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SPRING CHALLENGE 2021
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Nick KY20.3 - 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 2. Bob Seger. Choose a song from this list of tracks off the album Live Bullet.
Read a book with a Title (ignore subtitles) of at least 3 words, where the initial letters of each word in the title appear in the song name. Letters may only be used as often as they appear in the song name. REQUIRED: You must include the song name in your post.
I read Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of Emotions by Martha C. Nussbaum. I had 200 pp of this book reaad before the challenge began.
CLAIM TWO BIG BOOKS for Upheavals of Thought at 766 pp.
Upheavals Of Thought 1st letters in the song title "beaUTiful lOser."
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 75
Big Books So Far: 750+ (1) = 2 BBs
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.5 It's outta here!
Silence of the Lamb's Wool by Betty Hechtman
304 pages
Points this post: 15
Total points: 205/900
Tasks completed: 11/54
Books read: 14
BB:2
GO: 0
just keeping track for own purposes
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.3 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Drinks, Dinner & Death: The True Story of Dennis Nilson by Alan R Warren
Points this post: 5
Total points: 210/900
Tasks completed: 12/54
Books read: 15
BB:2
GO: 0
just keeping track for own purposes
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennySpring 2021 Season
Task 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).
A Deadly Éclair - MPG cozy mystery - 340 pages
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points to Date: 150
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
VAL TX20.6. Seasoned Reader - Iulia's Task: Honoring Zen, the Brave Tomcat - Read 1 book from the 3 options below.
Option 3. Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials may be found in the phrase: "Strong, wise Cats".
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
This post:
Points - 20
Total:
Points - 50
Mod
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Lys's Task: Wintering at Riley
Read a book, fiction or nonfiction, with an LGBT MPG.
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe. Fannie Flagg. 3.12.21
Points this post: 20
Points total: 145
Tasks complete: 9/54
5.5 M*A*S*HComplications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande
This is on page 1 of the list
Post Total: 5
Grand Total: 5
Laurah3020.5 - Bigger is Better - Ann A's Task: Big Books, Big Titles
read a book with a title/subtitle consisting of AT LEAST 8 WORDS.
If You Tell : A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Books read: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books; 0
Tasks completed: 1
Joanne MI5.3 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Read a book by an author who uses 3 names/initials
Prince of the Blood by Raymond E. Feist
Points this task 5
Total Points 35
Kai5.3 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show
A book written by a single author who uses 3 names/initials.
The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings
Books Read for Challenge: 4
Total New Points: 5
Total Challenge Points: 40
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Lys's Task: Wintering at Riley Option 3, a book with MPG LGBT: The Fixed Stars by Molly Wizenberg
Points this post: 20
Total points: 155
Andy P.
Task # 15.10. Just the Facts, Please
Read a NON-FICTION book with the main page genre Medicine
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
Non-Fiction and Medicine MPG
Points this post: 15
Total points: 75
NAVI20.7 - 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”.
Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell
How it fits: 352 pages, Letters "E" and "M" in author's first and last initials
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
Coralie5.9 Three’s company
#3 in The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club
The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl
Total to date 55 points
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Margo's Task: First Time Lucky!Option 2.
Read a book first published during the Winter seasonal challenge (1 December 2020 to 28 February 2021).
I listened to an audio version of Milk Fed: A Novel
first published February 2, 2021, 304 pages
New Points: 20
Total Points: 85
GO: 1
BB: 1
Amy FL5.3 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Amy FL5.8 - Monty Python's Flying Circus
A Nearly Normal Family - page 4 of list
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Amy FL15.7. Disco, Disco Duck
Cold Silence (DISCO - COlD SIlence)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 40
Julia1035.9 - Three's Company
The Quest for Saint Camber (The Histories of King Kelson #3)
This post: 5 points
Total points: 70
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 4
Total books read: 5
Amy FL15.9. National Library Week
One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson (nAtional…weeK)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 55
Amy FL20.4 - Golden Oldies - Lys's Task: Wintering at Riley
Option 4: Clap When You Land (Poetry)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 75
Julia1035.10 - Good Times
Ambient Conditions
The paperback edition is 90 pages. This is my one 5 point task with book between 80-100 pages.
This post: 5 points
Total points: 75
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 5
Total books read: 6
Mod
15.5. It's outta here!
The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop by Fannie Flagg 3.12.21
Read a book with at least 2 of the digits 75530 in its page count.
This book has 304 pages
Points this post: 15
Points total: 160
Tasks complete: 10/54
Suzannesea20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Sugaring Season
Option 2: Maple
author's initials found in MAPLE
The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny
maPLe
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 45
Task 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Jen K's Task: Sugaring SeasonOption 2: Goodnight Beautiful by Aimee Molloy, finished 3/12
Points this task: 20
Total points: 115
MARGO 15.8. It's Black and WhiteRead a book set at least 50% in... (NEW ZEALAND).
Setting approved in Task Help message #9
Walking in the Shadow
Posted paperback but read Kindle
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Points this task: 15
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Anja30.3 - MAZZA1's Task: Pawn Sacrifice
Option 2 - Has a cover of BLACK or WHITE and 600+ pages
by Stephenie Meyer658 pages - claiming big book ticket
POINTS:
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 55
Big Books: 500(1) 750(0) 1000(0)
Golden Oldies: 0
Completed Tasks: 3
5.10 - Good TimesRead a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules!
