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SPRING CHALLENGE 2014
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30.6 - Sandy/Kristi's task: Oh, the Places You'll Gobook A Good Girls Don't, Victoria Dahl
Book B: The Rosie Project, Graeme Simsion set in Melbourne, the capital in the state of Victoria
30.8 - Delicious Dee's task: Read ‘Em Again
Romancing Mister Bridgerton, Julia Quinn
Winter 2013-2014
Rainshadow Road, Lisa Kleypas Winter 2013-2014
I have only participated in one season
Points this task: 60
Total points: 360
Tasks completed: 24
Elizabeth PTask 15.1 - Nowruz Day
I did Option Four twice: Book with someone wearing red clothing on cover
Book 1:
by Rosamund Hodge (Red Dress)Rosamund Hodge is a *Goodreads Author*
Book 2:
by Susanna Kearsley (Red Coat)Susanna Kearsley is a *Goodreads Author*
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 725
Total Tasks: 41
Goodreads Authors: 35
Big Books: 6
Total Books: 54
Delicious Dee5.10 - Poker
Three River Ranch - Roxanne Snopek (GR Author) - ebook only approved #3508 in the approval thread
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 940
GR Author: 56
*pending any boo-boo's, I'm done ;)
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yay! nothing like squeezing in under the wire
10.3 - Do Not Collect $200Blossom Street Brides by Debbie Macomber, which has 336 p.
**Debbie Macomber is a Goodreads author.**
Points this post: 10
Total points: 715
GR authors: 35
15.7 - Mr. Monopoly's Mustache
(book approved in Task Help Thread)
30.4 - Sheila/Kathy G's task: A Springtime Stroll Through the World of Monopoly
Book 1 - Springtime: Option 1 - Initials in SPRINGTIME
Kinsey and Me: Stories by Sue Grafton
Book 2 - Monopoly: Option 3 - FREE PARKING SPACE
One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories
I enjoyed this book because I appreciate B.J. Novak's intelligently nutty sense of humor.
*** B.J. Novak is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 45
Total points: 455
Total number Big Books: 500(3) 750(0) 1000(0)
Total Goodreads authors: 8
BEKKA - 30.4 - Sheila/Kathy G's task: A Springtime Stroll Through the World of Monopoly1. For this task, I read
by Marcus Sedgwick, since his initials can be found in SPRINGTIME. 3. For this task, I read “
” by Nick Hornby, since it was my choice, and I did thoroughly enjoy it! Also, Marcus Sedgwick is a Goodreads Author, so I’m claiming a ticket for that.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 30
Total Points Earned to Date: 430
Pages Read this Challenge: 595
Total Pages Read to Date: 10790
Books Read this Challenge: 2
Total Books Read: 30
Goodreads Authors: 15
Big Book Tickets: 500( 1 ), 750( 1 ), 1000()
Anne (Booklady)5.3 - Candyland.
To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Bluemoon's task: Covers of Spring
1. MARCH - Lion on Cover
**
, The Lions of Lucerne by *Brad Thor*Brad Thor is a Goodreads Author*
**Big Book: The Lions of Lucerne has 512 Pages**
30.4 - Sheila/Kathy G's task: A Springtime Stroll Through the World of Monopoly
Springtime Option 3 Flowers on Cover
, Nightingale Way by *Emily MarchMonopoly Option 3) FREE PARKING SPACE - My Choice
The Kill Room by *Jeffery Deaver
*Emily March is a Goodreads Author*
*Jeffery Deaver is a Goodreads Author*
Points in These Tasks: 55
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 3
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 1
Pages Read in This Post: 1513
Totals:
Total Points: 280
Total Goodreads Authors: 10
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(3), 750=(1), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 14/55
Total Books Read: 19
Total Pages Read in Spring 2014 SRC: 7848
dawn9925.4 Mardi Gras Fun!
