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SPRING CHALLENGE 2013
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Spring Challenge 2013 Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC!
Congratulations Jayne. Who else is going to finish today? So many folks are close. It's time to dust off those pom poms!
T-17 hours until new tasks are posted...but who is counting!!
Congratulations to all of those who have finish, WOW!!!So many 30 points tasks, my head is already spinning.
10.4 Purple For Peace
by Jennifer Echols Goodreads Author 10.6 Storm Chasers
Set in Nebraska, some parts in Colorado.
Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back by Todd Burpo
15.7. Feeling possessive?
The Duke's Perfect Wife by Jennifer Ashley Goodreads Author
20.2: Rookie At the Top- Ty's task: Pi Day
3 Read a book with "romance" as a main genre.
Not That Kind Of Girl by Siobhan Vivian Goodreads author
20.4 - Author! Author!: Bluemoon's task: DID YOU KNOW....
Has Romance listed as one of the genres on its home page.
The Marriage Bargain by Jennifer Probst Goodreads Author
25.1 Delicious Dee's task: Anchor’s Aweigh
Option 2 Read a book where the letters NROTC can be found in the TITLE
The Many Sins of Lord Cameron by Jennifer Ashley Goodreads Author
The Many Sins of LORd CameroN
Option 4 Read a book set in...
Set in Scotland
A Mackenzie Family Christmas: The Perfect Gift by Jennifer Ashley Goodreads Author This book is on the ebook approve list.
Points this post. 100
Total Points: 275
Total Tasks: 13
Goodreads Authors: 10 (6 in this post)
Big Books: 2
SUZANNE VN15.7 Feeling Possessive?
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat - Earl's is the possessive noun
25.6 Happy Birthday Girl Scouts
Option B - "Girl," "Guide," "Scout" in title
The Girls' Guide to Love and Supper Clubs
Dana Bate is a GoodReads Author
Option C - Author initials in WAGGGS
18 Seconds by George D. Shuman - approved in help thread
Points this task: 40
Total points: 440
Tasks completed: 27
Books read: 34
Goodreads authors: 20
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
AprilDT20.9 - Moderator's Pet- Peebee’s Task: A New Spring Wardrobe
Option A: Cleaning Out the Closets
Beautiful Chaos by Kami Garcia
Added to my TBR shelf on Aug 30, 2011
Garcia is a GRA
At 516 pgs is Big Book
Points this post= 20
Challenge total= 385
Big book tickets= 500+ (1); 750+ (1)= 3 tickets
GRA= 9
5.9 Roll With It The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
I rolled a 6, which gave me the year of 2007.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 35
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 3
Total GoodReads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (0)
20.1 - Again! Again!A book with a title word in common with 'SAY What?'
Say It with Poison by Ann Granger
Total points500
25.7 - Chaitra's task: Judge a Book By Its Cover!Option A: Two Books with dismembered people
The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
Points This Post:25
Total Points: 60
Total Tasks Completed: 3
Total Books Read: 5
Nick KY10.6 Storm Alley. I read Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams, set in Mississippi (Dixie Alley). This edition had an extra essay by Williams, and an essay introduction by Edward Albee.
Points this post: 10
Total Points so far: 710
Big Books: 500+ (4)
20.6- Seasoned Reader- Alexandra's task: Messing around Option #3: A Book with something yellow on the cover.
