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SPRING CHALLENGE 2014
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
"a" is a single letter in the title.
This post:
Points 15
GR authors 0
Tasks 1
Totals for Challenge
Points 45
Tasks 5
GR Authors 2
Big Books ()500; ()750; ()1000

Book A: Spokes
Delicious Dee
Book B: Lord of Scoundrels
Sara ♥
15.9 Spring Into Action
Deceptions
added to shelf Jan 27, 2014
Points this post: 15 + 15 = 30
Total Points: 260 + 30 = 290
Big Books: 1

Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie
5.2 Go - book takes place in China
Pavilion of Women by Pearl Buck
5.3 Candyland - "and" in Wonderland
Alison Wonderland by Helen Smith
5.4 Boggle - "diary" is word - approved in task msg 2
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson
5.5 Scrabble
Desperate Housedogs by Sparkle Abbey
5.6 Stratego - both spy and thriller on main page
The Salzburg Connection by Helen MacInnes
5.7 Bridge - bridge on golf course - approved in task msg 2

30.5 Ty's Task - Poetry Counts - approved in task msg 2
Oprion 1 - Magical Kittens by Donna Bell - five syllables
Option 4 - Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green - repeated words
Goodreads Authors:
Helen Smith
James Patterson
Sparkle Abbey
John Green
Points this post: 65
Total Points: 135/940
Tasks this post: 8
Total Tasks: 14/55
GR Authors: 4
Total GR: 7
Books Read: 9
Total Books: 15

5.6 - Stratego
The Bourne Supremacy - spy thriller genre listed on main page. Big Book ticket claimed with 646 pages
15.2 Spring Babies
Option A: Night - Read by Patricia and rated 5 stars - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Option B: Stealing Shadows - Read by Gayle and rated 4 stars - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Points this post:20
Total points: 30
Tasks this post: 2
Total tasks: 3
Goodreads authors this post: 0
Total Goodreads authors: 0
Big Books this post: 1
Total Big Books: 500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)

15.10 Goof Off
book of choice-Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Big Books: 0
Goodreads Authors:
Task Points: 15
Total Points 15


Task 30.1 Eat, Sleep, Swim, Repeat
Option 1: Backstroke Approved in help thread

Option 4: Freestyle Book of Choice American Gods by Neil Gaiman Who is a GOODREADS AUTHOR! Claim 1BB Ticket 541pages
Points this post:30
Total points:70
Books Read:5
Tasks completed:4
Goodreads Authors:2
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)

Option 3, a book with genre Romance: The Wedding Bees by Sarah-Kate Lynch
**Sarah-Kate Lynch is a Goodreads author.**
Option 5, a book with food on the cover: Homemade Sin by Mary Kay Andrews

Points this post: 30
Total points: 185
GR authors: 5
Hana C.
5.8 - Go Fish!
I went for big, scary fish :-)
The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks by Susan Casey
"Great White Shark" appears on the list of common fish names
And for good measure you can see a fin on the cover:
points this post: 5
Tasks Completed: 8
GRAs: 5
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Points: 140
5.8 - Go Fish!
I went for big, scary fish :-)
The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks by Susan Casey
"Great White Shark" appears on the list of common fish names
And for good measure you can see a fin on the cover:

points this post: 5
Tasks Completed: 8
GRAs: 5
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Points: 140

20.1 Most Improved Player- Shelby's Task: Chug-a Chug-a...Chug-a Chug-a...Choo-Choo
Option 4: Panic by Lauren Oliver (LOCOMOTIVE & CABOOSE)
20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's task: Monopoly Money, Spring, and the SRC
Option $10-Yellow: Second Thyme Around by Katie Fforde (chef's hat)

Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Points This Post: 40
Total Points: 40
5.3 - Candyland.
I read The Ivory and the Horn, with "and" in the title.
10.4 - A Token Task
I read
, with a domestic cat on the cover.
15.8 Take Your Vitamins
I read V is for Vengeance, with the single letter "V" in the title.
25.2 - Elizabeth B's task: Nordic Noir
For my first book, I read Eva's Eye: An Inspector Sejer Mystery by Karin Fossum, set in Norway and by a Norwegian author.
For my second book, I read He Who Fears the Wolf, also by Karin Fossum - connections A, B, and C all apply, since this is the same author, set in Norway, and both books are in the Inspector Konrad Sejer series.
Points this post: 55
Total points: 265
I read The Ivory and the Horn, with "and" in the title.
10.4 - A Token Task
I read

