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SPRING CHALLENGE 2024
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Option 2: (one book option)
The Ex-Mas Holidays by Zoe Allison / 1-X in title, 2-Os in author
Points this post: 15
Total points: 55
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Lore Olympus, Vol. 2 by Rachel Smythe / retelling of myth, MPG Retellings
Points this post: 15
Total points: 70
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Option 3:
The Bright Spot by Jill Shalvis / #5 in series
Points this post: 20
Total points: 90
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Option 3:
Beautiful by Kelly Elliott / KE in quote
Points this post: 20
Total points: 110
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Option B:
Rock Bottom Girl by Lucy Score / LS in title 'Bowling for Dollars'
Points this post: 20
Total points: 130
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Option 3:
Play Thing by Cassie-Ann Miller / #3 in series, 2024 pub date
Points this post: 20
Total points: 150
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20.3 Best Review - Lucy-Bookworm's Task: Subtitles
Read a book with a subtitle that has at least 6 words in it.
By Her Own Design: The Story of Ann Lowe, Society's Best-Kept Secret. Piper Huguley
Points: 20
Total points: 270
IAF - 1
GO - 1
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Option 2:
Where the Dead Sleep by Joshua Moehling / author Joshua Moehling on shelf (And There He Kept Her); 336pg PB
Option 3:
House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland / KS on list of initials; 336pg PB
Total pages: 672 > 501 pgs
Points this post: 25
Total points: 175
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Option 1:
Book A-
Forever Never by Lucy Score / NEVER in phrase
Book B-
by Thea Guanzon / ship on coverPoints this post: 30
Total points: 205
SUSAN A30.6 - Amy FL’s task: The Chase is On
Option 1: Read a book written by an author whose name matches one of these geniuses.
Matrimonial Merriment by Nicky James
I listenedto audiobook. No MMPB. paperback here
author: Nicky James
Chaser: James Holzhauer
378 pages
Option 4: Read a book written by a single female author whose first and last name begin with the same letter
The Work of Art by Mimi Matthews
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB. paperback here
female author Mimi Matthews first and last name both begin with the letter M
390 pages
378 + 390 = 768 pages
previous total: 900
points this post: 30
new total: 930
Lindsey IL20.6 - It's a Fact - Jammin Jenny's Task: TV Family Fun
The Catholic Hipster Handbook: Rediscovering Cool Saints, Forgotten Prayers, and Other Weird but Sacred Stuff by Tommy Tighe
option 1, humor genre
***It's A Fact ticket, please***
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 105
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
IAF: 3
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 6
Delicious Dee10.9 - Beware the Ides of March
Dear Mrs. Bird - DEAR can be made from the letters in BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 175
Katrisa20.4 Golden Oldies - Hannelore's Task: I Really Like This Bowl
Opt 3 - Read a book where the first and last initials of the author(s) can be found in the quote “I REALLY LIKE THIS BOWL”.
I read River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer
ES in i rEally like thiS bowl
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 335
LoraTask: 10.7 - Springtime in Paris
Book/Author: Perestroika in Paris / Jane Smiley
How it fits: set in Paris, France, and a bit of the surrounding area
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 60
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
LoraTask: 25.9 Chris MD - Dance with Me, using options 1 and 2
Book 1: Waltz
Book/Author: A Suitable Wife / Louise M. Gouge
How it fits: #2 in the Regency Companions series
Book 2: Swing
Book/Author: Fish out of Water
How it fits: water and beach/shoreline on cover
Ebook approved for length in post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points for this task: 25
Total points: 85
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 0
Shawn H. 20.9 Moderators Pet - Marie-Anne's Task: Card Game Memories
Option 3 - The black suits: Read a book that is either #1, #3 or #4 in a series and has at least one of the digits 1, 3, or 4 in year of first publication.
