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SPRING CHALLENGE 2023
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25.4 - Delicious Dee's Task: Ted Lasso!Result of Flip: HEADS - Use Season 1
Option 1- HEADS - SEASON ONE
Book 1 – Read a book where a single author shares a name with one of the actors who appear in the MAIN cast of Ted Lasso.
River of Teeth (River of Teeth #1) by Sarah Gailey
author's first name, SARAH, matched Sarah Niles
Book 2 – Read a book where a word from one of the SEASON ONE episode title names appears in the book title.
Cat to the Dogs (Joe Grey #5) by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
word in title, DOGS, found in episode title, The Diamond DOGS
Total this Post: 25
Season Total: 595
trishhartuk25.5 MEGSCL's Task: Between the Lines
Required: State the last book you read (before first reading this task) and the first and last sentences.
The Abbot's Gibbet, Michael Jecks (finished on 06/03/23)
First sentence: "The sun was ALMOST unbearably hot, the journey distinctly uncomfortable."
Last sentence: "But it did NOT change his decision."
Book 1: Read a book with a title that has a word matching a word from the first sentence
ALMOST Sleighed, Emily James
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (266pg)
Book 2: Read a book with a title that has a word matching a word from the last sentence
NOT the Ones Dead, Dana Stabenow
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (336pg)
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 350
Tasks Completed: 20
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Task 10.2 - April Fools Day!MPG Humour (verified in help thread)
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
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575 points
8 BB tix
5 NF tix
3 GO tix
Mod
Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in
MICHELINE
read
Dead Girls Can't Tell Secrets by by Chelsea Ichaso
336 pages
and
Read a book with a word in the title (ignore subtitle) of 4 or more letters from the lyrics of I’ll Always Love You by Taylor Dayne - https://www.songfacts.com/lyrics/tayl...
used word LIFE
read The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
351 pages
points this post: 30
total points :400
FLY Task #20.3 - Best Review - Katy's Task: On Trend
task: 4. - Read a book that uses "you" or "your" in the title.
book: Before the Devil Breaks You
(my version is audio, MMPB here)
how it fits: "You" in the title
other:
**Claiming BB ticket - MMPB is 560 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 6/55
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
It's A Fact tickets: 0
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Lisa MD30.3 - Cat's Task: Book of the Month
Option 1: Pick month: March
Book 1: Letters of March found in deMon CoppeRHeAd
🦋Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
546 pages
I claim a BB ticket
Book 2: Author first and last initials: MH found in MarcH
🦋The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
400 pages
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 240/945
Total Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 14/55
Big Book Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Non Fiction Tickets: 5
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)20.2 - Rookie at the Top -Rookie at the Top - Nancy J's Task: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Read one book, from one of the options below.
Required: State the option you used.
Option 2. CULTURAL
First 25 pages of this list: Cultural
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Page Count: 235
Page/Link: page 2--https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Points Earned This Post: 20
Points Achieved to Date: 225/945
Tasks Completed: 15/55
Joanne MI20.5 - 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.
Honor by Thrity Umrigar
Points this task 20
Total Points 175
2 BB's
2 IAF
babbling c5.7 - Who’s Behind Those Foster Grants?
Sunglasses became a popular fashion statement in the 1930s when Sam Foster began mass producing and selling his sunglasses on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, NJ.
Required: Post the cover.
Undercover Bromance - Audible Undercover Bromance - paperback pg 338 by Lyssa Kay Adams
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points: 65/945
Completed Tasks: 5/55
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 2,070
Books read this season: 6
babbling c 15.10- 404: File Not Found
April 4, 4/04, is 404 Day. A 404 (pronounced "four four") is a computer error message that indicates a web server has been connected to, but the server cannot find what is requested. These messages are often accompanied by the phrase "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.
Girls of Flight City: Inspired by True Events, a Novel of WWII, the RAF, and Texas - Audible Girls of Flight City paperback 384 by Lorraine Heath
Not on my TBR. Came across while browsing the library catalog for Audiobooks.
THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points: 80/945
Completed Tasks: 6/55
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 2,454
Books read this season: 7
babbling c20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Jen K's Task: Egyptian Spring
This 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 2: The Pyramids. I cannot leave without visiting the pyramids. As a math teacher, I’ve often used the pyramids as a real-life example of a 3 dimensional shape. The base is a polygon (flat with straight edges) and all other faces are triangles which means no curves!
