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SPRING CHALLENGE 2021
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
5.6 - Are you being served?I read Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple. This book has the MPG humor
Points: 5
Total points: 15
10.6 - My baby she wrote me a letterI read The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. This book is currently #14 on the Epistolary Fiction list (page 1).
Points: 10
Total points: 25
10.10 - TwitterI read Epidemieën en pandemieën by Roel Coutinho. This book has 144 pages.
Points: 10
Total points: 35
20.5 - bigger books, bigger titlesI read Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah. The title/subtitle consist of 9 words.
Points: 20
Total points: 55
25.8 - 3 GENRES THAT I LOVE AND 1 THAT I HATEOPTION 3 - Swagger and Sass by Autumn Jones Lake
AL in Sad and Lonley
OPTION 4 - Fear of Falling by Roz Marshall
Paperback for length - Vang me op
RM in Memoir
TOTAL POINTS - 190
MARGIEVANTask 5.2 Antiques Roadshow: Read a book that is considered an antique.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
First published in 1890.
Point this post: 5
Points total: 25
15.3. A long time ago, in a galaxy far far awayOption 1, Book 1, a book whose author name matches the name of one of the main actors from the Star Wars movie (James Earl Jones): Saving Justice: Truth, Transparency, and Trust by James Comey
Option 1, Book 2, a book with MPG Space Opera: To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
Points this post: 15
Total points: 30
15.5. It's outta here!A book with at least 2 of the digits 75530 in its page count: Six Cats a Slayin' by Miranda James
paperback edition Six Cats a Slayin' 307 pages
Points this post: 15
Total points: 45
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Ann A's Task: Big Books, Big TitlesA book with a title consisting of at least 8 words: There's Nothing in This Book That I Meant to Say by Paula Poundstone
Points this post: 30
Total points: 65
20.9. Moderators' Pet - Christine V's Task: Share AppreciationA book whose title contains one of the words from the "compliment" list (charm): The Charm Bracelet by Viola Shipman
Points this post: 20
Total points: 85
MARGIEVANTask 20.10 - Group Read
I read Paper Bullets: Two Artists Who Risked Their Lives to Defy the Nazis
posted to discussion thread on 3/8/21
Points this post: 20
Points total: 45
Andy P.Task # 15.8. 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: Australia
The Survivors by Jane Harper,
Set in Tasmania which is part of Australia
(Which I missed seeing on a cruise because of bad weather, sigh)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 35
10.8 - Bye, Bye Miss American PieRead 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 Role I Played: Canada's Greatest Olympic Hockey Team
The word I matched is PLAYED from the line: While sergeants played a marching tune
New Points: 10
Total Points: 30
GO: 1
20.10 - Group ReadsPaper Bullets: Two Artists Who Risked Their Lives to Defy the Nazis by Jeffrey H. Jackson
discussion post #3
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
MEGSCL10.9 - Just What the Doctor Ordered
Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell
**574 pages - 1 big book ticket***
TOTAL
40 points
2 big book
MEGSCL20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's Task: OLD TIME ROCK’N ROLL
Option 1: Author initials in "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
TOTAL
60 points
2 big book
Queen Bee Darlene15.7 Disco, Disco Duck
all ltrs DISCO found in title
Miracle at the Higher Grounds Cafe by Max Lucado
mIraCle at the higher grOunDS cafe
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 75
Queen Bee Darlene25.3 Delicious Dee's Task: Series I'm Reading
Option 2: Book A: In Death Series
Glory in Death by J.D. Robb (In Death #2)
Book B: book from series that has more than 15 books pub at beginning of challenge
Murder on Gramercy Park b7 Victoria Thompson
(Gaslight Mystery #3) 23 books pub in series so far
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 100
20.1. Most Improved Player - Coralie's Task: Knit and PurlI have been busy with knitting patterns lately so I see K's and P's (for knit and purl) all around me.
Read a book with at least one letter K and at least one letter P in the title/subtitle.
I read Park Avenue Summer. The title has both a P and a K.
points: 40
tasks completed: 3
books read: 3
pages read: 939
Kim O20.10 - Group Reads
Parallel Timelines: The Lions of Fifth Avenue
Discussion post 6
Points this task: 20
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Totals:
Points: 20
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 1
Mod
25.7 - 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.
Option B: Before & After
Book 1: Read a new to you book by an author you first read before March 13, 2020.
Angel Landing by Alice Hoffman read 3/8/2021
REQUIRED: Include the title of the previous book by the author that you've read, the date finished and that the book read for this task is not a re-read. I have read 25 books by this author, I'm not sure which was first. The earliest recorded date I have is Jan 2011, for the The Ice Queen.
Book 2: Read a new to you book by an author you first read after May 4, 2020.
Trials and Tribulations by Jean Grainger, read 3/7/2021. The first book I read by this author was What Once Was True on Feb. 9, 2021.
Neither of these books are rereads.
Points this post: 25
Points total: 100
Tasks complete: 7/54
Jen K10.8 - Bye, Bye Miss American Pie
Broken Veil by Jeff Wheeler
Word: Broken - "The church bells all were broken"
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 10
Jen K20.5 - Bigger is Better - Ann A's Task: Big Books, Big Titles
Down Along with That Devil's Bones: A Reckoning with Monuments, Memory, and the Legacy of White Supremacy
> 8 words in title/ subtitle
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 30
trishhartuk10.5 Spend the Day With a Knight
Read a book set during or about medieval times (400 AD–1600 AD).
