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[D.G.]

Congrats, Andy!

[Claire]

25.3 Nikki's task: Come Play with me !

Option 2 (Game 1 & 2)



The King of Torts by John Grisham

[Janet F]

5.8 -- Cinco de Mayo

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

Eowyn Ivey is a GR author- claiming one ticket.

My GR friend Alison rated this book a 5.
http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/12...


5.9 -- Roll With It

I rolled a 3, so 2010 for publication date.


Safe Haven With Earbuds by Nicholas Sparks

Nicholas Sparks is a GR author, claiming ticket

Used audiobook so paperback version is Safe Haven



10.2 Angry Birds

There are birds on cover-

by Tara Conklin

Tara Conklin is a GR author, claiming one ticket



15.5. Hug a Tree

There are palm trees on the cover.

by Christopher Moore

This is audio version I used. Paperback with same cover is



Christopher Moore is a GR author, claiming one ticket.



15.9. In Camelot

Genre is Mythology-Arthurian

The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White

This is audiobook version I used - so paperback is

The Sword in the Stone



20.6- Alexandra's task: Messing around

Option 1. Book originally published in Russian & this is in English which is my primary language.


One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn


50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: Two Truths and a Lie


A: Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt

(my father is a minister like father of main character)

this is audiobook so paperback is
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy

B: Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer L. Holm

(I live in Washington like main character)

This is audio so paperback version is Our Only May Amelia

Jennifer L. Holm is a GR author, claiming ticket

C: Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt

(I have two brothers as does the main character)

This is audio so paperback is Okay for Now

Total points this post: 120
Points to Date: 720
GR authors this post: 5
GR authors to date: 20

[Katie]

Katie M


10.3 -- March April May

Storms and Stars by Neena Jaydon

This post: 10 points
Total to Date: 265 points

[Wanda]

Oma1229

Task 5.8-Cinco de Mayo

Read a book that is #5 in a series.

The Tale of Briar Bank by Susan Wittig Albert

Total Points to Date- 585

[Jessica]

Jessica PDX

5.6 - Hope Springs Eternal

by Jeffery Deaver

Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 780

[Amy]

cupcakebaker

15.6 Let's All Go to the Lobby

I read The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.

Points This Post:15
Total Points: 355
Total Tasks Completed: 24
Total Books Read: 32
Total Pages Read: 8,505

[SandyC]

Sandy MN

15.7 Feeling Possessive?
The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht Goodreads Author

Total Points: 635
Total GR Authors: 28

[Amy C]

15.6. Let's All Go to the Lobby
Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer

Points this post: 15
Total points:745
GR Authors:10
Tasks this post:1
Total tasks: 41
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(1), 1000+(1)

[Paul]

5.2 -- It's In Their Genes (pair of least common letters)

I read
Jay Leno's How to Be the Funniest Kid in the Whole Wide World: Or Just in Your Class

I am using the letter "J" (occurs in Jay and Just, but nowhere else).




25.1 Delicious Dee's task: Anchor’s Aweigh

Book 1: I used Option 2 - NROTC must be in the title and subtitle. I read Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief. Here's the title with the key letters in bold and capitalized:

GOiNg CleaR: ScienTology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief

Book 2: Option 3 - Read a book published between May 13, 2005 and Jan 31, 2013. I read Feed, which was published May 1st 2010 by Orbit.

For this book, I claim a "big book ticket", as the paperback version is 571 pages.





50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: Two Truths and a Lie


Book 1: I read From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. (I used to win at cards in elementary school and take my classmates' money.)

Book 2: I read Odd and the Frost Giants. (I have visited Asgard.)

Book 3: I read Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. (Like the rats, I like to read.)


Total Points this post: 80
Big Books this post: 1
Total tasks this post: 3

Total Points for the Challenge so far: 125

[bamaace83]

5.4 Spring Up, Fall Down

RAIN can be used as a noun and a verb.

Rain on Your Wedding Day by Curtis Edmonds

Curtis Edmonds is a Goodreads Author.

30.1 Sheila/Kathy G's task - It's Spring Cleaning Time!

Option 3:

Naked in Death by J.D. Robb

Option 4:

by Gretchen Galway

E-book Verification post 2361

Gretchen Galway is a Goodreads Author.


