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BEKKA - 15.3. Laughing in IrelandOption 2: For this task I read “Skippy Dies”
by Paul Murray. It is set in Ireland AND has “Humor” listed as its genre on its main Goodreads Page. Also, “Skippy Dies” has 661 pages, so I’m claiming a Big Book ticket for that.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 15
Total Points Earned to Date: 90
Pages Read this Challenge: 661
Total Pages Read to Date: 3083
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 8
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets: 500( 2 ), 750(), 1000()
Jennifer Golub5.4 -- Spring Up, Fall Down
The Succubus Gift by B.R. Kingsolver
***Claiming Goodreads Author***
ebook approved Message 2264
5.5 -- Spring Chicken
The Summer I Turned Pretty
***Claiming Goodreads Author***
20.3 Best Review - Bucket's task: Traveling in Time
Option 1
The Maltese Falcon Originally published in 1930
20.4 - Author! Author!: Bluemoon's task: DID YOU KNOW....
Option C - Paranormal Romance
Witchblood
***Claiming Goodreads Author***
Total Points This Post - 50
Total Points - 50
Total Tasks - 4
Goodreads Authors - 3
Big Books - 0
Jenn IL 5.8 Cinco de Mayo
I, Michael Bennett by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
This book is the fifth in a series
**James Patterson is a Goodreads author**
10.9 Feeling Lucky?
Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok
**Jean Kwok is a Goodreads Author**
My number was 20. I chose this book from post #955.
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
Hopefully, I posted the link to this posting correctly!! First time I am trying this lol
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 55
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets:500+(0);750+(0);1000+(0)
25.7 Chaitra's task: Judge a Book By Its Cover!Option A
by Terry Trueman
by Kiersten White*GRA Points this post: 25
Total points: 145
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 11
Goodreads Authors: 4
25.1 Anchor’s AweighOption 3: Tell-All by Chuck Palahniuk (published May 4, 2010).
Option 5: Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk (CPR).
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 165
Total Tasks Completed: 8
Total Books Read: 9
Total Pages Read: 1934
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Robyn20.8 It's my birthday! Laurie's task: March on!
option 4 -
Points This Post - 20
Total Points - 40
Total Tasks Completed - 2
Cindy AL5.10 Attention Grabber:
The Runaway King by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Opening sentence: "I had arrived early for my own assassination". Good one!
Jennifer Nielsen is a Goodreads Author
10.1 Less Is More:
Merciless by Lori G. Armstrong
"Less" in the title.
15.3 Laughing In Ireland:
The Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom
Book is set in Ireland and has humor on the main genre list. I think it was also mentioned in the help thread.
15.4 Celebrate The White Tiger:
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
"White" and "tiger" are both in the title.
15.5 Hug A Tree:
by Kate DanleyA little hard to see, but there are trees in the background on the cover.
Kate Danley is a Goodreads Author.
Points in this post - 60
Total Points - 355/870
Books - 30/68
Pages - 9955
Goodreads Authors: 21
Big Books:500+ - (0), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)
25.7 - Chaitra's task: Judge a Book By Its Cover!Option B: Object on the cover
I read two books with a chess piece on the cover.
I'm claiming big book tickets for Breaking Dawn 756 and The Eight 598.
Points this post:25
Total points: 255
Tasks this post:1
Total tasks:14
GR Authors:2
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
15.3 Laughing in Ireland Round Ireland with a Fridge Tony Hawks meet both criteria, humour and set in Ireland
20.8 March on
Annie Groves / option 4, title in greenTasks points 35
Total points185
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jessica PDX - Again! Again!The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ
Shares a title word with "Belly Button Book."
This is a big book (531 pages)
20.2 - Rookie At the Top - Ty's task: Pi Day
Option 1
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
This book is 254 pages (each digit is found in the first 10 digits of pi: 3.141592653).
20.4 - Author! Author!: Bluemoon's task: DID YOU KNOW....
Option C
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
This book has Romance listed as one of the genres on its home page.
