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SPRING CHALLENGE 2013
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Spring Challenge 2013 Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC!
Katie M15.2 -- Vernal Equinox
Snow Angel by Mark A. Roeder
Snow Angel by Sharon Maria Bidwell
Approved in Msg. 2119
This post: 15 points
Total to Date: 345 points
AlexisTask #20.6- Seasoned Reader- Alexandra's task: Messing around
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman for Option 3 (book with something yellow on the cover)
Book authorized by Aleksandra at Post 67 http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
Task #20.7- Shorter is Sweeter- Suzanne VN's task Have Passport, Will Travel
A Novel Bookstore by Laurence Cossé for Option 5 - International Travel
My home country is the USA. The novel is set in France.
This post: 40 points
Total to Date = 235 points
Total Tasks Completed: 15
Total Goodreads authors: 3
Total Big Books (500+): 0
20.5 Bigger is Better- Kate S's task: Tournament of Books 2013Option 1 - Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Marriedby Marian Keyes (initials MK)
Claiming big book.
30.1 Sheila/Kathy G's task - It's Spring Cleaning Time#1 - Identical by Ellen Hopkins*GRA
(has been on my to read shelf since 2009)
1 big book ticket claimed for 565 pages
#6 a tapestry of fortunes by
elizaberh berg
(reader's choice)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 435
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 28
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Book tickest: 2
Readerboard Name: Barbara★20.8 – It’s My Birthday! Laurie's task: March On! --
- Kami Garcia♥ (option 4 title in green) 5/19***Claiming Goodreads Author***
25.1 Delicious Dee's task: Anchor’s Aweigh
Option 2: Crocodile on the Sandbank - Elizabeth Peters (N in on, R, O & C in crocodile, T in the) 4/4
Option 4: Florence of Arabia - Christopher Buckley (set in Qatar) 5/15
25.8 Janet F's task: Springy Ideas! --
(started with Zugzwang which I used for Winter 2012 - 20.2 option)
Option 5: The Mao Case - Qiu Xiaolong (found on page 2) 5/21
Option 6: Crown of Crystal Flame - C.L. Wilson♥ (on page 4) 5/17
***Claiming Goodreads Author***
30.2 - Dlmrose's task: For the Love of Reading
Option A: The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan 4/30
Option B: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith♥ 5/18
***Claiming Goodreads Author***
Points Earned This Post: 100
Points Achieved to Date: 625
Goodreads Authors: 23
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (1)
Oma1229Task25.0-Interesting Spring Holidays
Option 2-March 15 The Ides of March Read a book set in the ancient world
Nefertiti by Michelle Moran
Option 6-May 7 National Tourism Day Read a book set in a lace you would like to visit.
The Celtic Riddle by Lyn Hamilton
This book is set in Ireland and I would like to visit Ireland.
Total Points to Date- 700
Oma1229 Correction to Post # 2390Michelle Moran is a Goodreads Author.
AprilDT30.3 Donna Jo's task: Upsy Daisy
3. MW, Choose a book by an author who has any of the matching letter pairs in their initials as their name appears on Goodreads
The Bad Seed by William March
4. Read a book by an author with the name Daisy
The American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin
Goodwin is a GRA
Points this post= 30
Challenge total= 435
GRA= 11
Katie M15.3 -- Laughing in Ireland
Ireland: Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning
Humor: Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard
This post: 15 points
Total to Date: 360 points
5.1 Go West Most of the book is set in Manhattan NYYou Can't Have My Planet: But Take My Brother, Please by James Mihaley
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 280
Total Tasks Completed: 23
Total Books Read: 24
Total Pages Read: 7985
Total Goodreads Authors: 15
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Task 25.4 Stacie MI's Task: It's Read-a-Thon Time!1. “Shortish books” - Read a book with less than 200 pages.
The Bachelors (1960) by Muriel Spark (Paperback, 192 pages)
3. Humorous Books - Read a book with the genre “Humor” found on the book’s main page.
Star Island (2010) by Carl Hiaasen (Hardcover, 339 pages)
395 + 25 = 420
Tasks Completed: 21
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 395 + 25 = 420
Books read: 31
Pages read: 10,514
Read but not claimed: 5
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books:
(2) 500+
(0) 750+
(1) 1,000+
5.1 Go WestThis book is set in the United States.
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson.
