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SPRING CHALLENGE 2015
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Spring 2015 Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE POSTS
Laura NT5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
Goodreads rating at or above 3.50
A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron
Goodreads rating: 4.32 as of 03-23-15
Points this post: 5
Total points: 35
trishhartuk30.3 Teri-k’s Task: Your Own Personal TARDIS
REQUIRED: Identify the options. Tell whether its written during, set in, or about, the time period. Provide a link to support this if it’s not obvious from the GR description.
Option 2 Post-Classical Era from 200 AD to 1200 AD.
The King's Hounds, Martin Jensen - SET IN 1018
From the Goodreads description: “The newly crowned King Cnut of Denmark has conquered England and rules his new empire from Oxford. The year is 1018 and the war is finally over, but the unified kingdom is far from peaceful.”
Read the kindle version: MMPB reference edition:
Option 4 1700-1899
The Mangle Street Murders, MRC Kasasian - SET IN 1882
From the Goodreads description: “Gower Street, London, 1882: Sidney Grice, London's most famous personal detective, is expecting a visitor.”
Read the kindle edition. MMPB reference edition:
Goodreads Authors: No
Big Book: No
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Tasks completed: 8
Total points: 165
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 0
15.5 Read a book that won or was shortlisted for the Baileys Prize/Orange Prize, the Orange Prize for New Writers, or the Stella Prize, awards for fiction written by women.Life After Life by Kate Atkinson *Claiming BB Ticket - 544 pages*
This book appeared on the Bailey's/Orange Prize Shortlist, 2013.
20.10 Group Reads
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green *Claiming GR Author Ticket*
I posted in the group discussion thread.
30.1
Book 1 In solidarity with these new graduates, read a book with a roller coaster, carousel or Ferris wheel on the cover.
by Veronica Roth *Claiming GR Author Ticket*
Ferris wheel on cover.
Book 2 Shifting from full time student to full time employee is a huge life change. Read a book where the Main Character has made a major career change.
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes *Claiming GR Author Ticket*
The main character loses her job as a waitress and becomes a caretaker for a quadriplegic man.
Neither book is a reread.
This Post: 65
Total: 115
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 8
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Pages Read: 2961
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves. Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America Firoozeh Dumas , 240 pages
task points 5
Total points 80
Erin ATX5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir
The Certainty of Violet & Luke by Jessica Sorensen **GR Author**
Cer/tai/nty
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 55
Total GR Authors: 5
Tasks Completed: 5
Total Big Books: 0
Erin ATX20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
Option One: Tutor Time
by Jessica Sorensen **GR Author**Task Points: 20
Total Points: 75
Total GR Authors: 6
Tasks Completed: 6
Total Big Books: 0
Shiraloo30.1 - Jonquil's Task: Straight on Till Morning Dead Spots Silence for the Dead
Book 1: Four: A Divergent Story Collection by Veronica Roth
REQUIRED: This is NOT a re-read. Cover approved by task author in help thread post 2.
Book 2: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
REQUIRED: This is NOT a re-read. Approved by task author in help thread post 2. Protagonist works in a cafe, gets fired, and becomes a carer for a disabled man.
*Jojo Moyes is a GRA*
*Veronica Roth is a GRA*
30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library!
Book 1: Family Fang by Kevin Wilson
REQUIRED: In January, I read new-to-me author Pauline Wiles (Secrets in the Sky), who would be shelved as WHI-WOK. From there, I discovered new-to-me author, Kevin Wilson.
Book 2: Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essbaum (This was an ARC I won through LibraryThing)
REQUIRED: In January, I read new-to-me author Tracy Ewens (Premiere: A Love Story), who would be shelved as ERN-FID. From there, I discovered new-to-me author is Jill Alexander Essbaum.
CURRENT POST
Points: 60
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 230
Total Goodreads Authors: 13
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
ASHLEY OZ5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants
Read a book with the genre Young Adult on its main page
Graduation Day by Joelle Charbonneau
POINTS
This Post: 5
Total Points: 175
Books Read: 14
Completed Tasks: 11
Andy P.Task # 15.6. Tax Day
Read a nonfiction book about money, economics, or finance
by Michael LewisPoints this post: 15
Total points: 135
10.3 Earth DayRead a non-fiction book with the genre "Environment."
Otter Country: In Search of the Wild Otter by Miriam Darlington
Points this post: 10
Total points so far: 35
GR authors: 2
Big Book tickets: 0
ANGIE CA5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
Book: Song of Blood & Stone by L. Penelope
Notes: Rating is 3.79 as of 3/23/15.
