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SPRING CHALLENGE 2024
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Barbara ★10.4 - The Adventure Game
Read a book with MPG Adventure OR the word Adventure or GAME in the title. (plurals & possessives allowed but no other variation)
The Conference of the Birds - Ransom Riggs 5/8
(has MPG adventure)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 525
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Bookwrm526Task #10.6 - Traitor
Read a book written under a pseudonym (somebody who isn't who they claim to be!). I read Carbs & Cadavers by J.B. Stanley, which is a pseudonym of Ellery Adams.
Total points so far: 635
LoraTask: 5.10 All The Information Is On The Task
Book/Author: The Cookie Crumbles / Jan Fields
How it fits: book of choice
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 475
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 20.9 Card Game MemoriesOption 3 - 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. The series must be apparent in greyscale on the Goodreads book page.
#4 of Series
Published in 2016
Shoot (Valentino #4) (2016) by Loren D. Estleman (Hardcover 240 pages)
185 + 20 = 205
Tasks Completed: 09
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 185 + 20 = 205
Books read: 14
Pages read: 4,139
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 10
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
25.5 - Delicious Dee - Bee Hive BookclubOption 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
First & Last initials: SD
The Queen of Blood (The Queens of Renthia #1) (2016) by Sarah Beth Durst (Goodreads Author) (Mass Market Paperback 388 pages)
Option 4: Read a book that can be found on the first 25 pages of either African Literature or France lists
REQUIRED: state the list & page you found the book on.
On May 08, 2024:
List: African literature
Page: ONE
Stay with Me (2017) by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover 260 pages)
Total Page count: 388 + 260 = 648 > 501
205 + 25 = 230
Tasks Completed: 10
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 205 + 25 = 230
Books read: 16
Pages read: 4,787
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 12
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
30.1 - Katrisa's Task: Spring ZodiacOption 1 -
Book 1: read a book from a series with at least 12 published works
Wyrd Sisters (Discworld #6) by Terry Pratchett
265 pages
Book 2: Read a book with the word MOON in the title (not subtitle).
Murder at Half Moon Gate (Wrexford & Sloane #2) by Andrea Penrose
368 pages
Total pages read: 633
Total this Post:30
Season Total: 495
Task 15.9 - I Am Beautifully Different.on p1 of Autism in Fiction (#56)
Act Your Age, Eve Brown
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850 points
Nick KY25.3 KMarieD’s Challenge Types
Option 1 – Using a phrase to spell title words or contain author initials,
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 (Apostrophe's can be ignored). I read Hamlet by William Shakespeare:
HA from pHrAse
M from froM
LET from TitLE
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. I read Daughters of the Vicar by D.H. Lawrence:
D in “containeD’
H in “autHor”
L in “initiaLs”
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 1000
Nick KY20.7 Lois’ Dating Game. I read Lost and Fondue by Avery Aames, “Romance” as GR genre and # 2 (of 7) in the “Cheese Shop Mystery Series.”
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 1020
Joanne MI20.1 Most Improved
Option 1 A books with MPG of Science, Biography
Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World
(this book has both as MPG)
Claiming 1 IAF
Points this task 20
IAF this post 1
Season Total 270
IAF 6
BB's 2
trishhartuk25.9 Chris MD’s Task: Dance with Me
Option 1: Waltz - Read a book that is either #1, 2, or 3 in a series that has at least three books.
Morgue Drawer Next Door (Pascha #2), Jutta Profijt
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (296pg)
The series has five primary works: https://www.goodreads.com/series/8754...
Option 3: Country Two-Step - Read a book with a cowboy hat on the cover.
The Longmire Defense, Craig Johnson
I read the British kindle edition, which was okayed in Help Thread message #28: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Top HB (no PB): here (368pg). This one also has a cowboy hat, but it's less obvious (you can see it in the O of Johnson).
