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SPRING CHALLENGE 2024
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Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.4: The category is ...: Option 2
The Darwin Affair by Tim Mason meets requirements for Option 1, book 1B and Option 1, Book 2:
-- The author's first name TIM shares name TIM campbell
-- Book has MPGs THRILLER & SUSPENSE meeting requirements for wheel spin of 60: suspense/thriller
Totals: 15
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 170
Books: 10
Tasks: 7
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.2: LEGO masters: Option 3: Skirting The Grave by Annette Blair is #4 in the Vintage Magic series.
Totals: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 190
Books: 11
Tasks: 8
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.4: I really like this bowl: Option 3
The Disappeared by Kristine Kathryn Rush. Author FL initials KR are in i Really liKe this bowl.
Totals: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 210
Books: 12
Tasks: 9
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.7: Dating game:
Dead and Kicking by Wendy Roberts is #3 in the Ghost Dusters series and has MPG ROMANCE.
Totals: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 230
Books: 13
Tasks: 10
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
25.7 - Lora - Happy St. Patrick's DayOption 1, Cover at least 50% green and minimum 317 pages: None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell 380 pages
62.4% green
Option 2, author born in Ireland: Faithful Place by Tana French 400 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 905
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.9: Card game memories:
Empire of Exiles by Erin M. Evans is #1 in the Books of the Usurper series. First published in 2022 has #2 in publication date.
Totals: 20
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 250
Books: 13
Tasks: 10
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Kim O10.4 - The Adventure Game
****REPOST OF 2277 TO INCLUDE AR BOOKFINDER INFO*****
Read a book with MPG Adventure OR the word Adventure or GAME in the title.
Using the MPG option.
Tales from Watership Down
IL: UG - BL: 6.0 - AR Pts: 10.0
Points this task: 10
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Totals:
Points: 110
Big Book - 500+: 2
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 0
It's a Fact: 1
Kim O15.9 I am beautifully different. Read a book from one of these lists:
Stories about Individuals with Disabilities"
Autism in Fiction
Neurodiverse Characters
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
Neurodiverse Characters, page 1
Points this task: 15
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Totals:
Points: 125
Big Book - 500+: 2
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 0
It's a Fact: 1
Kim O15.10 Take A Mental Health Day Read a Non-Fiction book with a MPG Mental Health/Mental Illness
Just Checking: Scenes From the Life of an Obsessive-Compulsive
Points this task: 15
It's a Fact ticket(s): 1
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Totals:
Points: 140
Big Book - 500+: 2
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 0
It's a Fact: 2
b>Lisa MD*****UNCLAIM POST 1510*****
5.4 - What's In a Name?
Go as a River by Shelley Read
320 pgs
Author Initials: SR found in caRl linnaeuS
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: -5
Total Points: 695 / 1100
Total Books Read: 51
Total Tasks Completed: 38 / 61
Big Book Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 8
Lisa MD25.8 - MEGSCL - Learning to read
Option 1: Author First Initial starts w/ M,F or S
Go as a River by Shelley Read
320 pgs
Option 3: MPG: Middle Grade, Childrens
Pax by Sara Pennypacker
278 pgs
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8.0
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 720 / 1100
Total Books Read: 53
Total Tasks Completed: 39 / 61
Big Book Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 8
Lisa MD10.8 - Spring Forward
Kisscut by Karin Slaughter
436 pgs
Series: Grant County #2
The last book in the Grant County Series I read was #1: Blindsighted. This book is new to me.
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 730 / 1100
Total Books Read: 54
Total Tasks Completed: 40 / 61
Big Book Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 8
Kristen IA30.3 - MAZZA1's task - Looking Forward to the Olympics
For this task you must read 2 books. Choose 1 option and read BOTH tasks for that option. Required: State the option.
Option 1 - The Opening Ceremony
a) Read a book with a title word of 4 or more letters found in "The River Seine" - the word is Seven
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
b) Read a book with a small boat on the cover
Required: post the cover.
Crimson Summer by Heather Graham
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 420/1085
Tasks Completed: 28/61
BB: 0
GO: 1
NF: 5
JenJ IA20.2 Rookie at the Top - JenJ IA's Task: LEGO Masters - Play Well, Read Well!
This is a one book task. Select a book for one of the options below.
REQUIRED: State which option you chose.
Option 1:
Read a book written by a single author who shares their first AND last initial (ignore middle initials) with the initials of the cast listed above. You can use any of the initials: W, A, J, B, A, C in any combination, in any position, but only as often as they occur.
Mercury by Amy Jo Burns
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 530/1085
Tasks Completed: 29/61
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 6
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.1 Most Improved - FLY's Task: Springing To Mind
Option 2:Sisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life
Has Main Page Genre of Biography.
