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SPRING CHALLENGE 2024
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trishhartuk15.9 I am beautifully different
Read a book from one of the lists: Autism in Fiction
The Maid, Nita Prose
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB (Swedish): here (334pg); Top PB (English): here (336pg)
Autism in Fiction list page 1, #35
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 440
Tasks Completed:27
It’s a Fact Tickets: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Lisa MD15.9- I Am Beautifully Different
Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet
226 pgs
Stories About Individuals With Disabilities - Pg 1
I claim an IAF ticket
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 260 / 1100
Total Books Read: 21
Total Tasks Completed: 18 / 61
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 5
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Lois' Task: The Dating Game
A Lot like Love by Julie James
#2 in FBI/US Attorney Series
Points this post: 20
Total points: 895
Task completed: 53
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.9 Chris MD - Dance with Me
Option 1: The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens
SERIES: Joe Talbert #1
Option 2:
by Pamela KelleyPoints this post: 25
Total points: 920
Task completed: 54
Lisa MD25.12 - Shelby's Task - A Birdish Year
Opt 1: Books That Should Be Made Into Movies List - Pg 8, #785
The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen
353 pgs
Opt 3: C 75% yellow/orange/pink/red
The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty
416 pgs
Tineye:
26.2 %#f99518Orange
25.3 %#fe3f2aRed
17.3 %#e5d399Pink
4.9 %#beb112Yellow
3.7 %#ba7282Pink
2.7 %#e25d5dPink
TOTAL: 80.1%
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 285 / 1100
Total Books Read: 23
Total Tasks Completed: 19 / 61
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 5
Andy P.Task # 25.7 - Lora - Happy St. Patrick's Day
Option 1. Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% green according to TinEye AND has minimum 317 pages.
by Taylor Jenkins Reid 389 p. 73% greenOption 2. Read a book that is on the first 15 pages of the Ireland Books list
by Patrick Radden Keefe 441 p.Page count 389 +441 = 830 p>500page requirement
Points this post: 25
Total points: 325
Nick KY15.3 X's and O's -- Opt. 1. Book 1. X in title, I read Box & Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung by Edward Albee.
Book 2. At least 2 O’s in author’s name I read Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque by Joyce Carol Oates.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 795
Nick KY25.12 Shelby’s Birdish Year.
Option 1. From p. 4 of the “Books That Should Be Made into Movies” list, I read Garden Spells by female author Sarah Addison Allen.
Option 4. I read Katheryn Howard: The Scandalous Queen by female author Alison Weir, inits in “Actor, Writer.”
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 820
25.9: Chris MD - Dance with MeOption 1: Unfurl
Option 2:
Claiming one Big Book Ticket for Covenant of Water
Points for this task: 25
Total points : 160
Tasks completed: 7/62
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: 2
Mai10.4 - The Adventure Game
MPG Adventure
Extinction by Douglas Preston
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 335
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 24
NF Tickets: 14
Golden Oldies: 1
Angela IL25.7 - Lora - Happy St. Patrick's Day
Option 1: Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% green according to TinEye AND has minimum 317 pages.
Under the Influence by Noelle Crooks-4/18 (352 pgs)
Option 2: Read a book that is on the first 15 pages of the Ireland Books list.
One Night on the Island by Josie Silver-4/28 (368 pgs)
On Page: 6
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 205
Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 9
Angela IL20.4 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”.
Come and Get It by Kiley Reid-3/15
Read via Kindle/No MMPB/PB link: Come and Get It
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 225
Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 10
Kai15.8 Readers Unite!
Read a book with a book featured on the cover.
The Following Story by Cees Nooteboom
New Points: 15
Tasks Competed: 13
Total Points: 225
20.4 Golden Oldies - Hannelore's Task: I Really Like This BowlBook: Listen for the Lie
How it fits: by Amy Tintera, author initials A, T in target phrase
I listened to the audiobook. The paperback edition has 352 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 110
Ana20.4 Golden Oldies - Hannelore's Task: I Really Like This Bowl
Option 2:
. The cover has a bouquet with at least 3 flowers.This Post: 20
Total Points: 80
Ana20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lisa’s Task: Bowling For Dollars
Option B: Which Pie Goes with Murder?. The Authors initials can be found in “Bowling For Dollars” .
This Post: 20
Total Points: 100
25.6 Pick a Genre!From the list below, pick a genre to read. This is a two book task, read one book for each option listed. Both books must have the MPG of the genre chosen, and the MPG must be stand alone.
Required: State the Genre
Genre Selection : Romance
Book One: Read a book where all the letters of your genre appear in the title/subtitle/author name.
