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SPRING CHALLENGE 2021
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Andy P.Task # 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Sugaring Season
Option 1: Sugar on Snow
Read a book that has the word “snow” intact in the title
Snow Drift by Helene Tursten
Points this post: 20
Total points: 265
Amy B15.6. It's Saturday!
Read a book with a day of the week in the title (not subtitle) - any day of the week will work, not just Saturday. Plurals and possessives will work, no other variations.
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 245 Points
APRILLEIGH25.6 - Amy FL’s Task: Reminiscing
Option 1: A book with a title of at least three words where the first letter of each word is found in GET THE LED OUT.
Lord Edgware Dies by Agatha Christie
*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1933 ***
LED found in LED.
Option 3: A book with a title (ignore subtitles) that contains a word of four or more letters from one of the tracks on the album.
Easy Compost, edited by Niall Dunne and Beth Hanson
EASY is the first word of both the book title and the Track 21 song title.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 25 (550)
Golden Oldie: 1 (6)
Big Book: 0 (3)
Books Read: 2 (42)
Total Tasks: 35
Bookwrm526Task #5.5 - M*A*S*H
Read a book found on the Medicine and Literature list. I read Beating Back the Devil: On the Front Lines with the Disease Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service by Maryn McKenna (on page 3 of the list, position 280 at time of posting).
Total points so far: 270
Kai20.10 - Group Reads
One of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season
The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis
Participation
Books Read for Challenge: 15
Total New Points: 20
Total Challenge Points: 175
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySpring 2021 Season
Task 15.5. It's outta here!
Read a book with at least 2 of the digits 75530 in its page count.
- I listened to the audible version. There is no MMPB version. The most rated PB version has 308 pages.30 in the page count from 75530
Points this post: 15
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points to Date: 445
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 2
DeborahPost #6
25.7 - Brooke TX's Task: Deja Vu All Over Again
A1) The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Published October 6th 2020 by Tor Books
A2) Klara and the Sun
Published March 2nd 2021 by Knopf
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 115
Books Read:7
Tasks Done: 6
Jasmiina F20.5 - Bigger is Better - Ann A's Task: Big Books, Big Titles:
Read a book with a title/subtitle consisting of AT LEAST 8 WORDS:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Made Simple: 10 Strategies for Managing Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Panic, and Worry by Seth J. Gillihan.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
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10.6 - My Baby, She Wrote Me a Letter
From Epistolary Fiction page 2 #170: Genealogy by Mae Wood
I read the kindle Genealogy
total = 255
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10.9 - Just What the Doctor Ordered
MD in author: Beginners: The Joy and Transformative Power of Lifelong Learning by Tom Vanderbilt
total = 275
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15.1. Continuing on..................
Book 1: The Take by Christopher Reich
Book 2: Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs by Heather Lende
total = 290
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15.2. Free To Be... You And Me
Book 1, you: Nobody Will Tell You This But Me: A True (as Told to Me) Story by Bess Kalb
Book 2, me: Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading: Finding and Losing Myself in Books by Maureen Corrigan
total = 305
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15.9. National Library Week
initials KB in week, library: Headstone by Ken Bruen
I listened to the audio: Headstone
total = 320
Scooter&Siam15.5. It's outta here!
Read a book with at least 2 of the digits 75530 in its page count. Numbers can only be used as often as they appear above (so 5 is the only one that can be used twice).
Read Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy
Points: 15
Total: 110
Joanne MI15.5. It's outta here!
Read a book with at least 2 of the digits 75530 in its page count.
The Rats and the Ruling Sea 5 and 0 in page count of 560-
Claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this task 15
Total Points 115
BB's this task 1
Total BB's 1
GO's 1
Amy B5.10 - Good Times
🌷Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules! For this task, a book with the main page genre Childrens or Kids may be used if it is not found in AR Bookfinder.
Essential Dickinson by Emily Dickinson
This Task: 5 Points
To Date: 250 Points
RepostJayme(the ghostreader)
5.8 Monty Python's Flying Circus
#157 on the list
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secretsby J.K. Rowling
MG BL- 6.7, AR 14.0
Task +5
Grand Total: 20
ZachFor Task 20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's Task: OLD TIME ROCK’N ROLL I chose Option 2 and the song title "I've Been Working". The book I read was Rhythm of War with the first letters of the title appearing in "working".
The book was 1232 pages long. I am claiming 3 big book tickets for this read.
Points this post: 20
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Totals:
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Points: 80
BBTs: 4
GOTs: 0
APRILLEIGH30.5 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Thank You, Dr. Seuss!
Option 3: A book first published in March of any year.
The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1928 ***
First published on March 29, 1928.
Option 3: A book first published between 1994 and 2004, inclusive.
Advanced Skywatching
First published in 1997.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 30 (580)
Golden Oldie: 1 (7)
Big Book: 0 (3)
Books Read: 2 (44)
Total Tasks: 36
LAUREN JODI10.4 - Spring States
Hot Blooded by Lisa Jackson
Set in New Orleans, Louisiana
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 445/900
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Total Books Read: 34
Tasks Completed: 29/54
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Margo's Task: First Time Lucky!Option 2.
