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SPRING CHALLENGE 2023
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Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.10 - File Not Found
The Kids Are Gonna Ask by Gretchen Anthony
This book was not on my TBR. I discovered it browsing through recommended Hoopla titles on my library app.
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): The Kids Are Gonna Ask
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 65 points
Tasks completed: 6
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.3 - Katy's Task: On Trend
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Option 3 - The title consists of a complete sentence that includes a proper noun (Hill House) and an action (haunting).
Link to MMP edition: La Maison hantée
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 85 points
Tasks completed: 7
MEGSCL5.7 - Who’s Behind Those Foster Grants?
TOTAL - 320
BIG BOOKS - 3
IT’S A FACT - 3
GOLDEN OLDIES - 1
MEGSCL10.6. Batter up!
A Home Like Ours (set in Australia)
**576 pages - big book ticket
TOTAL - 330
BIG BOOKS - 4
IT’S A FACT - 3
GOLDEN OLDIES - 1
MEGSCL25.5 - MEGSCL's Task: Between the Lines
My book was The 52-Storey Treehouse
The first sentence is: Hi, my name is Andy. This is my friend Terry. (used two sentences as the first only has 2 eligible words)
The last sentence is: 'One 65-storey treehouse with a pet-grooming salon and a birthday room coming right up!' I say.
Book 1 (this) - No One Is Talking About This
Book 2 (with) - The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists
TOTAL - 355
BIG BOOKS - 4
IT’S A FACT - 3
GOLDEN OLDIES - 1
Mod
Renegades by Marissa Meyer / pg 1 #79 on list
Points this post: 5
Total points: 800
ROBIN P5.7 Who's Behind Those Foster Grants?
Sunglasses on cover
Dial A for Aunties
Points this post: 5
Total points: 765
BB:5 GO:3 IAF:10
50.1 - Lisa MD's Task: The Mod SquadOption 1: a) Read a book whose cover shows an adult female(s) walking away.
Lost Roses (Lical Girls #2) by Martha Hall Kelly
464 pages
Option 2: Read a book whose author’s first or last name shares one of these initials with our mods, “D, S, K, J or L.”
Ship of Smoke and Steel (The Wells of Sorcery #1) by Django Wexler
author's first initial is D
366 pages
"Option 3: Read a book whose title or subtitle contains a word of 4 or more letters made from the letter combo of our founding mods names: (DLMRoseSandyKristina) OR the letter combo of our incoming mods names: (JayneJennReneeLucy-Bookworm.) Letters can only be used as often as they appear in mod name combo.
Required: Identify which name combo and word used."
Storm Born (Dark Swan #1) by Richelle Mead
5-letter word in title, STORM, found in dlMROSesandykrisTina
361 pages
Total pages read: 1,191
Total this Post: 50
Season Total: 735
Kathy KS50.1 - Lisa MD's Task: The Mod Squad
Past: Kristina
Present: DLM Rose, Sandy
Incoming: Jayne, JennRenee, Lucy-Bookworm
Books must total 750 pages or more.
Option 1: b) Read a book that has at least two shoes on the cover. ... Slippers, sandals, boots, athletic shoes, and other footwear work. Required: Post cover.
Sandals approved in task help, message 23: by Lisa
Pages: 248
Option 4: Our mods are from Virginia, Texas, Florida, New Jersey, England, and Wales. Read a book set at least 50% in one of these locations.
The Servant's Tale by Margaret Frazer
From review #1 on GR page, by C.:
"This is a 1434 timeline. This order of St. Frideswide nuns in England" ...
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb-240 p.
Option 5: Choose any mod and read a book that she rated 4 or 5 stars. Required: Identify the mod and rating in your post.
Bruno, Chief Of Police by Martin Walker
How it fits: Dlmrose rated it "4 stars"
I listened to an audiobook; pb-273 p. (no mmpb)
Total pages: 248+240+273=761 (>750)
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Points for this task: 50
Total points : 480
Tasks completed: 27/55
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 3
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 4
30.9 - Amy FL's Task: Farewell to My LoveOption 1:
Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in LANEEKA
Sailor Proof by Annabeth Albert
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
Strange Love by Ann Aguirre
The word used was "love"
Books together must be 501 pages. 320 (Sailor Proof) + 306 (Strange Love) = 626
BB Tickets general: 1
IAF tickets general: 1
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 230
30.2 - Katrisa's Task: An Homage to MY 30sOption 2 - Read a book where the author’s initials occur in reverse consecutive alphabetical order. If there is a middle initial you may use it or not as it suits.
