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SPRING CHALLENGE 2023
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
EMILYGRACER10.6 batter up
*I am claiming 1 its a fact ticket for this book*
This book is 100% set in Australia, I read The Ice Age: a journey into crystal-meth addiction by Luke Williams
Points in this post: 10
Points in total: 540
Task completed: 28/55
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 3
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 12
MAZZA110.3. Feeling possessive?
Read a book with a possessive noun in its title or subtitle
Old God's Time
Posessive noun = God's
points this post = 10
Points to date = 925
MAZZA110.5. Would I Lie to You?
In honor of Tell a Lie day (April 4), read a book with LIE found intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.
Sincerely, Me Julietta Henderson
LIE in author's forename JuLIEtta
points this post = 10
points to date = 935
MAZZA110.6. Batter up!
read a book set at least 50% in one of the countries listed in task.
USING Australia,
Words in Deep Blue GR info identifies setting as
Melbourne Australia
points this post = 10
Points to date = 945
Hopefully that is me finished
Line10.8
Read a book from the first 25 pages of this list: Stories for Book Lovers
I read Atonement which is on page 1
points for this task:10
total points: 45
books read: 4
tasks done: 4
Lisa MD5.1 - Flying High
Airplane on cover.
🦋Code Name Sapphire by Pam Jenoff
368 pages
🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 495/945
Total Books Read: 38
Tasks Completed: 28/55
Big Book Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Non Fiction Tickets: 11
Mod
Space Opera by Catherynne M Valente / MPG Space
Points this post: 5
Total points: 905
Mod
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh / MPG Graphic Novels
Points this post: 10
Total points: 915
Mod
My Favorite Half-Night Stand by Christina Lauren / written by 2 authors
Points this post: 10
Total points: 925
Angela IL30.3 - Cat's Task: Book of the Month
Option 1: TWO book task
Pick one of the months within this season (i.e. March, April, May) and read one book for each of the tasks below.
Book 1: the letters of your chosen month can be found in the title of your book.
Family Tree by Barbara Delinsky- 4/14
Book 2: The author of your book has first and last initials found in your chosen month
Goodnight Beautiful by Aimee Molloy- 5/8
Month: May
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 500
Books Read: 32
Tasks Completed: 23
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 2
MEGSCL25.2 - Robin P's Task: An Ode to Chocolate
1 - three word title - The Gifted Son
2 - M&M - How To Be Remembered by Michael Thompson
TOTAL - 415
BIG BOOKS - 4
IT’S A FACT - 5
GOLDEN OLDIES - 1
MEGSCL5.9 - Do Not Adjust Your Set
Animal by Lisa Taddeo
TOTAL - 420
BIG BOOKS - 4
IT’S A FACT - 5
GOLDEN OLDIES - 1
EMurphy20.9 Moderator's Pet-Florence's Task: Busy Bee
Option 2: 5 or "five" in page number, title, or subtitle An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
*352 pages
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 275
Books Read: 18
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +500: 1
BB Ticket +1000: 1
IAF Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 12
10.6. Batter up!The Prodigal Sister by Darry Fraser
100% Australia
Total this Post: 10
Season Total: 850
5.10 - Spring, Just Do Your ThingRead a book that meets SRC rules.
The Unexpected Joy of the Ordinary by Catherine Gray
The Unexpected Joy of the Ordinary is a non-fiction book, I thus claim 1 IAF ticket.
BB Tickets general: 1
IAF tickets this post: 1
IAF tickets general: 2
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 255
Julia10330.5 - JennRenee's Task: Spring Celebrations
Option B: Borrowed Time by Jack Campbell (RR in Borrowed, LL in Campbell)
Option C: Pray for Silence
This is #2 in the Kate Burkholder series. #1 in the series, Sworn to Silence, is on page 20 of the list.
This post: 30 points
Total points: 600
BB: 4
GO: 2
NF: 5
Tasks completed: 32
Total books read: 43
Nick KY20.9 Florence’s Busy Bee
Option A. Moving House. I read a book from page 1 of the “Books with a house as a character” listopia: A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay.
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 870
LAUREN JODI10.5 - Would I Lie to You?
