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SPRING CHALLENGE 2024
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15.5 Survey Says
Read a book that has won or been nominated for Goodreads Choice Awards (Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction (2022))
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. Gabrielle Zevin
Points: 15
Total points: 490/1085
IAF - 6
GO - 1
Tasks - 24/61
Joanne MI15.7 Let's Break!
A book where a trip, vacation, or getaway is central to the story.
A Natural History of Dragons
Why it fits:
Isabella, Lady Trent goes on a scientific expedition (her first of many) to the perilous mountains of Vystrana, where she made the first of many historic discoveries that would change the world forever.
Points this task 15
Season Total 220
BBs 3
IAF 5
Amy FL5.2 What Goes Around...
Toxic Prey - new book borrowed from the library
Points this post: 5
Total points: 460
Nick KY20.5 Lisa’s Bowling for Dollars. I read Fete Fatale by Robert Barnard -- Opt. B. inits in “Bowling for dollaRs.”
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 610
Nick KY20.8 TrishHartUK’s task. SUBSTITUTION. Take away The Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene Wolfe.
Points This Post: - 20
Total Points: 590
Amy FL10.7 - Springtime in Paris
The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier - set entirely in Paris, France (description and metadata)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 470
Amy FL15.10 Take A Mental Health Day
The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions - Nonfiction with MPG Mental Health
Points this post: 15
Total points: 485
Nick KY20.8 TrishHartUK’s task. Opt. 1. 1st published between 1967 and 1985. I read Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth, 1st pub’d 1969.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 610
Amy FL20.8 Nickels and Dimes -Trishhartuk's Task: The Golden Shot
Option 3: House of the Lost Girls - HOUSE is in bob monkHOUSE
Points this post: 20
Total points: 505
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.5 Truitt_T’s task: Match it Up!
When the Flames Ravaged: July 6, 1944 by Rhonda Dragomir
256 pages
When a Killer Calls by John E Douglas
336 pages
WHEN is in both titles
Points this post: 30
Total points: 650
Task completed: 43
Amy FL30.4 - Cat's Task: Books of Oceania
Option 2: Homecoming by Kate Morton - set in Australia and written by an author born in Australia (in description, metadata and author's page)
The paperback edition of Homecoming has 560 pages.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 535
LoraTask: 20.2 Rookie at the Top - JenJ IA's Task: LEGO Masters - Play Well, Read Well!, using Option 1
Book/Author: Hollywood Lost / Ace Collins
How it fits: author's initials are AC
Points for this task: 20
Total points: 275
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
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25.13 - Bookwrm526 - Connections
This is a two book task, please read one book from two different options.
Option 3: Anagram animals - read a book with a word of at least three letters in the title or subtitle that is an anagram of an animal (birds, mammals, insects, fish, reptiles and amphibians all count).
REQUIRED: State the word from the title/subtitle and the animal name. (God/Dog)
151 Things God Can't Do. Maisie Sparks
Claiming 1 IAF ticket
Option 4: Body parts - read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that contains a human body part. State the word from the title/subtitle and the body part it contain (Pearl/ear)
The Christmas Pearl. Dorothea Benton Frank
Points: 25
Total points: 515/1085
IAF - 7
GO - 1
Tasks - 25/61
25.12 A Birdish YearRead two books, one from two different options. Also, all books chosen for this task must have a female author.
Option 2: Good Luck –
Read a book where a leading character is/becomes pregnant.
Required: If it is not evident on the Goodreads page, provide a reference to support this
Only the Beautiful by Susan MeissnerRead ~ 4.18.24
Pages ~ 400
Requirement ~ Roseanne (1938) is pregnant
From the book description ~ Driven by her loneliness she not only breaks the vow to her mother, but in a desperate moment lets down her guard and ends up pregnant.
Option 4: New Beginnings –
Read a book where the author’s first & last initials can be found in the job titles I might be holding here soon…ACTOR, WRITER, and/or PRODUCER. Letters can only be used as many times as they appear, but can split across the words (eg Ann Patchett AP - A in Actor, P in producer).
