Spring 2026 Mini: April Showers Bring May Flowers

[Amanda]

🌧️🌸 April Showers Bring May Flowers
🌷 Duration: April 1st - May 31st 2026

From rainy beginnings to full bloom—this challenge follows the shift from April’s unpredictability into May’s growth. Move through each phase at your own pace and see what blossoms along the way.

Books can only be used ONCE
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🌧 April Showers

🌦 Light Rain
Read a book under 300 pages (a quick, easy start)

🌦 Sudden Downpour
Read a fast-paced book you can’t put down

🌦 Storm Front
Read a book with high stakes, tension, or major conflict

🌦 Rainy Day In
Read a comfort read or a reread

🌦 Grey Skies
Read a book with a bleak, rainy, or overcast setting or atmosphere

🌦 Puddle Jumping
Read a book outside your usual genre or try something unexpected

🌦 Thunder & Lightning
Read a book with shocking twists or sudden reveals

🌦 Rain Check
Finish a book that’s been sitting on your TBR for a while
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🌸 May Flowers

🌼 New Growth
Start a new series

🌼 Garden Path
Read a book with a character who gardens, grows something, or is closely connected to nature

🌼 In Bloom
Read a book you’ve been excited or eager to get to

🌼 Fresh Air
Read a book that feels like a “breath of fresh air”—something light, witty, or refreshing

🌼 Sunlight
Read a book with a hopeful, uplifting, or satisfying ending

🌼 Flourish
Read a book where a character grows, changes, or comes into their own

🌼 Wildflowers
Read a book that is unique, unconventional, or a little different from the norm—or has a main character who is

🌼 Full Bloom
Read a book with a specific flower in the title that isn’t just “flower” (e.g., The Lilac Girls, The Rose Code, Bluebonnet Days)
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🌦🌸 Cover Scavenger (Optional Extras)
You may use a book that was used to complete an above task ONE time

🌧 A blue or grey cover
🌧 A book with weather elements on the cover (rain, clouds, lightning, etc.)
🌧 A cover with an umbrella or raincoat
🌧 A dark or moody cover
🌧 A cover with, both, flowers AND stormy, overcast, or rainy weather
🌧 A book with a rainbow on the cover (an actual rainbow, not rainbow colors)
🌸 A floral cover (flowers, blossoms, petals)
🌸 A botanical cover (plants, trees, or vines as the dominant feature)
🌸 A cover with sunlight or glowing light
🌸 A pastel-colored cover (soft spring tones)
🌸 A cover featuring springtime animals (birds, rabbits, butterflies, etc.)
🌸 A cover that feels like “spring” to you
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Badges Collected:
Books Read:
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☔️ Completions:

Book/Author:
Date Read:
Spring Vibe Rating: 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 (1–5 petals based on how “Springy” it felt!) (optional)
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
How it fits: A quick note on how it fits or an image of the cover.
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Challenge Rules
🌷 Graphic Novels are ACCEPTED for this challenge!
🌷 Each book may only count for one main prompt. However, you may use the same book once more for a Cover Scavenger bonus prompt.
🌷 This is a mini challenge so set your own goals for how many books you will read for this challenge. Find all the items and want to go a second round- go for it! Only want to read a couple books, that's fine too.
🌷Standard Rules Apply

[Amanda]

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[Amanda]

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2. Paste in between the " " of the html image formatting which is:

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-- 200x200 is the size of the badges above. You can make them smaller or larger if you want. In my actual completion space, I used 150x150 but it's up to you!

3. Final formatting should look how its written below, but without the period before "img"

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Badges Collected:


If you would like a place to show off and collect your badges across challenges, you can create a thread either in
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[Catsalive]

🌧️🌸 April Showers Bring May Flowers
🌷 Duration: April 1st - May 31st 2026
Read: 15

🌧 April Showers

🌦 Light Rain
Read a book under 300 pages (a quick, easy start)
Book: Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor
Date: 12/4 5★
Fit: 206p
Spring vibe: 🌸🌸🌸
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

🌦 Sudden Downpour
Read a fast-paced book you can’t put down

🌦 Storm Front
Read a book with high stakes, tension, or major conflict

🌦 Rainy Day In
Read a comfort read or a reread
Book: River Marked by Patricia Briggs
Date: 2/4 3★
Fit: re-read
Spring vibe: 🌸🌸
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

🌦 Grey Skies
Read a book with a bleak, rainy, or overcast setting or atmosphere
Book: Echoes in Death by J.D. Robb
Date: 8/4 4★
Fit: cold, snow, dark
Spring vibe: 🌸🌸
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

🌦 Puddle Jumping
Read a book outside your usual genre or try something unexpected
Book: Vagabond by Tim Curry
Date: 12/4 4★
Fit: outside my usual fare
Spring vibe: 🌸🌸🌸
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

🌦 Thunder & Lightning
Read a book with shocking twists or sudden reveals

🌦 Rain Check
Finish a book that’s been sitting on your TBR for a while
Book: A Spell for Chameleon by Piers Anthony
Date: 13/4 3★
Fit: on TBR for 20 years or so
Spring vibe: 🌸🌸🌸
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

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🌸 May Flowers

🌼 New Growth
Start a new series
Book: The Dying Diplomats Club by Matthew Benns
Date: 9/4 3★
Fit: 1st in series
Spring vibe: 🌸🌸🌸
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

🌼 Garden Path
Read a book with a character who gardens, grows something, or is closely connected to nature
Book: Power Lines by Anne McCaffrey, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Date: 14/4 3.5★
Fit: MCs are closely connected to nature, partic. Sean
Spring vibe: 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

🌼 In Bloom
Read a book you’ve been excited or eager to get to
Book: The Booklover's Library by Madeline Martin
Date: 17/4 3.5★
Fit: eager to get to this one
Spring vibe: 🌸🌸
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

🌼 Fresh Air
Read a book that feels like a “breath of fresh air”—something light, witty, or refreshing
Book: An Autumn Crush by Milly Johnson
Date: 10/4 3.5★
Fit: light, witty & refreshing
Spring vibe: 🌸
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

🌼 Sunlight
Read a book with a hopeful, uplifting, or satisfying ending
Book: Powers That Be by Anne McCaffrey, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Date: 13/4 4★
Fit: uplifting, hopeful ending
Spring vibe: 🌸🌸
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

🌼 Flourish
Read a book where a character grows, changes, or comes into their own
Book: Power Play by Anne McCaffrey, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Date: 15/4 3.5★
Fit: Petaybee grows, develops & comes into its own
Spring vibe: 🌸🌸🌸🌸
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

🌼 Wildflowers
Read a book that is unique, unconventional, or a little different from the norm—or has a main character who is
Book: Murder Must Wait by Arthur W. Upfield
Date: 6/4 4★
Fit: MC Bony is all that
Spring vibe: 🌸🌸🌸
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

🌼 Full Bloom
Read a book with a specific flower in the title that isn’t just “flower” (e.g., The Lilac Girls, The Rose Code, Bluebonnet Days)
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🌦🌸 Cover Scavenger (Optional Extras)
You may use a book that was used to complete an above task ONE time

🌧 A blue or grey cover
Book: Flapper Anne by Corra Harris
Date: 5/4 2★
Fit: grey
Spring vibe: 🌸🌸🌸
Rating: ⭐⭐

🌧 A book with weather elements on the cover (rain, clouds, lightning, etc.)
Book: Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery
Date: 4/4 3★
Fit: windy
Spring vibe: 🌸🌸🌸🌸
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

🌧 A cover with an umbrella or raincoat
🌧 A dark or moody cover
🌧 A cover with, both, flowers AND stormy, overcast, or rainy weather
🌧 A book with a rainbow on the cover (an actual rainbow, not rainbow colors)
🌸 A floral cover (flowers, blossoms, petals)
🌸 A botanical cover (plants, trees, or vines as the dominant feature)
🌸 A cover with sunlight or glowing light

🌸 A pastel-colored cover (soft spring tones)
Book: One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie
Date: 19/4 5★
Fit:
Spring vibe: 🌸🌸
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

🌸 A cover featuring springtime animals (birds, rabbits, butterflies, etc.)
🌸 A cover that feels like “spring” to you
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☔️ Completions:

Book/Author:
Date Read:
Spring Vibe Rating: 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 (1–5 petals based on how “Springy” it felt!)
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
How it fits:

[Anastasia]

🌧️🌸 April Showers Bring May Flowers
🌷 Duration: April 1st - May 31st 2026

From rainy beginnings to full bloom—this challenge follows the shift from April’s unpredictability into May’s growth. Move through each phase at your own pace and see what blossoms along the way.

