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SPRING CHALLENGE 2014
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BRIAN20.4 - Author! Author! - Janet F's Task: My Bye Bye Birdie Birthday
Option 4 - bird(s) on the cover
by Olen SteinhauerThere is a flock of birds under the last part of Affair. Also, this was an advanced reader's copy.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 55
Books read: 3
Big Books: 2-0-0 (2)
STACIE MITask 20.4 - My Bye Bye Birdie Birthday
I did option 3 and read:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
This book was found on page one of the list.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Pages read: 673
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (00
STACIE MITask 25.3 - The Long and the Short of It
I did option 1.
For book A, I read a book whose title has 19 letters:
No One Else Can Have You by Kathleen Hale
**Kathleen Hale is a Goodreads author!!**
For Book B, I read a book whose title has 8 letters:
Champion by Marie Lu
**Marie Lu is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 25
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Pages read: 1422
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
15.9 Spring into action Black Sea Twilight Domnica Radulescu - added 6th February
20.1 Chug-a chug-a chug-a choo-choo
The Sea of Monsters Rick Riordan - option 3/ 2nd in series Percy Jackson and the Olympians https://www.goodreads.com/series/4073...
Tasks points 35
Total points 35
20.4 - Author! Author! - Janet F's Task: My Bye Bye Birdie BirthdayOption 4. Bye Bye 'Birdie'.
The Goldfinch by Donna TarttClaiming 2 big book tickets @ 771 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Big Books: 2 tickets
Total GR Authors: 0
BEKKA - 10.6 - Spring ShowersFor this task, I read “
” by David Levithan since it has GLBT as a genre on its main Goodreads page. Also, David Levithan 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: 40
Pages Read this Challenge: 208
Total Pages Read to Date: 961
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
Task 30.2 - Sassafrass's task: Mouth full of words!Option 1 --Pheochromocytoma: Read a book that is #16 or higher in a series (as identified by Goodreads).
#22 of the series!
The Christmas Wassail (Roger the Chapman #22) (2013) by Kate Sedley (Hardcover, 256 pages)
Option 4--Tinnitus: Read a book that is non-fiction about a musician.
Carole King singer and songwriter (see: Tapestry)
A Natural Woman: A Memoir (2012) by Carole King (Hardcover, 488 pages)
05 + 30 = 35
Tasks Completed: 02
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 05 + 30 = 35
Books read: 03
Pages read: 904
Read but not claimed: 4
Goodreads Authors: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
15.8 - Take Your VitaminsA Short Guide to a Long Life by David B. Agus
There are 2 words of a single letter in the title - A Short Guide to a Long Life
15.9 - Spring Into Action
Dark Witch by Nora Roberts
added to my TBR shelf on October 1, 2013
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Shelby's task: Chug-a Chug-a...Chug-a Chug-a...Choo-Choo
Option 1 - Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
my copy had 369 pages - all numbers found in the kilometer distance (3,069)
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Kimber's task: Celebrate the Sibs!
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
I'm an only child, so I read a non-series, stand-alone book
Points this post: 70
Season Total: 70
're-posting for Goodreads Author5.7 - 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.
3/9/14Approved in message: 3328
Points for this Task: 5
Total Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books:
re- posting for Goodreads Author10.7 - Sugar Shack
Help 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
Points for this Task: 10
Total Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Goodreads Authors:
Big Books:
15.9 Spring Into ActionTroubles and Treats by Tara Sivec
added to my To Read shelf on December 1, 2013.
Tara Sivec is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 15
Total points: 65
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Goodreads Author: 4
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
Task: 5.5 - ScrabbleRead: Night Shift by Lilith Saintcrow
Lilith Saintcrow is a Goodreads Author.
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 5
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 0
25.3 - Jessica PDX’s task: The Long and the Short of ItOption 1:
All Things Wise and Wonderful by James Herriot
Title has 25 letters
Splintered by A.G. Howard
Title has 10 letters
Points this post: 25
Total points: 130
Pat 20.3 - Monopoly Money, Spring, and the SRC
$5 – Pink – Read a book where the cover shows a flower of any type or color.
A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner ****Goodreads Author****Totals for Challenge
Points this task : 20
Total Points : 125
Tasks Completed : 7
Books Read This Season : 11
Good Reads Authors : 4
Big Books : 500+ (1)
Big Books : 750+ (0)
Big Books : 1000+ (0)
Nick KY5.3 Candyland. I read Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis by Timothy Egan. The word "and" is in the subtitle.
10.2 Do Not Pass Go. I read The Pale Criminal by Philip Kerr which has no "g" or "o" in the title or author's name.
10.4 A Token Task American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps edited by Peter Straub, which has a lantern (retired Monopoly token) on the cover.
CLAIM TWO BIG BOOK TICKETS for American Fantastic Tales... at 750 pages.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 150
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(1)
LDB15.6 WORLD CHAMPS
Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
Took place in the UK
Total points: 15
Books read: 1
Pages read: 378
10.9 - Colorful CaptionsRead a book that has at least 2 colors in the words of the title on the cover. The two colors must appear in the title. Subtitles do not count. Required: Include the cover when you post.
The Bad Seed by William MarchTotals for challenge:
Points this task: 10
Total points: 265/ 940
Tasks completed: 26
Books read: 25
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
30.8 - Delicious Dee - Read ‘Em AgainTwo books by different authors that I have only read on other book by
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins - I read The Woman in White in the Spring 2012 SRC. I read the Kindle edtion, but the paperback has 528 pages - 1 Big Book Ticket
Rules Of Vengeance by Christopher Reich - I read Rules of Betrayal in the Summer 2011 SRC. Paperback has 580 pages - 1 Big Book Ticket
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 60/940
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 5
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
BEKKA - 25.2 - Elizabeth B's task: Nordic NoirThe page count for the books read for this task is 512p.
A. For this task, I read “
” by Margi Preus, since it is set predominately in Norway (3/4 of the book is in Norway; 1/4 on the boat to America). I read this book as an Advance Reader’s Copy. B. 3. For this task, I read “
” by Sally Gardner since it has the same word in its title as the first book I read (MOON). Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 25
Total Points Earned to Date: 65
Pages Read this Challenge: 512
Total Pages Read to Date: 1473
Books Read this Challenge: 2
Total Books Read: 6
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
30.6 - OH THE PLACES YOU'LL GOBOOK 1 - All A Man Can Be by Virginia Kantra.
BOOK 2 - SET IN VIRGINIA - Lover's Knot by Emilie Richards.
Lover's Knot is a Big Book at 560 pages.
Virginia Kantra and Emilie Richards are Goodreads Authors.
TOTAL POINTS - 100
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 5
BIG BOOKS - 2
Julie P20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Kimber's Task: Celebrate the Sibs!
Requirement: Read a series book that is the same number in the series as the number of siblings in my family.
**I have two siblings--one sister & one brother. 24 Hours is Book #2 in the Mississippi Series.**
24 Hours by Greg Iles
Points this task: 20
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Pages read: 699
Goodreads Author Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (0) 750+ (0) 1000+ (0)
Lindy-Lanetask 10.10 take a chance!
*the random number generator picked the #17 for me and so i read:
She's in a Better Place by Angela Elwell Hunt
*this is a GRA
Points this post: 10
Total points: 110
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 8
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Shelby's task: Chug-a Chug-a...Chug-a Chug-a...Choo-ChooOption 2, a book that takes place in one of the states through which the Union Pacific traveled: The Tin Horse by Janice Steinberg, which takes place in California.
**Janice Steinberg is a Goodreads author.**
Points this post: 20
Total points: 70
GR authors: 2
SandiCompleted Tasks
30.2 - Sassafrass's task: Mouth full of words!
Book # 1 - Option 2 - Eye on Cover
Available on ebook format. Approved for length at post # 3240 -- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
TICKET CLAIM: Brainstorm is by Margaret Belle who is a Goodreads Author
Book #2 - Option 3 - Romance genre
Honeymoon for One
At time of post, romance is listed as genre on main page and not likely to change. However, if not there at time of verification, was noted at post # 43 of the Spring genre verification thread -- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
*** Summary ***
Previous Points Earned: 175
Points Earned this Post: 30
Total Points to Date: 205
Big Book Tickets to Date: 2
Goodreads Authors to Date: 7
5.8 - Go Fish
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
(Striped Bass appears on the list of common fish names.)
20.3 - Monopoly Money, Spring & The SRC
$5 - Pink
by Melina Marchetta (Goodreads Author)
Points for this post: 25
Total Points: 25
Goodreads Authors: 1
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
(Striped Bass appears on the list of common fish names.)
20.3 - Monopoly Money, Spring & The SRC
$5 - Pink
by Melina Marchetta (Goodreads Author)Points for this post: 25
Total Points: 25
Goodreads Authors: 1
20.2 Rookie at the topoption 2
**approved on task help thread** vehicle on left is a truck
this task 20 points
total points 60
Stacey
30.1 Eat, Sleep, Swim, Repeat
Book 1: Breaststroke
Book 2: Individual Medley
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul ("im" in the word "time")
New points: 30
Total points: 125
30.1 Eat, Sleep, Swim, Repeat
Book 1: Breaststroke
Book 2: Individual Medley
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul ("im" in the word "time")
New points: 30
Total points: 125
20.3 – Best Review – Chris MD’s task: Monopoly Money, Spring, and the SRC$5 Pink/ flower on cover
by Kimberly Derting The Last Echo by Kimberly Derting+20 points
20.5 – Bigger is Better – Mary Beth’s task: Big Books are Best!
576 pages:
The Kingdom of Little Wounds by Susann Cokal
+20 points
Points this post: 40
Grand Total: 110
Hana C.
30.6 - 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.
Darkness Before Dawn by J.A.London
Using place name: London
Book B: Read a book set primarily in the place identified by the author's name of book A
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Neverwhere is set in London, UK
** Neil Gaiman is a GRA
points this post: 30
Tasks Completed: 2
GRAs: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Points: 60
30.6 - 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.
Darkness Before Dawn by J.A.London
Using place name: London
Book B: Read a book set primarily in the place identified by the author's name of book A
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Neverwhere is set in London, UK
** Neil Gaiman is a GRA
points this post: 30
Tasks Completed: 2
GRAs: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Points: 60
15.6 - World ChampsRead a book set primarily in one of the winner’s home locations: California, US; Ohio, US; Ireland, Singapore, Italy, Australia, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Hong Kong, Japan (2x), Spain, or Norway.
A Sicilian Romance by Ann Radcliffe (set in Sicily, a region of Italy)
Task total=15
Grand total=155
Andy P.Task # 20.4 Author! Author! Janet F;'s task: My Bye Bye Birdie Birthday
Option 4 Bird on cover
by Bob Tarte Book approved here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...Points this task: 20
Total points: 145
MB5.9 Gin Rummy - Book with cocktail name - Zombie - Zombie Baseball Beatdown by Paolo Bacigalupi pages 304
Total points - 45
Total books read - 5
Total pages - 1644
Tasks completed - 5
Goodreads authors - 2
Big Book tickets
10.4 A Token Taskcat
The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern by Lilian Jackson Braun (3/7/14) 224 pp.Points Earned: 10
Pages Read: 224
15.8 Take Your Vitamins
*(GA)- Alan Bradley's I Am Half-Sick of Shadows (3/12/14) 293 pp.
Points Earned: 15
Pages Read: 293
Goodreads Author: 1
15.10 Goof Off!
Devil's Food Cake Murder by Joanna Fluke (3/8/14) 322 pp.
Points Earned: 15
Pages Read: 322
Total Points Earned: 40
Total Pages Read: 839
Total Books Read: 3
Total Tasks Completed: 3
GR Authors: 1
SAM ID15.10 - Goof Off!
read a book of your choice
Jasmine by Kirsten Osbourne
**ebook approved on line 727 of google doc**
**Kirsten Osbourne is a GR Author**
Points: 15
Total Points: 80/940
GRA: 3
BB: 0
10.10 Take a Chance #11 Warm Bodies by *(GA) Issac Marion (3/5/14) 239 pp.
Points Earned: 10
Pages Read: 239
Goodreads Author: 1
Total Points Earned: 50
Total Pages Read: 1078
Total Books Read: 4
Total Tasks Completed: 4
GR Authors: 2
Jessica PDX25.3 - Jessica PDX's Task - The Long and the Short of It
Option 1 - Long and Short Titles
The first title has 19 characters; the second has 9.
by Raymond Chandler
by George PelecanosPoints This Post: 25
Total Points: 205
30.4 - Sheila/Kathy G's task: A Springtime Stroll Through the World of MonopolySpringtime #1
The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory
Author's initials are P.G. from "springtime"
Monopoly #2
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
834 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 160
Mod
5.1 - So Many Games.
Dice in title:
Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Play It by David M. Ewalt
5.10 - Poker.
five in title:
Five Past Midnight: A Novel by James Thayer
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Pamela Su's task: Fun in a Box!
option 2 Pack & Stack- truck kicking up dust on the cover
Stone Cold by C.J. Boxtotal = 115
Delicious Dee20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Tammy AZ's task: Well-Seasoned Books
I used my friend, Frances' to-read shelf, and one of her 10 oldest books was This Side of the Grave - Jeaniene Frost (GR Author) - which she added in November 2010
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 90
GR Author: 6
TANYA D20.10- Group Read
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Post # 10 HERE
Points this post: 20
Total points: 70
25.3 – Jessica PDX’s task: The Long and the Short of It Option 1: 30 / 3
Book 1: 30 characters:
The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson
Book 2: 3 characters:
Bug by Tracy Letts
+25 Points
Grand Total: 135
30.8 - Delicious Dee's task: Read ‘Em Again Approved to read two books by authors I have read only one book on line 52 of the Help Thread since I have only participated in one challenge and read no books that fit this challenge
Book 1. The Redemption of Callie & Kayden | Jessica Sorensen | I have only read one book by this author on 12/18/2013 | The Coincidence of Callie & Kayden | 404 Pages | ★★★★ | GR Author
Book 2. Cage | Harper Sloan | I have only read one book by this author on 07/07/2013 | Axel | 282 Pages | ★★★★★ | GR Author
Total Tasks Completed: 19
Total Points this Task: 30
Total Overall Points: 270
Goodreads Author Points This Task: 2
Goodreads Author Points Total: 16
Big Book Ticket Totals: 500+(0)
20.9 Cover of SpringOpt#1 - March (Lion)
Morality for Beautiful Girls by *(GA) Alexander McCall Smith (3/15/14) 246 pp.
Points Earned: 20
Pages Read: 246
Goodreads Author: 1
Total Points Earned: 70
Total Pages Read: 1324
Total Books Read: 5
Total Tasks Completed: 5
GR Authors: 3
15.6 - World ChampsRead a book set primarily in one of the winner’s home locations: California, US; Ohio, US; Ireland, Singapore, Italy, Australia, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Hong Kong, Japan (2x), Spain, or Norway.
Hjertet mot steinen by Adrian Pracon
This book is set in Norway, my home country.
Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 2
Pages Read: 732
Total Points: 45
FANDURY20.7 - 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.
I have 1 sibling, a little brother, so I read a #1 in a series:
A Kiss Before the Apocalypse by Thomas E. Sniegoski
#1 in the Remy Chandler series.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 85
Books Read: 5
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
10.2 - Do Not Pass GoUntil I Die by Amy Plum
*** Amy Plum is a Goodreads Author ***
Total points: 20
Total GRA: 1
Total big book tickets: 0
20.2 – Rookie at the Top – Pamela Su’s task: Fun in a Box! 1. LADY ALICE: Read a book that contains one of the following words in the title/subtitle:
"What" in Title:
What I've Stolen, What I've Earned by Sherman Alexie
+20 Points
25.1 – Andy P’s task: The 50 States of Monopoly
Nevada: NV: “Silver” State
Book 1: NV
The Other Normals by Ned Vizzini
Book 2: "silver" in title:
Princess of the Silver Woods by Jessica Day George
+25 Points
Points this Post: 45
Grand Total: 180
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Book with LGBT as gender - Sing You Home by ***Goodreads Author Jodi Picoult
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 30/940
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()