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30.2 - MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian Games
This task is related to the months of the Spring challenge – March, April, May .
This is a two-book task, pick one book for two different options.
No children's books, manga or graphic novels are permitted for this task
Each book must be a minimum of 250 pages.
Required: Specify the options.

Option 1
March, April and May are the 3rd, 4th and 5th months of the year

Read a book with a stand alone variant of the number 3, 4, or 5 in the TITLE ONLY.
It may appear as words or numbers, whole numbers or ordinals - so 3, 4, 5 ; Three, Four, Five ; Third, Fourth, Fifth ; and 3rd , 4th, 5th all work.
Numerals should be Arabic numerals, not Roman numerals (i.e. not III, IV or V)

Examples:
The 3rd Alternative: Solving Life's Most Difficult Problems, The Four Winds, The Fifth Season

Option 2
Read a book where the name of the Month (March, April or May) is found intact in the title - It does not have to carry the meaning of the month and can be part of a longer word
Examples:
The Adventures of Augie March, In Search of April Raintree OR Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

Option 3
Read a book whose SINGLE author's first and last (middle can be ignored) initials use only the letters in the name of ONE of the months of the Spring Challenge - March, April, or May

Examples:
Agatha Christie (March), Robin Paige (April) Moira Young (May)

Option 4
Read a book that is # 3, 4 or 5 in a series. The number must be shown in greyscale on the GR record.

30.1 - JennRenee's Task: Spring Up and Grow
Spring is a season of new beginnings and growth. Take the season to work on yourself, your garden, or your TBR.

This is a two book task.

Book 1
Read a book with at least 2 words in the title, each word beginning with a letter in SPRING. Letters can be used multiple times.

Book 2
Read a book with a title of at least 3 words, each word longer than its preceding word.

This is the discussion thread for the Spring 2025 Group Read, Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show in the category Nonfiction: Cults. Please post your comments here. This thread is not restricted to those choosing this book for task 20.10, feel free to join in the discussion. Warning- spoilers ahead!

The requirement for task 20.10: You must participate in the book's discussion thread below with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book.

This is the discussion thread for the Spring 2025 Group Read, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries in the category Fiction: Historical Fantasy. Please post your comments here. This thread is not restricted to those choosing this book for task 20.10, feel free to join in the discussion. Warning- spoilers ahead!

The requirement for task 20.10: You must participate in the book's discussion thread below with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book.

This is the discussion thread for the Spring 2025 Group Read, The Glassmaker in the category Fiction: Strong Women. Please post your comments here. This thread is not restricted to those choosing this book for task 20.10, feel free to join in the discussion. Warning- spoilers ahead!

The requirement for task 20.10: You must participate in the book's discussion thread below with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book.

Have a book and don't know what tasks it may work for? Ask here!

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15.10 May For Growth

The month of May was named for the Maia, the Roman goddess of spring and growth.
Read the most recent published book ( as of March 1, 2025) in a series of at last 3 published books.
The series name and number must be indicated in the GR title listing in grayscale parentheses following the title or grayscale italics above the title.

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15.9 April is Love

The month of April was named for Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love.
Read a book where all the letters of APHRODITE can be found in in any combination of the title/subtitle/authors name.

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15.8 March Means War

The month of March was named for Mars, Roman god of war.
Read a book with MARS intact in the title. (excluding subtitles.)

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15.7 Happy Fairytale Birthday

April 2nd Hans Christian Andersons birthday
Read a book from the first 25 pages of this list
Fairy Tale Retellings Books

Required: State the page.

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