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SPRING CHALLENGE 2021
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Task:30.5 - TessaVanessa's Task: Thank you, Dr. Seuss!option:3: a book published in March.
Book read:Third Time Lucky by Meg Cabot
children mpg: IL: UY - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8.0
Required: first published March 26th 2002
option: 4 a book first published between 1994 and 2004
Book read:The Coven by Cate Tiernan
Required: first published January 29th 2001
Points this task:30
Total points:70
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Books read:4
Tasks completed:3
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:20.6. Seasoned Reader - Iulia's Task: Honoring Zen, the Brave TomcatOption: 1 - a cat on the cover
Book read:
by Meg CabotChildrens MPG: IL: UY - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9.0
Required:Princess Mia's cat Fat Louis is on the cover next to her.
Points this task:20
Total points:110
Total Golden Oldies:
Total Big Books:
Books read:6
Tasks completed:5
MINDYM20.2 Option 3: read a book with a cozy mystery genre
Murder with Reservations
Points this task: 20
Total points: 20
Books read:1
Task completed: 1
Queen Bee Darlene30.4 Sandy's task: Up and Down
600 pgs min;
1) book that fits SRC criteria
The Survivors by Jane Harper 374 pgs, published 2020
2) up in pages, down in pub date year
A Single Light by Tosca Lee 384 pgs, pub 2019
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 60
5.3 - The Mary Tyler Moore ShowThe Creak on the Stairs (Forbidden Iceland #1) by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir
Total this Post: 5
Season Total: 55
30.3 The Queen's Man + Dutch Shoe MysteryOption 1, 2 books.
"Queen"
Book 1, option a) "Queen" in title.
The Queen's Man by Sharon Kay Penman
b) "Queen" intact in author’s name.
I read the ebook The Dutch Shoe Mystery, mmp here: O Enigma do Sapato Holandês by Ellery Queen.
Published 1931 for 1 GO point.
Points: 30
Total: 85
GO Points: 1
BB Points: 2
5.3 - The Mary Tyler Moore ShowBook written by a single author who uses 3 names/initials
Fence, Vol. 2 by C.S. Pacat
Total Points: 45
NAVI5.4 - Fawlty Towers
Read a book with 2 Ws in title/subtitle OR in the author's name.
The Compton Cowboys: The New Generation of Cowboys in America's Urban Heartland by Walter Thompson-Hernandez
How it fits: 2 Ws in title/subtitle - The Compton Co W boys: The New Generation of Co W boys in America's Urban Heartland
Points this post: 5
Total points: 45
10.10: Read a book with a number of pages between 140 and 280 inclusiveThe Culling Trials (238 pgs)
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 2
Points this task: 10
Total points: 40
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.5 Spend the Day With a Knight
The Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory
If you go to preview on the book page and click thru you can see it starts at 1430
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10/900
Tasks completed: 1/54
Books read: 1
BB:1
GO: 0
just keeping track for own purposes
Oma122930.4 - Sandy's Task: Up and Down
Book 1 - any book that fits general SRC rules
Under the Light of the Italian Moon-Jennifer Anton
396 pages and published 3/8/2021
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).
Code Name Hélène-Ariel Lawhon
464 pages and published 3/31/2020
Points= 50/900
Tasks= 2/54
Goldie Oldies Books()
Big Books=500+1(),750+,1000+()
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.9 Just What the Doctor Ordered
Worst Date Ever by Melodie Campbell
Points this post: 10
Total points: 20/900
Tasks completed: 2/54
Books read: 2
BB:1
GO: 0
just keeping track for own purposes
Oma122920.5 - Bigger is Better - Ann A's Task: Big Books, Big Titles
Read a book with a title/subtitle consisting of AT LEAST 8 WORDS. Remember, hypendated words count as ONE word.
The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe-Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Points= 70/900
Tasks= 3/54
Goldie Oldies Books()
Big Books=500+1(),750+,1000+()
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.3 Best Review - Joanne MI's Task: OLD TIME ROCK’N ROLL
Option 1: A Fatal Chapter: A Booktown Mystery by Lorna Barrett
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40/900
Tasks completed: 3/54
Books read: 3
BB:1
GO: 0
just keeping track for own purposes
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.4 Golden Oldies - Lys's Task: Wintering at Riley
Option 4: Blood Moon by Lucy Cuthew
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60/900
Tasks completed: 4/54
Books read: 4
BB:1
GO: 0
just keeping track for own purposes
25.7 - DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAINOPTION C1 - On His Bended Knee: a Sweet Marriage of Convenience series book 1 in The Brides of Purple Heart Ranch Series.
OPTION C2 - Luca book 2 in the Chicago Blaze Series
TOTAL POINTS - 165
TessaVanessa Challenge 30.5 TessaVanessa's Task: Thank you, Dr. Seuss!
Option 3: Purple Daze by Sherry Shahan
First published March 1, 2011
Option 4: The Archer by Paulo Coelho
First published in 2003
Points this post: 30
Total points: 90/900
Tasks completed: 5/54
Books read: 6
BB:1
GO: 0
just keeping track for own purposes
Elizabeth PTask 5.1 - All in the Family
Book with family member word in title
The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
Using word "wife"
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 40
Total Tasks: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 4
MARGO 5.1 - All in the FamilyRead a book with the name of a family member** in the title/subtitle.
Word chosen = CHILDREN
THE CHILDREN THAT TIME FORGOT
Kindle version
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Points this task: 5
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
15.3 - A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away Option 2: Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
❇︎ author's first name (James) matches James Earl Jones ❇︎
❇︎ MPG Space Opera ❇︎
Total points: 0 + 15 = 15
Task 25.7 - Brooke TX's Task: Deja Vu All Over AgainOption A:
1: The Orchard, finished 3/4. Published 11/17/2020
2: The Rose Code, finished 3/1. Published 3/9/2021
Points this task: 25
Total points: 70
Nick KY5.2 - Antiques Roadshow
Antiques Roadshow is a British television programme that debuted in 1979 and has been running ever since, spawning versions in other countries with the same TV format, including Canada and the United States.
🌷Read a book that is considered an antique. For the purposes of this task, an antique is defined as a book that was first published at least 100 years ago (1921 and before).
I read The Seagull by Anton Chekhov 1st pub'd 1895.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 35
Nick KY10.2 - Earth Day Every Day
Earth Day 1970 was the inspiration for the modern environmental conservation movement. Read a book with a main page genre of Conservation, Ecology, or Environment. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
I read Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer. "Environment" is the 2nd listed GR genre.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 45
Elizabeth PTask 10.1 - Spring Starts
Book that is #1 in a series
The Duke and I by Julia Quinn
Book 1 of Bridgertons
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 50
Total Tasks: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 5
DeborahPost #1
30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: Pawn Sacrifice
2A)
The Stand 1153 pages91.3 % #000906 Black
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 1
Tasks Done: 1
trishhartuk5.7 Mork & Mindy
Read a book with an ampersand (&) or the word "and" in its TITLE.
Deadhead and Buried, H Y Hanna
Read the kindle edition. PB here
Points this task: 5
Books read: 1
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 3
Golden oldies: 0
Big book tickets: 0
trishhartuk20.2 Rookie at the Top - Margo's Task: First Time Lucky!
Option 3. Read a book with MPG cozy-mystery.
The Cat, the Sneak and the Secret, Leann Sweeney (291pg)
Mystery > Cozy Mystery: 17 users
Points this task: 20
Books read: 1
Total points: 65
Tasks completed: 4
Golden oldies: 0
Big book tickets: 0
Christine V10.4 - Spring States
A Streetcar Named Desire
This book was first published in 1947.
***Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket***
Points this post: 10
GO Tickets this post: 1
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
Anja20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's Task: OLD TIME ROCK’N ROLL
Option 4. Read a book from this list: Music Books.
Blind Attraction by Eden Summers
book found on page 16 of the list
POINTS:
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 20
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 1
LAUREN JODI25.3 - Delicious Dee's Task: Series I’m Reading
Option 2
Book#1:
Faithless in Death by J.D. Robb - book #52 in the series
Book #2:
Wake A Sleeping Tiger by Lora Leigh - book #22 in the series
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 65/900
Total Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 4/54
SarahBR20.10 - Group Read
Frankenstein byMary Wollstonecraft Shelley
I am post 4 on the thread discssing this book
Also claiming a golden oldies ticket
Points this post:20
Total points:30
Books read:2
Golden Oldies:1
Big Books;0
Tasks completed:2
LAUREN JODI20.10 - Group Reads
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Comment in Post #3 of the group read thread.
Claiming a "Golden Oldie" - Originally published in 1818
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 85/900
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Total Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 5/54
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.10 - Group Reads
The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis
I posted a comment in the book's discussion thread Message #5
Link to PB edition: The Lions of Fifth Avenue
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 25 points
Tasks completed: 2
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
CYNBAXTERTask #05.03 – The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Task Description: Read a book written by a single author who uses 3 names/initials.
Book: Asian Figures by W.S. Merwin
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 055 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
CYNBAXTERTask #10.04 – Spring States
Task Description: Read 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: Good Grief: Life in a Tiny Vermont Village by Ellen Stimson
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date: 065 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
CYNBAXTERTask #20.05 BIGGER IS BETTER – Ann A's Task: Big Books, Big Titles
Task Description: Read a book with a title/subtitle consisting of AT LEAST 8 WORDS
Book: Mud Season: How One Woman's Dream of Moving to Vermont, Raising Children, Chickens and Sheep, and Running the Old Country Store Pretty Much Led to One Calamity After Another by Ellen Stimson
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 085 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
Sara G15.8. 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.
A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
Over 50% of this book is set in Chile.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 65
Delicious Dee20.1. Most Improved Player - Coralie's Task: Knit and Purl
Pumpkin Everything
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 190
Delicious Dee25.3 - Delicious Dee's Task: Series I’m Reading
Option 1 - Sigma Force
Book A - The Seventh Plague - Sigma Force book 12
Book B - The Demon Crown - shelved as thriller by 158ppl and science fiction by 17ppl
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 215
Delicious Dee25.7 - Brooke TX's Task: Deja Vu All Over Again
Option C
Book A - Overnight Sensation - #2 in Brooklyn series
Book B - Delightful - #3 in Big Sky Pie series
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 240
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.
Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris
Read 3/02/21
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Big Books Tickets Claimed:
Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed:
10.4 - Spring States Read a book set at least 50% in a US state that was admitted to the Union during March, April, or May: Florida, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Wisconsin.
Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen McManus Read 3/01/21
Two Can Keep a Secret is set entirely in Vermont. The setting is listed in the data on the book's main page.
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 15
Big Books Tickets Claimed:
Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed:
LAUREN JODI20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Margo's Task: First Time Lucky!
Option 2: Published February 2, 2021
A Stranger in Town by Kelley Armstrong
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 105/900
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Total Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 6/54
Joanna T15.7. Disco, Disco Duck
Read a book with all the letters of DISCO found in its title (not subtitle).
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
Task total: 15
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Grand total: 15
BB: 0
GO: 0
Joanna T20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Margo's Task: First Time Lucky!
Your book for this task must be at least 290 pages.
Option 1: read a book with a ONE word title. Ignore subtitles.
Seven by Farzana Doctor
This book has 416 pages.
Task total: 20
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Grand total: 35
BB: 0
GO: 0
Joanna T20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's Task: OLD TIME ROCK’N ROLL
Your book must be at least 250 pages. No books with MPG of Children/kids may be used.
Option 1: read a book, where the author’s initials can be found in "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road".
Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline
I listened to the audiobook. The most popular paperback has 366 pages.
Task total: 20
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Grand total: 55
BB: 0
GO: 0
Joanna T10.1 - Spring Starts
Read a book that is book number 1 in a series (series, #1)
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Task total: 10
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Grand total: 65
BB: 0
GO: 0
5.9 - Three's companyI read The Shadow Sister by Lucinda Riley. This book is the third book in the seven sisters series.
Points: 5
Total points: 5
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For Task 15.9. National Library Week I read Immortal Hulk, Vol. 5: Breaker of Worlds by Al Ewing whose initials appear in NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK.
Points this post: 15
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Totals:
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Points: 60
BBTs: 1
GOTs: 0