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SPRING CHALLENGE 2014
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Completed Tasks (Do Not Delete Posts)
Oma122920.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's task: Monopoly Money, Spring, and the SRC
$20 – Green – Mint green to be specific. That makes me think of mint juleps, the traditional drink of the Kentucky Derby, which takes place in early May. Read a book where the cover shows a beverage.
by Elizabeth BuchanClaiming Elizabeth Buchan as GR author
Total Points: 160/940
Total Tasks: 8/55
Total GR Authors: (4)
Total Big Books: 500+( );759+( )
Oma122915.5 Vincent From Gogh
Read a book by an author whose last name (name in the last position) includes a prefix: Al, bin, D', Da, De, Del, De la, Della, Den, Des, Di, Dos, Du, El, Fitz, L', ibn, La, Las, Le, Les, Lo, Los, M', Mac, Mc, Ni, O', Saint, St., Ste., Te, Ten, Ter, Van, Van der, Vander, Von.
Rigged For Murder by Jenifer LeClair
Claiming Jenifer LeClaire as Gr author
Total Points: 175/940
Total Tasks: 9/55
Total GR Authors: (5)
Total Big Books: 500+( );759+( )
SAM ID20.1 - Chug-a Choo-Choo
Option 3: A Book that is not the first or last in a series
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
**Veronica Roth is a GR Author**
**Insurgent is 525 pages, 1 BB ticket**
Points: 20
Total Points: 100/940
GR Authors: 4
BB Tickets: 1
BRIAN20.10 - Group Reads
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
I had post #5 in the comment thread
Points this post: 20
Total points: 75
Books read: 4
Big Books: 2-0-0 (2)
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Mary Beth - Big Books are BestBook of 500+ pages
Threat Vector by Tom Clancy
I listened to the audiobook, the paperback is 608 pages, 1 Big Book Ticket
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 80/940
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 6
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Pat 30.1 - Eat, Sleep, Swim, Repeat
Option 1 : Read a book that shows at least one person from the back on the cover
Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew Dicks ****GoodReads Author****Option 3 : Read a book with the word butterfly, dolphin or fly in the title, subtitle or series title. Plurals and possessives are allowed. Variations of the word "fly" may be used so long as they preserve the meaning of the word - for instance, "flying," "flies," "flown," "flew," "flier," "flyer," "flyboy," etc.
Flyboys: A True Story of Courage by James BradleyTotals for Challenge
Points this task : 30
Total Points : 185
Tasks Completed : 9
Books Read This Season : 14
Good Reads Authors : 5
Big Books : 500+ (1)
Big Books : 750+ (0)
Big Books : 1000+ (0)
Task: 10.10 - Take a ChanceRead: Hunter's Prayer by Lilith Saintcrow
Lilith Saintcrow is a Goodreads Author.
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 0
SETAL15.6 - World Champs
Moonraker by Ian Fleming
Book is set entirely in the United Kingdom.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 85
15.3 - You Go Girl!Option 2 - Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell, who is a Goodreads author. (Eleanor & Rainbow)
20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's task: Monopoly Money, Spring, and the SRC
$5 - Pink -
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Tammy AZ's task: Well-Seasoned Books
China Court - #7 (added on Jan 23 2010) on my friend Su-Lin's to-read list
Total points claimed: 90 (55 in this post)
Goodreads authors: 3 (1 in this post)
15.8 Take Your VitaminsA Countess Below Stairs by Eva Ibbotson March 18
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 115
Total Tasks Completed: 7
Total Books Read: 7
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Nick KY25.1 Andy’s 50 States. For my first book I read Witch, Warlock and Magician by W.H. Davenport Adams. I read the online “Gutenberg” version,
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/38763/...
but here is the recent paperback edition:
Witch, Warlock, and Magician: Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland
The authors first and last initials are WA, the zip for Washington state, which is nicknamed the “Evergreen” state.
My second book is Evergreen by Bruce Golden.
25.3 Jessica PDX.s Long and Short of It.
I chose option 3: The page count of Book A must be at least twice the page count of Book B.
Book A. I read The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd, 373 pages.