Rebel (Legend #4) by Marie Lu
author's initials, ML, in reverse consecutive alphabetical order
Option 3 - Read a book with a repeated word of at least three letters in the TITLE (AND and THE excluded). The repeated words need not be next to each other. Subtitles are excluded.
Island of Hope, Island of Tears by David M. Brownstone, Irene M. Franck &
Douglass Brownstone
repeated word in title, island
Total this Post: 30
Season Total: 765
Amy B15.4 - I'm Going On An Adventure!
Select an option.
Required: State the option.
Option 2. Read one book that fulfills both book A and B options.
Book A. Read a book with a main page genre of Fantasy
Book B. Read a book written by an author who uses an initial in the first name position.
Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 470 Points
MAZZA15.1 - Flying High
Read a book with an aeroplane on the cover.
points this post = 5
Points to date = 875
MAZZA125.1 - Tien’s Task: Adulting Sux
1. Read a book with teeth (human or animal) o on the cover (single tooth/bare foot allowed)
2. Read a book with MPG of Sports
The Foxhole Court verified here in MPG thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post= 25
Points to date = 900
trishhartuk30.9 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
Custom Baked Murder, Liz Mugavero
Read the kindle edition. PB here (378pg)
MicheLine
Option 3: Read a book with a domestic dog on the cover.
A Witch to Remember, Heather Blake (324pg)
Total pages: 378 + 324 = 702pg
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 395
Tasks Completed: 23
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
15.4 - I'm Going On An Adventure!Option 2, MPG Fantasy and an author who uses an initial in the first name position: The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
Points this post: 15
Total points: 315
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Maria Jo's Task: The Queen of Crime Option 2: Missing person as a major plot subject - Read In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O'Brien. From the description - "Within days of their arrival, his wife mysteriously vanishes into the watery wilderness."
Points these task: 20
Total points: 115
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 12
Tasks completed: 7
LAUREN JODI30.2 - Katrisa's Task: An Homage to MY 30s
Option 1A: My Profession
Chasing Trouble by Joya Ryan
Heroine is a kindergarten teacher per the book description
Option 2: My Love
Dead Against Her by Melinda Leigh
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 595/945
Golden Oldies Ticket: 4
It's A Fact Ticket: 2
Big Book Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 45
Total Tasks Completed: 38/55
Sarah E5.2 - Queens & Kings
Apocalypse Kings
I listened to an audio, top paperback - no MMP - is Apocalypse Kings - 96 pages
This is my one 80-99 page book allowed for one 5 point task
AR Bookfinder UK: IL: MY+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2.0
Total Points: 5
Sarah E15.8 - The Trail of Tears
The Round House by Louise Erdrich - found on page 1
I read a kindle edition, MMP is Dans Le Silence Du Vent
Big Book, 504 pages. Claiming 1 BB ticket.
Total Points: 20
Total BBs: 1
Mod
The book I had just finished reading before reading this task was: One Little Kiss by Avery Maxwell
First sentence: What flight ya on, Pan?
Last sentence: It is the Westbrook way, after all.
Book 1-
What We Find by Robyn Carr / WHAT in first sentence
Book 2-
Risk It All by Katie Ruggle / ALL in last sentence
Points this post: 25
Total points: 825
Laurah3020.4 - Golden Oldies - Maria Jo's Task: The Queen of Crime
opt 2Read 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.
Apples Never Fall
The mother goes missing.
points this post - 20
total points - 130
Laurah3020.5 - Bigger is Better - Kristina Simon's task: Sail Away
opt 2 Read a book with a homonym found on this list in TITLE
The Diamond Eye
"eye" (eye/I)
points this post - 20
total points - 150
Kai15.8 The Trail of Tears
Read a book written by an AUTHOR from the first 25 pages of the Indigenous Author list.
