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SPRING CHALLENGE 2015
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Spring 2015 Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE POSTS
5.8 Niflheim, the Home of the Dead
I read Arsenic and Old Books by Miranda James. She (he, really) also writes as Dean James, Honor Hartman and Jimmie Ruth Evans
10.7 - Typhoid Mary
I read Doomsday Book, # 7, page 1 of the Apocalypse by Epidemic list.
25.5 - Nikki's Task: A Viking Pillage
I read The Book Thief. 550 pages, so exceeds the 500 page requirement. Nobody on the SRC could dispute the value of a Book, the item I'm bringing on the truck - and we've even got a thief in the title!
Points this post: 40
Total points: 40
I read Arsenic and Old Books by Miranda James. She (he, really) also writes as Dean James, Honor Hartman and Jimmie Ruth Evans
10.7 - Typhoid Mary
I read Doomsday Book, # 7, page 1 of the Apocalypse by Epidemic list.
25.5 - Nikki's Task: A Viking Pillage
I read The Book Thief. 550 pages, so exceeds the 500 page requirement. Nobody on the SRC could dispute the value of a Book, the item I'm bringing on the truck - and we've even got a thief in the title!
Points this post: 40
Total points: 40

Option 3: Author First & Last Initials in VOLUNTEER
Savor the Moment by Nora Roberts
VOLUNTEER
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 85

TWO Books, neither is a reread for me.
Book 1 - Roller Coaster on cover.
I read

Book 2- Changing careers.
I read To Serve Them All My Days.
It's the story of a coal miner's son who went from being a Lieutenant in the trenches of WWI to teaching history in a private boy's school. (Not a military academy.)
This book was approved in the help thread post #85.
It is also a BB at 598 pages, so I'm claiming 1 ticket.
New points this post: 30
Total w/this post: 50
GRA tickets this post: 0
Total w/this post: 1
Big Books this post: 1
Total w/this post: 1
Total tasks completed: 3
Total books claimed: 4
Post: 106

20.6: SEASONED READER: DIANE WHITNEY'S I SPY
In Search of Sushi Tora

305 pages --> link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Points this post: 20
Total Challenge Points: 40
GRA: 1
BB (500)- 0
BB (750)- 0
BB (1000)- 0

15.7- Pi Day
Read a book that is number 3, 1, 4, 31, or 14 in a series.
Bones of Faerie by Janni Lee Simner **Janni Lee Simner is a Goodreads Author**
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 30
Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 3

25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up
Option 1: Shorts - read a book with a page count between 100 and 200 pages.
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
Option 3: Supporting Actress - read a book where the author shares their first name with an actress who has WON an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen (Jane Darwell won in 1940.)
This Post:
Points - 25
Total:
Points - 25

***********REPOST***********
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, a new to me author.
and Elizabeth Wein (I finished Code Name Verity 1/25/15) which gave me WAI-WHH:
The Clue by Carolyn Wells, a new to me author.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 60
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 2

15.8 Women in War
Revolutionary
Points This Post: 15
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total for Spring Challenge:
Total Points: 15/1,035
Total Tasks: 1/59
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets:

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:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

30.2 Dlmrose's task: Initial Impressions
(view 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]

(view spoiler)
O Jerusalem by Laurie R. King ***Goodreads Author***
(NOT re-read)
Jer/usa/lem
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15.2. Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown
(view spoiler)
Book 1: Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies by Ben Macintyre (NOT re-read)
doublEcroSsthetruestoRyoftheddAyspIes = AESIR
Book 2: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (NOT re-read)
ARIstotleaNddantediscoVerthesecretsoftheuniverse = VANIR
I preferred the VANIR book
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THIS POST:
Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 2
Books: 3
GRA Tickets: 1
BB Tickets: [500+:0][750+:0][1000+:0]
TOTAL THIS SEASON:
Points: 115
Tasks Completed: 6
Books: 10
GRA Tickets: 5
BB Tickets: [500+:1][750+:0][1000+:0]

15.1.Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong?
Book 1 – Read a book that a GR friend has rated 4 or 5 stars
One Day by David Nicholls
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book 2 – Read a book that a GR friend has rated 1 or 2 stars.
By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead by Julie Anne Peters
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
POINTS
This Post: 15
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 3
Completed Tasks: 2

5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
Book with Goodreads rating 3.50 or higher.
Locke & Key, Vol. 2: Head Games by Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez. Average 4.37, selected March 4th.
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves
Book with 100-360 pages.
Väinämöinen: Hollywoodin lumoissa by Petri Hiltunen. 288 pages. The name roughly means "Väinämöinen: Enchanted with Hollywood".
20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 2: Science and Magic – Book with Science, Science Fiction or Magical Realism as main page genre.
Girl Genius Omnibus Volume One: Agatha Awakens by Phil Foglio & Kaja Foglio. Has Science Fiction on main page. The task allows graphic novels.
20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
Option 1: Book with Zombies as main page genre.
The Walking Dead, Vol. 01: Days Gone Bye by Robert Kirkman & Tony Moore. The task allows graphic novels.
Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 50
Books Read: 4

