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SPRING CHALLENGE 2020
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CHANDNI15.6 - Best New Artist
Read a book first published in 2019 or 2020 that was written by a new-to-you author.
The Animals at Lockwood Manor by Jane Healey
Jane Healey is a new to me author.
[POINTS]
This Post: 15
Total Points: 35
Books Read: 2
Completed Tasks: 2
Queen Bee Darlene15.4 Celebrate Spring
Option 2: fulfills requirements for book 1 & book 2 which are set 50% in Scotland and single author whose 1st & last initials found in CELEBRATE SPRING
Raven Black (Shetland Island #1) by Ann Cleeves Raven Black
Takes place on Shetland Islands which is part of Scotland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shetland
CelebrAte spring
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 25
APRILLEIGH5.9 - Go for Baroque
Read a book with a main page genre that includes History or Historical.
The Food and Feasts of Jesus by Douglas E. Neel and Joel A. Pugh
MPG History approved in the help thread.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 5 (5)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (1)
Total Tasks: 1
APRILLEIGH20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season.
REQUIRED: You must participate in the book's discussion thread with at least one post.
Notorious RBG by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik
My comment about the book is found in post #7 of the discussion thread.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (25)
Golden Oldie: 0 (0)
Big Book: 0 (0)
Books Read: 1 (2)
Total Tasks: 2
TraceyL20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Suzannesea's task: Wagner's Ring Cycle
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.
The Reckless Oath We Made by Bryn Greenwood
I previously read All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood on July 28th 2019.
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 50
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
TraceyL15.3 - Going Gaga
Option 2: Read one book that fulfills the requirements for book 1 AND book 2.
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.
Not Becoming My Mother: And Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way by Ruth Reichl
MEAT and EGG appears in bEcominG My moThEr: And other thinGs
Points Earned This Post: 15
Total Points Earned: 65
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Julia10315.5 - 2020 Grammy Awards
The Gown: A Novel of the Royal Wedding by Jennifer Robson
Jennifer Higdon won the Grammy for Best Contemporary Classical Composition
This task: 15 points
Total points: 20
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
TraceyL25.3 - 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 End We Start From
Takes place 100% in England. Synopsis on main page says they start in London, then flee to the countryside.
Option 5: Read a book with a page count between 182 – 228.
The Bro Code Audiobook
The Bro Code PB 195 Pages
Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 90
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
20.10 - Group ReadsRead ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
Where the Crawdads Sing
My comments are in the discussion thread at post #5
New Points: 20
Total Points: 25
Amy W5.2 - How Time Flies: Read a book with a number of pages between 214 and 305 inclusive.
I read So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo. My copy has 248 pages.
Points This Task: 5
Total Points to Date: 5
Beth NC5.9 Go For Baroque
These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901 by Nancy E. Turner
MPG Historical
Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 5
Total Tasks: 1
Total Books: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Pages: 384
Beth NC10.1 Can You See Me?
Touch of the Wolf by Susan Krinard
From list - Awesome Blind Characters Page 1
Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 15
Total Tasks: 2
Total Books: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Pages: 800
Beth NC15.3 Going Gaga
Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
letters MEAT EGG in title and/or Author Name
MEAT - MAggiE sTiefvater
EGG - MaGGie stiEvater
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 30
Total Tasks: 3
Total Books: 3
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Pages: 1216
Beth NC25.4 The Masked Singer
Book 1: Sarah's Quilt by Nancy E. Turner
Option 3 Taco and Banana Author Initials found in Taco/baNana
Book 2: Red Knight Falling by Craig Schaefer
Option 4 Night Angel "Night" in Title
Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 55
Total Tasks: 4
Total Books: 5
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Pages: 1954
Christine V5.1 - Baby, Remember My Name
The Sagas of Ragnar Lodbrok
This book was approved in msg 14 of the task help thread.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
Coralie 10.3 It’s Not Just the Grammys
Book by an author who shares a name with Robin Gibb
Fool's Fate by Robin Hobb
At 805 pages I would like to claim 2 big book tickets
Total to date 10 points
20.6 - SEASONED READER – Kevin's task: Baseball Road TripOption 2: I read Natural Disaster: I Cover Them. I am One.. It has 288 pages.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 55
Number of tasks complete: 3
Number of books: 3
Big Book: 0
perletwo25.4 - TraceyL's task: The Masked Singer - Option 4: Read a book with the word NIGHT or ANGEL intact in the title, subtitle or series name.
