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SPRING CHALLENGE 2020
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Jen K10.7. It Takes Two- subtitles can be ignored
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
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Points this Task: 10
Total Points: 340 Points
Big Book: 1
Andy P.Task # 25.4 - TraceyL's task: The Masked Singer
Option 3. Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in TACO Cold, Cold Heart by A.J. Cross TACO
Option 4. Read a book with the word NIGHT intact in the title
The Night Fire by Michael Connelly
Points this post: 25
Total points: 440
Beth NC5.10 Goof-Off
The Source by J.D. Horn
Points this post: 5
Total points: 255
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 25
Pages read: 8640
Big Book tickets: 1
Beth NC10.2 It's Spring!
The Time Weaver by
Shana Abe
Word in title can be made from letters in springTIME
Points this post: 10
Total points: 265
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 26
Pages read: 8960
Big Book tickets: 1
Beth NC10.3 It's Not Just the Grammys
The Innocent by David Baldacci
Author whose name matches AMA Host name - 1978 - David Soul
Points this post: 10
Total points: 275
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 27
Pages read: 9536
Big Book tickets: 1
Congratulations, Mazza1! Task 30.1 in the Summer 2020 Challenge is yours.
Beth NC10.4 Celebration of the Year
Murder Games by James Patterson and Howard Roughan
Book written by two authors
Points this post: 10
Total points: 285
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 28
Pages read: 9936
Big Book tickets: 1
Congratulations, Cat! Task 30.2 in the Summer 2020 Challenge is yours.
Beth NC20.1 Play Ball!
Prodigal Son by Dean Koontz
Option 3: son or father in title
Points this post: 20
Total points: 305
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 29
Pages read: 10405
Big Book tickets: 1
Beth NC20.2 Spring Cleaning
Gilded by Christina Farley
Optiion 1: Book on to read shelf for more than 3 years. Added to shelf 3/5/2014
Points this post: 20
Total points: 325
Tasks completed: 26
Books read: 30
Pages read: 10757
Big Book tickets: 1
Beth NC20.3 Experimental ReadingThomas Pynchon
Bleeding Edge by
Option A: Read book from list Popular Experimental Books: Pag 8
Points this post: 20
Total points: 345
Tasks completed: 27
Books read: 31
Pages read: 11234
Big Book tickets: 1
Beth NC30.4 Musical Mnemonics:
Option B Bass Clef:
Book 1: Target: Alex Cross by James Patterson
Book written by male Alex Cross (male) is main character
Book 2: Bad Men by John Connolly
Author shares name with Composer - Elton John
Points this post: 30
Total points: 375
Tasks completed: 28
Books read: 33
Pages read: 12133
Big Book tickets: 1
Beth NC30.5 Music Terms
Book 1: Partner In Crime by J.A. Jance
Option 2: Book that is part of 2 or more Series -
Series 1: #16 in J.P.Beaumong
Series 2: #10 Joanna Brady
Book 2: Dreamer's Pool by Juliet Marillier
Option 5 : Book with 4 in page # and Year Published
429 Pages & First Published in 2014
Points this post: 30
Total points: 405
Tasks completed: 29
Books read: 35
Pages read: 12962
Big Book tickets: 1
Task 25.5 - Brooke TX's task: Paperback PlaylistsChosen playlist here.
Option 2:
Book: His Garden: Conversations With A Serial Killer, finished 3/13 - "With" in song "With Ears to See, And Eyes to Hear"
Option 3:
Book: River Bodies, finished 4/15 - Author Karen Katcher, initials found in Linkin Park.
Points this task :20
Total points: 650
30.4 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Musical MnemonicsOption B: Bass Clef
Book 1: Read a book by a single male author with a male main character.
The Inimitable Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
Male character: Reginald Jeeves
Claiming a Golden Oldie. Published in 1923
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.
Hag's Nook by John Dickson Carr
Composer F. Osmond Carr
Claiming a Golden Oldie. Published in 1932
Points this task: 30
Books read this task: 2
Golden oldie claimed this task: 2
Big book claimed this task: 0
Total points: 110
Total Tasks completed: 6
Total Golden oldies: 3
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Total books read: 8
Barbara ★50.1 - Trishhartuk's task: Remembering Neil Peart
1. Rush is (or, sadly, perhaps was) a proudly Canadian band. Read a book set at least 50% in Canada or written by a single author who was born in Canada.
