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Spring Challenge 2013 Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC!
MariyaTask 5.5 -- Spring Chicken
A YA book that I read was Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman
Task 10.7 Chosen By You
I read The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
This book was in the Young Adult Fiction category
Task 10.10 Above Average
My book rating average is 3.45
The book I chose to read for this task is Golden Boy by Abigail Tarttelin which has an average rating of 4.41
Task 15.10. Spring Break
I read The Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer
Points this post: 40
Total points: 140
Delicious Dee10.4 Purple For Peace
- Elizabeth Hoyt (GR Author) - purple dressTotal Points: 295
Goodreads Authors: 21
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ 5.3 - Here Kitty, Kitty
Death of a Kitchen Diva by Lee Hollis
There is a white cat sitting on the counter:
5.5 - Spring Chicken
Royal Blood by Ellen Schreiber
"Young Adult" listed as a genre on main GR page.
5.7 - Someone to Fall Back On
The Hollow by Nora Roberts
Nora Roberts is one of my go-to authors when I'm looking for a nice audio book.
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 115 points
Tasks completed: 9
** Electing to not track GR authors and Big Books this season **
20.6 - Messing Around1. a book originally written in a language other than my own - my mother tongue is English and this was written in Icelandic:
Season of the Witch by Árni Þórarinsson
Total points 185
10.3 March April MaySeduction and Snacks by Tara Sivec
(S-A-S)
Tara Sivec is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 10
Total points: 220
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 15
Goodreads Author: 10
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
Delicious Dee10.3 March April May
Lover At Last - (Big Book Ticket - 500+ pages)
Total Points: 305
Goodreads Authors: 21
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (2)
5.9 - Roll With ItThe Round House - I rolled a 1 (2012)
15.6 - Let's All Go to the Lobby
A Little Princess (#68 on The Movie was Better than the Book)
20.2 - Rookie At the Top- Ty's task: Pi Day
Option 3 (romance) - Just One Day
Total books read: 9
Points in this post: 40
Total points accumulated: 100/870
Jessica PDX20.9 - Peebee's Task - A New Spring Wardrobe
Option D - Borrowed from the library
by Dennis LehanePoints This Post: 20
Total Points: 285
Sandy MN10.10 Above Average
My average rating is 3.49; This book's average rating is 4.12.
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
15.10 Spring Break
A Kiss at Midnight by Eloisa James Goodreads Author
20.3 Best Review - Bucket's task: Traveling in Time
Option 3: Watch on the cover
Just One Day by Gayle Forman
Total Points:230
Total GR Authors: 9
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥5.4 Spring Up, Fall Down
Word "kill": When I Kill You
Approval Post
5.5 Spring Chicken
YA:Hit and Run
15.6 Let's All Go to the Lobby
Of Mice and Men
As of 3/28/13 listed #111 on Book Better Than Movie List
20.2 Rookie At the Top- Ty's task: Pi Day
Option 1 digits of Pi/Book has 142 pages.
(3.141592653):
Homo
Points Earned This Post: 45
Points Achieved to Date: 200/870
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
25.4 It's Read-a-thon Time!Option #1: Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto (152 pages)
Option #3: Fear and Trembling by Amélie Nothomb
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 210
Total Tasks Completed: 10
Total Books Read: 12
Total Pages Read: 2620
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ 20.1 - Again! Again!
Here I Go Again by Jen Lancaster
Word used was "Go" from Go, Dog. Go! (one of my favorites growing up too!)
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 135 points
Tasks completed: 10
** Electing to not track GR authors and Big Books this season **
Mod
5.4 -- Spring Up, Fall Down
Drunk Tank Pink: And Other Unexpected Forces that Shape How We Think, Feel, and Behave by Adam Alter
verb/noun: shape
10.3 March April May
Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam by M.C. Beaton (A-R-A, F-O-F)
15.1. Follow the Leader
Book 1: After a Dead Dog: Dangerous Love, Dark Secrets, Sudden Death by Colin Murray
Book 2- on pg 318: Vendetta by Michael Dibdin
total = 265
Andy P.Task # 25.6 Lois's Task: Happy Birthday Girl Scouts!
Option A Read a book with a strong girl character
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple The girl character is Bee who is 15 years old in this book. Book approved in Message 55 of the help thread for this task
Option C Read a book whose author's name begin with any two or more letters in WAGGS
Brain Warp A Medical Thriller by Gil Snider GS the last two letters in WAGGS
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 260
5.6 -- Hope Springs EternalA Very Secret Affair - Miranda Lee
still... hoping....
10.3 March April May
Lumberjack In Love - Penny Watson, GR Author
L-I-L
10.4 Purple For Peace
- Catherine Anderson10.5 Piece of Cake
More than Meets the Ink - Elle Aycart, GR Author
ebook approved @576; heroine is a restauranteur
10.10 Above Average
Sin Undone - Larissa Ione, GR Author
My average book rating is 3.59.
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jessica PDX - Again! Again!
