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SPRING CHALLENGE 2016
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Karen D. Task 25.3 - Whitnie I's Task: Celebrate Spring
Option 1: Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials appear in the word OSTARA. - The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Option 2: Since spring is a time of change and renewal. Read a NONFICTION book found on the Best Self Help Books list.
How to Be a Woman - found on page 4
Points this task: 25
Total points: 105
Tasks completed:5
books read: 6
FANDURY25.7 - Dakimel's Task: Sibling and Niece Season
Option B: Read a book with the genre “Urban,” “Urban Fantasy,” or “Gardening” on its main book page.
Revisionary by Jim C. Hines
This book has Urban Fantasy as one of its Genres on the main page.
Option C: Read a book with a digit (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) on the cover.
by Sarah PinboroughThe number on the cover is 13 and part of the title of the book.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 105
Books Read: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
TASK 20.2 TIME FOR CELEBRATIONOpt B, A book set in Africa, Asia, or South America
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
*The novel is set entirely in South Korea*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 70/875
BB=0
GO=0
Andy Task # 10.1 - Ever So POPular
Read one of the top 200 books published from 1955 through 1959 (inclusive)
by Graham Greene published in 1955 # 12 on the 1955 list.Points: 10
Total points: 85
Sarah E15.8. It's Magic
Magical Realism as a main page genre
Kindle edition I read: The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Most rated MMPB: The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Genre verified here
Points this post: 15
Total points: 35
Nick KY25.7 Dakimel’s Birthdays
Option D: Body of water large enough to snorkel in on the cover. I read Trouble at High Tide by Jessica Fletcher (Jessica Fletcher aka Donald Bain.)
Option E. All the letters in WHITE BUNNY appear in the title/subtitle. I read Day of Reckoning: How Hubris, Ideology, and Greed Are Tearing America Apart by Patrick J. Buchanan:
W H in HoW
I T E in TEarIng
B U in hUBris
N in aNd
N in teariNg
Y in daY
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 90
Bookwrm526Task #15.4 - Towel Day
Option 2 - Read one book that satisfies both criteria from option one - has fantasy as a genre, and author's initials can be found in douglas adaMS. I read:
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater.
Points this post: 15
Total points so far: 75
Jonquil10.2 - Andy Warhol
author initials in anDy wArhol
First Lady Down
Daniel Adams
Kindle Edition, 262 pages 3/11
Approved for length line 810
Points this post: 10
Total points: 70
Books posted: 12
Tasks complete: 12
Pages this post: 262
Total pages as of this post: 3053
VAL TX15.3. Still Flying......... - Option 2 Read one book that satisfies both criteria for option 1.
The Green Road by Anne Enright [Song is Tobacco Road, Jefferson Airplane Initials AE.]
This post:
Points - 15
Total:
Points - 30
Delicious Dee20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration
Option A - Garters - shelved as historical romance by 49 people
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 100
Reader name: Maya20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Pamela3265's Task: When Books Went to War
Read When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II by Molly Guptill Manning
Book read: When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II by Molly Guptill Manning
25.6- Robin ♥'s Task: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands
TWO BOOKS
Book One: Choose your color and read a book from the first 5 pages of that color list.
Color chosen: Red!
Book read: The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory
Found on: Page 2 of Seeing Red
Book Two: Read a book with a male on the cover.
Book read: A Confusion of Princes by Garth Nix
Required:
Points this post : 45
Points total : 210
Total books read: 17
Total tasks completed: 15
Jonquil10.3 - It's So Surreal
page 1 item 14 /shelf/show/...
The Third Policeman
Flann O'Brien
Hardcover, 240 pages 3/11
Points this post: 10
Total points: 80
Books posted: 13
Tasks complete: 13
Pages this post: 240
Total pages as of this post: 3293
loafer20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Gabriella's Task: Time for Celebration
Option A Read a book with a genre on its main book page that contains "History" or "Historical".
Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer
points: 20
total points: 105
BB: 1
GO: 2
tasks completed: 6
Jonquil10.4 - Remembering David Bowie
# 59 /list/show/4...
Passing
Nella Larsen
Paperback, 226 pages 3/11
Points this post: 10
Total points: 90
Books posted: 14
Tasks complete: 14
Pages this post: 226
Total pages as of this post: 3519
Reader Name: Daphne20.9 - Moderator's Pet
2: 500+ pages
Every Dead Thing 528 Pages
Points this post: 20
Points Total: 200
Kristen IA25.6- Robin ♥'s Task: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands
***All books must be fiction.
Is your favorite Plain or Peanut?
