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SPRING CHALLENGE 2024
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5.6 Tiger, TigerTiger on the cover: Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life by Alice Wong
Points this post: 5
Total points: 500
10.7 - Springtime in ParisSet in France: L'Appart: The Delights and Disasters of Making My Paris Home by David Lebovitz
Points this post: 10
Total points: 510
Laurah3020.3 Best Review - Lucy-Bookworm's Task: Subtitles
Read a book with a subtitle that has at least 6 words in it.
Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back
Claiming 1 NF ticket
This post: 20 points
Total points: 75
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
Laurah3020.1 Most Improved - FLY's Task: Springing To Mind
opt 3
a book with ALL author initials in the phrase FUZZY YELLOW DUCKLINGS.
The Age of Innocence By Edith Wharton
This post: 20 points
Total points: 95
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1
ROBIN P20.7 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.
Subtle Blood - #3 of 3 in Will Darling Adventures, MPG Romance - listened to audiobook, linked pb
Points this post: 20
Total points: 440
BB:2 GO:2 IAF:7
Angela IL30.7 - TessaVanessa’s Task: The Price is Right
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.
The Women by Kristin Hannah-3/12
Word: WOMEN
Option 4: Read a book with a domestic dog or cat on the cover.
The Breakaway by Jennifer Weiner- 4/23
Read via Kindle/No MMPB/PB: The Breakaway: A Novel
Cover Approved: Message 30
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 180
Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 8
Katrisa30.7 TessaVanessa’s Task: The Price is Right
Opt 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
I read The Crane Husband
CRANE in ComE oN down you'Re the next contestAnt
Opt 2 - Read a book with a title, subtitle and/or author that includes all the letters in one of these games: Plinko, Grocery Game, Cliff Hangers, Safe Crackers, Dice Game, Bonkers, and Bullseye
I read Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
BONKERS in lOSt aRK drEamiNg okungBowa
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 1060
30.1 Spring ZodiacThis is a 2 book task.
Please pick one option and read a book 1 and a book 2 for your chosen option.
Total page count must be at least 500 pages.
One children’s/middle grade book may be used.
Required: State the option.
Option 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”. Letters can be used only as often as they appear.
Required: State the phrase you used.
Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-AnstineRead ~ 3.27.24
Pages ~ 336
Required ~ (L)over not a f(IGHT)er
LIGHT
Book 2: Read a book with an MPG of Religion.
Search by Michelle McNamaraRead ~ 4.23.24
Pages ~ 393
Required ~ Religion is #2 MPG
Task Points ~ 30
Task Page Count ~ 729
Total Points ~ 255
Mai5.7 Trust Nobody
MPG of Espionage or Spy Thriller.
Slow Horses by Mick Herron
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 285
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 20
NF Tickets: 13
Golden Oldies: 0
Kai15.7 Let's Break!
Read a book where a trip, vacation, or getaway is central to the story.
The Winter Ghosts by Kate Mosse
New Points: 15
Tasks Competed: 10
Total Points: 170
Lindsey IL10.3 - Dusty Bin
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
author's initials in DUSTY BIN
***It's A Fact ticket, please***
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 225
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
IAF: 7
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 16
Task 25.10 - Keep On Rollingoption 3: THE NILE in title. ebook verified line 3493
The Exception to the Rule
THE ExceptIoN ruLe
option 4: Audie winner for literary fiction & classics 2024
The Iliad
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620 points
Mod
Nick KY15.5 Survey Says…
I read The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei, a 2023 nominee for the Science Fiction GR Choice Award.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 715
Nick KY15.6 Rebirth, Renew, Refresh I read Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati, Retellings as GR genre. Clytemnestra is the conniving queen of Agamemnon in the Greek Oresteia.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 730
Nick KY20.9 Marie-Anne’s Card Game Memories
Option 3 - The black suits: Clubs have 3 lobed ends, and Spades have 1 spiked end. 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.
