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SPRING CHALLENGE 2023
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Kathy KS10.5. Would I Lie to You?
read a book with LIE found intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.
Resident Alien Volume 3: The Sam Hain Mystery by Peter Hogan
LIE=aLIEn
I read as an ebook; pb-104 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 50
Tasks completed: 4/55
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
Kathy KS20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Nancy J's Task: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Option 3. BEAUTIFUL PROSE
A. Read a book with beautiful prose from the first 25 pages of this list: Beautiful Prose
Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk
Found on list, page 20
I listened to an audiobook; hb-136 p. (no mmpb or pb)
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 70
Tasks completed: 5/55
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
Nick KY5.9 Do Not Adjust. I read The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy, inits in “leslie MitChell.”
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 15
Nick KY 10.1. Respect Your Elders
April 9th is National Cherish an Antique Day – read a book originally published at least 100 years ago (1923 or earlier). I read The Turn of the Screw by Henry James -- 1st pub’d 1898.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 25
FLY Task #20.4 - Golden Oldies - Maria Jo's Task: The Queen of Crime
task: option 1. Read a book by Agatha Christie first published before 1950.
book: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: author = Agatha Christie, First published June 7, 1926
other:
**claiming one Golden Oldies ticket for first published 1926**
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 2/55
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
It's A Fact tickets: 0
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MEGSCL20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Nancy J's Task: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Option 3B - mpg Literary Fiction - Our Souls at Night
TOTAL - 65
Katrisa5.4 - 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.
I read Lullaby which has mermaids on the main page (though in the book they are actually sirens but both mermaids and sirens are on the list) and the story revolves around the mythical creatures
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 60
Katrisa10.9 - Spring into Action
Let's get that plot moving! Read a book with the MPG Action and/or Adventure
I read The Crossing Adventure on MPG (under "more")
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 70
JEN B10.6. Batter up!
In recognition of the international aspects of American baseball, read a book set at least 50% in one of the countries listed above.
Country: Australia
The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth
Setting is established on page 3: "A cliffside home in Portsea, a sleepy coastal town a couple hours outside of Melbourne, the last in a procession of increasingly exclusive beach towns at the very tip of the Mornington Peninsula"
TOTAL POINTS: 30
Amy B10.7. Avengers Assemble!
Read a book with the main page genre graphic novels, sequential art, comics.
Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir by Maggie Thrash
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 15 Points
Bookwrm526Task #20.5 - Sail Away
Option 1: Read a book written by an author whose initials (all of them) can be found in DECLUTTER. I read The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline.
Total points so far: 90
10.8 - My Favorite Holiday!Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
page 16
Total this Post: 10
Season Total: 30
LAUREN JODI5.9. Do Not Adjust Your Set
Right Behind Her by Melinda Leigh
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 110/945
Golden Oldies Ticket: 1
It's A Fact Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 8
Total Tasks Completed: 6/55
Sara G15.10- 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.
Gestures by Desmond Morris
My boyfriend recommended this one to me. This was not on my TBR as of Feb 15, 2023.
**Gestures is nonfiction (MPG Nonfiction). I claim one It's a Fact ticket.**
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Sara G20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Jen K's Task: Egyptian Spring
Option 2: Read a book written by a single author whose initials (all initials) are made of letters without curves.
Stasiland: True Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall by Anna Funder
I read the Kindle edition. The paperback here has 328 pages, so this meets the 200 page requirement.
**Stasiland is nonfiction (MPG Nonfiction). I claim one It's a Fact ticket.**
Points this post: 20
Total points: 35
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read a book with the main page genre graphic novels, sequential art, comics
Oxygen Mask: A Graphic Novel: Carnegie Medal-Winning Author
This has an MPG of Graphic Novels
(The book actually has 387 pages, but really more like the 100 listed on Amazon/this GR entry as some don't have any words, and some just a few)
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 0 + 10 = 10
Total Tasks Completed: 1
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 0
trishhartuk5.5 Crime in History
Read a book with a main page genre Crime.
The Creak on the Stairs, Eva Björg Ægisdóttir
Read the kindle edition. Top PB (Icelandic): here. PB (English): here.
Crime is the second tag on the book page
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 65
Tasks Completed: 5
10.1. Respect Your EldersRead a book originally published at least 100 years ago: published in 1907
The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 10
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.
If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki KawamuraTask Total: 20
Season Total: 30
15.3 - Someday My Prince Will ComeOption 1
Book A
Read a book whose title contains a word from the lyrics to “Someday My Prince Will Come.”
Kiss Me Again by Garrett Leigh
Word used is "Kiss" = "And steal a kiss or two"
Book B
Read a book that is a whole-numbered book in a series from #1 - #7.
