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SPRING CHALLENGE 2014
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20.7 - Clebrate The Sibs!
I have 2 siblings (a brother and a sister) so I read the second book in a series
Outside In by Maria V. Snyder (*GoodReads Author*)
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 160
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 11
GoodReads Authors: 9
I have 2 siblings (a brother and a sister) so I read the second book in a series
Outside In by Maria V. Snyder (*GoodReads Author*)
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 160
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 11
GoodReads Authors: 9
5.3 - Candyland.
Read a book that includes the 3 letter sequence "and" in a word in the title/subtitle
The Book of Blood and Shadow
5.5 - Scrabble
Read a book whose author's initials appear in the word "Scrabble."
Katy Carter Wants a Hero by Ruth Saberton
10.3 - Do Not Collect $200
Read a book with a page count that does NOT include the numbers 2 OR zero.
My Fair Lord
358 pages
10.9 - Colorful Captions
Read a book where individual words or letters in the title are at least 2 different colors on the cover.
Points this post:30
Total Points:30
Read a book that includes the 3 letter sequence "and" in a word in the title/subtitle
The Book of Blood and Shadow
5.5 - Scrabble
Read a book whose author's initials appear in the word "Scrabble."
Katy Carter Wants a Hero by Ruth Saberton
10.3 - Do Not Collect $200
Read a book with a page count that does NOT include the numbers 2 OR zero.
My Fair Lord
358 pages
10.9 - Colorful Captions
Read a book where individual words or letters in the title are at least 2 different colors on the cover.

Points this post:30
Total Points:30

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Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 5
Total Points Earned to Date: 220
Pages Read this Challenge: 288
Total Pages Read to Date: 5844
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 19
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets: 500( 1 ), 750(), 1000()

20.5 - Big Books Are Best!
Read a book that is 500+ pages
Cress by Marissa Meyer
**Cress is 550 pages, 1 Big Book Ticket**
**Marissa Meyer is a GR Author, 1 GRA ticket**
Points: 20
Total Points: 330
GoodReads Authors: 11
Big Books: 2

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
I have one sibling, this is book one of a series.
this task 20 points
total points 190

30.4 A Springtime Stroll Through the World of Monopoly
For the first book I chose: Springtime/ Option 1: I read The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets by Eva Rice. The author's initials (E & R) can be found in the word springtime.
For the next book I chose: Monopoly/Option 3: A book of my choosing. I read Dirt by Stuart Woods.
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 45

List of 20 Numbers; Random Generator Number 7
I Stand Before You | S.R. Grey | 410 Pages | ★★★★ | GR Author
Total Tasks Completed: 36/55
Total Points this Task: 10
Total Overall Points: 550
Goodreads Author Points This Task: 1
Goodreads Author Points Total: 33
Big Book Ticket Totals: 500+(5)

Option 2:Takes place at least 50% in Iowa
Making Waves | Lorna Seilstad | 368 Pages | ★★★ |
Total Tasks Completed: 37/55
Total Points this Task: 20
Total Overall Points: 570
Goodreads Author Points This Task: 0
Goodreads Author Points Total: 33
Big Book Ticket Totals: 500+(5)

Facial Hair on the Cover: The man on the cover has a mustache..albeit a light one but one is there.
Cover

The Mystic Wolves: Mystic Wolves | Belinda Boring | 306 Pages | ★★★ | GR Author
Total Tasks Completed: 38/55
Total Points this Task: 15
Total Overall Points: 585
Goodreads Author Points This Task: 1
Goodreads Author Points Total: 34
Big Book Ticket Totals: 500+(5)

20.1 - Most Improved Player - Shelby's Task: Chug-a Chug-a...Chug-a Chug-a...Choo-Choo
Requirement: Read a middle book from a series
**Dead Sleep is book 3 out of 4 in Mississippi Series**
Dead Sleep by Greg Iles

Points this task: 20
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Pages read: 1,071
Goodreads Author Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (0) 750+ (0) 1000+ (0)

Option 1: Long and Short Titles Read Two Books the first one at least twice more characters then the second one.
Book 1
The Deliverer | Jason D. Morrow | 12 Characters | 450 Pages | ★★★ | GR Author
Book 2
Solo | Sarah Schofield | 4 Characters | 272 Pages | ★★★ | GR Author
Total Tasks Completed: 39/55
Total Points this Task: 25
Total Overall Points: 610
Goodreads Author Points This Task: 2
Goodreads Author Points Total: 36
Big Book Ticket Totals: 500+(5)

Worlds Afire by Paul B. Janeczko April 12 (Connecticut)
Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 210
Total Tasks Completed: 15
Total Books Read: 15
Total Goodreads Authors: 8
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

Book A: Read a book by an author whose first, middle, or last name is the same as a place name.