Option 1 (yellow cover):
by Jeffrey EugenidesApproved
Option 4 (reader's choice): The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism by Naoki Higashida
Pts this post: 25
Total points: 245
20.6 Well-Seasoned BooksChose DLMROSE's To-Read shelf (https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2...) - book #7 of oldest 10 books
Some Like It Hot-Buttered by Jeffrey Cohen
20.10 Group Read
Comments posted in discussion thread- post #27
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Points this Post = 40------------Total= 940/940
Tasks this Post = 2 --------------Total = 55/55
Books Read = 2 ------------------Total= 67
GR Authors = 0 -------------------Total = 20
Big Books = 0----------------------Total =1
25.6 – Staci MI’s Task: All the Colors of the RainbowBook 1 | Yellow Title and Author's Name is in Yellow and is Horror | Rain | V.C. Andrews | 448 Pages | ★★★★ |
Book 2 | Orange Title in Orange and is Romance | Noah | Elizabeth Reyes | 352 Pages | ★★ | GR Author
Total Tasks Completed: 49/55
Total Points this Task: 25
Total Overall Points: 835
Goodreads Author Points This Task: 1
Goodreads Author Points Total: 44
Big Book Ticket Totals: 500+(6)
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Kimber25.5 Spring Reading Haiku
Option 2:
Panic by Lauren Oliver
*romance listed as genre on main gr page
Option 4:
Torn by Amanda Hocking
* author's initials (AH) in HAIKU
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Lauren Oliver is a GRA
Amanda Hocking is a GRA
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This task: 25 points
# tasks submitted to date: 29
GRA: 28
Total points: 550
15.6 World ChampsThe Return Journey by Maeve Binchy (Ireland setting)
20.3 Chris MD's task: Monopoly Money, Spring, and the SCR
$10 - Yellow
by John Steinbeck (hat on cover)20.5 Mary Beth's task: Big Books are Best!
Cress by Marissa Meyer*GRA
One big book ticket claimed for 550 pages.
20.8 Rhonda's Task: On This Day in History!
Above by Isla Morley*GRA
I.M. found in America.
25.2 Elizabeth B's task: Nordic Noir
Book A. Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George*GRA
Approved in the help thread post #111
Book B. #1 Murder Carries a Torch by Anne George
Author's name George is same as book A.
Total page count is 608 pages.
50.1 Ms Anderson's task: Five Crowns
I flipped heads and I'm using one wild card.
1. The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen*GRA
2. Hate List by Jennifer Brown
3. True to Form by Elizabeth Berg
The first two books share the author's first name (Jennifer) and the 3rd book is #3 in a series.
Points this post: 150
Total points: 430
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 26
Goodread Authors: 13
Big Book tickets: 2
BEKKA - 10.10 - Take a ChanceFor this task, I read “
” by Brian Falkner. It was number 4 on my list, and that’s what came up on the random number generator. Also, Brian Falkner is a Goodreads Author, so I’m claiming a ticket for that.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 10
Total Points Earned to Date: 440
Pages Read this Challenge: 272
Total Pages Read to Date: 11062
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 31
Goodreads Authors: 16
Big Book Tickets: 500( 1 ), 750( 1 ), 1000()
10.7 Sugar shack Love Anthony Lisa Genova / book set in Massachusetts
20.3 Monopoly, money, spring and SRC
Joanne Graham - pink/ flowers on the coverTasks points 30
Total points 350
FANDURY30.6 - Sandy/Kristi's task: Oh, the Places You'll Go
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.
Book A:
The Rhetoric of Death by Judith Rock
Book B:
Cujo by Stephen King
The Second book is set in Castle Rock, Maine
This combination was approved in the Help Thread in post 35
Stephen Kind is a Goodreads Author!
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 525
Books Read: 32
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Books:500+(3)750+(1)1000+(0)
30.5 - Ty's task: Poetry Counts Option 1
All He Ever Dreamed by Shannon Stacey (Goodreads Author)
Book in which the entire title consists of 5 syllables.