I read A Sheetcake Named Desire by Jacklyn Brady.
#1 in series, 2011 1st publication
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 750
Karen DTask 25.13 - Bookwrm526 - Connections
Option 3: read a book with a word of at least three letters in the title or subtitle that is an anagram of an animal
Book: Long Time Gone, finished 4/24
Word: TIME -> animal: MITE
Option 4: read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that contains a human body part.
Book: Allegedly, finished 4/5
Word: ALLEGEDLY -> body part: LEG
Points this task: 25
Total points: 455
Readerboard name: Mel S5.1 - Spring Colours
Cover contains a minimum of three distinct colours according to TinEye: Brown, gray, and yellow
49.8 %#754c2dBrown
30.5 %#a56130Brown
11.0 %#381705Brown
3.1 %#875d52Brown
1.7 %#b18f33Brown
1.5 %#3a3a49Grey
1.3 %#625751Grey
0.4 %#dcba44Yellow
0.4 %#b66b1fBrown
0.4 %#e2d667Yellow
By the Waters of Babylon
This post: 5pts
This season: 475pts
Total books: 34
Total tasks: 29
Amy B20.8 Nickels and Dimes -Trishhartuk's Task: The Golden Shot
This is a one book task, choose an option and read one book for that option.
Required: State the option
Option 1. Read a book first published between 1967 and 1975, inclusive.
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff (1970)
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 275 Points
Delicious Dee20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Lois' Task: The Dating Game
Two for the Dough - #2 in the Stephanie Plum series, romance is a top genre
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 470
Big Book Ticket: 1
Its a Fact: 4
Golden Oldie: 1
Delicious Dee25.5 - Delicious Dee - Bee Hive Bookclub
Option 2 - A Fatal Grace - Louise Penny - Louise penny is found on the included bookshelf
Optoin 3 - A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder - Dianne Freeman - initials DF match one of the sets provided
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 495
Big Book Ticket: 1
Its a Fact: 4
Golden Oldie: 1
Sara ITA15.7 - Let's Break
Read a book where a vacation, holiday or leisure break involving at least one overnight stay is central to the story.
Required: If it is not evident on the main Goodreads page, provide a reference to support the fit.
Un incantevole aprile (The Enchanted April) by Elizabeth von Arnim
from Wikipedia: "The novel follows four dissimilar women in the 1920s England who leave their rainy, grey environments to go on holiday in Italy." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Enc...)
I listened to the audiobook, MMP: Avril enchanté, 367 pages
Book first published in 1922, claiming 1 GO Ticket.
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Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 60
BB Tickets: -
GO Tickets: 1
NF Tickets: 2
Sara ITA15.5 - Survey Says
Read a book that has won or been nominated for Goodreads Choice Awards.
Il passeggero (The Passenger) by Cormac McCarthy
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction in 2022
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Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 75
BB Tickets: -
GO Tickets: 1
NF Tickets: 2
25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Nordic Noir Plus Ten
Read 2 books that total 500 pages or more.
Book A: Read a book set primarily (at least 50%)
Setting: SWEDEN; Published: January 1st, 2013
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good
Book B: First published in the same year as Book A by year of first edition
Published: June 18, 2013
Lexicon
New Points: 25
Total Points: 825
Tickets as of this post: BB(6), GO(8), IaF(9)
Bookwrm526Task #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. I chose the first name JENNIFER and read
Book 1: Speculations in Sin by Jennifer Ashley
AND
Book 2: Death by Bubble Tea by Jennifer J. Chow.
Total points so far: 430
Nick KY5.9 What Is…? I read What's Your Heaven? 7 Lessons to Heal the Past and Live Fully Now by Rebecca Rosen, question mark in the title.
