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SPRING CHALLENGE 2021
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MEGSCL20.5 - Bigger is Better - Ann A's Task: Big Books, Big Titles
Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood
TOTAL
330 points
2 big book
1 golden oldie
MEGSCL20.8. Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: 21 Years and 21 Centuries
Given 17, Published 2017: The Furthest Station
TOTAL
350 points
2 big book
1 golden oldie
Task 20.4 - Wintering at RileyOption 3: Read a book, fiction or nonfiction, with an LGBT MPG.
The Space Between Worlds (2020) by Micaiah Johnson (Hardcover, 329 pages)
25 + 20 = 45
Tasks Completed: 03
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 25 + 20 = 45
Books read: 03
Pages read: 1,202
Read but not claimed: 04
Goodreads Authors: 01
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
LAUREN JODI10.7 - The Uncola
An Unexpected Peril by Deanna Raybourn
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 400/900
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Total Books Read: 31
Tasks Completed: 26/54
Julia10325.6 - Amy FL's Task: Reminiscing
Option 1 - The Trembling Hills (TTH in GET THE LED OUT)
Option 3 - Never Doubt a Duke. The word "Duke" is in song title "Sir Duke".
This post: 25 points
Total points: 295
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 19
Total books read: 22
Laurah3020.10 - Group Reads
The Lions of Fifth Avenue
see post 20 in the discussion thread
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
Books read: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books; 1
Tasks completed:4
Bookwrm526Task #5.1 - All in the Family
Read a book with the name of a family member** in the title/subtitle. Plurals and possessives will work. I chose the word child, and read The Only Child by Mi-ae Seo.
Total points so far; 215
Bookwrm526Task #20.9 - Share Appreciation
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 chose the phrase "sing praises of" and the target word SING. I read Mrs Mohr Goes Missing by Maryla Szymiczkowa (misSING).
Total points so far: 235
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.4 - Fawlty Towers
Mountain Top by Robert Whitlow
There are two Ws in the authors last name.
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 60 points
Tasks completed: 7
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.1 - All in the Family
The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks
The title contains the name of a family member found on the Family Members Vocabulary list.
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 65 points
Tasks completed: 8
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Task 5.9 Three's Company - Read a book that is #3 in a series (series, #3).The book I read was Sorrow Without End.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 90
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.1 - Spring Starts
Deeper Water by Robert Whitlow
This is Book #1 in the Tides of Truth series
Link to PB edition: Deeper Water
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 75 points
Tasks completed: 9
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.3 - OLD TIME ROCK’N ROLL
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Option 1 - The author's initials can be found in Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (K in brick and A in road)
This book is over 250 pages (Mass Market Paperback - 464 pages)
Link to MMP edition: L'Ours et le Rossignol
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 95 points
Tasks completed: 10
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ25.7 - Deja Vu All Over Again
Option B: Before & After
Book 1 -
Bewitched by Darynda Jones
I first read a book by Darynda Jones on June 30, 2011 (First Grave on the Right) which is before March 13, 2020.
Bewitched is not a re-read.
Link to PB edition: Bewitched
Book 2 -
The Marriage Lie by Kimberly Belle
I first read a book by Kimberly Belle on June 28, 2020 (Dear Wife) which is after May 4, 2020.
The Marriage Lie is not a re-read.
Link to PB edition: The Marriage Lie
This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 120 points
Tasks completed: 11
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
CEELEETask 15.6 It's Saturday!
In honor of the 1975 TV launch of Saturday Night Live and the popular movie Saturday Night Fever in 1977, read a book with a day of the week in the title.
I chose to read the 2008 popular novel The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs. Friday is the day of the week in the tittle.
The Friday Night Knitting Club
This was the perfect book to start my Spring Challenge. It is funny, heartwarming, frustrating, sad and there is a heck of a lot of knitting going on!