Book B. I read Going Under by Kathe Koja, 128 pages.
Points This Post: 50
Total Points So Far: 200
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (1)
FANDURY20.1 - Most Improved Player - Shelby's task: Chug-a Chug-a...Chug-a Chug-a...Choo-Choo
Read a book from a series, no matter how long the series is, as long as it is NOT the first or last currently published book in that series.
Situation Tragedy by Simon Brett
This is book 7 in the Charles Paris series. This series has 18 published books and one that will be published later this year.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 105
Books Read: 6
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Yay! I read! :)30.7- Back to Australia
Option 1, a book primarily set in Australia: Down Under All Over: A Love Affair with Australia
Option 2, a book between 100 and 200 pages: The Hanged Man GR Author
Totals:
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 2
Goodreads authors this post: 1
Goodreads authors total: 1
Big Books this post: 0 (500+)
Big Books total: 0 (500+)
5.3 - CandylandAnd Call Me In The Morning by Willa Okati
20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's task: Monopoly Money, Spring, and the SRC
$5 – Pink: Mexican Heat by Laura Baumbach and Josh Lanyon has flowers on the cover.
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Bluemoon's task: Covers of Spring
2. April Showers: Fettered by Lyn Gala has clouds on the cover.
25.4 - Bamaace83's task: Mardi Gras Fun!
Option 2: Double Blind by Heidi Cullinan has a guy in a tuxedo suit and a guy in a suit and tie on the cover of the book I'm reading.
Option 4: Collide by Riley Hart
25.6 - Stacie MI’s Task: All the Colors of the Rainbow
Yellow: Frat Boy and Toppy by Anne Tenino has yellow in the title.
Blue: Trouble & the Wallflower by Kade Boehme has blue in the title and the guy's jeans.
30.1 - Susan A’s Task: Eat, Sleep, Swim, Repeat
2. Breaststroke: I, Omega by Kari Gregg
[Ebook verified in spreadsheet #690]
4. Freestyle: Love Lessons by Heidi Cullinan
[Ebook verified in spreadsheet #821]
*** Josh Lanyon is a Goodreads Author ***
*** Lyn Gala is a Goodreads Author ***
*** Heidi Cullinan is a Goodreads Author ***
*** Riley Hart is a Goodreads Author ***
*** Anne Tenino is a Goodreads Author ***
*** Kade Boehme is a Goodreads Author ***
*** Kari Gregg is a Goodreads Author ***
*** Heidi Cullinan is a Goodreads Author ***
Points this Post: 125
Goodreads Author(s): 8
TOTAL
Total Points to Date: 200
Total Tasks Completed: 9
Total Goodreads Authors: 12
Andy P.Shorter is Sweeter- Celebrate the Sibs!
This book is a stand alone as my one sibling is dead.
(Selection approved in help thread here:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
by Donna TarttClaiming two big book tickets for this book 771p.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 200
Sheila5.8 - Go Fish!
Sand Sharks by Margaret Maron (Shark)25.5 - Oma1229/JenneRenee's task: Spring Reading Haiku
Option 2:
Cockroaches by Jo Nesbø (thriller)AND
Option 4: Authors initials in Haiku
Voices by Arnaldur Indriðason25.6 - Stacie MI’s Task: All the Colors of the Rainbow*
Red/Mystery -
Another Man's Moccasins by Craig Johnson ✔(Red Cover
AND
Green/SciFi -
Summer Knight by Jim Butcher(Green background to authors name)
Total Points = 355
15.1 Nowruz DaySelect 2 options and read a book for each. You MAY do the same option twice.
C) Read a book with a title that begins with a word that starts with the letter S. (using twice)
Strangers by Taichi Yamada
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse15.3 You Go Girl!
Option 2
Read ONE book that satisfies both A and B.Book A. Read a book with a woman’s first name* in the title or subtitle
AND
Book B. Read a book written by a woman or by a writing team that uses a woman’s first name*.