Never Let Go - M.L. Rhodes, GR Author
ebook approved @600; GO in Go, Dog. Go!
20.5 Bigger is Better- Kate S's task: Tournament of Books 2013
Option 6 (contemporary): Curio - Cara McKenna, GR Author
ebook approved @200
Points this post: 85
Total points: 255
GR Authors: 22
Sheila20.8 – It’s My Birthday! Laurie's task: March On!
Option 1: (lion in title)
Lion Eyes by Claire BerlinskiTotal Points = 420
Reader board name: Jody Beth10.6 Storm Chasers.
I read Stray by Rachel Vincent because this book is mainly set in Texas.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 15
Tasks completed: 2
Keltie Lee5.1 -- Go West!
Chasing Bliss
by Sophie Oak
*Set in the US*
5.9 -- Roll With It
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
by Susannah Cahalan
*I rolled a 1, book was published in 2012*
Points this post: 10
Total points: 230/870
Tasks: 16
Books: 18
Jenn IL 25.7 Chaitra's Task: Judge a Book By Its Cover!
Option A. Dismembered
Book 1
by Jodi Picoult***Goodreads Author***
Book 2
by A.G. Howard***Goodreads Author***
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 80
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 6
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets:500+(0);750+(0);1000+(0)
15.1. Follow the LeaderFor Book 1, read a book of your choice:
Station Island by Seamus Heaney
Book 2: In Heaney's notes at the end of the book he cited this book as an influence on him:
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
+15 Task
25.1 Delicious Dee’s task: Anchor’s Aweigh
Option 3 – I was commissioned on May 13, 2005 and discharged on Jan 31, 2013. Read a book that was published between those two dates.
From 2007:
Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name by Vendela Vida
Option 5 – the Navy loves their acronyms and abbreviations:
JCCS: CC
Ironman by Chris Crutcher
+25 Points
Points this post: 40
Grand Total: 170
25.5 - Nick KY’s Task: Shadow of the White TigerBook 1: Option B.
Gillian Flynn won the CWA Steel Dagger in 2007.
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Gillian Flynn is a Goodreads author.
Book 2: Option A: Literature Map.
Selected Linwood Barclay.
No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay
Points this post:25
Total points: 320
Tasks this post:1
Total tasks:17
GR Authors:5
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
Mod
Glistening Havenby Jill Cooper (GRA) (2 G's)
5.5 Spring Chicken- read Shift by Jeri Smith-Ready (GRA)
5.7- Someone to Fall Back On
- Author John Green never disappoints me.
read An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
10.7 Chosen By You- read YA nominee-
Pushing the Limitsby Katie McGarry (GRA)
10.8 Pedal To The Metal read
Strands of Bronze and Gold by Jane Nickerson (GRA)
10.10 ove Average my average 3.73 read Mortalityby Kellie Sheridan (GRA) average rating 4.25
Points this task 45
Total Points 240/870
Total Books 20/70
Total Tasks 18/53
STACIE MITask 10.1 - Less is More
I read a book with the word "less" in the title:
Less of a Stranger by Nora Roberts
Points this task: 10
Total points: 140
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 14
Pages read: 3685
Goodreads authors: 9
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Readerboard ID: JENBENT20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jessica PDX - Again! Again!
Bear is Broken by Lachlan Smith
The matching word is BEAR, from Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?.
Lachlan Smith is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 190
Total Goodreads authors: 7
Total Big books: 0
Task 10.6 Storm ChasersRead a book set in a "Dixie Alley" state: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Missouri, Kentucky.
Book set in Georgia:
Jenny by Nature (1961) by Erskine Caldwell (Hardcover, 216 pages)
60 + 10 = 70
Tasks Completed: 4
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 60 + 10 = 70
Books read: 6
Pages read: 1,542
Read but not claimed: 7
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Kathy G.5.1- Go West!
Prairie Songs by Pam Conrad
***Set in Nebraska***
25.8- Janet F's task: Springy Ideas!
Option 3- A pen on the cover
by G.M. MallietOption 4- An audiobook
by Maya AngelouHere is the link to the paperback
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Total Points- 120
Total Tasks- 7
Goodreads Authors- 1
Big Books- (500+)- 0
20.10 - Group ReadsBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
My thread post
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 100
Goodreads authors: 3
Big Books:
BRIAN20.6- Seasoned Reader- Alexandra's task: Messing around
Option 1: Written in another language
The Rule of Evil and the Mask by Fuminori Nakamura
The book was originally written in Japanese.
