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SPRING CHALLENGE 2021
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MEGSCL5.2 - Antiques Roadshow
My Brilliant Career
First published 1901 - 1 golden oldie ticket
TOTAL
255 points
2 big book
1 golden oldie
Stephanie1275.10 - Good Times: Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules!
Aya: Life in Yop City
Points this post: 5
Total points: 35/900
Tasks completed: 4/54
Books read: 4
Stephanie12715.9. National Library Week: Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK.
The Puppet by Ibrahim al-Koni
Points this post: 15
Total points: 50/900
Tasks completed: 5/54
Books read: 5
Amy W20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Margo's Task: First Time Lucky!
I chose Option 2: Read a book first published during the Winter seasonal challenge (1 December 2020 to 28 February 2021).
I read U UP? by Catie Disabato. It was published February 2, 2021.
Points This Task: 20
Total Points to Date: 20
Task 25.6 - ReminiscingOption 1: title initials in LED OUT
Thief of Lies
Option 4: True Crime MPG
Know My Name: The Survivor of the Stanford Sexual Assault Case Tells Her Story
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495 points
5 BB tix
4 GO tix
READ 60 Good Times 5.10 The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher Moore
Points 5
Total points 5
Amy W20.4 - Golden Oldies - Lys's Task: Wintering at Riley
I chose Option 3: Read a book, fiction or nonfiction, with an LGBT MPG.
I read One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston. It has a MPG of LGBT. (This was an ARC borrowed from a friend.)
Points This Task: 20
Total Points to Date: 40
READ 60 10.6 My Baby wrote me a letter Epistolary Fiction page #1
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn
points:10
Total Points: 15
Amy W20.8. Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: 21 Years and 21 Centuries
Using the random number generator, my number was 21.
I chose Option A: Read a book first published in that year of the 21st century.
I read You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism by Amber Ruffin. It was published January 12, 2021.
Points This Task: 20
Total Points to Date: 60
READ 60 20.5 Bigger Books Bigger Titles Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by
Olga 9 word title
Points 20
Total points 35
Kathy KS20.1. 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.
How Probate Works: A Guide for Executors, Heirs, and Families, by Anthony S. Park
KP=Probate worKs
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 165
Tasks completed: 9
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
APRILLEIGH15.5 - It’s Outta Here!
A book with at least two of the digits 75530 in its page count.
Third Girl by Agatha Christie (275 pages)
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 15 (480)
Golden Oldie: 0 (5)
Big Book: 0 (3)
Books Read: 1 (37)
Total Tasks: 32
SandiCompleted Task
5.1 - All in the Family
Family relationship name in title
Battery Brothers by Steven Carman
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 90
Points Earned this Post: 5
Total Points To Date: 95
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySpring 2021 Season
Task 30.4 - Sandy's Task: Up and Down
Book 1: 'Twas the Knife Before Christmas, 309 pages, published in 2019 (3/1)
Book 2: The Whispering Room, 513 pages, published in 2017 claiming 1 BB tickets over 500 pages
Total pages: 513+309=822
Points this post: 30
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points to Date: 425
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 2
Inge5.6 - Are You Being Served?
