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SPRING CHALLENGE 2020
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30.2 Mazza1's Task: Are We Going to Scarborough Fair?Option 3A: Author shares a name with one of the people involved in making the album - author: Paul Know (Paul Simon)
Book chosen: Behind Open Eyes: A Reece Cannon Thriller
Format read: audio
Number of pages printed edition: 315 pages
Option 3B: A book which contains all the letters of the name you used for Book A in the title - PAUL in title
Book chosen: The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out
Format read: audiobook with ebook readalong
Number of pages printed edition: 240 pages
Points this task: 30
Total points: 745
30.5 TessaVanessa's Task: Music Terms - DISREGARD - WILL REPOST WITH ARBOOKFINDER INFO!!Option 1: Book first published under a different title: original title: Northern Lights
Book chosen: The Golden Compass
Format read: audio with hardcover readalong
Number of pages printed edition: 399 pages
Option 3: Book with 3 or more authors/contributors
Book chosen: Steamed: A Steampunk Anthology
Format read: ebook
Number of pages printed edition: paperback 298 pages
Points this task: 30
Total points: 775
50.1 Trishhartuk's task: Remember Neil PeartBook 1: author born in Canada - author: Margaret Atwood
Book chosen: The Testaments
Format read: audio with ebook readalong
Number of pages printed edition: 422 pages
Book 2: Published between 1974 and 2015, inclusive - originally published in 1998
Book chosen: Parable of the Talents
Format read: ebook
Number of pages printed edition: 448 pages
Book 3: MPG classics or retellings - chosen: retellings
Book chosen: Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
Format read: audio
Number of pages printed edition: 372 pages
Points this task: 50
Total points: 825
Sunshine20.8 - NICKELS & DIMES – SandyL's task: Country Music
Option 1:
Book: Lullaby by J.L. Bryan 4/28/20
How it Fits: Author's last name matches performer, Bryan Adams
Pages: 256
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 175
Books Read: 12
Sarah E10.7. It Takes Two
Wind Warrior
I read a kindle edition, top paperback with a pagecount is Wind Warrior
Total Points: 445
Sunshine25.4 - TraceyL's task: The Masked Singer
Option 3:
Book: Biting Bad by Chloe Neill 3/14/20
How it Fits: CN found in TACO and/or BANANA.
Option 4:
Book: The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks 3/11/20
How it Fits: Night and Angel found in the series name, Night Angel, #1
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 200
Books Read: 14
Sarah E15.1 - Eurovision Song Contest
I chose the 1997 winner, "Love Shine a Light" by Katrina and the Waves.
Book 1: Scene of the Grind - lOve Shine a liGhT
I read a kindle edition, paperback - no MMP - is Scene of the Grind
Book 2: Murder in Whistler by Dianne Harman - katrina anD tHe waves
I read a kindle edition, paperback - no MMP - is Murder in Whistler
Total Points: 460
Sunshine10.4. Collaboration of the Year
Book: Playboy Pilot by Penelope Ward 4/29/20
How it Fits: Written by Penelope Ward and Vi Keeland
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 210
Books Read: 15
trishhartuk20.4 Golden Oldies - Babbling C's task: Mom
A. Read a book by a single Author whose first and last initials can be found in "Nora Roberts, J. D. Robb".
Planetfall, Emma Newman
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB (French): ici. Top PB (English): here
E in robErts, N in Nora
Points this task: 20
Books read: 1
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 440
Tasks completed: 25
Golden oldies: 5
Big Book tickets: 0
ED10.3. It's Not Just the Grammys
Salvador by Joan Didion
"Joan" matches Melissa JOAN Hart
Task=10
Total points: 365
Total Tasks completed: 19
Total Golden oldies: 3
Total Big Book tickets: 1
Total books read: 26
ED10.2. It's Spring!
Spring Flowers, Spring Frost by Ismail Kadare
"SPRING" found in "SPRINGtime"
Task=10
Total points: 375
Total Tasks completed: 20
Total Golden oldies: 3
Total Big Book tickets: 1
Total books read: 27
Sunshine10.7. It Takes Two
Book: Blood Games by Chloe Neill 4/22/20
How it Fits: 2 Word title
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 220
Books Read: 16
Sunshine20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Suzannesea's task: Wagner's Ring Cycle
Option 1:
Book: Vows, Vendettas and a Little Black Dress by Kyra Davis 4/13/20
How it Fits: Takes place in San Francisco California
1st Sentence of Chapter 1 - "You'll never believe what wonderful thing he's done now!" Mary Ann exclaimed as she flung open the door of her San Franciso Lake Street apartment to greet Dena and me.
Also, A GR Member's review
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 240
Books Read: 17
Oma12295.2 - How Time Flies
Read a book with a number of pages between 214 and 305 inclusive.
