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SPRING CHALLENGE 2014
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20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Kimber's task: 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
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler (Philip Marlowe #1)
I have one sibling.
Task total=20
Grand total=495
Jessica PDX20.3 - Chris MD's Task - Monopoly Money, Spring, and the SRC
$10 - Hat on cover
by Susan Elia MacNealPoints This Post: 20
Total Points: 540
Dlmrose wrote: "Congratulations, Susan A! Task 30.4 is yours!"Yeah! Thank you.
Task 20.3 - Monopoly Money, Spring, and the SRC $10 – Yellow –. Read a book where the cover shows a type of hat. Required: Include the cover when you post.
A New Life of Anton Chekhov (1976) by Ronald Francis Hingley (Hardcover, 358 pages)
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography (1976)
215 + 20 = 235
Tasks Completed: 16
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 215 + 20 = 235
Books read: 20
Pages read: 5,991
Read but not claimed: 8
Goodreads Authors: 04
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
25.3 - Jessica PDX’s task: The Long and the Short of ItThe page count of Book A must be at least twice the page count of Book B.
Book A: Snuff 476 pages
Book B: Vet in a Spin 224 pages
Totals for challenge:
Points this task: 25
Total points: 325/ 940
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 22
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
CathyG15.1 Nowruz Day
Select 2 options and read a book for each. You MAY do the same option twice.
B) Read a book with any of the words "new", "day", "light", "year", or "spring" found intact in a word in the title or subtitle.
Day /The Body Reset Diet: Power Your Metabolism, Blast Fat, and Shed Pounds in Just 15 Days by Harley Pasternak
C) Read a book with a title that begins with a word that starts with the letter S.
Spellbound by Sylvia Day
Goodreads Author
Required: Indicate the options
20.4 - Author! Author! - Janet F's Task: My Bye Bye Birdie Birthday
Option 4. Read a book with a bird or birds on the cover. The bird(s) should be part of the cover art/design and not a logo or publishing emblem.
REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
Goodreads Author
Required: Identify the option used when you post.
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Mary Beth's task: Big Books are Best! Big Books are over 500 pages and, at one point, Monopoly games included a $500 bill. So, for this task, please read one book of more than 500 pages.
Cress by Marissa Meyer
Goodreads Author
Big Book Ticket
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Tammy AZ's task: Well-Seasoned Books
In this case, I'd like you to read one of the ten oldest books from a Goodreads friend's TBR list.
Required: Please provide a link to your friend's profile or to the profile of the SRC moderator you used when posting.
Tina Up to Me by M. Leighton
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2...
Goodreads Author
25.1 - Andy P's task: The 50 States of Monopoly
Read 2 books.
Book 1. Using the official two letter abbreviation for the 50 states, choose an author whose initials match one of those abbreviations.
Kansas KS Kerrelyn Sparks
Less Than a Gentleman
Goodreads Author
Book 2. Using the same state, consult the list of state nicknames and match one of the words in the title/subtitle with your chosen state's nickname.
Salt of the Earth
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
Points this post: 100
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 7
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500= 1,750=0, 1000=0
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I read When Fish Fly: Lessons for Creating a Vital and Energized Workplace from the World Famous Pike Place Fish Market - word "fish" in title.
20.4 - Author! Author! - Janet F's Task: My Bye Bye Birdie Birthday
I chose option 2 and read Blood & Beauty: The Borgias - set in Italy during the Renaissance.
25.4 - Bamaace83's task: Mardi Gras Fun!