The Berry Pickers by Amanda PetersRead ~ 4.17.24
Pages ~ 307
Requirement ~ Amanda Peters (AP)
(A)ctor (P)roducer
Task Points ~ 25
Task Page Count ~ 707
Total Points ~ 195
ROBIN P15.3 - X's and O's
Option 2 - X in title & 2 O's in author name
The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism - John U. Bacon
**claiming 1 IAF point for nonfiction
Points this post: 15
Total points: 375
BB:2 GO:2 IAF: 6
Kristen IA15.7 Let's Break!
Read a book where a vacation, holiday or leisure break involving at least one overnight stay is central to the story.
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 135/1085
Tasks Completed: 12/61
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 3
trishhartuk15.3 Xs and Os
Option 2: Read one book that satisfies the requirements for both books of Option 1. At least one X in the title, and a single author with at least two Os in their name.
Tokyo Express, Seicho Matsumoto
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 375
Tasks Completed:22
It’s a Fact Tickets: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Kristen IA15.8 Readers Unite!
Read a book with a book featured on the cover.
Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11.0
Required: post the cover.
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 150/1085
Tasks Completed: 13/61
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 3
JenJ IA15.7 Let's Break!
Read a book where a vacation, holiday or leisure break involving at least one overnight stay is central to the story.
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 195/1085
Tasks Completed: 14/61
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 3
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.1 - Springing To Mind
Live To Tell by Lisa Gardner
Option 3 - All of the author's initials are in the phrase fuzzy yeLlow ducklinGs
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 95 points
Tasks completed: 5
5.4 - What's In A Name? author's initials (first and last) found in CARL LINNAEUS
Someone Knows by Lisa Scottoline *** 528 pages - requesting 1 BB ticket***
🌷LS in LinnaeuS🌷
Total points: 195 + 5 = 200
Big Book tickets: 1 + 1 = 2
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 0
FLY Task #25.8 - MEGSCL - Learning to read
task: Option 2: Read a book with all title words having 3 or fewer letters
book: It's One of Us
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: all title words 3 or fewer letters
task: Option 3: Read a book with MPG Childrens, Junior, or Middle Grade
book: The Princess Diaries
how it fits: MPG Childrens
other:
The Princess Diaries AR Quiz Info - IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9.0
Points this post: 25
Total points: 170
Tasks completed: 12/61
BB: 0 / GO: 1 / IAF: 0
LoraTask: 30.6 - Amy FL’s task: The Chase is On, using options 3 and 4
Book 1:
Book/Author: Partners in Crime / Alisha Rai
How it fits: set in Las Vegas, as seen in GR metadata; 400 pages
Book 2:
Book/Author: You've Been Summoned / Lindsey Lamar
How it fits: single female author, with first and last name beginning with L; 376 pages
Total page count: 776 pages
Points for this task: 30
Total points: 285
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
b>Readerboard Name Jammin JennySpring 2024 SRC
5.1 Spring Colours
Read a book whose cover contains a minimum of three distinct colours according to TinEye. A guide to using TinEye can be found here.
Required: Post the cover.
, gray, pink and violet according to tineyePoints this post: 5
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 105
BB Tickets: 0
O Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 1
b>Readerboard Name Jammin JennySpring 2024 SRC
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...
The edition you read does not need to be a Penguin edition.
The War of the Worlds
claiming 1 GO ticket, initially published in 1898
Points this post: 5
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 110
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 1
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySpring 2024 SRC
15.7 Let's Break!
Read a book where a trip, vacation, or getaway is central to the story.
Required: If trip, vacation, or getaway is not evident on the main Goodreads page, provide a reference to support the fit.
The Girls Weekend
Points this post: 15
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 125
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 1
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySpring 2024 SRC
20.2 Rookie at the Top - JenJ IA's Task: 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 1: 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).
Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher
I listened to the audiobook, the MMPB version is 547 pages so I'm claiming 1 BB ticket
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9...
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 145
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 1
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10.2 - Pointless
Read a book with a page count containing two or more zeros
14 Ways to Die has 400 pages
Points this post: 10
Total points: 140
Tasks completed: 10/61
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10.5 - Blankety Blank
Read a book with a 2 word title where both words start with the same letter.
Mister Magic
Points this post: 10
Total points: 150
Tasks completed: 11/61
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25.9 Chris MD - Dance with Me
Option 1: Waltz Read a book that is either #1, 2, or 3 in a series that has at least three books
Land
Option 2: Swing read a book that shows a coastline on the cover
Points this post: 25
Total points: 175
Tasks completed: 12/61
Bookwrm526Task #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 OR where a Penguin Classics edition of the book exists on Goodreads. I read The Aleph and Other Stories by Jorge Luis Borges.
Total points so far: 360
Katrisa25.10 - JenK's Task - Keep on Rolling
Opt 1 - Read a book with a cover over 50% red OR over 50% white according to Tineye.
I read This Savage Song
55.9% white according to tineye
Opt 3 - Read a book where all the letters found in the phrase “The Nile” are found in the title
I read Sisters of the Lost Nation
THE NILE in sIstErs of THE Lost Nation
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 790
Julia10315.6 Rebirth, Renew, Refresh
A Spindle Splintered
(retelling of Sleeping Beauty)
This post: 15 points
Total points: 310
BB: 5
GO: 0
NF: 2
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 22
30.7 - TessaVanessa’s Task: The Price is RightRead two books, from two different options. Stat the option.
Option 1: Read a book with a word of five letters or more that can be made from COME ON DOWN, YOU’RE THE NEXT CONTESTANT. Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
CROWN (5 letters in phrase)
The Phoenix Crownby Kate Quinn& Janie Chang
*I listened to the audiobook version: no mmpb but paperback 384p (William Morrow Paperbacks)
Option 3: 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.
Spun: 20 – page count 280
Hotlineby Dimitri Nasrallah
*I listened to the audiobook version: no mmpb but paperback 280p (Esplanade Books)
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Points Earned This Post: 30
Total Points Earned: 140
Task Completed: 7/52
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)
25.10 - JenK's Task - Keep On RollingChoose one from each of two different options, or one book of at least 500 pages that matches two of the following options.
REQUIRED: State the options you chose.
Option 1: Cover is 77.9% red as per Tineye
by Nita Prose*I listened to the audiobook version: no mmpb but paperback 336p (Random House Publishing Group)
Option 2: MPG Music
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl
*I listened to the audiobook version: no mmbp but hardcover 384p (Dey Street Books)
**I’d like to claim 1 IAF ticket
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Points Earned This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 165
Task Completed: 7/52
It's A Fact Tickets: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets Total: 4
Big Books Read By Page Count: 4 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
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20.8 Nickels and Dimes -Trishhartuk's Task: The Golden Shot
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”.
Heroine
Points this post: 20
Total points: 195
Tasks completed: 13/61
Readerboard name: D20.6 It's a Fact - Jammin Jenny's Task: TV Family Fun
I chose Option 4:
Read a book that has an author with a first or last name of one of the panel members from this list
Wish You Were Here by Stewart O'Nan
panelist: Trish Stewart
author: Stewart O'Nan
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
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Andy P.Task # 25.8 - MEGSCL - Learning to read
Option 1 Read a book by an author with a first name that starts with S,
The Younger Wife: A Novel by Sally Hepworth
Option 2. Read a book with a title where all words have 3 or fewer letters Not One of Us by Debbie Herbert
Points this post : 25
Total points: 200
Andy P.Task # 25.8 - MEGSCL - Learning to read
Option 1. Read a book by an author with a first name that starts with S,
The Younger Wife: A Novel by Sally Hepworth
Option 2. Read a book with a title where all words have 3 or fewer letters
Not One of Us by Debbie Herbert
Points this post: 25
Total points: 200
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30.7 - TessaVanessa’s Task: The Price is Right
Read two books, from two different options.
Required: State the options.
Option 1: COME ON DOWN: Read a book with a word of five letters or more that can be made from COME ON DOWN, YOU’RE THE NEXT CONTESTANT. Letters may only be used as often as they appear. (Canyon)
Manitou Canyon. William Kent Krueger
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.
