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SPRING CHALLENGE 2021
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Andy P.Task # 15.3. A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away
Option 2 - Read one book that satisfies the requirements for both books of option 1.
Book 1. read a book whose author name matches the first name of one of the main actors from the movie Peter Mayhew or Peter Cushing
Book 2.
Book 2 - read a book with a main page genre of Space Opera.
Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton
Points this post: 15
Total points: 165
Scooter&Siam15.9 National Library Week
Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK. All initials must be used.
Read Thief of Souls by Brian Klingborg
Points: 15
Total: 65
MARGIEVANTask 5.6 Are You Being Served?: Read a book with MPG Humor.
Uncommon Type
As of 3/24/21 MPG Humor shows with 23 users.
Point this post: 5
Points total: 80
Kai5.2 - Antiques Roadshow
A book that was first published at least 100 years ago
Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
Published 1839
Books Read for Challenge: 10
Total New Points: 5
Total Challenge Points: 110
30.4 - Sandy's Task: Up and DownBook 1 - any book that fits general SRC rules
Book 2 - your second book must go up in pages and down in publication date.
Far to Go 336 pages, published 2010
The Mermaid Chair 368 pages published in 2004
Total pages 704
New Points: 30
Total Points: 175
BB: 1
G): 1
20.3 - Best Review -Joanne MI's task: Old Time Rock'N RollOption 2: Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey
❇︎ Song: "Travelin' Man"; EI in Travelin'; M in Man ❇︎
📖 320 pages 📖
Total points: 115 + 20 = 135
Ana20.6. Seasoned Reader - Iulia's Task: Honoring Zen, the Brave Tomcat
Option 3.
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne. The Authors Initials can by found in "Strong, wise cats".
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 55
ERINJ20.5 - Bigger is Better - Ann A's Task: Big Books, Big Titles
read a book with a title/subtitle consisting of AT LEAST 8 WORDS
Book: A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 120
Task 10.3 - ABBABook: The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person
Points this task: 10
Total points: 220
APRILLEIGH20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K’s Task: Sugaring Season
Option 2: Maple
A book with a single author whose first and last initials are found in MAPLE.
The Book of the Moon by Maggie Aderin-Pocock
MA found in MAple.
240 > 235 pages
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (375)
Golden Oldie: 0 (3)
Big Book: 0 (2)
Books Read: 1 (31)
Total Tasks: 27
APRILLEIGH20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Margo’s Task: First Time Lucky!
Option 1: A book with a one-word title.
Astronomy by Dinah L. Moché
388 > 290 pages
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (395)
Golden Oldie: 0 (3)
Big Book: 0 (2)
Books Read: 1 (32)
Total Tasks: 28
5.5 - M*A*S*HFive Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
Page 1 of list
30 points
20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's Task: OLD TIME ROCK’N ROLLOption 2.
Choose a song from this list of tracks off the album Live Bullet Live Bullet
Read a book with a Title (ignore subtitles) of at least 3 words, where the initial letters of each word in the title appear in the song name. Letters may only be used as often as they appear in the song name. REQUIRED: You must include the song name in your post.
I read The Brutal Telling. This corresponds with the song "Nut bush City Limits." nuTBush ciTy limits."
This book has 460 pages.
points: 80
books read: 6
tasks completed: 5
tasks in progress: 1
pages read: 2072
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Ann A's Task: Big Books, Big Titles I read Raising the Barre: Big Dreams, False Starts, & My Midlife Quest to Dance The Nutcracker. It has 14 words in the title/sub-title.
Task points: 20
Total Points: 40
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySpring 2021 Season
Task 20.5 - Bigger is Better - Ann A's Task: Big Books, Big Titles
In honor of Big Books and wordiness, read a book with a title/subtitle consisting of AT LEAST 8 WORDS. Remember, hyphendated words count as ONE word.
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story - 10 words
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points to Date: 375
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 2
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySpring 2021 Season
Task 20.5 - Bigger is Better - Ann A's Task: Big Books, Big Titles
In honor of Big Books and wordiness, read a book with a title/subtitle consisting of AT LEAST 8 WORDS. Remember, hyphendated words count as ONE word.
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story - 10 words
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points to Date: 375
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 2
10.8 - Bye, Bye Miss American PieGathering Dark (Jessica Sanchez #1) by Candice Fox
word used: DARK
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Season Total: 290
Task 5.6 - Are You Being Served?Humour MPG (verified https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock
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345 points
4 BB tix
4 GO tix
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.4 Sandy's Task: Up and Down
Book 1: Wound Up in Murder by Betty Hechtman
304 pages
Published in 2015
Book 2: True Honor by Dee Henderson
352 pages
Published in 2005
Points this post: 30
Total points: 365/900
Tasks completed: 21/54
Books read: 27
BB:2
GO: 0
just keeping track for own purposes
Delicious Dee25.5 - Cat's Task: Spring Springs
Option 3 - Something Borrowed - Louisa George
Option 4 -
- cover approved in the THTPoints this Post: 25
Total Points: 385
20.8. Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: 21 Years and 21 Centuries 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.
I generated a 19 so I read a book first published in 2019.
The Dilemma by BA Paris. Read 3/19/21.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 140
Big Books Tickets Claimed:
Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed: 1
Nick KY5.6 Are You Being Served? I read When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris, with “Humor” as a GR genre.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 185
Nick KY10.4 - 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.
I read Berried to the Hilt by Karen MacInerney, set in Maine.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 195
Nick KY15.10 Just the Facts I read The Mystical Mind: Probing the Biology of Religious Experience
, nonfiction w/ “Science” as the first listed GR genre
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 210
Sara G20.5 - Bigger is Better - Ann A's Task: Big Books, Big Titles
In honor of Big Books and wordiness, read a book with a title/subtitle consisting of AT LEAST 8 WORDS. Remember, hypendated words count as ONE word.
