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SPRING CHALLENGE 2023
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DOM15.2 - Earth Day
A. Reduce:
Read a book that was added to your TBR before March 1, 2022 (last year).
The Stationmaster's Cottage by Phillipa Nefri Clark
My TBR list is my Goodreads 'Want to Read' shelf. I added this book to the shelf on 24 April 2017, which is now listed on the 'Read' shelf.
B. Reuse:
Read a book by an author you have read before. The book may be a reread or a new-to-you book.
The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
I have read previously on 21 Jan 2022 a book by the same author, Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 205
Books Read: 13
Golden Oldies 1
Big Books: 1
10.7 10.7. Avengers Assemble!read a book with the main page genre graphic novels, sequential art, comics.
Swamp Thing, Vol. 1: Saga of the Swamp Thing
Points for this task: 10
Total points : 160
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
DOM15.10- 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.
Murder in the Crypt by Irina Shapiro
I added this book to my "Want to Read" shelf on 22 Apr 2023 after browsing books by this author and reading reviews.
Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 120
Books Read: 14
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 1
ROBIN P15.8 The Trail of Tears
Book written by an AUTHOR that has been shelved as an Indigenous Author from the first 25 pages of list
The Bingo Palace - author Louise Erdrich found on p 1 of the list
Points this post: 15
Total points: 800
BB:5 GO:4 IAF:10
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Nancy J's Task: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-ChangesOption 3B, MPG Literary Fiction: Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
Points this post: 20
Total points: 350
Mod
Two books
Option 1:Read a book with teeth (human or animal) or bare human feet (no shoes or sandals) on the cover (single tooth/bare foot allowed)
This has barefeet on the cover (confirmed in thread: here)
Note: I read this book as a hybrid, part audiobook & part physical paperback. I have linked to the paperback version that I own.
Option 3: Read a book with a word in title that is an item of clothing from the list
The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes
The word DRESS appears on the list
This is a non-fiction book so I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 260 + 25 = 285
Total Tasks Completed: 19
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 1 + 1 = 2
Task 30.3 - Book of the MonthI picked MAY for my month
book 1: letters MAY in title
The Misty Harbour
MistY hArbour
pub 1931 - claiming 1 BB tix
book 2: author initials in MAY
Song is You by Megan Abbott
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740 points
11 BB tix
6 GO tix
6 NF tix
Mod
Choose two options and read a book for each.
Option 2: Read a book that has a cover that is at least 50% red or 50% black according to Tineye
This is listed as
62.9 %#e9232eRed
18.5 %#d6363dRed
8.9 %#fbf1efWhite
3.0 %#510c14Brown
1.9 %#efacacPink
1.9 %#140a0dBlack
1.3 %#0b6dafBlue
0.8 %#eb8873Pink
0.6 %#204a67Blue
0.3 %#79797bGrey
Option 4: Read a book by an author that has a name part that begins with a "K"
Unsuitable Woman
The author is Kat Gordon, Kat begins with K
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 285 + 30 = 315
Total Tasks Completed: 20
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 2
JEN B50.1 - Lisa MD's Task: 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.”
The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell (288 pages)
J in Jessa
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)
Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson (246 pages)
TIME in dlMosEsandykrisTIna
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 It Girl by Ruth Ware (423 pages)
This book is mostly set in Oxford, England
Page Count: 288 + 246 + 423 = 957 pages > 750 pages
TOTAL POINTS: 235
Mod
read a book with LIE found intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.
A History of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
The author is Julie Cook & her first name juLIE has LIE intact
This is non-fiction so I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 315 + 10 = 325
Total Tasks Completed: 21
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 2 + 1 = 3
Mod
Choose one option.
option 4: Read a book with MPG “Religion”, “Faith”, or “Spirituality”.
It's Not About the Burqa
This has MPG Religion
This book is non-fiction so I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 325 + 20 = 345
Total Tasks Completed: 22
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 3 + 1 = 4
5.9 Do Not Adjust Your SetA Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan
TE are in LESLIE MITCHELL
This is non-fiction, I'd like an It's A Fact Ticket
Post Total: 5
Grand Total: 125
Lisa MD15.1 - Vernal Equinox
2 books - Page numbers that have the same 2 leading digits - 22
🦋Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro
229 pages
🦋What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey
228 pages
I claim a NF ticket
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 430/945
Total Books Read: 33
Tasks Completed: 25/55
Big Book Tickets: 4
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Non Fiction Tickets: 11
Nick KY50.1 Lisa MD’s The Mod Squad
Opt. 1. Walking away. I read Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho, Cover shows a woman walking away. 210 pp
Option 2: Initial “S.” Read a book whose author’s first or last name shares one of these initials with our mods, “D, S, K, J or L.” I read Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman, initial “S.” 208 pp
Option 5. 5*****s from former Mod Sandy. I read The Secret History by Donna Tartt, 559 pp.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Total pp = 977 > required 750
Points This Post: 50
Total Points So Far: 830
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Maria Jo's Task: The Queen of Crime2
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.
