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SPRING CHALLENGE 2023
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
5.1 - Flying HighRead a book with an aeroplane on the cover.
Claiming a It's a Fact ticket
Points for this task: 5
Total points : 380
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 13
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 4
EMILYGRACER10.8 My favourite holiday
**I AM CLAIMING ONE GOLDEN OLDIES TICKET FOR THIS BOOK**
I read Pride and Predujice by Jane Austen
Which can be found on page 1 of the list
Points in this post: 10
Points in total: 745
Task completed: 40/55
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 4
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 14
EMILYGRACER10.1 Respect your elders
**I AM CLAIMING ONE GOLDEN OLDIES FOR THIS TASK**
I read A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
Points in this post: 10
Points in total: 755
Task completed: 41/55
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 5
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 14
Joanne MI 20.9 Moderator's Pet
Option B: DECLUTTERING-
The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu 275 pages in the the book
Post Total 20
Season Total 335
3 BBs. 4IAF
Delicious Dee10.2 . April Fools Day!
The One Who Loves You - humor is a top genre
points this post: 10
total points: 945
Its a Fact Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Ticket: 1
Joanne Mi5.3 3D View Master
a book which has exactly 3 letter "D"'s in the title/subtitle.
Fragile Cargo: The World War II Race to Save the Treasures of China's Forbidden City, d in world, dd in forbidden
Claiming 1 IAF
Post total 5
Season Total 340
Post IAF 1
Total IAF 5
BB's 3
Mod
Read a NONFICTION book with the main page genre Food, Cooking or Food and Drink
Tastes Like War
This has MPG Food and is non fiction
This is non fiction so I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 470 + 15 = 485
Total Tasks Completed: 29
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 6 + 1 = 7
LAUREN JODI5.4 - Mythical Monsters
On the Prowl by Christine Warren
Hero and heroine are shapeshifters; they can shift into tigers.
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 760/945
Golden Oldies Ticket: 4
It's A Fact Ticket: 2
Big Book Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 58
Total Tasks Completed: 47/55
Mod
2 books 600pg+
Option 2:read a book that is set at least 80% in the United Arab Emirates, or the author was born in the UAE.
The Dog
This book is set in Dubai, UAE (stated on GR entry)
I read an ebook, the paperback The Dog is listed as 241 pages
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, Wales and Northern Ireland).
Courage for the Cornish Girls
The book is set in Penzance, Cornwall, England. The location of Penzance is mentioned several times in the description & the series is titled "the Cornish girls", indicating that it takes place in the county of Cornwall! (The author is also English: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...)
I read an ebook, the paperback Courage for the Cornish Girls is listed as 400 pages
241 + 400 = 641 > 600pg
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 485 + 30 = 515
Total Tasks Completed: 30
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 7
Mod
Read a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in LESLIE MITCHELL.
read Sadie by Courtney Summers
points this post: 5
total points 850
Mod
Read a book that is written by two authors (two authors only, no more no less)
read Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
points this post :10
total points - 860
Mod
read Lessons in Chemistry
message 23 in group reads discussion
points this post : 20
total points: 880
15.5 - What's Up, Doc?4+ letter word in title/subtitle made from letters in "WHAT'S UP, DOC"
MMPB: No Cats Allowed by Miranda James
I listened to the audiobook: No Cats Allowed
🌷CATS = C in Doc; ATS in What's 🌷
Total points: 545 + 15 = 560
Big Book tickets: 5
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 3
Boston Kate
15.10 404: File Not Found
Queer Little Nightmares
This was not added to my TBR until 3/10/23. I discovered it browsing NetGalley and obtained an ARC.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 110
Boston Kate
20.8 Egyptian Spring
Option 1: Love on the Brain
Letters of NILE found in title
Points this post: 20
Total points: 130
LAUREN JODI30.9 - Amy FL's Task: Farewell to My Love
Option 1: Author initials in LANEEKA
Blind Trust by Lynda Aicher
Page #: 336
I read the Kindle edition Blind Trust
Option 3: Dog on cover
The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog by Elizabeth Peters
Page #: 432
Total pages: 768
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 790/945
Golden Oldies Ticket: 4
It's A Fact Ticket: 2
Big Book Ticket: 1
Total Books Read: 60
Total Tasks Completed: 48/55
Mod
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.
read Dead Silence by by S.A. Barnes
points this post -15
total points- 895
HanneloreTask 15.10- 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.
