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SPRING CHALLENGE 2013
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15.1 Follow the Leader Book 1:
Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah
Kristin Hannah is a Goodreads Author.
Book 2:
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Points this post: 15
Total points: 765
Tasks completed: 45
Books read: 62
Goodreads Author: 35
Big Book Tickets: 500(2); 750(0); 1000(0)
Katie M15.8 -- Batter Up!
Rocking the Boat by Christopher Koehler
This post: 15 points
Total to Date: 420 points
10.5 Piece of CakeRed Velvet Cupcake Murder by Joanne Fluke
20.1 Again! Again!
by Janet Evanovich20.8 March On!
Option 2 - 9th in a series
by Janet Evanovich25.3 Come Play with Me
Game 1 - Monopoly -
by Robert CraisGame 4 - Connect 4 -
by Phillip MargolinPoints this post: 75
Total points: 200
Jayme(the ghostreader)20.9 A New Spring Wardrobe
Option D Thrift Shop. I borrowed this book from the library.
by Victor Hugo1463pp
I am claiming two big book tickets.
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 6
Goodreads Authors: 1 Jenny Han, Siobhan Vivian
Grand Total: 75
Big Book 500+ 0, 750+ 0, 1000+ 1
15.7 - Feeling PossessiveBook with possessive noun in title
The Child's Child by Barbara Vine
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 395/870
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 29
GoodReads Authors: 12
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: Two Truths and a LieThe name is "Two Truths and a Lie," and it's played much as it sounds: you say three statements about yourself, two of which are true and one that is false. You can mix them up however you like, and then everyone tries to guess which is the false one.
Pick three books, two of which relate in REAL ways to your life somehow and one that does not.
#1: I lived for over a decade near the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. I used to watch shuttle liftoffs from my back porch! Look at the cover of this book: There’s a spaceship lifting off (under the second “O”).
Boom! (2009) by Mark Haddon (Hardcover, 208 pages)
#2:The first name of the maid of honor at my wedding was “Elizabeth”. This is also the first name of the first person narrator of this book.
The Grimm Legacy (The Grimm Legacy #1) (2010) by Polly Shulman (Hardcover, 325 pages)
Nominated 2011 Mythopoeic Best Children’s Literature
#3:Like the heroine Charlotte, I am an American gal with a European cousin.
The Shadow Thieves (Cronus Chronicles #1) (2006) by Anne Ursu (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 423 pages)
**** Goodreads Author **** Anne Ursu
470 + 50 = 520
Tasks Completed: 26
Points for this post: 50
Points thus far: 470 + 50 = 520
Books read: 39
Pages read: 12,833
Read but not claimed: 1
Goodreads Authors: 13
Big Books:
(2) 500+
(0) 750+
(1) 1,000+
Task 25.1: Delicious Dee's Task: Anchors AweighOption 3: I read Qualitative Communication Research Methods by Thomas R. Lindlof and Bryan C. Taylor. This book was published October 5, 2010.
Option 5: I read Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life by Steven Johnson. The author initials (SJ) are found in JCCS-1.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 150
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 1 (Lisa Genova)
Big Book Tickets: (1) The Three Musketeers (2) - (3) -
Katie M30.3 -- Donna Jo's Task: Upsy Daisy
Option 3 -
MW
Name of a Wolf by Jez Morrow
Approved in Msg. 2126
Option 4 -
But For You by Mary Calmes
This post: 30 points
Total to Date: 450 points
Chris MD25.2 Interesting Spring Holidays
Option 1: National Pie Day
Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton
Plot revolves around a poisoned quiche and Agatha's attempts to learn to cook.
Option 5: National Renewal Day
Ivy and Intrigue: A Very Selwick Christmas by Lauren Willig, who is a GR author
This is the Kindle edition. The paperback version (Ivy & Intrigue: A Very Selwick Christmas) is listed as having 107 pages.
This has been on my TBR list since March 2011. I kept meaning to read it during a holiday season but never got around to it.
