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[Alex]

RockyNook

Task Completed!
5.7 - Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves
book between 100 and 360 pages

Killer - Sara Shepard (321 pages)

**Sara Shepard is a Goodreads Author

This post:
Total points: 5
GRA Tickets: 1

Total:
Points: 5
GRA Tickets: 1

[Christine]

CMFRUIN

15.7 Pi Day -- read a book that is number 3, 1, 4, 31 or 14 in a series

I read Fables, Vol. 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers by Bill Willingham. This book is # 4 in the Fables series as indicated by the parenthetical information on the book's page.

The author Bill Willingham is a Goodreads Author.

[POINTS]
This Post: 15
Total Points: 15
Books Read: 1
Completed Tasks: 1
Goodreads Authors: 1

[SandyC]

Sandy MN

20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References

Option 5 - This is not a re-read
Revival by Stephen King Goodreads author

Total Points: 20
Total GR Authors: 1

[Happy]

30.2 Dlmrose's task: Initial Impressions
(view spoiler)[Help Thread
Book 1: Read a book written by a single author who uses at least 2 names (first and last name, first initial and last name or any other configuration). Spaces define separate names. Hyphenated names are counted as one name.

Book 2: Using the initials from the author of Book 1, read a book where the title (excluding subtitle) is comprised of words beginning with the letters of the author's initials- see the examples below. The beginning letters must be in the same order and frequency as the author's initials. All title word letters must appear in the initials. All words count including articles: "The" "A" etc.. Ampersands "&" should be treated as "A". Numbers should be treated as if written out- 3 = three = "T"; double digit numbers are hyphenated and treated as one word "33" = thirty-three = T. Roman numerals should be treated as numbers- VII = seven = "S".

Ex.
Book 1
The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
Steven Galloway =Initials S.G.
Book 2
Skin Game
Skin Game = title letters S.G.

Through a Howling Wilderness: Benedict Arnold's March to Quebec, 1775 by Thomas A. Desjardin
Thomas A. Desjardin = initials T.A.D
The Anarchist Detective:
The Anarchist Detective = title letters T.A.D. (hide spoiler)]

Book 1
A Single Breath by Lucy Clarke ***Goodreads Author***
(NOT re-read)
Lucy Clarke = Initials L.C.

Book 2
Little Cyclone by Airey Neave
(NOT re-read)
Little Cyclone = Title Letters L.C.

THIS POST:
Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 1
Books: 2
GRA Tickets: 1
BB Tickets: [500+:0][750+:0][1000+:0]

TOTAL THIS SEASON:
Points: 70
Tasks Completed: 3
Books: 5
GRA Tickets: 4
BB Tickets: [500+:0][750+:0][1000+:0]

[Nikki]

Nikki B

5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans: Read a book with a tree on the cover



Encounter in Rendlesham Forest: The Inside Story of the World's Best-Documented UFO Incident

Total Task Points: 5
Total Challenge Points: 20
Total GR Authors: 1
Total BB Tickets: 1

[Mary]

Mary P

5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir

The Perfect Gentleman by Danice Allen

Gen/tle/man: 9 letter word

Points this post: 5
Total points: 5

[Mary]

Mary P

5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds

Flinder's Field by D.M.Mitchell

Points this post: 5
Total points: 10

[Fandury]

FANDURY

20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name

Option 4: Read a book from the first 10 pages of either of these shelving lists Did Not Finish or Abandoned.

NOS4A2 by Joe Hill

This book is in the middle of page 7 of the Abandoned shelf.

