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SPRING CHALLENGE 2021
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MAZZA15.1 - All in the Family
🌷Read a book with the name of a family member**
The Dream Daughter
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 530
MAZZA120.5 - Bigger is Better - Ann A's Task: Big Books, Big Titles
In honour of Big Books and wordiness, read a book with a title/subtitle consisting of AT LEAST 8 WORDS
In Vino Duplicitas: The Rise and Fall of a Wine Forger Extraordinaire (11 words combined title/ subtitle)
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 550
MAZZA125.1 - Teri-K's Task: Don't Panic!
Option 1. The Hitchhiker's series could be described as a wild trip into a "surreal, whimsical universe".
Read a book from this https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Book chosen must meet SRC requirements.
Diary Page 1 of List 262 pages
Option 3.
Keep your cool and read a fiction or non-fiction book with MPG Travel.
The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country 354 pages
BOTH books are new to me
Combined total 262 + 354 = 616 exceeds requirement of 600
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 575
MAZZA1Task # 25.4 Andy P.’s task: Check Your Eyesight
Read two books whose titles/subtitles each contain a word of at least 5 letters that has only one “interior” (not the first or last) letter that is different.
The Pull of the Stars = 295 pages
Nothing Stays Buried = 308 pages
WORDS USED staRs / staYs
Page count = 603 exceeds 501 requirement
points this post = 25
Points to date = 600
MAZZA125.5 - Cat's Task: Spring Springs
3. April Holidays:
Read a book with a single author name George, or one of the related names listed on Behind the Name
The Book of Dreams Nina George
4. May Day:
Read a book with a bridge AND a body of water on the cover.
Required: post the cover.
This book is 531 pages and I am claiming a BB ticketPoints this post = 25
Points to date = 625
BB tickets this post - 1
BB tickets to date = 9
MAZZA130.5 - TessaVanessa's Task: Thank you, Dr. Seuss!
Option 3: Theodor Seuss Geisel was born March 2, 1904.
Read a book first published in March of any year.
The Favourpublished March 2021
Option 4: Read a book first published between 1994 and 2004, inclusive.
City of Masks first published 2002
points this post = 30
Points to date = 655
Kathy KS30.4 - Sandy's Task: Up and Down
Help Thread
This is a 2 book task. Your books must have a combined total of at least 600 pages.
Book 1 - any book that fits general SRC rules
Baltimore Blues, by Laura Lippman
1st published: 1997
I listened to the audio; mmpb=304 p.
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).
Night of Camp David, by Fletcher Knebel
1st published: 1965 (<1997)
hb=336 p. (>304)
Total pages: 304+336=640 (>600)
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 205
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
NAVI20.6. 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 Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis Graves
How it fits: Author initials "T" and "G" in "Strong, wise cats"
Points this post: 20
Total points: 215
Kim O20.8. Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: 21 Years and 21 Centuries
My number is 17.
Option a) Year - Read a book first published in that year of the 21st century.
Dragon Teeth -- first published 5/22/2017
Points this task: 20
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Totals:
Points: 90
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 6
NAVI20.1. 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.
Cupcakes and Casualties by Agatha Frost
How it fits: Letters "K" and "P" in title - Cupcakes and Casualties
Points this post: 20
Total points: 235
NAVI5.6 - Are You Being Served?
Read a book with the MPG Humor or Comedy.
Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour
How it fits: MPG Humor
Points this post: 5
Total points: 240
NAVI5.9 - Three's Company
Read a book that is #3 in a series (series, #3).
Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert
How it fits: #3 in The Brown Sisters series
Points this post: 5
Total points: 245
Scooter&Siam10.8 - Bye, Bye Miss American Pie
Required: State the word.
