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SPRING CHALLENGE 2013
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Spring Challenge 2013 Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC!
10.3 March April MayWorth The Weight by Mara Jacobs
Mara Jacobs is a Goodreads Author.
20.9 Moderator's Pet-Peebee's Task: A New Spring Wardrobe
Option E: Spring Wardrobe
Kristin Billerbeck is a Goodreads Author.
25.6 Lois's task: Happy Birthday Girl Scouts!
B. Big Girl by Danielle Steel
C. Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar
Points this post: 55
Total poins: 230
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 16
Goodreads Author: 9
Big Book Tickets: 500(2); 750(0); 1000(0)
25.2 Laurie ME's task: Interesting Spring Holidays2. March 15: The Ides of March:
Transfer of Power by Vince Flynn
Vince Flynn is a Goodreads author.
6. May 7: National Tourism Day: Takes place in Scotland, a place I'd like to visit.
Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander McCall Smith is a Goodreads author.
Points this post:25
Total points: 345
Tasks this post:1
Total tasks:18
GR Authors:7
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
15.8 Batter Up!Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote (baseball)
20.10 Group Reads
The Birth House by Ami McKay*GRA
I made a comment in the discussion thread (#10)
Points this post: 35
Total points: 215
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 15
Goodreads Authors: 5
15.2. Vernal Equinox Both have 304 pages.
Two Truths and a Lie by Sara Shepard *goodreads author*
Forgotten by Cat Patrick *goodreads author*
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 315/870
Tasks Completed: 20
Books Read: 26
GR Authors: 17
Big Book Tickets: 1
Keltie Lee10.9 Feeling Lucky?
Beautiful Disaster
by Jamie McGuire
*I rolled a 48, message 2381
15.8. Batter Up!
The Perfect Game
by J. Sterling
*one of the main characters is a college baseball player, who turns pro*
Points this post: 25
Total points: 285/870
Tasks: 20
Books: 22
BEKKA - 15.10. Spring BreakFor this task I read “The Madman’s Daughter”
by Megan Shepherd. Its a book I’ve been wanting to read, and it fits the general SRC guidelines. Also, Megan Shepherd is a Goodreads Author, so I’m claiming a ticket for that.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 15
Total Points Earned to Date: 200
Pages Read this Challenge: 420
Total Pages Read to Date: 5831
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 17
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Book Tickets: 500( 2 ), 750(), 1000()
5.1Flat-Out Matt by Jessica Park (GR Author)
This book is set in United States.
Approved for length in post 339.
10.9
Something Red by Douglas Nicholas (GR Author)
I rolled a 21 and picked a book from post 1050: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
20.1
As You Wish by Jackson Pearce (GR Author)
The word "you" is found in Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
20.7
Option 1: suitcase on cover
by Kate Klise (GR Author)20.9
Option E: pink cover
by Michelle Rowen (GR Author)Points in this post: 75
Total points: 250
GRAs this post: 5
10.4 Purple for Peace 
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley10.6 Storm Chasers
Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall
This book takes place in Texas which is in Tornado Alley.
15.6 Let's Go to the Lobby
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult Big Book: 500 Pgs.
The movie was released in 2009.
Alan Bradley and Jodi Picoult are Goodreads Authors.
35 points this post
2 Goodreads Authors
1 Big Book Ticket
Kristi CO20.10 Group Read
Noir
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain (message 48 in the discussion)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 150
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
15.8 Batter Up!This book is about baseball.
Calico Joe by John Grisham.
John Grisham is a Goodreads author.
20.3 Traveling in Time
Option #3: A clock or watch on the cover.
The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom.Mitch Albom is a Goodreads author.
20.6 Messing around.
Option 3: This book has yellow lights (on Coney Island) on the lower part of the cover.
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.Points this post: 55
Total points: 165
Tasks: 10
Books: 11
Goodreads authors: 4
Jenifer10.5 Piece of Cake
Not Your Mother's Make-Ahead and Freeze Cookbookby Jessica Fisher
20.7 Have Passport Will Travel
The Likeness by Tana French
This novel is set in Ireland. I live in the USA.
