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SPRING CHALLENGE 2023
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Mai5.2 - Queens & Kings
Book with the word KING in the title
King Spawn, Volume 1 by Sean Lewis
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 245
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 20
NF Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
ROBIN P25.5 Meg SCL's Task:Between the Lines
Last book I had read was Mining for Justice
1st line of book - "I'm worried about Libby," Roelke said."
Word ABOUT in This Is Not a Book about Benedict Cumberbatch: The Joy of Loving Something--Anything--Like Your Life Depends on It
**Claiming 1 IAF point for nonfiction**
Last line of book - "I'll make a pot of tea."
Word MAKE in Why We Make Mistakes: How We Look Without Seeing, Forget Things in Seconds, and Are All Pretty Sure We Are Way Above Average
**Claiming 1 IAF point for nonfiction**
Points this post: 25
Total points: 440
BB:2 GO:2 IAF:5
10.9 - Spring Into ActionRead a book with an MPG of Action and/or Adventure
The Lost World by Michael Crichton Adventure MPG
Points this post: 10
Total points: 590
Tasks completed: 36
Books read: 46
BB tickets: 4
GO tickets: 4
IAF tickets: 4
Bookwrm526Task #20.4 - The Queen of Crime
Option 2: 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. I read A Separation: A Novel by Katie Kitamura, in which her husband mysteriously disappears in Greece. This information is included in the Goodreads description.
Total points so far: 330
JEN B20.5 - Bigger is Better - Kristina Simon's task: Sail Away
Option 1: SO Much Stuff!
Read a book written by an author whose initials (all of them) can be found in DECLUTTER.
Killers of a Certain Age by Denna Raybourn
DR in DeclutteR
TOTAL POINTS: 125
15.2 Earth DayReduce - Critical Mass by Sara Paretsky
I added this to my GR TBR list 9/13/13 (yes, I am that behind on my list)
Reuse - Enemy at the Gates (20) by Kyle Mills
I previously read Total Power by Kyle Mills
Critical Mass has 576 pages - I'd like a BB ticket.
Post Total: 15
Grand Total: 105
15.3 Someday My Prince Will ComeOption 2 - I Hear the Sirens in the Street by Adrian McKinty
Book A Option - The word is I
Book B Option - This is #2 in a series
Post Total: 15
Grand Total: 120
Barbara ★5.4 - Mythical Monsters
Read 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.
Of Claws and Inferno - Kyoko M. 4/10
(dragons are the main focus of this book)
Points this task: 5
Total points: 340
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Inge15.4 - I'm Going On An Adventure!
read a book with main page genre of fantasy& read a vook who uses initial in the first name position
option 2: 1 book for both tasks
The House in the Cerulean Sea
Total points this task: 15
total points: 140
MEGSCL30.8 - Kaora's Task: Chicken Katsu
Option 1 - The Chosen and the Beautiful
Option 4 - The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka
TOTAL - 285
BIG BOOKS - 3
IT’S A FACT - 2
GOLDEN OLDIES - 1
Inge15.10- 404: File Not Found
find a new to you book
My mom made me a book calendar all wrapped up per month for Christmas.
I took my book for march out of that calendar to read for this option.
Moeder van glas
Book is new to me and on my TBR since 03-03-2023
Total points this task: 15
total points: 155
MEGSCL5.2 - Queens & Kings
Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine
TOTAL - 290
BIG BOOKS - 3
IT’S A FACT - 2
GOLDEN OLDIES - 1
Inge20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Nancy J's Task: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Option 1: read a book from the first 25 pages of the list change.
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
Found on page 2
Total points this task: 20
total points: 175
LAUREN JODI15.8 - The Trail of Tears
Taking on the Billionaire by Robin Covington
On page 14 of the list.
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 375/945
Golden Oldies Ticket: 3
It's A Fact Ticket: 2
Total Books Read: 30
Total Tasks Completed: 25/55
LAUREN JODI10.2 - April Fools Day!
Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs by Molly Harper
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 385/945
Golden Oldies Ticket: 3
It's A Fact Ticket: 2
Total Books Read: 31
Total Tasks Completed: 26/55
25.5 - MEGSCL's Task: Between the LinesThe last book I read was Eugénie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac
First sentence: "In certain provincial towns, there are houses whose appearance arouses a melancholy as great as THAT of the gloomiest cloisters, the most desolate moorland, or the saddest ruins."
Book 1: an air THAT kills (Lydmouth #1) by Andrew Taylor
Last sentence: ""Neither Big Nanon nor Cornoiller is smart enough to understand the corruptions of the WORLD"
Book 2: the known WORLD by Edward P. Jones
Total this Post: 25
Season Total: 520
StaceyNC5.3 - 3D View Master
Read a book which has exactly 3 letter "D"'s in the title/subtitle.