The Edible Front Yard: The Mow-Less, Grow-More Plan for a Beautiful, Bountiful Garden by Ivette Soler has yellow cobs of corn.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 80
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Total Books Read: 6
BRIAN10.3 March April May
Duel with the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery by Paul Collins (Goodreads author)
How Alexander Hamilton (H-A-H)
Teamed Up to (T-U-T)
This book was an advance uncorrected proof copy.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 390
Books read: 30
Goodreads authors: 7
Big Book tickets: 3
10.2 Angry BirdsI read
, which has everyone's favorite candy birds, Yellow Peeps on the cover. This book was approved on the help thread.Points: 180
Books read: 17
GR authors: 6
Tasks completed: 13
pages read: 5280
Amy FL5.2 It's In Their Genes
The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi (2 g, 1 z, 1 b)
5.5 Spring Chicken
Skippy Dies (YA)
5.6 Hope Springs Eternal
Shadow of Night (didn't like this book any better than the first in the series)
5.7 Someone to Fall Back On
Thereby Hangs a Tail
5.8 Cinco de Mayo
City of Lost Souls (Fifth in series)
10.2 Angry Birds
Stirred (Horror)
10.3 March April May
Wish You Well
10.6 Storm Chasers
Double Dexter (set in Florida)
10.10 Above Average
Aurora (my rating was 3.25; this book was rated 3.68)
15.5 Hug a Tree
15.7 Feeling possessive?
The Shoemaker's Wife
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jessica PDX - Again! Again!
Dog on It (matches Dog from "Go, Dog. Go!"
20.2 Rookie At the Top- Ty's task: Pi Day
The Quiet Game (433 pages in hardcover edition - option 1 - numbers in pi)
20.3 Best Review - Bucket's task: Traveling in Time
The Woman in White (Option 1 - published in 1860)
20.4 Author! Author!: Bluemoon's task: DID YOU KNOW....
To Fetch a Thief (Option D - third in series)
20.5 Bigger is Better- Kate S's task: Tournament of Books 2013
The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb (Option 3 - Historical Fiction)
20.6 Seasoned Reader- Alexandra's task: Messing around
The Whisperer (Option 1 - Italian)
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter- Suzanne VN's task Have Passport, Will Travel
In the Woods (Option 5: home country USA, book set in Ireland)
20.8 It’s My Birthday! Laurie's task: March On!
The Silent Girl (Option 2 - 9th in series)
20.9 - Moderator's Pet- Peebee’s Task: A New Spring Wardrobe
Into the Fire (Option D - library book)
Points this post: 275
Total Points: 275
Oma1229Task 10.6-Storm Chasers
Read a book set in a'Dixie Alley State'.
[book:New Mercies|423708 by [author:Sandra Dallas|74078
This book is set in Mississippi which is one of the Dixie Alley States for Tornadoes
Total Points to Date-625
Oma1229Concerning Post #2247
There seem to be a problem with the posting for the book.
I will try again
New Mercies by Sandra Dallas
In case it still did not post- The book was New Mercies by Sandra Dallas
Ana30.3 Upsy Daisy
Option 3
by J.K. Rowling.Option 4
by Mary Jane Beaufrand.Points this Post 30
Total Points 470
Tasks Completed 23
Books Read 33
Total Pages 9843
GoodReads Author 18
Big Books 500+(2)
Coralie10.5 Piece of Cake
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
10.6 Storm Chasers
Book set in Tennessee
Flight Behaviour
Total points 805
Bucket20.3 Bucket's Task: Traveling in Time
I chose option one and read a classic. I read The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. This book was originally published in 1844.
**At 656 pages, The Three Musketeers is worth one Big Book Ticket.**
20.5 Kate S's Task: Tournament of Books 2013
I chose option 1 and read a book by an author who shares initials with a finalist. I read Still Alice by Lisa Genova (initials LG).
**Lisa Genova is a Goodreads Author.**
20.6 Alexandra's Task: Messing Around
I chose option 1 and read a book that was translated to my language. My native language is English and I read The Night Trilogy: Night/Dawn/The Accident by Elie Wiesel which is translated from the French.
20.9 Peebee's Task: A New Spring Wardrobe
I chose option A and read a book that has been on my to-read list for more than a year. I read March by Geraldine Brooks which was added to my to-read list in April of 2009.
Points this post: 80
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 1 (Lisa Genova)
Big Book Tickets: (1) The Three Musketeers (2) - (3) -
Leslie KeeTask: 50.1 Two Truths and a Lie
A: The Raft by S.A. Bodeen I used to have an invisible friend.
B: Red Kayak by Priscilla Cummings I took a kayak trip on the Columbia River in Oregon.
