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SPRING CHALLENGE 2013
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Spring Challenge 2013 Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC!
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I read Gilead, set in Iowa, a Tornado Alley state.
20.3 Best Review - Bucket's task: Traveling in Time
I chose option 3, and read
. Ms. Goodall has a watch on her wrist in the cover photo.25.1 Delicious Dee's task: Anchor’s Aweigh
For my first book, I chose opinion 2 and read How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia.
N and R in Rising, O and T in To, C in Rich.
For my second book, I chose option 5 and read Bad Blood by Dana Stabenow. Author's initials DS found in "LSD-41."
Total points: 375
Erin C.15.9 In Camelot
Sword of Darkness by Kinley MacGregor
This book takes place right in the heart of the dark side of the Arthurian legend.
Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 35
Total Tasks: 4
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
Ana20.2 Pi Day
Option 1-
by Stephenie Meyer. This book has 619 pages.Points this Post 20
Total Points 120
Tasks Completed 5
Books Read 8
Total Pages 2700
GoodReads Author 3
Big Books 500+(1)
Task #5.2 It's in Their Genes Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster
2 G's in title
Task #5.5 Spring Chicken
True of Blood by Bonnie Lamer
GR author
Ebook approved @ line #1052
Task #10.6 Storm Chasers
Taken by the Cowboy by Julianne MacLean
GR author
set in Kansas
Task #10.7 Chosen By You
The Marriage Bargain by Jennifer Probst
GR author
Romance category
Task #15.1 Follow the Leader
Book 1
Romeo, Romeo by Robin Kaye
GR author
Nora Roberts is mentioned on pg 222
Book 2
Vision in White by Nora Roberts
Task #15.3 Laughing in Ireland
Option 1A
Haunted Ground by Erin Hart
GR Author
set in Ireland
Option 1B
Disappeared by Gary Alexander
humor genre
Task #15.5 Hug a Tree
by Anne Stuart Task #15.7 Feeling Possessive?
Jessica's Breakdown by Alicia White
GR author
Task #15.10 Spring Break
Lye in Wait by Cricket McRae
GR author
Task #20.4 Did You Know...
Savor the Moment by Nora Roberts
Option C, romance genre
Task #30.2 For the Love of Reading
Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts
Book A - US list
From Russia With Love by Ian Fleming
Book B - UK list
This post: 155 points
Total to date: 355 points
Goodread authors this post: 7
Goodread authors to date: 14
Big Books claimed this post: 0
Total Big Books claimed: 500+ ()
Tasks Completed: 27
Books Read: 32
Readerboard Name: Jill ReneeTask - 20.4 - Author! Author!: Bluemoon's task: DID YOU KNOW....
Opt. 4 Read book that is third in a series (must have at least 3 books has one of the following words in the title or subtitle (no series titles) – Beer, Wine, Vodka, Gin, Whiskey, Rum, or Tequila. Words must be exact, no variations.
Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 80
Books Read this Task: 1
Total Books Read: 5
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
10.10 Above AverageOn Writing by Stephen King
(The book's average rating is 4.22, my average was at the time of choosing 3.86)
20.2: Rookie At The Top - Ty's Task: Pi Day
Option 1 - page count includes digits from the first 10 digits of pi (3.141592653)
Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds
Page count: 694
Big book - claiming 1 big book ticket
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 120
Total Tasks Completed: 8
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Lindsey IL5.3 - Here Kitty, Kitty
Bob: No Ordinary Cat by James Bowen
10.5 - Piece of Cake
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Plant-Based Nutrition by Julieanna Hever
15.1 - Follow the Leader
The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
mentions the book
Emma by Jane Austen
15.10 - Spring Break
The Starch Solution: Eat the Foods You Love, Regain Your Health, and Lose the Weight for Good! by John McDougall
25.3 - Come Play with Me!
Fat Is the New 30: The Sweet Potato Queens' Guide to Coping with (the Crappy Parts Of) Life by Jill Conner Brown
option 2, "queen" in subtitle
Queen of the Dead by Stacey Kade
option 4, 4 words in title
***Stacey Kade is a GoodReads author***
Points This Post: 70
Total Points: 335
GoodReads Authors: 10
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 24
Cindy FTask 10.1 Less is More
Faithless by Karin Slaughter who is a GOODREADS AUTHOR!
