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SPRING CHALLENGE 2022
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Maria Jo20.5 - Bigger is Better – Kristi CO's task - Literary Cat Names
Option 2: The Alliance
Points this post: 20
Total points: 150
APRILLEIGH5.7 - The Flying Monkeys
Read a book with a living creature with wings on the cover.
Foliage and Fatality by Karen Musser Nortman
(Read the kindle version - top paperback - no mmpb)
Cover was approved in the help thread.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 5 (180)
Golden Oldie: 0 (1)
Big Book: 0 (0)
It’s a Fact: 0 (1)
Books Read: 1 (14)
Total Tasks: 12
APRILLEIGH20.5 - Bigger is Better - Kristi CO’s Task: Literary Cat Names
Option 5: Read a book by a single author with at least three parts.
Bells and Blazes by Karen Musser Nortman
(Read the kindle version - top paperback - no mmpb)
Author name has three parts
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (200)
Golden Oldie: 0 (1)
Big Book: 0 (0)
It’s a Fact: 0 (1)
Books Read: 1 (15)
Total Tasks: 13
Nick KY25.8 AmyFL's Whole Lotta Shakin'
Opt. 2. I read Henderson the Rain King by Saul Bellow, author's inits in SuBstantia nigra.
Opt. 4. I read The Influential Mind by Tali Sharot, on page 5 of the Brain shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 395
Jen K25.6 - KmarieD's Task: Reaching Goals
Option 2: Firekeeper's Daughter- 496 pages
Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fiction and Nominee for Debut Novel (2021)
Option 5: Bone Crossed- 287 pages
Mercy Thompson #4
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 235
Big Books: 3
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySpring 2022 SRC
25.6 - KmarieD's Task: Reaching Goals
Option 1 - Read a book first published in 2022.
Reckless Girls - 320 pages - first published Jan 4, 2022
Option 5 - Read a book that is #2 or above in a series. Whole numbers only. The series name and number must be indicated in the GR title listing in grayscale parentheses following the title.
The Rise of Magicks, #3 in The Chosen One series - MMPB version is 483 pages, I listened to audiobook
Points this post: 25
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Ticket: 0
Total Points: 170
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Ticket: 1
Mod
25.7 - Andy P’s Task: Symmetry
Book 1. Read a book that contains a word of at least 5 letters in the title that begins and ends with the same letter.
Groundbreaking Food Gardens: 73 Plans That Will Change the Way You Grow Your Garden. Niki Jabbour - 272 pages
Claiming 1 Nonfiction ticket
Book 2. Read a book by an author whose name contains a name part that begins and ends with the same letter.
The Secret Keeper of Jaipur. Alka Joshi - 384 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 360
Tasks complete: 20/54
Total points: 360/895
BB: 4
NF: 7
GO: 3
Katrisa25.7 - Andy P’s Task: Symmetry
Book 1. Read a book that contains a word of at least 5 letters in the title that begins and ends with the same letter.
I read The Yellow Bird Sings - SingS
My book was audio - paperback pages 304 (no MMPB)
Book 2. Read a book by an author whose name contains a name part that begins and ends with the same letter.
I read Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama: A Memoir by Bob Odenkirk - BoB
My book was audio - Hardcover pages 304 (no MMPB or PB)
Points this Post: 25
Points Total:500
Barbara ★10.10 - Spring Series
Read a book in a series with a SERIES TITLE that begins with a letter in SPRING.
Key to Conflict - Talia Gryphon 4/5
(Gillian Key, ParaDoc #1)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 370
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Deborah25.4 - Wayne's Task: Play Ball? Play Ball!
1) Mr. Padre
Read a book with a page number that ENDS with a 3, 9, or 4.
Enclave 259 pages
3) Les Expos
Read a book with a doubled letter in the title.
Loveless 432 pages
259 + 432 = 691 pages out of 500 minimum required
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 80
Books Read: 6
Tasks Done: 5
15.1 - HemispheresBook 1: Read a book set at least 50% in a country that is located entirely the Northern Hemisphere
Phillipines
Once Upon a Sunset by Tif Marcelo
Book 2: Read a book set at least 50% in a country that is located entirely the Southern Hemisphere
Lesotho
She Plays with the Darkness by Zakes Mda
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 5
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 470
Mod
Sleigh Bells Ring by RaeAnne Thayne / word BELLS in the song
Point this post: 5
Total points: 195
Deborah5.1 - The Wicked Witch
Not Your Idol, Vol. 1
YOUR
Wake up, you sleepy head, rub your eyes, get out of bed
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 85
Books Read: 7
Tasks Done: 6
Julia10315.2 Right/Left
Book 1: The Law of Becoming
(fiction, title first letter T is in RIGHT)
This book is 752 pages - claiming two BB tickets,
Book 2: The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line: Untold Stories of the Women Who Changed the Course of World War II
(non-fiction, title first letter T is in LEFT)
This is non-fiction - claiming one It's a Fact ticket
This post: 15 points, 2 BB, 1 NF
Total points: 275
BB: 5
GO: 0
NF: 2
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 22
Mod
15.1 - Hemispheres
Book 1: Read a book set at least 50% in a country that is located entirely the Northern Hemisphere.
