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SPRING CHALLENGE 2015
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Spring 2015 Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE POSTS
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
Book with at least a 3.50 Rating.
On 5/03/2015 had a rating of 4.02
The Picture of Dorian Gray | Oscar Wilde | 254 Pages | ♥♥♥♥ |
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5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants
Young Adult on the Main Page
City of Fallen Angels | Cassandra Clare | 424 Pages | ♥♥♥ | GR Author
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves.
Page Numbers between 100 and 360. 160 Pages
Stacy's Dad Has Got It Going on | Giselle Renarde | ♥♥ | 160 pages | GR Author
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
5.8 Niflheim, the Home of the Dead
Robert Galbraith is the Psuedonym for J.K. Rowling
The Silkworm | Robert Galbraith | 456 Pages | ♥♥♥ |
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
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This Task :
Points:20
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
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Totals:
Total: 580/1035
GR Authors: 30
Big Books: (500+): 3 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
Total Pages Read: 15,145
Total Tasks Completed: 40/59
Andy P.Task # 10.1 - Remarkable Women
Read a book found on the Remarkable Historical Women in Fiction list
by Barbara Chase-Riboud Book is found on Page 1 # 20 as of 5/11/15
Points this post: 10
Total points: 725
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day
Book at least 400 Pages Long
Scarlet | Marissa Meyer | 454 Pages | ♥♥♥ | GR Author
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
10.5 - Cinco de Mayo
Book Set in Mexico
Amigoland | Oscar Casares | 384 Pages | ♥♥♥♥ |
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
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This Task :
Points:20
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: (500+): 0 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
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Totals:
Total: 600/1035
GR Authors: 31
Big Books: (500+): 3 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
Total Pages Read: 15,983
Total Tasks Completed: 42/59
Tasks Completed: 10:(✔)
25.8 - Coralie's Task: Anzac DayOption 1: Author born in New Zealand or Australia The Rosie Effect
*https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Option 2: War Main Page Genre A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
*Anthony Marra is a Goodreads Author
30.6 - Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!
Option A: Short Stories Interpreter of Maladies
Option B: Book at least 500 pages Atlas Shrugged
*This is a big book with 1168 pages. Claiming 3 BB tickets.
Points This Post: 55
Total Points: 125
Total Books Read: 8
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 1] [1000+: 1] (less)
Sarah ETask 25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up
Option 1: Shorts
Kindle edition I read: Sweet Ginger Poison
Paperback edition (there is no MMBP): Sweet Ginger Poison
The paperback has 180 pages.
Option 3: Supporting Actress
Kindle edition I read: The Minstrel's Tale by Anna Questerly
Paperback edition (there is no MMBP): The Minstrel's Tale
Author Anna Questerly, Anna Paquin won in 1993.
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 140
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 2: Science Fiction on Main Page
Book is not a Re-Read
The Invaders Plan | L. Ron Hubbard | ♥♥♥ | 615 Pages | Big Book Ticket
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
Option One: 2 People On the Cover
Required:
Silas Marner | George Eliot | 262 Pages | ♥♥♥♥ |
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20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers
Option 3: My dogs name is Racer so I used a book with this in the title.
Moon Racer | Constance O'Banyon | 351 Pages | ♥♥♥ |
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
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This Task :
Points:60
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: (500+): 1 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
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Totals:
Total: 660/1035
GR Authors: 31
Big Books: (500+): 4 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
Total Pages Read: 17,211
Total Tasks Completed: 45/59
Tasks Completed: 10:(✔) 20: (✔)
Elizabeth B30.4. Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas
Book 1: The Shearing Gun (recommendation based on mm-series-tbr shelf, 4/20/2015)
Book 2: "Popular Books Among My Friends this Month"
The Shadows 3 friends read it at 4/4/15
Points: 30
Total:860
30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library!BOOK 1: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Shelf LOG-MCC: In Dec-Feb I read Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery by Henry Marsh, who was a new author for me.
BOOK 2: Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey
Shelf GRE-IAF: In Dec-Feb I read The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins, who was a new author for me.
Both Emma Healey and Daphne du Maurier are new authors for me.
Emma Healey is a GOODREADS AUTHOR.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 325
GR Authors: 8
Big Book Tickets: 1 (500+)
Total tasks completed: 14
Total books read: 20
REPOST (to include cover):20.6 Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B
The Postmistress
by Sarah Blake*A) There is a blossom on the cover and B) the book is 371 pgs.
