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SPRING CHALLENGE 2021
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20.5 - Bigger is Better - Ann A's Task: Big Books, Big TitlesRead a book with a title/subtitle consisting of AT LEAST 8 WORDS.
The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Stories by Edgar Allan Poe
Points this post: 20
TOTAL POINTS: 35
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: - (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 2
Total books read: 2
10.1 - Spring StartsRead a book that is book number 1 in a series (series, #1)
Finna
#1 in the Finna Series
Points Earned This Post: 10
Total Points Earned: 100
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
15.3 A long time ago, in a galaxy far far awayUsing the two-books option
Option 1: Book 1 - read a book whose author name matches the first, last or middle name of one of the main actors from the movie: Carrie Fisher
Wishful Drinking, Carrie Fisher
Read the kindle edition. PB here
AND Book 2 - read a book with a main page genre of Space Opera.
Atlas Alone, Emma Newman
Read the kindle edition. PB here
Space > Space Opera: 7 users
Genre noted in help thread message #19: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this task: 15
Books read: 2
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 6
Golden oldies: 0
Big book tickets: 0
5.8 - Monty Python's Flying CircusFound on Cult Classics list.
Found on page 1.
I read the first in this collection: The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide: Five Complete Novels and One Story. The mmp is here: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Points: 5
Total: 90
BB Points: 2
GO Points: 1
5.6 - Are You Being Served?MPG Humor or Comedy.
I listened to the audio book Jeeves in the Offing, mmp here: Jeeves dans la coulisse.
Points: 5
Total: 95
BB Points: 2
GO Points: 1
Task: 20.1. Most Improved Player - Coralie's Task: Knit and Purl (a K and P in the title)Book read:Princess in Pink by Meg Cabot
Childrens MPG: IL: UG - BL: 6.0 - AR Pts: 9.0
Required: P and K in PinK
Points this task:20
Total points:130
Total Golden Oldies:
Total Big Books:
Books read:7
Tasks completed:6
10.10 - Twitter - It's What's Happening Read a book with a number of pages between 140 and 280 inclusive.
You Brought Me the Ocean by Alex Sanchez Read 3/01/21
This book has 208 pages.
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 40
Big Books Tickets Claimed:
Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed: 1
20.6 - 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".
Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel Read 3/05/21
S- Strong
W-Wise
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 60
Big Books Tickets Claimed:
Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.2 Aprilleigh’s task: Agatha Christie, Queen of Mystery
Option 1: Guest List by Lucy Foley
375 pages
Option 2: One of Us is Lying by Karen M McManus
360 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 145/900
Tasks completed: 7/54
Books read: 10
BB:2
GO: 0
just keeping track for own purposes
15.7. Disco, Disco DuckRead a book with all the letters of DISCO found in its title.
Who Killed Charmian Karslake? by Annie Haynes
*This book is a GOLDEN OLDIE (pub 1929)*
Points this post: 15
TOTAL POINTS: 50
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Tickets: - (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 3
Total books read: 3
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5.1 - All in the Family
sister in title: How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House by Cherie Jones
total = 5
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5.3 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show
3-part author name: Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer
total = 10
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5.6 - Are You Being Served?
humor genre: Jeeves and the Leap of Faith by Ben Schott
total = 15
5.1 - All in the FamilyMom, I Want to Speak to Marie Antoinette: A Story About Traumatic Brain Injury, Abuse, Death, Divorce, Love & Laughter
Approved for length in post 8153
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20
5.3 - The Mary Tyler Moore ShowDealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8.0
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25
Nick KY5.3 The Mary Tyler Moore Show
I read Eleven Plays of William Butler Yeats by W.B. Yeats.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 50
Nick KY5.7 Mork & Mindy
I read Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 55
Joanna T5.3 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Read a book written by a single author who uses 3 names/initials.
Like by J.A. Huss
Task total: 5
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Grand total: 70
BB: 0
GO: 0
Joanna T10.10 - Twitter - It's What's Happening
Read a book with a number of pages between 140 and 280 inclusive.
Follow by J.A. Huss
I read the kindle version, but the paperback has 150pp.
Task total: 10
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Grand total: 80
BB: 0
GO: 0
Joanna T20.8. Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: 21 Years and 21 Centuries
Random number: 14
Option a) Year - Read a book first published in that year of the 21st century.
