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SPRING CHALLENGE 2023
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Mai20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Florence's Task: Busy Bee
Option B: DECLUTTERING
5 in the book's page number (285)
Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 215
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 17
NF Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Mai5.10 - Spring, Just Do Your Thing
Megalex: The Complete Story by Alejandro Jodorowsky
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 220
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 18
NF Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Nick KY15.9 - The Joy of Cooking
Read a NONFICTION book with the main page genre Food, Cooking or Food and Drink.
I read Ketotarian by Will Cole with MP genres of Food and Cooking.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 365
Kathy KS5.9 - Do Not Adjust Your Set
Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in LESLIE MITCHELL
The Pusher by Ed McBain
EM=MitchEll
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Points for this task: 5
Total points : 325
Tasks completed: 20/55
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
15.10 404 File Not FoundThe Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden's White House by Chris Whipple
This was not on my TBR list as of February 15th. I discovered it when the author was interviewed on MSNBC.
It is non-fiction and I would like an It's A Fact ticket
Post Total: 15
Grand Total: 60
30.2 An Homage to my 30sOption 1B - If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
From page 1 of the list
Option 2 - Trespasses by Louise Kennedy
Post Total 30
Grand Total: 90
Barbara ★30.5 - JennRenee's Task: Spring Celebrations
Option A - read a book with the genre Horror listed on the main page
The Laughing Policeman - Elizabeth J. Brown 4/3
Option B - read a book with exactly two sets of consecutive double letters anywhere in the title/subtitle/authors names.
Earth Spells Are Easy - Renee George 3/19
(double L in speLLs AND double E in renEE)
Points this task: 30
Total points: 300
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★15.4 - I'm Going On An Adventure!
Option 1
Book A. Read a book with a main page genre of Fantasy
Ghost Ocean - S.M. Peters 4/1
(has MPG fantasy)
Book B. Read a book written by an author who uses an initial in the first name position.
Preppy: The Life & Death of Samuel Clearwater, Part Three - T.M. Frazier 3/9
Points this task: 15
Total points: 315
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★10.9 - Spring into Action
Read a book with the MPG Action and/or Adventure.
Unwritten - Alicia J. Novo 4/1
Points this task: 10
Total points: 325
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
PegW20.1 - Most Improved - Barbara ★'s Task: The Wizard of Oz
Option 4: Read a book with WITCH or WIZARD in the title, not the subtitle. Plurals and possessives are acceptable.
I read Witches Abroad which was 374 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 140
Tasks completed: 10
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 0
IF tickets: 5
MEGSCL20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- Jen B's Task: Me Time
Option 1 - initials in #CalliesKillaCrew - Shopaholic & Baby by Sophie Kinsella
TOTAL - 235
BIG BOOKS - 3
IT’S A FACT - 2
GOLDEN OLDIES - 1
MEGSCL20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Florence's Task: Busy Bee
Option B: DECLUTTERING - 5 in page number - A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
TOTAL - 255
BIG BOOKS - 3
IT’S A FACT - 2
GOLDEN OLDIES - 1
Sara G20.4 - Golden Oldies - Maria Jo's Task: The Queen of Crime
4. Read a book with MPG “Religion”, “Faith”, or “Spirituality”.
Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East by Kim Ghattas
MPG Religion.
**Black Wave is nonfiction (MPG Nonfiction). I claim one It's a Fact ticket.**
Points this post: 20
Total points: 240
LAUREN JODI20.7. Shorter is Sweeter- Jen B's Task: Me Time
Option 1: Peloton
Required hashtag: #RKSolidCrew
The Taming of Ryder Cavanaugh by Stephanie Laurens
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 315/945
Golden Oldies Ticket: 3
It's A Fact Ticket: 2
Total Books Read: 26
Total Tasks Completed: 21/55
Task 30.1 - Movie Musicals!one book option; 760+ pages
fits option 2 - MPG Classics and 3 - author name contains letters RAIN
Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens
1058 pages - claiming 3 BB tix
pub 1848 - claiming GO tix
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335 points
5 BB tix
2 NF tix
1 GO tix
Sara ITA20.6 - It's A Fact- Angela IL's Task: Things I Love in Books!!
Option B: Social Commentary
The book must be a minimum of 300 pages.
Ragione e sentimento (Sense and Sensibility) by Jane Austen
I listened to the audiobook / MMP: Raison et sentiments, 336 pages
Book can be found on page 2 of the list, #2 from top
** Sense and Sensibility is a Golden Oldie, first published in 1811. Claiming 1 GO ticket. **
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Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 60
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 2
NF Tickets: 0
Mai20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Jen K's Task: Egyptian Spring
> 200 pages
Option 1: The Nile.
