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SPRING CHALLENGE 2021
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CILLATask 5.8
Read a book found on the Cult Classics list.
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Found on Page 1, #47 of the Cult Classics list.
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 55
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 5
CILLATask 10.8
Read a book with a word in the TITLE that can be found in the American Pie song lyrics in the help thread post 2.
The first line:
A long long time ago
The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10.0
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 65
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 6
CILLATask 5.2
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).
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
First published December 17th 1843
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 70
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 7
APRILLEIGH15.2 - Free to Be…You and Me
Book 1: A book with YOU in the title.
One, Two…He Is Coming for You by Willow Rose
(Read the kindle version - paperback - no mmpb)
YOU is the last word of One, Two…He Is Coming for YOU.
Book 2: A book with ME in the title.
Lying Next to Me by Gregg Olsen
ME is the last word of Lying Next to ME.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 15 (760)
Golden Oldie: 0 (10)
Big Book: 0 (3)
Books Read: 2 (57)
Total Tasks: 45
APRILLEIGH25.5 - Cat’s Task: Spring Springs
Book 1: A book from the Science Writing list.
Radium Girls by Kate Moore
At time of posting this title was #58 on page 1 of the list.
Book 2: A book with all the letters LION and LAMB in the title/subtitle.
See It with a Small Telescope: 101 Cosmic Wonders Including Planets, Moons, Comets, Galaxies, Nebulae, Star Clusters and More by Will Kalif
L and LAM found in sMALL
IO found in cOsmIc
N and B found in NeBulae
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 25 (785)
Golden Oldie: 0 (10)
Big Book: 0 (3)
Books Read: 2 (59)
Total Tasks: 46
APRILLEIGH25.4 - Andy P’s Task: Check Your Eyesight
Two books whose titles/subtitles each contain a word of at least five letters that has only one internal letter that is different.
Book 1
Ghost of a Chance by Yasmine Galenorn
(Read the kindle version - mmpb)
Book 2
How to Instant Pot: Mastering All the Functions of the One Pot That Will Change the Way You Cook by Daniel Shumski
Title of the first book contains chanCe
Subtitle of the second book contains chanGe
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 25 (810)
Golden Oldie: 0 (10)
Big Book: 0 (3)
Books Read: 2 (61)
Total Tasks: 47
APRILLEIGH5.8 - Monty Python’s Flying Circus
A book found on the Cult Classics list..
False Step by Victoria Helen Stone
(Read the kindle version - paperback - no mmpb)
At time of posting this title was #161 on page 2 of the list.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 5 (815)
Golden Oldie: 0 (10)
Big Book: 0 (3)
Books Read: 1 (62)
Total Tasks: 48
APRILLEIGH25.3 - Delicious Dee’s Task: Series I’m Reading
Option 1: Sigma Force
Book 1: A book in the Sigma Force series.
Sandstorm by James Rollins
Title is #1 in the series.
Book 2: A book with both MPG Thriller and MPG Science Fiction.
Map of Bones by James Rollins
Both genres were verified in the help thread series.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 25 (840)
Golden Oldie: 0 (10)
Big Book: 0 (3)
Books Read: 2 (64)
Total Tasks: 49
APRILLEIGH15.3 - A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far Far Away
Option 2: One book fulfilling both requirements.
Book A: A book whose author name matches the first, last, or middle name of one of the main actors from the movie.
Book B: A book with MPG Space Opera.
Crimson Tempest by Anthony James
(Read the kindle version - paperback - no mmpb)
Author’s name is a double match: Anthony from Anthony Daniels AND James from James Earl Jones.
Genre was verified in the help thread.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 15 (855)
Golden Oldie: 0 (10)
Big Book: 0 (3)
Books Read: 1 (65)
Total Tasks: 50
APRILLEIGH15.1 - Continuing On….
Book 1: A book that has a title of at least two words.
Law of Five by Robin Mahle
(Read the kindle version - paperback - no mmpb)
Book 2: A book that has a title of at least two words, where the first word of the title is the same as the last word of the title of Book 1.
Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie
*** Golden Oldie, first published in 1942 ***
FIVE is the last word of Law of FIVE and the first word of FIVE Little Pigs.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 15 (870)
Golden Oldie: 1 (11)
Big Book: 0 (3)
Books Read: 2 (67)
Total Tasks: 51
APRILLEIGH10.1 - Spring Starts
A book that is #1 in a series.
Pretty Little Fliers by Erin Johnson
(Read the kindle version - paperback - no mmpb)
Title is #1 of the Magic Market Mysteries series.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (880)
Golden Oldie: 0 (11)
Big Book: 0 (3)
Books Read: 1 (68)
Total Tasks: 52
APRILLEIGH15.6 - It’s Saturday!
A book with a day of the week in the title.
Friday Night Bites by Erin Johnson
(Read the kindle version - paperback - no mmpb)
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 15 (895)
Golden Oldie: 0 (11)
Big Book: 0 (3)
Books Read: 1 (69)
Total Tasks: 53
APRILLEIGH5.9 - Three’s Company
A book that is #3 in a series.
Game of Bones by Erin Johnson
(Read the kindle version - paperback - no mmpb)
Title is #3 of the Magic Market Mysteries series.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 5 (900)
Golden Oldie: 0 (11)
Big Book: 0 (3)
Books Read: 1 (70)
Total Tasks: 54
DeborahPost #13
10.3 - ABBA
Midnight at the Blackbird Café
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 230
Books Read:15
Tasks Done: 13
Mod
Amy FL15.3. A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away
Option 1, Book 1: The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson (Peter Cushing)
Book 2: To Sleep in a Sea of Stars (Space Opera)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 415
Amy FL20.6. Seasoned Reader - Iulia's Task: Honoring Zen, the Brave Tomcat
Option 3: The Project by Courtney Summers (strong, wise CatS)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 435
Amy FL25.2 - Janet F’s Task: Burgess Shale
Option 1: The Storyteller's Secret
Option 4: Animal Instinct by David Rosenfelt (wonDeRful life)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 460
Amy FL25.5 - Cat's Task: Spring Springs
1. Bad Science (page 1 of list)
3. Setting Free the Kites by Alex George
Points this post: 25
Total points: 485
Task 15.5. It's outta here!Book: Invisible Girl, finished 5/2
Has 357 pages
Points this task: 15
Total points: 475
Amy FL30.4 - Sandy's Task: Up and Down
Book 1: Every Waking Hour - Published in 2021, 336 pages in hardcover edition (no paperback yet)
Book 2: The Conviction - First published in 2012, 438 pages in paperback edition
Note that I linked to the audio editions since those are what I listened to.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 515
Reposting for book linksTask 30.1 Dlmrose’s Task: Same Name - read 2 books written by a different author who share the same first name.
The books I read were Our Homesick Songs by Emma Hooper and The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 200
15.7. Disco, Disco DuckDISCO found in title.
The Big Book of Female Detectives by Otto Penzler
1,115 pages for 3 Big Book points.
Points: 15
Total: 785
BB Points: 12
GO Points: 4
15.9 National Library week - author's init in natiOnal liBrary weekThe Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama
Total: 15
Total/challenge: 30
20.1 Knit and Purl - title has K and P The Mapmaker's Daughter
both letters in maPmaKer's
Total: 20
Total/challenge: 50
20.3 Old Time Rock n' Roll >250 pgsOpt 1 - auth init in goodbye yellow bRicK road
Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship by Robert Kurson - 275 pgs
Total: 20
Total/challenge: 70
20.5 Big Book, Big Titlesread a book with a title/subtitle consisting of AT LEAST 8 WORDS.
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
Total: 20
Total/challenge: 90
30.1 Same NameRead 2 books with authors with the same first name - Julia
Bk 1: The Other Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
Bk 2: The Widower's Tale by Julia Glass
Total: 30
Total/challenge: 120
30.2 Agatha Christie, Queen of Mystery >600 pgsOpt 2 Popsugar 2021 Locked Room Mystery #4 on list
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle- 432 pgs
Opt 3 Similar authors from list
Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James= 291 pgs
432 + 291 = 723 pgs
Total: 30
Total/challenge: 150
30.3 Pawn Sacrifice >600 pgsOpt 1B name of chess piece intact in name - KING
Writers & Lovers by Lily King - 320 pgs
Opt 1C The setting of the book begins with ANY letter in your chosen playing piece - used K. book set in Kentucky
The Giver of Stars 388 pgs
320+388=708 pgs
Total: 30
Total/challenge: 180
30.4 Up and Down >600 pgsBk 1: any book
The Guest List pub 2020, 330 pgs
Bk 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 Dutch House pub 2019 - 337 pgs
330+337 =667 pgs
Total: 30
Total/challenge: 210
25.1 Teri-K's Task : Don't Panic!2 books, 600 pages.
Both books are new-to-me reads.
Book 1, Option 2.
NONFICTION, 4 and 2 in page number.
Yoga Mind: Journey Beyond the Physical, 30 Days to Enhance your Practice and Revolutionize Your Life From the Inside Out by Suzan Colon
274 pages
Book 2, Option 3
MPG Travel.
The Best American Travel Writing 2020 by Jason Wilson
274 + 336 = 610 pages.
