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SPRING CHALLENGE 2015
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Spring 2015 Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE POSTS
amandab1975 from post 1608, I think this is the 20pts I seem to be missing :Amanda wrote: "from post 1290:
amandab1975:
"20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
Option 3
All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:"
Ana30.4. - Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas.
Book 1
by Carolyn MacCullough. Based on my Fantasy Shelf.Book 2
by Marissa Meyer. 1 friend read it 4/27/15.***GoodReads Author***
Points this Post 30
Total Points 320
Tasks Completed 15
Books Read 18
Total Pages 5899
GoodReads Authors 14
Big Book Tickets
Big Books-500+: 2
10.2 Read a book that is at least 400 pages long.Fool Moon by Jim Butcher GR AUTHOR.
I read the ebook and the mass-market paperback is listed as 401 pages.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 55
GR Authors: 3
5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the GiantsWe Were Liars by E. Lockhart
***E. Lockhart is a Goodreads Author***
CURRENT POST
Points: 5
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 60
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
30.4. - Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading IdeasBook 1: Go to Recommendations, at the top of the GR page. Read a book recommended by GR, based on one of your shelves or genre recommendations. Required: Tell which of your shelves or genres the recommendation was based on.
Keesha's House by Helen Frost
This book appeared on two of my shelves' recommendation lists: Poetry and Printz Award.
Book 2: Go to the Friends icon at the top of the GR page (the symbol is on the right, with 2 people, next to your inbox symbol). Click on that icon. On the upper right, you'll see 3 tabs: "Friends", "Popular Books", "Add Friends" - click on the tab "Popular Books" to see a list of "Popular Books Among My Friends this Month." 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.
REQUIRED: Include in your post the number of friends who read the book and the date on which you found the book on the list.
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (Claiming GR Author Ticket)
Found 3/1/15, two friends read it.
This Post: 30
Total: 415
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 30
Goodreads Authors: 22
Big Books: 500+ (4), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Pages Read: 10321
20.2 Rookie at the Top - Maryn’s Task: Midwives Help People OutOption Two: My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira
*The main character Mary Sutter is a midwife, as indicated in the book's description*
Total Points = 125
Elizabeth B25.9- Nick KY’s Task: “Y”
Option 1: book with the letter “Y” somewhere in the title
A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder
Option 3: book from Listopia: Firefighters No 40 Burn for Me
Points:25
Total:750
ColetteGREPOST of 2094
25.2 Schatizie's Task: Garden Quotes
Option One: Book with flower on the cover Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
Option two: Mystery Thriller Crime
Daughter by Jane Shemilt
25 points for task
Both books are new to me and I have not read before.
Accidentally posted as 25.4, task 25.2
Shiraloo**BOOK CHANGE**
I would like to move "Insatiable" by Cari Quinn, previously recorded for task 5.7 to task 50.1.
NEW 5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves
Happenstance 3 by Jamie McGuire
REQUIRED: 244 pages, paperback edition
*Jamie McGuire is a GRA*
50.1- Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go!
Book1: Insatiable by Cari Quinn
REQUIRED: paperback edition
Book2: At Any Turn by Brenna Aubrey
REQUIRED: Gaming the System series, #2
Book3: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
REQUIRED: Letter repeated 3 times is "E", paperback edition
*Brenna Aubrey is a GRA*
*Stephanie Perkins is a GRA*
CURRENT POST
Points: 50
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 630
Total Goodreads Authors: 30
Total Big Book Tickets: 4
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+: 3
Dakimel20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers
I read Scandal And The Duchess (approved for length in spreadsheet line #1517) for Option 3 - I had a hamster named Duchess. (Well, she was called Dutchess until I learned to spell the word, then I changed her name.)
TALLY:
This task - 20 points
Total - 700
Delicious Dee20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 3: This Book, I Like It-- Another!
Willing Sacrifice - #6 in the Knights of the Boardroom series; not a re-read
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 525
Goodreads Authors: 33
Cait S15.1- Everything You Think Is Right...or Wrong?
Book #1
Read a book that a GR friend has rated 4 or 5 stars.
The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney
Children's genre info- IL: UG
Rated 4 stars by GR friend Lili here
Book #2
Read a book that a GR friend has rated 1 or 2 stars.
Matched by Ally Condie **Ally Condie is a Goodreads Author**
Rated 2 stars by GR friend Leigh here
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 485
Goodreads Authors: 25
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 28
20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References This is a one book task so choose one of the following options.