Sweatpants Season by Danielle Allen
Total Points-400/825
Total Tasks-26/51
Golden Oldie Books-(2)
Big Books-500-749(1);750-999(1); 1000+()
Sunshine15.5 - 2020 Grammy Awards
Book: Incarceron by Catherine Fisher 5/5/20
How it Fits: Catherine Russell - Best Jazz Vocal Album
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 255
Books Read: 18
Sunshine10.3. It's Not Just the Grammys
Book: Origin by Jennifer L. Armentrout 5/12/20
How it Fits: Jennifer Lopez - 2015
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 265
Books Read: 19
Sunshine20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Esther's task: Spring Cleaning
Option 1:
Book: The Dead of Winter by Jack Night 4/21/20
How it Fits: Added to my TBR on Jun 17, 2015
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 285
Books Read: 20
Sunshine15.7 - Practicing Scales
Book: Ready to Were by Robyn Peterman 3/26/20
How it Fits: Title letters ascend (RTW)
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 300
Books Read: 21
Sunshine15.9 - Richard Adams
Book: Maze of Souls by J.L. Bryan 4/14/20
How it Fits: First Published Feb 24, 2016
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 315
Books Read: 22
Sunshine5.2 - How Time Flies
Book: Terminal by J.L. Bryan 3/24/20
How it Fits: 246 Pages
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 320
Books Read: 23
LAUREN JODI30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Are we Going to Scarborough Fair?
Option 1: Word THYME
Book #1:
Death Comes to the Nursery by Catherine Lloyd
Book #2:
The Petrov Proposal by Maisey Yates
~~~~~~~~~~
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 410/825
Total Books Read: 32
Tasks Completed: 23/51
PegW30.4 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Musical Mnemonics
Option B - Bass Clef
Book 1 - Read a book by a single male author with a male main character.
The Devil's Star
The main character is Detective Harry Hole
Book 2 - Read a book by a single author who shares a name with a famous composer of musicals from the list.
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker
Composer: Robert B. Sherman
Points this post: 30
Total points: 420
Big Books: 4
Golden Oldies: 2
Total tasks: 26
30.1 - Ava Catherine's Task: RedemptionOption 1: Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire
❁ author's initials (SM) found in FOLSOM ❁
Option 4: Well Read, Then Dead by Terrie Farley Moran
❁ author's first and last initials (TM) found in REDEMPTION ❁
Total points: 280 + 30 = 310
Nick KY20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST – Bucket's task: Experimental Reading
I love reading experimental books: books that play with form and structure. Even when these experiments fail (and sometimes they do), something new can be gleaned from the effort.
This is a one book task. Choose option A or B. Required: State the option when you post.
B. Read a book found on the experimental writing by women, non-binary writers & writers of colour [of all genders] Listopia.
I read The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh, # 55 on the list
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 655
Reposting #287530.5 TessaVanessa's Task: Music Terms
Option 1: Book first published under a different title: original title: Northern Lights
Book chosen: The Golden Compass
Format read: audio with hardcover readalong
Number of pages printed edition: 399 pages
AR Bookfinder Info: IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 19.0
Option 3: Book with 3 or more authors/contributors
Book chosen: Steamed: A Steampunk Anthology
Format read: ebook
Number of pages printed edition: paperback 298 pages
Points this task: 30
Total points: 775
ED5.6 - Rhyme, Repetition, Rhythm
Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories by Sandra Cisneros
MPG of Poetry on Main Page
Task=5
Total points: 380
Total Tasks completed: 21
Total Golden oldies: 3
Total Big Book tickets: 1
Total books read: 28
ED5.5- Long Live Rock
Flying Too High by Kerry Greenwood
"FTH" found in "THe rock and roll hall oF fame"
Task=5
Total points: 385
Total Tasks completed: 22
Total Golden oldies: 3
Total Big Book tickets: 1
Total books read: 29
StaceyNC5.9 - Go For Baroque
Read a book with a main page genre that includes History or Historical.
Book: A Perilous Undertaking
Completed: 5/18/20
MPG Historical
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 250
Tasks Completed: 16
StaceyNC5.10 - Goof-Off
Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
Book: Necessary Force
Completed: 4/29/20
Approved for length -- Line 2056
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 255
Tasks Completed: 17
StaceyNC10.10. No Lawyer Jokes!
Read a fiction or non-fiction book about law or in which the main character is a lawyer.
Book: My Sister's Grave
Completed: 5/9/20
One of the MCs is a lawyer.
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 265
Tasks completed: 18
StaceyNC20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Bea's task: Spring Hobbies (Gardening and Birds)
Option 2: Read a book, fiction or nonfiction, with a bird on the cover.
Book:
Completed: 5/17/20
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 285
Tasks Completed: 19
20.8 - NICKELS & DIMES – SandyL's task: Country MusicThis is a one book task. Your book should be at least 250 pages.
Option 1: Read a book written by an author who shares a name with one of the artists performing at the festival this year.
Book: Red Wolf
Completed: 5/13/20
Author: Jennifer Ashley
Performer: Ashley MacBryde
Pages: 336
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 305
Tasks Completed: 20
Julia10325.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: What I chose not to do
Re-posting to change a book on this task
Option 3 - King's Sacrifice (apostrophe in title)
This book has 528 pages so claiming one BB ticket
Option 4 - The Whispers of War (set in England)
This task: 20 points, 1 BB
Total points: 660
BB: 5
GO: 10
Tasks completed: 34
Books read: 46
Julia1035.2 - How Time Flies
A Holmes for the Czar
I read Kindle edition - paperback A Holmes for the Czar has 215 pages
This task: 5 points
Total points: 665
BB: 5
GO: 10
Tasks completed: 35
Books read: 47
5.5- Long Live RockThe Marseille Caper
First letter of each title word found in The RoCK & Roll Hall of FaMe
Total points: 115
10.3. It's Not Just the GrammysWe Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Maurice Gibb was a co-host in 1988
Total points: 125
Coralie 30.1 Redemption
Option 1 Folsom
Book by an author whose initials can be found in folsoM priSon
The Comforters by Muriel Spark
Option 2 Rebel/Advocate
Book with main page genre war
Guns Of Empire
At 584 pages, I would like to claim a big book ticket
Total to date 495 points
15.9 - Richard Adamsa book first published in 1920, 1966, 1972, or 2016
Flori pentru Algernon by Daniel Keyes
first published March 1966
Points this post: 15
Total points: 155
Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
Page count: 3550
Marina H15.4 - Celebrate Spring
Option 2:
The Ghost Fields by Elly Griffiths 19/05/20
Set in Norfolk - England
Points this post: 15
Total points: 430
Big book tickets: 5
Golden Oldies tickets: 4
Tasks completed: 22
CoffeegirlTask 30.2 Mazza1's Task: Are we Going to Scarborough Fair?
Option 1
A. Book Age Is Just a Number: Achieve Your Dreams at Any Stage in Your Life by Dara Torres
Sunshine5.10 - Goof-Off
Book: Caressed by Ice by Nalini Singh 5/19/20
How it Fits: My Choice
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 325
Books Read: 24
CoffeegirlReposting:
Task 30.2 Mazza1's Task: Are we Going to Scarborough Fair?
Option 1
A. Book Age Is Just a Number: Achieve Your Dreams at Any Stage in Your Life by Dara Torres
Book contains all the letters of 'SAGE'
B. Invitation to Provence by Elizabeth Adler
E.A. author initials in 'SAGE'
Total points this task: 30
Total points with this task: 215
Amy B25.4 - TraceyL's task: The Masked Singer
Choose two options from the list below and read two books, one for each option.
Option 1: Robot and Teddy - Read a book with the MPG Children's or Kids. All books must meet the SRC rules.
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13.0)
The Secret Garden
Option 2: Elephant and Rhino - Read a book set at least 50% in Africa.
An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obiama (Nigeria)
An Orchestra of Minorities
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 460 Points
Delicious Dee10.8. Respect Your Elders
The Brothers Karamazov - first published 1857; golden oldie ticket; 3 big book tickets (MMPB has 1045pgs; I read the kindle edition)
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 545
Delicious Dee5.5- Long Live Rock
Edge of Eternity - EOE found in THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME; Big Book Ticket - 1000+pgs (MMPB has 1159pgs, I read the kindle version)
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 550
Sarah H15.5 - 2020 Grammy Awards - Read a book written by a single author who shares a name with a 2020 Grammy winner or nominee.
Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics, 1954-1981, With Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines, and Anecdotes by Stephen Sondheim
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: A te, o cara, Stephen Costello
Points this task: 15
Total points to date: 120
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Tasks complete: 6
Books read: 8
ED5.2 - How Time Flies
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
231p.
pub. 1939
*****I CLAIM ONE GO TICKET*****
Task=5
Total points: 390
Total Tasks completed: 23
Total Golden oldies: 4
Total Big Book tickets: 1
Total books read: 30
Sara G10.4. 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.
Death at Gallows Green by Robin Paige
From Robin Paige's author page: "Robin Paige is the pen-name of husband and wife team Bill and Susan Wittig Albert."
Points this post: 10
Total points: 465
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Option 1 author's first and last initial in FOLSOM PRISON - author: Olivia Newport
Book chosen: The Inn at Hidden Run
Format read: audio with ebook readalong
Number of pages printed edition: 256 pages
Option 4: Author initials found in REDEMPTION - author: Pintip Dunn
Book chosen: The Night Swim
Format read: audiobook with ebook readalong
Number of pages printed edition: 350 pages
Points this task: 30
Total points: 715