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SPRING CHALLENGE 2022
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Andy P.Task # 20.4 - Golden Oldies - Robin P’s Task: Saluting Brains
Option 1. Read a book from this list of Brainy Books
Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith
Found on page 1 (#27 as of 3/11/22)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 65
5.3 - Uncle HenryRead a book with one of the following family relationship words in its title (the list included "brother").
I read the Kindle edition of Little Brother - this link is to the top paperback edition.
Total points: 75
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySpring 2022 SRC
5.9 - The Author
Read a book whose author uses an initial in the first name position. Ex.: J.D.Robb, G. Willow Wilson.
Pushing up Daisies by M.C. Beaton
Points this post: 5
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Total Points: 35
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
5.4 - Glinda the Good WitchRead a book whose author has a first and last name beginning with the same letter.
I read Ex Libris, by Matt Madden.
Total Points: 80
Katrisa5.5 - The Wizard
Read a book from a series with at least 5 whole number published books
I read Beneath the Sugar Sky
The Wayward Children series has 10 primary works
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 90
Katrisa5.8. A Horse of a Different Color
Read a book from the Books with a Color in the Title list.
I read The Silver Star from page 1 of the list
Points this Post: 5
Points Total 95
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)20.3 - Best Review – Lauren Jodi's Task: Henry Rex
Option 3: single white rose or a single red rose on the cover
Page Count: 231
Hallowed Murder by Ellen Hart
Points Earned This Post: 20
Points Achieved to Date: 120/895
Tasks Completed 10/54
10.3 - If I Only Had a BrainNostromo by Joseph Conrad
page 10
1x Golden Oldies tix (pub 1904)
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Season Total: 95
Julia10310.9 - Spring Into a Good Book
The Wizard's Butler
(average rating 4.43, published March 2020)
This post: 10
Total points: 80
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 0
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 6
LAUREN JODI10.2 - The Wisest in All of Oz
The Deepest of Secrets by Kelley Armstrong
Actor: Elijah Kelley
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 75/895
Total Books Read: 6
Total Tasks Completed: 5/54
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - MEGSCL's Task: Wordle Wordle Wordle!Read a book by an Australian author (by birth or current residence)
I read an ebook version of Throat by Ellen Van Neerven
New Points: 20
Total Points: 35
Jen K20.10 - Group Reads
The Thursday Murder Club
Message 5 on thread
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 30
Jen K20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - MEGSCL's Task: Wordle Wordle Wordle!
2. DORDLE, QUORDLE, SEDECORDLE.
When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain
The Singing Hills Cycle #2
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Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 50
Delicious Dee15.2 Right/Left
Book A - Gluttony - G in RIGHT
Book B - The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds - T in LEFT
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 80
Task:20.5 - Bigger is Better – Kristi CO's task - Literary Cat NamesOption:Option 1:a single author who was born in Canada
Book read:All's Well by Mona Awad
Required:on Mona Awad's goodreads page it says she was born in Montreal, which is in Canada.
Points this task:20
Total points:55
Total Golden Oldies:
Total Big Books:
Total It’s A Fact:
Books read:3
Tasks completed:3
Boston Kate
20.9 Sarah E's Task: Most Volcanoes
Under Her Skin
"Under" in title
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
10.1 - ScarecrowRead 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 word I used is ROSE
I listened to an audio version of White Rose, Black Forest
New Points: 10
Total Poits: 45
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)20.2 - Rookie At The Top - Lucy-Bookworm's Task: Books For A Bookworm -
one of the following words in title or subtitle:
Book, Bookworm, Bookshelf, Bookshop, Bookstore, Bookseller, Library
Page Count: 339
Word: Library
The Library of Lost Things by Laura Taylor Namey
Points Earned This Post: 20
Points Achieved to Date: 140/895
Tasks Completed 11/54
Mod
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
Whip Hand
HAND was one of the original toy parts
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 60 + 15 = 75/895
Total Tasks Completed: 6
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 2
Mod
Read a book from the Thought Provoking book list
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
This is currently book #295 on page 3 of the list.
This is NON-FICTION so I claim an It's a fact ticket
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 75+ 10 = 85/895
Total Tasks Completed: 7
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 3
Andy P.Task # 5.1 - The Wicked Witch
Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters from the lyrics of Ding Dong the Witch is Dead in its title
State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton
The word Terror is found in the third line of the lyrics.
Points this post: 5
Total points:70
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5.3 - Uncle Henry
Grandfather: My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family's Nazi Past by Jennifer Teege
total = 10
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5.4 - Glinda the Good Witch
DD: Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age by Dennis Duncan
total = 15
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5.6 - The Munchkins.
Brother Cadfael series set 1135-1145: The Leper of Saint Giles by Ellis Peters
total = 20
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10.3 - If I Only Had a Brain
Thought Provoking page 3: Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
total = 30
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10.4 - Brains, Brains, Brains!
Zombies: The Walking Dead, Vol. 2: Miles Behind Us by Robert Kirkman
review = a pack of hungry zombies.
total = 40
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10.9 - Spring Into a Good Book
first published March 1st 2020, 4.31 rating confirmed post 18: PB -A Killer's Wife by Victor Methos
I read the kindle
total = 50
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10.10 - Spring Series
I in "spring" series- Irene Kelly: Dear Irene (Irene Kelly #3) by Jan Burke
total = 60
PAULA S15.7 - NeuroAware
Read a book that has been shelved as Neurodiversity from the first 25 pages of this list: Neurodiversity
Found on the first page on the list, shelved 22 times as neurodiversity:
This is a non-fiction book. I request 1 It's a fact ticket.
