Spring Reading Challenge Completion Thread

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Hooray! You've finished the challenge! Drop your completed challenges below so we can cheer for you!

[Catsalive]

Completed.

2022 Spring Reading Challenge
Duration: 1/3-31/5/22
12/12

How It Works:(view spoiler)[
Create a thread in this folder, or use our spreadsheet to track your reading for the challenge. When you've completed all twelve phrases, post in our Spring Reading Challenge Completion Thread and let us cheer you on!

How to Fill the Prompts:
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)
4. Phrase is found somewhere in the text (should be exact word) (hide spoiler)]

1. music: (2) Under the Ice by Rachael Blok 10/3 3★
2. vocalist: (1) The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side by Agatha Christie 2/3 4★
3. midnight blues: (2) Murder Most Fancy by Kellie McCourt 11/3 2★
4. rapper: (2) A Taste of Home by Heidi Swain 11/3 4★
5. marching band: (1) The Sunken Road by Garry Disher 6/3 2.5★
6. fox trot: (2) The Field by Robert Seethaler 5/3 3★
7. heavy metal: (2) Lily Harford's Last Request by Joanna Buckley 4/3 3.5★
8. arpeggio: (1) The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende 17/3 4★
9. marimba: (2) The Maid by Nita Prose 8/3 3.5★
10. chanting: (2)The Lost and Found Bookshop by Susan Wiggs 3/3 3.5★
11. festival: (2) The Story of Be by David Crystal 2/3 4.5★
12. orchestra: (2) The Wattle Island Book Club by Sandie Docker 12/3 4.5★

[NancyJ]

2022 Spring Reading Challenge!

March 2022

The Phrases
🌹1. music - The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie (title M) 3/2/22
🌹2. vocalist - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (title S) 3/14/22
🌹3. midnight blues - Sula by Toni Morrison (both author and title) 3/3/22
🌹4. rapper - The Remains of the Day - by Kazuo Ishiguro (title R) 3/21/22
🌹5. marching band - The Notebook by Agota Kristoff (title N) 3/12/22
🌹6. fox trot - Find You First by Linwood Barclay (title F) 3/4/22
🌹7. heavy metal - The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis (title M) 3/11/22
🌹8. arpeggio - The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin (title I) 3/16/22
🌹9. marimba - MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood (both author MA and title) 3/6/22
🌹10. chanting - The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by JRR Tolkien (title H or T) 3/9/22
🌹11. festival - Shards of Honor by Lois Bujold (title S) 3/7/22
🌹12. orchestra -A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute (title - T or A) 3/10/22

[Joy D]

Completed 3/24/22:
✅1. music
Small Ceremonies: A Novel by Carol Shields - 3/24/22 - 4* - My Review
✅2. vocalist
The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories by Agatha Christie - 3/4/22 - 4* - My Review
✅3. midnight blues
The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat - 3/15/22 - 5* - My Review
✅4. rapper
Prisoners of Our Thoughts: Viktor Frankl's Principles for Discovering Meaning in Life and Work by Alex Pattakos - 3/8/22 - 3* - My Review
✅5. marching band
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell - 3/5/22 - 5* - My Review
✅6. fox trot
The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki - 3/23/22 - 3* - My Review
✅7. heavy metal
Paradise by Toni Morrison - 3/9/22 - 4* - My Review
✅8. arpeggio
Adam Bede by George Eliot - 3/13/22 - 4* - My Review
✅9. marimba
Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet by Andrew Blum - 3/1/22 - 4* - My Review
✅10. chanting
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman - 3/10/22 - 3* - My Review
✅11. festival
The Order of the Day by Éric Vuillard - 3/2/22 - 4* - My Review
✅12. orchestra
A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum - 3/12/22 - 4* - My Review

[Lindsay]

Completed 25/03/2022

The Phrases
1. music - What happened to you? by Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey (on p227) 03/03/22 5/5 stars
2. vocalist - Still Life by Joy Fielding (title S) - 07/03/22 - 4/5 stars
3. midnight blues - Peggy of the Chalet School by Elinor M Brent-Dyer (initials EBD) - 06/03/22 3/5 stars
4. rapper - Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (initials RR) - 09/03/22 4/5 stars
5. marching band - How to Stop Time by Matt Haig (initials MH) - 06/03/22 3/5 stars
6. fox trot - While the Lights are On: Surviving the Evacuation by Frank Tayell (initials FT) - 13/03/22 3/5 stars
7. heavy metal - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (initials HL) 18/03/22 5/5 stars
8. arpeggio - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (title P) - 19/03/22 2/5 stars
9. marimba - Mr Penumbra's 24-hour bookstore by Robin Sloan (title M) - 25/03/22 3/5 stars
10. chanting - Calling Mr Tom by David M Barnett. (title C) 16/03/22 5/5 stars
11. festival - The Summer Queen by Elizabeth Chadwick (title S) - 03/06/22 4/5 stars
12. orchestra - The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan (initials RH) 23/03/22 3/5 stars

