e first, middle, last name) as listed on Goodreads rating
The Silent Waters by P.K. Adams
Task C: Space Opera Opera -
Read a book written by a single author that has a three+ word title, where the initial letter of each word in the title (ignore subtitles) and the first and last initials of the author can be found in "Also sprach Zarathustra" and/or "Flash Gordon, Queen."
Death Comes As Epiphany(DCAE) by Sharan Newman
Also sprach Zarathustra-C,A,S
Flash Gordon, Queen.=D,E,N
Total Points-240/825
Total Tasks-17/51
Golden Oldie Books-(1)
Big Books-500-749(1);750-999(1); 1000+()
Sunshine20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Babbling C's task: Mom
Option B:
Book: Wild Things by Chloe Neill 3/29/20
How it Fits: MPG Romance
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 105
Books Read: 7
15.6 - Best New Artist
Recollections of My Nonexistence: A Memoir by Rebecca Solnit
Published 2020, new-to-me author.
Total: 70
*Repost due to missing link*25.5 - Brooke TX's task: Paperback Playlists
Playlist Chosen: The Starless Sea
Option 2: Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that matches a word in a song title from your chosen playlist.
The Good Earth
"Good" appears in song title "Good Omens Opening Title"
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in one of the artists featured on your chosen playlists.
Be Not Far From Me by Mindy McGinnis
MM appears in artist "of Monsters and Men"
Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 235
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
20.8 - NICKELS & DIMES – SandyL's task: Country MusicOption 2, a book with a mpg of Westerns: Westering Women by Sandra Dallas
hardcover edition Westering Women 336 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 395
Sarah H15.8 - It Starts with Music - Read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in MUSIC.
Skin
Points this task: 15
Total points to date: 15
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 1
Books read: 1
Nick KY20.1 - MOST IMPROVED PLAYER – Wayne's task: Play Ball!
Option 2: With the Nationals win, the team that now has the longest World Series drought is the Cleveland Indians, who haven't won since 1948. Like the Expos, the Indians have had some excellent teams without claiming the big prize, most notably the 1954 team that won 111 regular season games but were swept by the New York Giants.
Task: Read a book that was first published in 1948 or earlier.
I read The Princess Casamassima by Henry James,1st pub’d 1886
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for The Princess C at 608 pp
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 290
Big Books So Far: 500+ (2) 1000+ (1) = 5 BB tickets
5.5- Long Live RockThe Raven King (The Raven Cycle #4) by Maggie Stiefvater
3 words title with first letter of each word found in The RocK
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 5
Season Total: 570
Nick KY20.7 - SHORTER IS SWEETER – Florence's task: Most Valuable Players
Option 3: Teen Drama Queens
The documentary focusses on the rivalry between three high schools taking part in the competition, Emmaus, Parkland and Freedom High School.
Read with a MPG of Young Adult and/or Plays AND which has title of three or more words, where the initial letter of each word can be found in EMMAUS PARKLAND FREEDOM.
I read A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
MPG Plays and “emmAuS parklaND freedom”
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 310
Coralie 30.3 Paskekrim
Option 1: Book by an author whose initials can be found in fjellvettreGlEne
Silas Marner by George Eliot
Option 2. Book with a word beginning with K in the title
Next of Kin
Total to date 205 points
DeborahPost #11
30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Are we Going to Scarborough Fair?
1A) Magic Breaks SAGE
1B) Damsel by Elana K. Arnold EA in SAGE (Middle names/initials may be ignored.)
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 200
Books Read: 15
Tasks Done: 11
DeborahPost #12
5.9 - Go For Baroque
To Catch a Spinster MPG: HISTORICAL
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 205
Books Read: 16
Tasks Done: 12
5.3 Susan B.Read a book that has been shelved Women's Rights from the list of Popular Women's Rights books
Book chosen: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Format read: audio with ebook readalong
Number of pages printed edition: 447 pages
Points this task: 5
Total points: 360
5.6 Rhyme, Repetition, RhythmRead a book with a MPG of Poetry or Novel in Verse
Book chosen: Nectar
Format read: audio with ebook readalong
Number of pages printed edition: 162 pages
Points this task: 5
Total points: 365
10.1 Can you see me?Read a book from one of the lists
Book chosen: The Fault in Our Stars
Found on page 1 of the list "Awesome Blind Characters"
