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SPRING CHALLENGE 2024
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Truitt_T5.2 - What Goes Around...
Task: New to me, not bought new
Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater
Paperback edition: Half a Soul
Ebook library loan
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 10 / 1085
Truitt_T5.3 - P-P-P-Pick Up A Penguin
Task: Book published as a Penguin Classic
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady by Anita Loos
MMPB: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Book is on the wiki list provided.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 15 / 1085
Truitt_T5.4 - What's in a Name?
Task: Author initials in CARL LINNAEUS.
Hither, Page by Cat Sebastian
Paperback edition: Hither, Page
Carl linnaeuS
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 20 / 1085
Truitt_T5.5 - Welcome, Watchers of Illusion
Task: Title word from KNIGHTMARE
Outrun the Rain by N.R. Walker
Paperback edition: Outrun the Rain
Rain: kNIghtmARe
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 25 / 1085
Amy O.25.6 - JennRenee's Task: Pick a Genre!
Genre: Historical Fiction
Book 1: all letters of HISTORICAL appear in title/subtitle/author name
Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian (HOuR of The wItCh, chriS bohjALIan)
Book 2: first letter of every word in title can be found in genre name, title of at least three words
A Christmas Case
Both books have MPG Historical Fiction
This task: 25 points
Total points: 145 points
Tasks completed: 5
Amy O.20.4 Golden Oldies - Hannelore's Task: I Really Like This Bowl
Option 2: book with at least 3 flowers visible on cover
Murder in a Chelsea Garden, by L.B. HathawayThis task: 20 points
Total points: 165 points
Tasks completed: 6
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySpring 2024 SRC
20.3 Best Review - Lucy-Bookworm's Task: Subtitles
Read a book with a subtitle that has at least 6 words in it.
How to Forage for Mushrooms without Dying: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Identifying 29 Wild, Edible Mushrooms, non-fiction book claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 1
Total Points: 350
BB Tickets: 3
GO Tickets: 3
It's a Fact Tickets: 5
Readerboard name: Mel S25.4 - Nordic Noir Plus Ten
Book A: Read a book set primarily (at least 50%) in a Nordic country: Iceland
Ice Land by Betsy Tobin
Book B: Read a book that is connected to Book A in one of the following ways: 3. By year of first edition: both first published in 2008
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan
**Claim one "It's a Fact" Ticket for "In Defense of Food"
This post: 25pts
This season: 710pts
Total books: 50
Total tasks: 39
Mod
Andy P.Task # 15.4 Category Is...
Option 2: Read one book that satisfies the requirements for both books of Option 1.
Category Same Name: Read a book with an author that shares a first or last name with one these hosts, ROB ELLIOTT,
Spin the wheel: https://wheelofnames.com/fep-n25 and read a book with the corresponding MPG Romance
The Last Sister by Kendra Elliot
Points this post: 15
Total points 430
Please disregard this posr, Author's name does not match
Lisa MD30.1 - Katrisa's Task: Spring Zodiac
Option 1:
Book A: From a series of at least 12 books
Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child
542 pgs
I claim a BB ticket
Series: Jack Reacher (#13)
Book B: "Moon" in Title
Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls
368 pgs
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 390 / 1100
Total Books Read: 31
Total Tasks Completed: 25 / 61
Big Book Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 6
JEN B20.4 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”.
Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth
SH in tHiS
TOTAL POINTS: 205
trishhartuk30.5 Truitt_T’s task: Match it Up!
Read two books with an identical 4 or more letter word in the title or subtitle.
The word is Garden
The Year of Sitting Dangerously: My Garden Safari, Simon Barnes
Read the kindle edition (which has the subtitle). Top PB: here (352pg)
It's a fact: MPGs: Nature, Memoir, Birds, Nonfiction
Gossip in the Garden, Kathi Daley
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (223pg)
Total pages: 352 + 223 = 575pg
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
It’s a Fact: 1 – The Year of Sitting Dangerously is Nonfiction
Total Points: 540
Tasks Completed:30
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
15.3 X's and O'sRequired ~ Option 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
Exiles by Jane HarperRead ~ 5.11.24
Pages ~ 356
Requirement ~ e(X)iles
Book 2: Read a book with a single author that contains at least 2 O's in their name, first, last , or middle.
