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SPRING CHALLENGE 2023
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
Julia1035.7 - Who’s Behind Those Foster Grants?
This post: 5 points
Total points: 175
BB: 1
GO: 1
NF: 1
Tasks completed: 13
Total books read: 14
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Nancy J's Task: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-ChangesOption 2: Read a cultural book from the first 25 pages of this list: Cultural
I listened to an audio version of Convenience Store Woman, MMPB edition is La fille de la supérette
Found on the first page of the list
New Points: 20
Total Points: 295
BB: 1
GO: 1
IaF: 3
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Jen K's Task: Egyptian SpringThis is a one book task. Read a book of at least 200 pages that satisfies one of the following three options.
Required: State the option you used.
Option 1: The Nile. The river is beautiful and central to the city and I’m excited to watch the sunset on a felucca tomorrow. Read a book were all the letters in “NILE” can be found in the title. The letters do not need to be intact or consecutive. Subtitles are excluded.
I read The Dharma Bum's Guide to Western Literature: Finding Nirvana in the Classics which has 320 pp. (double checked and this was confirmed by Kathy S in the librarian thread)
Nile is found in the dharma bum's guIde to westerN LiteratureE
points: 60
books read: 3
tasks completed: 3
pages read: 1024
KYLIE20.1 - The Wizard of Oz
Option 3: Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% green using Tineye.
by J.M. BarrieCan't find the exact edition on AR Bookfinder, so I will use the only one available which is Peter Pan (español).
IL - MG BL - 7.0 AR Points - 8.0
Cover is all green (as shown above)
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 45
Books Read: 3
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- Jen B's Task: Me TimeOption 2: Read a book that meets SRC rules from the first 25 pages of this list:
Best Book Cover Art (page 2)
Firelight (Firelight #1) by Sophie Jordan
Total this Post: 20
Season Total: 390
Amy B30.7 - Chandni's Task: Momentous Places
For this task you will need to read 2 books and choose two different options. The combined page total must be greater than 600 pages.
REQUIRED: In your post, state the options you used.
For all 4 options, if the setting of the book is not clear from the Goodreads page, please provide a source for the setting.
Option 1: For this option, read a book that is set at least 80% in India, or the author was born in India.
Low by Jeet Thayil (320 pp) - lists genre as India and description confirms setting is Bombay
Option 4: Read a book that is set at least 80% in the United Kingdom, or the author was born in the UK.
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (384 pp) - Nottinghamshire, England setting on book's main page
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 230 Points
EMurphy30.7 Chandni's Task: Momentous Places
Option 3: Set in Canada/author from Canada The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny
*376 pages
Option 4: Set in UK/Author from UK The Cactus by Sarah Haywood
*384 pages
376+384=760 pages
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 125
Books Read: 8
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +1000: 1
IAF Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 5
FLY Task #25.1 - Tien’s Task: Adulting Sux
task: 1. Read a book with bare human feet on the cover
book: Then Came You
(my version is kindle, no MMPB, paperback here)
how it fits:
task: 3. Read a book with a word in title that is an item of clothing from the list
book: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: "pants"
other:
MPG childrens: AR Quiz Info - IL: UG
Points this post: 25
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 4/55
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
It's A Fact tickets: 0
30.9 - Amy FL's Task: Farewell to My LoveOption 4: Right Man, Right Time by Meghan Quinn
Word from song TIME
Option 2: A Hidden Fire by Elizabeth Hunter
word count 437
Points this post:30
Total points:30
Books read:2
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:0
Non-Fiction:0
Tasks completed:1
20.1 - Most Improved - Barbara ★'s Task: The Wizard of Oz20.1 - Most Improved - Barbara ★'s Task: The Wizard of Oz
Option 5: Read a book with MPG paranormal
This Same Earth by Elizabeth Hunter
Points this post:20
Total points:50
Books read:3
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:0
Non-Fiction:0
Tasks completed:
10.4. What's in a Name?Female list no.4 Elizabeth
The Force of Wind by Elizabeth Hunter
Points this post:10
Total points:60
Books read:4
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:0
Non-Fiction:0
Tasks completed:3
Mod
20.10 - Group Reads
Nonfiction - Animals. Discussion post is here
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
This book is non-fiction. One It's A Fact ticket please!
Points this task: 20
Season total: 35
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
IAF Tickets: 1
Katrisa15. 2 - Earth Day
A. Reduce: Read a book that was added to your TBR before March 1, 2022
I read The House of Silk from my Want to Read shelf on GR added on Aug 12 2020
B. Reuse: Read a book by an author you have read before.
I read River Marked which is a reread for me
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 415
Katrisa30.8 - Kaora's Task: Chicken Katsu
Opt 2 - Read a book that has a cover that is at least 50% red or 50% black according to Tineye.