Claiming 1 big book ticket 576pages
Points this post:10
Total points:200
Books read:16
Tasks completed:13
Goodreads Authors:8
Big Books:500+(1)750+(1)1000+(0)
25.3 Come play with me 
by Carmen Reid / option 1 and 4, buildings on the cover and 4 words in title + more than 350 pagesTask points 25
Total points 275
Readerboard Name: Barbara★15.2- Vernal Equinox
Book 1: Aunt Dimity Down Under - Nancy Atherton (288 pages) 3/7
Book 2: Shadows in the Starlight - Elaine Cunningham♥ (288 pages) 4/2
***Claiming Goodreads Author***
Points Earned This Post: 15
Points Achieved to Date: 225
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Task 25.8 Janet F's task: Springy Ideas!Pick 2 different options and read a book for each.
Option 2: Words with Friends- My GR friends motivate me when they finish or rate a book.
+ Read a book that one of your GR friends recently (using your subjective interpretation of 'recent' ) read and/or rated & gave a 4 or 5 star to.
Required: Please identify the GR friend
My GR Friend, Kelly Jensen, rated it 4 of 5 stars on January 31, 2013
http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/21...
The Best of All Possible Worlds (2013) by Karen Lord (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 308 pages)
**** Goodreads Author **** Karen Lord
Option 6: Searching for the Sun- My winter 'snow' task paid off in good karma for the local mountain snow.
+ This time find an author who has a quote on GR with the word 'sun' in the text of their quote Goodreads Quote Search Make sure 'sun' is in the actual quote and not a 'tag' or book title listed underneath the quote. Read a book written by the author whose quote you choose.
Required: Post the quote or relevant "sun" phrase from the quote and the author.
“I myself have dreamed up a structure intermediate between Dyson spheres and planets. Build a ring 93 million miles in radius - one Earth orbit - around the sun. If we have the mass of Jupiter to work with, and if we make it a thousand miles wide, we get a thickness of about a thousand feet for the base.
And it has advantages. The Ringworld will be much sturdier than a Dyson sphere. We can spin it on its axis for gravity. A rotation speed of 770 m/s will give us a gravity of one Earth normal. We wouldn't even need to roof it over. Place walls one thousand miles high at each edge, facing the sun. Very little air will leak over the edges.
Lord knows the thing is roomy enough. With three million times the surface area of the Earth, it will be some time before anyone complains of the crowding.”
― Larry Niven
tags: larry-niven, ringworld, science, science-fiction, space
7 people liked it (as of March 29, 2013)
A World Out of Time (The State #1) (1976) by Larry Niven (Mass Market Paperback, 246 pages)
85 + 25 = 110
Tasks Completed: 6
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 85 + 25 = 110
Books read: 9
Pages read: 2,441
Read but not claimed: 6
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Task 10.6 - Storm ChasersShakespeare's Trollop
(takes place in the "Dixie Alley" state of Arkansas)
Task 20.5 - Tournament of Books 2013
Option 1 (author shares initials with a finalist)
The Round House is #2 on the 2013 Tournament of Books Finalists list
Task 25.8 - Springy Ideas!
Option 2 - Words with Friends
The Orchardist
My friend, LynnB, gave it 4* (so did I)
Option 4 - Siri, tell me a story (audiobook)
I listened to the MP3 version on my iPod: The Eyre Affair
Mass market paperback for page length (374 pgs): The Eyre Affair
Points this post: 55
Tasks completed this post: 3
Total challenge points: 145
Total tasks completed: 9
Total number Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(1)
STACIE MITask 15.9 - In Camelot
I read The Queen of Air and Darkness by T.H. White as found in the The Once and Future King omnibus edition. In the omnibus, it has 110 pages.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 200
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 18
Pages read: 4586
Goodreads authors: 9
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Coralie15.1 Follow the leader
Book 1 Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader which, on p62 mentions E.B. White
