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SPRING CHALLENGE 2024
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JEN B15.7 Let's Break!
Read a book where a vacation, holiday or leisure break involving at least one overnight stay is central to the story.
The Guilt Trip by Sandie Jones
This story centers on a group of friends who travel to Portugal for a weekend.
TOTAL POINTS: 65
20.10 - Group Reads - Non-Fiction: Extreme Survival
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
Discussion comment message 3
**Claiming 1 It's A Fact Ticket**
New Points: 20
Total Points: 105
Tickets as of this post: BB(0), GO(1), IaF(2)
Katrisa15.2- It's a Match
Read two book each with a different single author, whose first or last name match.
I read
Book 1: The Stuff of Nightmares by James Lovegrove
Book 2: Caliban's War by James S.A. Corey
First name is James on both.
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 85
Delicious Dee10.1Tick Tock
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 40
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska5.1 - Spring Colours.
Read a book whose cover contains at least three distinct colors.
The Fall by Ryan Cahill (89 p.) * **
* According to Tineye, the three cover colors are 88.8% black, 9.9% brown, and 1.3% grey.
** I would like to use this as my one 5-point book under 100 pages, please.
➸ Total Points: 35
➸ Total Pages: 896
Susan A15.5 Survey Says - Read a book that has won or been nominated for Goodreads Choice Awards
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB. paperback here
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee Mystery & Thriller 2022
Previous total: 20
points this post: 15
new total: 35
Susan A10.1 - Tick Tock - Read a book with a clock on the cover
A.J.'s Angel by L.A. Witt
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB. paperback here
- approved HEREprevious total: 35
points this post: 10
new total: 45
trishhartuk5.1 Spring Colours
Read a book whose cover contains a minimum of three distinct colours according to TinEye.
Killer Content, Olivia Blacke
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (288pg)
TinEye colours = Blue, Pink, Grey, Orange, Brown, Violet, Green
74.3% #42bcac Blue
9.0% #ec3f97 Pink
7.1% #ebf0ec Grey
2.0% #f04c28 Orange
2.0% #5b8da1 Blue
1.9% #b7785e Brown
1.6% #36333a Grey
0.9% #c05e9e Violet
0.9% #53c371 Green
0.3% #363872 Blue
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 85
Tasks Completed:7
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Mod
25.10 - JenK's Task - Keep On Rolling
Option 1: Road Trip
Read a book with a cover over 50% red according to Tineye.
The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder. C.L. Miller. (304 pages)
Option 4: Putting ME first.
Read a book that has won an Audie Award in any category, https://www.goodreads.com/award/show/...
REQUIRED: State the category & year that it won (Audie Award for Fiction and Nominee for Best Fiction Narrator and for Audiobook of the Year) 2024 (309 pages)
Tom Lake. Ann Patchett
Points: 25
Total points: 105
IAF - 1
GO - 1
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lisa’s Task: Bowling For DollarsOption C:
Read a book where one of these Bowling For Dollars terms: STRIKE, SPARE, PIN PAL or JACKPOT can be made using letters in the Title.
Term: SPARE
The Space Between Worlds
Total Points: 20
10.10 - World Bee dayTitle AND Author name both contain the letter B
Dead Beat by Jim Butcher *** 517 pages - requesting 1 BB ticket ***
Total points: 55 + 10 = 65
*** Big Book tickets: 0 + 1 = 1 ***
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 0
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.4 - Category Is...
The Ex Agreement by Regina Brownell
Option 2 - The title that begins and ends with the same letter (T) and spun the wheel and landed on "romance" which is a MPG.
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): The Ex Agreement
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 15 points
Tasks completed: 1
JenJ IA10.10 - World Bee day
Read a book where the Title AND Author name both contain the letter B
Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10.0
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 30/1085
Tasks Completed: 3/61
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
Mod
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lisa’s Task: Bowling For Dollars
Option B: Read a book where the author’s first and last initial can be found in one of the show titles: “Bowling For Dollars” (LG)
Florida. Lauren Groff
Points: 20
Total points: 125
IAF - 1
GO - 1
Lisa MD20.4 - Golden Oldies - Hannelores Task: I Really Like This Bowl
Option C: Author initials in I R EALL Y LIKE THIS BOWL
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
498 pgs
📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 55 / 1100
Total Books Read: 4
Total Tasks Completed: 4 / 61
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
IAF Tickets: 1
Lisa MD20.9 - Moderators Pet - Marie-Anne's Task: Card Game Memories
Option C: #1,3 or 4 in series and #1,3 or 4 in publication year
Murder and Mamon by Mia P. Manansala
304 pgs
Series: Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery (#4)
Published in 2023
📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 75 / 1100
Total Books Read: 5
Total Tasks Completed: 5 / 61
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
IAF Tickets: 1
Katrisa5.2 What Goes Around...
