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SPRING CHALLENGE 2013
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Spring Challenge 2013 Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC!
Andy P.Task # 10.7 Chosen By You
A book that was a winner in the 2012 Good Reads Choice Award
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
This book was the winner in the Historical Fiction Category
Points this Task: 10
Total Points: 365
KAREN F10.4 Purple for Peace
Supernatural by Larissa Ione
Background approved as the purple "thing" in the help thead:
**Contains a story by Larissa Ione who is a Goodreads Author**
25.3 Come Play with Me
Game 1 - Monopoly: Seducing the Spy by Celeste Bradley
Building on cover:
Game 4 - Connect 4: Under a Vampire Moon by Lynsay Sands
4 Words in title
30.2 For the Love of Reading
Book 1: Happy Ever After by Nora Roberts
Nora Roberts is on the US List
Book 2: One of Our Thursdays Is Missing by Jasper Fforde
Jasper Fforde is on the UK/Ireland list
Points this Post: 65
Total Challenge Points: 260
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
PUTTERPAL10.3- Mar, Apr, May
Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson
10.5- Piece of Cake
The Belly Fat Diet: Lose Your Belly, Shed Excess Weight, Improve Health by John Chatham
20.6- Messing Around
Option 4- Home Front by Kristin Hannah
20.7- Have passport, will travel
Option 2- The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
20.8- March On
Option 5- The Ugly Stepsister Strikes Back by Sariah Wilson
20.9- a new spring wardrobe
Option D- Freeing Your Child from Anxiety by Tamar E. Chansky
I checked this book out of the library
25.2- Interesting spring holidays
1- Pie Day- How to Pick a Peach by Russ Parsons
5- National Renewal Day- Savannah Blues by Mary Kay Andrews
I checked this book out of the library 5 years ago, read about 60 pages before I had to return it, so I decided to give it another try.
30.1- Spring Cleaning time
1- Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
This book was on a to read list for years before it made it onto my goodreads to read list and then sat there for a couple years.
5- Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
Points this post- 155
Total Points- 155
Readerboard Name: Tallulah A.Task #30.1 - It's Spring Cleaning Time!
Option 4: We DO Windows - read a book with a window on the cover.
Secret of the Stone by Barbara Delinsky
Mass Market Paperback link
I listened to the audiobook which has a cover with windows.
** Ticket Claim: Barbara Delinsky is a Goodreads Author **
Option 6: Read any book that you choose.
My Nest Isn't Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman by Lisa Scottoline
** Ticket Claim: Lisa Scottoline is a Goodreads Author **
Points This Post: 30 points
Total Points: 115 points
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Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 7
Goodreads Authors Tickets: 3
Big books (500+) Tickets: 0
Mod
10.8 Pedal To The Metal
Gold by Chris Cleave
10.9 Feeling Lucky?
I rolled a 28- page 28, post 1363
The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery
25.3 Nikki's task: Come Play with me !
option 2- 630 pages
option 1: houses on cover, option 4: 4 words in title
The Wine of Angels by Phil Rickmantotal = 490
Andy P.Task 30.2 Dlmrose's task: For the Love of Reading
A. Read a book by an author on the 2013 US book list
The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier Chevalier's Girl with the Pearl Earrring is on the list
B. Read a book by an author with a book on the 2013 UK & Ireland book list
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
This book is on this list
Oma1229Task 20.8-March On!
Option 1 In honor of the month of March read a book where the word lion or lamb in found intact within the title.
The Third Lion: A Novel about Talleyrand by Floyd Kemske
Points this post- 20
Total Points to Date- 325
Nick KY5.10 Attention Grabber!
I read Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton, #71 on the “Best Opening Sentence” listopia on 3/1/13: “I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.”
20.7 Suzanne’s Travel. Option 5 – International Travel. – read a book which takes place in a country other than your own. I live in the U.S.. I read a book which takes place in Japan, The Lake by Yasunari Kawabata.
25.6 Lois’ Girl Scouts
Option A. I read a book with a strong girl character, The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting.
