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SPRING CHALLENGE 2021
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Amy B20.8. Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: 21 Years and 21 Centuries
First generate a random number between 1 and 21: 11 = 2011
Pick one of the following options.
Option a) Year
Read a book first published in that year of the 21st century.
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 645 Points
Bookwrm526Task #25.6 - Reminiscing
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. I chose the second option, an author whose initials can be found in quadrophEniA, and read The Evening Spider by Emily Arsenault.
Option 3: Read a book with a title (ignore subtitles) that contains a word of four or more letters from one of the tracks on the album. Words must match exactly. I chose the song Village Ghetto Land, target word village, and read Murder in an Irish Village by Carlene O'Connor.
Total points so far: 635
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.10: Group read: The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden. Post #19 in discussion forum.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Books: 1
REPOSTINGSunshine
25.5 - Cat's Task: Spring Springs
Option: 1
Book: What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe 3/3/21
How it Fits: Page #1 - #66
Option: 3
Book: 1984 by George Orwell 5/7/21
How it Fits: Author's first name is George
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 225
Books Read: 16
Jen K5.3 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 510
Big Books: 4
Jen K5.4 - Fawlty Towers
The Wolf and the Watchman
Wolf Watchman
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 515
Big Books: 4
Jen K10.2 - Earth Day Every Day
The Feather Thief
MPG Environment
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 525
Big Books: 4
Jen K25.8- QueenBeeDarlene's Task: 3 Genres I love, and 1 that I hate
Option 3) Sad and Lonely Men
Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat
saD mEn
Option 4) Memoirs
Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enríquez
MEmoir
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 550
Big Books: 4
CYNBAXTERTask #30.04 – Sandy's Task: Up and Down
Task Description #1: any book that fits general SRC rules
Book: The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing by Sonia Faleiro which was published in 2021 and has 314 pages
Task Description #2: your second book must go up in pages (that is, more pages than book 1) and down in publication date
Book: Of Blood and Bone has 453 pages (an increase of 139 pages) and was published 2 years before Book 1.
Combined books must be over: 600p
Book 1: 314 + Book 2: 453 = 767 combined pages
Points this post: 30 points
Total points to date: 690 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 9
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 5
Laurah3030.4 - Sandy's Task: Up and Down
Book 1
The Jane Austen Society pub 2020; 309 p
Book 2 your second book must go up in pages (that is, more pages than book 1) and down in publication date
The Weight of Ink pub 2017; 560 p
Claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this post:30
Total points: 190
Books read: 11
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books; 2
Tasks completed:7
Robin PTask 5.6 Are You Being Served? - MPG of Humor or Comedy
Book: How the Penguins Saved Veronica - 5th genre on main page is Humor
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 470
BB: 4 GO: 5
Robin PTask 5.6 Are You Being Served? - MPG of Humor or Comedy
Book: How the Penguins Saved Veronica - 5th genre on main page is Humor
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 470
BB: 4 GO: 5
LAUREN JODI15.2 - Free To Be... You And Me
Book #1: You in title
Run to You by Rachel Gibson
Option #2: Me in title
Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 840/900
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Total Books Read: 68
Tasks Completed: 51/54
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Margo's Task: First Time Lucky!
Option 1:Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Totals
Points: 175
BB: 0
GO: 0
Total Tasks completed: 11
Total Books read: 12
25.2 - Janet F’s Task: Burgess ShaleOption 1: Read a book with at least 3 of the letter S in the title.
Tess's Tale by Donna Joy Usher
Option 3: Read a book that was first published between 1989 & 2014, inclusive.
Murder Most Frothy by Cleo Coyle
Total points: 90
25.7 - Brooke TX's Task: Deja Vu All Over AgainOption A: Year After Year
Book 1: Read a book first published in 2020.
Project 333: The Minimalist Fashion Challenge That Proves Less Really is So Much More by Courtney Carver
Book 2: Read a book first published in 2021.
Beginners: The Joy and Transformative Power of Lifelong Learning by Tom Vanderbilt
Total points: 115
Amy B30.2 - Aprilleigh’s task: Agatha Christie, Queen of Mystery
This is a two-book task, and the total page count must be at least 600 pages. Choose two different options, and read one book for each option. No books with MPG Childrens or Kids.
Option 2: The Locked Room
Read a book found on one of these lists: Locked Room Mysteries
REQUIRED: State the list you used and, in the case of the first list, the page where your book is found.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (Locked Room Mysteries - page 1) - 288 pages
Option 3: Read a book by an author on the list similar to Agatha Christie.