Book B: Read a book set primarily in the place identified by the author's name of book A.

Totals for challenge:
Points this task: 30
Total points: 720/ 940
Tasks completed: 49
Books read: 54
Goodreads authors: 7
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Task 25.4 - Mardi Gras Fun!
I did options 2 and 4.
For option 2, I read a book with a mask on the cover:

Remembrance by Michelle Madow
**Michelle Madow is a Goodreads author!!**
For option 4, I read a book of my choice:
Zel by Donna Jo Napoli
**Donna Jo Napoli is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 25
Total points: 280
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 24
Pages read: 5310
Goodreads authors: 12
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

A. Read a book by an author whose initials (first and last - middle initials should be ignored), can be found in any order in AMERICA

Points this post: 20
Total points: 430

Completed Tasks
25.3 - Jessica PDX’s task: The Long and the Short of It
Using Option 1 - Long and Short Titles
Book A has 11 characters -- Bridgeworld
Book B has 4 characters -- Fate
TICKET CLAIM: Bridgeworld is by Travis McBee who is a Goodreads Author
TICKET CLAIM: Fate is by Tallulah Grace who is a Goodreads Author
*** Summary ***
Previous Points Earned: 450
Points Earned this Post: 25
Total Points to Date: 475
Big Book Tickets to Date: 2
Goodreads Authors to Date: 18

10.3 - Do Not Collect $200
This is 456 pages.

Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 455

Task # 30.1 Susan A’s Task – Eat, Sleep, Swim, Repeat
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Option 2 – Breaststroke (woman showing cleavage)

(Approved at message # 54 in the help thread)
Option 5 – Individual Medley (“IM” in title)
Jimmy The Kid ✔ – 09Apr14
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 180 points
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books Read: ( ) 500 pg / (1 ) 750 pg / ( ) 1000 pg
Big Book TICKETS: 2

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Task # 20.8 - It's My Birthday! - Rhonda's Task: On This Day in History!
A. Read a book by an author whose initials (first and last - middle initials should be ignored), can be found in any order in AMERICA

Points this post: 20
Total points: 430

10.2 Do Not Pass Go
I read The Naked Earl by Sally MacKenzie for this task.
10.10 Take a Chance
I read David: Lord of Honor by Grace Burrowes for this task.
15.1 Nowruz Day
I chose options C & D. For option C, I read Sapphires Are an Earl's Best Friend by Shana Galen.
Shana Galen is a GR Author.
For option D, I read

Points this post: 35
Total points: 110
Books read: 16
Tasks complete: 15
GR authors: 5
Big Books:
500+ 1
750+ 0
1000+ 0

Book A: The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley (27 letters)
Book B: The Moor by Laurie R. King (7 letters)
**Alan Bradley is a Goodreads author.**
**Laurie R. King is a Goodreads author.**
Points this post: 25
Total points: 340
GR authors: 14

Fish = Red Salmon
Red River, Vol. 1 by Chie Shinohara - per word "red"
10.10 - Take a Chance – random number generator
Mine generated #20 on my list:
A Night Like This by Julia Quinn
Julia Quinn is a Goodreads author.
15.1 Nowruz Day
Option B - "light" found intact in a word in the title or subtitle
Masked by Moonlight by Nancy Gideon – per word “moonlight”
Nancy Gideon is a Goodreads author.
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Mary Beth's task: Big Books are Best! - read one book of more than 500 pages.
The Success Principles(TM): How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be by Jack Canfield – 512 pages
Points This Post: 50
Points Total: 265
GR Author: 8

Option 2: Read a book between 100 and 200 pages in length
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (194 pages)
Option 4. Flipped Map
The Hours by Michael Cunningham (opposite gender and appears on Virginia Woolf's map)
Task total=30
Grand total=345

