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SPRING CHALLENGE 2024
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JENNY H5.3 P-P-P-Pick Up A Penguin
Read a book that has been published as a Penguin Classic.
Un cœur simple --> link to Penguin Classics edition: A Simple Heart
*I'd like to claim a Golden Oldies ticket for this book since it was first published in 1877*
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 55
BB: 0
GO: 2
NF: 1
20.6 It's a Fact - Jammin Jenny's Task: TV Family FunOption 1: Leslie F*cking Jones
MPG Humor
Total points: 40
25.2 Tiens task - Kid's SportsOption 1: The Hollow by Agatha Christie
Author initials in KICKBOARD
Option 3: The Light Pirate - 352 pages
At least 2 of numbers 0, 1, 2, 5 in page count
Total points: 65
25.4: Nick KY’s Task: Nordic Noir Plus TenBook A: The Redbreast by Jo Nesbø
Book B: Nemesis by Jo Nesbø
Both of these books are set in Norway and written by an author born in Norway
Total points: 90
JENNY H20.2 Rookie at the Top - JenJ IA's Task: LEGO Masters - Play Well, Read Well!
Option 3: Read a book that is #4 or #5 in a series.
Gakuen Alice, Vol. 04
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 75
BB: 0
GO: 2
NF: 1
JENNY H25.3: KMarieD: What’s your favorite challenge type?
Option 2:
Category 1 – Read a book with at least 6 different colors on the cover according to TinEye. Harry Potter och hemligheternas kammare
46.8 %#616a5f Grey
12.2 %#4b8065 Green
12.1 %#cea641 Orange
11.2 %#964d3c Brown
11.1 %#b6945c Brown
4.2 %#f6f3f1 White
1.2 %#91a5b5 Grey
0.6 %#b92a3f Red
0.4 %#5f7d3a Green
0.3 %#188c55 Green
Harry Potter has MPG children but still fits the challenge:
IL: MY - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 14.0
Category 2 – Read a book with a musical instrument on the cover. The Pole
(it's a piano! One of the main characters is a pianist)Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 100
BB: 0
GO: 2
NF: 1
JENNY H5.1 Spring colours
Read a book whose cover contains a minimum of three distinct colours according to TinEye.
Gakuen Alice, Vol. 03
5 distinct colours60.9 %#a8404a Red
14.4 %#d09ea0 Pink
12.0 %#f2d4d2 Pink
4.5 %#52473d Grey
2.4 %#c4a089 Brown
1.8 %#d3a853 Brown
1.7 %#b47e51 Brown
1.2 %#f6df57 Yellow
0.9 %#7b5d46 Brown
0.3 %#c9a977 Brown
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 100
BB: 0
GO: 2
NF: 1
JENNY H20.7 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.
På kudde av gräs (MPG romance, #2 in series containing 7 primary works)
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 120
BB: 0
GO: 2
NF: 1
20.5 Bigger is Better - Lisa’s Task: Bowling For DollarsThe Lost City of the Monkey God
Option B
Douglas Preston
Duckpins and Dollars
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Nick KY20.10 Group Read. I read The Mystery of Easter Island by Katherine Routledge, the Group Read in the category Gutenberg Classic. My comment is Message 3 in the Group Read thread. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 950
ROBIN P30.7 TessaVanessa's Task: The Price is Right
Option 1 - 5+ letter word in title from phrase - COME ON DOWN, YOU'RE THE NEXT CONTESTANT
A Taste of Gold and Iron - TASTE is found in CONTESTANT
**Claiming 1 BB point - 512 pages
Option 4 - dog or cat on cover
Pork Pie Pandemonium -
Points this post: 30
Total points: 620
BB:3 GO:2 IAF:8
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20.1 Most Improved - FLY's Task: Springing To Mind
2. Read a nonfiction book with Main Page Genre of Biography, Science, or War. (Biography)
Queen of the Conqueror: The Life of Matilda, Wife of William I. Tracy Borman
Claiming 1 IAF ticket
Points: 20
Total points: 730/1085
IAF - 10
GO - 1
Tasks - 36/61
Kristen IA30.1 - Katrisa's Task: Spring Zodiac
This is a 2 book task. 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.
Option 1 - Pisces - February 19-March 20
Book 1: Read a book from a series with at least 12 published works.
A Share in Death by Deborah Crombie - 259 pages
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the MMPB edition.
Book 2: Read a book with the word MOON in the title (not subtitle).
A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus - 309 pages
IL: MG - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 9.0
309 + 259 = 568 pages total
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 215/1085
Tasks Completed: 16/61
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 3
Kristen IA5.3 P-P-P-Pick Up A Penguin
Read a book that has been published as a Penguin Classic according to this Wiki list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... OR where a Penguin Classics edition of the book exists on Goodreads.
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
IL: MG - BL: 8.0 - AR Pts: 7.0
***I claim 1 Golden Oldie Ticket - published in 1903***
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 220/1085
Tasks Completed: 17/61
BB: 0
GO: 1
NF: 3
Kristen IA20.8 Nickels and Dimes -Trishhartuk's Task: 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 EITHER “BOB MONKHOUSE” OR “BERNIE THE BOLT”.
