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SPRING CHALLENGE 2020
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Task 20.5 – Bigger is Better – Bea – Spring Hobbies (Gardening and Birds)Option 2 – Identifiable bird on cover
Image of PENGUIN Approved in HELP thread
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 130 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:
Task 5.2 - How Time Flies Book: If Only I Could Tell You, finished 4/11
How it fits: Has 304 pages
Points this task: 5
Total points: 540
MAZZA15.3 - Susan B.
Read a book that has been shelved Women's Rights from the list of Popular Women's Rights books.
Required: State the page.
The Me Too Girl on Page 1 of list
approved in help thread post https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
e book approval for length post 7820 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 550
MAZZA15.7 - There Ought to be a Band
Read a book from this list There Ought to be a Band
Required: State the page number of the list where you book is found.
Heartless on page 4 of list
points this post = 5
Points to date = 555
MAZZA110.1. Can you see me?
Read a book from one of the following lists:
Awesome Blind Characters Page 1
Blind Faith
points this post = 10
Points to date = 565
MAZZA115.2 - Music Fact and Fiction
This is a 2 book task. Read one Book 1 and one Book 2.
Book 1: Read a book that has both "Nonfiction" AND "Music" as
Nothing is Real: The Beatles Were Underrated And Other Sweeping Statements About Pop
approved in help thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book 2: Read a novel (fiction) found on one of the following lists. Be careful, some of these lists contain both fiction and nonfiction.
A. Best Books about Musicians, Singers, and Bands Page 1
Daisy Jones & The Six
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 580
MAZZA115.9 - Richard Adams
Read a book first published in 1920, 1966, 1972, or 2016.
King Maybe
First published 2016
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 595
MAZZA120.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Esther's task: Spring Cleaning
Option 3. Read a book with the word “CLEAN” intact in the title, subtitle, or series title.
Clean Break
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 615
MAZZA120.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST – Bucket's task: Experimental Reading
B. Read a book found on the experimental writing by women, non-binary writers & writers of colour [of all genders] Listopia.
Citizen: An American Lyric
Page 1 of that list
Points this post = 20
Points to date 635
MAZZA125.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: What I chose not to do
This is a two book task. Read one book from two different options.
Required: Indicate the options when you post.
Option 2: Hockey
Read a book that was first published in either 2012 or 2014 with the number 8 in the page count.
Worse Than Dead 348 pages first published 2014
Option 3: Peloton
Read a book with an apostrophe in the title. Subtitles are excluded.
Lana'i of the Tiger
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 660
MAZZA130.5 - TessaVanessa's Task: Music Terms
Pick 2 options from below. Read 2 books, one for each option.
Required: State the options when you post.
Option 2: Chords
Read a book that is part of 2 or more different series. T
Fire And Ice in Series detail as part of SeriesJ.P. Beaumont #19, Joanna Brady #14
Option 4: Duet
Read a book that shares a title (ignore subtitles) with a song from this list : The 100 Best Duets of All Time
Titles must match exactly.
REQUIRED: State the number of the song when you post.
Love To Love You Baby
Song Number 1
points this post = 30
Points to date = 690
Queen Bee Darlene15.9 Richard Adams
Book pub 1920, 1966, 1972, or 2016
Shelter by Jung Yun Shelter
1st pub 2016
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 265
JUKKA10.1. Can you see me?
Book from one of the designated lists.
Daredevil by Mark Waid, Vol. 1 by Mark Waid. Page 1 of Awesome Blind Characters.
Total Points: 110/825
Total Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 9/51
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
JUKKA10.10. No Lawyer Jokes!
Book whose main character is a lawyer.
Daredevil, Volume 2 by Mark Waid. The protagonist Matt Murdock, whose alter ego Daredevil is, is a lawyer.
Total Points: 120/825
Total Books Read: 12
Tasks Completed: 10/51
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
MAZZA110.8. Respect Your Elders
read a book originally published before 1950.
Crooked House First published 1947
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 700
Nick KY5.4 Slave 4 U I read 5 Stories by Peter Straub with a digit in the title and on cover:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 315
Nick KY25.3 Queen Bee’s What I Chose Not to Do
Option 1 -- Podcast: All letters in PODCAST are in the title/subtitle. I read Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention
PO in PsychOlogy
D in anD
CA in CreAtivity
S in pSychology
T in creaTivity
Option 5 -- Sleep: page count between 182 and 228 pp
I read
by Agatha Christie 208 pp.Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 340
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySRC Spring 2020 Season
Task 5.10 - Goof-Off
Of Blood and Bone
Points this post: 5
BB tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 170
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySRC Spring 2020 Season
Task 5.2 - How Time Flies
Read a book with a number of pages between 214 and 305 inclusive.
