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SPRING CHALLENGE 2024
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Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD!
Truitt_T25.5 - Delicious Dee - Bee Hive Bookclub
This is a two book task.
Options 1 and 3
Task: Option 1 - BEE or HIVE in title
Our Native Bees: North America's Endangered Pollinators and the Fight to Save Them by Paige Embry
Hardcover: Our Native Bees: North America’s Endangered Pollinators and the Fight to Save Them
BEE: our native BEEs
Hardcover - 224 pages
Task: Option 3 - Author initals match
Leo Loves Aries by Anyta Sunday
Paperback: Leo quiere a Aries
AS matches AS from list of initials.
Paperback - 318 pages
Total pages: 542
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 900 / 1085
Truitt_T5.10 - All The Information Is On The Task
b>Task: Any book that meets the standards.
The Missing Page by Cat Sebastian
Paperback: The Missing Page
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 905 / 1085
Karen DTask 25.6 - JennRenee's Task: Pick a Genre!
Genre: Historical fiction
Book 1: A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (a fIne bALanCe ROHInton miSTry)
Book 2: Star of the North
Points this task: 25
Total points: 885
15.2 -It's A MatchRead two book each with a different single author, whose first or last name match. Names must match in placement.
Scary Monsters by Michelle de Kretser
Crying in H Mart by Michelle
Zauner
I'd like an It's A Fact ticket for Crying in H Mart(nonfiction)**
Point this Post: 15
Total Points: 305
IAFs this post: 1
Total IAFs to date: 15
5.1; 5.2; 5.3; 5.4; 5.5; 5.6; 5.7; 5.8; ...; 5.10
10.10
...; 15.2; 15.3; ...; 15.5; ...; 15.7;
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6; ...; ...; ...; 20.10
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30.6 - Amy FL’s task: The Chase is OnOption 2: Read a book that has two of the letter Z in any combination of its title, subtitle and/or author’s name.
Hit Parade of Tears by Izumi Suzuki
Option 4: Read a book written by a single female author whose first and last name begin with the same letter
In My Past Life I Was Cleopatra: A sceptical believer's journey through the New Age by Amal Awad
I'd like an It's A Fact ticket for In My Past Life I Was Cleopatra: A sceptical believer's journey through the New Age (nonfiction)**
Point this Post: 30
Total Points: 335
IAFs this post: 1
Total IAFs to date: 16
5.1; 5.2; 5.3; 5.4; 5.5; 5.6; 5.7; 5.8; ...; 5.10
10.10
...; 15.2; 15.3; ...; 15.5; ...; 15.7;
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6; ...; ...; ...; 20.10
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30.6
25.3: KMarieD: What’s your favorite challenge type?Option 1
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
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
ROSE
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
Passage of Arms by Eric Ambler
**The Name of the Roseis a Big Book (536 pages). Claiming 1 BB tickets.**
Point this Post: 25
Total Points: 360
BBs this post: 1
Total BBs to date: 1
Total IAFs to date: 16
5.1; 5.2; 5.3; 5.4; 5.5; 5.6; 5.7; 5.8; ...; 5.10
10.10
...; 15.2; 15.3; ...; 15.5; ...; 15.7;
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6; ...; ...; ...; 20.10
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30.6
20.9 Moderators Pet - Marie-Anne's Task: 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 Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
#3 in series, first published 1952
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9.0
Point this Post: 20
Total Points: 380
Total BBs to date: 1
Total IAFs to date: 16
5.1; 5.2; 5.3; 5.4; 5.5; 5.6; 5.7; 5.8; ...; 5.10
10.10
...; 15.2; 15.3; ...; 15.5; ...; 15.7;
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6; ...; ...; 20.9; 20.10
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30.6
50.1 - Tammy AZ's Task: Exploration Through ReadingOption 1 - Road Trip: Read three books that take place on the same continent but in different locations on the continent.
The Cabin by Jørn Lier Horst
Norway
The Ice Princess by Camilla Läckberg
Sweden
The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup
Denmark
Point this Post: 50
Total Points: 430
Total BBs to date: 1
Total IAFs to date: 16
5.1; 5.2; 5.3; 5.4; 5.5; 5.6; 5.7; 5.8; ...; 5.10
10.10
...; 15.2; 15.3; ...; 15.5; ...; 15.7;
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6; ...; ...; 20.9; 20.10
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30.6
50.1
Julia10325.7 - Lora - Happy St. Patrick's Day
Option 1:
Tineye has
40.6% #345d2f Green
11.9% #449c4f Green
6.7 % #83a73e Green
(total 59.2% green)
Option 2: 1949: A Novel of the Irish Free State
This is on page 8 of the Ireland Books list.
