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With St Particks day coming up I thought we would look at idioms and sayings with green in them.

Duration: March 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023

Level 1: Greenhorn 3 - 9 Tasks
Level 2: Green Thumb 10 - 14 Tasks
Level 3: Green Light 15 or more Tasks
Each task can be done as often as you like.

TASKS
1.Having a green thumb (American English) or green fingers (British English). To be passionate about or talented at gardening. The expression was popularized beginning in 1925 by a BBC gardening program
🟢 Read a book where the title starts with either B or C.
🟢 Read a book about gardening.
🟢 Read a book set in either America or England.

2. Greenhorn. Someone who is inexperienced or a newbie.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is inexperienced. (Tell us whom).
🟢 Read a book with an author who is new to you.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GREENHORN.

3. Green-eyed monster refers to jealousy. The expression "green-eyed monster" was first used by William Shakespeare in Othello: "it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on." Shakespeare also used it in the Merchant of Venice, speaking of "green-eyed jealousy".
🟢 Read a book by William Shakespeare.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is jealous.
🟢 Read a book set in Italy.

4. Greenmail. A term used in finance and corporate takeovers. It refers to the practice of a company paying a high price to buy back shares of its own stock to prevent an unfriendly takeover by another company or businessman. It originated in the 1980s on Wall Street, and originates from the green of dollars.
🟢 Read a book about finance or a corporation.
🟢 Read a book that was published in the 1980s.
🟢 Read a book with either a wall or a street on the cover. (Show cover).

5. Green room. A room at a theater where actors rest when not onstage, or a room at a television studio where guests wait before going on-camera. It originated in the late 17th century from a room of that color at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London
🟢 Read a book about an actor/actress.
🟢 Read a book where the MC is a guest somewhere.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in THEATER ROYAL.

6. Greenwashing. Environmental activists sometimes use this term to describe the advertising of a company which promotes its positive environmental practices to cover up its environmental destruction.
🟢 Read a book where a character is an activist.
🟢 Read a book where a character advertises something.
🟢 Read a book where something is destroyed. (Tell us what).

7. Green around the gills. A description of a person who looks physically ill.
🟢 Read a book with a green cover.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is sick.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GILLS.

8. Going green. An expression commonly used to refer to preserving the natural environment and participating in activities such as recycling materials.
🟢 Read a book that you have borrowed.
🟢 Read a book where something is recycled. (Tell us what).
🟢 Read a book with the word green in the text. (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)

9 The grass is always greener on the other side. This is when individuals are never happy with what they have and they constantly ponder if others have it better.
(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
🟢 Read a book where a character is always wishing for something that they don't have. (Your interpretation).
🟢 Read a book with grass on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in PONDER.

10. To give the green light. To give approval to proceed.
🟢 Read a book with a green light on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢Read a book that you approve of.
🟢 Read a book where a character gives something to someone.

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Green Is The Word
Duration: March 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023

Level 3: Green Light 15 or more Tasks
Each task can be done as often as you like.

16/15+ Completed. Finished

TASKS
1.Having a green thumb (American English) or green fingers (British English). To be passionate about or talented at gardening.[128] The expression was popularized beginning in 1925 by a BBC gardening program
🟢 Read a book where the title starts with either B or C.
Cold Heart Creek-Lisa Regan 3/08/23
Be My Reason-Samantha Christy 3/31/23
🟢 Read a book about gardening.
🟢 Read a book set in either America or England.
America:Transfer-Aly Martinez 3/22/23

2. Greenhorn. Someone who is inexperienced or a newbie.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is inexperienced. (Tell us whom).
🟢 Read a book with an author who is new to you.
Karin Slaughter-Triptych 3/03/23
D.K. Hood-Don't Tell A Soul 3/09/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GREENHORN.
Elle Gray-The Missing Woman 3/08/23
Rita Herron-Dying for Love 3/24/23

3. Green-eyed monster refers to jealousy. The expression "green-eyed monster" was first used by William Shakespeare in Othello: "it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on." Shakespeare also used it in the Merchant of Venice, speaking of "green-eyed jealousy".
🟢 Read a book by William Shakespeare.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is jealous.
🟢 Read a book set in Italy.
You, Me and Italy-Sue Roberts 3/13/23

4. Greenmail. A term used in finance and corporate takeovers. It refers to the practice of a company paying a high price to buy back shares of its own stock to prevent an unfriendly takeover by another company or businessman. It originated in the 1980s on Wall Street, and originates from the green of dollars.
🟢 Read a book about finance or a corporation.
🟢 Read a book that was published in the 1980s.
🟢 Read a book with either a wall or a street on the cover. (Show cover).

5. Green room. A room at a theater where actors rest when not onstage, or a room at a television studio where guests wait before going on-camera. It originated in the late 17th century from a room of that color at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London
🟢 Read a book about an actor/actress.
🟢 Read a book where the MC is a guest somewhere.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in THEATER ROYAL.
Layla Hagen-Just One Kiss 3/24/23

6. Greenwashing. Environmental activists sometimes use this term to describe the advertising of a company which promotes its positive environmental practices to cover up its environmental destruction.
🟢 Read a book where a character is an activist.
🟢 Read a book where a character advertises something.
🟢 Read a book where something is destroyed. (Tell us what).

7. Green around the gills. A description of a person who looks physically ill.
🟢 Read a book with a green cover.
The Holly Dates-Brittainy C. Cherry 3/11/23
A Bit of Wee Luck-Kelly Elliott 3/21/23

🟢 Read a book with a character who is sick.
One Right Thing-Matthew Iden 3/19/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GILLS.

8. Going green. An expression commonly used to refer to preserving the natural environment and participating in activities such as recycling materials.
🟢 Read a book that you have borrowed.
The Penitent One-Brian Shea 3/04/23
🟢 Read a book where something is recycled. (Tell us what).
🟢 Read a book with the word green in the text. (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
Pg.26:"...her green eyes widening in surprise."
Made For Me-Natasha Madison 3/01/23
Pg.26:"...walking over to start his green smoothie."
Jasper Vale-Devney Perry 3/09/23

9 The grass is always greener on the other side. This is when individuals are never happy with what they have and they constantly ponder if others have it better.
(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
🟢 Read a book where a character is always wishing for something that they don't have. (Your interpretation).
🟢 Read a book with grass on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in PONDER.

10. To give the green light. To give approval to proceed.
🟢 Read a book with a green light on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢Read a book that you approve of.
🟢 Read a book where a character gives something to someone.
Whispers of You-Catherine Cowles 3/16/23

Duration: March 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023

Level 1: Greenhorn 3 - 9 Tasks
Level 2: Green Thumb 10 - 14 Tasks
Level 3: Green Light 15 or more Tasks
Each task can be done as often as you like.

TASKS
1.Having a green thumb (American English) or green fingers (British English).
🟢 Read a book where the title starts with either B or C.
🟢 Read a book about gardening.
🟢 Read a book set in either America or England. - Death in Bloom by Jess Dylan 1/3/23

2. Greenhorn. Someone who is inexperienced or a newbie.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is inexperienced. (Tell us whom).
🟢 Read a book with an author who is new to you.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GREENHORN.

3. Green-eyed monster refers to jealousy. The expression "green-eyed monster" was first used by William Shakespeare in Othello: "it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on." Shakespeare also used it in the Merchant of Venice, speaking of "green-eyed jealousy".
🟢 Read a book by William Shakespeare.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is jealous.
🟢 Read a book set in Italy.

4. Greenmail. A term used in finance and corporate takeovers. It refers to the practice of a company paying a high price to buy back shares of its own stock to prevent an unfriendly takeover by another company or businessman. It originated in the 1980s on Wall Street, and originates from the green of dollars.
🟢 Read a book about finance or a corporation.
🟢 Read a book that was published in the 1980s.
🟢 Read a book with either a wall or a street on the cover. (Show cover).

5. Green room.
🟢 Read a book about an actor/actress.
🟢 Read a book where the MC is a guest somewhere. - The Case of the Hurricane Hounds by B.R. Snow 4/3/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in THEATER ROYAL.

6. Greenwashing. Environmental activists sometimes use this term to describe the advertising of a company which promotes its positive environmental practices to cover up its environmental destruction.
🟢 Read a book where a character is an activist.
🟢 Read a book where a character advertises something.
🟢 Read a book where something is destroyed. (Tell us what). - Courtesy Call by Barbara Barrett (the Sheriff's car) 20/4/23

7. Green around the gills. A description of a person who looks physically ill.
🟢 Read a book with a green cover.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is sick.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GILLS.

8. Going green. An expression commonly used to refer to preserving the natural environment and participating in activities such as recycling materials.
🟢 Read a book that you have borrowed.
🟢 Read a book where something is recycled. (Tell us what).
🟢 Read a book with the word green in the text. (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)

9 The grass is always greener on the other side. This is when individuals are never happy with what they have and they constantly ponder if others have it better.
(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
🟢 Read a book where a character is always wishing for something that they don't have. (Your interpretation).
🟢 Read a book with grass on the cover. (Show cover.) - Murder at the Lobstah Shack by Maddie Day 21/3/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in PONDER.

10. To give the green light. To give approval to proceed.
🟢 Read a book with a green light on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢Read a book that you approve of.
🟢 Read a book where a character gives something to someone. - Murder in a Cape Cottage by Maddie Day 26/4/23

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Green Is the Word
Duration: March 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023
17/15+
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Level 1: Greenhorn 3 - 9 Tasks
Level 2: Green Thumb 10 - 14 Tasks
Level 3: Green Light 15 or more Tasks
Each task can be done as often as you like.

TASKS
1.Having a green thumb (American English) or green fingers
🟢 Read a book where the title starts with either B or C.
Books & Bribes Lucinda Race 3/1/23
🟢 Read a book about gardening.
🟢 Read a book set in either America or England.
A Furry Case of Foul Play Donna Doyle 3/3/23

2. Greenhorn. Someone who is inexperienced or a newbie.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is inexperienced. (Tell us whom).
Sarah's a new mom-Valentine Villainy Kathleen Suzette 3/3/23
🟢 Read a book with an author who is new to you.
Drop Dead Bread Victoria Kazarian 3/9/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GREENHORN.

3. Green-eyed monster refers to jealousy
🟢 Read a book by William Shakespeare.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is jealous
The Case of a Beagle and a Body Donna Doyle 3/4/23
🟢 Read a book set in Italy.

4. Greenmail
🟢 Read a book about finance or a corporation.
🟢 Read a book that was published in the 1980s.
🟢 Read a book with either a wall or a street on the cover. (Show cover).
Street- Lynda Brunelle 3/6/23

5. Green room.
🟢 Read a book about an actor/actress.
Escape from the Past Courtney McFarlin 3/20/23
🟢 Read a book where the MC is a guest somewhere.
Murder on the Links Penny Brooke 3/11/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in THEATER ROYAL.
LH-Best Slayed Plans Lucinda Harrison 3/7/23

6. Greenwashing.
🟢 Read a book where a character is an activist.
🟢 Read a book where a character advertises something.
🟢 Read a book where something is destroyed. (Tell us what).
The inside of the thrift shop and most of the outside The Deadly Dust Bunnies R.A. Muth 3/15/23

7. Green around the gills.
🟢 Read a book with a green cover.
Lily Rose Lane 3/2/23
🟢 Read a book with a character who is sick.
Grilled to Bits Gretchen Allen 3/2/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GILLS.

8. Going green.
🟢 Read a book that you have borrowed.
Bells & the Bandit Leona Fox 3/5/23
🟢 Read a book where something is recycled. (Tell us what).
🟢 Read a book with the word green in the text. (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
p 5 “…modern detached house with the green garage door…” Where There's a Witch, There's a Way Victoria DeLuis 3/13/23

9. The grass is always greener on the other side.
(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
🟢 Read a book where a character is always wishing for something that they don't have. (Your interpretation).
Leo-Death of a Lonely Bachelor Tricia Simpson 3/16/23
🟢 Read a book with grass on the cover. (Show cover.)
Max Parrott 3/14/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in PONDER.
DR-Coming in Hot Deany Ray 3/8/23

10. To give the green light.
🟢 Read a book with a green light on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢Read a book that you approve of.
Cotton Candy and Chaos Sue Hollowell 3/9/23
🟢 Read a book where a character gives something to someone.
The Merry Messy Mummy R.A. Muth 3/19/23

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Finished!!! Green Is The Word
Duration: March 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023

Level 1: Greenhorn 3 - 9 Tasks
Level 2: Green Thumb 10 - 14 Tasks
Level 3: Green Light 15 or more Tasks
Each task can be done as often as you like.

15+
30/30 TASKS

TASKS
☑️ 1.Having a green thumb (American English) or green fingers (British English).
X 🟢 Read a book where the title starts with either B or C.
The Blue Castle L.M. Montgomery 03/12/23
Baseball Bats for Christmas Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak 03/21/23

X 🟢 Read a book about gardening.
Bones in the Begonias (Lovely Lethal Gardens 2) Dale Mayer 03/23/23

X 🟢 Read a book set in either America or England.
The Ghost at the Drive-In Movie (The Boxcar Children 116) Gertrude Chandler Warner (Connecticut) 03/07/23
The Adventure of "The Western Star": a Hercule Poirot Short Story (Hercule Poirot SS-24) (England) 04/07/23

☑️ 2. Greenhorn. Someone who is inexperienced or a newbie.
X 🟢 Read a book with a character who is inexperienced. (Tell us whom).
The Long Quiche Goodbye (A Cheeseshop Mystery 1) Avery Aames (Rebecca is a new employee) 03/02/23

X 🟢 Read a book with an author who is new to you.
Murder in the Aisle (Merry Summerfield Cozy Mystery 1) Kris Pearson 03/11/23
A Wedding in Haiti Julia Alvarez 03/20/23
A Mother's Day Murder (Mount Abrams Mystery 1) Dee Ernst 04/21/23

X 🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GREENHORN.
How to Sell a Haunted House Grady Hendrix 03/17/23
The Golden Couple Greer Hendricks 03/18/23

3. Green-eyed monster refers to jealousy.
X 🟢 Read a book by William Shakespeare
The Comedy of Errors William Shakespeare William Shakespeare 05/27/23

X 🟢 Read a book with a character who is jealous.
In Her Boots K.J. Dell'Antonia (Maggie’s mom was jealous of Maggie’s relationship with her father & and Maggie was jealous over how well Jess dealt with publicity) 03/09/23

X 🟢 Read a book set in Italy.
Murder in Tuscany (Armstrong and Oscar Cozy Mystery 1) T.A. Williams 03/21/23
Murder in Chianti (Armstrong and Oscar Mystery 2) T.A. Williams03/22/23

☑️ 4. Greenmail. A term used in finance and corporate takeovers.
X 🟢 Read a book about finance or a corporation.
The Case of the Half-Baked Bing: A Bite-Sized Mystery (Emory Bing Mystery 1) Joann Keder (Bing Cookie Company) 03/14/23

X 🟢 Read a book that was published in the 1980s.
Ellen Foster Kaye Gibbons (Pub. 1987) 04/16/23

X 🟢 Read a book with either a wall or a street on the cover. (Show cover).
Xmas Marks the Spot (Merry Summerfield Cozy Mystery 2) Kris Pearson 03/13/23

☑️ 5. Green room. A room backstage.
X 🟢 Read a book about an actor/actress.
The Final Girl Support Group Grady Hendrix 04/27/23
Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? Crystal Smith Paul 05/23/23

X 🟢 Read a book where the MC is a guest somewhere.
The Wedding Crasher Mia Sosa (Solange stays at Dean’s apartment; her cousin and her husband stay with them.) 03/03/23
Where the Heart Is Billie Letts (Novalee is staying with Sister) 04/02/23
A Caribbean Mystery (Miss Marple 10) Agatha Christie (set at a Caribbean resort) 04/08/23

X 🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in THEATER ROYAL
The Return Rachel Harrison 04/03/23

☑️ 6. Greenwashing.
X 🟢 Read a book where a character is an activist.
A Very Merry Bromance (Bromance Bookclub 5) Lyssa Kay Adams (Gretchen is a lawyer who devoted her time to helping immigrants) 03/08/23
Magic, Lies, and Deadly Pies (Pies before Guys 1)Misha Popp (Melly is an activist) 04/14/23

X 🟢 Read a book where a character advertises something.
Through the Liquor Glass (A Literary Pub Mystery 4) Sarah Fox (Sadie gives out magnets and other items to promote her pub) 03/01/23
People Person Candice Carty-Williams (Dimples is an internet influencer - cosmetics, etc) 03/16/23
Murder in an Irish Pub (Irish Village Mystery 4) Carlene O'Connor (Bingo Flyers are distributed) 03/27/23

X 🟢 Read a book where something is destroyed. (Tell us what).
Scones and Scoundrels (Highland Bookshop Mystery 2) Molly MacRae (houseplants are destroyed when someone decided to use them in food) 03/06/23
Murder at the Dolphin Hotel Helena Dixon (a cuckoo clock is smashed) 03/27/23

☑️ 7. Green around the gills. A description of a person who looks physically ill.
X 🟢 Read a book with a green cover.
Wonton Terror (Noodle Shop Mystery 4) Vivien Chien 03/01/23

X 🟢 Read a book with a character who is sick.
Maame Jessica George (Maddie helps look after her father who has Parkinson’s) 03/08/23
A Lot Like Forever (Blue Moon Bay 3) Jennifer Snow (Whitney has a serious illness) 03/29/23

X 🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GILLS.
Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter Loretta Lynn 03/21/23

☑️ 8. Going green.
X 🟢 Read a book that you have borrowed.
Plaid and Plagiarism (Highland Bookshop Mystery 1) Molly MacRae 03/02/23

X 🟢 Read a book where something is recycled. (Tell us what).
Live and Let Diet (An Australian Amateur Sleuth 1) Morgana Best (Cressida’s house is full of antiques - she buys very little new) 02/06/2

X 🟢 Read a book with the word green in the text. (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
p. 11 “. . . in a green oasis . . .” Natural-born Grillers (An Australian Amateur Sleuth Mystery 2) Morgana Best 03/06/23

☑️ 9 The grass is always greener on the other side.

X 🟢 Read a book where a character is always wishing for something that they don't have. (Your interpretation). (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
Hold Me Closer: The Tiny Cooper Story David Levithan (p. 83 “. . . He has to have a boyfriend . . .”) 03/04/23

X 🟢 Read a book with grass on the cover. (Show cover.)
Murder at an Irish Wedding (An Irish Village Mystery 2) Carlene O'Connor 03/09/23

X 🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in PONDER.
Z is for Zachariah Robert C. O'Brien 04/12/23

☑️ 10. To give the green light. To give approval to proceed.
X 🟢 Read a book with a green light on the cover. (Show cover.)
Northern Light (Coast-to-Coast Mystery 1) Deb Davies 05/16/23

X 🟢Read a book that you approve of.
Sam Allegra Goodman 03/12/23

X 🟢 Read a book where a character gives something to someone.
The Final Gambit (The Inheritance Games 3) Jennifer Lynn Barnes (Avery gives a jewel encrusted chess set to her nemesis) 03/01/23

Green Is The Word
Duration: March 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023

Tasks: 14

Level 2: Green Thumb 10 - 14 Tasks
Each task can be done as often as you like.

TASKS
1.Having a green thumb (American English) or green fingers (British English). To be passionate about or talented at gardening.[128] The expression was popularized beginning in 1925 by a BBC gardening program
🟢 Read a book where the title starts with either B or C.
💙Beautifully Broken Spirit - Catherine Cowles, 3/11/23
💙Beyond the Game - Kaylee Ryan, 5/18/23
🟢 Read a book about gardening.
🟢 Read a book set in either America or England.
💙Got Me Wishing - Casey Cox, 3/7/23
💙Decker's Dilemma - Chantal Fernando, 4/3/23
💙Rhett Redeemed - Chantal Fernando, 5/14/23

2. Greenhorn. Someone who is inexperienced or a newbie.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is inexperienced. (Tell us whom).
🟢 Read a book with an author who is new to you.
💙The Last Thing He Needs - J.H. Knight, 4/15/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GREENHORN.

3. Green-eyed monster refers to jealousy. The expression "green-eyed monster" was first used by William Shakespeare in Othello: "it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on." Shakespeare also used it in the Merchant of Venice, speaking of "green-eyed jealousy".
🟢 Read a book by William Shakespeare.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is jealous.
💙Twisted Perfection - Abbi Glines, 3/5/23
🟢 Read a book set in Italy.

4. Greenmail. A term used in finance and corporate takeovers. It refers to the practice of a company paying a high price to buy back shares of its own stock to prevent an unfriendly takeover by another company or businessman. It originated in the 1980s on Wall Street, and originates from the green of dollars.
🟢 Read a book about finance or a corporation.
🟢 Read a book that was published in the 1980s.
🟢 Read a book with either a wall or a street on the cover. (Show cover).

5. Green room. A room at a theater where actors rest when not onstage, or a room at a television studio where guests wait before going on-camera. It originated in the late 17th century from a room of that color at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London
🟢 Read a book about an actor/actress.
🟢 Read a book where the MC is a guest somewhere.
💙Fallen Crest Family - Tijan, 3/5/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in THEATER ROYAL.
💙Unnecessary Roughness - Rheland Richmond, 4/27/23
💙Until May - Aurora Rose Reynolds, 5/23/23

6. Greenwashing. Environmental activists sometimes use this term to describe the advertising of a company which promotes its positive environmental practices to cover up its environmental destruction.
🟢 Read a book where a character is an activist.
🟢 Read a book where a character advertises something.
💙Tutoring the Player - Rebecca Jenshak, 5/28/23
🟢 Read a book where something is destroyed. (Tell us what).

7. Green around the gills. A description of a person who looks physically ill.
🟢 Read a book with a green cover.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is sick.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GILLS.

8. Going green. An expression commonly used to refer to preserving the natural environment and participating in activities such as recycling materials.
🟢 Read a book that you have borrowed.
💙More Than A Game - Bella Matthews, 4/7/23
🟢 Read a book where something is recycled. (Tell us what).
🟢 Read a book with the word green in the text. (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)

9 The grass is always greener on the other side. This is when individuals are never happy with what they have and they constantly ponder if others have it better.
(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
🟢 Read a book where a character is always wishing for something that they don't have. (Your interpretation).
🟢 Read a book with grass on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in PONDER.
💙Timeless - Devney Perry, 4/11/23

10. To give the green light. To give approval to proceed.
🟢 Read a book with a green light on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢Read a book that you approve of.
🟢 Read a book where a character gives something to someone
💙Answering Atlas - Chantal Fernando, 5/20/23

Start: March 1, 2023
End: May 31, 2023
Level 3: Green Light 15 or more Tasks
Read: 15/15+

1. Having a green thumb (American English) or green fingers (British English). To be passionate about or talented at gardening.[128] The expression was popularized beginning in 1925 by a BBC gardening program
🟢 Read a book where the title starts with either B or C.
🍀 Contagion - Erin Bowman 🍐🍐🍐 3/5/23
🟢 Read a book about gardening.
🟢 Read a book set in either America or England.
🍀 Pretty Little Liars - Sara Shepard 🍐 3/1/23

✔2. Greenhorn. Someone who is inexperienced or a newbie.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is inexperienced. (Azami is inexperienced with relationships).
🍀Samurai Game - Christine Feehan 🍐🍐🍐🍐 3/18/23
🟢 Read a book with an author who is new to you.
🍀Clown in a Cornfield - Adam Cesare 🍐🍐🍐 3/15/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GREENHORN.
🍀How to Sell a Haunted House - Grady Hendrix 🍐🍐🍐🍐 4/6/23

3. Green-eyed monster refers to jealousy. The expression "green-eyed monster" was first used by William Shakespeare in Othello: "it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on." Shakespeare also used it in the Merchant of Venice, speaking of "green-eyed jealousy".
🟢 Read a book by William Shakespeare.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is jealous.
🍀 Kill Hill Carnage - Tim Meyer 🍐🍐🍐 3/8/23
🟢 Read a book set in Italy.

4. Greenmail. A term used in finance and corporate takeovers. It refers to the practice of a company paying a high price to buy back shares of its own stock to prevent an unfriendly takeover by another company or businessman. It originated in the 1980s on Wall Street, and originates from the green of dollars.
🟢 Read a book about finance or a corporation.
🟢 Read a book that was published in the 1980s.
🟢 Read a book with either a wall or a street on the cover. (Show cover).

✔5. Green room. A room at a theater where actors rest when not onstage, or a room at a television studio where guests wait before going on-camera. It originated in the late 17th century from a room of that color at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London
🟢 Read a book about an actor/actress.
🍀Ghost 19 - Simone St. James 🍐🍐🍐🍐 3/24/23
🟢 Read a book where the MC is a guest somewhere.
🍀Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone - Benjamin Stevenson 🍐🍐🍐🍐🍐 4/16/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in THEATER ROYAL.
🍀Oops I Ate a Vengeance Demon - Lauretta Hignett 🍐🍐🍐🍐 4/23/23

6. Greenwashing. Environmental activists sometimes use this term to describe the advertising of a company which promotes its positive environmental practices to cover up its environmental destruction.
🟢 Read a book where a character is an activist.
🟢 Read a book where a character advertises something.
🟢 Read a book where something is destroyed. (The world as it's set during a zombie apocalypse).
🍀 Dark of Night - Flesh and Fire - Jonathan Maberry 🍐🍐🍐 3/9/23

7. Green around the gills. A description of a person who looks physically ill.
🟢 Read a book with a green cover.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is sick.
🍀I'm Glad My Mom Died - Jennette McCurdy 🍈🍈🍈🍈🍈 4/2/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GILLS.

8. Going green. An expression commonly used to refer to preserving the natural environment and participating in activities such as recycling materials.
🟢 Read a book that you have borrowed.
🍀Paul Tremblay - The Cabin at the End of the World 🍈🍈🍈 4/7/23
🟢 Read a book where something is recycled. (Tell us what).
🟢 Read a book with the word green in the text. (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)

9. The grass is always greener on the other side. This is when individuals are never happy with what they have and they constantly ponder if others have it better.
(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
🟢 Read a book where a character is always wishing for something that they don't have. (Your interpretation).
🟢 Read a book with grass on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in PONDER.
🍀Final Destination #1: Dead Reckoning - Natasha Rhodes 🍐🍐🍐 4/13/23

10. To give the green light. To give approval to proceed.
🟢 Read a book with a green light on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢Read a book that you approve of.
🍀How to Survive Your Murder - Danielle Valentine 🍐🍐🍐🍐 3/19/23
🟢 Read a book where a character gives something to someone.

My spot

Green Is the Word
Duration: March 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023

Level 1: Greenhorn 3 - 9 Tasks
Level 2: Green Thumb 10 - 14 Tasks
Level 3: Green Light 15 or more Tasks
Each task can be done as often as you like.

TASKS
1.Having a green thumb (American English) or green fingers
🟢 Read a book where the title starts with either B or C.
🟢 Read a book about gardening.
🟢 Read a book set in either America or England.

2. Greenhorn. Someone who is inexperienced or a newbie.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is inexperienced. (Tell us whom).
🟢 Read a book with an author who is new to you.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GREENHORN.

3. Green-eyed monster refers to jealousy.
🟢 Read a book by William Shakespeare.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is jealous.
🟢 Read a book set in Italy.

4. Greenmail.
🟢 Read a book about finance or a corporation.
🟢 Read a book that was published in the 1980s.
🟢 Read a book with either a wall or a street on the cover. (Show cover).

5. Green room.
🟢 Read a book about an actor/actress.
🟢 Read a book where the MC is a guest somewhere.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in THEATER ROYAL.

6. Greenwashing.
🟢 Read a book where a character is an activist.
🟢 Read a book where a character advertises something.
🟢 Read a book where something is destroyed. (Tell us what).

7. Green around the gills.
🟢 Read a book with a green cover.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is sick.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GILLS.

8. Going green.
🟢 Read a book that you have borrowed.
🟢 Read a book where something is recycled. (Tell us what).
🟢 Read a book with the word green in the text. (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)

9. The grass is always greener on the other side.
(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
🟢 Read a book where a character is always wishing for something that they don't have. (Your interpretation).
🟢 Read a book with grass on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in PONDER.

10. To give the green light.
🟢 Read a book with a green light on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢Read a book that you approve of.
🟢 Read a book where a character gives something to someone

Duration: March 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023

Level 1: Greenhorn 3 - 9 Tasks
Level 2: Green Thumb 10 - 14 Tasks
Level 3: Green Light 15 or more Tasks
Each task can be done as often as you like.

TASKS
1.Having a green thumb (American English) or green fingers (British English). To be passionate about or talented at gardening.[128] The expression was popularized beginning in 1925 by a BBC gardening program
🟢 Read a book where the title starts with either B or C.
🟢 Read a book about gardening.
🟢 Read a book set in either America or England.

2. Greenhorn. Someone who is inexperienced or a newbie.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is inexperienced. (Tell us whom).
An Ale of Two Cities by Sarah Fox 3/6/2023
Sadie doesn't know how to play hockey, but does for the competition.
🟢 Read a book with an author who is new to you.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GREENHORN.

3. Green-eyed monster refers to jealousy. The expression "green-eyed monster" was first used by William Shakespeare in Othello: "it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on." Shakespeare also used it in the Merchant of Venice, speaking of "green-eyed jealousy".
🟢 Read a book by William Shakespeare.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is jealous.
🟢 Read a book set in Italy.

4. Greenmail. A term used in finance and corporate takeovers. It refers to the practice of a company paying a high price to buy back shares of its own stock to prevent an unfriendly takeover by another company or businessman. It originated in the 1980s on Wall Street, and originates from the green of dollars.
🟢 Read a book about finance or a corporation.
🟢 Read a book that was published in the 1980s.
🟢 Read a book with either a wall or a street on the cover. (Show cover).

5. Green room. A room at a theater where actors rest when not onstage, or a room at a television studio where guests wait before going on-camera. It originated in the late 17th century from a room of that color at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London
🟢 Read a book about an actor/actress.
A Vintage Murder by Michele Scott 3/8/2023
Nikki is an actress.
🟢 Read a book where the MC is a guest somewhere.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in THEATER ROYAL.
The Magyar Venus by Lyn Hamilton 3/22/2023

6. Greenwashing. Environmental activists sometimes use this term to describe the advertising of a company which promotes its positive environmental practices to cover up its environmental destruction.
🟢 Read a book where a character is an activist.
🟢 Read a book where a character advertises something.
Murder with a Cherry on Top by Cynthia Baxter 3/16/2023
Emma creates brochures for the ice cream parlor.
🟢 Read a book where something is destroyed. (Tell us what).

7. Green around the gills. A description of a person who looks physically ill.
🟢 Read a book with a green cover.
Murder in the Meadow by Tracy Donley 3/23/2023

🟢 Read a book with a character who is sick.
Every Fifteen Minutes by Lisa Scottoline 3/17/2023
Gummy, aka Virginia Teichner, has congestive heart failure and cancer.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GILLS.

8. Going green. An expression commonly used to refer to preserving the natural environment and participating in activities such as recycling materials.
🟢 Read a book that you have borrowed.
🟢 Read a book where something is recycled. (Tell us what).
🟢 Read a book with the word green in the text. (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)

9 The grass is always greener on the other side. This is when individuals are never happy with what they have and they constantly ponder if others have it better.
(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
🟢 Read a book where a character is always wishing for something that they don't have. (Your interpretation).
The Dark Hour by K J Young 3/20/2023
Mark wants a luxurious life.
🟢 Read a book with grass on the cover. (Show cover.)
The Perfect Neighbors by Sarah Pekkanen 3/12/2023

🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in PONDER.

10. To give the green light. To give approval to proceed.
🟢 Read a book with a green light on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢Read a book that you approve of.
🟢 Read a book where a character gives something to someone.
Nina's Dilemma by Zena Wynn 3/9/2023
Nina gives her heart to the right man.

Green Is The Word
Duration: March 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023

Level 1: Greenhorn 3 - 9 Tasks
Level 2: Green Thumb 10 - 14 Tasks
Level 3: Green Light 15 or more Tasks
Each task can be done as often as you like.

TASKS
1.Having a green thumb (American English) or green fingers (British English). To be passionate about or talented at gardening.[128] The expression was popularized beginning in 1925 by a BBC gardening program
🟢 Read a book where the title starts with either B or C. City of Lost Souls - Cassandra Clare 16/03/23
🟢 Read a book about gardening.
🟢 Read a book set in America The Colorado Kid - Stephen King 13/04/23

2. Greenhorn. Someone who is inexperienced or a newbie.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is inexperienced. (Tell us whom).
🟢 Read a book with an author who is new to you. Aimee Bender - The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake 27/04/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GREENHORN.

3. Green-eyed monster refers to jealousy. The expression "green-eyed monster" was first used by William Shakespeare in Othello: "it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on." Shakespeare also used it in the Merchant of Venice, speaking of "green-eyed jealousy".
🟢 Read a book by William Shakespeare.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is jealous.
🟢 Read a book set in Italy. The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco 02/04/23

4. Greenmail. A term used in finance and corporate takeovers. It refers to the practice of a company paying a high price to buy back shares of its own stock to prevent an unfriendly takeover by another company or businessman. It originated in the 1980s on Wall Street, and originates from the green of dollars.
🟢 Read a book about finance or a corporation.
🟢 Read a book that was published in the 1980s.
🟢 Read a book with either a wall or a street on the cover. (Show cover).

5. Green room. A room at a theater where actors rest when not onstage, or a room at a television studio where guests wait before going on-camera. It originated in the late 17th century from a room of that color at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London
🟢 Read a book about an actor/actress.
🟢 Read a book where the MC is a guest somewhere.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in THEATER ROYAL. Alice Hoffman - Practical Magic 01/05/23

6. Greenwashing. Environmental activists sometimes use this term to describe the advertising of a company which promotes its positive environmental practices to cover up its environmental destruction.
🟢 Read a book where a character is an activist.
🟢 Read a book where a character advertises something.
🟢 Read a book where something is destroyed. (Tell us what).

7. Green around the gills. A description of a person who looks physically ill.
🟢 Read a book with a green cover.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is sick. Caravaggio - Leonardo Castellucci 04/04/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GILLS.

8. Going green. An expression commonly used to refer to preserving the natural environment and participating in activities such as recycling materials.
🟢 Read a book that you have borrowed. The Rainmaker - John Grisham 31/05/23
🟢 Read a book where something is recycled. (Tell us what).
🟢 Read a book with the word green in the text. (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) "Young women are green" (page 37) - The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde 20/03/23

9 The grass is always greener on the other side. This is when individuals are never happy with what they have and they constantly ponder if others have it better.
(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
🟢 Read a book where a character is always wishing for something that they don't have. (Your interpretation).
🟢 Read a book with grass on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in PONDER.

10. To give the green light. To give approval to proceed.
🟢 Read a book with a green light on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢Read a book that you approve of. The Struggle - L.J. Smith 15/05/23
🟢 Read a book where a character gives something to someone.

Green Is The Word
Duration: March 1, 2023 - April 10, 2023
Level 3: Green Light 15 or more Tasks
Read: 22

TASKS
1. Having a green thumb (American English) or green fingers (British English).
🟢 Read a book where the title starts with either B or C.
A Brambleberry Summer RaeAnne Thayne 3/6/23
🟢 Read a book about gardening.
The Heirloom Garden Viola Shipman 4/5/23
🟢 Read a book set in America.
The Sister Effect Susan Mallery 3/31/23

2. Greenhorn.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is inexperienced.
Prairie Rough Deal Frankie Love 4/7/23
🟢 Read a book with an author who is new to you.
Ryder Prescott Lane 3/4/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GREENHORN.
Weyward Emilia Hart 4/10/23

3. Green-eyed monster refers to jealousy.
🟢 Read a book by William Shakespeare.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is jealous.
Seabreeze Wedding Jan Moran 3/2/23
🟢 Read a book set in Italy.

4. Greenmail.
🟢 Read a book about finance or a corporation.
🟢 Read a book that was published in the 1980s.
🟢 Read a book with a street on the cover.
Riverstar Tess Thompson 4/10/23

5. Green room.
🟢 Read a book about an actor/actress.
🟢 Read a book where the MC is a guest somewhere.
Fire Abby Brooks 3/26/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in THEATER ROYAL.
Summer at the Cape RaeAnne Thayne 3/13/23

6. Greenwashing.
🟢 Read a book where a character is an activist.
🟢 Read a book where a character advertises something.
Live and Let Pie Ellie Alexander 3/10/23
🟢 Read a book where something is destroyed.
Sara's childhood home The Candle Palace Devney Perry 3/20/23

7. Green around the gills.
🟢 Read a book with a green cover.
Waiting for You Heather B. Moore 3/11/23
🟢 Read a book with a character who is sick.
A Nantucket Promise Katie Winters 3/6/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GILLS.
Things We Hide from the Light Lucy Score 3/27/23

8. Going green.
🟢 Read a book that you have borrowed.
The Secret of Snow Viola Shipman 3/3/23
🟢 Read a book where something is recycled. (Tell us what).
🟢 Read a book with the word green in the text.
Christmas on Main Street Leeanna Morgan 3/9/23 p 124 Emma stood beside them holding a green plastic container.

9. The grass is always greener on the other side.
🟢 Read a book where a character is always wishing for something that they don't have.
The Sea Glass Cottage RaeAnne Thayne 3/29/23
🟢 Read a book with grass on the cover.
You Had Your Chance, Lee Burrows Piper Rayne 4/6/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in PONDER.
The Clover Chapel Devney Perry 3/17/23

10. To give the green light.
🟢 Read a book with a green light on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢 Read a book that you approve of.
Don't Back Down Sharon Sala 3/11/23
🟢 Read a book where a character gives something to someone.
Before Today Leeanna Morgan 3/7/23

Green Is the Word
Duration: March 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023

Level 3: Green Light 15 or more Tasks
Each task can be done as often as you like.

19/15+ completed

TASKS
1.Having a green thumb (American English) or green fingers
🟢 Read a book where the title starts with either B or C:
Bundan Sonra Her Şey Biziz (Do Not Say We Have Nothing) by Madeleine Thien 3/26/23
🟢 Read a book about gardening.
🟢 Read a book set in either America or England:
Ateşin Çağrısı – Kısım 2 (The Fiery Cross - Part 2) by Diana Gabaldon 3/11/23

2. Greenhorn. Someone who is inexperienced or a newbie.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is inexperienced. (Tell us whom):
Âşık Kadınlar (Women As Lovers) by Elfriede Jelinek (MC, Brigitte is very inexperienced) 5/1/23
🟢 Read a book with an author who is new to you:
Bir Yaz Akşamı On Buçukta (10:30 on a Summer Night) by Marguerite Duras 3/11/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GREENHORN:
Aile Sözlüğü (Family Lexicon) by Natalia Ginzburg 4/15/23

3. Green-eyed monster refers to jealousy.
🟢 Read a book by William Shakespeare.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is jealous:
Lady Windermere'in Yelpazesi (Lady Windermere's Fan) by Oscar Wilde 3/5/23
🟢 Read a book set in Italy:
Plaj (The Beach) by Cesare Pavese 4/6/23

4. Greenmail.
🟢 Read a book about finance or a corporation.
🟢 Read a book that was published in the 1980s.
🟢 Read a book with either a wall or a street on the cover. (Show cover).

5. Green room.
🟢 Read a book about an actor/actress.
🟢 Read a book where the MC is a guest somewhere:
Üç Aynalı Kırk Oda (Turkish literature) by Murathan Mungan 4/20/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in THEATER ROYAL:
Bir Kutup Ayısının Anıları (Memoirs of a Polar Bear) by Yoko Tawada 4/17/23

6. Greenwashing.
🟢 Read a book where a character is an activist.
🟢 Read a book where a character advertises something:
Bende Ölen Sensin (Turkish literature) by Irmak Zileli 4/14/23
🟢 Read a book where something is destroyed. (Tell us what):
Cuma ya da Pasifik Arafı (Friday, or, The Other Island) by Michel Tournier 3/29/23 (A ship is destroyed)

7. Green around the gills.
🟢 Read a book with a green cover:
Çukur (The Hole) by Hiroko Oyamada 3/10/23
🟢 Read a book with a character who is sick:
The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe 4/4/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GILLS:
Pietr the Latvian by Georges Simenon 4/28/23

8. Going green.
🟢 Read a book that you have borrowed.
🟢 Read a book where something is recycled. (Tell us what).
🟢 Read a book with the word green in the text. (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #):
Craving (Steel Brothers Saga, #1) by Helen Hardt 5/4/23
The scenery was lush and green - acres and acres of pastureland for their beef cattle, and little houses dotted the areas as well, where their hired people lived (Chapter 5)

9. The grass is always greener on the other side.
(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
🟢 Read a book where a character is always wishing for something that they don't have. (Your interpretation):
Gül Mevsimidir (Turkish literature) by Füruzan 3/12/23
🟢 Read a book with grass on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in PONDER:
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 3/3/23

10. To give the green light.
🟢 Read a book with a green light on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢Read a book that you approve of:
Porselen Bir Mevzu (Turkish literature) by Gökçe Bilgin 3/25/23
🟢 Read a book where a character gives something to someone:
İşte Tanrılar (The Gods Themselves) by Isaac Asimov 3/8/23

Welcome Frankie, Hilary (A Wytch's Book Review), Tari, Melissa A, Katelyn, Bobbi, Emeli, Grace, Anne, Katrina, JoAnne, and Pinar

Green Is The Word
Duration: March 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023

Level 3: Green Light 15 or more Tasks
Each task can be done as often as you like.
Read 17

TASKS
1. Having a green thumb (American English) or green fingers (British English). To be passionate about or talented at gardening.[128] The expression was popularized beginning in 1925 by a BBC gardening program.
🟢 Read a book where the title starts with either B or C.
Blueprint for Love by Henriette Gyland 3/26/2023
🟢 Read a book about gardening.
Trouble in Spades by Heather Webber 3/6/2023
🟢 Read a book set in either America or England.
Murder at Chateau Sur Mer by Alyssa Maxwell 3/25/2023
Storm Front by Jim Butcher 3/15/2023
Without a Brew by Ellie Alexander 3/20/2023
2. Greenhorn. Someone who is inexperienced or a newbie.
🟢 Read a book with an author who is new to you.
I'll Stop the World by Lauren Thoman 3/27/2023
The Snowman Killer by Wendy Meadows 4/4/2023

5. Green room.
🟢 Read a book where the MC is a guest somewhere.
Strange Medicine by S.C. Wynne 5/19/2023
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in THEATER ROYAL.
Murder in the Mystery Suite by Ellery Adams 3/2/2023

6. Greenwashing.
🟢 Read a book where a character advertises something.
Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers 3/31/2023

7. Green around the gills.
🟢 Read a book with a green cover.
by Tonya Kappes 3/29/2023
by Melissa Erin Jackson 4/5/2023

8. Going green.
🟢 Read a book that you have borrowed.
Deserts, Driving, & Derelicts by Tonya Kappes 3/11/2023
Peter Rabbit: Hello Peter! by Beatrix Potter 3/28/2023

9. The grass is always greener on the other side.
🟢 Read a book where a character is always wishing for something that they don't have. (Your interpretation).
Tricky Twenty-Two by Janet Evanovich 4/10/2023
Turbo Twenty-Three by Janet Evanovich 4/19/2023

10. To give the green light. To give approval to proceed.
🟢Read a book that you approve of.
Fool Moon by Jim Butcher 4/22/2023

Green is the Word
March 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023

28 of 15+ Complete

Level 1: Greenhorn 3 - 9 Tasks
Level 2: Green Thumb 10 - 14 Tasks
Level 3: Green Light 15 or more Tasks
Each task can be done as often as you like.

TASKS
1. Having a green thumb (American English) or green fingers (British English). To be passionate about or talented at gardening.[128] The expression was popularized beginning in 1925 by a BBC gardening program.
🟢 Read a book where the title starts with either B or C.
🔺Bourbon Kings - J.R. Ward - 3/24/23
🔺Badlands - Jill Sorenson - 4/5/23
🟢 Read a book about gardening.
🟢 Read a book set in either America or England.
🔺Paradise Valley - C.J. Box - 3/11/23 - North Dakota
🔺Sea Castle - Andrew Mayne - 3/12/23 - Florida
🔺Encore in Death - J.D. Robb - 3/13/23 - New York
🔺The Last Coyote - Michael Connelly - 3/14/23 - California
🔺Point of Impact - Stephen Hunter - 3/16/23 - Arkansas
🔺An Unwilling Accomplice - Charles Todd - 3/20/23 - England
🔺Unleashed - Cherrie Lynn - 3/24/23 - Hawaii
🔺Murder on Mulberry Bend - Victoria Thompson - 3/25/23 - New York
🔺Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen - Alison Weir - 3/29/23 - England
🔺Katheryn Howard, the Scandalous Queen - Alison Weir - 4/11/23 - England

2. Greenhorn. Someone who is inexperienced or a newbie.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is inexperienced. (Tell us whom).
🟢 Read a book with an author who is new to you.
🔺Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI - David Grann - 3/15/23
🔺Six Four -Hideo Yokoyama - 3/17/23
🔺Survival Instinct - Fiona Quinn - 3/23/23
🔺The Librarian of Burned Books - Brianna Labuskes - 4/12/23
🔺West with Giraffes - Lynda Rutledge - 4/16/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GREENHORN.

3. Green-eyed monster refers to jealousy. The expression "green-eyed monster" was first used by William Shakespeare in Othello: "it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on." Shakespeare also used it in the Merchant of Venice, speaking of "green-eyed jealousy".
🟢 Read a book by William Shakespeare.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is jealous.
🟢 Read a book set in Italy.
🔺Not All Bastards Are from Vienna - Andrea Molesini - 4/3/23

4. Greenmail. A term used in finance and corporate takeovers. It refers to the practice of a company paying a high price to buy back shares of its own stock to prevent an unfriendly takeover by another company or businessman. It originated in the 1980s on Wall Street and originates from the green of dollars.
🟢 Read a book about finance or a corporation.
🟢 Read a book that was published in the 1980s.
🟢 Read a book with either a wall or a street on the cover. (Show cover).

5. Green room. A room at a theater where actors rest when not onstage, or a room at a television studio where guests wait before going on-camera. It originated in the late 17th century from a room of that color at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London
🟢 Read a book about an actor/actress.
🟢 Read a book where the MC is a guest somewhere.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in THEATER ROYAL.
🔺Hotel Iris - Yōko Ogawa - 3/18/23 - YO
🔺The Drowning Girls - Lisa Regan - 3/27/23 - LR
🔺Wild Heart - Tiffinie Helmer - 3/28/23 - TH
🔺The Sun Sister - Lucinda Riley - 4/4/23 - LR
🔺A Girl Called Samson - Amy Harmon - 4/4/23
🔺The Forsaken - Ace Atkins - 4/8/23 - AA

6. Greenwashing. Environmental activists sometimes use this term to describe the advertising of a company which promotes its positive environmental practices to cover up its environmental destruction.
🟢 Read a book where a character is an activist.
🟢 Read a book where a character advertises something.
🟢 Read a book where something is destroyed. (Tell us what).

7. Green around the gills. A description of a person who looks physically ill.
🟢 Read a book with a green cover.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is sick.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GILLS.

8. Going green. An expression commonly used to refer to preserving the natural environment and participating in activities such as recycling materials.
🟢 Read a book that you have borrowed.
🟢 Read a book where something is recycled. (Tell us what).
🟢 Read a book with the word green in the text. (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)

9. The grass is always greener on the other side. This is when individuals are never happy with what they have and they constantly ponder if others have it better.
(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
🟢 Read a book where a character is always wishing for something that they don't have. (Your interpretation).
🟢 Read a book with grass on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in PONDER.
🔺The Scorpion's Tail - Douglas Preston - 3/5/23 - DP
🔺Island Affair - Priscilla Oliveras - 3/10/23 - OP
🔺Borrower of the Night - Elizabeth Peters - 3/28/23 - EP
🔺The Maid - Nita Prose - 4/16/23 - NP


10. To give the green light. To give approval to proceed.
🟢 Read a book with a green light on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢Read a book that you approve of.
🟢 Read a book where a character gives something to someone.

TLC Green is the Word
Duration: March 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023

Level 2: Green Thumb 10 - 14 Tasks
Completed: 12/14

Each task can be done as often as you like.

TASKS
1.Having a green thumb (American English) or green fingers (British English). To be passionate about or talented at gardening. The expression was popularized beginning in 1925 by a BBC gardening program
🟢 Read a book where the title starts with either B or C.
🟢 Read a book about gardening.
🟢 Read a book set in either America or England.

2. Greenhorn.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is inexperienced. (Tell us whom).
🟢 Read a book with an author who is new to you.
Winter Witness by Tina deBellegarde 3/12/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GREENHORN.



3. Green-eyed monster refers to jealousy.
🟢 Read a book by William Shakespeare.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is jealous.
Apple Pie and Arsenic by C.A. Phipps 4/30/23
🟢 Read a book set in Italy.

4. Greenmail.
🟢 Read a book about finance or a corporation.
🟢 Read a book that was published in the 1980s.
🟢 Read a book with ... a street on the cover.
Murder on Trinity Place by Victoria Thompson 5/15/23
Murder on Wall Street by Victoria Thompson 5/29/23


5. Green room.
🟢 Read a book about an actor/actress.
🟢 Read a book where the MC is a guest somewhere.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in THEATER ROYAL.
E L: Elinor Lipman, On Turpentine Lane 5/21/23


6. Greenwashing.
🟢 Read a book where a character is an activist.
🟢 Read a book where a character advertises something.
Mimi Lee Gets a Clue by Jennifer J. Chow 5/19/23
🟢 Read a book where something is destroyed. (Tell us what).

7. Green around the gills.
🟢 Read a book with a green cover.

Accidentally Engaged by Farah Heron 3/27/23
🟢 Read a book with a character who is sick.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GILLS.

8. Going green.
🟢 Read a book that you have borrowed.
Statue of Limitations by Kate Collins 5/13/23
🟢 Read a book where something is recycled. (Tell us what).
Dead Man's Leap by Tina deBellegarde 3/25/23 - h/h items & clothes
🟢 Read a book with the word green in the text. (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)

9 The grass is always greener on the other side.
🟢Read a book where a character is always wishing for something that they don't have.
Murder on Pleasant Avenue by Victoria Thompson 5/27/23 - Jane
🟢 Read a book with grass on the cover.
From Garden To Grave by Rickie Blair 4/09/23

🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in PONDER.

10. Green light.
🟢 Read a book with a green light on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢Read a book that you approve of.
🟢 Read a book where a character gives something to someone.
Skip gives Dante a car - Desert Getaway by Michael Craft 3/19/23

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Green is the Word
Duration: March 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023
Level 3: Green Light
16/15+
Each task can be done as often as you like.

1.Having a green thumb (American English) or green fingers (British English). To be passionate about or talented at gardening. The expression was popularized beginning in 1925 by a BBC gardening program
🟢 Read a book where the title starts with either B or C.
Belgarath the Sorcerer by David Eddings 10/3/23 4★
🟢 Read a book set in either America or England.
This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub 12/3 4★

2. Greenhorn. Someone who is inexperienced or a newbie.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is inexperienced
Obedience by Jacqueline Yallop 13/3 2★ - Sister Bernard
🟢 Read a book with an author who is new to you.
Right to Kill by John Barlow 4/3 3.5★
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GREENHORN.
Out of the Dark by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz 7/3 3.5★

3. Green-eyed monster refers to jealousy. The expression "green-eyed monster" was first used by William Shakespeare in Othello: "it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on." Shakespeare also used it in the Merchant of Venice, speaking of "green-eyed jealousy".
🟢 Read a book with a character who is jealous.
The Cake Maker’s Wish by Josephine Moon 18/3 3.5★ - Howard is jealous of Clarence (view spoiler)[, hence the sabotage (hide spoiler)]

4. Greenmail. A term used in finance and corporate takeovers. It refers to the practice of a company paying a high price to buy back shares of its own stock to prevent an unfriendly takeover by another company or businessman. It originated in the 1980s on Wall Street, and originates from the green of dollars.
🟢 Read a book with either a wall or a street on the cover
by J.D. Robb 2/3 3★

5. Green room. A room at a theater where actors rest when not onstage, or a room at a television studio where guests wait before going on-camera. It originated in the late 17th century from a room of that color at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London
🟢 Read a book where the MC is a guest somewhere.
Aunt Dimity and the Duke by Nancy Atherton 15/3 3.5★

6. Greenwashing. Environmental activists sometimes use this term to describe the advertising of a company which promotes its positive environmental practices to cover up its environmental destruction.
🟢 Read a book where something is destroyed - a yule log once the dog has got hold of it
Gourmet Rhapsody by Muriel Barbery 13/3 1.5★

7. Green around the gills. A description of a person who looks physically ill.
🟢 Read a book with a green cover.
by Jasper Fforde 1/3 4★
🟢 Read a book with a character who is sick.
The Doctor's Gift by Fiona McArthur 6/3 3.5★

8. Going green. An expression commonly used to refer to preserving the natural environment and participating in activities such as recycling materials.
🟢 Read a book that you have borrowed.
Clockwork Lives by Kevin J. Anderson,Neil Peart 11/3 1★
🟢 Read a book with the word green in the text
A Lady's Guide to Gossip and Murder by Dianne Freeman 3/3 2★ - into those lovely green eyes p.277

9 The grass is always greener on the other side. This is when individuals are never happy with what they have and they constantly ponder if others have it better.
(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
🟢 Read a book with grass on the cover.
by Jennifer Ryan 16/3 3.5★
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in PONDER.
Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn 6/3 3.5★

10. To give the green light. To give approval to proceed.
🟢Read a book that you approve of.
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan 4/3 4★

Green Is the Word
Duration: March 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023

Level 1: Greenhorn 3 - 9 Tasks
Level 2: Green Thumb 10 - 14 Tasks
Level 3: Green Light 15 or more Tasks
Each task can be done as often as you like.

TASKS
1.Having a green thumb (American English) or green fingers
🟢 Read a book where the title starts with either B or C.
Batten Down the Belfry. Diane Kelly. 3/16/23
Be My Ghost. Carol J. Perry. 3/6/23
🟢 Read a book about gardening.
🟢 Read a book set in either America or England.
A Haunting is Brewing. Juliet Blackwell. 3/3/23. San Francisco
Death Overdue Allison Brook 4/2/23 Connecticut

2. Greenhorn. Someone who is inexperienced or a newbie.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is inexperienced. (Tell us whom).
🟢 Read a book with an author who is new to you.
Murder Over Easy. Rosie A. Point. 3/10/23
The Body in the Back Garden Mark Waddell 4/9/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GREENHORN.

3. Green-eyed monster refers to jealousy.
🟢 Read a book by William Shakespeare.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is jealous.
Mrs. Jeffries Pinches the Post Emily Brightwell 4/3/23 Inspector Nivens
🟢 Read a book set in Italy.

4. Greenmail.
🟢 Read a book about finance or a corporation.
🟢 Read a book that was published in the 1980s.
The White House Pantry Murder Elliott Roosevelt 4/7/23 pub 1987
🟢 Read a book with either a wall or a street on the cover. (Show cover).
. Jenn McKinlay. 3/14/23

5. Green room.
🟢 Read a book about an actor/actress.
Castle Deadly, Castle Deep. Veronica Bond. 3/19/23
🟢 Read a book where the MC is a guest somewhere.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in THEATER ROYAL.
Granny Gets Fancy Harper Lin 3/27/23

6. Greenwashing.
🟢 Read a book where a character is an activist.
🟢 Read a book where a character advertises something.
Wined and Died in New Orleans Ellen Byron 3/28/23 Ricki advertises merchandise in her shop online
🟢 Read a book where something is destroyed. (Tell us what).
Second Look. Kathi Daley. 3/20/23. the Crawford mansion is being torn down

7. Green around the gills.
🟢 Read a book with a green cover.
Zara Keane 3/25/23
Tonya Kappes 4/5/23
🟢 Read a book with a character who is sick.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GILLS.

8. Going green.
🟢 Read a book that you have borrowed.
Wed, Read & Dead. V.M. Burns. 3/23/23
Deadly Valentine. Carolyn G. Hart. 3/22/23
🟢 Read a book where something is recycled. (Tell us what).
🟢 Read a book with the word green in the text. (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
First Case. Kathi Daley. 3/2/23. Maybe the person he saw wore green clothes... p70

9. The grass is always greener on the other side.
🟢 Read a book where a character is always wishing for something that they don't have. (Your interpretation).
🟢 Read a book with grass on the cover. (Show cover.)
. Stephanie Blackmoore. 3/8/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in PONDER.
Secrets of the Greek Revival. Eva Pohler. 3/21/23

10. To give the green light.
🟢 Read a book with a green light on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢Read a book that you approve of.
🟢 Read a book where a character gives something to someone

With St Particks day coming up I thought we would look at idioms and sayings with green in them.

Duration: March 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023

Level 1: Greenhorn 3 - 9 Tasks
Level 2: Green Thumb 10 - 14 Tasks
Level 3: Green Light 15 or more Tasks
Each task can be done as often as you like.

TASKS
1.Having a green thumb (American English) or green fingers (British English). To be passionate about or talented at gardening. The expression was popularized beginning in 1925 by a BBC gardening program
🟢 Read a book where the title starts with either B or C.
🟢 Read a book about gardening.
🟢 Read a book set in either America or England.

2. Greenhorn. Someone who is inexperienced or a newbie.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is inexperienced. (Tell us whom).
🟢 Read a book with an author who is new to you.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GREENHORN.

3. Green-eyed monster refers to jealousy. The expression "green-eyed monster" was first used by William Shakespeare in Othello: "it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on." Shakespeare also used it in the Merchant of Venice, speaking of "green-eyed jealousy".
🟢 Read a book by William Shakespeare.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is jealous.
🟢 Read a book set in Italy.

4. Greenmail. A term used in finance and corporate takeovers. It refers to the practice of a company paying a high price to buy back shares of its own stock to prevent an unfriendly takeover by another company or businessman. It originated in the 1980s on Wall Street, and originates from the green of dollars.
🟢 Read a book about finance or a corporation.
🟢 Read a book that was published in the 1980s.
🟢 Read a book with either a wall or a street on the cover. (Show cover).

5. Green room. A room at a theater where actors rest when not onstage, or a room at a television studio where guests wait before going on-camera. It originated in the late 17th century from a room of that color at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London
🟢 Read a book about an actor/actress.
🟢 Read a book where the MC is a guest somewhere.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in THEATER ROYAL.

6. Greenwashing. Environmental activists sometimes use this term to describe the advertising of a company which promotes its positive environmental practices to cover up its environmental destruction.
🟢 Read a book where a character is an activist.
🟢 Read a book where a character advertises something.
🟢 Read a book where something is destroyed. (Tell us what).

7. Green around the gills. A description of a person who looks physically ill.
🟢 Read a book with a green cover.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is sick.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GILLS.

8. Going green. An expression commonly used to refer to preserving the natural environment and participating in activities such as recycling materials.
🟢 Read a book that you have borrowed.
🟢 Read a book where something is recycled. (Tell us what).
🟢 Read a book with the word green in the text. (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)

9 The grass is always greener on the other side. This is when individuals are never happy with what they have and they constantly ponder if others have it better.
(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
🟢 Read a book where a character is always wishing for something that they don't have. (Your interpretation).
🟢 Read a book with grass on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in PONDER.

10. To give the green light. To give approval to proceed.
🟢 Read a book with a green light on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢Read a book that you approve of.
🟢 Read a book where a character gives something to someone.

Green Is The Word
Duration: March 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023

Goal: 22/15
Level 3: Green Light 15 or more Tasks

Each task can be done as often as you like.

TASKS
🟢 Read a book where the title starts with either B or C.
1. Central Places - Delia Cai - 03/07/23
2. Bloodline - Jess Lourey - 05/24/2023
3. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood - Trevor Noah - 05/25/23

🟢 Read a book about gardening.

🟢 Read a book set in either America or England.
1. The Santa Suit - Mary Kay Andrews - 03/12/23 - Tarburton, North Carolina
2. The Perfect Wife - Blake Pierce - 03/16/23 - Westport Beach, California
3. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore – The Complete Screenplay - J.K. Rowling & Steve Kloves - 04/09/23 - England
4. A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe - Mark Dawidziak - 04/28/23 - USA
5. O Beautiful - Jung Yun - 05/31/23

🟢 Read a book with a character who is inexperienced. (Tell us whom).

🟢 Read a book with an author who is new to you.
1. Három ember a hóban - Erich Kästner - 03/04/23
2. Our Lady of Alice Bhatti - Mohammed Hanif - 03/25/23
3. Red Wine and Roses - S.J. McCoy - 04/08/23
4. In Love & Pajamas: A Collection of Comics about Being Yourself Together - Catana Chetwynd - 04/30/23
5. Dead On Time - W.L. Knightly - 05/06/23

🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GREENHORN.
1. The Sandman: Act I - Dirk Maggs & Neil Gaiman - 04/05/23
2. Reef Road - Deborah Goodrich Royce - 05/04/23
3. The Sandman: Act II - Dirk Maggs & Neil Gaiman - 05/04/23

🟢 Read a book by William Shakespeare.

🟢 Read a book with a character who is jealous.

🟢 Read a book set in Italy.

🟢 Read a book about finance or a corporation.
The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and - Michael E. Gerber - 05/08/23

🟢 Read a book that was published in the 1980s.

🟢 Read a book with either a wall or a street on the cover. (Show cover).

🟢 Read a book about an actor/actress.

🟢 Read a book where the MC is a guest somewhere.

🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in THEATER ROYAL.
1. The Seven Sisters - Lucinda Riley - 03/08/23
2. The Storm Sister - Lucinda Riley - 04/06/23
3. The Shadow Sister - Lucinda Riley - 05/14/23
4. The Last Days of American Crime - Rick Remender - 05/30/23

🟢 Read a book where a character is an activist.

🟢 Read a book where a character advertises something.

🟢 Read a book where something is destroyed. (Tell us what).

🟢 Read a book with a green cover.
The Mephisto Club - Tess Gerritsen - 03/31/23


🟢 Read a book with a character who is sick.

🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GILLS.

🟢 Read a book that you have borrowed.

🟢 Read a book where something is recycled. (Tell us what).

🟢 Read a book with the word green in the text. (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)

🟢 Read a book where a character is always wishing for something that they don't have. (Your interpretation).

🟢 Read a book with grass on the cover. (Show cover.)

🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in PONDER.

🟢 Read a book with a green light on the cover. (Show cover.)

🟢Read a book that you approve of.

🟢 Read a book where a character gives something to someone.

Green Is The Word
March 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023

Level 1: Greenhorn 3 - 9 Tasks
Level 2: Green Thumb 10 - 14 Tasks
Level 3: Green Light 15 or more Tasks

*Each task can be done as often as you like.

17/15+ Tasks Completed

TASKS
1.Having a green thumb (American English) or green fingers (British English)
🟢 Read a book where the title starts with either B or C.
Blue Moon Kisses by Cindy Roland Anderson (3/7/23)
🟢 Read a book about gardening.
🟢 Read a book set in either America or England.
Worth the Risk by Heather B. Moore (3/1/23) - America

2. Greenhorn
🟢 Read a book with a character who is inexperienced. (Tell us whom).
In the Shadow of Croft Towers by Abigail Wilson (3/4/23) - Sybil
🟢 Read a book with an author who is new to you.
My Phony Valentine by Courtney Walsh (3/1/23)
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GREENHORN.

3. Green-eyed monster refers to jealousy
🟢 Read a book by William Shakespeare.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is jealous.
Vow of Justice by Lynette Eason (3/13/23)
🟢 Read a book set in Italy.

4. Greenmail
🟢 Read a book about finance or a corporation.
🟢 Read a book that was published in the 1980s.
🟢 Read a book with either a wall or a street on the cover. (Show cover).

5. Green room
🟢 Read a book about an actor/actress.
🟢 Read a book where the MC is a guest somewhere.
Lord of the Knight by Elizabeth Johns (3/1/23)
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in THEATER ROYAL.
Oath of Honor by Lynette Eason (3/9/23)

6. Greenwashing
🟢 Read a book where a character is an activist.
🟢 Read a book where a character advertises something.
Spitfire Sweetheart by Mary Connealy (3/10/23)
🟢 Read a book where something is destroyed. (Tell us what).
Professional Boundaries by Jennifer Peel (3/8/23) - car

7. Green around the gills
🟢 Read a book with a green cover.
The Swindler's Daughter by Annette K. Larsen (3/6/23)

🟢 Read a book with a character who is sick.
The Snow Adventure by Bee Brooks (3/3/23)
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GILLS.

8. Going green
🟢 Read a book that you have borrowed.
Called to Protect by Lynette Eason (3/11/23)
🟢 Read a book where something is recycled. (Tell us what).
🟢 Read a book with the word green in the text. (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
Kiss and Tell by Melanie Jacobson (3/7/23)
"Shiny GREEN roofs gleam over..." (pg 4)

9 The grass is always greener on the other side
🟢 Read a book where a character is always wishing for something that they don't have. (Your interpretation).
Lethal Homecoming by Lynette Eason (3/13/23)
🟢 Read a book with grass on the cover. (Show cover.)
Bribing the Blacksmith by Amelia C. Adams (3/9/23)

🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in PONDER.

10. To give the green light
🟢 Read a book with a green light on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢Read a book that you approve of.
Lethal Agenda by Lynette Eason (3/14/23)
🟢 Read a book where a character gives something to someone.
Where I Belong by Heather B. Moore (3/4/23)

Green Is The Word
Duration: March 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023

Level 3: Green Light 15 or more Tasks

25/15+

TASKS
1.Having a green thumb (American English) or green fingers (British English). To be passionate about or talented at gardening.[128] The expression was popularized beginning in 1925 by a BBC gardening program
🟢 Read a book where the title starts with either B or C. Beached & Bewitched - Emery Belle 3/9/23
🟢 Read a book about gardening.
🟢 Read a book set in either America or England. Upgrade - Blake Crouch 4/1/23

2. Greenhorn. Someone who is inexperienced or a newbie.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is inexperienced. (Tell us whom). {Salo} Scarlet Odyssey - C.T. Rwizi 3/8/23
🟢 Read a book with an author who is new to you. Love Bats Last - Pamela Aares 3/16/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GREENHORN. Out of the Mirror, Darkness - Garth Nix 4/10/23

3. Green-eyed monster refers to jealousy. The expression "green-eyed monster" was first used by William Shakespeare in Othello: "it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on." Shakespeare also used it in the Merchant of Venice, speaking of "green-eyed jealousy".
🟢 Read a book by William Shakespeare.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is jealous. Zaan - Kat Mizera 3/20/23
🟢 Read a book set in Italy.

4. Greenmail. A term used in finance and corporate takeovers. It refers to the practice of a company paying a high price to buy back shares of its own stock to prevent an unfriendly takeover by another company or businessman. It originated in the 1980s on Wall Street, and originates from the green of dollars.
🟢 Read a book about finance or a corporation. 2389 - Iain Rob Wright 5/24/23
🟢 Read a book that was published in the 1980s. Batman: Arkham Asylum - A Serious House on Serious Earth - Grant Morrison (10.1.1989) 5/19/23
🟢 Read a book with either a wall or a street on the cover. (Show cover).

5. Green room. A room at a theater where actors rest when not onstage, or a room at a television studio where guests wait before going on-camera. It originated in the late 17th century from a room of that color at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London
🟢 Read a book about an actor/actress. The Gift - Alison Gaylin 5/10/23
🟢 Read a book where the MC is a guest somewhere. Stag - Karen Russell 4/7/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in THEATER ROYAL. The Six Deaths of the Saint - Alix E. Harrow 4/6/23

6. Greenwashing. Environmental activists sometimes use this term to describe the advertising of a company which promotes its positive environmental practices to cover up its environmental destruction.
🟢 Read a book where a character is an activist. The City We Became - N.K. Jemisin 3/26/23
🟢 Read a book where a character advertises something. Thrown By Love - Pamela Aares 4/3/23
🟢 Read a book where something is destroyed. (Tell us what). {Magic Pelt} Of Beast and Beauty - Chanda Hahn 3/29/23

7. Green around the gills. A description of a person who looks physically ill.
🟢 Read a book with a green cover. Yuletide Protector - Jane Blythe 3/27/23

🟢 Read a book with a character who is sick. You Must Remember This - Kat Rosenfield 3/19/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GILLS. Persephone - Lev Grossman 4/6/23

8. Going green. An expression commonly used to refer to preserving the natural environment and participating in activities such as recycling materials.
🟢 Read a book that you have borrowed. The Garden - Tomi Adeyemi 4/8/23
🟢 Read a book where something is recycled. (Tell us what). {Paper} Maid for the Rock Star - Demelza Carlton 4/26/23
🟢 Read a book with the word green in the text. (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) My Heart Is a Chainsaw - Stephen Graham Jones {pg 42 "...a faceless green humanoid..."} 3/8/23

9 The grass is always greener on the other side. This is when individuals are never happy with what they have and they constantly ponder if others have it better.
(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
🟢 Read a book where a character is always wishing for something that they don't have. (Your interpretation). Hannah-Beast - Jennifer McMahon 4/13/23
🟢 Read a book with grass on the cover. (Show cover.) Fielder's Choice - Pamela Aares 4/12/23

🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in PONDER. The Tangled Woods - Emily Raboteau 4/17/23

10. To give the green light. To give approval to proceed.
🟢 Read a book with a green light on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢Read a book that you approve of. Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 2 - Bisco Hatori 3/24/23
🟢 Read a book where a character gives something to someone. Buried - Jeffery Deaver 4/6/23

Green is the Word
Duration: Mar. 1st, 2023 - May 31st, 2023

Level 1: Greenhorn 3 - 9 Tasks
Level 2: Green Thumb 10 - 14 Tasks
Level 3: Green Light 15 or more Tasks

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1.Having a green thumb (American English) or green fingers (British English). To be passionate about or talented at gardening. The expression was popularized beginning in 1925 by a BBC gardening program
✅ Read a book where the title starts with either B or C.
Be the Serpent by Seanan McGuire - Mar. 17th
✅ Read a book about gardening.
The Shadow Queen by Anne Bishop - Apr. 28th
✅ Read a book set in either America or England.
Bloodlust & Bonnets by Emily McGovern - Mar. 23rd

2. Greenhorn. Someone who is inexperienced or a newbie.
✅ Read a book with a character who is inexperienced. (Tell us whom).
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton - Mar. 5th
✅✅ Read a book with an author who is new to you.
Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser & Robyn Smith - Mar. 28th
Angel & Hannah: A Novel in Verse by Ishle Park - Apr. 10th
✅✅ Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GREENHORN.
Norse Mythology Volume 3 by Neil Gaiman - Mar. 15th
Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders by Neil Gaiman - Mar. 29th

3. Green-eyed monster refers to jealousy. The expression "green-eyed monster" was first used by William Shakespeare in Othello: "it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on." Shakespeare also used it in the Merchant of Venice, speaking of "green-eyed jealousy".
🟢 Read a book by William Shakespeare.
✅ Read a book with a character who is jealous.
Backpacking Through Bedlam by Seanan McGuire - Mar. 6th
🟢 Read a book set in Italy.

4. Greenmail. A term used in finance and corporate takeovers. It refers to the practice of a company paying a high price to buy back shares of its own stock to prevent an unfriendly takeover by another company or businessman. It originated in the 1980s on Wall Street, and originates from the green of dollars.
🟢 Read a book about finance or a corporation.
🟢 Read a book that was published in the 1980s.
✅ Read a book with either a wall or a street on the cover. (Show cover).
Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughan - May 3rd

5. Green room. A room at a theater where actors rest when not onstage, or a room at a television studio where guests wait before going on-camera. It originated in the late 17th century from a room of that color at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London
✅ Read a book about an actor/actress.
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry - Mar. 24th
✅ Read a book where the MC is a guest somewhere.
Under the Mistletoe by Jill Shalvis - Apr. 18th
✅✅ Read a book where the author's initials can be found in THEATER ROYAL.
Mirror to Mirror by Rajani LaRocca - Apr. 11th
Spy x Family, Vol. 9 by Tatsuya Endo - Apr. 12th

6. Greenwashing. Environmental activists sometimes use this term to describe the advertising of a company which promotes its positive environmental practices to cover up its environmental destruction.
✅ Read a book where a character is an activist.
Carnival by Una McCormack - Apr. 16th
✅ Read a book where a character advertises something.
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree - Apr. 3rd
✅✅✅ Read a book where something is destroyed. (Tell us what).
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern - Mar. 2nd
The Harbor
Magic Tides by Ilona Andrews - Mar. 25th
The Red Horn's clubhouse
The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith - Apr. 8th
Books

7. Green around the gills. A description of a person who looks physically ill.
✅✅ Read a book with a green cover.
The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik - Mar. 15th
In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune - May 16th
✅✅✅ ✅Read a book with a character who is sick.
The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa - Mar. 9th
Final Diagnosis by James White - Mar. 23rd
Tatouine by Jean-Christophe Réhel - Apr. 7th
Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa - Apr. 9th
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GILLS.

8. Going green. An expression commonly used to refer to preserving the natural environment and participating in activities such as recycling materials.
✅✅ Read a book that you have borrowed.
Heartless Prince by Angela De Vito - Mar. 3rd
iZombie, Vol. 1: Dead to the World by Chris Roberson - Apr. 5th
✅ Read a book where something is recycled. (Tell us what).
Golden Girls Forever: An Unauthorized Look Behind the Lanai by Jim Colucci - Apr. 20th
Sets
✅ Read a book with the word green in the text. (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
The Queen’s Price by Anne Bishop - Apr. 3rd
"Who wore a Green Birthright Jewel" @ 2%

9 The grass is always greener on the other side. This is when individuals are never happy with what they have and they constantly ponder if others have it better.
(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
✅ Read a book where a character is always wishing for something that they don't have. (Your interpretation).
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik - Mar. 12th
✅✅✅ Read a book with grass on the cover. (Show cover.)
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers - Mar. 10th
The Road Home by Jill Shalvis - Apr. 9th
At Last by Jill Shalvis - Apr. 10th
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in PONDER.

10. To give the green light. To give approval to proceed.
✅ Read a book with a green light on the cover. (Show cover.)
The Invisible Ring by Anne Bishop - Apr. 23rd
✅✅ Read a book that you approve of.
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by S.A. Chakraborty - Mar. 20th
To Swoon and to Spar by Martha Waters - Apr. 13th
✅ Read a book where a character gives something to someone.
The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik - Mar. 31st

Green Is The Word
Duration: March 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023

Level 1: Greenhorn 3 - 9 Tasks
Level 2: Green Thumb 10 - 14 Tasks
Level 3: Green Light 15 or more Tasks
Each task can be done as often as you like.

0/3-9

TASKS
1.Having a green thumb (American English) or green fingers (British English). To be passionate about or talented at gardening.[128] The expression was popularized beginning in 1925 by a BBC gardening program
🟢 Read a book where the title starts with either B or C.
🟢 Read a book about gardening.
🟢 Read a book set in either America or England.

2. Greenhorn. Someone who is inexperienced or a newbie.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is inexperienced. (Tell us whom).
🟢 Read a book with an author who is new to you.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GREENHORN.

3. Green-eyed monster refers to jealousy. The expression "green-eyed monster" was first used by William Shakespeare in Othello: "it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on." Shakespeare also used it in the Merchant of Venice, speaking of "green-eyed jealousy".
🟢 Read a book by William Shakespeare.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is jealous.
🟢 Read a book set in Italy.