read a book that is new-to-you but NOT bought new
I read Winter's End I listened to the book on Everand which is a monthly book subscription app but you don't buy the books or own them. I cleared it in the help thread. The book is new to me
Points this Post: 5
Points total: 90
Juliajoy20.10 Group read
How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
LoraTask: 10.1 - Tick Tock
Book/Author: Jigsaw: Powder Keg: An Adventure in Time and History / David Alyn Gordon
How it fits: clock on cover, with Roman numeral numbers
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 40
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
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: 0
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.
The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics
Total Points: 40
Mod
Option 1: Read a book with a word of five letters or more that can be made from COME ON DOWN, YOU’RE THE NEXT CONTESTANT.
Want to Know a Secret?
The word SECRET can be made from Come on down, you'RE The next contEStant
Option 2: Read a book with a title, subtitle and/or author that includes all the letters in one of these games: Dice Game.
Wartime Friends
DICE GAME can be found in wartiMEmEe friends marGAgaret DICkinson
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 10 + 30 = 40
Total Tasks Completed: 3
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 2
FLY Task #5.8 Roboteers, Stand By
task: from the first 25 pages of the Robots shelf
book: The Door Into Summer
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: on page 6 of the list
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1/61
BB: 0 / GO: 0 / IAF: 0
Mod
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Spring 2024 season.
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
Comment #3 in the discussion thread
This is non-fiction, so I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 40 + 20 = 60
Total Tasks Completed: 4
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 2+1=3
Nick KY15.8 Readers Unite! I read Murder by the Book: The Crime That Shocked Dickens's London by Claire Harman with a book on the cover.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 50
Nick KY30.4 Cat’s Oceania Option 1. 2-book option.
Book 1. Takes place in Fiji. I read A Disappearance in Fiji by Nilima Rao.
Book 2. Author born in Australia (according to GR author page). I read Breath by Tim Winton.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 80
Mod
25.1 - RobinP task The Fab Four
Option 1: Their names were of course John, Paul, George and – Richard. Read a book whose author has one of those as a name part.
Playing for Pizza. John Grisham
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 (With a Little Help from my friends - Little)
REQUIRED: State the name of the song & the word
Have Yourself a Deadly Little Christmas. Vicki Delany
Points: 25
Total points: 150
IAF - 1
GO - 1
5.2 - What Goes Around...
White
Like almost all the books I read, this one was new to me but came from the library!
**Claiming 1 It's A Fact Ticket**
New Points: 5
Total Points: 110
Tickets as of this post: BB(0), GO(1), IaF(3)
10.2 - Pointless page count containing two or more zeros (200, 400, 1000 etc)
92 Pacific Boulevard by Debbie Macomber
Total points: 65 + 10 = 75
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 0
SUSAN A5.1 Spring Colours
The Helpful Hyena's Alphas by Lorelei M. Hart
I read kindle edition, no MMPB. paperback here
4 colors per tineye: brown, green, blue, grey
28.6 %#abc078Green
17.4 %#544e40Grey
15.4 %#dcd9d2Grey
14.1 %#beb790Grey
10.8 %#a47753Brown
8.5 %#8ba9b8Blue
2.4 %#bdce54Green
1.6 %#507ebaBlue
0.7 %#477740Green
0.3 %#555c25Brown
previous points: 45
points this post: 5
new total: 50
SUSAN A5.2 What Goes Around...read a book that is new-to-you but NOT bought new
Peacemaker by Morgan Brice
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB. Paperback Here
Peacemaker was a new to me book that I borrowed through Hoopla.
Previous total: 50
points this post: 5
New total: 55
SUSAN A5.4 What's In A Name? single author where the author's initials (first and last) can be found in CARL LINNAEUS
Off the Deep End by Emily Silver
NO MMPB. paperback here
Initials E and S - CARL LINNAEUS
previous total: 55
points this post: 5
new total: 60
Katrisa>b> 15.10 - Take a Mental Health Day
Read a Non-Fiction book with a MPG Mental Health/Mental Illness
I read The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
Points this Post: 15
points Total: 105
SUSAN A5.5 Welcome, Watchers of Illusion - title contains a word of four letters or more that can be made from the letters in KNIGHTMARE
What Haunts the Heart by Kiska Gray
approved for length line 4223
HEART - KNIGHTMARE
previous total: 60
points this post: 5
new total: 65
Katrisa25.9 Chris MD - Dance With Me
Opt 1 - Read a book that is either #1, 2, or 3 in a series that has at least three books.
