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SPRING CHALLENGE 2015
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Spring 2015 Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE POSTS
Erin ATX5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants
The Resolution of Callie & Kayden by Jessica Sorensen **GR Author**
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 85
Total GR Authors: 8
Tasks Completed: 8
Total Big Books: 0
READ 6010.8 The Vikings are coming: read a book published by Viking Press
I read In The Woods by Tana FrenchIn the Woods published by Vikings press using the link Viking Books.
Points: 10
Points Total ; 55
Cait S15.2- Aesir vs Vanir Gods Showdown
Book #1- Aesir
Read a book with the letters AESIR in the title/subtitle of the book.
Hearts in Darkness by Laura Kaye **Laura Kaye is a Goodreads Author**
Book #2- Vanir
Read a book with the letters VANIR in the title/subtitle of the book.
Homicide in Hardcover by Kate Carlisle **Kate Carlisle is a Goodreads Author**
I preferred the Vanir book!
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 320
Goodreads Authors: 17
Total Tasks Completed: 18
15.3 Is it Live or is it Memorex?:Option 2. Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett first published 1978.
20.9 Moderator's Pet--Kait's Task--Hel Hath Fury:
3. Antiques Knock-Off by Barbara Allan MC has shih Tzu-- as mentioned in description--also a bad case of the cutes.
Today's Total: 35
Grand total: 375
SCHATZIE5.8: NIFLHEIM, THE HOME OF THE DEAD
Pseudonym
The Cuckoo's Calling
by Robert Galbraith, pseudonym of J K Rowling
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10.6: OLDER AMERICANS MONTH
50 years or older
Styx and Stones
by Carola Dunn born in 1946
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Points this post: 15
Total Challenge Points: 550
GRA: 19
BB (500)- 1
BB (750)- 0
BB (1000)- 0
25.4 - Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies.Option 1: Disney Animated Movies –
Read a book with a title that contains a word of at least three letters that appears in a movie title from the List of Animated Disney Movies.
One Good Earl Deserves a Lover by Sarah MacLean *Goodreads Author*
Movie: "The Good Dinosaur” (2015)
Word: Good
Option 3: Lightheartedness –
Read a book that has "humor" or "funny" in the main page genre list.
Get A Clue by Jill Shalvis *Goodreads Author*
TASK TOTALS
Points: 25
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets:
CHALLENGE TOTALS
Points: 210
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
babbling c20.6 Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B
I spy with my little eye, signs of Spring…
A Bird
AND
B. Unleashed - kindle Unleashed - paperback pgs 315 by Sara Humphreys
Sara Humphreys is a GRA
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 1
Big Books:
Total This Season
Points: 55
Completed Tasks: 4
Good Read Authors: 1
Big Books:
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Pages read this season: 1,436
Books read this season: 4
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Personal Best: 660/1180 (summer 14)
Jonquil25.4 - Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies
Option 1: Disney Animated Movies
The Wild 2006
http://www.disneymovieslist.com/movie...
Wild Goose Chase
Terri Thayer
Paperback, 301 pages 3/22
Option 4: Cinderella
No Shoes, No Shirt, No Spells
Rose Pressey
Kindle Edition, 247 pages 4/1
approved for length 1261 on spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/c...
Points this post: 25
Total points: 610
Books posted: 50
Tasks complete: 41
Pages this post: 548
Total pages as of this post: 14480
Catherine TTask 10.4 - May the Fourth Be With You
read a book with science fiction genre
The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov
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total points = 500
LAUREN JODI5.8 Niflheim, the Home of the Dead
Tiger Magic by Jennifer Ashley*
Jennifer Ashley writes historical mysteries as Ashley Gardner and Urban Fantasy as Allyson James
*Goodreads Author
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Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 110/1035
Total Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 9/59
Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 0
Delicious Dee15.4. Spring Reads
Book A - Cry No More - first published 2003
Book B - Archangel's Consort - Nalini Singh (GR Author) - SPRING
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 270
Goodreads Authors: 18
5.5 Jotunheim, Home of the Giants.Read a book with the genre Young Adult on the main page.
Coram Boy by Jamila Gavin
Total this post: 5
Total to date: 65
GR authors: 2
Big Book tickets: 0
Bluegrass Pam5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants
Book with an apple on the cover
by Barry Jonsberg*** Barry Jonsberg is a Goodreads author.***
20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love
Option 1- LOVE: Book by a single author whose last name ends in –ER
To Hope and Back: The Journey of the St. Louis by Kathy Kacer
Kathy Kacer is a new author to me.