30.3 Upsy Daisy
Option 3: Letter combination ae
Loose Diamonds: …and other things I've lost (and found) along the way by Amy Ephron
Option 4: Author's name includes "Mary"
Nowhere Near Respectable by Mary Jo Putney
Author's name was approved in Message 62 of the Help thread.
Two more to go!
Points for this post: 25 + 30 = 55
Total points: 55 + 780 = 835
Tasks completed: 51
Books read: 65
Goodreads authors: 1 + 19 = 20
Big books: 500=0, 750=0, 1,000=0
C'mon, everyone! Let's make this upcoming challenge supermassive! Gogogo! *waves colorful SRC folding fans* And yay to everyone who's finished so far!
5.5 Spring ChickenI read Durable Goods by Elizabeth Berg
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 330
GoodReads Authors: 14
Tasks Completed: 19
15.10 Spring BreakI read Joy School by Elizabeth Berg.
Task Points: 15
Total Points: 345
GoodReads Authors: 14
Tasks Completed: 20
5.7 Someone To Fall Back OnI really enjoy Elizabeth Berg's novels, and they almost always are at least a 3 star read, usually more.
I read True to Form. Goodreads doesn't have a page count for this edition-my copy had 265 pages.
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 350
GoodReads Authors: 14
Tasks Completed: 21
Oma1229Task 5.10-Attention Grabber
Read a book with a first sentence that really grabs your attention.
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
"I remember his as if it were yesterday, as he came plodding to the inn door, his sea chest following behind him in a handbarrow; a tall, strong, heavy, net-brown man; his tarry pigtail falling over the shoulders of his soild blue coat; his hands ragged and scarred, with black, broken nails; and the saber cut across one cheek, a dirty, livid white."
Total Points to Date-820
20.9 New Spring WardrobeOption F
by Alice Hoffman25.4 Read A Thon Time
Short book (146 pages) We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Graphic novel Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm goodreads author
30.1 Spring Cleaning Time
Option 2: Series: Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore
Option 5: Romance: Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
Points this post: 75
Total points: 175
Katie M30.3 -- Donna Jo's Task: Upsy Daisy
Option 3 -
JR
Lover At Last by J.R. Ward
Option 4 -
But For You by Mary Calmes
This post: 30 points
Total to Date: 450 points
Katie M20.1 -- Most Improved Player - Jessica PDX's task: Again! Again!
You
Where You Least Expect It by M. Durango
Approved in Msg. 2200.
This post: 20 points
Total to Date: 470 points
Lindsey IL25.2 - Interesting Spring Holidays
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
option 5, book I've neglected - started this during the 2012 fall challenge and never finished it
***Richelle Mead is a GoodReads author***
Treasure Me by Robyn DeHart
option 6, I'd like to visit both Scotland and England where this book takes place.
***Robyn DeHart is a GoodReads author***
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 860
GoodReads Authors: 38
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(1), 1000+(1)
Tasks Completed: 52
Books Read: 70
Option 5.4: Spring Up, Fall DownBook read: Praying in Color: Drawing a New Path to God by Sylvia Macbeth (“color” can be both a noun and a verb; 110 pgs)
Option 20.5: Bigger is Better
Book read: Hole in My Life by Jack Gantos (option 1 – author’s initials are JG; 200 pgs)
Option 20.9: A New Spring Wardrobe
Book read: The Annals of Unsolved Crime by Edward Jay Epstein (option D: borrowed from library; 352 pgs)
Points this post: 45
Total points: 105
Total # of pages: 1899
Total books read: 7
Nicki UK50.1 Two Truths and a Lie
All have ‘Middle Grade’ as of 26 May
1. Like Barney, I’m mildly obsessed with Arthurian tales.
Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper
2. I grew up in a large family like Will.
The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper
3. I love the bit of Cornwall where this is set – we used to go on day trips to Cornwall when I was little.
Greenwitch by Susan Cooper
Goodreads author x 3 please!
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Points this post: 50
Total points: 410
Books read: 28
Pages read: 11483
Goodreads authors: 14
Big Books: 500+ (7), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Congratulations to the new finishers!!! Go Lindsey, you are almost there.
