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SPRING CHALLENGE 2013
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Spring Challenge 2013 Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC!
AMY D20.5 - Bigger is Better- Kate S's task: Tournament of Books 2013
OPTION 1 - Author who shares their first and last initial with a finalist: MK
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
20.6 - Seasoned Reader- Alexandra's task: Messing around
OPTION 4 - Read a book of your choice that promises sleepless night or simply makes you happy.
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell (Makes me very happy!) (Goodreads Author)
20.9 - Moderator's Pet- Peebee’s Task: A New Spring Wardrobe
OPTION A - Select a book that was published in the year 2011 or earlier.
Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld (2010)
Points this post: 60
Total points: 140
Tasks completed: 6
Total Goodreads authors: 4
Total Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
30.3 Donna Jo's task: Upsy DaisyOption 3: JR Sandstorm by James Rollins
*** James Rollins is a Goodreads Author ***
*** 608 pages, claiming a big book ticket ***
Option 4: Mary Spring Fever by Mary Kay Andrews
Points this post: 30
GRA this post: 1
Big book tickets this post: 1
Total points: 205
Total GRA: 9
Total big book tickets: 1
Katie M30.1 -- Sheila/Kathy G's Task - It's Spring Cleaning Time!
Option 1 -
True Colors by Clare London
Option 6 -
Power Play by J.M. Snyder
This post: 30 points
Total to Date: 255 points
10.6 Storm Chasers:Read a book set in a "Tornado Alley" state: Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Florida, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Colorado
The Time Traveler's WifebyAudrey Niffenegger
Most of this book is set in Chicago, Illinois
30.1 Sheila/Kathy G's task - It's Spring Cleaning Time!
Option 3:Read a book with mystery listed on its homepage
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson
Option 5: Read a book that is "maid for love" and has romance listed on its homepage
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Audrey Niffenegger and James Patterson are Goodreads Authors
Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket for Time Traveler's Wife - 546 pages
Points this Post:40
Total Challenge Points: 165
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+(2),750+(0),1000+(0)
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 10.4- Purple for Peace!...read a book with something purple on the cover:
I read
Never Seduce a Scot by Maya Banks 372 pages (5.4)Points earned for this task: 10
Total Points Earned to Date: 350
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 13
Total # of Big Books: 3
500+ = (2)
700+ (1)
1000+ (0)
5.1 -- Go West!A Working Theory of Love by Scott Hutchins
This book takes place in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, United States, North America, Western Hemisphere.
Scott Hutchins is a Goodreads author.
5.7 -- Someone to Fall Back On
Fly Away by Kristin Hannah, moved from 10.10
Kristin Hannah is one of my very favorite authors and I don't think her books have ever disappointed me.
10.10 Above Average
Blackberry Winter by Sarah Jio, replacing Fly Away by Kristin Hannah, moved to 5.7
My average is 3.78; this book is currently ranked 3.96.
Sarah Jio is a Goodreads author.
15.4. Celebrate the White Tiger!
Option 2:
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
This book has both "white" and "tiger" in the title. (Coincidentally, I've checked it out to read before, but it wasn't until this challenge that I finally got it read....)
15.9. In Camelot
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
This book is shelved as Mythology>Arthurian on its main page.
25.1: Anchor’s Aweigh
Astray by Emma Donoghue, replacing Stunning by Sara Shepard, moved to 30.1
This book was published in October 2012.
Emma Donoghue is a Goodreads author.
30.1 - It's Spring Cleaning Time!
Option 2:
Stunning by Sara Shepard, replacing Unbreak My Heart by Melissa C. Walker, moved to 30.3
This book is part of the Pretty Little Liars series, with 12 books as of March 1, 2013.
30.3: Upsy Daisy
Option 3:
Unbreak My Heart by Melissa C. Walker, moved from 30.1
The author has the initials MW.
Option 4:
My Planet: Finding Humor in the Oddest Places by Mary Roach
The author's name is "Mary."
Mary Roach is a Goodreads author.
