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SPRING CHALLENGE 2025
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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
June 9, 2009
Black Water Rising by Attica Locke
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 440
Andy P.Task # 5.10 World Book Day
read a book of your choice that meets the SRC guideline
My Name Is Lucy Barton
by Elizabeth Strout
Points this post: 5
Total points: 770
Bookwrm526Task #25.1 Cats Task: Books of North America
Option 1: Two Book Option (no page count requirement)
Book 1: Read a book that is set (at least 70%) in one or more countries in North America, or is about one or more countries in North America (if Non-Fiction), but is NOT United States of America. I chose ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA and read Mr. Potter by Jamaica Kincaid (set on Antigua, stated in GR description).
Book 2: Read a book that is written by an author born in a country in North America. I stuck with ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA and read Go Deep by Rilzy Adams (author's GR page says she was born in Antigua and Barbuda).
Points so far: 820
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Lisa MD's Task: Take a Walk on the Wild SideOption A: Mountains
read a book from the 1st 25 pages of the "Mountains Books" shelf
Au cœur du silence by Graham Joyce
The book is on page 20 (The Silent Land)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 355
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 30.2 Gregorian Games
Option 3: A Bone to Pick by Charlene Harris. Author initials CH in march.
Option 4: The Light Keeper's Legacy by Kathleen Ernst is #3 in the Chloe Ellefson mystery series.
Points: 30
Books: 2
Summary Totals: 240
Books: 14
Tasks: 11
Big book tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 30.4 Consecutive Numbers
Option 2: Consecutive page numbers:
Book 1: Killer Librarian by Mary Lou Kirwin: 308 pages.
Book 2: Murder by Artifact: The Murder Quilt by Barbara Graham: 309 pages.
Points: 30
Books: 2
Summary Totals: 270
Books: 16
Tasks: 12
Big book tickets: 0 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 30.7 Typing Challenge
Option 1 - Book 1: The Guardian of Secrets by Jana Petken: word SECRETS uses S, E, C, R, T - left hand
*** Claim Big book ticket for 714 pages.
Book 2 Blood and Justice: A Private Investigator Mystery Series by Rayven T. Hill: author last name HILL uses H, I, L - right hand.
Points: 30
Books: 2
Big book tickets: 1 (500)
Summary Totals: 300
Books: 18
Tasks: 13
Big book tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.5 MPG ALIENS/S
Axiom's End by Lindsay Ellis has MPG ALIENS.
Points: 15
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 315
Books: 19
Tasks: 14
Big book tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.9 April is Love
Moscow Nights: The Van Cliburn Story-How One Man and His Piano Transformed the Cold War by Nigel Cliff has all letters of APHRODITE in title/subtitle:
moscow nigHTs: thE van clibuRn story - how one man and his PIAnO transformeD the cold war
**** Claim 1 Non-Fiction book ticket.
Points: 15
Books: 1
It's a fact: 1
Summary Totals: 330
Books: 19
Tasks: 15
Big book tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
SHEMAC 25.5 Jessica S’s Task: Signs of the Zodiac - Pisces, Aries and Taurus
This is a two book task. For this task, choose one zodiac sign, and complete both tasks for that sign. Your total page count should be at least 500 pages. (304 + 223)
Required: State the option you chose - 2
Option 2: Energized Aries (March 21st - 20th April)
Book A: Read a book that was published between March 21st and April 20th of 2024 or 2025. (April 1st 2024)
His Alpha Unlocked
(PB His Alpha Unlocked)
Book B: Read a book with MPG Adventure
When Eight Bells Toll
(MMP When Eight Bells Toll)
This task points: 25
Total season points: 905
30.3 - Katrisa's Task: Nashfest 2024Option 1:Read a book with an MPG of Mental Health or Self Help.
Greenlights
***Claiming an It's a Fact Ticket for non-fiction****
Option 4: Read a book where the single author’s first and last initials can be found in STAR PLUNGE
Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page
***Claiming an It's A Fact ticket for Non-fiction***
New Points: 30
Total Points: 330
BB: 1
GO: 1
IaF: 6
FLY Task #10.10 Celebrating around the world
+ IAF ticket
task: book with MPG Religion
book: A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy
(my version is audio, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: MPG Religion
other:
**Claiming IAF ticket for nonfiction book
Points this post: 10
Total points: 805
Tasks completed: 49/54
BB: 12 / GO: 2 / IAF: 1 + 1 = 2
megscl10.1 It's going to be long ...
Read a book that is 500 pages or more
The Valley of Amazement
**589** pages - 1 bb ticket
TOTAL
390 points, 9 IAF ticket, 1 BB ticket
megscl10.7 Saintly Names
Read a book where the authors first name is a derivative of David, Patrick or George
Release by Patrick Ness
TOTAL
400 points, 9 IAF ticket, 1 BB ticket
Rockynook15.9 - 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.
By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult
by Any OTHER name by joDI Picoult
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 610
Task 50.1 - Angela IL's Task: Task Complete!Option 2: Read one book from each task: A, B, AND C.
A: Read a book that has been claimed in the Spring Challenge Completed Task Thread.
Book: The Paradise Problem
Claimed in message 117
B: Choose an author of a book claimed on the Spring Challenge Completed Task Thread. Read one book for the author listed on the literature map site.
Book: My Friends by Fredrik Backman
Shows up on literature map for Chris Whitaker, who is from Dana's post #4
Book C: Choose a book from the Spring Challenge Completed Task Thread. For the book, choose a different book from the Readers Also Enjoyed section.
Book: The Last Session
Shows up as Readers Also Enjoyed from Something in the Walls, which is claimed in Katrisa's post 26
Points this task: 50
Total points: 690
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.4 Star Wars Day
Niets is ooit by Toni Coppers. 4+ letter word in title OOIT is in may the fOrce be wITh yOu.
Points: 5
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 335
Books: 20
Tasks: 16
Big book tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.7 Spring Fever
Constable on the Hill by Nicholas Rhea. Author initials NR in spRiNg.
Points: 5
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 340
Books: 25
Tasks: 17
Big book tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.8 International Woman's Day
Murder in Whistler by Dianne Harman. The author's is a single female author.
Points: 5
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 345
Books: 26
Tasks: 18
Big book tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.10 World Book Day
Antenora by Dori Lumpkin.
Points: 5
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 350
Books: 27
Tasks: 19
Big book tickets: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.1 It's going to be long ...
The Innocent Mage by Karen Miller is 640 pages.
**** Claim Big Book Ticket for 640 pages.
Points: 10
Books: 1
Big book tickets: 1 (500)
Summary Totals: 360
Books: 28
Tasks: 20
Big book tickets: 2 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.3 These Boots are made for walking
Cocoa and Chanel by Donna Joy Usher has woman and dog walking on the cover.
Points: 10
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 370
Books: 29
Tasks: 21
Big book tickets: 2 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.8 Pi Day
The Oxford Murders by Guillermo Martínez has 197 pages consecutive in 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375
By the way, an appropriately mathematical mystery :)
Points: 10
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 380
Books: 30
Tasks: 22
Big book tickets: 2 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 10.4 Strap on your backpack
Checked Out by Elizabeth Spann Craig has author First & Last name initials EC are in baCkpackEr
Points: 10
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 390
Books: 31
Tasks: 23
Big book tickets: 2 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.3 East to West: Option 2
Murder at the 42nd Street Library by Con Lehane meets both requirements of Option 1:
1: First publication year 2016 has 2 digits - 60 - from 6800
2: #1 42nd Street Library Mystery #1
Points: 15
Books: 1
Summary Totals: 405
Books: 32
Tasks: 24
Big book tickets: 2 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 25.4 Readerboard names: using KMARIED and MARIE-ANNE reader names.
Option 1: The Trust by M. H. Eccleston. Author First & Last Initials ME are in both readernames.
Option 4: Sword of the Dead by Morgan Rice. Title word DEAD can be made from both readernames, using D twice.
Points: 25
Books: 2
Summary Totals: 430
Books: 34
Tasks: 25
Big book tickets: 2 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1,000)
Non-fiction tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Lisa MD15.9 - April is Love
Letters of "APHRODITE" in any combo of Title/Subtitle/Author name
Leader of the Pack by David Rosenfelt
lEADeR Of THe Pack by davId rosenfelt
🐦🌻🌷🌺🐦🌻🌷🌺🐦🌻🌷🌺🐦🌻🌷🌺🐦🌻🌷🌺
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 445/910
Total Books Read: 31
Total Tasks Completed: 24
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 8
Lisa MD20.1- Group Read
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
My review is message #14 in the group reads thread
🐦🌻🌷🌺🐦🌻🌷🌺🐦🌻🌷🌺🐦🌻🌷🌺🐦🌻🌷🌺
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 465/910
Total Books Read: 32
Total Tasks Completed: 25
Big Book Tickets:
Golden Oldies Tickets:
IAF Tickets: 8
5.4 Star Wars DayRead 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.
All the Other Mothers Hate Me - OTHER
O,R - fORce
T,H,E - THE
Points: 5
Total/challenge: 395
20.2 Mother's Day Opt 2 - read a book in which a title word of at least 4 letters appears in the phrase: FUN OUTING and/or SPECIAL MEAL.
Open Season- OPEN
O,N - OutiNg
P,E - sPEcial
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 420
20.3 Trails of WalesOpt 4 - Read a book that was first published between April and October of a year since 1971 (inclusive).
Required: State the date of first publication.
The Brothers Hawthorne - Pub Aug 29, 2023
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 450
20.8 The Capital RingOpt 1 - read a book by an author who was born in London, or that is at least 50% set in London
The Scoundrel in Her Bed - set in London per GR description
Points: 20
Total/challenge: 470
25.6 Triple CrownsThis 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.).
Opt 1C - Read a book with a horse on the cover - 3 word title
*Non-Fiction: - Claiming It's a Fact Ticket
Opt 2C - Read a book with a mountain or mountain range on the cover.
- 3 word title 545 pgs* Claiming Big Book ticket for 545 pg book
Points: 25
Total/challenge: 495
IAF ticket: 1
Big Book ticket: 1
30.3 Nashfest 2024Opt 1 - Read a book with an MPG of Mental Health or Self Help.
- Self Help* Non-fiction - Claiming It's A Fact ticket
Opt 4 - Author initials in STARPLUNGE
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
A.L. in stArpLunge
Points: 30
Total/challenge: 515
IAF ticket: 1
Task 25.3 XBM's Task - So Many Names!Option 2: Read a book by an author with four names.
Book: Medusa's Sisters by Lauren J.A. Bear
Option 3: read a book with these name’s translation in the title or subtitle:
Anuenue - rainbow
Huaka’i – journey or voyage
Kuuipo – sweetheart or beloved
Book: South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
Word: Journey
Points this task: 25
Total points: 715
trishhartuk15.5 I've Been Probed
Read a book with the MPG Alien or Aliens.
Alien Clay, Adrian Tchaikovsky
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (432pg)
Aliens is the fourth MPG.
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 440
Tasks Completed: 29
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets: 1
JEN B20.6 - It's A Fact - Jen B's Task: Travels for Dad
Option 1: New York City
Read a book set at least 50% in New York City
Naked in Death by JD Robb
Set in NYC
TOTAL POINTS: 205
JEN B5.10 World Book Day
In honour of World Book Day, please read a book of your choice that meets the SRC guidelines
My Friends by Fredrik Backman
TOTAL POINTS: 210
Andy P.Task # 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
Word is Crest from Pacific Crest Trail
No Colours or Crest by Peter Kemp
Book 2: Read a book that has all the letters of TRAIL in the title.
The Twelve Dogs of Christmas by David Rosenfelt
T in The
RAI in Christmas
L in Twelve
Points this post: 15
Total points: 785
10.6 Take a HikeA book from my link text (page 1): Becoming Odyssa: Adventures on the Appalachian Trail by Jennifer Pharr Davis
Points this post: 10
Total points: 720
15.8 March Means WarMARS intact in the title: The Marsh Madness by Victoria Abbott
mass market paperback edition The Marsh Madness
Points this post: 15
Total points: 735
20.6 - It's A Fact - Jen B's Task: Travels for DadOption 1, set in New York City: Holiday in Death by J.D. Robb
Points this post: 20
Total points: 755
Julia10310.8 Pi Day
Read a book with a page count consisting of consecutive numbers found in this portion of Pi 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375
The Phoenix Crown
I read the Kindle edition. There is no MMP. The top paperback The Phoenix Crown has 384 pages.
This post: 10 points
Total points: 700 points
BB: 10
GO: 3
NF: 2
Total books read: 51
Total tasks completed: 38
Julia10310.4 Strap on your backpack
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in BACKPACKER
A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie
(initials AC in BACKPACKER)
(I posted the top MMP. I actually read this in an Omnibus: Five Complete Miss Marple Novels: The Mirror Crack'd / A Caribbean Mystery / Nemesis / What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw! / The Body in the Library, pages 149 - 262)
This post: 10 points
Total points: 710 points
BB: 10
GO: 3
NF: 2
Total books read: 52
Total tasks completed: 39
Theresa20.10 - Group Reads
The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier
post #7 in the thread
Points this post - 20
Total points - 240
Andy P.Task # 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
From the blurb on the back of the book" As church secretary Cindy Preston prepares for the Easter service she literally stumbles across a dead body in the sanctuary."
The Lord Is My Shepherd by Debbie Viguié
Points this post: 10
Total points: 795
Erica H.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
Life Sentences
Points: 10
Total points: 430
BB: 2
GO: 2
NF: 3
5.7 Spring FeverRead a book with a single author whose first and last initials appear in the phrase sPrING HAS SPRUNG.
The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 690
Total Tasks Completed: 31
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 1
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Book 1: Read a book with a title that shares a word from one of the names of the trails on the list.
Mountains-to-Sea Trail: Sea
The Road to the Salt Sea by Samuel Kolawole
Book 2: Read a book that has all the letters of TRAIL in the title.
ThIngs Lost wAteR
Things We Lost to the Water by Eric Nguyen
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 420