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SPRING CHALLENGE 2021
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Brooke TX10.3 - ABBA
Read a book with the ALL the letters ABBA in the title and/or subtitle.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 145
Completed Tasks: 9
Books Read: 31
Brooke TX10.5 - Spend the Day With a Knight
Read a book set during or about medieval times. Per the series Wikipedia page, "The first story arc, "Sven the Returned," runs through issues 1–8 and is set in A.D. 980."
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 155
Completed Tasks: 10
Books Read: 31
Brooke TX10.6 - My Baby, She Wrote Me a Letter
Read a book from one of these lists: Epistolary Fiction or Letters To and From. Found on page 2 of Epistolary Fiction:
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 165
Completed Tasks: 11
Books Read: 31
Brooke TX10.7 - The Uncola
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that BEGINS with "UN".
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 175
Completed Tasks: 12
Books Read: 31
Brooke TX10.8 - Bye, Bye Miss American Pie
Read a book with a word in the TITLE that can be found in the American Pie song lyrics. With "Die" in the title:
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 185
Completed Tasks: 13
Books Read: 31
Brooke TX10.9 - Just What the Doctor Ordered
Read a book written by a single author with the letters M and D in the author's name.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 195
Completed Tasks: 14
Books Read: 31
Brooke TX10.10 - Twitter - It's What's Happening
Read a book with a number of pages between 140 and 280 inclusive.
Points
This Post: 10
Total Points: 205
Completed Tasks: 15
Books Read: 31
Task 5.4 - Fawlty TowersBook: When a Stranger Comes to Town, finished 4/15
Points this task: 5
Total points: 380
Julia10315.7. Disco, Disco Duck
The First Mrs. Rothschild (DISCO in Rothschild
This post: 15 points
Total points: 455
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 27
Total books read: 35
LAUREN JODI25.4 - Andy P.’s task: Check Your Eyesight
Book #1:
The Witch of Willow Hall by Hester Fox
Page #: 364
Book #2:
Silent Watch by Elle Kennedy
Page #: 214
Total page #: 578
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 540/900
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Total Books Read: 43
Tasks Completed: 37/54
5.7 - Mork & MindyRead a book with an ampersand (&) or the word "and" in its TITLE.
Shadow and Bone
Total Points: 80
10.3 - ABBAA book with all the letters ABBA in the title and/or subtitle: In Bibi's Kitchen: The Recipes and Stories of Grandmothers from the Eight African Countries That Touch the Indian Ocean by Hawa Hassan
Points this post: 10
Total points: 340
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Amy B 5.3 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show
🌷Read a book written by a single author who uses 3 names/initials. All three names/initials must appear in the author's Goodreads record. Spaces determine names.
If, Then by Kate Hope Day
This Task: 5 Points
To Date: 340 Points
Task 10.3 - ABBAABBA in subtitle
Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics
AB in misBehAving
BA in BehAvioral
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690 points
6BB tix
6GO tix
Nick KY30.4 - Sandy's Task: Up and Down
This 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 Crime Scene by Jonathan Kellerman, 2017, 432 pp.
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 The Company We Keep: An Ethics of Fiction by Wayne C. Booth, 1988, 557 pp.
Total pp = 989
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for The Company We Keep at 557 pp.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 430
Big Books So Far: 500+ (1), 750+ (1) = 3 BB tickets
NAVI5.1 - All in the Family
Read a book with the name of a family member** in the title/subtitle.
Ungovernable: The Victorian Parent's Guide to Raising Flawless Children by Therese Oneill
How it fits: Parent and Children in title
Points this post: 5
Total points: 375
NAVI5.10 - Good Times
Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules!
Autumn by Ali Smith
How it fits: book of choice
Points this post: 5
Total points: 380
Bookwrm526Task #20.10 - Group Reads.
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season. I read The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden, and posted in the discussion thread at posts 9 and 10.
Total points so far: 395
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15.1. Continuing on...
Book 1: Read any book that meets SRC requirements and that has a title of at least 2 words;
Answered Prayers. Danielle Steel. 4.16.21
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.
Prayers the Devil Answers. Sharyn McCrumb. 4.5.21
Points this post: 15
Points total: 480
Tasks complete: 28/54
Andy P.Task # 30.5 - TessaVanessa's Task: Thank you, Dr. Seuss!
Option 1. Read a book by an author with first and last initials of DR
Dead Center by David Rosenfelt
Option 4. Read a book first published between 1994 and 2004, inclusive. Ill Wind by Nevada Barr
First published in 1995
Points this post: 30
Total points: 440
10.9 - Just What the Doctor OrderedBlack Science, Vol. 1: How to Fall Forever by Rick Remender
❇︎ MD in Remender ❇︎
Total points: 215 + 10 = 225
Kristen IA15.9. National Library Week
Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK. All initials must be used.
The Switch by Beth O'Leary
I listened to the audiobook and have linked the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 30/900
Tasks Completed: 3/54
BB: 0
GO: 0
Kristen IA20.6. 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".
Bitter Falls by Rachel Caine
I listened to the audiobook and have linked the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 50/900
Tasks Completed: 4/54
BB: 0
GO: 0
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20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Sugaring Season
For this task, choose one option and read a book that fits the requirements. Your book must be at least 235 pages. The paperback edition has 320 pages.