Whiter Than the Lily, Alys Clare
From the GR series description: “This series of murder mysteries is set in the late 1100s, in the reign of Richard the Lionheart.“
https://www.goodreads.com/series/4089...
Points this task: 20
Books read: 1
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 5
Golden oldies: 0
Big book tickets: 0
20.5 - BIG BOOKS, BIGGER TITLES - My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry9 word title
TOTAL POINTS - 210
LAUREN JODI10.6 - My Baby, She Wrote Me a Letter
Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
Required: Epistolary Fiction page 1, book #4.
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 115/900
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Total Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 7/54
Inge*** CLAIMING BIG BOOK TICKET*****
30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: Pawn Sacrifice
Option 2, a
book has 658 pages
Book: Midnight Sun
70.8 %#0e0000 Black
9.4 %#431a15 Brown
5.0 %#742c26 Brown
4.2 %#535353 Grey
3.0 %#d3d3d3 Grey
2.9 %#ba735c Brown
2.5 %#a9413c Red
1.4 %#815947 Brown
0.4 %#927b5d Brown
0.3 %#8f0e0d Red
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 40/900
Total Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2/54
BB ticket: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.2 Janet F’s Task: Burgess Shale
Option 1: Savage Conversations by LeAnne Howe
Option 3: Night Film by Marisha Pessl
First published in 2013.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 115/900
Tasks completed: 6/54
Books read: 8
BB:2
GO: 0
just keeping track for own purposes
5.2 - Antiques Roadshow 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).
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James Read 3/8/21
The Turn of the Screw was originally published in 1898
I would like to claim 1 Golden Oldie Ticket for this book
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 20
Big Books Tickets Claimed:
Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed: 1
10.6 - My Baby, She Wrote Me a Letter Read a book from one of these lists: Epistolary Fiction
Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
Book of a Thousand Days is currently #54 on the Epistolary Fiction list.
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 30
Big Books Tickets Claimed:
Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed: 1
10.5 - Spend the Day With a KnightBook set during or about medieval times - this takes place in 1139, as mentioned in the blurb on it's GR pages
St. Peter's Fair by Ellis Peters
Total Points: 55
10.1 - Spring StartsBook number 1 in a series
The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act by Kieron Gillen
Total Points: 65
Delicious Dee15.7. Disco, Disco Duck
The Dark Seduction of Miss Jane - D in Dark; IS in Miss; CO in seduction
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 255
Andy P.Task # 15.6. It's Saturday!
Read a book with a day of the week in the title
The Wednesday Group by Sylvia True
Points this post: 15
Total points: 50
VAL TX20.9. Moderators' Pet - Christine V's Task: Share Appreciation - 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.
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
(target word: last)
This post:
Points - 20
Total:
Points – 30
NAVI10.10 - Twitter - It's What's Happening
Read a book with a number of pages between 140 and 280 inclusive.
Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi
How it fits: 240 pages
Points this post: 10
Total points: 55
HEATHER KS10.8 Bye Bye Miss American Pie
Word in title is in the lyrics of song. Word I chose is "people."
I read Anxious People
Points this post: 10
Points total: 10
Bookwrm526Task #20.2 - First Time Lucky!
Option 1: Read a book with a ONE word title. Ignore subtitles. I read Sovereign by April Daniels (approved as not a comic/graphic novel in the verification thread at posts 67 and 68) (315p).
Total points so far; 40
20.6. Seasoned Reader - Iulia's Task: Honoring Zen, the Brave TomcatOption 2, a book with "zen" intact in the title: Death by the Dozen by Jenn McKinlay
The word is Dozen
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
PAULA S20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Margo's Task: First Time Lucky!
Option 1. Read a book with a ONE word title
I listened to the audiobook. The PB has 384 pages: Everless
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Point this Post: 20
Total Points: 30
Big books: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
10.1 - Spring StartsOf Wicked Blood (The Quatrefoil Chronicles #1) by Olivia Wildenstein & Katie Hayoz
Total this Post: 10
Season Total: 65
Kai10.3 - ABBA
Read a book with ALL the letters ABBA in the title.
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late by Harry Kemelman
Books Read for Challenge: 1
Total New Points: 10
Total Challenge Points: 10
Jen K5.1 - All in the Family
How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House
Family word: Sister
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 35
Delicious Dee20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Margo's Task: First Time Lucky!
Option 1 - Crucible
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 275
Inge*** CLAIMING BIG BOOK TICKET*****
30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: Pawn Sacrifice
Option 2, a
book has 658 pages
Book: Midnight Sun
70.8 %#0e0000 Black
9.4 %#431a15 Brown
5.0 %#742c26 Brown
4.2 %#535353 Grey
3.0 %#d3d3d3 Grey
2.9 %#ba735c Brown
2.5 %#a9413c Red
1.4 %#815947 Brown
0.4 %#927b5d Brown
0.3 %#8f0e0d Red
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 40/900
Total Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2/54
BB ticket: 1
Kim O10.10 - Twitter - It's What's Happening Read a book with a number of pages between 140 and 280 inclusive.
Optic Nerve (208 pages)
Points this task: 10
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Totals:
Points: 30
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks completed: 2
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Points: 5
Total points: 10