This post: 25 points
Total points: 540
BB: 6
GO: 1
NF: 4
Tasks completed: 28
Books read: 38
10.3 - Dusty BinRead a book written by an author whose initials can be found in DUSTY BIN
The God Desire by David Baddiel
**I'd like an It's A Fact ticket for The God Desire (nonfiction)**
Point this Post: 10
Total Points: 440
IAFs this post: 1
Total BBs to date: 1
Total IAFs to date: 17
5.1; 5.2; 5.3; 5.4; 5.5; 5.6; 5.7; 5.8; ...; 5.10
10.3; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; 10.10
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20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6; ...; ...; 20.9; 20.10
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30.6
50.1
10.5 - Blankety BlankRead a book with a 2 word title where both words start with the same letter.
Evil Eye by Etaf Rum
Point this Post: 10
Total Points: 450
Total BBs to date: 1
Total IAFs to date: 17
5.1; 5.2; 5.3; 5.4; 5.5; 5.6; 5.7; 5.8; ...; 5.10
10.3; ...; 10.5; ...; ...; ...; ...; 10.10
...; 15.2; 15.3; ...; 15.5; ...; 15.7;
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6; ...; ...; 20.9; 20.10
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30.6
50.1
20.8 Nickels and Dimes -Trishhartuk's Task: The Golden ShotOption 3: Read a book with a word of at least four letters in the title, that can be made from the letters in “BERNIE THE BOLT”.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
HOTEL
Point this Post: 20
Total Points: 470
Total BBs to date: 1
Total IAFs to date: 17
5.1; 5.2; 5.3; 5.4; 5.5; 5.6; 5.7; 5.8; ...; 5.10
10.3; ...; 10.5; ...; ...; ...; ...; 10.10
...; 15.2; 15.3; ...; 15.5; ...; 15.7;
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6; ...; 20.8; 20.9; 20.10
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30.6
50.1
Deborah25.7 - Lora - Happy St. Patrick's Day
1)
Don't Hex and Drive over 80% green 348/500 pages2)
page 1 of list, 330 pages348+330=678 pages
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 370
Books Read: 28
Tasks Done: 20
LoraTask: 10.2 - Pointless
Book/Author: Vincent Lombardi, Young Football Coach / Hortense Myers and Ruth Burnett
How it fits: has 200 pages
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 570
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
25.9 Chris MD - Dance with MeOption 1: Waltz – Read a book that is either #1, 2, or 3 in a series that has at least three books.
Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
Option 4: Salsa – Read a book set at least 75% in Mexico, Central or South America, or Cuba, Puerto Rico, or the Dominican Republic.
Salvador by Joan Didion
**I'd like an It's A Fact ticket for Salvador (nonfiction)**
Point this Post: 25
Total Points: 495
IAFs this Post:1
Total BBs to date: 1
Total IAFs to date: 18
5.1; 5.2; 5.3; 5.4; 5.5; 5.6; 5.7; 5.8; ...; 5.10
10.3; ...; 10.5; ...; ...; ...; ...; 10.10
...; 15.2; 15.3; ...; 15.5; ...; 15.7;
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6; ...; 20.8; 20.9; 20.10
...; 25.2; 25.3; ...; 25.5; ...; ...; 25.9
30.6
50.1
15.8 Readers Unite!Murder in an Irish Bookshop (Irish Village Mystery #7) by Carlene O'Connor
Total this Post:15
Season Total: 665
Delicious Dee30.6 - Amy FL’s task: The Chase is On
Option 1 - Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye - Victoria Laurie - Victoria for Victoria Groce
Option 4 - Gilded - Marissa Meyer - Female author, MMclaiming 1 big book ticket for 500+pgs, hardcover is 502
page count:295+502 = 797 (exceeds 700pgs)
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 890
Big Book Ticket: 3
Its a Fact: 11
Golden Oldie: 1
JEN B10.5 - Blankety Blank
Read a book with a 2 word title where both words start with the same letter.
Summer Sisters by Judy Blume
TOTAL POINTS: 240
Mod
Read a book set at least 75% in France
read The Paris Novel
points this post 10
total points 835
Mod
Option 1: Read a book where BEE or HIVE can be found intact in the title (not subtitle). for example - Shiver (HIVE found intact) or If He Had Been with Me (BEE intact)
read There Should Have Been Eight
Option 2: Read a book by an author found on my Bee Hive shelf – you may read a specific book that is on my list, or any other book by the author.
read And There He Kept Her
points this post 25
total points 860
Mod
15.9 I am beautifully different.
Read a book from one of these lists:
Stories about Individuals with Disabilities" - p.2
Get a Life, Chloe Brown. Talia Hibbert
Points: 15
Total points: 820/1085
IAF - 10
GO - 1
Tasks - 41/61
babbling c 10.9 - 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
Death, Taxes, and Silver Spurs - kindle Death, Taxes, and Silver Spurs - mass market paperback pgs. 336 by Diane Kelly
DEATH
THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Total This Season
Points: 220/1110
Completed Tasks: 15/62
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 1
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Pages read this season: 6,251
Books read this season: 17
babbling c 5.1 Spring Colours
Holi, the Hindu festival of Spring, colours and love, is usually observed in March. The celebrations include lots of dancing and music, as well as people joyfully throwing coloured powder and water at each other.