Isabel Wilkerson is a Goodreads author.
This is a Big Book of 622 pages.
5.9 Roll with it.
I rolled a 3 so I read a book published in 2010.
Minding Frankie by Maeve Binchy.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 415
Tasks: 24
Books: 30
Goodreads authors: 11
Big Books: 500-1
BRIAN5.7 -- Someone to Fall Back On
Inferno by Dan Brown
Points this post: 5
Total points: 395
Books read: 31
Goodreads authors: 8
Big Book tickets: 3
CoralieI need to move another book. My fault for trusting the library catalog.
5.3 Here Kitty Kitty
moved from 25.2 Lion on cover15.9 In Camelot
The Sword in the Stone
25.2 Interesting Spring Holidays
Option 2 Book set in Roman times replacement book
Give Me Back My Legions!
Option 6 no change
Homer & Langley
Total points 870
Thank you to the moderators for another great challenge.
FANDURY20.1 - Again! Again!
Read a book that shares a title word in common with one of the following titles that she can't get enough of.
What Angels Fear by C.S. Harris
This title shares the word WHAT with the book SAY WHAT?
C.S. Harris is a Goodreads Author
Point this task: 20
Total points: 315
Books read: 21
Total Goodreads authors: 7
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Laurie ME20.1: Most Improved Player: Jessica PDX - Again! Again!: "What"
What She Doesn't Know by Beverly Barton
20.9: Moderator's Pet: Peebee's Task: A New Spring Wardrobe:
Option A: Beethoven by Maynard Solomon
25.4: Stacie MI's Task: It's Read-a-Thon Time!
Option 5: Long, Lean, and Lethal byHeather Graham. Heather Graham is a GRA.
Option 6: Thriller: Storm Front by Jim Butcher
30.3: Donna Jo's Task: Upsy Daisy:
Option 3: jr: Out of the Mist (Stewart Sisters, #1) by JoAnn Ross. JoAnn Ross is a GRA.
Option 4: Rose: No One Left to Tell by Karen Rose
Points this Post: 95.
Total Points: 775
2 GRA
2 BB
20.5 Bigger is better The Wine of Solitude by Irene Nemirovsky / option 3, historical fiction
25.8 Springy Ideas
The Jewel of St. Petersburg by Kate Furnivall / option 5, from Tatiana & Alexander
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling / option 2, from Bea bookshelf
Tasks points 45
Total points 465
10.8 Pedal To The MetalThe Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
Points this post: 10
Total points:815
GR Authors:10
Tasks this post:1
Total tasks: 47
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(1), 1000+(1)
25.3 Nikki's task: Come Play with me !1. Read a book with a building of some sort on the cover.
by Gwen Perkins (Goodreads Author) 4. Read a book with exactly 4 words in its title AND subtitle
by Darke Conteur (Goodreads Author) Approved here.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 335
Tasks completed: 27
Books Read: 33
GR Authors: 22
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
BEKKA - 10.6 Storm ChasersFor this task, I read “Can’t Wait to Get to Heaven”
by Fannie Flagg, since it’s set in Missouri, one of the “Dixie Alley” states. Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 10
Total Points Earned to Date: 795
Pages Read this Challenge: 365
Total Pages Read to Date: 20024
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 63
Goodreads Authors: 27
Big Book Tickets: 500( 5 ), 750( 1 ), 1000()
15.3. Laughing in IrelandOPTION 2 – read one book that satisfies both criteria from Option 1:
Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
Set in Ireland and author from Ireland. Genre Humor by 66 members.
+15 Points
Grand Total: 830
Readerboard ID: JENBENT15.6. Let's All Go to the Lobby
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Movie: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Points this post: 15
Total points: 870
Total Goodreads authors: 32
Total Big books: 1
Thanks to the mods & task creators for another great challenge season!