Book: Betwixt
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 70/900
Total Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 5/54
BB ticket: 1
Inge20.6. Seasoned Reader - Iulia's Task: Honoring Zen, the Brave Tomcat
Option 1, cat on the cover
Book: Fire and Ice
AR ratings:
Fire and Ice
Hunter, Erin
AR Quiz No. 70122 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11.0
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 90/900
Total Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 6/54
BB ticket: 1
10.6 My Baby She Wrote me a Letter#31 on Letter Writing Lists - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Points this post: 10
Total points: 95
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Shelby
5.3 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Read a book written by a single author who uses 3 names/initials.: Bringer of Night, by Jordan L. Hawk
Ebook Verified: Here
How Fits: Author - Jordan L. Hawk (3)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
5.9 - Three's Company
Read a book that is #3 in a series.: Frost Like Night, by Sara Raasch
How Fits: Series - #3 in Snow Like Ashes
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
5.10 - Good Times
Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules!: Jacob's Ladder, by Z.A. Maxfield
How Fits: Choice
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
10.1 - Spring Starts
Read a book that is book number 1 in a series.: Dangerous Ground, by Josh Lanyon
Ebook Verified: On Verification List #840
How Fits: Series - #1 in Dangerous Ground
Points this post: 10
Total points: 25
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
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.: Stacking the Deck, by Charlie Cochet
How Fits: Location - St. Augustine, Florida
Points this post: 10
Total points: 35
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
10.7 - The Uncola
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that BEGINS with "UN".: Under a Vampire Moon, by Lynsay Sands
How Fits: Title - UNder a Vampire Moon
Points this post: 10
Total points: 45
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
10.9 - Just What the Doctor Ordered
Read a book written by a single author with the letters M and D in the author's name.: Waiting for You, by Megan Derr
How Fits: Author - Megan Derr
Points this post: 10
Total points: 55
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
10.10 - Twitter - It's What's Happening
Read a book with a number of pages between 140 and 280 inclusive.: Homebird, by Amy Lane
How Fits: Page Count - 200pgs
Points this post: 10
Total points: 65
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
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/subtitle.: Paint It Black, by Amy Lane
How Fits: Title - Paint it Black
Points this post: 20
Total points: 85
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Shelby
20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's Task: OLD TIME ROCK’N ROLL
Option 1
Read a book, where the author’s initials can be found in "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road".: The Mystery of the Blue Train, by Agatha Christie
How Fits: Author - Agatha Christie & 383pgs
Claiming 1 Golden Oldies Ticket - Published: 1928
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Shelby
20.6. 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".: Under Control, by Shannon Stacey
How Fits: Author - Shannon Stacey
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Shelby
25.2 - Janet F’s Task: Burgess Shale
Option 3
Read a book that was first published between 1989 & 2014, inclusive.: Ruthless Game, by Christine Feehan
How Fits: Published - December 2010
AND
Option 4
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in WONDERFUL LIFE.: Dancing Around the Cop, by Lisa Oliver
How Fits: Author - Lisa Oliver
Points this post: 25
Total points: 150
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
Task 25.8 - 3 Genres I love, and 1 that I hateoption 1B: GOAT in title
Get a Life, Chloe Brown
G in Get
O in chlOe
A in A
T in geT
option 3: author initials in LONELY
The Lark by E. Nesbit
pub 1922 - claiming I GO tix
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520 points
5 BB tix
5 GO tix
trishhartuk25.7 Brooke TX's Task: Deja Vu All Over AgainM
Option A: Year After Year
Book 1: Read a book first published in 2020.
Book 2: Read a book first published in 2021.
A Deadly Education, Naomi Novik
Read the kindle edition. Top PB (Spanish): here; Top PB (English): here
First published 29th September 2020
What Abigail Did That Summer, Ben Aaronovitch
Read the kindle edition. Top HB (no PB): here
First published 18th March 2021
Points this task: 25
Books read: 2
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 225
Tasks completed: 14
Golden oldies: 2
Big book tickets: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.8 Bye, Bye Miss American Pie
Never Going Back by Sam Wiebe
Word is NEVER
Points this post: 10
Total points: 395/900
Tasks completed: 23/54
Books read: 29
BB:2
GO: 0
just keeping track for own purposes
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.7 Disco, Disco Duck
The Desolations of Devil's Acre by Ransom Riggs
Points this post: 15
Total points: 410/900
Tasks completed: 24/54
Books read: 30
BB:3
GO: 0
just keeping track for own purposes
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.7 Brooke TX's Task: Deja Vu All Over Again
Option B:
Book 1: Say No More by Karen Rose
Nothing to Fear read February 13, 2015
Say no more is not a re-read.