Points this post: 60
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Delicious Dee20.5 Bigger is Better- Kate S's task: Tournament of Books 2013
Option 1 - LG - Scorched - Laura Griffin (GR Author)
Total Points: 285
Goodreads Authors: 19
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
20.1 -- Most Improved Player - Jessica PDX - Again! Again!If You Could See Me Now by Cecelia Ahern
includes the words You & See, which matches words in the title of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
20.3 -- Best Review - Bucket's task: Traveling in Time
Option 2. Along for the Ride - Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
includes the genre "time travel" on its main page
20.4 -- Author! Author!: Bluemoon's task: DID YOU KNOW....
Option C:
has chocolate on the cover and Romance is listed as one of the genres on its home page
20.6 -- Seasoned Reader- Alexandra's task: Messing around
Option 3:
she's wearing a yellow shirt
20.10 -- Group Reads
"Noir" -- The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
my post is message 41
Points this post: 100
Season Total: 175
Jenna S (I just added my readerboard name to the challenge today)20.2 - Rookie At the Top - Ty's task: Pi Day
Option 1
Reached by Ally Condie
The book is 512 pages. The digits 5, 1, and 2 are all in the first 10 digits of the number pi.
Ally Condie is a goodreads author.
This is a big book.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Nick KY5.1 Go West! I read The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler which takes place in L.A., California, U.S., Western Hemisphere.
25.7 Chaitra’s Covers
I chose Option 3 and read two books with gaudy, neon, hurt-your-eyes covers:
1st book –
Tau Zeroby Poul Anderson 2nd book –
The Gone-Away World by Nick HarkawayPoints in this post: 30
Total Points so far: 205
Big Books: 500 + (1)
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 20.2- Pi Day!...read one book from any of the task options:
I chose option #3 (white pi day...read a book with the romance genre) and I read
Watermelon by Marian Keyes [claiming a big book ticket] 520 pages (3.15)Points earned for this task: 20
Total Points Earned to Date: 110
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 2
Total # of Big Books: 1
500+ = (1)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
SOELO15.3 I read Skulduggery Pleasant which is set in Ireland and has Humor listed as a genre on its main page.
Points this post: 15
Total so far: 45
GR author tickets: 1
10.2 Angry BirdsSpeaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley
Alan Bradley is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 150
GR authors: 6
BEKKA - 30.4 Sandy's Task: What Are They All Talking About?Book 1: For this task, I read “Code Name Verity”
by Elizabeth Wein. It was #12 on the “Popular Book Club Books” list for the week of 2/19/13. Book 2: For this task, I read “Where’d You Go, Bernadette?”
by Maria Semple. It was #10 on the list for “Most Read” for the week of 2/19/13. Also, Elizabeth Wein is a Goodreads Author, so I’m claiming a ticket for that.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 30
Total Points Earned to Date: 120
Pages Read this Challenge: 658
Total Pages Read to Date: 3741
Books Read this Challenge: 2
Total Books Read: 10
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets: 500( 2 ), 750(), 1000()
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 25.8- Spring Ideas!...pick 2 different options and read a book for each:
I chose option #5 (book garden...the starting book for me was Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah...from it's "readers also enjoyed similar books" page I found on 3.7.13, I read):
The Deep Blue Sea for Beginners by Luanne Rice*[this is a GRA] 320 pages (3.23)I also chose option # 4 (audiobook tell me a story) and I read
Portobello by Ruth Rendell *link to book copy is http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10...Portobello: A Novel 291 pages (3.5)
Points earned for this task: 25
Total Points Earned to Date: 135
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 3
Total # of Big Books: 1
500+ = (1)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Kimber25.5 Shadow Of The White Tiger
Book 1/Option B 2012 Nominee Steel Dagger Award - Megan Abbott
Dare Me by Megan Abbott
Book 2/Option B
Rachel Wade - RW in white tiger
Amaranth by Rachel Wade
Rachel Wade is a GRA
Megan Abbott is a GRA
This task: 25
# tasks completed: 5
GRA: 7
Total Points: 120
Kimber10.3 March April May
Cold Lonely Courage by Soren Paul Petrek
Soren Paul Petrek is a GRA
This task: 10
# tasks completed: 6
GRA: 8
Total points: 130
MARIA HELENA30.2 Dlmrose's task: For the Love of Reading
Book A: The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
Book B: Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
****** The Red Pyramid is a big book at 516 pages ******
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 240/870
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 21
GR Authors: 13
Big Book Tickets: 1
Coralie20.1 Again! Again!
