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SPRING CHALLENGE 2014
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20.8 Frindle by Andrew Clementswhose initials are AC (both in America)
also I read
10.2 War Brides by Helen Bryan
in which there is no G or O
125 points total for me
MELANIE CTASK NAME: 25.4 Bamaace83's Mardi Gras Fun
Option 1: Read a book with at least 50% of the cover either green, purple, or gold/yellow.
Option 2: Read a book with either a mask, ball gown, or suit on the cover.
Approval in message 89.
Carol K. Carr is a goodreads author
Amy Stewart is a goodreads author
Qualifier: Green cover, ball gown
Points this task: 25
Points Total: 110
Tasks Completed: 9
GR Author: 4
Big Books: 0
5.5 - ScrabbleA book whose author's initials appear in the word SCRABBLE: The Firefly Dance by Sarah Addison Allen, using S from her first name and A from her last name, disregarding her middle name
**Sarah Addison Allen is a Goodreads author.**
5.8 - Go Fish!
A book with a name of a fish in the title: Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen, using the word "Lake" from the fish Lake Trout
**Sarah Addison Allen is a Goodreads author.**
Points this post: 10
Total points: 195
GR authors: 6
dawn9920.3 Monopoly Money, Spring, and the SRC
Option $10 - yellow (hat on cover) Storm Front by Jim Butcher
20.9 Covers of Spring
Option 2 (clouds on cover): Murder at the Maples by Joanne Phillips
pts. this post: 40
Total points: 80
Task 10.9 - Colorful CaptionsRead a book with a title that includes words or letters that are at least 2 different colors. The two colors must appear in the title. Subtitles do not count. Required: Include the cover when you post.
“D” is white, the rest of the title is red.
The Detour (2012) by Andromeda Romano-Lax (Hardcover, 307 pages)
60 + 10 = 70
Tasks Completed: 05
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 60 + 10 = 70
Books read: 06
Pages read: 1,814
Read but not claimed: 7
Goodreads Authors: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Allison Joy5.10 - Poker
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert by John M. Gottman (seven)
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 45
BEKKA - 5.2 - Go.For this task, I read “
” by Takashi Hiraide, since it is set entirely in Tokyo, Japan. Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 5
Total Points Earned to Date: 140
Pages Read this Challenge: 140
Total Pages Read to Date: 3949
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 13
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets: 500( 1 ), 750(), 1000()
20.9 - COVERS OF SPRINGOPTION 3 - BOAT ON COVER -
by Lisa Kleypas.Lisa Kleypas is a Goodreads Author.
TOTAL POINTS - 170
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 7
BIG BOOKS - 2
30.6 oh the places you'll go!I
Book A: I read The Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas.
Book B: I read Living Dead in Dallas. More than 50% of this book took place in Dallas, TX.
Both books were approved on the help thread.
Points:95
SAM ID20.2 - Fun in a Box!
Option 1: a book with 'where' in the title
Where Courage Calls by Janette Oke
25.3 - The Long and Short of It
Option 1: the letters in the title of book a must be at least twice the letters in the title of book b.
Book A: The Admiral's Penniless Bride by Carla Kelly
Book B: Wonder by R.J. Palacio
*Book A has 25 letters; Book B has 6*
Points this post: 45
Total Points: 200
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 1
25.6-All The Colors of the rainbowWe all know that April showers bring May flowers, but they also bring rainbows! In honor of this colorful miracle, we will read books that celebrate those colors, as well as celebrate some of my favorite genres. For this task, choose TWO different colors listed below and read a book for each. The catch is, the colors you choose must be visible somewhere on the cover of your book.
I chose the color red, and read
by Julia Heaberlin. The title is in red letters, and Mystery is a genre on the first page.I also chose the color orang, and read
by T. Greenwood. This cover was approved in the help thread, message 75. Romance is a genre in the first page. T Greenwood is a GR author.
Task Points: 25
Total Points: 125
Good Read Authors: 4
Tasks Completed: 6
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Bluemoon's task: Covers of Spring2. APRIL SHOWERS.... clouds on cover, book approved in task's help thread msg #2
by Rick RiordanRick Riordan is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 20
Total points: 190
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 12
Goodreads Author: 12
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
5.3 - Candyland. Oleander Girl by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Goodreads Author)
It includes the 3 letter sequence "and" in the title word Oleander
5.5 - Scrabble.
Over the Edge by Suzanne Brockmann
S & B appear in the word "Scrabble."
10.2 - Do Not Pass Go
This Is All I Ask by Lynn Kurland
It does NOT include the letters G or O in the title, subtitle, or author's name
15.3 You Go Girl!
Option 2
He Loves Lucy by Susan Donovan (Goodreads Author)
Book with a woman’s first name (Lucy) in the title and written by a woman (Susan Donovan)
30.6 - Sandy/Kristi's task: Oh, the Places You'll Go
Book A: Wedding Survivor by Julia London (Goodreads Author)
Book B : Study In Scarlet set in London
In this post :
Points : 65
Goodreads Authors : 3
Big Book Tickets : 0
Total:
Total Points: 65
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Total Books Read: 6
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Delicious Dee20.4 - Author! Author! - Janet F's Task: My Bye Bye Birdie Birthday
Option 4
- there is a bird in the upper left corner of the cover, based on how the story ends, I think its a falconPoints This Post: 20
Points Total: 205
GR Author: 11
20.10. Group ReadBrave New World
I posted message 12 in the discussion area
Total points 20
Grand total. 55
15.8 Take Your Vitamins
The Collected Works of A. J. Fikry
Gabrielle Zevin is a Goodreads Author.
20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's task: Monopoly Money, Spring, and the SRC
Option $10 – Yellow – Read a book where the cover shows a type of hat.
Points this post: 35
Total points: 115
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 8
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
The Collected Works of A. J. Fikry
Gabrielle Zevin is a Goodreads Author.
20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's task: Monopoly Money, Spring, and the SRC
Option $10 – Yellow – Read a book where the cover shows a type of hat.
Points this post: 35
Total points: 115
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 8
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
25.1 - Andy P's task: The 50 States of MonopolyBook 1 - author initials match state abbreviation
The Art of Civilized Conversation: A Guide to Expressing Yourself With Style and Grace by Margaret Shepherd (MS – Mississippi)
Book 2 - State nickname of Book 1
State of the Onion by Julie Hyzy (Mississippi’s nickname is the “Magnolia State”, I went with the word “state”)
Julie Hyzy is a Goodreads author.
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 150
GR Author: 5
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Shelby's task: Chug-a Chug-a...Chug-a Chug-a...Choo-ChooOption 4: Illuminated by Erica Orloff
20.8 - It's My Birthday! - Rhonda's Task: On This Day in History!
Option A: The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter
*** Aimee Carter is a Goodreads Author ***
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Bluemoon's task: Covers of Spring
Option 2:
by Jana Deleon*** Jana DeLeon is a Goodreads Author ***
Points this post: 60
GRA this post: 2
Total points: 85
Total GRA: 4
Total big book tickets: 0
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Kimber's task: Celebrate the Sibs!Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry, which is #2 in the Giver Quartet. I have two siblings.
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 70
Big Books: 500+ = 1, 750+ = 1, Total tickets = 3
Total GR Authors: 0
Mod
I read Nine Inches: Stories - number "nine" in title.
10.9 - Colorful Captions
I read
- the words "the" and "breakthrough" are blue, the word "diabetes" is white.25.1 - Andy P's task: The 50 States of Monopoly
For my first book, I read Moral Disorder: and Other Stories by Margaret Atwood. "MA" is the two letter abbreviation for Massachusetts.
For my second book, I read The State of Jones. Both of the nicknames for Massachusetts contain the word "State" - the Bay State and the Old Colony State.