[Roxana]

Completed 3/25

🎵 1. music: Mrs. Dalloway (in text)
🎵 2. vocalist: Love from Scratch (title)
🎵 3. midnight blues: Squad (cover, title)
🎵 4. rapper: Portrait of a Thief (title)
🎵 5. marching band: Girls Made of Snow and Glass (author initials)
🎵 6. fox trot: To Be Taught, If Fortunate (title)
🎵 7. heavy metal: The Half Life of Valery K (title)
🎵 8. arpeggio: The Mauritius Command (author initials)
🎵 9. marimba: A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons (title)
🎵 10. chanting: A Novel Obsession (title)
🎵 11. festival: A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (in text)
🎵 12. orchestra: Something Fabulous (author initials, title)

[Kathy]

Completed 3/26/22
The Phrases
Finished: 12/12 March 26, 2022

1. music
Title: Sunrise by the Sea - Jenny Colgan
2. vocalist
Title: Violeta - Isabel Allende
3. midnight blues
Title: The House at Sea's End - Elly Griffiths
4. rapper
Title: Anne's House of Dreams - L.M. Montgomery
5. marching band
Author: Angeline Boulley - Firekeeper's Daughter
6. fox trot
Title: Othello With CD - William Shakespeare
7. heavy metal
Title: The Landscapes of Anne of Green Gables - Catherine Reid
8. arpeggio
Title: Persuasion - Jane Austen
9. marimba
Title: Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson - S.C. Gwynne
10. chanting
Author: Agatha Christie - Dumb Witness
11. festival
Title: Lost Lake - Sarah Addison Allen
12. orchestra
Title: The Tea Dragon Society - Kay O'Neill

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

Completed 3/28

1. music - Matrix - Mar 7 - 4* - title
2. vocalist - Violeta - Mar 28 - 4* - title
3. midnight blues - Lois McMaster Bujold Barrayar - Mar 4 - 4* - author
4. rapper - Plague Pits & River Bones - Mar 14 - 4* - title
5. marching band - Arnold Bennett - The Card - Mar 4 - 4* - author
6. fox trot - A Trick of the Light - Mar 22 - 4* - title
7. heavy metal - Hervé Le Tellier - L’anomalie - Mar 13 - 3* - author
8. arpeggio - Above the Waterfall - Mar 10 -4* - title
9. marimba - Murder at Pirate's Cove - Mar 16 - 3* - title
10. chanting - Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge - Mar 8 - 3* - title
11. festival - I, Robot or author Isaac Asimov - Mar 23 - 4* - author
12. orchestra - Otherwise Engaged - Mar 17 - 4* - title

[LeahS]

Completed 29/3/22

Phrase contains author's initials

Rapper: Alice Randall - The Wind Done Gone 29/3/22
Marching Band: Isabel Allende-Violeta 17/3/22
Heavy Metal: Hilary Mantel - A Change of Climate 20/3/22

Phrase contains first letter of title

Arpeggio: All This Could Be Yours 27/3/22
Marimba: My Name Is Why 10/3/22
Chanting: Collected Stories 15/3/22

Phrase exemplified on cover

Vocalist: 16/3/22
Midnight Blues: 5/3/22
Foxtrot: 12/3/22

Phrase contained in text

Music: He liked it as he liked certain pieces of music and would have hated to have it moved, cleaned or elucidated.
The Shooting Party p23 4/3/22
Festival: I’ve had them only once, on a stormy night at a literary festival.
Vesper Flights p57 7/3/22
Orchestra: After the speeches, a full orchestra backed a Frank Sinatra imitator in a soaring rendition of ‘My Way’
The Cockroach 1/3/22

[Laurel]

Completed!

1. music Moonlighter (title)
2. vocalist Loverboy (title)
3. midnight blues Must Love Hockey by Sarina Bowen (author and title)
4. rapper Pilfered Promises (title)
5. marching band The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie (author and title)
6. fox trot An Old, Cold Grave
7. heavy metal Lethal Remedies by M. Louisa Locke (author and title)
8. arpeggio The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths (author)
9. marimba Bombshells (title)
10. chanting All the Feels (title)
11. festival Engaging Mr. Darcy (title)
12. orchestra Shenanigans (title)

[Sandra]

Completed 27/03

1. music - Sword of Destiny
2. vocalist - The Promised Neverland, Vol. 13
3. midnight blues - Never Never: The Complete Series
4. rapper - Paper Girls, Vol. 1
5. marching band - Glass Sword
6. fox trot - The Lightning Thief
7. heavy metal - Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village
8. arpeggio - Every Heart a Doorway
9. marimba - Bring Me Back
10. chanting - Clockwork Prince
11. festival - The Borrowers
12. orchestra - Cress

[Tsipi]

Spring challenge complete!


