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SPRING CHALLENGE 2013
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Spring Challenge 2013 Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC!
Elizabeth BTask #5.2 -- It's In Their Genes
Middlemarch by George Eliot
(2G's in author's name)
This is a big book (1061 pages)
Task #5.5 -- Spring Chicken
The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
Jenny Han is a Goodreads author
Task #20.7: Shorter is Sweeter- Suzanne VN's task Have Passport, Will Travel
On Dublin Street by Samantha Young
(Option 2: the title specifically mentions a major city)
Samantha Young is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 30
Total points:90
Total tasks: 8
GR Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(1)
Cindy ALThis is a repost for post 405.
10.4 Purple for Peace
by Jennifer ChiaveriniI think there maybe something wrong with the coding in the bookcover HTML, because it keeps giving me this error and not showing the cover, that's what it did in my original post, also shows that way on the look up.
This book was actually an example in the original task.
30.3 - Upsy Daisy1. a book with picture of a daisy on the front(bottom right):
Ride Upon the Storm by Ann Neve2. a book by an author whose initials are the matching pair sz
The House on Paradise Street by Sofka Zinovieff
Total points 130
Task 20.6-Messing AroundOption 2-Read a book set in Tran or written by an Iranian author.
The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer
This book was set in Iran and Ms. Sofer was born in Iran
Points this post-20
Total Points to date- 225
Elizabeth BTask #15.1: Follow the Leader
Book 1: Cut & Run by Madeleine Urban and Abigail Roux
Abigail Roux is a Goodreads author
Edgar Allan Poe is mentioned in Cut & Run
Book 2:The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe
Points this post: 15
Total points:105
Total tasks: 9
GR Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(1)
Delicious Dee15.1. Follow the Leader
For book 1, I read Read and Buried which is about a murder mystery book club, in it, the main character on one of her trips to the local bookstore picks up some books by Janet Bolin (GR Author) to read, so I read Dire Threads by her for book 2
Total Points: 225
Goodreads Authors: 16
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
RBN: Jenn33082#1. 15.5 Hug a Tree
"National Arbor Day is the last Friday in April. In honor of Arbor Day, read a book with a tree on the cover. REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post."
I chose Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl (GOODREADS AUTHORS) Kami Garcia
**Big book at 563 pages** Beautiful Creatures
Required cover:
#2. 20.2 Rookie At the Top- Ty's task: Pi Day
Option 3 - White Day: Pi Day is also White Day in Japan and other Asian countries. In celebration of love in March, read a book with "romance" as a main genre.
I chose Divergent for this option Divergent Veronica Roth, GoodReads Author Veronica Roth
(Only claiming one GoodReads author for Beautiful Creatures.)
Stats (updated 03/19/13)
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 35/870
Total books read: 2
Good reads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ ()
Andy P.Task # 5.2 It's in Their Genes
Read a book that has a pair of "G"s in the title
Gone Missing by Linda Castillo
The first g is Gone, the second missinG
Sheila10.6 Storm Chasers
Love Kills by Edna Buchananset in Tornado Alley - Florida
30.1 Sheila/Kathy G's task - It's Spring Cleaning Time!
Option 2:
Out of the Deep I Cry: A Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne Mystery by Julia Spencer-FlemingAND
Option 3:Whispers of the Dead by Simon Beckett
Total Points = 270
Cindy FTask 10.6 Storm Chasers
I read Indelible by Karin Slaughter who is a GOODREADS AUTHOR!!
Set in "Dixie Alley" state of Georgia.
Points this post:10
Total points:105
Books read:9
Tasks completed:7
Goodreads Authors:4
Big Books:500+(0)750+(1)1000+(0)
Sandy MN30.1 Sheila/Kathy G's task - It's Spring Cleaning Time!
Option 5: Genre Romance
Requiem by Lauren Oliver Goodreads Author
Option 6:Freebie
Once Burned by Jeaniene FrostGoodreads Author
Total Points: 150
Total GR Authors:6
Jayme VAI posted it this morning and it disappeared- very weird!