Books can only be used ONCE
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🌧 April Showers

✅🌦 Light Rain
Read a book under 300 pages (a quick, easy start)
Book/Author: Last Chance Lassiter by Paul Levine
Date Read: 01/04/2024
Spring Vibe Rating: 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
How it fits: 107 pages

✅🌦 Sudden Downpour
Read a fast-paced book you can’t put down
Book/Author: The Silent Girl by Tess Gerritsen
Date Read: 02/04/2026
Spring Vibe Rating: 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
How it fits: Fast paced thriller

✅🌦 Storm Front
Read a book with high stakes, tension, or major conflict
Book/Author: Pop Goes the Weasel by James Patterson
Date Read: 02/04/2026
Spring Vibe Rating: 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
How it fits: A group of diplomats play a murder game and taunt the investigators including kidnapping the dtectives fiancee

✅🌦 Rainy Day In
Read a comfort read or a reread
Book/Author: Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs
Date Read: 04/04/2026
Spring Vibe Rating: 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 (1–5 petals based on how “Springy” it felt!) (optional)
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
How it fits: favourite reread

✅🌦 Grey Skies
Read a book with a bleak, rainy, or overcast setting or atmosphere
Book/Author: Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
Date Read: 06/04/2026
Spring Vibe Rating: 🌸 🌸 (1–5 petals based on how “Springy” it felt!) (optional)
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
How it fits: Takes place in snow resort with bleak weather

✅🌦 Puddle Jumping
Read a book outside your usual genre or try something unexpected
Book/Author: A Short History of Russia: Tracing Russia's Path Through History, from Its Wars and Conquests, Royal Dynasties, Revolutions into the Modern Era Under Putin―a Concise Exploration of a Complex Nation by Mark Galeotti
Date Read: 03/04/2026
Spring Vibe Rating: 🌸 🌸
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
How it fits: Don't usually read Russian History

✅🌦 Thunder & Lightning
Read a book with shocking twists or sudden reveals
Book/Author: Deadly Advice by Roberta Isleib
Date Read: 07/04/2026
Spring Vibe Rating: 🌸 🌸
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
How it fits: Shocking twist at the end

✅🌦 Rain Check
Finish a book that’s been sitting on your TBR for a while
Book/Author: Patriot Games by Tom Clancy
Date Read: 17/04/2026
Spring Vibe Rating: 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 (1–5 petals based on how “Springy” it felt!) (optional)
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
How it fits: Have had this book for many years
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🌸 May Flowers

✅🌼 New Growth
Start a new series
Book/Author: Something Shady at Sunshine Haven by Kris Bock
Date Read: 13/04/2026
Spring Vibe Rating: 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 (1–5 petals based on how “Springy” it felt!) (optional)
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
How it fits: First book in the Accidental Detective series

✅🌼 Garden Path
Read a book with a character who gardens, grows something, or is closely connected to nature
Book/Author: The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
Date Read: 17/04/2026
Spring Vibe Rating: 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 (1–5 petals based on how “Springy” it felt!) (optional)
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
How it fits: Bogdan is gardener and groundskeeper at the Cooper's Chase Retirement home

🌼 In Bloom
Read a book you’ve been excited or eager to get to
Book/Author:
Date Read:
Spring Vibe Rating: 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 (1–5 petals based on how “Springy” it felt!) (optional)
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
How it fits:

✅🌼 Fresh Air
Read a book that feels like a “breath of fresh air”—something light, witty, or refreshing
Book/Author: Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson
Date Read: 15/04/2026
Spring Vibe Rating: 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 (1–5 petals based on how “Springy” it felt!) (optional)
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
How it fits: Love the humour in this book

✅🌼 Sunlight
Read a book with a hopeful, uplifting, or satisfying ending
Book/Author: Visions in Death by J.D. Robb
Date Read: 15/04/2026
Spring Vibe Rating: 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 (1–5 petals based on how “Springy” it felt!) (optional)
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
How it fits: A final twist to a very satisfying ending

✅🌼 Flourish
Read a book where a character grows, changes, or comes into their own
Book/Author: Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Date Read: 16/04/2026
Spring Vibe Rating: 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 (1–5 petals based on how “Springy” it felt!) (optional)
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
How it fits: Vera Wong comes into her own

✅🌼 Wildflowers
Read a book that is unique, unconventional, or a little different from the norm—or has a main character who is
Book/Author: Chasing Fire by Nora Roberts
Date Read: 11/04/2026
Spring Vibe Rating: 🌸 🌸 🌸 (1–5 petals based on how “Springy” it felt!) (optional)
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
How it fits: Rowan Tripp is a female firefighter and fire jumper and leader of her team

🌼 Full Bloom
Read a book with a specific flower in the title that isn’t just “flower” (e.g., The Lilac Girls, The Rose Code, Bluebonnet Days)
Book/Author:
Date Read:
Spring Vibe Rating: 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 (1–5 petals based on how “Springy” it felt!) (optional)
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
How it fits:
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🌦🌸 Cover Scavenger (Optional Extras)
You may use a book that was used to complete an above task ONE time

✅🌧 A blue or grey cover
Murder at Fenway Park by Troy Soos Read 18/04/2026
🌧 A book with weather elements on the cover (rain, clouds, lightning, etc.)
🌧 A cover with an umbrella or raincoat
✅🌧 A dark or moody cover
Now Gone by Kate Bold Read 16/04/2026
🌧 A cover with, both, flowers AND stormy, overcast, or rainy weather
🌧 A book with a rainbow on the cover (an actual rainbow, not rainbow colors)
🌸 A floral cover (flowers, blossoms, petals)
🌸 A botanical cover (plants, trees, or vines as the dominant feature)
🌸 A cover with sunlight or glowing light
✅🌸 A pastel-colored cover (soft spring tones)
Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI by Karen Hao Read 12/04/2026
🌸 A cover featuring springtime animals (birds, rabbits, butterflies, etc.)
✅🌸 A cover that feels like “spring” to you
Coeds and Cattails by Jana Deleon Read 03/04/2026 5 stars

[Danielle, The Challenge Enabler]

🌧 April Showers

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Books: 11/28

🌦 Light Rain
✅ Read a book under 300 pages (a quick, easy start)
Book/Author: The Deep Dark Descending/Allen Eskens
Date Read: 4/3
Overall Rating: 4⭐
How it fits: 281 pgs

🌦 Sudden Downpour
✅ Read a fast-paced book you can’t put down
Book/Author: Tell Nobody/Patricia Gibney
Date Read: 4/3
Overall Rating: 4⭐
How it fits: Read in one day - was engrossed in the story

🌦 Storm Front
✅ Read a book with high stakes, tension, or major conflict
Book/Author: The Sum of All Fears/Tom Clancy
Date Read: 4/16
Overall Rating: 4⭐
How it fits: The stakes reach an absolute peak as Jack Ryan races to prevent a global nuclear holocaust after terrorists detonate a nuclear weapon at the Super Bowl, pushing the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of World War III.

🌦 Rainy Day In
✅ Read a comfort read or a reread
Book/Author: A Faint Cold Fear/Karin Slaughter
Date Read: 4/4
Overall Rating: 4⭐
How it fits: Is a reread (my 3rd time!)

🌦Grey Skies
Read a book with a bleak, rainy, or overcast setting or atmosphere
✅Book/Author: The Good Turn/Dervla McTiernan
Date Read: 4/8
Overall Rating: 4⭐
How it fits: Book is set during a freezing Irish winter in Galway and the coastal village of Roundstone. Definitely bleak and cold.

