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SPRING CHALLENGE 2015
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Spring 2015 Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE POSTS
25.3 - Andy P's Task: RagnarokBook 1
Pieces of Me by Ann Garner Goodreads author
Approved for length here
Book 2 - THOR
Beneath A Blood Red Moon
Total Points:235
Total GR Authors: 12
10.8 The Vikings are ComingRead a book published by Viking Press
I read The Testament of Gideon Mack by James Robertson
Here's the Viking edition:
James Robertson is a Goodreads author
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 10
GR authors: 3
Big Books: 0 (so far!)
20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an EraI chose Option 1: Read a book with exactly two people on the cover.
by Grace PaleyTask total=20
Grand total=90
Cait S20.10- Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season.
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green **John Green is a Goodreads Author**
I'm post 30 on the discussion thread.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 355
Goodreads Authors: 19
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 20
5.1 Title/subtitle !, ? or …Who Is This Man?: The Unpredictable Impact of the Inescapable Jesus
John Ortberg is a GRA for 1 ticket
30.6 Happy Equinox!
Option A: Essays genre
Living with Shakespeare: Actors, Directors, and Writers on Shakespeare in Our Time
Verified on genre thread #11.
Option C: Spoon on cover
I read the Kindle book
There is no mmp, the pb is here: The Perfect Blend
Allie Pleiter is a GRA for 1 ticket.
30.7 I Love My Library!
Book 1: Valley of the Shadow by Stephanie Grace Whitson who was new to me.
The shelf is WHI-WOK from Teri Wilson who was new to me December-February.
Book 2: Betrayal by Robin Lee Hatcher who was new to me.
The shelf is GRE-IAF from Phillip Gulley who was new to me December-February.
Hatcher is a GRA for 1 ticket.
New points this post: 65
Total w/this post: 665
GRA tickets this post: 3
Total w/this post: 22
Big Books this post: 0
Total w/this post: 3
Total tasks completed: 35
Total books claimed: 48
Post:1444
OHMYMY30.5 - 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 Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Genre: Young Adult
Book 2: Read a book that has your least favorite genre on its main page.
The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
Genre: Science Fiction
POINTS
This Post: 30
Total Points: 60
Books Read: 5
Completed Tasks: 4
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM25.12 - Elizabeth B's Task: Independence Day
I chose to complete Options C and D.
Option C: Read a book that was first published in March of any year.
I chose to read
by Michelle Young-Stone. It was first published March 3, 2015.**Michele Young-Stone is a Goodreads Author, I'd like to claim a GRA ticket**
Option D: Read a book with "freedom," "or," or "death" in the title or subtitle.
I chose to read
Appointment with Death
by Agatha Christie. Death is the last word in the title.Previous point total: 155
New points this post: 25
Total points: 180
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 11
GRA tickets this post: 1
Total GRA: 4
Big Books this post: 0
Total Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
MEGSCL20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 2: Science and Magic
Magical realism is a main page genre: The Museum of Extraordinary Things
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 170
Tasks: 14
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets: 11
Books: 15
Catherine TTask 20.1 - What's in a Name
option: Loki
read a book with "thousand" in the title (not as a date)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
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total points = 540
5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the VanirLast Sacrifice by Richelle Mead
9-letter word: sacrifice
*Richelle Mead is a GR author, claiming one GRA ticket*
*588 pages, claiming one BB ticket*
5.9 Muspelheim
Slow Apocalypse set in California
20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love
Option 1- LOVE: Kuolleessa kulmassa by Thomas Kanger
The author is new to me.
Points this post: 30
Points total: 85/1035
GRA total: 5
BB total: 3
Tasks completed: 9/59
Books read: 10
Jamie NYCTask #20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love
Option 1
Like Coffee and Doughnuts by Elle Parker, author's name ParkER (but not Robert!)
She is a new author to me this season
Points this post: 20
Books: 1
Tasks: 1
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Total Points: 120
Books: 11
Tasks: 10
Task: 10.3 Earth DayRead: The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 20
Nick KY5.10 Yggdrasil For my choice, I am always eager to read more Victorian lit. This time I read Typhoon by Joseph Conrad.
10.8 The Vikings are Coming! – I read A Second Flowering: Works and Days of the Lost Generation by Malcolm Cowley, published by Viking.
