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Reading The Seasons - Spring 2026
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Angel **Book Junkie**
Anne FINISHED - 31 pts.
Bonita FINISHED - 62 pts.
Caraina
Christina (AKA Babbling)
Debra
Dede
Denise FINISHED - 32 pts.
Denise S
Ferenc FINISHED - 32 pts.
Frankie FINISHED - 114 pts.
Genevieve FINISHED - 32 pts.
JoAnne FINISHED - 99 pts.
Julesy FINISHED - 34 pts.
Kassandra
Kendra
Lali & Michelle FINISHED - 133 pts.
Laura Z FINISHED - 99 pts.
LaurLa
Marla
Meg
Melissa A
Michele FINISHED - 38 pts.
Nell
Olivermagnus FINISHED - 71 pts.
Patrizia FINISHED - 65 pts.
Sally906
Sarah FINISHED - 25 pts.
Suzanne
Tari FINISHED - 39 pts.
Vanessa
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Duration: March 20, 2026 - June 20, 2026
Beautiful Blossoms: 31+ points
Read: 99/31+
TASKS:
1. Spring Fling
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that ends with -ING.
-->BONUS:The word is SPRING or FLING.
1 - Sterling Stone L.B. Dunbar 3/22/26
1 - Awaiting the Storm Amber Kelly 4/6/26
1 - Riding the Storm Amber Kelly 4/10/26
1 - Chasing the Storm Amber Kelly 4/10/26
1 - Liberty Falling Nevada Barr 4/23/26
1 - The Witching Hours Heather Graham 4/26/26
1 - My Silver Lining Laura Pavlov 5/17/26
2. National Walk Around Things Day
🌸 Read a book where a character takes a walk.
3. Enjoy Daffodil Day
🌸 Read a book whose title is white or yellow (show cover).
-->BONUS: The MC's first name begins with a letter in DAFFODIL (share name).
1 -
The Frozen River Ariel Lawhon 3/23/263 - Lumi
The Holiday Post L.B. Dunbar 3/24/261 -
Turnstone Graham Hurley 5/18/264. Pastels
🌸 Read a book with a pastel cover (show cover).
1 -
Meet Me at the Lake Carley Fortune 5/9/265. April Fool's Day
🌸 Read a book where a character tells a joke or makes another laugh.
1 - Wild Eyes Elsie Silver 3/31/26
6. Easter
🌸 Read a book where Easter is celebrated OR from the Christian genre.
-->BONUS: An Easter item on the cover (show cover).
7. Cinco De Mayo
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with C or a Series #5 (share the series name).
1 - Blind Love Kelly Elliott 3/27/26 (Cowboys & Angels #5)
1 - Cash Jessica Peterson 4/21/26
8. Bicycle Day
🌸 Read a book where rides a bicycle.
-->BONUS: With a bicycle on the cover (show cover).
9. Mother's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a mother.
-->BONUS: The MC is a mother.
3 - The Bookstore Diaries Susan Mallery 4/3/26
3 - Finding Home Christine Gael Denise Grover Swank 5/5/26
3 - Finding Peace Denise Grover Swank 5/7/26
10. Rapture Party Day
🌸 Read a book with a religious character OR where the world as we know it has ended (your interpretation).
1 - Religious Apostle's Cove William Kent Krueger 4/10/26
1 - Religious The Lost Bird Margaret Coel 4/14/26
11. Pick Strawberries
🌸 Read a book with a character who eats strawberries.
-->BONUS A strawberry on the cover (show cover).
12. Memorial Day
🌸 Read a book where a character dies in war.
13. Father's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a father.
-->BONUS: The MC is a father.
3 - Lost Love Kelly Elliott 3/22/26
1 - Tempting Love Kelly Elliott 3/26/26
3 - Spirit Crossing William Kent Krueger 3/30/26
3 - Wild Card Elsie Silver 4/5/26
3 - The Last One You Loved L.J. Evans 4/13/26
3 - Sweet Fortune Clara Pines 4/17/26
3 - These Silent Woods Kimi Cunningham Grant 4/28/26
3 - The Western Star Craig Johnson 5/1/26
3 - Depth of Winter Craig Johnson 5/11/26
3 - Sweet Gone South Alicia Hunter Pace 5/14/26
3 - The Perfect Distraction Susan Coventry 5/23/26
3 - Land of Wolves Craig Johnson 5/31/26
14. Hug Your Cat Day
🌸 Read a book with a cat in the story.
-->BONUS: A cat on the cover (show cover).
1 - The Summer of Lost and Found Toni Blake 4/7/26
3 -
Seven Year Itch Amy Daws 4/29/263 -
If You've Got It, Haunt It Rose Pressey 5/15/2615. National Root Beer Day
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that has double vowels - like oo or ee.
1 - Loon Point Carrie Classon 4/2/26
1 - April Fool's Alibi Tonya Kappes 4/12/26
1 - Gone Too Far Ajme Williams 5/11/26
16. Flag Day (US)
🌸 Read a book with any flag on the cover (show cover).
-->BONUS: An United States flag on the cover.
17. Spring Cleaning
🌸 Read a book where a character cleans the house.
1 - Wild Side Elsie Silver 4/1/26
18. SPRING
🌸 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in SPRING.
1 - Romance Love Profound Kelly Elliott 3/24/26
1 - Romance Love Again Kelly Elliott 3/27/26
1 - Romance This Love Kelly Elliott 3/29/26
1 - Romantic Suspense The Last Promise You Made L.J. Evans 4/15/26
19. SPRING
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in SPRING (all words count).
1 - Nine Month Contract Amy Daws 4/24/26
1 - Silent Sunsets Kel Summers 5/16/26
1 - She Didn't See It Coming Shari Lapena 5/24/26
20. Spring Books
🌸 Read a book published between March 20th and June 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2026.
3 - published April 14, 2026 The Woman From Nowhere Kristen Ashley 4/16/26
3 - Published April 9, 2026 After the Storm Amber Kelly 5/8/26
3 - published May 12, 2026 You Can Tell Me Melinda Leigh 5/20/26
3 - published April 14, 2026 Hope Rises David Baldacci 5/22/26
3 - published March 31, 2026 This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me Ilona Andrews 5/25/26
3 - published May 19, 2026 Fever Dream Elsie Silver 5/26/26
3 - published May 12, 2026 Hart's Landing Melanie Harlow 5/27/26
3 - published May 5, 2026 Our Perfect Storm Carley Fortune 5/28/26
3 - published May 5, 2026 Summer State of Mind Kristy Woodson Harvey 5/29/26
Reading The Seasons - SpringDuration: March 20, 2026 - June 20, 2026
Levels:
Super Seasonal: 5-15 points
Spring Fling: 16-30 points
Beautiful Blossoms: 31+ points
TASKS:
1. Spring Fling
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that ends with -ING.
-->BONUS:The word is SPRING or FLING.
2. National Walk Around Things Day
🌸 Read a book where a character takes a walk.
3. Enjoy Daffodil Day
🌸 Read a book whose title is white or yellow (show cover).
-->BONUS: The MC's first name begins with a letter in DAFFODIL (share name).
Holiday Wishes by Jill Shalvis 3/20/26
MC name is Lottie
4. Pastels
🌸 Read a book with a pastel cover (show cover).
Wild Pitch by Mari Loyal 4/2/26
5. April Fool's Day
🌸 Read a book where a character tells a joke or makes another laugh.
6. Easter
🌸 Read a book where Easter is celebrated OR from the Christian genre.
-->BONUS: An Easter item on the cover (show cover).
7. Cinco De Mayo
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with C or a Series #5 (share the series name).
Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi 3/21/26
8. Bicycle Day
🌸 Read a book where rides a bicycle.
-->BONUS: With a bicycle on the cover (show cover).
Only the Brave by Danielle Steel 4/3/26
Ch. 8; Loc. 1425:...the bike. She drove the bicycle into the convent garage, left it there....
9. Mother's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a mother.
-->BONUS: The MC is a mother.
The Good Mothers by Caitlin Weaver 4/11/26 - MC is the mother
10. Rapture Party Day
🌸 Read a book with a religious character
Tea with Emma by Diane Moody 3/21/26
11. Pick Strawberries
🌸 Read a book with a character who eats strawberries.
-->BONUS A strawberry on the cover (show cover).
12. Memorial Day
🌸 Read a book where a character dies in war.
13. Father's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a father.
-->BONUS: The MC is a father.
Passed Ball by Lo Everett 4/14/26
The MC is the father
14. Hug Your Cat Day
🌸 Read a book with a cat in the story.
-->BONUS: A cat on the cover (show cover).
15. National Root Beer Day
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that has double vowels - like oo or ee.
Not If I See You First by Eric Lindstrom 3/25/26
16. Flag Day (US)
🌸 Read a book with any flag on the cover (show cover).
-->BONUS: An United States flag on the cover.
17. Spring Cleaning
🌸 Read a book where a character cleans the house.
Nantucket Summer: A Collection by Leila Howland 5/1/26
18. SPRING
🌸 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in SPRING.
Ex. Suspense begins with S.
Break Your Pucking Heart by Rachel Leigh 3/26/26 - Sports Romance
19. SPRING
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in SPRING (all words count).
Room for Just a Little Bit More by Beth Ehemann 3/27/26
20. Spring Books
🌸 Read a book published between March 20th and June 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2026
Family Lies by Karen Rose 4/6/26
Published March 31, 2026
Reading The Seasons - SpringDuration: March 20, 2026 - June 20, 2026
Levels:
Super Seasonal: 5-15 points
Spring Fling: 16-30 points
Beautiful Blossoms: 31+ points
Total point 38
TASKS:
✅✅1. Spring Fling
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that ends with -ING.
He's Inviting Us In: The Story of Isaiah 117 House by Ronda Paulson Read 4/16/26. INVITING
The Last Thing She Ever Did by Gregg Olsen Read 5/8/26. THING
-->BONUS:The word is SPRING or FLING.
✅✅2. National Walk Around Things Day
🌸 Read a book where a character takes a walk.
Once Upon a Christmas Carol by Melody Carlson Read 3/23/26
Victor and Carol take a walk
Murder in Grosse Pointe Park: Privilege, Adultery, and the Killing of Jane Bashara by Steve Miller Read 5/4/26
Janet and Bob take a walk
✅✅✅✅✅3. Enjoy Daffodil Day
🌸 Read a book whose title is white or yellow (show cover).
Read 3/21/26
Read 4/18/26
Read 4/25/26-✅->BONUS: The MC's first name begins with a letter in DAFFODIL (share name). Dave and Lucy
Read 4/28/26✅ Bonus MC's names is Amanda
Read 5/15/264. Pastels
🌸 Read a book with a pastel cover (show cover).
✅5. April Fool's Day
🌸 Read a book where a character tells a joke or makes another laugh.
One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London Read 4/12/26
Page 90 Johnny fakes a laugh at Bea's joke
✅✅6. Easter
🌸 Read a book where Easter is celebrated OR from the Christian genre.
Life, and Death, and Giants by Ron Rindo Read 5/15/26. Christian Genre
Book: A Walk In the Rain: A Christian Novel by Mark Geiser Read 5/22/26
From the Christian genre
-->BONUS: An Easter item on the cover (show cover).
7. Cinco De Mayo
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with C or a Series #5 (share the series name).
✅✅✅8. Bicycle Day
🌸 Read a book where rides a bicycle.
The New Husband by D.J. Palmer. Read 3/28/26
Connor, Maggie and Ben ride bikes to Simon's house
by Matt Haig Tom Hazard rides a bike✅BONUS: With a bicycle on the cover (show cover).
This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page Read 5/1/26
Alfie rides a bike
✅✅✅9. Mother's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a mother.
The New Year's Party by Jenna Satterthwaite Read 3/21/26
✅✅✅-->BONUS: The MC is a mother. Olivia is the MC and a mother
.book:The Things We Cannot Say|40899464] by Kelly Rimmer Read 5/9/26
Bonus: MC Alina is a mother
The Two-Family House by Lynda Cohen Loigman Read 5/2/26
Bonus: Helen and Rose are both mothers and the MC of the book
✅10. Rapture Party Day
🌸 Read a book with a religious character OR where the world as we know it has ended (your interpretation).
Anatomy of an Alibi by Ashley Elston Read 3/26/26
Priest for the Ben Bayliss and Randall Everett's family
11. Pick Strawberries
🌸 Read a book with a character who eats strawberries.
-->BONUS A strawberry on the cover (show cover).
✅12. Memorial Day
🌸 Read a book where a character dies in war.
Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal Read 5/23/26
Claire Paige dies during the London Blitz during WWII
✅✅13. Father's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a father.
-->BONUS: The MC is a father.
This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub Read 4/6/26
MC Leonard Stern is father to Alice
✅14. Hug Your Cat Day
🌸 Read a book with a cat in the story.
The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson Read 4/10/26
the yellow cat Elspeth
-->BONUS: A cat on the cover (show cover).
✅✅✅15. National Root Beer Day
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that has double vowels - like oo or ee.
The Butterfly Effect: How Your Life Matters – The Perfect Inspirational Gift by Andy Andrews Read 3/28/26
TT and FF butterfly and effect
We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman Read 5/14/26
SS in Impossbile
Book: The World Played Chess by Robert Dugoni 5/28/26
SS in Chess
16. Flag Day (US)
🌸 Read a book with any flag on the cover (show cover).
-->BONUS: An United States flag on the cover.
✅17. Spring Cleaning
🌸 Read a book where a character cleans the house.
The Lindbergh Nanny by Mariah Fredericks Read 4/13/26
Elsie and Betty keep the Lindbergh's house clean
✅18. SPRING
🌸 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in SPRING.
Ex. Suspense begins with S.
4 Riverside Close by Diana Wilkinson. Read 3/31/26
Psychological thriller
✅19. SPRING
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in SPRING (all words count).
Some Danger Involved by Will Thomas. Read 4/3/26
Title starts with S
✅✅20. Spring Books
🌸 Read a book published between March 20th and June 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
A Mother Would Know by Amber Garza Read 3/31/26.
Published March 20, 2023
Heartwood by Amity Gaige Read 4/27/26 published May 1, 2025
-->BONUS: Published in 2026.
Reading The Seasons - SpringDuration: March 20, 2026 - June 20, 2026
Levels:
Beautiful Blossoms: 31+ points
Progress: 34/31+
TASKS:
1. Spring Fling
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that ends with -ING.
-->BONUS:The word is SPRING or FLING.
1 pt ⛵Yellow Singing Sail: A Memoir of an Only Child in China by Yinfan Huang - Mar. 20
1 pt 🛶Tuck Everlasting: The Graphic Novel by K. Woodman-Maynard - Apr. 1
2. National Walk Around Things Day
🌸 Read a book where a character takes a walk.
1 pt 🎩A Tricky Kind of Magic by Nigel Baines - Mar. 21
1 pt 🧜🏼♂️Mermaid Scales and the Town of Sand by Yoko Komori - Apr. 7
3. Enjoy Daffodil Day
🌸 Read a book whose title is white or yellow (show cover).
-->BONUS: The MC's first name begins with a letter in DAFFODIL (share name).
3 pts ✍🏼Inbetweens by Faith Erin Hicks - MC's name is Ash - Mar. 23
1 pt 🥸Henchgirl by Kristen Gudsnuk - Apr. 2
4. Pastels
🌸 Read a book with a pastel cover (show cover).
1 pt 👦🏼A Kid Like Me: A Graphic Novel by Norm Feuti - Mar. 22
5. April Fool's Day
🌸 Read a book where a character tells a joke or makes another laugh.
