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SPRING CHALLENGE 2024
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Chris MD 25.2 Kids Sports
Option 1 - Author's (first & last) initials are found in TRAINING FIN, KICKBOARD, PULLBUOY
A Stitch in Time by Karen Armstrong
KA in KickboArd
I listened to the audio version of this book. There is no MMP. The top paperback has 336 pages.
Option 3: A book with page count that consists of with at least 2 of these numbers (0, 1, 2, 5). Numbers may not repeat.
Silent Voices by Anne Cleeves
This book has 320 pages, so it includes 0 and 2.
Total points: 225
Chris MD 25.11 Spring Has Spring
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.
The Last Kashmiri Rose by Barbara Cleverly
"Rose" in the Title
I read the Kindle edition. The top MMP has 320 pages.
Option 3: Read a book first published 1927-1997.
Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
This book was first published in 1984.
Total points: 250
Kai5.1 Spring Colours
Read a book whose cover contains a minimum of three distinct colours according to TinEye
Open Secrets by Alice Munro
Colors from TinEye: Grey, Green, Black, White, Brown
New Points: 5
Tasks Competed: 25
Total Points: 435
Kai5.2 What Goes Around...
Read a book that is new-to-you but NOT bought new - for example, borrowed from a library, bought second-hand, or passed on by a friend or family member.
Less Stuff: Simple Zero-Waste Steps To A Joyful And Clutter-Free Life by Lindsay Miles
Borrowed from library
New Points: 5
Tasks Competed: 26
Total Points: 440
Kai5.10 All The Information Is On The Task
Read a book of your choice that meets the SRC rules.
How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin
New Points: 5
Tasks Competed: 27
Total Points: 445
Kai25.3 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 Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr
"Porter" tiTlEwOrdsPelledfRomphRase
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
Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg
New Points: 25
Tasks Competed: 28
Total Points: 470
15.2 -It's A MatchMAY READS
Read two books.
Each with a different single author, whose first or last names match.
Names must match in placement.
Stormy Weather by Paulette JilesRead ~ 5.19.24
Pages ~ 352
Required ~ PAULETTE jiles
The Witch of Tin Mountain by Paulette KennedyRead ~ 5.28.24
Pages ~ 328
Required ~ PAULETTE kennedy
Task Points ~ 15
Task Pages ~ 680
Total Points ~ 430
Jen K20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Lois' Task: The Dating Game
A Perilous Undertaking
Veronica Speedwell #2; MPG Romance
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 770
BB: 8
IAF: 8
Jen K15.10 Take A Mental Health Day
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
MPG Mental Health and Nonfiction
***Requesting 1 IAF ticket for nonfiction***
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 785
BB: 8
IAF: 9
Jen K15.3 X's and O's
Option 2: My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 800
BB: 8
IAF: 9
Kim O20.2 Rookie at the Top - JenJ IA's Task: LEGO Masters - Play Well, Read Well!
Option 4b) Read a book with a title of at least three words (ignore subtitles) where each word must share at least one letter (in any position) with the word preceding it.
