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SPRING CHALLENGE 2022
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15.9 – Hall of FamerAuthor initials in JACKIE ROBINSON - N J
Nancy Johnson / The Kindest Lie
Audiobook / NO MMPB / Paperback: The Kindest Lie 352 p
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This Post: 15 points
Total points to date: 205 points
NONfiction Books read: 1
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 3
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2
Task 20.4 – Golden Oldies – Robin P – Saluting BrainsOption 2 - M.p.g. HISTORICAL FICTION
The Masterpiece
Audiobook / NO MMPB / Paperback: The Masterpiece – 384 p
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 225 points
NONfiction Books read: 1
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 3
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2
Task 20.7 – Shorter is Sweeter – Meg SCL – Wordle, Wordle, WordleOption 2: Series book # 4 - Harry Bosch #4
The Last Coyote
I listened to the audio / MMPB: The Last Coyote - 505 pg
*** BIG BOOK *** 1 tickets – 505 pages
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 245 points
NONfiction Books read: 1
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 3
Big Books Read: (3) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 3
ROBIN P15.2 - Right/Left
1. Fiction title starting with letter in RIGHT - The Regent: A Five Towns Story of Adventure in London
**claiming 1 GO point, orig pub 1913
2. Nonfiction title starting w letter in LEFT - Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
**claiming 1 NF point
Points this post: 15
Total points: 520
BB:0 GO:4 NF:9
LAUREN JODI5.8 - A Horse of a Different Color
Blue Smoke by Nora Roberts
On page #3 of the list
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 500/895
Big Book Ticket: 2
It's a Fact Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 37
Total Tasks Completed: 30/54
Nick KY20.1 - Most Improved - Delicious Dee's Task: Happy Birthday to Me!
The book must be a MINIMUM of 200 pages. .
Required: State the option.
Option 1: Read a book where the ALL the letters CELLO, including 2 Ls, can be found in the title (excluding subtitle).:
The Love Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft to Gilbert Imlay: ?the love letters of mary wOLLstonECraft" 222 pp.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 630
Nick KY20.10 - Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Spring 2022 season. The requirement for this task: you must participate in the book's discussion thread below with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read:
Nonfiction: Travel -- I read Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other
My comment is in message 8 of the Discussion Thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points This Post: 20
Total Poiints So Far: 650
Andy P.Task # 30.1 - Katrisa's Task: Dune
Option 1. Read a book with the word DESERT in the title
Where the Desert Meets the Sea by Werner Sonne 249 p.
Option 2. Read a book with a cover that depicts a natural body of water, such as a river
by Elizabeth George 704 p. book approved in the help threadpage count 704 + 249 =953> 700 p. minimum
Points this post: 30
Total points: 405
change of plan, so UNCLAIMING Task 50.1 - Bridgerton
750+ 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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485 points
9 BB tix
5 GO tix
4 NF tix
Task 50.1 - Bridgerton750+ pages total
book 1: Historical Fiction MPG
A Catalogue of Catastrophe
500pages - claiming 1 BB tix
book 2: #22 in series
Memory in Death
293 pages
book 3: author on p13 of list, shelved 3 times
The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
440 pages
500+293+440=1233>500 pages
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535 points
10 BB tix
6 GO tix
4 NF tix
Task 15.2 - Right/Leftbook 1: FICTION, title starts with T (Right)
The Night Thief
book 2: NON-FICTION, title starts with L (Left)
Lab Girl: A story of Trees, Science and Love
Non-fiction - claiming 1 NF tix
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550 points
10 BB tix
6 GO tix
5 NF tix
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Task 20.4 - Saluting Brainsoption 3 - author initials in MENSA
Of Curses and Kisses by Sandhya Menon
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570 points
10 BB tix
6 GO tix
5 NF tix
Kathy KS20.1 - Most Improved - Delicious Dee's Task: Happy Birthday to Me!
The book must be a MINIMUM of 200 pages.
Option 1: Read a book where the ALL the letters CELLO, including 2 Ls, can be found in the title (excluding subtitle).
