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SPRING CHALLENGE 2013
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Spring Challenge 2013 Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC!
20.8 March on!Option 4, green title: Sheepish: Two Women, Fifty Sheep, and Enough Wool to Save the Planetby Catherine Friend goodreads' author
Total points: 100
Task 20.1 - Again, again!
Matching word: Book
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman ***GR Author***
Total GR Authors = 12
Challenge total = 365
Jayme VA15.2. Vernal Equinox
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side by Agatha Christie and Mrs. Pollifax on Safari by Dorothy Gilman both have 224 pages.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 685
GR Authors: Karen Russell, Stephen Dau, Elizabeth Wein, Lauren Kate, Andrew Klavan, Dan Wells, Katie Alender, Michael Grant, Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Carrie Ryan**, Beth Hoffman, Robin Sloan, Lauren Oliver, Rachel Hartman, Bernard Beckett, Matthew Quick, Jennifer Holm, Mitch Albom, Amanda Hodgkinson, Emma Donoghue, John Grisham, Anne Ursu
Big Books: 500+(2),750+(0),1000+(0)
Mickslibrarian20.9 - Moderator's Pet- Peebee’s Task: A New Spring Wardrobe Option E: Spring Wardrobe
Brighter Than the Sun by Julia Quinn***Claiming ŷ Author***
Points this post: 20
Total Points so far: 205
Total Tasks Completed: 17
Total Books Read: 17
Total Pages Read: 5849
Total ŷ Authors: 13
Readerboard ID: JENBENT20.9 - Moderator's Pet- Peebee’s Task: A New Spring Wardrobe
Option D - borrowed from the library
Pretty Little Liars: Pretty Little Secrets by Sara Shepard
Sara Shepard is a ŷ author.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 670
Total ŷ authors: 22
Total Big books: 1
Keltie Lee10.4 Purple For Peace
by Wendy Mass*The blanket on her bed is purple*
15.3. Laughing in Ireland
Option 1
Book A:
The Book of Tomorrow
by Cecelia Ahern
*set in Ireland*
Book B:
7 Clues to Winning You
by Kristin Walker
*humor is listed as a genre*
Points this post: 25
Total points: 545/870
Tasks: 35
Books: 44
10.10 Above AverageOn 2/16 (when doing my book selection), my average rating was 3.51.
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
This book has an average rating of 4.27.
20.8 March On!
Option 5: 'Forard' in the title
Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde
***Catherine Ryan Hyde is a GR Author***
25.5 Shadow of the White Tiger
Book 1, Option B: 2008 Winner
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
***At 528 pages, this is a big book***
Book 2, Option A: From Tom Rob Smith's Literature Map
Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs
***At 532 pages, this is a big book***
Post Total: 55
Season Total: 710
25.1Option 3:
I read Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa by R.A. Scotti which was published 1/1/09
Option 5: I read So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading by Sara Nelson whose initials can be found NciS
new points: 25
new total: 210
Total books: 12
total tasks: 10
AprilDT30.4- What are they all talking about?
Book 1- The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
March 2013 US popular book club book
Book 2- 11/22/63
Week of 3/5/2013 US Most Read book
Quick is a GRA
Points this task=30
Challenge total=325
GRA=7
Big Books= 750+(1)=2 tickets
Jen UT5.1 - Go West!
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Takes place in Washington State.
5.3 - Here Kitty, Kitty
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Total Points: 65
Total Books Read: 8
15.10 Spring BreakThe Boy Who Said No: An Escape to Freedom by Patti Sheehy
20.5 Kate S's task: Tournament of Books 2013
Option#2 Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri (short stories)
Points this post: 35
Total points: 335
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 22
ŷ Authors: 10
Big book tickets: 1
10.6 Storm ChasersI read a book set in a 'Dixie Alley' state:
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
This book takes place in Louisiana.
Points this post: 10
Total points to date: 410
D.G. ~Shameless Hussy~NOTE: I'm moving Gunmetal Magic from task 25.8 to 10.7. I will then use a new book (Rising Darkness) for 25.8, Option 4.