The Lies We Tell by Debra Webb
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 610/945
Golden Oldies Ticket: 4
It's A Fact Ticket: 2
Big Book Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 47
Total Tasks Completed: 40/55
30.9 - Amy FL's Task: Farewell to My Love📖📖📖 501+ PAGES 📖📖📖
Option 1: author's initials found in MICHELINE
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
📖 377 pages 📖
🌷author's initials (EH) in MICHELINE 🌷
Option 2: a 3 and 7 in the page count
MMPB: Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
📖 372 pages 📖
I listened to the audiobook: Blood Rites
📖 377 pages + 372 pages = 749 pages 📖
Total points: 295 + 30 = 325
Big Book tickets: 3
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 2
ROBIN P5.9 Do Not Adjust Your Set
Author initials found in LESLIE MITCHELL
Across the Endless River
author Thad Carhart, initials TC
Points this post: 5
Total points: 855
BB:5 GO:4 IAF:11
15.3 - Someday My Prince Will Come Option 1 A, title contains a word from the lyrics to "Someday My Prince Will Come": Heart Bones by Colleen Hoover
https://www.allthelyrics.com/lyrics/d...
The word is Heart
Option 1B, a book in a series from #1-#7: Fortune Favors the Dead by Stephen Spotswood (Pentecost and Parker #1)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 415
trishhartuk5.2 Queens & Kings
Read a book with the word KING or QUEEN standalone in the title or subtitle. Possessives (e.g. queen’s) & Plurals (e.g. Kings) are permitted.
Aunt Dimity and the King's Ransom, Nancy Atherton (240pg)
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 475
Tasks Completed: 26
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Delicious Dee25.3 - Chris MD's Task: 1930s Lit and Lists
Option 2 - Elegy for Eddie - set in 1933
Option 4 - All Quiet on the Western Front - found on pg1 (position 46); Claiming 1 golden oldie ticket - first published 1928
points this post: 25
total points: 690
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Ticket: 1
KYLIE20.3 - On Trend
4. Direct Address - Read a book that uses "you" or "your" in the title. The word must match exactly- no variations.
Addicted to You by Krista Ritchie
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 130
Books Read: 8
Andy P.Task # 30.9 - Amy FL's Task: Farewell to My Love
Option 1.Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in
MICHELINE Wandering Ghost by Martin Limón
Option 3. Read a book with a domestic dog on the cover.
by Simon GarfieldPoints this post: 30
Total points: 510
Sarah E30.4 - TessaVanessa’s Task: New York Times Best Seller List
Using the date given of April 1965 to maintain privacy
Book 1: Up the Down Staircase
I read a kindle edition, top MMP with a page count is Up the Down Staircase
Using April 4th, 1965
Book 2: Life with Picasso
I listened to an audio, the MMP has no page count, top paperback is Life with Picasso
Also using April 4th, 1965
Non Fiction, claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket.
Total Points: 110
Total NF: 2
Cindy FTask 50.1 The Mod Squad
3 books >750 pages
Option 2: Authors initial K
Sunflower Sisters by Martha Hall Kelly
Claim 1 BB ticket 528 pages
Option 3: Word intitle from (JayneJennRenneLucyBookworm)
BOOK
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
Option 4: Set in London England
The Kill by Jane Casey
464 pages
Points this post:50
Total points:230
Books read:22
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:6
Non-Fiction:2
Tasks completed:16
READ 60 Crime in History 5.5 The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson
Points 5
Total points 80
20.1 - Most Improved - Barbara ★'s Task: The Wizard of OzOption 3:
- 206 pagesGreen cover (56.8%)
Total points: 90
EMILYGRACER30.6 BEFORE AND OR AFTER
For the first book I read Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren
For the second book I read Twisted Love by Ana Huang
Points in this post: 30
Points in total: 570
Task completed: 29/55
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 3
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 12
Amy B10.4. What's in a Name?
Read a book by an author whose first name is in the top 10 first names for the past century.
http://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/dec..."
Names must match exactly.
Harbor by John Ajvide Lindqvist
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 480 Points
Bookwrm526Task #Before AND or After
Book 1. Read a book with the word AND in the title (not the subtitle). An ampersand & is acceptable. I read Armed and Fabulous by Camilla Chafer (339p).
Book 2: Read a book whose title (not subtitle) includes everything that came after the AND in Book 1. The word/phrase must match exactly but other words may be included either before or after the target word/phrase. I read Something Fabulous by Alexis Hall (350p).