4. Greenmail. A term used in finance and corporate takeovers. It refers to the practice of a company paying a high price to buy back shares of its own stock to prevent an unfriendly takeover by another company or businessman. It originated in the 1980s on Wall Street, and originates from the green of dollars.
🟢 Read a book about finance or a corporation.
🟢 Read a book that was published in the 1980s.
🟢 Read a book with either a wall or a street on the cover. (Show cover).

5. Green room. A room at a theater where actors rest when not onstage, or a room at a television studio where guests wait before going on-camera. It originated in the late 17th century from a room of that color at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London
🟢 Read a book about an actor/actress.
🟢 Read a book where the MC is a guest somewhere.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in THEATER ROYAL.

6. Greenwashing. Environmental activists sometimes use this term to describe the advertising of a company which promotes its positive environmental practices to cover up its environmental destruction.
🟢 Read a book where a character is an activist.
🟢 Read a book where a character advertises something.
🟢 Read a book where something is destroyed. (Tell us what).

7. Green around the gills. A description of a person who looks physically ill.
🟢 Read a book with a green cover.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is sick.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GILLS.

8. Going green. An expression commonly used to refer to preserving the natural environment and participating in activities such as recycling materials.
🟢 Read a book that you have borrowed.
🟢 Read a book where something is recycled. (Tell us what).
🟢 Read a book with the word green in the text. (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)

9 The grass is always greener on the other side. This is when individuals are never happy with what they have and they constantly ponder if others have it better.
(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
🟢 Read a book where a character is always wishing for something that they don't have. (Your interpretation).
🟢 Read a book with grass on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in PONDER.

10. To give the green light. To give approval to proceed.
🟢 Read a book with a green light on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢Read a book that you approve of.
🟢 Read a book where a character gives something to someone.

Green Is the Word

Duration: March 1 - May 31, 2023
Level: Level 3: Green Light 15 or more Tasks

READ: 21/15+

1.Having a green thumb (American English) or green fingers (British English). To be passionate about or talented at gardening. The expression was popularized beginning in 1925 by a BBC gardening program
✔ 🟢 Read a book where the title starts with either B or C.
The Crossing - Kathryn Lasky 3/10
✔ 🟢 Read a book set in either America or England.
Aunt Dimity and the Heart of Gold - Nancy Atherton 3/7

2. Greenhorn. Someone who is inexperienced or a newbie.
✔ 🟢 Read a book with a character who is inexperienced. (Tell us whom).
Moment of Tooth - Lindsay Buroker (heroine) 3/12
✔ 🟢 Read a book with an author who is new to you.
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi - S.A. Chakraborty 3/5
✔ 🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GREENHORN.
Nine Lives Last Forever - Rebecca M. Hale 3/15

3. Green-eyed monster refers to jealousy. The expression "green-eyed monster" was first used by William Shakespeare in Othello: "it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on." Shakespeare also used it in the Merchant of Venice, speaking of "green-eyed jealousy".
✔ 🟢 Read a book with a character who is jealous.
Partners in Lime - Bree Baker (Grady) 3/23

5. Green room. A room at a theater where actors rest when not onstage, or a room at a television studio where guests wait before going on-camera. It originated in the late 17th century from a room of that color at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London
✔ 🟢 Read a book where the MC is a guest somewhere.
The Protector - Elin Peer 3/30
(Christina (MC) is a guest in enemy territory)
✔ 🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in THEATER ROYAL.
Fall For Me - Ann Lister 4/5

6. Greenwashing. Environmental activists sometimes use this term to describe the advertising of a company which promotes its positive environmental practices to cover up its environmental destruction.
✔ 🟢 Read a book where a character advertises something.
Cross Cowboy - Elana Johnson 3/20
(heroine owns a sporting goods store and advertises upcoming events)
✔ 🟢 Read a book where something is destroyed. (Tell us what).
And the Rest is History - Jodi Taylor 3/24
(the pod hangar by bombs)

7. Green around the gills. A description of a person who looks physically ill.
✔ 🟢 Read a book with a green cover.
Berlin - Luke Richardson 4/12

✔ 🟢 Read a book with a character who is sick.
Grumpy Cowboy - Elana Johnson (hero's Mama has cancer) 3/29
✔ 🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GILLS.
The Iron Wyrm Affair - Lilith Saintcrow 5/23

8. Going green. An expression commonly used to refer to preserving the natural environment and participating in activities such as recycling materials.
✔ 🟢 Read a book that you have borrowed.
An Unthinkable Thing - Nicole Lundrigan 4/30
✔ 🟢 Read a book where something is recycled. (Tell us what).
Hades - Candice Fox 4/8
(MC uses scrap metal to create fantastic sculptures)
✔ 🟢 Read a book with the word green in the text.
The Book Supremacy - Kate Carlisle 3/11
(it was really, really green), p180

9 The grass is always greener on the other side. This is when individuals are never happy with what they have and they constantly ponder if others have it better.
(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
✔ 🟢 Read a book where a character is always wishing for something that they don't have.
Of Claws and Inferno - Kyoko M. 4/10
(egomaniac Kazuma Okegawa is always wishing for more power and money)
✔ 🟢 Read a book with grass on the cover. (Show cover.)
Ghosts, Lore & a House by the Shore - Nellie H. Steele 4/21

✔ 🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in PONDER.
Hidden Blade - Pippa DaCosta 4/18

10. To give the green light. To give approval to proceed.
✔ 🟢Read a book that you approve of.
The Winter King - C.L. Wilson 4/23
✔ 🟢 Read a book where a character gives something to someone.
Sweet Wild of Mine - Laurel Kerr 3/9
(heroine gives hero her childhood book to alleviate stuttering)

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Welcome Catsalive, Kellene, Moondance, Ferenc, Shash, Chelsea, Kendra, Dita and Barbara

I'm in.

Green Is The Word
Duration: March 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023

Level 1: Greenhorn 3 - 9 Tasks

Read 7/7

TASKS
1.Having a green thumb (American English) or green fingers (British English). To be passionate about or talented at gardening.[128] The expression was popularized beginning in 1925 by a BBC gardening program
🟢 Read a book where the title starts with either B or C.
🟢 Read a book about gardening.
🟢 Read a book set in either America or England.

2. Greenhorn. Someone who is inexperienced or a newbie.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is inexperienced. (Tell us whom).
🟢 Read a book with an author who is new to you - Імператори Тіберій, Калігула і Клавдій by Володимир Дмитренко - 17/03/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GREENHORN.

3. Green-eyed monster refers to jealousy. The expression "green-eyed monster" was first used by William Shakespeare in Othello: "it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on." Shakespeare also used it in the Merchant of Venice, speaking of "green-eyed jealousy".
🟢 Read a book by William Shakespeare.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is jealous.
🟢 Read a book set in Italy.

4. Greenmail. A term used in finance and corporate takeovers. It refers to the practice of a company paying a high price to buy back shares of its own stock to prevent an unfriendly takeover by another company or businessman. It originated in the 1980s on Wall Street, and originates from the green of dollars.
🟢 Read a book about finance or a corporation.
🟢 Read a book that was published in the 1980s.
🟢 Read a book with either a wall or a street on the cover. (Show cover).

5. Green room. A room at a theater where actors rest when not onstage, or a room at a television studio where guests wait before going on-camera. It originated in the late 17th century from a room of that color at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London
🟢 Read a book about an actor/actress - Glass Mask (vol. 19) by Suzue Miuchi - 28/05/23
🟢 Read a book where the MC is a guest somewhere.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in THEATER ROYAL.

6. Greenwashing. Environmental activists sometimes use this term to describe the advertising of a company which promotes its positive environmental practices to cover up its environmental destruction.
🟢 Read a book where a character is an activist.
🟢 Read a book where a character advertises something.
🟢 Read a book where something is destroyed. (Tell us what).

7. Green around the gills. A description of a person who looks physically ill.
🟢 Read a book with a green cover - Лицар свободи by Dzhokhar Dudayev - 27/03/23
🟢 Read a book with a character who is sick - The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski - 10/04/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GILLS.

8. Going green. An expression commonly used to refer to preserving the natural environment and participating in activities such as recycling materials.
🟢 Read a book that you have borrowed.
🟢 Read a book where something is recycled. (Tell us what).
🟢 Read a book with the word green in the text. (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) - A Simple Heart by Gustave Flaubert - 30/04/23 (p. 39 - “His body was green, the tips of his wings were pink…”)

9 The grass is always greener on the other side. This is when individuals are never happy with what they have and they constantly ponder if others have it better.
(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
🟢 Read a book where a character is always wishing for something that they don't have. (Your interpretation).
🟢 Read a book with grass on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in PONDER.

10. To give the green light. To give approval to proceed.
🟢 Read a book with a green light on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢Read a book that you approve of - The Winner's Crime by Marie Rutkoski - 06/05/23
🟢 Read a book where a character gives something to someone - The Roman Guide to Slave Management: A Treatise by Nobleman Marcus Sidonius Falx by Jerry Toner - 22/04/23

Welcome Someoneyouknow and Kathleen

Duration: March 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023

Level 1: Greenhorn 3 - 9 Tasks
Level 2: Green Thumb 10 - 14 Tasks
Level 3: Green Light 15 or more Tasks
Each task can be done as often as you like.

TASKS
1.Having a green thumb (American English) or green fingers (British English). To be passionate about or talented at gardening. The expression was popularized beginning in 1925 by a BBC gardening program
🟢 Read a book where the title starts with either B or C.
The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel 03.04.23
🟢 Read a book about gardening.
🟢 Read a book set in either America or England.
A Doomful of Sugar by Catherine Bruns (Vermont, USA) 03.01.23

2. Greenhorn. Someone who is inexperienced or a newbie.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is inexperienced. (Tell us whom).
🟢 Read a book with an author who is new to you.
Murder, Plain and Simple by Isabella Alan 03.02.23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GREENHORN.
The Measure by Nikki Erlick 03.16.23

3. Green-eyed monster refers to jealousy. The expression "green-eyed monster" was first used by William Shakespeare in Othello: "it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on." Shakespeare also used it in the Merchant of Venice, speaking of "green-eyed jealousy".
🟢 Read a book by William Shakespeare.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is jealous.
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry 05.02.23 (both characters are jealous of the other's relationships)
🟢 Read a book set in Italy.

4. Greenmail. A term used in finance and corporate takeovers. It refers to the practice of a company paying a high price to buy back shares of its own stock to prevent an unfriendly takeover by another company or businessman. It originated in the 1980s on Wall Street, and originates from the green of dollars.
🟢 Read a book about finance or a corporation.
🟢 Read a book that was published in the 1980s.
A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton 03.10.23 (published 1982)
🟢 Read a book with either a wall or a street on the cover. (Show cover).
No Parm No Foul by Linda Reilly 03.13.23

5. Green room. A room at a theater where actors rest when not onstage, or a room at a television studio where guests wait before going on-camera. It originated in the late 17th century from a room of that color at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London
🟢 Read a book about an actor/actress.
Snow White Red-Handed by Maia Chance 04.13.23 (MC Ophelia is an actress)
🟢 Read a book where the MC is a guest somewhere.
The First Time I Said Goodbye by Claire Allan 03.18.23 (MC stays with a cousin in Ireland)
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in THEATER ROYAL.
The Beach House by Rochelle Alers 05.26.23

6. Greenwashing. Environmental activists sometimes use this term to describe the advertising of a company which promotes its positive environmental practices to cover up its environmental destruction.
🟢 Read a book where a character is an activist.
🟢 Read a book where a character advertises something.
Death in Bloom by Jess Dylan 05.04.23 (MC advertises a flower sale)
🟢 Read a book where something is destroyed. (Tell us what).
Keepsake Crimes by Laura Childs 03.22.23 (MC's car when she is in an accident)

7. Green around the gills. A description of a person who looks physically ill.
🟢 Read a book with a green cover.
Silent Echo by J.R. Rain 05.26.23
🟢 Read a book with a character who is sick.
The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin 05.17.23 (character contracts AIDS)
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GILLS.
The Magicians by Lev Grossman 04.24.23

8. Going green. An expression commonly used to refer to preserving the natural environment and participating in activities such as recycling materials.
🟢 Read a book that you have borrowed.
Better Homes and Corpses by Kathleen Bridge 03.07.23
🟢 Read a book where something is recycled. (Tell us what).
🟢 Read a book with the word green in the text. (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
Kneading to Die by Liz Mugavero 04.24.23 "stormed over to a green SUV" page 8

9 The grass is always greener on the other side. This is when individuals are never happy with what they have and they constantly ponder if others have it better.
🟢 Read a book where a character is always wishing for something that they don't have. (Your interpretation).
Ever the Hunted by Erin Summerill 05.05.23 (MC wishes for her mother who died when she was a baby)
🟢 Read a book with grass on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in PONDER.

10. To give the green light. To give approval to proceed.
🟢 Read a book with a green light on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢Read a book that you approve of.
If the Tomb Is Empty: Why the Resurrection Means Anything Is Possible by Joby Martin 03.21.23
🟢 Read a book where a character gives something to someone.

Welcome Amber

Green Is The Word
Duration: March 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023
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Level 1: Greenhorn 3 - 9 Tasks
Level 2: Green Thumb 10 - 14 Tasks
Level 3: Green Light 15 or more Tasks
Each task can be done as often as you like.

TASKS
1.Having a green thumb (American English) or green fingers (British English). To be passionate about or talented at gardening.[128] The expression was popularized beginning in 1925 by a BBC gardening program
🟢 Read a book where the title starts with either B or C.
Curiosity Thrilled the Cat by Sofie Kelly, 3/10/23
🟢 Read a book about gardening.
🟢 Read a book set in either America or England.l
Tilly and the Bookwanderers by Anna James, set in England, 4/1/23

2. Greenhorn. Someone who is inexperienced or a newbie.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is inexperienced. (Tell us whom).
Quilt or Innocence by Elizabeth Craig, the MC, Beatrice, is an inexperienced quilter, 4/7/23
🟢 Read a book with an author who is new to you.
Black Magic Kitten by Sara Bourgeois, 3/9/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GREENHORN.

3. Green-eyed monster refers to jealousy. The expression "green-eyed monster" was first used by William Shakespeare in Othello: "it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on." Shakespeare also used it in the Merchant of Venice, speaking of "green-eyed jealousy".
🟢 Read a book by William Shakespeare.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is jealous.
🟢 Read a book set in Italy.

4. Greenmail. A term used in finance and corporate takeovers. It refers to the practice of a company paying a high price to buy back shares of its own stock to prevent an unfriendly takeover by another company or businessman. It originated in the 1980s on Wall Street, and originates from the green of dollars.
🟢 Read a book about finance or a corporation.
🟢 Read a book that was published in the 1980s.
🟢 Read a book with either a wall or a street on the cover. (Show cover).

5. Green room. A room at a theater where actors rest when not onstage, or a room at a television studio where guests wait before going on-camera. It originated in the late 17th century from a room of that color at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London
🟢 Read a book about an actor/actress.
🟢 Read a book where the MC is a guest somewhere
Winterhouse by Ben Guterson, 3/8/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in THEATER ROYAL.

6. Greenwashing. Environmental activists sometimes use this term to describe the advertising of a company which promotes its positive environmental practices to cover up its environmental destruction.
🟢 Read a book where a character is an activist.
Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier, MC activist against child labor, 3/9/23
🟢 Read a book where a character advertises something.
Pouncing on Murder by Laurie Cass - the MC advertises a local book fair, 3/23/23
🟢 Read a book where something is destroyed. (Tell us what).

7. Green around the gills. A description of a person who looks physically ill.
🟢 Read a book with a green cover.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is sick.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GILLS.

8. Going green. An expression commonly used to refer to preserving the natural environment and participating in activities such as recycling materials.
🟢 Read a book that you have borrowed.
Mrs. Jeffries Dusts for Clues by Emily Brightwell, 3-14-23
🟢 Read a book where something is recycled. (Tell us what).
🟢 Read a book with the word green in the text. (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)

9 The grass is always greener on the other side. This is when individuals are never happy with what they have and they constantly ponder if others have it better.
(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
🟢 Read a book where a character is always wishing for something that they don't have. (Your interpretation).
🟢 Read a book with grass on the cover. (Show cover.)
by Karen MacInernay, 3/29/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in PONDER.

10. To give the green light. To give approval to proceed.
🟢 Read a book with a green light on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢Read a book that you approve of.
🟢 Read a book where a character gives something to someone.

Green is the Word
Duration: March 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023

Level 1: Greenhorn 3 - 9 Tasks
Level 2: Green Thumb 10 - 14 Tasks
Level 3: Green Light 15 or more Tasks
Each task can be done as often as you like.

TASKS: 3 of 30
1.Having a green thumb (American English) or green fingers (British English). To be passionate about or talented at gardening. The expression was popularized beginning in 1925 by a BBC gardening program
🟢 Read a book where the title starts with either B or C: The Church Cracked Open: Disruption, Decline, and New Hope for Beloved Community
🟢 Read a book about gardening.
🟢 Read a book set in either America or England.

2. Greenhorn. Someone who is inexperienced or a newbie.
✔🟢 Read a book with a character who is inexperienced. (Tell us whom): many of the GIs: When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II Molly Guptill Manning (3/14)
🟢 Read a book with an author who is new to you.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GREENHORN.

3. Green-eyed monster refers to jealousy. The expression "green-eyed monster" was first used by William Shakespeare in Othello: "it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on." Shakespeare also used it in the Merchant of Venice, speaking of "green-eyed jealousy".
🟢 Read a book by William Shakespeare.
✔🟢 Read a book with a character who is jealous: Knives: Scott Pilgrim, Volume 3: Scott Pilgrim & The Infinite Sadness Bryan Lee O'Malley (3/10)
🟢 Read a book set in Italy.

4. Greenmail. A term used in finance and corporate takeovers. It refers to the practice of a company paying a high price to buy back shares of its own stock to prevent an unfriendly takeover by another company or businessman. It originated in the 1980s on Wall Street, and originates from the green of dollars.
🟢 Read a book about finance or a corporation.
🟢 Read a book that was published in the 1980s.
🟢 Read a book with either a wall or a street on the cover. (Show cover): Mr. and Mrs. Prince: How an Extraordinary Eighteenth-Century Family Moved Out of Slavery and into Legend Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina


5. Green room. A room at a theater where actors rest when not onstage, or a room at a television studio where guests wait before going on-camera. It originated in the late 17th century from a room of that color at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London
🟢 Read a book about an actor/actress.
🟢 Read a book where the MC is a guest somewhere.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in THEATER ROYAL.

6. Greenwashing. Environmental activists sometimes use this term to describe the advertising of a company which promotes its positive environmental practices to cover up its environmental destruction.
✔🟢 Read a book where a character is an activist: American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures edited by America Ferrera (3/10)
🟢 Read a book where a character advertises something: a restaurant: Last Night at the Telegraph Club Malinda Lo
🟢 Read a book where something is destroyed. (Tell us what).

7. Green around the gills. A description of a person who looks physically ill.
🟢 Read a book with a green cover: Scott Pilgrim, Volume 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together Bryan Lee O'Malley

🟢 Read a book with a character who is sick.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GILLS.

8. Going green. An expression commonly used to refer to preserving the natural environment and participating in activities such as recycling materials.
🟢 Read a book that you have borrowed: Learning to Walk in the Dark Barbara Brown Taylor
🟢 Read a book where something is recycled. (Tell us what): Wear, Repair, Repurpose: A Maker's Guide to Mending and Upcycling Clothes Lily Fulop
🟢 Read a book with the word green in the text. (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)

9 The grass is always greener on the other side. This is when individuals are never happy with what they have and they constantly ponder if others have it better.
(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
🟢 Read a book where a character is always wishing for something that they don't have: Harry keeps wishing Dumbledore would look at him: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix J.K. Rowling
🟢 Read a book with grass on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in PONDER.

10. To give the green light. To give approval to proceed.
🟢 Read a book with a green light on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢Read a book that you approve of.
🟢 Read a book where a character gives something to someone: a skull: Saga, Volume 10 Brian K. Vaughan

Welcome Liora and Julia

Finished! :)

Green Is The Word
March 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023

Level 3: Green Light 15 or more Tasks

*Each task can be done as often as you like.

17/15+ Tasks Completed

TASKS
1.Having a green thumb (American English) or green fingers (British English)
🟢 Read a book where the title starts with either B or C.
Blue Moon Kisses by Cindy Roland Anderson (3/7/23)
🟢 Read a book about gardening.
🟢 Read a book set in either America or England.
Worth the Risk by Heather B. Moore (3/1/23) - America

2. Greenhorn
🟢 Read a book with a character who is inexperienced. (Tell us whom).
In the Shadow of Croft Towers by Abigail Wilson (3/4/23) - Sybil
🟢 Read a book with an author who is new to you.
My Phony Valentine by Courtney Walsh (3/1/23)
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GREENHORN.

3. Green-eyed monster refers to jealousy
🟢 Read a book by William Shakespeare.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is jealous.
Vow of Justice by Lynette Eason (3/13/23)
🟢 Read a book set in Italy.

4. Greenmail
🟢 Read a book about finance or a corporation.
🟢 Read a book that was published in the 1980s.
🟢 Read a book with either a wall or a street on the cover. (Show cover).

5. Green room
🟢 Read a book about an actor/actress.
🟢 Read a book where the MC is a guest somewhere.
Lord of the Knight by Elizabeth Johns (3/1/23)
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in THEATER ROYAL.
Oath of Honor by Lynette Eason (3/9/23)

6. Greenwashing
🟢 Read a book where a character is an activist.
🟢 Read a book where a character advertises something.
Spitfire Sweetheart by Mary Connealy (3/10/23)
🟢 Read a book where something is destroyed. (Tell us what).
Professional Boundaries by Jennifer Peel (3/8/23) - car

7. Green around the gills
🟢 Read a book with a green cover.
The Swindler's Daughter by Annette K. Larsen (3/6/23)

🟢 Read a book with a character who is sick.
The Snow Adventure by Bee Brooks (3/3/23)
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GILLS.

8. Going green
🟢 Read a book that you have borrowed.
Called to Protect by Lynette Eason (3/11/23)
🟢 Read a book where something is recycled. (Tell us what).
🟢 Read a book with the word green in the text. (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
Kiss and Tell by Melanie Jacobson (3/7/23)
"Shiny GREEN roofs gleam over..." (pg 4)

9 The grass is always greener on the other side
🟢 Read a book where a character is always wishing for something that they don't have. (Your interpretation).
Lethal Homecoming by Lynette Eason (3/13/23)
🟢 Read a book with grass on the cover. (Show cover.)
Bribing the Blacksmith by Amelia C. Adams (3/9/23)

🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in PONDER.

10. To give the green light
🟢 Read a book with a green light on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢Read a book that you approve of.
Lethal Agenda by Lynette Eason (3/14/23)
🟢 Read a book where a character gives something to someone.
Where I Belong by Heather B. Moore (3/4/23)

Great job Shash

Green Is The Word
Duration: March 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023

Level 1: Greenhorn 3 - 9 Tasks
Level 2: Green Thumb 10 - 14 Tasks
Level 3: Green Light 15 or more Tasks

TASKS
1.Having a green thumb (American English) or green fingers (British English). To be passionate about or talented at gardening.[128] The expression was popularized beginning in 1925 by a BBC gardening program
🟢 Read a book where the title starts with either B or C.
🟢 Read a book about gardening.
🟢 Read a book set in either America or England.

2. Greenhorn. Someone who is inexperienced or a newbie.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is inexperienced. (Tell us whom).
🟢 Read a book with an author who is new to you.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GREENHORN.

3. Green-eyed monster refers to jealousy. The expression "green-eyed monster" was first used by William Shakespeare in Othello: "it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on." Shakespeare also used it in the Merchant of Venice, speaking of "green-eyed jealousy".
🟢 Read a book by William Shakespeare.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is jealous.
🟢 Read a book set in Italy.

4. Greenmail. A term used in finance and corporate takeovers. It refers to the practice of a company paying a high price to buy back shares of its own stock to prevent an unfriendly takeover by another company or businessman. It originated in the 1980s on Wall Street, and originates from the green of dollars.
🟢 Read a book about finance or a corporation.
🟢 Read a book that was published in the 1980s.
🟢 Read a book with either a wall or a street on the cover. (Show cover).

5. Green room. A room at a theater where actors rest when not onstage, or a room at a television studio where guests wait before going on-camera. It originated in the late 17th century from a room of that color at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London
🟢 Read a book about an actor/actress.
🟢 Read a book where the MC is a guest somewhere.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in THEATER ROYAL.

6. Greenwashing. Environmental activists sometimes use this term to describe the advertising of a company which promotes its positive environmental practices to cover up its environmental destruction.
🟢 Read a book where a character is an activist.
🟢 Read a book where a character advertises something.
🟢 Read a book where something is destroyed. (Tell us what).

7. Green around the gills. A description of a person who looks physically ill.
🟢 Read a book with a green cover.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is sick.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GILLS.

8. Going green.
🟢 Read a book that you have borrowed.
🟢 Read a book where something is recycled. (Tell us what).
🟢 Read a book with the word green in the text. (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)

9. The grass is always greener on the other side.
(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
🟢 Read a book where a character is always wishing for something that they don't have. (Your interpretation).
🟢 Read a book with grass on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in PONDER.

10. To give the green light.
🟢 Read a book with a green light on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢Read a book that you approve of.
🟢 Read a book where a character gives something to someone

Completed

Green is the Word
Duration: March 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023
Level 3: Green Light
16/15+
Each task can be done as often as you like.

1.Having a green thumb (American English) or green fingers (British English). To be passionate about or talented at gardening. The expression was popularized beginning in 1925 by a BBC gardening program
🟢 Read a book where the title starts with either B or C.
Belgarath the Sorcerer by David Eddings 10/3/23 4★
🟢 Read a book set in either America or England.
This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub 12/3 4★

2. Greenhorn. Someone who is inexperienced or a newbie.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is inexperienced
Obedience by Jacqueline Yallop 13/3 2★ - Sister Bernard
🟢 Read a book with an author who is new to you.
Right to Kill by John Barlow 4/3 3.5★
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GREENHORN.
Out of the Dark by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz 7/3 3.5★

3. Green-eyed monster refers to jealousy. The expression "green-eyed monster" was first used by William Shakespeare in Othello: "it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on." Shakespeare also used it in the Merchant of Venice, speaking of "green-eyed jealousy".
🟢 Read a book with a character who is jealous.
The Cake Maker’s Wish by Josephine Moon 18/3 3.5★ - Howard is jealous of Clarence (view spoiler)[, hence the sabotage (hide spoiler)]

4. Greenmail. A term used in finance and corporate takeovers. It refers to the practice of a company paying a high price to buy back shares of its own stock to prevent an unfriendly takeover by another company or businessman. It originated in the 1980s on Wall Street, and originates from the green of dollars.
🟢 Read a book with either a wall or a street on the cover
by J.D. Robb 2/3 3★

5. Green room. A room at a theater where actors rest when not onstage, or a room at a television studio where guests wait before going on-camera. It originated in the late 17th century from a room of that color at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London
🟢 Read a book where the MC is a guest somewhere.
Aunt Dimity and the Duke by Nancy Atherton 15/3 3.5★

6. Greenwashing. Environmental activists sometimes use this term to describe the advertising of a company which promotes its positive environmental practices to cover up its environmental destruction.
🟢 Read a book where something is destroyed - a yule log once the dog has got hold of it
Gourmet Rhapsody by Muriel Barbery 13/3 1.5★

7. Green around the gills. A description of a person who looks physically ill.
🟢 Read a book with a green cover.
by Jasper Fforde 1/3 4★
🟢 Read a book with a character who is sick.
The Doctor's Gift by Fiona McArthur 6/3 3.5★

8. Going green. An expression commonly used to refer to preserving the natural environment and participating in activities such as recycling materials.
🟢 Read a book that you have borrowed.
Clockwork Lives by Kevin J. Anderson,Neil Peart 11/3 1★
🟢 Read a book with the word green in the text
A Lady's Guide to Gossip and Murder by Dianne Freeman 3/3 2★ - into those lovely green eyes p.277

9 The grass is always greener on the other side. This is when individuals are never happy with what they have and they constantly ponder if others have it better.
(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
🟢 Read a book with grass on the cover.
by Jennifer Ryan 16/3 3.5★
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in PONDER.
Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn 6/3 3.5★

10. To give the green light. To give approval to proceed.
🟢Read a book that you approve of.
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan 4/3 4★

Welcome Hina and Congrats Catsalive

Green Is the Word
Duration: March 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023

Level 1: Greenhorn 3 - 9 Tasks
Level 2: Green Thumb 10 - 14 Tasks
Level 3: Green Light 15 or more Tasks
Each task can be done as often as you like.

15/15
FINISHED
TASKS
1.Having a green thumb (American English) or green fingers
🟢 Read a book where the title starts with either B or C- Blood on the Tracks, Vol. 1-Shuzo Oshimi 3/5, Blood on the Tracks, Vol. 2-Shuzo Oshimi 3/22
🟢 Read a book about gardening.
🟢 Read a book set in either America or England- Infatuation-Aurora Rose Reynolds 3/8, Until Rayne-Elle Christensen 3/22, The Walking Dead, Vol. 18: What Comes After-Robert Kirkman 3/9

2. Greenhorn. Someone who is inexperienced or a newbie.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is inexperienced. (Tell us whom)- Andorra Sector-Lexi C. Foss 3/6 (Katriana)
🟢 Read a book with an author who is new to you- Moon Kissed-Jen L. Grey 3/14
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GREENHORN- She-Hulk, Vol. 1: Jen, Again-Rainbow Rowell 3/18

3. Green-eyed monster refers to jealousy.
🟢 Read a book by William Shakespeare.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is jealous.
🟢 Read a book set in Italy.

4. Greenmail.
🟢 Read a book about finance or a corporation.
🟢 Read a book that was published in the 1980s.
🟢 Read a book with either a wall or a street on the cover. (Show cover).

5. Green room.
🟢 Read a book about an actor/actress.
🟢 Read a book where the MC is a guest somewhere.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in THEATER ROYAL- Until April-Aurora Rose Reynolds 3/11, Until May-Aurora Rose Reynolds 3/15

6. Greenwashing.
🟢 Read a book where a character is an activist.
🟢 Read a book where a character advertises something.
🟢 Read a book where something is destroyed. (Tell us what)- Shiver-Suzanne Wright 3/14 (Someone broke into the MC’s house and destroyed everything)

7. Green around the gills.
🟢 Read a book with a green cover.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is sick- Welcome to Paradise: Wolf Girl 8-Anh Do 3/11
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GILLS.

8. Going green.
🟢 Read a book that you have borrowed- Rescue Flight: Skydragon 6-Anh Do 3/12
🟢 Read a book where something is recycled. (Tell us what).
🟢 Read a book with the word green in the text. (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)- Until Talon-Aurora Rose Reynolds 3/8 “mixing something in a bright green bowl” 8%

9. The grass is always greener on the other side.
(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
🟢 Read a book where a character is always wishing for something that they don't have. (Your interpretation).
🟢 Read a book with grass on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in PONDER.

10. To give the green light.
🟢 Read a book with a green light on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢Read a book that you approve of.
🟢 Read a book where a character gives something to someone- The Walking Dead, Vol. 17: Something to Fear-Robert Kirkman 3/9 3/9

Well done Grace

Green Is The Word
Duration: March 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023

Level 3: Green Light 15 or more Tasks

Each task can be done as often as you like.

TASKS
1.Having a green thumb (American English) or green fingers (British English). To be passionate about or talented at gardening.[128] The expression was popularized beginning in 1925 by a BBC gardening program
🟢 Read a book where the title starts with either B or C.
🟢 Read a book about gardening.
🟢 Read a book set in either America or England.

Book: The Appalachian Trail
Author: Philip D'Anieri
Read: 4/4/2023
Fits: It's set in America

Book: Gregor the Overlander
Author: Suzanne Collins
Read: 3/30/2023
Fits: It's set in America

Book: My Lovely Wife
Author: Samantha Downing
Read: 3/25/2023
Fits: It's set in America

Book: There There
Author: Tommy Orange
Read: 3/22/2023
Fits: It's set in America

Book: Welcome to the School by the Sea
Author: Jenny Colgan
Read: 3/19/2023
Fits: It's set in England

2. Greenhorn. Someone who is inexperienced or a newbie.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is inexperienced. (Tell us whom).
🟢 Read a book with an author who is new to you.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GREENHORN.

Book: Still Life
Author: Louise Penny
Read: 3/30/2023
Fits: Yvette is a new detective and very inexperienced.

Book: People We Meet on Vacation
Author: Emily Henry
Read: 3/27/2023
Fits: Authors initials are E H

Book: The Annual Migration of Clouds
Author: Premee Mohamed
Read: 3/23/2023
Fits: This author is new to me.

Book: Bloody Jack
Author: L.A. Meyer
Read: 3/15/2023
Fits: This author is new to me.

3. Green-eyed monster refers to jealousy. The expression "green-eyed monster" was first used by William Shakespeare in Othello: "it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on." Shakespeare also used it in the Merchant of Venice, speaking of "green-eyed jealousy".
🟢 Read a book by William Shakespeare.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is jealous.
🟢 Read a book set in Italy.

Book: Eye of the Dragon
Author: Stephen King
Read: 3/29/2023
Fits: MC is jealous of his brother

4. Greenmail. A term used in finance and corporate takeovers. It refers to the practice of a company paying a high price to buy back shares of its own stock to prevent an unfriendly takeover by another company or businessman. It originated in the 1980s on Wall Street, and originates from the green of dollars.
🟢 Read a book about finance or a corporation.
🟢 Read a book that was published in the 1980s.
🟢 Read a book with either a wall or a street on the cover. (Show cover).

5. Green room. A room at a theater where actors rest when not onstage, or a room at a television studio where guests wait before going on-camera. It originated in the late 17th century from a room of that color at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London
🟢 Read a book about an actor/actress.
🟢 Read a book where the MC is a guest somewhere.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in THEATER ROYAL.

Book: A Merry Little Meet Cute
Author: Julie Murphy
Read: 3/18/2023
Fits: Sierra is an actress

Book: Those Who Wish Me Dead
Author: Michael Koryta
Read: 3/22/2023
Fits: MC is a guest at the wilderness camp

6. Greenwashing. Environmental activists sometimes use this term to describe the advertising of a company which promotes its positive environmental practices to cover up its environmental destruction.
🟢 Read a book where a character is an activist.
🟢 Read a book where a character advertises something.
🟢 Read a book where something is destroyed. (Tell us what).

7. Green around the gills. A description of a person who looks physically ill.
🟢 Read a book with a green cover.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is sick.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GILLS.

Book: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Author: Rachel Joyce
Read: 4/6/2023
Fits: Someone is sick in the story

8. Going green. An expression commonly used to refer to preserving the natural environment and participating in activities such as recycling materials.
🟢 Read a book that you have borrowed.
🟢 Read a book where something is recycled. (Tell us what).
🟢 Read a book with the word green in the text. (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)

9 The grass is always greener on the other side. This is when individuals are never happy with what they have and they constantly ponder if others have it better.
(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
🟢 Read a book where a character is always wishing for something that they don't have. (Your interpretation).
🟢 Read a book with grass on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in PONDER.

Book: Cabin at the End of the World
Author: Paul Tremblay
Read: 3/10/2023
Fits: There's grass on the cover.

10. To give the green light. To give approval to proceed.
🟢 Read a book with a green light on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢Read a book that you approve of.
🟢 Read a book where a character gives something to someone.

Book: When Harry Met Minnie
Author: Martha Teichner
Read: 3/26/2023
Fits: Minnie is given to MC by her friend.

Green Is The Word
Duration: March 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023
Level 3 for me!

Level 1: Greenhorn 3 - 9 Tasks
Level 2: Green Thumb 10 - 14 Tasks
Level 3: Green Light 15 or more Tasks
Each task can be done as often as you like.

TASKS
1.Having a green thumb (American English) or green fingers (British English). To be passionate about or talented at gardening.[128] The expression was popularized beginning in 1925 by a BBC gardening program
🟢 Read a book where the title starts with either B or C.
🟢 Read a book about gardening.
🟢 Read a book set in either America or England.

2. Greenhorn. Someone who is inexperienced or a newbie.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is inexperienced. (Tell us whom).
🟢 Read a book with an author who is new to you.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GREENHORN.

3. Green-eyed monster refers to jealousy. The expression "green-eyed monster" was first used by William Shakespeare in Othello: "it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on." Shakespeare also used it in the Merchant of Venice, speaking of "green-eyed jealousy".
🟢 Read a book by William Shakespeare.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is jealous.
🟢 Read a book set in Italy.

4. Greenmail. A term used in finance and corporate takeovers. It refers to the practice of a company paying a high price to buy back shares of its own stock to prevent an unfriendly takeover by another company or businessman. It originated in the 1980s on Wall Street, and originates from the green of dollars.
🟢 Read a book about finance or a corporation.
🟢 Read a book that was published in the 1980s.
🟢 Read a book with either a wall or a street on the cover. (Show cover).

5. Green room. A room at a theater where actors rest when not onstage, or a room at a television studio where guests wait before going on-camera. It originated in the late 17th century from a room of that color at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London
🟢 Read a book about an actor/actress.
🟢 Read a book where the MC is a guest somewhere.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in THEATER ROYAL.

6. Greenwashing. Environmental activists sometimes use this term to describe the advertising of a company which promotes its positive environmental practices to cover up its environmental destruction.
🟢 Read a book where a character is an activist.
🟢 Read a book where a character advertises something.
🟢 Read a book where something is destroyed. (Tell us what).

7. Green around the gills. A description of a person who looks physically ill.
🟢 Read a book with a green cover.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is sick.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GILLS.

8. Going green. An expression commonly used to refer to preserving the natural environment and participating in activities such as recycling materials.
🟢 Read a book that you have borrowed.
🟢 Read a book where something is recycled. (Tell us what).
🟢 Read a book with the word green in the text. (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)

9 The grass is always greener on the other side. This is when individuals are never happy with what they have and they constantly ponder if others have it better.
(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
🟢 Read a book where a character is always wishing for something that they don't have. (Your interpretation).
🟢 Read a book with grass on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in PONDER.

10. To give the green light. To give approval to proceed.
🟢 Read a book with a green light on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢Read a book that you approve of.
🟢 Read a book where a character gives something to someone.

Welcome Melissa and Jessi

Finished

Green Is the Word
Duration: March 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023
20/15+

Level 1: Greenhorn 3 - 9 Tasks
Level 2: Green Thumb 10 - 14 Tasks
Level 3: Green Light 15 or more Tasks
Each task can be done as often as you like.

TASKS
1.Having a green thumb (American English) or green fingers
🟢 Read a book where the title starts with either B or C.
Books & Bribes Lucinda Race 3/1/23
🟢 Read a book about gardening.
🟢 Read a book set in either America or England.
A Furry Case of Foul Play Donna Doyle 3/3/23

2. Greenhorn. Someone who is inexperienced or a newbie.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is inexperienced. (Tell us whom).
Sarah's a new mom-Valentine Villainy Kathleen Suzette 3/3/23
🟢 Read a book with an author who is new to you.
Drop Dead Bread Victoria Kazarian 3/9/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GREENHORN.

3. Green-eyed monster refers to jealousy
🟢 Read a book by William Shakespeare.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is jealous
The Case of a Beagle and a Body Donna Doyle 3/4/23
🟢 Read a book set in Italy.

4. Greenmail
🟢 Read a book about finance or a corporation.
🟢 Read a book that was published in the 1980s.
🟢 Read a book with either a wall or a street on the cover. (Show cover).
Street- Lynda Brunelle 3/6/23

5. Green room.
🟢 Read a book about an actor/actress.
Escape from the Past Courtney McFarlin 3/20/23
🟢 Read a book where the MC is a guest somewhere.
Murder on the Links Penny Brooke 3/11/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in THEATER ROYAL.
LH-Best Slayed Plans Lucinda Harrison 3/7/23

6. Greenwashing.
🟢 Read a book where a character is an activist.
Zoning, Zealots & Ziplines Tonya Kappes 3/23/23
🟢 Read a book where a character advertises something.
A Case of Vengeful Vows Lily Rose Lane 3/28/23
🟢 Read a book where something is destroyed. (Tell us what).
The inside of the thrift shop and most of the outside The Deadly Dust Bunnies R.A. Muth 3/15/23

7. Green around the gills.
🟢 Read a book with a green cover.
Lily Rose Lane 3/2/23
🟢 Read a book with a character who is sick.
Grilled to Bits Gretchen Allen 3/2/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GILLS.

8. Going green.
🟢 Read a book that you have borrowed.
Bells & the Bandit Leona Fox 3/5/23
🟢 Read a book where something is recycled. (Tell us what).
Water bottle-A Flicker of a Doubt Daryl Wood Gerber 3/29/23
🟢 Read a book with the word green in the text. (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
p 5 “…modern detached house with the green garage door…” Where There's a Witch, There's a Way Victoria DeLuis 3/13/23

9. The grass is always greener on the other side.
(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
🟢 Read a book where a character is always wishing for something that they don't have. (Your interpretation).
Leo-Death of a Lonely Bachelor Tricia Simpson 3/16/23
🟢 Read a book with grass on the cover. (Show cover.)
Max Parrott 3/14/23
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in PONDER.
DR-Coming in Hot Deany Ray 3/8/23

10. To give the green light.
🟢 Read a book with a green light on the cover. (Show cover.)
🟢Read a book that you approve of.
Cotton Candy and Chaos Sue Hollowell 3/9/23
🟢 Read a book where a character gives something to someone.
The Merry Messy Mummy R.A. Muth 3/19/23

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Duration: March 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023

Level 2: Green Thumb 10 - 14 Tasks

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TASKS
1.Having a green thumb (American English) or green fingers (British English). To be passionate about or talented at gardening.[128] The expression was popularized beginning in 1925 by a BBC gardening program
🟢 Read a book where the title starts with either B or C.
🟢 Read a book about gardening.
🟢 Read a book set in either America or England.
The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan 4/3/2023

2. Greenhorn. Someone who is inexperienced or a newbie.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is inexperienced. (Tell us whom).
An Ale of Two Cities by Sarah Fox 3/6/2023
Sadie doesn't know how to play hockey, but does for the competition.
🟢 Read a book with an author who is new to you.
Glazed Murder by Jessica Beck 3/26/2023
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GREENHORN.

3. Green-eyed monster refers to jealousy. The expression "green-eyed monster" was first used by William Shakespeare in Othello: "it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on." Shakespeare also used it in the Merchant of Venice, speaking of "green-eyed jealousy".
🟢 Read a book by William Shakespeare.
🟢 Read a book with a character who is jealous.
Dead Man Talking by Jana DeLeon 4/6/2023
🟢 Read a book set in Italy.

4. Greenmail. A term used in finance and corporate takeovers. It refers to the practice of a company paying a high price to buy back shares of its own stock to prevent an unfriendly takeover by another company or businessman. It originated in the 1980s on Wall Street, and originates from the green of dollars.
🟢 Read a book about finance or a corporation.
🟢 Read a book that was published in the 1980s.
🟢 Read a book with either a wall or a street on the cover. (Show cover).

5. Green room. A room at a theater where actors rest when not onstage, or a room at a television studio where guests wait before going on-camera. It originated in the late 17th century from a room of that color at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London
🟢 Read a book about an actor/actress.
A Vintage Murder by Michele Scott 3/8/2023
Nikki is an actress.
🟢 Read a book where the MC is a guest somewhere.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in THEATER ROYAL.
The Magyar Venus by Lyn Hamilton 3/22/2023

6. Greenwashing. Environmental activists sometimes use this term to describe the advertising of a company which promotes its positive environmental practices to cover up its environmental destruction.
🟢 Read a book where a character is an activist.
🟢 Read a book where a character advertises something.
Murder with a Cherry on Top by Cynthia Baxter 3/16/2023
Emma creates brochures for the ice cream parlor.
🟢 Read a book where something is destroyed. (Tell us what).

7. Green around the gills. A description of a person who looks physically ill.
🟢 Read a book with a green cover.
Murder in the Meadow by Tracy Donley 3/23/2023

🟢 Read a book with a character who is sick.
Every Fifteen Minutes by Lisa Scottoline 3/17/2023
Gummy, aka Virginia Teichner, has congestive heart failure and cancer.
🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GILLS.

8. Going green. An expression commonly used to refer to preserving the natural environment and participating in activities such as recycling materials.
🟢 Read a book that you have borrowed.
🟢 Read a book where something is recycled. (Tell us what).
🟢 Read a book with the word green in the text. (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)

9 The grass is always greener on the other side. This is when individuals are never happy with what they have and they constantly ponder if others have it better.
(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
🟢 Read a book where a character is always wishing for something that they don't have. (Your interpretation).
The Dark Hour by K J Young 3/20/2023
Mark wants a luxurious life.
🟢 Read a book with grass on the cover. (Show cover.)
The Perfect Neighbors by Sarah Pekkanen 3/12/2023

🟢 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in PONDER.

10. To give the green light. To give approval to proceed.
🟢 Read a book with a green light on the cover. (Show cover.)
The Inmate by Frieda McFadden 3/28/2023

🟢Read a book that you approve of.
🟢 Read a book where a character gives something to someone.
Nina's Dilemma by Zena Wynn 3/9/2023
Nina gives her heart to the right man.