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves.
Book: 5 to 1 by Holly Bodger
Notes: 224 pages. I read an ARC.
25.3 - Andy P's Task: Ragnarok
Book 1: Fat Vampire: A Never Coming of Age Story by Adam Rex
Notes: ragnARok
Book 2: The Savage Protector by Tamara Rose Blodgett
Notes: Contains "Thor": THe savage protectOR.
25.4 - Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies.
Book 1: What A Lady Needs For Christmas by Grace Burrowes
Notes: 1) Lady and the Tramp
Book 2: The Black Sheep by Yvonne Collins
Notes: 3) Humor genre locked in.
25.9 - Nick KY’s Task: “Y”
Book 1: White-Hot Holiday by Coleen Kwan
Notes: 1) Y in title. Approved for length.
Book 2: Burn for Me by Lauren Blakely
Notes: 3) #41 on Firefighters as of 3/23/15.
25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up
Book 1: Aces Wild by Amanda Carlson
Notes: 1) 188 pages.
Book 2: Kissing Ted Callahan by Amy Spalding
Notes: 4) SelmA
30.3 - Teri-k's Task: Your Own Personal Tardis
Book 1: Norse Jewel by Gina Conkle
Notes: 2) Set in 1022 AD. Approved for length.
Book 2: Once Upon a Tartan by Grace Burrowes
Notes: 4) Set in Regency era (~1850s). Approved in task help thread.
This Post: 140
Points to Date: 275
Julia10320.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
Option Two: No Love Lost
Post total: 20 points
Challenge total points: 145
Total GRA: 2
Total BB tickets: 1
Susan W.20.7 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
State which list you used and the page or page and number of your book on the list.
I read The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley
The book was #13 on page one of the Child Narrator List
* Alan Bradley is a GRA *
Points this post: 20
Queenbee Darlene20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- BellaGBear’s Task: Relive Childhood Feelings
Child Narrator List - Page 1, 34th on the list
I am Half Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley (GRA) I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
CURRENT POST
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 20
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
SCHATZIE10.4: MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU
Fahrenheit 451
Points this post: 10
Total Challenge Points: 395
GRA: 11
BB (500)- 0
BB (750)- 0
BB (1000)- 0
Queenbee Darlene20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed (GRA)
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Option 4: DNF list: Page 3
CURRENT POST
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 40
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves Never Too Far by Abbi Glines *goodreads author*
At time of posting, this book has a 4.24/5 on goodreads, therefore higher than the required 3.5
This Post: 5
Total Points: 125/1035
Books Read: 12
Completed Tasks: 11/59
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 0
Task 15.6. Tax DayREAD Working Scared (or Not at All): The Lost Decade, Great Recession, and Restoring the Shattered American Dream
Doesn't seem to be any genres listed but is all about the recession and stats of what happened economically.
Current Post--15
Total Points--70
Oops, just realised my total points should say 140 not 125, and my other totals are off as well. They should be: Total Points: 140/1035
Books Read: 13
Completed Tasks: 12/59
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: 0
Just so I don't get pulled up for my incorrect totals in the previous post. :)
perletwo30.1 - Jonquil's Task: Straight on Till Morning - Book 1 In solidarity with these new graduates, read a book with a roller coaster, carousel or Ferris wheel on the cover. The pictured ride should appear to be carnival-sized, not a toy, miniature, music box, snowglobe, etc. As shown on the covers below, just a portion of the roller coaster, carousel or Ferris wheel is acceptable if the other criteria are met.
Joyland - not a reread; picked it up especially for this challenge.Book 2 Shifting from full time student to full time employee is a huge life change. Read a book where the Main Character has made a major career change. This must be a completely new (paid) profession, not just a promotion, new employer, undercover assignment or a hobby. Fiction and non-fiction will work.
