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SPRING CHALLENGE 2021
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EMurphy20.5 Bigger is Better-Ann A's Task: Big Books, Big Titles: Title/subtitle consisting of at least 8 words Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema by Lindy West
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 185
Books Read: 14
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +500: 1
BB Ticket +1000: 1
Tasks Completed: 9
NAVI30.4 - Sandy's Task: Up and Down
Book 1 - any book that fits general SRC rules: The Kindest Lie by Nancy Johnson
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.: The Princess Trap by Talia Hibbert
How it fits:
- Combined page count equals 686
- First book is 336 pages, published in 2021
- Second book is 350 pages, published in 2018
Points this post: 30
Total points: 410
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.10 Good Times
A Just Clause by Lorna Barrett
Points this post: 5
Total points: 715/900
Tasks completed: 45/54
Books read: 59
BB:4
GO: 0
just keeping track for own purposes
Nick KY25.7 Brooke TX’s Déjà vu
Opt. C.
Book 1. The Anvil of the World by Kage Baker # 1 in the Lord Endemyr series.
Book 2. Scam Chowder by Maya Corrigan, # 2 in the Five-Ingredients Mystery series.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 505
BUCKET25.4 Andy P’s Task: Check Your Eyesight
Book 1
The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell
(Word: DRIFT; 576 pages)
**BIG BOOK: 576 pages, 1 ticket.**
Book 2
Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process by John McPhee
(Word: DRAFT; 208 pages)
576+208=784>501
Points this post: 25
Points total: 150
BB total: 3
GO total: 1
10.9 - Just What the Doctor OrderedRead a book written by a single author with the letters M and D in the author's name.
I read The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd.
sue Monk kiDd
points: 140
books read: 12
tasks completed: 9
tasks in progress: 1
Big Books: 1
pages read: 4563
MEGSCL15.2. Free To Be... You And Me
Book 1:This Is How You Lose the Time War
Book 2:Why Not Me?
TOTAL
490 points
3 big book
1 golden oldie
MEGSCL15.5. It's outta here!
Read a book with at least 2 of the digits 75530 in its page count.
Mexican Gothic - 301 pages
TOTAL
505 points
3 big book
1 golden oldie
Mod
15.2. Free To Be... You And Me
Book 1 - Read a book with the word "You" in the title (no subtitles);
You Me Everything. Catherine Isaac. 4.21.21
Book 2 - Read a book with the word "Me" in the title (no subtitles)
You Belong To Me. Mary Higgins Clark. 4.18.21
Points this post: 15
Points total: 590
Tasks complete: 34/54
APRILLEIGH50.1 - Chris MD’s Task: Reliving the 70s
I rolled 2 - 6 - 1 (even - even - odd).
Book 1: Fashion (even)
A book of 250 pages or less.
The "I Love My Instant Pot" Affordable Meals Recipe Book by Aileen Clark (240 pp)
240 < 250 pages
Book 2: Music (even)
A book by a single author whose initials are found in BERNIE TAUPIN.
Astronomy: A Visual Guide by Ian Ridpath (352 pp)
IR found in beRnIe
Book 3: Books (odd)
A book that features characters created by a now-deceased author, but written by a different author as a continuation of the original works.
Tales of Dune: Expanded Edition by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson (234 pp)
(Read the kindle version - paperback - no mmpb)
Title was approved for this option in the help thread. The original author of the Dune series was Frank Herbert who died on February 11, 1986.
240 + 352 + 234 = 826 > 750 pages
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 50 (680)
Golden Oldie: 0 (9)
Big Book: 0 (3)
Books Read: 3 (51)
Total Tasks: 41
Bookwrm526Task #5.4 - Fawlty Towers
Read a book with 2 Ws in title/subtitle OR in the author's name. I read Wisteria Witches by Angela Pepper.
Total points so far: 405
Bookwrm526Task #30.2 - Agatha Christie, Queen of Mystery
Option 1: Read a book found on the And Then There Were None: Deadly Parties list. I read One by One by Ruth Ware (#13 at time of posting). (371p)
Option 2: Read a book found on one of these lists:
Locked Room Mysteries
Popsugar 2021 #13 - A Locked Room Mystery.
I chose the list Locked Room Mysteries and read Firestorm by Nevada Barr from page 1 of the list, position 37 at time of posting. (310p)
371+310=681p
Total points so far: 435
Task 25.8- 3 Genres I love, and 1 that I hate1) Fredrik Backman –
B: Read a book with all the letters GOAT in title only.
every ThinG yOu Are
Every Thing You Are (2019) by Kerry Anne King (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 317 pages)
4) Memoirs –Read a book with the author’s first and last initials in MEMOIR
MemoiR
The Haunting of H. G. Wells (2020) by Robert Masello (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 393 pages)
110 + 25 = 135
Tasks Completed: 08
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 110 + 25 = 135
Books read: 10
Pages read: 3,237
Read but not claimed: 05
Goodreads Authors: 06
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
LAUREN JODI5.1 - All in the Family
Brides of Privilege by Kasey Michaels
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 575/900
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Total Books Read: 47
Tasks Completed: 40/54
5.6 - Are You Being Served?Love, Clancy: A Dog's Letters Home by Richard Glover
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Season Total: 500
Amy B25.7 - Brooke TX's Task: Deja Vu All Over Again
This is a two book task. Choose one of the options below and read a Book 1 and Book 2 from that option. One of your books may have the genre Comics/Graphic Novel/Sequential Art/Manga.