Blacktop Wasteland, by S.A. Cosby
CELLO=bLaCktOp wastELand
285 pages (>200)
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 315
Tasks completed: 16/54
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 3
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 4
5.1 The Wicked WitchWe Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence by Becky Cooper
Dead is a word in the song.
This book is 501 pages, I'd lie a BB ticket.
It is also Non-fiction, I'd like a Just the Facts ticket.
Post Total: 5
Grand Total: 215
20.5 Literary Cat NamesOption 1 - The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_...
She was born in Toronto.
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 235
VAL TX20.4 - Golden Oldies - Robin P’s Task: Saluting Brains - State the option used.
Option 3: Read a book whose author’s initials (all) can be found in MENSA BRAIN.
Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
This book is nonfiction, claiming a NF ticket.
This post:
Points - 20
NF Tickets - 1
Total:
Points - 80
NF Tickets - 2
Task 30.4 - National Library Week 2022Option 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.
MORE = kElley aRMstrOng
A Stitch in Time (A Stitch in Time #1) (2020) by Kelley Armstrong (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 336 pages)
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.
Required: State the word in your post.
HOTEL = cOnnEcT witH your Library
The Paradox Hotel (2022) by Rob Hart (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 336 pages)
125 + 30 = 155
Tasks Completed: 06
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 125 + 30 = 155
Books read: 10
Pages read: 3,521
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 05
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 00
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Bookwrm526Task #5.3 - Uncle Henry
Read a book with one of the following family relationship words in its title. Possessive and plural/singular forms can be used, no other variations. I chose the word SON and read Sons for the Return Home by Albert Wendt.
Total points so far: 500
babbling C30.2 - XBM’s Task – The Birds and The Bees
In 1964, Jewel Akens had a hit release called “The Birds and The Bees.” The lyrics inspired this task.
Option 3: Read a book with an MPG* of Romance
Burn For Me - Kindle Burn for Me - Mass Market Paperback pg 384 by Cynthia Eden
Romance > Paranormal Romance 149 users
Option 5: Read a book with an author with both an A and a Z any place in their name
The Queen's Assassin - kindle The Queen's Assassin - paperback pgs. 400 by Melissa de la Cruz
Melissa de la Cruz
THIS POST
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 220/895
Completed Tasks: 14/54
Golden oldies:
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Pages read this season: 6,202
Books read this season: 16
Schatzie15.2 Right/Left
Book 1:
---FICTION book with a title that begins with a letter in RIGHT
The Guardians
PB: The Guardians
Book 2:
---NONFICTION book with a title that begins with a letter in LEFT
This Is Your Brain on Food: An Indispensable Guide to the Surprising Foods that Fight Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, OCD, ADHD, and More
PB: The Food Mood Connection. Un ghid esențial al alimentelor uimitoare care luptă cu depresia, anxietatea, OCD, ADHD și multe altele
Task Total: 15
Challenge Total: 180
Schatzie15.3 - Wordle
Option 2:
---one-word title that is five letters & 1-6 in a series
Deity
PB: Deity
Task Total: 15
Challenge Total: 195
Schatzie 15.4 - "Password" is not a Password
Option 1:
Book 1: a number in the title
100 Ways to Motivate Others: How Great Leaders Can Produce Insane Results Without Driving People Crazy
MMPB: 100 способов мотивации. Как великие лидеры добиваются великих результатов
Book2:
---special character in the title
#AskGaryVee: 437 Questions & Answers on the Current State of Entrepreneurship, Business Management, Monetization, Media, Platforms, Content, Influencer Marketing, Investing, Leadership, Legacy, Culture, Crushing, Thanking, Jabbing, Right Hooking, Carin...
MMPB: #ZapytajGaryego
Task Total: 15
Challenge Total: 210
Schatzie15.5 - Hey Joe!
