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SPRING CHALLENGE 2014
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Completed Tasks (Do Not Delete Posts)
BRIAN30.3 - DLMRose's task: Crazy Quilt
Option 1 - contains a word from the name of a popular quilt block
The Oath: The Obama White House and The Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin
The word 'House' is in the block Crazy House
Option 5 - on a list of Native American literature
The Round House by Louise Erdrich
The Book is #51 on the list Native American Fiction
Points this post: 30
Total points: 235
Books read: 14
Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books : 2-0-0 (2)
30.5 - Ty's task: Poetry CountsOption 1: consists of 5 syllables
Into the Darkness by K.F. Breene
Option 3:
Sweet Seduction by Maya Banks
Goodreads Authors x 2
30.8 - Delicious Dee's task: Read ‘Em Again
Book 1 Fall challenge 2013 I read - Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren
For this challenge I read:
Beautiful Stranger by Christina Lauren
Book 2 Winter challenge 2013/2014 I read The Mackenzies: Dane, Thomas, Riley, Cooper byLiliana Hart
For this challenge I read
Cade by Liliana Hart
Both are only the second I have read by either author.
Goodreads Author x 2
50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: Five Crowns
Heads - Author - Laurelin Paige used for all 3 books
1. Fixed on You
2. Found in You
3. Forever with You
She is also a Goodreads Author (x3)
Points this post: 110
Total points: 425
Books read: 27
Tasks completed: 19
Goodreads Authors: 23
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Laurie ME5.2: Go. set in China:
The Secret Piano: From Mao's Labor Camps to Bach's Goldberg Variations by Zhu Xiao-Mei
5.3: Candyland: lANDlord
Shakespeare's Landlord by Charlaine Harris
5.10: Poker: Queen's
The Queen's Man by Rory Clements
10.4: A Token Task: a top hat:
Ripped: A Jack the Ripper Time-Travel Thriller by Shelly Dickson Carr. Shelly Dickson Carr is a GRA.
15.7: Mr. Monopoly Mustache: approved in post 56:
Murder in Jackson Hole by J. Royal Horton
Points this Post: 40.
Total Points: 520.
1 GRA
BEKKA - 15.1 Nowruz DayA: For this task, I read “
” by Varsha Bajaj, since it is set mostly in India. D: For this task, I read “
” by Bich Minh Nguyen, since it has a girl wearing a red dress on the cover. Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 15
Total Points Earned to Date: 285
Pages Read this Challenge: 553
Total Pages Read to Date: 7361
Books Read this Challenge: 2
Total Books Read: 24
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Book Tickets: 500( 1 ), 750(), 1000()
Post #1420.10 - Group Reads
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
review post #28
Points this task:20
Total: 360
GR authors:10
Books read:25
Tasks Done:17
5.6 - StrategoBarrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold, who is a Goodreads author. (Verified for War/Military in Genre Verification thread on Mar 8.)
20.8 - It's My Birthday! - Rhonda's Task: On This Day in History!
Option A - Murder is Easy (253 pages) by Agatha Christie
Total points claimed: 540 (25 in this post)
Goodreads authors: 15 (1 in this post)
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Mary Beth's task: Big Books are Best!Sempre by J.M. Darhower
Big Book ticket 530 pages
J.M.Darhower is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 20
Total points: 395
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 25
Goodreads Author: 21
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2); 750 (0); 1000(0)
Task #5.4 - Boggle.Melting The Ice by Jaci Burton (GR Author)
Ice
Task #15.3 - You Go Girl!
Option 2
Losing Hope by Colleen Hoover (GR Author)
Women's first name in title - Hope and
book was written by a woman - Colleen
Task #25.5 - Oma1229/JenneRenee's task: Spring Reading Haiku
Option 2
Carnal Secrets by Suzanne Wright (GR Author)
"Fantasy" as a genre on main page
Option 4
Kaleidoscope by Kristen Ashley (GR Author)
Author initials can be found in HAIKU -(Kristen Ashley)
Points this Post: 45
Totals:
Total Points: 45
Total Goodreads Authors: 4
Total Tasks Completed: 3
Total Books Read: 4
5.1 So Many GamesThe Library Card by Jerry Spinelli
Title uses the word "card".