10.7 Chosen By You (1 Book)
--Final nominee 2012 ŷ Choice Award in Category Paranormal Fantasy
Gunmetal Magic by Ilona Andrews (GR Author)
**REPOSTING TASK WITH NEW BOOK FOR OPTION 4**
25.8 Janet F's task: Springy Ideas! (2 Books)
--Option 2: Words with Friends - Love Irresistibly by Julie James (GR Author)
Rated 5-stars very recently (April 8!) by my friend Tea
--Option 4: Siri, tell me a story - Rising Darkness (audiobook)/Rising Darkness (MMPB) by Thea Harrison (GR Author)
New Points for this post: 10 (not including reposted task)
Total points: 465/870
Total GR Tickets: 24
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
Kathy G.10.4- Purple for Peace
Read a book with purple- (the mountains are purple)
this book was approved in the help thread
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
by Pam Muñoz Ryanlink to paperback-
Total Points- 335
Total Tasks- 18
ŷ Authors- 5
Big Books- (500+)- 1
Emmalita20.9 Moderator's Pet- Peebee’s Task: A New Spring Wardrobe
Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
Option D: This was borrowed from the library
This post: 20
Total points to date: 185
Goodread authors: 5
Big book tickets: 0
Total tasks completed: 9
Andy P.Task # 5.9 Roll With It
I rolled a four so I chose a book published in 2009 which was
Burial by Neil Cross
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 810
Kimber20.2 Pi Day
Option #3 - Romance Genre
Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton
Laurell K. Hamilton is a GRA
This task: 20
# tasks: 23
Total points: 425
GRA: 22
Kimber20.8 March On!
Option 5: "fall" in the title
Fall From Grace by Christine Zolendz
* ebook verified for length post 2357
Christine Zolendz is a GRA
This task: 20
#tasks completed: 24
Total points: 445
GRA: 23
Big Book: 1/500+,1/1000+
20.2 - PI DAY - I would like to replace Demon Rumm with Words of Silk by Sandra Brown for option 3 Romance on home page.Sandra Brown is a ŷ author.
25.7 - JUDGE A BOOK BY IT'S COVER
OPTION A - DISMEMBERMENT
BOOK 1 -
by Sandra Brown.Sandra Brown is a ŷ author.
BOOK 2 -
by Sandra Brown. ŷ author ticket already claimed.TOTAL POINTS - 695
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 26
BIG BOOKS - 2
SAMJAYMC(re-post of #1870)
10.6 Storm Chasers
The Rules for Disappearing by Ashley Elston
Louisiana is listed as a tornado alley state. This book is set in Louisiana.
Ashley Elston is a ŷ author
Points this post: 10
Total points: 55
Books Read: 4
GR Authors: 4
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Jenn IL5.7 Someone To Fall Back On
The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
***ŷ Author***
10.7 Chosen By You
Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
Category: Fiction
***ŷ Author***
10.10 Above Average
Night
My average rating was 4.11 as of 2/18/13
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 185
Tasks Completed: 14
ŷ Authors: 12
Big Books: 500+(0);750+(0);1000+(0)
Andy P.Task # 5.7 Someone to Fall Back On
Read a book by a favorite author that rarely, if ever, disappoints
Beware This Boy by Maureen Jennings
Points this Post:5
Total Points:815
I completed:15.10 Spring Break
by reading:
Deep Storm by Lincoln Child
Tasks Complete: 13
Total Points: 185
Big Books: 500+ (2) 750+ (0) 1000+ (1)
ŷ Authors: 6
10.9 - FEELING LUCKY - ROLLED PAGE 43I would like to move The House I Loved from task 15.5. This book is mentioned in Post 2107 on page 43. http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
15.5 - HUG A TREE -
.TOTAL POINTS - 705
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 26
BIG BOOKS - 2
Elizabeth BTask 10.9: Feeling Lucky?
I rolled 39, and on page 39 of Winter 2012 Completed Tasks I found the following book (http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...)
Me and My Shadow by Katie MacAlister(GR Author)
Task 15:8: Batter up
I read a sports-romance: Thrown by a Curve by Jaci Burton(GR Author)
Points this post: 10+15=25
Total points:595
Total tasks: 37
GR Authors: 29
5.5 Hope Springs EternalDaisy Miller by Henry James
10.1 Less is More
The Power Of Less: The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential by Leo Babauta
10.2 Angry Birds
Murder in Clichy by Cara Black
Points this post:25
Total points:675
GR Authors:10
Tasks this post:1
Total tasks: 36
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(1), 1000+(1)
Task 5.1 - Go West!Murder at the Vicarage (set in the United Kingdom - western hemisphere)
Task 20.9 - A New Spring Wardrobe
Option D. Thrift Shop II
Beautiful Ruins (used because it's a library book)
Task 50.1 - Two Truths and a Lie
A. A Wrinkle in Time
One of my favorite TV shows as a child was "The Time Tunnel" staring James Darren (lasted only one season.)