Option B. I read a book with the word “girl” in the title, Girl by the Road at Night by David Rabe.
Points in this post: 50
Total Points so far: 325
Big Books: 500 + (1)
SAMJAYMC20.2
Option 1: Read a book whose page count include digits from the first 10 digits of pi
Taking Chances by Molly McAdams
Pages: 432
*Claiming GR ticket*
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Books Read: 1
GR Authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Mod
I read The Burgess Boys, set in the U.S.
5.8 -- Cinco de Mayo
I read First Among Sequels, #5 in the Thursday Next series.
15.4. Celebrate the White Tiger!
I read The White Tiger, satisfying both criteria.
Total points: 465
5.3 -- Here Kitty, KittyBook with a cat on the cover. I read Maus, Vol. 1: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman.
10.10 -- Above Average
Read a book above your average rating. My average rating is 3.01. For this task I read Maus, Vol. 2: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman.
20.02 -- Rookie at the Top, Ty's Task: Pi day
I went with option 1: Pi Day, read a book with a page count that includes digits from the first 10 places of pi. I read Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins. The book is 359 pages AND Rachel Hawkins is a Goodreads Author so I'd like to claim that as well.
Points this post: 35
Total points: 35
Tasks this post: 3
Total tasks: 3
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
CHRISTINE USTask 5.2 In the Genes
Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich
2 P's in title
***Janet Evanovich is a GRA
Task 5.4 Spring up, Fall Down
The Crown by Nancy Bilyeau
"Crown" is both a verb & noun
***Nancy Bilyeau is a GRA
Task 10.1 Less is More
Lita: A Less Traveled R.O.A.D.--The Reality of Amy Dumas (WWE) by Amy Dumas
Task 15.6 Let's Go to the Lobby
Skipping Christmas: Christmas with The Kranks by John Grisham
Christmas with the Cranks was released in 2004, starring Tim Allen & Jamie Lee Curtis.
Task 20.3 Travelling in Time
The Very Virile Viking by Sandra Hill
"Time Travel" is on the main page
Task 25.7 Judge a Book by its Cover
Option A: 2 dismembered heads
and
Richelle mead is the author of both books.
***Richelle Mead is a GRA (x2)
TOTAL: 95
10.3 - MARCH, APRIL, MAY - House and Home by Kathleen McCleary.Kathleen McCleary is a Goodreads author.
10.10 - ABOVE AVERAGE - My average is 3.21 so I read Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman which has a rating of 3.87.
Beth Hoffman is a Goodreads author.
15.1 - FOLLOW THE LEADER
BOOK 1 - A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly which mentions Louisa May Alcott.
BOOK 2 - The Mysterious Key and What It Opened by Louisa May Alcott.
Jennifer Donnelly is a Goodreads author.
25.1 - ANCHORS AWEIGH
OPTION 5 - JCCS - Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis.
OPTION 6 - SHIP ON COVER -
by Clive Cussler.Jill Shalvis is a Goodreads author.
is a Big Book at 512 pages.TOTAL POINTS - 315
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 14
BIG BOOKS - 2
5.4Where Demons Fear to Tread by Stephanie Chong (GRA)
The word "fear" is both a noun and verb.
5.10
Bound to Me by Jocelynn Drake (GRA) (This was a very addictive series!)
E-book approved on line 149
First line: "He was going to be such an easy target."
Points this post: 10
Total points: 260
5.7 Someone to Fall Back On - Six Years by Harlan Coben10.4 Purple for Peach - Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading
by Nina Sankovitch 15.3 Laughing in Ireland - I chose the 2nd Option (1 Book) and read
by Flann O'Brien. This is set in Ireland and is listed under the humor genre. For the life of me I didn't get it - but based on the reviews I may be the only one.20.6 Messing Around - Option 3 - Something Yellow on the Cover
by Ann LearyNina Sankovitch & Ann Leary are both GR authors.
