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SPRING CHALLENGE 2020
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TessaVanessaChallenge 20.1 MOST IMPROVED PLAYER – Wayne's task: Play Ball!
Option 3: The Adventurer's Son by Roman Dial.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 645
Tasks completed: 39/51
Books read: 50
Kathy KSBook 1B, below, was originally used for task 15.8. Totals are adjusted.
30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Are we Going to Scarborough Fair?
2 book task choose one option and read BOTH books for that option. Required: Identify the option when you post.
OPTION 1 [word used: Sage]
A) Read a book that has a TITLE that includes all the letters of one of these words: PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY, or THYME.
Kansas City Chiefs Legends: The Greatest Coaches, Players and Front Office Execs in Chiefs History, by Jeff Deters
Sage = kAnSas city chiEfs leGends
B) Read a book where the author's first and last initials appear in the SAME herb as the one used for book A.
Required: Identify the word used when you post.
S is for Silence, by Sue Grafton
SG = SaGe
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 220-15+30= 235
Tasks completed: 12-1+1= 12
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM(hello! finally I have time to update to claim some points! Hope everyone has been well!)
10.7. It Takes Two
I read Devil's Bride by Stephanie Laurens (mass market paperback).
Previous point total: 0
New points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Total tasks completed: 1
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
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I read The Art of Hearing Heartbeats. I listened to the audiobook - the top MMPB is L'art d'écouter les battements de coeur.
This book is found on p.1 of the Awesome Blind Characters list, currently #82.
total points: 345
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For my first book, I chose option 3 and read Shadow Unit 2, a collection of 3 novellas, with MPGs of Mystery and Mystery>Crime. This is an ebook only, approved for length on line 2602 of the googledoc linked in the ebook verification thread.
For my second book, I chose option 4 and read 4:50 From Paddington, #8 in the Miss Marple series. I listened to the audiobook, the MMPB is 4:50 From Paddington. The Miss Marple series is #11 on the list of TV Series Based on Crime Novels
total points: 375
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For my first book, I chose option 2 and read The Kingmaker's Daughter. I listened to the audiobook - the mmpb is Nesuđena vladarica. This book is a part of 2 series, as noted in the "series" designation in the metadata - The Cousins War and the Plantagenet and Tudor Novels.
For my second book, I chose option 5 and read Dreamer's Pool. I read the kindle edition, but linked to the MMPB - 429 pages, first published 2014, so 4 in the page count and in the year first published.
total points: 405
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM30.1 - Ava Catherine's Task: Redemption
I chose Options 1 and 3.
Option 1: I read The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley. L and F are in FOLSOM.
Option 3: I read Too Much: How Victorian Constraints Still Bind Women Today by Rachel Vorona Cote. Using the first initial R and last initial C.
Previous point total: 10
New points this post: 30
Total points: 40
Total tasks completed: 2
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM5.9 - Go For Baroque
I read Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase. "Historical" is an MPG.
Previous point total: 40
New points this post: 5
Total points: 45
Total tasks completed: 3
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM5.5 - Long Live Rock
I read Two Rogues Make a Right by Cat Sebastian (I read a digital galley, anticipated mass market paperback here).
TRMAR = T in THE, R in ROCK, MA in FAME, R in ROLL.
Previous point total: 45
New points this post: 5
Total points: 50
Total tasks completed: 4
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM15.3 - Going Gaga
I chose the 1 book option, Option 2. I read Becoming Duchess Goldblatt: A Memoir .
MEAT = ME in Becoming, AT in Goldblatt
EGG = E in Duchess, G in Becoming, G in Goldblatt
(two Es, two Gs)
Previous point total: 50
New points this post: 15
Total points: 65
Total tasks completed: 5
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM15.4 - Celebrate Spring
I chose the 1 book option, Option 2. I read Would I Lie to the Duke by Eva Leigh (mass market paperback).
- the book is set 100% in England (most of it in London, as mentioned in the GR description)
- E and L are in CELEBRATE
Previous point total: 65
New points this post: 15
Total points: 80
Total tasks completed: 6
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM20.6 - SEASONED READER – Kevin's task: Baseball Road Trip
I chose Option 3. I read The Warlord Wants Forever by Kresley Cole (mass market paperback). K and C are in SUCK.
Previous point total: 80
New points this post: 20
Total points: 100
Total tasks completed: 7
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Alaina20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Babbling C's task: Mom
Option C: Read a book from The Best Epic Fantasy fiction List.
