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SPRING CHALLENGE 2024
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Amy O.30.7 TessaVanessa’s Task: The Price is Right
2 books
Option 1: book with a word of five letters or more that can be made from COME ON DOWN, YOU’RE THE NEXT CONTESTANT
Trans-Sister Radio - word is TRANS
Option 2: book with a title, subtitle and/or author that includes all the letters in DICE GAME
Darling, I'm Going to Charlie: A Memoir by Maryse Wolinski (DArlinG I'M going to ChArliE: a mEmoir)
I claim one It's a Fact ticket for Darling, I'm Going to Charlie: A Memoir
This task: 30 points
Total points: 90 points
Tasks completed: 3
It's a Fact: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book: 0
ROBIN P20.1 Most Improved - FLY's Task: Springing to Mind
Option 3 - Baby Animals - author initials in FUZZY YELLOW DUCKLINGS
The Singer from Memphis - Gary Corby GC in Ducklings
Points this post: 20
Total points: 645
BB:3 GO:2 IAF: 8
Kai20.3 Best Review Lucy-Bookworm: Subtitle
Read a book with a subtitle that has at least 6 words in it
Sleep Smarter: 21 Essential Strategies to Sleep Your Way to A Better Body, Better Health, and Bigger Success: A Longevity Book by Shawn Stevenson
New Points: 20
Tasks Competed: 16
Total Points: 290
Kai10.3 Dusty Bin
Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in DUSTY BIN
Trust by Domenico Starnone
New Points: 10
Tasks Competed: 17
Total Points: 300
Sanz20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lisa’s Task: Bowling For Dollars
Option C: Read a book where one of these Bowling For Dollars terms. Word chosen – SPARE
Book: The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
This book is 1,076 pages so I'd like to claim 3 BB points
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Point this post: 20
Total points: 60
IAF: 1
BB: 3
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
20.1 Most Improved - FLY's Task: Springing To MindOption 2: Days Without End
MPG War
Total points: 130
20.1 Most Improved - FLY's Task: Springing To Mind3. a book with ALL author initials in the phrase FUZZY YELLOW DUCKLINGS. Multiple authors are okay, as long as all the initials can be found in the phrase.
Ghost Cities by Siang Lu
author's initials, SL, found in fuzzy yeLlow ducklingS
Total this Post:20
Season Total: 615
Task 25.9 - Dance with Meoption 3: cowboy hat approved in help thread
Outlawed
option 4: set in Mexico per blurb
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895 points
Amy B30.3 - MAZZA1's task - Looking Forward to the Olympics
For this task you must read 2 books. Choose 1 option and read BOTH tasks for that option.
Required: State the option.
Option 5 - Marseille Marina and Teahupo’o, Tahiti
a) Read a book with a title of two or more words where the title words ALL start with the same letter.
Mary, Mary by James Patterson
b) Read a book where there is a word in the title that ends with a double vowel as in Teahupo’o
Bad Cree by Jessica Johns
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 545 Points
Amy B50.1 - Tammy AZ's Task: Exploration Through Reading
Select one of the options and read three books in that option. Your books must have a total page count of 750+ pages when combined and no kids/graphic novels allowed.
Required: State which option you used.
Option 2 - Intercontinental Travel: Read three books with each book being set on a different continent.
Required: If the settings are not obvious from the book description or GR metadata, provide a reference.
Lemon by Kwon Yeo-Sun (Korea in Asia) - 147 pages
Seven Steeples by Sara Baume (Ireland in Europe) - 181 pages
Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver (US in N America) - 436 pages
This Task: 50 Points
To Date: 595 Points
EMurphy20.9 Moderator's Pet-Marie-Anne's Task: Card Game Memories
Option 4: At least 3-word title where the first letter of every word can be found in HEARTS-DIAMONDS and the author's first and last initials are in HARTEN-RUITEN The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton
*It's a Fact Ticket
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Total:
Points: 290
Books Read: 20
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 7
Tasks Completed: 11
Karen D Task 15.9 I am beautifully different.
Book: Ginny Moon, finished 5/12
On page 1 of the: Autism in Fiction list
Points this task: 15
Total points: 805
Readerboard name: Mel S25.5 - Bee Hive Bookclub
Option 1: Read a book where BEE or HIVE can be found intact in the title (not subtitle).
Little Bee
271 pages
Option 2: Read a book by an author found on my Bee Hive shelf
Lessons in Chemistry
404 pages
Your minimum page count must exceed 500pgs: 675 pages total.
This post: 25pts
This season: 685pts
Total books: 48
Total tasks: 38
5.2 What Goes Around... March 18th is Global Recycling Day. In honour of this, read a book that is new-to-you but NOT bought new
Borrowed from my local library system and the book is new to me.
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 265
10.7 - Springtime in ParisRead a book set in France:
Paris (France), Le Havre (France), Normandy (France)
Pietr the Latvian by Georges Simenon
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 275
30.4 - Cat's Task: Books of OceaniaOption 2: One Book Option
Read one book of at least 500 pages that fits both criteria of Option 1: 520 pages
Book 1: Read a book that is set (at least 70%) in one or more countries in Oceania.