20.7- Shorter is Sweeter- Suzanne VN's task Have Passport, Will Travel
I chose option 5. I live in the US and Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein is set in France for the most part (and the UK for the rest).
Elizabeth Wein is a goodreads author.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
GR Authors: Karen Russell, Stephen Dau, Elizabeth Wein
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
5.8 -- Cinco de MayoRead a book that a GR friend rated 5 stars.
Vi's review.
by Alison Goodman (Goodreads Author) 637 pages
Points this post: 5
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 8
Books Read: 8
GR Authors: 7
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
20.5- Tournament of Books3. A Certain Summer by Patricia Beard
This book is shelved as historical fiction
Points this post:20
Total points- 165
Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed:8
GRAs:4
BBs:2
Katie M5.9 -- Roll with it
Rolled: 2
Published in 2011
Rendered by Bailey Bradford
This post: 5 points
Total to Date: 135 points
Katie M20.6 -- Seasoned Reader - Alexandra's task: Messing Around
Option 4 -
The Perfect Play by Jaci Burton
This post: 20 points
Total to Date: 155 points
Readerboard Name: Barbara★5.7 - Someone to Fall Back On --
Master of Shadows - Angela Knight 3/7 (favorite author)
5.8 - Cinco de Mayo --
The Dragon Who Loved Me - G.A. Aiken (#5 in Dragon Kin series) 3/6
15.6 - Let's All Go to the Lobby
Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones 3/17
(#33 on The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK list)
20.3 Best Review - Bucket's task: Traveling in Time --
The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde (option 2, time travel) 3/9
20.5 Bigger is Better- Kate S's task: Tournament of Books 2013 --
In the Shadow of Gotham - Stefanie Pintoff 3/19
(option 3 historical fiction)
20.9 - Moderator's Pet- Peebee’s Task: A New Spring Wardrobe --
The Taking - Erin McCarthy♥ 3/18 (Option F, showing skin)
Erin McCarthy is a GRA
Points Earned This Post: 85
Points Achieved to Date: 85
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Fandury10.6 Storm Chaser
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
Book is set mostly in Kansas (past) or Missouri (present)
Gillian Flynn ist a Goodreads Author, so I claim a ticket.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 55
Books read: 3
Total Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
25.8 Janet F's task: Springy Ideas!Option 4: Siri, tell me a story
Paperback version
Northanger Abbey
Audio version
Northanger Abbey
Option 5: A Book Garden
I selected Keeping a Nature Journal: Discover a Whole New Way of Seeing the World Around You from message 43. From that I selected this similar book on 3/8.
The Sense of Wonder
Points this post:25
Total points: 210
Tasks this post:1
Total tasks:12
GR Authors:2
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
15.5 - Hug a Tree 
This book was an Advanced Reader's Copy
15.9 - In Camelot
Avalon High by Meg Cabot
Meg Cabot is a Goodreads Author
20.2 - Rookie at the Top
Option 3 - Anybody Out There?
Points Earned This Post: 50
Total Points so Far: 50
Tasks Completed: 3
Goodreads Authors: 1
cupcakebaker10.3 March, April, May
A Week in Winter
Goodreads Challenge Post
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 65
Total Tasks Completed: 6
Total Books Read: 6
Total Pages Read: 1,400
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
MARIA HELENA10.3 March April May
Bones of Betrayal by Jefferson Bass (B-O-B)
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 205/870
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 18
GR Authors: 12
Big Book Tickets: 0
5.7 Someone to Fall Back OnMohawk by Richard Russo who continues to not disappoint me.
5.8 Cinco de Mayo
GR Friend Anne rated this 5 stars
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
***At 692 pages, this is a big book***
20.3 Reading Through Time
Option 1: Book published in 1845
Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas
***At 845 pages, this is a big book***
20.5 Tournament of Books
Option 1: Initials JW
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Post Total: 50
Season Total: 150
Katie M25.4 -- Stacie MI's Task: It's Read-a-Thon Time!
