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SPRING CHALLENGE 2025
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Nick KY20.5 Christine V’s Growth Opt.3. Read a book with a synonym for “Grow” in the title. I read
One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson. “Turn” is one of the approved synonyms for “Grow.”Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 210
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.2 Rookie at the Top - Masoodah's Task: 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.
Undaunted: Surviving Jonestown, Summoning Courage, and Fighting Back by Jackie Speier
First published November 6, 2018.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 170/910
Task completed: 18/54
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.3 Review Raffle - Jayne's Task: Trails of Wales
Option 4: Read a book that was first published between April and October of a year since 1971 (inclusive).
Dandelion Travels by Angel Barber
First published October 16, 2022
Points this post: 20
Total points: 190/910
Task completed: 19/54
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Lisa MD's Task: Take a Walk on the Wild Side
Option B: Read a book from the 1st 25 pages of the "Forests Books" shelf.
Dead Lake by Darcy Coates
Found on page 2 of the list.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 210/910
Task completed: 20/54
20.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Be the MatchOption 1: choose a book by a single author whose first and last initials are found in either the word MINECRAFT or COMICS.
The Ruining by Anna Collomore
The author's initials (AC) appear in the word MINECRAFT.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 115
Andy P.Task # 30.6 - Delicious Dee's Task: In Death by J.D. Robb
Option 1 – The Series
Book A: Read one of the books in the In Death series
Glory in Death by J.D. Robb
Book B: Read a book where an author uses the following format for their name – Initial.Initial. Last Name
Three-Inch Teeth by C.J. Box
Points this post: 30
Total points: 140
Rockynook20.6 - Travels for Dad
Option 2: 50% set in Florida
Fangirl Down by Tessa Bailey
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 120
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySpring 2025 SRC
20.3 - 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).
Required: State the date of first publication.
Indian Burial Ground first published April 16, 2024
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 60
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 1
Erica H.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 (inclusive).
Required: State the date of first publication.
The Conditions of Unconditional Love
First published July 16, 2024
Points: 20
Total points: 115
BB: 0
GO: 1
NF: 1
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySpring 2025 SRC
10.1 It's going to be long ...
Read a book that is 500 pages or more
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, 758 pages, claiming 2 BB tickets
From ARBookfinder
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by Rowling, J.K.
AR Quiz No. 116230 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG+ - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 34.0
Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP, LS, VP
Points this post: 10
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 70
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 1
Readerboard Name Jammin JennySpring 2025 SRC
20.6 - It's A Fact - Jen B's Task: Travels for Dad
Choose one of the options below and read a book for that option.
Required: State the option. If using a cover option, post the cover. If using a setting option, if the location is not evident from the GR blurb or metadata, provide a reference.
Option 3: The Alps - Read a book set at least 50% in Germany, Austria, or Italy.
The Hangman's Daughter - set in Germany
Points this post: 20
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 0
Total Points: 90
BB Tickets: 2
GO Tickets: 0
It's a Fact Tickets: 1
Mod
30.4 - 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 (Tea Shop Mystery #22 & 23)
Twisted Tea Christmas. Laura Childs
Haunted Hibiscus. Laura Childs
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 12
Total Points: 155
Tasks Completed: 10
Golden Oldies - 2
It's A Fact - 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.10 Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Spring 2025 season.
Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show by Bethany Joy Lenz
I discussed my thought on Post 5 of the Discussion Thread.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 230/910
Task completed: 21/54
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.4 KmarieD's Task: 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.
Shoot the Storm by Annette Daniels Taylor
AT found in TessAvanessa
Option 3: Read a book with a stand alone word of at least four letters in the title, subtitles excluded , that can be made from my Readerboard name, KMARIED.
Chiara in the Dark by Maya Chhabra
WORD=dark
Points this post: 25
Total points: 255/910
Task completed: 22/54
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.3 Katrisa's Task: Nashfest 2024
Option 1: Read a book with an MPG of Mental Health or Self Help.
Light Enough to Float by Lauren Seal
MPG=Mental Health
Option 4: Read a book where the single author’s first and last initials can be found in STAR PLUNGE.
More or Less Maddy by Lisa Genova
Points this post: 30
Total points: 285/910
Task completed: 23/54
KRISTA KY20.2 - Rookie At The Top - Masoodah's Task: Mother's Day
Option 1: Book with author's initials in MOTHERING
Funny Story by Emily Henry (EH)
Points This Task:20
Total Points: 80
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.5 TessaVanessa’s Task: Compound Words
Compound word: BOOKMARK separated into Book and Mark
Book 1: Read a book with the first part of the compound word in the title/subtitle.
The Book Tour by Andi Watson
Book 2: Read a book with the second part of the compound word found intact in the author’s name.