B. Dear Mr. Henshaw
I still enjoy writing old-fashioned letters.
C. Bridge to Terabithia
Like Leslie, as a 10-year-old I could run faster than all the boys ;)
Points this post: 75
Tasks completed this post: 3
Total challenge points: 355
Total tasks completed: 21
Total number Big Books: 500(1) 750(0) 1000(1)
Total ŷ authors: 7
15.2 Vernal EquinoxEach book had exactly 200 pages
Book 1: Eugénie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac
Book 2: The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien
25.1 Anchor's Aweigh
Book 1, Option 5: Author's initials found in LSD
Naked by David Sedaris
Book 2, Option 6: man on raft on left side of cover (approved in help thread msg 76)
by Elaine Neil Orr***Elaine Neil Orr is a GR Author***
30.3 Upsy Daisy
Book 1, Option 3: Matching pair jr
Voyage in the Dark by Jean Rhys
Book 2, Option 4: author named Mary
by Mary Kay AndrewsPost Total: 70
Season Total: 780
Jayme VA5.4 -- Spring Up, Fall Down
Never Wave Goodbye by Doug Magee
The noun/verb is wave.
Doug Magee is a goodreads author.
5.7 -- Someone to Fall Back On
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
She has yet to disappoint me!
10.6 Storm Chasers
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse is set in the Tornado Alley state of Oklahoma.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 705
GR Authors: Karen Russell, Stephen Dau, Elizabeth Wein, Lauren Kate, Andrew Klavan, Dan Wells, Katie Alender, Michael Grant, Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Carrie Ryan**, Beth Hoffman, Robin Sloan, Lauren Oliver, Rachel Hartman, Bernard Beckett, Matthew Quick, Jennifer Holm, Mitch Albom, Amanda Hodgkinson, Emma Donoghue, John Grisham, Anne Ursu, Doug Magee
Big Books: 500+(2),750+(0),1000+(0)
Jessica PDX10.6 - Storm Chasers
This book is set in Nebraska.
by Lee ChildPoints This Post: 10
Total Points: 725
cupcakebaker25.6 Happy Birthday Girl Scouts!
Option B - Read a book with the word "scout" in the title. I read I am Scout: The Biography of Harper Lee.
Option D - Read a book set in Savannah, GA. I read Iced Chiffon.
Points This Post:2 5
Total Points: 340
Total Tasks Completed: 23
Total Books Read: 31
Total Pages Read: 8,211
25.8 Janet F's task: Springy Ideas!Option 2, a 5-star book from my GR friend Dan:
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis by Timothy Egan
Option 4, an audiobook:
The House on Tradd Street by Karen White
the paperback: The House on Tradd Street
Points this post: 25
Total points: 580
25.7 Judge a Book by its Cover.I chose option a-Dismembered.
I read
by Julie Kibler (aGoodReads Author). I also read
by Jessica Queller.Task Points: 25
Total Points: 280
GoodReads Authors: 11
Tasks Completed: 15
Elizabeth BTask 10.1: Less is More
Soulless by Gail Carriger (GR Author)
Task 25.3: Nikki's task: Come Play with me !
For game 1 I read Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
For game 4 I read A Fistful of Charms by Kim Harrison (GR Author)
Points this post: 10+25=35
Total points:630
Total tasks: 39
GR Authors: 31
BEKKA - 20.10 Group ReadsFor this task, I read “Brideshead Revisited�
by Evelyn Waugh. I posted to the discussion group in post number 17. Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 20
Total Points Earned to Date: 655
Pages Read this Challenge: 402
Total Pages Read to Date: 16460
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 51
ŷ Authors: 24
Big Book Tickets: 500( 4 ), 750( 1 ), 1000()
Readerboard Name: Barbara�5.3 - Here Kitty, Kitty--
- Colleen Houck� 5/4 ***Claiming ŷ Author***
10.5 - Piece of Cake--
Chopping Spree - Diane Mott Davidson 5/5
(m.c. is a caterer)
10.6 - Storm Chasers -- Superstition - Karen Robards (South Carolina) 3/31
15.7 - Feeling possessive? --The Lion's Daughter - Loretta Chase 5/7
Points Earned This Post: 40
Points Achieved to Date: 415
ŷ Authors: 15
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
25.2 Laurie ME's task: Interesting Spring Holidays5. Give an old book/author/series you've neglected or given up on another chance.
by Simon R. Green 6. Read a book set in or about a place you'd like to visit.
