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SPRING CHALLENGE 2023
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15.6 - The Oregon Trail50+% set in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, Washington
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
🐇 50+% of book takes place in Kansas; most of the rest is in Missouri 🐇
Total points: 120 + 15 = 135
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 0 + 1 = 1
Cindy FTask 15.3 Someday My Prince Will Come
Option 2: Read 1 book that fulfills both A and B options
Word in lyrics "KNOW"
#4 in Maeve Kerrigan series
The Stranger You Know by Jane Casey
Points this post:15
Total points:90
Books read:8
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:3
Non-Fiction:0
Tasks completed:7
Cindy FTask 10.6 Batter Up!
Set in Canada
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton
Claim 1 Non-Fiction ticket
Points this post:10
Total points:100
Books read:9
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:3
Non-Fiction:1
Tasks completed:8
Cindy FTask 30.8 Chicken Katsu
Option 3: Page count from numbers 2/16/2022
Revery: A Year of Bees by Jenna Butler 126 pages
Claim 1 Non-Fiction ticket
Option 4: Author name part begins with K
Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly
Points this post:30
Total points:130
Books read:11
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:3
Non-Fiction:2
Tasks completed:9
Christine V20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- Jen B's Task: Me Time
Option 1: The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie
#CalliesKillaCrew
This book was first published in 1942.
***Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket***
Points this post: 20
GO Tickets this post: 1
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)
It's A Fact: 0
Task 15.1 Vernal Equinox 2 books with page numbers having same 2 leading digits (41)
Book 1: 1989 by Val McDermid
416 pages
Book 2: Three Sisters by Heather Morris 416 pages
Points this post:15
Total points:145
Books read:13
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:3
Non-Fiction:2
Tasks completed:10
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Option 2: Read a book with a homonym found on this list in TITLE
The Red Ribbon
The word RED/read is on the list of homonyms
This is a young adult book and has the IL designation IL: MY+ on www.arbookfind.co.uk (equiv MG+ as listed on arbookfind.com)
As per the rules: "Books that have an IL designation of MG+ or UG may be used with no restrictions (other than general SRC and specific task requirements)"
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 130 + 20 = 150
Total Tasks Completed: 11
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 0
Nick KY15.8 Trail of Tears. I read Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light: Fifty Poems for Fifty Years by Indigenous American author Joy Harjo.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 350
Bookwrm526Task #5.1 - Flying High
Read a book with an aeroplane on the cover. I read The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill.
Total points so far: 260
Bookwrm526Task #5.3 - 3D View Master
Read a book which has exactly 3 letter "D"'s in the title/subtitle. I read The Hundred-Year Flood by Matthew Salesses (two Ds in hundred and one in flood).
Total points so far: 265
Bookwrm526Task #5.9 - Do Not Adjust Your Set
Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in LESLIE MITCHELL. I read Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir. TM both in mitchell.
Total points so far: 270
Andy P.Task # 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
Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine by Olivia Campbell
WHATSUPDOC
Points this post: 15
Total points: 240
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Read a book with the MPG Action and/or Adventure
Code Name Verity
This has an MPG of "Adventure"
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 150 + 10 = 160
Total Tasks Completed: 12
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 0
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Read a book with an aeroplane on the cover
This book clearly has a number of WW2 era aeroplanes on the cover!
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 160 + 5 = 165
Total Tasks Completed: 13
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 0
10.7. Avengers Assemble!Read a book with the main page genre graphic novels, sequential art, comics.
Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home by Nora Krug, MPG Graphic Novels
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
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Amy B20.10 - Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Winter 2022- 2023 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.
Feminist Dystopia - Vox by Christina Dalcher
Posted to the discussion thread 4-3
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 260 Points
10.3. Feeling possessive?Read a book with a possessive noun in its title or subtitle. The noun can be common or proper.
The Midwife's Revolt by Jodi Daynard, audio
no mmp, first pb: The Midwife's Revolt by Jodi Daynard
Points: 10
Total points: 20
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Amy B20.4 - Golden Oldies - Maria Jo's Task: The Queen of Crime
Choose one option.
Required: State the option.
