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SPRING CHALLENGE 2024
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trishhartuk10.9 Beware the Ides of March
Title word of four letters or more that can be made from the letters in BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH.
Emergent Mars, Russell Klyford
MARS: MARch, ideS
Verified for length in new ebook verification message #170: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 550
Tasks Completed:32
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Delicious Dee30.4 - Cat's Task: Books of Oceania
Book 1 - Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia - approved in THT as being about/set within multiple countries on the list, claiming 1 its a fact ticket
Book B - Mister Pip - Lloyd Jones - Lloyd Jones was born in New Zealand
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 755
Big Book Ticket: 1
Its a Fact: 9
Golden Oldie: 1
Delicious Dee50.1 - Tammy AZ's Task: Exploration Through Reading
Option 3
Book A - Ship Breaker
Book B - The Way We Fall
Book C - Mal Goes to War
Points this Post: 50
Points Total: 805
Big Book Ticket: 1
Its a Fact: 9
Golden Oldie: 1
trishhartuk10.10 World Bee day
Read a book where the Title AND Author name both contain the letter B.
A Hoe Lot of Trouble, Heather Webber
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB: here (256pg)
Bs in trouBle and weBber
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 560
Tasks Completed:33
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Mod
Andy P.Task # 30.6 - Amy FL’s task: The Chase is On
Option 1: , James Holzhauer, . Read a book written by an author whose name matches one of these geniuses.
Panther Gap by James A. McLaughlin
Option 4. Read a book written by a single female author whose first and last name begin with the same letter
Prom Mom by Laura Lippman
Points this post: 30
Total points: 445
Delicious Dee15.2 -It's A Match
first name match: Adam
Book A - Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster - Adam Higginbotham - claiming 1 its a fact ticket
Book B - To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 - Adam Hochschild - claiming 1 its a fact ticket
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 820
Big Book Ticket: 1
Its a Fact: 11
Golden Oldie: 1
Task 10.2 - PointlessRead a book with a page count containing two or more zeros (200, 400, 1000 etc)
Pagecount: 300
The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao #1) (2024) by John Shen Yen Nee and S.J. Rozan (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover 300 pages)
265 + 10 = 275
Tasks Completed: 13
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 265 + 10 = 275
Books read: 20
Pages read: 5,670
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+
Kristen IA15.10 Take A Mental Health Day
Read a Non-Fiction book with a MPG Mental Health/Mental Illness
Sociopath by Patric Gagne
*****I claim 1 It's A Fact Ticket*****
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 300/1085
Tasks Completed: 22/61
BB: 0
GO: 1
NF: 4
Truitt_T20.1 - Most Improved - FLY's Task: Springing To Mind
Task: Option 3 - Baby Animals - author initials in FUZZY YELLOW DUCKLINGS
Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto by Zachary Zane
Paperback: Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto
Author initals Z, Z: fuZZy yellow ducklings
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 240 / 1085
Bookwrm526Task #15.5 Survey Says
Read a book that has won or been nominated for Goodreads Choice Awards. I read Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck, which was nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction and Debut Novel in 2023.
Total points so far: 670
Bookwrm526Task #20.2 LEGO Masters - Play Well, Read Well!
Option 3: Read a book that is #4 or #5 in a series. Whole numbers only. I read Dying to Cruise by Dawn Brookes, book 4 in the Rachel Prince Mystery series.
Total points so far: 690
Truitt_T20.2 - Rookie at the Top - JenJ IA's Task: LEGO Masters - Play Well, Read Well!
Task: Option 2 - Super-Bridges - bridge on cover
Masquerade in Lodi by Lois McMaster Bujold
Hardcover: Masquerade in Lodi
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 260 / 1085
Truitt_T20.3 - Best Review - Lucy-Bookworm's Task: Subtitles
Task: 6 words or more in subtitle
Fire Weather: On the Front Lines of a Burning World by John Vaillant
Paperback: Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World
7 words in subtitle
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 280 / 1085
Truitt_T20.4 - Golden Oldies - Hannelore's Task: I Really Like This Bowl
Task:Option 2: The Big Flower Fight - 3 or flowers on cover
Bloom by N.R. Walker
Paperback: Bloom
Flowers are encorporated in title graphic.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 300 / 1085
Truitt_T20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lisa’s Task: Bowling For Dollars
Task:Option A: WBAL in title and/or author initials
Night Will Find You by Julia Heaberlin
Paperback: Night Will Find You
WABL: night WiLl find you juliA heaBerlin
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 320 / 1085
Deborah50.1 - Tammy AZ's Task: Exploration Through Reading
Option 3
1) A Dead and Stormy Night Fantasy, 316 pages
2) Of Mice and Murder Fantasy, 282 pages
3) A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic Fantasy, 280 pages
Total 878 pages with minimum of 750+ required
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 345
Books Read: 26
Tasks Done: 19
Truitt_T20.6 - It's a Fact - Jammin Jenny's Task: TV Family Fun
Task: Option 1: Password - MPG Humor
Lady Whilton's Wedding by Barbara Metzger
Paperback: Lady Whilton's Wedding
MPG Humor
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 340 / 1085
MEGSCL15.5 Survey Says
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory - Nominee for Best Memoir & Autobiography (2014)
*it’s a fact
TOTAL
175 points - 2 IAF ticket - 2 BB tickets
MEGSCL20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Lois' Task: The Dating Game
Boyfriend Material (London calling #1)
TOTAL
195 points - 2 IAF ticket - 2 BB tickets
MEGSCL20.8 Nickels and Dimes -Trishhartuk's Task: The Golden Shot
SOME in “BOB MONKHOUSE” - Some Luck
TOTAL
215 points - 2 IAF ticket - 2 BB tickets
MEGSCL30.5 - Truitt_T’s task: Match it Up!