This Post: 30
Total Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Jenifer25.8 Springy Ideas
option 4: audiobook
The Eyre Affair audibook: The Eyre Affair
and
option 6: "sun" in quote
A Game of Thrones
“When the sun has set, no candle can replace it.”
― George R.R. Martin
Claiming a Big Books Ticket: 864 pages
This Post: 25
Total Points: 55
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
GoodReads Authors:
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (1), 1000+ ()
Task 15.7 Feeling possessive?Read a book with a possessive noun in its title or subtitle.
Willoughby's Return: A Tale of Almost Irresistible Temptation (2009) by Jane Odiwe (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 345 pages)
**** Goodreads Author ****Jane Odiwe
70 + 15 = 85
Tasks Completed: 5
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 70 + 15 = 85
Books read: 7
Pages read: 1,887
Read but not claimed: 7
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
FANDURY20.8 – March On!
Option 4: Read a book that has the TITLE in green letters.
by Philip PullmanHardcover Edition of this book has 405 pages, so it should be okay for this task although it has Children as one of its genres.
15.5. Hug a Tree
Read a book with a tree on the cover.
by Blake CrouchPoints for this post:35
Total points: 120
Books read: 7
Total Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
15.4. Celebrate the White Tiger!Option 2 - Read one book that satisfies both criteria from Option 1 (contains the words 'white' and 'tiger'):
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 165
ClaireM10.1 Less is More
'Less' as part of title
Reckless Magic by Rachel Higginson (GR Author)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 95
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books: 0
Kathy G.30.4- Sandy's Task- What Are They All Talking About?
Book 1- Pop. Book Club Books- #29 on list
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Link to paperback-
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
***Claiming Goodreads Author***
Link to place on Pop. Book Club Books-
http://www.goodreads.com/book/popular...
Book 2- Most Read Books #5 on List
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
***Claiming Goodreads Author***
***Claiming Big Book Ticket- over 500 pages***
Link to paperback-
Insurgent
Link to Most Read Books List
http://www.goodreads.com/book/most_read
Total Points- 155
Total Tasks- 9
Goodreads Authors- 3
Big Books- (500+) 1
Readerboard Name: Barbara★5.1 - Go West! --Lethal Rider - Larissa Ione♥ (set in Greenland) 3/22
***Claiming Goodreads Author***
10.2 - Angry Birds --
- Wilbur Smith (bird on cover) 3/31 ***Claiming Big Book Ticket- 704 pages***
10.4 - Purple For Peace --
- Stephen Woodworth (purple eye) 3/2010.9 - Feeling Lucky? -- The Forgotten - David Baldacci 3/14
(random number 33, page 33, post 1643)
15.3 - Laughing in Ireland --Mortal Coil - Derek Landy (Option 2) 3/29
15.8 - Batter Up! --
Double Play - Jill Shalvis♥ 3/20 (hero is professional baseball player)
***Claiming Goodreads Author***
15.10 - Spring Break -- Tricks of the Trade - Laura Ann Gilman♥ 3/30
***Claiming Goodreads Author***
20.2: Rookie At the Top- Ty's task: Pi Day --
The Pleasure of Your Kiss- Teresa Medeiros♥ (option 3, romance) 3/26
***Claiming Goodreads Author***
20.4 - Author! Author!: Bluemoon's task: DID YOU KNOW.... --
Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer - Dorothy Gilman 3/21
(option 1, lion in title)
20.6- Seasoned Reader- Alexandra's task: Messing around --
- Karen Olsen (option 3, something yellow on cover) 3/24***Claiming Goodreads Author***
Points Earned This Post: 140
Points Achieved to Date: 225
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
30.3 Donna Jo's task: Upsy Daisy2 Read a book with a picture of a Daisy on the cover.
by Katie Kacvinsky 4. The Daisy or marguerite (bellis perennis) was commonly known as Mary's Rose. Read a book by an author with the name Daisy, Marguerite, Mary or Rose.
by Marguerite Krause, Susan Sizemore (Goodreads Author)508 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 140
Tasks completed: 13
Books Read: 16
GR Authors: 13
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Leslie KTask 20.9 A new spring wardrobe
Option D; Private London by James Patterson
This is an update of message 738. I forgot to put my source of the book. I borrowed it from the libary. Sorry!
