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SPRING CHALLENGE 2013
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25.4 Stacie MI's Task: It's Read-a-Thon Time!1. “Shortish books”
Bloody Valentine by Melissa de la Cruz - 147 pages
3. Humorous Books - Read a book with the genre “Humor” found on the book’s main page.
To the Nines by Janet Evanovich
Melissa de la Cruz and Janet Evanovich are both Goodreads Authors
Points this post: 25
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 7
Goodreads Author: 4
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
Andy P.Task # 15.8 Batter Up!
Fiction book involving a spring sport
Dead Man's Switch: A Kate Reilly Mystery
This book was approved in the help thread message #40
Delicious Dee30.1 Sheila/Kathy G's task- It's Spring Cleaning Time!
Book A - Option 5 - Along Came Trouble - Ruthie Knox (GR Author) - ebook only approved in line#69 of the spreadsheet, 17 ppl have it shelved as romance
Book B - Option 6 - A Witch's Handbook of Kisses and Curses - Molly Harper (GR Author)
Total Points: 135
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
Completed Tasks15.2 Vernal Equinox
Darkness, Be My Friend 272 pages and
Burning For Revenge 272 pages
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 20
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 3
Total Pages Read: 1078
Total GoodReads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Katie M5.5 -- Spring Chicken
Something Like Summer by Jay Bell
This post: 5 points
Total to Date: 65 points
Delicious Dee5.9 -- Roll With It
rolled 3 - book published in 2010
Unforgivable - Laura Griffin (GR Author)
15.7. Feeling possessive?
The Devil's Bones
Total Points: 155
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
hpaddict20.5 Tournament of Books 2013
option 3 - historical fiction genre
Simon the Coldheart by Georgette Heyerthis post = 20
challenge total = 60
Keltie Lee15.5. Hug a Tree
by Emily Brightwell*there are trees in the background*
30.1 It's Spring Cleaning Time!
Option 2:
Fifty Shades Darker (Fifty Shades, #2)
by E.L. James
*#2 in the Fifty Shades series*
Option 6:
Mrs. Jeffries Takes Stock
by Emily Brightwell
*read any book*
Points this post: 45
Total points: 135/870
Tasks: 6
Books: 8
MariyaTask 5.6 -- Hope Springs Eternal
An author that has disappointed me in the past is Ernest Hemingway. To give him another chance I decided to read The Garden of Eden for this task.
Task 5.10 -- Attention Grabber
For this task I read Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
The sentence is: “Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.”
Task 10.2 Angry Birds
A "Horror" book that I read was Interview with the Vampire: Claudia's Story by Ashley Marie Witter
Task 10.4 Purple For Peace
I read
by Mette JakobsenTask
20.5 Bigger is Better- Kate S's task: Tournament of Books 2013
OPTION 2: A collection of short stories by a single author that I read for this task was Trailerpark by Russell Banks
Points this post: 50
Total points: 50
Sheila10.1 Less is More
Heartless by Diana Palmer10.3 March April May
Damsels in Distress (Claire Malloy, #16) by Joan Hess D-I-D10.5 Piece of Cake
Prime Cut by Diane Mott Davidson10.9 Feeling Lucky?
The Gift by James PattersonI rolled a 34 and in post # 1657 The Gift was posted.
Post 1657 is here
Page 34
Total Points = 145
Readerboard ID: JENBENT5.5 -- Spring Chicken
YA genre
This World We Live In by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Points this post: 5
Total points: 40
Total Goodreads authors: 3
Total Big books: 0
Mod
read Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell (GRA) which mentions Watchmen
read Watchmen by Alan Moore
15.6 Let's All Go to the Lobby
read Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
(GRA)
20.5 Bigger is Better- Kate S's task: Tournament of Books 2013 option 1- used initials JW
read by Jennifer Wardell
Fairy Godmother's Inc
by Jenniffer Wardell
Points this task 50
Total Points 155/870
Total Books 12/70
Total Tasks 10/53
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ 5.2 - It's In Their Genes
The Partly-Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell
The Partly-Cloudy Patriot has 2 Ps in the title which are uncommon letters.
