Viktoria's Spring Challenge

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MARCH

Spring
✔ 1. Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in SPRING (you can ignore or use a, an, or the)
The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman

2. Read a coming-of-age or inspirational book

3. Read a book with themes related to nature

March Birthdays: Gabriel García Márquez
1. Read a book set in Colombia.

✔ 2. Read a book with themes inspired by the author's life or values (family, magical realism, Latin American politics/social issues).
The Lost Book of Adana Moreau

✔ 3. Read a book by an author who has won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
The Remains of the Day

March Madness
✔ 1. Read a book with a page count that appears in the number 9,223,372,036,854,775,808
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

2. Read a book published between 1931 and 1968.

✔ 3. Read a book set in Kansas, North Carolina, California, or Tennessee.
Beware Beware by Steph Cha - set in California

St. Patrick's Day
✔ 1. Read a book written by an author whose initials appear in Maewyn Succat.
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

2. Read a book with a theme of good vs. evil.

✔ 3. In honor of the famous Shamrock, read a book that is third or fourth in a series.
Lethal White

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APRIL

April Fool's Day
1. Read a humorous book.

2. Read a book with a fish on the cover.

✔ 3. Read a book whose author's initials are found in APRIL FOOLS DAY.
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

Spring Sports: Baseball
✔ 1. Read a book written in OR set in the 1800s.
Journey to the Center of the Earth - written and set in the 1800s

✔ 2. Read a book with a 3 in the page number.
The Time Traveler's Wife

3. Read a book off of one of these lists that feature sports:


Earth Day
1. Read a book with a green cover OR with a plant on the cover.

2. Read a book in which the character travels through more than one country.

✔ 3. Read a cli-fi book.
Permafrost

April Birthdays: Maya Angelou
✔ 1. Read a banned book.
The Kite Runner

✔ 2. Read a book by an author who has more than 30 published works.
And Then There Were None

3. Read a book featuring the Civil Rights movement.

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MAY

May Day
✔ 1. Read a book that has the letters MAY (in any order) in the title.
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

2. Read a book with a colorful cover.

3. Read a book where a character is a tradesman who works with their hands.

Cinco de Mayo
✔ 1. Read a book written by a Mexican or Mexican American author.
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

2. Read a book set in Mexico.

3. Read a book that is part of a series that contains a multiple of five books in the series (5 books, 10 books, 20 books, etc. in the series, but you can read any book of the series).


May Birthdays: Frank L. Baum
✔ 1. Read a children's/middle grade/YA book. (You can ignore the 100 page rule.)
The Ten Thousand Doors of January

2. Read a book with a female main character that leaves home.

3. Read a book that was made into a movie.

Mother's Day
✔ 1. Read a book that starts with a letter in MOTHERS DAY.
Milk and Honey

2. Read a book that features someone's relationship with their mother.

3. Read a book featured on one of these lists:
✔ Little Fires Everywhere

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