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SPRING CHALLENGE 2015
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MORGAN FAERIESFOLLY20.6 Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B
REQUIRED: A. Using the list above, AT LEAST ONE of the objects must appear on the cover. AND B. Books must be a Minimum of 300 pages and MUST include only numbers from the following number sequence, my birthday 03/07/1965. (ex. 301, 379, 500 pages) Numbers may only be used as many times as they occur.
Selection:
Masque of the Red Death (Masque of the Red Death #1) -- Bethany Griffin
319 pages and approved in help thread for options with an umbrella (bumbershoot) on the cover.
Bethany Griffin is a **GRA**
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 205/1035
Books Read: 18
Completed Tasks: 16/59
Pages Read: 4969
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Cait S15.6- Tax Day!
Read a nonfiction book about money, economics, or finance.
The Cartoon Introduction to Economics: Volume One: Microeconomics by Yoram Bauman
This book was approved on the help thread here
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 220
Goodreads Authors: 9
Total Tasks Completed: 13
20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel ReferencesOption 2: Science and Magic
Read a book with the genre science, science fiction, or magical realism on it’s main page. Genres may stand alone or be embedded.
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
** Pierce Brown is a Goodreads Author
CURRENT POST
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 30
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
NARUMON10.6 Older American's Month
Read a book by an author who is 50 years or older this year, or died when he/she was older than 50
Black Glass: Short Fictions by Karen Joy Fowler (b. 1950) making her 65 this year.
20.2 Midwives Help People Out
Option 2: Read a book featuring a midwife as a main character
Murder on Marble Row by Victoria Thompson. The book features midwife Sarah Brandt, who helps solve mysteries.
**** Victoria Thompson is a Goodreads Author ****
20.3 Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 3: Read a book in a series you have already started
Near Enemy by Adam Sternberg. This is book #2 in the Spademan series.
**** Adam Sternberg is a Goodreads Author ****
20.9 Hel Hath Fury
Option 2: Read a book that is the last (or most recently) published in a series
Obsession in Death by J.D.Robb, which is the most recent published title in the In Death series (book #40, published in 2015).
IN THIS POST:
Points: 10 + 20 + 20 + 20 = 70
GR Author: 2
Big Book: 0
MORGAN FAERIESFOLLY20.2 Rookie at the Top - Maryn’s Task: Midwives Help People Out
REQUIRED: Option Two: Read a book where a midwife is a main character. This can be fiction or non-fiction.
Selection: Birthmarked (Birthmarked #1) -- Caragh M. O'Brien
Gaia's mother is a midwife, and she has been trained as and becomes one herself.
I listened to the audio (worst audio narrator I have encountered yet), the MMPB has 397 pages.
Caragh M. O'Brien is a **GRA**
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 225/1035
Books Read: 19
Completed Tasks: 17/59
Pages Read: 5366
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Julia1035.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
The Song of Homana (rated 3.93 as of 03/22/15, 10:15 am)
5.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons
Rainbows on the Moon is set in Hawai'i.
Post total: 10 points
Challenge total points: 125
Total GRA: 2
Total BB tickets: 1
Andy P.Task #
15.9. Better Put on a Heavy Coat!
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the Nordic countries - Denmark
by Lene Kaaberbøl At least 2/3 of book set in Denmark, the rest in Ukraine.Points this post: 15
Total points: 120
20.4 End of era 
sheila Roberts, option 1. 2 people on the cover25.2 Garden Quotes
Alice Walker , option 1, flower on the cover, no re -readThe Murder on the Links Agatha Christie , option 2, genre : crime, no re -read
30.3 Your own personal tardis
The Hippopotamus Marsh Pauline Gedge, option 1, set in ancient world
The Crucible Arthur Miller, option 3, set in XVII century
Tasks points 75
Total points 75
Cindy FTask 15.7 Pi Day
1st in a series: The Passage by Justin Cronin
Claiming BB tickets 766pages
Points this post:15
Total points:25
Tasks completed:3
Books read:3
Goodreads Authors:0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(1)1000+(0)
15.7.Pi Day In honor of Pi Day (3/14), read a book that is number 3, 1, 4, 31, or 14 in a series. The Return of the King (Lord of the Rings #3) by J.R.R. Tolkien (554 pages: Big Book Ticket)
30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t: Read one book from each of the following options. Books must be at least 250 pages.
Book 1: Read a book that has your favorite genre on its main page. My favorite is Historical Fiction.
