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SPRING CHALLENGE 2024
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Sara ITA20.4 Golden Oldies - Hannelore's Task: I Really Like This Bowl
Option 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
Required: Post the cover
Gli aghi d'oro (Gilded Needles) by Michael McDowell
Cover also approved here
I listened to the audiobook, MMP: Les Aiguilles d'or, 544 pages
This book is 500+ pages, claiming 1 BB Ticket.
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Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 95
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 1
NF Tickets: 2
Task:20.1 Most Improved - FLY's Task: Springing To MindOption:2-Main Page Genre of Biography, Science, or War.
Book read:Kew: The Witch's Garden: Plants in Folklore, Magic and Traditional Medicine by Sandra Lawrence
Required: Science MPG verified in help thread message 9 and 10 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I claim 1 it's a fact! ticket as this is nonfiction.
Points this task:20
Total points:215
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:1
Total It’s A Fact:2
Books read:13
Tasks completed:11
Task:10.10 - World Bee day[ Title AND Author name both contain the letter B ]Book read:The Manifesto on How to Be Interesting by Holly Bourne
Required:B in Be and Bourne
Points this task:10
Total points:225
Total Golden Oldies:0
Total Big Books:1
Total It’s A Fact:2
Books read:14
Tasks completed:12
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15.10 Take A Mental Health Day
Read a Non-Fiction book with a MPG Mental Health
8 Keys to Building Your Best Relationships. Daniel A. Hughes
Claiming an IAF ticket for nonfiction
Points: 15
Total points: 695/1085
IAF - 9
GO - 1
Tasks - 34/61
Karen DTask 30.3 - MAZZA1's task - Looking Forward to the Olympics
Option 1 - The Opening Ceremony
Book A: Never Look Away, finished 3/5
Word: NEVER
Book B;
, finished 5/4Points this task: 30
Total points: 660
Barbara ★15.9 - I am beautifully different.
Read a book from one of these lists:
Girl, Interrupted - Susanna Kaysen 5/4
(#33 from Neurodiverse Characters)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 480
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Sarah E5.10 All The Information Is On The Task
Granny's Wonderful Chair
Has Childrens MPG, but not found on AR BookFinder, US or UK.
Golden Oldie, first published 1857. I claim 1 GO ticket.
Total Points: 145
Total GOs: 1
Karen DTask 15.3: 15.3 X's and O's
Option 2: Stone Cold Fox, finished 5/4
Points this task: 15
Total points: 675
Readerboard Name: Kathy P30.2 - Susan A's Task: Word Search
Book 1:
Jesus Land: A Memoir
Author: Julia Scheeres
Word JESUS can be made from JUlia ScheerES
Book 2:
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted DaughterAuthor: Adeline Yen Mah
The letters in Adeline can be found in chINese cinDErALla
Claiming 2 It's a Fact Tickets since both books are memoirs.
Totals
Points: 195
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 6
Total Tasks Completed: 11
Total Books Completed: 13
25.10 Keep On RollingChoose one from each of two different options, or one book of at least 500 pages that matches two of the following options.
REQUIRED: State the options you chose.
Option 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.
Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily R. AustinRead ~ 5.4.24
Pages ~ 256
Required ~ TinEye says 78.4% white. Looked yellow to ME, so this was a happy surprise!
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.
Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan StradalRead ~ 4.26.24
Pages ~ 340
Required ~ saturday (N)(I)ght at (THE) (L)ak(E)side supper club
Task Points ~ 25
Task Pages ~ 596
Total Points ~ 380
Readerboard name: Mel S30.1 - Spring Zodiac
Option 3.
Book 1: Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters in the title that can be made from the letters in "StUbbOrn as a bulL“: "SOUL"
Soul Tracker
Book 2: Read a book with an MPG of Religion.
The Stranger in the Lifeboat
This post: 30pts
This season: 610pts
Total books: 43
Total tasks: 35
Delicious Dee30.1 - Katrisa's Task: Spring Zodiac
Option 2
Book A - Six Crimson Cranes - found on pg 4
Book B - Music for the Duke - duke in title
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 625
Big Book Ticket: 1
Its a Fact: 5
Golden Oldie: 1
MaryPDX30.4 - Cat's Task: Books of Oceania
**BB ticket**
Option 2: One Book Option
Read one book of at least 500 pages that fits both criteria of Option
Read a book that is set (at least 70%) in one or more countries in Oceania
Read a book that is written by an author born in a country in Oceania.
Truly Madly Guilty -- Set in Sydney, Australia
Liane Moriarty-- born in Sydney, Australia
517 pages
This Task:
BB: 1
IF: 0
GO: 0
Books: 1
Points: 30
Totals:
BB: 2
IF: 3
GO: 0
Points: 185
MaryPDX5.2 What Goes Around...
Read a book that is new-to-you but NOT bought new - for example, borrowed from a library, bought second-hand, or passed on by a friend or family member.