Using the title Go, Dog, Go
White Dog
20.2 Pi Day
Option 1 – page number in first 10 digits of pi 3.14592653
Now And Forever: Somewhere A Band Is Playing & Leviathan '99 233 pages
30.4 What are they all talking about?
Book 1 on Feb 19 Australian list for popular bookclub reads of the week at number 29
Villette
Book 2 On Feb 19 on the world list for the month at number 36
Cloud Atlas
Total points 230
Spantalian Joanne5.8 - Cinco de Mayo
read a book that a GRs friend rated 5 stars.
Required: If using the GRs friend option, you must provide a link to the friend's shelves or to their review when you post.
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Required: Jacquelyn's Favorite Shelf
post #: 5
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 45
Tasks Completed: 5
Books read: 5
Pages Read: 2226
Leaderboard Name: Spantalian Joanne
15.10 Spring Break--book of your choiceThe New York Public Library Amazing Women in American History: A Book of Answers for Kids by New York Public Library
20.5 Option 2--A Collection of short stores by a single author
Edible Stories: A Novel in Sixteen Parts by Mark Kurlansky
30.4 What are they all talking about?
Book 1--Popular Bookclub Books
On 2/27/13, this book was #14 on the "this month" Popular Bookclub Books list.
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
Book 2--Most Read Books
On 2/27/13, this book was #1 on the Most Read list for "this week".
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn.
Gillian Flynn is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 65
Total points: 110
Tasks: 7
Books: 8
Goodreads authors: 2
BEKKA - 10.5 Piece of CakeFor this task, I read “The Blood Sugar Solution Cookbook”
by Mark Hyman. As a cookbook, it involves food. Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 10
Total Points Earned to Date: 130
Pages Read this Challenge: 384
Total Pages Read to Date: 4125
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 11
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets: 500( 2 ), 750(), 1000()
15.3. Laughing in IrelandOption 2: If this is paradise, I want my money back by Claudia Carroll
Book is set in Ireland and has "humor" listed as genere on main page
15.6. Let's All Go to the Lobby
Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion (Goodreads author)
Movie released on Feb 1, 2013
See IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1588173/?...
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jessica PDX - Again! Again!
Used "Say What?" and read: What Would MacGyver Do?: True Stories of Improvised Genius in Everyday Life by Brendan Vaughan
The word "what" is in chosen book title
20.3 Best Review - Bucket's task: Traveling in Time
Option 2: Tempting the Highlander by Janet Chapman
Has "time travel" as genre on the main book page
20.5 Bigger is Better- Kate S's task: Tournament of Books 2013
Option 2: In Other Worlds by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Collection of short stories by single author
25.2 Laurie ME's task: Interesting Spring Holidays
Option 5: A Not So Model Home by David James
Gave author second chance, because I didn't really like the first book.
Option 6: Gunpowder Green by Laura Childs
The book is set in Charleston, SC and I would love to take a trip there.
Total Points This Post: 115
Total Tasks This Post: 6
Goodreads Authors This Post: 1
Grand Total Points: 115/870
Total Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 6
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
20.6- Seasoned Reader- Alexandra's task: Messing aroundOption 3, yellow cup and saucer on cover:
The Beginner's Goodbye by Anne Tyler
Points this post: 20
Total points: 170
30.1 Sheila/Kathy G's task - It's Spring Cleaning Time!Option 3: The Last Victim by Karen Robards
"Mystery" is listed on book home page
Option 5: The Blonde Geisha by Jina Bacarr
"Romance" is listed on book home page
30.4 Sandy's Task: What Are They All Talking About?
Book 1: Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James (Goodreads author) BIG BOOK (514 Pgs)
Popular Book club Books--All--United States--on 2/18 it was book #25 on the list
Book 2: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Most Read--this year--United States--on 2/18 it was book #14 on the list
Total Points This Post: 60
Total Tasks This Post: 2
Goodreads Authors This Post: 1
Grand Total Points: 175/870
Total Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 8
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets This Post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
20.5 Bigger is Better- Kate S's task: Tournament of Books 2013opt. 6. A book with "Contemporary" on the main genre page
Lady Luck by Kristen Ashley
e-book approved - line 489 at Verification spreadsheet
Kristen Ashley is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 20
Total points: 210
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 14
Goodreads Author: 9
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
ClaireM5.9 Roll with it!
