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SPRING CHALLENGE 2022
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MAZZA120.1 - Most Improved - Delicious Dee's Task: Happy Birthday to Me!
The book must be a MINIMUM of 200 pages. No children's books
Option 2: Read a book where the author's first and last initials can be found in the letters CELLO
I read an ARC of this book from Netgalley The Birdcage Eve Chase
This is hardback edition the only one on GR with page numbers
The Birdcage 368 pages exceeds requirements
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 140
MAZZA125.2 - Brooklyn's Task: Upcoming Milestone!
Option 1: Australia (and maybe also New Zealand)
Read a book set at least 75% in Australia or New Zealand.
Water Under Bridges setting of Sydney identified in GR book description
Option 2: Machu Picchu
Read a book with a 2 word title. All words count, including articles. Subtitles should be ignored.
The Flames
points this post = 25
Points to date = 165
MAZZA125.4 - Wayne's Task: Play Ball? Play Ball!
The combined total of the two books must equal at least 500 pages.
Option 1: Mr. Padre
Read a book with a page number that ENDS with a 3, 9, or 4. SRC page number rules apply.
Revival 403 pages
Option 3: Les Expos
Read a book with a doubled letter in the title.
The Moon Sister double O in Moon
738 pages
I am claiming 1 BB ticket for this book at 738 pages
403+738 = 1141 total page count exceeds requirements
points this post = 25
Points to date = 190
BB tickets this post = 1
BB tickets to date = 2
MAZZA125.6 - KmarieD's Task: Reaching Goals
This is a 2-book task. Each book should be at least 200 pages. e.
Option 1 - Read a book first published in 2022.
Peach Blossom Spring 400 pages
Option 5 - Read a book that is #2 or above in a series.
The Sun Sister #6 in series
this book is 832 pages and i am claiming 2 BB tickets
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 215
BB tickets this post = 2
BB tickets to date = 4
MAZZA125.7 - Andy P’s Task: Symmetry
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.
I listened to the audio edition Devoted in Death
This is MMPDevoted in Death 323 pages
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.
The Wolf and the Woodsman AuthorAva Reid 448 pages
323 +448 = 771 pages exceeds requirements
points this post = 25
Points to date = 240
MAZZA130.3 - Dlmrose’s Task: Recurring Keys
Book 1: Read a book with a word in the title that contains all the letters A E N. Subtitles are excluded.
Darkness, My Old Friend AEN in dArkNEss
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 an ARC of this book via netgalleyElizabeth Finch Julian Barnes AEN in bArNEs
This is HB editionElizabeth Finch
points this post = 30
Points to date = 270
MAZZA 130.4 - TessaVanessa's Task: National Library Week 2022
Option 1:
Read a book that has all the letters from TABLET in the title only.
Blacktop Wasteland TABL in Blacktop ET in wasteland
Option 2:
Required: State in your post that you checked it out from your library.
To Paradise this book was checked out from my library
It is also 720 pages and I am claiming 1BB ticket
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 300
BB tickets this post =1
BB tickets to date = 5
VAL TX30.2 - XBM’s Task – The Birds and The Bees - Read two books, using 2 different options.
Option 4: Read a book with an MPG* of Biography, Autobiography or Memoir
Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States by Samantha Allen
Autobiography > Memoir = 70 users
This book is nonfiction, claiming a NF ticket.
Option 5: Read a book with an author with both an A and a Z any place in their name
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
This post:
Points - 30
NF Tickets - 1
Total:
Points - 50
NF Tickets - 1
VAL TX10.7 - Holi - Read a book with a title that begins with one of these letters: H, O, L, I.
Last Words from Montmartre by Qiu Miaojin
This post:
Points - 10
Total:
Points - 60
NF Tickets - 1
Ana20.10 - Group Reads
Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore. I'm message 26 on the discussion thread.
This Post: 20
Total Points: 320
APRILLEIGH30.3 - Dlmrose’s Task: Recurring Keys
Book 1: Read a book whose title contains all the letters AEN in a single word.
The Vanishing Season by Dot Hutchison
AEN is found in sEAsoN.
Book 2: Read a book whose author has all the letters AEN in a single name part.
Double Dutch Death by Karen Musser Nortman
(Read the kindle version - top paperback - no mmpb)
AEN is found in kArEN.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 30 (405)
Golden Oldie: 0 (1)
Big Book: 0 (1)
It’s a Fact: 0 (3)
Books Read: 2 (29)
Total Tasks: 25
Pat25.5 ~ Scarecrow Leftovers
Select one option.
Required ~ State the option.
Option 1 ~ Read two books from one or two of the following Suggestions.
Both books should be below 500 pp in length, but total 500+ pp.:
Suggestion 1 ~ Read a book from this list: Books by Black Authors
Required ~ State which page your choice(s) fall on. (page 7)
The Darkest Child by Delores PhillipsRead ~ 4.20.22
Pages ~ 390
Found on List ~ Page 7, book #687
Suggestion 2 ~ Read a book with the letter sequence “RAIN” intact in a word in the title/subtitle. Examples: Rain, Brain, Grain, Ukraine.