15.6. Let's All Go to the Lobby
Read a book that has been made into a movie
V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
25.7 - Chaitra's task: Judge a Book By Its Cover!
Option A - Dismembered: Read two books with covers showing a person/animal with a body part missing.
by Noelle Adams Goodreads Author
by Mira Lyn Kelly Goodreads Author Approved ebook.Points this post 40
Total Points: 400
Total Tasks: 19
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Books: 2
Edit Post 188725.5 Book A:
by Richard Paul EvansBook B: Deadweather and Sunrise by Geoff Rodkey (Goodreads Author) Paperback, 320 pages
Total Points: 145
Total Tasks Completed: 7
Total Books Read: 9
Total GoodReads Authors: 4
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
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15.6 Hootby Carl Hiaasen20.2 Option 1: Flesh and Bone by Jonathan Maberry (Goodreads Author) Hardcover, 1st Edition, 469 pages
20.3 Option 2: Timescape by Robert Liparulo (Goodreads Author)
20.7 Option 3:
by Andrew Klavan (Goodreads Author)20.8 Option 2: Halt's Perilby John Flanagan
Total Points: 220
Total Tasks Completed: 11
Total Books Read: 5
Total GoodReads Authors: 6
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Task # 15.9 In Camelot A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
Task # 25.1 Anchor's Aweigh
Rocky Mountain Haven by Vivian Arend
GR author
Option 2, R, O, C in Rocky, T, N in Mountain
Portal to Passion by Tara Nina
GR author
Options 3, first pub 1/4/12
Task # 30.4 What Are They All Talking About?
Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
GR author
picked 2/26, #37 on this month, US
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
GR author
picked 2/26, #42 on this week, US
Task # 50.1 Two Truths and a Lie
The Cypher by Julian Rosado-Machain
I love to read, just like Thomas, the main character.
In the Window Room by Steven J. Carroll
I went to a boarding school.
New Kid Catastrophes by Bill Myers
I also moved to a new city in middle school and had to find my way.
This post: 120 points
Total to date: 850 points
Goodread authors this post: 4
Goodread authors to date: 36
Tasks Completed: 52
Books Read: 69
Emmalita30.3 Donna Jo's task: Upsy Daisy
The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer
Option 3: Author's name's initials are MW
by Charlaine HarrisOption 2: There is a daisy on the front cover and is in the approved list on the task
This post: 30
Total points to date: 260
Goodread authors: 7
Big book tickets: 0
Total tasks completed: 12
Readerboard name: Evana5.7 Someone to Fall Back On
Read a book by a favorite author
74 Seaside Avenue by Debbie Macomber
20.9 A New Spring Wardrobe
Option D - Thrift Shop II - Select a book that came to you used, either from a used bookstore, loaned from a friend, or from the library.
The Negotiator by Dee Henderson was loaned to me by my mother.
25.1 Anchor's Aweigh
Option 2 - Letters NROTC can be found in the title
44 CRANBERRY POINT
44 Cranberry Point by Debbie Macomber
Option 6 - read a book with a boat/ship (water-bound) on the cover.
This cover was approved in help thread message 66.
The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights, Volume 3 by Anonymous.This is a big book with 855 pages. Claiming 2 big book tickets.
Points this post: 50
Points to date: 830
Big book tickets this post: 2
Big book tickets to date: 15
GR authors to date: 15
Katie M20.3 -- Best Review - Bucket's task: Traveling in Time
Option 3 -
Cherry Pie by Samantha Kane
Approved in Msg. 2195.
This post: 20 points
Total to Date: 490 points
I had intended this one for 30.3 but have run out of time, so, I'll claim it for 20.3 instead:Task 20.2: Rookie At the Top- Ty's task: Pi Day
Option 3 - White Day: In celebration of love in March, read a book with "romance" as a main genre.
The Forgotten Waltz: A Novel (2011) by Anne Enright (Hardcover, 263 pages)
520 + 20 = 540
Tasks Completed: 27
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 520 + 20 = 540
Books read: 40
Pages read: 13,096
Read but not claimed: 0
Goodreads Authors: 13
Big Books:
(2) 500+
(0) 750+
(1) 1,000+
I'll have 1 or 2 more books for this Challenge, and I'll post them as I finish.
