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Tanu's ATY Spring Challenge Tracking Thread

March 1, 2025 through May 31, 2025

You are given a set of words and phrases, and you must match books to these phrases in one of three ways.

The Phrases

1. springtime

🌼Psycho Pack ✅ [first letter of title]

2. bloom

🌻 Birdman by Mo Hayder ✅ [first letter of title]

3. sun shining-

🍭Match Me If You Can by Swati Hegde (author initials) ✅
🍭 Into Their Woods (first letter of title) ✅

4. baby animals

🌻 Lost Feather ✅ [first letter of title]

5. eggs

🌻 Eight Dates ✅ - [first letter of title]

6. tulips

🌻 Pack Darling: Part One [first letter of title] ✅
🌻 Pack Darling: Part Two [first letter of title] ✅

7. jellybeans -

🍬 Jagged Lies by Evelyn Flood [first letter of title] ✅
🍬 Butterfly Swords by Jeannie Lin (author initials)

8. rainstorm -

⛈️ Sister, Maiden, Monster [first letter of title] ✅

9. sprout

🌼 Unhinged Alphas [first letter of title] ✅

10. warming

🌹 - Network Effect and Fugitive Telemetry [author's initials] ✅ ✅
🌹 What Feasts at Night [first letter of title] ✅
🌹 We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer [first letter of title] ✅

11. spring break

🌹 Knot Your Damn Omega ✅ - [first letter of title]
🌹 Knot All that Glitters [first letter of title] ✅
🌹 The Game - author's initials
🌹 Feral Alphas and Wild Omega: - author initials ✅

12. raincoat

☔️ The Chilling (first letter of title)
☔️ The Changeling Sea (first letter of title)

13. green

🌱 Nothing Serious by Emma Medrano (first letter of title) ✅


14. earth day
🌍 The Escape Room [first letter of title] ✅

15. pastels

🌻 The Carrying ✅ [author intitials]

How to Fill the Prompts
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

LeahS: Spring Reading Challenge

The Phrases

1. springtime
The Monstrous Child [first letter of title
Notes From Deep Time [first letter of title]
Exposure [first letter of title]
Christodora by Tim Murphy [author's initials]
There Are Rivers in the Sky [title]
It Ends with Us [title]

2. bloom
Black Tudors: The Untold Story [first letter of title]
Being a Beast [first letter of title]
It Ends with Us [cover]

3. sun shining
Underland: A Deep Time Journey [cover]
Notes From Deep Time by Helen Gordon [author's initials]

4. baby animals
Hidden People by Alison Littlewood [author's initials]
All Grown Up [first letter of title]
A Country Road, A Tree [first letter of title]

5. eggs
Exposure [first letter of title in phrase]
Glorious Exploits [first letter of title in phrase]

6. tulips
This Charming Man [first letter of title in phrase]
There Are Rivers in the Sky [title]
It Ends with Us [title]

7. jellybeans
All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg[author's initials in phrase]
Hidden People by Alison Littlewood [author's initials]

8. rainstorm
Days Without End [cover]
The Secret Hours [cover and first letter of title]
This Charming Man [first letter of title]
Notes From Deep Time [first letter of title]
Crypt: Life, Death and Disease in the Middle Ages and Beyond by Alice Roberts [author's initials]
The Monstrous Child [first letter of title]
All Grown Up [first letter of title]
Exposure [cover]
There Are Rivers in the Sky
It Ends with Us [title]

9. sprout
This Charming Man [first letter of title]
The Secret Hours [first letter of title]
There Are Rivers in the Sky [title]

10. warming
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware. [Author's initials in phrase]
It Ends with Us [title]

11. spring break
The Wicked Boy by Kate Summerscale [Author's initials in phrase]

12. raincoat
This Charming Man [first letter of title]
Notes From Deep Time [first letter of title]
Crypt: Life, Death and Disease in the Middle Ages and Beyond by Alice Roberts [author's initials]
The Secret Hours [cover]
Days Without End [cover]
All Grown Up [first letter of title]
Christodora [first letter of title]
There Are Rivers in the Sky [title]
It Ends with Us [title]

13. green
Notes From Deep Time [first letter of title in phrase]
Exposure [first letter of title ]

14. earth day
Crypt: Life, Death and Disease in the Middle Ages and Beyond by Alice Roberts [Author's initials in phrase]
Exposure by Helen Dunmore [author's initials]

15. pastels
The Hidden People by Alison Littlewood [author's initials]
There Are Rivers in the Sky [title and author]
It Ends with Us [pastels]

Spring Reading Challenge: March 1, 2025 through May 31, 2025

The Phrases

1. springtime (PE = author initials)
Erasure by Percival Everett Read 3/23/25

2. bloom (B - first letter of title)
Born of Water by Autumn M. Birt Read 4/7/25

3. sun shining (H = first letter of title)
Home Front by Kristin Hannah Read 3/16/25

4. baby animals (NB = author initials)
Firestorm by Nevada Barr Read 3/13/25

5. eggs (G = first letter of title)
Go by Kazuki Kaneshiro Read 3/20/25

6. tulips (T = first letter of title)
This Life or the Next by Demian Vitanza Read 5/22/25

7. jellybeans (AS - author initials)
From a Far and Lovely Country by Alexander McCall Smith Read 5/23/25

8. rainstorm (NR = author initials)
Key of Valor by Nora Roberts Read 3/20/25

9. sprout (S = first letter of title)
Scraps of Paper by Kathryn Meyer Griffith Read 3/24/25

10. warming (W = first letter of title)
When the Smoke Clears by Lynette Eason Read 3/1/25

11. spring break (AP = author initials)
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Read 3/7/25

12. raincoat (NR = author initials)
Key of Knowledge by Nora Roberts Read 3/13/25

13. green (E = first letter in title)
Execution in E by Alexia Gordon Read 3/9/25

14. earth day (HD = author initials)
Murder at the Dolphin Hotel by Helena Dixon Read 3/9/25

15. pastels (A = first letter of title)
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman Read 3/9/25

How to Fill the Prompts
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

The Phrases
1. springtime - Gary Inbinder - The Hanged Man: A Mystery in Fin de Siecle Paris - 3/19
2. bloom - The Black Hand - 3/14
3. sun shining - Strong Poison - 3/17
4. baby animals - Margery Allingham - Sweet Danger - 3./20
5. eggs - Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries - 3/18
6. tulips - Partners in Crime - 3/4
7. jellybeans - The Berry Pickers - 4/2
8. rainstorm - Ngaio Marsh - A Man Lay Dead - 3/15
9. sprout - Open Throat - 3/3
10. warming - Ngaio Marsh - Artists in Crime - 3/10
11. spring break - Andrea Penrose - Murder at King’s Crossing - 3/18
12. raincoat - Agatha Christie - The Secret Adversary - initials - 3/3
13. green - Gabrielle Roy - The Tin Flute - 3/2
14. earth day - Danielle Arceneaux - Glory Be - 3/10
15. pastels - Something Wild & Wonderful - 3/21

How to Fill the Prompts
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

The Phrases
1. springtime - The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
2. bloom - Orbital
3. sun shining - Unfixable: A Buck Lawson Mystery
4. baby animals - Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
5. eggs - Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere
6. tulips - Three Days in June
7. jellybeans - The Teller of Small Fortunes
8. rainstorm - The Backyard Bird Chronicles
9. sprout
10. warming - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
11. spring break - Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
12. raincoat - Sandwich
13. green - Junie
14. earth day - The Dark Horse
15. pastels - The Light Pirate

How to Fill the Prompts
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

The Phrases

1. springtime
Five Children and It by E. Nesbit
Author's initials

2. bloom
Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station by Dorothy Gilman
First letter of title

3. sun shining
House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones
First letter of title

4. baby animals
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
First letter of title

5. eggs
The Elementals by Michael McDowell
First letter of title

6. tulips
Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
First letter of title

7. jellybeans
The Story of the Treasure Seekers by E. Nesbit
Author's initials

8. rainstorm
A Murderous Relation by Deanna Raybourne
First letter of title

9. sprout
The September House by Carissa Orlando
First letter of title

10. warming
A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
First letter of title

11. spring break
The Explorer by Katherine Rundell
Author's initials

12. raincoat
Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones
First letter of title

13. green

14. earth day
A Dangerous Collaboration by Deanna Raybourne
Author's initials

15. pastels

How to Fill the Prompts
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover

Read - 40

Prompt Choices:
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

1. springtime
Title - Reminders of Him, Colleen Hoover | 3/15
Title - Midnight Sun's Magic, Betty Neels | 3/20
Title - Meet Me in the Margins, Melissa Ferguson | 3/24
AN - Island of Flowers, Nora Roberts | 3/25
AN - Once Upon a Midnight, Nora Roberts | 4/5
2. bloom
Title - Before the Law, Franz Kafka | 3/15
AN - Glinda of Oz, L. Frank Baum | 3/26
Title - The Ministry of Time, Kaliane Bradley | 4/21
3. sun shining
The Whalebone Theatre, Joanna Quinn | 3/1
Title - Interior Chinatown, Charles Yu | 4/19
4. baby animals
Borrow My Heart, Kasie West | 3/3
AN - Van2, Sawyer Bennett | 3/22
Title - All Our Tomorrows, Catherine Bybee | 4/2
5. eggs
Title - The Start of World War I, Charles River Editors | 3/29
6. tulips
Title - The Forgotten One, Catherine Bybee | 4/8
Title - Part of Your World, Abby Jimenez | 4/10
7. jellybeans
AN - The Magic Of Living, Betty Neels | 3/2, BN
Title - Araby, James Joyce | 3/14
AN - The Test, Sylvain Neuvel | 3/16
8. rainstorm
Title - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Douglas Adams | 3/20
Title - The Magic of Oz, L. Frank Baum | 3/22
9. sprout
No Heroes, Ilona Andrews | 3/15
10. warming
Title - All the Bright Places, Jennifer Niven | 3/4
Title - We Begin at the End, Chris Whitaker | 3/11
Title - My Favorite Half-Night Stand, Christina Lauren | 4/18
11. spring break
AN - Gwendy's Button Box, Stephen King | 3/8
12. raincoat
Title - It's Not What It Looks Like, Molly Burke | 3/13
Title - IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD, Russ | 3/13
Title - In the Air Tonight, Marie Force | 4/2
Title - Candy Cane Conspiracy, Cate Lawley | 4/12
13. green
Stuck with You, Ali Hazelwood | 3/3
14. earth day
Title - Doctor for Christmas, Patricia W. Fischer | 3/6
Title - Hide Your Heart, Tracey Alvarez | 3/8
Title - Araby, James Joyce | 3/14
Title - A Handful of Stars, Cynthia Lord | 3/17
Title - Heaven is for Real, Todd Burpo | 4/5
Title - Dragon on Top, G.A. Aiken | 4/15
15. pastels
Title - State of Alert, Marie Force | 3/7
Title - Arch-Conspirator, Veronica Roth | 3/18
Title - The Search, Nora Roberts | 4/16

Sheyanne C.'s 2025 Spring Reading Challenge

The Phrases
✅1. springtime
The Missing Half by Ashley Flowers and Alex Kiester (Read 5-22-25 - 5-22-25)
✅2. bloom
Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney (Read 3-3-25 - 3-4-25)
✅3. sun shining
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
(Read 5-20-25 - 5-20-25)
✅4. baby animals
Too Close to Home by Linwood Barclay (Read 4-11-25 - 4-12-25)
✅5. eggs
The Ex by Freida McFadden (Read 5-23-25 - 5-24-25)
✅6. tulips
Gone Tonight by Sarah Pekkanen (Read 3-19-25 - 3-19-25)
✅7. jellybeans
The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (Read 3-11-25 - 3-13-25)
✅. rainstorm
Don't Look for Me by Wendy Walker (Read 4-28-25 - 4-28-25)
✅9. sprout
The Teacher by Freida McFadden (Read 5-21-25 - 5-20-25)
✅10. warming
The Wife Upstairs by Freida McFadden (Read 4-4-25 - 4-7-25)
✅11. spring break
The First Day of Spring by Nancy Tucker (Read 5-24-25 - 5-24-25)
✅12. raincoat
One of Us Is Back by Karen M. McManus (Read 5-15-25 - 5-20-25
✅13. green
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager (Read 4-28-25 - 5-2-25)
✅14. earth day
Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle (Read 3-22-25 - 3-22-25)
✅15. pastels
House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen (Read 5-27-25 - 5-27-25)

15/15
Finished 5-27-25

15/15 💯



✅1. springtime Drowned Country by Emily Tesh
✅2. bloom In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods by Matt Bell
✅3. sun shining American Vampire, Vol. 1 by Scott Snyder
✅4. baby animals Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom
✅5. eggs - Old Lovegood Girls by Gail Godwin
✅6. tulips - Sister, Maiden, Monster by Lucy Snyder
✅7. jellybeans - Song for the Unraveling of the World: Stories by Brian Evenson
✅8. rainstorm - The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton
✅9. sprout - The Employees by Olga Ravn
✅10. warming - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
✅11. spring break The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free by Paulina Bren
✅12. raincoat The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
✅13. green The Wet Nurse's Tale by Erica Eisdorfer
✅14. earth day - The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
✅15. pastels - Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh

Dina's 2025 Spring Reading Challenge Tracking Thread: 15/15 - COMPLETED

March 1, 2025 through May 31, 2025

You are given a set of words and phrases, and you must match books to these phrases in one of three ways.

The Phrases

✔ 1. springtime: Age of Myth, Michael J. Sullivan - cover has a tree, land, people
✔ 2. bloom: The Butterfly Garden, Dot Hutchison - contains first letter of title
✔ 3. sun shining: Salvation in Death, J.D. Robb - contains first letter of title
✔ 4. baby animals: Ready or Not, Cara Bastone - contains BOTH letters of the author's name
✔ 5. eggs: If Beale Street Could Talk, James Baldwin - cover color is yellow of egg yolk
✔ 6. tulips: Uneasy Street, Becky Wade - contains first letter of title
✔ 7. jellybeans: Hunting Justice, Lynette Eason - BOTH letters of the author's name
✔ 8. rainstorm: The Thursday Murder Club, Richard Osman- BOTH letters of the author's name
✔ 9. sprout: Equal Rites, Terry Pratchett- BOTH letters of the author's name
✔ 10. warming: Wayward, Blake Crouch - contains first letter of title
✔ 11. spring break: Northwoods, Amy Pease - BOTH letters of the author's name
✔ 12. raincoat: Cornered, Lynette Eason - contains first letter of title
✔ 13. green: Serial Burn, Lynette Eason - green on the cover
✔ 14. earth day: Pines, Blake Crouch - cover is of a forest and fog
✔ 15. pastels: First-Time Caller, B.K. Borison - cover color is in pastels



How to Fill the Prompts - as of 5/11/2025

READ:

1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial) - 5


2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The) - 5


3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation) - 5

The Phrases

✔️ 1. springtime Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages by Dan Jones 3/3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

✔️ 2. bloom Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine: Founding an Empire by Matthew Lewis 4/26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

✔️ 3. sun shining Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 5/12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

✔️ 4. baby animals The Unquiet Bones by Melvin R. Starr 4/9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

✔️5. eggs Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age by Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough 1/26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

✔️ 6. tulips The Vegetarian by Han Kang 5/7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

✔️7. jellybeans House of Lilies: The Dynasty That Made Medieval France by Justine Firnhaber-Baker 3/15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

✔️ 8. rainstorm I Am Maria: My Reflections and Poems on Heartbreak, Healing, and Finding Your Way Home by Maria Shriver 5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

✔️ 9. sprout The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson 5/3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

✔️ 10. warming What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon 3/18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

✔️11. spring break Stephen and Matilda's Civil War: Cousins of Anarchy by Matthew Lewis 3/21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

✔️ 12. raincoat The Coming of the Wolf by Elizabeth Chadwick 4/7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

✔️ 13. green Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead 3/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

✔️ 14. earth day Cast Away: Poems for Our Time by Naomi Shihab Nye 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

✔️ 15. pastels Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra 5/24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🌷 AtY Spring Challenge
Mar-May
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Done: 15
Target: 8
Completion date: 05.04.25 🇩🇰 - full list 24.05.25

📗 1. springtime - An Island Wedding = I
📗 2. bloom - Ond vilje = O
📗 3. sun shining - I’m Glad My Mom Died = I
📗 4. baby animals - Iron House = I
📗 5. eggs - Summer Light, and Then Comes the Night = S
📗 6. tulips - Prime Cut = P
📗 7. jellybeans - Brief Cases - Jim Butcher = JB
📗 8. rainstorm - Rum & Razors = R
📗 9. sprout - Laurits og Valdemar - Søren Pilmark = SP
📗 10. warming - The Women = W
📗 11. spring break - Mit liv som Elkjær - Preben Elkjær = PE
📗 12. raincoat - A Calamitous Chinese Killing = C
📗 13. green - Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone = G
📗 14. earth day - HjerneRo = H
📗 15. pastels - The Last Shadow = L

Spring Challenge 2025:

March 1, 2025 through May 31, 2025 - Completed 5/25/25

1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)

The Phrases
✅1. springtime
Black Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey - 3/2/25 - 3* - My Review
✅2. bloom
The Bell in the Lake by Lars Mytting - 4/28/25 - 4.5* - My Review
✅3. sun shining
The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson - 5/25/25 - 5* - My Review
✅4. baby animals
Running the Rift by Naomi Benaron - 3/20/25 - 3.5* - My Review
✅5. eggs
The Architect's Apprentice by Elif Shafak - 4/25/25 - 4* - My Review
✅6. tulips
The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett - 4/13/25 - 3* - My Review
✅7. jellybeans
The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami - 3/19/25 - 4* - My Review
✅8. rainstorm
Nesting by Roisín O’Donnell - 3/13/25 - 5* - My Review
✅9. sprout
Generosity: An Enhancement by Richard Powers - 3/14/25 - 4* - My Review
✅10. warming
The Time Traveller's Guide to Regency Britain: The Immersive and Brilliant Historical Guide to Regency Britain by Ian Mortimer - 4/8/25 - 4* - My Review
✅11. spring break
The Voyage Home by Pat Barker - 3/9/25 - 4* - My Review
✅12. raincoat
Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke - 3/24/25 - 4* - My Review
✅13. green
The Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer - 5/24/25 - 4* - My Review
✅14. earth day
Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality by Renee DiResta - 3/5/25 - 4* - My Review
✅15. pastels
The Wedding People by Alison Espach - 3/17/25 - 4* - My Review

✅Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)

✅1. springtime
The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni - 3/20/25 - 4* - My Review
✅2. bloom
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy - 3/9/25 - 3* - My Review
✅3. sun shining
Good Girl by Aria Aber - 3/29/25 - 3.5* - My Review
✅4. baby animals
Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks - 3/28/25 - 4* - My Review
✅5. eggs
The Escape by Lisa Harris - 3/6/25 - 3* - My Review
✅6. tulips
Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith - 3/8/25 - 3* - My Review
✅7. jellybeans
The Last Bookaneer by Matthew Pearl - 3/25/25 - 4* - My Review
✅8. rainstorm
Operation Wandering Soul by Richard Powers - 3/18/25 - 4* - My Review
✅9. sprout
Three Wild Dogs by Markus Zusak - 3/3/25 - 4* - My Review
✅10. warming
We Do Not Part by Han Kang - 3/1/25 - 4* - My Review
✅11. spring break
Precipice by Robert Harris - 3/23/25 - 4.5* - My Review
✅12. raincoat
Tiananmen Square by Lai Wen - 3/11/25 - 4* - My Review
✅13. green
Girlchild by Tupelo Hassman - 3/12 /25 - 3* - My Review
✅14. earth day
Devil Is Fine by John Vercher - 3/4/25 - 5* - My Review
✅15. pastels
An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson - 3/14/25 - 2* - My Review

March 1, 2025 through May 31, 2025

✅ 1. springtime: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery 3/18/25 (cover)
2. bloom
3. sun shining
✅ 4. baby animals: The Last Bookstore on Earth by Lily Braun-Arnold 3/3/25 (author)
✅ 5. eggs: Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson 3/14/25 (title)
6. tulips
7. jellybeans
8. rainstorm
✅ 9. sprout: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout 3/9/25 (title)
10. warming
11. spring break
12. raincoat
13. green
14. earth day
15. pastels

How to Fill the Prompts
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover

Kathy's Spring Reading Challenge

The Phrases
Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
15/15 finished 5/5/25

✅1. springtime - The Postman Always Rings Twice - James M. Cain
✅2. bloom - The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
✅3. sun shining - How the West Was Won - Louis L’Amour
✅4. baby animals - The Buddha in the Attic - Julie Otsuka
✅5. eggs - Sweet Bean Paste - Durian Sukegawa
✅6. tulips - Stone Yard Devotional - Charlotte Wood
✅7. jellybeans - The Easy Life - Marguerite Duras
✅8. rainstorm - The Safekeep - Yael van der Wouden
✅9. sprout - Snug in Iceland - Victoria Walker
✅10. warming - The Wide, Wide World - Susan Bogert Warner
✅11. spring break - Kate & Frida - Kim Fay
✅12. raincoat - These Days - Lucy Caldwell
✅13. green - GLOBETROTTING: Writers Walk the World - Duncan Minshull, ed.
✅14. earth day - The Hearing Trumpet - Leonora Carrington
✅15. pastels - Trilby - George du Maurier

The Phrases
Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial) OR COVER relates to phrase
14/15
✅1. springtime - Armed With Madness: The Surreal Leonora Carrington - Mary M. Talbot
✅2. bloom - The Queens of Crime - Marie Benedict
✅3. sun shining - The English Patient - Michael Ontaatje (COVER - sunset on cover)

✅4. baby animals - Days at the Morisaki Bookshop - Satoshi Yagisawa
✅5. eggs - The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe: A Perry Mason Mystery - Erle Stanley Gardner
6. tulips -
✅7. jellybeans - A Very Easy Death - Simone de Beauvoir
✅8. rainstorm - Fer-de-Lance (Nero Wolfe #1) - Rex Stout
✅9. sprout - The Story of an African Farm - Olive Schreiner
✅10. warming - Hello Beautiful - Ann Napolitano
✅11. spring break - Creation Lake - Rachel Kushner
✅12. raincoat - Heartstopper: Volume One - Alice Oseman
✅13. green - The Wall - Mary Roberts Rinehart (COVER has green on it)

✅14. earth day - The Wedding People - Alison Espach
✅15. pastels - - Penelope in Retrograde - Brooke Abrams (COVER - pastel colors on cover)

🌷 Roxana's Spring Reading Challenge 🌷
8/15

The Phrases
✔️ 1. springtime: The Golden Spoon (title)
2. bloom
3. sun shining
✔️ 4. baby animals: Nothing Serious (title)
5. eggs
6. tulips
7. jellybeans - Time Loops & Meet Cutes (author initials) or Salt Slow (author initials)
8. rainstorm - Private Rites
✔️ 9. sprout: Master & Commander (author initials)
✔️ 10. warming: Gone Girl (title)
✔️ 11. spring break: The Plus One (cover)
✔️ 12. raincoat: Convenience Store Woman (title)
✔️ 13. green: Salt Slow (cover)
14. earth day - Motheater (cover)
✔️ 15. pastels: Water Moon (cover)


How to Fill the Prompts
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

🌷🌷🌷


Currently Reading
🌷 The Secret History
🌷 Motheater
🌷 The Murder at the Vicarage


Read
🌷 The Plus One
🌷 Water Moon
🌷 Nothing Serious
🌷 Let Us Believe in the Beginning of the Cold Season
🌷 Master & Commander
🌷 The Golden Spoon
🌷 Salt Slow
🌷 Gone Girl
🌷 Convenience Store Woman


TBR
🌷 The Employees
🌷 Time Loops & Meet Cutes
🌷 The Round House

LEFT THE CHALLENGE

Spring Reading Challenge

March 1-May 31

2/15

1. springtime: emma
2. bloom: belladonna

3. sun shining: The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

4. baby animals: among the beasts and briars
5. eggs: his majesty's dragon
6. tulips: the last tale of the flower bride
7. jellybeans: dinner for vampires
8. rainstorm: the guest list
9. sprout: the bone orchard
10. warming: small favors
11. spring break: fangirl
12. raincoat: water moon

13. green: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 7 by Koyoharu Gotouge

14. earth day: we all looked up

15. pastels: Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

Completed

The Phrases
1. springtime
2. bloom
3. sun shining
4. baby animals
5. eggs
6. tulips
7. jellybeans
8. rainstorm
9. sprout
10. warming
11. spring break
12. raincoat
13. green
14. earth day
15. pastels

How to Fill the Prompts
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

The Phrases

1. springtime Die unendliche Geschichte #1

✅2. bloom Madame Curie: A Biography #2

3. sun shining Trial of the Sun Queen #3

4. baby animals A Closed and Common Orbit #2

5. eggs

6. tulips

7. jellybeans

8. rainstorm

9. sprout

✅10. warming A Gathering of Shadows #2

11. spring break

✅12. raincoat A Conjuring of Light #2

13. green

14. earth day Heavenly Tyrant #2

15. pastels

How to Fill the Prompts
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

Dee in Deserts Spring Read-a-thon: March 1 -May 31, 2025
15/15 completed!!

The Phrases:

1. springtime (M) - The Maid's Secret- 4/15/25√

2. bloom (L) - The Love We Found- 3/21/25√

3. sun shining (S) - Sanditon- 3/11/25√

4. baby animals (M) - Murder at Gulls Nest- 4/20/25√

5. eggs (E) - The Ex -3/19/25√

6. tulips (U) - The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennet - 5/4/25√

7. jellybeans - The Fall Risk by Abby Jimenez - 3/8/25 √

8. rainstorm - How to Seal Your Own Fate - 4/30/25√

9. sprout (O) - O'Mara's-3/15/25√

10. warming - One Death at a Time by Abbi Waxman- 4/24/25√

11. spring break (R) - The Retirement Plan-5/7/25√

12. raincoat (I) - Insignificant Others- 4/11/25√

13. green - Jane Austen's Garden: A Botanical Tour of the Classic Novels - 3/11/25√

14. earth day - The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store- 3/17/25√

15. pastels - Swept Away - 4/3/25√


How to Fill the Prompts
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

Dixie's Spring Challenge 15/15 FINISHED!

The Phrases
√1. springtime

√2. bloom

√3. sun shining

√4. baby animals

√5. eggs

√6. tulips
The Long Earth Terry Pratchett
√7. jellybeans
Dispersals: On Plants, Borders, and Belonging Jessica Lee
√8. rainstorm

√9. sprout
Our Enemies Will Vanish: The Russian Invasion and Ukraine's War of Independence (first letter of title)
√10. warming

√11. spring break
Diving horse Patsey Gray
√12. raincoat

√13. green

√14. earth day

√15. pastels


How to Fill the Prompts
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

The Phrases

🔹1. springtime:
Kristin Harmel Looks like springtime

🔹2. bloom:
Tommy Orange

🔹3. sun shining
Tehrangeles Porochista Khakpour Thats why the cat needs shades!

🔹4. baby animals
America Fantastica Tim O'Brien

🔹5. eggs:
The Garden Party and Other Stories Katherine Mansfield 23 May

🔹6. tulips:
The Many Daughters of Afong Moy Jamie Ford

🔹7. jellybeans:
The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers initials S.B.

🔹8. rainstorm:
Reasons to Stay Alive Matt Haig

🔹9. sprout:
John Knowles

🔹10. warming:
The Wedding People Alison Espach warmer weather = beach time

🔹11. spring break:
Bibliolepsy Gina Apostol

🔹12. raincoat:
The Complete Poems William Blake

🔹13. green:
Wow, No Thank You.: Essays Samantha Irby

🔹14. earth day:
Henry David Thoreau Initials HT and also the cover just reminds me of earth day

🔹15. pastels
Clare Pooley Pink pastel cover

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It's time for our Spring Seasonal Challenge!

March 1, 2025 through May 31, 2025

How to Fill the Prompts
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
The Phrases
💐1. springtime - The Tell-Tale Start by Gordon McAlpine 5/2/25
💐2. bloom - When Stars Are Scattered by Omar Mohamed; Victoria Jamieson 5/16/25
💐3. sun shining - Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik 4/10/25
💐4. baby animals - The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon 4/15/25
5. eggs
💐6. tulips - The Jules Verne Prophecy by Larry Schwarz & Iva-Marie Palmer 5/13/25
💐7. jellybeans - Sea Legs: A Graphic Novel by Jules Bakes 5/12/25
💐8. rainstorm - Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas 5/10/25
9. sprout
💐10. warming - Little Wolf’s Book of Badness by Ian Whybrow 3/2/25
💐11. spring break - Murder on the Ballarat Train by Kerry Greenwood 3/3/25
💐12. raincoat - The Clocks by Agatha Christie 3/7/25
13. green
💐14. earth day - Memoirs of a Polar Bear by Yōko Tawada 3/2/25
💐15. pastels - The Kite Fighters by Linda Sue Park 5/14/25