1 pt 😆The Great Gatsby: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by K. Woodman-Maynard - Apr. 11
6. Easter
🌸 Read a book where Easter is celebrated OR from the Christian genre.
-->BONUS: An Easter item on the cover (show cover).
7. Cinco De Mayo
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with C or a Series #5 (share the series name).
1 pt 🕵🏼♀️Casey's Cases: The Mysterious New Girl by Kay Healy - Mar. 26
8. Bicycle Day
🌸 Read a book where rides a bicycle.
-->BONUS: With a bicycle on the cover (show cover).
3 pts 🚵🏼♀️You & a Bike & a Roadby Eleanor Davis - Mar. 30
1 pt 🚲The Old Willis Place: A Ghost Story Graphic Novel by Scott E. Peterson - Apr. 2
1 pt🧹Jazzy the Witch in Broom Doom by Jessixa Bagley - Apr. 3
9. Mother's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a mother.
-->BONUS: The MC is a mother.
1 pt 🌱 Wildful by Kengo Kurimoto - Mar. 23
10. Rapture Party Day
🌸 Read a book with a religious character OR where the world as we know it has ended (your interpretation).
1 pt ➿Read a book where the world as we know it has ended (your interpretation). The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang by Stan Yan - Mar. 24
1 pt ✝️Read a book with a religious character. The Deep Dark by Lee Knox Ostertag - Apr. 3
11. Pick Strawberries
🌸 Read a book with a character who eats strawberries.
-->BONUS A strawberry on the cover (show cover).
12. Memorial Day
🌸 Read a book where a character dies in war.
13. Father's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a father.
-->BONUS: The MC is a father.
14. Hug Your Cat Day
🌸 Read a book with a cat in the story.
-->BONUS: A cat on the cover (show cover).
3 pts 🚀The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza by Mac Barnett - Mar. 25
3 pts 🐈⬛Serendipity by Gabbie Benda - Apr. 8
15. National Root Beer Day
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that has double vowels - like oo or ee.
1 pt 🛶Howler Reef by Mike Deas - Mar. 24
16. Flag Day (US)
🌸 Read a book with any flag on the cover (show cover).
-->BONUS: An United States flag on the cover.
1 pt ✡️Exit Wounds by Rutu Modan - Apr. 4
17. Spring Cleaning
🌸 Read a book where a character cleans the house.
18. SPRING
🌸 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in SPRING.
Ex. Suspense begins with S.
1 pt 👙Float, Volume 1 by Kate Marchant - genre is Summer - Mar. 27
1 pt ⛸️Just Between Us: A Graphic Novel by Adeline Kon - genre is Sports - Apr. 5
1 pt 🦸🏼♂️Local Man Vol. 1: Heartland by Tim Seeley - genre is Superheroes - Apr. 6
19. SPRING
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in SPRING (all words count).
1 pt 🌟Please Be My Star: A Graphic Novel by Victoria Grace Elliott - Mar. 20
20. Spring Books
🌸 Read a book published between March 20th and June 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2026
3 pts 💌To All the Boys I've Loved Before the Graphic Novel by Barbara Perez Marquez - Apr. 11
Reading The Seasons - SpringDuration: March 20, 2026 - June 20, 2026
Level:
Beautiful Blossoms: 31+ points
59 Books + 114/31+ Points Completed. Finish
TASKS:
1. Spring Fling
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that ends with -ING.
-->BONUS:The word is SPRING or FLING. 1pt.
The Killing Moon-Dan Padavona 4/08/26
2. National Walk Around Things Day
🌸 Read a book where a character takes a walk. 1pt.
He's A Mean One-Lani Lynn Vale 4/02/26
3. Enjoy Daffodil Day
🌸 Read a book whose title is white or yellow (show cover).
-->BONUS: The MC's first name begins with a letter in DAFFODIL (share name). 1+1+1+1+1+3+3+1=12pts.
Just for the Cameras-Meghan Quinn 3/20/26
Up Close-Danielle Girard 3/23/26
Forgotten Girls-D.K. Hood 3/27/26
The Secrets We Bury-Elle Gray 3/31/26
The Secret Seven-Alex Sigmore 3/31/26
Lorraine:Two Bodies Are Better Than One-Erica Ruth Neubauer 3/28/26
Dex:Across the Vanishing Sky-Catherine Cowles 4/02/26
The Silent Killer-Elle Gray 4/28/26
4. Pastels
🌸 Read a book with a pastel cover (show cover). 1+1+1+1=4pts.
Advice from a Jilted Bride-Piper Rayne 3/21/26
Breakfast Burrito Murder-Kelli Fudge 3/29/26
Resistance Training-Kayley Loring 4/12/26
Mistakes Were Made-Lucy Score 4/17/26
5. April Fool's Day
🌸 Read a book where a character tells a joke or makes another laugh.
6. Easter
🌸 Read a book where Easter is celebrated OR from the Christian genre.
-->BONUS: An Easter item on the cover (show cover).
7. Cinco De Mayo
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with C or a Series #5 (share the series name). 1+1+1+1+1+1+1=7pts
Amber Ridge:Unchained-Nyssa Kathryn 3/25/26
Juniper Springs Mystery:The Secret-A.J. Rivers 3/27/26
Come What May-Corinne Michaels 4/07/26
Crazy-Adriana Locke 5/05/26
Chasing the Sun-Lena Hendrix 5/07/26
Chesapeake Valley Mystery:The Silent Enemy-Elle Gray 5/20/26
Sweetwater Falls Mystery:Shadows of the Falls-Elle Gray 5/22/26
8. Bicycle Day
🌸 Read a book where rides a bicycle.
-->BONUS: With a bicycle on the cover (show cover).
9. Mother's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a mother.
-->BONUS: The MC is a mother. 3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3=30pts.
14th Deadly Sin-James Patterson 3/25/26
Look Behind You-D.K. Hood 4/01/26
Bourbon Hammer-J.A. Konrath 4/10/26
Strawberries and Strangers-Leena Clover 4/26/26
Final Verdict-Sheldon Siegel 4/26/26
Dead Woman Walking-Carolyn Arnold 5/06/26
16th Seduction-James Patterson 5/14/26
Liar Liar-Willow Rose 5/15/26
The Restaurant on Plum Island-Amy Rafferty 5/17/26
Find My Girl-Willow Rose 5/27/26
10. Rapture Party Day
🌸 Read a book with a religious character OR where the world as we know it has ended (your interpretation).
11. Pick Strawberries
🌸 Read a book with a character who eats strawberries.
-->BONUS A strawberry on the cover (show cover).
12. Memorial Day
🌸 Read a book where a character dies in war.
13. Father's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a father.
-->BONUS: The MC is a father. 3+3+3+3+3+3=18pts.
Fatal Burn-Lisa Jackson 3/23/26
The Last Promise-A.J. Rivers 3/29/26
In Her Own League-Liz Tomforde 4/09/26
Love You, Mean It-Laura Pavlov 4/21/26
Paper Girls-Alex Smith 5/07/26
On Borrowed Time-Harlow James 5/15/26
14. Hug Your Cat Day
🌸 Read a book with a cat in the story.
-->BONUS: A cat on the cover (show cover).3pts.
Unlucky-Jana Deleon 5/10/26
15. National Root Beer Day
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that has double vowels - like oo or ee. 1+1+1=3pts.
Wood You Be Mine?-Daphne Elliot 3/29/26
Don't Look Back-Rachel Grant 4/17/26
Wood You Marry Me?-Daphne Elliot 4/18/26
16. Flag Day (US)
🌸 Read a book with any flag on the cover (show cover).
-->BONUS: An United States flag on the cover.
17. Spring Cleaning
🌸 Read a book where a character cleans the house.
18. SPRING
🌸 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in SPRING.1+1+1=3pts.
Ex. Suspense begins with S.
Romance:When You Are Mine-Kennedy Ryan 4/18/26
Romance:Safe Haven-Kristen Proby 5/01/26
Police Procedural:Grave Pursuit-Carolyn Ridder Aspenson 5/02/26
19. SPRING
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in SPRING (all words count). 1+1+1+1+1+1+1=7pts.
Send Me Crazy-T. Gephart 3/27/26
Girl Sixteen: Pursued-Molly Black 3/30/26
Shadow's Reckoning-Mary Stone 4/07/26
Storm's Target-Mary Stone 4/17/26
Never Say Never-Harlow James 4/19/26
Grave Danger-Danielle Girard 4/27/26
Into the Deep-Brittney Sahin 5/28/26
20. Spring Books
🌸 Read a book published between March 20th and June 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2026. 3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3=27pts
04.09.26:Stolen Family-Lisa Regan 5/01/26
04.07.26:Captivation Creek-Claire Kingsley 5/03/26
04.01.26:Maybe It's Fate-Heidi McLaughlin 5/14/26
03.24.26:Colter-Jessica Gadziala 5/21/26
04.14.26:How Not to Fall in Love-Karla Sorensen 5/30/26
05.12.26:You Can Tell Me-Melinda Leigh 6/02/26
04.28.26:Safe Keeping-Kristen Proby 6/02/26
04.28.26:Burn of Summer-Rebecca Zanetti 6/03/26
05.19.26:Score-Kennedy Ryan 6/04/26
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Reading The Seasons - SpringDuration: March 20, 2026 - June 20, 2026
Levels:
Super Seasonal: 5-15 points
Spring Fling: 16-30 points
Beautiful Blossoms: 31+ points
TASKS:
1. Spring Fling
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that ends with -ING.
-->BONUS:The word is SPRING or FLING.
2. National Walk Around Things Day
🌸 Read a book where a character takes a walk.
3. Enjoy Daffodil Day
🌸 Read a book whose title is white or yellow (show cover).
-->BONUS: The MC's first name begins with a letter in DAFFODIL (share name).
4. Pastels
🌸 Read a book with a pastel cover (show cover).
5. April Fool's Day
🌸 Read a book where a character tells a joke or makes another laugh.
6. Easter
🌸 Read a book where Easter is celebrated OR from the Christian genre.
-->BONUS: An Easter item on the cover (show cover).
7. Cinco De Mayo
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with C or a Series #5 (share the series name).
8. Bicycle Day
🌸 Read a book where rides a bicycle.
-->BONUS: With a bicycle on the cover (show cover).
9. Mother's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a mother.
-->BONUS: The MC is a mother.
10. Rapture Party Day
🌸 Read a book with a religious character OR where the world as we know it has ended (your interpretation).
11. Pick Strawberries
🌸 Read a book with a character who eats strawberries.
-->BONUS A strawberry on the cover (show cover).
12. Memorial Day
🌸 Read a book where a character dies in war.
13. Father's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a father.
-->BONUS: The MC is a father.
14. Hug Your Cat Day
🌸 Read a book with a cat in the story.
-->BONUS: A cat on the cover (show cover).
15. National Root Beer Day
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that has double vowels - like oo or ee.
16. Flag Day (US)
🌸 Read a book with any flag on the cover (show cover).
-->BONUS: An United States flag on the cover.
17. Spring Cleaning
🌸 Read a book where a character cleans the house.
18. SPRING
🌸 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in SPRING.
Ex. Suspense begins with S.
19. SPRING
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in SPRING (all words count).
20. Spring Books
🌸 Read a book published between March 20th and June 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2026.
Reading The Seasons - SpringDuration: March 20, 2026 - June 20, 2026
Levels:
Super Seasonal: 5-15 points
Spring Fling: 16-30 points
Beautiful Blossoms: 31+ points
TASKS:
1. Spring Fling
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that ends with -ING.
-->BONUS:The word is SPRING or FLING.
🐣 Loving | Loving Mr. Daniels | Brittainy C. Cherry | 03.22
2. National Walk Around Things Day
🌸 Read a book where a character takes a walk.
🐣"After dropping Poppy off at school I walk along Upper Richmond Road...." p. 15 | The Girl in Room 12 | Kathryn Croft | 04.01
3. Enjoy Daffodil Day
🌸 Read a book whose title is white or yellow (show cover).
-->BONUS: The MC's first name begins with a letter in DAFFODIL (share name).
🐣 | I Owe You One | Lauren North | 03.22
🐣 🐣 | Reaper Man | Terry Pratchett | MC = Death | 03.24
🐣The Party to End All Parties | Lucy Roth | 03.26
4. Pastels
🌸 Read a book with a pastel cover (show cover).
🐣 Our Little Secret | Lisa Jackson | 03.24
🐣The Trad Wife | Carrie Hughes | 04.02
5. April Fool's Day
🌸 Read a book where a character tells a joke or makes another laugh.
🐣| "...but if anyone can make me laugh it's her." p. 24 | The Exchange Student | A.J. Carter | 04.04
6. Easter
🌸 Read a book where Easter is celebrated OR from the Christian genre.
-->BONUS: An Easter item on the cover (show cover).
7. Cinco De Mayo
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with C or a Series #5 (share the series name).
🐣Callum & Harper | Fisher Amelie | 04.03
8. Bicycle Day
🌸 Read a book where rides a bicycle.
-->BONUS: With a bicycle on the cover (show cover).
9. Mother's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a mother.
-->BONUS: The MC is a mother.
🐣🐣 Gwen/Gina | Wolfhunter River | Rachel Caine | 03.21
🐣🐣Gwen | Bitter Falls | Rachel Caine | 04.03
10. Rapture Party Day
🌸 Read a book with a religious character OR where the world as we know it has ended (your interpretation).
11. Pick Strawberries
🌸 Read a book with a character who eats strawberries.
-->BONUS A strawberry on the cover (show cover).
12. Memorial Day
🌸 Read a book where a character dies in war.
🐣World War 2 | Many die | Hill of Secrets | Galina Vromen | 04.05
13. Father's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a father.
-->BONUS: The MC is a father.
14. Hug Your Cat Day
🌸 Read a book with a cat in the story.
-->BONUS: A cat on the cover (show cover).
15. National Root Beer Day
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that has double vowels - like oo or ee.
16. Flag Day (US)
🌸 Read a book with any flag on the cover (show cover).
-->BONUS: An United States flag on the cover.
17. Spring Cleaning
🌸 Read a book where a character cleans the house.
🐣 | "I guess we should start cleaning up." p. 155 | Horrible Husbands | Jessica Huntley | 03.22
18. SPRING
🌸 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in SPRING.
Ex. Suspense begins with S.
🐣 Suspense | Handle with Care | Marybeth Mayhew Whalen | 03.23
🐣Mad Mabel | Sally Hepworth | 03.23
🐣Rom-Com | Save the Date | Mallory Kass | 03.28
🐣Suspense | The Women in White | Sarah Pekkanen | 03.29
19. SPRING
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in SPRING (all words count).
20. Spring Books
🌸 Read a book published between March 20th and June 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2026
🐣May 29, 2025 | The Waitress | K.L. Slater | 03.22
🐣🐣April 14, 2026 | Happy Anniversary | Sonya Bateman | 03.26
🐣🐣May 12, 2026 | The Anniversary | Alex Finlay | 03.28
Reading The Seasons - SpringDuration: March 20, 2026 - June 20, 2026
Levels:
Super Seasonal: 5-15 points
Spring Fling: 16-30 points
Beautiful Blossoms: 31+ points
TASKS:
1. Spring Fling
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that ends with -ING.
-->BONUS:The word is SPRING or FLING.
2. National Walk Around Things Day
🌸 Read a book where a character takes a walk.
3. Enjoy Daffodil Day
🌸 Read a book whose title is white or yellow (show cover).
-->BONUS: The MC's first name begins with a letter in DAFFODIL (share name).
4. Pastels
🌸 Read a book with a pastel cover (show cover).