Claiming 1 It's a fact ticket
Totals
Points: 320
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 9
Total Tasks Completed: 19
Total Books Completed: 22
JenJ IA20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lisa’s Task: Bowling For Dollars
Pick one option and read a book to satisfy that option.
Required: State the option
Option A: Read a book where the letters “WBAL” can be found in the title and/or author’s name.
The Lights of Sugarberry Cove by Heather Webber
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 550/1085
Tasks Completed: 30/61
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 6
JenJ IA****REMOVE*****from Post #1028
10.8 - Spring Forward
Read the next book in a series that you've already started. in grey parenthesis under book title.
REQUIRED: state that the book is new to you AND which book in the series you have previously read - The book is new to me. I previously read Divine Rivals.
Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross
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Points This Post: -10
Total Points: 540/1085
Tasks Completed: 29/61
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 6
JenJ IA****REMOVE*****Post #2194
20.3 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 RETURN 1 It's a Fact ticket*****
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Points This Post: -20
Total Points: 520/1085
Tasks Completed: 28/61
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 6-1 = 5
Lisa MD20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter Lois' Task: The Dating Game
The Becoming by Nora Roberts
448 pgs
MPG: Romance
Series: The Dragon Heart Legacy #2
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COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 750 / 1100
Total Books Read: 55
Total Tasks Completed: 41 / 61
Big Book Tickets: 5
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
IAF Tickets: 8
JenJ IA20.3 Best Review - Lucy-Bookworm's Task: Subtitles
Read a book with a subtitle that has at least 6 words in it.
Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste by Bianca Bosker
*****I Claim 1 It's a Fact ticket*****
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 540/1085
Tasks Completed: 29/61
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 6
JenJ IA20.7 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.
Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 560/1085
Tasks Completed: 30/61
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 6
Delicious Dee20.8 Nickels and Dimes -Trishhartuk's Task: The Golden Shot
Option 3 - Murder at Marble House - HOUSE can be spelt from the letters in BOB MONKHOUSE
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 1030
Big Book Ticket: 3
Its a Fact: 11
Golden Oldie: 1
Delicious Dee25.2 Tiens task - Kid's Sports
Option 1 - Kiss and Cry - Keira Andrews - KA found in KICKBOARD
Option 2 - Gridiron Girl - has both sports and young adult as genres
Points this Post: 25
Points Total: 1055
Big Book Ticket: 3
Its a Fact: 11
Golden Oldie: 1
Stephanie12720.1 Most Improved - FLY's Task: Springing To Mind
2. A nonfiction book with Main Page Genre of Biography, Science, or War.
Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20/1085
Tasks completed: 1/61
Books read: 1
Stephanie12720.3 Best Review - Lucy-Bookworm's Task: Subtitles
Read a book with a subtitle that has at least 6 words in it.
The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40/1085
Tasks completed: 2/61
Books read: 2
Task 30.3 - Looking Forward to the Olympicsoption 2a: DEAD in title made from DAME DE
What Moves the Dead
option 2b: beach of sand and water on cover
The Last Dance
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1085 points
20.9 Moderators Pet - Marie-Anne's Task: Card Game MemoriesBook: American Crown - Beatrice & Theodore by Katharine McGee
How it fits: option 3 - #1 in series & first published in 2019 - 1 in year of publication
Points this post: 20
Total points: 245
20.3 Best Review - Lucy-Bookworm's Task: SubtitlesBook: Wear It Well: Reclaim Your Closet and Rediscover the Joy of Getting Dressed
How it fits: 10 words in the subtitle
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 224 pages.
I'd like to claim one It's a Fact-ticket, please.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 265
It's a fact tickets: 1
Amy B10.5 - Blankety Blank
Read a book with a 2 word title where both words start with the same letter.
Cross Country by James Patterson
This Task: 10 Points
To Date: 855 Points
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.2 - What Goes Around...
Someone Is Always Watching by Kelley Armstrong
This is a new-to-me book but was NOT bought new (borrowed from the library)
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): Someone Is Always Watching
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 175 points
Tasks completed: 10
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.9 - What is the Seasonal Reading Challenge?
What Is Love? by Jen Comfort
The title contains a "?"
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): What Is Love?
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 180 points
Tasks completed: 11
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.2 - Pointless
The Teacher by Freida McFadden
PB edition has 400 pages
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): The Teacher
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 190 points
Tasks completed: 12
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.3 - Dusty Bin
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
The author's initials can be found in dumSty Bin.
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): La mujer que soy
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 200 points
Tasks completed: 13
JenJ IA30.6 - Amy FL’s task: The Chase is On
For this task, read two books, one from two different options. No children’s books or comics/sequential art may be used and the two books must total a minimum of 700 pages.
Required: State the options.
Option 1: The Chasers featured on the show so far were Ken Jennings, Brad Rutter, James Holzhauer, Brandon Blackwell, Victoria Groce, Buzzy Cohen and Mark Labbett. Read a book written by an author whose name matches one of these geniuses.
