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SPRING CHALLENGE 2020
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Rockynook20.6 - Baseball Road Trip
Option 3: Read book with authors initials in RED SOX SUCK
The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 180
Andy P.Task # 30.4 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Musical Mnemonics
Option A Book 1. 𝄞 Read a book with a five-word title. Subtitles should be ignored. The Last Train to London by Meg Waite Clayton
Book 2. 𝄞 Read a book with a cover showing only a face (ONE full human face).
by Isaac Asimov Cover approved herePoints this post: 30
Total points: 775
Andy P.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.
Alone in the Wild by Kelley Armstrong set entirely in Canada, Yukon Territory 368 p.
Book 2. Read a book first published between 1974 and 2015, inclusive. The Legacy by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir Book originally published in 2014 (
464 p.)
Book 3. Read a book with an MPG Classics
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
First mpg is Classics (418 p)
page count 368 + 464 + 418 =1250 p. >750 p. requirement
Points this post: 50
Total points: 825
Sarah E10.4. Collaboration of the Year
A Bird's-Eye View by Shannon Watters and Kat Leyh
I read an ebook but have linked to the top paperback, no MMP
Total points: 345
20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST – Bucket's task: Experimental ReadingA. Read a book from the Popular Experimental Books list that has been shelved as “experimental” at least 3 times.
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
This book is on page 1 of the list.
TOTAL POINTS: 440
Task 5.10 – Goof OffReader’s choice
The Hideaway
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This Post: 05 points
Total points to date: 280 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier):
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (1) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 4
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20.8 - NICKELS & DIMES – SandyL's task: Country Music
1) Magic Triumphs by Ilona Andrews
Courtney Marie ANDREWS
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 385
Books Read: 28
Tasks Done: 22
20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Esther's task: Spring CleaningOption 1, a book that has been on my "To Be Read" shelf for 3 years or more: On Turpentine Lane by Elinor Lipman
I first shelved this book 28 March 2017 and read it 13 May 2020.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 780
Julia10320.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Bea's task: Spring Hobbies (Gardening and Birds)
Option 1: The Victory Garden (approved in post 94 of task help thread)
This task: 20 points
Total points: 600
BB: 4
GO: 10
Tasks completed: 29
Books read: 41
JEN B15.3 - 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.
Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste by Bianca Bosker
M-E in Sommeliers
A-T in Adventure
E in Wine
G in Among
G in Big
TOTAL POINTS: 455
Suzannesea15.10 Artemis Fowl: The Movie
Read a book written by Eoin Colfer or a similar author.
The Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz is on the similar author list.
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 475
Mod
I read a kindle ARC of Unexpected Stories and linked to the hardcover - no pb or MMPB.
total points: 800
Mod
I read Killer Dolphin, first published in 1966. I read the kindle edition - top MMPB is Death at the Dolphin.
total points: 825
Julia1035.5- Long Live Rock
Cold My Heart (C in ROCK, M in FAME, H in HALL)
This task: 5 points
Total points: 605
BB: 4
GO: 10
Tasks completed: 30
Books read: 42
MEGSCL5.3 - Susan B.
Page 5 - The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy
TOTAL TO DATE
500 points
15 big books
2 golden oldie
MEGSCL10.2. It's Spring!
The word is spring - Spring
TOTAL TO DATE
510 points
15 big books
2 golden oldie
trishhartuk25.5 Brooke TX’s Task: Paperback Playlists
I went for the Aelin Fireheart playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/26m...
Option 2: Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that matches a word in a song title from your chosen playlist.
DARK Matter, Blake Crouch
Shares the word dark with DARK Side, Bishop Briggs
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB (Chinese?) here. Matching PB here.
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in one of the artists featured on your chosen playlists.
Midnight Blue-Light Special, Seanan McGuire
The initials can be found in MuSe, who sing Assassin.
Read the kindle edition. MMPB here
Points this task: 25
Books read: 2
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 420
Tasks completed: 24
Golden oldies: 5
Big Book tickets: 0
20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Bea's task: Spring Hobbies (Gardening and Birds)Option 2: For this option, read a book, fiction or nonfiction, with a bird on the cover.
The Swan Maiden: An Australian Faery Tale by Serene Conneeley
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 4
Bigger is Better: 7
Season Total: 730
25.4 - TraceyL's task: The Masked SingerOption 1: Read a book with the MPG Children's or Kids.
Book read: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
How it fits: MPG Children, IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 11.0
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in TACO and/or BANANA.
Book read: Hungry Eyes of the Wolf: Werewolf Shifter Romance Book Collection
How it fits: Author's (Tammy Compton) initials are TC
Approved for length in line 1473 in the doc
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Total points: 585
Books read: 47
Tasks completed: 39
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Nick KY25.4 - TraceyL's task: The Masked Singer
The Masked Singer is a music competition show where celebrities dress up in elaborate costumes to hide their identity and sing in front of a panel of judges. The show originated in South Korea but as of 2020 there have been franchises in 28 different countries. The American series is currently airing it's third season, and this task is based on some of my favorite costumes from this season.
