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SPRING CHALLENGE 2013
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Spring Challenge 2013 Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC!
ClaireM5.2 - It's In Their Genes
Letter chosen: Y
Jekyll, an Urban Fantasy by Lauren Stewart (Goodreads Author)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 50
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: 0
Cindy FTask 5.7 Someone to Fall Back On
I read The Buzzard Tableby Margaret Maronwho is a GOODREADS AUTHOR!
Points this post:5
Total points:130
Books Read:11
Tasks completed:9
Goodreads Authors:6
Big Books:500+(0)750+(1)1000+(0)
Emily Bookshelf20.1 - Again! Again!
Title word in common - "Go"
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
20.3 - Traveling in Time
Option 1 classic - published in 1905
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
20.4 - Author! Author!
Option C - romance genre
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Gaiman is a GRA
20.5 - Tournament of Books 2013
Option 1 - Author's initials are GF
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Flynn is a GRA
20.6 - Messing Around
Option 3 - yellow on the cover
Dubliners by James Joyce
20.9 - A New Spring Wardrobe
Option A - On TBR list > 1 yr
On list since Jan. 6, 2012
The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
Kagawa is a GRA
Goodread Authors This Post: 3
Big Book Tickets This Post: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Points this post: 120
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Total Points: 140
20.3 Best Review - Bucket's task: Traveling in TimeOption 2 Along for the Ride - Time Travel
Pivot Point by Kasie West
Kasie West is a Goodreads Author.
This post: 20 points
Total to Date = 60 points
//Goodreads Author: 2
Task 5.5 - Spring ChickenThe Trumpeter of Krakow (YA)
Task 20.1 - Again! Again!
The Big Sleep - The word in common is "Big" from the book "Big, Little"
Task 20.3 - Traveling in Time
Option 1 (published in or before 1963)
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany - published in 1960
*** 3 Big Book Tickets claimed (1245 pages)
Points this post: 45
Tasks completed this post: 3
Big Book Tickets this post: 3
Total challenge points: 90
Total tasks completed: 6
Total number Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(1)
Total Goodreads authors: 0
Cindy AL15.7 Feeling Possessive?:
The Heart's Journey by Barbara Cameron
20.2 Pi Day:
The Diviners by Libba Bray
Option #1 592 pages
Libba Bray is a Goodreads Author.
I want to claim a 500 page Big Book Ticket.
20.3 Traveling In Time:
City of Dark Magic by Magnus Flyte
Option 2 Time travel as a genre.
Magnus Flyte is a Goodreads Author.
20.8 March On!:
by E.J. StevensOption 4 Title in green print.
E.J. Stevens is a Goodreads Author.
Points in this post - 75
Total Points - 430/870
Books - 34/68
Pages - 11810
Goodreads Authors: 24
Big Books:500+ - (1), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)
Leslie KTask: 5.7 Someone to fall back on
Victims by Jonathan Kellerman
Unfortunately, for an author that doesn't disappoint, this one did this time!
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 10
Leslie KTask: 10.3 March April May
Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer
The sequence is T-W-T
Points this task: 10
Total points: 20
Leslie KTask: 15.7 Feeling possesive?
Hell's Corner by David Baldacci
Points this task: 15
Total points: 35
Leslie KTask: 15.10: Spring Break
The Bughouse Affair by Marcia Muller
Points this task: 15
Total points: 50
Leslie KTask: 20.6: Messing around
Option 4: Blind Pursuit by Michael Prescott
This one kept me up at night and gave me a nightmare about (spoiler) fire!
Points this task: 20
Total points: 70
Leslie KTask 20.9 A new spring wardrobe
Option D; Private London by James Patterson
Points this task: 20
Total points: 90
Leslie KTask 20.10 Group Reads
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Discussion post is message 44
Points this task: 20
Total points: 110
Nick KY30.4 Sandy’s What Are They All Talking About?
Book 1. On 3/21/13 it was no. 14 on the Popular Bookclub list, monthly, U.S. – I read The Round House by Louise Erdrich.
Book 2. On 3/21/13 it was no. 45 on the Most Read, monthly, U.S. list – I read Defending Jacob by William Landay.
Points in This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 235
Big Books: 500 + (1)
25.7 – Judge a Book by its Cover!Option D – No Nonsense – two books with plain, unobtrusive titles on a solid coloured cover:
Fidelity by Susan Glaspell
The Making of a Marchioness by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Total points 165
Readerboard ID: JENBENT30.4 Sandy's Task: What Are They All Talking About?
Book 1: On Popular Bookclub Books in Canada all time list at the time of this post
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
Chris Cleave is a Goodreads author.
Book 2: On Most Read in Canada this week list at the time of this post
Prodigy by Marie Lu
Marie Lu is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 170
Total Goodreads authors: 6
Total Big books: 0
Sheila15.6. Let's All Go to the Lobby
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtFrom The BOOK was BETTER than the MOVIE list
Total Points = 380
25.4 Stacie MI's Task: It's Read-a-Thon Time! Option 1: Short book, 138 pages.
SantaLand Diaries by David Sedaris
Option 3: Humour genre found on main page.