---written by a single author named Joe or related name
Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo by Jo Koy
PB: Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo by Jo Koy
Task Total: 15
Challenge Total: 225
FLY Task #30.1 - Katrisa's Task: Dune
task: Option 2 - cover that depicts a natural body of water
book: Looking at Movies
how it fits:
<--Atlantic Ocean**Claiming It's A Fact ticket - nonfiction book**
task: Option 6 - Read a book from a series where someone continued the series after the original author dies
book: Dragonflight
how it fits: This is the first Pern book (https://www.goodreads.com/series/5006...) Gigi McCaffrey wrote Dragon's Code: Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern (Pern #25) in 2018. Anne McCaffrey died in 2011.
Other requirements:
one book must be 500+ pages, combined total must be 700+ pages.
Looking at Movies = 528 pages, Dragonflight = 303 pages
528 + 303 > 700
Points this post: 30
Total points: 255
Tasks completed: 13/54
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
It's A Fact tickets: 2
Schatzie15.6. - That’s Dr. Scarecrow
---author who has all the letters T H D in name
The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
MMPB: O Signo dos Quatro by Arthur Conan Doyle
Task Total: 15
Challenge Total: 240
Schatzie15.7 - NeuroAware
---shelved as Neurodiversity from the first 25 pages of given list
My book found on page ONE
Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism
PB: Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight: A young man's voice from the silence of autism
Task Total: 15
Challenge Total: 255
Schatzie15.8 - Mr Potato Head
---word in the title or subtitle that was one of the original toy parts
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Task Total: 15
Challenge Total: 270
Schatzie15.9 - Hall of Famer
---author whose initials can be found in Jackie Robinson
Sickening: How Big Pharma Broke American Health Care and How We Can Repair It by John Abramson
HC: Sickening: How Big Pharma Broke American Health Care and How We Can Repair It by John Abramson
Task Total: 15
Challenge Total: 285
Schatzie 20.1 - Most Improved - Delicious Dee's Task: Happy Birthday to Me!
option 1: letters CELLO can be found in title
A Dangerous Collaboration
PB: A Dangerous Collaboration
Task Total: 20
Challenge Total: 320
Schatzie20.2 - Rookie At The Top - Lucy-Bookworm's Task: Books For A Bookworm
---LIBRARY in title
The Library Book
PB: The Library Book
Task Total: 20
Challenge Total: 340
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySpring 2022 SRC
5.7 - The Flying Monkeys
Read a book with a living creature with wings showing on the cover. For purposes of this task, angels, demons, fantasy creatures/animals will work. The wings must be obviously shown on the cover.
Points this post: 5
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Ticket: 0
Total Points: 305
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Ticket: 4
30.1 - Katrisa's Task: DuneOption 4: Read a book with one of the words in its title that is also a word in one of the books ib the Dune universe
Dune by Frank Herbert, Audiobook, 884 pg in first listed MMP
Option 5: Read a book from the Gender Bending Books list Gun, With Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem on page 1 of list
Audiobook, 262 pg in first listed MMP
884 + 262 = 1146 pages, both books exceed the minimum page total for individual books (500 & 200)
I'm claiming 2 BB tickets for Dune, 884 pg
Points this post: 30
Total points: 455
Tasks completed: 29
Books read: 38
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 4
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySpring 2022 SRC
10.1 - 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. Letters may only be used as many times as they appear in the target word.
Required: State the word when you post.
The Whisperer War - the word is WAR (scARecroW)
Points this post: 10
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Ticket: 0
Total Points: 315
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Ticket: 4
Schatzie20.3 - Best Review – Lauren Jodi's Task: Henry Rex
Option 2: word "king" in the title
Jeeves and the King of Clubs
PB: Jeeves and the King of Clubs
Task Total: 20
Challenge Total: 360
Schatzie20.4 - Golden Oldies - Robin P’s Task: Saluting Brains
option 3: author’s initials can be found in MENSA BRAIN
The Tobacco Wives by Adele Myers
PB: The Tobacco Wives by Adele Myers
Task Total: 20
Challenge Total: 380
Schatzie20.5 - Bigger is Better – Kristi CO's task - Literary Cat Names
Option 2: mpg Dystopia
Gemina
MMPB: Gemina
Task Total: 20
Challenge Total: 400
Schatzie20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - MEGSCL's Task: Wordle Wordle Wordle!