15.1.Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong?
Read a book a GR friend rated 4-5 and read a book a GR friend rated 1-2. This is a two book challenge.
My GR friend Bethany rated this book with 2 stars.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Lone Samurai: The Life of Miyamoto Musashi by William Scott Wilson
I gave it 3.
My GR friend Robyn rated this book with 5 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
I gave it 4.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 20
Books Read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)

20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 3: Choose a series you have already started and enjoyed, and read the next book in it.
Shadow Unit 2 by Emma Bull
This book is #2 in the Shadow Unit Series.
As this book exists only as ebook, this has been approved in the ebook verification thread and can be found in the googledoc file in line 1534.
This is the first time I read this book, so no re-read.
Emma Bull is a Goodreads Author!
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 60
Books Read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)

5.8 Niflheim, the Home of the Dead
Scandal And The Duchess - Jennifer Ashley (GR Author) - Jennifer Ashley also writes under the names Allyson James, and Ashley Gardner; ebook only approved #1482 of the spreadsheet
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 10
Goodreads Authors: 1

***********REPOST 2: THE REPOSTENING***********
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) who was new to me, which gave me FIE-FOQ:
A Beautiful Blue Death by Charles Finch, a new to me author.
and Elizabeth Wein (I finished Code Name Verity 1/25/15) who was new to me, which gave me WAI-WHH:
The Clue by Carolyn Wells, a new to me author.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 60
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 2

15.7.Pi Day
Read a book that is number 3, 1, 4, 31, or 14 in a series. NOTE: The book must be identified as a series on GR. The series information is in parentheses after the title - Book Title (Series #4).
I'll Be Seeing You by Suzanne Hayes
Claiming Suzanne Hayes as GR author
Total Points-20/1060
Total Tasks Completed-2/60
Number of GR authors-(1)
Big Books-500 pages ();750+pages ()

30.1 - Jonquil's Task: Straight on Till Morning
Opt 1 - A book with a roller coaster, carousel or Ferris wheel on the cover.

***** Chris Grabenstein is a GRA *****
Not a reread
Opt 2 -Main Character makes a major career change.
Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot
Pop star becomes assistant dorm director.
***** Meg Cabot is a GRA *****
Not a reread

20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 5: If He Be Worthy -- book that was highly recommended to me. Was worth it. Enjoyed the book. This was NOT a re-read.
The Grotesque
Total points: 20
Goodreads Author: 1

Task: 5.3 Alfheim Home of the Light Elves
Persephone by Kaitlin Bevis
Rating on 3/5/2015: 4.01
Books Read this Task: 1
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Points this Task: 5
Total Points this Challenge: 5

5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
Fragments Of Grace by Kathryn Le Veque
Selected this book on 03/03/15
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15

5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves: Read a book with "wolf" in the title
Cry Wolf
Claiming 1 GR ticket for Tami Hoag
Claiming 1 BB ticket, this edition is 527 pages
Total Points this Task: 5
Total Challenge Points: 30
Total GR Authors: 3
Total BB Tickets: 2

15.3. Is it Live or is it Memorex?
1 book option
The Sea King's Daughter - 4 word title; first published 1975
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 25
Goodreads Authors: 1

20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 3: The Narrows by Michael Connelly
This is not a re-read.
Michael Connelly is a goodreads author.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

To Wed The Widow by Megan Bryce Book #3 of The Reluctant Bride Collection I read this on my Kindle, but it is also a paperback. To Wed The Widow
Today's total 15
Grand total 30

Option 2 - Alliteration in 3 word title.
Murder Most Crafty
In this anthology many of the writers are GRAs, including Parnell Hall, Margaret Maron, Victoria Houston and Sujata Massey, so I'm claiming 1 GRA ticket.
New points this post: 20
Total w/this post: 70
GRA tickets this post: 1
Total w/this post: 2
Big Books this post: 1
Total w/this post: 1
Total tasks completed: 4
Total books claimed: 5
Post: #130

REPOSTING...
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)
THIS BOOK IS NOT A RE-READ!
Goodreads Author
Totals for Challenge
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 35
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books - 500+: (0)
Big Books - 750+: (0)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)

Task # 5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
Read a book with a Goodreads rating at or above 3.50.

As of 3/5/15 the rating for this book is 4.02
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25

15.8 Women in War
Protagonist fictional Air Force Lieutenant Maya Lopez in Afghanistan
Lethal Pursuit
Kaylea Cross
ebook 220 3/3
ebook approved for length message 4491
Points this post: 15
Total points: 45
Books posted: 4
Tasks complete: 4
Pages this post: 220
Total pages as of this post: 1126

Task 25.5 - A Viking Pillage
Read book(s) with item(s) worth stealing in the title. A minimum of 500 pages, over one or two books.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling.
The goblet is totally pillagable!
636 pages.
IL: MY - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 18.0
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Total points: 70

15.9. 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 Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen
Setting: Copenhagen, Denmark
CURRENT POST
Points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 50
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

10.5 - Cinco de Mayo
flees LA for interminable, implausible trip thru Mexico
Vivian Divine Is Dead
Lauren Sabel
Hardcover, 288 pages 3/3
Points this post: 10
Total points: 55
Books posted: 5
Tasks complete: 5
Pages this post: 288
Total pages as of this post: 1414

GR Rating at 3.5+
Pride Over Pity by Kailyn Lowry. This was rated 3.55 on 3/4/15
Total:
Total Points: 5
Total Goodreads Authors:
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

Main page genre: Young Adult
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green - Goodreads Author
Total:
Total Points: 10
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

Book with 100 - 360 pages
Romance Is My Day Job: A Memoir of Finding Love at Last by Patience Bloom - Goodreads Author
Book was 320 pages.
Total:
Total Points: 15
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

For GRA points only
1. Task 5.3
Black River SM Hulse is a GR author
2. Task 10.7
Station Eleven Emily Mandel is a GR author
total GR author points = 2

20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers
Option 1. Where do you live?
This book was set 50% in New Mexico, where I currently live.
Dissonance by Lisa Lenard-Cook ** Goodreads author**
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20
GR authors this post:1
GR authors to date:1

15.4. Spring Reads Option 2 - Read one book that satisfies both A and B.
I, Claudius: from the autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, born 10 B.C., murdered and deified A.D. 54 by Robert Graves, first published 1934
I read the above Kindle edition - link to Paperback (MMP listing has no page number info)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0

I did Option B twice - Read a 2015 Audie Award nominee.
BOOK 1: I read Murphy's Law.
It was nominated in "Solo Narration, Female".
Rhys Bowen is a GRA for 1 ticket.
BOOK 2: I read the e-book version of A Sensible Arrangement. There is no mmp so the pb is here: A Sensible Arrangement.
It was nominated in "Inspirational/Faith-Based Fiction".
New points this post: 25
Total w/this post: 95
GRA tickets this post: 1
Total w/this post: 2
Big Books this post: 0
Total w/this post: 1
Total tasks completed: 4
Total books claimed: 6
Post: #144

Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name by Vendela Vida
set mainly in Lapland, a part of Finland (and a bit in Norway, too)
Points this post: 15
Season Total: 35

Number 3, 1, or 4 in series.
I read the e-version of It Happened at the Fair. There is no mmp, the pb version is here: It Happened at the Fair.
It's #1 in the series.
Deeanne Gist is a GRA for 1 ticket.
New points this post: 15
Total w/this post: 110
GRA tickets this post: 1
Total w/this post: 3
Big Books this post: 0
Total w/this post: 1
Total tasks completed: 6
Total books claimed: 8
Post: #146

Task 20.3
Read a book with the genre science, science fiction, or magical realism on it's main page.
The Martian by Andy Weir
Points This Post: 20
Points to Date: 45

25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up
Option 1: Shorts: Book with a page count between 100 and 200 pages.
Slowness by Milan Kundera
Option 2: Adapted Screenplay: A novel that was made into an Oscar-NOMINATED adapted screenplay.
Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon
Inherent Vice was nominated in 2014
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 45
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 3
GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()

20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
Option 1 - Two people on cover

Points this post: 20
Total Points: 85
Goodreads Authors this post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 0
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0

15.6: TAX DAY -- NONFICTION ABOUT ECONOMICS
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
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20.4: AUTHOR! AUTHOR! -- ELIZABETH'S END OF AN ERA
opt. 2: three word title, 2 words starting with the same letter
Say You're Sorry
by Michael Robotham ---> GR AUTHOR
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20.8: NICKELS AND DIMES: MEGS GETTING TO KNOW CHALLENGERS
opt. 3: Richard is the name of my son and also the first name of the author of - The River Between Us
IL: UG BL: 4.9 AR PTS: 5.0
byRichard Peck
Points this post: 55
Total Challenge Points: 95
GRA: 2
BB (500)- 0
BB (750)- 0
BB (1000)- 0

5.9- Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons
Read a book set (at least 50%) in the US states- Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, California.
Second Chance Boyfriend by Monica Murphy **Monica Murphy is a Goodreads Author**
The entirety of this book takes place in California.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 35
Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Tasks Completed: 4

5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves.

20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 3: Mightier Than the Sword (Clifton Chronicles #5)
This is not a re-read for me.
Post total: 25 points
Challenge total points: 50
Total GRA: 0
Total BB: 0
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20.3 Best Review
Option 3: Next Book in Series I Enjoy
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