Points this task: 20
Total points:
Sheila20.3 Best Review - Bucket's task: Traveling in Time
Option 3 (clock on cover) approved in help thread and ebook approved in verification thread Post 2187
Tedd and Todd's Secret by Fernando Trujillo SanzTotal Points = 500
Jayme VA10.1 Less is More
Lessons Learned by Nora Roberts
Points this post: 10
Total points: 270
GR Authors: Karen Russell, Stephen Dau, Elizabeth Wein, Lauren Kate, Andrew Klavan, Dan Wells, Katie Alender
Big Books: 500+(1),750+(0),1000+(0)
SUZANNE VN5.4 Spring Up/Fall Down
A Tangle of Knots - tangle can be a noun or a verb
10.6 Storm Chasers
What More Could You Wish For - takes place in Illinois which is in Tornado Alley
Samantha Hoffman is a GoodReads Author
20.3 Traveling in Time
Option 1 - Book published before 1963
Their Eyes Were Watching God - first published in 1937
Points this task: 35
Total points: 150
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 12
Goodreads authors: 8
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
15.8. -- Batter Up! Calico Joe by John Grisham
I don't actually have a favorite spring (or any other season, for that matter) sport. But I hear it's baseball season so I decided to go with that. I can't say that I understood any of the baseball stuff in this book, either, but I enjoyed the father-son story! ;-)
15.10. Spring Break
Whispering Rock by Robyn Carr
20.8 – It’s My Birthday! Laurie's task: March On!
Option 4:
title is printed in green
20.9 - Moderator's Pet- Peebee’s Task: A New Spring Wardrobe
Option D: Thrift Shop II -- Origin in Death by J.D. Robb
borrowed from the library
Points this post: 70
Season Total: 245
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.4 - DID YOU KNOW....
Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins
Book fits option C - Romance is listed as one of the genres on the home page.
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 155 points
Tasks completed: 11
** Electing to not track GR authors and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥15.8 Batter Up!
Baseball:Diamond Place
Robin Lee Hatcher is a GRA
Approval Post
25.4 Stacie MI's Task: It's Read-a-Thon Time!
Option 1: Shortish Books less than 200 pages/ 133 pages:Christmas on Mill Street
Option 3: Humorous Books/Humor on homepage (listed as humor on 3/21):Anthropology
30.1 Sheila/Kathy G's task It's Spring Cleaning Time!
Option 4 Window on cover: Veterans Way
Option 6 Free choice:Wetlands
Robin Lee Hatcher is a GRA
Approval Post for Option 4
Points Earned This Post: 70
Points Achieved to Date: 270/870
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
25.7 Chaitra's Task: Judge a Book By Its CoverOption A - Dismembered --
and
(approved for length in the SRC ebook Verification document https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/c... I can't remember if I asked for it to be approved or saw it was in the list and went ahead with it. Is that okay?)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)
20.7- Shorter is Sweeter- Suzanne VN's task Have Passport, Will TravelOption 3, vehicle on cover:
Abdication by Juliet Nicolson
Points this post: 20
Total points: 240
Readerboard ID: JENBENT5.8 -- Cinco de Mayo - GR friend Dena's 5 Star review
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
10.7 Chosen By You - Nominated for Best Fiction
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
Points this post: 15
Total points: 240
Total Goodreads authors: 7
Total Big books: 1
STACIE MITask 20.1 - Again! Again!
