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SPRING CHALLENGE 2024
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LaureY10.9 - 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.
Word is RISE
Rise of the Ranger: by Phillip C. Quaintrell
Pages: 548 pages
* I claim 1 BB*
Total Points:
30/1085
Total BB:
3 tickets
LaureY10.10 - World Bee day
In honour of the humble Bee, read a book where the Title AND Author name both contain the letter B
Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert
Total Points:
40/1085
Total BB:
3 tickets
LaureY15.5 Survey Says
Read a book that has won or been nominated for Goodreads Choice Awards
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
Nominee for Best Fantasy (2022)
Total Point
55/1085
Total BB
3 tickets
LaureY20.2 Rookie at the Top - JenJ IA's Task: LEGO Masters
Option 4: 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.
The Mysterious Mr. Oliver by Emma Melbourne
Total Points:
75/1085
Total BB
3 tickets
Laure Y20.4 Golden Oldies - Hannelore's Task: I Really Like This Bowl
Read a book where the first and last initials of the author(s) can be found in the quote “I REALLY LIKE THIS BOWL”
Faebound by Saara El-Arifi
Total Points:
95/1085
Total BB
3 tickets
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.1 Tick Tock
by Agatha ChristiePoints this post: 10
Total points: 725
Task completed: 47
Nick KY15.4 The Category Is…
I chose Option 2. One book meeting two criteria. I read The Women of Troy by Pat Barker: 1) Same first name as Pat Sajak, and 2) I spun “Fantasy” on the wheel. Fantasy is a GR main page genre for this book.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 625
Nick KY25.1 Robin P’s Fab Four.
Opt. 2. 1st pub’d in the 1960s, I read Music here and now by Ernst Krenek, 1st pub’d 1967.
Opt. 4. Anthologies as GR genre. I read The Best Horror of the Year Volume 11 edited by Ellen Datlow.
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for Best Horror of the Year, Vol. 11 at 512 pp.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 650
Big Books So Far: 500+ (5)
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.12 Shelby - A Birdish Year
Option 3:
by Molly Roden Winter72.3 %#f15022Orange
12.7 %#f38eb9Pink
7.7 %#12074aBlue
2.0 %#e96b4fOrange
1.4 %#f8ded3Pink
1.2 %#8c2d36Red
1.2 %#421343Violet
0.8 %#fdca11Yellow
0.5 %#f5a990Pink
0.3 %#f598a0Pink
Option 4:Living Roughby Cristy Watson
C in produCer and W in Writer
Points this post: 25
Total points: 750
Task completed: 48
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.1 Katrisa's Task: Spring Zodiac
Option 3:
Book 1: The Frail Days by Gabrielle Pendergast
128 pages
The letters in FRAIL can be found in the phrase "LoveR not A
FIghter"
Book 2: Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer
400 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 780
Task completed: 49
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.7 TessaVanessa’s Task: The Price is Right
Option 1: Blood Donor by Karen Bass
WORD=donor
Option 4:
by Lenora Worth and Terri ReedPoints this post: 30
Total points: 810
Task completed: 50
30.3 Looking Forward to the OlympicsChoose 1 option and read BOTH tasks for that option.
In ALL cases the title tasks mean TITLE ONLY, no subtitles.
No books with Children's MPG or Manga or Graphic Novels allowed
REQUIRED ~ State the option.
Option 1 - The Opening Ceremony
a) Read a book with a title word of 4 or more letters found in "The River Seine"
Letters may only be used as often as they appear in the phrase.
None of This Is True by Lisa JewellRead ~ 4.21.24
Pages ~ 380
Required Word ~ THIS
(T)(H)e r(I)ver (S)eine
b) Read a book with a small boat on the cover (e.g. a canoe, dinghy, yacht, NOT cruise ship or tanker NOR a toy boat).
Simon the Fiddler by Paulette JilesRead ~ 4.5.24
Pages ~ 352
Required ~ Image Link : https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.c...
Task Points ~ 30
Task Page Count ~ 732
Total Points ~ 225
Nick KY5.1 I read Reason in Art by George Santayana. The cover in TinEye has 5 distinct colors: Gray, Brown, Green, Red, Pink, Blue. https://labs.tineye.com/color/8177622...
