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SPRING CHALLENGE 2015
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Catherine TTask 10.10 - The Odd Couple
read a book with author Neil
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
IL: UY
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total points = 350
Devon15.4. Spring Reads
Option 1
A. Since the spring SRC challenge includes the 3rd, 4th, and 5th months, read a book first published in a year that ends in 3, 4, or 5. AND
B. Read a book whose author’s initials can be found in the word SPRING. Middle initials/names can be disregarded; letters can only be used as many time as they are found in SPRING.
Option 2
Read one book that satisfies both A and B above.
For Option 2 I read The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson which was published in 2015.
20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite LoveNew to me this season Author
Author name ends in -ER Michael Lister
Double Exposure | Michael Lister | ♥♥ | 240 Pages |
♥ ♥ ♥
This Task :
Points: 20
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
♥ ♥ ♥
Totals:
Total: 30/1035
GR Authors:
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
Total Pages Read: 672
Total Tasks Completed: 2/59
20.5 - Bigger is BetterOption 1: Author's name ends in -er
The Measure of Katie Calloway
This author is new to me and obviously the book is not a reread.
Serena B. Miller is a GRA for 1 ticket.
New points this post: 20
Total w/this post: 360
GRA tickets this post: 1
Total w/this post: 12
Big Books this post: 0
Total w/this post: 2
Total tasks completed: 20
Total books claimed: 27
Post: #978
M1NKS5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves. - Read a book with 100-360 pages
The Handmaid's Tale - 311 pages
POINTS
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 155
GR Author: 0
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 12
M1NKS25.8 - Coralie's Task: Anzac Day
Option 2: Read a book with the genre 'war' on the main page
Sheepfarmer's Daughter
Option 4: The war was between 1914 and 1918
The Good Soldier
POINTS
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 180
GR Author: 0
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 13
5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants Read a book with an apple on the cover OR read a book with the genre Young Adult on its main page.The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
10.4 - May the Fourth Be With You Read a book with the genre "science fiction" on its main page.
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
10.10 - The Odd Couple Read a book that contains Neil, Simon, Oscar, or Felix in the title, subtitle, or author's name.
by Neil Simon20.6 Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B
Required: A baseball; 316 pages
by Frank Nappi (GRA)30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library!
Inspired by: Mark Doty (new to me)
Library Shelf: DEW-DUL
by Roddy Doyle (new to me)Inspired by: Alexandra Popoff (new to me)
Library Shelf: PLA-QUH
by Oliver Pötzsch (new to me) (GRA)Total: 290
GRA Tickets: 2
Andy P.Task # 10.9 - Over the Rainbow
Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in "ROY G BIV."
by Rhys BowenRoy G BIV
Points this post: 10
Total points: 150
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
I chose to read
by Satoshi Kon. The star rating listed on the main page yesterday, 25 March 2015, when I started the book was 4.18.Previous point total: 75
New points this post: 5
Total points: 80
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 5
GRA tickets this post: 0
Total GRA: 0
Big Books this post: 0
Total Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Elizabeth BRE-POST
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
Option 2: genre of “Crime”, “Mystery”, “Suspense”, or Thriller” The Ghost Wore Yellow Socks
Option 4: genre Science Fiction Control
Both books were not rereads but new-to-me.
Veronica W5.2 Read a book with a nine letter word in the title or subtitle. The Amulet of Samarkand
by Jonathan Stroud (Goodreads Author)
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 10
Books Read: 2
Tasks Complete: 2
GRA: 1
Total GRA: 1
Kristen IA15.9. 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.
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
This book takes place in Sweden
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 70/1035
Total Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 4/59
Goodreads Authors This Post: 0
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
15.10. LIE in the titleThe Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
"Lie" is in the word "allied"
At 512 pages, this is a BB for 1 ticket.