I read a book with the word "little" in the title:
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Points this task: 20
Total points: 185
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 17
Pages read: 4476
Goodreads authors: 9
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
MARIA HELENA15.10. Spring Break
Heartache Falls by Emily March
****** Emily March is a Goodreads Author ******
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 325/870
Tasks Completed: 24
Books Read: 28
GR Authors: 15
Big Book Tickets: 1
Jennifer KS5.3 -- Here Kitty, Kitty
I read
by Madelyn Alt10.8 Pedal To The Metal
I read
by Danielle Steel.Points this Post: 15
Total points: 145
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 17
Pages read: 5497
Goodreads authors: 4
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
20.2 Pi DayMarried By Morning by Lisa Kleypas (GR Author)
Opt A 321 pgs or C. Romance
20.5 Tournament of Books
The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom (GR Author)
Opt 6 Contemporary on main pg
20.9 A New Spring Wardrobe
The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty
Opt D Thrift Store II - borrowed from the library
20.10 Group Read
The Birth House by Ami McKay (GR Author) Post #5 on 3/20/13
25.1 Anchors Aweigh
Opt 2 NROTC in title To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Opt 3 Pub between 5/13/05 - 1/2/13
Tempt Me at Twilight by Lisa Kleypas (GR Author) Pub 1/1/2009
25.3 Come Play with Me - Monopoly and Connect 4
by Cassandra Clare (GR Author)building on cover and 4 words in title
25.4 Read a thon Time
Opt 1 Book under 200 pages
by Shannon Hale (GR Author) 197 pagesOpt 6 Books that keep you up all night - HF list
Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue (GR Author)
30.1 Spring Cleaning
Opt 2 Finish a Series
Happy Ever After by Nora Roberts
Book 4 in Bride Quartet series
Opt 3 Mystery
India Black and the Shadows of Anarchy by Carol K. Carr (GR Author)
30.2 For the Love of Reading
2013 US List: Looking for Alaska by John Green (GR Author)
2013 UK List: Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier (GR Author)
30.3 Upsy Daisy
Opt 3 - Author's initials BQ
Vivaldi's Virgins by Barbara Quick (GR Author)
Opt 4 - Author's name Daisy
The American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin (GR Author)
Points this Post: 245
GR Authors: 12
Total Points/ Challenge: 245
SOELO5.1 Go West!
I read Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel which takes places in Ireland.
20.7 Have Passport, Will Travel
My home country is the US, so I read Playing with Fire which takes place in Ireland for option 5.
Points this post: 25
Total so far: 70
GR Authors: 1
10.6 Storm ChasersA Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
takes place in Iowa
15.4 Celebrate the White Tiger!
Option 2: one book
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
15.6 Let's All Go to the Lobby
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Has been made into a movie several times, including last year http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1836808/?...
***At 505 pages, Great Expectations is a Big Book***
Post Total: 40
Season Total: 280
Shawn H.5.10 -- Attention Grabber
by H.G. Wells***First Sentence: “No one would have believed, in the last years of the nineteenth century, that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were being scrutinized and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinize the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water.”***
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 50
GR Authors: 1
Big Ticket Books: 0
20.5 Bigger is Better- Kate S's task: Tournament of Books 2013Option 6
I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella
Contemporary is listed as a genre.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Michelle WI20.1 Again! Again!
Children's Book: Belly Button Book
Book I read: The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
word they share: Book
20.6 Messing Around
option 4: book is hilarious and makes me happy!
Learn Me Gooder by John Pearson
***** John Pearson is a GR author *****
20.8 March on!
option 4: title is green
by Erma Bombeck20.9 A New Spring Wardrobe
option D: Thrift Shop II (received the book in an online book swap)
by Douglas PrestonPoints This Post: 80
Total Points: 170
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 3
20.6- Seasoned Reader- Alexandra's task: Messing aroundOption 4
The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King
Stephen King is my favorite author and I anxiously await every book he publishes. Every one of his books makes me happy and usually involves a few sleepless nights turning pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Task 20.5 - Tournament of books 2013
Option 2 (collection of short stories by a single author): And Thereby Hangs A Tale by Jeffrey Archer
Challenge total = 175
Peebee5.9: Roll With It
Cross My Heart by Carly Phillips
I rolled a 5, and this book was published in 2008.
