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SPRING CHALLENGE 2013
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Spring Challenge 2013 Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC!
AlexisTask #15.4 - Celebrate the White Tiger!
Option 2: The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Task #15.5 - Hug a Tree
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
This post: 30 points
Total to Date = 65 points
Total Tasks: 2
Total Goodreads authors: 2
Total Big Books (500+): 0
Katie M10.8 -- Pedal to the Metal
Touch by Cassandra Gold
Approved in Msg. 2119
This post: 10 points
Total to Date: 305 points
Kimber15.4 Celebrate The White Tiger
Option 1
Book A: The Strangers on Montagu Street by Karen White
Book B: Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
This task: 15
# tasks completed: 26
total points: 485
25.8 -- Janet F's task: Springy Ideas!Option 2: Memory in Death by J.D. Robb
My GRs friend Hina gave this book 5 stars on March 5, 2013 (about the time I picked the book)
Option 4: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
I listened to the Audible version. Here's a link to the paperback version: A Tale of Two Cities
Points this post: 25
Season Total: 455
20.9 - Moderator's Pet- Peebee’s Task: A New Spring WardrobeOption D: Select a book that came to you used, either from a used bookstore, loaned from a friend, or from the library.
I got this book from the library
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride
Points this Post:20
Total Challenge Points: 185
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+(2),750+(0),1000+(0)
25.6Option B: I read Geek Girl by Holly Smale (***Claiming GRA ticket***). Girl is in the title.
Option C: I read Model Spy byShannon Greenland (***Claiming GRA ticket***). S and G are found in WAGGGS.
New Points: 25
New total: 235
Total books: 14
Total tasks: 11
Kimber15.10 Spring Break
Confessions of a Murder Suspect by James Patterson
James Patterson is a GRA
This Task: 15
# tasks completed: 27
Total points: 500
GRA: 25
Katie M10.9 -- Feeling Lucky?
Number: 6
Msg. 253
Wicked Games by Jill Myles
*Already on ebook approval spreadsheet. #1146.
This post: 10 points
Total to Date: 315 points
Jennifer KS5.9 -- Roll With It
I rolled a 3 so I read A Soft Place to Land by Susan Rebecca White who is a Goodreads author. It was published in 2010
Points this Post 5
Total Points 450
Tasks Completed 37
Books Read 41
Total Pages 13030
GoodReads Author 18
Jessica PDX5.9 - Roll With It
I rolled a 3 - this was published in 2010.
by Leonard RosenPoints This Post: 5
Total Points: 785
15.6 - Let's All Go to the Lobby Chocolat by Joanne Harris
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 220
Goodreads authors: 5
Big Books: 1
Ana30.2 For the Love of Reading
A.
by Nora Roberts.B.
by Alexander McCall Smith. He is a GoodReads author.Points this Post 30
Total Points 440
Tasks Completed 22
Books Read 31
Total Pages 9309
GoodReads Author 18
Big Books 500+(2)
STACIE MITask 25.2 - Interesting Spring Holidays
I did options 4 and 5.
For option 4, I read a book set in Massachusetts:
Deeply, Desperately by Heather Webber
For option 5, I read a book in a series that I feel I have neglected (I've been meaning to read it for awhile!):
Undead and Unfinished by MaryJanice Davidson
**Both MaryJanice Davidson and Heather Webber are Goodreads authors!!**
Points this task: 25
Total points: 575
Tasks completed: 40
Books read: 47
Pages read: 12665
Goodreads authors: 25
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
FANDURY25.1 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)
Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2012 Edition by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
some of the best from TOR.Com: 2012 editioN
This ebook was approved in the ebook verification thread post 2325
Option 3
Read a book that was published between May 13, 2005 and Jan 31, 2013
Dark Currents
This book was first published March, 1st 2012
Points this task: 25
Total points: 245
Books read: 17
Total Goodreads authors: 4
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
20.4 Author! Author! Did you know...D. Read a book that is 3rd in a series. I read Shadow Princess which is the 3rd book in the series, following The Twentieth Wife and Feast of Roses. This book picks up with the granddaughters of the main character of the first 2 books.
Indu Sundaresan is a ******* Goodreads Author ******
Points:170
GR authors: 6
Tasks completed: 12
books read: 16
pages read: 4944
10.4 Purple for peaceThe letter n is purple.
by Andrea BusfieldAndrea Busfield is a Goodreads author.
15.2 Vernal Equinox
Birds of a Featherby Jacqueline Winspear
Birds of a Feather by Allison Lane
Points this post: 25
Total points:770
GR Authors:11
Tasks this post:2
Total tasks: 43
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(1), 1000+(1)
Nick KY5.3 Here Kitty, Kitty I read
The Door into Summer by Robert A. Heinlein, with a cat on the cover.