🎵 1. Music - Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim (word in text)
🎵 2. Vocalist - Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang (first letter)
🎵 3. Midnight blues - Magical Makeover by Brenda Trim (init.)
🎵 4. Rapper - The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker (first letter)
🎵 5. Marching band - Catch the Lightning by Catherine Asaro (init.)
🎵 6. Foxtrot - The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood (first letter)
🎵 7. Heavy metal - Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells (cover)
🎵 8. Arpeggio - Amatka by Karin Tidbeck (first letter)
🎵 9. Marimba - Intimacies by Katie Kitamura (first letter)
🎵 10. Chanting - Murder on the Orient Express by
Agatha Christie (init.)
🎵 11. Festival - Jade City by Fonda Lee (init.)
🎵 12. Orchestra - Crier's War by Nina Varela (first letter)

[Conny]

I just finished :)

✓1. music
The Song of Achilles
(phrase is exemplified in the cover => song)

✓2. vocalist
Legendary
(contains L)

✓3. midnight blues
The Midnight Lock
(contains M and L and even starts with the same word)

✓4. rapper
Perfect on Paper
(contains two P's)

✓5. marching band
Natrium Chlorid
(contains N and C)

✓6. fox trot
Felix Ever After
(starts with F)

✓7. heavy metal
Totenblick by Markus Heitz
(contains M and H and I also think the cover is very "metal")

✓8. arpeggio
Night Music
(1 occurrence in the text)

✓9. marimba
Böse bist du
(contains B)

10. chanting
✓Caraval
(starts with C)

✓11. festival
Finale
(contains 9 occurrences, also starts with F)

✓12. orchestra
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
(contains R and S)

[Kelly Sj]

🌻 Spring Challenge 🌻

Round 1

1. music (title)
🌻 Clara and Mr. Tiffany
2. vocalist (title)
🌻 Once There Were Wolves
3. midnight blues (title)
🌻 Dark Fire
4. rapper (title)
🌻 The A.B.C. Murders
5. marching band (author)
🌻 Revenge of the Rose
6. fox trot (title)
🌻 Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change
7. heavy metal (title)
🌻 The Last Hours
8. arpeggio (author)
🌻 The Signature of All Things
9. marimba (title)
🌻 The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
10. chanting (author)
🌻 A Solitude of Wolverines
11. festival (author & title)
🌻 This Is How It Always Is
12. orchestra (title)
🌻 Ruins of War

[Sherri]

Completed 4/12/2022
The Phrases
1. music - Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James. Actual phase, page 396 hard back. "I have not been this close to music such as this in many years".
2. vocalist - The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
3. midnight blues - The Women of Chateau Lafayette by Stephanie Dray
4. rapper - Bewilderment by Richard Powers
5. marching band - Dope Sick: Dealers,Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America by Beth Macy
6. fox trot - The Tenth Muse by Catherine Chung
7. heavy metal - A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw
8. arpeggio - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder #1) by Holly Jackson
9. marimba - West With the Night by Beryl Markham
10. chanting - Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu. Phase in text page 65
11. festival - Capote: A Biography by Gerald Clarke. Phase in text page 410
12. orchestra - Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail by Ben Montgomery. Exact phase in text. Page 43 Ebook

[JessicaMHR]

Completed: Apr. 7, 2022

The Phrases:
1. Music: Magic Lessons - Alice Hoffman
2. Vocalist: Notorius RBG - Irin Carmon
3. Midnight blues: The Island of Sea Women - Lisa See
4. Rapper: Royal Holiday – Jasmine Guillory
5. Marching band: Hell of a Book - Jason Mott
6. Fox trot: Troubles in Paradise - Elin Hilderbrand
7. Heavy metal: What Happens in Paradise - Elin Hilderbrand
8. Arpeggio: Grand Union - Zadie Smith
9. Marimba: The Bees - Laline Paull
10. Chanting: We should all be Feminists – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
11. Festival: American Spy - Lauren Wilkinson
12. Orchestra: People We Meet on Vacation - Emily Henry

[Nancy]

Round one finally done! Mostly titles this time.