by Kristen Callihan (ŷ Author) Points this post: 25
Total points: 310
Tasks completed: 26
Books Read: 31
GR Authors: 20
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
AprilDT20.10 Group Reads
Brideshead Revisited
Discussion post #18
Points this post= 20
Challenge total= 345
Sandy MN25.1 Delicious Dee's Task:Anchor's Aweigh
Option 3: Published in 2007
Veil of Roses by Laura Fitzgerald ŷ Author
Option 4: Set in Scotland
The Shadowy Horses by Susanna Kearsley ŷ Author
25.8 Janet F's Task:Springy Ideas
Option 2: My ŷ friend Carla rated this 5 stars
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Option 4: Audiobook
Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult ŷ author
Link to audio version: Vanishing Acts
Total Points: 595
Total ŷ Authors: 25
5.10 -- Attention Grabber
Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
"Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love."
Laini Taylor is a ŷ Author.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 260
Total Tasks Completed: 20
Total Books Read: 21
Total GoodReads Authors: 6
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
"Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love."
Laini Taylor is a ŷ Author.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 260
Total Tasks Completed: 20
Total Books Read: 21
Total GoodReads Authors: 6
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Chris MD5.3 Here Kitty, Kitty
by C.S. Lewis20.6 Messing Around
Option 4: A book that makes you happy
Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern
Books that make me laugh out loud always make me happy.
25.4 Read-a-thon
Option 2: Children's Book
The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop
This is a children's book that is 304 pages long.
Option 4. Graphic novel
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
25.8 Springy Ideas
Option 1: March, April, or May in title
March Violets by Philip Kerr
Option 4: Audiobook
The Chemistry of Tears by Peter Carey
Link to paperback version, which has 240 pages.
Points for this post: 5 + 20 + 25 +25 = 75
Total points: 75 + 465 = 540
Tasks completed: 37
Books read: 45
ŷ authors: 14
Big books: 500=0, 750=0, 1,000=0
Coralie5.2 It’s in Their Genes
Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell
2 K’s, one in title, one in author’s name
10.8 Pedal to the Metal
Iron Sunrise
25.1 Anchor’s Aweigh
Option 2 NROTC in title (N in 'and' and R, O, T & C in 'cloister')
The Cloister and the Hearth
Option 5 Author’s initials in NCIS
Goodbye To Berlin by Christopher Isherwood
Total points 730
Repost:
Task 10.9 - Feeling lucky?
Page 29 http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1... post 1425
The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley ***GR Author***
Total GR Authors = 12
Challenge total = 365
STACIE MITask 20.4 - Did You Know...
I decided to do option D and read a book that is third in a series:
The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore
Points this task: 20
Total points: 490
Tasks completed: 35
Books read: 40
Pages read: 10751
ŷ authors: 20
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
5.5One Week
E-book approved in post 2363
5.6
Can You Keep a Secret?
15.10
Blood Roses by Lindsay J. Pryor (GR Author)
20.6 Option 4
The Taming of the Drew
E-book approved in post 2363
Points this post: 45
Total Points: 350
Jennifer KS15.3. Laughing in Ireland
Option #2 I read Watermelon by Marian Keyes
15.7. Feeling possessive?
I read Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell
Points this task: 30
Total points: 435
Tasks completed: 35
Books read: 39
Pages read: 12343
ŷ authors: 16
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Task 30.2 - For the love of reading
Book A: Mudbound by Hillary Jordan ***GR Author***
Book B: The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory ***GR Author***
Total GR Authors this post = 2
Total GR Authors for challenge = 14
Challenge total = 395
Lindsey IL5.4 - Spring Up, Fall Down
Virgin Vegan: The Meatless Guide to Pleasing Your Palate by Linda Long
"Guide" can be a noun and a verb.
20.7 - Hope Springs Eternal
Desire Me by Robyn DeHart
Option 5 - My home country is the US, and my destination country is England, where this book takes place.
***Robyn DeHart is a GoodReads author***
25.1 - Anchor’s Aweigh
How to Romance a Rake by Manda Collins
option 2, NROTC - N,R,O,C in Romance; T in to
***Manda Collins is a GoodReads author***
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon
option 3, published in 2012
***Austin Kleon is a GoodReads author***
Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 665
GoodReads Authors: 26
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(1)
Tasks Completed: 40
Books Read: 52
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Task 10.9 - Feeling lucky?
Page 29: The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley ***GR Author***
Total GR Authors = 11
Challenge total = 345