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SPRING CHALLENGE 2024
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
10.10 - World Bee day
read a book where the Title AND Author name both contain the letter B.
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
New Points: 10
Total Points: 470
Tickets as of this post: BB(3), GO(4), IaF(6)
20.9 - Moderators Pet - Marie-Anne's Task: Card Game Memories
Option 3 - Read a book that is either #1, #3 or #4 in a series and has at least one of the digits 1, 3, or 4 in year of first publication.
Mammoths at the Gates
New Points: 20
Total Points: 490
Tickets as of this post: BB(3), GO(4), IaF(6)
ED10.4 - The Adventure Game
Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide by Cecily Wong
MPG=Adventure
*****I CLAIM 1 IT'S A FACT TICKET*****
Points for this task: 10
Total points : 90
Tasks completed: 5
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 3
Tasks Completed:
10.4
20.2; 20.5; 20.6; 20.8
SUSAN A25.5 Delicious Dee - Bee Hive Bookclub
Option 1: Read a book where BEE or HIVE can be found intact in the title (not subtitle). for example
Sir Loin of Beef by Vanessa Vale
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB. paperback here
BEE in title - Sir Loin of BEEf
170 pages
Option 3: Read a book where the authors first & last initials match a member in my sub-hive.
Seraph by Lily Mayne
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB. paperback
author initials L M
379 pages
170 + 379 = 549 pages
previous post: 985
points this post: 25
new total: 1010
ED20.1 Most Improved - FLY's Task: Springing To Mind
Option 3
Design for Living by Noël Coward
pub. 1932- ***** I CLAIM 1 GO TICKET*****
"NC" found in "duCkliNgs"
Points for this task: 20
Total points : 110
Tasks completed: 6
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: 3
Tasks Completed:
10.4
20.1; 20.2; 20.5; 20.6; 20.8
30.7 - TessaVanessa’s Task: The Price is RightOption 1, title word in COME ON DOWN, YOU'RE THE NEXT CONTESTANT: The Women by Kristin Hannah
The word is Women
Option 4, dog on the cover: The Diva Takes the Cake by Krista Davis
Points this post: 30
Total points: 295
Deborah20.9 Moderators Pet - Marie-Anne's Task: Card Game Memories
Option 3
Magic in Light (Supernatural Community #1)
First published November 21, 2019
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 150
Books Read: 12
Tasks Done: 10
FLY Task #15.3 X's and O's
Option 2: Read one book that satisfies both tasks
book: Exit, Pursued by a Bear
(my version is kindle, no MMPB, first PB here)
task 1: title contains at least one X
how it fits: X in e(x)it
task 2: single author name contains at least 2 O's
how it fits: 2 O's in author name E.K. Johnston
Points this post: 15
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 6/61
BB: 0 / GO: 0 / IAF: 0
Joanne MI20.5 Bigger is Better
Option 2 author’s first and last initial found in “Duckpins and Dollars. "
Crown Duel by Sherwood Smith
Points this task 20
Season Total 130
3 IAF
(sorry, a rash of posts following a holiday!)Task 5.5 - Welcome, Watchers of Illusion
MARE found in KNIGHTMARE
The Mare
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265 points
Task 10.7 - Springtime in Parisset in Paris, France, per metadata (and image of Eiffel Tower on cover!)
Maigret and the Killer
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290 points
Task 15.3 - X's and O'sone book option:
X in title plus author name has two Os
An Atlas of Extinct Countries by Gideon Defoe
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305 points
Task 15.7 - Let's Break!Maigret takes trips to Nice and Geneva as a central part of the plot
Maigret Travels
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320 points
Task 25.4 - Nordic Noir Plus Ten500+ pages
book 1: set in Sweden
Hidden in Snow
I read the kindle above, MMPB: Offermakaren 470 pages
book 2; option 3: both books published in same year (2020)
Chosen Ones
419 pages
470+419= 889 >> 500
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365 points
Task 25.12 - A Birdish Yearboth authors female
option 3: 75% orange.
Mania by L.J. Ross
TinEye:
38.9 %#ef7a14Orange
26.3 %#f23d03Orange
11.2 %#f55104Orange
5.8 %#e9a358Orange
5.3 %#1a1211Black
4.4 %#ebbc8ePink
3.2 %#c25b1eOrange
2.4 %#5b2b0fBrown
1.8 %#e6e3dbGrey
0.6 %#ec8867Orange
option 4: author initials in ACTOR
by Rachelle Atallahttps://www.scottishbooktrust.com/aut...
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390 points
Andy P.Task # 5.3 P-P-P-Pick Up A Penguin
Read a book that has been published as a Penguin Classic according to this Wiki list.
