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SPRING CHALLENGE 2022
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20.4 - Golden Oldies - Robin P’s Task: Saluting Brains Option 2: I learn best by means of a story. Much of the history I know is from fiction books. (This can have its drawbacks!) I read a lot of mysteries and romance, but mostly set in the past, when there are no cell phones or internet to make things easy for detection – or love. Some authors deliberately set their books in pre-Internet times to give themselves more story possibilities.
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 The Lincoln Highway which has an MPG of historical fiction.
It also has 576 pp making it a *****BIG BOOK ******
points: 100
books read: 7
tasks completed: 7
Big Books: 1
pages read: 2520
Bookwrm526Task #30.4 - National Library Week 2022
Option 1: Read a book that has all the letters from TABLET in the title only. I read The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris (T in the; ABL in black; ET in other).
Option 3: Read a book by a single author that has all the letters of MORE in the author's first and last name. Other name parts are excluded. I read The Mirror Season by Anna-Marie McLemore. All of the required letters are in the last name.
Total points so far: 205
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)25.2 - Brooklyn's Task: Upcoming Milestone!
2 different options.
Option 1: Australia (and maybe also New Zealand)
set at least 75% in Australia or New Zealand.
Page Count: 295
GR Metadata Setting: Australia
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
Option 2: 2 word title.
Page Count:384-- Read audiobook--link to PB Edition--White Smoke
White Smokeby Tiffany D. Jackson
Points Earned This Post: 25
Points Achieved to Date: 365/895
Tasks Completed 25/54
Line5.10
read a book of your choice
i read 1Q84 #1
points for this task: 5
total points: 45
books read: 4
tasks done: 4
Katrisa20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - MEGSCL's Task: Wordle Wordle Wordle!
Opt 2 - Read a book that is #2 #4 or #16 in a series.
I read Truly Dead #4 in the Elise Sandburg series
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 255
Ana30.3 - Dlmrose’s Task: Recurring Keys
Book 1: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez. Mexican contains the letters AEN.
Book 2:Circe by Madeline Miller. Madeline contains the letters AEN.
This Post: 30
Total Points: 180
NAVI20.3 - Best Review – Lauren Jodi's Task: Henry Rex
Option 2: The King in the Tower
Read a book with the word "king" or "tower" in the title. Plurals and possessives are allowed but no other variations. Subtitles are excluded.
How it fits: The Girl in the Tower has "tower" in the title
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
5.8 - A Horse of a Different ColorRead a book from the Books With a Color in the Title list
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Unknown
I'm claiming a GO ticket for Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, FP 1397
Points this post: 5
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 10
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
ROBIN P20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Paul's Task: Is 139 a Prime Number?
Option 1 - Author initials in AMAZON PRIME
I, Robot - author Isaac Asimov
Points this post: 20
Total points: 220
BB:0 GO:1 IAF:3
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)5.9 -The Author
author uses an initial in the first name position
Page Count: 192 pgs--Read audiobook--link to MMPBAgatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death
Author Name: M.C. Beaton
Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death
Points Earned This Post: 5
Points Achieved to Date: 370/895
Tasks Completed 26/54
Inge199015.4 - "Password" is not a Password
read a book with a number and special character (option 2, combined in 1 book)
The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden
Points this post: 15
total points: 105
Jasmiina F5.10 - Wish Upon a Star:
Read a book of your choice:
No Time for Goodbye: A Thriller by Linwood Barclay.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
10.5 - Spring BreakHunter (Timothy Blake #2) by Jack Heath
100% Texas
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 310
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.6 KmarieD's Task: Reaching Goals
Option 2: Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Option 5: Every Wicked Man by Stephen James
(The Bowers Files: The New York Years #3)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 360/895
Tasks completed: 21/54
Books read: 27
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Read a book written by a single author named Joe or one of the related names at https://www.behindthename.com/name/jo...
Wish You Were Here
The author is Jodi Picoult. On the list of "Joe's", under "Feminine Forms" and English, Jodi is clearly listed.
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 155 + 15 = 170/895
Total Tasks Completed: 15
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 5
Nick KY15.3 Wordle
Book 1. I read Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames by Thich Nhat Hanh -- title of one word with five letters.
Book 2. I read People of Darkness by Tony Hillerman, # 4 in the Leaphorn and Chee series.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 230
Nick KY15.9 Hall of Fame
I read Langston Hughes: An Introduction to the Poetry by Onwuchekwa Jemie, author's inits in Jackie RobinsOn.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 245
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25.7 - Andy P’s Task: Symmetry
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.
Lirael (527 pages)
This is a Big Book of 500+ pages - 1 Big Book ticket please!
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. An author who uses a single name may be used.
The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross (317 pages)
Points this task: 25
Season total: 55
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
IAF Tickets: 0
ZachThis is a repost to claim an It's a Fact ticket.
For Task 5.10 - Wish Upon a Star I read Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy.
Claiming an It's a Fact ticker for non-fiction book.
Points this post: 5
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Totals:
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Points: 40
BBTs: 3
GOTs: 0
IAFs: 1
25.6 - KmarieD's Task: Reaching GoalsOption 1 - Read a book first published in 2022
Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey (400 pages, published 1st march 2022)
Option 2 - Read a winning title from the 2021 Goodreads Choice Awards.
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid (369 pages, won Historical Fiction category)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 135
Bookwrm526Task #30.3 - Recurring Keys
Book 1: Read a book with a word in the title that contains all the letters A E N. I read Dead in the Garden by Dahlia Donovan. All of the letters are in gArdEN. This is listed as eBook only, but it has been approved for length in the Google doc.
Book 2: Read a book written by an author whose name contains all the letters A E N in a single name part. I read A Treacherous Curse by Deanna Raybourn. All of the letters are in dEANna.
Total points so far: 235
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25.2 - Brooklyn's Task: Upcoming Milestone!
Option 3: Read a book set at least 50% in an African country. (Belgium Congo)
The Heart of Darkness. Joseph Conrad
First published in 1899, claiming 1 GO ticket
Option 4: Read a book with a MPG of Food or Food & Drink.
EveryDayCook. Alton Brown
Non-fiction, claiming 1 IAF ticket
Points this post: 25
Total points: 240
Tasks complete: 14/54
Total points: 240/895
BB: 4
NF: 5
GO: 2
5.2 - Auntie Em Read a book written by a single author with a name that matches a name related to Em
The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits: Stories by Emma Donoghue
Task Points: 5
Season Total: 35
Amy B20.2 - Rookie At The Top - Lucy-Bookworm's Task: Books For A Bookworm
Read a book with one of the following words in the title or subtitle: Book, Bookworm, Bookshelf, Bookshop, Bookstore, Bookseller, Library
Possessives & plurals are allowed, but no other variations.
The Prison Book Club by Ann Walmsley
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 70 Points
5.6 - The Munchkins.Read a book set at least 50% in the Middle Ages - 476 to 1450 A.D.
I read A Morbid Taste for Bones. Goodreads describes the book as taking place in the 12th century.
Total Points: 240
Kathy KS20.5 - Bigger is Better – Kristi CO's task - Literary Cat Names
Option 5: Read a book written by a single author who has a name with at least three parts (i.e first, middle, last name) as listed on Goodreads.
Remarkably Bright Creatures, by Shelby Van Pelt
I listened to an audiobook ARC provided by NetGalley & HarperVideo; pb-528 p. (no mmpb)
**Claiming 1 (one) Big Book ticket**
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 135
Tasks completed: 9/54
Big Book tickets for this task: 1
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 3
Helen B5.6 - The Munchkins
Read a book set at least 50% in the Middle Ages - 476 to 1450 A.D.
Devil of the Highlands by Lynsay Sands.
Set in Scotland 1273.
Total points 110
Helen B25.3 - Good Reading
Option 1: Diversity - read a book not originally published in English.
The Ukrainian and Russian Notebooks: Life and Death Under Soviet Rule by Igort.
Originally published in Italian.
This is a graphic novel, allowed per the task instructions.
Option 2: Inclusion - read a book shelved as Disability from the first 25 pages of the list:
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Found on page 1 of the list.
Total points: 135
Helen B20.7 - Wordle Wordle Wordle!
Option 2: Read a book that is #2 #4 or #16 in a series.
The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
#2 in The Inheritance Games series.