New points this post: 15
Total w/this post: 375
GRA tickets this post: 0
Total w/this post: 12
Big Books this post: 1
Total w/this post: 3
Total tasks completed: 21
Total books claimed: 28
Post: #987
Elizabeth PTask 5.1 - Asgard
Book with a question mark in title
Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
Task 5.8 - Niflheim
Author writes under a pseudonym
Face the Fire by Nora Roberts
Pseudonyms: Jill March, J.D. Robb, Sarah Hardesty
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 30
Total Tasks: 3
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 3
10.8 The Vikings are ComingA Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
This Post: 10 points
Total to Date: 65 points
5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the WorldsI read Equal of the Sun. Anita Amirrezvani is a ****Goodreads author *******
Points: 75
Books read: 8
tasks completed: 5
GR authors: 3
Big books: 1(500)
pages read: 2928
babbling c10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day
April 17th is Blah, Blah, Blah Day. Read a book that is at least 400 pages long. Written In Red - kindle Written in Red - paperback 487 pgs. by Anne Bishop
THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors:
Big Books:
Total This Season
Points: 35
Completed Tasks: 3
Good Read Authors:
Big Books:
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Pages read this season: 1,121
Books read this season: 3
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Personal Best: 660/1180 (summer 14)
Cait S25.12- Independence Day
For this task you should choose and read two books, each from a different option.
Book #1- Option A
Read a book with the genre War (stand-alone or embedded) on the its main book page.
The Darkest Hour by Maya Banks **Maya Banks is a Goodreads Author**
Book #2- Option C
Read a book that was first published in March of any year.
Trinkets by Kirsten Smith **Kirsten Smith is a Goodreads Author**
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 260
Goodreads Authors: 12
Total Tasks Completed: 15
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden QuotesOption 1, flowers on the cover: That Summer by Lauren Willig
A better view of the same cover:
Option 3, autobiography/memoir: Slow Dancing with a Stranger: Lost and Found in the Age of Alzheimer's by Meryl Comer
Neither book is a reread.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 235
Kim O15.2. Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown Read TWO books, one from Book 1 and one from Book 2.
Book 1. Read a book with the letters AESIR in the title/subtitle of the book.
The Prisoner of HeavenBook 2. Read a book with the letters VANIR in the title/subtitle of the book.
Stalking IvoryPoints this task: 15
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20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
Option 3: Read a book where the main character(s) has a dog.
Points this task: 20
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25.7 - Dakimel’s Task: Awards Season This is a two-book task. You MAY do the same option twice.
Option A: Read a book from this year’s Tournament of Books Rooster long-list.
Dan -- #51 on the list.
Option B: Read (or listen to!) a nominee for a 2015 Audies award.
Breakfast at Tiffany's -- from the Classics Category
Points this task: 25
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Cumulative Totals
Goodreads author tickets 3
Big Books 500+ 1
NIKKI5.4 Midgard
Book has a group of trees on front
by Harlan Coben________________________________
5.8 Niflheim
John Wyndham uses a multitude of alias such as John Beynon and Lucas Parkes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wyn...
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
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10.7 Typhoid Mary
Book is #22 page 1 of list
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
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15.5 Internationals Womens Day
Book was shortlisted for the Baileys/Orange Prize 2004
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
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15.8 Women in War
Book listed as approved on the help thread
Soldier Girls: The Battles of Three Women at Home and at War by Helen Thorpe
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20.7 Shorter is Sweeter
Book is #3 on the list of Child Narrators
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
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20.10 Group Reads
Commented #17 & #21
11/22/63 by Stephen King
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30.2 Dlmrose Task
Book 1 - Contact by Carl Sagan
Initials C S
Book 2 - Copper Sun by Sharon M. Draper
Title C S
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30.6 Happys Task
Option A - Book is a collection of Essays
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris
Option B - Book has 509Pages
Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1) by Hugh Howey
Previous total- 120
This post - 160
New Total - 280
20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Brave New World - Aldous HuxleyREQUIREMENTS : Option #2
CURRENT POST
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 150
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Amy O. Task #15.2. Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown
Book with AESIR in the title/subtitle: The Children's Blizzard by David Laskin
Book with VANIR in the title/subtitle: Moments of Clarity: Voices from the Front Lines of Addiction and Recovery by Christopher Kennedy Lawford
I preferred my AESIR book!
**David Laskin is a Goodreads author**
This post: 15 points
Total to Date = 150 points
Total Goodreads Authors Tickets: 8
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Books read: 13
Tasks completed: 10
20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a NameOption 4: Tyr (god of war)
The Martian by Andy Weir
On page 6 of Abandoned shelf.