Option 1 -
Steamroller by Mary Calmes
Approved in Msg. 2269
Option 3 -
How to Drive a Dragon Crazy by G.A. Aiken
This post: 25 points
Total to Date: 180 points
Task 30.1opt 2 part of a series
Mississippi Jack: Being an Account of the Further Waterborne Adventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman, Fine Lady, and Lily of the West
Big book 611 pages
opt 5 'maid for romance'
MARIA HELENA5.10 Attention Grabber
Unbroken by Melody Grace
First sentence: "My mom always said, there are two kinds of love in this world: the steady breeze, and the hurricane."
Approved for length in Post 2270
****** Melody Grace is a Goodreads Author ******
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 210/870
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 19
GR Authors: 13
Big Book Tickets: 0
Janice CA25.1 Anchor’s Aweigh....
Option 2: NROTC found in title: pRyOr CoNvicTions
Pryor Convictions: and Other Life Sentences by Richard Pryor
and
Option 3: Book published between 5/13/05-1/31/13
I read a book published 9/1/12
The Negotiator: My Life at the Heart of the Hostage Trade by Ben Lopez
+25
total: 40
tasks: 3
books: 4
5.1 -- Go West!I read I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections, which takes place in New York, mainly. This book was approved in the help thread
5.2 -- In the Genes
I read I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman. This title has 2 B's in the title (Bad and aBout). This book was also approved on the help thread.
total points: 50
tasks completed: 5
books read: 6
GR authors: 2
pages read: 1848
5.4 -- Spring Up, Fall DownThe Care and Handling of Roses with Thorns by Margaret Dilloway
Care is both a verb and a noun.
Margaret Dilloway is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 125
GR authors: 4
10.7 Chosen By YouWhen We Were the Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico, Maine by Monica Wood
from the Memoir & Autobiography category
Points this post: 10
Total points: 135
Finished a two-book task, at last!25.5 Shadow of the White Tiger:
I chose Option B for Book 1 and read A Foreign Country, which was written by this year's award winner, Charles Cumming.
For Book 2, I chose Option B and read a book whose author had the initials T and H from WHITE TIGER. I read Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir, which I've had on my shelf awhile and hadn't read yet. Mr. Hillerman's memoir was almost as entertaining as his mysteries! It was fun to learn more about the man behind the books I've enjoyed so much.
10.2 Angry Birds 
by Wendelin Van Draanen15.6 Let's All Go to the Lobby
Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks*GRA
movie released Feb. 2013
20.7 Suzanne VN's task: Have Passport Will Travel
Option #1
by Lorna Jane Cook*GRAPoints this post: 45
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 3
Chaitra5.3 Here Kitty, Kitty
I read Wish You Were Here by Rita Mae Brown. Silhouette cat on the cover. Approved in Help Thread.
Points: 5
10.1 Less is More
I read Unless by Carol Shields. Approved in Help Thread.
Points: 10
10.7 Chosen by You
I read Tell The Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt, a nominee in the Best Fiction Category.
Points: 10
**Carol Rifka Brunt is a Goodreads Author.**
25.5 Nick KY's Task - Shadow of the White Tiger
For Book 1, I chose option A and read And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. Silhouette cover approved in Help Thread.
For Book 2, I chose option A, picked Sue Grafton out of the literature-map options for Agatha Christie and read A is for Alibi.
Points: 25
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Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 150/870
Big Books: 500( ), 750( ), 1000( )
Goodreads Author: 5
Tasks Completed: 12/53
Books Claimed: 13/69
Pages Read: 3,800
AprilDT20.5- Tournament of Books
3. Exit the Actress
Priya Parmar is a GRA
Points this post= 20
Challenge total= 80
GRA= 1
AprilDTForgot to include GRAs for the following (Note not changing point total)
15.10- Spring Break
Witches of East End by Melissa de la Cruz
25.4- Read a thon
Welcome to the Jungle by Jim Butcher
GRAs=3
BRIAN15.6. Let's All Go to the Lobby
(Read a book that has been turned into a movie)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
This book was turned into the movie 'Blade Runner'
Points this post: 15
Total points: 50
Books read: 6
Goodreads authors: 2
20.3 Traveling in TimeOption 2: How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 140
Total Tasks Completed: 7
Total Books Read: 7
Total Pages Read: 1547
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Laurie ME5.3: Here Kitty, Kitty
Skirting the Grave by Annette Blair. Annette Blair is a GRA.
5.8: Cinco de Mayo
Cloaked in Malice by Annette Blair. Annette Blair is a GRA.
5.10: Attention Grabber: "Tonight I want to tell you about the most fascinating of myrder mysteries, the Wallace case," I told my mirror enthusiastically.
Real Murders by Charlaine Harris
10.5: Purple for Peace
A Black Tie Affair by Sherrill Bodine
10.10: Above Average: my average: 398; this book: 4.25
Columbine by Dave Cullen. David Cullen is a GRA.
15.5: Hug a Tree
Season of Storms by Susanna Kearsley. Susanna Kearsley is a GRA.
15.6: Let's All Go To The Lobby
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
Points this Post: 65
Total Points: 130
4 GRA this Post.
20.4 Author! Author!: DID YOU KNOW.... Option D - book third in a series
Killing Critics by Carol O'Connell
+20 task
Task total: 20
Grand total: 70
Task #30.2 – For the Love of ReadingBook A The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Book B Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman
**Malorie Blackman is a Goodreads Author**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 60
Tasks this post: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 3
Total Books Read: 4
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
25.7 - Chaitra's task: Judge a Book By Its Cover!Option A - Dismembered
by Sarah Addison Allen
by Olivia CunningSarah Addison Allen and Olivia Cunning are both Goodreads Authors
Points this post: 25
Total points: 165
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 11
Goodreads Author: 7
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
25.6 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIRL SCOUTSOPTION B - GIRL IN THE TITLE - The Girl Below by Bianca Zander.
OPTION C - INITIALS IN WAGGGS - Act of Deceit: A Harlan Donnally Novel by Steven Gore (SG).
Bianca Zander is a Goodreads author.
TOTAL POINTS - 175
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 8
BIG BOOKS - 1
20.10 Group ReadsThe Postman Always Rings Twice
My review is post 40 in the discussion thread.
Points this post:20
Total points: 230
Tasks this post:1
Total tasks:13
GR Authors:2
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
10.4 Purple for Peace
10.10 Above Average my average rating was 3.48
Dark Flame
20.4 D. 3rd in a series
Shadowland
20.6 Messing Around opt.3 Yellow cover
30.1 Spring Cleaning
opt.2 read a book that's part of a series
Blue Moon
opt.5 read a book with romance listed on its homepage
Matched
total= 90 pts
Jayme VA15.6. Let's All Go to the Lobby
Double Indemnity by James M. Cain
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036775/?...
Points this post: 15
Total points: 120
GR Authors: Karen Russell, Stephen Dau, Elizabeth Wein
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
Task 5.5 - Spring Chicken
Across the Universe by Beth Revis ***GR Author***
Total GR Authors = 5
Challenge total = 60
Nicki UK10.4 Purple For Peace
Olivia's Curtain Call by Lyn Gardner
This was a pre-publication proof of a children's book (age 9-11, no illustrations). I've added the book to Goodreads and the publisher's page is here: http://nosycrow.com/books/olivias-ser...
Page extent isn't finalised yet but looks like being about 288 pages. Definitely well over 100 pages. Hope this is all OK :)
Points this post: 10 points
Points to date: 105 points
Books read: 7
Pages read: 2729
Goodreads authors: 4
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Andy P.Task # 15.5 Hug a Tree
Read a book with a Tree on the Cover
by Jamie MasonTree is silhouetted against the sky.
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Task 15.1 Follow the Leader
Book 1: Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading by Nina Sankovitch who is a GOODREADS AUTHOR!!!!
Book 2: Mentioned in book 1 I read The Touchstone
by Edith Wharton
Points this post:15
Total points:95
Books read:8
Tasks completed:6
Goodreads Authors:3
Big Books:500+(0)750+(1)1000+(0)