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SPRING CHALLENGE 2020
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Amy FL20.5 - BIGGER IS BETTER – Bea's task: Spring Hobbies (Gardening and Birds)
Option 1: The Garden of Small Beginnings
Much of the action takes place in a gardening class and there are tips for planting various vegetables in each chapter.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 640
babbling c10.2. 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. Letters can be used only as often as they appear in the target word.
Get a Life, Chloe Brown - Audible Get a Life, Chloe Brown -paperback pgs 373 by Talia Hibbert
GET
SPRINGTIME
THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 55/825
Completed Tasks: 4/51
Golden oldies: 0
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Pages read this season: 1,411
Books read this season: 4
Amy B20.8 - NICKELS & DIMES – SandyL's task: Country Music
This is a one book task. Your book should be at least 250 pages.
Required: State the option you choose in your post.
Option 1: Read a book written by an author who shares a name with one of the artists performing at the festival this year.
Required: State the name of the performer when you post.
Aimless Love by Billy Collins (Billy Ray Cyrus) - 261 pages
Aimless Love: New and Selected Poems
This Task: 20 points
To Date: 530 points
Bookwrm526Task #10.4 - 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. I read Vertigo by Boileau-Narcejac, a writing collaboration between Pierre Boileau and Thomas Nacerjac.
Total points so far: 765
Pat 🎵 25.2 - MUSYCK is the LIMIT!
Task Description ~ This is a two book task. Read one book 1 and one book 2.
REQUIRED ~ To celebrate the “Perfect” intervals of 5ths, 4ths, and octaves in music, the books must total at least 548 pages.
Total Pages This Task = 700
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.
REQUIRED ~ Provide the word for Option A.
OAK
Solomon's Oak by Jo-Ann MapsonCompleted ~ 5.16.20
Pages ~ 384
Book 2 ~ LIMIT
Limited to a book from one of the 4 Listopias below. Choose one list and read a book found on that list. .
REQUIRED ~ State which Listopia and page your choice is found on.
One word Titles - C
Chains by Laurie Halse AndersonCompleted ~ 3.18.20
Pages ~ 316
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11.0
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Points this post ~ 25
Total Points ~ 645
Tasks Completed ~ 38
Books Read This Season ~ 49
Pages Read This Season ~ 13,993
Pat 🎵 30.3 - Dlmrose's Task: Påskekrim
Task Description ~ Choose 2 options. Read 2 books, one for each option.
REQUIRED ~ State the options.
♬ 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.
In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey RatnerCompleted ~ 4.8.20
Pages ~ 322
♬ Option 2
Read a book with a word in the TITLE that begins with a K. Subtitles are excluded.
The Serpent King by Jeff ZentnerCompleted ~ 5.22.20
Pages ~ 373
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Points this post ~ 30
Total Points ~ 675
Tasks Completed ~ 39
Books Read This Season ~ 50
Pages Read This Season ~ 14,688
Pat 🎵 30.5 - Music Terms
Task Description ~ Pick 2 options from below. Read 2 books, one for each option.
REQUIRED ~ State the options when you post.
Option #1 ~ Song
Read a book that was first published under a different title. The original title must be present in the metadata on the book's main GR page. A book with a title in a different language that translates to a synonymous title does not fulfill the task.
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon WinchesterCompleted ~ 4.11.20
Pages ~ 242
Option #5 ~ Cut time
Read a book with a 4 found in the total page count AND in the year first published.