Option C: In Sequence
Book 1: Read a book that is a whole number in a series. Series info must be included in parenthesis in grayscale after title on the book's Goodreads page.
Clyde Fans by Seth (Clyde Fans #2 on its own does not have an ISBN, but I read this version that contains both 1 and 2, so did a #3 for Book 2)
Book 2: Read a book that is the next number in a DIFFERENT series (e.g. if your Book 1 is #3, Book 2 will be #4). Series info must be included in parenthesis in grayscale after title on the book's Goodreads page.
MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood (MaddAddam #3)
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 430 Points
Mod
I read Mother May I - I listened to part of the audiobook, read part in hardback, linked to the hardback.
Word "Mother" in title from family list.
total points: 430
Mod
I read The Tuesday Club Murders, with the day of the week "Tuesday" in the title.
total points: 445
Mod
I read The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey and A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker.
Common first name: Sarah
total points: 475
Mod
For my first book, I used option 1 and read One by One, currently #13 on the Deadly Parties list.
I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top pb (no MMPB) - 384 pages.
For my second book, I used option 2 and read The Guest List, currently #2 on the Popsugar list.
I read the kindle edition, linked to the top pb (no MMPB) - 375 pages.
total pages - 384 + 375 = 759 (>600 required)
total points: 505
TessaVanessaChallenge 50.1 Chris MD's Task: Reliving the 70s
Dice Numbers: 2,1,3
Book 1: EVEN
October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard by Leslea Newman
111 pages
Book 2: ODD
Don't Wake Up by Liz Lawler
368 pages
Book 3: ODD
Robert B. Parker's The Bitterest Pill by Reed Farrell Coleman
353 pages
Original author: Robert B. Parker died on January 18th, 2010
Points this post: 50
Total points: 765/900
Tasks completed: 46/54
Books read: 62
BB:4
GO: 0
just keeping track for own purpose
Nick KY10.5 Knight I read a book set in Medieval times, From Dante to Jeanne D'Arc: Adventures in Medieval Life and Letters by Katherine Marie Cornelia Bregy
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 515
Kai10.5 - Spend the Day with a Knight
A book set during or about medieval times (400-1600AD).
Ivanhoe by Walter Scott
Books Read for Challenge: 25
Total New Points: 10
Total Challenge Points: 330
Kai20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: 21 Years and 21 Centuries
Random Number Generated: 18
OPTION A
A book first published in that year of the 21st century
In Hitler's Shadow: Post-War Germany & the Girls of the BDM by Tim Heath
Published 2018
Books Read for Challenge: 26
Total New Points: 20
Total Challenge Points: 350
15.5. It's outta here!At least 2 of the digits 75530 in page count.
The Magic of Recluce by L.E. Modesitt Jr.
501 pages for 1 Big Book ticket.
Points: 15
Total: 675
BB Points: 9
GO Points: 4
Joanna T30.4 - Sandy's Task: Up and Down
Book 1 - any book that fits general SRC rules
Home by J.A. Huss
I read the ebook, but the paperback has 176pp. Published 2014.
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 Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis
I read the audiobook, but the most popular MMP has 302 pages. Published 1983.
Task total: 30
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Grand total: 440
BB: 4
GO: 0
Jen K30.2 - Aprilleigh’s task: Agatha Christie, Queen of Mystery
Option 1: An Invitation to Die
The Hunting Party - 406 pages
Page 1 of list #5
Option 2: The Locked Room
Gideon the Ninth - 448 pages
Popsugar 2021 #13 - A Locked Room Mystery List, Page 1, #21
406+448 > 600 pages
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Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 360
Big Books: 3
Jen K30.5 - TessaVanessa's Task: Thank you, Dr. Seuss!
Option 2: A Deadly Education
wEDnesdAy
Option 3: The Arsonists' City
Published March 2021
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Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 390
Big Books: 3
Stephanie12715.5. It's outta here!: Read a book with at least 2 of the digits 75530 in its page count.
Bad Love with 340 pages
Points this post: 15
Total points: 100/900
Tasks completed: 9/54
Books read: 9
Oma122915.1. Continuing on..................
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.
Bool#1-Trick or Treat Murder-Leslie Meier
Book #2-Murder, Curlers, and Cream
Points= 370/900
Tasks= 20/54
Goldie Oldies Books()
Big Books=500+(3),750+,1000+()
Oma122910.5 - Spend the Day With a Knight
Read a book set during or about medieval times. For the purposes of this task, medieval times will be defined as the 5th through the 16th century (400 AD–1600 AD).
The Irish Princess-Elizabeth Chadwick
Points= 380/900
Tasks= 21/54
Goldie Oldies Books()
Big Books=500+(3),750+,1000+()
Bookwrm526Task #25.4 - Check Your EyesightRead 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.