Book: De Schiedamse cocaïnemaffia
How it fits: This book was new to me and was not on my to read list. I found it through the website for my library.
** This book is non-fiction. I would like to claim an IAF ticket. **
Points this task: 15
Total points: 185
Tasks completed: 8
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 2
IAF tickets: 1
Andy P.Task # JennRenee's Task: Spring Celebrations
Option B April
Read a book with exactly two sets of consecutive double letters anywhere in the title/subtitle/authors name
Murder In My Backyard by Ann Cleeves NN in author's first name, EE in author's last name
Option C. Read a book from this list
Most Interesting World
from page 1 # 34 on list
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Points this post: 30
Total points: 680
Bookwrm526Task #15.5 - What's Up, Doc?
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 "What's up, Doc". I read Murder on the West Coast by David Pearson. The target word is COAST (whATSupdOC).
Total points so far: 720
Lisa MD✅ 20.3 - Best Review - Katy's Task: On Trend
1. From Colorful Blob Book Covers list - pg 1
🦋Untamed by Glennon Doyle
333 pages
I claim a NF ticket
🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 805/945
Total Books Read: 64
Tasks Completed: 48/55
Big Book Tickets: 6
Golden Oldies Tickets: 3
Non Fiction Tickets: 18
babbling c20.5 - Bigger is Better - Kristina Simon's task: Sail Away
This is a one book task. Choose 1 option from the options below and read 1 book.
Option 3: Cats Away
In the meantime, I'm living vicariously through my favorite YouTube channels. Much like hubby and I, the couple on the sailing catamaran Cats Away travel with 2 cats aboard. Read a book with a domestic cat (a pet, not a lion, tiger, or other big cat) on the cover. The entire cat need not be visible, but there must be enough of it to tell its a cat (not just whiskers, claws, footprints, or eyes, for example). Stylized is fine, as long as its obviously a cat.
Cat Got Your Diamonds - kindle Cat Got Your Diamonds- paperback pages 352 by Julie Chase
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points: 135/945
Completed Tasks: 10/55
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 3,890
Books read this season: 11
babbling c5.8 - One Small Step for Man
1930 was the birth year of all three members of the Apollo 11 crew – Buzz Aldrin in January, Neil Armstrong in August and Michael Collins in October.
Read a book with an MPG of Space.
Artemis - audible Artemis - paperback pages 368 by Andy Weir
MPG Space
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points: 140/945
Completed Tasks: 11/55
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 4,258
Books read this season: 12
babbling c20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- Jen B's Task: Me Time
Choose 1 option.
Required: State the option.
Option 2: Paint-by-Numbers
I've always loved art, but I've mostly only looked at it rather than created it myself. But, lately, I've developed a relaxing evening ritual of making a cup of tea, listening to an audiobook, and working on a paint-by-numbers painting.
Read a book that meets SRC rules from the first 25 pages of this list: Best Book Cover Art
Required: State the page.
Ruby Red - audible Rouge Rubis - mass market paperback pages 352 by Kerstin Gier
page 11, #1064
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points: 160/945
Completed Tasks: 12/55
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 4,610
Books read this season: 13
Mod
read a book set at least 50% in Canada
read The Calling
points this post:10
total points: 905
Task 30.6 - Coralie's Task: Before AND or AfterRead two books. No books with MPG childrens or kids may be used. The two books must have a combined total of at least 500 pages. The two books must be by different authors.
Book 1. Read a book with the word AND in the title (not the subtitle). An ampersand & is acceptable.
The Ghost and the Goth (The Ghost and the Goth #1) (2010) by Stacey Kade (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover 281 pages) (Young Adult)
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.
Target word/phrase: “The Ghost”
The Ghost Manuscript (2019) by Kris Frieswick (female) (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover 432 pages)
Total Pages: 281 + 432 = 713 > 500
240 + 30 = 270
Tasks Completed: 11
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 240 + 30 = 270
Books read: 19
Pages read: 5,793
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 09
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Lisa MD✅ 20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Jen K's Task: Egyptian Spring
Option 1: Letters in “NILE” found in the title
🦋The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell
384 pages
🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 825/945
Total Books Read: 65
Tasks Completed: 49/55
Big Book Tickets: 6
Golden Oldies Tickets: 3
Non Fiction Tickets: 18
FLY Task #50.1 - Lisa MD's Task: The Mod Squad
task: Option 2: author’s name shares an initial with mods: D, S, K, J or L
book: Elfhame
(my version is kindle, no MMPB, first PB here) = 190pp
how it fits: author Anthea Sharp, initial 'S'
task: Option 3: title contains a word of 4+ letters made from founding mods names
book: Last Sacrifice
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here) = 588pp
how it fits: letters of "Last" in DLMRoseSandyKristina
task: Option 5: Choose any mod and read a book she rated 4 or 5 stars.
book: The Last Wish = 320pp
how it fits: Kristina rated 4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
other:
190 + 588 + 320 > 750
claiming BB ticket for Last Sacrifice (580pp)
Points this post: 50
Total points: 270
Tasks completed: 13/55
Big Book tickets: 6
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
It's A Fact tickets: 1
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Task 10.5 Would I Lie to You? In honor of Tell a Lie day (April 4), read a book with LIE found intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.
Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater (2023) by Peggy Orenstein (Hardcover 224 pages) [155.9]
Word: ugLIEst
** Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater is an It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction) Book**
270 + 10 = 280
Tasks Completed: 12
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 270 + 10 = 280
Books read: 20
Pages read: 6,017
Read but not claimed: 00
Goodreads Authors: 09
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 03
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Kai25.1 Tien’s Task: Adulting Sux
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)
The Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli
OPTION 2
Read a book with MPG of Sports
Western Lane by Chetna Maroo
New Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 19
Total Points: 345
trishhartuk30.1 Teri K's Task: Movie Musicals!
Option 2. Read a book with the MPG Classics.
The Eye of Osiris, R. Austin Freeman (286pg)
Classics is the third MPG
Golden Oldie: First published in 1911
Option 3. All the letters RAIN in the author's name.
Akata Warrior, Nnedi Okorafor (477pg)
R, A in okoRAfor; I, N in NnedI
It does have Middle Grade in the MPGs, as well as Young Adult, but I don’t see a proscription against that in the task description. US AR bookfinder (not in the UK one): AR Quiz No. 192537 EN Fiction; AR Quiz Information IL: MG+
Total pages: 286 + 477 = 763pg so just scrapes in.
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie: 1 – The Eye of Osiris was first published in 1911
Total Points: 585
Tasks Completed: 33
It’s a Fact Tickets: 5
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
EMILYGRACER30.7 Momentous places
Option 3, I read Room by Canadian author Emma Donoghue 401 pages
Option 4: I read The Silent Cry by UK author Cathy Glass 297 pages
Points in this post: 30
Points in total: 785
Task completed: 42/55
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
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: 14
EMILYGRACER25.4 Ted Lasso
Option 1: Book one, I chose actor James Lance from season 1, and read The Love That I Have by James Moloney
Option 1: Book two, I chose the episode Tan Lines and read The Lines We Cross by Randa Abdel-Fattah
Points in this post: 25
Points in total: 810
Task completed: 43/55
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
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: 14
Mod
Amy B15.3 - Someday My Prince Will Come
Choose an option.
Required: State the option.
Option 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.”
https://www.allthelyrics.com/lyrics/d...
Subtitles are excluded. All words work including I, and, to, a, be. The word must match exactly.
Required: State the word.
The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty (The)
Book B. Read a book that is a whole-numbered book in a series from #1 - #7. The series name and number must be indicated in the GR title listing in grayscale italics above the title.
Cat & Mouse by James Patterson (Alex Cross #4)
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 620 Points
Mary P30.1 - Teri K's Task: Movie Musicals!
Option 2:Read a book with the MPG Classics.