I read the Kindle Version, but the paperback version is 720 pages: NOS4A2

I claim 1 Big Book Ticket


Points this post: 20
Total Points: 40
Books Read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)

[Shauna]

15.10. Would I Lie to You?

Read a book with LIE found intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.
Sex, Lies, and Online Dating by Rachel Gibson

TASK TOTALS
Points: 15
Goodreads Authors:
Big Book Tickets:

CHALLENGE TOTALS
Points: 15
Goodreads Authors:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

[Katrina]

Katrina

10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day

Walking Disaster by Jamie McGuire *goodreads author*

Book has 433 pages so is over 400


This Post: 10
Total Points: 20/1060
Books Read: 2
Completed Tasks: 2/60
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 0

[Kaity]

Kait

15.10 - Would I Lie to You?
A book with LIE found intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.
Skin by Kylie Scott -- Lie found in Kylie Scott

Kylie Scott is a GR Author.



Points This Post: 15
GR Authors This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0

Total Points: 20
Total GR Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 0

[Morgan]

MORGAN FAERIESFOLLY

10.8 The Vikings are Coming

REQUIRED: Read a book published by Viking Press.

Selection: The Magicians (The Magicians #1) -- Lev Grossman

It has been published by Viking.

I listened to the audio, the MMPB has 516 pages. Good for one **BB TICKET**

Lev Grossman is a **GRA**

[POINTS]
This Post: 10
Total Points: 30/1035
Books Read: 3
Completed Tasks: 3/59
Pages Read: 964
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]]

[Mhairi]

10.1 Remarkable Women

Read a book found on the Remarkable Historical Women in Fiction list. Required: State which page of the list the book is found on when you post.

The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory found on page 1 of the list.


Philippa Gregory is a GRA.

Total this post: 10
Total so far: 10
GRA: 1
Big Book tickets: 0

[Angel **Book Junkie**]

10.3 Earth Day
Nonfiction and Environment on Main Page

The National Parks: America's Best Idea | Dayton Duncan | 432 Pages | ♥♥♥♥♥ |

♥ ♥ ♥
This Task :
Points: 10
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
♥ ♥ ♥
Totals:
Total: 10/1035
GR Authors:
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
Total Pages Read: 432
Total Tasks Completed: 1/59

[Morgan]

MORGAN FAERIESFOLLY

5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds

REQUIRED: Book of your choice.

Serenity: Those Left Behind (Serenity #1) -- Joss Whedon

**Making use of the ONE book between 80-99 pages can be used for ONE 5 point task exception.**

[POINTS]
This Post: 5
Total Points: 35/1035
Books Read: 4
Completed Tasks: 4/59
Pages Read: 1060
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]

[Megan W]

20.3 Best Review

Next book in series I have started and enojed:

Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts

This book is #2 in The Bride Quartet series.

This book is NOT a re-read.

Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 65

[Deedee]

Task 5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves.
Read a book with 100-360 pages (at least 100, but not over 360 pages)

The Ebb Tide (The Narbondo Series #4) (2009) by James P. Blaylock (Hardcover, 132 pages)

00 + 05 = 05

Tasks Completed: 01
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 00 + 05 = 05
Books read: 01
Pages read: 132

Read but not claimed: 1
Goodreads Authors: 00

Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+

[Mxshining]

10.2 Blah Blah Blah day

For this task I read A Twist of Fate by Joanna Rees. The book has 432 pages.

Summary
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Total Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0

[Trish]

trishhartuk

Starting with a little one to get me on the board.

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.

Odds and Ends, Audrey Claire
Rated 3.56 as of 04/03/15
Conditionally approved for one 5pt task in ebook verification thread message 4468
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Goodreads Author: Yes, Audrey Claire is a Goodreads Author
Big Book: No

Points this task: 5
Books read: 1

Tasks completed: 1
Total points: 5
Goodreads Author: 1
Big Book: 0

[Christopher]

ChrisEverest

10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day


Snow Wolf

Glenn Meade is a GRA
This is a BB (526 pages)

[Happy]

25.4 - Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies.

(view spoiler)[When my nephew was not even a year old, he fell in love with the movie Frozen and the popular song. He could say ma-ma and da-da and his third word or more of a phrase that he learned was to sing, Let It Go. Watching this movie of a princess who sets off on a journey, I realized that how many themes intertwined from mythology are connected with fairy tales which are now movies for our entertainment.

