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SPRING CHALLENGE 2023
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
MEGSCL5.1 - Flying High
**big book ticket - 608pp
TOTAL - 675
BIG BOOKS - 7
IT’S A FACT - 7
GOLDEN OLDIES - 2
Theresa10.4 - What's in a Name?
Top 10 first names of the past century
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
name = Elizabeth
Points this post - 10
Total points - 40
Theresa10.5 - Would I Lie to You?
LIE found intact
Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain
Points this post = 10
Total points - 50
Theresa10.6 - Batter Up!
Sei in one of the countries listed
The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty
Set in Australia
Points this post - 10
Total points - 60
Theresa10.8 - My Favorite Holiday
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
pg 1 of the list
Points this post - 10
Total points - 70
25.4 - Delicious Dee's Task: Ted Lasso!I flipped Heads
Option 1- HEADS - SEASON ONE, one book, must be #1 in a series of at least 3 published books.
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.
Footsteps in Time by Sarah Woodbury
This is #1 in series
Author shares first name with Sarah Niles
Book 2 – Read a book where a word from one of the SEASON ONE episode title names appears in the book title.
Hansen's Children
Children is found in the Title of Episode 4 "For the Children"
New Points: 25
Total Points: 615
BB: 1
GO: 1
IaF: 6
Theresa20.8 - Jen K's Task - Egyptian Spring
Option 2 - The Pyramids - Authors initials are letters without curves
The Birth House by Ami McKay
Points this post - 20
Total points - 90
Amy B30.4 - TessaVanessa’s Task: New York Times Best Seller List
This is a two book task.
You will be using this website to determine what books you read: http://www.hawes.com/pastlist.htm
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.
Required: Post the year and date of the week you are using.
Hotel by Arthur Hailey - April 4, 1965
Book 2: Go to the year you were born. Using the Non-fiction list, read a non-fiction book from any list that year.
Required: State the week you are using.
In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works by John Lennon (August 1st, 1965) - A Spaniard in the Works was the book on the bestsellers list; this is the edition I read, which included In His Own Write.
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 690 Points
25.5 - MEGSCL's Task: Between the LinesThe last book I had read when I read the task was Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
The First line of the Book is:
I CALL our world Flatland, not because we call it so, but to make its nature clearer to you, my happy readers, who are privileged to live in Space.
The last line of the book is:
But on this, and a thousand other kindred subjects,time forbids me to dwell.
Book 1: Read a book with a title that has a word matching a word* from the first sentence* of text. Subtitles are excluded.
Book 2: Read a book with a title that has a word matching a word* from the last sentence* of text. Subtitles are excluded.
Book 1: After You
Book 2: I listened to an audio of This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection
New Points: 25
Total Points: 640
BB: 1
GO: 1
IaF: 6
Thanks for another great challenge!
CathyG15.9 - The Joy of Cooking
Read a NONFICTION book with the main page genre Food, Cooking or Food and Drink
Taste: My Life through Food by Stanley Tucci
Claiming an It's a Fact ticket
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 510
Total Books Read: 33
Tasks Completed: 21
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Non Fiction Tickets: 3
EMurphy25.1 Tien's Task: Adulting Sux
Option 1: Teeth or bare human feet on cover
by Iliza Shlesinger*It's a Fact Ticket
Option 2: MPG Sports Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Total:
Points: 495
Books Read: 34
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket +500: 1
BB Ticket +1000: 1
IAF Ticket: 4
Tasks Completed: 22
Last posting. Thanks admin!
Theresa5.10 - Spring, Just Do Your Thing
Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
Points this post - 5
Total points - 95
Mod
5.10 - Spring, Just Do Your Thing
Read a book that meets SRC rules.
Biomega, Vol. 4
Points this task: 5
Season total: 235
BB Tickets: 3
GO Tickets: 0
IAF Tickets: 2
That's all from me for this season. Thanks to everyone for a wonderful Spring challenge!
RedSycamore20.1 - Most Improved - Barbara ★'s Task: The Wizard of Oz
Option 3: Emerald City (Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% green using Tineye)
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the PieNew Points: 20
Total Points: 95
Tickets as of this post: BB(3), GO(1), IaF(0)
RedSycamore20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Nancy J's Task: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Option 3: Read a book from the Beautiful Prose List
The Lies of Locke Lamora is on page 3 of the list
**722 pages; Claiming one Big Book ticket
New Points: 20
Total Points: 115
Tickets as of this post: BB(4), GO(1), IaF(0)
RedSycamore20.3 - Best Review - Katy's Task: On Trend
Option 3: Read a book with a title that consists of a complete sentence that includes a proper noun.
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
New Points: 20
Total Points: 135
Tickets as of this post: BB(4), GO(1), IaF(0)
RedSycamore20.4 - Golden Oldies - Maria Jo's Task: The Queen of Crime
Option 4: MPG Religion/Faith/Spirituality
The Gospel According to Mary
New Points: 20
Total Points: 155
Tickets as of this post: BB(4), GO(1), IaF(0)
RedSycamore20.5 - Bigger is Better - Kristina Simon's task: Sail Away
Option 2: Read a book with a homonym found on this list in TITLE (not subtitle)
Homonym: eye/I
The Eye of the World
**800 pages, Claiming two Big Book tickets
Top mass market paperback for page count: The Eye of the World
New Points: 20
Total Points: 175
Tickets as of this post: BB(6), GO(1), IaF(0)
RedSycamore20.6 - It's A Fact- Angela IL's Task: Things I Love in Books!!
Option A: Read a book of at least 300 pages from the Mixed Media List
Welcome to Night Vale (401 pages) is on page 16 of the list.
New Points: 20
Total Points: 195
Tickets as of this post: BB(6), GO(1), IaF(0)
RedSycamore20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Shorter is Sweeter- Jen B's Task: Me Time!
Option 1: Choose ONE hashtag and read a book by an author whose initials (all of them) can be found in that hashtag.
Hashtag: #RKSolidCrew
A Life of Jesus by Shūsaku Endō
New Points: 20
Total Points: 215
Tickets as of this post: BB(6), GO(1), IaF(0)
Bookwrm526Task #15.1 - 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. I read:
Book 1: Miniatures: The Very Short Fiction of John Scalzi by John Scalzi (142p).
Book 2: A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt (142p).
Total points for the challenge: 765
RedSycamore20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Jen K's Task: Egyptian Spring
Option 3: Read 200+ page book with a 4+ letter sub/title word composed from only the letters found in either "Coptic Easter" or "Eid al-Fitr".
Word: FIRE from "Eid al-Fitr"
White Fire (audiobook)
Top mass market paperback for page count: White Fire (470 pages)
New Points: 20
Total Points: 235
Tickets as of this post: BB(6), GO(1), IaF(0)
25.4 - Delicious Dee's Task: Ted Lasso! Corrected repost of post #2305
Option 2, Tails — Season 2
Book 1, author shares the name of one of the main characters in Ted Lasso https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Las...
The Untelling by Tayari Jones
The character is Keeley Jones, portrayed by Juno Temple.
Book 2, a word from a season two episode title appears in the book title https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Las...
Summer at Lavender Bay by Sarah Bennett (Lavender Bay #2)
The word is Lavender.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 790
RedSycamore20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Florence's Task: Busy Bee
Option B: Read a book with a 5 or "five" in the page number, title, or subtitle.
The Wheel of Darkness (audiobook)
Top mass market paperback for page count: The Wheel of Darkness (495 pages)
New Points: 20
Total Points: 255
Tickets as of this post: BB(6), GO(1), IaF(0)
Kim O10.2 . April Fool's Day! Read a book that has “humor” as one of the genres listed on the book’s main page.
Miss Buncle's Book Golden Oldie -- first published 1934
Points this task: 10
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Totals:
Points: 140
Big Book - 500+: 0
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 1
It's a Fact: 4
Lisa MD30.7 - Chandni's Task: Momentous Places
600+ pages.
Option 1: Set 80% in India and author was born in India.
🦋The Secret Keeper of Jaipur by Alka Joshi
384 pages
Option 4: Set 80% in the United Kingdom
🦋The Mitford Affair by Marie Benedict
352 pages
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 945/945
Total Books Read: 73
Tasks Completed: 55/55
Big Book Tickets: 6
Golden Oldies Tickets: 3
Non Fiction Tickets: 19
Kim O20.5 - Bigger is Better - Kristina Simon's task: Sail Away
Option 2: SALE to SAIL - Read a book with a homonym found on this list in TITLE (not subtitle) - https://www.enchantedlearning.com/eng...
“You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People "Need" is the word (knead/need/kneed) non-fiction
Points this task: 20
It's a Fact ticket(s): 1
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Totals:
Points: 160
Big Book - 500+: 0
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 1
It's a Fact: 5
RedSycamore25.2 - Robin P's Task: An Ode to Chocolate
Option 1: Read a book with a title of exactly 3 words
The Ice Limit (audiobook)
**512 pages; Claiming one Big Book ticket
Top mass market paperback for page count: The Ice Limit
Option 3: Read a book from this list of Twist Ending Books
The Cabinet of Curiosities (audiobook) is on page 20 of the list.
