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SPRING CHALLENGE 2021
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Kai30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: Pawn Sacrifice
OPTION 2
One book of over 600 pages with BLACK or WHITE in the title.
The Red and the Black by Stendhal
608 pages
Books Read for Challenge: 20
Total New Points: 30
Total Challenge Points: 255
ERINJ5.3 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Read a book written by a single author who uses 3 names/initials
Book: Into the Heartless Wood
Author: Joanna Ruth Meyer
Points in post: 5
Total Points: 300
10.9 - Just What the Doctor OrderedSingle author, M and D in name.
I listened to the audio, mmp is here: Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold.
This book has 505 pages, for 1 Big Book point.
Points: 10
Total: 590
BB Points: 7
GO Points: 3
BUCKET10.8 Bye, Bye Miss American Pie
The Child in Time by Ian McEwan
(Word: TIME in first line of lyrics)
Points this post: 10
Points total: 105
BB total: 2
GO total: 1
BUCKET20.4 Lys’s Task: Wintering at Riley
Option 3
Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon
(MPG: LGBT)
Points this post: 20
Points total: 125
BB total: 2
GO total: 1
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25.8- QueenBeeDarlene's Task: 3 Genres I love, and 1 that I hate (state option)
Option 1:
B: Read a book with all the letters GOAT in title only.
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. Ernest J. Gaines
Option 3:
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in SAD AND LONELY.
Whose Body?. Dorothy L. Sayers
Points this post: 25
Points total: 465
Tasks complete: 27/54
Joanne MI10.9 - Just What the Doctor Ordered
Read a book written by a single author with the letters M and D in the author's name.
Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan
Points this task 10
Total Points 195
BB's 4
GO's
Delicious Dee5.2 - Antiques Roadshow
Little Men - first published in 1871; AR Bookfinder - UG, BL 8.1, AR 19 (HERE
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 520
MAZZA110.4 - Spring States
Read a book set at least 50% in a US state that was admitted to the Union during March, April, or May: Vermont,
The Hand on the Wall
Setting Ellingham academy Vermont identified in data for #2 in same series https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
points this post = 10
Points to date = 695
MAZZA110.7 - The Uncola
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that BEGINS with "UN".
Under Currents
points this post = 10
Points to date = 705
MAZZA115.6. It's Saturday!
Read a book with a day of the week in the title
One Tuesday Morning
points this post = 15
Points to date = 720
30.1 - Dlmrose’s Task: Same NameTwo authors who share the same first name
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Total Points: 355
20.7 Sugaring SeasonOption 2 - A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny
LP are in maPLe
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 145
5.5 - M*A*S*H - Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical ExaminerOn page one of the list
TOTAL POINTS - 830
Amy B25.8- QueenBeeDarlene's Task: 3 Genres I love, and 1 that I hate
Choose 2 different options and read one book for each of them. REQUIRED: Specify in your post which options you used.
1. B: Read a book with all the letters GOAT in title only. (All the letters are in the word TOGETHER)
All Together Now: A Newfoundlander's Light Tales for Heavy Times by Alan Doyle
3. Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in SAD AND LONELY.
The Cactus League by Emily Nemens
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 335 Points
Nick KY25.2 - Janet F’s Task: Burgess Shale
Option 3: I’ve actually wanted to read Gould’s book since it was published in 1989. I added it to my GR to-read list in 2014.
Read a book that was first published between 1989 & 2014, inclusive.
I read A Spell of Winter by Helen Dunmore, 1st pub’d 1995.
Option 5: Stephen Jay Gould published many books including about 10 that include reprints of his 300+ essays. He passed away from cancer at age 60 in 2002.
Read a book by an author who didn’t live past the age of 60.
I read Reflections in a Golden Eye by Carson McCullers -- Carson MacCullers lived 50 yrs.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 400
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I read a kindle ARC of Hummingbird Salamander by Jeff VanderMeer and linked to the top pb (no MMPB).
Author name contains M and D - vanDerMeer
total points: 350
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I read Miss Benson's Beetle - I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top pb (no MMPB). Environment>Nature is the 8th listed main page genre.
total points: 360
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I read The Dictionary of Lost Words - all letters of DISCO found in title:
dico found in DICtiOnary
s found in loSt.
total points: 375
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For my first book, I used option 1 and read Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World found on page 1 of the Trippy Books list. I read the kindle edition - top mmpb is La Fin des temps - 625 pages.
This is a new book for me.
For my second book, I used option 2 and read Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To - nonfiction, 432 pages, so a 4 and a 2 in the page total. This is also a new book for me.
Total pages read: 1057 (>required 600)
total points: 400
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For my first book, I used option 1 and read Careless Whiskers, with 3 s's in title - careleSS whiSkers.
I read the kindle edition, linked to the mmpb.
For my second book, I used option 4 and read Of Blood and Bone by Nora Roberts - NR found in woNdeRful. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the MMPB.
total points: 425
Task 5.3 - The Mary Tyler Moore ShowBook: The Last Story of Mina Lee, finished 4/15
By Nancy Jooyoun Kim
Points this task: 5
Total points: 375
ERINJ10.8 - 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.
Book: Love at First
Word: Love
Points in post: 10
Total Points: 310
Task 15.4 - In Honour of Captain Tomone book option
author name TOM, title initials in YOU WALK ALONE
All About Us by Tom Ellen
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680 points
6 BB tix
6 GO tix
15.5. 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).
The Crossroads at Midnight by Abby Howard Read 04/06/21
320 pages, matching 3 and 0.
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 215
Big Books Tickets Claimed:
Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed: 1
15.8. 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: Angola, Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Falkland Islands, Mozambique, Namibia, New Zealand, Peru, South Africa, South Georgia Island, South Sandwich Islands, Tristan da Cunha, Uruguay.
The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth Read 04/08/21
The book is set in Australia. The setting is listed in the metadata on the book's main page.
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 230
Big Books Tickets Claimed:
Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed: 1
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.
Selected words: grove and grave
Book 1: Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories by Karen Russell Read 04/01/21
Book 1 has 243 pages.
Book 2: In This Grave Hour by Jacqueline Winspear Read 04/07/21
Book 2 has 335 pages.
Total pages for Book 1 and Book 2: 578.
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 255
Big Books Tickets Claimed:
Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed: 1
NAVI20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Margo's Task: First Time Lucky!
Your book for this task must be at least 290 pages.
Option 1.
As I have completed one challenge, read a book with a ONE word title. Ignore subtitles.
Renegade by Joel Shepherd
How it fits: 470 pages, one word title
Points this post: 20
Total points: 345
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5.2 - Antiques Roadshow
First published 1915: Something Fresh by P.G. Wodehouse
total = 515
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20.8. Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: 21 Years and 21 Centuries
I rolled a 1.
option A- first published in 2001: The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan
total = 535
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20.9. Moderators' Pet - Christine V's Task: Share Appreciation
Praise: In Praise of Paths: Walking through Time and Nature by Torbjørn Ekelund
total = 555
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25.7 - Brooke TX's Task: Deja Vu All Over Again
option A
Book 1, first published 2020: The Fire Thief by Debra Bokur
Book 2, first published 2021: Dark Sky by C.J. Box
total = 580
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30.2 - Aprilleigh’s task: Agatha Christie, Queen of Mystery
option 1, Deadly Parties page 1, #2: A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie, 297 pages
option 2, Popsugar Locked Room Mystery page 1, tied #2: PB - Anxious People by Fredrik Backman, 341 pages
I listed to the audio: Anxious People
297 + 341 = 638
total = 610
Joanna T30.5 - TessaVanessa's Task: Thank you, Dr. Seuss!
Option 3: Read a book first published in March of any year.
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
Published March 19, 2019.
Option 4: Read a book first published between 1994 and 2004, inclusive.
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Published 2003.
Task total: 30
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Grand total: 385
BB: 4
GO: 0
NAVI25.7 - Brooke TX's Task: Deja Vu All Over Again
Option A: Year After Year
Book 1: Read a book first published in 2020 - Luster by Raven Leilani
Book 2: Read a book first published in 2021 - The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
How it fits: Luster published in 2020 and The Lost Apothecary published in 2021
Points this post: 25
Total points: 370
Task: 5.7 - Mork & Mindy ("And" or "&" in the title)Book read:...And a Happy New Year? by Holly Bourne
Required: "AND a happy new year" has an "and".
Points this task:5
Total points:390
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Books read:29
Tasks completed:23
Andy P,Task # 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.
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu
DINAWMENGESTU
Points this post: 10
Total points: 410
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Lys's Task: Wintering at Riley Option 3: The Extraordinaries by T.J. Klune
❇︎ MPG LGBT ❇︎
❇︎ verified not a Comic ❇︎
Total points: 195 + 20 =215
15.1. Continuing on..................Help Thread
Book 1: Read any book that meets SRC requirements and that has a title of at least 2 words;
AND
Book 2: Read any book that meets SRC requirements and that has a title of at least 2 words, where the first word of the title is the same as the last word in the title of Book 1.
Examples: Year One and One Plus One or One Plus One and One Good Deed.
Words must match exactly. All words, including articles, count. Ignore subtitles.
I read Bury Your Dead and Dead Over Heels.
points: 130
books read: 11
tasks completed: 8
tasks in progress: 2
Big Books: 1
pages read: 4131
20.6. Seasoned Reader - Iulia's Task: Honoring Zen, the Brave TomcatOption 3: Author whose first and last initials may be found in the phrase: "Strong, wise cats"
The Project by Courtney Summers
Total Points: 375
Brooke TX25.6 - Amy FL's Task: Reminiscing
Option 1: Read a book with a title of at least three words where the first letter of each title word can be found in GET THE LED OUT.
Option 2: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in QUADROPHENIA.
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 1
Books Read: 31
Brooke TX25.7 - Brooke TX's Task: Deja Vu All Over Again
Option C: In Sequence
Book 1: Read a book that is a whole number in a series.
Book 2: Read a book that is the next number in a DIFFERENT series
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 50
Completed Tasks: 2
Books Read: 31
Brooke TX20.6. 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".
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 70
Completed Tasks: 3
Books Read: 31
Brooke TX15.7. Disco, Disco Duck
Read a book with all the letters of DISCO found in its title.
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 85
Completed Tasks: 4
Books Read: 31
Brooke TX15.8. It's Black and White
Read a book set at least 50% in a country/territory that is a home to penguins. Set in Antarctica:
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 100
Completed Tasks: 5
Books Read: 31
Brooke TX15.9. National Library Week
Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK.
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 115
Completed Tasks: 6
Books Read: 31
15.4. In honor of Captain TomI did the one book option that required both:
- Read a book with a title of at least three words, where the initials of each title word can be found in "You'll Never Walk Alone." and
-a book with an author name of Tom or Thomas, or one of its variations found in Behind The Name - Thomas
I read the audio version of We All Looked Up
by Tommy Wallach
New Points : 15
Total Points: 315
BB: 1
GO: 1
Brooke TX10.1 - Spring Starts
Read a book that is book number 1 in a series.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 125
Completed Tasks: 7
Books Read: 31
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Option 1: "You" in the title Hate to Want You by Alisha Rai
Option 2: "Me" in the title Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
This Task:
Points: 15
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 140
Books Read: 11
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +1000: 1
Completed Tasks: 7