Love Poems for Anxious People
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 125
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Amy B15.7. Disco, Disco Duck
Read a book with all the letters of DISCO found in its title (not subtitle). Letters can be used only as many times as they appear in the title.
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 40 Points
15.10. Just the Facts, PleaseNON-FICTION mpg Science.
The Sun Is a Compass: My 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds by Caroline Van Hemert.
Genre noted in Help Thread.
Points: 15
Total: 160
BB Points: 3
GO Points: 2
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Ann A's Task: Big Books, Big Titles Read a book with a title/subtitle consisting of AT LEAST 8 WORDS
All Together Now: A Newfoundlander's Light Tales for Heavy Times
New Points: 20
Total Points: 105
GO: 1
BB: 1
Task 25.5 - Spring Springsoption 3 - read a book with author name GEORGES (French variant on George)
The Carter of 'La Providence' by Georges Simenon
pub 1931 - claiming 1 GO tix
option 4 - read a book with a bridge & river on cover
Dawn Study
you can just see the water if you embiggen, though I admit it's not deep!=======
110 points
1 BB tix
1 GO tix
Sara G20.3 - Best Review - Joanne MI's Task: OLD TIME ROCK’N ROLL
Option 1. For this option, read a book, where the author’s initials can be found in "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road". If the author uses a middle initial it must be in the phrase.
After Elizabeth: The Death of Elizabeth and the Coming of King James by Leanda de Lisle
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Points this post: 20
Total points: 85
Julia1035.6 - Are You Being Served?
Take a Look at the Five and Ten (MPG Humor, verified in genre verification thread post #3)
This post: 5 points
Total points: 80
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 6
Total books read: 7
Andy P.Task # 15.5. It's outta here!
Read a book with at least 2 of the digits 75530
The Distance by Helen Giltrow
357 p.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 90
Oma122925.7 - Brooke TX's Task: Deja Vu All Over Again
I chose Option A
Option A: Year After Year
Book 1: Read a book first published in 2020.
Book 2: Read a book first published in 2021.
Book #1-Welcome Me to Willoughby Close-Kate Hewitt-(2020)
Book #2-The Kaiser's Web-Steve Berry(2021)
Points= 95/900
Tasks= 4/54
Goldie Oldies Books()
Big Books=500+1(),750+,1000+()
Oma122920.6. Seasoned Reader - Iulia's Task: Honoring Zen, the Brave Tomcat
I chose Option #3
Option 3. Read a book written by an author whose first and last initials may be found in the phrase: "Strong, wise cats".
Old Acquaintance-Terri Reid
Points= 115/900
Tasks= 5/54
Goldie Oldies Books()
Big Books=500+1(),750+,1000+()
10.1 - Spring Starts#1 in a series.
I read The Wild Hunt by Elizabeth Chadwick at openlibrary.com, the mmp is here: The Wild Hunt.
#1 in Ravenstow Trilogy.
Points: 10
Total: 170
BB Points: 3
GO Points: 2
Task 30.1 - Dlmrose’s Task: Same NameBook 1: Don't Look for Me by Wendy Walker, finished 3/7
Book 2: Best Behavior by Wendy Francis, finished 3/13
Points this task: 30
Total points: 145
30.1 - SAME NAMEBOOK 1 - An Unexpected Family: Orphan Train Romance: Book 1 by Zoe Matthews
BOOK 2 - Ruined by the SEAL by Zoe York
Authors share the same first name
TOTAL POINTS - 310
MARGO 10.1 - Spring StartsRead a book that is book number 1 in a series (series, #1)
Only the Innocent
(DCI Tom Douglas #1)
Posted paperback but read Kindle
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Points this task: 10
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 8
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
SandiCompleted Task
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Ann A's Task: Big Books, Big Titles
8+ words in title/subtitle
Epic: The Story God Is Telling and the Role That Is Yours to Play by John Eldredge
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 15
Points Earned this Post: 20
Total Points To Date: 35
SandiCompleted Task
10.10 - Twitter - It's What's Happening
page count between 140 and 280
Lavender Grape Dust Murder by Susan Gillard
Paperback edition is 216 pp
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 35
Points Earned this Post: 10
Total Points To Date: 45
Jen K20.6. Seasoned Reader - Iulia's Task: Honoring Zen, the Brave Tomcat
Option 2: Citizen: An American Lyric
citiZEN
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 90
Suzannesea15.5 - It's Outta Here!
Read a book with at least two of the digits 75530 in its page count.
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
325 pages
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 60
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25.3 - Delicious Dee's Task: Series I’m Reading
This task requires 2 books. Pick one of the series below and read 2 books – one that fits Book A and one that fits Book B. Books A and B must come from the same option.
- Both books you chose MUST be from a series.
- No books shelved as children's or kids allowed.
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. In Death series.
Naked 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 series number must appear in grayscale in parentheses after the title on the book's main page.
The 20th Victim by James Patterson
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 25 Points