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SPRING CHALLENGE 2021
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FLY Task #30.1 - Dlmrose’s Task: Same Name
task: Read 2 books each written by a different author who shares the same first name.
book 1: The Savage Dawn
how it fits: author - Melissa Grey
book 2: Graveminder
how it fits: author - Melissa Marr
Points this post: 30
Total points: 190
Tasks completed: 10/54
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's Task: OLD TIME ROCK’N ROLLOption 1. read a book, where the author’s initials can be found in "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road".
Timeless (Parasol Protectorate #5) by Gail Carriger
author's initials, GCm found in Goodby yellow briCk road
328 pages
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 1
Season Total: 465
Task 5.5 - M*A*S*Hpage 5, #451 on list
Transcendent Kingdom
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555 points
5 BB tix
5 GO tix
All the 5s in this post! :)
Task 5.9 - Three's Company#3 in series
Defending the Galaxy
544 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
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560 points
6 BB tix
5 GO tix
Task 15.1 - Continuing on.......2+ word titles who share the last/first word
Dumb Witness
Witness in Death
WITNESS
Dumb Witness pub 1937 - claiming 1 GO tix
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575 points
6 BB tix
6 GO tix
Task 30.2 - Agatha Christie, Queen of Mystery600+ total pages
option 1: #58, on p1 of the And Then There Were None List
Farthing
320 pages
option 2: #33, on p1 of the Popsugar Locked Room Mystery list
Lock Every Door
no MMPB, PB - Sluit alle deuren 407 pages
320+407=727 pages
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605 points
6 BB tix
6 GO tix
LAUREN JODI5.3 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show
In the Dark by Loreth Anne White
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 470/900
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Total Books Read: 36
Tasks Completed: 31/54
CYNBAXTERTask #10.07 – The Uncola
Task Description: Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that BEGINS with "UN".
Book: The Unwilling by John Hart
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date: 250 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 4
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 3
Task 15.5 – It's outta here! Book chosen: Some Choose Darkness
Fits task: 3 and 0 in the page number
Format read: audio
# of pages: 304 (printed edition)
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date: 195 points
20.8. Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: 21 Years and 21 CenturiesRandom Number: 15 - 2015
Option a) Year
Read a book first published in that year of the 21st century.
Girl at War by Sara Nović
+20 Points
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 160
Task 20.3 – Best Review - Joanne MI's Task Book chosen: Option 1: The Museum Murder
Fits task: author Katie Gayle - initial K found in Brick, initial G found in Goodbye
Format read: ebook
# of pages: 242 (printed edition) - I requested a librarian (in post #2685 of the librarian thread) to add the page number for the paperback edition of the book. This one was an ARC I received. Amazon shows the paperback, GR does not show it yet.
Book chosen: Option 2: The Midnight Library
Fits task: Song chosen: Travelin' Man, title has at least 3 words, T, M, and L appear in the song name
Format read: audio
# of pages: 288 (printed edition)
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 215 points
30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: Pawn Sacrificea) The name of the piece is in the title (plurals or possessives may be used, but no other variations).
king
King John by William Shakespeare
c). The setting of the book begins with ANY letter in your chosen playing piece.
kIng
Indonesia
The Book of Jakarta: A City in Short Fiction by Maesy Ang
+30 Points
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 190
Mod
I read Undead and Unemployed. 2 words starting with "un"! I listened to the audiobook, linked to the MMPB.
total points: 205
Mod
I chose option 3 and read Shuggie Bain. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top pb (no MMPB). LGBT is the 5th mpg.
total points: 225
Mod
For book 1, I read Calculated Risks - I read the kindle edition, linked to top MMPB. first published in 2021, 433 pages.
For book 2, I read Rise: A Newsflesh Collection: The Complete Newsflesh Collection. I read the kindle edition, linked to the top pb (no mmpb). First published 2017, 816 pages.
Up in page numbers - 433 to 816
Down in pub date - 2021 to 2017
Total pages 1249
total points: 255
Jen K5.5 - M*A*S*H
The Coroner's Lunch
Page 11 of list, currently #1060
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 220
Big Books: 3
Jen K5.6 - Are You Being Served?
How to Be Fine: What We Learned from Living by the Rules of 50 Self-Help Books
MPG Humor
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 225
Big Books: 3
30.2 - AGATHA CHRISTIE, QUEEN OF MYSTERYOPTION 1 - They All Fall Down
320 pages
OPTION 2 - An Unwanted Guest
On page one of the Locked Room Mysteries list
290 pages
TOTAL POINTS - 745
15.4 - IN HONOR OF CAPTAIN TOMOPTION 1
BOOK 1 - No Other Love
BOOK 2 - The Assassin and the Desert by Sarah J. Maas
Maas is listed as a diminutive form of Thomas on the list
TOTAL POINTS - 760
Andy P.Task # 15.7. Disco, Disco Duck
Read a book with all the letters of DISCO found in its title
The Postscript Murders byElly Griffiths
POSTCRIPTMURDERS
Points this post: 15
Total points: 325
EMurphy5.3 The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Single author who uses 3 names/initials All-American Muslim Girl by Nadine Jolie Courtney
This Task:
Points: 5
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 110
Books Read: 8
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +1000: 1
Tasks Completed: 5
Bookwrm526Task #20.4 - Wintering at Riley
Option 3: Read a book, fiction or nonfiction, with an LGBT MPG. I read The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr..