Required: State the word - The word is THORNE
Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation by Stuart Gibbs
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 12.0
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 240/1085
Tasks Completed: 18/61
BB: 0
GO: 1
NF: 3
ROBIN P5.4 What's in a Name?
Author initials in CARL LINNAEUS
Everything I Never Told You - Celeste Ng
Points this post: 5
Total points: 625
BB:3 GO:2 IAF:8
Task 30.4 - Books of Oceaniaone book option = 500+ pages
read a book set 100% in Australia and written by an Australia (Australia listed as in Oceania)
Carpentaria by Alexis Wright
528 pages
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745 points
Task 50.1 - Exploration Through Reading750+ pages
option 3: read three books with MPG Science Fiction
Desperation in Death
432 pages
We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
299 pages
For We Are Many
320 pages
432+299+320 = 1051 pages
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795 points
Readerboard name: Mel S20.2 - LEGO Masters - Play Well, Read Well!
Option 3: Read a book that is #4 or #5 in a series. Whole numbers only.
City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
#4 in The Mortal Instruments series
This post: 20pts
This season: 630
Total books: 44
Total tasks: 36
Mod
Read a book with a 2 word title where both words start with the same letter.
read Cursed Cruise
points this post 10
total points 605
Mod
Option 2: Colors missing their first letter
read a book with a word of at least three letters in the title or subtitle that would spell the name of a color if you added a letter at the beginning of the word OR if you changed the letter at the beginning.
Color is Gold and changed G to T to make Told
read The Lies We Told
Option 4: Body parts - read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that contains a human body part. The word cannot just be the name of a body part
ARM is in FARM
read Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals
points this post 25
tota points 630
Task 15.8 - Readers Unite!book on a cover
Horrorstör
spins visible lying on the shelf on RHS
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810 points
Jen K30.2 - Susan A's Task: Word Search
Task 1: Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal
Word: MILK-- Mary robInette KowaL
Task 2: Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea by Sarah Pinsker
Name: SARAH-- SooneR or lAter fAlls tHe
*****
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 330
BB: 4
IAF: 3
Delicious Dee15.6 Rebirth, Renew, Refresh
Three Wicked Bears - shelved as retellings, retelling of goldielocks and the three bears
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 650
Big Book Ticket: 1
Its a Fact: 6
Golden Oldie: 1
Jen K20.4 Golden Oldies - Hannelore's Task: I Really Like This Bowl
Option 3: Lemon by Kwon Yeo-Sun
KY-- reallY liKe
*****
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 350
BB: 4
IAF: 3
Andy P.Task # 30.1 - Katrisa's Task: Spring Zodiac
Book 1.
read a book from a series with at least 12 published works
The Ghost Orchid by Jonathan Kellerman # 39 in Alex Delaware Series 304 p.
Book 2. Read a book with the word MOON in the title
The Cold Moon by Jeffery Deaver 416p.
304 + 418=720>500
Points this post: 30
Total points: 385
Karen DTask 25.2 Tiens task - Kid's Sports
Option 1: The Missing Witness by Allison Brennan, finished 4/30
Initials: AB
Word: KICKBOARD
Option 3: Poor Deer, finished 5/7
Has 240 pages
Points this task: 25
Total points: 710
Nick KY25.2 Tien’s Kidsports
Opt. a. Author’s inits are in the word PULLBUOY. I read Occultation and Other Stories by Laird Barron.
Opt. b. “New Adult” and “Sports” as GR main page genres. I read Not Your Pucking Girl by Sheridan Anne.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 975
Karen DTask 10.4 - The Adventure Game
Book: The Sisters Brothers, finished 5/7
Points this task: 10
Total points: 720
Barbara ★10.1 - Tick Tock
Read a book with a clock on the cover
The Fae Side of Forty - Jennifer L. Hart 5/7
Points this task: 10
Total points: 512
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
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25.6 - JennRenee's Task: Pick a Genre! Romance
Book One: Read a book where all the letters of your genre appear in the title/subtitle/author name.
Home Sweet Christmas. Susan Mallery
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. Letters can only be used as often as they appear.
Rules of Murder. Julianna Deering
Points: 25
Total points: 755/1085
IAF - 10
GO - 1
Tasks - 37/61
Delicious Dee25.10 - JenK's Task - Keep On Rolling
Option 3 - The Novice's Tale - THE Found in THE; NI found in Novice; LE found in Tale
Option 4 - Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers - won the 2024 Audie for Mystery
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 675
Big Book Ticket: 1
Its a Fact: 6
Golden Oldie: 1
LoraTask: 5.6 Tiger, Tiger
Book/Author: Claws / Dan Greenburg
How it fits:
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 470
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
Task 25.13 - Connectionsoption 3: word in title is anagram of an animal GOD = DOG
The Burning God
option 4: word in title is hiding a body part intact EAR in YEAR
One Year of Ugly
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835 points
Amy B30.2 - Susan A's Task: Word Search
This is a two book task.
