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SPRING CHALLENGE 2024
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Juliajoy30.7 The Price is Right
Option 3:
Title: Pretty Girls
Author: Karin Slaughter
Spun 25, book has 592 pages
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Option 4:
Title: Outfoxed
Author: David Rosenfelt
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Katrisa30.3 - MAZZA1's task - Looking Forward to the Olympics
Opt 5
Book A - Read a book with a title of two or more words where the title words ALL start with the same letter.
I read There There
Book B - Read a book where there is a word in the title that ends with a double vowel as in Teahupo’o
I read Lies We Sing to the Sea
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 620
Barbara ★25.8 - MEGSCL - Learning to read
Option 1: Read a book by an author with a first name that starts with M, S, or F.
Cursed - Marissa Meyer 3/26
Option 2: Read a book with a title where all words have 3 or fewer letters
You Can Die - Rebecca Zanetti 4/10
Points this task: 25
Total points: 240
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Task 25.3 What’s your favorite challenge type?Option 1 –
Category 1 – Read a book with at least a four letter word in the title or subtitle that can be spelled from the phrase TITLE WORD SPELLED FROM PHRASE (Apostrophe's can be ignored)
REQUIRED: State the word
Word: TIME
TItlE word spelled froM phrase
Now Is Not the Time to Panic (2022) by Kevin Wilson (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover 246 pages)
Category 2 –. Read a book with all author initials, middle initials count if the author has one, in the phrase AUTHOR INITIALS CONTAINED IN PHRASE
author initiaLs Contained in phrase
The Madwoman Upstairs (2016) by Catherine Lowell (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover 339 pages)
45 + 25 = 70
Tasks Completed: 03
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 45 + 25 = 70
Books read: 05
Pages read: 1,480
Read but not claimed: 05
Goodreads Authors: 04
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
ROBIN P15.5 Survey Says
Book nominated for or winning GR Choice Award
She Who Became the Sun - nominee for Best Fantasy & Best Debut Novel 2021
Points this post: 15
Total points: 335
BB:2 GO:2 IAF:4
5.8 Roboteers, Stand ByDefy the Fates (Constellation #3) by Claudia Gray
page 6
Total this Post: 5
Season Total: 195
Mary PDX20.10 - Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Spring 2024 season. The requirement for this task: you must participate in the book's discussion thread below with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book.
Fiction: Space Opera - How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse
Discussion Thread
link: My Comment
This Task:
BB: 0
IF: 0
GO: 0
Books: 1
Points: 20
Totals:
BB: 0
IF: 0
GO: 0
Points: 50
MaryPDX15.10 Take A Mental Health Day
**1 its a fact**
Read a Non-Fiction book with a MPG Mental Health/Mental Illness
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
MPG mental health
This Task:
BB: 0
IF: 1
GO: 0
Books: 1
Points: 15
Totals:
BB: 0
IF: 1
GO: 0
Points: 65
Deborah25.2 Tiens task - Kid's Sports
Option 1: Swimming
The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story by Ann Rule
AR: KICKBOARD
Option 3: Crossfit
The Hunter
(0, 1, 2, 5) 240 pages
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 190
Books Read: 16
Tasks Done: 13
MaryPDX30.5 Truitt_T’s task: Match it Up!
**1 its a fact**
**1 Big Book**
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.
American Gods-- 635 pg (BB)
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning-- 209pg
Total pg ct: 844
word: "American"
This Task:
BB: 1
IF: 1
GO: 0
Books: 1
Points: 30
Totals:
BB: 1
IF: 2
GO: 0
Points: 95
Casey W20.1 - Option 2
read a nonfiction book with Main Page Genre of Biography, Science, or War.
The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing By Lara Love Hardin
MPG - Biography
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Casey W20.2 - Option 3 B - Read a book with a title of at least three words where each word must share at least one letter with the word proceeding it.
First Lie Wins By Ashley Elston
Letter I is shared between all 3 words
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Joanne MI25.9 Chris MD - Dance with Me
Option 1- Read a book that is either #1, 2, or 3 in a series
[[book:Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941–1942|10955056]The Pacific War Trilogy #1
Claiming one BB at 656 pages
Claiming 1 IAF
Option 4- Read a book set at least 75% in South America
Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time
Claiming 1 IAF
Points this task 25
BB's This task 1
IAF this task 2
Season Total 185
BB's 1
IAF 5
5.7 Trust NobodyRead a book with an MPG of Espionage or Spy Thriller.
The London Bookshop Affair by Louise FeinRead ~ 4.11.24
Requirement ~ ESPIONAGE is a MPG
Task Points ~ 5
Total Points ~ 25
5.10 All The Information Is On The TaskRead a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
For this task, a book with the MPG Children's, Kids, Middle Grade or Juvenile that is NOT found in ARBF may be used.
