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SPRING CHALLENGE 2021
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Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska15.1 - Continuing on.........
Read two books, where the first word of the second book's title is the same as the last word in the first book's title.
Book 1: Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions by Brian Christian (368 p.)
Book 2: By Force Alone by Lavie Tidhar (416 p.)
- This is a resubmission of a previous post, in which I listed the books in the wrong order. The first word of Book 2's title (by) is the same as the last word in the title of Book 1 (by). -
➸ Total Points: 70
➸ Total Pages: 2,049
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Margo's Task: First Time Lucky!
Option 1. Read a book with a one-word title.
Pines by Blake Crouch (303 p.)
➸ Total Points: 90
➸ Total Pages: 2,352
10.8 Bye Bye Miss American PieRead the Taming of the Queen
From the line Jester sang for the king and Queen
Have 30 points currently
Worth 10 points
Have 40 points now
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Rita
FLY Task #25.8- QueenBeeDarlene's Task: 3 Genres I love, and 1 that I hate
task: Option 3 - Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in SAD AND LONELY.
book: Enclave
how it fits: author Ann Aguirre initials AA in sAd And
task: Option 4 - Read a book with the author’s first and last initials in MEMOIR
book: Deeds of Honor
how it fits: author Elizabeth Moon initials EM in mEMoir
Points this post: 25
Total points: 480
Tasks completed: 25 /54
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
Rochelle10.10 - Twitter - It's What's Happening
Read a book with a number of pages between 140 and 280 inclusive.
Book: No Matter the Wreckage by Sarah Kay
Pages: 143
Points: 10
Total points: 165
Kathy KS30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: Pawn Sacrifice
For this task, based on chess, you can read either 2 books (option1) or 1 book (option2). Chose: Option 2
Option 2 - read 1 book of over 600 pages that will fulfil one of the following options:
a) Has a cover of BLACK or WHITE (over 70%, according to Tineye).
Lights Out, by David Crawford
Tineye: (TOTAL: 83.1%)
70.0 %#000000Black
13.1 %#242929Black
**Claiming one (1) Big Book ticket for 608 pages (>600)**
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 455
Tasks completed: 20
Big Book tickets for this task: 1
Big Book tickets total: 4
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
MEGSCL10.10 - Twitter - It's What's Happening
Down Among the Sticks and Bones - 187pp
TOTAL
870 points
3 big book
1 golden oldie
10.10 It's What's Happening The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
256 pages which is between 140 and 280.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 160
15.5 It's outta here!What You Wish For by Katherine Center
Page count 320 (two digits are in 75530)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 175
20.2 First Time LuckyOption 1.
Jack by Marilynne Robinson
One word title
Points this post: 20
Total points: 195
20.3 Old Time Rock'N RollOption 3.
From Here to Eternity by James Jones
Author shares a name with band member Kenney Jones
CLAIMING 2 BB TICKETS for 816 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 215
BB tickets: 2
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 17
trishhartuk10.10 Twitter - It's What's Happening
Read a book with pages between 140 and 280.
Deep Fried Revenge, Lynn Cahoon
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (212pg)
Points this task: 10
Books read: 1
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 545
Tasks completed: 32
Golden oldies: 4
Big book tickets: 1
DeborahPost #20
15.8. It's Black and White
Feeling Sorry for Celia
Setting: Sydney, New South Wales (Australia) Australia
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 320
Books Read:23
Tasks Done: 20
15.9. National Library WeekCrescent Calling (The Crescent Witch Chronicles #1) by Nicole R. Taylor
author's initials, NRT, found in NaTional libRary week
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 1
Season Total: 770
Coralie25.7 Déjà vu All Over Again
Option C: In Sequence
Book 1 #1 in series
Heresy
Book 2 #2 in series
Someone to Hold
Total to date 685 points
20.8. Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: 21 Years and 21 CenturiesRandom Integer Generator: 9
Option A: Spiral Hunt by Margaret Ronald
Book first published in 2009
Points This Post: 20
Grand Total Points: 130/900
Total Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 5/54
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
20.9. Moderators' Pet - Christine V's Task: Share AppreciationI am using the word "wish" from the synonym list.
Three Sinful Wishes by R.G. Alexander
Points This Post: 20
Grand Total Points: 150/900
Total Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 6/54
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Amy B15.9. National Library Week
Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK. All initials must be used.
Real Life by Brandon Taylor
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 795 Points
CYNBAXTERTask #30.02 – Aprilleigh’s task: Agatha Christie, Queen of Mystery
Task Description #1, Option 1: Read a book found on the Link: And Then There Were None: Deadly Parties list.
