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SPRING CHALLENGE 2018
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Kayla C5.7 New England Maple Museum
Frosted Sweets by A.M. Willard
15.4 - Collect, Preserve, Study, Exhibit, Stimulate, Engage
Option 2
The Grave Tender by Eliza Maxwell
Title: sTaTe hermitaGe
Author: thE acropolis Museum
15.10 Pay the Piper
Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan
50% in Italy, stated on main page
1 big book ticket: 513 pages
points this post: 35
total points: 35
BB: 1
GO: 0
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Amber's Task: Adventure in the SouthwestOption 1 - The House of Unexpected Sisters by Alexander McCall Smith
240 pages (240/15 = 16)
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Siobhan's Task: Wedding Day
Option 2 - Grey by E.L. James, this is a BIG BOOK with 576 pages.
Published in June 2015
Points: 80
Readerboard Name: JamminJennyTask 10.10 - Africa Day
Lord of the Silent set in Egypt, read 3/10
Task 15.9 - Find Your Muse
The Butterfly Garden read 3/8
has both a 3 letter (the) and 9 letter (butterfly) word in the title
Points this post: 25
Total points: 90
Books read: 7
Tasks completed: 7
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 0
CelesteR15.4 - Collect, Preserve, Study, Exhibit, Stimulate, Engage
Option 2: Wolf Guy: Ookami no Monshou by Tabata Yoshiaki, Yugo Yuuki
GN requirement: 100+ < 226
Requirement for Book 1: Tabata Yoshiaki works with "The Uffizi Gallery" satisfying the condition.
This requirement states " a single author" in all other organized works written by Tabata Yoshiaki, Yugo Yukki is labeled by GoodReads as an Illustrator and works with Tabata Yoshiaki on various projects.
Example: Akumetsu 1
Requirement for Book 2: I was using the Japanese title "Ookami no Monshou" whose initial letters fit with "The Metropolitan Museum of Art".
The example below is the same book but without the Japanese title. It has the # of pages which is 226.
Example: Wolf Guy
Total pts: 35
Post #110.2 - Free For All
Beneath the Sugar Sky Borrowed from the library
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20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Frugalitymom's Task: Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History
1) Before We Were Yours #13 on list
Points this post:30
Total Points:30
Books read:2
Tasks Done: 2
Anja5.7 - New England Maple Museum
Read a book that shows something sweet to eat on its cover.
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
POINTS:
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 40
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 3
20.1 - Adve nture in SoutWest - Option 2: MANHATTAN PROJECT - From Dead to Worse Charlaine HarrisPoints this Post: 20
Total Points: 80
Sara G5.7 - New England Maple Museum
This museum, in Pittsford, Vermont, covers 200 years of maple sugaring history. Read a book that shows something sweet to eat on its cover.
by Jenny Colgan10.3 - Tell Me Where It Hurts
The Wellcome Collection is a medical-based museum, which describes itself as "The free destination for the incurably curious". Read a book with a main page genre of "medicine" or "medical," or about or by a doctor, nurse, midwife or veterinarian.
The Angels of Lovely Lane by Nadine Dorries
This book is about nurses.
10.7 - My Favorite Holiday!
April 12 is Drop Everything and Read Day. Read a book from this list: Stories for Book Lovers. REQUIRED: Include in your post the page number of the list on which your book is found.
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
This book is on page 1 of the list.
I read the Kindle edition - the MMPB here for reference has 544 pages.
**The Book Thief is a Big Book (544 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
10.8 - Tax Day
April 15 is tax day in the US. Read a book whose author's initials can be found in TAX DAY. All initials must be found in the phrase, and letters can be used only as many times as they are found in the target phrase. If there are multiple contributors, any author's initials can be used.
Do You Want to Start a Scandal by Tessa Dare
TAX DAY
Points this post: 35
Total points: 35
Readerboard Name: Ashleigh20.8 - Nickels & Dimes -Christine V's Task: Celebrating the Seasonal Reading Challenge
Option 1: The Winter 2017 season was the first time I’ve completed all the Nickels and Dimes tasks in a single challenge, and this is the also the first time I’ve been selected to create a task! Read a book that is #1, #5, or #10 in a series. The series designation must appear in the 카지노싸이트 metadata.