All the letters in “NILE” can be found in the title.
Timeline by Michael Crichton
(489 pages)
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 240
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 19
NF Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
5.9 - Do Not Adjust Your Set Author's initials in LESLIE MITCHELL - Read Nightcrawling: A novel by Leila Mottley. L & M are both found in LESLIE MITCHELL.
Points these task: 5
Total points: 45
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 8
Tasks completed: 4
30.6 - Coralie's Task: Before AND or After📖📖📖 combined total of at least 500 PAGES 📖📖📖
Book 1. AND or & in TITLE (not the subtitle).
PB for page count: Then & Now by Monica McCallan
📖 258 pages 📖
I listened to the audiobook: Then & Now
Book 2. TITLE (not subtitle) includes everything AFTER the &
MMPB for page count: Starting Now by Debbie Macomber
📖 464 pages 📖
I listened to the audiobook: Starting Now
📖 258 pages + 464 pages = 722 pages 📖
Total points: 165 + 30 = 195
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 1
Bookwrm526Task #10.2 . April Fools Day!
Read a book that has “humor” as one of the genres listed on the book’s main page. I read Agatha Raisin and the Deadly Dance: 15 by M.C. Beaton (genre noted in help thread posts 20 and 21).
Total points so far: 280
30.7 - Chandni's Task: Momentous PlacesOption 3: Read a book set at least 80% in Canada or written by an author who was born in Canada
419 by Will Ferguson, born in Fort Vermillion, AB Canada
Option 4: Read a book set at least 80% in the United Kingdom or written by an author who was born in the UK
Feel Free: Essays by Zadie Smith, born in London, England UK
II'm claiming an IAF ticket for Feel Free: Essays
Points this post: 30
Total points: 515
Tasks completed: 30
Books read: 40
BB tickets: 4
GO tickets: 4
IAF tickets: 4
15.10- 404: File Not FoundA Curse of Salt by Sarah Street
Book was not on my TBR. I read an ARC given out by publisher at an event they held for Australia Reads on 9th March 2023
Total this Post: 15
Season Total: 465
Leaderboard Name : TanviTask number : 15.5 - What's up Doc - Reading book with atleast four letters from whats up doc
Book read: One Last Stop
Total points : 70
Book read : 6
Task completed : 5/55
BB total : 0
Golden Oldies total : 0
It's a fact total : 0
10.8 - My Favorite Holiday!Read a book from the first 25 pages of the Stories for Book Lovers list, in order to celebrate Drop Everythink and Read day
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, on page 1 of list
Points this post: 10
Total points: 525
Tasks completed: 31
Books read: 41
BB tickets: 4
GO tickets: 4
IAF tickets: 4
Inge10.10. Collaboration of the Year
read a book written by two authors.
What If It's Us
Total points this task: 10
total points: 125
JEN B20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- Jen B's Task: Me Time
Option 1: Peloton
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
AN in #WeRide4LeANne
TOTAL POINTS: 105
Bookwrm526Task #10.1. Respect Your Elders
Read a book originally published at least 100 years ago (1923 or earlier). I read The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie, first published in 1922.
Total points so far: 290
Aimee GI'm a newbie and I hope I've done everything right but apologies in advance for any errors.
Task 5.4 - Mythical Monsters
Within the Sanctuary of Wings by Marie Brennan
(Dragons feature heavily in the story; the MC is a dragon naturalist)
Total points: 5
Aimee GTask 5.5 - Crime in History
Dark Fire by C.J. Sansom
(MPG crime)
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 10
Aimee GTask 5.10 - Spring, Just Do Your Thing
Booth by Karen Joy Fowler
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 15
10.8 - My Favorite Holiday!Read a book from the first 25 pages of this list: Stories for Book Lovers
I read an ebook edition of Fight Club MMPB edition is El club de la lucha
The book is found in the first page of the list slot 66
New Points: 10
Total Points: 305
BB: 1
GO: 1
IaF: 3
Aimee GTask 10.4. 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.
Maybe I Don't Belong Here: A Memoir of Race, Identity, Breakdown and Recovery by David Harewood
(David is no.5 on the list)
Total points: 25
Aimee GTask 10.6 - Batter up!
Read a book set in one of the countries listed.
Record of a Night Too Brief by Hiromi Kawakami
(set in Japan)
Total points: 35
Aimee GTask 15.2 - Earth Day
Option B - Reuse: Read a book by an author you have read before.