Betrayals - Kelley Armstrong 4/3
(author is Canadian. Link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelley_...)
2. Peart joined Rush in 1974, and the Rush R40 box set was released in September 2014, commemorating 40 years since their first album, Rush, was released. His last live performance with the band was on the R40 tour, in August 2015. Read a book first published between 1974 and 2015, inclusive.
Bonded - Laura Wright (published Sep 1, 2015) 4/13
3. As well as being an amazing drummer, Peart was also Rush’s lyricist, and among other things, wrote the lyrics for my one of my favourite rock tracks ever: Xanadu, based on the poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, which was first published in 1816. Read a book with an MPG of either Classics or Retellings. Genres may be standalone or embedded.
Snow White Red-Handed - Maia Chance 4/12
(MPG retellings)
Total Pages:
Book 1 (416 pages) + Book 2 (336 pages) + Book 3 (316 pages) = 1068 pages > 750 pages
Points this task: 50
Total points: 395
REPOSTSorry wrong page #
Beth NC
5.7 There Ought to be a Band
Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.
Page 3 #278 on book list
Points this post: 5
Total points: 405
Tasks completed: 29
Books read: 33
Pages read: 12962
Big Book tickets: 1
Barbara ★30.4 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Musical Mnemonics
Option B: Bass Clef
Book 1: Bass Clef lines (G-B-D-F-A): Good Boys Do Fine Always
𝄢 Read a book by a single male author with a male main character. The character must be listed as a character in the book's metadata or the book's description on its Goodreads main page.
Yesterday's Thief - Al Macy (MC is Eric Beckman) 3/7
Book 2: Bass Clef spaces (A-C-E-G): American Composers Envy Gershwin
𝄢 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.
Terrified - Kevin O'Brien 4/4
(Richard O'Brien)
BIG BOOK: 550 pages
Points this task: 30
Total points: 425
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
*****REPOST*****Readerboard Name: NancyHelen
Task #20.6 - Kevin's Task: Baseball Road Trip
Option 2:
Read a book with a page number that includes both 8 and 2 (e.g. 208, 228, 182, etc…).
Murder in Istanbul: Jamal Khashoggi, Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia by Owen Wilson
Number of pages: 288
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Total Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 50
Tasks completed: 4
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Nick KY5.2 - How Time Flies
Read a book with a number of pages between 214 and 305 inclusive.
I read Both Ways is the Only Way I Want It by Maile Meloy, 232 pp.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 345
Nick KY15.4 - Celebrate Spring
Required: Identify the option when you post.
Option 1:
Book 1: Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries/regions/states: Afghanistan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cambodia, China, Czechia (Czech Republic), England, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Malta, Mexico, Nepal, New York City, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Siberia, Sicily, Spain, Turkey, Uzbekistan
Required: State the setting. If the setting is not obvious on the book’s main GR page include a reference when you post.
I read The Garden Party and Other Plays by Václav Havel, set in Prague in the Czech Republic.
AND
Book 2: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase CELEBRATE SPRING.
I read Turtle Island by Gary Snyder
"celebrate SprinG"
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 360
perletwo15.10 - Artemis Fowl, the Movie - In preparation for the film's release, read a book written by Eoin Colfer or a similar author.