Post Total: 50
Grand Total: 105
Kathy G.20.5- Bigger is Better- Kate S's Task: Tournament of Books 2013
Option 6- Contemporary Genre
Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
Total Points- 175
Total Tasks- 10
Goodreads Authors- 3
Big Books (500+)- 1
Kathy G.10.10- Above Average
My average- 3.56
This book's average- 4.17
Fantasy in Death by J.D. Robb
Link to Paperback
Fantasy in Death
Total Points- 185
Total Tasks- 11
Goodreads Authors- 3
Big Books (500+) - 1
MARIA HELENA10.2 Angry Birds
The Snowman by Jo Nesbø
(has the genre thriller listed on the main book page)
10.8 Pedal To The Metal
Silver Justice by Russell Blake
(approved for length post 2277)
****** Russell Blake is a Goodreads Author ******
25.5 Nick KY’s Task: Shadow of the White Tiger
Book 1, option B: The Coffin Dancer by Jeffery Deaver (winner 2004)
Book 2, option B: Against All Odds by Irene Hannon (author initials IH in WHITE TIGER)
****** Both Jeffery Deaver and Irene Hannon are Goodreads Atuhors ******
Points this post: 45
Total Points: 370/870
Tasks Completed: 27
Books Read: 32
GR Authors: 18
Big Book Tickets: 1
STACIE MITask 15.1 - Follow the Leader
For my first book, I read:
A Killer Read by Erika Chase
In the text of the previous book, there were some quotes from Avery Aames at the beginning of some of the chapters and in one instance, the main character bought one of her books from a bookstore, so I read:
Clobbered by Camembert by Avery Aames
**Avery Aames is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 15
Total points: 230
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 22
Pages read: 5471
Goodreads authors: 11
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
25.7 - Chaitra's task: Judge a Book By Its Cover! I chose Option E: Beautiful Covers. I love the dresses in these covers and think the covers as a whole are stunning!
by Kiera Cass *goodreads author*
by Alex Flinn *goodreads author*Points this post: 25
Total Points: 385/870
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 31
GR Authors: 20
Big Book Tickets: 1
BRIAN10.2 Angry Birds
The Walking Dead, Vol. 2: Miles Behind Us by Robert Kirkman
The book is listed in the Horror genre.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 105
Books read: 10
Goodreads authors: 3
15.8. Batter Up!The Teammates: A Portrait of Friendship by David Halberstam
Points this post: 15
Total points: 270
READERBOARDNAME : MARWA20.5 Bigger is Better- Kate S's task: Tournament of Books 2013
Option2 - 2. A collection of short stories by a single author.
I Sweep the Sun Off Rooftops by Hanan Al-Shaykh
Points claimed for this post: 20
Total Points: 110
Tasks Completed so far: 6
Books Read for this challenge so far: 6
GR Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Ana20.9 A New Spring Wardrobe
Option A
by Rachel Caine. This book was published August 2010.Points this Post 20
Total Points 180
Tasks Completed 8
Books Read 12
Total Pages 3829
GoodReads Author 5
Big Books 500+(1)
Jayme VA15.7. Feeling possessive?
The Witch's Daughter by Paula Brackston
Points this post: 15
Total points: 310
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 VN10.9 Feeling Lucky?
My Random # was 10 and I chose Gone Girl from Sandy MN's post #490 -
Link
Gillian Flynn is a GoodReads Author
30.1 It's Spring Cleaning Time
Option 2 - Book is part of a series
Perfect Sax is #6 in the Madeline Bean Catering Series
Option 3 - Book is a mystery
A Beautiful Blue Death = Mystery
Charles Finch is a GoodReads Author
Points this task: 40
Total points: 190
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 15
Goodreads authors: 10
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
20.5 Bigger is Better- Kate S's task: Tournament of Books 20132. A collection of short stories by a single author
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Points this post:20
Total points: 415
Tasks this post:1
Total tasks: 21
GR Authors:7
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
15.6. Let's All Go to the LobbyThe Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
Nicholas Sparks is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 15
Total points: 310
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 20
Goodreads Author: 15
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
Task 5.2 -- It's In Their GenesRead a book that has a pair of the least common letters in the English language--G, Y, P, B, V, K, J, X, Q, Z -- in the title/subtitle and/or author name. The title/subtitle/author name combo may only have 2 of the uncommon letter; no more, no less.