Read a book written by a single author whose initials (all initials) are made of letters without curves. Letters may be reused, as in LL, Laura Lippman
Letters without curves for this task include: A, E, F, H, I, K, L, M, N, T, V, W, X, Y and Z
Pleasure Unbound - audible Pleasure Unbound mass market paperback pgs 389 by Larissa Ione
L. I.
398>200
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points: 100/945
Completed Tasks: 7/55
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 2,852
Books read this season: 8
Amy FL5.4 - Mythical Monsters
The Reapers are the Angels - Zombies
Points this post: 5
Total points: 350
babbling c5.4 - 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.
One Salt Sea - Kindle One Salt Sea - mass market paperback pg. 354 by Seanan McGuire
various Fae
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points: 105/945
Completed Tasks: 8/55
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 3,206
Books read this season: 9
babbling c10.9 - Spring into Action
Let's get that plot moving! Read a book with the MPG Action and/or Adventure.
No Place to Run - kindle No Place to Run - mass market paperback pg. 332 by Maya Banks
MPG Action
THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points: 115/945
Completed Tasks: 9/55
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 3,538
Books read this season: 10
Amy FL15.8 - The Trail of Tears
Five Little Indians - page 1 of Indigenous Authors list
Points this post: 15
Total points: 365
Amy FL20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Nancy J's Task: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Option 2: Four Treasures of the Sky - first book at the top of page 12 of Cultural list at time of posting
Points this post: 20
Total points: 385
Amy FL25.2 - Robin P's Task: An Ode to Chocolate
1. The Last Orphan - 3 words in title
3. The Housemaid - page 2 of Twist Ending Books list
Points this post: 25
Total points: 410
Amy FL30.6 - Coralie's Task: Before AND or After
Book 1: The Dead and the Gone
Book 2: The Dead List
I linked to the versions I completed. The combined total pages in the paperback editions is 624 (308 + 316).
Points this post: 30
Total points: 440
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.
Death of A Mystery Writer by Robert Barnard
Name - Robert
Points for this task: 10
Total points : 110
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 4
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
Lisa MD30.8 - Kaora's Task: Chicken Katsu
Option 3. Two of these digits "2/16/2022" in page count
☑️🦋Spare by Prince Harry
410 pages
I claim a NF ticket
Option 4. Author name part begins with "K"
☑️🦋Undone by Karin Slaughter
544 pages
I claim a BB ticket
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 270/945
Total Books Read: 20
Tasks Completed: 15/55
Big Book Tickets: 4
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Non Fiction Tickets: 6
Katrisa25.4 - Delicious Dee's Task: Ted Lasso!
Opt 1 Heads
Book 1 - Read a book where a single author shares a name with one of the actors who appear in the MAIN cast of Ted Lasso.
I read The Mountains Wild by Sarah Stewart Taylor
Sarah matches Sarah Niles
Book is #1 of 4 in Maggie D'Arcy series
Book 2 – Read a book where a word from one of the SEASON ONE episode title names appears in the book title.
I read Hekla's Children
Children for Episode 4 - "For the Children"
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 780
10.6 - Batter Up!Of the baseball playing countries listed, only Canada and Japan played a significant role in the story. About 75% took place directly in Canada, and the remaining 25% was Canadian P.O.W.'s describing their experience in Japanese P.O.W. camps
Points this post: 10
Total points: 840
Tasks completed: 60
Books read: 62
BB tickets: 6
GO tickets: 6
IAF tickets: 4
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)20.3 - Best Review - Katy's Task: On Trend
, pick a trend and read a book that fits the trend:
Required: State the option.
3. Names and Sentences - title only-complete sentence(subject & action) that includes a proper noun.
Page Count: 157
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
Points Earned This Post: 20
Points Achieved to Date: 245/945
Tasks Completed: 16/55
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)15.4 –I'm Going On An Adventure!
Select an option.
Required: State the option.
Option 1: Read two books, one book A and one book B.
Book A. MPG Fantasy
Page Count: 272 Listened to audiobook link to PB Bewitched
Bewitched
Book B. Author uses an initial in first name position.
Page Count:256
Author: A.D. Lawrence
The Purple Nightgown
Points Earned This Post: 15
Points Achieved to Date: 260/945
Tasks Completed: 17/55
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)30.8 - Kaora's Task: Chicken Katsu
Option 3. At least two of these digits-- 0, 1, 2, 6--in the page count. (only 2 can be used twice).
Page Count: 176 Listened to audiobook link to PB Forests, Fishing, & Forgery
Forests, Fishing, & Forgery
Option 4. author that has a name part that begins with a "K",
Page Count: 182 Listened to audiobook link to PB Canyons, Caravans, & Cadavers
Author: Tonya Kappes
Canyons, Caravans, & Cadavers
Points Earned This Post: 30
Points Achieved to Date: 290/945
Tasks Completed: 18/55
10.2 - April Fool's Day!Read a book with a Humor MPG
Spoiled Brats by Simon Rich
Humor is third on the MPG list
Points this post:10
Total points: 850
Tasks completed: 47
Books read: 63
BB tickets: 6
GO tickets: 6
IAF tickets: 4
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)30.6-Coralie's Task: Before AND or After
No MPG childrens or kids- 500 + pages- 2 different authors.
Book 1. word AND in the title (not the subtitle). ampersand(&) is acceptable.
Page Count: 210 Listened to audio link to PB Motorhomes, Maps, & Murder
Motorhomes, Maps, & Murder
Book 2. title (not subtitle) includes everything before the AND in book 1 or everything after the AND. The word/phrase must match exactly but other words may be included either before or after the target word/phrase.
Page count: 304 Listened to audiobook link to PB A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Murder
After book 1 "AND": Murder
A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Murder
Points Earned This Post: 30
Points Achieved to Date: 320/945
Tasks Completed: 19/55
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)10.7 -Avengers Assemble!
MPG graphic novels, sequential art, comics.
Page Count: 304
The Legend of Auntie Po
Points Earned This Post: 10
Points Achieved to Date: 330/945
Tasks Completed: 20/55
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)15.3 –Someday My Prince Will Come
Option 1:
Book A. title contains a word from the lyrics to “Someday My Prince Will Come.” No Subtitles. All words work including I, and, to, a, be Exact match. Required: State the word.https://www.allthelyrics.com/lyrics/d...
Page Count: 224
Word: Birds-- And the birds will sing and wedding bells will ring
Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
Book B. Whole-numbered book in a series from #1 - #7.
Page Count: 254 Listened to audiobook link to PB Betwixt
Series: Betwixt & Between #1
Betwixt
Points Earned This Post: 15
Points Achieved to Date: 345/945
Tasks Completed: 21/55
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)30.7 -Chandni's Task: Momentous Places
600+ pages.
Option 3: set at least 80% or author born in Canada.
Page Count: 374
Author: Alan Bradley per GR author profile, born in Toronto Canada
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Option 4: set at least 80% or author born in United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland).
Page count: 304 listened to audiobook link to HB A Fiancée's Guide to First Wives and Murder
Setting: Per GR description--In Dianne Freeman's lighthearted mystery series set in Victorian England
A Fiancée's Guide to First Wives and Murder
Points Earned This Post: 30
Points Achieved to Date: 375/945
Tasks Completed: 22/55
Readerboard name: St.Erika20.3 Option 4 Read a book that uses "You" in the title
You and Me on Vacation
Points this post: 20
Total points so far: 20
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)30.5 -JennRenee's Task: Spring Celebrations
Option A : March:
For this option, read a book with the genre Horror listed on the main page.
Page Count: 256
The Birds and Other Stories
Option B: April: exactly 2 sets of consecutive double letters-title/subtitle/author name.