15.8 Take Your Vitamins
I read V is for Vengeance, with the single letter "V" in the title.
25.2 - Elizabeth B's task: Nordic Noir
For my first book, I read Eva's Eye: An Inspector Sejer Mystery by Karin Fossum, set in Norway and by a Norwegian author.
For my second book, I read He Who Fears the Wolf, also by Karin Fossum - connections A, B, and C all apply, since this is the same author, set in Norway, and both books are in the Inspector Konrad Sejer series.
Points this post: 55
Total points: 265

2. BREASTSTROKE:

4. FREESTYLE:
Fallen Too Far by Abbi Glines
Jennifer Ashley and Abbi Glines are both Goodreads Authors
Points this post: 30
Total points: 170
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 11
Goodreads Author: 11
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)

BOOK 1 - Hearts in Bloom by Mae Nunn.
Authors initials are MN for Minnesota which is the Land of 10,000 Lakes.
Using LAND from the state motto
BOOK 2 - Land Of Enchantment by Janet Dailey.
25.6 - ALL THE COLORS OF THE RAINBOW
RED - MYSTERY - Archive 17 - Which has mystery on the home page and has a red cover.
ORANGE - ROMANCE - Cross My Heart by Carly Phillips - Which has romance on the home page and an orange cover.
Carly Phillips is a Goodreads Author.
TOTAL POINTS - 150
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 6
BIG BOOKS - 2

5.8 - Go Fish!
Glass by Ellen Hopkins (goodreads author) 681 pages long
Fish used was African glass catfish
=5 points + 1 goodreads author ticket + 1 big book ticket
10.1 - Go to Jail
Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman
Book approved in post #2 of the help thread
=10 points
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 150/940
Goodreads Author Tickets: 1 (2 total)
Big Book Tickets: 1 (2 total)
Tasks Posted: 12/55

Who Could That Be At This Hour? by Lemony Snicket
Scrabble
5.9 Gin Rummy
When Did You See Her Last?
Cocktail = The Last Word, made with gin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_...
15.5 Vincent from Gogh
Jessica Darling's It List: The (Totally Not) Guaranteed Guide to Popularity, Prettiness & Perfection by Megan McCafferty
20.5 Big Books Are Best
The Red Pyramid
516pgs
20.7 Celebrate the Sibs!
Betwixt
I have one brother by blood
20.10 Group Reads
Brave New World
Mine is post #10 on the discussion thread
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
25.3 The Long and the Short of It
Option 1 (title lengths)
Book A (short title): Click: One Novel, Ten Authors (5 letters, since subtitles don't count)
Book B (long title): Cracked Up to Be (13 letters)
Total: 110 + 700 (from earlier) = 810 points

5.3 - Candyland
I read Witchlanders by Lena Coakley.
Lena Coakley is a GR Author.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 45
Books read: 9
Tasks complete: 9
GR authors: 3
Big Books:
500+ 1
750+ 0
1000+ 0

Once in a Lifetime by Jill Shalvis – added to TBR on 2/5/14
Jill Shalvis is a Goodreads author.
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 125
GR Author: 4

10.3 Do Not Collect $200
I read The Duke Diaries by Sophia Nash. The page count is 384.
Sophia Nash is a GR Author.
10.9 Colorful Captions
I read

Points this post: 20
Total points: 65
Books read: 11
Tasks complete: 11
GR authors: 4
Big Books:
500+ 1
750+ 0
1000+ 0

30.8 - Read ‘Em Again
Read 2 books by 2 different authors, you can only have read ONE previous book by each author. If this is your first season, pick 2 authors that you have previously read only ONE book by each author prior to the start of the Spring Challenge.