5. April Fool's Day
🌸 Read a book where a character tells a joke or makes another laugh.
6. Easter
🌸 Read a book where Easter is celebrated OR from the Christian genre.
-->BONUS: An Easter item on the cover (show cover).
7. Cinco De Mayo
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with C or a Series #5 (share the series name).
8. Bicycle Day
🌸 Read a book where rides a bicycle.
-->BONUS: With a bicycle on the cover (show cover).
9. Mother's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a mother.
-->BONUS: The MC is a mother.
10. Rapture Party Day
🌸 Read a book with a religious character OR where the world as we know it has ended (your interpretation).
11. Pick Strawberries
🌸 Read a book with a character who eats strawberries.
-->BONUS A strawberry on the cover (show cover).
12. Memorial Day
🌸 Read a book where a character dies in war.
13. Father's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a father.
-->BONUS: The MC is a father.
14. Hug Your Cat Day
🌸 Read a book with a cat in the story.
-->BONUS: A cat on the cover (show cover).
15. National Root Beer Day
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that has double vowels - like oo or ee.
16. Flag Day (US)
🌸 Read a book with any flag on the cover (show cover).
-->BONUS: An United States flag on the cover.
17. Spring Cleaning
🌸 Read a book where a character cleans the house.
18. SPRING
🌸 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in SPRING.
Ex. Suspense begins with S.
19. SPRING
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in SPRING (all words count).
20. Spring Books
🌸 Read a book published between March 20th and June 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2026.
Reading The Seasons - SpringDuration: March 20, 2026 - June 20, 2026
Levels:
Super Seasonal: 5-15 points
Spring Fling: 16-30 points
Beautiful Blossoms: 31+ points
65/31+
TASKS:
1. Spring Fling
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that ends with -ING.
Chasing a Kidnapper: A K-9 Unit Inspirational Suspense Romance-Laura Scott-6/4/2026
Standing Watch: A Love Inspired K-9 Inspirational Suspense Romance-Terri Reed-19/4/2026
A Smoking Bun-Ellie Alexander-9/5/2026
Husband Missing-Lisa Regan-14/6/2026
-->BONUS:The word is SPRING or FLING.
Thaw of Spring-Rebecca Zanetti-18/5/2026
2. National Walk Around Things Day
🌸 Read a book where a character takes a walk.
3. Enjoy Daffodil Day
🌸 Read a book whose title is white or yellow (show cover).
white:
- Ale I Want for Christmas is a Clue-Ellie Alexander-31/3/2026white:
- Lemon Curd Killer-Laura Childs-5/5/2026-->BONUS: The MC's first name begins with a letter in DAFFODIL (share name).
Lucy- Death by Beach Read-Eva Gates-4/4/2026
Lindsey- Murder at the Lemonberry Tea-Darci Hannah-4/6/2026
Lena- Death Waits in the Dark-Julia Buckley-6/6/2026
4. Pastels
🌸 Read a book with a pastel cover (show cover).
5. April Fool's Day
🌸 Read a book where a character tells a joke or makes another laugh.
Cameron (male MC)- Deadly Badlands Pursuit-Sharee Stover-16/4/2026
6. Easter
🌸 Read a book where Easter is celebrated OR from the Christian genre.
-->BONUS: An Easter item on the cover (show cover).
7. Cinco De Mayo
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with C or a Series #5 (share the series name).
Detective Casey White #5- The Memory Bones-B.R. Spangler-30/3/2026
8. Bicycle Day
🌸 Read a book where rides a bicycle.
Robbie (the MC)- Strangled Eggs and Ham-Maddie Day-24/3/2026
-->BONUS: With a bicycle on the cover (show cover).
9. Mother's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a mother.
Millie (MC's aunt)- Murder at the Mena House-Erica Ruth Neubauer-13/4/2026
Tiffany (MC's sister-in-law)- Mrs. Claus and the Santaland Slayings-Liz Ireland-21/4/2026
June (MC's mother)- Blood Sisters-Vanessa Lillie-24/4/2026
-->BONUS: The MC is a mother.
The Lighthouse Girls-B.R. Spangler-30/4/2026
Cold Case Peril-Maggie K. Black-3/5/2026
Hygge and Homicide-A. L. Jensen-7/5/2026
10. Rapture Party Day
🌸 Read a book with a religious character OR where the world as we know it has ended (your interpretation).
11. Pick Strawberries
🌸 Read a book with a character who eats strawberries.
MC- Death Among the Stitches-Betty Hechtman-12/6/2026
-->BONUS A strawberry on the cover (show cover).
12. Memorial Day
🌸 Read a book where a character dies in war.
13. Father's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a father.
Rowley (MC's coworker and friend)- Their Wicked Games-D.K. Hood-2/4/2026
Nick and Andrew (MC's coworkers)- The Lost Bones-Ruhi Choudhary-18/4/2026
Mike Ortiz- Out of Sight-Ruhi Choudhary-31/5/2026
-->BONUS: The MC is a father.
Cold Case Protection-Nicole Helm-2/6/2026
14. Hug Your Cat Day
🌸 Read a book with a cat in the story.
Sawdust- Four-Alarm Homicide-Diane Kelly-14/4/2026
-->BONUS: A cat on the cover (show cover).
(near the Christmas tree)- The Knife Before Christmas-Kate Carlisle-2/5/2026
- Preziosi indizi tra libri antichi-Miranda James-9/6/202615. National Root Beer Day
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that has double vowels - like oo or ee.
The Girl in the Woods-Kristen Ashley-27/3/2026
A Death in Door County-Annelise Ryan-8/4/2026
16. Flag Day (US)
🌸 Read a book with any flag on the cover (show cover).
-->BONUS: An United States flag on the cover.
17. Spring Cleaning
🌸 Read a book where a character cleans the house.
18. SPRING
🌸 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in SPRING.
Suspense- Their Angel’s Cry-Shannon Hollinger-28/4/2026
romance- Deadly Treasure Hunt: A Clean Love Inspired Suspense Romance-Sommer Smith-13/5/2026
suspense- He Walks Among Us-Christy Barritt-16/5/2026
suspense- Where Hidden Souls Lie-D.K. Hood-19/5/2026
suspense- At the River-Kendra Elliot-24/5/2026
suspense- Shot Caller-Jen J. Danna-29/5/2026
romance- Secret Nights and Northern Lights-Megan Oliver-19/6/2026
19. SPRING
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in SPRING (all words count).
Ruby Red Herring-Tracy Gardner-12/5/2026
Summit’s Edge-Sara Driscoll-21/5/2026
Remember Her Name-Lisa Regan-26/5/2026
20. Spring Books
🌸 Read a book published between March 20th and June 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
6/6/2024- Cold Case Scandal-Nicole Helm-10/4/2026
14/5/2024- Her Dying Secret-Lisa Regan-26/4/2026
11/4/2023- Borrowed Time-Kay Bratt-16/6/2026
-->BONUS: Published in 2026.
28/4/2026- A Drowning In Emerald Pool-Nichole Severn-7/6/2026
Reading The Seasons - SpringMarch 20 - June 20, 2026
Levels:
Super Seasonal: 5-15 points
Spring Fling: 16-30 points ==> I'll start here
Beautiful Blossoms: 31+ points
TASKS:
1. Spring Fling
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that ends with -ING.
-->BONUS:The word is SPRING or FLING.
2. National Walk Around Things Day
🌸 Read a book where a character takes a walk.
3. Enjoy Daffodil Day
🌸 Read a book whose title is white or yellow (show cover).
-->BONUS: The MC's first name begins with a letter in DAFFODIL (share name).
4. Pastels
🌸 Read a book with a pastel cover (show cover).
5. April Fool's Day
🌸 Read a book where a character tells a joke or makes another laugh.
6. Easter
🌸 Read a book where Easter is celebrated OR from the Christian genre.
-->BONUS: An Easter item on the cover (show cover).
7. Cinco De Mayo
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with C or a Series #5 (share the series name).
8. Bicycle Day
🌸 Read a book where rides a bicycle.
-->BONUS: With a bicycle on the cover (show cover).
9. Mother's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a mother.
-->BONUS: The MC is a mother.
10. Rapture Party Day
🌸 Read a book with a religious character OR where the world as we know it has ended (your interpretation).
11. Pick Strawberries
🌸 Read a book with a character who eats strawberries.
-->BONUS A strawberry on the cover (show cover).
12. Memorial Day
🌸 Read a book where a character dies in war.
13. Father's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a father.
-->BONUS: The MC is a father.
14. Hug Your Cat Day
🌸 Read a book with a cat in the story.
-->BONUS: A cat on the cover (show cover).
15. National Root Beer Day
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that has double vowels - like oo or ee.
16. Flag Day (US)
🌸 Read a book with any flag on the cover (show cover).
-->BONUS: An United States flag on the cover.
17. Spring Cleaning
🌸 Read a book where a character cleans the house.
18. SPRING
🌸 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in SPRING.
Ex. Suspense begins with S.
19. SPRING
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in SPRING (all words count).
20. Spring Books
🌸 Read a book published between March 20th and June 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2026.
Reading The Seasons - SpringDuration: March 20, 2026 - June 20, 2026
Levels:
Beautiful Blossoms: 31+ points COMPLETED!
TASKS:
1. Spring Fling
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that ends with -ING.
-->BONUS:The word is SPRING or FLING.
2. National Walk Around Things Day
🌸 Read a book where a character takes a walk.
The Girl from the Grand Hotel by Camille Aubrey 4/13/2026
Annabel, Jack, and Tia tour Saint Agnes on foot.
A Brush with Murder by Bailee Abbott 5/29/2026
Chloe walks up and down Artisan Alley.
3. Enjoy Daffodil Day
🌸 Read a book whose title is white or yellow (show cover).
-->BONUS: The MC's first name begins with a letter in DAFFODIL (share name).
by Emily Franklin 5/8/2026 Isabella Stewart-Gardner
by Lori Rader-Day 5/20/2026 Dahlia4. Pastels
🌸 Read a book with a pastel cover (show cover).
5. April Fool's Day
🌸 Read a book where a character tells a joke or makes another laugh.
500 Miles from You by Jenny Colgan 5/7/2026 Cormac's naivety makes the other nurses laugh.
6. Easter
🌸 Read a book where Easter is celebrated OR from the Christian genre.
-->BONUS: An Easter item on the cover (show cover).
7. Cinco De Mayo
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with C or a Series #5 (share the series name).
The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman 3/25/2026 The Thursday Murder Club #5
Cobblered to Death by Rosemarie Ross 4/8/2026 Starts with C
Exposed by Lisa Scottoline 4/22/2026 Rosato and DiNunzio #5
8. Bicycle Day
🌸 Read a book where rides a bicycle.
-->BONUS: With a bicycle on the cover (show cover).
9. Mother's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a mother.
-->BONUS: The MC is a mother.
Mrs. Plansky's Revenge by Spencer Quinn 4/2/2026 Mrs. Plansky
Diamond Doris: The True Story of the World’s Most Notorious Jewel Thief―A Daring Memoir of Audacious Heists, Defiance of Society's Norms, and Glamorous Legacy by Doris Payne 4/24/2026
The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict 5/14/2026
Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping On a Dead Man by Jesse Q. Sutanto 5/18/2026
Good as Gone by Amy Gentry 5/24/2026 Anna
10. Rapture Party Day
🌸 Read a book with a religious character OR where the world as we know it has ended (your interpretation).
11. Pick Strawberries
🌸 Read a book with a character who eats strawberries.
-->BONUS A strawberry on the cover (show cover).
12. Memorial Day
🌸 Read a book where a character dies in war.
13. Father's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a father.
-->BONUS: The MC is a father.
The Litigators by John Grisham 3/28/2026 David Zinc (Emma is his daughter)
14. Hug Your Cat Day
🌸 Read a book with a cat in the story.
-->BONUS: A cat on the cover (show cover).
15. National Root Beer Day
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that has double vowels - like oo or ee.
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore 4/9/2026
The Rejected Writers' Book Club by Suzanne Kelman 5/29/2026
16. Flag Day (US)
🌸 Read a book with any flag on the cover (show cover).
-->BONUS: An United States flag on the cover.
17. Spring Cleaning
🌸 Read a book where a character cleans the house.
18. SPRING
🌸 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in SPRING.
Ex. Suspense begins with S.
Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams 4/29/2026 Suspense
The Summer Set by Aimee Agresti 5/23/2026 romance
19. SPRING
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in SPRING (all words count).
Gigi, Listening by Chantel Guertin 5/14/2026
20. Spring Books
🌸 Read a book published between March 20th and June 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2026.
Reading The Seasons - SpringDuration: March 20, 2026 - June 20, 2026
Points: 32
Levels:
Super Seasonal: 5-15 points
Spring Fling: 16-30 points
Beautiful Blossoms: 31+ points
TASKS:
🌧️1. Spring Fling
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that ends with -ING.
-->BONUS:The word is SPRING or FLING.
Passing Nella Larsen 12 May
🌧️2. National Walk Around Things Day
🌸 Read a book where a character takes a walk.
The House of Mirth Edith Wharton 19 Apr
🌧️3. Enjoy Daffodil Day
🌸 Read a book whose title is white or yellow (show cover).
-->BONUS: The MC's first name begins with a letter in DAFFODIL (share name).
The Gang That Wouldn't Write Straight: Wolfe, Thompson, Didion, Capote, and the New Journalism Revolution Marc Weingarten 31 Mar
🌧️4. Pastels
🌸 Read a book with a pastel cover (show cover).
Alan Brennert 11 Jun🌧️5. April Fool's Day
🌸 Read a book where a character tells a joke or makes another laugh.
Romiette and Julio Sharon M. Draper 24 Apr
6. Easter
🌸 Read a book where Easter is celebrated OR from the Christian genre.
-->BONUS: An Easter item on the cover (show cover).
🌧️7. Cinco De Mayo
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with C or a Series #5 (share the series name).
Crazy Rich Asians Kevin Kwan 6 Jun
8. Bicycle Day
🌸 Read a book where rides a bicycle.
-->BONUS: With a bicycle on the cover (show cover).
🌧️9. Mother's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a mother.
-->BONUS: The MC is a mother.
The Names Florence Knapp 31 May
🌧️10. Rapture Party Day
🌸 Read a book with a religious character OR where the world as we know it has ended (your interpretation).
A Month in the Country J.L. Carr 31 Mar
🌧️11. Pick Strawberries
🌸 Read a book with a character who eats strawberries.
-->BONUS A strawberry on the cover (show cover).
The Heartbeat Library Laura Imai Messina 23 Apr
🌧️12. Memorial Day
🌸 Read a book where a character dies in war.
Great Circle Maggie Shipstead 11 Apr
🌧️🌧️13. Father's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a father.
-->BONUS: The MC is a father.
Small Things Like These Claire Keegan 24 Apr (MC is father)
Quintana & Friends John Gregory Dunne 18 May
🌧️14. Hug Your Cat Day
🌸 Read a book with a cat in the story.
-->BONUS: A cat on the cover (show cover).
L.M. Montgomery 22 Mar
Nick Bradley 11 Jun🌧️🌧️15. National Root Beer Day
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that has double vowels - like oo or ee.
Six Feet of the Country Nadine Gordimer 30 Mar
The Book of Sleep: 75 Strategies to Relieve Insomnia Nicole Moshfegh 3 May
🌧️16. Flag Day (US)
🌸 Read a book with any flag on the cover (show cover).
-->BONUS: An United States flag on the cover.
E.L. Doctorow 29 Apr🌧️17. Spring Cleaning
🌸 Read a book where a character cleans the house.
