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[Dee]

Congrats Vi!!

[Bec]

20.8 - It’s My Birthday! Laurie's task: March On!

Option 4. Read a book that has the TITLE in green letters.

I read A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane



***Lehane is a Goodreads Author***

Points this post: 20
Total points: 200
Tasks this post: 1
Total tasks: 11
GR Authors: 3

[Mabeelle]

15.5. Hug a Tree
Defending Jacob by William Landay
William Landay is a Goodreads Author

tree on the cover

25.7 - Chaitra's task: Judge a Book By Its Cover!
Option A - Dismembered

L'invocation by Kelley Armstrong
Kelley Armstrong is a Goodreads Author

L'Eveil by Kelley Armstrong
Kelley Armstrong is a Goodreads Author




This post: 40 points
Total to Date = 225 points
//Goodreads Author: 6
//Big Books: 1 (500)

[JC]

Task 25.8 - Springy ideas

Option 2 (GR friend Terri rated this 4 stars in Feb 2013): Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith ***528 pages = 1 big book ticket***

Option 3 (audiobook): Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins ***GR Author***
Paperback edition (no mass market that I could find): Hex Hall

Total Big Book tickets = 5

Total GR Authors = 20

Challenge total = 555

[Sheila]

Wow 3 more finishers, just on this page alone - so far. Congratulations. The summer SRC should be fantastic!

[Alexis]

Alexis

Task #20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jessica PDX - Again! Again!

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

I chose to match a word in the title of Go, Dog. Go! The matching word is Dog.

This post: 20 points
Total to Date = 325 points
Total Tasks Completed: 19
Total Goodreads authors: 4
Total Big Books (500+): 1

[Jackie]

JACKIE NC

25.3 Nikki's task: Come Play with me !

Option 2: Games 2 & 4

King of the Murgos by David Eddings
403 pages


Points this task: 25
Total Points: 490
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Book Tickets:

[Paul]

5.4 -- Spring Up, Fall Down (word in title that is both a noun and a verb).

I read Jay Leno's How to Be the Funniest Kid in the Whole Wide World: Or Just in Your Class. The word that fits the task is "Class":

Noun
A set or category of things having some property or attribute in common and differentiated from others by kind, type, or quality.
Verb
Assign or regard as belonging to a particular category: "conduct that is classed as criminal".

20.2: Rookie At the Top- Ty's task: Pi Day Option 1: Read a book whose page count include digits from the first 10 digits of pi (3.141592653).

I read Wicked Plants: The A-Z of Plants That Kill, Maim, Intoxicate and Otherwise Offend, which has 236 pages.

I claim Amy Stewart for a Goodreads author ticket.

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

I chose option 5: International travel – read a book that takes place in a country outside your home country. I listened to the audio book of A Foreign Country, which is set in my destination country, France. My home country is the United States.

Total Points this Post: 45
Total Points this Challenge: 165
Goodreads Authors this post: 1

[Bec]

Correction for post #2585

Sorry about that! I've decided to use that book on 5.4 - Spring Up, Fall Down I'm glad it fitted a task I hadn't yet completed!

A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane

The word drink is both a verb and a noun

***Lehane is a Goodreads Author***


Points this post: 5
Total points: 185
Tasks this post: 1
Total tasks: 11
GR Authors: 3

[Paul]

10.10 Above Average
My book rating is 3.99. The book I read is Deadline, which has a rating of 4.16.


15.10. Spring Break
Free choice; I read Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal.

I claim Mary Roach as a Goodreads Author.


