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SPRING CHALLENGE 2020
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Nick KY25.2 Musyck is the Limit
Book 1. I read Trump Sky Alpha by Mark Doten. The word "Sky" has all letters in the word "muSYcK".
Book 2. I read Chronicles: Volume One by Bob Dylan, # 27 on the Music Biographies list.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 505
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
Fugitive Pieces
New Points: 10
Total Challenge Points: 285
GO: 1
BB: 1
Sarah E30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Are we Going to Scarborough Fair?
Option 1: Using SAGE
Book A: Anything is Possible - AnythinG iS possibleE
Book B: Peppermint Glazed Murder by Susan Gillard - SG in SaGe
I read the kindle edition but have linked to the paperback - no MMP
Total points: 230
Oma122920.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
❋ Nonfiction - Rebels With a Cause - Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburgby Irin Carmon
My post is #32 on discussion thread.
Total Points-350/825
Total Tasks-23/51
Golden Oldie Books-(2)
Big Books-500-749(1);750-999(1); 1000+()
Rockynook30.2 - Are we Going to Scarborough Fair?
Option 1:
A) title includes all the letters of the chosen word THYME
The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware: THE Death of Mrs. WestawaY
B) author's first and last initials appear in the same herb: THYME
Here To Stay by Mark Edwards (ME is in THYME)
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 95
ZachFor Task 20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Bea's task: Spring Hobbies I chose to read a book for Option 2. I read
which was confirmed in the help thread as portraying female frigate birds. Points this post: 20
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Totals:
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Points: 80
BBTs: 0
GOTs: 0
5.1 - Baby, Remember My NameA book by an author who uses a one-word name: The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8.0
Points this post: 5
Total points: 695
10.7. It Takes TwoRead a book with a 2 word title.
Big Fish
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 365
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST – Bucket's task: Experimental ReadingOption A. Read a book from the Popular Experimental Books list that has been shelved as “experimental” at least 3 times.
Book read: Animal Farm
How it fits: on page 5, shelved 5 times as experimental
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Total points: 530
Books read: 41
Tasks completed: 34
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
JEN B30.4 - 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.
Required: Include the name of the male main character in your post.
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The main character is Daniel Sempere
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.
Required: Include the name of the composer from the list in your post.
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
Shared name with composer James W. Tate
TOTAL POINTS: 385
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.3 - It's Not Just the Grammys
Flat Broke with Two Goats by Jennifer McGaha
Jennifer Lopez hosted the 2015 American Music Awards.
Link to PB edition: Flat Broke with Two Goats
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 170 points
Tasks completed: 14
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
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.
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
103 pages
371+368+103 = 842 pages
Points this post: 50
Total points to date: 395
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.7 - It Takes Two
Serious Moonlight by Jenn Bennett
This book has a 2 word title.
Link to PB edition: Serious Moonlight
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 180 points
Tasks completed: 15
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.4 - Babbling C's task: Mom
Up & Out by Ariella Papa
Option B - This book has romance as a MPG (shelved by 5 people)
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 200 points
Tasks completed: 16
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Repost of #1840 with corrected information30.4 Amanda A and Amy Fl's task:
Chose Option B.
Book 1: Read a book by a single male author with a male main character.
Read Foreign Affairs
Male main character name: Stone Barrington
Book 2: Read a book by a single author who shares a name with a famous composers of musicals from this list
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Read: Murder at Cluster Springs Raceway
Author: John Theo Jr.
Composer: John Walter Bratton
Points this task: 30
Total points: 245
10.1 Can you see me? Read a book from the list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...
Read: Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes
Found on Pg 1 of the list Awesome Blind Characters
Points this task: 10
Total points: 255
15.3 Going GagaChose 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 any order, in title/subtitle and/or author's name.
AND
Book 2: Read a book with the letters EGG found, in any order, in title/subtitle and/or author's name.)
Read: As Time Goes By
All letters of MEAT and EGG found in the title and author's name.
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 270
Pamela326520.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Babbling C's task: Mom
Option B: Wedding Cake Wishes by Dana Corbitt – Romance MPG
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 185
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Pamela326520.8 - NICKELS & DIMES – SandyL's task: Country Music
Option 2: Valley of Dreams by Sarah M. Eden – Western MPG
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 205
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Pamela326520.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Suzannesea's task: Wagner's Ring Cycle
Option 2: Rise of the Wolf by Jennifer A. Nielsen – I previously gave “The False Prince” 5 stars
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 225
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
5.10 - Goof-Off
Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Book of my choice
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
The Silent Patient by Alex MichaelidesBook of my choice
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Pamela326525.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: What I chose not to do
Option 4: Promised by Leah Garriott – Set in England
Option 5: Of Grace and Chocolate by Krista Lynne Jensen – 194 pages
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 250
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Pamela326525.4 - TraceyL's task: The Masked Singer
Option 3: Tripwire by Tracy Hunter Abramson – Author’s first and last initials can be found in TAco
Option 5: Beauty for Ashes by Dorothy Love – Horse on cover
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 275
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Pamela326530.2 - Mazza1's Task: Are we Going to Scarborough Fair?