***Andy Weir is a Goodreads Author***
CURRENT POST
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 50
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Task #30.4. - Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas.Book 1:
For You by Kristen Ashley
Romantic suspense
Book 2:
Forgotten Sins by Rebecca Zanetti
2 friends, found on 19/03
Points this Post: 30
Totals:
Total Points: 90
Total Tasks Completed: 3
Total Books Read: 6
Mimi Michele15.3 Pi Day
Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben
#1 in Myron Bolitar series
Deal Breaker
CURRENT POST
Points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 145
Total Goodreads Authors: 5
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Nick KY5.3 Alfheim, the home of the Light Elves I read The Savage God: A Study of Suicide by A. Alvarez, with a GR rating above 3.50. It was 3.93 on March 1.
25.12 Elizabeth B’s Greece
Option A. “War” as GR genre – I read Redeployment by Phil Klay.
Option D. “Death” in title – I read Death Comes As the End by Agatha Christie.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points so Far: 255
Cindy FTask 10.2 Blah,Blah,Blah Day
Book at least 400 pages
Dustby Patricia Cornwell Who is a GOODREADS AUTHOR!!
Claim BB ticket 512 pages
Points this post:10
Total points:45
Books read:5
Tasks completed:5
Goodreads Authors:2
Big Books:500+(1)750+(1)1000+(0)
30.2 - INITIAL IMPRESSIONSBOOK 1 - Tidewater Inn by Colleen Coble.
BOOK 2 - Crystal Cove by Lisa Kleypas
TOTAL POINTS - 230
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves
I chose to read
by Luis Alberto Urrea - it has 208 pages.Previous point total: 80
New points this post: 5
Total points: 85
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 6
GRA tickets this post: 0
Total GRA: 0
Big Books this post: 0
Total Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Jayme VA10.6 - Older Americans Month
Before Amen: The Power of a Simple Prayer by Max Lucado
Max Lucado was born on 1/11/55 (click date for Wikipedia entry), making him 60.
20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
Option 2: True to Form by Elizabeth Berg
True to From has 3 words of the title, and True and To start with T.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 135
GR Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the WorldsThe Dark Highlander by Karen Marie Moning, a Goodreads author.
10.6 - Older Americans Month
Kiss of the Highlander by Karen Marie Moning, a Goodreads author.
Born on 11/1/64: http://www.encyclopedia.com/article-1....
30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t
1 - Never Seduce a Scoundrel by Sabrina Jeffries, a Goodreads author.
Romance has been one of my favorite genres since I was a teenager. My life is pretty hectic and this kind of sappy stuff is my antidote to stress.
2 - The Right Attitude to Rain by Alexander McCall Smith, a Goodreads author.
Philosophy has been a greatly disliked genre ever since I struggled through Kierkegaard in college but I don't mind Ms. Dalhousie.
Points: 160
10.4 May the Fourth Be With YouRead a book with the genre "Science Fiction."
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Points this post: 10
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 6
GR authors: 2
Big Books: 0
NicoleS20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 3: Where She Went by Gayle Forman
*Gayle Forman is a Goodreads author
Points this Task: 20
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books Tickets: 1
Total Points: 60
5.4 Tree on the cover
New points this post: 5
Total w/this post: 380
GRA tickets this post: 0
Total w/this post: 12
Big Books this post: 0
Total w/this post: 3
Total tasks completed: 22
Total books claimed: 29
Post: #1012
Jonquil30.3 - Teri-k's Task: Your Own Personal Tardis
Option 2 Post-Classical Era from 200 to 1200 AD
Story occurs in 1141, with references to several years prior
"In 1141, two monks have arrived in Shrewsbury from Winchester, where their abbey was destroyed."