3. Read a book that has over 1 million ratings. This list may help: One Million Ratings
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides - currently #97 on the list with almost 1.5 million ratings
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 280 Points
Kathy KS30.4 - TessaVanessa’s Task: New York Times Best Seller List
Using: May1952
Book 1: read a fiction book from one of the [NYT bestseller] lists.
Required: Post the year and date of the week you are using.
Hold Back The Night by Pat Frank
List date: May 11, 1952
Book 2: read a non-fiction book from any list that year.
Required: State the week you are using.
Eisenhower: the Man and the Symbol
List date: Feb 17, 1952
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 305
Tasks completed: 18/55
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 3
Kathy KS15.7 - March April May
Read a book with a title or subtitle where the beginning letters/characters of three consecutive words form an A-B-A sequence
Love Out Loud by Marissa Clarke
L-O-L
I listened to an audiobook; pb-200 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 320
Tasks completed: 19/55
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
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: 3
15.1 - Vernal EquinoxRead books with virtually the same number of pages, that is,
two books with page numbers that have the same 2 leading digits
ex. The Library of the Dead 330 pages and Jackal 336 pages
Just the Nicest Couple - Mary Kubica 3/27/23 (320 pgs.)
The Expats - Chris Pavone 4/3/23 (326 pgs.)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 420
Tasks completed: 20/55
5.5 - Crime in HistoryRead a book with a main page genre Crime.
The Guise of Another by Allen Eskens
Points: 5
Total Points: 25
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20.5 - Bigger is Better - Kristina Simon's task: Sail AwayOption 2: SALE to SAIL
Read a book with a homonym found on this list in TITLE (not subtitle) - https://www.enchantedlearning.com/eng...
Any word on the list works. Words must match exactly.
Required: State the word when you post.
The Hail You Say - Lani Lynn Vale 3/28/23 (word used: hail)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 440
Tasks completed: 21/55
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Maria Jo's Task: The Queen of Crime2. Read a book with a major plot arc/subject where someone is missing or disappears mysteriously, such as a kidnapping or suspected crime, runaway, or supernatural/dystopian event. This list may help: Missing Persons.
Required: If the disappearance is not evident in the book's description, include a reference link.
The Nanny - Gilly Macmillan 3/11/23
Points this post: 20
Total points: 460
Tasks completed: 22/55
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Kristina Simon's task: Sail AwayOption 3: Cats Away. Read a book with a domestic cat (a pet, not a lion, tiger, or other big cat) on the cover.
The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa, audio.
mmp 335 pages: https://www.goodreads.com/work/editio...
Points: 20
Total Points: 45
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5.4 - Mythical MonstersRead a book with a mythical creature from the following list. The creature needs to be integral to the story and should be evident on the book's main page.
Silver Borne 4/1/23 (creature: fae)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 465
Tasks completed: 23/55
5.9 - Do Not Adjust Your SetRead a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in LESLIE MITCHELL.: Oh William! - Elizabeth Strout 4/1/23
Points this post: 5
Total points: 470
Tasks completed: 24/55
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Jen K's Task: Egyptian SpringRead a book of at least 200 pages
Option 1: Read a book were all the letters in “NILE” can be found in the title.
Other People's Business
240 pages, published 1916
* Claiming a Golden Oldie
Points for this task: 20
Total points : 20
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
10.3. Feeling possessive?Read a book with a possessive noun in its title or subtitle
A Man's Skin
Points for this task: 10
Total points : 30
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
10.2 . April Fools Day!Read a book that has “humor” as one of the genres listed on the book’s main page.
✔️Fight Night by Miriam Toews.
Points: 10
Total Points: 55
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10.1. Respect Your Eldersread a book originally published at least 100 years ago
The Girls of Friendly Terrace; or Peggy Raymond's Success
Published in 1912
* Claiming a golden oldie
Points for this task: 10
Total points : 40
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
5.5 - Crime in HistoryRead a book with a main page genre Crime.
Miss Don't Touch Me: Complete Set
Points for this task: 5
Total points : 45
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
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: 0
5.4 - Mythical MonstersRead a book with a mythical creature from the following list.