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 485
Tasks Completed:29
It’s a Fact Tickets: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Line5.3
Read a book that has been published as a Penguin Classic
i read The Age of Innocence which is on the wiki list
points for this task: 5
total points: 15
books read; 3
tasks done: 3
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.7 Lora - Happy St. Patrick's Day
Option 1:
by David R. Boyd320 pages
Option 2: Galway Confidential: A Jack Taylor Mystery by Ken Bruen
Author was born in Galway, Ireland.
264 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 1065
Task completed: 60
Jen K30.3 - MAZZA1's task - Looking Forward to the Olympics
Option 4 - Palace Of Versailles
a) It's Not About the Burqa
***Claiming 1 IAF for nonfiction***
b) Timeless
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 380
BB: 4
IAF: 4
Jen K20.9 Moderators Pet - Marie-Anne's Task: Card Game Memories
Option 3 - The black suits: Ship of Magic
The Liveship Traders #1, published 1998
***Claiming 2 BB tickets @ 880 pages***
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 400
BB: 6
IAF: 4
Sarah E15.9 I am beautifully different.
Stories about Individuals with Disabilities list, page 5, currently #432
She Who Became the Sun
I read a kindle edition, MMP is She Who Became the Sun
Total Points: 235
Sarah E25.3: KMarieD: What’s your favorite challenge type?
Option 1: One book
He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan
WORLD found in TITLE WORD
Author initials SP found in PHRASE
I read a kindle edition, MMP is Тот, кто утопил мир - 576 pages
Big Book, 576 pages. Claiming 1 BB ticket.
Total Points: 260
Total BBs: 1
Christine V5.2 What Goes Around...
The Royal Succession
I borrowed this book from the library.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 145
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)
It's A Fact: 3
Amy B20.2 Rookie at the Top - JenJ IA's Task: LEGO Masters - Play Well, Read Well!
This is a one book task. Select a book for one of the options below.
REQUIRED: State which option you chose.
Option 4: Choose one of the following, a or b
Required: State the option
b) 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 Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 440 Points
FLY Task #25.5 - Delicious Dee - Bee Hive Bookclub
task: Option 2: Read a book by an author found on my Bee Hive shelf
book: Bel Canto
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here) - 318 pages
how it fits: this book is found on Dee's Bee Hive shelf
task: Option 3: Read a book where the authors first & last initials match a member in my sub-hive.
book: The Witchling Apprentice
(my version is kindle, no MMPB, first PB here) - 204 pages
how it fits: author B. Kristin McMichael initials BM
other:
500+ minimum page count: 318 + 204 > 500
Points this post: 25
Total points: 465
Tasks completed: 25/61
BB: 0 / GO: 6 / IAF: 2
Kathy KS25.4: Nick KY’s Task: Nordic Noir Plus Ten
The task is for 2 books that total 500 pages or more.
Book A: Read a book set primarily (at least 50%) in a Nordic country or written by a single Nordic author (by birth or by residence).
The Land of Dreams by Vidar Sundstøl
How it fits: Author born and lives in Norway
284 pages
Book B: Read a book that is connected to Book A in one of the following ways:
2. By setting -- Book B is set at least 50% in the same country as Book A.
The Late Show by Michael Connelly
How it fits: Both Book A & B are set in the USA (Minnesota/California) (Approved in Task Help message 12)
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb=480 p.
Total pages: 284+480=764 (>500)
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Points for this task: 25
Total points : 320
Tasks completed: 14/61
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
Karen DTask 10.7 - Springtime in Paris
Book: The Catacombs, finished 5/9
Points this task: 10
Total points: 760
Lisa MD30.7 - TessaVanessa’s Task: The Price is Right
Option 1: Title Word in COME ON DOWN YOU'RE THE NEXT CONTESTANT
The Women by Kristin Hannah
480 pgs
Title Word: WOMEN in cOME on doWN you're the next contestant
Option 2: Contains all the letters of BONKERS in title/author
Nightwork by Nora Roberts
437 pgs
nightworK Nora ROBErtS
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 340 / 1100
Total Books Read: 27
Total Tasks Completed: 22 / 61
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 5
Lisa MD5.2 = What Goes Around…
Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day!: Daily Meditations for the Ups, Downs & In-Betweens by Kate Bowler
240 pgs
Borrowed from the library
I claim an IAF ticket
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 345 / 1100
Total Books Read: 28
Total Tasks Completed: 23 / 61
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 6
Bookwrm526Task #10.4 - The Adventure Game
Read a book with MPG Adventure OR the word Adventure or GAME in the title. I used the title option, target word GAME and read The Family Game by Catherine Steadman.
