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Peebee10.8 Pedal To The Metal
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail - But Some Don't by Nate Silver
The author's last name is "Silver."
25.1: Anchor’s Aweigh
Option 2: NROTC
Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality by Jacob Tomsky
Heads iN Beds: A Reckless MemOir of HoTels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality
Jacob Tomsky is a Goodreads Author.
Option 3:
The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
This book was published September 6th 2012.
25.2: Interesting Spring Holidays
Option 4: April 18-Patriot's Day:
Shelter Me by Juliette Fay
This book is set in Belham, Massachusetts.
Juliette Fay is a Goodreads Author.
Option 6: May 7-National Tourism Day:
Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan
This book is set in England, which I have never visited and would like to.
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Points this post: 60
Total points: 370/870
Goodreads Authors: 2/9
Big Books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
AprilDT20.7- Have Passport Will Travel
5. Live in USA, Destination UK
The Wild Irish: A Novel of Elizabeth I and the Pirate O'Malley
Points this post=20
Challenge total= 145
Kathy G.5.5- Spring Chicken
Read a YA book
Afternoon Of The Elves by Janet Taylor Lisle
Total Points- 125
Total Tasks- 8
Goodreads Authors- 1
Big Books (500+)- 0
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20.7- Shorter is Sweeter- Suzanne VN's task Have Passport, Will Travel
I chose option 5 and read The Imperfectionists. I live in the US and this book takes place primarily in Italy (Rome).
25.7 - Chaitra's task: Judge a Book By Its Cover!
I chose option D and read two books with plain covers -
and
Total points: 320
15.5 Hug a Tree 
by Clare Vanderpool20.9 Peebee's Task: A New Spring Wardrobe
Option D: Organizing for Life: Declutter Your Mind to Declutter Your World by Sandra Felton
borrowed from the library
Points this post: 35
Total points: 180
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 13
Goodreads Authors: 4
Task: 5.1 - Go West!Read: Beautiful Chaos by Kami Garcia
**Claiming 1 Goodreads Author Ticket**
**Claiming 1 Big Books Ticket**
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 35
Goodreads Author Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets: 5
RobynTask 10.10 Above Average
My average rating is 3.40, Me Talk Pretty One Day has an average rating of 3.91
Points this post: 10
Total tasks completed: 4
Total books read: 4
Total points this challenge: 70
Jenna S20.4 - Author! Author!: Bluemoon's task: DID YOU KNOW....
Option C.
Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella
This book has Romance listed as one of the genres on its home page.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Readerboard ID: JENBENT10.6 Storm Chasers - set in Nebraska, a Tornado Alley state
Worth Dying For by Lee Child
534 pages, claiming Big Book ticket
Points this post: 10
Total points: 200
Total Goodreads authors: 7
Total Big books: 1
Meera 10.10 Above Average
The Remaining by D.J. MollesMy rating average is 3.66. This book was rated 4.02.
ebook verification approval: message 2281
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/4...
20.2: Rookie At the Top- Ty's task: Pi Day
Option 1 - Pi Day:
Mind Prey by John Sandfordpage count: 354
25.1 Delicious Dee's task: Anchor’s Aweigh
Option 2 -
The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. Parker The Godwulf Manuscript
Option 3:
Superfoods: The Food and Medicine of the Future by David Wolfe published 2009Points this post: 55
Total points: 135
BEKKA - 15.2. Vernal EquinoxFor this task, I read two books with the same title: “Scarlet”
by A.C. Gaughen, and “Scarlet”
by Marissa Meyer. Both A.C. Gaughen and Marissa Meyer are Goodreads Authors, so I’m claiming two tickets for that.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 15
Total Points Earned to Date: 165
Pages Read this Challenge: 739
Total Pages Read to Date: 5251
Books Read this Challenge: 2
Total Books Read: 15
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Book Tickets: 500( 2 ), 750(), 1000()
20.8 March On!
by Max Barry (Goodreads Author)
Option #4, title in green.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 230
Total Tasks Completed: 11
Total Books Read: 13
Total Pages Read: 2972
Total GoodReads Authors: 3
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Sandy MN5.7 Someone to fall back on
Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder
20.10 Group Read
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
My review is in post #47
Total Points:275
Cindy AL5.3 Here Kitty, Kitty:
by P.C. Hodgell10.3 March April May:
Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger
Gail Carriger is a Goodreads Author
10.7 Chosen By You:
The Janus Affair by Philippa Ballantine
Science Fiction Nominee for 2012.