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin In which William Dodd goes from mild-mannered Chicago history professor to become the U.S. Ambassador to Germany. - I started this a month or so ago, got a couple chapters in and abandoned it. I re-started from go for this challenge & finished it this time :D
Points this task: 30
Total points: 210
Books read: 14
Tasks completed: 7
Fifty Shades of GreyFifty Shades Darker
15.1 Everything You Think is Right...or Wrong?
Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James
Review by Jen Ingemi 5 stars https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Fifty Shades Darker by E. L. James
Review by Jaime O'Laughlin 1 star https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Danielle MA
POINTS THIS POST: 15
TOTAL POINTS THIS CHALLENGE: 15
30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library!My first new author for the winter SRC was
The Dark Winter by David Marknew author in winter challenge
Book 1: The new book/author near it on the shelf LOG-MCC is:
Pulse: A Frank Quinn Novel by John Lutznew author
AND
Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter new author in winter challenge
Book 2: Near it on the shelf WAI-WHH
The Dark Vineyard by Martin Walkernew author
Total Points = 430
Elizabeth B5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves.
wolf on the cover
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves
The Dating Game (196 pg the paperback)
25.3 - Andy P's Task: Ragnarok
Book 1: No One to Trust by Katie Reus (K,R can be found in RagnaroK)
Book 2: Stories Beneath Our Skin stories beneaTH OuR skin (THOR)
Points: 35
Total: 125+35=160
STORMIE(post #40 reading plans)
15 POINT TASKS
15.4. Spring Reads:
Option1A:Black Ice by Becca Fitzpatrick (2014) finished 03/24/15✔ published 2014
Goodreads author
Options1B:Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch finished 03/16/15✔ letters in SPRING: SR
Goodreads author
Points this task: 15
Cumulative Totals: 35
Books read: 5
Tasks completed: 0
Tickets for:
Good Reads Authors: 2
Total Goodreads authors: 4
Big Books:
Catherine TTask 20.4 - End of an Era
option 2: Repetition, Repetition, Repetition
read a book with a three word title, two of the words starting with the same letter
Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett
two words start with L
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total points = 320
Delicious Dee30.4. - Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas
Book A - A Night of Southern Comfort - Robin Covington (GR Author) - recommendation came from my read-2014 shelf on March 15th
Book B - Shield of Winter - Nalini Singh (GR Author) - I have so many friends all the popular books only had 1 reader for it; I found the info on March 15th
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 235
Goodreads Authors: 16
Jonquil20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
Option 2: Repetition, Repetition, Repetition
three word title, two words starting with same letter: H
Hairspray and Homicide
Cindy Bell
Paperback, 114 pages 3/23
Points this post: 20
Total points: 455
Books posted: 36
Tasks complete: 31
Pages this post: 114
Total pages as of this post: 10444
Jasmiina F20.10 - Group Reads:
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season.
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
*Goodreads author*
My post in the discussion thread.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 100
GR Authors this post: 1
Total GR Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Becks15.4. Spring Reads
Option 2
Read one book that satisfies both A & B:
A. Read a book first published in a year that ends in 3, 4, or 5.
B. Read a book whose author’s initials can be found in the word SPRING.
Bad Feminist: Essays by Roxane Gay
Roxane Gay is a GRA.
Points this post: 15
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Points: 20
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0, 750+: 0, 1000+: 0
Erin NY15.6 Book about money/economics (Was approved in the help thread)
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
Total Points: 145
Tasks Completed: 8
Tasks in progress: 5
Books Read: 14
Pages Read: 5,441
By Peakles30.6 - Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!
Opt A - Read a collection of short stories (essays, novellas, or a mixture are also acceptable) with Anthologies, Short Stories, or Essays as a main page genre.
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman
***** Neil Gaiman is a GRA *****
Opt B - Read a book with at least 500 pages.
The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
**** Claim Big Book > 500 pages for The Bone Clocks which has 640 pages ****
Total Points: 90
Total GRA: 4
Total Big Book: 1
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ25.2 - Garden Quotes
Book 1 - Wildalone by Krassi Zourkova
Option 1 - This book has flowers on the cover.
This book is not a re-read.
Book 2 - Flawless by Sara Shepard
Option 2 - Mystery is a genre on the main page shelved by 483 users.
This book is not a re-read.
This post: 25 points
Total points to date: 50 points
Tasks completed: 3
** Electing to not track GR authors and Big Books this season **
Mary P20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name
I chose Option #4. Did not finish list, page 3.
Dark Lover by J.R.Ward
Points this post: 20
Total points: 120
Devon 15.9. Better Put on a Heavy Coat!
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the Nordic countries - Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, or Sweden.
I read Little Star by John Ajvide Lindqvist, which takes place in Sweden.
