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SPRING CHALLENGE 2022
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I read this version: Rock Chick Revenge by Kristen Ashley / originally published Apr 24 2011 rated 4.47
original publish date found: Rock Chick Revenge
Points this post: 10
Total points: 55
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Rock Chick Reckoning by Kristen Ashley / Rock Chick series starts with R
Points this post: 10
Total points: 65
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Breathe by Kristen Ashley / KA in phrase
Points this post: 15
Total points: 80
Suzannesea20.7 -Shorter is Sweeter - MEGSCL's Task: Wordle Wordle Wordle!
Option 2 - Dordle, Quordle, Sedecordle
The Burn by Kathleen Kent is #2 in the Betty Rhyzyk series.
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 40
Pat30.3 ~ Recurring Keys
Book 1 ~ Read a book written by an author whose name contains all the letters A E N in a single name part.
Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight by Janet EvanovichRead ~ 3.2.22
Pages ~ 320
AEN ~ (jANEt)
Book 2 ~ Read a book with a word in the title that contains all the letters A E N. Subtitles are excluded.
The Beantown Girls by Jane HealeyRead ~ 3.9.22
Pages ~ large print 500
Pages ~ paperback 352
AEN ~ (bEANtown)
I read the large print version, which was the only one my library had.
Points this Task ~ 30
Total Points ~ 60
Total Books ~ 4
Total Pages ~ 1445
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes: Paul's Task: Is 139 a Prime Number?I chose Option 2: Read a book with a word of three or more letters in the title and/or subtitle that can be made from the letters in "AMAZON PRIME".
For this option, I chose the word "MAZE", and read Masters of the Maze.
Total points: 70
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 Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury by Marc Levy
CELLO found in Of aLiCE pendeLbury
282 pages
Total this Post: 20
Season Total: 85
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Lucy-Bookworm's Task: Books For A BookwormRead a book with one of the following words in the title or subtitle
Book, Bookworm, Bookshelf, Bookshop, Bookstore, Bookseller, Library
The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel
Points this post: 20
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
LAUREN JODI15.9 - Hall of Famer
Author initials in Jackie Robinson:
Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 40/895
Total Books Read: 3
Total Tasks Completed: 3/54
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I read The Golden Couple - I read the the kindle edition, linked to the pb (no MMPB). This book is on p.3 of the Books with a Color in the Title list.
total points: 5
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I read Midnight Crossroad - I read the kindle edition, linked to the MMPB. Book was set completely in Texas.
total points: 15
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I chose option 2, and read the kindle edition of Leviathan Wakes - the MMPB is L'Éveil du Léviathan - 694 pages.
The book is found on suggestion 3, on TV Genre List, page 5 and is 694 pages.
total points: 40
JEN B20.1 - 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 Collective by Alison Gaylin
Cello found in COLLEctive
TOTAL POINTS: 20
Joanne MI20.4 Golden Oldies - Robin P’s Task: Saluting Brains
Option 2 Read a book with MPG History, Historical, Historical fiction
The Butchers' Blessing -MPG of HF approved in message 8 of Help Thread
Points this task 20
Total Points 20
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.1 Most Improved - Delicious Dee's Task: Happy Birthday to Me!
Option 1: Craigslist Confessional: A Collection of Secrets from Anonymous Strangers by Helena Dea Bala
272 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 50/895
Tasks completed: 5/54
Books read: 5
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.9 Moderator's Pet - Sarah E's Task: Most Volcanoes
Murder Most Howl by Krista Davis
MOST is the word,
Points this post: 20
Total points: 70/895
Tasks completed: 6/54
Books read: 6
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.4 Golden Oldies - Robin P’s Task: Saluting Brains
Option 2: Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Points this post: 20
Total points: 90/895
Tasks completed: 7/54
Books read: 7
5.3 - Uncle HenryRead a book with one of the following family relationship words in its title. Possessive and plural/singular forms can be used, no other variations.
Word Chosen: Sister
Sisters in Hate: American Women on the Front Lines of White Nationalism
Sisters in title.
Nonfiction - Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 115
It's A Fact Tickets: 4
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
ROBIN P30.4 - TessaVanessa's Task: National Library Week
Option 1 - all letters of TABLET in title - Above the Waterfall ABovE The waTerfalL
Option 2 - Library book with page # containing a 3 or 0
Matrix 260 pages
**I borrowed this book from my local library**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 70
BB:0 GO:1 IAF: 0
Sara G10.10 - Spring Series
Read a book in a series with a series title that begins with a letter in SPRING.
Fumbled by Alexa Martin
This is book 2 in the "Playbook" series.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 25
Delicious Dee5.7 - The Flying Monkeys
- there is a bee with wings on the coverPoints This Post: 5
Total Points: 55
Jayme(the ghostreader) 15.9 hall of famer
The Mystery of the Blue Trainby Agatha Christie
Task +15
Golden oldies: 1
Books read: 1
Grand total: 20
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5.9 - The Author
Read a book whose author uses an initial in the first name position.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. V.E. Schwab
Points this post: 5
Total points: 30
Tasks complete: 4/54
Total points: 30/895
BB:1
NF: 0
Barbara ★20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Helen B's Task: Spring Begins
Option 3: Read the first book (#1) in a series
Curse of the Specter Queen - Jenny Elder Moke 3/10
(Samantha Knox #1)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 95
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Katrisa25.4 - Wayne's Task: Play Ball?
Opt 1 - Read a book with a page number that ENDS with a 3, 9, or 4.
