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SPRING CHALLENGE 2025
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Task 10.5 Good companyRead a book that is written by 2 or more authors.
Book: The Writer
Points this task: 10
Total points: 10
SUSAN A5.9 Memorial Day - Read a book with a tombstone or cemetery on the cover
The Highgate Cemetery Murder by Irina Shapiro
No MMPB Paperback HERE
cemetery on cover
Points this Post: 5
Total points: 5
SUSAN A10.1 It's going to be long ...Read a book that is 500 pages or more
The Drowned Girls by Loreth Anne White
No MMPB. Paperback HERE
523 pages
Previous total: 5
Points this post: 10
Total points: 15
SUSAN A10.6 Take a Hike - Hiking list
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
MMPB HERE
on list, page 1
Previous total: 15
points this post: 10
total points: 25
SUSAN A10.7 Saintly Names - authors first name is a derivative of David, Patrick or George
DS Walker Book 3 by Patricia Wolf
No MMPB. Paperback HERE
Patricia is the English feminine form of Patrick
previous total: 25
points this post: 10
total points: 35
SUSAN A10.10 Celebrating around the world - MPG Religion or where one of the festivals named (Ramadan, Lent, Easter, Passover, Holi, Vaisakhi, Beltane, May Day) is central to the storyline
A Dragonlings' Easter and the Great Easter Bunny Hunt by S.E. Smith
No MMPB Paperback HERE
Easter theme, mentioned in title and book description
previous total: 35
points this post: 10
total points: 45
SUSAN A15.5 I've Been Probed - MPG Alien or Aliens
The Alien's Battle by Ella Maven
No MMPB Pacperback HERE
MPG Aliens
previous total: 45
points this post: 15
total points: 60
Mod
Read a book by a single female author
Laredo: The Firefighters of Station #8 by S.R. Wyatt / single female author
approved for length on line 1926
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Mod
please read a book of your choice that meets the SRC guidelines
The Three-Body Problem, Vol. 1 by Jin Cai / fits SRC guidelines
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Mod
Option 1- The 26 code words in use since 1956 are as follows: Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliett, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, and Zulu
Read a book with one of the code words as a stand-alone word in the title or author's name.
Made for Romeo by Natasha Madison / ROMEO in list
Option 2- This was not the first version of the code words! Here is the 1943 International Version: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog, Easy, Fox, George, How, Item, Jig, King, Love, Mike, Nan, Oboe, Peter, Queen, Roger, Sugar, Tare, Uncle, Victor, William, X-Ray, Yoke, Zebra
Read a book with one of the code words as a stand-alone word in the title or author's name.
My True Love by Melissa Foster / LOVE in list
Points this post: 25
Total points: 35
Mod
Option 1- Read two books from a single series that have consecutive whole number series numbers.
Enticing by Bella Matthews / #3 in Red Lips & White Lies series
Captivating by Bella Matthews / #4 in Red Lips & White Lies series
Points this post: 30
Total points: 65
Katrisa 5.3 Santa Fe Trail After All these Years
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
I read Pill City: How Two Honor Roll Students Foiled the Feds and Built a Drug Empire
map word is CITY
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 75
Repost of post #7Deborah
15.5 I've Been Probed
Read a book with the MPG Alien or Aliens
Ice Planet Barbarians
MPG: ALIENS
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 15
Books Read: 1
Tasks Done: 1
Deborah10.10 Celebrating around the world
Read a book with MPG Religion
When We Were Saints
MPG: Religion
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 25
Books Read: 2
Tasks Done: 2
Task 20.1 - Be the Matchoption 2: WILD in title found in NATIONAL MARROW DONOR
Wild: Tales from Early Medieval Britain
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55 points
Task 30.7 - Typing Challengetwo book option
book 1: 4 letter word REST in title can by typed with left hand
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
book 2: author name John can be typed with right hand
Chocky by John Wyndham
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85 points
Nick KY***REPOST***
5.8 International Women's Day
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ROBIN P10.4 Strap on your backpack
Author initials in BACKPACKER
Death Is Like a Box of Chocolates - Kathy Aarons
Points this post: 10
Total points: 30
BB: 0 GO: 0 IAF: 0
trishhartuk5.8 International Women's Day
Read a book by a single female author.