Points this post: 35
Total points: 525
Tasks completed: 30
Books read: 40
Goodreads Author: 25
Big Book Tickets: 500(2); 750(0); 1000(0)

[Bekka]

BEKKA - 15.9. In Camelot

For this task, I read “Tristan and Isolde” by Rosemary Sutcliff, since it has the genre Mythology > Arthurian on its main Goodreads page.

Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 15
Total Points Earned to Date: 710
Pages Read this Challenge: 150
Total Pages Read to Date: 17731
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 56
Goodreads Authors: 25
Big Book Tickets: 500( 4 ), 750( 1 ), 1000()

[Bluemoon]

5.8 - CINCO DE MAYO - The Boy in the Striped Pajamas which my friend Jayme gave 5*. And I totally agree. (http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...).



10.2 - ANGRY BIRDS - .





TOTAL POINTS - 755
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 26
BIG BOOKS - 2

[Skandia]

25.5 - Nick KY’s Task: Shadow of the White Tiger

Book 1, opt.A : by Kristin Hannah
(book approved in task's help thread, msg #155)

Book 2 , opt.A : Summer At Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs

Susan Wiggs and Kristin Hannah are both Goodreads Authors

Points this post: 25
Total points: 465
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 30
Goodreads Author: 24
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)

[Fandury]

FANDURY

20.2 Pi Day

Option 1 - Pi Day: Read a book whose page count include digits from the first 10 digits of pi (3.141592653)

Jagannath by Karin Tidbeck

This book has 142 pages.


25.5 - Shadow of the White Tiger

Book 1

Option A Read a book with a black or white silhouette on the cover.

by Iain M. Banks

This cover was approved in the help thread post 120.


Book 2

Option A

Putting Iain M. Banks into literature map gave me Dan Simmons as one of the authors.

So I read:

by Dan Simmons


Point this post: 45
Total points: 220
Books read: 15
Total Goodreads authors: 4
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

[Bec]

Correction for post 2125

20.2 Rookie At the Top- Ty's task: Pi Day

Option 1 - Pi Day. I read Dead Shot which has 352 pages, which can be found in 3.141592653

The book that I read was an edition with 352 pages. Dead Shot. Sorry I linked to the wrong edition. I assumed that the first one on the list was the right one.

[Tien]

Karen Oz
15.2. Vernal Equinox
Book 1: Duet by Kimberley Freeman Big Book Ticket -535 pages
Book 2: Duet by David Hill

15.7. Feeling possessive?
The Pirate’s Wish (The Assassin’s Curse #2) by Cassandra Rose Clarke GR Author
I read eARC.

20.8 – It’s My Birthday! Laurie's task: March On!
Option 3: eggs
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey


25.1 Delicious Dee's task: Anchor’s Aweigh
Option 3: Book published on 1 October 2012
The Assassin’s Curse (The Assassin’s Curse #1) by Cassandra Rose Clarke GR Author
Option 5: Author Initial (SL) in LSD-41
The Paradise War (The Song of Albion #1) by Stephen R. Lawhead

25.6 - Lois's task: Happy Birthday Girl Scouts!
Option B: “girl” in title
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
Option C: Author Initial: AW
I for Isobel by Amy Witting

30.2 Dlmrose's task: For the Love of Reading
Book A: Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman GR Author
Book B: The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier GR Author

Total (this post): 130 points
Grand Total: 595 points
Tasks completed: 36
Books read: 47
Goodreads authors: 14
Big books: 500+ (5); 750+ (2); 1000+ (0)

[Christine US]

CHRISTINE US


Task 10.6 Storm Chasers
Let the Dead Sleep by Heather Graham
set in Louisiana
***Heather Graham is a GRA



Task 10.10 Above Average
Death Makes the Cut by Janice Hamrick
My average rating is 2.5, this book is 3.96

***Janice Hamrick is a GRA


Task 30.3 Upsy Daisy

Option 1:
Fire Me Up by Katie MacAlister
OPtion 2:
by Sophie Kinsella


***Katie MacAlister is a GRA

TOTAL: 200

[Patricia]

5.3 -- Here Kitty, Kitty

The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht*

- Tiger on Cover

*GoodReads Author*

Total Points = 160

[mstan]

10.1 - Less is More

Deathless

10.5 - Piece of Cake

The Man Who Ate Everything (528 pages - 1 big book ticket)

10.8 - Pedal To The Metal

Nothing Gold Can Stay

10.9 - Feeling Lucky?

