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16/16 COMPLETED! 4/17/26March Winds…
√1. A book with the month of March in the title or author name, or mentioned in the text
Murder in Old Bombay by Nev March
√2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event)
The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World (pretty self-explanatory! climate change-induced sea level rise)
√3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS
Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz
√4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle
Under the Sea-Wind
√5. A book first published in March of any year
Wild Dark Shore
And April Showers…
√6. A book with the month of April in the title or author name, or mentioned in the text
Three Days in April
√7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground
√8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS
A Woman of Independent Means by Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey
√9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
There's an Owl in the Shower
√10. A book first published in April of any year
Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping On a Dead Man
Bring forth May flowers
√11. A book with the month of May in the title or author name, or mentioned in the text
The Darling Buds of May
√12. A book with blooming flowers on the cover (in a flower bed or planter – not a vase)
√13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS
Daughter of Daring: The Trick-Riding, Train-Leaping, Road-Racing Life of Helen Gibson, Hollywood’s First Stuntwoman by Mallory O'Meara
√14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols: Adapted from the Journals of John H. Watson, M.D.
√15. A book first published in May of any year
The Great Gatsby
√16. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors on the list of authors below, born in March, April or May
https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/...
A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare
JennH's ATY 2026 Spring ChallengeThe challenge will run from 1st March to 31 May.
💨🌬️💨🌬️
Muddled Through by Barbara Ross 3/20/26 - p38 "packed up on a dismal March day"
I Survived the Dust Bowl, 1935 by Lauren Tarshis 3/22/26 - dust storms
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl 3/9/26
Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, Vol. 6 by Umi . 3/25/26
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan 3/17/26 - Published March 22, 2011
☔️🌧️☔️🌧️
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo 3/11/26 - p13 "The April sun, weak but determined"
Always Raining Here: A Graphic Novel by Hazel + Bell 4/26/26
Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry 3/1/26
Twelve Slays of Christmas by Jacqueline Frost 4/18/26
Tokyo Ghoul: re, Vol. 4 by Sui Ishida 3/17/26 - Published April 17, 2018
🌸🌷🌼🌸🌷🌼
Elevation by Stephen King 3/21/26
To Sicily with Love by Jennifer Probst 4/26/26
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson 4/7/26
Jane Darrowfield, Professional Busybody by Barbara Ross 4/23/26
The Big Kahuna by Janet Evanovich 3/28/26 - Published in May 7, 2019
✔️
This author list comes from: https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/...
(view spoiler)
The Cornwalls are Gone by James Patterson 4/10/26
ATY 2026 Spring ChallengeMarch Winds…
✔️ 1. A book with the month of March in the title or mentioned in the text (share text)
March by Geraldine Brooks 4/8 - 5⭐️
2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event)
When the Storm Passes by Manel Loureiro
✔️3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS None the Wiser by Rachel Amphlett 4/1 - 3.5⭐️
4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle
Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart: What Art Teaches Us About the Wonder and Struggle of Being Alive by Russ Ramsey
5. A book first published in March of any year East of Eden by John Steinbeck
And April Showers…
✔️ 6. A book with the month of April in the title, or mentioned in the text (share text)
“I wish that this whole thing was happening in April…”, p. 319.
Kin by Tayari Jones 4/18 - 5⭐️
7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground
by Ian McEwan8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS
Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser
✔️ 9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
Theft of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan 3/7 - 4⭐️
✔️ 10. A book first published in April of any year Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke 4/23 - 4.5⭐️
Bring forth May flowers
✔️ 11. A book with the month of May in the title, or mentioned in the text (share text)
“The May of our wedding…” p. 6
Culpability by Bruce Holsinger 3/1 - 3.5⭐️
12. A book with blooming flowers on the cover (in a flower bed or planter – not a vase)
by Tracy Rees13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS
Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
✔️ 15. A book first published in May of any year
Aging with Grace: What the Nun Study Teaches Us About Leading Longer, Healthier, and More Meaningful Livesby David Snowdon 4/13 - 4.5⭐️
16. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors on the list of authors below, born in March, April or May
Villette by Charlotte Brontë
2026 Spring Challenge11/16
March Winds…
1. A book with the month of March in the title or mentioned in the text (share text) - A Beautiful Rival, Gill Paul (Elizabeth was concerned in March when the newspapers reported a tumble in share prices.) (pg.165)
2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event)
3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS - The Pearl Harbor Murders, Max Allan Collins
4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle - Revelation 911: How the Book of Revelation Intersects with Today's Headlines, Paul Begley
5. A book first published in March of any year - All Our Yesterdays, Joel H. Morris (2024)
And April Showers…
6. A book with the month of April in the title, or mentioned in the text (share text) - The Bounty: Captain Bligh & Mr. Christian, Richard Hough (At midday on 28 April 1789 the Bounty was a ship without a commander) (Chap 7)
7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground
8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS - Escape Artist, Ed Ifkovic
9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle - Fatal Evidence: Professor Alfred Swaine Taylor & the Dawn of Forensic Science, Helen Barrell
10. A book first published in April of any year - Shadow of the Dolocher, European P. Douglas (4/19/2017)
Bring forth May flowers
11. A book with the month of May in the title, or mentioned in the text (share text) - O Beautiful, Jung Yun (It was around mid-May though.) (pg. 204)
12. A book with blooming flowers on the cover (in a flower bed or planter – not a vase)
13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS - The Four Queens of Crime, Rosanne Limoncelli
14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle - All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque
15. A book first published in May of any year
16. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors on the list of authors below, born in March, April or May:
https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/...
Spring Reading Challenge13/16
✅ = Finished
March Winds…
1. A book with March in the title or author name, or the month of March mentioned in the text (share text)
✅The Violets of March - Sarah Jio
2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event)
✅Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy
It's not one specific weather event. The island has constant rain and the ocean is rising. Climate change.