Page Count: 204 listened to audiobook link to PB Sunsets, Sabbatical & Scandal
Author: Tonya Kappes
Double Letters: "BB"in title word: SaBBatical--"PP" in author last name: KaPPes
Sunsets, Sabbatical & Scandal
Points Earned This Post: 30
Points Achieved to Date: 405/945
Tasks Completed: 23/55
FLY Task #10.10. Collaboration of the Year
task: Read a book that is written by two authors
book: Forever Fantasy Online
(my version is kindle, no MMPB, paperback here)
how it fits: authors Rachel Aaron and Travis Bach
Points this post: 10
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 7/55
Big Book tickets: 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
It's A Fact tickets: 0
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EMILYGRACER20.2 CH CH CH CH CHANGES
Option 3-Page 3 Beautiful Prose
I read Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
Points in this post: 20
Points in total: 340
Task 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: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
EMILYGRACER25.3 1930S LIT AND LISTS
*I am claiming one golden oldies ticket for this task for Lolita by Vladmir Nobakov
Option 4: Page 1 best Banned and Censored
I read Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Option 5: Page 1: The Harlem Renaissance
I read Passingby Nella Larsen
Points in this post: 25
Points in total: 365
Task completed: 21/55
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
Angela IL20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Florence's Task: Busy Bee
Option C: Read a book that meets SRC rules from one of these lists: Best Feminist Books
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan- 4/19
On 1st page (#45)
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 210
Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 9
BB Ticket:
NF Ticket: 1
Angela IL20.5 - Bigger is Better - Kristina Simon's task: Sail Away
Option 2: Read a book with a homonym found on this list in TITLE (not subtitle) - https://www.enchantedlearning.com/eng...
Some Kind of Perfect by Krista & Becca Ritchie- 4/18
Read Kindle/ No MMPB/ PB: Some Kind of Perfect (742 pgs)
Word used: Some/ Sum
Claiming Big Book Ticket
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 230
Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 10
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 1
Angela IL15.7 - 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
Someone Else's Shoes by Jojo Moyes- 4/2
Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 245
Books Read: 15
Tasks Completed: 11
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 1
ROBIN P5.10 Spring, Do Your Thing
Book of choice
The Puzzler
Points this post: 5
Total points: 520
BB: GO:3 IAF:7
Nick KY30.4 TessaVanessa’s New York Times Bestsellers List My b’day = 6/26/58.
Book 1. For the week of June 22, 1958, I read, from the fiction list, Strangers When We Meet by Evan Hunter.
Book 2. From the Nonfiction list of the year 1958 (week of Nov 30) I read Mistress to an Age: A Life of Madame de Stael by J. Christopher Herold.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 640
Andy P.Task # 15.6 - The Oregon Trail
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the states: Kansas
The Topeka School by Ben Lerner
More than 50% set in Kansas.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 380
MEGAN F. 20.10 - Group Reads
I read the "Popular Book Group Picks" option:
Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus
My discussion comment is #15 in the thread.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 70
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)Repost Post #1293
Link to post
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
10.7 -Avengers Assemble!
MPG graphic novels, sequential art, comics.
Page Count: 368
Bloom
Points Earned This Post: 10
Points Achieved to Date: 405/945
Tasks Completed: 23/55
Kai20.4 Golden Oldies - Maria Jo's Task: The Queen of Crime
OPTION 1
Read a book by Agatha Christie or her pseudonym, Mary Westmacott, that was first published before 1950.
The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie
Published 1931
New Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 8
Total Points: 125
Kai15. 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".
Toad by Katherine Dunn
whATs up DOc
New Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 9
Total Points: 140
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)15.1 –Vernal Equinox
Two books with page numbers that have the same 2 leading digits
Book A:
Page Count: 188 Listened to audiobook link to PB Christmas, Criminals, and Campers
Leading Digits: 18
Christmas, Criminals, and Campers
Book B:
Page Count: 186 Listened to audiobook link to PB Kickbacks, Kayaks, and Kidnapping
Leading Digits: 18
Kickbacks, Kayaks, and Kidnapping
Points Earned This Post: 15
Points Achieved to Date: 420/945
Tasks Completed: 24/55
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySpring 2023 SRC
30.5 - JennRenee's Task: Spring Celebrations
Option A : March:
For this option, read a book with the genre Horror listed on the main page.
Swan Song - 996 pages - claiming 2 BB tickets, MPG horror
Option C: May
For this option, read a book from this list
Most Interesting World
Lock In, on page 4
Points this post: 30
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 220
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 2
It's a Fact Tickets: 2
ROBIN P30.6 Coralie's Task: Before and After
2 books, 500 + pages - word(s) before or after "and" in 1st book title found in 2nd book title
Book 1 - Mycroft and Sherlock -336 p
Word Sherlock comes after "and"
Book 2 - Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon -336 p - Total pages 672
Points this post: 30
Total points: 550
BB:2 GO:3 IAF:7
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5.3 - 3D View Master
Deadly Descent by Kaylea Cross
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 450/945
Golden Oldies Ticket: 4
It's A Fact Ticket: 2
Total Books Read: 36
Total Tasks Completed: 31/55