For my first book, I chose option 1 and read
, with a green cover.For my second book, I chose option 4 and read a book of my choice, How to Retire Happy: The 12 Most Important Decisions You Must Make Before You Retire
Points this post: 50
Total points: 610
25.6 All the Colors of the RainbowRed-
by Nick Cutter**GR AUTHOR**sky is red
Note: this book was genre approved in post #84
Blue-
by Deborah Harkness **GR AUTHOR**Background is blue
**BIG BOOK TICKET**
Totals:
Points this post: 25
Total points: 180
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 12
Goodreads authors this post: 2
Goodreads authors total: 6
Big Books this post:1 (500+)
Big Books total: 2 (500+)
15.6 - World ChampsBook set in one of the locations that hosted the Monopoly World Championship: California, US; Ohio, US; Ireland, Singapore, Italy, Australia, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Hong Kong, Japan (2x), Spain, or Norway
Set in California/Florida:
4/19/14Points for this Task: 15
Total Points: 210
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 14
Goodreads Authors: 15
Big Books: 1
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Tammy AZ's task: Well-Seasoned BooksThe House on Fortune Street by Margot Livesey, which I found on Dlmrose's TBR list #9 of the 10 oldest books.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 575
STACIE MITask 10.2 - Do Not Pass Go
I read a book with no G's or O's in the title or author's name:
Real Murders by Charlaine Harris
Points this task: 10
Total points: 450
Tasks completed: 34
Books read: 39
Pages read: 8631
Goodreads authors: 16
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 20.7 - Celebrate the Sibs!
I have seven siblings, so I read the 7th book in the Virgin River series:
Paradise Valley by Robyn Carr
Points this task: 20
Total points: 470
Tasks completed: 35
Books read: 41
Pages read: 9047
Goodreads authors: 1g
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
10.1 - Go to Jail The Texan's Wager by Jodi Thomas(Goodreads Author)
Book in which the heroine Bailee Moore goes to jail for a short duration
15.8 Take Your Vitamins
Never Romance a Rake
Book with a word of a single letter A in the title
15.9 Spring Into Action
Welcome To Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop Of Dreams
Book added to my To Read shelf on 10th Feb, 2014
15.10 Goof Off!
Concealed in Death
Book of my choice that meets SRC requirements
In this post :
Points : 55
Goodreads Authors : 1
Big Book Tickets : 0
Total:
Total Points: 400
Total Goodreads Authors: 19
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Tasks Completed: 25
Total Books Read: 31
20.4 - Author! Author! - Janet F's Task: My Bye Bye Birdie BirthdayOption 2 - book set in Rome, 1492
The Serpent and the Pearl by Kate Quinn
Kate Quinn is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 20
Total points: 415
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 26
Goodreads Author: 22
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2); 750 (0); 1000(0)
5.5 - ScrabbleGregor and the Prophecy of Bane by Suzanne Collins
5.7 - Bridge
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
15.1 - Nowruz Day
B - Light Years
C - Smith
20.4 - Author! Author! - Janet F's Task: My Bye Bye Birdie Birthday
Option 3 - Death and the Penguin, which is on pg 7 of the list.
Total points claimed: 615 (45 in this post)
Goodreads authors: 16 (0 in this post)
Elizabeth PTask 20.6 - Well-Seasoned Books
Book from friends 10 oldest TBR
Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella
Friend's link: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1...
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 475
Total Tasks: 28
Goodreads Authors: 24
Big Books: 6
Total Books: 36
5.9 - Gin Rummy(view spoiler)
Death Masks by Jim Butcher - ***** - 4/27/2014 - Death in the Afternoon Drink
Totals for challenge:
Points this task: 5
Total points: 240 / 940
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 21
Goodreads authors: 11
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
BOOK CONCIERGE20.8 It’s My Birthday – On This Day in History
Option 1 – author F & L in AMERICA - A C
Anthony Capella wrote The Wedding Officer: A Novel ✔ – 29April14 (560 pg)
*** Big Book Ticket – 1 ***
* * * * * * *
This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 290 points
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books Read: (2 ) 500 pg / (1 ) 750 pg / ( ) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 4
Nikki B5.9 Gin Rummy: Read a book with a word from the list of cocktails in its title or subtitle:
Death on the Nile for the cocktail Death in the Afternoon
Points this task: 5
Total Challenge Points to Date: 25
Sandy MN10.4 A Token Task
Token = Shoe
by Alexander McCall Smith (GR Author)30.8 30.8 - Delicious Dee's task: Read ‘Em Again
Book 1:
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman GR Author
I have read one other book by this author, The Graveyard Book, for the Winter 2011 Challenge
Book 2:
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell GR Author
I read one other book by this author, Fangirl, for the Winter 2013 challenge
Total Points: 270
Total GR Authors: 13
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
by Jessica Brockmole GoodReads AuthorPoints This Task: 20
Total Points: 140
GoodReads Authors: 11
Big Books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
MELANIE CTASK NAME: 20.6 Seasoned Reader
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, 312 pages
Qualifier: Read one of the ten oldest books from a Goodreads friend's TBR list - Susan Anderson (10th oldest book)
Neil Gaiman is a GRA.