3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS
✅The Castle of Otranto - Horace Walpole 3/3/26
4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle
Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands - Mary Seacole
5. A book first published in March of any year
✅Writers & Lovers - Lily King (3/3/2020) 3/20/26
And April Showers…
6. A book with April in the title or author name, or the month of April mentioned in the text (share text)
✅North Woods - Daniel Mason 3/9/26
(p. 40: We took our cuttings of the tree in February, grafted them in March, and planted them in April.)
(p. 48:
Sniff her in April
Bite her in September
Come Father Frost
And we will
Sip her in December)
7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground
✅Mary Poppins - P.L. Travers
8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS
✅Cry, the Beloved Country - Alan Paton
9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS (including two Ss) can be found in the title/subtitle
✅Barchester Towers - Anthony Trollope
10. A book first published in April of any year
✅Death on a Starry Night - Betsy Draine (April 12, 2016)
Bring forth May flowers
11. A book with May in the title or author name, or the month of May mentioned in the text (share text)
✅Little Men - Louisa May Alcott
12.A book with flowers on the cover, growing in a flower bed, planter or the wild (not a vase or just flowers as part of the cover design)
✅The Garden Plot (Potting Shed Mystery #1) - Marty Wingate
13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS
✅The Rose-Garden Husband - Margaret Widdemer
14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
✅Jane Austen's Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector's Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend - Rebecca Romney
15. A book first published in May of any year
The Unhoneymooners - Christina Lauren (5/14/19)
16. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors on the list of authors below, born in March, April or May:
This author list comes from:
https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/...
Don't Look Now and Other Stories - Daphne du Maurier (May 13)
There is a sheet in the community spreadsheet (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...) for you to track your progress, or you can use the tracking thread
March Winds…1. A book with the month of March in the title or mentioned in the text (share text)
Los huesos de Sara
—Desde marzo del año pasado, cuando mandé el primer email.—
√2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event)
Storm of Locusts
The series is set in a future where environmental collapse known as “The Big Flood” has submerged the world.
√3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS
Layla by Colleen Hoover
√4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle
Wanting Daisy Dead
√5. A book first published in March of any year
Ein dunkles Versteck (Ein Evelyn-Holm-Thriller 4)
And April Showers…
√6. A book with the month of April in the title, or mentioned in the text (share text)
Muttertag
“Und wir haben erst April!”
√7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground
Black Rain
8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS
√The Recloseted Lesbian: Volume 1 by Obelis Liepa
√9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
Was bisher verloren war
√10. A book first published in April of any year
Der erste letzte Tag: Kein Thriller
Bring forth May flowers
√11. A book with the month of May in the title, or mentioned in the text (share text)
Murder Isn't Easy: The Forensics of Agatha Christie
Just nineteen days later, on 23 May 1905, both Stratton brothers were simultaneously swinging from the gallows at Wandsworth Prison in south London.
√12. A book with blooming flowers on the cover (in a flower bed or planter – not a vase)
The Dead Romantics
13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS
√ The Favorites by Layne Fargo
√14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King's The Stand
√15. A book first published in May of any year
Fourth Wing
16. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors on the list of authors below, born in March, April or May:
Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas
🌷 Roxana's Spring Challenge 🌷 0/16
🌬️ March Winds…
1. A book with the month of March in the title or mentioned in the text (share text)
2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event)
3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS
4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle
5. A book first published in March of any year
🌦️...And April Showers…
6. A book with the month of April in the title, or mentioned in the text (share text)
7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground
8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS
9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
10. A book first published in April of any year
🪻...Bring Forth May Flowers
11. A book with the month of May in the title, or mentioned in the text (share text)
12. A book with blooming flowers on the cover (in a flower bed or planter – not a vase)
13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS
14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
15. A book first published in May of any year
16. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors on the list of authors below, born in March, April or May:
🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷
Plans/TBR
March Winds…
1. A book with the month of March in the title or mentioned in the text (share text)
2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event): What We Did to Survive
3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS: The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle: How Bad Things Can Get or How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates
5. A book first published in March of any year: Everyone in This Bank Is a Thief or Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories
And April Showers…
6. A book with the month of April in the title, or mentioned in the text (share text)
7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground: Off the Map
8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS: When I Was Death
9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle:
10. A book first published in April of any year: Morsel
Bring forth May flowers
11. A book with the month of May in the title, or mentioned in the text (share text)
12. A book with blooming flowers on the cover (in a flower bed or planter – not a vase)
13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS: A War of Wyverns
14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle: This Weekend Doesn't End Well for Anyone: A Novel
15. A book first published in May of any year: The Tapestry of Fate
16. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors on the list of authors below, born in March, April or May: To Kill a Mockingbird
🌷 Mie’s AtY Spring Challenge 🔅Mar-May
📗 Done: 10
▪️ Planned: 6
❣️ Completion date: 01.04.26
March Winds…
1. A book with the month of March in the title or mentioned in the text (share text)
2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event)
📗 The Bone Garden
- weather causes MC to get stuck in remote village
3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS
📗 Rupert Holmes - Murder Your Employer
4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle
(Danish: VINDE)
📗 Kan han li' at fiske? -og andre godbidder fra mit vidunderlige liv
5. A book first published in March of any year
📗 Daisy Jones & The Six - 2019
And April Showers…
6. A book with the month of April in the title, or mentioned in the text (share text)
📗 Eva og Anna - Each chapter starts with a date
7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground
8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS
📗 Isaac Asimov - Foundation
9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
10. A book first published in April of any year
📗 The Good Husband of Zebra Drive -2007
Bring forth May flowers
11. A book with the month of May in the title, or mentioned in the text (share text)
📗 Den sidste udpost - May-flower-pin, mentioned a lot
12. A book with blooming flowers on the cover (in a flower bed or planter – not a vase)
📘 After the Rain
13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS
📗 Renée Toft Simonsen - Renée - At finde hjem
14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
15. A book first published in May of any year
16. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors on the list of authors below, born in March, April or May:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
📗 Hidden in Plain Sight - Jeffrey Archer
Dede's Challenge ThreadThe challenge will run from 1st March to 31 May.
March Winds…
-A book with the month of March in the title or mentioned in the text (share text)
Chasing Evil: Shocking Crimes, Supernatural Forces, and an FBI Agent’s Search for Hope and Justice by John Edward 03/01 368 pages
Ch. 9, Loc. 1630: ...remember that day back in March of 1992, when the West Windsor Police...
A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event)
-A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS
Woman Down by Colleen Hoover 03/01 312 pages
A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle
A book first published in March of any year
And April Showers…
A book with the month of April in the title, or mentioned in the text (share text)
A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground
A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS
A book where all the letters of SHOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
A book first published in April of any year
Bring forth May flowers
A book with the month of May in the title, or mentioned in the text (share text)
A book with blooming flowers on the cover (in a flower bed or planter – not a vase)
A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS
A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
A book first published in May of any year
Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors on the list of authors below, born in March, April or May:
This author list comes from: https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/...
(view spoiler)
Spring Seasonal ChallengeDuration: 1st March to 31 May
☀ Progress: 8 / 10
PROMPT
March Winds…
1. A book with the month of March in the title or mentioned in the text (share text)
☀ 2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot: Small Country: On the eve of Gaby's11th birthday, his family hosts a large party in their garden. The party and the sense of unity between Hutus, Tutsis, and expat neighbors is disrupted and literally scattered by a severe, sudden thunderstorm. The author uses the storm as a metaphor for the impending destruction of their peaceful life, directly preceding the breakout of the civil war and genocide in Burundi and neighboring Rwanda in 1993.
☀ 3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS: Nina Simon: Mother-Daughter Murder Night
4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle
☀ 5. A book first published in March of any year: 2017: The Godmother
And April Showers…
6. A book with the month of April in the title, or mentioned in the text (share text)
7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground
☀ 8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS: R and O: Rex Ogle - Free Lunch
9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
☀ 10. A book first published in April of any year: 2017: Anything Is Possible
Bring forth May flowers
☀ 11. A book with the month of May mentioned in the text: Affections (pg 27): "Yes, Aurelia, Monika's mother, began working at my parents' import business in May 1956."
☀ 12. A book with blooming flowers on the cover (in a flower bed or planter – not a vase): A Shipwreck in Fiji
☀ 13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS: Omar El Akkad - One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
15. A book first published in May of any year
16. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors on the list of authors below
16. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors on the list of authors below: Anna Burns: Milkman
Dee in Desert's ATY 2026 Spring Challenge: 12/16The challenge runs from 1st March to 31 May, 2026
March Winds…
A book with the month of March in the text (share text) -(loc 533) “I march forward through the hallway, which is dark, but not as dark as the bedroom” - Yesteryear - 4/13/26√
A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe event - major storm = forced proximity) - Save the Date - 4/22/26 √
A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS - The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie -3/3/26 √
A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle - What Kinda Cactus Izzat?: Who's Who in the Desert-3/9/26 √
A book first published in March of any year - Once and Again- 3/13/26 √
And April Showers…
A book with the month of April mentioned in the text (share text) - (loc 3978) “Chapter 45 - April 2, 1969” - How to Cheat Your Own Death
A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground - My Cousin Rachel
A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS - American Fantasy by Emma Straub- 4/9/26 √
A book where all the letters of SHOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle - How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay: Tips and Tricks That Kept Me Alive, Happy, and Creative in Spite of Myself- 4/4/26 √
A book first published in April of any year - Go Gentle - 4/17/26 √
Bring forth May flowers
A book with the month of May in the title - The May House: A Novel
A book with blooming flowers on the cover (in a flower bed or ground) - The Name Game
- 4/11/26 √A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS - Do Not Disturb by Freida McFadden -3/6/26 √
A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle - Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
A book first published in May of any year - Network Effect - 3/11/26√
Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors on the list of authors below, born in March, April or May: Dr. Seuss - The Lorax - 3/2/26 √
Okay - fun! Not sure of any of the books yet, but it will be fun to look. :) March Winds…
1. A book with the month of March in the title or mentioned in the text (share text)
2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event)
✅3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS
Tasting Red by Holly Roberds
4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle
✅5. A book first published in March of any year
Phoenix Burning by Isabella Maldonado - first published March 8, 2018
And April Showers…
6. A book with the month of April in the title, or mentioned in the text (share text)
The Violence by Delilah S. Dawson
7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground
8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
10. A book first published in April of any year
Bring forth May flowers
11. A book with the month of May in the title, or mentioned in the text (share text)
✅12. A book with blooming flowers on the cover (in a flower bed or planter – not a vase)
Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms by Anita Heiss
13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS
14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
15. A book first published in May of any year
✅16. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors on the list of authors below, born in March, April or May:
Family in Six Tones: A Refugee Mother, an American Daughter by Lan Cao (born April 28, 1961)
March Winds…A book with the month of March in the title or mentioned in the text (share text) Starkweather: "On March 23, Harold Robinson submitted his report to the mayor and city council." pg 139
A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event)
A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS
A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle
A book first published in March of any year
And April Showers…
A book with the month of April in the title, or mentioned in the text (share text) Starkweather: "The April letter could also have been a simple taunt to the prosecution." pg 148
A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground
A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS
A book where all the letters of SHOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
A book first published in April of any year
Bring forth May flowers
A book with the month of May in the title, or mentioned in the text (share text) Starkweather: "The attorneys gave opening statements on May 8." pg 157
A book with blooming flowers on the cover (in a flower bed or planter – not a vase)
A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS
A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
A book first published in May of any year
ATY - Spring 20261 March - 31 May 2026
The challenge will run from 1st March to 31 May. Since there is no prize for this, there is no minimum page length or restriction on type of book (children's, graphic novels, etc.)
You have fifteen prompts, plus one bonus prompt for fun, and the object is to fulfil as many of the prompts as possible during the challenge.
March Winds…
1. A book with March in the title or author name, or the month of March mentioned in the text (share text)
2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event)
3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS
4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle
5. A book first published in March of any year
And April Showers…
6. A book with April in the title or author name, or the month of April mentioned in the text (share text)
7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground
8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS
9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS (including two Ss) can be found in the title/subtitle
10. A book first published in April of any year
Bring forth May flowers
11. A book with May in the title or author name, or the month of May mentioned in the text (share text)
12. A book with flowers on the cover, growing in a flower bed, planter or the wild (not a vase or just flowers as part of the cover design)
13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS
14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
15. A book first published in May of any year
16. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors born in March, April or May on the list in message #2.
Mod
March Winds…
1. A book with March in the title or author name, or the month of March mentioned in the text (share text)
2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event) - The Honjin Murders - a snowstorm affects solving the murders - 3/1
3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS - Petite-Ville - Mélikah Abdelmoumen - 3/4
4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle - Humanish: What Talking to Your Cat or Naming Your Car Reveals About the Uniquely Human Need to Humanize - 3/2
5. A book first published in March of any year
And April Showers…
6. A book with April in the title or author name, or the month of April mentioned in the text (share text)
7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground
8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS - One Death at a Time - Abbi Waxman - 3/16
9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS (including two Ss) can be found in the title/subtitle - American Women: Their Lives in Their Words - 3/9
10. A book first published in April of any year - The Correspondent - pub 4/29/25 - 3/8
Bring forth May flowers
11. A book with May in the title or author name, or the month of May mentioned in the text (share text)
12. A book with flowers on the cover, growing in a flower bed, planter or the wild (not a vase or just flowers as part of the cover design)
13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS - Peter Simple - Frederick Marryat - 3/14
14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
15. A book first published in May of any year - The Will of the Many - pub 5/23/23 - 3/8
Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors on the list of authors below, born in March, April or May:
The challenge will run from 1st March to 31 May.March Winds…
1. A book with March in the title or author name, or the month of March mentioned in the text (share text)
2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event)
3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS
4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle
5. A book first published in March of any year
And April Showers…
6. A book with April in the title or author name, or the month of April mentioned in the text (share text)
7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground
8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS
9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS (including two Ss) can be found in the title/subtitle
10. A book first published in April of any year
Bring forth May flowers
11. A book with May in the title or author name, or the month of May mentioned in the text (share text)
12. A book with flowers on the cover, growing in a flower bed, planter or the wild (not a vase or just flowers as part of the cover design)
13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS
14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
15. A book first published in May of any year
Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors on the list of authors below, born in March, April or May:
Sheyanne C.'s ATY 2026 Spring Reading ChallengeMarch Winds…
✅1. A book with March in the title or author name, or the month of March mentioned in the text (share text)
Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman (Read 3-2-26 - 3-3-26)("To be fair, until this moment---the last day of March, a Baltimore March that was going out full lion, all blustery winds and horizontal sleet---it had not been a life that offered many opportunities for upgrades.")
✅2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event)
The Storm by Rachel Hawkins (Read 3-11-26 - 3-11-26) Most of the plot taking place in both past in present occur during separate severe hurricanes in the main setting located in Alabama.
✅3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS
Gone for Good by Harlan Coben (Read 3-8-26 - 3-9-26)✅4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle
My Husband's Wife by Alice Feeney (Read 3-10-25 - 3-10-25)✅5. A book first published in March of any year
I Came Back for You by Kate White (Read 3-13-26 - 3-14-26) (First published March 2026)5/5
And April Showers…
✅6. A book with April in the title or author name, or the month of April mentioned in the text (share text)
The Measure by Nikki Erlick (Read 3-22-26 - 3-22-26)("In April, Deborah Caine was first in Nina's office to receive official confirmation.")
✅7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground
In Time with You by Kristin Dwyer (Read 3-28-26 - 3-29-26)✅8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS
Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood (Read 3-10-26 - 3-11-26)✅9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS (including two Ss) can be found in the title/subtitle
Stranger Things: One Way or Another: A Nancy Wheeler Mystery by Caitlin Schneiderhan (3-25-26 - 3-27-26)✅10. A book first published in April of any year
I've Got You Under My Skin by Mary Higgins Clark (3-12-26 - 3-12-26) (First Published April 2014)5/5
Bring forth May flowers
✅11. A book with May in the title or author name, or the month of May mentioned in the text (share text)
The Perfect Hosts by Heather Gudenkauf (3-22-26 - 3-22-26)("Snowflakes float lazily down. But that doesn't make sense. It doesn't snow at this elevation this late in May. Besides, Madeline thinks, giving way to the irresistible urge to close her eyes, snowflakes aren't pink.")
✅12. A book with flowers on the cover, growing in a flower bed, planter or the wild (not a vase or just flowers as part of the cover design)
We Don't Talk About Carol by Kristen L. Berry (Read 3-29-26 - 3-30-26)✅13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS
Twice by Mitch Albom (Read 3-1-26 - 3-1-26)✅14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland by Michelle Young(Read 3-21-26 - 3-21-26)✅15. A book first published in May of any year
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt (Read 3-13-26 - 3-13-26) (First Published May 2022)5/5
Bonus prompt:
✅16. Read a book by one of the authors born in March, April or May on the list in message #2.
The Heist by Janet EvanovichGoldberg|67202] and Lee Goldberg (Read 3-18-26 - 3-21-26)1/1
16/16
Rachael's Spring Reading Challenge (updated 4/13/2026)Progress: 6/16
March Winds…
1. A book with March in the title or author name, or the month of March mentioned in the text (share text)
2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event)
3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS: Secret of the Princess (completed 3/1)
4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle: Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You, Vol. 1 (completed 3/19)
5. A book first published in March of any year
And April Showers…
6. A book with April in the title or author name, or the month of April mentioned in the text (share text): How to Read a Book (completed 4/13)
7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground: Still Sick, Vol. 2 (completed 4/2)
8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS
9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS (including two Ss) can be found in the title/subtitle
10. A book first published in April of any year
Bring forth May flowers
11. A book with May in the title or author name, or the month of May mentioned in the text (share text): Disintegrate/Dissociate (completed 3/11)
12. A book with flowers on the cover, growing in a flower bed, planter or the wild (not a vase or just flowers as part of the cover design)
13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS
14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle: Breath of Flowers Volume 1 (completed 3/21)
15. A book first published in May of any year
16. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors born in March, April or May on the list in message #2.
♞ Pat ~ March Winds…
1. A book with March in the title or author name, or the month of March mentioned in the text (share text)
2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event)
3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS: Secret of the Princess (completed 3/1)
4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle
5. A book first published in March of any year
And April Showers…
6. A book with April in the title or author name, or the month of April mentioned in the text (share text)
7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground
8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS
9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS (including two Ss) can be found in the title/subtitle
10. A book first published in April of any year
Bring forth May flowers
11. A book with May in the title or author name, or the month of May mentioned in the text (share text)
12. A book with flowers on the cover, growing in a flower bed, planter or the wild (not a vase or just flowers as part of the cover design)
13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS
14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
15. A book first published in May of any year
16. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors born in March, April or May on the list in message #2.
March Winds…🌧️1. A book with March in the title or author name, or the month of March mentioned in the text (share text)
A Cat Café Christmas Codi Gary 19 Mar 9pg 173 :...husband died in march"
🌧️2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event)
The Ice Palace Tarjei Vesaas 1 Mar (snowstorm creates the ice palace of the title/key plot element)
🌧️3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS
The Door-to-Door Bookstore Carsten Henn 5 Mar
🌧️4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle
The Gang That Wouldn't Write Straight: Wolfe, Thompson, Didion, Capote, and the New Journalism Revolution Marc Weingarten 31 Mar
5. A book first published in March of any year
And April Showers…
🌧️6. A book with April in the title or author name, or the month of April mentioned in the text (share text)
Emily of New Moon L.M. Montgomery (page 235 "in early April and spring...")
7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground
🌧️8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS
First Lie Wins Ashley Elston 7 Mar
9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS (including two Ss) can be found in the title/subtitle
10. A book first published in April of any year
Bring forth May flowers
🌧️11. A book with May in the title or author name, or the month of May mentioned in the text (share text)
The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway 30 Mar (Anyone can be a fisherman in May loc 100)
12. A book with flowers on the cover, growing in a flower bed, planter or the wild (not a vase or just flowers as part of the cover design)
🌧️13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS
The Heartbeat Library Laura Imai Messina 23 Apr
14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
🌧️15. A book first published in May of any year
Great Circle Maggie Shipstead 11 Apr
16. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors born in March, April or May on the list in message #2.
March Winds…1. A book with March in the title or author name, or the month of March mentioned in the text (share text): Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event):
3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS:
4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle: Women Who Run With The Wolves: Contacting the Power of the Wild Woman by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
5. A book first published in March of any year: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
And April Showers…
6. A book with April in the title or author name, or the month of April mentioned in the text (share text): Aprilhäxan/April Witch by Majgull Axelsson
7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground: maybe Mary Poppins
by P.L. Travers8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS:
9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS (including two Ss) can be found in the title/subtitle: Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn
10. A book first published in April of any year: maybe The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood or Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
Bring forth May flowers
11. A book with May in the title or author name, or the month of May mentioned in the text (share text):
12. A book with flowers on the cover, growing in a flower bed, planter or the wild (not a vase or just flowers as part of the cover The Farming of Bones/En skörd av tårar
by Edwidge Danticat13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle: Fresh Water for Flowers by Valérie Perrin
15. A book first published in May of any year: ❓️maybe Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
16. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors born in March, April or May on the list in message #2. Maybe My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Duration: March 1, 2026 - May 31, 2026Progress: 4/16
March Winds…
1. A book with March in the title or author name, or the month of March mentioned in the text (share text)
2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event)
3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS
4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle
5. A book first published in March of any year
And April Showers…
6. A book with April in the title or author name, or the month of April mentioned in the text (share text)
7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground
✓ 03/01
✓ 03/1510. A book first published in April of any year
Bring forth May flowers
11. A book with May in the title or author name, or the month of May mentioned in the text (share text)
✓ 03/2613. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS
14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
✓ 03/1016. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors born in March, April or May on the list in message #2.
Tanu's ATY Spring Reading Challenge 2026 🌸 🌻 🍃 There's a famous poem about the changing months this season, which has various different version. The Seasonal Challenge is based on the the version of it I learned as a nipper: "March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers."
The challenge will run from 1st March to 31 May. Since there is no prize for this, there is no minimum page length or restriction on type of book (children's, graphic novels, etc.)
You have fifteen prompts, plus one bonus prompt for fun, and the object is to fulfil as many of the prompts as possible during the challenge.
March Winds…
1. A book with March in the title or author name, or the month of March mentioned in the text (share text)
2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event) - Ride the Whirlwind ✅
3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS - The Daughter of Danray ✅
4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle - Wild as the West Texas Wind ✅
5. A book first published in March of any year
And April Showers…
6. A book with April in the title or author name, or the month of April mentioned in the text (share text)
7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground
8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS - We Are All Guilty Here ✅
9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS (including two Ss) can be found in the title/subtitle
10. A book first published in April of any year
Bring forth May flowers
11. A book with May in the title or author name, or the month of May mentioned in the text (share text)
12. A book with flowers on the cover, growing in a flower bed, planter or the wild (not a vase or just flowers as part of the cover design)
13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS - Blood Over Bright Haven ✅
14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle - The Follower of Flowers ✅
15. A book first published in May of any year - The Blighted Stars ✅
16. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors born in March, April or May on the list in message #2.
MARCH 1. A book with March in the title or author name, or the month of March mentioned in the text (share text): March by Geraldine Brooks
✅ 2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event): Daughters of the Wreckage: A Novel by Stefanie Koens (fog)
✅ 3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS: A Castle in Brooklyn by Shirley Russak Wachtel
4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle: The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism by Katherine Stewart
5. A book first published in March of any year: Liquid: A Novel by Mariam Rahmani
APRIL
6. A book with April in the title or author name, or the month of April mentioned in the text (share text):
7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
✅ 8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS: Everything My Mother Taught Me by Alice Hoffman
9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS (including two Ss) can be found in the title/subtitle: We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution by Jill Lepore
✅ 10. A book first published in April of any year: The Secret of the Irish Castle by Santa Montefiore (April 3, 2017)
MAY
11. A book with May in the title or author name, or the month of May mentioned in the text (share text):
12. A book with flowers on the cover, growing in a flower bed, planter or the wild (not a vase or just flowers as part of the cover design): In the Great Quiet: A Novel by Laura Vogt
✅ 13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS: The Future Saints by Ashley Winstead
14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle: Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution by Amy Coney Barrett
15. A book first published in May of any year: Profiles in Courage for Our Time by Caroline Kennedy (May 1, 2002)
16. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors born in March, April or May on the list in message #2.:
✅ 1. A book with March in the title or author name, or the month of March mentioned in the text (share text) - Seeing Red - Chapter 5: "Het lijkt nog nergens op, maar dat is de baby. En eh, gezonde hartslag en al. Ik ben 10 maart uitgerekend" (maart is the Dutch word for March) ✅ 2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event) -Ingesneeuwd - a book about a snowstorm/getting snowed in
✅ 3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS - De luisteraars by Maggie Stiefvater - M+S
4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle - Emily Wildes encyclopedie der feeën
✅ 5. A book first published in March of any year - Story of My Life - first published March 11 2025
✅ 6. A book with April in the title or author name, or the month of April mentioned in the text (share text) - En wat dan liefde is - Chapter 8: "Ik ben van 31 maart, zij van 3 april"
7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground
✅ 8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS - Haar laatste leugen by Lisa Regan - L+R
✅ 9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS (including two Ss) can be found in the title/subtitle - Het worst-case scenario handboek: Advies van experts voor extreme situaties
10. A book first published in April of any year - Tyler Green komt nooit meer vrij - first published April 8 2025
✅ 11. A book with May in the title or author name, or the month of May mentioned in the text (share text) - Zij was het - Chapter 7: "19 mei 2023" (mei is the Dutch word for may)
✅ 12. A book with flowers on the cover, growing in a flower bed, planter or the wild (not a vase or just flowers as part of the cover design) -
- a field of flowers in the front ✅ 13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS - De huurder by Freida McFadden - M+F
✅ 14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle - Hoe overleef ik alles wat ik niemand vertel?
15. A book first published in May of any year - The Love Haters - first published May 20 2025
Turid's 2026 Spring Challenge - 14/16March Winds...
✅️ 1. A book with the month of March in the title or mentioned in the text (share text): Middlemarch by George Eliot (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event): The Last Bookstore on Earth by Lily Braun-Arnold (major storms) (complred, audiobook)
✅️ 3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS: Meditasjon - Veien til deg selv by Audun Myskja (completed, e-book)
✅️ 4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle: Not "A Nation of Immigrants": Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 5. A book first published in March of any year: Murder in the Mews by Agatha Christie (first published 15th March 1937) (completed, audiobook)
And April Showers…
6. A book with the month of April in the title, or mentioned in the text (share text): 30 dager i april 2020 edited by Linn Skåber (planned)
✅️ 7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground: Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle: Park Cruising: What Happens When We Wander Off the Path by Marcus McCann (completed, e-book)
✅️ 10. A book first published in April of any year: The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett (first published April 2025) (completed, audiobook)
Bring forth May flowers
✅️ 11. A book with the month of May in the title, or mentioned in the text (share text): Logg 12. mars-1. mai 2020: Litteratur fra en pandemi - antologi edited by Bjørn Aagenæs (completed, e-book)
✅️ 12. A book with blooming flowers on the cover (in a flower bed or planter – not a vase): Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brené Brown (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS: Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle: Fascist Yoga: Grifters, Occultists, White Supremacists, and the New Order In Wellness by Stewart Home (completed, audiobook)
15. A book first published in May of any year: Nettforgiftning by Siw Aduvill (first published May 2025) (planned)
✅️ 16. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors on the list of authors below, born in March, April or May: Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett (completed, e-book)
March Winds…1. A book with March in the title or author name, or the month of March mentioned in the text (share text)
2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event)
3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS - The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School
4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle - Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
5. A book first published in March of any year
And April Showers…
6. A book with April in the title or author name, or the month of April mentioned in the text (share text)
7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground - Cutting for Stone
8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS - The Impossible Fortune
9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS (including two Ss) can be found in the title/subtitle
10. A book first published in April of any year - Heartwood
Bring forth May flowers
11. A book with May in the title or author name, or the month of May mentioned in the text (share text) - Project Hail Mary. (Title)
12. A book with flowers on the cover, growing in a flower bed, planter or the wild (not a vase or just flowers as part of the cover design)
13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS
14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
15. A book first published in May of any year - The Garden of Small Beginnings
16. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors born in March, April or May on the list in message #2.