Independent People by Halldór Laxness
482 pages
Option 3:Read a book with all the letters RAIN in the author's name.
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
337 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 270
Angela IL30.1 Teri K's Task: Movie Musicals!
Option 2. Read a book with the MPG Classics.
Joy in the Morning: A Novel by Betty Smith- 5/12
Read ebook version/ MMPB link: La joie du matin(384 pages)
Option 3. Read a book with all the letters RAIN in the author's name.
Beautiful Lies by Lisa Unger- 5/24 (400 pages)
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 595
Books Read: 41
Tasks Completed: 29
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 2
JUKKA30.3 - Cat's Task: Book of the Month
Option 1: Two books, on the month of MARCH.
Book 1: Book with the letters MARCH in title.
The Merchants' War by Charles Stross.
Book 2: Book whose author's initials are in MARCH.
Lokki. Kolme sisarta by Anton Chekhov. This contains the plays The Seagull and Three Sisters. Dunno how Golden Oldies work in cases like this since the texts were first published in 1896 and 1901 but this 1980 collection is the only book I could find on Goodreads with this specific combination of plays. Your call, I figure.
Total Points: 430/945
Total Books Read: 39
Tasks Completed: 31/55
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 2
It's a Fact Total: 2
Julia10325.5 - MEGSCL's Task: Between the Lines
The last book I read before reading this task was Bedlam Boyz.
The first sentence is "Sunset Boulevard was a blur of lights and noise, too many radios and car stereos, too many people talking and shouting and laughing."
The last sentence is "Because it was going to be all right."
Book 1: People of the Book (shared word: people)
Book 2: Salvage Right (shared word: right)
This post: 25 points
Total points: 760
BB: 4
GO: 2
NF: 7
Tasks completed: 42
Total books read: 55
15.7 March April MayRead a book with a title or subtitle where the beginning letters/characters of three consecutive words form an A-B-A sequence
Etiquette & Espionage- used as an example in task
Points: 15
Total/challenge: 380
20.8 Egyptian SpringOpt 1 Letters of NILE in title >200 pgs
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America - 240 pgs
NILE - NIckEL
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 400
25.4 Ted Lasso - TAILSBook 1 - Read a book where a single author shares a name with one of the actors who appear in the MAIN cast of Ted Lasso.
The Day of the Duchess by Sarah MacLean
Sarah - Actress Sarah Niles as Dr. Sharon Feldstone
Book 2 - Read a book where a word from one of the SEASON TWO episode title names appears in the book title. The word must be at least four letters and must match exactly. Subtitles are excluded.
Blackfish City
City - episode Man City Season 2 Episode 8
Points: 25
Total/challenge: 425
Unclaim 30.7 Momentous Places >600 pgsOpt 1 - 80% set in India or author born in India
by Arundhati Roy- set in India and author born in India - 321 pgsOpt 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)
set in UK - 322 pgs321 + 322 = 643 pgs
Points: - 30
Total/challenge: 395
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)
The Prime Minister's Secret Agent
Set in Scotland- 306 pgs
The God of Small Things
321+306 = 627 pgs
Points: 30
Total/challenge: 425
50.1 The Mod SquadOpt 2 - auth first or last name initial is D,S, K, J or L
The Perfumist of Paris by Alka Joshi - J in Joshi 368 pgs
Opt 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.
The Book of Lost Names - 388 pgs
LOST - dLmrOSesandykrisTina
Opt 4 - set in VA, FL, TX, NJ, England or Wales
Messenger of Truth - 322 pgs
set in UK specifically London
368+388+322 =1078 pgs
Points: 50
Total/challenge: 475
Sarah E15.5 - What's Up, Doc?
Word used: What
What Your Mother Should've Told You: And Nobody Else Will
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is What Your Mother Should've Told You and Nobody Else Will
Non-Fiction, claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket.
Total Points: 395
Total NF: 7
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.4. What's in a Name?
Learning Humility: A Year of Searching for a Vanishing Virtue
Author:Richard J. Foster
Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket
Totals
Points: 150
BB: 0
GO: 1
NF: 7
Total Tasks Completed: 14
Total Books Completed: 14
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