20.9 - Moderator's Pet- Peebee’s Task: A New Spring Wardrobe

Option D: Thrift Shop II. I read a book from the library:

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

Total Points this Post: 45
Total Points this Challenge: 210
Goodreads Authors this Post: 1

[Casey]

Casey TN

15.10 - Spring Break
Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat by David Dosa

20.8 - March On
Option 4: Sizzle and Burn by Jayne Ann Krentz ***Goodreads Author***

Points this Post: 35
Total Points: 255
GoodReads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(1), 1000+(0) 

[Bea]

Hug a Tree

by Sharyn McCrumb

Points: 15

Total Points: 385

[bamaace83]

5.3 Here Kitty, Kitty

by Vicki Myron

Points this post: 5
Total points: 745
Tasks completed: 43
Books read: 59
Goodreads Author: 33
Big Book Tickets: 500(2); 750(0); 1000(0)

[Desi]

Readerboard Name: Desi

Task # 20.2 - Pi Day - Option 1

Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry

**Good Reads Author**

421 pgs - Each number is found in the first ten digits of Pi



Task #20.6 - Messing around - Option 4 - Sleepless and Happy

Nigger Nigger by Dick Gregory

I have wanted to read this book for research but never had time. i was sleepless because I had to know more of his story.



Task #20.9 - A New Spring Wardrobe - Option B: Cleaning Out the Closets II

The Drowning Girl by Caitlín R. Kiernan

The main character is bisexual.



Task #50.1 - Two Truths and a Lie

A. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
**Goodreads Author**
(I lived in an apartment growing up)

B. The People of Sparks by Jeanne DuPrau
(I don't know a thing about farming)

C. The Prophet of Yonwood by Jeanne DuPrau
(I am very dedicated to my church)




Points this post: 110 points

Total to Date = 110 points.

Goodreads authors: 2

Tasks Completed: 4

[Tammy AZ]

10.10 Above Average
My average when I read this book was 3.56 & this book averages 3.85

Attempting Normal by Marc Maron

15.5 Hug A Tree: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
I could not locate the book cover to add it here, although I can find this book cover if I just search on the book so here's the link to the cover. http://www.goodreads.com/book/photo/1...

Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 275

[Randy]

RANDY12S

25.3 Nikki's task: Come Play with me !
Game 2 - Chess.
I read The Runaway King by Jennifer A. Nielsen **Goodreads Author** has "King" in the title.

Game 4 - Connect 4.
I read a book with 4 word title; Pale Kings And Princes by Robert B. Parker.

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

I chose option 3 and read Die Easy by Zoë Sharp which is listed as a mystery on the main Goodreads page. **Goodreads Author**

and

Option 6 and curled up with the new David Baldacci book The Hit

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

Book 1- The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen **Goodreads Author** (I spent many days as a boy sword fighting with a wooden sword pretending to be a prince)

Book 2- The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan (I am also a son of Poseiden)

Book 3- Theodore Boone: The Accused by John Grisham **Goodreads Author** (I too aspired to be a lawyer and then became one)

Points this post = 105
Points Total = 290
Goodreads Authors claimed = 4

[Stacie]

STACIE MI

Task 20.3 - Traveling in Time

I decided to do option 1 and read a book that was first published in 1931:

The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie

Points this task: 20
Total points: 765
Tasks completed: 48
Books read: 61
Pages read: 16384
Goodreads authors: 30
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

[Stacie]

STACIE MI

Task 25.6 - Happy Birthday Girl Scouts!

I did options B and C.

For option B, I read a book with "Girls" in the title:

Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers

For option C, I read:

The Ghost Shrink, the Accidental Gigolo, & the Poltergeist Accountant by Vivi Andrews

A, A, G, G, and S appear in the title and this ebook was approved at line 959 of the verification thread.

**Both Vivi Andrews and Courtney Summers are Goodreads authors!!**

Points this task: 25
Total points: 790
Tasks completed: 49
Books read: 63
Pages read: 16747
Goodreads authors: 32
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

[Dee]

almost there Stacie!!

[Stacie]

Dee wrote: "almost there Stacie!!"

4 more books!! Got to keep chugging away!

[Dee]

you can do it - you got 4 days to go!!

[Cathy]

CathyG
15.1. Follow the Leader
For Book 1, read a book of your choice.
For Book 2, read a book that is either mentioned specifically in the text of book 1, or is written by an author mentioned in the text of book 1.