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 80 points
Tasks completed: 5
** Electing to not track GR authors and Big Books this season **
Task 10.7 - Chosen by you
Winner Historical Fiction: The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
Challenge total = 30
Jessica PDX20.2 - Ty's Task - Pi Day
Option 3 - Shelved as romance
by Georgette HeyerPoints This Post: 20
Total Points: 150
5.6 Hope Springs EternalI have had disappointing experiences in the past with this author. After reading his new memoir, I am not a fan, but more willing to give him a few more tries.
Joseph Anton: A Memoir by Salman Rushdie
***At 636 pages, this is a big book***
10.3 March April May
Rabbit is Rich by John Updike
R-I-R
20.6 Messing Around
Option 3: Yellow Sun on cover-approved in message 34 in the help thread
by Kevin PowersPost Total: 35
Season Total: 65
BJ Rose4 new tasks
5.10 - Attention Grabber - I used the Best 100 Opening Lines
Matilda by Roald Dahl
"It's a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful."
10.1 Less is More
'less' is found in Shameless by Karen Robards
15.4. Celebrate the White Tiger!
I used Option 2 - one book that satisfies A & B
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
20.7- Shorter is Sweeter- Suzanne VN's task Have Passport, Will Travel
I used Option 5 - this book takes place in Scotland and I live in the U.S.
Highlander Ever After by Jennifer Ashley
Points This Post = 50
Total Points = 55
Tasks Completed = 5
Pages Read = 1528
Task # 5.8 Cinco de Mayo If You Were Mine by Bella Andre
GR author
#5 in The Sullivan's series
Task # 10.1 Less is More
Counting Her Blessings by Marla Monroe
“less” in Blessings
Task # 20.6 Messing Around
by M. J. Williams Option 3, yellow street sign on cover
Ebook approved @ line # 613
Task # 20.9 A New Spring Wardrobe
by Avery Gale Option F, showing skin on cover
This post: 55 points
Total to date: 105 points
Goodread authors this post: 1
Goodread authors to date: 1
Big Books claimed this post: 0
Total Big Books claimed: 500+ ()
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 9
Katie M10.10 -- Above Average
Avg. Rating: 3.37
Mahu Surfer by Neil Plakcy
This post: 10 points
Total to Date: 75 points
25.1 Delicious Dee's task: Anchor’s AweighOption 3 - I was commissioned on May 13, 2005 and discharged on Jan 31, 2013. Read a book that was published between those two dates
Required: State the publishing date in your post
Option 5 - I read The Feast of Roses by Indu Sunderesan Her initials are in the acronym NCIS. This book was approved on the help thread
For option 3, I read Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow which was published in September 2012, which is between the dates specified.
Both Indu Sundarasen and Juliet Grey are ***Good reads authors***
points: 25
books read: 2
task completed: 1
GR authors: 2
pages read: 820
20.3 Traveling in TimeOption 1: Back to the Classics
Rimas y leyendas by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer These poems and legends were originally published in the 1850s
20.4 Did you know...
Option B: Shoes on the cover
by Anna Kirwan20.6 Option 3 yellow on the cover
by Carolyn Meyer Isabel's dress is yellow. Points this post: 60
Total points: 60
Goodreads authors:
Big books:
15.7 Feeling possessive?I read Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud.
Points: 15
Total Points: 15
Tasks This Post: 1
Total Tasks: 1
Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: 0
Pages Read: 186
cupcakebaker15.7 Feeling Possessive?
A Catered St. Patrick's Day
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 50
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Total Books Read: 4
Total Pages Read: 799
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Readerboard name: Evana20.8 March On!
Option 3 - read a book with a cross, rabbit, basket or egg on the cover
This cover has a rabbit in the lower left corner.
Lords and Ladies by Terry PratchettPoints this post: 20
Points to date: 20
Jen UT5.4 - Spring Up, Fall Down
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
noun and verb: love
15.5 - Hug a Tree
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Total Points: 20
Total Books Read: 2
20.6 Alexandra's task: Messing aroundReply to a Letter from Helga by Bergsveinn Birgisson
Option 1 - Translated from Icelandic to English
Points this post: 20
total points: 75
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Goodreads Authors: 1
10.2 Angry Birds Genre: Thriller on main page.
Hide and Seek by Sara Shepard *goodreads author*
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 110/870
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 8
GR Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets: 1
10.4 Purple For PeaceSummer Island by Kristin Hannah
The mountains are purple.