Total Points for Task: 15
Total Books Read for Task: 1
Total Big Books Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Points for Spring Challenge 2021: 15
Total Tasks Completed for Spring Challenge 2021: 1
Total Books Read for Spring Challenge 2021: 1
Total Big Books Tickets Claimed for Spring Challenge 2021: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Spring Challenge 2021: 0
JEN B15.5. It's outta here!
Read a book with at least 2 of the digits 75530 in its page count.
The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant
This book has 320 pages (3,0)
TOTAL POINTS: 65
Bookwrm526Task #25.2 - Burgess Shale
Option 3: Read a book that was first published between 1989 & 2014, inclusive. I read Raven Black by Ann Cleeves (first published 2006).
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in WONDERFUL LIFE. I read Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America by Firoozeh Dumas.
Total points so far: 260
5.10 - Good TimesThe Cipher (Nina Guerrera #1) by Isabella Maldonado
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Season Total: 380
Repost of #109620.8. Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: 21 Years and 21 Centuries
Randon generated number: 7
Option a) Year - Published in 2007
I read the ebook, there is no mmp, pb is here: Beau Crusoe by Carla Kelly.
This is NOT a kid's book, as verified on line 7 of the spread sheet, post #24.
Points: 20
Total: 370 or 390 as I'm having to repost it.
BB Points: 6
GO Points: 3
Rochelle20.4 - Golden Oldies - Lys's Task: Wintering at Riley
Option 4: Read a book with a MPG of poetry.
Book: Home Body, by Rupi Kaur
Points: 20
Total: 85
20.8. Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: 21 Years and 21 CenturiesOption 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.
My integer was 9
The Tricking of Freya first published 2009
New Points: 20
Total Points: 215
GO: 1
BB:1
RochelleUNCLAIMING the below post copied from page 22, message 1068.
Points: -5
Total: 80
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Task: 5.7 - Mork & Mindy
Read a book with an ampersand (&) or the word "and" in its TITLE.
Book: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, by Jonathan Safran Foer
Points: 5
Total Points: 25
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RochelleTask: 15.7. Disco, Disco Duck
Read a book with all the letters of DISCO found in its title.
Book: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, by Jonathan Safran Foer
Points: 15
Total points: 95
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15.3. A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away
Book 1 - read a book whose author name matches the first, last or middle name of one of the main actors from the movie (Peter Cushing)
A Summons to Memphis.Peter Taylor. 3.31.21
Book 2 - Book 2 - read a book with a main page genre of Space Opera.
Nemesis. Isaac Asimov. 3.14.21
Points this post: 15
Points total: 370
Tasks complete: 21/54
MEGSCL20.5 - Bigger is Better - Ann A's Task: Big Books, Big Titles
(repost with AR info)
Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10.0
TOTAL
350 points
2 big book
1 golden oldie
EMurphy30.4 Sandy's Task: Up and Down
Option 1: Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough (307 pages, published 2017)
Option 2 (Up in pages and down in publication date) The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon (1,443 pages, published 2001)
*Big Book Ticket +1,000 pages (1,443 pages)
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket +1,000: 1
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 80
Books Read: 5
BB Ticket +1,000: 1
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 3
Task 15.9. National Library WeekBook: The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson, finished 3/31
Points this task: 15
Total points: 265
MARGIEVANTask 10.10 - Twitter - It's What's Happening: Read a book with a number of pages between 140 and 280.
Kent State
144 pages
Points this post: 10
Points total: 115
DeborahPost #5
15.5. It's outta here!
Read a book with at least 2 of the digits 75530 in its page count.
Brown Girl in the Ring 250 pages (5,0)
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 90
Books Read:5
Tasks Done: 5
LAUREN JODI30.4 - Sandy's Task: Up and Down
Book #1: Published 2001
Whispers at Midnight by Karen Robards
Page #: 456
Book #2: Published 2014
Shopping for a Billionaire by Julia Kent
Page #: 170
Total pages: 626
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 430/900
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Total Books Read: 32
Tasks Completed: 27/54
30.5 - TessaVanessa's Task: Thank you, Dr. Seuss!Option 2: Read a book with a title of at least 3 words where the first letter of each word can be found in WACKY WEDNESDAY.
