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SPRING CHALLENGE 2024
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Readerboard name: Mel S30.5 - Match it up!
One word in common between two books: "THIEF"
Thief of Time
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The Orchid Thief (Nonfiction)
This post: 30pts
This season: 255pts
Tasks: 16
Total books: 19
Bookwrm526Task #30.5 - Match it Up!
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.
I chose the target word MURDER
Book 1: Blueberry Muffin Murder by Joanne Fluke.
Book 2: (non-fiction) The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers who Inspired Chicago by Douglas Perry.
Total points so far: 255
25.13 - Bookwrm526 - Connections
Read one book from two different options
Option 3: Read a book with a 3+ letter sub/title word that is an anagram of an animal
Word/Animal: LOVE - VOLE
Dear Church: A Love Letter from a Black Preacher to the Whitest Denomination in the US
**Claiming 1 It's A Fact Ticket**
Option 4: Body parts - Read a book with a word in the sub/title that contains a human body part.
Word/Bodypart: Egghead/Head
Egghead; or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone
New Points: 25
Total Points: 595
Tickets as of this post: BB(3), GO(4), IaF(7)
Katrisa25.13 - Bookwrm526 - Connections
Opt 2 - Read a book with a word of at least three letters in the title or subtitle that would spell the name of a color if you added a letter at the beginning of the word OR if you changed the letter at the beginning.
I read Real Americans
REAL switch the R to T to make TEAL
Opt 4 - read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that contains a human body part.
I read The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms
EARTH contains EAR
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 445
5.4 - What's In A Name?
Read a book by a single author with initials in CARL LINNAEUS.
A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie
New Points: 5
Total Points: 600
Tickets as of this post: BB(3), GO(4), IaF(7)
Katrisa20.10 Group Reads
I chose to read How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse and posted in the discussion thread.
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 465
5.1 - Spring Colours
Read a book whose cover contains a minimum of three distinct colours according to TinEye.
One Piece, Volume 11: The Meanest Man in the East
New Points: 5
Total Points: 605
Tickets as of this post: BB(3), GO(4), IaF(7)
Katrisa20.1 Most Improved - FLY's Task: Springing To Mind
Opt 2 - a nonfiction book with Main Page Genre of Biography, Science, or War.
I read The Secret Life of Fungi: Discoveries From A Hidden World nonfiction MPG Science
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 485
Task 20.2 Play Well, Read Well!Option 1: The host and judges of LEGO Masters are a big part of the charm and humor of the show. Will Arnett hosts the show and Brickmasters Jamie Berard and Amy Corbett are the judges.
Read a book written by a single author who shares their first AND last initial (ignore middle initials) with the initials of the cast listed above. You can use any of the initials: W, A, J, B, A, C in any combination, in any position, but only as often as they occur (A is the only one you can use twice).
Initials Used: J W
Moonshadows (Nellie Burns and Moonshine Mystery #1) (2015) by Julie Whitesel Weston (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover 303 pages)
25 + 20 = 45
Tasks Completed: 02
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 25 + 20 = 45
Books read: 03
Pages read: 895
Read but not claimed: 05
Goodreads Authors: 02
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Lois' Task: The Dating GameMPG Romance, #3 in series: The Path to Sunshine Cove by RaeAnne Thayne (Cape Sanctuary #3)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 315
10.4 - The Adventure GameQueen Of Storms (The Firemane Saga #2) by Raymond E. Feist
MPG: Adventure
Total this Post: 10
Season Total: 115
20.4 Golden Oldies - Hannelore's Task: I Really Like This BowlOption 1: Read a book at least 50% yellow according to TinEye. Post cover.
I chose to read
by Adam Higginbotham. As per TinEye:
44.1 %#f9d369 Yellow
10.9 %#fad53a Yellow
https://labs.tineye.com/color/4072c16...
*I listened to the audiobook version. No mmpb. Paperback is 560p (Simon Schuster)
**I’d like to claim 1BB ticket
***I’d like to claim 1 IAF ticket
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Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points Earned: 110
Task Completed: 6/52
It's A Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 4
Big Books Read By Page Count: 4 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
Nick KY25.9 Chris MD’s Dance with Me
Opt. 3. Cowboy hat on the cover. I read Helldorado by Peter Brandvold.
Opt. 5. Two people dancing on the cover. I read Quickstep to Murder by Ella Barrick.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 425
trishhartuk25.8 MEGSCL’s Task: Learning to read
Option 1: Read a book, an author with a first name that starts with M, S, or F.
Murder Uncorked, Maddie Day
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB: here (278pg)
Option 3: Read a book with the MPG Childrens, Junior, or Middle Grade
The Grey King, Susan Cooper
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB: here (165pg)
Has MPGs of Childrens and Middle Grade
UK AR Quiz No. 200006 EN Fiction; AR Quiz Information IL: MY - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 9.0; AR Quiz Types: RP
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 260
Tasks Completed:16
It’s a Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Delicious Dee5.9 What is the Seasonal Reading Challenge?
Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner? A Story About Women and Economics - claiming 1 its a fact ticket for non-fiction
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 235
Big Book Ticket: 1
Its a Fact: 2
15.9 I am beautifully differentA book from Autism in Fiction (page 1 #87): What to Say Next by Julie Buxbaum
Points this post: 15
Total points: 330
Jayme(theghostreader)30.3 Looking Forward to the Olympics
Option 5
A)Read a book with two or more words that start with the same letter
Twisted Twenty-Sixby Janet Evanovich
Twisted Twenty
B) read a book with a word that ends in a double vowel
Tea Time for the Traditionally Builtby Alexander McCall Smith
Tea
Task +30
Grand total: 65
Bookwrm526Task #15.3 X's and O's
Option 2: Read one book that satisfies the requirements for both books of Option 1, a title that contains at least one X AND a single author that contains at least 2 O's in their name, first, last , or middle. I read The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson.
Total points so far: 270
Bookwrm526Task #10.10 - World Bee day
Read a book where the Title AND Author name both contain the letter B. I read Black Candle Women by Diane Marie Brown.
Total points so far: 280
Delicious Dee15.10 Take A Mental Health Day
Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum - shelved as mental health, claiming 1 its a fact ticket for non-fiction
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 250
Big Book Ticket: 1
Its a Fact: 3
ROBIN P20.9 Marie-Anne's Task: Card Game Memories
Option 2 - no 2-6 in page count
Cromartie V. the God Shiva: Acting Through the Government of India - 170 p
Points this post: 20
Total points: 320
BB:2 GO:2 IAF: 4
LoraTask: 20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lisa’s Task: Bowling For Dollars, using Option A
Book/Author: Come Tumbling Down / Seanan McGuire
How it fits: W, B, L in title and A in author name
Points for this task: 20
Total points: 150
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
FLY Task #20.10 Group Reads - Fiction: Space Opera
task: Read one of the group books; participate in the discussion thread
book: How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse
(my version is audio, MMPB here)
how it fits: my thread post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 20
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 7/61
BB: 0 / GO: 0 / IAF: 0
30.6 - Amy FL’s task: The Chase is OnOption 1: I read War Storm by Victoria Aveyard. The author shares a name with Victoria Groce.
*Claiming one Big Book ticket for this book with 662 pages.*
Option 4: I read The Passenger by Lisa Lutz. This is a single female author whose first and last name begin with the same letter.
Points this task: 30
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Totals:
Points: 60
Task completed: 5
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
Task:20.9 Moderators Pet - Marie-Anne's Task: Card Game MemoriesOption:3[#1, #3 or #4 in a series and has at least one of the digits 1, 3, or 4 in year of first publication.]
Book read:Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
Required: 1 in the Simon snow series, first published 2015
I claim 1 big book ticket as this has 522 pages.
Points this task:20
Total points:150
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:1
Total It’s A Fact:1
Books read:9
Tasks completed:8
trishhartuk20.4 Golden Oldies - Hannelore's Task: I Really Like This Bowl
Option 2: The Big Flower Fight - Read a book with multiple flowers clearly visible on the cover.
Hearing God in Poetry: Fifty Poems for Lent and Easter, Richard Harries
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (208pg)
Okayed in help thread message #9: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 280
Tasks Completed:17
It’s a Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Nick KY25.7 Lora’s St. Patrick’s Day
Opt. 1. Book cover over 50% green. I read Five Great Modern Irish Plays, with a book cover 92% green.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
382 pp > minimum of 317 pp.Opt. 2. From p. 15 of the Ireland list. I read
The Red-Haired Girl from the Bog: The Landscape of Celtic Myth and Spirit by Patricia Monaghan. https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... 304 ppTotal pp = 636 > required 500
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 450
Nick KY25.10 JenK’s Keep on Rollin’
Opt. 1. 50%+ White cover. I read Irish Milkshake Murder. By Carlene O'Connor, Liz Ireland, and Peggy Erhart. I was looking for a mostly green cover for another task, but according to TinEye, this cover is 52.8% White!!
https://labs.tineye.com/color/5af0e39... Opt. 2. I read Music in the Renaissance by Richard Freedman, GR genre of “Music.”
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 475
15.1 - Here's the QuestionBook 1: Read a book with one of these words in the title.
WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN WHY HOW
Who Goes There?
Book 2: Read a book by an author whose initials (all) can be found in the word QUESTION
This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
New Points: 15
Total Points: 115
BB: 1
IaF: 2
Amy B15.8 Readers Unite!
Read a book with a book featured on the cover.
Required: post the cover.