Book 2: Read a book that is written by an author born in a country in Oceania.
Set in and author born in Australia
Carpentaria by Alexis Wright
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 305
MAZZA115.10 Take A Mental Health Day
Read a Non-Fiction book with a MPG Mental Health/Mental Illness
The Gifts of Imperfection
MPG Mental Health
points this post = 15
Points to date = 880
Sarah Stewart
5.2 What Goes Around...read a book that is new-to-you but NOT bought new
Bought this book used from Thirftbooks
Points: 5
Total points: 90
5.2 What Goes Around...read a book that is new-to-you but NOT bought new
Bought this book used from Thirftbooks
Points: 5
Total points: 90
Julia10320.6 It's a Fact - Jammin Jenny's Task: TV Family Fun
Option 1: One Dog Night
(MPG Humor)
This post: 20 points
Total points: 510
BB: 6
GO: 1
NF: 3
Tasks completed: 26
Books read: 35
Angela IL15.10 Take A Mental Health Day
Read a Non-Fiction book with a MPG Mental Health/Mental Illness
Give Me Space but Don't Go Far: My Unlikely Friendship with Anxiety by Haley Weaver-5/12
Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 325
Books Read: 21
Tasks Completed: 14
Angela IL30.2 - Susan A's Task: Word Search
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.
Friends Like These by Kimberly McCreight-4/9
Read via Kindle/No MMPB/PB link: Friends Like These
Word: LIKE
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.
The Ghostwriter by A.R. Torres-5/12
Name: TORRES
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 355
Books Read: 23
Tasks Completed: 15
25.6 - JennRenee's Task: Pick a Genre!Genre Picked: Fantasy
Book 1: Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
Fantasy- oF Smoke lAiNi TAYlor
Book 2: The Final Strife
FanTaSy
***Requesting 1 BB ticket @ 640 pages***
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 475
BB: 8
IAF: 5
Jen K25.1 - RobinP task The Fab Four
Option 3:When We Were Birds
Word: WHEN Song: When I'm Sixty-Four (Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band)
Option 4: I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death
MPG Essays
*** Requesting 1 IAF ticket for nonfiction***
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 500
BB: 8
IAF: 6
Task 15.3 X's and O'sOption 1. Read two books, one book 1 and one book 2:
Book 1: Read a book with a title that contains at least one X
eXtinction
The Tusks of Extinction (2024) by Ray Nayler (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover 101 pages)
Book 2: Read a book with a single author that contains at least 2 O's in their name, first, last , or middle.
kelly rObsOn
Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach (2018) by Kelly Robson (Goodreads Author) (Paperback 232 pages)
230 + 15 = 245
Tasks Completed: 11
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 230 + 15 = 245
Books read: 18
Pages read: 5,120
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 14
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 02
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Barbara ★25.7 - Lora - Happy St. Patrick's Day
Option 1: Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% green according to TinEye AND has minimum 317 pages.
The Alpine Xanadu - Mary Daheim 5/12
(319 pages)(63.3% green)
Option 2: Read a book written by an author born in Ireland. If there are multiple authors, all must be born in Ireland.
Read a book that is on the first 15 pages of the Ireland Books list
Scandal in Skibbereen - Sheila Connolly 5/7
(found on page 8)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 580
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Barbara ★15.8 - Readers Unite!
Read a book with a book featured on the cover.
The Boardwalk Bookshop - Susan Mallery 5/11
Points this task: 15
Total points: 595
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Task 20.3 Lucy-Bookworm's Task: SubtitlesRead a book with a subtitle that has at least 6 words in it.
The Milkman's Son: A Memoir of Family History, a DNA Mystery, and a Story of Paternal Love (2020) by Randy Lindsay (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover 250 pages) [306.874]
** The Milkman's Son: A Memoir of Family History, a DNA Mystery, and a Story of Paternal Love is an It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction) Book**
245 + 20 = 265
Tasks Completed: 12
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 245 + 20 = 265
Books read: 19
Pages read: 5,370
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 15
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 03
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Shelby
5.2 What Goes Around...
Read a book that is new-to-you but NOT bought new : Shades of Wicked
How Fits: Borrowed from the library
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.5 Welcome, Watchers of Illusion
Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion
The word is HEART
Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket
Totals
Points: 200
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 7
Total Tasks Completed: 13
Total Books Completed: 16 ...more
Readerboard Name: Kathy P15.7 Let's Break!
Too Good to Be Real
Totals
Points: 215
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 7
Total Tasks Completed: 14
Total Books Completed: 17
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Lois' Task: The Dating Game
Every Day
Book is #1 in series
Totals
Points: 235
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 7
Total Tasks Completed: 15
Total Books Completed: 18
JenJ IAREMOVE post #10 - 15.5 Survey Says
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
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Points This Post: -15
Total Points: 255/1085
Tasks Completed: 16/61
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 4
JenJ IA10.9 - 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 - RISE
Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame by Olivia Ford
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 265/1085
Tasks Completed: 17/61
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 4
JenJ IA15.5 Survey Says
Read a book that has won or been nominated for Goodreads Choice Awards
link: https://www.goodreads.com/choiceaward...