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.
Required: State the word.
I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey by Izzeldin Abuelaish (Shall)
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.
Required: State the name part.
A Small Story about the Sky by Alberto Alvaro Ríos (Alberto)
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 420 Points
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.1 RobinP task The Fab Four
Option 1: Murder at the Hotel Hopeless by John Lekich
Option 3: Evidence of Love by John Bloom
LOVE is in the song: All you need is LOVE from the Magical Mystical Tour album
Points this post: 25
Total points: 1040
Task completed: 59
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Option 1 - Road Trip: Read three books that take place on the same continent but in different locations on the continent. Books can all be in the same country but must then be in different cities/towns as the point of the task is to travel.
read
book 1: Lie Until It's True setting is Colorado, US 320 pages
book 2: Home Is Where the Bodies Are setting is Wisconsin, US 256 pages
Book 3 The One That Got Away with Murder setting is Pennsylvania, US 384 pages
Point this post 50
total points 680
Bookwrm526Task #15.1 - Here's the Question
Book 1: Read a book with one of these words in the title: WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN WHY HOW. I chose WHERE and read Where There Was Fire by John Manuel Arias.
Book 2: Read a book by an author whose initials (all) can be found in the word QUESTION. I read Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor (AR Bookfinder IL: MG+).
Total points so far: 595
Bookwrm526Task #30.4 - Books of Oceania
Book 1: Read a book that is set (at least 70%) in one or more countries in Oceania, or is about one or more countries in Oceania (if Non-Fiction). I read Exiles by Jane Harper, set completely in Australia.
Book 2: Read a book that is written by an author born in a country in Oceania. I read Wild Hearts by Reina Torres, born in Hawaii according to the Goodreads author page.
Total points so far: 625
Karen DTask 30.2 - Susan A's Task: Word Search
Task 1: The Lies You Wrote by Brianna Labuskes, finished 5/8
Word: LIES
Task 2: Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See, finished 4/23
Name: Lisa
Points this task: 30
Total points: 750
Sarah E20.3 Best Review - Lucy-Bookworm's Task: Subtitles
How to Be a Renaissance Woman: The Untold History of Beauty and Female Creativity
I read an ebook, there are no MMP or PB editions, top hardcover is How to Be a Renaissance Woman: The Untold History of Beauty & Female Creativity
Non Fiction, claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket.
Total Points: 190
Total NF: 5
Sarah E30.5 - Truitt_T’s task: Match it Up!
Common word: WALL
Book 1: Non Fiction
I Leap Over the Wall
I read a kindle edition, top paperback - no MMP - is I Leap Over The Wall - 328 pages
Non Fiction, claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket.
Golden Oldie, first published 1949. Claiming 1 GO ticket.
Book 2: Fiction
The Hand on the Wall
I listened to an audio, top paperback - no MMP - is The Hand on the Wall - 384 pages
328 + 384 = 712 pages
Total Points: 220
Total NF: 6
Total GOs: 2
Andy P.Task # 30.3 - 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
Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King
b) Read a book where there is a word in the title that ends with a double vowel as in Teahupo’o
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
Points this post: 30
Total points; 415
Line5.2
read a book that is new-to-you but NOT bought new
i read Of Mice and Men which i borrowed from the library
points for this taskk: 5
total points: 10
books read: 2
tasks done: 2
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Option 1:
Book 1: Read a book with a title that contains at least one X
What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition
neXt
*** I claim an It's a Fact ticket
Book 2: Read a book with a single author that contains at least 2 O's in their name, first, last , or middle.
Diva by Daisy GOOdwin
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 160 + 15 = 175
Total Tasks Completed: 10
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 5 + 1 = 6
Kathy KS30.1 - Katrisa's Task: Spring Zodiac
read a book 1 and a book 2 for your chosen option. Total page count must be at least 500 pages.
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
[PHRASE]: “LOVER NOT A FIGHTER”.
Fear No Truth: A Faith McClellan Novel by Lyndee Walker
FEAR=... A FightER
pages: 330
Book 2: Read a book with an MPG of Religion.
Light from Heaven by Jan Karon
MPG: Religion (approved Task Help message 12)
pages: 384
Total pages: 330+384=714 (>500)
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Points for this task: 30
Total points : 295
Tasks completed: 13/61
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: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySpring 2024 SRC
20.4 Golden Oldies - Hannelore's Task: I Really Like This Bowl
Option 3: The Great Pottery Throw Down
Read a book where the first and last initials of the author(s) can be found in the quote “I REALLY LIKE THIS BOWL”. Letters may only be used as often as they appear. In case of multiple authors, all first and last initials must fit in the quote at the same time.
Agatha Christie: First Lady of Crime by H.R.F. Keating
H and K are in liKe tHis
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 295
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 2
It's a Fact Tickets: 3
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