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith (528 pages: Big Book Ticket)
Book 2: Book 2: Read a book that has your least favorite genre on its main page.My least favorite is Romance.
The Bloodletter's Daughter by Linda Lafferty (512 pages: Big Book Ticket). Lafferty is a Goodreads Author
Total Points: 190
Big Book Tickets: 3
Goodreads Author: 1
FANDURY20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- BellaGBear’s Task: Relive Childhood Feelings
Read a book found on this shelf list Child Narrator or on the listopias Adult Fiction with a Child Protagonist or Juvenile Narrators
Among Others by Jo Walton
This book is on the Juvenile Narrators list, page 2, #131
Jo Walton is a Goodreads Author!
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 180
Books Read: 10
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
20.1 - Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a NameOption 4: Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
found on page 3 of the Did Not Finish shelf
Points this post: 20
Season Total: 145
Nick KY25.3 Andy P's Ragnarok
Book 1. Author's initials are in RAGNAROK.
I read The Edge of Physics: A Journey to Earth's Extremes to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe by Anil Ananthaswamy Initials: A A
Book 2. God's name: TYR -- letters found sequentially in the title -- Ten Years lateR -- I read Ten Years Later: Six People Who Faced Adversity and Transformed Their Lives by Hoda Kotb
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 210
5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the WorldsI completed The Art of Baking Blind by Sarah Vaughan
Current post:
Points: 5
Goodreads Authors: 1: Sarah Vaughan is a GRA
Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Total:
Total Points: 45
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 5
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
babbling c5.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons.
Read a book set (at least 50%) In the US states- Washington
River Marked -kindle River Marked - paperback 291 pgs. by Patricia Briggs
20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
Help thread
Option 2: Read a book that is the last published book in a series OR the most recently published in a series. Series and publication information must be on Goodreads (Series #). Whole numbers only.
Blazing the Trail kindle Blazing the Trail -paperback pgs 352 by Deborah Cooke- final book in the Dragon Diaries trilogy.
THIS POST
Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 2
Good Read Authors:
Big Books:
Total This Season
Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 2
Good Read Authors:
Big Books:
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Pages read this season: 634
Books read this season: 2
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Personal Best: 660/1180 (summer 14)
5.3 Alfhiem, the Home of the Light ElvesReaderboard name: Vicki L.
Lovers at Heart was rated 3.90 on 3/12/15.
Goodreads author Melissa Foster
Points for this task 5
GRA tix 1
25.6 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: We're a Cozy MysteryI chose Options 2 and 3:
Option 2: For this option, read a book that you find on the Speculative Fiction that Passes the Bechdel Test list.
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Number 8 on Page 1)
Option 3: Read a book where the author's initials can be found in VALKYRIE.
If This Isn't Nice, What Is? by Kurt Vonnegut
Total: 220
JeniferTask 20.3 Thinly Veiled Marvel Reference
options 5: This book has been hyped up by the media (thanks to the movie that came out last year) and by members of my bookclub.
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
Task 20.7 Childhood Feelings
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Task 25.2 Garden Quotes
option 2: mystery genre
That Summer by Lauren Willig
*Lauren Willig is a GR Author*
option 4: science fiction genre
Cress by Marissa Meyer
*Marissa Meyer is a GR Author*
*I am claiming a total of 2 GR tickets in this post (Lauren Willig & Marissa Meyer*
*I am claiming 1 Big Book Ticket for Cress. 550 pages*
Points this post: 65
Total Points: 135
Goodreads Authors this post: 2
Total Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Mimi Michele25.7 Garden Quotes
Repost of 821
Neither of these books are re-reads.
Task 1 Flower on book cover
Travels with My Aunt by Graham Green
Travels With My Aunt
Task 2 Mystery in the main genre
Death by the Book by Julianna Deering
Death by the Book
CURRENT POST
Points: 25
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 130
Total Goodreads Authors: 5
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
SCHATZIE5.4: MIDGARD "MIDDLE EARTH", THE HOME OF THE HUMANS
I am moving a book already used to complete TASK: 25.12 to this task. (sorry for the extra work)
by Sandra Parshall -->GR AUTHOR--approved in Help Thread msg #55
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25.12: ELIZABETH'S INDEPENDENCE DAY
opt. C:
-- orig. pub. March 2012opt. D: death in title
by Jacqueline Winspear -- GR AUTHOR
Points this post: 5 + 25 - 25
Total Challenge Points: 365
GRA: 11
BB (500)- 0
BB (750)- 0
BB (1000)- 0
20.8 Getting to KnowOption 3: Includes your child’s name.
I have a daughter named Elizabeth, so I read Die for Love by Elizabeth Peters.