25.4 - Hina's TaskOption 1:
Disney Title: Planes: Fire Rescue
Book Read: Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble: The Jolie Wilkins Series by H.P. Mallory 3/6/15
Option 3:
Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore 3/19/15
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 25
Books Read: 2
Scooter&Siam 5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
Read a book with a Goodreads rating at or above 3.50.
Required Ratings can change so note the date and rating when you select your book. Include the information if the rating has dropped below 3.5 by the time you post your book.
Read Still Alice by Lisa Genova - rating 4.28
Claiming Lisa Genova as a GR author
Points: 5
Total: 35
GRA: 3
Big Books: 1
Tasks: 4
Christine V20.6 Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B
Blossom on cover of this Kindle edition (flowers seen on bench near woman's leg)The top MMP establishes a page count of 510 pages. ***Claiming Big Book Ticket***
This pair of Kindle edition and MMP were approved in the task help thread.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
NICOLE OH25.3 - Andy P's Task: Ragnarok
BOOK 1: Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman (author initials found in RAGNORAK)
Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads author.
BOOK 2: Something Other Than God: How I Passionately Sought Happiness and Accidentally Found It
God= THOR (Something Other
POINTS
This Post: 25
Total Points: 235
Books Read: 17
Goodreads Authors: 13
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM30.6 - Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!
I chose to complete options A and B.
A: I chose to read
by Bilal Tanweer. Short Stories is listed as a genre on the book's main page.B: I chose to read
by Osamu Tezuka. The edition I read/linked to is 832 pages long.Previous point total: 30
New points this post: 30
Total points: 60
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 3
GRA tickets this post: 0
Total GRA: 0
Big Books this post: 0
Total Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
M1NKS15.8 Women in War -
Read a book in which the main character is a woman who engages or engaged in military combat or who serves or served in a combat area
Monstrous Regiment
POINTS
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 150
GR Author: 0
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 11
Mod
I read As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust - found on page 1 of the Child Narrators shelf.
20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
I chose option 2 and read The Escape - #3 and the most recently published book in the John Puller series.
30.6 - Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!
For my first book, I chose option A, and read Not the End of the World - "short stories" is the top genre listed on the main page.
For my second book, I chose option B, and read Rogues - it has 806 pages, so meets the task requirement of at least 500 pages.
Points this post: 70
Total points: 225
Andy P.Task # 5.8 Niflheim, the Home of the Dead
Read a book by an author who also writes other books concealed under another name or pseudonym
by John Lange ( pseudonym of Michael Crichton)Points this post: 5
Total points: 140
Cait S15.9- Better Put On A Heavy Coat!
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the Nordic countries - Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, or Sweden.
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent **Hannah Kent is a Goodreads Author**
The entire story is set in Iceland.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 235
Goodreads Authors: 10
Total Tasks Completed: 14
REPOST of Post#0867Task 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 Post #4534)
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+
25.10 Ready for Their Close-upOption 1: 100 - 200 pages
Miss Read's Christmas Book
Option 3: Supporting Actress
Dorothy Malone 1956
I listened to Mrs. Polifax and the Golden Triangle by Dorothy Gilman.
There is no mmp, the pb is here: Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle.
New points this post: 25
Total w/this post: 305
GRA tickets this post: 0
Total w/this post: 10
Big Books this post: 0
Total w/this post: 2
Total tasks completed: 17
Total books claimed: 23
Post: #917
Sandy MN25.2 Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
Option 2
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins Goodreads author
NOT A RE-READ
Option 4
The Martian by Andy Weir Goodreads author
NOT A RE-READ
Total points: 145
Total GR authors: 8
Sandy MN10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day
The Island by Elin Hilderbrand 416 pages Goodreads Author
Total Points: 155
Total GR authors: 9
10.10 Simon in author's nameStar Trap by Simon Brett
New points this post: 10
Total w/this post: 315
GRA tickets this post: 0
Total w/this post: 10
Big Books this post: 0
Total w/this post: 2
Total tasks completed: 18
Total books claimed: 24
Post: #920
Cindy C. Task 5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
Read a book with a GR rating at or above 3.50.
My book was rated at 3.91 as of 6:17 pm PDT today.
X Marks the Scot
Task 15.7 Pi Day
Read a book that is number 1 in a series.
My book is #1 in A Vintage Magic Mystery series.
**Annette Blair is a Goodreads Author.**
A Veiled Deception
Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
Total tasks: 7
GRA: 2
Big Books: (500+): 1
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10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day
Read a book that is at least 400 pages long
City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare
554 pages
Points this post: 10
Total points: 30