Book: The Guest List by Lucy Foley which can be found on the first page of the list
Task Description #2, Option 3: Read a book by an author on the list similar to Agatha Christie.
Book: Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
Combined books must be over: 600p
Book 1: 330 + Book 2: 386 = 716 combined pages
Points this post: 30 points
Total points to date: 800 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 9
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 5
Sara G25.6 - Amy FL's Task: Reminiscing
Option 2: or this task, 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.
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
Option 4: For this task, read a book with a MPG of True Crime. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron by Bethany McLean
MPG Crime > True Crime 43 users
Points this post: 25
Total points: 660
Nick KY20.2 Margo’s First Time Lucky
Opt. 1. 1 word title (ignore subtitle) I read Grotesquerie by Richard Gavin. According to Amazon listing, 292 pp:
https://www.amazon.com/grotesquerie-R... > required 290.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 880
Nick KYTake away 10.8 Bye, Bye Miss American Pie. Rock Springs Rock Springs
Points This Post: -10
Total Points So Far: 870
Nick KY10.8 Bye, Bye Miss American Pie. I read The Devil's Highway: A True Story by Luis Alberto Urrea
”Devil’s” from the song lyric “Fire is the Devil’s Only Friend.”
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 880
Nick KY20.1 Coralie's Knit One, Pearl Two
I read Rock Springs by Richard Ford, both K and P in title.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 900
Cross Fingers I have completed the challenge. (As many times as I have messed up this season, who knows!)
EMurphy15.10 Just the Facts, Please - Nonfiction book with Medicine, Medical, or Science genre Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History by Bill Schutt
This Task:
Points: 15
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 390
Books Read: 28
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket +500: 1
BB Ticket +1000: 1
Tasks Completed: 20
trishhartuk10.3 ABBA
Read a book 2 As and 2 Bs in the title
Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to Happiness, Bill Bailey
Read the kindle edition. HB (no PB) here
B, B in Bill Bailey; A, A in remArkAble
Points this task: 10
Books read: 1
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 555
Tasks completed: 33
Golden oldies: 4
Big book tickets: 1
50.1 - Chris MD's Task: Reliving the 70sNumbers: 3, 6, 2 (Odd, Even, Even)
Book 1: Odd, book with at least one man on the cover
Spoiler Alert by Olivia DadeBook 2: Even, book by a single author whose initials are found in Bernie Taupin
Pride and Premeditation by Tirzah Price
Book 3: Even, MPG of historical fiction, first published in 1950-1999
Beloved by Toni Morrison
416+368+275 > 750 pgs
Total Points: 645
Bookwrm526Task #15.4 - In honor of Captain Tom
Option 1, Book 1: Read a book with a title of at least three words, where the initials of each title word can be found in "You'll Never Walk Alone." I read Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline (e in never, o in you'll, w in walk).
Option 1, Book 2: Read a book with an author name of Tom or Thomas, or one of its variations found in Behind The Name - Thomas The name may be found in any position of the author's name. I read Some Danger Involved by Will Thomas.
Total points so far: 740
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ50 - Reliving the 70s
Rolled 6, 1, 5 (even, odd, odd)
Book 1 -
Fast Forward by Juliet Madison
Even: Hot Pants (6)
This book contains less than 250 pages - 218 pages
Link to PB edition: Fast Forward
Book 2 -
Don't Turn Around by Jessica Barry
Odd: Rumours (1)
The title contains the word "Don't" from DON’T STOP GO YOUR OWN WAY GOLD DUST WOMAN.
Link to PB edition: Don't Turn Around: A Novel (320 pages)
Book 3 -
Spider Woman's Daughter: A Leaphorn Chee Novel by Anne Hillerman
Odd: Death Comes as the End, or Does It? (5)
As stated in the project description, Anne Hillerman continues writing the series her father, Tony Hillerman, started. Tony passed away on October 26, 2008.
Link to PB edition: Spider Woman's Daughter (368 pages)
Total page count must be greater than 750 pages.
218+320+368 = 906 pages
This post: 50 points
Total points to date: 490 points
Tasks completed: 29
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season *
10.2 - Earth Day Every DayA book with MPG Environment: Upstream: Select Essays by Mary Oliver
Points this post: 10
Total points: 695
Sarah E20.4 - Golden Oldies - Lys's Task: Wintering at Riley
Option 2: Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
I read an ebook but have linked to the MMP
I started this book in Feb 2019 but did not get very far and did not finish it. I began again from the beginning during this season's challenge.
