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SPRING CHALLENGE 2020
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Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySRC Spring Season - Mar - May
Task 15.3 - Going Gaga
Option 2: Earth Almanac: A Year of Witnessing the Wild, from the Call of the Loon to the Journey of the Gray Whale
MEAT - M (alManac) EAT (EArTh)
EGG - EG (witnEssinG) G (Gray)
Points this post: 15
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 400
BB Tickets: 3
GO Tickets: 7
Amy FL15.1 - Eurovision Song Contest
Song: "Fly on the Wings of Love" by Olsen Brothers
Book 1: The Skin Factory (Fly on The wingS)
Book 2: The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich (oLsEn)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 390
Amy FL15.7 - Practicing Scales
A Great Reckoning (ascending - AGR)
Points this post: 15
Total points 405
Amy FL25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: What I chose not to do
Option 1: Podcasts - Masked Prey (Lucas Davenport #30)
PODCAST is in series name: luCAS DavenPOrT)
Option 4: ancestry.com - Lying in Wait (set in Dublin, Ireland)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 430
Mai20.7 - SHORTER IS SWEETER – Florence's task: Most Valuable Players
Option 3: Teen Drama Queens
MPG of Plays AND which has title of three or more words, where the initial letter of each word can be found in EMMAUS PARKLAND FREEDOM.
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
Golden Oldies ticket: book first published in 1595
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 140
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 9
Golden Oldies: 5
Task 30.1 - RedemptionOption 1: Folsom
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in FOLSOM PRISON.
folSom pRison
Sourdough (2017) by Robin Sloan (male) (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 259 pages)
Option 4: Redemption.
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in REDEMPTION.
redemPtioN
The Lost Future of Pepperharrow (The Watchmaker of Filigree Street #2) (2020) by Natasha Pulley (Hardcover, 512 pages)
** The Lost Future of Pepperharrow is a Big Book, pagecount: 512 pages **
160 + 30 = 190
Tasks Completed: 09
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 160 + 30 = 190
Books read: 14
Pages read: 4,543
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 06
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
30.3 PaskekrimOption 2 - The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South by Radley Balko
King begins with the letter K
Option 4 - Gallows View by Peter Robinson
This is #4 on the series list.
Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 305
Barbara ★10.1 - Can you see me?
Read a book from one of the following lists:
Straight from the Hip - Susan Mallery (on page 2)
List Awesome Blind Characters, page 2
Points this task: 10
Total points: 590
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
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20.1 - MOST IMPROVED PLAYER – Wayne's task: Play Ball!Option 1, a book set at least 50% in Washington DC: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Points this post: 20
Total points: 800
Coralie 50.1 Remembering Neil Peart
Book 1 – Author born in Canada
Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay
At 571 pages I would like to claim a big book ticket.
Book 2 – published between 1974 and 2015
PolarisEventide published 2005
Book 3 MPG Classics
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Total to date 405 points
Coralie 5.2 How time flies
Book with a number of pages between 214 and 305
A Night in the Lonesome October 280 pages
Total to date 410 points
Julia10310.10. No Lawyer Jokes!
Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders
The main character, Horace Rumpole, is a lawyer (barrister).
This task: 10 points
Total points: 615
BB: 4
GO: 10
Tasks completed: 31
Books read: 43
20.10 Group Reads Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Group Discussion Posted: Message 17
Points this post: 20
Total points: 140
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 9
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Total Pages Read: 3450
Rockynook25.2 - MUSYCK is the LIMIT (2 books)
Book 1, Option A: Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane. "ASK" can be found in SUSATO MUSYCK
Book 2, Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Found on Listopia "One word titles - C," page 1
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 205
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.4: Collaboration of the year: Town in a Lobster Stew by B. B. Haywood, a pseudonym of writing team Beth Freeman and Robert Freeman. Posted under author link for B.B. Haywood.
Totals this posting:
Points: 10
Summary Totals:10
Points: 10
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.8: Respect your elders: The Young Lions by Irwin Shaw, first published in 1948, before 1950.