Three Wild Dogs by MARKus Zusak
Points this post: 30
Total points: 315/910
Task completed: 24/54
25.6 - JenJ IA's task - Triple CrownsOption 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.
The Lonely House: A Hercules Popeau Mystery by Marie Belloc Lowndes
Location used: ELMONT
Requirement: 3 word title
Claiming a Golden Oldie, published in 1920
Option 2A: 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 Mystery of the Blue Train
Word: TRAIN
Requirement: 3 in page count
Claiming a Golden Oldie, published in 1928
Points for this task: 25
Total points : 25
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 2
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
Bookwrm526Task #30.4 - Susan A's Task: Consecutive Numbers
Option 1: Read two books from a single series that have consecutive whole number series numbers. I read:
Book 1: Murder and Mamon by Mia P. Manansala (Book 4 in the Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery series).
Book 2: Guilt and Ginataan by Mia P. Manansala (Book 5 in the Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery series).
Total points so far: 75
SHEMAC 30.3 - Katrisa's Task: Nashfest 2024
This is a 2 book task. Choose 2 different tasks and read a book for each.
Required: Specify the options: 3 and 4
Option 3 - Wyoming
Read a book set at least 50% in Wyoming.
Required: If setting is not clear from the main page please provide a reference.
Half a Cowboy
(PB Half a Cowboy)
Option 4 - The Venue
Read a book where the single author’s first and last initials can be found in STAR PLUNGE. You may ignore middle initials. Letters can only be used as often as they appear - A, S
His Temporary Assistant by A.W. Scott
Verification for length: #389
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
This task points: 30
Total season points: 195
JUKKA20.1 - Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Be the Match
Option 1: Book whose author's initials are in MINECRAFT or COMICS.
I Could Pee on This: and Other Poems by Cats by Francesco Marciuliano. His initials are in MINECRAFT.
Total Points: 50/910
Total Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3/54
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
It's a Fact Total: 1
Katrisa10.4 Strap on your backpack
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in BACKPACKER
I read Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie
AC in bACkpack
Points this Post: 10
Points Total: 230
ROBIN P30.2 MAZZA1's Task: Gregorian Games
2 books, 250 p min each
Option 3: Author initials in MARCH, APRIL, or MAY
The Secret Adversary -
- Agatha Christie, initials found in mArCh - 266 p
**Claiming 1 G) point, pub 1922
Option 4: #3, 4, or 5 of series
Sweet Danger - #5 of Albert Campion series - 256 p
**Claiming 1 GO point, pub 1933
Points this post 30
Total points - 170
BB:0 GO:5 IAF:0
FLY Task #5.2 Angel of the Battlefield
task: author named Clara or Barton or with initials: CB, CC, BC, or BB
book: Rewinder
(my version is kindle, no MMPB, first PB here)
how it fits: author Brett Battles initials BB
Points this post: 5
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 7/54
BB: 2 / GO: 0 / IAF: 0
10.1 It's going to be long ...500 pages or more: Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score
552 pages
Points this post: 10
Total points: 135
Deborah20.10 Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Spring 2025 season.
Fiction: Historical Fantasy - Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
Discussion thread post #4
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 75
Books Read: 7
Tasks Done: 7
trishhartuk15.10 May For Growth
Read the most recent published book in a series of at least 3 books.
System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries #7), Martha Wells
Read the kindle edition. PB: here (256pg)
Murderbot Diaries #7 of 7 primary works: https://www.goodreads.com/series/1919...
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 115
Tasks Completed: 10
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
Task 25.6 - Triple CrownsOption 1C: Horse on cover. plus #3 in series, 3 in page count AND 3 word title
Come to Grief
384 pages
Option 2A: TRAP in title made from both words. 3 in page count AND 3 word title
The Singularity Trap
341 pages
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215 points
Task 20.2 - Mother's Dayoption 2: CASE in title made from SPECIAL
A Case of Possession
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235 points
SHEMAC25.4 - KmarieD's Task: Readerboard Names
This is a 2-book task.
Choose two options and read one book for each: 1 and 3
Option 1:
Read a book where the single author's first and last initials can be found in YOUR Readerboard name, SHEMAC, and/or mine, KMARIED. For this option, letters can be repeated.
A Family of His Own by Sean Michael
(PB A Family of His Own)
Verified Not for Kids #398
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Option 3:
Read a book with a word of at least four letters in the title, subtitles excluded , that can be made from my Readerboard name, KMARIED. Letters can only be used as often as they appear.