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 650
Andy P.Task # 10.7 - Springtime in Paris
Read a book set at least 75% in France
Cafe Unfiltered by Jean-Philippe Blondel
Set almost entirely in Paris.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 255
Nick KY50.1 Tammy AZ’s Environments
Option 3. Flights of Fancy. All books are either Science Fiction or Fantasy.
I read the following:
Book 1. The Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene Wolfe, Science Fiction, 252 pp
Book 2. Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell, Science Fiction, 464 pp
Book 3. The Fire Opal Mechanism by Fran Wilde, Fantasy, 208 pp
Total pp = 924 > required 750
Points This Post: 50
Total Points So Far: 700
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySpring 2024 SRC
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
As Good As Dead, this book is new to me and I have already read books 1 and 2 in this series
Points this post: 10
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 170
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 2
It's a Fact Tickets: 2
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.2 - It's A Match
Book 1 - The Last Flight by Julie Clark
Book 2 - If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): If the Shoe Fits
These two books are written by different single authors and their first names match (Julie).
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 110 points
Tasks completed: 6
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.3 - Subtitles
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Lawson, Jenny
This book has a subtitle that has at least 6 words in it (A Funny Book About Horrible Things).
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): Furiously Happy
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 130 points
Tasks completed: 7
Kristen IA25.12 - Shelby - A Birdish Year
Read 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.
Ready or Not by Cara Bastone
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.
The Boyfriend Candidate by Ashley Winstead
~~~~~~~~~
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 185/1085
Tasks Completed: 15/61
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 3
Sarah E20.10 Group Reads
The Wager
I listened to an audio, there is no MMP, the top paperback is large print, second paperback is Les Naufragés du Wager
My comment is in message 12
Non Fiction, claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket.
Total Points: 110
Total NF: 3
20.6 It's a Fact - Jammin Jenny's Task: TV Family FunOption 4: Match Game
Read a book that has an author with a first or last name of one of the panel members
The panel member I matched is Charles Nelson Reilly
The Children's Home by Charles Lambert
New Points: 20
Total Points: 220
BB:1
IaFL 5
Sarah E30.2 - Susan A's Task: Word Search
Task 1: A Spy Alone by Charles Beaumont
I read a kindle edition, paperback - no MMP - is A Spy Alone
ALONE can be made from chArLEs beaumONt
Task 2: Weighed in the Balance by Anne Perry
ANNE can be made from weighed iN the balANcE
Total Points: 140
Mai25.9 Chris MD - Dance with Me
Option 1: Waltz
Read a book that is #2 in a series that has at least three books.
Death and Fromage by Ian Moore
Option 2: Swing
Book that shows a coastline on the cover.
The Shell House Detectives by Emylia HallPoints this post: 25
Total Points: 250
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 17
NF Tickets: 11
Golden Oldies: 0
Mai30.1 - Katrisa's Task: Spring Zodiac
Option 3 - Taurus - April 20- May 20
Book 1: Word of at least 4 letters in the title that can be made from the letters in “LOVER NOT A FIGHTER”: "then"
If...Then: Algorithmic Power and Politics by Taina Bucher
(216 pages)
*Claim 1 Non-fiction Ticket*
Book 2: Book with an MPG of Religion.
Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology by Adrienne Mayor
(296 pages)
*Claim 1 Non-fiction Ticket*
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 280
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 19
NF Tickets: 13
Golden Oldies: 0
Readerboard Name: Kathy P15.3 X's and O's
Option 2:
Cancer Vixen
Author: Marisa Acocella Marchetto
Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket.
Totals
Points: 130
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 4
Total Tasks Completed: 8
Total Books Completed: 9
Readerboard Name: Kathy P15.9 I am beautifully different.