🌦 Puddle Jumping
✅ Read a book outside your usual genre or try something unexpected
Book/Author: Red Clocks/Leni Zumas
Date Read: 4/11
Overall Rating: 3.5⭐
How it fits: MPG Sci-Fi is way outside my normal wheelhouse

🌦 Thunder & Lightning
✅ Read a book with shocking twists or sudden reveals
Book/Author: The Girl Who Played with Fire/Stieg Larsson
Date Read: 4/1
Overall Rating: 4.5⭐
How it fits: {keeping this spoiler free] The novel is built on layers of shrouded history and sudden reveals!

🌦 Rain Check
✅ Finish a book that’s been sitting on your TBR for a while
Book/Author: Blood Memory/Greg Iles
Date Read: 4/2
Overall Rating: 4⭐
How it fits: Been on my TBR since August 15, 2019
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🌸 May Flowers

🌼 New Growth
Start a new series

🌼 Garden Path
Read a book with a character who gardens, grows something, or is closely connected to nature

🌼 In Bloom
Read a book you’ve been excited or eager to get to

🌼 Fresh Air
Read a book that feels like a “breath of fresh air”—something light, witty, or refreshing

🌼 Sunlight
Read a book with a hopeful, uplifting, or satisfying ending

🌼 Flourish
Read a book where a character grows, changes, or comes into their own

🌼 Wildflowers
Read a book that is unique, unconventional, or a little different from the norm—or has a main character who is

🌼 Full Bloom
Read a book with a specific flower in the title that isn’t just “flower” (e.g., The Lilac Girls, The Rose Code, Bluebonnet Days)
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🌦🌸 Cover Scavenger (Optional Extras)
You may use a book that was used to complete an above task ONE time

🌧 A blue or grey cover
✅Book/Author: Clear and Present Danger/Tom Clancy
Date Read: 4/2
Overall Rating: 4⭐️
How it fits: I did the audio, but this is the closet cover I can find to the one I did.


🌧 A book with weather elements on the cover (rain, clouds, lightning, etc.)
✅ Book/Author: Cold Zero/Brad Thor
Date Read: 4/7
Overall Rating: 3⭐️
How it fits:


🌧 A cover with an umbrella or raincoat

✅ 🌧 A dark or moody cover
Book/Author: Spider's Web/Mike Omer
Date Read: 4/9
Overall Rating: 3⭐️
How it fits: dark cover


🌧 A cover with, both, flowers AND stormy, overcast, or rainy weather

🌧 A book with a rainbow on the cover (an actual rainbow, not rainbow colors)

🌸 A floral cover (flowers, blossoms, petals)
🌸 A botanical cover (plants, trees, or vines as the dominant feature)
🌸 A cover with sunlight or glowing light
🌸 A pastel-colored cover (soft spring tones)
🌸 A cover featuring springtime animals (birds, rabbits, butterflies, etc.)
🌸 A cover that feels like “spring” to you

[Michelle]

🌧️🌸 April Showers Bring May Flowers
🌷 Duration: April 1st - May 31st 2026


🌧 April Showers

🌦 Light Rain
Read a book under 300 pages (a quick, easy start) - 298 Pages - Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy - 4/1/26


🌦 Sudden Downpour
Read a fast-paced book you can’t put down

🌦 Storm Front
Read a book with high stakes, tension, or major conflict - Conflict between the green lizard men and the human/sasquatch troop - Sasquatch 37: The Alliance by Jeffrey B. Miley - 4/3/26


🌦 Rainy Day In
Read a comfort read or a reread

🌦 Grey Skies
Read a book with a bleak, rainy, or overcast setting or atmosphere - I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 by Lauren Tarshis - 4/10/26


🌦 Puddle Jumping
Read a book outside your usual genre or try something unexpected

🌦 Thunder & Lightning
Read a book with shocking twists or sudden reveals - Darby's father is killed - Dead Calm by Annie Anderson - 4/5/26


🌦 Rain Check
Finish a book that’s been sitting on your TBR for a while - It had been sitting on my TBR since 2013 - The Kindness of Strangers - Katrina Kittle - 4/14/26

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🌸 May Flowers

🌼 New Growth
Start a new series - Night Rebel #1 - Shades of Wicked by Jeaniene Frost - 4/9/26


🌼 Garden Path
Read a book with a character who gardens, grows something, or is closely connected to nature

🌼 In Bloom
Read a book you’ve been excited or eager to get to - Blood on the Snow by Luke Geldmacher - 4/6/26


🌼 Fresh Air
Read a book that feels like a “breath of fresh air”—something light, witty, or refreshing

🌼 Sunlight
Read a book with a hopeful, uplifting, or satisfying ending

🌼 Flourish
Read a book where a character grows, changes, or comes into their own

🌼 Wildflowers
Read a book that is unique, unconventional, or a little different from the norm—or has a main character who is

🌼 Full Bloom
Read a book with a specific flower in the title that isn’t just “flower” (e.g., The Lilac Girls, The Rose Code, Bluebonnet Days)
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🌦🌸 Cover Scavenger (Optional Extras)
You may use a book that was used to complete an above task ONE time

🌧 A blue or grey cover - I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 by Lauren Tarshis - 4/10/26

🌧 A book with weather elements on the cover (rain, clouds, lightning, etc.) - Stormy Sea - Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy - 4/1/26


🌧 A cover with an umbrella or raincoat
🌧 A dark or moody cover - Dead Calm by Annie Anderson - 4/5/26

🌧 A cover with, both, flowers AND stormy, overcast, or rainy weather
🌧 A book with a rainbow on the cover (an actual rainbow, not rainbow colors)
🌸 A floral cover (flowers, blossoms, petals)
🌸 A botanical cover (plants, trees, or vines as the dominant feature) - :A leaf as the dominant feature - The Kindness of Strangers - Katrina Kittle - 4/14/26

🌸 A cover with sunlight or glowing light
🌸 A pastel-colored cover (soft spring tones)
🌸 A cover featuring springtime animals (birds, rabbits, butterflies, etc.)
🌸 A cover that feels like “spring” to you
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[C]

Completed: 7/16

🌧 April Showers

🌦 Light Rain
Read a book under 300 pages (a quick, easy start)
Death in the Memorial Garden
🌦 Sudden Downpour
Read a fast-paced book you can’t put down
Deep Fire Rise
🌦 Storm Front
Read a book with high stakes, tension, or major conflict

🌦 Rainy Day In
Read a comfort read or a reread

🌦 Grey Skies
Read a book with a bleak, rainy, or overcast setting or atmosphere
The Fourth Wife
🌦 Puddle Jumping
Read a book outside your usual genre or try something unexpected
Mister Monday
🌦 Thunder & Lightning
Read a book with shocking twists or sudden reveals
Murder in the Family
🌦 Rain Check
Finish a book that’s been sitting on your TBR for a while
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🌸 May Flowers

🌼 New Growth
Start a new series
Puzzle Me a Murder
🌼 Garden Path
Read a book with a character who gardens, grows something, or is closely connected to nature

🌼 In Bloom
Read a book you’ve been excited or eager to get to

🌼 Fresh Air
Read a book that feels like a “breath of fresh air”—something light, witty, or refreshing

🌼 Sunlight
Read a book with a hopeful, uplifting, or satisfying ending

🌼 Flourish
Read a book where a character grows, changes, or comes into their own

🌼 Wildflowers
Read a book that is unique, unconventional, or a little different from the norm—or has a main character who is
Nine Stories
🌼 Full Bloom
Read a book with a specific flower in the title that isn’t just “flower” (e.g., The Lilac Girls, The Rose Code, Bluebonnet Days)
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🌦🌸 Cover Scavenger: 4/12
You may use a book that was used to complete an above task ONE time

🌧 A blue or grey cover
🌧 A book with weather elements on the cover (rain, clouds, lightning, etc.)

🌧 A cover with an umbrella or raincoat
🌧 A dark or moody cover

🌧 A cover with, both, flowers AND stormy, overcast, or rainy weather
🌧 A book with a rainbow on the cover (an actual rainbow, not rainbow colors)
🌸 A floral cover (flowers, blossoms, petals)
🌸 A botanical cover (plants, trees, or vines as the dominant feature)
🌸 A cover with sunlight or glowing light

🌸 A pastel-colored cover (soft spring tones)

🌸 A cover featuring springtime animals (birds, rabbits, butterflies, etc.)