This is a 2 book task. Please choose 2 different options and read one book for each. Note: Books with genre "kids" or "children" are NOT allowed.

Required: Identify the options

Option 2: Frozen - In recognition of my nephew's favorite song. Read a book where ALL the letters in "Let It Go" (EGILTTO) appear in any combination of the book's title (subtitles EXCLUDED) and/or author's first or last name. Middle names and initials should be ignored. The letters may appear more often in the title and/or names, but all 7 (2 T's) letters must appear at least once.

Option 4: Cinderella - is probably my favorite animated movie and fairy tale. Now it's coming out in film in March. Since Cinderella is going to have some really cute shoes, read a book with the cover that shows a shoe(s) with high heels. The shoe(s) must show the shank and heel or the space between the shank and heel. Need a shoe anatomy lesson? High Heel Anatomy
Shoe shank and heel showing: Party Girl (The Girls, #1) by Rachel Hollis
Space between shank and heel showing: Brilliant (Avery Sisters Trilogy, #3) by Rachel Vail The Accidental Socialite by Stephanie Wahlstrom Taming Your Alpha Bitch How to be Fierce and Feminine (and Get Everything You Want!) by Rebecca Grado Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) by Marissa Meyer

These would not Work: The Truth About Love (Cynster, #12) by Stephanie Laurens Crush on You (Three Kisses, #1) by Christie Ridgway Feet First (Bellagio, #1) by Leanne Banks
Required: Include the cover (hide spoiler)]

Option 2:
Last Night I Sang to the Monster by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (NOT re-read)
LasTnIGhTisangtOthEmonster = LET IT GO

Option 4:
Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella (NOT re-read)
shows space between heel and shank

I read the ebook, but the MMP is 500 pgs ***Big Book Ticket***

THIS POST:
Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 1
Books: 2
GRA Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: [500+:1][750+:0][1000+:0]

TOTAL THIS SEASON:
Points: 95
Tasks Completed: 4
Books: 7
GRA Tickets: 4
BB Tickets: [500+:1][750+:0][1000+:0]

[Cat]

Catherine T

Task 5.2 - Vanaheim

Read a book with a nine-letter word in the title
Authority by Jeff VanderMeer
aut/hor/ity

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total tasks submitted:2
total points claimed: 30

[Erin]

ErinJ

Task 5.8
Read a book by an author who also writes other books concealed under another name or pseudonym.
Shopaholic Takes Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella
Real name: Madeleine Wickham
Pseudonym: Sophie Kinsella

Points This Post: 5
Points To Date: 5

[Erin]

ErinJ

Task 20.4
Read a book with exactly two people on the cover
by Jennifer E. Smith

Points This Post: 20
Points to Date: 25

[Donna Jo]

10.2 Blah, Blah, Blah Day

Shifting Shadows: Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson by Patricia Briggs 450 pp

Today's total: 10
Grand total: 15

[Barbara ★]

BARBARA ★


15.10. Would I Lie to You?
About That Night - Julie James (juLIE) 3/3
Goodreads Author

20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 3: Sapphires Are an Earl's Best Friend - Shana Galen 3/1
(final book in a trilogy)
Goodreads Author

Totals for Challenge
Points this task: 35
Total Points: 35

Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books - 500+: (0)
Big Books - 750+: (0)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)

[Michele]

Mimi Michele

10.7 Typhoid Mary

Whiteout by Ken Follett
Whiteout
It was #29 on the first page of the Apocalypse by Epidemic List
Ken Follett is a GR Author

CURRENT POST
Points: 10
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 10
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

[Erin]

Erin ATX

10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day

My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni *GR Author*

Task Points: 10
Total Points: 10
Total GR Authors: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
Total Big Books: 0

[Melanie]

Dakimel

5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
I read The Maverick Who Ruled Her Heart which had 4.2 on 2/18

5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves
I read Tempted by You

15.7.Pi Day
I read Falling for Leigh

20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
For option 2 I read Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover which is the last in the series

TALLY
This post - 45
Total - 45

[Nikki]

Nikki B

5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants, : Read a book with an apple on the cover

The Cider House Rules

Claiming one GR ticket for John Irving

Claiming on BB ticket, the paperback I read is 731 pages

Total Task Points: 5
Total Challenge Point: 25
Total GR: 2
Total BB: 1

[Sharice]

20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name

Option 1-Odin to Dino
Read
--Has both the word dinosaur in the title and dino bones on cover.

