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Sue T30.4 - Susan A's Task: Consecutive Numbers
Option 1: two books from a single series that have consecutive whole number series numbers.
Inheritance and The Mirror by Nora Roberts
The Lost Brides Series, books one and two.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 70/910
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 7
That does it for me this round. As always, thanks to the task creators and moderator team for another great season.
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.4 - Strap on your backpack
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in BACKPACKER.
Vanishing Fleece: Adventures in American Wool by Clara Parkes
Author's initials (CP) are in BACKPACKER
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): Vanishing Fleece: Adventures in American Wool
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 195 points
Tasks completed: 10
30.2 - MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian GamesOption 1: Five Decembers - 425 pages
"Five" in the title
Option 3: My Friends by Hisham Matar - 416 pages
Author initials in MarcH
Total points: 210
5.10 World Book DayThe Body: A Guide for Occupants
Final points total: 215
Thanks, all, for another fun challenge!
10.4 Strap on your backpackRead a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in BACKPACKER
Pastoral by André Alexis
New Points: 10
Total Points: 380
BB: 2
GO: 1
IaF: 6
10.8 Pi DayPi Day is March 14th - Read a book with a page count consisting of consecutive numbers found in this portion of Pi 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375
Fire Watch 288 pages
New Points: 10
Total Points: 390
BB: 2
GO: 1
IaF: 6
15.6 Finding Easter GoodiesRead a book with a Rabbit, Egg, or Chicken on the cover. The image must be part of the cover art for the book.
Rabbit ( bottom left corner when looking at the cover)
A Poem for Every Spring Day by Allie EsiriTask Total: 15
Season Total: 475
Kim O20.10 - Group Reads
Three Men in a Boat
Golden Oldie -- First published January 1, 1889
Discussion post 22
Points this task: 20
Golden Oldie ticket(s): 1
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Totals:
Points: 20
Big Book - 500+: 0
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 1
It's a Fact: 0
10.2 It's a Wonderful World - let's explore it!Read a book with MPG Travel
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Claiming IAF
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 785
Total Tasks Completed: 39
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Big Books: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
It's a Fact: 2
Kim O30.4 - 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 Ginger Man Page count: 347
Book B: Read a book with two consecutive digits in the year of the first published edition.
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics Original publication date: 2013
Points this task: 30
It's a Fact ticket(s): 1
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Totals:
Points: 50
Big Book - 500+: 0
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 1
It's a Fact: 0
Kim O20.5 - Bigger is Better - Christine V's Task: Spring Growth
Option 1: Read a book with a green leaf on the cover.
Points this task: 20
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Totals:
Points: 70
Big Book - 500+: 0
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 1
It's a Fact: 1
Kim O10.8 Pi Day
Read a book with a page count consisting of consecutive numbers found in this portion of Pi 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375
Bark!: The Science of Helping Your Anxious, Fearful, or Reactive Dog Page count: 288
Points this task: 10
It's a Fact ticket(s): 1
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Totals:
Points: 80
Big Book - 500+: 0
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 1
It's a Fact: 2
Kim O20.3 - 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 (inclusive).
Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma First published April 25, 2023. Non-fiction
Points this task: 20
It's a Fact ticket(s): 1
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Totals:
Points: 100
Big Book - 500+: 0
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 1
It's a Fact: 3
Kim O10.4 Strap on your backpack
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in BACKPACKER
Martyr!
Points this task: 10
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Totals:
Points: 110
Big Book - 500+: 0
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 1
It's a Fact: 3
Readerboard Name: Kathy P5.2 Angel of the Battlefield
Read a book by an author named Clara or Barton or with the initials: CB, CC, BC, or BB.
Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography
Author: Chester Brown
Claiming 1 It's a Fact Ticket
Total Points: 285
BB: 0
GO: 0
NF: 15
Total books: 25
Total tasks: 24
Kim O20.1 - 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 BE THE MATCH or NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM.
The World to Come
word: World
phrase: NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM
Points this task: 20
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Totals:
Points: 130
Big Book - 500+: 0
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 1
It's a Fact: 3
slideshell20.10 Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Spring 2025 season
Three Men in a Boat
Points this post: 20
Total points: 910
Tasks completed: 54
Books read: 69
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=10, 750=1, 1000=0
It's A Fact: 0
Kim O20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Masoodah's Task: Mother's Day
Option 1: Read a book with an author whose first and last initials appear in MOTHERING.
My Name Is Mary Sutter
Points this task: 20
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Totals:
Points: 150
Big Book - 500+: 0
Big Book - 750+: 0
Golden Oldie: 1
It's a Fact: 3
Mod
MEGSCL5.9 Memorial Day
Cemetery on cover
TOTAL
420 points, 10 IAF ticket, 1 BB ticket
MEGSCL10.3 These boots are made for walking ...
Person walking on cover
**non fiction, it’s a fact ticket
TOTAL
430 points, 11 IAF ticket, 1 BB ticket
Mel M25.2 - Robin P's Task: The NATO Alphabet
Two book task; choose two options and read one book for each option.
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.