Into the Dim by Janet B. Taylor
This book is the first book in the "Into the Dim" series.
TALLIES:
Points in this post: 20
Total points to date: 20
Pages read: 425
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
GO this post: 0
GO to date: 0
BB this post: 0
BB to date: 0
DebraJean5.1 A Night At The Museum
The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain which has a MPG of Sequential Arts. (muSeum)
Points this post - 5
Total points - 45
BB - 0
GO - 0
AnjaI am moving The Wingman from task 20.8 to 10.10
10.10 - Africa Day
Read a book set in a country that is a member of the African Union.
book set in South Africa - The Wingman by by Natasha Anders
“Most of the younger people leave as soon as they’re old enough. They move to Knysna, Plettenberg Bay, Port Elizabeth, or sometimes further afield to Durban or Cape Town. Or in certain extreme cases . . . the UK.” (page 64)
POINTS:
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 30
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 3
Siobhan10.8 - Tax Day
Read a book whose author's initials can be found in TAX DAY.
The Scandalous, Dissolute, No-Good Mr. Wright by Tessa Dare
Points this post: 10
Total points: 25
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
Queen Bee Darlene15.2 Two of The Tates -
Book 1: book 1st published between 1897 & 1999
The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett - 1st published 1934 - The Thin Man (GO)
Book 2: Book 1st published since the year 2000
Arctic Chill by Arnaldur Indridason - 1st published 2005 Arctic Chill
15 points
Requesting 1 Golden Oldie ticket for The Thin Man
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 50
10.3 - Tell Me Where It HurtsAn Amish Heirloom: A Legacy of Love, The Cedar Chest, The Treasured Book, A Midwife's Dream
About a midwife
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20.3 - Red or Green?
Option 3: read a book with a flower/flowers on the cover.
Some Buried CaesarClaiming Golden Oldie ticket - published 1939
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Points this post = 30
Total points = 30
Big Book tickets = 0
Golden Oldies = 1
MAZZA125.1 - Perletwo's Task: The Ides of March are Come
This is a two book task. Read one book from each of two of the following options.
REQUIRED: state which option you are using.
Option 1.
Read a book that is #1 in the series
Next Stop, Chancey
Option 3:
Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in the phrase BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH.
The Curious Heart of Ailsa Rae
Stephanie Butland
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 285
Christine V20.5 - Bigger Is Better - Frugalitymom's Task: Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History
Option 3: The Importance of Being Earnest
wEll Behaved wOmen seldom make hIsTory
This book was first published in 1895. ***Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket***
Points this post: 20
GO Tickets this post: 1
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
15.8 - The Red BaronNorthern Lights by Nora Roberts
red airplane on the cover
Total Points: 0 + 15 = 15
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Deborah's Task: Young SheldonA book set in Texas: Mistletoe Man by Susan Wittig Albert
Points this post: 20
Total points: 70
Andy P.20.1 - Most Improved Player - Amber's Task: Adventure in the Southwest
Option 2. read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase MANHATTAN PROJECT
The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson
PROJECT
Points this post: 20
Total points: 65
Julia1035.4 - Avanos Hair Museum
This post: 5 points
Challenge total points: 35
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 5
Bookwrm526Task #30.2 - Castles and Other Historical Sites
Option 3: Read a book, nonfiction or fiction, with a main page genre of World War II, embedded or stand alone. I read Hitler's Olympics: The 1936 Berlin Olympic Games by Christopher Hilton.
Option 4: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in sChWArzwald, middle initials can be ignored. I read The Notting Hill Mystery by Charles Warren Adams.
Points this post: 30
Total points so far: 75
MegSCL15.8 - The Red Baron
Plane on cover
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes -Christine V's Task: Celebrating the Seasonal Reading Challenge
Option 3: Read a book from this list: The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Initiated) Book Ever - page 3
The Crimson Petal and the White
**835pp - 2 big book tickets
TOTAL TO DATE
points: 70
BB tickets: 3
perletwo30.2 – Schatzie's Task: Castles and Other Historical Sites - Opt. 4: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in SCHWARZWALD, middle initials can be ignored.
