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SPRING CHALLENGE 2023
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CANDY10.4. 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.
The Warrior Retreat by John Lynch
John is #3 on the males list
Points this post: 10
Total points: 55
Books read: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Non-Fiction: 0
Tasks completed: 3
Task 15.10 - 404: File Not Foundnew-to-me book not on TBR before 15 Feb
Days of Sand
I found this browsing in a bookshop early March
New to me
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130 points
2 BB tix
MAZZA15.5 - Crime in History
Read a book with a main page genre
Sometimes People Die
Crime verified in verification thread here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
points this post = 5
Points to date = 5
Kai5.3 3D View Master
Read a book which has exactly 3 letter D's in the title/subtitle.
Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance by Alison Espach
New Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 4
Total Points: 60
MAZZA115.1 - 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
BOTH books have MPG Childrens
The Voyage of the “Dawn Treader” 216 pages
AR book finder info
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Lewis, C.S.
AR Quiz No. 200114 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MY - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9.0
The Silver Chair 217 pages
The Silver Chair
Lewis, C.S.
AR Quiz No. 200111 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MY - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8.0
points this post = 15
Points to date =20
MAZZA115.2 - Earth Day
A. Reduce: Read a book that was added to your TBR before March 1, 2022 (last year).
The Christie Affair
this is my TBR https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
book was added December 2021
B. Reuse: Read a book by an author you have read before.
The Last Battle This is a childrens book
The Last Battle
Lewis, C.S.
AR Quiz No. 200109 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MY - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7.0
Required: State the book you have read before.
I have read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by this author before
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 35
MAZZA115.3 - Someday My Prince Will Come
Option 2 read a book filling BOTH the following options
Read a book whose title contains a word from the lyrics to “Someday My Prince Will Come.”
AND
that is a whole-numbered book in a series from #1 - #7.
Prince Caspian "Prince" is word from Lyrics #4 chronological
Childrens MPG Ar bookfinder info
Prince Caspian
Lewis, C.S.
AR Quiz No. 200110 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MY - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7.0
points this post = 15
Points to date = 50
MAZZA115.4 - I'm Going On An Adventure!
Option 2: Read one book That firs Both options A and one book B.
main page genre of Fantasy AND
written by an author who uses an initial in the first name position.
The Horse and His Boy
C.S. Lewis
Childrens MPG AR Bookfinder info
The Horse and His Boy
Lewis, C.S.
AR Quiz No. 200108 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MY - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8.0
points this post = 15
Points to date = 65
MAZZA130.1 - Teri K's Task: Movie Musicals!
Choose two different tasks, or use Option 4.
The minimum number of pages to read is 760.
Option 2. My Fair Lady
Read a book with the MPG Classics.
Emma this is 512 pages I am claiming 1 x BB ticket
Option 3. Singing in the Rain
Read a book with all the letters RAIN in the author's name.
Take My Hand 359 pages
Dolen Perkins-Valdez
512+359 pages = 871 pages exceeding requirements
points this post = 30
points to date = 95
BB tickets = 1
MAZZA130.7 - Chandni's Task: Momentous Places
Help Thread
For this task you will need to read 2 books and choose two different options. The combined page total must be greater than 600 pages.
Option 3
For this option, read a book that is set at least 80% in Canada, or the author was born in Canada.
Our Homesick Songs Set entirely in Canada( in GR info) and Author is Canadian 318 pages
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).
The Bookseller of Inverness Set in Inverness, Scotland in GR Info 416 pages
318 + 416 pages = 732 exceeds requirement
points this post = 30
points to date = 125
MAZZA130.8 - Kaora's Task: Chicken Katsu
Option 1. Read a book that has all the letters SHIBA in the title and/or subtitle.
The Sunday Philosophy Club
Option 3. 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
The Ink Black Heart PAGES 1012
2,0, and 1 appear in required digits
I am claiming 3 x BB Tickets
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 155
BB tickets this post = 3
BB tickets to date = 4
MAZZA130.9 - Amy FL's Task: Farewell to My Love
Select two options and read a book for each one. The combined total pages must be 501 or greater.
Option 2: read a book with a 3 and 7 in the page count.
A River in the Sky 307 pages
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 -
Sea of Lost Love 464 pages USING "LOVE"
307 + 464 = 771 pages exceeds requirements
points this post = 30
Points to date = 185
REPOST TO FIX ERRORTask:20.1 - Most Improved - Barbara ★'s Task: The Wizard of Oz
Option 2 - flowers on the cover
Book read:
by Anne BrontëRequired:3 flowers in vase plus flowers all over wallpaper, and 224 pages long.
