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SPRING CHALLENGE 2024
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10.3 - Dusty BinBook: Don't Let Her Stay
How it fits: by Nicola Sanders, author initials in duSty biN
Points this post: 10
Total points: 20
Amy B5.7 Trust Nobody
Read a book with an MPG of Espionage or Spy Thriller.
The Untouchable by John Banville
This Task: 5 Points
To Date: 50 Points
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Book 1: Read a book with one of these words in the title.
WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN WHY HOW
Bernard Who? 75 Years of Doing Just About Everything
I listened to the audiobook, pb
This is non-fiction, so I claim an "It's a Fact" ticket
Book 2: Read a book by an author whose initials (all) can be found in the word QUESTION
The Little Orphan Girl
I listened to the audiobook, pb here:
Author initials ST are in queSTion
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 60 + 15 = 75
Total Tasks Completed: 5
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Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 3+1=4
15.5 Survey SaysNamesake (The World of the Narrows #2) by Adrienne Young
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2021)
Total this Post: 15
Season Total: 15
25.8 - MEGSCL - Learning to readOption 1: Read a book by an author with a first name that starts with M, S, or F.
Supernova (Renegades #3) by Marissa Meyer
549 pages
Option 3: Read a book with the main page genre Childrens, Junior, or Middle Grade
Rilla of Ingleside (Anne of Green Gables #8) by L.M. Montgomery
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 16.0
277 pages
Total pages read: 826
Total this Post: 25
Season Total: 40
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.4 What's In A Name?
Whiskey, Words, and a Shovel I by R.H. Sin
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Task completed: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.6 Tiger, Tiger
by Brenden FletcherPoints this post: 5
Total points: 10
Task completed: 2
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.2 Pointless
Spinning by Tillie Walden
400 pages
Points this post: 10
Total points: 20
Task completed: 3
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.3 Dusty Bin
Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio by Derf Backderf
Points this post: 10
Total points: 30
Task completed: 4
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.7 Springtime in Paris
Paris by Andi Watson
Points this post: 10
Total points: 40
Task completed: 5
TessaVanessa Challenge 10.8 Spring Forward
Star Trek, Volume 7: The Khitomer Conflict by Mike Johnson
This book is new to me and I've read volumes 1-6 in the series.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 50
Task completed: 6
Nick KY5.3 P-P-P-Pick Up A Penguin -- Read a book that has been published as a Penguin Classic according to this Wiki list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
The edition you read does not need to be a Penguin edition.
I read Caleb Williams by William Godwin.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 110
Nick KY5.4 What's In A Name?
I read The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie.
Read a book by a single author where the author's initials (first and last) can be found in CARL LINNAEUS.
This is one of those favorite re-reads of mine. I saw someone else had posted it for this task, and I couldn't help but shamelessly steal the idea so I could have another re-read.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 115
Delicious Dee5.8 Roboteers, Stand By
System Collapse - found on pg1
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 45
20.7 - 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
A Gathering of Shadows
**Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket**
(Top mass market paperback for page count: A Gathering of Shadows)
New Points: 20
Total Points: 200
Tickets as of this post: BB(1), GO(1), IaF(3)
25.10 - Shorter is Sweeter - Lois' Task: The Dating Game
Read one book of at least 500 pages that matches two options.
Schubert's Winter Journey: Anatomy of an Obsession
Option 1: Read a book with a cover over 50% white according to Tineye
Option 2: Read a book with an MPG of Music.
**Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket**
**Claiming 1 It's A Fact Ticket**
New Points: 25
Total Points: 225
Tickets as of this post: BB(2), GO(1), IaF(4)
SUSAN A25.11 - Kathy KS’ Task : “Spring has sprung”
Option 3. Read a book first published during my father’s lifetime: 1927-1997.
The Secret by Julie Garwood
I listened to audiobook. MMPB HERE
First published January 1, 1992
Option 4. Read a book with a four-letter or more word in the title/subtitle that can be made from the phrase “SPRING HAS SPRUNG
The Ruin of a Rake by Cat Sebastian
I listened to audiobook. MMPB Here
The word RUIN in found in SPRING HAS SPRUNG
Previous post: 575
points this post: 25
new total: 600
Karen DTask 5.4 - What's In A Name?
- Read a book by a single author where the author's initials (first and last) can be found in CARL LINNAEUS.
Book: The Manicurist's Daughter by Susan Lieu, finished 3/9
Points this task: 5
Total points: 60
SUSAN A5.3 P-P-P-Pick Up A Penguin
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
I listened to audiobook. MMPB Here
approved in help thread here
found on the wikipedia list provided
previous post: 600
points this post: 5
new total: 605
Task 25.5 - Bee Hive Bookclub501+ pages
option 2: Ann Patchett on the list (with title Bel Canto)
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
320 pages
option 4: on p23 of France list
The Grand Banks Café
I read the kindle, linked above. MMPB: Au rendez-vous des Terre-Neuvas
188 pages
320+188 = 508 pages >501
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190 points
15.4 - Category Is...Option 2: title begins and ends with the same letter + MPG Contemporary
Here on Earth by Alice Hoffman
Total points: 75 + 15 = 90
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
It's a Fact tickets: 0
SUSAN A10.6 - Traitor - Read a book written under a pseudonym
Phantom Prey by John Sandford
I listened to audiobook. MMPB Here
per the GR author page John Sandford was born John Roswell Camp
previous post: 605
points this post: 10
new total: 615
SUSAN A25.12 - Shelby - A Birdish Year
Option 3: Happiness Cover 75% according to Tineye of any combination of the colors associated with happiness…yellow, orange, pink, or red.
Ignite by Nora Phoenix
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB. paperback here
tineye results
Color map regionsProportional palette
Query image color map
Source image
Query image
27.1 %#b7280e Red
26.3 %#e07b1d Orange
12.6 %#231411 Black
12.3 %#832111 Red
10.5 %#f0b519 Yellow
5.0 %#4f1510 Brown
2.1 %#997f7b Grey
1.8 %#b9865a Brown
1.2 %#d6c6a6 Grey
1.1 %#eeca5a Yellow
Red, orange, yellow = 77.3%
Female author: Nora Phoenix
Option 4: Read a book where the author’s first & last initials can be found in the job titles…ACTOR, WRITER, and/or PRODUCER.
Virtually Screwed by Isla Olsen
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB. paperback here
initials I O found in ACTOR, WRITER, PRODUCER
Female author: https://islaolsen.com/about/
previous post: 615
points this post: 25
new total: 640
SUSAN A25.13 - Bookwrm526 - Connections
Option 2: Read a book with a word of at least three letters in the title or subtitle that would spell the name of a color if you added a letter at the beginning of the word OR if you changed the letter at the beginning.
Someone to Hold Me by Lisa Oliver
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB> paperback here
Hold becomes Gold by changing the H to G
Option 4: Body parts - read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that contains a human body part.
The Wolf and Bear's Dragon Omega by Lorelei M. Hart and Wendy Rathbone
paperback here
Body part EAR found in the title word BEAR'S
previous post: 640
points this post: 25
new total: 665
30.1 Katrisa's Task: Spring ZodiacOption 3a: Word of at least 4 letters in the title that can be made from the letters in LOVER NOT A FIGHTER The Fervor by Alma Katsu
*Word is FERVOR
Option 3b: MPG Religion The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible by A.J. Jacobs
*It's a Fact Ticket
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Total:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
Readerboard name: Mel S20.7 - The Dating Game
MPG Romance that is #1, #2, or #3 in a series that has at least 3 published books in the series.
City of Ashes
Book is #2 in The Mortal Instruments series (6 books)
This post: 20pts
This season: 110pts
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 10
Juliajoy10.8 Spring Forward
Nightingale’s Lament
Nightside #3
Simon R Green
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
This book was new to me
Previously read: Angels of Light and Darkness, Nightside #2
Katrisa20.3 Best Review - Lucy-Bookworm's Task: Subtitles
Read a book with a subtitle that has at least 6 words in it
I read This Is the Fire: What I Say to My Friends About Racism
8 word subtitle
Points this Post: 20
Points Total: 175
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska10.8 - Spring Forward.
Read the next book in a series.
The Gilded Cage by Lynette Noni (448 p.) *
* This book is new to me. It is #2 in the series; I have previously read its prequel (#1), The Prison Healer.
➸ Total Points: 45
➸ Total Pages: 1,344
Babbling C20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lisa’s Task: Bowling For Dollars
Option B: WBAL aired Bowling For Dollars, which was played with tenpins, but also Duckpin and Dollars, which used a smaller pin than a tenpin and harder to roll a strike on. 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.”
Required: State which show title you used.
Legendary audible Legendary mass market paperback pg 544 by Stephanie Garber
bowlinG for dollarS = Stephanie Garber
🦋this is a big book 544 pages🦋
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0
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Total This Season
Points: 20/1110
Completed Tasks: 1/62
Big Book: 1
NONFICTION : 0
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Pages read this season: 544
Books read this season: 1
Deborah5.2 What Goes Around...
Banshee Cries
Borrowed from library
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 35
Books Read: 3
Tasks Done: 3
Deborah20.1 Most Improved - FLY's Task: Springing To Mind
3. Baby Animals!
Endless by Devyn Sinclair
DS: DUCKLINGS
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 55
Books Read: 4
Tasks Done: 4
SUSAN A30.1 - Katrisa's Task: Spring Zodiac
Option 1 - Pisces - February 19-March 20
Book 1: For this task read a book from a series with at least 12 published works.
Get Over It by Lisa Oliver
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB. paperback here
The Gods Made Me Do It series with 14 primary works
430 pages
Book 2: Read a book with the word MOON in the title
To the Moon and Back by N.R. Walker
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB. paperback here
childrens MPG - approved as an adult book HERE
MOON in title
230 pages
430 + 230 = 660 pages
previous total: 665
points this post: 30 points
new total: 695
SUSAN A5.8 Roboteers, Stand By
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
I listened to audiobook. MMPB here
Page 1 of Robots Shelf
previous total: 695
points this post: 5
new total: 700
SUSAN A30.2 - Susan A's Task: Word Search
Book 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 Skunk, the Tibetan Fox and Their Wolf Omega by Lorelei M. Hart and Wendy Rathbone
No MMPB. paperback here
word from title: their
found in LorelEI M. HaRT
Book 2: spell the author's first or last name with the letters in the title
Come Unto These Yellow Sands by Josh Lanyon
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB. paperback here
Lanyon - Come UNtO these YeLlow SaANds
previous total: 700
points this post: 30
new total: 730
SUSAN A30.4 - Cat's Task: Books of Oceania
Option 1: Two Book Option
Book 1: Read a book that is set (at least 70%) in one or more countries in Oceania
Dearest Milton James by N.R. Walker
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB. paperback
100% Australia, setting listed on GR main page
Book 2: Read a book that is written by an author born in a country in Oceania
The Great Zoo of China by Matthew Reilly
I listened to audiobook. MMPB here
Matthew Reilly - born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia per GR author page
previous total: 730
points this post: 30
new total: 760
SUSAN A30.7 - TessaVanessa’s Task: The Price is Right
Option 1: COME ON DOWN
Kick Start by Josh Lanyon
I listened to audiobook. No MMPB. paperback here
5 letter word from title: START found in
COME ON DOWN, YOU’RE THE NEXT CONTESTANT
Option 2: PRICING GAMES:
The Chef, the Wolf, and their Platypus Omega by Lorelei M. Hart and Wendy Rathbone
No MMPB. paperback here
dual author approved here
Cliff Hangers found in title
The CHEF, the WoLF, ANand theIR PlatypuS OmeGa
previous post: 760
points this post: 30
new total: 790
20.2 Rookie at the Top - JenJ IA's Task: LEGO Masters - Play Well, Read Well!Option 2, bridge on the cover: A Winter in New York by Josie Silver
Points this post: 20
Total points: 95
Lindsey IL30.4 - Cat's Task: Books of Oceania
Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
option 2, one 500+ page book set in Oceania (Australia) by an author born in Oceania (Australia) (https://lianemoriarty.com.au/about-li...)
***500+ page big book (520 pages)***
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 30
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
IAF: 0
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
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.
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson
Approved in help thread
*I'd like an It's A Fact ticket for A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (nonfiction)**
Point this Post: 15
Total Points: 65
IAFs this post: 1
Total IAFs to date: 4
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TessaVanessaChallenge 10.9 Beware the Ides of March
Star Trek, Volume 6: After Darkness by Mike Johnson
STAR is the word
Points this post: 10
Total points: 60
Task completed: 7
Mai25.8 - MEGSCL - Learning to read
Option 1: Read a book by an author with a first name that starts with M, S, or F.
The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma by Mustafa Suleyman
*Claim 1 NF Ticket*
Option 2: Read a book with a title where all words have 3 or fewer letters (subtitles excluded)
AI: Its Nature and Future by Margaret A. Boden
*Claim 1 NF Ticket*
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 80
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 7
NF Tickets: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.5 Survey Says
Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail by Andrea Lankford
Nominee for Best Nonfiction (2023)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 75
Task completed: 8
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.6 Rebirth, Renew, Refresh
Pride & Prejudice by Stacy King, Jane Austen
MPG=Retellings
Points this post: 15
Total points: 90
Task completed: 9
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.8 Readers Unite!
by Trung Le NguyenAR Information: IL: UG - BL: 3.0 - AR Pts: 1.0
Points this post: 15
Total points: 105
Task completed: 10
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.10 Take A Mental Health Day
Commute: An Illustrated Memoir of Female Shame by Erin Williams
Points this post: 15
Total points: 120
Task completed: 11
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.3 Rookie at the Top - JenJ IA's Task: LEGO Masters - Play Well, Read Well!
Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales by William M. Bass
Points this post: 20
Total points: 140
Task completed: 12
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read a book that is new-to-you but NOT bought new
read First Lie Wins
obtained from the library
points this post 5
total points 5
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20.5 Bigger is Better - Lisa's Task: Bowling for Dollars
Option B - Author initials in phrase
I used DUCKPINS AND DOLLLARS
Miracle Creek - Angie Kim
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
BB:0 GO:0 IAF:1