Format read: audio with hardcover readalong
Number of pages printed edition: 316 pages
Points this task: 10
Total points: 375
15.4 Celebrate SpringOption 1 - Book 1: Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries ...
Book chosen: Pachinko
Set in Japan
Format read: audio with ebook readalong
Number of pages printed edition: 502 pages
Option 1 - Book 2: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase CELEBRATE SPRING
Book chosen: It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered
Format read: audio with hardcover readalong
Pages of printed edition: 256 pages
Points this task: 15
Total points: 390
20.3 Best Review Contest - Bucket's task: Experimental ReadingOption A:
Read a book from the Popular Experimental Books list that has been shelved as "experimental" at least 3 times
Book chosen: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Found on page 2 of the list
Format read: audio with paperback readalong
Number of pages printed edition: 256 pages
Points this task: 20
Total points: 410
20.6 Seasoned Reader - Kevin's task: Baseball Road TripOption 3:
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials are found in RED SOX SUCK
Book chosen: Pretty Girls
Format read: audio with ebook readalong
Number of pages printed edition: 533 pages
Points this task: 20
Total points: 430
30.3 Dimrose's Task: PaskekrimOption 2:
Read a book with a word in the TITLE that begins with a K
Book chosen: My Sister's Keeper
Format read: audio with ebook readalong
Number of pages printed edition: 423 pages
Option 4:
Read a book from this list of TV series based on crime novels with the MPG Crime, Mystery, or Thriller
Book chosen: The Body In The Library
Found on page 11 of the list
Format read: audio
Number of pages printed edition: 212 pages
Points this task: 30
Total points: 460
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.10- Artemis Fowl, the Movie
Redwall: The Graphic Novel by Stuart Moore.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 540
Tasks completed: 34/51
Books read: 42
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.1 Cat's task: My genre's Opera, Space Opera
Task B: After the Kiss by Terra Elan McVoy.
382 p.
Task C: That Selfie Girl by Linda Oatman High
208 p.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 565
Tasks completed: 35/51
Books read: 44
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.4 TraceyL's task: The Masked Singer
Option 3: The Poisoned City: Flint's Water and the American Urban Tragedy by Anna Clark.
336 p.
AC=TACO
Option 5:
by Carla Cassidy.224 p.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 590
Tasks completed: 36/51
Books read: 46
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.5 Brooke TX's task: Paperback Playlists
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/310...
Option 2: Street Love by Walter Dean Myers.
LOVE: Song is : Love and war by Fleurie
Opton 3: Threads of Suspicion by Dee Henderson.
Found in soul meets body by Death cab for cuties
Points this post: 25
Total points: 615
Tasks completed: 37/51
Books read: 48
CHANDNI25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: What I chose not to do
Option 4: Read a book set at least 50% in England, Ireland, or Sweden.
The Clocks by Agatha Christie
Option 5: Read a book with a page count between 182 – 228.
Third Girl by Agatha Christie
221 pages
[POINTS]
This Post: 25
Total Points: 190
Books Read: 11
Completed Tasks: 10
perletwo5.1 - Baby, Remember My Name - Read a book by an author who uses a one-word name.
Sky Burial - Xinran
Points this task: 05
Total points: 405
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 30
Tasks completed: 24
Mary P20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Bea's task: Spring Hobbies (Gardening and Birds)
Option 2:Read a book, fiction or nonfiction, with a bird on the cover.
by Mo HayderPoints this task: 20
Total Points: 145
20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Bea's task: Spring Hobbies (Gardening and Birds)Option 2, a book with a bird on the cover: Look Alive Out There by Sloane Crosley
Points this post: 20
Total points: 415
CHANDNI10.7. It Takes Two
Read a book with a 2 word title.
Dear Wife by Kimberly Belle
[POINTS]
This Post: 10
Total Points: 200
Books Read: 12
Completed Tasks: 11
Coralie 20.1 Play Ball
Option 1: Book set mainly in Washing ton DC
Fifty Degrees Below
At 640 pages, I would like to claim a big book ticket
Total to date 225 points
5.4 - I'm a Slave 4 URead a book with at least one Arabic numerical digit in the title or subtitle.
88 Names
88 in title
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 240
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
LAUREN JODI25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: MUSYCK is the LIMIT!
Book 1. MUSYCK - Option A
The Scot Beds His Wife by Kerrigan Byrne
Word - SCOT
Book 2. LIMIT
Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn
List - Werewolf Books That Are Not Found In The Romance Genre
Page #1 Book #51
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 190/825
Total Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 14/51
Joanne MITask 15.6 Read a book first published in 2019 or 2020 that was written by a new-to-you author.
The Holdout -Published February 2020
Graham Moore
is an author I have never read before
Points this task 15
Total Points 250
BB's 3
GO's 1
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30.1 - 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.
Everything in Its Place: First Loves and Last Tales by Oliver Sacks
Option 5: Life: Read a book first published in 1932, or read a book first published in 2003.
Slow Boat first published in July 2003
Points this post: 30
Total points: 75/825
Tasks completed: 5/51
Books read: 6