New points this post: 20
Total w/this post: 280
GRA tickets this post: 0
Total w/this post: 10
Big Books this post: 0
Total w/this post: 2
Total tasks completed: 16
Total books claimed: 21
Post: #843
5.4 Midgard: Middle Earth, Home of Humans
by Allen Eskens Tree in upper right behind house.Today's Total: 5
Grand total: 255
NARUMONRepost for Task 20.3 Option 3, originally posted in post #826
20.3 Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 3: Read a book that is next in the series
Near Enemy by Adam Sternberg, which is NOT a re-read for me.
**** Adam Sternberg is a Goodreads Author ****
Sorry I missed that requirement the first time around!
20.1 Most Improved Player: Julia103's Task--What's in a Name.3. Loki:
One Thousand Chestnut Trees: a Novel of Korea by Mira Stout
Today's total: 20
Grand total: 275
25.3 Andy P's Task:1. Ragnarok Letters G & N
Clariel by Garth Nix
2.Letters of the God's name in order
ODIN
Rodin's Lover Heather Webb
This post total: 25
Grand total: 300
JUKKA5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir
Book with a nine-letter word in the title.
Me emme valehtele ja muita Puolueen hyväksymiä novelleja by Tuomas Saloranta (ed.). "Val/eht/ele" has nine letters. The title, incidentally, is Finnish for "We Do Not Lie and Other Short Stories Approved by the Party".
5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans
Book with a tree on the cover.
, Understanding Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings by William Ready.The book has only 96 pages. I am claiming this as my one book of 80-99 pages in the challenge.
10.4 - May the Fourth Be With You
Book with Science Fiction as main page genre.
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 100
Books Read: 10
Repost25.4 - Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies.
Option 1: Disney Animated Movies
Using Sofia The First: Once Upon A Princess
First Frost
Option 3: Lightheartedness
It's back on the main page and now approved in help thread #39
Kiss and Spell Humor on main page
Points this post:25
Total: 110
Books read: 9
Tasks Done:6
Task 30.6 - Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!REQUIREMENTS : Book #1 - Option A; Book #2 - Option D - Ranked 4 on the List.
BOOK #1]
Nine Stories - J.D. SalingerBOOK #2]
The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen ChboskyCURRENT POST
Points: 30
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 110
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
30.1 - Jonquil's Task: Straight on Till MorningBook 1, roller coaster and Ferris wheel on the cover: Palisades Park by Alan Brennert
Book 2, main character has made a major career change: Sweet Expectations by Mary Ellen Taylor, in which the main character, Daisy, has gone to work in her family's bakery after losing her job in corporate finance.
Neither book is a reread.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 185
SCHATZIE20.9: MODERATOR'S PET - KAIT'S HEL HATH FURY
opt. 2: last in a series
Mightier Than the Sword this is #5
Points this post: 20
Total Challenge Points: 385
GRA: 11
BB (500)- 0
BB (750)- 0
BB (1000)- 0
Catherine TTask 5.3 - Alfheim
Read a book rated 3.5 or higher
The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett
Rated 3.89 on 17 Mar
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Total points= 300
Christine V5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
She Walks in Beauty: A Woman's Journey Through Poems This book currently has a Goodreads rating of 4.01.
I read the above Kindle edition. Link to Hardcover (no MMP or Paperback available).
Points this post: 5
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 6
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
M1NKS20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References:
Option 2: Science and Magic - Read a book with the genre science, science fiction, or magical realism on it’s main page
Night Watch
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B -
-- Book cover has flowers in the background and is 375 pages longPOINTS
Points This Post: 40
Points Total: 135
GR Author: 0
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 10
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.8 - Women in War
Home Front: A Novel by Kristin Hannah
One of the main character is deployed to Iraq. This book is also listed as an example in the task description.
25.2 - Garden Quotes
Book 1 - Wildalone by Krassi Zourkova
Option 1 - This book has flowers on the cover.
Book 2 - Flawless by Sara Shepard
Option 2 - Mystery is a genre on the main page shelved by 483 users.