1. music- Shipped by Angie Hockman (title)
2. vocalist - The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman (title)
3. midnight blues Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy (title)
4. rapper - Eva Luna by Isabel Allende (title)
5. marching band - The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré (title and author both work here!)
6. fox trot - The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver (title)
7. heavy metal How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior (title)
8. arpeggio The Girl in the Mirror by Rose Carlyle (title)
9. marimba - The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James (title)
10. chanting - The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks; Sarah Pekkanen (title, and it also works for the first author)
11. festival - The Switch by Beth O'Leary (title)
12. orchestra - When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton (author)

[Laurii]

Completed 04/27/22

1. music - The Jane Austen Handbook by Margaret C. Sullivan (Author Initials)
2. vocalist - Sleep by C. L. Taylor (Author Initials)
3. midnight blues - The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths (Author Initials)
4. rapper - The Overstory by Richard Powers (Author Initials)
5. marching band - The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa (Title)
6. fox trot - A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham (Title)
7. heavy metal - A Spindle Splintered Alix E. Harrow (Author Initials)
8. arpeggio - The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang (Title)
9. marimba - MEM by Bethany C. Morrow (Author Initials)
10. chanting - Star Mother by Charlie N. Holmberg (Author Initials)
11. festival - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Title)
12. orchestra - The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James (Title)

[Kathy]

Completed my second round 4/27/22

1. music
Title: Indiana - George Sand

2. vocalist
Author: Phineas Finn by Anthony Trollope

3. midnight blues
Title: Upstream: Selected Essays - Mary Oliver

4. rapper
Title: The Antiquary - Walter Scott

5. marching band
Title: Miss Mapp - E.F. Benson

6. fox trot
Title: Fires of Change - Sarah Lark

7. heavy metal
Author: Two-Way Murder - E.C.R. Lorac

8. arpeggio
Title: Poet Warrior: A Memoir - Joy Harjo

9. marimba
A Rogue's Life - Wilkie Collins

10. chanting
Title: The Island of Sea Women - Lisa See

11. festival
Author: The First Mrs. Rothschild - Sara Aharoni

12. orchestra
Title: The Comfort Book - Matt Haig

[°~Amy~°]

Completed 4/29/22

1. music - Stars and Bones (phrase)
2. vocalist - The Case of the Fickle Mermaid (title)
3. midnight blues - Sea of Tranquility (title and author)
4. rapper - Anya and the Dragon (title)
5. marching band - A Master of Djinn (title)
6. fox trot - The Fellowship of the Ring (title)
7. heavy metal - The Kaiju Preservation Society (cover) *Nuclear blast symbol on cover, Nuclear Blast is the world's largest independent heavy metal record label
8. arpeggio - Mickey7 (author)
9. marimba - Beyond the Starlit Skies (title)
10. chanting - The Last Human (phrase)
11. festival - Fugitive Telemetry (title)
12. orchestra - The Sins of Our Fathers

[Severina]

Completed May 01, 2022 :)
12/12

The Phrases
1. music - The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break by Steven Sherrill (title)
2. vocalist -- Archangel's Light by Nalini Singh (title)
3. midnight blues -- Dead City by Joe McKinney (title)
4. rapper -- The Possessed by William Massa (title)
5. marching band -- The Curse of the Abyss by William Massa (title)
6. fox trot -- Two Down, Bun To Go by HY Hanna (title)
7. heavy metal -- Apocalypse of the Dead by Joe McKinney (title)
8. arpeggio -- The Call by Peadar O'Guilin (author's name)
9. marimba -- Beacon 23 by Hugh Howey (title)
10. chanting -- Till Death Do Us Tart by HY Hanna (title)
11. festival -- The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle by Matt Cain (title)
12. orchestra -- Thereby Hangs a Tail by Spencer Quinn (title)

[Thaimy]

📚 2022 Spring Reading Challenge 📚
Finished: May 02, 2022

How to Fill the Prompts:
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)
4. Phrase is found somewhere in the text (should be exact word)

The Phrases
🌺 1. music - El Desorden que Dejas by Carlos Montero (author's name)
🌺 2. vocalist - Verity by Colleen Hoover (title)
🌺 3. midnight blues - Epsilon by Sergi Llauger (title)
🌺 4. rapper - Exodo (o cómo salvar a la reina) by David Luna Lorenzo (title)
🌺 5. marching band - Los Ritos del Agua by Eva García Sáenz de Urturi (title)
🌺 6. fox trot - El Ojo de Dios by David Luna Lorenzo (title)
🌺 7. heavy metal - The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman (title)
🌺 8. arpeggio - El Silencio de la Ciudad Blanca by Eva García Sáenz de Urturi (author's name)
🌺 9. marimba - Blood & Honey by Shelby Mahurin (title)
🌺 10. chanting - Northern Lights by Philip Pullman (title)
🌺 11. festival - Los Señores del Tiempo by Eva García Sáenz de Urturi (title)
🌺 12. orchestra - The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman (title)