*Goodreads Author*
Total Points = 145
15.2. Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown Book 1. Read a book with the letters AESIR in the title/subtitle of the book
Alice in the Country of Hearts, Vol. 06 by QuinRose - Alice in the Country of Hearts, vol. 6
Book 2. Read a book with the letters VANIR in the title/subtitle of the book.
Death of a Travelling Man by M.C. Beaton - Death of a Travelling Man
M.C. Beaton is a Goodreads author.
15.6. Tax Day
The Field Guide to the Global Economy by Sarah Anderson
30.1 - Jonquil's Task: Straight on Till Morning
Book 1
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury - ferris wheel on cover - this was not a re-read
Book 2 major career change
Hollywood on Tap by Avery Flynn - Sean O’Dell changes from actor to brewmaster - this was not a re-read
Avery Flynn is a Goodreads author.
30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library!
Book 1:
Mona Ingram - new-to-me author for Winter 2015 Challenge -> IAG-JGZ shelf -> so I read
Every Breath by Tasha Ivey - new-to-me author
Tasha Ivey is a Goodreads author.
Book 2:
Dennis Lehane - new-to-me author for Winter 2015 Challenge -> LAN-LEN shelf -> so I read
Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson - new-to-me author
Points this post: 90
Grand Total: 565
Goodreads Authors: 24
CYNBAXTERTask # 20.5 – BIGGER IS BETTER – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love
Option 1: The Book of Lies by Brad Meltzer* who is new to me
Brad Meltzer is a Goodreads Author.
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date = 285 points
GRA this post: 1
Total GRA to date: 9
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 4
Scooter&Siam20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era Choose one of the following options and read one book for that option. Required: State Option.
Option Two: Read a book that has three words in the title, two of which must start with the same letter. Subtitles can be ignored.
The Good German by Joseph Kanon
I'm claiming Joseph Kanon as a GRA and The Good German as a big book - paperback has 533 pages.
Points: 20
Total: 125
GRA: 6
Big Books: 2
Tasks 10
SHELLEY UT20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
Option 2: Rock Chick Redemption by Kristen Ashley
Kristen Ashley is a goodreads author.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 195
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 22
Goodreads authors: 14
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Jamie NYCTask #10.8 - The Vikings are Coming
Read a book published by Viking Press
I read Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Viking version is here:
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
Task #15.3. Is it Live or is it Memorex?
Book 1: Read a book with 4 words in the title
Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich
AND
Book 2: Read a book first published between 1965 and 1979
The Saint And The Sinner by Barbara Cartland. It was first published in 1977
Task #15.10. Would I Lie to You?
Read a book with LIE found intact in the author's name
Lick by Kylie Scott
Author name KyLIE has "LIE" intact
Task #20.6 Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B
I spy a BLOSSOM on the cover
It has 391 pages so fits within the requirements of over 300 pages having only the following #s in it: 03/07/1965.
It was approved here in the Help Thread
Task #25.3 - Andy P's Task: Ragnarok
Book 1: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in the word RAGNAROK
Gumption & Gumshoes by Alex Kidwell
The author initials A.K. are found in RAGNAROK
Book 2: Using ALL the letters in ONE of the following gods' names read a book whose TITLE includes the name's letters IN ORDER
I found "ODIN" in
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
FrIeD GreeN TOmatoes
Task #25.5 - Nikki's Task: A Viking Pillage
Read two book with something in the title and/or subtitle that is worthy of being pillaged, nicked, pinched, stolen or misappropriated.
One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
Money is the stealable object, the book has 320 pages in the MMP version
Seven Nights in a Rogue's Bed by Anna Campbell
A bed is a tangible object that could be stolen. The book has 385 pages in the MMP version
The combined pages are 705, above the 500 page requirement
Task #30.1 - Jonquil's Task: Straight on Till Morning
Read a book with a roller coaster, carousel or Ferris wheel on the cover
by Robyn SchneiderIt has a roller coaster on the cover
Book 2: Read a book where the Main Character has made a major career change
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
The main character, Lou, changes her career going from working in a bakery to being a home health aide for a handicapped man.