Shadows of Pecan Hollow by Caroline FrostRead ~ 3.30.24
Task Points ~ 5
Total Points ~ 30
10.10 - World Bee dayIn honour of the humble Bee, read a book where the Title AND Author name both contain the letter B
The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto UrreaRead ~ 3.28.24
Required ~ house of (B)roken Angels / luis al(B)erto urrea
Task Points ~ 10
Total Points ~ 40
Sarah E10.2 - Pointless
In an Absent Dream
I listened to an audio, paperback - no MMP - is В небивал сън - 200 pages
Total Points: 50
Sarah E15.3 X's and O's
Option 2: An Atlas of Extinct Countries by Gideon Defoe
I listened to an audio, top paperback - no MMP - is An Atlas of Extinct Countries
Non Fiction, claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket.
Total Points: 65
Total NF: 2
30.7 - TessaVanessa’s Task: The Price is RightOption 1: 5+ letter word made from COME ON DOWN, YOU’RE THE NEXT CONTESTANT
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
🌷SOUTHERN = SO in contestant; U in you're; THE in the; R in you're; N in next 🌷
Option 4: domestic cat on the cover
Crime and Poetry by Amanda Flower
Total points: 165 + 30 = 195
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 0
Sarah E25.13 - Bookwrm526 - Connections
Option 1: Limoncello Yellow
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is Limoncello Yellow
limonCELLO contains CELLO
Option 4: The Night Ship
I listened to an audio, top paperback - no MMP - is The Night Ship
sHIP contains HIP
Total Points: 90
Jen K25.10 - JenK's Task - Keep On Rolling
Option 2: Jamaica’n Me Crazy
Girl in a Band
MPG Music
***Request 1 IAF ticket for nonfiction***
Option 3: Egypt and Uganda
All the Lovers in the Night
LovErs in THE NIght
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points 125
IAF: 2
BB: 1
Jen K25.11 - Kathy KS’ Task : “Spring has sprung”
Option 1. The Town That Food Saved: How One Community Found Vitality in Local Food
brussel sprouts, bell pepper and green beans on cover
***Request 1 IAF ticket for nonfiction***
Option 4.
Word: GRASS -- SprinG hAs SpRung
****
Points This Post: 25
Total Points 150
IAF: 3
BB: 1
Lisa MD15.1 - Here's the Question
Book 1: "When" in title
When It Happens to You by Molly Ringwald
256 pgs
Book 2: Author Initials in "quEStion
Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout
240 pgs
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 210 / 1100
Total Books Read: 17
Total Tasks Completed: 15 / 61
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 4
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter The Dating GameIntrigues by Mercedes Lackey
#2 in a series with romance on the MPG
Task +20
Grand total: 55
**Unclaim Task 30.3 from post 953**I just saw from the questions/problems thread that I also misunderstood the task
Opt 5
Book A - Read a book with a title of two or more words where the title words ALL start with the same letter.
I read There There
Book B - Read a book where there is a word in the title that ends with a double vowel as in Teahupo’o
I read Lies We Sing to the Sea
New total: 590
Katrisa15.1 - Here's the Question
Book 1: Read a book with one of these words in the title.
WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN WHY HOW
I read The Girl Who Played with Fire
WHO in title
Book 2: Read a book by an author whose initials (all) can be found in the word QUESTION
I read Lies We Sing to the Sea by Sarah Underwood
SU in qUeStion
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 605
FLY Task #20.1 Most Improved - FLY's Task: Springing To Mind
task: 3. all author initials in FUZZY YELLOW DUCKLINGS
book: Rocannon's World
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: author Ursula K. Le Guin initials UKLG in D(U)C(KL)IN(G)S
Points this post: 20
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 9/61
BB: 0 / GO: 1 / IAF: 0
20.3 Best Review - Lucy-Bookworm's Task: SubtitlesRead a book with a subtitle that has at least 6 words in it.
Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need
Total Points: 80
LoraTask: 20.4 Golden Oldies - Hannelore's Task: I Really Like This Bowl, using Option 2
Book/Author: Inheritance / Nora Roberts
How it fits: flowers on cover
Points for this task: 20
Total points: 230
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
15.5 Survey SaysRead a book that has won or been nominated for Goodreads Choice Awards
Yellowface
Goodreads Choice Awards 2023 - Best Fiction winner
Total Points: 95
Readerboard Name: List_Addict20.4: Option 1 - A cover that is at 50% yellow according to Tin Eye
by Avery FlynnTotal yellow on Tin Eye: 70.3%
Total this challenge: 20
Task 25.1 - The Fab Fouroption 3: page count inc 1,2, 0
Mammoths at the Gates
option 4: Short Stories MPG
The Empress of Salt and Fortune
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500 points
15.4 Category Is...Choose One Option Below:
Option 1. Read two books, one book 1 and one book 2:
Book 1:
Category Same Letter: Read a book with a title that begins and ends with the same letter
The Silent Treatment by Abbie GreavesRead ~ 4.9.24
Required ~ (T)he silent treatmen(T)
Book 2:
Spin the wheel: https://wheelofnames.com/fep-n25 and read a book with the corresponding MPG
Little Souls by Sandra DallasRead ~ 4.8.24
Required ~ romance
Task Points ~ 15
Total Points ~ 55
20.1 Springing To MindChoose an option and read one book for that option.
Required: State the option.