Total points so far: 645
Lisa MD15.6 - Rebirth, Renew, Refresh
Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler
240 pgs
Retelling of The Taming of the Shrew
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 360 / 1100
Total Books Read: 29
Total Tasks Completed: 24 / 61
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 6
LoraTask: 30.7 - TessaVanessa’s Task: The Price is Right, using Options 2 and 4
Book 1:
Book/Author: Once Upon a Seaside Murder / Maggie Blackburn
How it fits: word is BONKERS; ONcE upon a Seaside muRder, maggie BlacKburn
Book 2:
Book/Author: A Midnight Clear / Libby Howard
How it fits: cat on the cover
Points for this task: 30
Total points: 505
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
30.6 - Amy FL’s task: The Chase is OnOption 1: Read a book written by an author whose name matches one of these geniuses.
The Barrow (The Barrow #1) by Mark Smylie
author's first name, Mark, matches "Mark Labbett"
587 pages
Option 4: Read a book written by a single female author whose first and last name begin with the same letter
A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon
868 pages
Total pages read: 1,455
Total this Post:30
Season Total: 525
Amy B10.9 - Beware the Ides of March
Read a book with a title word of four letters or more that can be made from the letters in BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH. Letters may be used only as often as they appear.
REQUIRED: State the word
Bad Marie by Marcy Dermansky (Marie)
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 450 Points
Amy B20.1 Most Improved - FLY's Task: Springing To Mind
This is a one book task, choose an option and read one book for that option.
Required: State the option.
3. Find a book with ALL author initials in the phrase FUZZY YELLOW DUCKLINGS.
The Future by Catherine Leroux
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 470 Points
Amy B20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lisa’s Task: Bowling For Dollars
Pick one option and read a book to satisfy that option.
Required: State the option
Option A: Read a book where the letters “WBAL” can be found in the title and/or author’s name.
After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 490 Points
Mod
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.
read The Stepford Wives found on page 4
points this post 5
total points 715
Boston Kate
10.10 World Bee Day
Zenobia July by Lisa Bunker
both title and author's name contain the letter B
Points this post: 10
Total points: 50
Amy B25.2 Tiens task - Kid's Sports
This is a two-book task. Please select one book from two different options.
REQUIRED: State the option
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
Letters can only be used as they appear in the word.
Required: state initials & word used.
The Double Life of Benson Yu by Kevin Chong (KC 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.
Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space by Amanda Leduc (253 pages)
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 515 Points
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.
read Daughter of Mine
by mEgan MIraNda
the word mine can be found in authors name
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.
read The Ghostwriter
by A.R. Torre
TORRE can be found in ghOsTwRitER
points tis post 30
total points 745
Mod
Option 1: Read a book written by an author whose name matches one of these geniuses used James Holzhauer
read Murder Thy Neighbor by James Patterson
Option 4: Read a book written by a single female author whose first and last name begin with the same letter
read Almost Surely Dead
by Amina Akhtar
points this post 30
total points 775
gangee 5.2 recycleA Death in Door County by Annelise Ryan
I got the book from Thriftbooks online.
Points 5
total 10
Delicious DeeUNCLAIM
5.4 What's In A Name?
Not That Kind of Ever After - Luci Adams - LA found in CARL LINNAEUS
Delicious Dee10.2 - Pointless
Not That Kind of Ever After - book is 400pgs
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 680
Big Book Ticket: 1
Its a Fact: 6
Golden Oldie: 1
Delicious Dee5.4 What's In A Name?