Total points: 155
Maria Jo20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Helen B's Task: Spring Begins
Option 3: In the Blood
Points this post: 20
Total points: 70
ROBIN P20.1 Most Improved - Delicious Dee's Task: Happy Birthday to Me
Option 1 - all letters of CELLO in title
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage COLorLEss
Points this post: 20
Total points: 240
BB:0 GO:1 IAF:3
15.4 - "Password" is not a PasswordOption 2: Read a book with a number and one of the following special characters !@#$%&*? in the title or subtitle
The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost his Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden by William Alexander
Points this post: 15
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 11
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
MEGSCL20.3 - Best Review – Lauren Jodi's Task: Henry Rex
Option 4: Adultery shelf page 5. Heartburn
Total
195 points, 1 bb, 1 nf
MEGSCL20.8 - Nickels & Dimes: Paul's Task: Is 139 a Prime Number?
Option 1: The Locked Room by Paul Auster
Total
215 points, 1 bb, 1 nf
LAUREN JODI10.9 - Spring Into a Good Book
When We Met by Susan Mallery
First published April 29, 2014
Rating: 4.12
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 200/895
Big Book Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 14
Total Tasks Completed: 12/54
trishhartuk15.9 Hall of Famer
Author whose initials (all) can be found in JACKIE ROBINSON.
The Cat Who Saved Books, Sosuke Natsukawa
robinSoN
Read the kindle edition. Top PB (Italian): here
Top PB (English): here
Points this task: 15
Books read: 1
Total points: 70
Tasks completed: 5
Golden oldies: 2
Big book tickets: 0
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I read the kindle edition of
- bird flying on cover. ( top pb is The Wind in His Heart - no MMPB).total points: 205
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I listened to the audio version of Purity in Death, linked to the MMPB. Author is J.D. Robb - name begins with an initial.
total points: 210
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I listened to the audio version of The Martian Chronicles, linked to the MMPB. Author is Ray Bradbury, matching actor Ray Bolger.
total points: 220
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I read No One Noticed the Cat - Animals>Cats is the 3d listed MPG, and Animals is the 7th.
total points: 230
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I chose option 3 and listened to the audio version of Presumed Innocent, linked to the top MMPB. This is book #1 in the Kindle County Legal Thriller series.
total points: 250
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For my first book, I chose option 3 and read a kindle ARC of The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle, linked to the hardcover edition. 432 pages.
Book has 2 doubled letters in title, weDDing and dreSS.
For my second book, I chose option 4 and read the kindle edition of Before the Coffee Gets Cold. 213 pages.
Book is set completely in Japan - GR description begins "In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a café which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years."
total pages - 432 + 213 = 645 (>500)
total points: 275
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.7 Andy P’s Task: Symmetry
Book 1: Lawless Spaces by Corey Ann Haydu
496 pages
Book 2: The Shortest Way Home by Miriam Parker
336 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 385/895
Tasks completed: 22/54
Books read: 29
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15.3 - Wordle
Option 2: Read one book that satisfies the requirements for both books of Option 1.
Queen. Sharon Sala
(one word title of 5 letters, 2nd book in series)
Verified "not a children's book"
Points this post: 15
Total points: 255
Tasks complete: 14/54
Total points: 255/895
BB: 4
NF: 5
GO: 2
10.1 - ScarecrowThe Nurses' WAR by Victoria Purman
word in title, WAR, found in scARecroW
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 2
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 290
Katrina H10.9 – Spring into a good book.
A book first published in March, April, or May with 4.0+ average GR rating.
The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor
May 2015
Rating as of posting: 4.02
Points this task: 10
📖 The story so far...
Points: 10
Big Books – 500+: 0
Big Books – 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
CYNBAXTERTask #30.02 – XBM’s Task – The Birds and The Bees
Task Description, Option 1: Bees on the cover
Book 1:
The History of Bees by Maja LundeTask Description, Option 4: MPG* of Biography, Autobiography or Memoir
Book 2: The Choice: Embrace the Possible by Edith Eger
Points this post: 30 points
Total points to date: 090 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 1
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
Task 5.9 -The Authorauthor uses initial for first name
Visions in Death by J.D. Robb
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230 points
3 BB tix
2 NF tix
1 GO tix
Bookwrm526Task #20.8 - Is 139 a Prime Number?
Option 1: Read a book written by a single author whose initials (all of them) can be found in the letters in "AMAZON PRIME". I read Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell (432p).
Total points so far: 255
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15.8 - Mr Potato Head
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that was one of the original toy parts: hand, foot, ear, mouth, eye, nose, hat, eyeglasses, pipe, hair. Plurals and possessives work, no other variations.
Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands by Chris Bohjalian
Eye(s) and Hand(s) are on the list of original toy parts.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 110