Book: Stranded with the Ex-Boyfriend
Completed: 3/6/23
Approved for length - post 31
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 8
StaceyNC10.2 . April Fools Day!
Read a book that has “humor” as one of the genres listed on the book’s main page.
Book: Truth or Beard
Completed: 3/5/23
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 110
Tasks Completed: 9
Mod
Book 1: Read a book with the word AND in the title
Death and Croissants
I listened to the audiobook but the paperback has 256 pages
Book 2: Read a book whose title (not subtitle) includes either everything that came before the AND in book 1 or everything that came after the AND.
I chose the word DEATH which comes before the "AND" in "Death and Croissants" and read Renovated to Death - I originally got this as a digital ARC which I didn't read at the time. The paperback has 291 pages.
The books are by different authors: Ian Moore & Frank Anthony Polito
256 + 291 = 547 > 500pgs
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 165 + 30 = 195
Total Tasks Completed: 14
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 0
StaceyNC25.1 - Tien’s Task: Adulting Sux
2. Chauffeur - Read a book with MPG of Sports
Book: No Mercy
Completed: 3/21/23
3. Laundry: Never Ending Laundry!!
Read a book with a word in title that is an item of clothing from the list.
Book: Veils
Completed: 3/6/23
Word: Veil
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 135
Tasks Completed: 10
StaceyNC30.8 - Kaora's Task: Chicken Katsu
Option 2. Read a book that has a cover that is at least 50% red or 50% black according to Tineye.
Book:
Completed: 3/16/23
65.1% black by tineye
Option 4. Read a book by an author that has a name part that begins with a "K".
Book: Rock Chick Revolution
Completed: 4/7/23
Author: Kristen Ashley
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 165
Tasks Completed: 11
Amy B15.10- 404: File Not Found
Read a book that is NOT found on your TBR as of Feb 15, 2023. Find a new-to-you book from any other source: podcast, advertising, review, friend's GR list, library display or librarian recommendation, bookstore browsing, etc.
Required: State how you discovered the book and that it was not on your TBR.
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan (Found on the Tournament of Books longlist for 2023, added to my TBR 3/3/23)
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 325 Points
Mary P20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- Jen B's Task: Me Time
Option 3:Read a book (fiction or non-fiction) with an MPG of Food or Food and Drink.
Blackberry Wine by Joanne Harris
Points this task: 20
Total points: 140
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Maria Jo's Task: The Queen of CrimeOption 4: Read a book with MPG “Religion”, “Faith”, or “Spirituality”.
I listened to an audio version of I'm No Philosopher, But I Got Thoughts: Mini-Meditations for Saints, Sinners, and the Rest of Us (no mmpb or pb)
***Claiming an Its a Fact Ticket for non-fiction***
New Points: 20
Total Points: 325
BB: 1
GO: 1
IaF: 4
10.2 . April Fools Day!Read a book that has “humor” as one of the genres listed on the book’s main page.
The Incomparable Atuk
New Points: 10
Total Points: 335
BB: 1
GO: 1
IaF: 4
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Nancy J's Task: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-ChangesOption 3A: Read a book with beautiful prose from the first 25 pages of this list: Beautiful Prose
The Night Circus (page 1)
Total Points: 140
EMILYGRACER25.2 AN ODE TO CHOCOLATE
*I am claiming one its a fact ticket for the Casey Watson book*
Option 1: Book with a title made from exactly three words
I read Let Me Go by Casey Watson
Option 2: Read a book from an author with exactly two M's in the authors name
I read The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Points in this post: 25
Points in total: 165
Task completed: 12/55
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: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 4
EMILYGRACER10.2 APRIL FOOLS DAY
**I am claiming one its a fact ticket for this book*
Read a book with humour as one of the MPGs
I read This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay
Points in this post: 10
Points in total: 175
Task completed: 13/55
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: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 5
EMILYGRACER**I am claiming one its a fact ticket for the second option**
30.9 FAREWELL TO MY LOVE
Option 1: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in
MICHELINE OR LANEEKA
I read: Exploited by Maggie Hartley 192 pages
Option 2: read a book with a 3 and 7 in the page count.
