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SPRING CHALLENGE 2021
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10.1 Spring Starts#1 in a series: Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date: 10 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
30.2 Aprilleigh's task: Agatha Christie, Queen of MysteryOption 1: And Then There Were None Deadly Parties List: #8
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton - MMP = 458pp
Option 3: Other Kings and Queens - Author Similar to Agatha Christie List
Into the Water by Paula Hawkins - MMP =386pp
Points this post: 30 points
Total points to date: 40 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's Task: OLD TIME ROCK’N ROLL1. Elton John - read a book, where the author’s initials can be found in "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (B & C in Brick)
The Betrayals by Bridget Collins
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 60 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
Task 20.8 - 21 Years and 21 CenturiesI rolled 17
option 1: read a book published in 2017
American Street
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180 points
2 GO tix
1 BB tix
SarahBR5.8 - Monty Python's Flying Circus
1984 byGeorge Orwell
1984 is book 1 on page 1 of the cult classics list
Claiming a golden oldies ticket
Points this post:5
Total points:35
Books read:3
Golden Oldies:2
Big Books;0
Tasks completed:3
CYNBAXTERTask #15.04 – In honor of Captain Tom
Task Description, option 2: Read a book with a title of at least three words, where the initials of each title word can be found in "You'll Never Walk Alone." AND was written by an author name of Tom or Thomas
Book: Another Roadside Attraction by Tom Robbins
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date: 120 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.9 National Library Week
Tents, Trails and Turmoil by Tonya Kappes
Points this post: 15
Total points: 225/900
Tasks completed: 13/54
Books read: 16
BB:2
GO: 0
just keeping track for own purposes
Task: 20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's Task: OLD TIME ROCK’N ROLLOption:1 - author’s initials can be found in "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
Book read:Girl A by Abigail Dean
Required: author initials AD in roAD
Points this task:20
Total points:150
Total Golden Oldies:
Total Big Books:
Books read:8
Tasks completed:7
trishhartuk5.4 Fawlty Towers
Read a book with two Ws in title/subtitle
The Tale of Cuckoo Brow Wood, Susan Wittig Albert
Points this task: 5
Books read: 1
Total points: 155
Tasks completed: 10
Golden oldies: 1
Big book tickets: 1
15.3. A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away1 Option, 2 books.
Option 1:
Book 1 - Author's name matches James Earl Jones.
The Pinhoe Egg by Diana Wynne Jones
AR: IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13.0
This book has 515 pages for 1 Big Book point.
Book 2 - Mpg Space Opera.
I listened to the audio, mmp is here: Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold.
Points: 15
Total: 185
BB Points: 4
GO Points: 2
20.6 - HONORING ZEN, THE BRAVE TOMCAT OPTION 3 - Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
SG found in Strong Wise Cats
TOTAL POINTS - 355
Nick KY10.3 ABBA.
I read Breakfast with Buddha by Roland Merullo. BreAkfast with BuddhA.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 110
Nick KY10.8 American Pie. I read Rock Springs by Richard Ford, “Rock” from the lyric “Do you believe in Rock and Roll?”
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 120
Kai5.6 - Are You Being Served?
MPG Humor or Comedy.
Right Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
Books Read for Challenge: 6
Total New Points: 5
Total Challenge Points: 60
trishhartuk15.9 National Library Week
Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK.
Aunt Dimity and the Buried Treasure, Nancy Atherton
NAtional
Points this task: 15
Books read: 1
Total points: 170
Tasks completed: 11
Golden oldies: 1
Big book tickets: 1
Delicious Dee20.10 Group Read
Paper Bullets: Two Artists Who Risked Their Lives to Defy the Nazis
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 320
Task 5.2 - Antiques Roadshowread a book published before 1921
The Island of Doctor Moreau
first pub 1896 - claiming 1 GO tix
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185 points
3 GO tix
1 BB tix
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska5.3 – The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
Read a book by an author with three names.
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl (165 p.)*
*I would like to claim a GO ticket for this item please (1946).
➸ Total Points: 5
➸ Total Pages: 165
15.1. Continuing on..................Book 1: Two word title minimum.
Seeing a Large Cat by Elizabeth Peters
This book has 512 pages for 1 Big Book point.
Book 2: First word of title matches last word of book 1.
Read ebook Cat of Many Tails mmp here: Il gatto dalle molte code, by Ellery Queen.
First published in 1949 for 1 Golden Oldie point.
Points: 15
Total: 200
BB Points: 5
GO Points: 3
Joanne Mi20.5 - Bigger is Better - Ann A's Task: Big Books, Big Titles
a book with a title/subtitle consisting of AT LEAST 8 WORDS.
Long Mile Home: Boston Under Attack, the City's Courageous Recovery, and the Epic Hunt for Justice
Post this task 20
Total Points 55
Coralie5.5 M*A*S*H
From page 11 of Medicine and Literature list
My Year of Meats
Total to date 110 points
Andy P.Task # 5.9 - Three's Company
🌷Read a book that is #3 in a series
Guilty Minds by Joseph Finder
#3 in Nick Heller series
Points this post: 5
Total points: 95
Julia10315.9. National Library Week
A Principle of Honour by Liese Anning (initials LA in LIBRARY)
ebook with no print edition verified for length in post 8160 of ebook verification thread
This post: 15 points
Total points: 135
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 9
Total books read: 10
Task 25.7 - Deja Vu All Over AgainOption A
book 1: published in 2020
Piranesi
book 2: published in 2021
A Springtime Affair
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210 points
3 GO tix
1 BB tix
5.8 - Monty Python's Flying CircusA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
page 1
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Season Total: 145
Julia10315.6. It's Saturday!
Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home
This post: 15 points
Total points: 150
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 10
Total books read: 11
30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: Pawn SacrificeOption 2a: The Witching Hour by Anne Rice
❇︎ 82.6% black ❇︎
📖 965 pages 📖
Total points: 30 + 30 = 60
SandiCompleted Task
5.5 - M*A*S*H
On Medicine and Literature listopia
Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks
Found on page 2 of the list
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 45
Points Earned this Post: 5
Total Points To Date: 50
10.10 - Twitter - It's What's HappeningA book with a number of pages between 140 and 280: Stories from Suffragette City by M.J. Rose
hardcover edition Stories from Suffragette City 272 pages
Points this post: 10
Total points: 165
Anja15.9. National Library Week
Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK.
Untamed Daddy by Laylah Roberts
pages approved here
POINTS:
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 85
Big Books: 500(1) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 5
Anja20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Margo's Task: First Time Lucky!
Option 1.
As I have completed one challenge, read a book with a ONE word title.
Echo by Seven Rue
POINTS:
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 105
Big Books: 500(1) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 6
Task: 5.10 - Good TimesBook read:An Introduction to Coping with Depression by Lee Brosan
Required: this is my one 5 point task shorter book pick as this has 96 pages
Points this task:5
Total points:155
Total Golden Oldies:
Total Big Books:
Books read:9
Tasks completed:8
Amy B10.6 - My Baby, She Wrote Me a Letter
Read a book from one of these lists: Epistolary Fiction
All SRC rules, including those regarding childrens books and art books, apply to books on a list. Required: State the list and page.
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery - Epistolary Fiction #59, page 1
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 60 Points
15.2. Free To Be... You And MeBoys Like You
You Remind Me of You: A Poetry Memoir
Points this post: 15
Total points: 40
10.9 - Just What the Doctor OrderedBrightly Burning Mercedes Lackey
MerceDes
Points this post: 10
Total points: 50
SarahBR20.4 - Golden Oldies - Lys's Task: Wintering at Riley
Option 2
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare I first started reading this in June 2009 and never finished it
Points this post:20
Total points:55
Books read:3
Golden Oldies:2
Big Books;0
Tasks completed:4
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Ann A's Task: Big Books, Big TitlesRead a book with a title/subtitle consisting of AT LEAST 8 WORDS.
Book read: The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost: A Memoir of Three Continents, Two Friends, and One Unexpected Adventure
How it fits: More than 8 words in the title+subtitle
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Total points: 75
Books read: 5
Tasks completed: 4
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
LAUREN JODI20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Iulia's Task: Honoring Zen, the Brave Tomcat
Option #3:
Allegiance of Honor by Nalini Singh
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 180/900
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Total Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 12/54
LAUREN JODI5.4 - Fawlty Towers
The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 185/900
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Total Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 13/54
Amy B20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Margo's Task: First Time Lucky!
Your book for this task must be at least 290 pages.
Choose one option and read one book. REQUIRED: State which option you used when you post.
Option 1.
As I have completed one challenge, read a book with a ONE word title. Ignore subtitles.
Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots (416 pages)
One of main page genres is comics > superheroes because characters are superheroes; book is a novel, not a comic
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 80 Points
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I read Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro. I read the kindle edition, top pb (no MMPB) is Klara y el Sol.
Author initials, KI, found in lIbrary weeK.
total points 65
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I read Pandora's Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the pb (no MMPB).
Science and Nonfiction and the top 2 listed genres.
total points: 80
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I chose option 2c, and read The Once and Future King by T.H. White. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the MMPB - 639 pages.
Author name, White, fits requirements of option 2C, and book is over 600 pages.
total points: 110
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.3 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show
After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid
This book was written by a single author who uses 3 names.
Link to PB edition: After I Do
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 30 points
Tasks completed: 3
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.9 - Just What the Doctor Ordered
The Stepmother by Diana Diamond
This book was written by a single author with the letters M and D (both found in Diamond)
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 40 points
Tasks completed: 4
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Nick KY20.6. Seasoned Reader - Iulia's Task: Honoring Zen, the Brave Tomcat - Read 1 book from the 3 options below.
Option 3. Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials may be found in the phrase: "STrong, wise cats".
I read The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton.
I listened to the Audio. The most popular Mass Market Paperback is here: The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (I think).
(As the American most popular paperback is below 500 pp, and there does not appear to be a Mass Market paperback with the American title, I will not count this as a BB. I'm OK with it.)
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 140
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20.9. Moderators' Pet - Christine V's Task: Share Appreciation
The Last Days of Café Leila. Donia Bijan. 3.15.21
Target word: last (in trade last)
Points this post: 20
Points total: 190
Tasks complete: 11/54
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30.3 MAZZA1's Task: Pawn Sacrifice
Option 2: Read one book of over 600 pages that will fulfil one of the following options: b) BLACK or WHITE is in the title
The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins (647pg)
Golden oldie: First published in 1859
Big Book: 647pg, = 500+ x 1, = 1 ticket
Points this task: 30
Books read: 1
Golden oldie: Yes – first published in 1859
Big book: Yes – 647pg (=500+ = 1 ticket)
Total points: 150
Tasks completed: 9
Golden oldies: 1
Big book tickets: 1