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SPRING CHALLENGE 2015
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Spring 2015 Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE POSTS
5.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and DemonsBook set in Alaska
Touching the Clouds | Bonnie Leon | ♥♥♥♥ | 364 Pages | GR Author
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This Task :
Points: 5
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
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Totals:
Total: 35/1035
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
Total Pages Read: 1036
Total Tasks Completed: 3/59
30.5 Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like It Or You Don'tBook 1: Genre - Nonfiction
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Book 2: Genre - Romance
Bunheads
Total Points: 200
Total Goodreads Authors: 5
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
JUKKA5.1 Asgard, the Home of the Aesir
Book with a question mark, exclamation point or ellipsis in title.
Somewhere! by Ibraheem Abbas.
10.9 - Over the Rainbow
Book whose writer's initials are in "ROY B GIV".
Daybreak by Brian Ralph.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 115
Books Read: 12
20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel ReferencesOption 2: Science and Magic
Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende* (Magical Realism genre)
*Goodreads Author*
Total Points = 20
5.1 Asgard, the Home of the AesirRemember Me?
by Sophie Kinsella
5 point tasks
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden QuotesBoth Books are New To me and NOT a reread
Option 1:
Flowers on Cover of Book
Required:
Stroke of Genius | Emily Bryan | ♥♥ | 309 Pages |
Option 2:
Mystery and Thriller on Main Page
Clouded Rainbow | Jonathan Sturak | ♥ | 256 Pages | GR Author
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This Task :
Points: 25
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
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Totals:
Total: 60/1035
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
Total Pages Read: 1601
Total Tasks Completed: 4/59
30.1 - STRAIGHT ON TILL MORNINGBOOK 1 -
by Kay Hooper.BOOK 2 -
by Cathy Marie Buchanan which was approved in Message 2 of the help thread.Both of these books are new to me.
TOTAL POINTS - 260
25.6 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: We're a Cozy MysteryOption One Doing Twice
Supernatural on Main Page
Promise | Kristie Cook | ♥♥♥ | 368 Pages | GR Author
AND
Speed Dating with the Dead | Scott Nicholson | ♥♥♥ | 348 Pages | GR Author
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This Task :
Points: 25
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
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Totals:
Total: 85/1035
GR Authors: 4
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
Total Pages Read: 2317
Total Tasks Completed: 5/59
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B Blossom on cover AND 395 Pages (Found in 03/07/1965 and Minimum of 300 Pages)
Required
Ignite | Kaitlyn Davis | 395 Pages | ♥♥♥ | GR Author
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This Task :
Points: 20
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
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Totals:
Total: 105/1035
GR Authors: 5
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
Total Pages Read: 2712
Total Tasks Completed: 6/59
Sandy MN20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love
Option 1
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
Author is new to me
Goodreads Author
Total Points: 175
Total GR authors: 10
5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the VanirSur/viv/ors - Nine Letter Word
The Survivors: Book One | Angela White | 636 Pages | ♥ | GR Author and Big Book Ticket
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This Task :
Points: 5
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: (500+): 1 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
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Totals:
Total: 110/1035
GR Authors: 6
Big Books: (500+): 1 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
Total Pages Read: 3348
Total Tasks Completed: 7/59
10.10 - The Odd CoupleAuthors Name contains Neil
Dire Means | Geoffrey Neil | ♥♥ | 338 Pages | GR Author
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This Task :
Points: 10
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
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Totals:
Total: 120/1035
GR Authors: 7
Big Books: (500+): 1 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
Total Pages Read: 3686
Total Tasks Completed:8/59
30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’tBooks at least 250 Pages Each
Like it: Romance
Screwdrivered | Alice Clayton | ♥♥♥♥♥ | 256 Pages | GR Author
Don't: Science Fiction
Plague | Victor Methos | ♥♥♥ | 332 Pages | GR Author
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This Task :
Points: 30
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
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Totals:
Total: 150/1035
GR Authors: 9
Big Books: (500+): 1 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
Total Pages Read: 4274
Total Tasks Completed:9/59
15.4. Spring ReadsBook Published in 2015 AND Authors initials found in Spring!
Abuse | Nikki Sex | 308 Pages | ♥♥♥♥ | GR Author
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This Task :
Points: 15
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
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Totals:
Total: 165/1035
GR Authors: 10
Big Books: (500+): 1 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
Total Pages Read: 4582
Total Tasks Completed:10/59
10.1 - Remarkable WomenAntony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
No 16 in the list Remarkable Historical Women in Fiction
Points in this post: 10
Total Points : 10
20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite LoveOption 1- LOVE:
Three Little Words by Ashley Rhodes-Courter*
*This author is new to me*
Total Points = 40
Ana15.10. Would I Lie to You?