Option 1
Book A: One Last Spring by Sian Ann Bessey – SAGE found in onE lASt spring
Book B: Sarah M. Eden British Isles Collection by Sarah M. Eden - SE found in SagE
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 305
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Barbara ★10.2. It's Spring!
Read a book written with a word in the title (not subtitle) that can be made from the letters in SPRINGTIME. The word must have at least 3 letters.
Witch's Reign - Shannon Mayer 4/25
REIGN = (spRINGtimE)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 555
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Kristen IA25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: What I chose not to do
This is a two book task. Read one book from two different options.
Required: Indicate the options when you post.
Option 3: Peloton
Read a book with an apostrophe in the title. Subtitles are excluded.
I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons by Kevin Hart
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB edition.
Option 4: Ancestry.com
Read a book set at least 50% in England, Ireland, or Sweden.
The Witch Elm by Tana French - 509 pages
Setting: Dublin, Ireland - setting established on the Penguin Random House reader's guide page.
"12. This novel is set in and around Dublin. How does the Irish setting contribute to the novel? Would the characters have different choices to make if the novel were set in America?"
*****I claim 1 BB Ticket for 509 pages*****
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 165/825
Tasks Completed: 12/51
BB: 1
GO: 0
Coralie 15.7 Practising Scales
Book with title in which the initial letters only ascend
Cage of Souls
At 624 pages I request a big book ticket
Total to date 340 points
Coralie 15.8 It Starts with Music
Book with a title which starts with a letter found in mUsic
Unbound
Total to date 355points
JUKKA10.7. It Takes Two
Book with a two-word title.
Ultimate HackMasters by Jolly R. Blackburn.
Total Points: 255/825
Total Books Read: 23
Tasks Completed: 18/51
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 2
25.1 - Cat's task: My genre's Opera, Space OperaTask B: Albastrul din miez de noapte, by Simone van der Vlugt
Task C: Zmeie de hârtie, by Romain Gary, ZDHRG in "Also sprach Zarathustra" and/or "Flash Gordon, Queen."
Points this post: 25
Total points: 405
20.6 - SEASONED READER – Kevin's task: Baseball Road TripOption 2: Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen, by Donald Miller, 228 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 425
20.1 - MOST IMPROVED PLAYER – Wayne's task: Play Ball!Option 2: Lord Jim, by Joseph Conrad, first published 1900
Claiming 1 Golden Oldies Ticket
Points this post: 20
Total points: 445
Task: 50.1 - Trishhartuk's task: Remembering Neil PeartBook 1: Read a book set at least 50% in Canada or written by a single author who was born in Canada.
Chosen book: Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Author was born in Canada as per Goodreads author bio.
Book 2: Read a book first published between 1974 and 2015, inclusive.
Chosen book: Rama II by Arthur C. Clarke
Book was first published November 1st 1989
**Rama II is a Big Book (520 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Book 3: Read a book with an MPG of either Classics or Retellings. Genres may be standalone or embedded.
Chosen book: On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Book has Classics as MPG
Total page count for the chosen books: 389 + 520 + 304 = 1.213 > 750 minimum
Points this post: 50 points
Total points: 290 points
BB tickets this post: 1
Total BB tickets: 3
GOs this post: 0
Total GOs: 1
Task: 20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Esther's task: Spring CleaningOption 1. Read a book that has been on your Goodreads ‘To be Read’ shelf for 3 years or more.
Chosen book: Castelul by Franz Kafka
Date added on my Goodreads ‘To be Read’ shelf: March 5th, 2013.
**Castelul is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1922). I claim one GO ticket.**
Points this post: 20 points
Total points: 310 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets: 3
GOs this post: 1
Total GOs: 2
Bookwrm526Task #15.4 - Celebrate Spring
Option 2: Read one book that is set at least 50% in one of these countries/regions/states (I chose Mexico) and is written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase CELEBRATE SPRING. I read Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs by Camilla Townsend (CT both in celebrate).
Total points so far: 520
Andy P.Task # 20.7 - SHORTER IS SWEETER – Florence's task: Most Valuable Players
Option 1. Read a book where the author is named Fred
The Chalk Circle Man by Fred Vargas
Points this post: 20
Total points: 635
PegW10.7. It Takes Two
Read a book with a 2 word title.