[Kahlia]

Completed 10 May

1. Music: Unmasked by the Marquess by Cat Sebastian (1) ★★★★
2. Vocalist: Only a Monster by Vanessa Len (1) ★★★★
3. Midnight blues: The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper (1)★★★
4. Rapper: From Dust, a Flame by Rebecca Podos (1) ★★★★★
5. Marching band: Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers (1) ★★★
6. Fox trot: Ogres by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2) ★★★★
7. Heavy metal: Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall (1) ★★★★
8. Arpeggio: Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko (2) ★★★★
9. Marimba: Machinehood by S.B. Divya (2) ★★★
10. Chanting: The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd (2) ★★★★★
11. Festival: The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer (1) ★★★
12. Orchestra: A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow (1) ★★★

[Trish, Annular Mod]

I got there in the end. All of the below have the starting letter of the title in the phrase (and T as well for "the" books)

1. Music: Murder at Christmas, Kathi Daley
2. Vocalist: “(The) Cat Who Saved Books, Sosuke Natsukawa
3. Midnight blues: “(The) Department of Sensitive Crimes, Alexander McCall Smith
4. Rapper: “Answers in the Attic, Kathi Daley
5. Marching band: “Death Before Wicket, Kerry Greenwood
6. Fox trot: “Red Planet Run, Dana Stabenow
7. Heavy metal: “Halloween Moon, Kathi Daley
8. Arpeggio: “Iceland Saga, Magnus Magnusson
9. Marimba: “By the Shores of the Middle Sea, Dana Stabenow
10. Chanting: “Claw and Order, Leighann Dobbs
11. Festival: “(The) Elements of Style, William Strunk Jr., E.B. White
12. Orchestra: “(The) Saga of the Volsungs with The Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok, Unknown

[Lindsay]

The Phrases
1. music: Walking the Clouds: An Anthology of Indigenous Science Fiction (phrase is found somewhere in the text)
2. vocalist: Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (phrase contains first letter of the title)
3. midnight blues: I'm Sorry… Love, Your Husband: Honest, Hilarious Stories From a Father of Three Who Made All the Mistakes by Clint Edwards (contains first letter of title)
4. rapper: Parvana's Journey by Deborah Ellis (contains first letter of title)
5. marching band: The Nightingale (phrase contains first letter of the title)
6. fox trot: Talking to Canadians (phrase contains first letter of the title
7. heavy metal: Ukrainian Folk Stories (phrase containse both of the author's initials)
8. arpeggio: The Gathering (phrase contains both of the author's initials)
9. marimba: Circe by Madeline Miller (contains author's initials)
10. chanting: We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi (contains author's initials)
11. festival: Searching for Dragons (phrase contains first letter of the title)
12. orchestra: Her Daughter's Dream (phrase contains first letter of the title)

[Louise]

🎼 music: phrase "that breathless silence is
the music of the dark"
Map: Collected and Last Poems✓ Done
🎹 vocalist: Title Tea Is So Intoxicating✓ Done
🎼 midnight blues: author Thrall by by Natasha Trethewey ✓ Done
🎹 rapper: author Paul Auster Timbuktu
✓ Done
🎼 marching band: title Murder in Volume✓ Done
🎹fox trot: Cover/theme Lady into Fox✓ Done
🎹heavy metal: title - lead is a heavy metal Bury the Lead ✓ Done
🎼 arpeggio: title Palace Walk DNF
🎹marimba: title Assembly✓ Done
🎼 chanting: title Case Study✓ Done
🎹festival: title Festival Days✓ Done
🎼 orchestra: title
The Accomplice✓ Done

[Samantha]

Finally finished, I didn't think I would ever find something that would work for fox trot!
1. music - Wild Women and the Blues in text on Page 7 and other places
2. vocalist - Stillhouse Lake - Title
3. midnight blues - The Night She Disappeared - Cover
4. rapper - The Simplicity of Cider by Amy E. Reichert Author
5. marching band - Dry - Title
6. fox trot - One Italian Summer - Title
7. heavy metal - Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman- Author
8. arpeggio - Girl Made of Stars - Title
9. marimba - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller - Author
10. chanting - Nine Lives - Title
11. festival - The Last Graduate - Title
12. orchestra - Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon - Author

[Siobhan]

The Phrases

1. music - The Missing Page by Cat Sebastian (author initials)
2. vocalist - The Scourging Angel: The Black Death in the British Isles by Benedict Gummer (title)
3. midnight blues - Murder in Park Lane by Karen Charlton (Title)
4. rapper - Rebel by Beverly Jenkins (Title)
5. marching band - Just Like This by Cole McCade (author initials)
6. fox trot - by Lucy Parker (cover interpretation - two people close together, in an intimate pose)
7. heavy metal - by Darren Shan (cover interpretation)
8. arpeggio - Ran Away by Barbara Hambly (title)
9. marimba - Wheels Up by Annabeth Albert (author)
10. chanting - Glitterland by Alexis Hall
11. festival - The Lotus Palace by Jeannie Lin (title)
12. orchestra - The Rakess by Scarlett Peckham (title)

[Edie]

1. music (Word) Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
2. vocalist (Author Name) While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams
3. midnight blues (Title) Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
4. rapper (Title) All the Devils are Here by Louise Penny
5. marching band (Title) The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
6. fox trot (Title) This is Happiness by Naill Williams
7. heavy metal (Title) Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
8. arpeggio (Author Name) Burn the Place by Iliana Regan
9. marimba (Title) American Dirt by Jeannine Cummins
10. chanting (Author Name) A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole
11. festival (Title) The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka
12. orchestra (Title) Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline

[Nancy]

Round two completed! And that will be it for me, looking forward to the summer challenge!

1. music The Wedding Crasher by Mia Sosa (author)
2. vocalist The Wedding Game by Meghan Quinn (title)
3. midnight blues Deacon King Kong by James McBride (title)
4. rapper Adult Assembly Required by Abbi Waxman (title)
5. marching band Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers (both title and author)
6. fox trot Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy (title)
7. heavy metal Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (title)
8. arpeggio Animal Farm by George Orwell (both title and author)
9. marimba A Burning by Megha Majumdar (both title and author)
10. chanting The No-Show by Beth O'Leary (title)
11. festival The Easy Life in Kamusari by Shion Miura (title)
12. orchestra Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert (both title and author)

[Kelly Sj]

Round 2

1. music (title)
🌻 Strange Practice
2. vocalist (title)
🌻 The Intuitionist
3. midnight blues (title)
🌻 Hench
4. rapper (title)
🌻 The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
5. marching band (title & author)
🌻 The Dark Maidens
6. fox trot (title)
🌻 Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
7. heavy metal (title)
🌻 The Yard
8. arpeggio (author)
🌻 White Bird
9. marimba (title)
🌻 Making Money
10. chanting (title)
🌻 The City & the City
11. festival (title)
🌻 Strangers on a Train
12. orchestra (title)
🌻 The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

[MacKenzie]

Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)

The Phrases
1. music - Swimming Lessons: Poems (completed 4/19)
2. vocalist - The School for Good Mothers (completed 3/7)
3. midnight blues - Beowulf (completed 3/3)
4. rapper - Arsenic and Adobo (completed 5/12)
5. marching band - Black Cake (completed 4/7)
6. fox trot - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (completed 3/21)
7. heavy metal - Hang the Moon (completed 3/13)
8. arpeggio - Greenwich Park (completed 3/19)
9. marimba - A Flicker in the Dark (completed 5/1)
10. chanting - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (completed 3/30)
11. festival - The Atlas Six (completed 3/25)
12. orchestra - Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors (completed 3/24)

[JennH]

Spring Challenge completed 4 ways

🌷1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)

🌷The Phrases🌷 - Completed 5/1/22
✔1. music - Princess in Training by Meg Cabot 5/2/22
✔2. vocalist - Twisted Tea Christmas by Laura Childs 3/8/22
✔3. midnight blues - The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa 3/11/22
✔4. rapper - Ink and Shadows by Ellery Adams 4/24/22
✔5. marching band - Spirits and Sourdough by Bailey Cates 3/20/21
✔6. fox trot - Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid 3/10/22
✔7. heavy metal - Legend by Marie Lu 3/7/22
✔8. arpeggio - Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez 3/15/22
✔9. marimba - Clammed Up by Barbara Ross 4/17/22
✔10. chanting - April Fool Dead by Carolyn G. Hart 3/27/22
✔11. festival - Jo's Boys, and How They Turned Out byLouisa May Alcott 3/31/22
✔12. orchestra - Endless Night by Agatha Christie 3/17/22

🌷2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)

🌷The Phrases🌷 - Completed 3/27/22
✔1. music - Up to No Gouda byLinda Reilly 3/23/22
✔2. vocalist - Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse 3/1/22
✔3. midnight blues - Blood on Snow by Jo Nesbø 3/2/22
✔4. rapper - Endless Night by Agatha Christie 3/17/22
✔5. marching band - The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa 3/11/22
✔6. fox trot - Twisted Tea Christmas by Laura Childs 3/8/22
✔7. heavy metal - Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez 3/15/22
✔8. arpeggio - American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang 3/21/22
✔9. marimba - April Fool Dead by Carolyn G. Hart 3/27/22
✔10. chanting - Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder by Joanne Fluke 3/2/22
✔11. festival - Legend by Marie Lu 3/7/22
✔12. orchestra - Spirits and Sourdough by Bailey Cates 3/20/22