Kristin Hannah is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 100
GR authors: 3
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥20.10 Group Reads
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Discussion Post
Points Earned This Post: 20
Points Achieved to Date: 110/870
Goodreads Authors:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Peebee5.2 -- It's In Their Genes
Truth in Advertising: A Novel by John Kenney
The title and subtitle contain two instances of the letter V.
15.2. Vernal Equinox
The Lost Wife by Alyson Richman
The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin
Both of these books have 352 pages in the editions that I read.
Alyson Richman is a Goodreads Author.
20.1 - Again! Again!
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
First You Try Everything: A Novel by Jane McCafferty
The word "you" matches the above title.
20.2: Pi Day
Option 3: White Day
Just Friends by Robyn Sisman
This book is shelved as "romance" on its main page.
20.4 - DID YOU KNOW...
Option D:
It's All Relative: Two Families, Three Dogs, 34 Holidays, and 50 Boxes of Wine by Wade Rouse
This book contains the word "wine" in the title.
20.5 Tournament of Books 2013
Option 1 & 6:
How Should a Person Be?: A Novel from Life by Sheila Heti
As one of the 2013 ToB finalists, this qualifies under both option 1 (initials SH) and option 6 (shelved as contemporary)
Sheila Heti is a Goodreads Author.
20.7- Have Passport, Will Travel
Options 4 and 5:
Midnight in Austenland by Shannon Hale
This book is set in England; my home country is the U.S. (option 5). It is set in a country manor home which is inn-like in nature (option 4).
Shannon Hale is a Goodreads Author.
20.8 – March On!
Option 5:
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
The title contains the word "fall."
Lauren Oliver is a Goodreads Author.
20.9 - Peebee's Task: A New Spring Wardrobe
Options B, D, & F:
by Jeanette WintersonThis book is shelved as GLBT; came to me used from Bookswim; and features a girl in a swimsuit on the cover.
25.7: Judge a Book By Its Cover!
Option A:
by Sonia Sotomayor
by Peter Ames CarlinBoth books show only the faces of their subjects: Justice Sotomayor and Bruce Springsteen respectively.
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Points this post: 185
Total points: 185/870
Goodreads Authors: 4/4
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Chaitra10.3 March April May
I read Kind of Kin by Rilla Askew. The ABA sequence in the title is K-O-K.
Points: 10
**Rilla Askew is a Goodreads Author.**
20.1 Jessica PDX's Task - Again! Again!
I read See Now Then: A Novel by Jamaica Kincaid. It has See in common with Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Points: 20
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Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 100/870
Big Books: 500( ), 750( ), 1000( )
Goodreads Author: 4
Tasks Completed: 8/53
Books Claimed: 8/69
Pages Read: 2,218
Elizabeth BTask #15.3: Laughing in Ireland
Option I A. I read a book set in Ireland In the Woods by Tana French and B. a book with the genre “humor” Checkmate by R.L. Mathewson
R.L. Mathewson is a GRA
Task #10.6: Storm Chasers
a book set in South Carolina Superstition by Karen Robards
Points this post: 25
Total points:55
Total tasks: 4
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
20.7- Shorter is Sweeter- Suzanne VN's task Have Passport, Will TravelOption 5: I live in (and am from) Australia so I read a book set in the US.
Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 130/870
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 9
GR Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets: 1
30.1 It's Spring Cleaning Time: Option 2: Clean up a series
Trace bt Patricia Cornwell (Kay Scarpetta #13)
Option 3: Read a book with mystery listed on its homepage
Saving Faith by David Baldacci
+30 task
Task total: 30
Grand total: 30
D.G. ~Shameless Hussy~15.7. Feeling possessive? (1 Book)
Possessive noun in title: Fate's Edge by Ilona Andrews (GR Author)
30.4 Sandy's Task: What Are They All Talking About? (2 Books)
--Popular Bookclub Books in The World This Week - March 2nd
#40. Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs
--Most Read in My Country (D.R.) This Week - March 2nd
#9. Relentless by Cassia Leo (GR Author)
Points for this post: 45
Total points: 75/870
Total GR Tickets: 4
Delicious Dee5.1 -- Go West!