An Excellent Mystery
Ellis Peters
Paperback, 224 pages 3/11
Option 4 1700-1899
book published 1873
Around the World in Eighty Days
Jules Verne
Paperback, 252 pages 3/13
Published May 4th 2004 by Penguin Classics (first published 1873)
genre not an issue because book was published during the period
Points this post: 30
Total points: 505
Books posted: 40
Tasks complete: 34
Pages this post: 476
Total pages as of this post: 11502
Erin NY30.5
1. Favorite genre -- Young Adult
Panic by Lauren Oliver
* Lauren Oliver is a goodreads author
2. Least favorite genre -- Thriller
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
* Paula Hawkins is a goodreads author
Total Points: 175
Tasks Completed: 9
Tasks in progress: 4
Books Read: 15
Pages Read: 5,777
5.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons Murder, She Wrote: Aloha Betrayed
20.9 Moderator's Pet - Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
Option 2: Read a book that is the last published book in a series
Die Again
Current Post
Points: 25
Cumulative Total
Points: 70
BARBARA ★5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans
Spider Bones - Kathy Reichs (tree on cover) 3/22Goodreads Author
30.3 - Teri-k's Task: Your Own Personal Tardis
Option 3 1200-1699
The Recruit - Monica McCarty 3/27
(Setting: Scotland, 1309-10)
Goodreads Author
Option 4 1700-1899
Sunrise with a Notorious Lord - Alexandria Hawkins 3/8
(Setting: England, 1823)
Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Sunrise-Notorio...
(click on "look inside", then click "first page" to see date)
Goodreads Author
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 35
Total Points: 200
Goodreads Authors: 15
Big Books - 500+: (0)
Big Books - 750+: (1)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)
200/1035 POINTS
SHELLEY UT5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir
Destroyer Angel by Nevada Barr
des/tro/yer
Points this task: 5
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 11
Goodreads authors: 6
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
HINA5.8 Niflheim, the Home of the Dead - Read a book by an author who also writes other books concealed under another name or pseudonym.
Kindred in Death by J.D. Robb.
Nora Roberts A.K.A. J.D. Robb.
Current post:
Points: 5
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 260
Total Goodreads Authors: 12
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
trishhartukSecond attempt at: 30.3 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: Read a book SET IN the Post-Classical Era, from 200 AD to 1200 AD.
Oathbreaker, Martin Jensen - set in 1018
Sequel to The King’s Hounds which specifies 1018 in the Goodreads description, and the first thing in the book is a map of Britain in 1018
Noted as not being fantasy in the Genre Verification Thread, message #106, and approved by Teri in Help Thread message #128.
Read the kindle version: MMPB reference edition:
Goodreads Author: No
Big Book: No
Option 4 1700-1899: Read a book SET IN the time period from 1700 through 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 Author: No
Big Book: No
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Tasks completed: 9
Total points: 190
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 0
5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves.
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell+5 Points
10.8 - The Vikings are Coming
In Dubious Battle by John Steinbeck
+10 Points
Points this Post: 15
Grand Total: 145
STORMIE(post #40 reading plans)
repost of message 972 error
10 POINT TASKS
10.7 - Typhoid Mary: Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks finished 03/25/15✔
The book is found on page 1 position #8
Points this task: 25
Cumulative Totals: 60
Books read: 7
Tasks completed: 0
Tickets for:
Good Reads Authors(this post): 0
Total Goodreads authors: 4
Big Books:
Mary P20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love
I choose option 1.
To Win Her Heart by Karen Witemeyer
This is a new author for me.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 160
20.2 Rookie at the Top - Maryn’s Task: Midwives Help People OutOption Two: Read a book where a midwife is a main character.
The Kept by James Scott.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 90
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Total Books Read: 5
Shiraloo20.10 - Group Reads
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green
REQUIRED: Participated in discussion, post 27
CURRENT POST
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 305
Total Goodreads Authors: 15
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Oma122920.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
I chose Option 1
Option One: Tutor Time
Read a book with exactly two people on the cover.
by Ella BarrickThis book was approved in message #22 in Help Thread.
Claiming Ella Barrick as GR author
Total Points-155/1060
Total Tasks Completed-12/60
Number of GR authors-(7)
Big Books-500 pages ();750 ()
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25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up
Option 1- The Sense of an Ending
Option 5- The Joy Luck Club
AMY TAN is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
Page 1 number 1 on the immigrant experience literature list.
Current post:
Points: 25
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 30
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
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