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SPRING CHALLENGE 2023
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- Jen B's Task: Me TimeChoose 1 option. Required: State the option.
Option 1: Peloton
Choose ONE hashtag and read a book by an author whose initials (all of them) can be found in that hashtag.
Required: State the hashtag. #BYOE,
The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa. I listened to the audio. The mmp below is 245 pages. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Points: 20
Total: 635
Big Books: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 11
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10.6. Batter up!JAPAN
In recognition of the international aspects of American baseball, read a book set at least 50% in one of the countries listed above.
REQUIRED: if the setting is not obvious from the GR description or metadata, please explain your choice. Japan is listed as the setting in the metadata.
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa
Points: 10
Total: 645
Big Books: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 11
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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
Approved for length in message 49 of the ebook verification thread
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 : 430
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
Sarah E20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Florence's Task: Busy Bee
Option B: 5 in the page number
The Chimneys of Green Knowe -175 pages
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 7.0 - found under it's alternate title of Treasure Of Green Knowe
Total Points: 615
Lisa MD30.6 - Coralie's Task: Before AND or After
500+ pages by different authors.
Book 1.Word AND (&) in the TITLE
🦋Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren
420 pages
Book 2. TITLE includes either everything that came before the AND in book 1 - "Love"
🦋Paris in Love by Eloisa James
258 pages
Listened to audio. Linked to PB. No MMPB.
I claim a NF ticket
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 905/945
Total Books Read: 70
Tasks Completed: 53/55
Big Book Tickets: 6
Golden Oldies Tickets: 3
Non Fiction Tickets: 19
JUKKA10.1. Respect Your Elders
A book that's over 100 years old.
Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare, from 1601, therefore also a Golden Oldie.
Total Points: 495/945
Total Books Read: 44
Tasks Completed: 34/55
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 3
It's a Fact Total: 2
Sarah E25.2 - Robin P's Task: An Ode to Chocolate
Option 1: The Shape Shifter
I listened to an audio, top paperback - none of the MMPs has a page count - is The Shape Shifter
Option 2: Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
I read an ebook, MMP is Sea of Tranquility
Total Points: 640
30.4 - TessaVanessa’s Task: New York Times Best Seller ListBook 1: Fiction from the month and year you were born
March 6 1988
The Shell Seekers
claiming 1 big book ticket, 544 pages
book 2: Non fiction from the year you were born
September 4, 1988
Capote
claiming 1 big book ticket, 636 pages
Points for this task: 30
Total points : 460
Big Book tickets for this task: 2
Big Book tickets total: 2
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
Sarah E30.2 - Katrisa's Task: An Homage to MY 30s
Option 1A: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
I read an ebook, top MMP is The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Option 2: Green for Danger by Christianna Brand
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - MMP has no page count - is Green for Danger
Golden Oldie, first published 1944. Claiming 1 GO ticket.
Total Points: 670
Total GOs: 5
Inge15.8 trail of tears
Read a book from an author on the indigenous list.
Found on page one
Empire of Wild
Total points this task: 15
total points: 575
Sarah E30.7 - Chandni's Task: Momentous Places
Option 3: Author born in Canada
Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
I listened to an audio, top MMP is Le Sommeil des géants - 384 pages
Option 4: Set completely in the UK - mainly Scotland, a few pages in London
Death of a Perfect Wife - 256 pages
I read an ebook but have linked to the top MMP
384 + 256 = 640 pages
Total Points: 700
50.1 - Lisa MD's Task: The Mod SquadThis is a 3-book task. Complete 3 different options from the list. Books must total 750 pages or more. The total is more than 1500 pages
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.”
World Without End by Ken Follett
I used the large print and audio. The MMP is 1025 pages:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...
I'd like to Claim 3 Big Book Tickets for World Without End, mmp 1025 pages.
Option 4: Our mods are from Virginia, Texas, Florida, New Jersey, England, and Wales. Read a book set at least 50% in one of these locations.
Maureen (Harold Fry #3) by Rachel Joyce 192 pages
Maureen travels within England, similar to the first book in the series, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.
Option 5: Take a page out of our Mod Squads bookshelf. Choose any mod and read a book that she rated 4 or 5 stars.
Required: Identify the mod and rating in your post.
