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SPRING CHALLENGE 2024
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20.2 Rookie at the Top - JenJ IA's Task: LEGO Masters - Play Well, Read Well!Book: Slaying the Vampire Conqueror by Carissa Broadbent
How it fits: author initials C, B
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 450 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 130
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySpring 2024 SRC
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lisa’s Task: Bowling For Dollars
Option B: Read a book where the author’s first and last initial can be found in one of the show titles: “Bowling For Dollars” or “Duckpins and Dollars.”
Required: State which show title you used.
Christine by Stephen King
I used the title “Duckpins and Dollars”, which has both S and K
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 250
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 2
It's a Fact Tickets: 3
Angela IL30.3 - MAZZA1's task - Looking Forward to the Olympics
Option 5:
a) Read a book with a title of two or more words where the title words ALL start with the same letter.
Bye, Baby by Carola Lovering-4/8
b) Read a book where there is a word in the title that ends with a double vowel as in Teahupo’o
See Me by Nicholas Sparks-4/30
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 225
Books Read: 16
Tasks Completed: 11
Bookwrm526Task #30.1 - Spring Zodiac
Option 1 Book 1: Read a book from a series with at least 12 published works. Your book can be any number in the series including .5s as long as there are at least 12 primary works in the series. I read Kissing Christmas Goodbye by M.C. Beaton (#18 in the Agatha Raisin series) (240p).
Option 1 Book 2: Read a book with the word MOON in the title (not subtitle). Word must be standalone, not embedded. I read Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice (320p).
240+320 = 560p
Total points so far: 525
ROBIN P30.6 Amy FL's Task: The Chase is On
700 p minimum
Option 1 - name matches name from show
Tress of the Emerald Sea - Brandon Sanderson matches Brandon Blackwell - 369 p
Option 4 - female author with same initials for first & last name
The Social Graces - Renée Rosen 400 p
Total pages 769
Points this post: 30
Total points: 505
BB:2 GO:2 IAF:7
15.5 Survey SaysRead a book that has won or been nominated for Goodreads Choice Awards
Meet Me at the Lake
Nominated in the Best Romance category for 2023
New Points: 15
Total Points: 255
BB: 1
IaF: 5
10.8 - Spring ForwardBeyond Two Realms (Two Realms Series #2) by Mazrine L. Amaris
book is new to me & I previously read book 1 of series
Total this Post:10
Season Total: 380
JP50.1 - Exploration Through Reading
Option 3: Rread three books with each book having a MPG of Fantasy or Science Fiction; 750+ pages total
Book 1: Pratchett: Thief of Time (427pp)
Book 2: Klune: The House in the Cerulean Sea (396pp)
Book 3: Pratchett: The Truth (448pp)
All three have MPG Fantasy.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 50
Lisa MD5/4 - What's In a Name?
Go as a River by Shelley Read
320 pgs
Author Initials: SR found in caRl linnaeuS
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 310 / 1100
Total Books Read: 25
Total Tasks Completed: 21 / 61
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 5
MaryPDX5.8 Roboteers, Stand By
Read a book from the first 25 pages of this Robots shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Required: State the page of the shelf your book is found on.
Rogue Protocol
Page 1
This Task:
BB: 0
IF: 0
GO: 0
Books: 1
Points: 5
Totals:
BB: 1
IF: 3
GO: 0
Points: 125
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
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Total this Post:20
Season Total: 400
Jen K30.1 - Katrisa's Task: Spring Zodiac
Option 1 - Pisces - February 19-March 20
Book 1: The Ferocious Force - 276 pages
Book 2: Daughter of the Moon Goddess- 503 pages
*** Requesting 1 BB @503 pages***
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 280
BB: 4
IAF: 3
Jen K20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lisa’s Task: Bowling For Dollars
Option C: Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands
Term: SPARE -- mAP othERlandS
****
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 300
BB: 4
IAF: 3
Mod
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.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The word LACKS can be made from RebecCA SKLoot
**This is non-fiction so I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket
Task 2:
Use the letters in the title (not subtitle) to spell the author's first or last name.
The Final Hours of Muriel Hinchcliffe M.B.E. by Claire Parkin
The letters in CLAIRE can be found in the title: the finAl hours of muRiEl hinchCLIffe
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 130 + 30 = 160
Total Tasks Completed: 9
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 4 + 1 = 5
Nick KY10.1 Tick Tock Clock on the cover, I read Murder at Morrington Hall by Clara McKenna.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 830
Nick KY15.9 Beautiful. From p. 2 of the “Autism in Fiction” list, I read Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant, https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 845
Nick KY25.11 Kathy KS’s “Spring Has Sprung”
Option 2. Read a book whose title includes one of these common flower names intact: Rose, Gerbera, Sunflower, Marigold, Tulip, Daffodil, Daisy, Orchid, Carnation, Jasmine. Plurals and possessives are allowed.
I read Death and Daisies by Amanda Flower. Title word is ”Daisies.”