Task 10.3 - March April May
If You Ask Me by Betty White
The title of this book is: If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't). The pattern is in Ask Me And for AMA.
Task 20.2 - Pi Day
Option 1: The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis ***GR Author***
Contains 256 pages
Total GR Authors = 21
Total points this post = 30
Challenge total = 585
JACKIE NC20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jessica PDX - Again! Again!
Dog on It by Spencer Quinn
Word is dog
Spencer Quinn is a Goodreads author.
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 510
Goodreads Authors: 13
Big Book Tickets:
Katie M20.5 -- Bigger is Better - Kate S's task: Tournament of Books 2013
Option 6 -
The Name of the Game by Willa Okati
This post: 20 points
Total to Date: 510 points
15.8 - Batter UpCalico Joe by ***Goodreads Author John Grisham***
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 410/870
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 30
GoodReads Authors: 13
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
I've got a couple more books I'm hoping to finish up.
10.10 Above Average Find your book rating average on your profile page and read a book with a rating at or above that number
The Stand by Stephen King
My rating average, as of May 11, was 4.07
The rating for The Stand is 4.30
I'm claiming 3 Big Book Tickets = 1320 pages
Points this Post: 10
Total Challenge Points: 220
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books: 500+(3),750+(0),1000+(1)
20.9 - Moderator's Pet- Peebee’s Task: A New Spring WardrobeOption D: The Poe Shadow by Matthew Pearl
Obtained from my local library.
Matthew Pearl is a Goodreads Author.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 305
Goodreads authors: 7
Big Books: 1
PUTTERPAL10.9- Feeling Lucky?
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot (page 26, message 1274)
15.5- Hug a Tree
by Bettie B. Youngs approved in help thread20.1- Again! Again!
If I Have to Tell You One More Time. . .: The Revolutionary Program That Gets Your Kids To Listen Without Nagging, Reminding, or Yelling by Amy McCready
(You) from brown bear, brown bear what do you see? is the word I used.
25.5- Shadow of the white tiger
Book 1- Option A.
by Alan BradleyBook 2- Option A. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
50.1- Two Truths and a Lie
Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George (The Castle Glower children play pranks on their guests. I also love playing practical jokes on people)
Liar and Spy by Rebecca Stead (I was a gullable child)
A Whole Nother Story by Cuthbert Soup (Growing up, my family also moved around a lot)
Points this post: 120
Total Points: 480
Cindy FTask 15.3 Laughing In Ireland
Option 2: The Pig Did It by Joseph Caldwell
points this post:15
Total points:485
Books read:36
Tasks completed:27
Goodreads Authors:12
Big Books:500+(3)750+(1)1000+(0)
10.8 Pedal to the Medal - type of medal in title (bronze/gold)Strands of Bronze and Gold by Jane Nickerson (GR Author)
15.10 Spring Break - any book
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession by Allison Hoover Bartlett (GR Author)
20.4 Did you know - Opt B shoes on cover
by Tom Perrotta20.8 March On - Opt 4 Green title(approved in thread)
by Jennifer McVeigh (GR Author)25.2 Interesting Spring Holidays
Opt 2 Ancient Rome/Greece -The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran (GR Author)
Opt 4 Patriot Day - The Turncoat: Renegades of the Revolution by Donna Thorland (GR Author)
25.5 Shadow of the White Tiger
Opt 1A Black Silhouette - approved in thread
by Rachel Simon (GR Author) -Opt 2B Authors initials in "white tiger"
A Vintage Affair by Isabel Wolff (GR Author)
25.6 Happy Birthday Girl Scouts
Opt A Strong girl - main character - Lina age 15
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys (GR Author)
Opt B Girl in title
Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok (GR Author)
25.8 Springy Holidays
Opt 1 March in title
March by Geraldine Brooks
Opt 5 Rookie - msg 43 The Snow Child - starting book
The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian (GR Author)
50.1 2 Truths and a Lie
Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool - I live in KS
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli - I am a girl
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine (GR Author) - I am a princess :)
-All books approved in help thread
Total pts. this post: 215
Total Pts/Challenge: 460
GR Authors claimed/post: 11
Katie M20.8 -- It's My Birthday! - Laurie's task: March On!