Birnam Wood by Eleanor CattonRead ~ 3.26.24
Pages ~ 432
Required ~ elean(O)r catt(O)n
Task Points ~ 15
Task Pages ~ 788
Total Points ~ 395
20.6 TV Family FunPick one of the following options:
A graphic novel/comic book can be used (and is encouraged) for this task as long as it is 200+ pages.
Required: State the option.
Option 1: Password
Read a book with MPG humor
The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs by Alexander McCall SmithRead ~ 5.8.24
Pages ~ 144
Required ~ Humor as MPG #2
Task Points ~ 20
Task Pages ~ 144
Total Points ~ 415
Shelby
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.: Wicked All Night
How Fits: MPG - Romance / Series -#3 out of 3 books in the Night Rebel Series
Points this post: 20
Total points: 475
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
LaureY5.10 All The Information Is On The Task
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
The Secret Lives of Colour by Kassia St Clair
Points this post: 5 points
Total points: 190
LaureY15.8 Readers Unite!
Read a book with a book featured on the cover.
by Travis BaltreePoints this post: 15
Total points: 205
LaureY20.6 It's a Fact - Jammin Jenny's Task: TV Family Fun
Option 4: Read a book that has an author with a first or last name of one of the panel members from this list (they need to be on at least 20 episodes). The name must match exactly but position does not matter.
The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks by Mackenzie Lee
Name: Lee Wetherer
*I claim a Big Book Ticket: 580 pages*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 225
Total BB tickets: 5
Readerboard name: D20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lisa’s Task: Bowling For Dollars
I chose Option B: author’s first and last initial can be found in “Bowling For Dollars” RR
The Saint Zita Society by Ruth Rendell RR
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
Mod
Read a book where the title contains a word of four letters or more that can be made from the letters in KNIGHTMARE. Letters may be used only as often as they appear.
wrod is make
read Make Her Pay
points this post 5
total points 780
Mod
read a book that features a tiger on the cover. This must clearly be a tiger (not a domestic Bengal cat) with stripes visible.
read
points this post 5
total points 785
Mod
As the show takes its name from espionage jargon, read a book with an MPG of Espionage or Spy Thriller.
Mystery
Fiction
Cozy Mystery
Adventure
Humor
Audiobook
Mystery Thriller
Thriller
Espionage
Suspense
points this post 5
total points 790
Mod
Read a book with a page count containing two or more zeros
read
400 pages, Paperbackpoints this post 10
total points 800
Mod
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
word is ROAD
read
points this post 10
total points 810
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Lois' Task: The Dating GameRead a book with MPG Romance that is #1, #2, or #3 in a series that has at least 3 published books in the series.
Sweep in Peace #2 of The Innkeeper Series
New Points: 20
Total Points: 320
BB: 1
IaF: 5
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySpring 2024 SRC
5.9 What is the Seasonal Reading Challenge?
Read a book with ! Or ? In the title or subtitle. e.g. Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions by James Randi , What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe
Do You Feel Like I Do?: A Memoir
Points this post: 5
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 355
BB Tickets: 3
GO Tickets: 3
It's a Fact Tickets: 5
Amy FL20.2 Rookie at the Top - JenJ IA's Task: LEGO Masters - Play Well, Read Well!
Option 1: Harry's Trees by Jon Cohen - initials JC are in the cast list
Points this post: 20
Total points: 1035
Amy FL25.8 - MEGSCL - Learning to read
Option 1: Go as a River by Shelley Read - author's first name starts with S
Option 2: In the End - all title words have 3 letters or fewer
Points this post: 25
Total points: 1060
Amy FL25.12 - Shelby - A Birdish Year
Option 2: Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall- Evelyn and Nancy both become pregnant
Option 4: Swept Away by Robyn Carr - RC in pRoduCer
Points this post: 25
Total points: 1085
Done! Thanks, mods, for your hard work and dedication.
Truitt_T5.6 - Tiger, Tiger
Task: Tiger on cover
No Beast So Fierce: The Terrifying True Story of the Champawat Tiger, the Deadliest Man-Eater in History by Dane Huckelbridge
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 30 / 1085
Truitt_T5.9 - What is the Seasonal Reading Challenge?