Book 2: Title Wave by Lorna Barrett
Murder is Binding finished reading February 9, 2021
Title wave is not a re-read
Points this post: 25
Total points: 435/900
Tasks completed: 25/54
Books read: 32
BB:4
GO: 0
just keeping track for own purposes
LAUREN JODI25.7 - Brooke TX's Task: Deja Vu All Over Again
Option C: In Sequence
Book #1: Ghost Hunters #4
Silver Master by Jayne Castle
Book #2: Beautiful Bastard #5
Beautiful by Christina Lauren
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 380/900
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Total Books Read: 29
Tasks Completed: 24/54
ROXYTask 15.10 - Just the Facts, Please (non-fiction book with main page genre Medicine, Medical or Science)
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
Points this post: 15
Total points: 65
Task: 20.5 - Bigger is Better - Ann A's Task: Big Books, Big Titles (title/subtitle 8+ words)Book read:
Folk Magic and Healing: An Unusual History of Everyday Plants by Fez Inkwright
Required: 10 words in the title and subtitle.
Points this task:20
Total points:255
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Books read:18
Tasks completed:16
Kai5.10 - Good Times
A book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin
Books Read for Challenge: 13
Total New Points: 5
Total Challenge Points: 145
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySpring 2021 Season
REPOSTING
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, hyphenated words count as ONE word.
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story - 10 words
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG+ - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 3.0
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points to Date: 425
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 2
Readerboard: ERINJTask 30.4 - Sandy's Task: Up and Down
Book 1 - any book that fits general SRC rules: Gods of Jade and Shadow, 338 pages, published 2019
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).: The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women, 417 pages, published 2017
Your books must have a combined total of at least 600 pages: Total pages is 755
Points in Post: 30
Total Points: 150
Cindy FTask 10.5 Spend a Day with a Knight
Set in Medieval Period (400 AD - 1600 AD)
Forsaken Soul by Priscilla Royal
SET IN 1273AD
Points this Post:10
Total points:15
Books read:2
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:0
Tasks completed:2
Cindy FTask 20.4 Wintering at Riley
Option 3: LBGT MPG
Storms by Gerri Hill
Points this post:20
Total points:35
Books read:3
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:0
Tasks completed:3
APRILLEIGH20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Iulia’s Task: Honoring Zen, the Brave Tomcat
Option 3: A book written by an author whose first and last initials may be found in STRONG WISE CATS.
After the Funeral by Agatha Christie
AC found in CAts
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (500)
Golden Oldie: 0 (5)
Big Book: 0 (3)
Books Read: 1 (38)
Total Tasks: 33
Cindy FTask 20.8 21 Years and 21 Centuries
Option A: YEAR Random #20 Book published in 2020
The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett
913 pages Claim 2 BB Tickets
Points this post:20
Total points:55
Books read:4
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books: 2 tickets
Tasks completed:4
Joanna T30.1 - Dlmrose’s Task: Same Name
Read 2 books each written by a different author who shares the same first name.
Misadventures with a Professor by Sierra Simone
On His Terms by Sierra Cartwright
Task total: 30
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Grand total: 295
BB: 1
GO: 0
Oma122920.9. 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).
The Welcome Committee of Butternut Creek-Jane Myers Perrine
The word I chose is "butter" found in Butternut.
Points= 235/900
Tasks= 11/54
Goldie Oldies Books()
Big Books=500+(3),750+,1000+()
Oma122910.8 - 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.
Fire Watch-Connie Willis
The word is Fire
Points= 245/900
Tasks= 12/54
Goldie Oldies Books()
Big Books=500+(3),750+,1000+()
Oma122910.9 - Just What the Doctor Ordered
Read a book written by a single author with the letters M and D in the author's name.
Chocolate Muse (A Love by Chocolate Romance)-Zelda Benjamin
Points= 255/900
Tasks= 13/54
Goldie Oldies Books()
Big Books=500+(3),750+,1000+()
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