Read TWO books
Plain: choose two different options from Plan A.
Required: When posting state which Plan you are and what options for that plan you selected
Plan A Plain
Option A-1: Who is your favorite M&M character? Red,Blue, or Ms.Brown.
Choose your color and read a book from the first 5 pages of that color list.
Red
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
Required: State which list and the page your book can be found on when you post – Seeing Red list, page 2
Option A-2: Wow!!! 75 years and still a favorite candy.
**Read a book by a single author (NO HYPHENATED NAMES) with 7 letters in the first OR last name.
Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis
Shalvis has seven letters.
I listened to the audiobook, linked to MMPB edition
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Total Points this post: 25
Total Points: 55/875
Tasks Completed: 2/53
Books Read: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
SCHATZIE10.4: Remembering David Bowie
---his top 100 list
1984
20.5: Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book
---opt. 2: images on album cover
The Shawshank Redemption
byStephen King matched to Stephen Crane
I did the audio, if needed here is the link to the pb version: /book/show/2... because of my confusion of the different lengths of this book.
Points this Post: 30
Challenge Total: 195
Amy O.Task 20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a card
Card = 9 of clubs. Need to read book with 9-letter title, in genre of Historical Fiction or Contemporary or Horror
Dangerous by Amanda Quick
(genre: historical fiction; title of book has 9 letters)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Golden Oldies:
Big Book 500+:
Mary P15.4. Towel Day
Option 2: Read one book that satisfies both criteria for option 1.
A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon
** A Breath of Snow and Ashes is a Big Book ( 1439 pgs ). Claiming 3 BB Tickets **
Points this post: 15
Total points: 30
Big Book Tickets: 3
Readerboard Name JamminJennyTask #5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol
Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
First published in 1913 so claiming one golden oldies ticket
Task #5.3 - Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
Guns, rating of 4.15 on 3/11/16
Task # 5.5 - Drowning Girl by Roy Lichtenstein
Harley Quinn, Vol. 1: Hot in the City
Task #10.7 - Happy Pi Day
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New Rules
pi in Vampire
Task #15.5. No More Snow!
Soldier With a Backpack: Living and Dying Simultaneously
This post: 40 points
Total to Date: 40 points
perletwo15.5. No More Snow! - Read a book containing all the letters of SPRING in its title/subtitle.
Strong Poison
First printed in 1930, this qualifies for a Golden Oldie ticket.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 200
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 16
Tasks completed: 13
CHANDNI5.5 - Drowning Girl by Roy Lichtenstein
Read a book with the genre Sequential Art, comics or manga on the GR main page.
Out of the Past by Kalinda Vázquez
[POINTS]
This Post: 5
Total Points: 90
Books Read: 8
Completed Tasks: 7
Kait5.2 - Whaam! by Roy Lichtenstein
A book with a word from the provided list of onomatopoeia in the title or subtitle.
Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop -- Murder of Crows; Crow is on the onomatopoeia list
Points This Post: 5
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 35
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Marina H20.4 -Golden Oldie: Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Golden Oldie Pop TV Shows
Option A: Hide and Seek
The word HIDE is found in the lyrics
Points this post: 20
Total points: 45
5.10 Self-portrait Read a book of your choice.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
IL: MG BL: 6.7 AR Points: 18
Points this post: 5
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 60
Books Read: 7
Tasks Complete: 7
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 1
20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission…6) Pets: I have two dogs, one is black, one is white. Read a book with the complete TITLE in white OR in black on the cover. Subtitles may ignored.
I read
The title is all in black This book was approved on the help thread.Coincidentally, I have 2 dogs: one is black and one is white!! This task was kismet :)
Points: 20
books read: 1
tasks completed: 1
pages read: 345
Mary P5.10 Self-portrait
Read a book of your choice.
Final Hour (Short Story) by Dean Koontz
Length approved - message # 5492
Points this task: 5
Total points: 35
LAUREN JODI30.6 - Donna Jo’s task: Making a Name for Yourself
Part C - One Book Option / Option 5: Name in the title
Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon
This is a big book (806 pages)
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 40/875
Total Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3/53
Big Book Ticket: 2
HINA30.5 - Dlmrose's task: Call the Grammar Police -
Option 2: Baby, You're Mine by Lindsay Longford.
You're is in the title.
Option 3:
The Italian's Pregnancy Proposal by Maggie Cox.Title in red on the cover.
Current post:
Points: 30
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 125
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books- 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
CANDY5.8 - I was a Rich Man’s Plaything by Eduardo Paolozzi
Read an autobiography or memoir- a non-fiction account of the author’s own life or experiences.
Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming
Points: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Points: 60
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Elizabeth PTask 20.1 - Pick a Card
I drew a 4 of clubs, so I read a book with a four word title that had the genre Contemporary on the book's main page.
If You Only Knew by Kristan Higgins
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 80
Total Tasks: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 2
Total Books: 5
Catherine TTask 10.2 - Andy Warhol
read a book whose author initials can be found in ANDY WARHOL
Tampa by Alissa Nutting
AN in Andy
Elizabeth B5.3
City Mouse, rating 3.86, e-book only, approved for length at line 487 of the spreadsheet
15.3
One book option Snowball in Hell by Josh Lanyon
"Let Me In" the word is "in"
AND author's initials found in JEFFERSON AIRPLANE.
20.2
Option A. genre Historical fiction Duke of Midnight
Points: 40
Total Points: 40
Kait30.6 - Donna Jo's Task: Making a Name for Yourself
Part C Option 2 - A book by an author whose first and last initials are adjacent letters in the alphabet, in either order, AND of at least 650 pages.
Lev by Belle Aurora -- Belle Aurora's initials are BA; 678 pages
Lev qualifies for 1 BB Ticket at 678 pages.
Points This Post: 30
Big Book Tickets This Post: 1
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 65
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Karen D. Task 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
Splintered by AG Howard - shares a name with Ron Howard
Points this task: 20
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
Kimber10.4 - Remembering David Bowie
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
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20.8 Nickels & Dimes
Option 1:
Beneath the Surface: Killer Whales, SeaWorld, and the Truth Beyond Blackfish by John Hargrove
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Above tasks: 30 points
# tasks completed: 2
Total points: 30
Jonquil10.5 - Glenn Frey, Too
"we will never be here again"
The Dead Never Forget
Jack Lynch
Paperback, 236 pages 3/12
Points this post: 10
Total points: 100
Books posted: 15
Tasks complete: 15
Pages this post: 236
Total pages as of this post: 3755
5.3 Campbell's Soup Cans by Andy WarholPym by Mat Johnson
Rating is 3.56 as of 3/12/16.
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 15
Ana20.9 - Moderator's Pet: Seakbee's Task: Give Yourself Permission…
Option 6-White Title
Wolfsbane by Andrea Cremer. Approved in message 19
Points this Post 20
Total Points 60
Tasks Completed 3
Books Read 3
Total Pages 1162
5.1 - Marilyn Diptych by Andy WarholMan's Search for Meaning by Victor E. Frankl
Author died on 9/2/97
POINTS: 120
Boston Kate
20.2 Time for Celebration
Option A: The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley
"Historical Fiction" and "Historical" on the main page
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
perletwo15.4. Towel Day - Option 2. Read one book that satisfies both criteria for option 1: A. Read a book with the main page genre science fiction or fantasy (standalone or embedded) AND B. Read a book whose author's initials can be found in DOUGLAS ADAMS. Middle initials can be disregarded.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
Points this task: 15
Total points: 215
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 17
Tasks completed: 14
20.5 - Bigger is Better- Catherine T's Task: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Book2: Read a book written by an author who shares at least one name with someone who appears on the album cover.
The Little Paris Bookshop - Nina George
Matches George Harrison
Points this post: 20
Points total: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: - 500+() 750+() 1000+()
Total pages: 359
Blueberry20.1 I drew a King of Spades. The suit is spades so I chose a memoir. My title count is in words. There is a letter K in the title.
Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology
Pts: 20
CYNBAXTERTask # 15.05 – No More Snow!
Book 1: The Beginning of Spring by Penelope Fitzgerald – all the letters of SPRING are contained within the title
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date = 100 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
Reader name: daphne15.3. Still Flying 2book/both Option 2 (1 book)
A:
B: Initials in: JEFFERSON AIRPLANE
Flying to Nowhere by John Fuller
Flying in the song title: "High Flying Bird"
J in Jefferson
F in Jefferson
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 215
Reader Name: daphne20.3 - Best Review: mstan's Task: Returning to My Source of Inspiration...
3: Read a book by an author who is new to you this season.
Link to task 20.4 completion post
Madeleine Roux is a new to me author this season
Scarlets
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 235
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Read A Wild Swan: And Other Tales by Michael Cunningham. At the moment, it has Retellings on the list of genres. I did not get it verified because I found out about it in the help thread, although, looking back, it looks like it was just mentioned, not actually verified, so, hopefully, it doesn't, by some chance, drop off before the mods check!
Points these task: 5
Total points: 5
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 1