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SPRING CHALLENGE 2022
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trishhartuk15.2 Right/Left
Book 1, Read a FICTION book with a title that begins with a letter in RIGHT.
The Saga of the Volsungs with The Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok
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Read the kindle edition. PB here
Okayed for Fiction in Help Thread message #11: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Golden Oldie: First published in 1200
Book 2, Read a NONFICTION book with a title that begins with a letter in LEFT.
The Elements of Style, William Strunk Jr., E.B. White
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Language > Writing: 3,595 users
Nonfiction: 2,652 users
Golden Oldie: First published in 1918
Points this task: 15
Books read: 2
Golden oldie: 2 – both these books are Golden Oldies
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 3
Golden oldies: 2
Inge199010.7 - Holi
read a book that starts with H,O,L,I
Lichter dan ik
Points this post: 10
total points: 90
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.8 A Horse of a Different Color
Green Angel by Alice Hoffman
Found on page 1 of the list
Points this post: 5
Total points: 295/895
Tasks completed: 18/54
Books read: 21
Joanne MI10.9 - Spring Into a Good Book
Read a book first published in March, April, or May that has an average rating of 4.0 or higher.
The Second Mrs. Astor
-first published 3/2021
GR's rated 4.08 (noted in help thread, message #24).
Points this task 10
Total points 50
Sara G20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - MEGSCL's Task: Wordle Wordle Wordle!
3. WORDAWAZZLE. dingo, yobbo, smoko; can you guess the 5 letter Australian word? Read a book by an Australian author (by birth or current residence)
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Geraldine Brooks was born in Australia per her GR bio.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 95
15.6. - That’s Dr. ScarecrowRead a book by an author who has all the letters T H D in his/her name.
I read the Kindle edition of Juniper Wiles, by Charles de Lint.
Total Points: 245
Katrisa15.6. - That’s Dr. Scarecrow
Read a book by an author who has all the letters T H D in his/her name.
I read The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt
THD - jonaTHan haiDt
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 235
trishhartuk10.5 Spring Break
Read a book set at least 50% in one or more of these popular spring break destinations: ...Hawaii
Murder at Christmas, Kathi Daley
Read the kindle edition. PB here
Set on Oahu, Hawaii
Okayed for Hawaii in help thread message #8: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this task: 10
Books read: 1
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 4
Golden oldies: 2
Nick KY20.4 - Golden Oldies - Robin P’s Task: Saluting Brains
Read a book from one of the 3 options. Standard SRC rules apply. Books with the MPG Children’s are excluded.
Required: State the option used.
Option 2: I learn best by means of a story.
Read a book with MPG History, Historical, Historical fiction, Historical romance, Historical mystery, or Alternate History. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
I read Death in Cyprus by M.M. Kaye with a GR genre of "Historical Fiction."
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 210
ZachFor Task 5.9 - The Author I read The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin.
Points this post: 5
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Totals:
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Points: 40
BBTs: 3
GOTs: 0
IAFs: 0
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Option 2: Read one book that satisfies the requirements for both:
1 - Read a book with a number (expressed as a digit 1,2,3,4, etc. ) in the title or subtitle.
2- Read a book with at least one of these special characters in the title or subtitle
10% Human: How Your Body's Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness
This book has the digits 10 AND the character % which is one of the specified options
(Book was approved in post 22 of the Help Thread as meeting the requirements for a single book)
This is a nonfiction book so I claim an It's a fact ticket
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 135 + 15 = 150/895
Total Tasks Completed: 13
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 4 + 1 = 5
StaceyNC5.9 - The Author
Read a book whose author uses an initial in the first name position. Ex.: J.D.Robb, G. Willow Wilson.
Book: The Risk
Completed: 3/18/22
Author: S.T. Abby
Approved for length -- Post 8469
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
StaceyNC15.9 - Hall of Famer
Read a book by an author whose initials (all) can be found in Jackie Robinson.
Book: The Plan
Completed: 3/8/22
Author: Karla Sorensen
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 2
StaceyNC20.4 - Golden Oldies - Robin P’s Task: Saluting Brains
Option 3: Read a book whose author’s initials (all) can be found in MENSA BRAIN.
Book: Last Guard
Completed: 3/17/22
Author: Nalini Singh
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 3
StaceyNC20.5 - Bigger is Better – Kristi CO's task - Literary Cat Names
Option 3: Read a book set at least 50% in the New England region states: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island
Book: Fireworks
Completed: 3/22/22
Set in Vermont
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed: 4
StaceyNC20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Helen B's Task: Spring Begins
3. Read the first book (#1) in a series.
Book: Grinder
Completed: 3/12/22
Book 1 in Seattle Sharks
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 80
Tasks Completed: 5
StaceyNC20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - MEGSCL's Task: Wordle Wordle Wordle!
