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SPRING CHALLENGE 2013
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Spring Challenge 2013 Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC!
15.4. Celebrate the White Tiger!A. The Girl On Legare Street by Karen White
B. Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
Points this post: 15
Total points: 785
15.10 - SPRING BREAK - Hummingbird LakeAnd with that I am finished. Now what do I do for a week?
Congrats to all the finishers so far. For all those close I know you can do it.
A big thanks to the mods. I still don't know how you keep things straight but I am glad that you are willing to take on the challenge!!!
TOTAL POINTS - 870
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 32
BIG BOOKS - 2
Elizabeth BTask 5.7 -- Someone to Fall Back On
Sweet Persuasion (Sweet series #2) by Maya Banks
Task 15.9: In Camelot
Avalon High by Meg Cabot (GR Author)
Points this post:5+15=20
Total points:870
Total tasks: 53
GR Authors: 42
Fandury20.4 - Author! Author!: Bluemoon's task: DID YOU KNOW....
Option C For this option read a book that has some type of candy on the cover or has Romance listed as one of the genres on its home page.
Miserere: An Autumn Tale by Teresa Frohock
This has Romance as one of the Genres on its home page.
Teresa Frohock is a ŷ Author.
Points this Post 20
Total points: 355
Books read: 23
Total ŷ authors: 9
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
25.2 Laurie ME's task: Interesting Spring HolidaysOption #1: A book about pie
Cutie Pies: 40 Sweet, Savory, and Adorable Recipes
Cutie Pie is a book about mini pies.
Option #6: Set in a place you would like to visit.
The Forgotten Garden
Set in England.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 225
READERBOARDNAME : MARWA5.4 -- Spring Up, Fall Down
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that can be both a noun and a verb.
The Last Battle
25.2 Laurie ME's task: Interesting Spring Holidays
4. April 18: Patriot's Day: read a book set during the time of the American Revolution (any country, during the 1700s) The book must be set during that century.
Common Sense
6. May 7: National Tourism Day: Read a book set in or about a place you'd like to visit.
Anna Karenina is set in Russia.
Points claimed for this post:30
Total Points: 270
Tasks Completed so far: 18
Books Read for this challenge so far: 20
GR Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: +500(0) +750(1) +1000(0)
5.4 - Spring Up, Fall DownA title with a word that can be both noun and verb.
Earth to Table: Seasonal Recipes from an Organic Farm
"Table"
Noun: piece of furniture
Verb: postpone decision i.e. we will table the discussion ...
5.5 - Spring Chicken
Must have Young Adult on GR main page
Legend
5.7 - Someone to Fall Back On
A book by a favourite author.
Inferno
Points This Post: 15 (3 x 5 pts)
Total Points: 240
Total Tasks Completed: 15
Total Books Read: 20
10.4 Purple For PeaceLots of purple things here like the girl and the bridge:
The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson+10 Points
Grand Total: 840
Boston Kate15.5 Hug a Tree
25.3 Come Play With Me!
Option 2: One book, 455 pages
Monopoly (buildings on cover)
Connect 4 (four words in title)
**approved in message 67
Points this post: 40
Total points: 155
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 11
5.3 Here Kitty, KittyOops! The cover does not show a cat....off to the library to check.
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5.9 Roll With It
Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks
Rolled a 2. Read a book first published 2011.
Points: 5
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10.5 Piece of Cake
The Thin Woman by Dorothy Cannell
One main character has to diet to win a challenge. Approved in thread.
Points: 10
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10.9 Feeling Lucky?
Oh, no! I read the wrong book!
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15.1 Follow the Leader
The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island was mentioned in Chapter Five of The Borrower. A list of books mentined can be found .
Points: 15
Total Points so far: 30
15.3 Laughing in IrelandThree Bags Full by Leonie Swann
One book option. Approved in Thread.
Points: 15
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15.4 Celebrate the White Tiger!
White Tiger by Michael Allen Dymmoch
One book option.
Points: 15
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15.8 Batter Up!
The Legend of Mickey Tussler by Frank Nappi
Book about baseball.
Points: 15
Total Points so far: 75
20.1 Again! Again!The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Word "dog" in title.
Points: 20
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20.2 Pi Day
Oh, no...another book that does not work! Where has my brain been?