Marrying the Ketchups by Jennifer CloseRead ~ 4.25.24
Pages ~ 320
Required ~ Romance is #10 on MPG
ma(R)rying
cl(O)se
(M)arrying
m(A)rrying
je(N)nifer
ket(C)hups
k(E)tchups
Book Two: Read 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.
An Empty Cup by Sarah PriceRead ~ 4.28.24
Pages ~ 253
Required ~ Romance is #8 on MPG
Required ~ AEC | rom(A)n(C)(E)
Task Points ~ 25
Task Page Count ~ 573
Total Points ~ 310
EMurphy25.12 Shelby's Task: A Birdish Year
Option 3: Cover 75% yellow, orange, pink, or red
by Jasmine Guillory*Tineye: 79.6% red, 7.4% pink
Option 4: Author's first and last initials can be found in ACTOR, WRITER, and/or PRODUCER
by Elizabeth Acevedo*Found in ACTOR and WRITER
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 220
Books Read: 15
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 4
Tasks Completed: 8
50.1 - Tammy AZ's Task: Exploration Through Reading
Option 2 - Intercontinental Travel: Read three books each set on a different continent that total 750 pages or more.
Continent 1 - Asia : Hassanieh and Tell Yarimjah, Iraq
Murder in Mesopotamia, 223 pages
(Top mass market paperback for page count: Murder in Mesopotamia)
Continent 2 - North America : New Orleans and New Iberia, Louisiana, USA
Heaven's Prisoners, 308 pages
Continent 3 - Europe : St. Mary Mead, England
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side, 224 pages
(Top mass market paperback for page count: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side)
Total page count: 223 + 308 + 224 = 755
New Points: 50
Total Points: 940
Tickets as of this post: BB(6), GO(8), IaF(12)
5.5 Welcome, Watchers of IllusionRead a book where the title contains a word of 4+ letters found in KNIGHTMARE.
Word: Think
KNIgHT
Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me by Javier Marías
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 140
10.9 - Beware the Ides of MarchRead a book with a title word 4+ that can be made from the letters in BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH
Word: Medea = bEwArE iDes March
Medea by Christa Wolf
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 150
15.9 I am beautifully different.Read a book from one of these lists:
From Neurodiverse Characters,page 1 #1
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 165
20.10 Group ReadsFiction: Space Opera -
My Post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse by K. Eason
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 185
Lisa MD20.8 - Nickels and Dimes -Trishhartuk's Task: The Golden Shot
Opt 3: Title Word in either “BOB MONKHOUSE” OR “BERNIE THE BOLT”
Bone Canyon by Lee Goldberg
288 pgs
Title Word: "Bone" in BOb moNkhousE
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 305 / 1100
Total Books Read: 24
Total Tasks Completed: 20 / 61
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 5
15.6 - Rebirth, Renew, Refresh
Read a book that is an re-imagining or retelling of a classic, fairytale, or myth.
What Moves the Dead
New Points: 15
Total Points: 955
Tickets as of this post: BB(6), GO(8), IaF(12)
Rockynook15.5 - Survey Says
Book nominated or won Goodreads award
Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune
Nominated for Best Romance in 2023
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 15
Rockynook15.7 - Let's Break!
Book where a vacation is central to the story
Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 30
Rockynook20.1 - Springing To Mind
Option 5: Spring Cleaning!
Book about someone who cleans for a living
The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 50
Rockynook20.2 - Play Well, Read Well!
Option 4b: 3+ word title, one letter from each word links to next word
First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 70
Rockynook20.4 - I Really Like This Bowl
Option 3: author initials in "I REALLY LIKE THIS BOWL"
Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
i really liKe tHis bowl
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 90
Rockynook20.5 - Bowling For Dollars
Option B: author initials in “Bowling For Dollars” or “Duckpins and Dollars.”
Only If You're Lucky by Stacy Willingham
Selected phrase: boWling for dollarS
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 110
Rockynook20.6 - TV Family Fun
Option 4: Match Game
author name matches with a panel member
Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas
Panelist: Sarah Kennedy; Author: Sarah J. Maas
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 130
30.2 - Susan A's Task: Word Search
Task 1: Read a book with a 4+ letter title word that can be made from the author's name.
Word: LLYR
The Castle of Llyr by Lloyd Alexander
Task 2: Read a book where the author's 4+ letter first or last name can be made from letters in the title.
