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SPRING CHALLENGE 2020
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Julia10330.2 - Mazza1's Task: Are we Going to Scarborough Fair?
Option 1:
Book A - Anne of Green Gables contains the letters SAGE
(AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 17.0)
This was first published in 1908 so claiming one GO ticket
Book B - Ring of Swords by Eleanor Arnason (EA in SAGE)
This task: 30 points, 1 GO
Total points: 355
BB: 2
GO: 3
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 25
Julia10320.7 - SHORTER IS SWEETER – Florence's task: Most Valuable Players
Option 3: Anne of Avonlea (A in EMMAUS, O in FREEDOM, A in PARKLAND)
(AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 16.0)
This was first published in 1909 so claiming one GO ticket
This task: 20 points, 1 GO
Total points: 375
BB: 2
GO: 4
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 26
Julia10320.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Babbling C's task: Mom
Option B - Anne of the Island (MPG=Romance)
(AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 12.0)
This was first published in 1915 so claiming one GO ticket
This task: 20 points, 1 GO
Total points: 395
BB: 2
GO: 5
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 27
Amy B30.1 - Ava Catherine's Task: Redemption
This is a two book task. REQUIRED: Identify which option or options you select when you post.
Option 1: Folsom
🎶 Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in FOLSOM PRISON. Middle names/initials may be ignored.
We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
We Cast a Shadow
Option 4: Redemption
🎶 Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in REDEMPTION.
The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
The Cabin at the End of the World
This Task: 30 points
To Date: 295 points
20.6 - SEASONED READER – Kevin's task: Baseball Road TripOption 2: Read a book with a page number that includes both 8 and 2.
The Hellbound Heart Audiobook
The Hellbound Heart MMPB 128 Pages
2 & 8 appear in 128
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 325
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
SandyL10.7. It Takes Two
Read a book with a 2 word title
Red Zone by Mari Carr
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 100
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 14
SandyL10.10. No Lawyer Jokes!
Read a fiction book in which the main character is a lawyer.
First Degree by David Rosenfelt
MC Andy Carpenter is a lawyer (noted in description)
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 110
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 15
SandyL15.1 - Eurovision Song Contest
Song: Only Teardrops by Emmelie de Forest in 2013
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
Love After Dark by Marie Force
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
Gansett After Dark by Marie Force
eMmelie de Forest
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 125
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 17
SandyL15.4 - Celebrate Spring
Option 2:
Read a book set at least 50% in England, written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase CELEBRATE SPRING
A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie
Set in Little Paddocks, England, UK
(pg 70 "They say it is different here in England, but no, it is just the same."
CelebrAte spring
**requesting Golden Oldie ticket - book first published in 1950**
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 140
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 18
SandyL15.5 - 2020 Grammy Awards
Read a book written by a single author who shares a name with a 2020 Grammy winner or nominee
Name: Ashley McBride
Quiet Man by Kristen Ashley
same name - Ashley
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 155
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 19
SandyL15.6 - Best New Artist
Read a book first published in 2019 or 2020 that was written by a new-to-you author.
Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center
First published 2019. Author is new to me
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 170
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 20
SandyL15.7 - Practicing Scales
Read a book with a TITLE of at least 3 words in which the initial letters only ascend or descend
Fix Her Up by Carey Heywood
title first letters in ascending alphabetical order
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 185
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 20
Books Read: 21
20.6 - SEASONED READER – Kevin's task: Baseball Road Tripoption 2 Read a book with a page number that includes both 8 and 2
The Definition of Wind by Ellen Block pages 288
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 160
Total Tasks: 10
Total Books: 11
Bookwrm526Task #15.10 - Artemis Fowl, The Movie
Read a book written by Eoin Colfer or a similar author. I chose Libba Bray from the list of similar authors and read A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray.
Total points so far: 435
APRILLEIGH25.4 - TraceyL's Task: The Masked Singer
Option 1: Robot and Teddy
Read a book with the MPG Childrens.
Scat by Carl Hiaasen
(IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12.0)
MPG Childrens was verified in the help thread.
Option 4: Night Angel
Read a book with the word NIGHT intact in the title.
White NIGHTs by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
*** Golden Oldie - first published in 1848 ***
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 25 (710)
Golden Oldie: 1 (9)
Big Book: 0 (5)
Books Read: 2 (56)
Total Tasks: 43
JEN B20.9 - 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 Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo
This book takes place in Chicago, Illinois (which is stated in its GR description)
TOTAL POINTS: 330
APRILLEIGH20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Florence's task: Most Valuable Players
Option 3: Teen Drama Queens
Read a book with MPG Plays and which has title of three or more words, where the initial letter of each word can be found in EMMAUS PARKLAND FREEDOM.