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
Points this post: 5
Total points: 100
Task 20.2 - Play Well, Read Well!option 3b: three word title where following words share letters
Aunts Aren't Gentlemen
1st word ANT shared with 2nd word
2nd word ENT shared with 3rd word
(and, cause I can loop it! 3rd word NT shared with 1st word)
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410 points
Nick KY30.5 - Truitt_T’s task: Match it Up!
Read two books with an identical 4 or more letter word in the title or subtitle. The words must be identical - no plurals, possessives, or embedded words allowed. One of your chosen books MUST be Non-Fiction.
Book 1. I read The Last Illusion by Rhys Bowen. 279 pp
Book 2. I read The Novels of Thomas Hardy: Illusion and Reality by Penelope Vigar. Nonfiction. 226 pp
The matched word is “Illusion.”
Total pp = 505 > required 500
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 370
Christine V10.7 - Springtime in Paris
The Iron King
Points this post: 10
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)
It's A Fact: 3
Deborah5.10 All The Information Is On The Task
The Grounding of Group 6
Not on either of the AR: Bookfinders
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 155
Books Read: 13
Tasks Done: 11
Bookwrm526Task #20.3 - Subtitles
Read a book with a subtitle that has at least 6 words in it. I read Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity by Leah Myers (has 7 words in the subtitle).
Total points so far: 225
TessaVanessa Challenge 15.1 Here's the Question
Book 1: Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor, Vol. 1: After Life by Al Ewing
Book 2: POV by Ted Staunton
Points this post: 15
Total points: 370
Task completed: 27
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.4 Golden Oldies - Hannelore's Task: I Really Like This Bowl
Option 2:
by Jane Austen and Stacy KingPoints this post: 20
Total points: 390
Task completed: 28
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.5 Bigger is Better - Lisa’s Task: Bowling For Dollars
Option C: A Charming Spell by Tonya Kappes
I used SPARE: A chaRming SPEll
Points this post: 20
Total points: 410
Task completed: 29
Nick KY10.8 Spring Forward Read the next book in a series that you've already started. REQUIRED: state that the book is new to you AND which book in the series you have previously read.
I read An Eggnog to Die for for # 30.7. It was no. 2 in the Cape Cod Foodie series. I read # 3 in the series for this task, Murder Is No Picnic by Amy Pershing. It is new to me.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 380
Mai15.4 Category Is...
Option 2: One book that satisfies both requirements
Category same name: author shares a first name with JOHN LESLIE
and has the MPG Nonfiction
We Are Data: Algorithms and the Making of Our Digital Selves by John Cheney-Lippold
*Claim 1 Nonfiction ticket*
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 160
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 11
NF Tickets: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
SUSAN A25.7 Lora - St Patrick's Day
Option 1: Wearin' of the Green - Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% green according to TinEye AND has minimum 317 pages.
In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB. paperback here
>50% green per tineye
59.2 % #2a4e1dGreen
9.4 % #e0e3ddGrey
9.1 % #151707Black
6.9 % #719730Green
6.8 % #3fac4fGreen
3.4 % #5e380dBrown
2.1 % #757b30Brown
1.3 % #f6f138Yellow
1.3 % #bcc334Green
0.5 % #a24006Brown
480 pages
Option 3: Emblems
Read a book that contains one of the following on the cover:
Clover (3 or 4 leaf will count),
Shamrock Spiced Omega by Susi Hawke
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB. paperback here
- clover on cover154 pages
480 + 154 = 634 pages
previous post: 1010
points this post: 25
total points: 1035
25.7 - Lora - Happy St. Patrick's Day
Choose two different options. Total pages must be 500 or more pages.
Option 1: Book with a cover at least 50% green AND has minimum 317 pages.
Hidden Depths, 416 pages
(Mass market paperback for page count: Hidden Depths)
Option 3: Read a book with a Beer, Harp, Clover, Pot of Gold, or Leprechaun on the cover.
The Black Cauldron, 182 pages (Harp)
(IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7.0)
Total pages: 598
New Points: 25
Total Points: 515
Tickets as of this post: BB(3), GO(4), IaF(6)
Readerboard name: Mel S15.7 - Let's Break!
A trip, vacation, or getaway is central to the story
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
This post: 15pts
This season: 225pts
Total books: 17
Total tasks: 15
ED 20.4 Golden Oldies - Hannelore's Task: I Really Like This Bowl
Option 3
The Reader's Companion to Cuba by Alan Ryan
"AR" found in "ReAlly"
*****I CLAIM 1 IT'S A FACT TICKET*****
Points for this task: 20
Total points : 130
Tasks completed: 7
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: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 4
Tasks Completed:
10.4
20.1; 20.2; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6; 20.8
Karen DTask 5.5 Welcome, Watchers of Illusion
Book: Granite Harbor, finished 4/2
Word: GRANITE
Points this task : 5
Total points: 265
Julia10320.3 Best Review Lucy-Bookworm: Subtitles
The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution
This book is non-fiction so claiming one It's A Fact ticket.
