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10.1 Member Lotto Kathleen (itpdx), "Back to Basics":
Read a book which features a trip on foot or horseback (or other beast of burden that does not fly). A trip for this task means a visit to another town, city, or area that involves at least one overnight stay. Please describe the trip briefly when you post.

10.2 St Patrick's Day (March 17):
Read a book set in Ireland or by Irish author.

10.3 April showers:
Read a book whose title includes water or a water-related word (e.g., lake, sea, ocean)

10.4 Mother's Day:
Read one of the top 200 books from this list of Novels of Domestic Life.

10.5 Tom Robbins:
In honor of Tom Robbins, who passed away in February, read a novel with an MPG of Humor.

10.6 David Lodge:
In honor of David Lodge, who passed away in January, read a book that takes place at least 50% on a college campus or a nonfiction book about higher education.

10.7 Singing Season (Karen Michele's task):
I love music all year round and when the birds start singing in the spring it fills me with joy! Read a book about music or a musician(s) or a book with any word related to music in the title.

10.8 Vietnam (Tien's task):
In honor of my mother-in-law, who recently passed away - She ran away from the Vietnam War (riding bicycle/walking in the forest hiding from plain view whilst heavily pregnant with my husband); read a book set 75% or more in Vietnam.

10.9 Surgery best wishes (Coralie's task):
I will be out of action for most of April as I am having surgery. Read a book where a main character works in medicine.

10.10 Group Reads:
Read one of the following books OR any book by the author of one of these books recommended by fellow RwS readers:
Anika - The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
Apple - The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat
Joanna - City Boy by Herman Wouk
Rosemary - Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Bucket: A History of the World in 10½ Chapters by Julian Barnes
Claire: Long Island by Colm Tóibín
Connie: The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali
Denise:
Jayme: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Joanne: Penric’s Demon by Lois McMaster Bujold
Marie: The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak
Nick: She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders by Jennifer Finney Boylan
Norma: The Bowman by Rhys Dylan
Valerie: The Case of the Canterfell Codicil by P.J. Fitzsimmons

This Spring 2025 season, we are reading books based on MIT's Climate Grand Challenges (found here: )

20.1 Adaptation and Resilience:
Read a book which has been made into a movie, miniseries, TV series, or which is a retelling of a previous book or story.

20.2 Carbon Removal:
In honor of the XPrize for Carbon Removal, read a book that has won at least two prizes.

20.3 Climate Policy:
Read a book that features a politician or political event. A political event refers to a moment or occurrence in history that has a profound impact on the political landscape, shaping policies, ideologies, and the overall direction of governance. This generally includes wars, elections, assassinations, landmark court decisions, political protests or protest movements (e.g., the civil rights protests in the United States), and military actions (e.g., the 1973 Chilean Coup d'état).

20.4 Climate Science:
Read a book that has been shelved at least 2 times as climate-change-fiction, at least 4 times as cli-fi, or appears in the top 100 of this list of popular climate books.

20.5 Human Impacts:
Read a book which has been nominated for or won the Aspen Words Literary Prize which awards "$35,000 annually to an influential work of fiction that illuminates a vital contemporary issue and demonstrates the transformative power of literature on thought and culture.�

20.6 Reducing Emissions:
Read a book where each subsequent word of the title is shorter than the previous word. A, An, and The at the start of a title may be ignored, as can subtitles. One-word titles do not work for this task.

20.7 Senior Sleuth's (Owlette's task):
Thanks to Elizabeth (Alaska) for mentioning the cozy-mystery.com website and for passing her task creation to me. Read any series mentioned in one of these lists:
SENIOR SLEUTHS:
Authors beginning with A � F
Authors beginning with G � P
Authors beginning with Q � W

20.8 Temple Bar Pub (Anika's task):
In recognition of my favorite Irish exports, Guinness and Jameson, read a book where a character drinks either beer or whiskey.

20.9 I Bless the Rains Down in Africa...(Apple's task):
Read a book by an author born in any African country or which is set at least 51% in Africa. For books posted to this task only, reward yourself with a +5 bonus if your book is set in one of the remaining non-green African countries on the RwS Group Project (Spreadsheet here: ). See the help thread for more details.

20.10 True/False (Joanna's task):
In honor of True/False, the documentary film festival, read a book of narrative non-fiction. "Creative nonfiction (also known as literary nonfiction or narrative nonfiction) is a genre of writing that uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narratives."