Points this post: 5
Total Points so far: 700
Big Books: 500+ (4)
Readerboard ID: JENBENT20.8 – It’s My Birthday! Laurie's task: March On!
Option 1 - Lamb in title
Blood of the Lamb by Peter De Vries
Points this post: 20
Total points: 785
Total Goodreads authors: 28
Total Big books: 1
JENNA S20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jessica PDX - Again! Again!
Queen of Babble in the Big City by Meg Cabot
The word Big matches with the books Big Little
Meg Cabot is a GR Author.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 225
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 13
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Kristi CO25.7 Judge a Book By Its Cover
Option E
#1
by Madeline Miller#2
by Laura MoriartyMadeline Miller is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 25
Total points: 295
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 19
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=1
10.5 Piece of CakePies and Prejudice by Ellery Adams
*** Ellery Adams is a Goodreads Author ***
Total points: 215
Total GRA: 10
Total big book tickets: 1
FANDURY30.4 Sandy's Task: What Are They All Talking About?
Book 1 Read a book that’s listed on “Popular Bookclub Books.”
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
On 06.05.13 this book was at place 1 with settings World and This Week
Gillian Flynn is a Goodreads author.
Book 2 Read a book that’s listed on “Most Read.”
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
On 06.05.13 this book was at place 13 with settings World and This Week
Gillian Flynn is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 275
Books read: 19
Total Goodreads authors: 6
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Jenn IL25.3 Nikki's Task: Come Play With Me!
Opt. 2
Games: Monopoly and Connect 4
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 210
Tasks Completed: 15
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books: 500+(0);750+(0);1000+(0)
Task # 5.3 Here Kitty, Kitty 
by Edie RamerGR author
Ebook approved @ line #180
Task # 5.10 Attention Grabber
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
“SQUIRE TRELAWNEY, Dr. Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about Treasure Island, from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and that only because there is still treasure not yet lifted, I take up my pen in the year of grace 17_ and go back to the time when my father kept the Admiral Benbow inn and the brown old seaman with the sabre cut first took up his lodging under our roof.”
Task # 10.5 Piece of Cake
If You Can't Stand the Heat by Robin Allen
Set in a restaurant and main characters are chefs and food inspectors.
GR author
Task # 10.10 Above Average
An Era Apart by Chris Lange
GR author
My avg rating was 4.20, this was rated 4.21 when selected on 3/8
Ebook approved @ line #86
Task # 15.2 Vernal Equinox
Almost a Bride by Patricia McLinn
GR Author
Almost a Bride by Kimberly Llewellyn
GR Author
Ebook approved @ line #73
Task # 25.3 Come Play with Me!
by Connie Mason Option 2, Monopoly and Chess, castle on cover and Knight in title
Task # 30.1 It's Spring Cleaning Time!
Commando Cowboys Find Their Desire by Paige Cameron
Option 2, #7 in a series
Torch Ginger by Toby Neal
GR author
Option 3, mystery genre
This post: 100 points
Total to date: 600 points
Goodread authors this post: 6
Goodread authors to date: 28
Big Books claimed this post: 0
Total Big Books claimed: 500+ ()
Tasks Completed: 41
Books Read: 52
Readerboard ID: JENBENT10.4 Purple For Peace - the background, representing sky, is purple
The Shelter Cycle by Peter Rock
Peter Rock is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 795
Total Goodreads authors: 29
Total Big books: 1
30.1 Sheila/Kathy G's task - It's Spring Cleaning Time!Option #1: Read a book from my top 25 Oldest To-Be-Read Books
The Perfect Scoop: Ice Creams, Sorbets, Granitas, and Sweet Accompaniments by David Lebovitz
This was my 'oldest' book; added March 2012
Option 2: Clean up a Series
The Mark of AthenaDavid Lebovitz by Rick Riordan
Mark of Athena is the third book (of 5) in the "Heroes of Olympus" series
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 30
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books Read: 2
Total GoodReads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (0)
D.G. ~Shameless Hussy~10.6 Storm Chasers (1 Book)
-- Set in a "Tornado Alley" state (Florida): The Deep Blue Good-By by John D. MacDonald
Points for this post: 10
Total points: 520/870
Total GR Tickets: 25
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
25.6 - Lois's task: Happy Birthday Girl Scouts! A. My Family for the War by Anne C. Voorhoeve
Franziska is aged 10-18 from the beginning to the end of the book.
