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SPRING CHALLENGE 2024
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15.3 X's and O's
Option 2: Read one book that satisfies the requirements for both books of Option 1.
The Fox Wife. Yangsze Choo
Points: 15
Total points: 655/1085
IAF - 7
GO - 1
Tasks - 32/61
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Hometown Hottie by Weston Parker / this is a new-to-me book borrowed from Kindle Unlimited
Points this post: 5
Total points: 455
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That One Regret by Carrie Elks / CE in phrase
Points this post: 5
Total points: 460
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A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers / on pg 1 of list
Points this post: 5
Total points: 465
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Reluctantly Royal by Erin Nicolle / RR in title
Points this post: 10
Total points: 475
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Shooting Star Love by Melanie Shawn / STAR spelled from phrase
Points this post: 10
Total points: 485
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Book 1:
What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline / WHAT in title
Book 2:
I Am Stan: A Graphic Biography of the Legendary Stan Lee by Tom Scioli / TS in phrase
Points this post: 15
Total points: 500
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The Fury by Alex Michaelides / vacation central to story
Points this post: 15
Total points: 515
ROBIN P30.4 Cat's Task: Books of Oceania
Book 1- set in Oceania
Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect - set in Australia
Book 2 - author from Oceania
A Disappearance in Fiji - Nilima Rao - author's profile says she is a "Fijian Indian Australian" and notes at the end of the book says "born in Fiji".
Points this post: 30
Total points: 535
BB:2 GO:2 IAF:7
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Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor by Mark Harmon / subtitle more than 6 words
Points this post: 20
Total points: 535
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Emphatic by Kaylee Ryan / MPG Romance, #1 in series, more than 3 in series
Points this post: 20
Total points: 555
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Option 3-
Category 1:
A Little Naughty by Tia Louise / MPG Romance
Category 2:
The Butterfly House by Katrine Engberg / #84 on pg 1 of Nordic Scandinavian Mysteries Women list
Points this post: 25
Total points: 580
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Option 1-
Assured by Kaylee Ryan / #2 in series, more than 3 in series
Option 2-
by Kate Christensen / coastline on coverApproved here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 25
Total points: 605
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Option 1-
Meant for Stone by Natasha Madison / STONE spelled from phrase
Option 4-
by Suzanne Enoch / dog on coverPoints this post: 30
Total points: 635
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Option 1 or 3 (fits both)-
What Really Happens in Vegas: True Stories of the People Who Make Vegas, Vegas by James Patterson and Mark Seal / JAMES matches James Holzhauer, MARK matches Mark Labbett as authors; set in Las Vegas; 357 pg PB
Option 4-
If You Hate Me by Helena Hunting / HH author; 448 pg PB
Total pages: 805 > 700
Points this post: 30
Total points: 665
Barbara ★25.5 - Delicious Dee - Bee Hive Bookclub
Option 1: Read a book where BEE or HIVE can be found intact in the title (not subtitle).
A Matter of Hive and Death - Nancy Coco 5/2
Option 3: Read a book where the authors first & last initials match a member in my sub-hive. Initials must be in the order they appear. KS, SM, JG, LW, KV, LM, LB, BM, AS, SD, DF
Her Little Flowers - Shannon Morgan 3/17
(matches SM) (has 368 pages)
TOTAL PAGES: Book 1 (296 pages) + Book 2 (368 pages) = 664 > 500
Points this task: 25
Total points: 415
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★50.1 - Tammy AZ's Task: Exploration Through Reading
Option 3 - Flights of Fancy: Not everyone likes to travel physically so in this option read three books with each book having a MPG of Fantasy or Science Fiction.
1. This Shattered World - Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner 4/2
(394 pages) (has MPG science fiction)
2. Their Fractured Light - Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner 4/6
(428 pages) (has MPG science fiction)
3. A Fate Inked in Blood - Danielle L. Jensen 4/13
(432 pages)(had MPG fantasy)
Total: Book 1 (394 pages) + Book 2 (428 pages) + Book 3 (432 pages) = 1254 > 750
Points this task: 50
Total points: 465
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
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Read a book written under a pseudonym
I'm a Therapist, and My Patient is In Love with a Pedophile: 6 Patient Files From Prison
pen name is dr harper.
no one knows real name.
author page states Dr. Harper is not real.
points this post 10
total points 575
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3. Baby Animals! Read a book where ALL author initials in the phrase FUZZY YELLOW DUCKLINGS.
read Everyone Here Is Lying by by Shari Lapena
points this post 20
total points 595
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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.
word is teacher
read The Teacher
and
Option 3: SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN
ead a book that includes the number(s) you spun in the page count spun a 95
read Where He Can't Find You
395 pages, Paperback
points this post 30
total points 625
ROBIN P20.3 Lucy Bookworm's Task: Subtitle
Subtitle at least 6 words
Under the Covers and between the Sheets: Facts and Trivia about the World's Greatest Books -
**Claiming 1 IAF point, nonfiction
Points this post: 20
Total points: 555
BB:2 GO:2 IAF:8
Julia10330.1 - Katrisa's Task: Spring Zodiac
Option 1 - Pisces
Book 1: Anything With Nothing (Tales of Valdemar #17)
Book 2: Daughter of the Moon Goddess (MOON in title)
This post: 30 points
Total points: 395
BB: 5
GO: 1
NF: 2
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 28
15.7 - Let's Break!
