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Spring Challenge 2013 Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC!
Nick KY5.7 Someone to Fall Back On. I read Requiem for a Nun by William Faulkner, an author whose work I always find very moving.
25.8 Janet F’s Springy Ideas
Opt. 3: Sheet music is one of the forms of communication acceptable on the cover. I read
Overture by Yael Goldstein.Opt. 6: Alice Walker is on page 6 of the quoted authors who have a quote with the word “sun” in it. I read In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose by Alice Walker.
"HELPED are those who love the lesbian, the gay, and the straight, as they love the sun, the moon, and the stars. None of their children, nor any of their ancestors, nor any parts of themselves, shall be hidden from them."
nts in this post: 30
Total Points so far: 100
Big Books: 500+ (1)
20.7 - Have Passport, Will Travel3. Transportation - a book with a boat on the cover:
Sipping from the Nile by Jean NaggarTotal points 85
Jessica PDX20.10 - Group Read
Post #3 in the discussion thread
by Ami McKayPoints This Post: 20
Total Points: 185
10.1 Less is MoreBoundless by Cynthia Hand
Cynthia Hand is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 10
Total points: 140
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 9
Goodreads Author: 5
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
Bamaace8320.5 Bigger is Better ~ Kate S's Task: Tournament of Books 2013
6. A book with 'contemporary' on the main genre page
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
John Green is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 20
Total poins: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Goodreads Author: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500(0); 750(0); 1000(0)
Delicious Dee5.2 -- It's In Their Genes
Snapped - Laura Griffin (GR Author) - PP in the title
Total Points: 175
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
20.3 - Best Review - Bucket - Traveling in TimeOption 1. Back to the Classics
The Bat by Mary Roberts Rinehart which was first published in 1920.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 75/890
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
STESSE5.1 -- Go West!
Princess Elizabeth's Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal (384 p)
Takes place in the UK (west of Greenwich at Windsor Castle).
Susan Elia MacNeal is a GRA.
5.2 -- It's In Their Genes
2 V’s: Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich (302 p)
Janet Evanovich is a GRA.
5.6 -- Hope Springs Eternal
The Husband List by Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly (309 p)
Janet Evanovich is a GRA.
5.7 -- Someone to Fall Back On
Here I Go Again by Jen Lancaster (320 p)
5.8 -- Cinco de Mayo
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book #5) by JK Rowling (870 p)
This is a Double Big Book!
10.4 Purple For Peace
Tall, Dark and Deadly: Get Lucky and Taylor's Temptation by Suzanne Brockmann (512 p)
This is a Big Book.
10.6 Storm Chasers
Folly Beach by Dorothea Frank (368 p)
Set in South Carolina
Dorothea Benton Frank is a GRA.
10.10 Above Average
3.34 – my average rating.
Dancing Dogs: Stories by John Katz with a 3.62 rating (256 p)
Jon Katz is a GRA.
15.7. Feeling possessive?
The Cursing Mommy's Book of Days: A Novel by Ian Frazier (256 p)
20.4 - Author! Author!: Bluemoon's task: DID YOU KNOW....
B. Shoe on cover: Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores by Jen Campbell (188 p)
Jen Campbell is GRA.
Points this Post: 90
Tasks Completed this Post: 10
Books Read this Post: 10
Pages Read this Post: 3765
GoodReads Authors this Post: 6
Big Books this Post: 500+ (1), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
Total Points: 90
Total Tasks Completed: 10
Total Books Read: 10
Total Pages Read: 3765
Total GoodReads Authors: 6
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
Jennifer G(AZ)5.4 -- Spring Up, Fall Down
The Succubus Gift by B.R. Kingsolver
***Claiming Goodreads Author***
There is a paperback edition 262 pages, on Amazon that I wasn't able to see on Goodreads http://www.amazon.com/The-Succubus-Gi...
5.5 -- Spring Chicken
The Summer I Turned Pretty
***Claiming Goodreads Author***
20.3 Best Review - Bucket's task: Traveling in Time
Option 1
The Maltese Falcon Originally published in 1930
20.4 - Author! Author!: Bluemoon's task: DID YOU KNOW....
