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SPRING CHALLENGE 2016
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Spring Challenge 2016: Completed Tasks:PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS THREAD
5.8 - I was a Rich Man’s Plaything by Eduardo PaolozziRead an autobiography or memoir- a non-fiction account of the author’s own life or experiences.
Book read: Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
Points this post: 5
Previous points: 15
Jackattack5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
Book with a "good" rating of 3.5 or above.
Book: The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
Rating: 4.62 on 3/1/2016
Pages: 1007
Points this post: 5
Big Books this post: 3
Golden Oldies this post: 0
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Total Points: 5
Big Books Total: 3
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Mai30.6 - Donna Jo's Task--Making a Name for Yourself
Part A: Option A (My Readerboard Name's last letter is "i")
Option 1. Book by an author whose first and last name start with the same letter.
The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith
Request one GO ticket (first published 1892)
Part B: Option 3 (Part A's book has 176 pages)
Book with a three-word title
Why Not Capitalism? by Jason F Brennan
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
5.5 - Drowning Girl by Roy LichtensteinHyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh
Shelved as 'Sequential Art'
5.9 Triple Elvis 1963 by Andy Warhol
A Lady by Midnight by Tessa Dare
Book is #3 in a series
POINTS: 50
perletwo30.6 - Donna Jo's Task--Making a Name for Yourself - Option 2. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials are adjacent letters in the alphabet, in either order.
Some Buried Caesar by Rex Stout - 252 pgs. in pb ed.
Option 3. Read a book with a one, two or three word TITLE. All words count. Do NOT use subtitles or series names.
Blindsighted: The First Grant County Thriller
Points this task: 30
Total points: 80
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 9
Tasks completed: 7
Task 15.6. Light My FireRead a book with the word FIRE in the title or fire/flames on the cover. Plurals, possessives, and compound words containing the word "fire" may be used, as long as the meaning of "fire" is preserved - for example, Firestarter.
The Fires of Autumn (1957) by Irène Némirovsky (Paperback, 240 pages)
00 + 15 = 15
Tasks Completed: 01
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 00 + 15 = 15
Books read: 01
Pages read: 240
Read but not claimed: 00
카지노싸이트 Authors: 00
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Kait5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
A book with a "good" rating of 3.5 or above.
Midnight in Death by J.D. Robb -- 4.18 average rating as of March 3
*This is my single book between 80-99 pages used for a 5 point task.
Points This Post: 5
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 5
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy WarholRead a book with a "good" rating of 3.5 or above.
Book read: Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return
Rating: 4.21 'til yesterday.
Points this post: 5
Previous points: 20
CHANDNI30.5 - Dlmrose's task: Call the Grammar Police
Option 2. Commonly confused: Read a book with one of these most commonly confused words in the TITLE: They’re, Their, There, Your, You’re, Its, It’s.
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina
Option 3. March 8 is National Proofreading Day. Break out the red pen! Read a book with the entire TITLE in Red on the cover.
by Fiona Barton[POINTS]
This Post: 30
Total Points: 45
Books Read: 3
Completed Tasks: 2
ASHLEY OZ5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
Read a book with a "good" rating of 3.5 or above.
What You Left Behind by Jessica Verdi
POINTS
This Post: 5
Total Points: 10
Books Read: 2
Completed Tasks: 2
15.10. Batter up!A book set in one of the countries represented on the major league baseball rosters: Mrs. Mike by Benedict Freedman, set in Canada
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
10.3 - It's So SurrealRead a book found on the first 5 pages of the Popular Surreal Books list.
Book read: The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka.
#3 on the first page.
*I claim a Golden Oldie ticket as it was first published in 1915*
Points this post: 10
Previous points: 25
Total: 35
Mai5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol
Sonata Pathetique by Микола Куліш (1892 - 1937)
A book by an author who's deceased.
Request one Golden Oldies ticket (book first published in 1929)
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 35
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 3
Golden Oldies: 2
Karen D. Task 20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration
Option C; If You Could See Me Now - set in a small village in Ireland
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
loafer20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a card
Card = Three of Clubs
Make Something Up: Stories You Can't Unread
no mmpb, pb: Make Something Up
genre: Horror
title word count: 3
points: 15
BB: 0
GO: 0
total points: 15
CYNBAXTERTask # 15.06 – Light My Fire
Book 1: The Orchard on Fire by Shena Mackay – the word FIRE is in the title
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date = 30 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
Marina H5.8 - I was a Rich Man’s Plaything by Eduardo Paolozzi
Read an autobiography or memoir: Lucky Man
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Reader name: Maya5.6 - Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? by Richard Hamilton
Read a book with a TITLE of six or more words.
Book read: My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Bachman
15.8. It's Magic
Read a book with "Magical Realism" as a GR main page genre.
Book read: Wind/Pinball: Two Novels by Haruki Murakami
Points this post : 20
Total points : 50
Total books read : 5
Tasks completed : 5
Tallulah A.5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
Read a book with a "good" rating of 3.5 or above.
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Book's Rating = 4.21
AR Bookfinder = IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 17.0
Golden Oldie = first published 1908
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Points this post: 5
Total points to date: 5
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
Emsreviewsbooks5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
I read A Study in Scandal by Caroline Linden. On 3/4/16, it had a 4.02 rating.
5.9 Triple Elvis 1963 by Andy Warhol
I read Thursdays with the Crown by Jessica Day George. It is #3 in the Castle Glower series. AR information: IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7.0
20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a card
I drew the 3 of Hearts.
I read Will's True Wish by Grace Burrowes. My title count is the words - 3 words in the title.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 3
Tasks Complete: 3
CYNBAXTERTask # 5.05 – Drowning Girl by Roy Lichtenstein
Book 1: The Hobbit: Graphic Novel by Chuck Dixon (Adapter), J.R.R. Tolkien (Adapted from), Sean Deming (Adapter), David Wenzel (Illustrator) which has the genre Sequential Art, comics or manga on the GR main page.
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date = 35 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
Catherine TTask 15.4 - Towel Day
one book option: read a book with MPG 카지노싸이트 fiction and author initials in DOUGLAS ADAMS
Legend by Marie Lu
ASHLEY OZ10.9 - March Madness
Read a book with a two-word, alliterative title OR written by an author whose first and last initials are the same.
Lying Out Loud by Kody Keplinger
POINTS
This Post: 10
Total Points: 20
Books Read: 3
Completed Tasks: 3
FANDURY20.6 Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!
Option 4: read a book by an author who shares a first, middle or last name with either Graham Norton himself or a guest from the past series of his show.
No Way Down: Life and Death on K2 by Graham Bowley
The author shares his first name with Graham Norton himself.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 35
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Andy P.Task # 15.4. Towel Day
One book option
Read a book with the main page genre science fiction and whose author's initials can be found in DOUGLAS ADAMS
by Dan Simmons 카지노싸이트 Fiction (19 users), DOUGLASPoints this post:15
Total points: 45
Reader Name: Daphne20.5- Bigger is Better
1: Title found in: Peter Blake Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Taltos
T in Sgt
A in Blake
L in Club
T in Peter
O in Lonely
S in Sgt
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 70
Mod
I read Stones from the River, with the word "rivER" ending in ER.
5.6 - Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? by Richard Hamilton
I read The Clan of the Cave Bear, with 6 words in the title.
10.8 - Hey, Einstein!
I read What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets, with Philosophy as the 2nd main page genre.
Total this point: 20
Total: 20
Mod
Read a book with a "good" rating of 3.5 or above. As ratings can change, note the book's rating at the time you select your book.
read A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro average rating 4.06
10.2 - Andy Warhol
Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in ANDY WARHOL.
read Dark Energy by Robison Wells
points this task 15
total points 40/875
books read 6/69
task completed 6/53
Reader name: Maya5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
Read a book with a "good" rating of 3.5 or above.
Book read: Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
Required: As of 02/17/2016, the rating for this book is 3.90.
Points this post : 5
Total points : 55
Total books read : 6
Tasks completed : 6
perletwo20.4 -Golden Oldie: Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows - Option C: For this option, read a book with "Fantasy" or "Supernatural" genre on the book's main GR page.
Witch's Canyon
Points this task: 20
Total points: 100
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 10
Tasks completed: 8
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Val TX's Task: Eurovision Calling!Option 4: read a book by an author who shares a first, middle or last name with either Graham Norton himself or a guest from the past series of his show.
Bossypants by Tina Fey - Tiny Fey was a guest on the show in series 18.
Points this post: 20
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 20
Books Read: 1
Tasks Complete: 1
Big Book tickets Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Karen D. Task 20.4 -Golden Oldie: Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows
Option C:
-->For this option, read a book with "Fantasy" or "Supernatural" genre on the book's main GR page.
Red Queen - has Fantasy as main page genre
Points this task: 20
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Task 20.1 – Most Improved Player – MegSCL – Pick a CardI picked 6 of hearts / Suit HEARTS – Mystery / 6 words in title
The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 20 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 0
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 0
Readerboard name: witchygal 15.5 No more snow
Read a book containing all the letters of SPRING in its title/subtitle.
I read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. By Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows.
the GueRNSey literary and Potato peel socIety.
Points for this post and total
Books read- 1
Points- 15
Golden oldies- 0
Big books - 0
Anne (Booklady)15.2. I'm Not Answering my Phone until December
Book 1: Read a NONFICTION book with the main page genre politics or government.
Politics 20 Users
13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi by Mitchell Zuckoff
Book 2: "Read a book with "dystopia" (standalone or embedded) as a main page genre.
카지노싸이트 Fiction > Dystopia 28 Users
The Book by M. Clifford
20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a card
I drew 3 of Hearts = 3 word Title and Mystery Genre 14 Users
No Cats Allowed by Miranda James
Points in These Tasks: 35
Golden Oldies in This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 1006
Totals:
Total Points: 35/785
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(0), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 2/53
Total Books Read: 3
Total Pages Read in Spring 2016 SRC: 1006
SandiCompleted Tasks
5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol
Book by author who is now deceased. As indicated on his 카지노싸이트 Author page, William Golding died on June 19, 1993.
Audiobook I listened to: Lord of the Flies
Most popular MMPB: Lord of the Flies
5.5 - Drowning Girl by Roy Lichtenstein
Sequential Art as main page genre -- Nimona
30.6 - Donna Jo's Task--Making a Name for Yourself
Using the Part C option where can choose one option and read a book of at least 650 pp. Approved for Option 3 (one word title) and as a one book option in the help thread at message #24 -- /topic/show/...
NOS4A2 - 686 pp
**SUMMARY**
Previous points earned: 0
Points this post: 40
Total Points to date: 40
FANDURY20.4 -Golden Oldie: Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows
Option C: Read a book with "Fantasy" or "Supernatural" genre on the book's main GR page.
The Devil You Know by K.J. Parker
This book has Fantasy as one of its Main Page Genres.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 55
Books Read: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Task 5.6 -Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? by Richard HamiltonTITLE of six or more words.
This Song Will Save Your Life/Leila Sales
Task 5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
Read a book with a "good" rating of 3.5 or above.
Slave to Sensation/Nalini Singh
Rating: 4.13 at 2:48 am, 3/5/16
This post: 10 points
Total points: 10 points
SAMJAYMC10.2 - Andy Warhol
Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in ANDY WARHOL. All initials listed on 카지노싸이트 count (middle names, middle initial(s), etc.).
Diamonds and Deceit by Leila Rasheed
Points This Post: 10
Total: 10
Delicious Dee30.6 - Donna Jo's Task--Making a Name for Yourself
last letter of my readerboard name is E
Option 1 - Recipe for Kisses - Michelle Major - first/last authors initials are the same
my book A was 254 pgs, so option 3
Option 3 - Love by Design - 3 word title; ebook only found approved #1282 of the spreadsheet
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 35
EmsreviewsbooksREPOST 20.1
20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a card
I drew the 3 of Hearts, genre romance.
I read Will's True Wish by Grace Burrowes. My title count is the words - 3 words in the title.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 3
Tasks Complete: 3
HINA15.1. From Soup to ............Breakfast?? -
Book 1: Daddy's Double Duty by Stella Bagwell.
Double in the title from soup: Double Noodle.
Book 2: Cupcakes and Killer Heels by Heidi Rice.
Cupcake in the title from flavor: Confetti Cupcake.
Current post:
Points: 15
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 15
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Andy P.Task # 15.9. Three/Four/Five
- Read a book whose average rating is made up of the numbers 3, 4, and 5
by Paul Kalanithi Rated 4.35 on 3/5/16Points this post: 15
Total points: 60
Jonquil5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
"good" rating of 3.5 or above: rating 4.8 on 3/2
The Raphael Conspiracy
Sean Moore
Kindle Edition, 251 pages 3/4
Approved for length line 2390
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
Books posted: 3
Tasks complete: 3
Pages this post: 251
Total pages as of this post: 743
ColetteGTask 5.3 Campbell's Soup Cans
Read a book with a good rating 3.5 or higher
Invisible by Paul Auster
Rated 3.70 on March 5 at 2:30pm
Invisible
Book and author are new to me
Total points 5
ColetteGTask 15.4 Towel Day
Option 1)
A) Read book book with the main page of science fiction or fantasy
The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
Total 15 points
15.6. Light My FireRead a book with the word FIRE in the title/subtitle
Fires: Essays, Poems, Stories by Raymond Carver
Task total=15
Season total=25
ColetteGTask 10.8 Hey Einstein
Read a book with a main page of 카지노싸이트 or Philosophy
So You've Been Publicly Shamed
Jon Ronson
Main Page 카지노싸이트
10 points
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Read a book with the genre Sequential Art, comics or manga on the GR main page.
Book read: Câmera Secreta by Milo Manara
Points this post: 5
Previous points: 10