Earthlings Sayaka Murata 21 May
🌧️18. SPRING
🌸 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in SPRING.
Ex. Suspense begins with S.
The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway 30 Mar (MPG school)
19. SPRING
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in SPRING (all words count).
🌧️20. Spring Books
🌸 Read a book published between March 20th and June 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2026.
Eventide Kent Haruf 15 May (May 4, 2004)
Reading The Seasons - SpringDuration: March 20, 2026 - June 20, 2026
You may use the tasks as many times as you wish.
SCORING: Score 1 point for each book read that fits a task PLUS an additional 2 points for each bonus task. The book must work for the task and the bonus to receive the 2 extra points.
Levels:
Beautiful Blossoms: 31+ points
Total Points: 0/31
TASKS:
1. Spring Fling
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that ends with -ING.
-->BONUS: The word is SPRING or FLING.
2. National Walk Around Things Day
🌸 Read a book where a character takes a walk.
3. Enjoy Daffodil Day
🌸 Read a book whose title is white or yellow (show cover).
-->BONUS: The MC's first name begins with a letter in DAFFODIL (share name).
4. Pastels
🌸 Read a book with a pastel cover (show cover).
5. April Fool's Day
🌸 Read a book where a character tells a joke or makes another laugh.
6. Easter
🌸 Read a book where Easter is celebrated OR from the Christian genre.
-->BONUS: An Easter item on the cover (show cover).
7. Cinco De Mayo
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with C or a Series #5 (share the series name).
8. Bicycle Day
🌸 Read a book where rides a bicycle.
-->BONUS: With a bicycle on the cover (show cover).
9. Mother's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a mother.
-->BONUS: The MC is a mother.
10. Rapture Party Day
🌸 Read a book with a religious character OR where the world as we know it has ended (your interpretation).
11. Pick Strawberries
🌸 Read a book with a character who eats strawberries.
-->BONUS: A strawberry on the cover (show cover).
12. Memorial Day
🌸 Read a book where a character dies in war.
13. Father's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a father.
-->BONUS: The MC is a father.
14. Hug Your Cat Day
🌸 Read a book with a cat in the story.
-->BONUS: A cat on the cover (show cover).
15. National Root Beer Day
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that has double vowels - like oo or ee.
16. Flag Day (US)
🌸 Read a book with any flag on the cover (show cover).
-->BONUS: An United States flag on the cover.
17. Spring Cleaning
🌸 Read a book where a character cleans the house.
18. SPRING
🌸 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in SPRING.
Ex. Suspense begins with S.
19. SPRING
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in SPRING (all words count).
20. Spring Books
🌸 Read a book published between March 20th and June 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2026.
Reading The Seasons - SpringDuration: March 20, 2026 - June 20, 2026
Beautiful Blossoms: 31+ points
39/31+
TASKS:
1. Spring Fling
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that ends with -ING.
1 Death by Fishing Frenzy Tess Marlowe 4/12/26
-->BONUS:The word is SPRING or FLING.
2. National Walk Around Things Day
🌸 Read a book where a character takes a walk.
MC Maddie Mint Chip Murder Kathleen Suzette 4/20/26
3. Enjoy Daffodil Day
🌸 Read a book whose title is white or yellow (show cover).
-->BONUS: The MC's first name begins with a letter in DAFFODIL (share name).
3- White title, MC Alice
Holly Finch 3/25/264. Pastels
🌸 Read a book with a pastel cover (show cover).
Becky Bakewell 3/26/265. April Fool's Day
🌸 Read a book where a character tells a joke or makes another laugh.
Tallulah The Hexed Hot Cocoa R.A. Muth 4/16/26
6. Easter
🌸 Read a book where Easter is celebrated OR from the Christian genre.
-->BONUS: An Easter item on the cover (show cover).
3-Dog with bunny ears and Easter basket/eggs
Tess Marlowe 4/21/267. Cinco De Mayo
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with C or a Series #5 (share the series name).
Cloaked Chaos Patti Benning 3/21/26
8. Bicycle Day
🌸 Read a book where someone rides a bicycle.
1 MC Jazzi rides one If Books Could Kill Karen Rose Smith 3/30/26
-->BONUS: With a bicycle on the cover (show cover).
9. Mother's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a mother.
-->BONUS: The MC is a mother.
3 MC is Cece, mom to Jessie and Michelle Murder Is a Dirty Business Tricia L. Sanders 4/4/26
10. Rapture Party Day
🌸 Read a book with a religious character OR where the world as we know it has ended (your interpretation).
1-Pastor Hills Two Purloined Pillows Allie Pleiter 4/3/26
11. Pick Strawberries
🌸 Read a book with a character who eats strawberries.
1 Drop Stitch That Snitch R.A. Muth 4/2/26
-->BONUS A strawberry on the cover (show cover).
12. Memorial Day
🌸 Read a book where a character dies in war.
13. Father's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a father.
-->BONUS: The MC is a father.
3=MC Jim has a daughter Valentine's Poison Arthur Pearce 4/9/26
14. Hug Your Cat Day
🌸 Read a book with a cat in the story.
-->BONUS: A cat on the cover (show cover).
3 [bookcoer:A Blue Ribbon Murder|248955429] T.C. LoTempio 4/2/26 Purrday's the hero cat of the story
15. National Root Beer Day
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that has double vowels - like oo or ee.
1-Bloodshed Brain Freeze and Bloodshed Kathleen Suzette 4/10/26
16. Flag Day (US)
🌸 Read a book with any flag on the cover (show cover).
-->BONUS: An United States flag on the cover.
17. Spring Cleaning
🌸 Read a book where a character cleans the house.
1-MC Bree The Fatal Flotilla at Sea Oats Beach Karen C. Whalen 4/9/26
18. SPRING
🌸 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in SPRING.
Paranormal tag Copycat Killing Sofie Kelly 4/19/26
19. SPRING
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in SPRING (all words count).
S Silk and Silence J.A. Whiting 4/13/26
P A Proper Cup of Murder Lucy Fairchild 4/14/26
R Red Velvet Vendetta Cassie Rivers 4/16/26
G Gingerbread and Grudges Cassie Rivers 5/5/26
20. Spring Books
🌸 Read a book published between March 20th and June 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2026.
3 pub 3/31/26 Truffle Trouble Amanda Flower 3/31/26
3 pub 3/31/26 The Barn Identity Diane Kelly 4/1/26
3 pub 4/21/26 Between a Roquefort and a Hard Place Linda Reilly 4/22/26
Reading The Seasons - SpringMarch 20, 2026 - June 20, 2026
133/31+
TASKS:
1. Spring Fling
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that ends with -ING.
-->BONUS:The word is SPRING or FLING.
🩷 Eddie Winston Is Looking for Love by Marianne Cronin 6/5/26
🩷 Picking Daisies on Sundays by Liana Cincotti 6/8/26
2. National Walk Around Things Day
🌸 Read a book where a character takes a walk.
🩷 MC Georgie takes many walks with her two dogs - Dead Men Wag No Tails by Sarah Fox 5/26/26
3. Enjoy Daffodil Day
🌸 Read a book whose title is white or yellow (show cover).
-->BONUS: The MC's first name begins with a letter in DAFFODIL (share name).
🩷 Yours for the Season by Uzma Jalaluddin 3/26/26
🩷🩷🩷 Yellow title/FMC's first name is Larissa - The Night We Met by Abby Jimenez 4/5/26
🩷🩷🩷 Yellow title/MC's first name is Aloysius - One Good Deed by David Baldacci 4/9/26
🩷🩷🩷 White title/MC's first name is Daphne - History Lessons by Zoe B. Wallbrook 4/24/26
🩷🩷🩷 Yellow title/MC's first name is Dancy - And the Crowd Went Wild by Susan Elizabeth Phillips 4/30/26
🩷 White title - Off the Chain by Janice Thompson 5/15/26
🩷🩷🩷 White title/MC's first name is Avery - Love Is a War Song by Danica Nava 5/17/26
🩷🩷🩷 White title/MC (and author's) first name is Ari - The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening by Ari Shapiro 6/6/26
🩷🩷🩷 White title/MC's first name is Flavia - The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse by Alan Bradley 6/7/26
🩷🩷🩷 White title/MC Anna Pearce - A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus 6/15/26
4. Pastels
🌸 Read a book with a pastel cover (show cover).
🩷 Community Board by Tara Conklin 4/15/26
5. April Fool's Day
🌸 Read a book where a character tells a joke or makes another laugh.
🩷 Darnell makes Harriet Tubman laugh - Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen 6/3/26
7. Cinco De Mayo
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with C or a Series #5 (share the series name).
🩷 Christmas Tree Farm Mystery #5 - I'll Be Home for Mischief by Jacqueline Frost 3/21/26
🩷 Scottish Bookshop Mystery #5 - The Stolen Letter by Paige Shelton 4/19/26
8. Bicycle Day
🌸 Read a book where rides a bicycle.
-->BONUS: With a bicycle on the cover (show cover).
🩷 Flavia rides "Gladys" - Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd by Alan Bradley 5/2/26
9. Mother's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a mother.
-->BONUS: The MC is a mother.
🩷🩷🩷 Murder in the Book Lover's Loft by Ellery Adams 4/10/26 - MC Jane is the mother of twin boys Hemingway and Fitzgerald
🩷🩷🩷 Shelter Mountain by Robyn Carr 5/1/26 - MC Paige Lassiter is the mother of Chris
🩷🩷🩷 Murder on a Girls' Night Out by Anne George 5/6/26 - MC Patricia Anne Hollowell is the mother of Haley
🩷🩷🩷 Blessed Be The Busybody by Emilie Richards 5/7/26 - MC Aggie is the mother of Teddy and Deena
🩷🩷🩷 Magic Triumphs by Ilona Andrews 5/19/26 - MC Kate is the mother of Conlan
🩷 The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb 5/28/26
🩷🩷🩷 Dolly All the Time by Annabel Monaghan 5/30/26 - MC Dolly is the mother of Gus
🩷🩷🩷 Dead in the Water by Denise Swanson 6/2/26 - MC Skye is the mother of twins
🩷🩷🩷 Knitmare on Beech Street by Peggy Ehrhart 6/10/26 - MC Pamela Paterson is the mother of Penny
🩷🩷🩷 Finding Me by Viola Davis 6/11/26 - Viola Davis, the author and subject of this memoir, is a mother
🩷 Deadly Director's Cut by Vicki Delany 6/12/26 - MC's mother Olivia is a major character
10. Rapture Party Day
🌸 Read a book with a religious character OR where the world as we know it has ended (your interpretation).
🩷 Father Sean is a Catholic Priest - The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo 5/21/26
12. Memorial Day
🌸 Read a book where a character dies in war.
🩷 The Keeper of Hidden Books by Madeline Martin 4/21/26
🩷 (view spoiler) Still Life by Sarah Winman 5/16/26
13. Father's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a father.
-->BONUS: The MC is a father.
🩷🩷🩷 MC Willis is the father of Phoebe - Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu 4/3/26
🩷 Martin and James Hayward are fathers - The Appeal by Janice Hallett 4/6/26
🩷 Ron - The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman 4/26/26
🩷🩷🩷 MC Darrow is the father of Pax - Iron Gold by Pierce Brown 5/24/26
🩷🩷🩷 MC Cal is the father of Alyssa - The Searcher by Tana French 6/13/26
14. Hug Your Cat Day
🌸 Read a book with a cat in the story.
-->BONUS: A cat on the cover (show cover).
🩷🩷🩷 A Fatal Groove by Olivia Blacke 3/24/26 (Daffodil)
🩷🩷🩷 Knifed In Nice by Zara Keane 4/1/26 (Boris)
🩷🩷🩷 Purrder She Wrote by Cate Conte 4/2/26 (JJ)
🩷🩷🩷 Fortune Teller by Jana Deleon 4/14/26 (Merlin)
🩷🩷🩷 The Devil in the Details by Vicki Delany 4/20/26 (Moriarty)
🩷🩷🩷 Death of a Neighborhood Scrooge by Laura Levine 5/3/26 (Prozac)
🩷🩷🩷 Grilled for Murder by Maddie Day 5/12/26 (Birdy)
🩷🩷🩷 The Barn Identity by Diane Kelly 6/4/26 (Sawdust)
🩷🩷🩷 Survival of the Fritters by Ginger Bolton 6/7/26 (Deputy Donut)
🩷🩷🩷 Rhythm and Clues by Olivia Blacke 6/14/26 (Daffodil)
15. National Root Beer Day
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that has double vowels - like oo or ee.
🩷 Double EE - Never Been Shipped by Alicia Thompson 4/4/26
🩷 Double OO - Uprooted: A Memoir About What Happens When Your Family Moves Back by Ruth Chan 4/7/26
🩷 Double EE - Free Lunch by Rex Ogle 4/13/26
🩷 Double OO - As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson 4/16/26
🩷 Double EE - Between a Wok and a Dead Place by Leslie Budewitz 4/18/26
18. SPRING
🌸 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in SPRING.
Ex. Suspense begins with S.
🩷 Tagged Suspense - The Switch by The Switch 3/25/26
🩷 Tagged Romance - The Love Fix by Jill Shalvis 3/28/26
🩷 Tagged Pirates - Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson 4/12/26
🩷 Tagged Paranormal - The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater 3/31/26
🩷 Tagged Short Stories - Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri 4/22/26
🩷 Tagged Romance - Death, Taxes, and Sweet Potato Fries by Diane Kelly 5/5/26
🩷 Tagged Romance - Lost and Found in Paris by Lian Dolan 5/8/26
🩷 Tagged Romance - Heartstopper: Volume Two by Alice Oseman 5/9/26
19. SPRING
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in SPRING (all words count).
🩷 Splintered Bones by Carolyn Haines 3/29/26
🩷 Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench 4/8/26
🩷 Swamp Spies by Jana Deleon. 4/25/26
🩷 Silent Night, Deadly Night by Vicki Delany 4/28/26
🩷 In the Likely Event by Rebecca Yarros 5/4/26
🩷 Piranesi by Susanna Clarke 5/10/26
🩷 Pardonable Lies by Jacqueline Winspear 5/11/26
🩷 In the Middle of Hickory Lane by Heather Webber 5/18/26
20. Spring Books
🌸 Read a book published between March 20th and June 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2026.
🩷 Published 3/25/2008 - Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout 3/23/26
🩷 Published 4/23/24 - Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All by Chanel Miller 4/11/26
🩷 Published 4/9/24 - The Night War by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 4/17/26
🩷 Published 4/30/24 - Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies by Catherine Mack 5/22/26
🩷 Published 5/21/24 - An Assassination on the Agenda by T.E. Kinsey 6/1/26
Reading The Seasons - SpringDuration: March 20, 2026 - June 20, 2026
Level: Spring Fling: 16-30 points
Progress: 16/16
TASKS:
1. Spring Fling = 2
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that ends with -ING.
-->BONUS:The word is SPRING or FLING.
The Potting Shed Murder by Paula Sutton 5/25/26
The Wedding People by Alison Espach 6/13/26
2. National Walk Around Things Day = 1
🌸 Read a book where a character takes a walk.
Bleak House by Charles Dickens 3/24/26
3. Enjoy Daffodil Day = 1
🌸 Read a book whose title is white or yellow.
-->BONUS: The MC's first name begins with a letter in DAFFODIL (share name).
The Mysterious Death of Junetta Plum by Valerie Wilson Wesley 5/24/26
4. Pastels
🌸 Read a book with a pastel cover.
5. April Fool's Day
🌸 Read a book where a character tells a joke or makes another laugh.
6. Easter = 1
🌸 Read a book where Easter is celebrated OR from the Christian genre.