Required: State the category and year for the winner or nomination. - 2014 Best Fiction nominee
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 280/1085
Tasks Completed: 18/61
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 4
MEGSCL25.5 - Delicious Dee - Bee Hive Bookclub
Option 3: Earthlings (SM)
Option 4: African Lit p2 The Old Drift
**576 pp - big book ticket
TOTAL
110 points - 1 IAF ticket - 1 BB ticket
MEGSCL25.3: KMarieD: What’s your favorite challenge type?
Option 2 - 1 book
Piano on cover. Tineye: orange, pink, blue, brown, violet, black
*512pp - big book ticket
TOTAL
135 points - 1 IAF ticket - 2 BB tickets
JenJ IA25.13 - Bookwrm526 - Connections
This is a two book task, please read one book from two different options.
Option 2: 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.
REQUIRED: State the word from the title/subtitle and how you modified it to make a color. - GLUE => BLUE
Glitter and Glue by Kelly Corrigan
*****I claim 1 It's A Fact ticket*****
Option 4: Body parts - Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that contains a human body part.
REQUIRED: State the word from the title/subtitle and the body part it contains - SLIP => LIP
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 305/1085
Tasks Completed: 19/61
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 5
MEGSCL25.7 - Lora - Happy St. Patrick's Day
Option 1 -
Option 2a - TransAtlantic by Colum McCann
TOTAL
160 points - 1 IAF ticket - 2 BB tickets
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySpring 2024 SRC
25.7 - Lora - Happy St. Patrick's Day
Option 1: Wearin' of the Green
Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% green according to TinEye AND has minimum 317 pages.
Required: post the cover.
- 93% green, 392 pages, non-fiction claiming 1 It's a Fact TicketOption 2: Ireland
Read a book written by an author born in Ireland. If there are multiple authors, all must be born in Ireland.
Read a book that is on the first 15 pages of the Ireland Books list
Required: state the page.
The Picture of Dorian Gray on page 1 of list, 272 pages; initially published in 1890, claiming 1 GO ticket
Total pages: 392+272=664 pages
Points this post: 25
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 1
It's a Fact Tickets: 1
Total Points: 330
BB Tickets: 3
GO Tickets: 3
It's a Fact Tickets: 4
FLY Task #30.2 - Susan A's Task: Word Search
task 1: Read a book that has a four letter or more word in the title that can be made from the author's name.
book: All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: HERE can be made from As(h)l(e)y Flow(er)s
task 2: Use the letters in the title to spell the author's first or last name.
book: Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: CHRISTIE in Hercul(e) Po(i)rot's (Christ)mas
other: **Claiming GO ticket for Hercule Poirot's Christmas First published December 19, 1938
Points this post: 30
Total points: 495
Tasks completed: 26/61
BB: 0 / GO: 6 + 1 = 7 / IAF: 2
Amy B25.1 - RobinP task The Fab Four
Read 2 books from 2 different options.
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 – words must match exactly
REQUIRED: State the name of the song & the word
The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra (Love in All You Need is Love)
Option 4: Read a book that has one of the following as MPG: Essays, Short Stories, Letters, or Anthology/Anthologies.
Shut Up You're Pretty by Téa Mutonji
This Task: 25 Points
To Date: 620 Points
Amy FL5.9 What is the Seasonal Reading Challenge?
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? - ? at end of title
Points this post: 5
Total points: 950
Amy FL20.6 It's a Fact - Jammin Jenny's Task: TV Family Fun
Option 1: All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business - MPG Humor
Points this post: 20
Total points: 970
Nick KY20.2 JenJ IA’s Legos
Opt. 4. b. Three word title. Each word contains a letter from the word before it. I read The Happy Couple by Naoise Dolan. “The” and “Happy” contain an “H.” “Happy” and “Couple” contain a “P.”
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 1040
Nick KY20.4 Hannahlore’s Bowl
Opt. 3. Author’s initials in “i Really Like thiS bowl.” I read The End of the House of Lancaster by R.L. Storey.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 1060
Amy FL25.9 Chris MD - Dance with Me
Option 1: Three-Edged Sword - Riley Wolfe #3
Option 4: Solito - set more than 75% in El Salvador and Mexico (approved in message 2 for this task)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 1015
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30.1 - Katrisa's Task: Spring Zodiac
Option 3:
Book 1: The Rise & Fall of Great Powers
The word is GREAT
The phrase is “LOVER NOT A FIGHTER”
Pages: 384
Book 2:
Faith: A Journey For All
Pages: 179
Claiming 1 It's a Fact Tickets for Faith: A Journey For All
Totals
Points: 125
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 7
Total Tasks Completed: 12
Total Books Completed: 15