Claim Big Book Ticket for 689 pages
Claim Golden Oldie Ticket for before 1950
Totals this posting:
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Summary Totals:20
Books: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
EMurphy30.5 TessaVanessa's Task: Music Terms
Option 1: Book first published under a different title There is a Tide
*Originally titled Taken at the Flood
*Golden Oldies Ticket: Originally published in 1948
Option 3: Book with three or more authors/contributers The Deep by Rivers Soloman, Daveed Diggs, William Huston, Jonathan Snipes
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 1
Total:
Points: 300
Books Read: 20
BB Ticket +500: 1
GO Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 13
Nick KY15.6 - Best New Artist
Best New Artist is a common music awards category. Read a book first published in 2019 or 2020 that was written by a new-to-you author.
Required: State that the author is new to you when you post.
I read Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth by Rachel Maddow.
1st pub'd 2019
Rachel Maddow is a new to me author.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points so Far: 615
Sandra15.6 - Best New Artist
The Apartment by K.L. Slater
This book was first published April 28, 2020.
K.L. Slater is a new to me author.
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 145
Sandra15.7 - Practicing Scales
I Know My Name by C.J. Cooke
Letters are ascending through alphabet: I, K, M, N
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 160
Sandra15.8 - It Starts with Music
Sandstorm by James Rollins
Title starts with letter 'S'
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 175
Sandra15.9 - Richard Adams
All Is Not Forgotten by Wendy Walker
This book was first published July 12, 2016.
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 190
30.3 - Dlmrose's Task: PåskekrimOption 2. Grab a Kvikk Lunsj.
Read a book with a word in the TITLE that begins with a K. Subtitles are excluded.
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Option 3. Read an anthology or collection of short stories or novellas (at least 3 works) with the main page genre Crime, Mystery or Thriller.
Capital Crimes: London Mysteries
Points this task: 30
Books read this task: 2
Golden oldie claimed this task: 0
Big book claimed this task: 0
Total points: 210
Total Tasks completed: 11
Total Golden oldies: 6
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Total books read: 15
Sandra20.1 - 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 Perfect Son by Barbara Claypole White
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 210
Sandra20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Babbling C's task: Mom
B. Read a book with the MPG of Romance. Can be embedded or stand alone.
Between Me and You by Allison Winn Scotch
'Romance' is a genre on the book's main page.
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 230
15.6 - Best New ArtistRead a book first published in 2019 or 2020 that was written by a new-to-you author.
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
First published in 2019, the author is new to me.
Total points: 90
ED30.3 - Dlmrose's Task: Påskekrim
Opt.3- An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten
Opt. 4- Murder on the Ballarat Train by Kerry Greenwood- #31 on list
Points this task: 30
Total points: 30
Total Tasks completed: 1
Total Golden oldies: 0
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Total books read: 2
15.9 - Richard Adamsread a book first published in 1920, 1966, 1972, or 2016.
Curious Minds by Janet Evanovich
First published in 2016
Total points: 105
ED30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Are we Going to Scarborough Fair?
Opt. 1-A- Confessions of a Pretty Lady: Stories True and Otherwise by Sandra Bernhard
"PARSLEY" found in confeSsions of A PREttY Lady"
Opt.1-B- Close Range by Annie Proulx
AP found in PArsley
Points this task: 30
Total points: 60
Total Tasks completed: 2
Total Golden oldies: 0
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Total books read: 4
15.7 - Practicing ScalesA book with a title of at least 3 words in which the initials letters descend through the alphabet: The Sound of Glass by Karen White
Points this post: 15
Total points: 815
Pat 🎵 5.6 - Rhyme, Repetition, Rhythm
Task Description ~ Read a book with a main page genre of Poetry or Novel in Verse.
Long Way Down by Jason ReynoldsCompleted ~ 5.15.20
Pages ~ 306
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Points this post ~ 5
Total Points ~ 605
Tasks Completed ~ 36
Books Read This Season ~ 46
Pages Read This Season ~ 15,897
Bookwrm526Task #5.8 - Spring Is In The Air
Read a book with "AIR" found intact in the title or subtitle. I read Death Below Stairs by Jennifer Ashley (AIR in stairs).
Total points so far: 665
30.2 - 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 one of these words: PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY, or THYME. Subtitles may not be used. All occurrences of the letters must be found in the book title (i.e., if using ROSEMARY, book title must have 2 Rs).