Looking Glass
Points this post: 10
Total points: 360
Big Books: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
Total tasks: 24
Mai25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: What I chose not to do
Option 4: Book set in England
Very Good, Jeeves! by P.G. Wodehouse
Golden oldie ticket: Book first published in 1930
Option 5: book with a page count between 182 – 228
Almost Everything: Notes on Hope by Anne Lamott
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 85
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 6
Golden Oldies: 3
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ25.3 - What I chose not to do
Book 1 -
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson
Option 3 - The title contains an apostrophe (Let's)
Book 2 -
The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
Option 4 - This book is set in England. From the book's description "...sole inheritor of their abandoned mansion on the banks of the Thames in London’s fashionable Chelsea neighborhood..."
Link to MMP - The Family Upstairs
This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 225 points
Tasks completed: 16
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Julia10315.1 - Eurovision Song Contest
Song: "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" performed by Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan (1994)
Book 1 - Rilla of Ingleside (RO in ROck, I in KIds)
AR Bookfinder: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 16.0.
First published in 1921 so claiming one GO ticket
Book 2 - Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery (L in CharLie, M in Mcgettigan)
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 14.0
First published in 1936 so claiming one GO ticket
This task: 15 points, 2 GO
Total points: 485
BB: 2
GO: 10
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 34
Marina H20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Suzannesea's task: Wagner's Ring Cycle
Option 3: Drab efter begæring by Inger Gammelgaard Madsen 03/05/20
Points this post: 20
Total points: 225
Big book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 13
Amy W15.1 - Eurovision Song Contest
I chose the 1995 winner from Norway - “Nocturne” by Secret Garden.
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.
I read The Everlasting Rose by Dhonielle Clayton. T, E, and R are found in the song title “Nocturne.”
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 performers.
I read How Not to Die Alone by Richard Roper. R and R can be found in the performer’s name Secret Garden.
Points This Task: 15
Total Points to Date: 165
This is a repost to claim BB tickets ONLY.Points originally claimed in post #2198.
Task: 50.1 - 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.
Chosen book: Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Author was born in Canada as per Goodreads author bio.
Book 2: Read a book first published between 1974 and 2015, inclusive.
Chosen book: Rama II by Arthur C. Clarke
Book was first published November 1st 1989
**Rama II is a Big Book (520 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Book 3: Read a book with an MPG of either Classics or Retellings. Genres may be standalone or embedded.
Chosen book: On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Book has Classics as MPG
Total page count for the chosen books: 389 + 520 + 304 = 1.213 > 750 minimum
BB tickets this post: 1
Total BB tickets: 3
Task: 20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Bea's task: Spring Hobbies (Gardening and Birds)Option 1. Read a book, fiction or non-fiction, where gardening, "being green," (i.e., environmentally friendly) or homesteading is integral to the plot or subject.
Chosen book: The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
The whole book is centered on God's Gardeners--a religion devoted to the melding of science and religion, as well as the preservation of all plant and animal life--who preach and practice living green in a time when environmental stability is wearing thin.
Points this post: 20 points
Total points: 330 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets: 3
GOs this post: 0
Total GOs: 2
5.7 - There Ought to be a BandRead a book from this list There Ought to be a Band
Book read: Six of Crows
How it fits: on page 1, #38
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Total points: 535
Books read: 42
Tasks completed: 35
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
15.6 - Best New ArtistRead a book first published in 2019 or 2020 that was written by a new-to-you author.
Back From the Future: A Celebration of the Greatest Time Travel Story Ever Told
First published 2020
New to me author
Points Earned This Post: 15
Total Points Earned: 380
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Rockynook25.5 - Paperback Playlists
Chosen Playlist: Magical Outcasts for Seawitch: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0zo...
Option 2: word in the title matches a word in a song title from your chosen playlist. Book: Someone We Know by Shari Lapena, "Know" matches Song: Do I Wanna Know by the Arctic Monkeys
Option 3: author whose initials can be found in one of the artists featured on your chosen playlists. Book: Educated by Tara Westover author's initials (TW) can be found in artist Taylor Swift on playlist.
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 120
15.4 - Celebrate SpringOption 2: Read one book that fulfills the requirements for book 1 AND book 2.
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
Book 2: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase CELEBRATE SPRING.
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman
Setting is split between Poland and New York City, both are on the list.
Initials AS appears in celebrAte Spring
Points Earned This Post: 15
Total Points Earned: 395
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Option 1 - Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America by Sarah Kendzior
P - Plain
OD - Donald
CA - America
ST - Sight
Option 3: Peloton - Blindman's Bluff by Faye Kellerman
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 215