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SPRING CHALLENGE 2020
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Kathy KS20.1 - MOST IMPROVED PLAYER – Wayne's task: Play Ball!
Option 1: Read a book set at least 50% in either Montreal or Washington D.C.
Required: If the setting is not obvious on the book’s main GRs page include a reference when you post.
Bones to Ashes, by Kathy Reichs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bones_t...
"Years later, while working at the Laboratoire de Sciences Judiciaires et de Medecine Legale in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Brennan hears from Sergent-enqueteur Hippolyte "Hippo" Gallant about a box of human bones that she begins to suspect could be Evangeline's remains, and investigates them alongside her routine forensic work. Lieutenant-Detective Andrew Ryan, Brennan's regular co-worker and sometime lover, is involved in a case with three missing and two dead girls, and calls on her to help."
Montreal is the location of over 50% of the action.
I read the large print edition; mmpb=388 p.
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 325
Tasks completed: 18
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 3
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Task 10.3 – It’s Not Just the GrammysAuthor shares a name with an AMA Host: Diana Ross
Diana Gabaldon / An Echo in the Bone
I listened to the audiobook / MMPB: An Echo in the Bone - 1155 pgs
*** BIG BOOK *** 3 tickets – 1155 pages
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This Post: 10 points
Total points to date: 205 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (1) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 4
Kathy KS"Scheherazade..." is being moved from Task 5.10. "Rayne's" is being moved to Task 5.2.
15.6 - Best New Artist
Read a book first published in 2019 or 2020 that was written by a new-to-you author.
Two poetry books used for this task. Pages: 86 +93=179 (>100)
Scheherazade Plays the Chestnut Tree Cafe: poems, by Boyd Bauman
Everyone Just Wants to Drum, by Kevin Rabas
Both authors are new to me. Both published 2019
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 325 - 5 = 320
Tasks completed: 18-1=17
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 3
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Kathy KSThis book was originally used for Task 15.6 and was replaced
5.2 - How Time Flies
Read a book with a number of pages between 214 and 305 inclusive.
Rayne's Faith, by Julane Hiebert
Pages = 281
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Points for this task: 5
Total points : 325
Tasks completed: 18
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 3
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Pat 🎵 25.5 - Brooke TX's task: Paperback Playlists
Task Description ~ For this task, choose one of the Fox & Wit playlists , and read 2 books from the options below based on your chosen playlist. Read one book from two different options or two books from one option.
REQUIRED ~ Provide a link to your chosen playlist when you post.
MY PLAYLIST CHOICE
Option #1
Read the book which inspired the playlist you chose. A list of books can be found in post 2 of the help thread. If the playlist is based on an entire series, any book from that series that fits SRC rules will work.
Playlist ~ Adventure in the Great Wide
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. HarrowCompleted ~ 4.30.20
Pages ~ 374
Option #3
Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in one of the artists featured on your chosen playlists. Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
The Girl by City and Colour
Floating Twigs by Charles TabbCompleted ~ 4.6.20
Pages ~ 398
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Points this post ~ 25
Total Points ~ 540
Tasks Completed ~ 31
Books Read This Season ~ 41
Pages Read This Season ~ 14,078
Coralie 15.3 Going Gaga
Two book option
Book 1: all the letters of MEAT in title
M, E, A & T in MerchAnTEr’s
Merchanter's Luck
Book 2: All the letters of EGG in title/ author’s name
E in thE, G in telling and Guin
The Telling by Ursula K. Le Guin
Total to date 325 points
5.3 - Susan B.Read a book that has been shelved Women's Rights from the list of Popular Women's Rights books.
Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra pages 2
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 165
Total Tasks: 11
Total Books: 12
Esther15.5 Grammy’s Artist: Taylor Swift
Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor
Shared name “Taylor”
GO this post: 0
GO to date: 2
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 225
Task: 30.1- Ava Catherine's Task: RedemptionOption: 1 - Folsom
Book read:Release by Patrick Ness
Required: author initials P N found in PrisoN
Option: 4 - Redemption
Book read: The Long Distance Playlist by Tara Eglington
Required: Author initials T E found in rEdempTion
Points this task: 30
Total points: 195
Total Golden Oldies:2
Total Big Books:1
Books read:12
Tasks completed:10
Task: 15.8 - It Starts with MusicBook read:Clouds Among the Stars by Victoria Clayton
Required: Book title starts with a C which is in musiC.