Chosen book: Mâna stângă a întunericului by Ursula K. Le Guin
The book has all letters of SAGE ni the title: Mâna StânGă A întunEricului
B) Read a book where the author's first and last initials appear in the SAME herb as the one used for book A. Middle names/initials may be ignored. Letters can only be used as often as they appear in the target word.
Chosen book: The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak
Author's initials (ES) are found in SAGE.
Points this post: 30 points
Total points: 360 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets: 3
GOs this post: 0
Total GOs: 2
25.1 - Cat's task: My genre's Opera, Space OperaOption 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.
Tasks used:
Task A: Read a book found on a Listopia with Space Opera in the title.
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.
Chosen book: Grădina din Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
**Grădina din Rama is a Big Book (640 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Book is found with its english title (The Garden of Rama) on the Space Opera listopia at page 4.
Points this post: 25 points
Total points: 385 points
BB tickets this post: 1
Total BB tickets: 4
GOs this post: 0
Total GOs: 2
15.5 - 2020 Grammy AwardsRead 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.
Chosen book: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
***Claiming 1 Golden Oldie ticket for Treasure Island (first published 1883)****
Grammy artist: Robert Randolph
Points this post: 15 points
Total points: 400 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets: 4
GOs this post: 1
Total GOs: 3
This post uses the book already reported on task 15.8 - It Starts with Music. Reporting a replacement book for that task in the next message.10.7. It Takes Two
Read a book with a 2 word title. All words count, including articles such as "a, an, the." Subtitles may be ignored.
Chosen book: Mesagerii ploii by Ismail Kadare
Points this post: 10 points
Total points: 410 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets: 4
GOs this post: 0
Total GOs: 3
This post is to replace the book originally reported on this task, which was moved to 10.7. It Takes Two. No new points to be added!
15.8 - It Starts with Music
Read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in MUSIC. All words count, including articles (a, an, the).
Chosen book: MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood
Points this post: 0 points
Total points: 410 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets: 4
GOs this post: 0
Total GOs: 3
Delicious Dee20.7 - SHORTER IS SWEETER – Florence's task: Most Valuable Players
Option 2 - The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland - #60 on the list
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 505
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.1: Play ball: The Roman Hat Mystery by Ellery Queen, first published in 1929, on or before 1948.
Claim Golden Oldie Ticket for in or before 1950.
Totals this posting:
Golden Oldies: 2
Summary Totals:40
Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 2
Pamela326550.1 - Trishhartuk's task: Remembering Neil Peart
Option 1: The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery – 230 pages
L.M. Montgomery is one of the most well-known Canadian authors.
GOLDEN OLDIE - Originally published in 1926
Option 2: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink – Published in 2009
242 pages
Option 3: The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan – Classics MPG
GOLDEN OLDIE - Originally published in 1678
324 pages
796 total pages
Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 365
Golden Oldie books this post: 2
Total Golden Oldie books: 4
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.3: Going Gaga: Option 2 Moonlight Mayhem by Helen Haught Fanick has alle the letters of MEAT and EGG in the title and author name: MoonliGht mAyhEm hElen hauGhT fanick: 2 Ga, 2Es, and 1 each of M, A, T.
Totals this posting:
Points: 15
Summary Totals:55
Books: 4
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.5: Grammy Awards: The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert, shares first name with Grammy Award Nominee: "Elsewhere" – Melissa Aldana, soloist, Best Improvised Jazz Solo.
Totals this posting:
Points: 15
Summary Totals:70
Books: 5
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.2:Spring Cleaning, Option 1: Whiskey on the Rocks by Nina Wright has been on my TBR list since Feb 2012.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Summary Totals: 90
Books: 6
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.4:Mom, Option A: Death Comes As Epiphany by Sharan Newman, author initials SN in Nora RobertS.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Summary Totals: 110
Books: 7
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
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SRC Spring Season - Mar - May
Task 5.9 - Go For Baroque
Read a book with a main page genre that includes History or Historical.
The Queen's Secret: A Novel of England's World War II Queen
Points this post: 5
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points this Season: 395
BB Tickets: 3
GO Tickets: 7