Wild Wives by Charles Willeford
Opt. 5: Read a book that is number 14, 15, 16, 17, or 18 in a series. This must be clear from the metadata.
P is for Peril - Kinsey Millhone #16
I read the kindle edition, but the top mass market paperback edition is 513 pages, qualifying for a Big Book ticket.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 130
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 08
Tasks completed: 06
trishhartuk25.8 Dakimel’s Task: Rulebreakers
2. “Initials” – read a book by an author whose GR-recorded name contains a capitalized letter somewhere OTHER than the first initials of the first and last name, and that letter must be found in the phrase CAPITAL NOT INITIAL.
Dragonquest, Anne McCaffrey
The second C in McCaffery is capitalised and appears in the phrase “Capital not initial”
4. “No Print Edition” – Read a book that does not have a valid print edition on GR from the “SRC eBook Verification” list of approved books.
Super Chief, Joseph Flynn
Listed at line #2436 in the file (and in the thread message 5902: /topic/show/...)
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 115
Tasks Completed: 7
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book tickets :0
Readerboard Name: Nicola TTask:5.8 - The Museum of Sex
Read a book with the main page genre of Sexuality, Gender, Feminism, or LGBT (or GLBT).
I read Lumberjanes, Vol. 7: A Bird's-Eye View (112 pages) MPG: LGBT
Genre verified in verification thread, post 9: /topic/show/...
Task: 15.9 - Find Your Muse
Read a book with BOTH a three-letter word AND a nine-letter word in the title and/or subtitle. Numbers and symbols count at letters, punctuation (apostrophe's, hyphens, etc.) do not count.
I read Spider-Gwen, Vol. 4: Predators (121 pages) 3 letters: VOL 9 letters: PREDATORS
Task: 20.1 - Most Improved Player - Amber's Task: Adventure in the Southwest
The genres "Sequential Art", "Comics", "Comic Book", and "Manga" are allowed for this task. I chose Option 2: For this option, read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase MANHATTAN PROJECT. Middle name initials may be ignored.
I read Gwenpool, the Unbelievable, Vol. 3: Totally in Continuity (160 pages)
The author is Christopher Hastings : manHattan projeCt
Task: 20.4 - Golden Oldies - Siobhan's Task: Wedding Day
The genres "Sequential Art", "Comics", "Comic Book", and "Manga" are allowed for this task.
I chose Option 4: For this option read a book where the author's first and last initials can be found in BEST DAY EVER. Middle initials may be ignored. One qualifying author in a book with two co-authors would work.
I read Revival, Vol. 5 : Gathering Of Waters (128 pages)
The author is Tim Seeley : beST day ever
Points this post: 5 + 15 + 20 + 20 = 60
Points total: 85
Books read: 6
Tasks completed: 6
Mod
10.5. Springtime in Paris
Set 50%+ in France: Paris in the Present Tense by Mark Helprin
10.6 - Want to See My Slides?
카지노싸이트 Fiction genre: Gunpowder Moon by David Pedreira
10.8 - Tax Day
Initials TD: The Pain Scale by Tyler Dilts
I read the kindle: The Pain Scale
total = 30
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.1 A Night at the Museum
Read a book with a main page genre that starts with a letter in MUSEUM. Genres may be stand alone or embedded.
I read Orchestrated Murder: A Pratt & Ellis Mystery by Rick Blechta. Mystery is one of the genres.
Challenge 5.5 International Cryptozoology Museum
Read a book that features cryptozoology, a cryptozoologist, or one or more cryptids from this list: Cryptids.
I read A Quick Bite by Lynsay Sands. It has vampires as the main characters.
Challenge 5.8 The Museum of Sex
Read a book with the main page genre of Sexuality, Gender, Feminism, or LGBT (or GLBT).
I read The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur. Feminism is one of the genres.
Challenge 10.2 - Free For All
Read a book that you got for free – a gift, library book, etc.
I read Exquisite by Elizabeth Hayley. I borrowed it from the library.
