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SPRING CHALLENGE 2024
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MAZZA1Task 5.3 P-P-P-Pick Up A Penguin
Read a book that has been published as a Penguin Classic according to this Wiki list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... OR where a Penguin Classics edition of the book exists on Goodreads.
The Magician Penguin classic edition on GR
This book was published in1908 and I am claiming a GO ticket
points this post = 5
points to date = 255
GO tickets this post = 1
To date = 1
MAZZA15.8 Roboteers, Stand By
Read a book from the first 25 pages of this Robots shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
In the Lives of Puppets on page 1 of list
points this post = 5
Points to date = 260
MAZZA110.4 - The Adventure Game
Read a book with MPG Adventure OR the word Adventure or GAME in the title
The Eagle in the Sand MPG Adventure
This book is 516 pages and I am claiming 1 x BB ticket
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 270
BB tickets this post = 1
To date = 3
MAZZA115.1 - 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
Where the Crawdads Sing
Book 2: Read a book by an author whose initials (all) can be found in the word QUESTION
A Walk to Remember
Nicholas Sparks
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 285
MAZZA120.1 Most Improved - FLY's Task: Springing To Mind
Option 3. book with ALL author initials in the phrase FUZZY YELLOW DUCKLINGS.
Murder in Williamstown
Kerry Greenwood
Points this post = 20
points to date = 305
MAZZA120.5 - 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.
Chain-Gang All-Stars
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
WAB in author name L in "ALL" of title
points this post = 20
points to date = 325
MAZZA125.1 - RobinP task The Fab Four
Option 2: The Beatles’ career largely matched up with the decade of the 1960’s. Read a book published in or set in the 1960’s.
Don't Forget to Write GR data identifies time setting as 1960
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 OR on Magical Mystery Tour – words must match exactly
Getaway With Murder
matching word is WITH from Sgt Peppers "With a little help from my Friends"
points this post = 25
points to date -350
MAZZA125.3: KMarieD: 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
The Shadow Key SHADOW in target phrase
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
Arbroath Smokie Slaying
Steve Higgs
points this post = 25
Points to date = 375
MAZZA125.4: Nick KY’s Task: Nordic Noir Plus Ten
The task is for 2 books that total 500 pages or more.
Book A: Read a book set primarily (at least 50% in a Nordic country or written by a single Nordic author (by birth or by residence).
Echoes of the Runes Setting = Sweden
Published 2020
Pages 352
Book B: Read a book that is connected to Book A in one of the following ways:
3. By year of first edition -- Book B was first published in the same year as Book A.
The Haunting of Brynn Wilder Published first in 2020 287 pages
352 + 287 = 639 pages exceeds requirement
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 400
MAZZA125.6 - JennRenee's Task: Pick a Genre!
USING Historical Fiction
Book One: Read a book where all the letters of your genre appear in the title/subtitle/author name.
The Cardinal's Court
Cora Harrison
excluding the word FICTION which the task allows
H in tHe
IS in cardInalS
TO in cOurT
R in couRt
I in harrIson
CAL in CArdinaL
Book Two: Read a book with at least a three word title where the first letter of every word can be found in the name of your genre. Letters can only be used as often as they appear.
Lost in the City of Flowers
L I C O F - appear in hIstOriCaL Fiction
points this post = 25
Points to date = 425
MAZZA125.13 - Bookwrm526 - Connections
Option 2: Colors missing their first letter - 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
Come, Tell Me How You Live
Add O to Live to create the colour OLIVE
Option 4: Body parts - read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that contains a human body part.
The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers
HIP appears in fellowsHIP
points this post = 25
Points to date = 450
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Option 2
The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World by Jonathan Freedland / MPG Biography
Points this post: 20
Total points: 335
Katrisa10.3 - Dusty Bin
Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in DUSTY BIN.
