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SPRING CHALLENGE 2015
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20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name
Choose one of these options:
Required: Indicate the option.
Option 4: Tyr (god of war)
The letters in TYR also spell TRY
Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren
pg3 Did Not Finish shelf
Goodreads Author
20.3 - 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.
My Fair Succubi by Jill Myles
not a re-read
Goodreads Author
20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
Option One: Tutor Time
Read a book with exactly two people on the cover.

Goodreads Author
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers
3. Do you have any pets or kids?
Read a book with a title (subtitles excluded) or author’s name (first, middle, or last) that includes your child’s or pet’s name..
Master of Shadows by Lynn Viehl
Lynn Viehl (Lynn is my daughter’s name)
20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
Option 2: Read a book that is the last published book in a series
Succubi Are Forever by Jill Myles
Last book in the series
Goodreads Author
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.
Wild Child by M. Leighton 126pp
Goodreads Author
Option 4: Song: read a book by an author whose initials can be found in GLORY and/or SELMA.
True by Erin McCarthy
Goodreads Author
Points this post: 125
Total points: 200
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 13
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books: 500= ,750=0, 1000=0

25.1 Catherine T’s Task
Book 1-by a male author, #1 in a series
The Last Policeman by Ben Winters. Is #1 in The Last Policeman Series. New to me book. first published in 2012, 336 pages
The Last Policeman Ben H. Winters
Ben Winters is a GR Author
Book 2-by a female author, not a first book or #1 in a series
The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman, not a first book, new to me,
First published in 2005, 211 pages
The Ice Queen Alice Hoffman
Both books new to me
Years first published 2012, 2005
Pages 336+211=545
CURRENT POST
Points: 25
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 335
Total Goodreads Authors: 12
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

Keep Dancing by Leslie Wells (GR Author)
20.3 Option 5: If He Be Worthy
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke (NOT a reread)
(and it was definitely worth the hype!)
CURRENT POST
Points: 35
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 105
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets: 1

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.
I love reading cookbooks
Basic to Brilliant, Y'all: 150 Refined Southern Recipes and Ways to Dress Them Up for Company
Book 2: Read a book that has your least favorite genre on its main page.
War novels are (were) my least favorite...this book changed my mind.
Johnny Got His Gun
points this post: 30
total points: 51

10.9 - Over the Rainbow
For Momma's Sake by Bonnie Gardner (Goodreads Author)
15.1.Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong?
Book 1: Rise of the Elgen by Richard Paul Evans - Rated 4 stars by Johana Hart https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Book 2: Heat Wave by Richard Castle - Rated 2 stars by KSMary https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
Option 1:

Option 2:

Points this post: 50
Total Points: 900
Goodreads Authors this post: 3
Total Goodreads Authors: 39
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 5
Big Books - 500+: 3
Big Books - 750+: 1
Big Books - 1000+: 0

5.8 Niflheim, the Home of the Dead
Read a book by an author who also writes other books concealed under another name or pseudonym.
The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith (aka JK Rowling)
25.8 - Coralie's Task: Anzac Day
Option 1: WHO?
Read a book written by an author born in Australia or New Zealand.
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Richard Flanagan was born in Australia
Option 2: WHAT?
Read a book with the genre 'war' on the main page.
The Nightingale
*Kristin Hannah is a GRA
30.6 - Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!
A: Read an collection of short stories
The Bodysurfers
D. Read a book from this list of Feel Good Books.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is number 4 on the list
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 330
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Book Tickets: 11

REPOST
5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants
The Giver by Lois Lowry a GRA
Shelved as YA by 7,575
IL: MG BL: 5.7 AR: 7.0
This post:
5 pts
1 GRA
TOTAL:
180 pts
10 GRA

25.12 Independence Day
Option A: Genre WAR (29 users shelved as war)
Letters from Skye by Jessica Brockmole GRA
Option C: A book first published in March (March 1, 2013)
Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala
This post:
25 pts
1 GRA
TOTAL:
205 pts
11 GRA

30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t
Book 1 (Fantasy)

***GoodReads Author***
Book 2 (Poetry)

***GoodReads Author***
Points this Post 30
Total Points 365
Tasks Completed 17
Books Read 22
Total Pages 6952
GoodReads Authors 16
Big Book Tickets
Big Books-500+: 2

5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves - Read a book with 100-360 pages (at least 100, but not over 360 pages)
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
I read the Kindle edition, but this link is to the corresponding paperback edition, which lists a page count of 288.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 475
Books read: 34
Tasks completed: 22

