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SPRING CHALLENGE 2021
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
10.10 - Twitter - It's What's HappeningThe Oracle Code by Marieke Nijkamp
❇︎ 208 pages ❇︎
Total points: 235 + 10 = 245
5.5 - M*A*S*HBook on Medicine and Literature list.
The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie
On page 2 of list.
Published in 1936 for 1 Golden Odie point.
Point: 5
Total: 595
BB Points: 7
GO Points: 4
15.2. Free To Be... You And Me2 books.
Book 1 - "You" in the title.
I read Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed in ebook, no mmp, pb is here: Talvez você deva conversar com alguém: Uma terapeuta, o terapeuta dela e a vida de todos nós.
Book 2 - "Me" in the title
I read this in ebook, mmp is here: Bet Me.
Points: 15
Total: 610
BB Points: 7
GO Points: 4
Christine V20.1. Most Improved Player - Coralie's Task: Knit and Purl
Zak George's Dog Training Revolution: The Complete Guide to Raising the Perfect Pet with Love
Points this post: 20
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
Task 15.5 - It's outta here! - Read a book with at least 2 of the digits 75530 in its page count.I read Out of Darkness, Shining Light which has 303 pages.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 145
I just joined so I am adding books I have read since March 1 that fit tasks.ROBIN P
5.7 - Mork & Mindy - book with & or word "and"
Oranges and Lemons
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
BB points: 0
GO points: 0
ROBIN P10.1 - Spring Starts - book 1 in a series
Iron Lake
Points this post: 10
Total points: 15
BB points: 0
GO points: 0
ROBIN P10.2 - Earth Day Every Day - mpg of Conservation, Ecology, Environment
Has main page genre of Environment
A Friend of the Earth
Points this post: 10
Total points: 25
BB points: 0
GO points: 0
ROBIN P10.4 - set in state admitted in spring
Book is set in Wisconsin
Raft of Stars
Points this post: 10
Total points: 35
BB points: 0
GO points: 0
ROBIN P10.7 - The Uncola - word with Un in title
Unnatural Death
Points this post: 10
Total points: 45
BB points: 0
GO points: 1 - published 1927
ROBIN P10.8 - American Pie - word from lyrics in title
Word is YEARS
Twenty Years After
Points this post: 10
Total points: 55
BB points: 1 - 788 pages
GO points: 2 - pub 1845
ROBIN P10.9 - Just What the Doctor Ordered - letters M and D in author name
The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland - author Jim DeFede
Points this post: 10
Total points: 65
BB points: 1
GO points: 2
ROBIN P15.7 - Disco, Disco Duck - letters of DISCO in title
Clouds of Witness
Points this post: 15
Total points: 80
BB points: 1
GO points: 3 - pub 1926
ROBIN P15.8 - It's Black and White - country with penguins
Force of Nature - set in Australia
Points this post: 15
Total points: 95
BB points: 1
GO points: 3
ROBIN P15.9 - National Library Week - author initials found in that phrase
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Points this post: 15
Total points: 110
BB points: 1
GO points: 3
ROBIN P20.1 - Most Improved Player - Knit and Purl - K & P in title
Person or Persons Unknown
Points this post: 20
Total points: 130
BB points: 1
GO points: 3
ROBIN P20.2 Rookie at the Top - First Time Lucky
Option 1 - Book with a one-word title over 290 pages
Basil - 400 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 150
BB points: 1
GO points: 4 - published 1852
Kathy KS15.5. It's outta here!
Read a book with at least 2 of the digits 75530 in its page count.
Deliverer, by C.J. Cherryh
357 pages, all numerals in target string
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 250
Tasks completed: 13
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
ROBIN P20.5 - Bigger is Better - Big Books, Big Titles - Title at least 8 words
Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin
Points this post: 20
Total points: 170
BB points: 1
GO points: 4
25.6 - Reminiscing - 2 book taskOption 1 - Title at least 3 words where 1st letter of each is in GET THE LED OUT
The Goblin Emperor
Option 2 - author whose initials are in QUADROPHENIA
Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar
Points this post: 25
Total points: 195
BB points: 1
GO points: 4
25.7 - Deja Vu All Over AgainOption A - Year After Year
Book 1: First published in 2020 - Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women
Book 2 - First published in 2021 - The Kindest Lie
Points this post: 25
Total points: 220
BB points: 1
GO points: 4
Kristen IA10.3 - ABBA
Read a book with the ALL the letters ABBA in the title and/or subtitle, 2 As and 2 Bs
Heartbreak Bay by Rachel Caine
I listened to the audiobook and have linked the PB edition.
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 60/900
Tasks Completed: 5/54
BB: 0
GO: 0
Theresa5.5 - M*A*S*H
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
found on page 1
points this post - 5
total points - 25
Theresa5.6 - Are You Being Served?
Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich
points this post - 5
total points - 30
FLY Task #5.10 - Good Times
task: 🌷Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules!
book: Hamilton: The Revolution
how it fits: meets the SRC rules per Sandy
Points this post: 5
Total points: 215
Tasks completed: 12 /54
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
15.3 - A LONG TIME AGO IN A GALAXY FAR FAR AWAYOPTION 2 - Planet of the Damned by Harry Harrison
Shares a name with Harrison Ford
MPG of Space Opera noted in post 24 of the help thread
TOTAL POINTS - 895
ROBIN P30.3 - Pawn Sacrifice
Option 1 - 2 books related to a chess piece
Chess Piece Selected - QUEEN
Option a) Name of piece in title - Queen of Hearts
Listened to audiobook, linked paperback
Option c) Setting begins with letter in QUEEN - The Book of Scandal - set in ENGLAND
Points this post: 30
Total points: 250
BB points: 1
GO points: 4
ROBIN P30.4 - Up and Down
2 books with a total of at least 600 pages, 2nd book up in pages, down in publication date
Book 1 - any book in rules - Breathe: A Letter to My Sons - published 2019 - 188 pages
Book 2 - The Summer Before the War - published 2016 - 481 pages
Total pages for the 2 books - 665
Points this post: 30
Total points: 280
BB points: 1
GO points: 4
ROBIN P20.7 - Sugaring Season
Option 2: Maple - Book over 235 pages with author initials in MAPLE
His Only Wife - author Peace Adzo Medie - 288 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 300
BB points: 1
GO points: 4
ROBIN P20.6 = Honoring Zen, the Brave Tomcat
Option 3: Author 1st & last initials found in "Strong, wise cats"
French Like Moi: A Midwesterner in Paris, author Scott Dominic Carpenter
Points this post: 20
Total points: 320
BB points: 1
GO points: 4
ROBIN P20.3 - Old Time Rock N Roll
Option 1 - author initials in GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD
Book at least 250 pages
Oblomov, author Ivan Goncharov
588 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 340
BB points: 2 - this book 588 pages
GO points: 5 - this book originally published 1859
Total number of tasks completed so far - 20
Kai20.5 - Bigger is Better - Ann A's Task: Big Books, Big Titles
A book with a title/subtitle consisting of at least 8 words.
Christmas Carol, The Chimes and The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens
Books Read for Challenge: 23
Total New Points: 20
Total Challenge Points: 305
Coralie10.4 Spring States
Book set in Louisiana as referenced by this review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Revisioners
Total to date 365 points
Coralie20.8 21 Years and 21 Centuries
Number generated 5
Option b – book published in 2005
The Hidden Family
Total to date 385 points
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Amy B25.5 - Cat's Task: Spring Springs
Two book task; no kids; one graphic OK; pick two different options
1. Read a book from this list: Science Writing
REQUIRED: state which page your book can be found on.
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks (page 1)
2. Read a book with all the letters LION and LAMB in the title / subtitle (i.e. 2 Ls)
Vampires Never Get Old: Tales with Fresh Bite by Zoraida Córdova
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 375 Points
Task: 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Sugaring SeasonOption: 1- Sugar on Snow (sugar or snow intact in title)
Book read:Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes? by Holly Bourne
397 pages
Required: Snow intact in SNOWflakes. It is the example used in the task listing.
Points this task:20
Total points:410
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Books read:30
Tasks completed:24
EMurphy25.7 Brooke TX's Task: Deja Vu All Over Again
Option 3a: Whole number in a series The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny (Number 8 in a series)
Option 3b: Next number in a DIFFERENT series Deception on His Mind by Elizabeth George (Number 9 in a series)
*Big Book Ticket (616 pages)
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +500: 1
Total:
Points: 165
Books Read: 13
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +500: 1
BB Ticket +1000: 1
Tasks Completed: 8
Task 25.6 - Amy FL's Task: ReminiscingOption 1: Dead to Her, finished 3/19
Option 3: Little Eyes, finished 4/18
- Word: "Eyes" From "Ebony Eyes"
Points this task: 25
Total points: 405
Task 20.2 - First Time Lucky!290+ pages
option 1 - one word title
Corpus
368 pages
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710 points
6 BB tix
6 GO tix
Bookwrm526Task #5.2 - Antiques Roadshow
Read a book that is considered an antique, first published at least 100 years ago (1921 and before). I read The Mysterious Affair at Styles and The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie.
Total points so far: 400
25.7 - Brooke TX's Task: Deja Vu All Over AgainOption C:In Sequence
Book A: Read a book that is a whole number in a series
Wicked Charms Third book in the series
Book B: Read a book that is the next number in a DIFFERENT series
I read ebook version of Untamed Fourth in series.
The Mass Market Paperback is Rebelle
New Points: 25
Total Points: 340
BB: 1
GO: 1
Nick KYI need to "unclaim" a book from a previous task.
Please take away A Spell of Winter from the following:
25.2 - 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, 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 EyeReflections in a Golden Eye by Carson McCullers -- Carson MacCullers lived 50 yrs.
Points This Post: - 25
Total Points So Far: 405
Nick KYNick KY
25.2 - 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 Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities by Martha C. Nussbaum 1st pub’d 2010.
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 EyeReflections in a Golden Eye by Carson McCullers -- Carson MacCullers lived 50 yrs.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 430
Nick KY25.4 Andy P.’s task: Check Your Eyesight
Thus my idea for this season’s challenge.
As this is an activity for adults, no book with a Main Page Genre of Children or Kids may be used for this task. In addition, the total number of pages of your two books must be greater than 500 (at least 501).
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 words must be identical, except for the one changed letter. The two words must have different meanings, and cannot be singular and plural forms or alternate spellings of the same word.
Book 1. I read A Spell of Winter by Helen Dunmore 313 pp,
Book 2. I read The Sweet Smell of Murder by Cindy Bell 254 pp.
"Spell" ..... "Smell"
567 pp > required 500
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 455
Julia1035.1 - All in the Family
Battle of Brothers
This post: 5 points
Total points: 470
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 29
Total books read: 37
MARGO 30.1 - Dlmrose’s Task: Same NameRead 2 books each written by a different author who shares the same first name.
The Girl in The Tower
by KATHERINE Arden
Salt Sisters
by KATHERINE Graham
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Points this task: 30
Total points: 165
Tasks completed: 11
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
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