Option 3. My dad’s career was white collar, but he was still that farm kid at heart. Gardening was his summer passion and I loved all the fresh produce and canned vegetables that resulted. Read a book first published during my father’s lifetime: 1927-1997.
I read Copland on Music by Aaron Copland, 1st pub’d in 1963.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 870
Mod
15.7 - Let's Break
Read a book where a vacation, holiday or leisure break involving at least one overnight stay is central to the story.
Love Finds You in Sunset Beach, Hawaii. Robin Jones Gunn. 5.1.24
Points: 15
Total points: 640/1085
IAF - 7
GO - 1
Tasks - 31/61
Joanne MI10.8 Spring Forward
next book in a series
The Resistance Man: A Mystery of the French Countryside -book # 6 in series, the book is new to me
Points this task 10
Season Total 250
IAF 5, BB 2
Bookwrm526Task #30.3 - Looking Forward to the Olympics
Option 5 Book a: Read a book with a title of two or more words where the title words ALL start with the same letter. I read Macaron Murder by Harper Lin.
Option 5 Book b: Read a book where there is a word in the title that ends with a double vowel as in Teahupo’o. I read A Song over Miskwaa Rapids (target word MISKWAA) by Linda LeGarde Grover.
Total points so far: 555
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.6 Traitor
Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb
J.D. Robb is the author of the In Death series and the pseudonym for bestselling author Nora Roberts.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 955
Task completed: 56
Karen D Task 5.6 Tiger, Tiger
Book:
, finished 5/1points this task: 5
Total points: 630
FLY Task #30.5 - Truitt_T’s task: Match it Up!
task: Read two books with an identical word in the title. One must be Non-Fiction.
book 1: The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer
book 2: Midnight Crossroad
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: word in common = Midnight; book 1 is nonfiction
other: **Claiming IAF ticket for The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer
total page count = 321 + 384 > 450
Points this post: 30
Total points: 380
Tasks completed: 20/61
BB: 0 / GO: 4 / IAF: 0 + 1 = 1
5.10 All The Information Is On The TaskBook: Haus aus Salz und Tränen
Points this post: 5
Total points: 135
LoraTask: 10.3 - Dusty Bin
Book/Author: Signal Fires / Dani Shapiro
How it fits: author's initials are DS
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 345
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
MAZZA15.6 Tiger, Tiger
Read a book that features a tiger on the cover.
points this post = 5
Points to date = 655
15.10 - Take A Mental Health Day
Read a Non-Fiction book with a MPG Mental Health/Mental Illness
Hallucinations
**Claiming 1 It's A Fact Ticket**
New Points: 15
Total Points: 1000
Tickets as of this post: BB(6), GO(8), IaF(13)
MAZZA115.4 Category Is...
Required: State the MPG
Option 2: Read one book that satisfies the requirements for both books of Option 1.
Category Same Letter: Read a book with a title that begins and ends with the same letter AND
has MPG contemporary as I spun on wheel
Arcadia
Points this post = 15
Points to date = 670
MAZZA115.6 Rebirth, Renew, Refresh
Read a book that is an re-imagining or retelling of a classic, fairytale, or myth.
Fair Rosaline MPG Retelling
Points this post = 15
points to date = 685
MAZZA115.9 I am beautifully different.
Read a book from one of these lists:
Using https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
Bewilderment on page 3 of Autism list
points this post = 15
Points to date = 700
MAZZA130.4 - Cat's Task: Books of Oceania
Pick an option.
Required: state the option.
Option 2: One Book Option
Read one book of at least 500 pages that fits both criteria of Option 1.
Set in AND written by an author born in a country in Oceania.
Scrublands 500 pages Set in Australia and Author is Australian
Approved in help thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 730
MAZZA130.7 - 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.
Hades this book is 880 pages and I am claiming 2 xBB tickets
Option 3
spin the wheel. Read a book that includes the number(s) you spun in the page count .
I spun a 5 noted here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Black-Eyed Susans 354 pages
points this post = 30
Points to date = 760
MAZZA1 10.2 - Pointless
Read a book with a page count containing two or more zeros
The Walled Garden 400 pages
Points this post = 10
Points to date = 770
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.6 Amy FL’s task: The Chase is On
Option 1: Sleepyhead by Mark Billingham
432 pages
Shares a name with MARK Labbett=MARK Billingham
Option 4: Something About You by Julie James
307 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 985
Task completed: 57
MAZZA130.7 - TessaVanessa’s Task: The Price is Right
REPOST as i forgot to add BB ticket numbers
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.
Hades this book is 880 pages and I am claiming 2 xBB tickets
Option 3
spin the wheel. Read a book that includes the number(s) you spun in the page count .
I spun a 5 noted here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Black-Eyed Susans 354 pages
points this post = 30
Points to date = 760
BB tickets this post = 2
BB tickets to date = 6
MAZZA125.11 - Kathy KS’ Task : “Spring has sprung”
Option 3. Read a book first published during my father’s lifetime: 1927-1997.
Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist pub Feb 1997
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".
The Wheel Spins using the word SPINS
First Published 1936 and I am claiming 1 GO ticket
points this post = 25
Points to date = 795
GO this post = 1
GO to date = 2
20.9 Card Game MemoriesOpt 2 number of pages does not include digits 2 through 6
Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead 357 pgs
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 330
25.7 St. Patrick's Day >500 pgsOpt 2 Written by author born in Ireland
An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor, Taylor was born and raised in Bangor, County Down, in Northern Ireland.
352 pgs
Opt 3 Read a book that contains one of the following on the cover:
Beer (must be a beer stein, tankard or traditional pint glass/pint pot with a foam head showing - a bottle or keg will not count), Harp, Clover (3 or 4 leaf will count), Pot of Gold, Leprechaun
- clover on cover352 pgs
352+352 =704 pgs
Points: 25
Total/challenge: 375
Delicious Dee10.3 - Dusty Bin
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone - Benjamin Stevenson - BS found in DUSTY BIN
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 545
Big Book Ticket: 1
Its a Fact: 5
Golden Oldie: 1
25.8 Learning to ReadOpt 1 Read a book by an author with a first name that starts with M, S, or F.
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
Opt 2 Read a book with a title where all words have 3 or fewer letters (subtitles excluded)
Mom & Me & Mom
*Claiming It's a Fact Ticket for NF
Points: 25
Total/challenge: 400
IAF ticket: 1
30.2 Word SearchTask 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
The Roaring Days of Zora Lily by Noelle Salazar
Zora in nOelle sAlaZaR
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.
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See
L,A in LAdy
I in cIrcle
S - tan'S
Points: 30
Total/challenge: 430
30.4 Books of OceanaBook 1: Read a book that is set (at least 70%) in one or more countries in Oceania
Moloka'i
Moloka'i is a Hawaiian Island
Book 2: Read a book that is written by an author born in a country in Oceania
Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty. Born in Sydney, Australia.
Points: 30
Total/challenge: 460
MaryPDX30.7 - 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. Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
Required: State the word.
How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures
Word: REACHES
Option 4: Read a book with a domestic dog or cat on the cover. It can be a live animal or a drawing as long as you can tell it is a cat or dog.
Required: Post the cover
This Task:
BB: 0
IF: 0
GO: 0
Books: 2
Points: 30
Totals:
BB: 1
IF: 3
GO: 0
Points: 155
Task 15.10 Take A Mental Health DayRead a Non-Fiction book with a MPG Mental Health/Mental Illness
Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life (2020) by Christie Tate [616.8915] (Hardcover 282 pages)
** Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life is an It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction) Book**
170 + 15 = 185
Tasks Completed: 08
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 170 + 15 = 185
Books read: 13
Pages read: 3,899
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 10
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
LoraTask: 20.6 It's a Fact - Jammin Jenny's Task: TV Family Fun, using Option 1
Book/Author: Bad Day at the Vulture Club
How it fits: had MPG Humor
Points for this task: 20
Total points: 365
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
Delicious Dee25.12 - Shelby - A Birdish Year
Option 3 -
- according to Tineye, the cover is 85.6% pink and yellow:57.5 %#d43590Pink
9.8 %#2db2bbBlue
8.9 %#fbbd33Yellow
7.5 %#f5a185Pink
7.5 %#eedbdaPink
4.2 %#c973abPink
2.5 %#3b251fBrown
1.1 %#b7b84fGreen
0.7 %#6791b3Blue
Option 4 - Bel Canto - Ann Patchett - AP can be found in actor, producer
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 570
Big Book Ticket: 1
Its a Fact: 5
Golden Oldie: 1
25.3: KMarieD: What’s your favorite challenge type?Option 3 – Choosing a book from genres or lists
Category 1 – Based on probably my most read genre (many books I read in other genres also have a subtext of romance), read a book with a MPG of Romance, genre may be embedded such as Historical Romance
We Free the Stars (Sands of Arawiya #2) by Hafsah Faizal
608 pages
Category 2 – REQUIRED: state the list and page where your book was found
Scandinavian Nordic Mysteries (page 3)
An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good (Äldre dam #1) by Helene Tursten
178 pages
Total pages read: 786
Total this Post:25
Season Total: 425
FLY Task #10.1 - Tick Tock
task: Read a book with a clock on the cover
book: Taken at the Flood
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits:
other: **Claiming GO ticket for First published 1948
Points this post: 10
Total points: 390
Tasks completed: 21/61
BB: 0 / GO: 4 + 1 = 5 / IAF: 1
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Spring 2024 SRC
25.1 - 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. It must be exact – no Jon, Johnny, Richards, etc., but the name may appear in any position.
A Feeding Frenzy in Washington by George Franklin
Option 4: Read a book that has one of the following as MPG: Essays, Short Stories, Letters, or Anthology/Anthologies.
After Sundown - MPG short stories
Points this post: 25
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 230
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 2
It's a Fact Tickets: 3