The Bride Test
List - Autism in Fiction
Page 1
Totals
Points: 145
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 4
Total Tasks Completed: 9
Total Books Completed: 10
Katrisa30.3 - MAZZA1's task - Looking Forward to the Olympics
Opt 5 -
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
b) Read a book where there is a word in the title that ends with a double vowel as in Teahupo’o
I read Wild, Beautiful, and Free
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 1030
Bookwrm526Task #30.6 - The Chase is On
Option 2: Read a book that has two of the letter Z in any combination of its title, subtitle and/or author’s name. I read A Midnight Puzzle by Gigi Pandian (both Zs in the title) (352p).
Option 4: Read a book written by a single female author whose first and last name begin with the same letter. I read A Call for Kelp by Bree Baker (352p).
352+352 = 704p
Total points so far: 415
Jen K50.1 - Tammy AZ's Task: Exploration Through Reading
Option 3 - Flights of Fancy:
Foul Lady Fortune- 544 pages
***Request 1 BB Ticket for 544 pages***
Spells for Forgetting- 351 pages
Ethan of Athos- 237 pages
all MPG Fantasy
total> 750 pages
*****
Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 200
BB: 2
IAF: 3
Task 30.3 - Looking Forward to the OlympicsOption 2 - The Eiffel Tower Stadium
The Eiffel Tower is nicknamed La Dame De Fer & will host beach volleyball.
a) Read a book with a 4+ letter word in title made from "LA DAME DE FER"
Letters may only be used as often as they appear in the phrase.
Required: State the word.
Word: DEAD
DEAD = la DAme DE fer
Queen of the Dead (The Ghost and the Goth, #1) (2011) by Stacey Kade (female) (YA) (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover 266 pages)
Lexile 810L
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10.0
b) Read a book where the cover shows a beach (sand and water)
Required: Post the cover.
Hotel Laguna (2023) by Nicola Harrison (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover 278 pages)
115 + 30 = 145
Tasks Completed: 06
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 115 + 30 = 145
Books read: 10
Pages read: 2,988
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 09
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
FLY Task #25.2 Tiens task - Kid's Sports
task: Option 1: Read a book where author's (first & last) initials are found in one of these swimming training aids: TRAINING FIN, KICKBOARD, PULLBUOY
book: One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
how it fits: author Agatha Christie initials AC in KI(C)KBO(A)RD
task: Option 3: Read a book with page count with at least 2 of these numbers (0, 1, 2, 5).
book: The Witchling Seer
(my version is kindle, no MMPB, PB here)
how it fits: the paperback has 208 pages
other: **claiming GO ticket for One, Two, Buckle My Shoe First published 1940
Points this post: 25
Total points: 225
Tasks completed: 14/61
BB: 0 / GO: 2 + 1 = 3 / IAF: 0
MaryPDX10.8 - 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
This book is new to me Catching Fire #2 from the Hunger Game Series
This Task:
BB: 0
IF: 0
GO: 0
Books: 1
Points: 10
Totals:
BB: 1
IF: 2
GO: 0
Points: 105
Readerboard name: Mel S20.9 - Card Game Memories
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.
#3 in Gone Series
Published in 2010
Lies by Michael Grant
This post: 20pts
This season: 500pts
Total books: 35
Total tasks: 29
MAZZA110.5 - Blankety Blank
Read a book with a 2 word title where both words start with the same letter.
Sinister Spring
points this post = 10
Points to date = 460
MAZZA110.10 - World Bee day
Read a book where the Title AND Author name both contain the letter B
A Week in December Sebastian Faulks
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 470
MAZZA120.2 Rookie at the Top - JenJ IA's Task: LEGO Masters - Play Well, Read Well!
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,
The October Man Ben Aaronovitch
Points this post = 20
Points to date = 490
MAZZA125.5 - Delicious Dee - Bee Hive Bookclub
For this task, read 2 books that meet 2 of the different options. Your minimum page count must exceed 500pgs (so 501+)
Option 3: The initials of the members in my sub-hive for last year and this year are:
KS, SM, JG, LW, KV, LM, LB, BM, AS, SD, DF
Read a book where the authors first & last initials match a member in my sub-hive.