A Fisherman of the Inland Sea by Ursula Le Guin
5.9 Gin Rummy - cocktail name: Whiskey Sour
Whiskey Sour by J.A. Konrath
5.10 Poker - book with a title containing a number from one to ten
Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers
30.1 Susan A's Task: Eat, Sleep, Swim, Repeat
Option 4: FREESTYLE - book of choice
The First True Lie by Marina Mander
Option 5: INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY - IM in title- "Impossible"
The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells by Andrew Sean Greer
30.2 - Sassafrass Task: Moulth full of words!
Option 2: Amaurosis fugax: book that shows an eye - approved in msg 2 of help task

Option 3: Palpitations: a book with Romance as a genre on main page
The Christmas Visitor: An Amish Romance by Linda Byler
30.3 - DLM Rose's Task: Crazy Quilt
Option 1: Quilt Blocks - block chosen "Crazy House" - word to use in title "house"
Smart House by Kate Wilhelm
Opltion 4: Q is for Quilt - Q in title
The Quilter's Homecoming by Jennifer Chiavianni
30.4 -Sheila/Kathy's Task: A Springtime Stroll Through the World of Monopoly
Springtime - option 2 - Read a book with rain or an umbrella on cover - umbrella

Monopoly - option 3 FREE PARKING SPACE - book of choice
No One Noticed the Cat by Anne McCaffrey
(thoroughly enjoy all of the author's books - this one was no exception)
Goodreads Author - J. A. Konrath
Points this post = 135 Total = 270/940
Tasks this post = 7 Total = 21/55
Books Read = 11 Total = 20
GR Authors = 1 Total = 8

Task 10.3 - Do Not Collect $200
I read a book with 136 pages (no 2 or 0 in the total:
The Walking Dead, Vol. 19: March to War by Robert Kirkman
Points this task: 10
Total points: 290
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 25
Pages read: 5446
Goodreads authors: 12
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

No Such Thing by A.M. Arthur has GLBT as a genre on the main page
[Ebook verified at line 965 (spreadsheet)]
25.5 - Oma1229/JenneRenee's task: Spring Reading Haiku
2. Hainted by Jordan L. Hawk has romance, horror and fantasy as genres on the main page.
3. Tough Love by Heidi Cullinan has the word LOVE in the title.
[Ebook verified at line 1625 (spreadsheet)]
30.4 - Sheila/Kathy G's task: A Springtime Stroll Through the World of Monopoly
Springtime 3. Gilliflowers by Gillibran Brown has flowers printed on a shirt on the book cover.

[Task approved at Msg. 27]
Monopoly 3. Zenith by Arshad Ahsanuddin is my book of choice.
Optional task : A fantastic cross-genre book that straddles both the science fiction (space opera) genre and the romance genre equally. The romance is primarily gay, but there are major characters with m/f relationship dynamics also. Fun, exciting and romantic without being cloying. I really enjoyed this.
*** A.M. Arthur is a Goodreads Author ***
*** Jordan L. Hawk is a Goodreads Author ***
*** Heidi Cullinan is a Goodreads Author ***
*** Arshad Ahsanuddin is a Goodreads Author ***
Points this Post: 65
Goodreads Author(s): 4
TOTAL
Total Points to Date: 400
Total Tasks Completed: 21
Total Goodreads Authors: 25
Edited to add the optional task info.

BIG BOOK Ticket for Styxx.
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Mary Beth's task: Big Books are Best!
Read a book with more than 500 pages.

Points for this Task: 20
Total Points: 90
Tasks Completed:7
Books Read: 8
Goodreads Authors:6
Big Books:1

10.10: Take a Chance: random # was 13:
Sinister by Lisa Jackson. Lisa Jackson is a GRA.
15.6: World Champs: set in United Kingdom (England specifically)
The Seance by John Harwood. John Harwood is a GRA.
20.7: Shorter is Sweeter: Kimber's Task: Celebrate the Sibs: I have 2 sisters - #2 in series.
Murder With Puffins by Donna Andrews. Donna Andrews is a GRA.
30.4: Sheila/Kathy G's Task: A Springtime Stroll thru the World of Monopoly:
Spring 1. SpringtiMe MS
Knit One, Kill Two by Maggie Sefton
Monopoly 3. I enjoyed this book because it went into detail about a tragedy that changed America and its workplaces from that day on.
Triangle: The Fire That Changed America by David von Drehle
30.8: Delicious Dee's Task: Read 'Em Again:
1. Task: 30.12 from Autumn 2012: Murder on the Ghost Walk by Ellen Elizabeth Hunter
Murder on the Candlelight Tour by Ellen Elizabeth Hunter
2. Task: 5.2 Summer 2012: The Fixer Upper by Mary Kay Andrews
Hissy Fit by Mary Kay Andrews
Points This Post: 105
Total Points: 395.
3 GRA this post.