Required: State the option you chose when you post.
Option 3: This Book, I Like It-- Another!
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.
Eleven on Top by Janet Evanovich (Book #11 - Stephanie Plum Series)
****This book is not a re-read for me****
******Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads Author******
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 190/1035
Total Books Read: 15
Tasks Completed: 11/59
Goodreads Authors This Post: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 13
Task 30.1 - Straight on Till MorningBook 1 Read a book with a roller coaster, carousel or Ferris wheel on the cover.
ferris wheel on cover
Deadly Readings (Jenkins and Burns Mystery #1) (2005) by Laura Bradford(Kindle Edition, 177 pages)
Agatha Award Nominee for Best First Novel (2005)
This book was not a re-read for me.
Book 2 Read a book in which the Main Character makes a major career change.
Dead as a Scone (A Royal Tunbridge Wells Mystery #1) (2004) by Ron Benrey and Janet Benrey (Paperback, 346 pages)
This book was not a re-read for me.
*** specifically approved *** Specifically approved for this task.
REQUIRED: List the protagonist’s previous career and their new occupation.
GR description: “Downsized from a cushy management job at an insurance company in London, he is forced to accept a temporary post as managing director of the Royal Tunbridge Wells Tea Museum. “
345 + 30 = 375
Tasks Completed: 21
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 345 + 30 = 375
Books read: 32
Pages read: 9,574
Read but not claimed: 4
Goodreads Authors: 09
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Cindy C.Task 20. 3- Best Review-Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
This is not a re-read for me. A friend recommended it to me.
Option 5: What We Keep
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Task 25.1-Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge
Book #1: by a male author, #1 in a series An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor, new-to-me, first published in 2000, 448 pages
**Patrick Taylor is a Goodreads Author.**
Book #2: by a female author, not a first book or #1 in a series Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley, new-to-me, first published 2013, 192 pages
**Lucy Knisley is a Goodreads Author.**
Both books new-to-me. Years first published: 2000, 2013. Total pages: 448+192=640
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50.1 Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go!
Book 1: Razorhurst
Book 2: Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek
This edition has 272 pages.Book 3: The Jefferson Key
Steve Berry has 3 E's in his names.**Steve Berry is a Goodreads Author.**
**Big Book at 577 pages.**
Points this post: 95
Total points: 295
Total tasks: 16
GRA: 6
Big Books: (500+): 2
JUKKA15.5. International Women's Day
Read a book shortlisted for the Baileys Prize/Orange Prize, the Orange Prize for New Writers, or the Stella Prize.
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, shortlisted for Baileys/Orange Prize in 1999.
25.1 - Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge
Read two books new to you, published at least two years apart, one by a man that is his debut or the start of a series and one by a woman that is neither, with at least a hundred-page difference in their lengths and a total pagecount of at least 500.
Book 1: Sharpe's Eagle by Bernard Cornwell. Debut novel, new to me, first published in 1981, page count 328.
Book 2: The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood. #2 in a series, new to me, first published in 2009. No MMP, paperback to establish length: The Year of the Flood, 431 pages.
Both books are new to me. Years published: 1981, 2009. total pages: 328 + 431 = 759.
25.4 - Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies
Option 1: Book with a word in title that appeared in a Disney film.
The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson. Movie referenced: The Emperor's New Groove
Option 2: Letters EGILTTO found in author's name and/or book title.
What Makes This Book So Great by Jo Walton.
WhaT MakEs ThIs BOok So Great, Jo WaLton.
Points This Post: 65
Total Points: 260
Books Read: 23
Andy P.Task # 10.6 - Older Americans Month
Read a book written by an American author (by birth or residence) who is currently 50 years old or older
by Anne Tyler. From the GR main page for this book "Anne Tyler was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1941" making her well over 50 and born in the US.points this post: 10
Total points: 540
Cait S30.4- Spring Renewal For Your Reading Ideas
Book #1
Read a book recommended by GR, based on one of your shelves or genre recommendations.
The Cinnamon Peeler: Selected Poems by Michael Ondaatje
This was based on my "Poetry" genre.
Book #2
Read a book from that list.
If Books Could Kill by Kate Carlisle **Kate Carlisle is a Goodreads Author**
Read by 1 friend, found on March 3.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 515
Goodreads Authors: 26
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 29
~REPOST~REPOST~REPOST~REPOST Anne (Booklady)
15.1.Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong?
