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SPRING CHALLENGE 2023
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15.4 - I'm Going On An Adventure!Option 2. Read one book that fulfills both book A and B options.
After the Crown (The Indranan War #2) by K.B. Wagers
Total this Post: 15
Season Total: 885
Delicious Dee20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Nancy J's Task: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Option 3.b - Literary Fiction - Good for You - approved for literary fiction in the THT
points this post: 20
total points: 835
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Ticket: 1
Task 5.6 - Superheroes on the RiseMPG Superheroes
Vengeful
I read the kindle (linked above); no MMPB, PB: Una venganza mortal - 512 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
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910 points
12 BB tix
9 NF tix
8 GO Tix
20.1 Wizard of Oz >200 pgsOpt 2 Flowers on cover
- 304 pgsPoints: 20
Total/challenge: 285
30.3 Book of the MonthBook 1 - All letters of chosen month in title - MAY
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
M,Y - MY
A - Asked
Book 2 - authors first and last initials in chosen month - M,A
Bunny by Mona Awad
Points: 30
Total/challenge: 335
30.7 Momentous Places >600 pgsOpt 1 - 80% set in India or author born in India
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy- set in India and author born in India - 321 pgs
Opt 4 Read a book that is set at least 80% in the United Kingdom, or the author was born in the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland)
Messenger of Truth set in UK - 322 pgs
321 + 322 = 643 pgs
Points: 30
Total/challenge: 365
Task 30.2 - An Homage to MY 30soption 2: reverse alphabet initials
The Leavers by Lisa Ko
LK initials
option 3: KNOW repeated
We Know You Know
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940 points
12 BB tix
9 NF tix
8 GO tix
Sarah E20.1 - Most Improved - Barbara ★'s Task: The Wizard of Oz
Option 5: MPG Paranormal
Tithe
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is Tithe - 272 pages
Total Points: 260
Sarah E20.6 - It's A Fact- Angela IL's Task: Things I Love in Books!!
Option B: Social Commentary list, page 2
Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men - 411 pages
Non-Fiction, claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket.
Total Points: 280
Total NF: 5
Joanne MI15.10- 404: File Not Found
Read a book that is NOT found on your TBR as of Feb 15, 2023.
Jimmy and the Crawler book was not added until May 9, 2023 (GR's Shelf shows date). I sort library donations at my library and found this book there.
Points this task 15
Total Points 315
IAF 4
BB's 3
Amy B25.1 - Tien’s Task: Adulting Sux
Choose two different options and read one book for each option.
REQUIRED: Specify in your post the options you used.
One graphic novel is allowed.
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)
Required: Post the cover.
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe (feet)
2. Read a book with MPG of Sports
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 525 Points
EMurphy30.1 Teri K's Task: Movie Musicals!
Option 2: MPG Classics Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
*450 pages
**Golden Oldies Ticket (published in 1860)
Option 3: All the letters RAIN in the author's name Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel
*311 pages
450+311=761 pages
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 355
Books Read: 23
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket +500: 1
BB Ticket +1000: 1
IAF Ticket: 2
Tasks Completed: 15
Lisa MD30.4 - TessaVanessa’s Task: New York Times Best Seller List
Book 1: Year/month born - October 1961 - Fiction list (October 1, 1961)
🦋The Winter of Our Discontent. by John Steinbeck
311 pages
Book 2: NF list - June 4, 1961
🦋Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy
245 pages
I claim a NF ticket
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 660/945
Total Books Read: 53
Tasks Completed: 38/55
Big Book Tickets: 6
Golden Oldies Tickets: 3
Non Fiction Tickets: 13
Task 30.9 - Amy FL's Task: Farewell to My LoveOption 1: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in
MICHELINE OR LANEEKA (separately not combined). All initials count.
LANEEKA
LaneeKa
White Cat, Black Dog: Stories (2023) by Kelly Link (female) (Hardcover 272 pages)
Option 3: Read a book with a domestic dog on the cover.