I claim 1 golden oldie as this was first published in 1847
Points this task:20
Total points:30
Total Golden Oldies:1
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:0
Books read:2
Tasks completed:2
Task 25.1 - Adulting Suxone graphic OK
option 1: bare feet on cover
Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 1 - The Birth of Humankind
bare feet on the human
non-fiction - claiming 1 NF tix
option 2: MPG Sports
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155 points
2 BB tix
1 NF tix
25.2 - Robin P's Task: An Ode to ChocolateOption 1: 3 Musketeers
Read a book with a title of exactly 3 words. Subtitles should be ignored
The Paris Bookseller by Kerri Maher
Option 2: M & M
Read a book whose author:s full name has exactly 2 M's in it
The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue eMMa donoghue
Points this post: 25
Total points: 175
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 15
GO tickets: 0
BB tickets: 0
IF tickets: 2
Kristen IA10.4. 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..."
Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 25/945
Tasks Completed: 2/55
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
Deborah20.6 - It's A Fact- Angela IL's Task: Things I Love in Books!!
Option C: Mental Health
We Are the Ants 455 pages
As of posting, page 2 at the top of the list
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 115
Books Read:8
Tasks Done: 7
Katrisa10.6. Batter up!
In recognition of the international aspects of American baseball, read a book set at least 50% in Aruba, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominican Republic, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Venezuela.
I read Weimar Culture: The Outsider as Insider set in Germany between the World Wars.
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 140
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Jen K's Task: Egyptian SpringOption 2: Read a book written by a single author whose initials (all initials) are made of letters without curves. Letters without curves for this task include: A, E, F, H, I, K, L, M, N, T, V, W, X, Y and Z.
The Trial by Franz Kafka
255 pages
author's initials, FK
Total this Post: 20
Season Total: 160
MEGSCL10.10. Collaboration of the Year
Aurora's End
**512 pages - big book ticket
TOTAL - 125
BIG BOOKS - 2
MEGSCL25.1 - Tien’s Task: Adulting Sux
2. Chauffeur: MPG of Sports
Able: Gold Medals, Grand Slams and Smashing Glass Ceilings
**It’s a FACT
3. Laundry: slippers
Break Your Glass Slippers
**It’s a FACT
TOTAL - 150
BIG BOOKS - 2
IT’S A FACT - 2
10.10 Collaboration of the Year I read Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan
Total Points: 15
20.10 Group Reads I read Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus and made post 3 in the discussion thread.
Total Points: 35
Inge5.4 - Mythical Monsters
Read a book with a mythical creature from the following list
Queen Takes King
creature: Vampire (multiple)
Total points this task: 5
total points: 35
15.6 - The Oregon TrailRead a book set at least 50% in one of the states set along the Oregon Trail: Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, Washington
Knit Tight by Annabeth Albert
Knit Tight is set in Oregon.
Knit Tight is ebook only. It's number 1841 on the ebook spreadsheet.
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 30
JUKKA15.4 - I'm Going On An Adventure!
Book A: Main page genre Fantasy.
Pathfinder Volume 7: Spiral of Bones by Crystal Frasier et al.
Book B: Book by an author using an initial in first name position.
The Twilight Zone Volume 1: The Way Out by J. Michael Straczynski.
Total Points: 60/945
Total Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 4/55
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 0
Pat 20.2 ~ Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Read one book, from one of the options below.
Required: State the option you used.
Option 2. CULTURAL
Read a cultural book from the first 25 pages of this list: Cultural
Required: State the page.
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline BoulleyRead ~ 3.6.23
Pages ~ 496
Relevance ~ Page 3 of the list
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Points This Task ~ 20
Total Points ~ 20
ROBIN P30.8 Kaora's Task: Chicken Katsu
Option 3 - Page count has 1, 2, 2, 6, 0 - The Caves of Steel - 206 pages
Option 4 - author name part starts with K
Mining for Justice - Kathleen Ernst
Points this post: 30
Total points: 200
BB:2 GO:0 IAF:2
Sara G15.9 - The Joy of Cooking
Read a NONFICTION book with the main page genre Food, Cooking or Food and Drink.
Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
This book has the MPG Food.
**Salt: A World History is nonfiction (MPG Nonfiction). I claim one It's a Fact ticket.**
Points this post: 15
Total points: 80
Bookwrm526Task #20.10 - Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Winter 2022- 2023 season. The requirement for this task: you must participate in the book's discussion thread below. I read An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong and posted in the discussion thread at post #3.