Book A: My Goodreads friend Barb rated 4 Stars Barb's Review link
Murder Past Due by Miranda James
Book B: My Goodreads friend Dlmrose rated 2 Stars Dlmrose rating/review
Still Life by Louise Penny
(Both Friends were right)
Points in These Tasks: 15
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 624
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Totals:
Total Points: 175
Total Goodreads Authors: 9
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(2), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 13/60
Total Books Read: 15
Total Pages Read in Spring 2015 SRC: 6537
SHELLEY UT10.4 - May the Fourth Be With You
Claimed By Shadow by Karen Chance
Karen Chance is a goodreads author.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 145
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 17
Goodreads authors: 11
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
LOULOUTask 15.10 Would I Lie To You?
Read a book with LIE somewhere in the title/subtitle/author's name.
Harry's Last Stand: How the World My Generation Built is Falling Down, and What We Can Do to Save It by Harry Leslie Smith
LIE is found intact in Harry LesLIE Smith.
Harry Leslie Smith is a GOODREADS AUTHOR and I am claiming one GRA ticket.
This post:
Points: 15
GRA: 1
BB tickets: 0
Tasks complete: 1
Overall:
Points: 150
GRA: 4
BB tickets 500+: 0
BB tickets 750+: 0
BB tickets 1000+: 0
Tasks complete: 8
Cait S15.3- Is It Live Or Is It Memorex?
Option B
Read a book with 4 words in the title/subtitle. Subtitles may be used or ignored for this task AND read a book first published between 1965 and 1979.
The Face of Fear by Brian Coffey
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 530
Goodreads Authors: 26
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 30
Post 1630.2 Dlmrose's task: Initial Impressions
Help thread #19 approved https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book 1) The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett (DH)
Book 2) Dead Heat (DH)
Points this post:30
Total: 290
Books read: 23
Tasks Done:16
NIKKI10.5 Cinco de Mayo
Book set in Mexico (see setting in GR Description)
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall
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10.10 The Odd Couple
Use of Multiple Authors approved #17 in help thread
Mars Rover Curiosity: An Inside Account from Curiosity's Chief Engineer by Rob Manning and William L. Simon
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20.8 Nickels and Dimes
Option 1 – I live in Melbourne Australia which is where the author lives
http://graemesimsion.com/?page_id=2
The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion
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25.3 Andys Task
Book 1 – Author Neil Gaiman’s initials can be found in raGNarok
Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders by Neil Gaiman
Book 2 – The word Thor appears in THe gOod giRl
The Good Girl by Mary Kubica
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30.3 Teri K’s Task
Option 1 – Book from in BC-2000
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Option 4 – Book first published 1846
The Professor by Charlotte Brontë
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30.5 Angel’s Task
Book 1 – Favourite Genre – Memoirs
Born with Teeth: A Memoir by Kate Mulgrew
Book 2 – Least Favourite Genre – Religion
Breakfast with Buddha by Roland Merullo
Ironically I loved the religion book and really disliked the memoir.
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30.7 Dee’s Task
Book 1
KOO - LAM
Last season I read The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera (new to me author)
This season I read Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger (new to me author)
Book 2
GRE – IAF
Last season I read
Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris (new to me author)
This season I read The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (new to me author)
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This total - 155
Previous total - 420
New total - 575
Kimber30.4 Spring Renewal
Book 1 (recommended based on 'to read' shelf)
Burying Water by KA Tucker (GRA)
Book 2 (on list 3/12/15, 1 friend)
Still Alice by Lisa Genova (gra)
Above task: 30 points
# tasks: 20
gra: 20
New total: 350 points
15.5. International Women's DayThe Magician's Assistant by Ann Patchett, shortlisted for Baileys Prize in 1998
Points this post: 15
Total points: 505
Jasmiina F20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name:
Option 4: Read a book from the first 10 pages of the list Did not Finish or Abandoned.
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides.
Page 2 from the Did not Finish-list.
Big Book ticket for 777 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 225
GR Authors this post: 0
Total GR Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+: 1
BBooks - 1000+:
Catherine TTask 15.5 - International Women's Day
read a book from one of the women's book prize lists
Night Games: Sex, Power and a Journey into the Dark Heart of Sport by Anna Krien
this was on the Stella 2014 shortlist
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total points = 850
Coralie25.10 Ready for their Close-Up
Option 1 Shorts
The Daughter of Time 189 pages
Option 4 Song:
Book by an author whose initials can be found in sELma
Sweet Wind, Wild Wind by Elizabeth Lowell
This post 25 points
Total to date 535 points
Mod
I read Like Water for Chocolate - set in Mexico and author born in Mexico.