American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America by Colin Woodard
Points this post: 20
Total points: 165
VAL TX10.8 - Bye, Bye Miss American Pie - Read a book with a word in the TITLE that can be found in the American Pie song lyrics.
Dear John, I Love Jane: Women Write About Leaving Men for Women
Word is love.
This post:
Points - 10
Total:
Points - 60
JOOOOOOZILLATask 5.6 - Are you Being Served? Read a book with the MPG Humor or Comedy.
I read French Exit
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 50
Andy p.Task # 20.1. 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
Perestroika in Paris by Jane Smiley
PERESTROIKA
Points this post: 20
Total points: 185
Andy P.Task # 10.2 - Earth Day Every Day
Read a book with a main page genre of Conservation, Ecology, or Environment
Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change by Elizabeth Kolbert
MPG Environment
Points this post: 10
Total points: 195
JOOOOOOZILLATask 5.10 Good Times - Read a book of your choice.
I read The Curse of the Pharaohs
Points this task: 5
Total points: 55
Sunshine20.6. Seasoned Reader - Iulia's Task: Honoring Zen, the Brave Tomcat
Option 3
Book: Old Haunts by E.J. Copperman 3/19/21
How it Fits: EC found in "Strong, wise cats"
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Books Read: 1
Sunshine20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's Task: OLD TIME ROCK’N ROLL
Option 1
Book: Wildflower by Drew Barrymore 3/24/21
How it Fits: DB found in "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
Pages: 288
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Books Read: 2
Task:15.5. It's outta here! - 2 of the digits 75530 in its page countBook read:Geek Girl by Holly Smale
Required: page count 378 shares 3 and 7 with 75530.
Points this task:15
Total points:225
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Books read:15
Tasks completed:13
30.4 - Sandy's Task: Up and Down2 books, 600 page minimum.
Book 1 - any book
Hero Wanted by Betina Krahn
359 pp, published 2021
Book 2 - More pages, published in earlier year.
The Falcon at the Portal by Elizabeth Peters
576 pp, published 1999
This book has 576 pages for 1 Big Book point.
Points: 30
Total: 295
BB Points: 6
GO Points: 3
Kathy KS10.10 - Twitter - It's What's Happening
Read a book with a number of pages between 140 and 280 inclusive.
Malice in Maggody, by Joan Hess
I read this as an ebook; mmpb=240 p.
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 145
Tasks completed: 8
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Task 25.3 - Series I’m Readingoption 2A: #11 in the In Death series
Judgement in Death
option 2B: 17 books in the series (#17 pub Sep 2020)
Dead Beat
517 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
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370 points
5 BB tix
4 GO tix
Kathryn CA25.7 - Brooke TX's Task: Deja Vu All Over Again
Option A: Year After Year
Book 1: Read a book first published in 2020.
Murder at an Irish Christmas by Carlene O'Connor first published 10/27/2020
Book 2: Read a book first published in 2021.
Murder in an Irish Bookshop: A Cozy Irish Murder Mystery by Carlene O'Connor first published 2/23/2021
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 170
Total Tasks: 13
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 14
Kathryn CA30.4 - Sandy's Task: Up and Down
Book 1 - any book that fits general SRC rules
Murder in an Irish Cottage: A Charming Irish Cozy Mystery by Carlene O'Connor. 336 pages first published 2/25/2020
Book 2 - your second book must go up in pages and down in publication date
Kneaded to Death by Winnie Archer 352 pages first published 2/28/2017
Total Task Pages: 688
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 200
Total Tasks: 14
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 16
Julia10320.1. Most Improved Player - Coralie's Task: Knit and Purl
Passenger to Frankfurt (K in Frankfurt, P in Passenger)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 215
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 14
Total books read: 15
Julia10320.10 - Group Reads
The Lions of Fifth Avenue
I added post #16 in discussion thread.
This post: 20 points
Total points: 235
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 15
Total books read: 16
20.9. Moderators' Pet - Christine V's Task: Share AppreciationFor this task, read a book where any single word of four letters or more from "compliment" and its listed synonyms can be found intact in the title.
The word I matched was PLEASE
I listened to an audio book of Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed
New Points: 20
Total Points: 195
GO: 1
BB: 1
Mod
5.3 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Read a book written by a single author who uses 3 names/initials. All three names/initials must appear in the author's Goodreads record. Spaces determine names.
The Navajo Code Talkers. Doris Atkinson Paul. 3.25.21
Points this post: 5
Points total: 290
Tasks complete: 17/54
25.2 - Janet F’s Task: Burgess ShaleOption 3: Read a book that was first published between 1989 & 2014, inclusive.
Running from the Devil (Emma Caldridge #1) by Jamie Freveletti
published 2009
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in WONDERFUL LIFE.
The Choice: Embrace the Possible by Edith Eger
author's initials, EE, found in wondErful lifE
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 1
Season Total: 315
Mary P30.1 - Dlmrose’s Task: Same Name
Read 2 books each written by a different author who shares the same first name.
Book 1: Lover's Leap by Emily March
Book 2: The Bloom Girls by Emily Maine Cavanagh
Points this task: 30
Total points: 85
***UNCLAIMING TASK 20.9***20.9. Moderators' Pet - Christine V's Task: Share Appreciation
Fawn Upon (upon):
Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath by Mimi Alford
ADJUSTED Total Points = 30
20.1. Most Improved Player - Coralie's Task: Knit and PurlOnce Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath by Mimi Alford
Total Points = 50
20.9. Moderators' Pet - Christine V's Task: Share Appreciationingratiate oneself with (with):
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
Total Points = 70
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200 points
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