Total points so far: 140
MAZZA115.10- 404: File Not Found
Read a book that is NOT found on your TBR as of Feb 15, 2023.
Killers of a Certain Age
found because it was nominated for NBRC BOM another GR group
Added to my shelf 01/03/2023
points this post = 15
Points to date 200
Katrisa10.7. Avengers Assemble!
To celebrate Free Comic Book day on May 6, read a book with the main page genre graphic novels, sequential art, comics
I read Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 1
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 150
KatrisaRookie at the Top - Nancy J's Task: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Opt 3A. Read a book with beautiful prose from the first 25 pages of this list: Beautiful Prose
I read The Night Circus from P1
Points this Post: 20
Points total: 170
Katrisa10.10. Collaboration of the Year
Read a book that is written by two authors (two authors only, no more no less)
I read One Life by Megan Rapinoe and Emma Brockes
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 180
30.9 - Amy FL's Task: Farewell to My LoveOption 1: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in MICHELENE or LANEEKA
How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran MiChelene, Audiobook, 398 pg first MMP
Option 4: Read a book with a word in the title of 4 or more letters from the lyrics of I'll Always Love You by Taylor Dayne
To Love and to Loathe by Martha Waters, my word is love
Audiobook, no MMP, 384 pg first PB
398 + 384 = 782 pg
Points this post: 30
Total points: 205
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 17
GO tickets: 0
BB tickets: 0
IF tickets: 2
10.7 - Avengers Assemble!Read a book that has an MPG of graphic novels, sequential art, or comics
The Outside Circle: A Graphic Novel by Patti Laboucane-Benson
Points this post: 10
Total points: 215
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 18
GO tickets: 0
BB tickets: 0
IF tickets: 2
JUKKA5.6 - Superheroes on the Rise
Book from the Superhero Fiction list.
All-Star Superman, Vol. 1 by Grant Morrison, from page six of the list. The actual volume I read was Absolute All-Star Superman, in which this is contained.
Total Points: 65/945
Total Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 5/55
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 0
JUKKA10.7. Avengers Assemble!
Book with main page genre Comics, Graphic Novels, or Sequential Art.
All-Star Superman, Vol. 2 by Grant Morrison has Comics and Graphic Novels. The actual volume I read was Absolute All-Star Superman, in which this is contained.
Total Points: 75/945
Total Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 6/55
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 0
10.3. Feeling possessive?Thursday's Child (Frieda Klein #4) by Nicci French
Total this Post: 10
Season Total: 170
BrownEyedGirl30.6
I read Black Ties and White Lies for book 1 and White Lies for book 2. The page total is: 795
Honestly, White Lies was not a super enjoyable read...
Points this task: 30
Books this task: 2
Points to date: 125
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 9
Joanne MI10.9 - Spring into Action
Read a book with the MPG Action and/or Adventure.
The Hunt for Mount Everest -MPG Adventure
Points this task 10
Total Points 40
IAF this task 1
Total IAF 2
Nick KY15.1 Vernal Equinox Read two books with the same first two numbers in their enumeration.
Book 1. I read The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, 381 pp.
Book 2. I read The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch, 383 pp.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 160
ROBIN P10.4 - What's in a Name
Author first name on list
Death at Gills Rock - Patricia Skalka - Patricia is one of the popular names
Points this post: 10
Total points: 210
BB:2 GO:0 IAF:2
Mod
Option 4-
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra / Fits option 2: MPG Classics; Fits option 3: RAIN in author; Don Quixote MMPB 1264 pgs >760
See Mod note: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 30
Total points: 160
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.7 March April May
Garters and Gargoyles by Nancy Warren
Points this post: 15
Total points: 75/945
Tasks completed: 7/55
Books read: 7
Mod
Option B-
Truth or Beard by Penny Reid / 5 in pg number, PB 375 pgs
Points this post: 20
Total points: 180
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.1 Most Improved - Barbara ★'s Task: The Wizard of Oz
Option 5: Herringbones and Hexes: Vampire Knitting Club book 12 by Nancy Warren
Points this post: 20
Total points: 95/945
Tasks completed: 8/55
Books read: 8
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Dirty Martini by J.A. Konrath
Date Read: 3/15
Rating: 3*
How It Fits: MPG Humor Genre verified
Points this post: 10
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 8
GO tickets: 0
BB tickets: 1
IF tickets: 0