🌷3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

🌷The Phrases🌷 - Completed 5/25/22
✔1. music - The Jazz of Our Street by Fatima Shaik 5/13/22

✔2. vocalist - Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid 3/10/22

✔3. midnight blues - Midnight in Memphis by Tony Bradman 5/13/22

✔4. rapper - On the Come Up by Angie Thomas 5/21/22

✔5. marching band - Meet the Marching Smithereens by Ann Hayes 5/8/22

✔6. fox trot - Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon 5/22/22

✔7. heavy metal - Endless Night by Agatha Christie 3/17/22

✔8. arpeggio - Blackbird Fly by Erin Entrada Kelly 5/25/22

✔9. marimba - Marimba!: Animales from A to Z by Pat Mora 5/13/22

✔10. chanting - Jo's Boys, and How They Turned Out by Louisa May Alcott 3/31/22

✔11. festival - Twisted Tea Christmas by Laura Childs 3/8/22

✔12. orchestra - Our Marching Band by Lloyd Moss 5/9/22


🌷4. Phrase is found somewhere in the text (should be exact word)

🌷The Phrases🌷 - Completed 5/22/22
✔1. music - Blood on Snow - 3/2/22 - p32 - "...no music in the sway of your back..."
✔2. vocalist - Daisy Jones & The Six - 3/10/22 - p149 - "...female vocalist on the whole album..."
✔3. midnight blues - Midnight Blues: Tulpa Chapbook Series - 5/22/22 - p50 - "....Midnight Blues Betty called it after..."
✔4. rapper - On the Come Up - 5/21/22 - p9 - "...didn't know you wanted to be a rapper."
✔5. marching band - Meet the Marching Smithereens - 5/8/22 - p21 - "In the marching band, it often sounds hoarse..."
✔6. fox trot - Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance - 5/7/22 - p150 - "People didn't fox-trot."
✔7. heavy metal - Blood on Snow - 3/2/22 - p101 - "...open the heavy metal door of the phone box..."
✔8. arpeggio - Love in the Time of Cholera - 3/15/22 - p208 - "...gravedigger's breath distorted her arpeggios..."
✔9. marimba - Marimba!: Animales from A to Z - 5/13/22 - p4 - "...the ting-tong of the marimba wakes all the animales..."
✔10. chanting - The Cat Who Saved Books - 3/11/22 - p2 - "...chanting of the sutra drones on and..."
✔11. festival - Twisted Tea Christmas - 3/8/22 - p23 - "...the Festival of Lights in James Island County..."
✔12. orchestra - Twisted Tea Christmas - 3/8/22 - p98 - "...now that the orchestra was tuning up..."

[Demetra]

The Phrases
1. music - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (text contains word)
2. vocalist - Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All
3. midnight blues - All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai
4. rapper - Rebecca
5. marching band - An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green (Author Initials)
6. fox trot - How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior (text contains phrase)
7. heavy metal - Do No Harm by Henry Marsh
8. arpeggio - Apples Never Fall
9. marimba - Midnight At The Blackbird Cafe
10. chanting - Verity by Colleen Hoover
11. festival - Mythos by Stephen Fry
12. orchestra - If We Were Villains (phrase in text)

Finished 5/26!

[Joan]

I completed it! Whew!!!!

The Phrases
✅1. music - The Soulmate Equation
✅2. vocalist - Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
✅3. midnight blues - Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
✅4. rapper - Rogue Lawyer
✅5. marching band - Mexican Gothic
✅6. fox trot - Fault Lines
✅7. heavy metal - The Ex Hex
✅8. arpeggio - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
✅9. marimba - If It Bleeds
✅10. chanting - The Hypnotist's Love Story
✅11. festival - Fangirl
✅12. orchestra - The Outsider

How to Fill the Prompts:
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)
4. Phrase is found somewhere in the text (should be exact word)



12/12

I used all title prompts

[Deborah]

Deborah's Musical Spring Challenge

It took me to the very end to finish, but I did it!