Beauty
Creature: Fairy
Points for this task: 5
Total points : 50
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
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: 0
10.5 - Would I Lie to You?Read a book with the word LIE found intact in the title/subtitle of the author's name
The Care and Management of Lies: A Novel of the Great War by Jacqueline Winspear
Points this post: 10
Total points: 470
Tasks completed: 28
Books read: 37
BB tickets: 4
GO tickets: 3
IAF tickets: 4
30.9 - Amy FL's Task: Farewell to My LoveOption 1: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in
MICHELINE OR LANEEKA (separately not combined). All initials count.
The Book That Wouldn’t Burn (The Library Trilogy #1) by Mark Lawrence
author's initials, ML, found in MicheLle
576
Option 2: We were married for 37 years, so for this option, read a book with a 3 and 7 in the page count.
Snowy Mountains Promise (Bundilla Novels #3) by Alissa Callen
370 pages
Total pages read: 946
Total this Post: 30
Season Total: 445
Readerboard Name: Kathy PRepost
10.1. Respect Your Elders
Little Women
First published January 1, 1868
Little Women (Book I and II) (Unabridged)
Alcott, Louisa May
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 33.0
Claiming 1 Golden Oldie ticket
Totals
Points: 20
BB: 0
GO: 1
NF: 2
Total Tasks Completed: 3
Total Books Completed: 3
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.
Time After Time by Kay Hooper
Points this post: 15
Total points: 485
Tasks completed: 29
Books read: 38
BB tickets: 4
GO tickets: 3
IAF tickets: 4
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Read a book that meets SRC rules. For this task
read The Thursday Murder Club
points this task - 5
total points- 60
15.10- 404: File Not FoundRead a book that is NOT found on your TBR as of Feb 15, 2023.
The Portrait of a Duchess by Scarlett Peckham
This was not on my TBR. I discovered this while checking the goodreads page of the previous book in the series, and was pleasantly surprised to discover another one.
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 115
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Read books with virtually the same number of pages, that is,
two books with page numbers that have the same 2 leading digits
read All Good People Here
312 pages, Hardcover
and
read The Night Shift
312 pages, Hardcover
points this post -15
total points - 75
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ead a book with a title or subtitle where the beginning letters/characters of three consecutive words form an A-B-A sequence:
read
Always the First to Die
the First to T-F-T
points this post - 15
total points -90
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Option 2: SALE to SAIL
Read a book with a homonym found on this list in TITLE (not subtitle) -
word chosen was die
Apple Die
points this task- 20
total points- 110
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Read a book that can be found on the first 25 pages of one of these lists below.
Option B: Social Commentary
pages 3
read Little Fires Everywhere
points this post - 20
total points 130
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Option 1: . 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.
read Killers of a Certain Age
points this post - 20
total points 150
15.4 - I'm Going On An Adventure!Option 2:
Read a book with a main page genre of Fantasy
and written by an author who uses an initial in the first name position.
Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
Total Points: 120
Cindy Frepost for #820 with readerboard name
Task 15.1 Vernal Equinox
2 books with page numbers having same 2 leading digits (41)
Book 1: 1989 by Val McDermid
Book 2: Three Sisters by Heather Morris
Points this post:15
Total points:145
Books read:13
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:3
Non-Fiction:2
Tasks completed:10
30.1 - Teri K's Task: Movie Musicals! 📖📖📖 minimum 760 PAGES 📖📖📖
Option 2. MPG Classics
MMPB: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
📖 216 pages 📖
I listened to the audiobook: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Option 3. all the letters RAIN in the author's name
I read the Kindle edition: The Storm Sister by Lucinda Riley
MMPB for page count: Ally : La Sœur de la tempête
📖 709 pages 📖 **requesting 1 BB ticket**
📖 216 pages + 709 pages = 925 pages 📖
Total points: 135 + 30 = 165
Big Book tickets: 0 + 1 = 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 1
ROBIN P20.1 - Most Improved: Barbara*'s Task: The Wizard of Oz
Option 3 - Cover over 50% green
Total of 84.9% green per Tineye
Points this post: 20
Total points: 385
BB:2 GO:1 IAF:3
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10.2 April Fools Day
Read a book that has “humor” as one of the genres listed on the book’s main page.
American Housewife by Helen Ellis
New Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 6
Total Points: 85