🌸 A cover that feels like “spring” to you

[Jessica]

🌧️🌸 April Showers Bring May Flowers
🌷 Duration: April 1st - May 31st 2026

From rainy beginnings to full bloom—this challenge follows the shift from April’s unpredictability into May’s growth. Move through each phase at your own pace and see what blossoms along the way.

Books can only be used ONCE
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🌧 April Showers

🌦 Light Rain
Read a book under 300 pages (a quick, easy start)

🌦 Sudden Downpour
Read a fast-paced book you can’t put down

🌦 Storm Front
Read a book with high stakes, tension, or major conflict

🌦 Rainy Day In
Read a comfort read or a reread

🌦 Grey Skies
Read a book with a bleak, rainy, or overcast setting or atmosphere

🌦 Puddle Jumping
Read a book outside your usual genre or try something unexpected

🌦 Thunder & Lightning
Read a book with shocking twists or sudden reveals

🌦 Rain Check
Finish a book that’s been sitting on your TBR for a while
---

🌸 May Flowers

🌼 New Growth
Start a new series

🌼 Garden Path
Read a book with a character who gardens, grows something, or is closely connected to nature

🌼 In Bloom
Read a book you’ve been excited or eager to get to

🌼 Fresh Air
Read a book that feels like a “breath of fresh air”—something light, witty, or refreshing

🌼 Sunlight
Read a book with a hopeful, uplifting, or satisfying ending

🌼 Flourish
Read a book where a character grows, changes, or comes into their own

🌼 Wildflowers
Read a book that is unique, unconventional, or a little different from the norm—or has a main character who is

🌼 Full Bloom
Read a book with a specific flower in the title that isn’t just “flower” (e.g., The Lilac Girls, The Rose Code, Bluebonnet Days)
---

🌦🌸 Cover Scavenger (Optional Extras)
You may use a book that was used to complete an above task ONE time

🌧 A blue or grey cover
🌧 A book with weather elements on the cover (rain, clouds, lightning, etc.)
🌧 A cover with an umbrella or raincoat
🌧 A dark or moody cover
🌧 A cover with, both, flowers AND stormy, overcast, or rainy weather
🌧 A book with a rainbow on the cover (an actual rainbow, not rainbow colors)
🌸 A floral cover (flowers, blossoms, petals)
🌸 A botanical cover (plants, trees, or vines as the dominant feature)
🌸 A cover with sunlight or glowing light
🌸 A pastel-colored cover (soft spring tones)
🌸 A cover featuring springtime animals (birds, rabbits, butterflies, etc.)
🌸 A cover that feels like “spring” to you

[Dede]

🌧️🌸 April Showers Bring May Flowers
🌷 Duration: April 1st - May 31st 2026


🌧 April Showers

🌦 Light Rain
Read a book under 300 pages (a quick, easy start)
Captain Dreamboat by Tawna Fenske 4/1

🌦 Sudden Downpour
Read a fast-paced book you can’t put down
This Girl's a Killer by Emma C. Wells 4/2

🌦 Storm Front
Read a book with high stakes, tension, or major conflict
Meet Me Under the Lights by Cassie Miller 4/5

🌦 Rainy Day In
Read a comfort read or a reread

🌦 Grey Skies
Read a book with a bleak, rainy, or overcast setting or atmosphere

🌦 Puddle Jumping
Read a book outside your usual genre or try something unexpected
Burn the Kingdom Down by Addie Thorley 4/2

🌦 Thunder & Lightning
Read a book with shocking twists or sudden reveals
Family Lies by Karen Rose 4/6

🌦 Rain Check
Finish a book that’s been sitting on your TBR for a while
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The Deceivers by Kristen Simmons 4/4

🌸 May Flowers

🌼 New Growth
Start a new series
Wild Pitch by Mari Loyal 438

🌼 Garden Path
Read a book with a character who gardens, grows something, or is closely connected to nature
Somewhere Soft to Land by kai alonté 4/6

🌼 In Bloom
Read a book you’ve been excited or eager to get to
Blue Devil Woman: the BRAND-NEW must-read emotional second-chance, brother’s best friend, childhood-friends-to-lovers cowboy romance with a hint of spice, perfect for spring 2026 by Sloane Fletcher 4/1

🌼 Fresh Air
Read a book that feels like a “breath of fresh air”—something light, witty, or refreshing

🌼 Sunlight
Read a book with a hopeful, uplifting, or satisfying ending
Doctor Morgan: Book One by Aeon Gray 4/12

🌼 Flourish
Read a book where a character grows, changes, or comes into their own

🌼 Wildflowers
Read a book that is unique, unconventional, or a little different from the norm—or has a main character who is
The Lost by Sarah Beth Durst 4/4

🌼 Full Bloom
Read a book with a specific flower in the title that isn’t just “flower” (e.g., The Lilac Girls, The Rose Code, Bluebonnet Days)
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🌦🌸 Cover Scavenger (Optional Extras)
You may use a book that was used to complete an above task ONE time

🌧 A blue or grey cover
Force Play by Lo Everett 4/13

🌧 A book with weather elements on the cover (rain, clouds, lightning, etc.)
Roses for the Dead by Jenny O'Brien 4/14

🌧 A cover with an umbrella or raincoat
🌧 A dark or moody cover
The Brightest Star in Paris by Diana Biller 4/10

🌧 A cover with, both, flowers AND stormy, overcast, or rainy weather
🌧 A book with a rainbow on the cover (an actual rainbow, not rainbow colors)
🌸 A floral cover (flowers, blossoms, petals)
Needle Lake by Justine Champine 4/12

🌸 A botanical cover (plants, trees, or vines as the dominant feature)
The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst 4/14

🌸 A cover with sunlight or glowing light
🌸 A pastel-colored cover (soft spring tones)
Sugar and Iced by Jenn McKinlay 4/10

🌸 A cover featuring springtime animals (birds, rabbits, butterflies, etc.)
🌸 A cover that feels like “spring” to you
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The Good Mothers by Caitlin Weaver 4/11

[Geri]

🌧️🌸 April Showers Bring May Flowers
🌷 Duration: April 1st - May 31st 2026


🌧 April Showers

🌦 Light Rain
Read a book under 300 pages (a quick, easy start)

🌦 Sudden Downpour
Read a fast-paced book you can’t put down

🌦 Storm Front
Read a book with high stakes, tension, or major conflict

🌦 Rainy Day In
Read a comfort read or a reread

🌦 Grey Skies
Read a book with a bleak, rainy, or overcast setting or atmosphere

🌦 Puddle Jumping
Read a book outside your usual genre or try something unexpected

🌦 Thunder & Lightning
Read a book with shocking twists or sudden reveals

🌦 Rain Check
Finish a book that’s been sitting on your TBR for a while
---

🌸 May Flowers

🌼 New Growth
Start a new series

🌼 Garden Path
Read a book with a character who gardens, grows something, or is closely connected to nature

🌼 In Bloom
Read a book you’ve been excited or eager to get to

🌼 Fresh Air
Read a book that feels like a “breath of fresh air”—something light, witty, or refreshing

🌼 Sunlight
Read a book with a hopeful, uplifting, or satisfying ending

🌼 Flourish
Read a book where a character grows, changes, or comes into their own

🌼 Wildflowers
Read a book that is unique, unconventional, or a little different from the norm—or has a main character who is

🌼 Full Bloom
Read a book with a specific flower in the title that isn’t just “flower” (e.g., The Lilac Girls, The Rose Code, Bluebonnet Days)
---

🌦🌸 Cover Scavenger (Optional Extras)
You may use a book that was used to complete an above task ONE time

🌧 A blue or grey cover
🌧 A book with weather elements on the cover (rain, clouds, lightning, etc.)
🌧 A cover with an umbrella or raincoat
🌧 A dark or moody cover
🌧 A cover with, both, flowers AND stormy, overcast, or rainy weather
🌧 A book with a rainbow on the cover (an actual rainbow, not rainbow colors)
🌸 A floral cover (flowers, blossoms, petals)
🌸 A botanical cover (plants, trees, or vines as the dominant feature)
🌸 A cover with sunlight or glowing light
🌸 A pastel-colored cover (soft spring tones)
🌸 A cover featuring springtime animals (birds, rabbits, butterflies, etc.)
🌸 A cover that feels like “spring” to you
---

☔️ Completions:

Book/Author:
Date Read:
Spring Vibe Rating: 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 (1–5 petals based on how “Springy” it felt!)
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
How it fits:

[Join the Penguin Resistance!]