I read Kindness Goes Unpunished #3 in Walt Longmire series
Opt 3 - Read a book with either a cowboy hat or at least one western-style boot on the cover
I read Another Man's Moccasins
My cover was this one
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 130
SUSAN A5.7 Trust Nobody - read a book with an MPG of Espionage
The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB. paperback here
MPG espionage
previous total: 65
points this post: 5
new total: 70
Theresa10.1 - Tick Tock
by Emma Donoghueclock on the cover
Points this post - 10
Total points - 10
SUSAN A5.9 What is the Seasonal Reading Challenge? Read a book with ! Or ? In the title
Drama! by A.J. Truman
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB, paperback here
! found in title
previous total: 70
points this post: 5
new total: 75
Theresa10.2 - Pointless
The Mapmaker's Children by Sarah McCoy
300 pgs
Points this post - 10
Total points - 20
Susan A5.10 All The Information Is On The Task - Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
Ashes to Ashes by Tami Hoag
I listened to audiobook. MMPB here
meets general requirements
previous total: 75
points this post: 5
new total: 80
10.9 - Beware the Ides of MarchWhen the world used the Roman calendar, the middle of each month was called the “Ides” and in 44 BC an oracle predicted Julius Caesar’s downfall to be no later than 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.
I read The White Rose Murders. The word "white" can be made from bEWare The Ides of marcH.
points: 10
books read: 1
tasks completed: 1
pages read: 253
SUSAN A10.2 - Pointless - page count containing two or more zeros
Mr. Big Shot by Isla Olsen
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB. paperback here
200 pages
previous total: 80
points this post: 10
new total: 90
SUSAN A10.3 - Dusty Bin - author whose initials can be found in DUSTY BIN
Counterblow by Isobel Starling
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB. paperback here
initials I S - DUSTY BIN
previous post: 90
points this post: 10
new total: 100
SUSAN A10.5 - Blankety Blank - Read a book with a 2 word title where both words start with the same letter.
Treasure Trail by Morgan Brice
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB. paperback here
2 word title, both words start with T
previous total: 100
points this post: 10
new total: 110
Susan A10.7 - Springtime in Paris - Read a book set at least 75% in France
Dead Run by Josh Lanyon
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB. paperback here
Paris, France setting listed on GR main page. More than 75% takes place in Paris.
previous total: 110:
points the post: 10
new total: 120
SUSAN A10.8 - Spring Forward Read the next book in a series that you've already started
Zachary by Louisa Masters
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB. paperback here
Zachary, #3 in Demons-In-Law series, was new to me. I previously read books 1 and 2 in this series.
previous total: 120
points this post: 10
new total: 130
SUSAN A10.9 - Beware the Ides of March - title word 4+ that can be made from the letters in BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH
Blood Heat by Josh Lanyon
I listened to audiobook. NO MMPB. paperback here
Heat - BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH
previous total: 130
points this post: 10
new total: 140
SUSAN A10.10 - World Bee day - read a book where the Title AND Author name both contain the letter B
A Grave Robbery by Deanna Raybourn
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB, no paperback. Hardcover here
B in title - Robbery
B in author - Raybourn
previous post: 140
points this post: 10
new total: 150
Mai15.3 X's and O's
Option 1:
Book 1: Read a book with a title that contains at least one X
Virtual Existentialism: Meaning and Subjectivity in Virtual Worlds by Stefano Gualeni
*Claim 1 NF Ticket*
Book 2: Read a book with a single author that contains at least 2 O's in their name
Algorithms, Humans, and Interactions: How Do Algorithms Interact with People? Designing Meaningful AI Experiences by Don Donghee Shin
*Claim 1 NF Ticket*
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 3
NF Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Amy FL5.4 What's In A Name?
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano - AN is in cArl liNnaeus
Points this post: 5
Total points: 50
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Book: The Last Tale of the Flower Bride
How it fits: written by Roshani Chokshi, author initials R, C in CaRl Linnaeus
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 400 pages.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10