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SPRING CHALLENGE 2020
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FANDURY5.9 - Go For Baroque
Read a book with a main page genre that includes History or Historical.
Ormeshadow by Priya Sharma
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 130
Books Read: 9
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
FANDURY5.10 - Goof-Off
Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
Let There Be Blood by Jane Jakeman
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 135
Books Read: 10
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
15.10 - Artemis Fowl, the MovieRead a book written by Eoin Colfer or a similar author.
Book read: The Diviners
How it fits: Written by a similar author (Libba Bray)
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Total points: 745
Books read: 58
Tasks completed: 46
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
PegW5.2 - How Time Flies
Read a book with a number of pages between 214 and 305 inclusive.
Granite Mountain: The Firsthand Account of a Tragic Wildfire, Its Lone Survivor, and the Firefighters Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice 288 pages.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 545
Big Books: 4
Golden Oldies: 2
Total tasks: 34
Mai15.6 - Best New Artist
Read a book first published in 2019 that was written by a new-to-you author.
You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It's Making the World a Weirder Place by Janelle Shane
Book published in 2019; Janelle Shane is new to me
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 210
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 13
Golden Oldies: 7
trishhartuk20.2 Rookie at the Top – Esther's task: Spring Cleaning
Option 1. Read a book that has been on your Goodreads ‘To be Read’ shelf for 3 years or more.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Dee Brown (509pg)
Been on my TBR since 4 April 2016
Points this task: 20
Books read: 1
Golden oldie: No
Big book: Yes – 509pg = 500+ = 1 ticket
Total points: 495
Tasks completed: 28
Golden oldies: 5
Big Book tickets: 1
Katrina H5.2 - How Time Flies
Book between 214-305 pages.
Peaky Blinders - The Real Story of Birmingham's most notorious gangs.
Page count = 288.
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Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Katrina H5.3 - Susan B.
Shelved Women's Rights from the list of Popular Women's Rights books.
Page 3 > Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men.
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Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Katrina H10.7. It Takes Two
Two-word title.
Bone China by Laura Purcell.
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Points this post: 10
Total points: 20
5.9 - Go For BaroqueRead a book with a main page genre that includes History or Historical.
Book read: The Accidental Highwayman: Being the Tale of Kit Bristol, His Horse Midnight, a Mysterious Princess, and Sundry Magical Persons Besides
How it fits: MPG Historical
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Total points: 750
Books read: 59
Tasks completed: 47
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Sarah E50.1 - Trishhartuk's task: Remembering Neil Peart
Book 1: The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel - 320 pages
From the author bio on GR: Emily St. John Mandel was born and raised on the west coast of British Columbia, Canada.
I read an ebook but have linked to the top paperback, no MMP
Book 2: Going Out - first published 2002 - 368 pages
I read a kindle edition but have linked to the top paperback, no MMP
Book 3: Right Ho, Jeeves - MPG Classics - 261 pages
I read an ebook but have linked to the top MMP
Golden Oldie, first published 1934. I claim 1 GO ticket.
320 + 368 + 261 = 949 pages
Total points: 630
Total GOs: 3
Sarah E5.5- Long Live Rock
Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House - THe Rock & roll HAll of fAme
Total points: 640
Sarah E20.1 - MOST IMPROVED PLAYER – Wayne's task: Play Ball!
Option 2: First published in 1948 or earlier
The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd - first published 1926
I read an ebook, top MMP is Le Meurtre de Roger Ackroyd
Golden Oldie, first published 1926. I claim 1 GO ticket.
Total points: 660
Total GOs: 4
Sue T5.7 -There Ought to be a Band
Book from the list There Ought to be a Band
Blood Work by Michael Connelly which I found on page 4 of the list
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5/825
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Sue T15.10 - Artemis Fowl, the Movie
Book written by Eoin Colfer or a similar author. Pseudonyms mentioned on the similar author page may be used.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
AR Finder: IL: MG+ - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 29.0
MMP is 652 pages, claiming one Big Book( Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince)
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 20/825
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Sue T20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Esther - Spring Cleaning
Option 1: book on TBR from more than 3 years
Echoes in Death by J.D. Robb
which was added to my list on Dec. 6, 2016
Shelby
15.10 - Artemis Fowl, the Movie
In preparation for the film's release, read a book written by Eoin Colfer or a similar author.: Redwall, by Brian Jacques
How Fits: Author - Brian Jacques is on Similar Author list
AR BookFinder Results - IL: MG / BL: 5.6 / AR Pts: 16.0
Points this post: 15
Total points: 670
Big Books: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
Joanne MITask 5.2 Read a book with a number of pages between 214 and 305 inclusive.