I read
Opt 3 - Read a book with at least two of these digits in the page count: 0, 1, 2, 6
I read Black Bones, Red Earth
My book was audio - PB pages 462 - has 6&2
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 445
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Florence's Task: Busy BeeOption A: reading a book from this list of one of my all time favourite tropes:
House as a Character (page 3)
Mort (Discworld #4) by Terry Pratchett
Total this Post: 20
Season Total: 415
LAUREN JODI5.7. Who’s Behind Those Foster Grants?
Tailspin by Sandra Brown
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 285/945
Golden Oldies Ticket: 3
It's A Fact Ticket: 2
Total Books Read: 24
Total Tasks Completed: 19/55
Sara ITA20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Jen K's Task: Egyptian Spring
Option 1: The Nile. Read a book were all the letters in “NILE” can be found in the title. The letters do not need to be intact or consecutive. Subtitles are excluded.
Profondo come il mare, leggero come il cielo: Un viaggio dentro se stessi per trovare la serenità by Gianluca Gotto
I read the ebook / no MMP / Paperback: Profondo come il mare, leggero come il cielo. Un viaggio dentro se stessi per trovare la serenità, 367 pages
ProfoNdo come IL marE, leggero come il cielo
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Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 40
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
Task 20.1 - The Wizard of Oz200+ pages
option 2: multiple flowers on cover
Banker
several flowers (red & white) in urn below the horse's head
320 pages
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305 points
2 NF tix
2 BB tix
Amy FL10.2 . April Fools Day!
The Kaiju Preservation Society - MPG Humor
Points this post: 10
Total points: 190
Amy FL10.5. Would I Lie to You?
Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier - LIE in author's last name
Points this post: 10
Total points: 200
Amy FL20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Florence's Task: Busy Bee
Option B: My Darling Husband - 352 pages
I completed the audio version, but linked to the paperback since page count was needed to fulfill task requirements.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 220
Amy FL25.4 - Delicious Dee's Task: Ted Lasso!
Coin flip was HEADS, Option 1
Book 1: Unforeseen by Nick Pirog - authors shares name with NICK Mohammed and this is #1 in the Thomas Prescott series of six books
Book 2: Hero Dogs: How a Pack of Rescues, Rejects, and Strays Became America's Greatest Disaster-Search Partners - shared word is DOGS from episode: The Diamond DOGS
Points this post: 25
Total points: 245
Amy B10.6. Batter up!
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the countries listed: Aruba, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominican Republic, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Venezuela.
REQUIRED: if the setting is not obvious from the GR description or metadata, please explain your choice.
The Blue Flower by Penelope Fitzgerald (Germany - Germany is a main page genre and book description highlights that it is about Novalis, a 18th century German philosopher)
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 240 Points
Amy FL30.3 - Cat's Task: Book of the Month
Month chosen is MARCH
Book 1: All That Is Mine I Carry with Me - MARCH in title: All that is Mine i CaRry witH me
Book 2: Racing the Light by Robert Crais - RC in maRCh
Points this post: 30
Total points: 275
PAULA S15.6 - The Oregon Trail
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the states set along the Oregon Trail: Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, Washington
Set in Wyoming.
I read the kindle edition. PB link for reference (no MMPB): Death at the Summit: Target Practice Mysteries 2
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 165/945
Total Books Read: 9
Total Tasks Completed: 9/55
BB tickets: 1
Joanne MI15.1 - Vernal Equinox
two books with page numbers that have the same 2 leading digits
Poor Richard's Women: Ben Franklin in Love -240 Pages
Dragondrums -243 pages
Points this task 15
Total Points 70
2 BB's
1 AIF
Julia10320.10 - Group Reads
Vox
My comments are in post #6 of the discussion thread.
This post: 20 points
Total points: 195
BB: 1
GO: 1
NF: 1
Tasks completed: 14
Total books read: 15
30.7 - Chandni's Task: Momentous Places Option 1: The Brendan Voyage: Sailing to America in a Leather Boat to Prove the Legend of the Irish Sailor Saints by Tim Severin
author born in India
**Claiming IAF ticket
Option 3: Pat of Silver Bush by L.M. Montgomery
Tagged Children's, AR info: IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 17.0
set in Canada
**Claiming GO ticket
Points this post: 30
Total points: 90
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 2
IAF tickets: 2
Mai30.6 - Coralie's Task: Before AND or After
Book 1. Read a book with the word AND in the title
Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton
285 pages
Book 2. Title includes either everything that came before the AND in book 1
Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley by M.C. Beaton
218 pages
503 pages in total
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 205
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 17
NF Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Mod
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Winter 2022- 2023 season.