15.3 Is It Live or Is It Memorax
Book with 4 words in title AND published between 1965 and 1979
A Fringe Of Leaves published 1976
20.5 Love and Not Quite Love
Option 1 – book by new to me author whose last name ends –ER
The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster
This post 35 points
Total to date 595 points

The Invention of Curried Sausage ('invention'=9-letter word)
15.7 - Pi Day
The Moving Finger (#4)
20.4 - Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
Option 2 - A Single Shot
Points in this post: 40
Points so far:: 155

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:
An Apple for the Creature by Charlaine Harris.
Genre: fantasy.
Book 2: Read a book that has your least favorite genre on its main page:
Hitler's Women by Guido Knopp.
Genre: history
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 280
GR Authors this post: 0
Total GR Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 2
BBooks - 750+: 1
BBooks - 1000+:

Book 1 – Book rated 4-5* by a GR friend
All Four Stars ✔ – 22March15
Brittany rated it 5***** - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
AR Bookfinder: IL: MG / BL: 6.0 / AR: 9.0
*** Tara Dairman is a Goodreads Author ***
Book 2 – Book rated 1-2* by a GR friend
A Cold Day For Murder ✔ – 03May15
Chaitra rated it 1* - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
*** Dana Stabenow is a Goodreads Author ***
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This Post: 15 points
Total points to date: 235 points
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 0

1. Read a book written by a man* that was either the debut published work by the author or the first in a series written by the author. The series must be identified on GR as (series #1).
The Legend of Mickey Tussler by Frank Nappi (**Goodreads Author)
Published: 2008
Pages: 304
2. Read a book written by a woman* that is NEITHER the debut published work by the author NOR the first book in a series. If reading a book in a series beyond book #1, the series must be identified on GR as (series #).
Bloodstone by Barbara Annino (**Goodreads Author)
Published: 2011
Pages: 332
Both books are new to me.
Published: 2008, 2011
Total Pages: 304+332=636
Task: 25
Total: 645
GRA This Post: 2

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- BellaGBear’s Task: Relive Childhood Feelings
on page 1 of the Child Narrator list:
The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
M.R. Carey is a goodreads author
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0

Task 25.12 Independence Day
Option B: # of pages found in 1821: Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr 218 pages
Option D: "death" in title: Death of Rileyby Rhys Bowen Who is a GOODREADS AUTHOR!
Points this post:25
Total Points:105
Tasks completed:10
Books Read:11
Goodreads Authors:6
Big Books:500+(1)750+(1)1000+(0)

30.2 Dlmrose's task: Initial Impressions
Book 1: Surviving Raine by Shay Savage
Shay Savage = Initials S.S
Book 2: Sanders' Starfish by Tara C Allred
Sanders Starfish = Title Words S.S
Points this post: 30
Total points: 540

CURRENT POST
Points: 5
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 110
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets: 1

Option 2: Read a book with the genre 'war' on the main page.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown (**509 pages; 1 Big Book Ticket) (War: 68 users)
Option 4: Read a book first published between 1914 and 1918 inclusive.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (Published in 1916)
Task: 25
Total: 670
Big Books This Task: 1

10.6 - Older Americans Month
Untamed - Elizabeth Lowell (GR Author) - Ann Maxwell (aka Elizabeth Lowell) was born April, 1944 in Wisconsin Wikipedia entry
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 585
Goodreads Authors: 37

Option A:
Read a book from this year’s Tournament of Books Rooster long-list.
Required: State the book's number on the list.
The Fever by Megan Abbott *Claiming GR Author Ticket*
This book appears as #10 on the list.
Option B:
Read (or listen to!) a nominee for a 2015 Audies award.
Required: Identify the category or the number on the list.
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
This book was found in the Classics category.
This Post: 25
Total: 455
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 33
Goodreads Authors: 22
Big Books: 500+ (4), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Pages Read: 11076

20.6 Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B
A Blossom on the cover and 596 pg

P:25
Total:830

20.8 - Getting to Know
1. Where do you live?
London Fields - I live in London
POINTS
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 385
GR Author: 0
Big Books: [500+: 2] [750+: 2] [1000+: 1]
Tasks Completed: 27

30.1 - Straight on Till Morning
1.

2. Tipping the Velvet - Career change from Oyster girl to showbiz dresser
Both books are not rereads for me
POINTS
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 415
GR Author: 0
Big Books: [500+: 2] [750+: 2] [1000+: 1]
Tasks Completed: 28

Book 1 Read a book with a roller coaster, carousel or Ferris wheel on the cover.
REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.

******Neal Stephenson is a Goodreads Author******
Book 2 Read a book where the Main Character has made a major career change.

******Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads Author******
REQUIRED: List the protagonist’s previous career and their new occupation.
Unemployed to Bounty Hunter
REQUIRED: State that neither book is a re-read when you post.
Neither is a re-read.
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 30/1035
Total Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 01/59
Goodreads Authors This Post: 02
Total Goodreads Authors: 2

Book 1: Read a book written by a single author who uses at least 2 names.

=Initials G.S.
******Gena Showalter is a Goodreads Author******
Book 2: Using the initials from the author of Book 1, read a book where the title is comprised of words beginning with the letters of the author's initials.

Title letters G.S.
******Ernie Lindsey is a Goodreads Author******
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 60/1035
Total Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 02/59
Goodreads Authors This Post: 02
Total Goodreads Authors: 4

I chose options 1 and 2.
Option 1. Read a book with the letter “Y” somewhere in the title or subtitle.
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Option 2. Read a book with “peace” found intact in a word in the title or subtitle, OR a book from the Popular Peace Books list.
Peaceful Neighbor: Discovering the Countercultural Mister Rogers by Michael G. Long
Task: 25
Total: 695

Book 1
Option 1 Ancient World
Read a book written/composed during, set in or about the Ancient World, before 200 AD.

Set in 70CE
Book 2
Option 4 1700-1899
Read a book written during, set in or about the time period from 1700 through 1899.

Set in 1852
******Lisa Kleypas is a Goodreads Author******
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 90/1035
Total Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 03/59
Goodreads Authors This Post: 01
Total Goodreads Authors: 5

Book 1: Read a book recommended by GR.

Required: Tell which of your shelves or genres the recommendation was based on.
Shelf: Read In 2015 (7/3/15)
******Ilona Andrews is a Goodreads Author******
Book 2: Read a book from that list.

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.
1 friend (28/02/15)
******Kody Keplinger is a Goodreads Author******
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 120/1035
Total Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 04/59
Goodreads Authors This Post: 02
Total Goodreads Authors: 7

Using this list of genres:
Art, Biography, Business, Chick Lit, Children's, Christian, Classics, Comics, Contemporary, Cookbooks, Crime, Fantasy, Gay And Lesbian (GLBT), Graphic Novels, Historical Fiction, History, Horror, Humor/Comedy, Manga, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Non Fiction, Paranormal, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Religion, Romance, Science, Science Fiction, Self Help, Suspense, Spirituality, Sports, Thriller, Travel, Young Adult
The genres may be stand alone or embedded.
Book 1: Read a book that has your favorite genre on its main page.

******Mark Lawrence is a Goodreads Author******
Required: State the Genre for each option.
Fantasy
Book 2: Read a book that has your least favorite genre on its main page.

******Janni Lee Simner is a Goodreads Author******
Required: State the Genre for each option.
Young Adult
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 150/1035
Total Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 05/59
Goodreads Authors This Post: 02
Total Goodreads Authors: 9

REQUIRED: List which options you have chosen.
A & 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.

******Karen Russell is a Goodreads Author******
B: Read a book with at least 500 pages.

******Kylie Chan is a Goodreads Author******
563 pages
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 180/1035
Total Books Read: 12
Tasks Completed: 06/59
Goodreads Authors This Post: 02
Total Goodreads Authors: 11

20.9 - Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
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 #).
Love Is Red by Sophie Jaff (ARC - Nightsong Trilogy #1)
Points this post: 20
Total points (not including this post): 80

10.4- May The Fourth Be With You
Read a book with the genre "science fiction" on its main page.
Of Metal and Wishes by Sarah Fine **Sarah Fine is a Goodreads Author**
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 570
Goodreads Authors: 29
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 34

Task # 20.2 Rookie at the Top - Maryn’s Task: Midwives Help People Out
Option One: Read a book with the word “midwife” or “birth” in the title or subtitle. Plurals and possessives work.

Points this post: 20
Total points: 640

Task # 20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
Option 3: Read a book where the main character(s) has a dog.

Book approved under message 2 option 3 of help thread
Points this post: 20
Total points: 660

10.6 - Older Americans Month
The Dream Lover: A Novel of George Sand by Elizabeth Berg (born in 1948 as supported by Goodreads metadata)
20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name
Option 4: On the Road listed on the Did Not Finish shelf, page 2
POINTS
This Post: 30
Total Points: 575
Books Read: 42
Goodreads Authors: 27
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]

5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves - Read a book with a Goodreads rating at or above 3.50.
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
Rating is at 3.59 as of May 5, 2015.
Jesse Andrews is GR Author.
5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds - Read a book of your choice.
Persuasion by Jane Austen
This post:
Points - 10
GR Authors - 1
Total:
Points - 190
GR Authors - 2

10.2 - BLAH, BLAH, BLAH DAY - Under Heaven which has 576 pages.
*****I am moving this book from task 30.6******
10.4 - MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU - Lionboy
ARBookfinder - IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12.0
30.6 - HAPPY EQUINOX
*****REPLACING A BOOK*****
OPTION C -

OPTION D - The Sky is Everywhere which is #10 on the list. This is replacing Under Heaven which was moved to 10.2.
TOTAL POINTS - 780

20.5
opt. 1 Read a book by a single author thAT ends in –ER.
Send in the Idiots: Stories from the Other Side of Autism by Kamran Nazeer
This author is new to me.
Pts. this task: 20
Total pts: 110
Total books psted: 7

25.2
opt. 1: Read a book that has a flower or flowers on the cover.

opt 2: Read a book with the main page genre of “Crime”, “Mystery”, “Suspense”, or Thriller”. Gray Mountain. John Grisham is a GRA.
Pts this task: 25
Total pts: 135
Total books psted: 9
Total GRA: 4
These books are not rereads.

25.3 Ragnarok
Book 1: The Luxe by Anna Godberson
Book 2: The Ghost and the Graveyard by Genevieve Jack (goodreads author)
*THOR THe ghOst and the gRaveyard
This task: 25 points
# tasks submitted to date: 27
GRA: 29
Total: 500 points

Page 1, #66:
Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper by Harriet Scott Chessman
+10 Points
15.1.Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong?
Book 1 - Hadley, 5 stars: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Book 2 – DeeDee, 2 Stars: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow
+15 Points
Points this Post: 25
Grand Total: 475

Page 2 of Child Narrator
We Are All Welcome Here | Elizabeth Berg | ♥♥♥ | 224 Pages |
♥ ♥ ♥
This Task :
Points:20
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
♥ ♥ ♥
Totals:
Total: 560/1035
GR Authors: 28
Big Books: (500+): 3 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
Total Pages Read: 13,851
Total Tasks Completed: 36/59

Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi 144 pages
20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love
Option 1: author surname ends in ER. This is a new to me author. The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend by Kody Keplinger *goodreads author*
30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t
Both books are over 250 pages.
Favourite genre: Romance Shopaholic to the Stars by Sophie Kinsella 479 pages
Least favourite genre: Business SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance by Steven D. Levitt 270 pages
Total Points: 235/1035
Books Read: 19
Completed Tasks: 17/59
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books: 0

20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers
3. Do you have any pets or kids?
Read a book with a title (subtitles excluded) or author’s name (first, middle, or last) that includes your child’s or pet’s name..
Master of Shadows by Lynn Viehl
Lynn Viehl (Lynn is my daughter’s name)
Approved post 4619

Option One: The word "midwife" is in the title.
The Midwife's Revolt by Jodi Daynard
Jodi Daynard is a Goodreads author.
20.8 Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers
Option 1: I live in Connecticut. The author lives in New Milford, CT.
www.route6walk.com/Route6Book.html See description of Joe Hurley on lower left part of page.
Ten Million Steps on Route 6: A Fresh Look at America & Americans from Cape Cod to California by Joe Hurley
25.5 A Viking Pillage
Guns are being pillaged. Page count 606 pages.
The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
At 606 pages, this is a BIG BOOK.
Points this post: 65
Total points: 210
Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books: 2 (500)

30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library!

***GoodReads Author***

***GoodReads Author***
Points this Post 30
Total Points 395
Tasks Completed 18
Books Read 24
Total Pages 7403
GoodReads Authors 18
Big Book Tickets
Big Books-500+: 2

Task 20.2 - Midwives Help People Out
option 1- read a book with "midwife" in the title
An Unlikely Nurse & Midwife by Anne Reavill
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Task 5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves
Read a book with 100-360 pages. My book had 214 pages.
I Wrote This For You and Only You
**pleasefindthis is a Goodreads Author.**
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Task 30.5-Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like It Or You Don't
Book 1: Memoir is my favorite genre.
The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels
Book 2: Graphic Novels is my least favorite genre.
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
Points this post: 35
Total points: 355
Total tasks: 19
GRA: 7
Big Books: (500+): 3