Emily Dickinson by Emily DickinsonTotals for challenge:
Points this task: 30
Total points: 345/ 940
Tasks completed: 31
Books read: 30
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
SandiCompleted Tasks
10.7 - Sugar Shack
Book takes place in Massachusetts -- Of Flowers and Shadows
20.10 - Group Reads
For this task I read Brave New World
I posted in the group read book discussion thread at post #4 --
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
*** Summary ***
Previous Points Earned: 205
Points Earned this Post: 30
Total Points to Date: 235
Big Book Tickets to Date: 2
Goodreads Authors to Date: 7
10.3 - Do Not Collect $200The Body Farm by Patricia Cornwell
This book has 338 pages.
Patricia Cornwell is a Goodreads author.
15.6 - World Champs
Cruel and Unusual by Patricia Cornwell
This book takes place in the USA in Richmond, Virginia.
She's still a Goodreads author ☺
Totals for challenge:
Points this turn: 25
Total points: 55/ 940
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
20.5 Bigger is BetterListened to audio book- there is a benefit to long commutes! 560 pages
The Odyssey
Totals:
Points this post: 20
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 3
Goodreads authors this post: 0
Goodreads authors total: 1
Big Books this post: 1 (500+)
Big Books total: 1 (500+)
Cindy FTask 15.10 Goof off!
I read for a book of my choice RestlessbyWilliam Boyd
Points this post:15
Total points:40
Books read:3
Tasks completed:3
Goodreads Authors:1
Big books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
30.4 - Sheila/Kathy G's task: A Springtime Stroll Through the World of MonopolySpringtime
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
Small Gods by Terry Pratchett (T and P)
Monopoly
2) Read a book that is 500 pages or longer. Required: State how many pages your book is.
Unseen Academicals
540 pages
This is a Big Book
Totals for challenge:
Points this task: 30
Total points: 100/ 940
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 7
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Lacy Stewart15.5
Vincent From Gogh
Believe by Erin McCarthy
eBook verification #3353
15.10
Goof Off!
Ball & Chain
20.1
Most Improved Player
Option 3: Sweet
eBook verification #3353
30.4
Sheila/Kathy G's Task: A Springtime Stroll Through the World of Monopoly
Springtime Option 1: TrueErin McCarthy
Monopoly Option 3: The Undead Pool
30.6
Sandy/Kristi's Task: Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Option A: Highlander in DisguiseJulia London
Option B: Whitney, My Love
Total Points this Post: 110
Total Points: 140
Jayme(the ghostreader)30.8 Ream Em Again
A Pedigree To Die Forby Laurien Berenson I read one book by her before "Jingle Bell Bark" in the Winter 13 challenge. Laurien Berenson is a goodsreads author.
Book 2-Dying for Chocolateby Diane Mott Davidson. I previously read "Crunch Time" in Winter 13 challenge.
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 2
Big Books: 0
Goodreads Authors: 2 Laurien Berenson, Diane Mott Davidson
Task Points: 30
Total Points 30
Post #520.9 - Moderator's Pet - Bluemoon's task: Covers of Spring
Option 2. APRIL SHOWERS
Night Broken by Patricia Briggs
clouds on the coverPoints this task:20
Total: 110
GR authors:4
Books read:7
Tasks Done:6
10.3 - Do Not Collect $200
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
199 pages
30.4 - A Springtime Stroll Through The World Of Monopoly
Springtime 1) spring(T)i(M)e
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi (*GoodReads Author*)
Monopoly 3) Free parking space!
The Second Empress: A Novel of Napoleon's Court by Michelle Moran (*GoodReads Author*)
Optional details: I'm a huge fan of historical fiction and Michelle Moran is one of my favorite authors :)
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 65
Goodreads Authors: 3
Tasks completed: 4
Books Read: 5
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
199 pages
30.4 - A Springtime Stroll Through The World Of Monopoly
Springtime 1) spring(T)i(M)e
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi (*GoodReads Author*)
Monopoly 3) Free parking space!