D. Savannah Blues by Mary Kay Andrews
Unexpected bonus: Main characters in BOTH books were members of Girl Guides/Girl Scouts as girls.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 700
RANDY12S10.4 Purple For Peace
I read This Place Has No Atmosphere by Paula Danziger. Here is the purple on the cover
.20.5 Bigger is Better- Kate S's task: Tournament of Books 2013
I chose option 1 and read Breaking Point by C.J. Box whose initials "CB" are on the list given for option 1.
20.6- Seasoned Reader- Alexandra's task: Messing around
I chose option 3 and read
Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Utopia Experimentby Kyle Mills.(GR Author) It has yellow fire on the cover.
20.7 - Suzanne VN's task Have Passport, Will Travel
I chose option 5 and read Sandstorm by James Rollins, (GR Author) which takes place in the country of Oman; outside my native USA.
20.8 – It’s My Birthday! Laurie's task: March On!
I chose option 4 and read
Dead Simple by Peter Jameswhose cover title is in green.
20.9- Peebee’s Task: A New Spring Wardrobe
I chose Option D and read Private London by James Patterson, (GR Author) which I borrowed from the local Library.
Total Points Posted = 110
Goodreads Authors = 3
Elizabeth BTask 10.7: Chosen By You
I read Seducing Cinderella by Gina L. Maxwell (GR Author), final nominee on romance category
Task 15.6: Let's All Go to the Lobby
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Points this post:25
Total points:800
Total tasks: 47
GR Authors: 37
10.10 Above AverageMy rating average is 3.75 and I read Vanilla on Top by C.J. Ellisson. Approved in line 1115 of spreadsheet. Average rating of book is 3.87.
15.2. Vernal Equinox
These two books that I have read have the same number of paperback pages-
Take Me Home by Sloan Parker( GR Author) and After Math by Denise Grover Swank (GR Author)
25.2 Laurie ME's task: Interesting Spring Holidays
3. April 15: Titanic Remembrance Day: I read
Into Deep Waters by Kaje Harper. Story takes place mostly on a ship. Approved in line 470. GR Author.
6. May 7: National Tourism Day: I read
If I Were You by Lisa Renee Jones. Story set in San Francisco, a place I would like to visit. GR Author.
25.3 Nikki's task: Come Play with me !
Option 1-
Game 1 - Monopoly. I read Exquisite by Ella Frank
- buildings on cover, approved in line 317 and GR AuthorGame 4 - Connect 4. I read
A Reason To Believe by Diana Copland. 4 words in title. Approved in line 36. GR Author.
Points this post- 75
Total Points- 360
GR Authors- 22
Mod
25.7 Judge a Book By Its Cover!
Option A- Dismembered read
by Elizabeth Ross (GRA) and
by Rachel McClellan (Goodreads Author)
no point change.
Mod
read Reboot by Amy Tintera (GRA)
sentence- THEY ALWAYS SCREAMED. (its even in all caps)
10.6 Storm Chasers
- book takes place in Louisianna - read The Summer I Became a Nerdby Leah Rae Miller (GRA)
20.7 Have Passport, Will Travel option 5- live in the US takes place in France - read Gadget Girl: The Art of Being Invisible (GRA)
25.1 Anchor’s Aweigh
option 2 read The Lover's Dictionaryby David Levithan (GRA) all letters are found in the word dictionary.
Option 3 read Rage Within by Jeyn Roberts (GRA) published Sept 4th 2012
Points this post- 60
Total Points 710/870
Total Books 58/69
Total Tasks 47/53
15.1 - Follow the LeaderBook 1: Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading by Nina Sankovitch
Book 2: The Touchstone: A Story by Edith Wharton, mentioned on page 50 of book 1.
Nina Sankovitch is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 235
Goodreads authors: 6
Big Books: 1
5.3 - HERE KITTY, KITTY -
(moving from 5.5)5.5 - SPRING CHICKEN - Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George.
Jessica Day George is a Goodreads author.
5.9 - ROLL WITH IT - I rolled a 4 so read A Vintage Affair by Isabel Wolff which was published in 2009.
Isabel Wolff is a Goodreads author.
TOTAL POINTS - 765
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 28
BIG BOOKS - 2
10.7 Chosen By You
The Secret Keeper
Historical Fiction nominee
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 290
Total Tasks Completed: 22
Total Books Read: 23
Total GoodReads Authors: 6
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
The Secret Keeper
Historical Fiction nominee
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 290
Total Tasks Completed: 22
Total Books Read: 23
Total GoodReads Authors: 6
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
AlexisTask #10.2 - Angry Birds
The Final Solution by Michael Chabon, with bird on the cover.
Task #15.6 - Let's All Go to the Lobby
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Task #20.3 - Best Review - Bucket's task: Traveling in Time
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells for Option 2 (Along for the Ride)
This post: 45 points
Total to Date = 110 points
Total Tasks Completed: 9
Total Goodreads authors: 2
Total Big Books (500+): 0
5.7 -- Someone to Fall Back OnNotes from the Dog by Gary Paulsen
Gary Paulsen rarely disappoints me.