25.2 - Laurie ME's task: Interesting Spring HolidaysOption 2, Ancient Egypt: Out of the Black Land by Kerry Greenwood
Option 4, American Revolution: Martha Peake: A Novel of the Revolution by Patrick McGrath
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 265
Goodreads authors: 6
Big Books: 1
Way to go Coralie and Jen! (and all other finishers up to this point!)
yay Coralie and Jen!!soo close Amy C, Bekka and Karen GHHS - you guys can do it!!
15.10 - Spring Break - book of choiceClockwork Prince by ***Goodreads Author Cassandra Clare
528 pages = 1 BB ticket
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 340/890
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 25
GoodReads Authors: 12
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
SARAH THE LIBRARIAN5.3 -- Here Kitty, Kitty
by Ian BaucomThere are winged lions on the cover.
10.9 Feeling Lucky?
I genered a 38, so on page 38, post 1859, I found:
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis
I listened to the audio. Here is the hardcover for length: The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
Ayana Mathis is a GRA.
30.1 Sheila/Kathy G's task - It's Spring Cleaning Time!
3: The Calder Game by Blue Balliett
"Mystery" is listed on the book's main page.
6: Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon
30.3 Donna Jo's task: Upsy Daisy
3: The Hobbit, Prequel to the Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
"jr" was one of the letter pairs listed in the task.
I listened to the audio. Here is the mass market paperback for length: The Hobbit
4: Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach
Author's name is Mary.
Mary Roach is a GRA.
30.4 Sandy's Task: What Are They All Talking About?
1: Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
#42 on "Popular Bookclub Books" in the US under "this month" on February 23.
Maria Semple is a GRA.
2: Prodigy by Marie Lu
#50 on "Most Read" in the US under "this week" on February 23.
Marie Lu is a GRA.
Points this post: 105
Total points: 760
Tasks completed: 44
GRA: 33
Big Books 500+(3), 750+ (), 1000+(1)
Task 20.7- Shorter is Sweeter- Suzanne VN's task Have Passport, Will Travel5. International travel – read a book that takes place in a country outside your home country.
Required: Please tell us your home country as well as your destination country.
My home country is the United States of America.
The destination country is France.
The Painted Girls (2013) by Cathy Marie Buchanan (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 357 pages)
**** Goodreads Author **** Cathy Marie Buchanan
420 + 20 = 440
Tasks Completed: 22
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 420 + 20 = 440
Books read: 32
Pages read: 10,871
Read but not claimed: 5
Goodreads Authors: 10
Jessica PDX5.10 - Attention Grabber
"In the early nineteenth century the Catholic Church realized it had a problem."
I love this line because it feels like the setup for something very juicy or very funny!
by Louise PennyPoints This Post: 5
Total Points: 810
Katie M15.4 -- Celebrate the White Tiger!
White: Knights & White Satin by Cash Cole
Tiger: Tiger's Lily by Cheyenne Meadows
This post: 15 points
Total to Date: 375 points
20.2: Rookie At the Top- Ty's task: Pi DayOption 3 (romance): The Downfall of a Good Girl by Kimberly Lang
Kimberly Lang is a Goodreads author.
20.7- Shorter is Sweeter- Suzanne VN's task Have Passport, Will Travel
Option 5 (international travel): How To Get Over Your Ex by Nikki Logan
I'm from/in the U.S. and the book is set in the U.K.
Nikki Logan is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 40
Total points: 40
Total Goodreads authors: 2
Mod
15.4 Celebrate The White Tiger read My Life as a White Trash Zombie by Diane Rowland (goodreads author) and
Tiger's Voyageby Colleen Houck (goodreads author)
15.9 In Camelot read My Merlin Awakening by Priya Ardis (goodreads author)
25.3 Come play with me option 2 chess and 4 connect four read The Queen Is Deadby Kate Locke
30.2 For the Love of Reading- option a used author James Patterson and read The Angel Experiment by James Patterson
and option B used Patrick Ness read The Knife of Never Letting Go
30.3 Upsy Daisy- Option 2 read Awkward by Marni Bates (goodreads author) the daisy is a hand drawn daisy.
and option 3 read The Rules for Disappearing by Ashley Elston (goodreads author) - letters ae
30.4 What Are they Talking About- Book 1- date picked 3/2 read Splintered by A.G. Howard (goodreads author)
book 2 picked on date 4/17 read Scarletby Marissa Meyer (goodreads author)
Points this post- 160
Total Points 870/870
Total Books 69/69
Total Tasks 53/53
STACIE MITask 15.2 - Vernal Equinox
I read two books with the same number of pages. I read:
Death By Field Trip: A FoxTrot Collection by Bill Amend
and
His Code Name Was The Fox: A Foxtrot Collection by Bill Amend
Both books have 128 pages.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 680
Tasks completed: 45
Books read: 56
Pages read: 15002
Goodreads authors: 29
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
AlexisTask #30.4 Sandy's Task: What Are They All Talking About?