C: The Sign of the Twisted Candles byCarolyn Keene I always thought being a detective would be fun.
Points this task: 50
Total points: 295
I'd like to replace my claim of Tell-All by Chuck Palahniuk for option 3 of task 25.1 with Color Your Style: How to Wear Your True Colors by David Zyla (published January 25, 2011). [See message 628 for original claim.]I reclaim Tell-All for the following task:
10.2 Angry Birds
Tell-All by Chuck Palahniuk (Thriller listed in main genres).
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 425
Total Tasks Completed: 24
Total Books Read: 29
Total Pages Read: 6420
Total GoodReads Authors: 6
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
10.2 Angry Birds
by Jeaniene FrostGoodreads Author
15.10. Spring Break
Eternal Kiss of Darkness by Jeaniene Frost
Goodreads Author
25.4 Stacie MI's Task: It's Read-a-Thon Time!
1. “Shortish books”
The Last Page by Lacy Camey
188 pages
3. Humorous Books
The Last Bookstore In America by Amy Stewart
*Approved for length post #2355
Both authors are Goodreads Authors
Total Points: 455
Points this Post: 50
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 31
GoodReads Authors: 23
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 30.1- It's Spring Cleaning Time!...complete 2 different options from the list:
I chose option #2 (clean up a series you've been wanting to finish) and I read
Love and War by John Jakes 1,087 pages *[claiming a BIG BOOK ticket] (3.22 - 5.17)I also chose option #6 (read any book of your choice outside) and I read
Ten Years Later: Six People Who Faced Adversity and Transformed Their Lives by Hoda Kotb 240 pages (4.15)Points earned for this task: 30
Total Points Earned to Date: 480
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 16
Total # of Big Books: 4
500+ = (2)
700+ (1)
1000+ (1)
Readerboard ID: JENBENT30.3 Donna Jo's task: Upsy Daisy
Option 3 - author initials include a & e
Pieces of My Sister's Life by Elizabeth Joy Arnold
Elizabeth Joy Arnold is a Goodreads author.
Option 4 - author named Mary
The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson
Mary E. Pearson is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 825
Total Goodreads authors: 31
Total Big books: 1
Mod
But I bet we have a bunch of 25 point finishers to look forward to..................
Lindsey IL25.4 - It's Read-a-Thon Time!
Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind
option 5, re-read a favorite - This book is on my favorites shelf, and this is the fourth time I've read it.
***750+ page big book tickets***
***Terry Goodkind is a GoodReads author***
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
option 6, YA section of list
***Jay Asher is a GoodReads author***
30.3 - Upsy Daisy
My Fair Godmother by Janette Rallison
option 3, jr - author initials
***Janette Rallison is a GoodReads author***
The Adventures of Vivian Sharpe, Vegan Superhero by Marla Rose
option 4, author named Rose
Points This Post: 55
Total Points: 750
GoodReads Authors: 31
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(1), 1000+(1)
Tasks Completed: 44
Books Read: 59
BEKKA - 25.5 - Nick KY’s Task: Shadow of the White TigerBook 1, Option A: For this task, I read “A Spot of Bother”
by Mark Haddon, since it has a black silhouette on the cover. Book 2, Option A: For this task, I read “The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak, since his name appeared on the Literature Map when I typed in “Mark Haddon.”
Markus Zusak is a Goodreads Author, so I’m claiming a ticket for that.
Also, since “The Book Thief”
is over 500 pages, I’m claiming a Big Book ticket for that.Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 25
Total Points Earned to Date: 740
Pages Read this Challenge: 904
Total Pages Read to Date: 18939
Books Read this Challenge: 2
Total Books Read: 59
Goodreads Authors: 27
Big Book Tickets: 500( 5 ), 750( 1 ), 1000()
Janice CA20.5 Tournament of Books 2013......