Dog is located ~ Middle of cover, towards the bottom ~
The Family Chao (2022) by Lan Samantha Chang (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover 320 pages)
Pagecount: 272 + 320 = 592 > 501
195 + 30 = 225
Tasks Completed: 08
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 195 + 30 = 225
Books read: 15
Pages read: 4,481
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 06
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Amy B30.9 - Amy FL's Task: Farewell to My Love
Select two options and read a book for each one. The combined total pages must be 501 or greater. No childrens or kids books allowed.
Required: State the options.
Option 2: We were married for 37 years, so for this option, read a book with a 3 and 7 in the page count.
Kill Alex Cross by James Patterson (375 pp)
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 - https://www.songfacts.com/lyrics/tayl...
The word must match exactly.
Required: State the word.
Look How Happy I'm Making You by Polly Rosenwaike (happy) - 256 pp
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 555 Point
5.6 - Superheroes on the RiseThe Incredible Hulk: Planet Hulk by Greg Pak
page 7
Total this Post: 5
Season Total: 890
15.3 - Someday My Prince Will ComeOption 1: Read two books, one book A and one book B.
Book A. Read a book whose title contains a word from the lyrics to “Someday My Prince Will Come.”
Last Violent Call (Foul Lady Fortune #1.5) by Chloe Gong
word in title found in lyrics:CALL
Book B. Read a book that is a whole-numbered book in a series from #1 - #7.
Genesis (Project Nemesis #2) by Brendan Reichs
Total this Post: 15
Season Total: 905
HanneloreTask 15.7 - March April May
Read a book with a title or subtitle where the beginning letters/characters of three consecutive words form an A-B-A sequence.
Book: Murder by Moonlight: A Cherringham Cosy Mystery
How it fits: M-B-M in title.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 3
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 0
IAF tickets: 0
StaceyNC5.8 - One Small Step for Man
Read a book with an MPG of Space.
Book: Nightchaser
Completed: 4/17/23
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 285
Tasks Completed: 20
HanneloreTask 20.3 - Best Review - Katy's Task: On Trend
Option 2. The Mad Lib Title - Read a book with a title that fits this pattern:
The ___ (Adjective/s) ___ (noun) of ___ (proper name). Subtitles are excluded.
Book: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
How it fits: Title fits pattern. (I asked if it was okay (since it has two names vs one proper name) in the Help thread, and was told it was okay, see clarification in post #3 of Help Thread.)
** Was first published in 1886. Requesting a GO ticket please. **
Points this task: 20
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 4
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 0
StaceyNC15.10- 404: File Not Found
Read a book that is NOT found on your TBR as of Feb 15, 2023.
Book: Three Bells, Two Bows and One Brother's Best Friend
Completed: 5/21/23
Added to TBR 5/20/23
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 300
Tasks Completed: 21
HanneloreTask 20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Florence's Task: Busy Bee
Option A: Wish me luck by reading a book from this list of one of my all time favourite tropes: Books With A House As A Character.
Required: State the page of the list your book appears on.
Book: Een dodelijke opleiding
How it fits: This is the dutch translation of the book "A Deadly Education" by Naomi Novik, on page 1 of this list.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 5
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 1
IAF tickets: 0
StaceyNC30.7 - Chandni's Task: Momentous Places
Option 3: Read a book that is set at least 80% in Canada, or the author was born in Canada.
Book: Flawless
Completed: 5/17/23
Author: Elsie Silver - Canadian
Pages: 424
Option 4: Read a book that is set at least 80% in the United Kingdom, or the author was born in the UK (England, Scotland, RWales and Northern Ireland).
Book: Nyx
Completed: 5/2/23
Author: Serena Akeroyd born in Leeds, UK
Pages: 298
Total Pages: 722
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 330
Tasks Completed: 22
5.2 - Queens & Kings
The African Queen by C.S. Forester
Date Read: 5/5
Rating: 3*
How It Fits: Queen in Title
GO ticket claimed - Originally published in 1932
Points this post: 5
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 9
GO tickets: 1
BB tickets: 1
IF tickets: 0
HanneloreTask 20.10 - Group Reads
I chose the Gutenberg Classic
Book: Persuasion
How it fits: I did post #11 about the book.