I listened to the audiobook. There is no Mass Market or any other kind of paperback. The hardback is 288 pp. What's Your Heaven?: 7 Lessons to Heal the Past and Live Fully Now
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 755
Sarah Stewart
20.4 Golden Oldies - Hannelore's Task: I Really Like This Bowl
Option 3: Read a book where the first and last initials of the author(s) can be found in the quote “I REALLY LIKE THIS BOWL”
Bride, by Ali Hazelwood
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 55
20.4 Golden Oldies - Hannelore's Task: I Really Like This Bowl
Option 3: Read a book where the first and last initials of the author(s) can be found in the quote “I REALLY LIKE THIS BOWL”
Bride, by Ali Hazelwood
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 55
Mod
25.8 - MEGSCL - Learning to read
Option 1: Read a book by an author with a first name that starts with M, S, or F.
Welcome to Beach Town. Susan Wiggs
Option 2: Read a book with a title where all words have 3 or fewer letters
Dog on It. Spencer Quinn
Points: 25
Total points: 600/1085
IAF - 7
GO - 1
Tasks - 29/61
TessaVanessaChallenge 50.1 Tammy AZ's Task: Exploration Through Reading
Option 1:
Setting in the United States
Book 1: The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson
Setting: Fall River, Massachusetts
375 pages
Book 2: Billboard Express by Sigmund Brouwer
Setting: Nashville, Tennessee
128 pages
Book 3: Dear Jacob: A Mother's Journey of Hope by Patty Wetterling
Setting: St. Joseph, Minnesota
348 pages
Points this post: 50
Total points: 860
Task completed: 51
Katrisa25.6 - JennRenee's Task: Pick a Genre!
My Genre: Science Fiction
Book 1 - Read a book where all the letters of your genre appear in the title/subtitle/author name.
Exception: For Historical Fiction and Science Fiction, you can remove the word Fiction
I read When Among Crows by Veronica Roth
SCIENCE in whEN among CrowS vEronICa
Book 2 - ead 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
I read The Calculating Stars
TCS in SCience ficTion
Both books have MPG Science Fiction
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 1085
FLY Task #25.3: KMarieD: What’s your favorite challenge type?
Option 1
task: Category 1 – Read a book with a 4+ letter title word that can be spelled from TITLE WORD SPELLED FROM PHRASE
book: Heartless
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: HEARTLESS in TI(TLE) WORD (S)PELLED FROM P(HRASE)
task: Category 2 – Read a book with all author initials in AUTHOR INITIALS CONTAINED IN PHRASE
book: The Do-Over
how it fits: author Lynn Painter initials LP in AUTHOR INITIA(L)S CONTAINED IN (P)HRASE
Points this post: 25
Total points: 250
Tasks completed: 15/61
BB: 0 / GO: 3 / IAF: 0
Task 25.10 - Keep On RollingOption 1: Road Trip
Read a book with a cover over 50% red OR over 50% white according to Tineye.
REQUIRED: Include the book cover when posting.
According to Tineye, the Red portions of the cover are:
Red = 73.3 + 1.2 = 74.7%
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey #1) (1968) by Arthur C. Clarke (Paperback 297 pages)
Option 3: Egypt and Uganda
Read a book where all the letters found in the phrase “The Nile” are found in the title, exclude the subtitle. The letters of the phrase do NOT need to be found intact or consecutively.
THE NILE = THE book of kILlowEN
The Book of Killowen (Nora Gavin #4) (2013) by Erin Hart (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover 332 pages)
145 + 25 = 170
Tasks Completed: 07
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 145 + 25 = 170
Books read: 12
Pages read: 3,617
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 10
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
STORMIETask 5.3 -P-P-Pick Up A Penguin
Read a book published as a Penguin Classic
Quicksandby Nella Larsen
Required: Penguin Classics in the publisher metadata:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...