The Gunslinger-Stephen King
Listed on Page 1
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 80
Read Books: 5
Tasks Completed: 5
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
Alaina5.4 - I'm a Slave 4 U
Read a book with at least one Arabic numerical digit in the title or subtitle.
Saga, Vol. 3-Brian K. Vaughan
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 85
Read Books: 6
Tasks Completed: 6
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Babbling C's task: Mom
I chose Option B. I read Dark Needs at Night's Edge by Kresley Cole. Romance is an MPG
Previous point total: 100
New points this post: 20
Total points: 120
Total tasks completed: 8
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM5.2 - How Time Flies
I read Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love by Jonathan Van Ness (269p).
Previous point total: 120
New points this post: 5
Total points: 125
Total tasks completed: 9
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Alaina5.2 - How Time Flies
Read a book with a number of pages between 214 and 305 inclusive.
2001: A Space Odyssey-Arthur C. Clarke
297 pages
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 90
Read Books: 7
Tasks Completed: 7
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
PegW25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's Task
Option 1 - Read a book with all the letters of PODCAST in title/subtitle
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
Option 3: Read a book with an apostrophe in the title.
The Omnivore's Dilemma
Points this post: 25
Total points: 220
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Total tasks: 15
MEGSCL5.2 - How Time Flies
Read a book with a number of pages between 214 and 305 inclusive.
Severance - 291pp
TOTAL TO DATE
245 points
6 big books
2 golden oldie
Shelby
5.1 - Baby, Remember My Name
Read a book by an author who uses a one-word name.: Do I Seem Bulletproof to You?, by Fleshflutter
Approved for Length: Here
How Fits: Author - Fleshflutter
Points this post: 5
Total points: 240
Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
MEGSCL5.7 - There Ought to be a Band
List page 1 - The Chrysalids
TOTAL TO DATE
250 points
6 big books
2 golden oldie
MEGSCL20.6 - SEASONED READER – Kevin's task: Baseball Road Trip
read a book by a single author whose first and last initials (middle initials can be ignored) are found in RED SOX SUCK. Normal People by Sally Rooney
TOTAL TO DATE
270 points
6 big books
2 golden oldie
MEGSCL20.10 - Group Reads
A Study in Charlotte
My comment - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
TOTAL TO DATE
290 points
6 big books
2 golden oldie
Shelby
10.3. It's Not Just the Grammys
Read a book with a single author whose name matches the name of one of the hosts of the American Music Awards.: Dark Skye, by Kresley Cole
American Music Awards Host: Natalie Cole
How Fits: Author - Kresley Cole
Claiming 1 Big Book Tickets - 531pgs
Points this post: 10
Total points: 250
Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
10.6. Say what?
Read a book with “who,” “what,” “when,” “where,” “why,” or “how” in the title/subtitle.: The Cat Who Could Read Backwards, by Lilian Jackson Braun
How Fits: Title - The Cat Who Could Read Backwards
Points this post: 10
Total points: 260
Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Task 30.2 - Are we Going to Scarborough Fair?OPTION 3
Required: Identify the name used when you post.
Carol Kaye
A) Read a book by an author who shares a name with one of the people involved in making the album.
The Sonnet Lover (2007) by Carol Goodman (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, First Edition, 350 pages)
B) Read a book which contains all the letters of the name you used for Book A in its TITLE. Subtitles may not be used.
the mAny-COLouRed land
The Many-Coloured Land (Saga of the Pliocene Exile #1) (1981) by Julian May (female) (Hardcover, First Printing edition, 415 pages)
75 + 30 = 105
Tasks Completed: 05
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 75 + 30 = 105
Books read: 07
Pages read: 2,217
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 04
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Shelby
30.4 - 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.: Whisper, by Tal Bauer
How Fits: Author - Tal (From his bio - "He is happily married and lives with his husband in Texas.") / MC: Kris & David (From description - "David - Arab American, Muslim, and gay - becomes the man Kris loves, the man he lives for, and the man he kills for...")
Claiming 1 Big Book Tickets - 726pgs
AND
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.: Love Comes to Light, by Andrew Grey
Musical Composer: Andrew Lloyd Webber
How Fits: Author - Andrew Grey
Points this post: 30
Total points: 290
Big Books: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
25.5 - Brooke TX's task: Paperback Playlists
Chosen Playlist: Darkling + Sun Summoner
Option 1
Read the book which inspired the playlist you chose.: Siege and Storm, by Leigh Bardugo
How Fits: From the Grishaverse series.
