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SPRING CHALLENGE 2020
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Beth NC15.4 Celebrate Spring
Option 1
Book 1:
NYPD Red 4 by James Patterson
Book Set in NY City
Book 2:
The Other Daughter by Lisa Gardner
Author's Initials are found in ceLberate sprinG
Points: 15
Total Points: 735
Total Tasks: 47
Total Books: 60
Total Pages: 21857
Big Book Tickets: 3
Beth NC15.10 Artemis Fowl, the Movie
The Diviners by Libba Bray
Libba Bray was on list of similar authors
Big Book Ticket 578 pages
Points: 15
Total Points: 750
Total Tasks: 48
Total Books: 61
Total Pages: 22435
Total Big Book Tickets: 4
Beth NC25.3 What I Choose Not To Do
Book 1: Option 2 - Hockey
Burning Man by Alan Russell
Book was published in Dec 2012 and has 328 pages
Book 2: Option 5 Sleep
Cold Hollow by Emilie J. Howard
Book has a page count of 188
Points: 25
Total Points: 775
Total Tasks: 49
Total Books: 63
Total Pages: 22951
Big Book Tickets: 4
Beth NC30.1 Redemption
Book 1: Option 3 Columbia
Bitter Falls by Rachel Caine
Author's initial Match Roseanne Cash RC
Book 2: Option 5 Life
Plant Life by Pamela Duncan
Book published April 2003
Points: 30
Total Points: 805
Total Tasks: 50
Total Books: 65
Total Pages: 23639
Big Book Tickets: 4
Mod
I listened to the audiobook of A Study in Scarlet Women and linked to the top pb edition (no MMPB). The book is found on page 6 of the Popular Womens Rights books list.
total points: 705
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I listened to the audiobook of The Mountains Sing and linked to the hardback edition (no pb or MMPB). Top genre is Historical>Historical Fiction.
total points: 710
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For my first book, I listened to the audiobook of Petty: The Biography and linked to the top pb edition (no MMPB). Music is the top genre listed, nonfiction is the 3d.
For my second book, I read the kindle edition of War for the Oaks and linked to the top pb edition (no MMPB listed). This book is found on page 1 of Fiction Involving Rock/Pop Music.
total points: 725
Delicious Dee15.5 - 2020 Grammy Awards
Murder on Gramercy Park - Victoria Thompson - 7 Rings" – Ariana Grande - Charles Anderson, Tommy Brown, Michael Foster & Victoria Monét, producers; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Billy Hickey & Brendan Morawski, engineers/mixers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 430
SandyL15.2 - Music Fact and Fiction
Book 1: Read a book that has both "Nonfiction" AND "Music" as MPGs
The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret by Kent Hartman
MPG Nonfiction and Music
Book 2: Read a novel (fiction) found on one of the following lists
Rhythm, Chord & Malykhin by Mariana Zapata
Pg 3 #278 of Fiction Involving Rock/Pop Music
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 455
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 33
Books Read: 39
SandyL15.8 - It Starts with Music
Read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in MUSIC.
Instant Gratification by Jill Shalvis
musIc
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Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 470
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 34
Books Read: 40
Sarah E5.6 - Rhyme, Repetition, Rhythm
Swing - MPG Poetry
I listened to the audio but have linked to the top paperback - no MMP
Total Points: 305
SandyL20.3 - 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 by Richard Brautigan
shelved experimental 9x
Pg 2 of Popular Experimental Books
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 490
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 35
Books Read: 41
Sarah E10.2. It's Spring!
Mint Crisp & Murder - MINT can be found in SPRINGTIME
I read the kindle edition, paperback - no MMP - is Mint Crisp & Murder
Total Points: 315
SandyL25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: What I chose not to do
Option 1: Read a book with all the letters of PODCAST in title
A Perfect Distraction by Anna Sugden
A PerfeCT DiSTractiOn
Option 4: Read a book set at least 50% in England
One Day in December by Josie Silver
Set 100% in England (noted in book details)
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 515
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 36
Books Read: 43
SandyL25.4 - TraceyL's task: The Masked Singer
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in TACO
4:50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie
tACo
Option 4: Read a book with the word NIGHT intact in the title
Misadventures on the Night Shift by Lauren Rowe
misadventures on the NIGHT shift
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Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 540
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 37
Books Read: 45
Sarah E15.10 - Artemis Fowl, the Movie
Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers by J.K. Rowling
I listened to the audio but have linked to the top MMP
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 6.0 - AR Pts: 12.0
Total Points: 330
delicious dee20.6 - SEASONED READER – Kevin's task: Baseball Road Trip
Option 1 - Virtuous Scoundrel - first published October 6, 2015
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 480
SandyL30.1 - Ava Catherine's Task: Redemption
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in FOLSOM PRISON.
Kisses After Dark by Marie Force
FolsoM prison
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in REDEMPTION
Jacked Up by Erin McCarthy
redEMption
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Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 570
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 38
Books Read: 47
TANYA D20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season.
