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SPRING CHALLENGE 2020
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APRILLEIGH15.3 - 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 title/subtitle and/or author's name.
AND
Book 2: Read a book with the letters EGG found in title/subtitle and/or author's name.
My New Mediterranean Cookbook: Eat Better, Live Longer by Following the Mediterranean Diet by Jeannette Seaver
MEAT found in MEdiTerAnean
EGG found in lonGEr and followinG
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 15 (320)
Golden Oldie: 0 (1)
Big Book: 0 (2)
Books Read: 1 (26)
Total Tasks: 21
APRILLEIGH30.4 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Musical Mnemonics
Option A: Treble Clef
Book 1: Read a book with a five-word title.
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
*** Golden Oldie - first published in 1774 ***
Book 2: Read a book with a cover showing only a face.
The Lover by Marguerite DurasCover approved in the help thread.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 30 (350)
Golden Oldie: 1 (2)
Big Book: 0 (2)
Books Read: 2 (28)
Total Tasks: 22
APRILLEIGH30.1 - 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.
Mediterranean Light by Martha Rose Shulman
folSoM
Option 4: Redemption
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in REDEMPTION.
Becoming by Michelle Obama
redeMptiOn
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 30 (380)
Golden Oldie: 0 (2)
Big Book: 0 (2)
Books Read: 2 (30)
Total Tasks: 23
APRILLEIGH10.8 - Respect Your Elders
Read a book originally published before 1950.
The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas (PY 1850)
*** Golden Oldie - first published in 1850 ***
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (390)
Golden Oldie: 1 (3)
Big Book: 0 (2)
Books Read: 1 (31)
Total Tasks: 24
APRILLEIGH15.4 - Celebrate Spring
Option 2: Read one book that fulfills the requirements for book 1 and book 2.
Book 1: Read a book set at least 50% in England.
AND
Book 2: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in CELEBRATE SPRING.
The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson (585 pages)
Book is set almost entirely in England during WWII.
Author initials found in cELebrate.
*** Big Book - one ticket for 500+ pages ***
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 15 (405)
Golden Oldie: 0 (3)
Big Book: 1 (3)
Books Read: 1 (32)
Total Tasks: 25
APRILLEIGH20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Bea's Task: Spring Hobbies (Gardening and Birds)
Option 2: Read a book with a bird on the cover.
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezCover was approved in the help thread.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (425)
Golden Oldie: 0 (3)
Big Book: 0 (3)
Books Read: 1 (33)
Total Tasks: 26
APRILLEIGH20.1 - MOST IMPROVED PLAYER – Wayne's Task: Play Ball!
Option 2: Read a book that was first published in 1948 or earlier.
Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (PY 1864)
*** Golden Oldie - first published in 1864 ***
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (445)
Golden Oldie: 1 (4)
Big Book: 0 (3)
Books Read: 1 (34)
Total Tasks: 27
APRILLEIGH25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: What I chose not to do
Option 1: Podcasts
Read a book with all the letters of PODCAST in title/subtitle/series name.
The Mediterranean Table: Simple Recipes for Healthy Living on the Mediterranean Diet
PODCAST found in meDiTerrAnean reCiPeS fOr
Option 3: Peloton
Read a book with an apostrophe in the title.
'Salem's Lot by Stephen King (653 pages)
*** Big Book- one ticket for 500+ pages ***
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 25 (470)
Golden Oldie: 0 (4)
Big Book: 1 (4)
Books Read: 2 (36)
Total Tasks: 28
APRILLEIGH15.10 - Artemis Fowl, the Movie
Read a book written by Eoin Colfer or a similar author.
Sabriel by Garth Nix
Garth Nix is the 5th author listed as similar to Eoin Colfer.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 15 (485)
Golden Oldie: 0 (4)
Big Book: 0 (4)
Books Read: 1 (37)
Total Tasks: 29
TessaVanessa Challenge 5.3 Susan B.