Tehanu - 281 pages
Points this Task 5
Total Points 370
BB's 6
Go's 1
25.1 - Cat's task: My genre's Opera, Space OperaOption 1: Two book option - Pick two tasks and read a book for each.
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.
The Man Who Japed by Philip K. Dick
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 Odd Couple
TOC appears in alsO spraCh zaraThurstra
Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 715
Golden Oldie Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
15.5 - 2020 Grammy AwardsThe Holdout by Graham Moore
❁ author's last name (Moore) matches artist Rodrick Moore ❁
Total points: 330 + 15 = 345
Julia10310.5. International Women's Day
Disobedience
Winner of Orange Prize for New Writers 2006
This task: 10 points
Total points: 775
BB: 7
GO: 10
Tasks completed: 44
Books read: 56
JEN B30.2 - 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.
The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda
All the letters in SAGE (SA in Last, GE in Guest)
B) Read a book where the author's first and last initials appear in the SAME herb as the one used for book A.
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Initials EA in SAGE
TOTAL POINTS: 600
Barbara ★ (final post)20.1 - MOST IMPROVED PLAYER – Wayne's task: Play Ball!
Option 1: Read a book set at least 50% in either Montreal or Washington D.C.
A Deeper Darkness - J.T. Ellison (set 95% in Washington DC) 5/28
Points this task: 20
Total points: 665
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Kelly L 5.5- Long Live Rock
All Adults Here = A A H
THE ROCK & ROLL --HA--LL OF F--A--ME
This task +5
Total = 240
Kelly L10.3. It's Not Just the Grammys
Big Summer author Jennifer Weiner shares her first name with Jennifer Lopez, 2015 AMA Host.
This task +10
Total = 250
Reader name: Marie-Anne**** REPOST of 3104, on problem post #251 ****
Task 30.1: Redemption:
I choose 2 from
Option 1:
Book 1: The Cat, the Lady and the Liar by Leann Sweeney a single author, with initials LS in foLSom prison
Book 2 : Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance by Ruth Emmie Lang, a single author, with first and last initials RL in foLsom pRison
Totals this posting:
Points: 30
Summary Totals: 185
Books: 12
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 1 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
Julia10310.6. Say what?
Who Framed Lorenzo Garcia?
(WHO in title)
This task: 10 points
Total points: 785
BB: 7
GO: 10
Tasks completed: 45
Books read: 57
15.4 - Celebrate SpringBook 1: Read a book set at least 50% - Mexico
Cocksure Ace by K. Webster
**See Reviews for setting, most of the book is set in Mexico where there is a layover and where the main character is from:
~ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
~ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book 2: Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase CELEB RA TE SPRING
Ashes by Aleatha Romig
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 245
Total Tasks: 17
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 20
BUCKET25.1 My genre’s opera, space opera
Option 2: One book option
Always Coming Home: Author's Expanded Edition by Ursula K. Le Guin
800 pages. (>500)
Task B: Author Ursula K. Le Guin has a multi-part name.
Task C: First letters of words in title are A, C, H. Author first and last initials are U, L, G.
ALso spraCH zarathUstra flash Gordon queen
**At 800 pages, this is a two-ticket BIG BOOK.**
Points this post: 25
Points total: 265
BB this post: 2
BB total: 2
GO this post: 0
GO total: 2
Katrina H10.8. Respect Your Elders
Book originally published before 1950.
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins.
Originally published: 1859
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Points this post: 10
Total points: 30
Katrina H15.6 - Best New Artist
Book first published in 2019 or 2020 & written by a new-to-you author.
The Binding.
Published in 2019 and the first ever Bridget Collins book I have read.
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Points this post: 15
Total points: 45
REPOST10.5. International Women's Day
There Was Still Love by Favel Parrett
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 5
Season Total: 825
Esther 15.7 Practicing Scales
Read a book with a title of at least 3 words. Title initials in Ascending or Descending Order.
The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter
MMP 641pp (I listened to audiobook)
T, G, D descending.
GO to date: 2
Points this post: 15
Points to date: 320
20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Babbling C's task: MomRead a book by a single author who's first and last initials can be found in "Nora Roberts J. D. Robb”
A Second Chance by Jodi Taylor
I listened to audiobook. Paperback 298pp
GO Tickets to date: 2
Total points this post: 20
Total points to date: 340
20.8 - NICKELS & DIMES – SandyL's task: Country Music
Option 1: The lineup at Stagecoach always has a great mix of well known artists as well as unknowns. Read a book written by an author who shares a name with one of the artists performing at the festival this year.