Springtime #3, a book with flowers on the cover: Naughty in Nice by Rhys Bowen

**Rhys Bowen is a Goodreads author.**
Monopoly #3, a book of choice: Astonish Me: A novel by Maggie Shipstead
I did enjoy this new novel about the world of professional ballet.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 370
GR authors: 15

30.4 A Springtime Stroll Through the World of Monopoly
Part 1: Springtime
Option 1: Author's intitials found in sPringtiMe
Below Stairs: The Classic Kitchen Maid's Memoir That Inspired "Upstairs, Downstairs" and "Downton Abbey" by Margaret Powell
and
Part 2: Monopoly
Option 3: free parking/choice
Runaway Girl: Escaping Life on the Streets, One Helping Hand at a Time by Carissa Phelps
+30
total: 100
tasks: 6
books: 7
total GR authors: 1

option 4 The Darkest Hour, Maya Banks
M in Locomotive B in Caboose
Points this task: 20
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 13

option 3 - book #2 of 12 published in The Hollows series
The Good, the Bad, and the Undead by Kim Harrison
Kim Harrison is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 20
Total points: 310
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 20
Goodreads Author: 18
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1); 750 (0); 1000(0)

5.3 - Candyland
Taxes and TARDIS by N.R. Walker
- and in title
- length approved here
*** N.R. Walker is GR author***
15.2 - Spring Babies
Book A - BJ Rose
Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas
Book B - Pigletto
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
*** Lisa Kleypas is GR author***
Points This Post: 20
Total points: 280
Tasks Completed: 14
Total Books Read: 21
Goodreads Authors: 17
Big Books: 500 (/), 750 (/), 1000 (/)
15.3 You Go Girl!
Daphne by Justine Picardie
Points this post: 15
Total points: 235
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 16
Goodreads authors: 5
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
Daphne by Justine Picardie
Points this post: 15
Total points: 235
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 16
Goodreads authors: 5
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)

15.2 - Spring Babies
Book A - Read a book read and rated 4 or 5 stars by a SRC member with a Spring birthday
Angie Rated 5 Stars

Book B - Read a book read and rated 4 or 5 stars by a SRC member with a September-November birthdayAdrienne Rated 5 Stars

Totals for Challenge
Points this task : 15
Total Points : 485
Tasks Completed : 25
Books Read This Season : 37
Good Reads Authors : 17
Big Books : 500+ (1)
Big Books : 750+ (0)
Big Books : 1000+ (0)

20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Tammy AZ's task: Well-Seasoned Books
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson goodreads author.
This book is the 4th oldest book on my friend Ann's TBR Shelf.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 390
GR Authors: 13
Big Books: 500+(2),750+(0),1000+(0)

Death with Interruptions ("Death in the Afternoon")
10.5 - America's Most Popular
Our Man in Havana - first published in 1958.
10.7 - Sugar Shack
Shorecliff - set in Maine (Ursula DeYoung is a Goodreads author.)
Total points claimed: 385 (25 in this post)
Goodreads authors: 10 (1 in this post)

Death of a Neighborhood Witch by Laura Levine
Cocktail: Death in the Afternoon
*** Laura Levine is a Goodreads Author ***
10.1 - Go to Jail
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas (approved in help thread)
*** Sarah J. Maas is a Goodreads Author ***
Total points this post: 15
Total GRA this post: 2
Total points: 100
Total GRA: 6
Total big book tickets: 0

task 5.5 scrabble!
*author's initials appear in the word "scrabble":
Gods and Kings by Lynn Austin
**this is a GRA
Points this post: 5
Total points: 170
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 13

5.4- Boggle
One Good Earl Deserves a Lover - Sarah MacLean (GR Author) - EARL can be spelt out on the boggle board
15.3 You Go Girl!
The Truth About Alice - Jennifer Mathieu (GR Author) - both Alice and Jennifer are listed on the behind the name website for feminine names
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 440
GR Author: 25

task 30.1 eat, sleep, swim!
*opt #2 breaststroke: bare male chest on cover:

* at 576 pages claiming a big book ticket
*opt #4 freestyle: book of your choice:
The Whole Enchilada by Diane Mott Davidson
**this is a GRA
Points this post: 30
Total points: 200
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 14

$10 – Yellow:

*** Waverly Curtis is a Goodreads Author ***
Total points: 120
Total GRA: 7
Total big book tickets: 0

Option 4, book of choice: The Obituary Writer by Ann Hood
** Ann Hood is a Goodreads author.**
Option 5, IM consecutive in title: An Impartial Witness by Charles Todd
**Charles Todd is a Goodreads author.**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 400
GR authors: 17

Task # 30.7 - Nick KY’s task: Back to Australia
Option 2. Shrimp on the Barbie. Read a book between 100 and 200 pages in length The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
191 pages
Option 3. Outback. Read any book with “Environment” or “Ecology” or “Wildlife” as a genre on its GR homepage The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean by Susan Casey . Environment is listed as a genre on book's main page
Points this post: 30
Total points: 460
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10.7 - Sugar Shack
Set in New Hampshire: Second Shot by Zoë Sharp
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Bluemoon's task: Covers of Spring
option 2, clouds on cover:
Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein
25.2 - Elizabeth B's task: Nordic Noir
Book A, set in Finland: A Winter Book by Tove Jansson, 208 pg
Book B, connects via 3- book in title: The Book of Killowen by Erin Hart, 352 pg
208+352 = 560 pg
total = 740
10.7 - Sugar Shack
Set in New Hampshire: Second Shot by Zoë Sharp
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Bluemoon's task: Covers of Spring
option 2, clouds on cover:

25.2 - Elizabeth B's task: Nordic Noir
Book A, set in Finland: A Winter Book by Tove Jansson, 208 pg
Book B, connects via 3- book in title: The Book of Killowen by Erin Hart, 352 pg
208+352 = 560 pg
total = 740
10.2 - Do Not Pass Go
I read Trader by Charles de Lint. No "g" or "o" in either the title or the author's name.
15.2 Spring Babies
For Book A, I read Don't Look Back, rated 5 stars by Sheila, a Spring baby in the Northern hemisphere.
For Book B, I read The Keeper of Lost Causes , rated 5 stars by Andy P, a Spring baby in the Southern Hemispher.
15.9 Spring Into Action
I read The Robots of Dawn, added to my TBR on 12/21/13.
Points this post: 40
Total points: 430
I read Trader by Charles de Lint. No "g" or "o" in either the title or the author's name.
15.2 Spring Babies
For Book A, I read Don't Look Back, rated 5 stars by Sheila, a Spring baby in the Northern hemisphere.
For Book B, I read The Keeper of Lost Causes , rated 5 stars by Andy P, a Spring baby in the Southern Hemispher.
15.9 Spring Into Action
I read The Robots of Dawn, added to my TBR on 12/21/13.
Points this post: 40
Total points: 430

Book 1:
The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart
Mississippi, MS
Book 2:
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
Mississippi, Magnolia State
Points this post: 25
Total points: 550

Being Hartley by Allison Rushby
***Allison Rushby is a Goodreads author***
Points this post: 10
Total points: 70
GR Author this post: 1
Total GR Authors: 5
Big Books this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0

30.1 - Susan A’s Task: Eat, Sleep, Swim, Repeat
Option 2-Read a book with a bare male chest on the cover (full or partially exposed) or a woman showing a lot of cleavage on the cover.

Claiming Susan Kernan-Lewis as Gr author
Option 4-Read a book of your choice that meets the general SRC requirements.

Total Points: 330/940
Total Tasks: 15/55
Total GR Authors: (9)
Total Big Books: 500+( );759+( )
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15.4 - Wheeling and Dealing
Option B : B. Read a book with one of these words in the title or subtitle: bank, money, cash, dollar(s), wealth(y), bread, buck(s), coin(s), dough, gold, silver, rich(es), monopoly.
Option C : Read a book by an author named Elizabeth, Lizzie, “J.”, Magie, Phillips, Henry, George, Parker, Brothers, Charles, Darrow, John, Waddington.
Totals for Challenge
Points this task : 15
Total Points : 470
Tasks Completed : 24
Books Read This Season : 35
Good Reads Authors : 16
Big Books : 500+ (1)
Big Books : 750+ (0)
Big Books : 1000+ (0)