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SPRING CHALLENGE 2025
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SUSAN A25.5 Jessica S’s Task: Signs of the Zodiac - Pisces, Aries and Taurus
Option 2: Energized Aries (March 21st - 20th April)
Read a book that was published between March 21st and April 20th of 2024 or 2025
A Spooky Legacy by S.E. Harmon
No MMPB. Paperback HERE
340 pages
First published April 9th 2024
Book B: Read a book with MPG Adventure
Bitter Passage by Colin Mills
No MMPB Paperback Here
303 pages
MPG Adventure
Total Pages: 340 + 303 = 643
Previous Points: 835
points this post: 25
Total Points: 860
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5.2 Angel of the Battlefield
Read a book by an author named Clara or Barton or with the initials: CB, CC, BC, or BB. Names may be in any position.
Bewitched, Bothered, and Biscotti. Bailey Cates
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 24
Total Points: 295
Tasks Completed: 20
Golden Oldies - 3
It's A Fact - 2
Big Books - 2
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Option 1: Thoroughbred Racing
Read a book with the author’s first initial in “SIR BARTON” and the author’s last initial in “JUSTIFY.”
read I Would Die for You by Sandie Jones
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Option 2: Hiking
read a book with a 4+ letter word in the title/subtitle that can be made out of the letters in SPRINGER and KATAHDIN.
word is TRIP
read The Last Trip
points this post 25
total points 705
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25.2 Robin P's Task: The NATO Alphabet
Option 1:
Read a book with one of the code words as a stand-alone word in the author's name.
Mike,
Robert B. Parker's Stone's Throw. Mike Lupica
Option 2:
Read a book with one of the code words as a stand-alone word in the author's name.
Here is the 1943 International Version: George,
The Little Paris Bookshop. Nina George
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 26
Total Points: 320
Tasks Completed: 21
Golden Oldies - 3
It's A Fact - 2
Big Books - 2
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Read a book whose title or series title includes a word of 4 letters or more that matches one of the words on this map: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/M...
word is SANTA
read Cinco de Mayhem
series name is Santa Fe Cafe Mystery
points this post 5
total points 710
LoraTask: 10.9 Three/Four/Five
Book/Author: Stolen Midsummer Bride / Tara Grayce
How it fits: #3 in the Stolen Brides of the Fae series
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 195
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
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
15.8 March Means WarRead a book with MARS intact in the title
Traveling to Mars
Points for this task: 15
Total points : 235
Golden Oldies tickets total: 9
25.1 Cats Task: Books of North AmericaOption 1, book 1, set in North America: A Killer in King's Cove by Iona Whishaw
Set more than 70% in British Columbia, Canada.
Option 1, book 2, author born in North America: Too Much Happiness: Stories by Alice Munro
Alice Munro was born in Ontario, Canada.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 365
Jessica S25.6 - JenJ IA's task - Triple Crowns
Option 1: Thoroughbred Racing
A) Book with the author’s first initial in “SIR BARTON” and the author’s last initial in “JUSTIFY.”
Solan by Becca Seymour
Option 2: Hiking
A) Book with a 4+ letter word in the title/subtitle that can be made out of the letters in SPRINGER and KATAHDIN.
STEP The First Step by Shira Anthony
Points this post: 25
Total points: 345
Jessica S30.5 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Compound Words
Compound Word: WILDCAT
Book 1: Book with the first part of the compound word in the title/subtitle
Jackals Wild by Abby Kaitz
Book 2: Book with the second part of the compound word found intact in the author’s name.
