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SPRING CHALLENGE 2025
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Bookwrm526Task #10.3 These boots are made for walking ...
Read a book with one or more people walking on the cover ...The person/people must be shown from at least the knee down, and some representation of movement must be shown (a stride, a step, a lifted foot or skirt). I read Falls From Grace by Ruby Landers (approved in the help thread posts 45 and 46).
Total points so far: 355
5.2 Angel of the BattlefieldRead a book by an author named Clara or Barton or with the initials: CB, CC, BC, or BB.
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
Task Toal: 5
Season Total: 180
Total IAF: 8
5.2; ...; 5.4; 5.5; 5.6;
10.1; 10.2; 10.3; ...; ...; ...; 10.7; 10.8; ...; 10.10
15.4; 15.5; ...; 15.7;
20.1; ...; ...; ...; 20.5
5.8 International Women's DayRead a book by a single female author.
Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency by Olivia Laing
**I'd like an It's A Fact ticket for Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency (nonfiction)**
Task Toal: 5
Season Total: 185
IAFs this Task: 1
Total IAF: 9
5.2; ...; 5.4; 5.5; 5.6; ...; 5.8;
10.1; 10.2; 10.3; ...; ...; ...; 10.7; 10.8; ...; 10.10
15.4; 15.5; ...; 15.7;
20.1; ...; ...; ...; 20.5
5.9 Memorial DayRead a book with a tombstone or cemetery on the cover.
by Michael CherkasApproved in help thread
**I'd like an It's A Fact ticket for Red Harvest: A Novel of the Terror Famine in Soviet Ukraine (nonfiction)**
Task Toal: 5
Season Total: 190
IAFs this Task: 1
Total IAF: 10
5.2; ...; 5.4; 5.5; 5.6; ...; 5.8; 5.9;
10.1; 10.2; 10.3; ...; ...; ...; 10.7; 10.8; ...; 10.10
15.4; 15.5; ...; 15.7;
20.1; ...; ...; ...; 20.5
15.6 Finding Easter GoodiesRead a book with a Rabbit/bunny, Egg, or Chicken/chick/rooster on the cover.
by T. KingfisherTask Toal: 15
Season Total: 205
Total IAF: 10
5.2; ...; 5.4; 5.5; 5.6; ...; 5.8; 5.9;
10.1; 10.2; 10.3; ...; ...; ...; 10.7; 10.8; ...; 10.10
15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7;
20.1; ...; ...; ...; 20.5
30.4 - Susan A's Task: Consecutive NumbersOption 1
Read two books from a single series that have consecutive whole number series numbers.
A Catalogue of Catastrophe by Jodi Taylor
The Good, The Bad and The History by Jodi Taylor
Books 13 & 14 in The Chronicles of St Mary's
Task Toal: 30
Season Total: 235
Total IAF: 10
5.2; ...; 5.4; 5.5; 5.6; ...; 5.8; 5.9;
10.1; 10.2; 10.3; ...; ...; ...; 10.7; 10.8; ...; 10.10
15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7;
20.1; ...; ...; ...; 20.5
30.4;
Jayme(theghostreader)10.10 celebrating around the world
Read a book with MPG Religion or where one of the festivals named (Ramadan, Lent, Easter, Passover, Holi, Vaisakhi, Beltane, May Day) is central to the storyline
Easter is celebrated with an Easter egg hunt.
Easter Bunny Murderby
Leslie
Meier
Task +10
Grand total :60
20.6 - It's A Fact - Jen B's Task: Travels for DadOption 1: New York City
NYC is one of my favorite places in the whole world, and I can't wait to go back at the end of this month. Planned activities include seeing a Broadway comedy show, taking a workout class at Peloton studios, and meeting some local friends for a night out. We also have to walk the Brooklyn Bridge, which was an activity my dad and I got to enjoy together when he came to visit me during the summer I spent in NYC.
Read a book set at least 50% in New York City
I read The Lion Women of Tehran. This books takes place 40% in Tehran 50% in NYC (10% in Lexington, MA)
points: 115
books read: 8
tasks completed: 7
tasks in progress: 1
It's a Fact: 1
pages read: 2653
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Masoodah's Task: Mother's DayBook: Blue Murder
Task: option 3 - read a book where the original publication date consists of exactly two of the numbers from 1, 9, 0, 7.