This post: 20 points, 1 NF
Total points: 230
BB: 5
GO: 0
NF: 1
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 16
25.8 - MEGSCL - Learning to read
Choose two different options.
Option 1: Read a book by an author with a first name that starts with M, S, or F.
Adventures in Immediate Irreality by Max Blecher
Option 3: Read a book with the main page genre Childrens, Junior, or Middle Grade
The Book of Three
(IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7.0)
New Points: 25
Total Points: 540
Tickets as of this post: BB(3), GO(4), IaF(6)
LoraTask: 15.5 Survey Says
Book/Author: Trust / Hernan Diaz
How it fits: Nominee for Best Historical Fiction (2022)
Points for this task: 15
Total points: 145
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
Amy B20.4 Golden Oldies - Hannelore's Task: I Really Like This Bowl
This is a one book task, choose an option and read one book for that option.
Required: State the option
Option 3: Read a book where the first and last initials of the author(s) can be found in the quote “I REALLY LIKE THIS BOWL”. Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
Zorrie by Laird Hunt
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 140 Points
EMurphy30.5 Truitt_T's Task: Match It Up!
2 books with an identical 4 or more letter word in title/subtitle
Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook by Christina Henry
*292 pages
If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood by Gregg Olsen
*405 pages
**It's a Fact Ticket
***Shared word is STORY
****292+405=697 pages
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
IAF: 1
Total:
Points: 110
Books Read: 7
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 2
Tasks Completed: 4
30.4 - Cat's Task: Books of Oceania
Option 2: Read one book of at least 500 pages that fits both criteria of Option 1.
Criteria 1: Read a book that is set (at least 70%) in Oceania.
Criteria 2: Read a book that is written by an author born in a country in Oceania.
Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
(mass market paperback for page count: Nine Perfect Strangers, 576 pages)
New Points: 30
Total Points: 570
Tickets as of this post: BB(3), GO(4), IaF(6)
Nick KY10.2 Pointless I read Sex, Politics, and Science in the Nineteenth-Century Novel by Ruth Bernard Yeazell, 200 pp. (enumeration ends in 00)
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 390
Nick KY10.4 The Adventure Game
I read The Grizzly Maze: Timothy Treadwell's Fatal Obsession with Alaskan Bears by Nick Jans, GR genre of “Adventure.”
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 400
Mod
10.4 - The Adventure Game
Read a book with MPG Adventure
REQUIRED: State whether you have used the MPG
Northwest Angle. William Kent Krueger
Points: 10
Total points: 390
IAF - 3
GO - 1
ED20.3 Best Review - Lucy-Bookworm's Task: Subtitles
Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders by Joshua Foer
*****I CLAIM 1 IT'S A FACT TICKET*****
Points for this task: 20
Total points : 150
Tasks completed: 8
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 5
Tasks Completed:
10.4
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6; 20.8
Delicious Dee5.2 What Goes Around...
Mislaid in Parts Half-Known - new to me, borrowed from the library
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 230
Big Book Ticket: 1
Mod
5.4 What's In A Name?
Read a book by a single author where the author's initials (first and last) can be found in CARL LINNAEUS. (CN)
Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout. Cal Newport
Nonfiction - claiming 1 It's A Fact ticket
Points: 5
Total points: 395
IAF - 4
GO - 1
Mod
Book 1: Read a book with one of these words in the title.
WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN WHY HOW
read When in Rome
and
Read a book by an author whose initials (all) can be found in the word QUESTION
read The Resort by by Sara Ochs
points this post 15
total points 215
Mod
option b) Read a book with a title of at least three words (ignore subtitles) where each word must share at least one letter (in any position) with the word preceding it.
read The Wishing Game
points this post 20
total points 235
Mod
Option B: Read a book where the author’s first and last initial can be found in one of the show titles: “Duckpins and Dollars.”
read On a Quiet Street by by Carla Kovach
points this post 20
total points 255
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25.2 - Tiens task - Kid's Sports
Please select one book from two different options.
Option 1: Read a book where author's (first & last) initials are in KICKBOARD
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers
Option 3: Read a book with page count that consists of with at least 2 of these numbers (0, 1, 2, 5).
Into the Riverlands (128 pages)
Paperback for page count (no mass market paperback): Into the Riverlands
New Points: 25
Total Points: 460
Tickets as of this post: BB(3), GO(4), IaF(6)