The Second Empress: A Novel of Napoleon's Court by Michelle Moran (*GoodReads Author*)
Optional details: I'm a huge fan of historical fiction and Michelle Moran is one of my favorite authors :)
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 65
Goodreads Authors: 3
Tasks completed: 4
Books Read: 5
Barbara AllenTask #20.9 The covers of spring
Opt 3 Mayflower
Has boat on coverPoints this task 20
Total Points 155
GRA this post 0
Total GRA 1
Big Book Tickets this post 0
Total Big book tickets 2
Pat 5.2 - Go
Read a book set in China, Japan, or Korea.
The Mother by Pearl S. BuckTotals for Challenge
Points this task : 5
Total Points : 190
Tasks Completed : 10
Books Read This Season : 15
Good Reads Authors : 5
Big Books : 500+ (1)
Big Books : 750+ (0)
Big Books : 1000+ (0)
25.6 - Stacie MI’s Task: All the Colors of the Rainbow (re-post with cover)Yellow: Frat Boy and Toppy by Anne Tenino has yellow in the title.
Blue: Trouble & the Wallflower by Kade Boehme has blue in the title and the guy's jeans.
*** Anne Tenino is a Goodreads Author ***
*** Kade Boehme is a Goodreads Author ***
Points this Post: 25
Goodreads Author(s): 2
TOTAL
Total Points to Date: 200
Total Tasks Completed: 9
Total Goodreads Authors: 12
STACIE MITask 5.8 - Go Fish!
I read:
Polly and the Pirates, Volume 2: Mystery of the Dragonfish by Ted Naifeh
Dragonfish is on the list of common fish names.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 65
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 6
Pages read: 1604
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 10.5 - America's Most Popular
I read a book first published in 1954:
The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov
Points this task: 10
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
Pages read: 1812
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 15.3 - You Go Girl!
I did option 2 and I read:
Across The Wide And Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary Of Hattie Campbell by Kristiana Gregory
Both Hattie and Kristiana appear on Behind the Name
**Kristiana Gregory is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 15
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 8
Pages read: 1980
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Jayme VA10.6 - Spring Showers
The FitzOsbornes in Exile by Michelle Cooper is shelved by 6 people as GLBT.
15.9 Spring Into Action
Serena by Ron Rash
I acquired this book during the required time frame.
30.3 - DLMRose's task: Crazy Quilt
3) Fat Quarters: The Fall of Five by Pittacus Lore is the 4th book in the Lorien Legacies and is the last published book.
4) Q is for Quilt: Wife of the Gods by Kwei Quartey, goodreads author.
Q in Quartey.
Points this post: 55
Total points: 120
GR Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(1),750+(0),1000+(0)
BEKKA - 15.2 Spring BabiesBook A. For this task, I read “
” by Gillian Flynn since it was rated 4 stars by Amy FL. Book B: For this task, I read “
” by William Goldman, since it was rated 4 stars by Abigail. Also, Gillian Flynn 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: 80
Pages Read this Challenge: 865
Total Pages Read to Date: 2338
Books Read this Challenge: 2
Total Books Read: 8
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
Coralie5.8 Go Fish!
Type of fish – Fire Bar Danio – using the word ‘fire’
Great Fire
10.3 Do not collect $200
Ammonite 414 pages
10.4 A Token Task
Cat on cover
15.8 Take Your Vitamins
Word of a single letter in title – O
The Marquise of O
20.7 Celebrate the Sibs
A have three siblings (1 brother and 2 sisters) so I read the 3rd book in the Flavia de Luce series.
A Red Herring Without Mustard
25.2 Nordic Noir
Book A – Set in Iceland and written by an Icelandic author
Under the Glacier by Halldór Laxness 240 pages
Book 2 – Option 3 – same word in title – ‘under’
Red Seas Under Red Skies 586 pages
This post 85 points
Total to date 165 points
20.1 Chug-a Chug-a...Chug-a Chug-a...Choo-ChooOpt #3 - No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency #5
The Full Cupboard of Life by *(GA) Alexander McCall Smith (3/19/14) 212 pp.