Read a book with a vacation, holiday, or leisure break of at least one overnight stay.
A Caribbean Mystery
**Claiming 1 It's A Fact Ticket**
New Points: 15
Total Points: 1015
Tickets as of this post: BB(6), GO(8), IaF(13)
FLY Task #10.6 - Traitor
task: Read a book written under a pseudonym
book: Nightborn
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: author is Lynn Viehl according to Wikipedia: Sheila Kelly (born 1961) is an American writer. She mostly writes novels in a variety of genres and under several pseudonyms. Among them are science fiction (as S. L. Viehl), romantic fiction (as Lynn Viehl, Gena Hale, Rebecal Hall), and Christian fiction (as Rebecca Kelly) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._L._V...
Points this post: 10
Total points: 400
Tasks completed: 22/61
BB: 0 / GO: 5 / IAF: 1
EMurphy25.10 JenK's Task: Keep On Rolling
Option 3: All the letters in "The Nile" are found in the title The Night the Lights Went Out: A Memoir of Life After Brain Damage by Drew Magary
*It's a Fact Ticket
Option 4: Book that has won an Audie Award Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris
*Humor category in 2023
**It's a Fact Ticket
This Task:
Points: 25
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 2
Total:
Points: 245
Books Read:17
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 6
Tasks Completed: 9
Angela IL30.4 - Cat's Task: Books of Oceania
Option 1: Two Book Option
Book 1: Read a book that is set (at least 70%) in one or more countries in Oceania.
Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson-5/2
Read via Kindle/No MMPB/PB link:Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
Set in Australia-numerous references in the book: "advertised as the highest drive-in accommodation in Australia" pg 26 "because this was Australia" pg. 194
Book 2: Read a book that is written by an author born in a country in Oceania.
Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth-4/25
Read via Kindle/No MMPB/PB link: Darling Girls
Born in Australia/ GR Author Page
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 285
Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 12
20.10 Group ReadsHow Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse by K. Eason
discussion post
Total this Post:20
Season Total: 445
Nick KY10.9 Ides of March I read The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich. The title word “HORSE” has letters in: “bewaRE the ideS Of marcH.”
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 880
Nick KY20.6 Jammin Jenny’s TV Fun.
Opt. 1. Password. I read Scot on the Rocks by Catriona McPherson with a GR genre of “Humor.”
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 900
Nick KY15.10 Mental Health Day I read Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess: 5 Simple, Scientifically Proven Steps to Reduce Anxiety, Stress, and Toxic Thinking by Caroline Leaf. Nonfiction, GR genre of "Mental Health."
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 915
Andy P.Task # 30.7 - 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 Death at Greenway by Lori Rader-Day Word is DEATH D in Down
EAT in Contestant, H in The
Option 4 . Read a book with a domestic dog on the cover
by
Points this post:30
Total points: 355
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25.4: Nick KY’s Task: Nordic Noir Plus Ten
Book A: Read a book written by a single Nordic author (by birth or by residence). Approved message 20.
The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia by Michael Booth
Claiming an IAF ticket for nonfiction
Book B: Read a book that is connected to Book A in one of the following ways:
3. By year of first edition -- Book B was first published in the same year as Book A (they were both published in 2014)
Murder at the Mikado. Julianna Deering
Points: 25
Total points: 680/1085
IAF - 8
GO - 1
Tasks - 33/61
Boston Kate
15.5 Survey Says
The Woman in Me
won Best Memoir/Autobiography in 2023
Points this post: 15
Total points: 35
Boston Kate
5.10 All The Information Is On The Task
Oryx and Crake
Points this post: 5
Total points: 40
Amy FL5.1 Spring Colours
Contains yellow, black, red, brown, green, grey, orange and violet per Tineye.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 750
Amy FL10.4 - The Adventure Game
The Wishing Game - GAME in title
Points this post: 10
Total points: 760
Amy FL15.4 Category Is...
Option 2: The Love of my Life by Rosie Walsh
Category: Same Name - Rosie Walsh (Bradley Walsh)
Spun MPG Suspense/Thriller and the book contains both genres
Points this post: 15
Total points: 775
Amy FL30.6 - Amy FL’s task: The Chase is On
Option 1: The Armor of Light by Ken Follett (KEN Jennings)
Option 4: Fractured Tide by Leslie Lutz - female author whose first and last name begin with "L"
The paperback edition of The Armor of Light alone contains >700 pages which is the task requirement.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 805
Amy FL50.1 - Tammy AZ's Task: Exploration Through Reading
Option 1: Road Trip
Book 1: Kill for Me, Kill for You - set in New York
Book 2: At the Quiet Edge - set in Kansas
Book 3: The Grave Singer - set in Utah
I linked to the versions I completed. The combined pages in the paperbacks is >950.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 855
Unclaiming Task 25.7, Post #732
25.7 - Lora - Happy St. Patrick's Day
Choose two different options. Total pages must be 500 or more pages.
