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SPRING CHALLENGE 2023
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Chris MD 30.7 Momentous Places
Option 3: Book is set in Canada or author was born in Canada
by Louise PennyThe one Inspector Gamache book not set in Canada, but author Louise Penny was born in Toronto!
I listened to the audio version of this book. The MMP has 528 pages.
Claiming 1 Big Book ticket.
option 4: read a book that is set at least 80% in the United Kingdom, or the author was born in the UK
by Jacqueline WinspearAccording to GR, Winspear was born in the UK. Wikipedia says she was born in Cranbrook, Kent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquel...
This book has 321 pages.
528 + 321 = 849 total pages
Total points: 120
Task 25.2 - An Ode to Chocolateoption 1: three word title
The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer
(subtitles can be ignored)
option 2: exactly 2 Ms in author name
Critical by Matt Morgan
Non-fic - claiming 1 NF tix
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805 points
11 BB tix
7 NF tix
6 GO tix
LAUREN JODI5.2 - Queens & Kings
Homecoming King by Penny Reid
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 600/945
Golden Oldies Ticket: 4
It's A Fact Ticket: 2
Big Book Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 46
Total Tasks Completed: 39/55
EMurphy25.2 Robin P's Task: An Ode to Chocolate
Option 1: Title of exactly 3 words In the Woods by Tana French
Option 2: Author's full name has exactly 2 M's in it Bumped by Megan McCafferty
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 255
Books Read: 17
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +500: 1
BB Ticket +1000: 1
IAF Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 11
ROBIN P25.4 Delicious Dee's Task: Ted Lasso!
I flipped Tails - Season 2
Book 1 - Author shares name of a character & is #2 of a series
Midshipman Bolitho and the Avenger - author Alexander Kent shares name with character Roy Kent and is #2 of Richard Bolitho series
Book 2 - Book title contains word from episode title
The Man Who Rode Midnight word Midnight from episode "Midnight Train to Royston"
Points this post: 25
Total points: 825
BB:5 GO:4 IAF:10
Lisa MD10.3. Feeling possessive?
Possessive noun in title or subtitle.
🦋The Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff
353 pages
🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 440/945
Total Books Read: 34
Tasks Completed: 26/55
Big Book Tickets: 4
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Non Fiction Tickets: 11
Repost30.9 - Amy FL's Task: Farewell to My Love
Option 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 pagesNew Points: 30
Total Points: 480
BB: 1
GO: 1
IaF: 4
30.3 - Cat's Task: Book of the MonthI picked the month of MAY
Option 1, book 1, all the letters of MAY found in the title: The Many Daughters of Afong Moy: A Novel by Jamie Ford
Option 1, book 2, author initials in MAY: Brokedown Cowboy by Maisey Yates
Points this post: 30
Total points: 400
ROBIN P15.2 Earth Day
A. Reduce: Read a book that was added to your TBR before March 1, 2022 (last year).
Your To-Be-Read list may be your GR shelf, a custom GR shelf, or an off-GR list.
Required: Identify your TBR list and state the date the book was added to your list.
The Moonsteel Crown was added to my "Owned" shelf on GR (books I own but haven't read) on Feb 22 2022
C. Recycle: Choose option A or B again and complete it with another book. Include the required elements. I chose Option A again.
Because Internet: Understanding how language is changing. This book was added to my "Owned" shelf on August 3, 2019
**Claiming 1 IAF point, non fiction**
Points this post: 15
Total points: 840
BB:5 GO:4 IAF:11
Delicious Dee15.4 - I'm Going On An Adventure!
1 book option
What a Dragon Should Know - author uses initials (G.A. Aiken) and fantasy is the top genre
points this post: 15
total points: 600
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Ticket: 1
Delicious Dee30.6 - Coralie's Task: Before AND or After
Book A - The Vampire and the Virgin -
Book B - The Virgin Rule Book - using "the virgin" that appears after the AND for Book A
points this post: 30
total points: 630
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Ticket: 1
Kathy KS30.9 - Amy FL's Task: Farewell to My Love
The combined total pages must be 501 or greater.
