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SPRING CHALLENGE 2024
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Jen K20.1 Most Improved - FLY's Task: Springing To Mind
3. Baby Animals!
The Ice Princess by Camilla Läckberg
duCkLing
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 620
BB: 8
IAF: 6
Jen K15.6 Rebirth, Renew, Refresh
Six-Gun Snow White
Retelling of Snow White
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 635
BB: 8
IAF: 6
Jen K15.5 Survey Says
Black Cake
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction and for Debut Novel (2022)
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 650
BB: 8
IAF: 6
MAZZA120.8 Nickels and Dimes -Trishhartuk's Task: The Golden Shot
Option 3:
Read a book with a word of at least four letters in the title, that can be made from the letters in BOB MONKHOUSE
I read an ARC of this book via Netgalley House of Shades
This is HB edition there is no PB edition House of Shades
Using the word HOUSE
points this post = 20
Points to date = 1070
Jasmiina F20.4 Golden Oldies - Hannelore's Task: I Really Like This Bowl:
Option 3: Read a book where the first and last initials of the author(s) can be found in the quote “I REALLY LIKE THIS BOWL”:
Fairy Tale by Stephen King.
*Big Book Ticket with 608 pages*
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post: 1 (500+)
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 2
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Mod
25.9 Chris MD - Dance with Me
Option 1: Read a book that is either #1, 2, or 3 in a series that has at least three books.
Gunpowder Green. Laura Childs
Option 2: Read a book that shows a coastline on the cover. It must show a beach/shoreline and water.
The Island. Lilly Mirren
Points: 25
Total points: 880/1085
IAF - 10
GO - 1
Tasks - 44/61
Lindsey IL15.5 - Survey Says
Unearthly by Cynthia Hand
2011, nominated YA Fantasy & Science Fiction
https://www.goodreads.com/choiceaward...
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 300
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
IAF: 7
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 21
Lindsey IL20.4 - Hannelore's Task: I Really Like This Bowl
Pentecost: A Day of Power for All People by Emilio Alvarez
author initials in I REALLY LIKE THIS BOWL
***It's A Fact ticket, please***
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 320
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
IAF: 8
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 22
Andy P.Task # 50.1 - Tammy AZ's Task: Exploration Through Reading
Option 1 - Road Trip: Read three books that take place on the same continent but in different locations on the continent.
Book 1 Bella Tuscany byFrances Mayes 304 p.Takes place in Italy
Book 2. The Fencing Master by Arturo Pérez-Reverte 244 p. Takes place in Spain
Book 3. A Year in the Merde by Stephen Clarke2Takes place in France.
All three locations are in Europe.
Page total if 824> 750 minimum.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 540
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lisa’s Task: Bowling For DollarsBook: The Malevolent Seven by Sebastien de Castell
How it fits: option B - authors initials S, C can be found in "duCkpinS and dollars"
I listened to the audiobook. The paperback edition has 373 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 225
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.6: Family Fun: A Stranger in Mayfair by Charles Finch. Author shares first name Charles with Charles Nelson Reilly - on 1165 episodes.
Totals: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 20
Books: 1
Tasks: 1
Big books tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 25.3: What's your favorite challenge type? - Option 1 - 1 book option The Lost Army of Cambyses by Paul Sussman, 592 pages.
Category 1: word in title: LOST found in TitLe wOrd Spelled ....
Category 2: author initials PS found in author initials contained in PhraSe.
Totals: 25
Books: 1
Big books tickets: 1 (500)
Summary Totals: 45
Books: 2
Tasks: 2
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 25.13: Connections:
Option 2: Bed and Breakfast and Murder by Patti Larsen.
Title word BED becomes RED by chaning the first letter.
Option 4 : Starship Eternal by M. R. Forbes.
Body part HIP can be found in title word starsHIP.
Totals: 25
Books: 2
Summary Totals: 70
Books: 4
Tasks: 3
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Chris MD 20.4 I Really Like This Bowl
Option 3: The first and last initials of the author(s) can be found in the quote “I REALLY LIKE THIS BOWL”
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
B in Bowl and S in thiS
Total points: 20
Chris MD 20.5 Bowling for Dollars
Option B. First and last initials in BOWLING FOR DOLLARS OR DUCKPINS FOR DOLLARS
A Murder Unmentioned by Sulari Gentil
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 384 pages.