2. Read a book that is #2 #4 or #16 in a series.
Book: Walk Through Fire
Completed: 3/3/22
Book 4 in Chaos
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 6
Bookwrm526Task #20.4.- Saluting Brains
Option 2: Read a book with MPG History, Historical, Historical fiction, Historical romance, Historical mystery, or Alternate History. The genre may be standalone or embedded. I read A Dangerous Collaboration by Deanna Raybourn.
Total points so far: 175
Mod
Read a book written by a single author with a name that matches a name related to Em
A Death at Silversmith Bay
The author is Emma Jameson and the name Emma is related to Em
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 150 + 5 = 155/895
Total Tasks Completed: 14
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 5
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15.4 - "Password" is not a Password
Option 2: Read one book that satisfies the requirements for both:
1 - Read a book with a number (expressed as a digit 1,2,3,4, etc. ) in the title or subtitle.
2- Read a book with at least one of these special characters in the title or subtitle
10% Human: How Your Body's Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness
This book has the digits 10 AND the character % which is one of the specified options
(Book was approved in post 22 of the Help Thread as meeting the requirements for a single book)
This is a nonfiction book so I claim an It's a fact ticket
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 135 + 15 = 150/895
Total Tasks Completed: 13
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 4 + 1 = 5
PatTask 25.7 ~ Symmetry
> No book containing the genre Children’s on the book’s main page may be used for this task
> All books used for this task must be written by a single author.
> The total page count for both books must be 500 or more.
Book 1 ~ Read a book that contains a word of at least 5 letters in the title that begins and ends with the same letter. Subtitles are excluded.
Nights of Rain and Stars by Maeve BinchyRead ~ 3.22.22
Pages ~ 400
How it Fits ~ StarS
Book 2 ~ Read a book by an author whose name contains a name part that begins and ends with the same letter. The name part must be at least 3 letters. Any name part would work: first, middle, other, last.
Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen by Susan Gregg GilmoreRead ~ 3.22.22
Pages ~ 293
How it Fits ~ susan GregG gilmore
Total Pages This Task ~ 693
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Points this Task ~ 25
Total Points ~ 165
Total Books ~ 11
Total Pages ~ 4064
25.3 - Cat's Task: Good ReadingOption 1: Diversity - read a book not originally published in English.
The Roots of Heaven by Romain Gary
Option 2: Inclusion - read a book shelved as Disability from the first 25 pages of this list: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century: Unabridged Selections edited by Alice Wong
page 1
Books are New to me
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 300
ROBIN P20.5 - Bigger is Better- Kristi CO's Task: Literary Cat Names
Option 1 - Author born in Canada
A Trick of the Light - author Louise Penny born in Toronto per Wikipedia page
Points this post: 20
Total points: 180
BB:0 G0:1 IAF: 3
Julia10320.5 - Bigger is Better – Kristi CO's task - Literary Cat Names
Option 2: Beyond (MPG Speculative Fiction, verified in genre verification thread post 13)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 195
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 1
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 14
Task 10.9 - Spring Into a Good Book4.03 rating, pub in April 2022 (I got it as an Amazon First Reads, their semi-ARC thingie)
This Time for Me
rating verified: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Memoir = Non-fiction - claiming 1 NF tix
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175 points
2 NF tix
Task 20.8 - Is 139 a Prime Number?option 1: author initials in AMAZON
Queenpin by Megan Abbott
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195 points
2 NF tix
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.4 "Password" is not a Password
Option 1:
Book 1: Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults): 17 First-Person Stories for Today by Alice Wong
Book 2: Jackets, Jack-O-Lantern, & Justice by Tonya Kappes
Points this post: 15
Total points: 310/895
Tasks completed: 19/54
Books read: 23
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.4 Wayne's Task: Play Ball? Play Ball!
Option 1: Home Sweet Murder by James Patterson
304 pages
Option 3: The Grilling Season by Diane Mott Davidson
401 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 335/895
Tasks completed: 20/54
Books read: 25
Joanne MI20.2 - Rookie At The Top
A book with one of the following words in the title or subtitle:
Book, Bookworm, Bookshelf, Bookshop, Bookstore, Bookseller, Library
Henry Knox's Noble Train: The Story of a Boston Bookseller's Heroic Expedition That Saved the American Revolution
Claiming 1 IAF ticket
Points this task 20
Total Points 70
IAF this post 1
IAF total 1
15.3 - WordleI chose option 1
Book 1
Read a book with a one-word title that is exactly five letters.
Rebel by Beverley Jenkins
Book 2
Read a book that is number 1 thru 6 in a series.
Murder in Park Lane by Karen Charlton (#5 in series)
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 15
Inge199010.4 - Brains, Brains, Brains!
read a zombie book
ZC One
Ebook verification in post number:8476
Points this post: 10
total points: 90
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20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - MEGSCL's Task: Wordle Wordle Wordle!
