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SPRING CHALLENGE 2025
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Bookwrm526Task #15.7 Happy Fairytale Birthday
Read a book from the first 25 pages of this list: Fairy Tale Retellings Books. I read Bryony and Roses by T. Kingfisher, from page 3 of the list.
Total points so far: 480
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15.10 May For Growth
Read the most recent published book ( as of March 1, 2025) in a series of at last 3 published books.
The Twelve Books of Christmas. Kate Carlisle
Bibliophile Mystery #17
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 58
Total Points: 735
Tasks Completed: 45
Golden Oldies - 3
It's A Fact - 5
Big Books - 2
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Ritika's Task: Dopamine for WinterB. read a book with a cover which shows someone wearing a hat/cap
Claiming 1 Golden Oldie. Published in 1930
Points for this task: 20
Total points : 375
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 1
Golden Oldies tickets total: 15
It's a Fact tickets total: 3
Erica H.30.6 - Delicious Dee's Task: In Death by J.D. Robb
Option 3 – Titles and Series Numbering
All but one of the books in the series shares the same naming formula – BLANK In Death (book 33- New York to Dallas breaks that mold). For this option, you may pick any book in the series that is a whole number entry - with the exception of 33.
Book chosen: TREACHERY IN DEATH #32 in series
Book A: Read a book that shares the first word with your chosen edition. Words must match exactly.
The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird
Matching word is Treachery
Book B: Read a book in a series, where the series number entry can be found in your chosen In Death book. For the purpose of this task, series must have at least three published entries.
Glory in Death is #2 in the In Death series. There are 62 books in the series.
***Claiming one NF ticket for the The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird book.
Points: 30
Total points: 320
BB: 2
GO: 2
NF: 3
Andy P.Task # 20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Masoodah's Task: Mother's Day
Option 2. Read a book in which a title word of at least 4 letters appears in the phrase: SPECIAL MEAL
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
Word is CAME
CA in SPECIAL
ME in MEAL
Points this post: 20
Total points: 520
Andy P.Task: # 20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Lois' Task: On the Trail of West Coast Writers
Read a book by an author who was born in or lives/lived in California, Oregon, or Washington.
Secret Sisters by Jayne Ann Krentz
From the help thread #6 The prolific Jayne Ann Krentz was born in California and may live around Seattle
Points this post: 20
Total points: 540
Bookwrm526Task #15.5 I've Been Probed
Read a book with the MPG Alien or Aliens. I read Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon.
Total points so far: 495
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30.3 - Katrisa's Task: Nashfest 2024
Option 1-Read a book with an MPG of Mental Health or Self Help
Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez / MPG Mental Health
noted in thread; https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Option 4-Read a book where the single author’s first and last initials can be found in STAR PLUNGE
Wild Side by Elsie Silver / ES in phrase
Points this post: -30
Total points: 755
Total BB entries: 5
Total IAF entries: 3
Total GO entries: 1
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Option 1-Read a book with an MPG of Mental Health or Self Help
Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez / MPG Mental Health
noted in thread; https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Option 4-Read a book where the single author’s first and last initials can be found in STAR PLUNGE
Dating the Defensive Back by Lisa Suzanne / LS in phrase
Points this post: 30
Total points: 785
Total BB entries: 5
Total IAF entries: 3
Total GO entries: 1
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Option A: Mountains - read a book from the 1st 25 pages of the "Mountains Books" shelf:
Wild Side by Elsie Silver / top-mid pg 9 of shelf
Points this post: 20
Total points: 805
Total BB entries: 5
Total IAF entries: 3
Total GO entries: 1
5.7 Spring FeverRead a book with a single author whose first and last initials appear in the phrase SPRING HAS SPRUNG.
Green Angel by Alice Hoffman
New Points: 5
Total Points: 185
BB:1
IaF: 1
25.4 - KmarieD's Task: Readerboard NamesOption 1:
Read a book where the single author's first and last initials can be found in YOUR Readerboard name and/or mine, KMARIED.
Shovelling Trouble by Mordecai Richler-MR found in KMARIED
******Claiming an It's a Fact ticket for Non-fiction***
Option 3:
Read a book with a stand alone word of at least four letters in the title, , that can be made from Readerboard name, KMARIED
Dear Current Occupant
DEAR is found in KMARIED
***Claiming an It's a Fact Ticket for Non-Fiction***
New Points: 25
Total Points: 210
BB: 1
IaF: 3
Amy FL15.7 Happy Fairytale Birthday
A Curse So Dark and Lonely - page 1 of Fairy Tale Retellings Books list
Points this post: 15
Total points: 550
Amy FL20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Masoodah's Task: Mother's Day
Option 1: Storm Child by Michael Robotham - author's initials MR in MotheRing
Points this post: 20
Total points: 570
Amy FL20.10 Group Reads
Fiction: Strong Women - The Glassmaker - my review
Points this post: 20
Total points: 590
Amy FL30.1 - JennRenee's Task: Spring Up and Grow
Book 1: Invisible Son - title initials IS in SprIng
Book 2: A Place Called Freedom - title words increase in length consecutively
Points this post: 30
Total points: 620
Amy FL30.3 - Katrisa's Task: Nashfest 2024
Option 3: Stone Cold - set in Wyoming (metadata)
Option 4: The Last Party by A.R. Torre - author's initials ART in sTAR plunge
Points this post: 30
Total points: 650
*This replaces post 889 where I had a duplicate title.