There There by Tommy Orange
(page 1)
New Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 15
Total Points: 220
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- Jen B's Task: Me TimeOption 1: Peloton
#CalliesKillaCrew,
Choose ONE hashtag and read a book by an author whose initials (all of them) can be found in that hashtag.
Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie
Points for this task: 20
Total points : 150
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 5
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
Sara ITA15.10- 404: File Not Found
Read a book that is NOT found on your TBR as of Feb 15, 2023.
Required: State how you discovered the book and that it was not on your TBR.
Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds by David Goggins
The book was not on my TBR list as of Feb 15th, 2023. I've just recently discovered David Goggins through YouTube: in a video interview he was asked about this book and I decided to read it.
I read the ebook / no MMP / Paperback: Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds, 364 pages
** Can't Hurt Me is nonfiction, MPG Nonfiction. Claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket. **
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Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 115
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 2
NF Tickets: 2
25.3 - Chris MD's Task: 1930s Lit and ListsOption 2: Read a book set more than 75% during the 1930s.
Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
show on book's main page as part of meta data for setting, 1933
Option 4: Read a book from the Best Banned Censored and Challenged Books list.
page 6
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Total this Post: 25
Season Total: 790
BrowneyedgirlTask: 15.2
Option A: I read The Help. This was shelved on my "Want to Read" on June 17, 2021
Option B: I reread The Hunger Games and Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. I've read all of the Hunger Games books as well as the prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
Points this Task: 15
Books this Task: 2
Points to date: 150
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 12
Task 25.2 - Robin P's Task: An Ode to Chocolate1. Read a book with a title of exactly 3 words. Subtitles should be ignored.
The Jekyll Revelation (2016) by Robert Masello (Goodreads Author) (Paperback 484 pages)
2. Read a book whose author’s full name (as listed on Goodreads) has exactly 2 M’s in it.
raMona eMerson
Shutter (2022) by Ramona Emerson (Hardcover 296 pages)
105 + 25 = 130
Tasks Completed: 05
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 105 + 25 = 130
Books read: 09
Pages read: 2,937
Read but not claimed: 04
Goodreads Authors: 04
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Florence's Task: Busy BeeOption C: Read a book that meets SRC rules from one of two lists.
To Kill a Mockingbird from the list Best Feminist Books page 2
Total Points: 180
Aimee GTask 20.4 - Golden Oldies - Maria Jo's Task: The Queen of Crime
Option 4: Read a book with MPG “Religion”, “Faith”, or “Spirituality”.
Book read: Song of the Nightingale: One Woman's True Story of Faith and Persecution in Eritrea
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Points this task: 20
Total points: 220
Reposting #1745 as I forgot to add the author!Aimee G
Task 20.4 - Golden Oldies - Maria Jo's Task: The Queen of Crime
Option 4: Read a book with MPG “Religion”, “Faith”, or “Spirituality”.
Book read: Song of the Nightingale: One Woman's True Story of Faith and Persecution in Eritrea by Helen Berhane
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Points this task: 20
Total points: 220
ROBIN P20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Florence's Task: Busy Bee
Option C: Book from Feminist Books list
The Suffragette Scandal - found on p 5 (currently #464 on list)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 785
BB:5 GO:4 IAF:10
15.9 - The Joy of CookingNonfiction book with MPG Food: Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci
Points this post: 15
Total points: 330
trishhartuk50.1 The Mod Squad
Option 2: Read a book whose author’s first or last name shares one of these initials with our mods, “D, S, K, J or L.”
Death in Bloom, Jess Dylan
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (320pg)
Both author initials – J and D - work
Option 3: Read a book whose title contains a word of 4 or more letters made from the letter combo of our founding mods names: DLMRoseSandyKristina)
Daisy Lane, Pamela Grandstaff
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (334pg)
DAISY: DlmrosesAndYkrIStina
(LANE would also have fit: dLmrosEsANdykristina)
Option 4: Our mods are from Virginia, Texas, Florida, New Jersey, England, and Wales. Read a book set at least 50% in one of these locations.
The Dog Who Knew Too Much, Krista Davis (302pg)
The Virginia setting is specified in the first book of the series: Murder, She Barked. From the GR description: “The Sugar Maple Inn in Wagtail, Virginia, is the country's premiere vacation hot spot for pet owners who can’t bear to leave their furry friends behind.”
