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SPRING CHALLENGE 2024
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Kathy KS20.4 Golden Oldies - Hannelore's Task: I Really Like This Bowl
Option 3: The Great Pottery Throw Down - Read a book where the first and last initials of the author(s) can be found in the quote “I REALLY LIKE THIS BOWL”.
The Best of Kage Baker by Kage Baker
KB=i really liKe this Bowl
**Claiming 1 (one) Big Book ticket** Pages: 501
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 175
Tasks completed: 10/62
Big Book tickets for this task: 1
Big Book tickets total: 2
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
Delicious Dee15.8 Readers Unite!
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 425
Big Book Ticket: 1
Its a Fact: 4
Golden Oldie: 1
Bookwrm526Task #25.2 Kid's Sports
Option 1: Read a book where author's (first & last) initials are found in one of these swimming training aids: TRAINING FIN, KICKBOARD, PULLBUOY. I used the word KICKBOARD and the initials DB and read Killer Cruise by Dawn Brookes (kickBoarD).
Option 3: Read a book with page count that consists of with at least 2 of these numbers (0, 1, 2, 5). I read The Raven Thief by Gigi Pandian (has 1 and 2 in the page number, 312).
Total points so far: 385
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10.5 - Blankety Blank
Read a book with a 2 word title where both words start with the same letter.
Santa's Sweetheart. Janet Dailey
Points: 10
Total points: 555/1085
IAF - 7
GO - 1
Tasks - 27/61
Karen DTask 15.4 Category Is...
Option 2:
Book: The Chimera Sequence by Elliott Garber, finished 4/18
- Name matches Rob Elliott
- MPG spun: Sci-fi
Points this task: 15
Total points: 400
Katrisa20.8 Nickels and Dimes -Trishhartuk's Task: The Golden Shot
Opt 3 - Read a book with a word of at least four letters in the title, that can be made from the letters in EITHER “BOB MONKHOUSE” OR “BERNIE THE BOLT”
I read Moth Smoke
SMOKE in bob MOnKhouSE
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 810
Katrisa25.7 - Lora - St Patrick's Day
Opt 1 - Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% green AND has minimum 317 pages.
I read Sisters of Shadow
79.6% green according to tineye
My book was audio 400 PB pages (no MMPB)
Opt 3 - Read a book written by an author born in Ireland
I read Annie Dunne by Sebastian Barry born in Dublin, Ireland
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 835
SUSAN A50.1 - Tammy AZ's Task: Exploration Through Reading
Option 2 - Intercontinental Travel: Read three books with each book being set on a different continent.
The Hellfire Conspiracy by Will Thomas
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB. paperback here
Setting: Europe --- London, England listed on main page
336 pages
Poison at Penshaw Hall by G.B. Ralph
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB. paperback here
Setting: Oceania - New Zealand mentioned in main page book description
305 pages
The 9th Girl by Tami Hoag
I listened to audiobook. MMPB here
Setting: North America - Minnesota, USA listed on main page
416 pages
336 + 305 + 416 = 1057 pages
Previous total: 1035
points this post: 50
New Total: 1085
Kai10.2 Pointless
Read a book with a page count containing two or more zeros (200, 400, 1000 etc)
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
400 pages
New Points: 10
Tasks Competed: 6
Total Points: 100
Kai10.9 Beware the Ides of March
Read a book with a title word 4+ that can be made from the letters in BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH
Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
"Mister" bewaRETheIdeSofMarch
New Points: 10
Tasks Competed: 7
Total Points: 110
20.1 Most Improved - FLY's Task: Springing To MindI chose option 2 and read Eggshell Skull by Bri Lee.
This is a non-fiction book with the MPG Biography.
*Claiming one It's A Fact ticket for non-fiction*
Points this task: 20
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Totals:
Points: 100
Task completed: 7
Big Book tickets total: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 4
Deborah10.3 - Dusty Bin
Skip·Beat!, Vol. 49 by Yoshiki Nakamura
YN: DUSTY BIN
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 225
Books Read: 19
Tasks Done: 15
5.4 What's In A Name?Court of Wanderers (Reaper #2) by Rin Chupeco
author's initials, RC, found in CaRl linnaeus
Total this Post: 5
Season Total: 270
Deborah30.7 - TessaVanessa’s Task: The Price is Right
Option 2: PRICING GAMES:
Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire
Using Dice Game
Option 4)
Vampires Don't Suck: An urban fantasy romantic comedyBulldog on cover
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 255
Books Read: 21
Tasks Done: 16
Task 15.8 Readers Unite!Read a book with a book featured on the cover.
Book in the middle of the bottom third of the cover.
The Titanic Survivors Book Club: A Novel (2024) by Timothy Schaffert (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover 303 pages)
100 + 15 = 115
Tasks Completed: 05
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 100 + 15 = 115
Books read: 08
Pages read: 2,444
Read but not claimed: 04
Goodreads Authors: 07
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Mod
Read a book written under a pseudonym (somebody who isn't who they claim to be!)
Can You Keep a Secret?
From "About the author": "Karen Perry is the pen name of Dublin-based authors Paul Perry and Karen Gillece"
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 120 + 10 = 130
Total Tasks Completed: 8
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 3
Sara ITA5.10 - All The Information Is On The Task
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Sette brevi lezioni sullo stoicismo (Lessons in Stoicism) by John Sellars, 96 pages
This book is Non Fiction, claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket.
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Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 5
BB Tickets: -
GO Tickets: -
NF Tickets: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.7 Let's Break!
Until August by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Points this post: 15
Total points: 665
Task completed: 44
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.2 Tiens task - Kid's Sports
Option 1: The Hollow Dead by Darcy Coates
Found in kiCkboarD
Option 3: Hourglass by Keiran Goddard
208 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 690
Task completed: 45
Sara ITA20.6 It's a Fact - Jammin Jenny's Task: TV Family Fun
Option 4: Match Game
Read a book that has an author with a first or last name of one of the panel members from this list (they need to be on at least 20 episodes)
Baumgartner by Paul Auster
panelist: Richard Paul
author: Paul Auster
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Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 25
BB Tickets: -
GO Tickets: -
NF Tickets: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.4 Nick KY’s Task: Nordic Noir Plus Ten
Book A: Sidetracked Henning Mankell
420 pages
Author born in Stockholm, Sweden.
Book B: Option 1: The Fifth Woman by Henning Mankell
438 pages
Written the same author
Points this post: 25
Total points: 715
Task completed: 46
Sara ITA20.3 Best Review - Lucy-Bookworm's Task: Subtitles
Read a book with a subtitle that has at least 6 words in it.
The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön
Subtitle has 7 words
I read the ebook, no MMP, paperback: The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times, 187 pages
This book is Non Fiction, claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket.
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Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 45
BB Tickets: -
GO Tickets: -
NF Tickets: 2
Delicious Dee25.13 - Bookwrm526 - Connections
Option 2 - Glue Guns for Christmas: Crossword Puzzle Mystery Novella - Glue can have its G changed to a B for Blue
Option 4 - Girl with a Pearl Earring - EAR can be found in PEARL
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 450
Big Book Ticket: 1
Its a Fact: 4
Golden Oldie: 1
Amy B20.9 Moderators Pet - Marie-Anne's Task: Card Game Memories
This is a one book task. Choose 1 option.
Required: State the option.
Option 3 -Read a book that is either #1, #3 or #4 in a series and has at least one of the digits 1, 3, or 4 in year of first publication. The series must be apparent in greyscale on the Goodreads book page.
Less by Andrew Sean Greer (#1 in series, first published in 2017)
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 230 Points
Karen DTask 5.1 Spring Colours
Book:
, finished 4/19Per TinEye, this has: blue, pink, black, gray, brown, violet
Points this task: 5
Total points: 405
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySpring 2024 SRC
5.10 All The Information Is On The Task
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Death Comes as the End, initially published in 1944 claiming 1 GO ticket
Points this post: 5
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 150
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 2
It's a Fact Tickets: 1
Shawn H.20.1 Most Improved - FLY's Task: Springing To Mind
Option 2: Main Page Genre of Biography, Science, or War
Blood Money: Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans by Peter Schweizer
*Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket*
**Nonfiction w/ MPG of War**
Points: 20
Total Points: 40
Golden Oldie: 0
It's A Fact: 1
Big Book: 0
Mod
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
read The Vanishing Hour
points this post 5
total points 260
Mod
Read a book with MPG Adventure OR the word Adventure or GAME in the title
(plurals & possessives allowed
read These Deadly Games
points this post 10
total points 270
Mod
Read a book with a subtitle that has at least 6 words in it.
read Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
points this post 20
total points 290
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Option 3:
Read a book with a word of at least four letters in the title, that can be made from the letters in “BOB MONKHOUSE”
Required: State the word
word is HOME
read Nowhere Like Home
points this post 20
total points 310
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Option 3 - The black suits:
Read a book that is either #1, #3 or #4 in a series and has at least one of the digits 1, 3, or 4 in year of first publication.
read The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties #3 in series published 2024
points this post 20
total points 330
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Option 2. I Read a book whose title includes one of these common flower names intact: Daisy
read Daisy Darker
Option 4. Read a book with a four-letter or more word in the title/subtitle that can be made from the phrase “SPRING HAS SPRUNG". Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
REQUIRED: State the word
word is sharp
read Girls with Sharp Sticks
points this post 25
total points 355
Emurphy25.3 KMarieD's Task: What's Your Favorite Challenge Type?
Option 2a: At least 6 different colors on the cover
by Lisa JewellGrey: 66.2%, Blue: 9.7%, Green: 10.3%, Orange: 6.7, Brown: 5%, Yellow: 1.9%
Option 2b: Musical instrument on the cover
by Grady HendrixThis Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 195
Books Read: 13
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 4
Tasks Completed: 7
Barbara ★20.10 - Group Reads
Fiction: Space Opera - How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse
How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse - K. Eason 4/19
Link to post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this task: 20
Total points: 260
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Readerboard name: Mel S30.4 - Books of Oceania
Option 2: One Book Option: Read one book of at least 500 pages that fits both criteria of Option 1.
1. Set (at least 70%) in one or more countries in Oceania: Australia
2. An author born in a country in Oceania: Australia
547 pages
Claiming one big book ticket
Homecoming by Kate Morton
This post: 30pts
This season: 445pts
Total books: 31
Total tasks: 26
Kaisa30.1 - Katrisa's Task: Spring Zodiac
Option 1 - Pisces
Book 1 - read a book from a series with at least 12 published works.
I read The Goldsmith's Conspiracy
Glass & Steele #13 My book was audio - 298 PB pages (no MMPB)
Book 2 - Read a book with the word MOON in the title
I read Dark Moon, Shallow Sea
My book was audio - 414 PB pages
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 865
Readerboard name: Mel S5.4 - What's In A Name?
Author's initials in "caRl linnaeuS"
Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
This post: 5pts
This season: 450pts
Total books: 32
Total tasks: 27
JenJ IA25.3: KMarieD: 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.
Option 1 – Using a phrase to spell title words or contain author initials, letters can only be used as often as they appear
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 - Swifts
The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln
IL: MG - BL: 6.0 - AR Pts: 12.0
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
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 220/1085
Tasks Completed: 15/61
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 3
ROBIN P25.3 KmarieD's Task: What's Your Favorite Challenge Type
Option 1
Category 1 - Title Word Spelled From Phrase
Roadside Picnic -
ROADSIDE found in tItlE wORD SpelleD from phrASe
Category 2: Author Initials Found in Phrase
Perfection Salad: Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century - Laura Shapiro - LS found in Initials
**Claiming 1 IAF point, nonfiction
Points this post: 25
Total points: 400
BB:2 GO:2 IAF:7
JenJ IA30.2 - Susan A's Task: Word Search
This is a two book task.
Task 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.
When We Let Go by Rochelle B. Weinstein
The word "When" can be made from the letters of the author's name: RocHElle B. WeiNstein
I read the ebook and have linked to the PB edition.
Task 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.
Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty
The letters in "Dara" can be found in the title. DiARy of A Young Naturalist
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 250/1085
Tasks Completed: 16/61
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 3
Kristen IA10.3 - 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.
Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 160/1085
Tasks Completed: 14/61
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 3
10.1 - Tick Tock
Read a book with a clock on the cover
4:50 from Paddington
New Points: 10
Total Points: 750
Tickets as of this post: BB(6), GO(6), IaF(8)
Christine V20.9 Moderators Pet - Marie-Anne's Task: Card Game Memories
Option 3: The Poisoned Crown
Points this post: 20
Total points: 140
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)
It's A Fact: 3
20.4 Golden Oldies - Hannelore's Task: I Really Like This BowlOption 2: The Big Flower Fight - Read a book with multiple flowers clearly visible on the cover. (At least 3 flowers.) Bouquets, flower arrangements and gardens all count
Required: Post the cover
by Nilima RaoPoint this Post: 20
Total Points:185
Total IAFs to date: 10
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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.
by Cheryl StrayedI'd like an It's A Fact ticket for
(nonfiction)**Point this Post: 5
Total Points:190
IAFs this post: 1
Total IAFs to date: 11
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20.1 Most Improved - FLY's Task: Springing To MindRead a book with ALL author initials in the phrase FUZZY YELLOW DUCKLINGS.
The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster by Sarah Krasnostein
I'd like an It's A Fact ticket for The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster (nonfiction)**
Point this Post: 20
Total Points: 219
IAFs this post: 1
Total IAFs to date: 12
5.1; ...; ...; 5.4; 5.5; ...; ...; ...; ...; 5.10
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15.5; ...; 15.7;
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; 20.10
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LoraTask: 30.2 - Susan A's Task: Word Search
Book 1:
Book/Author: A Tangled Ruse: A Regency Spy Romance / Laura Beers
How it fits: make word "RUSE" from author's name
Book 2:
Book/Author: All’s Fair in Love and Christmas / Sarah Monzon
How it fits: make first name "SARAH" from the title
Points for this task: 30
Total points: 315
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
Lisa MD20.10 - Group Read
Code Name Hélène by Ariel Lawhon
451 pgs
I posted my review on the Group Reads thread, message #7.
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 245 / 1100
Total Books Read: 20
Total Tasks Completed: 17 / 61
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 4
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Task 10.10 - World Bee day
Book: Behind a Closed Door by J.D. Barker, finished 4/18
Points this task: 10
Total points: 385