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SPRING CHALLENGE 2023
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Kathy KS15.4 - I'm Going On An Adventure!
Option 1: Read two books, one book A and one book B.
Book A. Read a book with a main page genre of Fantasy
Funny Fantasy
MPG=Fantasy
I read as an ebook; pb-292 p. (no mmpb)
Book B. Read a book written by an author who uses an initial in the first name position.
Embrace by T.D. Wilson
I read as an ebook; published ebook only; approved for ebook length on Line 1132 of spreadsheet
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 690
Tasks completed: 36/55
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
Kathy KS10.2 . April Fools Day!
Read a book that has “humor” as one of the genres listed on the book’s main page.
The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer
MPG= Humor (under "...more")
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb-403 p.
**Claiming 1 (one) Golden Oldies ticket** 1st published: 1950
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 700
Tasks completed: 37/55
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
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: 7
Note - Edited 1:32 am EST - I changed the book for option 4 (the Previous book was The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian) 25.3 - Chris MD's Task: 1930s Lit and Lists
Read two books from two different options.
REQUIRED: Specify in your post the options you used.
Option 2: It’s Almost Like Being There -
Best 1930s Historical Fiction.
REQUIRED: It the 1930s setting is not evident on the book's main page, include a reference when you post.
2 Trust by Hernan Diaz.
Reference: The New York Public Library posted this blog, which includes the line: "Trust is a story about wealth, family, and power set in 1930s New York."
https://www.nypl.org/blog/2023/05/10/...
This book is on PAGE 1 of the list of Best 1930s Historical Fiction
Option 4: Brave New World
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 - page 1
4 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
This book was found on page 1 of the list.
Claiming an It's a Fact ticket for I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - MPG nonfiction
25 points
Total: 275
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 3 - This was #4
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20.4 - Golden Oldies - Maria Jo's Task: The Queen of CrimeChoose one option. Required: State the option.
Option 2. Read a book with a major plot arc/subject where someone is missing or disappears mysteriously...
Required: If the disappearance is not evident in the book's description, include a reference link.
Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley
Reference Link:
https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781...
"Perry Firekeeper-Birch tackles issues surrounding U.S. repatriation laws as well as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in this page-turning companion taking place 10 years after Firekeeper’s Daughter by Anishinaabe author Boulley."
20 points
Total: 295
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 3
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20.10 - Group ReadsRead one of the books selected as a group read for the Winter 2022- 2023 season:
Nonfiction - Animals - An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong
Discussion: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I added messages 9 and 11
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
I listened to the audio, and reread parts in the print book.
Claiming an It's a Fact ticket. MPG nonfiction
20 points
Total: 315
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 4 - Edit - 5
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25.1 - Tien’s Task: Adulting SuxChoose two different options and read one book for each option.
REQUIRED: Specify in your post the options you used.
Option 1. Book buying ban: Read a book with teeth on the cover
Required: Post the cover.
The Professor by Mimi Francis
3. Laundry: Never Ending Laundry!!
Read a book with a word in title that is an item of clothing from this list: https://www.enchantedlearning.com/wor...
Required: State the word/phrase. KIMONO
The Woman in the White Kimono by Ana Johns
25 points
Total: 340
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 4
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15.6 - The Oregon TrailRead a book set at least 50% in one of the states set along the Oregon Trail: ... Washington
Required: If the setting is not clear from the GR description or the metadata, state the setting and provide a reference.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. This links to the paperback, 230 pages. I listened to the audio.
The GR metadata shows that this book is set in the State of Washington.
15 points
Total: 355
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 4
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20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- Jen B's Task: Me TimeFor option 1, I read Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo.
Bernardine Evaristo's initials can be found in #BYOE
Points this task: 20
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Totals:
Points: 105
Task completed: 8
5.4 - Mythical MonstersRead a book with a mythical creature from the following list. The creature needs to be integral to the story and should be evident on the book's main page.
https://listmoz.com/view/2V80SmK0k7yB...
Required: State the creature: Fairy/Fae
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
The MC's best friend is Fae. He plays a major role throughout the book.
Reference:
From NPR: "Set in a version of our contemporary world where everyone knows ghosts, fairies, and vampires are real." The MC's best friend is "Jay a descendent of Oberon." https://www.npr.org/2020/09/05/909802...
GR shows MG tags, but IL lists it as UG.
Elatsoe
Badger, Darcie Little
AR Quiz No. 512240 EN Fiction
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11.0
AR Quiz Types: RP
Rating: Not yet rated.
Points: 5
Total: 360
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 4
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Re message 829: by Nancyj10.7. Avengers Assemble!