Points: 25
Total: 810
BB Points: 12
GO Points: 4
15.3. A long time ago, in a galaxy far far awayOption 1
Book 1 - read a book whose author name matches the first, last or middle name of one of the main actors from the movie - Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, David Prowse, James Earl Jones, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew.
Dishonesty is the Second-Best Policy: And Other Rules to Live By by David Mitchell
David matches David Prowse
Book 2 - read a book with a main page genre of Space Opera.
Beacon 23
Space Opera is a main page genre
Points Earned This Post: 15
Total Points Earned: 325
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Chris MD 10.9 Just What the Dr. Ordered
Single author with MD in their name
No Cats Allowed by MiranDa james
Total points: 115
Chris MD 20.5 Big Books, Big Titles
Title/subtitle consisting of AT LEAST 8 WORDS
A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher
The title has 11 words
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top listed paperback has 416 pages.
Total points: 135
Bookwrm526Task #15.6 - It's Saturday!
Read a book with a day of the week in the title (not subtitle). I read Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry by Harry Kemelman.
Total points so far: 540
CYNBAXTERTask #25.08 – QueenBeeDarlene's Task: 3 Genres I love, and 1 that I hate
Task Description #1, Option 2: Read a book set at least 50% in Iceland
Book: Reykjavík Nights: Murder in Reykjavík by Arnaldur Indriðason - setting of the book is in Iceland
Task Description #2, Option 3: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in SAD AND LONELY.
Book: The Facility by Simon Lelic
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date: 510 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 7
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 5
10.3 - ABBAABBA in the title.
The Marine's Baby Blues by Victoria Pade
Points: 10
Total: 820
BB Points: 12
GO Points: 4
Kim O25.1 - Teri-K's Task: Don't Panic!
Option 2. Read a NONFICTION book with at least one 4 and one 2 in the page number.
Apollo 13 (432 pages) This book is new to me.
Option 3. Read a fiction or non-fiction book with MPG Travel.
West with the Night This book is new to me.
Golden Oldie -- first published in 1942
Points this task: 25
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
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Totals:
Points: 220
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 2
Tasks completed: 12
Julia10320.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's Task: OLD TIME ROCK’N ROLL
Option 2: The Secret Stealers (TSS is in song title Nutbush City Limits)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 605
BB: 1
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 38
Total books read: 47
Task 5.7 - Mork & Mindy🌷Read a book with an ampersand (&) or the word "and" in its TITLE.
Two Hundred and Twenty-One Baker Streets: An Anthology of Holmesian Tales Across Time and Space (2014) edited by David Thomas Moore (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 324 pages)
150 + 05 = 155
Tasks Completed: 10
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 150 + 05 = 155
Books read: 12
Pages read: 3,977
Read but not claimed: 06
Goodreads Authors: 07
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Bookwrm526Task #20.8 - 21 Years and 21 Centuries
I generated the number 13.
Option A: Read a book first published in that year of the 21st century. I read The Countess Conspiracy by Courtney Milan, first published in 2013.
Total points so far: 560
Nick KY25.5 Cat’s Spring Springs
Opt. 1. I read Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi # 69 p1 on the list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Opt. 4. I read A Grave Talent by Laurie R. King, bridge over body of water on the cover.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 600
MINDYM25.6 Amy FL’s Task: Reminiscing
Option 1: The Duchess's Tattoo
Option3: Love’s in Need of Love Today Love Your Life
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 25
50.1 Point Task750 pages, no kids
#s Rolled: 1, 2, 6
Book 1/Odd: Man on cover.
by Justine Davis Book 2/Even: Author's initials in Elton John.
I read the ebook of Explosive Eighteen, mmp is here: Y a pas dix-huit solutions by Janet Evanovich.
Book 3/Even: MPG historical fiction published 1950-1999.
I read the ebook of Bath Tangle by Georgette Heyer, the mmp is here: Coeur indécis.
Published 1955.
224 + 313 + 456 = 993 pages.
Points: 50
Total: 870
BB Points: 12
GO Points: 4
25.2 Janet F’s Task: Burgess ShaleOption 1: Miss Benson's Beetle
Option 3: Shadow and Bone
Points for this post: 25
Total points: 50
20.6 Julia’s Task: Honoring Zen, the Brave TomcatOption 3: The Death of Mrs. Westaway
Points for this post: 20
Total points: 70
20.8 Nickels and Dimes - MegSCL’s Task: 21 Years and 21 CenturiesNumber Generated 16
The PursuitThe Pursuit
Points for this post: 20
Total points: 90
20.9 Christine V’s Task: Share AppreciationTarget word: give bouquet
The Giver of Stars
Points in this post: 20
Total points: 110
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Task 5.3
Read a book written by a single author who uses 3 names/initials.
By The Shores Of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9.0
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 50
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 4