Total points: 390
Sarah E20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Sugaring Season
Option 2: The Welcome Home Diner by Peggy Lampman
I read the kindle edition, the paperback - no MMP - is The Welcome Home Diner - 352 pages
Total points: 410
20.9. Moderators' Pet - Christine V's Task: Share AppreciationFor 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 (subtitles excluded).
REQUIRED: State the target word from the list that you are using.
I read Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath.
Fawn upon (upon)
I shamelessly copied this book for this task from Patricia!!
points: 255
books read: 21
tasks completed: 16
tasks in progrèss: 2
Big Books: 1
pages read: 7197
Andy P.Task # 20.6. Seasoned Reader - Iulia's Task: Honoring Zen, the Brave Tomcat
Option 3. Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials may be found in the phrase: "Strong, wise cats
The Fate of Katherine Carr by Thomas H. Cook
STRONG WISE CAT
Points this post: 20
Total points: 875
Andy P.Task # 25.8- QueenBeeDarlene's Task: 3 Genres I love, and 1 that I hate
Option 1 B: Read a book with all the letters GOAT in title only.
Down Among the Dead Men: A Year in the Life of a Mortuary Technician by Michelle Williams
G,O,A in AMONG
T in THE
Option 3. Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in SAD AND LONELY.
Who Is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews
SAD AND LONELY
Points this post: 25
Total points: 900
Andy P.Task # 25.8- QueenBeeDarlene's Task: 3 Genres I love, and 1 that I hate
Option 1 B: Read a book with all the letters GOAT in title only
Down Among the Dead Men: A Year in the Life of a Mortuary Technician by Michelle Williams
GOA in Among
T in The
Option 3 Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in SAD AND LONELY.
Who Is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews
A in Sad A in And
Points this post: 25
Total points: 900
Mod
Julia10310.4 - Spring States
Death on Demand (set in South Carolina)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 745
BB: 3
GO: 1
Tasks completed: 44
Total books read: 57
Mod
50.1 - Chris MD's Task: Reliving the 70s
This is a three book task, the page total must be > 750. Randomly generate 3 numbers (2, 3, 5)
Book 1: Fashion (Even - 2)
Read a book with less than 250 pages.
Glaciers. Alexis M. Smith. 174 pages
Book 2: Music (Odd -3)
Read a book with one of these words in the title. DON’T STOP GO YOUR OWN WAY GOLD DUST WOMAN. Words must match exactly.
Your Perfect Year. Charlotte Lucas 444 pages
Book 3: Books (Odd - 5)
Read a book that features characters created by a now deceased author, but written by a different author as a continuation of the original work(s). State the name of the original author and the date of their death.
Robert B. Parker's Blood Feud. Mike Lupica
Robert B. Parker - January 18, 2010 336 pages
Page count: 954
Points this post: 50
Points total: 815
Tasks complete: 47/54
Jen K25.1 - Teri-K's Task: Don't Panic!
Option 3 for both books- MPG Travel
Both book are new to me.
Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World 320 pages
Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted 352 pages
320 + 352 > 600
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 680
Big Books: 5
15.1. Continuing on..................Book 1: Read any book that meets SRC requirements and that has a title of at least 2 words;
Date with Poison (The Dales Detective Series #4) by Julia Chapman
word used: POISON
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.
Poison Orchids by Sarah A. Denzil & Anni Taylor
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 1
Season Total: 785
Mod
M1nks10.7 - The Unfinished Clue - Pub 1933
* 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Points this post: 10
Total points: 80
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 2
M1nks10.5 - Diary of a Provincial Lady (Epistolary Fiction Pge 2) - Pub 1930
* 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Points this post: 10
Total points: 100
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 3
M1nks10.3 - Agatha Raisin and the Busy Body
Points this post: 10
Total points: 110
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 3
CYNBAXTERTask #20.09 MODERATOR'S PET – Christine V's Task: Share Appreciation
Task Description: 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
Requirement: Target word: Praise
Book: Praise Song for the Butterflies by Bernice L. McFadden
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 820 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 9
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 5
CYNBAXTERTask #30.05 – TessaVanessa's Task: Thank you, Dr. Seuss!
Task Description #1, Option 3: Read a book first published in March of any year.
Book: In an Instant by Suzanne Redfearn - which was first published March 1, 2020
Task Description #2, Option 4: Read a book first published between 1994 and 2004, inclusive.
Book: Man Tiger by Eka Kurniawan which was first published in 2004
Points this post: 30 points
Total points to date: 850 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 9
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 5
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