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SPRING CHALLENGE 2021
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UNCLAIMING THIS TASK: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: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:Dark Magick by Cate Tiernan
Required: first published June 25th 2001
Points this task:30
Total points:465
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Books read:34
Tasks completed:26
Task:30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: Pawn SacrificeOption: 1
Piece chosen: King
Option 1 b)
Book read:The British Book of Spells and Charms: A Compilation of Traditional Folk Magic by Graham King
Required: Authors surname KING matches chess piece KING
Option 1c)
Book read:The Coven by Cate Tiernan
Required: Set in New York which starts with the N in kiNg. (message 21 and 22 of the help thread verify the setting for the first book in the series which is exactly the same as for this book, and both can be found on the goodreads data)
Points this task:30
Total points:495
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Books read:36
Tasks completed:27
Sara G30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: Pawn Sacrifice
Option 2
You can choose to play either BLACK or WHITE You must read 1 book of over 600 pages that will fulfil one of the following options:
a) Has a cover of BLACK or WHITE (over 70%, according to Tineye).
by Edmund MorrisPer Tineye, this book cover is 85.4% #2d2725 Black.
I read the Kindle edition. The paperback (no MMPB) here has 816 pages.
**The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt is a Big Book (816 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 420
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5.9 - Three's Company
Read a book that is #3 in a series (series, #3).
Whispering Rock. Robyn Carr. 4.25.21
(Virgin River #3)
Points this post: 5
Points total: 595
Tasks complete: 35/54
Scooter&Siam20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Margo's Task: First Time Lucky!
Your book for this task must be at least 290 pages.
Choose one option and read one book. REQUIRED: State which option you used when you post.
Chose Option 1 below
Read a book with a ONE word title. Ignore subtitles.
Read Falling
Points: 20
Total: 170
Task 25.4 - Check Your Eyesight501+ pages
read two books with a 5 letter word in the title that differs by one "inner" letter
book1: Rebel of the Sands
358 pages
book 2: Revel
372 pages
REBEL / REVEL
358+372>>501 pages
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820 points
7 BB tix
7 GO tix
Task 20.7 - Sugaring Season235+ pages
option 1 - SUGAR in title
Burnt Sugar
240 pages
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840 points
7 BB tix
7 GO tix
Scooter&Siam5.7 - Mork & Mindy - REPOST
Read a book with an ampersand (&) or the word "and" in its TITLE.
Read Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Rowling, J.K.
AR Quiz No. 40670 EN Fiction
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 32.0
Points: 5
Total: 175
Sara G30.2 - Aprilleigh’s task: Agatha Christie, Queen of Mystery
Option 1: An Invitation to Die
Read a book found on the And Then There Were None: Deadly Parties list.
Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie
This book is on page 1 of the list.
Option 2: The Locked Room
Read a book found on one of these lists:
Locked Room Mysteries
Popsugar 2021 #13 - A Locked Room Mystery
Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
This book is on the Popsugar 2021 #13 - A Locked Room Mystery list.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 450
Delicious Deerepost to fix error
20.8. Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: 21 Years and 21 Centuries
I rolled a 12
Option B - Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine - set in the 12th century
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 580
Delicious Dee15.2. Free To Be... You And Me
Book 1 - What You Did
Book 2 - You Had Me at Hola
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 625
Kelly L25.8- QueenBeeDarlene's Task: 3 Genres I love, and 1 that I hate
1) Fredrik Backman
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
3) Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in SAD AND LONELY.
The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
ED found in "SA[D] AND LON[E]LY"
This post = 25 points
Total = 25 points
Kelly L20.8. Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: 21 Years and 21 Centuries
First generate a random number between 1 and 21. This link should take you directly there. REQUIRED: Include the number generated in your post.
My integer = 19
Option a) Year
Read a book first published in that year of the 21st century. e.g. if your random number was 14, read a book first published in 2014.
Love at First Like, published in 2019
This post = 20 points
Total = 45 points
Kelly L10.2 - Earth Day Every Day
Read a book with a main page genre of Conservation, Ecology, or Environment.
Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life >> MPG Environment.
This post = 10 points
Total = 55 points
Kelly L20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's Task: OLD TIME ROCK’N ROLL
Choose a song from this list of tracks off the album Live Bullet Live Bullet. Read a book with a Title (ignore subtitles) of at least 3 words, where the initial letters of each word in the title appear in the song name. Letters may only be used as often as they appear in the song name. REQUIRED: You must include the song name in your post.
Know My Name >> K M N found in Side 3, Track 3, [K]at[M]a[N]du
This post = 20 points
Total = 75 points
Robin P15.4 - In Honor of Captain Tom
Option 2 - one book with author name Tom and title initials found in You'll Never Walk alone
All About Us (initials AAU) - by Tom Ellen
Points this post: 15
Total : 410
BB: 4
GO: 5
Task: 15.10. Just the Facts, Please (MPG of science or medicine)Book read:A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future by David Attenborough
Required: This has an MPG of Science (315 users)
Points this task:15
Total points:510
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Books read:37
Tasks completed:28
Joanne MI10.3 - ABBA
Read a book with the ALL the letters ABBA in the title and/or subtitle, 2 As and 2 Bs
Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague
A's in Black and Death
B's in Bubonic
Points this task 10
Total Ponts 205
BB's 4
Go's 1
Theresa5.7 Mork & Mindy
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Cry by Mary Higgins Clark
Points this post - 5
Total Points - 35
Theresa5.8 Monty Python's Flying Circus
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Page 1 of the list
Points this post - 5
Total Points - 40
Task 5.5 - M*A*S*HBook: Break No Bones, finished 4/25
On page 15 of the list.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 415
Christine V30.1 - Dlmrose’s Task: Same Name
Book 1: Lifelode by Jo Walton
Book 2: Longbourn by Jo Baker
Points this post: 30
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
Andy P.Task # 5.1 - All in the Family
Read a book with the name of a family member** in the title
The Doctor's Wife by Elizabeth Brundage
Points this post: 5
Total points: 475
Amy B 5.6 - Are You Being Served?
🌷 Read a book with the MPG Humor or Comedy.
More Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin
This Task: 5 Points
To Date: 450 Points
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20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's Task: OLD TIME ROCK’N ROLL
option 1, initials DG in GooDbye: Dog Flowers: A Memoir by Danielle Geller, 272 pages
total = 790
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25.2 - Janet F’s Task: Burgess Shale
option 1, 3 S: PB: The Last Crossing by Brian McGilloway
I read the kindle: The Last Crossing
option 3, first published 2012: The Skeleton Box by Bryan Gruley
total = 815
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25.5 - Cat's Task: Spring Springs
option 1, Science Writing list page 3, tied 209: Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle by Thor Hanson
option 2, LIONLAMB title: Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder: A Memoir by Julia Zarankin
LI in fIeLd, ON in NOtes, LA in unintentionAL, M in froM, B in Birder
total = 840
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30.1 - Dlmrose’s Task: Same Name
book 1: Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
book 2, PB: Black Moss by David Nolan
I read the kindle Black Moss
total = 870
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30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: Pawn Sacrifice
Option 1
piece = Queen
1a, title: The Honor of the Queen by David Weber
1c, setting Utah in Queen: The Bears Ears: A Human History of America's Most Endangered Wilderness by David Roberts
The Bears Ears National Monument in southeastern Utah
total = 900
Julia10320.4 - Golden Oldies - Lys's Task: Wintering at Riley
Option 3: Paper Bullets: Two Artists Who Risked Their Lives to Defy the Nazis (MPG = LGBT)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 540
BB: 1
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 35
Total books read: 43
Laurah3030.5 - TessaVanessa's Task: Thank you, Dr. Seuss!
Opt 2 Read a book with a title of at least 3 words where the first letter of each word can be found in WACKY WEDNESDAY.
Ask Again, Yes
Opt 3 Read a book first published in March of any year.