Option 1: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in
MICHELINE OR LANEEKA
Legacy Code by Autumn Kalquist
AK=laneeKA
218 pages
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
Always the Wind by Ann Libra
ALWAYS="I'll always love you for" ... (1st line)
294 pages
Total pages: 218+294=512 (>500)
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 545
Tasks completed: 30/55
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
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.
http://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/dec..."
I read Kantika by Elizabeth Graver. Elizabeth is #5 on the list
points: 105
books read: 11
tasks completed: 7
pages read: 3796
Bookwrm526Task #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. I chose Jennifer (#3 in female list) and read Mimi Lee Cracks the Code by Jennifer J. Chow.
Total points so far: 555
HanneloreTask 25.1 - Tien’s Task: Adulting Sux
Choose two different options and read one book for each option.
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)
Book: Fairy Tail, Vol. 01
How it fits: Teeth are visible for the character on the right. Using this book for the one graphic novel allowed for this task.
Option 3: Read a book with a word in title that is an item of clothing from this list.
Book: Frock Coat Dreams: Romances, Nightmares, and Fancies from the Steampunk Fringe
How it fits: Both the words "Frock" and "Coat" are on the list.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 2
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 0
IAF tickets: 0
JUKKA30.5 - JennRenee's Task: Spring Celebrations
Option A: Book with main page genre Horror.
The Devourers by Indra Das.
Option B: Book with two sets of double letters in title and author name.
Workshops of Empire: Stegner, Engle, and American Creative Writing during the Cold War by Eric Bennett. NN and TT in author name. This is also a nonfiction book, for It's a Fact ticket.
Total Points: 320/945
Total Books Read: 32
Tasks Completed: 28/55
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 2
It's a Fact Total: 1
30.6 - Coralie's Task: Before AND or AfterBook 1. Read a book with the word AND in the title (not the subtitle). An ampersand & is acceptable.
The Witch and the Tsar by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore
400 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. The word/phrase must match exactly but other words may be included either before or after the target word/phrase.
The Witch Hunter (The Witch Hunter Saga #1) by Nicole R. Taylor
302 pages
Total pages read: 702
Total this Post: 30
Season Total: 825
15.5 - What's Up, Doc?The Shadow of the Lion (Heirs of Alexandria #1) by Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint & Dave Freer
word in title, SHADOW, found in WHAt'S up, DOc
Total this Post: 15
Season Total: 840
Task 15.7 - March April Maytitle includes 3 words in format A-B-A
Maigret and Monsieur Charles
M-A-M
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820 points
11 BB tix
7 NF tix
6 GO tix
Julia10330.8 - Kaora's Task: Chicken Katsu
Option 1: Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books
(SHI in History, B in Books, A in Amazing)
This book is non-fiction so I'm claiming one It's A Fact ticket.
Option 3: Swords and Saddles
I read the Kindle edition. The paperback edition Swords and Saddles has 206 pages.
This post: 30 points, 1 NF
Total points: 560
BB: 4
GO: 2
NF: 4
Tasks completed: 30
Total books read: 40
Joanne MI25.1 - Tien’s Task: Adulting Sux
Option 2: MPG of Sports
Sprinting Through No Man's Land: Endurance, Tragedy, and Rebirth in the 1919 Tour de France
Claiming 1 IAF
Option 3 -Word from list-The word is dress
A Dress of Violet Taffeta
Points this task 25
Season Total 255
IAF this post 1
Total IAF 4
Total BB's 3
Joanne MI20.4 - Golden Oldies
Option 2 Read a book with a major plot arc/subject where someone is missing or disappears
Daughter of Sparta approved help thread #31
Points this task 20
Total Points 275
IAF 4
BB's 3
Task 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.
Male List
9. Thomas
Doktor Glass (2012) by Thomas Brennan (Paperback 314 pages)
130 + 10 = 140
Tasks Completed: 06
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 130 + 10 = 140
Books read: 10
Pages read: 3,251
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+
Boston Kate
20.7 Me Time
Option 1: A Woman Is No Man
author Etaf Rum's initials found in #RKSolidCrew
Points this post: 20
Total points: 95
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Florence's Task: Busy BeeOption B: DECLUTTERING
Read a book with a 5 or "five" in the page number, title, or subtitle.
