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SPRING CHALLENGE 2022
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15.9 - Hall of FamerHelp Thread
Jackie Robinson became the first African-American to play Major League Baseball on April 15, 1947. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, ending the racial segregation that had relegated black players to the Negro leagues.
Read a book by an author whose initials (all) can be found in Jackie Robinson.
I read Agatha Christie and the Eleven Missing Days by Jared Cade. His initials can be found in the name JaCkie robinson.
points: 15
books read: 1
tasks completed: 1
pages read: 256
HanneloreTask 5.1 - The Wicked Witch
Book: Flying Witch, Vol. 1
How it fits: The word 'witch' is in the song and in the title of the book.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 0
deleted cos I overlooked the page count requirement!
5.7 - The Flying MonkeysFor the Murder (The Murder #1) by Gabrielle Ash
-crows flying about top of pageTotal this Post: 5
Season Total: 5
Task 20.1 - Happy Birthday to Me!200+pages
option 1: letters CELLO in title
The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics
CELL in CELestiaL
O in tO
MMPB: The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics 322pages
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20 points
INSIYAH15.4 - "Password" is not a Password
Option 2: Both requirements (digit in title, special character in title)
Book: 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Note: Top MMPB has 156 pages.
How it fits: 84 and '.' in title
84, Charing Cross Road is Non-Fiction. Claiming one It's a Fact Ticket.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 15
Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 1
10.7 - HoliRead a book with a title that begins with one of these letters: H,O,L,I
How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Kim OREPLACED BY POST 23 ****
15.3 - Wordle One book option.
Night
Book 1 requirement: 1-word, 5-letter title
Book 2 requirement: 1st book in a series of 3
Points this task: 15
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Totals:
Points: 15
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
LAUREN JODI10.5 - Spring Break
'Til Death Do Us Part by Amanda Quick
Set in London, UK
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 10/895
Total Books Read: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 1/54
Task:15.9 - Hall of Famer [author whose initials (all) can be found in Jackie Robinson]Book read:Ring of Light by Isobel Bird
Required:initials IB in roBInson
Points this task:15
Total points:15
Total Golden Oldies:
Total Big Books:
Total It’s A Fact:
Books read:1
Tasks completed:1
Task:20.1 - Most Improved - Delicious Dee's Task: Happy Birthday to Me!Option:1-ALL the letters CELLO, including 2 Ls, can be found in the title
Book read:I'll Be Home for Christmas by Tom Becker
Required: C in christmas E in Be LL in I'll O in Home
Points this task:20
Total points:35
Total Golden Oldies:
Total Big Books:
Total It’s A Fact:
Books read:2
Tasks completed:2
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - MEGSCL's Task: Wordle Wordle Wordle!3. Read a book by an Australian author (by birth or current residence)
Captive by Tony Park
author was born in Australia
Total this Post: 20
Season Total: 25
Mod
Option 2:
by Kristen Ashley / flowers on coverPoints this post: 20
Total points: 20
Mod
10.10 - Spring Series
Read a book in a series with a series title that begins with a letter in SPRING. (Sevenwaters)
Son of the Shadows. Juliet Marillier
608 pages = 1 BB ticket
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Tasks complete: 1/54
Total points: 10/895
BB:1
NF: 0
CelesteR20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Helen B's Task: Spring Begins
#3 - First book in a series
Part of "The Game Changers" series by Ilsa Madden-Mills.
Not My Romeo by Ilsa Madden-Mills
Pts. - 20
Total - 20
Andy P.Task # 5.3 - Uncle Henry
Read a book with daughter in its title.
The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Lisa MD20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Helen B's Task: Spring Begins
3. Read the first book (#1) in a series.
� Slightly South of Simple by Kristy Woodson Harvey
Series: Peachtree Bluff #1
368 pages
🌽🧠🌽🧠🌽🧠🌽🧠🌽🧠🌽🧠🌽🧠🌽🧠🌽🧠🌽🧠
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20/895
Total Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1/54
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Non Fiction Tickets: 0
Task 5.1 - The Wicked WitchBook: House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas 803 pages, ebook
Tasks: Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters from the lyrics of Ding Dong the Witch is Dead in its title
How it fits: The word 'house' is in the song and in the title of the book.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 5
Total books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1/54
Big Books tickets:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Rosina15.9 - Hall of Famer
Read a book by an author whose initials (all) can be found in Jackie Robinson.
Book: Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews 235pages
How it fits: A & I found in Jackie
points: 15
books read: 1
tasks completed: 1
Kim O**REPLACES POST 10 *
15.3 - Wordle One book option.
Night
Book 1 requirement: 1-word, 5-letter title
Book 2 requirement: 1st book in a series of 3
Points this task: 15
Its' a Fact tickets: 1
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Totals:
Points: 15
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 1
FLY Task #25.5 - Nick KY’s Task: Scarecrow Leftovers
task: Option 2. ( ONE book of 500+ pp )
Suggestion 3. from the first 10 pages of GR’s “TV� genre list.
book: Déjà Dead
how it fits: page 2 of the “TV� genre list and I did audio, but first listed mmpb (Déjà Dead) is 640 pages
**claiming BB ticket**
Points this post: 25
Total points: 25
Tasks completed: 1/54
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's A Fact tickets: 0
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INSIYAH25.6 - KmarieD's Task: Reaching Goals
Option 2: Winning book from GR Choice Awards 2021
Book: The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave (ebook)
Note: Top PB has 320 pages.
