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SPRING CHALLENGE 2013
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Spring Challenge 2013 Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC!
Task 15.5 – Hug a TreeBook Read - Banished: Surviving My Years in the Westboro Baptist Church by Lauren Drain (tree on cover; 296 pgs)
]Task 20.2 – Pi Day
Book Read – Brideshead Abbreviated: The Digested Read of the Twentieth Century by John Crace (Option 1: 355 pgs – 3, 5, and 5 are all in pi)
Task 25.6 – Happy Birthday Girl Scouts
Books Read:
The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson (Option A: Jenna Fox is a strong female protagonist; 266 pgs; Pearson is a Goodreads Author)
Girl Meets God: A Memoir by Lauren F. Winner (Option B: “Girl” in title; 320 pgs)
Points this post: 60
Total points: 60
Total pages read: 1237
Total books read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 1
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥5.2 It's In Their Genes
2 Vs in title: Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps
Approval Post
5.3 Here Kitty, Kitty
Skeeter: A Cat Tale
Anne L. Watson is a GRA
10.10 Above Average
On 2/24/13 Avg rating 3.52/Book rated 3.92:Life As We Knew It
25.7 Chaitra's task: Judge a Book By Its Cover!
Option E Book 1/Sweet Dreams Drive
Option E Book 2/Leviathan
Robin Lee Hatcher is a GRA
25.8 Janet F's task: Springy Ideas!
Option 1:March,April May/March in title: The Fifth of March: A Story of the Boston Massacre
Option 4: Audiobook:That Summer Hardcover edition 240 pages: That Summer
Audio book version:
/ Hard cover verson:
for option 4Sarah Dessen is a GRA
Points Earned This Post: 70
Points Achieved to Date: 340/870
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Keltie Lee5.5 -- Spring Chicken
Walking Disaster
by Jamie McGuire
*has young adult as a genre*
15.10. Spring Break
Me, Him, Them, and It
by Caela Carter
Points this post: 20
Total points: 305/870
Tasks: 22
Books: 24
5.2 It's in Their GenesA Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler
2 G's in the title
Roll With It
I rolled a 3 and read a book published in 2010
Nemesis by Philip Roth
15.7 Feeling Possessive?
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 305
30.2U. S. Book
My Ántonia
UK/Ireland book
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
This task 30 points
Total points 165
GOODREADS AUTHOR
Alexander McCall Smith
20.2: Rookie At the Top- Ty's task: Pi DayOption 3 - Romance
Vain by Fisher Amelie
Fisher Amelie is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 20
Total points: 295
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 19
Goodreads Author: 14
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
Mod
I read Alzheimer's Early Stages: First Steps for Family, Friends and Caregivers
20.2: Rookie At the Top- Ty's task: Pi Day
I chose option 1 and read The Essential Guide to Caring for Aging Parents - 352 pages.
30.4 Sandy's Task: What Are They All Talking About?
For book 1, I chose The Light Between Oceans - # 12 on the US Most Popular Bookclub books this week list on 3/18/13.
For book 2, I chose Defending Jacob, #41 on the US Most Read books this week list on 3/18/13.
Total points: 440
20.4 - Author! Author!: Bluemoon's task: DID YOU KNOW....
Option C - romance as a genre
Thornyhold
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 110
Total Tasks Completed: 8
Total Books Read: 8
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Option C - romance as a genre
Thornyhold
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 110
Total Tasks Completed: 8
Total Books Read: 8
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
ClaireM20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Peebee's Task: A New Spring Wardrobe
Option D: Thrift Shop II
Book you didn't buy new - True Mystery Stories by Finn Bevan
I got hold of this book when my High School library was having a clear out.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 115
Goodread Authors: 11
Big Books: 0
ClaireM25.4 - Stacie MI's Task: It's Read-a-Thon Time!
Option 1 - Less than 200 pages:
Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights by E. Dixon - 160 pages
Option 4 - Graphic Novel:
Star Wars Omnibus: Rise Of The Sith by Ryder Windham (GR Author)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 140
GR Authors: 12
Big books: 0
Jayme VA10.7 Chosen By You
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman won in the historical fiction category.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 280
GR Authors: Karen Russell, Stephen Dau, Elizabeth Wein, Lauren Kate, Andrew Klavan, Dan Wells, Katie Alender
Big Books: 500+(1),750+(0),1000+(0)
Cindy AL15.6 Let's All Go To The Lobby:
The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
Matthew Quick is a Goodreads Author
15.8 Batter Up!:
One Day at Fenway: A Day in the Life of Baseball in America by Steve Kettmann
The sport is baseball
Steve Kettman is a Goodreads Author
30.1 It's Spring Cleaning Time!:
Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley
Option 3 - mystery on the homepage AND
by Jennifer HarlowOption 4 window on the cover and Option 5 romance on homepage
Alan Bradley is a Goodreads Author.