Option C - Paranormal Romance
Witchblood
***Claiming Goodreads Author***
Total Points This Post - 50
Total Points - 50
Total Tasks - 4
Goodreads Authors - 3
Big Books - 0
Oma1229Task 20.3-Traveling in Time
Option 1- Back to the Classics- Read any book originally published in or before 1863.
The Crown and the Cross by Frank G. Slaughter
This book was originally published in 1959
Points this Post- 20
Total Points to Date-155
BJ Rose3 new tasks
5.5 -- Spring Chicken Read a YA book.
The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore
The genre "Young Adult" appears on the book's main GRs page.
15.1. Follow the Leader
Book 1: I read The Moor by Laurie R. King in which there are several references to The Hound of the Baskervilles
Book 2: The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
20.2: Rookie At the Top- Ty's task: Pi Day
I used Option 2 and read
by Joanne FlukePoints This Post = 40
Total Points = 95
Tasks Completed = 8
Pages Read = 2881
Katie M10.2 -- Angry Birds
Thriller
Big Cypress Crossroads by Bren Christopher
This post: 10 points
Total to Date: 110 points
Andy P.Task # 10.2 Angry Birds
Read a book with a bird on the cover or with the genre horror or thriller on its GR main page.Birdman by Mo Hayder
This book has a bird on the cover and horror on its main page
Readerboard Name: Tallulah A.Task #5.4 -- Spring Up, Fall Down
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that can be both a noun and a verb.
How to Hook & Launch: Traction Mods for Street & Strip by Dick Miller
Hook or Launch
Hook - http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictio...
Launch - http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictio...
Task #15.10. Spring Break
Take a break and relax with any book of your choice that meets the general SRC guidelines.
Call of the Mall: The Geography of Shopping by Paco Underhill
Task # 20.5 Bigger is Better: Tournament of Books 2013
OPTION 3. A book with "Historical Fiction" on its main genre page
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
Points This Post: 40 points
Total Points: 85 points
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Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 6
Goodreads Authors Tickets: 1
Big books (500+) Tickets: 0
Amanda A5.1 - Go West!
One Fine Fireman by Jennifer Bernard (GRA)
Set in California
5.4 - Spring Up, Fall Down
Crash Landing by Lori Wilde (GRA)
Crash is both a noun and a verb
5.5 - Spring Chicken
Destroy Me by Tahereh Mafi (GRA)
Approved for 5 point task in ebook verification message 2209
10.3 - March April May
The Look of Love by Bella Andre (GRA)
L-O-L
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jessica PDX - Again! Again!
Say You Love Me by Johanna Lindsey
Say is the matching word in Say What?
20.4 - Author! Author!: Bluemoon's task: DID YOU KNOW....
Option B -
by Sarah Strohmeyer (GRA)Shoe on cover
20.7- Shorter is Sweeter- Suzanne VN's task Have Passport, Will Travel
Option 6 -
by Hannah JayneGolden Gate Bridge is on the cover
25.2 Laurie ME's task: Interesting Spring Holidays
Option 1 - Dying For Chocolate by Diane Mott Davidson
Main character is a caterer
Option 6 - The Guy to Be Seen With by Fiona Harper (GRA)
Set in London, England (a place I would like to visit)
25.6 - Lois's task: Happy Birthday Girl Scouts!