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Spring, in the Northern Hemisphere, encompasses the months of March, April and May. Read a book with one of these words in the title, subtitle, or author's name
March: Book One by John Lewis / MARCH in title
Points this post: 5
Total points: 810
Total BB entries: 5
Total IAF entries: 3
Total GO entries: 1
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Read a book with a tombstone or cemetery on the cover.
by Kalayna Price / Tombstone on coverPoints this post: 5
Total points: 815
Total BB entries: 5
Total IAF entries: 3
Total GO entries: 1
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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
A Long Time Gone by Joshua Moehling / LONG in 'Long Path Trail'
Book 2: Read a book that has all the letters of TRAIL in the title.
Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee by Jeff Zentner / TRAIL spelled in title
Points this post: 15
Total points: 830
Total BB entries: 5
Total IAF entries: 3
Total GO entries: 1
SHEMAC 10.8 Pi Day
Read a book with a page count consisting of consecutive numbers found in this portion of Pi 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375
Deserted
(PB Deserted)
This task points: 10
Total season points: 560
FLY Task #25.2 Robin P's Task: The NATO Alphabet
task: Option 2: code word from the 1943 International Version as a stand-alone word in the title
book: How to Sell a Haunted House
(my version is audio, first MMPB here) = 448 pages
how it fits: "How" = code word in title
task: Option 3: set at least 50% in one of the named locations
book: Under the Table
(my version is audio, first MMPB here) = 336 pages
how it fits: set in New York
Points this post: 25
Total points: 505
Tasks completed: 31/54
BB: 9 / GO: 1 / IAF: 0
20.3 - Review Raffle - Jayne's Task: Trails of WalesOption 4: Offa’s Dyke Path
first published between April and October of a year since 1971
Unruly: A History of England's Kings and Queens by David Mitchell
First published September 27, 2023
Claiming one NF ticket.
Points this post:
Total points: 90 /910
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Non-Fiction: 1
Page count: 1694
trishhartuk10.4 Strap on your backpack
Single author whose first and last initial can be found in BACKPACKER.
Impossible Creatures, Katherine Rundell
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (326pg)
backpacKeR
MPGs include Middle Grade and Childrens: UK AR bookfinder: AR Quiz No. 244395 EN Fiction; AR Quiz Information IL: MY - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11.0; AR Quiz Types: RP.
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 300
Tasks Completed: 21
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
Bookwrm526Task #15.8 March Means War
Read a book with MARS intact in the title. (excluding subtitles.) I read The Marsh Madness by Victoria Abbott. MARS in MARSh
Total points so far: 510
Joanne MI25.5 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.
Miss Morgan's Book Brigade Published May 7, 2024
Book B: Read a book that is MPG Food or MPG Family.
Sweetie-licious Pies: Eat Pie, Love Life
MPG Food
Points this task 25
Season Total 165
BB 2
IAF 2
ROBIN P15.8 March Means War
Book with MARS intact in title
The Iron Hand of Mars
Points this post: 15
Total points: 545
BB:2 GO:10 IAF:1
SHEMAC 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)
Required: Post the cover
Better Not Pout
(MMP Better Not Pout)
This task points: 10
Total season points: 570
Kristen IA50.1 - Angela IL's Task: Task Complete!
Books must total at least 750 pages.
Option 1: Choose a task from below: A, B, OR C
Required: State the option
A. Read three different books that have been claimed in the Spring Challenge Completed Task Thread.
Required: State the Message # for each book.
Book 1: The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren - 368 pages - POST #117
Book 2: - Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten - 320 pages - POST #910
*****I claim 1 It's a Fact ticket*****
Book 3: Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy - 240 pages - POST #1285
368 + 320 + 240 = 928 total pages
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Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 415/910
Tasks Completed: 23/54
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 9
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5.1 Spring Cleaning!
Read the book that has been on your current "To Be Read" list the longest.
Include the date added
The Cabin added 1/25/18
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
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5.4 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.
Walk on Earth a Stranger (EARTH-mAy The foRcE be wiTH you
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
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5.5 New Life
Read a book whose cover has flowers on it. Flowers may be growing in the ground, in a bouquet, or just one single flower. However, the flower(s) must be identifiable as such.
(Post the cover)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
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5.7 Spring Fever
Read a book with a single author whose first and last initials appear in the phrase SPRING HAS SPRUNG
The Echo Room by Parker Peevyhouse (sPring has sPrung)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20
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5.8 International Women's Day
Read a book by a single female author.
The Meadowbrook Murders by Jessica Goodman
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25
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5.10 World Book Day
In honour of World Book Day, please read a book of your choice that meets the SRC guideline
Goodbye Earl
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25
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10.4 Strap on your backpack
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in BACKPACKER
I'll Be Waiting by Kelley Armstrong (bAcKpacker)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 35
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10.10 Celebrating around the world
Read a book with MPG Religion
The Lives We Actually Have: 100 Blessings for Imperfect Days
MPG religion
Points this post: 10
Total points: 45
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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 Darkest Path (Long Path)
Book 2: Read a book that has all the letters of TRAIL in the title. (subtitles are excluded)
The Girl in the Headlines (The gIRl in the heAdLines)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 60
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Book 1: Read a book whose page count or first published year with at least 2 numbers from 6800
Full Tilt 208 pages
Book 2: Read a book that is book is number 1-15 in series of at least 3 published books.
The Fine Print (Dreamland Billionaires, #1, 3 books published
Points this post: 15
Total points: 75
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15.6 Finding Easter Goodies
Read a book with a Rabbit/bunny, Egg, or Chicken/chick/rooster on the cover. The image must be part of the cover art for the book.
(eggs in the bottom left in the basket)Points this post: 15
Total points: 90
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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.
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (emIly wildE's maP of tHe OTheRlAnDs)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 105
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15.10 May For Growth
Read the most recent published book ( as of March 1, 2025) in a series of at last 3 published books.
Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5 published March 18th, 2025)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 120
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20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Masoodah's Task: Mother's Day
Read a book with an author whose first and last initials appear in MOTHERING.
Icebreaker by Hannah Grace (motHerinG)
read a book in which a title word of at least 4 letters appears in the phrase:
FUN OUTING and/or SPECIAL MEAL.
Welcome to Camp Killer (CAMP- sPeCiAl Meal)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 140
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20.5 - Bigger is Better - Christine V's Task: Spring Growth
Read a book with a green leaf on the cover.
Read a book with a synonym for “grow” in the title or subtitle
Rise of the Governor (Used rise)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 160
EMurphy20.6 It's a Fact-Jen B's Task: Travels for Dad
Option 2: Small boat on the cover OR set in Florida Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix
*Set in Florida
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 230
Books Read: 15
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket +750: 1
IAF Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 9
Julia10325.6 - 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.
Police at the Funeral (Albert Campion #4) by Margery Allingham
(I used BALTIMORE. All letters are in the series name: BALT in Albert, IMO in Campion, RE in Albert)
Option 2B: Read a book set at least 50% in one or more of the states that these trails pass through: California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming.
The Boxcar Librarian
(set in Montana)
Police at the Funeral was first published in 1931 so claiming one Golden Oldie ticket
This post: 25 points, 1 GO
Total points: 470
BB: 10
GO: 1
NF: 1
Total books read: 34
Total tasks completed: 25
5.1 Spring CleaningBook that has been on your current "To Be Read" list the longest.
Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson
This was the very first book I added to my GoodReads account. It's been on my list for as least 10 years.
Post Total: 5
Grand Total: 215
10.4 Strap on Your BackpackBook by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in BACKPACKER
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Post Total: 10
Grand Total: 225
20.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Be the Match•Option 1: For Jenson
Jenson’s current favorite video game is Minecraft and he loves designing comics. For this option, choose a book by a single author whose first and last initials are found in either the word MINECRAFT or COMICS. You can use the letters as frequently as they appear.
Required: State which word the initials appear in.
Ghost Town by Rachel Caine
Date Read: March 13 2025
Rating: 3*
How it Fits: Author initials RC found in MINECRaft
Points This Post:20
Total Points:20
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50.1 Angela IL’s Task Complete! Option 2: Read one book from each task: A, B, AND C.
For B: You must choose a different author from the one chosen from the Spring Challenge Completed Task Thread.
Required: State the books, author, and message# of the post.
Book A. Read a Completed Book. I read Cinco de Mayhem by Ann Myers – message 806 (JennRenee) – 351 pp.
Book B. Choose a Completed Book: What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan – message 765 (JenB) -- put that author into the Literature Map. An author near Dervla McTiernan is Chris Hammer.
I read Scrublands by Chris Hammer, Audiobook. The MMPB Scrublands is 496 pp.
Book C. Choose a Completed Book. Completed Book: All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker.– message 4 (Dana) -- Read a book from that book’s “Readers Also Enjoyed” List.
I read The Last One at the Wedding by Jason Rekulak, 338 pp
Page Total = 1185 > required 750
Points This Post: 50
Total Points So Far: 780