Clue in the Clam, Kathi Daley
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (191pg)
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 3
Big Book Tickets: 1
Nick Ky10.4 Backpack. I read The Biographer's Tale by A.S. Byatt, 1st and last init in BAckpack.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 70
ROBIN P5.7 Spring Fever
Author initials in SPRING HAS SPRUNG
Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong - Prudence Shen
Points this post: 5
Total points: 35
BB:0 GO:0 IAF:0
Rockynook15.3 - East to West
Option 2: One book task. Page count or publish year contains 2 numbers from 6800. Book that is numbered 1-15 in a series that has at least 3 published works.
Time's Convert by Deborah Harkness
First published 2018
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 35
Rockynook5.5 - New Life
Book with flowers on cover
by Christina LaurenPoints this Post: 5
Total Points: 40
Rockynook**Un-claiming
Original Post #74:
5.5 - New Life
Book with flowers on cover
by Christina LaurenPoints this Post: -5
Total Points: 35
SUSAN A15.6 Finding Easter Goodies - Rabbit/bunny, Egg, or Chicken/chick/rooster on the cover
The Bunny, the Wolf, and Their Kangaroo Omega by Lorelei M. Hart and Wendy Rathbone
No MMPB. Paperback HERE
bunny on cover
previous total: 60
points this post: 15
total points: 75
SHEMAC 10.9 Three/Four/Five
Read a book that is number 3, 4 or 5 in a series
Laurel Heights 3
(PB Laurel Heights 3)
This task points : 10
Total season points : 10
SHEMAC 10.5 Good company
Read a book that is written by 2 or more authors.
An anthology or collection of short stories written by different authors would work.
Family Time Anthology
(PB Family Time Anthology)
This task points: 10
Total season points: 20
Delicious Dee30.5 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Compound Words
Compound word: BLACKBERRY - BLACK/BERRY
Book A - The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis - BLACK; Claiming 1 its a fact for non-fiction
Book B - Buried in a Good Book - Tamara Berry - BERRY
Points this Post: 30
Points Overall: 35
Its a fact: 1
Mod
15.5 I've Been Probed
Read a book with the MPG Alien or Aliens
The Gods of Mars. Edgar Rice Burroughs
Published in 1913 - claiming 1 GO ticket
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 3
Total Points: 45
Tasks Completed: 2
Golden Oldies - 1
Mod
5.7 Spring Fever
Read a book with a single author whose first and last initials appear in the phrase SPRING HAS SPRUNG. (NP)
Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason. Nancy Pearl
Nonfiction - claiming 1 IAF ticket
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 4
Total Points: 50
Tasks Completed: 3
Golden Oldies - 1
It's A Fact - 1
trishhartuk20.10 Group Reads
Fiction: Historical Fantasy
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries, Heather Fawcett
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (352pg)
I seem to have kicked off the discussion thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 4
Big Book Tickets: 1
KRISTA KY10.4 Strap on your backpack
Authors initials in the word BACKPACKER
The Rom-Commers, Katherine Center
Initials (KC)
Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 30
JEN B10.1 It's going to be long ...
We are going a long distance this season, so we'll need a long book!
Read a book that is 500 pages or more
Again, Rachel by Marian Keyes
577 (endless) pages
TOTAL POINTS: 40
Moonlight 10.8 pi day
Book/author: The Night Shift by Alex Finlay
Pages: 384
Task: page number can be found in 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375
How it Fits: page is 384
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 25
Books Read: 3
Tasks Done: 3
Moonlight 15.3 East to west - 2 book task
Book 1
Book/author Nocticadia by Keri lake
Pages: 682
Task: page number has to have at least 2 numbers in 6800
How it fits: page number is 682
BB ticket: 1
Book 2
Book/author: Once Upon a Broken Heart
Task: read a book that's 1 - 15 in a series
How it fits: this book is #1 in a series
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 40
Books Read: 5
Tasks Done: 4
BB tickets: 1
JEN B5.4 Star Wars Day
Read a 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.
What Does It Feel Like? by Sophie Kinsella
Word = WHAT
WHT in WiTH
A in mAy
TOTAL POINTS: 45
Erica H.15.3 East to West
Using Option 2 - Read a single book that satisfies both criteria for option 1
Criteria 1: Read a book whose page count or first published year with at least 2 numbers from 6800. Numbers can be used as many times as they appear and they can be in any order.
and
Criteria 2: Read a book that is book is number 1-15 in series of at least 3 published books. Whole numbers only. The series name and number must be indicated in the GR title listing in grayscale parentheses following the title or grayscale italics above the title.
Journey to Munich was first published March 1, 2016 (0 and 6 from 6800).
It is the 12th book in the Maisie Dobbs series of 18 books.
Points: 15
Total points: 20
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 0
ROBIN PDelicious Dee's Task: In Death by J.D. Robb
Option 3: Title & Series Numbering
Total pages >500
Book 1 - Shares first word of title with a book in the series
Glory Be - 272 p
Shares word with Glory in Death
Book 2 - Series # matches # of the In Death book
Glory in Death is # 2
I read Partners in Crime, which is # 2 of 5 in the Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries
**Claiming 1 GO point, orig. pub. 1929
Points this post: 30
Total points: 65
BB0 GO:1 IAF:0
Jayme(the ghostreader)5.5 New Life
If I Asked You to Stayby Brianna Remus
flowers on the cover
Book total: 5
Grand Total: 5
20.3 - Review Raffle - Jayne's Task: Trails of WalesOption 4, first published between April and October of a year since 1971 (inclusive): The Sequel by Jean Hanff Korelitz, first published October 1, 2024
paperback edition The Sequel
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Deborah5.8 International Women's Day
Read a book by a single female author.
Glory in Death by J.D. Robb
J.D. Robb aka Nora Roberts female author
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 3
Tasks Done: 3
Deborah5.7 Spring Fever
Single author whose first and last initials appear in the phrase SPRING HAS SPRUNG.
The Castle of Earth and Embers by Steffanie Holmes
SH: Spring Has
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 35
Books Read: 4
Tasks Done: 4
Katrisa5.4 Star Wars Day
Read a 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
I read Where They Last Saw Her
WHERE in may tHE foRcE be With you
Points this Post: 5
Points Total: 80
SUSAN A5.1 Spring Cleaning! - on your current "To Be Read" list the longest
Their Obsession by K.A. Merikan
No MMPB. Paperback HERE
added to TBR on 4/20/20, the oldest eligible book on my TBR
previous total: 75
points this post: 5
total points: 80
SUSAN A5.3 Santa Fe Trail After All these Years - 4 letter + word from list
City of Bones by Michael Connelly
MMPB HERE
word from list: City
previous total: 80
points this post: 5
total points: 85
SUSAN A20.6 - It's a Fact - Jen B's Task: Travels for Dad
Option 1: New York City - Read a book with a bridge on the cover
The List by Mick Herron
No MMPB. Paperback HERE
bridge on cover
previous total: 85
points this post: 20
total points: 105
SUSAN A20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - TrishhartUK's Task: The Capital Ring
3. As the Capital Ring is designed to go through London's green spaces, read a book with the MPG of Nature and/or Environment,
Life on Svalbard: Finding Home on a Remote Island Near the North Pole by Cecilia Blomdahl
No MMPB, no paperback. Hardcover HERE
MPG Nature
previous total: 105
points the post: 20
previous total: 125
SUSAN A15.3 East to West
Option 2: One Book Task
at least 2 numbers from 6800. AND number 1-15 in series of at least 3 published books
Murder in the East End by Jennifer Ashley
No MMPB. Paperback HERE
First published August 4th 2020 - numbers 0 0
A Below Stairs Mystery #4 of 10
previous total: 125
points this post: 15
total points: 140
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30.5 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Compound Words
I chose the compound word BACKWARD, made of of the words BACK and WARD.
Book 1:
Read a book with the first part of the compound word in the title/subtitle. I read Back After This by Linda Holmes (BACK in the title).
Book 2:
Read a book with the second part of the compound word found intact in the author’s name. I read The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard (WARD in HoWARD).
Total points so far: 35