**previously read book "The Red Tent"

**previously read book "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe"
Totals for Challenge
Points this task : 30
Total Points : 315
Tasks Completed : 16
Books Read This Season : 23
Good Reads Authors : 8
Big Books : 500+ (1)
Big Books : 750+ (0)
Big Books : 1000+ (0)

Open Season by C.J. Box
This is one of the 10 oldest books from my friend, Julie's TBR list. https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/9...
Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 6
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Book tickets: 1

Task #20.3 Monopoly money, spring and the SRC
Opt $5- pink Read a book with a flower on the cover

Points this task 20
Total points 240
GRA this post 0
Total GRA 1
Big book this post 0
Total Big Books 2

20.9 Covers Of Spring
Option 2: Clouds on cover

*ebook length verif post #3368
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25.6 All The Colors Of The Rainbow
Orange/Romance -

Blue/Fantasy -

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Addison Moore is a GRA
Kiera Cass is a GRA x 2
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Above tasks: 45 points
# tasks submitted to date: 12
GRA: 9
New Total Points: 195

15.6 - World Champs
Book primarily set in home country of Monopoly World Champion.
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf is set in England, UK.
20.4 - Author! Author! - Janet F's Task: My Bye Bye Birdie Birthday
Option 1, book originally published in the 1950s or 1960s.
The Minority Report by Philip K. Dick originally published 1956.
Points this post: 35
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
Goodreads authors this post: 0
Goodreads authors total: 0
Big Books this post: 0
Big Books total: 1 500+

30.1 - Susan A's Task: Eat, Sleep, Swim, Repeat
Option 1/Backstroke
Requirement: Picture of Person's Back on Cover
The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf
*Approved in Help Thread--Post 56*

**Heather Gudenkauf is a Goodreads Author**
Option 4/Freestyle
Requirement: Book of Choice
Secrets to the Grave by Tami Hoag
Points this task: 30
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 4
Pages read: 1,532
Goodreads Author Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (0) 750+ (0) 1000+ (0)

Read a book with any of the following genres on its main page - spy, thriller, war or military.
Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn
5.7 - Bridge.
Read a book with a bridge on the cover.

10.9 - Colorful Captions

Points this task: 20
Total points: 65
Tasks completed: 7

Task 25.6 - All the Colors of the Rainbow
Option 1 - Red for Mystery

Multiple background "boxes" are red, as are the fireworks behind Physics.
528 pages - Big Book Ticket
Marisha Pessl is a *Goodreads Author*
Option 4 - Green for Science Fiction

Green ivy is coating the walls of the maze.
James Dashner is a *Goodreads Author*
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 110
Total Tasks: 6
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 3
Total Books: 8

Page Count: 496
Lucky You by Carl Hiaasen (3/22/14)
Points Earned: 10
Pages Read: 496
15.4 Wheeling and Dealing
Opt.2 - (B - silver & C - George)
Princess of the Silver Woods by *(GA) Jessica Day George (3/26/14) 336 pp.
Points Earned: 15
Pages Read: 336
Goodreads Author: 1
20.2 Fun in a Box
Opt #1 - "Who"
The Cat Who Brought Down the House by Lilian Jackson Braun (3/23/14) 228 pp.
Points Earned: 20
Pages Read: 228
Total Points Earned: 135
Total Pages Read: 2596
Total Books Read: 9
Total Tasks Completed: 9
GR Authors: 5

RED - MYSTERY -

ORANGE - ROMANCE -

Carly Phillips is a Goodreads Author.
TOTAL POINTS - 150
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 6
BIG BOOKS - 2

***THIS IS A REPOST***
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Mary Beth's task: Big Books are Best!
An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon Goodreads author and big book 848 pages
25.6 - Stacie MI’s Task: All the Colors of the Rainbow*
Red - Mystery

Green - Fantasy

Total Points:125
Total GR Authors:4
Total Big Books: (2)750

task 10.3 do not collect $200!
*read a book with a page count that does not include a 2 or 0:
The Master Quilter by Jennifer Chiaverini
*page count was 336
Points this post: 10
Total points: 140
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 10

TASK NAME: 5.2 GO
Cinder
Qualifier: Set in China (Beijing)
Approved in Message 27.
Marissa Meyer is a Goodreads Author
Points this task: 5
Points Total: 85
Tasks Completed: 8
GR Author: 2
Big Books: 0

10.3 Do not Collect $200
The Full Cupboard of Life by Alexander McCall Smith GR Author 198 pages
20.9 Moderator's Pet - Bluemoon's task: Covers of Spring
Option 2 clouds on cover

Total Points: 155
Total GR Authors:6

Read a book of your choice that meets SRC requirements

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Kimber's task: Celebrate the Sibs!
April 10 is National Siblings Day. To celebrate the sibs, read a series book that is the same number in the series as the number of siblings you have in your family of origin (or the family you claim right now).
Required: Please state the number of siblings you are claiming in your post.

