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SPRING CHALLENGE 2023
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Lisa MD✅ 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- Jen B's Task: Me Time
Option 1: Author initials (all) in one hashtag: (#BYOE, #Callies>/b>KillaCrew, #WeRide4Leanne, and #RKSolidCrew)
🦋Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen
290 pages
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 550/945
Total Books Read: 43
Tasks Completed: 32/55
Big Book Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies Tickets: 3
Non Fiction Tickets: 11
10.2 . April Fools Day!I read I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy.
This book (astonishingly) has humor as a MPG.
Points this task: 10
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Totals:
Points: 35
Task completed: 4
Inge50.1 - Lisa MD's Task: The Mod Squad
Option 1: A.
read a book with a female walking away on the cover
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.”
Droombeeld
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)
The Warrior Maiden
Word: "maiden" found in DlMroSEsANdykrIstina
Total points this task: 50
total points: 410
PAULA S15.8 - The Trail of Tears
Read a book written by an AUTHOR that has been shelved as an Indigenous Author from the first 25 pages of this list: Indigenous Author
found on page 1 of list
I read the Kindle edition, PB link for reference: Elatsoe
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 255/945
Total Books Read: 17
Total Tasks Completed: 14/55
GO tickets: 1
BB tickets: 1
Sarah E5.7 - Who’s Behind Those Foster Grants?
I listened to an audio, paperback - no MMP - is Granny Undercover (Secret Agent Granny)
Total Points: 175
Sarah E15.6 - The Oregon Trail
Stone Cold - over 50% (all except a couple of chapters) set in Wyoming
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is Stone Cold
Total Points: 190
Joanne MI10.4. 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.
The Discovery of the Titanic by Robert D. Ballard
The name Robert is #2 on the list
Claiming 1 IAF
Points this task 10
IAF this task 1
Total Points 290
5 IAF, 3 BB's
30.2 - Katrisa's Task: An Homage to MY 30s Option 2 - My Love - Read The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin. CB initials are in reverse consecutive alphabetical order.
Option 3 - My Dog - Read Gone, Baby, Gone by Dennis Lehane. Repeated word in title.
Points these task: 30
Total points: 165
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 15
Tasks completed: 9
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Nancy J's Task: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-ChangesOption 2. from the first 25 pages of this list: Cultural
The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
🌷 on page 2 🌷
Total points: 355 + 20 = 375
Big Book tickets: 5
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 2
50.1 - Lisa MD's Task: The Mod SquadOption 1a, adult female walking away: The Family You Make by Jill Shalvis
paperback edition The Family You Make 356 pages
Option 2, author's initial S: Murder Under Her Skin by Stephen Spotswood
mass market paperback edition Murder Under Her Skin 348 pages
Option 3, word in title from DLMROSESANDYKRISTINA: The Rose of Winslow Street by Elizabeth Camden
paperback edition The Rose of Winslow Street 342 pages
The word is Rose
Points this post: 50
Total points: 520
EMILYGRACER20.9 Busy Bee
Option C, page 2
I read Carrie by Stephen King
Points in this post: 20
Points in total: 590
Task 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: 12
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySpring 2023 SRC
20.6 - It's A Fact- Angela IL's Task: Things I Love in Books!!
Option C: Mental Health
Anxious People on page 1 of list, 336 pages
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 340
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 7
It's a Fact Tickets: 3
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySpring 2023 SRC
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Florence's Task: Busy Bee
Option C: NIECE
Carrie on page 2 of Feminist Books list
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 360
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 7
It's a Fact Tickets: 3
EMILYGRACER15.4 I'M GOING ON AN ADVENTURE
Option 2
I read The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
Points in this post: 15
Points in total: 605
Task completed: 31/55
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: 12
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySpring 2023 SRC
25.4 - Delicious Dee's Task: Ted Lasso!
OPTION TWO - TAILS – SEASON TWO
For this option, at least one book, must be #2 in a series of at least 3 published books. The series name and number must be indicated in the GR title listing in grayscale italics above the title.
