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SPRING CHALLENGE 2021
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MEGSCL5.3 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Springtime: A Ghost Story by Michelle de Kretser
(this is my one <100p book)
TOTAL
225 points
2 big book
MEGSCL25.7 - Brooke TX's Task: Deja Vu All Over Again
Option A: Year After Year
Book 1: Read a book first published in 2020. The Exiles : A Novel
Book 2: Read a book first published in 2021. The Performance
TOTAL
250 points
2 big book
20.6. Seasoned Reader - Iulia's Task: Honoring Zen, the Brave TomcatOption 3. Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials may be found in the phrase: "Strong, wise cats".
The Silence Between Us by Alison Gervais
author's initials, AG, found in stronG wise cAts
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 1
Season Total: 335
FLY Task #15.6. It's Saturday!
task: Read a book with a day of the week in the title
book: Mister Monday
how it fits: Monday in title
MPG Children's
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12.0
Points this post: 15
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 6 /54
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Kai15.6 - It's Saturday!
A book with a day of the week in the title
Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Books Read for Challenge: 11
Total New Points: 15
Total Challenge Points: 125
25.2 - Janet F’s Task: Burgess ShaleOption 3: Read a book that was first published between 1989 & 2014, inclusive.
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward - published 2011.
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in WONDERFUL LIFE.
Bad Blood by Linda Fairstein
Points this post: 25
Total points: 85
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Laurah3020.6. Seasoned Reader - Iulia's Task: Honoring Zen, the Brave Tomcat
Option 3. Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials may be found in the phrase: "Strong, wise cats".
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
Books read: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books; 1
Tasks completed:3
Amy B25.6 - Amy FL's Task: Reminiscing
This is a two-book task; please read a book from two different options. REQUIRED: Include in your post the options you used.
Option 3: For this task, read a book with a title (ignore subtitles) that contains a word of four or more letters from one of the tracks on the album. Words must match exactly.
Riots I Have Known by Ryan Chapman (Have a Talk with God)
Option 4: For this task, read a book with a MPG of True Crime. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 185 Points
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, hypendated words count as ONE word.
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz Read 3/25/21
9 words in title.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 160
Big Books Tickets Claimed:
Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.8 Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: 21 Years and 21 Centuries
I got number 11
Power Chord by Ted Staunton
Points this post: 20
Total points: 385/900
Tasks completed: 22/54
Books read: 28
BB:2
GO: 0
just keeping track for own purposes
20.9. Moderators' Pet - Christine V's Task: Share Appreciation For 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 (subtitles excluded).
Selected phrase: trade last
Target Word: last
The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda Read 03/07/21
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 180
Big Books Tickets Claimed:
Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed: 1
Nick KY10.6 My Baby Wrote Me a Letter I read The Supernatural Enhancements by Edgar Cantero, # 172 p. 2 on the "Epistolary Fiction" listopia. https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 220
repost - was missing name on readerboardTask 5.3 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Read a book written by a single author who uses 3 names/initials.
Mira T. Lee. The book I read was Everything Here Is Beautiful
Points this post: 5
Total Point: 5
repost - was missing name on readerboardTask 20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's Task: OLD TIME ROCK’N ROLL
Option 1: For this option, read a book, where the author’s initials can be found in "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road".
I read the book Recipe for a Perfect Wife by Karma Brown
goodbye yellow BricK road
Points this post: 20
Total points: 25
repost - was missing name on readerboardTask 20.9. Moderators' Pet - Christine V's Task: Share Appreciation
For 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 (subtitles excluded).
I read Butter Honey Pig Bread for the target word butter.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 45
Bookwrm526Task #30.5 - Thank You, Dr. Seuss!
Option 3: Read a book first published in March of any year. I read Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas, first published March 2021.
Option 4: Read a book first published between 1994 and 2004, inclusive. I read Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death by M.C. Beaton, first published in 1998.
Total points so far: 210
Boston Kate
5.3 The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass by Lana Del Rey
author uses three names
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Boston Kate
5.6 Are You Being Served?
Dad Is Fat
"Humor" on main page
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Boston Kate
15.7 Disco, Disco Duck
Across the Green Grass Fields
All letters of DISCO found in title:
Across the Green Grass Fields
Points this post: 15
Total points: 25
Delicious Dee20.4 - Golden Oldies - Lys's Task: Wintering at Riley
Option 3 - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - shelved as LGBT by 1500+ ppl
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 410
APRILLEIGH30.2 - Aprilleigh’s Task: Agatha Christie, Queen of Mystery
Option 1: An Invitation to Die
A book found on And Then There Were None: Deadly Parties.
Dead Man’s Folly by Agatha Christie (288 pages)
At time of posting, this was #33 on the only page of the list.
Option 2: The Locked Room
A book found on Locked Room Mysteries.
Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie (333 pages)
*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1935 ***
At time of posting, this was #32 on page one of the list, under the alternate title of Death in the Air.
288 + 333 = 621 > 600 pages
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 30 (425)
Golden Oldie: 1 (4)
Big Book: 0 (2)
Books Read: 2 (34)
Total Tasks: 29
Nick KY20.5 - 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.