20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References

Option 1--read something with lightning in the title
Read

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Current post--40
Cumulative total--40

[Stephanie]

StephanieB

30.4. - Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas

Book 1: Recommended by GR
Cinder by Marissa Meyer GOODREADS AUTHOR
Cinder was based on my "To-Read" shelf

Book 2: Book Read By A Friend
Beloved
1 friend, 2/27/2015, (I only have a few friends!)

Task Points: 30
Total Points: 35
Total GR Authors This Post: 1
Total GR Authors: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
Total Big Books: 0

[Ashley]

ASHLEY V

20.2 Rookie at the Top - Maryn’s Task: Midwives Help People Out

Option One: Read a book with the word “midwife” or “birth” in the title or subtitle. Plurals and possessives work, but no other variations.


The Birth House by Ami McKay

**Ami McKay is a Goodreads author**


CURRENT POST
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 35
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

[Rijuta]

20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name

I enjoy puzzles and wordplay. When thinking about Norse mythology one thing that jumped out at me is how the names of Norse gods can be rearranged (anagrammed) to familiar words or prefixes in English.

Fifty Shades of Grey - E.L. James

Requirements: Option 4, List : Abandoned; Page : 1

*Claiming Goodreads Author Ticket*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 1

[Alkmini]

25.10 Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up
Option 1: Shorts: My favorite category over the last several years has been Best Live Action Short. For this task, read a book with a page count between 100 and 200 pages.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9... (165 pages)
Option 5: Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu won the Best Director award for his film "Birdman," and used his spotlight to advocate immigrant respect and dignity. For this task, read a book from the Immigrant Experience Literature list.
The Kite Runner (4th on first page)

CURRENT POST
Points: 25
GRA:1 (Khaled Hosseini)
Big Books: 0


TOTAL
Points:25
GRA:1
Big Books 500+:
Big Books 750+:
Big Books 1000+:

[Elizabeth]

Elizabeth P

Task 20.5 - Love and Not Quite Love

Option One: Book by author whose last name ends in -ER

Here I Go Again by Jen Lancaster

Jen Lancaster is a new to me author

Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Total Tasks: 1
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 1

[Andy]

Andy P.
Task # 20.10 Group Reads
I read by Stephen King My comments on the discussion thread are
here

Points this post: 20
Total points: 20

[Cait S]

Cait S

5.1- Asgard, Home of the Aesir
Read a book with one of these three modern symbols: a question mark “?", exclamation point “!" or elipsis “…” in the title or subtitle.

Whodunnit? Murder in Mystery Manor by Anthony E. Zuiker

Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 0
Total Tasks Completed: 2

[Suzanne]

perletwo

30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library! - For this task you will read TWO BOOKS by TWO AUTHORS WHO ARE NEW TO YOU.
1. Select 2 authors you read for the first time last season during SRC (if you didn’t participate in SRC, then select 2 authors that were new-to-you in December/January/February). The books may have been fiction or non-fiction.
2. For each author, select a work of FICTION by a single new-to-you author whose last name falls within the range of the provided library shelves. Required: State the following when you post:
> the authors that inspired your choices, and that those authors were new-to-you in December-February;
> the shelves where those author's names would be shelved; and
> that the 2 authors you found on those shelves are also new-to-you.

I used Joanne Fluke (I finished Candy Cane Murder 2/10/15) which gave me FIE-FOQ:

A Beautiful Blue Death by Charles Finch

and Elizabeth Wein (I finished Code Name Verity 1/25/15) which gave me WAI-WHH:

The Secret Hour by Scott Westerfeld.