Points this post: 40
Total points: 305
25.4 - Bamaace83's task: Mardi Gras Fun!Option 1:
by Iris JohansenOption 4: Vamps by Nancy A. Collins
Points This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 80
Total Books Read: 6
GoodReads Authors: 4
ALISON
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
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Shelby's task: Chug-a Chug-a...Chug-a Chug-a...Choo-ChooOption 4: Author's first initial found in the word LOCOMOTIVE and author's last initial found in the word CABOOSE.
Emperor's Edge by Lindsay Buroker
20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's task: Monopoly Money, Spring, and the SRC
Option 2: Read a book with a hat on the cover.
Tasks completed: 11
Books Read: 18
Points this post: 40
Total points: 265
GRAs: 5
Cindy FTask 20.7 Celebrate the sibs
I have 2 siblings so read #2 in a series: The Curse of the Pharaohsby Elizabeth Peters
Points this post:20
Total points:90
Books read:6
Tasks completed:5
Goodreads Authors:2
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)
Lacy Stewart20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's Task: Monopoly money, spring, and the SRC
Rock Chick Regret
- beverage on cover20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Kimboer's Task: Celebreate the Sibs!
I have 3 siblings, so I'm reading #3 in a series
Total points this post: 40
Total points: 180
15.10 Goof Off! Since I goofed up, I will use Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry for this task (see post 684).
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Points this post: 15
Total points: 65
Big Books: 500+ = 1, 750+ = 1, Total tickets = 3
Total GR Authors: 0
Sheila20.5 - Bigger is Better - Mary Beth's task: Big Books are Best!
Hell's Corner by David BaldacciI listened to the audiobook. Here is the link to the mmp version for page count Hell's Corner
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Kimber's task: Celebrate the Sibs!
Unwanted by Kristina Ohlsson(Fredrika Bergman and Alex Recht #1)
First in Series
I have one sibling
30.5 - Ty's task: Poetry Counts
Option 1 - Haikus
Beneath The Bleeding by Val McDermidAND
Option 2 - Limericks
White Night by Jim Butcher(White and Night)
Total Points = 580
20.4 - Author! Author! - Janet F's Task: My Bye Bye Birdie BirthdayOption 4, a book with birds on the cover: Still Life with Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen
Points this post: 20
Total points: 215
BRIAN15.6 - World Champs
Chaplin & Company by Mave Fellowes
The story is set in London, in the UK
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 105
Books read: 6
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 2-0-0 (2)
5.7 Bridge
There's bridge in the title and on the cover.
20.8 On This Day in History
Option B (mental health genre): Cracked
Mental Health is the fourth genre on the main page. This book is 311 pages long.
25.2 Nordic Noir
Book A (set in Sweden): Popular Music from Vittula
This book is set in Pajala, in the north of Sweden (near the Finnish border), and is written by a Swedish author. It has 240 pages.
Book B, Option 3 (word in title): Penny from Heaven
The word in common is "from." This book has 288 pages, for a total page count of 528 pages for the task.
30.6 Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Book A (author's name is a place): Un Lun Dun by China Mieville
The author's name has China in it.
Book B (book set in place from Book A): Pearl of China
This book is entirely set in various parts of China.
Total: 80 + 810 (from earlier) = 890 points
Done...for now! :D
Pat 30.2 - Mouth full of words!
Option 5--Borborygimi: Read a book with food on the cover.
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender *****GoodReads Author*****Option 6--Amblyopia: Read a book with the genre children's, kids, or young adult on the main page.
School of Charm by Lisa Ann Scott *****GoodReads Author*****Page Count - 304
Totals for Challenge
Points this task : 30
Total Points : 345
Tasks Completed : 17
Books Read This Season : 25
Good Reads Authors : 10
Big Books : 500+ (1)
Big Books : 750+ (0)
Big Books : 1000+ (0)
Mod
5.3 - Candyland.