Option A - Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi (GRA)
Main character, Juliette, is 17
Option B - The Girl's Guide to (Man) Hunting by Jessica Clare
Girl and Guide in title
Points this post: 135
Total Points: 135
GRA: 7
hpaddict25.2 Interesting Spring Holidays
option 4 - set in Boston, MA
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorneoption 6 - set in Italy, which I would like to see again
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmiththis post = 25
challenge total = 105
10.5 Piece of Cake The Women's Health Diet: 27 Days to Sculpted Abs, Hotter Curves & a Sexier, Healthier You! by Stephen Perrine - Approved in help thread, message 24.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 140/870
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 10
GR Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets: 1
ClaireM5.3 -- Here Kitty, Kitty
Cat on cover - Making the Cat Laugh by Lynne Truss
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 0
Spantalian Joanne10.10 Above Average
From Bad to Cursed by Katie Alender
My Average Book Rating: 4.16
post #: 3
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 35
Tasks Completed: 3
Books read: 3
Pages Read: 1294
Leaderboard Name: Spantalian Joanne
Bear with me. This might take awhile.----
5.1 Go West
Grease: A New 50's Rock 'N Roll Musical
Set in the USA
5.2 It's in Their Genes
Fables for Our Time and Famous Poems Illustrated by James Thurber
B in both Fables and Thurber
5.3 Here, Kitty Kitty
5.4 Spring Up, Fall Down
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary
A squirrel is an animal and can mean to "hide away something"
http://dictionary.reference.com/brows...
5.5 Spring Chicken
The Pearl
YA is on the list twice.
5.6 Hope Springs Eternal
The History Boys
I read The Madness of King George for another task and HATED it. Decided to give Bennett another chance, though, and I'm glad I did--I enjoyed this one much more (probably because the subject matter was actually interesting).
5.7 Someone to Fall Back On
Earth Is Room Enough
Asimov, my love and very first "grown-up" SF author from back in the day <3<3<3
5.8 Cinco de Mayo
The War of the Worlds
From Kathy G: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
5.9 Roll with It
The Sense of an Ending
I rolled a 2, and this book was first published in 2011.
5.10 Attention Grabber
I Want to Kill the Dog
First line: "I ask you. Has a couple ever gone to war or a spouse moved to another country because a pet came between them?"
Funny start to an awful book.
Total: 50 + 35 (from earlier) = 85 points
Task #5.3 - Here Kitty, KittyBarbary by Vonda N. McIntyre
-small cat on cover
Task #5.5 - Spring Chicken
First Light by Rebecca Stead
-Young Adult genre
Task #10.2 - Angry Birds
Nobody by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
-Thriller genre
Task #10.6 - Storm Chasers
Ashen Winter by Mike Mullin
Mike Mullin is a Goodreads Author
-Set in Iowa/Illinois
Task #20.2 - Rookie At the Top- Ty's task: Pi Day
The Assassin's Curse by Cassandra Rose Clarke
Cassandra Rose Clarke is a Goodreads Author
-Chose Option 3 - Romance genre
Task #20.4 - Author! Author!: Bluemoon's task: DID YOU KNOW....
Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan
Sarah Rees Brennan is a Goodreads Author
-Chose Option C - Romance genre
Task #20.5 - Bigger is Better- Kate S's task: Tournament of Books 2013
The Battle for Duncragglin by Andrew H. Vanderwal
-Chose Option 3 - Historical Fiction genre
Points this Post: 90
Total Points: 90
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 7
GR Authors: 3
10.1 Less Is MoreLessons in Stalking... Adjusting to Life with Cats
"Less" in "Lessons" (also, hysterical book!)
10.2 Angry Birds
It's a little hard to see from the picture, but it's a bird on a stick with one wing out: http://www.goodreads.com/book/photo/5...
10.3 March April May
The Winter's Tale
T-W-T
10.4 Purple for Peace
There is a spot of purple on the left shoe of the character. The book was approved in help thread post 26: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
10.5 Piece of Cake
Thanksgiving: How to Cook It Well
Full of tasty-sounding recipes and good advice for hosting a memorable-in-a-good-way Thanksgiving.
10.6 Storm Chasers
Home
Set in Georgia
10.7 Chosen by You
Dispatch from the Future: Poems
From the Poetry Final GR Choice 2012 List: http://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...
10.8 Pedal to the Metal
Silver
A really neat book about the history of silversmithing, silver's use in ancient cultures, catching forgeries, and so on. A good microhistory.