Book 2 The Trumpet of the Swan
25.3 Come Play with Me!
Option 2 – one book of over 350 pages
Chess – King in title
Connect 4 – 4 words in title
A Clash of Kings
Total points 340
20.5 Bigger is Better- Kate S's task: Tournament of Books 2013Option 3: The Palace of Illusions.Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is a ****Goodreads Author****
points: 85
books read: 9
tasks completed: 7
GR authors: 4
pages read: 3016
25.5 Shadow of the White TigerOption 1B: In the Beginning...was the Command Line by Neal Stephenson, 2012 nominee.
Option 2A: The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks, who appears on Neal Stephenson's Literature Map.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 275
Total Tasks Completed: 13
Total Books Read: 16
Total Pages Read: 3515
Total GoodReads Authors: 3
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Ana15.10 Spring Break
by Meg Cabot. She is a GoodReads author.Points this Post 15
Total Points 135
Tasks Completed 6
Books Read 9
Total Pages 2966
GoodReads Author 4
Big Books 500+(1)
Task 15.3 Laughing in IrelandOption I -
A. In honor of St. Patricks’s Day, read a book set in Ireland
Haunted Ground(Nora Gavin #1) (2003) by Erin Hart (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 328 pages)
**** Goodreads Author ****Erin Hart
AND
B. In honor of April Fool’s Day, read a book with the genre “humor”
No Way to Treat a First Lady (2002) by Christopher Buckley (Hardcover, 288 pages)
110 + 15 = 125
Tasks Completed: 7
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 110 + 15 = 125
Books read: 11
Pages read: 3,057
Read but not claimed: 5
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
sorry oops just ignore this spot
Elizabeth BTask #5.6 -- Hope Springs Eternal
The Good, the Bad, and the Undead by Kim Harrison
Kim Harrison is a Goodreads author
Task #5.10 -- Attention Grabber
This Duchess of Mine by Eloisa James
Eloisa James is a Goodreads author
Opening sentence: “No one dressed to please a husband. At least, not in the Duchess of Beaumont’s circle of acquaintances. One dressed – to be frank – to dazzle and amaze one’s female friends.”
Points this post: 10
Total points:185
Total tasks: 15
GR Authors: 12
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(1)
LYDIA20.8 It's My Birthday! Laurie's Task: March On!
Option 2: 9th in a series.
I read Find Me by Carol O'Connell, which is #9 of the Kathleen Mallory series.
Find Me by Carol O'Connell
Previous Total Points: 0
Current Total Points: 20
P.S. This is my first ever post to the completed tasks thread - so PLEASE let me know if I did it wrong or could do it in a better way. I don't want to make anyone's life more difficult just because I didn't format my post right!
20.5 Bigger is Better- Kate S's task: Tournament of Books 2013Option #6: book with "Contemporary" on main genre page
The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin
('Contemporary' genre is #4 on main page)
Emma McLaughlin is a Goodreads Author.
Points this post: 20
Total points this post: 185
Karen Oz5.7 -- Someone to Fall Back On
The Baker’s Boy (Book of Words #1) by J.V. Jones (552 pages) Big Book Ticket
25.3 Nikki's task: Come Play with me !
Option 2: Game 1 (Monopoly) & Game 4 (Connect 4)
Building on cover
4 words-title: Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie (352 pages)
Total (this post): 30 points
Grand Total: 215 points
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 17
Goodreads authors: 5
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (2); 1000+ (0)
Sheila25.3 Nikki's task: Come Play with me !
I chose Option 1- 2 books from different games
Game 3 - Eye Spy
I, Spy? by Kate JohnsonAND
Game 4 - Connect 4.
Most Likely to Die by Lisa Jackson25.6 - Lois's task: Happy Birthday Girl Scouts!