The Dog That Whispered. Jim Kraus
Points: 30
Total points: 545/1085
IAF - 7
GO - 1
Tasks - 26/61
Andy P.Task # 15.7 Let's Break!
Read a book where a vacation, holiday or leisure break involving at least one overnight stay is central to the story.
One for the Road: An Outback Adventure byTony Horwitz
This book has more than a few overnight stays.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 215
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50.1 - Tammy AZ's Task: Exploration Through Reading
Option 1 - Road Trip: Read three books that take place on the same continent but in different locations on the continent
Someone Is Always Watching Setting: Illinois
Dead Eleven Setting: Wisconsin
Unnatural Deeds Setting: Maine
Total pages: 1,081
Points this post: 50
Total points: 245
Tasks completed: 14/61
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15.2 -It's A Match
Read two books each with a different single author, whose first or last name match. Names must match in placement.
The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner
The Cabin in the Woods by Sarah Alderson
Points this post: 15
Total points: 260
Tasks completed: 15/61
FLY Task #30.1 - Katrisa's Task: Spring Zodiac
Option 3 - Taurus - April 20- May 20
task: Book 1: Read a book with a title word of 4+ letters from “LOVER NOT A FIGHTER”
book: The Other Mrs.
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: OTHER in “N(O)T A FIG(HTER)”
task: Book 2: Read a book with an MPG of Religion
book: The Screwtape Letters
(my version is kindle, first MMPB here)
how it fits: MPG of Religion
other:
1. task calls for 500 page minimum, MMPBs are 432 + 172 > 500 pages
2. **claiming GO ticket for The Screwtape Letters First published February 1, 1942
Points this post: 30
Total points: 200
Tasks completed: 13/61
BB: 0 / GO: 1 + 1 = 2 / IAF: 0
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lisa’s Task: Bowling For DollarsOption 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.”
Dead Lake by Darcy Coates
DC is found in DUCKPINS and DOLLARS
New Points: 20
Total Points: 200
BB: 1
IaF: 5
Amy B10.8 - Spring Forward
Read the next book in a series that you've already started.
The book must be new to you, and the series name must be noted 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
Four Blind Mice by James Patterson (book is new to me and next after the last book I read in the series, which was Violets are Blue - Alex Cross #7)
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 210 Points
30.1 - Katrisa's Task: Spring Zodiac
Read book 1 and book 2 for your chosen option, total page count at least 500.
One children’s/middle grade book may be used.
Option 2: Aries - March 21- April 19
Book 1: Read a book from the first 20 pages of this list of books with quests.
Anathem
Quest Book List: Page 15
Mass market paperback for page count: Anathem, 981 pages
**Claiming 2 Big Book Tickets**
Book 2: Read a book with one of EMPEROR, KING, PRINCE, or DUKE in the title.
The High King, 286 pages
New Points: 30
Total Points: 710
Tickets as of this post: BB(5), GO(5), IaF(8)
30.6 - Amy FL’s task: The Chase is On
Read two books from different options, minimum total of 700 pages.
Option 1: Option 1: Read a book by an author whose first or last name name matches one of the chasers.
CHASER: Brandon Blackwell
AUTHOR: Brandon Sanderson
The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
Mass market paperback for page count: The Final Empire, 647 pages
**Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket**
Option 3: Read a book with a poker chip, playing card, or dice on the cover.
Cards on the Table
Mass market paperback for page count: Cards on the Table, 324 pages
**Claiming 1 Golden Oldies Ticket**
New Points: 30
Total Points: 740
Tickets as of this post: BB(6), GO(6), IaF(8)
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20.6 It's a Fact - Jammin Jenny's Task: TV Family Fun
Option 1: Password. Read a book with MPG humor.
A Manor of Life & Death, Kim M. Watt
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (346pg)
Humor is the first MPG after you click “…more” on the main book page MPG line. Approved in help thread message #18: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 360
Tasks Completed:21
It’s a Fact Tickets: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1