You Should Be So Lucky by Cat Sebastian
Points this post: 30
Total points: 375
Jessica S10.2 It's a Wonderful World - let's explore it!
book with MPG Travel
The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia by Paul Theroux
Points this post: 10
Total points: 385
Jessica S10.6 Take a Hike
book found on the first 25 pages of the Hiking Shelf https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer (page 1)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 395
Jessica S5.4 Star Wars Day
book with a word in the title of at least 4 letters that can be made from the phrase MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU
(FAITH) Blind Faith by N.R. Walker
Points this post: 5
Total points: 400
Jessica S5.2 Angel of the Battlefield
Book by an author named Clara or Barton or with the initials: CB, CC, BC, or BB
Chosen by Claire Cullen
Approved for length: no 743 on sheet
Points this post: 5
Total points: 405
Kristen IA5.2 Angel of the Battlefield
Read a book by an author named Clara or Barton or with the initials: CB, CC, BC, or BB. Names may be in any position.
Promise Me Sunshine by Cara Bastone
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 150/910
Tasks Completed: 9/54
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 3
Kristen IA5.6 Read the Months
Read a book with one of these words in the title, subtitle, or author's name. The word can be in any position.
March: Book Two by John Lewis
*****I claim 1 It's a Fact ticket*****
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 155/910
Tasks Completed: 10/54
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 4
Kristen IA5.8 International Women's Day
Read a book by a single female author.
Birding with Benefits by Sarah T. Dubb
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 160/910
Tasks Completed: 11/54
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 4
Kristen IA10.4 Strap on your backpack
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in BACKPACKER. Letters can only be used as often as they appear
A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 170/910
Tasks Completed: 12/54
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 4
Kristen IA30.2 - MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian Games
This is a two-book task, pick one book for two different options.
No children's books, manga or graphic novels are permitted for this task Each book must be a minimum of 250 pages.
Required: Specify the options.
Option 1
Read a book with a stand alone variant of the number 3, 4, or 5 in the TITLE ONLY.
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah - 464 pages
Option 4
Read a book that is # 3, 4 or 5 in a series. The number must be shown in greyscale on the GR record.
Reckless by Elsie Silver - 448 pages
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 200/910
Tasks Completed: 13/54
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 4
Nick KY15.3 East to West Opt. 1. Two Books.
Book 1. Pagination includes two digits from “6” “8” “0” and “0.” I read The Secret History of Emotion: From Aristotle's Rhetoric to Modern Brain Science by Daniel M. Gross, 200 pp.
CLAIM ONE IT’s A FACT
Book 2. Book is # 1-5 is a series of 3+. I read Expensive People by Joyce Carol Oates, # 2 in the Wonderland Quartet series (4 entries).
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 390
Total It’s a Fact: 3
Nick KY15.9 April’s About Love. The letters APHRODITE in title/author’s name. I read The New Music 1900-1960 by Aaron Copland. Nonfiction.
CLAIM ONE IT’s A FACT
AP in author’s name -- Aaron coPland
H in title word – tHe
ROD in author’s name – aaROn coplanD
I in title word – musIc
T in title word -- The
E in title word – nEw
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 405
Total It’s a Fact: 4
Nick KY25.5 Jessica S’s Pisces, Ares, Taurus I chose Opt. 1. Dreamy Pisces.
Book 1. 1st pub’d between 2/19 and 3/20 in 2024 or 2025. I read Fathomfolk by Eliza Chan, 1st pub’d 2/27/2024. 448 pp.
Book 2. “Spirituality” as GR genre. I read I, Julian by Claire Gilbert, 208 pp
Total pp = 656 > required 500
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 430
ROBIN P15.3 East or West
Option 2: page count or year published contains 2 digits of 6800
AND book is #1-15 in series
Murder at Melrose Court - pub 2018 and #1 of Heathcliff Lennox series
Points this post: 15
Total points: 265
BB:0 GO:7 IAF:0
ROBIN P10.5 It's Going to be Long
Book over 500 pages
Les Trois Mousquetaires - 896 p
**Claiming 2 BB points
**Claiming 1 GO point, orig pub 1844
Points this post: 10
Total points: 275
BB;2 GO:8 IAF:0
trishhartuk5.7 Spring Fever
Single author whose first and last initials are in SPRING HAS SPRUNG.
Aunt Dimity and the Enchanted Cottage, Nancy Atherton (240pg)
N in spriNg, A in hAs
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 175
Tasks Completed: 13
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
10.5 Good companyRead a book that is written by 2 or more authors.
A royal secret (&H DIGITAL) by Anna Wendell & Elodie Faiderbe
Ebook only approved for lenght in the verification thread (post #392)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 10
Total points: 155
Masoodah5.7 Spring Fever
Read a book with a single author whose first and last initials appear in the phrase SPRING HAS SPRUNG. Letters may be used as often as they appear.
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
SPRING H A S SPRUNG
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 5/ 910
Total Books Read: 1 / 73
Total Tasks Completed: 1 / 54
BB:
GO:
IAF:
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20.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Be the Match
Select an option and read one book that satisfies the requirements for that option.
Required: state your option.
Option 1: For Jenson
Choose a book by a single author whose first and last initials are found in the word MINECRAFT.
The Antique Hunter's Death on the Red Sea. C.L. Miller
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 27
Total Points: 340
Tasks Completed: 22
Golden Oldies - 3
It's A Fact - 2
Big Books - 2
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10.9 Three/Four/Five
Read a book that is number 3, 4 or 5 in a series (Magical Bakery Mystery #3)
Charms and Chocolate Chips. Bailey Cates
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 28
Total Points: 350
Tasks Completed: 23
Golden Oldies - 3
It's A Fact - 2
Big Books - 2
MEGSCL20.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Be the Match
Option 1: a book by a single author whose first and last initials are found in MINECRAFT
The Years by Annie Ernaux
*non fiction - iaf
TOTAL
80 points, 2 IAF ticket
MEGSCL5.10 World Book Day
Free choice
36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem
*non fiction - iaf
TOTAL
85 points, 3 IAF ticket
MEGSCL5.3 Santa Fe Trail After All these Years
A word in the title from the map (mountain)
The Mountains Sing
TOTAL
90 points, 3 IAF ticket
Task 15.4 The Big ThreeOption 1: Two Book Task
Book 1: Read a book with a three word title. All words count.
Fresh Brewed Murder (A Ground Rules Mystery #1) (2021) by Emmeline Duncan (Goodreads Author) (Paperback 233 pages)
and
Book 2: Read a book that is published in March of any year that ends in a 3.
Published: March 07, 2023
The Last Saxon King (A Jump in Time #1) (2023) by Andrew Varga (Goodreads Author) (Hardback 316 pages) (Young Adult)
75 + 15 = 90
Tasks Completed: 05
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 75 + 15 = 90
Books read: 07
Pages read: 1,988
Read but not claimed: 00
Goodreads Authors: 07
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
LoraTask: 20.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Be the Match, using Option 3
Book/Author: The Life We Bury / Allen Eskens
How it fits: GR setting is Minnesota; book is set almost entirely in Minnesota (brief trip to Iowa), and the main characters are students at the University of Minnesota
Points for this task: 20
Total points: 215
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
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
Kelly L 25.6 - JenJ IA's task - Triple Crowns
This task requires that you choose TWO books, one from option 1 and one from option 2. Additionally, each book must either have a three word title (ignore subtitles), a page count including a 3, publication year ending in 3, OR a series # ending in 3 (whole numbers only, no 1.3, etc.).
Option 1
B) Read a book that has all of the letters of LOUISVILLE or [[[BALTIMORE]]] or ELMONT in the combined title/subtitle, series name, and author’s name.
The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource
The SIREns' CALl: How Attention Became the World's MOst Endangered Resource
T I R E A L B M O --> BALTIMORE
Three word title (The Sirens' Call)
**Claiming an It's A Fact Ticket for non-fiction**
Option 2
B) The Continental Divide and Pacific Crest Trails are both located in the western United States. Read a book set at least 50% in one or more of the states that these trails pass through: [[[California]]], Colorado, Idaho, etc.
All Fours is set in California according to main page data.
Page count contains a 3 (336)
This post: 25 points
This season: 65 points
IAF ticket: 1
JoshTask 20.6 It's A Fact - Jen B's Task: Travels for Dad
Option 3: The Alps --> Read a book with mountains on the cover.
I read
which has mountains in the backgrounds.Points this post: 20
Total Points: 50
Tasks Completed: 2
Pages Read: 907
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.3 XBM's Task - So Many Names!
Option 1: Read a book by an author that EXACTLY shares one of these names:
Adam, Andrew, Anuenue, Blair, Corwyn, Damian, Douglas, Elaric, Floyd, George, Gloria, Huakai, Kuuipo, Laura, Luna, Nicole, Patrick, Rowan, Skelly, Therese, Thomas
Wrongly Accused by LAURA Scott
Option 3: Since the keiki have culturally appropriate middle names, read a book with these name’s translation in the title or subtitle:
Anuenue - rainbow
Midnight Rainbow by Linda Howard
Points this post: 25
Total points: 690/910
Task completed: 45/54
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.6 JenJ IA's task - Triple Crowns
Option 1B: Read a book that has all of the letters of LOUISVILLE or BALTIMORE or ELMONT in the combined title/subtitle, series name, and author’s name.
A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy by Tia Levings
The letters in ELMONT can be found in the title and subtitle.
304 pages
Option 2A: Read a book with a 4+ letter word in the title/subtitle that can be made out of the letters in SPRINGER and KATAHDIN
Baby Drag Queen by C.A. Tanaka
Word=DRAG
Published April 11, 2023
Points this post: 25
Total points: 715/910
Task completed: 46/54
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Read a book whose cover has flowers on it.
read
points this post 5
total points 715
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read a book of your choice
read
points this post 5
total points 720
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Option 2: One Book Task
Read a single book that satisfies both criteria for option 1
Read a book with a three word title. All words count.
and
first published in March of any year that ends in a 3.
read The Running Club published March 14, 2023
points this post 15
total points 735
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Read the most recent published book ( as of March 1, 2025) in a series of at last 3 published books.
read
points this post 15
total points 750
CELIATask 30.4 - Susan A's Task: Consecutive Numbers
Option 3
Book A - book with 2 consecutive digits in the page count: O Regresso do Rei, by J.R.R. Tolkien - 560 pages
Book B - book with two consecutive digits in the year of the first published edition: Eva, by Cat Bohannon - first published in 2023
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 60
CELIATask 10.9 - Three/Four/Five
Read a book that is number 3, 4 or 5 in a series - A Sorte, by Michael McDowell - book #5 in the Blackwater series.
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 70
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Read a book that is 500 pages or more
read Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? 532 pages, Paperback
points this post 10
total points 760
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Compound word is Deadline
Book 1: Read a book with the first part of the compound word in the title/subtitle.
read Over Her Dead Body
Read a book with the second part of the compound word found intact in the author’s name.
read Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz
points this post 30
total points 790
Bookwrm526Task #5.6 Read the Months
Read a book with one of these words in the title, subtitle, or author's name. I chose MARCH and read Whack The Mole by Maggie March.
Total points so far: 205
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Read a book where all the letters of APHRODITE can be found in in any combination of the title/subtitle/authors name.
read Every Precious and Fragile Thing by Barbara Davis
EveRy PreciOus and frAgIle THing baraba Davis
points this post 15
total points 805
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Option 2 - Family
Read a book from the first 20 pages of one of these Family Saga lists
Family Saga Books page 7
read Same As It Ever Was
and
Option 4 - The Venue
read a book where the single author’s first and last initials can be found in STAR PLUNGE.
read The Teacher's Secret
points this post 30
tota points 835
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25.1 Cat's Task: Books of North America
1. Set 70% in North America, not US
The Tin Flute - set entirely in Montreal Canada
2. Author born in country in North America, US only if indigenous
The Berry Pickers - Amanda Peters
Per Wikipedia - Peters was born and raised in the Annapolis Valley region of Nova Scotia
Points this post: 25
Total points: 250
BB:0 GO: 7 IAF:0