I read Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
NDT in DusTy biN
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 615
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Option 1
Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch / BA in KICKBOARD
Option 3
Pretty Drunk by Lacey Black / 2,5 in pg count; 285 pg PB
Points this post: 25
Total points: 360
Mod
Option 1
Belle Greene by Alexandra Lapierre / BELL in title word BELLE
Option 4
The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan / EAR in title word YEARS
Points this post: 25
Total points: 385
Mod
Option 1
Book 1:
Beneath Dark Waters by Karen Rose / #28 in series; 581 pg HC
Book 2:
The Hunting Moon by Susan Dennard / MOON in title; 352 pg PB
Total pages: 933 > 500
Points this post: 30
Total points: 415
LoraTask: 25.8 - MEGSCL - Learning to read, using options 1 and 2
Book 1:
Book/Author: Bittersweet Demise / Mary O'Donnell
How it fits: author's first initial is M
Book 2:
Book/Author: I, AI / J.A. Hailey
How it fits: all words in title are 3 or fewer letters
Points for this task: 25
Total points: 255
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
Readerboard name: Mel S15.6 - Rebirth, Renew, Refresh
Re-imagining or retelling of a classic, fairytale, or myth: Beauty and the Beast
Hunted by Meagan Spooner
This post: 15pts
This season: 360pts
Total books: 26
Total tasks: 22
25.1 - RobinP task The Fab Four
Read 2 books from 2 different options.
Option 2: Read a book published in or set in the 1960’s.
Taran Wanderer, published August 24, 1967
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 OR on Magical Mystery Tour
Song: Within You Without You
Word: WITHIN
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within
New Points: 25
Total Points: 680
Tickets as of this post: BB(3), GO(5), IaF(8)
Julia10310.2 - Pointless
The Lantern's Dance
(300 pages)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 265
BB: 5
GO: 0
NF: 1
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 19
Karen DTask 10.8 - Spring Forward
Book: The Passionate Tudor: A Novel of Queen Mary I, finished 4/13.
This is new to me, and the third book in the Tudor Rose series. I've previous read books 1 &2.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 325
Karen DTask 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
Book: Smells Like Tween Spirit, finished 4/9
Book is #4 in the Class Mom series
Points this task: 20
Total points: 345
25.3 What’s your favorite challenge type?This is a 2-book task based on common task challenges.
Pick an option and read a book for each category in that option.
You may read one book that is 500+ pages if it fits both categories of your chosen option.
REQUIRED: state the option you have chosen
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
REQUIRED: State the word
The Late Bloomers' Club by Louise MillerRead ~ 4.13.24
Pages ~ 325
Required ~ LATE
tit(L)e
phr(A)se
(T)itle
titl(E)
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
Strange Sally Diamond by Liz NugentRead ~ 3.2.24
Pages ~ 384
Required ~ i(N)ita(L)s
Task Points ~ 25
Task Page Count ~ 709
Total Points ~ 170
LoraTask: 25.7 - Lora - Happy St. Patrick's Day, using options 1 and 3, with total page count 540 pages
Book 1:
Book/Author: Murder at the Grand Raj Palace / Vaseem Khan
How it fits: 53.8% green on cover, and 384 pages
Book 2:
Book/Author: Four Leaf Felony / Tonya Kappes
How it fits: clover, pot of gold, and beer on cover; 156 pages
Points for this task: 25
Total points: 255
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
Delicious Dee25.6 - JennRenee's Task: Pick a Genre!
Genre - romance
Book A - Reasons Why Not to Date Public Enemy CEO - romance can be found in title: ROAN in reasons; M in Enemy, CE in CEO
Book B - Right on Cue - ROC found in Romance
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 340
Big Book Ticket: 1
Its a Fact: 3
Golden Oldie: 1
JenJ IA5.2 What Goes Around...
Read a book that is new-to-you but NOT bought new - for example, borrowed from a library, bought second-hand, or passed on by a friend or family member.
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Required: state how you obtained the book - borrowed from a Little Free Library
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 170/1085
Tasks Completed: 12/61
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 3
JenJ IA10.8 - Spring Forward
Read the next book in a series that you've already started. in grey parenthesis under book title.
REQUIRED: state that the book is new to you AND which book in the series you have previously read - The book is new to me. I previously read Divine Rivals.
Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 180/1085
Tasks Completed: 13/61
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 3
Sanz20.6 It's a Fact - Jammin Jenny's Task: TV Family Fun
Option 1: Password – Read a book with MPG humor
Book: The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson
This is a non-fiction book so I'd like to claim 1 "It's a Fact ticket"
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Point this post: 20
Total points: 20
IAF: 1
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Sanz20.7 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.
Book: The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn
This book is #2 in the Bridgertons series which has a total of 8 primary works.
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Point this post: 20
Total points: 40
IAF: 1
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.8 - Spring Forward
For the Throne
This book is new to me and I previously read the first book in the series For the Wolf
Totals
Points: 115
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 3
Total Tasks Completed: 7
Total Books Completed: 8
FLY Task #5.7 Trust Nobody
task: Read a book with an MPG of Espionage or Spy Thriller
book: Slow Horses
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: MPG Espionage and Spy Thriller
Points this post: 5
Total points: 140
Tasks completed: 10/61
BB: 0 / GO: 1 / IAF: 0
Katrisa25.3: KMarieD: What’s your favorite challenge type?
Opt 1-1 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
I read After I Do
AFTER in TitlE woRd spelled From phrAse
1-2 Read a book with all author initials, middle initials count if the author has one, in the phrase AUTHOR INITIALS CONTAINED IN PHRASE
I read Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
TO in auThOr
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 640
Katrisa25.4: Nick KY’s Task: Nordic Noir Plus Ten
Book A: Read a book set primarily (at least 50%) in a Nordic country or written by a single Nordic author (by birth or by residence).
I read A Man Called Ove
by Fredrik Backman (Swedish author)
My book was audio MMPB 352 pages
Book B: Read a book that is connected to Book A in one of the following ways:
1. By author’s name -- The first or last name of the author of Book B is the same as the author of Book A. Names may appear in any position (Variations in spelling of the same name are NOT allowed – this might be exasperating for Scandinavian authors, but I want to avoid as much confusion as possible.) Both books may be by the same author as well.
2. By setting -- Book B is set at least 50% in the same country as Book A.
3. By year of first edition -- Book B was first published in the same year as Book A.
I read Britt-Marie Was Here also by Fredrik Backman (same author)
My book was audio MMPB 362 pages
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 665
Delicious Dee15.9 I am beautifully different
Devon's Island- found on the list: Neurodiverse Characters on pg2 (at the very top)
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 330
Big Book Ticket: 1
Its a Fact: 3
Golden Oldie: 1
Task:20.2 Rookie at the Top - JenJ IA's Task: LEGO Masters - Play Well, Read Well!Option:4b - 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.
Book read:I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
Required:I and Kissed contain I, Kissed and Shara contain S, Shara and Wheeler contain H.
Points this task:20
Total points:170
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:1
Total It’s A Fact:1
Books read:10
Tasks completed:9
Readerboard name: Mel S15.3 - X's and O's
Option 2: one book that satisfies both:
1. book with a title that contains at least one X
2. single author that contains at least 2 O's in their name
Xenocide by Orson Scott Card
592 pages: Claim 1 Big Book Ticket
This post: 15pts
This season: 375pts
Total books: 27
Total tasks: 23
Katrisa5.6 Tiger, Tiger
Read a book that features a tiger on the cover.
I read When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 670
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10.9 - Beware the Ides of March
Read a book with a title word of four letters or more that can be made from the letters in BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH. Letters may be used only as often as they appear.
REQUIRED: State the word (READ)
Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out. Shannon Reed
Nonfiction - claiming 1 It's A Fact ticket
Points: 10
Total points: 405
IAF - 5
GO - 1
Katrisa10.6 - Traitor
Read a book written under a pseudonym
I read Kingdom of Needle and Bone by Mira Grant
Mira Grant is the pseudonym of Seanan McGuire
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 680
Task 30.1 - Spring ZodiacOption 3 - Taurus - April 20- May 20
Book 1: Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters in the title (not subtitle) that can be made from the letters in “STUBBORN AS A BULL” or “LOVER NOT A FIGHTER”. Choose one phrase. Letters can be used only as often as they appear.
Required: State the phrase you used.