Points: 5
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5.3 Candyland
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Title has "and", which was apptoved in thread (post 8).
Points: 5
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5.7 Bridge
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Title contains word "bridge", and the book was approved in post 52.
Points: 5
TOTAL POINTS: 15
10.2 Do Not Pass GoThe Bird Sisters by Rebecca Rasmussen
No 'G' or 'O' in title or author name.
Rebecca Rasmussen is a GR Author
Points: 10
GR Author: 1
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10.9 Colorful Captions
by Janet EvanovichJanet Evanovich is a GR Author
Title is in two colors.
Points: 10
GR Author: 1
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10.10 Take a Chance
My randomizer number was 11.
The eleventh book in my list was:
Lord of the Dance by Andrew M. Greeley
Points: 10
TOTAL POINTS: 45
Total GR Authors: 2
20.4 My Bye Bye Birdie BirthdayOption 2: Renaissance setting: 14th to 17th century Europe
The Nightingale Gallery by Paul Harding
Description states that this story occurs in 1376, which is the 14th century.
Points: 20
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20.6 Well-Seasoned Books
I used Bluemoon's list - Bluemoon's TBR.
Anthem by Ayn Rand
Points: 20
TOTAL POINTS: 100
30.7 Back to AustraliaOption 1: Australian Author/Setting
Breath by Tim Winton
Both an australian author and an australisan setting.
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Option 4: Literature Map
Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
Melina Marchetta is a GR Author.
First author was male; this author is female.
Points: 30
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30.8 Read 'Em Again
From SRC Fall 2012 Task 30.6, my second book for that task was by Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451
Farewell Summer by Ray Bradbury
From SRC Fall 2013 Task 20.3, I read a book by Fern Michaels Fast Track.
Southern Comfort by Fern Michaels
Fern Michaels is a GR Author.
Points: 30
TOTAL POINTS: 160
Total GR Authors: 4
50.1 Five CrownsI rolled TAILS.
1. The Bat by Jo Nesbø
This is book #1 of Harry Hole series.
2. Miss Tonks Turns to Crime by Marion Chesney
This is book #2 of The Poor Relation series.
3. A Purple Place for Dying by John D. MacDonald
This is book #3 of the Travis McGee series.
This reading list was approved in the thread (post 13).
Points: 50
TOTAL POINTS: 210
aka Metshaft20.1 Chug-a Chug-a...Chug-a Chug-a...Choo-Choo
For option 4 I read Murphy's Revenge by Colin Bateman
20.2 Fun in a Box!
I read The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Option 1 - Sherlock in title.
20.7 Celebrate the Sibs!
I have 1 brother so I read
First book in the series.
Totals for challenge:
Points this post: 60
Total points: 60/ 940
Tasks completed: 3
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
aka Metshaft20.1 Chug-a Chug-a...Chug-a Chug-a...Choo-Choo
For option 4 I read Murphy's Revenge by Colin Bateman
20.2 Fun in a Box!
I read The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Option 1 - Sherlock in title.
20.7 Celebrate the Sibs!
I have 1 brother so I read
First book in the series. Goodreads Author.
Totals for challenge:
Points this post: 60
Total points: 60/ 940
Tasks completed: 3
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Elizabeth B5.5 - Scrabble
Ours to Love by Shayla Black (S,B can be found in SCRABBLE)
25.1 - Andy P's task: The 50 States of Monopoly
bk 1: Alabama (AL) The Locker Room by Amy Lane
bk 2: Alabama's nickname: Heart of Dixie Change of Heart
30.5 - Ty's task: Poetry Counts
Opt 1: Immortal Ever After (7 syllables)
Opt 3: The Night Circus (14 letters, night is a 5-letters word)
Points this post:60
Total: 535+60=595
REPOST - cover included10.9 Colorful Captions - part of title is in white and part is in red
Blood Ties by Kay Hooper
Kaye *
* New member --waiting to get readerboard name approved , in case you don't have me listed yet .
Backdating my books I read from March and April ,the first one that will count is for :
5.4- Boggle
Word used from Boggle Board was G R A C E S .
Good Graces
Points this post - 5
Total points - 5
* New member --waiting to get readerboard name approved , in case you don't have me listed yet .
Backdating my books I read from March and April ,the first one that will count is for :
5.4- Boggle
Word used from Boggle Board was G R A C E S .
