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SPRING CHALLENGE 2020
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Sue T15.7 - Practicing Scales
Book with TITLE (subtitles should be ignored) of at least 3 words in which the initial letters only ascend (ABC) or descend (CBA) through the alphabet.
The New Husband by D.J. Palmer
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 55/825
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Sue T5.10 -Goof-Off
Book of choice that meets SRC requirements
Three Sisters, Three Queens by Philippa Gregory
I read the Kindle edition, the paperback (Three Sisters, Three Queens) has 592 pages so I'm claiming one Big Book ticket.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 60/825
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 5
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
That's it for me this round. As always, thanks to the task creators and moderators for another great season.
BUCKET - this is it for me! Thanks moderators!30.4 Musical Mnemonics
Option B: Bass Clef
Book 1: The Book of Illusions, by Paul Auster
Male MC is David Zimmer
Book 2: Talking It Over, by Julian Barnes
Composer: Julian Slade
Points this post: 30
Points total: 300
BB this post: 0
BB total: 2
GO this post: 0
GO total: 2
babbling c5.2 - How Time Flies
On March 1, 2020 there will be 305 days remaining in 2020. By the end of the Spring Challenge on May 31,2020 there will be 214 days remaining.
Read a book with a number of pages between 214 and 305 inclusive.
Royal Holiday - Audible Royal Holiday - paperback pg 304 by Jasmine Guillory
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 190/825
Completed Tasks: 14/51
Golden oldies: 0
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Pages read this season: 5,118
Books read this season: 15
20.1 - 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.
I read the ebook version of The Timekeeper's Son
New points: 20
Total Points: 460
GO's: 4
BB: 1
Queen Bee Darlene30.2 Mazza1's TAsk: Are We Going to Scarborough Fair?
Option 1A: SAGE - all ltrs of SAGE in title
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
on EArth we're briefly GorgeouS
Option 1B: author initials appear in SAGE
My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Stroud My Name Is Lucy Barton
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 470
15.9 - Richard AdamsHere Comes the Sun by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn
❁ first published 2016 ❁
Total points: 345 + 15 = 360
Queen Bee Darlene5.4 I'm a Slave 4 U - one numerical digit in the title/sub - not spelled out
The Beginner's KetoDiet Cookbook
Over 100 Delicious Whole Food, Low-Carb Recipes for Getting in the Ketogenic Zone, Breaking Your Weight-Loss Plateau, and Living Keto for Life by Martina Slajerova The Beginner's KetoDiet Cookbook: Over 100 Delicious Whole Food, Low-Carb Recipes for Getting in the Ketogenic Zone Breaking Your Weight-Loss Plateau, and Living Keto for Life
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 475
Pamela326525.1 - Cat's task: My genre's Opera, Space Opera
Option B: His Lady in Hiding by Jen Geigle Johnson
272 pages
Option C: A Fine Gentleman by Sarah M. Eden - Initials of book title are found in FlAsh Gordon
256 pages
528 total pages
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 675
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 4
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
Big Books - 500+: 3
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
PAULA S20.9 - MODERATOR'S PET – Suzannesea's task: Wagner's Ring Cycle
Option 1: Read a book set at least 50% in California, Washington, Illinois, Germany, Denmark, or Finland.
set in San Francisco, California
I read the kindle edition, PB link for reference: Bloody Lessons
Points this task: 20
Points total: 245
Total GO tickets: 2
Queen Bee Darlene15.7 Practicing Scales -- Title at least 3 words in which initial ltrs only ascend or descend through the alphabet
Letters Descend P L C
Perfect Little Children by Sophie Hannah Perfect Little Children
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 490
Queen Bee Darlene10.5 International Women's Day - Won or Shortlisted for Baileys Prize
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie Home Fire
2018 Winner Baileys Prize
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 500
Pamela326515.1 - Eurovision Song Contest
Song: “All Kinds of Everything” (1970) performed by Dana
Book 1: It's All Relative: Adventures Up and Down the World's Family Tree by A.J. Jacobs
Book 2: The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
Golden Oldie - Originally published in 1890
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 690
Golden Oldie books this post: 1
Total Golden Oldie books: 5
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
Big Books - 500+: 3
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Queen Bee Darlene5.10 Goof-Off Book of my choice
The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine The Last Mrs. Parrish
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 505
Sorry for all the posts on the last day. I did so terrible this time and I had to move books around where they fit to get points for them.