Rolled 3 so book published in 2010
Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble by H.P. Mallory (GR Author)
5.10 Attention Grabber
Walking Through Glass by Isabelle Goddard (GR Author)
First sentence - 'I could never have guessed that one phone call would change my life'
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 25
GR Authors: 4
Big books: 0
20.9 A New Spring WardrobeA. Black Friday by Alex Kava
Has been on my TBR since Feb 2012
30.1-It's Spring Cleaning Time
2. Exposed by Alex Kava
Book #7 in the Maggie O'Dell series
3. The Good Father by Noah Hawley
Shelved as a mystery
***Noah Hawley is a GoodReads author***
Points this post:50
Total points:215
Books read:13
Tasks completed:10
GRAs:5
BBs:2
Readerboard ID: JENBENT30.1 Sheila/Kathy G's task - It's Spring Cleaning Time!
Option 1: This book had been on my GR TBR list the 3rd longest at the time I read it, since Jan. 16/09.
Secondhand World by Katherine Min
Option 3: mystery genre
The Deep Blue Good-by: A Travis McGee Novel by John D. MacDonald
Points this post: 30
Total points: 140
Total Goodreads authors: 4
Total Big books: 0
DEANA20.10 Group Reads
I read The Birth House
** Ami McKay is a Goodreads Author! **
My post in the discussion thread
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Points this post: 20
GRA this post: 1
Big Books this post: 0 - 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Total Points: 20/870
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Total GRA: 1
Total Big Books: 0 - 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
5.5 -- Spring Chicken Read a YA book. The genre "Young Adult" must appear on the book's main GRs page
The Woodcutter by Kate Danley
Kate Danley is a GoodReads Author
Points this Post: 5
Total Challenge Points: 35
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
FANDURY30.1 It's Spring Cleaning Time!
Option 2 Read a book that is part of a series
Cold Days by Jim Butcher
Book 14 of the Dresden Files Series
Jim Butcher is a Goodreads author.
Also Hardcover edition (only available paper book edition) of the book is 515 pages, so I claim a big book ticket.
Option 3 Read a book with mystery listed
Death of a Squire by Maureen Ash
Points this Post: 30
Total points: 85
Books read: 5
Total Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
cupcakebaker30.1 It's Spring Cleaning Time!
Option 1 - Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder has been on my "to read" list since 4/11/11.
Option 3 - Cherry Cheesecake Murder is a mystery.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 95
Total Tasks Completed: 7
Total Books Read: 8
Total Pages Read: 2,188
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Name: Ana30.1 It's Spring Cleaning Time!
Option 2-Fade Out by Rachel Caine is the 7th book in the Morganville Vampires series.
Option 5-Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout is a romance and she is a GoodReads Author.
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 30
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books Read:2
Total Pages Read: 598
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 0
25.6 - Lois's task: Happy Birthday Girl Scouts! Option A: Strong girl character - Beatrice Prior age 16 (stated in book description)
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Veronica Roth is a GoodReads author.
Option D: Book set in Savannah Georgia
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Points this post:25
Total points: 280
Tasks this post:1
Total tasks:15
GR Authors:3
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
10.7 Chosen By YouWinner in Goodreads Author and Young Adult Fantasy:
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
+10 Points
20.2: Rookie At the Top- Ty’s task: Pi Day
Option 1 – Pi Day: 293 pages
If I Should Die Before I Wake by Han Nolan
+20 Points
Points this Post: 30
Grand Total: 130
5.4 -- Spring Up, Fall DownArms of Love by Carmen Marcoux
'Love' can be used as either a noun or a verb.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 60
5.1 Go West!The Mambo Kings Play Songs Of Love by Oscar Hijuelos
This book takes place mostly in New York
10.7 Chosen by You
Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
Nominee in Best Fiction category
25.2 Interesting Spring Holidays
Option 1: A book about food: One of the main characters is a caterer and much of the plot depends on special recipes.
