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SPRING CHALLENGE 2024
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Amy B25.13 - Bookwrm526 - Connections
This is a two book task, please read one book from two different options.
Option 2: 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 OR if you changed the letter at the beginning.
REQUIRED: State the word from the title/subtitle and how you modified it to make a color.
Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry (add G to Old for GOLD)
Option 4: Body parts - read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that contains a body part. The word cannot just be the name of a body part (or the plural)!
REQUIRED: State the word from the title/subtitle and the body part it contains
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride (ear is in earth)
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 255 Points
Boston Kate
15.6 Rebirth, Renew, Refresh
Into the Forest: Tales of the Baba Yaga
(approved in post 5 of the help thread)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 20
Joanne MI20.4 Golden Oldies
Option 1 - Cover is 50% or more yellow
The Telling Room: A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge, and the World's Greatest Piece of Cheese
This is the edition I read - I read it in Paperback, the book link posts fine- When I try to copyThe Cover from the paperback keeps going to the Kindle Edition.
Claiming 1 IAF
Points this task 20
Season Total 240
IAF this post 1
IAF 6
BB 3
Angela IL25.12 - Shelby - A Birdish Year
Option 3: Read a book that has a cover that’s at least 75% according to Tineye of any combination of the colors associated with happiness…yellow, orange, pink, or red.
Deception by Jonathan Kellerman-4/20
Read via Kindle/ MMPB: Les Tricheurs
Option 4: 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.
The Damage by Caitlin Wahrer-3/19
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 130
Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 6
Angela IL20.2 Rookie at the Top - JenJ IA's Task: LEGO Masters - Play Well, Read Well!
Option 1: Will Arnett hosts the show and Brickmasters Jamie Berard and Amy Corbett are the judges.
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.
Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez-4/12
Read via Kindle/ No MMPB/ PB: Just for the Summer
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 150
Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 7
Theresa10.6 - Traitor
Thinner by Richard Bachman
Richard Bachman = Stephen King
Points this post - 10
Total points - 50
Theresa10.7 - Springtime in Paris
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
Set in France
Points this post - 10
Total points - 60
Task 10.9 - Beware the Ides of MarchWITCH in title can be made from phrase
The Witch of Tin Mountain
beWare The Ides marCH
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565 points
Task 10.10 - World Bee DayB in title and also author name
All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
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575 points
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySpring 2024 SRC
10.7 - Springtime in Paris
Read a book set in France
The Man in the Iron Mask: The True Story of Europe's Most Famous Prisoner, claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket
Points this post: 10
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 1
Total Points: 160
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 2
It's a Fact Tickets: 2
Katrisa30.2 - Susan A's Task: Word Search
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.
I read Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss by Margaret Renkl
LATE in mArgarET renkL
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.
I read My First Summer in the Sierra by John Muir
MUIR spelled with My fIRst sUmmer
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 895
50.1 - Tammy AZ's Task: Exploration Through ReadingOption 2 - Intercontinental Travel: Read three books with each book being set on a different continent. For this task Russia is considered Asia.
Book 1: Never Let Me Go - Great Britain (Europe)
Book 2: Bodies of Light - Australia
Book 3: Heaven - Japan (Asia)
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 0
Tasks Completed: 0
Books Read: 3
babbling c 5.2 What Goes Around...
March 18th is Global Recycling Day. In honour of this, 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.
Demons Do It Better - Audio Ein Dämon fürs Herz - paperback pgs. 380 by Louisa Masters
Borrowed from library.
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Total This Season
Points: 180/1110
Completed Tasks: 11/62
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 1
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Pages read this season: 4,615
Books read this season: 12
babbling c 10.8 - Spring Forward
Read the next book in a series that you've already started. Half-numbers (eg #1.5) will work as long as they are next in the series.
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
Portrait in Death - Audible Portrait in Death - mass market paperback pgs 347 by J.D. Robb (In Death #16).
Book is new to me. Previosly read the preceeding 15 books, Purity in Death (22 March 2024) being the most recent.
THIS POST
Points:10
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Total This Season
Points: 190/1110
Completed Tasks: 12/62
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 1
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Pages read this season: 4,962
Books read this season: 13
25.3: KMarieD: What’s your favorite challenge type?Option 1
Category 1:What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall, word is "what"
Category 2: Wellness by Nathan Hill
Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket for Wellness
Points for this task: 25
Total points : 135
Tasks completed: 6/62
Big Book tickets for this task: 1
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: 2
Task 15.1 - Here's the Questionbook 1: question word WHO in title
He Who Whispers
book 2: author initials in QUESTION
Wilding by Isabella Tree
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590 points
5.10 All The Information Is On The TaskI read Thicker than Water: A Memoir
points: 55
books read:4
tasks completed: 4
pages read: 1328
Karen DTask 25.1 - RobinP task The Fab Four
Option 2: Read a book published in or set in the 1960’s.
- Book: A Calamity of Souls, finished 4 April. Set in 1968
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
- Book: I Know Everything, finished 4/20
Word: Know
Song: Your Mother Should Know
Points this task: 25
Total points: 430
Mai20.9 - Moderators Pet - Marie-Anne's Task: Card Game Memories
Option 2 - Read a book where the number of pages does not include digits 2 through 6.
God & Golem, Inc. A Comment on Certain Points Where Cybernetics Impinges on Religion by Norbert Wiener
109 pages
*Claim 1 Non-fiction Ticket*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 210
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 14
NF Tickets: 11
Golden Oldies: 0
trishhartuk5.4 What's In A Name?
Read a book by a single author where the author's initialscan be found in CARL LINNAEUS.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie
linnAeuS
As I’m not sure if “School” is one of the MPGs that needs to be confirmed through AR bookfinder, here is the main detail: UK AR Quiz No. 216212 EN Fiction; AR Quiz Information IL: UY
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 380
Tasks Completed:23
It’s a Fact Tickets: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Readerboard name: Mel S30.2 - Word Search
Task 1: Four letter or more word in the title that can be made from the author's name. "Cure" in doUglas E RiChards
The Cure by Douglas E. Richards
Task 2: Use the letters in the title to spell the author's first or last name. "Harris" in wHAt daRkneSs bRIngs
What Darkness Brings by C.S. Harris
This post: 30pts
This season: 480pts
Total books: 34
Total tasks: 28
20.9 Moderators Pet - Marie-Anne's Task: Card Game MemoriesOption 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.
Shadow Kissed (The Witch's Rebels #1) by Sarah Piper
first published 2018
Total this Post: 20
Season Total: 290
Kai25. 8 MEGSCL - Learning to read
OPTION 1
Read a book by an author with a first name that starts with M, S, or F.
Hangman by Maya Binyam
OPTION 2
Read a book with a title where all words have 3 or fewer letters (subtitles excluded)
The Art of War by Sun Tzu
New Points: 25
Tasks Competed: 9
Total Points: 155
Task 5.4 - What's In A Name?author initials IL in LINNAEUS
The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
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595 points
JEN B20.6 It's a Fact - Jammin Jenny's Task: TV Family Fun
Option 1: Password
Read a book with MPG humor
Good Material by Dolly Alderton
MPG Humor
TOTAL POINTS: 185
Lindsey IL15.2 - It's A Match
Upside Down by Danielle Steel
Angelology by Danielle Trussoni
Both authors with first name of Danielle
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 215
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
IAF: 6
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 15
Mai15.7 Let's Break!
Book where a vacation is central to the story.
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
The whole novel's setting is during a family vacation and reunion at a ski resort in Australia.
Points this post: 215
Total Points: 225
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 15
NF Tickets: 11
Golden Oldies: 0
Barbara ★20.4 - Golden Oldies - Hannelores Task: I Really Like This Bowl
Option 1: Read a book that is at least 50% yellow.
Undressed - Kristina Cook 4/21
(78.4% yellow) Points this task: 20
Total points: 280
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Andy P.Task # 30.5 - Truitt_T’s task: Match it Up!
Read two books with an identical 4 or more letter word in the title or subtitle.
Book 1. Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster nonfiction 538 p.
Book 2. MIDNIGHT CREED: by Alex Kava 341
341 + 538= 879
Points this post : 30
Total points: 245
5.3 - P-P-P-Pick Up A Penguin
Read a book that has been published as a Penguin Classic
The Street of Crocodiles
**Claiming 1 Golden Oldies Ticket**
New Points: 5
Total Points: 755
Tickets as of this post: BB(6), GO(7), IaF(8)
Katrisa25.1 - RobinP task The Fab Four
Option 1: Their names were of course John, Paul, George and – Richard (Ringo’s real name.) Read a book whose author has one of those as a name part.