Book 1 – Travelers by Brett Riley for Brett Goldstein (character), #2 in series with 3 published works
Book 2 – A Christmas Carol - CAROL for episode 4 - "Carol of the Bells", claiming 1 GO ticket, published prior to 1950
Points this post: 25
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 385
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 8
It's a Fact Tickets: 3
Kathy KS15.9 - The Joy of Cooking
Read a NONFICTION book with the main page genre Food, Cooking or Food and Drink
Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World: A History by William Alexander
MPG: FOOD; actually, all three of the above
I listened to an audiobook; pb-320 p. (no mmpb)
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 610
Tasks completed: 33/55
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
ROBIN P5.3 3-D View Master
Book with 3 D's in title/subtitle
Thistlewood Manor: Murder at the Hedgerow
wooD murDer heDge
Points this post: 5
Total points: 895
BB:5 GO:4 IAF:12
EMILYGRACER30.2 Homage to my thirties
*I am claiming 1 big book ticket for The One Plus One by Jojo Moyes- 516 pages*
Option1B: Read a book in the first 25 pages of college setting list, on page 1, I read Normal People by Sally Rooney
Option C: repeating word in title, I read The One Plus One by Jojo Moyes
Points in this post: 30
Points in total: 635
Task completed: 32/55
Big Book tickets for this task: 1
Big Book tickets total: 1
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: 12
CathyG20.3 - Best Review - Katy's Task: On Trend
Help Thread
4. Direct Address - Read a book that uses "you" or "your" in the title. The word must match exactly- no variations.
Thank You for Listening by Julia Whelan
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 220
Total Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 10
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Non Fiction Tickets: 1
CathyG20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Florence's Task: Busy Bee
Option B: DECLUTTERING
Read a book with a 5 or "five" in the page number, title, or subtitle.
Mystery Man by Kristen Ashley 528pp
Claiming one big book ticket
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 240
Total Books Read: 15
Tasks Completed: 11
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Non Fiction Tickets: 1
CathyG15.4 - I'm Going On An Adventure!
Required: State the option. 2
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.
Option 2. Read one book that fulfills both book A and B options.
In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 255
Total Books Read: 16
Tasks Completed: 12
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Non Fiction Tickets: 1
CathyG30.8 - 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. https://labs.tineye.com/color/ Complete directions for using Tineye can be found here: How Do I Use Tineye?
Wild Man by Kristen Ashley 87.4% black
Option 4. Read a book by an author that has a name part that begins with a "K"
Law Man by Kristen Ashley
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 285
Total Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 13
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Non Fiction Tickets: 1
CathyG25.3 - Chris MD's Task: 1930s Lit and Lists
Option 2: It’s Almost Like Being There -
Read a book set more than 75% during the 1930s.
Books 4 and 6 both state that they take place in 1931
An Incomplete Revenge is book 5 and occurs between them.
An Incomplete Revenge by Jacqueline Winspear
Option 4: Read a book from the Best Banned Censored and Challenged Books list.
REQUIRED: State the page number of the list on which your book was found. p3
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
Claiming one golden oldies ticket
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 310
Total Books Read: 20
Tasks Completed: 14
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Non Fiction Tickets: 1
Bookwrm526Task #10.8 - My Favorite Holiday!
April 12 is Drop Everything and Read Day. Read a book from the first 25 pages of this list: Stories for Book Lovers. I read The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery, from page 3 of the list.
Total points so far: 595
EMILYGRACER15.3 Someday my Prince will Come
Option 1A from the lyrics; Someday my prince will come I chose the word 'the' and read On the Same Page by N.D. Galland
Option 1B, A book in a series numbered 1-7, I read Gild by Raven Kennedy
Points in this post: 15
Points in total: 650
Task completed: 33/55
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
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: 12
Lisa MD25.4 - Delicious Dee's Task: Ted Lasso! .
I flipped HEADS
Option 1- HEADS - SEASON ONE
One book must be #1 in a series of at least 3 published books.
Book 1 – Single author shares name with actor in MAIN cast of Ted Lasso - "Sarah Niles"
🦋A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
419 pages
Series - A Court of Thorns and Roses (#1). More than 3 primary works in series.
