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SPRING CHALLENGE 2025
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Amy FL15.9 April is Love
Don't Tell Me How to Die by Marshall Karp - APHRODITE in DOn'T tEll me how to dIE mARsHall karP
Points this post: 15
Total points: 245
Amy FL25.1 Cats Task: Books of North America
Option 1
Book 1: Murder at Haven's Rock - set in Canada (metadata)
Book 2: The Boy Who Cried Bear by Kelley Armstrong who was born in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelley_...
Points this post: 25
Total points: 270
Amy FL30.4 - Susan A's Task: Consecutive Numbers
Option 1
Purity in Death - In Death #15
Portrait in Death - In Death #16
Points this post: 30
Total points: 300
10.4 Strap on your backpackThe Devil Stone (DCI Christine Caplan #1) by Caro Ramsay
author's initials, CR, found in baCkpackeR
Total this Post: 10
Season Total: 270
ROBIN P5.9 Memorial Day
Tombstone or cemetery on cover
The Murder at the Vicarage
**Claiming 1 GO point, 1st pub 1930
Points this post: 5
Total points: 225
BB:0 GO:7 IAF:0
25.5 Jessica S’s Task: Signs of the Zodiac - Pisces, Aries and TaurusOption 3, book A, published between April 21st and May 20th, 2024: Love at First Book by Jenn McKinlay, first published May 14, 2024
paperback edition Love at First Book 330 pages
Option 3, book B, MPG Family: The Summer We Started Over by Nancy Thayer
paperback edition The Summer We Started Over 336 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 340
PegW15.1 Let's Hike It!
Book 1: Read a book with a title that shares a word from one of the names of the trails on the list.
Using the Florida Trail, I read Florida
Book 2: Read a book that has all the letters of TRAIL in the title.
I read What's Cooking in the Kremlin: From Rasputin to Putin, How Russia Built an Empire with a Knife and Fork
**Claiming one IAF ticket for book 2****
Points this post: 15
Total points: 135
IAF: 7
GO: 0
BB: 0
Katrisa10.8 Pi Day
Pi Day is March 14th - Read a book with a page count consisting of consecutive numbers found in this portion of Pi 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375
I read Giovanni’s Room
PB 159 pages in 3.14159
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 410
FLY Task #15.10 May For Growth
task: the most recent published book in a series
book: The Queen
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: Oberon Academy #4 of 4 primary works
Points this post: 15
Total points: 225
Tasks completed: 15/54
BB: 5 / GO: 0 / IAF: 0
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Christine V's Task: Spring GrowthOption 1: One of my favorite parts of spring is watching all the green come back to the landscape. Read a book with a green leaf on the cover. This could be a single leaf or an entire forest, but if using tree leaves then this should be deciduous leaves only (e.g. oak, birch, maple), no conifers or evergreen needles.
Required: Post the cover.
I read
points: 90
books read: 6
tasks completed: 5
tasks in progress: 1
It's a fact: 1
pages read: 2037
Nick KY5.9 Memorial Day Book has gravestone on the cover. I read The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 355
SUSAN A25.2 Robin P's Task: The NATO Alphabet
Option 1: The 26 code words in use since 1956 are as follows: ...Kilo, Lima, Mike, November,...
Read a book with one of the code words as a stand-alone word in the title or author's name.
In the Darkness by Mike Omer
No MMPB PAPERBACK HERE
author name: Mike
Option 2: This was not the first version of the code words! Here is the 1943 International Version:...Uncle, Victor, William, X-Ray,...
Read a book with one of the code words as a stand-alone word in the title or author's name.
A Killer's Wife by Victor Methos
NO MMPB PAPERBACK HERE
author: Victor
previous total: 770
points this post: 25
Total Points: 795
Nick KY20.1 Rookynook’s Task
Opt. 2. Word in title made from letters in NATIONAL MARROW DONOR. Using the word “MOON”…
I read Love Me Beneath the Irish Moon by Karen Foley. “natiONal MarrOw donor”
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 375
JEN B25.5 Jessica S’s Task: Signs of the Zodiac - Pisces, Aries and Taurus
Option 3: Dependable Taurus (April 21st - 20th May)
Book A: Read a book that was published between April 21st and May 20th of 2024 or 2025. This should be the original publication date, not the publication of the edition you read.
The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean (299 pages)
Published May 7, 2024
Book B: Read a book that is MPG Food or MPG Family. Genres must be stand alone and cannot be embedded.
What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan (352 pages)
MPG Family (also approved in help thread)
299 pages + 352 pages = 651 pages > 500 pages
TOTAL POINTS: 110
Bookwrm526Task #25.5 - Signs of the Zodiac: Pisces, Aries and Taurus
Option 3 Book A: Read a book that was published between April 21st and May 20th of 2024 or 2025. I read The Honey Witch by Sydney J. Shields, first published May 14, 2024 (368p).
Option 3 Book B:Read a book that is MPG Food or MPG Family. Genres must be stand alone and cannot be embedded. I read The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang, MPG FAMILY noted in the help thread at posts 24 and 26 (277p).
368+277 = 645 total pages.
Total points so far: 200
EMurphy20.9 Moderator's Pet-Lois' Task: On the Trail of West Coast Writers-Author who was born in or lives/lived in California, Oregon, or Washington Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
*From Tacoma, Washington https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_...
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 80
Books Read: 5
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 3
SUSAN A25.3 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
I'm using Option 1 for 2 books with different author names.
Book 1:
Dark Dive by Andrew Mayne
No MMPB. Paperback HERE
Author name: Andrew
Book 2:
Untraceable by Laura Griffin
MMPB HERE
author name: Laura
Previous total: 795
points this psot: 25
total points: 820
Christine V20.10 Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Spring 2025 season.
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
I commented in the discussion thread here.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
It's A Fact: 1
Erica H.5.8 International Women's Day
Read a book by a single female author.
Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon
Book written by a single female author.
Points: 5
Total points: 160
BB: 0
GO: 1
NF: 1
SHEMAC 15.1 Take A Hike!
Here is a list of some of the better known long distant trails to hike. https://thetrek.co/a-list-of-long-dis...
This is a two book task.
Book 1: Read a book with a title that shares a word from one of the names of the trails on the list.
Required: State the name of the trail: North Country Trail
North Strike
(PB NORTH STRIKE)
Book 2: Read a book that has all the letters of TRAIL in the title. (subtitles are excluded)
His Temporary Alpha Mate
(PB His Temporary Alpha Mate)
This task points: 15
Total season points: 390
Mod
20.3 - Review Raffle - Jayne's Task: Trails of Wales
Option 2: Glyndŵr’s Way
Read a book with a word in the title of 4 or more letters than can be made from OWAIN GLYNDŴR. Letters may be used only as often as they appear.
Required: State the word. WILD
Wild Dark Shore. Charlotte McConaghy
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 23
Total Points: 290
Tasks Completed: 19
Golden Oldies - 3
It's A Fact - 2
Big Books - 2
Katrisa**REPOST**
5.5 New Life
Read a book whose cover has flowers on it
I read Murder in Bloom
No print edition approved for length here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 415
Katrisa15.1 Let's Hike It!
Book 1 - Read a book with a title (subtitles are excluded) that shares a word from one of the names of the trails on the list
I read The Hacking of the American Mind: The Science Behind the Corporate Takeover of Our Bodies and Brains
AMERICAN in American Discovery Trail
Book 2 - Read a book that has all the letters of TRAIL in the title
I read Flight of Dreams
TRAIL in fLIghT of dReAms
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 430
Katrisa30.1 - JennRenee's Task: Spring Up and Grow
Book 1
Read a book with at least 2 words in the title, each word beginning with a letter in SPRING.
I read Storm's Ruin
SR in SpRing
Book 2
Read a book with a title of at least 3 words, each word longer than its preceding word.
I read The Quilter's Apprentice
3 words to 8 words to 10 words
Points this Post: 30
Points Total: 460
LoraTask: 30.3 - Katrisa's Task: Nashfest 2024, using options 1 and 4
Book 1:
Book/Author: Loserthink: How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America / Scott Adams
How it fits: book has MPG Self Help
Book 2:
Book/Author: No Safe Harbor / Elizabeth Ludwig
How it fits: author's initials EL are found in star pLungE
Claiming 1 IAF for MPG Nonfiction on Loserthink.
Points for this task: 30
Total points: 185
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: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 3
15.9 April is LoveRead a book where all the letters of APHRODITE can be found in in any combination of the title/subtitle/authors name.
Murder at the Serpentine Bridge by Andrea Penrose
murder at THE serpentIne bridge by AnDrea PenROse
Points: 15
Total/challenge: 15
20.7 Walk on the Wild SideOpt B Forests - read book from list
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
Found on Page 2 of Forests list
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 35
25.3 So Many NamesOption 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
Some Danger Involved by Will Thomas
Thomas chosen name with author
Option 2: Read a book by an author with four names.
Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel
Emily St. John Mandel was used as an example
Points: 25
Total/challenge: 60
30.1 Spring Up and GrowBK 1 - Read a book with at least 2 words in the title, each word beginning with a letter in SPRING.
Shelter in Place
S.I.P in SPrIng
BK 2 - Read a book with a title of at least 3 words, each word longer than its preceding word.
No Two Persons
Points: 30
Total/challenge: 90
30.2 Gregorian Games - each book >250 pgsOpt 1 - Read a book with a stand alone variant of the number 3, 4, or 5 in the TITLE ONLY.
3rd Degree - 339 pgs
Opt 4- Read a book that is # 3, 4 or 5 in a series
The Final Gambit -375 pages
Inheritance Games #3
Points: 30
Total challenge: 120
Andy P.Task # 30.3 - Katrisa's Task: Nashfest 2024
30.3 -Option 2 - Family
Read a book from the first 20 pages of one of these Family Saga lists
Best Family Sagas
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner found on page 1 of list
Option 3 - Wyoming
Read a book set at least 50% in Wyoming.
The Virginian by Owen Wister
Points this post: 30
Total points: 250
30.4 Consecutive NumbersOpt 2 - Read 2 books with consecutive number page counts
Bk 1 - Let the Great World Spin- 351 pgs
Bk 2 - The Candy House- 352 pgs
Points: 30
Total/challenge: 150
30.5 Compound WordsChoose a compound word from list and state what two words make up the compound word
Black + berry = Blackberry (word from list)
Bk 1 - Read a book with the first part of the compound word in the title/subtitle. (BLACK)
Black Klansman: A Memoir
*Claiming It's a Fact Ticket for NF
Bk 2 - Read a book with the second part of the compound word found intact in the author’s name.
The Kaiser's Web by Steve Berry (Berry)
Points: 30
Total/challenge: 180
IAF ticket : 1
30.6 In Death by JD Robb >500 pgs and 1 author must be new to youPick one option and read a book A and book B from that option.
Opt 1 - The Series
Book A - Read one of the books in the In Death series
Naked in Death by J.D. Robb = 306 pgs
JD Robb is a new to me author
Book B - Read a book where an author uses the following format for their name – Initial.Initial. Last Name
The Reincarnationist by M.J. Rose- 451 pgs
306+451= 757 pgs
Points: 30
Total/challenge: 210
30.7 Typing challengeBk 1 - Read a book with a word in the title (no subtitles) that can be made by using only the letters on the left side of the keyboard. The word must be at least four letters long and you only use your left hand to type it.
First Grave on the Right - GRAVE
Bk 2 - Read a book by a single author whose name (first or last) can be made using only the right hand on the keyboard. Name must be at least four letters long.
Camino Winds by John Grisham - JOHN
Points: 30
Total/challenge: 240
15.10 May For GrowthRead the most recent published book ( as of March 1, 2025) in a series of at last 3 published books.
The Book of Forks
Points for this task: 15
Total points : 220
Golden Oldies tickets total: 9
Kathy KS20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Masoodah's Task: Mother's Day
**Claiming 1 (one) Big Book ticket** Pages: 528
**Claiming 1 (one) It’s A Fact ticket** : NONFICTION
Option 3: read a book where the original publication date consists of exactly two of the numbers from 1, 9, 0, 7. You may use the full date, not just the year.
Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes: The Official Biography by Rob Wilkins
1st published: September 29, 2022
I read as an ebook; mmpb=528 p.
******
Points for this task: 20
Total points : 125
Tasks completed: 7/54
Big Book tickets for this task: 1
Big Book tickets total: 3
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 0
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
trishhartuk25.1 Cats Task: Books of North America
Option 1: Two Book Option (no page count requirement)
Book 1: Read a book that is at least 70% set North America except the US.
A Rule Against Murder, Louise Penny
Read the kindle edition. Top MMPB: here (384pg)
100% set in Quebec, Canada. Location in the series description: https://www.goodreads.com/series/4215...
Book 2: Written by an author born in a country in North America (not US).
Fur Love or Money, Sofie Ryan
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (288pg)
Sofie Ryan is a pen name for Darlene Ryan. On Darlene Ryan’s page, her birthplace is stated as New Brunswick, Canada.
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 170
Tasks Completed: 12
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
SHEMAC 15.6 Finding Easter Goodies
Read a book with a Rabbit, Egg, or Chicken on the cover. The image must be part of the cover art for the book.
Required: Post the Cover:
Bound to His Omega
(PB Bound to His Omega)
This task points: 15
Total season points: 405
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.6 Read the Months
Read a book with one of these words in the title, subtitle, or author's name March, April and May.
Laura And Other Stories by Guillem MARCH.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 620/910
Task completed: 41/54
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.2 It's a Wonderful World - let's explore it!
Read a book with MPG Travel.
Displacement: A Travelogue by Lucy Knisley
Points this post: 10
Total points: 630/910
Task completed: 42/54
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.8 March Means War
Read a book with MARS intact in the title.
The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne
MARSh
Points this post: 15
Total points: 645/910
Task completed: 43/54
TessaVanessaChallenge 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.
by Sarah VarlandPoints this post: 20
Total points: 665/910
Task completed: 44/54
Mod
Read a book with a single author whose first and last initials appear in the phrase SPRING HAS SPRUNG.
read You Are Fatally Invited by Ande Pliego
points this post 595
total points 600
Mod
Option 3: Read a book with a synonym for “grow” in the title or subtitle.
word is TURN
read Don’t Turn Around
point this post 20
total points 620
Mod
Option 3 – Titles and Series Numbering - used book :Strangers in Death (In Death, #26)
Book A: Read a book that shares the first word with your chosen edition. Words must match exactly.
Word is STRANGERS
read Imaginary Strangers
Book B: Read a book in a series, where the series number entry can be found in your chosen In Death book.
read Canyons, Caravans, & Cadavers
Camper & Criminals #6
points this post 30
total points 650
Mod
For this task, you will be using the QWERTY style keyboard.
Book 1: Read a book with a word in the title (no subtitles) that can be made by using only the letters on the left side of the keyboard
used word READ
read How to Read a Book
book 2: Read a book by a single author whose name (first or last) can be made using only the right hand on the keyboard.
read The Missing Maid by Holly Hepburn
Name HOLLY
points this post 30
total points 680
SUSAN A15.1 Let's Hike It!
Book 1: Read a book with a title (subtitles are excluded) that shares a word from one of the names of the trails on the list.
Ridge by Kathy Ivan
No MMPB PAPERBACK Here
Bay Area Ridge Trail
Book 2: Read a book that has all the letters of TRAIL in the title.
Morality for Beautiful Girls: More from The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
MMPB HERE
Previous total: 820
points this post: 15
Total Points: 835
JoshThis is a 2 book task. Choose 2 different tasks and read a book for each. No children’s (or related MPG) or graphic novels/comics allowed.
Required: Specify the options
Option 3 - Wyoming - Read a book set at least 50% in Wyoming.
I read Nowhere To Run (set in Wyoming if you read the book description).
Option 4 - The Venue - Read a book where the single author’s first and last initials can be found in STAR PLUNGE.
I read Orbiting Jupiter by Gary Schmidt.
STAR PLUNGE
IL: MG+
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 50
Tasks Completed: 2
Pages Read: 907
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10.8 Pi Day
Coming Dawn - 383 pages in paperback edition (Coming Dawn)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 230