Phrase: “LOVER NOT A FIGHTER”
LOVE = LOVEr not a fighter
Varina Palladino's Jersey Italian Love Story (2023) by Terri-Lynne DeFino (Goodreads Author) (Hardback 416 pages)
Book 2: Read a book with an MPG of Religion
Devotion: a memoir (2010) by Dani Shapiro [Biography/921] (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover 245 pages)
** Devotion: a memoir is an It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction) Book**
70 + 30 = 100
Tasks Completed: 04
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 70 + 30 = 100
Books read: 07
Pages read: 2,141
Read but not claimed: 04
Goodreads Authors: 06
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
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30.4 - Cat's Task: Books of Oceania
Option 1: Two Book Option
Book 1: Read a book that is set (at least 70%) in one or more countries in Oceania.
Required: state the country(/ies), and provide supporting evidence if it's not obvious from the GR metadata or blurb. (Cabarita Beach, New South Wales - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabarit...)
The Summer Sisters. Lilly Mirren
Book 2: Read a book that is written by an author born in a country in Oceania. Multiple authors are allowed, provided that ALL are born within Oceania. The author(s) need not be from the country used for book 1.
Required: provide a link to prove place of birth if it's not obvious from the GR metadata. - I couldn't find this information online, so I asked her through Goodreads, and she was gracious enough to verify it.
(https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...)
Christmas at the Waratah Inn. Lilly Mirren
Points: 30
Total points: 435
IAF - 5
GO - 1
Mod
25.7 - Lora - Happy St. Patrick's Day
Option 1: Wearin' of the Green
Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% green according to TinEye AND has minimum 317 pages.
Required: post the cover.
Lawn Boy. Jonathan Evison
- 76.9 %#a3bd4eGreen
12.6 %#82a749Green
320 pages
Option 2: Ireland
Read a book that is on the first 15 pages of the Ireland Books list
Required: state the page. - Page 1
The Pull of the Stars. Emma Donoghue
295 pages
Points: 25
Total points: 460
IAF - 5
GO - 1
Delicious Dee25.11 - Kathy KS’ Task : “Spring has sprung”
Option 1 -
- variety of vegetables on cover to include carrots, cabbage and pumpkinOption 3 - H is for Homicide - first published 1991
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 355
Big Book Ticket: 1
Its a Fact: 3
Golden Oldie: 1
Janice CA20.2 - Play Well, Read Well!
Option 2: a bridge on the cover
The Clancys of Queens: A Memoir by Tara Clancy
+20
total: 40
tasks: 2
books: 2
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Lois' Task: The Dating Game.
Read a book from a series with at least 3 published works that is #1, 2 or 3 in said series.
Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole (438 p.)
➸ Total Points: 105
➸ Total Pages: 2,637
Task:25.8 - MEGSCL - Learning to readOption:1-an author with a first name that starts with M, S, or F.
Book read:13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Mona Awad
Required:mona starts with m
Option:3- main page genre Childrens, Junior, or Middle Grade
Book read:A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett
Required:mpg childrens [IL: MY - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12.0]
Points this task:25
Total points:195
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:1
Total It’s A Fact:1
Books read:12
Tasks completed:10
Juliajoy15.3 x’s and O’s
Option 1
Book 1: X
Title: Hex and the City
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Book 2: O
Author: Terry Brooks
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...
Katrisa20.6 It's a Fact - Jammin Jenny's Task: TV Family Fun
Opt 4 - Read a book that has an author with a first or last name of one of the panel members from the list
I read Autumn's Break by Mary Stone
Mary matches Mary Wickes
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 700
Katrisa25.5 - Delicious Dee's Task - Bee Hive Bookclub
Option 1: Read a book where BEE or HIVE can be found intact in the title
I read So You've Been Publicly Shamed
BEE intact in BEEn
My book was audio 306 PB pages (no MMPB)
Option 2: Read a book by an author found on my Bee Hive shelf
I read Layla by Colleen Hoover book and author are on the list
My book was Audio MMPB 395 pages
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 725
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Task 25.10 - JenK's Task - Keep On Rolling
Book: The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11, finished 4/12
This is over 500 pages and fits Options 3 & 4.
For option 4: won award for Audiobook of the Year in 2020
Points this task: 25
Total points: 315