1 Big book ticket claimed as this has 720 pages.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 210
Total Golden Oldies:2
Total Big Books:2
Books read:13
Tasks completed:11
20.6Option 3: author initials in RED SOX SUCK
The World America Made by Robert Kagan
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 60/825
Tasks completed: 5/51
Books Read: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
LAUREN JODI50.1 - Trishhartuk's task: Remembering Neil Peart
Book #1: Canadian Setting and Author
Alone in the Wild by Kelley Armstrong
Pages: 368
Book #2: Published in 2007
A Bucket of Ashes by P.B. Ryan
Pages: 278
Book #3: Retellings
The Shadow Queen by C.J. Redwine
Pages: 390
Page total: 1036
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Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 285/825
Total Books Read: 23
Tasks Completed: 17/51
Rockynook15.6 - Best New Artist
The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff
published in 2019, author is new to me!
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 15
Rockynook15.7 - Practicing Scales
Title with words in descending order
The Silent Corner by Dean Koontz (TSC)
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 30
Rockynook15.9 - Richard Adams
read a book first published in 1920, 1966, 1972, or 2016.
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware, published in 2016
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 45
Rockynook20.9 - Wagner's Ring Cycle
Option 2: Choose a book you rated 5 stars, read a book by same author
I gave 5 stars to A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman on Dec. 3 2016
Book by same author: Beartown
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 65
Nick KY20.4 Babbling C’s Mom
This is a one book task. Choose an option below and read a book for that option. Required: State the option you chose when you post.
I read a book which fits
B. Read a book with the MPG of Romance. Can be embedded or stand alone.
I read No Place For Heroes by Laura Restrepo
Points This Post: 20
Total Points so Far: 450
Nick KY30.2 Mazza1’s Scarborough Fair –
Option 1 PARSLEY
Book 1. All letters in PARSLEY are in the title. – Conservation Psychology: Understanding and Promoting Human Care for Nature by Susan Clayton
P in Psychology
ARS in conSeRvAtion
L in psychoLy
E in consErvation
Y in psychologY
Book 2. Authors inits in PARSLEY – The Juniper Tree and Other Blue Rose Stories by Peter Straub.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 480
Task: 20.7 - SHORTER IS SWEETER – Florence's task: Most Valuable PlayersOption 2
Book read:Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 14.0
Required: this is in the boxset Harry Potter Series Box Set which is number 37 on the list of books turned into musicals.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 230
Total Golden Oldies:2
Total Big Books:2
Books read:14
Tasks completed:12
Suzannesea25.4 TraceyL's Task: Robot and Teddy
Option 1: Robot and Teddy
Read a book with the MPG Children's or Kids.
Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery
MG - BL: 7.9 AR Pts 16.0
Children is showing as an MPG now. Fingers crossed it stays!
Option 4
Read a book with NIGHT intact in the title.
Dark Sacred Night by Michael Connelly
Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 325
Sarah E15.6 - Best New Artist
Wilder Girls by Rory Power
First published in 2019, Rory Power is a new-to-me author
I read an ebook but have linked to the top paperback - no MMP
Total points: 145
Sarah E15.8 - It Starts with Music
Chocolate Walnut & Murder - title begins with C
Approved for length in message 7828
Total points: 160
Sarah E20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Bea's task: Spring Hobbies (Gardening and Birds)
Option 1: Being Green
101 Ways to Live Cleaner and Greener for Free
I read the kindle edition but have linked to the paperback - no MMP
Total points: 180
Sarah E20.10 - Group Reads
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
My post is message 29 in the discussion thread.