This post: 40 points
Total points to date: 50 points
Tasks completed: 3
** Electing to not track GR authors and Big Books this season **
Jonquil5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves
wolf in title
The Wolf Within
Cynthia Eden
Paperback, 318 pages 3/21
Points this post: 5
Total points: 430
Books posted: 34
Tasks complete: 29
Pages this post: 318
Total pages as of this post: 9967
Jonquil5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir
Des / per / ate Hou / sed / ogs
Desperate Housedogs
Sparkle Abbey
Hardcover, 363 pages 3/22
Points this post: 5
Total points: 435
Books posted: 35
Tasks complete: 30
Pages this post: 363
Total pages as of this post: 10330
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden QuotesRead a book with the main page genre of “Crime”, “Mystery”, “Suspense”, or Thriller”.
The Conspiracy of Us by Maggie Hall GR AUTHOR
"mystery" and "thriller" are main page genres. This book is not a re-read for me.
Read an autobiography or memoir.
How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
This book is not a re-read for me.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 45
GR authors: 2
ColetteGTask 15.9 Better put on a heavy coat
Read a book that takes place in one of the Nordic Countries.
Burial Rights by Hannah Kent takes place in Iceland.
15 points for task
Hannah Kent is a GR Author
Jayme VA5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves.
by Evie Wyld, goodreads author.Approved in the help thread as having a wolf on the cover.
10.7 - Typhoid Mary
The Pesthouse by Jim Crace
This book is #47 on page 1.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 105
GR Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
Mary P10.9 - Over the Rainbow
American Elsewhere by Robert Jackson Bennett
Points this task: 10
total points: 100
Task: 5.7 - Nidavellir, the Home of the DwarvesRead:
by Kazuo IshiguroPoints This Task: 5
Total Points: 10
NARUMON5.1 Asgard, the Home of the Aesir
Read a book with "?", "!" or "..." in title or subtitle
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe, which has "?" in title.
**** Randall Munroe is a Goodreads Author ****
TOTAL IN POST:
Points: 5
Goodreads Author: 1
Big Books: 0
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Cumulative Total
Total Points: 70 + 5 = 75
Goodreads Author: 2 + 1 = 3
Big Books: 0 + 0 = 0
Oma122920.2 Rookie at the Top - Maryn’s Task: Midwives Help People Out
I chose Option Two/
Option Two: Read a book where a midwife is a main character. This can be fiction or non-fiction.
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Total Points-120/1060
Total Tasks Completed-10/60
Number of GR authors-(4)
Big Books-500 pages ();750 ()
Task 15.2: Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown Book 1 Read a book with the letters AESIR in the title/subtitle of the book.
Clever Maids: The Secret History of the Grimm Fairy Tales (2004) by Valerie Paradiz (Paperback, 222 pages)
Cl e ve r M ai d s
AND
Book 2. Read a book with the letters VANIR in the title/subtitle of the book.
Chasing Ravens (2014) by Jessica E. Paige (Goodreads Author) (Kindle Edition, 183 pages) (pagecount verified in the ebook pagelength thread)
Chas i ng Rav e n s
** Jessica E. Paige is a Goodreads Author.**
Which book did you prefer - Aesir or Vanir? VANIR
75 + 15 = 90
Tasks Completed: 07
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 75 + 15 = 90
Books read: 10
Pages read: 2,636
Read but not claimed: 3
Goodreads Authors: 03
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
SHELLEY UT10.3 - Earth Day
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Points this task: 10
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 10
Goodreads authors: 6
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
25.4 - Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies.Option 1: Disney Animated Movies
The Secret World of Arrietty
The Secret Friend by Chris Mooney(Secret)
AND
Option 2: Frozen
Heat Lightning by John Sandford25.11 - Elizabeth B's Task: Independence Day
Option A:
Flashpoint by Suzanne BrockmannAND
Option D:
Death of a Kingfisher by M.C. BeatonTotal Points = 400
Boston Kate5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
The Damned
currently has a rating of 3.59
Points:
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Amy N. 15.1.Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong?
Help Thread
Book 1 – Read a book that a GR friend has rated 4 or 5 stars, AND
Book 2 – Read a book that a GR friend has rated 1 or 2 stars.
REQUIRED: For both books, include a link to the friend’s review
Book 1: The Beach House by Mary Alice Monroe 3/23/15 Claiming Goodreads Author
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book 2: Escape by Barbara Delinsky 3/16/15 Claiming Goodreads Author
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This Task: 15
Total points: 55
Books Read: 6
Goodreads Author: 4
Total Tasks Completed: 3
Big Ticket Books: 0
500+: 0
750+: 0
1000+: 0
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Read a book that is at least 400 pages long.
Life Drawing For Beginners by Roisin Meaney *Goodreads Author*
*432 Pages
TASK TOTALS
Points: 10
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets:
CHALLENGE TOTALS
Points: 150
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+: