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SPRING CHALLENGE 2022
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Boston Kate
25.2 - Brooklyn's Task: Upcoming Milestone!
Option 2: No Exit
two word title
Option 3: The Girl with the Louding Voice
set in Nigeria
Points this post: 25
Total points: 115
Delicious Dee5.5 - The Wizard
Kingdom of Bones - #16 in the Sigma Force series
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 485
Carly20.1 - Most Improved - Delicious Dee's Task: Happy Birthday to Me!
Option 2: Author's first and last initials have to be found in the word CELLO
The Accomplice by Lisa Lutz
Lisa Lutz's initials LL can be found in CELLO.
The book is 368 pages.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 55
Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 0
Pages read: 1128
Carly20.5 - Bigger is Better – Kristi CO's task - Literary Cat Names
Option 2: MPG of Dystopia, Apocalyptic, or Speculative Fiction
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn
Dystopia is a MPG for this book.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 75
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 4
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 0
Pages read: 1331
Carly20.8 - Nickels & Dimes: Paul's Task: Is 139 a Prime Number?
Option 1: Single author whose initials are found in "AMAZON PRIME"
The Maid by Nita Prose
Nita Prose's initials NP can be found in AMAZON PRIME
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 95
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 5
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 0
Pages read: 1635
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.5: Hey Joe!: Bypass Gemini by Joseph R. Lalllo. I read the ebook version. The paperback edition shows 222 pages. Bypass Gemini
Totals this posting:
Points: 15
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 95
Books: 6
Tasks: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big books tickets: 0(500) 1(750) 0(1,000)
Carly 25.5 - Nick KY’s Task: Scarecrow Leftovers
Option 1: Both books should be below 500 pp in length, but total 500+ pp.
Suggestion 1: Book from this list: Books by Black Authors
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
This is on page 4 of the above list. Its also 385 pages.
Suggestion 3: Book from the first 10 pages of GR’s “TV” genre list.
Welcome to Dunder Mifflin: The Ultimate Oral History of The Office by Brian Baumgartner and Ben Silverman
This is on page 6 of the above list. Its also 444 pages.
Claiming "It's A Fact" ticket.
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 120
Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 6
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 1
Pages read: 2464
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.6: That's Dr. Scarecrow: Sworn to Raise by Terah Edun. Author name contains all letters THD: TeraH eDun.
Totals this posting:
Points: 15
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 110
Books: 7
Tasks: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big books tickets: 0(500) 1(750) 0(1,000)
Carly30.2 - XBM’s Task – The Birds and The Bees
Option 2: MPG of Nature
Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside by Nick Offerman
Claiming "It's A Fact" ticket.
Option 4: MPG of Biography, Autobiography or Memoir
Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong
MPG of Memoir
Claiming "It's A Fact" ticket.
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 150
Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 7
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 3
Pages read: 3024
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.8: Mr. Potato Head: Eye Of The Raven by Ken McClure. The toy part in the title is EYE.
Totals this posting:
Points: 15
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 125
Books: 8
Tasks: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
Big books tickets: 0(500) 1(750) 0(1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.2: Books for a bookworm: The Bookshop Murder by Merryn Allingham. The word in the title is BOOKSHOP. I read the ebook edition: The Bookshop Murder.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 145
Books: 9
Tasks: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Big books tickets: 0(500) 1(750) 0(1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.7: Wordle wordle wordle: The Dagger of Adendigaeth by Melissa McPhail. The book is #2 in the A Pattern of Shadow & Light series. *** 2 big book tickets for 764 pages
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Books: 1
Big books tickets: 1(750)
Summary Totals: 165
Books: 10
Tasks: 8
Golden Oldies: 0
Big books tickets: 0(500) 2(750) 0(1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.8: Is 139 a Prime Number?: Option 1: Cold Iron by Melissa Michaels. Author initials MM are in aMazon priMe. There are 364, exceeding the minimum requirement of 139 pages.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 185
Books: 11
Tasks: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
Big books tickets: 0(500) 2(750) 0(1,000)
Line5.2
read a book written by a single author with a name that matches a name related to Em. I read People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
points for this task: 5
total points: 130
books read: 12
tasks done: 12
trishhartuk50.1 TraceyL's task: Bridgerton
Book 1: Read a FICTION book with a main page genre that includes "Historical"
Everything Under the Heavens, Dana Stabenow
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (236pg)
Historical > Historical Fiction: 26 users
Historical: 10 users
Book 2: Read a book that is part of a series with at least 8 primary works.
Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London #9), Ben Aaronovitch
Read the kindle edition. Top PB (German): hier (416pg); Top PB (English): here (408pg)
Rivers of London has 9 primary works: https://www.goodreads.com/series/5193...
Book 3: Read a book written by an author found on the first 25 pages of the Diverse Authors Books shelf.
Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, Trevor Noah
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (288pg)
This specific book is on Page 1, about #12 of the list
Total pages: 236 + 416 (AOW German) + 288 = 940pg
Total pages: 236 + 408 (AOW English) + 288 = 932pg
Points this task: 50
Books read: 3
Total points: 185
Tasks completed: 12
Golden oldies: 2
EMurphy30.2 XBM's Task: The Birds and the Bees
Option 4: Biography, autobiography, or memoir MPG If at Birth You Don't Succeed: My Adventures with Disaster and Destiny by Zach Anner
Option 5: Author with A and Z in their name Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 285
Books Read: 19
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +500: 3
Tasks Completed: 12
Amy FL10.3 - If I Only Had a Brain
When Breath Becomes Air - Page 4 of list (#312)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 605
Amy FL15.2 Right/Left
Book 1: Their Last Breath - Fiction, starts with T in righT
Book 2: This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor - Nonfiction, start with T in lefT
Points this post: 15
Total points: 620
Amy FL15.4 - "Password" is not a Password
Option 2: Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups—Timeless Advice from an Angel Investor Who Turned $100,000 into $100,000,000 - $100,000 in subtitle (number and symbol)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 635
JEN B5.10 - Wish Upon a Star
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC requirements.
Frightful's Mountain by Jean Craighead George
This book is listed as UG in ARBookfinder
TOTAL POINTS: 150
Amy FL25.1 - Sandy's Task: I Want My Baseball!
Book 1: One Shot at Forever: A Small Town, an Unlikely Coach, and a Magical Baseball Season - MPG Sports
Book 2: Buried Angels by Camilla Läckberg (CL in LoCkout)
I linked to the versions I completed. The combined total of pages in the paperbacks is over 600.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 660
20.5 - Bigger is Better – Kristi CO's task - Literary Cat NamesOption 5: Music Is History by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
Author has a name with at least three parts
***One "It's a Fact Ticket" claimed
Total points: 160
30.2 - XBM’s Task – The Birds and The BeesOption 1:
Bird on cover
Option 4: Me
Autobiography>Memoir
*** One It's a Fact ticket claimed
Total points: 190
Total It's a Fact tickets: 2
50.1 - TraceyL's task: BridgertonBook 1: Matrix - 260 pages
Historical
Book 2: White Nights - 392 pages
There are 8 books in the Shetland Island series
Book 3: Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid - 313 pages
On page 1 of the Diverse Authors list
260 + 392 + 313 = 965 pages (> 750)
Total points: 240
Amber10.6 - Renewal
MPG Plants or Animals
American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West by Nate Blakeslee
**American Wolf is a non-fiction book. Claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket.**
Total Points: 705
It's a Fact Tickets: 14
Big Book Tickets: 5
Kristi CO20.4 - Golden Oldies - Robin P’s Task: Saluting Brains
Option 2 - historical fiction
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO20.5 - Bigger is Better – Kristi CO's task - Literary Cat Names
Option 2 - dystopia
Anthem by Noah Hawley
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Helen B's Task: Spring Begins
Option 3 - #1 in series
Murder on the Red River by Marcie R. Rendon
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Amber10.10 - Spring Series
Book in a series with a series title that begins with a letter in SPRING
Strangers in Paradise, Vol. 5: Immortal Enemies
Total Points: 715
Kristi CO20.8 - Nickels & Dimes: Paul's Task: Is 139 a Prime Number?
Option 1 - author initials in amazon prime
The Maid by Nita Prose
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO25.7 - Andy P’s Task: Symmetry
Book 1
The River by Peter Heller (253 pg)
Book 2
Mercy Street by Jennifer Haigh (352 pg)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 6
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO25.8 - Amy FL’s task: Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin On
Option 1 - NOTES
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka
Option 2 - SUBSTANTIA NIGRA
The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
Points this post: 25
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 8
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO30.2 - XBM’s Task – The Birds and The Bees
Option 2 - nature
The Guide by Peter Heller
Option 5 - A & Z
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Points this post: 30
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 10
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO30.3 - Dlmrose’s Task: Recurring Keys
Book 1 - AEN in title
What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad
Book 2 - AEN in name
The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans
Points this post: 30
Total points: 190
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 12
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Kristi CO15.10 - Scare More Than Crows
HORROR
The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
Points this post: 15
Total points: 205
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 13
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Julia10315.6. - That’s Dr. Scarecrow
The Agitators: Three Friends Who Worked Together on the Underground Railroad, Fought for Women's Rights, and Helped Change the Course of the Civil War by Dorothy Wickenden (THD in DOROTHY)
This book is non-fiction - claiming one It's A Fact ticket
This post: 15 points, 1 NF
Total points: 630
BB: 8
GO: 0
NF: 6
Tasks completed: 34
Books read: 47
Barbara ★15.6 - That’s Dr. Scarecrow
Read a book by an author who has all the letters T H D in his/her name.