by Scott Westerfeld. Uglies***GoodReads Author***
Points this Post 15
Total Points 185
Tasks Completed 10
Books Read 10
Total Pages 3371
GoodReads Authors 8
Big Book Tickets
Big Books-500+: 1
ANGIE CA5.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons.
Book: The Truth About Jack by Jody Gehrman
Notes: Set entirely in California. Approved for length.
5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds
Book: Job Interviews For Dummies by Joyce Lain Kennedy
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
Book 1: Truancy by Isamu Fukui
Notes: 2) Thriller genre locked in.
Book 2: Blackout by Robison Wells
Notes: 4) Science Fiction genre.
25.12 - Elizabeth B's Task: Independence Day
Book 1: A la Carte by Tanita S. Davis
Notes: B) 281 pages.
Book 2: The Orphan Queen by Jodi Meadows
Notes: C) Published March 2015.
This Post: 60
Points to Date: 335
Mod
I read The Charles Schwab Guide to Finances After Fifty: Answers to Your Most Important Money Questions, a book about money and finance.
15.8 Women in War
I read A Duty To The Dead, in which the main character is a nurse who serves in WWI.
30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t
Book 1 - A favorite genre is fantasy (especially urban fantsy). I read Pocket Apocalypse. The first 3 genres listed are Fantasy and subtypes of fantasy, and the book has 341 pages, so meets the 250 page minimum.
Book 2 - My least favorite genre is definitely graphic novels. Trying to take advantage of this task to expand my horizons, I looked at all the lists of best graphic novels, and read Watchmen, which was at or near the top of all the lists. Graphic novels is main page genre. 416 pages, so meets the 250 page minimum. This genre is still at the bottom of my list.
Points this post: 60
Total points: 335
NicoleS10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
*BB ticket-531 pages
*Anthony Doerr is a Goodreads author
Points this Task: 10
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books Tickets: 2
Total Points: 70
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves. Read a book with 100-360 pages (at least 100, but not over 360 pages) Baby's in Black: Astrid Kirchherr, Stuart Sutcliffe, and The Beatles by Arne Bellstorf (208 pages)
25.1 - Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge
Book 1: Read a book written by a man* that was either the debut published work by the author or the first in a series written by the author. The series must be identified on GR as (series #1).
The Legend of Mickey Tussler by Frank Nappi (Goodreads Author)
1. Not a re-read
2. Published 2012
3. 304 pages
Book 2: Read a book written by a woman* that is NEITHER the debut published work by the author NOR the first book in a series.
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
1. Not a re-read
2. 2009
3. 405 pages
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes: I chose options 2 and 5; and both books are new to me.
Book 2: Read a book with the main page genre of “Crime”, “Mystery”, “Suspense”, or Thriller”.
The Mad Sculptor: The Maniac, the Model, and the Murder that Shook the Nation by Harold Schechter
Book 4: Read a book with the main page genre of Science Fiction.
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
25.3 - Andy P's Task: Ragnarok:
Book 1: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in the word RAGNAROK.
The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar by Robert Alexander (Goodreads Author)
Book 2: Using ALL the letters in ONE of the following gods' names read a book whose TITLE (excluding subtitle) includes the name's letters IN ORDER. I chose THOR.
THe Picture of DORian Gray, by Oscar WildeTotal: 350
GRA Tickets: 2
Jayme(the ghostreader)5.10 The Giant Tree That Anchors the World
Still Alice by Lisa Genova
Book of choice
Lisa Genova is a Goodreads author
Books read:6
Tasks Completed: 5
Big Books: 0
GR Authors: 2: Ally Condie, Lisa Genova
Tasks Points: 5
Grand Total: 35/1050
SCHATZIE15.4: SPRING READS
Year published ends in 3, 4 or 5 and author initials in SPRING
A Sudden Light
by Garth Stein ---> GR AUTHOR
first pub. 2014
I did the audio. Here is the link to the pb (no mmpb)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Points this post: 15
Total Challenge Points: 515
GRA: 18
BB (500)- 1
BB (750)- 0
BB (1000)- 0
Task 15.8 Women in WarRead 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 (for instance, nurses in battle zones).