The Foundling by Stacey Halls
(previously read: The Familiars)
Option C - Recycle: Choose option A or B again and complete it with another book (Option B - Reuse)
Sovereign by C.J. Sansom
(previously read: Dissolution)
Sorry - just realised I forgot my total points in my previous post so am reposting.Aimee G
Task 15.2 - Earth Day
Option B - Reuse: Read a book by an author you have read before.
The Foundling by Stacey Halls
(previously read: The Familiars)
Option C - Recycle: Choose option A or B again and complete it with another book (Option B - Reuse)
Sovereign by C.J. Sansom
(previously read: Dissolution)
Total points: 50
Janice CA15.7 - 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:
sequence: A-T-A
All Things Aside: Absolutely Correct Opinions by Iliza Shlesinger
+15
total: 30
tasks: 2
books: 2
Aimee GTask 15.4 - I'm Going On An Adventure!
Option 2. Read one book that fulfils both book A and B options (MPG fantasy and author uses an initial)
Bryony and Roses by T. Kingfisher
Total points: 65
Aimee GTask 20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Nancy J's Task: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Option 2 - CULTURAL. Read a cultural book from the first 25 pages of the list
Brick Lane by Monica Ali
(page 8)
Total points: 85
JUKKA5.3 - 3D View Master
Book with exactly three Ds in the title/subtitle.
Dungeons & Dragons, Volume 3: Down by John Rogers.
Total Points: 145/945
Total Books Read: 15
Tasks Completed: 13/55
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 0
Angela IL 25.2 - Robin P's Task: An Ode to Chocolate
Option 1: Read a book with a title of exactly 3 words
The Divorce Party: A Novel by Laura Dave- 3/20
Option 2: Read a book from this list of Twist Ending Books:
You're Invited by Amanda Jayatissa- 3/30
Found on page 2
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 65
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 3
BB Ticket:
NF Ticket:
Angela IL20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Nancy J's Task: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Option 3
B. Read a book with MPG Literary Fiction, no variations.
Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout- 3/23
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 85
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 4
BB Ticket:
NF Ticket:
JUKKA5.7 - Who’s Behind Those Foster Grants?
Book with sunglasses on the cover.
Vampire: The Masquerade — Winter’s Teeth, Vol. 1 by Tim Seeley.
Total Points: 150/945
Total Books Read: 16
Tasks Completed: 14/55
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 0
Task 20.6 - Things I Love in Books!!300+ pages
option C: Mental Health p9 (#68 tags)
Under the Whispering Door
384 pages
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355 points
5 BB tix
2 NF tix
1 GO tix
JUKKA5.4 - Mythical Monsters
Book centrally featuring a mythical creature from the list presented.
Vampire: The Masquerade — Winter’s Teeth, Vol. 2: The Mortician's Army by Tim Seeley. It does, indeed, feature a great many vampires.
Total Points: 155/945
Total Books Read: 17
Tasks Completed: 15/55
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 0
Task 30.7 - Chandni's Task: Momentous PlacesOption 3: For this option, read a book that is set at least 80% in Canada, or the author was born in Canada.
Robertson Davies was born in Thamesville, Ontario, Canada.
The Manticore (The Deptford Trilogy #2) (1972) by Robertson Davies (Paperback 310 pages)
Option 4: For this option, read a book that is set at least 80% in the United Kingdom, or the author was born in the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland).
Jo Harkin was born in Reading, The United Kingdom
Tell Me an Ending (2022) by Jo Harkin (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover 448 pages)
Pagecount: 310 + 448 = 758 > 600
30 + 30 = 60
Tasks Completed: 02
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 30 + 30 = 60
Books read: 04
Pages read: 1,423
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 02
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Kathy KS10.4. 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.
Blanche on the Lam by Barbara Neely
Barbara is #6 on the female list
I listened to an audiobook; pb-215 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 335
Tasks completed: 21/55
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
Deborah30.8 - Kaora's Task: Chicken Katsu
3) Read a book with at least two of these digits in the page count.
Numbers: 0, 1, 2, 6
Magical Midlife Invasion 360 pages
4) Read a book by an author that has a name part that begins with a "K".
Murder at Haven's Rock by Kelley Armstrong
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 200
Books Read:14
Tasks Done: 11
EmilyGraceR 5.2 Queens & Kings
Read a book with Queen or King in the title
The Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa
Points in this post: 5
Points in total: 5
Task completed: 1/55
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
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20.3 - Best Review - Katy's Task: On Trend
4. Direct Address - Book that uses "you" in the title.
Never Say You Can't Survive: How to Get Through Hard Times by Making Up Stories by Charlie Jane Anders
*Claim 1 NF Ticket*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 195
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 16
NF Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 0