Phillipa Ballantine is a Goodreads Author
Points in this post - 25
Total Points - 535/870
Books - 43/68
Pages - 14993
Goodreads Authors: 31
Big Books:500+ - (2), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)
STACIE MITask 5.4 - Spring Up, Fall Down
I read a book with the word "end" in the title:
Runaways, Vol. 8: Dead End Kids by Joss Whedon
"End" is both a noun and a verb: http://dictionary.reference.com/brows...
Points this task: 5
Total points: 145
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 15
Pages read: 3837
Goodreads authors: 9
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
10.10 Above AverageFatal Debt by Dorothy Howell
Ebook approved in message 2262 of the ebook approval thread.
When I selected this book my average rating was 3.82. This book was rated 4.67 at the time.
Total points: 50
Total GRA: 2
Total big book tickets: 0
Alice GTask 5.1 Go West
Book: Slammerkin
This book is set in England.
Task 5.5 Spring Chicken
Book: Calling A Dead Man
Task 5.9 Roll With It
Die number: 1 Published year: 2012
Book: The Cleaner of Chartres
Task 10.7 Chosen by You
Book: The Casual Vacancy
This book won the best fiction award (don't know why as not much happens and it's all a little slow!!!)
Task 15.7 Feeling Possessive?
Book: The Potter's Field
Task 15.9 In Camelot
Book: The Crystal Cave
Total Points: 55
Sheila15.3. Laughing in Ireland
I chose the 1 book option and read:
An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor20.5 Bigger is Better- Kate S's task: Tournament of Books 2013
Option 1. A book written by an author who shares their first and last initial with a finalist: - AJ
The 7th Victim by Alan Jacobson25.4 Stacie MI's Task: It's Read-a-Thon Time!
Option 3. Humorous Books -
Wicked Business by Janet EvanovichAND
Option 5. “Books that you already know well” - Reread one of your favorite books.
Body Double by Tess GerritsenTotal Points = 480
ClaireM10.4 - Purple for Peace
To Kill A Warlock by H.P. Mallory (Goodreads Author) (approved in taks help)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 85
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big books: 0
Chris MD5.6 Hope Springs Eternal
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
I've read most of the Hemingway canon and still don't like him. I've avoided this book since middle school. Even though I can completely see why it's considered a classic, I still didn't like it.
5.7 Someone to Fall Back On
Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need by Dave Barry
I've also read most of Dave Barry, and he never fails to make me laugh--even with a book that's 20 years out of date.
10.2 Angry Birds
by Maggie Stiefvater, who is a GR authorRaven on the cover
10.3 March April May
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
M-A-M
10.4 Purple for Peace
by J.A. Jernay15.1 Follow the Leader
Book 1: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloann, who is a GR author
Book 2: The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
Hammett is mentioned several times in Penumbra, including on page 9. You can do a search inside the book on Amazon.
15.6 Let's All Go to the Lobby
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Here's the 1972 movie version.
15.9 In Camelot
Greenwitch by Susan Cooper, who is a GR author
Mythology> Arthurian is listed on the main page.
20.8 March On!
by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, who are GR authors (claiming just 1 ticket)Title in green
Points for this post: 5 + 5 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 15 + 15 + 15 + 20 = 105
Total points: 105 + 70 = 175
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 16
Goodreads authors: 4 + 3 = 7
Big books: 500=0, 750=0, 1,000=0
Jayme(the ghost reader)5.5 Spring Chicken
by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian. Both authors are Goodreads authors. Total Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 2(?) Jenny Han, Siobhan Vivian
Grand Total: 5
Andy P.Task # 15.1 Follow the Leader
Book 1 Bear is Broken by Lachlan Smith
Book 2 This book is specifically mentioned in Book 1 on p. 340
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Delicious Dee25.6 - Lois's task: Happy Birthday Girl Scouts!
Book A - Option B - Girl in the Arena
Book B - Option C - Lost And Found - Amy Shojai (GR Author) - AS is found in WAGGGS
Total Points: 330
Goodreads Authors: 22
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (2)
Readerboard name: Evana5.5 Spring Chicken
Read a book with Young Adult on the book's main GRs page
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson who is a Goodreads author
10.3 March April May
Read a book with title where the beginning letters of 3 consecutive words from an A-B-A sequence.
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
15.6 Let's All Go to the Lobby
Read a book that has been made into a movie
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
imdb link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080468/?...
25.8 Springy Ideas!
Option 4: Listen to an audiobook.
The Poisonwood Bible audiobook link
The Poisonwood Bible, paperback link to establish length.