** This book was first published in 1817. Claiming a GO ticket. Thank you! **
Points this task: 20
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 6
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 2
IAF tickets: 0
StaceyNC50.1 - Lisa MD's Task: The Mod Squad
Option 1: b) Read a book that has at least two shoes on the cover.
Book:
Completed: 5/19/23
Pages: 544
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.”
Book: Stealing Shadows
Completed: 5/10/23
Author: Kay Hooper
Pages: 356
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.)
Book: The Naughty, The Nice and The Nanny
Completed: 5/10/23
Word: Nanny -- jAyNejeNNreneelucY-bookworn
Pages: 210
Total Pages: 1110
Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 380
Tasks Completed: 23
5.3 - 3D View Master
Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson
Date Read: 4/18
Rating: 4*
How It Fits: gooD girl, baD blooD
Points this post: 5
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 10
GO tickets: 1
BB tickets: 1
IF tickets: 0
5.4 - Mythical Monsters
Fish Out of Water by Hailey Edwards
Date Read: 4/27
Rating: 3*
How It Fits: Features a Mermaid
Points this post: 5
Total points: 140
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 11
GO tickets: 1
BB tickets: 1
IF tickets: 0
5.5 - Crime in History
A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins
Date Read: 4/6
Rating: 3*
How It Fits: MPG Crime
Points this post: 5
Total points: 145
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 12
GO tickets: 1
BB tickets: 1
IF tickets: 0
5.9 - Do Not Adjust Your Set
Bat Boy by Christina Lee
Date Read: 4/20
Rating:3*
How It Fits: Author initials CL
Points this post: 5
Total points: 150
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 13
GO tickets: 1
BB tickets: 1
IF tickets: 0
Mod
Joanne MI30.5 - JennRenee's Task: Spring Celebrations
Option B- April: read a book with exactly two sets of consecutive double letters anywhere
Fragile Cargo: The World War II Race to Save the Treasures of China's Forbidden City by Adam Brookes
Double d's in subtitle, double o's in authors name. Claiming 1 IAF
Option C May : Book from the list
The Raven Tower book is currently # 1882 on page 19
Points this task 30
Total Points 345
IAF this post 1
Total IAF 5
Total BB's 3
Lisa MD5.2 - Queens & Kings
Word KING or QUEEN standalone in the title/subtitle.
🦋The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation by Anna Malaika Tubbs
261 pages
I claim a NF ticket
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 665/945
Total Books Read: 54
Tasks Completed: 39/55
Big Book Tickets: 6
Golden Oldies Tickets: 3
Non Fiction Tickets: 14
Task 5.6 - Superheroes on the RiseMPG Superheroes
Vengeful
on p3 of list
I read the kindle (linked above); no MMPB, PB: Una venganza mortal - 512 pages - claiming 1 BB tix
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940 points
12 BB tix
9 NF tix
8 GO Tix
Aimee GTask 30.5 - JennRenee's Task: Spring Celebrations
Option B: read a book with exactly two sets of consecutive double letters anywhere in the title/subtitle/author's names.
Book read: The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See - MM in hummingbird, EE in See
(audiobook read, link above is for top-rated paperback as no MMP)
Option C: read a book from the Most Interesting World list
Book read: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Can be found on p.5 of the list
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Points for this task: 30
Total points: 410
Delicious Dee30.7 - Chandni's Task: Momentous Places
Option 3 - The Language of Secrets - book is set entirely in Canada
Option 4 - Paris Daillencourt Is About to Crumble - book is set entirely in England/Author is from England
points this post: 30
total points: 865
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Ticket: 1
EMurphy20.2 Rookie at the Top-Nancy J's Task: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Option 2: Cultural book from first 25 pages of Cultural list Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez
*Page 22
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 375
Books Read: 24
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket +500: 1
BB Ticket +1000: 1
IAF Ticket: 2
Tasks Completed: 16
Julia10320.3 - Best Review - Katy's Task: On Trend
Option 2: The Great Book of King Arthur: and His Knights of the Round Table
(approved in task help thread post #22)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 705
BB: 4
GO: 2
NF: 7
Tasks completed: 38
Total books read: 50
Lisa MD15.10- 404: File Not Found
This was not on my TBR until 4/28/23.