The Escape Artist by Brad Meltzer
#1 in series and published in 2018
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
Big Ticket Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
I's a Fact: 0
ROBIN P25.2 Tien's Task: Kids' Sports
Option 1 - author initials in PULLBUOY - Komarr - Lois McMaster Bujold
Option 3 - page count includes at least 2 of 0, 1,2,5
Once Upon a Midnight Clear - 152 p
Points this post: 25
Total points: 210
BB:2 GO:2 IAF:1
20.1 - Most Improved - FLY's Task: Springing To Mind
Option 2: Read a nonfiction book with MPG of Biography, Science, or War.
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
**Claiming 1 It's A Fact Ticket**
New Points: 20
Total Points: 315
Tickets as of this post: BB(3), GO(1), IaF(6)
StormieTask 5.2 What Goes Around:
Read a book new to you but not brought new.
I borrowed this book from the library.
Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor by Mark Harmon and Leon Carroll, Jr.
**Claiming It's A Fact Ticket**
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 2
Tickets as of this Post: BB(0), GO (0), IaF (1)
StormieTask 5.5 Welcome, Watchers of Illusion
Read a book where the title contains a word of 4+ letters found in KNIGHTMARE.
The Serpent & the Wings of Night: The Nightborn Duet Book One by Carissa Broadbent
Word:NIGHT
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 3
Tickets as of this Post: BB(0), GO (0), IaF (1)
20.3 Best Review - Lucy-Bookworm's Task: SubtitlesSubtitle has at least 6 words: By Her Own Design: The Story of Ann Lowe, Society's Best-Kept Secret by Piper Huguley
Points this post: 20
Total points: 195
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lisa’s Task: Bowling For DollarsOption B, author initials in BOWLING FOR DOLLARS: The Butterfly Lampshade by Aimee Bender
Points this post: 20
Total points: 215
Task:5.4 What's In A Name?[author's initials (first and last) can be found in CARL LINNAEUS]Book read:Lewis Carroll’s Guide for Insomniacs by Lewis Carroll
Required:LC in CarL
Using this as my 1 short book allowed for a 5 point task as this has 96 pages.
Points this task:5
Total points:100
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:1
Books read:6
Tasks completed:6
Task:30.7 - TessaVanessa’s Task: The Price is RightOption:2-PRICING GAMES [Plinko, Grocery Game, Cliff Hangers, Safe Crackers, Dice Game, Bonkers, and Bullseye. Read a book with a title, subtitle and/or author that includes all the letters in one of these games.]
Book read:The Burnout by Sophie Kinsella
Required:PLINKO in sOPhIe KiNseLla
Option:3-SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN[number spun on the wheel in page count]
Book read:How Hard Can Love Be? by Holly Bourne
Required:i spun 80 which is in the page count 480
Points this task:30
Total points:130
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:0
Total It’s A Fact:1
Books read:8
Tasks completed:7
Amy B30.5 - Truitt_T’s task: Match it Up!
This is a two book task.
Read two books with an identical 4 or more letter word in the title or subtitle. The words must be identical - no plurals, possessives, or embedded words allowed. One of your chosen books MUST be Non-Fiction.
The total page count for the two books must be 450 pages or more.
Required: Note the common title word: STORIES
1. Some Trick: Thirteen Stories by Helen DeWitt- 224 pages
2. Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches by John Hodgman (non-fiction) - 253 pages
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 85 Points
15.5 - Survey Saysbook that has won or been nominated for Goodreads Choice Awards
System Collapse by Martha Wells
🍀 Nominee for Best Science Fiction (2023) 🍀
Total points: 115 + 15 = 130
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 0
trishhartuk25.1 RobinP’s task The Fab Four
Option 1: Their names were of course John, Paul, George and – Richard - read a book whose author has one of these as a name part.
The Dispatcher, John Scalzi
Read the kindle edition. HB (no PB): here (130pg)
JOHN matches John Lennon
Option 3: Read a book with a word or 4 or more letters found in the title of one of the songs on Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band...