Challenge 10.3 - Tell Me Where It Hurts
Read a book with a main page genre of "medicine" or "medical," or about or by a doctor, nurse, midwife or veterinarian.
I read Contagion by Robin Cook. It has Medical as one of the genres.
Challenge 15.2 Two Of The Tates
Book 1: Read a book FIRST published between 1897 and 1999 (inclusive).
I read The Bad Seed by William March. It was first published in 1954.
Book 2: Read a book FIRST published since the year 2000 (pre-May is OK).
I read White Sand Blues by Vicki Delany. It was first published in 2017.
Challenge 15.7 - Spring Saints
Read a book by an author named David, Patrick or George or any of the related names
I read The Circle by Dave Eggers.
Points this post: 65
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 11
Big Book tickets: 0
Delicious Dee5.3 - The Museum of Bad Art
Bad Girls Don't Marry Marines - BAD, A in Marry, R in Girls, T in Don't
10.8 - Tax Day
Under Her Skin - Adriana Anders
Points This Post: 15
Points Overall: 70
MAZZA 120.9 - Moderator’s Pet - Book Concierge's Task: Happy 300th Birthday
Book must be a minimum of 250 pages.
Read ONE book that fits one of these tasks:
OPTION C) Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in: BATTLE OF FLOWERS PARADE -
The Dark Flood Rises 336 pages
T in Battle F in Flowers D and R in Parade
Task 25.8 Dakimel’s Task: Rulebreakers
1: For this option, read a book with an ‘other role’ person named in the GR record whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase UNIDENTIFIED OTHERS.
The Hurricane Party Translator Tiina Nunnally initials in identified phrase
2. For this option, read a book by an author whose GR-recorded name contains a capitalized letter somewhere OTHER than the first initials of the first and last name, and that letter must be found in the phrase CAPITAL NOT INITIAL.
Whose Body? Author Dorothy L. Sayers capital L for middle name
Points this post = 45
Total points to date = 330
Readerboard: JENBENT15.10 - Pay the Piper
This book is set in England, at University of Sheffield in South Yorkshire:
Giant Days, Vol. 5 by John Allison
Points this post: 15
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Big Books this post: 0
Total points: 55
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Diana K.Task 10.2 - Free For All. Read a book you got for free.
Escape From Prague I won this in a 카지노싸이트 Giveaway.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 85
LAVENDER15.10 - Pay the Piper
Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of the countries that has a type of bagpipe.
Uncle Bernac by Arthur Conan Doyle 212 pages
France is one of the countries listed and this book is set almost entirely in France.
I am claiming a GOLDEN OLDIE for this book, first published in 1897
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20.04 - Golden Oldies - Siobhan's Task: Wedding Day
Option 2:Read a book FIRST published in June of any year.
Conversations with Lincoln: Little-Known Stories from Those Who Met America's 16th President by Gordon Leidner 208 pages
First published in June 2016
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 35
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Mcquaid5.4: Avanos Hair Museum: Read a book with human hair on the cover.
Paper Girls, Vol. 3 by Brian K. Vaughan
5.8: The Museum of Sex: Read a book with the main page genre of Sexuality, Gender, Feminism, or LGBT.
Women & Power: A Manifesto By Mary Beard
15.3: Women's History Month: Option 2: Read a book with the main page genre of 'History' or 'Historical' and a book written by a woman.
White Chrysanthemum by Mary Lynn Bracht
15.4: Collect, Preserve, Study, Exhibit, Stimulate, Engage: Option 2: Read a book with the author's initials found in a famous museum and the initials of the book found in a different museum.
Using: The Prado and State Hermitage
The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld
15.10: Pay the Piper: Read a book set 50% in one of the countries that has a type of bagpipe.
The country is Germany.
A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen
20.5: Bigger is Better: Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History: Option 4 First published from May-December 2007-2018.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
First Published in July 2008
Points this post: 75
Total Points: 75
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 6
MAZZA1 25.7 - Nick KY’s task: To Choose or Not To Choose
option B.