A Seditious Affair by KJ Charles
A Seditious Affair is ebook only, and has been approved on 175 of the ebook spreadsheet.
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 15
Nick KY25.2 - Robin P's Task: An Ode to Chocolate
I have always loved chocolate, though my tastes are rather plebeian. Occasionally, I sample a handmade boutique truffle with an unusual flavor like lavender or chili, and I think, “What a waste of good chocolate!”
Choose two different options and read a book from each option
REQUIRED: Specify in your post the options used.
1. 3 Musketeers: One of my favorite chocolate bars is 3 Musketeers. I feel like the other bars, such as Snickers, just interfere with my enjoyment of the yummy chocolate nougat in the center.
Read a book with a title of exactly 3 words. Subtitles should be ignored.
I read A World Lost by Wendell Berry.
3. Forrest Gump’s mother famously said “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get.” The idea is that life contains surprises. Read a book from this list of Twist Ending Books:
Required: State the page where the book is found.
I read No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay, p. 6 of list
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 50
JessiebeeTask: 25.1 - Tien’s Task: Adulting Sux
Book 1: Option #1
Title: A Clockwork Orange
Author: Anthony Burgess
Task: Teeth on the cover
Book 2: Option #3
Title: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Author: Ann Brashares
Task: Valid word: "Pants"
AR Validation: IL: Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
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Points this post: 25
Total points: 25
Andy P.Task # 30.6 - Coralie's Task: Before AND or After
Book 1. Read a book with the word AND in the title
Bright and Deadly Things byLexie Elliott
Book 2. Read a book whose title (not subtitle) includes either everything that came before the AND in book 1
Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew J. Sullivan
Points this post: 30
Total points: 50
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 "Rhat's Up, Doc?"
Cast of Characters: Common People in the Hands of an Uncommon God by Max Lucado
My word is cast: whAT'S up doC
Points this post: 15
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 6
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 0
IF tickets: 0
10.7 - Avengers Assemble! From MPG of graphic novel, sequential art or comics - Read Shortcomings by Adrian Tomine
Points these task: 10
Total points: 10
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Jen K's Task: Egyptian Spring Option 2: The Pyramids - Read Girl in Ice by Erica Ferencik. The initials EF do not have curves and are in the list.
Points these task: 20
Total points: 30
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
Kathy KS15.10- 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.
Resident Alien Volume 4: The Man with No Name by Peter Hogan
How it fits: This book was new-to-me. I found it because I saw the TV series and decided to read the graphic novel series.
This was definitely NOT on my TBR as of 15 Feb 2023, because I had not even read all of the preceding volumes yet.
I read an ebook; pb-104 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 85
Tasks completed: 6/55
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
Barbara ★30.6 - Coralie's Task: Before AND or After
Book 1. Read a book with the word AND in the title.
The Lost AND Found Bookshop - Susan Wiggs (432 pages) 3/3
Book 2. Read a book whose title includes either everything that came before the AND in book 1 or everything that came after the AND.
Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World - Joan Druett 3/8
(The Lost in both titles)
TOTAL PAGES: Book 1 (432 pages) + Book 2 (284 pages) = 716 > 500 pages
Points this task: 30
Total points: 50
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
10.3. Feeling possessive?A possessive noun in the title: Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral by Kris Radish
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
30.3 - Cat's Task: Book of the MonthMay is my month
Option 1: Two book task
Book 1: All the letters in my chosen month can be found in the title of my book
Eight Days in May: The Final Collapse of the Third Reich by Volker Ullrich
Book 2: The author of my book's first and last initials can be found in my chosen month
Dead I Well May Be by Adrian McKinty (initials AM)
I'm claiming an IF ticket for Eight Days in May: The Final Collapse of the Third Reich
Points this post: 30
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 8
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 0
IF tickets: 1
MEGSCL20.3 - Best Review - Katy's Task: On Trend
4. Direct Address - Read a book that uses "you" or "your" in the title. Shine your Icy Crown
TOTAL - 85
MEGSCL5.8 - One Small Step for Man
Aurora Burning **512 pp - 1 big book ticket
TOTAL - 90
BIG BOOKS - 1
Deborah15.10- 404: File Not Found
This was a new-to-me book
The Book of Cold Cases
Found it on a friends list Victoria(RedsCat) who had rated it 5 stars.
It was not on my TBR list until this task was posted on Feb. 15th when I went looking on my GR Friends lists.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 50
Books Read:4
Tasks Done: 4
15.10- 404: File Not FoundRead a book that is NOT found on your TBR as of Feb 15, 2023.