Name: FOER
Tree of Codes by Jonathan Safran Foer
New Points: 30
Total Points: 985
Tickets as of this post: BB(6), GO(8), IaF(12)
Deborah20.4 Golden Oldies - Hannelore's Task: I Really Like This Bowl
Option 3: The Great Pottery Throw Down
Someone Is Always Watching by Kelley Armstrong
KA: I REALLY LIKE THIS BOWL
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 295
Books Read: 23
Tasks Done: 18
FLY Task #15.7 Let's Break!
task: Read a book where a vacation, holiday or leisure break involving at least one overnight stay is central to the story.
book: Evil Under the Sun
how it fits: not sure if apparent enough in the description, so from wikipedia: "The novel features Christie's detective, Hercule Poirot, who takes a holiday in Devon. During his stay, he notices... " https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_Un...
other: **Claiming GO ticket for First published June 1, 1941
Points this post: 15
Total points: 350
Tasks completed: 19/61
BB: 0 / GO: 3 + 1 = 4 / IAF: 0
Task 25.8 - Learning to Readoption 1: author first name starts with S
Pearl by Siân Hughes
option 2: all title words 3 letters or less
Eye for An Eye
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715 points
trishhartuk20.9 Moderators’ Pet - Marie-Anne's Task: Card Game Memories
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.
Ink and Bone (The Great Library #1), Rachel Caine
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (374pg)
The Great Library #1 and first published 7 July 2015
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 460
Tasks Completed:28
It’s a Fact Tickets: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Amy B15.4 Category Is...
Choose One Option Below:
Option 1. Read two books, one book 1 and one book 2:
Book 1:
Category Same Name: Read a book with an author that shares a first or last name with one these hosts: JOHN LESLIE
Position does not matter
Book 2:
Spin the wheel: https://wheelofnames.com/fep-n25 and read a book with the corresponding MPG
The genre may be stand alone or embedded
Required: State the MPG
Suspense/Thriller
Option 2: Read one book that satisfies the requirements for both books of Option 1.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré
This Task: 15 Points
To Date: 345 Points
Karen DTask 25.9 Chris MD - Dance with Me
Option 1: One of Us Is Back, finished 4/29. Book #3 in the One of Us is Lying series
Option 2:
, finished 4//19Points this task: 25
Total points: 625
Jen K30.6 - Amy FL’s task: The Chase is On
O1 Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard- 388 pages
Matches Chaser: Victoria Groce (Victoria)
O4 Winter by Marissa Meyer - 827 pages
***Requesting 1 BB ticket @827 pages***
388 + 827 > 700 pages
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 230
BB: 3
IAF: 3
Jen K20.8 Nickels and Dimes -Trishhartuk's Task: The Golden Shot
Option 2: The Rabbit Hutch
Item: Arrow on cover
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 250
BB: 3
IAF: 3
Mod
Read a book whose cover contains a minimum of three distinct colours according to TinEye.
read The Guest
57.8 %#111418Black
14.2 %#1f4e65Blue
7.5 %#e5e8e8Grey
4.6 %#654511Brown
3.9 %#727474Grey
3.1 %#382b10Brown
2.9 %#fcf7c8Yellow
2.4 %#fdea80Yellow
2.1 %#ada060Brown
1.5 %#f5f0a0Yellow
points this post 5
total points 470
Mod
Read the next book in a series that you've already started
REQUIRED: state that the book is new to you AND which book in the series you have previously read
read Murder Beyond the Grave
Book is new to me and previous book read Home Sweet Murder
points this post 10
total points 480
Mod
Read a book with a book featured on the cover.
read
points this post 15
total points 495
Mod
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.
read The Exception to the Rule
kindle only book on approved spreadsheet line number 1696
101 pages
points this post 20
total points 515
Mod
Option 1
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
read The Vacancy in Room 10
Word is ROOM - 298 pages
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
read The Beautiful and the Wildby Peggy Townsend 297 pages
298+297=595
points this post 25
total points 540
Mod
Option 1: Read a book by an author with a first name that starts with M, S, or F.
read The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth
and
Option 2: Read a book with a title where all words have 3 or fewer letters
read
On the Way to Us
points this post 25
total points 565
20.8 The Golden ShotThis is a one book task, choose an option and read one book for that option.
Required: State the option
Option 3:
Read a book with a word of at least four letters in the title, that can be made from the letters in
Required: State the word
Three-Inch Teeth by C.J. BoxRead ~ 4.30.24
Required ~ TEETH | b(E)rnie (T)(H)(E) bol(T)
Task Points ~ 20
Total Points ~ 330
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.10 JenK's Task - Keep On Rolling
Option 3: The School that Escaped the Nazis: The True Story of the Schoolteacher Who Defied Hitler by Deborah Cadbury
Option 4: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Audie Award for Fiction and Nominee for Best Fiction Narrator and for Audiobook of the Year (2024)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 945
Task completed: 55
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How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse
Post #16 on April 28
This post: 20pts
This season: 570pts
Total books: 40
Total tasks: 33