April 1 - May 31:
Proposed: 16-20

🌧️🌸 April Showers Bring May Flowers
🌷 Duration: April 1st - May 31st 2026

From rainy beginnings to full bloom—this challenge follows the shift from April’s unpredictability into May’s growth. Move through each phase at your own pace and see what blossoms along the way.

Books can only be used ONCE
---

🌧 April Showers

🌦 Light Rain
Read a book under 300 pages (a quick, easy start)

🌦 Sudden Downpour
Read a fast-paced book you can’t put down

🌦 Storm Front
Read a book with high stakes, tension, or major conflict

🌦 Rainy Day In
Read a comfort read or a reread

🌦 Grey Skies
Read a book with a bleak, rainy, or overcast setting or atmosphere

🌦 Puddle Jumping
Read a book outside your usual genre or try something unexpected

🌦 Thunder & Lightning
Read a book with shocking twists or sudden reveals

🌦 Rain Check
Finish a book that’s been sitting on your TBR for a while
---

🌸 May Flowers

🌼 New Growth
Start a new series

🌼 Garden Path
Read a book with a character who gardens, grows something, or is closely connected to nature

🌼 In Bloom
Read a book you’ve been excited or eager to get to

🌼 Fresh Air
Read a book that feels like a “breath of fresh air”—something light, witty, or refreshing

🌼 Sunlight
Read a book with a hopeful, uplifting, or satisfying ending

🌼 Flourish
Read a book where a character grows, changes, or comes into their own

🌼 Wildflowers
Read a book that is unique, unconventional, or a little different from the norm—or has a main character who is

🌼 Full Bloom
Read a book with a specific flower in the title that isn’t just “flower” (e.g., The Lilac Girls, The Rose Code, Bluebonnet Days)
---

🌦🌸 Cover Scavenger (Optional Extras)
You may use a book that was used to complete an above task ONE time

🌧 A blue or grey cover
🌧 A book with
weather elements on the cover (rain, clouds, lightning, etc.)
🌧 A cover with an umbrella or raincoat
🌧 A dark or moody cover
🌧 A cover with, both, flowers AND stormy, overcast, or rainy weather
🌧 A book with a rainbow on the cover (an actual rainbow, not rainbow colors)
🌸 A floral cover (flowers, blossoms, petals)
🌸 A botanical cover (plants, trees, or vines as the dominant feature)
🌸 A cover with sunlight or glowing light
🌸 A pastel-colored cover (soft spring tones)
🌸 A cover featuring springtime animals (birds, rabbits, butterflies, etc.)
🌸 A cover that feels like “spring” to you
---

☔️ Completions:

Book/Author:
Date Read:
Spring Vibe Rating: 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 (1–5 petals based on how “Springy” it felt!)
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
How it fits:

[Susan]

🌧️🌸 April Showers Bring May Flowers
🌷 Duration: April 1st - May 31st 2026

🌧 April Showers

🌦 Light Rain
Read a book under 300 pages (a quick, easy start)
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar - Finished 4/4/26 ⭐⭐⭐

🌦 Sudden Downpour
Read a fast-paced book you can’t put down
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch - Finished 4/6/26 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

🌦 Storm Front
Read a book with high stakes, tension, or major conflict
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas - Finished 4/2/26 ⭐⭐⭐

🌦 Rainy Day In
Read a comfort read or a reread
Apple Turnover Murder by Joanne Fluke - Finished 4/5/26 ⭐⭐⭐

🌦 Grey Skies
Read a book with a bleak, rainy, or overcast setting or atmosphere
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin - Finished 4/17/26 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

🌦 Puddle Jumping
Read a book outside your usual genre or try something unexpected
The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland - Finished 4/3/26 ⭐⭐⭐

🌦 Thunder & Lightning
Read a book with shocking twists or sudden reveals

🌦 Rain Check
Finish a book that’s been sitting on your TBR for a while
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris - Finished 4/15/26 ⭐⭐⭐
---

🌸 May Flowers

🌼 New Growth
Start a new series

🌼 Garden Path
Read a book with a character who gardens, grows something, or is closely connected to nature

🌼 In Bloom
Read a book you’ve been excited or eager to get to

🌼 Fresh Air
Read a book that feels like a “breath of fresh air”—something light, witty, or refreshing

🌼 Sunlight
Read a book with a hopeful, uplifting, or satisfying ending

🌼 Flourish
Read a book where a character grows, changes, or comes into their own

🌼 Wildflowers
Read a book that is unique, unconventional, or a little different from the norm—or has a main character who is

🌼 Full Bloom
Read a book with a specific flower in the title that isn’t just “flower” (e.g., The Lilac Girls, The Rose Code, Bluebonnet Days)
---

🌦🌸 Cover Scavenger (Optional Extras)
You may use a book that was used to complete an above task ONE time

🌧 A blue or grey cover
🌧 A book with weather elements on the cover (rain, clouds, lightning, etc.)
🌧 A cover with an umbrella or raincoat
🌧 A dark or moody cover
🌧 A cover with, both, flowers AND stormy, overcast, or rainy weather
🌧 A book with a rainbow on the cover (an actual rainbow, not rainbow colors)
🌸 A floral cover (flowers, blossoms, petals)
🌸 A botanical cover (plants, trees, or vines as the dominant feature)
🌸 A cover with sunlight or glowing light
- Finished 4/13/26 ⭐
🌸 A pastel-colored cover (soft spring tones)
🌸 A cover featuring springtime animals (birds, rabbits, butterflies, etc.)
🌸 A cover that feels like “spring” to you
---

☔️ Completions:

Book/Author:
Date Read:
Spring Vibe Rating: 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 (1–5 petals based on how “Springy” it felt!)
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
How it fits: A quick note on how it fits or an image of the cover.

[Vanessa]

🌧️🌸 April Showers Bring May Flowers
🌷 Duration: April 1st - May 31st 2026

🌧 April Showers

🌦 Light Rain
Read a book under 300 pages (a quick, easy start)

🌦 Sudden Downpour
Read a fast-paced book you can’t put down

🌦 Storm Front
Read a book with high stakes, tension, or major conflict

🌦 Rainy Day In
Read a comfort read or a reread

🌦 Grey Skies
Read a book with a bleak, rainy, or overcast setting or atmosphere

🌦 Puddle Jumping
Read a book outside your usual genre or try something unexpected

🌦 Thunder & Lightning
Read a book with shocking twists or sudden reveals

🌦 Rain Check
Finish a book that’s been sitting on your TBR for a while

🌸 May Flowers

🌼 New Growth
Start a new series

🌼 Garden Path
Read a book with a character who gardens, grows something, or is closely connected to nature

🌼 In Bloom
Read a book you’ve been excited or eager to get to

🌼 Fresh Air
Read a book that feels like a “breath of fresh air”—something light, witty, or refreshing

🌼 Sunlight
Read a book with a hopeful, uplifting, or satisfying ending

🌼 Flourish
Read a book where a character grows, changes, or comes into their own

🌼 Wildflowers
Read a book that is unique, unconventional, or a little different from the norm—or has a main character who is

🌼 Full Bloom
Read a book with a specific flower in the title that isn’t just “flower” (e.g., The Lilac Girls, The Rose Code, Bluebonnet Days)

🌦🌸 Cover Scavenger (Optional Extras)
You may use a book that was used to complete an above task ONE time

🌧 A blue or grey cover
🌧 A book with weather elements on the cover (rain, clouds, lightning, etc.)
🌧 A cover with an umbrella or raincoat
🌧 A dark or moody cover
🌧 A cover with, both, flowers AND stormy, overcast, or rainy weather
🌧 A book with a rainbow on the cover (an actual rainbow, not rainbow colors)
🌸 A floral cover (flowers, blossoms, petals)
🌸 A botanical cover (plants, trees, or vines as the dominant feature)
🌸 A cover with sunlight or glowing light
🌸 A pastel-colored cover (soft spring tones)
🌸 A cover featuring springtime animals (birds, rabbits, butterflies, etc.)
🌸 A cover that feels like “spring” to you

[Caraina]

🌧️🌸 April Showers Bring May Flowers
🌷 Duration: April 1, 2026 - May 31, 2026

Challenge Rules
🌷 Graphic Novels are ACCEPTED for this challenge!
🌷 Each book may only count for one main prompt. However, you may use the same book once more for a Cover Scavenger bonus prompt.
🌷 This is a mini challenge so set your own goals for how many books you will read for this challenge. Find all the items and want to go a second round- go for it! Only want to read a couple books, that's fine too.
🌷Standard Rules Apply

Books can only be used ONCE
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🌧 April Showers

🌦 Light Rain
Read a book under 300 pages (a quick, easy start)

🌦 Sudden Downpour
Read a fast-paced book you can’t put down

🌦 Storm Front
Read a book with high stakes, tension, or major conflict

🌦 Rainy Day In
Read a comfort read or a reread

🌦 Grey Skies
Read a book with a bleak, rainy, or overcast setting or atmosphere

🌦 Puddle Jumping
Read a book outside your usual genre or try something unexpected

🌦 Thunder & Lightning
Read a book with shocking twists or sudden reveals

🌦 Rain Check
Finish a book that’s been sitting on your TBR for a while
---

🌸 May Flowers

🌼 New Growth
Start a new series

🌼 Garden Path
Read a book with a character who gardens, grows something, or is closely connected to nature

🌼 In Bloom
Read a book you’ve been excited or eager to get to

🌼 Fresh Air
Read a book that feels like a “breath of fresh air”—something light, witty, or refreshing

🌼 Sunlight
Read a book with a hopeful, uplifting, or satisfying ending

🌼 Flourish
Read a book where a character grows, changes, or comes into their own

🌼 Wildflowers
Read a book that is unique, unconventional, or a little different from the norm—or has a main character who is

🌼 Full Bloom
Read a book with a specific flower in the title that isn’t just “flower” (e.g., The Lilac Girls, The Rose Code, Bluebonnet Days)
---

🌦🌸 Cover Scavenger (Optional Extras)
You may use a book that was used to complete an above task ONE time

🌧 A blue or grey cover
🌧 A book with weather elements on the cover (rain, clouds, lightning, etc.)
🌧 A cover with an umbrella or raincoat
🌧 A dark or moody cover
🌧 A cover with, both, flowers AND stormy, overcast, or rainy weather
🌧 A book with a rainbow on the cover (an actual rainbow, not rainbow colors)
🌸 A floral cover (flowers, blossoms, petals)
🌸 A botanical cover (plants, trees, or vines as the dominant feature)
🌸 A cover with sunlight or glowing light
🌸 A pastel-colored cover (soft spring tones)
🌸 A cover featuring springtime animals (birds, rabbits, butterflies, etc.)
🌸 A cover that feels like “spring” to you
---

☔️ Completions:

Book/Author:
Date Read:
Spring Vibe Rating: 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 (1–5 petals based on how “Springy” it felt!)
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
How it fits: A quick note on how it fits or an image of the cover.
---

[Sarah]

🌧 April Showers

🌦 Light Rain
Read a book under 300 pages (a quick, easy start)
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf✅4/3/26 (194 pages)

🌦 Sudden Downpour
Read a fast-paced book you can’t put down

🌦 Storm Front
Read a book with high stakes, tension, or major conflict
The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike✅5/9/26 (Lot's of conflict in this book.)

🌦 Rainy Day In
Read a comfort read or a reread

🌦 Grey Skies
Read a book with a bleak, rainy, or overcast setting or atmosphere

🌦 Puddle Jumping
Read a book outside your usual genre or try something unexpected

🌦 Thunder & Lightning
Read a book with shocking twists or sudden reveals

🌦 Rain Check
Finish a book that’s been sitting on your TBR for a while
---

🌸 May Flowers

🌼 New Growth
Start a new series

🌼 Garden Path
Read a book with a character who gardens, grows something, or is closely connected to nature

🌼 In Bloom
Read a book you’ve been excited or eager to get to

🌼 Fresh Air
Read a book that feels like a “breath of fresh air”—something light, witty, or refreshing

🌼 Sunlight
Read a book with a hopeful, uplifting, or satisfying ending

🌼 Flourish
Read a book where a character grows, changes, or comes into their own

🌼 Wildflowers
Read a book that is unique, unconventional, or a little different from the norm—or has a main character who is

🌼 Full Bloom
Read a book with a specific flower in the title that isn’t just “flower” (e.g., The Lilac Girls, The Rose Code, Bluebonnet Days)
---

🌦🌸 Cover Scavenger (Optional Extras)
You may use a book that was used to complete an above task ONE time

🌧 A blue or grey cover
by Virginia Woolf✅4/9/26
🌧 A book with weather elements on the cover (rain, clouds, lightning, etc.)
🌧 A cover with an umbrella or raincoat
🌧 A dark or moody cover
🌧 A cover with, both, flowers AND stormy, overcast, or rainy weather
🌧 A book with a rainbow on the cover (an actual rainbow, not rainbow colors)
🌸 A floral cover (flowers, blossoms, petals)
🌸 A botanical cover (plants, trees, or vines as the dominant feature)
🌸 A cover with sunlight or glowing light
🌸 A pastel-colored cover (soft spring tones)
🌸 A cover featuring springtime animals (birds, rabbits, butterflies, etc.)
🌸 A cover that feels like “spring” to you

[Amanda]

🌧️🌸 April Showers Bring May Flowers
🌷 Duration: April 1st - May 31st 2026
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🌧 April Showers

🌦 Light Rain
Read a book under 300 pages (a quick, easy start)

🌦Sudden Downpour
✅ Read a fast-paced book you can’t put down
Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite | 4/1/26 | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ | 🌸🌸🌸🌸| couldn't put it down & stayed up all night reading it

🌦 Storm Front
Read a book with high stakes, tension, or major conflict

🌦 Rainy Day In
✅ Read a comfort read or a reread
The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon | Outlander is my comfort series | 4/14/26 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸

🌦 Grey Skies
✅ Read a book with a bleak, rainy, or overcast setting or atmosphere
The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden | 4/4/26 | ⭐️⭐️⭐️ | 🌸 | bleak atmosphere of The Great War

🌦 Puddle Jumping
Read a book outside your usual genre or try something unexpected

🌦 Thunder & Lightning
Read a book with shocking twists or sudden reveals

🌦 Rain Check
Finish a book that’s been sitting on your TBR for a while
---

🌸 May Flowers

🌼 New Growth
Start a new series

🌼 Garden Path
Read a book with a character who gardens, grows something, or is closely connected to nature

🌼 In Bloom
Read a book you’ve been excited or eager to get to

🌼 Fresh Air
Read a book that feels like a “breath of fresh air”—something light, witty, or refreshing

🌼 Sunlight
Read a book with a hopeful, uplifting, or satisfying ending

🌼 Flourish
Read a book where a character grows, changes, or comes into their own

🌼 Wildflowers
Read a book that is unique, unconventional, or a little different from the norm—or has a main character who is

🌼 Full Bloom
Read a book with a specific flower in the title that isn’t just “flower” (e.g., The Lilac Girls, The Rose Code, Bluebonnet Days)
---

🌦🌸 Cover Scavenger (Optional Extras)
You may use a book that was used to complete an above task ONE time

🌧A blue or grey cover ✅
-- 4/1/26
🌧 A book with weather elements on the cover (rain, clouds, lightning, etc.)
🌧 A cover with an umbrella or raincoat
🌧 A dark or moody cover ✅
-- 4/14/26
🌧 A cover with, both, flowers AND stormy, overcast, or rainy weather
🌧 A book with a rainbow on the cover (an actual rainbow, not rainbow colors)
🌸 A floral cover (flowers, blossoms, petals) ✅
-- 4/4/26
🌸 A botanical cover (plants, trees, or vines as the dominant feature)
🌸 A cover with sunlight or glowing light
🌸 A pastel-colored cover (soft spring tones)
🌸 A cover featuring springtime animals (birds, rabbits, butterflies, etc.)
🌸 A cover that feels like “spring” to you
---

☔️ Completions:

Book/Author:
Date Read:
Spring Vibe Rating: 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 (1–5 petals based on how “Springy” it felt!)
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
How it fits

Books Read: 3


Badges Collected:

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

🌧 April Showers

🌦 Light Rain
Read a book under 300 pages (a quick, easy start)

🌦 Sudden Downpour
Read a fast-paced book you can’t put down

🌦 Storm Front
Read a book with high stakes, tension, or major conflict

🌦 Rainy Day In
Read a comfort read or a reread

🌦 Grey Skies
Read a book with a bleak, rainy, or overcast setting or atmosphere

🌦 Puddle Jumping
Read a book outside your usual genre or try something unexpected

🌦 Thunder & Lightning
Read a book with shocking twists or sudden reveals

🌦 Rain Check
Finish a book that’s been sitting on your TBR for a while
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🌸 May Flowers

🌼 New Growth
Start a new series

🌼 Garden Path
Read a book with a character who gardens, grows something, or is closely connected to nature

🌼 In Bloom
Read a book you’ve been excited or eager to get to

🌼 Fresh Air
Read a book that feels like a “breath of fresh air”—something light, witty, or refreshing

🌼 Sunlight
Read a book with a hopeful, uplifting, or satisfying ending

🌼 Flourish
Read a book where a character grows, changes, or comes into their own

🌼 Wildflowers
Read a book that is unique, unconventional, or a little different from the norm—or has a main character who is

🌼 Full Bloom
Read a book with a specific flower in the title that isn’t just “flower” (e.g., The Lilac Girls, The Rose Code, Bluebonnet Days)
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🌦🌸 Cover Scavenger (Optional Extras)
You may use a book that was used to complete an above task ONE time

🌧 A blue or grey cover
🌧 A book with weather elements on the cover (rain, clouds, lightning, etc.)
🌧 A cover with an umbrella or raincoat
🌧 A dark or moody cover
🌧 A cover with, both, flowers AND stormy, overcast, or rainy weather
🌧 A book with a rainbow on the cover (an actual rainbow, not rainbow colors)
🌸 A floral cover (flowers, blossoms, petals)
🌸 A botanical cover (plants, trees, or vines as the dominant feature)
🌸 A cover with sunlight or glowing light
🌸 A pastel-colored cover (soft spring tones)
🌸 A cover featuring springtime animals (birds, rabbits, butterflies, etc.)
🌸 A cover that feels like “spring” to you

[Amanda]

**If any one needs help with collecting badges, I posted instructions in msg #3.**

[Kassandra]

🌧 April Showers

🌦 Light Rain
Read a book under 300 pages (a quick, easy start)

🌦 Sudden Downpour
Read a fast-paced book you can’t put down

🌦 Storm Front
Read a book with high stakes, tension, or major conflict

🌦 Rainy Day In
Read a comfort read or a reread

🌦 Grey Skies
Read a book with a bleak, rainy, or overcast setting or atmosphere

🌦 Puddle Jumping
Read a book outside your usual genre or try something unexpected

🌦 Thunder & Lightning
Read a book with shocking twists or sudden reveals

🌦 Rain Check
Finish a book that’s been sitting on your TBR for a while
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🌸 May Flowers

🌼 New Growth
Start a new series

🌼 Garden Path
Read a book with a character who gardens, grows something, or is closely connected to nature

🌼 In Bloom
Read a book you’ve been excited or eager to get to

🌼 Fresh Air
Read a book that feels like a “breath of fresh air”—something light, witty, or refreshing

🌼 Sunlight
Read a book with a hopeful, uplifting, or satisfying ending

🌼 Flourish
Read a book where a character grows, changes, or comes into their own

🌼 Wildflowers
Read a book that is unique, unconventional, or a little different from the norm—or has a main character who is

🌼 Full Bloom
Read a book with a specific flower in the title that isn’t just “flower” (e.g., The Lilac Girls, The Rose Code, Bluebonnet Days)
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🌦🌸 Cover Scavenger (Optional Extras)
You may use a book that was used to complete an above task ONE time

🌧 A blue or grey cover
🌧 A book with weather elements on the cover (rain, clouds, lightning, etc.)
🌧 A cover with an umbrella or raincoat
🌧 A dark or moody cover
🌧 A cover with, both, flowers AND stormy, overcast, or rainy weather
🌧 A book with a rainbow on the cover (an actual rainbow, not rainbow colors)
🌸 A floral cover (flowers, blossoms, petals)
🌸 A botanical cover (plants, trees, or vines as the dominant feature)
🌸 A cover with sunlight or glowing light
🌸 A pastel-colored cover (soft spring tones)
Book/Author: Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore by Emily Krempholtz
Date Read: 4/11
Spring Vibe Rating: 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
How it Fits: Pastel cover colors

🌸 A cover featuring springtime animals (birds, rabbits, butterflies, etc.)
🌸 A cover that feels like “spring” to you

Badges Collected:
Books Read:

☔️ Completions:

Book/Author:
Date Read:
Spring Vibe Rating: 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 (1–5 petals based on how “Springy” it felt!)
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
How it fits:

[angelinabvby ۶۟ৎ]

🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸

🌧 April Showers

🌦 Light Rain
Read a book under 300 pages (a quick, easy start)


🌦 Sudden Downpour
Read a fast-paced book you can’t put down


🌦 Storm Front
Read a book with high stakes, tension, or major conflict

Date Read: 04.05
Spring Vibe Rating: 🌸
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
How it fits: assassins, murder, death

🌦 Rainy Day In
Read a comfort read or a reread

Date Read: 04.01
Spring Vibe Rating: 🌸🌸🌸
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
How it fits: super duper cozy

🌦 Grey Skies
Read a book with a bleak, rainy, or overcast setting or atmosphere


🌦 Puddle Jumping
Read a book outside your usual genre or try something unexpected

Date Read: 04.06
Spring Vibe Rating: 🌸 🌸 🌸
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
How it fits: unexpected delulu fmc

🌦 Thunder & Lightning
Read a book with shocking twists or sudden reveals


🌦 Rain Check
Finish a book that’s been sitting on your TBR for a while


🌦🌸 Cover Scavenger (Optional Extras)
You may use a book that was used to complete an above task ONE time

🌧 A blue or grey cover
🌧 A book with weather elements on the cover (rain, clouds, lightning, etc.)
🌧 A cover with an umbrella or raincoat
🌧 A dark or moody cover
🌧 A cover with, both, flowers AND stormy, overcast, or rainy weather
🌧 A book with a rainbow on the cover (an actual rainbow, not rainbow colors)
🌸 A floral cover (flowers, blossoms, petals)
🌸 A botanical cover (plants, trees, or vines as the dominant feature)
🌸 A cover with sunlight or glowing light
🌸 A pastel-colored cover (soft spring tones)
🌸 A cover featuring springtime animals (birds, rabbits, butterflies, etc.)
🌸 A cover that feels like “spring” to you

Badges Collected:
Books Read:

☔️ Completions:

Book/Author:
Date Read:
Spring Vibe Rating: 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 (1–5 petals based on how “Springy” it felt!)
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
How it fits:

[Heather]

🌧️🌸 April Showers Bring May Flowers
🌷 Duration: April 1st - May 31st 2026

From rainy beginnings to full bloom—this challenge follows the shift from April’s unpredictability into May’s growth. Move through each phase at your own pace and see what blossoms along the way.

Books can only be used ONCE
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🌧 April Showers

🌦 Light Rain
Read a book under 300 pages (a quick, easy start)

🌦 Sudden Downpour
Read a fast-paced book you can’t put down

🌦 Storm Front
Read a book with high stakes, tension, or major conflict

🌦 Rainy Day In
Read a comfort read or a reread

🌦 Grey Skies✅
Read a book with a bleak, rainy, or overcast setting or atmosphere-Book/Author:Credence
Date Read:-4/9/26
Spring Vibe Rating: 🌸
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐


🌦 Puddle Jumping
Read a book outside your usual genre or try something unexpected

🌦 Thunder & Lightning✅
Read a book with shocking twists or sudden reveals
Book/Author:A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire
Date Read:4/10/26
Spring Vibe Rating: 🌸 🌸
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐


🌦 Rain Check✅
Finish a book that’s been sitting on your TBR for a while
Book/Author:Vow of Deception
Date Read:-4/6/26
Spring Vibe Rating: 🌸
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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🌸 May Flowers

🌼 New Growth
Start a new series

🌼 Garden Path
Read a book with a character who gardens, grows something, or is closely connected to nature

🌼 In Bloom
Read a book you’ve been excited or eager to get to

🌼 Fresh Air
Read a book that feels like a “breath of fresh air”—something light, witty, or refreshing

🌼 Sunlight
Read a book with a hopeful, uplifting, or satisfying ending

🌼 Flourish
Read a book where a character grows, changes, or comes into their own

🌼 Wildflowers✅
Read a book that is unique, unconventional, or a little different from the norm—or has a main character who is
Book/Author:Skin Trade
Date Read:4/12/26
Spring Vibe Rating: 🌸
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐


🌼 Full Bloom✅
Read a book with a specific flower in the title that isn’t just “flower” (e.g., The Lilac Girls, The Rose Code, Bluebonnet Days)
Book/Author:A Court of Thorns and Roses
Date Read:4/5/26
Spring Vibe Rating: 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐.5

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🌦🌸 Cover Scavenger (Optional Extras)
You may use a book that was used to complete an above task ONE time

🌧 A blue or grey cover
🌧 A book with weather elements on the cover (rain, clouds, lightning, etc.)
🌧 A cover with an umbrella or raincoat
🌧 A dark or moody cover
🌧 A cover with, both, flowers AND stormy, overcast, or rainy weather
🌧 A book with a rainbow on the cover (an actual rainbow, not rainbow colors)
🌸 A floral cover (flowers, blossoms, petals)
🌸 A botanical cover (plants, trees, or vines as the dominant feature)
🌸 A cover with sunlight or glowing light
🌸 A pastel-colored cover (soft spring tones)
🌸 A cover featuring springtime animals (birds, rabbits, butterflies, etc.)
🌸 A cover that feels like “spring” to you
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Badges Collected:
Books Read:
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☔️ Completions:

Book/Author:
Date Read:
Spring Vibe Rating: 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 (1–5 petals based on how “Springy” it felt!) (optional)
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
How it fits: A quick note on how it fits or an image of the cover.
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[Jayme(theghostreader)]

April 1 - May 31:
Proposed: 16-20

🌧️🌸 April Showers Bring May Flowers
🌷 Duration: April 1st - May 31st 2026

From rainy beginnings to full bloom—this challenge follows the shift from April’s unpredictability into May’s growth. Move through each phase at your own pace and see what blossoms along the way.

Books can only be used ONCE
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🌧 April Showers

🌦 Light Rain
Read a book under 300 pages (a quick, easy start)

🌦 Sudden Downpour
Read a fast-paced book you can’t put down

🌦 Storm Front
Read a book with high stakes, tension, or major conflict

🌦 Rainy Day In
Read a comfort read or a reread
Strawberry Shortcake Murderby Joanne Fluke
date read: 4/2/26
Overall rating: 5 stars
How it fits: reread
🌦 Grey Skies
Read a book with a bleak, rainy, or overcast setting or atmosphere

🌦 Puddle Jumping
Read a book outside your usual genre or try something unexpected

🌦 Thunder & Lightning
Read a book with shocking twists or sudden reveals

🌦 Rain Check
Finish a book that’s been sitting on your TBR for a while
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🌸 May Flowers

🌼 New Growth
Start a new series

🌼 Garden Path
Read a book with a character who gardens, grows something, or is closely connected to nature

🌼 In Bloom
Read a book you’ve been excited or eager to get to

🌼 Fresh Air
Read a book that feels like a “breath of fresh air”—something light, witty, or refreshing

🌼 Sunlight
Read a book with a hopeful, uplifting, or satisfying ending

🌼 Flourish
Read a book where a character grows, changes, or comes into their own

🌼 Wildflowers
Read a book that is unique, unconventional, or a little different from the norm—or has a main character who is

🌼 Full Bloom
Read a book with a specific flower in the title that isn’t just “flower” (e.g., The Lilac Girls, The Rose Code, Bluebonnet Days)
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🌦🌸 Cover Scavenger (Optional Extras)
You may use a book that was used to complete an above task ONE time

🌧 A blue or grey cover
🌧 A book with
weather elements on the cover (rain, clouds, lightning, etc.)
🌧 A cover with an umbrella or raincoat
🌧 A dark or moody cover
by Mercedes Lackey
Date read: 4/12/25
Rating: 5 stars
How it fits: skeletons on the cover
🌧 A cover with, both, flowers AND stormy, overcast, or rainy weather
🌧 A book with a rainbow on the cover (an actual rainbow, not rainbow colors)
🌸 A floral cover (flowers, blossoms, petals)
🌸 A botanical cover (plants, trees, or vines as the dominant feature)
🌸 A cover with sunlight or glowing light

🌸 A pastel-colored cover (soft spring tones)
🌸 A cover featuring springtime animals (birds, rabbits, butterflies, etc.)
🌸 A cover that feels like “spring” to you
by Matthew Gilbert
Date read: 4/13/26
How it fits: spring cover

☔️ Completions: 3

Book/Author:
Date Read:
Spring Vibe Rating: 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 (1–5 petals based on how “Springy” it felt!)
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
How it fits

[Margret Melissa (ladybug)]

🌧️🌸 April Showers Bring May Flowers
🌷 Duration: April 1st - May 31st 2026

Badges Collected:
Books Read:
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☔️ Completions:

Book/Author:
Date Read:
Overall Rating:
How it fits:

🌧 April Showers

🌦 Light Rain
Read a book under 300 pages (a quick, easy start)

🌦 Sudden Downpour
Read a fast-paced book you can’t put down

🌦 Storm Front
Read a book with high stakes, tension, or major conflict

🌦 Rainy Day In
Read a comfort read or a reread

🌦 Grey Skies
Read a book with a bleak, rainy, or overcast setting or atmosphere

🌦 Puddle Jumping
Read a book outside your usual genre or try something unexpected

🌦 Thunder & Lightning
Read a book with shocking twists or sudden reveals

🌦 Rain Check
Finish a book that’s been sitting on your TBR for a while
---

🌸 May Flowers

🌼 New Growth
Start a new series

🌼 Garden Path
Read a book with a character who gardens, grows something, or is closely connected to nature

🌼 In Bloom
Read a book you’ve been excited or eager to get to

🌼 Fresh Air
Read a book that feels like a “breath of fresh air”—something light, witty, or refreshing

🌼 Sunlight
Read a book with a hopeful, uplifting, or satisfying ending

🌼 Flourish
Read a book where a character grows, changes, or comes into their own

🌼 Wildflowers
Read a book that is unique, unconventional, or a little different from the norm—or has a main character who is

🌼 Full Bloom
Read a book with a specific flower in the title that isn’t just “flower” (e.g., The Lilac Girls, The Rose Code, Bluebonnet Days)
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🌦🌸 Cover Scavenger (Optional Extras)
You may use a book that was used to complete an above task ONE time

🌧 A blue or grey cover
🌧 A book with weather elements on the cover (rain, clouds, lightning, etc.)
🌧 A cover with an umbrella or raincoat
🌧 A dark or moody cover
🌧 A cover with, both, flowers AND stormy, overcast, or rainy weather
🌧 A book with a rainbow on the cover (an actual rainbow, not rainbow colors)
🌸 A floral cover (flowers, blossoms, petals)
🌸 A botanical cover (plants, trees, or vines as the dominant feature)
🌸 A cover with sunlight or glowing light
🌸 A pastel-colored cover (soft spring tones)
🌸 A cover featuring springtime animals (birds, rabbits, butterflies, etc.)
🌸 A cover that feels like “spring” to you
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