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 260/870
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 20
GR Authors: 11
Big Book Tickets: 1
5.10 -- Attention GrabberThe Confidant by Hélène Grémillon
"I got a letter one day, a long letter that wasn't signed."
Points this post: 5
Total points: 180
Jessica PDX20.8 - Laurie's Task - March On!
Option 5 - "Fall" in title
by Iain PearsPoints This Post: 20
Total Points: 265
15.5. Hug a TreeInsurgent by Veronica Roth
There's a tree on the cover. Veronica Roth is a Goodreads Author.
The book was 525 pages so it qualifies a a Big Book.
Points this post:15
Total points: 295
Tasks this post:1
Total tasks:16
GR Authors:4
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
Delicious Dee5.3 -- Here Kitty, Kitty
- Miriam Forster (GR Author) - book approved in the THT because of the stone cats in profile on the coverTotal Points: 285
Goodreads Authors: 20
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
AprilDT20.6- Messing Around
1. Book originally published in German
Ruby Red
Points this post- 20
Challenge total- 125
Jennifer KS10.9 Feeling Lucky?
I read When in Doubt, Add Butter by Beth Harbison who is a Goodreads Author.
Found on page 24 post # 1196
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
15.1. Follow the Leader
I read The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe who is a Goodreads Author. Then I read The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini which is mentioned in the first book.
Points in this post - 25
Total Points - 130
Books - 14
Pages - 4887
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books:500+ - (0), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)
MARIA HELENA30.1 Sheila/Kathy G's task - It's Spring Cleaning Time!
Option 3: Sleep No More by Iris Johansen
Option 5: Wyoming Tough by Diana Palmer
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 270/870
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 23
GR Authors: 13
Big Book Tickets: 1
Karen Oz10.1 Less is More
The Timeless Land by Eleanor Dark
25.5 - Nick KY’s Task: Shadow of the White Tiger
Book 1 –Option B: The Coffin Dancer by Jeffery Deaver -2004 Steel Dagger winner & GR Author
Book 2 –Option B: The Book of God by Walter Wangerin Jr (Initial: WW) BIG Book Ticket (864 pages)
Total (this post): 35 points
Grand Total: 185 points
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 15
Goodreads authors: 5
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (2); 1000+ (0)
Cindy FTask 25.8 Springy Ideas!
Option 3: Audiobooks Killed the Radio Star
I read
Stack of papers on cover!Option 4: Siri, tell me a story
I listened to audiobook Three-Day Town
Three-Day Townfor length. By Margaret MaronWho is a GOODREADS AUTHOR!
Points this post:25
Total points:155
Books read:13
Tasks completed:10
Goodreads Authors:7
Big books:500+(0)750+(1)1000+(0)
Cindy FoxIn last post 755 for task 25.8 It linked the wrong cover for Option 3: should be
Stack of papers on cover. I think goodreads had it wrong!!
INDIGO (KIM)25.3 Come play with me! (2 books)
Option 1, building on cover:
Option 2, 'knight' in title: Magic Knight Rayearth I, Vol. 1
Points for this post: 25
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 5
Goodreads authors: 1
Cindy AL25.5 Shadow Of The White Tiger:
by Craig LancasterBook 1 Option A black silhouette and
These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer
Book 2 Option B Author's initials "G" and "H"
Craig Lancaster is a Goodreads Author.
25.8 Springy Ideas:
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
Option 1 "April" and
Cold Days by Jim Butcher
Option 3 I listened to the audiobook.
Jim Butcher is a Goodreads Author.
I want to claim a Big Book Ticket 500 + pages
30.2 For The Love Of Reading:
US list The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds by Alexander McCall Smith and
UK list The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Alexander McCall Smith is a Goodreads Author.
Points in this post - 80
Total Points - 510/870
Books - 40/68
Pages - 13994
Goodreads Authors: 27
Big Books:500+ - (2), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)
D.G. ~Shameless Hussy~5.3: Here Kitty, Kitty (1 Book)
--Cat on cover:
by Matthew Inman - Approved20.2: Rookie At the Top- Ty's task: Pi Day (1 Book)
--Option 3 - White Day (Romance Genre in Main Page): Romancing the Countess by Ashley March
20.9 - Moderator's Pet- Peebee’s Task: A New Spring Wardrobe (1 Book)
--Option F: Spring Wardrobe II (Showing Skin):
by Nalini Singh (GR Author)Points for this post: 45
Total points: 120/870
Total GR Tickets: 5
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 20.5- Tournament of Books!...please enjoy a book which shares one of the option attributes with the finalists:
I chose option #1 (read a book written by an author who shares their first and last initial with a finalist [AH]) and I read
Doesn't She Look Natural? by Angela Elwell Hunt *[this a GRA] 349 pages (3.18)Points earned for this task: 20
Total Points Earned to Date: 155
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 4
Total # of Big Books: 1
500+ = (1)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
5.1 Go West!Secrets of a Civil War Submarine by Sally M. Walker Near Charleston South Carolina is setting.
I read audiobook so - Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley for length
5.2 It's in their Genes
Only 2 K's (uncommon letter) in The New Kid at School: Dragon Slayers Academy, Book 1 by Kate McMullan Kid in title & Kate in title
I read audiobook - The New Kid at School for length
5.3 Here Kitty, Kitty
by Emily Cheney Neville15.8 Batter Up!