I read The Four Winds
My book was audio - PB pages 544 (no MMPB)
Opt 3 - Read a book with a doubled letter in the title.
I read Follow Me to Ground
ll in follow
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 55
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 in the number of pages
I read My Twenty-Five Years in Provence: Reflections on Then and Now
My book was audio - PB pages 208 (no MMPB) I checked it out digitally from my city library
Opt 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 read A Wild Winter Swan
WINTER - coNnEcT WIth youR library
Points this Post: 30
Points this Post: 85
Bookwrm526Task #10.9 - Spring Into a Good Book
Read a book first published in March, April, or May (of any year) that has an average Goodreads rating of 4.0 or higher. I read Defekt by Nino Cipri, first published in April 2021, with a rating of 4.19 at time of posting.
Total points so far: 95
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.
Fields of Air by Shelley Adina
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5/845
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Marty20.4 - Golden Oldies - Robin P’s Task: Saluting Brains -
Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy by Anne Sebba - 3/6/22
Option 2
5.10 Wish Upon a Star - The Balcony by Jane Delury - 3/10/22
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 25
Christene Paula20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Helen B's Task: Spring Begins
Book: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig 304 pages, ebook
Tasks: (1) Explore new beginnings by reading a book from the list: Do-Overs and Fresh Starts
Required: State the page where you selected your book.
How it fits: #1 book on "Do-Overs and Fresh Starts"
Points this task: 20
Total points: 35
Total books read: 4
Tasks completed: 4/54
Big Books tickets: 4
(0) 500+
(2) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Its a Fact Tickets:0
babbling c10.7 - 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)
How to Date Your Dragon - Audible How to Date Your Dragon - paperback pgs. 214 by Molly Harper
THIS POST
Points:10
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 10/895
Completed Tasks: 1/54
Golden oldies:
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Pages read this season: 214
Books read this season: 1
babbling c15.9 - Hall of Famer
Read a book by an author whose initials (all) can be found in Jackie Robinson.
Spirits and Sourdough - Kindle Spirits and Sourdough - paperback pgs. 288 by Bailey Cates
Jackie Robinson
THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Golden oldies:
Total This Season
Points: 25/895
Completed Tasks: 2/54
Golden oldies:
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Pages read this season:502
Books read this season: 2
Inge199020.1 - 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).
Costa del Sol
Points this post: 20
total points: 35
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.1 The Wicked Witch
Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath by Stephanie Hemphill
word is YOUR
Points this post: 5
Total points: 95/895
Tasks completed: 8/54
Books read: 8
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.5 Bigger is Better – Kristi CO's task - Literary Cat Names
Option 1: Rebel's Tag by K.L. Denman
Born in Calgary, Canada
Points this post: 20
Total points: 115/895
Tasks completed: 9/54
Books read: 9
Readerboard Name: Robin (Saturndoo)25.7 - Andy P’s Task: Symmetry
total page count for both books must be 500 or more.
Book 1: word of at least 5 letters in title that begins and ends with the same letter.
Page Count: 256
Word:Stars
The Stars are Fire by Anita Shreve
Book 2: author whose name contains a name part that begins and ends with the same letter
Page Count: 272
Author: Anita Shreve
Stella Bain
Points Earned This Post: 25
Points Achieved to Date: 100/895
Tasks Completed 9/54
5.4 - Glinda the Good WitchRead a book whose author has a first and last name beginning with the same letter.
The Captive by Fiona King Foster
Fiona Foster both start with F.
Points Earned This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 120
It's A Fact Tickets: 4
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 0
Big Books Read By Page Count: 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Delicious Dee10.4 - Brains, Brains, Brains!
Gil's All Fright Diner
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 65
LAUREN JODI25.3 - Cat's Task: Good Reading
Option 2: Inclusion
Yours Until Dawn by Teresa Medeiros
On page #3 of the Disability list
This book is new to me
Option 3: Environment (Non-fiction)
A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future by David Attenborough
On page #7 of the Best Environmental Books list
This book is new to me
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 65/895
Total Books Read: 5
Total Tasks Completed: 4/54
HanneloreTask 5.9 - The Author
Read a book whose author uses an initial in the first name position.
Book: Een vis zwemt uit zijn taalgebied
How it fits: Author is K. Schippers, he uses an initial in the first name position.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 7
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 0
HanneloreTask 15.10 - Scare More Than Crows
Read a book with a main page genre Horror.
Book: Blauw water
How it fits: Book has an MPG Horror.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 8
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 0
HanneloreTask 20.2 - Rookie At The Top - Lucy-Bookworm's Task: Books For A Bookworm
Read a book with one of the following words in the title or subtitle:
Book, Bookworm, Bookshelf, Bookshop, Bookstore, Bookseller, Library
Book: Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
How it fits: The word 'bookstore' is in the title.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 9
BB tickets:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 0
Joanne MI20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Helen B's Task: Spring Begins
Option # 3 Read the first book (#1) in a series
Ramses: The Son of Light
Points this Task 20
Total Points 40
Nick KY5.6 Munchkins I read Macbeth by William Shakespeare (Macbeth reigned 1040-1057 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth... )
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 80
Nick KY15.2 Right/Left
Book 1. I readThe Blue Hotel and Other Stories by Stephen Crane. Fiction title begins with “T.”
Book 2. I read From the Brink of the Apocalypse: Confronting Famine, War, Plague, and Death in the Later Middle Ages by John Aberth. Nonfiction begins with “F.”
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 95
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Lady Luck by Kristen Ashley / #3 in a series that has more than 5 books in it
Points this post: 5
Total points: 45