I listened to the audio but have linked to the hardcover, no paperback or MMP
Total points: 200
Andy P.Task # 20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Babbling C's task: Mom
Option A. Read a book by a single Author who's first and last initials can be found in "Nora Roberts J. D. Robb"
The Good Liar by Nicholas Searle
NORAROBERTS
Points this post: 20
Total points: 615
50.1 - Trishhartuk's task: Remembering Neil PeartRead a book set at least 50% in Canada or written by a single author who was born in Canada.
I read A Fatal Grace, which is set entirely in Canada.
2. Read a book first published between 1974 and 2015, inclusive.
I read The Many Conditions of Love, which was published in 2009.
3. . Read a book with an MPG of either Classics or Retellings. Genres may be standalone or embedded. I read Siddhartha, which has Classics listed on its MPG. In addition, it was published in 1922, making it a ***Golden Oldie****
417+336+170= 923
923 pp >750 pp
points: 335
books read: 23
tasks completed: 15
Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
pages read: 7530
Joanne MINOTE TO MOD: I am moving my book for task 20.4 to this task. I will record another book for that task
Task 25.4 TraceyL's task: The Masked Singer
Option 3 - a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in TACO and/or BANANA
The Magicians' Guild by Trudi Canavan (TC in Taco)
Option 5: Read a book with a Llama/Alpaca, Camel or Horse/Mule/Donkey on the cover
12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers
https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/comp...
For some reason the button for "cover" kept being hidden-I hope this link is sufficient got the picture of the cover
Points this task 25
Less 20.4 (20)
Net points 5
Total Points 255
Total BB's 3
Total GO's 1
20.6 - SEASONED READER – Kevin's task: Baseball Road TripOption 3: read a book by a single author whose first and last initials (middle initials can be ignored) are found in RED SOX SUCK.
Book read: Earth's End
How it fits: Author's (Elise Kova) initials are EK
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Total points: 510
Books read: 40
Tasks completed: 33
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
20.4 Mom Option A - In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume
The letters JB are in Jd roBb
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 165
25.2 MUSYCK is the LimitBook 1) Option B - Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II by Robert Matzen
The book is about Audrey Hepburn's years in the Netherlands during WWII.
Book 2) Life by Keith Richards
This is on the Music Biographies list. The first page (actually the first book on the list)
This is a Big Book with 564 pages
Total page count exceeds 548.
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 190
Big Book Tickets: 2
50.1 - Trishhartuk's task: Remembering Neil PeartBook 1, a book set in Canada: The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
paperback edition The Brutal Telling 386 pages
Book 2, a book first published between 1974 and 2015: Raven Black by Ann Cleeves, first published 2006
paperback edition Raven Black 376 pages
Book 3, a book with MPG of Retellings: Jane of Austin: A Novel of Sweet Tea and Sensibility by Hillary Manton Lodge
paperback edition Jane of Austin: A Novel of Sweet Tea and Sensibility 312 pages
Points this post: 50
Total points: 690
Oma122910.4. Collaboration of the Year
Read a book that is written by two authors (that is not an anthology). The authors may be listed separately, or may be two authors writing under one name.
REQUIRED: If it is not clear from the GR author page, provide a reference to establish that the listed author is two authors writing under one name.
A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America by Philip Rucker
The additional author is Carol Leoning
Total Points-330/825
Total Tasks-22/51
Golden Oldie Books-(2)
Big Books-500-749(1);750-999(1); 1000+()
Pamela32655.4 - I'm a Slave 4 U
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 125
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
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
Pamela326510.9. Tax Day
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in Americaby Barbara Ehrenreich
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 135
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
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
Pamela326515.9 - Richard Adams
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne - Published in 2016
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 150
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
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
Pamela326515.10 - Artemis Fowl, the Movie
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceBy J.K. Rowling –
Big book 652 pages
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 165
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
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20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Bea's task: Spring Hobbies (Gardening and Birds)Option 1: Gardening. Read a book, fiction or non-fiction, where gardening, "being green," (i.e., environmentally friendly) or homesteading is integral to the plot or subject. List: Best Sustainability Nonfiction
Building a Better World in Your Backyard - Instead of Being Angry at Bad Guys by Paul Wheaton
Verified for length: Message 7831
GO Ticket this post: 0
GO Tickets to date: 2
Total points this post: 20
Total points to date: 245
Julia10325.4 - TraceyL's task: The Masked Singer
Option 1 - Rainbow Valley (MPG Childrens, verified in task help thread post 34)
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 14.0
This was first published in 1919 so claiming one GO ticket
Option 3 - Dead on Sunday by A.J. Orde (AO in TACO)
This task: 25 points, 1 GO
Total points: 470
BB: 2
GO: 8
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 32
Amy B15.5 - 2020 Grammy Awards
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.
The Golden Spruce by John Vaillant - John Legend - Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed
This Task - 15 points
Total Points - 345 points
Christine V10.2. It's Spring!
The Time of Contempt Target word "time"
Points this post: 10
Total points: 65
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=1 (Total BB tickets=4)
25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: MUSYCK is the LIMIT!Book 1.
Opt. A. Read a book that has a word of 3 or more letters in the title/subtitle that can be made using only the letters found in the phrase: SUSATO MUSYCK. Letters may be used only as many times as they appear in the phrase.
Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy #1) by C.S. Lewis
word in title, OUT, can be found in sUsaTO
160 pages
1x Golden Oldies tix (pub. 1938)
Book 2. LIMIT. The second book is limited to a book from one of the 4 Listopias below. Choose one list and read a book found on that list.
Werewolf Books That Are Not Found in the Romance Genre (#6)
Fool Moon (The Dresden Files #2) by Jim Butcher
401 pages
Total pages: 561
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 4
Bigger is Better: 6
Season Total: 670
Amy B5.6 - Rhyme, Repetition, Rhythm
Read a book with a main page genre of Poetry or Novel in Verse.
Not One of these Poems is about You by Teva Harrison
Not One of These Poems Is About You
This Task: 5 points
To Date: 350 points
EMurphy30.4 Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Musical Mnemonics
Option 2a: Male author with a male main character Funny, You Don't Look Autistic: A Comedian's Guide to Life on the Spectrum by Michael McCreary
Option 2b: Author who shares a name with a famous composer of musicals from the list The Chef by James Patterson (shares name with James Valcq)
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 225
Books Read: 15
BB Ticket: 1
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 9
Suzannesea25.4 TraceyL's Task: Robot and Teddy
Foiled again! I notice Children is no longer an MPG for Rilla of Ingleside so I am removing it from this task.
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New Option 1: Robot and Teddy
Read book with the MPG Children's or Kids.
Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery is showing Children as an MPG.
MG - BL:8.6 - AR Pts 16.0
Option 4: Night Angel
Read a book with NIGHT intact in the title.
Dark Sacred Night by Michael Connelly
Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 325
10.5. International Women's DayRead a book that won or was shortlisted for the Women's/Baileys Prize/Orange Prize, the Orange Prize for New Writers, or the Stella Prize, awards for fiction written by women.
Weather
Women's Prize for Fiction Nominee for Shortlist (2020)
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 335
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
20.7 - SHORTER IS SWEETER – Florence's task: Most Valuable PlayersOption 3: Read with a MPG of Young Adult and/or Plays AND which has title of three or more words, where the initial letter of each word can be found in EMMAUS PARKLAND FREEDOM.
Death of a Salesman
MPG Plays
DOAS appears in emmAuS parklanD freedOm
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 355
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Suzannesea20.1 - MOST IMPROVED PLAYER - Wayne's Task: Play Ball
Option 2
Read a book that was first published in 1948 or earlier.
Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery was first published in 1921.
MG - BL: 7.9 AR Pts 16.0
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 345
Jen K15.9 - Richard Adams
Homegoing
Published 2016
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Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 505
Big Books: 2
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Option B – By an author with a 3-part name
Amy E. Reichert / The Simplicity of Cider
I listened to the audio / NO MMPB / Paperback: The Simplicity of Cider - 336 pg
Option C – First letter of each title word -and- author’s first & last initials found in:
"aLso spraCh ZaraThusTRa"
Tara Conklin / The Last Romantics
I listened to the audio / No MMP / Paperback: The Last Romantics - 384 pg
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 195 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1