Both books were new to me and not re-reads
Books 1 & 2 are approved in the Help Thread
Task #30.4. - Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas
Book 1: Read a book recommended by GR, based on one of your shelves or genre recommendations
Naked in Death by J.D. Robb
It was recommended based on my scribd-own shelf
Book 2: See a list of "Popular Books Among My Friends this Month." Read a book from that list
The Year We Fell Down by Sarina Bowen
It was on the list on 4/11, read by 1 friend, and rated 4 by friend
Task #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
The Party Boy's Guide to Dating a Geek by Piper Vaughn
It is shelved as "GLBT", my favorite genre, by 16 users
It is 270 pages
Book 2: Read a book that has your least favorite genre on its main page.
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind
It is shelved as my least favorite genre "Horror" by 709 users, it is 263 pages
Current
Points this post: 200
Books: 14
Tasks: 9
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Cumulative
Total Points: 675
Books: 56
Tasks: 41
Leslie K5.2 Home of the Vanir
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
The word INVENTION has 9 letters
Points this task: 5
Total points: 215
Leslie K5.5 Home of the giants
Eight Keys by Suzanne LaFleur
YA genre
Points this task: 5
Total points:220
Leslie K5.7 Home of the dwarves
Eight Keys by Suzanne LaFleur
Book has 337 pages in it
Points this task: 5
Total points: 225
Leslie K5.9 Home of the fire giants and demons
Private L.A. by James Patterson
This book takes place in California
Points this task: 5
Total points: 230
Leslie K5.10 The Barkeep by William Lashner
This is a book of my choice.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 235
Margaret L25.2: Garden Quotes
Option 2: Book with "Mystery" as main page Genre
Private Vegas by James Patterson. This is not a re-read.
Option 4: Book with "Science Fiction" as main page genre
Fairest by Marissa Meyer. This is not a re-read.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 225
Total Tasks Completed: 10
Sarah ETask 25.1 - Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge
Book 1: By a male author, no 1 in a series, new book to me.
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
First in a series, first published in 2013, 460 pages.
Book 2: By a female author, not debut or no 1 in a series, new book to me.
Miss Chopsticks by Xinran
A standalone book (not a debut), first published in 2007, 257 pages.
Book books are new to me.
Years first published: 2013 and 2007
Pages: 460 + 257 = 717
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 165
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ 25.3 - Andy P's Task: Ragnarok
Book 1: Author Name found in Ragnarok : Robert Knott
Robert B. Parker's Ironhorse | Robert Knott | 432 Pages | ♥♥♥ |
Book 2: Letters for Thor Found in Title (in Order)
TH OtheR Side of Heartache
The Other Side of Heartache | Sarah Jo Smith | 344 Pages | ♥♥♥♥ | GR Author
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
25.7 - Dakimel’s Task: Awards Season
Option A: Doing it Twice
#40 and #44 on Tournament of Books Long List
The Laughing Monsters | Denis Johnson | 228 Pages | ♥♥♥ |
People Park | Pasha Malla | 484 Pages | ♥♥♥♥♥ |
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
25.8 - Coralie's Task: Anzac Day
Option 1:
Author born in New Zealand
Data Modeling: Theory and Practice | Graeme Simsion | 400 Pages | ♥♥ |
Option 2:
War on Main Page
Matterhorn | Karl Marlantes | 663 Pages | ♥♥♥♥ | Big Book Ticket
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
25.12 - Elizabeth B's Task: Independence Day
Option A: War on Main Page
The Red Badge of Courage | Stephen Crane | 170 Pages | ♥♥♥♥ |
Option D: Death in the Title
Scandal --The Death of a Legacy | Johnny Ray | 222 Pages | ♥♥♥ | GR Author
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
This Task :
Points: 100
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: (500+): 1 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
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Totals:
Total: 760/1035
GR Authors: 33
Big Books: (500+): 5 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
Total Pages Read: 20,154
Total Tasks Completed: 49/59
Tasks Completed: 10:(✔) 20: (✔)
10.6 - Older Americans MonthThe Boston Girl: A Novel by Anita Diamant, born in New York in 1951
Points this post: 10
Total points: 650
Cindy C.Task 10.4-May the Fourth Be With You
Read a book with the genre science fiction on its main page.