20.8 - It's My Birthday! - Rhonda's Task: On This Day in History!
C. Read a book first published in the 1960s.

Totals for challenge:
Points this task: 55
Total points: 485/ 940
Tasks completed: 39
Books read: 38
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

5.6 - Stratego
Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo
War is a genre on the main page
=5 points
10.4 - A Token Task

There is a shoe in the bottom right hand corner
=10 points
25.3 - Jessica PDX’s task: The Long and the Short of It
Option #1
Book A: Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner
Book B: Crank by Ellen Hopkins (goodreads author) 537 pages long
=25 points + 1 goodreads author ticket + 1 big book ticket
Points This Post: 40
Total Points: 190/940
Goodreads Author Tickets: 1 (3 total)
Big Book Tickets: 1 (3 total)
Tasks Posted: 15/55

10.7 - Sugar Shack
Secrets of the Lost Summer - Carla Neggers (GR Author) - set in MA, just outside Boston, approved in the THT
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 195
GR Author: 11

30.3 - DLMRose's task: Crazy Quilt
Option #1: What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day by Pearl Cleage
Crazy House is the quilt block I used
Option #5: Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S.C. Gwynne
This book is #40 on the Native American Biography list
=30 points
30.6 - Sandy/Kristi's task: Oh, the Places You'll Go
Book #1: Fauna by Alissa York
Book #2: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (this book is set in New York City for more than half of the book)
=30 points
Points This Post: 60
Total Points: 250/940
Goodreads Author Tickets: 0 (3 total)
Big Book Tickets: 0 (3 total)
Tasks Posted: 17/55

5.1 - So Many Games
Fair Game (game)
10.5 - America's Most Popular
The End of the Affair (1951)
10.7 - Sugar Shack
The Perfect Match (set in New York state)
10.9 - Colorful Captions

15.5 - Vincent From Gogh
Sweet by Erin McCarthy
15.7 - Mr Monopoly’s Mustache

20.4 -
Opt 4:

20.7 - Kimber's task: Celebrate the Sibs!
(3 siblings, #3 in a series): Cress
20.10 - Group reads
Dune, comment at post#9 (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
Points this post:125
Total: 105+125=230

10.7 - Sugar Shack
The Diviner's Tale by Bradford Morrow is set in NY, Canada and Maine.
25.6 - Stacie MI’s Task: All the Colors of the Rainbow
Red:

Green:

Koethi Zan and Jeff VanderMeer are goodreads authors.
Points this post: 35
Total points: 210
GR Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+(2),750+(0),1000+(0)

20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Pamela Su's task: Fun in a Box!
Option 1 - The word is WHO
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow GR Author
Total Points: 175
Total GR Authors: 7

10.2 - Do Not Pass Go

15.1 Nowruz Day
Option B:

Option C:

15.6 World Champs
I read

15.7 Mr Monopoly's Mustache

15.8 Take Your Vitamins

20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Bluemoon's task: Covers of Spring
Option 3:

25.3 - Jessica PDX’s task: The Long and the Short of It
Option 1 - Long and Short Titles
Book A: Claiming the Cowboy's Heart by Linda Ford (23 Letters)
Book B: Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time by Dava Sobel (9 Letters)
30.1 - Susan A’s Task: Eat, Sleep, Swim, Repeat
1. Backstroke:

4. Freestyle:

30.2 - Sassafrass's task: Mouth full of words!
Option 2:

Option 5:

30.4 - Sheila/Kathy G's task: A Springtime Stroll Through the World of Monopoly
Springtime Option 1:

Monopoly Option 3:

Points this post: 205
Total points: 275
Tasks completed this post: 10
Total Tasks completed: 15
Books Read this post: 14
Total Books Read: 20
Goodreads authors this post: 9
Total Goodreads authors: 15
Big Books: 0
20.4 - Author! Author! - Janet F's Task: My Bye Bye Birdie Birthday
Option 1: Read a book originally published in the 1950's or 1960's.
The Pale Horse
Originally published 1961.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Option 1: Read a book originally published in the 1950's or 1960's.
The Pale Horse
Originally published 1961.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's task: Monopoly Money, Spring, and the SRC
$10 – Yellow: Read a book where the cover shows a type of hat.

