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SPRING CHALLENGE 2025
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20.9 On the Trail of West Coast Writers I read Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll - according to her GR bio she lives in California
Total points: 95
30.5 Compound Words Word: blackberry - black + berry
Book 1: The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean - word in title
Book 2: Northern Spy by Flynn Berry - word in author's last name
Total: 125
SHEMAC 5.1 Spring Cleaning!
Read the book that has been on your current "To Be Read" list the longest.
Required: State how long it has been on the list. It does not have to be exact, it can be an approximation. 12 years
Heat Wave
(MMP Heat Wave
This task points: 5
Total season points: 910
Mod
Task 30.2 - MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian GamesOption 2: Read a book whose SINGLE author's first and last (middle can be ignored) initials use only the letters in the name of ONE of the months of the Spring Challenge - March, April, or May
Book: The Women on Platform Two by Laura Anthony
Initials LA found in APRIL
Option 3: Read a book that is # 3, 4 or 5 in a series.
Book: The Wicked Widow - #3 in the The Wicked City series
Points this task: 30
Total points: 745
Task 30.7 - Amy FL's Task: Typing ChallengeBook 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.
Book: All Our Darkest Secrets
Word: SECRETS
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.
Book: We All Live Here
Name: JOJO
Points this task: 30
Total points: 775
EMurphy30.2 MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian Games
Option 3: Single author's first and last initials use only the letters in the name of ONE of the months of the spring challenge Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
*Initials in MARCH
**351 pages
Option 4: #3, #4, or #5 in a series The Scottish Prisoner by Diana Gabaldon
*Lord John Grey #3
**518 pages
***Big Book Ticket: 1
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket +500: 1
GO Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 415
Books Read: 28
GO Ticket: 2
BB Ticket +500: 3
BB Ticket +750: 1
IAF Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 18
EMurphy20.5 Bigger is Better - Christine V's Task: Spring Growth
by Nalini SinghThis Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 435
Books Read: 29
GO Ticket: 2
BB Ticket +500: 3
BB Ticket +750: 1
IAF Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 19
EMurphy20.3 Review Raffle-Jayne's Task: Trails of Wales
Option 4: First published between April and October of a year since 1971 Whispers of Dead Girls by Marlee Bush
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 455
Books Read: 30
GO Ticket: 2
BB Ticket +500: 3
BB Ticket +750: 1
IAF Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 20
LoraTask: 5.2 Angel of the Battlefield
Book/Author: Labyrinth of Lies and Sacrifice / C.F.E. Black
How it fits: author's initials are CB
Points for this task: 5
Total points: 540
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 0
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 1
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 0
It's a Fact tickets total: 4
10.4 Strap on your backpackRead a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in BACKPACKER
Dix petites poupées by B.A. Paris (Initials B P)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 365
25.1 Books of North AmericaBk 1 - Read a book set 70% in North America that is the the US
The Long Way Home - set in Canada
Bk 2 - Read a book by an author born in a North America that is not the US unless the author is Native America / First Nation.
The Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
GR bio -Angeline Boulley, an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, is a storyteller who writes about her Ojibwe community in Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Points: 25
Total/challenge: 540
Kathy KS10.5 Good company
Read a book that is written by 2 or more authors.
Crossfire by Dick Francis AND Felix Francis
2 authors
I listened to an audiobook; pb-345 p. (no mmpb)
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Points for this task: 10
Total points : 345
Tasks completed: 18/54
Big Book tickets for this task: 0
Big Book tickets total: 5
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: 6
Task 30.7 - Typing ChallengeFor this task, you will be using the QWERTY style keyboard.
Letters typed with the left hand: Q, W, E, R, T, A, S, D, F, G, Z, X, C, V, B
Letters typed with the right hand: Y, U, I, O, P, H, J, K, L, N, M
Option 1: Two-book task
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. The word must be at least four letters long and you only use your left hand to type it.
Required: Specify the word in your post.
Word: DEAD
Julie Chan Is Dead (2025) by Liann Zhang (female) (Goodreads Author) (Hardback 311 pages)
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. Name must be at least four letters long.
Required: Specify the name in your post.
Word: JOHN
The Xanadu Manuscript (1977) by John Rowe Townsend (Paperback 170 pages)
260 + 30 = 290
Tasks Completed: 15
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 260 + 30 = 290
Books read: 21
Pages read: 5,920
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 13
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 03
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Task 5.8 International Women's DayMar 8, 2025 is International Women's Day. Read a book by a single female author.
Ann Liang is a single female author.
If You Could See the Sun (2022) by Ann Liang (Goodreads Author) (Hardback 346 pages) (Young Adult)
290 + 05 = 295
Tasks Completed: 16
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 290 + 05 = 295
Books read: 22
Pages read: 6,266
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 14
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 03
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
slideshell15.8 March Means War
Read a book with MARS intact in the title
The Witch of Shadowmarsh
Points this post: 15
Total points: 880
Tasks completed: 52
Books read: 67
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=10, 750=1, 1000=0
It's A Fact: 0
slideshell10.7 Saintly Names
Read a book where the authors first name is a derivative of David, Patrick or George
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
Points this post: 10
Total points: 890
Tasks completed: 53
Books read: 68
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=10, 750=1, 1000=0
It's A Fact: 0
5.2 Angel of the BattlefieldRead a book by an author named Clara or Barton or with the initials: CB, CC, BC, or BB. Names may be in any position.
Sycamore by Bryn Chancellor
Post Total: 5
Grand Total: 300
10.6 Take A HikeRead a book found on the first 25 pages of the Hiking Shelf
Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders by Kathryn Miles
Page 2 of the list
Post Total: 10
Grand Total: 310
15.5 I've been Probedread a book with the genre Alien or Aliens genre
I Am Number Four
Points: 15
Total/challenge: 555
FLY Task #25.3 XBM's Task - So Many Names!
task: Option 1: author that EXACTLY shares one of the listed names
book: Nimitz Class
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: author = Patrick Robinson (Patrick)
task: Option 2: a book by an author with four names
book: The Fellowship of the Ring
(my version is audio, first MMPB here)
how it fits: author = J.R.R. Tolkien
Points this post: 25
Total points: 845
Tasks completed: 51/54
BB: 12 / GO: 2 / IAF: 2
Kristen IA15.3 East to West
Option 2: One Book Task
Read a single book that satisfies both criteria for option 1
1: Read a book whose page count or first published year with at least 2 numbers from 6800.
AND
2: Read a book that is book is number 1-15 in series of at least 3 published books. Whole numbers only.
Always Only You by Chloe Liese - first pubbed 2020 and #2 in series
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 630/910
Tasks Completed: 36/54
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 15
Kristen IA30.4 - Susan A's Task: Consecutive Numbers
Pick ONE option and read two books.
Required: Specify the option
Option 3 (Complete 1 Book A and 1 Book B)
Book A: Read a book with 2 consecutive digits in the page count.
Speak: by Laurie Halse Anderson - 198 pages
Book B: Read a book with two consecutive digits in the year of the first published edition.
Required: state the year first published - 2023
Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar
*****I claim 1 It's a Fact ticket*****
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 660/910
Tasks Completed: 37/54
BB: 2
GO: 0
NF: 16
JenJ IA10.8 Pi Day
Read a book with a page count consisting of consecutive numbers found in this portion of Pi 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375
Required: State the page count - 384 pages
All the Missing Pieces by Catherine Cowles
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 650/910
Tasks Completed: 37/54
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 14
JenJ IA20.9 - 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.
Required: Name the state that your author represents - California (currently lives in Los Angeles)
Fun for the Whole Family by Jennifer E. Smith
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 670/910
Tasks Completed: 38/54
BB: 1
GO: 0
NF: 14
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Lois' Task: On the Trail of West Coast WritersRead a book by an author who was born in or lives/lived in California
The Human Division by John Scalzi
Scalzi was born in Fairfield, California
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sc...
Task Toal: 20
Season Total: 540
Total BB: 1
Total IAF: 17
5.2; 5.3; 5.4; 5.5; 5.6; 5.7; 5.8; 5.9; 5.10
10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6; 10.7; 10.8; 10.9; 10.10
15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7;
20.1; ...; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6; ...; 20.8; 20.9
25.1; 25,2; 25.3
30.3; 30.4; ...; ...; 30.7
CathyG15.9 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.
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brené Brown
Claiming "It's a Fact" ticket
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 485/910
Tasks Completed: 22/54
CathyG20.3 - Review Raffle - Jayne's Task: Trails of Wales
Choose an option and read a book for that option.
Required: state the option you chose.
Option 4: Offa’s Dyke Path
Read a book that was first published between April and October of a year since 1971 (inclusive).
Nanny For The Italian Mafia by Lena Little
approved for length post 429
Required: State the date of first publication. 10/14/22
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 505/910
Tasks Completed: 22/54
Masoodah10.8 Pi Day
The month of April was named for Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love.
Pi Day is March 14th - Read a book with a page count consisting of consecutive numbers found in this portion of Pi 3.14159265358979323846 264 3383279502884197169399375
Required: State the page count
Never Ever Getting Back Together by Phoebe MacLeod
Page count - 264 pgs
COMPLETED TASKS:
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 235 / 910
Total Books Read: 16 / 73
Total Tasks Completed: 11 / 54
BB Total: 1 + 1 = 2
GO:
IAF:
EMurphy15.3 East to West
Option 1: Page count or first published year with at least 2 numbers from 6800 Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner
*480 pages
Option 2: #1-15 in a series of at least 3 published books Smoke and Mirrors by Elly Griffiths
*The Brighton Mysteries #2 out of 7 published books
This Task:
Points: 15
Books Read: 2
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 470
Books Read: 32
GO Ticket: 2
BB Ticket +500: 3
BB Ticket +750: 1
IAF Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 21
EMurphy10.5 Good company - 2 or more authors 999: Twenty-Nine Original Tales of Horror and Suspense edited by Al Sarrantonio
*Big Book Ticket: 666 pages
This Task:
Points: 10
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket +500: 1
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 480
Books Read: 33
GO Ticket: 2
BB Ticket +500: 4
BB Ticket +750: 1
IAF Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 22
EMurphy5.10 World Book Day - Book of your choice Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore
This Task:
Points: 5
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 0
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 485
Books Read: 34
GO Ticket: 2
BB Ticket +500: 4
BB Ticket +750: 1
IAF Ticket: 1
Tasks Completed: 23
EMurphy5.4 Star Wars Day - Word in the title of at least 4 letters that can be made from the phrase MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown by Kenan Thompson
*It's a Fact Ticket
This Task:
Points: 5
Books Read: 1
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 1
Total:
Points: 490
Books Read: 35
GO Ticket: 2
BB Ticket +500: 4
BB Ticket +750: 1
IAF Ticket: 2
Tasks Completed: 24
Amy B30.7 - Amy FL's Task: Typing Challenge
For this task, you will be using the QWERTY style keyboard.
Letters typed with the left hand: Q, W, E, R, T, A, S, D, F, G, Z, X, C, V, B
Letters typed with the right hand: Y, U, I, O, P, H, J, K, L, N, M
Choose an option
Required: State the option
Option 1: Two-book task
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. The word must be at least four letters long and you only use your left hand to type it.
Required: Specify the word in your post.
The Secret Mitzvah of Lucio Burke by Steven Hayward (secret)
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. Name must be at least four letters long.
Required: Specify the name in your post.
All Fours by Miranda July (july)
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 345 Points
Bookwrm526Task #25.4 - Readerboard Names
Option 1: Read a book where the single author's first and last initials can be found in YOUR Readerboard name and/or mine, KMARIED. I read Kills Well with Others by Deanna Raybourn (D from kmarieD and R from bookwRm526).
Option 2: Read a book with at least three words in the title where each word starts with a letter in YOUR Readerboard name and/or mine, KMARIED. I read Murder Over Easy by Rosie A. Point (ME in kaMariEd and O in bOokwrm526).
Total points so far: 910 (DONE!)
Andy P.Task # 10.3 These boots are made for walking ..
Read a book with one or more people walking on the cover ...
by Michael IdovMan and Woman on cover, according to information on back cover flap" Jacket Photo " running man and running woman"
Points this post: 10
Total points: 805
Andy P,Task # 10.7 Saintly Names
Read a book where the authors first name is a derivative of David,
Leader of the Pack by David Rosenfelt
Points this Post: 10
Total points: 815
trishhartuk20.1 Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Be the Match
Option 2: For his donor. Read a book with a word of four or more letters in its title that can be made from the letters in...NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM.
The Martian Contingency, Mary Robinette Kowal
Read the kindle edition. Top PB: here (400pg)
MARTIAN: NATIonal MARrow donor program
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 460
Tasks Completed: 30
It’s a Fact Tickets: 3
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets: 1
Mod
Rockynook10.1 - It's going to be long ...
Read a book that is 500 pages or more
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
Page Count: 626
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 620
15.1 Let's Hike It!Book 1: Ice Blue
Task: Read a book with a title (subtitles are excluded) that shares a word from one of the names of the trails on the list.
How it works: shares the word ice with Ice Age Trail
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 172 pages.
Book 2: Apprentice to the Villain
Task: Read a book that has all the letters of TRAIL in the title.
How it fits: AppRanTIce to the viLlain
Points this post: 15
Total points: 165
10.9 Three/Four/FiveBook: Romancing Mister Bridgerton
Task: Read a book that is number 3, 4 or 5 in a series
How it fits: #4 in the Bridgertons series
I read the kindle edition. The mass market paperback edition has 370 pages.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 175
5.10 World Book DayBook: Assistant to the Villain
Task: read a book of your choice
Points this post: 5
Total points: 180
50.1 - Angela IL's Task: Task Complete!B. Choose an author of a book claimed on the Spring Challenge Completed Task Thread.
Enter the authors name into this website: https://www.literature-map.com/
Read one book each for 3 different authors listed. You can use the author entered in the map as long as it is a different book.
message 1154: by Apple
Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency by Olivia Laing
1) Everybody: A Book About Freedom by Olivia Laing
**I'd like an It's A Fact ticket for Everybody: A Book About Freedom (nonfiction)**
2) Gliff by Ali Smith
3) The Position of Spoons: And Other Intimacies by Deborah Levy
**I'd like an It's A Fact ticket for The Position of Spoons: And Other Intimacies (nonfiction)**
Task Total: 50
Season Total: 590
IAF This Post: 2
Total BB: 1
Total IAF: 19
5.2; 5.3; 5.4; 5.5; 5.6; 5.7; 5.8; 5.9; 5.10
10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6; 10.7; 10.8; 10.9; 10.10
15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7;
20.1; ...; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6; ...; 20.8; 20.9
25.1; 25,2; 25.3
30.3; 30.4; ...; ...; 30.7
50.1
Erica H.30.1 - JennRenee's Task: Spring Up and Grow
This is a two book task.
Book 1
Read a book with at least 2 words in the title, each word beginning with a letter in SPRING. Letters can be used multiple times.
Independent People
Book 2
Read a book with a title of at least 3 words, each word longer than its preceding word.
We Solve Murders
Points: 30
Total points: 510
BB: 2
GO: 2
NF: 3
Angela IL30.6 - Delicious Dee's Task: In Death by J.D. Robb
Option 3 – Book A: Read a book that shares the first word with your chosen edition. Words must match exactly.
16th Seduction by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro-5/20
MMPB link: 16th Seduction
Book Used #13: Seduction in Death
Book B: Read a book in a series, where the series number entry can be found in your chosen In Death book.
The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory-5/29
MMPB link: The Wedding Date
Book #1 in series/ this author is new to me
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 410
Books Read: 26
Tasks Completed: 16
It's A Fact: 3
Angela IL5.8 International Women's Day
Read a book by a single female author.
The Wildelings by Lisa Harding-5/22
Points this Task: 5
Total Points: 415
Books Read: 27
Tasks Completed: 17
It's A Fact: 3
Andy P.Task # 10.8 Pi Day
Pi Day is March 14th - Read a book with a page count consisting of consecutive numbers found in this portion of Pi 3.141
Nothing but Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw 141 pages
Points this post: 10
Total points: 825
Kai30.4 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.
The Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen
Page count: 128
**Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket**
First Published in 1892
BOOK B
Read a book with two consecutive digits in the year of the first published edition.
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli
First Published: 2017
New Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 19
Total Points: 310
BIG BOOK: 2
GOLDEN OLDIES: 4
IT'S A FACT: 1
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I chose option 2 and read Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body by Rebekah Taussig - page count 256
Claiming an "it's a fact" ticket
Total Points: 75