**Kiera Cass is a Goodreads Author.**
The One
Points this post: 10
Total points: 420
Total tasks: 23
GRA: 10
Big Books: (500+): 3
10.3 - Earth DayHot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America by Thomas L. Friedman
Points this post: 10
Total points: 30
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ 30.1 - Jonquil's Task: Straight on Till Morning
Required: Neither Book is a Re-Read
Book 1: Carnival Ride on Cover
Required:
Shady Cross | James Hankins | ♥♥♥♥ | 298 Pages | GR Author
Book 2: Worker Changes Jobs
Approved in Help Desk Thread
Factory Worker --> Nurse
Silence For the Dead | Simone St. James | ♥♥♥ | 384 Pages | GR Author
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
30.2 Dlmrose's task: Initial Impressions
Book 1: The Revisionist | Helen Schulman | ♥♥♥♥ | 246 Pages|
Book 2: Initials H.S. --> High Strung
High Strung | T. Gephart |♥♥♥♥ | 260 Pages | GR Author
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
30.3 - Teri-k's Task: Your Own Personal Tardis
Option 1: Ancient World : Written During
The Iliad | Homer | ♥♥♥ | 683 Pages | Big Book Ticket
Option 4: Set in 1700-1899
The Bridegroom Wore Plaid | Grace Burrowes | ♥♥♥ | 375 Pages | GR Author
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
30.4. - Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas.
Book 1: Based on My Neeeeeeddd Shelf:
Troubles and Treats | Tara Sivec | 222 Pages | ♥♥♥♥ | GR Author
Book 2:
Found on 02/21/15; 3 Friends have read it. 2 friends have rated it, average rating 4.0
Extracted | Sherry D. Ficklin | ♥♥♥ | 310 Pages | GR Author
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
30.6 - Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!
Option B: Book has at least 500 Pages
City of Lost Souls | Cassandra Clare | 544 Pages | ♥♥♥♥♥ | GR Author and Big Book Ticket
Option D: #22 on Feel Good Books
The Dr Pepper Prophecies | Jennifer Gilby Roberts | 302 Pages | ♥♥ | GR Author
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library!
Required All Books read for this Task are New to Me Authors
Book 1: I read my first book by Rachel Van Dyken – First Book Ruin on January 15, 2015 – Shelf – Dyken - DUM-ERM – New Author is: Kathy Dunnehoff –
Plan on It | Kathy Dunnehoff | ♥ | 281 Pages | GR Author
Book 2: Book 2: I read my first book by Michelle Dare on January 27-29. 2015 – My Salvation – Shelf – CRO-DDZ – Crowther
Darkness Falling | Peter Crowther | 400 Pages | ♥♥ |
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
This Task :
Points: 180
GR Authors: 9
Big Books: (500+): 2 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
♥ ♥ ♥
Totals:
Total: 940/1035
GR Authors: 42
Big Books: (500+): 7 (750+): 0 (1000+): 0
Total Pages Read: 24,459
Total Tasks Completed: 55/59
Tasks Completed: 10:(✔) 20: (✔) 30: (✔)
SAM ID5.10 - Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds
Read a book of your choice
A Match of Wits by Jen Turano
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10.1 - Remarkable Women
Read a book from the required list.
Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper by Harriet Scott Chessman
*This book is #46 on the first page of the list
**Harriet Scott Chessman is a GR Author, 1 ticket**
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15.4 - Spring Reads
Read a book that was first published in a year ending in 3, 4, or 5 AND the author's initials can be found in the word 'Spring'
The Doorbell Rang by Rex Stout
*This book was first published in 1965. The author's initials are found: SpRing
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20.5 - Love and Not Quite Love
Opt 1: read a book by a new to you author who's last name ends in -er
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
*This author is new to me this season
Points: 50
Total Points: 260
GR Authors: 15
Big Books: 1
Amy O.Task 15.8 - Women in War - Piece of My Heart by Keith Walker
This post: 15 points
Total to Date = 195 points
Total Goodreads Authors Tickets: 9
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Books read: 16
Tasks completed: 12
Lindy-Lanetask 15.10: would i lie:
* the word "lie" found intact in the author's name:
Fatal Feng Shui by Leslie Caine
**"lie" found at the end of the author's first name
Points this post: 15
Total points: 165
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500+(3) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 11
Mod
read Princess of Thorns by Stacey Jay (GRA) 400 pags
10.4 - May the Fourth Be With You- read a sci-fi
readIn a World Just Rightby Jen Brooks (GRA)
10.8 The Vikings are Coming- read a book published by Viking
read Mosquitoland by David Arnold (GRA)
15.7 Pi Day read a book #1 in series
read Becoming Jinn (Becoming Jinn #1) by Lori Goldstein (GRA)
20.3 Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
option 1- Storm in title read Stormby Brigid Kemmerer (GRA)
20.4 Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
option 1 Tutor time- cover with 2 people- read
by Jay Clark (GRA)20.5 Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love
option 1- author last name ends in ER
read
by Scot Gardner 20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
option 2 last book in series read Opposition by Jennifer L. Armentrout (GRA)
25.2 Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
option 2- Thriller read Liars, Inc. by Paula Stokes (GRA)
option 4- sci fi- read Chasing Power by by Sarah Beth Durst (Goodreads Author)
25.4 Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies.
