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SPRING CHALLENGE 2021
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Kathy KS25.7 - Brooke TX's Task: Deja Vu All Over Again
This is a two book task. Choose one of the options below and read a Book 1 and Book 2 from that option.
Option C: In Sequence
Book 1: Read a book that is a whole number in a series.
Penric and the Shaman, by Lois McMaster Bujold
Penric and Desdemona (Publication order) #2
hb=213 p. (no mmpb or pb)
This title was read in the omnibus, Penric's Progress, pages 95-194 (100 pages total)
Book 2: Read a book that is the next number in a DIFFERENT series
Out of the Deep I Cry, by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Rev. Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries #3
I listened to the audiobook; mmpb=399 p.
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Points for this task: 25
Total points : 65
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
Kathryn CA5.1 - All in the Family
Read a book with the name of a family member** in the title/subtitle
Pretty Little Wife by Darby Kane
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Total Tasks: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 1
Kathryn CA5.2 - Antiques Roadshow
Read a book that is considered an antique
My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
My Man Jeeves was published May 1, 1919.
**My Man Jeeves is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1919). I claim one GO ticket.**
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 10
Total Tasks: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 2
Kathryn CA5.3 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Read a book written by a single author who uses 3 names/initials.
House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones
*This book has a MPG of Children's. Here is the qualifying information from AR Finder: IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11.0
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 15
Total Tasks: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 3
Kathryn CA10.8 - Bye, Bye Miss American Pie
Read a book with a word in the TITLE that can be found in the American Pie song lyrics
Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell
*Word Used - girl
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 25
Total Tasks: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 4
Kathryn CA10.10 - Twitter - It's What's Happening
Read a book with a number of pages between 140 and 280 inclusive.
The Inspector and Mrs Jeffries by Emily Brightwell
*page count = 224
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 35
Total Tasks: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 5
Kathryn CA15.9. National Library Week
Read a book by a single author whose initials are found in NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK
Bookmarked for Death by Lorna Barrett
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 50
Total Tasks: 6
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 6
LAUREN JODI10.8 - Bye, Bye Miss American Pie
While the Duke Was Sleeping by Sophie Jordan
Word from lyrics: While
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 125/900
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Total Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 8/54
LAUREN JODI5.2 - Antiques Roadshow
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
Claiming a "Golden Oldie" ticket - Originally published in 1887
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 130/900
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Total Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 9/54
MARGO 5.6 - Are You Being Served?Read a book with the MPG Humor or Comedy.
The Rosie Project
Humor 1,412 users
Read MMPB.
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Points this task: 5
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
MARGO 10.3 - ABBARead a book with the ALL the letters ABBA in the title and/or subtitle, 2 As and 2 Bs: BlackcherryBetrAyAl
Black Cherry Betrayal
Posted paperback but read Kindle
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Points this task: 10
Total points: 70
Tasks completed: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Task 10.7 - The Uncolaread a book with a word starting UN in the title
Unconquerable Sun
I read the kindle but linked the PB ed - 528 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
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10 points
1 BB tix
Task 10.8 - Bye, Bye Miss American Pieread a book with a word from the lyrics in the title - NIGHT
Night Study
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20 points
1 BB tix
Task 15.3 - A long time ago, in a galaxy far far awayone book option
read a book with MPG Space Opera and author name DAVID
On Basilisk Station by David Weber
(approved in help thread)
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35 points
1 BB tix
Task 30.4 - Up and Downtotal 600+pages
book 1: Hysteria: An Alexander Gregory Thriller
pub 2019; 309 pages
book2: read a book with MORE pages than book 1 and published 1+ year earlier than book 1
Blood Trade
pub 2013; 337 pages
309+337= 646 pages
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65 points
1 BB tix
Task 20.6 - Honoring Zen, the Brave Tomcatoption 3: read a book with author initials in WISE CATS
The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis
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85 points
1 BB tix
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.10 Just the Facts, Please
Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner by Judy Melinek
Points this post: 15
Total points: 160/900
Tasks completed: 8/54
Books read: 11
BB:2
GO: 0
just keeping track for own purposes
trishhartuk10.1 Spring Starts
Read a book that is book number 1 in a series
Sugar and Vice (Cupcake Truck Mysteries #1), Emily James
Read the kindle edition. PB here
Points this task: 10
Books read: 1
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 7
Golden oldies: 0
Big book tickets: 0
30.4 - UP AND DOWNBOOK 1 - The Girl from the Channel Islands
Published 2020
304 pages
BOOK 2 - Las Vegas Sidewinders: Dominic
Published 2016
394 pages
TOTAL POINTS - 240
Task 5.9 - Three's CompanyBook: A Time for Mercy, finished 3/11
#3 in the Jake Brigance Series
Points this task: 5
Total points: 75
5.1 - All in the FamilyRead a book with the name of a family member** in the title/subtitle.