Jennifer Harlow is a Goodreads Author
Points in this post - 60
Total Points - 660/870
Books - 52/68
Pages - 18201
Goodreads Authors: 40
Big Books:500+ - (4), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)
Sheila30.2 Dlmrose's task: For the Love of Reading
From the US List - author Lisa Scottoline
Dead Ringer LP by Lisa ScottolineAND
From the UK list - author Tracy Chevalier
The Last Runaway by Tracy ChevalierTotal Points = 580
D.G. ~Shameless Hussy~20.4 - Author! Author!: Bluemoon's task: DID YOU KNOW....(1 Book)
--C. Romance Genre on Main Page: Redemption by Susannah Sandlin (GR Author)
20.6- Seasoned Reader- Alexandra's task: Messing around (1 Book)
--3. Yellow on the cover:
by Teresa Medeiros (GR Author)25.4 Stacie MI's Task: It's Read-a-Thon Time! (2 Books)
--1. “Shortish books” (Less than 200 pgs.): The Scandalous, Dissolute, No-Good Mr. Wright by Tessa Dare (GR Author) - Approved for Length (#988 in the ebook verification spreadsheet)
--3. Humorous Books (Humor in Main Page): Open Season by Linda Howard
30.1 Sheila/Kathy G's task - It's Spring Cleaning Time! (2 Books)
--Option 2 - Part of a series: Reached (Matched #3 - pub 11/2012) by Ally Condie (GR Author) *BIG BOOK - 512 pgs*
--Option 5 - Romance Genre on Main Page: The Black Angel by Barbara Samuel (GR Author)
Points for this post: 95
Total points: 215/870
Total GR Tickets: 10
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
STACIE MITask 5.2 - It's In Their Genes
I read a book with 2 X's in the title and subtitle:
Explorer: The Mystery Boxes by Kazu Kibuishi
**Kazu Kibuishi is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 5
Total points: 215
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 20
Pages read: 4841
Goodreads authors: 10
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
AprilDT15.5- Hug a Tree
Nocturne
by Syrie JamesIn approved books on help thread
Syrie James is a GRA
Points this post= 15
Challenge total= 180
GRA=4
20.9 - Moderator's PetEllenCA
I picked option A - and read The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe It has been on my list since March 2011!
Total Points - 20
Tasks - 1
Goodreads Authors - 0
Big Books - 0
Readerboard ID: JENBENT20.3 Best Review - Bucket's task: Traveling in Time
Option 1 - pub in 1955
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne by Brian Moore
Points this post: 20
Total points: 270
Total Goodreads authors: 7
Total Big books: 1
20.2 - Pi DayA book whose page count includes digits from the first 10 digits of pi (3.1415925653):
The Pastor's Wife by Elizabeth von Arnim (496 pages)
30.2 - For the Love of Reading
A. A book by an author with a book on the World Book Night 2013 Us book list - Margaret Atwood:
Moral Disorder by Margaret Atwood **Goodreads Author**
B. A book by an author with a book on the World Book Night 2013 UK and Ireland book list - Rose Tremain:
Merivel: A Man of His Time by Rose Tremain
Total points 260
Sandy MN25.4 Stacie MI's Task: It's Read-a-Thon Time!
Option 2: Children's Books
The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Option 6: Books to keep you up at night. Heading: Young Adult
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher Goodreads Author
Total Points: 315
Total GR Authors: 10
Andy P.Task # 30.1 Sheila/Kathy's Task - It's Spring Cleaning Time!
Option 4 Read a book with a window on the cover
by Joseph Olshan This book was approved in message 30 of the help thread for this taskOption 6 Read any book you choose The Sixth Station by Linda Stasi
Points this task:30
Total Points: 350
Jessica PDX25.6 - Lois's Task - Happy Birthday Girl Scouts!