Outbound Train by Renea WinchesterRead ~ 4.22.22
Pages ~ 260
How it Fits ~ outbound t(RAIN)
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Points this Task ~ 25
Total Points ~ 410
Total Books ~ 30
Total Pages ~ 10,695
15.1 - HemispheresBook 1: Read a book set at least 50% in a country that is entirely within the Northern Hemisphere
Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City by Tanya Talaga, set 100% in Canada
Book 2: Read a book set at least 50% in a country that is entirely within the Southern Hemisphere
Force of Nature by Jane Harper set 100% in Australia
Points this post: 15
Total points: 420
Tasks completed: 28
Books read: 35
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 4
Helen B15.5 Hey Joe!
Read a book written by a single author named Joe or one of the related names.
Never Less Than a Lady by Mary Jo Putney
Jo is included in the list of names.
Total points: 245
15.5 - Hey Joe!Read a book written by a single author named Joe or one of the related names
Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden
Points this post: 15
Total points: 435
Tasks completed: 29
Books read: 36
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 4
Helen B30.2 - The Birds and The Bees
Option 3: Read a book with an MPG* of Romance
Flight by Laura Griffin
Option 5: Read a book with an author with both an A and a Z any place in their name.
The Raven Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt
Total points: 275
EMurphy30.3 Dlmrose's Task: Recurring Keys
Option 1: Word in the title that contains all the letters A E N American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson
Option 2: Written by an author whose name contains all the letters A E N in a single name part Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 200
Books Read: 14
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +500: 2
Tasks Completed: 8
Mod
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Robin P’s Task: Saluting Brains
Option 1: Read a book from this list of Brainy Books
Required: State the page number on which the book appears. This appears on page 1 of the list
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business. Charles Duhigg
Claiming 1 IAF ticket
Points this post: 20
Total points: 600
Tasks complete: 36/54
Total points: 600/895
BB: 4
NF: 12
GO: 4
Mod
Read a book that has been shelved as Neurodiversity from the first 25 pages of this list: Neurodiversity
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
This is currently book #4 on page 1 of the list
(I read the print edition AND listened to the audiobook - it was interesting to compare & I would recommend both!)
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 240 + 15 = 255/895
Total Tasks Completed: 22
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 7
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySpring 2022 SRC
20.2 - 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
The Book of Cold Cases
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Ticket: 0
Total Points: 270
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Ticket: 3
Jen K5.5. - The Wizard
Network Effect
The Murderbot Diaries #5
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 405
Big Books: 4
Jen K5.6 - The Munchkins.
The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World
GR description notes that it covers 6th Century
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 410
Big Books: 4
Jen K5.8. A Horse of a Different Color
Black Sun
Page 1 of list, #23
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 415
Big Books: 4
Jen K5.9 - The Author
Subdivision by J. Robert Lennon
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 420
Big Books: 4
Jayme(the ghostreader)10.2 The Wisest in All Oz
The Cat Who Ate Danish Modernby Lilian Jackson Braun
Michael Jackson-Lilian Jackson Bruan
Task +10
Grand Total: 110
Julia10320.2 - Rookie At The Top - Lucy-Bookworm's Task: Books For A Bookworm
How to Book a Murder
("Book" in title)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 420
BB: 6
GO: 0
NF: 4
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 32
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Sarah E's Task: Most VolcanoesRead a book with a word in the title or subtitle that matches either a word from the mnemonic (Most Volcanoes Erupt Mulberry Jam Sandwiches Under Normal Pressure).
I read The Road to Miltown; or, Under the Spreading Atrophy.
Total Points: 400
20.1 - Most Improved - Delicious Dee's Task: Happy Birthday to Me!Option 2: The Sentence by Louise Erdrich, 387 pages
Author initials in CELLO
Total points: 95
25.3 - Cat's Task: Good ReadingI chose Option 1 (not originally published in English) for both books. These two books are new-to-me.
In Concrete
Tao Te Ching: A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way (nonfiction)
Total points: 120
LAUREN JODI10.4 - Brains, Brains, Brains!
Mercury Striking by Rebecca Zanetti
Appears in the list of approved books in Post #2 of the help thread.
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 495/895
Big Book Ticket: 2
It's a Fact Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 36
Total Tasks Completed: 29/54
Deborah15.9 - Hall of Famer
Read a book by an author whose initials (all) can be found in Jackie Robinson.
Sweep with Me by Ilona Andrews
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 215
Books Read: 16
Tasks Done: 12
5.5. - The WizardRead a book from a series with at least 5 whole number published books - Any book from the series may be used.