Lessons in Chemistry
I posted in the discussion thread post #11
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 110 + 20 = 130
Total Tasks Completed: 10
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 0
20.10 - Group ReadsLessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
My comments are in message 12 of the discussion thread
Points this post: 20
Total points: 460
Tasks completed: 27
Books read: 36
BB tickets: 4
GO tickets: 3
IAF tickets: 4
Delicious Dee25.4 - Delicious Dee's Task: Ted Lasso!
I got a head on my coin flip - so SEASON 1
Book A - The Six Night Truce - Hannah Shield - Hannah for Hannah Waddingham; #1 in series
Book B - An Earl to Save the Diamond - Diamond for Episode 8, the Diamond Dogs, ebook only approved msg 26 of the new ebook approval thread
points this post: 25
total points: 220
Its a Fact Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
Delicious Dee25.2 - Robin P's Task: An Ode to Chocolate
3 Musketeers - End of Story
M&M's - Come Toy with Me - Cara Summers - MM in summers
points this post: 25
total points: 245
Its a Fact Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
Theresa10.1 - Respect Your Elders
Published at least 100 years ago
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
first published 1850
Points this post - 10
Total points - 10
Theresa10.2 - April Fools Day!
MPG - Humor
Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich
Points this post - 10
Total point - 20
Inge10.4. What's in a Name?
Houvast
Female name: Linda place 4
Total points this task: 10
total points: 85
Inge20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Florence's Task: Busy Bee
option B. number 5 in in the pagenumber, title, subtitle.
Opstand
352 pages
Total points this task: 20
total points: 115
trishhartuk20.9 Moderator's Pet - Florence's Task: Busy Bee
Option B: DECLUTTERING. Read a book with a 5 or "five" in the page number, title, or subtitle.
Voices, Arnaldur Indriðason
Five in the page count: 352pg
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 275
Tasks Completed: 16
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Rockynook20.1 - The Wizard of Oz
Option 2: read a book with flowers on the cover:
by Rachel HawkinsPoints this Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Rockynook20.8 - Egyptian Spring
Option 1: Read a book where all the letters in “NILE” can be found in the title.
All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham
alL thE daNgerous thIngs
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Rockynook25.2 - An Ode to Chocolate
Option 2: Read a book whose author’s full name has exactly 2 M’s in it.
The Last to Vanish by Megan Miranda
Option 3: Read a book from this list of Twist Ending Books
A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham
Book is on page 2 of the list
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 65
Rockynook15. 5 - What's Up, Doc?
Book with word in title 4+ letters from "What's up, Doc"
What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall
Word: "What"
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 80
LAUREN JODI10.10. Collaboration of the Year
Sapphire Flames by Ilona Andrews
As per their GR page, Ilona Andrews is the pseudonym for a husband-and-wife writing team.
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 295/945
Golden Oldies Ticket: 3
It's A Fact Ticket: 2
Total Books Read: 25
Total Tasks Completed: 20/55
Nick KY15.3 - Someday My Prince Will Come
Option 2- Read one book that fulfills both book A and B options.
Book A. Read a book whose title contains a word from the lyrics to “Someday My Prince Will Come.” …All words work including I, and, to, a, be.
Book B. Read a book that is a whole-numbered book in a series from #1 - #7.
I read In the Presence of Evil by Tania Bayard. “Of” is in line 4 of the song lyric “the prince OF my dreams…”. The book is # 1 in the Christine de Pizan Mystery series.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 325
Nick KY10.10 Collaboration of the Year.
I read Conscious Men: Mastering the New Man Code for Success and Relationships by John Gray and Arjuna Ardagh.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 335
Mary P30.3 - Cat's Task: Book of the Month
Month of May
Option 1
Book 1:All the letters of your chosen month can be found in the title of your book .
Five Days in May by Ninie Hammon
Book 2:The author of your book has first and last initials found in your chosen month.
Arkansas Summer by Anne Moose
Points this task: 30
Total points: 120
trishhartuk20.8 Nickels & Dimes - Jen K's Task: Egyptian Spring
Option 2: The Pyramids. Read a book written by a single author whose initials are made of letters without curves: A, E, F, H, I, K, L, M, N, T, V, W, X, Y and Z.
Snug in Iceland, Victoria Walker
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (202pg)
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 295
Tasks Completed: 17
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
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5.2 - Queens & Kings
Queen of Swords
(Queen in title)
This post: 5 points
Total points: 170
BB: 1
GO: 1
NF: 1
Tasks completed: 12
Total books read: 13