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SPRING CHALLENGE 2024
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TessaVanessaChallenge 10.10 World Bee day
100 Bullets: The Deluxe Edition Book I by Brian Azzarello
Points this post: 10
Total points: 445
Task completed: 33
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.2 It's A Match
Beneath Dark Waters by Karen Rose
Pickpocket by Karen Spafford Fitz
Points this post: 15
Total points: 460
Task completed: 34
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.5 - Bowling For Dollars
The Perfect Child by Lucinda Berry
Option B - Author's first and last initial can be found in “Bowling For Dollars” (B and L in Bowling).
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): The Perfect Child
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 35 points
Tasks completed: 2
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.2 Rookie at the Top - JenJ IA's Task: LEGO Masters - Play Well, Read Well!
Option 4b: Green River Killer: A True Detective Story by Jeff Jensen
Points this post: 20
Total points: 480
Task completed: 35
Andy P.Task # 10.6 - Traitor
Read a book written under a pseudonym
The Rose and the Yew Tree by Mary Westmacott aka Agatha Christie
Points this post: 10
Total points: 120
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.2 - LEGO Masters - Play Well, Read Well!
Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica
Option 4B - Each word in the title shares at least one letter (in any position) with the word preceding it.
jusT-The thE-nicEst niCest-Couple
Link to PB (no MMP edition): Just the Nicest Couple
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 55 points
Tasks completed: 3
Nick KY20.1 Fly’s Spring to Mind
Opt. 3. Inits in FUZZY YELLOW DUCKLINGS. I read The Birth of Tragedy by Friedrich Nietzsche.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 495
Nick KY30.1 Katrisa’s Spring Zodiac
Opt. 2. Ares. Book 1. From p. 4 of the Quest Books, I read Angels & Demons by Dan Brown. https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for Angels and Demons at 736 pp.
Book 2. With the word “King” in the title, I read The Discovery of King Arthur by Geoffrey Ashe. 256 pp.
Total pp = 992 > required 500.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 525
Big Books So Far: 500+ (3)
babbling c 10.3 - Dusty Bin
Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in DUSTY BIN. Letters may be used only as often as they appear.
Never Meant to Stay - kindle Never Meant to Stay - paperback pgs. 283 by Trisha Das
DUSTY BIN
THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Total This Season
Points: 155/1110
Completed Tasks: 9/62
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 1
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Pages read this season: 3,839
Books read this season: 10
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Housebroke by Jaci Burton / title and author contain B
Points this post: 10
Total points: 315
babbling c 20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Lois' Task: The Dating Game
Read a book with MPG Romance that is #1, #2, or #3 in a series that has at least 3 published books in the series.
The series number must be indicated in gray on the book's main page, usually above the title. Whole numbers only. Romance genre may be stand-alone or embedded, e.g., Historical Romance, Western Romance.
Kiss of Fate - kindle Kiss of Fate - mass market paperback pgs 396 by Deborah Cooke
Genres - Paranormal Romance
Dragonfire #3. There are 11 primary works
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Total This Season
Points: 175/1110
Completed Tasks: 10/62
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 1
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Pages read this season: 4,235
Books read this season: 11
JENNY H10.8 - Spring Forward
Read the next book in a series that you've already started.
Following up my earlier read, Prudence, with its sequel Imprudence. Both new to me, but fun reads that have suited my mood. A perfect pick-me-up!
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 25
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
JENNY H20.4 Golden Oldies - Hannelore's Task: I Really Like This Bowl
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”.
Mitias kärlek by Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin, initials IB can be found in the words I and bowl.
*I'd like to claim a Golden Oldie ticket*
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 45
BB: 0
GO: 1
NF: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.8 Nickels and Dimes -Trishhartuk's Task: The Golden Shot
Option 3: By the Book by Jasmine Guillory
BOOK found in Bob Monkhouse
Points this post: 20
Total points: 500
Task completed: 36
Barbara ★5.4 - What's In A Name?
Read a book by a single author where the author's initials (first and last) can be found in CARL LINNAEUS.
A Batter of Life and Death - Ellie Alexander 4/9
(E & A in carl linnAEus)
Points this task: 5
Total points: 215
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
JENNY H5.10 All The Information Is On The Task
Read a book of your choice”.
Gakuen Alice, Vol. 02
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 50
BB: 0
GO: 1
NF: 1
Bookwrm526Task #30.2 - Word Search
Book 1: Read a book that has a four letter or more word in the title (not subtitle) that can be made from the author's name. I read This Town Sleeps by Dennis E. Staples. The word SLEEPS can be made from the author's name (dEnniSEStaPLes).