Points this task: 30
Total points: 60
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 2

[Sue]

5.5 - Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants

YA as genre on main page

Brilliant Devices by ***Goodreads Author Shelley Adina

Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5/1035
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()

[Sheila]

5.8 Niflheim, the Home of the Dead
Rising Tides by Nora Roberts
Nora Roberts AKA J.D. Robb as stated in her profile




5.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons.
The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes by Marcus Sakey
set in LA, California USA




10.8 - The Vikings are Coming
As The Crow Flies by Craig Johnson


Total Points = 70

[Sarah]

25.9 - Nick KY’s Task: “Y”

Book 1: The Legacy of Lost Things by Aida Zilelian
REQUIRED: Option 1, Book must have "Y" in Title.

Book 2: Sleeping with Santa by Debra Druzy
REQUIRED: Option 3, Book falls on Firefighters listopia, number 5.

*Debra Druzy is a GRA.*

CURRENT POST
Points: 25
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 25
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets:
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Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

[Sara]

5.3 Alfheim, the home of the light elves
Book with GR rating >3.5
Black River
rating 4.15 on 03/04/2015

10.7 Typhoid Mary
Book on Apocalypse By Epidemic List
#26 Station Eleven

Points this post:15
Total Points: 15
GR Authors: 2
Big Books:0

[Cynthia]

CYNBAXTER
Task # 15.6. Tax Day

The Moneyless Man: A Year of Freeconomic Living by Mark Boyle
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date = 15 points

GRA this post: 0
Total GRA to date: 0
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0

[Shelley]

SHELLEY UT

5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves

Worth the Fall by Claudia Connor

On March 1, this book had a 4.28 rating.

This ebook was approved on line 2281.

Claudia Conner is a goodreads author.


Points this task: 5
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

[Cindie]

25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes



OPTION 1: “Planting a flower’s like opening a book, because either way you are starting something,”-- Nora Roberts.
Read a book that has a flower or flowers on the cover.
Required: Include book cover when you post.
I read Alan Bradley's As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust . This book has flowers on the cover and was approved on the help thread. It is NOT a reread. Alan Bradley is a *****GR Author *****

OPTION 2: “Garden design is all about concealment and surprise.” –- Andrew Crofts
Read a book with the main page genre of “Crime”, “Mystery”, “Suspense”, or Thriller”. The genre can be stand alone or embedded.

I read The Siege. This book is not a reread and has thriller on its page.

points: 25
task completed: 1
books read: 2
GR authors: 1
pages read: 786

[Pamela]

Pamela3265

20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References

Option 3
His Most Suitable Bride by Renee Ryan (Goodreads Author) - #8 in Charity House series - Not a reread


30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library!

Book 1:
Jennifer Moore was an author new to me in the Winter Challenge.
Shelf: MIR - MUQ
Book with a New to Me Author: Conveniently Wed by Angel Moore

Book 2:
Jill Lynn was an author new to me in the Winter Challenge.
Shelf: LOG - MCC
Book with a New to Me Author: Healing the Widower's Heart by Susan Anne Mason (Goodreads Author)


Points this post: 50
Total Points: 65
Goodreads Authors this post: 2
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0

[Julia]

Julia103

5.1 Asgard, the Home of the Aesir
Madam, Will You Talk?

20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
Option 2: Treecat Wars (most recent book in Stephanie Harrington series)

Post total: 25 points
Challenge total points: 25
Total GRA: 0
Total BB: 0

[Katrina]

Katrina

15.10. Would I Lie to You?

Here Lies Bridget by Paige Harbison *goodreads author*

This Post: 15
Total Points: 35/1035
Books Read: 3
Completed Tasks: 3/60
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 0

[Kristina Simon]

20.10 - Group Reads
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
my comment is in post 3

Points this post: 20
Season Total: 20