The Paris Apartment
Apartment 303
(apartment)
TOTAL
245 points - 2 IAF ticket - 2 BB tickets
Truitt_T20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Lois' Task: The Dating Game
Task: MPG Romance, #1, 2, or 3 in series.
Home Grown Talent by Joanna Chambers & Sally Malcolm
Paperback: Home Grown Talent
2nd book in 3 book series - MPG Romance
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 360 / 1085
ROBIN P15.8 Readers Unite
Book on cover
The Guncle -
-the girl is holding a book
Listened to ebook, linked pb
Points this post: 15
Total points: 655
BB:3 GO:2 IAF: 8
MEGSCL30.4 - Cat's Task: Books of Oceania
Set in Australia, Australian born author
A Family of Strangers by Fiona Lowe
*544 pages - big book ticket
TOTAL
275 points - 2 IAF ticket - 3 BB tickets
Truitt_T20.9 - Moderators Pet - Marie-Anne's Task: Card Game Memories
Task: Option 3 - The black suits: #1, 3, or 4 in series and 1, 3, or 4 in publication daye
Robbie by Ella Frank
Paperback: Robbie
Ist book in a series, published 3/4/2018
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 380 / 1085
Truitt_T20.10 - Group Reads
Task: Read and participate
How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse by K. Eason
MMPB: How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse: Book One of the Thorne Chronicles
Link to my participation post here.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 400 / 1085
Kathy KS20.10 Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Spring 2024 season. (Space Opera)
How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse by K. Eason
My discussion is found at Message 18
I listened to an audiobook; mmpb-368 p.
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 340
Tasks completed: 15/61
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
Truitt_T25.1 - RobinP's Task The Fab Four
This is a two book task.
Options 2 and 4
Task: Option 2: Set or written in 1960s
You Should Be So Lucky by Cat Sebastian
Paperback: You Should Be So Lucky
From GR precis: "The 1960 baseball season is shaping up to be...."
Task: Option 4: MPG: Essays, Short Stories, Letters, or Anthology/Anthologies.
Love & Hope: A Benefit Anthology
Paperback: Love & Hope: A Benefit Anthology
MPG Anthologies
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 425 / 1085
Truitt_T25.2 - Tiens task - Kid's Sports
This is a two book task.
Options 1 and 2
Task: Option 1: Author initials found in KICKBOARD
Sweep of the Blade by Ilona Andrews
Paperback: Sweep of the Blade
Initials A, I: kIckboArd
Task: Option : MPG Sports and MPC New Adult
Power Plays & Straight A's by Eden Finley & Saxon James
Paperback: Power Plays & Straight A's
MPG Sports and MPG New Adult
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 450 / 1085
Readerboard Name: List _Addict15.6: Rebirth, Renew, Refresh
A re-imagining or retelling of a classic, fairytale or myth
Salt & Broom by Sharon Lynn Fisher
Original source: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Total this challenge: 40
JEN B20.9 Moderators Pet - Marie-Anne's Task: Card Game Memories
Option 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.
Little White Lies by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
1st in a series, first published 2018 (1 in year)
TOTAL POINTS: 225
JEN B5.10 All The Information Is On The Task
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules.
How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are: Love, Style, and Bad Habits by Anne Berest
***Claiming one It's A Fact ticket***
TOTAL POINTS: 230
Delicious Dee30.3 - MAZZA1's task - Looking Forward to the Olympics
Option 1 - The Opening Ceremony
Book A - River of Teeth - RIVER
Book B -
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 850
Big Book Ticket: 1
Its a Fact: 11
Golden Oldie: 1
Readerboard name: Mel S25.8 - Learning to read
Option 1: Read a book by an author with a first name that starts with M, S, or F: Susan
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers
**Claim one "It's a Fact" ticket.
Option 3: Read a book with the main page genre Childrens, Junior, or Middle Grade.
Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9.0
This post: 25pts
This season: 735pts
Total books: 52
Total tasks: 40
Task 25.11 - “Spring has Sprung”option 3: pub 1959 i.e. within 1927 - 1997
Maigret's Secret
option 4: GUNS in title made from SPRUNG
The Guns of Avalon
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935 points
Jasmiina F20.7 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:
Glass Houses by Rachel Caine.
Part #1 in a series that has 15 published books. MPG:Romance.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 95
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Jasmiina F10.9 - 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:
Rambo by Nadja Sumanen.
Word:Rambo
Points this post: 10
Total points: 105
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Truitt_T25.3 - KMarieD: What’s your favorite challenge type?