[Absent a miscount or trip to the Wall of Shame, I think this is it for me....thanks again to the moderators and task creators for another awesome SRC!]
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Points this post: 70
Total points: 870/870
Goodreads Authors: 4/26
Big Books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 25.3- Come Play with Me!...read 2 books each from a different game option:
I chose the game option of Monopoly (read a book with a building on the cover) and I read
A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy 326 pages (5.6)I also chose the game option of Connect 4 (read a book with exactly four words in it's title) and I read
Janie Face to Face by Caroline B. Cooney 352 pages (4.13)Points earned for this task: 25
Total Points Earned to Date: 375
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 13
Total # of Big Books: 3
500+ = (2)
700+ (1)
1000+ (0)
15.6. Let's All Go to the LobbyNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
The movie was made in 2010.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 600
30.1 Sheila/Kathy G’s task – It’s Spring Cleaning Time!Option 2: Book 3, Make Lemonade Trilogy: 496 pages (Children’s on main page)
This Full House by Virginia Euwer Wolff
Option 6: Any book within guidelines:
An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde
+30 Points
Grand Total: 705
Coralie10.10 Above Average
My average rating 3.35, book’s average rating 4.27
Clockwork Angel
15.7 Feeling possessive?
Tom's Midnight Garden
Total points 755
10:3 March April May-a-b-a patternMurder by Mocha 10 points total 110 Murder by Mocha Cleo Coyle-goodreads author-5 total-115
Rudy15.5 Hug a Tree
byElizabeth Strout20.4 Author! Author! : Bluemoon's task: Did You Know....
Option C romance : Effortless byS.C. Stephens
Points this post: 35
Total points: 295
Task completed: 18
Books read: 21
SOELO5.3 I read
which has a cat on the cover. (reposting to include the cover)Points this post: 5
Total so far: 210
Kathy G.20.4 - Author! Author!: Bluemoon's task: DID YOU KNOW....
Option A- Giraffe on the cover
by Alexander McCall SmithLink to Paperback-
Tears of the Giraffe
***Claiming Goodreads Author****
Total Points- 355
Total Tasks- 19
Goodreads Authors- 6
Big Books- (500+)- 1
15.7 -- Feeling possessive?The Soldier's Wife by Margaret Leroy
book has a possessive noun in its title
15.9 -- In Camelot
The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp by Rick Yancey
the genre Mythology>Arthurian is listed on its main page
30.1 - Sheila/Kathy G's task: It's Spring Cleaning Time!
Option 2: Oceans of Fire by Christine Feehan
book 3 in the Drake Sisters series, which has 7 books total
Option 5: Just One of the Guys by Kristan Higgins
has romance listed as a genre on its homepage
Points this post: 60
Season Total: 430
5.7 Someone to fall back onA book by an author who rarely disappoints:
Dial H, Vol. 1: Into You by China Miéville
China Miéville is a GoodReads author - 1 GR author ticket
20.7 Shorter is sweeter - Suzanne VN's Task: Have Passport, Will Travel
Option 3: Cover shows a mode of transportation (Help thread confirms a horse as a mode of transportation)
Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 200
Total Tasks Completed: 13
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
20.5 - Kate S's task - Tornament of Books 2013Option 6 - a book with "Contemporary" on the main genre ppage.
I read Dare Me by Megan Abbott
****Megan Abbott is a Goodreads author****
Points this post: 20
Total points: 95
Tasks this post: 1
Total tasks: 6
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Task 15.6 Let's All Go to the LobbyRead a book that has been made into a movie that has been released by the end of the spring challenge.
TV Movie 1977
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076904/?...
The War Between the Tates (1974) by Alison Lurie (Mass Market Paperback, 350 pages)
335 + 15 = 350
Tasks Completed: 18
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 335 + 15 = 350
Books read: 26
Pages read: 9,060
Read but not claimed: 6
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books:
(2) 500+
(0) 750+
(1) 1,000+
5.3 Here Kitty, KittyLion on the cover
by Saul Bellow10.9 Feeling Lucky?