339+350=689pages
Total points so far: 585
5.6 - Superheroes on the Riseread a book from the following list.
Superhero Fiction
Invincible, Vol. 1: Family Matters
Page 1
Points for this task: 5
Total points : 210
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 7
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
10.9 - Spring into ActionLet's get that plot moving! Read a book with the MPG Action and/or Adventure.
Invincible, Vol. 3: Perfect Strangers
Points for this task: 10
Total points : 220
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 7
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
15.1 - Vernal EquinoxRead books with virtually the same number of pages
Invincible, Vol. 4: Head of the Class 170 pages
Invincible, Vol. 5: The Facts of Life 176 pages
Points for this task: 15
Total points : 235
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 7
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
15.7 - March April MayRead a book with a title or subtitle where the beginning letters/characters of three consecutive words form an A-B-A sequence
Invincible, Vol. 2: Eight Is Enough
Points for this task: 15
Total points : 250
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 7
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
Sara ITA20.4 - Golden Oldies - Maria Jo's Task: The Queen of Crime
Option 3: Read a book that has over 1 million ratings.
La canzone di Achille (The Song of Achilles) by Madeline Miller
The book currently has 1,177,734 ratings
I listened to the audiobook / MMP: Le Chant d'Achille, 471 pages
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Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 155
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 2
NF Tickets: 2
Task 25.3 - 1930s Lit and Listsoption 2: set in 1930s - during Dust Bowl disaster (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl)
The Grapes of Wrath
pub 1939 -claiming 1 GO tix
option 5: p1 of Harlem Renaissance list
Cane
pub 1923 - claiming 1 GO tix
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845 points
11 BB tix
8 GO tix
7 NF tix
15.5 - What's Up, Doc?Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle of at least 4 letters/characters that can be made using only the letters found in "What's up, Doc"
What Remains by Garrett Leigh
Word made is "what"
BB Tickets general: 1
IAF tickets general: 2
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 270
Mod
trishhartuk10.7 Avengers Assemble!
Eead a book with the main page genre graphic novels, sequential art, comics.
The Sandman, Vol. 6: Fables & Reflections, Neil Gaiman
Graphic Novels is the first genre, and it also has Comics, Graphic Novels Comics and Comic Book
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 485
Tasks Completed: 27
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Florence's Task: Busy BeeOption B: DECLUTTERING
We'll be moving from a large rented flat to somewhere probably much smaller so I've been on a MAJOR decluttering spree. Five bags full of books went to the charity shop!
Read a book with a 5 or "five" in the page number, title, or subtitle. Plurals, possessives, hyphenated words, larger numbers (such as 365) and compound words that preserve the meaning are allowed. Ordinals are not.
I read The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions which has 576 pp.
This is a ***** Big Book *******
Points: 125
books read: 11
tasks complete: 7
tasks in progress: 3
Big Books: 1
pages read: 4372
LAUREN JODI15.2 - Earth Day
Option B: Reuse
The Darkness We Hide by Debra Webb
Previous book read by the same author: The Secrets We Bury
Option C: Recycle
I chose option B again
Hot Pursuit by Suzanne Brockmann
Previous book read by the same author: Into the Night
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 625/945
Golden Oldies Ticket: 4
It's A Fact Ticket: 2
Big Book Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 49
Total Tasks Completed: 41/55
15.10- 404: File Not FoundThe Book of Goose
I added this new-to-me book to my TBR on April 23, 2023. I heard of it because it was on the shortlist of the Tournament of Books:https://www.tournamentofbooks.com/ this year. It ended up winning.
Total points: 105
Sarah E10.7. Avengers Assemble!
Sweet Tooth, Vol. 1: Out of the Deep Woods
I read a kindle edition, MMP is Sweet Tooth, Vol. 1: Fuori dalla Foresta
Total Points: 120
Sarah E20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Nancy J's Task: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Option 3B: MPG Literary Fiction
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
I read an ebook, top MMP is L'Élégance du hérisson
Total Points: 140
Apologies for double posting. Please disregard.Sarah E
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Nancy J's Task: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Option 3B: MPG Literary Fiction
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
I read an ebook, top MMP is L'Élégance du hérisson
Total Points: 140
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5.5 - Crime in History
I'd Know You Anywhere
points this post: 5
total points: 665
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Ticket: 1