Written by Barbara Kingsolver
Claiming a Big book ticket for 543 pages.
Option 6: Searching the Sun
Find an author with 'sun' in one of their quotes on GR. Read a book by this author. Post the quote and author along with the book.
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
I yearn for mountains, or at least for the gentle ridges of Massachusetts; the sweet folds and furrows that offer the refreshment of a new vista as each gap or summit is obtained. Here all is obvious, a song upon a single note. One wakes and falls asleep to a green sameness, the sun like a pale egg yolk, peering down from a white sky.
Points this post: 55
Points to date: 185
GR authors this post: 1
GR authors to date: 5
Big books this post: 1
Big books to date: 1
Andy P.Task # 25.4 Stacie MI's Task: It's Read-a-Thon Time!
Option 2 Children's Books In My Father's House by Ann Rinaldi This book has 336 pages, and has the genre Children's on its GR main page
Option 3 Humorous Books The Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood by Sy Montgomery This book has the genre humor on its GR main page
MARIA HELENA5.3 Here Kitty, Kitty
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 305/870
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 26
GR Authors: 13
Big Book Tickets: 1
25.8 - Janet F - Springy Ideas!Option 1: Word Search - March, April or May in title -
April & Oliver: A Novel by ***Goodreads Author*** Tess Callahan
Option 2: Words with Friends - book friend recently gave 4 or 5 stars to
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch which my friend Beth gave 5* to on 2/22/13 http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/...
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 160/890
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 12
GoodReads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Readerboard ID: JENBENT25.2 Laurie ME's task: Interesting Spring Holidays
3: set on the Titanic
Every Man For Himself by Beryl Bainbridge
6: about a place I'd like to visit (will be stopping here on my summer road trip)
Fodor's Boston, 27th Edition
Points this post: 25
Total points: 225
Total Goodreads authors: 7
Total Big books: 1
5.7 Someone to Fall Back OnRed Heart Tattoo by Lurlene McDaniel
10.4 Purple for Peace
The pillow is purple.
20.3 Best Review - Bucket's task: Traveling in Time
3. Keeping Time
Anya Breton is a Goodreads Author.
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Suzane VN's task Have Passport, Will Travel
1. Suitcase, trunk, or backpack on the cover
Christy Hayes is a Goodreads Author
30.4 Sandy's Task: What Are They All Talking About?
Book 1: March 24, 2013 United States Current Week Book 39
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Book 2: March 24, 2013 United States Current Week Book 5
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Claiming Big Book Ticket for Insurgent: 525 pages
Veronica Roth is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 85
Total poins: 175
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 12
Goodreads Author: 7
Big Book Tickets: 500(2); 750(0); 1000(0)
20.5 Bigger is betterOption 1
Beautiful Ruins
Author initials JW
Jess Walter
This task 20 points
Total points 125
I completed: 5.5 Spring Chicken
by reading:
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Tasks Complete: 1
Total Points: 5
Big Books: 500+ (0) 750+ (0) 1000+ (0)
Goodreads Authors: 0
I completed:5.8 Cinco de Mayo
by reading:
A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin
I would like to claim 1 Big Book Ticket for this one.
Tasks Complete: 2
Total Points: 10
Big Books: 500+ (0) 750+ (0) 1000+ (1)
Goodreads Authors: 0
I completed:10.1 Less Is More
by reading:
Faithless by Karin Slaughter
Karin Slaughter is a Goodreads Author
Tasks Complete: 3
Total Points: 20
Big Books: 500+ (0) 750+ (0) 1000+ (1)
Goodreads Authors: 1
I completed: 20.2 Rookie At the Top-Ty's Task: Pi Day
I chose Option 3 and read:
The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheeverby Julia Quinn. It is classified as "Romance"
Julia Quinn is a Goodreads Author
Tasks Complete: 4
Total Points: 40
Big Books: 500+ (0) 750+ (0) 1000+ (1)
Goodreads Authors: 2
I completed:20.8 It's My Birthday! Laurie's Task: March On
I chose Option 4 and read:
Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones. The title is written in green.
Darynda Jones is a Goodreads Author
Tasks Complete: 5
Total Points: 60
Big Books: 500+ (0) 750+ (0) 1000+ (1)
Goodreads Authors: 3
10.8 Pedal to the MetalCup of Gold by John Steinbeck
20.1 Again! Again!
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
Shares the word "Go" with Go, Dog. Go!.
