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SPRING CHALLENGE 2021
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Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ25.6 - Reminiscing
Book 1 -
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin
Option 3 - The title contains a word (TALK) from one of the tracks (Have a TALK with God)
Link to MMP edition: If Beale Street Could Talk
Book 2 -
Stay Sexy and Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
Option 4 - This book has a MPG of True Crime (Crime > True Crime)
Link to PB edition: Stay Sexy and Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide From the My Favorite Murder Podcast
This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 335 points
Tasks completed: 23
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ25.8 - 3 Genres I love, and 1 that I hate
Book 1 -
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Option 1B - The title contains all letters in GOAT (GO in hugo; A in husbands; T in the)
Book 2 -
The Vacationers by Emma Straub
Option 3 - Book was written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in Sad and lonEly.
This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 360 points
Tasks completed: 24
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
15.8. It's Black and WhiteSet at least 50% in New Zealand.
I read the ebook of Photo Finish by Ngaio Marsh, the mmpb is here: Photo d'adieu.
Points: 15
Total: 885
BB Points: 12
GO Points: 4
25.1 - Teri-K's Task: Don't Panic!Option 1: Read a book from this Trippy Books List
I listened to an audio version of Uglies (427 pages)
This is found on 1st page of the list , slot #27
Option 3: Keep your cool and read a fiction or non-fiction book with MPG Travel.
I listened to the audio version of Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century (288 pages)
New Points: 25
Total Points: 425
BB: 1
GO: 1
5.7 - Mork & MindyRead a book with an ampersand (&) or the word "and" in its TITLE. Only titles work. Subtitles should be ignored.
American Ghosts & Old World Wonders
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 330
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Bookwrm526Task #15.10 - Just the Facts, Please
Read a NON-FICTION book with the main page genre Medicine, Medical, or Science. Genres may be standalone or embedded. I read The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man's Love Affair with Nature by J. Drew Lanham, MPG Science, verified in task help thread posts 20 and 22.
Total points so far: 575
Inge30.5 TessaVanessa's Task: Thank you, Dr. Seuss!
option 3: Het appartement aan Central Park
option 4: Hokwerda's kind
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 180/900
Total Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 11/54
BB ticket: 1
5.6 Are You Being ServedBorn Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin
MPG Humor
Post Total: 5
Grand Total: 150
10.8 Bye, Bye Miss American PieThe word is MAN
The Goodbye Man by Jeffery Deaver
Post Total: 10
Grand Total: 165
20.2 First Time LuckyOption 1: one word title
Win by Harlan Coben
375 pages
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 185
Inge5.5 - M*A*S*H
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
on the list: page 1 book 62
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 185/900
Total Books Read: 15
Tasks Completed: 12/54
BB ticket: 1
20.3 Old Time Rock n RollOption 1 - Elton John
Three Hours In Paris by Cara Black
goodBye yellow briCk road
This has 350 pages.
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 205
Anja10.5 - Spend the Day With a Knight
Read a book set during or about medieval times.
The Beast of Clan Kincaid by Lily Blackwood
book is set in 1387
POINTS:
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 115
Big Books: 500(1) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 7
trishhartuk25.5 Cat's Task: Spring Springs
3. April Holidays: Read a book with a single author named George, or one of the related names listed on Behind the Name.
The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien, Georges Simenon
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB (French) here. Top PB (English) here
Georges is the French version of George
Golden Oldie: First published in 1931
4. May Day: Read a book with a bridge AND a body of water on the cover.
Read the kindle edition. Top PB (Spanish): here. Top PB (English): here
Okayed in help thread message #5: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this task: 25
Books read: 2
Golden oldie: 1 = The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien was published in 1931
Total points: 420
Tasks completed: 24
Golden oldies: 3
Big book tickets: 1
FLY Task #50.1 - Chris MD's Task: Reliving the 70s
MY ROLL
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task: Book 1: Fashion
Even: Hot Pants – Read a book of 250 pages or less.
book: Dear Evan Hansen: Through the Window
how it fits: 224 pages
task: Book 2: Music
Even: Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in Elton John.
book: His Majesty's Dragon
how it fits: author Naomi Novik initials NN in eltoN johN
task: Book 3: Books
Even: Read a book with an MPG of historical fiction that was first published in the second half of the 20th century (1950-1999)
book: Fire Watch
how it fits: MPG historical fiction, first published February 1985
verification (if needed): book 3 and book 1
page totals: book 1 = 224, book 2 - mmpb = 356, book 3 - mmpb = 271. Total = 851
Points this post: 50
Total points: 305
Tasks completed: 15 /54
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Task 5.9 - Three's Company🌷Read a book that is #3 in a series (series, #3). The series name and number must be indicated in the GR title listing in grayscale parentheses following the title.
