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SPRING CHALLENGE 2020
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Pat 🎵 10.10. No Lawyer Jokes!
Task Description ~ Read a fiction or non-fiction book about law or in which the main character is a lawyer.
REQUIRED ~ If the connection is not obvious from the GR description, please briefly explain the connection in your post.
The Quiet Game (Penn Cage #1) by Greg IlesCompleted ~ 4.25.20
Pages ~ 580
Penn Cage is a fictional prosecutor turned writer. The book is set in Mississippi, where (he makes the point several times throughout the book) he is still licensed to practice law.
GR character profile for Penn Cage
Legal Thriller on MPG list
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Points this post ~ 10
Total Points ~ 420
Tasks Completed ~ 27
Books Read This Season ~ 33
Pages Read This Season ~ 11,248
JENNY H5.2 - How Time Flies
Page number between 214 and 305 inclusive
Economy and State: A Sociological Perspective 245 pages
This book is being moved from 15.5 where it was incorrectly used
Points in this post: 5
Total points: 270
JENNY H5.9 - Go For Baroque
MPG History or Historical
Empire History MPG
Points in this post: 5
Total points: 275
JENNY H5.10 - Goof-Off
a book of my choice
The Return of the Political
Points in this post: 5
Total points: 280
JENNY H15.5 - 2020 Grammy Awards
Author shares name with 2020 Grammy winner or nominee
The Neoliberal Pattern of Domination by José Manuel Sánchez Bermúndez Composer: Manuel García-Orozco
Points in this post: 15
Total points: 295
Amy B30.5 - TessaVanessa's Task: Music Terms
Pick 2 options from below. Read 2 books, one for each option.
Option 2: Chords
Read a book that is part of 2 different series. The dual series designation must be shown on the book's Goodreads series page.
Dune by Frank Herbert (Dune #1, Dune Universe #10)
Dune
Option 3: Ensemble
Read a book with 3 or more authors/contributors.
Black Enough by Ibi Zoboi
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America
This Task: 30 points
To Date: 325 points
Queen Bee Darlene15.1 Eurovision Song Contest
Book 1: title at least 3 words, initial ltr of each word found in title of song
Song: Vivo cantando
Book: The Nowhere Child by Christian White
vuvi CaNTando
The Nowhere Child
Book 2: single author, 1st & last initials found in name of same song performer
Performer: Salome
Book: The Spite Game by Anna Snoekstra
SAlome
The Spite Game
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 280
EMurphy30.1 Ava Catherine's Task: Redemption
Option 1: Author whose first and last initials can be found in FOLSOM PRISON Reputation by Sara Shepard
Option 4: Author whose first and last initials can be found in REDEMPTION Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession by Rachel Monroe
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 195
Books Read: 13
BB Ticket: 1
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 8
Queen Bee Darlene15.2 Music Fact and Fiction
Book 1: nonfiction and music as MPG
David Bowie: The Last Interview and Other Conversations by David Bowie David Bowie: The Last Interview
Book 2: fictional novel from list - Best Books About Musicians, Singers, and Bands
Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid Daisy Jones & The Six
1st page, #11 on list
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 295
APRILLEIGH15.6 - Best New Artist
Read a book first published in 2019 or 2020 that was written by a new-to-you author.
One Word Kill by Mark Lawrence
(Read the kindle version - paperback - no mmpb)
First published May 1, 2019 and the author is new to me.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 15 (755)
Golden Oldie: 0 (10)
Big Book: 0 (5)
Books Read: 1 (59)
Total Tasks: 46
30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Are we Going to Scarborough Fair?I did Option 1
A) Read a book that has a TITLE that includes all the letters of one of these words: PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY, or THYME.
My book has all the letters of Sage
Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club
B) Read a book where the author's first and last initials appear in the SAME herb as the one used for book A.
The Gathering by Anne Enright
New Points: 30
Total Challenge Points: 275
GO: 1
BB: 1
Andy P.Task # 20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Suzannesea's task: Wagner's Ring Cycle
Option 1.For this option, read a book set at least 50% in California,
The Runaway by Hollie Overton
set entirely in California
Points this post: 20
Total points: 555
5.4 - I'm a Slave 4 Uat least one Arabic numerical digit in the title or subtitle
237 de zile-n mormînt by Zoia Ceaușescu
96 pages - using it as my 80-99 book for a 5 point task
Points this post: 5
Total points: 105
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Page count: 2542
PegW20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST – Bucket's task: Experimental Reading
Option A. Read a book from the Popular Experimental Books list that has been shelved as “experimental” at least 3 times.
Trout Fishing in America
Found on page 2 of the list.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 305
Big Books: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
Total tasks: 20
PegW15.8 - It Starts with Music
Read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in MUSIC.
Museum of Human Beings: A Novel
Points this post: 15
Total points: 320
Big Books: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
Total tasks: 21
20.1 - MOST IMPROVED PLAYER – Wayne's task: Play Ball!Option 1:
Task: Read a book set at least 50% in either Montreal or Washington D.C.
I read Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies, which takes entirely in Washington, DC
points: 285
books read: 20
tasks completed: 15
task in progress: 1
Big Books: 2
pages read: 6943
SandyL20.6 - SEASONED READER – Kevin's task: Baseball Road Trip
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials are found in RED SOX SUCK
Fighting Irish by Katy Regnery
Red sox sucK
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 205
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 22
SandyL20.10 - Group Reads
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon
Discussion Msg 30
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 225
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 23
Kathy KS15.8 - It Starts with Music
Read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in MUSIC.
Sauble: Stories from the Flint Hills
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 275
Tasks completed: 15
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
SandyL25.1 - Cat's task: My genre's Opera, Space Opera
Task B: Read a book written by a single author who has a name with at least three parts
In the Unlikely Event by L.J. Shen
Task C: Read a book written by a single author that has a three+ 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 "Flash Gordon, Queen.
Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes
fLaSH gOrDon, quEen
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 250
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 25
5.5- Long Live RockA book with a title of at least 3 words in which the first letter of each word is found in THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME: The Fifth Letter by Nicola Moriarty
Points this post: 5
Total points: 610
APRILLEIGH30.3 - Dlmrose's Task: Påskekrim
Option 1: Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in FJELLVETTREGLENE.
Lost Hills by Lee Goldberg
(Read the kindle version - paperback - no mmpb)
LG found in fjellvettreGLene
Option 4: Read a book from this list of TV series based on crime novels.
4th of July (Women’s Murder Club #4) by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
Women’s Murder Club is #43 on the list.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 30 (785)
Golden Oldie: 0 (10)
Big Book: 0 (5)
Books Read: 2 (61)
Total Tasks: 47
MEGSCL30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Are we Going to Scarborough Fair?
OPTION 1
A) Read a book that has a TITLE that includes all the letters of SAGE. Gillespie and I
**504pp - 1 big book ticket
B) Read a book where the author's first and last initials appear in SAGE. Talking To My Country by Stan Grant
TOTAL TO DATE
395 points
10 big books
2 golden oldie
MEGSCL30.4 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Musical Mnemonics
This is a repost of 30.4 - I have moved David Copperfield out of this task and will include it in another task later
Option B: Bass Clef
Book 1: Character: Peter Grant, Author Ben Aaronovitch
Broken Homes
Book 2: Composer: Lionel Bart, Author: Lionel Shriver
The Mandibles: A Family, 2029–2047
TOTAL TO DATE
395 points
10 big books
2 golden oldie
Pat 🎵 20.10 - Group Reads
Task Description ~ 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 about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book.
My posts are #22, 23, 24, & 25
♬ Option #Retellings
A Study in Charlotte by Brittany CavallaroCompleted ~ 4.27.20
Pages ~ 321
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Points this post ~ 20
Total Points ~ 440
Tasks Completed ~ 28
Books Read This Season ~ 34
Pages Read This Season ~ 11,569
CHANDNI20.1 - MOST IMPROVED PLAYER – Wayne's task: Play Ball!
Option 3: Read a book which has either the word "father" or "son" in the title or subtitle. The words must match exactly.