Option B - "Girl" in title
by Georgette HeyerOption C - Words beginning with A and S
by Robert CraisPoints This Post: 25
Total Points: 370
Kristi CO20.5 Tournament of Books 2013
Option 3 Historical Fiction
The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
Points this post: 20
Total points: 170
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 10
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 5.6- Hope Springs Eternal!...read a book by an author that you are giving another chance:
I read
Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb 345 pages (4.5)Points earned for this task: 5
Total Points Earned to Date: 195
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 6
Total # of Big Books: 2
500+ = (1)
700+ (1)
1000+ (0)
30.4 Sandy's Task: What Are They All Talking About? Popular Book club books: Australia, this year, March 1, number 37.
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Most read: Australia, This Month, March 1, number 30.
Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 360/870
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 29
GR Authors: 18
Big Book Tickets: 1
DEANA30.3 Donna Jo's task: Upsy Daisy
Option 1. Just Don't Fall: How I Grew Up, Conquered Illness, and Made It Down the Mountain (contains both UP and DOWN in the subtitle)
** Josh Sundquist is a GOODREADS AUTHOR **
Option 3. Sleeping Arrangements by Madeleine Wickham (pair MW)
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Points this post: 30
GRA this post: 1
Big Books this post: 0 - 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Total Points: 50/870
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 3
Total GRA: 2
Total Big Books: 0 - 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Jenifer15.10 Spring Break
The Ashford Affair
*Claiming a Goodreads Author ticket*
This Post: 15
Total Points: 70
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 5
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (1), 1000+ ()
Task: 5.4 - Spring Up, Fall DownRead: Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian
Noun/Verb Used: Kiss
Task: 10.6 - Storm Chasers
Read: Beautiful Redemption by Kami Garcia
***Claiming: One Big Books Ticket for Beautiful Redemption***
***Claiming: Two Goodreads Author Tickets***
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 55
Big Book Tickets: 6
Goodreads Authors: 5
Kimber5.4 Spring up, Fall Down
The Pink Rose: Secrets, Love and Betrayal by Alicia Roberts
Word that can be both noun/verb - LOVE
The Pink Rose is my one conditional use ebook, found on line 980, src ebook verif list
This task: 5
# tasks completed: 8
GRA: 10
Total points: 165
KimberRepost
30.3 Upsy Daisy
option 2
by KL Hawkeroption 4 The Secrets of Moonshine by Denise Daisy
Denise Daisy is a Goodreads Author
KL Hawker is a Goodreads Author
This task: 30
tasks completed: 7
GRA: 10
Total points: 160
Delicious Dee20.3 Best Review - Bucket's task: Traveling in Time
Option 1 - Botchan - first published 1906
Total Points: 380
Goodreads Authors: 23
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (2)
Kimber20.1 Again! Again!
matching word: Belly
Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health by William Davis
This task: 20
# tasks completed: 9
GRA: 10
Total points: 185
Kimber10.6 Storm Chasers
Flowertown by SG Redling
set in rural Iowa
This task: 10
tasks completed: 10
GRA: 10
Total points: 195
Kimber10.7 Chosen By You
Best Fiction Nominee:
This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz
This task: 10
# tasks completed: 11
GRA: 10
Total points: 205
20.8 Laurie's task: March On!Option 3.
by Jeffery Deaver*GRACross on cover
1 Big Book ticket claimed for 576 pages this edition.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 235
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 16
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets: 1
30.1 It's Spring Cleaning TimeI chose option 1, and read Chosen by Chandra Hoffman (a GoodReads Author). It has been on my to-read shelf since 9/18/10.
I also chose option 3-read a book with mystery on its homepage. I read Tethered: A Novel by Amy MacKinnon.
Task Points: 30
Total Points: 160
GoodReads Authors: 8
Tasks Completed: 9
Ana25.1 Anchor's Aweigh
Option 3
by Jennifer L. Armentrout. This book was published August 2012.She is a GoodReads author.
