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SPRING CHALLENGE 2023
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Beard Science by Penny Reid / MPG Humor
Points this post: 10
Total points: 210
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.3 Best Review - Katy's Task: On Trend
Option 4: You: A Novel in Verse by A.T.Micalizzi
Points this post: 20
Total points: 115/945
Tasks completed: 9/55
Books read: 9
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Homecoming King by Penny Reid / KING in title
Points this post: 5
Total points: 215
Delicious Dee10.8 - My Favorite Holiday!
The Camel Bookmobile - found on pg 4
points this post: 10
total points: 85
Its a Fact Tickets: 2
Task 10.10 - Collaboration of the Yearread a book with two authors
Lobsters by Tom Ellen & Lucy Ivison
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165 points
2 BB tix
1 NF tix
FLY Task #15.3 - Someday My Prince Will Come
Option 2- Read one book that fulfills both book A and B options.
book: Shadow Kiss
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
task A: title contains a word from the lyrics to “Someday My Prince Will Come.”
how it fits: word in lyrics = "kiss"
task B: a whole-numbered book in a series from #1 - #7
how it fits: (Vampire Academy, #3)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 3/55
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
It's A Fact tickets: 0
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Andy P.Task # 25.3 - Chris MD's Task: 1930s Lit and Lists
Option 1. Read a book from the the list Best Books of the Decade: 1930s The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett found on page 1 of list #42 as of (3/17/23)
Option 3 Read a book from the list: Best Hardboiled and Noir Fiction. Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler page 1 # 4 on list as of 3/17/23
Points this post: 25
Total points: 120
PegW5.7 - Who’s Behind Those Foster Grants?
Read a book whose cover shows a pair of sunglasses or someone wearing sunglasses.
I read
*Claiming an It's a Fact ticket
Points this post: 5
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 7
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 0
IF tickets: 4
JUKKA15.7 - March April May
Book whose title has A-B-A sequence.
Call of Cthulhu Starter Set by Mike Mason et al.
Total Points: 90/945
Total Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 7/55
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 0
JEN B10.10. Collaboration of the Year
Read a book that is written by two authors (two authors only, no more no less) The authors may be listed separately, or may be two authors writing under one name.
Roomies by Christina Lauren
Christina Lauren is the penname for a team of authors
TOTAL POINTS: 65
Kathy KS20.4 - Golden Oldies - Maria Jo's Task: The Queen of Crime
Option 1. Read a book by Agatha Christie... that was first published before 1950.
The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
1st published: 1942
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb=190 p. (Un cadavre dans la bibliothèque)
**Claiming 1 (one) Golden Oldies ticket** 1st published: 1 Feb 1942
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 175
Tasks completed: 10/55
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
Katrisa20.2 Rookie 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
Amy B25.2 - Robin P's Task: An Ode to Chocolate
Choose two different options and read a book from each option
REQUIRED: Specify in your post the options used.
1. Read a book with a title of exactly 3 words. Subtitles should be ignored.
Island of Flowers by Nora Roberts
2. Read a book whose author’s full name (as listed on Goodreads) has exactly 2 M’s in it.
A Very Nice Girl by Imogen Crimp
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 75 Points
Katrisa20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- Jen B's Task: Me Time
Opt 1 - Choose ONE hashtag and read a book by an author whose initials (all of them) can be found in that hashtag.
#WeRide4Leanne
I read Easy Motion Tourist by Leye Adenle
LA in #werideforLeAnne
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 200
ED20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Florence's Task: Busy Bee
Option B: DECLUTTERING
Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance by John Waters
256p.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 55
Books read: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Non-Fiction: 0
Tasks completed: 4
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15.7; 15.10
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Amy B20.3 - Best Review - Katy's Task: On Trend
For this task, pick a trend and read a book that fits the trend:
Required: State the option.
4. Direct Address - Read a book that uses "you" or "your" in the title. The word must match exactly- no variations.
If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 95 Points
Sara ITA20.10 - Group Reads
Gutenberg Classic: Persuasione by Jane Austen
I listened to the audiobook / MMP: Persuasion, 295 pages
Partecipation in the book's discussion thread: post #4 and #5
** Persuasion is a Golden Oldie, first published in 1817. Claiming 1 GO ticket. **
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Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
Barbara ★20.7 - 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.
Still Alive - Ava Strong 3/12
(A & S in #CalliesKillaCrew)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 150
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★20.5 - Bigger is Better - Kristina Simon's task: Sail Away
Option 3: Read a book with a domestic cat (a pet, not a lion, tiger, or other big cat) on the cover.
Nine Lives Last Forever - Rebecca M. Hale 3/15
Points this task: 20
Total points: 170
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★15.10 - 404: File Not Found
Read 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.
Temptation - T.K. Leigh 3/16
(I found this book through Chirp, an audiobook website on March 5, 2023.)
Link to my TBR: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Points this task: 15
Total points: 185
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★15.2 - Earth Day
Option A. Reduce: Read a book that was added to your TBR before March 1, 2022
Wanted by the Werewolf Prince - Kara Lockharte 3/14
(added October 14, 2017)
My TBR: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Option B. Reuse: Read a book by an author you have read before. The book may be a reread or a new-to-you book.
XOXO - Axie Oh 3/1
I read The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea on Dec 3, 2022
My link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Points this task: 15
Total points: 200
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★5.5 - Crime in History
Read a book with a main page genre Crime.
The Perfect Wife - Blake Pierce 3/17
(has MPG crime)
Points this task: 5
Total points: 205
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Christine V5.4 - Mythical Monsters
Ariadne
Creature: Minotaur
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)
It's A Fact: 0
5.9 - Do Not Adjust Your SetRead a book where the author's first and last names can be found in LESLIE MITCHELL
Dream Girl by Laura Lippman LesLie mitchell
Points this post: 5
Total points: 220
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 19
GO tickets: 0
BB tickets: 0
IF tickets: 2
15.5 What's Up DocStorm Watch by C.J. Box
The word is Watch - WHAT's up doC
Post Total: 15
Grand Total: 15
20.5 Sail AwayOption 2: Night Wherever We Go by Tracey Rose Peyton
The word is NIGHT
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 35
20.8 - Nickles & Dimes - Jen K's Task: Egyptian SpringOption 2: The Pyramids
Read a book written by a single author whose initials (all initials) are made of letters without curves
Blackbird House by Alice Hoffman, initials AH are both curveless
Points this post: 20
Total points: 240
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 20
GO tickets: 0
BB tickets: 0
IF tickets: 2
Barbara ★5.10 - Spring, Just Do Your Thing
Read a book that meets SRC rules.
No Way Out - Rylie Dark 3/18
Points this task: 5
Total points: 210
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Lisa MD15.9 - The Joy of Cooking
MPG: Food, Cooking, NF
☑️🦋 Feed These People: Slam-Dunk Recipes for Your Crew by Jen Hatmaker
I claim a NF ticket.
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 55/945
Total Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 4/55
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Non Fiction Tickets: 2
CANDY5.4 - Mythical Monsters
Read a book with a mythical creature from the following list
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
The MC Viv is an orc
Points this post: 5
Total points: 60
Books read: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Non-Fiction: 0
Tasks completed: 4
JUKKA5.8 - One Small Step for Man
Book with main page genre Space.
Star Trek, Volume 4 by Mike Johnson.
Total Points: 95/945
Total Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 8/55
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 0
Katrisa5.6 - Superheroes on the Rise
Superheroes read a book from Superhero Fiction list
I read Vicious from P1
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 205
Coralie15.4 I’m Going On an Adventure!
1 book option
Book with main page genre Fantasy written by an author who uses an initial in the first name position
Paladin's Hope by T. Kingfisher
Total to date 55 points
Coralie15.5 What’s Up Doc?
Book with a word in the title that can be made using only the letters from What’s up, Doc? – CUTS
The Spear Cuts Through Water
Total to date 70 points
15.5 - What's Up, Doc?Title word made from letters in "What's up, Doc": What We Were Promised by Lucy Tan
The word is What
Points this post: 15
Total points: 60
LAUREN JODI15.1. Vernal Equinox
Book #1: 352 Pages
Illusion Town by Jayne Castle
Book #2: 359 pages
Hell Breaks Loose by Sophie Jordan
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 190/945
Golden Oldies Ticket: 2
It's A Fact Ticket: 2
Total Books Read: 16
Total Tasks Completed: 13/55
20.6 - It's A Fact- Angela IL's Task: Things I Love in Books!!Option A: Mixed Media (page 7)
The Moonday Letters by Emmi Itäranta
359 pages
Total this Post: 20
Season Total: 180
Julia1035.1 - Flying High
(airplanes on cover)
This post: 5 points
Total points: 95
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 0
Tasks completed: 7
Total books read: 7
Amy B15.8 - The Trail of Tears
Read a book written by an AUTHOR that has been shelved as an Indigenous Author from the first 25 pages of this list: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Books are not limited to the book on the list; any book by the author may be used. One qualifying author in a book with multiple authors would work.
Required: State the page where the author is found.
Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction, edited by Joshua Whitehead, contains story by Darcie Little Badger who is on pg #1 for Elatsoe
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 110 Points
Amy FL10.4. What's in a Name?
Righteous Prey by John Sandford - John is the 3rd most popular name on the list
Points this post: 10
Total points: 80
Amy FL15.3 - Someday My Prince Will Come
Option 2; Between Black and White - AND and McMurtrie and Drake #2
Points this post: 15
Total points: 95
Amy FL20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- Jen B's Task: Me Time
Option 1: Blown Away by David Wiltse - DW in #RKSolidCrew
Points this post: 20
Total points: 115
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.3 Someday My Prince Will Come
Option 1:
Book A: When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr
AR information: IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9.0
WORD = when
Book B: Deadly Delivery by Tonya Kappes
A Mail Carrier Cozy Mystery, #7
Points this post: 15
Total points: 130/945
Tasks completed: 10/55
Books read: 11
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.4 I'm Going On An Adventure!
Option 1:
Book A: Coven by Jennifer Dugan
Book B: Kill For Me by M. William Phelps
Points this post: 15
Total points: 145/945
Tasks completed: 11/55
Books read: 13
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.5 Bigger is Better - Kristina Simon's task: Sail Away
Option 3:
by Valona JonesPoints this post: 20
Total points: 165/945
Tasks completed: 12/55
Books read: 14
Julia10320.1 - Most Improved - Barbara ★'s Task: The Wizard of Oz
Option 2:
(Flowers on cover approved in task help thread post #17)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 115
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 0
Tasks completed: 8
Total books read: 8
JUKKA20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Jen K's Task: Egyptian Spring
Option 2: Book whose author's initials have no curves.
Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir.
Total Points: 105/945
Total Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 9/55
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 0
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 200