Total points so far: 295
ERINJ10.10 - Twitter - It's What's Happening
Read a book with a number of pages between 140 and 280 inclusive
Book: Honey Girl - 241 pages
Points in post: 10
Total Points: 220
BUCKET20.3 JoanneMI’s Task: Old Time Rock ‘N Roll
Option 1
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
(Author initials IW, I in Brick, W in Yellow.)
**BIG BOOK: 622 pages, 1 ticket.**
Points this post: 20
Points total: 60
BB total: 1
GO total: 1
BUCKET20.5 Ann A’s Task: Big Books, Big Titles
A Jury of Her Peers: Celebrating American Women Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx by Elaine Showalter
**BIG BOOK: 608 pages, 1 ticket.**
Points this post: 20
Points total: 80
BB total: 2
GO total: 1
Task 10.8 - Bye, Bye Miss American PieBook: Atomic Love, finished 4/6
Word: Love
Points this task: 10
Total points: 320
Task 10.10 - Twitter - It's What's HappeningBook: This Magnificent Dappled Sea, finished 3/24
Has 255 pages
Points this task: 10
Total points: 330
Nick KY5.5 M*A*S*H I read I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can by Barbara Gordon, #410, p 5 https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 300
Stephanie1275.5 - M*A*S*H: Read a book found on the Medicine and Literature list.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, found on page 1
Points this post: 5
Total points: 55/900
Tasks completed: 6/54
Books read: 6
Stephanie12715.10. Just the Facts, Please: Read a NON-FICTION book with the main page genre Medicine, Medical, or Science. Genres may be standalone or embedded.
World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments, MPG Nonfiction and Science
Points this post: 15
Total points: 70/900
Tasks completed: 7/54
Books read: 7
Kathy KS15.8. 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:... Australia [etc]
The Darwin Elevator, by Jason M. Hough
location: AUSTRALIA
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 185
Tasks completed: 11
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Chris MD 5.4 Fawlty Towers
Title or author's name contains two Ws
The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
Widows has two Ws
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP, the top paperback has 385 pages.
Total points: 5
Chris MD 15.7 Disco, Disco Duck
Title includes all the letters in DISCO
The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn
D in loveD
ISCO in vISCOunt
Total points: 20
Chris MD 15.9 National Library Week
Single author's initials in nATional library week
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Total points: 35
Chris MD 20.3 Old Time Rock and Roll
Option 1: Author initials in Goodbye yellow bRick road
Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith
The book has 944 pages. Claiming 2 Big Book tickets.
Total points: 55
Chris MD25.2 Burgess Shale
Option 1: Title has 3 S's
Missing Joseph by Elizabeth George
This book has 592 pages. Claiming 1 Big Book ticket.
Option 3: Published between 1989 and 2014
The Confession by Charles Todd
This book was first published in 2011
Total points: 80
Chris MD30.3 Pawn Sacrifice
I chose King as my pawn piece
Option 1a: Name of the piece is in the title
Deacon King Kong by James McBride
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP and the first paperback listed is large print, so I went with the second one listed, which has 384 pages.
If it needs to be the first one listed, here is the link
Option 1b: Name of the piece is found intact in the author's name
Euphoria by Lily King
Total points: 110
Mod
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Margo's Task: First Time Lucky!
Read one book of at least 290 pages
Option 1.
Read a book with a ONE word title. Ignore subtitles.
LaRose. Louise Erdrich. 4.6.21
PB has 373 pages
Points this post: 20
Points total: 390
Tasks complete: 22/54
Stephanie12715.7. Disco, Disco Duck: Read a book with all the letters of DISCO found in its title (not subtitle).
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: Selected Works
Points this post: 15
Total points: 85/900
Tasks completed: 8/54
Books read: 8
Bookwrm526Task #5.9 - Three's Company
Read a book that is #3 in a series (series, #3). I read Death in Kew Gardens by Jennifer Ashley, which is number three in the Kat Holloway series.
Total points so far: 300
Jayme(the ghostreader) 15.5 It's Outta Here
read a book with at least 2 digits in 75530
Crankby Ellen Hopkins
537 pp
Task +15
Grand Total: 35
Task 20.5 - Bigger is Better - Ann A's Task: Big Books, Big Titles Book: Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell Us about Our Past and Future, finished 4/6
Points this task: 20
Total points: 350
30.4 - Sandy's Task: Up and DownThis is a 2 book task. Your books must have a combined total of at least 600 pages. No books with the main page genres childrens or kids may be used.
Book 1 - any book that fits general SRC rules
I read Parakeet. This book has 240 pp. It was published in 2020.
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 month of the year is irrelevant - we're only looking at year of first publication.
I read A Royal Experiment: The Private Life of King George III. It was published in 2014 and has 704 pp. This is a ******BIG BOOK***** One BB ticket please!
240+704=944>600
points: 110
books read: 9
tasks completed: 6
tasks in progress: 2
Big books: 2
pages read: 3516
Task:30.4 - Sandy's Task: Up and DownBook 1: Love Your Life by Sophie Kinsella
Required: 368 pages, published 2020
Book 2: All That Glitters by Holly Smale
Required: 400 pages (more that 368) , published 2015 (earlier than 2020)
page total: 400 +368 = 768/600
Points this task:30
Total points:320
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Books read:22
Tasks completed:19
Task 5.4 - Fawlty TowersTwo Ws in title and author name!
Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell
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610 point
6 BB tix
6 GO tix
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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OPTION 1 - They All Fall Down
320 pages
OPTION 2 - An Unwanted Guest
290 pages
TOTAL POINTS - 745