Option 4
Romeo, Romeo by Robin Kaye (Goodreads Author)
Book with a title consisting of the same word repeated twice
In this post :
Points : 30
Goodreads Authors : 2
Big Book Tickets : 0
Total:
Total Points: 545
Total Goodreads Authors: 25
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 31
Total Books Read: 41
Task: 20.5 - Bigger is Better - Mary Beth's task: Big Books are Best! Read: Allegiant by Veronica Roth
Veronica Roth is a Goodreads Author.
Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket for Allegiant (526 pgs.)
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 205
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books: 2
DEANA20.1 - Most Improved Player - Shelby's task: Chug-a Chug-a...Chug-a Chug-a...Choo-Choo
OPTION 4: ("L" for Lucy from Locomotive, "C" for Christopher from Caboose)
Stolen: A Letter to My Captor
by Lucy Christopher *** GOODREADS AUTHOR ***
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Bluemoon's task: Covers of Spring
OPTION 2: Clouds on cover (in the circle on the bird) [approved]
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
by Haruki Murakami
At 607 pages, this is good for one big book ticket
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This Post:
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
Points: 40
Totals:
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 13
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 3
Total Points: 215
15.9 - Spring into Actionbook added to TBR between 9/1/13 and 2/14/14
Cracks in the Sidewalk by ***Goodreads Author Bette Lee Crosby and added to my kindle on 1/27/14.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 215/940
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 18
GoodReads Authors: 12
Big Books: 500+ (4), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Lindy-Lanetask 20.3 monopoly money!
*opt BLUE $50:baby on cover and in title
Baby Out of the Blue by Rebecca Winters
Points this post: 20
Total points: 445
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books: 500+(4) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 24
Lindy-Lanetask 30.7 back to australia!
*opt #2: shrimp: read a book between 100-200 pages
The Abduction by Gordon Korman
*page count = 144
*opt #4:choose an author of the opposite sex from your 1st book via the lit map
Keeping Score by Linda Sue Park
Points this post: 30
Total points: 475
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books: 500+(4) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 25
DARCY15.6--World Champs
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Set in the UK
15.10--Goof Off--Book of your choice
Last Train to Istanbul by Ayşe Kulin
20.1 --"Most Improved Player"--Shelby's Task
Option #2
The Children's Blizzard by David Laskin
More than 50% set in Nebraska (state Union Pacific Railroad traversed)
Total tasks: 3
Total points: 50
Andy P.Task # 50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: Five Crowns
I rolled heads so:
Heads: The authors of all three books must share either the same first OR last name. My authors share the given name Michael
Next by Michael Crichton
Watching You by Michael Robotham
Double Exposure by Michael Lister
Points this post: 50
Total points: 940
Assuming my calculations are correct and there are no mistakes in this post, I'm finished for this challenge. Thanks to all the moderators for their hard work and fellow participants for their tasks and comments.
Nick KY30.3 DlmRose's Crazy Quilt.
Option 1. "Sailing" in title from "Sailing Ships" pattern, I read Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems by Billy Collins
Option 4. From the Native American Fiction list, I read #48, Skinwalkers by Tony Hillerman.
30.5 Ty's Poetry.
Option 1. Haiku. 5 syllables in the title. I read The House of Lost Souls by F.G. Cottam.
Option 3. Sonnet. I read a book with 14 letters in the title including one 5-letter word, The Outlaw Album: Stories by Daniel Woodrell.
Points this Post: 60
Total Points so far: 790
Big Books: 500+(3) 750+(2)
5.6 - STRATEGO - The Wives of Los Alamos by TaraShea Nesbit.TaraShea Nesbit is a Goodreads Author.
5.8 - GO FISH! - Miracle on the 17th Green: A Novel about Life, Love, Family, Miracles ... and Golf by James Patterson.
Using the word Green from the Green Swordtail fish.
James Patterson is a Goodreads Author.
5.9 - GIN RUMMY - Dirty Martini by J.A. Konrath.
Using the word Martini under Gin.
J.A. Konrath is a Goodreads Author.
