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SPRING CHALLENGE 2021
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PAULA S25.7 - Brooke TX's Task: Deja Vu All Over Again
Option C: In Sequence
Book 1: Read a book that is a whole number in a series.
A Magical Bookshop Mystery #4I read the kindle edition. MMPB link for reference: Verse and Vengeance: A Magical Bookshop Mystery
Book 2: Read a book that is the next number in a DIFFERENT series.
Cruise Ship Mysteries #5I read the kindle edition. PB link for reference (no MMPB): Vanishing Vacationers
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Point this Post: 25
Total Points: 190
Big books: 3
Golden Oldies: 2
MINDY MREPOST
10.10 It’s What’s Happening
Murder with Reservations
Points this post: 10
Total points: 145
MINDY Mrepost
30.4 Sandy’s Task: Up and Down
Book 1: Beach House Reunion
Book 2: Ladies' Night
Points this post: 30
Total points: 175
Sarah E5.2 - Antiques Roadshow
Little Women - first published 1868
I read a kindle edition, top MMP is Little Women
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 33.0
Golden Oldie, first published 1868. Claiming 1 GO ticket.
Big Book, 528 pages. Claiming 1 BB ticket.
Total Points: 5
Total BBs: 1
Total GOs: 1
MINDY MRepost
20.9 Christine V’s Task: Share Appreciation
Target word: give bouquet
The Giver of Stars
Points in this post: 20
Total points: 120
MINDY MRepost
20.8 Nickels and Dimes - MegSCL’s Task: 21 Years and 21 Centuries
Number Generated 16
The Pursuit
Points for this post: 20
Total points: 100
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
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
Sarah E5.3 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
I read an ebook, top MMP is Nous sommes tous des féministes - 96 pages
This is my one book of 80-99 pages allowed for one 5 point task.
Total Points: 10
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
Sarah E15.2. Free To Be... You And Me
Book 1: We Use Coupons, You Should Too! How Couponing Saved My Life
I read a kindle edition, paperback - no MMP - is We Use Coupons, You Should Too!- How Coupons Saved My Life
Book 2: Me Before You
Total Points: 25
Sarah E20.1. Most Improved Player - Coralie's Task: Knit and Purl
Cutthroat Cupcakes
I read a kindle edition, paperback - no MMP - is Cutthroat Cupcakes
Total Points: 45
Sarah E20.9. Moderators' Pet - Christine V's Task: Share Appreciation
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
Target word: cheer found in Cheerful
Total Points: 65
Sarah E30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: Pawn Sacrifice
Option 1
Chess piece: King
1a: The King's Curse
Big Book, 608 pages. Claiming 1 BB ticket.
1c: The Weight of Silence - set completely in Iowa
I read a kindle edition, top MMP is The Weight of Silence
Total Points: 95
Total BBs: 2
Andy P;Task # 5.10 - Good Times
Free Choice Never Stop Walking: A Memoir of Finding Home Across the World by Christina Rickardsson
Points this post: 5
Total points: 630
10.9 - Just What the Doctor OrderedSlade by Kristen Middleton
Date Read: 5/1
How It Fits: kristen MiDdleton
Points this Post: 10
Totals:
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Points: 385
BBTs: 3
GOTs: 0
15.5. It's outta here!Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara
Date Read: 4/25
How It Fits: 352pgs
Points this Post: 15
Totals:
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Points: 400
BBTs: 3
GOTs: 0
15.7. Disco, Disco DuckThe Detective's Second Chance by Kristy K. James
Date Read: 5/8
How It Fits: DeteCtIve'S secOnd chance
Points this Post: 15
Totals:
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Points: 415
BBTs: 3
GOTs: 0
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.
I read Rebel Daughter by Lori Banov Kaufmann.
points: 205
books read: 17
tasks completed: 13
tasks in progress: 2
Big Books: 1
pages read: 6037
Oma12295.7 - Mork & Mindy
🌷Read a book with an ampersand (&) or the word "and" in its TITLE.
The Ghost and Mrs. Mewer by Krista Davis
Points= 415/900
Tasks= 24/54
Goldie Oldies Books()
Big Books=500+(3),750+,1000+()
25.5 - Cat's Task: Spring SpringsOption 3
Tempting a Marquess by Georgette Brown
Date Read: 5/8
How It Fits: Author LN Georgette - Femining French: Georgette,
Option 4
Better off Dead by Jack Patterson
Date Read: 5/6
How It Fits:
Verfied msg35Points this Post: 25
Totals:
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Points: 440
BBTs: 3
GOTs: 0
Oma122920.1. Most Improved Player - Coralie's Task: Knit and Pur
Read a book with at least one letter K and at least one letter P in the title/subtitle.
Curse of the Pogo Stick by Colin Cotterill
Points= 435/900
Tasks= 25/54
Goldie Oldies Books()
Big Books=500+(3),750+,1000+()
25.6 - Amy FL's Task: ReminiscingOption 1
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Date Read: 4/16
How It Fits: Title initials TOG
Option 2
Dr. Strange Beard by Penny Reid
Date Read: 3/13
How It Fits: Author Initials PR
Points this Post: 25
Totals:
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Points: 465
BBTs: 3
GOTs: 0
25.7 - Brooke TX's Task: Deja Vu All Over AgainOption A: Year After Year
Book 1
The Bermondsey Bookshop by Mary Gibson
Date Read: 3/13
How It Fits: Published Feb 06 2020
Book 2
Life's Too Short by Abby Jimenez
Date Read: 4/27
How It Fits: Published Aprl 06 2021
Points this Post: 25
Totals:
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Points: 490
BBTs: 3
GOTs: 0
20.10 Group Reads I read The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis and made a comment in post 29 of the thread.