Required: State the word - Dream
I Dream of Danger
(PB I Dream of Danger)
This task points: 25
Total season points: 220
10.7 Saintly NamesTwo Saints days are celebrated in the UK in March - St David (Patron Saint of Wales) on Marck 1st, and St Patrick (Patron Saint of Ireland) on 17th March and St George (patron saint of England) is celebrated on April 23rd
Read a book where the authors first name is a derivative of David, Patrick or George
I read Look Closer by David Ellis. The author's name, David, is the actual name and using the actual name was approved on the help thread.
points: 50
books read: 4
tasks completed: 3
tasks in progress: 1
It's a fact: 1
pages read: 1467
Joanne MIMost Improved - Rockynook's Task: Be the Match
Authors initials are found in either MINECRAFT or COMICS
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
By: Marianne Cronin
Initials in MineCraft.
Points this task 20
Season Total 40
1 IAF
Joanne MI20.8 Nickels and Dimes - TrishhartUK's Task: The Capital Ring
Read a book by an author who was born in London, or that is at least 50% set in London.
The Windsors at War: The King, His Brother, and a Family Divided
Set more than 50% in London during WWII
Claiming 1 IAF
Points this task 20
IAF this task 1
Season Total
Points
Gangee It's A Fact 20.6 Skink No Surrender Skink—No Surrender by Carl Hiaasan .
20.6 Option 2 Read a book set in Florida USA The book is set entirely in Florida USA
points 20 Total Points 55
Gangee 20.3 Jayne's Task: Trails of Wales Option 2The Little Liar by Mitch Albom Option 2 Glyndwer"s Way title of 4 letters made from owAIn gLyndwR the four letter word in the title is LIAR
Points 20
Total75
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10.1 It's going to be long ...
Read a book that is 500 pages or more (784 pages)
Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt. Lucinda Riley
Claiming 2 Big Book Tickets
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 13
Total Points: 165
Tasks Completed: 11
Golden Oldies - 2
It's A Fact - 1
Big Books - 2
Mod
10.1 It's going to be long ... + Big Book entry
Read a book that is 500 pages or more
A Column of Fire by Ken Follett / I read audio, MMPB has 992 pgs
Claiming 2 BB tickets for 750+ pg book
Points this post: -10
Total points: 200
Total BB entries: 3-2=1
Mod
Option 1-Read a book with a green leaf on the cover.
by Ken Follett / I read audio, MMPB has 992 pgsClaiming 2 BB tickets for 750+ pg book
Points this post: 20
Total points: 220
Total BB entries: 3
Mod
Read a book that is 500 pages or more
It Should Have Been Us by Anna B Doe / I read Kindle, but 526 pg PB
claiming 1 BB ticket for 500+ pg book
Points this post: 10
Total points: 230
Total BB entries: 4
Jasmiina F5.10 World Book Day:
read a book of your choice that meets the SRC guidelines: Kukkia Algernonille by Daniel Keyes.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Jasmiina F20.2 - 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: FUN OUTING and/or SPECIAL MEAL: Joustava mieli tukena elämänkriiseissä by Arto Pietikäinen.
Word: Mieli
Points this post: 20
Total points: 45
Golden Oldies this post:
Total Golden Oldies:
Big Book Tickets this post:
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+:
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Erica H.20.1 - 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. You can use the letters as frequently as they appear.
Required: State which word the initials appear in.
Bellows Falls by Archer Mayor
Author initials A and M appear in the word MINECRAFT.
Points: 20
Total points: 135
BB: 0
GO: 1
NF: 1
Amy FL5.1 Spring Cleaning!
Bunheads - added to my TBR on December 1, 2015
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Amy FL5.2 Angel of the Battlefield
Force Of Nature by C.J. Box - author's initials are CB
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Amy FL5.5 New Life
- flowers on the coverPoints this post: 5
Total points: 15
Amy FL10.4 Strap on your backpack
Becoming the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar - author's initials RC in baCkpackeR
Points this post: 10
Total points: 25
Amy FL10.5 Good company
Lies He Told Me by James Patterson and David Ellis - book by two authors
Points this post: 10
Total points: 35
Bookwrm526Task #10.4 Strap on your backpack
Read a book by a single author whose first and last initial can be found in BACKPACKER. I read Maya's Laws of Love by Alina Khawaja.
Total points so far: 85
FLY Task #20.6 - It's A Fact - Jen B's Task: Travels for Dad
+BB ticket
task: Option 1: Read a book set at least 50% in New York City
book: The First to Die at the End
how it fits: set entirely in New York City (see description)
other: **Claiming BB ticket for my edition = 550 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 8/54
BB: 2 + 1 = 3 / GO: 0 / IAF: 0
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Challenge 20.1 Most Improved - Rockynook's Task: Be the Match
Option 1: Choose a book by a single author whose first and last initials are found in either the word MINECRAFT or COMICS.
Definitely Not a Love Story: A Runners Handbook by Claudia Recionos Seldeen
CS found in the word COMICS.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 150/910
Task completed: 17/54