DLMrose gave this book 5 stars:
The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng. I listened to the audio. There is no mmp. This links to the paperback, 335 pages.
Claiming 3 Big Book Tickets for World Without End. mmp 1025 pages: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...
Points: 50
Total: 695
Big Books: 4+ 3 = 7
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 11
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Inge20.5 - Bigger is Better - Kristina Simon's task: Sail Away
Option 3 domestic cat on cover
Total points this task: 20
total points: 595
Mod
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Nancy J's Task: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Option 3A: Read a book with beautiful prose from the first 25 pages of this list.
The Name of the Wind (appeared on page 2 when I last checked, may have changed to page 1)
This is a big book of 662 pages. One Big Book ticket please!
Points this task: 20
Season total: 225
BB Tickets: 3
GO Tickets: 0
IAF Tickets: 2
Reposting post 2622 to add 1 It's a Fact ticket 30.4 - TessaVanessa’s Task: New York Times Best Seller List
Book 1: Fiction from the month and year you were born
March 6 1988
The Shell Seekers
claiming 1 big book ticket, 544 pages
book 2: Non fiction from the year you were born
September 4, 1988
Capote
claiming 1 big book ticket, 636 pages
claiming 1 It's a fact ticket
Points for this task: 30
Total points : 460
Big Book tickets for this task: 2
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 14
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 5
10.6 - Batter up!set at least 50% in Canada
MMPB: The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny
I read the Kindle edition: The Cruelest Month
🌷set 100% in Canada🌷
Total points: 565 + 10 = 575
Big Book tickets: 5
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
It's a Fact tickets: 3
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.
I am using the week of May 7 1972
The Day of the Jackal
Book 2:Using the Non-fiction list, read a non-fiction book from any list that year.
I am using the week of January 2nd 1972
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
This is non-fiction so I claim an It's a fact ticket
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 575 + 30 = 605
Total Tasks Completed: 33
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 10+1=11
Andy P.10.4. 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.
CLOSE TO HER by Elizabeth Gunn Elizabeth is # 5 on the list.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 805
Sarah E10.5. Would I Lie to You?
The Master Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg
I read a kindle edition, MMP is 真実の魔術師
Total Points: 720
Sarah E50.1 - Lisa MD's Task: The Mod Squad
Option 2: Author first name begins with D
Odds Against by Dick Francis
I read an ebook, top MMP is Odds Against - 288 pages
Option 3: MORTAL found in DLMRoseSandyKristina
Penguins and Mortal Peril
I read a kindle edition, paperback - no MMP - is Penguins and Mortal Peril - 204 pages
Option 4: Set completely in England
Foxglove Summer
I listened to an audio, top MMP is Foxglove Summer - 323 pages
288 + 204 + 323 = 815 pages
Total Points: 770
15.2 - Earth DayOption A: The Green Mile
This book was added to my GR TBR on 12/2/2012 (!)
Option B: The Looking Glass War by John le Carre
I have read other books by this author, including The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Total points: 210
Kathy KS30.3 - Cat's Task: Book of the Month
Option 1: TWO book task
Pick one of the months within this season (i.e. March, April, May) and read one book for each of the tasks below.
Chosen month: APRIL
Book 1: All the letters of your chosen month can be found in the title of your book (ignore subtitles)
Mrs. Pollifax on Safari by Dorothy Gilman
APRIL= mRs. PolLIfAx...
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb-223 p.
Book 2: the author of your book has first and last initials found in your chosen month.
Trespassers in Time: Genealogists and Microhistorians by Anne Patterson Rodda
AR= ApRil
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 730
Tasks completed: 38/55
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 5
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 8
Sarah E30.8 - Kaora's Task: Chicken Katsu
Option 3: Candy Apple & Murder: An Oceanside Cozy Mystery Book 50 -216 pages
I read the kindle edition but have linked to the paperback - no MMP
Option 4: Things in Jars by Jess Kidd
I read a kindle edition but have linked to the top paperback - no MMP
Total Points: 800
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Nancy J's Task: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-ChangesRead one book, from one of the options below.
Required: State the option you used.