Read The Night Crossing - word: night
Points:10
Total: 120
Andy P.Task # 10.1 - Spring Starts
Read a book that is book number 1 in a series
Deep State by Chris Hauty
Haley Chill thriller #1
Points this post: 10
Total points: 335
MEGSCL30.2 - Aprilleigh’s task: Agatha Christie, Queen of Mystery
Option 1: An Invitation to Die. Read a book found on the And Then There Were None: Deadly Parties list. (page 1). The Guest List
Option 3: Other Kings and Queens. Read a book by an author on the list similar to Agatha Christie. (PD James). Death Comes to Pemberley
TOTAL
380 points
2 big book
1 golden oldie
MEGSCL15.3. A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away
Option 2: Caliban's War by James S.A. Corey (matches James Earl Jones)
**595 pages - 1 big book
TOTAL
395 points
3 big book
1 golden oldie
Task 15.1. Continuing on..................Book 1: Concrete Rose, finished 3/1
Book 2: Rose Under Fire, finished 4/8
Points this task: 15
Total points: 370
Jen K15.10. Just the Facts, Please
The Lion in the Living Room: How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World
MPG Nonfiction and Science
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 240
Big Books: 3
Jen K15.9. National Library Week
Aftershocks by Nadia Owusu
NatiOnal
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 255
Big Books: 3
Jen K15.7. Disco, Disco Duck
Something That May Shock and Discredit You
DISCredit yOu
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 270
Big Books: 3
10.5 - SPEND THE DAY WITH A KNIGHT - The Beast of Aros CastleSetting is listed as Mull, Argyle 1522
TOTAL POINTS - 805
Ana20.9. Moderators' Pet - Christine V's Task: Share Appreciation
The Hand on the Wall by Maureen Johnson.
Target Word: Hand
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 95
20.10 Group ReadsOption: Parallel Timelines
The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 20
Total points: 115
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
30.1 D1mrose's Task: Same NameRead two books by two different authors with the same name (Robert).
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith (pseudonym)
449pp, published 18 April 2013.
Lustrum by Robert Harris
MMP edition 419pp. First published November 2009.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 145
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Task 10.6 - My Baby, She Wrote Me a LetterRead a book from list: Epistolary Fiction
Epistolary Fiction
On April 06, 2021:
Page Two, #135
Meet Me at the Museum (2018) by Anne Youngson (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 272 pages)
80 + 10 = 90
Tasks Completed: 06
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 80 + 10 = 90
Books read: 07
Pages read: 2,151
Read but not claimed: 04
Goodreads Authors: 04
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
10.4 - Spring StatesRead a book set at least 50% in a US state that was admitted to the Union during March, April, or May: Florida, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Wisconsin.
Book read: Eye of the Beholder
How it fits: Set in Nebraska
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Total points: 120
Books read: 9
Tasks completed: 8
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.7 - Mork & Mindy
Charmed and Dangerous by Toni McGee Causey
Title contains the word "and".
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 190 points
Tasks completed: 15
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.6 - Honoring Zen, the Brave Tomcat
The Secret Apartment: Vet Stadium, a surreal memoir by Tom Garvey
Option 3 - Authors initials are found in "Strong, wise cats" (TG in strong).
Link to PB edition: The Secret Apartment: Vet Stadium, a surreal memoir
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 210 points
Tasks completed: 16
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.8 - 21 Years and 21 Centuries
Trust: America's Best Chance by Pete Buttigieg
Random Integer Generator generated 20
Option A - This book was first published in 2020.
Link to PB edition: Trust: America's Best Chance
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 230 points
Tasks completed: 17
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
CYNBAXTERTask #15.07 – Disco, Disco Duck
Task Description: Read a book with all the letters of DISCO found in its title
Book: The Tokyo Zodiac Murders by Sōji Shimada
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date: 345 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 5
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Task 5.8 - Monty Python's Flying Circus#65, p1 of the list
Breakfast of Champions
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615 points
6 BB tix
6 GO tix
Task 5.1 – All in the Family REPOSTING! Book approved as "Not for kids" - approval post #280Book chosen: Not Without My Sister: A compelling and heartbreaking WW2 historical novel
Fits task: "sister" in the title
Format read: audio with ebook readalong
# of pages: 256 (printed edition)
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 215 points
APRILLEIGH20.3 - Joanne MI’s Task: Old Time Rock’n Roll
Option 1: A book where the author’s initials can be found in GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD.
Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case by Agatha Christie
A found in roAd
C found in briCk
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (600)
Golden Oldie: 0 (7)
Big Book: 0 (3)
Books Read: 1 (45)
Total Tasks: 37
APRILLEIGH15.8 - It’s Black and White
A book set at least 50% in a country that is a home to penguins: Peru.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder (IL: UG, just in case)
*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1927 ***
The book is set entirely in Peru with brief mentions of various characters’ past lives in other places.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 15 (615)
Golden Oldie: 1 (8)
Big Book: 0 (3)
Books Read: 1 (46)
Total Tasks: 38
MAZZA130.5 - TessaVanessa's Task: Thank you, Dr. Seuss!
Option 3: Theodor Seuss Geisel was born March 2, 1904.
Read a book first published in March of any year.
The Favourpublished March 2021
Option 4: Read a book first published between 1994 and 2004, inclusive.
City of Masks first published 2002
Bookfinder info as has Children's MPG
Stravaganza: City of Masks
Hoffman, Mary
AR Quiz No. 75916 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG+ - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 13.0
Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP, VP
Book Rating Rating: 3.5
points this post = 30
Points to date = 655
5.6 - Are You Being Served?The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists by Gideon Defoe
MPG Humor
this post:5
total: 250
UNCLAIMING THIS POST:Task:20.8. Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: 21 Years and 21 Centuries
Option: A - Year
Book read: Book of Shadows by Cate Tiernan
Required: I span a 1, this book was first published in 2001.
Points this task:20
Total points:90
Total Golden Oldies:
Total Big Books:
Books read:5
Tasks completed:4
Task:20.8. Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: 21 Years and 21 Centuries Option: A - Year
Book read: Spellbound by Cate Tiernan
Required: I span a 1, this book was first published in 2001.
Points this task:20
Total points:345
Total Golden Oldies:
Total Big Books:
Books read:24
Tasks completed:20
Task:10.1 - Spring Starts (book number 1 in a series)Book read:Book of Shadows by Cate Tiernan
Required: number 1 in the Wicca series ((Wicca #1))
Points this task:10
Total points:355
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Books read:25
Tasks completed:21
UNCLAIMING:Task:15.8. It's Black and White
Book 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
FLY Task # 20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Margo's Task: First Time Lucky!
task: Option 1. read a book with a ONE word title.
book: Vicious
how it fits: one word title
Points this post: 20
Total points: 210
Tasks completed: 11/54
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
MAZZA130.2 - Aprilleigh’s task: Agatha Christie, Queen of Mystery
Option 1: An Invitation to Die
Read a book found on the And Then There Were None: Deadly Parties list. https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
Dead Man's Folly 288 pages on page 1 of list
Option 2: The Locked Room
Read a book found on one of these lists:
Locked Room Mysteries https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
Murder in Mesopotamia 351 pages on Page 1 of the list
This book was published in 1936 and I am claiming a GO ticket
Page count 288 + 351 =639 exceeds requirement
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 685
GO tickets this post = 1
GO to date = 5
Sara G15.5. 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).
I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley
I read the Kindle edition. The MMPB here has 306 pages.
75530
Points this post: 15
Total points: 340
Task:15.1. Continuing on..................Book 1
Book read:Forever Geek by Holly Smale
Required: Last word of title is GEEK
Book 2
Book read:Geek Drama by Holly Smale
Required: First word of the title is GEEK
Points this task:15
Total points:355
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Books read:26
Tasks completed:21
ERINJ20.6. Seasoned Reader - Iulia's Task: Honoring Zen, the Brave Tomcat
Choose one option
Option 3. Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials may be found in the phrase: "Strong, wise cats"
Book: The Woman in Cabin 10
Author: Ruth Ware (RW)
Points in post: 20
Total Points: 240
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Task #5.6 - Are You Being Served?
Read a book with the MPG Humor or Comedy. I read No Nest for the Wicket by Donna Andrews (MPG Humor approved in task help thread).
Total points so far: 310