New Total Points: 235
30.5 Thank You Dr. Seuss!I chose option 2 and read An Extravagant Death by Charles Finch
I also chose option 4 and read The Crow Trap by Ann Cleeves - pub 1999
New Total: 265
50.1 Reliving the 70s I rolled a 6, 3, and then 4
Book 1 (Even) - Exit Strategy by Martha Wells - 176 pages
Book 2 (Odd) - Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel - target word "gold"
Book 3 (Even) - A Crime in the Neighborhood by Suzanne Berne - historical fiction published 1997
Total pages 800
New Total: 315
Stephanie12725.8- QueenBeeDarlene's Task:
1) Fredrik Backman – B: Read a book with all the letters GOAT in title only.
By Night the Mountain Burns
3) Sad and Lonely Men – Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in SAD AND LONELY.
White Ivy by Susie Yang
Points this post: 25
Total points: 145/900
Tasks completed: 11/54
Books read: 12
Julia10325.1 - Teri-K's Task: Don't Panic!
Option 1: The Big Over Easy
This is on page 2 of the list, #151
Option 3: Overground Railroad: The Green Book Roots of Black Travel in America (MPG Travel)
Both these books are new to me.
This post: 25 points
Total points: 730
BB: 1
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 42
Total books read: 55
Kathy KS15.7. Disco, Disco Duck
Read a book with all the letters of DISCO found in its title (not subtitle).
Everything I Know about Love I Learned from Romance Novels, by Sarah Wendell
DISCO=everything i know about love I learneD from rOmanCe novelS
I read this as an ebook; pb=222 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 400
Tasks completed: 18
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 3
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
20.10 - Group ReadsThe Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis
My comment is #30 in the discussion thread
Total Points: 525
Kathryn CA25.6 - Amy FL's Task: Reminiscing
Option 1: Read a book with a title of at least three words where the first letter of each title word (ignore subtitles) can be found in the name of that show: GET THE LED OUT.
The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan
How it Fits: geT tHe led Out
MPG Childrens -> IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 13.0
Option 2: read a book by an author with the first or last name Tom, Thomas or Tommy OR an author whose initials can be found in QUADROPHENIA
The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
How it Fits: quadRopHenia
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 170
Total Tasks: 13
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 14
Kathryn CAThe Inimitable Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
*The Inimitable Jeeves is a Golden Oldie. It was published in 1923
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 175
Total Tasks: 14
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 15
Kathryn CA***This is a correction to my previous post where I forgot to include which task I was posting
5.6 - Are You Being Served?
Read a book with the MPG Humor or Comedy.
The Inimitable Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
*The Inimitable Jeeves is a Golden Oldie. It was published in 1923
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 175
Total Tasks: 14
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 15
Kathryn CA10.7 - The Uncola
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that BEGINS with "UN".
The Unexpected Spy: From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World's Most Notorious Terrorists by Tracy Walder
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 185
Total Tasks: 15
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 16
Kathryn CA10.9 - Just What the Doctor Ordered
Read a book written by a single author with the letters M and D in the author's name.
When the Grits Hit the Fan by Maddie Day
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 205
Total Tasks: 16
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 17
Kathryn CA20.5 - Bigger is Better - Ann A's Task: Big Books, Big Titles
Read a book with a title/subtitle consisting of AT LEAST 8 WORDS
The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West by David McCullough
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 225
Total Tasks: 17
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 18
FLY Task #15.1. Continuing on..................
task: Book 1: Read any book that meets SRC requirements and that has a title of at least 2 words
book: Gunmetal Magic
task: Book 2: Read any book that meets SRC requirements and that has a title of at least 2 words, where the first word of the title is the same as the last word in the title of Book 1
book: Magic and Decay
how it fits: MAGIC is last word of book 1, first word of book 2
Points this post: 15
Total points: 340
Tasks completed: 18 /54
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Kathryn CA20.4 - Golden Oldies - Lys's Task: Wintering at Riley
Option 3: Read a book, fiction or nonfiction, with an LGBT MPG.
The Dark Prophecy by Rick Riordan
MPG Childrens -> IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14.0
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 245
Total Tasks: 18
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 19
Kathryn CA5.10 - Good Times
Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules!
The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks
MPG Childrens -> IL: UG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 42.0
This is a Big Book. The Sword of Shannara has 726 pages
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 250
Total Tasks: 19
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 20
Kathryn CA*Miscalculated my points. This is an update on what it should be...
Total Points: 305
Total Tasks: 21
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 24
Kathryn CA*This is such a mess. I am sorry. Went through and counted everything again and gave myself 10 extra points... This is an update on what it should be...
Total Points: 295
Total Tasks: 21
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 24
Task:15.9. National Library Week (Author initials in NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK)Book read:The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Required: Author initials KA in nAtional library weeK
Points this task:15
Total points:530
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Books read:39
Tasks completed:30
5.2 - Antiques roadshowI read The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle. This book was first published in 1912.
Points: 5
Total points: 165
15.3 - A long time ago in a galaxy far awayOption 2:
I read On Basilisk Station by David Weber. This book has the MPG space opera. The matching author name is David from David Prowse.
Points: 15
Total points: 180
20.7 - Sugaring seasonOption 2:
I read Prodigy by Marie Lu. The authors initials can be found in the word MapLe. The book has 371 pages.
Points: 20
Total points: 200
20.8 - 21 yearsMy random number was 18.
Option a:
I read Dit was het nieuws niet by Rob Wijnberg. This book was first published in 2018.
Points: 20
Total points: 220
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