Blue Lily, Lily Blue (The Raven Cycle #3) (2014) by Maggie Stiefvater (Goodreads Author) (Young Adult) (Hardcover, 391 pages)
155 + 05 = 160
Tasks Completed: 11
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 155 + 05 = 160
Books read: 13
Pages read: 4,368
Read but not claimed: 06
Goodreads Authors: 08
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
DeborahPost #14
25.2 - Janet F’s Task: Burgess Shale
3) Crooked River Published October 14th 2014
4) Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour
NL in WONDERFUL
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 255
Books Read:17
Tasks Done: 14
25.4 Andy P.’s task: Check Your Eyesightwords in title: danGer vs danCer
Date with Danger (The Dales Detective Series #5) by Julia Chapman
432 pages
The Sword Dancer (Lovers and Rebels #1) by Jeannie Lin
288 pages
Total pages read: 720
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 1
Season Total: 600
Amy B5.9 - Three's Company
🌷Read a book that is #3 in a series (series, #3). The series name and number must be indicated in the GR title listing in grayscale parentheses following the title.
Further Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin (Tales of the City #3)
This Task: 5 Points
To Date: 520 Points
Inge10.8 - Bye, Bye Miss American Pie
Toen ik dood was
Where ik = I
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 195/900
Total Books Read: 16
Tasks Completed: 13/54
BB ticket: 1
CYNBAXTERTask # 25.07 – Brooke TX's Task: Deja Vu All Over Again
Task Description #1, Option B: Read a new book by an author you first read before March 13, 2020.
Book: The Heart Keeper by Alex Dahl - I first read Alex Dahl's The Boy at the Door on 12/08/2019 for the 2019/20 Winter SRC and really enjoyed it. Psychological thriller is an understatement...
Task Description #2, Option B: Read a new book by an author you first read after May 4, 2020.
Book: The Club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-Reverte - I finally read something by Pérez-Reverte last year on 09/12/2020 which was The Queen of the South
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date: 565 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 7
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 5
Mod
10.6 - My Baby, She Wrote Me a Letter
April 1- May 9 is Card and Letter Writing Month. Read a book from one of these lists:
Epistolary Fiction #85 - Page 1
These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901. Nancy E. Turner. 5.3.21
Points this post: 10
Points total: 695
Tasks complete: 41/54
Repost25.1 - Teri-K's Task: Don't Panic!
Option 1: Read a book from this Trippy Books List
I listened to an audio version of Uglies (427 pages)
This is found on 1st page of the list , slot #27
This book was new to me
Option 3: Keep your cool and read a fiction or non-fiction book with MPG Travel.
I listened to the audio version of Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century (288 pages)
This book was new to me
New Points: 25
Total Points: 425
BB: 1
GO: 1
10.10 - Twitter - It's What's HappeningPages between 140 and 280.
Innocent Hostage by Juno Rushdan
256 pages
Points: 10
Total: 895
BB Points: 12
GO Points: 4
5.2 - Antiques RoadshowFirst published on/before 1921.
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Published 1817, for 1 Golden Oldie point.
Points: 5
Total: 900
BB Points: 12
GO Points: 5
Thanks for another great challenge!!!
Joanna T15.5. It's outta here!
Read a book with at least 2 of the digits 75530 in its page count.
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 9.0
205 pages in the edition I read.
Task total: 15
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Grand total: 480
BB: 4
GO: 0
Mod
20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's Task: OLD TIME ROCK’N ROLL
I chose option 1 and read Transient Desires by Donna Leon. I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top pb (no MMPB). Authors initials, DL, found in gooDbye yeLlow brick road.
277 pages, exceeding the required minimum of 250 pages.
total points: 720 - 20 = 700
Mod
25.3 - Delicious Dee's Task: Series I’m Reading
I chose option 2, In Death Series.
Book A - I read Rapture in Death (#4 in the series). I listened to the audiobook, linked to the MMPB.
Book B - I read Ceremony in Death (#5 in the In Death Series, which currently has at least 51 books published prior to the start of the Spring 2021 challenge).
total points: 700 - 25 = 675
Mod
I used option 2 and read Rapture in Death - I listened to the audiobook, linked to the top MMPB - 294 pages.
Title initials, RID, all appear in the song joDy gIRl.
total points: 695
Mod
I chose option 2, In Death Series.
Book A - I read Ceremony in Death #5 in the series). I listened to the audiobook, linked to the MMPB.
Book B - I read Juniper Wiles, #21 in the Newford series. I read the kindle edition, linked to the pb (no MMPB). This is the latest book in the series - 20 were published before the start of the spring challenge.
total points: 720
Delicious Dee20.9. Moderators' Pet - Christine V's Task: Share Appreciation
Kayzon's Wish - WISH for wish joy to; ebook only approved msg #6406 of the ebook approval thread
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 650
10.1 - Spring Starts Read a book that is book number 1 in a series (series, #1) The series name and number must be indicated in the GR title listing in grayscale parentheses following the title.
