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APRIL 2025 CHALLENGE
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📚🌟🌟🌟Linda C - 9+8 = 17
Marilyn - 6
📚💫💫Amber - 7+2=9
📚✨Diana S - 6+1 =7
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🌟🌟🌟Linda C - 2757
✨Marilyn - 1983
💫💫Amber - 2471
Diana S - 1274
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3.1 - Linda C
2.3 - Amber
1.7 - Diana S
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3.2 - Linda C
2.4 - Amber
1.8 - Marilyn
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1.9 - Linda C
1.10 - Marilyn
1.1 April: 4th Month of the YearChoose ONE of the following:
b. Read a book with 4 in its page count.
Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom – Ilyon Woo (4 stars) 4/9/25 [416]
Points this task - 1
Pages this task - 416
Total Points - 1
Total Pages - 416
2.1 The LotteryRead 2 Books
#2 Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward--4/3/25--336 pages
#5 What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator by Barbara Butcher--4/11/25--288 pages
Total points: 2
Total pages: 624
1.3 April Showers ColorsRead a book with a predominantly BLUE • GRAY • SILVER cover (65%+) Show cover.
by Lucy Connelly 04.03.25Task points 1
Task pages 304
1.1 April: 4th Month of the YearChoose ONE of the following:
b. Read a book with 4 in it's page count.
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams 04.06.25
Task points 1
Task pages 384
Total points 2
Total pages 688
1.2 Celebrate the Author: HIM VS HERThis month's Authors are: William Kent Krueger VS Ruth Ware
Read a book by one of these Authors.
One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware 04.10.25
Task points 1
Task pages 385
Total points 3
Total pages 1073
1.6 Going GreenChoose one:
b. Arbor Day (April 25)
Read a book with trees on the cover. (show cover)
by Ellie Brannigan 04.13.25Task points 1
Task pages 320
Task points 4
Total pages 1393
1.7 (Bethany's task) My Brigade Music Came Out Today!To celebrate, choose a task below:
c. The 1st letter of the title starts in BRIGADE
And Only to Deceive (Lady Emily Ashton Mysteries, #1) – Tasha Alexander (5 stars) 4/18/25 [321] - A in BRIGADE
Points this task - 1
Pages this task - 321
Total Points - 2
Total Pages - 737
1.7 (Bethany's task) My Brigade Music Came Out Today!The last couple of years, I've been lucky to sing at Treble Harmony Brigade. Music comes out April 1st, we learn and practice through the spring, then have a crazy weekend of performing in August.
To celebrate, choose a task below:
c. The 1st letter of the title starts in BRIGADE
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh 04.15.25
Task points 1
Task pages 325
Task points 5
Task pages 1718
1.1 April: 4th Month of the Yeara. Read a book published in April (any year)
American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal by Neil King Jr.--4/15/25--published 4/4/23--368 pages
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1.3 April Showers Colors
Read a book with a predominantly BLUE • GRAY • SILVER cover (65%+) Show cover.
The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America byElizabeth Letts--4/1/25--336 pages*******************************************************************
Points this task: 2
Pages this task: 704
Total points: 4
Total pages: 1328
1.7 (Bethany's task) My Brigade Music Came Out Today!The last couple of years, I've been lucky to sing at Treble Harmony Brigade.
To celebrate, choose a task below:
b. The songs are arranged in 4 part harmony. Read a book with AT LEAST 4 main characters.
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini--4/12/15--372 pages
4 main characters: Miriam, Laila, Rasheed, Tariq
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1.10 (Bethany's Task) My Brain Hurts
Read a book. Enjoy it. Don't overthink things for this task.
After Annie by Anna Quindlen--4/18/25--283 pages
Points this task: 2
Pages this task: 655
Total points: 6
Total pages: 1983
1.6 Going Greena. Earth Day (April 22)
Read a book whose Author Last name begins with a letter in E•A•R•T•H.
Beach Read – Emily Henry (3 stars 4/25/25 2020 [371] - H in Earth
1.10 (Bethany's Task) My Brain Hurts
Read a book. Enjoy it. Don't overthink things for this task.
The Last Waltz – Mary Balogh (4 stars) 4/21/25 1998 [225]
Points these tasks - 2
Pages these tasks - 596
Total Points - 4
Total Pages - 1333
2.2 Motley Reading Challenge 2025 1. Read a book whose Author you have read at less 2 times before. (STATE) the other 2 books you have read from this author.
Mirror, Mirror (Gothic Fairytales, #2) – Ann Aguirre (4 stars) 4/27/25 2021 [250]
I have read 10 of her books including Bitterburn (Gothic Fairytales, #1) and the Razorland series
2. Read a book published in the year of the snake. (1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025)
Take Me Home – Inez Kelley (3 stars) 4/3/25 [165] – publ in 2013
Points this task - 2
Pages this task - 415
Total Points - 6
Total Pages - 1748
1.8 (Amber's Task) National Find A Rainbow DayApril 3rd is Find A Rainbow Day
Read a book with at least 2 colors of the rainbow in the cover (show cover)Tell us which 2 colors are being used.
by Roseanna M. White 04.27.25 (blue and violet)Task points 1
Task pages 363
Total points 6
Total pages 2081
1.10 (Bethany's Task) My Brain HurtsMy kid kept me up all night and my brain hurts after thinking up the last task. And from listening to 10 songs on repeat for 24 hours.
Read a book. Enjoy it. Don't overthink things for this task.
Not What She Seems by Yasmin Angoe 04/26/25
Task points 1
Task pages 390
Total points 7
Total pages 2471
3.1 (Linda C's Task) SPRING CLEANING1. Read the next volume in any series you have started. Tell us the series and #.
Dragon King (Bride Hunt #3) – Charlene Hartnady (3 stars) 4/2/25 [254]
2. Read a book that has been on your pile a long time.
Tell us when it was added. Must at least be prior to 2023.
Midnight Jewels – Jayne Ann Krentz (5 stars) 4/11/25 1987 [380] – added 2/27/13
3. Read a book from the oldest year – i.e. the first year you added books to GR, not the publication date of the book. Tell us what year. For me that would be things I added in 2012, the year I joined GR (Yes, I still haven’t read all of those!)
Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1) - Lisa Kleypas (3 stars) 4/28/25 2004 [375] – added to GR on 9/26/12
Points this task - 3
Pages this task - 1009
Total Points - 9
Total Pages - 2757
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The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare by Lilian Jackson Braun (4/11/25) 208 pp 3.5 ⭐⭐⭐
Points Earned: 1
Pages Read: 208
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Patchwork Quilt Murder by Leslie Meier (4/12/25) 288 pp ⭐⭐⭐
Points Earned: 1
Pages Read: 288
Total Points: 2
Total Pages: 496
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b 4 in page count - 224 pp
The Cat Who Played Brahms by Lilian Jackson Braun (4/13/25) 224 pp 3.5 ⭐⭐⭐
Points Earned: 1
Pages Read: 224
Total Points: 3
Total Pages: 720
5.1 April Showers Bring May FlowersRead 5 Books
Spell-out one of the ALL-CAPPED Flowers: LILAC
L - Lightning Dragon (Bride Hunt, #4) – Charlene Hartnady (3 stars) 4/4/25 [259]
I - Irish Chain (Benni Harper Mysteries, #2) – Earlene Fowler (3 stars) 4/30/25 [309]
L - Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1) – Travis Baldree (4 stars) 4/20/25 [296]
A - Alice Taylor - The Village – (4 stars) 4/5/25 [160]
C - Christmas K-9 Unit Heroes (Rocky Mountain K-9 Unit, #9) – Lenora Worth & Katy Lee (3 stars) 4/7/2025 [288]
Points this task - 5
Pages this task - 1312
Total Points - 14
Total Pages - 4069
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c title begins with B•R•I•G•A•D•E
Bewilderment by Richard Powers (4/9/25) 278 pp ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Points Earned: 1
Pages Read: 278
Total Points: 4
Total Pages: 998
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Murder in Bloom by Liz Fielding (4/29/25) 276 pp 3.5 ⭐⭐⭐Bonus Point: Garden in front of house
Points Earned: 2
Pages Read: 276
Total Points: 6
Total Pages: 1274
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