Points this task: 20
Points Total: 190
Tasks Completed: 12
GR Author: 8
Big Books: 0
Andy P.Task # 10.8 - Join the Crowd
Read a book popular with your GR friends. Click on the tab that says popular books and read a book listed on that page
The Perfect Ghost by Linda Barnes. Chosen on 2/17/14
Points this post: 10
Total points:645
Nick KY10.5 America’s Most Popular. Read a book first published between 1940-1960. I read Aztecs of Mexico: Origin, Rise, and Fall of the Aztec Nation by George C. Vaillant, first published in 1944.
25.6 Stacy MI’s Rainbow
I read
A Feast of Snakes by Harry Crews. Yellow – Horror genre with yellow in the kaleidoscope of hues on the cover. “Horror” approved as genre in message 46 of the verification thread. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Then I read
Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson. Green – Science Fiction genre with plenty of green lettering on the cover.CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for Green Mars, 640 pages.
Points This Post: 35
Total Points so Far: 590
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(2)
Sheila20.10 - Group Reads
I chose Gothic and listened to
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield ✔I posted my comment in Post 23 in book discussion thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: Five Crowns
I flipped Tails and I didn't use the Wild Card I read 3 books by the same author in the Ruth Galloway series. All were 5 star books for me
The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths (Ruth Galloway #1) ✔
The Janus Stone by Elly Griffiths (Ruth Galloway #2) ✔
The House at Sea's End by Elly Griffiths (Ruth Galloway #3) ✔Total Points = 940
Post #1510.4 - A Token Task
Alan And The Animal Kingdom by Isabelle Holland
Cat on cover for tokenPoints this task:10
Total: 370
GR authors:10
Books read:26
Tasks Done:18
30.7 - Back to AustraliaOption 2. A Shrimp on the Barbie.
A book with between 100 and 200 pages:
Death of a Hussy by M.C. Beaton
I read the Kindle edition, the mass market paperback has 151 pages:
Death of a Hussy
Option 4. Flipped Map
M.C. Beaton is female so I read a book by a male author found on the Literature Map:
Gently North-West by Alan Hunter
Total points 120
Hana C.
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Tammy AZ's task: Well-Seasoned Books
Read one of the ten oldest books from a Goodreads friend's TBR list
Sorting my friend Nicky Junge's TBR shelf by date added, I read the book in 5th place. To double check that I had done the sorting correctly, I also got approval in post 26 of the help thread.
Apocalypse Cow by Michael Logan
**Micheal Logan is a GRA
points this post: 20
Tasks Completed: 26
GRAs: 14
Big Book Tickets: 2
Total Points: 450
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Tammy AZ's task: Well-Seasoned Books
Read one of the ten oldest books from a Goodreads friend's TBR list
Sorting my friend Nicky Junge's TBR shelf by date added, I read the book in 5th place. To double check that I had done the sorting correctly, I also got approval in post 26 of the help thread.
Apocalypse Cow by Michael Logan
**Micheal Logan is a GRA
points this post: 20
Tasks Completed: 26
GRAs: 14
Big Book Tickets: 2
Total Points: 450
SandiCompleted Tasks
15.6 - World Champs
Book takes place primarily in Spain which is home to one of the world champs
The Creation of Eve
TICKET CLAIM: The Creation of Eve is by Lynn Cullen who is a Goodreads Author
50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: Five Crowns
My coin toss resulted in HEADS
I am using the Author's First Name, DAVID , as the common name to all three books.