Choose two options from the list below and read two books, one for each option, OR read one book with 500 pages or more that fits two options.
Option 2: Elephant and Rhino - These two animals can be found in Africa. Read a book set at least 50% in Africa.
Required: If the setting of the book is not obvious from its Goodreads main page, provide a link to a reference that establishes the setting when you post.
i read Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Option 3: Taco and Banana - This season also has two food related costumes. A taco with a tomato head and smiling banana. Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in TACO and/or BANANA.
I read The Great Night by Chris Adrian, inits in TACO.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 600
Amy B30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Are we Going to Scarborough Fair?
The task is a 2 book task choose one option and read BOTH books for that option.
Required: Identify the option when you post.
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.
The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas ( Parsley)
The Psychology of Time Travel
B) Read a book where the author's first and last initials appear in the SAME herb as the one used for book
Eight Perfect Murders - Peter Swanson (Parsley)
Eight Perfect Murders
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 435 Points
Jasmiina F30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Are we Going to Scarborough Fair?:
Option 2:
Book 1: Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in its TITLE that matches one of the words in the album's song titles:
The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey.
Word: with.
Book 2: Using the same word chosen for Book A, read a book where the author's first and last initials appear in that word:
Filthy Rich by Wendy Holden.
*Big Book Ticket with 608 pages.*
Points this post: 30
Total points: 115
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post: 1 (500+)
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 2
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
10.7 It Takes TwoThe Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
Points this post: 110
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 8
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Total Pages Read: 3080
Sarah E15.2 - Music Fact and Fiction
Book 1: MPG Nonfiction and Music
How Music Got Free: What happens when an entire generation commits the same crime?
Book 2: List B. Classical Music themes in Literature - page 1, #83
Overture To Death
I read an ebook but have linked to the top MMP
Golden Oldie, first published 1939. I claim 1 GO ticket.
Total points: 360
Total GOs: 1
30.3 - Dlmrose's Task: PåskekrimChoose 2 options. Read 2 books, one for each option.
Option 1. Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in FJELLVETTREGLENE. Letters may be only be used as often as they appear in the target word. All name part initials count.
I, Claudius by Robert Graves
RG > fjellvettReGlene
Option 2. Read a book with a word in the TITLE that begins with a K. Subtitles are excluded.
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann.
Killers
I claim one Golden Oldie ticket as I, Claudius was first published in 1934.
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Points this post: 30
Total points: 210
Total BB tickets: 2
Total GO tickets: 2
Congratulations, Beth NC! Task 30.9 in the Summer Challenge is yours.
Congratulations, Andy P! Task 30.10 in the Summer Challenge is yours.
Sarah E20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Babbling C's task: Mom
Option B: MPG Romance
The Bird and the Sword
I read the kindle edition but have linked to the top paperback - no MMP
Total points: 380
Sarah E20.6 - SEASONED READER – Kevin's task: Baseball Road Trip
Option 1: The Last Waltz: The Strauss Dynasty and Vienna
First published in 2015
I read an ebook but have linked to the paperback - no MMP
Total points: 400
Congratulations, Sandy! Task 30.11 in the Summer Challenge is yours.
Marina H15.10 - Artemis Fowl, the Movie
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling 14/05/20
IL: MY - BL: 6.0 - AR Pts: 12.0
Points this post: 15
Total points: 390
Big book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 4
Tasks completed: 20
Oma12295.10 - Goof-Off
March 22 is National Goof-Off Day. Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon
Claiming Drums of Autumn as Book Book as it has 880 pages.
Total Points-400/825
Total Tasks-26/51
Golden Oldie Books-(2)
Big Books-500-749(1);750-999(2); 1000+()
JEN B10.6. Say what?
Read a book with “who,” “what,” “when,” “where,” “why,” or “how” in the title/subtitle. Words must match exactly.
Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
TOTAL POINTS: 465
Bookwrm526Task #25.1 - My genre's Opera, Space Opera
I went with the two book option.
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. I read His Bloody Project: Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick Macrae by Graeme Macrae Burnet.
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." I read The Caretaker of Lorne Field by Dave Zeltserman. (TCOLF - t in zarathustra, c in sprach, ol in also, f in flash; DZ - d in gordon, z in zarahtustra).
Total points so far: 660
25.4 - TraceyL's task: The Masked SingerOption 2: Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo by Vanessa Woods
❁ set ~ 90% in the Democratic Republic of Congo ❁
Option 3: Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
❁ author's initials (OB) found in TACO and BANANA ❁
Total points: 205 + 25 = 230
30.4 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Musical MnemonicsOption B: Bass Clef
Book 1: This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
❁ male main character is Odie O’Banion ❁
Book 2: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
❁ author's first name (Arthur) matches composer Arthur Schwartz ❁
Total points: 230 + 30 = 260
Jen K5.2 - How Time Flies
We Need New Names
298 pages
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Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 575
Big Books: 2
Jen K5.3 - Susan B.
Sorcerer to the Crown
Page 5
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Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 580
Big Books: 2
Kathy KSOption 1 book was originally used for task 15.5. Totals were changed previously.
50.1 - Trishhartuk's task: Remembering Neil Peart
The total page count for the three books must be at least 750 pages.
Option 1. Read a book set at least 50% in Canada or written by a single author who was born in Canada.
Funny, You Don't Look Autistic: A Comedian's Guide to Life on the Spectrum, by Michael McCreary.
Author born in Canada (see GR author page), plus over 50% of the memoir occurs in Canada.
I listened to the audio version; pb=166 p. (no mmpb)
Option 2. Read a book first published between 1974 and 2015
Sometimes a Rogue, by Mary Jo Putney
first published 2013
I listened to the audio version; mmpb=415 p.
Option 3. Read a book with an MPG of either Classics or Retellings.
Solaris, by Stanislaw Lem
MPG verified https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
pb=204 p.
Total pages: 166+415+204= 785 (>750)
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Points for this task: 50
Total points : 415
Tasks completed: 21
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 3
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
Pat 🎵 15.3 - Going Gaga
Task Description ~ Choose one of the following options:
REQUIRED ~ Identify the option when you post.
♬ Option 2
Read one book that fulfills the requirements for book 1 (meat) AND book 2 (egg). All letters of BOTH (i.e., 2 Es, 2 Gs) must be found in the title/subtitle and/or author's name to qualify for this option.
EGG MEAT
The Grace Year by Kim LiggettCompleted ~ 5.14.20
Pages ~ 416
E (gracE)
G (Grace)
G (leGgett)
M (kiM)
E (liggEtt)
A (grAce)
T (leggeTt)
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Points this post ~ 15
Total Points ~ 600
Tasks Completed ~ 35
Books Read This Season ~ 45
Pages Read This Season ~ 15,591
BUCKET20.9 Wagner’s Ring Cycle
Option 2.
I read The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht.
(I gave 5 stars to Inland by Téa Obreht on Feb. 12, 2020.)
Points this post: 20
Points total: 135
BB this post: 0
BB total: 0
GO this post: 0
GO total: 0
10.9. Tax DayRead a nonfiction book with a main page genre (standalone or embedded) of money, economics, or finance.
Four Futures: Life After Capitalism
MPG Economics
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 620
Golden Oldie Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
25.4 - TraceyL's task: The Masked SingerOption 3: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in TACO and/or BANANA.
A Luminous Republic by Andrés Barba
AB appears in BAnana
Option 4: Read a book with the word NIGHT or ANGEL intact in the title, subtitle or series name.
Night Theatre
NIGHT in title
Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 645
Golden Oldie Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySRC Spring Season - Mar - May
Task 10.1. Can you see me?
These Happy Golden Years, claiming 1 GO ticket published in 1943
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10.0
List: Blind Heroes and Heroines in Historical Romance, page 1
Points this post: 10
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
Total Points this Season: 330
BB Tickets: 3
GO Tickets: 4
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySRC Spring Season - Mar - May
Task 10.2. It's Spring!
Rising Wolf, the White Blackfoot: Hugh Monroe's Story of His First Year on the Plains - RISING is in SpRINGtIme
claiming 1 GO ticket, initially published in 1919
Points this post: 10
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
Total Points this Season: 340
BB Tickets: 3
GO Tickets: 5
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySRC Spring Season - Mar - May
Task 25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: MUSYCK is the LIMIT!
Book 1. MUSYCK.
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.
As You Like It, word YOU - listened to audible version, MMPB version is 186 pages
claiming 1 GO ticket initially published in 1599
Book 2. LIMIT. One word Titles - C page 1
Cujo 432 pages
Points this post: 25
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
Total Points this Season: 365
BB Tickets: 3
GO Tickets: 6
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySRC Spring Season - Mar - May
Task 25.4 - TraceyL's task: The Masked Singer
Option 2: Elephant and Rhino - These two animals can be found in Africa. Read a book set at least 50% in Africa. If you are unsure whether or not a country is considered a part of Africa, check This Wikipedia List.
The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon
Option 3: Taco and Banana - This season also has two food related costumes. A taco with a tomato head and smiling banana. Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in TACO and/or BANANA.
Towards Zero by Agatha Christie
Claiming 1 GO ticket, initially published in 1944
Points this post: 25
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
Total Points this Season: 390
BB Tickets: 3
GO Tickets: 7
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25.5 - Brooke TX's task: Paperback Playlists
I chose the Lords of Death playlist.
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.
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Option 2: Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that matches a word in a song title from your chosen playlist.
The Black Tower by Louis Bayard
"Black" matches the song "Black Mambo" by Glass Animals on the playlist.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 425