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SPRING CHALLENGE 2020
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TraceyL5.1 - Baby, Remember My Name
Read a book by an author who uses a one-word name.
The Blunderer, or The Counterplots by Molière
Request 1 Golden Oldie Ticket (First Published 1655)
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 30
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
trishhartuk10.5 International Women's Day
Read a book that won or was shortlisted for the Women's/Baileys Prize/Orange Prize, the Orange Prize for New Writers, or the Stella Prize, awards for fiction written by women.
My Sister, the Serial Killer, Oyinkan Braithwaite
Read the kindle edition. PB here
Women's Prize for Fiction Nominee (2019) (among others)
Points this task: 10
Books read: 1
Golden oldie/Big book: No
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 3
Golden oldies: 1
Big Book tickets: 0
5.2 - How Time FliesRead a book with a number of pages between 214 and 305 inclusive.
Book read: Sweep in Peace
How it fits: 301 pages (PB Edition: Sweep in Peace)
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Total points: 5
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Joanne MITask 15.3 Option 2: Read one book that fulfills the requirements for book 1 AND book 2. All letters of BOTH words (i.e., 2 Es, 2 Gs) must be found in the title/subtitle and/or author's name to qualify for this option.
Beneath the Tamarind Tree: A Story of Courage, Family, and the Lost Schoolgirls of Boko Haram
Meat-found In Tamarind Tree
Egg-2nd E in Tree, G in courage, G in girls
Points this task 15
Total Points 40
Nick KY15.1 Eurovision Song Contest
Book 1. The song “Everybody” won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2001.
I read Every Body on Deck by G.A. McKevett. The 1st letters of each word in the book title are in the song title “EveryBODy.”
Book 2. “Everybody” was written and performed by Tanal Pandar, Dave Benton, and 2XL and entered from the country of Estonia.
I read On the Banks of the River of Heaven by Richard Parks, inits in songwriter name “PandaR.”
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 15
Nick KY5.6 Rhyme I read two books of poetry for page length, Nice Fish: New and Selected Prose Poems and Sea Smoke, both by Louis Jenkins:
Nice Fish = 70 pp
Sea Smoke = 72 pp
Total pp = 142
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 20
Oma122915.8 - It Starts with Music
Read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in MUSIC. All words count, including articles (a, an, the).
Cartier's Hope by M.J. Rose
Total Points-25/825
Total Tasks-2/51
Golden Oldie Books-()
Big Books-500-749();750-999(); 1000+()
Ava Catherine20.10 - Group Reads
Group Reads choices for the season:
*Retellings:
Read A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro
discussed in group read thread; post #3
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total=20
Ava Catherine15.7 - Practicing Scales
Read a book with a TITLE of at least 3 words in which the initial letters only ascend (ABC) or descend (CBA) through the alphabet.
Ella Minnow Pea (EMP) by Mark Dunn
total=35
Ava Catherine5.4 - I'm a Slave 4 U
Read a book with at least one Arabic numerical digit in the title or subtitle.
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
total=40
Ava Catherine15.8 - It Starts with Music
Read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in MUSIC.
Manderley Forever by Tatiana de Rosnay
total=55
Alyssia5.3 - Susan B.
Read a book that has been shelved Women's Rights from the list of Popular Women's Rights books.
Sex Object: A Memoir
Page 1
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 5
RAYNEBAIR10.7. It Takes Two
read a book with a 2 word title.
The Child by Fiona Barton
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 25
BB tickets claimed: 0
GO tickets claimed: 0
15.5 - 2020 Grammy AwardsFall from Pride (Home Valley #1) by Karen Harper
Karen Olivo
Total this Post: 15
Season Total: 35
Task 10.10 - No Lawyer Jokes!read a book with MC in the legal profession
Walden of Bermondsey
the MC is a judge in a London Crown Court, having to assess legal issues. Judges are appointed from ranks of barristers
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10 points
Task 30.1 - RedemptionI chose to do option 4 twice
read a book with author initials in REDEMPTION
book 1: Back in Session by Peter Murphy
book 2: Call the Next Case by Peter Murphy
PM initials
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40 points
Karen DTask 5.9 - Go For Baroque
Book: This Tender Land, finished 3/5
MPG Historical fiction
Points this task: 5
Total points: 20
Delicious Dee5.3 - Susan B.
Men Explain Things to Me - shelved 3 times as women's rights and found approx halfway down first page of provided link
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 5
# 5.7 – There Ought to be a BandTask: Read a book from this list: There Ought to be a Band
Chosen Book: Eliza and Her Monsters
Format: audio and Kindle ebook readalong
(page 4 of the list)
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date = 50 points
Not claiming BB or GO tickets this season!
Pat 🎵 5.7 - There Ought to be a Band
Task Description ~ Read a book from this list There Ought to be a Band.
REQUIRED ~ State the page number of the list where you book is found.