Option B: (Girl in title) -
The Sandcastle Girls by Chris BohjalianAND
Option C. (WAGGGS) -
G Is for Gumshoe by Sue GraftonTotal Points = 550
20.3 Best Review - Bucket's task: Traveling in Timeoption 2. Along for the Ride - Read a book about time travel
Time Between Us by Tamara Ireland Stone
Tamara Ireland Stone is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 20
Total points: 275
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 18
Goodreads Author: 13
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
cupcakebaker10.4 Purple for Peace
has purple clouds on the coverPoints This Post: 10
Total Points: 135
Total Tasks Completed: 10
Total Books Read: 12
Total Pages Read: 3,272
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
20.3 Best Review - Bucket's task: Traveling in Time2. Along for the Ride - Read a book about time travel and tag along! Read any book that includes the genre "time travel" on its main page.
by Joe Haldeman Points this post: 20
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 14
Books Read: 17
GR Authors: 13
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 10.10 - Above Average
As of 3-16-13, my average rating was 3.82, so I read a book with an average rating of 4.26:
Think iFruity: A Foxtrot Collection by Bill Amend
Points this task: 10
Total points: 210
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 19
Pages read: 4713
Goodreads authors: 9
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
30.1 Sheila/Kathy G's task - It's Spring Cleaning Time!Option 2: I read The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore
Option 3: I read Dominion by CJ Samson
CLAIMING 500+ BIG BOOKS TICKET as it is 593 pages
Total: 30
Big Books: 500+ (1)
Oma1229Task 15.10-Spring Break
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance by Jennifer Armstrong
Points this Post-15
Task 25.6-Happy Birthday Girl Scouts
Option A- Read a book with a strong girl character
The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory
Philippa Gregory is a Goodreads Author
Option C- Read a book whose author's name begin with any two or more of the letts WAGGS
Maigret and the Coroner's by Georges Simenon
Points this post-25
Task 15.3-Laughing in Ireland
Option 2- Read a book that satisifies both criteria from Option 1- Read a book set in Ireland and a book with the genre HUMOR
The Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom
Points this post- 15
Total Points from this post-55
Total Points to Date-305
25.1 Anchors AweighOption 3 - I read Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck which was published in 2006
Option 4 - I read Still Midnight by Denise Mina which is set in Scotland
* GOODREADS AUTHOR
30.1 Spring Cleaning Time
Option 2 - I read Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly (part of the Harry Bosch series)
* GOODREADS AUTHOR
Option 3 - I read The End of the Wasp Season by Denise Mina which is a mystery.
* GOODREADS AUTHOR
Total Points: 55
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15.4. Celebrate the White Tiger!
option 2: White Tiger by Michael Allen Dymmoch
20.2: Rookie At the Top- Ty's task: Pi Day
option 3 romance: Devil's Bride by Stephanie Laurens
20.7- Shorter is Sweeter- Suzanne VN's task Have Passport, Will Travel
option 3 plane on cover
Troubled Midnight by John E. Gardner25.5 - Nick KY’s Task: Shadow of the White Tiger
book 1 option A- black silhouette
A Surrey State of Affairs: A Novel by Ceri Radfordbook 2 option B- initial RG
Sight Unseen by Robert Goddard
30.4 Sandy's Task: What Are They All Talking About?
book 1 Bookclub list #45 in the US in March on 3/2 when I selected this book (#25 today)
Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
book 2 Most Read list #8 in the US this year on 4/3 when I selected this book
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
total 445
Readerboard ID: JENBENT10.3 March April May: S-A-S
Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy by Emily Bazelon
Points this post: 10
Total points: 250
Total Goodreads authors: 7
Total Big books: 1
Katie M15.5 -- Hug a Tree
Forbidden Freshman by Carol Lynne
Approved in Msg. 2122
This post: 15 points
Total to Date: 195 points
20.6- Seasoned Reader- Alexandra's task: Messing around1. Book originally written in Italian. My native language is French.
Chevaucher son tigre by Giorgio Nardone
This post: 20 points
Total to Date = 100 points
//Goodreads Author: 3
Elizabeth BTask 20.9: - Moderator's Pet- Peebee’s Task: A New Spring Wardrobe
Mind Fuck by Manna Francis (option b)
Task 25.8 Janet F's task: Springy Ideas!
Option 2: Play Dirty by Sandra Brown (rated 5 stars by my GR friend Fani (http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/11...)
Option 4: audiobook Crossed and the print Crossed by Ally Condie
Ally Condie is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 45
Total points:230
Total tasks: 17
GR Authors: 13
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(1)
Nicki UK5.5 - Spring Chicken
Read a YA book.
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia + Margaret Stohl
Goodreads author
Big Book (563pp) 500+
Points this post: 5 points
Points to date: 140 points
Books read: 12
Pages read: 4966
Goodreads authors: 6
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
5.8 Cinco de Mayo -- Lola and the Boy Next Door, Stephanie Perkins (GR Author) Here is the link to my GR friend Sara <3’s 5 star review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... 10.10 Above Average -- My Average is 3.49 and I read STFU, Parents: The Jaw-Dropping, Self-Indulgent, and Occasionally Rage-Inducing World of Parent Overshare (SO HILARIOUS) current rating is 3.83
15.10 Spring Break -- I Just Want To Pee Alone
25.1 Option 3 -- Lexi, Baby, Published 11-17-2012 (approved for length http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/4... -- post 2203)
Option 5 -- NCIS- Shattered Promises, JessICa SorenseN (GR author)
Points This Post: 55
Claiming 2 GR Authors (Stephanie Perkins and Jessica Sorensen)
Total Points: 120
Total Tasks Completed: 9
Total Books Read: 12
Total Pages Read: 3843
Total GoodReads Authors: 5
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
20.6- Seasoned Reader- Alexandra's task: Messing aroundOption 1. Original language is French and my native language is English.
HHhH: A Novel by Laurent Binet
Points this post:20
Total points: 365
Tasks this post:1
Total tasks:19
GR Authors:7
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
JACKIE NC10.1 Less is More
Soulless by Gail Carriger
10.6 Storm Chasers
Murder of a Small-Town Honey by Denise Swanson
Set in Illinois
30.1 Sheila/Kathy G's task - It's Spring Cleaning Time!
Option 2:
Fit to Die by J.B. Stanley
#2 in Supper Club Mystery Series
Option 3:
Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
Mystery genre
Gail Carriger, J. B. Stanley, and Jim Butcher are Goodreads authors.
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 130
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets:
Katie M15.10 -- Spring Break
Where The Heart Is by Ally Blue
This post: 15 points
Total to Date: 210 points
Task 5.7 - Someone to fall back on
Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley ***GR Author***
Total GR Authors = 8
Challenge total = 180
15.3. Laughing in IrelandOption 2, genre humor and set in Ireland:
Blessed Are the Cheesemakers by Sarah-Kate Lynch
Points this post: 15
Total points: 255
20.4 – Author! Author!: Bluemoon’s task: DID YOU KNOW….B. For this option read a book that has a shoe(s) on the cover:
Summer Crossing by Truman Capote+20 Points
Grand Total: 205
Jennifer KS20.2: Rookie At the Top- Ty's task: Pi Day
I read Shadow Risingby Yasmine Galenorn. She is a Goodreads Author
My copy had 324 pages
Points this Task 20
Total Points: 165
Total Tasks Completed: 17
Total Books Read: 18
Total Pages Read: 5821
Total GoodReads Authors: 5
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Jenna S20.5 Bigger is Better- Kate S's task: Tournament of Books 2013
Option 6
I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella
Contemporary is listed as a genre.
20.9 - Moderator's Pet- Peebee's Task: A New Spring Wardrobe
Option D: Thrift Shop II
Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
I bought this book at a used bookstore.
Points this post: 40
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
20.9-Moderator's Pet: A New Spring WardrobeOption D: Thrift Shop II
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them by Francine Prose
I borrowed this book from my friend Matthew (incidentally, this book would also have worked for Option A since it has been on my To-Read list for literally years!)
Total Books Read:4
Total Challenges Completed:3
Total Pages Read: 1234
Big Book Tickets:0
GoodReads Author Tickets:1
Total Points: 60
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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10.4 - Purple For Peace
20.3 - Best Review - Bucket's task: Traveling in Time
Titus Groan (Option 1 - published in 1946) (512 pages - 1 big book ticket)
25.4 - Stacie MI's Task: It's Read-a-Thon Time!
Option 1 - Little Birds
Option 4 - Maus, Vol. 1: My Father Bleeds History
Total books read: 14
Points in this post: 60
Big book tickets: 1
Total points accumulated: 160/870