Artemis Fowl
Points this task: 15
Total points: 420
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 31
Tasks completed: 25
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ30.5 - Music Terms
Book 1 -
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Option 1 - This book was originally published as "Thicker Than Water"
Link to PB edition - My Sister, the Serial Killer
Book 2 -
Fools Rush In: An April Fools Day Anthology by Celia Kennedy
Option 3 - This book is an anthology with 8 authors (Celia Kennedy, Whitney Dineen, Engy Neville, Suzie Jay, Connie Stephany, Amy Gettinger, Laurie Baxter, and S.E. Babin)
Link to PB edition - Fools Rush In! An April Fools Day Anthology
This post: 30 points
Total points to date: 160 points
Tasks completed: 13
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
DeborahPost #14
30.3 - Dlmrose's Task: Påskekrim
1) My Big Fat Fake Wedding by Lauren Landish
4) Heat Wave (Nikki Heat #1) #36 on list CASTLE
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 255
Books Read: 19
Tasks Done: 14
Coralie 20.4 Mom
Option A: Book by an author whose initials can be found in Nora Roberts J. D. Robb
City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett
Total to date 245 points
Scooter&Siam15.4 - One Book option - book set at least 50% in England and author’s first and last initials found in Celebrate Spring
Read Richard III by Charles Derek Ross. Country: England - 75%
Points: 15
Total: 30
15.9 - Richard AdamsI read Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. It was published in June 2016.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 175
Number of tasks complete: 9
Number of books: 10
Big Book: 0
trishhartuk20.8 Nickels & Dimes – SandyL's task: Country Music
Option 2: Read a book with a MPG of "Westerns" standalone or embedded.
Depth of Winter, Craig Johnson
Read the kindle edition. PB here (304pg)
Genre locked for Westerns in Help Thread message #13: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this task: 20
Books read: 1
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 235
Tasks completed: 16
Golden oldies: 3
Big Book tickets: 0
Nick KY30.3 - Dlmrose's Task: Påskekrim
In Norway, Easter (Påske) is celebrated with a tradition known as Påskekrim or Easter-Crime. Many Norwegians head to the mountains for the Easter break taking with them candy bars - Kvikk Lunsj (equivalent to a KitKat) and a crime novel. Special crime anthologies are published and TV and radio stations air crime dramas.
Choose 2 options. Read 2 books, one for each option.
Required State the options.
Option 2. Grab a Kvikk Lunsj.
Read a book with a word in the TITLE that begins with a K. Subtitles are excluded.
I read Kojiki by Keith Yatsuhashi
Option 4. Read a book from this list of TV Series Based on Crime Novels. Any whole number book in a series may be used.
Required: State the number of the series on the list.
I read Dead Lagoon by Michael Dibdin Aurelio Zen # 4, # 28 on the list.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 390
EMurphy20.6 Seasoned Reader-Kevin's Task: Baseball Road Trip
Option 2: Page number that includes both 8 and 2
I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
*328 pages
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 80
Books Read: 5
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 4
Sara G20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Babbling C's task: Mom
C. Read a book from The Best Epic Fantasy fiction List. The related linked lists in the list descriptions may not be used. One work included in a listed box set or omnibus may be selected.
Blood Song by Anthony Ryan
This book is on page 1 of the list.
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 624 pages,
**Blood Song is a Big Book (624 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 20
Total points: 295
LAUREN JODI20.9 -Moderator's Pet - Suzannesea's task: Wagner's Ring Cycle
Option 1: Chicago
Capturing the Devil by Kerri Maniscalco
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 210/825
Total Books Read: 19
Tasks Completed: 15/51
Jasmiina F15.3 - Going Gaga:
Option 2: Read a book with the letters MEAT and EGG found, in any order, in title/subtitle and/or author's name:
Body 2 Body: A Malaysian Queer Anthology by Jerome Kugan.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 55
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
JUKKA15.3 - Going Gaga
Book 1: Book with the letters MEAT in title/subtitle and/or author's name.
The Wicked + The Divine Vol. 5: Imperial Phase by Kieron Gillen
Book 2: Book with the letters EGG in title/subtitle and/or author's name.
The Wicked + The Divine Vol. 7: Mothering Invention by Kieron Gillen
Total Points: 185/825
Total Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 14/51
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 1
SALLY M.50.1 Remembering Neil Peart
Book 1: at least 50% set in Canada
Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the MMPB)
**Anne of Windy Poplars is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1936). Claiming 1 GO ticket.**
Book 2: first published between 1974 and 2015 inclusive (published 2015)
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the MMPB)
**Illuminae is a Big Book (612 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Book 3: MPG Classics or Retellings (verified)
Fairest by Marissa Meyer
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
264 + 612 + 220 = 1,096 > 750 pages
Points this post: 50
Total points: 750
Tasks completed: 44
Books read: 54
BB tix this post: 1
Total BB tix: 6
GO tix this post: 1
Total GO tix: 2
15.6 - Best New ArtistA book first published in 2019 or 2020, by a new-to-you author: Miracle Creek by Angie Kim, published April 16, 2019. The author is new to me.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 500
5.8 - Spring Is In The AirFair Blows the Wind (Talon and Chantry #2) by Louis L'Amour
"AIR" found in fair
1x Golden oldies tix (pub 1973)
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 5
Season Total: 600
perletwo ********REPOST********15.10 - Artemis Fowl, the Movie - In preparation for the film's release, read a book written by Eoin Colfer or a similar author.
Artemis Fowl
AR Bookfinder: IL = MG, BR 5.0, AR 9.0
Points this task: 15
Total points: 420
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 31
Tasks completed: 25
5.8 - Spring Is In The AirRead a book with "AIR" found intact in the title or subtitle.
Book read: Three for the Chair
How it fits: AIR intact in Chair
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Total points: 355
Books read: 30
Tasks completed: 26
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
30.3 - Dlmrose's Task: PåskekrimOption 2. Read a book with a word in the TITLE that begins with a K.
Book read: The Kiss of Deception
How it fits: The word Kiss starts with K
Option 3. Read an anthology or collection of short stories or novellas (at least 3 works) with the main page genre Crime, Mystery or Thriller.
Book read: And Four to Go
How it fits: MPG Mystery, collection of 4 short stories. From Wiki: "And Four to Go (British title Crime and Again) is a collection of Nero Wolfe mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1958. The book comprises four stories — three appearing previously in periodicals, and one making its debut in print"; Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_Fou...
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Total points: 385
Books read: 32
Tasks completed: 27
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
JEN B15.1 - Eurovision Song Contest
Choose a song that has won the Eurovision Song Contest.
Song: "Only Teardrops" (2013) by Emmelie de Forest
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.
Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
LED in OnLy TEarDrops
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).
The Invitation by Lucy Foley
LF in EmmeLie deForest
TOTAL POINTS: 235
Ava Catherine50.1 - Trishhartuk's task: Remembering Neil Peart
Book 1: Read a book set at least 50% in Canada or written by a single author who was born in Canada.
No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod 296 pages; set in Canada and author was born in Canada
Book 2: Read a book first published between 1974 and 2015, inclusive.
Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler 337 pages; first published August 20, 1991
Book 3: Read a book with an MPG of either Classics or Retellings.
mpg classic
Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy 433 pages
296+337+433=1066 total pages
total=825
SALLY M.10.8 Respect Your Elders: first published before 1950 (1939)
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the MMPB)
**And Then There Were None is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1939). Claiming 1 GO ticket.**
Points this post: 10
Total points: 760
Tasks completed: 45
Books read: 55
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 6
GO tix this post: 1
Total GO tix: 3
SALLY M.30.2 Are We Going to Scarborough Fair?
Option 1, Book A: contains all the letters of ROSEMARY in title
Proposals for the Feminine Economy by Jennifer Armbrust
Option 1, Book B: author initials in ROSEMARY
In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the HC)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 790
Tasks completed: 46
Books read: 57
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 6
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 3
Task: 25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: What I chose not to doOption: 2
Book read:Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
Required: First published in 2014 with an 8 in the page count (483 p.)
Option: 4
Book read:White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi
Required: Goodreads description states it is set in Dover, which is in England.
Points this task: 25
Total points:135
Total Golden Oldies:1
Total Big Books:0
Books read:8
Tasks completed:7
Task: 10.8. Respect Your Elders Book read:A Tree of Night and Other Stories by Truman Capote
Required: Published in 1949 (before 1950).
GO/BB:I would like to claim 1 golden Oldie ticket as published in 1949.
Points this task: 10
Total points:145
Total Golden Oldies:2
Total Big Books:0
Books read:9
Tasks completed:8
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5.8 Spring is in the Air
In the Air Tonight by Lori Handeland
AIR found in Title
Points this post: 5
Total points: 250
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 24
Pages read: 8288
Big Book tickets: 1