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SPRING CHALLENGE 2015
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Spring 2015 Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE POSTS
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the DwarvesFrost Burned by Patricia Briggs
I read the hardcover, which has 340 pages.
Points: 5
Kait5.9 - Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons
A book set (at least 50%) in a country, state or province found in the Ring of Fire.
Another One Bites the Dust by Chris Marie Green -- Entirely set in California
Chris Marie Green is a GR Author.
Points This Post: 5
GR Authors This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Points: 25
Total GR Authors: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Catherine TReposting (used GoF twice in error,sorry!), net result no change in points
Task 15.7 - Pi Day
Read a book that is #1, 3 or 4 in series
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (#3) by JK Rowling
IL: MY - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 18.0
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TOTAL points 70
10.6 - Older Americans Month(view spoiler)
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (NOT re-read)
"Susan Beth Pfeffer was born in New York City in 1948." This will make her 67 in 2015.
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20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
(view spoiler)
The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer (NOT a re-read)
Book #2 in the Last Survivors series
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THIS POST:
Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 2
Books: 2
GRA Tickets: 0
BB Tickets: [500+:0][750+:0][1000+:0]
TOTAL THIS SEASON:
Points: 145
Tasks Completed: 8
Books: 12
GRA Tickets: 5
BB Tickets: [500+:1][750+:0][1000+:0]
Delicious Dee20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
Option Two - In Fine Form - ebook only approved 4481 of the approval thread
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 45
Goodreads Authors: 1
NICOLE OH30.1 Jonquil's Task: Straight on til Morning
Book 1:
(ferris wheel along the bottom of the cover)This was not a re-read for me and FYI it was a great read!
Susan Crandall is a Goodreads author.
Book 2: Dangerous Minds- the autobiography of an ex-marine who becomes a teacher.
This was not a re-read for me and it was way better than the movie in my opinion!
LouAnne Johnson is a Goodreads author.
Two five star reads for this task! Very awesome!
POINTS
This Post: 30
Total Points: 60
Books Read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
ASHLEY V30.5 - 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.
Favourite genre: Mystery
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Book 2: Read a book that has your least favorite genre on its main page.
Least favourite genre: Poetry
Poisoned Apples: Poems for You, My Pretty by Christine Heppermann
**Christine Heppermann is a Goodreads author**
CURRENT POST
Points: 30
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 80
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets:
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Big Books - 750+:
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5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans
Darkness, My Old Friend by Lisa Unger15.1.Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong?
Killer Market by Margaret MaronBeth rated it 4 stars https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
AND
Help for the Haunted by John SearlesBetsy rated it 2 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Total Points = 90
20.6 - I SPY SPRING WITH THE LETTER BA BLOSSOM -
which has 675 pages. This book was approved in message 2 of the help thread.TOTAL POINTS - 20
Nikki B5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves: Read a book between 100-360 pages
Ghost Pirates: And Other Tales of the High Seas
This book has 208 pages
Total Task Points: 5
Total Challenge Points: 35
Total GR Tickets: 3
Total BB Tickets: 2
Mary P5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants
by Selena KittPoints this post: 5
Total points: 20
20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury*Claiming Goodreads Author Ticket*
*Claiming Big Books Author Ticket*
Fifty Shades Freed - E.L. JamesCURRENT POST
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1 (579 Pages)
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 40
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
HINA20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love -
Option 1: The Nine-Month Marriage (Conveniently Yours / Bravo Family) by Christine Rimmer.
Author's Last name ends in er. The author is new to me.
**Christine Rimmer is a goodreads author.**
Current post:
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 45
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets:
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Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Nick KY30.2 DlmRose’s Initial Impressions I read the following two books:
Book 1. Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner – Initials: W S.
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK of 569 pages, I had read 200 pages of the book before the challenge began.
Book 2. White Shotgun by April Smith. The first letters of the words in the title are W and S, as are the initials from the author of book 1, Title Letters: W S.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 30
Task 5.8 Niflheim, the Home of the DeadThe Fuhrer's Reserve: A Novel of the FBI by Paul Lindsay aka Noah Boyd
Task 10.9 Over the Rainbow
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa
This post; 15 points
Total to date: 15 points
HINA10.6 - Older Americans Month - Read a book written by an American author (by birth or residence) who is currently 50 years old or older OR who was 50 years old or older when they died.
The Black Lyon by Jude Deveraux.
Jude Deveraux was born in 1947, and is over 50 years old.
Current post:
Points: 10
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 55
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets:
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Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
StephanieB30.6 - Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!
Option A: Listed as short story genre (#1 main page genre)
Redeployment
Option D: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
#2 on list of Feed Good Books
Just Listen by Sarah Dessen (GOODREADS AUTHOR)
CURRENT POST
Points: 30
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 65
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Big Book Tickets:
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Big Books - 750+:
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Shiraloo10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day -- book of 400+ pages
The Millionaires by Brad Melzer
560 pages, paperback
*Brad Melzer is a GRA.*
CURRENT POST
Points: 10
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 35
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
5.6 Home of the Dark Elves.Wolf on the cover.
Jan DeLima is a GRA for 1 ticket.
New points this post: 5
Total w/this post: 115
GRA tickets this post: 1
Total w/this post: 4
Big Books this post: 0
Total w/this post: 1
Total tasks completed: 7
Total books claimed: 9
Post: #173
5.2 Vanaheim: the Home of the Vanir:Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher
Nine letter word is Committee.
15.8 Women in War
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Today's total: 20
Grand total: 50
5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves - read a book with a Goodreads rating at or above 3.50.
Room by Emma Donoghue
I read the translation into Estonian
GR rating 3.96 (on 6th March)
GR Author: Yes
Points: 5
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Total points: 5
Total GR Authors: 1
Total Big Books: (500+): -
Total Tasks Done: 1
Total Books Read: 1
SHELLEY UT5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans
Missing by Shelley Shepard Gray
Shelley Shepard Gray is a goodreads author.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
MORGAN FAERIESFOLLY5.1 Asgard, the Home of the Aesir
REQUIRED: Read a book with one of these three modern symbols: a question mark “?", exclamation point “!" or elipsis “…” in the title or subtitle.
Selection: What If? -- Randall Munroe
I read the kindle version, the pb has 303 pages.
Randall Munroe is a **GRA**
[POINTS]
This Post: 5
Total Points: 40/1035
Books Read: 5
Completed Tasks: 5/59
Pages Read: 1363
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Susan W.25.2 Schatzie's Task: Garden Quotes
Read two books from two different options
Option 1: Read a book that has a flower or flowers on the cover. Include the cover when you post.
I read
by Alan BrennertThere are three flowers on the cover
* Alan Brennert is a GRA *
Option 3: Read an autobiography or memoir
I read Broken Music by Sting
Autobiography > memoir is on the main page (34 users)
Points this post: 25
5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the VanirRead a book with a nine letter word in the title or subtitle.
Guidebook to Murder by Lynn Cahoon *Goodreads Author*
Word: Guidebook
TASK TOTALS
Points: 5
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets:
CHALLENGE TOTALS
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 1
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Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Christine V20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
Option 3
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
I read the above audio edition - link to MMP
Points this post: 20
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Pamela326515.6. Tax Day
The One Minute Millionaire: The Enlightened Way to Wealth by Mark Victor Hansen, Robert Allen
25.5 - Nikki's Task: A Viking Pillage
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins - On list of approved books in message 2 of help thread.
528 pages - Big Book Ticket
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 125
Goodreads Authors this post: 0
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves (rating 3.50 or better)I read William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back, which has a 4.30 rating at this time.
5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants (apple / young adult genre)
I chose the option where "Young Adult" must be a main page genre. For that, I read
William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope
At this time, Young Adult squeaks in near the bottom of the main page with 29 users.
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves (100-360 pages)
I read William Shakespeare's The Jedi Doth Return, which has 176 pages.
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total for this challenge: 15
Total this post: 15
Goodreads Authors: 0
BigBook Tickets: 0
20.2 Rookie at the Top Option One: "Midwife" in title
Call the Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times by Jennifer Worth
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 105
15.5. International Women's DayRead a book that won or was shortlisted for the Baileys Prize/Orange Prize, the Orange Prize for New Writers, or the Stella Prize, awards for fiction written by women.
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
was shortlisted for the 2005 Orange Prize for New Writers.
*** Meg Rosoff is a Goodreads author ***
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 15
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books Read: 1
20.5 Bigger is Better Option 1: Book by a new-to-me author with last name ending in -ER
ridiculous/hilarious/terrible/cool: a year in an american high school by Elisha Cooper
Elisha Cooper is a Goodreads Author.
This author is new to me.
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 125
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
I chose Option 5: Read a new to you book that has been highly recommended to you or that you’ve heard a lot about.
I chose to read
by Yoshihiro Tatsumi - I'd never read manga before and my friend Jake recommended this collection of gritty short stories (he also loaned me his copy to read). This book is not a re-read.Previous point total: 0
New points this post: 20
Total points: 20
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 1
GRA tickets this post: 0
Total GRA: 0
Big Books this post: 0
Total Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
MEGSCL10.3 - Earth Day
April 22nd is Earth Day. Read a non-fiction book with the genre "environment" on its main page.
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 10
Tasks: 1
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Books: 1
VAL TX 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.
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Young Adult > High School = 393 users
20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era - Option Two: Read a book that has three words in the title, two of which must start with the same letter.
Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare
This post:
Points - 25
Total:
Points - 50
Dobbs20.10 Group Reads
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
John Green is a GoodReads Author!
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Total GR Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets:
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BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Dobbs25.7 Awards Season
Opt. A
The Narrow Road to the Deep North: A novel
Position #5
Opt. B
Euphoria
Nominated in the Literary Fiction catagory. I did listen to the audio, which I thought was great, but haven't listened to any of the others in the catagory, so I really can't say if I think it should win or not.
Lily King is a GoodReads Author!
Points this post: 25
Total points: 45
Total GR Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets:
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BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
REPOSTING AS I MISSED MENTIONING THE REQUIREMENTS20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
*Claiming Goodreads Author Ticket*
*Claiming Big Books Author Ticket*
Fifty Shades Freed - E.L. JamesREQUIREMENTS: Option 2
CURRENT POST
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1 (579 Pages)
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 40
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Elizabeth B5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants
genre Young Adult Talker, e-book, approved here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
5.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons
The Hero (set in Oregon)
Points:10
Total:10
CYNBAXTERTask # 10.4 – May the Fourth Be With You
The Deep by Nick Cutter*
Nick Cutter is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date = 25 points
GRA this post: 1
Total GRA to date: 01
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
Laura E10.9 Over the rainbow (author initials found in ROYGBIV)
The Quiet Game by Greg Iles
*Big book at 580 pgs
Points: 10
Totals
Points: 10
GRA: 0
Big Books: 500 (1)
Shiraloo10.1 - Remarkable Women
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
REQUIRED: Book is found on required list on Page 1, position 26.
*Margaret Atwood is a GRA.*
CURRENT POST
Points: 10
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 45
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Delicious Dee10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day
Chained by Night - Larissa Ione (GR Author) - 407pgs
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 55
Goodreads Authors: 2
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden QuotesOption 2:
A Letter of Mary by Laurie R. King ***Goodreads Author***
(NOT re-read)
Mystery as main page genre
Option 4:
This World We Live In by Susan Beth Pfeffer
(NOT re-read)
Science Fiction as main page genre
THIS POST:
Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 1
Books: 2
GRA Tickets: 1
BB Tickets: [500+:0][750+:0][1000+:0]
TOTAL THIS SEASON:
Points: 170
Tasks Completed: 9
Books: 14
GRA Tickets: 6
BB Tickets: [500+:1][750+:0][1000+:0]
5.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and DemonsNight Broken by Patricia Briggs
Set in the U.S. state of Washington.
Points: 10
Catherine TTask 10.2 - Blah Blah Blah Day
Read a book longer than 400 pages
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling (766 pages)
IL: UY - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 44.0
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total points: 80
Susan W.* REPOST * (forgot to mention the books were not re-reads)
25.2 Schatzie's Task: Garden Quotes
Read two books from two different options
Option 1: Read a book that has a flower or flowers on the cover. Include the cover when you post.
I read
by Alan BrennertThere are three flowers on the cover.
* Alan Brennert is a GRA *
This book is not a re-read for me.
Option 3: Read an autobiography or memoir
I read Broken Music by Sting
Autobiography > memoir is on the main page (34 users)
This book is not a re-read for me.
Points this post: 25
25.3 - Andy P's Task: RagnarokBook 1. Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in the word RAGNAROK.
The Witness by Nora Roberts
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.
How to Lose a Duke in Ten Days by Laura Lee Guhrke
*Odin (How to Lose a Duke in Ten Days)
TASK TOTALS
Points: 25
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets:
CHALLENGE TOTALS
Points: 45
Goodreads Authors: 1
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Big Books - 1000+:
MORGAN FAERIESFOLLY 5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir
REQUIRED: Read a book with a nine letter word in the title or subtitle.
Som|eth|ing
Selection: The Walking Dead, Vol. 17: Something to Fear -- Robert Kirkman
[POINTS]
This Post: 5
Total Points: 45/1035
Books Read: 6
Completed Tasks: 6/59
Pages Read: 1495
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Nikki B5.8 Niflheim, the Home of the Dead: Read a book by an author who also writes under another pen-name
Mr. Mercedes
Stephen King also writes under Richard Bachman
Also claiming one GR author ticket for Stephen King
Total Points this Task: 5
Total Challenge Points:40
Total GR tickets: 4
Total BB tickets: 2
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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A book of at least 400 pages: All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel by Anthony Doerr
Paperback edition All the Light We Cannot See, 530 pages
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10