I got number 11, picked post 518 and read
The Stranger's Child by Alan Hollinghurst
***At 564 pages, this is a big book***
25.8 Springy Ideas
Option 2: my GR Friend Elizabeth rated this 4 stars in February
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
Option 5: Started with book The Snow Child and on page 5 of the "readers also enjoyed" I found (3/4/13)
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
Post Total: 40
Season Total: 820
Task: 20.10 Group ReadsRead: Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Comment in thread: Comment #19
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 85
Big Books: 5
Goodreads Authors: 6
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 5.1- Go West!...read a book set in the Western Hemisphere:
I read
*[setting is Charleston, S. Carolina, USA]Sweet Tea Revenge by Laura Childs 336 pages (5.7)Points earned for this task: 5
Total Points Earned to Date: 380
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 13
Total # of Big Books: 3
500+ = (2)
700+ (1)
1000+ (0)
Andy P.Task # 10.1 Less is more
Read a book with "less" found intact in a word in the title A Lesson in Dying by Ann Cleeves
Points this post: 10
Total Points:855
20.7- Shorter is Sweeter- Suzanne VN's task Have Passport, Will Travel
Option 5. International travel - Book set in the USA. My home country is the UK.
First Grave on the Right
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 280
Total Tasks Completed: 21
Total Books Read: 22
Total GoodReads Authors: 6
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Option 5. International travel - Book set in the USA. My home country is the UK.
First Grave on the Right
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 280
Total Tasks Completed: 21
Total Books Read: 22
Total GoodReads Authors: 6
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
BRIAN10.10 Above Average
Longfellow: Selected Poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
This book's average rating is 3.93 and my rating is 3.62
Points this post: 10
Total points: 330
Books read: 26
Goodreads authors: 6
Big Book Tickets: 3
STACIE MITask 15.8 - Batter Up!
I decided to read a book about hockey, seeing as the most important part of the hockey takes place during the spring, the playoffs!!:
True Love and Other Disasters by Rachel Gibson
Points this task: 15
Total points: 535
Tasks completed: 37
Books read: 43
Pages read: 11685
Goodreads authors: 22
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
JACKIE NC15.2. Vernal Equinox
Bones To Pick by Carolyn Haines
Just Desserts by G.A. McKevett
Both books have 320 pages
20.6- Seasoned Reader- Alexandra's task: Messing around
Option 3:
by Shirley Rousseau MurphyYellow cover
25.4 Stacie MI's Task: It's Read-a-Thon Time!
Option 1:
Death of a Travelling Man by M.C. Beaton
176 pages
Option 3: The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett
Humor genre
Carolyn Haines is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 60
Total Points: 360
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Book Tickets:
BJ Rose3 new tasks
10.4 Purple For Peace
by Mary Balogh has a purple dress on the cover20.8 – It’s My Birthday! Laurie's task: March On!