The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston (Two people on cover are reading books)
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 155 Points
trishhartuk10.6 Traitor
Read a book written under a pseudonym
Death Knells and Wedding Bells, Eva Gates
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (320pg)
Eva Gates is a pseudonym of Vicki Delany
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 290
Tasks Completed:18
It’s a Fact Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Katrisa10.4 - The Adventure Game
Read a book with MPG Adventure OR the word Adventure or GAME in the title
I read The Screaming Staircase
MPG Adventure
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14.0
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 495
Katrisa25.11 - Kathy KS’ Task: Spring has sprung
Opt 2 - Read a book whose title includes one of these common flower names intact: Rose, Gerbera, Sunflower, Marigold, Tulip, Daffodil, Daisy, Orchid, Carnation, Jasmine.
I read Tigerlily's Orchids
Orchids in title
Opt 3 - Read a book first published between 1927-1997.
I read Naked
Published 1997
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 520
5.8 Roboteers, Stand ByBook: Die unerhörte Reise der Familie Lawson aka In the Lives of Puppets
How it fits: on page 1 of the list
Points this post: 5
Total points: 45
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Trishhartuk's Task: The Golden ShotOption 3: 4+ letter title word made from letters in “BOB MONKHOUSE”
Cross Bones by Kathy Reichs
🌷 BONES: BO in Bob; NES in Monkhouse 🌷
Total points: 145 + 20 = 165
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 0
Amy FL10.6 - Traitor
Conspiracy in Death by J.D. Robb, the pseudonym of Nora Roberts
Points this post: 10
Total points: 295
Amy FL15.7 Let's Break!
Happy Place - about a friend group’s yearly, week-long getaway
Points this post: 15
Total points: 310
Amy FL20.3 Best Review - Lucy-Bookworm's Task: Subtitles
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride - 9 words in subtitle
Points this post: 20
Total poinst: 330
Mod
5.2 What Goes Around...read a book that is new-to-you but NOT bought new
Borrowed from Library
Chaotic Good
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1/61
Mod
5.10 All The Information Is On The Task: Read a book of your choice
Secrets Never Die
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 2/61
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10.6 - Traitor: Read a book written under a pseudonym
"Did you ever consider writing under a pseudonym, or do you?
I do! Mildred Abbott is actually a pseudonym. I also have written under the pseudonym Rosalind Abel and my given name, Brandon Witt. Currently, I am not writing under either of the last two names. It’s all Mildred, all the time, and I love it!"
https://baronessbooktrove.com/mildred...!
Scornful Scones
Points this post: 10
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 3/61
Mod
20.1 Most Improved - FLY's Task: Springing To Mind
Option 3: find a book with ALL author initials in the phrase fuzzy yellow duckliNgS (Susin Nielsen)
Optimists Die First
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 4/61
Amy FL25.13 - Bookwrm526 - Connections
Option 2: The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot - add "B" to ONE to make the color BONE
Option 3: The Empress of Time - TIME = MITE
Points this post: 25
Total points: 355
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20.2 Rookie at the Top - JenJ IA's Task: LEGO Masters - Play Well, Read Well!
Option 1: Read a book written by a single author who shares their first AND last initial. You can use any of the initials: w, a, j, B, A, c in any combination, in any position, but only as often as they occur (Alden Bell)
The Reapers are the Angels
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 5/61
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20.3 Read a book with a subtitle that has at least 6 words in it.
Sirens: The End of the World has a Sound
Sirens: The End of the World has a Sound.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 6/61
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20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lisa’s Task: Bowling For Dollars
Read a book where the author’s first and last initial can be found in one of the show titles: “Bowling For Dollars” or “Duckpins and Dollars.”
I chose duckpins and doLlarS- Lisa Schroeder
A Night to Die For
Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 7/61
Amy FL30.7 - TessaVanessa’s Task: The Price is Right
Option 2: The Bloomsday Dead by Adrian McKinty - BONKERS in thE BlOomSday adRiaN mcKinty
Option 4:
Points this post: 30
Total points: 385
5.10 All The Information Is On The TaskRead a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Beloved Land by Gordon Peake
I'd like an It's A Fact ticket for Beloved Land(nonfiction)**
Point this Post: 5
Total Points: 95
IAFs this post: 1
Total IAFs to date: 7
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20.2 Rookie at the Top - JenJ IA's Task: LEGO Masters - Play Well, Read Well!Option 3: Read a book that is #4 or #5 in a series.
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers
#4 in the Wayfarers series
Point this Post: 20
Total Points:115
Total IAFs to date: 7
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30.5 Truit T's Task: Match It Up
2 bks, 1 NF, same 4+ ltr word in title - word HEAD
Head On - fiction
Off With Her Head: Three Thousand Years of Demonizing Women in Power - nonfiction
**claiming 1 IAF point
Points this post: 30
Total points: 320
BB:2 GO:2 IAF:4