Infernal 304 pages
Points this post: 5
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 175
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
JUKKA15.4 - Celebrate Spring
Option 1
Book 1: Book set at least 50% in one of the listed locations.
Rage Across New York by Daniel Greenberg is set in New York.
Book 2: Book whose author's initials are in CELEBRATE SPRING.
Lazarus, Vol. 1: Family by Greg Rucka.
Total Points: 135/825
Total Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 11/51
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySRC Spring 2020 Season
Task 5.5- 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.
A Heart So Fierce and Broken H (Hall) EA (fAmE) R (Roll) T (The)
Points this post: 5
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 180
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySRC Spring 2020 Season
Task 10.6. Say what?
Read a book with “who,” “what,” “when,” “where,” “why,” or “how” in the title/subtitle. Words must match exactly.
Doctor Who: Twelve Angels Weeping: Twelve stories of the villains from Doctor Who
Points this post: 10
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 190
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
JUKKA20.1 - MOST IMPROVED PLAYER – Wayne's task: Play Ball!
Option 2: Book published in 1948 or earlier.
Dracula by Bram Stoker. It's also a Golden Oldie, being as it was first published in 1897.
Total Points: 155/825
Total Books Read: 15
Tasks Completed: 12/51
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 1
Julia10315.7 - Practicing Scales
A Broken Queen (ABQ)
This task: 15 points
Total points: 245
BB: 1
GO: 2
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 17
Kristen IA10.9. Tax Day
Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre (standalone or embedded) of money, economics, or finance.
The Treasure Principle: Unlocking the Secret of Joyful Giving by Randy Alcorn
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 65/825
Tasks Completed: 7/51
BB: 0
GO: 0
Kim O20.1 - MOST IMPROVED PLAYER – Wayne's task: Play Ball!
Option 3: Read a book with either the word "father" or "son" in the title or subtitle.
Lenten Reflections From A Father Who Keeps His Promises
Points this task: 20
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Totals:
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Tasks completed: 6
SALLY M.20.1 Play Ball!
Option 2: first published 1948 or earlier (1899)
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the MMPB)
**The Awakening is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1899). Claiming 1 GO ticket.**
Points this post: 20
Total points: 605
Tasks completed: 36
Books read: 43
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 5
GO tix this post: 1
Total GO tix: 1
Kristen IA15.6 - Best New Artist
Read a book first published in 2019 or 2020 that was written by a new-to-you author.
Required: State that the author is new to you when you post.
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
Abbi Waxman is a new-to-me author.
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 80/825
Tasks Completed: 8/51
BB: 0
GO: 0
Kristen IA20.6 - 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: 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.
Falling for Max by Shannon Stacey
I read an ebook and have linked to the MMPB edition.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 100/825
Tasks Completed: 9/51
BB: 0
GO: 0
Sara G20.5 - 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.
by Charlie Jane AndersThis book is approved in the help thread here, as it shows a female frigatebird.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 255
Sara G20.6 - SEASONED READER – Kevin's task: Baseball Road Trip
Option 3: On my trip I drove my first car, a stick shift 1994 Toyota Corolla, to every stadium except Fenway Park in Boston. As a huge Yankees fan, I had to get license plates that took a shot at their archrival Boston Red Sox. My license plates on that car were RDSOXSK. 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.
Legacy by Susan Kay
RED SOX SUCK
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 647 pages.
**Legacy is a Big Book (647 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 20
Total points: 275
Janice CA20.2 - Spring Cleaning
Option 1: Read a book that has been on your TBR list 3+ years.
I read a book added to my TBR list in 2012.
It's All Relative: Two Families, Three Dogs, 34 Holidays, and 50 Boxes of Wine by Wade Rouse
+20
total: 100
tasks: 5
books: 6
15.6 - Best New ArtistA Soldier and a Liar (A Soldier and a Liar #1) by Caitlin Lochner
published 2019 & author is new to me
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 5
Season Total: 585
20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Babbling C's task: MomOption B: Read a book with the MPG of Romance.