I read: The Lost Prince by Julie Kagawa 377 pages
377+192=569 which is over the total word count
Points in this post: 30
Points in total: 205
Task completed: 14/55
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: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 6
ROBIN P20.3 Best Review-Katy's Task: On Trend
Option 2: The Adjective Noun of Name
The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle
Points this post: 20
Total points: 460
BB:2 GO:2 IAF:5
20.3 - Katy's Task: On TrendOption 2: The Mad Lib Title: Read a book with a title that fits this pattern:
The ____ (Adjective/s) (noun) of (proper name) Subtitles are excluded
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Points this post: 20
Total points: 610
Tasks completed: 37
Books read: 47
BB tickets: 4
GO tickets: 4
IAF tickets: 4
Mod
Head Over Heels by Jill Shalvis / HOH follows A-B-A pattern
Points this post: 15
Total points: 485
Mod
Relentless in Texas by Kari Lynn Dell / author on pg 6 of list, toward the top with book #1 in this series
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Points this post: 15
Total points: 500
Amy FL5.1 - Flying High
Points this post: 5
Total points: 280
Amy FL5.9 - Do Not Adjust Your Set
Scarlet Carnation by Laila Ibrahim (LI in LeslIe)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 285
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Maria Jo's Task: The Queen of CrimeOption 3: Read a book that has over 1 million ratings on GR
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
2/837,834 ratings
I'm claiming a GO ticket for Of Mice and Men, FP Feb 25 1937
Points this post: 20
Total points: 630
Tasks completed: 38
Books read: 48
BB tickets: 4
GO tickets: 5
IAF tickets: 4
Amy FL10.9 - Spring into Action
The Hiding Place - MPG Action appears when you click "more"
Approved in message 22 for this task in case the genre falls off.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 295
Amy FL20.3 - Best Review - Katy's Task: On Trend
3. Names and Sentences: Florence Adler Swims Forever
Points this post: 20
Total points: 315
Amy FL30.8 - Kaora's Task: Chicken Katsu
Option 3: Hard Hit - 286 pages in paperback edition (2 and 6)
(I completed the audio version but linked to the paperback for the page count.)
Option 4: The Deepest of Secrets by Kelley Armstrong - K in Kelley
Points this post: 30
Total points: 345
Katrisa25.2 - Robin P's Task: An Ode to Chocolate
1. Read a book with a title of exactly 3 words.
I read Murder Over Easy
3. Read a book from this list of Twist Ending Books:
I read Monday's Not Coming from P2 of the list
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 570
Jayme(theghostreader) 20.7 shorter is sweeter
Option 1
Food related fiction
The Joy Luck Clubby Amy Tan
#3 on the list
Task +20
Grand total 40
JUKKA10.5. Would I Lie to You?
Book whose title, subtitle or author's name contains LIE.
Star Trek: Alien Spotlight, Vol. 1 by John Byrne et al. has LIE in "Alien".
Total Points: 200/945
Total Books Read: 22
Tasks Completed: 19/55
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 0
Task 30.4 - New York Times Best Seller Listbook 1: from 7 July 1974 fiction list
If Beale Street Could Talk
book 2: from 17 Nov 1974 non-fiction list
All Things Bright and Beautiful
non-fic - claiming 1 NF tix
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425 points
5 BB tix
5 NF tix
1 GO tix
Task 30.6 - Before AND or After500+ pages
book 1: AND in the title
Beauty and the Mustache
370 pages
book 2: using the word before the "and" in book 1 = BEAUTY in the title
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
288 pages
370+288 = 658 page >500
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455 points
5 BB tix
5 NF tix
1 GO tix
Laurah3020.1 - Most Improved - Barbara ★'s Task: The Wizard of Oz
opt 2 - read a book with flowers on the cover, not just a single flower.
the sun and her flowers, 256 p
points this post - 20
total points - 60
Browneyedgirl10.4
I read The Hot Zone by Richard Preston
Points this task: 10
Points to date: 135
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 10
Nick KY30.6 Coralee’s Before “and” or After
Book 1. I read Providence and the Problem of Evil by Richard Swinburne. 280 pp
Book 2. I read Providence by Max Barry. “Providence” is the entire phrase before the “and” -- 306 pp.
Total pp = 586 > required 500
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 460
Sara G10.2 . April Fools Day!
Read a book that has “humor” as one of the genres listed on the book’s main page.
Neither Here, Nor There: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson
**Neither Here nor There is nonfiction (MPG Nonfiction). I claim one It's a Fact ticket.**
Points this post: 10
Total points: 260
Sara G15.7 - 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: Dream New Dreams: Reimagining My Life After Loss (D-N-D or L-A-L), Divided in Death (D-I-D), Etiquette & Espionage (E-&-E ), A Witch Alone (A-W-A)
The Chiffon Trenches by André Leon Talley
**The Chiffon Trenches is nonfiction (MPG Nonfiction). I claim one It's a Fact ticket.**
Points this post: 15
Total points: 275
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5.10 - Spring, Just Do Your Thing
I read Fire Touched
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 545