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20.3 Traveling in Time
Fer-de-Lance by Rex Stout
Option 1: First published 1934
Points: 20
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20.5 Tournament of Books 2013
Looking for Alaska by John Green
John Green is a GR author
Mr. Green was a finalist in the Tournament of Books 2013.
Points: 20
Total Points so far: 135
Total GR authors: 1
oohh goody, goody - more finishers. Congratulations ladies.
50.1 Two Trughs and a LieA. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
I liked to hide away to read my books when I was a kid.
B. Whittington by Alan Armstrong
I raised a cat to hunt for food.
C. Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
I lived on a farm.
Points: 50
Total Points = 185
Amy FL15.2 Vernal Equinox
Suspect by Robert Crais
Suspect by Michael Robotham
25.2 Laurie ME's task: Interesting Spring Holidays
My Secret History - (Option 5: Old book that I've owned but not read for over 20 years)
The Distant Hours - (Option 6: Set in the UK)
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 315
25.8 Janet F's task: Springy Ideas! --(started with Zugzwang which I used for Winter 2012 - 20.2 option)
Option 5: The Mao Case - Qiu Xiaolong (found on page 2) 5/21
Option 6: Crown of Crystal Flame - C.L. Wilson� (on page 4) 5/17
***Claiming ŷ Author***
"My beloved is the SUN
And I am the earth that thrives only in her warmth. My beloved is the rain
And I am the grass that thirsts for her quenching kiss. My beloved is the wind
And I am the wings that soar when she fills me with her gentle strength.
My beloved is the rock
Upon which rests the happiness of all my days.
—The Elements of Love, a poem by Aileron v'En Kavali of the Fey"
� C.L. Wilson (Lord of the Fading Lands (Tairen Soul, #1))
Points Earned This Post: 25
Points Achieved to Date: 625
ŷ Authors: 21
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (1)
Jennifer KS20.3 Best Review - Bucket's task: Traveling in Time
2. Along for the Ride I read Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness who is a ŷ author.
I would like to claim a big book ticket for this.
Points this task 20
Total points 500
ŷ Authors 19
Tasks done 39
Books read 44
Pages 14402
Big Books 500(1)
25.4 Stacie MI's Task: It's Read-a-Thon Time!1. “Shortish books� - Read a book with less than 200 pages.
by Bette Lee Crosby (ŷ Author)196 pages
6. Read a book from the following list of high-interest, keep-you-awake books: Books To Keep You Up At Night.
by Patricia A. McKillip From Fantasy and Sci-Fi
Points this post: 25
Total points: 385
Tasks completed: 29
Books Read: 37
GR Authors: 25
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
cupcakebaker5.9 - Roll With It
I rolled a "1" so I read Philida, published in 2012.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 385
Total Tasks Completed: 27
Total Books Read: 35
Total Pages Read: 9,345
JACKIE NC10.10 Above Average
Trophies and Dead Things by Marcia Muller
My average rating on 3/7/13 was 3.66; this book has a 3.93 rating.
25.7 - Chaitra's task: Judge a Book By Its Cover!
Option B:
by Lorna Barrett
by Allison KingsleyBoth have books on the cover.
Lorna Barrett is a ŷ author.
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 445
ŷ Authors: 11
Big Book Tickets:
BRIAN20.2: Rookie At the Top- Ty's task: Pi Day (Page number contained in 3.141592653)
The Penultimate Truth by Philip K. Dick
This book has 191 pages
30.2 Dlmrose's task: For the Love of Reading
A. Author with book on 2013 US Book list
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
B. Author with book on 2013 UK & Ireland Book List
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
Points this post: 50
Total points: 445
Books read: 34
ŷ authors: 8
Big Book tickets: 3
Jessica PDX15.4 - Celebrate the White Tiger
by Henning Mankell
by Penelope LivelyPoints This Post: 15
Total Points: 855
5.4 -- Spring Up, Fall DownMurder is Binding by Lorna Barrett
Murder can be both noun and verb:
*** Lorna Barrett is a ŷ Author ***
Total points: 250
Total GRA: 14
Total big book tickets: 1
Task 15.5 - Hug a Tree - Tree on CoverThe Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis
Points this task: 15
Task 15.6 - Let's All Go to the Lobby
Catch Me If You Can by Frank W Abagnale
Points this task: 15
Task 15.7 - Feeling Possessive?