Option 1: Book with a cover at least 50% green AND has minimum 317 pages.
Hidden Depths, 416 pages
(Mass market paperback for page count: Hidden Depths)
Option 3: Read a book with a Beer, Harp, Clover, Pot of Gold, or Leprechaun on the cover.
The Black Cauldron, 182 pages (Harp)
(IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7.0)
Total pages: 598
New Points: -25
Total Points: 990
Tickets as of this post: BB(6), GO(8), IaF(13)
25.7 - Lora - Happy St. Patrick's Day
Choose two different options. Total pages must be 500 or more pages.
Option 1: Book with a cover at least 50% green AND has minimum 317 pages.
Eating Animals, 341 pages
Option 3: Read a book with a Beer, Harp, Clover, Pot of Gold, or Leprechaun on the cover.
The Black Cauldron, 182 pages (Harp)
(IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7.0)
Total pages: 523
**Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket**
New Points: 25
Total Points: 1015
Tickets as of this post: BB(6), GO(8), IaF(14)
25.5 Bee Hive BookclubFor this task, read books that meet 2 of the different options. Your minimum page count must exceed 500pgs (so 501+)
No graphic novels, no childrens books. All books must be by a single author.
Option 1:
Read a book where BEE or HIVE can be found intact in the title (not subtitle). for example - Shiver (HIVE found intact) or If He Had Been with Me (BEE intact)
The Color of Bee Larkham's Murder by Sarah J. HarrisRead ~ 5.3.24
Pages ~ 359
Required ~ BEE in title
Option 3:
Read a book where the authors first & last initials match a member in my sub-hive. Initials must be in the order they appear (i.e. for my team mate LB – you could use Linwood Barclay but not Brian Leung)
KS, SM, JG, LW , KV, LM, LB, BM, AS, SD, DF
ARC
Shelterwood by Lisa WingateRead ~ 5.2.24
Pages ~ 368
Required ~ author's initials are LW
Task Points ~ 25
Task Pages ~ 727
Total Points ~ 355
25.9 - Chris MD - Dance with Me
Choose two different options.
Option 1: Read a book that is either #1, 2, or 3 in a 3+ book series.
For We Are Many
Option 2: Read a book that shows a coastline on the cover (beach/shoreline and water).
Hidden Depths
New Points: 25
Total Points: 1040
Tickets as of this post: BB(6), GO(8), IaF(14)
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska25.3 - KMarieD: What’s your favorite challenge type?
Option 1. (1-book option) Read a book of 500+ pages that meets BOTH requirements for Option 1.
Powerless by Lauren Roberts (523 p.) * ** ***
* The word 'Powerless' can be found in TITLE WORD SPELLED FROM PHRASE
** Lauren Roberts' initials can be found in AUTHOR INITIALS CONTAINED IN PHRASE
*** I would like to claim 1 BB ticket, please.
➸ Total Points: 130
➸ Total Pages: 3,160
10.3 - Dusty Bin
Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in DUSTY BIN.
How to Pronounce Knife: Stories by Souvankham Thammavongsa
New Points: 10
Total Points: 1050
Tickets as of this post: BB(6), GO(8), IaF(14)
Sarah Stewart
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 that has at least 3 published books in the series.
Heart of Gold, by Tami Hoag
Book #1 in the Rainbow Chasers Series
Points: 20
Total points: 85
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 that has at least 3 published books in the series.
Heart of Gold, by Tami Hoag
Book #1 in the Rainbow Chasers Series
Points: 20
Total points: 85
LoraTask: 10.8 - Spring Forward
Book/Author: A Cajun Christmas Killing / Ellen Byron
How it fits: book is new to me, and I read the two previous books in the series (Plantation Shudders and Body on the Bayou)
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 465
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
Readerboard name: Mel S10.1 - Tick Tock
Clock on cover
The Future of Another Timeline
This post: 10pts
This season: 580pts
Total books: 41
Total tasks: 34
Amy B25.9 Chris MD - Dance with Me
This is a two-book task. Choose 2 different options and read 1 book from each option.
Option 1: Read a book that is either #1, 2, or 3 in a series that has at least three books. The series name must be present in grayscale on the Goodreads main page. For this task only whole numbers are allowed.
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming (#1 of James Bond series of 14 books)
Option 4: Read a book set in Mexico, Central or South America, or Cuba, Puerto Rico, or the Dominican Republic.
Required: If not clear in the Goodreads description, state the location.
Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras (Columbia)
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 380 Points
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10.2 - Pointless
Read a book with a page count containing two or more zeros (200, 400, 1000 etc)
The Big Bad Wolf by James Patterson - 400 pages
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 355 Points