PAULA S30.2 - 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.
Etiquette & Espionage contains all the letters in SAGE
B) Read a book where the author's first and last initials appear in the SAME herb as the one used for book A.
Flickan under jorden by Elly Griffiths EG in SAGE
I read the ebook, PB link for reference (no MMPB): The Crossing Places
Points this task: 30
Points total: 275
Total GO tickets: 2
babbling c25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: What I chose not to do
This is a two book task. Read one book from two different options.
Required: Indicate the options when you post.
Option 3: Peloton
Read a book with an apostrophe in the title. Subtitles are excluded.
Ashley's War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield - Audible Ashley's War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield - paperback 289 by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Option 4: Ancestry.com
Read a book set at least 50% in England, Ireland, or Sweden.
Required: If the setting is not obvious from the book's Goodreads main page, provide a link to a reference establishing the setting when you post.
Bringing Down the Duke - Audible Bringing Down the Duke - paperback pg 368 by Evie Dunmore
set in England
THIS POST
Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 215/825
Completed Tasks: 15/51
Golden oldies: 0
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Pages read this season: 5,775
Books read this season: 17
PAULA S15.5 - 2020 Grammy Awards
Read a book written by a single author who shares a name with a 2020 Grammy winner or nominee
Mörkögda augustinatt by Maria Lang
author shares a name with Carter Lang, producer on the Record of the year nominee "Sunflower"
I read the ebook, MMPB link for reference: Mörkögda augustinatt
Points this task: 15
Points total: 290
Total GO tickets: 2
PAULA S5.9 - Go For Baroque
Read a book with a main page genre that includes History or Historical.
I read the kindle edition, PB link for reference: Gods of Jade and Shadow
Points this task: 5
Points total: 295
Total GO tickets: 2
PAULA S15.7 - Practicing Scales
Read a book with a TITLE (subtitles should be ignored) of at least 3 words in which the initial letters only ascend (ABC) or descend (CBA) through the alphabet.
Det innersta rummet
title initials DIR ascend through the alphabeth
I read the ebook, PB for reference: The Cabin
Points this task: 15
Points total: 310
Total GO tickets: 2
CoffeegirlTask 20.5 Bigger is Better
Option 2
Book Home to Woefield by Susan Juby
Bird on cover
Points this task: 20
Total points: 350
SandyL50.1 - 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.
Rocky Mountain Home by Vivian Arend
Wikipedia link shows Vivian Arend as a Canadian author, and that her Six Pack Ranch series is set in Canada
Peoplepill.comshowing she was born in Canada
478 pgs
Book 2: Read a book first published between 1974 and 2015, inclusive.
The Luckiest Lady in London by Sherry Thomas
First published in 2013
276 pgs
Book 3: Read a book with an MPG of Classics
Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie
MPG Classics verified Msg #60 in genre verification thread
336 pgs
Total pages - 478+276+336 = 1,090
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Points This Task: 50
Total Points: 825
Big Books Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Tasks Completed: 51
Books Read: 66
CoffeegirlTask 20.6 Baseball Road Trip
Option 1
Book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
First Published in 1925
Points this task: 20
Total points: 370
Amy W20.2 - ROOKIE AT THE TOP – Esther's task: Spring Cleaning
I chose Option 1: Read a book that has been on your Goodreads ‘To be Read’ shelf for 3 years or more.
I read Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed. I added this book to my ‘To be Read’ shelf on April 30, 2013.
Points This Task: 20
Total Points to Date: 225
Congratulations, SandyL! Task 25.13 in the Summer Challenge is yours.
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ30.1 - Redemption
Book 1 - Silver Anniversary Murder by Leslie Meier
Option 1 - This book was written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in foLsoM prison.