My fav Spring sport is baseball.
Heat by Mike Lupica
read audiobook so Heat for length
20.2 Rookie Ty's Pi Day
Option 1 Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater my version (hardback) has 392 pages. Numbers all found in 3.141592653
Maggie Stiefvater is a GR author
20.4 Did You Know...
Option B approved in help thread msg 26 & I can see several pairs of shoes on the actual cover.
by Isabel WilkersonI used audiobook so
paperback to verify length of 640 pages. claiming Big Book (640 pgs) & Isabel Wilkerson is a GR author.
20.5 Tournament
Option 3 Historical Fiction is main genre
The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer
my version was audiobook so paperback The Invisible Bridge for length of 758 pages.
Big Book ticket (758 pages) and Julie Orringer is a GR Author
25.1 Dee's Anchors Aweigh
Option 2. NROTC in title The fORest uNseen: a year's watCh in nature
The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature by David George Haskell
Option 3. publication date: Jan 3 2012
Running the Rift by Naomi Benaron
my version was audiobook so Running the Rift for length.
Naomi Benaron is a GR author
Points this Post- 115
Total points to date- 115
GR authors this post- 4
GR authors to date- 4
Big book tickets this post- 2
Big books to date- 2
minor edit to my msg 7625.2 It's in their Genes
Only 2 K's ... should read 'Kid in title & Kate in author'
Task 25.4 - It's readathon time!
Option 1 Shortish books: The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans 128 pages
Option 3 Humorous books: Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed ***GR Author***
Total GR Authors = 7
Challenge total = 125
Jayme VA5.8 -- Cinco de Mayo
Apollyon by Tim LaHaye is the 5th book in the Left Behind Series.
15.5. Hug a Tree
by Andrew KlavanAndrew Klavan is a goodreads author.
25.1 Delicious Dee's task: Anchor’s Aweigh
Option 2: Letters in NROTC: The Tommyknockers by Stephen King
TOmmykNoCkeRs
The Tommyknockers is a big book, with 747 pages.
Option 6: Ship on the cover:
by John SilverwoodPoints this post: 45
Total points: 195
GR Authors: Karen Russell, Stephen Dau, Elizabeth Wein, Lauren Kate, Andrew Klavan
Big Books: 500+(1),750+(0),1000+(0)
20.10 Group ReadsThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
discussion post #45
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
Points this post: 20
Total points: 200
25.7 Chaitra's Task: Judge a Book By Its CoverOption A - Dismembered --
and
Claiming one GR author for Lauren Oliver
Points This Post: 25
Claiming 1 GR Authors
Total Points: 65
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Total Books Read: 7
Total Pages Read: 2536
Total GoodReads Authors: 3
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
20.4 Did You Know...Option D: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (3rd in a series).
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 185
Total Tasks Completed: 9
Total Books Read: 10
Total Pages Read: 2324
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Emily Bookshelf15.6 - Let's All Go to the Lobby
Book made into a movie
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Movie - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114345/
Goodread Authors This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets This Post: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Points this post: 15
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Total Points: 155
MARIA HELENA20.10 Group Reads
Category Modern Classics: Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Message #7 in the discussion thread.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 290/870
Tasks Completed: 20
Books Read: 24
GR Authors: 13
Big Book Tickets: 1
Sheila20.9 - Moderator's Pet- Peebee’s Task: A New Spring Wardrobe
Option A: Cleaning Out the Closets - This book has been on my tbr list since April 2010
The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin BrockmeierTotal Points = 400
20.2: Rookie At the Top- Ty's task: Pi DayOption 3: White Day: Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Points this post: 20
Total points: 85
10.7 Chosen By You Category: Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction
Cinder by Marissa Meyer *goodreads author*
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 270/870
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 21
GR Authors: 12
Big Book Tickets: 1
Task 30.1 - It's spring cleaning time
Option 3 (mystery genre): Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Option 4 (windows on cover): The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
Challenge total = 155
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5.4 - Spring Up, Fall Down
The Orlando File : A Genetic Conspiracy Thriller Top 10 Medical Thriller - ebook Review by Ian C.P. Irvine (GR Author)
Word in title that can be noun OR verb - 'File'
Ebook verified line 968 of spreadsheet as of 25/3/13
Total points: 45
Goodreads Authors: 6