IL: MG - BL: 6.0 - AR Pts: 6.0
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 100
GR authors this post: 1
GR authors to date: 4
20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath FuryOption 2:
The 9th Girl by Tami Hoag25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up
Option 3: Supporting Actress:
The Butcher by Jennifer HillierJennifer Hudson - 2005
AND
Option 4: Song:
A Vision of Fire by Gillian AndersonWho knew Scully from the X-Files wrote books?
Total Points = 580
LAUREN JODI10.4 May the Fourth Be With You
Science Fiction on the main page (91 users)
Awaken Me Darkly by Gena Showalter*
*Goodreads Author
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 120/1035
Total Books Read: 12
Tasks Completed: 10/59
Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM5.1 Asgard, the Home of the Aesir
I chose to read
Slut!: Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation
by Leora Tanenbaum. There is an exclamation point in the title.Previous point total: 145
New points this post: 5
Total points: 150
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 9
GRA tickets this post: 0
Total GRA: 3
Big Books this post: 0
Total Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Marina H30.6 - Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!
Option A - Short stories: Interpreter of Maladies
Option D - Feel good books: The Perks of Being a Wallflower (ranked number 4)
Points this post: 30
Total points:30
amandab19755.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons
Hotel Iris by Yōko Ogawa Japan
Points: 5
Goodreads Authors:
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 15
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Marina H25.5 - Nikki's Task: A Viking Pillage
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
"Ring" is something to be stolen.
549 pages (the Danish version https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 55
Kimber25.7 Awards Season
Option A:
Some Luck by Jane Smiley
* # 44 on TOB longlist
Option B:
Euphoria by Lily King (goodreads author)
*catagory - literary fiction
* EXCELLENT audiobook - definitely worthy of winning the award!
This task: 25 points
# tasks submitted to date: 7
GRA: 5
Total points: 115
25.6 We're a Cozy MysteryI chose to do Option 3 twice.
Option Three : Defender of the Hawthorne
Read a book where the author's initials can be found in VALKYRIE. Middle names/initials *do* count and all letters can only be used once. Each space defines a name and all name initials must be present. Hyphenated names count as one name.
Coaltown Jesus by Ron Koertge
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
This Post: 25
Total: 185
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 13
Goodreads Authors:8
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Pages Read: 4646
Catherine TTask 20.5 - Love and Not Quite Love
read a book by a new-to-me author whose name ends in -er
City of Glass by Paul Auster
I have not read anything by Auster before
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total points = 520
LOULOUTask 5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves
Read a book with between 100 and 360 pages.
A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie
This post:
Points: 5
GRA: 0
BB tickets: 0
Tasks complete: 1
Overall:
Points: 65
GRA: 2
BB tickets 500+: 0
BB tickets 750+: 0
BB tickets 1000+: 0
Tasks complete: 4
5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the HumansTree on the cover: The Wild Truth by Carine McCandless
Points this post: 5
Total points: 305
FANDURY30.3 - Teri-k's Task: Your Own Personal Tardis
Option 2: Read a book written/composed during, set in or about the Post-Classical Era, from 200 AD to 1200 AD.
The Spider's Web by Peter Tremayne
This book is set in 666 AD as mentioned in the description of the book.
Option 4: Read a book written during, set in or about the time period from 1700 through 1899.
A Place of Confinement by Anna Dean
This book is set in 1807 as mentioned in the description of the book.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 230
Books Read: 13
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Coralie5.9 Muspelheim, the home of the fire Giant and Demons
Book set in Japan
Rashomon and Other Stories
10.1 Remarkable Women
From page 1 of the list
Orlando
25.5 A Viking Pillage
My Vikings are making off with swords.
A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow (623p) and A Storm of Swords: Blood and Gold (607p)
This post 40 points
Total to date 190 points
Jonquil15.3. Is it Live or is it Memorex?