Option 2: 9th in a series: Blow Out by Catherine Coulter
20.9 - Moderator's Pet- Peebee’s Task: A New Spring Wardrobe
Option D: book from a used bookstore: The Wife Trap by Tracy Anne Warren
Points This Post = 50
Total Points = 615
Tasks Completed = 38
Pages Read = 16,116
10.10 Above AverageLover Awakened by J.R. Ward, rating 4,48
My average rating is 3,64
Points this post: 10
Total points: 440
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 28
Goodreads Author: 22
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
20.4 - Author! Author!: Bluemoon's task: DID YOU KNOW....Option B: Shoes on the cover:
by Beth HarbisonBeth Harbison is a goodreads author.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 760
GR Authors: Karen Russell, Stephen Dau, Elizabeth Wein, Lauren Kate, Andrew Klavan, Dan Wells, Katie Alender, Michael Grant, Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Carrie Ryan**, Beth Hoffman, Robin Sloan, Lauren Oliver, Rachel Hartman, Bernard Beckett, Matthew Quick, Jennifer Holm, Mitch Albom, Amanda Hodgkinson, Emma Donoghue, John Grisham, Anne Ursu, Doug Magee, Beth Harbison
Big Books: 500+(2),750+(0),1000+(0)
Readerboard ID: JENBENT5.6 -- Hope Springs Eternal
Queenpin by Megan Abbott
Megan Abbott is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 705
Total Goodreads authors: 24
Total Big books: 1
Jessica PDX20.5 - Kate S's Task - Tournament of Books 2013
Option 3 - Shelved as Historical Fiction
by Eleanor KuhnsPoints This Post: 20
Total Points: 760
20.1 – Most Improved Player – Jessica PDX – Again! Again!Book Title: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Word:See
See Now Then: A Novel by Jamaica Kincaid
+20 Points
Grand Total: 725
Shawn H.10.10 Above Average
***My average is 3.85***
by Sylvia Plath***Average rating of 3.91, which is > than 3.85***
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 165
GR Authors: 3
Big Ticket Books: 0
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ 5.8 - Cinco de Mayo
Spell Bound by Rachel Hawkins
Andrea gave this book 5 stars: Andrea's Review
5.10 - Attention Grabber
Carrots by Colleen Helme
First sentence: My life changed that day because I didn't have any carrots. (I just had to read it to see what happened!)
10.10 - Above Average
The Pagan Stone by Nora Roberts
My average book rating when I selected my book was 3.11.
15.5 - Hug a Tree
Home for the Holidays by Lisa Plumley
Cover has pine trees in the background:
This post: 35 points
Total points to date: 280 points
Tasks completed: 19
** Electing to not track GR authors and Big Books this season **
BRIAN20.9 - Moderator's Pet- Peebee’s Task: A New Spring Wardrobe
Option D - a book that came used
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
I checked this book out from the library.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 350
Books read: 27
Goodreads authors: 6
Big Book tickets: 3
SpantalianJoanne20.4 - Author! Author!: Bluemoon's task: DID YOU KNOW....
~Option C~
Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 80
Tasks Completed: 7
Books read: 8
Pages Read: 3558
Leaderboard Name: Spantalian Joanne
Oma1229Task 15.9-In Camelot
Read a book with the genre Mythology>Arthurian listed on its main page.
Queen of the Summer Stars by Persia Woolley
Total Points to Date-575
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 15.5: Hug a Tree
Tree on the cover Angel with Two Faces
by Nicola Upson.Task 20.5: Tournament of Books.
Option 1 Author initials shared with finalist The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern by Lilian Jackson Braun. The shared initials are LB.
Task 25.6: Happy Birthday Girl Scouts.
Option A Strong Girl Character, 18 or under: Curse of the Bane by Joseph Delaney. Alice Deeane, one the main characters, is a young teenage witch, a strong character in the story.
Option C Auhtor's name begin with any 2 or more of the letters WAGGS: Als een wolf in de wildernis by Aster Berkhof. The author's first name starts with AS, two of the letters in WAGGGS.
Totals this posting:
Total Points: 60
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 3
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+ 0;
Summary Totals:
Total Points: 235
Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 11
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1);
Chaitra5.1 Go West!
I read Shakespeare's Landlord by Charlaine Harris. Set in Arkansas, US. Part of the Western Hemisphere.
Points: 5
5.4 Spring Up, Fall Down
I read The First Book of Calamity Leek by Paula Lichtarowicz. Book is both a noun (I read a book) and a verb (I booked a ticket). Approved in Help Thread.
Points: 5
5.5 Spring Chicken
I read Fuse by Julianna Baggott. Young Adult is tagged on the book page.
Points: 5
**Julianna Baggott is a Goodreads Author.**
5.6 Hope Springs Eternal
I read Solar by Ian McEwan. He's as bad for me as ever.
Points: 5
5.7 Someone to Fall Back On
I read Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett. And he's as good as ever.