Link to PB edition: Silver Anniversary Murder
Book 2 - A Groom with a View by Jill Churchill
Option 3 - This book was written by a single author whose first and last initials are JC,
This post: 30 points
Total points to date: 430 points
Tasks completed: 27
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
MEGSCL15.10 - Artemis Fowl, the Movie
The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
**503pp - 1 big book ticket
TOTAL TO DATE
650 points
17 big books
3 golden oldie
MEGSCL30.3 - Dlmrose's Task: Påskekrim
Option 1.Read a book written by a single author whose initials can be found in FJELLVETTREGLENE. Two for the Dough (JE)
Option 2. Read a book with a word in the TITLE that begins with a K. The Kite Runner
FINAL TOTAL
680 points
17 big books
3 golden oldie
Julia1035.7 - There Ought to be a Band
Fortune's Fool
This is on page 2 of list (#197)
This task: 5 points
Total points: 815
BB: 10
GO: 10
Tasks completed: 49
Books read: 62
Readerboard Name Kathy P20.8 - NICKELS & DIMES – SandyL's task: Country Music
Option 1 The Outcasts of Time
Author Ian Mortimer
Performer Ian Noe
Totals
Points: 305
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total Tasks completed: 16
Total Books read: 20
Readerboard Name Kathy P25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: What I chose not to do
Option 1: There Is Still Love: Five Parables of God's Love That Will Change Your Life
P in Parables
O in Love
D in God's
C in Change
A in Parables
S in Parables
T in That
Option 5: Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life
192 pagesTotals
Points: 330
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total Tasks completed: 17
Total Books read: 22
10.6. Say what?Read a book with “who,” “what,” “when,” “where,” “why,” or “how” in the title
The Land Where Sinners Atone by V.F. Mason
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 280
Total Tasks: 19
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 23
25.5 - Brooke TX's task: Paperback PlaylistsPlaylist: Take Flight | playlist for If These Wings Could Fly
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/21K...
Option 2: Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that matches a word in a song title from your chosen playlist.
Song - From Eden
From the First Verse by M. Robinson
*approved for length 7830
Artist: Halsey
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in one of the artists featured on your chosen playlists.
Zhànzhì: A Dark Retelling by Anna Edwards
*approved for length 7866
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 305
Total Tasks: 20
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 25
Kristi CO5.2 - How Time Flies
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
302 pg
Points this post: 5
Total points: 180
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 12
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Julia1035.6 - Rhyme, Repetition, Rhythm
Poems of New York
This task: 5 points
Total points: 815
BB: 10
GO: 10
Tasks completed: 49
Books read: 62
(Totals not changed because the book I used in post 3454 for task 5.3 was not accepted)
Kristi CO5.5- Long Live Rock
The End of October by Lawrence Wright
Points this post: 5
Total points: 185
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 13
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
EMurphy20.1 Most Improved Player-Wayne's Task: Play Ball!
Option 1: Set in Montreal or Washington D.C. Speak No Evil by Uzodinma Iweala
*Set in Washington D.C.
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 450
Books Read: 29
BB Ticket +500: 1
GO Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 19
Kelly L30.1 - Ava Catherine's Task: Redemption
Option 1: Folsom
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in FOLSOM PRISON.
Topics of Conversation by Miranda Popkey, initials MP
Option 2: Rebel/ Advocate
Read a book with main page genre war, main page genre Vietnam, or main page genre race. (mpg may be stand alone or embedded)
Thick: And Other Essays, MPG Race
This task +30
Total = 290
Kelly L5.3 - Susan B.
Read a book that has been shelved Women's Rights from the list of Popular Women's Rights books. - Page 7
Difficult Women by Roxane Gay
This task +5
Total = 295
babbling c30.1 - Ava Catherine's Task: Redemption
REQUIRED: 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. The letters may be used only as often as they appear in the target phrase. Middle names/initials may be ignored.
No Quest For The Wicked - Audible No Quest For The Wicked - paperback pg 305 by Shanna Swendson
FOLSOM PRISON
Option 4: Redemption
🎶 Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in REDEMPTION. You may use the letters as often as they appear in the target word. Middle names/initials may be ignored.
