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SPRING CHALLENGE 2023
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
MEGSCL10.8 - My Favorite Holiday!
P1 -The Shadow of the Wind
**520pp - big book ticket
TOTAL - 655
BIG BOOKS - 6
IT’S A FACT - 7
GOLDEN OLDIES - 2
Lisa MD15.3 - Someday My Prince Will Come
Option 2- Contains a word from the lyrics to “Someday My Prince Will Come,” and is whole-numbered book in a series from #1 - #7
🦋First Comes Scandal: A Bridgerton Prequel by Julia Quinn
288 pages
Series: Rokesbys (#4)
Title / Song Word: Comes
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 875/945
Total Books Read: 68
Tasks Completed: 52/55
Big Book Tickets: 6
Golden Oldies Tickets: 3
Non Fiction Tickets: 18
Christine V30.8 - Kaora's Task: Chicken Katsu
Option 1: Tiny But Mighty: Kitten Lady's Guide to Saving the Most Vulnerable Felines
Option 2: How Dogs Love Us: A Neuroscientist and His Adopted Dog Decode the Canine Brain
Both of the above books used for this task are Nonfiction.
***Claiming 2 It's A Fact Tickets***
Points this post: 30
NF tickets this post: 2
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 8
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)
It's A Fact: 2
30.3 - Cat's Task: Book of the Monthmonth chosen : April
Book 1: All the letters of your chosen month can be found in the title of your book
The Original Stephen Leacock
book 2: the author of your book has first and last initials found in your chosen month.
Family Matters by Anthony Rolls
Claiming a golden oldie, publish in 1933
Points for this task: 30
Total points : 410
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 14
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 4
5.3 - 3D View MasterRead a book which has exactly 3 letter "D"'s in the title/subtitle
Murder Me Dead
Points for this task: 5
Total points : 415
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 14
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 4
15.8 - The Trail of TearsRead a book written by an AUTHOR that has been shelved as an Indigenous Author from the first 25 pages of this list
This Place: 150 Years Retold by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm
book is in page 1 of the list
Points for this task: 15
Total points : 430
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 14
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 4
READ 60 An Ode to Chocolate 25.2 Task 1. # word title The Chairman's Toys by Graham Reed
Task 2 2 Ms A Song of Comfortable Chairs by Alexander McCall sMith
Points 25
Total points 100
EMurphy50.1 Lisa MD's Task: The Mod Squad
Option 2: Author's first of last name shares one of these initials (D, S, K, J, L) Forbidden by Beverly Jenkins
*370 pages
Option 3: Title/subtitle contains a word of 4 or more letters made from the letter combo of DLMRoseSandyKristina The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
*word is KISS
**314 pages
Option 5: Choose a mod and read a book she rated 4 or 5 stars March by Geraldine Brooks
*DLMRose rated 4 stars
**320 pages
370+314+320=1,004 pages
This Task:
Points: 50
Books Read: 3
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 440
Books Read: 29
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket +500: 1
BB Ticket +1000: 1
IAF Ticket: 3
Tasks Completed: 18
Andy P.Task # 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
Thornyhold by Mary Stewart
Found on page 1 of list
Points this post: 20
Total points: 750
Amy FL5.10 - Spring, Just Do Your Thing
Super Gut: A Four-Week Plan to Reprogram Your Microbiome, Restore Health, and Lose Weight
Points this post: 5
Total points: 945
DONE! Thanks to the outgoing mods for your years of dedication to this major project and to the new mods for your willingness to jump in and continue the SRC. You are all appreciated!
Andy P.Task # 15.2 - Earth Day
A. Reduce: Read a book that was added to your TBR before March 1, 2022 (last year).
How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming byMike Brown on my list since 11/21/13
B. Reuse: Read a book by an author you have read before. The book may be a reread or a new-to-you book.
Triptych by Karin Slaughter I have read this book before and enjoyed it so why not read it again?
Points this post: 15
Total points: 765
Andy P.Task # 5.10 - Spring, Just Do Your Thing
Read a book that meets SRC rules.
Tracks by Louise Erdrich
Points this post: 5
Total points: 770
Angela IL25.4 - Delicious Dee's Task: Ted Lasso!
For this task you will flip ONE coin (https://flipacoin.fun/)
Flipped HEADS/ Option 1:
Book 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.
Sleepless in Manhattan by Sarah Morgan-5/17
Actor name Sarah
Book 2 – Read a book where a word from one of the SEASON ONE episode title names appears in the book title.
That Summer by Jennifer Weiner- 5/29
Episode name: The Hope that Kills You
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 620
Books Read: 43
Tasks Completed: 30
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 2
babbling c5.10 - Spring, Just Do Your Thing
Read a book that meets SRC rules. For this task, a book with the MPG Childrens, Kids, Middle Grade or Juvenile that is NOT found in ARBF may be used.
Storm Echo - kindle Storm Echo - mass market paperback pgs. 384 by Nalini Singh
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points: 215/945
Completed Tasks: 17/55
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 6,697
Books read this season: 19
babbling c15.1 - Vernal Equinox
Read books with virtually the same number of pages, that is,
two books with page numbers that have the same 2 leading digits
ex. The Library of the Dead 330 pages and Jackal 336 pages
Beau Crusoe - kindle Beau Crusoe - mass market paperback pgs 304 by Carla Kelly
Holiday in Death - audible Holiday in Death mass market paperback pgs. 308 by J.D. Robb
304 & 308
THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points: 230/945
Completed Tasks: 18/55
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 7,001
Books read this season: 21
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska15.4 - I'm Going On An Adventure!
Option 2. Read a book with a MPG of fantasy AND whose author uses an initial in the first name position.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling (309 p.) *
* MPG of 'Children's': IL: MG / BL: 5.5 / AR: 12.0
➸ Total Points: 335
➸ Total Pages: 7,558
babbling c15.2 - Earth Day
Earth Day is celebrated around the world on April 22nd. In honor of Earth Day, choose two of the following:
Required: State which 2 options you chose when you post.
B. Reuse: Read a book by an author you have read before. The book may be a reread or a new-to-you book.
Required: State the book you have read before.
The Masqueraders - audible The Masqueraders - mass market paperback pg. 416 by Georgette Heyer
This is a re-read. I've read The Grand Sophy
C. Recycle: Choose option A or B again and complete it with another book. Include the required elements.
A: Reuse: Read a book by an author you have read before.
Captive Star - audible Captive Star - mass market paperback pg. 299 by Nora Roberts
read first book in in series Hidden Star
THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points: 245/945
Completed Tasks: 19/55
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 7,716
Books read this season: 23
babbling c15.7 - 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:
Note: Hyphenated words are considered one word
Key of Knowledge - audible Key of Knowledge- mass market paperback pgs 327 by Nora Roberts
KoK
THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points: 260/945
Completed Tasks: 20/55
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 8,043
Books read this season: 24
babbling c30.8 - Kaora's Task: Chicken Katsu
This task is to celebrate my puppy, Katsu who joined our family in April of last year and has just turned one. Katsu is a Shiba Inu, a Japanese breed, that is used to hunt small game.
Option 3. Katsu was born 2/16/2022. Read a book with at least two of these digits in the page count. The numbers may only be used as often as they appear (only 2 can be used twice). Numbers: 0, 1, 2, 6
A Cosmic Kind of Love - audible A Cosmic Kind of Love - paperback pgs. 416 by Samantha Young
numbers 1 & 6
Option 4. Katsu is a type of Japanese dish of breaded chicken or pork covered in panko crumbs. Read a book by an author that has a name part that begins with a "K", such as Kelley Armstrong, Philip K. Dick, or Robin Wall Kimmerer
The Coloring Crook - kindle The Coloring Crook- paperback pgs 304 by Krista Davis
Krista
THIS POST
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 1
NONFICTION : 0
Total This Season
Points: 290/945
Completed Tasks: 21/55
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 8,763
Books read this season: 26
Sarah E10.10. Collaboration of the Year
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
I read a kindle edition, top MMP is Le Cercle littéraire des amateurs d'épluchures de patates
Total Points: 490
Sarah E30.5 - JennRenee's Task: Spring Celebrations
Option A: MPG Horror
The Screaming Staircase
I read an ebook, top paperback - no MMP - is The Screaming Staircase
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14.0
Option B: Two sets of consecutive double letters
Chance Developments: Unexpected Love Stories by Alexander McCall Smith
CC and LL in mCCaLL
Total Points: 520
10.5. Would I Lie to You?LIE intact in author's name: When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
Points this post: 10
Total points: 675
10.9 - Spring into ActionMPG Adventure: River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile by Candice Millard
Points this post: 10
Total points: 685
20.3 - Best Review - Katy's Task: On Trend Option 4, "You" in the title: I Miss You When I Blink: Essays by Mary Laura Philpott
Points this post: 20
Total points 705
CathyG30.2 - Katrisa's Task: An Homage to MY 30s
This is a two book task. Choose two different options.
Required: State your options when you report
Option 1 - B - Read a book shelved as College Setting from the first 25 pages of this list College Setting
Required: State the page. p8
Off Sides by Sawyer Bennett
Option 3 - Read a book with a repeated word of at least three letters in the TITLE (AND and THE excluded). The repeated words need not be next to each other. Want
Want You to Want Me by Lorelei James
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 470
Total Books Read: 30
Tasks Completed: 19
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Non Fiction Tickets: 2
CathyG25.5 - MEGSCL's Task: Between the Lines
Firstly, grab the last book you finished reading
I Dream of Genies by Judi Fennell
Book 1: Read a book with a title that has a word matching a word* from the first sentence* of text. Subtitles are excluded.
"Scheherazade, the famed Arabian storyteller, had to come up with one thousand and one nights' worth of tales to save herself." with
A Brush with Love by Mazey Eddings
Book 2: Read a book with a title that has a word matching a word* from the last sentence* of text. Subtitles are excluded.
"That meant he would always live in her heart."
Heart Secret by Robin D. Owens
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 495
Total Books Read: 32
Tasks Completed: 20
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Non Fiction Tickets: 2
MEGSCL15.6 - The Oregon Trail
The Roanoke Girls (set in Kansas)
TOTAL - 670
BIG BOOKS - 6
IT’S A FACT - 7
GOLDEN OLDIES - 2
25.5 - MEGSCL's Task: Between the LinesRequired: State the last book you read (when you first read this task), and the first and last sentences.
At that time I had just finished: Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler.
The first sentence of text in the story (excluding quotes): “I had my recurring dream last night.”
The last sentence of text: " Afterward we sat together and talked and ate a meal and decided to call this place Acorn.”
Book 1: Read a book with a title that has a word matching a word* from the first sentence* of text. *Night
All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakami
Book 2: Read a book with a title that has a word matching a word* from the last sentence* of text: * this
Nobody Will Tell You This But Me: A True (as Told to Me) Story by Bess Kalb
EDITED
Claiming It's a Fact ticket for Nobody Will Tell You This But Me: A True (as Told to Me) Story - MPG nonfiction
Points: 25
Total Points: 155
BB tickets: 1
IAF: 1 - EDITED - this was the third, claimed later
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30.3 - Cat's Task: Book of the MonthRequired: Indicate the option: Option 1: TWO book task
Pick one of the months within this season - MARCH -and read one book for each of the tasks below.
Book 1: All the letters of your chosen month (MARCH) can be found in the title of your book (ignore subtitles)
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt reMARCkably brigHt creatures.
Book 2: the author of your book has first and last initials found in your chosen month. Letters may only be used as often as they appear. Even As We Breathe by Annette Clapsaddle AC is in MARCH
Points: 30
Total Points: 185
BB tickets: 1
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Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.9: Do not adjust your set: Dark Watcher by Lilith Saintcrow. Author initials LS are in >leSLie mitchell
Totals: 5
Books: 1
Tasks: 1
Summary Totals: 305
Books: 21
Tasks: 16
Golden Oldies: 1
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
It's a fact: 1
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.10: DSpring, just do your thing: De Vloek van de Farao's by Philipp Vandenberg.
*** Claim an It's a fact ticket for non-fiction book.
Totals: 5
Books: 1
Tasks: 1
It's a fact: 1
Summary Totals: 310
Books: 22
Tasks: 17
Golden Oldies: 1
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
It's a fact: 2
Kathy KS20.10 - Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Winter 2022- 2023 season. Popular Book Group Picks - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
My discussion is found at Message 25
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 690
Tasks completed: 37/55
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 4
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 7
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.2: Earth Day: Option A: Bolero by Joanie McDonell, added to my Want To Read list in June 4, 2013.
Option B: Green Witch by Alice Hoffman. Alice Hoffman is an author I've read many times before, including Practical Magic.
Totals: 15
Books: 2
Tasks: 1
Summary Totals: 325
Books: 24
Tasks: 18
Golden Oldies: 1
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
It's a fact: 2
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 25.2: Ode to chocolate: Option 1: The Affinity Bridge by George Mann, a 3-word title
Option 2: Critical Vulnerability: A Sasha McCandless Companion Novel by Melissa F. Miller. Author name has exactly 2 Ms.
Totals: 25
Books: 2
Tasks: 1
Summary Totals: 350
Books: 26
Tasks: 19
Golden Oldies: 1
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
It's a fact: 2
5.3 - 3D View MasterWhen Life Becomes Precious: The Essential Guide for Patients, Loved Ones, and Friends of Those Facing Serious Illnesses
Exactly 3 "D"s in "Guide", "Loved", and "Friends"
Total points: 110
5.9 - Do Not Adjust Your SetThe Dark Hours by Michael Connelly
Author initials in LESLIE MITCHELL
Total points: 115
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 30.6: Before AND or after: Book 1: Manhattans & Murder by Jessica Fletcher and Donald Bain. Text after the &: murder. 304 pages.
Book 2: The Cable Car Murder by Elizabeth Atwood Taylor has word MURDER in the title. 204 pages.
Total pages: 304 + 204 = 508 > 500 required.
Totals: 30
Books: 2
Tasks: 1
Summary Totals: 380
Books: 28
Tasks: 20
Golden Oldies: 1
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
It's a fact: 2
5.10 - Spring, Just Do Your ThingThe Last Storyteller
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 11.0
Total points: 120
15.3 - Someday My Prince Will ComeBook A: Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations
Matching word is "you"
Book B: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
#5 in the George Smiley series
Total points: 135
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Nancy J's Task: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-ChangesOption 3B: In Other Rooms, Other Wonders
MPG Literary Fiction
Total points: 155
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Florence's Task: Busy BeeOption B: The Return of Faraz Ali - 352 pages
5 in page numbers
Total points: 175
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Kristina Simon's task: Sail AwayOption 1: The Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler
Author initials in DECLUTTER
Total points: 195
30.5 - JennRenee's Task: Spring CelebrationsOption A: The Green Mile
MPG Horror
Option B: The Looking Glass War
Double letters OO, SS
Total points: 225
Re: Message #2330I forgot to Claim an IT'S A FACT ticker for:
30.1 - Teri K's Task: Movie Musicals!
Option 3. Singing in the Rain
Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II by Daniel James Brown, 560 pages
MGP = nonfiction IAF
current
Total Points: 185
BB tickets: 1
IAF tickets= 1 (now 2)
Mod
trishhartuk15.4 I'm Going On An Adventure!
Option 2. Read one book that fulfils both book A and B options: MPG of Fantasy and an author who uses an initial in the first name position.
The Two Towers, J.R.R. Tolkien
Fantasy is the first MPG on the list. First initial is J.
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 600
Tasks Completed: 34
It’s a Fact Tickets: 5
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
20.7 Me TimeOpt 3 Food or Food/drink genre
Yes, Chef
Claiming It's a Fact ticket for NF
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 515
EMurphy10.5 Would I Lie to You? LIE found intact in title/subtitle/author's name Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes
This Task:
Points: 10
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 450
Books Read: 30
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket +500: 1
BB Ticket +1000: 1
IAF Ticket: 3
Tasks Completed: 19
JUKKA25.2 - Robin P's Task: An Ode to Chocolate
Option 1: Book with a title of exactly three words.
Dead Lies Dreaming by Charles Stross.
Option 3: Book from the Twist Ending list.
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton, found on the first page of the list. I read an ebook and the top mass market paperback seems to clock in at 600 pages, so that's one Big Book.
Total Points: 455/945
Total Books Read: 41
Tasks Completed: 32/55
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 2
It's a Fact Total: 2
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TOTAL - 645
BIG BOOKS - 5
IT’S A FACT - 7
GOLDEN OLDIES - 2