Infinity Son by Adam Silvera
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 280
Books Read: 17
Completed Tasks: 15
trishhartuk25.3 Queen Bee Darlene’s Task: What I chose not to do
Option 1: Read a book with all the letters of PODCAST in title/subtitle/series name.
PresSed TO DeAth (perfeCtly proper paranormal museum #2), Kirstin Weiss
Read the kindle edition. PB here
Option 5: Read a book with a page count between 182 and 228.
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Douglas Adams (187pg)
Points this task: 25
Books read: 2
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 310
Tasks completed: 18
Golden oldies: 4
Big Book tickets: 0
CHANDNI15.9 - Richard Adams
Read a book first published in 1920, 1966, 1972, or 2016.
Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie
[POINTS]
This Post: 15
Total Points: 295
Books Read: 18
Completed Tasks: 16
Anja30.4 - 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.
Ragdoll by Daniel Cole (main character: William Fawkes)
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.
My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni (composer Robert Lopez)
I am moving My Sister's Grave from task 15.3 to 30.4
POINTS:
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 50
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 2
Laurah3015.6 - Best New Artist
Read a book first published in 2019 or 2020 that was written by a new-to-you author.
The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall
published in 2019
This author is new to me.
Points this task: 15
Total points to date: 90
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete:5
Books read: 5
Mod
I read Selected Poems by T.S. Eliot - top MPG is Poetry. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top pb (no MMPB).
total points: 490
Mod
I chose the 1991 winner, "Fångad av en stormvind" by Carola.
For book 1, I read a kindle ARC of The Night Swim, and linked to the hardcover edition (no pb or MMPB). TNS found in faNad av en STormvind.
For book 2, I read Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top MMPB. Author initials, AC, found in CArola.
total points: 505
Mod
I read Writers & Lovers by Lily King. Emily King was a nominee as a songwriter in the category Best R & B Song.
total points: 520
Suzannesea50.1 - Trishhartuk's Task: Remembering Neil Peart
Option 1
Read a book set in Canada.
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny is set in Quebec.
371 pages
Option 2
Read a book first published between 1974 and 2015.
Through the Evil Days by Julia Spencer-Fleming was first published in 2013.
368 pages
Option 3
Read a book with an MPG of Classics or Retellings.
Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery has Classics as an MPG. There is no Children MPG showing now.
277 pages
Points this post: 50
Total points to date: 320
Readerboard Name: List_ Addict20.4: Golden Oldies - Babbling C’s Task: Mom
Option B: A MPG of Romance
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
Total this Challenge: 85
trishhartuk25.1 Cat’s Task: My genre's Opera, Space Opera
Option 1: Two book option - Pick two tasks and read a book for each.
Task A: Read a book found on a Listopia with Space Opera in the title.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
On the Space Opera listopia: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2..., page 1, in the #40s
Task C: Read a book written by a single author that has a three+ 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."
Life, the Universe and Everything, Douglas Adams
DA – flAsh gorDon
LTUAE – aLso zaraThUstrA, quEen
Points this task: 25
Books read: 2
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 335
Tasks completed: 19
Golden oldies: 4
Big Book tickets: 0
5.2 - How Time FliesRead a book with a number of pages between 214 and 305 inclusive.
Eternals
250 pages
Points this task: 5
Books read this task: 1
Golden oldie claimed this task: 0
Big book claimed this task: 0
Total points: 135
Total Tasks completed: 8
Total Golden oldies: 4
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Total books read: 10
20.10 - Group ReadsRead ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season.
Book read: A Study in Charlotte
How it fits: My post in the discussion thread
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Total points: 490
Books read: 39
Tasks completed: 32
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Pat 50.1 ~ Remembering Neil Peart
Task Description ~ This is a three-book task. No books with Children or Kids as a MPG may be used. The total page count for the three books must be at least 750 pages.
Total Pages ~ 1,116
BOOK 1 ~ Read a book set at least 50% in Canada.
The Home for Unwanted Girls by Joanna GoodmanCompleted ~ 4.28.20
Pages ~ 364
Setting ~ Quebec (Québec) (Canada)
BOOK 2 ~ Read a book written between 1974 and 2015 inclusive.