Points Earned: 20
Pages Read: 212
Goodreads Author: 1
Total Points Earned: 90
Total Pages Read: 1536
Total Books Read: 6
Total Tasks Completed: 6
GR Authors: 4
Shannon South Africa20.5 Big Books are Best
Book 500+ pages
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
Book is 512 pages
BB tickets: 1
GR authors: 1
Task points: 20
Challenge points: 20
SandiCompleted Tasks
25.5 - Oma1229/JenneRenee's task: Spring Reading Haiku
Book # 1 - Using Option 2 mystery genre listed in haiku
Taken
Mystery genre on main page at time of post. If no longer there at time of verification, it was verified in Spring genre verification thread at post #77
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
TICKET CLAIM: Taken is by Debra Lee who is a Goodreads Author
Book #2 - Using Option 3 and a singular variation of the word 'awakens' found in the 3rd to last stanza of the haiku
Awaken
TICKET CLAIM: Awaken is by Rachel M. Humphrey-D'aigle who is a Goodreads Author
*** Summary ***
Previous Points Earned: 235
Points Earned this Post: 25
Total Points to Date: 260
Big Book Tickets to Date: 2
Goodreads Authors to Date: 9
Delicious Dee5.7 - Bridge
Under the Bridge - Michael Harmon (GR Author) - bridge in the title
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 135
GR Author: 8
5.5 - Scrabble. Author's initials in word SCRABBLE
Lost Lake by ***Goodreads Author Sarah Addison Allen
Sarah Allen
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 85/940
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 7
GoodReads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
AbigailTask 20.7: Celebrate the Sibs
I have two sisters, so I read the second book in a series.
Read: Scarlett Fever by Maureen Johnson
**Maureen Johnson is a GR author.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 155 / 940
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 9
Goodreads authors: 6
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
5.1 - So Many Games. - the word “game” in the titleWicked Game by Jeri Smith-Ready
Jeri Smith-Ready is a Goodreads author.
10.5 - America's Most Popular - first published between 1940 and 1960, inclusive.
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner - first published 1960
30.1 - Susan A’s Task: Eat, Sleep, Swim, Repeat
Book A: 1. BACKSTROKE – person’s back on cover
Once Bitten, Twice Shy by Jennifer Rardin -
Book B : 2. BREASTSTROKE - bare male chest on the cover
The Perfect Play by Jaci Burton -
Jaci Burton is a Goodreads author.
Points This Post: 45
Points Total: 45
GR Author: 2
30.1 - Susan A’s Task: Eat, Sleep, Swim, RepeatOption 2. BREASTSTROKE
Into the Flame by Christina Dodd
Option 4. FREESTYLE
E. Godz by Robert Lynn Asprin
Points This Post: 30
Total Points Earned: 55
Total Books Read: 4
GoodReads Authors: 2
ALISON
5.5 - Scrabble
The Round House by Louise Erdrich
L and E are in SCRABBLE
=5 points
5.10 - Poker
Four to Score by Janet Evanovich (goodreads author)
=5 points
10.9 - Colorful Captions
by Jerome K. Jerome=10 points
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20/940
Goodreads Author Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Tasks Posted: 3/55
ALISON
15.3 You Go Girl!
Option #2: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
=15 points
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Shelby's task: Chug-a Chug-a...Chug-a Chug-a...Choo-Choo
Option #4: Raising a Kid with Special Needs: The Complete Canadian Guide by Lisa Bendall
=20 points
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Mary Beth's task: Big Books are Best!
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (704 pages)
=20 points + 1 big book ticket
Points This Post: 55
Total Points: 75/940
Goodreads Author Tickets: 0 (1 total)
Big Book Tickets: 1 (1 total)
Tasks Posted: 6/55
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10.3 - Do Not Collect $200
The Outcast Dead by Elly Griffiths, 384 pages
20.4 - Author! Author! - Janet F's Task: My Bye Bye Birdie Birthday
option 2 Renaissance setting- 1500-1535 England
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
30.8 - Delicious Dee's task: Read ‘Em Again
This Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash.
I read A Land More Kind Than Home for the Summer 2013 Challenge- task 10.8 post 91, I have not read any other books by Wiley Cash
Mortal Bonds by Michael Sears
I read Black Fridays for the Fall 2013 Challenge, task 20.6 post 1174 Michael Sears has only written two books
total = 175