I listened to an audio version of Daughter of Time: A Time Travel Romance
New Points: 5
Total Points: 65
GO: 1
BB: 1
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Margo's Task: First Time Lucky!1 book, at least 290 pages.
Option 1. One word title.
I listened to the audiobook, mmp here: Heartless, with 400 pages.
Points: 20
Total: 145
BB Points: 3
GO Points: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.3 ABBA
Hannibal the Cannibal: The True Story of Robert Maudsley by Alan Warren
Points this post: 10
Total points: 170/900
Tasks completed: 9/54
Books read: 12
BB:2
GO: 0
just keeping track for own purposes
APRILLEIGH10.5 - Spend the Day With a Knight
A book set during or about medieval times (400 AD—1600 AD).
Beowulf translated by Seamus Heaney
*** Golden Oldie, first published around 900 AD ***
Selection approved in the help thread, and the Wikipedia page for the epic specifies the setting as “pagan Scandinavia in the 6th century.”
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (155)
Golden Oldie: 1 (2)
Big Book: 0 (1)
Books Read: 1 (14)
Total Tasks: 12
MARGIEVANTask 10.4 - Spring States: Rea a book set at least 50% in a US state that was admitted to the Union during March, April, or May.
Redhead by the Side of the Road
The book is set 100% in Baltimore, MD
Reference: page 4 - "The apartment building's in Govans - a small, three-story brick cube east of York Road in north Baltimore . . ."
Points this post: 10
Points total: 55
Kai5.4 - Fawlty Towers
Read a book with 2 Ws in the title/subtitle.
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson
Books Read for Challenge: 2
Total New Points: 5
Total Challenge Points: 15
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10.2 - Earth Day Every Day
Environment genre: Ice Walker: A Polar Bear's Journey through the Fragile Arctic by James Raffan
total = 45
Mod
10.3 - ABBA
ABBA in title: Band-Aid for a Broken Leg: Being a Doctor with No Borders by Damien Brown
total = 55
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10.4 - Spring States
Set in Minnesota: The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal
total = 65
Queen Bee Darlene15.9 National Library Week
author initials in NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK
The Perfect Guests by Emma Rous
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 115
Queen Bee Darlene20.6 Seasoned Reader - Iulia's Task: Honoring Zen, the Brave Tomcat
3) author's 1st & last initials found in STRONG, WISE CATS
Feel Better In 5: Your Daily Plan to Feel Great for Life by Rangan Chatterjee
stRong, wise Cats
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 135
Bookwrm526Task #20.7 - Sugaring Season
Option 2: Read a book with a single author with the first and last initials of the author found in the word “maple”. I read The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny (376p).
Total points so far: 60
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.10 - Group Reads
The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis.