Option 3. BEAUTIFUL PROSE
B. Read a book with MPG Literary Fiction, no variations.
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney, Literary Fiction MPG
Points: 20
Total: 715
Big Books: = 7
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 11
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20.6 - It's A Fact- Angela IL's Task: Things I Love in Books!!The book must be a minimum of 300 pages. [Horse is 401 pages]
Read a book that can be found on the first 25 pages of one of these lists below.
Required: State which list you used and the page number of the list on which the book is found.
Option B: Social Commentary. On Page 13 of the list:
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Horse by Geraldine Brooks
401 pages
Points: 20
Total: 735
Big Books: = 7
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 11
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5.9 - Do Not Adjust Your SetRead a book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in LESLIE MITCHELL
Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich
Points: 5
Total: 740
Big Books: = 7
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 11
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10.9 - Spring into ActionHelp Thread
Let's get that plot moving! Read a book with the MPG Action and/or Adventure.
City of Thieves by David Benioff,
MPG Adventure
Points: 10
Total: 750
Big Books: = 7
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 11
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10.4. 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. http://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/dec..."
You may choose from either the female or the male list, but keep in mind that the name must be one of the top 10 names listed. Names must match exactly.
Names are listed in post 2 of the help thread.
JOHN is #3 on the male list.
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
Points: 10
Total: 760
Big Books: = 7
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 11
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15.1 - Vernal EquinoxRead 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
All SRC page number rules apply.
Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
I listened to the audio. There is no mmp. This link goes to the first paperback. 400 pages.
Stolen by Ann-Helén Laestadius
I listened to the audio for this book as well. There is no mmp. This link goes to the first paperback on the list. It is also 400 pages
Points: 15
Total: 775
Big Books: = 7
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 11
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15.3 - Someday My Prince Will ComeChoose an option. Required: State the option.
Option 2- Read one book that fulfills both book A and B options.
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.
"When the prince of my dreams comes to me"
Required: State the word. 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.
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed #1) by Octavia E. Butler
Points: 15
Total: 790
Big Books: = 7
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 11
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15.2 - Earth DayRequired: State which 2 options you chose when you post.
A. Reduce: Read a book that was added to your TBR before March 1, 2022 (last year).
Required: Identify your TBR list and state the date the book was added to your list.
A List of Cages by Robin Roe
This book was added to my goodreads Want-To-Read list on August 24, 2021.
B. Reuse: Read a book by an author you have read before.
The Word for World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin. I have read 2 or 3 other books by this author, and this is the first time I read this book.
Points: 15
Total: 805
Big Books: = 7
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 11
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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
REQUIRED: Include in your post the page number of the list on which your book is found.
This book is on page 12 of the list:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5...
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Points: 10
Total: 815
Big Books: = 7
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 11
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Lisa MD10.5. Would I Lie to You?
LIE found intact in title/subtitle or author's name.
🦋Little Bitty Lies by Mary Kay Andrews
431 pages
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 915/945
Total Books Read: 71
Tasks Completed: 54/55
Big Book Tickets: 6
Golden Oldies Tickets: 3
Non Fiction Tickets: 19
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Jen K's Task: Egyptian SpringThis is a one book task. Read a book of at least 200 pages that satisfies one of the following three options.
Required: State the option you used.
Option 2: The Pyramids.
Read a book written by a single author whose initials (all initials) are made of letters without curves. Letters may be reused, as in LL, Laura Lippman
Letters without curves for this task include: A, E, F, H, I, K, L, M, N, T, V, W, X, Y and Z.
People of the Whale by Linda Hogan
Points: 20
Total: 835
Big Books: = 7
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 11
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5.10 - Spring, Just Do Your ThingRead 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.
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
Points: 5
Total: 840
Big Books: = 7
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 11
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Mod
2 books, 760pg+
Option 2 Read a book with the MPG Classics.
Great Expectations
This has MPG Classics
(I did a hybrid read, part paperback & part ebook, this is the paperback I read. 514 pages)
I claim a Big Book ticket
This book was first published in 1860, I claim a Golden Oldie ticket
Option 3 Read a book with all the letters RAIN in the author's name.
A Wartime Reunion at Goodwill House
The author is Fenella J Miller which contains RAIN
fenella j milleR
I read an ebook, the paperback A Wartime Reunion at Goodwill House has 288 pages.