My target words are WHITE and WHILE.
Book 1: I read The Silence of the White City by Eva García Sáenz de Urturi (528p).
Book 2: I read Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights by Gretchen Sorin (352p).
528+352=880p.
Total points so far: 460
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).
I read Third Girl which has 275 pp.
points: 155
book read: 13
tasks completed: 10
tasks in progress: 1
Big Books: 1
pages read: 4838
SandiCompleted Task
25.6 - Amy FL's Task: Reminiscing
Book #1 -- Using Option 1 where all words in title begin with letters found in GET THE LED OUT
The Guardian of Eden by Leslie DuBois
Book #2 -- using Option 4 where book has a main page genre of TRUE CRIME
If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood by Gregg Olsen
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 140
Points Earned this Post: 25
Total Points To Date: 165
Coralie20.5Big Books, Big Titles
Book with title/subtitle consisting of eight words
The Obama Inheritance: Fifteen Stories of Conspiracy Noir
Total to date 405 points
DeborahPost #10
20.9. Moderators' Pet - Christine V's Task: Share Appreciation
Dying with Her Cheer Pants On
Using : CHEER
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 180
Books Read:12
Tasks Done: 10
LAUREN JODI25.1 - Teri-K's Task: Don't Panic!
Book #1:
Option 3 - MPG Travel
The Duke Buys a Bride by Sophie Jordan
Confirmed in post #25 of the help thread
Book #2:
Option 3 - MPG Travel
Float Plan by Trish Doller
Confirmed in post #41 of the help thread
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 600/900
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Total Books Read: 49
Tasks Completed: 41/54
PAULA S15.1. Continuing on..................
Book 1: Read any book that meets SRC requirements and that has a title of at least 2 words;
Death Comes as the End
*** First published in 1944. I claim 1 Golden Oldie ticket ***
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.
End of Watch
I read the ebook, MMPB link for reference: Fin de ronde
*** The MMPB has 576p, I claim 1 BB ticket ***
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Point this Post: 15
Total Points: 110
Big books: 2
Golden Oldies: 2
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.1 Dlmrose’s Task: Same Name
Bad Business by Diane Dakers
Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson
Points this post: 30
Total points: 795/900
Tasks completed: 47/54
Books read: 64
BB:4
GO: 0
just keeping track for own purpose
Task 50.1 - Reliving the 70s750+ pages
rolled: 5, 2, 2
book 1 odd: less than 250 pages
Passing Strange
220 pages
book 2 even: author initials in TAUPIN
The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope
initials AT
695 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
pub 1864 - claiming 1 GO tix
book 3 even: Historical Fiction MPG, published in 2nd half of 20th C
The Golden Torc
MPG verified: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
pub 1982
384 pages
220+695+384 = 1299 pages
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775 points
7 BB tix
7 GO tix
EMurphy15.1 Continuing On.....
Book 1-Title of at least two words Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
Book 2-Title of at least two words where the first word of the title is the last word in the title of Book 1 Gone So Long by Andre Dubus III
This Task:
Points: 15
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 200
Books Read: 16
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +500: 1
BB Ticket +1000: 1
Tasks Completed: 10
NAVI5.8 - Monty Python's Flying Circus
Read a book found on the Cult Classics list.
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
How it fits: 1st page on list, #79
Points this post: 5
Total points: 415
JEN B5.1 - All in the Family
Read a book with the name of a family member** in the title/subtitle.
The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
The word wife is on the family members list linked in the task
TOTAL POINTS: 105
Heather KSTask 20.6. 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".
I read Here Is the Beehive by Sarah Crossan
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 120
Task: 30.2 - Aprilleigh’s task: Agatha Christie, Queen of MysteryOption:1 - An Invitation to Die
Book read:One by One by Ruth Ware
Page count: 372
Required: On page 1 of this list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
Option: 3 - Other Kings and Queens
Book read: Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
Page count: 386
Required: Paula Hawkins is on the list of authors similar to Agatha Christie
Total page count: 372+ 386 = 758/600
Points this task:30
Total points:465
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Books read:34
Tasks completed:26
Heather KSTask 15.9 National Library Week
Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK.
I read The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 135
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.6 My Baby, She Wrote Me a Letter
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Epistolary Fiction page 2
Points this post: 10
Total points: 805/900
Tasks completed: 48/54
Books read: 65
BB:4
GO: 0
just keeping track for own purpose
Janice CA5.1 - All in the Family
Read a book with the name of a family member in the title.
family member: daughter
Daughter of the Gold Rush Klondy Nelson with Corey Ford by Klondy Nelson
+5
total: 40
tasks: 4
books: 4
Task 5.6 - Are You Being Served?Book: The Amazing Thing About the Way It Goes: Stories of Tidiness, Self-Esteem and Other Things I Gave Up On, finished 4/23
Points this task: 5
Total points: 410
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2 books, at least 501 pages.
Titles contain word, one letter different - blend/blind.
Book 1: The Perfect Blend by Allie Pleiter.
249 pages.
Book 2: Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage by Sherry Sontag.
514 pages for 1 Big Book point.
Points: 25
Total: 660
BB Points: 8
GO Points: 4