Neverhome (2014) by Laird Hunt (Hardcover, 246 pages) (specifically approved for this task)
110 + 15 = 125
Tasks Completed: 09
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 110 + 15 = 125
Books read: 12
Pages read: 3,731
Read but not claimed: 6
Goodreads Authors: 04
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Jasmiina F10.8 - The Vikings are Coming:
Read a book published by Viking Press.
The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 110
GR Authors this post: 0
Total GR Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
M1NKS20.1 What's in a Name
Option 4: Lolita - Abandoned/Page 1
20.5 - Love and Not Quite Love
Option 2: Ulysses - 783 pages
I Claim Big Book Ticket x 2
25.1 - Auntie Tattin's Challenge
Option 1: A Game of Thrones - Pub 1996, 835 pages, This book is new to me
I Claim Big Book Ticket x 2
Option 2: Jazz - Pub 1992, 229 pages, This book is new to me
POINTS
Points This Post: 65
Points Total: 245
GR Author: 0
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 2] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 16
5.1 Asgard, the Home of the AesirSeriously...I'm Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres
5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
Kitchen Princess, Vol. 03 by Natsumi Ando - 4.35 avg rating
10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day
The Truth by Terry Pratchett - 444 pgs
20.10 - Group Reads
Young Adult LGBT Fiction:
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Levithan - discussion post #17 - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
John Green is a Goodreads author.
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
OPTION 1: flowers
Night Watch by Terry Pratchett - per lilac sprig on cover - this was not a re-read
OPTION 2: mystery/crime
Death of a Village by M.C. Beaton - per genre “Mystery” - this was not a re-read
M.C. Beaton is a Goodreads author.
30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t
Book 1: Favorite genre
My favorite genre is Romance.
Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh - 352 pgs - this was a re-read
Nalini Singh is a Goodreads author.
Book 2: Least favorite genre
My least favorite genre is Horror.
The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco - 267 pgs
Rin Chupeco is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 95
Grand Total: 155
Goodreads Authors: 7
BARBARA ★5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves
The Gray Wolf Throne - Cinda Williams Chima (wolf in title) 3/28
Goodreads Author
Big Book: 517 pages
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves
Omega - Susannah Sandlin (328 pages) 3/24
Goodreads Author
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 210
Goodreads Authors: 17
Big Books - 500+: (1)
Big Books - 750+: (1)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)
210/1035 POINTS
Jonquil5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves
book with 100-360 pages: 252 pages
Dead Wrong
Leighann Dobbs
Paperback, 252 pages 3/29
Points this post: 5
Total points: 565
Books posted: 47
Tasks complete: 39
Pages this post: 252
Total pages as of this post: 13564
Christine V20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name - Option 4
The Age of Innocence
This book is currently located on page 11 of the Abandoned shelf. However, when I made my book selection it was then located on page 10, and it was approved for use in the task help thread here in the event that it's position on the list changed before I posted the task in this thread.
I read the above audio edition - Link to the first MMP that displays page number info.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 145
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
MIMI MICHELEMimi Michele
20.9 Moderator’s Pet-Kait’s Task-Hel Hath Fury
Option 3-Read a book where the main characters have dogs. This is found in the GR's description.
New Yorkers by Cathleen Schine
The New Yorkers
Cathleen Schine is a Good Reads author.
CURRENT POST
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 180
Total Goodreads Authors: 6
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
10.6 Older Americans MonthOrdinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
The author was born in 1950 - http://www.williamkentkrueger.com/abo...
William Kent Kruger is a Goodreads Author
Post Total: 10
Grand Total: 30
Mary P30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t
Scoundrel for Hire by Adrienne Wolf
most favorite genre: romance
Red Moon by Benjamin Percy
least favorite genre: science fiction
Points this post: 30
Total points: 190
Lindy-Lanetask 25.1: auntie tattin's:
* bk #1: new-to-me; not a re-read, male author, first in a series, first pub date = 1991:
New York Dead by Stuart Woods
pages = 352
* bk #2: new-to-me; not a re-read, female author, not first in a series, first pub date = 2009:
Rock Chick Rescue by Kristen Ashley
pages = 500
* claiming big book ticket
**this is a GRA
both books were new-to-me
years first pub were 1991 & 2009
total combined pages: 352+500= 852
Points this post: 25
Total points: 75
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 5
ANGIE CA25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
Book 1: Truancy by Isamu Fukui
Notes: 2) Thriller genre locked in. This book was new to me.
