Monthly Challenges discussion

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Tessa's reading plans

Task 2.1 - Surprise Me - Linda C picked for me...
Mrs Poe
✔ - 14Apr18 - 240 pg


Task 2.2 - Amazing Race - Poland
Set in Poland
? tba


Task 2.4 - 2nd place, points - Linda C - Friday the 13th
Jefferson's B-day: Main char is politician, diplomat, landowner or writer
Unlucky day: Total pages incl 1 and 3 (any order)


Task 2.5 - 2d place points - Amber - I love to read series
New to me series - Every Breath You Take (starting at # 4, but it's a new series)
Next book in a series I've started but not finished - City of Bones (Harry Bosch # 8)


Task 3.1 - Most Points - Bethany - Lawn and Garden Month
Mow the Lawn - Title contains all the letters of G R A S S
Weeding - plants/greenery on cover
Name of plant in the title


Task 3.2 - Most Points - MicksLibrarian - Blossoms are a-Bloomin'
Cherry Blossom Festivals - Set in Italy - A Thread of Grace ✔ - 20Apr18 - 442 p
Cover image: clouds - Rainwater
Publication year composed of: 1,9,0,3,4,2,0,0,8 - 2009 - Honolulu

Task 5.1 - SPELL OUT - Fun in the Past
T - Trains and Lovers ✔ - 04Apr18 - 256 pg
R - Rainwater ✔ - 29Apr18 - 272 pg
A - At the Water's Edge ✔ - 17Apr18 - 416 pg
C - Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney / The Nest ✔ - 01Apr18 - 368 pg
K - Kingsley Amis / Lucky Jim ✔ – 12Apr18 - 251 pg

Diana S Reading Plan for April
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1


One Point Tasks

1.1 National Beer Day (4/7)
Read a book with the word BEER in the text (include page and sentence).

1.2 (Amber's Task) Pick A Genre
Read a book with Young Adult listed in its main page genre.

1.3 (Amberly's Task) Reading Rainbow
Read a book with a Pink, Purple, or Yellow cover (50%+ - show cover).

1.4 (Marilyn's Task) Remembrances: April Showers
Read a book with an UMBRELLA or BLACK CLOUDS on the cover. (show cover)

*✔1.5 Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day (4/12)
Read a book with a word in its title that starts and ends with the same letter.
(WidoW)
The Black Widow by Daniel Silva (4/4/18) 528 pp. ★★★★

1.6 National Librarian Day (4/16)
Read a book with BOTH of the author's initials found in LIBRARY -OR- a book suggested by your favorite Librarian. :)

1.7 (Linda C's Task) National Tartan Day (4/6)
Read a book that has something plaid on the cover (show cover)

Two Point Tasks

2.1 Surprise Me
My five are:


2.2 (Amberly's Task) The Amazing Race
Read Two Books

1. Capture the Flag
Read a book set in the Poland (must be at less set 50% in chosen country) -or- MC is Polish.

2. Detour
To reach your detour complete one of the following tasks.

A. mazurek.
Read a book with some sort of dessert on the cover or MC is a baker.

B. makowiec,
Read a book with Food listed as a main genre on the books main page.
Sourdough by Robin Sloan

C. Easter babka
Read a book where MC is older than 55 or is a grandparent.

D. the blessed eggs
Read a book that's cover is either lavender, light green, yellow or pink. (show cover)

2.3 (Bethany's Task) Spring Cleaning
Read two books that have been on your To Read shelf for more than one year.
(list dates you added books to your shelf)

2.4 (Linda C's Task) Friday the 13th
Read Two Books

1. Thomas Jefferson's Birthday
Politician, diplomat, President, landowner, writer (of the Declaration of Independence).
Read a book where an MC has one of these professions; tell us which.

2. Unlucky Day
Read a book where someone is unlucky OR where 1 and 3 are in page count (in any order).

2.5 (Amber's Task) I love to Read Series
Read Two Books

1. Read a book that is a new series to you.

2. Read a book that is next in a series you have started but not finished.
(list series)

Three Point Tasks

3.1 (Bethany's Task) Happy Lawn and Garden Month!

1. Mow the lawn
Read a book that its title contains the letters in GRASS.
2. Weeding
Read a book with plants/greenery on the cover. (show cover)
3. Planting
Read a book with the name of a plant in the title.
(Plant name: Rose)
LaRose by Louise Erdrich

3.2 (Mickslibrarian's Task) Blossoms are a-bloomin'.
Read Three Books


1. The National Cherry Blossom Festival
Read a book set in one of those places: Washington, DC, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), New Jersey (Newark), New York (Brooklyn), Georgia (Macon), California (San Francisco), Italy (Rome), Finland (Helsinki), Canada (Vancouver), and Japan.
Book must be set in the state or country, *a bonus point if it is also set in the city (at least 50%). No bonus if you pick DC or Japan.
(San Francisco, California)
11th Hour by James Patterson
2. In Japan,
Read a book with a cherry blossom, cloud, koi fish, dragon, or tiger on the cover or in the title. (Show cover)

3. Anton Checkov's classic
Read a book where the publication year contains any combination of the numbers 1,9,0,3,4,2,0,0,8. Numbers may not appear more than in the sequence listed (1920 yes, 1922 no).


Five Point Task

5.1 Fun in the Past
Read Five Books

April is National Humor Month & Eight Track Tape Day (4/11)
This month spell-out the word HUMOR, EIGHT, or TRACK.

For example: spell-out: HUMOR

Hunger (The) by Alma Katsu
Urrea, Luis Alberto - The House of Broken Angels
Matt Killeen's Orphan Monster Spy
Olivia Twist by Lorie Langdon
Rose for the ANZAC Boys (A) by Jackie French

You may use the first letter of the first word of the book title (exclude a, an, or the) -OR- the initials of an author's first or last name).
Don't forget to list the date you read your books.