The Starless Sea - Audible The Starless Sea - paperback pg. 498 author:Erin Morgenstern|4370565]
REDEMPTION
THIS POST
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 245/825
Completed Tasks: 16/51
Golden oldies: 0
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Pages read this season: 6,578
Books read this season: 19
StaceyNC25.5 - Brooke TX's task: Paperback Playlists
Playlist: Kingdom Reclaimed
Option 2: Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle that matches a word in a song title from your chosen playlist.
Book: From Lukov with Love
Completed: 3/28/20
Song: Love and War
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in one of the artists featured on your chosen playlists.
Book: Alex
Completed: 5/31/20
Author: Sawyer Bennett
Artist: Bastille
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 455
Tasks Completed: 26
babbling c30.4 - Amanda A & Amy FL's Task: Musical Mnemonics
Required: Include the cover in your post.
Option B: Bass Clef
Book 1: Bass Clef lines (G-B-D-F-A): Good Boys Do Fine Always
𝄢 Read a book by a single male author with a male main character. The character must be listed as a character in the book's metadata or the book's description on its Goodreads main page.
Required: Include the name of the male main character in your post.
Besieged - Audible Besieged: Stories from the Iron Druid Chronicles paperback pg 275 by Kevin Hearne
Atticus O'Sullivan
Book 2: Bass Clef spaces (A-C-E-G): American Composers Envy Gershwin
𝄢 Read a book by a single author who shares a name with a famous composer of musicals from this list: Composers of Musicals. The name must match exactly but may be in any position.
Required: Include the name of the composer from the list in your post.
The Last Sun - Kindle The Last Sun - paperback pg. 384 by K.D. Edwards
Gus Edwards
THIS POST
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 275/825
Completed Tasks: 17/51
Golden oldies: 0
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Pages read this season: 7,237
Books read this season: 21
Mai30.1 - Ava Catherine's Task: Redemption
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in FOLSOM PRISON
A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver
Option 2: Book with MPG Race
Passing by Nella Larsen
Golden Oldie: Book first published in 1929
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 315
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 20
Golden Oldies: 11
25.5 - Brooke TX's task: Paperback PlaylistsPlaylist: Split at Birth
Option 1: Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
❁ book inspired playlist ❁
Option 2: The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
❁ DOWN found in the song Way Down We Go ❁
Total points: 360 + 25 = 385
Kathy KS10.10. No Lawyer Jokes!
Read a fiction or non-fiction book about law or in which the main character is a lawyer.
REQUIRED:If the connection is not obvious from the GR description, please briefly explain the connection in your post.
Racing: Indian Style, by Charles Curtis (non-fiction)
In his own words, Curtis relates stories of his life, including his time as an attorney (private and county attorney), serving in both the U.S. House and Senate, until his election as Vice-President of the nation. Stories from his childhood are related in the first half.
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 570
Tasks completed: 31
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 3
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
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babbling c5.10 - Goof-Off
March 22 is National Goof-Off Day. 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.
Waiting for Tom Hanks - Audible Waiting for Tom Hanks - paperback pg 259 by Kerry Winfrey
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 280/825
Completed Tasks: 18/51
Golden oldies: 0
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Pages read this season: 7,496
Books read this season: 22
15.10 Artemis Fowl, The MovieThe Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz is on the read alike list.
Post Total: 15
Grand Total: 365
Kim O25.3 - Queen Bee Darlene's task: What I chose not to do
Option 1: Podcasts - Read a book with all the letters of PODCAST in title/subtitle/series name.
Wag: The Science of Making Your Dog Happy
Option 3: Peloton - Read a book with an apostrophe in the title.
Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
Points this task: 25
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Totals:
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Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 2
Tasks completed: 11
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20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST – Bucket's task: Experimental Reading
Option A. Read a book from the Popular Experimental Books list that has been shelved as “experimental” at least 3 times.
Required: State the page the book can be found on when you post.
Slaughterhouse Five, by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
This book is listed on page 1 of the list as of today (shelved 28 times as experimental).
I listened to an audio version; mmpb=215 p.
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 560
Tasks completed: 30
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 3
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1