The Relic Master (e)
Points this task: 20
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Totals:
Points: 160
Big Book - 500+: 2
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 0
It's a Fact: 2
EMurphy5.10 All the Information Is On the Task - Book of your choice Lavender House by Lev A.C. Rosen
This Task:
Points: 5
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 445
Books Read: 30
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF: 8
Tasks Completed: 21
EMurphy5.4 What's In a Name? - Single author where the author's first and last initials can be found in CARL LINNEAUS
by Salman Rushdie*It's a Fact Ticket
This Task:
Points: 5
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Total:
Points: 450
Books Read: 31
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF: 9
Tasks Completed: 22
EMurphy5.1 Spring Colors - Cover contains a minimum of 3 distinct colors according to Tineye
*Black, White, Orange, Grey, Green, Red, Brown (Tineye)
**It's a Fact Ticket
This Task:
Points: 5
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Total:
Points: 455
Books Read: 32
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF: 10
Tasks Completed: 23
Julia10325.5 - Delicious Dee - Bee Hive Bookclub
Option 1: The Language of Bees (BEE intact in title)
Option 3: Knot of Shadows by Lois McMaster Bujold (first and last initials LB)
This post: 25 points
Total points: 675
BB: 6
GO: 2
NF: 5
Tasks completed: 35
Books read: 49
Delicious Dee30.2 - Susan A's Task: Word Search
Book A - Good Taste - Caroline Scott - TASTE can be found in Caroline Scott
Book B - Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond - Henry Winkler - HENRY can be found in Being Henry; Claiming 1 its a fact ticket for non-fiction
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 1085
Big Book Ticket: 3
Its a Fact: 12
Golden Oldie: 1
Bookwrm526Task #5.10 - 5.10 All The Information Is On The Task
Read a book of your choice that meets SRC rules. I read A Spoonful of Poison by M.C. Beaton.
Total points so far: 840
Bookwrm526Task #20.7 - 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. I read The Sweet Smell of Murder by Cindy Bell.
Total points so far: 860
Bookwrm526Task #20.8 - The Golden Shot
Option 1. Read a book first published between 1967 and 1975, inclusive. I read Shroud for a Nightingale by P.D. James (first published 1971).
Total points so far: 880
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska15.8 - Readers Unite!
Read a book that has a book on the cover.
How to Stop Time by Matt Haig (339 p.) *
* There is a man under the author's name who is holding a book. Previously approved in the Help Thread.
➸ Total Points: 150
➸ Total Pages: 3,728
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - Trishhartuk's Task: The Golden Shot.
Option 2. Read a book with an apple on the cover.
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (498 p.)
➸ Total Points: 170
➸ Total Pages: 4,226
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska20.9 - Moderators Pet - Marie-Anne's Task: Card Game Memories.
Option 3. Read a book that is 1, 3, or 4 in a series and whose publication year contains a 1, 3, or 4.
The Atlas Complex by Olivie Blake (496 p.) *
* #3 in a series, published 2024.
➸ Total Points: 190
➸ Total Pages: 4,722
JenJ IA50.1 - Tammy AZ's Task: Exploration Through Reading
Select one of the options and read three books in that option. Your books must have a total page count of 750+ pages when combined and no kids/graphic novels allowed.
Required: State which option you used.
Option 2 - Intercontinental Travel: Read three books with each book being set on a different continent. Required: If the settings are not obvious from the book description or GR metadata, provide a reference.
Book 1 - North America (Las Vegas, Nevada, USA) - We Are Called to Rise by Laura McBride - 320 pages
Book 2 - Europe (England, UK) - The Love of my Life by Rosie Walsh - 372 pages
Setting reference: "Emma is a research fellow at the Marine Biological Association in Plymouth, which takes up two days of her week, then she comes back to us in London to teach estuarine conservation at UCL." - The Love of my LIfe, Rosie Walsh, page 9
Book 3 - South America (Bolivia, Amazon Rainforest) - The Puma Years: A Memoir by Laura Coleman - 290 pages
*****I claim 1 It's A Fact ticket*****
320 + 372 + 290 = 982 total pages
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Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 640/1085
Tasks Completed: 32/61
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 8
Truitt_T5.8 - Roboteers, Stand By
Task: From first 25 pages of Robots shelf
And Shall Machines Surrender by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
Paperback: And Shall Machines Surrender
Found on page 11 of list.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 1085 / 1085
Kristen IA25.1 - RobinP task The Fab Four
Read 2 books from 2 different options.
Option 2: Read a book published in or set in the 1960’s.
The Women by Kristin Hannah
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
The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate
REQUIRED: State the name of the song & the word - "Friends" from the song "With a Little Help From My Friends"
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 445/1085
Tasks Completed: 29/61
BB: 0
GO: 1
NF: 5
Kristen IA25.2 Tiens task - Kid's Sports
This is a two-book task. Please select one book from two different options.