Taking Chase by Lauren Dane
Naked in Death by JD Robb


15.2. Vernal Equinox
Read two books with the same number of pages or with the same title.

Summer Knight by Jim Butcher
Goodreads Author

Cardington Crescent by Anne Perry
Both have 336 pages

15.10. Spring Break
Take a break and relax with any book of your choice that meets the general SRC guidelines.

While We Were Watching Downton Abbey by Wendy Wax
Goodreads Author


30.2 Dlmrose's task: For the Love of Reading
Read 2 books- 1 A and 1 B

A. Read a book by an author with a book on the 2013 US book list
.
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Goodreads author

B. Read a book by an author with a book on the 2013 UK & Ireland book list

Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fford


30.3 Donna Jo's task: Upsy Daisy
3. Choose a book by an author who has any of the matching letter pairs in their initials as their name appears on Goodreads. VA

Victoria Alexander His Mistress by Christmas

4. Read a book by an author with the name Daisy, Marguerite, Mary or Rose.

Mary Wine The Trouble with Highlanders

Points this post: 105

Total points: 705
Tasks completed: 37
Books read: 55
Goodreads Authors: 32
Big Books: 500= 1,750=0, 1000=0

[Ann A]

Task 15.3 - Laughing in Ireland
Option 2 - Set in Ireland and "humor" genre
McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery In Ireland

Task 20.7 - Have Passport, Will Travel
Option 5. Set in foreign country
The Moonstone
I live in the U.S, and this book is set in England.

*** 1 Big Book ticket claimed (528 pages)

Points this post: 35
Tasks completed this post: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 1

Total challenge points: 500
Total tasks completed: 28
Total number Big Books: 500(2) 750(0) 1000(1)
Total Goodreads authors: 9

[Amy]

Amy FL

25.3 Nikki's task: Come Play with me !
Option 2 (four words in title and buildings on cover)

30.1 Sheila/Kathy G's task - It's Spring Cleaning Time!
Option 2 - series: Last to Die
Option 3 - mystery: The Edge of Sleep

30.3 Donna Jo's task: Upsy Daisy
Option 3 Shella by Andrew Vachss (AV)
Option 4 Die For Me (Romantic Suspense, #7) by Karen Rose

Points this post: 85
Total points: 400

Note that I had omitted 30 points from my initial post #2246. I listed all the tasks, but didn't include them all in my tally. I had 245 as my total instead of 275 but have since corrected it. I also amended post 2500 to reflect the right amount carried forward, so all is now correct. Sorry for the mess--rookie mistake.

[Amy]

cupcakebaker

20.7 - Have Passport, Will Travel

Option 4 I read Bats and Bones, which is set in a national park campground.

Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 425
Total Tasks Completed: 29
Total Books Read: 37
Total Pages Read: 9,937

[KarenF]

KAREN F

10.6 Storm Chasers

Photo Finished by Laura Childs

Set in New Orleans, Louisiana

10.8 Pedal to the Metal

Kiss of Steel by Bec McMaster

**Bec McMaster is a Goodreads Author**

20.1 Again! Again!

What Darkness Brings by C.S. Harris

Matching word is "What" from Say What?

20.9 A New Spring Wardrobe

Option D: Summer At Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs

I borrowed this book from my town's public library.

**Susan Wiggs is a Goodreads Author**

534 Pages - 1 Big Book Ticket

Points this Post: 60
Total Challenge Points: 650
Goodreads Authors: 31
Big Books: 500+(4),750+(0),1000+(0)

[Mickslibrarian]

20.3 Best Review: Bucket's Task (Option 2: Along for the Ride)

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 300

Total Tasks Completed: 24
Total Books Read: 25
Total Pages Read: 8337
Total Goodreads Authors: 15
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

[Amy]

I completed:
5.7 Someone To Fall Back On
by reading:
Fractured by Karin Slaughter, who is one of my favorite authors.

Tasks Complete: 17
Total Points: 235
Big Books: 500+ (2) 750+ (0) 1000+ (1)
Goodreads Authors: 6

[KarenF]

KAREN F

Post for Goodreads Author Only

I just realized that in post 2609 above I forgot to mention a Goodreads Author.

Task 20.1 Again! Again!