Post number 8 in the discussion thread
Points this post: 20
Total points: 190/900
Tasks completed: 10/54
Books read: 13
BB:2
GO: 0
just keeping track for own purposes
Mary P30.4 - Sandy's Task: Up and Down
Book 1 - any book that fits general SRC rules
The Mountain Between Us by Charles Martin
336 pages. Published in2017
Book 2 - your second book must go up in pages (that is, more pages than book 1) and down in publication date
A Desperate Fortune by Susanna Kearsley
528 pages. Published in 2015
Points this task: 30
Total points: 30
25.3 - Delicious Dee's Task: Series I’m ReadingOption 2: Book A - Read a book in the In Death series
Naked in Death (In Death #1) 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 Wings of the Sphinx (Commissario Montalbano #11) by Andrea Camilleri
There are 20+ books to date in this series
Total this Post: 25
Season Total: 110
Task 20.4 - Golden Oldies - Lys's Task: Wintering at Riley Option 3: The Thirty Names of Night, finished 3/11
Points this task: 20
Total points: 95
Coralie15.8 It’s Black and White
Book set in New Zealand (as referenced in reviews on main page)
The Pretty Delicious Café
Total to date 50 points
Kathy KS20.8. Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: 21 Years and 21 Centuries
Generate one number. REQUIRED: Include the number generated in your post. Pick one of the following options.
My generated number: 17
Option a) Year
Read a book first published in that year of the 21st century.
Penric's Fox, by Lois McMaster Bujold
First published: 2017
hb=200 pages (no mmpb or pb)
This title was read in the omnibus, Penric's Progress, pages 195-320 (125 pages total)
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 85
Tasks completed: 4
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
10.5 - Spend the Day With a KnightA book set during medieval times (400-1600 AD): One Corpse Too Many by Ellis Peters, set 1138
Points this post: 10
Total points: 135
APRILLEIGH5.10 - Good Times
A book that meets the SRC rules, including MPG Childrens if it is not found in AR Bookfinder.
Everything You Need to Ace Math in One Big Fat Notebook (518 pages)
*** Big Book - one ticket for 500+ pages ***
This title has MPG Childrens because it’s aimed at students, but is not found in either the US or UK AR Bookfinder.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 5 (160)
Golden Oldie: 0 (2)
Big Book: 1 (2)
Books Read: 1 (15)
Total Tasks: 13
Kai20.4 - Golden Oldies - Lys's Task: Wintering at Riley
OPTION 4: Read a book with a MPG of poetry.
Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
Books Read for Challenge: 3
Total New Points: 20
Total Challenge Points: 35
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Ann A's Task: Big Books, Big TitlesOscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance by Gyles Brandreth
8 words title
Total this Post: 20
Season Total: 130
10.10 - Twitter - It's What's HappeningHere's Luck by Lennie Lower
200 pages
1x Golden Oldies tix (pub. 1930)
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Season Total: 140
DeborahPost #2
10.10 - Twitter - It's What's Happening
Read a book with a number of pages between 140 and 280 inclusive.
Across the Green Grass Fields 174 pages
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 40
Books Read:2
Tasks Done: 2
Delicious Dee25.8- QueenBeeDarlene's Task: 3 Genres I love, and 1 that I hate
Option 1 - Gray Hair Don't Care - G in Gray, O and T in Don't; A in Care
Option 4 - The Cipher - Isabella Maldonado - IM found in Memoir
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 300
Inge15.5. It's outta here!
book has 330 pages
Book: Up
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 55/900
Total Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3/54
BB ticket: 1
LAUREN JODI10.2 - Earth Day Every Day
The Dog Who Rescues Cats: True Story of Ginny by Philip González
Confirmed in Post #11 of the task help thread.
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 140/900
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Total Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 10/54
trishhartuk20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Sugaring Season
Option 1: Sugar on Snow. Read a book that has the word “sugar” OR “snow” intact in the title.
Sugar and Vice, Eve Calder
Read the kindle edition. PB here (320pg)
Just to confirm, this is NOT the same book as the one I claimed in message #337, even though the title is the same (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...).
Points this task: 20
Books read: 1
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 8
Golden oldies: 0
Big book tickets: 0
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10.8 - 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: 0
Total points : 50-10=40
Tasks completed: 3-1=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