Option 3: Australian author (by birth or current residence)
Tell Me Lies by J.P. Pomare
PB: Tell Me Lies by J.P. Pomare
Task Total: 20
Challenge Total: 420
Schatzie20.8 - Nickels & Dimes: Paul's Task: Is 139 a Prime Number?
Option 1: author initials in "AMAZON PRIME"
The Taking of Jemima Boone: The True Story of the Kidnap and Rescue That Shaped America by Matthew Pearl
PB: The Taking of Jemima Boone: The True Story of the Kidnap and Rescue That Shaped America by Matthew Pearl
Task Total: 20
Challenge Total: 440
Task:20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - MEGSCL's Task: Wordle Wordle Wordle!Option:2- a book that is #2 #4 or #16 in a series
Book read:Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Children's MPG: IL: UY - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 32.0
Required: number 4 in the Harry Potter series.
I claim 2 big book tickets as this has 796 pages
Points this task:20
Total points:250
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:3
Total It’s A Fact:3
Books read:15
Tasks completed:12
Task 25.8 - Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin Onoption 2: author initials in SUBSTANTIA
Semiosis by Sue Burke
option 3: BLUE in title
Blue
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575 points
10 BB tix
6 GO tix
4 NF tix
25.5 - Nick KY’s Task: Scarecrow LeftoversOption 2. Read ONE book of 500+ pp which fits at least one of the above suggestions.
Suggestion 1. Read a book from this list: Books by Black Authors (page 6)
Do You Dream of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh
1x Bigger is Better tix (520p)
Total this Post: 25
Golden Oldies: 5
Bigger is Better: 3
It's a Fact: 3
Season Total: 725
Mod
3 books, 750 pages+ total
Book 1: Read a FICTION book with a main page genre that includes "Historical"
The Watchmaker's Daughter
This is a new release so not many genres listed, however it does have Historical > Historical Fiction AND Historical (and WW2) listed.
I had an advanced reader copy of the audiobook, but the book is now published and the paperback has 282 pages.
Book 2: Read a book that is part of a series with at least 8 primary works.
A Royal Murder
This is clearly listed as (A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery #9)
I read the kindle version but the paperback is listed as 288 pages
Book 3: Read a book written by an author found on the first 25 pages of the Diverse Authors Books shelf.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
This is currently about halfway down page 2 of the Diverse Authors List
This book has 309 pages
This book is autobiography/non fiction so I claim an "It's a fact" ticket
Total pages: 282+288+309 = 879 (> 750)
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Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 255 + 50 = 305/895
Total Tasks Completed: 23
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 7 +1 = 8
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Sarah E's Task: Most VolcanoesAustralia's Most Murderous Prison: Behind the Walls of Goulburn Jail by James Phelps
word in title: MOST
Total this Post: 20
Golden Oldies: 5
Bigger is Better: 3
It's a Fact: 3
Season Total: 745
Jasmiina F20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Helen B's Task: Spring Begins:
Option 2: Read a book with a flower in bloom on the cover:
by Abbie Emmons.Points this post: 20
Total points: 75
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
10.6 - RenewalAnimals / Animals-Cats
The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 125
10.9 - Spring Into a Good BookMay 27, 2021 / 4.46 Rating
What Willow Says by Lynn Buckle
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 135
15.2 Right/LeftRead a FICTION book with a title that begins with a letter in RIGHT.
T:
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens
Read a NONFICTION book with a title that begins with a letter in LEFT.
F:
Facing Racism: The Guide to Overcoming Unconscious Bias and Hidden Prejudice to Be a Part of the Change by Andrae D. Smith Jr.
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 150
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How to Walk Away
Audiobook / NO MMPB / paperback: How to Walk Away – 369 p
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This Post: 10 points
Total points to date: 190 points
NONfiction Books read: 1
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 3
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2