Book 2: Blackout by Robison Wells
Notes: 4) Science Fiction genre. This book was new to me.
This Post: 25
Points to Date: 335
5.4 MidgardIn the Woods by Tana French
592 pages *claiming one BB ticket
*Tana French is a GR author, claiming one GRA ticket*
5.7 Nidavellir
Extinction Game by Gary Gibson (GRA)
*Gary Gibson is a GR author, claiming one GRA ticket*
Points this task: 10
Points total: 55/1035
GRA total: 4
BB total: 2
Tasks completed: 6/59
Books read: 7
Finally managed to read a book that fulfils a task by itself... 20.6 Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B
My Brilliant Career - Miles Franklin
317 pages
Two birds visible on the front cover.
Points this post: 20
Points total: 20
Tasks completed total: 1
GRA total: 0
BB totals: 0 - 500+() 750+() 1000+()
trishhartuk20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103’s Task: What’s in a Name
Choose one of these options: Required: Indicate the option: Option 1: Odin (the Allfather): The letters in ODIN also spell DINO. Read a book with a dinosaur on the cover (skeletons work) or with the word “dinosaur” in the title/subtitle. Required: If using the cover option, you must include the cover.
I Bring the Fire: Wolves, C Gockel
Approved in Task Help Thread Message #13.
Read this kindle version:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Librarian Note: Alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B008UUIGB2
MMPB reference edition:
Goodreads Author: Yes. C Gockel is a Goodreads Author
Big Book: No
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Tasks completed: 11
Total points: 230
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: 0
Amanda D. 20.3 - 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. Genres may stand alone or be embedded.
Read the ebook version, but it's available in paperback.
Undercover by Lauren Dane
Points this post: 20
Total Points (not including this post): 55
20.3 Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel ReferencesOption 5 - Book with a lot of hype: The Nightingale.
** This is not a reread.
** Kristin Hannah is a Goodreads Author
20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love
Option 1 - Author's name ends in 'ER'
The Rockin' Chair.
** This author is new to me.
** Scott Manchester is a Goodreads Author.
Points This Post: 40
Total Points: 40
Total Books Read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
20.8 - Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers1. Where Do you Live: This book is set in the county of Norfolk, more specifically the North Norfolk coast, which is where I live:
The Ghost Fields by Elly Griffiths***Goodreads Author***
Total points 165
25.9 YOption One: book with the letter Y in the title/subtitle:
Francis: Pope of Mercy
Option Three: Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout
Total Points: 225
Goodreads Author Tickets: 5
5.10 YggdrasilBook of your choice:
Changeling by Philippa Gregory - Goodreads Author
Total Points: 230
GR Author Tickets: 6
Cindy FTask 5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of Vanir
9 letter word in title "DANGEROUS"
A Dangerous Placeby Jacqueline Winspear Who is a GOODREADS AUTHOR!!
Points this post:5
Total points:50
Tasks completed:6
Books read:6
Goodreads Authors:3
Big Books:500+(1)750+(1)1000+(0)
Erin ATX5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds
The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks **GR Author**
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 80
Total GR Authors: 7
Tasks Completed: 7
Total Big Books: 0
Cait S25.6- We're A Cozy Mystery
1) Choose two different options below.
Option 1- The Family Business
Read a book with 'Supernatural' in the main page genres.
Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon **Sherrilyn Kenyon is a Goodreads Author**
This book was approved on the help thread here
Option 3- Defender of the Hawthorne
Read a book where the author's initials can be found in VALKYRIE.
Dante's Wood by Lynne Raimondo
**Lynne Raimondo is a Goodreads Author**
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 305
Goodreads Authors: 15
Total Tasks Completed: 17
Dakimel25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up
For option 1 I read The Black Duke's Prize
For option 4 I read Viscount of Vice (approved for length msg 4539)
TALLY:
This post - 25 points
Total - 295
SHELLEY UT10.5 - Cinco de Mayo
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Points this task: 10
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 12
Goodreads authors: 6
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
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Task # 30.6 - Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!
A. Read an collection of short stories
B. Read a book with at least 500 pages
(576 p.)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 215