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SPRING CHALLENGE 2021
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Laurie ME20.1: Most Improved Player: Coralie's Task: Knit and Purl - Read a book with at least one letter K and at least one letter P in the title/subtitle.
The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America
the ghosts of eden ParK: the women who Pursued him and the murder that shocKed jazz age america
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 150
Laurie ME20.4: Golden Oldies: Lys's Task: Wintering at Riley:
Option 2: Read a book started but never finished.
I never finished this book until now.
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 170
Laurie ME20.5: Bigger is Better: Ann A's Task: Big Books, Big Titles: In honor of Big Books and wordiness, read a book with a title/subtitle consisting of AT LEAST 8 WORDS. Remember, hypendated words count as ONE word.
Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World - 13 words
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 190
Task 10.9 – Just What the Doctor Ordered Book chosen: The Mercies
Fits task: M and D in Millwood (Kiran Millwood Hargrave)
Format read: audio
# of pages: 345 (printed edition)
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date: 445 points
Laurie ME20.8: Nickels & Dimes: MegSCL's Task: 21 Years and 21 Centuries:
Rolled a 3.
Option a) Year
Read a book first published in that year of the 21st century. e.g. if your random number was 14, read a book first published in 2014.
book published in 2003.
The Da Vinci Code
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 210
Laurie ME20.9: Moderators' Pet: Christine V's Task: Share the Appreciation:
For this task, 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.
Butter
Butter Witch
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 230
Task 25.3 – Delicious Dee's Task: Series I'm Reading Option 2:
Book chosen: Book A: Naked in Death
Fits task: Part of the In Death series - book 1
Format read: audio
# of pages: 306 (printed edition)
Book chosen: Book B: Death on the Nile
Fits task: Book 17 (series of more than 15 books); 17 appears in grayscale in parentheses
Format read: audio
+ of pages: 214 (printed edition)
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date: 470 points
Task 25.8 – QueenBeeDarlene's Task: 3 Genres I love, and 1 that I hate
Option 1:
Book chosen: The Gift of Rain
Fits task: Letters GOAT in the title
Format read: audio
# of pages: 447 (printed edition)
Option 3:
Book chosen: The Sugar Queen
Fits task: Author's initials found in SAD AND LONELY (Sarah Addison Allen)
Format read: audio
+ of pages: 294 (printed edition)
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date: 495 points
Task 50.1 – Reliving the 70s Numbers rolled: 2, 1, 4
Book 1: Even
Book chosen: Animal Farm
Fits task: Book of 250 pages or less
Format read: audio with paperback readalong
# of pages: 141 (printed edition)
Book 2: Odd
Book chosen: Go Tell It on the Mountain
Fits task: Word "Go" in the title
Format read: audio
+ of pages: 256 (printed edition)
Book 3: Even
Book chosen: Catch-22
Fits task: Book with MPG historical fiction published in the second half of the 20th century - first published in 1961
Format read: audio
+ of pages: 453 (printed edition)
Total # of pages: 141+256+453 = 850
Points this post: 50 points
Total points to date: 545 points
Oma122920.4 - Golden Oldies - Lys's Task: Wintering at Riley
I chose Option #4.
Option 4: Read a book with a MPG of poetry.
Always a Reckoning and Other Poems-Jimmy Carter
Points= 465/900
Tasks= 27/54
Goldie Oldies Books()
Big Books=500+(3),750+,1000+()
25.8- QueenBeeDarlene's Task: 3 Genres I love, and 1 that I hateOption 1A, a book by Fredrik Backman: Things My Son Needs to Know about the World by Fredrik Backman
Option 3, a book whose author's initials are found in SAD AND LONELY: Some Women by Emily Liebert
Points this post: 25
Total points: 675
20.6: Seasoned Reader - Iulia’s Task: Honoring Zen, the Brave Tomcat Option 3: An author’s initial found in ‘Strong, wise cats’
In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
Total this challenge: 40
15.1. Continuing on..................Book 1
The Secret One by Ruth Cardello
Date Read: 5/19
How It Fits: Title ends with the word ONE
Book 2
One in a Million by Jill Shalvis
Date Read: 5/11
How It Fits: Title begins with the word ONE
Points This Post: 15
Totals:
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Points: 625
BBTs: 3
GOTs: 3
**Amber - repost to claim Big Book ticket, not a new posting**25.3 - Delicious Dee's Task: Series I’m Reading
Option 2:
Book 1: Book from the In Death series
Naked in Death by J.D. Robb
Book 2: Book from a series that has MORE than 15 books published
Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs
**Déjà Dead is a Big Book (top MMPB 640 pgs). Claiming 1 BB tickets.**
Total Points: 575
Total Big Book Tickets: 5
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Lys's Task: Wintering at RileyOption 2: book that you’ve previously left unfinished - I started this book in 2019, but did not finish it
Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips
Total Points: 595
10.3 ABBA Back Blast by Mark Greaney
I'd like a Big Book ticket for this as it is 513 pages.
Post Total: 10
Grand Total: 280
Joanne MI20.1. Most Improved Player - Coralie's Task: Knit and Purl
Read a book with at least one letter K and at least one letter P in the title/subtitle.
The Lady and the Panda: The True Adventures of the First American Explorer to Bring Back China's Most Exotic Animal
P in Panda, K in Back
Points this task 20
Total points 325
BB's 6
GO's 1
MEGSCL25.1 - Teri-K's Task: Don't Panic!
Both books are new to me
Option 2. NONFICTION book with at least one 4 and one 2 in the page number.
Between Mexico and Poland - 442pp
Option 3. read a fiction or non-fiction book with MPG Travel.
The Jetsetters - genre was noted in task help thread
TOTAL
780 points
3 big book
1 golden oldie
MEGSCL30.4 - Sandy's Task: Up and Down
Book 1 - 200 pages - pub 2019 - On Merit
Book 2 - 533 pages - pub 2006 - A Darkling Plain
TOTAL
810 points
3 big book
1 golden oldie
MEGSCL50.1 - Chris MD's Task: Reliving the 70s
I rolled 2 5 6
Book 1 - Read a book of 250 pages or less. The Lost Arabs (112p)
Book 2 - Rumours - YOUR in title. Love Your Life (416p)
Book 3 - Read a book with an MPG of historical fiction that was first published in the second half of the 20th century (1950-1999). Cloudstreet (426p)
TOTAL
860 points
3 big book
1 golden oldie
Julia1035.2 - Antiques Roadshow
The Count of Monte Cristo (first published in 1844)
Claiming one GO ticket and two BB tickets. I read an unabridged Kindle edition. The first MMP edition that is not clearly an abridged edition is Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, 800 pages
This post: 5 points
Total points: 735
BB: 3
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 43
Total books read: 56
30.1 - Dlmrose’s Task: Same NameThe Sanction (Holm & da Silva #1) by Mark Sennen
Hard Evidence (DI Jack Delaney #1) by Mark Pearson
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 1
Season Total: 755
Kai25.2 - Janet F’s Task: Burgess Shale
OPTION 3: A book that was first published between 1989 & 2014
Felicia's Journey: A Novel (published 1994) by William Trevor
OPTION 5: A book by an author who didn’t live past the age of 60
The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (age 59 at death)
Books Read for Challenge: 35
Total New Points: 25
Total Challenge Points: 475
Elizabeth PTask 20.3 - Old Time Rock n' Roll
Option One - Author's initials in GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
goodbye yelloW brick roAd
At 512 pages, good for *1 Big Book Ticket*
PPB Link: Projekt Hail Mary
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 235
Total Tasks: 17
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 2
Total Books: 19
ROBIN PTeri-K's Task: Don't Panic
BOTH BOOKS ARE NEW TO ME
Option 1: Trippy Books - p. 3 of list, currently #253 on list
number9dream - 418 pages
Option 2: Nonfiction book with a 4 and a 2 in page number
Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff - 240 pages
Total pages 658, requirement is 600
Points this post: 25
Total points: 600
BB: 4 GO: 7
Inge20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Margo's Task: First Time Lucky!
Option 1 one word
Pandemonium
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 215/900
Total Books Read: 19
Tasks Completed: 16/54
BB ticket: 1
trishhartuk5.3 The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Read a book written by a single author who uses 3 names/initials.
The Incredulity of Father Brown, G. K. Chesterton
Golden oldie: first published in 1923
Points this task: 5
Books read: 1
Golden oldie: 1 - first published in 1923
Big book: No
Total points: 535
Tasks completed: 31
Golden oldies: 4
Big book tickets: 1
Task 15.1 Continuing on..................Book 1: Read any book that meets SRC requirements and that has a title of at least 2 words;
The Lost Vintage (2018) by Ann Mah (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 374 pages)
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.
Vintage 1954 (2018) by Antoine Laurain; translated from the French by Emily Boyce and Jane Aitken (Paperback, 218 pages)
210 + 15 = 225
Tasks Completed: 15
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 210 + 15 = 225
Books read: 18
Pages read: 5,808
Read but not claimed: 05
Goodreads Authors: 11
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Task:15.3. A long time ago, in a galaxy far far awayOption: 2 (mpg space opera AND name match with actor)
Book read:Planet of the Damned by Harry Harrison
Required: author name Harrison matches Harrison Ford and mpg space opera verified in message 24 of the help thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this task:15
Total points:655
Total Golden Oldies:1
Total Big Books:0
Books read:49
Tasks completed:35
Task:15.7. Disco, Disco Duck (letters DISCO in title)Book read:The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
Required: letters DISCO in mISeDuCatiOn
Points this task:15
Total points:670
Total Golden Oldies:1
Total Big Books:0
Books read:50
Tasks completed:36
Laurie ME25.1: Teri-K's Task: Don't Panic:
Option 1: Read book from 'Trippy Book' list - page 1 #64;
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Option 3: MPG of Travel
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Page total - 297+397=669
Both books are new to me
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 255
Laurie METask 25.4: Andy P's Task: Check Your Eyesight: Read two books whose titles/subtitles each contain a word of at least 5 letters that has only one “interior” (not the first or last) letter that is different.