Carly Phillips is a Goodreads Author.
20.3: Traveling in Time
Option 2: Along for the Ride
Here I Go Again by Jen Lancaster
Time travel is listed as a genre on its main page.
20.10: Group Reads
Canadian Literature or Author
The Birth House by Ami McKay
My Discussion Thread Post
Ami McKay is a Goodreads Author.
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Points this post: 45
Total points: 415/870
Goodreads Authors: 2/11
Big Books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
AprilDT20.3- Traveling in Time
1. Back to Classics. Mildred Pierce published 1941
Points this post= 20
Challenge total= 165
15.9. In Camelot Avalon High by Meg Cabot *goodreads author*
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 330/870
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 27
GR Authors: 18
Big Book Tickets: 1
READERBOARD NAME: MARWAI'm new here so I hope I don't make any mistakes. :)
10.10 Above Average
My average book rating is 3.3 and I've finished reading The Voyage of the Dawn Treader which has a rating of 4.06 (both ratings are up until the time of this post).
20.2: Rookie At the Top- Ty's task: Pi Day
Option.1 "The Druze of Belgrade: The story of Hanna Yakoub /دروز بلغراد: حكاية حنا يعقوب"
235 pages
20.3 Best Review - Bucket's task: Traveling in Time
Option1 - Bak to Classics with The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
20.4 - Author! Author!: Bluemoon's task: DID YOU KNOW....
Option C The Phantom of the Opera
20.7- Shorter is Sweeter- Suzanne VN's task Have Passport, Will Travel
Option5 International travel "Black Suits You/الأسود يليق بك"
I'm from Egypt. The book events takes place throughout Algeria, Syria, Lebanon, France and Austria.
Points claimed for this post: 10+(4*20)=90
Total Points: 90
Tasks Completed so far: 5
Books Read for this challenge so far: 5
GR Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Delicious Dee10.8 Pedal To The Metal
Heart of Brass - Brass was listed on the associated links
Total Points: 360
Goodreads Authors: 23
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (2)
5.1 - Go West!Lost Paradise: From Mutiny on the Bounty to a Modern-Day Legacy of Sexual Mayhem, the Dark Secrets of Pitcairn Island Revealed by Kathy Marks
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 105
Goodreads authors: 3
Big Books:
25.6 - Lois - Happy Birthday Girl Scouts! Option C. Read a book whose author’s name OR words in the title/subtitle begin with any two or more of the letters WAGGGS - Holly Blues by ***Goodreads Author*** Susan Wittig Albert Susan Wittig Albert
Option D: Book set in Savannah, GA - High Noon by Nora Roberts
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 185/890
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 14
GoodReads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Cindy AL15.1 Follow The Leader:
Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason by Nancy Pearl AND
After Life by Rhian Ellis
Book Lust mentions After Life.
Nancy Pearl is a Goodreads Author.
Rhian Ellis is a Goodreads Author.
20.1 Again, Again!:
What the Heart Knows by Mara Purl
The word is "what".
Mara Purl is a Goodreads Author.
30.4 What Are They All Talking About?:
Book 1 Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia
"Popular Book Club Books" listed for March 3 AND
Book 2 Beautiful Darkness by Margaret Stohl
"Most Read Books" listed for March 3
Kim Garcia is a Goodreads Author.
Martha Stohl is a Goodreads Author.
I listed both authors for Goodreads Authors because there are 2 books, can I claim an author for each? Also, I would like to claim a Big Book Ticket 500+ for each book (two tickets).
Points in this post - 65
Total Points - 600/870
Books - 48/68
Pages - 16878
Goodreads Authors: 36
Big Books:500+ - (4), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)
cupcakebaker15.10 Spring Break
The Sugar Queen
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 125
Total Tasks Completed: 9
Total Books Read: 11
Total Pages Read: 3,000
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Option A
Book 1 - Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence
Book 2 - A Song Flung Up To Heaven by Maya Angelou