Enchanted Pilgrimage (1975) by Clifford D. Simak (Paperback, 219 pages)
Letter: G
Enchanted Pilgrimage
125 + 05 = 130
Tasks Completed: 8
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 125 + 05 = 130
Books read: 12
Pages read: 3,276
Read but not claimed: 5
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Jessica PDX15.1 - Follow the Leader
Book 1
by Amor TowlesBook 2 - The main character in Book 1 reads Agatha Christie while visiting a friend.
by Agatha ChristiePoints This Post: 15
Total Points: 385
Readerboard ID: JENBENT25.3 Nikki's task: Come Play with me !
Option 2 - 1 book using 2 games
Book length - 376 pages
Game 1 - house on cover
&
Game 4 - 4 words in title
Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
Points this post: 25
Total points: 295
Total Goodreads authors: 7
Total Big books: 1
Elizabeth BTask 25.7 - Chaitra's task: Judge a Book By Its Cover!
Option A - Dismembered:
1.
by Kim Harrison2.
by Dean KoontzKim Harrison is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 25
Total points:255
Total tasks: 18
GR Authors: 14
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(1)
10.3 March April May
The Boys from Brazil
B-F-B
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 120
Total Tasks Completed: 9
Total Books Read: 9
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
The Boys from Brazil
B-F-B
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 120
Total Tasks Completed: 9
Total Books Read: 9
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Jayme VA5.10 -- Attention Grabber
I am replacing The Knife of Never Letting Go with Eve and Adam by Michael Grant
The first line is: "I am thinking of an apple when the streetcar hits and my leg severs and my ribs and my arm is no longer an arm but something unrecognizable, wet and red."
Pretty attention getting first line!
Michael Grant is a goodreads author.
30.2 Dlmrose's task: For the Love of Reading
A: US Book List: The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
B: UK Book List: The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Vanessa Diffenbaugh is a goodreads author.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 340
GR Authors: Karen Russell, Stephen Dau, Elizabeth Wein, Lauren Kate, Andrew Klavan, Dan Wells, Katie Alender, Michael Grant, Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Big Books: 500+(1),750+(0),1000+(0)
Delicious Dee25.3 Nikki's task: Come Play with me!
Book A - Game 1 -
- Liza Perrat (GR Author)- there is a barn or similar on the coverBook B - Game 2 - The Pawn - Steven James (GR Author)
Total Points: 405
Goodreads Authors: 25
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (2)
Rudy10.7 Chosen By You
Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver Nominee for best fiction
20.10 Group Read
The Birth House byAmi McKay post 12 on discussion thread
25.2 Laurie ME's Task: Interesting SpringHolidays
Option 1- Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table byRuth Reichl a book based around food
Option 2- The Fifth Assassin byBrad Meltzer attempted assassination of a fictional president
Points this post- 55
Total points- 215
Task- 12
Books Read- 15
25.1 Delicious Dee's task: Anchor’s AweighOption 3 -
My Familiar Stranger: Romancing the Vampire Hunters by Victoria Danann
Published August 22, 2012
Option 4 -
Believe In the Magic by Cait Miller
The author is from Ayrshire a county in Scotland
Approved for length #127
Both authors are Goodreads Authors
30.1 Sheila/Kathy G's task - It's Spring Cleaning Time!
Option 2 - Lover At Last by J.R. Ward
This is book 11 in the series and there were 10 books published as of March 31st
This is a big book with 591 pages
Option 4 - We DO windows
by Brenda JacksonTotal Point: 255
Points this Post: 55
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 15
GoodReads Authors: 13
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
MariyaTask 10.3 March April May
I read Wild Bunch Women by Michael Rutter
Wild Bunch Women is (W-B-W)
Task 20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jessica PDX - Again! Again!