Option 5 -
First You Fall by Scott Sherman
This post: 20 points
Total to Date: 530 points
15.2The Collector by Victoria Scott (GR Author)
The Collector
15.3
Option 2
Sushi for Beginners
25.8
Option 1: word "May"
May the Road Rise Up to Meet You
Option 3: letters on cover
by Kristina McMorris (GR Author)Points this post: 55
Total points: 555
Oma1229Task 25.5-Shadow of the White Tiger
Book One-Option B Read a book by an author who has won and been nominated for the Crime Writer's Association's Steel Dagger Award.
Enigma by Robert Harris
Robert Harris is a nominee for the 2012 Steel Dagger Award.
Book 2- Option A/b> Use the Literature Map to choose a book written by an author whose name appears when you type in the author of the first book.
The Blue Zone by Andrew Gross
Andrew Gross was one of the authors who name appeared in response to the name of Robert Harris.
Total Points to Date-845
Emily Bookshelf20.8 - March On!
Option 4 - title in green letters
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Goodread Authors This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets This Post: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Points this post: 20
Total Goodreads Authors: 6
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Total Points: 275
STACIE MITask 15.4 - Celebrate the White Tiger!
I did option 1. For my first book, I read:
Encyclopedias Brown And White: A FoxTrot Collection by Bill Amend
For my second book, I read:
Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson
**Jodi Lynn Anderson is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 15
Total points: 805
Tasks completed: 50
Books read: 65
Pages read: 17167
Goodreads authors: 33
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 30.1 - It's Spring Cleaning Time!
I decided to do options 2 and 3.
For option 2, I read a book from the Stephanie Plum series:
High Five by Janet Evanovich
For option 3, I read:
Seven Up by Janet Evanovich
**Both books are by Janet Evanovich and she is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 30
Total points: 835
Tasks completed: 51
Books read: 67
Pages read: 17821
Goodreads authors: 35
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Emily Bookshelf25.7 - Judge a Book By Its Cover!
Option E - beautiful covers
Both 'childrens' genre with > 300 pages
#1 - The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
#2 - Liesl and Po by Lauren Oliver, who is a GRA
Goodread Authors This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets This Post: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Points this post: 25
Total Goodreads Authors: 7
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Total Points: 300
Chris MD5.8 Cinco de Mayo
The Big Four: A Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie
#5 in the Herule Poirot series
I listened to the audio version. The paperback version has 272 pages.
30.1 Spring Cleaning
Option 5: Romance
Loving A Lost Lord by Mary Jo Putney
Option 6: Book of Your Choice
The Secret Hour by Scott Westerfeld
I did it! I did it! Congrats to all the finishers. To all those getting close, keep reading! Big thanks to the mods for a great tournament!
Points for this post: 5 + 30 = 35
Total points: 35 + 835 = 870
Tasks completed: 53
Books read: 68
Goodreads authors: 20
Big books: 500=0, 750=0, 1,000=0
30.3 Donna Jo's task: Upsy Daisy2. daisies on cover:
The Scoop by Fern Michaels
3. MW combination in author's initials:
A Summer in the Country by Marcia Willett
Points this post: 30
Total points: 820
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Hail to the Chef by Julie Hyzy (Goodreads author)
Main character is the executive chef at the White House
20.4 - Author! Author!: Bluemoon's task: DID YOU KNOW....
Option A: Lair of the Lion by Christine Feehan (Goodreads author)
The word "Lion" is in the title
Total Points This Post: 30
Total Tasks This Post: 2
Goodreads Authors This Post: 2
Grand Total Points: 720/870
Total Books Read: 50
Tasks Completed: 37
Total Goodreads Authors: 25
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 3