The Last Juror by John GrishamCompleted ~ 5.20.20
Pages ~ 487
Published December 14th 2004 by Dell Books
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Points this post ~ 30
Total Points ~ 705
Tasks Completed ~ 40
Books Read This Season ~ 51
Pages Read This Season ~ 15,417
Readerboard Name Kathy P15.10 - Artemis Fowl, the Movie
Highfire
Totals
Points: 245
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total Tasks completed: 12
Total Books read: 16
Readerboard Name Kathy P20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Suzannesea's task: Wagner's Ring Cycle
Option 2: How Good Do We Have to Be?: A New Understanding of Guilt and Forgiveness
Book I originally gave five stars to:
The Book of Job: When Bad Things Happened to a Good PersonTotals
Points: 265
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total Tasks completed: 13
Total Books read: 17
Amy FL20.7 - SHORTER IS SWEETER – Florence's task: Most Valuable Players
Option 1: Craig & Fred: A Marine, a Stray Dog, and How They Rescued Each Other: Young Reader's Edition (approved in message 2 for this task)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 660
Amy FL20.8 - NICKELS & DIMES – SandyL's task: Country Music
Option 1: A Small Town: A Novel of Crime by Thomas Perry (Thomas Rhett)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 680
15.2 - Music Fact and FictionBook 1: Read a book that has both "Nonfiction" AND "Music" as MPGs.
Perfect Sound Whatever
Nonfiction & Music as MPG
Book 2: Read a novel (fiction) found on one of the following lists.
We Sold Our Souls
Page 3 # 220 on List C: Fiction Involving Rock/Pop Music
Points Earned This Post: 15
Total Points Earned: 690
Golden Oldie Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
EMurphy20.8 Nickels & Dimes-SandyL's Task: Country Music
Option 1: Book written by an author who shares a name with one of the artists performing at the festival Not Quite a Husband by Sherry Thomas (shares the name with Thomas Rhett)
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 355
Books Read: 23
BB Ticket +500: 1
GO Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 16
10.4. Collaboration of the YearGood Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Total points: 145
Pamela326530.4 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Musical Mnemonics
Option A:
Book 1:
by Sian Ann BesseyBook 2:
by Edward J. SnowdenPoints This Post: 30
Total Points: 425
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 4
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Pamela326520.7 - SHORTER IS SWEETER – Florence's task: Most Valuable Players
Option 3: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline – Initials of title found in Emmaus ParKland freedom
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 445
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 4
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Pamela326520.6 - SEASONED READER – Kevin's task: Baseball Road Trip
Option 3: Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty – Authors initials found in reD sox suck
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 465
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 4
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Pamela326515.4 - Celebrate Spring
Book 1: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini – Set in Afghanistan
Book 2: The Noble Smuggler by Sian Ann Bessey – SB found in celeBrate Spring
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 480
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 4
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
10.5. International Women's DayThe Other Side of the World by Stephanie Bishop
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 5
Season Total: 815
20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Esther's task: Spring CleaningOption 1: Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie (On shelf since May 04, 2014)
Total: 150
ED15.4 - Celebrate Spring
Opt. 2- The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie
Setting is entirely in England
"AC" found in "CelebrAte"
pub. 1942
*****I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
Task=15
Total points: 430
Total Tasks completed: 23
Total Golden oldies: 5
Total Big Book tickets: 2
Total books read: 30
Jen K10.1. Can you see me?
List: Awesome Blind Characters, Page 1 #25
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
AR Book Data: IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 12.0
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 720
Big Books: 2
Pat 🎵 5.10 - Goof-Off
Task Description ~ Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules. For this task, a book with the main page genre Childrens or Kids may be used if it is not found in AR Bookfinder.
Spring House by Mary Ellen TaylorCompleted ~ 5.21.20
Pages ~ 364
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Points this post ~ 5
Total Points ~ 710
Tasks Completed ~ 41
Books Read This Season ~ 52
Pages Read This Season ~ 15,781
SandyL10.1. Can you see me?
Read a book from one of the following lists:
Chance of a Lifetime by Marissa Clarke
Page 1, #31 on Awesome Blind Characters
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 580
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 39
Books Read: 48
SandyL10.8. Respect Your Elders
Read a book originally published before 1950
Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie
Originally published in 1942
***requesting Golden Oldie ticket****
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 590
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Tasks Completed: 40
Books Read: 49
SandyL10.9. Tax Day
Read a nonfiction book with a main page genre of money, economics, or finance.