Option 1: Swimming
Read a book where author's (first & last) initials are found in one of these swimming training aids: TRAINING FIN, KICKBOARD, PULLBUOY
Unprotected: A Memoir by Billy Porter
Required: state initials & word used. - BP in PullBuoy
I listened to the audio and linked to the PB edition.
*****I claim 1 It's A Fact ticket*****
Option 3: Crossfit
Read a book with page count that consists of with at least 2 of these numbers (0, 1, 2, 5). Numbers may not repeat.
How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz - 208 pages
I listened to the audiobook and used the PB edition for page count.
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 470/1085
Tasks Completed: 30/61
BB: 0
GO: 1
NF: 6
Readerboard Name: List_Addict10.6: Traitor
An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn
Julia Quinn is the pseudonym of Julia Pottinger née Cotler
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia...
Points this challenge: 50
10.3 - Dusty BinThe Camel Club (The Camel Club #1) by David Baldacci
author's initials, DB, found in Dusty Bin
Total this Post:10
Season Total: 730
25.4: Nick KY’s Task: Nordic Noir Plus TenBook A: Read a book set primarily (at least 50%) in a Nordic country or written by a single Nordic author (by birth or by residence).
Cold Fear (Grønland - Greenland, #2) by Mads Peder Nordbo
100% set in Greenland
First published in 2018
376 pages
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.
It All Falls Down (Nora Watts #2) by Sheena Kamal
first published in 2018
384 pages
Total pages read: 760
Total this Post:25
Season Total: 755
5.1 Spring ColoursThe Killing Code by Ellie Marney
55.3 %#dad9ddGrey
20.9 %#191919Black
7.7 %#e03531Red
3.7 %#868689Grey
3.1 %#d85961Pink
3.1 %#deaab0Pink
2.6 %#dc8288Pink
1.9 %#d63942Red
1.3 %#672321Brown
0.6 %#361918Brown
Total this Post:5
Season Total: 760
Readerboard name: Mel S15.8 - Readers Unite!
A book featured on the cover
The Lost Book of Adana Moreau
This post: 15pts
This season: 840pts
Total books: 59
Total tasks: 46
Line5.5
Read a book where the title contains a word of four letters or more that can be made from the letters in KNIGHTMARE
i read Alle mine triste horer
MINE can be found in knightmare
points for this task: 5
total points: 25
books read: 5
tasks done: 5
Mod
Option 1 - The Opening Ceremony
This will take place on the River Seine with the competitors parading in boats.
a) Read a book with a title word of 4 or more letters found in "The River Seine"
word is This
read This Is Where It Ends
b) Read a book with a small boat on the cover
read
points this post 30
total points 1030
30.2 - Susan A's Task: Word SearchTask 1: Read a book that has a four letter or more word in the title (not subtitle) that can be made from the author's name.
The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott
word in title, RAIN, can be made from robbIe ARNott
Task 2: Read a book with an author whose first or last name is at least 4 letters long. Use the letters in the title (not subtitle) to spell the author's first or last name.
Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum
author's name, HWANG, can be made from Welcome to tHe hyuNAm-dong
Total this Post:30
Season Total: 790
Lindsey IL25.2 - Tiens task - Kid's Sports
Crime and Cherry Pits by Amanda Flower
option 1, author's initials in TRAINING FIN
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher
option 2, sports + YA genres
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 505
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
IAF: 12
Tasks Completed: 26
Books Read: 35
Lindsey IL10.1 - Tick Tock
My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
There is a clock tower in the upper right of the cover with hands visible.
Larger image: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/8...
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 515
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
IAF: 12
Tasks Completed: 27
Books Read: 36
25.10 - JenK's Task - Keep On RollingI did one book of at least 500 pages that matches two of the following options.
1-Read a book with a cover over 50% red OR over 50% white according to Tineye.