Unnatural Death (page 19 - post 912)

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- Suzanne VN's task Have Passport, Will Travel

The Keeper of Lost Causes (this takes place in Denmark; I live in Singapore)

25.1 - Delicious Dee's task: Anchor’s Aweigh

Option 2 - A Canticle for Leibowitz (a CaNTicle fOR leibowitz)
Option 5 - The Land of Laughs by Jonathan Carroll (JC in JCCS)

25.6 - Lois's task: Happy Birthday Girl Scouts!

A - True Grit
C - The Gift of Asher Lev (Gift of Asher Lev - WAGGGS)

30.1 - Sheila/Kathy G's task - It's Spring Cleaning Time!

Option 3 (mystery) - Five Little Pigs
Option 6 (any book) - The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything

Total books read: 29
Points in this post: 140
Big book tickets: 2
Total points accumulated: 350/870

[mstan]

20.5 - Bigger is Better- Kate S's task: Tournament of Books 2013

Option 2 (short stories by a single author) - Married Love and Other Stories

Total books read: 30
Points in this post: 20
Big book tickets: 2
Total points accumulated: 370/870

[Amy]

I completed:
5.2 It's In Their Genes
by reading:
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson. Her name has 2 Ks.

Tasks Complete: 15
Total Points: 200
Big Books: 500+ (2) 750+ (0) 1000+ (1)
Goodreads Authors: 6

[Katie]

Katie M


10.5 -- Piece of Cake

A Serving of Love by Andrew Grey

This post: 10 points
Total to Date: 275 points

[Kim]

Kimber

25.4 Read-a-thon time!

Option 1: 'Shortish Books"
Stealing Mercy by Kristy Tate

Option 2: Children's Books
Son by Lois Lowry

Kristy Tate is a GRA

This task: 25
# tasks completed: 25
Total points: 470
GRA: 24
BB: 1/500+, 1/1000+

[April]

AprilDT

20.2: Rookie At the Top- Ty's task: Pi Day

Option 1 - Pi Day: Read a book whose page count include digits from the first 10 digits of pi (3.141592653).

The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century by Ian Mortimer

319 pgs

Mortimer is a GRA

Points this post= 20
Challenge total= 365
GRA= 8

[Marie]

PUTTERPAL

5.4- Spring up, Fall down
It's All Good Hair: The Guide to Styling and Grooming Black Children's Hair by Michele N-K Collison
The word Style can be a verb and a noun

20.10- Group Read
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
My comment is #21

25.3- come play with me
Game 1- Monopoly
by T.L. Gray
Game 4- Connect 4
We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han

25.4- Read-a-thon time
2- children's books- Wonder by R.J. Palacio
3- Humorous- Unpredictable by Eileen Cook

25.7- Judge a book by it's cover
Option E- by Jonathan Tropper
by Debbie Macomber

Points this post- 100
Total Points- 360

[Andy]

Andy P.
Repost for Post # 2129 Task # 10.0
My average is 4.08 and the book I read was Poppet by Mo Hayder which has a rating of 4.22 so it is above my average of 4.08
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 870
I think that means I have finished the challenge

[Kathy G.]

Kathy G.

25.7- Chaitra's Task: Judge a Book by It's Cover!

Option A- dismembered

Book 1-
by Mary Higgins Clark
Face and Hand showing

Link to Paperback:
No Place Like Home

Book 2-
by Rinsai Rossetti
Lower legs and feet missing

****Claiming Goodreads Author for Rossetti***

Total Points- 380
Total Tasks- 20
Goodreads Authors- 7
Big Books (500+)- 1

[Jayme Pendergraft]

Jayme VA

15.4. Celebrate the White Tiger!

I chose option two and read White Tiger by Vijaya Schartz Goodreads author.

Points this post: 15
Total points: 795
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, Laura Dave, Vijaya Schartz
Big Books: 500+(2),750+(0),1000+(0)

[Lois]

50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: Two Truths and a Lie

Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
I have made my home far from where I grew up.