BOOK #1 - A Fine Woman by David George Richards
ebook verification for length approved at post #1253 -- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
TICKET CLAIM: A Fine Woman is by David George Richards who is a Goodreads Author
BOOK #2 - Tucker's Way by David Johnson
BOOK #3 - The Case of the Exploding Speakeasy by David E. Fessenden
TICKET CLAIM: The Case of the Exploding Speakeasy is by David E. Fessenden who is a Goodreads Author
*** Summary ***
Previous Points Earned: 570
Points Earned this Post: 65
Total Points to Date: 635
Big Book Tickets to Date: 2
Goodreads Authors to Date: 27
Jessica PDX30.6 - Sandy/Kristi's Task - Oh, The Places You'll Go
Book A
by Ann PatchettBook B - set primarily in Ann Arbor, Michigan
by Harry DolanPoints This Post: 30
Total Points: 570
ALISON
20.8 - It's My Birthday! - Rhonda's Task: On This Day in History!
Option A: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
AMERICA
=20 points
30.8 - Delicious Dee's task: Read ‘Em Again
Book 1: The Six Sacred Stones by Matthew Reilly
I read my first book by this author in the Fall 2013 challenge: Seven Deadly Wonders
Book 2: Solar by Ian McEwan
I read my first book by this author in the Winter 2013 challenge: Atonement
=30 points
Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 890/940
Goodreads Author Tickets: 0 (11 total)
Big Book Tickets: 0 (7 total)
Tasks Posted: 54/55
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20.4 - Author! Author! - Janet F's Task: My Bye Bye Birdie BirthdayOption 3: Read a book that appears on the first 10 pages of this list: Popular Satire Books
*Book is on the first page*
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy byDouglas Adams
Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 160
GoodReads Authors: 11
Big Books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
30.8 Read 'em AgainI read Eva's Eye: An Inspector Sejer Mystery by Karin Fossum
I had previous read one book (Don't Look Back) by Karin Fossum, and claimed it in the Summer 2012 challenge here
I also read Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
I had previous read one book (Gone Girl) by Gillian Flynn, and claimed it in the Winter 2012/2013 challenge here
I am claiming a GR author ticket for Gillian Flynn
New Total: 150
Reposting (from message 1559) to add missing reference link.MELANIE C
TASK NAME: 20.6 Seasoned Reader
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, 312 pages
Qualifier: Read one of the ten oldest books from a Goodreads friend's TBR list - Susan Anderson (10th oldest book by date added - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...)
Neil Gaiman is a GRA.
Points this task: 20
Points Total: 190
Tasks Completed: 12
GR Author: 8
Big Books: 0
Hana C.
Task 5.5 Scrabble
Read a book whose author's initials appear in the word "Scrabble."
S cra b ble
Krapp's Last Tape and Other Dramatic Pieces by Samuel Beckett
points this post: 5
Tasks Completed: 27
GRAs: 14
Big Book Tickets: 2
Total Points: 455
Task 5.5 Scrabble
Read a book whose author's initials appear in the word "Scrabble."
