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SPRING CHALLENGE 2021
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
Joanne MI5.4 - Fawlty Towers
Read a book with 2 Ws in title/subtitle OR in the author's name.
Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission
W's in World War
Points this task 5
Total Points 65
GO's 1
Bookwrm526Task #15.7 - Disco, Disco Duck
Read a book with all the letters of DISCO found in its title (not subtitle). I read The Postscript Murders by Elly Griffiths (thepOSCrIptmurDers).
Total points so far: 110
Kathy KS20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Margo's Task: First Time Lucky!
Your book for this task must be at least 290 pages.
Option 1. read a book with a ONE word title. Ignore subtitles.
Gemini, by Carol Cassella
I listened to an audiobook; pb=368 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 125
Tasks completed: 6
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Suzannesea20.8 Nickels & Dimes -Meg SCL's Task: 21 Years and 21 Centuries
The number I generated was 21.
Option a) Year
Read a book first published in that year of the 21st century.
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah was published in 2021.
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 110
30.3 - PAWN SACRIFICEKNIGHT
OPTION 1B - Ruined by a Rake by Erin Knightley
Knight intact in authors name
OPTION 1C - Crushing on Kate
Set in New Hampshire as noted in the summary of the first book Mad About Matt
TOTAL POINTS - 465
LAUREN JODI30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: Pawn Sacrifice
Option 1:
Playing piece - Knight
Task a: Knight in title
A Dark and Stormy Knight by Kerrigan Byrne
Task c: Set in Idaho
Up Close and Dangerous by Linda Howard
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 255/900
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Total Books Read: 19
Tasks Completed: 16/54
DeborahPost #3
20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's Task: OLD TIME ROCK’N ROLL
1) Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith
944 pages/250
RB: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 60
Books Read:3
Tasks Done: 3
Mary P30.4 - Sandy's Task: Up and Down
Book 1 - any book that fits general SRC rules
Kingdom of Shadow and Light by Karen Marie Moning
512 pages. Published in 2021
Book 2 - your second book must go up in pages (that is, more pages than book 1) and down in publication date (published in an earlier year than book 1).
A Desperate Fortune by Susanna Kearsley
528 pages. Published in 2015
Points this post: 30
Total points: 50
20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's Task: OLD TIME ROCK’N ROLLYour book must be at least 250 pages.
Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose author shares a name, first or last, with any band member listed. Any band member listed may be used, including former members, touring members, etc.
Doors of Sleep by Tim Pratt Audiobook
Doors of Sleep Paperback 272 Pages
Tim Pratt matches Tim Gorman
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 180
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
5.1 - All in the familyI read The Pearl Sister by Lucinda Riley. The title contains the word "sister" which is on the provided list.
Points: 5
Total points: 60
5.4 - fawlty towersI read Worpswede by Rainer Maria Rilke. The title contains two W's.
Points: 5
Total points: 65
20.10 - Group ReadsI read The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden. My post is #5 in the discussion thread.
Points: 20
Total points: 90
Amy B20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Sugaring Season
For this task, choose one option and read a book that fits the requirements. Your book must be at least 235 pages, the temperature needed to make Sugar on Snow.
Option 2: Maple
Read a book with a single author with the first and last initials of the author found in the word “maple”.
Autopsy of a Boring Wife by Marie-Renée Lavoie (280 pages)
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 150 Points
20.6. Seasoned Reader - Iulia's Task: Honoring Zen, the Brave TomcatOption 1. Read a book with a cat on the cover.
I listened to the audio of The Guest CatMMPB cover is
The cover on the audiobook was
New Points: 20
Total Points: 145
GO: 1
BB: 1
EMurphyMAZZA1's Task: Pawn Sacrifice
Option 1a: Name of one of the pieces in the title (Rook, Knight, Bishop, King, Queen) The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis
Option 1c) Setting begins with ANY letter in the name of one of the pieces Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
*Set in New Jersey
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 50
Books Read: 3
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 2
Julia10310.3 - ABBA
Tuesday the Rabbi Saw Red (ABBA in title: ABB in Rabbi, A in Tuesday)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 180
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 12
Total books read: 13
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySpring 2021 Season
Task 15.6. It's Saturday!
Read a book with a day of the week in the title (not subtitle)
Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home
Points this post: 15
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points to Date: 240
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 2
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySpring 2021 Season
Task 5.9 - Three's Company
🌷Read a book that is #3 in a series (series, #3). The series name and number must be indicated in the GR title listing in grayscale parentheses following the title.
The Neil Gaiman Library Volume 3
Points this post: 5
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points to Date: 245
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 2
APRILLEIGH25.8 - QueenBeeDarlene’s Task: 3 Genres I Love, and 1 That I Hate
Option 1B: A book with all the letters of GOAT in the title.
Mastering the Instant Pot by Jenny Dorsey
GAT found in mAsTerinG
O found in pOt
Option 4: A book with the author’s first and last initials in MEMOIR.
Tales of the Constellations by Marianne McDonald
MM found in MeMoir
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 25 (290)
Golden Oldie: 0 (2)
Big Book: 0 (2)
Books Read: 2 (25)
Total Tasks: 22
APRILLEIGH10.8 - Bye, Bye Miss American Pie
A book with a word in the title that can be found in the American Pie song lyrics.
American Heart Association Instant & Healthy
AMERICAN is found in the first line of the chorus.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (300)
Golden Oldie: 0 (2)
Big Book: 0 (2)
Books Read: 1 (26)
Total Tasks: 23
Coralie10.1 Spring Starts
#1 in The Shroud of Prophecy series
Fate of the Fallen
Total to date 140 points
Julia10315.3. A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away
Option 2:
Field of Dishonor by David Weber
Author name David matches actor David Prowse, MPG Space Opera
This post: 15 points
Total points: 195
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 13
Total books read: 14
Kim O15.3. A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away
I'm doing the one book option.
Salvation This book has 596 pages
Book 1 requirement: matches a name from one of the main actors of Star Wars (Peter Cushing)
Book 2 requirement: MPG of space opera
Points this task: 15
Big Book tickets: 1
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Totals:
Points: 45
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Tasks completed: 3
Kathy KS10.8 - Bye, Bye Miss American Pie
Read a book with a word in the TITLE that can be found in the American Pie song lyrics in the help thread post 2.
WORD: night
Night of Camp David, by Fletcher Knebel
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 135
Tasks completed: 7
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Amy B10.8 - Bye, Bye Miss American Pie
Read a book with a word in the TITLE that can be found in the American Pie song lyrics in the help thread post 2. Required: State the word.
Word is "Not"
Not the End of the World by Kate Atkinson - "But, that's not how it used to be"
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 160 Points
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySpring 2021 Season
Task 5.1 - All in the Family
Mother Knows Best
Points this post: 5
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points to Date: 250
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 2
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySpring 2021 Season
Task 20.8. Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: 21 Years and 21 Centuries
Random Number: 8
Option a) Year
Read a book first published in that year of the 21st century. e.g. if your random number was 14, read a book first published in 2014.
The Darkest Night initially published in 2008
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points to Date: 270
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 2
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySpring 2021 Season
Task 10.6 - My Baby, She Wrote Me a Letter
April 1- May 9 is Card and Letter Writing Month. Read a book from one of these lists: Epistolary Fiction
Letters To and From
The Martian on page 1 of Epistolary Fiction list
Points this post: 10
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points to Date: 280
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 2
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySpring 2021 Season
Task 10.4 - Spring States
Read a book set at least 50% in a US state that was admitted to the Union during March, April, or May: Florida, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Wisconsin.
Required: If the setting is not evident on the GR main book page include a reference when you post.
Arrows
Points this post: 10
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points to Date: 290
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 2
10.4 - Spring StatesA book set in a US state that was admitted to the Union during March, April, or May (Maryland, admitted in April): The Most Dangerous Thing by Laura Lippman
"Set once again in the well-wrought environs of Lippman’s beloved Baltimore..."
setting reference
Points this post: 10
Total points: 200
LAUREN JODI5.5 - M*A*S*H
Depth Perception by Linda Castillo
Page #16, book #1549
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 230/900
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Total Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 16/54
Mary P5.9 - Three's Company
Read a book that is #3 in a series (series, #3).
Heartache Falls by Emily March
Points this post: 5
Total points: 55
Nick KY5.10 Good Times. I read Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories by M.R. James.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 165
Nick KY15.1 Continuing On
Book 1. I read Blood Echo by Christopher Rice.
Book 2. I read Echo Park by Michael Connelly
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 180
Jen K20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Sugaring Season
Option 1: snow
Eve of Snows - 502 pages
Word: SNOWs
**********Requesting 1 Big Book Ticket *****
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 125
Big Books: 1
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Christine V's Task: Share AppreciationThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
❇︎ HAND from hand it to ❇︎
Total points: 95 + 20 = 115
Task 25.2 - Burgess Shaleoption 3: first published between 1989 & 2014
Blood Rites
pub 2004
option 4: author initials in WONDERFUL LIFE
The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution by Francis Fukuyama
608 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
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285 points
3 GO Tix
2 BB tix
JEN B25.7 - Brooke TX's Task: Deja Vu All Over Again
Option A: Year After Year
Book 1: Read a book first published in 2020.
Admission by Julie Buxbaum (published December 2020)
Book 2: Read a book first published in 2021.
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah (published February 2021)
TOTAL POINTS: 25
25.5 - SPRING SPRINGSOPTION 2 - The Navy SEAL's E-Mail Order Bride
Lion and Lamb in the title
OPTION 4 -
Bridge and water on the cover
TOTAL POINTS - 490
Sara G20.2 - 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. Ignore subtitles.
Wildcard by Marie Lu
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
Sara G20.1. Most Improved Player - Coralie's Task: Knit and Purl
Read a book with at least one letter K and at least one letter P in the title/subtitle.
Palisades Park by Alan Brennert
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySpring 2021 Season
Task 10.10 - Twitter - It's What's Happening
Read a book with a number of pages between 140 and 280 inclusive.
Blood Will Tell 214 pages
Points this post: 10
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points to Date: 295
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 2
20.7 - Shorter is SweeterOption 2: Maple
Read a book with a single author with the first and last initials of the author found in the word “maple”.
I read A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny Her initials are in the word "maPLe"
points: 60
books read: 5
tasks completed: 4
pages read: 1612
Scooter&Siam10.5 - Spend the Day With a Knight
Read a book set during or about medieval times. For the purposes of this task, medieval times will be defined as the 5th through the 16th century (400 AD–1600 AD).
Read Bring Up the Bodies - 1536 per Goodreads
Points: 10
Total: 35
Andy P.Task # 25.7 - Brooke TX's Task: Deja Vu All Over Again
Option A: Year After Year
Book 1: Read a book first published in 2020.
Lost River by J. Todd Scott pub in June 2020
Book 2: Read a book first published in 2021
The Breaker by Nick Petrie
first pub in Jan 2021
Points this post: 25
Total points : 150
15.10. Just the Facts, PleaseNON-FICTION book with MPG of Medicine, Medical, or Science
Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague by David K. Randall
Total Points: 125
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Margo's Task: First Time Lucky!Option 1 - Book with a ONE word title
Verity by Colleen Hoover
Total Points: 145
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Golden Oldies: 1
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