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Post # 15 in the group discussion
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 90
Jen K20.7 - SHORTER IS SWEETER – Florence's task: Most Valuable Players
Option 2: Going Off Book
The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede
Page 1, #60 on list
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Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 550
Big Books: 2
Jen K20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Bea's task: Spring Hobbies (Gardening and Birds)
Option 2: A Wizard of Earthsea (MMP version)
The version I read:
Approved in Task Help: message 81
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Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 570
Big Books: 2
Oma122930.4 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Musical Mnemonics
This is a two book task. Choose one option (Treble Clef or Bass Clef) and read a book for both tasks associated with that option.
I chose Option B
Option B: Bass Clef
Book 1: Read a book by a single male author with a male main character.
The Pagan Lord by Bernard Cornwell
The male character is Uthred of Bebbenberg
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.
The King at the Edge of the World by Arthur Phillips
Composer: Arthur Schwartz
Author: Arthur Phillips
Total Points-380/825
Total Tasks-24/51
Golden Oldie Books-(2)
Big Books-500-749(1);750-999(1); 1000+()
5.7 - There Ought to be a BandRiver of Teeth by Sarah Gailey
❁ found on p. 9 ❁
Total points: 195 + 5 = 200
Oma122915.9 - Richard Adams
In his honor, read a book first published in 1920, 1966, 1972, or 2016.
The Moon in the Palace by Weina Dai Randel
Total Points-395/825
Total Tasks-25/51
Golden Oldie Books-(2)
Big Books-500-749(1);750-999(1); 1000+()
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I used option 1 and read Singing in the Shrouds - I read the kindle edition, linked to the MMPB. This book was added to my TBR on May 15, 2016, more than 3 years ago.
total points: 745
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For book 1, I read A Better Man. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the pb (no MMPB). Set in Quebec, as noted in the description and the metadata. 433 pages.
For book 2, I read The White Princess. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the pb (no MMPB). First published in 2013, within the stated parameters of 1974-2015. 576 pages.
For book 3, I read The Metamorphosis. I listened to the audiobook - the top MMPB is La Métamorphose with 144 pages. Classics is the top MPG.
total pages - 433+576+144= 1153
total points: 795
Julia10330.4 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Musical Mnemonics
Option B
Book 1: Mutineers' Moon by David Weber. Main character is Colin MacIntyre. (male author & male main character)
Book 2: The Armageddon Inheritance by David Weber
Author name David matches composer David Bryan.
This task: 30 points
Total points: 580
BB: 4
GO: 10
Tasks completed: 28
Books read: 40
10.6. Say what?Read a book with “who,” “what,” “when,” “where,” “why,” or “how” in the title/subtitle.
12 Reasons Why I Love Her
WHY appears in the title.
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 610
Golden Oldie Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Readerboard Name Mike MAHi All,
I have not participated in a seasonal reading challenge for a while, but being home for two months like many of you, I've gone through a number of books and audiobooks this spring. Nice to be back!
Here are the five-point tasks I've done so far:
5.2 How Time Flies: Revenant by Michael Punke (262 pages, between 214 and 305)
Points for this Task: 5
Total Points thus Far: 5
5.5 Long Live Rock: Revenge of the Lawn by Richard Brautigan - first letter in each word of the title found in
"T"HE "R"OCK & R"O"LL HA"L"L OF FAME
Points for this Task: 5
Total Points: 10
Ten-Point Tasks:
10.2 It's Spring: The Faith of Men by Jack London
"Men" found in "Springtime"
Points for this Task: 10
Total Points: 20
10.4 Collaboration of the Year: John Adams Under Fire by Dan Abrams and David Fisher
Points for this Task: 10
Total Points: 30
10.6 Say What? Why Bob Dylan Matters by Richard F. Thomas
Why in title.
Points for this Task: 10
Total Points: 40
10.8 Respect Your Elders: Othello by William Shakespeare
Published (slightly) before 1950 :)
Points for this Task: 10
Total Points: 50
15.8 It Starts with Music: Slapstick by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
First letter S
Points for this Task:15
Total Points: 65
Thirty-Point Tasks:
30.1 Ava Catherine's Task: Redemption
Book 1, Option 3: Babe: The Legend Comes to Life by Robert Creamer (RC)
Book 2, Option 4: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (MT found in Redemption)
Points for this Task: 30
Total Points: 95
30.3 Dlmrose's Task: Paskekrim
Book 1, Option 2: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (word in title starts with K)
Book 2, Option 4 TV Series Based on Crime Novels
#55, And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Points for This Task: 30
Total Points: 125
Hoping to post more before the end of the challenge!
Mike in Holliston, MA
Alaina5.7 - There Ought to be a Band
Read a book from this list There Ought to be a Band
A Confederacy of Dunces-John Kennedy Toole
Listed on Page 1
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 175
Read Books: 14
Tasks Completed: 14
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 2
Kristen IA10.10. No Lawyer Jokes!