10.1 Less is More
Less is in the subtitle
Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating And Get More Done in Less Time by Brian Tracy
Brian Tracy is a GR author, claiming ticket.
I used audiobook so paperback is Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time.
10.3 March April May
SaS
Secrets at Sea by Richard Peck
I used audiobook so paperback is
Secrets at Sea
10.8 Pedal To The Metal
Nothing Gold Can Stay by Ron Rash
I used ebook edition so edition (hardback) with page # is
Nothing Gold Can Stay: Stories
15.1. Follow the Leader
Book 1:
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
Book 2: Book 1 mentions Shakespeare including the book Much Ado about Nothing.
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
I used a different paperback version and I listened to it concurrently with a free Librovox recording. I've posted with the Mass Market Paperback since I couldn't find either version I used on the GR list.
15.4. Celebrate the White Tiger!
Option 1
book A- 'White' in the authors name
Memories of Summer by Ruth White
Book B-'Tiger' in the title
Tiger, Tiger by Lynne Reid Banks
Points this Post - 65
Points to date - 785
GR author this post - 1
GR authors to date -21
Task 20.9 - Moderator's Pet- Peebee’s Task: A New Spring WardrobeOption E: Spring Wardrobe
Select a book with a predominately pink cover (at least half the cover).
The Santaroga Barrier (1968) by Frank Herbert (Paperback, 256 pages)
375+ 20 = 395
Tasks Completed: 20
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 375+ 20 = 395
Books read: 29
Pages read: 9,983
Read but not claimed: 6
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books:
(2) 500+
(0) 750+
(1) 1,000+
20.10I read The Birth House by Ami McKay (***Claiming GRA ticket***). My post is in the thread comment number 18.
New points: 20
New total:255
total books:15
total tasks: 12
Jayme VAThis should be it for me. Thank you to the mods, as always!!
15.10. Spring Break
The Lord Is My Shepherd: Healing Wisdom of the Twenty-third Psalm by Harold S. Kushner
30.3 Donna Jo's task: Upsy Daisy
Option 2: Daisy on the cover:
by Emily GiffinOption 4: Author named Mary: Thornyhold by Mary Stewart
Points this post: 45
Total points: 870
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)(
10.7 Chosen By YouEdenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson
A final nominee of a 2012 Goodreads Choice Award, romance category
Julianne Donaldson is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 10
Total points: 475
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 31
Goodreads Author: 25
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
25.6 Happy Birthday Girl Scouts I chose option b, with the word "girls" in the title. The book was Island of Lost Girls by Jennifer McMahon (a GoodReads Author",
I also chose option c-2 words in title start with the beginning letter of WAGGGS. I read The Girl On Legare Street by Karen White. The letter G in "girl" and the letter "S" are in WAGGGS.
Task Points: 25
Total Points: 305
GoodReads Authors: 12
Tasks Completed: 16
10.6 Storm Chasers -read a book set in a state inTornado Alley.I read Wherever Grace Is Needed by Elizabeth Bass (a GoodReads author). The book is set in Texas.
Task Points: 10
Total Points: 315
GoodReads Authors: 13
Tasks Completed: 17
10.5 Piece of cake-read a book that involves food. I read How to Eat a Cupcake by Meg Donohue (a GoodReads author). One of the main characters is a cupcake baker.
Task Points: 10
Total Points: 325
GoodReads Authors: 14
Tasks Completed: 18
Correcting post 1964-I referenced the e-book version for my second book, and it was a hardback format. I am reposting with the correct informationI chose option a-Dismembered.
I read
by Julie Kibler a GoodReads Author).I also read
by Jessica Queller. This is the book that I incorrectly identified as an e-book..This is what my totals were at the time of the first posting: I apologize for my error.
Task Points: 25
Total Points: 280
GoodReads Authors: 11
Tasks Completed: 15
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Task #5.1 – Go West
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The book is set in the United States (mostly in Holcomb, Kansas)
Task #10.6 - Storm Chasers
One Blood by Qwantu Amaru
***Claiming Goodreads Author***
This book is set in the "Dixie Alley" state of Louisiana.
Task #10.9 - Feeling Lucky?
Thirteen Reasons WhyJay Asher
***Claiming Goodreads Author***
I rolled a 43. Post 2105 by Janet F. http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
Task #10.10 - Above Average
The Haunted Hotel by Wilkie Collins
My average book rating (at the time I selected my book) was 3.37.
This post: 35 points
Total to Date = 35 points
Total Tasks: 4
Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books (500+): 0