Profile by J.A. Huss
(Published 2014)
Task total: 20
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Grand total: 100
BB: 0
GO: 0
APRILLEIGH15.9 - National Library Week
A book by a single author whose initials are found in NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK.
The Sky Atlas by Edward Brooke-Hitching
E in wEek
B in liBrary
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 15 (140)
Golden Oldie: 0 (1)
Big Book: 0 (1)
Books Read: 1 (12)
Total Tasks: 10
APRILLEIGH5.3 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show
A book by a single author who uses three names/initial.
Binocular Astronomy by Stephen F. Tonkin
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 5 (145)
Golden Oldie: 0 (1)
Big Book: 0 (1)
Books Read: 1 (13)
Total Tasks: 11
NAVI5.3 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Read a book written by a single author who uses 3 names/initials.
How To Bake A Chocolate Soufflé: A Novel by Carly Ellen Kramer
How it fits: Author name - Carly Ellen Kramer
Points this post: 5
Total points: 60
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25.2 - Janet F’s Task: Burgess Shale
Choose TWO of the options and read a book for each.
Option 1. Read a book with at least 3 of the letter S in the title. Subtitles excluded.
The Secret Lives of Dresses by Erin McKean 3.8.21
Option 3: Read a book that was first published between 1989 & 2014, inclusive.
Murder at the Library of Congress by Margaret Truman 3.10.21
Published in 1991
Points this post: 25
Points total: 125
Tasks complete: 8/54
25.2 - Janet F’s Task: Burgess ShaleOption 3: Read a book that was first published between 1989 & 2014, inclusive.
Book read: If Catfish Had Nine Lives
How it fits: First published August 5th 2014
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in WONDERFUL LIFE.
Book read: The Shepherd
How it fits: Author's (Frederick Forsyth) initials are FF
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Total points: 55
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 3
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
10.7 - The UncolaBook with a word in the title or subtitle that BEGINS with "UN"
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned by Brian K. Vaughan
Total Points: 75
30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: Pawn SacrificeOption 2
You can choose to play either BLACK or WHITE You must 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)
I chose Black
I read
Blackout***Claiming Big Book Ticket, 610 pages****
Tineye info:
76.7 %#232529Black
19.1 %#e2e2e3Grey
3.4 %#878687Grey
0.9 %#53272fBrown
New Points: 30
Total Challenge Points: 60
GO: 1
BB: 1
20.6. Seasoned Reader - Iulia's TaskOption 3. Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials may be found in the phrase: "Strong, wise cats"
Mrs. McGinty's Dead by Agatha Christie
Points this task: 20
Books read this task: 1
Golden oldie claimed this task: 0
Big book claimed this task: 0
Total points: 30
Total Tasks completed: 1
Total Golden oldies: 1
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Total books read: 2
20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's Task: OLD TIME ROCK’N ROLLOption 2.
Next to Last Stand by Craig JohnsonNutbush City Limits
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Andy P.Task # 5.2 - Antiques Roadshow
Read a book that was first published at least 100 years ago (1921 and before). Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes by Robert Louis Stevenson originally published in 1879
Points this post: 5
Total points: 55
Andy P.Task # 5.4 - Fawlty Towers
🌷Read a book with 2 Ws in title/subtitle
A Lab of One's Own: One Woman's Personal Journey Through Sexism in Science by Rita Colwell
W in OWN and Woman's
Points this post: 5
Total points: 60
Jen K20.1. Most Improved Player - Coralie's Task: Knit and Purl
Wally Funk’s Race for Space: The Extraordinary Story of a Female Aviation Pioneer
funK sPace
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 55
Julia10315.10. Just the Facts, Please
Fighting for Space: Two Pilots and Their Historic Battle for Female Spaceflight (MPG Science)
This post: 15 points
Total points: 65
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 3
Total books read: 4
MARGO 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Sugaring SeasonOption 1: Sugar on Snow
Read a book that has the word “sugar” OR “snow” intact in the title.
The Snow Gypsy
Posted Paperback - 332 pages meets min requirement
Read Kindle version
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Points this task: 20
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
BUCKET15.5 It’s outta here!
Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
(Page count: 352 – 3 and 5 in 75530)
Points this post: 15
Points total: 15
BB total: 0
GO total: 0
BUCKET25.2 Janet F’s Task: Burgess Shale
Option 3
Fatherland by Robert Harris
(First published in 1991.)
Option 5
The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson
(As stated in her Goodreads bio, Shirley Jackson died at age 48.)
**GOLDEN OLDIE: First published in 1949.**
Points this post: 25
Points total: 40
BB total: 0
GO total: 1
Elizabeth PTask 15.7 - Disco, Disco Duck
Book with all letters of DISCO in title
The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn
the vISCOunt who loveD me
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 65
Total Tasks: 6
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 6
Elizabeth PTask 5.7 - Mork & Mindy
Book with word "and" in title
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Initially published 1813, good for *1 Big Book Ticket*
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 70
Total Tasks: 7
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 7
20.8. Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: 21 Years and 21 CenturiesNumber generated: 10
Optionn A - Read a book published in 2010
Red Station (Harry Tate #1) by Adrian Magson
Total this Post: 20
Season Total: 85
30.2 - Aprilleigh’s task: Agatha Christie, Queen of Mystery2 books, at least 600 pages.
Book 1 Option 1:
And Then There Were None: Deadly Parties list.
Duplicate Death by Georgette Heyer
On page 1 of list.
Book 2 Option 2:
Locked Room Mysteries list.
Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers
On page 1 of list.
Published 1935 for 1 Golden Oldie point.
This book has 501 pages for 1 BB point,
400 + 501 = 901 total pages.
Points: 30
Total: 125
BB Points: 3
GO Points: 1
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Lys's Task: Wintering at RileyOption 4: Read a book with a MPG of poetry.
Love Poems for the Office
MPG Poetry
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 120
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Kathy KS10.8 - Bye, Bye Miss American Pie
Read 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 word must match exactly, including letter-dropping: singin', 'cause, etc.
These words may not be used: and, on, the, a, an, to, it, in. Subtitles are excluded. Required: State the word.
Out of the Deep I Cry, by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Title includes four words from lyrics: OUT OF the DEEP I cry
I listened to the audiobook; mmpb=399 p.
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 10
Tasks completed: 1
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Kathy KS20.5 - Bigger is Better - Ann A's Task: Big Books, Big Titles
read a book with a title/subtitle consisting of AT LEAST 8 WORDS
Daily Life in the United States, 1920-1940: How Americans Lived Through the "Roaring Twenties" and the Great Depression, by David E. Kyvig
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 30
Tasks completed: 2
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySpring 2021 Season
Task 5.8 - Monty Python's Flying Circus
🌷Read a book found on the Cult Classics list.
Required: State the page the book you read can found on when you post.
The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter on pg 10 of list
Points this post: 5
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points to Date: 60
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySpring 2021 Season
Task 30.5 - TessaVanessa's Task: Thank you, Dr. Seuss!
Option 3: Theodor Seuss Geisel was born March 2, 1904.
Read a book first published in March of any year.
The Vines first published March 2021 (3/3)
Option 4: Read a book first published between 1994 and 2004, inclusive.
Death of a Dustman first published in 2001 (3/9)
Points this post: 30
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points to Date: 90
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySpring 2021 Season
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".
Some of Your Blood by Theodore Sturgeon (3/9) - TS is in caTS
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points to Date: 110
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySpring 2021 Season
Task 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Sugaring Season
Option 2: Maple
Read a book with a single author with the first and last initials of the author found in the word “maple”.
Out of Nowhere (3/8) by Patrick LeClerc - 262 pages
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points to Date: 130
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
Kathy KS20.4 - Golden Oldies - Lys's Task: Wintering at Riley
Option 2: Read a book that you’ve previously left unfinished.
REQUIRED: State that you’ve started this book in the past, but have not finished it before.
I started listening to this book in August 2015, but ended up not finishing. Until now... when I read it in print
Penric's Demon, by Lois McMaster Bujold
(hb=183 p.; no mmpb or pb)
This title was read in the omnibus, Penric's Progress, pages vii-94 (100 pages total)
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 50
Tasks completed: 3
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
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5.3 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Read a book written by a single author who uses 3 names/initials.
Misunderstood by R.L. Mathewson
book length approved here
POINTS:
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 25
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 2