Option B. Not to Choose. –
Book 1. Read a FICTION book with one of these Spring color words in the title (title only -- not subtitle): Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet, or Purple. Plurals and Possessives are the only exceptions allowed.
A Song Amongst the Orange Trees Sara Alexi
Book 2. Read a fiction or nonfiction book by the same author as book 1
The Priest's Well Sara Alexi
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 355
trishhartuk15.3 -Women’s History Month
Option 2: Read ONE book that satisfies BOTH book 1 and book 2 requirements. Book 1: MPG that includes “history” or “historical”. AND Book 2: written by a woman.
Good Behaviour, Molly Keane
Verified as satisfying both options in message #18: /topic/show/...
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 130
Tasks Completed: 8
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book tickets :0
CYNBAXTER# 20.09 – MODERATOR’S PET: Book Concierge's Task: Happy 300th Birthday
Task: Read a book by a single author whose First and Last initials are in SAN ANTONIO.
Option B: Vinegar Girl: The Taming of the Shrew Retold by Anne Tyler
Minimum page count is 250 – this book has 263 pages
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date = 95 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 1
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 1
Cait S20.6- We Are The Music Makers, And We Are The Dreamers Of Dreams
Option 4 Musical Heritage
Read a book with a word in its title (not subtitle) from the lyrics of the song You Belong to Me.
Maybe by Brent Runyon
The matching word is (obviously haha) maybe.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20
15.10 - Pay the PiperCross and Burn by Val McDermid
Set in England.
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes -Christine V's Task: Celebrating the Seasonal Reading Challenge
Option 1: Insidious Intent by Val McDermid #10 in the series.
20.9 - Moderator’s Pet - Book Concierge's Task: Happy 300th Birthday
Option D. Splinter the Silence by Val McDermid
"It's more fun than eating alone." He spooned chilli on to a TORTILLA and bit into it." p.426.
Points this post: 55
Points in total: 55
Tasks completed: 3
Nick KY15.7 Spring Saints I read The Mystery and the Passion: A Homiletic Reading of the Gospel Traditions by David G. Buttrick, 1st name “David” is the same as a Spring Saint.
20.8 Christine V’s SRC Opt. 3. From the “Read But Unfinished” list, # 164 (p 2), I read Mansfield Park by Jane Austen. /list/show/4...
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for Mansfield Park at 544 pp.
Points This Post: 35
Total Points So Far: 90
Big Books So Far: 500+ (2)
Anja10.3 - Tell Me Where It Hurts
Read a book about or by a doctor, nurse, midwife or veterinarian.
Cruel and Beautiful by A.M. Hargrove
hero of the book is oncologist
POINTS:
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 40
Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 4
Readerboard Name: Amarie15.1 - A Truth and a Lie
Book 1: Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick
Book 2: The Lying Game by Sara Shepard
20.9 - Happy 300th Birthday
Option C: baTTle oF Flowers parade
Book: Far from the Tree by Robin Benway
Page Count: 374 Pages
Points This Post: 35
Total Points: 140
Tasks Completed: 8
15.4 Option 2 -One author initials in the name of one of these museums: The Acropolis Museum (LP)
-title of 2+ words, initial letter of each word of the title can be found in the name of a DIFFERENT museum: State Hermitage (ARAM)
A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 60/930
Tasks completed: 4/55
Books Read: 4
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:500+(1)750+(1)1000+(0)
Please disregard
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Amber's Task: Adventure in the SouthwestOption 2: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
first and last initials, NT, can be found in MANHATTAN
Total Points: 15 + 20 = 35
BOOKLOVER===25.8===
Posting again with book that meets requirements
2) Corduroy Mansions
Alexander McCall Smith
3) Winter Street
Total points 400
BOOKLOVER==25.3==
1) One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Original language is Russian. I am not literate in this language.
2) Die Trying
Lee Child
Total points 425
BOOKLOVER===15.1===
1) Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
2) One of Us Is Lying
Total points 440
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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30.2 - Schatzie's Task
For Option 1, I read Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between which has a MPG of Biography.
For Option 4, I read Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley (initials SR are found in the word SCHWARZWALD.
Points this post - 30
Total points - 40
BB - 0
GO - 0