March Winds…1. A book with March in the title or author name, or the month of March mentioned in the text (share text) The Butcher's Daughter: The Hitherto Untold Story of Mrs. Lovett by Corinne Leigh Clark 3/12 "Then came the night, a Friday night early in March." (p. 216)
2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event)
Starry Eyes by Jenn Bennett 3/23 (major thunderstorm happens while the MC's are camping)
3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS
Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare 3/6
4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle
Sandwich by Catherine Newman 4/11
5. A book first published in March of any year
And April Showers…
6. A book with April in the title or author name, or the month of April mentioned in the text (share text) The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki 4/16 "It was early April and my apartment windows were wide open." (p. 5)
7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground
8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS
Who Killed the Homecoming Queen? by R.L. Stine 4/7
9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS (including two Ss) can be found in the title/subtitle
Scream With Me: Horror Films and the Rise of American Feminism, 1968-1980 by Eleanor Johnson 3/9
10. A book first published in April of any year Atomic Anna by Rachel Barenbaum 4/4
Bring forth May flowers
11. A book with May in the title or author name, or the month of May mentioned in the text (share text)
A Surrey State of Affairs by Ceri Radford 3/17 "Monday, May 26th - I have a confession to make" (p. 124)
12. A book with flowers on the cover, growing in a flower bed, planter or the wild (not a vase or just flowers as part of the cover design)
The Honeycrisp Orchard Inn by Valerie Bowman 4/9
13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS
Tantrum by Rachel Eve Moulton 3/27
14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
15. A book first published in May of any year
Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati 3/1
16. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors born in March, April or May on the list in message #2
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides 3/3
9/16March Winds…
1. A book with the month of March in the title or mentioned in the text (share text) March
2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event) The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
√ 3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS The Seven Daughters of Dupree
by Nikesha Elise Williams N W 3 March 20264. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle Daughter of Twin Oaks
D W I N S√ 5. A book first published in March of any year Elementary, She Read
published March 2017 Read: 1 March 2026And April Showers…
6. A book with the month of April in the title, or mentioned in the text (share text) Across Five Aprils
7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground My Cousin Rachel
open umbrella on cover√ 8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS Eight Cousins
by Louisa May Alcott
A L read 17 March 2026√ 9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle Draw Close to Jesus: 40 Encounters with the Savior for the Sacred Season of Lent
R W O S E S H 9 March 2026√ 10. A book first published in April of any year Three Weeks with My Brother
published April 2004 read 30 March 2026Bring forth May flowers
11. A book with the month of May in the title, or mentioned in the text (share text) Our Only May Amelia
12. A book with blooming flowers on the cover (in a flower bed or planter – not a vase) Lavender Morning
√ 13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS Strawberry Cream Cupcake & Murder
by Ann S. Marie A M read 4 April 2026√ 14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
FLEW O R S read 28 February 2026√ 15. A book first published in May of any year Through My Eyes
read 19 March 2026√ 16. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors on the list of authors below, born in March, April or May: 2 March: Dr Seuss
The Cat in the Hat and Other Dr. Seuss Favorites
Dr. Seuss
3 March 2026
2026 Spring Challenge
March Winds…
■ A book with March in the title or author name, or the month of March mentioned in the text (share text)
Apocalipsis Z. El principio del fin - 04/16
□ A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event)
■ A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS
Mind Games by Nora Roberts - 04/22
■ A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle
The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England - 03/24
■ A book first published in March of any year
From Blood and Ash - 03/05
First published March 29, 2020
And April Showers…
■ A book with April in the title or author name, or the month of April mentioned in the text (share text)
Our Souls at Night - 04/19
□ A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground
■ A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS
El día sin mañana by Lara A. Serodio - 04/23
□ A book where all the letters of SHOWERS (including two Ss) can be found in the title/subtitle
□ A book first published in April of any year
Bring forth May flowers
□ A book with May in the title or author name, or the month of May mentioned in the text (share text)
■ A book with flowers on the cover, growing in a flower bed, planter or the wild (not a vase or just flowers as part of the cover design)
Foxglove - 03/13
□ A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS
□ A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
■ A book first published in May of any year
La hija inmortal- 04/24
First published May 05, 2022
□ Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors born in March, April or May on the list in message #2
LeahS: Spring Challenge 2026March
April
May
Bonus
🌬️☔🌼ATY SPRING SEASONAL CHALLENGE 2026 (12/18)🌼☔🌬️✅🌬️March Winds… (5/5)🌬️
🥳completed 22 March
✔️1. A book with March in the title or author name, or the month of March mentioned in the text: March*
✔️2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot: Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History* (the Galveston hurricane of 1900)
✔️3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS: The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul* by Douglas Adams
✔️4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle: The Six: The Extraordinary Story of the Grit and Daring of America's First Women Astronauts*
✔️5. A book first published in March of any year [2026]: The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives*
✅☔And April Showers… (5/5)☔
🥳completed 22 April
✔️6. A book with April in the title or author name, or the month of April mentioned in the text: Murder Must Advertise* (“All the same, she seems to have kept him in tow from about the end of November to the end of April—nearly six months, and that’s a long time for Dian.”)
✔️7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground: Good Bad Girl*
✔️8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS: Momfluenced: Inside the Maddening, Picture-Perfect World of Mommy Influencer Culture* by Sara Petersen
✔️9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS (including two Ss) can be found in the title/subtitle: Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction*
✔️10. A book first published in April of any year [2025]: Heartwood*
🌼Bring forth May flowers (0/5)🌼
11. A book with May in the title or author name, or the month of May mentioned in the text:
12. A book with flowers on the cover, growing in a flower bed, planter or the wild (not a vase or just flowers as part of the cover design):
13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS:
14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle:
15. A book first published in May of any year:
Bonus prompt (2/3)
16. Read a book by one of the authors born in March, April or May on the list in message #2.
✔️March: Mostly Harmless* by Douglas Adams
✔️April: Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward
📚May: Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh
📖: currently reading
📚: tbr
✔️: read
*: fulfills multiple challenges/goals I’m completing this year
LINK to SS > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...🌬️ March Winds... | Read -
1. A book with the month of March in the title or mentioned in the text
We set up a date for our phone meeting with my father in early March.
Where the Light Gets In, Kimberly Williams-Paisley | 3/31
2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (blizzard)
One Night, Two Holidays, Ali Brady | 3/14
3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS - CS
The One with the Kiss Cam, Cindy Steel | 3/7
4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson, Mitch Albom | 4/6
5. A book first published in March of any year - 2017
84, Charing Cross Road, Helene Hanff | 3/1
🌦️...And April Showers…
6. A book with the month of April in the title - p51
We were married in April, in a small registry office off Euston Square.
The Silent Patient, Alex Michaelides | 3/11
7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground
8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS - PR
The Varlet and the Voyeur, Penny Reid | 3/19
9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, Omar El Akkad | 3/20
10. A book first published in April of any year - 2025
Serial Killer Games, Kate Posey | 3/22
🪻...Bring Forth May Flowers
11. A book with the month of May in the title, or mentioned in the text, p90
‘I’d like to see them. And why do you call the cat May?’ ‘That was the month in which we found him.’
Midsummer Star, Betty Neels | 3/26
12. A book with blooming flowers on the cover - roses
Kiss of the Blood Prince, Alessa Thorn | 3/24
13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS
If Something Happens to Me, Alex Finlay | 3/3
14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . .: A LOVE Story, Jason Reynolds | 3/8
15. A book first published in May of any year
The Return of Ellie Black, Emiko Jean | 4/--
16. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors on the list of authors below, born in March, April or May:
🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷
authors list (view spoiler)
I am late starting this one, but several of my books from March fit, so I'm going to go for it. Currently 11/16XX 1. A book with March in the title or author name, or the month of March mentioned in the text (share text) So Old So Young (“Details magazine’s March issue”)
XX 2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event) Wild Dark Shore (global climate change and related extreme weather events, including huge storm that wrecks boat/brings character to island)
XX 3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS Loved One by Aisha Muharrar
4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle
XX 5. A book first published in March of any year Heated Rivalry
XX 6. A book with April in the title or author name, or the month of April mentioned in the text (share text) The Enchanted April
7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
XX 8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS The Blinds (Adam Sternbergh),
XX 9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS (including two Ss) can be found in the title/subtitle Psych Ward Adventures: True Stories from a Crisis Stabilization Unit
XX 10. A book first published in April of any year The Cemetery of Untold Stories
11. A book with May in the title or author name, or the month of May mentioned in the text (share text) Louisa May Alcott, Maya Angelou, Mayflower: A Story of Courage etc., A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle, The Mayor of Castro Street, God No! Signs You May Already Be an Atheist by Penn Jillette, The Hebrew Teacher by Maya Arad, The Honey Bus: A Memoir of a . . . Girl Saved by Bees by Meredith May, The 22 Murders of Madison May, 32 Days in May, You May Feel a Bit of Pressure: Observations from Infertility’s Heart-Wrenching Ride, May Cause Side Effects: a Memoir
12. A book with flowers on the cover, growing in a flower bed, planter or the wild (not a vase or just flowers as part of the cover design)
XX 13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS Woodworking Emily St. James
XX 14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle Jane Austen’s Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector’s Quest to Find the Women Writers That Shaped a Legend
XX 15. A book first published in May of any year Aftertaste
16. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors born in March, April or May on the list in message #2. Ruth Ozeki, Sarah J. Maas, Dr. Seuss, Jesmyn Ward, Terry Pratchett, Maggie O’Farrell, Why is RF Kuang not on this list? Her birthday is in May :-/
March Winds…1. A book with March in the title or author name, or the month of March mentioned in the text (share text) - Ch. 1 "It was freshly spring, the very end of March." The Baby Dragon Café
2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event)
3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS
4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle
5. A book first published in March of any year - The Scarlet Sisters: Sex, Suffrage, and Scandal in the Gilded Age
And April Showers…
6. A book with April in the title or author name, or the month of April mentioned in the text (share text) - Ch. 1 "By April of 1927, it was pouring morning and night..." Maud's Line
7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground
8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS - Love on the Brain
9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS (including two Ss) can be found in the title/subtitle - Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest
10. A book first published in April of any year
Bring forth May flowers
11. A book with May in the title or author name, or the month of May mentioned in the text (share text) - Ch. 7 "one of those wonderful days in Texas when nature forgot it was winter and pretended it was May instead." One Fell Sweep
12. A book with flowers on the cover, growing in a flower bed, planter or the wild (not a vase or just flowers as part of the cover design)
13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS - The Westing Game
14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
15. A book first published in May of any year
16. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors born in March, April or May on the list in message #2.
Duration: March 1, 2026 - May 31, 2026Progress: 2/16
March Winds…
1. A book with March in the title or author name, or the month of March mentioned in the text (share text)
2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event): Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
✔️3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS: Agatha Christie - Sad Cypress
✔️4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle: Garden City: Work, Rest, and the Art of Being Human.
✔️5. A book first published in March of any year: Break My Fall - March 2025
And April Showers…
6. A book with April in the title or author name, or the month of April mentioned in the text (share text)
7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground
8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS
9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS (including two Ss) can be found in the title/subtitle:
10. A book first published in April of any year
Bring forth May flowers
11. A book with May in the title or author name, or the month of May mentioned in the text (share text)
12. A book with flowers on the cover, growing in a flower bed, planter or the wild (not a vase or just flowers as part of the cover design)
13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS
14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
15. A book first published in May of any year
16. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors born in March, April or May on the list in message #2.
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Always Raining Here: A Graphic Novel (other topics)
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