One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
I have two younger siblings.

Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm
My grandparents lived on Key West.

Jennifer L. Holm is a Goodreads author.

Points this post: 50
Total points: 675
GR authors: 19

[JC]

Task 20.8 - March on!

Option 1 (LION contained in title): The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold ***GR Author***

Total GR Authors = 16

Challenge total = 450

[Jen]

Readerboard ID: JENBENT


30.2 Dlmrose's task: For the Love of Reading

Tracy Chevalier appears on both the US & UK book lists, so I have read two of her books:

The Virgin Blue

The Lady and the Unicorn

Tracy Chevalier is a Goodreads author - claiming 2 tickets.


Points this post: 30
Total points: 765

Total Goodreads authors: 28
Total Big books: 1

[Wanda]

Oma1229

Task 30.2 For The Love of Reading

Option A Read a book by an author with a book on the 2013 US book list

The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan

Option B Read a book by an author with a book on the 2013 UK & Ireland List

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier

Tracy Chevalier is a Goodreads Author

Total Points to date 615

[Lorna]

20.3 Bucket's task: Traveling in Time

Option l - (Classics) The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
1st published 1952

50.1 Ms. Anderson's task: Two Truths and a Lie

l. Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer (I am the youngest child in my family as was main character, Lucinda.)

2. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (Like Milo, I am frequently bored.)

3. Secrets at Sea by Richard Peck (I adore stories about mice, especially clever ones!)

Points this post: 70
Total points: 405
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 26
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Book Tickets: 1

[Deedee]

Task 25.1 Delicious Dee's task: Anchor’s Aweigh

Option 2 -Read a book where the letters NROTC can be found in the TITLE (subtitles may also be used) .
Required: State where the letters are found

N: Crimi n al
R: C r itique
O: Reas o n
T: Cri t ique
C: C ritique

Critique of Criminal Reason (Hanno Stiffeniis #1) (2006) by Michael Gregorio (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 395 pages)

**** Goodreads Author **** Michael Gregorio


Option 3 - I was commissioned on May 13, 2005 and discharged on Jan 31, 2013. Read a book that was published between those two dates
Required: State the publishing date in your post

Publishing Year: 2011

Found (2011) by Jennifer Lauck (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 272 pages)

**** Goodreads Author **** Jennifer Lauck


350 + 25 = 375


Tasks Completed: 19
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 350 + 25 = 375
Books read: 28
Pages read: 9,727

Read but not claimed: 6

Goodreads Authors: 9

Big Books:
(2) 500+
(0) 750+
(1) 1,000+

[Bekka]

BEKKA - 5.5 -- Spring Chicken

For this task, I read “Paper Valentine” by Brenna Yovanoff, since it has “Young Adult” listed on its main Goodreads page.

Also, Brenna Yovanoff is a Goodreads Author, so I’m claiming a ticket for that.

Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 5
Total Points Earned to Date: 715
Pages Read this Challenge: 304
Total Pages Read to Date: 18035
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 57
Goodreads Authors: 26
Big Book Tickets: 500( 4 ), 750( 1 ), 1000()

[Brian]

BRIAN

30.1 Sheila/Kathy G's task - It's Spring Cleaning Time!

Option 2 - Part of a trilogy or more

The Barbed Crown by William Dietrich (Goodreads author)

This is the 6th book in the series about Ethan Gage.

Option 6 - Any book of my choosing

Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick

Points this post: 30
Total points: 380
Books read: 29
Goodreads authors: 7
Big Book Tickets: 3

[Barbara ★]

Readerboard Name: Barbara★

50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: Two Truths and a Lie
Book 1: The Mysterious Benedict Society - Trenton Lee Stewart♥ 5/14
(Trenton is the capital of the state I live in (New Jersey) and my best friend is named Lee.)
***Claiming Goodreads Author***

Book 2: Small as an Elephant - Jennifer Richard Jacobson 5/9
(I had an elephant when I was a child)

Book 3: The Miserable Mill - Lemony Snicket 3/10
(My family also has 2 girls and 1 boy)

Points Earned This Post: 50
Points Achieved to Date: 525
Goodreads Authors: 20
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (1)

[Jayme Pendergraft]

Jayme VA

10.8 Pedal To The Metal

I am replacing The Silver Linings Playbook with Gold of Kings by Davis Bunn (no new points)

30.4 Sandy's Task: What Are They All Talking About?

Book 1: The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick was #11 on most popular bookclub books for the week of 5/13.