**664 pages; Claiming one Big Book ticket
Top mass market paperback for page count: The Cabinet of Curiosities
New Points: 25
Total Points: 280
Tickets as of this post: BB(8), GO(1), IaF(0)
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.10 - Spring, Just Do Your Thing
On a Coastal Breeze
Totals
Points: 235
BB: 0
GO: 1
NF: 10
Total Tasks Completed: 19
Total Books Completed: 20
RedSycamore30.5 - JennRenee's Task: Spring Celebrations
Option A: Read a book with the MPG Horror
Reliquary
Option C: Read a book from the Most Interesting World List
Anathem(audiobook) is on page 12 of the list.
**981 pages; Claiming two Big Book tickets
Top mass market paperback for page count: Anathem
New Points: 30
Total Points: 310
Tickets as of this post: BB(10), GO(1), IaF(0)
RedSycamore30.8 - 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
Mount DragonOption 3: Read a book with at least two of the digits from 2/16/2022 in the page count
Early Christianity and Greek Paideia (162 pages)
**Claiming one It's A Fact ticket
New Points: 30
Total Points: 340
Tickets as of this post: BB(10), GO(1), IaF(1)
RedSycamore50.1 - Lisa MD's Task: The Mod Squad
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.”
The Fires of Heaven (audiobook) by Robert Jordan
**989 pages; Claiming two Big Book tickets
Top mass market paperback for page count: The Fires of Heaven
Option 3: Read a book whose sub/title contains a 4+ letter word made from the founding OR incoming mods names
Word: TERMS (from founding mods name combo: DLMRoseSandyKristina)
The Biblical Greek Companion for Bible Software Users: Grammatical Terms Explained for Exegesis (120 pages)
**Claiming one It's A Fact ticket
Option 5: Choose any mod and read a book that she rated 4 or 5 stars
Mod: DLM Rose (rated 4 stars)
Riptide (audiobook)
Top mass market paperback for page count: Riptide (465 pages)
Total Page Count: 1574
New Points: 50
Total Points: 390
Tickets as of this post: BB(12), GO(1), IaF(2)
RedSycamore15.2 - Earth Day
Option B: Read a book by an author you have read before. I've read Relic and many other books by the same author.
Cemetery Dance (audiobook)
**566 pages; Claiming one Big Book ticket
Top mass market paperback for page count: Cemetery Dance
Option C: Choose the same option again and complete it with another book. I've read Relic and many other books by the same author.
Two Graves (audiobook)
**612 pages; Claiming one Big Book ticket
Top mass market paperback for page count: Two Graves
New Points: 15
Total Points: 405
Tickets as of this post: BB(14), GO(1), IaF(2)
RedSycamore15.3 - Someday My Prince Will Come
Option 2: Read one book that fulfills both a whole-numbered book in a series from #1-7 AND whose title contains a word from the lyrics to “Someday My Prince Will Come.” (All words work including I, and, to, a, be, of)
The Book of the Dead
**597 pages; Claiming one Big Book ticket
Top mass market paperback for page count: The Book of the Dead
New Points: 15
Total Points: 420
Tickets as of this post: BB(15), GO(1), IaF(2)
RedSycamore15.5 - 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"
Word: SHADOW
The Shadow Rising (audiobook)
**1007 pages; Claiming three Big Book tickets
Top mass market paperback for page count: The Shadow Rising
New Points: 15
Total Points: 435
Tickets as of this post: BB(18), GO(1), IaF(2)
RedSycamore15.6 - The Oregon Trail - Read a book set at least 50% in one of the states set along the Oregon Trail: Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, Washington
State: KANSAS (see GR description)
Still Life With Crows (audiobook)
**571 pages; Claiming one Big Book ticket
Top mass market paperback for page count: Still Life With Crows
New Points: 15
Total Points: 450
Tickets as of this post: BB(19), GO(1), IaF(2)
RedSycamore15.7 - 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
Dance of Death (audiobook)
**560 pages; Claiming one Big Book ticket
Top mass market paperback for page count: Dance of Death
New Points: 15
Total Points: 465
Tickets as of this post: BB(20), GO(1), IaF(2)
Kristen IA10.2 . April Fools Day!
Read a book that has “humor” as one of the genres listed on the book’s main page.
Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh - 519 pages
*****I claim 1 Big Book Ticket*****
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 220/945
Tasks Completed: 13/55
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 3
RedSycamore15.10 - 404: File Not Found - Read a book that is NOT found on your TBR as of Feb 15, 2023.