"and": Gods and Beasts by Denise Mina
5.9 - Gin Rummy
"Long" Island Iced Tea: A Night Of Long Knives by Rebecca Cantrell
10.8 - Join the Crowd
found on the list 3/14/14:
Still Life with Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen
total = 345
Task: 30.4 - Sheila/Kathy G's task: A Springtime Stroll Through the World of Monopoly. Read:
Option: Springtime 1) Just Kids by Patti Smith
Option: Monopoly 3) The Undead Pool by Kim Harrison
Kim Harrison is a Goodreads Author.
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 45
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 0
20.4 - Author! Author! - Janet F's Task: My Bye Bye Birdie BirthdayOption 3:
Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett
On page #1
Points this post: 20
Total points: 325
30.4 - Sheila/Kathy G's task: A Springtime Stroll Through the World of MonopolySpringtime Option 1: Read a book written by an author whose initials (middle name or initial excluded) can be found in any order in the word SPRINGTIME.
The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard
sPriNgtime
Monopoly Option 3: FREE PARKING SPACE- Read a book of your choice and thoroughly enjoy it! Optional: Tell us why you enjoyed your book!
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
I enjoyed this book because Philip Roth is one of my favorite writers, and particularly when he writes about the 1940's and 1950's, which I love remembering!
Task total=30
Grand total=235
Laurie ME10.3: Do Not Collect $200: page count: 358
Die For Me: A Novel of the Valentine Killer by Cynthia Eden. Cynthia Eden is a GRA.
15.5: Vincent from Gogh:
Blue Blood by Susan McBride. Susan McBride is a GRA,
20.2: Rookie at the Top: Pamela Su's Task: Fun in a Box
1. Mischief: Mischief in Mudbug by Jana Deleon. Jana Deleon is a GRA.
25.3: Jessica PDX's Task: The Long and Short of It.
Book 1 - title has 38 letters.
Book 2 - title has 6 letters.
Since You're Leaving Anyway, Take Out the Trash by Dixie Cash
Unseen by Nancy Bush
30.2: Sassafrass's Task: A Mouth Full of Words:
1. #25 in series: The Hollow by Agatha Christie
4. based around a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta:Murder and Sullivan: A Joan Spencer Mystery by Sara Hoskinson Frommer
Points this Post: 100.
Total Points: 225.
3 GRA this post
Readerboard Name: Jill ReneeTask - 10.7 - Sugar Shack
Read a book set primarily (at least 50%) in one or more of the largest producers of the sweet stuff: Canada, Vermont, New York, Maine, Wisconsin, Ohio, New Hampshire, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, or Connecticut. Required: If the GRs description does not make it clear, explain how your book fits the task.
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Points this Task: 10
Total Points this Challenge: 10
Books read this Task: 1
Total Books read this Challenge: 1
GR Authors: 1
Cindy FTask 15.9 Spring into Action
I read Killing Jesus: A Historyby Bill O'Reilly Added to my TBR shelf Dec 21/13
Points this post:15
Total points:105
Books read:7
Tasks completed:6
Goodreads Authors:2
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)
Rudy5.5 Scrabble
Tell the Wolves I'm HomebyCarol Rifka Bruntinitials CB- letters found in the word scrabble
20.5 Bigger is Better-Mary Beth's Task:Big Books are Best
The Goldfinchby Donna Tartt771 pages
Points this post:25
Total points:60
Tasks:4
Books:4
Barbara AllenTask #20.7
Celebrate the sibs... I have 7
Lowcountry Summer by
Dorothea Benton Frank
*****Dorthea Benton Frank is a GRA*****
POints this task 20
Total points 260
GRA this post 1
Total GRA 2
Big books this post 0
Total big book 2
15.6 - World ChampsAlmost Perfect by Susan Mallery (Goodreads Author)
Set in one of the winner’s home locations: California
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Pamela Su's task: Fun in a Box!