Date with Death (The Dales Detective Series #1) by Julia Chapman
First letter of each word in title, DWD, found in WeDnesDay
Option 3: Read a book first published in March of any year.
Dirt Circus League by Maree Kimberley
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 1
Season Total: 410
Amy B25.2 - Janet F’s Task: Burgess Shale
Choose TWO of the options and read a book for each. REQUIRED: State in your post the options you used.
Option 1: Read a book with at least 3 of the letter S in the title. Subtitles excluded.
Dominoes at the Crossroads by Kaie Kellough
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in WONDERFUL LIFE.
Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots by Deborah Feldman
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 230 Points
Shawn H.20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Margo's Task: First Time Lucky!
Option 1. - read a book with a ONE word title
Nick by Michael Farris Smith
***Book is 304 pages > 290**
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Ticket Books: 0
15.5. It's outta here!2 of the digits 75530 in its page count.
The Trial by Franz Kafka
255 pages
this task: 15
total:75
15.9. National Library Weekauthor whose initials are found in NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi
this task: 15
total:90
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Sugaring SeasonOption 1: Sugar on Snow
Read a book that has the word “sugar” OR “snow” intact in the title.
Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima
this task: 20
total: 110
Mary P25.7 - Brooke TX's Task: Deja Vu All Over Again
Option A
Book 1:Read a book first published in 2020.
Blood of Zeus by Meredith Wild
Published in 2020
Book 2:Read a book first published in 2021.
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
Published in 2021
Points this task: 25
Total points: 110
Scooter&Siam20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Sugaring Season
Option 2: Maple
Read a book with a single author with the first and last initials of the author found in the word “maple”
Read Seven Dials by Anne Perry
Points: 20
Total: 95
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ30.4 - Up and Down
Book 1 -
Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law by Haben Girma
This book was first published in 2019. The page count for the paperback edition is 288 pages.
Link to PB edition: Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law
Book 2 -
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
This book was first published in 2009 which was before Book 1 and contains 392 pages which is more pages than Book 1.
This post: 30 points
Total points to date: 150 points
Tasks completed: 12
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
20.6. Seasoned Reader - Iulia's Task: Honoring Zen, the Brave TomcatOption 1. Read a book with a cat on the cover.
Book read: The Dough Must Go On
How it fits:
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Total points: 110
Books read: 8
Tasks completed: 7
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
APRILLEIGH25.7 - Brooke TX’s Task: Deja Vu All Over Again
Option B: Before & After
Book 1: A new-to-you book by an author you first read before March 13, 2020.
Passenger to Frankfurt by Agatha Christie
This is not a re-read.
I read my first book by Agatha Christie too long ago to remember the date, but the first recorded book I read by her was The Mysterious Affair at Styles, on April 5, 2018.
Book 2: A new-to-you book by an author you first read after May 4, 2020.
The Languid Belly of the Beast by J.S. Carter Gilson
(Read the kindle version - paperback - no mmpb)
This is not a re-read.
I read my first book by J.S. Carter Gilson, The Loneliness of the Deep Space Cargoist, on February 7, 2021.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 25 (525)
Golden Oldie: 0 (5)
Big Book: 0 (3)
Books Read: 2 (40)
Total Tasks: 34
Amy FL25.3 - Delicious Dee's Task: Series I’m Reading
Option 2
Book A: Glory in Death
Book B: Twenty (Jack Swyteck #17)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 195
Jen K30.1 - Dlmrose’s Task: Same Name
A Girl Is a Body of Water by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
*****requesting 1 BB for 560 pages******
From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout
*****requesting 1 BB for 625 pages******
Same Name: Jennifer
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 215
Big Books: 3
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The Billionaire Bad Boys Club by Emma Holly
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 390/900
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Total Books Read: 30
Tasks Completed: 25/54