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Points Earned This Post: 15
Total Points Earned: 15
It's A Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
30.4 - TessaVanessa's Task:National Library Week 2022Option 2: Read a book checked out from my library that has exactly one number 3 or 0 in the number of pages. The book can be either print or digital
Tainna: The Unseen Ones, Short Stories by Norma Dunning
ebook, no MMP, 160 pages in only PB edition
I got this book digitally from Calgary Public Library via Libby
Option 3:Read a book by a single author that has all the letters in MORE in the author's first and last namesCleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran MichElle mORan
Points this post: 30
Total points: 65
Rasks completed: 5
Books read: 6
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - MEGSCL's Task: Wordle Wordle Wordle!2. DORDLE, QUORDLE, SEDECORDLE. Why do one wordle when you can do 2 or 4 or 16!? Read a book that is #2 #4 or #16 in a series.
The series name and number must be indicated in grayscale parentheses following the title on the GR page.
I read The Man Who Died Twice
points: 65
books read: 4
tasks completed: 4
pages read: 1282
MARGO30.4 - TessaVanessa's Task: National Library Week 2022
OPTION 3: single author that has all the letters of MORE in the author's first and last name. Other name parts are excluded.
- Moving the Mountain by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- MORE in CHARLOTTE GILMAN
- 292 pages for main paperback
- first published 1911 - CLAIMING one Golden Oldie ticket
OPTION 4: a word in the title/subtitle of at least 4 letters that can be made from Connect with Your Library.
- With Her in Ourland: Sequel to Herland
- chosen word "WITH" in Connect with your library.
- 280 pages for main paperback
- first published 1916 - CLAIMING one Golden Oldie ticket
Both of these books were read as part of this Kindle collection:
The Herland Trilogy: Moving the Mountain, Herland, With Her in Ourland
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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Points this task: 30
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 6
GO: 2 // BB: 1 // NF: 0
Coralie10.8 Feria Nacional de San Marcos
Book with a title of at least three words where the initial letter of all title words can be found in feriA Nacional…
An Artificial Night
Total to date 15 points
Christene Paula5.3 - Uncle Henry
Book: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid 400 pages, paperback
Tasks: 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.
How it fits: A Book with family relationship on its title. "HUSBAND"
Points this task: 5
Total points: 40
Total books read: 5
Tasks completed: 5/54
Big Books tickets: 4
(0) 500+
(2) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Its a Fact Tickets:0
Barbara ★30.2 - XBM’s Task – The Birds and The Bees
Option 1: Read a book with bird(s) or bee(s) on the cover
Curse of Salem - Kay Hooper 3/5
Option 5: Read a book with an author with both an A and a Z any place in their name
You Can Run - Rebecca Zanetti 3/12
A & Z in ZAnetti
Points this task: 30
Total points: 125
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Amy B20.10 - 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 the book.
Fiction: Time Travel
Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore
Posted to discussion thread 3/12
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 25 Points
LAUREN JODI25.5 - Nick KY’s Task: Scarecrow Leftovers
Option 2
Suggestion 3
Page #5 of the TV Genre List
Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
* I claim a Big Book ticket for this book, which is 561 pages long. *
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 100/895
Big Book Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 7
Total Tasks Completed: 6/54
Boston Kate
5.1 - The Wicked Witch
The Nice House on the Lake, Vol. 1
"house" in title
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25
ZachFor Task 30.4 - TessaVanessa's Task: National Library Week 2022.
I chose option Option 2 and read It which I checked out of my library. The book has 1153 pages.
I also chose Option 4 and read Another Country using the word COUNTRY made up of letters available in Connect with Your Library.
For this task I will also be claiming three Big Book Tickets for the 1153 pages in It.
Points this post: 30
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Totals:
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Points: 30
BBTs: 3
GOTs: 0
10.2 - The Wisest in All of OzJust to name a few, the Scarecrow of Oz has been portrayed by:
• Frank Moore in the 1914 film His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz ...
Read a book written by an author who shares a name with one of the performers listed.
I read The Hard Goodbye by Frank Miller.
Total Points: 90
5.6 - The Munchkins.Read a book set at least 50% in the Middle Ages - 476 to 1450 A.D.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
First published 1397 and the story takes in the middle ages.
Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket - First Published 1397
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 145
It's A Fact Tickets: 4
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Katrisa5.2 - Auntie Em
Read a book written by a single author with a name that matches a name related to Em (Emily, Emma)
I read Astray by Emma Donoghue
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 100
10.3 - If I Only Had a BrainRead a book from the Thought Provoking book list
How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran On page 1 of list
Points this post: 10
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
15.5 - Hey Joe!Read a book written by a single author named Joe or one of the related names
I listened to an audio version of Malagash by Joey Comeau
Joey is listed in the English forms of the name.
New Points: 15
Total Points: 60
Julia10325.7 - Andy P’s Task: Symmetry
Book 1: The World Starts Anew ("Starts" begins and ends with same letter)
Book 2: Avalon by Anya Seton ("Anya" begins and ends with same letter)
This post: 25
Total points: 105
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 0
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 8
MARGO30.3 - 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.
- Herland
- A E N in HERLAND
- 124 pages for top MMPB
- first published 1915 - CLAIMING one Golden Oldie ticket
- read as part of this Kindle collection: The Herland Trilogy: Moving the Mountain, Herland, With Her in Ourland
Book 2: Read a book written by an author whose name contains all the letters A E N in a single name part.
- The Notting Hill Mystery by Charles Warren Adams
- A E N in WARREN
- 284 pages for top paperback
- first published 1862 - CLAIMING one Golden Oldie ticket
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Points this task: 30
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 8
GO: 4 // BB: 1 // NF: 0
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Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Spring 2022 season.
The Enchanted April
Discussion Thread Post #2
Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket - First Published 1922
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 140
It's A Fact Tickets: 4
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)