Required: Identify the name of the author and the Chaser who shares the name in your post. - James Campbell shares a name with James Holzhauer.
Braving It: A Father, a Daughter, and an Unforgettable Journey into the Alaskan Wild by James Campbell - 384 pages
*****I Claim 1 It's a Fact ticket*****
Option 4: Read a book written by a single female author whose first and last name begin with the same letter (Lisa Lutz, for example).
Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross - 420 pages
384 + 420 = 804 total pages
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 590/1085
Tasks Completed: 31/61
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 7
Angela IL25.8 - MEGSCL - Learning to read
Option 1: Read a book by an author with a first name that starts with M, S, or F.
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King- 3/6
Claiming It's a Fact Ticket
Option 2: . Read a book with a title where all words have 3 or fewer letters
I'll Be You by Janelle Brown- 5/29
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 550
Books Read: 37
Tasks Completed: 22
Big Book Ticket: 1
It's a Fact: 2
Angela IL20.3 Best Review - Lucy-Bookworm's Task: Subtitles
Read a book with a subtitle that has at least 6 words in it.
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo- 3/20
Claiming It's a Fact Ticket
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 570
Books Read: 38
Tasks Completed: 23
Big Book Ticket: 1
It's a Fact: 3
Angela IL25.3: 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
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng-5/27
WORD:HEARTS
Category 2: Read a book with all author initials in the phrase AUTHOR INITIALS CONTAINED IN PHRASE
The Push by Ashley Audrain- 4/21
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 595
Books Read: 40
Tasks Completed: 24
Big Book Ticket: 1
It's a Fact: 3
Karen DTask 20.8 Nickels and Dimes -Trishhartuk's Task: The Golden Shot
Option 3: The Book of Rosy: A Mother's Story of Separation at the Border
Word: BOOK found in BOB MONKHOUSE
Points this task: 20
Total points: 1040
10.1 - Tick TockRead a book with a clock on the cover
Tales from the Café by Toshikazu KawaguchiTask Total: 10
Season Total: 465
25.11 - Kathy KS’ Task : “Spring has sprung”Option 2. Read a book whose title includes one of these common flower names intact: Rose, Gerbera, Sunflower, Marigold, Tulip, Daffodil, Daisy, Orchid, Carnation, Jasmine.
Rose
The Rose Grower by Michelle de Kretser
Option 3. Read a book first published during my father’s lifetime: 1927-1997.
1993
The Twins by Tessa de Loo
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 490
Andy P.Task # 25.4: 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 single Nordic author
The Black Path by Åsa Larsson Swedish author, set in Sweden
Book B. 2. By setting -- Book B is set at least 50% in the same country as Book A The Demon of Dakar by Kjell Eriksson set in Sweden
Points this post: 25
Total points: 665
10.8 Spring ForwardBlessing of the Lost Girls J.A. Jance
This book is new to me and the next one in the Joanna Brady series for me. The last one I read was Missing and Endangered
Post Total: 10
Grand Total: 235
20.4 I Really Like This BowlOption 3 - Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
The letters AK are in I Really Like This Bowl
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 255
25.4 Nordic Noir Plus TenBook A - The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen
Book B1 - The Hanging Girl by Jussi Adler-Olsen
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 280
Mod
Read a Non-Fiction book with a MPG Mental Health/Mental Illness
read Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
Nonfiction
Audiobook
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Biography Memoir
Mental Health
Adult
Humor
points this post 15
total points 995
50.0 Exploration Through ReadingOption 1 - Road Trip
Book 1 - The Children by David Halberstam
Set in Nashville Tennessee
Book 2 - James by Percival Everett
Set in Missouri
Book 3 - Murder 101 by Faye Kellerman
Set in New York state
Post Total: 50
Grand Total: 330
Kai10.4 The Adventure Game
Read a book with MPG Adventure OR the word Adventure or Game in the title (plurals & possessives allowed but no other variation)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
I used the MPG option
New Points: 10
Tasks Competed: 24
Total Points: 430
Mod
Read a book with ! Or ? In the title or subtitle.
read Want to Know a Secret?
points this post 5
total points 1000
trishhartuk5.7 Trust Nobody
Read a book with an MPG of Espionage or Spy Thriller.
Slow Horses, Mick Herron
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB: here (320pg)
MPGs include both Espionage and Spy Thriller (the last is under more)
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 725
Tasks Completed:44
It’s a Fact Tickets: 4
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
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Task 15.3: X's and O's: Option 2:
Pandora's Box: (A mind-puzzling mystery novel) by Luke Christodoulou meets both options:
1 X in title (boX) and min of 2 O's in author's name - there are 3 O's in the author's name.
Totals: 15
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 155
Books: 9
Tasks: 6
Big books tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)