From the GR description for this one, linking the two: “When a famous pooch comes to Wagtail for some downtime, inn owner Holly Miller learns that murder never rests.”
Total pages: 320 + 334 + 302 = 956pg
Points this Task: 50
Books Read: 3
Total Points: 445
Tasks Completed: 24
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
MAZZA 15.6 - Superheroes on the Rise
read a book from the following list.
Superhero Fiction https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/399
So Not a Hero on Page 3
points this post = 5
Points to date = 905
Delicious Dee15.1 - Vernal Equinox
Book 1 - The Rogue Hunter - 361pgs
Book 2 - The Virgin Game Plan - 362
points this post: 15
total points: 580
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Ticket: 1
5.5 - Crime in HistoryRead a book with a main page genre Crime.
The Sacred Bridge by Anne Hillerman
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 155
10.3. Feeling possessive?Read a book with a possessive noun in its title or subtitle.
Hunter's Moon by Dana Stabenow
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 165
10.6. 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.
Japan
The Tokyo Zodiac Murders by Sōji Shimada
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 175
15.6 - The Oregon Trail Read a book set at least 50% in one of the states set along the Oregon Trail: Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, Washington
Nebraska
O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 190
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Jen K's Task: Egyptian Spring200 Pages Required: 290 Pages
Option 1: The Nile. The river is beautiful and central to the city and I’m excited to watch the sunset on a felucca tomorrow. Read a book were all the letters in “NILE” can be found in the title.
hIddEN Life
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 210
Julia10310.9 - Spring into Action
Into the Fire (MPG Adventure)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 525
BB: 4
GO: 2
NF: 3
Tasks completed: 28
Total books read: 37
Mod
Option 1-
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett / pg 1 #19 on list
Option 4-
The Outsiders by SE Hinton / pg 1 #70 on list; IL:UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7.0
Points this post: 25
Total points: 850
Bookwrm526Task #10.6. Batter up!
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the countries listed above. I chose Italy and read Agrippina: The Most Extraordinary Woman of the Roman World by Emma Southon.
Total points so far: 525
Kathy KS25.4 - Delicious Dee's Task: Ted Lasso!
I flipped TAILS - Use Season 2.
OPTION TWO - TAILS – SEASON TWO
... at least one book, must be #2 in a series of at least 3 published books.
Book 1 – Read a book where a single author shares the name with one the main CHARACTERS in Ted Lasso.
Mastering Genealogical Proof by Thomas W. Jones for Keeley Jones
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
Book 2 – Read a book where a word from one of the SEASON TWO episode title names appears in the book title.
Wisp of a Thing by Alex Bledsoe
Series: Tufa #2 (of 6)
Thing for Episode 13, "Do the Right-est Thing"
I listened to an audiobook; pb-352 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 25.4
Total points : 505
Tasks completed: 28/55
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 3
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 5
Barbara ★30.3 - Cat's Task: Book of the Month
Option 1: TWO book task
Pick one of the months within this season (i.e. March, April, May) and read one book for each of the tasks below.
Book 1: the letters of your chosen month can be found in the title of your book (ignore subtitles)
A Dirty Shame - Liliana Hart 4/14
(MA in shAMe Y in dirtY)
Book 2: the author of your book has first and last initials found in your chosen month
Dearly - Margaret Atwood 3/27
(M & A in MAy)
Points this task: 30
Total points: 500
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
EMurphy30.2 Katrisa's Task: An Homage to MY 30s
Option 1b: Book shelved as College Setting Normal People by Sally Rooney
*Page 1
Option 2: Author's initials occur in reverse consecutive order Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 230
Books Read: 15
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +500: 1
BB Ticket +1000: 1
IAF Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 10
Bookwrm526Task #10.7. Avengers Assemble!
Read a book with the main page genre graphic novels, sequential art, comics. I read Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker.
Total points so far: 535
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15.2 - Earth Day
Book 1
The Rewind by Allison Winn Scotch
Option B - I've read The Department of Lost & Found by the same author in 2008.
Book 2
A Hard Day for a Hangover by Darynda Jones
Option C - Reusing Option B. I have read many books by the author, including First Grave on the Right in 2011.
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 50 points
Tasks completed: 5