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
MPG Plays verified in the help thread.
MAAN found in eMmAus pArklNd
*** Golden Oldie - first published in 1598 ***
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (730)
Golden Oldie: 1 (10)
Big Book: 0 (5)
Books Read: 1 (57)
Total Tasks: 44
APRILLEIGH10.2 - It's Spring!
Read a book written with a word of at least 3 letters in the title that can be made from the letters in SPRINGTIME.
Ready, SET, Write by Melissa Donovan
SET made from letters in SpringTimE
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (740)
Golden Oldie: 0 (10)
Big Book: 0 (5)
Books Read: 1 (58)
Total Tasks: 45
Nick KY Repost with link to playlist (at bottom)25.5 BrookeTX’s Playlists – The fox & Wit playlist I chose is These Rebel Waves (Link below)
Option 1. Read the book which inspired the playlist you chose. I read These Rebel Waves by Sara Raasch. I read the ebook from my library. There is no Mass Market paperback. The most common paperback is: These Rebel Waves
Option 2. Read a book w a word in the title from one of the songs on the playlist. The song is “Trouble” by Coldplay. The book I read is Trouble Is What I Do by Walter Mosley. --
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 430
Link to Playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1fM...
Kathy KS5.10 - Goof-Off
Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
Scheherazade Plays the Chestnut Tree Cafe: poems, by Boyd Bauman
pages=86 p.
This my one allowed book with pages between 80-99
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Points for this task: 5
Total points : 260
Tasks completed: 14
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Task 15.8 - 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).
Meghan: A Hollywood Princess (2018) by Andrew Morton (Hardcover, 253 pages) [Biography/921]
105 + 15 = 120
Tasks Completed: 06
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 105 + 15 = 120
Books read: 08
Pages read: 2,470
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 04
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Kathy KS5.10 - Goof-Off
Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
Scheherazade Plays the Chestnut Tree Cafe: poems, by Boyd Bauman
pages=86 p.
This is my one allowed book with pages between 80-99
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Points for this task: 5
Total points : 260
Tasks completed: 14
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Jen K15.2 - Music Fact and Fiction
Book 1: Year of the Monkey by Patti Smith
MPGs Non Fiction and Music
Book 2: A Song for a New Day
List C. Fiction Involving Rock/Pop Music, Page 5, #284
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 490
Big Books: 2
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JENNY H10.4. Collaboration of the Year
Two authors
Neoliberalism: A Critical Reader by Deborah Johnston & Alfredo Saad-Filho
Points this post: 10
Total points: 15
JENNY H10.9. Tax Day
nonfiction, MPG money, economics, or finance
Neoliberalism: The Key Concepts MPG economics
Points this post: 10
Total points: 35
JENNY H15.3 - Going Gaga
Option 2: MEAT and EGG in title
Hegemony and Socialist Strategy: Towards a Radical Democratic Politics EGEMATG = EGG + MEAT
Points this post: 15
Total points: 50
JENNY H15.5 - 2020 Grammy Awards
author who shares a name with a 2020 Grammy winner or nominee
Economy and State: A Sociological Perspective by Nina Bandelj and Elisabeth Sowers (Composer: Elisabeth Holte)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 65
JENNY H15.7 - Practicing Scales
Initials of title ascend or descend through alphabet
The Ruby Circle TRC, descending
Points this post: 15
Total points: 80
JENNY H15.8 - It Starts with Music
First letter of title found in MUSIC
Silver Shadows
Points this post: 15
Total points: 95
JENNY H20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Esther's task: Spring Cleaning
Option 1. TBR +3 years
Tiger's Curse On TBR since 2011
Points this post: 20
Total points: 115
JENNY H20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Babbling C's task: Mom
Option B: Romance MPG
Immortal Beloved
Points this post: 20
Total points: 135
JENNY H20.6 - SEASONED READER – Kevin's task: Baseball Road Trip
Option 1: book first published in a year ending in 5
On the Political published 2005
Points this post: 20
Total points: 155
JENNY H20.8 - NICKELS & DIMES – SandyL's task: Country Music
Option 1: author shares a name with Stagecoach artist
Reclaiming the State: A Progressive Vision of Sovereignty for a Post-Neoliberal World by William F. Mitchell and Thomas Fazi (Stagecoach artist: Thomas Rhett)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 175
JENNY H20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Suzannesea's task: Wagner's Ring Cycle
Option 2: read a book by an author whose book you have given 5 stars
Eternally Yours I gave this 5 stars previously and decided to reread it.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 195
Congratulations, TessaVanessa! Task 30.7 in the Summer Challenge is yours.