Good Graces
Points this post - 5
Total points - 5
Kaye * (new )
10.1 - Go to Jail
Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian
This book was a nonfiction book about a guy who got a job as a prison librarian in Boston .
Points this post - 10
Total points -15
10.1 - Go to Jail
Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian
This book was a nonfiction book about a guy who got a job as a prison librarian in Boston .
Points this post - 10
Total points -15
Kaye
10.3 - Do Not Collect $200
A book that has a page count without a 2 or 0 .
The book has 336 pgs :
Whistling In the Dark
Points this post -10
Total points - 25
10.3 - Do Not Collect $200
A book that has a page count without a 2 or 0 .
The book has 336 pgs :
Whistling In the Dark
Points this post -10
Total points - 25
aka Metshaft15.10 - Goof off
REad any book you want... I read A Million Bucks by 30: How to Overcome a Crap Job, Stingy Parents, and a Useless Degree to Become a Millionaire Before (or After) Turning Thirty
5.10 Poker.
I read The Jack the Ripper Location Photographs: Dutfield's Yard and the Whitby Collection
... the Name Jack is in the title.
This book is only 95 pages - and is the only book of less than 100 pages read for this challenge.
Totals for challenge:
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80/ 940
Tasks completed: 5
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Julie P20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's Task: Monopoly Money, Spring, and the SRC
$5-Pink
Requirement: Flower on Cover
The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty
**Cover approved in Task Help Thread/Post 70**
**Liane Moriarty is a Goodreads Author**
Points this task: 20
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
Pages read: 1,865
Goodreads Author Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (0) 750+ (0) 1000+ (0)
30.1 - Susan A’s Task: Eat, Sleep, Swim, Repeat1. BACKSTROKE- Read a book that shows at least one person from the back on the cover
5. Individual Medley (IM)- Read a book with the letters IM consecutive within a single word in the title or subtitle.
Thief of Time
50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: Five Crowns
Heads: The authors of all three books must share either the same first OR last name. You can use the same author more than once.
1.Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
2. Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett
3. A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett
Totals for challenge:
Points this task: 80
Total points: 300/ 940
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 20
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Nick KY50.1 Ms Anderson’s Five Crowns
I flipped heads.
Book 1. I read Batman: Arkham Asylum by Grant Morrison. (Ms Anderson generously allows Graphic Novels.)
Then I read two more books by authors with the last name of Morrison.
Book 2. I read Sula by Toni Morrison.
Book 3. I read The Black Nile: One Man's Amazing Journey Through Peace and War on the World's Longest River by Dan Morrison.
Points This Post: 50
Total Points so Far: 555
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(2)
Eepa15.3 You Go Girl!
Option 2 Read ONE book that satisfies both A and B above.
A Rose is a Rose by Jet Mykles
Jet Mykles is a GR author.
Approved for length in post #3366.
15.8 Take Your Vitamins
Read a book with a word of a single letter in the title or subtitle.
Never a Hero by Marie Sexton
Marie Sexton is a GR author.
30.4 A Springtime Stroll Through the World of Monopoly
Springtime
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.
A Companion to Wolves by Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear
S and M from Sarah Monette are found in springtime.
Elizabeth Bear is a GR author.
Monopoly
3) FREE PARKING SPACE- Read a book of your choice and thoroughly enjoy it!
Buried Bones by Kim Fielding
Kim Fielding is a GR author.
Points in this post: 60
Total points: 310
GR authors: 20
5.6 StrategoThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Genre = war
Points: 5
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15.6 World Champs
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Set in the United Kingdom.
Points: 15
TOTAL POINTS: 230
LORI TX50. FIVE CROWNS
Flipped HEADS (no wild cards)
all by Suzanne Collins
Points this post = 50
Total points = 50
Chris MD20.3 - Monopoly Money
$10 option - Woman on cover is wearing a hat
by Jacqueline Winspear, who is a GoodReads author.I listened to the audio version of this book. The paperback has 352 pages.
20.4 Bye Bye Birdie Birthday
Option 4 - Cover shows a bird
by David Sedaris I listened to the audio version of this book. The paperback has 288 pages.
20.5 Big Books Are the Best
Lionheart by Sharon Kay Penman, who is a GoodReads author.
This book is 594 pages long, meeting the page requirements and being worth one Big Book ticket, please.
20.6 Well-Seasoned Books
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, who is a GoodReads author.
This book is number one on my friend Cindy's TBR list. It was added 6/28/2010, and I'm really hoping she doesn't take it down today because we read it for our book club, which met last night.
I listened to the audio version of this book. The paperback has 315 pages.
20.7 Celebrate the Sibs
I have one sweet sister, so I read #1 in the Nell Sweeney Historical Mysteries series.
Still Life With Murder by P. B. Ryan.
Points for this post: 20 + 20 + 20 + 20 + 20 = 100
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500=1, 750=0, 1,000=0
Pat 20.5 - Bigger is Better
Read one book of more than 500 pages.
Life After Life by Kate AtkinsonHardcover, 529 pages
*****Big Book*****
Totals for Challenge
Points this task : 20
Total Points : 620
Tasks Completed : 32
Books Read This Season : 47
Good Reads Authors : 25
Big Books : 500+ (2)
Big Books : 750+ (0)
Big Books : 1000+ (0)
5.1 - So Many GamesThe word CARD is in the title:
The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett
15.8 - Take your vitamins
There is a single letter word - a - in the title:
Death of a Perfect Wife by M.C. Beaton
Total points 90
Jessica PDX30.8 - Delicious Dee's Task - Read 'Em Again
I read A Drop of the Hard Stuff in Spring 2013:
by Lawrence BlockI read Lit in Winter 2012-2013:
by Mary KarrPoints This Post: 30
Total Points: 520
Andy P.Task # 10.9 - Colorful Captions
Read a book where individual words or letters in the title are at least 2 different colors on the cover
by Kate Flora.Book was approved here: Here The seventh book in the first line
Points this post: 10
Total points: 625
20.6 - Well-Seasoned Books
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
(*Big Book 620 pages*)
The Host is the #9 oldest book on my friend Heather's TBR shelf.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 180
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 12
GoodReads Authors: 9
Big Books: 1 x500
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
(*Big Book 620 pages*)
The Host is the #9 oldest book on my friend Heather's TBR shelf.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 180
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 12
GoodReads Authors: 9
Big Books: 1 x500
10.9 - Colorful CaptionsAttachments by Rainbow Rowell, a book with two colors in the title
**Rainbow Rowell is a Goodreads author.**
Points this post: 10
Total points: 555
GR authors: 28
Kelleenie15.1 Nowruz Day
B) Nowruz (pronounced no-rooz) is a combination of two Persian words. The first word “now” means new and the second word “ruz” means day or light; together they mean “New Day” a celebration of spring and the new year.
Read a book with any of the words "new", "day", "light", "year", or "spring" found intact in a word in the title or subtitle.
Every Day by David Levithan
C) Haft-Seen Table: The Table of Seven S’s. An important activity in the celebration of Nowruz is making the haft-seen table. Literally, the haft-seen table means a “table of seven things that start with the letter S’. Traditionally the items are:
Sumac (crushed spice of berries): For the sunrise and the spice of life
Senjed (sweet dry fruit of the lotus tree): For love and affection
Serkeh (vinegar): For patience and age
Seeb (apples): For health and beauty
Sir (garlic): For good health
Samanu (wheat pudding): For fertility and the sweetness of life
Sabzeh (sprouted wheat grass): For rebirth and renewal of nature
Read a book with a title that begins with a word* that starts with the letter S.
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
Points this post: 15
Points to date: 90
Delicious Dee25.2 - Elizabeth B's task: Nordic Noir
Book A - Helsinki White - James Thompson (GR Author) joined to Book B - Helsinki Blood - James Thompson (GR Author) by options 1 (same author); 2 (both set in Finland) and 3 (same word in title) - combined pages for books is 632
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 620
GR Author: 35
50.1 - FIVE CROWNSI got heads.
BOOK 1 - Tender Savage by Iris Johansen
BOOK 2 - Capture The Rainbow by Iris Johansen
BOOK 3 - WILD CARD - Heart of the Sea by Nora Roberts which is the third book in the Gallaghers of Ardmore series.
TOTAL POINTS - 510
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 13
BIG BOOKS - 2
Lindy-Lanetask 5.8 go fish!
*type of fish name in title:
Little Black Book of Murder: A Blackbird Sisters Mystery by Nancy Martin
*name of fish name from approved list was "black sea bass"
**this is a GRA
Points this post: 5
Total points: 240
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500+(2) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 17
15.7 Mr Monopoly’s MustacheRead a book with a mustache or any other form of facial hair on the cover.
by Anton Chekhovapproved in task help thread
Task total=15
Grand total=475
SandiCompleted Tasks
5.1 - So Many Games.
The word 'Game' is in the title -- The Numbers Game
Available only in ebook format. Approved for length at post #3240 of the ebook verification thread . . . https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
10.10 - Take a Chance
I made a list of 20 books that I was interested in reading during this seasonal challenge. Using the randomizer I drew an '8' so the book chosen was Lies of the Prophet
Available only in ebook format. Approved for length at post #3316 of the ebook verification thread . . . https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
TICKET CLAIM: Lies of the Prophet is by Ike Hamill who is a Goodreads Author
*** Summary ***
Previous Points Earned: 555
Points Earned this Post: 15
Total Points to Date: 570
Big Book Tickets to Date: 2
Goodreads Authors to Date: 24
Delicious Dee20.4 - Author! Author! - Janet F's Task: My Bye Bye Birdie Birthday
repost due to moving book
Option 4 -
25.3 - Jessica PDX’s task: The Long and the Short of It
Option 3
the page count on Come Home to Me (Brenda Novak (GR Author)) is 416 pags, which is more than double the page count of The Daylight Gate which had 198 pgs
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 645
GR Author: 36
Coralie10.1 Go to Jail
Book with main character spending time in a detention camp
The Rugmaker of Mazar-e-Sharif
20.4 My Bye Bye Birdie Birthday
Option 2 – book set during the renaissance (14th century)
A Plague on Both Your Houses
20.10 Group Read
The Thirteenth Tale comment post #22.
This post 50 points
Total to date 510 points
30.4 Springtime Stroll Through MonopolySpringtime: Option 2 umbrella:
by Steve Kluger goodreads' authorMonopoly: Option 1 train tracks:
by Peter MatthiessenTotal points: 85
10.9 Colorful Captions
by Ian Buruma -- title is printed in red and black 15.6 World Champs
The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley -- set in the United Kingdom
* Claiming a GR author ticket for Alan Bradley *
20.8 On this day in history
Option B -- Devil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood by Jennifer Traig -- mental health and mental illness are listed on the main genre page
This Post: 45 points
Total Points: 95
10.8 - Join the Crowd
Popular among my goodreads friends10.2 - Do Not Pass Go
No Go or O Total Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
Pat 25.5 - Spring Reading Haiku
OPTION 3. Read a book with a word from My Springtime Reading Haiku that is at least four letters long in the title.
WEATHER in line 1
Stormy Weather by Paulette Jiles *****GoodReads Author*****OPTION 4. Read a book written by an author whose initials (first and last) can be found in HAIKU. The initials can be found in any order.
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini *****GoodReads Author*****Totals for Challenge
Points this task : 25
Total Points : 645
Tasks Completed : 33
Books Read This Season : 49
Good Reads Authors : 27
Big Books : 500+ (2)
Big Books : 750+ (0)
Big Books : 1000+ (0)
15.4 - Wheeling and DealingOption 2: The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
satisfies A. it has the genre Business on its main page and C. it's written by an author named Charles
15.10 - Goof Off!
The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford
20.10 - Group Reads
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
commented in discussion thread - post 20
Points this post: 50
Season Total: 275
20.4 My Bye Bye Birdie BirthdayOption 4: Birds on cover
The Bird Skinner by Alice Greenway30.2 Mouth Full of Words
Option 2: Eye on the cover
A Violet Season by Kathy Leonard CzepielKathy Leonard Czepiel is a Goodreads author.
Option 6: Young adult genre
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Points this post: 50
Total points: 195
Tasks: 10
Books: 12
Goodreads authors: 4
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5.3 Candyland
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
and in IslAND..listened to audio - mmpb
10.2 Do Not Pass Go
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
No "G's" or "O's" in title or author's name. Listened to the audio -- mmpb
points this post: 15
Total points: 130