The Magician's Nephewby C.S. Lewis
Points this task: 15
Task 20.9 - A New Spring Wardrobe
Opt. D - Thrift Store II
The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
Points this task: 20
Total Points to Date: 275
20.2 Pi DayI chose option 1 and read Class Struggle:: What's Wrong (and Right) with America's Best Public High Schools by Jay Mathews which has 312 pages
20.7 Have Passport, Will Travel
I chose option 5 and read The Complaints by Ian Rankin which is set in Scotland - my home country is the U.S.
25.4 It's Read-a-thon Time
I chose option 3 and read When Parents Text: So Much Said...So Little Understood by Sophia Fraioli (genre humor on main page)
I also chose option 5 and re-read Feed by Mira Grant - an old favorite!
New Total: 120 points
15.10. Spring BreakSummer Brides by Susan Wiggs (ŷ author), et al.
20.8 � It’s My Birthday! Laurie's task: March On!
Option 4: Something's Cooking by Joanne Pence (ŷ author)
Title is written in green
Total Points This Post: 35
Total Tasks This Post: 2
ŷ Authors This Post: 2
Grand Total Points: 690/870
Total Books Read: 48
Tasks Completed: 35
Total ŷ Authors: 23
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
Mod
Task 10.9 Feeling Lucky?Using Random.org � number: 11
Read a book found on the page of Winter 2012 Completed Tasks that relates to the number you rolled
Required: Please state the page when you post.
Page 11
message 501:
Post #501
Sharp Objects (2006) by Gillian Flynn (ŷ Author) (Trade Paperback, 252 pages)
**** ŷ Author ****Gillian Flynn
440 + 10 = 450
Tasks Completed: 23
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 440 + 10 = 450
Books read: 33
Pages read: 11,123
Read but not claimed: 4
ŷ Authors: 11
Big Books:
(2) 500+
(0) 750+
(1) 1,000+
WOW! Congratulations to all the finishers.
10.3 March April MayBlack Orchid Blues by Persia Walker
Title 3 words form B-O-B sequence.
Persia Walker is a GR author.
Points: 10
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10.10 Above Average
My average is 3.86.
A Song Flung Up to Heaven by Maya Angelou
Average Rating = 4.11
Points: 10
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15.6 Let's All Go to the Lobby
Midwives by Chris Bohjalian
Chris Bohjalian is a GR author.
This book was made into a TV film on the Lifetime Movie Network.
Points: 15
Total Points: 220
Total GR Authors: 3
BJ Rose2 new tasks
10.7 Chosen By Youŷ Choice 2012
The Witness by Nora Roberts was a final nominee in the Romance category
25.6 - Lois's task: Happy Birthday Girl Scouts!
C. Author’s names begin with any two or more of the letters WAGGGS
Susan Wiggs begins with 'S' and 'W': I read Dockside but I can't get it to come up on the GR book list, nor on the list of books by Susan Wiggs. It's #3 in the Lakeshore Chronicles, and it shows up in the list of My Books: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/95...
D. Ricochet by Sandra Brown is on the list Books Set in Savannah
Points This Post = 35
Total Points = 740
Tasks Completed = 45
Pages Read = 20,197
Leslie Kee20.7 Have passport will travel
Option 2: Title specifically mentions a major city
Private Berlin by James Patterson
Major city is Berlin.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 345
20.3- Best Review- Bucket's Task: Traveling in TimeThe End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov
link to mass market paperback
The End of Eternity
Total Points- 445
Total Tasks- 23
ŷ Authors- 7
Big Books (500+)- 1
Jessica PDX15.8 - Batter Up!
This one focuses on golf, which is big in my area in the spring.
by Harlan CobenPoints This Post: 15
Total Points: 870
Now, on to picking books for the sure-to-be massive summer challenge!
Kathy G. - REPOST20.3- Best Review- Bucket's Task: Traveling in Time
Option 2- Time Travel
The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov
link to mass market paperback
The End of Eternity
Total Points- 445
Total Tasks- 23
ŷ Authors- 7
Big Books (500+)- 1
BEKKA - 10.9 Feeling Lucky?For this task, I read “The Thirteenth Tale�
by Diane Setterfield. I rolled a 33, and found this book on page 33 of the Winter 2012 Completed Tasks (post 1605). Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 10
Total Points Earned to Date: 805
Pages Read this Challenge: 406
Total Pages Read to Date: 20430
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 64
ŷ Authors: 27
Big Book Tickets: 500( 5 ), 750( 1 ), 1000()
5.1 - Go West!Touch Blue (Maine, USA)
5.8 - Cinco de Mayo
My friend Min Zhi gave The Apprentices 5 stars, and so did I!
25.5 - Nick KY’s Task: Shadow of the White Tiger
Book 1 (Option B) - Dark Places - Gillian Flynn won the Steel Dagger in 2007. Book 2 (Option A) - When I put Flynn's name in the literature map, Jeannette Walls's shows up - so I read Half Broke Horses.
30.3 - Donna Jo's task: Upsy Daisy
Option 1 - I read Up the Down Staircase. (The link for this book can't be found on GR search - I am having this problem with a couple other books, including the one below!)
Option 4 - The Lover by Marguerite Duras
Total books read: 48
Points in this post: 65
Big book tickets: 2
Total points accumulated: 600/870
10.4 Purple for PeacePurple on cover of book.
Resistance by Anita Shreve.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 425
Tasks: 25
Books: 31
ŷ authors: 11
Big Books: 500=1
Lindsey IL5.7 - Someone to Fall Back On
Awakened by P.C. Cast
This is my 8th book by this author, and I've enjoyed every one.
***P.C. Cast is a GoodReads author***
10.7 - Chosen by You
Soulless: The Manga, Vol. 1 by Gail Carriger
2012 nominee for Graphic Novels & Comics
***Gail Carriger is a GoodReads author***
10.8 - Pedal to the Metal
The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross
15.2 - Vernal Equinox
Burned by P.C. Cast
***P.C. Cast is a GoodReads author***
Burned by Ellen Hopkins
***500+ page big book ticket***
***Ellen Hopkins is a GoodReads author***
15.7 - Feeling Possessive?
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Singing by Phyllis Fulford
25.8 - Springy Ideas!
May Cause Miracles: A 40-Day Guidebook of Subtle Shifts for Radical Change and Unlimited Happiness by Gabrielle Bernstein
option 1, May in title
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
option 4, audiobook, no English language mass market paperback so here is the regular paperback edition - The Sorrows of Young Werther
Points This Post: 80
Total Points: 830
GoodReads Authors: 35
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(1), 1000+(1)
Tasks Completed: 50
Books Read: 67
LDB20.8 MARCH ON!
Option 3 - Rabbit on Cover
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Total Points: 95
Books read: 5
Pages read: 1,770
15.10 Spring BreakFirst Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones
Darynda Jones is a GR author.
Points: 15
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20.2 i Pi Day
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
Option 1: 336 Pages
Points: 20
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20.9 A New Spring Wardrobe
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Big Book at 676 pages
Option A: On TBR since 4/16/11.
Points: 20
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20.10 Group Read
Brideshead Revisited: The sacred & profane memories of Captain Charles Ryder by Evelyn Waugh
Posted comment in thread #24
Points: 20
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25.6 Happy Birthday Girl Scouts!
Option A: Strong girl character - Cameron is 17.
The Christopher Killer by Alane Ferguson
Option C: Author initials in WAGGGS - AW
Bye-Bye, Black Sheep by Ayelet Waldman
Ayelet Waldman is a GR Author.
Points: 25
Total Points: 320
Total GR Authors: 5
Total Big Books: 1
Nicki UK30.4 What Are They All Talking About?
Book 1 � No. 12 on the all time Popular Bookclub Books list for the UK as of 26 May
One Day by David Nicholls
Book 2 � No. 50 on the Most Read this year for the UK as of 26 May
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Big Book at 650pp (500+)
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Points this post: 30
Total points: 340
Books read: 26
Pages read: 11330
ŷ authors: 11
Big Books: 500+ (6), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
20.7- Shorter is Sweeter- Suzanne VN's task Have Passport, Will TravelOption 5: Buried in a Bog by Sheila Connolly
This book is set in Ireland, my home country is The Netherlands.
*** Sheila Connelly is a ŷ Author ***
Total points: 270
Total GRA: 15
Total big book tickets: 1
15.2. Vernal EquinoxTwo books with the same title:
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen
+15 Points
Grand Total: 855
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3. Read a book that was published between those two dates.
Published January 12th 2012
6. Read a book with a boat/ship (water-bound) on the cover.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 360
Tasks completed: 28
Books Read: 35
GR Authors: 24
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)