Over The Top
Borrowed from a friend
This Task:
BB: 0
IF: 0
GO: 0
Books: 1
Points: 5
Totals:
BB: 2
IF: 3
GO: 0
Points: 190
FLY Task #25.7 - Lora - Happy St. Patrick's Day
task: Option 1: cover at least 50% green AND has minimum 317 pages.
book: Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
(my version is audio, first MMPB here) = 336 pages
how it fits:
cover ~89% green per TinEye, 336>317task: Option 3: Read a book that has a glass of beer on the cover
book: Five Little Pigs
how it fits:
pilsner glass approved hereother: **Claiming GO ticket for Five Little Pigs First published May 1, 1942
Points this post: 25
Total points: 425
Tasks completed: 23/61
BB: 0 / GO: 5 + 1 = 6 / IAF: 1
Amy B10.10 - World Bee day
In honour of the humble Bee, read a book where the Title AND Author name both contain the letter B
Boys Weekend by Mattie Lubchansky
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 390 Points
ROBIN P10.9 Beware the Ides of March
4-letter+ Title word found in phrase
What Cannot Be Said
SAID is in phrase (also WHAT)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 565
BB:2 GO:2 IAF:8
ROBIN P25.1 Robin P's Task: The Fab Four
Option 2 - Published or set in 1960's - Don't Forget to Write (listened to audio, linked pb) - GR description confirms set in 1960, date is mentioned multiple times in book
Option 4: MPG Essays, Short Stories, Letters, Anthology
Odd Partners: An Anthology - MPG Short Stories
Points this post: 25
Total points: 590
BB:2 GO:2 IAF:8
10.7 - Springtime in Paris
Read a book set at least 75% in France
In the Café of Lost Youth
New Points: 10
Total Points: 1060
Tickets as of this post: BB(6), GO(8), IaF(14)
15.8 - Readers Unite!
Read a book with a book on the cover.
The Unwritten, Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity
New Points: 15
Total Points: 1075
Tickets as of this post: BB(6), GO(8), IaF(14)
25.2 Tiens task - Kid's SportsBook 1: Check & Mate
How it fits: option 2 - MPG Young Adult
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 352 pages.
Book 2: The Husbands
How it fits: option 3 - 352 pages (paperback edition)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 160
25.6 - JennRenee's Task: 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.
Genre: Thriller
Book One: Read a book where all the letters of your genre appear in the title/subtitle/author name.
THE kILLings badgeR dRift
The Killings at Badger's Drift by Caroline Graham
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.
ThriLLer
These Little Lies by Gretta Mulrooney
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 210
25.12 - Shelby - A Birdish YearOption 1: Hope –
Read a book from the first 25 pages of the List: Books that Should be Made Into Movies
Required: State the page that your book is found on: page 16
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
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.
AcTor
Phineas Finn by Anthony Trollope
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 235
25.13 - Bookwrm526 - ConnectionsOption 3: Anagram animals - read a book with a word of at least three letters in the title that is an anagram of an animal.
shores = horses
Strange Shores by Arnaldur Indriðason
Option 4: Body parts - read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that contains a body part.
Earth contains Ear
The Last Town on Earth by Thomas Mullen
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 260
Delicious Dee10.10 - World Bee day
The Best We Could Do - Thi Bui - B in Best, B in Bui; claiming 1 its a fact ticket for non-fiction
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 635
Big Book Ticket: 1
Its a Fact: 6
Golden Oldie: 1
25.1 - RobinP task The Fab FourOption 1:
Read a book whose author has John, Paul, George or Richard as a name part.
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
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
Song: Getting Better
Word: Getting
Book: Never Ever Getting Back Together
Total Points: 120
Kathy KS30.7 - TessaVanessa’s Task: The Price is Right
Read two books, from two different options.
Option 1: COME ON DOWN: Read a book with a word of five letters or more that can be made from COME ON DOWN, YOU’RE THE NEXT CONTESTANT.
A Dance of Cloaks by David Dalglish
DANCE=... Down... ContEstANt
Option 2: PRICING GAMES: Read a book with a title, subtitle and/or author that includes all the letters in one of these games.
Game: DICE GAME
Oath and Honor: a Memoir and a Warning by Liz Cheney
DICE GAME=ChEnEy... Memoir anD a wArnInG
I listened to an audiobook; pb-372 p. (no mmpb)
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 265
Tasks completed: 12/61
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
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: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
AMANDA VA20.2 Rookie at the Top - JenJ IA's Task: LEGO Masters - Play Well, Read Well!
Option 4B: 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 Oleander Sword by Tasha Suri
Claiming one Big Book Ticket
Points for this task: 20
Total points : 180
Tasks completed: 8/62
Big Book tickets for this task: 1
Big Book tickets total: 3
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
Sarah E25.5 - Delicious Dee - Bee Hive Bookclub
Option 3: Author's first and last initials match DF
Everything Is Bad for You by David S. French - 160 pages
Non Fiction, claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket.
Option 4: African Literature list page 1
Homegoing
I read an ebook, MMP is No home - 480 pages
160 + 480 = 640 pages
Total Points: 170
Total NF: 4
Mai50.1 - Tammy AZ's Task: Exploration Through Reading
Option 3 - Flights of Fancy: Three books with each book having a MPG of Fantasy or Science Fiction.