4-Read a book that has won an Audie Award in any category,
East of Eden 601 pages
71.9% white
Audie Award for Classic (2004)
***Claiming a Big Book ticket for 601 page length***
New Points: 25
Total Points: 355
BB: 2
IaF: 5
15.7 Let's Break!Read a book where a vacation, holiday or leisure break involving at least one overnight stay is central to the story.
Down and Out in Paris and London
MPG TRavel-The main character is staying at a hotel in Paris at the begining of the book-"my hotel was called the Hotel des Trois"
***Claiming a Golden Oldie Ticket for being publiches in 1933***
New Points: 15
Total Points: 370
BB: 2
GO: 1
IaF: 5
Mod
Cat
Delicious Dee
Truitt_T
Mod
Read a book from the first 25 pages of this Robots shelf
A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Found on Page 1 of the list
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 235 + 5 = 240
Total Tasks Completed: 13
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 8
Mod
Read a book with a page count containing two or more zeros (200, 400, 1000 etc)
Deception
I listened to the audiobook, the top pb (no mmpb) has 400pages
Deception
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 240 + 10 = 250
Total Tasks Completed: 14
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 8
Christine V10.9 - Beware the Ides of March
The Brides of High Hill
Target word: Brides
Points this post: 10
Total points: 195
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 14
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)
It's A Fact: 3
Mod
Select one of the options and read three books in that option. Your books must have a total page count of 750+ pages when combined and no kids/graphic novels allowed.
Option 1 - Road Trip: Read three books that take place on the same continent but in different locations on the continent. For example: Europe - set in France, Ireland, and Italy. Books can all be in the same country but must then be in different cities/towns as the point of the task is to travel.
Dark Shadows over Coronation Close - Set in Bristol, UK
296 pages
The Potting Shed Murder - set in Norfolk, UK
352 pages
The Bay - set in Merseyside, UK
I listened to the audiobook, the paperback The Bay has 288 pages
296 + 352 + 288 = 936 pages
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Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 250 + 50 = 300
Total Tasks Completed: 15
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 8
Mod
Option 2 - The Eiffel Tower Stadium
a) Read a book with a 4+ letter word in title made from "LA DAME DE FER"
The Dead Dog Day (The Cora Baxter Mysteries) Audio
The word is DEAD - lA Dame DE fer
b) Read a book where the cover shows a beach (sand and water)
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 300 + 30 = 330
Total Tasks Completed: 16
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 8
Mod
read How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse
comment 21 in discussion
points this post 20
total points 1050
Mod
Option 2 - Aries - March 21- April 19
Book 1: Read a book from the first 20 pages of this list of books with quests.
Redwall
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 16.0
Page 3 of the list
352 pages
Book 2: Read a book with one of these royal titles for men in the title (not subtitle): EMPEROR, KING, PRINCE, DUKE
Jeeves & the King of Clubs
Contains the word KING
320 pages
352 + 320 = 672 > 500pgs
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 330 + 30 = 360
Total Tasks Completed: 17
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 8
Mod
Read a book by a single author where the author's initials (first and last) can be found in CARL LINNAEUS. Letters may only be used as often as they appear.
read The Silent Prodigy
by Emily Shiner
points this post 5
total points 1055
trishhartuk10.2 Pointless
Read a book with a page count containing two or more zeros
A Marvellous Light, Freya Marske
Page count: 400pg
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 735
Tasks Completed:45
It’s a Fact Tickets: 4
Golden Oldie Tickets: 2
Mod
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” or “Duckpins and Dollars.”
John
The author is Niall Williams - initials NW appear in boWliNg for dollars
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 360 + 20 = 380
Total Tasks Completed: 18
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 8
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50.1 - Tammy AZ's Task: Exploration Through Reading
Option 1 - Road Trip: Read three books that take place on the same continent
I picked North America
1. Every Summer After
set in Bancroft, ON, Canada
320 p
2. Anita de Monte Laughs Last
set in New York City
342 p
3. The Great Divide
set in Panama the southern most tip of NA
321 p
This post: 50 points
Total points: 145
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 1