AND
Option 3
Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in one of the artists featured on your chosen playlists.: St-st-stuffed, by Anyta Sunday
Artist: Halsey
How Fits: Author - Antya Sunday
Points this post: 25
Total points: 315
Big Books: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Esther15.6 Best new artist First Pub 2019-2020 AND New to Me Author
The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott.
First published September 2019
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 160
Task 10.5 - International Women's Dayread a book shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction (aka Orange/Baileys Prize)
Stay with Me
shortlisted in 2017
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770 points
12 BB tix
7 GO tix
Task 5.3 - Susan B.read a book from the Women's Rights list
Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
on page 3
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775 points
12 BB tix
7 GO tix
20.7 - SHORTER IS SWEETER – Florence's task: Most Valuable PlayersOption 2: Going Off Book
Breakfast at Tiffany's, by Truman Capote
book is listed #39 on the Books Turned Into Musicals list.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 315
MAZZA110.5. International Women's Day
Read a book that won or was shortlisted for the Women's/Baileys Prize/Orange Prize, the Orange Prize for New Writers, or the Stella Prize, awards for fiction written by women. The award must be listed in the metadata for the book.
One by One in the Darkness
orange nomineee for fiction prize stated in GR metadata
points this post = 10
Points to date = 775
Delicious Dee10.1. Can you see me?
Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero - #3 on the Blindness/Loss of Vision - NONFICTION list
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 305
Delicious Dee10.3. It's Not Just the Grammys
Let There Be Love - Melissa Storm - Melissa Storm shares a name with Melissa Joan Hart who hosted in 1999
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 315
Sunshine15.4 - Celebrate Spring
Option 1:
Book: His Banana by Penelope Bloom 4/6/20
How it Fits: Takes place in New York City
"She dented the company car when she was pulling it out of the parking garage because she swerved to avoid a huge grasshopper, even though I'd lived in New York City for most of my life and never once seen a grasshopper. Page 22"
Book: Tiger's Eye by Barbra Annino 3/25/20
How it Fits: Authors Initials are BA
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 120
Books Read: 9
Bookwrm526Task #20.9 - Wagner's Ring Cycle
Option 3: Read a book with a title of at least three words, where the beginning letters of each word can be found in DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN. I read Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson. UG in nibelUnGen, other g in rinG.
Total points so far: 375
15.10 - Artemis Fowl, the MovieSimilar Author Libba Bray
The King of Crows by Libba Bray
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 130
20.1 - 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.
Task: Read a book that was first published in 1948 or earlier.
1912:
The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 150
Sunshine20.6 - SEASONED READER – Kevin's task: Baseball Road Trip
Option 2:
Book: Duh!: The Stupid History of the Human Race by Bob Fenster 3/16/20
How it Fits: 288 Pages
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 140
Books Read: 10
20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Babbling C's task: MomA. My mother's current favorite Author is Nora Roberts/ J. D. Robb. Read a book by a single Author who's first and last initials can be found in "Nora Roberts J. D. Robb".
J rObb
Weather by Jenny Offill
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 170
25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: What I chose not to doOption 3: Peloton
Read a book with an apostrophe in the title
Mrs. McGinty's Dead by Agatha Christie
Option 5: Sleep
Read a book with a page count between 182 – 228.
212 pages
Reeds in the Wind by Grazia Deledda
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 195
30.4 - Amanda A and Amy FL's Task: Musical MnemonicsOption A: Treble Clef
Book 1: Treble Clef lines (E-G-B-D-F): Every Good Boy Does Fine
𝄞 Read a book with a five-word title. Subtitles should be ignored.
A Crime in the Neighborhood by Suzanne Berne
Book 2: Treble Clef spaces (F-A-C-E): FACE (like the one holding your nose)
𝄞 Read a book with a cover showing only a face (ONE full human face). No body parts below the neck should be visible on the cover.
Cover of the library audio bookPassing by Nella Larsen
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 225
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20.1 - MOST IMPROVED PLAYER – Wayne's task: Play Ball!
option 3, son in title: The Adventurer's Son: A Memoir by Roman Dial
HC: The Adventurer's Son
total = 410
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20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Esther's task: Spring Cleaning
option 1, added to my TBR on Oct 26, 2010: The Daily Coyote: Story of Love, Survival, and Trust In the Wilds of Wyoming by Shreve Stockton
total = 430
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Challenge 10.5 International Women's Day
Disobedience by Naomi Alderman.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 625
Tasks completed: 38/51
Books read: 49