I forgot to Claim an It's a Fact Ticket for
Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home by Nora Krug
MPG Graphic Novels, MPG nonfiction
Re Message 2492 25.5 - MEGSCL's Task: Between the Lines
I forgot to claim an It's a Fact Ticket for:
Nobody Will Tell You This But Me: A True (as Told to Me) Story by Bess Kalb
MPG nonfiction
Error - I botched this post, and all my IAF books. So I'm using this space to record all my non-fiction IAF books in case it helps reduce the confusion. I missed many of them when I first posted the tasks. Non fiction books list - It's a Fact tickets
#1 - Message 829, task 10.7, Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home, Claimed in message 2574
#2 - Message 2330, task 30.1, Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II
Claimed in message 2508
#3 - Message 2492, task 25.5.2, Nobody Will Tell You This But Me: A True (as Told to Me) Story. Claimed in 2575.
#4 - Message 2567, task 25.3.4, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Claimed in an EDITED 2567, when I changed the book for option 4. (I edited it shortly after posting it. I apologize if I should have unclaimed the previous book first, rather than editing it.)
#5 - Message 2569, task 20.10, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us. Claimed in 2569.
HanneloreTask 20.5 - Bigger is Better - Kristina Simon's task: Sail Away
Option 1: Read a book written by an author whose initials (all of them) can be found in DECLUTTER.
Book: Een van ons zal omkijken
How it fits: Author's name is Toon Tellegen. TT can be found in 'decluTTer'.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 235
Tasks completed: 10
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 2
IAF tickets: 1
Amy B25.5 - MEGSCL's Task: Between the Lines
Firstly, grab the last book you finished reading.
Take that book and note down the first sentence of text in the story, and the last sentence of text.
The Hole by Hiroko Oyamada
Book 1: Read a book with a title that has a word matching a word* from the first line of text. Subtitles are excluded.
First: I moved out here with my husband.
A Room with a View by E.M. Forster (with)
Book 2: Read a book with a title that has a word matching a word* from the last line of text. Subtitles are excluded.
*Words must match exactly and be at least 3 letters long, excluding "and" and "the."
Required: State the last book you read and the first and last sentences.
Last: When I got home and put on my uniform in front of the mirror, I couldn't help but see Tomiko staring back.
When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut (when)
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 645 Points
Amy B15.1 - 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
All SRC page number rules apply.
Youngblood by Matt Gallagher (342 pp)
Lights All Night Long by Lydia Fitzpatrick (340 pp)
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 660 Points
Readerboard Name: List_Addict15.6: The Oregon Trail
A book set in one of the included states
It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey
Setting: Washington
Total this Challenge: 40
Aimee GTask 20.5 - Bigger is Better - Kristina Simon's task: Sail Away
Option 1: SO Much Stuff! Read a book written by an author whose initials (all of them) can be found in DECLUTTER.
Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories by Truman Capote
TC in DECLUTTER
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Points this task: 20
Total points: 505
Readerboard Name: List_Addict5.10: Spring, Just Do Your Thing!
A book of your choice
Reputation by Alex Croucher
Total this challenge: 45
trishhartuk10.9 Spring into Action
MPG of Action and/or Adventure.
The Right Stuff, Tom Wolfe
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB: here (367pg)
Locked for Adventure (under more in the MPGs) in Help Thread message #29: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
It’s a Fact: The Right Stuff is Non-Fiction - MPGs include Nonfiction, History, Space, Biography and Adventure
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
It’s a Fact: 1 – The Right Stuff is Nonfiction
Total Points: 610
Tasks Completed: 35
It’s a Fact Tickets: 6
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
JUKKA30.8 - Kaora's Task: Chicken Katsu
Option 2: Book with a cover that is at least 50% red or black.
Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko & Sergey Dyachenko. The cover is 90.7% black.
Option 3: Book whose page count has at least two of the numbers 0, 1, 2, and 6.
Vaesen: Mythic Britain & Ireland by Graeme Davis is 156 pages.
Total Points: 485/945
Total Books Read: 43
Tasks Completed: 33/55
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 2
It's a Fact Total: 2
Mod
2 options:
Option 2 Read a book where the author’s initials occur in reverse consecutive alphabetical order.
The Divine Feline: A Chic Cat Lady's Guide to Woman's Best Friend
The author is Belinda Alexandra and her initials BA are in reverse alphabetical order
This is a non-fiction book so I claim an It's a fact ticket
Option 3 Read a book with a repeated word of at least three letters in the TITLE
Bird by Bird
The word BIRD is repeated in the title
This is a non-fiction book so I claim an It's a fact ticket
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 515 + 30 = 545
Total Tasks Completed: 31
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 7 + 2 = 9
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15.10 – 404: File Not FoundBook that was NOT on my tbr as of 15Feb2023
Hiroshima
### NONfiction Book ###
Heard about this through another group and picked it to fit a challenge for a nonfiction book.