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear Read 5/1/21
Maisie Dobbs is the first book in the Maisie Dobbs series.
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 420
Big Books Tickets Claimed:
Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed: 2
30.5 - TessaVanessa's Task: Thank you, Dr. Seuss! Option 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.
Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie Read 05/04/21
All letters can be found in Wednesday, WeDnesdAy
**I'd like a Golden Oldie ticket for Appointment with Death(first published: 1937)**
Option 4: Read a book first published between 1994 and 2004, inclusive.
Because I'm Worth It by Cecily von Ziegesar Read 04/05/21
Because I'm worth it was published October 1, 2003
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 450
Big Books Tickets Claimed:
Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed: 3
CYNBAXTERTask #05.07 – Mork & Mindy
Task Description: Read a book with an ampersand (&) or the word "and" in its TITLE.
Book: Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date: 570 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 7
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 5
Kathy KS20.9. Moderators' Pet - Christine V's Task: Share Appreciation
Thesaurus.com lists the following synonyms for the verb “compliment:”... ingratiate oneself with...
Read a book where any single word of four letters or more from "compliment" and its listed synonyms can be found intact in the title (subtitles excluded).
REQUIRED: State the target word from the list that you are using.
Target word: with
The Girl Who Played with Fire, by Stieg Larsson
I listened to the audio; mmpb=724 p.
Claiming one (1) Big Book ticket: 724 p.
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 365
Tasks completed: 16
Big Book tickets for this task: 1
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
EMurphy10.10 Twitter-It's What's Happening - Number of pages between 140 and 280 Poirot Loses a Client by Agatha Christie (256 pages)
*Golden Oldies Ticket - published in 1937
This Task:
Points: 10
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 275
Books Read: 21
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket +500: 1
BB Ticket +1000: 1
Tasks Completed: 15
Andy P.Task # 10.7 - The Uncola
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that BEGINS with "UN" Unraveling Oliver by Liz Nugent
Points this post: 10
Total points: 600
Repost25.2 - Janet F’s Task: Burgess Shale
Option 1
Somebody Tell Aunt Tillie She's Dead by Christiana Miller
Date Read: 3/4
How It Fits: 3 S's in title
Option 3
Beach Colors by Shelley Noble
Date Read: 3/17
How It Fits: Published 2012
Verified as not for kids - Post 287
Points this Post: 25
Totals:
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Points: 340
BBTs: 3
GOTs: 0
Task 10.9 - Just What the Doctor OrderedBook: Silence is My Mother Tongue by Sulaiman Addonia, finished 5/4
Points this task: 10
Total points: 485
15.2. Free To Be... You And MeBook 1
Any Way You Bury It by Lucy Quinn
Date Read: 3/18
How It Fits: You in Title
Book 2
Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews
Date Read: 4/11
How It Fits: Me in title
Points this Post: 15
Totals:
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Points: 355
BBTs: 3
GOTs: 0
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Margo's Task: First Time Lucky!Option 1
Moondance by Linda K. Hopkins
Date Read: 4/5
How It Fits: One Word Title
Points this Post: 20
Totals:
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Points: 375
BBTs: 3
GOTs: 0
BUCKET20.8 MegSCL’s Task: 21 Years and 21 Centuries
Number: 17
Option A
Music of the Ghosts by Vaddey Ratner
(Published 2017)
Points this post: 20
Points total: 170
BB total: 3
GO total: 1
Delicious Dee20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Sugaring Season
Option 1 - Sugar and Ice
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 670
Theresa5.9 Three's Company
The House on Mermaid Point by Wendy Wax
Ten Beach Road #3
Points this task - 5
Total Points - 45
MINDY MRepost
25.2 Janet F’s Task: Burgess Shale
Option 1: Miss Benson's Beetle
Option 3: Shadow and Bone
Points for this post: 25
Total points: 25
MINDY MRepost
20.6 Julia’s Task: Honoring Zen, the Brave Tomcat
Option 3: The Death of Mrs. Westaway
Points for this post: 20
Total points: 45
MINDY MRepost
20.2 Margo’s Task: First Time Lucky
Option 2: The Chicken Sisters
Points for this post: 20
Total points: 65
MINDY MRepost
15.9 National Library Week
Before We Were Yours
Points for this post: 15
Total points: 80
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25.1 - Don't Panic!
Book 1 -
Where the Light Enters: Building a Family, Discovering Myself by Jill Biden
Option 2 - This is a nonfiction book and the PB edition has 240 pages.
This book is new to me.
Link to PB edition: Where the Light Enters: Building a Family, Discovering Myself
Book 2 -
The Tourist Attraction by Sarah Morgenthaler
Option 3 - This book has a MPG of travel and was approved in Message #35 of the task help thread.
This book is new to me.
Link to PB edition: The Tourist Attraction (390 pages)
240 + 390 = 630 pages
This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 310 points
Tasks completed: 22
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **