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SPRING CHALLENGE 2014
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Suzannesea10.5 - America's Most Popular
We Took to the Woods by Louise Dickinson Rich was first published in 1942.
10.8 Join the Crowd
Murder in the Place of Anubis by Lynda S. Robinson
I found this book on my friend Laurel's list on February 25, 2014.
15.8 Take Your Vitamins
Pig Tails 'n Breadfruit by Austin Clarke
The single letter is 'n, approved in the Help Thread in Message 8.
This post: 35 points
Total to date: 50 points
Kelleenie10.9 Read a book where individual words or letters in the title are at least 2 different colors on the cover. Shades of color count as one color. The two colors must appear in the title. Subtitles do not count.
by Emma Donoghue (goodreads)(previously completed below)
10.10 Witch & Wizard
15.9 Insurgent
Totals:
Points: 35
Tasks: 3
Goodreads Authors: 3
10.2 - Do Not Pass GoHelp Thread
Read a book that does NOT include the letters G or O in the title, subtitle, or author's name.
3/12/14Points for this Task: 10
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books
Oma122920.9 - Moderator's Pet - Bluemoon's task: Covers of Spring
Option 3-May-Read a book with a boat on the cover.
by Amy TanClaiming Amy Tan as GR author
Total Points: 110/940
Total Tasks: 5/55
Total GR Authors: (3)
Total Big Books: 500+( );759+( )
Janice CA15.7 Mr Monopoly’s Mustache
someone with a mustache on the cover
We Pointed Them North: Recollections of a Cowpuncher by E.C. Abbott
+15
total: 15
books: 1
tasks: 1
Laurie ME5.5: Scrabble: ScraBble (Steve Berry)
The Third Secret by Steve Berry
5.8: Go Fish!
Totally Fishy by Gale Borger
10.5: America's Most Popular: published in 1940
Death of a Peer by Ngaio Marsh
10.7: Sugar Shack: set in Maine
Town in a Wild Moose Chase by B.B. Haywood
10.8: Join the Crowd: chosen on 2/27/14
Murder With Peacocks by Donna Andrews. Donna Andrews is a GRA.
Points this Post: 40.
Total Points: 40.
1 GRA.
Laurie ME10.9: Colorful Captions:
A Corpse In A Teacup by Cassie Page
15.3: You Go, Girl!: Agnes/Jennifer
Agnes and the Hitman by Jennifer Crusie. Jennifer Crusie is a GRA.
15.10: Goof Off:
The Poet and the Murderer by Simon Worrall
Points This Post: 40.
Total Points: 80.
1 GRA.
TANYA D20.5- Bigger is Better
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough is 692 pages
Claiming one big book ticket
30.7- Back to Australia
OPTION 1: Angel by Colleen McCullough. Both set in Australia AND an Australian author
OPTION 2: Animal Farm by George Orwell which is 112 pages
Total points this post: 50
Total points: 50
Big Book tickets: 1
25.6 - Stacie MI’s Task: All the Colors of the Rainbow*The colors you choose must be visible somewhere on the cover of your book.
Red- Read a book with the genre Mystery on the book’s main page.
The luggages are red.
Blue- Read a book with the genre Fantasy on the book’s main page.
The bottom is blue as are the outfits of various characters.
Totals for challenge:
Points this task: 25
Total points: 70/ 940
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 5
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Jayme VAI am moving Someday, Someday Maybe from task # 5.7 to the task listed below, so subtracting 5 pts.
30.5 - Ty's task: Poetry Counts
Option 1: You Are One of Them by Elliott Holt has 5 syllables.
Option 4: Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham.
Someday repeats in the title.
Points this post: 30 - 5 = 25
Total points: 65
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(1),750+(0),1000+(0)
Nick KY5.6 Stratego. Read a book with "war" as a GR genre. I read Nanjing Requiem by Ha Jin.
20.9 Bluemoon's Covers.
Opt 3 -- MAY Flowers. Read a book with a boat on the cover. I read Be Careful What You Wish For by Jeffrey Archer
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 125
Big Books: 500+(2)
30.8 - READ 'EM AGAINBOOK 1 - Christmas Cottage by Samantha Chase. I read The Snowflake Inn by this author for the Winter 2013/2014 challenge.
BOOK 2 - Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis. I read Animal Magnetism in the Spring 2013 challenge.
Samantha Chase and Jill Shalvis are Goodreads Authors.
TOTAL POINTS - 70
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 3
BIG BOOKS - 1
10.7 - Sugar ShackRead 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.
Surfacing by Margaret Atwood ***Claiming Goodreads Author*** (set: Canada)Totals for challenge:
Points this task: 10
Total points: 235/ 940
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 22
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
AbigailTask 15.3: You Go, Girl
Read: Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson
(Girl's name = Scarlett, which is on BTN; Author = Maureen)
**Maureen Johnson is a GR author.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 115/ 940
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 7
Goodreads authors: 4
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Readerboard name : SETAL20.1 - Most Improved Player - Shelby's task: Chug-a Chug-a...Chug-a Chug-a...Choo-Choo
Option 3: Live and Let Die. (2nd in the long running James Bond series)
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Kimber's task: Celebrate the Sibs!
Casino Royale (I have one sibling.)
Points this post: 40
Total points: 40
Jen UT10.3 - Do Not Collect $200
The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales by Chris Van Allsburg Page Count: 195
Total Points: 10
Total Books Read: 2
SandiCompleted Tasks
15.9 Spring Into Action
Having joined Goodreads just this last October, the majority books on my 'TBR' shelf were added between the September 1st to February 14 timeline. Therefore, I have used the purchase date from Amazon in finding a book acquired within the time frame for this task.
For this task I read Pellucidar which I had purchased from Amazon on November 28, 2013.
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Bluemoon's task: Covers of Spring
Using Option 3 - MAY FLOWERS - Read a book with a boat on the cover.
TICKET CLAIM: Misha Crews - Author of Still Waters is a Goodreads Author
*** Summary ***
Previous Points Earned: 140
Points Earned this Post: 35
Total Points to Date: 175
Big Book Tickets to Date: 2
Goodreads Authors to Date: 6
Thanks!!
5.3 - Candyland. Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously5.5 - Scrabble. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares Initials AB are in the word Scrabble
5.6 - Stratego. Down the Rabbit Hole Thriller on main page
Total Points Earned: 35/940
Total Pages Read: 1898/22442
Total Books Read: 5/73
Good Read Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
Sandy MN20.1 - Most Improved Player - Shelby's task: Chug-a Chug-a...Chug-a Chug-a...Choo-Choo
Option 3
The Kalahari Typing School for Men by
Alexander McCall Smith Goodreads Author
30.1 - Susan A’s Task: Eat, Sleep, Swim, Repeat
Option 1
by Elizabeth Hoyt Goodreads AuthorOption 4
Morality for Beautiful Girls by
Alexander McCall Smith Goodreads Author
30.2 - Sassafrass's task: Mouth full of words!
Option 3
Me Before You by JoJo Moyes
Option 6
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
Total 80
Total GR Authors: 3
Lindsay T10.6 - Spring Showers
Because spring showers often bring rainbows, read a book with the genre GLBT on its main page. The genre may stand alone or be embedded under another genre.
The Realm of Possibility by David Levithan
**David Levithan is a GoodReads author**
Totals:
Points this task: 10
Total points: 25
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
CAPTAIN AMERICA GIRL5.1 So Many Games
I read Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
Books read: 3
Tasks complete: 3
GR authors: 1
Big Books:
500+ 0
750+ 0
1000+ 0
Pat 20.7 - 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
Silent Partner by Jonathan KellermanAlex Delaware Series - Book #4
2 sisters 2 brothers
Totals for Challenge
Points this task : 20
Total Points : 100
Tasks Completed : 5
Books Read This Season : 9
Good Reads Authors : 2
Big Books : 500+ (1)
Big Books : 750+ (0)
Big Books : 1000+ (0)
Repost from comment 110I chose option 2
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Bluemoon's task: Covers of Spring
]by John GreenJohn Green is a good reads author so claiming a ticket
Total Points Earned: 55/940
Total Pages Read: 1898/22442
Total Books Read: 6/73
Good Read Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
10.7 - Sugar ShackHelp Thread
Early spring is prime maple sugaring season. 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.
3/3/14Set in Michigan
Also I'd like to claim this author as a Goodreads Author
Points for this Task: 10
Total Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Goodreads Authors:
Big Books:
5.7 - Bridge. Help Thread
Read a book with the word "bridge" or "bridges" (no other variations) in its title/subtitle or with a bridge on the cover.
3/9/14I'd like to claim this as a Goodreads Author
Points for this Task: 5
Total Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books:
25.4 - Bamaace83's task: Mardi Gras Fun!
(option 1) and Strawberry Shortcake Murder (option 4)Total Points Earned: 80/940
Total Pages Read: 2542/22442
Total Books Read: 8/73
Good Read Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's task: Monopoly Money, Spring, and the SRC$20 – Green, drink on cover
by Kristen AshleyKristen Ashley is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 20
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Goodreads Author: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
FANDURY30.3 - DLMRose's task: Crazy Quilt
Option 3: Read any book (whole numbers #1-4) from a series identified as a Quartet on Goodreads
The Explorer by James Smythe
The book is the first in The Anomaly Quartet series.
James Smythe is a Goodreads Author!
Option 4: Read a book with a Q in the book’s title, subtitle, or author’s name.
The Hanover Square Affair by Ashley Gardner
There is a Q in the word sQuare.
Ashley Gardner is a Goodreads Author!
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 65
Books Read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
30.8 - Delicious Dee's task: Read ‘Em AgainI read The Tao of Martha: My Year of LIVING; Or, Why I'm Never Getting All That Glitter Off of the Dog. I have only read one other book by Jen Lancaster, which was Bitter is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass, Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office, which I read in the Fall 2013 SRC.
I also read This One is Mine by Maria Semple. I have only read one book by her before -- Where'd You Go, Bernadette in the summer 2013 SRC.
Both of these books were approved in the help thread.
Both Jen and Maria are **********GOOD READS AUTHORS********
points: 35
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 2
GR Authors: 2
pages read: 1360
Stacey
15.8 Take Your Vitamins
Soon I Will Be Invincible
(Single-letter word is "I")
***Austin Grossman is a Goodreads Author!***
New points: 15
Total points: 95
15.8 Take Your Vitamins
Soon I Will Be Invincible
(Single-letter word is "I")
***Austin Grossman is a Goodreads Author!***
New points: 15
Total points: 95
Mod
I read Paper Butterfly, set in China.
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Shelby's task: Chug-a Chug-a...Chug-a Chug-a...Choo-Choo
I chose option 3, book in series that is not the first or the last, and read From a Whisper to a Scream - #3 in the Newford series, which has 23 books in it.
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Bluemoon's task: Covers of Spring
I chose option 2, April showers, and read
, with clouds on the cover.Points this post: 45
Total points: 105
20.4 - Author! Author! - Janet F's Task: My Bye Bye Birdie BirthdayOption 1: Venetia by Georgette Heyer was first published 1958.
25.3 - Jessica PDX’s task: The Long and the Short of It
Option 1
Book A: Let It Snow by Heidi Cullinan has 9 letters. [E-book verified in spreadsheet: #782]
Book B: Try by Ella Frank has 3 letters.
30.2 - Sassafrass's task: Mouth full of words!
Option 2: Dirty Laundry: A Tucker Springs Novel by Heidi Cullinan has been task approved at Msg 68.
Option 3: With a Kiss by Kim Dare (Romance) [E-book verified in spreadsheet: #1694]
*** Heidi Cullinan is a Goodreads Author ***
*** Ella Frank is a Goodreads Author ***
*** Heidi Cullinan is a Goodreads Author ***
*** Kim Dare is a Goodreads Author ***
Points this Post: 75
Goodreads Author(s): 4
TOTAL
Total Points to Date: 75
Total Tasks Completed: 3
Total Goodreads Authors: 4
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Bluemoon's task: Covers of Spring2. APRIL SHOWERS....For this option read a book that has clouds on the cover.
by Joyce Carol Oatesapproved post #56 of task help thread
Task total=20
Grand total=140
Readerboard name : SETAL20.1 - Most Improved Player - Shelby's task: Chug-a Chug-a...Chug-a Chug-a...Choo-Choo
Option 3: Live and Let Die(2nd in the long running James Bond series)
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Kimber's task: Celebrate the Sibs!
Casino Royale (I have one sibling.)
Points this post: 40
Total points: 40
Sheila10.2 - Do Not Pass Go
Black Friday by Alex Kava10.5 - America's Most Popular
A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie1950
15.7 Mr Monopoly’s Mustache
Steve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonTotal Points = 225
MELANIE C15.6 World Champs
Rattle His Bones
Location: London
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 25
Tasks Completed: 3
GR Author: 0
Big Books: 0
Suzanne
10.8 - Join the Crowd
(view spoiler)
Dark Witch by Nora Roberts - *** - 3/9/2014
Totals for challenge:
Points this task: 10
Total points: 20 / 940
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
5.1 - So Many Games
Cards on the Table
5.8 - Go Fish!
10.3 - Do Not Collect $200
My Life in France 353 pages
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Kimber's task: Celebrate the Sibs!
The Sisters Brothers I have no siblings.
20.8 - It's My Birthday! - Rhonda's Task: On This Day in History!
Option a: author's initials in America
The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri 249 pages
Points this post: 60
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Cards on the Table
5.8 - Go Fish!
10.3 - Do Not Collect $200
My Life in France 353 pages
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Kimber's task: Celebrate the Sibs!
The Sisters Brothers I have no siblings.
20.8 - It's My Birthday! - Rhonda's Task: On This Day in History!
Option a: author's initials in America
The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri 249 pages
Points this post: 60
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
10.6 - Spring ShowersBecause spring showers often bring rainbows, read a book with the genre GLBT on its main page. The genre may stand alone or be embedded under another genre.
Queer by William S. Burroughs 10.8 - Join the Crowd
Read a book that's popular with your GRs friends. Required: Include the date you found the book on the list when you post.
Hyperbole and A Half by Allie Brosh(date: 15/02/2014)
Totals for challenge:
Points this task: 20
Total points: 255/ 940
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 24
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Andy P.Task # 25.3 - Jessica PDX’s task: The Long and the Short of It
Option 1 - Long and Short Titles
Book A
by Marcia Muller 20 charactersBook B.
by Thomas Perry 7 charactersThus book A's title is more than twice the length of book B's
Points this post: 25
Total points: 125
Readerboard name: SETAL30.8 - Delicious Dee's task: Read ‘Em Again
*This is my first challenge, so the two books are just from authors I have only read one book by*
Book 1: The Crucible by Arthur Miller(I had only read Death of a Salesman)
Book 2: The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (I had only read the Old Man and the Sea)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 70
etwatson15.9 Spring Into Action - Ruined by Paula Morris was added to my To-Read shelf February 9, 2014.
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Pamela Su's task: Fun in a Box! - I used The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen for option 1: Read a book that contains one of the following words in the title/subtitle: Intrigue, Flair, Bluff, Mischief, Baker, Street, Sherlock, Kidnap, Who, What, When, Where. The word that can be found in the title is who.
25.3 - Jessica PDX’s task: The Long and the Short of It
Option 1 - Long and Short Titles - The title of Book A must be at least twice the length of that for Book B when you count characters. When counting characters, numerals (1, 2, 3, etc.) count but punctuation does not.
Book A - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (30 letters)
Book B - Mrs. God: A Novel by Peter Straub (6 letters)
Total
Points This Task: 60
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read:4
20.1 Most Improved Player – Chug-A-Chug-A-Choo-ChooOption 3 – Middle of series - this is book # 15 out of 17
Cinnamon Roll Murder ✔ – 14March14
This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 35 points
Good Reads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: ( ) 500 pg / ( ) 750 pg / ( ) 1000 pg
Jessica PDX20.4 - Janet F's Task - Bye Bye Birdie Birthday
Option 4 - Bird (a gull) on the cover, just under the title
by T.C. Boyle30.5 - Ty's Task - Poetry Counts
Option 1 - 5 syllables in title
by Raymond ChandlerOption 3 - 14 letters, one word of 5 letters
by Lynne OlsonPoints This Post: 50
Total Points: 180
10.10 - Take a ChanceFeint of Art by Hailey Lind
I generated #3 which corresponded to this book
Total points: 10
Total GRA: 0
Total big book tickets: 0
Boston Kate10.3 Do Not Collect $200
The Museum of Extraordinary Things
I read the hardcover, which has 384 pages.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Pat 5.3 - Candyland
Read a book that includes the 3 letter sequence "and" in a word in the title/subtitle.
Trapped Under the Sea: One Engineering Marvel, Five Men, and a Disaster Ten Miles Into the Darkness by Neil Swidey ***Goodreads Author***Totals for Challenge
Points this task : 5
Total Points : 105
Tasks Completed : 6
Books Read This Season : 10
Good Reads Authors : 3
Big Books : 500+ (1)
Big Books : 750+ (0)
Big Books : 1000+ (0)
DEANA15.6 - World Champs
The Rosie Project - set in Australia
I listened to the audiobook, here is the mass market paperback to verify over 100 pages: The Rosie Project
******
THIS POST:
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Points: 15
Totals:
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Points: 15
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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For this task, I read “
Also, Laura Marx Fitzgerald is a Goodreads Author so I’m claiming a ticket for that.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 15
Total Points Earned to Date: 30
Pages Read this Challenge: 243
Total Pages Read to Date: 753
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()