This book wasn't on my TBR as of 2023-02-15. I found it when I was looking for new books from the Pendergast series by the same author. It's an early, mostly standalone book that I somehow missed!
Thunderhead (audiobook)
**531 pages; Claiming one Big Book ticket
Top mass market paperback for page count: Thunderhead
New Points: 15
Total Points: 480
Tickets as of this post: BB(21), GO(1), IaF(2)
RedSycamore10.2 - April Fools Day! - Read a book with the MPG Humor
The Praise of Folly
**Originally published 1511; Claiming one Golden Oldies ticket
New Points: 10
Total Points: 490
Tickets as of this post: BB(21), GO(2), IaF(2)
RedSycamore10.3 - Feeling possessive? - Read a book with a possessive noun in its title or subtitle.
How To Japan: A Tokyo Correspondent's Take
**Claiming one It's A Fact ticket
New Points: 10
Total Points: 500
Tickets as of this post: BB(21), GO(2), IaF(3)
RedSycamore10.4 - 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
Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan
**1011 pages; Claiming three Big Book tickets
Top mass market paperback for page count: Lord of Chaos
New Points: 10
Total Points: 510
Tickets as of this post: BB(24), GO(2), IaF(3)
RedSycamore10.6 - Batter up! - Read a book set at least 50% in one of the countries represented on MLB rosters in recent years
Country: ITALY (See GR description under 'Settings')
Brimstone
**740 pages; Claiming one Big Book ticket
Top mass market paperback for page count: Brimstone
New Points: 10
Total Points: 520
Tickets as of this post: BB(25), GO(2), IaF(3)
RedSycamore10.8 - My Favorite Holiday! - Read a book from the first 25 pages of the Stories For Book Lovers List
The Great Hunt (audiobook) is on page 8 of the list.
**705 pages; Claiming one Big Book ticket
Top mass market paperback for page count: The Great Hunt
New Points: 10
Total Points: 530
Tickets as of this post: BB(26), GO(2), IaF(3)
RedSycamore10.9 - Spring into Action - Read a book with the MPG Action and/or Adventure
The Dragon Reborn (audiobook)
**624 pages; Claiming one Big Book ticket
Top mass market paperback for page count: The Dragon Reborn
New Points: 10
Total Points: 540
Tickets as of this post: BB(27), GO(2), IaF(3)
Kristen IA25.4 - Delicious Dee's Task: Ted Lasso!
For this task you will flip ONE coin (https://flipacoin.fun/)
REQUIRED: State the option and/or the result of your coin flip
HEADS - Use Season 1. - I flipped heads
Option 1- HEADS - SEASON ONE
Season 1 sees Ted Lasso (Jason Sudakeis) hired by Rebecca Welton (Hannah Waddingham) to be head coach of AFC Richmond.
For this option, at least one book, must be #1 in a series of at least 3 published books. The series name and number must be indicated in the GR title listing in grayscale italics above the title.
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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Las...
Names must match exactly but may be in any position.
Required: State the actor's name - Brendan Hunt
The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
Book 2 – Read a book where a word from one of the SEASON ONE episode title names appears in the book title. The word must be at least four letters and must match exactly. Subtitles are excluded.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Las...
Required:: State the episode name - "Make Rebecca Great Again"
The Family You Make: A Novel by Jill Shalvis
I listened to the audiobook and linked the MMPB edition
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 245/945
Tasks Completed: 14/55
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 3
RedSycamore10.10 - Collaboration of the Year - Read a book that is written by two authors
Fever Dream (audiobook) by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
**544 pages; Claiming one Big Book ticket
Top mass market paperback for page count: Fever Dream
New Points: 10
Total Points: 550
Tickets as of this post: BB(28), GO(2), IaF(3)
RedSycamore5.3 - 3D View Master - Read a book which has exactly 3 letter "D"'s in the title/subtitle
Red Seas Under Red Skies
**558 pages; Claiming one Big Book ticket
New Points: 5
Total Points: 555
Tickets as of this post: BB(29), GO(2), IaF(3)
RedSycamore5.4 - Mythical Monsters - Read a book with a mythical creature from the following list.
Creature: were-creature/shapeshifter
Relic
New Points: 5
Total Points: 560
Tickets as of this post: BB(29), GO(2), IaF(3)
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
Conversational Japanese in 7 Days (other topics)Cold Vengeance (other topics)
Relic (other topics)
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10.3 - Feeling Possessive
Possessive noun in title/subtitle
Sarah's Key by Tatiana De Rosnay
Points this post - 10
Total points - 30