The Dragon's Promise- Elizabeth Lim - EL found in CARL LINNAEUS
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 685
Big Book Ticket: 1
Its a Fact: 6
Golden Oldie: 1
Delicious Dee5.10 All The Information Is On The Task
The Last Party
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 690
Big Book Ticket: 1
Its a Fact: 6
Golden Oldie: 1
trishhartuk25.3 KMarieD: What’s your favorite challenge type?
Option 1
Category 1 – TITLE WORD SPELLED FROM PHRASE.
For Whom the Minivan Rolls, Jeffrey Cohen
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (272pg)
ROLLS: R, O in wORd, S, L, L in SpeLLed
Category 2 - AUTHOR INITIALS CONTAINED IN PHRASE.
Erosion, Lucya Starza
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (176pg)
initiaLS
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 510
Tasks Completed:30
It’s a Fact Tickets: 2
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.10 Group Reads
Code Name Hélène by Ariel Lawhon
Discussion Post #9
Points this post: 20
Total points: 1085
Task completed: 61
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySpring 2024 SRC
10.4 - The Adventure Game
Read a book with MPG Adventure OR the word Adventure or GAME in the title
REQUIRED: State whether you have used the MPG or Title word option
I have used the MPG option
Wizard and Glass - MPG Adventure
I listened to the audio version, the MMPB version is 702 pages, claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this post: 10
BB Tickets: 1
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 305
BB Tickets: 3
GO Tickets: 2
It's a Fact Tickets: 3
Angela IL25.5 - Delicious Dee - Bee Hive Bookclub
Option 3: Read a book where the authors first & last initials match a member in my sub-hive: KS, SM, JG, LW, KV, LM, LB, BM, AS, SD, DF
Secrets to Happiness by Sarah Dunn-5/5
Option 4: Read a book that can be found on the first 25 pages of either African Literature or France lists
How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue-5/7
African Literature/ on page 2
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 310
Books Read: 20
Tasks Completed: 13
Barbara ★30.4 - Cat's Task: Books of Oceania
Book 1: Read a book that is set (at least 70%) in one or more countries in Oceania
Rock Hard - Nalini Singh 5/10
(set 100% in New Zealand)
Book 2: Read a book that is written by an author born in a country in Oceania.
Outback Spirit - Nicole R. Taylor 4/30
(author is an Australian)
Points this task: 30
Total points: 555
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Readerboard name: Mel S30.6 - The Chase is On
Option 1: Read a book written by an author whose name matches one of these geniuses: Mark Labbett - Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Option 4: Read a book written by a single female author whose first and last name begin with the same letter: Cassandra Clare
City of Lost Souls
*Claim one Big Book Ticket: City of Lost Souls has 535pgs
This post: 30pts
This season: 660pts
Total books: 46
Total tasks: 37
5.3 P-P-P-Pick Up A PenguinI read Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë.
This book is on the Wiki list of Penguin classics.
*Claiming one Golden Oldies ticket, published in 1847*
*Claiming one Big Book ticket, with 542 pages*
Points this task: 5
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Totals:
Points: 105
Task completed: 8
Big Book tickets total: 2
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact tickets total: 4
Amy FL15.2 -It's A Match
Book 1: The Fireman by Joe Hill
Book 2: After the Fire by Will Hill
Both authors have the same last name: HILL
Points this post: 15
Total points: 870
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10.8 - Spring Forward
Read the next book in a series that you've already started. Half-numbers (eg #1.5) will work as long as they are next in the series.
The book must be new to you, and the series name must be noted in grey parenthesis under book title.
Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight. Janet Evanovich
This book is new to me, and I've previously read
Fortune and Glory (Stephanie Plum, #27)
Points: 10
Total points: 765/1085
IAF - 10
GO - 1
Tasks - 38/61