Option 3: historical fiction
Fever by Mary Beth Keane
+20
total: 205
tasks: 11
books: 14
GR Authors: 2
Here’s the summary:BEKKA - 15.8. Batter Up!For this task, I read “Magic in the Outfield”
by Loren Long and Phil Bildner, since it involves the sport of baseball. Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 15
Total Points Earned to Date: 755
Pages Read this Challenge: 138
Total Pages Read to Date: 19077
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 60
Goodreads Authors: 27
Big Book Tickets: 500( 5 ), 750( 1 ), 1000()
30.1Option 3
The Shadowy Horses
Susanna Kearsley
Goodreads author
Option 6
Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World
This task 30 points
Total points 320
IGNORE THIS POST I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT MY COMPUTER DID....I THINK IT IS POSSESSED30.1
Option 3
The Shadowy Horses
Susanna Kearsley
Goodreads author
Option 6
10.2 Angry Birds
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 25
10.2 Angry Birds A book with a picture of a bird.
Prodigy by Marie Lu
Prodigy was approved in the help thread in message 2 & 27
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: # 90
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Total Books Read: 7
20.4 - Author! Author!: Bluemoon's task: DID YOU KNOW....Option A: A cook with a Crocodile/Alligator on the cover
Big Trouble by Dave Barry
Big Trouble was approved in the help thread in message 28
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: # 110
Total Tasks Completed: 6
Total Books Read: 8
10.5 Piece of Cake A book that involves food
Ethnic Cuisine: How to Create the Authentic Flavors of Over 30 International Cuisines by Elisabeth Rozin
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: # 120
Total Tasks Completed: 7
Total Books Read: 9
READERBOARDNAME : MARWA5.1 -- Go West!
Read a book set in the Western Hemisphere.
Of Mice and Men
5.2 -- It's In Their Genes
Read a book that has a pair of one of the least common letters in the English language--G, Y, P, B, V, K, J, X, Q, Z -- in the title/subtitle and author name.
Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis2 Ps
10.4 Purple For Peace
As May 16th is Wear Purple for Peace Day, read a book with something purple on the cover.
15.5. Hug a Tree
In honor of Arbor Day, read a book with a tree on the cover.
20.7- Shorter is Sweeter- Suzanne VN's task Have Passport, Will Travel
5. International travel – read a book that takes place in a country outside your home country.
I'm from Egypt and Anna Karenina's events takes place in Russia.
20.9 - Moderator's Pet- Peebee’s Task: A New Spring Wardrobe
Option A: Cleaning Out the Closets
Select a book that was published in the year 2011 or earlier.
The Nature of Tyranny and the Demises of Slavery طبائع الاستبداد و مصارع الاستعباد was first published in 1900.
Points claimed for this post:75
Total Points: 265
Tasks Completed so far: 17
Books Read for this challenge so far: 18
GR Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500(0),750(1), 1000(0)
15.1 - Follow the LeaderBook 1 - Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Book 2 - The Ten Thousand Things (one of the books Strayed read on her hike)
15.10 - Spring Break
Binny for Short
Total books read: 33
Points in this post: 30
Big book tickets: 2
Total points accumulated: 400/870
5.7 - SOMEONE TO FALL BACK ON - Fairy Tale Weddings: Cindy and the Prince / Some Kind of Wonderful by Debbie Macomber. I usually enjoy her books but this one not so much. Maybe because it was an earlier work and felt a bit dated. Debbie Macomber is a Goodreads author.
10.1 - LESS IS MORE - 100 Meals for $5 or Less.
15.9 - IN CAMELOT - I Am Mordred: A Tale from Camelot by Nancy Springer.
Nancy Springer is a Goodreads author.
TOTAL POINTS - 795
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 30
BIG BOOKS - 2
DEANA25.8 Janet F's task: Springy Ideas!
OPTION 4: I listened to 22 Britannia Road
There is no mass-market edition, but here's a regular paperback version 22 Britannia Road
*** Amanda Hodgkinson IS A GRA! ***
OPTION 5: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
This book is on page 4 of the similar books for The Snow Child. I originally found it on the similar books on 3/30/13; it is still there today.