How it fits: first published June 24, 2012 - 0 and 1 in the date
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 200 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 70
Coffeegirl20.2 Rookie at the Top: Mother's Day
Option 3: For this option read a book where the original publication date consists of exactly two of the numbers from 1, 9, 0, 7.
Book: Secretly Yours by Tessa Bailey
First published: 2-7-2023 -- numbers: 0, 7
Points this task 20
Ttotal points: 250
Coffeegirl 20.5 Bigger is Better: Spring Growth
Option 1: Rad a book with a green leaf on the cover.
Book: By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult
Points this task: 20
Total points: 270
Coffeegirl25.6 Triple Crowns
Option 1, B: read a book that has all the letter of ELEMONT in the combined title/subtitle, series name, and author's name.
Book: No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall
NO onE can know, by kaTE MarshaLl
Additional: page count 325 (3 in the page count)
Option 2, C: Read a book with a mountain or mountain range on the cover.
Book: Something Wilder by Christina Lauren
Additional: pages: 384 (3 in the page count)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 295
Erica H.15.9 April is Love
Read a book where all the letters of APHRODITE can be found in in any combination of the title/subtitle/authors name.
Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled by Dorothy Gilman
mRs. POlIfAx unvEileD by doroTHy gilman
Points: 15
Total points: 205
BB: 0
GO: 1
NF: 1
Mod
25.6 - JenJ IA's task - Triple Crowns
Option 1: Thoroughbred Racing
B) The locations of the three races are in Louisville, Kentucky, Baltimore, Maryland, and Elmont, New York. Read a book that has all of the letters of ELMONT in the combined title/subtitle, series name, and author’s name.
Required: State the location you used
The Secret to Hummingbird Cake. Celeste Fletcher McHale
ELM in Celeste Fletcher McHale
ONT in to Hummingbird
Option 2: Hiking
B) Read a book set at least 50% in one or more of the states that these trails pass through: Oregon.
Welcome to the Honey B&B. Melody Carlson
Jewel Benedict is going home to Oregon to help care for her father who has early onset dementia.
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 45
Total Points: 585
Tasks Completed: 35
Golden Oldies - 3
It's A Fact - 2
Big Books - 2
Mod
5.1 Spring Cleaning!
read the book that has been on your current "To Be Read" list the longest. The TBR list does not have to be on Goodreads.
Required: State how long it has been on the list. (Since April 2017)
The Chilbury Ladies' Choir. Jennifer Ryan
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 46
Total Points: 590
Tasks Completed: 36
Golden Oldies - 3
It's A Fact - 2
Big Books - 2
Angela IL20.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Be the Match
Option 1: For Jenson
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials are found in either the word MINECRAFT or COMICS.
Show Don't Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld- 4/8
Word: COMICS
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 65
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 3
It's A Fact: 1
Angela IL20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Lisa MD's Task: Take a Walk on the Wild Side
Option A: Read a book from the 1st 25 pages of the "Mountains Books" shelf: Mountains Books https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena- 3/5
Page 12
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 85
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 4
It's A Fact: 1
Bookwrm526Task #10.8 Pi Day
Read a book with a page count consisting of consecutive numbers found in this portion of Pi 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375
I chose 288p and read The Witches of El Paso by Luis Jaramillo.
Total points so far: 365
Rockynook20.2 - Mother's Day
Option 3: read a book where the original publication date consists of exactly two of the numbers from 1, 9, 0, 7
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
Original publication date: 2 - 6 - 2018
Numbers used: 1 & 0
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 315
Task 5.2 Angel of the BattlefieldRead a book by an author named Clara or Barton or with the initials: CB, CC, BC, or BB.
Book: Savage Run by C.J. Box
Points this task: 5
Total points: 290
Erica H.30.4 - Susan A's Task: Consecutive Numbers
Option 3 (Complete 1 Book A and 1 Book B)
Book A: Read a book with 2 consecutive digits in the page count.
Required: state the page count
White Fang
Book has 237 pages
This is a children's book: MG with BL 7.4 and AR of 13.0
Book B: Read a book with two consecutive digits in the year of the first published edition.
Required: state the year first published.
The Priory of the Orange Tree
First published February 26, 2019
Claiming a GO ticket for White Fang: The Whole Story, which was published in 1906.
Claiming a BB ticket for The Priory of the Orange Tree, which has 830 pages.
Points: 30
Total points: 235
BB: 1
GO: 2
NF: 1
Task 10.3 These boots are made for walking ...Read a book with one or more people walking on the cover ...
Book:
Approved here
Points this task: 10
Total points: 300
PegW20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ritika's Task: Dopamine for Winter
B. KNITTING-For this task, read a book with a cover which shows someone wearing a hat/cap.
I read:
Points this post: 20
Total points: 190
IAF: 9
GO: 0
BB: 0
25.4 - KmarieD's Task: Readerboard NamesOption 1, author's initials in KMARIED: The Wedding People by Alison Espach
paperback edition The Wedding People
Option 2, each title word starts with a letter in (my readerboard name) LOIS and/or KMARIED: Murder, She Knit by Peggy Ehrhart
mass market paperback edition Murder, She Knit
Points this post: 25
Total points: 470
30.5 - TessaVanessa’s Task: Compound WordsChoose a compound word.
Required: State the compound word and what 2 words make it up
I chose the word MILKMAN
Read 2 books.
Book 1: Using first part of word-MILK
Read a book with the first part of the compound word in the title/subtitle.
Spilled Milk
Book 2: Using 2nd part of the word MAN
Read a book with the second part of the compound word found intact in the author’s name.
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
New Points: 30
Total Points: 155
IaF: 1
Andy P.Task # 20.3 - Review Raffle - Jayne's Task: Trails of Wales
Option 4: Offa’s Dyke Path
Read a book that was first published between April and October of a year since 1971 :Her Last Goodbye by Melinda Leigh
Book published September 26, 2017
Points this post: 20
Total points: 425
20.6 - It's A Fact - Jen B's Task: Travels for DadOption 1: New York City
Read a book with a bridge on the cover
Petite mort à Venise by Francine Ruel
Points this post: 20
Total points: 240
5.10 World Book DayI read Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life by Sutton Foster.
points: 120
books read: 10
tasks completed: 9
tasks in progress: 1
It's a fact: 1
pages read: 3088
LoraTask: 25.6 - JenJ IA's task - Triple Crowns, using Options 1B and Option 2A, with both books having three word titles
Book 1:
Book/Author: Carl's Doomsday Scenario / Matt Dinniman
How it fits: three word title; location ELMONT can be found in "carL's doOMsday scENario maTt"
Book 2:
Book/Author: Toured to Death / Hy Conrad
How it fits: book title has three words; title word DEATH is found in "springEr kaTAHDin"
Points for this task: 25
Total points: 345
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
Theresa30.4 - Susan A's Task: Consecutive Numbers
Option 1 - Read two books from a single series that have consecutive whole number series numbers.
Required: state the series and series number
Dark Witch by Nora Roberts - The Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy #1
Shadow Spell by Nora Roberts - The Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy #2
Points this post - 30
Total points - 130
Task 25.1 Cats Task: Books of North AmericaRead one book of at least 500 pages that fits both criteria of Option 1.
- book that is set (at least 70%) in one or more countries in North America
- written by an author born in a country in North America
Book: Greenwood by Michael Christie
- 528 pages
- It has "Canada" as a tag, but if that's not enough support, there's also this review that describes the location: https://www.theguardian.com/books/202...
- Michael Christie born in Canada, per his GR author bio
Points this task: 25
Total points: 325
Rockynook20.1 - Be the Match
Option 1: For Jenson <3
book by a single author whose first and last initials are found in either the word MINECRAFT or COMICS
One by One by Freida McFadden
FM in MINECRAFT
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 335
Delicious Dee15.2 South To North
Book A - Mexico - Viva Lola Espinoza
Book B - Canada - A Rule Against Murder
Points this Post: 15
Points Overall: 320
Its a fact: 5
Delicious Dee15.4 The Big Three
one book option
Poverty, by America - 3 word title; first published March 2023; claiming 1 its a fact for non-fiction
Points this Post: 15
Points Overall: 335
Its a fact: 6
Delicious Dee20.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Be the Match
Option 1: For Jenson - Broken Fields - Marcie R. Rendon - MR found in MINECRAFT
Points this Post: 20
Points Overall: 355
Its a fact: 6
Delicious Dee20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ritika's Task: Dopamine for Winter
Option B - Knitting -
- she's wearing a hatPoints this Post: 20
Points Overall: 375
Its a fact: 6
Delicious Dee20.5 - Bigger is Better - Christine V's Task: Spring Growth
Option 3 - What We've Become: Living and Dying in a Country of Arms - BECOME on the provided list of words; claiming 1 its a fact for non-fiction
Points this Post: 20
Points Overall: 395
Its a fact: 7
Delicious Dee30.1 - JennRenee's Task: Spring Up and Grow
Book A - Sisters in Science - SIS found in SPRING; claiming 1 its a fact for non-fiction
Book B - In the Blood: How Two Outsiders Solved a Centuries-Old Medical Mystery and Took On the US Army - 2, 3, 5 letters in the title words; Claiming 1 its a fact for non-fiction
Points this Post: 30
Points Overall: 425
Its a fact: 9
Delicious Dee30.2 - MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian Games
Option 3 - Rustler Mountain - Maisey Yates - MY found in MAY
Option 4 - The Vanishing Kind - #4 in the Alex Carter series
Points this Post: 30
Points Overall: 455
Its a fact: 9
Delicious Dee30.6 - Delicious Dee's Task: In Death by J.D. Robb
Option 1 - The Series
Book A - Encore in Death - #56 in the In Death series
Book B - Open Season - C.J. Box - new to me author
Points this Post: 30
Points Overall: 485
Its a fact: 9
Christine V30.4 - Susan A's Task: Consecutive Numbers
Option 1: Read two books from a single series that have consecutive whole number series numbers.
Book 1: Age of Swords - #2 Legends of the First Empire
I read the Kindle edition. The top MMPB has 528 pages.
***Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket***
Book 2: Age of War - #3 Legends of the First Empire
Points this post: 30
BB tickets thist post: 1
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=1)
It's A Fact: 1
Julia10320.8 - Nickels and Dimes - TrishhartUK's Task: The Capital Ring
Option 2: Read a book where the page count is made up of the numbers 1,1,2,5,6,7,8
Onyx Storm
This book has 527 pages. Claiming one BB ticket.
This post: 20 points, 1 BB
Total points: 375
BB: 9
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total books read: 26
Total tasks completed: 20
Mod
10.7 Saintly Names
Read a book where the authors first name is a derivative of Patrick
Feminine Forms - from the website
English: Pat, Patrice, Patricia, Patsy, Patti
The Story She Left Behind. Patti Callahan Henry
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 47
Total Points: 600
Tasks Completed: 37
Golden Oldies - 3
It's A Fact - 2
Big Books - 2
Janice CA20.4 - Dopamine for Winter
Option B: Cover shows someone in a hat
Up in the Air by Betty Riegel
+20
total: 25
tasks: 2
books: 2
15.1 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
The Moving Finger
Trail: Finger Lakes
Claiming 1 Golden Oldie. Published in 1942
Book 2: Read a book that has all the letters of TRAIL in the title.
Aristotle: A Graphic Biography
Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket
Points for this task: 15
Total points : 320
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 12
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 2
Masoodah20.5 - Bigger is Better - Christine V's Task: Spring Growth!
Option 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.
Her Dark Heart by Carla Kovach
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 55/ 910
Total Books Read: 4 / 73
Total Tasks Completed: 4 / 54
BB:
GO:
IAF:
Julia1035.2 Angel of the Battlefield
Read a book by an author named Clara or Barton or with the initials: CB, CC, BC, or BB.
Murder Takes the Stage by Colleen Cambridge (initials CC)
This post: 5 points
Total points: 380
BB: 9
GO: 0
NF: 0
Total books read: 27
Total tasks completed: 21
ROBIN P20.8 Nickels & Dimes - TrishhartUK's Task: The Capital Ring
Option 2: Page count has only 1, 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8
Through Welsh Doorways - 118 pages
**Claiming 1 GO pt, pub 1909
Points this post: 20
Total points 425
BB:2 GO:10 IAF:0
5.3 Santa Fe TrailRead a book whose title or series title includes a word of 4 letters or more that matches one of the words on the map. The word I'm using is Santa.
The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia by Juliet Grames
Post Total: 5
Grand Total: 175
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Task: 10.4 Strap on your backpack
Book/Author: An Arrangement of Sorts / Rebecca Connolly
How it fits: author's initials RC are found in backpaCkeR
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 320
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