The book is an advanced uncopywrited edition from the publisher.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 75
Books read: 8
Goodreads authors: 3
20.2: Rookie At the Top- Ty's task: Pi DayOption 3, romance:
The Secret of Everything by Barbara O'Neal
Barbara O'Neal is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 220
GR authors: 8
30.1 Sheila/Kathy G's task - It's Spring Cleaning Time!Option 1: Read one of the 25 books that has been on the list the longest.
by Cynthia Joyce Clay (Goodreads Author) Option 2: Clean up a series that you are wanting to finish by reading any book that is part of a series.
by Darcy Town (Goodreads Author) Points this post: 30
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 11
Books Read: 12
GR Authors: 12
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
ClaireM25.7 Judge a book by its cover
Option A - The Case of the Missing Boyfriend by Nick Alexander GR Author
and The Mystic Wolves by Belinda Boring GR Author
Both books were approved in task help thread post 117
Points this post: 25
Total points: 75
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big books: 0
20.8 – It’s My Birthday! Laurie's task: March On!
Option 4 - Title in green
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 90
Total Tasks Completed: 7
Total Books Read: 7
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Option 4 - Title in green
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 90
Total Tasks Completed: 7
Total Books Read: 7
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Emmalita20.5 Bigger is Better- Kate S's task: Tournament of Books 2013
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Option 6: Contemporary
John Green is a Goodreads author; claiming ticket
This post: 20
Total points to date: 60
Goodread authors: 2
Big book tickets: 0
Total tasks completed: 3
Jessica PDX25.3 - Nikki's Task - Come Play With Me!
Option 1 - Building on cover
by Charlotte ElkinsOption 2 - "King" in title
by Andrew SwanstonPoints This Post: 25
Total Points: 310
Sandy MN20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jessica PDX - Again! Again!
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Shares a word with Big Little
Total Points: 250
Just completed task 10.3: March April May. I read Elegy for Eddie (EFE)
, the latest in the Maisie Dobbs series.
Rudy25.3 Nikki's Task:Come Play With Me
Option 2
by Jenna Blum game 1- Monolopy There is a building in the background. Game 4- Connect 45.2 It's in Their Genes
The Great Escape bySusan Elizabeth Phillips (2 Ps in author's name)
5.6 Hope Springs Eternal
Until the End of Time byDanielle Steel
Points this post: 30
Total points: 145
Task completed : 9
Books Read: 11
Elizabeth BTask #5.8 -- Cinco de Mayo
Under the Wire by Cindy Gerard (#5 in Bodyguard series)
Task #30.1: It's Spring Cleaning Time!
(Option 5)All He Ever Needed by Shannon Stacey
(Option 6)Play It Safe by Kristen Ashley
Shannon Stacey and Kristen Ashley are both Goodreads authors
Points this post: 35
Total points:175
Total tasks: 13
GR Authors: 10
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(1)
15.8 Batter Up!I love baseball and read Confessions of a She-Fan: The Course of True Love with the New York Yankees by Jane Heller goodreads' author
Total points: 35
10.3 March April May DWD: A Dance With Dragons* by George R.R. Martin
*Big Book Ticket 1,000+ pages
10.10 Above Average
My Average Rating 3.42
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline* 4.28 Rating
*Goodreads Author
20.7- Shorter is Sweeter- Suzanne VN's task Have Passport, Will Travel
Option 2. Read a book whose title specifically mentions a major city.
The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston
Total Points = 40
15.2 - Vernal EquinoxRead two books with the same number of pages or with the same title.
Still Life by Louise Penny and
Still Life by Joy Fielding
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 135/890
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 10
GoodReads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Shawn H.15.1. Follow the Leader
Book #1
by Will SchwalbeBook #2:
by Mohsin Hamid**Book #2 is mentioned by name in Book #1**
***Will Schwalbe is a GR Author***
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 45
GR Authors: 1
Big Ticket Books: 0
INDIGO (KIM)5.3 Here Kitty, Kitty
Cat on cover:
Points for this post: 5
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 6
Goodreads authors: 1
20.5 Bigger is Better- Kate S's task: Tournament of Books 2013 Option 6. A book with "Contemporary" on the main genre page
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green*
*Goodreads Author
Total Points = 60
MARIA HELENA10.1 Less is More
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less by Jeffrey Archer
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 300/870
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 25
GR Authors: 13
Big Book Tickets: 1
Oma1229Task 20.9-A New Spring Wardrobe
Option A- Read a book that has been on your TBR list for a year or more.
Rite of Conquest by Judith Tarr
This book has been on my TBR list since 2009.
Judith Tarr is a Goodreads Author
Points this post-20
Total Points to Date-250
Keltie Lee10.3 March April May
Try Me, Tempt Me, Take Me
by Olivia Cunning
*T-M-T*
20.9 A New Spring Wardrobe
Option D:
Hip Check
by Deirdre Martin
*I borrowed this from the library*
Points this post: 30
Total points: 260/870
Tasks: 18
Books: 20
10.4 Purple for Peace
10 points 5taks total 40 points
Coralie25.5 Shadow of the White Tiger
Book 1, Option B – one of the 2012 nominees – Robert Harris
Enigma
Book 2, Option A – from the literature map – Peter Høeg
Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow
Total points 255
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Read a YA book. The genre "Young Adult" must appear on the book's main GRs page
Matched by Ally Condie
Ally Condie is a Goodreads Author
Points this Post: 5
Total Challenge Points: 40
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)