Book 2: Read a book with an author whose first or last name is at least 4 letters long. Use the letters in the title (not subtitle) to spell the author's first or last name. I read The Hellion's Waltz by Olivia Waite (WAITE can be spelled using the letters in the title - TE from the, I from hellion's, WA from waltz).
Total points so far: 310
Katrisa5.9 - What is the Seasonal Reading Challenge?
Read a book with ! Or ? In the title or subtitle
I read O Pioneers!
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 590
15.3 X's and O'sOption 1. Read two books, one book 1 and one book 2:
Book 1: Read a book with a title that contains at least one X
The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman
x found in word in title, extraordinary
Book 2: Read a book with a single author that contains at least 2 O's in their name, first, last , or middle.
Ace of Shades (The Shadow Game #1) by Amanda Foody
2 O's found in author's last name, Foody
Total this Post: 15
Season Total: 190
Lisa MD5.6 - Tiger, Tiger
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
352 pgs
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 195 / 1100
Total Books Read: 15
Total Tasks Completed: 14 / 61
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 4
Kathy KS20.2 Rookie at the Top - JenJ IA's Task: LEGO Masters - Play Well, Read Well!
Option 4: Choose one of the following, a or b. Required: State the option
a) Read a book with a two-word title (ignore subtitles) where the second word starts with the last letter of the first word.
The Enemy by Lee Child
How it fits: thE Enemy
I read as an ebook; mmpb=452 (Ο εχθρός)
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 155
Tasks completed: 9/62
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 1
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.2 Rookie at the Top - JenJ IA's Task: LEGO Masters - Play Well, Read Well!
Option 1:
Recursion
Author: Blake Crouch
Totals
Points: 105
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 3
Total Tasks Completed: 6
Total Books Completed: 7
30.1 - Katrisa's Task: Spring ZodiacOption 1-1, book from a series with at least 12 published works: Rutland Place by Anne Perry (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt #5)
217 pages
There are 32 primary works in this series.
Option 1-2, Moon in the title: When the Moon Turns Blue by Pamela Terry
304 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 435
FLY Task #20.9 Moderators Pet - Marie-Anne's Task: Card Game Memories
task: Option 1 - Read a book that has playing cards on the cover.
book: Cards on the Table
(my version is kindle, first MMPB here)
how it fits:
other: **Claiming GO ticket for First published November 2, 1936
Points this post: 20
Total points: 115
Tasks completed: 8/61
BB: 0 / GO: 0 + 1 = 1 / IAF: 0
Task 30.5 - Match it Up!450+ total pages
1 Non-fiction book
read two books that have the same word - TRUE - in their (sub)titles
book 1: Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks
368 p
this is non-fiction
book 2: The True Queen
371 pages
368+371=739 pages
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460 points
Readerboard name: Mel S5.2 - What Goes Around...
Borrowed from a library
The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel by Diana Gabaldon
This graphic novel is 224 pages.
This post: 5pts
This season: 330pts
Total books: 24
Total tasks: 20
Readerboard name: Mel S15.10 Take a Mental Health Day
Non-Fiction book with a MPG Mental Health
Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope
This post: 15pts
This season: 345pts
Total books: 25
Total tasks: 21
*Claiming one It's a Fact ticket.*
Nick KY5.10 All the Information. Free Choice. I read The Spiral of Memory: Interviews by Joy Harjo.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 530
Nick KY20.3 Lucy-B’s Subtitles I read Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber by Andy Borowitz, with seven (more than six) words in the subtitle.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 550
Jasmiina F20.1 Most Improved - FLY's Task: Springing To Mind:
Option 3: Read a book with ALL author initials in the phrase FUZZY YELLOW DUCKLINGS:
I Owe You One by Kinsella Sophie.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post: 1 (500+)
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
20.10 Group readsI read Code Name Hélène and wrote post #6 on the discussion thread.
points: 50
books read: 3
tasks completed: 3
pages read: 1008
15.2 - It's A Match
Read two book each with a different single author, whose first or last name match.
Book 1: Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers
Book 2: Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains by Cassie Chambers
**Claiming 1 It's A Fact Ticket**
New Points: 15
Total Points: 645
Tickets as of this post: BB(3), GO(4), IaF(8)
10.3 - Dusty BinRead a book written by an author whose initials can be found in DUSTY BIN. I read Deadly Cruise by Dawn Brookes. (DustyBin)
Total points so far: 320
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5.9 What is the Seasonal Reading Challenge?
Read a book with ! Or ? In the title or subtitle
Mary, Will I Die?
Points this post: 5
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 8/61
10.9 - Beware the Ides of March
Read a book with a 4+ letter title word from BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH.
Word: SECRET
The Secret of Chimneys
**Claiming 1 Golden Oldies Ticket**
New Points: 10
Total Points: 655
Tickets as of this post: BB(3), GO(5), IaF(8)
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25.2 Tiens task - Kid's Sports
Option 3: Read a book with page count that consists of with at least 2 of these numbers (0, 1, 2, 5).
The Last Girls Standing (320 Pages)
Option 1: Read a book where author's (first & last) initials are found in one of these swimming training aids: training fin, kickBoarD, pullbuoy
Outbreak by Davis Bunn
Points this post: 25
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 9/61
Candace W10.6 - Traitor
Read a book written under a pseudonym (somebody who isn't who they claim to be!)
REQUIRED: State the real name & pseudonym of the author, or provide a reference to indicate that the book was written under a pseudonym.
We Were Liars
E.Lockhart is the Pen Name for Emily Jenkins
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 3
Total Points: 35
Tasks Completed: 2
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.9 - Card Game Memories
The Love Wars by L. Alison Heller
Option 1 - There are playing cards on the cover and there are at least 2 different suits visible (hearts and spades). Book was also included as a task example.
Link to PB edition: The Love Wars
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 75 points
Tasks completed: 4
5.1 Spring ColoursRead a book whose cover contains a minimum of three distinct colours according to TinEye.
Required: Post the cover.
Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-AnstineRead ~ 3.27.24
Required ~ TinEye - blue (58.6%), green (18.3%), orange (10.2%), grey (7%), brown (5.9%)
Task Points ~ 5
Total Points ~ 20
LoraTask: 25.2 Tiens task - Kid's Sports, using options 1 and 3
Book 1:
Book/Author: Let's Get Quizzical / Kelly Ohlert
How it fits: author's initials KO are in KICKBOARD
Book 2:
Book/Author: A Little Taste of Murder / Carolyn L. Dean
How it fits: page count is 124. Ebook approved https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points for this task: 25
Total points: 210
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
15.2 -It's A MatchTwo books whose authors' names match:
No Offense by Meg Cabot
Vacationland by Meg Mitchell Moore
Points this post: 15
Total points: 450
JEN B20.8 Nickels and Dimes -Trishhartuk's Task: The Golden Shot
Option 3:
Read a book with a word of at least four letters in the title, that can be made from the letters in “BERNIE THE BOLT”.
The Last Love Note by Emma Grey
Word = NOTE
NE in bErNie
OT in bOlT
TOTAL POINTS: 135
JEN B20.1 Most Improved - FLY's Task: Springing To Mind
Option 1: For this task choose a book with a drink on the cover. . The drink needs to be a beverage for humans and the container needs to be one that humans drink out of- Glass, cup, bottle, mug
by Heather WebberCoffee in the mug
TOTAL POINTS: 155
JEN B10.7 - Springtime in Paris
Read a book set at least 75% in France
Lost and Found in Paris by Lian Dolan
TOTAL POINTS: 165
30.7 - TessaVanessa’s Task: The Price is RightBook #1
Option 2: PRICING GAMES: Read a book with a title, subtitle and/or author that includes all the letters in Bullseye.
Book:The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Book #2
Option 4: Read a book with a domestic dog or cat on the cover. It can be a live animal or a drawing as long as you can tell it is a cat or dog.
Book:
Books Read:2
Task Points: 30
Total Points: 30
Amy FL5.5 Welcome, Watchers of Illusion
Things We Know by Heart - HEART is in knigHTmARE
Points this post: 5
Total points: 390
Amy FL5.7 Trust Nobody
Night Owl - MPG Spy Thriller
MPG Espionage appears there now, on April 18, rather than Spy Thriller. I had Spy Thriller approved in the help thread for this task on April 10 just in case both disappear.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 395
Amy FL10.2 - Pointless
Only the Beautiful - 400 pages in the paperback edition
Points this post: 10
Total points: 405
Amy FL25.3: KMarieD: What’s your favorite challenge type?
Option 1
Category 1: All Rhodes Lead Here - RHODES is in wORD pHraSE
Category 2: It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover - CH in autHor Contained
Points this post: 25
Total points: 430
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Points this post: 10
Total points: 435
Task completed: 32