Monthly Challenges discussion

April 2023 Tasks

One Point Tasks

1.1 BUZZWORD
April's Buzzword is EMOTIONS
Read a book with an emotional word in Title.
e.g. Sea of Tranquility, All My Rage, Joyland

1.2 April Birthdays
This month we celebrate Beverly Cleary (4/12) and Nick Hornsby (4/17)
Read a book whose Author's FIRST name begins with either B•N•E•I•V•C•R•K•L•Y and LAST name begins with either C•H•O•L•R•E•N•B•A•Y

1.3 NATIONAL LIBRARIAN DAY
Read a book with a character who is a Librarian -OR- set in a Library.

1.4 GOOD FRIDAY
Read a book with a Day of the Week in the Title.
e g. Sold on a Monday, Five Tuesdays in Winter, The Saturday Night Ghost Club

1.5 (Pat's Task) MC House of Sweets
Our "Special" of the month is PEEPS.

Easter season is upon us, and if you're like a majority of Americans who celebrate the holiday, you’ll probably purchase some candy for the occasion. And that stash will likely include the neon-sugar-coated hallmark of the season: Peeps. The original yellow chicks are the most popular and are most commonly associated with Easter, when roughly 1.5 billion Peeps are consumed.

CHOOSE ONE:
A. Read a book that has a single pair of matching vowels and a single pair of matching consonants in the same word. At least one of the two pairs must be a double letter pair. example P(EE)Ps

B. Easter Peeps are traditionally chicks and bunnies. Read a book that has all the letters of CHICK or BUNNY in the title. The letters may appear only as many times as in the target word.

C: Peeps are typically sold in packs of five. Read a book that has a "5" in the page count or publication year.
BONUS POINT: If the 5 appears in BOTH the page count and the publication year.

D. The best selling Peeps color is yellow. Read a book with a yellow cover (75% or more) or the word yellow in the title/subtitle.

1.6 ZOO LOVER'S DAY
Read a book with a Zoo Animal on the cover (show cover) -OR- name in the Title.

1.7 (Amber's Task) My Newest Guilty Pleasure Show - Wicked Tuna
I don't know why I am so fascinated by this show, but I can't stop watching it and I get really into rather they catch a Tuna or not. My friends and family don't understand it because I am not really into fishing or anything but there is just something about it LOL.
Read a book where someone goes fishing -OR- with a fish on the cover or in the title.

1.8 Have Armchair Will Travel
Traveling through Europe 🛩️⛵🚂🛵......
This month read a book where the majority of it is set in MONACO
Bonus Point: If e entire book is set in MONACO.

1.9 (The Adventures's Task) Reading Jar Winner #1 - Year

I must admit I'm lacking inspiration this month, so I proceeded differently: I went through my extensive library, and picked a book I wanted to read. This book is 1991 by Franck Thilliez. Then from this choice, I decided to create the challenge ;)
So, pick a book with a year in the main title (examples: 1776, 11/22/63, 1984, 2001: A Space Odyssey )
Have fun!

1.10 (Linda C's Task) Readi Jar Winner #2 - Jazz Appreciation Month
Read a book whose title begins with Z (ignore A, An, The) OR whose author's first OR last name begins with Z


Two Point Tasks

2.1 THE LOTTERY
Read 2 Books
GO to the THE LOTTERY for details.
This is a time-limited task.

2.2 YAHTZEE: FOUR
Read 2 Books
Read 2 Books with a Four-Word Title (no sub-titles).
e.g. A Girl Called Samson, Before We Were Innocent, The True Love Experiment

2.3 (Tessa's Task) Happy Birthday, Will!
Read 2 Books

William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1616 in Stratford-Upon-Avon

1. Read a book whose total page count includes TWO of the digits in Will's birthday: 0-4-2-3-1-6-1-6 (numbers may be used only so often as they appear in Will's b-day ... so 511 would work but NOT 522.)
2. Read a book by an author whose initials are in STRATFORD UPON AVON (All initials count; letters may be used only so often as they appear in the target phrase)

2.4 (Amber's Task) Fun April Holidays
Read 2 Books

1. April 3 is Don't Go To Work Unless It's A Fun Day
(I wish I would have known that then) • Read a book of your choice.
2. April 12 - Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day
Read a book where someone eats a Grilled Cheese Sandwich, list location/page # -OR- where the author initials are in GRILLED CHEESE.

2.5 (Tessa's Task) It's All About the Books
Read 2 Books

Several literary holidays are celebrated in April. Among them are:

1. World Book Day - Read a book with a book (or books) on the COVER (post the cover image)
2. National Library Week - Read a book whose title begins with a letter in LIBRARY (You can ignore leading articles: A, An, The)


Three Point Task

3.1 (Linda C's Task) Three April Days
Read 3 books

1. 4/2 - World Autism Awareness Day
Read a book with a character that is somewhere on the Autism Spectrum - does not have to be the MC

2. 4/9 - National Mature Women's Day
Read a book whose female MC is over 55 - tell us the age; if age is not given cite pg/loc and sentence that indicates what made you think she was over 55

3. 4/24 - Scream Day
Read a book with an MPG of Thriller or Horror - tell us which

Five Point Task

5.1 EASTER BASKET 🧺
Read 5 Books

🧺 One book per word
🧺 Find the word in text, give the sentence and LOC#
🧺 Only use the ALL-CAPPED words

🐣 Bonus Point: If you find JELLY BEANS in a sentence.

1. PLASTIC eggs
2. CHOCOLATE bunny
3. BABY(ies) chicks
4. JELLY/BEANS
5. Stuffed TOY(S)

April Winners

Most Points

3.1 - Linda C
2.4 - Amber
2.5 - Tessa

Most Pages
2.3 - Tessa
1.7 - Amber

1.5 MC House of Sweets: PEEPS (Pat)

1.9 Reading Jar Winner #1 - The Adventures
1.10 Reading Jar Winner #2 - Linda C

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Thank you 🤓

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