15.1.Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong?
For my first book, I read The Geneva Trap, rated 4 stars by Katy.
For my second book, I read The Husband's Secret, rated 1 star by Carol.
20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
I chose option 3, and read The Couple's Retirement Puzzle: 10 Must-Have Conversations for Creating an Amazing New Life Together by Roberta K. Taylor. Initials RT (ignoring middle initial) are found in VolunTeeR.
Points this post: 45
Total points: 740
Leslie KTask: 50
Book 1: The Drop by Dennis Lehane One word title
Book 2: Hope to Die by James Patterson Book #22 in Alex Cross series
Book 3: The Black Box by Michael Connelly There are three letters "L" in the last name
Points: 50
Total Points: 50
Elizabeth B30.6 Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!
A: Anthology Night Shift
C: spoon on cover
Points: 30
Total: 780
Kristi CO20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
Option 2: last published in series
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
Stephen King is a goodreads author
Doctor Sleep is a big book at 531 pg
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 8
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Leslie K30.5 Either you like it or you don't
Book 1: Favorite Genre - THRILLER A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton
Book 2: Least favorite genre: RELIGION The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Points this task: 30
Total points: 80
10.6 - Older Americans MonthMorrison Born 1931 in Ohio, book published 2015:
God Help the Child by Toni Morrison
+10 Points
15.2. Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown
Book 1. Read a book with the letters AESIR in the title/subtitle of the book: A bRIEf hiStory
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
Book 2. Read a book with the letters VANIR in the title/subtitle of the book. queeN mARgot ValoIs
Queen Margot, or Marguerite de Valois by Alexandre Dumas
Brief History wins by a slight margin!
+15 Points
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
OPTION 1: Read a book that has a flower or flowers on the cover:
The Harder They Come by T.C. BoyleOPTION 4: Read a book with the main page genre of Science Fiction: 102 users
The Bees by Laline Paull
+25 Points
Points this Post: 50
Grand Total: 390
Leslie KTask: 30.3 Your own personal tardis
Option 1: ANCIENT WORLD Killing Jesus: A History by Bill O'Reilly
Option 4: 1700-1899 George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution
Points this post: 30
Total points: 110
Dakimel10.10 - The Odd Couple
I read Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by NEIL Gaiman
30.3 - Teri-k's Task: Your Own Personal Tardis
for option 3 I read By Possession - it is set in 1326 (with some flashbacks over the prior 20 years). The GR description says he's just back from the Crusades, and has Medieval genre, but for the specific year see Chapter 1 of the 'look inside' at http://www.amazon.com/Possession-Made...
for option 4 I read Potent Pleasures - it starts in 1798 and covers the next few years. The GR data has Regency genre, but for the specific year see Chapter 1 of the 'look inside' at http://www.amazon.com/Potent-Pleasure...
TALLY:
This post: 40 points
Total: 740
15.3. Is it Live or is it Memorex? Option 2: Satisfy A & B with 1 bookThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
A. Read a book with 4 words in the title/subtitle. Subtitles may be used or ignored for this task.
B. Read a book first published between 1965 and 1979: This book was originally published in 1966
Total: 560
Shiraloo**BOOK CHANGE**
I would like to change "As Red as Blood" by Salla Simukka, previously recorded for task 5.5, to Book2 of task 25.2.
NEW 5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants
Popping the Cherry by Aurelia B. Rowl
*Aurelia B. Rowl is a GRA*
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
Book1: Happenstance by Jamie McGuire
REQUIRED: Option 1,
, this is NOT a reread.Book2: As Red as Blood by Salla Simukka
REQUIRED: Option 2, both Crime and Thriller, this is NOT a re-read.
*Jamie McGuire is a GRA*
25.3 - Andy P's Task: Ragnarok
Book1: Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
REQUIRED: RR are both found in RAGNAROK.
Book2: At Any Price by Brenna Aubrey
REQUIRED: God is TYR = aT anY pRice
*Rainbow Rowell is a GRA*
*Brenna Aubrey is a GRA*
CURRENT POST
Points: 50
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 680
Total Goodreads Authors: 34
Total Big Book Tickets: 4
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+: 3
Laura NT5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants
read a book with the genre Young Adult on its main page
The Outsiders
AR Bookfinder info:
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7.0
Points this post: 5
Total points: 70
Laura NT15.9. 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.
Iceberg
The majority of the book took place in Iceland.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 85
Marina H30.4. - Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas
Book 1: Solstorm by Åsa Larsson
This book was recommended to me based on my Danish authors shelf
Book 2: Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
Read by 2 friends, found on April 3th
Points this post: 30
Total points: 135
MIMI MICHELE20.5 Bigger is Better
Option 1-Book by a single author whose last name ends in ER
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town
By Jon KrakauER
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town Jon Krakauer
This is a new author for me.
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 300
Total Goodreads Authors: 10
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Mod
5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds
Where They Found Her by Kimberly McCreight
25.5 - Nikki's Task: A Viking Pillage
2 books, both items OK in post 2
grapes - Eight Hundred Grapes: A Novel by Laura Dave, 272 pages, I read an ARC
gold - The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer by Anne-Marie O'Connor, 349 pages
272 + 349 = 621
30.2 Dlmrose's task: Initial Impressions
book 1: Hell at the Breech by Tom Franklin
Books 2, initials TF: The Fall: A Father's Memoir in 424 Steps by Diogo Mainardi
50.1- Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go!
Book 1, one word title: Gallowglass by Gordon Ferris, 360 pages
Book 2, #2 in series: Gallows Lane by Brian McGilloway, 321 pages
Book 3, 3 R's: The Button Man by Mark Pryor maRk pRyoR, 269 pages
total = 1035
Nick KY20.2 Maryn’s Midwives Option 1. “Birth” in the title/subtitle -- I read The Woman Who Named God: Abraham's Dilemma and the Birth of Three Faiths by Charlotte Gordon.
30.6 Happy’s Equinox
Option A. Short Story collection. I read Tales of the Uncanny and Supernatural by Algernon Blackwood. "Short Stories" is a main page genre.
Option D. # 60 on list, I read Winger by Andrew Smith.
Points This Post: 50
Total Points So Far: 620
Coralie25.2 Garden Quotes
Option 3 A memoir
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Option 4 Science Fiction
Synners
These books are not rereads.
This post 25 points
Total to date 560 points
10.5 Cinco de Mayo Read a book set in Mexico Margaritas and Murder
10.6 Older American Month
Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography
15.4 Spring Reads
Option 2 Read a book that satisfy's Option 1 A and B
A - Published 2014
B - Graeme Simpson = S and G from Spring
The Rosie Effect
25.9 Nick KY's Task "Y"
Option 1 - Read a book with the letter "Y" somewhere in the title or subtitle
Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio
Option 2 - Read a book with "peace" found intact in the title or subtitle or a book from the Popular Peace Books List - Accessed March 15th page 1
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
Current Post
Points: 60
Cumulative Total
Points: 130
perletwo*******REPOST*******
50.1- Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go! - Read 3 books, one from each option below -
1. Read a book with a one-word title. All words count including "a", "an", and "the". Ignore subtitles and series titles.
Deception
2. Read a book that
a) is number 2, 12, or 22 in a series. NOTE: The book must be identified as a book in a series on Goodreads. The series information is in parentheses after the title - Book Title (Series #4). OR b) has a page count ending in 2.
The September Society - approved on the help thread here.
3. Read a book written by an author with a letter that appears 3, and only 3, times in his/her name as it appears on Goodreads. For example: Alexander McCall Smith has 3 L's, E.L. Doctorow has 3 O's. However Gail Anderson-Dargatz does NOT work because she has 4 A's with no other letters appearing exactly 3 times.
My Word is My Bond by Roger Moore (3 o's)
- approved on the help thread here and certified Not Really For Kids here.
Points this task: 50
Total points: 425
Books read: 30
Tasks completed: 18
15.7 Pi dayHer Mother's Hope
First in series
Big Book 500+ I used this ISBN 9781414318639 (but I don't know how to link it to this one and not the one Goodreads chose)
Goodreads Author
20.3 Rainbow Valley
option 3 book is not a re-read
Rainbow Valley
L: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 14.0
25.10
option 1 A Grief Observed
option 4 The Rosie Project Graeme Simsion initials GS
20.2
Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s
Points 80
Big Books 1
GRA 1
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Absent In The Spring by Mary Westmacott aka Agatha Christie
Points: 5
Goodreads Authors:
Big Book Tickets:
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 80
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+: