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JennH | 514 comments It's time for our 2022 Spring Reading Challenge! This challenge will run March 1, 2022 - May 31, 2022.

Spring brings sunshine, new flowers, and outdoor festivals and music (especially when you're from Louisiana). For this seasonal challenge, you are given a set of words and phrases about MUSIC, and you must match books to these phrases in one of four ways.

How It Works:
Create a thread in this folder, or use our spreadsheet to track your reading for the challenge. When you've completed all twelve phrases, post in our Spring Reading Challenge Completion Thread and let us cheer you on!

The Phrases
1. music
2. vocalist
3. midnight blues
4. rapper
5. marching band
6. fox trot
7. heavy metal
8. arpeggio
9. marimba
10. chanting
11. festival
12. orchestra

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)
4. Phrase is found somewhere in the text (should be exact word)


message 2: by JennH (last edited May 08, 2022 04:59PM) (new)

JennH | 514 comments Just because it's easier and less confusing for me, I will do each of the prompts on a separate list.

How to Fill the Prompts:
🌷1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)

🌷The Phrases🌷 - Completed 5/1/22
�1. music - Princess in Training by Meg Cabot 5/2/22
�2. vocalist - Twisted Tea Christmas by Laura Childs 3/8/22
�3. midnight blues - The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa 3/11/22
�4. rapper - Ink and Shadows by Ellery Adams 4/24/22
�5. marching band - Spirits and Sourdough by Bailey Cates 3/20/21
�6. fox trot - Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid 3/10/22
�7. heavy metal - Legend by Marie Lu 3/7/22
�8. arpeggio - Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez 3/15/22
�9. marimba - Clammed Up by Barbara Ross 4/17/22
�10. chanting - April Fool Dead by Carolyn G. Hart 3/27/22
�11. festival - Jo's Boys, and How They Turned Out byLouisa May Alcott 3/31/22
�12. orchestra - Endless Night by Agatha Christie 3/17/22

Legend (Legend, #1) by Marie Lu Twisted Tea Christmas (A Tea Shop Mystery, #23) by Laura Childs Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez Endless Night by Agatha Christie Spirits and Sourdough (A Magical Bakery Mystery #10) by Bailey Cates April Fool Dead (Death on Demand, #13) by Carolyn G. Hart Jo's Boys, and How They Turned Out (Little Women, #3) by Louisa May Alcott Clammed Up (A Maine Clambake Mystery, #1) by Barbara Ross Ink and Shadows (Secret, Book, & Scone Society, #4) by Ellery Adams Princess in Training (The Princess Diaries, #6) by Meg Cabot


message 3: by JennH (last edited Mar 27, 2022 11:23AM) (new)

JennH | 514 comments How to Fill the Prompts:
🌷2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)

🌷The Phrases🌷 - Completed 3/27/22
�1. music - Up to No Gouda byLinda Reilly 3/23/22
�2. vocalist - Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse 3/1/22
�3. midnight blues - Blood on Snow by Jo Nesbø 3/2/22
�4. rapper - Endless Night by Agatha Christie 3/17/22
�5. marching band - The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa 3/11/22
�6. fox trot - Twisted Tea Christmas by Laura Childs 3/8/22
�7. heavy metal - Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez 3/15/22
�8. arpeggio - American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang 3/21/22
�9. marimba - April Fool Dead by Carolyn G. Hart 3/27/22
�10. chanting - Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder by Joanne Fluke 3/2/22
�11. festival - Legend by Marie Lu 3/7/22
�12. orchestra - Spirits and Sourdough by Bailey Cates 3/20/22

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse Blood on Snow (Blood on Snow, #1) by Jo Nesbø Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder (Hannah Swensen, #27) by Joanne Fluke Legend (Legend, #1) by Marie Lu Twisted Tea Christmas (A Tea Shop Mystery, #23) by Laura Childs The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez Endless Night by Agatha Christie Spirits and Sourdough (A Magical Bakery Mystery #10) by Bailey Cates American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang Up to No Gouda (Grilled Cheese Mysteries, #1) by Linda Reilly April Fool Dead (Death on Demand, #13) by Carolyn G. Hart


message 4: by JennH (last edited May 26, 2022 07:40AM) (new)

JennH | 514 comments How to Fill the Prompts:
🌷3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

🌷The Phrases🌷 - Completed 5/25/22
�1. music - The Jazz of Our Street by Fatima Shaik 5/13/22
The Jazz of Our Street by Fatima Shaik
�2. vocalist - Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid 3/10/22
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
�3. midnight blues - Midnight in Memphis by Tony Bradman 5/13/22
Midnight in Memphis by Tony Bradman
�4. rapper - On the Come Up by Angie Thomas 5/21/22
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
�5. marching band - Meet the Marching Smithereens by Ann Hayes 5/8/22
Meet the Marching Smithereens by Ann Hayes
�6. fox trot - Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon 5/22/22
Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon
�7. heavy metal - Endless Night by Agatha Christie 3/17/22
Endless Night by Agatha Christie
8. arpeggio
�9. marimba - Marimba!: Animales from A to Z by Pat Mora 5/13/22
Marimba! Animales from A to Z by Pat Mora
�10. chanting - Jo's Boys, and How They Turned Out by Louisa May Alcott 3/31/22
Jo's Boys, and How They Turned Out (Little Women, #3) by Louisa May Alcott
�11. festival - Twisted Tea Christmas by Laura Childs 3/8/22
Twisted Tea Christmas (A Tea Shop Mystery, #23) by Laura Childs
�12. orchestra - Our Marching Band by Lloyd Moss 5/9/22
Our Marching Band by Lloyd Moss

Twisted Tea Christmas (A Tea Shop Mystery, #23) by Laura Childs Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid Endless Night by Agatha Christie Jo's Boys, and How They Turned Out (Little Women, #3) by Louisa May Alcott Meet the Marching Smithereens by Ann Hayes The Jazz of Our Street by Fatima Shaik Midnight in Memphis by Tony Bradman Marimba! Animales from A to Z by Pat Mora Our Marching Band by Lloyd Moss On the Come Up by Angie Thomas Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon


message 5: by JennH (last edited May 22, 2022 08:39PM) (new)

JennH | 514 comments How to Fill the Prompts:
🌷4. Phrase is found somewhere in the text (should be exact word)

🌷The Phrases🌷 - Completed 5/22/22
�1. music - Blood on Snow - 3/2/22 - p32 - "...no music in the sway of your back..."
�2. vocalist - Daisy Jones & The Six - 3/10/22 - p149 - "...female vocalist on the whole album..."
�3. midnight blues - Midnight Blues: Tulpa Chapbook Series - 5/22/22 - p50 - "....Midnight Blues Betty called it after..."
�4. rapper - On the Come Up - 5/21/22 - p9 - "...didn't know you wanted to be a rapper."
�5. marching band - Meet the Marching Smithereens - 5/8/22 - p21 - "In the marching band, it often sounds hoarse..."
�6. fox trot - Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance - 5/7/22 - p150 - "People didn't fox-trot."
�7. heavy metal - Blood on Snow - 3/2/22 - p101 - "...open the heavy metal door of the phone box..."
�8. arpeggio - Love in the Time of Cholera - 3/15/22 - p208 - "...gravedigger's breath distorted her arpeggios..."
�9. marimba - Marimba!: Animales from A to Z - 5/13/22 - p4 - "...the ting-tong of the marimba wakes all the animales..."
�10. chanting - The Cat Who Saved Books - 3/11/22 - p2 - "...chanting of the sutra drones on and..."
�11. festival - Twisted Tea Christmas - 3/8/22 - p23 - "...the Festival of Lights in James Island County..."
�12. orchestra - Twisted Tea Christmas - 3/8/22 - p98 - "...now that the orchestra was tuning up..."

Blood on Snow (Blood on Snow, #1) by Jo Nesbø Twisted Tea Christmas (A Tea Shop Mystery, #23) by Laura Childs Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick Stories from the Harlem Renaissance by Zora Neale Hurston Meet the Marching Smithereens by Ann Hayes Marimba! Animales from A to Z by Pat Mora On the Come Up by Angie Thomas Midnight Blues Tulpa Chapbook Series by Brian Knight


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