And How Does That Make You Feel?: Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Therapy by Joshua Fletcher
HOW
Option 3: Some earlier versions used names of places, for instance the 1927 US version is:
Amsterdam, Baltimore, Canada, Danemark, Edison, Florida, Gallipoli, Havana, Italia, Jerusalem, Kilogramme, Liverpool, Madagascar, New York, Oslo, Paris, Quebec, Roma, Santiago, Tripoli, Upsala, Valencia, Washington, Xanthippe, Yokohama, Zurich
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the named locations.
The Rich People Have Gone Away by Regina Porter
Set in New York
Points this post: 25
Total points: 85
EMurphy50.1 Angela IL's Task: Task Complete!
Option 2: Choose an author of a book claimed on the Spring Challenge Completed Task Thread, enter author's name into website, read one book each for 3 different authors listed
*Author chosen was Louise Penny, message #154
Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger
*464 pages
Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie
*303 pages
**Golden Oldies Ticket - published 1938
The House at Sea's End by Elly Griffiths
*352 pages
*464+303+352=1119 pages
This Task:
Points: 50
Books Read: 3
GO Ticket: 1
BB Ticket: 0
IAF Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 565
Books Read: 40
GO Ticket: 3
BB Ticket +500: 4
BB Ticket +750: 1
IAF Ticket: 2
Tasks Completed: 26
All done! Thanks for a great challenge!
Mel M50.1 - Angela IL's Task: Task Complete!
Option 1:
A. Read three different books that have been claimed in the Spring Challenge Completed Task Thread.
Book 1:
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix -- message 427
Book 2:
The Three Lives of Cate Kay by Kate Fagan -- message 569
Book 3:
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins -- message 1210
Points this post: 50
Total points: 135
5.2 Angel of the BattlefieldAuthor named Clara: Knitlandia: A Knitter Sees the World by Clara Parkes
Points this post: 5
Total points: 835
Mel M30.2 - MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian Games
Two-book task; pick one book for two different options.
Option 2
Read a book where the name of the Month (March, April or May) is found intact in the title.
In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox by Carol Burnett
MAYhem
Option 3
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
You Are Fatally Invited by Ande Pliego
APril
Points this post: 30
Total points: 165
5.10 World Book DayBook of choice: The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
Points this post: 5
Total points: 840
That's it for this season. Thank you moderators, task creators, and fellow readers for a great season of reading.
Mel M25.5 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.
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.
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib
Published March 26, 2024
Book B: Read a book with MPG Adventure or MPG Autobiography; MPG Memoir will work as long as the author is the subject of the book.
The Road Is Good: How a Mother's Strength Became a Daughter's Purpose by Uzo Aduba
MPG Autobiography
Points this post: 25
Total points: 190
Julia1035.5 New Life
Read a book whose cover has flowers on it.
This post: 5 points
Total points: 755 points
BB: 10
GO: 3
NF: 2
Total books read: 55
Total tasks completed: 42
Mel M25.6 - JenJ IA's task - Triple Crowns
This 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.).
Option 1: Thoroughbred Racing
B: 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.
Every Shot Counts: A Memoir of Resilience by Carlos Boozer (three-word title, published in 2023)
Every shOT couNts: a Memoir of resiLience - ELMONT
Option 2: Hiking
Read a book with a 4+ letter word in the title/subtitle that can be made out of the letters in SPRINGER and KATAHDIN.
The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War by Malcolm Gladwell (three-word title)
sprINGer/kaTaHdin (NIGHT)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 215
Mel M30.3 - Katrisa's Task: Nashfest 2024
This is a 2 book task. Choose 2 different tasks and read a book for each.
Option 1 - SURPRISE!
Read a book with an MPG of Mental Health or Self Help.
Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives by Tim Harford
MPG Self-Help
Option 4 - The Venue
Read a book where the single author’s first and last initials can be found in STAR PLUNGE.
We Could Be Rats by Emily Austin
stAr plungE
Points this post: 30
Total points: 245
Mel M30.4 - Susan A's Task: Consecutive Numbers
Pick ONE option and read two books.
Option 3 (Complete 1 Book A and 1 Book B)
Book A: Read a book with 2 consecutive digits in the page count.
It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over by Anne de Marcken - 128 pages
Book B: Read a book with two consecutive digits in the year of the first published edition.
Embers: One Ojibway's Meditations by Richard Wagames - published 2016
Points this post: 30
Total points: 275
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Embers: One Ojibway's Meditations (other topics)It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over (other topics)
We Could Be Rats (other topics)
Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives (other topics)
Every Shot Counts: A Memoir of Resilience (other topics)
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Jean Hanff Korelitz (other topics)Clara Parkes (other topics)
Chester Brown (other topics)
Elizabeth Gilbert (other topics)
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20.5 - Bigger is Better - Christine V's Task: Spring Growth
Option 1 - Read a book with a green leaf on the cover.
Do You Remember by Freida McFadden
There are green leaves on the cover.
Link to PB edition (no MMP edition): Do You Remember?
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 185 points
Tasks completed: 9