An Unsuitable Heir by KJ Charles
"A private detective finds passion, danger, and the love of a lifetime when he hunts down a lost earl in Victorian London." < from the blurb
An Unsuitable Heir is ebook only, and can be found on line 342 of the Ebook spreadsheet.
BB Tickets general: 1
IAF tickets general: 1
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 250
trishhartuk25.2 Robin P's Task: An Ode to Chocolate
1. 3 Musketeers: Read a book with a title of exactly 3 words.
Sea of Tranquility, Emily St. John Mandel
Read the kindle edition. PB here (272pg)
2. M & M: Read a book whose author’s full name has exactly 2 M’s in it.
Gobbelino London & a Scourge of Pleasantries, Kim M. Watt
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (310pg)
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 470
Tasks Completed: 25
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Sarah E5.6 - Superheroes on the Rise
School's Out--Forever - on page 1
I listened to an abridged audio of 4 hours and 19 minutes, longer than the 2 hours required for abridged audios.
Top MMP is Maximum Ride: La scuola è finita
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11.0
Total Points: 25
25.2 - Robin P's Task: An Ode to Chocolate1. Read a book with a title of exactly 3 words.
Verdict of Twelve
Claiming a Golden oldie, published in 1940
2. Read a book whose author’s full name has exactly 2 M’s in it.
Mr Campion: Criminologist by Margery Allingham
Claiming a Golden oldie, published in 1937
Points for this task: 25
Total points : 185
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 2
Golden Oldies tickets total: 7
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
Sarah E15.9 - The Joy of Cooking
Why Calories Don't Count: How we got the science of weight loss wrong
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is Why Calories Don't Count: How we got the science of weight loss wrong
Non Fiction, claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket.
Total Points: 40
Total NF: 1
HanneloreTask 20.1 - Most Improved - Barbara ★'s Task: The Wizard of Oz
Choose one option and read a book that is at least 200 pages.
Option 2. Flowers on the cover.
Book: Louisiana Longshot
How it fits: multiple flowers on the cover.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 0
IAF tickets: 0
30.9 - Amy FL's Task: Farewell to My LoveOption 2: read a book with a 3 and 7 in the page count.
When the Stars Go Dark 370 pages
Option 3: Read a book with a domestic dog on the cover.
The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs 144 pages
New Points: 30
Total Points: 480
BB: 1
GO: 1
IaF: 4
MAZZA15.7 - Who’s Behind Those Foster Grants?
Read a book whose cover shows a pair of sunglasses or someone wearing sunglasses.
points this post = 5
Points to date = 910
MAZZA15.8 - One Small Step for Man
Read a book with an MPG of Space.
Defying Limits: Lessons from the Edge of the Universe I listened to this audio version MPG approved here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Defying Limits: Lessons from the Edge of the Universe This is PB edition
Points this post = 5
Points to date = 915
Bookwrm526Task #10.5. Would I Lie to You?
Read a book with LIE found intact in the title/subtitle or author's name. I read Pardonable Lies by Jacqueline Winspear.
Total points so far: 545
Delicious Dee5.10 - Spring, Just Do Your Thing
Notorious
points this post: 5
total points: 585
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Ticket: 1
Task 20.10 - Group Readsread and comment on one of the group reads
Lessons in Chemistry
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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760 points
11 BB tix
6 GO tix
6 NF tix
Kathy KS**UNCLAIM!!** Stats adjusted below.
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Jen K's Task: Egyptian Spring
Read a book of at least 200 pages...
Option 2: The Pyramids. Read a book written by a single author whose initials (all initials) are made of letters without curves. Letters may be reused
The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery
LMM are all on the list; without curves
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb-218 p.
**Claiming 1 (one) Golden Oldies ticket** 1st published: 1926
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Points for this task: 0
Total points : 505-20=485
Tasks completed: 28/55-1=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: 3-1=2
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 5
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySpring 2023 SRC
10.2 . April Fools Day!
Read a book that has “humor” as one of the genres listed on the book’s main page.
Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir - MPG humor, claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket
Points this post: 10
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 1
Total Points: 280
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 5
It's a Fact Tickets: 3
Kathy KS10.8 - My Favorite Holiday!
Read a book from the first 25 pages of this list: Stories for Book Lovers
The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery
Found on p. 18 (#1741) of the list
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb-218 p.
**Claiming 1 (one) Golden Oldies ticket** 1st published: 1926
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 495
Tasks completed: 28/55
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 3
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 5
Kathy KS20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Jen K's Task: Egyptian Spring
Read a book of at least 200 pages
Option 3: Religion. 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 either "Coptic Easter" or "Eid al-Fitr".