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
pub. Feb 02, 2021, 464pp
Total Points = 90
Julia10330.1 - Dlmrose’s Task: Same Name
State of the Onion by Julie Hyzy
Home: A Memoir of My Early Years by Julie Andrews Edwards
This post: 30 points
Total points: 325
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 20
Total books read: 24
15.7. Disco, Disco DuckA book with all the letters of DISCO in the title: Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World by Fareed Zakaria
Points this post: 15
Total points: 235
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's Task: OLD TIME ROCK’N ROLL.
Option 1. Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD.
Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year by Anne Lamott (251 p.)
➸ Total Points: 55
➸ Total Pages: 1,265
5.3 - The Mary Tyler Moore Showsingle author who uses 3 names/initials.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
this post: 5
total: 115
20.1. Knit and Purlone letter K and at least one letter P in the title/subtitle.
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia
this post- 20
total- 135
20.8. 21 Years and 21 CenturiesRandom Integer - 5
option a: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
(first published June 28th 2005)
this post- 20
total - 155
15.7. Disco, Disco Duckall the letters of DISCO found in its title
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
this post - 15
total - 170
20.10 - Group ReadsThe Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis
post on discussion thread
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 1
Season Total: 430
Amy B20.9. 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).
REQUIRED: State the target word from the list that you are using.
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez (target word: Butter)
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 270 Points
Joanne MI30.4 - Sandy's Task: Up and Down
Book 1 - The Beirut Protocol
Published 2021, 464 pages
Book 2 - The Bone Ships - published 2019, 512 pages -Claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this task 30
Total Points 145
BB's this post 1
Total BB's 2
GO's 1
EMurphy25.2 Janet F's Task: Burgess Shale
Option 1: At least 3 of the letter S in the title An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
Option 4: Author's initials can be found in WONDERFUL LIFE I'll Be the One by Lyla Lee
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 105
Books Read: 7
BB Ticket +1000: 1
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 4
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.9 - Just What the Doctor Ordered
Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South
Author: Anne Moody
Totals
Points: 30
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total Tasks completed: 2
Total Books read: 2
Readerboard Name: Kathy P30.1 - Dlmrose’s Task: Same Name
Book 1: Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
Author: Beth Macy
Book 2: Chasing Vines: Finding Your Way to an Immensely Fruitful Life
Author: Beth Moore
Totals
Points: 60
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total Tasks completed: 3
Total Books read: 4
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.4 - Fawlty Towers
In the New World: Growing Up with America from the Sixties to the Eighties
Totals
Points: 65
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total Tasks completed: 4
Total Books read: 5
ERIN J25.2 - Janet F’s Task: Burgess Shale
Option 1: Read a book with at least 3 of the letter S in the title - It's in His Kiss
Option 3: Read a book that was first published between 1989 & 2014 - When He Was Wicked, published in 2004
Points in post: 25
Total Points: 195
FLY Task #20.10 - Group Reads
task: Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season
book: The Bear and the Nightingale
how it fits: discussion post
Points this post: 20
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 9/54
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Lys's Task: Wintering at Riley1 book
Option 4: MPG poetry
Early Poems by W.B. Yeats
Point: 20
Total: 410
BB Points: 6
GO Points: 3
Task: 20.4 - Golden Oldies - Lys's Task: Wintering at Riley Option: 4 - a book with a MPG of poetry
Book read:Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq
Required: mpg poetry present (Poetry 335 users)
Points this task:20
Total points:275
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Books read:19
Tasks completed:17
Task:15.8. It's Black and WhiteBook read:Forever Geek by Holly Smale
Required: set over 50% in Australia.
From the goodreads blurb: "Statistically, you are more likely to not meet your Australian ex-boyfriend in Australia than bump into him there.
So on the trip of a lifetime Down Under Harriet’s to-do lists are gone and it’s Nat’s time to shine!"
From reviews on goodreads: " I LOVED the setting and loved learning more about Australia and Sydney. ", "Harriet is travelling to Australia but this time she won't be on her own", "She goes off to Australia with Nat and Bunty, therefore we don't have a lot of action with her friends of her family aside from emails and phone calls." "Whilst in Australia, Harriet also hatches plans with Nat to help her get her big fashion breakthrough" and many many more...
"Australia" mentioned 79 times in the book.
"Sydney" is mentioned 54 times.
https://www.booktrust.org.uk/book/g/g... says "she's off to Australia to model, launch Nat's fashion line, video call recent smooching partner Jasper and maybe, possibly, reel off a few facts. Of course, things are never that simple, especially when a certain ex-boyfriend called Nick happens to live Down Under…"
Points this task:15
Total points:290
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Books read:20
Tasks completed:18
25.5 - Cat's Task: Spring Springs2 books, 2 options
Book 1: Option 3. Single author name on Behind the Name list.
Georgette
Frederica by Georgette Heyer
Book 2: Option 4. May Day: Bridge AND water on cover.
by Betty NeelsPoints: 25
Total: 435
BB Points: 6
GO Points: 3
Task 25.2 - Janet F’s Task: Burgess ShaleOption 1: Confessions on the 7:45, finished 4/4
Option 3: The Auschwitz Escape, finished 3/23. Published 2014
Points this task: 25
Total point: 310
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Option 4: Read a book with a MPG of poetry.
I listened to the audio version of The Princess Saves Herself in This One
New Points: 20
Total Points: 245
BB: 1
GO: 1