Pretty Face by Lucy Parker
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 45
MAZZA110.1 - Scarecrow
Read a book with a word of 3 or more letters in the title or subtitle that can be made from the letters in SCARECROW
The Scorpio Races RACES - SCAREcrow
points this post = 10
Points to date = 310
Delicious Dee25.9 - Tien's Task: Come on Down Under
Option 1 - Outback Dreams - found on pg1 of the Rural Romance list
Option 2 - Lust - Lana Pecherczyk - from author bio: Lana lives in Perth, Western Australia
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 340
Delicious Dee15.1 - Hemispheres
Northern Hemisphere - The Easy Life in Kamusari - set in Japan which is entirely in the Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere - Her Outback Cowboy - set in Australia which is entirely in Southern Hemisphere
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 355
Joanne MI10.5 - Spring Break
A book set at least 50% in a popular spring break destination
The Paris Architect - Set in Paris-
Points this task 10
Total Points 130
Total BB's 3
Total IAF 3
Task 30.4 – TessaVanessa – National Library Week 2022Option 2 – A book I checked out of the library with exactly ONE ‘0’ in total pages
Life Among the Savages - 240 pg
Nonfiction ticket
Option 4 – Title word of 4+ letters made from CONNECT WITH YOUR LIBRARY
royal : YOur LibRAry
Her Royal Spyness
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 110 points
NONfiction Books read: 1
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 3
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
Task 30.2 – XBM – The Birds and the BeesOption 3 – M.p.g. ROMANCE
I listened to the audio / No MMPB / Paperback: The Book of Magic = 400 pg
Option 5 – By an author with both an A and a Z in name: vAldeZ
Kirstin Valdez Quade / The Five Wounds
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 140 points
NONfiction Books read: 1
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 3
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
Shawn H.20.10 - Group Reads
Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore
**Post 27 in discussion thread**
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 70
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Ticket Books: 1
It's a Fact: 2
Task 50.1 - Bridgerton750+ pages total
book 1: Historical Fiction MPG
A Catalogue of Catastrophe
500pages - claiming 1 BB tix
book 2: #8 in series
The Night Thief
340pages
book 3: author on p13 of list, shelved 3 times
The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
440 pages
500+340+440=1280>500 pages
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520 points
10 BB tix
5 GO tix
4 NF tix
Andy P.Task # 30.3 - Dlmrose’s Task: Recurring Keys
Book 1: Read a book with a word in the title that contains all the letters A E N.
The Winemaker's Wife byKristin Harmel AEN in Winemaker's
Book 2: Read a book written by an author whose name contains all the letters A E N in a single name part.
The Intruder by Peter Blauner
AEN in Blauner
Points this post: 30
Total points: 375
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySpring 2022 SRC
30.2 - XBM’s Task – The Birds and The Bees
Option 3: Read a book with an MPG* of Romance
Cloche and Dagger MPG Romance
Option 4: Read a book with an MPG* of Biography, Autobiography or Memoir
Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art MPG Biography, claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket,
Points this post: 30
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Ticket: 1
Total Points: 300
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Ticket: 4
Task 15.6 - That’s Dr. ScarecrowTHD in author name
The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
pub 1904 - claiming 1 GO tix
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535 points
10 BB tix
6 GO tix
4 NF tix
Mary P50.1 - TraceyL's task: Bridgerton
Book 1:Read a FICTION book with a main page genre that includes "Historical"
Clover Blue by Eldonna Edwards
352 pages
Book 2:Read a book that is part of a series with at least 8 primary works.
Dreamweaver Trail by Emily March
336 pages
Book 3:Read a book written by an author found on the first 25 pages of the Diverse Authors Books shelf.
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
Found on page 4 of list. 310 pages
Points this post: 50
Total points: 195
Schatzie5.1 - The Wicked Witch
---a word from lyrics in title
My Word: NEVER
Audio: Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
PB: Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
Task Total: 5
Challenge Total: 5
Schatzie5.2 - Auntie Em
---single author with a name that matches a name related to Em,
Audio: On the Clock: What Low-Wage Work Did to Me and How It Drives America Insane by Emily Guendelsberger
PB: On the Clock: What Low-Wage Work Did to Me and How It Drives America Insane by Emily Guendelsberger
Task Total: 5
Challenge Total: 10
Schatzie5.3 - Uncle Henry
--- family relationship word in title
The Pilot's Daughter
PB: The Pilot's Daughter
Task Total: 5
Challenge Total: 15
Schatzie5.4 - Glinda the Good Witch
---author's first and last name begin with the same letter
Letters Across the Sea by Genevieve Graham
PB: Letters Across the Sea by Genevieve Graham
Task Total: 5
Challenge Total: 20
Amber30.4 - TessaVanessa's Task: National Library Week 2022
Option 1: Book that has all the letters from TABLET in the title only - TAB in BeAsTs, LET in LiTtlE
Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim
Option 2: Book checked out from your local library that has exactly one number 3 OR 0 - I checked this book out from my library and it is 368 pgs
Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett
Total Points: 350
It's a Fact Tickets: 6
Big Book Tickets: 3
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15.10 - Scare More Than Crows
Read a book with a main page genre Horror.
Horrorstör
Points this post = 15
Points to date =120