I read Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
The matching word is Go like in the book Go, Dog. Go!
Task 20.10 Group Reads
I read The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Task 30.2 Dlmrose's task: For the Love of Reading
BOOK A: I read Looking for Alaska by John Green
John Green is on the 2013 US Book List.
BOOK B: I read Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson is an author that is on the 2012 UK & Ireland Book List.
Task 30.4 Sandy's Task: What Are They All Talking About?
BOOK 1: The list was Popular Bookclub Boooks. In U.S. The date was February 23 and the book was # 48 on the list.
The book I read was The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
BOOK 2: The list was Most Read - This week. The week of February 30. In US. The book was # 17 on the list.
The book I read was Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Points this post: 110
Total points: 250
REPOSTI 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
I completed:5.9 Roll With It
by reading:
The Host by Stephanie Meyer. I rolled a five, and this book was published in 2008.
I'm also claiming one big book ticket as this book was just over 600 pages.
Tasks Complete: 7
Total Points: 85
Big Books: 500+ (1) 750+ (0) 1000+ (1)
Goodreads Authors: 3
I completed:10.2 Angry Birds
by reading:
Beyond Reach by Karin Slaughter. It is classified as Thriller on the main book page.
Karin Slaughter is a Goodreads author.
Tasks Complete: 8
Total Points: 95
Big Books: 500+ (1) 750+ (0) 1000+ (1)
Goodreads Authors: 4
D.G. ~Shameless Hussy~20.3 Best Review - Bucket's task: Traveling in Time (1 Book)
--1. Back to the Classics - 4:50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie (pub 1957)
25.6 - Lois's task: Happy Birthday Girl Scouts! (2 Books)
--A. Strong girl character: The Scorpion Shards by Neal Shusterman (GR Author)
Strong Girl Characters: Deanna, Tory and Lourdes: All 15 Yrs. Old - Approved
--C. Title begins with two of the letters in WAGGGS: Working Stiff (WS) by Rachel Caine
Points for this post: 45
Total points: 260/870
Total GR Tickets: 11
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
BRIAN20.5 Bigger is Better- Kate S's task: Tournament of Books 2013
Option 2 - collection of short stories by a single author
Selected Stories by Philip K. Dick
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
Books read: 11
Goodreads authors: 3
MARIA HELENA20.5 Bigger is Better- Kate S's task: Tournament of Books 2013
Option 6: A Home by the Sea by Christina Skye
(contemporary listed as genre on main page)
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 390/870
Tasks Completed: 28
Books Read: 33
GR Authors: 18
Big Book Tickets: 1
Kim L20.4 - Author! Author!: Bluemoon's task: DID YOU KNOW....
Option C: Boundless by Cynthia Hand
Cynthia Hand is a Goodreads author.
Total Points: 40
Task 20.10 - Group Read
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh Posted in the thread (twice!)
Challenge total = 200
EllenCA20.5 Bigger is Better
I chose option 5 a book with "Family" on the main genre page. I readThe Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer by Harvey Karp.
Total Points: 40
Total Tasks - 2
Goodread Authors - 0
Big Books - 0
20.9 - Moderator's Pet- Peebee’s Task: A New Spring Wardrobe Option D: Thrift Shop II
Borrowed from the library:
Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 405/870
Tasks Completed: 24
Books Read: 32
GR Authors: 20
Big Book Tickets: 1
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For task: 5.1 — Go West! (original post 921)
Please delete Station Island and replace it with:
Lady Windermeres Fan by Oscar Wilde, 85 pages in the edition I read.
This book takes place in London and will be my one 5 point book 80-100 pages.
No point change.
10.9 Feeling Lucky?
My random # was 22, so from Page 22, on 3/14/13, I chose:
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
+10 Points
15.10. Spring Break
Station Island by Seamus Heaney
+15 Points
Points this Post: 25
Grand Total: 230