Option 2: Maple
Read a book with a single author with the first and last initials of the author found in the word “maple”. EL
On Turpentine Lane. Elinor Lipman. 4.16.21
Points this post: 20
Points total: 500
Tasks complete: 29/54
5.7 Mork and Mindy I read The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
Claiming a Big Book ticket at 517 pages
New Total: 35
10.1 Spring Starts I read The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith - #1 in Ripley series
New Total: 45
10.10 Twitter - It's What's Happening I read The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie - 268 pages (between 140 and 280)
Claiming a Golden Oldies ticket - published in 1922
New Total: 55
20.3 Old Time Rock 'n Roll I chose option 3 and read The Craftsman by Sharon J. Bolton - the name Bolton matches band member Steve Bolton, rhythm and lead guitars 1989
New Total: 75
20.4 Wintering at Riley I chose option 3 and read Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram - LGBT main page genre
New Total: 95
20.6 Honoring Zen, The Brave Tomcat I chose option 3 and read The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths - initials EG are in stronG wisE cats
New Total: 115
Ana20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Margo's Task: First Time Lucky!
Option 2.
Faithless in Death by J.D. Robb. The book has more than 290 pages and was published February 9, 2021.
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 115
DeborahPost #9
10.8 - Bye, Bye Miss American Pie
Anxious People Using PEOPLE
That I could make those people dance
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 160
Books Read:11
Tasks Done: 9
501 - RELIVING THE 70'SRolled 1,2,1
BOOK 1 -
Male on the cover
264 Pages
BOOK 2 -
by Lorelei JamesLJ in Elton John
304 pages
BOOK 3 -
by Robert GoldsboroughContinuation of the Nero Wolfe series started by Rex Stout who died in 1975 as per his GR page.
252 pages
TOTAL POINTS - 880
Kai30.4 - Sandy's Task: Up and Down
Books must have a combined total of at least 600 pages.
BOOK 1
Any book that fits general SRC rules
The Camomile Lawn by Mary Wesley
352 pages
Published 1984
BOOK 2
More pages than Book 1 AND be published in an earlier year than Book 1.
Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain
688 pages
Published 1933
Books Read for Challenge: 22
Total New Points: 30
Total Challenge Points: 285
30.5 TessaVanessa's Task: Thank you, Dr. Seuss! Option 3: (published in March)
Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo first published 31/3/2021
Claiming 1 BB point - 608pp
Option 4: (published between 1994-2004)
Split Second by Alex Kava first published 2002
Points this post: 30
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Totals:
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Points: 210
BBTs: 1
GOTs: 0
ROXYTask 20.4 - Wintering At Riley (Option 4 - Poetry)
The Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson
Points this post: 20
Total points: 85
20.8. Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: 21 Years and 21 CenturiesNumber: 5
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Published in 2005
this task: 20
total: 315
10.4 - Spring Statesset in Lorain, Ohio (it's in the description)
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
this post:10
total:325
15.3. A long time ago, in a galaxy far far awayOption 2: On Basilisk Station by David Weber
this post: 15
total: 340
10.5 - Spend the Day With a KnightOne Thousand and One Nights by Hanan Al-Shaykh
The setting is evident in this webpage (https://www.learner.org/series/invita...)
this post:10
total:350
Amy B10.7 - The Uncola
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that BEGINS with "UN".
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 350 Points
*UNCLAIMING A TASK IN ORDER TO CHANGE BOOK*20.5 - Bigger is Better - Ann A's Task: Big Books, Big Titles
Book Originally Claimed:
The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water
Points Earned This Post: -20
Total Points Earned: 205
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Ann A's Task: Big Books, Big TitlesIn honor of Big Books and wordiness, read a book with a title/subtitle consisting of AT LEAST 8 WORDS.
A House at the Bottom of a Lake
8 Words in Title
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 225
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
25.7 - Brooke TX's Task: Deja Vu All Over AgainOption A: Year After Year
Book 1: Read a book first published in 2020.
The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water
First Published 2020
Book 2: Read a book first published in 2021.
Near the Bone
First Published 2021
Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 250
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Julia10310.10 - Twitter - It's What's Happening
Never Borrow a Baronet (258 pages)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 465
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 28
Total books read: 36
Jen K15.1. Continuing on..................
Book 1: Pizza Girl
Book 2: Girl, Woman, Other
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Point This Post: 15
Total Points: 315
Big Books: 3
Jen K15.5. It's outta here!
The Sympathizer
371 pages
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 330
Big Books: 3
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30.5 - TessaVanessa's Task: Thank you, Dr. Seuss!
Option 3: Read a book first published in March of any year.
Make Your Own Sunshine: Inspiring Stories of People Who Find Light in Dark Times. Janice Dean. Published March 2, 2021
Option 4. Read a book first published between 1994 and 2004, inclusive.
A Bend in the Road. Nicholas Sparks. Published in 2001
Points this post: 30
Points total: 530
Tasks complete: 30/54
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10.2 - Earth Day Every Day
Read a book with a main page genre of Conservation, Ecology, or Environment. Approved in help thread message 17:
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This Post: 10
Total Points: 135
Completed Tasks: 8
Books Read: 31