Option 5
by Jenny Carroll. The initials JC are in JCCS. This is the wrong edition it was the actual book not the ebook.Points this Post 25
Total Points 160
Tasks Completed 7
Books Read 11
Total Pages 3588
GoodReads Author 5
Big Books 500+(1)
20.9 - Moderator's Pet- Peebee's Task: A New Spring WardrobeThe Colorado Kid
by Stephen KingThe person on the cover is showing skin as described in the task.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Robyn20.2 Rookie at the top: Ty's Task Pi Day
Option 1 - Pi Day:
321 pages Points This Post: 20
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Total Books Read: 5
Total Points This Challenge: 90
BEKKA - 25.3 Nikki's task: Come Play with me !Option 2: For this task, I read “Dreaming of Mr. Darcy”
by Victoria Connelly. It works for Game 1 (Monopoly) because it has buildings on the cover; it works for Game 4 (Connect 4) because it has exactly 4 words in the title; and it has over 350 pages. Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 25
Total Points Earned to Date: 235
Pages Read this Challenge: 360
Total Pages Read to Date: 6451
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 19
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Book Tickets: 500( 2 ), 750(), 1000()
Laurie ME10.2: Angry Birds (bird on cover - a very small crow)
Wild Ride by Jennifer Crusie. Jennifer Crusie is a GRA.
.15.2: Vernal Equinox: the same title
Crazy for You by Jennifer Crusie. Jennifer Crusie is a GRA.
Crazy for You by Kate Angell
15.7: Feeling Possessive?
Shakespeare's Blood by Peg Herring. Peg Herring is a GRA. This book was approved in post 2109.
20.6: Seasoned Reader: Alexandra's Task: Messing Around: something yellow on the cover:
Faking It by Jennifer Crusie. Jennifer Crusie is a GRA.
20.8: It's My Birthday: Laurie's Task: March On! A cross on the cover
The Last Pope. Lus Miguel Rocha by Luis Miguel Rocha. Luis Miguel Rocha is a GRA.
Points this Post: 80
Total Points: 240
5 GRA this post.
15.5. Hug a TreeRead a book with a tree on the cover
by Veronica RothVeronica Roth is a Goodreads Author
Claiming Big Book Ticket - 545 pages
20.5 Bigger is Better- Kate S's task: Tournament of Books 2013
Option 6: A book with "Contemporary" on the main genre page
Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta
Melina Marchetta is a Goodreads author
Points this Post:35
Total Challenge Points: 110
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(1),750+(0),1000+(0)
30.3 Donna Jo's task: Upsy Daisy3. Choose a book by an author who has any of the matching letter pairs in their initials as their name appears on Goodreads. Pair - JR. Author JD Robb
Naked in Death by J.D. Robb
4. Read a book by an author with the name Daisy, Marguerite, Mary or Rose.
Name - Mary. Author. Mary Shelley
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Points this post:30
Total points: 395
Tasks this post:1
Total tasks: 20
GR Authors:7
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
30.1 It's Spring Cleaning Time!Option 3: I read The Storyteller
by Jodi Picoult. Mystery is listed on the home page. *** Iam claiming a GRA ticket.***Option 6: I read Contents May Have Shifted: A Novel
by Pam Houston. ***I am claiming GRA ticket***Previous points: 80
New total: 110
Total books: 6
Total tasks: 5
5.5 - Spring ChickenThe Cardturner: A Novel about a King, a Queen, and a Joker
20.4 - Author! Author!: Bluemoon's task: DID YOU KNOW....
Option A (lion) -
25.3 - Nikki's task: Come Play with me!
Option 1
Game 1 -
(approved in task help thread msg #17)Game 4 - In the Mean Time
Total books read: 18
Points in this post: 50
Big book tickets: 1
Total points accumulated: 210/870
Jayme VA15.8. Batter Up!
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis is about baseball.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 295
GR Authors: Karen Russell, Stephen Dau, Elizabeth Wein, Lauren Kate, Andrew Klavan, Dan Wells, Katie Alender
Big Books: 500+(1),750+(0),1000+(0)
15.6 Let's All Go to the LobbySolaris by Stanisław Lem, which was adapted to film twice-- in 1972 and in 2002.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 290
Total Tasks Completed: 14
Total Books Read: 17
Total Pages Read: 3739
Total GoodReads Authors: 3
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
cupcakebaker5.1 Go West!
I read Made in the U.S.A which is set in the United States.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 140
Total Tasks Completed: 11
Total Books Read: 13
Total Pages Read: 3,627
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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For this task, I read “Inside Out and Back Again”
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 10
Total Points Earned to Date: 210
Pages Read this Challenge: 260
Total Pages Read to Date: 6091
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 18
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Book Tickets: 500( 2 ), 750(), 1000()