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Level Two: 6+ tasks
14/6+
Tasks:
🥚 Read a book set in Africa, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete or Sumeria.
🥚 Read a book in ancient times.
🥚 Read a book with a Christian character.
The Trouble with Twelfth Grave Darynda Jones 4/17/19
🥚 Read a book with an egg or grave on the cover.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a king.
🥚 Read a book where a character goes to church on Easter.
🥚 Read a book with a red, green or yellow cover.
Haunting the Deep Adriana Mather 4/2/19🥚 Read a book with the words RED, GREEN or YELLOW in the title.
🥚 Read a book whose author's first name begins with J OR last name begins with G.
A Willing Murder Jude Deveraux 4/4/19
Sweet Little Thing Abbi Glines 4/19/19
Sweet Little Lies Abbi Glines 4/19/19
Sweet Little Memories Abbi Glines 4/20/19
🥚 Read a book published or set in the 19th century (1800s).
🥚 Read a book set in Germany or with a German character.
🥚 Read a book where a character participates in springtime festivities.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a goddess. Tell who she is.
Charley Eleventh Grave in Moonlight Darynda Jones 4/16/19
🥚 Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in EOSTRE.
Over the Middle Lauren Landish 4/3/19
Rebel Heir Vi Keeland 4/21/19
Rebel Heart Penelope Ward 4/22/19
Rival Penelope Douglas 4/22/19
🥚 Read a book where a new life has begun.
Finding Margo Susanne O'Leary 4/6/19
🥚 Read a book where a child is born.
California Girls Susan Mallery 4/3/19
🥚 Read a book where a character has chickens.
🥚 Read a book where a character gives up a food or drink for Lent or for another reason.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats eggs.
A Justified Murder Jude Deveraux 4/5/19
🥚 Read a book where a character dyes or paints eggs.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats a chocolate egg or jelly beans.
🥚 Read a book where eggs are hidden or found.
🥚 Read a book where the words Easter Bunny are found in the text. Give us a sentence and page/loc #.
🥚 Read a book where a character receives an Easter basket.
🥚 Read a book with an Easter basket on the cover. (Bonus Badge)
Sign me up please 🐰🐇April Monthly - Easter Eggs
Level Two: 6+ tasks
7/6
Tasks:
🥚 Read a book set in Africa, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete or Sumeria.
🥚 Read a book in ancient times.
🥚 Read a book with a Christian or Islamic character.
🥚 Read a book with an egg or grave on the cover.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a king.
🥚 Read a book where a character goes to church on Easter.
🍳 Read a book with a red, green or yellow cover:
Unusual Uses for Olive Oil, Alexander McCall Smith, Apr 14th🥚 Read a book with the words RED, GREEN or YELLOW in the title.
🍳Read a book whose author's first name begins with J OR last name begins with G: The Dry, Jane Harper, Apr 5th
🍳 Read a book published or set in the 19th century (1800s): The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern, Apr 12th
🥚 Read a book set in Germany or with a German character.
🥚 Read a book where a character participates in springtime festivities.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a goddess. Tell who she is.
🍳 Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in EOSTRE: The Opal Desert, Di Morrissey, Apr 24th
🍳 Read a book where a new life has begun: Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore, Matthew J. Sullivan, Apr 17th
🥚 Read a book where a child is born.
🍳 Read a book where a character has chickens. The Choke, Sofie Laguna, Apr 9th
🥚 Read a book where a character gives up a food or drink for Lent or for another reason.
🍳 Read a book where a character eats eggs: The Lucky One, Caroline Overington, Apr 13th - Page 60-...lifting one fried egg after another onto a white platter.
🥚 Read a book where a character dyes or paints eggs.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats a chocolate egg or jelly beans.
🥚 Read a book where eggs are hidden or found.
🥚 Read a book where the words Easter Bunny are found in the text. Give us a sentence and page/loc #.
🥚 Read a book where a character receives an Easter basket.
🥚 Read a book with an Easter basket on the cover. (Bonus Badge)
April Monthly - Easter EggsDuration: April 1- April 30, 2019
Level: Level One: 1-5 tasks, 3/5
Tasks may be used as many times as you wish.
Tasks:
🥚 Read a book set in Africa, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete or Sumeria.
🥚 Read a book in ancient times.
🥚 Read a book with a Christian or Islamic character.
🥚 Read a book with an egg or grave on the cover.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a king.
🥚 Read a book where a character goes to church on Easter.
🥚 Read a book with a yellow cover.
The Bride the Exorcist Knight Vol. 2 - Keiko Ishihara 4.18 - 19🥚 Read a book with the words RED, GREEN or YELLOW in the title.
🥚 Read a book whose author's first name begins with J OR last name begins with G.
Good Brother, Bad Brother: The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth - James Cross Giblin 4.20 - 30
🥚 Read a book set in the 19th century (1800s).
Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass: The Story Behind an American Friendship - Russell Freedman 4.12 - 14
🥚 Read a book set in Germany or with a German character.
🥚 Read a book where a character participates in springtime festivities.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a goddess. Tell who she is.
🥚 Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in EOSTRE.
🥚 Read a book where a new life has begun.
🥚 Read a book where a child is born.
🥚 Read a book where a character has chickens.
🥚 Read a book where a character gives up a food or drink for Lent or for another reason.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats eggs.
🥚 Read a book where a character dyes or paints eggs.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats a chocolate egg or jelly beans.
🥚 Read a book where eggs are hidden or found.
🥚 Read a book where the words Easter Bunny are found in the text. Give us a sentence and page/loc #.
🥚 Read a book where a character receives an Easter basket.
🥚 Read a book with an Easter basket on the cover. (Bonus Badge)
April Monthly - Easter EggsLevel Two: 6+ tasks
6/6+
Tasks:
🥚 Read a book whose author's first name begins with J OR last name begins with G- Fresh Ink: An Anthology-Lamar Giles 4/10
🥚 Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in EOSTRE-
The Simplicity in Chaos-Jessica Sorensen 4/13
Shadow Me-Tahereh Mafi 4/17
Something New-Ashlee Rose 4/19
Sea Witch-Sarah Henning 4/23
Running into Love-Aurora Rose Reynolds 4/30
April Monthly - Easter EggsDuration: April 1- April 30, 2019
Goal: 6/6 + Bonus Tasks
Tasks:
🥚 1. Read a book set in Africa, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete or Sumeria.
Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith – 04/14/2019
🥚 2. Read a book in ancient times.
🥚 3. Read a book with a Christian or Islamic character.
🥚 4. Read a book with an egg or grave on the cover.
🥚 5. Read a book with a character that is a king.
New Orleans Carnival Krewes: The History, Spirit and Secrets of Mardi Gras by Rosary O'Neill – 04/11/2019
The King of Krewes: "The king acknowledges the crowds with his resplendent diamond-studded scepter." (Kindle Location 725)
🥚 6. Read a book where a character goes to church on Easter.
🥚 7. Read a book with a red, green or yellow cover.
Magic Is Dead: My Journey into the World's Most Secretive Society of Magicians by Ian Frisch – 04/21/2019🥚 8. Read a book with the words RED, GREEN or YELLOW in the title.
🥚 9. Read a book whose author's first name begins with J OR last name begins with G.
🥚 10. Read a book published or set in the 19th century (1800s).
🥚 11. Read a book set in Germany or with a German character.
🥚 12. Read a book where a character participates in springtime festivities.
🥚 13. Read a book with a character that is a goddess. Tell who she is.
🥚 14. Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in EOSTRE.
Outer Order, Inner Calm by Gretchen Rubin – 04/02/2019
🥚 15. Read a book where a new life has begun.
Ophelia by Florence Stevenson – 04/08/2019
Ophelia, the cat transforms into Ophelia, the woman.
🥚 16. Read a book where a child is born.
🥚 17. Read a book where a character has chickens.
🥚 18. Read a book where a character gives up a food or drink for Lent or for another reason.
🥚 19. Read a book where a character eats eggs.
2012: The War for Souls by Whitley Strieber – 04/29/2019
...and found eggs in the fridge, and cracked six of them raw into his mouth. (Kindle Location 1832)
🥚 20. Read a book where a character dyes or paints eggs.
🥚 21. Read a book where a character eats a chocolate egg or jelly beans.
🥚 22. Read a book where eggs are hidden or found.
🥚 23. Read a book where the words Easter Bunny are found in the text. Give us a sentence and page/loc #.
🥚 24. Read a book where a character receives an Easter basket.
🥚 25. Read a book with an Easter basket on the cover. (Bonus Badge)
Easter Bunny Murder by Leslie Meier – 04/27/2019
I'm in!!!Finished 3 books
List:
🥚 Read a book where a character eats eggs.
Noggin by John Corey Whaley (Finished 4/24)
🥚 Read a book whose author's first name begins with J OR last name begins with G.
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
🥚 Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in EOSTRE.
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
April Monthly - Easter EggsLevel One: 1-5 tasks
Completed: 5/1-5
Tasks:
🥚 Read a book set in Africa, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete or Sumeria.
🥚 Read a book in ancient times.