-->BONUS: An Easter item on the cover (show cover).
For Such a Time as This: An Emergency Devotional by Hanna Reichel 5/07/26
7. Cinco De Mayo = 1
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with C or a Series #5.
Veronica Speedwell #5: A Murderous Relation by Deanna Raybourn 4/04/26
8. Bicycle Day = 1
🌸 Read a book where rides a bicycle.
-->BONUS: With a bicycle on the cover (show cover).
MC rides a bicycle to work
Bayou Book Thief by Ellen Byron 5/21/26
9. Mother's Day 1 + 2 = 3
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a mother.
-->BONUS: The MC is a mother.
Glory Daze: A Glory Broussard Mystery by Danielle Arceneaux 5/09/26
10. Rapture Party Day = 1
🌸 Read a book with a religious character OR where the world as we know it has ended.
Glory Be by Danielle Arceneaux 4/06/26 - nuns & priest
11. Pick Strawberries
🌸 Read a book with a character who eats strawberries.
-->BONUS A strawberry on the cover (show cover).
12. Memorial Day
🌸 Read a book where a character dies in war.
13. Father's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a father.
-->BONUS: The MC is a father.
14. Hug Your Cat Day
🌸 Read a book with a cat in the story.
-->BONUS: A cat on the cover (show cover).
15. National Root Beer Day = 1
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that has double vowels.
Buried in a Good Book by Tamara Berry 5/02/26
Moonrise Over New Jessup by Jamila Minnicks
16. Flag Day (US)
🌸 Read a book with any flag on the cover (show cover).
-->BONUS: An United States flag on the cover.
17. Spring Cleaning
🌸 Read a book where a character cleans the house.
18. SPRING = 2
🌸 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in SPRING.
Personal Development: The Perfect Day Formula: How to Own the Day and Control Your Life by Craig Ballantyne 4/08/26
Social Justice: We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance by Kellie Carter Jackson 4/27/26
19. SPRING 1 x 2 = 2
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in SPRING (all words count).
Playing It Safe by Ashley Weaver 5/28/26
Read to Death by Terrie Farley Moran
20. Spring Books
🌸 Read a book published between March 20th and June 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2026.
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Reading The Seasons - Spring 2026
March 20 - June 20
My Reading The Seasons - Spring Challenge (msg 22)
Beautiful Blossoms💥31+ points
Books Read💥
Running Points💥66
1. Spring Fling
Read a book with a word in the title that ends with -ING
BONUS: The word is SPRING or FLING
💥seeing ❱❱ Seeing Black
💥spring ❱❱ Scandal in Spring
2. National Walk Around Things Day
Read a book where a character takes a walk
+1☑️💥MCs walk the gardens ❱❱ The Dubious Miss Dalrymple ❱❱ 04.14 ★★★
+1☑️💥MCs take a walk along the creek ❱❱ Wild Irish Ride ❱❱ 04.22 ★★★
+1☑️💥MC walks along the beach ❱❱ Dark Horse ❱❱ 05.05 ★★★
+1☑️💥MC walks her dog often ❱❱ The Christmas Princess ❱❱ 05.07 ★★★★
3. Enjoy Daffodil Day
Read a book whose title is white or yellow
BONUS: The MC's first name begins with a letter in DAFFODIL
+1☑️💥white title ❱❱ The September Project ❱❱ 03.30 ★★
+1☑️💥yellow title ❱❱ To Kill a Badger ❱❱ 04.04 ★★★★
+1☑️💥yellow title ❱❱ Sacrifice of Darkness ❱❱ 05.09 ★★★★
+1☑️💥white title ❱❱ Thirty, Flirty, and Forever Alone ❱❱ 05.15 ★★★★
+1☑️💥white title ❱❱ The One She Was Warned About ❱❱ 05.25 ★★★
+3☑️💥white title; mc Danica ❱❱ Her Lone Wolf ❱❱ 04.06 ★★★★
+3☑️💥yellow title; mc Lucy ❱❱ Daydreamer ❱❱ 04.10 ★★★★
+3☑️💥white title; mc Fredrika ❱❱ Swimming Without a Net ❱❱ 04.26 ★★★
4. Pastels
Read a book with a pastel cover
+1☑️💥yellow ❱❱ Breakaway ❱❱ 03.23 ★★★★
+1☑️💥yellow ❱❱ Babycakes ❱❱ 04.28 ★★★★
5. April Fool's Day
Read a book where a character tells a joke or makes another laugh
+1☑️💥Amelia jokes with Noah ❱❱ When in Rome ❱❱ 03.29 ★★★★
+1☑️💥Ciaran makes everyone laugh at his antics ❱❱ Spark of Intent ❱❱ 05.13 ★★★
+1☑️💥Aiden jokes with Anna ❱❱ Santa's Subpoena ❱❱ 05.22 ★★★★
6. Easter
Read a book where Easter is celebrated OR from the Christian genre
BONUS: An Easter item on the cover
+1☑️💥Louisa spends Easter with the artist ❱❱ My Friends ❱❱ 04.18 ★★★
7. Cinco De Mayo
Read a book whose title begins with C or a Series #5
+1☑️💥title C ❱❱ Charmed Bones ❱❱ 03.26 ★★★★
+1☑️💥title C ❱❱ Champagne Spiced Omega ❱❱ 05.11 ★★★★
8. Bicycle Day
Read a book where someone rides a bicycle
BONUS: With a bicycle on the cover
+1☑️💥MCs rides a bike along the Seine ❱❱ The Chocolate Thief ❱❱ 05.16 ★★★★
+1☑️💥Adam is a cycler ❱❱ Remarkably Bright Creatures ❱❱ 05.31 ★★★
💥Honey rides a bike on the island ❱❱ Honey Pie
💥MC bikes everywhere ❱❱ Kiss and Repeat
9. Mother's Day
Read a book with a character who is a mother
BONUS: The MC is a mother
+3☑️💥Rachel has twins ❱❱ Love Restored ❱❱ 04.23 ★★★
+3☑️💥Daisy is a mother of 3 ❱❱ First Witches Club ❱❱ 04.30 ★★★★
💥Rachel has 2 small children ❱❱ On the Fly
💥Beth has 2 small children ❱❱ Rocky Mountain Haven
10. Rapture Party Day
Read a book with a religious character OR where the world as we know it has ended
💥MC's father is a minister ❱❱ While We Were Dating
11. Pick Strawberries
Read a book with a character who eats strawberries
BONUS: A strawberry on the cover
+1☑️💥Laney eats strawberries ❱❱ Bourbon & Lies ❱❱ 05.10 ★★★★
+1☑️💥strawberries at their brunch ❱❱ Dirty Sexy Inked ❱❱ 05.18 ★★★★
12. Memorial Day
Read a book where a character dies in war
💥there is a war between factions (someone will die) ❱❱ The Storm That Is Sterling
13. Father's Day
Read a book with a character who is a father
BONUS: The MC is a father
+3☑️💥Nick is a father ❱❱ The Enlightenment of Daniel ❱❱ 05.24 ★★★★
+3☑️💥Dylan is a father ❱❱ High Stakes ❱❱ 05.26 ★★★★
💥Brian learns Oliver is his son ❱❱ A Kowalski Secret
14. Hug Your Cat Day
Read a book with a cat in the story
BONUS: A cat on the cover
💥Penny has a cat in the story ❱❱ The Chemistry Test
💥Tessa has a cat in the story ❱❱ The Vampire's Fake Fiancée
15. National Root Beer Day
Read a book with a word in the title that has double vowels
+1☑️💥double e ❱❱ Deep End ❱❱ 04.01 ★★★★
+1☑️💥double e ❱❱ Sweet Revenge ❱❱ 04.29 ★★★
16. Flag Day (US)
Read a book with any flag on the cover
BONUS: An United States flag on the cover
+3☑️💥US flag (lapel pin) ❱❱ State of Denial ❱❱ 05.08 ★★★★
💥US flag ❱❱ Misadventures of the First Daughter
💥US flag ❱❱ Rules of Engagement
17. Spring Cleaning
Read a book where a character cleans the house
+1☑️💥Oz does some house cleaning ❱❱ A Wolf After My Own Heart ❱❱ 05.30 ★★★
18. SPRING
Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in SPRING
+1☑️💥Suspense ❱❱ Out of the Abyss ❱❱ 03.25 ★★★
+1☑️💥Paranormal ❱❱ Shades of Wicked ❱❱ 04.16 ★★★★
+1☑️💥Romance ❱❱ A SEAL's Pleasure ❱❱ 04.02 ★★★
+1☑️💥Ireland ❱❱ Irish Rebel ❱❱ 04.25 ★★★★
+1☑️💥New Adult ❱❱ Sneak Attack ❱❱ 05.28 ★★★★
+1☑️💥Gay ❱❱ Quinn's Hart ❱❱ 05.16 ★★★★
19. SPRING
Read a book whose title begins with a letter in SPRING
+1☑️💥title S ❱❱ Stolen in Death ❱❱ 04.11 ★★★★
+1☑️💥title P ❱❱ The Paradise Problem ❱❱ 04.17 ★★★★
+1☑️💥title R ❱❱ Renewal After Dark ❱❱ 05.20 ★★★★
💥title I ❱❱ The Inheritance
+1☑️💥title N ❱❱ Nine Tailed ❱❱ 03.27 ★★★
+1☑️💥title G ❱❱ Getting In the Mood ❱❱ 05.28 ★★★★
20. Spring Books
Read a book published between March 20th and June 20th of any year
BONUS: Published in 2026 (March 20-June 20)
+1☑️💥published April 2016 ❱❱ The Beast ❱❱ 03.21 ★★★★
+1☑️💥published May 2017 ❱❱ All Systems Red ❱❱ 04.12 ★★★★
+1☑️💥published April 2022 ❱❱ Wild Rescue ❱❱ 04.20 ★★★
+1☑️💥published May 2012 ❱❱ Dark Frost ❱❱ 04.24 ★★★
+1☑️💥published April 2012 ❱❱ Under a Vampire Moon ❱❱ 05.04 ★★★
+1☑️💥published April 2023 ❱❱ Happily Undead in Dark River ❱❱ 05.17 ★★★★
+1☑️💥published May 2018 ❱❱ Artificial Condition ❱❱ 05.23 ★★★★
💥published May 2026 ❱❱ Platform Decay
💥published March 31, 2026 ❱❱ This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me
Mod
Reading The Seasons - SpringDuration: Mar. 20th, 2026 - June 20th, 2026
Levels:
Spring Fling: 16-30 points
Beautiful Blossoms: 31+ points
83/31
TASKS:
1. Spring Fling
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that ends with -ING.
-->BONUS:The word is SPRING or FLING.
1 point: The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King by Carissa Broadbent - Mar. 27th
1 point: The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow - Apr. 20th
1 point: Slaying the Vampire Conqueror by Carissa Broadbent - May 19th
2. National Walk Around Things Day
🌸 Read a book where a character takes a walk.
1 point: Of Swamp & Sea, Volume Two by Mia Jay Boulton & Laurel Boulton - Apr. 7th
3. Enjoy Daffodil Day
🌸 Read a book whose title is white or yellow (show cover).
-->BONUS: The MC's first name begins with a letter in DAFFODIL (share name).
1 point: Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse - Apr. 23rd
1 point: If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy - May 20th
1 point: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab - May 23rd
4. Pastels
🌸 Read a book with a pastel cover (show cover).
1 point: Taylor Swift Is Life: A Superfan’s Guide to All Things We Love About Taylor Swift by Kathleen Perricone - May 5th
1 point: Death of a Pop Star, Vol. 2 by Violet Karim - June 13th
5. April Fool's Day
🌸 Read a book where a character tells a joke or makes another laugh.
1 point: Pick a Colour by Souvankham Thammavongsa - Mar. 26th
6. Easter
🌸 Read a book where Easter is celebrated OR from the Christian genre.
-->BONUS: An Easter item on the cover (show cover).
7. Cinco De Mayo
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with C or a Series #5 (share the series name).
1 point: Castle Swimmer: Volume 3 by Wendy Martin - May 4th
8. Bicycle Day
🌸 Read a book where rides a bicycle.
-->BONUS: With a bicycle on the cover (show cover).
9. Mother's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a mother.
-->BONUS: The MC is a mother.
1 point: The Lost Daughter of Sparta by Felicia Day - Apr. 18th
1 point: Angelica and the Bear Prince by Trung Le Nguyen - May 14th
1 point: The Magic Christmas by Francine Pascal - June 15th
10. Rapture Party Day
🌸 Read a book with a religious character OR where the world as we know it has ended (your interpretation).
1 point: A Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang by Lee Onhwa - May 6th
Religious character
1 point: The Dragonbone Chair (Part 1 of 3) Dramatized Adaptation by Tad Williams - May 10th
Religious characters
1 point: Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die by Greer Stothers - June 8th
Both
1 point: Season of the Bruja Vol. 1 by Aaron Duran - June 19th
Religious characters
11. Pick Strawberries
🌸 Read a book with a character who eats strawberries.
-->BONUS A strawberry on the cover (show cover).
12. Memorial Day
🌸 Read a book where a character dies in war.
1 point: The Devil Reached Toward the Sky: An Oral History of the Making and Unleashing of the Atomic Bomb by Garrett M. Graff - Mar. 31st
1 point: The Dragonbone Chair (Part 3 of 3) Dramatized Adaptation by Tad Williams - June 19th
13. Father's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a father.
-->BONUS: The MC is a father.
3 points: An American Story: Everyone’s Invited by Wilmer Valderrama - Apr. 14th
1 point: Death of a Pop Star, Vol. 1 by Violet Karim - May 24th
14. Hug Your Cat Day
🌸 Read a book with a cat in the story.
-->BONUS: A cat on the cover (show cover).
3 points: Best Wishes From the Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki - Apr. 6th
3 points: The Space Cat: A Graphic Novel by Nnedi Okorafor - May 8th
3 points: We'll Prescribe You Another Cat by Syou Ishida - May 30th
3 points: I'll Come to You by Rebecca Kauffman - June 16th
15. National Root Beer Day
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that has double vowels - like oo or ee.
1 point: Why Q Needs U by Danny Bate - Apr. 29th
1 point: Queen Charlotte by Julia Quinn & Shonda Rhimes - May 3rd
1 point: Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz - May 26th
1 point: Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher - June 18th
16. Flag Day (US)
🌸 Read a book with any flag on the cover (show cover).
-->BONUS: An United States flag on the cover.
1 point: Sorry, Not Sorry: An Unapologetic Look at What Makes Canada Worth Fighting For by Mark Critch - May 25th
17. Spring Cleaning
🌸 Read a book where a character cleans the house.
1 point: Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall - June 4th
1 point: Husband Material by Alexis Hall - June 12th
18. SPRING
🌸 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in SPRING.
1 point: Of Swamp & Sea, Volume One by Mia Jay Boulton & Laurel Boulton - Mar 25th
Romance
1 point: The Songbird & the Heart of Stone by Carissa Broadbent - Apr. 2nd
Romantasy
1 point: The Infinity Particle: A Graphic Novel by Wendy Xu - May 19th
Scifi
1 point: The Dragonbone Chair (Part 2 of 3) Dramatized Adaptation by Tad Williams - May 24th
Graphic Audio
1 point: Friends with Words: Adventures in Languageland by Martha Barnette - May 28th
Nonfiction
1 point: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides - June 1st
Suspense
1 point: The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk by Carissa Broadbent - June 19th
Romantasy
19. SPRING
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in SPRING (all words count).