option 1- word in title from disney title To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han (GRA) movie- Nightmare Before Christmas
option 3- humor book read
by Susan Juby (Goodreads Author)25.6 Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: We're a Cozy Mystery
1- supernatural - Originby Jennifer L. Armentrout(GRA)
option 4- initials found in VALKYRIE- readSky on Fire by Emmy Laybourne (GRA)
25.12 Elizabeth B's Task: Independence Day
option c- march pubication date Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver (Goodreads Author) Mach of 2015
option d- Death in the Title
read Denton Little's Deathdate by Lance Rubin (GRA)
30.5 Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t
love- thriller- Ask the Dark by Henry Turner
don't love- Contemporary- read Girl Onlineby Zoe Sugg
50.1-
Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go!
1. one word title
by Jenny Martin (gra)2.book page number ends in 2 read
by Jennifer L. Armentrout (GRA)3. authors has letter only 3 times in name - claudia gray- letter a
read
by Claudia Gray (GRA)total points 280
20 goodread authors
CYNBAXTERTask # 20.8 – NICKELS & DIMES - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers
Book 1 - Option 1: Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography by Laura Ingalls Wilder – the setting is in the United States where I live
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date = 305 points
GRA this post: 0
Total GRA to date: 9
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 4
Julia10315.3. Is it Live or is it Memorex?
Option 2: Summer of the Dragon has four words in the title and was first published in 1979.
25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up
Option 3: Closer to Home by Mercedes Lackey. Mercedes McCambridge won in 1949.
Option 4: Cargo of Eagles by Margery Allingham (author's initials are in SELMA)
Post total: 40 points
Challenge total points: 575
Total GRA: 12
Total BB tickets: 2
25.5 - Nikki's Task: A Viking PillageRead a book with something in the title and/or subtitle that is worthy of being pillaged, nicked, pinched, stolen or misappropriated.
The page total must be at least 500 pages
I read:
Portrait is the thing worthy of being pillaged
It's 304 pages long
and
Espresso is the thing worthy of being pillaged
It's 345 pages long
Portraits were approved here
And Espresso here
Claiming a GRA ticket for Alexander McCall Smith
POINTS
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 210
GR Author: √
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 10
GRA Total: 5
BB Total: 1
CathyG10.9 - Over the Rainbow
Bifröst (the rainbow bridge) connects Asgard to Midgard. Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in "ROY G BIV."
True Love and Other Disasters by Rachel Gibson
15.2. Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown
Book 1. Read a book with the letters AESIR in the title/subtitle of the book.
Four Nights With the Duke by Eloisa James
Goodreads Author
AND
Book 2. Read a book with the letters VANIR in the title/subtitle of the book.
Virgin Mistress, Scandalous Love-Child by Jennie Lucas
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
Help Thread
This is a 2 book challenge. Pick 2 different options and read one book from each.
Rereads and books with the genre “kids” or “children” may not be used.
Required: state which options you choose and that it is not reread for you.
OPTION 1:
Read a book that has a flower or flowers on the cover.
Required: Include book cover when you post.
The Devil in Midwinter by Elise Forier Edie
Not a reread
Goodreads Author
OPTION 4: “Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow,” -- Anonymous.
Read a book with the main page genre of Science Fiction.
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
Not a reread
50.1- Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go!
Read 3 books, one from each option below
Each book must have a minimum of 250 pages.
1. Read a book with a one-word title.
Ascension by Lauren Dane 319 pp
2. Read a book that
a) is number 2, 12, or 22 in a series.
Some like It Wildby M. Leighton 384 pp
Goodreads Author
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
3 a’s
Sleeping with the Fishes by MaryJanice Davidson 304pp
Goodreads Author
Points this post: 100
Total points: 400
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 29
Goodreads Authors: 21
Big Books: 500= ,750=0, 1000=0
15.7 Pi DayThis book is #1 in the Abigail Adams series.
The Ninth Daughter by Barbara Hamilton
25.8 Anzac Day
Option 1: Who? The author was born in New Zealand.
The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion
Option 2: What?
The genre "war" is on the main page.
The Assassination of the Archduke: Sarajevo 1914 and the Romance that Changed the World by Greg King and Sue Woolmans
Points this post: 40
Total points: 250
GRA: 2
Big Books: 2 (500)
CHANDNI5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
Read a book with a Goodreads rating at or above 3.50.
I read The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley by Shaun Hutchinson. The GR rating is 4.10.
Shaun Hutchinson is a Goodreads author - **Claiming one Goodreads author ticket**
5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans
Read a book with a tree on the cover.
I read
by Emily Murdoch.Emily Murdoch is a Goodreads author - **Claiming one Goodreads author ticket**
5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants
Read a book with the genre Young Adult on its main page.
I read How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff.
Meg Rosoff is a Goodreads author - **Claiming one Goodreads author ticket**
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves
Read a book with 100-360 pages (at least 100, but not over 360 pages)
I read A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. The book has 216 pages.
AR Bookfinder Information:
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5.0
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.
I read Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom who is currently 56.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Albom
Mitch Albom is a Goodreads author - **Claiming one Goodreads author ticket**
10.9 - Over the Rainbow
Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in "ROY G BIV.
I read If We Kiss by Rachel Vail.
Rachel Vail is a Goodreads author - **Claiming one Goodreads author ticket**.
[POINTS]
This Post: 40
Total Points: 40
Books Read: 6
Completed Tasks: 6
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
25.5 - Nikki's Task: A Viking PillageSilver and Art are items that could be stolen. Total page count is 592 p.
The Silver Boat by Luanne Rice
paperback edition The Silver Boat 336 p.
The Art of Mending by Elizabeth Berg
256 p.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 675
Louise B50.1 Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go!
1. A book with a one word title: Plague by C.C. Humphreys
2. A book that is #2 in a series: Anatomy of Murder by Imogen Robertson
3. A book by an author with a letter that appears 3, and only 3, times: Things Half in Shadow by Alan Finn - the letter "n" appears 3 times.
All 3 books exceed the minimum page number of 250 pages.
Imogen Robertson and Alan Finn are Goodreads authors.
Points this post: 50
Total points to date: 260
Tasks completed to date:14
GRA this post: 2
GRA to date: 10
BB (+500 pages) this post: 0
BB to date: 1
Louise B30.7 Delicious Dee's Task: I Love My Library!
Last season, author Gore Vidal was new to me. This season, from the shelf Twe-Wah, I chose a book by author Susan Vreeland: Lisette's List. This author is new to me.
Last season, author Elizabeth Loupas was new to me. From the shelf Log-McC, I chose a book by author Susan Elia MacNeal: Mr. Churchill's Secretary. This author is new to me.
Susan Vreeland and Susan Elia MacNeal are Goodreads authors.
Points this post: 30
Total points to date: 290
Tasks completed to date:15
GRA this post: 2
GRA to date: 12
BB (+500 pages) this post: 0
BB to date: 1
LAUREN JODI25.4 - Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies.
Option 3: Lightheartedness
Humor genre on the main page (11 users)
Tangled Up In You by Rachel Gibson
Option 4: Cinderella
Shoe with high heel on the cover (space between heel and shank visible):
Every Which Way But Dead by Kim Harrison*
*Goodreads Author
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 445/1035
Total Books Read: 39
Tasks Completed: 30/59
Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 31
Big Books: 0
Ana30.3 - Teri-k's Task: Your Own Personal Tardis
Option 1
by Tommy Tenney. Set in Ancient Persia.Option 4
by Andrea Pickens. Set in the Regency period.***GoodReads Author***
Points this Post 30
Total Points 485
Tasks Completed 22
Books Read 31
Total Pages 9481
GoodReads Authors 22
Big Book Tickets
Big Books-500+: 2
JUKKAReposting a task.
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
Option 3: Autobiography or memoir.
We Did Porn by Zak Smith
Option 4: Science fiction.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
Both books were new to me.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 300
Books Read: 26
30.1 - Jonquil's Task: Straight on Till MorningRequired: Neither book is a reread.
1. Read a book with a roller coaster, carousel or Ferris wheel on the cover.
The Catcher in the Rye
by J.D. Salinger (Approved in message 116 of the help thread)2. Read a book where the Main Character has made a major career change.
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House by Jon Meacham (Approved in message 139 of the help thread)
Task: 30
Total: 795
ColetteGTask 20.5 Love and not Quiete Love
Option 1 Author's name must end with er.
The Shock and the Fall by Nathan FilER
Author's name is Nathan Filer. Last name ends with ER
20 points for task
10.9 - Over the Rainbow Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in "ROY G BIV." How Dogs Love Us: A Neuroscientist and His Adopted Dog Decode the Canine Brain by Gregory Berns
Task: 10
Total: 805
50.11. Falling by Christopher Pike. 368 pages. One word title.
2. Insurgent by Veronica Roth. #2 in series. 525 pages
***GRA***
***1 Big Book Ticket***
3. Shakespeare Saved My Life: Ten Years in Solitary with the Bard by LAurA BAtes. 3 A's in name. 291 pages
CURRENT POST
Points: 50
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
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TOTAL
Total Points: 50
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
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20.3 Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
option 1- Storm in title read Storm by Paula Stokes (GRA) new to me book
25.2 Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
option 2- Thriller read .Liars, Inc. by Paula Stokes (GRA)
option 4- sci fi- readChasing Power
by by Sarah Beth Durst (Goodreads Author) both books are new to me
Jamie NYCTask #25.3 - Andy P's Task: Ragnarok
Book 1: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in the word RAGNAROK
Gumption & Gumshoes by Alex Kidwell
The author initials A.K. are found in RAGNAROK
Book 2: Using ALL the letters in ONE of the following gods' names read a book whose TITLE includes the name's letters IN ORDER
I found "ODIN" in
Bloodlines by Andrea Speed
BlODlINes
Task #30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library!
Book 1: Last season I read Dumb Jock by Jeff Erno who was a New To Me Author. I used the ERN-FID shelf to find:
Tall, Tatted and Tempting by Tammy Falkner who is a New To Me Author also found on the ERN-FID shelf
Book 2: Last season I read Chaser by Rick R. Reed who was a New To Me Author. I used the QUI-RIB shelf to find:
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison who is a New To Me Author also found on the QUI-RIB shelf
50.1- Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go!
Book 1: Read a book with a one-word title
Rule by Jay Crownover, it is above 250 pages
Book 2: Read a book that is number 2 in a series
To Tame A Highland Warrior by Karen Marie Moning, it is Book 2 in the Highlander series as noted on GR, it is above 250 pages
Book 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
Hell & High Water by Charlie Cochet
The author's name has 3 C's: Charlie CoChet
It is above 250 pages
Current
Points this post: 105
Books: 7
Tasks: 3
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Cumulative
Total Points: 755
Books: 61
Tasks: 43
ColetteGTask 30.7 I love my library
Part 1: 2 books from winter 2014-2015 challenge new to me. I might not have posted both as they could have been a part of a two part challenge I did not finish in time.
a)Cemetery Girl
by David Bell GRA Finished Feburary 13th 2015b) What Was She Thinking
Zoe Heller author Finished January 13,2015
Both books and authors are new to me.
Part 2-- single new authors new to me whose last name falls within the last name range of the library.
a) Jaws
Author Peter Benchley
Both Bell and Benchley fall between BEL-BNZ on library shelf.
b) The Book of Unknown Americans
by Christina HenriqueBoth Heller and Henrique fall between GRE-IAF
All books new to me.
30 points for task
Christina Henrique is a GRA
(David Bell is a GRA but I don't think that counts for this task.)
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30.6 Happy Equinox
Option 1: Read a collection of short stories
Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders by Neil Gaiman. Main page genre contains "Short Stories" (shelved by 1279 users).
**** Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads Author****
Option 2: Read a book > 500 pages
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. The paperback copy I read is 512 pages.
TOTAL IN POST
Points: 30
Goodreads Author: 1
Big Book: 1
TOTAL SO FAR
Points: 345 + 30 = 375
Goodreads Author: 16 + 1 = 17
Big Book: 1 + 1 = 2