514 + 288 = 802 pages > 760pg
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 605 + 30 = 635
Total Tasks Completed: 34
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Big Books: 0 + 1 = 1
Golden Oldies: 0 + 1 = 1
It's a Fact: 11
Angela IL30.7 - 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.
The Swap by Robyn Harding- 5/31
Link to author being born in Canada: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
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).
Meredith, Alone by Claire Alexander- 4/26
GR meta data book set in Scotland
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 650
Books Read: 45
Tasks Completed: 31
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 2
EMurphy15.7 March April May - Title where the beginning letters of 3 consecutive words form an A-B-A sequence House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland
This Task:
Points: 15
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 465
Books Read: 31
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket +500: 1
BB Ticket +1000: 1
IAF Ticket: 3
Tasks Completed: 20
Angela IL15.3 - Someday My Prince Will Come
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...
Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune- 5/30
Word: Meet
Book B. Read a book that is a whole-numbered book in a series from #1 - #7.
Shoe Addicts Anonymous by Beth Harbison- 3/16
Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 665
Books Read: 46
Tasks Completed: 32
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 2
EMurphy5.10 Spring, Just Do Your Thing - Book of your choice Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah
This Task:
Points: 5
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 470
Books Read: 32
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket +500: 1
BB Ticket +1000: 1
IAF Ticket: 3
Tasks Completed: 21
30.7 - Chandni's Task: Momentous PlacesOption 3:read a book that is set at least 80% in Canada, or the author was born in Canada.
Blencarrow by Isabel MacKay
Author born in Canada as given on Wikipedia
325 pages
claiming a golden oldie, first published in 1926
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
The Piccadilly Murder by Anthony Berkeley
Goodreads author bio gives his place of birth as UK
pages 352
claiming a golden oldie, first published in 1929
Points for this task: 30
Total points : 490
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 2
Golden Oldies tickets total: 16
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 5
Kim O20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Nancy J's Task: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Option 2. CULTURAL - Read a cultural book from the first 25 pages of this list: Cultural.
Crying in H Mart found on page 2
non-fiction
Points this task: 20
It's a Fact ticket(s): 1
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Totals:
Points: 150
Big Book - 500+: 0
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 4
5.10 Spring Just Do Your Thing I read The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession by Alexandra Robbins
Claiming an "It's a Fact" ticket!
New Total: 360
Mod
5.4 - Mythical Monsters
Read a book with a mythical creature from the specified list (zombies)
Biomega, Vol. 3
Approved in the help thread here.
Points this task: 5
Season total: 230
BB Tickets: 3
GO Tickets: 0
IAF Tickets: 2
25.2 An Ode to Chocolate I chose option 1 (three word title) and read Don't Let Go by Michel Bussi
I also chose option 3 and read The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware - on page 2 of the list
New Total: 385
30.7 Momentous PlacesI chose option 1 and read A Curious Indian Cadaver by Shamini Flint (set in India)
I also chose option 4 and read White Nights by Ann Cleeves (set in UK)
New Total: 415
Mod
Option 1:
Book A. Read a book with a main page genre of Fantasy
The Song of Achilles
This has MPG Fantasy
Book B. Read a book written by an author who uses an initial in the first name position.
Doctor Sally
The author is P. G. Wodehouse who uses an initial in first name position
This book was first published in 1932 so I claim a "Golden Oldie" ticket
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 635 + 15 = 650
Total Tasks Completed: 35
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1 + 1 = 2
It's a Fact: 11
Task 20.8 - Egyptian SpringOption 1: The Nile. Read a book were all the letters in “NILE” can be found in the title. The letters do not need to be intact or consecutive. Subtitles are excluded.
LIbriomaNcEr
Libriomancer (Magic Ex Libris #1) (2012) by Jim C. Hines (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover 308 pages)
Number of pages: 305 pages > 200 pages
280 + 20 = 300
Tasks Completed: 13
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 280 + 20 = 300
Books read: 21
Pages read: 6,325
Read but not claimed: 00
Goodreads Authors: 10
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 03
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Choose two different options and read a book from each option
REQUIRED: Specify in your post the options used.
1. 3 Musketeers:
Read a book with a title of exactly 3 words.
Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa
2. M & M: Read a book whose author’s full name (as listed on Goodreads) has exactly 2 M’s in it.
All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
Points: 25
Total: 615
Big Books: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 11
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