Origin by Dan Brown (456 pages)
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 675 Points
Sara G25.3 - Delicious Dee's Task: Series I’m Reading
Option 2: Series 2 – In Death series – J.D. Robb
Book A - Read a book in the In Death series – Books must be WHOLE numbers only.
Glory in Death by J.D. Robb
Book B - Read a book from a series that has MORE than 15 books published at the beginning of this challenge.
The Regency by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
This book is in the Morland Dynasty series which had 35 published books at the beginning of the challenge.
I read the Kindle edition. The paperback (no MMPB) here has 586 pages.
**The Regency is a Big Book (586 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 25
Total points: 585
10.7 - The UncolaUNtrue
Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 13.0
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 335
25.4 Andy P.’s task: Check Your Eyesight501 Pages: 221 + 288 = 509
Words: Horse / House
Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House by Cherie Jones
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 360
25.7 - Brooke TX's Task: Deja Vu All Over AgainOption A: Year After Year
Book 1: Read a book first published in 2020.
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Book 2: Read a book first published in 2021.
No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 385
30.1 - Dlmrose’s Task: Same NameLouise
A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny
The Painted Drum by Louise Erdrich
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 415
LAUREN JODI25.6 - Amy FL's Task: Reminiscing
Option #2: Author initials in QUADROPHENIA
Garden of Lies by Amanda Quick
Option #3: Word in track title
Love and Other Wild Things by Molly Harper
Track - Love's in Need of Love Today
Word - Love
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 865/900
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Total Books Read: 70
Tasks Completed: 52/54
Kathryn CA30.1 - Dlmrose’s Task: Same Name
Read 2 books each written by a different author who shares the same first name.
BOOK 1: I've Got My Eyes on You by Mary Higgins Clark
BOOK 2: The Good Girl by Mary Kubica
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 335
Total Tasks: 22
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 26
Kai25.1 - Teri-K's Task: Don't Panic!
The books must total over 600 pages.
OPTION 1: A book from the Trippy Books List
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Page 1
399 pages
OPTION 2: A fiction or non-fiction book with MPG Travel
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer
368 pages
Books Read for Challenge: 32
Total New Points: 25
Total Challenge Points: 430
FLY Task #25.7 - Brooke TX's Task: Deja Vu All Over Again
task: Option C: In Sequence
Book 1: Read a book that is a whole number in a series.
book: The Girl with All the Gifts
Book 2: Read a book that is the next number in a DIFFERENT series
book: Outpost
how it fits: book 1 is (The Girl With All the Gifts #1); book 2 is (Razorland #2)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 390
Tasks completed: 21 /54
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
BUCKET25.7 Brooke TX’s Task: Déjà vu All Over Again
Option B: Before and After
Book 1: The Elephanta Suite by Paul Theroux
(This book is not a re-read. I first read Paul Theroux when I read Ghost Train to the Eastern Star in July 2012.)
Book 2: Close Range: Wyoming Stories by Annie Proulx
(This book is not a re-read. I first read Annie Proulx when I read The Shipping News in February 2021.)
Points this post: 25
Points total: 195
BB total: 3
GO total: 1
Stephanie12720.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's Task: OLD TIME ROCK’N ROLL
Choose one option and read a book that fits the requirements. Your book must be at least 250 pages. No books with MPG of Children/kids may be used.
Option 1. Read a book where the author’s initials can be found in "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road".
Notes on a Silencing, 400 pages by Lacy Crawford
Points this post: 20
Total points: 165/900
Tasks completed: 12/54
Books read: 13
Andy P.Task # 5.7 - Mork & Mindy
Read a book with the word "and" in its TITLE.
Cold and Pure and Very Dead by Joanne Dobson
And appears twice in the title
Points this post: 5
Total points: 660
CYNBAXTERTask #15.03 – A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away
Task Description, Option 2: Read one book that satisfies the requirements for both books of option 1: where the author name matches the first, last or middle name of one of the main actors from the movie - Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Pete Cushing, Alec Guinness, David Prowse, James Earl Jones, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew AND has a main page genre of Space Opera.
Book: Big Damn Hero by James Lovegrove
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date: 705 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 9
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 5
Sarah E5.4 - Fawlty Towers
The Wicked Waffle
I read the kindle edition, paperback - no MMP - is The Wicked Waffle
Total points: 125
Sarah E10.2 - Earth Day Every Day
Vesper Flights
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is Schemervluchten
Total points: 135
Sarah E10.3 - ABBA
Brownies & Betrayal - Brownies & BetrAyAl
I read a kindle edition, paperback - no MMP - is Brownies & Betrayal
Total points: 145
Oma122910.4 - Spring States
Read a book set at least 50% in a US state that was admitted to the Union during March, April, or May: Florida, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Wisconsin.
Beloved-Toni Morrison
Points= 445/900
Tasks= 26/54
Goldie Oldies Books()
Big Books=500+(3),750+,1000+()
Amy B10.10 - Twitter - It's What's Happening
Read a book with a number of pages between 140 and 280 inclusive.
Nimona by Noelle Stevenson (266 pgs)
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 685 Points
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30.2 - Aprilleigh’s task: Agatha Christie, Queen of Mystery
This is a two-book task, and the total page count must be at least 600 pages. Choose two different options, and read one book for each option.
Option 2: The Locked Room
Popsugar 2021 #13 - A Locked Room Mystery (page 1)
Anxious People. Fredrik Backman. 4.13.21 [341 pages]
Option 3: Other Kings and Queens
Read a book by an author on the list similar to Agatha Christie.
The Quiet Side of Passion. Alexander McCall Smith. 5.12.21 [304 pages]
Points this post: 30
Points total: 745
Tasks complete: 45/54
Bookwrm526Task #30.1 - Same Name
Read 2 books each written by a different author who shares the same first name. The books must be written by a single author. The name must match exactly.
Book 1: I read America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States by Erika Lee.
Book 2: I read Tall, Dark and Charming (Tall, Dark and Sexy Series) by Erika Wilde.
Total points so far: 665
HeatherKS15 Point Tasks
15.1. Continuing on..................
Book 1: Read any book that meets SRC requirements and that has a title of at least 2 words;
AND
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.
I read A Stranger on the Beach and Beach Read
Points this task: 15
Total points: 150
HeatherKS30.1 - Dlmrose’s Task: Same Name
Read 2 books each written by a different author who shares the same first name.
I read I Heard God Laugh: A Practical Guide to Life's Essential Daily Habit by Matthew Kelly and Love May Fail by Matthew Quick
Points this task: 30
Total points: 180
Coralie25.4 Check Your Eyesight
Using the words PLACE and PEACE
Rutland Place
A Peace Divided
Total to date 560 points
Coralie30.3 Pawn Sacrifice
Option 1 – choosing KING as my chess piece
a) name of piece in title
The Ruin of Kings
c) setting of the book begins with letter in piece G – Greece
The Messenger of Athens
Total to date 590 points
Kai20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's Task: OLD TIME ROCK’N ROLL
Must be at least 250 pages.
OPTION 1: The author’s initials can be found in "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
The Populist Moment: A Short History of the Agrarian Revolt in America by Lawrence Goodwyn
384 pages
Books Read for Challenge: 33
Total New Points: 20
Total Challenge Points: 450
5.1 All in the familyRead Band of Brothers by Ernest K Gann
Have 20 points
Worth 5 points
Have 25 points now
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
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25.7 - Brooke TX's Task: Deja Vu All Over AgainOption A
Book 1: The Vanishing Half (2020)
Book 2: The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race (2021)
Total points: 155
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Margo's Task: First Time Lucky!Option 3: Read a book with MPG cozy-mystery (stand-alone or embedded). Your book for this task must be at least 290 pages.
Going Out In Style By Chloe Green (332 pgs)
Points This Post: 20
Grand Total Points: 20/900
Total Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1/54
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's Task: OLD TIME ROCK’N ROLLOption 1: For this option, read a book, where the author’s initials can be found in
" G oodbye Yellow Bri C k Road". Your book must be at least 250 pages.
Designed To Die by Chloe Green (288 pgs)
Points This Post: 20
Grand Total Points: 40/900
Total Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2/54
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
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Task #20.6. Seasoned Reader - Iulia's Task: Honoring Zen, the Brave Tomcat
task: Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials may be found in the phrase: "Strong, wise cats"
book: Magic Gifts
how it fits: author Ilona Andrews initials IA in wIse cAts
approved for length line 1921 of spreadsheet
Points this post: 20
Total points: 365
Tasks completed: 20 /54
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 1