Asking for It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture and What We Can Do about It by Kate Harding
Found on page 1
Points this post: 5
Total points: 695
Tasks completed: 45/51
Books read: 56
TessaVanessa Challenge 20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Bea's task: Spring Hobbies (Gardening and Birds)
Option 1: No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet, and the Discoveries He Makes about Himself and Our Way of Life in the Process by Colin Beaven.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 715
Tasks completed: 46/51
Books read: 57
APRILLEIGH20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Suzannesea's task: Wagner's Ring Cycle
Option 1: Read a book set at least 50% in California, Washington, Illinois, Germany, Denmark, or Finland.
The 6th Target by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
The entire series is set almost exclusively in California, primarily in and around San Francisco.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (505)
Golden Oldie: 0 (4)
Big Book: 0 (4)
Books Read: 1 (38)
Total Tasks: 30
APRILLEIGH5.7 - There Ought to be a Band
Read a book from the list, There Ought to be a Band.
7th Heaven by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
At time of posting, this title was at #396 on page 4 of the list.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 5 (510)
Golden Oldie: 0 (4)
Big Book: 0 (4)
Books Read: 1 (39)
Total Tasks: 31
APRILLEIGH10.6 - Say What?
Read a book with "who," "WHAT," "when," "where," "why," or "how" in the title.
WHAT You Did by Claire McGowan
(Read the kindle version - paperback - no mmpb)
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (520)
Golden Oldie: 0 (4)
Big Book: 0 (4)
Books Read: 1 (40)
Total Tasks: 32
APRILLEIGH20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Esther's Task: Spring Cleaning
Option 1: Read a book that has been on your Goodreads ‘To be Read’ shelf for 3 years or more.
The 8th Confession by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
This title was added to my “Want to Read” shelf on February 14, 2016.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (540)
Golden Oldie: 0 (4)
Big Book: 0 (4)
Books Read: 1 (41)
Total Tasks: 33
APRILLEIGH25.1 - Cat's Task: My Genre's Opera, Space Opera
Option 1: Pick two tasks and read a book for each.
Task B: Read a book by a single author who has a name with at least three parts as listed on Goodreads.
Murder on Potrero Hill by M.L. Hamilton
(Read the kindle version - paperback - no mmpb)
Task C: Read a book by a single author with a 3+ word title, where the initial letter of each word in the title and the first and last initials of the author can be found in ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA and/or FLASH GORDON QUEEN.
The Celtic Riddle by Lyn Hamilton
(Read the kindle version - mmpb)
TCR and LH found in aLso spRaCH zaraThustra
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 25 (565)
Golden Oldie: 0 (4)
Big Book: 0 (4)
Books Read: 2 (43)
Total Tasks: 34
30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Are we Going to Scarborough Fair?Option 1. Herb SAGE.
Book 1: Read a book that has a TITLE that includes all the letters of one of these words: PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY, or THYME.
Book read: The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
How it fits: All letters from SAGE in the title
Book 2: Read a book where the author's first and last initials appear in the SAME herb as the one used for book A.
Book read: Super Sad True Love Story
How it fits: Author's (Gary Shteyngart) initials are GS
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Total points: 415
Books read: 34
Tasks completed: 28
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Delicious Dee10.4. Collaboration of the Year
All the Ways We Said Goodbye - written by 3 authors, not an anthology
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 325
Delicious Dee15.10 - Artemis Fowl, the Movie
Highfire - Eoin Colfer
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 340
10.8. Respect Your EldersRead a book originally published before 1950.
These Happy Golden Years
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10.0
First Published 1943
Claim 1 Golden Oldie Ticket
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 255
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
10.6. Say what? The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
10.8. Respect your Elders - year 1919
Demian
30.1.
Option 1: foLsoM prison
A Secret History of Witches
Option 2: Rebel/Advocate ( war, Vietnam)
The Sympathizer
30.2.
Option 1:
a) ROSEMARY
Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
b) roseMAry
The Year of the Flood
Tasks completed: 4
Total points: 80
This post is to replace Fairest with a new book for task 50.1, Book 3.Points originally claimed in post #1624. No new points or BB/GO tickets claimed.
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 PB)
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)
Book 3: MPG Classics or Retellings (verified)
Once & Future by Amy Rose Capetta, Cori McCarthy
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
264 + 612 + 384 = 1,260 > 750 pages
Points this post: 50
Total points: 790
Tasks completed: 46
Books read: 57
SALLY M.5.8 Spring Is in the Air: AIR intact in title/subtitle
Fairest by Marissa Meyer
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 795
Tasks completed: 47
Books read: 58
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 6
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 3
SALLY M.10.4 Collaboration of the Year: book written by two authors
Gemina by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
**Gemina is a Big Book (659 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 10
Total points: 805
Tasks completed: 48
Books read: 59
BB tix this post: 1
Total BB tix: 7
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 3
APRILLEIGH50.1 - 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.
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood (422 pages)
Her Goodreads author profile states that Margaret Atwood was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Book 2: Read a book first published between 1974 and 2015, inclusive.
3rd Degree by James Patterson and Andrew Gross (291 pages)
Book was first published in 2004.
Book 3: Read a book with an MPG of either Classics or Retellings.
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (249 pages)
Genre CLASSICS is at the top of the MPG list, with 21,104 users at time of posting.
Total page count must be at least 750 pages.
422 + 291 + 249 = 962 > 750 pages
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 50 (615)
Golden Oldie: 0 (4)
Big Book: 0 (4)
Books Read: 3 (46)
Total Tasks: 35
JUKKA20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Bea's task: Spring Hobbies (Gardening and Birds)
Option 2: Book with a bird on the cover.
Great Short Novels of Adult Fantasy #1, edited by Lin Carter.
The cover illustrates the story "The Kingdom of the Dwarfs", and the text specifies the bird to be a raven.
Total Points: 205/825
Total Books Read: 19
Tasks Completed: 15/51
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 1
5.9 MPG History or Historical The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West by David McCullough
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5/825
Tasks completed: 1/51
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
10.6 WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN WHY or HOW in Sub/TitleHow the Light Gets In by Louise Penny
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 15/825
Tasks completed: 2/51
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
25.5 - Brooke TX's task: Paperback PlaylistsThe playlist I chose is: What Would Jane Austen Do? https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Ei...
Option 2: Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that matches a word in a song title from your chosen playlist.
One with You by Sylvia Day
Song: Still Into You - You in book 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.
Twisted Twenty-Six by Janet Evanovich
JE in artist Jane Eaglen from the song Weep You No More Sad Fountains
Total points: 75
Andy P.Task # 15.1 - Eurovision Song Contest
Title Chosen: Everyway That I Can (2003)
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 Cold Way Home by Julia Keller
T in That
C in Can
W in Everyway
H in That
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)
Motherland: A Novel by Amy Sohn Song's Perfomer in Sertab Erener
SERTAB ERENER
Poinrs this post: 15
Total Points: 480
JEN B15.8 - It Starts with Music
Read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in MUSIC. All words count, including articles (a, an, the).
Stories I'd Tell in Bars by Jen Lancaster
TOTAL POINTS: 260
Repost of Post # 1642Andy P.
Task # 25.5 - Brooke TX's task: Paperback Playlists
Chosen Playlist:
Sea's Curse
Option 1: Read the book which inspired the playlist you chose.
House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig
Option 2: Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that matches a word in a song title from your chosen playlist:
TThe Deep Blue Good-By by John D. MacDonald The Song is Deep End and the matching word is Deep
Points this post: 25
Total points: 465
25.5 - Brooke TX's task: Paperback PlaylistsOption 1, the book that inspired Lucky Italian Star playlist: The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna by Juliet Grames
Option 3, a book by an author whose initials are found in the name of one of the artists on Lucky Italian Star playlist (#4 Luciano Pavarotti): Plum Tea Crazy by Laura Childs
Points this post: 25
Total points: 525
10.7 2 Word Title Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 25/825
Tasks completed: 3/51
Books Read: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Pat 🎵 5.2 - How Time Flies
Task Description ~ Read a book with a number of pages between 214 and 305 inclusive.
Arcadia by Lauren GroffCompleted ~ 3.15.20
Pages ~ 291
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Points this post ~ 5
Total Points ~ 335
Tasks Completed ~ 21
Books Read This Season ~ 26
Pages Read This Season ~ 8743
JEN B25.5 - Brooke TX's task: Paperback Playlists
Playlist: Aelin Fireheart
Option 2: Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that matches a word in a song title from your chosen playlist.
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
Word fire in song "Fire and the Flood"
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in one of the artists featured on your chosen playlist.
Force of Nature by Jane Harper
Initials JH in artist James Arthur
TOTAL POINTS: 285
Pat 🎵 10.3. It's Not Just the Grammys
Task Description ~ Read a book with a single author whose name matches the name of one of the American Music Awards Hosts. Names must match exactly, but may be found in any position.
(Barry Gibb, Jan 15, 1988)
Extremis by Barry EislerCompleted ~ 4.16.20
Pages ~ 292
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Points this post ~ 10
Total Points ~ 345
Tasks Completed ~ 22
Books Read This Season ~ 27
Pages Read This Season ~ 9035
15.6 First Pub 2019-2020 AND New to Me Author Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
Author is new to me, pub Jun 4, 2019
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 40/825
Tasks completed: 4/51
Books Read: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Pat 🎵 15.5 - 2020 Grammy Awards
Task Description ~ Read a book written by a single author who shares a name with a 2020 Grammy winner or nominee. Names must match exactly, but they may be in any position. Ex: Taylor Jenkins Reid or Laini Taylor would work for Taylor Swift.
REQUIRED ~ State the name of the Grammy artist when you post.
William Murphy for Best Gospel Album - Settle Here
The Call by Yannick MurphyCompleted ~ 4.18.20
Pages ~ 223
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Points this post ~ 15
Total Points ~ 360
Tasks Completed ~ 23
Books Read This Season ~ 28
Pages Read This Season ~ 9258
SALLY M.5.6 Rhyme, Repetition, Rhythm: MPG Poetry or Novel in Verse
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 810
Tasks completed: 49
Books read: 60
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 7
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 3
Task 10.5. International Women's DayBook: Americanah, finished 4/19
Shortlisted for Women's Prize for Fiction in 2014
Points this task: 10
Total points: 670
DeborahPost #16
5.10 - Goof-Off
The Hand on the Wall
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 290
Books Read: 22
Tasks Done: 16
Scooter&Siam10.4 - Book by two authors that is not an anthology
Read Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales
Points 10
Total 40
SALLY M.10.9 Tax Day: nonfiction book with MPG Money, Economics, or Finance (verified)
It's Not Your Money: How to Live Fully from Divine Abundance by Tosha Silver
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 820
Tasks completed: 50
Books read: 61
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 7
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 3
Stephanie12715.7 - 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.
The Nickel Boys, initial letters descend (TNB)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 90/825
Tasks completed: 6/51
Books read: 7
Mod
I read Station Eleven. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top pb editon (no MMPB). Book is found on page 5 of There Ought to be a Band list (currently #477).
total points: 410
Mod
I read Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo. I read the kindle edition, linked to the pb edition (no MMPB).
This book was first published in 2019 and this is a new author for me.
total points: 435
Mod
I read The Last Emperox - I listened to the audiobook, linked to the pb edition (no MMPB)
Title letters - T L E - descending.
total points: 450
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20.6 - SEASONED READER – Kevin's task: Baseball Road Trip
Option 1: Read a book first published in a year ending in 5.
The Ultimate Mediterranean Diet Cookbook by Amy Riolo
Published in 2015.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (305)
Golden Oldie: 0 (1)
Big Book: 0 (2)
Books Read: 1 (25)
Total Tasks: 20