Points: 5
5.8 Cinco de Mayo
I read Close Range: Wyoming Stories by E. Annie Proulx, which my GR friend Carol rated 5 stars.
Points: 5
5.9 Roll With It
I rolled a 4, and read After the Fire, a Still Small Voice by Evie Wyld, published in 2009.
Points: 5
**Evie Wyld is a Goodreads Author.**
5.10 Attention Grabber
For me this task begins and ends with "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderlay again". I read Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier.
Points: 5
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Points this Post: 40
Total Points: 190/870
Big Books: 500( ), 750( ), 1000( )
Goodreads Author: 7
Tasks Completed: 20/53
Books Claimed: 21/69
Pages Read: 6,467
STACIE MITask 5.3 - Here Kitty, Kitty
I read:
Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites by Evan Dorkin
It is not easy to see on the small cover, but there is an orange cat on the cover.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 540
Tasks completed: 38
Books read: 44
Pages read: 11865
Goodreads authors: 22
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
30.4Book 1 bookclub
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Listed May 11 under this month # 12
Rebecca Skloot
Goodreads author
Book 2 most read
11/22/63
Stephen King
Listed May 11th under this year #6
Big book 849 pages
This task 30 points
Total points 290
Ana25.3 Come Play with Me!
Game 2-
by Julie Kagawa. She is a GoodReads author.Game 4-
by Rachel Caine.Points this Post 25
Total Points 405
Tasks Completed 20
Books Read 28
Total Pages 8635
GoodReads Author 17
Big Books 500+(2)
BEKKA - 5.10 -- Attention GrabberFor this task, I read “Rebecca”
by Daphne du Maurier. It begins with one of the best opening lines from any book: “Last night, I dreamt I went to Manderly again.” Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 5
Total Points Earned to Date: 690
Pages Read this Challenge: 380
Total Pages Read to Date: 17243
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 54
Goodreads Authors: 25
Big Book Tickets: 500( 4 ), 750( 1 ), 1000()
READERBOARDNAME : MARWA10.3 March April May
Read a book with a title/subtitle where the beginning letters of three consecutive words form an A-B-A sequence.
The Horse and His Boy H-A-H
25.5 - Nick KY’s Task: Shadow of the White Tiger
Book 1.
Option A. Read a book with a black or white silhouette on the cover.
Book 2.
Option B. Read a book by any author whose first and last initials are found in the words “WHITE TIGER” – that is, “W, H, I, T, E, G, R.” You may use the same letter twice.
The Call of the Curlew By Taha Hussein
Points claimed for this post:35
Total Points: 190
Tasks Completed so far: 11
Books Read for this challenge so far: 12
GR Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Robyn20.3 Best Review - Bucket's Task
Option 1
Read just in time for the movie : )
Task Points: 20
Total Tasks Completed: 9
Total Books Read: 10
Total Points This Challenge: 170
Elizabeth BTask 15.2: Vernal Equinox
Book 1: The Innocent by David Baldacci
Book 2: The Innocent by Magdalen Nabb
Task 30.4 Sandy's Task: What Are They All Talking About?
For book 1 I read The Shadow of the Wind, which was on no 32 this month (accessed at 3/9/2013) at the world's “Popular Bookclub Books” list
For book 2 I read Real by Katy Evans (GR Author), which was on no 26 this week (accessed at 5/8/2013) at the list "Most read" in Greece
Points this post: 15+30=45
Total points:725
Total tasks: 43
GR Authors: 33
Big Books: 500+(2) 1000+(1)
20.4 - Did You Know...D. a book that is third in a series:
Murder in the Afternoon by Frances Brody **Goodreads Author**
20.10 - Group Read
Post 17 in the discussion thread:
The Birth House by Ami McKay **Goodreads Author**
Total points 460
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Task 10.2 Angry Birds
I read in "Thriller" genre Whispers of the Dead by Simon Beckett
Points this post:10
Total points:370
Books read:28
Tasks completed:21
Goodreads Authors:9
Big Books:500+(2)750+(1)1000+(0)