15.8 Women in War I read Sisterhood of Spies by Elizabeth P. McIntosh.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 370
ColetteGTask #10.10 The Odd Couple
The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao
This book contains "Oscar" in the title.
10points for task
HINA30.6 - Happy's Task: Happy Equinox! -
Option A: Informed Risk / A Hero for Sophie Jones by Robyn Carr.
Anthologies on the main page genre ~5 Users.
Option D: How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper.
Feel Good Books List Position 60
**Robyn Carr is a goodreads author.**
**Molly Harper is a goodreads author.**
Claiming Big Book Ticket for Informed Risk / A Hero for Sophie Jones - paperback version has 512 pages.
Current post:
Points: 30
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total:
Total Points: 380
Total Goodreads Authors: 18
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Jamie NYCTask #25.4 - Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies
Option 3: Read a book that has "humor" or "funny" in the main page genre list
Get A Clue by Jill Shalvis
Shelved 8 times as "Humor"
Option 4: Read a book with the cover that shows a shoe(s) with high heels
by Eloisa JamesThis was approved by Hina here
Points this post: 25
Books: 2
Tasks: 1
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Total Points: 145
Books: 13
Tasks: 11
NICOLE OH5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
Killer (Rated 4.12 as of today)
Sara Shepard is a Goodreads author.
30.3 - Teri-k's Task: Your Own Personal Tardis
Option 3: The Taming of the Shrew (written between 1200-1699)
Option 4: Mrs. Poe (set in 1845)
Lynn Cullen is a Goodreads author.
POINTS
This Post: 35
Total Points: 360
Books Read: 26
Goodreads Authors: 20
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Task # 20.4 - AUTHOR AUTHOR – Elizabeth P’s Task – End of an EraOption 1 – Tutor time – exactly two people on cover
✔ – 30March15Approved: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 95 points
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 0
Cindy FTask 5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree that Anchors the World
I read Dangerous Women
Points this post:5
Total points:55
Tasks completed:7
Books read:7
Goodreads Authors:3
Big Books:500+(1)750+(1)1000+(0)
5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves Read a book with a Goodreads rating at or above 3.50.Burma Chronicles by Guy Delisle (Rating: 3.97)
10.8 - The Vikings are Coming Read a book published by Viking Press.
Seize the Day by Saul Bellow
15.2. Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown
1. Read a book with the letters AESIR in the title/subtitle of the book.
JERuSAlem: A FamIly Portrait, by Boaz Yakin2. Read a book with the letters VANIR in the title/subtitle of the book.
EVolutIoN: The StoRy of Life on EArth, by Jay Hosler and Kevin Cannon (Goodreads Author)30.4. - Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas.
1. Read a book recommended by GR, based on one of your shelves or genre recommendations.
Persuasion by Jane Austen (because I read Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen, based on my "Read" shelf)
2. Read a book from that list - note that the list will change during the course of the challenge, so jot down the date you found the book and include it in your post.
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
As of 4/1/15, 2 friends had "read" it and 1 friend was "currently reading" it (we are in a book club, DG is our April book).
30.6 - Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox! I chose A and B.
A. Read an collection of short stories (essays, novellas, or a mixture are also acceptable) with Anthologies, Short Stories, or Essays as a main page genre.
Six Tales of the Jazz Age by F. Scott Fitzgerald
B. Read a book with at least 500 pages.
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell (521 pages) (Big Book Ticket)
Total: 435
New GRA: 1
New BB: 1
20.8 - GETTING TO KNOW SEASONAL READING CHALLENGERSOPTION 1 - Hangman by Stephan Talty. This book is set in Buffalo, NY and the author was born there. I currently live near Buffalo.
TOTAL POINTS - 360
CYNBAXTERTask # 20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 5: The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi
The Water Knife is not a re-read for me
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date = 135 points
Andy P.Task # 15.7.Pi Day
Read a book that is number 3, 1, 4, 31, or 14 in a series.
by Bill Loehfelm This book is #3 in the Maureen Coughlin series.Points this post: 15
Total points: 325
Cindy C.Task 5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth," the Home of the Humans
Read a book with a tree on the cover
Talk Before Sleep
Task 5.10 Yggdasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds
Read a book of your choice.
This is only an ebook. Approved for length in message 4576 & row 1997 on the spreadsheet for SRC ebook verification (as of 11:16 am PDT today).
The Obituary Society
Points this post: 10
Total points: 110
Total tasks: 9
GRA: 2
Big Books: (500+): 1
Wow, I feel I have been away from the group forever!20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
Option Three:
byNora Ephron 04/08/2015Author's initials, NE, appear in the word voluNtEer.
Current post:
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Totals:
Total Points: 60
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Total Tasks Done: 3
Total Books Read: 3
HINA25.9 - Nick KY’s Task: “Y” -
Option 1: Identity: Unknown by Suzanne Brockmann.
Y found in Identity in the title.
Option 3 Slow Burn by Jamie Denton.
Firefighters List List Page 1 Position 81
**Jamie Denton is a goodreads author.**
Current post:
Points: 25
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets:
Total:
Total Points: 405
Total Goodreads Authors: 19
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Kristen IA25.4 - Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies.
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 1: Disney Animated Movies - Read a book with a title (subtitles EXCLUDED) that contains a word of at least three letters that appears in a movie title from the List of Animated Disney Movies. Required: State the Disney movie title you are using in your post.
Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich
The movie title is “Big Hero 6”
******Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads Author******
Option 4: Cinderella - 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. Required: Include the cover
Shards of the Glass Slipper: Queen Cinder by Roy A. Mauritsen
******Roy A. Mauritsen is a Goodreads Author******
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 95/1035
Total Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 5/59
Goodreads Authors This Post: 2
Total Goodreads Authors: 5
Fifty Shades Freed10.2 Blah, Blah, Blah DayFifty Shades Freed by E.L. James
Danielle MA
Points this post: 10
Points so far this challenge: 25
20.8 Nickels & Dimes--gen SCL's Task--Getting to Know SR Challengers:1. setting in KS or KS Author
Trail of the Spanish Bit by Don Coldsmith
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Coldsmith
Today's Total: 20
Grand total: 580
Ana20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
Option 2
by Matsuri Hino.Points this Post 20
Total Points 205
Tasks Completed 11
Books Read 11
Total Pages 3563
GoodReads Authors 8
Big Book Tickets
Big Books-500+: 1
Veronica W5.3 Read a book with a Goodreads rating at or above 3.50.
A Light in the Wilderness Jane Kirkpatrick (Goodreads Author) (rating 4.02 4/8/15)
5.10 Be eager to read and read a book of your choice.
Golden Son by Pierce Brown (Goodreads Author)
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 25
Books Read: 5
Tasks Complete: 5
Total GRA: 4
LOULOUTask 25.2 Schatzie's Task: Garden Quotes
Option 3: Read an autobiography or memoir. This must be a non-fiction account about the author's own life.
Back Story by David Mitchell
Option 4: Read a book with the main page genre of Science Fiction. Genre may be standalone or embedded.
Red Dwarf Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers by Grant Naylor
Required: Science fiction genre verified in message #50 of the task help thread. Neither book is a reread.
This post:
Points: 25
GRA: 0
BB tickets: 0
Tasks complete: 1
Overall:
Points: 90
GRA: 2
BB tickets 500+: 0
BB tickets 750+: 0
BB tickets 1000+: 0
Tasks complete: 5
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter BEmily and Einstein by Linda Francis Lee, 356 p. and blossoms on the cover:
Points this post: 20
Total points: 375
perletwo25.2 - 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.
BeastlyOPTION 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.
Widow's Tears
Neither of these are re-reads for me.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 260
Books read: 18
Tasks completed: 9
20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite LoveI chose Option 1: Read a book by a single author (no co-authors or books by multiple contributors) whose last name (name in the last position) ends in –ER.
The Lunatic by Anthony C. Winkler
This author is new to me this season.
Task total=20
Grand total=110
Beth Robinson20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name
choose an option related to word play
Option 2: Thor (god of thunder)
The letters in THOR also spell ROTH. Read a book where ROTH is intact in the author’s name.
I read:
Divergent by Veronica ROTH
Veronica Roth is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love
read one book from one option
Option 1- LOVE: Read a book by a single author (no co-authors or books by multiple contributors) whose last name (name in the last position) ends in –ER
I read:
The Compassionate Samurai: Being Extraordinary in an Ordinary World by Brian Klemmer
Klemmer ends with ER
This author is new to me.
25.4 - Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies.
Please choose 2 different options and read one book for each.
Option 1: Disney Animated Movies - In honor of Disney animated movies, Read a book with a title (subtitles EXCLUDED) that contains a word* of at least three letters that appears in a movie title from the http://www.disneymovieslist.com/anima....
I read:
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach
Disney movie on list is Mars Needs Moms (2011)
Mary Roach is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
Option 3: Lightheartedness - Read a book that has "humor" or "funny" in the main page genre list.
I read:
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
Main page genre includes Humor > Comedy at the bottom of the list
Points this post: 65
Total Points: 490
new GA this post - 2
Goodreads Authors total: 11
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Cait S10.8- The Vikings Are Coming
Read a book published by Viking Press.
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson **Laurie Halse Anderson is a Goodreads Author**
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 365
Goodreads Authors: 20
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 21
Kristen IA10.10 - The Odd Couple
Read a book that contains Neil, Simon, Oscar, or Felix in the title, subtitle, or author's name.
The One That Got Away by Simon Wood
******Simon Wood is a Goodreads Author******
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 105/1035
Total Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 6/59
Goodreads Authors This Post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 6
DakimelREPOST
25.7 - Dakimel’s Task: Awards Season
For option A I read Rooster contender A Brave Man Seven Storeys Tall: A Novel (#23 on the list)
For option B I listened to Audies Fiction nominee Us (but it won't win.)
TALLY:
This post - 25
Total - 400
Coralie5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves
The Great Bazaar and Brayan's Gold
121 pages
10.6 Older Americans Month
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler, born 1950
10.10 The Odd Couple
Neil in the author's name
Black Orchid by Neil Gaiman
This post 25 points
Total to date 265 points
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden QuotesOPTION 2:
Read a book with the main page genre of “Crime”, “Mystery”, “Suspense”, or Thriller”. The genre can be stand alone or embedded.
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Flynn is a Goodreads Author
OPTION 4: Read a book with the main page genre of Science Fiction. Genre can be stand alone or embedded.
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Cline is a Goodreads author.
Neither of these books are re-reads for me.
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 50
Total Tasks: 2
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 5
SandiCompleted Tasks
15.3. Is it Live or is it Memorex?
Using Option B where one book satisfies both requirements:
A. Title has exactly four words
B. Original publication date is 1977
ebook edition I read: A Summer to Die
Most popular MMPB: A Summer to Die
AR Bookfinder info: IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5.0
15.7.Pi Day
Identified as #1 in The Giver Quartet series -- The Giver
AR Bookfinder info: IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7.0
***Summary***
Previous Points Earned: 85
Points Earned this Post: 30
Total Points To Date: 115
Post 925.1 - Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge
BOTH BOOKS ARE NEW TO ME
Book one: Red Rising by Pierce Brown Red Rising Trilogy #1
First published 2013
382 pages
Book two: Aunt Dimity Beats The Devil by Nancy Atherton Dimity series #6
First published 2000
247 pages
Total pages for this task is 629/500 with at least a 100 page difference between books. I really hope I didn't miss anything.
Points this post:25
Total: 165
Books read: 13
Tasks Done:9
Catherine TTask 15.6 - Tax Day
read a non-fiction book about money
The Origin of Financial Crises: Central Banks, Credit Bubbles, and the Efficient Market Fallacy by George Cooper
explains about money flows, market dynamics and all other sorts of money (and tax!) stuff
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total points = 555
M1NKS10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day - Read a book that is at least 400 pages long.
Drunkard
POINTS
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 275
GR Author: 0
Big Books: [500+: 2] [750+: 2] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 20
25.8 - ANZAC DAYOPTION 1 - 1914
OPTION 1 - Letters from Skye
Both books have War as a genre on the home page.
TOTAL POINTS - 385
Erin ATX25.4 - Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies.
Option 3: Lightheartedness
Vegas Moon by John Locke **GR Author**
Option 4: Cinderella
by John Locke **GR Author**Task Points: 25
Total Points: 130
Total GR Authors: 12
Tasks Completed: 11
Total Big Books: 0
Mary P10.8 - The Vikings are Coming
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Points this post: 10
Totalpoints: 290
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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10.1 - Remarkable Women
The White Queen by Philippa Gregory
This is found on page 1
Philippa Gregory is a goodreads author.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 14
Goodreads authors: 8
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)