Task: ! or ? in title
¡Hola Papi!: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons by John Paul Brammer
Paperback: Hola Papi: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons
! in title
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 35 / 1085
Truitt_T10.3 - Duty Bin
Task: Author initials in DUSTY BIN
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
Paperback: Legends & Lattes
Author initials T, B - dusTy Bin
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 45 / 1085
Truitt_T10.4 - The Adventure Game
Task: MPG Adventure OR the word Adventure or GAME in title
Changing the Game by J.J. Mulder
Paperback: Changing the Game
Word GAME in title
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 55 / 1085
Truitt_T10.5 - Blankety Blank
Task: Title words start with same letter
The Train by Cari Z.
Approved for lenth here.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 65 / 1085
Truitt_T10.6 - Traitor
Task: Written under pseudonym
The Keeper's Six by Kate Elliott
Hardcover: The Keeper's Six
Kate Elliott is a pseudonym for Alis A. Rasmussen per Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_El....
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 75 / 1085
Truitt_T10.8 - Spring Forward
Task: New to me, series already begun
Travel by Bullet by John Scalzi
Hardcover: Travel by Bullet
Travel by Bullet is new to me. I have previously read the first and second books in the series: The Dispatcher and Murder by Other Means.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 85 / 1085
Truitt_T10.9 - Beware the Ides of March
Task: Title word from BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH
The Head Game by Brigham Vaughn
Paperback: The Head Game: An M/M Hockey Romance
Head: bEwAre tHe iDes of march
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 95 / 1085
Truitt_T10.10 - World Bee Day
Task: B in title and author name
Blind Descent by Nevada Barr
MMPB:Blind Descent
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 105 / 1085
Truitt_T10.2 - Pointless
Task: 00 in page count
Penric's Fox by Lois McMaster Bujold
Hardcover: Penric's Fox
Harcover edition (no mmpb or paperback) is 200 pages.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 115 / 1085
Truitt_T15.3 - X's and O's
Task: X in title, OO in author name
Option 1: 2 books
Book 1: Exit Strategy by Kelley Armstrong
MMPB: Exit Strategy
Book 2: Urn Burial by Kerry Greenwood
Paperback: Urn Burial
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 130 / 1085
Truitt_T15.5 - Survey Says
Task: GR Choice Award winner or nominee
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
Paperback: What Moves the Dead
GR Choice Award nominee for Horror, 2022.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 145 / 1085
Truitt_T15.6 - Rebirth, Renew, Refresh
Task: Retelling of classic fairy tale
Deerskin by Robin McKinley
Paperback: Deerskin
Per the author's note, this is a retelling of Donkey Skin. MPG Retellings
See also Wikipedia entry:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deerski...
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 160 / 1085
Truitt_T15.7 - Let's Break!
Task: Vacation central to story
Salute to the Stud by Beth Laycock
Paperback: Salute to the Stud
From GR precis: "The romantic Hawaiian getaway....For the two weeks he’s there..." Jasper meets his romantic interest on his vaction.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 175 / 1085
Truitt_T15.8 - Readers Unite
Task: Cover with books
The Echo of Old Books by Barbara Davis
Paperback: The Echo of Old Books
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 190 / 1085
Truitt_T15.9 - I am beautifully different
Task: Book from lists
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
Paperback: One Last Stop
Found on page 6 of the Stories About Individuals With Disabilities list.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 205 / 1085
Truitt_T15.10 - Take a Mental Health Day
Task: MPG Mental Health
Unfuck Your Brain: Using Science to Get Over Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-outs, and Triggers by Faith G. Harper
Paperback: Unfuck Your Brain: Getting Over Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-Outs, and Triggers with science
MPG Mental Health, Nonfiction
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 220 / 1085
Task 15.10 - Take a Mental Health DayNon-fiction & MPG Mental Health
This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health: A Journey into the Heartland of Psychiatry
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910 points
Task 15.2 - It's A Matchtwo different authors with matching first names ADA
book 1: The Will to Battle by Ada Palmer
book 2: The Outside by Ada Hoffmann
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925 points
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5.1 - Spring Colors
Task: Book with 3 or colors on cover
Crushed Ice by Ashlyn Kane & Morgan James
Paperback edition: Crushed Ice
5 colors per Tineye - Blue, Grey, Black, Violet, and Brown
74.4 %#48c1eeBlue
7.7 %#dcdee0Grey
6.5 %#191919Black
5.1 %#b61669Violet
2.7 %#4066a2Blue
1.4 %#567b85Grey
1.0 %#61233fViolet
0.4 %#b4643dBrown
0.4 %#b876a0Violet
0.3 %#a6b7e3Blue
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5 / 1085