Deep Storm by Lincoln Child
370 pages
Terminal Freeze by Lincoln Child
320 pages
Relic by Douglas Preston
480 pages
1170 pages total
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 385
Tasks Completed: 20
Books Read: 27
NF Tickets: 14
Golden Oldies: 1
Barbara ★25.12 - Shelby - A Birdish Year
Option 1: Read a book from the first 25 pages of the List: Books that Should be Made Into Movies
Wallbanger - Alice Clayton 4/26
(found on page 7)
Option 4: 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.
Where He Can't Find You - Darcy Coates 5/5
(D & C in proDuCer)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 502
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySpring 2024 SRC
25.2 Tiens task - Kid's Sports
Option 1: Swimming
Read a book where author's (first & last) initials are found in one of these swimming training aids: TRAINING FIN, KICKBOARD, PULLBUOY
Required: state initials & word used.
Elsewhere by Dean Koontz
author initials DK in KickboarD
Option 3: Crossfit
Read a book with page count that consists of with at least 2 of these numbers (0, 1, 2, 5). Numbers may not repeat.
Rubicons - 265 pages
Points this post: 25
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 275
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 2
It's a Fact Tickets: 3
Karen DTask 10.6 - Traitor
Book: If Something Happens to Me by Alex Finlay, finished 5/5
Alex Finlay is a pseudonym for Anthony Franze, per this article; https://carterwilsonsmakingitup.buzzs...
Points this task: 10
Total points: 685
MEGSCL5.2 What Goes Around...
Days of Awe: Stories - purchased at a second hand book sale
TOTAL
30 points
MEGSCL15.2 -It's A Match
Crimson Lake by Candice Fox
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code by Margalit Fox
**IT's A FACT
TOTAL
70 points - 1 IAF ticket
MEGSCL15.3 X's and O's
One book option - My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
TOTAL
85 points - 1 IAF ticket
Kai20.1 Most Improved - FLY's Task: Springing To Mind
OPTION 5
Read a book that features cleaning by either (a) being about someone who cleans for a living or (b) showing domestic cleaning supplies on the cover. (e.g. laundry detergent, mop, toilet brush, etc.)
The Wintringham Mystery by Anthony Berkeley
Main character becomes a footman (in GR description) and several scenes involve him cleaning.
New Points: 20
Tasks Competed: 14
Total Points: 245
25.5 The Bee Hive Book ClubOption 3: Dark Ride by Lou Berney 244 pages
Option 4: Murder in the Marais by Cara Black. This was on page 3 of the list. 354 pages
598 pages total
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 185
10.5 - Blankety Blank
Read a book with a 2 word title where both words start with the same letter.
Midwinter Murder: Fireside Tales from the Queen of Mystery
New Points: 10
Total Points: 1085
Tickets as of this post: BB(6), GO(8), IaF(14)
** Done! :) **
FLY Task #15.4 Category Is...
task: Option 2: Read one book that satisfies both requirements
book: Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: 1. title begins and ends with the same letter (A)
2. wheel spin: MPG = (Auto)Biography, this book is MPG Memoir, Biography, and Autobiography
other: **Claiming IAF ticket for nonfiction Memoir
Points this post: 15
Total points: 440
Tasks completed: 24/61
BB: 0 / GO: 6 / IAF: 1 + 1 = 2
Mod
15.1 - Here's the Question
Read 2 books, one book 1 and one book 2.
Book 1: Read a book with one of these words in the title.
WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN WHY HOW
Where the Forest Meets the Stars. Glendy Vanderah
Book 2: Read a book by an author whose initials (all) can be found in the word QUESTION
True Biz. Sara Nović
Points: 15
Total points: 710/1085
IAF - 9
GO - 1
Tasks - 35/61
Nick KY15.7 Let’s Break! A vacation is central to the story. I read Yes, Daddy by Jonathan Parks-Ramage. From the GR blurb: “When summer arrives, Richard invites his young lover for a spell at his sprawling estate in the Hamptons.”
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 930
5.10 All The Information Is On The TaskGearbreakers (Gearbreakers #1) by Zoe Hana Mikuta
Total this Post:5
Season Total: 465
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.4 Cat's Task: Books of Oceania
Option 1:
Book 1: The Quiet People by Paul Cleave.
Setting is: Christchurch, New Zealand
Book 2: Invitation to the Prince's Palace by Jennie Adams
She was born in New South Wales, Australia
Points this post: 30
Total points: 1015
Task completed: 58
Bookwrm526Task #25.10 - Keep On Rolling
Option 1: Read a book with a cover over 50% red OR over 50% white according to Tineye. I read Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood by Maureen Ryan, which is 59% red according to tin eye.
Option 4: Putting ME first. Read a book that has won an Audie Award in any category. I read The Naked Detective by Laurence Shames, which won the Audie Award for Mystery in 2001.
Total points so far: 580
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Season Total: 460