30.4 Sandy's Task: What Are They All Talking About?
I originally found these books on 3/30/13, but they are both still on these lists :)
Book 1 - Popular Book Club Books
The End of Your Life Book Club
*** Will Schwalbe IS A GRA! ***
Book 2 - Most Read
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
*** Maria Semple IS A GRA! ***
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Points this post: 55
GRA this post: 2
Big Books this post: 0 - 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Total Points: 105/870
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 7
Total GRA: 4
Total Big Books: 0 - 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Kristi CO25.4 It's Read-a-Thon Time
#1 Shortish books
The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan 153 pages
#5 Re-read favorite
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Points this post: 25
Total points: 320
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 21
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=1
SOELO50.1 Two Truths and a Lie
Truth 1: I read From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler because I have been to the Met Museum twice and loved it both times.
Truth 2: Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective because I love logic puzzles and this book is full of them.
A Lie: Encyclopedia Brown Tracks Them Down because my father is a police officer like Encyclopedia Brown's father (not!).
Points this post: 50
Total so far: 260
repost of message 1623 with proper linkINDIGO (KIM)
20.2 - Pi Day
Option 3: "Romance" as a main genre
A Kiss in Time
Alex Flinn is a Goodreads Author
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 115
Tasks Completed: 8
Goodreads Authors: 2
25.7 - Chaitra's task: Judge a Book By Its Cover!Option A -
and
(approved in task help thread msg #78)Total books read: 35
Points in this post: 25
Big book tickets: 2
Total points accumulated: 425/870
long list of tasks because I've put off updating, apologies in advance!INDIGO (KIM)
10.2 - Angry Birds
Read a book with a bird on the cover
Kathryn Stockett is a Goodreads author
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 240
Tasks Completed: 13
Goodreads Authors: 6
INDIGO (KIM)10.10 - Above Average
Book rated above my average rating
Average rating: 4.25
A Game of Thrones
Rating: 4.43
2 Big Book Tickets - 864 pages
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 250
Tasks Completed: 14
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 1 (2 tickets)
INDIGO (KIM)15.2 - Vernal Equinox
2 books with same page number
The Kalahari Typing School for Men
Just So Stories
Both 210 pages
Alexander McCall Smith is a Goodreads author
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 265
Tasks Completed: 15
Goodreads Author Tickets: 7
Big Book Tickets: 2
INDIGO (KIM)20.7 - Have Passport, Will Travel
Option 5 - a country outside my home country
The Full Cupboard of Life
I live in the USA, the book is set in Botswana
Alexander McCall Smith is a Goodreads author
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 285
Tasks Completed: 16
Goodreads Author Tickets: 8
Big Book Tickets: 2
STACIE MITask 25.7 - Judge a Book By Its Cover
I read two books that fit Option A, Dismembered. I read:
Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
and
Size 12 and Ready to Rock by Meg Cabot
**Both Meg Cabot and Maria V. Snyder are Goodreads authors!**
Points this task: 25
Total points: 600
Tasks completed: 41
Books read: 49
Pages read: 13431
Goodreads authors: 27
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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15.9 1970 in Camelot:
The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart
20.10 Group Read - review in post 23
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
25.6: Lois's Task: Happy Birthday to the Girl Scouts
Option C: SA
That Thing Called Love by Susan Andersen. Susan Andersen is a GRA.
Option D: set in Savannah, GA.
Ricochet by Sandra Brown
50.1: Ms. Anderson's Task: Two Truths and a Lie
Truth: My job is clock dependent (I dispatch and all log entries are logged in by time)
The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene
Truth: My first job was in a tollbooth (Maine Turnpike at Gardiner Toll)
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Lie: The sound of a tolling bell makes me crazy. (We have 2 harbor bell windchimes hanging on our house)
The Mystery of the Tolling Bell by Carolyn Keene
Points this Post: 110.
Total Points: 680.
1 GRA this Post
1 BB (Ricochet by Sandra Brown - 544 pages)