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This Post: 15 points
Total points to date: 230 points
It’s a FACT tickets: 3
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
Apologies for the late posts. I was out of the country until yesterday with no good way to post, but I finished a few while on vacation!10.10 - Collaboration of the Year
Book by 2 authors - Read In Bibi's Kitchen: The Recipes and Stories of Grandmothers from the Eight African Countries that Touch the Indian Ocean A Cookbook by Hawa Hassan and Julia Turshen
Points these task: 10
Total points: 175
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 16
Tasks completed: 10
15.2 - Earth Day Option B - Reuse - Read Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws: And Other Classical Myths, Historical Oddities, and Scientific Curiosities by Adrienne Mayor. I have previously read The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World.
Option C - Recycle - Read The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy. I have read a few by this author, including The Road.
Points these task: 15
Total points: 190
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 17
Tasks completed: 11
15.3 - Someday My Prince Will Come Book A: Including a word from the lyrics - Read My Volcano by John Elizabeth Stintzi. The word MY is in the lyrics.
Book B: Part of a series - Read The Counterlife by Philip Roth. This is #5 in the Nathan Zuckerman series.
Points these task: 15
Total points: 205
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 18
Tasks completed: 12
25.1 - Tien’s Task: Adulting Sux Book 1: Book buying ban - Read Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. Has teeth on the cover.
Book 2: MPG of Sports - Read Rowing to Latitude: Journeys Along the Arctic's Edge by Jill Fredston. This currently has an MPG of Sports, but I also had it approved in the MPG approval thread just in case!
Points these task: 25
Total points: 230
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 20
Tasks completed: 13
30.8 - Kaora's Task: Chicken Katsu Option 3: page count - Read Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome. Has 256 pages. 2 & 6 are in the required list.
Option 4: Name part beginning with K - Read 2 A.M. in Little America by Ken Kalfus. Both names happen to start with K.
Points these task: 30
Total points: 260
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 20
Tasks completed: 14
Readerboard Name: List_Addict20.6: It’s a Fact …
Option A - Mixed Media
A book from the provided list
Obsidio by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff
List Page 1
Pages: 615
Total this challenge: 65
30.4 - TessaVanessa’s Task: New York Times Best Seller List Week June 1, 1958
Book 1 (fiction): Anatomy of a Murder by Robert Traver
Book 2 (non-fiction): Please Don't Eat the Daisies by Jean Kerr
Claiming an It's a Fact ticket for Please Don't eat the Daisies, MPG nonfiction
Points: 30
Total: 390
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 5+ 1 = 6
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30.5 30.5 - JennRenee's Task: Spring CelebrationsPick two options and read a book from each.
Required: State the options.
Option A : March:
For this option, read a book with the genre Horror listed on the main page.
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
MPG Horror
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. OO in Book, DD in Kidd.
The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
Points: 30
Total: 420
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 6
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30.7 - Chandni's Task: Momentous PlacesFor this task you will need to read 2 books and choose two different options. The combined page total must be greater than 600 pages.
REQUIRED: In your post, state the options you used.
For all 4 options, if the setting of the book is not clear from the Goodreads page, please provide a source for the setting. If the author page does not show the country they were born in, please provide a source for their place of birth.
Option 1: For this option, read a book that is set at least 80% in India, or the author was born in India.
A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley. 288 pages. MPG nonfiction
The GR blurb includes the setting and states that "Saroo Brierley (born 1981) is an Indian-born Australian businessman who, at age 5, was separated from his biological mother.."
Claiming an IAF Ticket for A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley. MPG Nonfiction.
Option 4: For this option, 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).
Winter of the World by Ken Follett. I read the large print and the audio. The MMP is 893 pages. The GR page states that Ken Follet was born in Wales. "Born on June 5th, 1949 in Cardiff, Wales, the son of a tax inspector, Ken was educated at state schools and went on to ...."
Claiming 2 Big Book tickets for Winter of the World. MMP = 893 pages.
Total 1181 pages combined
Claiming an IAF Ticket for A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley. MPG Nonfiction.
Claiming 2 Big Book tickets for Winter of the World. MMP = 893 pages.
Points: 30
Total: 450
Big Books: 1+2 =3 (corrected)
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 6+1 = 7
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Mod
Pick one of the months within this season (i.e. March, April, May) and read one book for each of the tasks below.
Month chose: MARCH
Book 1: All the letters of your chosen month can be found in the title of your book (ignore subtitles)
Christmas with the Cornish Girls
the word MARCH is found in CHRistMAs
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
Dearly
The author is Margaret Atwood & her initials MA are in MArch
This is non-fiction so I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 545 + 30 = 575
Total Tasks Completed: 32
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 9+1=10
30.8 - Kaora's Task: Chicken KatsuChoose two options and read a book for each.
Required: State the options.
Option 1. Shiba Inu means "Brushwood Dog", as it is used to flush game. Read a book that has all the letters SHIBA in the title and/or subtitle.
Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot MPG nonfiction
Option 4. 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.
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. MPG nonfiction
Claiming an IAF ticket for Heart Berries, MPG nonfiction
Claiming an IAF ticket for Braiding Sweetgrass. MPG nonfiction
Points: 30
Total: 480
Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 7 + 2= 9
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30.9 - Amy FL's Task: Farewell to My LoveSelect 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 3: Read a book with a domestic dog on the cover.
Required: Post the cover.
A Million Things by Emily Spurr
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. "SOUL"
The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
Claiming an IAF ticket for Soul of an Octopus, MPG nonfiction
Points: 30
Total: 510
Big Books: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 9 + 1 = 10
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Reader board name - Daire15.2 Earth Day
A- Book on your TBR prior to March 2022
The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir
(on my TBR since 2018)
B - Book by author read before
Bad Mother by Mia Sheridan
(book I read before - Archer's Voice)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 315
Books read: 23
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Non-Fiction: 1
Tasks completed: 15
15.10- 404: File Not FoundRead a book that is NOT found on your TBR as of Feb 15, 2023. Find a new-to-you book from any other source: podcast, advertising, review, friend's GR list, library display or librarian recommendation, bookstore browsing, etc.
Required: State how you discovered the book and that it was not on your TBR.
Crazy Brave by Joy Harjo
I listened to the audio. no mmp. ppb 176 pages.
This book was added to my TBR on March 3, 2023. I was searching for indigenous books for the Trail of Tears task. I think I first saw the author's name on Tookie's List, from the book The Sentence. This topic was a major focus for me in May.
Claiming an IAF Ticket. MPG nonfiction.
Points: 15
Total: 525
Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 10 + 1 = 11
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Reader board name - Daire20.1 Most improved
Option 2 - Book with flowers on the cover
Things We Hide from the Light by Lucy Score
BB ticket - 589 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 335
Books read: 24
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
Non-Fiction: 1
Tasks completed: 16
Reader board name - Daire20.3 Best review
Option 3 - complete sentence including a proper noun
Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake
Points this post: 20
Total points: 355
Books read: 25
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
Non-Fiction: 1
Tasks completed: 16
HanneloreTask 10.1. Respect Your Elders
Read a book originally published at least 100 years ago (1923 or earlier).
Book: De stille kracht
How it fits: This book was published in 1900.
** Claiming a GO ticket for this one.. **
Points this task: 10
Total points: 245
Tasks completed: 11
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 3
IAF tickets: 1
Mod
10.7. Avengers Assemble!
Read a book with the main page genre graphic novels, sequential art, comics.
Biomega, Vol. 2 (MPG Comics/Graphic Novels)
Points this task: 10
Season total: 205
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 0
IAF Tickets: 2
30.7 - Chandni's Task: Momentous PlacesOption 3, author born in Canada: A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson, born in Blackwell, Ontario, Canada
paperback edition A Town Called Solace 302 pages
Option 4, author born in UK: The White Lady by Jacqueline Winspear, born in UK
321 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 765
15.4 - I'm Going On An Adventure!Select an option. Required: State the option. 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. R.F. Kuang
Option 2. Read one book that fulfills both book A and B options.
Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang, Fantasy MPG. 546 pages
Claiming a BIG BOOK ticket for Babel. 546 pages
Points: 15
Total: 540
Big Books: 3 + 1 = 4
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 11
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15.7 - March April MayHelp Thread
Read a book with a title or subtitle where the beginning letters/characters of three consecutive words form an A-B-A sequence: NOW is NOT
Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson
Points: 15
Total: 555
Big Books: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 11
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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: Indigenous Author. Required: State the page where the author is found. page 1
Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
Points: 15
Total: 570
Big Books: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 11
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Sarah E20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- Jen B's Task: Me Time
Option 1: Author initials in #CalliesKill aCr ew
Navajo Autumn by R. Allen Chappell
I read a kindle edition, paperback - no MMP - is Navajo Autumn
Total Points: 595
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Florence's Task: Busy BeePick one option. Required: State the option.
Option B: DECLUTTERING
Read a book with a 5 or "five" in the page number, title, or subtitle.
Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
Points: 20
Total: 590
Big Books: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 11
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Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.: Egyptian spring: Option 2: The Case of the Flashing Fashion Queen by N. L. Wilson. All author initials N L W are letters without curves. 204 pages > 200 page requirement.
As a fun aside, this book actually fits all three of the options :)
Totals: 20
Books: 1
Tasks: 1
Summary Totals: 400
Books: 29
Tasks: 21
Golden Oldies: 1
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
It's a fact: 2
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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3. Names and Sentences - Read a book with a title that consists of a complete sentence that includes a proper noun.
Olga Dies Dreaming by Xóchitl González.
This was confirmed by Katy on the help thread.
Task: 20 points
Total: 250
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 2
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