Option 2: 4 words published 1965-79
The Girl in Blue
P.G. Wodehouse
Paperback, 222 pages 4/2
(first published January 1st 1970)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 625
Books posted: 51
Tasks complete: 42
Pages this post: 222
Total pages as of this post: 14702
MEGSCL25.5 - Nikki's Task: A Viking Pillage
One book over 500 pages (595 pages). Item to be pillaged = clocks. The Bone Clocks
**595pp for 1 bb ticket
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 135
Tasks: 11
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets: 11
Books: 12
Adria20.4: Author! Author!
I chose Option 3: Read a book whose author’s first and last name (name in the last position) initials are in the word VOLUNTEER. Middle initials can be ignored, letters can only be used as often as they appear (E used twice, the rest once).
Complicity in the Holocaust by Robert P. Ericksen
20.9: Moderator's Pet
I chose Option 2: Read a book that is the last published book in a series OR the most recently published in a series.
Sisterhood Everlasting
Points this post: 40
Total points: 55
Scooter&Siam20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 3: This Book, I Like It-- Another!
So choose a series you have already started and enjoyed, and read the next book in it. Re-reads are NOT allowed. Books must be listed as a series number higher than 1 on Goodreads. Any other number is acceptable, wherever you are at with the series is fine.
Required: State that this book is not a re-read for you.
Option 3 chosen -- Read Lines of Departure
#2 in series; this is not a reread
Claiming Marko Kloos as a GRA
Points: 20
Total: 55
GRA: 4
Big Book: 1
Tasks: 5
Dakimel5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds
I read Heart of the Storm
It was approved for length as my under-100 page title - message 4566
20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
I read for option 1
length approved message 4562
TALLY
This post- 25 points
Total - 345
SCHATZIE30.2: DLMROSE’S INITIAL IMPRESSIONS
Book 1:
Snow Like Ashes
by Sara Raasch ---> GR AUTHOR
Her Initials: S R = Sara Raasch
Book 2:
Something Rotten
Title letters: S R = Something Rotten
Points this post: 30
Total Challenge Points: 580
GRA: 20
BB (500)- 1
BB (750)- 0
BB (1000)- 0
Mod
I read The Blood Promise, #3 in the Hugo Marston series.
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers
I chose option 2, and read The Children Act. I'm a lawyer, the main character in the book is a judge. These occupations were ok'd in the help thread as similar enough.
25.4 - Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies.
For my first book, I chose option 2, and read The Ghost in the Electric Blue Suit, with Let It Go in the title - ThE GhOsT in the eLectrIc blue suit.
For my second book, I chose option 3, and read Live Right and Find Happiness (Although Beer is Much Faster): Life Lessons and Other Ravings from Dave Barry, with "humor" as the top genre on the main page.
Points this post: 60
Total points: 395
25.5 A Viking PillageSomething worth stealing. I chose to read 2 books.
Book 1:
The Last Camel Died at Noon
A camel was approved as Viking booty in the help thread.
This book has 448 pages.
Book 2:
Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer
A lion was approved as Viking booty in the help thread.
This book is 218 pages, which puts the total over 500 pages.
New points this post: 25
Total w/this post: 460
GRA tickets this post: 0
Total w/this post: 15
Big Books this post: 0
Total w/this post: 3
Total tasks completed: 28
Total books claimed: 35
Post:1267
Repost #1197Mai
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
Option 3: Read a memoir
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Option 4: Read a book with main page genre "Science Fiction"
High-Rise by J.G. Ballard
Both these books are not rereads
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 130
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 10
GR Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
Mai30.4. - Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas.
Book 1: Read a book recommended by GR
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg
This recommendation was based on the Business shelf
Book 2: Book from the list "Popular Books Among My Friends this Month."
Looking for Alaska by John Green *John Green *
1 friend has read the book
Date: Mar 27, 2015
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 155
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 12
GR Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
Shiraloo5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves
Prince of Wolves by Quinn Loftis
*Quinn Loftis is a GRA*
5.8 Niflheim, the Home of the Dead
River Road by Jayne Anne Krentz
REQUIRED: According to Krentz's GR page, she writes under the pseudonyms Amanda Quick and Jayne Castle.
*Jayne Anne Krentz is a GRA*
10.5 - Cinco de Mayo
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
REQUIRED: Set in Mexico
CURRENT POST
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 335
Total Goodreads Authors: 17
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Marina H25.5 - Nikki's Task: A Viking Pillage
Eventyret om ringenEventyret om ringen by J.R.R. Tolkien
"Ring" is something to be stolen.