A Red Peace by Spencer Ellsworth
PEACE=CoPtic EAtEr
Pages: 203
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 515
Tasks completed: 29/55
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: 5
Mod
The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny / set in Canada
Points this post: 10
Total points: 860
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- Jen B's Task: Me TimeOption 1, author's initials in #CalliesKillaCrew: How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz
Points this post: 20
Total points: 370
EMILYGRACER*I am claiming 1 its a fact ticket for Michelle Obamas book*
25.1 ADULTING SUX
Option 1 and 2
Option 1: Read a book with a cover that has teeth
I read The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama cover
Option 2: Read a book with the MPG Sports
I read The Deal by Elle Kennedy
Points in this post: 25
Points in total: 410
Task completed: 23/55
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: 11
EMILYGRACER10.7 AVENGERS ASSEMBLE
Read a book with MPG graphic novel
I read The Great Gatsby: The Graphic Novel by Fred Fordham
Points in this post: 10
Points in total: 420
Task completed: 24/55
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
EMILYGRACER50.1 THE MOD SQUAD
*I am claiming two its a fact tickets for Being Lolita and Know My Name*
*I am claiming one golden oldies ticket for Hamlet by William Shakespeare*
Option 1B: Book with feet, shoes etc on cover
I read Being Lolita by Alisson Wood
Option 3: I chose the combination DLMRoseSandyKristina AND READ Know My Name by Chanel Miller
Name can be found in this combination
Option 5: A book that a mod has rated 4 or 5 stars. Jayne Mod rated Hamlet by William Shakespeare 4 stars
I read Hamlet by William Shakespeare
The total word count for these three books is 964
Points in this post: 50
Points in total: 470
Task completed: 25/55
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 3
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 2
It's a Fact tickets total: 10
Julia1035.4 - Mythical Monsters
The Cottingley Secret
Fairies are an integral part of the story. (Approved in post #10 of task help thread)
This post: 5 points
Total points: 530
BB: 4
GO: 2
NF: 3
Tasks completed: 29
Total books read: 38
EMILYGRACER*I am claiming 1 its a fact ficket for the Mitch Albom book**
30.4 New York Times best seller list
The dates and weeks used for both books fiction and non fiction were the first week of August 1999
For the fiction, I read Granny Dan by Danielle Steel
For the non fiction I read Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Points in this post: 30
Points in total: 500
Task completed: 26/55
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: 8
Task 20.2 - Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changesoption 2: on p3 of Cultural list
Normal People
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780 points
11 BB tix
6 GO tix
6 NF tix
Angela IL20.4 - Golden Oldies - Maria Jo's Task: 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.
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley- 5/3
Ben missing told in synopsis
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 435
Books Read: 27
Tasks Completed: 20
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 2
Angela IL5.5 - Crime in History
Read a book with a main page genre Crime.
The Kind Worth Saving by Peter Swanson- 5/2
Points this Task: 5
Total Points: 440
Books Read: 28
Tasks Completed: 21
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 2
Readerboard name - Daire50.1 - Lisa MD's Task: 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.”
Dreamer's Pool by Juliet Marillier
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)
Magnetic Mindset: How To Make Love To The Universe And Manifest Anything by Gala Darling - the word is "mindset" 1x It's a fact ticket
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.
Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score - 1x BB ticket (572 pages) - set in Virginia
Page count exceeds 750 = 434 + 210 + 572 = 1,216
Points this post: 50
Total points: 270
Books read: 19
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Non-Fiction: 1
Tasks completed: 13
Readerboard name - Daire30.6
Book 1. Read a book with the word AND in the title (not the subtitle).
Lies & Lullabies by Sarina Bowen
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.
The Truth About Lies by Aly Martinez
Points this post: 30
Total points: 300
Books read: 21
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Non-Fiction: 1
Tasks completed: 14
Chris MD 5.9 Do Not Adjust Your Set
Author's initials found in LESLIEMITCHELL
The Cliff's Edge by Charles Todd
Total points: 05
Chris MD 5.10 Spring, Just Do Your Thing
Book that meets SRC rules
Christmas Caramel Murder by Joanna Fluke
Total points: 10
Chris MD 10.3 Feeling Possessive
Title contains a possessive noun
Shakespeare's Landlord by Charlaine Harris
The possessive noun is "Shakespeare's."
I listened to the audio version of this book. The MMP has 216 pages.
Total points: 20
Chris MD 20.5 Sail Away
Option 1: Author's initials in DECLUTTER
A Divided Loyalty by Charles Todd
Total points: 40
Chris MD 25.1 Adulting Sux
Option 1: Cover shows human or animal teeth or bare feet
Everybody Kills Somebody Sometime by Robert BrindisiYou may need to enlarge it, but you can see the teeth of Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and Sammy Davis, Jr.
option 3: Read a book with a word in title that is an item of clothing from https://www.enchantedlearning.com/wor...
by Menna van Praag"Dress" is on the list of clothing.
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is not MMP. The top paperback has 326 pages.
Total points: 65
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