10.9 Feeling Lucky?
The Zigzag Way
My random number was 20, and this was from Deedee's post 994 on page 20 of the winter challenge thread: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
10.10 Above Average
The Stranger
This book has an average of 3.89.
My average is 3.70.
Both numbers are as of 2.23.13.
Total: 100 + 85 (from earlier) = 185 points
Readerboard ID: JENBENT20.10 Group Reads
Category: Noir
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Link to Post in thread
Points this post: 20
Total points: 75
Total Goodreads authors: 4
Total Big books: 0
Super-obsessively checking and double-checking my posts before hitting the post button.----
15.1 Follow the Leader
Book 1: The Postman: Il Postino
The main character becomes friends with Pablo Neruda, so I read...
Book 2: The Captain's Verses by Pablo Neruda
15.3 Laughing in Ireland
The Poor Mouth: A Bad Story About the Hard Life
Is set in Ireland and has Humor on its genre list.
15.4 Celebrate the White Tiger
White Tiger: A Hero's Compulsion
15.5 Hug a Tree
15.6 Let's All Go to the Lobby
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Has been made into movies several times, including the 1996 version with Marlon Brando (far inferior to the book, too): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116654/
15.7 Feeling Possessive?
Sarah's Girls: A Chronicle of Big Ugly Creek
Sarah's is possessive
15.8 Batter Up
Don't Let Anyone Take Your Joy Away: An Inside Look at Negro League Baseball and Its Legacy
Baseball! :D
15.9 In Camelot
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
15.10 Spring Break
School Success for Kids with Autism
No rest for teachers!
Total: 135 + 185 (from earlier) = 320 points
STACIE MITask 10.5 - Piece of Cake
I read a book in which the main character is a chocolatier:
Sweet Misfortune by Kevin Alan Milne
**Kevin Alan Milne is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 10
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 10
Pages read: 2512
Goodreads authors: 8
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
20.1 Again AgainWhat Is This Thing Called Love?
From the title "Say What?"
20.2 Pi Day
option 3 (romance): Love Story
I was bawling at the end. Amazing book!
20.3 Travel in Time
option 1 (written before 1963):
Everyone But Thee and Me
Published in 1962: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogden_Na...
20.4 Did You Know?
option C (romance): The Lover
20.5 Tournament of Books 2013
option 1 (MS as initials): The Driver's Seat by Muriel Spark
20.6 Messing Around
option 1 (published in other language): Songs of Kabir
Originally written in a dialect of Hindi, which I don't speak at all.
20.7 Have Passport, Will Travel
option 3 (train on cover):
There's a train in the background, belching black smoke.
20.8 March On!
option 4 (green title):
20.9 New Spring Wardrobe
option 2 (lgbt character): Blue Eyes, Black Hair
The main male character is gay; the only reason he enters into a bizarre arrangement with the main female character is because she looks like a dude he fell in love with but can't have.
Total: 180 + 320 (from earlier) = 500 points
Jennifer KS15.10. Spring Break
I read Mad River by John Sandford
Points This task 15
20.7- Shorter is Sweeter- Suzanne VN's task Have Passport, Will Travel
Option 3
I read
by Patricia BriggsPoints this task: 20
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 7
Pages read: 2659
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Task: 15.10. Spring Break Read: A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
***Claiming Big Books Ticket: 852 pages***
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 25
Goodreads Author: 1
Big Books: 2
25.1 Anchors Aweighoption 2 (NROTC in title): The Zygote Chronicles: A Novel
O, T in Zygote; C, R, N in Chronicles
option 3 (published between 05-13): Breaking the Sound Barriers
published in 2009
25.2 Interesting Spring Holidays
option 2 (ancient world setting): Menaechmi; Or, the Twin-Brothers
Set in ancient Rome between 254-184 BCE (or "present day" for Plautus, the author)
option 6 (place I want to visit): The Woman Who Wouldn't
Set in the Schwartzwald, in Germany (and I really, really, really, really want to go back to Germany)
25.3 Come Play with Me
option 1 (building on cover):
option 4 (four-word title): Mirrors of the Soul
25.4 Read-a-Thon Time
option 1 (short book): Further Fables for Our Time is 174 pages
option 6 (from list): The Fifth Child
from the "scary" list (7th book down): http://astripedarmchair.wordpress.com...