A Thief of Time by Tony HillermanCompleted ~ 4.13.20
Pages ~ 352
Published ~ January 5th 1990 by HarperTorch (first published June 1988)
BOOK 3 ~ Read a book with an MPG of classics or retellings.
Meg and Jo by Virginia KantraCompleted ~ 4.17.20
Pages ~ 400
Retellings ~ MPG
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Points this post ~ 50
Total Points ~ 490
Tasks Completed ~ 29
Books Read This Season ~ 37
Pages Read This Season ~ 12,685
APRILLEIGH10.10 - No Lawyer Jokes!
Read a fiction or non-fiction book about law or in which the main character is a lawyer.
An Invisible Client by Victor Methos
That the protagonist is a lawyer seems pretty clear from the first sentence in the GR description: "For high-powered personal injury attorney Noah Byron, the good things in life come with a price tag—cars, houses, women.” The entire story is told in first-person from his point-of-view.
(Read the kindle version - paperback - no mmpb)
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (795)
Golden Oldie: 0 (10)
Big Book: 0 (5)
Books Read: 1 (62)
Total Tasks: 48
APRILLEIGH20.3 - Best Review Contest - Bucket's Task: Experimental Reading
Option A: Read a book from the Popular Experimental Books list that has been shelved as "experimental" at least 3 times.
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
This title is found on the first page (about 16th from the top), and has been shelved as "experimental" 28 times.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (815)
Golden Oldie: 0 (10)
Big Book: 0 (5)
Books Read: 1 (63)
Total Tasks: 49
Andy P.Task # 20.1 - MOST IMPROVED PLAYER – Wayne's task: Play Ball!
Option 1. Read a book set at least 50% in Washington D.C.
The Hit by David Baldacci More than 50% takes place in Washington, D,C.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 575
Blueberry20.6 opt 2 Read a book with a page number that includes both 8 and 2 (e.g. 208, 228, 182, etc…).
The Devil's Star has 528 pgs.
This is a big book.
Pts: 20
Total pts: 320
BB: 2
Kathy KS5.6 - Rhyme, Repetition, Rhythm
Read a book with a main page genre of Poetry or Novel in Verse.
Two poetry books (paged 77 + 93 = 170 [>100])
The News as Usual: Poems, by Jon Kelly Yenser
MPG: Poetry
Waterbound, by April Pameticky
MPG: Poetry
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Points for this task: 5
Total points : 280
Tasks completed: 16
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Kathy KS25.1 - Cat's task: My genre's Opera, Space Opera
Option 2: One book option - Pick two tasks and read a book that fits both tasks. If choosing the one book option, your book must be 500+ pages total.
Task B: Read a book written by a single author who has a name with at least three parts (i.e first, middle, last name) as listed on Goodreads.
Task C: Read a book written by a single author that 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."
Great North Road (GNR), by Peter F. Hamilton (PH) [3 part name]
GNR in "Gordon"
PH in : "sprach"
I read this as an ebook; pb=944 p. (no mmpb)
Claiming 2 (two) BB tickets for >750
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Points for this task: 25
Total points : 305
Tasks completed: 17
Big Book tickets for this task: 2
Big Book tickets total: 3
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Kim O20.2 - 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 Wright Brothers I added this book to my 'To be Read' shelf on January 14, 2015.
Points this task: 20
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Totals:
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 2
Tasks completed: 9
Coralie 20.9 Wagner’s Ring Cycle
Option 2:
Blood of the Mantis by Adrian Tchaikovsky
I gave five stars to Children of Ruin
Total to date 310 points
Anja10.7. It Takes Two
Read a book with a 2 word title.
Twisted Bonds by Cora Reilly
POINTS:
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 60
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 3
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***Correction***
10.4. Collaboration of the Year
Two authors
Reclaiming the State: A Progressive Vision of Sovereignty for a Post-Neoliberal World by William F. Mitchell & Thomas Fazi
This book is being moved from 20.8 where it was incorrectly used
Points in this post: 10
Total points: 265