🥚 Read a book with a Christian or Islamic character.
🥚 Read a book with an egg or grave on the cover.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a king.
🥚 Read a book where a character goes to church on Easter.
🥚 Read a book with a red, green or yellow cover.
The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge | M.T. Anderson - Apr 17🥚 Read a book with the words RED, GREEN or YELLOW in the title.
🥚 Read a book whose author's first name begins with J OR last name begins with G.
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow | Jessica Townsend - Apr 8
🥚 Read a book published or set in the 19th century (1800s).
🥚 Read a book set in Germany or with a German character.
🥚 Read a book where a character participates in springtime festivities.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a goddess. Tell who she is.
🥚 Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in EOSTRE.
Trap | Scarlett Dawn - Apr 1
Thirty-Three Percent Joe | Suzanne Palmer - Apr 15
🥚 Read a book where a new life has begun.
🥚 Read a book where a child is born.
Hello Lighthouse | Sophie Blackall - Apr 26
🥚 Read a book where a character has chickens.
🥚 Read a book where a character gives up a food or drink for Lent or for another reason.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats eggs.
🥚 Read a book where a character dyes or paints eggs.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats a chocolate egg or jelly beans.
🥚 Read a book where eggs are hidden or found.
🥚 Read a book where the words Easter Bunny are found in the text. Give us a sentence and page/loc #.
🥚 Read a book where a character receives an Easter basket.
🥚 Read a book with an Easter basket on the cover. (Bonus Badge)
Level Two: 6+ tasks Tasks may be used as many times as you wish.
Tasks:
🥚 Read a book set in Africa, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete or Sumeria.
Circling the Sun - Paula McLain - 4/11/19 - Africa
The Curse of the Pharaohs - Elizabeth Peters - 4/23/19 - Egypt
🥚 Read a book with a Christian character.
Open Season - Linda Howard - 4/28/19
🥚 Read a book whose author's first name begins with J OR last name begins with G.
Playing with Fire - Tess Gerritsen - 4/3/19
Untraceable - Laura Griffins - 4/6/19
Watch me Disappear - Janelle Brown - 4/7/19
Just add Salt - Jinx Schwartz - 4/17/19
🥚 Read a book published or set in the 19th century (1800s).
Limehouse Text - Will Thomas - 4/14/19
The Rookery - Emily Organ - 4/16/19 - 1884
🥚 Read a book set in Germany or with a German character.
Baker’s Daughter - Sarah McCoy - 4/25/19
🥚 Read a book where a new life has begun.
Charlotte’s Web - E.B. White - 4/27/19
🥚 Read a book where a character has chickens.
Baker’s Secret - Stephen Kiernan - 4/21/19
🥚 Read a book where a character eats eggs.
Mariana - Susanna Kearsley - 4/2/19
Level Two: 6+ tasks Tasks may be used as many times as you wish.
Tasks:
The practice of decorating eggshells as part of spring rituals is ancient, with decorated, engraved ostrich eggs found in Africa which are 60,000 years old. In the pre-dynastic period of Egypt and the early cultures of Mesopotamia and Crete, eggs were associated with death and rebirth, as well as with kingship, with decorated ostrich eggs, and representations of ostrich eggs in gold and silver, were commonly placed in graves of the ancient Sumerians and Egyptians as early as 5,000 years ago. These cultural relationships may have influenced early Christian and Islamic cultures in those areas, as well as through mercantile, religious, and political links from those areas around the Mediterranean.
🥚 Read a book set in Africa, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete or Sumeria.
🥚 Read a book in ancient times.
🥚 Read a book with a Christian or Islamic character.
🥚 Read a book with an egg or grave on the cover.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a king.
The Christian custom of Easter eggs, specifically, started among the early Christians of Mesopotamia, who stained eggs with red colouring "in memory of the blood of Christ, shed at His crucifixion". Kenneth Thompson, as well as British orientalist Thomas Hyde state that in addition to dying the eggs red, the early Christians of Mesopotamia also stained Easter eggs green and yellow.
🥚 Read a book where a character goes to church on Easter.
🥚 Read a book with a red, green or yellow cover.
Finished 2/4
🥚 Read a book with the words RED, GREEN or YELLOW in the title.
Influential 19th century folklorist and philologist Jacob Grimm speculates that the folk custom of Easter eggs among the continental Germanic peoples may have stemmed from springtime festivities of a Germanic goddess known in Old English as Ēostre.
🥚 Read a book whose author's first name begins with J OR last name begins with G.
🥚 Read a book published or set in the 19th century (1800s).
🥚 Read a book set in Germany or with a German character.
🥚 Read a book where a character participates in springtime festivities.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a goddess. Tell who she is.
🥚 Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in EOSTRE.
The egg is widely used as a symbol of the start of new life, just as new life emerges from an egg when the chick hatches out.
🥚 Read a book where a new life has begun.
🥚 Read a book where a child is born.
🥚 Read a book where a character has chickens.
The Easter egg tradition may also have merged into the celebration of the end of the privations of Lent in the West. Historically, it was traditional to use up all of the household's eggs before Lent began. Eggs were originally forbidden during Lent, with the coming of Easter, the eating of eggs resumes. Some cultures cook special foods with eggs in it to be eaten with the Easter dinner.
🥚 Read a book where a character gives up a food or drink for Lent or for another reason.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats eggs.
Although one of the Christian traditions are to use dyed or painted chicken eggs, a modern custom is to substitute chocolate eggs, or plastic eggs filled with candy such as jelly beans. These eggs can be hidden for children to find on Easter morning, which may be left by the Easter Bunny. They may also be put in a basket filled with real or artificial straw to resemble a bird's nest.
🥚 Read a book where a character dyes or paints eggs.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats a chocolate egg or jelly beans.
🥚 Read a book where eggs are hidden or found.
🥚 Read a book where the words Easter Bunny are found in the text. Give us a sentence and page/loc #.
🥚 Read a book where a character receives an Easter basket.
🥚 Read a book with an Easter basket on the cover. (Bonus Badge
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2nd time's the charm! I had everyone linked and GR shut down!!
April Monthly - Easter Eggs COMPLETE
Level Two: 6/6
Tasks:
🥚 Read a book with a Christian or Islamic character. The Bell Iris Murdoch 06.04.19
🥚 Read a book with an egg or grave on the cover. Death of an Outsider
M.C. Beaton 11.04.19
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a king. The Last Tudor Philippa Gregory 01.04.19
🥚 Read a book published or set in the 19th century (1800s).
Little Women Louisa May Alcott 10.04.19
🥚 Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in EOSTRE.
Elizabeth: Her Life, Our Times: A Diamond Jubilee Celebration Alan Titchmarsh 11.04.19
🥚 Read a book where a new life has begun. Before I Was Yours: How Far Would You Go for a Child Who Wasn't Yours? Virginia Macgregor 02.04.19
🥚 Read a book where a character has chickens. Death of a Travelling Man m.c. beaton 20.04.19 - Hamish keeps chickens and often has to pop back to feed them
Level Two: 6/6
Tasks:
🥚 Read a book with a Christian or Islamic character. The Bell Iris Murdoch 06.04.19
🥚 Read a book with an egg or grave on the cover. Death of an Outsider
M.C. Beaton 11.04.19 🥚 Read a book with a character that is a king. The Last Tudor Philippa Gregory 01.04.19
🥚 Read a book published or set in the 19th century (1800s).
Little Women Louisa May Alcott 10.04.19
🥚 Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in EOSTRE.
Elizabeth: Her Life, Our Times: A Diamond Jubilee Celebration Alan Titchmarsh 11.04.19
🥚 Read a book where a new life has begun. Before I Was Yours: How Far Would You Go for a Child Who Wasn't Yours? Virginia Macgregor 02.04.19
🥚 Read a book where a character has chickens. Death of a Travelling Man m.c. beaton 20.04.19 - Hamish keeps chickens and often has to pop back to feed them
COMPLETEApril Monthly - Easter Eggs
Level Two: 6+ tasks
6/6
Tasks:
🥚 Read a book set in Africa, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete or Sumeria.
🥚 Read a book in ancient times.
🥚 Read a book with a Christian or Islamic character.
By the Light of the Moon by Dean Koontz 06/04/19
🥚 Read a book with an egg or grave on the cover.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a king.
🥚 Read a book where a character goes to church on Easter.
🥚 Read a book with a red, green or yellow cover.
🥚 Read a book with the words RED, GREEN or YELLOW in the title.
🥚 Read a book whose author's first name begins with J OR last name begins with G.
Caught in Time by Julie McElwain 10/04/19
🥚 Read a book published or set in the 19th century (1800s).
The House on Half Moon Street by Alex Reeve 22/04/19
🥚 Read a book set in Germany or with a German character.
🥚 Read a book where a character participates in springtime festivities.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a goddess. Tell who she is.
🥚 Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in EOSTRE.
Rasputin: A Short Life by Frances Welch 10/04/19
🥚 Read a book where a new life has begun.
Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg 03/04/19
🥚 Read a book where a child is born.