25.5 Shadow of the White Tiger
book 1, option a (silhouette):
book 2, option b (author's initials from white tiger): The Miracle Worker by William Gibson (w from white, g from tiger)
25.6 Happy Bday, Girl Scouts
option b ("girl" in title): Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
option c (WAGGGS in title): I am My Own Wife
a from am, w from wife
25.7 Judge a Book by Its Cover
option e (covers I like):
book 1:
book 2:
I like the simplicity of both of these covers, though the Agape Agape one was misleading--it felt really LOUD when I read it, but the cover is nice and quiet.
28.8 Springy Ideas
option 5 (book from list): The Solace of Open Spaces
Using post 43, I selected Annie Dillard's "An American Childhood" and found "The Solace of Open Spaces" on 3.4.13
option 6 (sun quote): Bridge to the Soul: Journeys Into the Music and Silence of the Heart by Rumi
quote by Jalal Ad-Din Rumi: "Knock, And He'll open the door / Vanish, And He'll make you shine like the sun / Fall, And He'll raise you to the heavens / Become nothing, And He'll turn you into everything."
Total: 200 + 500 (from earlier) = 700 points
30.1 Spring Cleaning Timeoption 3 (mystery): Double Indemnity
option 6 (any book): Marriage Lines: Notes of a Student Husband
30.2 For the Love of Reading
US List: Bicycles: Love Poems
chose Favorite American Poems, so could use any poetry
UK List: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
RLS's Treasure Island is on the list
30.3 Upsy Daisy
option 3 (initials DP): The Sandpipers: Selected Poems, by David Posner
option 4 (author Mary): New and Selected Poems, Vol. 2 by Mary Oliver
30.4 What Are They All Talking About
popular bookclub: The Great Gatsby <---#7 this week
most read: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? <---#30 this year
Both books were selected on 2.19.13
Total: 120 + 700 (from earlier) = 820 points
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Now I can maybe clean my apartment, return some phone calls, play some video games, and otherwise rejoin humanity *shifty eyes*
Wow Ms Anderson, you have been busy!
5.10 -- Attention GrabberBlood Rites - Jim Butcher, GR Author
"The building was on fire, and it wasn't my fault." (I guess you have to know Harry Dresden to chuckle at this...)
10.2 Angry Birds
- Pamela Morsi, GR Author15.1. Follow the Leader
book 1: Friday Night Bites - Chloe Neill, GR Author
Jane Austen and Mr. Darcy is mentioned
book 2: Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
15.3. Laughing in Ireland
Option 2: The Mammy - Brendan O'Carroll
set in Dublin, main category humor
25.4 Stacie MI's Task: It's Read-a-Thon Time!
Option 1: The Bewitching Tale of Stormy Gale - Christine Bell, GR Author
ebook approved @858
Option 3: Undeniably Yours - Shannon Stacey, GR Author
main genre humor
Points this post: 70
Total points: 110
GR Authors: 10
MARIA HELENA5.5 Spring Chicken
The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
15.9 In Camelot
Avalon High by Meg Cabot
****** Meg Cabot is a Goodreads Author ******
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 105/870
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 10
GR Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets: 0
30.1 Sheila/Kathy G's task - It's Spring Cleaning Time!Option #1: One of 25 books that has been on TBR list the longest
Atonement by Ian McEwan
This book was #1 on my TBR and has been there since Sept. 17th, 2009
Option #2: Book that is part of a series
Fatal Voyage by Kathy Reichs
This book is #4 in the Temperance Brennan series which to date contains 16 books.
Points this post: 30
Points to date: 135
Task 20.7: Shorter is Sweeter- Suzanne VN's task Have Passport, Will TravelOption 3. Travel always involves transportation. Read a book whose cover shows any type of vehicle on it – be it a plane, train, automobile, bicycle, hot air balloon, ship, etc.