Using LW To the Dogs Louise Welsh 352 pages
Option 4 Read a book that can be found on the first 25 pages of https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
The Lagos Wife
On page 13 of the list https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... listed as The Nigerwife but it is the same book
296 pages
296 + 352 = 648 pages exceeds requirement
Points this post = 25
Points to date = 515
MAZZA125.9 Chris MD - Dance with Me
Option 1: Waltz – Read a book that is either #1, 2, or 3 in a series
of at least 3 books
Of Blood and Bone #2 in series of 3
Option 2: Swing – Read a book that shows a coastline on the cover. It must show a beach/shoreline and water.
Approved in help thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
points this post = 25
Points to date = 540
MAZZA130.5 - Truitt_T’s task: Match it Up!
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.
Using the word WORLD
Book 1 Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World this book is 516 pages and I am claiming 1 x BB ticket
Book 2 Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet This book is Non- Fiction as per requirement and I am claiming 1 x IAF ticket
points this post = 30
Points to date = 570
BB Tickets this post = 1
BB tickets to date = 4
IAF tickets this post = 1
IAF tickets to date = 2
MAZZA130.6 - Amy FL’s task: The Chase is On
Option 1:, Read a book written by an author whose name matches one of the chasers listed
Using James Holzhauer
The Big Bad Wolf 400 pages
Option 4 Read a book written by a single female author whose first and last name begin with the same letter
Devil’s Breath 304 pages
400 + 304 = 704 exceeds page requirement
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 600
MAZZA150.1 - Tammy AZ's Task: Exploration Through Reading
Option 2 - Intercontinental Travel: Read three books with each book being set on a different continent. For this task Russia is considered Asia.
Book 1 - Exiles setting Australia - continent = Oceania
Setting evident on GR page 387 pages
Book 2- Skeleton Canyon setting USA - North America
Setting evident on GR page 356 pages
Book 3 - The Fish Can Sing Setting - Reykjavik Iceland - Europe 246 pages
Setting evident on GR page
387 + 356+ 246 = 989 pages exceeds requirement
Points this post = 50
Points to date = 650
Julia10325.13 - Bookwrm526 - Connections
Option 3: Storeys from the Old Hotel
(STOREYS is an anagram of OYSTERS)
Option 4: Ribbon Dance
(RIB is included in RIBBON)
This post: 25 points
Total points: 335
BB: 5
GO: 0
NF: 2
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 24
20.8 Nickels and Dimes -Trishhartuk's Task: The Golden ShotOption 2: Read a book with an apple, target, crossbow, crossbow bolt, or arrow (the archery kind, not the directional kind) on the cover.
Scourge of the Betrayer (Bloodsounder's Arc #1) by Jeff Salyards
- crossbow held by the man with short hairTotal this Post:20
Season Total: 315
25.11 - Kathy KS’ Task : “Spring has sprung”Option 3. Read a book first published during my father’s lifetime: 1927-1997.
The Crow Road by Iain Banks
first published 1992
"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"
Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark
word in title, RING, found in spRING has sprung
Total this Post:25
Season Total: 340
trishhartuk20.8 Nickels and Dimes -Trishhartuk's Task: The Golden Shot
Option 3: 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”.
Silver on the Tree, Susan Cooper
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB: here (256pg)
TREE: bERniE The bolt
Has MPGs of Childrens and Middle Grade: UK AR Quiz No. 200308 EN Fiction; AR Quiz Information IL: MY - BL: 6.0 - AR Pts: 14.0; AR Quiz Types: RP
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 400
Tasks Completed:24
It’s a Fact Tickets: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Mod
Read a book with a clock on the cover
REQUIRED: Post the cover
read
points this post 10
total points 365
Mod
Read a book where the first and last initials of the author(s) can be found in the quote “I REALLY LIKE THIS BOWL”
read Silent Came the Monster: A Novel of the 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks by Amy Hill Hearth
points this post 20
total points 385
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10.4 - The Adventure Game
Read a book with MPG Adventure OR the word Adventure or GAME in the title
I have read a book with MPG Adventure:
The Butcher's Masquerade by Matt Dinneman
Pages: 730
*I claim 2 BB tickets*
Total Points:
20/1085
Total BB:
2 tickets