🥚 Read a book where a character has chickens.
🥚 Read a book where a character gives up a food or drink for Lent or for another reason.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats eggs.
The Wych Elm by Tana French 24/04/19
🥚 Read a book where a character dyes or paints eggs.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats a chocolate egg or jelly beans.
🥚 Read a book where eggs are hidden or found.
🥚 Read a book where the words Easter Bunny are found in the text. Give us a sentence and page/loc #.
🥚 Read a book where a character receives an Easter basket.
🥚 Read a book with an Easter basket on the cover. (Bonus Badge)
April Monthly - Easter EggsApril 2019
Levels:
Level One: 1-5 tasks
Level Two: 6+ tasks
Tasks may be used as many times as you wish.
16 Tasks Completed
Tasks:
🥚 Read a book set in Africa, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete or Sumeria.
🥚 Read a book in ancient times.
🥚 Read a book with a Christian or Islamic character.
Falling for Her Boss by Liz Isaacson (4/4/19)
A November Bride by Beth K. Vogt (4/10/19)
Chasing Secrets by Lynette Eason (4/14/19)
Night at the Opera by Stacy Henrie (4/15/19)
🥚 Read a book with an egg or grave on the cover.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a king.
🥚 Read a book where a character goes to church on Easter.
🥚 Read a book with a red, green or yellow cover.
Fifth Generation Cowboy by Liz Isaacson (4/11/19)
🥚 Read a book with the words RED, GREEN or YELLOW in the title.
🥚 Read a book whose author's first name begins with J OR last
name begins with G.
🥚 Read a book published or set in the 19th century (1800s).
A Deceptive Bargain by Laura Beers (4/9/19)
The Blackmailed Bride by Mandy Goff (4/11/19)
The Fall of Lord Drayson by Rachael Anderson (4/19/19)
🥚 Read a book set in Germany or with a German character.
🥚 Read a book where a character participates in springtime festivities.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a goddess. Tell who she is.
🥚 Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in EOSTRE.
Onboard for Love by Cami Checketts (4/5/19)
Sabotaged by Dani Pettrey (4/7/19)
Shadowed by Dani Pettrey (4/23/19)
An October Bride by Katie Ganshert (4/25/19)
🥚 Read a book where a new life has begun.
Always You by Lucinda Whitney (4/12/19)
Simon moves from London to Lisbon and starts a new job.
🥚 Read a book where a child is born.
🥚 Read a book where a character has chickens.
🥚 Read a book where a character gives up a food or drink for Lent or for another reason.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats eggs.
Ranch Hand For Auction by Kimberly Krey (4/2/19)
"...bread in the toaster while Jake worked on the omelets." (Loc 496)
Kissing A Billionaire by Taylor Hart, et. al. (4/17/19)
"This is eggs Benedict. I hope you like it." (Loc 553)
The Dream Groom by Taylor Hart (4/22/19)
"He stabbed a bite of egg without paying any attention to it..." (Loc 198)
🥚 Read a book where a character dyes or paints eggs.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats a chocolate egg or jelly beans.
🥚 Read a book where eggs are hidden or found.
🥚 Read a book where the words Easter Bunny are found in the text. Give us a sentence and page/loc #.
🥚 Read a book where a character receives an Easter basket.
🥚 Read a book with an Easter basket on the cover. (Bonus Badge)
April Monthly - Easter EggsDuration: April 1- April 30, 2019
Levels:
Level One: 1-5 tasks
Level Two: 6+ tasks
Tasks may be used as many times as you wish.
Tasks:
The practice of decorating eggshells as part of spring rituals is ancient, with decorated, engraved ostrich eggs found in Africa which are 60,000 years old. In the pre-dynastic period of Egypt and the early cultures of Mesopotamia and Crete, eggs were associated with death and rebirth, as well as with kingship, with decorated ostrich eggs, and representations of ostrich eggs in gold and silver, were commonly placed in graves of the ancient Sumerians and Egyptians as early as 5,000 years ago. These cultural relationships may have influenced early Christian and Islamic cultures in those areas, as well as through mercantile, religious, and political links from those areas around the Mediterranean.
🥚 Read a book set in Africa, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete or Sumeria.Murder in Mesopotamia
Agatha Christie 264 p. 5 april 2019 Set in mesopothamia🥚 Read a book in ancient times.
🥚 Read a book with a Christian or Islamic character.
🥚 Read a book with an egg or grave on the cover.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a king.
The Royal Succession
Maurice Druon 352 p. 6 april 2019 4 stars MC The Christian custom of Easter eggs, specifically, started among the early Christians of Mesopotamia, who stained eggs with red colouring "in memory of the blood of Christ, shed at His crucifixion". Kenneth Thompson, as well as British orientalist Thomas Hyde state that in addition to dying the eggs red, the early Christians of Mesopotamia also stained Easter eggs green and yellow.
🥚 Read a book where a character goes to church on Easter.
🥚 Read a book with a red, green or yellow cover.
Rose Rosita Steenbeek 352 p. 7 april 2019 2 stars🥚 Read a book with the words RED, GREEN or YELLOW in the title.
Watchmen
Alan Moore 416 p. 12 april 2019 3 stars Influential 19th century folklorist and philologist Jacob Grimm speculates that the folk custom of Easter eggs among the continental Germanic peoples may have stemmed from springtime festivities of a Germanic goddess known in Old English as Ēostre.
🥚 Read a book whose author's first name begins with J OR last name begins with G.
Teacher, Teacher!
Jack Sheffield 336 p. 10 april 2019 4 stars 
Het pantserhart Jo Nesbø 606 p. 21 april 2019 4 stars 🥚 Read a book published or set in the 19th century (1800s).
Max Havelaar, of de koffieveilingen van de Nederlandse handelsmaatschappij
Multatuli 23 april 2019 320 p. 5 stars Published 1860Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson 159 p. 24 april 2019 3 stars Published 1882 🥚 Read a book set in Germany or with a German character.
🥚 Read a book where a character participates in springtime festivities.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a goddess. Tell who she is.
🥚 Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in EOSTRE.
Stalker
Lars Kepler 592 p. 2 april 2019 4 starsStromboli
Saskia Noort 256 p. 4 march 2019 2 stars The egg is widely used as a symbol of the start of new life, just as new life emerges from an egg when the chick hatches out.
🥚 Read a book where a new life has begun.
🥚 Read a book where a child is born.
🥚 Read a book where a character has chickens.
The Easter egg tradition may also have merged into the celebration of the end of the privations of Lent in the West. Historically, it was traditional to use up all of the household's eggs before Lent began. Eggs were originally forbidden during Lent, with the coming of Easter, the eating of eggs resumes. Some cultures cook special foods with eggs in it to be eaten with the Easter dinner.
🥚 Read a book where a character gives up a food or drink for Lent or for another reason.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats eggs.
Although one of the Christian traditions are to use dyed or painted chicken eggs, a modern custom is to substitute chocolate eggs, or plastic eggs filled with candy such as jelly beans. These eggs can be hidden for children to find on Easter morning, which may be left by the Easter Bunny. They may also be put in a basket filled with real or artificial straw to resemble a bird's nest.
🥚 Read a book where a character dyes or paints eggs.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats a chocolate egg or jelly beans.
🥚 Read a book where eggs are hidden or found.
🥚 Read a book where the words Easter Bunny are found in the text. Give us a sentence and page/loc #.
🥚 Read a book where a character receives an Easter basket.
🥚 Read a book with an Easter basket on the cover. (Bonus Badge)
Helper: Easter Lists
The practice of decorating eggs as part of spring rituals is ancient, with decorated, engraved ostrich eggs found in Africa which are 60,000 years old. In the pre-dynastic period of Egypt and the early cultures of Mesopotamia and Crete, eggs were associated with death and rebirth, as well as kingship. Decorated ostrich eggs and representations of ostrich eggs in gold and silver were commonly placed in graves of the ancient Sumerians and Egyptians as early as 5,000 years ago. These cultural relationships may have influenced early Christian and Islamic cultures in those areas, as well as through mercantile, religious, and political links from those areas around the Mediterranean.🥚 Read a book set in Africa, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete or Sumeria.
🥚 Read a book in ancient times.
🥚 Read a book with a Christian or Islamic character.
🥚 Read a book with an egg or grave on the cover.
✔🥚 Read a book with a character that is a king.
The Tempest 4/17
The Christian custom of Easter eggs started among the early Christians of Mesopotamia, who stained eggs with red coloring "in memory of the blood of Christ, shed at His crucifixion". Kenneth Thompson and British orientalist Thomas Hyde state that in addition to dying the eggs red, early Christians of Mesopotamia also stained Easter eggs green and yellow.
🥚 Read a book where a character goes to church on Easter.
✔🥚 Read a book with a red, green or yellow cover.
How to Walk a Puma 4/5
🥚 Read a book with the words RED, GREEN or YELLOW in the title.
19th century folklorist and philologist Jacob Grimm speculates that the folk custom of Easter eggs among the continental Germanic peoples may have stemmed from springtime festivities of a Germanic goddess known in Old English as Ēostre.
🥚 Read a book whose author's first name begins with J OR last name begins with G.
🥚 Read a book published or set in the 19th century (1800s).
🥚 Read a book set in Germany or with a German character.
🥚 Read a book where a character participates in springtime festivities.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a goddess. Tell who she is.
✔🥚 Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in EOSTRE.
Twitch and Shout 4/28
The egg is widely used as a symbol of new life, as new life emerges from an egg when the chick hatches.
🥚 Read a book where a new life has begun.
🥚 Read a book where a child is born.
🥚 Read a book where a character has chickens.
The Easter egg tradition may have merged into the celebration of the end of the privations of Lent in the West. Historically, it was traditional to use up all of the household's eggs before Lent began. Eggs were originally forbidden during Lent, with the coming of Easter, the eating of eggs resumes. Some cultures cook special foods with eggs in it to be eaten with the Easter dinner.
🥚 Read a book where a character gives up a food or drink for Lent or for another reason.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats eggs.
Although a Christian tradition is to use dyed or painted chicken eggs, a modern custom is to substitute chocolate eggs, or plastic eggs filled with candy such as jelly beans. These eggs can be hidden for children to find on Easter, which may be left by the Easter Bunny, or put in a basket filled with real or artificial straw to resemble a bird's nest.
🥚 Read a book where a character dyes or paints eggs.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats a chocolate egg or jelly beans.
🥚 Read a book where eggs are hidden or found.
🥚 Read a book where the words Easter Bunny are found in the text. Give us a sentence and page #.
🥚 Read a book where a character receives an Easter basket.
🥚 Read a book with an Easter basket on the cover. (Bonus Badge)
April Monthly - Easter EggsDuration: April 1- April 30, 2019
Level: Level One: 1-5 tasks
Tasks may be used as many times as you wish.
Tasks:
🥚 Read a book set in Africa, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete or Sumeria.
🥚 Read a book in ancient times.
🥚 Read a book with a Christian or Islamic character.
🥚 Read a book with an egg or grave on the cover.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a king.
🥚 Read a book where a character goes to church on Easter.
🥚 Read a book with a red, green or yellow cover.
Playing Dead - Allison Brennan - 4/17/2019🥚 Read a book with the words RED, GREEN or YELLOW in the title.
🥚 Read a book whose author's first name begins with J OR last name begins with G.
Working Class Man - Jimmy Barnes - 4/18/2019How it fits: Author's first name begins with J.
Briar Rose - Jane Yolen - 4/21/2019How it fits: Author's first name begins with J.
🥚 Read a book published or set in the 19th century (1800s).
🥚 Read a book set in Germany or with a German character.
🥚 Read a book where a character participates in springtime festivities.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a goddess. Tell who she is.
🥚 Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in EOSTRE.
The Silent Patient - Alex Michaelides - 4/29/2019How it fits: With or without the article, the title begins with a letter from EOSTRE
🥚 Read a book where a new life has begun.
🥚 Read a book where a child is born.
🥚 Read a book where a character has chickens.
🥚 Read a book where a character gives up a food or drink for Lent or for another reason.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats eggs.
🥚 Read a book where a character dyes or paints eggs.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats a chocolate egg or jelly beans.
🥚 Read a book where eggs are hidden or found.
🥚 Read a book where the words Easter Bunny are found in the text.
(sentence and page/loc #.)
🥚 Read a book where a character receives an Easter basket.
🥚 Read a book with an Easter basket on the cover. (Bonus Badge)
Mod
April Monthly - Easter EggsDuration: April 1- April 30, 2019
Level Two: 6+ tasks
Read 10 books no page minimum DONE!
Tasks may be used as many times as you wish.
Tasks:
The practice of decorating eggshells as part of spring rituals is ancient, with decorated, engraved ostrich eggs found in Africa which are 60,000 years old. In the pre-dynastic period of Egypt and the early cultures of Mesopotamia and Crete, eggs were associated with death and rebirth, as well as with kingship, with decorated ostrich eggs, and representations of ostrich eggs in gold and silver, were commonly placed in graves of the ancient Sumerians and Egyptians as early as 5,000 years ago. These cultural relationships may have influenced early Christian and Islamic cultures in those areas, as well as through mercantile, religious, and political links from those areas around the Mediterranean.
🥚 Read a book with a Christian character.
A True Cowboy Christmas (Cold River Ranch #1) by Caitlin Crews 4/12/19 4stars (Abby and her grandmother go to Mass for Christmas; Gray and family celebrate Christmas)The Christian custom of Easter eggs, specifically, started among the early Christians of Mesopotamia, who stained eggs with red colouring "in memory of the blood of Christ, shed at His crucifixion". Kenneth Thompson, as well as British orientalist Thomas Hyde state that in addition to dying the eggs red, the early Christians of Mesopotamia also stained Easter eggs green and yellow.
Influential 19th century folklorist and philologist Jacob Grimm speculates that the folk custom of Easter eggs among the continental Germanic peoples may have stemmed from springtime festivities of a Germanic goddess known in Old English as Ēostre.
🥚 Read a book whose author's first name begins with J
The Promise of Us (Sanctuary Sound Book 2) by Jamie Beck 4/6/19 4stars (Jamie)🥚 Read a book set in Germany or with a German character.
Lilac Girls (Lilac Girls #1) by Martha Hall Kelly 4/25/19 4stars (part in Germany and many Germans since set during WWII in Germany, Poland and France)🥚 Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in EOSTRE.
Entangled (The Accidental Billionaires #2) by J.S. Scott 4/17/19 4.5 stars (E)The egg is widely used as a symbol of the start of new life, just as new life emerges from an egg when the chick hatches out.
🥚 Read a book where a new life has begun.
Tangled Up in You (The Shaughnessy Brothers #7) by Samantha Chase 4/2-/19 4stars (several pregnancies, Bobby and Teagan start new jobs and leave their old lives behind)🥚 Read a book where a child is born.
The Perfect Dress by Carolyn Brown 4/15/19 4stars (lots of pregnancies and several births in the epilogue)🥚 Read a book where a character has chickens.
Unbroken Cowboy (Gold Valley #5) by Maisey Yates 4/16/19 4stars (Bea has rescue chickens)The Easter egg tradition may also have merged into the celebration of the end of the privations of Lent in the West. Historically, it was traditional to use up all of the household's eggs before Lent began. Eggs were originally forbidden during Lent, with the coming of Easter, the eating of eggs resumes. Some cultures cook special foods with eggs in it to be eaten with the Easter dinner.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats eggs.
One Summer in Paris by Sarah Morgan 4/7/19 4stars (Grace and Audrey)Although one of the Christian traditions are to use dyed or painted chicken eggs, a modern custom is to substitute chocolate eggs, or plastic eggs filled with candy such as jelly beans. These eggs can be hidden for children to find on Easter morning, which may be left by the Easter Bunny. They may also be put in a basket filled with real or artificial straw to resemble a bird's nest.
🥚 Read a book where eggs are hidden or found.
The Amish Widow's Rescue (Love and Promises Book 3) by Rachel J. Good 4/30/19 4.5stars (Grace and her son Levi have to search for eggs that are laid by their chickens each day)🥚 Read a book where the words Easter Bunny are found in the text. Give us a sentence and page/loc #.
Life Is a Party: Deliciously Doable Recipes to Make Every Day a Celebration by David Burtka 4/20/19 4stars (Hardcover page 40 - Hire an actor to come in an Easter bunny outfit...)
April Monthly - Easter EggsLevel Two: 6+ tasks
0/6
Tasks:
🥚 Read a book set in Africa, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete or Sumeria.
🥚 Read a book in ancient times.
🥚 Read a book with a Christian or Islamic character. A Man of His Own by Susan Wilson 4/20/19
🥚 Read a book with an egg or grave on the cover.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a king.
🥚 Read a book where a character goes to church on Easter.
🥚 Read a book with a red, green or yellow cover.
🥚 Read a book with the words RED, GREEN or YELLOW in the title.
🥚 Read a book whose author's first name begins with J OR last name begins with G. Lost and Gone Forever by Alex Grecian 4/13/19
🥚 Read a book published or set in the 19th century (1800s). - The Inn at Hidden Run by Olivia Newport 4/16/19
🥚 Read a book set in Germany or with a German character. - Wanderlost 2: More Shots of Literary Tequila for the Restless Soul by Simon Williams 4/26/19
🥚 Read a book where a character participates in springtime festivities.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a goddess. Tell who she is.
🥚 Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in EOSTRE.
🥚 Read a book where a new life has begun.
🥚 Read a book where a child is born. Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield 4/11/19
🥚 Read a book where a character has chickens.
🥚 Read a book where a character gives up a food or drink for Lent or for another reason.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats eggs. Who R U Really? by Margo Kelly 4/3/19
🥚 Read a book where a character dyes or paints eggs.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats a chocolate egg or jelly beans.
🥚 Read a book where eggs are hidden or found.
🥚 Read a book where the words Easter Bunny are found in the text. Give us a sentence and page/loc #.
🥚 Read a book where a character receives an Easter basket.