Sebastian St. Cyr is wearing a top hat on the cover.
C.S. Harris is a Goodreads Author!
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 185
Books Read: 10
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)

Task # 5.8 - Go Fish!
Read a book with the word "fish" or with the name of a type of fish in its title

Book also has a fish on the cover.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 285

5.1 So Many Games
Game(s) in title
The Player of Games
5.7 Bridge
Book with ‘bridge’ in title
Bridge to Terabithia
30.5 Poetry Counts
Option 1 – 5 syllables in the title
The Eye in the Door
Option 3 – 14 letters in title with word of 5 letters – Spain
Beggars in Spain
30.8 Read ‘Em Again
I read Zoo City by Lauren Beukes for task 5.4 in the Fall 2013 challenge. This was the only book I had read by her previous to reading
The Shining Girls
I read Nazi Literature in the Americas by Roberto Bolaño for task 5.8 in the Winter 2013/2014 challenge. This was the only book I had read by him prior to reading
Distant Star
This post 70 points
Total to date 235 points

Task 25.1 - The 50 States of Monopoly
Book One - Author's initials are same as state abbreviation
If You Could See Me Now by Cecelia Ahern
CA is the state abbreviation for California
Book Two - Title has same word as state nickname
California's state nickname is The Golden State
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 110
Tasks Completed: 7
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 3
Books Read: 10

Springtime
Read a book with Flowers on the cover
Seeds of Yesterday | V.C. Andrews | 416 Pages | ★★★
Cover

Monopoly
Free Parking Space: Read any Book as long as it meets SRC requirements and Enjoy it
Kaleidoscope | Kristen Ashley | 416 Pages | ★★★★★ | GR Author
I enjoyed it because Kristen Ashley Freakin' ROCKS!
Total Tasks Completed: 26/55
Total Points this Task: 30
Total Overall Points: 395
Goodreads Author Points This Task: 1
Goodreads Author Points Total: 22
Big Book Ticket Totals: 500+(3)

REPOST
25.3 - Jessica PDX’s task: The Long and the Short of It
Option #1
Book A: Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner (14 letters)
Book B: Crank by Ellen Hopkins (5 letters) (goodreads author) 537 pages long
=25 points + 1 goodreads author ticket + 1 big book ticket
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 250/940
Goodreads Author Tickets: 1 (3 total)
Big Book Tickets: 1 (3 total)
Tasks Posted: 17/55

30.1 - Susan A’s Task: Eat, Sleep, Swim, Repeat
Option #1:

Approved in post #2 of the help thread
Option #4:

=30 points
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 280/940
Goodreads Author Tickets: 0 (3 total)
Big Book Tickets: 0 (3 total)
Tasks Posted: 18/55

Option 2 - Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller by Sarah Miller March 27
Sarah Miller is a Goodreads Author
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 155
Total Tasks Completed: 10
Total Books Read: 10
Total Goodreads Authors: 6
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

The Storm in the Barn by Matt Phelan March 19
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 170
Total Tasks Completed: 11
Total Books Read: 11
Total Goodreads Authors: 6
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
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10.9 Colorful Captions
Laura Morrigan is a GR Author.
20.5 Big Books Are Best!
Veronica Roth is a GR Author.
Insurgent is 533 pages, and thus should receive a Big Book Ticket.
20.9 The Covers of Spring
Option 2: April Showers (clouds on the cover)
Kenneth Oppel is a GR Author.
30.1 Eat, Swim, Sleep, Repeat
Option 1: Backstroke
Kendare Blake is a GR Author.
Option 2: Breaststroke
Cassandra Clare is a GR Author.
Points This Post: 80
Total Points: 190
Total GR Authors: 8
Big Books: 1