JENNY H25.1 - Cat's task: My genre's Opera, Space Opera
Option 1: Pick two tasks and read a book for each.
Task B: author's name has minimum three parts
Post-Politics in Context by Ali Rıza Taşkale = ART
Task C: single author, 3+-word title, title initials + first and last author initial found in "Also sprach Zarathustra" and "Flash Gordon, Queen”
Neoliberalism as Exception by Aihwa Ong
NAEO found in "Flash Gordon, Queen"
A in "Also sprach Zarathustra"
! This book is being removed from task 5.2 !
Points this post: 25
Points being removed: 5
Previous total: 195
Current total points: 215
JENNY H25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: What I chose not to do
Option 2: bok published 2012 or 2014 with 8 in page count
The Golden Lily published 2012, 418 pages
Option 4: book set at least 50% in England, Ireland, or Sweden.
I nationens intresse set in Sweden
Points this post: 25
Total points: 240
JENNY H30.4 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Musical Mnemonics
Option B:
Book 1: male author, male protagonist
Fiendens fiende by male Jan Guillou about Carl Hamilton
Book 2: single author shares name with a composer from list
The Future of Capitalism: Facing the New Anxieties by Paul Collier (Composer: Paul Rubens)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 270
JENNY H30.5 - TessaVanessa's Task: Music Terms
Option 1: book first published under different title
Falsche Versprechen (false promises), first published as Bloodlines
Option 3: 3 or more authors
Planning Against the Political: Democratic Deficits in European Territorial Governance by Jonathan Metzger, Philip Allmendinger and Stijn Oosterlynck (eds)
points this post: 30
total points: 300
Barbara ★15.9 - Richard Adams
Read a book first published in 1920, 1966, 1972, or 2016.
Jumping Jude - Lucy Lennox (published Dec 11, 2016) 4/26
Points this task: 15
Total points: 540
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
10.2. It's Spring!A book with a word in the title that can be made from the letters in SPRINGTIME: Don't Sing at the Table: Life Lessons from My Grandmothers by Adriana Trigiani
The word is Sing
Points this post: 10
Total points: 605
Stephanie1275.5- 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.
The Return of Munchausen
Points this post: 5
Total points: 105/825
Tasks completed: 8/51
Books read: 9
Pamela32655.5- Long Live Rock
Courting Miss Lancaster by Sarah M. Eden
C-Rock
M-Fame
L-Roll
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 115
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Pamela32655.6 - Rhyme, Repetition, Rhythm
Shakespeare's Sonnets and a Lover's Complaint: With Introduction by W. H. Hadow - Poetry MPG
Golden Oldie - First published in 1609
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 120
Golden Oldie books this post: 1
Total Golden Oldie books: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
20.6 - SEASONED READER – Kevin's task: Baseball Road TripOption 2: page number includes both 8 and 2
Stupid White Men by Michael Moore
281 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Page count: 2446
Bookwrm526Task #5.4 - I'm a Slave 4 U
Read a book with at least one Arabic numerical digit in the title or subtitle. I read Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad, & Criminal in 19th-Century New York by Stacy Horn (digits 1 and 9 in the subtitle).
Total points so far: 440
Pat 🎵 30.1 - Redemption
Task Description ~ This is a two book task. Read one book from two different options or two books from one option. No books with the genre Childrens or Kids may be used for this task.
REQUIRED ~ Identify which option or options you select when you post.
♬Option #3 ~ Columbia
Read a book with a single author whose first and last initials are either JC or RC, emulating either Johnny Cash or Rosanne Cash. Middle names/initials may be ignored..
The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny ColganCompleted ~ 4.22.20
Pages ~ 332
Jenny Colgan ~ JC
♬Option #5 ~ Life
Read a book first published in 1932, or read a book first published in 2003.
The True Story of Hansel and Gretel by Louise MurphyCompleted ~ 4.7.20
Pages ~ 320
Published July 29th 2003 by Penguin Books (first published January 1st 2003)
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Points this post ~ 30
Total Points ~ 410
Tasks Completed ~ 26
Books Read This Season ~ 32
Pages Read This Season ~ 10,668
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30.5 - TessaVanessa's Task: Music Terms
Option 1: Read a book that was first published under a different title. The original title must be present in the metadata on the book's main GR page.
Option 2: Read a book that is part of 2 different series. The dual series designation must be shown on the book's Goodreads series page.
The Overlook - Michael Connelly 4/14
(Harry Bosch, #13; Harry Bosch Universe, #17)
Option 5: Read a book with a 4 found in the total page count AND in the year first published.
Sugar and Iced - Jenn McKinlay 4/26
(304 pages AND published April 1, 2014)
Points this task: 30
Total points: 525
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)