Season of Love
I discovered this book from a tweet and it was not on my TBR list as of Feb 15, 2023.
Total Points: 15
ROBIN PKatrina's Task: An Homage to My 30's
Option 1A- book where the main character is a teacher (primary-university)
Kraven Images - From GR description - ". Nicholas Kraven is a fortyish British professor of English lit at a second-rate college"
Option 2 - author’s initials occur in reverse consecutive alphabetical order.
The Black Madonna - author Stella Riley
**Claiming 1 BB point, 632 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 60
BB:2 GO:0 IAF:0
10.4. What's in a Name?I read Playing Dead: A Journey Through the World of Death Fraud by Elizabeth Greenwood.
Elizabeth is #5 on the list of female names.
Points this task: 10
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Totals:
Points: 10
Task completed: 1
Task 20.5 - Sail Awayoption 1: author initials in DECLUTTER
Infamous by Lex Croucher
LC initials
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20 points
Task 30.8 - Chicken Katsuoption 2: red cover
Killers of a Certain Age
option 3: two of the digits in page count: 1, 0
A Mirror Mended
130 pages
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50 points
read 60 Spring Into Action 10.9 The Yellow Envelope: One Gift, Three Rules, and a Life-Changing Journey Around the World by Kim Dinan
Under the description of the book it is classified as ADVENTURE.
Points 10
Total points 45
Mai10.2 . April Fools Day!
Book with MPG "Humor"
Cunk on Everything: The Encyclopedia Philomena by Jason A. Hazeley
*Claim 1 NF Ticket*
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
NF Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Barbara ★20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Jen K's Task: Egyptian Spring
Option 2: 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
Preppy: The Life & Death of Samuel Clearwater, Part Two - T.M. Frazier 3/8
(T,M and F are all letters without curves)(has 282 pages)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 70
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
LAUREN JODI10.1. Respect Your Elders
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
***Claiming a Golden Oldies ticket as this book was published in 1811***
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 120/945
Golden Oldies Ticket: 2
It's A Fact Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 9
Total Tasks Completed: 7/55
trishhartuk30.8 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.
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (332pg)
Total Black: 75.3%; Total Red: 6.7%
75.3%: #201c22 - Black
11.0%: #c1bfc0 - Grey
4.1%: #70181a - Red
3.4%: #62341b - Brown
2.0%: #a94822 - Brown
1.3%: #b11f22 - Red
1.3%: #e12625 - Red
1.0%: #e65625 - Orange
0.3%: #6d594d - Brown
0.3%: #e39527 - Orange
Option 3. Read a book with at least two of these digits in the page count: 0, 1, 2, 6
25 Icelandic Ghost Stories, Jón R. Hjálmarsson (126pg)
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 95
Tasks Completed: 6
BrownEyedGirl10.5
I read Never Lie
Points this task: 10
Points to date: 95
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 7
ROBIN P30.2 Katrina's Task: An Homage to My 30's
Option 1A- book where the main character is a teacher (primary-university)
Kraven Images - From GR description - ". Nicholas Kraven is a fortyish British professor of English lit at a second-rate college"
Option 2 - author’s initials occur in reverse consecutive alphabetical order.
The Black Madonna - author Stella Riley
**Claiming 1 BB point, 632 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 60
BB:2 GO:0 IAF:0
Kathy KS15.3 - Someday My Prince Will Come
I chose-
Option 2- Read one book that fulfills both book A and B options.
The Man Who Liked to Look at Himself by K.C. Constantine
156 pages
Book A. Read a book whose title contains a word from the lyrics to “Someday My Prince Will Come.”
How it fits: Three title words are included in the lyrics: The, to, at
Book B. Read a book that is a whole-numbered book in a series from #1 - #7.
How it fits: Mario Balzic Detective Mystery #2
I read this as part of an omnibus: The Man Who Liked to Look at Himself; A Fix Like This p. 1-156
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 100
Tasks completed: 7/55
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
Barbara ★30.9 - Amy FL's Task: Farewell to My Love
Option 1 - Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in
MICHELINE OR LANEEKA .
Aunt Dimity and the Heart of Gold - Nancy Atherton 3/7
(N & A in lANeeka)
Option 4 - 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
Sweet Wild of Mine - Laurel Kerr 3/9
(Second Line - You have won my heart and my soul with your SWEET, sexy ways.)
TOTAL PAGES: Book 1 (240 pages) + Book 2 (389 pages) = 629 > 501 pages
Points this task: 30
Total points: 100
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
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Task # 20.10 - Group Reads: Nonfiction - Animals
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong
My comments are in the discussion for this task: Message #2
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20