Change vs, Chance
Change of Fortune
Cloudy with a Chance of Witchcraft
Page Total: 270+362=632
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 280
Laurie ME25.7: Brooks TX's Task: Deja Vu All Over Again:
Option A: Year After Year
Book 1: Read a book first published in 2020.
Book 2: Read a book first published in 2021.
2020: Hexing with a Chance of Tornadoes
2021: We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops and Corruption in an American City
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 305
Laurie ME30.1: Dlmraose's Task: Same Name: Read 2 books each written by a different author who shares the same first name.
Jennifer
Down and Out in Kathmandu
Faking It
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 335
Laurie ME30.2: Aprilleigh's Task: Agatha Christie, Queen of Mystery
Option 1: Read a book found on the And Then There Were None: Deadly Parties list.: Page 1 #15
Three Act Tragedy
Option 2: Read a book found on one of this list:
Popsugar 2021 #13 - A Locked Room Mystery: page 1 #45
Envious Casca
Total Pages: 336+384=720
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 365
Laurie ME30.3: MAZZA1's Task: Pawn Sacrifice
Option 1
Choose one of the following chess pieces and using that piece, read two books that fulfill TWO different tasks from the given options. You must use the same chess piece for both options.
Rook
a; The name of the piece is in the title (plurals or possessives may be used, but no other variations).
The Rook
b.b) The name of the piece is found intact in the author’s name (any position)
A Cruise to Murder by Dawn Brookes
bROOKe
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 395
Theresa10.3 - ABBA
Breakfast at the Beach House Hotel by Judith Keim
Points this task - 10
Total Points - 80
Andy P.Task # 20.9. 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
Handle With Care: Confessions of an NHS Health Visitor by Rachael Hearson
two Words: 1. HAND(LE) from hand it to, and WITH from ingratiate oneself with
Points this post: 20
Total points: 805
Queen Bee Darlene10.1 Spring Starts #1 in series
Still Life by Louise Penny
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 145
Queen Bee Darlene10.8 Bye, Bye Miss American Pie
lyric word found in title
Every Step She Takes by Kelley Armstrong
STEP - 2nd paragraph, last word in last line
Points this post: 10
Total points: 155
Andy P.Task # 50.1 - Chris MD's Task: Reliving the 70s
Numbers generated: 634(Even, Odd, Even)
Book 1. Fashion
Read a book of 250 pages or less.
Nightblind by Ragnar Jónasson
210 p.
Book 2. Music
. Read a book with one of these words in the title (subtitles not included): DON’T STOP GO YOUR OWN WAY GOLD DUST WOMAN. How to Stop Time by Matt Haig 352p. Word that matches is STOP
Book 3 Books: Blockbuster Historical Fiction
Read a book with an MPG of historical fiction that was first published in the second half of the 20th century (1950-1999).
Topaz by Leon Uris Historical Fiction MPG, originally pub 1967 405 p.
page count: 210 + 352 + 405 = 967 p.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 855
Kathryn CA25.3 - Delicious Dee's Task: Series I’m Reading
Option 1: Series 1 – Sigma Force – James Rollins
Book A - Read a book in the Sigma Force series Sandstorm by James Rollins. This is book number 1 in the Sigma Force series
*Sandstorm is 608 pages and qualifies for 1 Big Book Ticket
Book B - Read a series book that has BOTH Thriller and Science Fiction as main page genres Dark Matter by Blake Crouch. This book has both Thriller and Science Fiction as a MPG
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 360
Total Tasks: 23
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 2
Total Books: 28
Sarah E5.1 - All in the Family
A Daughter's a Daughter
I listened to an audio, top MMP is Ćerka je Ćerka
Total Points: 350
Sarah E10.4 - Spring States
The Vanishing Stair - over 50% set in Vermont
I listened to an audio, top paperback - no MMP - is The Vanishing Stair
Total Points: 360
Sarah E10.6 - My Baby, She Wrote Me a Letter
From page 2 of the Epistolary Fiction list, currently #142
Gemina
I read an ebook, the only MMP has no pagecount, top paperback is Gemina
Big Book, 659 pages. Claiming 1 BB ticket.
Total Points: 370
Total BBs: 5
Bookwrm526Task #15.1 - Continuing on..................
Book 1: Read any book that meets SRC requirements and that has a title of at least 2 words. I read The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle.
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 Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh.
Total points so far: 725
5.1 - All in the Family A book with the name of a family member in the title: Brother & Sister: A Memoir by Diane Keaton
Points this post: 5
Total points: 680
Joanne MI20.8. Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: 21 Years and 21 Centuries
Option A- Year
My random number was 2
Golden Fool published October 2002
Claiming 1 BB at 709 pages
Points this task 20
Total Points 345
BB's this task 1
Total BB's 7
GO's 1
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5.1 - All in the Family
My Brother's Husband, Volume 2 by Gengoroh Tagame
"husband" is the family member word
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 205
BB=1
GO=4