Cloudy with a Chance of Witchcraft - Mandy M. Roth 5/16
T H D in manDy roTH
Points this task: 15
Total points: 665
Big Book Tickets: 500 (4) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Mod
Death of an Eye by Dana Stabenow / EYE in title
Points this post: 15
Total points: 595
Mod
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan / MOTHERS in title
Points this post: 5
Total points: 600
inge199025.3 - Cat's Task: Good Reading
option 1 (non fiction) not originally published in English
book is new to me
Je bent een verschrikkelijk kind
option 1 not originally published in English
book is new to me
Zomerzin
Points this post: 25
total points: 500
inge199020.9 - Moderator's Pet - Sarah E's Task: Most Volcanoes
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that matches either a word from the mnemonic or the name of a planet in our solar system
The Jam Factory Girls
Points this post: 20
total points: 520
trishhartuk50.1 TraceyL's task: Bridgerton
REPOST of #2424 to claim an It's a Fact Ticket (having totally failed to see they existed before - I really haven't been on the ball this season)
Book 1: Read a FICTION book with a main page genre that includes "Historical"
Everything Under the Heavens, Dana Stabenow
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (236pg)
Historical > Historical Fiction: 26 users
Historical: 10 users
Book 2: Read a book that is part of a series with at least 8 primary works.
Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London #9), Ben Aaronovitch
Read the kindle edition. Top PB (German): hier (416pg); Top PB (English): here (408pg)
Rivers of London has 9 primary works: https://www.goodreads.com/series/5193...
Book 3: Read a book written by an author found on the first 25 pages of the Diverse Authors Books shelf.
Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, Trevor Noah
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (288pg)
This specific book is on Page 1, about #12 of the list
Born a Crime is Non-Fiction - claiming one It's a Fact ticket
Total pages: 236 + 416 (AOW German) + 288 = 940pg
Total pages: 236 + 408 (AOW English) + 288 = 932pg
Points this task: 50
Books read: 3
It's a Fact: 1 - Born a Crime is non-fiction
Totals remain unchanged, except IAF goes up to 1
Total Points: 185
Tasks Completed: 12
Golden Oldies: 2
It's a Fact: 1
trishhartuk15.2 Right/Left
This may be too late, but if not, this is a REPOST of #522 to claim an It's a Fact Ticket
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
righT
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
lefT
Language > Writing: 3,595 users
Nonfiction: 2,652 users
Golden Oldie: First published in 1918
Non-Fiction - claiming an It's a Fact ticket
Points this task: 15
Books read: 2
It's a Fact: 1 - The Elements of Style is Non-Fiction
Totals remain unchanged, except IAF goes up to 2
Total Points: 185
Tasks Completed: 12
Golden Oldies: 2
It's a Fact: 2
HanneloreTask 10.3 - If I Only Had a Brain
Read a book from the Thought Provoking book list.
Required: State the PAGE of the list on which your book appears when you post.
Book: Niet door water maar door vuur
How it fits: The original title is 'The fire next time' (I read it in dutch), and can be found on page 3 of the list, on # 267 when I last checked.
Book is non-fiction --> CLAIMING 1 IT'S A FACT TICKET.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 780
Tasks completed: 45
BB tickets:
(4) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 5
IAF tickets: 5
HanneloreTask 10.10 - Spring Series
Read a book in a series with a series title that begins with a letter in SPRING. Articles (a, an, the) may be ignored.
Book: Nova
How it fits: Book is #2 in the series 'The Renegades'. Leaving out 'the', it starts with R.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 790
Tasks completed: 46
BB tickets:
(4) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 5
IAF tickets: 5
Mod
The Rearranged Life of Oona Lockhart
My comment is #31 on the thread
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 400 + 20 = 420/895
Total Tasks Completed: 30
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 9 (less)
LAUREN JODI30.3 - Dlmrose’s Task: Recurring Keys
Book #1: AEN in one title word
Justice Ascending by Rebecca Zanetti
Book #2 - AEN in a single name part
Feral Sins by Suzanne Wright
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 765/895
Big Book Ticket: 2
It's a Fact Ticket: 2
Total Books Read: 59
Total Tasks Completed: 44/54
Mod
Read a book with a title that begins with one of these letters: H, O, L, I.
I Survived: A True Story.
This book starts with I
This is nonfiction so I claim an "It's a fact" ticket
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 420 + 10 = 430/895
Total Tasks Completed: 31
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 9 + 1 = 10
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10.10 Spring Series
Read a book in a series with a series title that begins with a letter in SPRING.
Red Planet Run (Star Svensdotter #3), Dana Stabenow
Read the kindle edition. PB here
Points this task: 10
Books read: 1
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 11
Golden oldies: 2