S cra b ble
Krapp's Last Tape and Other Dramatic Pieces by Samuel Beckett
points this post: 5
Tasks Completed: 27
GRAs: 14
Big Book Tickets: 2
Total Points: 455
10.4 - A Token TaskHorse and Rider
Iron Cowboy by Diana Palmer
4/29/14Points for this Task: 10
Total Points: 220
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 15
Goodreads Authors: 15
Big Books: 1
Anne (Booklady)15.7 Mr Monopoly’s Mustache - has mustache
, The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham15.9 Spring Into Action - added to my TBR Shelf 10/26/2013
Lost Lake by *Sarah Addison Allen
*Sarah Addison Allen is a Goodreads Author*
50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: Five Crowns
Rolled Heads - Used Linda as Author First Name
Night Watch by Linda Fairstein
Sworn to Silence by *Linda Castillo
Cover of Night by Linda Howard
*Linda Castillo is a Goodreads Author*
Points in These Tasks: 80
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 2
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 1745
Totals:
Total Points: 95
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(0), 750=(1), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 5/55
Total Books Read: 7
Total Pages Read in Spring 2014 SRC: 2897
Tea5.9 - Gin Rummy
The Lost Prince by Julie Kagawa
- cocktail Prince of Wales
*** Julie Kagawa is GR author ***
15.6 - World Champs
One True Thing by Piper Vaughn & M.J. O'Shea
- book set in California
*** Piper Vaughn is GR author ***
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Shelby's task: Chug-a Chug-a...Chug-a Chug-a...Choo-Choo
Option 4
Catch My Breath by M.J. O'Shea
- author's first name in locomotive, and last name in caboose
*** M.J. O'Shea is GR author ***
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Pamela Su's task: Fun in a Box!
Lady Alice
When We Met by Susan Mallery
- word is when
*** Susan Mallery is GR author ***
50 - Ms Anderson's task: Five Crowns
rolled heads
- books by same author
Collide by Riley Hart
Broken Pieces by Riley Hart
Stay by Riley Hart
(approved for length here)
*** Riley Hart is GR author ***
*** Riley Hart is GR author ***
*** Riley Hart is GR author ***
Points This Post: 110
Total points: 470
Tasks Completed: 24
Total Books Read: 35
Goodreads Authors: 29
Big Books: 500 (/), 750 (/), 1000 (/)
5.3 - Candyland"and" in the title
Pearls and Poison by ***Goodreads Author Duffy Brown
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 155/940
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 14
GoodReads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Leslie K30.1 Eat, Swim, Sleep, Repeat
Backstroke: After: The Shock by Scott Nicholson
I read the Kindle edition.Freestyle:
by Scott NicholsonPoints: 30
Total points: 30
Leslie K30.2 Mouth full of words
Amaurosi fugax:
Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon NorthupAmblyopa: Unstoppable by
Tim Green. Genre is childrens
Points: 30
Total points: 60
Jayme VA15.5 Vincent From Gogh
Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell
15.7 Mr Monopoly’s Mustache
by Brian Jay Jones Goodreads author and Big Book (585 pages).30.1 - Susan A’s Task: Eat, Sleep, Swim, Repeat
Option 1: Backstroke:
by Jennifer Close Goodreads author.Option 4: Freestyle: Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen Goodreads author.
Points this post: 60
Total points: 490
GR Authors: 20
Big Books: 500+(3),750+(0),1000+(0)
Leslie KSpringtime Stroll through Monopoly
Springtime: Critical Mass by Sara Paretsky "S" and "P" are found in the word Springtime.
Free parking space: After: First Light by Scott Nicholson
Points: 30
Totel Points: 90
Leslie KOh the places you'll go
Book A: Fallen Women by Sandra Dallas
Book B: Reunion in Death by J.D. Robb Although the character's name is also Dallas, a good deal of the story takes place in Dallas, Texas and most of the story is based on events that happened in Dallas.
Points: 30
Total Points: 120
20.8 - It's My Birthday! - Rhonda's Task: On This Day in History!option A: Author's initials in AMERICA
Twisted by Emma Chase
Emma Chase is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 20
Total points: 435
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 28
Goodreads Author: 23
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2); 750 (0); 1000(0)
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10.8 Join the Crowd
The Unwritten: Tommy Taylor and the Ship That Sank Twice (book was found on the list 2/20/14)
50.1 Five Crowns
I flipped Tails, and am not using the Wild Card option.
Discount Armageddon
Midnight Blue-Light Special
Half-Off Ragnarok
Books 1-3 in the InCryptid series by Seanan Mcguire, who is a Goodreads Author.
New points: 60
Total points: 385