Vendetta (Italy)
Book 2: Read a book set at least 50% in a country that is located entirely the Southern Hemisphere using this link
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Botswana)
Points this task: 15
Season total: 155
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 0
IAF Tickets: 2
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.6 Renewal
The Speckled Beauty: A Dog and His People by Rick Bragg
Points this post: 10
Total points: 575/895
Tasks completed: 34/54
Books read: 45
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.7 NeuroAware
The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis Graves
Found on page 2 of list
Points this post: 15
Total points: 590/895
Tasks completed: 35/54
Books read: 46
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.8 Mr Potato Head
The Life Before Her Eyes by Laura Kasischke
Points this post: 15
Total points: 605/895
Tasks completed: 36/54
Books read: 47
Sara G20.5 - Bigger is Better – Kristi CO's task - Literary Cat Names
Option 5: Read a book written by a single author who has a name with at least three parts (i.e first, middle, last name) as listed on Goodreads.
Espresso Tales by Alexander McCall Smith
Points this post: 20
Total points: 190
Sara G20.8 - Nickels & Dimes: Paul's Task: Is 139 a Prime Number?
Option 1: Read a book written by a single author whose initials (all of them) can be found in the letters in "AMAZON PRIME".
The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende
AMAZON PRIME
Points this post: 20
Total points: 210
Bookwrm526Task #20.7 - Wordle Wordle Wordle!
Option 2: Read a book that is #2 #4 or #16 in a series. I read Chance of a Ghost by E.J. Copperman, book 4 in the Haunted Guesthouse Mystery series.
Total points so far: 395
Mod
15.5 - Hey Joe!
Read a book written by a single author named Joe or one of the related names (Jodi - English feminine)
Dinner on Primrose Hill. Jodi Thomas
Points this post: 15
Total points: 375
Tasks complete: 21/54
Total points: 375/895
BB: 4
NF: 7
GO: 3
Angela IL25.5 - Nick KY’s Task: Scarecrow Leftovers
Option 1
Suggestion 1. Read a book from this list: Books by Black Authors
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson- 3/15 (on Page 2)
497 pgs
Claiming an It's a Fact Ticket
Suggestion 3. Read a book from the first 10 pages of GR’s “TV”
genre list.
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas- 4/6 (on Page 9 of the TV Genre List)
Read the Kindle version: the MMPB is in German but the paperback version is also under 500 pages at 448 pages: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 200
Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 8/54
BB Ticket: 1
NF Ticket: 2
15.7 - NeuroAwareRead a book that has been shelved as Neurodiversity.
Act Your Age, Eve Brown
Page 1 on the list.
Total Points: 60
10.1 - ScarecrowRead a book with a word of three or more letters in the title or subtitle that can be made from the letters in SCARECROW
Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein , my word is rose, ScaREceOw
Points this post: 10
Total points: 220
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 20
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
FLY Task # 10.7 - Holi
task: Read a book with a title that begins with one of these letters: H, O, L, I.
book: Lipstick & Lattes
how it fits: title begins with L
Points this post: 10
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 6/54
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's A Fact tickets: 1
EMurphy25.4 Wayne's Task: Play Ball?
Option 1: Page number that ends with 3, 9, or 4 Falling by T.J. Newman
*304 pages
Option 3: Double letter in the title The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl
*376 pages
304+376=680 pages
This Post:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 100
Books Read: 7
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +500: 1
Tasks Completed: 4
30.2 The Birds and the BeesOption 4 - All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler by Rebecca Donner
MPG Biography
576 pages
Option 5 - The FBI Way: Inside the Bureau's Code of Excellence by Frank Figliuzzi
Author has an A and a Z in his name.
Both books are non-fiction, I'd like 2 Just the Facts tickets.
I'd like a BB ticket for All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler
Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 160
Kristina Marie10.7 - Holi
Read a book with a title that begins with one of these letters: H, O, L, I. All words count (including A, An, and The).
Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert
Audiobook. The MMPB has 471 pages.
Heretics of Dune begins with an H.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 35
Kristina Marie10.10 - Spring Series
Read a book in a series with a series title that begins with a letter in SPRING. Articles (a, an, the) may be ignored.
Shadow of the Giant by Orson Scott Card
Audiobook. The MMPB has 380 pages.
It's part of The Shadow Series
Points this post: 10
Total points: 45
30.4 - TessaVanessa's Task: National Library Week 2022Option 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
Em 160 pages
I checked this book out from my local library
Option 4: Read a book that has a word in the title/subtitle of at least 4 letters that can be made from Connect with Your Library
I listened to an audio version of Midnight Riot
RI in Library: OT in Connect
New Points: 30
Total Points: 200
IF: 3
Christine V25.8 - Amy FL’s task: Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin On
Option 2: Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis
Option 4: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, currently found on page 1 of the Brain shelf.
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking is nonfiction.
***Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket***
Points this post: 25
IAF tickets this post: 1
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
It's A Fact: 2
APRILLEIGH** REPOST **
5.7 - The Flying Monkeys
Read a book with a living creature with wings on the cover.
Foliage and Fatality by Karen Musser Nortman(Read the kindle version - top paperback - no mmpb)
Cover was approved in the help thread.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 5 (200)
Golden Oldie: 0 (1)
Big Book: 0 (0)
It’s a Fact: 0 (1)
Books Read: 1 (15)
Total Tasks: 13
20.1 - Most Improved - Delicious Dee's Task: Happy Birthday to Me!Option 1: Read a book where the ALL the letters CELLO, including 2 Ls, can be found in the title (excluding subtitle).
The book must be a MINIMUM of 200 pages.
You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism Audiobook
You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism PB 240 Pages
CELLO appears in yOu'LL laCEy
Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket - Non Fiction
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 340
It's A Fact Tickets: 10
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets Total: 3
Big Books Read By Page Count: 1 (500) / 1 (750) / 0 (1000)
Julia10320.6 - Seasoned Reader - Helen B's Task: Spring Begins
Option 3: Romancing the Inventor (Supernatural Society #1)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 295
BB: 5
GO: 0
NF: 2
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 23
Barbara ★5.3 - Uncle Henry
Read a book with one of the following family relationship words in its title.
The Second Blind Son - Amy Harmon 4/6
Points this task: 5
Total points: 375
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Delicious Dee10.10 - Spring Series
The Last Odyssey - #15 in the Sigma Force series - S in sigma found in Spring
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 255
MEGSCL5.5. - The Wizard
Season of Mists - the Sandman series has 11 primary works
Total
310 points, 1 bb, 3 nf, 1 go
25.3 - Cat's Task: Good ReadingOption 1, a book not originally published in English: The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende, non-fiction and originally published in Spanish
Option 2 a book from Disability Books list (p.7): The Duke and I by Julia Quinn
Both books are new to me.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 220
10.5 - Spring BreakRead a book set at least 50% in one or more of these popular spring break destinations: Texas
Heaven, My Home by Attica Locke
Task Points: 10
Season Total: 45
15,6 - That's Dr. ScarecrowRead a book by an author who has all the letters T H D in his/her name
Playdate by Thelma Adams THelma aDams
Points this post: 15
Total points: 235
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 21
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
15.5 - Hey Joe!Lesser Evils by Joe Flanagan
Total this Post: 15
Golden Oldies: 5
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 485
babbling c25.5
Here are some “leftovers” adapted from the suggestions for Spring tasks – plus one of my own.
Select one option.
Required: State the option.
Option 2. Read ONE book of 500+ pp which fits at least one of the above suggestions.
Read a book from the first 10 pages of GR’s “TV” genre list.
The Stand - Audible The Stand - mass market paperback pg. 1141 by Stephen King
Pg 1
1141>500
THIS POST
Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 90/895
Completed Tasks: 5/54
Golden oldies:
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Pages read this season: 3,003
Books read this season: 6
babbling c5.5. - The Wizard
Frank Morgan played the Wizard, as well as playing Professor Marvel, the Gatekeeper at the Emerald City, the Carriage Driver, and the Emerald City guard who refuses to allow Dorothy and friends to see the Wizard.
Read a book from a series with at least 5 whole number published books - Any book from the series may be used.
The Darkest King - Audible The Darkest King - paperback pg. 464 by Gena Showalter
Lords of the Underworld #15
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 95/895
Completed Tasks: 6/54
Golden oldies:
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Pages read this season: 3,467
Books read this season: 7
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)5.2 - Auntie Em
single author with a name that matches a name related to Em-
Page Count: 182--Listened to Audiobook-- Link to PB edition Runaway Amish Girl: The Great Escape
Name: Emma
Author: Emma Gingerich
Runaway Amish Girl: The Great Escape
Points Earned This Post: 5
Points Achieved to Date: 575/895
Tasks Completed 39/54
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)15.3 - Wordle
Option 2: Read one book that satisfies the requirements for both books of Option 1--One word(5 letters)title & # 1-6 in series
Page Count: 273--Listened to Audiobook-- Link to PB edition Clash
Series: Crash(Book #2)
Clash by Nicole Williams
Points Earned This Post: 15
Points Achieved to Date: 590/895
Tasks Completed 40/54
25.5 - Nick KY’s Task: Scarecrow Leftovers Option 1-1, a book from Black Authors list (p.1 #80): Dear Martin by Nic Stone
paperback edition Dear Martin 240 pages
Option 1-2, a book with the letter sequence RAIN intact in a word in the title: After the Rain by Karen White
paperback edition After the Rain 378 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 245
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20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Helen B’s Task: Spring Begins
Option 3: Read the first book in a series.
Reunion and Revenge by Karen Musser Nortman
(Read the kindle version - top paperback - no mmpb)
Title #1 of 3+ books in The Mystery Sisters series.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 20 (175)
Golden Oldie: 0 (1)
Big Book: 0 (0)
It’s a Fact: 0 (1)
Books Read: 1 (13)
Total Tasks: 11