Read a book whose cover contains a minimum of three distinct colours according to TinEye. A guide to using TinEye can be found here.
Good for You - kindle. Good for You - paperback pgs. 255 by Camille Pagán
22.7 %#616ddd Blue
20.4 %#e5c27d Yellow
19.6 %#85d6ef Blue
12.9 %#f6fafa White
10.4 %#e83236 Red
10.3 %#4ba3eb Blue
1.6 %#f25d5e Pink
1.4 %#c4caee Blue
0.4 %#9c8f7f Grey
0.4 %#b6c1a7 Grey
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 0
NONFICTION : 0
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Total This Season
Points: 225/1110
Completed Tasks: 16/62
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 1
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Pages read this season: 6,506
Books read this season: 18
5.7 Trust NobodyMPG Espionage: The Paris Diversion by Chris Pavone
Points this post: 5
Total points: 575
5.8 Roboteers, Stand ByA book from Robot Books page 4: The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
Points this post: 5
Total points: 580
25.2 Tiens task - Kid's SportsOption 1, author's initials in TRAINING FIN: Table for Two by Amor Towles
Option 3, page count contains 0 and 2: A Fire So Wild by Sarah Ruiz Grossman
208 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 605
Karen DTask 15.2 -It's A Match
Book 1: Wellness by Nathan Hill
Book 2: The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
Points this task: 15
Total points: 900
Julia10310.8 - Spring Forward
The Hidden One
This is #14 in the Kate Burkholder series. I have read #1 - 13. Most recently read Fallen.
This post: 10 points
Total points: 550
BB: 6
GO: 1
NF: 4
Tasks completed: 29
Books read: 39
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.1 - Tick Tock
Tales from the Café
Totals
Points: 275
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 8
Total Tasks Completed: 16
Total Books Completed: 19
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lisa’s Task: Bowling For Dollars
Another Day
Author: David Levithan
Phrase: Bowling For Dollars
Totals
Points: 295
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 8
Total Tasks Completed: 17
Total Books Completed: 20
Task 25.6 - Pick a Genre!genre: THRILLER: both books have MPG Thriller
book one: letters THRILLER found in title & author name
The Cellars of the Majestic by Georges Simenon
TH in THe
R in cellaRs
I in majestIc
LLE in cELLars
R in geoRges
book 2: three word title, all initials in THRILLER
The River's Edge
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970 points
Mai25.1 - RobinP task The Fab Four
Option 1: Paul, Read a book whose author has "Paul" as a name part.
The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain by Annie Murphy Paul
*Claim 1 Non-fiction Ticket*
Option 3: Read a book with a word or 4 or more letters found in the title of a song on the album Magical Mystery Tour: "Your" from "Your Mother Should Know"
You and Your Profile: Identity After Authenticity by Hans-Georg Moeller
*Claim 1 Non-fiction Ticket*
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 425
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 30
NF Tickets: 16
Golden Oldies: 1
5.1 Spring ColoursHoli, the Hindu festival of Spring, colours and love, is usually observed in March. The celebrations include lots of dancing and music, as well as people joyfully throwing coloured powder and water at each other.
Read a book whose cover contains a minimum of three distinct colours according to TinEye. A guide to using TinEye can be found here.
Required: Post the cover.
I read
which has more than three (more like 9, per Tineye) distinct colors.points: 60
Books read: 6
tasks completed: 5
tasks in progress: 1
pages read: 1957
Kathy KS25.6 - JennRenee's Task: Pick a Genre!
pick a genre to read.
GENRE USED: Science Fiction; both books have standalone MPG.