How it fits: Winner Mystery & Thriller
Option 3: MPG Young Adult
Book: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (ebook)
Note: MMPB has 602 pages.
How it fits: MPG Young Adult
Illuminae has 602 pages. Claiming one Big Book Ticket.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 40
Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 2
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 1
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)10.6 -Renewal
MPG Plants or Animals (standalone or embedded)
Page Count: 292
MPG: Animals
Open and Shut by David Rosenfelt
Points Earned This Post: 10
Points Achieved to Date: 10/895
Tasks Completed 1/54
CYNBAXTERTask #30.04 � TessaVanessa's Task: National Library Week 2022
Task Description, Option 3: All letters of MORE in author's first & last name.
Book 1: Iris & Ruby by Rosie Thomas
Task Description, Option 4: Word in title/subtitle made from "Connect with Your Library".
Book 2: An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim - the word created out of the phrase is "Ocean"
Points this post: 30 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
Nick KY5.4 Glinda I read The River Duddon: A Series of Sonnets; Vaudracour and Julia; And Other Poems, to Which Is Annexed, a Topographical Description of the Country of the Lakes, in the North of England by William Wordsworth.
Author’s names begin w same letter. W
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 5
Nick KY10.1 Scarecrow I read Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn.
“Sea� has letters in ScArEcrow.
Points This Post: 10
Total points So Far: 15
Nick KY10.4 Brains! I read Night of the Living Dead, a novelization by John Russo.
“Horror > Zombies� is GR genre.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 25
Jen K10.4 Brains!
Zombie Bake-Off
MPG Zombies and reference in blurb to "mindless brain-eaters" and "hungry dead"
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 10
HanneloreTask 5.5. - The Wizard
Read a book from a series with at least 5 whole number published books - Any book from the series may be used.
Book: Flying Witch, Vol. 2
How it fits: #2 in a series of more than 5 parts (10 published so far).
Points this task: 5
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 2
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 0
LAUREN JODI15.7 - NeuroAware
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
On page 9 of the list
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 25/895
Total Books Read: 2
Total Tasks Completed: 2/54
Bookwrm526Task #30.1 = Dune
Option 3: Read a book with an MPG of horror. I read Kraken by China Miéville (genre noted on help thread, posts 43 and 44 (509p).
Option 5: Read a book from this list Genre Bending Books. I read The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo, from page four of the list (260p).
509+260 = 769p
Total points so far: 30
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)5.5 -The Wizard
series with at least 5 whole number published books - Any book from the series may be used
Page Count: 256
Series Name: Jeeves/ 15 whole number published books
My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
Points Earned This Post: 5
Points Achieved to Date: 15/895
Tasks Completed 2/54
Kathy KS15.9 - Hall of Famer
Read a book by an author whose initials (all) can be found in Jackie Robinson.
The Smiler with the Knife, by Nicholas Blake
NB=roBiNson
mmpb=243 p.
**Claiming 1 (one) Golden Oldies ticket** 1st published: 1939
Actually, I read this title as part of an omnibus; The Nicholas Blake Treasury Volume 2, p. 349-533
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 15
Tasks completed: 1/54
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: 0
Katrisa30.4 - TessaVanessa's Task: National Library Week 2022
Opt 2 - Read a book checked out from your local library that has exactly one number 3 OR 0 (not both) in the number of pages
I checked out the audiobook My Twenty-Five Years in Provence: Reflections on Then and Now from my local library.
No MMPB, PB pages 208
Opt 3 - Read a book by a single author that has all the letters of MORE in the author's first and last name.
The Paris Mysteries by James Patterson
MORE - jaMEs patteRsOn
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 30
5.9 - The AuthorEnd of Pride (The Soteria Trilogy #1) by L.J. Duncan
Total this Post: 5
Season Total: 30
10.4 - Brains, Brains, Brains!Read a zombie book.
I read World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War.
Total points: 15
ROBIN P25.4 - Wayne's Task: Play Ball?
2 bks - total >500 pas
Option 1. Mr Padre - page # ends in 3, 9, or 4 - The Card - 224 pages
Option 3 - Les Expos - double letter in title - Barrayar - 346 pages
Total pages - 570
Points this post - 25
Total points - 25
BB: 0 GO: 0 IAF: 0
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)10.10 -Spring Series
book in a series with a series title that begins with a letter in SPRING
Page Count: 272
Series Title: Graceling Graphic Novels #1
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Points Earned This Post: 10
Points Achieved to Date: 25/895
Tasks Completed 3/54
HanneloreTask 15.9 - Hall of Famer
Read a book by an author whose initials (all) can be found in Jackie Robinson.
Book: Fangs
How it fits: Author is Sarah Andersen. Initials all fit in 'jAckie robinSon'.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 25
Tasks completed: 3
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 0
Line10.5
a book set at least 50 % in London
i read Confessions of a Shopaholic which is set in London
points for this task: 10
total points: 10
books read: 1
tasks done: 1
Katrisa15.4 - "Password" is not a Password
Opt 2 -
Read a book with a number expressed as a digit AND with at least one special character in the title
I read $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America
Points this Post:
Points Total: 15
15.9 Hall of FamerThe Lost Letter by Jillian Cantor
JC are found in Jackie Robinson
Post Total: 15
Grand Total: 20
Mary P5.4 - Glinda the Good Witch
Read a book whose author has a first and last name beginning with the same letter.
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep
Points this task: 5
Total points: 5
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