Castle Waiting (Castle Waiting
458 pages
Points for this task: 20
Total points : 205
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 7
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
Julia10310.7. Avengers Assemble!
Roots
This has MPG Non-Fiction so I'm claiming one It's A Fact ticket
This post: 10 points, 1 NF
Total points: 570
BB: 4
GO: 2
NF: 5
Tasks completed: 31
Total books read: 41
ROBIN P10.3 Feeling possessive?
Possessive noun in title
A Knight's Duty
Points this post: 10
Total points: 850
BB:5 GO:4 IAF:11
Sarah E20.3 - Best Review - Katy's Task: On Trend
Option 4: You in title
A Thousand Pieces of You
I listened to an audio, top paperback - no MMP - is A Thousand Pieces of You
Total Points: 60
Sarah E20.10 - Group Reads
Persuasion - my comment is message 9
I read a kindle edition, top MMP is Persuasion
Golden Oldie, first published 1817. Claiming 1 GO ticket.
Total Points: 80
Total GOs: 1
Mod
Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman / MPG Adventure
Genre noted in case it falls off the list: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 10
Total points: 870
Mod
I was born in January 1978
Book 1-
The Black Marble: A Novel by Joseph Wambaugh / #8 on list for Jan 8th 1978
Book 2-
Coming Into the Country by John McPhee / #13 on list for Jan 15th 1978
Points this post: 30
Total points: 900
Kim O20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- Jen B's Task: Me Time
Option 2: Paint-by-Numbers - Read a book that meets SRC rules from the first 25 pages of this list: Best Book Cover Art
Tell the Wolves I'm Home found on page 5
Points this task: 20
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Totals:
Points: 50
Big Book - 500+: 0
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 0
It's a Fact: 1
Kim O15.9 - The Joy of Cooking Read a NONFICTION book with the main page genre Food, Cooking or Food and Drink.
How We Eat: The Brave New World of Food and Drink
Points this task: 15
It's a Fact ticket(s): 1
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Totals:
Points: 65
Big Book - 500+: 0
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 0
It's a Fact: 2
Delicious Dee30.2 - Katrisa's Task: An Homage to MY 30s
Option 2 - Must Love Books - Shauna Robinson
Option 3 - Dairy, Dairy, Quite Contrary
points this post: 30
total points: 660
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Ticket: 1
Lisa MD50.1 - Lisa MD's Task: The Mod Squad
Option 2: Author’s first or last name “D, S, K, J or L.”
🦋Broken by Karin Slaughter
528 pages
Listened to audio. Linked to MMPB
I claim a BB ticket
Option 3: Title or subtitle contains word of 4 or more letters made from the letter combo of (DLMRoseSandyKristina)
🦋Desert Star by Michael Connelly
391 pages
Title Word: Star
Option 4: Set at least 50% in Virginia, Texas, Florida, New Jersey, England , or Wales.
🦋 Maame by Jessica George
320 pages
🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 490/945
Total Books Read: 37
Tasks Completed: 27/55
Big Book Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies Tickets: 2
Non Fiction Tickets: 11
Deborah10.6. Batter up!
Skip·Beat!, Vol. 48 Tokyo, Japan
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 320
Books Read:24
Tasks Done: 17
MEGSCL20.10 - Group Reads
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
My comment in msg 8
1 it's a fact ticket
TOTAL - 375
BIG BOOKS - 4
IT’S A FACT - 4
GOLDEN OLDIES - 1
MEGSCL15.10- 404: File Not Found
I heard about this book in a podcast and then mistakenly thought it would work for the superhero task! I added it to my TBR for the first time on March 15 2023.
Hench
TOTAL - 390
BIG BOOKS - 4
IT’S A FACT - 4
GOLDEN OLDIES - 1
MEGSCL5.10 - Spring, Just Do Your Thing
Broken
*It’s a Fact!