The Murmur of Bees
Points this post: 30
Total points: 110
Books read: 6
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books; 1
Tasks completed:5
Elizabeth PTask 5.3 - Mary Tyler Moore Show
Author uses three names/initials
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
At 500 pages, good for *1 Big Book Ticket*
PPB Link: La vida invisible de Addie LaRue
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 115
Total Tasks: 10
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 11
Elizabeth PTask 5.4 - Fawlty Towers
Book with at least two W's in title
When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn
When he Was Wicked
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 120
Total Tasks: 11
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 12
Elizabeth PTask 20.2 - First Time Lucky!
Option Two - Book first published during 2020-21 Winter Challenge
Blood Heir by Ilona Andrews
First Published Jan 12, 2021
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 140
Total Tasks: 12
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 13
Elizabeth PTask 25.2 - Burgess Shale
Option 1 - Book with at least 3 of letter S in title
It's In His Kiss by Julia Quinn
itS in hiS kiSS
Option 3 - Book first published between 1989 and 2014
Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
First published 2002
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 165
Total Tasks: 13
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 15
Nick KY30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: Pawn Sacrifice
Option 1
Choose one of the following chess pieces and using that piece, read two books that fulfill TWO different tasks from the given options. You must use the same chess piece for both options.
REQUIRED: When you post identify both the playing piece and the options used.
There is NO page count requirement in this option
Chess pieces:
Rook
Knight
Bishop
King
Queen
a) The name of the piece is in the title (plurals or possessives may be used, but no other variations).
b) The name of the piece is found intact in the author’s name (any position)
c). The setting of the book begins with ANY letter in your chosen playing piece. The setting should be evident in the GR data (if not. provide a link to establish the setting when you post) - it can be a Town / City / Country / Planet –real or imagined. At least 50% of the book must take place in the setting stated
I chose a Knight.
a) I read Knight's Gambit by William Faulkner
c) I read The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers, set in Iraq (begins with I, a letter in “KNIGHT”)
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 520
Robin P5.5 - M*A*S*H
Read a book found on the Medicine and Literature list.
Required: State the page the book you read can found on when you post.
Transcendent Kingdom found on page 5 of the list, tied for spot 453
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
Points this post: 5
Total points: 415
BB: 4
GO: 5
Suzannesea20.3 Best Review - Joanne MI'S Task: Old Time Rock 'N Roll
Option 1
Read a book where the author's initials can be found in "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road".
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need by Bill Gates
GoodBye. . .
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 130
Ana20.10 - Group Reads
The Bear and the Nightingale byKatherine Arden. I participated in the discussion on message 11.
Points this post: 20
Total Points:155
ZachFor Task 20.8. Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: 21 Years and 21 Centuries I randomly generated the number 21 and chose to complete Option b) Century I read Work for It first published in 2019 (a year in the 21st century).
Points this post: 20
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Totals:
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Points: 140
BBTs: 4
GOTs: 0
SandiCompleted Task
ETA: Sorry, removed -- Thanks
LAUREN JODI15.6 - It's Saturday!
Friday Night Mistress by Jan Colley
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 615/900
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Total Books Read: 50
Tasks Completed: 42/54
DeborahPost #11
20.10 - Group Reads
Paper Bullets: Two Artists Who Risked Their Lives to Defy the Nazis
Group discussion #15
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 200
Books Read:13
Tasks Done: 11
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Coralie10.7 The Uncola
Book with a word in the title that begins UN-
An Uncertain Grace
Total to date 455 points
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.4 Spring States
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
Takes place in Miami, Florida
Points this post: 10
Total points: 815/900
Tasks completed: 49/54
Books read: 66
BB:4
GO: 0
just keeping track for own purpose
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.8 It's Black and White
Collecting Cooper by Paul Cleave
Christchurch is in New Zealand
Points this post: 15
Total points: 830/900
Tasks completed: 50/54
Books read: 67
BB:4
GO: 0
just keeping track for own purpose
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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.
Memorial by Bryan Washington (320 pgs)
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 445 Points