I read The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig
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
I read Little Gods
LITTLE in with a little help from my friends
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 920
Amy FL5.10 All The Information Is On The Task
The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner - book of my choice; note that it has a MPG of Middle Grade, but does not appear in AR Bookfinder
Points this post: 5
Total points: 540
Amy FL 15.6 Rebirth, Renew, Refresh
Red Hood - MPG Retelling (of Little Red Riding Hood)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 555
30.5 - Truitt_T’s task: Match it Up!
Read two books with an identical 4+ letter word in the sub/title; one MUST be Non-Fiction.
Word: MYSTERY
The Seven Dials Mystery
The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports (Non-Fiction)
**Claiming 1 Golden Oldies Ticket**
**Claiming 1 It's A Fact Ticket**
New Points: 30
Total Points: 785
Tickets as of this post: BB(6), GO(8), IaF(9)
Amy FL15.9 I am beautifully different.
Parable of the Sower - Neurodiverse Characters list, page 1, #19
Points this post: 15
Total points: 570
Katrisa30.6 - Amy FL’s task: The Chase is On
Option 1: The Chasers featured on the show so far were Ken Jennings, Brad Rutter, James Holzhauer, Brandon Blackwell, Victoria Groce, Buzzy Cohen and Mark Labbett. Read a book written by an author whose name matches one of these geniuses
I read Skyward by Brandon Sanderson matches Brandon Blackwell
My book was audio 528 PB pages (no MMPB)
Option 4: Read a book written by a single female author whose first and last name begin with the same letter
I read One Last Step by Sarah Sutton
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 950
Amy FL25.2 Tiens task - Kid's Sports
Option 1: Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford - AF in trAining Fin
Option 3: Pigs - 258 pages in paperback edition
Points this post: 25
Total points: 595
Amy FL30.5 - Truitt_T’s task: Match it Up!
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II - Nonfiction
The Sandcastle Girls
Both titles contain the word GIRLS
Points this post: 30
Total points: 625
Katrisa50.1 - 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
I am travelling through North America
Book 1: 1st to Die set in San Francisco, CA
My book was audio - MMPB 462 pages
Book 2: James set along the Mississippi river
My book was audio - PB 303 pages (no MMPB)
Book 3: A Girl Called Samson set in Massachusetts
My book was audio - PB 411 pages (no MMPB)
Points this Post: 50
Points Total: 1000
Amy O.Task 30.5: Truitt_T’s task: Match it Up! (2 books with same word in title; at least one must be non-fiction)
word is STRANGER
Book 1: Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know - non-fiction title
Book 2: The Comfort of Strangers
I claim 1 It's a Fact ticket.
This task: 30 points
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 1
Mod
20.6 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). Lee Meriwether
Silver Alert: A Novel. Lee Smith
Points: 20
Total points: 575/1085
IAF - 7
GO - 1
Tasks - 28/61
15.4 - Truitt_T’s task: Match it Up!
Option 2: Read one book that satisfies the requirements for both books of Option 1.
Read a book with a title that begins and ends with the same letter.
Spin the wheel and read a book with the corresponding MPG.
Spin Result: CONTEMPORARY
A Little Lumpen Novelita
New Points: 15
Total Points: 800
Tickets as of this post: BB(6), GO(8), IaF(9)
Barbara ★30.2 - Susan A's Task: Word Search
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.
True Dead - Faith Hunter 3/23
(True in faith hUnTER)
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.
The Legend of Sleepy Harlow - Kylie Logan 4/21
(LOGAN in the LeGeNd of sleepy hArlOw)
Points this task: 30
Total points: 310
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
JenJ IA20.4 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”.
Here After by Amy Lin
*****I claim 1 It's a Fact ticket*****
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 270/1085
Tasks Completed: 17/61
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 4
LoraTask: 20.1 Most Improved - FLY's Task: Springing To Mind, using Option 3
Book/Author: A Lady's Guide to Scandal / Sophie Irwin
How it fits: author's initials SI are in ducklIngS
Points for this task: 20
Total points: 335
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
LaureY5.1 Spring Colours
Read a book whose cover contains a minimum of three distinct colours according to TinEye.
Bride by Ali Hazelwood
Total point:
5/1085
LaureY5.8 Roboteers, Stand By
Read a book from the first 25 pages of this Robots shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Found on page 1:
by Becky ChambersTotal Point:
10/1085
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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.
The Miser of Mayfair by Marion Chesney
New Points: 20
Tasks Competed: 8
Total Points: 130