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
***Sarah Addison Allen is a GR Author***
Option 6: A book set in England-a place I would like to visit
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
Post Total: 40
Season Total: 190
Readerboard Name: Jill ReneeTask - 10.2 Angry Birds
Read a book with a bird on the cover or with the genre "Horror" or "Thriller" on its main book page.
The President's Vampire by Christopher Farnsworth
Task - 10.4 Purple for Peace
Read a book with something purple on the cover.
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by Philip RothPoints these 2 Tasks: 20
Total Points: 40
Books Reade these 2 Tasks: 2
Total Books Read: 3
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
15.4 - Celebrate the White Tiger1. Book with "White" in Title or Author's Name - If Looks Could Kill by ***Goodreads Author*** Kate White
2. Book with "Tiger" in Title or Author's Name - Dark Tiger: A Stoney Calhoun Novel by William G. Tapply
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 120/890
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 8
GoodReads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
LDB20.7 HAVE PASSPORT, WILL TRAVEL
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by William Kamkwamba
Read for option 5 - a book that takes place in another country. I am from the US and this book takes place in Malawi.
Total Points: 40
Pages Read: 681
Books read: 2
Kathy G.20.2- Rookie at the Top- Ty's Task: Pi Day
Option 1- page numbers in the number for Pi
Laced by Carol Higgins Clark
Paperback- 352 Pages
Laced
Total Points- 90
Total Tasks- 5
Goodreads Authors- 1
Big Books- (500+)- 0
KAREN F5.6 Hope Spring Eternal
Succubus on Top by Richelle Mead
I was very disappointed in the ending of the Dark Swan series by this author and I wasn't sure I wanted to continue another series by her. I liked this one well enough but am still afraid that the wheels will fall off.
**Richelle Mead is a Goodreads Author**
20.7 Have Passport Will Travel
Option 2 - Major city in title: The Stockholm Octavo by Karen Engelmann
**Karen Engelmann is a Goodreads Author**
25.1 Anchor's Aweigh
Option 2 - NROTC: The Seduction of Elliot McBride by Jennifer Ashley
The Seduction of Elliot McBride
**Jennifer Ashely is a Goodreads Author**
Option 5 - NCIS: Wild Invitation by Nalini Singh
Nalini Singh = NCIS
**Nalini Singh is a Goodreads Author**
Points this Post: 50
Total Challenge Points: 130
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
Jody Beth5.4 Spring Up, Fall Down
The Witness
The word witness is both a noun and a verb.
Total Points: 5
Pages Read: 488
Books Read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Jody Beth, This is the first time I have linked anything I meant to write The Witness by Nora Roberts
in my previous post for task 5.4
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Bear Necessities by Dana Marie Bell
GR author
"Bear"
Task #5.7 Someone to Fall Back On
Skeleton Coast by Clive Cussler
Task #10.2 Angry Birds
eagle on cover
Task #10.4 Purple for Peace
GR author
Task #15.4 Celebrate the White Tiger!
Alyssa's Choice by Alicia White
GR Author
Option 1A, white in author
Tigers' Temptation by Zara Chase
Option 1B, tiger in title
Task #20.1 Again! Again!
Not What She Seems by Victorine E. Lieske
GR author
What from "Say What?"
Task #30.3 Upsy Daisy
GR author
Option 2, daisies on cover, OK in help thread post #17
How to Date a Vampire by Rose Pressey
GR author
Option 4, rose in author name
Ebook approved @ line # 423
This post: 95 points
Total to date: 200 points
Goodread authors this post: 6
Goodread authors to date: 7
Big Books claimed this post: 0
Total Big Books claimed: 500+ ()
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 18