Page 23
The Murmur of Bees by Sofía SegoviaCompleted ~ 3.4.20
Pages ~ 476
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Points this post ~ 5
Total Points ~ 5
Tasks Completed ~ 1
Books Read This Season ~ 1
Pages Read This Season ~ 476
Task 15.3 - Going Gagaone book option
read a book with the letters MEATEGG in the title & author name
To Green Angel Tower: Siege by Tad Williams
M in williaMs
EAG in AnGEl
TE in TowEr
G in Green
816 pages - claiming 2 BB tix
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55 points
2 BB tix
20.3 - BEST REVIEW CONTEST – Bucket's task: Experimental ReadingOption A, a book from Popular Experimental Books (p. 3): Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
Points this post: 20
Total points: 35
LaureY15.4 - Celebrate Spring
Option 2 - Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries/regions/states: England +
Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase CELEBRATE SPRING.
The Soldier's Scoundrel by Sebastian Cat
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15/825
Total Books: 1
Total Tasks: 1
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
LaureY15.9 - Richard Adams
In his honor, read a book first published in 1920, 1966, 1972, or 2016.
First Star I See Tonight by Susan Elizabeth Philips
First published:2016
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30/825
Total Books: 2
Total Tasks: 2
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
SALLY M.10.2 It's Spring!: word in title can be made from letters in SPRINGTIME
This Time Will Be Different by Misa Sugiura
(I listened to the audiobook & have linked to the PB)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
BB tix this post: 0
Total BB tix: 0
GO tix this post: 0
Total GO tix: 0
PegW15.6 - Best New Artist
Read a book first published in 2019 or 2020 that was written by a new-to-you author.
Norco '80: The True Story of the Most Spectacular Bank Robbery in American History by Peter Houlahan, an author I had not read before.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 20
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Total tasks: 2
MEGSCL10.4. Collaboration of the Year
Illuminae
**602pp - 1 big book ticket
TOTAL TO DATE
10 points
1 big book
MEGSCL10.9. Tax Day
The Barefoot Investor: The Only Money Guide You'll Ever Need
TOTAL TO DATE
20 points
1 big book
perletwo5.9 - Go For Baroque - Read a book with a main page genre that includes History or Historical.
The Last Passenger - genre verified
Points this task: 05
Total points: 075
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 7
Tasks completed: 6
15.4 - Celebrate SpringOption 2: Read one book that fulfills the requirements for book 1 AND book 2.
I read The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell. The story is set in New York City and the authors initials are in the phrase CELEBRATE SPRING.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 35
Number of tasks complete: 2
Number of books: 2
Big Book: 0
Task 5.8 - Spring Is In The Airread a book with "AIR" intact in the title
The Family Upstairs
upstAIRs
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60 points
2 BB tix
Amy B15.3 - Going Gaga
In honor of Lady Gaga, choose one of the following options:
Required: Identify the option when you post.
Option 1:
Book 1: Read a book with the letters MEAT found, in any order, in title/subtitle and/or author's name.
AND
Book 2: Read a book with the letters EGG found, in any order, in title/subtitle and/or author's name.
OR
Option 2: Read one book that fulfills the requirements for book 1 AND book 2.
I pick Option 2.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Points This Task: 15
Points to Date: 30
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.6 - Rhyme, Repetition, Rhythm
I Don't Want To Be Crazy by Samantha Schutz
This book has a MPG of Poetry (shelved by 202 people).
Link to PB edition: I Don't Want To Be Crazy
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 15 points
Tasks completed: 2
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Nick KY5.9 Baroque I read Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream by Doris Kearns Goodwin, “History” as a GR genre.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 25
Delicious Dee20.10 - Group Reads
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 25
Andy P.Task # 5.1 - Baby, Remember My Name
Read a book by an author who uses a one-word name
The Best of Saki by Saki
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Andy P.Task # 10.1. Can you see me?
Read a book from one of the following lists:
Awesome Blind Characters
Blindness by José Saramago
Page 1 # 35 on list
Points this post: 10
Total points: 15
Andy P.Task # 10.4. Collaboration of the Year
Read a book that is written by two authors (that is not an anthology)
The Golem of Paris by Jonathan Kellerman and Jesse Kellerman
Points this post: 10
Total points: 25
Suzannesea15.3 Going Gaga
Option 2
Read a book with MEAT and EGG found in the title/subtitle and/or author's name.
America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines by Gail Collins
AMErica's womEn: 400 years of dolls, drudGes, helpmaTes. . . by Gail
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 15
Andy P.Task # 20.10 Group Reads
I chose Nonfiction Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon
My comments are here
Points this post: 20
Total points: 45
CHANDNI20.6 - SEASONED READER – Kevin's task: Baseball Road Trip
Option 1: Read a book first published in a year ending in 5.
Emma by Jane Austen
First published in 1815.
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Books Read: 1
Completed Tasks: 1
Andy P.Task # 10.10. No Lawyer Jokes!
Read a fiction in which the main character is a lawyer.
Dominic by Mark Pryor
Title character is a prosecutor.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 55
Task 15.7 - Practicing ScalesBook: The Nickel Boys, finished 3/6
Points this task: 15
Total points: 35
Queen Bee Darlene10.7 It Takes Two
Book with 2 word title
Diamond Fire by Ilona Andrews Diamond Fire
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10
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20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season.
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon
Post #5 of the Discussion Board
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 25
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)