Read a fiction or non-fiction book about law or in which the main character is a lawyer.
Open and Shut by David Rosenfelt
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 210/825
Tasks Completed: 15/51
BB: 1
GO: 0
Stephanie12725.1 - 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 (i.e first, middle, last name) as listed on Goodreads.
My Time Among the Whites: Notes from an Unfinished Education by Jennine Capo Crucet
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."
The Left Hand of Darkness (alsO spracH zaraThustra fLash gorDon, queen)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 130/825
Tasks completed: 9/51
Books read: 11
Marina H30.1 - Ava Catherine's Task: Redemption
Option 1: The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
Option 4: Dukkebarnet by Inger Gammelgaard Madsen
Points this post: 30
Total points: 345
Big book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
Tasks completed: 18
Marina H30.3 - Dlmrose's Task: Påskekrim
Option 3: Erindringer om Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
First published 1894 - claiming 1 GO ticket
Option 4: Baskervilleslægtens hund by Arthur Conan Doyle
TV series #15 on list
First published 1901 - claiming 1 GO ticket
Points this post: 30
Total points: 375
Big book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 4
Tasks completed: 19
Mai15.8 - It Starts with Music
Book with a title that begins with a letter found in MUSIC
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Golden Oldies ticket: book first published in 1925
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 120
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 8
Golden Oldies: 4
JUKKA25.5 - Brooke TX's task: Paperback Playlists
Playlist chosen for The Ten Thousand Doors of January: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/00i...
Option 1: Book the playlist is based on.
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow.
Option 2: Book with a word in the title matching a song title on the playlist.
Die, Vol. 2: Split the Party by Kieron Gillen, matching "Reasons Not to Die" by Ryn Weaver.
Total Points: 305/825
Total Books Read: 27
Tasks Completed: 20/51
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 2
Scooter&Siam20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP
Chose Option 1 --
Read a book that has been on your Goodreads ‘To be Read’ shelf for 3 years or more. If you joined Goodreads less than 3 years ago (after February 2017), you may choose one of the 3 books that has been on your TBR shelf the longest. Required: State the date you added the book to your shelf when you post.
Read The Codfish Watch. It was added to my TBR on March 2, 2015.
Points: 20
Total: 110
30.1 - Ava Catherine's Task: RedemptionRead one book from two different options or two books from one option.
Option 3: Columbia
Read a book with a single author whose first and last initials are either JC or RC
The Mad Hatter Mystery by John Dickson Carr
(b) Claiming a Golden Oldie. Published in 1933 (/b)
The Eight of Swords by John Dickson Carr
(b) Claiming a Golden Oldie. Published in 1934 (/b)
Points this task: 30
Books read this task: 2
Golden oldie claimed this task: 2
Big book claimed this task: 0
Total points: 180
Total Tasks completed: 10
Total Golden oldies: 6
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Total books read: 13
Sandra20.10 - Group Reads
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
I have posted on the book's discussion thread (msg #16).
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 100
Sandra5.2 - How Time Flies
Foe by Iain Reid
This book has 261 pages.
Points this post: 5
Total points to date: 105
Christine V25.5 - Brooke TX's task: Paperback Playlists
Link to playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5Oa...
Book 1, Option 3: Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski
Target song: Discombobulate by Hans Zimmer
Book 2, Option 3: Baptism of Fire by Andrzej Sapkowski
Target song: Fallen Empires by Snow Patrol
Points this post: 25
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=1 (Total BB tickets=4)
Sandra10.3. It's Not Just the Grammys
Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon
The author's first name Donna matches host Donna Summer
Points this post: 10
Total points to date: 115
Sandra15.3 - Going Gaga
Option 2: Read one book that fulfills the requirements for book 1 AND book 2. All letters of BOTH words (i.e., 2 Es, 2 Gs) must be found in the title/subtitle and/or author's name to qualify for this option
The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda
The letters M,E,A,T,E,G,G can be found in the title and author name:
THE LAST HOUSE GUEST by MEGAN MIRANDA
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 130
Beth NC20.9 Wagners' Ring Cycle
Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire
Option 2 Gave In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire 5 Stars
Points: 20
Total Points: 825
Total Tasks: 51
Total Books: 66
Total Pages: 23845
Big Book Tickets: 4
Joanne MITask 15.1 Eurovision Song Contest
Book 1:
I chose "Fångad av en stormvind" from 1991 by Carola
Age of Death A O and D found in song title
Book 2: Die Trying by Lee Child
whose initials LC are found in Carola
Claim 1 BB ticket on book #2 at 552 pages
Points this task 15
Total Points 320
BB's this task 1
Total BB's 4
Go's 1
Nick KY5.7 - There Ought to be a Band I read # 87 on the list Cannery Row by John Steinbeck.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 575
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Lights All Night Long by Lydia Fitzpatrick
FoLsom prison
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My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni
ReDemption
Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 275