The Barefoot Investor: The Barefoot Investor's Step-By-Step Guide to Financial Freedom by Scott Pape
MPG Nonfiction and Economics
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Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 600
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Tasks Completed: 41
Books Read: 50
SandyL20.1 - MOST IMPROVED PLAYER – Wayne's task: Play Ball!
Option 1: Read a book set at least 50% in either Montreal or Washington D.C.
Better Than Good by Lane Hayes
Set 100% in Washington DC (noted in book details)
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 620
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Tasks Completed: 42
Books Read: 51
Julia10320.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST – Bucket's task: Experimental Reading
Life After Life
Shelved 5 times as Experimental, on page 4 of list
I read ebook edition. The only MMP (Liv efter liv) has 544 pages, so claiming one BB ticket.
This task: 20 points, 1 BB
Total points: 715
BB: 7
GO: 10
Tasks completed: 38
Books read: 50
babbling c5.7 - There Ought to be a Band
Read a book from this list There Ought to be a Band
Required: State the page number of the list where you book is found.
Angels' Blood - Audible Angels' Blood - paperback pgs. 339 by Nalini Singh
page 7, #619
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 60/825
Completed Tasks:5/51
Golden oldies: 0
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Pages read this season: 1,750
Books read this season: 5
5.6 - Rhyme, Repetition, RhythmRead a book with a main page genre of Poetry or Novel in Verse.
The Prophet
****Claiming Golden Oldie Ticket, first published in 1923***
New Points: 5
Total Points: 355
GO: 2
BB: 1
babbling c10.7. It Takes Two
April is Couple Appreciation Month – read a book with a 2 word title. All words count, including articles such as "a, an, the." Subtitles may be ignored.
Wyvern's Outlaw - Kindle Wyvern's Outlaw: Volume 7 - paperback pgs 268 by Deborah Cooke
THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 70/825
Completed Tasks:6/51
Golden oldies: 0
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Pages read this season: 2,018
Books read this season: 6
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.
Kit's Law by Donna Morrissey
Set in Canada and author born in Canada (383 pages)
Book 2: Read a book first published between 1974 and 2015, inclusive.
I listened to audio version of Them Bones which was first published in 1999 (336 pages)
Book 3: Read a book with an MPG of either Classics or Retellings
I read an ebook version(english) Lady Susan most popular MMPB edition is Italian edition.
Lady Susan (125 pages)
***Claiming Golden Oldie Ticket, first published in 1871****
844 total pages
New Points: 50
Total Challenge Points: 405
Go's: 3
BB: 1
babbling c15.3 - 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 Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue - kindle La guía del caballero para el vicio y la virtud - paperback pgs. 450 by Mackenzi Lee
MEAT in Gentleman
EG in Gentleman
G in Guide
THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 85/825
Completed Tasks:7/51
Golden oldies: 0
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Pages read this season: 2,468
Books read this season: 7
Task 30.3 - Dlmrose's Task: PåskekrimOption 1. Head to the mountains knowing the Fjellvettreglene or Norwegian Mountain Code.
Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in FJELLVETTREGLENE.
fJellveTtreglene
To Brew or Not to Brew (Brewing Trouble #1) (2015) by Joyce Tremel (Goodreads Author) (Mass Market Paperback, 278 pages)
Option 2. Grab a Kvikk Lunsj.
Read a book with a word in the TITLE that begins with a K. Subtitles are excluded.
The King at the Edge of the World (2020) by Arthur Phillips (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 266 pages)
220 + 30 =250
Tasks Completed: 12
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 220 + 30 = 250
Books read: 19
Pages read: 6,027
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 10
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Scooter&Siam5.10 - Book of choice
Read The Ruin of J. Robert Oppenheimer & the Birth of the Modern Arms Race
Points: 5
Total: 115
15.8 It Starts with MusicSuch a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
"S" can be found in music
Points this post: 15
Total points: 185
20.9 Wagner's Ring CycleOption 1
Liars, Inc. by Paula Stokes
Setting is more than 50% in Vista Palisades, California
Points this post: 20
Total points: 205
Total BB tickets: 1
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 16
Julia10310.8. Respect Your Elders
Poirot Investigates (first published 1924)
This task: 10 points
Total points: 725
BB: 7
GO: 10
Tasks completed: 39
Books read: 51
Rockynook20.7 - Most Valuable Players
Option 3: MPG of Young Adult and title of three or more words, where the initial letter of each word can be found in EMMAUS PARKLAND FREEDOM.
Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 265
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.
PARSLEY
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
ELeAnoR oliPhant iS completelY fine
B) Read a book where the author's first and last initials appear in the SAME herb as the one used for book A.
PARSLEY
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Points this task: 30
Books read this task: 2
Golden oldie claimed this task: 0
Big book claimed this task: 0
Total points: 280
Total Tasks completed: 14
Total Golden oldies: 9
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Total books read: 20
Pamela326530.5 - TessaVanessa's Task: Music Terms
Option 1: Glimmer of Hope by Sarah M. Eden – Original title was “Through All Hopes”
Option 3: A Note of Change by Esther Hatch, Nichole Van, Annette Lyon
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 510
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 4
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Pamela326525.5 - Brooke TX's task: Paperback Playlists
Playlist: What Would Jane Austen Do
Option 1: Dangerous Alliance: An Austentacious Romance by Jennieke Cohen
Option 2: All Regency Collection by Anna Elliott, Sarah M. Eden, Josie Kilpack, Carla Kelly, Annette Lyon, Heather B. Moore
Song: All the Delights of the Season
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 535
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 4
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
DeborahPost #26
25.5 - Brooke TX's task: Paperback Playlists
MAGICAL OUTCASTS
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0zo...
I'm using option 3 for both books
3) Fruits Basket Another, Vol. 3 by Natsuki Takaya
NT: The Limousines : Song - Haunted
3) The Ghosts of Lovely Women by Julia Buckley
E-book verification approved in message #7854
JB: Justin Bieber: Song - Where Are U Now
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 445
Books Read: 33
Tasks Done: 26
CoffeegirlTask 20.1 - Most Improved Player
Option 1
Book Keep You Close by Karen Cleveland
Setting Washington, D.C.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 290
VAL TX30.1 - Ava Catherine's Task: Redemption - Identify which option or options you select when you post.
Option 1: Folsom - Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in FOLSOM PRISON.
Girl Hearts Girl by Lucy Sutcliffe
Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour
This post:
Points - 30
Total:
Points - 60
GO Tickets - 1
BB Tickets - 1
Kathy KS15.1 - Eurovision Song Contest
This is a 2 book task. Choose a song that has won the Eurovision Song Contest.
Chosen song: "Everybody," (Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL)
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.
Regrow your Veggies: Growing Vegetables from Roots, Cuttings, and Scraps, by Melissa Raupach
RYV = eVeRYbody
I read an ebook ARC from Netgalley. pb=144 p.
AND
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 performer(s).
Using two (2) poetry books, combined
Ensemble, by Linda M. Lewis
Waterbound, by April Pameticky
LLAP=taneL PAdar, dave benton and 2xL
poetry book pages: 55+93=148 pages
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 450
Tasks completed: 24
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 3
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
50.1 - Trishhartuk's task: Remembering Neil PeartThe total page count for the three books must be at least 750 pages.
1. Read a book set at least 50% in Canada or written by a single author who was born in Canada.
The Shipping News
Setting: Newfoundland
Pages: 337
2. Read a book first published between 1974 and 2015, inclusive.
This Is How You Lose Her
Year of publication: 2010
Pages: 217
3. Read a book with an MPG of either Classics or Retellings.
The Professor
Genre: Classics
Pages: 269
Total number of pages: 823
Points this task: 50
Books read this task: 3
Golden oldie claimed this task: 0
Big book claimed this task: 0
Total points: 330
Total Tasks completed: 15
Total Golden oldies: 9
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Total books read: 23
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Task #10.8 - Respect Your Elders
Read a book originally published before 1950. I read My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse, originally published 1919.
Total points so far: 755