💐💐💐 2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The) 💐💐💐
The Phrases
💐1. springtime - The Nest by Kenneth Oppel 3/2/25
💐2. bloom - The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbøl 3/1/25
💐3. sun shining - The Summer Book by Tove Jansson 3/7/25
💐4. baby animals - Murder on the Ballarat Train by Kerry Greenwood 3/3/25
💐5. eggs - The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst 3/19/25
💐6. tulips - Little Wolf’s Book of Badness by Ian Whybrow 3/2/25
💐7. jellybeans - The Last Bookshop in London: A Novel of World War II by Madeline Martin 3/7/25
💐8. rainstorm - All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker 3/4/25
💐9. sprout - 21st Birthday by James Patterson 3/9/25
💐10. warming - Memoirs of a Polar Bear by Yōko Tawada 3/2/25
💐11. spring break - Botched Butterscotch by Amanda Flower 3/30/25
💐12. raincoat - The Clocks by Agatha Christie 3/7/25
💐13. green - The Green Mill Murder by Kerry Greenwood 3/17/25
💐14. earth day - The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa 3/9/25
💐15. pastels - P.S. Be Eleven by Rita Williams-Garcia 3/10/25

3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)
The Phrases
💐1. springtime - The Spellshop by
Sarah Beth Durst 3/19/25

💐2. bloom - Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett 3/30/25

3. sun shining
💐4. baby animals - Memoirs of a Polar Bear by Yōko Tawada 3/2/25

5. eggs
6. tulips
7. jellybeans
💐8. rainstorm - Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, Vol. 8 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù 5/30/25

9. sprout
💐10. warming - The Summer Book by Tove Jansson 3/7/25

11. spring break
12. raincoat
💐13. green - Botched Butterscotch by Amanda Flower 3/30/25

💐14. earth day - The Kite Fighters by Linda Sue Park 5/14/25

💐15. pastels - Sheets by Brenna Thummler 5/14/25

Laura Z's Spring Challenge: 30/30 - COMPLETED
March 1, 2025-May 31, 2025

Author's Name: 15/15

✅ 1. SPRINGTIME: Memphis, Tara M. Stringfellow ★★★
✅ 2. BLOOM: A Natural History of Dragons, Marie Brennan ★★★
✅ 3. SUN SHINING: The Showman: Inside the Russian Invasion of Ukraine That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky―An Insider Account of the War and the Making of a Leader, Simon Shuster ★★★★
✅ 4. BABY ANIMALS: The Last Bookstore on Earth, Lily Braun-Arnold ★★★
✅ 5. EGGS: Funny You Should Ask, Elissa Sussman ★★★★
✅ 6. TULIPS: You Shouldn't Be Here, Lauren Thoman ★★★
✅ 7. JELLYBEANS: Nuclear War: A Scenario, Annie Jacobsen ★★★★
✅ 8. RAINSTORM: Rainbow Black, Maggie Thrash ★★★
✅ 9. SPROUT: The Lauras, Sara Taylor ★★★
✅10. WARMING: The Boyfriend Candidate, Ashley Winstead ★★★★
✅11. SPRING BREAK: Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America, Paola Ramos ★★★★★
✅12. RAINCOAT: The Last Tale of the Flower Bride, Roshani Chokshi ★★★
✅13. GREEN: Most Ardently, Gabe Cole Novoa ★★★★
✅14. EARTH DAY: Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess, Evan Drellich ★★★★
✅15. PASTELS: A Man of Good Fortune: A Pride and Prejudice Variation, Ali Scott ★★★★



Book Title: 15/15

✅ 1. SPRINGTIME: A Sorceress Comes to Call, T. Kingfisher ★★★★
✅ 2. BLOOM: Black Woods Blue Sky, Eowyn Ivey ★★★★
✅ 3. SUN SHINING: The Sunlit Man, Brandon Sanderson ★★★★
✅ 4. BABY ANIMALS: The Backyard Bird Chronicles, Amy Tan ★★★★
✅ 5. EGGS: Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, Benjamin Stevenson ★★★
✅ 6. TULIPS: The Tower, Flora Carr ★★★
✅ 7. JELLYBEANS: Julia, Sandra Newman ★★★★
✅ 8. RAINSTORM: Ready Player One, Ernest Cline ★★★★★
✅ 9. SPROUT: Show Don't Tell, Curtis Sittenfeld ★★★★
✅10. WARMING: The Women, Kristin Hannah ★★★★
✅11. SPRING BREAK: The Story She Left Behind, Patti Callahan Henry ★★★★
✅12. RAINCOAT: Roommates, Ola Tundun ★★★
✅13. GREEN: The Girl with the Louding Voice, Abi Dare ★★★★
✅14. EARTH DAY: Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection, John Green ★★★★★
✅15. PASTELS: Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir ★★★★★

NancyJ’s Spring reading challenge - Completed March 31 2025

March 1, 2025 through May 31, 2025
How to Fill the Prompts
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)



The Phrases
✅1. springtime - Mozart's Starling by Lyanda Lynn Haupt, title, cover
✅2. bloom- The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton, title, author
✅3. sun shining - Chasing the Sun: How the Science of Sunlight Shapes Our Bodies and Minds by Linda Geddes , cover
✅4. baby animals - The Book Censor's Library by Bothayna Al-Essa, title, author
Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr, author cover
✅5. eggs- Exit Strategy by Martha Wells, title
Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline
✅6. tulips- The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It by Corey Brettschneider title
✅7. jellybeans- The Briar Club by Kate Quinn, title
Head On by John Scalzi, author
✅8. rainstorm- The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich, title
✅9. sprout-Brainscapes: The Warped, Wondrous Maps Written in Your Brain―And How They Guide You by Rebecca Schwarzlose, autho
✅10. warming - Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy, title and global warming
✅11. spring break- The Wedding People cover (partying)
✅12. raincoat-The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorofor, title, author
✅13. green - The Devil's Element: Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance cover, environment
✅14. earth day - The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett, title and author
✅15. pastels- James by Percival Everett, author

Read in March

✅The Devil's Element: Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance by Dan Egan🔅13 cover, environment
✅Chasing the Sun: How the Science of Sunlight Shapes Our Bodies and Minds by Linda Geddes 🔅3 cover,
✅The Book Censor's Library by :Bothayna Al-Essa, - B,BA 🔅4 title,author
✅James by Percival Everett - 🔅15, autho
✅Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy -W - 🔅10 title
✅Mozart's Starling by Lyanda Lynn Haupt- 🔅1 springtime cover, M-title
✅The Briar Club by Kate Quinn - 🔅7 title
✅The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor - 🔅12 title author
✅Exit Strategy by Martha Wells - 🔅5 title
✅The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton -🔅 2 title, author
✅The Wedding People by Alison Espach 🔅11 spring break cover,
✅The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It by Corey Brettschneider - P -🔅 6
✅The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich - M,🔅8 title
✅Brainscapes: The Warped, Wondrous Maps Written in Your Brain―And How They Guide You by Rebecca Schwarzlose 🔅9 author
✅The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett - 🔅14

Extras
Head On by John Scalzi - 7 or 14
Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr - 4 or 14
Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline - 5 or 14

Like usual - I have no set plan - yet, but these challenges are fun, so we'll see how it goes! :)

When
March 1, 2025 through May 31, 2025

What
You are given a set of words and phrases, and you must match books to these phrases in one of three ways.
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

The Phrases
✅1. springtime
The Stand-In by Lily Chu

✅2. bloom
Black by Catherine Winters

✅3. sun shining
An Honored Vow by Melissa Blair

✅4. baby animals
Anyone But Her by Cynthia Swanson

✅5. eggs
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

✅6. tulips
A Touch of Malice by Scarlett St. Clair

✅7. jellybeans
Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder

✅8. rainstorm
Red Velvet Cupcake Murder by Joanne Fluke

✅9. sprout
Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness

✅10. warming
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

✅11. spring break
The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye: Five Fairy Stories by A.S. Byatt

✅12. raincoat
Christmas at the Gingerbread Inn by Michelle Stimpson

✅13. green
Gwendy's Final Task by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar

✅14. earth day
Heartstopper: Volume One by Alice Oseman

✅15. pastels
The Bone Shard War by Andrea Stewart

ATY 2025 Spring Reading Challenge: March 1, 2025 through May 31, 2025

How to Fill the Prompts
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

Prompts
⬜springtime
⬜bloom
⬜sun shining
⬜baby animals
⬜eggs
⬜tulips
⬜jellybeans
⬜rainstorm
⬜sprout
⬜warming
⬜spring break
⬜raincoat
⬜green
⬜earth day
⬜pastels

0/15

SPRING READING CHALLENGE

When
March 1, 2025 through May 31, 2025

What
You are given a set of words and phrases, and you must match books to these phrases in one of three ways.

How to Fill the Prompts
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation

TBR


CURRENTLY READING


The Phrases
1. springtime Rebound
2. bloom Lunar New Year Love Story (fireworks are a constant symbol)
3. sun shining In the Beautiful Country
4. baby animals Mabuhay!
5. eggs The Squad
6. tulips Paradise Valley
7. jellybeans The House of Eve
8. rainstorm The Return
9. sprout Homebody: A Graphic Memoir of Gender Identity Exploration
10. warming: The Wish
11. spring break When Breath Becomes Air
12. raincoat In and Out the Window
13. green The New Girl
14. earth day Tangled Up in You
15. pastels Buzzing

COMPLETED

Robin H-R Spring Challenge -- FINIISHED
15/15 (As of 4/22/2025)

What
You are given a set of words and phrases, and you must match books to these phrases in one of three ways.

The Phrases
1. springtime - The Arsenic Eater's Wife, Tonya Mitchell (author)
2. bloom - Maleficent, Elizabeth Rudnick (title)
3. sun shining - News of the World, Paulette Jiles (title)
4. baby animals - Bitter Passage, Colin Mills (title)
5. eggs - Summons to Murder, J.C. Briggs (title)
6. tulips - Sugar Pop Moon, John Florio (title)
7. jellybeans - The Jingler's Luck, John Pilkington (title)
8. rainstorm - Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History, Erik Larson (title, content)
9. sprout - The Pianist, Władysław Szpilman (title)
10. warming - The Wettest County in the World: A Novel Based on a True Story, Matt Bondurant (title)
11. spring break - He Done Her Wrong, Stuart M. Kaminsky (author)
12. raincoat - The Case of the Canterfell Codicil, P.J. Fitzsimmons (title)
13. green - Return to Hair of the Dog: Hair of the Dog Series Book 2, Jean Luntz (title)
14. earth day - Horse, Geraldine Brooks (title)
15. pastels - Sweet Bean Paste, Durian Sukegawa (cover, title)

How to Fill the Prompts
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

Rachael's Spring Reading Challenge (updated 6/7/25)
Progress: 15/15

The Phrases
1. Springtime: Melissa (completed 3/9)
2. Bloom: Desecrated Poppies (completed 4/9)
3. Sun Shining: Summer Reading (completed 3/29)
4. Baby Animals: True Biz (completed 5/6)
5. Eggs: Sing Anyway (completed 3/15)
6. Tulips: What Happens in Amsterdam (completed 5/5)
7. Jellybeans: James (completed 4/8)
8. Rainstorm: A Rotten Girl (completed 5/3)
9. Sprout: Recommended Reading (completed 3/14)
10. Warming: Napkins and Other Distractions (completed 4/16)
11. Spring Break: Spellbound: A Graphic Memoir (completed 3/1)
12. Raincoat: Collide (completed 5/10)
13. Green: Green Fuse Burning (completed 3/3)
14. Earth Day: The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King (completed 5/17)
15. Pastels: Playing Hard to Get (completed 5/17)

How to Fill the Prompts
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

Finished: 2025/05/18

Duration: March 1, 2025 - May 31, 2025

You are given a set of words and phrases, and you must match books to these phrases in one of three ways.

Progress: 15/15

The Phrases
1. springtime - Nakamura Makino - The Fallen Alpha ✓ 05/12
2. bloom - Oliver Lovrenski - bruder, wenn wir nicht family sind, wer dann ✓ 03/21
3. sun shining - Natsuno Hiroko - About a Love song ✓ 05/12
4. baby animals - Yamane Ayano - Crimson Spell 01 ✓ 03/23
5. eggs - Secret Service: Maison de Ayakashi 05 ✓ 04/04
6. tulips - Top Secret ✓ 04/18
7. jellybeans - Ennead 1 ✓ 05/18
8. rainstorm - Naokos Lächeln ✓ 04/25
9. sprout - ✓ 03/13
10. warming - Wackelkontakt ✓ 03/19
11. spring break - Simon Beckett - Die Chemie des Todes ✓ 03/29
12. raincoat - André Aciman - Call Me by Your Name ✓ 05/02
13. green - ✓ 03/29
14. earth day - Haikyu!! – Band 25 ✓ 03/19
15. pastels - ✓ 04/10

How to Fill the Prompts
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

Sophia's Spring Reading Challenge
Progress: 1/30

Author's Name
1. springtime

2. bloom

3. sun shining

4. baby animals

5. eggs

6. tulips

7. jellybeans

8. rainstorm

9. sprout

10. warming

✅ 11. spring break
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus ★★★★☆

12. raincoat

13. green

14. earth day

15. pastels



Book Title
1. springtime

2. bloom

3. sun shining

4. baby animals

5. eggs

6. tulips

7. jellybeans

8. rainstorm

9. sprout

10. warming

11. spring break

12. raincoat

13. green

14. earth day

15. pastels

ATY Spring Reading Challenge 2025

Fill the Prompts 1 of 3 Ways
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

The Phrases
1. springtime: Summer at Fairacre by Miss Read(2)
2. bloom: Byrony and Roses by T. Kingfisher(2)
3. sun shining: Clothes Pegs by Susan Scarlett (1)
4. baby animals: Bluff by Jane Stanton Hitchcock (2)
5. eggs: Encyclopedia of An Ordinary Life by Amy Krouse Rosenthal(2)
6. tulips: To Kill a Troubadour by Martin Walker (2)
7. jellybeans: James by Percival Everett (2)
8. rainstorm: A Refiner’s Fire by Donna Leon (2)
9. sprout: Sulfur Springs by William Kent Krueger (2)
10. warming: What an Owl Knows by Jennifer Ackerman (2)
11. spring break: Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout (1)
12. raincoat: The Rosie Result by Graeme Simsion (2)
13. green: The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion V. 7 by Beth Brower(3)
14. earth day: Eventide by Kent Harug (2)
15. pastels: Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa(3)

Conny's 2025 ATY Spring Challenge

1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

The Phrases

√1. springtime
Mind Games: Dieses Spiel wirst du verlieren
Contains the first letter of the title.

√2. bloom
One for Sorrow
Contains the first letter of the title.

√3. sun shining
The Comeback
Character on the cover is wearing a wide-brimmed sun hat and sunglasses.

√4. baby animals
Fake
Contains both the author's initials (AS).

√5. eggs
The Kamogawa Food Detectives
Bowls of ramen on the cover. Ramen usually also contains an egg.

√6. tulips
Teufels Tanz
Contains both the author's initials (UP).

√7. jellybeans
Novemberfeuer
Contains the first letter of the title.

√8. rainstorm
Cemetery Boys
Contains both the author's initials (AT).

√9. sprout
The Heiress
Pattern of sprouting and blossoming plants of the cover.

√10. warming
Into the Dark
Contains the first letter of the title.

√11. spring break
Die Akte Zodiac - Gesamtausgabe
Contains the first letter of the title (without the article "Die").

√12. raincoat
Little Creeping Things
Contains both the author's initials (CI).

√13. green
The Cabin in the Woods
Green woods on the cover.

√14. earth day
Loathe to Love You
Contains both the author's initials (AH).

√15. pastels
The Only Survivors
Pastel sunset colors on the cover.

ATY Spring Readathon Tracking Thread

Completed Jun 15

✅ Author Names
(view spoiler)[1. springtime - E.G. Michaels - Before the Clock Strikes (Kyle Simmons Thriller, #1)
2. bloom - Lynne Banks - The Indian in the Cupboard (The Indian in the Cupboard, #1)
3. sun shining - Naomi Novik - Crucible of Gold (Temeraire, #7)
4. baby animals - Lisa Yount - Alfred Blalock, Helen Taussig, and Vivien Thomas
5. eggs - Ethereal Ray - Ultimate Ocean Facts for Kids, Teens, & Adults, The
6. tulips - Louise Penny - The Grey Wolf (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #19)
7. jellybeans - Steve Berry - The Charlemagne Pursuit (Cotton Malone, #4)
8. rainstorm - Marilyn Ross - Dark Shadows (Dark Shadows, #1)
9. sprout - Richard Osman - We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders, #1)
10. warming - Mike Wehner - The Girl Who Can Cook
11. spring break - Stephen King - Full Dark, No Stars
12. raincoat - Agatha Christie - Dumb Witness (Hercule Poirot, #17)
13. green - Graham Norton - Home Stretch
14. earth day - Allen Eskens - The Stolen Hours (Joe Talbert, #3)
15. pastels - Simone St. James - Murder Road (hide spoiler)]

✅ Titles
(view spoiler)[1. springtime - Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty
2. bloom - Lamentation (Matthew Shardlake, #6) by C.J. Sansom
3. sun shining - Simone: A Novel by Eduardo Lalo
4. baby animals - Yossel, April 19, 1943 by Joe Kubert
5. eggs - Gaslight (Philip Taiwo, #2) by Femi Kayode
6. tulips - Twisted Tree, The (The Twisted Tree, #1) by Rachel Burge
7. jellybeans - Body Farm, The (Kay Scarpetta, #5) by Patricia Cornwell
8. rainstorm - Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
9. sprout - Poison for Breakfast by Lemony Snicket
10. warming - When He Was Wicked (Bridgertons, #6) by Julia Quinn
11. spring break - Bernice Sandler and the Fight for Title IX by Jen Barton
12. raincoat - Ribsy (Henry Huggins, #6) by Beverly Cleary
13. green - Every Last Fear by Alex Finlay
14. earth day - Darling Discovered: A True Story of Submission by Mrs. Darling
15. pastels - String of Pearls, The by Anonymous (hide spoiler)]

Michelle' Spring Time Challenge:

2/15

The Phrases
1. springtime
2. bloom
3. sun shining
4. baby animals - The Break-Up Pact - First letter of title
5. eggs
6. tulips
7. jellybeans
8. rainstorm
9. sprout
10. warming - Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend - Author's initials
11. spring break
12. raincoat
13. green
14. earth day
15. pastels



How to Fill the Prompts
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

The Phrases
Completed 17 /45

1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

1. SPRINGTIME

Task 1 - The Spy Coast Author initials in phrase Tess Gerritsen
Task 2 Phrase contains Initial letter of Title A Serial Killer's Guide to Marriage

2. BLOOM
Task 1 Author initials iin Phrase The Queens of Crime Marie Benedict
Task 2 - Title Initial - One Italian Summer: Across the World and Back in Search of the Good Life -
Task 3 flower blooming on Cover

3. SUN SHINING
Task 1 Author initials in Phrase Brothers in Blood Simon Scarrow
Task 2 Title starting letter in phrase Glorious Exploits
Task 3 cover epitomises phrase

4. BABY ANIMALS
Task 1 Author initials in Phrase - The Robber Bride Margaret Atwood
Task 2 title starting Letter A - As Good As Dead

5. EGGS

Task 2 title starting Letter G - The Goldfinch

6. TULIPS
Task 1- Author initials - Memphis Tara M. Stringfellow
Task 2Title starts with letter in Phrase The Sympathizer

7. JELLYBEANS
Task 1 Going Rogue: Rise and Shine Twenty-Nine Janet EvanovichBoth author initials in phrase
Task 2 You Are Here Phrase contains first letter of title
Task 3 cover displays all the colours of Jellybeans


8. RAINSTORM

Task 1 Author Initials Hotel Silence Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
Task 2 Title starts with letter in Phrase An Expert in Murder
Task3

9. SPROUT
Task 1 Author Initials -The House on Vesper Sands Paraic O'Donnell
Task 2 Title - Secret Santa on Sunflower Street 10/03/2025

10. WARMING
Task 1 Author initials in Phrase Savor the Moment Nora Roberts
Task 2 Title When Women Were Dragons 07/03/2025
Task 3 A ManCover color is a warming color

11. SPRING BREAK
Task 1. Author Initials Costanza Rachel Blackmore
Task 2 The Briar Club Title begins with B

12. RAINCOAT

Task 1 - Author initials The Glassmaker Tracy Chevalier
Task 2 Title begins with C Cuthbert's Way

13. GREEN
Task 1 Author initials in Phrase Bed of RosesNora Roberts
Task 2 - Title ignoring the starting letter is G The Great Divorce
Task 3 Cover is very definitely Green

14. EARTH DAY
Task 1 Both Author initials in phrase My Midsummer Morning: Rediscovering a Life of Adventure Alastair Humphreys
Task 2 Title using The- The Betrayals 09/03/2025
Task 3 all things that come from the earth on cover


15. PASTELS

Task 1 Author Initals - The Dutch House Ann Patchett
Task 2 Title The Elopement: From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Miss Austen, now a major BBC drama
Task 3 3exemplified on cover
image of beach huts

This challenge runs from March 1, 2025 through May 31, 2025.

Completed: 5/15

The Phrases:
☑1. springtime - cover
The World of Little House by Carolyn Strom Collins & Christina Wyss Eriksson | ✭✭✭✭✩ | 3/13/25
☑2. bloom - cover
Tales of the Celestial Kingdom by Sue Lynn Tan | ✭✭✭✭✩ | 4/9/25
☐3. sun shining -
☐4. baby animals -
☑5. eggs - title
Ski Weekend by Rektok Ross | ✭✩✩✩✩ | 3/30/25
☑6. tulips - cover
How To Be A Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals by Sy Montgomery | ✭✩✩✩✩ | 3/28/25
☐7. jellybeans -
☐8. rainstorm -
☐9. sprout -
☐10. warming -
☐11. spring break -
☐12. raincoat -
☐13. green -
☑14. earth day - author's initials
Penpal by Dathan Auerbach | ✭✭✩✩✩ | 4/12/25
☐15. pastels -

How to Fill the Prompts
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

TBR:


Read:



☐☑ ✓★✔ | ✭✭✭✩✩

Spring Challenge
Completed 15/15 - 10th May 2025

The Phrases
✅️ 1. springtime - R is for Rebecca and T is for Thorne: Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 2. bloom - B is for (the) Book: The Book of Tea by Kakuzō Okakura (completed, e-book)
✅️ 3. sun shining - S is for Somadina: Somadina by Akwaeke Emezi (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 4. baby animals A is for Amara and S is for Sage: Girl, Ultra-Processed by Amara Sage (completed, e-book)
✅️ 5. eggs - E is for Eric: Eric by Terry Pratchett (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 6. tulips - T is for Terry and P is for Pratchett: Mort by Terry Pratchett (completed, physical book)
✅️ 7. jellybeans - N is for Neal and S is for Stephenson: Seveneves by Neal Stephenson (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 8. rainstorm - S is for Sonora and R is for Reyes: The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 9. sprout - S is for Spring: Spring for livet by Kristin Roset (completed, e-book)
✅️ 10. warming - W is for (the) Woman: The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner by Marissa Moss (completed, e-book)
✅️ 11. spring break - K is for Kjønn: Kjønn og ukjønn by Kristin Fridtun completed, e-book)
✅️ 12. raincoat - C is for (the) Catcher: The Catcher in the Rye: All In One Edition by J.D. Salinger (completed, physical book)
✅️ 13. green - G is for (the) Green: The Green Kingdom by Cornelia Funke (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 14. earth day - D is for Death: Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 15. pastels - P is for (a) Pocket: A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie (completed, audiobook)

How to Fill the Prompts
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

You are given a set of words and phrases, and you must match books to these phrases in one of three ways.

The Phrases
1. springtime - (Paper = springtime)
2. bloom
3. sun shining
4. baby animals
5. eggs
6. tulips
7. jellybeans
8. rainstorm
9. sprout
10. warming
11. spring break
12. raincoat
13. green - (Her emerald green dress on the front cover)
14. earth day - ( E is for Edward, A is for Ashton)
15. pastels

How to Fill the Prompts
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

🌷 ATY SPRING CHALLENGE 2025 (15/15) 🌷
🥳challenge completed 26 March

THE PHRASES
✔️1. SpriNgtiMe: Don't Tell Alfred* by Nancy Mitford [Both letters of the author's name]
✔️2. BLoom: Love in a Cold Climate* [First letter of the title]
✔️3. Sun ShininG: Guarding Temptation* [First letter of the title]
✔️4. BAby AniMals: Olivetti* by Allie Millington [Both letters of the author's name]
✔️5. EggS: The Starless Sea* [First letter of the title]
✔️6. TuliPs: Prima Facie [First letter of the title]
✔️7. Jellybeans: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man* by James Joyce [Both letters of the author's name]
✔️8. RainsTorM: The Magic Mountain* by Thomas Mann [Both letters of the author's name/First letter of the title]
✔️9. SProut: The Pursuit of Love* [First letter of the title]
✔️10. Warming: Wise Blood* [First letter of the title]
✔️11. SpriNg BreaK: Zorba the Greek* by Nikos Kazantzakis [Both letters of the author's name]
✔️12. RainCoat: Contact* [First letter of the title]
✔️13. GReen: The Restaurant of Lost Recipes* [First letter of the title]
✔️14. EartH Day: Weyward* by Emilia Hart [Both letters of the author's name]
✔️15. PAsteLs: The Frozen River* by Ariel Lawhon [Both letters of the author's name]

✔️: read
*: fulfills multiple challenges/goals I’m completing this year

Spring Seasonal Challenge!


When
March 1, 2025 through May 31, 2025

What
You are given a set of words and phrases, and you must match books to these phrases in one of three ways.

The Phrases
1. springtime
2. bloom
3. sun shining
4. baby animals
5. eggs
6. tulips
7. jellybeans
8. rainstorm
9. sprout
10. warming
11. spring break
12. raincoat
13. green
14. earth day
15. pastels

How to Fill the Prompts
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

Spring Seasonal Challenge


When
March 1, 2025 through May 31, 2025


The Phrases
1. springtime
■ The Julian Chapter - R.J. Palacio - 03/08
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2. bloom
■ Crooked Kingdom - Leigh Bardugo - 03/11
■ Bird Box - Josh Malerman - 03/07
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3. sun shining
■ Gleanings - Neal Shusterman - 05/06
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4. baby animals
■ Genesis - Bernard Beckett - 03/06
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5. eggs
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■ The Summer Tree - Guy Gavriel Kay - 05/31
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6. tulips
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■ Lunch at the Gotham Café - Stephen King - 04/08
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7. jellybeans
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■ The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho - 03/02
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8. rainstorm
■ Down Among the Sticks and Bones - Seanan McGuire - 03/08
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9. sprout
■ The Thursday Murder Club - Richard Osman -04/04
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10. warming
■ The Martian - Andy Weir - 03/04
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11. spring break
■ Black Beauty - Anna Sewell - 03/08
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12. raincoat
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■ Our Happy Time - Gong Jiyoung - 04/22
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13. green
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■ The English Patient - Michael Ondaatje - 05/23
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14. earth day
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■ The Housemaid - Freida McFadden - 03/01
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15. pastels
■ Los engranajes del corazón - Alaitz Leceaga - 04/09
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How to Fill the Prompts
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

The Phrases
1. springtime - Sword Catcher
2. bloom - A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
3. sun shining
4. baby animals
5. eggs
6. tulips - Triptych
7. jellybeans
8. rainstorm
9. sprout
10. warming
11. spring break - Karin Slaughter Faithless
12. raincoat - The Ragpicker King
13. green - Gallows Hill
14. earth day
15. pastels

The Phrases 15/15

✔️1. springtime - "P" in title
Paper Doll: Notes from a Late Bloomer
✔️2. bloom - flowers on cover
Something in the Walls
✔️3. sun shining Sun in title
Sunrise on the Reaping
✔️4. baby animals - puppy on cover
The Christmas Tree Farm
✔️5. eggs "G" in title
Good Girl
✔️6. tulips
This Summer Will Be Different
✔️7. jellybeans - Authors initials
Where the Heart Is
✔️8. rainstorm -Authors initials
Waiting to Exhale
✔️9. sprout
Paws & Pastries
✔️10. warming " W" in title
The Widow's Husband's Secret Lie
✔️11. spring break - Author initials in word
Beg, Borrow, or Steal
✔️12. raincoat
Offside Rule: A single Mom x Football Player Novella
✔️13. green color of cover
Still Missing
✔️14. earth day - author initials in words
Kills Well with Others
✔️15. pastels - cover is pastel
Dream State

The Phrases
1. springtime - Miss Percy's Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons 22nd March
2. bloom - Legends & Lattes 19th March
3. sun shining - The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer 31st March
4. baby animals - Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt 27th March
5. eggs - Sea of Tranquility
6. tulips - Persuasion 16th March
7. jellybeans - Ariadne by Jennifer Saint 4th March
8. rainstorm - I Married a Dead Man 20th April
9. sprout - A Pocket Full of Rye 14th April
10. warming - Firesong by William Nicholson 3rd March
11. spring break - A Keeper 6th April
12. raincoat - The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories by Agatha Christie 29th March
13. green - 16 March
14. earth day - How to Solve Your Own Murder 13 April
15. pastels - To Be Taught, If Fortunate 21st April