Book read: Pack Challenge
How it fits: MPG Romance
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Total points: 320
Books read: 27
Tasks completed: 24
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Sarah E5.7 - There Ought to be a Band
Beautiful Creatures - on page 2 of the list, currently #117
Big Book, 563 pages. I claim 1 BB ticket.
Total points: 20
Total BB tickets: 1
Sarah E10.5. International Women's Day
Bring Up the Bodies - Women's Prize for Fiction Nominee (2013)
I read an ebook, but have linked to the top paperback (no MMP)
Total points: 30
Readerboard Name Kathy P30.1 - Ava Catherine's Task: Redemption
Option 1: Waking Gods
Author:Sylvain Neuvel
Option 3: Harry's Trees
Author: Jon Cohen
Totals
Points: 150
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total Tasks completed: 7
Total Books read: 9
I also want to confirm that your assumption was correct. Thank you for all you do.Kathy P - post 1230
Completed task posts must include the task number. From what you have included it looks like task 20.2. Please confirm
SALLY M.25.2 MUSYCK is the LIMIT!
Book 1, Option A: word of 3+ letters in title/sub made from SUSATO MUSYCK
The Most Beautiful Walk in the World: A Pedestrian in Paris by John Baxter
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Book 2: One Word Titles - C, page 1
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
320 + 390 = 610 > 548 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 630
Tasks completed: 37
Books read: 45
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 5
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 1
Joanne MI10.2
-So sorry, after I posted the task, I realized I had misread it
Andy P.Task # 30.5 - TessaVanessa's Task: Music Terms
Option 1. Read a book that was first published under a different title.
Perfect Little Children by Sophie Hannah First published as Haven't They Grown.
Option 3. Read a book with 3 or more authors/contributors
The Best American Mystery Stories 2018
Points this post: 30
Total points: 385
25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: MUSYCK is the LIMIT!Book 1. Option B.
Albastrul din miez de noapte, by Simone van der Vlugt. English version - Midnight Blue. All action is set in Netherland, in the 17th century. The book is also shelved Netherlands by 13 people.
Book 2.
The Ponder Heart, by Eudora Welty
Book is on position #75 on the list
It’s All in the Cards
Points this post: 25
Total points: 320
Pat 🎵 15.8 - It Starts with Music
Task Description ~ Read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in MUSIC. All words count, including articles (a, an, the).
muSic
Say Goodbye for Now by Catherine Ryan HydeCompleted ~
Pages ~ 364
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Points this post ~ 15
Total Points ~ 270
Tasks Completed ~ 17
Books Read This Season ~ 20
Pages Read This Season ~ 6753
MAZZA110.9. Tax Day
Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre (standalone or embedded) of money, economics, or finance.
Rich Dad, Poor Dad economics and non-fiction genre noted in help thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 710
MAZZA120.1 - MOST IMPROVED PLAYER – Wayne's task: Play Ball!
Option 2:
Task: Read a book that was first published in 1948 or earlier.
The Middle Temple Murder
first published 1919
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 730
Pat 🎵30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Are we Going to Scarborough Fair?
Task Description ~ The task is a 2 book task choose one option and read BOTH books for that option.
REQUIRED ~ Identify the option when you post.
♬Option #2
A) Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in its TITLE that matches one of the words in the album's song titles. Subtitles may not be used. Words must match exactly.
Song Choice (side 1, song 5) ~ The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine
All Things Bright and Beautiful by James HerriotCompleted ~ 3.2.20
Pages ~ 378
the big BRIGHT green pleasure machine
B) Using the same word chosen for Book A, read a book where the author's first and last initials appear in that word. Middle names/initials may be ignored. Letters can only be used as often as they appear in the chosen word.
REQUIRED ~ Identify the word used when you post.
BRIGHT
Hunting Badger by Tony HillermanCompleted ~ 4.9.20
Pages ~ 318
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Points this post ~ 30
Total Points ~ 300
Tasks Completed ~ 18
Books Read This Season ~ 22
Pages Read This Season ~ 7449
30.1 - Ava Catherine's Task: RedemptionOption 1, a book by an author whose initials are found in FOLSOM PRISON: After Anna by Lisa Scottoline
Option 3, a book by an author whose initials are either JC or RC: Harvest Moon by Robyn Carr
Points this post: 30
Total points: 445
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The Other Woman by Colette
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