549 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 55
LAUREN JODI20.10 Group Reads
Alternate History
11/22/63** by Stephen King*
*Goodreads Author
** Big book (849 pages) - claiming 2 BB Tickets
Posted several times in the discussion thread: Final post #26 is here
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 140/1035
Total Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 11/59
Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Book Tickets: 2
ASHLEY OZ5.8 Niflheim, the Home of the Dead
Read a book by an author who also writes other books concealed under another name or pseudonym.
Blood Magick by Nora Roberts
Nora Roberts also uses the pseudonym of J.D. Robb
POINTS
This Post: 5
Total Points: 260
Books Read: 21
Completed Tasks: 16
Mary P20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- BellaGBear’s Task: Relive Childhood Feelings
Room by Emma Donoghue
Adult Fiction with Child Protagonist: Page 1, #10
Points this task: 20
Total points: 225
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.
Chasing the Star Garden
Melanie Karsak is a Goodreads author
20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury 1
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.
Rook and Raven (First and as of 03/07/2015 only book in the Celtic Kingdom series) Approved for length here
Julie Harvey Delcourt is a Goodreads author.
30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t
Book 1: Read a book that has your favorite genre on its main page.
The Body Electric (Sci-Fi)
Beth Revis is a Goodreads author
Book 2: Read a book that has your least favorite genre on its main page.
The City Center (Romance)
Simone Pond is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 70
Total Points: 70
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 4
GR Authors: 4
25.8 - Coralie's Task: Anzac Day
Option 1: WHO? -
Sins of the Flesh by Colleen McCulloughAND
Option 2: WHAT? -
The Alphabet House by Jussi Adler-OlsenTotal Points = 620
5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the VanirPride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After by Steve Hockensmith
pre/jud/ice
5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds
Endangered by C.J. Box
15.7 Pi Day
The Merchant's House by Kate Ellis
(Wesley Peterson #1)
Points this post 25
Total Points 130
trishhartuk15.7.Pi Day
In honor of Pi Day (3/14), read a book that is number 3, 1, 4, 31, or 14 in a series. NOTE: The book must be identified as part of a series on GR.
A Mew To A Kill (Mystic Notch Cozy Mystery Series #3), Leighann Dobbs
Approved for length by Dlmrose in ebook verification thread message #4559.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Goodreads Author: Yes. Leighann Dobbs is a Goodreads Author
Big Book: No
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Tasks completed: 12
Total points: 245
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 0
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading ChallengersOption 1. Where do you live? - The Heat Islands by Randy Wayne White
This book is set on Sanibel and Captiva Islands on the Southwest Gulf Coast of Florida. I live on the Gulf Coast just north of Sanibel and Captiva in St. Petersburg.
Points this post: 20
Season Total: 190
5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the GiantsRead a book with the genre Young Adult on its main page.
by Rainbow Rowell*Rainbow Rowell is a Goodreads Author
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Total Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 10
Tasks completed: 2
Other totals
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books (500):
Big Books (750):
Big Books (1000):
Athens10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day
Read a book that is at least 400 pages long
20th Century Ghosts
528 pages
Points This Post: 10/1060
Total Points: 15/1060
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the VanirRead a book with a nine letter word in the title or subtitle.
I read Valkoisia runoja by Miki Liukkonen. val/koi/sia
It has 86 pages, so I use the option to read one too short book.
Points in this post: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Book 1: GR friend rated 4 or 5 stars
Fireflies in December
Sarah's review is here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Jennifer Valent is a GRA for 1 ticket.
Book 2: GR friend rated 1 or 2 stars
The Duke and I
MomtoKippy's review is here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Julia Quinn is a GRA for 1 ticket.
20.3 Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 3: Next book in series
I listened to the audio book He Drank, and Saw the Spider
There is no mmp, the pb is here:
He Drank, and Saw the Spider: An Eddie LaCrosse Novel
This book is not a reread.
Alex Bledsoe is a GRA for 1 ticket.
New points this post: 35
Total w/this post: 435
GRA tickets this post: 3
Total w/this post: 15
Big Books this post: 0
Total w/this post: 3
Total tasks completed: 22
Total books claimed: 33
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