Option 1. LADY ALICE:
What the Librarian Did by Karina Bliss (Goodreads Author)
Word “what” in the title
25.5 - Oma1229/JenneRenee's task: Spring Reading Haiku
Option 2 : All He Ever Needed by Shannon Stacey (Goodreads Author)
Genre romance on the main page
Option 3 : It Must Be Love by Rachel Gibson
Word from the HAIKU in the title : LOVE
In this post :
Points : 60
Goodreads Authors : 3
Big Book Tickets : 0
Total:
Total Points: 125
Total Tasks Completed: 8
Total Books Read: 10
Total Goodreads Authors: 6
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Nick KY5.4 Boggle. I read Race, Racism, & Reparations by J. Angelo Corlett. The word “Race” is found in the given Boggle Board, backwards in the second line from the bottom.
10.1 Go Directly to Jail. I read Affinity by Sarah Waters. One of the main characters is in a women’s prison in Victorian England. (I had a hard time placing this book as it could have counted for 10.2 with no “g” or “o” in the title or author, or for 10.6 as it has glbt as a GR genre. So many decisions!)
20.1 Shelby’s Choo-Choo. I chose Opt. 3 and read a book in the middle of a series, Master of Souls by Peter Tremayne, # 16 (of 24) in the Sister Fidelma Series.
25.2 Nordic Noir
Book A. Set in Norway. I read When the Devil Holds the Candle by Karin Fossum.
Book B. opt. 2. Set in the same country as Book A. I read Four Major Plays: A Doll's House / Ghosts / Hedda Gabler / The Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen. All four plays are set in Norway.
Points This Post: 60
Total Points So far: 310
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(1)
30.3 - DLMRose's task: Crazy QuiltOption 2 - From Your Stash – read one of the 10 books that has been on your TBR pile the longest.
Raising Dragons by Bryan Davis - #7 on my TBR since I joined goodreads
Option 3 - Fat Quarters - Read any book from a series identified as a Quartet
The Sum of All Kisses by Julia Quinn – Smythe-Smith Quartet series, #3
Julia Quinn is a Goodreads author.
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 180
GR Author: 6
Delicious Dee10.2 - Do Not Pass Go
Cress - Marissa Meyer (GR Author)(Big Book Ticket - 500+ pages) - no G or O in the title, or authors name
15.7 Mr Monopoly’s Mustache
- Penny Reid (GR Author) - cover approved in THT30.2 - Sassafrass's task: Mouth full of words!
Option 4--Tinnitus - A Little Bit Country - S.J. Frost (GR Author) - 2 main characters are singers, approved in the THT
Option 5--Borborygimi -
- Donna Kauffman (GR Author) - cookies in the jar on the coverPoints This Post: 55
Points Total: 270
GR Author: 15
5.5 - ScrabbleThe Thieves of Ostia by Caroline Lawrence March 29
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 175
Total Tasks Completed: 12
Total Books Read: 12
Total Goodreads Authors: 7
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
ALISON
5.1 - So Many Games
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
=5 points
5.9 - Gin Rummy
Exceptional Children - Ordinary Schools: Getting the Education You Want for Your Special Needs Child
Cocktail is Kensington Court Special
=5 points
10.3 - Do Not Collect $200
Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference by Cordelia Fine
338 pages
=10 points
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 300/940
Goodreads Author Tickets: 0 (3 total)
Big Book Tickets: 0 (3 total)
Tasks Posted: 21/55
15.2 Spring BabiesSpring birthday: Dee
Book: The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
Dee's rating: 4 stars
September-November birthday: Gayle
Book: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Gayle's rating: 4 stars
Points this post:15
Total points:30
Books read:3
Tasks completed:2
Goodreads Authors:0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Clan of the Cave Bear was 495 pages...I am slightly amused by that. Little bit bigger font, and we could have squeezed five more pages in there.
ALISON
10.10 - Take a Chance
Book #7: All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood by Jennifer Senior
=10 points
15.10 Goof Off!
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
=15 points
20.10 - Group Reads
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
I posted in the thread post #8 and #13
=20 points
Points This Post: 45
Total Points: 345/940
Goodreads Author Tickets: 0 (3 total)
Big Book Tickets: 0 (3 total)
Tasks Posted: 24/55
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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$5 – Pink:
Flowers on fan
Points this post: 20
Total points: 305