Points this Post: 5
Total Points : 30
BB: 0
GO 1 - claiming one for this book
IAF: 1
Tasks Completed: 4
STORMIETask 10.10 - World Bee Day
Read a book where the title and author name both contain the letter B
Burning/Bethany
These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 45
BB: 0
GO: 1
IAF: 1
Tasks Completed: 5
5.1 Spring ColoursA minimum of three distinct colors on the cover: Acts of Forgiveness by Maura Cheeks
Points this post: 5
Total points: 515
5.4 What's In A Name?Author's initials in CARL LINNAEUS: If We're Being Honest by Cat Shook
Points this post: 5
Total points: 520
ROBIN P10.1 Tick Tock
Clock or watch on cover
A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel
- clock on shelf in bottom left cornerPoints this post: 10
Total points: 450
BB:2 GO:2 IAF:7
20.8 Nickels and Dimes -Trishhartuk's Task: The Golden ShotBook: Sword Catcher: Die Chroniken von Castellan
How it fits: option 2 - arrows on cover
The book has 800 pages - I’d like to claim 2 big book tickets, please.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
Big book tickets: 2
Mod
Option 2: Read a book published in or set in the 1960’s.
read Mockingbird Summer
and
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
Song Title Chose is "Getting Better" Word is better
read You'd Look Better as a Ghost
points this post 25
total points 410
Mod
Total pages must be 500 or more pages.
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.
read Off the Air 320 pages
76.6 %#6ccca2Green
5.9 %#2023a2Blue
5.9 %#c8a16eBrown
5.5 %#0e1511Black
2.2 %#e8302aRed
1.3 %#9d6b66Brown
1.2 %#f0e280Yellow
0.6 %#3794dcBlue
0.6 %#d31a5ePink
0.3 %#c64848Red
Option 2: Ireland Read a book written by an author born in Ireland
read 56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard born in Cork Ireland page count is 305
320+305 = 625 pages
points this post 25
total points 435
Mod
Option 2: One Book Option
Read one book of at least 500 pages that fits both criteria of Option 1
Read a book that is set (at least 70%) in one or more countries in Oceania and that is written by an author born in a country in Oceania
read Apples Never Fallby Liane Moriarty
book set in Australia and the author born in Australia
544 pages
points this post 30
total points 465
Nick KY25.13 Bookwrm526’s Connections
Option 1 – Hidden Musical Instruments. I read The Absolutes by Molly Dektarwith the musical instrument “LUTE” hidden in the word “absoLUTEs.”
Option 4 – Body Parts. I read King Lear by William Shakespeare. The word “LEAR” contains the body part “EAR.”
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 780
gangee 5.5 Watchers of Illusions Title of the book contains the letters in KNIGHTMARE
The Great Cake Mystery Alexander McCall Smith
The word GREAT contains all the letters.
points 5
total 10
Gangee 5.5 Watchers of Illustion KNIGHTMARE letters can be found in the title of the book
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.9 I am beautifully different
Skim by Mariko Tamaki
Found on page 3 of Stories about Individuals with Disabilities
Points this post: 15
Total points: 875
Task completed: 52
5.5 Welcome, Watchers of IllusionTitle word from KNIGHTMARE: Waiting for the Night Song by Julie Carrick Dalton
The word is Night.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 525
10.5 - Blankety BlankTwo-word title, both words with same initial letter: After Annie by Anna Quindlen
Points this post: 10
Total points: 535
Kai20.4 Golden Oldies - Hannelores Task: I Really Like This Bowl
OPTION 3
Read a book where the first and last initials of the author(s) can be found in the quote “I REALLY LIKE THIS BOWL”.
One of the Good Guys by Araminta Hall
ireAllyliketHisbowl
New Points: 20
Tasks Competed: 11
Total Points: 190
Readerboard name: Mel S20.8 - 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”: THERE
Once There Was
This post: 20pts
This season: 495pts
Total books: 35
Total tasks: 30
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20.4 Golden Oldies - Hannelore's Task: I Really Like This Bowl
First and last initials of the author(s) can be found in the quote “I REALLY LIKE THIS BOWL”
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories - Isaac Asimov
Points this post: 20
Total points: 420
BB:2 GO:2 IAF:7