TOTAL POINTS - 805
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 28
BIG BOOKS - 2
Task # 20.2 Rookie at the Top – Fun in a BoxOption 1 – word in title: Where
Tell Me Where It Hurts ✔ – 16May14
Nick Trout is a *** Goodreads Author ***
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 435 points
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books Read: (2 ) 500 pg / (1 ) 750 pg / ( ) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 4
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15.4 - Wheeling and DealingB. 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
Swan for the Money by ***Goodreads Author Donna Andrews
C. author named Elizabeth, Lizzie, “J.”, Magie, Phillips, Henry, George, Parker, Brothers, Charles, Darrow, John, Waddington.
The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog by Elizabeth Peters
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 230/940
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 19
GoodReads Authors: 13
Big Books: 500+ (4), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Julie P15.9 - Spring Into Action
Requirement: Read a book that you added to your To Read shelf or acquired between September 1, 2013 and February 14, 2014
Tempting Fate by Jane Green
*OK'd in Task Help Post 16*
**Jane Green is a Goodreads Author**
Points this task: 15
Total points: 210
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 13
Pages read: 4,139
Goodreads Author Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1) 750+ (0) 1000+ (0)
Amy FL5.1 - So Many Games
A Game of Thrones
5.2 - Go
Peony in Love (China)
5.3 - Candyland
The Husband's Secret (Husb"and")
5.4 - Boggle
Icy Sparks (Icy)
5.5 - Scrabble
Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski
5.6 - Stratego
The Survivor (Thriller)
5.7 - Bridge
The Other Side of the Bridge
5.8 - Go Fish!
Marlin, Darlin': Garnet Sullivan Live from Florida #1 (Marlin)
5.9 - Gin Rummy
The Last Word (Gin: The Last Word)
5.10 - Poker
King and Maxwell (King)
Points this post: 50
Total points: 100
BEKKA - 25.6 - Stacie MI’s Task: All the Colors of the RainbowOrange: For this task, I read “
” by Kat Falls, since it has orange clouds on the cover, and Romance listed as a genre on its main page. This book was approved on the help thread, and is listed in post 2. Blue: For this task I read “
” by Neal Shusterman and Eric Elfman, since the cover is mostly blue, and it has Fantasy listed as a genre on its main page. Also, Kat Falls and Neal Shusterman are Goodreads Authors, so I’m claiming a ticket for each of them.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 25
Total Points Earned to Date: 465
Pages Read this Challenge: 640
Total Pages Read to Date: 11702
Books Read this Challenge: 2
Total Books Read: 33
Goodreads Authors: 18
Big Book Tickets: 500( 1 ), 750( 1 ), 1000()
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
I'm claiming a GR Author ticket for Charles Duhigg
20.4 - Bye Bye Birdie
Option 4:
by Donna TarttI'm claiming 2 big book tickets for The Goldfinch -- 771 pages
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 275
Pat 10.4 - A Token Task
Read a book with a monopoly token on the cover.
Horse & Rider
Dick Francis's Bloodline by Felix FrancisTotals for Challenge
Points this task : 10
Total Points : 860
Tasks Completed : 45
Books Read This Season : 63
Good Reads Authors : 31
Big Books : 500+ (2)
Big Books : 750+ (0)
Big Books : 1000+ (0)
SandiCompleted Tasks
10.5 - America's Most Popular
First published in 1956 -- Badge of Evil
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Tammy AZ's task: Well-Seasoned Books
Link to my Goodreads friend Ann's 'To Be Read' List -- https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
where I found Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children among the nine books she has added (all on same day).
*** Summary ***
Previous Points Earned: 800
Points Earned this Post: 30
Total Points to Date: 830
Big Book Tickets to Date: 2
Goodreads Authors to Date: 38
50.1 - Ms Anderson's task: Five CrownsI got tails, so I read three consecutive books in a series:
Happy Never After (Callahan Garrity #4) by Kathy Hogan Trocheck
Heart Trouble (Callahan Garrity #5) by Kathy Hogan Trocheck
Strange Brew (Callahan Garrity #6) byKathy Hogan Trocheck
Points this post: 50
Total points: 765
Pat 15.1 - Nowruz Day
Option 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.
The Light Between Oceansby M.L. Stedman *****GoodReads Author*****
Option D : Read a book with a person wearing an article of red clothing on the cover.
Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham
Totals for Challenge
Points this task : 15
Total Points : 875
Tasks Completed : 46
Books Read This Season : 65
Good Reads Authors : 32
Big Books : 500+ (2)
Big Books : 750+ (0)
Big Books : 1000+ (0)
25.2 - NORDIC NOIRBOOK A - Broken by Karin Fossum which is sent in Norway and written by a Norwegian author and has 265 pages.
BOOK B - It Happened One Wedding Night by Karen Rose Smith. The author shares the same first name as the author of book A. This book has 251 pages.
265 + 251 = 516 pages.
Karen Rose Smith is a Goodreads Author.
TOTAL POINTS - 830
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 29
BIG BOOKS - 2
Task # 10.7 Sugar ShackSet in New York
Tell the Wolves I'm Home ✔ – 17May14
Carol Rifka Brunt is a *** Goodreads Author ***
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This Post: 10 points
Total points to date: 445 points
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books Read: (2 ) 500 pg / (1 ) 750 pg / ( ) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 4
Elizabeth PTask 30.8 - Read 'Em Again
Read two books by separate authors, both of whom you've read one book previously for the SCR.
This is my second season of SRC so both books are from my first season.
Book One: Late Night Talking: A Novel by Leslie Schnur
I read The Dog Walker by Leslie Schnur in the Winter 2013-2014 season
Book Two: A Girl's Best Friend by Elizabeth Young
I read Asking for Trouble by Elizabeth Young in the Winter 2013-2014 season
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 755
Total Tasks: 42
Goodreads Authors: 35
Big Books: 6
Total Books: 56
20.2 Rookie at the Top--option 3:Ticket to Ride
--Boneheads: My Search For T. Rex- Collect dinosaurs and other fossils
20.4 Author! Author!
--Option 3 Satire--The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: Celebrate Sibs
--There is just me and my brother therefore I read a book first in its Series
--read Donald Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
20.8 It's my birthday
--option B....The Hoarder in You: How to Live a Happier, Healthier, Uncluttered Life
---mental illness of compulsive hoarding
20.9 The covers of Spring
Option 3--boat on cover small in the middle
Splendidly Unreasonable Inventors: The Lives, Loves, and Deaths of 30 Pioneers Who Changed theWorld
Points this post:100
Total points:180
MELANIE CTASK NAME: 30.6 Oh, the places you'll go
Book One: Death on Dartmoor by Dara England
Qualifier: England is a place name.
Book Two: Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier, pages 336
Qualifier: Linked by taking place in England (London).
Dara England is a GRA
Points this task: 30
Points Total: 320
Tasks Completed: 21
GR Author: 14
Big Books: 0
STACIE MITask 5.7 - Bridge
I read a book with "bridge" in the title:
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Points this task: 5
Total points: 635
Tasks completed: 44
Books read: 55
Pages read: 12661
Goodreads authors: 23
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 30.5 - Poetry Counts
I did options 1 and 3.
For option 1, I read a book whose title has five syllables:
How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr
For option 3, I read a book whose title has 14 letters:
We All Wore Stars: Memories of Anne Frank from Her Classmates by Theo Coster is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 30
Total points: 665
Tasks completed: 45
Books read: 57
Pages read: 13226
Goodreads authors: 24
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
Cress (other topics)Until I Die (other topics)
Edenbrooke (other topics)
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Completed Tasks
10.8 - Join the Crowd
Found on the popular books among my friends this month page on April 3rd.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
TICKET CLAIM: The Ocean at the End of the Lane is by Neil Gaiman who is a Goodreads Author
*** Summary ***
Previous Points Earned: 790
Points Earned this Post: 10
Total Points to Date: 800
Big Book Tickets to Date: 2
Goodreads Authors to Date: 38