I read Moral Philosophers and the Novel: A Study of Winch, Nussbaum and Rorty -- 12 words in title/subtitle.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 240
Task 30.1 - Same Nameboth books author FN DAVID
Spectacular Vernacular: London's 100 Most Extraordinary Buildings by David Long
The Short Victorious War by David Weber
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400 points
5 BB tix
4 GO tix
Delicious Dee5.8 Monty Python's Flying Circus
A Merciful Truth - found on pg 2 of the list - current positon 143
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 415
Sara G20.8. Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: 21 Years and 21 Centuries
I generated the random number 5.
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.
In Like Flynn by Rhys Bowen
This book was first published in 2005.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 185
Joanna T15.10. Just the Facts, Please
Read a NON-FICTION book with the main page genre Science.
Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation by Olivia Judson
Task total: 15
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Grand total: 245
BB: 1
GO: 0
Joanna T20.6. Seasoned Reader - Iulia's Task: Honoring Zen, the Brave Tomcat
Option 3. Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials may be found in the phrase: "Strong, wise cats".
The Queen by Tiffany Reisz
Task total: 20
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Grand total: 265
BB: 1
GO: 0
Mod
15.8. It's Black and White
Read a book set at least 50% in a country/territory from this list that is a home to penguins - South Africa
The Conservationist. Nadine Gordimer. 3.26.21
Points this post: 15
Points total: 305
Tasks complete: 18/54
Jen K20.4 - Golden Oldies - Lys's Task: Wintering at Riley
Option 3: Shuggie Bain
MPG: LGBT
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 145
Jen K20.9. Moderators' Pet - Christine V's Task: Share Appreciation
Target Word: Sing (sing praises of)
The Missing American
misSING
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 165
LAUREN JODI20.8 -MegSCL's Task: 21 Years and 21 Centuries
Random #9
Option A: Year 2009
Night After Night by Kathryn Smith
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 340/900
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Total Books Read: 25
Tasks Completed: 22/54
CYNBAXTERTask #05.08 – Monty Python's Flying Circus
Task Description Read a book found on the Cult Classics list.
Book: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith which is on the 2nd page of the list
***This is a Golden Oldie (orig pub = 1948). Claiming 1 GOLDIE ticket
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 195 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 4
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 1
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 3
Sara G20.4 - Golden Oldies - Lys's Task: Wintering at Riley
Option 3: Over the weeks, medical professionals assumed a lot of things about our family status, pronouns, and relationships. (Exhausting D:)
Read a book, fiction or nonfiction, with an LGBT MPG.
The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
Points this post: 20
Total points: 205
ROXYTask 10.10 - Twitter - It's What's Happening
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 50
APRILLEIGH10.4 - Spring States
A book set at least 50% in a state admitted to the Union during March, April, or May.
In the Heat of the Night by John Dudley Ball
Title is set entirely in the city of Wells, South Carolina (indicated in the Goodreads metadata). South Carolina was admitted to the Union on May 23, 1788 when it ratified the U.S. Constitution.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (435)
Golden Oldie: 0 (4)
Big Book: 0 (2)
Books Read: 1 (35)
Total Tasks: 30
Mod
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Ann A's Task: Big Books, Big Titles
Read book with a title/subtitle consisting of AT LEAST 8 WORDS.
Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise. Ruth Reichl. 3.26.21
Points this post: 20
Points total: 325
Tasks complete: 19/54
15.9. National Library WeekA Promised Land by Barack Obama
Author initials in NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK
Total points: 45
APRILLEIGH30.3 - MAZZA1’s Task: Pawn Sacrifice
Option 2a: One book over 600 pages where the cover is over 70% BLACK, according to TinEye.
The Iliad by Homer (683 pages)
*** Golden Oldie, first published around 800 BCE ***
*** Big Book - one ticket for 500+ pages ***
TinEye result.
97.7 % #1e1f20 Black
1.5 % #58585d Grey
0.4 % #822a2f Red
0.3 % #a0a38e Grey
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 30 (465)
Golden Oldie: 1 (5)
Big Book: 1 (3)
Books Read: 1 (36)
Total Tasks: 31
FLY Task #30.4 - Sandy's Task: Up and Down
task:
Book 1 - any book that fits general SRC rules
Book 2 - your second book must go up in pages and down in publication date
book 1: Valencia and Valentine
(paperback edition has 254 pages, First published 2019)
book 2: Half Way Home
(paperback edition has 368 pages, First published 2010)
total pages 622>600
Points this post: 30
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 7 /54
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
10.9 - Just What the Doctor OrderedRead a book written by a single author with the letters M and D in the author's name.
Book read: Two Summers
How it fits: M and D can be found in Aimee Friedman
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Total points: 90
Books read: 7
Tasks completed: 6
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Joanne MI10.8 - Bye, Bye Miss American Pie
Read a book with a word in the TITLE that can be found in the American Pie song lyrics
The Crown in Crisis: Countdown to the Abdication
The word is Crown the jester stole his thorny crown
Points this task 10
Total Points 75
Total Go's 1
Task 10.10 - Twitter - It's What's Happeningpage count 250
Piranesi
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410 points
5 BB tix
4 GO tix
Task 30.5 - Thank you, Dr. Seuss!option 3 - published March 2021
What Abigail Did That Summer
option 4 - published 2001
Betrayal in Death
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440 points
5 BB tix
4 GO tix
5.2 - Antiques Roadshow1861:
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs
Post Total: 5
Season Total: 5
5.6 - Are You Being Served?Humor:
How to Raise an Elephant by Alexander McCall Smith
Post Total: 5
Season Total: 10
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TOTAL
220 points
2 big book