Read Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (★★★★★, 14 Mar '13)|Train visible on the cover
Points this task: 20
Total points: 25
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Pages read: 556
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Task 20.2:Rookie At the Top- Ty's task: Pi DayOption 1 - Pi Day: Read a book whose page count include digits from the first 10 digits of pi (3.141592653).
Read The Autobiography Of Henry VIII (★★★★, 14 Mar '13)|Pages 932
Points this task: 20
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Pages read: 1488
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
LDB20.6 MESSING AROUND
Option 1: L'Élégance du hérisson (Elegance of the Hedgehog) by Muriel Barbery.
My native language is English. This book was originally written and published in French and I read it in French.
Total points: 20
Books read: 1
Pages read: 410
Katrina wrote: "Wow Ms Anderson, you have been busy!"on the bright side, we know who is doing the 50 pointer already ;) since she didn't do last season...
Cindy AL10.4 Purple For Peace:
by Jennifer Chiaverini 10.5 Piece Of Cake:
When in Doubt, Add Butter by Beth Harbison
Main character is a personal chef.
Beth Harbison is a Goodreads Author
10.6 Storm Chasers:
River Road by Suzanne Johnson
Set in Louisiana after Katrina
Suzanne Johnson is a Goodreads Author
15.2 Vernal Equinox:
Tarnished by Karina Cooper and
Dreamspinner by Lynn Kurland
Both have 384 pages.
Karina Cooper is a Goodreads Author.
Points in this post - 45
Total Points - 175/870
Books - 16/71
Pages - 5536
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books:500+ - (0), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)
Rudy30.1 Shelia/Kathy G's Task- It's Spring Cleaning Time
Option 4
. ByBarbara ShapiroOption 5- RomanceChasing Clovers byKat Flannery
Points this post- 30
Total points- 85
Books read -6
Task- 5
Peebee5.4 -- Spring Up, Fall Down
The Right-Hand Shore by Christopher Tilghman
"Right," "Hand," and "Shore" are all both nouns and verbs.
5.10 -- Attention Grabber
The Book of Joe by Jonathan Tropper
The decidedly-non-family-friendly first sentence has been provided to the mods privately.
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Points this post: 10
Total points: 195/870
Goodreads Authors: 4/4
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Dee wrote: "Katrina wrote: "Wow Ms Anderson, you have been busy!"on the bright side, we know who is doing the 50 pointer already ;) since she didn't do last season..."
ooohhh. can we get it earlyyyyy.... XD
5.5 -- Spring ChickenThe Unbearable Book Club for Unsinkable Girls by Julie Schumacher
Points this post: 5
Total points: 120
20.5 Bigger is Better - Tournament of Books 2013: Option 1 - MMShooting at Loons by Margaret Maron
+20 task
Task total: 20
Grand total: 50
Elizabeth BTask #5.4 -- Spring Up, Fall Down
Rock Chick Rescue by Kristen Ashley
The word rescue is both a noun and a verb
Kristen Ashley is a Goodreads author
This is a big book (500 pages)
Points this post: 5
Total points:60
Total tasks: 5
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
15.6. Let's All Go to the LobbyBeautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl are Goodreads Authors.
Beautiful Creatures is a a big book. (563 pages)
Points this post: 15
Total poins: 35
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Goodreads Author: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500(1); 750(0); 1000(0)
Lauren Marie10.5 Piece of Cake
Read a book that involves food, i.e. fiction or non-fiction about cooking, a baker, chef, caterer, restaurant, nutrition, etc.
Required: If it is not clear in the book description, please explain the connection when you post
I read The Sweetest Thing by Jill Shalvis. The main character is a baker/chef at a Bed and Breakfast/inn.
Points This Task:10
Total Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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John Grisham is a Goodreads author.
20.2 - PI DAY
OPTION 3 - ROMANCE GENRE - Demon Rumm by Sandra Brown.
Sandra Brown is a Goodreads author.
TOTAL POINTS - 150
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 7
BIG BOOKS - 1