Option #3
Read a book with ALL author initials in the phrase FUZZY YELLOW DUCKLINGS. Multiple authors are okay, as long as all the initials can be found in the phrase.
The Friend by Sigrid NunezRead ~ 4.5.24
Required ~ duckli(N)g(S)
Task Points ~ 20
Total Points ~ 75
20.2 LEGO Masters - Play Well, Read Well!This is a one book task. Select a book for one of the options below.
REQUIRED: State which option you chose.
Option 4: Choose one of the following, a or b
Required: State the option
Option B
Read a book with a title of at least three words (ignore subtitles) where each word must share at least one letter (in any position) with the word preceding it.
EX: The Cheat Sheet The Echo of Old Books No Two Persons
Someone Else's Shoes by Jojo MoyesRead ~ 3.9.24
Required ~ som(E)one (E)les's sho(E)s
Task Points ~ 20
Total Points ~ 95
20.5 Bowling For DollarsPick one option and read a book to satisfy that option.
Required: State the option
Option B:
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.”
Required: State which show title you used.
Family Reservations by Liza PalmerRead ~ 4.7.24
Required ~ duck(P)ins and do(L)lars
Task Points ~ 20
Total Points ~ 115
Andy P.Task # 10.8 - Spring Forward
Read the next book in a series that you've already started
Fallen Creed by Alex Kava
This is # 7 in the Ryder Creed series
Points this post: 10
Total points: 130
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.8 MEGSCL - Learning to read
Option 1: Pretty Boys Are Poisonous: Poems by Megan Fox
Option 2: You Can Die by Rebecca Zanetti
Points this post: 25
Total points: 525
Task completed: 37
25.7 - Lora - Happy St. Patrick's DayOption 2: Ireland
Read a book that is on the first 15 pages of the Ireland Books list
Required: state the page.
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland (441 pages)
This is on first page of the list (6th book)
***Claiming an It's a Fact ticket for Non-fiction***
Option 3: Emblems
Read a book that contains one of the following on the cover:
Beer (must be a beer stein, tankard or traditional pint glass/pint pot with a foam head showing - a bottle or keg will not count), Harp, Clover (3 or 4 leaf will count), Pot of Gold, Leprechaun
Required: post the cover
F*ck You, I'm Irish: Why We Irish Are Awesome (192 pages)***Claiming an It's a Fact ticket for Non-Fiction****
New Points: 25
Total Points: 150
BB: 1
IaF: 4
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.13 Bookwrm526 - Connections
Option 2: Cold Threat Nancy Mehl
Cold to Gold
Option 4: A Charming Wish by Tonya Kappes
charming=ARM
Points this post: 25
Total points: 550
Task completed: 38
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.5 Delicious Dee - Bee Hive Bookclub
Option 2: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
360 pages
Option 3: Undercover Memories by Lenora Worth
224 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 575
Task completed: 39
Delicious Dee5.4 What's In A Name?
Not That Kind of Ever After - Luci Adams - LA found in CARL LINNAEUS
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 285
Big Book Ticket: 1
Its a Fact: 3
Golden Oldie: 1
Delicious Dee30.7 - TessaVanessa’s Task: The Price is Right
Option 1 - The Drowning Woman - WOMAN can be found in COME ON DOWN, YOU’RE THE NEXT CONTESTANT
Option 4 -
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 315
Big Book Ticket: 1
Its a Fact: 3
Golden Oldie: 1
30.7 The Price is RightRead two books, from two different options.
Required: State the options.
✔ Option 3: SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN
Go to https://spinthewheel.app/the-price-is... and spin the wheel.
Read a book that includes the number(s) you spun in the page count . The numbers can be in any order.
Required: State the number you spun.
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-ValdezRead ~ 4.3.24
Pages ~ 359
Required ~ spun 95, page count 359
✔ 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.
Required: Post the cover.
The Last Black Cat by Eugene TrivizasRead ~ 4.10.24
Pages ~ 248
IL: UY - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8.0
Task Points ~ 30
Task Page Count ~ 607
Total Points ~ 145
ROBIN P10.2 Pointless
Page count has 2 or more 0's
The Lantern's Dance - 300 p
Points this post: 10
Total points: 345
BB:2 GO:2 IAF:4
Lisa MD15.2 - It's a Match
Authors of both books have matching first name: Lee
Book A: 61 Hours by Lee Child
383 pgs
Book B: Malibu Burning by Lee Goldberg
303 pgs
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 225 / 1100
Total Books Read: 19
Total Tasks Completed: 16 / 61
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 4
Amanda VA20.5 Bigger is Better - Lisa’s Task: Bowling For Dollars
Option A: I watched Bowling For Dollars on WBAL-TV broadcast out of Baltimore, Maryland. Read a book where the letters “WBAL” can be found in the title and/or author’s name.
Bride by Ali Hazelwood
Bride, ALi hazelWood
Points for this task: 20
Total points : 110
Tasks completed: 5/62
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
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25.6 - JennRenee's Task: Pick a Genre!
Genre: Thriller
Book One: The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger - THRILLER in THE RIvR and wiLLiam
Book Two: In the Likely Event - ITLE in ThrILlEr
Points this post: 25
Total points: 455