How to Fill the Prompts:
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)
4. Phrase is found somewhere in the text (should be exact word)

Cover Collage:


The Phrases:

√ 1. music
A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder by Dianne Freeman

"Her words were music to my ears..." Pg. 96 (4) - Complete 03/03/2022

√ 2. vocalist
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman (2) -Complete 3/10/2022

√ 3. midnight blues
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare

Cover is blue and appears take place at night (3) - Complete 03/21/2022

√ 4. rapper
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

"...Bernard exulted, Raising his arms rapper style." (pg 239) (4) - Complete 3/19/2022

√ 5. marching band
Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen (1) - Complete 03/26/2022

√ 6. fox trot
One More Foxtrot: a tale of second chances by Joyce Hicks

There is a picture of a couple doing the Foxtrot on the Cover (3)- Complete 5/6/2022

√ 7. heavy metal
The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera (2) -Complete 04/12/2022

√ 8. arpeggio
Bloodhound in Blue: The True Tales of Police Dog JJ and His Two-Legged Partner by Adam David Russ (1) -Complete 05/30/2022

√ 9. marimba
Mafia to Mormon: My Conversion Story by Mario Facione (2) - Complete 03/06/2022

√ 10. chanting
Shen of the Sea: Chinese Stories for Children by Arthur Bowie Chrisman (1) - Complete 04/30/2022

√ 11. festival
A Holly Jolly Diwali by Sonya Lalli

Cover depicts a Diwali celebration on the cover (3) - Complete 05/16/2022

√ 12. orchestra
The Snows of Yesteryear by Gregor von Rezzori

"...the first violin of the gypsy orchestra that entertained there in the afternoons would play for us..." Pg. 118 (4) - Complete 04/07/2022

[Tiffany]

Completed 5/31/22 @ 10:47pm!

The Phrases
1. music: I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai (Title)
2. vocalist: Looking for Alaska by John Green (Title)
3. midnight blues: Dune by Frank Herbert
4. rapper: Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor (Title)
5. marching band: How to Kill a City: Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood by Peter Moskowitz (Title)
6. fox trot: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin (Title)
7. heavy metal: The Sentence by Louise Erdrich (Author's Initials)
8. arpeggio: The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna (Title)
9. marimba: When Stars Rain Down by Angela Jackson-Brown (Author's Initials: AB)
10. chanting: White Teeth by Zadie Smith (Phrase Exemplified by Cover); Chanting involves the mouth
11. festival: The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson (Author's Initials)
12. orchestra: The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi (Title)

[Anna]

Completed May 28:

The Phrases
1. music In the Shadow of Man (title)
2. vocalist The House of the Spirits (author)
3. midnight blues Dagen är kommen (author)
4. rapper Jag ska hitta dig (author)
5. marching band - Girl A (author)
6. fox trot - Fula tjejer (title)
7. heavy metal - Stöld (author)
8. arpeggio - A Room Full of Bones (author)
9. marimba - The Silent Patient (author)
10. chanting - Throne of Glass (title)
11. festival - Sista sommaren (title)
12. orchestra - Ru (title)

[Sydney]

Yay all done! Bring on Summer! :)

The Phrases
1. music

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux - finished 03.04.22

2. vocalist

Captive: A Mother's Crusade to Save Her Daughter from the Terrifying Cult Nxivm by Catherine Oxenberg - completed 05.01.22

3. midnight blues

The Hating Game by Sally Thorne - completed 03.18.22

4. rapper

Revival Season by Monica West - completed 04.28.22

5. marching band

Sullivan's Woman by Nora Roberts - completed 03.15.22

6. fox trot

The Road Trip by Beth O'Leary - completed 03.06.22

7. heavy metal

Verity by Colleen Hoover - completed 03.02.22

8. arpeggio

Ghosted by Rosie Walsh - completed 03.21.22

9. marimba

The Magicians by Lev Grossman - finished 03.25.22

10. chanting

Scarred: The True Story of How I Escaped NXIVM, the Cult That Bound My Life by Sarah Edmonson - finished 03.06.22

11. festival

Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee - completed 05.11.22

12. orchestra

If You Ask Me: And of Course You Won't by Betty White - completed 05.17.22

Completed 12/12

[MacKenzie]

Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)

The Phrases
1. music - Her Body and Other Parties: Stories by Carmen Maria Machado (completed 5/31)
2. vocalist - After by Anna Todd (completed 4/15)
3. midnight blues - The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It by Tilar J. Mazzeo (completed 3/6)
4. rapper - What Now? by Ann Patchett (completed 5/30)
5. marching band - The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain (completed 3/26)
6. fox trot - An Honest Lie by Tarryn Fisher (completed 5/18)
7. heavy metal - Snacking Cakes: Simple Treats for Anytime Cravings: A Baking Book by Yossy Arefi (completed 3/4)
8. arpeggio - Violeta by Isabel Allende (completed 4/27)
9. marimba - The Tobacco Wives by Adele Myers (completed 3/11)
10. chanting - Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover (completed 4/25)
11. festival - The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (completed 4/19)
12. orchestra - Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys (completed 4/22)