Folktales from the Moose of Burkina Faso
Total Points: 160
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
20.3 Best Review - Bucket's task: Traveling in Time2. Along for the Ride - Read a book about time travel and tag along! Read any book that includes the genre "time travel" on its main page
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde has time travel listed on its main page.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
Tasks this post:1
Total tasks:8
GR Authors:2
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.4 -- Spring Up, Fall DownRead a book with a word in the title or subtitle that can be both a noun and a verb.
by J.F. Jenkins (Goodreads Author) Control is both a noun & a verb.
Approved here.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 4
Books Read: 4
GR Authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
hpaddict20.3 Traveling in Time
option 1 - published in 1850
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthornethis post = 20
challenge total = 80
Sandy MN20.5 Bigger is Better- Kate S's task: Tournament of ooks 2013
Option 6: Genre "contemporary"
French Lessons by Ellen Sussman Goodreads Author
Total Points: 100
Total GR Authors: 4
Nick KY5.2 In Their Genes. I read Bracebridge Hall by Washington Irving, a title with 2 B's.
10.4 Purple for Peace. I read
The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles. Some of the dunes are purple.Delicious Dee's Anchors Aweigh!
option 1. Nonfiction about the Navy or Navy people. I read Faith of My Fathers: A Family Memoir by John McCain, a book about his grandfather, his father, and himself -- all Navy vets.
Option 2. The letters in the book title must include N,R,O,T, and C. I read The Ambient Century: From Mahler to Moby--The Evolution of Sound in the Electronic Age by Mark Prendergast (500 pages). N,R,T, and C are found in the word CeNTuRy, and the O is in MOby.
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for The Ambient Century: From Mahler to Moby.
Points This Post: 40
Total Points So Far: 70
Big Books: 500 + (1)
Fiona aka Titch5.4 -- Spring Up, Fall Down
Falling - Cecilia Gray Fall
*Had approved message 2234*
***CLAIMING GOODREADS AUTHOR***
Points this task - 5
Total points - 10
Total Tasks - 2
Goodreads Authors - 2
Big Books - (500+) - 0
15.5 - Hug A TreeBook with tree on cover - Dangerous Undertaking by ***Goodreads Author*** Mark de Castrique
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Ty's task - Pi Day
Option 1 - Pi Day: Read a book whose page count include digits from the first 10 digits of pi (3.141592653)
The Postmistress by ***Goodreads Author Sarah Blake - book has 361 pages
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 55/890
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Kristi CO 15.5 Hug a Tree
by Oswald Wynd20.6 Messing Around
Option 1:
HHhH: A Novel by Laurent Binet
original language: French
20.7 Have Passport, Will Travel
Option 5
by Herman KochTakes place in Holland, I live in the US
Points this post: 55
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Mod
5.6 -- Hope Springs Eternal
Despite all the accolades Louise Penny's Still Life won, I was not a fan and wasn't very interested in reading more
A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny
Better, now the series is a maybe
5.7 -- Someone to Fall Back On
The Boyfriend by Thomas Perry
20.8 – It’s My Birthday! Laurie's task: March On!
option 3 egg on cover:
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnestotal = 120
20.1 - AGAIN! AGAIN! - What Is Left the Daughter which shares the word WHAT with Say What?.20.9 - A NEW SPRING WARDROBE
OPTIN D - Blackberry Winter by Sarah Jio which I borrowed from the library.
Sarah Jio is a Goodreads author.
TOTAL POINTS - 115
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 5
BIG BOOKS - 1
5.7 -- Someone to Fall Back On
Snuff by Terry Pratchett
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 40
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Total Books Read: 4
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Snuff by Terry Pratchett
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 40
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Total Books Read: 4
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 5.2-It's in their Genes!...read a book that has a pair of the least common letters in the English language:
I chose the least common letter of V and I read
Red Velvet Cupcake Murder by Joanne Fluke 304 pages (3.7)Points earned for this task: 5
Total Points Earned to Date: 40
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 1
Total # of Big Books: 0
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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20.5 Bigger Is Better
The Lovely Bones
Option 6: Contemporary genre on main page
Points Earned This Post: 20
Total Points:: 60
Tasks Completed: 4
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0