1 point: Red and the Wolves: A Graphic Novel by Cherry Zong - Mar 24th
1 point: Recitatif by Toni Morrison - Mar. 27th
1 point: Patina by Jason Reynolds - Apr. 13th
20. Spring Books
🌸 Read a book published between March 20th and June 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2026.
3 points: Diamond Fire Dramatized Adaptation by Ilona Andrews - Apr. 9th
Apr. 6th, 2026
3 points: This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews - Apr. 16th
Mar. 31st, 2026
3 points: The Book Witch by Meg Shaffer - Apr. 26th
Apr. 7th, 2026
3 points: Happy Ending by Chloe Liese - Apr. 30th
Apr. 14th, 2026
3 points: Platform Decay by Martha Wells - May 13th
May 5th, 2026
3 points: London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth by Patrick Radden Keefe - June 10th
Apr. 7th, 2026
3 points: Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman - June 13th
May 19th, 2026
3 points: Break Room by Miye Lee - June 14th
English translation pub. Apr. 28th, 2026
3 points: Lore Olympus: Volume Ten by Rachel Smythe - June 17th
June 2nd, 2026
3 points: Clara & the Devil, Volume 1 by Olivie Blake - June 20th
May 5th, 2026
--------COMPLETED------------Reading The Seasons - Spring
Duration: March 20, 2026 - June 20, 2026
Levels:
Spring Fling: 16-30 points
Score: 28 points
(I counted these so many times and got a different answer every time this is approximately correct lol - sorry!)
TASKS:
√1. Spring Fling
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that ends with -ING. The Disappearing Dowry by Libi Astaire 3.22.26
√2. National Walk Around Things Day
🌸 Read a book where a character takes a walk. In The Hidden City by Charles Finch 4.16.26, the MC Charles Lennox often walks in the night around different parts of London.
√3. Enjoy Daffodil Day
🌸 Read a book whose title is white or yellow (show cover).
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt. 3.29.26
√4. Pastels
🌸 Read a book with a pastel cover (show cover). Yellowface 4.5.26.
√5. April Fool's Day
🌸 Read a book where a character tells a joke or makes another laugh. book:The Bookshop of Secrets|219176208] by Kerry Barrett 4.20.21 Laura and Miguel are friends and frequently make each other laugh through the book.
√6. Passover
🌸 Read a book where Passover is celebrated OR from the Judaica genre. Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home by Harry Kemelman 4.5.26 - Both. A Seder is conducted in this story.
√7. Cinco De Mayo
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with C book:A Case of Murder in Mayfair|50213093] by Clara Benson 3.23.26
√8. Bicycle Day
🌸 Read a book where rides a bicycle. The Saint Mary's Cipher by Anna Elliott 4.14.26. Alice, one of the Sleuths, rides a bicycle as her primary mode of transportation
-->BONUS: With a bicycle on the cover (show cover).
√9. Mother's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a mother. The main character, Marianna is mother to Heckla in Girls Who Lie by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir 4.12.26
-->BONUS: The MC is a mother. The MC IS the mother in this book.
√10. Rapture Party Day
🌸 Read a book with a religious character - In A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters 4.1.26, Prior Robert is the head of the Benedictine Abbey in Shrewsbury, England, where a group of monks live, worship and work.
√11. Pick Strawberries
🌸 Read a book with a character who eats strawberries. co-owner of a bookstore, Molly Kimbal arranges a reading by the author of the Strawberry Girls. For the reading she makes dishes of strawberries, some plain, some with whipped cream, etc. She eats some while preparing the dishes and of course, characters eat them at the reading. A Treacherous Tale by Elizabeth Penney. 4.14.26
-->BONUS A strawberry on the cover (show cover).
√12. Memorial Day
🌸 Read a book where a character dies in war.In This Side of Murder by Anna Lee Huber 4.'23.26 Verity's husband was killed in World War I.
√13. Father's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a father. Alexei Navalny is the father of two children in his memoir Patriot: A Memoir by Alexei Navalny 4.25.26
-->BONUS: The MC is a father. Alexei Navalny is the main character and a father in Patriot: A Memoir by Alexei Navalny 4.25.26
√14. Hug Your Cat Day
🌸 Read a book with a cat in the story. Seeing a Large Cat by Elizabeth Peters 3.25.26
-->BONUS: A cat on the cover (show cover).
√15. National Root Beer Day
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that has double vowels - like oo or ee. Crooked House by Agatha Christie 4.3.16
√16. Flag Day (US)
🌸 Read a book with any flag on the cover (show cover). Murderous 4th of July by Kathleen Suzette 4.19.26.
-->BONUS: An United States flag on the cover.
√17. Spring Cleaning
🌸 Read a book where a character cleans the house. "Shura threw herself into the cleanup...she began from the kitchen and moved backward through the house like quiet but powerful tractor, scraping off successive archeologial layers." p. 201 The Big Green Tent by Lyudmila Ulitskaya4.21.26
√18. SPRING
🌸 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in SPRING. Genre is IRISH LITERATURE
by Louise Kennedy 3.21.26√19. SPRING
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in SPRING (all words count). Play With Fire by Dana Stabenow 3.20.26
√20. Spring Books
🌸 Read a book published between March 20th and June 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date. The English edition of When the Storm Passes by Manel Loureiro 4.18.26 publication date is May 1, 2026 - for some reason it was available on Amazon kindle earlier. read on 4.18.26
-->BONUS: Published in 2026. When the Storm Passes by Manel Loureiro 4.18.26 publication date 5.1.26
Hi JoAnneQuestion #6- can we substitute Easter for a holiday in our own religion which occurs in Spring? (eg. Passover April 1-April 9) ? or our own religious genre rather than Christian?
I don't read Christian genre books.
Thank you!
Mod
Duration: March 20, 2026 - June 20, 2026
Levels:
Spring Fling: 16-30 points
Beautiful Blossoms: 31+ points
TASKS:
1. Spring Fling
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that ends with -ING.
Death by Dumpling by Vivien Chien 5/9/2026
3. Enjoy Daffodil Day
🌸 Read a book whose title is white or yellow (show cover).
by Dianne Harman 3/31/20267. Cinco De Mayo
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with C.
Custom Baked Murder by Liz Mugavero 4/18/2026
Cited to Death by Meg Perry 5/19/2026
9. Mother's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a mother.
Trying Out by Caroline B. Cooney 3/27/2026
13. Father's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a father.
Name From a Hat Trick by L.A. Witt 4/3/2026
Farm to Trouble by Amanda Flower 4/20/2026
-->BONUS: The MC is a father.
Name From a Hat Trick by L.A. Witt 4/3/2026
14. Hug Your Cat Day
🌸 Read a book with a cat in the story.
The Silence of the Library by Miranda James 3/27/2026
-->BONUS: A cat on the cover (show cover).
by Miranda James 3/27/202615. National Root Beer Day
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that has double vowels - like oo or ee.
P.S. I Spook You by S.E. Harmon 4/2/2026
18. SPRING
🌸 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in SPRING.
Romance
Merry Christmas Cupid by N.R. Walker 3/23/2026
Fatal Fascinator by Jenn McKinlay 4/5/2026
Rebound by L.A. Witt 4/5/2026
Blindside Hit by Michaela Grey 4/23/2026
The Boyfriend Comeback by Lauren Blakely 5/12/2026
The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews 5/21/2026
Red Dirt Heart 2 by N.R. Walker 5/27/2026
A Deadly Cliché by Ellery Adams 5/31/2026
Poetry
The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear 3/28/2026
Picture Books
The Year of the Ox: Tales from the Chinese Zodiac by Oliver Chin 3/31/2026
Goodnight Lab: A Scientific Parody by Chris Ferrie 5/28/2026
Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae 5/31/2026
Paranormal
Crime and Poetry by Amanda Flower 4/8/2026
Lowcountry Bonfire by Susan M. Boyer 4/13/2026
The Halloween Love Spell by Morgana Best 4/26/2026
Short Stories
Once Solved by Blake Pierce 5/24/2026
19. SPRING
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in SPRING (all words count).
Principles of Spookology by S.E. Harmon 5/15/2026
Ruff Stuff by Patti Benning 3/30/2026
20. Spring Books
🌸 Read a book published between March 20th and June 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
Ashes to Ashes, Crust to Crust by Mindy Quigley 5/6/2026 (First published April 25, 2023)
-->BONUS: Published in 2026.
2. Reading The Seasons - SpringDuration: March 20 - June 20
Levels:
Super Seasonal: 5-15 points
Spring Fling: 16-30 points
Beautiful Blossoms: 31+ points
1. Spring Fling
Task: Read a book with a word in the title that ends with -ING.
BONUS:The word is SPRING or FLING
Book read:
How it fits:
Mod
Question #6- can we substitute Easter for a holiday in our own religion which occurs in Spring? (eg. Passover April 1-April 9) ? or our own religious genre rather than Christian?
I don..."
Yes, of course!!
Mod
JoAnne wrote: "Denise S wrote: "Hi JoAnneQuestion #6- can we substitute Easter for a holiday in our own religion which occurs in Spring? (eg. Passover April 1-April 9) ? or our own religious genre rather than ..."
Thank you JoAnne!
Reading The Seasons - SpringDuration: March 20, 2026 - June 20, 2026
Points: 13
Levels:
Super Seasonal: 5-15 points
Spring Fling: 16-30 points
Beautiful Blossoms: 31+ points
TASKS:
1. Spring Fling
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that ends with -ING.
-->BONUS:The word is SPRING or FLING.
Always Raining Here: A Graphic Novel by Hazel + Bell✅4/14/26 (Raining ends in -ing.)
2. National Walk Around Things Day
🌸 Read a book where a character takes a walk.
book:Hello Beautiful|61771675] by Ann Napolitano✅3/31/26 (Sylvie walks for several hours trying to locate William after he went missing.)
3. Enjoy Daffodil Day
🌸 Read a book whose title is white or yellow (show cover).
-->BONUS: The MC's first name begins with a letter in DAFFODIL (share name).
by Amy Freeman✅3/31/26 (A is also in DAFFODIL.)4. Pastels
🌸 Read a book with a pastel cover (show cover).
by Nikki Giovanni✅3/28/265. April Fool's Day
🌸 Read a book where a character tells a joke or makes another laugh.
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf✅4/3/26 "...who slipped upstairs in his socks and then, as often as not, dropped his hot-water bottle and swore! How she laughed!"page 32
6. Easter
🌸 Read a book where Easter is celebrated OR from the Christian genre.
-->BONUS: An Easter item on the cover (show cover).
7. Cinco De Mayo
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with C or a Series #5 (share the series name).
Curse of the Blumenthals by Phyllis Karas✅4/16/26
8. Bicycle Day
🌸 Read a book where rides a bicycle.
-->BONUS: With a bicycle on the cover (show cover).
Theo of Golden by Allen Levi✅5/15/26 (Character Ellen uses a bicycle as her only means of transportation.)
9. Mother's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a mother.
-->BONUS: The MC is a mother.
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins ✅3/26/26 (MC Lydia is a mother.)
10. Rapture Party Day
🌸 Read a book with a religious character OR where the world as we know it has ended (your interpretation).
All Systems Red by Martha Wells✅3/26/26 (Set in a "corporate-dominated spacefaring future")
11. Pick Strawberries
🌸 Read a book with a character who eats strawberries.
-->BONUS A strawberry on the cover (show cover).
The House at Watch Hill by Karen Marie Moning✅5/10/26 "...topped with the final jar of strawberry jam we'd made last summer." location 267
12. Memorial Day
🌸 Read a book where a character dies in war.
Queen of All Mayhem: The Blood-Soaked Life and Mysterious Death of Belle Starr, the Most Dangerous Woman in the West by Dane Huckelbridge✅3/2/26 (Belle's brother Bud dies during the Civil War.)
13. Father's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a father.
-->BONUS: The MC is a father.
The Match by Sarah Adams✅4/17/26 (MMC Jake is a father.)
14. Hug Your Cat Day
🌸 Read a book with a cat in the story.
-->BONUS: A cat on the cover (show cover).
by Shirley Jackson✅4/20/2615. National Root Beer Day
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that has double vowels - like oo or ee.
Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire✅3/31/26
16. Flag Day (US)
🌸 Read a book with any flag on the cover (show cover).
-->BONUS: An United States flag on the cover.
17. Spring Cleaning
🌸 Read a book where a character cleans the house.
The Tilting House: A Novelby Ivonne Lamazares✅4/29/26 (MC Yuri tries to convince the people living in her house to clean after she gets tired of it being a mess. She ends up cleaning it herself.)
18. SPRING
🌸 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in SPRING.
Ex. Suspense begins with S.
Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories by Cynthia Leitich Smith✅3/31/26 (MPG Short Stories)
19. SPRING
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in SPRING (all words count).
20. Spring Books
🌸 Read a book published between March 20th and June 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2026.
The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike✅4/9/26 Published:4/12/84
Reading The Seasons - SpringDuration: March 20, 2026 - June 20, 2026
Levels:
Beautiful Blossoms: 31+ points
62 points
TASKS:
1. Spring Fling
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that ends with -ING.
-->BONUS:The word is SPRING or FLING.
The Case of the Rolling Bones by Erle Stanley Gardner 4/6
The Case of the Daring Decoy by Erle Stanley Gardner 5/2
2. National Walk Around Things Day
🌸 Read a book where a character takes a walk.
3. Enjoy Daffodil Day
🌸 Read a book whose title is white or yellow (show cover).
-->BONUS: The MC's first name begins with a letter in DAFFODIL (share name).
+
And the Crowd Went Wild by Susan Elizabeth Phillips 3/24 (Dancy)
The Happy Hollisters by Jerry West 4/6
Love and Murder in the Time of Covid by Qiu Xiaolong 4/12+
Phantom Prey by John Sandford 4/30 (Lucas)+
Wicked Prey by John Sandford 5/5 (Lucas)
The Baked Bean Supper Murders by Virginia Rich 5/19+
The Black Lyon by Jude Deveraux 5/28 (Lyonene)
Homemade Sin by Kathy Hogan Trocheck 6/24. Pastels
🌸 Read a book with a pastel cover (show cover).
The Magic of Oz by L. Frank Baum 3/225. April Fool's Day
🌸 Read a book where a character tells a joke or makes another laugh.
6. Easter
🌸 Read a book where Easter is celebrated OR from the Christian genre.
-->BONUS: An Easter item on the cover (show cover).
7. Cinco De Mayo
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with C or a Series #5 (share the series name).
Cloud Nine by Luanne Rice 5/13
Crave Me by Geneva Lee 5/31
8. Bicycle Day
🌸 Read a book where rides a bicycle.
-->BONUS: With a bicycle on the cover (show cover).
9. Mother's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a mother.
-->BONUS: The MC is a mother.
The Happy Hollisters and the Mystery in Skyscraper City by Jerry West 4/13
+ The Girl in the Mist by Kristen Ashley 4/20
The Cross-Country Quilters by Jennifer Chiaverini 5/7
+ Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 5/27
10. Rapture Party Day
🌸 Read a book with a religious character OR where the world as we know it has ended (your interpretation).
11. Pick Strawberries
🌸 Read a book with a character who eats strawberries.
-->BONUS A strawberry on the cover (show cover).
12. Memorial Day
🌸 Read a book where a character dies in war.
13. Father's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a father.
-->BONUS: The MC is a father.
What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust by Alan Bradley 5/7
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman 5/9
14. Hug Your Cat Day
🌸 Read a book with a cat in the story.
-->BONUS: A cat on the cover (show cover).
+
Fat Cat Spreads Out by Janet Cantrell 3/23+
The PMS Murder by Laura Levine 4/5+
To Live & Die in Dixie by Kathy Hogan Trocheck 4/15+
Murder à la Mode by G.A. McKevett 5/515. National Root Beer Day
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that has double vowels - like oo or ee.
The Mystery of Swordfish Reef by Arthur W. Upfield 3/26
The Bootlegger by Clive Cussler 4/1
Dark Needs at Night's Edge by Kresley Cole 4/4
Black Coffee: A Mystery Play in Three Acts by Agatha Christie 4/21
16. Flag Day (US)
🌸 Read a book with any flag on the cover (show cover).
-->BONUS: An United States flag on the cover.
+
Under Siege: My Family's Fight to Save Our Nation by Eric Trump 4/2217. Spring Cleaning
🌸 Read a book where a character cleans the house.
18. SPRING
🌸 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in SPRING.
Ex. Suspense begins with S.
Spy Thriller - The Man With the Golden Gun by Ian Fleming 4/6
Spy Thriller - Octopussy and the Living Daylights by Ian Fleming 4/7
Suspense - The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan 4/12
Romance - Blue Skies by Catherine Anderson 5/16
Romance - Braydon by Nicole Edwards 5/28
19. SPRING
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in SPRING (all words count).
Past Malice by Dana Cameron 3/22
Stormchaser by Cherry Adair 3/29
Seduce Me, Cowboy by Maisey Yates 4/22
Peril at End House by Agatha Christie 4/27
20. Spring Books
🌸 Read a book published between March 20th and June 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2026.
Kiss It Better by Virna DePaul 3/29
pub 6/7/2019
Hannibal by Thomas Harris 5/16
pub 6/8/1999
Some Like It Scot by Donna Kauffman 5/26
pub 6/1/2010
Reading The Seasons - SpringMarch 20, 2026 - June 20, 2026
71 of 31+ Complete
Beautiful Blossoms: 31+ points
TASKS:
1. Spring Fling
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that ends with -ING.
1 pt.Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet - Thich Nhat Hanh - 3 Stars - 6/3/26
1 pt.Passing - Nella Larsen - 4 Stars - 6/6/26
-->BONUS:The word is SPRING or FLING.
3 pts.The Spring Bride - Anne Gracie - 4 Stars - 5/16/26
3. Enjoy Daffodil Day
🌸 Read a book whose title is white or yellow (show cover).
1 pt.Daughters of the Night Sky - Aimie K. Runyan - 3.5 Stars - 4/8/26
1 pt. - Antihero - Gregg Hurwitz - 5 Stars - 6/4/26
1 pt.Orphan X - Gregg Hurwitz - 5 Stars - 6/17/26
-->BONUS: The MC's first name begins with a letter in DAFFODIL
3 pts.Fremont - The Strange Files of Fremont Jones - Dianne Day - 3.5 Stars - 4/6/26
3 pts.Lana - Scarlet Angel - S.T. Abby - 4 Stars - 4/21/26
3 pts.Lana - All the Lies - S.T. Abby - 4 Stars - 4/22/26
3 pts.Arliss - Stone Cross - Marc Cameron - 4 Stars - 5/30/26
3 pts.Daisy - Open Season - Linda Howard - 4 Stars - 6/8/26
6. Easter
🌸 Read a book where Easter is celebrated OR from the Christian genre.
1 pt.Harvest Of Rubies - Tessa Afshar - 4 Stars - 5/7/26
-->BONUS: An Easter item on the cover (show cover).
7. Cinco De Mayo
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with C or a Series #5 (share the series name).
1 pt.You Can Scream - Rebecca Zanetti - 4 Stars - 4/20/26 - #5 Laurel Snow
1 pt.Cheaper by the Dozen - Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. - 4 Stars - 4/6/26
1 pt.Chip War - Chris Millerzz - 4 Stars - 4/3/26
1 pt.The Correspondent - Virginia Evans - 5 Stars - 3/23/26
9. Mother's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a mother.
-->BONUS: The MC is a mother.
3 pts.The House at Sea's End - Elly Griffiths - 4 Stars - 6/19/26
3 pts.The Names - Florence Knapp - 5 Stars - 4/27/26
12. Memorial Day
🌸 Read a book where a character dies in war.
1 pt.The Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien - 5 Stars - 4/1/26
14. Hug Your Cat Day
🌸 Read a book with a cat in the story.
-->BONUS: A cat on the cover (show cover).
3 pts.Starter Villain - John Scalzi - 5 Stars - 6/19/26
15. National Root Beer Day
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that has double vowels - like oo or ee.
1 pt.The Keeper of Lost Causes - Jussi Adler-Olsen - 4 Stars - 4/19/26
1 pt.The Baker Street Letters - Michael Robertson - 4 Stars - 5/4/26
1 pt.The Deepest Cut - P.J. Tracy - 4.5 Stars - 6/9/26
18. SPRING
🌸 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in SPRING.
Ex. Suspense begins with S.
1 pt.Paranormal - First Grave on the Right - Darynda Jones - 4 Stars - 3/24/26
1 pt.Science fiction - The Last Animal - Ramona Ausubel - 4 Stars - 4/2/26
1 pt.Romance - Music of the Heart - Katie Ashley - 3 Stars - 4/3/26
1 pt.Non fiction - White Trash - Nancy Isenberg - 4 Stars - 4/4/26
1 pt.Non fiction - A Walk in the Woodsl - Bill Bryson - 4 Stars - 4/5/26
1 pt.Non fiction - A Murder in Hollywood - Casey Sherman - 3 Stars - 4/15/26
1 pt.Romance - To Catch an Heiress - Julia Quinn - 4 Stars - 5/8/26
1 pt.Romance - To Love and to Cherish - Lauren Layne - 3 Stars - 5/9/26
19. SPRING
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in SPRING (all words count).
1 pt.Patty Jane's House of Curl - Lorna Landvik - 4 Stars - 4/10/26
1 pt.Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers - Mary Roach - 5 Stars - 4/11/26
1 pt.Ship Breaker - Paolo Bacigalupi - 3.5 Stars - 4/13/26
1 pt.Possession In Death - J.D. Robb - 4 Stars - 4/21/26
1 pt.Swords of Mars - Edgar Rice Burroughs - 3.5 Stars - 4/23/26
1 pt.Paint It All Red - S.T. Abby - 4 Stars - 4/25/26
1 pt.Sandwich - Catherine Newman - 3 Stars - 4/28/26
1 pt.Rattlesnake Vista - Donald R Bloom - 3.5 Stars - 5/15/26
1 pt.Stolen in Death - J.D. Robb - 5 Stars - 5/17/26
1 pt.System Collapse - Martha Wells - 4 Stars - 5/19/26
1 pt.Someone to Watch Over Me - Lisa Kleypas - 4 Stars - 5/20/26
1 pt.Nemesis - Gregg Hurwitz - 4.5 Stars - 5/23/26
1 pt.Profiles in Courage - John F. Kennedy - 4 Stars - 6/1/26
1 pt.Resurrection Walk - Michael Connelly - 4.5 Stars - 6/12/26
20. Spring Books
🌸 Read a book published between March 20th and June 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
1 pt.North - Sawyer Bennett - 3 Stars - 4/24/26 - Apr 22, 2025
1 pt.The Last Flight - Julie Clark - 4 Stars - 4/26/26 - Jun 02, 2020
1 pt.A Brilliant Night of Stars and Ice - Rebecca Connolly - 4.5 Stars - 5/3/26 - Apr 05, 2022
1 pt.The Girl in His Shadow - Audrey Blake - 4 Stars - 5/10/26 - May 04, 2021
1 pt.Dead White - M.K. Coker - 4 Stars - 5/13/26 - Mar 26, 2011
1 pt.Evil Games - Angela Marsons - 5 Stars - 5/27/26 - May 29, 2015
1 pt.A Violent Masterpiece - Jordan Harper - 3.5 Stars - 6/5/26 - Apr 28, 2026
1 pt.The Last Thing He Told Me - Laura Dave - 4.5 Stars - 6/15/26 - May 04, 2021
-->BONUS: Published in 2026.
Reading The Seasons - SpringDuration: March 20, 2026 - June 20, 2026
Goal: 32/31+
Levels:
Super Seasonal: 5-15 points
Spring Fling: 16-30 points
Beautiful Blossoms: 31+ points
TASKS:
1. Spring Fling
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that ends with -ING.
-->BONUS:The word is SPRING or FLING.
1 point - Wandering Stars - Tommy Orange - 03/25/26
2. National Walk Around Things Day
🌸 Read a book where a character takes a walk.
3. Enjoy Daffodil Day
🌸 Read a book whose title is white or yellow (show cover).
-->BONUS: The MC's first name begins with a letter in DAFFODIL (share name).
3 points - The Lies that Summon the Night - Tessonja Odette - 03/31/26 - Inana Westwood
3 points - The David Joseph Chronicle - Terence Newnes - 04/06/26 - David Joseph
3 points - The Poppy Fields - Nikki Erlick - 04/13/26 - Ava
3 points - Falling Apart and Other Gifts from the Universe - Catherine Ryan Hyde - 04/26/26 - Addie Finch
4. Pastels
🌸 Read a book with a pastel cover (show cover).
5. April Fool's Day
🌸 Read a book where a character tells a joke or makes another laugh.
6. Easter
🌸 Read a book where Easter is celebrated OR from the Christian genre.
-->BONUS: An Easter item on the cover (show cover).
7. Cinco De Mayo
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with C or a Series #5 (share the series name).
1 point - Cloud Cuckoo Land - Anthony Doerr - 04/19/26
8. Bicycle Day
🌸 Read a book where rides a bicycle.
-->BONUS: With a bicycle on the cover (show cover).
9. Mother's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a mother.
-->BONUS: The MC is a mother.
3 points The Christmas Appeal - Janice Hallett - 03/23/26 - Sarah-Jane MacDonald
3 points - Reminders of Him - Colleen Hoover - 04/07/26 - Kenna Rowan
3 points - The Colors of All the Cattle - Alexander McCall Smith - 04/19/26 - Precious Ramotswe
10. Rapture Party Day
🌸 Read a book with a religious character OR where the world as we know it has ended (your interpretation).
1 point - Empty Zone Vol. 1: Conversations With the Dead - Jason Shawn Alexander - 04/09/26 - Dystopian future
11. Pick Strawberries
🌸 Read a book with a character who eats strawberries.
-->BONUS A strawberry on the cover (show cover).
12. Memorial Day
🌸 Read a book where a character dies in war.
13. Father's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a father.
-->BONUS: The MC is a father.
14. Hug Your Cat Day
🌸 Read a book with a cat in the story.
-->BONUS: A cat on the cover (show cover).
15. National Root Beer Day
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that has double vowels - like oo or ee.
1 point - Queen Sonja Vol. 4: Son of Set - Arvid Nelson - 04/20/26
16. Flag Day (US)
🌸 Read a book with any flag on the cover (show cover).
-->BONUS: An United States flag on the cover.
17. Spring Cleaning
🌸 Read a book where a character cleans the house.
18. SPRING
🌸 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in SPRING.
Ex. Suspense begins with S.
1 point - How My Neighbor Stole Christmas - Meghan Quinn - 04/02/26 - Romance
1 point - The Wife Upstairs - Rachel Hawkins - 04/24/26 - Retellings
1 point - The Pirate Princess - Luca Frigerio - 04/28/26 - Graphic Novels
1 point - The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession - Susan Orlean - 04/28/26 - Nature
19. SPRING
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in SPRING (all words count).
1 point - The Secret History of Christmas - Bill Bryson - 03/22/26
1 point - Never Say You've Had a Lucky Life: Especially If You've Had a Lucky Life - Joseph Epstein - 04/21/26
1 point - Rough Country - John Sandford - 04/30/26
20. Spring Books
🌸 Read a book published between March 20th and June 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2026.
Reading The Seasons - SpringDuration: March 20, 2026 - June 20, 2026
Levels:
Super Seasonal: 5-15 points
Spring Fling: 16-30 points
Beautiful Blossoms: 31+ points
TASKS:
1. Spring Fling
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that ends with -ING.
-->BONUS:The word is SPRING or FLING.
2. National Walk Around Things Day
🌸 Read a book where a character takes a walk.
3. Enjoy Daffodil Day
🌸 Read a book whose title is white or yellow (show cover).
-->BONUS: The MC's first name begins with a letter in DAFFODIL (share name).
4. Pastels
🌸 Read a book with a pastel cover (show cover).
5. April Fool's Day
🌸 Read a book where a character tells a joke or makes another laugh.
6. Easter
🌸 Read a book where Easter is celebrated OR from the Christian genre.
-->BONUS: An Easter item on the cover (show cover).
7. Cinco De Mayo
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with C or a Series #5 (share the series name).
8. Bicycle Day
🌸 Read a book where rides a bicycle.
-->BONUS: With a bicycle on the cover (show cover).
9. Mother's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a mother.
-->BONUS: The MC is a mother.
10. Rapture Party Day
🌸 Read a book with a religious character OR where the world as we know it has ended (your interpretation).
11. Pick Strawberries
🌸 Read a book with a character who eats strawberries.
-->BONUS A strawberry on the cover (show cover).
12. Memorial Day
🌸 Read a book where a character dies in war.
13. Father's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a father.
-->BONUS: The MC is a father.
14. Hug Your Cat Day
🌸 Read a book with a cat in the story.
-->BONUS: A cat on the cover (show cover).
15. National Root Beer Day
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that has double vowels - like oo or ee.
16. Flag Day (US)
🌸 Read a book with any flag on the cover (show cover).
-->BONUS: An United States flag on the cover.
17. Spring Cleaning
🌸 Read a book where a character cleans the house.
18. SPRING
🌸 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in SPRING.
Ex. Suspense begins with S.
19. SPRING
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in SPRING (all words count).
20. Spring Books
🌸 Read a book published between March 20th and June 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2026.
The Lost ChallengesReading The Seasons - Spring 2026
Duration: March 20, 2026 - June 20, 2026
Progress: 0 out of 31
Levels:
Super Seasonal: 5-15 points
Spring Fling: 16-30 points
Beautiful Blossoms: 31+ points
Object: The aim of the challenge is to score as many points as possible by the end of the quarter. A special badge is given to the winner.
Read books for the tasks listed below. Some (but not all) tasks will have opportunities to collect bonus points.
You may use the tasks as many times as you wish.
SCORING: Score 1 point for each book read that fits a task PLUS an additional 2 points for each bonus task. The book must work for the task and the bonus to receive the 2 extra points.
Please keep a record of your points total at the top of your post.
TASKS:
1. Spring Fling
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that ends with -ING.
-->BONUS:The word is SPRING or FLING.
2. National Walk Around Things Day
🌸 Read a book where a character takes a walk.
3. Enjoy Daffodil Day
🌸 Read a book whose title is white or yellow (show cover).
-->BONUS: The MC's first name begins with a letter in DAFFODIL (share name).
4. Pastels
🌸 Read a book with a pastel cover (show cover).
5. April Fool's Day
🌸 Read a book where a character tells a joke or makes another laugh.
6. Easter
🌸 Read a book where Easter is celebrated OR from the Christian genre.
-->BONUS: An Easter item on the cover (show cover).
7. Cinco De Mayo
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with C or a Series #5 (share the series name).
8. Bicycle Day
🌸 Read a book where rides a bicycle.
-->BONUS: With a bicycle on the cover (show cover).
9. Mother's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a mother.
-->BONUS: The MC is a mother.
10. Rapture Party Day
🌸 Read a book with a religious character OR where the world as we know it has ended (your interpretation).
11. Pick Strawberries
🌸 Read a book with a character who eats strawberries.
-->BONUS A strawberry on the cover (show cover).
12. Memorial Day
🌸 Read a book where a character dies in war.
13. Father's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a father.
-->BONUS: The MC is a father.
14. Hug Your Cat Day
🌸 Read a book with a cat in the story.
-->BONUS: A cat on the cover (show cover).
15. National Root Beer Day
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that has double vowels - like oo or ee.
16. Flag Day (US)
🌸 Read a book with any flag on the cover (show cover).
-->BONUS: An United States flag on the cover.
17. Spring Cleaning
🌸 Read a book where a character cleans the house.
18. SPRING
🌸 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in SPRING.
Ex. Suspense begins with S.
19. SPRING
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in SPRING (all words count).
20. Spring Books
🌸 Read a book published between March 20th and June 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2026.
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Challenge Rules
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FINISHED! Reading The Seasons - Spring
Duration: March 20, 2026 - June 20, 2026
Levels:
Beautiful Blossoms: 31+ points
Progress: 34/31+
TASKS:
1. Spring Fling
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that ends with -ING.
-->BONUS:The word is SPRING or FLING.
1 pt ⛵Yellow Singing Sail: A Memoir of an Only Child in China by Yinfan Huang - Mar. 20
1 pt 🛶Tuck Everlasting: The Graphic Novel by K. Woodman-Maynard - Apr. 1
2. National Walk Around Things Day
🌸 Read a book where a character takes a walk.
1 pt 🎩A Tricky Kind of Magic by Nigel Baines - Mar. 21
1 pt 🧜🏼♂️Mermaid Scales and the Town of Sand by Yoko Komori - Apr. 7
3. Enjoy Daffodil Day
🌸 Read a book whose title is white or yellow (show cover).
-->BONUS: The MC's first name begins with a letter in DAFFODIL (share name).
3 pts ✍🏼Inbetweens by Faith Erin Hicks - MC's name is Ash - Mar. 23
1 pt 🥸Henchgirl by Kristen Gudsnuk - Apr. 2
4. Pastels
🌸 Read a book with a pastel cover (show cover).
1 pt 👦🏼A Kid Like Me: A Graphic Novel by Norm Feuti - Mar. 22
5. April Fool's Day
🌸 Read a book where a character tells a joke or makes another laugh.
1 pt 😆The Great Gatsby: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by K. Woodman-Maynard - Apr. 11
6. Easter
🌸 Read a book where Easter is celebrated OR from the Christian genre.
-->BONUS: An Easter item on the cover (show cover).
7. Cinco De Mayo
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with C or a Series #5 (share the series name).
1 pt 🕵🏼♀️Casey's Cases: The Mysterious New Girl by Kay Healy - Mar. 26
8. Bicycle Day
🌸 Read a book where rides a bicycle.
-->BONUS: With a bicycle on the cover (show cover).
3 pts 🚵🏼♀️You & a Bike & a Roadby Eleanor Davis - Mar. 30
1 pt 🚲The Old Willis Place: A Ghost Story Graphic Novel by Scott E. Peterson - Apr. 2
1 pt🧹Jazzy the Witch in Broom Doom by Jessixa Bagley - Apr. 3
9. Mother's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a mother.
-->BONUS: The MC is a mother.
1 pt 🌱 Wildful by Kengo Kurimoto - Mar. 23
10. Rapture Party Day
🌸 Read a book with a religious character OR where the world as we know it has ended (your interpretation).
1 pt ➿Read a book where the world as we know it has ended (your interpretation). The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang by Stan Yan - Mar. 24
1 pt ✝️Read a book with a religious character. The Deep Dark by Lee Knox Ostertag - Apr. 3
11. Pick Strawberries
🌸 Read a book with a character who eats strawberries.
-->BONUS A strawberry on the cover (show cover).
12. Memorial Day
🌸 Read a book where a character dies in war.
13. Father's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a father.
-->BONUS: The MC is a father.
14. Hug Your Cat Day
🌸 Read a book with a cat in the story.
-->BONUS: A cat on the cover (show cover).
3 pts 🚀The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza by Mac Barnett - Mar. 25
3 pts 🐈⬛Serendipity by Gabbie Benda - Apr. 8
15. National Root Beer Day
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that has double vowels - like oo or ee.
1 pt 🛶Howler Reef by Mike Deas - Mar. 24
16. Flag Day (US)
🌸 Read a book with any flag on the cover (show cover).
-->BONUS: An United States flag on the cover.
1 pt ✡️Exit Wounds by Rutu Modan - Apr. 4
17. Spring Cleaning
🌸 Read a book where a character cleans the house.
18. SPRING
🌸 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in SPRING.
Ex. Suspense begins with S.
1 pt 👙Float, Volume 1 by Kate Marchant - genre is Summer - Mar. 27
1 pt ⛸️Just Between Us: A Graphic Novel by Adeline Kon - genre is Sports - Apr. 5
1 pt 🦸🏼♂️Local Man Vol. 1: Heartland by Tim Seeley - genre is Superheroes - Apr. 6
19. SPRING
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in SPRING (all words count).
1 pt 🌟Please Be My Star: A Graphic Novel by Victoria Grace Elliott - Mar. 20
20. Spring Books
🌸 Read a book published between March 20th and June 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2026
3 pts 💌To All the Boys I've Loved Before the Graphic Novel by Barbara Perez Marquez - Apr. 11
Reading The Seasons - SpringDuration: March 20, 2026 - June 20, 2026
Levels:
Super Seasonal: 5-15 points
Spring Fling: 16-30 points
Beautiful Blossoms: 31+ points
TASKS:
1. Spring Fling
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that ends with -ING.
-->BONUS:The word is SPRING or FLING.
2. National Walk Around Things Day
🌸 Read a book where a character takes a walk.
3. Enjoy Daffodil Day
🌸 Read a book whose title is white or yellow (show cover).
-->BONUS: The MC's first name begins with a letter in DAFFODIL (share name).
4. Pastels
🌸 Read a book with a pastel cover (show cover).
5. April Fool's Day
🌸 Read a book where a character tells a joke or makes another laugh.
6. Easter
🌸 Read a book where Easter is celebrated OR from the Christian genre.
-->BONUS: An Easter item on the cover (show cover).
7. Cinco De Mayo
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with C or a Series #5 (share the series name).
8. Bicycle Day
🌸 Read a book where rides a bicycle.
-->BONUS: With a bicycle on the cover (show cover).
9. Mother's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a mother.
-->BONUS: The MC is a mother.
10. Rapture Party Day
🌸 Read a book with a religious character OR where the world as we know it has ended (your interpretation).
11. Pick Strawberries
🌸 Read a book with a character who eats strawberries.
-->BONUS A strawberry on the cover (show cover).
12. Memorial Day
🌸 Read a book where a character dies in war.
13. Father's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a father.
-->BONUS: The MC is a father.
14. Hug Your Cat Day
🌸 Read a book with a cat in the story.
-->BONUS: A cat on the cover (show cover).
15. National Root Beer Day
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that has double vowels - like oo or ee.
16. Flag Day (US)
🌸 Read a book with any flag on the cover (show cover).
-->BONUS: An United States flag on the cover.
17. Spring Cleaning
🌸 Read a book where a character cleans the house.
18. SPRING
🌸 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in SPRING.
Ex. Suspense begins with S.
19. SPRING
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in SPRING (all words count).
20. Spring Books
🌸 Read a book published between March 20th and June 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2026.
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*All genres and formats are fine.
*Re-reads are allowed.
*No page minimum.
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--------COMPLETED------------Reading The Seasons - Spring
Duration: March 20, 2026 - June 20, 2026
Levels:
Spring Fling: 16-30 points
Score: 32 points
(I counted these so many times and got a different answer every time this is approximately correct lol - sorry!) Thank you Joanne for counting 32!
TASKS:
√1. Spring Fling
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that ends with -ING.
1 point - The Disappearing Dowry by Libi Astaire 3.22.26
1 point - I Feel Bad About My Neck and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron 4.23.26
√2. National Walk Around Things Day
🌸 Read a book where a character takes a walk.
1 point - The Hidden City by Charles Finch 4.16.26, the MC Charles Lennox often walks in the night around different parts of London.
√3. Enjoy Daffodil Day
🌸 Read a book whose title is white or yellow (show cover).
1 point - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt. 3.29.26
1 point - Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xóchitl González 4.7.26
1 point - The Hippopotamus Pool by Elizabeth Peters
3.22.26
√4. Pastels
🌸 Read a book with a pastel cover (show cover).
1 point - Yellowface 4.5.26
1 point - A Case of Blackmail in Belgravia
3.23.26√5. April Fool's Day
🌸 Read a book where a character tells a joke or makes another laugh.
1 point - book:The Bookshop of Secrets|219176208] by Kerry Barrett 4.20.21 Laura and Miguel are friends and frequently make each other laugh through the book.
1 point Camino Island by John Grisham 5.2.26
√6. Passover
🌸 Read a book from the Judaica genre.
1 point - Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home by Harry Kemelman - Judaica Genre AND celebrated Passover. A Seder is conducted in this story. 4.5.26
√7. Cinco De Mayo
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with C
1 point -A Case of Murder in Mayfairby Clara Benson 3.23.26
√8. Bicycle Day
🌸 Read a book where rides a bicycle.
1 point - The Saint Mary's Cipher by Anna Elliott 4.14.26. Alice, one of the Sleuths, rides a bicycle as her primary mode of transportation
-->BONUS: With a bicycle on the cover (show cover).
√9. Mother's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a mother.
1 point - The main character, Marianna is mother to Heckla in Girls Who Lie by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir 4.12.26
2 points -->BONUS: The MC is a mother. The MC IS the mother in this book.
1 point - The Snow Angel by Anki Edvinsson 3.26.26
√10. Rapture Party Day
🌸 Read a book with a religious character -
1. point - In A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters 4.1.26, Prior Robert is the head of the Benedictine Abbey in Shrewsbury, England, where a group of monks live, worship and work.
√11. Pick Strawberries
🌸 Read a book with a character who eats strawberries. co-owner of a bookstore, Molly Kimbal arranges a reading by the author of the Strawberry Girls. For the reading she makes dishes of strawberries, some plain, some with whipped cream, etc. She eats some while preparing the dishes and of course, characters eat them at the reading. A Treacherous Tale by Elizabeth Penney. 4.14.26
-->BONUS A strawberry on the cover (show cover).
√12. Memorial Day
🌸 Read a book where a character dies in war.In This Side of Murder by Anna Lee Huber 4.'23.26 Verity's husband was killed in World War I.
√13. Father's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a father. Alexei Navalny is the father of two children in his memoir Patriot: A Memoir by Alexei Navalny 4.25.26
-->BONUS: The MC is a father. Alexei Navalny is the main character and a father in Patriot: A Memoir by Alexei Navalny 4.25.26
√14. Hug Your Cat Day
🌸 Read a book with a cat in the story. Seeing a Large Cat by Elizabeth Peters 3.25.26
-->BONUS: A cat on the cover (show cover).
√15. National Root Beer Day
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that has double vowels - like oo or ee. Crooked House by Agatha Christie 4.3.16
√16. Flag Day (US)
🌸 Read a book with any flag on the cover (show cover). Murderous 4th of July by Kathleen Suzette 4.19.26.
-->BONUS: An United States flag on the cover.
√17. Spring Cleaning
🌸 Read a book where a character cleans the house. "Shura threw herself into the cleanup...she began from the kitchen and moved backward through the house like quiet but powerful tractor, scraping off successive archeologial layers." p. 201 The Big Green Tent by Lyudmila Ulitskaya4.21.26
√18. SPRING
🌸 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in SPRING. Genre is IRISH LITERATURE
by Louise Kennedy 3.21.26√19. SPRING
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in SPRING (all words count). Play With Fire by Dana Stabenow 3.20.26
√20. Spring Books
🌸 Read a book published between March 20th and June 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date. The English edition of When the Storm Passes by Manel Loureiro 4.18.26 publication date is May 1, 2026 - for some reason it was available on Amazon kindle earlier.
-->BONUS: Published in 2026. When the Storm Passes by Manel Loureiro 4.18.26 publication date 5.1.26
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Object: The aim of the challenge is to score as many points as possible by the end of the quarter. A special badge is given to the winner.
Read books for the tasks listed below. Some (but not all) tasks will have opportunities to collect bonus points.
You may use the tasks as many times as you wish.
SCORING: Score 1 point for each book read that fits a task PLUS an additional 2 points for each bonus task. The book must work for the task and the bonus to receive the 2 extra points.
Please keep a record of your points total at the top of your post.
Reading The Seasons - Spring
Duration: March 20, 2026 - June 20, 2026
Levels:
Super Seasonal: 5-15 points
Spring Fling: 16-30 points
Beautiful Blossoms: 31+ points
TASKS:
1. Spring Fling
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that ends with -ING.
-->BONUS:The word is SPRING or FLING.
2. National Walk Around Things Day
🌸 Read a book where a character takes a walk.
3. Enjoy Daffodil Day
🌸 Read a book whose title is white or yellow (show cover).
-->BONUS: The MC's first name begins with a letter in DAFFODIL (share name).
4. Pastels
🌸 Read a book with a pastel cover (show cover).
5. April Fool's Day
🌸 Read a book where a character tells a joke or makes another laugh.
6. Easter
🌸 Read a book where Easter is celebrated OR from the Christian genre.
-->BONUS: An Easter item on the cover (show cover).
7. Cinco De Mayo
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with C or a Series #5 (share the series name).
8. Bicycle Day
🌸 Read a book where rides a bicycle.
-->BONUS: With a bicycle on the cover (show cover).
9. Mother's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a mother.
-->BONUS: The MC is a mother.
10. Rapture Party Day
🌸 Read a book with a religious character OR where the world as we know it has ended (your interpretation).
11. Pick Strawberries
🌸 Read a book with a character who eats strawberries.
-->BONUS A strawberry on the cover (show cover).
12. Memorial Day
🌸 Read a book where a character dies in war.
13. Father's Day
🌸 Read a book with a character who is a father.
-->BONUS: The MC is a father.
14. Hug Your Cat Day
🌸 Read a book with a cat in the story.
-->BONUS: A cat on the cover (show cover).
15. National Root Beer Day
🌸 Read a book with a word in the title that has double vowels - like oo or ee.
16. Flag Day (US)
🌸 Read a book with any flag on the cover (show cover).
-->BONUS: An United States flag on the cover.
17. Spring Cleaning
🌸 Read a book where a character cleans the house.
18. SPRING
🌸 Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in SPRING.
Ex. Suspense begins with S.
19. SPRING
🌸 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in SPRING (all words count).
20. Spring Books
🌸 Read a book published between March 20th and June 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2026.
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Challenge Rules
*Please post a partial list of the challenge when you sign up.
*For each book that you read please post a link to the book, the author and the date you finished it.
*Each book may only be used for one task or letter.
*To count a book towards a challenge you must read the majority of it after the start date of the challenge.
* Where more than one option is given for a task, please state which option your book relates to.
*If the task relates to the cover of your book, please post the cover AND the book link.
*All genres and formats are fine.
*Re-reads are allowed.
*No page minimum.
*Please update your original post as you go.
*When you have finished, please re-post your whole challenge as a new message and MARK AS FINISHED or you will not be considered to have completed the challenge and we will not be able to award your Hall of Fame badge.
(Even if you don't hit the level you were aiming for by the deadline, please re-post your challenge anyway as you may still be eligible for a lower level badge.)
Please use the TLC STANDARD RULES when participating in this challenge.
If you are not familiar with these rules, please click on the link and read them over.