2. DORDLE, QUORDLE, SEDECORDLE. Read a book that is #2 #4 or #16 in a series.
The Secret to Southern Charm. Kristy Woodson Harvey
Points this post: 20
Total points: 215
Tasks complete: 13/54
Total points: 215/895
BB: 4
NF: 4
GO: 1
Nick KY5.10 Wish On a Star.
I read a book of my choice -- The Spiral of Memory: Interviews by Joy Harjo.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 215
15.2 Right/LeftBook 1, a title that begins with a letter in RIGHT: The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
Book 2, a nonfiction book whose title begins with a letter in LEFT: The Churchill Sisters: The Extraordinary Lives of Winston and Clementine's Daughters by Rachel Trethewey
Points this post: 15
Total points: 80
Task 30.1 - Duneone 500+ pages; 700+ pages total
option 1: MPG Horror
A Nest of Nightmares
MPG verified: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
MMPB: A Nest of Nightmares 237 pages
option 4: HOUSE in title; 500+ pages
Bleak House
1088 pages - claiming ALL the BB tix
pub 1853 - claiming GO tix
1088+237 >>700 pages
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205 points
3 BB tix
1 GO tix
1 NF tix
PatTask 10.6 ~ Renewal
Option ~ Read a book with the MPG Plants or Animals.
Song for a Whale by Lynne KellyRead ~ 3.23.22
Pages ~ 303
How it Fits ~ Animals on MPG
AR Bookfinder Information ~ IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9.0
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Points this Task ~ 10
Total Points ~ 175
Total Books ~ 12
Total Pages ~ 4367
ROBIN P20.2 Rookie at the Top - Lucie Bookworm's Task: A Book for a Bookworm
"Book" word in title
The Bookseller's Tale - listened to audio, linked pb
Points this post: 20
Total points: 200
BB:0 GO:1 IAF:3
15.4 - "Password" is not a PasswordI did the one book option that satisfies both:
Read a book with a number (expressed as a digit 1,2,3,4, etc. ) in the title or subtitle. and
Read a book with at least one of these special characters in the title or subtitle:$ dollar sign
I listened to an audio version of $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America
***Claiming an Its a Fact ticket for book beign Non-fiction***
New Points: 15
Total Points: 105
IF: 2
NAVI5.4 - Glinda the Good Witch
Read a book whose author has a first and last name beginning with the same letter.
How it fits: The Push by Ashley Audrain
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
NAVI5.7 - The Flying Monkeys
Read a book with a living creature with wings showing on the cover.
How it fits:
has birds on the coverPoints this post: 5
Total points: 10
NAVI15.10 - Scare More Than Crows
Read a book with a main page genre Horror. The genre may be standalone or embedded.
How it fits: The Book of Accidents has a Horror MPG
Points this post: 15
Total points: 25
NAVI15.9 - Hall of Famer
Read a book by an author whose initials (all) can be found in Jackie Robinson.
How it fits: The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden - "K" and "A" are both in JACKIE ROBINSON
Points this post: 15
Total points: 40
NAVI20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Helen B's Task: Spring Begins
Option 3. Read the first book (#1) in a series.
How it fits: The Glorious Heresies is #1 in the Ryan Cusack series
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
MEGSCL30.4 - TessaVanessa's Task: National Library Week 2022
Option 2: Read a book checked out from your local library that has exactly one number 3 OR 0.
Borrowed from my local library. 110 pages. Ghosts
Option 4: Read a book that has a word in the title/subtitle of at least 4 letters that can be made from ConnecT with Your lIbrary. CITY
City of Glass
Total
175 points, 1 bb, 1 nf
EMurphy30.4 TessaVanessa's Task: National Library Week 2022
Option 2: Book checked out from library with a 3 or a 0 in the page number People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
*364 pages
**Borrowed from library via Libby app
Option 4: Word in the title/subtitle of at least 4 letters that can be made from CONNECT WITH YOUR LIBRARY When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen
*Word is WHEN
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 55
Books Read: 4
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +500: 1
Tasks Completed: 2
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)20.4 - Golden Oldies - Robin P’s Task: Saluting Brains
Option 2: MPG History, Historical, Historical fiction, Historical romance, Historical mystery, or Alternate History.
Page Count: 264--listened to audiobook--page count from PB edition--The Star and the Shamrock
MPG: Historical >Historical Fiction(standalone or embedded)
Genre Verification: Post #11
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
The Star and The Shamrock by Jean Grainger
Points Earned This Post: 20
Points Achieved to Date: 320/895
Tasks Completed 23/54
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Helen B's Task: Spring Begins
NO MPG of Children's
Option 3: first book (#1) in a series.
Page Count: 501
Series: Empirium #1
Furyborn by Claire Legrand
Points Earned This Post: 20
Points Achieved to Date: 340/895
Tasks Completed 24/54
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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30.4 - TessaVanessa's Task: National Library Week 2022
Option 3: The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
aMOR towlEs
**** requesting a Big Book Ticket- 576 pages *****
Option 4: Iron Widow
Word: IRON- cONnect lIbRary
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 160
BB: 2