Before Midnight
Option 5: Read a book with a Llama/Alpaca, Camel or Horse/Mule/Donkey on the cover.
StraightPoints this task: 25
Total points: 100
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 9
Tasks completed: 7
LaureY15.7 - 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.
Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L Sayers
Points this post: 15
Total points: 45/825
Total Books: 3
Total Tasks: 3
20.10 Group ReadsI read A Study in Charlotte and commented on post #5.
points: 20
Books read: 2
tasks completed: 1
tasks in progress: 1
pages: 641
Joanne MITask 5.4 I'm A Slave 4 You Read a book with at least one Arabic numerical digit in the title or subtitle.
13 Hours
Points this task 5
Total Points 35
Task 10.8. Respect Your Elders Book: The Picture of Dorian Gray, finished 3/7
How it fits: First published 1890
Points this task: 10
Total points: 50
Task 15.4 - Celebrate SpringOption 2:
Book: The New York Trilogy, finished 3/7
How it fits:
- Set in New York City
- Author Paul Auster
Points this task: 15
Total points: 65
CYNBAXTER# 25.01 – Cat's task: My genre's Opera, Space Opera
Book: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewskii whose name is in three parts and the first letter of each word in the title (H-O-L) can be found in “Also Sprach Zarathustra”
Option 2, Task B & C: Read a book written by a single author who has a name with at least three parts and 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."
**This is a Big Book (705 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this post:25 points
Total points to date: 65 points
BB tickets this post: 1
Total BB tickets to date: 1
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
Queen Bee Darlene20.9 Moderator's Pet - Suzannesea's task: Wagner's Ring Cycle
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.
The Undesired by Yrsa Sigurdardottir The Undesired
On Nov 4, 2017 I gave Last Rituals by Yrsa Sigurdardottir 5 stars
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 45
15.10-Goof-OffChoise of book
The Garden of Magic by Sarah Painter
Approved for 5 point task on verification page #3137
Total Points-30/825
Total Tasks-3/51
Golden Oldie Books-()
Big Books-500-749();750-999(); 1000+()
Readerboard name: CiprianTask: 20.9 - Wagner's Ring Cycle
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.
Chosen book: Periplul lui Baldassare by Amin Maalouf
**Periplul lui Baldassare is a Big Book (504 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Previously read 5* book by same author (finished Jan 2011): Cruciadele vazute de arabi by Amin Maalouf
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date = 20 points
BB tickets this post: 1
Total BB tickets to date: 1
GOs this post: 0
Total GOs to date: 0
Readerboard name: CiprianTask: 15.8 - It Starts with Music
Chosen book: Mesagerii ploii by Ismail Kadare
The book title, "Mesagerii ploii", begins with an M, letter found in MUSIC.
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date = 35 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 1
GOs this post: 0
Total GOs to date: 0
15.9 - Richard AdamsA book first published in 1920, 1966, 1972, or 2016: The Girl from the Savoy by Hazel Gaynor, published June 7th 2016
Points this post: 15
Total points: 50
Ava Catherine10.6. Say what?
Read a book with “who,” “what,” “when,” “where,” “why,” or “how” in the title/subtitle.
Why Shoot a Butler? by Georgette Heyer
total=65
Ava Catherine10.7. It Takes Two
Read a book with a 2 word title. Subtitles may be ignored.
Vienna Twilight by Frank Tallis
total=75
Ava Catherine10.10. No Lawyer Jokes!
Read a fiction or non-fiction book about law or in which the main character is a lawyer.
Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow
mpg legal thriller; Rusty Sabich, who is a prosecutor for the county, is a main character.
total=85
Ava Catherine15.5 - 2020 Grammy Awards
Read a book written by a single author who shares a name with a 2020 Grammy winner or nominee.
Taylor Swift=Grammy artist
Fallen Land by Taylor Brown
total=100
Ava Catherine20.8 - NICKELS & DIMES – SandyL's task: Country Music
Option 2:
Read a book with a MPG of "Westerns" standalone or embedded.
Death Without Company by Craig Johnson 271 pages; mpg westerns
total=120
Ava Catherine20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Suzannesea's task: Wagner's Ring Cycle
Option 1:
For this option, read a book set at least 50% in California, Washington, Illinois, Germany, Denmark, or Finland.
My book is set in Germany during WWII.
The Taster by V.S. Alexander
total=140
Ava Catherine25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: What I chose not to do
Option 3: Peloton
Read a book with an apostrophe in the title.
On Canaan's Side by Sebastian Barry
Option 4: Ancestry.com
Read a book set at least 50% in England, Ireland, or Sweden.
Pearl: A Novel by Mary Gordon
set in Dublin, Ireland
total=165
MAZZA15.6 - Rhyme, Repetition, Rhythm
Read a book with a main page genre of Poetry or Novel in Verse.
Poetry Please: The Seasons
genre noted post 8 of help thread
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 65
MAZZA110.7. It Takes Two
Read a book with a 2 word title.
The Dilemma I read an ARC of this book from Netgalley
No MMP The Dilemma this is PB edition
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 75
MAZZA110.10. No Lawyer Jokes!
Read a fiction or non-fiction book about law or in which the main character is a lawyer.
The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir
identified inGR data as involving Law firm working for death row prisoners
points this post = 10
Points to date =85
MAZZA115.1 - Eurovision Song Contest
Choose a song that has won the Eurovision Song Contest.
SONG CHOSEN = "Tom Pillibi" sung by Jacqueline Boyer
Book 1: Read a book with a title of at least 3 words for which the initial letter of each word can be found in the title of the song.
The Intoxicating Mr Lavelle I read an ARC copy of this book from Net Galley and Random House
The Intoxicating Mr Lavelle PB edition
TIML in song title
AND
Book 2: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the name of the same song's performer(s).
Adults Emma Jane Unsworth
EJU in JacqUEline
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 100
Ava Catherine25.4 - TraceyL's task: The Masked Singer
Option 4: Night Angel
Read a book with the word NIGHT or ANGEL intact in the title, subtitle or series name.
Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall by Kazuo Ishiguro
Option 5: Llama
Read a book with a Llama/Alpaca, Camel or Horse/Mule/Donkey on the cover.
Flash: The Homeless Donkey Who Taught Me about Life, Faith, and Second Chances
by Rachel Anne Ridgetotal=190
Ava Catherine20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Babbling C's task: Mom
B. Read a book with the MPG of Romance.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë mpg romance
total=210
PegW10.1. Can you see me? Read a book from one of the following given lists.
I listened to the audio book, here is the MMP Gathering Blue
Found on the first page of Awesome Blind Characters list.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 30
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Total tasks: 3
Task 20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Suzannesea's task: Wagner's Ring CycleOption 2:
Book: The Smallest Part, finished 3/2
How it fits: Gave 5 stars to From Sand and Ash before Spring Challenge, same author
Points this task: 20
Total points: 85
VAL TX10.8. Respect Your Elders - read a book originally published before 1950.
Nightwood by Djuna Barnes
Book first published in 1936, claiming one GO ticket.
This post and total:
Points - 10
GO Tickets - 1
Pamela326510.6. Say what?
Where the Stars Meet the Sea by Heidi Kimball
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 20
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
Amy W5.7 - There Ought to be a Band: Read a book from this list There Ought to be a Band.
I read Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel. It’s on page 2 of the list.
Points This Task: 5
Total Points to Date: 10
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5.9 - Go For Baroque
Betrayal (MPG Historical > Historical Fiction)
This is my one 5-point book between 80-100 pages
This task: 5 points
Total points: 5
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1