***Maria Semple is a GR Author***
20.9 A New Spring Wardrobe
Option D: Book came to me from the library
The Afrika Reich by Guy Saville
Post Total: 50
Season Total: 240
I completed:20.9 Moderator's Pet-Peebee's Task: A New Spring Wardrobe
I chose Option D and read:
Hit List by Laurell K Hamilton. I checked it out from the library.
Tasks Complete: 6
Total Points: 80
Big Books: 500+ (0) 750+ (0) 1000+ (1)
Goodreads Authors: 3
5.2Pray for Dawn by Jocelynn Drake (GR Author)
2 Y's in total: one in "pray" and the other in "Jocelynn"
25.5
Book 1: Option A
by Mindee Arnett (GR Author)Book 2: Option B
Blood Storm by Rhiannon Hart (GR Author)
Author's initials are found in WHITE TIGER
Points this post: 30
Total points: 175
20.2: Rookie At the Top- Ty's task: Pi DayOption 3 - read a book with "romance" as a main genre.
Matched by Ally Condie
20.7- Shorter is Sweeter- Suzanne VN's task Have Passport, Will Travel
Option 6:Read a book with any national or international landmark or monument on the cover.
by Stephanie PerkinsThe Eiffel Tower is in the background
Ally Condie and Stephanie Perkins are Goodreads Authors
Points this Post:40
Total Challenge Points: 75
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
10.5-Piece of CakeThe Smitten Kitchen Cookbookby Deb Perelman
30.1-It's Spring Cleaning Time!
I did Option 5 (Romance listed on homepage):
The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
***Matthew Quick is a Goodreads Author, so I would like to claim a Goodreads Author ticket.***
I also did Option 6 (Read any book you choose:
Dinner, A Love Story: It all begins at the family table by Jenny Rosenstrach
(Both cookbooks are part cookbook, part memoir, so I believe they have enough text to count for this challenge.)
Total Books Read:3
Total Challenges Completed:2
Total Pages Read: 961
Big Book Tickets:0
GoodReads Author Tickets:1
Total Points: 40
Ana25.5-Shadow of the White Tiger
Book 1
Option A-
byRachel CaineBook 2
Option A-
byJim Butcher. He is a GoodReads author.Points This Post 25
Total Points 80
Tasks Completed 3
Books Read 6
Total Pages 1707
GoodReads Author 2
Big Books 0
BEKKA - 20.6- Seasoned Reader- Alexandra's task: Messing aroundOption 4: For this task I read “The Island of Dr. Moreau”
by H.G. Wells. Its a horror story and definitely kept me up all night!Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 20
Total Points Earned to Date: 185
Pages Read this Challenge: 160
Total Pages Read to Date: 5411
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 16
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Book Tickets: 500( 2 ), 750(), 1000()
Ana20.4-Did you know....
Option C-
byVeronica Rossi. The book is a romance and she is a GoodReads author.Points this Post 20
Total Points 100
Tasks Completed 4
Books Read 7
Total Pages 2081
GoodReads Author 3
Big Books 0
Janice CA15.7. Feeling possessive?.....
Dr. Brinkley's Tower by Robert Hough
***Robert Hough is a Goodreads author***
+15
total: 55
tasks: 4
books: 5
GR authors: 1
20.6 Messing around Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith by Gina Nahai, option 2, set in Iran and by Iran born author
Task points 20
Total points 220
15.10. Spring Break Paris in Love by Eloisa James
Eloisa James is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 15
Total points: 235
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 16
Goodreads Author: 11
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
Rudy20.5 Bigger is Better- Kate S.'s Task: Tournament of Books 2013
Option 6 contemporary- The Great Escape by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Points this post- 20
Total points-160
Books read-9
Task- 11
Readerboard Name: Jill ReneeTask - 20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: Suzanne VN's Task Have Passport, Will Trave
Option # 2: Read a book whose title specifically mentions a major city
Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn
Books Read this Task: 1
Total Books Read: 4
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 60
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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10.3 March April May
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
O-T-O: Of The Opera
25.6 - Lois's task: Happy Birthday Girl Scouts!
Option A: Kira is 16 and sets out to save the fate of all humanity in Partials by Dan Wells
Dan Wells is a goodreads author.
Option C: The Ice Balloon: S. A. Andrée and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration by Alec Wilkinson
Alec Wilkinson's initials are in WAGGGS.
Points this post: 35
Total points: 230
GR Authors: Karen Russell, Stephen Dau, Elizabeth Wein, Lauren Kate, Andrew Klavan, Dan Wells
Big Books: 500+(1),750+(0),1000+(0)