Book 2: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald was #2 on the most read list the week of 5/6.

For both choices, I used the United States lists.

Points this post: 30
Total points: 825
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, Laura Dave, Vijaya Schartz
Big Books: 500+(2),750+(0),1000+(0)

[Nick]

Nick KY

30.2 DlmRose’s Love of Reading

Book A. With an author from the 2013 U.S. booklist – I read The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain.

Book B. from the 2013 UK & Ireland booklist – I read The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith.

CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for The Innocents Abroad. 560 pages


Points this post: 30
Total Points so far: 695
Big Books: 500+ (4)

[Kim]

Readerboard Name: Kim L

20.6- Seasoned Reader- Alexandra's task: Messing around

Option 4

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

Maggie Stiefvater is a Goodreads author.


Total Points: 115

[Lindsey]

Lindsey IL


5.1 - Go West!

Changeless by Gail Carriger

set in England

***Gail Carriger is a GoodReads author***


25.6 - Happy Birthday Girl Scouts!

The Little Guide to Your Well-Read Life: How to Get More Books in Your Life and More Life from Your Books by Steve Leveen

option B, "guide" in title

Power Foods for the Brain: An Effective 3-Step Plan to Protect Your Mind and Strengthen Your Memory by Neal D. Barnard

option C, WAGGGS, A - And, S - Strengthen

***Neal D. Barnard is a GoodReads author***


Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 695
GoodReads Authors: 28
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(1)
Tasks Completed: 42
Books Read: 55

[Katie]

Katie M


10.6 -- Storm Chasers

Illinois
Nick of Time by T.A. Chase

Approved in Msg. 2119

This post: 10 points
Total to Date: 285 points

[April]

Reposting because I want to claim Big Book tickets. Points and GRA are already in my Readerboard totals.

AprilDT

30.4- What are they all talking about?

Book 1- The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
March 2013 US popular book club book

Book 2- 11/22/63
Week of 3/5/2013 US Most Read book

11/22/63 is a Big Book at 880 pgs

Quick is a GRA

Points this task=30
Challenge total=325
GRA=7
Big Books= 750+(1)= 2 tickets

[Ana]

Ana

30.3 Upsy Daisy

I MESSED UP

[Ana]

Ana

5.4 Spring up, Fall Down

by Robert Louis Stevenson. Treasure can be used as a noun or verb.

Points this Post 5
Total Points 410

Tasks Completed 21
Books Read 29
Total Pages 8889
GoodReads Author 17
Big Books 500+(2)

[Katie]

Katie M


10.7 -- Chosen by You

Best Romance
The Marriage Bargain by Jennifer Probst

This post: 10 points
Total to Date: 295 points

[Lindy-Lane]

Readerboard Name= Lindy-Lane

Task 50.1- Two Truths and a Lie!...read 3 books with genre "middle grade/children" and link them with 2 truths and 1 lie statement about yourself:

I read
*["I've always spent alot of time in a library with my nose in a book"]Storybound by Marissa Burt *{this is a GRA} 416 pages (5.13)

*["I was not, and have never been, considered a geek."]Lula Bell on Geekdom, Freakdom & the Challenges of Bad Hair by C.C. Payne *{this is a GRA} 266 pages (4.30)

*["I started wearing glasses in the 7th grade"] Seeing Cinderella by Jenny Lundquist *{this is a GRA} 240 pages (5.2)



Points earned for this task: 50
Total Points Earned to Date: 450
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 16
Total # of Big Books: 3
500+ = (2)
700+ (1)
1000+ (0)

[Wendy UK]

20.8 - March On!


2. A book that is the 9th in a series:

Key Lime Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke


Total points 480

[Carla]

hpaddict

25.6 Happy Birthday Girl Scouts!

option B - girls

The Painted Girls by Cathy Marie Buchanan

option C - Woman A GGS

The Woman Who Died a Lot by Jasper Fforde

this post = 25
challenge total = 305
Big Books = (1) 500, (2) 750, (0) 1000+