Big LITTLE Spies, Krista Davis
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB: here (304pg)
LITTLE from “A LITTLE Help from my Friends”, on Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 180
Tasks Completed:12
It’s a Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
15.4 Category Is...Option 2: Read one book that satisfies the requirements for both books of Option 1.
Category Same Name: Read a book with an author that shares a first or last name with one the hosts, I used NICKY CAMPBELL
The MPG I spun was (auto)biography
Halfbreed by Maria Campbell
***Claiming an It's a Fact Ticket for non-fiction***
New Points: 15
Total Points: 100
BB: 1
IaF: 2
Nick KY30.6 Amy’s The Chase is On
Opt. 1. I read The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson, first name identical to chaser Brandon Blackwell.
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK at 541 pp
Opt. 4. I read People and Places by Margaret Mead, a female author whose 1st and last names begin with the same letter, “M.” Despite what the blurb says, the Mass Market Paperback that I read is 217 pp. as noted in the enumeration.
Total pp = 758 > required 700.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 270
Big Books So Far: 500+ (2)
25.11 - Kathy KS’ Task : “Spring has sprung”
Choose 2 different options. Children’s books or sequential art may be used.
Option 1: Read a book with one or more vegetables on the cover.
One Piece, Volume 7: The Crap-Geezer
Option 3: Read a book first published 1927-1997
The A.B.C. Murders published 1936
**Claiming 1 Golden Oldies Ticket**
New Points: 25
Total Points: 340
Tickets as of this post: BB(3), GO(2), IaF(6)
FLY Task #20.4 Golden Oldies - Hannelore's Task: I Really Like This Bowl
task: Option 3: Read a book where the first and last initials of the author(s) can be found in the quote “I REALLY LIKE THIS BOWL”
book: Izuna, Book 1
how it fits: authors Saverio Tenuta and Bruno Letizia initials STBL in (T)HI(S) (B)OW(L)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 4/61
BB: 0 / GO: 0 / IAF: 0
Katrisa5.5 - Welcome, Watchers of Illusion
Read a book where the title contains a word of four letters or more that can be made from the letters in KNIGHTMARE
I read Then She Was Gone
THEN in kNigHTmarE
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 340
SUSAN A30.5 - Truitt_T’s task: Match it Up!
Read two books with an identical 4 or more letter word in the title or subtitle. One non-fiction, 450+ pages
Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World by Joan Druett
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB. paperback here
WORD: LOST
MPG Non-fiction
pages: 304
The Lost Men: The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party by Kelly Tyler-Lewis
No MMPB. paperback here
WORD: LOST
MPG non-fiction
pages: 400
total pages: 304 +400=704
previous total: 930
points this post: 30
new total: 960
Lisa MD5.3 - P-P-P-Pick Up A Penguin
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Penguin Classic
Published 1937
I claim a Golden Oldie ticket
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 135 / 1100
Total Books Read: 10
Total Tasks Completed: 10 / 61
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 2
Lisa MD5.9 - What is the Seasonal Reading Challenge?
Do You Mind If I Cancel? by Gary Janetti
Question mark in title
I claim an IAF ticket
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 140/ 1100
Total Books Read: 11
Total Tasks Completed: 11 / 61
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 3
Karen DTask 15.5 Survey Says
Book: Orhan's Inheritance, finished 3/26
Book was nominated for Best Debut Author in 2015
Points this task: 15
Total points: 160
Nick KY15.1 - Here's the Question
Read 2 books, one book 1 and one book 2.
Book 1: Read a book with one of these words in the title -- WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN WHY HOW. The words need to be stand alone and must match exactly. I read What Happens in Scotland by Jennifer McQuiston.
Book 2: Read a book by an author whose initials (all) can be found in the word QUESTION. I read Up on the Woof Top by Spencer Quinn.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 285
JenJ IA30.5 - Truitt_T’s task: Match it Up!
Read two books with an identical 4 or more letter word in the title or subtitle. One of your chosen books MUST be Non-Fiction.
The total page count for the two books must be 450 pages or more.
Wellness by Nathan Hill - 607 pages
Real Self-Care: A Transformative Program for Redefining Wellness by Pooja Lakshmin - 288 pages
Required: Note the common title word. - Wellness
*****I claim 1 Big Book Ticket - 607 pages*****
*****I claim 1 It's a Fact Ticket*****
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 65/1085
Tasks Completed: 5/61
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 1
Delicious Dee20.2 Rookie at the Top - JenJ IA's Task: LEGO Masters - Play Well, Read Well!
Option 4.b. - The Water Knife - T in The and Water; E in Water and Knife; alternately, E in The, Water and Knife
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 195
Delicious Dee20.6 It's a Fact - Jammin Jenny's Task: TV Family Fun
Option 3 - Soul Mountain - found on pg4, currently position 374; claiming 1 big book ticket for 500+pgs, book is 510pgs
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 215
Big Book Ticket: 1
Julia10330.7 - TessaVanessa’s Task: The Price is Right
Option 1:
A Rising Thunder
(THUNDER is in the target phrase: TH in THE, U in YOU’RE, ND in DOWN, ER in YOU’RE)
Option 4:
(Cat and dogs on cover, approved in task help thread post 23)
This post: 30 points
Total points: 190
BB: 5
GO: 0
NF: 0
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 14
Lisa MD20.1 - Most Improved - FLY's Task: Springing To Mind
Opt 3: All Author Initials in FUZZY Y E LLOW DU C KLINGS
Veronica Ruiz Breaks the Bank by Elle Cosimano
Ebook / Audiobook only
Approved for length in Message 179
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 160/ 1100
Total Books Read: 12
Total Tasks Completed: 12 / 61
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 3
Christine V20.3 Best Review - Lucy-Bookworm's Task: Subtitles
A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain
This book is Nonfiction.
***Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket***
Points this post: 20
NF tickets this post: 1
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)
It's A Fact: 2
25.1 - RobinP task The Fab FourOption 1: Their names were of course John, Paul, George and – Richard (Ringo’s real name.) Read a book whose author has one of those as a name part. It must be exact – no Jon, Johnny, Richards, etc., but the name may appear in any position.
The Midwich Cuckoos by JOHN Wyndham
Option 2: Read a book published in or set in the 1960’s.
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
Total this Post: 25
Season Total: 65
JEN B20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lisa’s Task: Bowling For Dollars
Option C: Read a book where one of these Bowling For Dollars terms: STRIKE, SPARE, PIN PAL or JACKPOT can be made using letters in the Title
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Word = SPARE
PSA in PillArS
RE in EaRth
***Claiming TWO Big Book Tickets (976 Pages)***
TOTAL POINTS: 95
Nick KY30.7 TessaVanessa’s Price is Right
Opt. 3. I spun “80” on the Big Wheel. With 80 in page count, I read The Sense of Sex: Feminist Perspectives on Hardy ed. by Margaret R. Higonnet, 280 pp.
Opt. 4. Domestic dog on the cover, I read An Eggnog to Die for by Amy Pershing.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 315
trishhartuk20.1 Most Improved - FLY's Task: Springing To Mind
1. My son’s birthday! Choose a book with a drink on the cover.
Tangled Up in Brew, Joyce Tremel
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (275pg)
There’s a pint of beer next to the pumps on the booth middle left, beside the leaking barrels. There’s also a picture of pints of beer in the same booth.
Confirmed in Help Thread message #12 (verified in #14): https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 200
Tasks Completed:13
It’s a Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Deborah30.1 - Katrisa's Task: Spring Zodiac
Option 1 - Pisces - February 19-March 20
1) Mortal Danger World of the Lupi #2 (14 books officially published)
2) An Arrow to the Moon
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 95
Books Read: 8
Tasks Done: 7
20.9 Moderators Pet - Marie-Anne's Task: Card Game MemoriesOption 1, playing cards on the cover: Never Wager with a Wallflower by Virginia Heath
Points this post: 20
Total points: 235
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Book 2:
The Summer Book Club by Susan Mallery / SUSAN first name author
Points this post: 15
Total points: 40