🥚 Read a book with an Easter basket on the cover. (Bonus Badge)
April Monthly - Easter EggsREAD: 10/10
The practice of decorating eggshells as part of spring rituals is ancient, with decorated, engraved ostrich eggs found in Africa which are 60,000 years old. In the pre-dynastic period of Egypt and the early cultures of Mesopotamia and Crete, eggs were associated with death and rebirth, as well as with kingship, with decorated ostrich eggs, and representations of ostrich eggs in gold and silver, were commonly placed in graves of the ancient Sumerians and Egyptians as early as 5,000 years ago. These cultural relationships may have influenced early Christian and Islamic cultures in those areas, as well as through mercantile, religious, and political links from those areas around the Mediterranean.
✔🥚 Read a book with a Christian or Islamic character.
The Marco Effect - Jussi Adler-Olsen 4/10
✔🥚 Read a book with a character that is a king.
The Chosen - JR Ward 4/19
The Christian custom of Easter eggs, specifically, started among the early Christians of Mesopotamia, who stained eggs with red colouring "in memory of the blood of Christ, shed at His crucifixion". Kenneth Thompson, as well as British orientalist Thomas Hyde state that in addition to dying the eggs red, the early Christians of Mesopotamia also stained Easter eggs green and yellow.
✔🥚 Read a book with a red, green or yellow cover.
License to Dill - Mary Ellen Hughes 4/18
Influential 19th century folklorist and philologist Jacob Grimm speculates that the folk custom of Easter eggs among the continental Germanic peoples may have stemmed from springtime festivities of a Germanic goddess known in Old English as Ēostre.
✔🥚 Read a book whose author's first name begins with J OR last name begins with G.
The Chalk Pit - Elly Griffiths 4/16
✔🥚 Read a book published or set in the 19th century (1800s).
The Ghost Rebellion - Pip Ballantine/Tee Morris 4/17
✔🥚 Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in EOSTRE.
Engaged in Murder - Nancy J. Parra 4/1
The egg is widely used as a symbol of the start of new life, just as new life emerges from an egg when the chick hatches out.
✔🥚 Read a book where a new life has begun.
The Korean Word For Butterfly - Jamie Zerndt (MC becomes pregnant) 4/26
✔🥚 Read a book where a child is born.
First to Burn - Anna Richland 4/25
The Easter egg tradition may also have merged into the celebration of the end of the privations of Lent in the West. Historically, it was traditional to use up all of the household's eggs before Lent began. Eggs were originally forbidden during Lent, with the coming of Easter, the eating of eggs resumes. Some cultures cook special foods with eggs in it to be eaten with the Easter dinner.
✔🥚 Read a book where a character gives up a food or drink for Lent or for another reason.
Not Even Bones - Rebecca Schaeffer 4/20
(vegan MC refuses to eat meat while in captivity)
Although one of the Christian traditions are to use dyed or painted chicken eggs, a modern custom is to substitute chocolate eggs, or plastic eggs filled with candy such as jelly beans. These eggs can be hidden for children to find on Easter morning, which may be left by the Easter Bunny. They may also be put in a basket filled with real or artificial straw to resemble a bird's nest.
✔🥚 Read a book where the words Easter Bunny are found in the text. Give us a sentence and page/loc #.
The Last Second - Catherine Coulter 4/23
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
April Monthly - Easter EggsLevel One: 1-5 tasks 2/5
Tasks:
🥚 Read a book set in Africa, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete or Sumeria.
🥚 Read a book in ancient times.
🥚 Read a book with a Christian character Hidden History by Melody Carlson 4/5/19
🥚 Read a book with an egg or grave on the cover.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a king.
🥚 Read a book where a character goes to church on Easter.
🥚 Read a book with a red, green or yellow cover.
🥚 Read a book with the words RED, GREEN or YELLOW in the title.
🥚 Read a book whose author's first name begins with J A Justified Murder by Jude Deveraux 4/2/19
🥚 Read a book published or set in the 19th century (1800s).
🥚 Read a book set in Germany or with a German character.
🥚 Read a book where a character participates in springtime festivities.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a goddess. Tell who she is.
🥚 Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in EOSTRE.
🥚 Read a book where a new life has begun.
🥚 Read a book where a child is born.
🥚 Read a book where a character has chickens.
🥚 Read a book where a character gives up a food or drink for Lent or for another reason.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats eggs.
🥚 Read a book where a character dyes or paints eggs.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats a chocolate egg or jelly beans.
🥚 Read a book where eggs are hidden or found.
🥚 Read a book where the words Easter Bunny are found in the text. Give us a sentence and page/loc #.
🥚 Read a book where a character receives an Easter basket.
🥚 Read a book with an Easter basket on the cover. (Bonus Badge)
The Big Cat Nap by Rita Mae Brown 4/30/19
April Monthly - Easter EggsDuration: April 1- April 30, 2019
Level Two: 6+ tasks
Completed: 6
Tasks may be used as many times as you wish.
Tasks:
The practice of decorating eggshells as part of spring rituals is ancient, with decorated, engraved ostrich eggs found in Africa which are 60,000 years old. In the pre-dynastic period of Egypt and the early cultures of Mesopotamia and Crete, eggs were associated with death and rebirth, as well as with kingship, with decorated ostrich eggs, and representations of ostrich eggs in gold and silver, were commonly placed in graves of the ancient Sumerians and Egyptians as early as 5,000 years ago. These cultural relationships may have influenced early Christian and Islamic cultures in those areas, as well as through mercantile, religious, and political links from those areas around the Mediterranean.
🥚 Read a book set in Africa, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete or Sumeria.
🥚 Read a book in ancient times.
🥚 Read a book with a Christian or Islamic character.
🥚 Read a book with an egg or grave on the cover.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a king.
The Christian custom of Easter eggs, specifically, started among the early Christians of Mesopotamia, who stained eggs with red colouring "in memory of the blood of Christ, shed at His crucifixion". Kenneth Thompson, as well as British orientalist Thomas Hyde state that in addition to dying the eggs red, the early Christians of Mesopotamia also stained Easter eggs green and yellow.
🥚 Read a book where a character goes to church on Easter.
🥚 Read a book with a red, green or yellow cover.
The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan, 02.04.2019
Nenne drei Hochkulturen: Römer, Ägypter, Imker: Neue witzige Schülerantworten und Lehrergeschichten, Lena Greiner, 07.04.2019
🥚 Read a book with the words RED, GREEN or YELLOW in the title.
Influential 19th century folklorist and philologist Jacob Grimm speculates that the folk custom of Easter eggs among the continental Germanic peoples may have stemmed from springtime festivities of a Germanic goddess known in Old English as Ēostre.
🥚 Read a book whose author's first name begins with J OR last name begins with G.
🥚 Read a book published or set in the 19th century (1800s).
🥚 Read a book set in Germany or with a German character.
🥚 Read a book where a character participates in springtime festivities.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a goddess. Tell who she is.
🥚 Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in EOSTRE.
Steel's Edge, Ilona Andrews, 01.04.2019
Tea with Milk and Murder, H.Y. Hanna, 05.04.2019
Rehepapp ehk november, Andrus Kivirähk, 09.04.2019
Spells & Shelves, Elle Adams, 24.04.2019
The egg is widely used as a symbol of the start of new life, just as new life emerges from an egg when the chick hatches out.
🥚 Read a book where a new life has begun.
🥚 Read a book where a child is born.
🥚 Read a book where a character has chickens.
The Easter egg tradition may also have merged into the celebration of the end of the privations of Lent in the West. Historically, it was traditional to use up all of the household's eggs before Lent began. Eggs were originally forbidden during Lent, with the coming of Easter, the eating of eggs resumes. Some cultures cook special foods with eggs in it to be eaten with the Easter dinner.
🥚 Read a book where a character gives up a food or drink for Lent or for another reason.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats eggs.
Although one of the Christian traditions are to use dyed or painted chicken eggs, a modern custom is to substitute chocolate eggs, or plastic eggs filled with candy such as jelly beans. These eggs can be hidden for children to find on Easter morning, which may be left by the Easter Bunny. They may also be put in a basket filled with real or artificial straw to resemble a bird's nest.
🥚 Read a book where a character dyes or paints eggs.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats a chocolate egg or jelly beans.
🥚 Read a book where eggs are hidden or found.
🥚 Read a book where the words Easter Bunny are found in the text. Give us a sentence and page/loc #.
🥚 Read a book where a character receives an Easter basket.
🥚 Read a book with an Easter basket on the cover. (Bonus Badge)
April Monthly - Easter EggsApril 1- April 30, 2019
Levels:
Level One: 1-5 tasks
Level Two: 6+ tasks
Read: 9
Tasks may be used as many times as you wish.
Tasks:
🥚 Read a book set in Africa, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete or Sumeria.
✔ 🥚 Read a book in ancient times. - The Moon Under Her Feet by Clysta Kinstler 4/2/19
🥚 Read a book with a Christian or Islamic character.
✔ Conclave by Robert Harris 4/26/19
🥚 Read a book with an egg or grave on the cover.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a king.
🥚 Read a book where a character goes to church on Easter.
🥚 Read a book with a red, green or yellow cover.
✔ The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum 4/10/19
✔ Kit Kat and Lucy: The Country Cats Who Changed a City Girl's World by Lonnie Hull Dupont 4/19/19
🥚 Read a book with the words RED, GREEN or YELLOW in the title.
🥚 Read a book whose author's first name begins with J OR last name begins with G.
🥚 Read a book published or set in the 19th century (1800s).
✔ O Pioneers! by Willa Cather 4/8/19
🥚 Read a book set in Germany or with a German character.
🥚 Read a book where a character participates in springtime festivities.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a goddess. Tell who she is.
🥚 Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in EOSTRE.
✔ Something Worth Saving by Sandi Ward 4/7/19
✔ This Is Me: Loving the Person You Are Today by Chrissy Metz 4/18/19
✔ Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng 4/24/19
🥚 Read a book where a new life has begun.
🥚 Read a book where a child is born.
🥚 Read a book where a character has chickens.
✔ The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe 4/13/19 (page 184)
🥚 Read a book where a character gives up a food or drink for Lent or for another reason.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats eggs.
🥚 Read a book where a character dyes or paints eggs.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats a chocolate egg or jelly beans.
🥚 Read a book where eggs are hidden or found.
🥚 Read a book where the words Easter Bunny are found in the text. Give us a sentence and page/loc #.
🥚 Read a book where a character receives an Easter basket.
🥚 Read a book with an Easter basket on the cover. (Bonus Badge)
April Monthly - Easter EggsDuration: April 1- April 30, 2019
Levels:
Level One: 1-5 tasks
Level Two: 6+ tasks
Tasks may be used as many times as you wish.
Books Read: 4/6+
Tasks:
🥚 Read a book set in Africa, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete or Sumeria.
🥚 Read a book in ancient times.
🥚 Read a book with a Christian or Islamic character.
🥚 Read a book with an egg or grave on the cover.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a king.
- Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas, 04/06/19, the King of Adarlan is the main villain.
🥚 Read a book where a character goes to church on Easter.
🥚 Read a book with a red, green or yellow cover.
🥚 Read a book with the words RED, GREEN or YELLOW in the title.
🥚 Read a book whose author's first name begins with J OR last name begins with G.
🥚 Read a book published or set in the 19th century (1800s).
🥚 Read a book set in Germany or with a German character.
- The Amber Room by Steve Berry, 04/07/19, several German characters.
🥚 Read a book where a character participates in springtime festivities.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a goddess. Tell who she is.
🥚 Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in EOSTRE.
- The Shadow Year by Hannah Richell, 04/21/19
- Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas, 04/23/19
🥚 Read a book where a new life has begun.
🥚 Read a book where a child is born.
🥚 Read a book where a character has chickens.
🥚 Read a book where a character gives up a food or drink for Lent or for another reason.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats eggs.
🥚 Read a book where a character dyes or paints eggs.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats a chocolate egg or jelly beans.
🥚 Read a book where eggs are hidden or found.
🥚 Read a book where the words Easter Bunny are found in the text. Give us a sentence and page/loc #.
🥚 Read a book where a character receives an Easter basket.
🥚 Read a book with an Easter basket on the cover. (Bonus Badge)
April Monthly - Easter EggsLevel One: 1-5 Tasks
4 Completed
Tasks:
🥚 Read a book set in Africa, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete or Sumeria.
🥚 Read a book in ancient times.
- Completed 6th AprilHow it fits: MC's mother is strongly Christian
🥚 Read a book with an egg or grave on the cover.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a king.
🥚 Read a book where a character goes to church on Easter.
- Completed 25th AprilHow it fits: Green cover
🥚 Read a book with the words RED, GREEN or YELLOW in the title.
- Completed 12th AprilHow it fits: Author first name begins with "J"
🥚 Read a book published or set in the 19th century (1800s).
🥚 Read a book set in Germany or with a German character.
🥚 Read a book where a character participates in springtime festivities.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a goddess. Tell who she is.
🥚 Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in EOSTRE.
🥚 Read a book where a new life has begun.
🥚 Read a book where a child is born.
- Completed 19th AprilHow it fits: Miss Flitworth has chickens
🥚 Read a book where a character gives up a food or drink for Lent or for another reason.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats eggs.
🥚 Read a book where a character dyes or paints eggs.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats a chocolate egg or jelly beans.
🥚 Read a book where eggs are hidden or found.
🥚 Read a book where the words Easter Bunny are found in the text. Give us a sentence and page/loc #.
🥚 Read a book where a character receives an Easter basket.
🥚 Read a book with an Easter basket on the cover. (Bonus Badge)
April Monthly - Easter EggsDuration: April 1- April 30, 2019
Level Two: 6+ tasks. Tasks may be used as many times as you wish.
Books read: 16.
Tasks:
✣ Read a book set in Africa, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete or Sumeria.
✣ Read a book in ancient times.
✣ Read a book with a Christian or Islamic character.
Seventh Grave and No Body by Darynda Jones - 22 Apr 19
Shroud for the Archbishop by Peter Tremayne - 24 Apr 19
✣ Read a book with an egg or grave on the cover.
Thread of Death by Jennifer Estep - 04 Apr 19 (view spoiler)
Unquiet Dreams by Mark Del Franco - 19 Apr 19 (view spoiler)
✣ Read a book with a character that is a king.
Magic Dreams by Ilona Andrews - 08 Apr 19
Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews - 10 Apr 19
Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas - 24 Apr 19
✣ Read a book where a character goes to church on Easter.
✣ Read a book with a red, green or yellow cover.
Loyalty in Death by J.D. Robb - 06 Apr 19 (view spoiler)
By a Thread by Jennifer Estep - 07 Apr 19 (view spoiler)
Kiss of Venom by Jennifer Estep - 13 Apr 19 (view spoiler)
One Tequila by Tricia O'Malley - 25 Apr 19 (view spoiler)
✣ Read a book with the words RED, GREEN or YELLOW in the title.
✣ Read a book whose author's first name begins with J OR last name begins with G.
Conspiracy In Death by J.D. Robb - 03 Apr 19
Witness In Death by J.D. Robb - 23 Apr 19
✣ Read a book published or set in the 19th century (1800s).
Where Shadows Dance by C.S. Harris - 25 Apr 19
✣ Read a book set in Germany or with a German character.
✣ Read a book where a character participates in springtime festivities.
✣ Read a book with a character that is a goddess. Tell who she is.
✣ Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in EOSTRE.
Sixth Grave on the Edge by Darynda Jones - 20 Apr 19
✣ Read a book where a new life has begun.
✣ Read a book where a child is born.
Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews - 18 Apr 19
✣ Read a book where a character has chickens.
✣ Read a book where a character gives up a food or drink for Lent or for another reason.
✣ Read a book where a character eats eggs.
✣ Read a book where a character dyes or paints eggs.
✣ Read a book where a character eats a chocolate egg or jelly beans.
✣ Read a book where eggs are hidden or found.
✣ Read a book where the words Easter Bunny are found in the text. Give us a sentence and page/loc #.
✣ Read a book where a character receives an Easter basket.
✣ Read a book with an Easter basket on the cover. (Bonus Badge)
🏅🏅 Finished 🏅🏅April Monthly - Easter Eggs
Level Two: 6+ tasks
7/6
Tasks:
🥚 Read a book set in Africa, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete or Sumeria.
🥚 Read a book in ancient times.
🥚 Read a book with a Christian or Islamic character.
🥚 Read a book with an egg or grave on the cover.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a king.
🥚 Read a book where a character goes to church on Easter.
🍳 Read a book with a red, green or yellow cover:
Unusual Uses for Olive Oil, Alexander McCall Smith, Apr 14th🥚 Read a book with the words RED, GREEN or YELLOW in the title.
🍳Read a book whose author's first name begins with J OR last name begins with G: The Dry, Jane Harper, Apr 5th
🍳 Read a book published or set in the 19th century (1800s): The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern, Apr 12th
🥚 Read a book set in Germany or with a German character.
🥚 Read a book where a character participates in springtime festivities.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a goddess. Tell who she is.
🍳 Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in EOSTRE: The Opal Desert, Di Morrissey, Apr 24th
🍳 Read a book where a new life has begun: Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore, Matthew J. Sullivan, Apr 17th
🥚 Read a book where a child is born.
🍳 Read a book where a character has chickens. The Choke, Sofie Laguna, Apr 9th
🥚 Read a book where a character gives up a food or drink for Lent or for another reason.
🍳 Read a book where a character eats eggs: The Lucky One, Caroline Overington, Apr 13th - Page 60-...lifting one fried egg after another onto a white platter.
🥚 Read a book where a character dyes or paints eggs.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats a chocolate egg or jelly beans.
🥚 Read a book where eggs are hidden or found.
🥚 Read a book where the words Easter Bunny are found in the text. Give us a sentence and page/loc #.
🥚 Read a book where a character receives an Easter basket.
🥚 Read a book with an Easter basket on the cover. (Bonus Badge)
April Monthly - Easter Eggs COMPLETE
Level Two: 7/6
Tasks:
🥚 Read a book with a Christian or Islamic character. The Bell Iris Murdoch 06.04.19
🥚 Read a book with an egg or grave on the cover. Death of an Outsider
M.C. Beaton 11.04.19
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a king. The Last Tudor Philippa Gregory 01.04.19
🥚 Read a book published or set in the 19th century (1800s).
Little Women Louisa May Alcott 10.04.19
🥚 Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in EOSTRE.
Elizabeth: Her Life, Our Times: A Diamond Jubilee Celebration Alan Titchmarsh 11.04.19
🥚 Read a book where a new life has begun. Before I Was Yours: How Far Would You Go for a Child Who Wasn't Yours? Virginia Macgregor 02.04.19
🥚 Read a book where a character has chickens. Death of a Travelling Man m.c. beaton 20.04.19 - Hamish keeps chickens and often has to pop back to feed them
Level Two: 7/6
Tasks:
🥚 Read a book with a Christian or Islamic character. The Bell Iris Murdoch 06.04.19
🥚 Read a book with an egg or grave on the cover. Death of an Outsider
M.C. Beaton 11.04.19 🥚 Read a book with a character that is a king. The Last Tudor Philippa Gregory 01.04.19
🥚 Read a book published or set in the 19th century (1800s).
Little Women Louisa May Alcott 10.04.19
🥚 Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in EOSTRE.
Elizabeth: Her Life, Our Times: A Diamond Jubilee Celebration Alan Titchmarsh 11.04.19
🥚 Read a book where a new life has begun. Before I Was Yours: How Far Would You Go for a Child Who Wasn't Yours? Virginia Macgregor 02.04.19
🥚 Read a book where a character has chickens. Death of a Travelling Man m.c. beaton 20.04.19 - Hamish keeps chickens and often has to pop back to feed them
Finished 10 booksApril Monthly - Easter Eggs
Duration: April 1- April 30, 2019
Levels:
Level Two: 6+ tasks
Tasks may be used as many times as you wish.
Tasks:
🥚 Read a book set in Africa, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete or Sumeria.Murder in Mesopotamia
Agatha Christie 264 p. 5 april 2019 Set in mesopothamia🥚 Read a book with a character that is a king.
The Royal Succession
Maurice Druon 352 p. 6 april 2019 4 stars MC The Christian custom of Easter eggs, specifically, started among the early Christians of Mesopotamia, who stained eggs with red colouring "in memory of the blood of Christ, shed at His crucifixion". Kenneth Thompson, as well as British orientalist Thomas Hyde state that in addition to dying the eggs red, the early Christians of Mesopotamia also stained Easter eggs green and yellow.
🥚 Read a book with a red, green or yellow cover.
Rose Rosita Steenbeek 352 p. 7 april 2019 2 stars🥚 Read a book with the words RED, GREEN or YELLOW in the title.
Watchmen
Alan Moore 416 p. 12 april 2019 3 stars 🥚 Read a book whose author's first name begins with J OR last name begins with G.
Teacher, Teacher!
Jack Sheffield 336 p. 10 april 2019 4 stars
Het pantserhart Jo Nesbø 606 p. 21 april 2019 4 stars 🥚 Read a book published or set in the 19th century (1800s).
Max Havelaar, of de koffieveilingen van de Nederlandse handelsmaatschappij
Multatuli 23 april 2019 320 p. 5 stars Published 1860Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson 159 p. 24 april 2019 3 stars Published 1882 🥚 Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in EOSTRE.
Stalker
Lars Kepler 592 p. 2 april 2019 4 starsStromboli
Saskia Noort 256 p. 4 march 2019 2 stars Helper: Easter Lists
FINISHED!!April Monthly - Easter Eggs
Level Two: 6+ tasks
6/6
Tasks:
🥚 Read a book with a Christian or Islamic character. A Man of His Own by Susan Wilson 4/20/19
🥚 Read a book whose author's first name begins with J OR last name begins with G. Lost and Gone Forever by Alex Grecian 4/13/19
🥚 Read a book published or set in the 19th century (1800s). - The Inn at Hidden Run by Olivia Newport 4/16/19
🥚 Read a book set in Germany or with a German character. - Wanderlost 2: More Shots of Literary Tequila for the Restless Soul by Simon Williams 4/26/19
🥚 Read a book where a child is born. Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield 4/11/19
🥚 Read a book where a character eats eggs. Who R U Really? by Margo Kelly 4/3/19
Finished!April Monthly - Easter Eggs
Duration: April 1- April 30, 2019
Level Two: 6+ tasks
Completed: 6
Tasks may be used as many times as you wish.
Tasks:
The practice of decorating eggshells as part of spring rituals is ancient, with decorated, engraved ostrich eggs found in Africa which are 60,000 years old. In the pre-dynastic period of Egypt and the early cultures of Mesopotamia and Crete, eggs were associated with death and rebirth, as well as with kingship, with decorated ostrich eggs, and representations of ostrich eggs in gold and silver, were commonly placed in graves of the ancient Sumerians and Egyptians as early as 5,000 years ago. These cultural relationships may have influenced early Christian and Islamic cultures in those areas, as well as through mercantile, religious, and political links from those areas around the Mediterranean.
🥚 Read a book set in Africa, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete or Sumeria.
🥚 Read a book in ancient times.
🥚 Read a book with a Christian or Islamic character.
🥚 Read a book with an egg or grave on the cover.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a king.
The Christian custom of Easter eggs, specifically, started among the early Christians of Mesopotamia, who stained eggs with red colouring "in memory of the blood of Christ, shed at His crucifixion". Kenneth Thompson, as well as British orientalist Thomas Hyde state that in addition to dying the eggs red, the early Christians of Mesopotamia also stained Easter eggs green and yellow.
🥚 Read a book where a character goes to church on Easter.
🥚 Read a book with a red, green or yellow cover.
The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan, 02.04.2019
Nenne drei Hochkulturen: Römer, Ägypter, Imker: Neue witzige Schülerantworten und Lehrergeschichten, Lena Greiner, 07.04.2019
🥚 Read a book with the words RED, GREEN or YELLOW in the title.
Influential 19th century folklorist and philologist Jacob Grimm speculates that the folk custom of Easter eggs among the continental Germanic peoples may have stemmed from springtime festivities of a Germanic goddess known in Old English as Ēostre.
🥚 Read a book whose author's first name begins with J OR last name begins with G.
🥚 Read a book published or set in the 19th century (1800s).
🥚 Read a book set in Germany or with a German character.
🥚 Read a book where a character participates in springtime festivities.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a goddess. Tell who she is.
🥚 Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in EOSTRE.
Steel's Edge, Ilona Andrews, 01.04.2019
Tea with Milk and Murder, H.Y. Hanna, 05.04.2019
Rehepapp ehk november, Andrus Kivirähk, 09.04.2019
Spells & Shelves, Elle Adams, 24.04.2019
The egg is widely used as a symbol of the start of new life, just as new life emerges from an egg when the chick hatches out.
🥚 Read a book where a new life has begun.
🥚 Read a book where a child is born.
🥚 Read a book where a character has chickens.
The Easter egg tradition may also have merged into the celebration of the end of the privations of Lent in the West. Historically, it was traditional to use up all of the household's eggs before Lent began. Eggs were originally forbidden during Lent, with the coming of Easter, the eating of eggs resumes. Some cultures cook special foods with eggs in it to be eaten with the Easter dinner.
🥚 Read a book where a character gives up a food or drink for Lent or for another reason.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats eggs.
Although one of the Christian traditions are to use dyed or painted chicken eggs, a modern custom is to substitute chocolate eggs, or plastic eggs filled with candy such as jelly beans. These eggs can be hidden for children to find on Easter morning, which may be left by the Easter Bunny. They may also be put in a basket filled with real or artificial straw to resemble a bird's nest.
🥚 Read a book where a character dyes or paints eggs.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats a chocolate egg or jelly beans.
🥚 Read a book where eggs are hidden or found.
🥚 Read a book where the words Easter Bunny are found in the text. Give us a sentence and page/loc #.
🥚 Read a book where a character receives an Easter basket.
🥚 Read a book with an Easter basket on the cover. (Bonus Badge)
COMPLETED @ post #36 April Monthly - Easter Eggs
Duration: April 1- April 30, 2019
Level Two: 6+ tasks.
Tasks completed: 8.
Books read: 16.
✣ Read a book with a Christian or Islamic character.
Seventh Grave and No Body by Darynda Jones - 22 Apr 19
Shroud for the Archbishop by Peter Tremayne - 24 Apr 19
✣ Read a book with an egg or grave on the cover.
Thread of Death by Jennifer Estep - 04 Apr 19 (view spoiler)
Unquiet Dreams by Mark Del Franco - 19 Apr 19 (view spoiler)
✣ Read a book with a character that is a king.
Magic Dreams by Ilona Andrews - 08 Apr 19
Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews - 10 Apr 19
Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas - 24 Apr 19
✣ Read a book with a red, green or yellow cover.
Loyalty in Death by J.D. Robb - 06 Apr 19 (view spoiler)
By a Thread by Jennifer Estep - 07 Apr 19 (view spoiler)
Kiss of Venom by Jennifer Estep - 13 Apr 19 (view spoiler)
One Tequila by Tricia O'Malley - 25 Apr 19 (view spoiler)
✣ Read a book whose author's first name begins with J OR last name begins with G.
Conspiracy In Death by J.D. Robb - 03 Apr 19
Witness In Death by J.D. Robb - 23 Apr 19
✣ Read a book published or set in the 19th century (1800s).
Where Shadows Dance by C.S. Harris - 25 Apr 19
✣ Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in EOSTRE.
Sixth Grave on the Edge by Darynda Jones - 20 Apr 19
✣ Read a book where a child is born.
Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews - 18 Apr 19
Mod
April Monthly - Easter Eggs
Level Two: 6+ tasks
14/6+
Tasks:
🥚 Read a book set in Africa, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete or Sumeria.
🥚 Read a book in ancient times.
🥚 Read a book with a Christian character.
The Trouble with Twelfth Grave Darynda Jones 4/17/19
🥚 Read a book with an egg or grave on the cover.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a king.
🥚 Read a book where a character goes to church on Easter.
🥚 Read a book with a red, green or yellow cover.
Haunting the Deep Adriana Mather 4/2/19🥚 Read a book with the words RED, GREEN or YELLOW in the title.
🥚 Read a book whose author's first name begins with J OR last name begins with G.
A Willing Murder Jude Deveraux 4/4/19
Sweet Little Thing Abbi Glines 4/19/19
Sweet Little Lies Abbi Glines 4/19/19
Sweet Little Memories Abbi Glines 4/20/19
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a goddess. Tell who she is.
Charley Eleventh Grave in Moonlight Darynda Jones 4/16/19
🥚 Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in EOSTRE.
Over the Middle Lauren Landish 4/3/19
Rebel Heir Vi Keeland 4/21/19
Rebel Heart Penelope Ward 4/22/19
Rival Penelope Douglas 4/22/19
🥚 Read a book where a new life has begun.
Finding Margo Susanne O'Leary 4/6/19
🥚 Read a book where a child is born.
California Girls Susan Mallery 4/3/19
🥚 Read a book where a character has chickens.
🥚 Read a book where a character gives up a food or drink for Lent or for another reason.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats eggs.
A Justified Murder Jude Deveraux 4/5/19
COMPLETION POST - 4 booksApril Monthly - Easter Eggs
Duration: April 1- April 30, 2019
Level: Level One: 1-5 tasks
Tasks may be used as many times as you wish.
Tasks:
🥚 Read a book set in Africa, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete or Sumeria.
🥚 Read a book in ancient times.
🥚 Read a book with a Christian or Islamic character.
🥚 Read a book with an egg or grave on the cover.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a king.
🥚 Read a book where a character goes to church on Easter.
🥚 Read a book with a red, green or yellow cover.
Playing Dead - Allison Brennan - 4/17/2019🥚 Read a book with the words RED, GREEN or YELLOW in the title.
🥚 Read a book whose author's first name begins with J OR last name begins with G.
Working Class Man - Jimmy Barnes - 4/18/2019How it fits: Author's first name begins with J.
Briar Rose - Jane Yolen - 4/21/2019How it fits: Author's first name begins with J.
🥚 Read a book published or set in the 19th century (1800s).
🥚 Read a book set in Germany or with a German character.
🥚 Read a book where a character participates in springtime festivities.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a goddess. Tell who she is.
🥚 Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in EOSTRE.
The Silent Patient - Alex Michaelides - 4/29/2019How it fits: With or without the article, the title begins with a letter from EOSTRE
🥚 Read a book where a new life has begun.
🥚 Read a book where a child is born.
🥚 Read a book where a character has chickens.
🥚 Read a book where a character gives up a food or drink for Lent or for another reason.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats eggs.
🥚 Read a book where a character dyes or paints eggs.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats a chocolate egg or jelly beans.
🥚 Read a book where eggs are hidden or found.
🥚 Read a book where the words Easter Bunny are found in the text.
(sentence and page/loc #.)
🥚 Read a book where a character receives an Easter basket.
🥚 Read a book with an Easter basket on the cover. (Bonus Badge)
completed 13Level Two: 6+ tasks
Tasks may be used as many times as you wish.
Tasks:
🥚 Read a book set in Africa, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete or Sumeria.
Circling the Sun - Paula McLain - 4/11/19 - Africa
The Curse of the Pharaohs - Elizabeth Peters - 4/23/19 - Egypt
🥚 Read a book with a Christian character.
Open Season - Linda Howard - 4/28/19
🥚 Read a book whose author's first name begins with J OR last name begins with G.
Playing with Fire - Tess Gerritsen - 4/3/19
Untraceable - Laura Griffins - 4/6/19
Watch me Disappear - Janelle Brown - 4/7/19
Just add Salt - Jinx Schwartz - 4/17/19
🥚 Read a book published or set in the 19th century (1800s).
Limehouse Text - Will Thomas - 4/14/19
The Rookery - Emily Organ - 4/16/19 - 1884
🥚 Read a book set in Germany or with a German character.
Baker’s Daughter - Sarah McCoy - 4/25/19
🥚 Read a book where a new life has begun.
Charlotte’s Web - E.B. White - 4/27/19
🥚 Read a book where a character has chickens.
Baker’s Secret - Stephen Kiernan - 4/21/19
🥚 Read a book where a character eats eggs.
Mariana - Susanna Kearsley - 4/2/19
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April Monthly - Easter Eggs
Duration: April 1- April 30, 2019
Levels:
Level One: 1-5 tasks
Level Two: 6+ tasks
Tasks may be used as many times as you wish.
Tasks:
The practice of decorating eggshells as part of spring rituals is ancient, with decorated, engraved ostrich eggs found in Africa which are 60,000 years old. In the pre-dynastic period of Egypt and the early cultures of Mesopotamia and Crete, eggs were associated with death and rebirth, as well as with kingship, with decorated ostrich eggs, and representations of ostrich eggs in gold and silver, were commonly placed in graves of the ancient Sumerians and Egyptians as early as 5,000 years ago. These cultural relationships may have influenced early Christian and Islamic cultures in those areas, as well as through mercantile, religious, and political links from those areas around the Mediterranean.
🥚 Read a book set in Africa, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete or Sumeria.
🥚 Read a book in ancient times.
🥚 Read a book with a Christian or Islamic character.
🥚 Read a book with an egg or grave on the cover.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a king.
The Christian custom of Easter eggs, specifically, started among the early Christians of Mesopotamia, who stained eggs with red colouring "in memory of the blood of Christ, shed at His crucifixion". Kenneth Thompson, as well as British orientalist Thomas Hyde state that in addition to dying the eggs red, the early Christians of Mesopotamia also stained Easter eggs green and yellow.
🥚 Read a book where a character goes to church on Easter.
🥚 Read a book with a red, green or yellow cover.
🥚 Read a book with the words RED, GREEN or YELLOW in the title.
Influential 19th century folklorist and philologist Jacob Grimm speculates that the folk custom of Easter eggs among the continental Germanic peoples may have stemmed from springtime festivities of a Germanic goddess known in Old English as Ēostre.
🥚 Read a book whose author's first name begins with J OR last name begins with G.
🥚 Read a book published or set in the 19th century (1800s).
🥚 Read a book set in Germany or with a German character.
🥚 Read a book where a character participates in springtime festivities.
🥚 Read a book with a character that is a goddess. Tell who she is.
🥚 Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in EOSTRE.
The egg is widely used as a symbol of the start of new life, just as new life emerges from an egg when the chick hatches out.
🥚 Read a book where a new life has begun.
🥚 Read a book where a child is born.
🥚 Read a book where a character has chickens.
The Easter egg tradition may also have merged into the celebration of the end of the privations of Lent in the West. Historically, it was traditional to use up all of the household's eggs before Lent began. Eggs were originally forbidden during Lent, with the coming of Easter, the eating of eggs resumes. Some cultures cook special foods with eggs in it to be eaten with the Easter dinner.
🥚 Read a book where a character gives up a food or drink for Lent or for another reason.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats eggs.
Although one of the Christian traditions are to use dyed or painted chicken eggs, a modern custom is to substitute chocolate eggs, or plastic eggs filled with candy such as jelly beans. These eggs can be hidden for children to find on Easter morning, which may be left by the Easter Bunny. They may also be put in a basket filled with real or artificial straw to resemble a bird's nest.
🥚 Read a book where a character dyes or paints eggs.
🥚 Read a book where a character eats a chocolate egg or jelly beans.
🥚 Read a book where eggs are hidden or found.
🥚 Read a book where the words Easter Bunny are found in the text. Give us a sentence and page/loc #.
🥚 Read a book where a character receives an Easter basket.
🥚 Read a book with an Easter basket on the cover. (Bonus Badge)
Helper: Easter Lists
Info from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg
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