What Darkness Brings by C.S. Harris

**C.S. Harris is a Goodreads Author**

Task points already claimed. No changes to totals.

[Jennifer]

Jennifer KS

25.1 Delicious Dee's task: Anchor’s Aweigh

Option 2 NROTC

I read Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford who is a Goodreads author.

N in corner, R in Bitter, O in Corner, T in Sweet and C in Corner


Option 3 I read The Woman at the Light: A Novel by Joanna Brady. This was published in 2012.



Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 525
Total Tasks Completed: 40
Total Books Read: 46
Total Pages Read: 15028
Total Goodreads Authors: 20
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

[Shawn]

Shawn H.

20.9 - Moderator's Pet- Peebee’s Task: A New Spring Wardrobe

Option D: Thrift Shop II

Who I Am by Pete Townshend

Borrowed from the local library

***Big Ticket Book at 544 pages.***

Points this post: 20
Total Points: 185
GR Authors: 3
Big Ticket Books: 1

[bamaace83]

5.6 Hope Springs Eternal

The Maiden's Hand by Susan Wiggs

Susan Wiggs is a Goodreads Author.


Points this post: 5
Total points: 750
Tasks completed: 44
Books read: 60
Goodreads Author: 34
Big Book Tickets: 500(2); 750(0); 1000(0)

[Katie]

Katie M


15.7 -- Feeling Possessive?

Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage by Jennifer Ashley

This post: 15 points
Total to Date: 405 points

[Lindsey]

Lindsey IL


5.2 - It's In Their Genes

Blameless by Gail Carriger

Two G's in author's name, none in title

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


Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 835
GoodReads Authors: 36
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(1), 1000+(1)
Tasks Completed: 51
Books Read: 68

[Bekka]

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

Option 5: For this task, I read “Persuasion” by Jane Austen, since it is set in England. I live in the United States.

Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 20
Total Points Earned to Date: 845
Pages Read this Challenge: 308
Total Pages Read to Date: 21303
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 66
Goodreads Authors: 28
Big Book Tickets: 500( 6 ), 750( 1 ), 1000()

[Bluemoon]

Almost there Lindsey and Becca!!

[Kirsty]

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

Book 1 - Dracula by Bram Stoker
(Number 28 on 'Popular book club books in the UK' on 19/04/13)
*Claiming big book 500+ token*

Book 2 - Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia
(Number 32 on 'Most read this week in UK' on 19/4/13).
*Claiming big book 500+ token & Kami Garcia is a Goodreads Author*

Points this post: 30
Total points: 140
Tasks this post: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 7
Total Books Read: 10
Total Pages Read: 4625
Total GoodReads Authors: 4
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)

[Skandia]

25.1 Delicious Dee's task: Anchor’s Aweigh

opt.2 Bound by Your Touch by Meredith Duran

NROTC can be found in the TITLE: BouNd by YOuR TouCh

opt.3 Long Hard Ride by Lorelei James
published in May 2007.

Points this post: 25
Total points: 515
Tasks completed: 28
Books read: 35
Goodreads Author: 25
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)

[Nicki]

Nicki UK

20.5 Tournament of Books 2013
Option 3: Historical Fiction
The People's Queen by Vanora Bennett

Big Book at 534pp (500+)

**********************
Points this post: 20
Total points: 360

Books read: 27
Pages read: 11483
Goodreads authors: 11
Big Books: 500+ (7), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

[Lindy-Lane]

Readerboard Name= Lindy-Lane

Task 10.2- Angry Birds!...read a horror book or one with a bird on the cover:

I read
In a Glass Darkly: Green Tea, the Familiar, MR Justice Harbottle, the Room in the Dragon Volant, Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 312 pages (5.21)


Points earned for this task: 10
Total Points Earned to Date: 515
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 16
Total # of Big Books: 5
500+ = (3)
700+ (1)
1000+ (1)

[Lindy-Lane]

Readerboard Name= Lindy-Lane

Task 25.5- Shadow of the White Tiger!...pick 2 options and read 2 books:

I chose option A for book #1 [read a book with a black or white silhouette on the cover] and
I read
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia *[this is a GRA] 563 pages **[claiming a big book credit] (5.18)

I chose option A for book #2 [using literature map typed name of 1st author and choose a book by any author whose name appears] and I read
A Bone to Pick by Charlaine Harris262 pages (5.24)


Points earned for this task: 25
Total Points Earned to Date: 540
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 17
Total # of Big Books: 6
500+ = (4)
700+ (1)
1000+ (1)

[Bea]

5.1 Go West!

Little Bee by Chris Cleave

Chris Cleave is a GR author

Approved in thread as most of book is set in UK.

Points: 5

Total Points: 390
Total GR Authors: 7

[Fandury]

20.3 Traveling in Time

Option 2 Read a book about time travel and tag along! Read any book that includes the genre "time travel" on its main page.

As the Doctor is always good for a little time traveling, I read:

Doctor Who: Borrowed Time by Naomi Alderman

Naomi Alderman is a Goodread Author

Points this task: 20
Total points: 375
Books read: 24
Total Goodreads authors: 10
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

[D.G.]

D.G. ~Shameless Hussy~

NOTE: I'm moving Kiss of a Demon King from task 15.10 to task 25.3. I will then use another book for task 15.10.

REPOSTING TASK 15.10 WITH NEW BOOK

15.10. Spring Break (1 Book)
--Any book that meets SRC guidelines: Quinn's Woman by Susan Mallery (GR Author)

25.3 Nikki's task: Come Play with me! (2 Books)
--Chess: Title contains the name of a chess piece (King)
Kiss of a Demon King by Kresley Cole (GR Author) **moving from 15.10**

--Connect 4: 4 words in title
Cards On The Table by Agatha Christie

New Points for this post: 25 (not including reposted task)
Total points: 625/870
Total GR Tickets: 29
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (2)

[Patricia]

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

Option 1: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (been on my to-read list since 4/5/08)

Option 3: The Double Bind: A Novel by Chris Bohjalian*

*GoodReads Author*

Total Points = 190

[Michelle]

Michelle WI


10.2 Angry Birds

Blood Harvest by S.J. Bolton

horror genre on main page

***** S.J. Bolton is a GR author *****



10.6 Storm Chasers

These Things Hidden by Heather Gudenkauf

takes place in Iowa

***** Heather Gudenkauf is a GR author *****



10.10 Above Average

The Hollow by Nora Roberts

my average rating is 3.53, book average rating 4.07



15.5 Hug a Tree

by Tom Franklin

***** Tom Franklin is a GR author *****



15.6 Let's All Go to the Lobby

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith



15.7 Feeling Possessive?

The Midwife's Confession by Diane Chamberlain

***** Diane Chamberlain is a GR author *****



30.2 For the Love of Reading

Book 1 (US list): Looking for Alaska by John Green

Book 2 (UK list): Little Face by Sophie Hannah

***** John Green is a GR author *****




Points This Post: 105
Total Points: 425
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Book: 1

[Wanda]

Oma1229

Task 30.4- What Are They Talking About

Option 1 Read a book from the "Popular Bookclub Books List"
Moloka'i by Alan Brennert

#16 on the list on March 23, 2013

Option 2 - Read a book from the "Most Read" List

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

#22 on the list February 23, 2013

Total Points to Date-815

[Cindy]

Cindy F

Task 20.1 Again!Again!

I read They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children: The Global Quest to Eradicate the Use of Child Soldiers by Roméo Dallaire
Matching word "children"


Points this post:20
Total points:470
Books read:35
Tasks completed:26
Goodreads Authors:12
Big Books:500+(3)750+(1)1000+(0)

[Sue]

Congrats Chaitra, Laurie and Vi!

[Sue]

10.10 - Above Average

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins which has a 4.3 rating. As of today, since I'm moving books to maximize points, my average rating is 3.43.

Points this post: 10
Total Points: 370/870
Tasks Completed: 20
Books Read: 28
GoodReads Authors: 12
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (), 1000+ ()