Book 1 - The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
***Claiming Goodreads Author***
Popular Bookclub Books -- This Month -- World #30 on 4/11/13
Book 2 - Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Most Read -- This Year -- The World #20 on 4/11/13
This post: 30 points
Total to Date = 265 points
Total Tasks Completed: 16
Total Goodreads authors: 4
Total Big Books (500+): 1
cupcakebaker20.9 - A New Spring Wardrobe
Option A - Bake Sale Murder has been on my To-Read list over a year.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 380
Total Tasks Completed: 26
Total Books Read: 34
Total Pages Read: 9,025
10.7 Chosen By YouYoung Adult Fiction winner 2012 Goodreads Choice Award.
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
John Green is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 10
Total points:825
GR Authors:11
Tasks this post:1
Total tasks: 48
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(1), 1000+(1)
I completed:30.2 Dlmrose's task: For the Love of Reading
by reading:
A. From US Book List: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
B. From UK & Ireland Book List: The White Queen by Philippa Gregory
Tasks Complete: 16
Total Points: 230
Big Books: 500+ (2) 750+ (0) 1000+ (1)
Goodreads Authors: 6
Jenifer20.6 Messing Around
Option 1: translated from Dutch into English
Ten White Geese by Gerbrand Bakker
20.5 Tournament of Books
Option 3: Historical Fiction
Motherland by William Nicholson
Total Points: 150
Tasks Completed:8
Books Read: 8
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (1), 1000+ ()
30.1 It's Spring Cleaningoption 2: Book from seriesA Storm of Swords by George RR Martin
**A Storm of Swords is a BIG book (1177 pages)so I'm claiming a big book ticket**
option6: Book of choice Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
Jeaniene Frost is a Goodreads author. I'm claiming a goodreads ticket
Total Points: 180
Tasks Completed:9
Books Read: 10
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (1), 1000+ (1)
Bucket20.2 Ty's Task: Pi Day
I chose the first option - to read a book with a page count where each digit is in the first 10 digits of pi. I read Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman (et al). It has 336 pages. (3.141592653)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 7
Goodreads Authors: 1 (Lisa Genova)
Big Book Tickets: (1) The Three Musketeers (2) - (3) -
5.8 -- Cinco de MayoBrooklyn by Colm Tóibín
My GR friend Connie rated this book 5 stars
http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/...
Points this post: 5
Total points: 490
Tasks completed: 27
Books read: 33
Goodreads Author: 25
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
15.1. Follow the Leader1. Where We Belong by Emily Giffin
In Ch. 12, p. 156: “… Aidan migrates toward the couch, pulling an Ursula Le Guin novel out of his messenger bag.”
2. Searoad by Ursula K. Le Guin
Emily Giffin is a Goodreads author.
25.2 Laurie ME's task: Interesting Spring Holidays
1. By Bread Alone by Sarah-Kate Lynch
6. Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
Set in Seattle, which I am looking forward to visiting next month for a friend's wedding.
Maria Semple is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 40
Total points: 770
GR authors: 22
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10.10 Above Average
This task says to read a book with an average rating at or above my average book rating. My average book rating is 3.91. I read Type Talk: The 16 Personality Types That Determine How We Live, Love, and Work by Otto Kroeger and Janet M. Thuesen. Amazingly enough, it has the exact same average rating: 3.91.
15.10 Spring Break
I relaxed with Seaworthy: A Swordboat Captain Returns to the Sea by Linda Greenlaw.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Goodreads Authors: 1 (Lisa Genova)
Big Book Tickets: (1) The Three Musketeers (2) - (3) -