Book One: Read a book where all the letters of your genre appear in the title/subtitle/author name. Exception: For Historical Fiction & Science Fiction, you can remove the word Fiction
Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi
SCIENCE=jaCquEline... aSCENsIon
Book Two: Read a book with at least a three word title where the first letter of every word can be found in the name of your genre. The Fortress in Orion by Mike Resnick
TFIO=scIence FicTiOn
I read as an ebook; mmpb=221 p. (Orion: La Fortezza)
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Points for this task: 25
Total points : 385
Tasks completed: 17/61
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: 3
Mod
20.9 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. The series must be apparent in greyscale on the Goodreads book page. (#4, 2016)
Dressed for Death. Julianna Deering
Points: 20
Total points: 840/1085
IAF - 10
GO - 1
Tasks - 42/61
Lisa MD25.9 - Chris MD - Dance with Me
Opt 1: #1-3 in a series of at least 3
Camino Island by John Grisham
304 pgs
#1 Camino Island Series
Opt 2: Beach/water on Cover
The Seaside Library by Brenda Novak
400 pgs
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 490 / 1100
Total Books Read: 37
Total Tasks Completed: 28 / 61
Big Book Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 6
Truitt_T20.8 - Nickels and Dimes -Trishhartuk's Task: The Golden Shot
b>Task: Option 1: Anchery related item on cover
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
MMPB: Hunger Games
Arrow on cover
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 925 / 1085
Truitt_T15.2 -It's A Match
This is a two book task.
Task: Book 1: Author first name match - Barbara
Miss Lockharte's Letters by Barbara Metzger
Paperback: Miss Lockharte's Letters
Task: Book 2: Author first name match - Barbara
The Mission by Barbara Elsborg
Paperback: The Mission
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 940 / 1085
Readerboard name: Mel S25.6 - Pick a Genre!
Fantasy
Book One: Read a book where all the letters of your genre appear in the title/subtitle/author name: juST oNe dAmned thing AFter another/jodi taYlor
Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor
Book Two: Read a book with at least a three word title where the first letter of every word can be found in the name of your genre. Letters can only be used as often as they appear: fAnTaSy
A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
This post: 25pts
This season: 765pts
Total books: 55
Total tasks: 42
Amy B20.3 Best Review - Lucy-Bookworm's Task: Subtitles
Read a book with a subtitle that has at least 6 words in it.
The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America by Thomas King
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 695 Points
Jen K30.7 - TessaVanessa’s Task: The Price is Right
Option 1: COME ON DOWN: Ceremony in Death
Word: DEATH--Down THE contestAnt
Option 4: The Great Witches Baking Show
Cat on cover
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 530
BB: 8
IAF: 6
Jen K20.6 It's a Fact - Jammin Jenny's Task: TV Family Fun
Option 1: Password
The Woman Who Wouldn't Die
MPG Humor
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 550
BB: 8
IAF: 6
Mod
15.6 Rebirth, Renew, Refresh
Read a book that is an re-imagining or retelling of a classic, fairytale, or myth.
A Mirror Mended. Alix E. Harrow
Points: 15
Total points: 855/1085
IAF - 10
GO - 1
Tasks - 43/61
trishhartuk25.13 Bookwrm526’s Task: Connections
Option 1: read a book with a word in the title...that contains a musical instrument intact.
Sharpe's Assassin, Bernard Cornwell (400pg)
HARP is found in sHARPe
Option 4: read a book with a word in the title...that contains a human body part.
The Black Tulip, Alexandre Dumas (246pg)
LIP in tuLIP. Okayed in help thread message #36: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Golden Oldie: First published in 1850
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie: 1 – The Black Tulip was first published in 1850
Total Points: 635
Tasks Completed:37
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
MAZZA130.3 - MAZZA1's task - Looking Forward to the Olympics
Option 4 - Palace Of Versailles
a) Read a book with a a word in the title which CONTAINS but does NOT BEGIN with Q
The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder: A Novel
b) A series of 5 books is called a pentalogy. Read a book that is part of a series of FIVE and ONLY FIVE primary works.
Nine Liars #5 in series of 5
There is a 6th book but as it is untitled with no publication date and this was agreed as such series could be counted as only a 5 book series https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post = 30
Points to date = 1030
Delicious Dee15.7 - Let's Break
The Guest List
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 905
Big Book Ticket: 3
Its a Fact: 11
Golden Oldie: 1
Angela IL50.1 - Tammy AZ's Task: Exploration Through Reading
Read three books with each book having a MPG of Fantasy or Science Fiction.
Book 1: Before the Coffee Gets Cold #1 by Toshikazu Kawaguchi- 3/15
Read via Kindle/ MMPB link: Tant que le café est encore chaud (238 pgs)
MPG Fantasy
Book 2: Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé- 4/16 (416 pgs)
MPG Fantasy (click see more/ last one listed)
Book 3:Daisy Haites by Jessa Hastings- 5/20
Read via Kindle/ No MMPB/ PB link: Daisy Haites (512 pgs)
MPG Fantasy (click see more/ last one listed)
Claiming Big Book Ticket
Points this Task: 50
Total Points: 430
Books Read: 28
Tasks Completed: 17
Big Book Ticket: 1
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20.3 Best Review - Lucy-Bookworm's Task: Subtitles
Read a book with a subtitle that has at least 6 words in it.
Organize Your Genealogy: Strategies and Solutions for Every Researcher by Drew Smith
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 360
Tasks completed: 16/61
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: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 3