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SCOREBOARD
Updated: post #26

MOST POINTS
The Adventures - 8
🌺🌺🌺 Linda C - 12
🌻Amber - 9
🪴🪴 Tessa - 11
Diana S - 1


MOST PAGES
The Adventures - 1882
🪴🪴 Linda C - 3779
🌻Amber - 2836
🌺🌺🌺 Tessa - 4117
Diana S - 355

1.5 READ THE ALPHABET: LETTER V
Read a book that starts with the Letter V (exclude A,An,or The) -OR- Author's FIRST/LAST name that begins with the Letter V.

Une belle vie by Virginie Grimaldi - 384 p. - 05/05 - 4/5

Point this task: 1
Pages this task: 384 p.

1.3 (5/16) LOVE A TREE DAY
Read a book with a large tree or bunch of trees (show cover) -OR- Tree in title.
Ryan's Return - Barbara Freethy – (3 stars) 5/2/26 1996 CA [389] – bunch of trees

Points this task: 1
Pages this task: 316

Total points: 1
Total Pages: 316

1.5 READ THE ALPHABET: LETTER V
Read a book that starts with the Letter V (exclude A,An,or The)
The Villa by Rachel Hawkins 05.08.26

Task points 1
Task pages 276

1.6 (5/23) LUCKY PENNY DAY
Read a book that begins with one of the letters in LUCKY
The Coworker by Freida McFadden 03.06.26

Task points 1
Task pages 362

Total points 2
Total pages 638

1.10 (Amber's Task) STAR WARS DAY - May the Fourth Be With You
I know this one is on repeat every year but it's one of my fun May Holidays.
Read a book that is the 4th of a series
Berried at Sea by Peg Cochran 05.06.26

Task points 1
Task pages 184

Total points 3
Total pages 822

1.10 (Amber's Task) STAR WARS DAY - May the Fourth Be With You

Read a book that is the 4th of a series
Calder (Tales of the Shareem, #4) – Allyson James (3 stars) 5/11/26 2013 [230] – 4th in series

Points this task: 1
Pages this task: 230

Total points: 2
Total Pages: 546

3.2 Linda C 's Task) SERIES READS

Read 3 series books - they can
- be in 3 different series, move them along
Be sure to include the series name and its numbers in the series

1. Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage (Mackenzies & McBrides, #2) – Jennifer Ashley (4 stars) 5/6/26 [316]
2. Unleashed (UN-Forgettable, #3) – C. J. Barry (3 stars) 5/8/26 [340]
3. Braden (Tales of the Shareem, #5) – Allyson James (3 stars) 5/12/26 [210]

Points this task: 3
Pages this task: 866

Total points: 5
Total Pages: 1412

Task 1.7 – (Tessa’s Task) - HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICHARD
Read a book that was first published in May (any year)

A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail – Bill Bryson (3 stars) 5/13/26 [276] – publ May 5, 1998

Points this task: 1
Pages this task: 276

Total points: 6
Total Pages: 1688

2.3 (The Adventures Task) GREEN
Green is my favorite color.
Read 2 Books with a green cover (+70%).

by Mel Robbins - 05/15 - 336 p. - 3/5

by Jhumpa Lahiri - 05/09 - 208 p. - 2/5

Points this task: 2
Pages this task: 544

Total points: 3
Total pages: 928

1.2 MAY AUTHOR BIRTHDAYS
Read a book by one of these Authors. Jodi Picoult
The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult 05.19.26

Task points 1
Task pages 416

Total points 4
Total pages 1238

1.8 (The Adventures Task) ALPHABET
A is the 1st letter of the alphabet. H is the 8th letter of the alphabet.
Read a book with both letters (A+H) present in either:
a) first letter of the title (excluding a/an)
c) first letter of the author's family name
Her Last Breath by Taylor Adams 05.19.26

Task points 1
Task pages 323

Total points 5
Total pages 1561

1.7 (Tessa's Task) HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICHARD !
My husband was born in May.
Read a book that was first published in May (any year)
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid 05.20.26 (published May 2021)

Task points 1
Task pages 369

Total points 6
Total pages 1930

1.1 MAY FLOWERS
Read a book with flowers on the cover (show cover)

Legacy – Nora Roberts (4 stars) 5/22/26 [513] - field of flowers in the foreground

Points this task: 1
Pages this task: 513

Total points: 7
Total Pages: 2201

1.10 (Amber's Task) STAR WARS DAY - May the Fourth Be With You

Read a book that is the 4th of a series
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 1 Volume 4 by Miya Kazuki - 05/18 - 162 p. - 4/5

Points this task: 1
Pages this task: 162

Total points: 4
Total Pages: 1090

5.1 What's in my garden?

Flower(s) - All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team: – Christina Soontornvat (4 stars) 5/9/26 [280] – p. 66 “People place offerings of food and flowers at the spirit house as a sign of respect”

Gloves - Phoenix Rising (Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences, #1) – Pip Ballantine & Tee Morris (4 stars) 5/16/26 [402] – p.208 “Her hands in her fine opera gloves clenched”

Dirt - Deadline – Maggie K. Black (2 stars) 5/23/26 [288] – p. 37 “You look like dirt!”

Bed(s) - The Incident Report – Martha Baillie (4 stars) 5/24/26 [195] – p.26 “Every morning in the warmth of my bed, as I surface from sleep…”

Bucket - Horse – Geraldine Brooks (5 stars) 5/19/26 [413] – p.90 “Darley emptied the bucket in seconds and eyed Jarret accusingly.”

Points this task: 5
Pages this task: 1578

Total points: 12
Total Pages: 3779

1.9 (Linda C's Task) RANDOM READ
Set your TBR/Want to Read list to 50 per page and Random sort.
Read one of those 50 titles - your choice
Tilling the Truth by Julia Henry 05.30.26

Task points 1
Task pages 298

Total points 7
Total pages 2228

2.4 (Tessa's Task) RICHARD #2
Read 2 Books

To continue the Birthday boy's celebration ....

1. Richard was a Vietnam veteran. Read a book with a speaking character is on active duty or a veteran of military service - any war, any country, any branch of service.
Two to Mango by Jill Marie Landis 05.30.26 (Pat is a veteran)

pages 240

2. He was in international business and travel a LOT. Read a book set in a country NOT your own. Tell us where you live *United States* and where the book is set. *England*
How to Get Away with Murder by Rebecca Philipson 05.23.26

pages 368


Task points 2
Task pages 608

Total points 9
Total pages 2836

TESSA

Task 1.7 - Tessa - HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RICHARD!

A book first published in May (any year) - first published 07May2024 - [book :The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club|221473261] ✔ – 16May26 - 448 pg

THIS TASK
points earned - 1
pages read - 448 pg


Total points to date - 1
Total pages read to date - 448 pg

TESSA

Task 2.1 - Lottery

# 3 - [book :Death Mask|11740910] ✔ – 26May26 - 400 p

# 5 - When I Was Puerto Rican ✔ – 08May26 - 288 p

THIS TASK
Points earned - 2
Pages read - 688

Total points to date - 3
Total pages read to date - 1136 p

TESSA

Task 5.1 - What's In My Garden

Words found: Gloves, Bucket, FLowers, Tools, Shed

pg 13 - "…and gloves, entered the…" - Murder on Ice ✔ – 18May26 - 304 p

pg 14 - "…crawfish by the bucket, and…" - Category 5: The Story of Camille ✔ – 19May26 - 304 p

pg 128 - "…candy and flowers and…" - The Book Club for Troublesome Women ✔ – 20May26 - 372 p

pg 23 - "…contained the tools of…" - In the Frame ✔ – 28May26 - 272 p

pg 274 - "…and the maintenance shed." - Liberty Falling ✔ – 29May26 - 369 p


THIS TASK
points earned - 5
pages read - 1621 p

Total points to date - 8
Total pages read to date - 2757 p

TESSA

Task 1.3: Love a Tree Day Tree or forest on Cover

✔ – 29May26 - 320 p

THIS TASK
points earned - 1
pages read - 320 p


Total points to date - 9
Total pages read to date - 3077 p

TESSA

Task 2.4: Tessa - RICHARD 2

a) Speaking character is in military or veteran - Anderson is the commander at Fort Sumter in The Demon of Unrest ✔ – 07May26 - 592 pg

b) Set in a country NOT my own - I am in USA / book set in Hong Kong & Ireland - Sheltering Rain ✔ – 31May26 - 448 pg


THIS TASK
Points earned - 2
pages read - 1040 p


Total points earned - 11
Total pages read this month - 4117 pg


And that does it for me for this month!

1.9 (Linda C's Task) RANDOM READ
Set your TBR/Want to Read list to 50 per page and Random sort.
Read one of those 50 titles - your choice

Filmish: A Graphic Journey Through Film by Edward Ross - 05/30 - 200 p - 2.75/5

Task point 1
Task pages 200

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3.2 (Linda C 's Task) SERIES READS

Read 3 series books - they can
- be in 3 different series, move them along
Be sure to include the series name and its numbers in the series

1. Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga), Part 1 Volume 3 by Miya Kazuki - 05/18 - 180 p - 4/5

2. Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 1 Volume 5 by Miya Kazuki - 05/26 - 172 p. 3/5

3. Magus of the Library, Vol. 5 by Mitsu Izumi - 05/30 - 240 p. - 4/5

Points this task: 3
Pages this task: 592

Total points: 8
Total pages: 1882

1.9 Random Reads
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (5/8/26) 355 pp 4.5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Points Earned: 1
Pages Read: 355