My sister recently read and told me about the book.
🦋Brat: An '80s Story by Andrew McCarthy
240 pages
Listened to audiobook. Linked to PB. No MMPB
I claim a NF ticket
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 680/945
Total Books Read: 55
Tasks Completed: 40/55
Big Book Tickets: 6
Golden Oldies Tickets: 3
Non Fiction Tickets: 15
15.6 - The Oregon TrailRead a book set at least 50% in one of the states set along the Oregon Trail: Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, Washington
I listened to an audio version of The Ghost Walker
The setting of Wyoming is verified in the series description
"John Aloysius O’Malley, a Jesuit missionary, and Vicky Holden, an Arapaho attorney, on the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming:"
New Points: 15
Total Points: 535
BB: 1
GO: 1
IaF: 5
Sarah E15.10- 404: File Not Found
Sinister Spring
I read an ebook but have linked to the hardcover, the only print edition.
This was not on my TBR on Feb 15, 2023 and is a new-to-me book. I found it while browsing the Just Added page of digital books on my library website, after it was published on March 2nd 2023 (and had to wait a bit for my hold to come in).
Total Points: 295
Sarah E25.4 - Delicious Dee's Task: Ted Lasso!
I flipped HEADS - using Season 1
Book 1
The Dinner Lady Detectives by Hannah Hendy
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is The Dinner Lady Detectives
First in a series of three published books
HANNAH shares a name with Hannah Waddingham
Book 2
"My Teenage Son's Goal in Life Is to Make Me Feel 3,500 Years Old": and Other Thoughts on Parenting from Dave Barry
I read a kindle edition, the only print edition is the hardcover - "My Teenage Son's Goal In Life Is To Make Me Feel 3,500 Years Old" and Other Thoughts On Parenting From Dave Barry
MAKE from Episode 7 "Make Rebecca Great Again"
Non-Fiction, claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket.
Total Points: 320
Total NF: 6
Delicious Dee30.3 - Cat's Task: Book of the Month
I picked March
Book A - The Return of the Dancing Master - MAR in Master, C in Dancing, H in The
Book B - Treacherous Is the Night - Anna Lee Huber - First and Last initial (AH) found in MARCH
points this post: 30
total points: 895
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Ticket: 1
Lisa MD5.4 - Mythical Monsters
Book with a mythical creature - Nimona is a shapeshifter
🦋Nimona by N.D. Stevenson
266 pages
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 685/945
Total Books Read: 56
Tasks Completed: 41/55
Big Book Tickets: 6
Golden Oldies Tickets: 3
Non Fiction Tickets: 15
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySpring 2023 SRC
30.2 - Katrisa's Task: An Homage to MY 30s
Option 1.A - Read a book where the main character is a teacher. The teacher must work in a school or academic setting: primary grades - university.
Required: Provide a reference if the profession is not evident from the GR page.
On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden and Gift of Living - loc 623 "I was in graduate school and was teaching two courses.", claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket
Option 2 - Read a book where the author’s initials occur in reverse consecutive alphabetical order.
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland, initials JI
Points this post: 30
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 1
Total Points: 445
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 8
It's a Fact Tickets: 4
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySpring 2023 SRC
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. https://labs.tineye.com/color/
- 86% black, claiming 1 GO ticket, initially published in 1886Option 3. Read a book with at least two of these digits in the page count. Numbers: 0, 1, 2, 6
Exit Strategy - 176 pages, 1 and 6 in page count
Points this post: 30
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 475
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 9
It's a Fact Tickets: 4
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySpring 2023 SRC
30.3 - Cat's Task: Book of the Month
Option 1: TWO book task
Book 1: The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax the unexpected mRs. PolLIfAx - APRIL in title
Book 2: The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes, AR in ApRil
Points this post: 30
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 505
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 9
It's a Fact Tickets: 4
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