Artist: Bryan Adams
The Seven Daughters Of Eve by Bryan Sykes
GO to date: 2
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 360
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ25.1 - Paperback Playlists
I chose the playlist for Where the Wild Things Are
Book 1 - Wilder Girls by Rory Power
Option 1 - This book inspired the playlist for Where the Wild Things Are
Book 2 - Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
Option 3 - RR can be found in the artist's name little hurricane (song: Same Sun Same Moon)
Link to PB edition: Carry On
This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 380 points
Tasks completed: 24
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Delicious Dee30.4 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Musical Mnemonics
Option B: Bass Clef
Book A - The Good Fight - Andrew Grey - main character is a guy named Jerry and the author is Male
Book B - Fire and Water - Andrew Grey - composer: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 645
EMurphy50.1 - Trishhartuk's Task: Remembering Neil Peart
Option 1: Set in Canada The Shipping News by Annie Proulx (368 pgs)
Option 2: Published between 1974 and 2015 Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed (315 pgs) *Published in 2015
Option 3: Classics or Retelling genre One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey (325 pgs)
Total page count 368+315+325=1,008 pages
This Task:
Points: 50
Books Read: 3
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 430
Books Read: 28
BB Ticket +500: 1
GO Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 18
Amy FL15.10 - Artemis Fowl, the Movie
The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud from the similar authors list
If childrens appears on Genre list, the book qualifies as follows:
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 19.0
Points this post: 15
Total points: 770
Amy FL20.10 - Group Reads
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg - my review
Points this post: 20
Total points: 790
Sarah E25.2 - Nick KY’s Task: MUSYCK is the LIMIT!
Book 1: Option A
The Travelling Cat Chronicles - CAT can be found in SUSATO MUSYCK
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is The Travelling Cat Chronicles - 256 pages
Book 2: From the One word Titles - C list, page 1, #15
Cranford - 299 pages
I listened to an audio edition but have linked to the top MMP
Golden Oldie, first published 1853. I claim 1 GO ticket.
256 + 299 = 555 pages
Total points: 685
Total GOs: 5
Sarah E25.4 - TraceyL's task: The Masked Singer
Option 3: Author initials in TACO
Adventures of the Yorkshire Shepherdess by Amanda Owen
I read an ebook but have linked to the paperback - no MMP
Option 4: NIGHT intact in the title
The Nightingale Gallery
I read an ebook, MMP is La Galerie du rossignol
Total points: 710
Sarah E30.1 - Ava Catherine's Task: Redemption
Option 1: Author initials in FOLSOM PRISON
Tracks of Her Tears by Melinda Leigh
No print edition, ebook approval in message 7847
Option 4: Author initials in REDEMPTION
Wakenhyrst by Michelle Paver
I read a kindle edition but have linked to the top paperback - no MMP
Total points: 740
Sarah E30.4 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Musical Mnemonics
Option A: Treble Clef
Book 1: Off to Be the Wizard - five-word title
I listened to the audio, top paperback - no MMP - is Off to Be the Wizard
Book 2:
The eyes are more easily visible if the cover is enlarged.
I read the kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is Head Over Heels
Total points: 770
CoffeegirlTask 20.9: Wagner's Ring Cycle
Option 1
Book The Lemon Sisters by Jill Shalvis
Setting in California
Points this task: 20
Total points; 310
Sarah E5.9 - Go For Baroque
The Mirror & the Light
I read an ebook but have linked to the top paperback - no MMP
Big Book, 884 pages. I claim 2 BB tickets.
Total points: 775
Total BBs: 3
Sarah E25.1 - Cat's task: My genre's Opera, Space Opera
Option 1: Two books
Task B: Author has a multi part name
Through the Fog by Michael C. Grumley
I listened to the audio but have linked to the paperback - no MMP
Task C: Title and author initials in "also sPrACh zaraTHustra"
The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie
I read a kindle edition, top MMP is The Pale Horse
Total points: 800
Sarah E25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: What I chose not to do
Option 1: The Conference of the Birds - Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #5
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is The Conference of the Birds
The COnference of the birDS, miss Peregrine's peculiAr children
Option 5: Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley - 192 pages
I read a kindle edition but have linked to the top paperback - no MMP
Total points: 825
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50.1 - Trishhartuk's task: Remembering Neil Peart
Task: Read a book set at least 50% in Canada or written by a single author who was born in Canada.: The Renegade Hunter, by Lynsay Sands
How Fits: Author Born - Leamington, Canada
AND
Task: Read a book first published between 1974 and 2015, inclusive.: Night Game, by Christine Feehan
How Fits: Published - November 1, 2005
AND
Task: Read a book with an MPG of either Classics or Retellings.: Flame in the Mist, by Renée Ahdieh
How Fits: MPG: Retelling
Points this post: 50
Total points: 670
Big Books: 5
Golden Oldies: 1