Total points: 40
Chris MD 25.5 The Fab Four
Option 2: Book published or set in the 1960s
Glimmer As You Can: A Novel by Danielle Martin
The book is set in 1962.
Option 3: 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
West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
"with" matches with "With a Little Help From My Friends"
Total points: 65
Chris MD 25.5 Bee Hive Book Club
Option 1: Read a book where BEE or HIVE can be found intact in the title
The Shivering Sands by Victoria Holt
HIVE in sHIVEring
I read the Kindle edition. The top MMP has 287 pages
Option 3: Author's initials are AS
Evil in Emerald by A.M. Stuart
The help thread says to ignore middle initials.
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 347 pages.
287 + 347 = 634 pages
Total points: 90
Chris MD25.8 Learning to Read
Option 1: Author with a first name that starts with M, S, or F
Cat Me If You Can by Miranda James
Miranda starts with M.
I read the Kindle edition. The top MMP has 293 pages.
Option 3: A book with the main page genre Childrens, Junior, or Middle Grade - the book must still meet the general rules for the SRC
The Secret of Nightingale Wood by Lucy Strange
This book has MPGs of middle-grades, children's, and young adult. From AR Bookfinder, it has a BL of 5.1 and AR Pts of 9.0
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 304 pages.
Total points: 115
Chris MD 25.9 Dance With Me
Option 1: A book that is either #1, 2, or 3 in a series that has at least three books
Twenty-One Days by Anne Perry
This is the first in the Daniel Pitt series, which has six books in it.
I listened to the audio version of this book. The top MMP has 404 pages.
Option 5: Title includes the word "Swing"
Swing: A Mystery by Rupert Holmes
Total points: 140
Chris MD 30.1 Spring Zodiac
Option 1 - Pisces - February 19-March 20
Book 1: A book from a series with at least 12 published works
What Cannot Be Said by C.S. Harris
This book is #19 in the Sebastian St. Cyr series, and it has 368 pages.
Book 2: A book with the word MOON in the title (not subtitle)
Moon Over Berlin: The Unseen Assassin of Adolf Hitler by Rick Burnham
This book has 196 pages.
396 + 196 = 592 pages
Total points: 170
Chris MD 30.3 Looking Forward to the Olympics
Option 5 - Marseille Marina and Teahupo’o, Tahiti
Book A: Title of two or more words where the title words ALL start with the same letter
Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
Book B: A word in the title that ends with a double vowel as in Teahupo’o
The Corpses at Waterloo by Lynne Brittney
Waterloo ends in a double vowel.
I read the Kindle edition. The top MMP has 324 pages.
Total points: 200
Angela IL25.4: Nick KY’s Task: Nordic Noir Plus Ten
Book A: Read a book set primarily (at least 50%) in a Nordic country or written by a Nordic author (by birth or by residence).
Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman-5/22
Author is from Sweden/GR meta
Book B: Read a book that is connected to Book A in one of the following ways:
3. By year of first edition -- Book B was first published in the same year as Book A.
Unlucky 13 by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro-3/26
Read via Kindle/MMPB link: Unlucky 13
Both books are first published in 2014
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 455
Books Read: 30
Tasks Completed: 18
Big Book Ticket: 1
Andy P.Task # 20.8 Nickels and Dimes -Trishhartuk's Task: The Golden Shot
Option 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”
Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging by Sebastian Junger
The Word is Tribe
T in The
RIBE in Bernie
Points this post: 20
Total points: 560
Delicious Dee20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lisa’s Task: Bowling For Dollars
Option B - When the World Goes Quiet - Gian Sardar - GS found in Bowling For Dollars
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 930
Big Book Ticket: 3
Its a Fact: 11
Golden Oldie: 1
Barbara ★20.9 - Moderators Pet - Marie-Anne's Task: Card Game Memories
Option 2: Read a book where the number of pages does not include digits 2 through 6.
Koishi - Annie Nicholas 5/22
(has 108 pages)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 630
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
15.8 Readers Unite!Book on the cover: Confessions of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell
Points this post: 15
Total points: 620
Bookwrm526Task #20.6 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). I chose Charles Nelson Reilly, the name CHARLES and read Slippery Creatures by K.J. Charles.
Total points so far: 790
25.11 - Kathy KS’ Task : “Spring has sprung”Option 2, a book whose title includes a flower name (Rose): The Road to Rose Bend by Naima Simone
Option 4, word in title from SPRING HAS SPRUNG: Evergreen Springs by RaeAnne Thayne
The word is Springs.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 645
30.3 - MAZZA1's task - Looking Forward to the OlympicsOption 5a, all title words start with the same letter: Family Family by Laurie Frankel
Option 5b, title word ending with a double vowel: At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities by Heather Webber
Points this post: 30
Total points: 675
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.1 Spring Colours
Too Wrong to Be Right
53.2 %#1c69a0Blue
26.2 %#c3cacaGrey
7.0 %#985d4aBrown
4.0 %#8eb132Green
2.2 %#f5be4eYellow
1.9 %#7c8c46Green
1.7 %#d85d89Pink
1.5 %#578d6eGreen
1.4 %#a574a8Violet
1.0 %#c7291dRed
Totals
Points: 300
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 8
Total Tasks Completed: 18
Total Books Completed: 21
Kathy KS15.4 Category Is...
Option 2: Read one book that satisfies the requirements for both books of Option 1.
Option 1.
Book 1- Category Same Letter: Read a book with a title that begins and ends with the same letter
Book 2- Spin the wheel and read a book with the corresponding MPG. MY SPIN: ROMANCE
The Bolingbroke Chit by Lynn Messina
How it fits:
Begins and ends with "T"
MPG Romance
I listened to an audiobook; pb-256 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 15
Total points : 400
Tasks completed: 18/61
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
Truitt_T30.6 - Amy FL’s task: The Chase is On
This is a two book task, 700 page minimum.
Options 1 and 4
Task: Option 1: Author/Chaser name match - Mark
Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
Author first name Mark matches with Chaser Mark Labbett
484 pages
Task: Option 4: SIngle female author who's first and last names begin with same letter
Clothes-Pegs by Susan Scarlett
Paperback: [[book:Clothes-Pegs|6656802]
PB has 223 pages.
707 total pages
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 970 / 1085
Lisa MD5.10 -All The Information Is On The Task
Free Choice
Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister
377 pgs
📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 560 / 1100
Total Books Read: 43
Total Tasks Completed: 33 / 61
Big Book Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 7
Amy B20.6 It's a Fact - Jammin Jenny's Task: TV Family Fun
Pick one of the following options:
Required: State the option.
Option 3: Name that Tune
Read a book from pages 1-10 of this list:
There Ought to be a Band
Required: State the page of the list where the book is found.
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (page 8)
This Task: 20 Points
To Date: 745 Points
Readerboard name: Mel S25.3 - What’s your favorite challenge type?
Opt 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": SAME
Opt 1 Category 2: Read a book with all author initials in the phrase "author initials contained in PhrasE": Ed Park
You may read one book that is 500+ pages if it fits both categories of your chosen option: 528pgs
Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park
This post: 25pts
This season: 790pts
Total books: 56
Total tasks: 43
Readerboard name: Mel S20.3 - Subtitles
Read a book with a subtitle that has at least 6 words in it.
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
*Claim one "It's a Fact" ticket
This post: 20pts
This season: 810pts
Total books: 57
Total tasks: 44
Andy P.. Task# .20.3 Best Review - Lucy-Bookworm's Task: Subtitles
Read a book with a subtitle that has at least 6 words in it
Indian Creek Chronicles: A Winter Alone in the Wilderness by Pete Fromm
Points this post: 20
Total points: 580
MAZZA110.3 - Dusty Bin
Read a book by an author whose initials are found in DUSTY BIN
The Final Play
NO physical edition
approved for length here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post 10
Points to date = 1080
Barbara ★15.1 - Here's the Question
Book 1: Read a book with one of these words in the title.
WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN WHY HOW
When a Dragon Falls - Kerrelyn Sparks 4/23
Book 2: Read a book by an author whose initials (all) can be found in the word QUESTION
Rock Redemption - Nalini Singh 5/22
(N & S in queStioN)
Points this task: 15
Total points: 645
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
MAZZA1 5.5 Welcome, Watchers of Illusion
Read a book where the title contains a word of four letters or more that can be made from the letters in KNIGHTMARE.
The Ministry of Time TIME is found in target word
Points this post = 5
Points to date 1085
Hopefully that is me finished - thanks for all you do
Mai20.1 Most Improved - FLY's Task: Springing To Mind
Option 2. Nonfiction book with Main Page Genre of Science
Power to the Public: The Promise of Public Interest Technology by Tara Dawson McGuinness
*Claim 1 Non-fiction ticket*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 445
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 31
NF Tickets: 17
Golden Oldies: 1
Barbara ★10.3 - Dusty Bin
Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in DUSTY BIN
A Matter of Time - Terri Brisbin 5/22
(B & T in dusTy Bin)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 655
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
JenJ IA20.3 Best Review - Lucy-Bookworm's Task: Subtitles
Read a book with a subtitle that has at least 6 words in it.
Braving It: A Father, a Daughter, and an Unforgettable Journey into the Alaskan Wild by James Campbell
*****I claim 1 It's a Fact ticket*****
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 355/1085
Tasks Completed: 21/61
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 6
JenJ IA25.10 - JenK's Task - Keep On Rolling
Choose one from each of two different options.
REQUIRED: State the options you chose.
Option 1: Road Trip
Read a book with a cover over 50% red OR over 50% white according to Tineye.
REQUIRED: Include the book cover when posting.
The One-in-a-Million Boy by Monica Wood - 77.1% Red
Option 4: Putting ME first.
Read a book that has won an Audie Award in any category,
REQUIRED: State the category & year that it won - Audie Award for Fiction (2024)
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 380/1085
Tasks Completed: 22/61
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 6
JenJ IA25.12 - Shelby - A Birdish Year
Read two books, one from two different options. Also, all books chosen for this task must have a female author.
Option 2: Good Luck – Read a book where a leading character is/becomes pregnant.
Ready or Not by Cara Bastone
Option 3: Happiness - Read a book that has a cover that’s at least 75% according to Tineye of any combination of the colors associated with happiness…yellow, orange, pink, or red. It can be all of one color or a combination of any of those colors to reach the 75%.
Required: Post the Cover
Happy Place by Emily Henry - 84.1% Pink, Orange, Yellow
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 405/1085
Tasks Completed: 23/61
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 6
JenJ IA10.4 - The Adventure Game
Read a book with MPG Adventure OR the word Adventure or GAME in the title.
REQUIRED: State whether you have used the MPG or Title word option - MPG
The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 415/1085
Tasks Completed: 24/61
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 6
Sarah E5.7 Trust Nobody
Point Blanc - MPG Espionage
I read a kindle edition, top MMP has no page count, second MMP is Point Blank
AR Bookfinder UK: IL: MY+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8.0
Total Points: 265
Sarah E5.9 What is the Seasonal Reading Challenge?
Can You Believe Your Eyes?: Over 250 Illusions and Other Visual Oddities by Block, J.Richard, Yuker, H.E. (2002) Paperback
Non Fiction, claiming 1 It's a Fact ticket.
Total Points: 270
Total NF: 7
Sarah E30.4 - Cat's Task: Books of Oceania
Option 2: One Book
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
Set in Australia, author born in Australia
I listened to an audio, top MMP is Petits Secrets, Grands Mensonges - 572 pages
Big Book, 572 pages. Claiming 1 BB ticket.
Total Points: 300
Total BBs: 2
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15.5 Survey Says
Read a book that has won or been nominated for Goodreads Choice Awards
Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley
Nominated for Goodreads Choice Best Young Adult Fiction 2023
TOTAL POINTS: 265