TOTAL - 395
BIG BOOKS - 4
IT’S A FACT - 5
GOLDEN OLDIES - 1
Mod
Read a book which has exactly 3 letter "D"'s in the title/subtitle.
Dead Before Dinner
DeaD before Dinner
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 345 + 5 = 350
Total Tasks Completed: 23
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 4
Mod
3 books, 750pg+
Option 1a: Read a book whose cover shows an adult female(s) walking away.
(cover approved in help thread #53)
I read an ebook but the paperback The Lumberjills: Stronger Together is listed as 366 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.”
Breaking & Mending: A Doctor’s Story of Burnout and Recovery
The author is Joanne Cannon, using the initial J
This is a non-fiction so I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket
I read an ebook version, but the paperback Breaking & Mending: A junior doctor’s stories of compassion & burnoutis listed as 176 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.)
The Toymaker
The word toymaker can be made from dlMORsEsAndYKrisTina
I listened to the audiobook, but the paperback The Toymaker is listed as 272 pages
366 + 176 + 272 = 814pgs
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Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 350 + 50 = 400
Total Tasks Completed: 24
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 4 + 1 = 5
Aimee GTask 10.3 - Feeling possessive?
Read a book with a possessive noun in its title or subtitle.
Book read: Brother Cadfael's Penance by Ellis Peters
(e-book read, link above is for MMP)
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Points this task: 10
Points total: 230
Aimee GTask 30.7 - Chandni's Task: Momentous Places
Option 1 - read a book that is set at least 80% in India, or the author was born in India.
Book read: The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
(book is set mostly in India, with a few chapters in the USA, and is also by an author born in India)
Option 4 - read a book that is set at least 80% in the United Kingdom, or the author was born in the UK.
Book read: The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
(book is set in an alternate universe version of the UK, not sure if that counts or not - but the author is also born in the UK so it should work for the task anyway)
The combined page total for the task must be greater than 600 pages. 324 pages + 496 pages = 820 pages.
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Points this task: 30
Points total: 260
Angela IL30.6 - Coralie's Task: Before AND or After
Book 1. Read a book with the word AND in the title (not the subtitle).
What's Mine and Yours by Naima Coster- 3/25
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.
Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez- 5/7
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 470
Books Read: 30
Tasks Completed: 22
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 2
Sara ITA20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Nancy J's Task: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Option 3. BEAUTIFUL PROSE
B. Read a book with MPG Literary Fiction, no variations.
Frattura by Andrés Neuman
MPG also approved here
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Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 135
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 2
NF Tickets: 2
Nick KY20.1 Barbara ★'s Task: The Wizard of Oz
Option 3. The cover has 5 different shades of green listed. The first two add up to 54.3% of the cover. I read The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward: https://labs.tineye.com/color/877eb28...
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 850
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Florence's Task: Busy Bee Option B: DECLUTTERING - Read The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty. This book has 352 pages.
Points these task: 20
Total points: 135
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 13
Tasks completed: 8
Andy P.Task # 10.9 - Spring into Action
Read a book with the MPG Adventure.
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Points this post: 10
Total points: 480
EMILYGRACER*I am claiming one its a fact ticket for froomed to be a bride**
30.5 Spring celebrations
Option B: I read Groomed to be a Bride by Maggie Hartley
The two repeating letters are OO, GG
Option C: Found on page 4 of the list 'I read Tampa by Alissa Nutting
Points in this post: 30
Points in total: 530
Task 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: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 7
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25.3 1930s Lit and Lists
Option 1: Book from the Best Books of the Decade: 1930s list
Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
Currently on the first page at #62.
I listened to the audio version of this book. The MMP has 261 pages.
This book was first published in 1930. Claiming 1 Golden Oldie ticket.
option 3: Read a book set more than 75% during the 1930s.
Funeral Train: A Dust Bowl Mystery by Laurie Lowenstein
The entire story takes place in December 1935.
I read the Kindle edition and linked to the only paperback.
Total points: 90