Book 2 –Word from SEASON ONE episode title in book title - "Episode 7 - Make Rebecca Great Again"
🦋Die Again by Tess Gerritsen
432pages
Matching word: again
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 575/945
Total Books Read: 45
Tasks Completed: 33/55
Big Book Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies Tickets: 3
Non Fiction Tickets: 11
Task 15.9 - The Joy of Cookingread a non-fiction book with MPG Food
Crying in H Mart
non-fiction - claiming 1 NF tix
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880 points
11 BB tix
9 NF tix
8 GO tix
Delicious Dee10.5. Would I Lie to You?
Cutie Pies and Deadly Lies
points this post: 10
total points: 765
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Ticket: 1
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Nick KY20.10 Group Read. It took me a while, but I read the Gutenberg Classic, Persuasion by Jane Austen.
My comment is in message 10 of the thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 890
JEN B30.5 - JennRenee's Task: Spring Celebrations
Option A : March:
For this option, read a book with the genre Horror listed on the main page.
Insomnia by Sarah Pinborough
Option B: April:
For this option, read a book with exactly two sets of consecutive double letters anywhere in the title/subtitle/authors names. The sets of letters do not need to be adjacent to each other.
All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers
LL in All
OO in Good
TOTAL POINTS: 275
Kai30.5 JennRenee's Task: Spring Celebrations
OPTION A: MARCH
Read a book with the genre Horror listed on the main page.
Foe by Iain Reid
OPTION B: APRIL
Read a book with exactly two sets of consecutive double letters anywhere in the title/subtitle/authors names. The sets of letters do not need to be adjacent to each other.
The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation by Rosemary Sullivan
NN & LL
New Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 16
Total Points: 250
Mod
30.4 - TessaVanessa’s Task: New York Times Best Seller List
My DOB is May 19th 1993.
Book 1: Read a fiction book from one of the NYT bestseller lists for your month and year of birth.
The Client, on the list for May 16th, 1993.
This is a big book of 576 pages. One Big Book ticket please!
Book 2: Read a non-fiction book from any of the NYT bestseller lists for your birth year.
Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays, on the list for Nov. 7th 1993
This book is non-fiction. One It's A Fact ticket please!
Points this task: 30
Season total: 140
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 0
IAF Tickets: 2
Mod
Book 1: Read a book with a title that has a word matching a word* from the first sentence* of text.
I used the example provided from The 52-Storey Treehouse:
First Sentence: Hi, my name is Andy. This is my friend Terry.
My Brother's Name is Jessica
The matching word is NAME (My NAME is Andy. My brother's NAME is Jessica)
This book has MPG of Middle Grade/Childrens - it is listed in ARBookfind UK as: MY+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8.0
MY+ is permitted for SRC tasks
Book 2: Read a book with a title that has a word matching a word* from the last sentence* of text.
I used the example provided from The 52-Storey Treehouse:
Last sentence: One 65-storey treehouse with a pet-grooming salon and a birthday room coming right up!
Coming Up for Air
The matching word is COMING (...COMING right up! and COMING up for air)
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: 400 + 25= 425
Total Tasks Completed: 25
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 5 + 1 = 6
Sara ITA5.5 - Crime in History
Read a book with a main page genre Crime.
La casa dei fiamminghi (The Flemish House) by Georges Simenon
I listened to the audiobook / MMP: Maigret e la casa dei fiamminghi, 139 pages
* La casa dei fiamminghi is a Golden Oldie, first published in 1932. Claiming 1 GO ticket. *
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Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 200
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 3
NF Tickets: 2
Mod
read a book originally published at least 100 years ago (1923 or earlier).
read The Time Machine First published January 1, 1895
points this task : 10
total points : 510
Mod
Read a book with the MPG Action and/or Adventure.
read Spice Road
MPG Adventure
points this post : 10
total points: 520
DOM25.2 - Robin P's Task: An Ode to Chocolate
1. Read a book with a title of exactly 3 words. Subtitles should be ignored.
Return to Valetto by Dominic Smith
3 words in title
3. Read a book from this list of Twist Ending Books:
Required: State the page where the book is found.