This is a two book task.
Options 1
Task: Book 1: Title word in TITLE WORD SPELLED FROM PHRASE
Death in the Spires by K.J. Charles
Paperback: Death in the Spires
Death: TitlE worD spelled in pHrAse
Task: Book 2: Author initials found in AUTHOR INITIALS CONTAINED IN PHRASE
XOXO by Christina Lee
Paperback: XOXO
Initials C, L: author initiaLs Contained in phrase
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 475 / 1085
Truitt_T25.6 - JennRenee's Task: Pick a Genre!
This is a two book task.
Chosen genre is ROMANCE.
Task: Book 1: ROMANCE in title/subtitle/author name
Paris Daillencourt Is About to Crumble by Alexis Hall
Paperback: Paris Daillencourt Is About to Crumble
ROMANCE: pARis daillENCOurt is about to cruMble
Task: Book 2: Three word title where the first letter of every word can be found in the name of your genre.
Odd Man Rush by Michaela Grey
Paperback: Odd-Man Rush
Title letters O, M. R: ROMance
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 500 / 1085
trishhartuk20.2 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.
Damsel in a Dress (Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum #5), Kirsten Weiss
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (221pg)
Series link: https://www.goodreads.com/series/1574...
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 580
Tasks Completed:34
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Truitt_T25.7 - Lora - Happy St. Patrick's Day
This is a two book task, 500 page minimum.
Options 1 and 2
Task: Option 1 - Wearin' of the Green: At least 50% green and 317+ pages
A Restless Truth by Freya Marske
Paperback: Restless Truth
Paperback is 400 pages.
79.9% green per Tineye:
54.3 %#098c7aGreen
24.9 %#105136Green
6.9 %#fbd305Yellow
5.9 %#36b1b3Blue
2.8 %#dda16bOrange
1.8 %#81b5b2Blue
1.2 %#b49869Brown
1.0 %#71845eGrey
0.7 %#589472Green
0.5 %#e9ab4fOrange
Task: Book 2 - Ireland: Book from List
by Dervla McTiernanApproved for length here - 120 pages.
Book found on Ireland list, page 7.
520 pages total
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 525 / 1085
Truitt_T25.8 - MEGSCL - Learning to read
This is a two book task, 500 page minimum.
Options 1 and 2
Task: Option 1 - Author first name begins with M. S. or F.
A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
Paperback: A Marvellous Light
Author's first name begins with F.
Task: Book 2 - Title of three letter words
Cut & Run by Madeleine Urban & Abigail Roux
Paperback: Cut & Run
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 550 / 1085
Truitt_T25.9 - Chris MD - Dance with Me
This is a two book task,.
Options 2 and 4
Task: Option 2 - Beach on cover.
Clear Water by Amy Lane
Paperback: Clear Water
Task: Option 4 - Set in Latin America, etc.
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Paperback: Gótico
Set entirely in Mexico; see precis on GR book page.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 575 / 1085
Truitt_T25.10 - JenK's Task - Keep On Rolling
This is a two book task,.
Options 2 and 3
Task: Option 2 - Jamaica’n Me Crazy: MPG Music
Pop Star by Eden Finley
Paperback: Pop Star
MPG Music
Task: Option 3- Egypt and Uganda: THE NILE letters in title
Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir
Paperback: Princess Floralinda and the Forty Flight Tower
THE NILE: prINcEss fLoralinda and THE forty-flight tower
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 600 / 1085
Truitt_T25.11 - Kathy KS’ Task : “Spring has sprung”JenK's Task - Keep On Rolling
This is a two book task,.
Options 2 and 3
Task: Option 2 - Flower in title
The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
MMPB: Roskoden
Rose in title
Task: Option 3- published between 1927 - 1997
Uncharted Territory: A Novel by Connie Willis
MMPB: Uncharted Territory
Originally published 1992.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 625 / 1085
Truitt_T25.12 - Shelby - A Birdish Year
This is a two book task,.
Options 1 and 2
Task: Option 1 - Book from list
An Accidental Goddess by Linnea Sinclair
Book found on page 5 of list.
Task: Option 2- Author initials in ACTOR, WRITER, PRODUCER
Starboard by Ava Olsen
Paperback: Starboard
A, O: ActOr
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 650 / 1085
Truitt_T30.1 - Katrisa's Task: Spring Zodiac
This is a one option, two book task, 500 plus pages.
Option 2
Task: Book 1 - Book from Quest list
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
Paperback: El príncipe cruel
464 pages
Book found on page 6 of quest list.
Task: Book 2- Male royal title in title
His Prince by Mary Calmes
Paperback: His Prince
Prince in title
364 pages
828 pages total
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 680 / 1085
Truitt_T30.2 - Susan A's Task: Word Search
This is a two book task.
Task: Book 1 - Title word made from author's name.
Home & Away by Samantha Wayland
Paperback: Home & Away
AWAY: sAmAntha WaYland
Task: Book 2- Author name from title letters
Real Trouble by Elle Keaton
Paperback: Real Trouble: M/M Romantic Suspense
ELLE: rEaL troubLE
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 710 / 1085
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