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
On Page 2 of the list.
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 295
Books Read: 19
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 1
Kim O20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Florence's Task: Busy Bee
Option B: DECLUTTERING - Read a book with a 5 or "five" in the page number, title, or subtitle.
Nightbitch (256 pages)
Points this task: 20
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Totals:
Points: 90
Big Book - 500+: 0
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 0
It's a Fact: 2
Mod
Option 2 - Tails - Season 2
Book 1: Book 1 – Read a book where a single author shares the name with one the main CHARACTERS in Ted Lasso.
Character is Keeley Jones
read A Good Day for Chardonnay by by Darynda Jones
and
book 2: read a book where a word from one of the SEASON TWO episode title names appears in the book title.
used title "Do the Right-est Thing"
read
The Last Thing He Told Me
points this post: 25
total points: 545
Mod
The minimum number of pages to read is 760
Option 2. My Fair Lady
Read a book with the MPG Classics
read The Secret Life of Bees 302 pages
and
Option 3. Singing in the Rain
Read a book with all the letters RAIN in the author's name.
read
The Cult on Fog Island by Mariette Lindstein
560 pages
points this post 25
total points: 570 points
Mod
Book 1: Go to the year** you were born and month you were born. You may use any of the 4 or 5 weeks in your month
Using the Fiction list, read a fiction book from one of the lists.
born April 1976 week of april 4- #4 on list
read The Choirboys
book 2
Using the Non-fiction list, read a non-fiction book from any list that year.
April 4 1976 #6 on list
read Angels: God's Secret Agents
points this post 30
total points: 600
Mod
The two books must have a combined total of at least 500 pages.
Book 1. Read a book with the word AND in the title (not the subtitle). An ampersand & is acceptable.
read A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer
450 pages
and
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 of book 1
read The Broken Girls by Simone St. James
326 pages
points this post 30
total points 630
50.1 The Mod SquadOption 1a -
by Noelle SalazarOption 3 -
by Gene RobertsRACE is in jayNejennReneelucy
Option 4 -
by Jeff GuinnThis is set in Waco, Texas.
Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage is NF, I'd like an It's A Fact ticker.
The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation is NF and 518 pages. I'd like an It's A Fact Ticket and a BB ticket.
Post Total: 50
Grand Total: 275
ROBIN P5.1 Flying High
airplane on cover
Lady Clementine
Points this post: 5
Total points: 900
BB:5 GO:4 IAF: 12
Aimee GTask 30.8 - 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.
Book read: Revelation by C.J. Sansom
(Tineye result: 83.8% black (#1f1e26))Option 4: Read a book by an author that has a name part that begins with a "K"
Book read: The Fated Sky by Mary Robinette Kowal
(audiobook used, link above is for top-rated paperback as no MMP)
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Points this task: 30
Points total: 355
Delicious Dee10.4. What's in a Name?
Maame - Jessica George - Jessica is the 8th name on the female list
points this post: 10
total points: 775
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Ticket: 1
Delicious Dee20.6 - It's A Fact- Angela IL's Task: Things I Love in Books!!
Option A - Part of Your World - found on pg5 of the provided list
points this post: 20
total points: 795
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Ticket: 1
EMILYGRACER5.5 Crime in history
*I am claiming one its a fact ticket for this book*
I read A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy by Sue Klebold
Points in this post: 5
Points in total: 655
Task completed: 34/55
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
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: 13
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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50.1 - The Mod Squad
Option 2: Book by an author with an initial D, S, K, J or L.
Leaven of Malice by Robertson Davies. Read as part of the Salterton Trilogy Omnibus.
Option 4: Book set at least 50% in Virginia, Texas, Florida, New Jersey, or the United Kingdom.
Babel by R.F. Kuang is mostly set in the UK. It also clocks in at over 500 pages for one Big Book ticket.
Option 5: Book rated at four or five stars by a mod.
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham. Rated at five stars by Sandy.
Total Points: 400/945
Total Books Read: 37
Tasks Completed: 30/55
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 2
It's a Fact Total: 2