The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion
note: This topic has been closed to new comments.
SPRING CHALLENGE 2015
>
Spring 2015 Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE POSTS

Task 20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 5: I have heard a lot about Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver.
Kindle edition I read: Before I Fall
Mass Market Paperback edition: Before I Fall
This was a new to me book and not a reread.
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 185

10.1 - Remarkable Women - Page 1
The Penelopiad
I claim 1 x GoodReads Author
10.3 - Earth Day - Read a non-fiction book with the genre "environment" on its main page.
Wild Thoughts from Wild Places
I claim 1 x GoodReads Author
POINTS
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 450
GR Author: 2
Big Books: [500+: 2] [750+: 2] [1000+: 1]
Tasks Completed: 32
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves
I read Day Shift - 320 pages.
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B
I read
. Bunny on cover, 357 pages.
25.8 - Coralie's Task: Anzac Day
I used option 2, standalone genre "war" on main page, twice.
For my first book, I read
- "war" is the 3d listed genre.
For my second book, I read
- "war" is the 5th listed genre.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 940
I read Day Shift - 320 pages.
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B
I read

25.8 - Coralie's Task: Anzac Day
I used option 2, standalone genre "war" on main page, twice.
For my first book, I read

For my second book, I read

Points this post: 50
Total points: 940

Option 1: a flower or flowers on cover
Gilded Ashes by Rosamund Hodge (GR Author)

ebook verification: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Option 3: autobiography/memoir
This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl by Esther Earl
CURRENT POST
Points: 25
GR Authors: 1
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 150
GR Authors: 7
Big books: 1

CMFRUIN
20.10 Group Reads
I read Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts by Susan Cain. I posted my thoughts about the book in the discussion thread.
Susan Cain is a Goodreads author.
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 60
Books Read: 6
Completed Tasks: 6
Goodreads Authors: 2

20.2 Rookie at the Top - Maryn’s Task: Midwives Help People Out
Option Two: Read a book where a midwife is a main character. This can be fiction or non-fiction.
Murder on Astor Place Main character is a midwife.
Points this post:20
Total: 385
Books read: 29
Tasks Done:21

15.10 Would I Lie to You?
The Apothecary's Daughter by Julie Klassen (goodreads author)
*"lie" in author's name
This task: 15 points
# tasks submitted to date: 31
GRA: 30
Total: 560

Task #10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day
April 17th is Blah, Blah, Blah Day. Read a book that is at least 400 pages long
Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry
Current
Points this post: 10
Books: 1
Tasks: 1
******************
Cumulative
Total Points: 765
Books: 62
Tasks: 44

25.5 - Nikki's Task: A Viking Pillage
Read a book with something in the title and/or subtitle that is worthy of being pillaged, nicked, pinched, stolen or misappropriated.
#1-Blackberry Wine by Joanne Harris-368 pages and the item is a blackberry
Approved in post 117 in Help
Claiming Joanne Harris as GR author
#2-Midnight Pearls: A Retelling of "The Little Mermaid" by Debbie Viguié-208 pages and the items are Pearls.
Claiming Debbie Viguie as GR author
25.12 - Elizabeth B's Task: Independence Day
I chose Options A and C
Option A: read a book with the genre War (stand-alone or embedded) on the its main book page
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Claiming Kristin Hannah as GR author
Option C: read a book that was first published in March of any year.
Blue Jeans and Coffee Beans by Joanne DeMaio
Claiming Joanne DeMaio as GR author
Total Points-430/1060
Total Tasks Completed-27/60
Number of GR authors-(15)
Big Books-500 pages ();750 ()

50.1- Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go!:
1. Read a book with a one-word title.:
Enchanted: Erotic Bedtime Stories For Women by Nancy Madore.
*Goodreads author*
Erotic Bedtime Stories For Women is a subtitle.
2. Read a book that is number 2, 12, or 22 in a series.:
Insurgent by Veronica Roth.
Big Book ticket with 525 pages.
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.:
The October Country by Ray Bradbury.
Letter R.
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 330
GR Authors this post: 1
Total GR Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 3
BBooks - 750+: 1
BBooks - 1000+:
***repost from post 2555***
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
The author is new to me.
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
The author is new to me.

Woman serving in combat area
Code Name Verity by ***Goodreads Author Elizabeth Wein
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 160/1035
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 13
GoodReads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ (1)

20.4 Author, Author
Option 1-Read a book with exactly 2 people on the cover
My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick
My Life Next Door Huntley Fitzpatrick

She is a GR Author
CURRENT POST
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
____________________________
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 405
Total Goodreads Authors: 15
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

9 letters: Brilliant:
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
+5 Points
5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
Rating: 4.21:
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
+5 Points
5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans

+5 Points
10.3 - Earth Day
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
+10 Points
15.9. Better Put on a Heavy Coat!
Set in Sweden:
One Step Behind by Henning Mankell
+15 Points
Points this Post: 40
Grand Total: 515

Task 5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir
Yellowstone Heart Song 10 letter word
Goodreads Author Peggy L. Henderson
Total points for this task: 5
GRA tix: 1

1. Rekindled by Kaylea Cross
one word title; 258 pages
2. The Perfect Match by Kristan Higgins
book #2 in the Blue Heron series; 441 pages
3. Nobody's Child by Libby Fischer Hellmann
Libby Fischer Hellmann has 3 "L"s: Libby Fischer Hellmann; 350 pages
Points this post: 50
Season Total: 275

Task 50.1 1-2-3-Go!
1. One word title: Artifactsby Mary Anna Evans WHO IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR! >250pages
2. #22 in a series: Flesh and Bloodby Patricia Cornwell WHO IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR! >250pages
3. 3 E's in authors name: The Care and Management of Liesby Jacqueline Winspear WHO IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR! >250pages
All confirmed in task help thread!
Points this post:50
Total points:195
Tasks completed:13
Books read:17
Goodreads Authors:11
Big Books:500+(1)750+(1)1000+(0)

5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
Wells : Time Machine by H. G Wells - 3.84 stars on 5/11/15
10.3 - Earth Day
The National Parks: America's Best Idea by Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 960
Goodreads Authors this post: 0
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

15.7 Pi Day
In honor of Pi Day (3/14), read a book that is number 3, 1, 4, 31, or 14 in a series. NOTE: The book must be identified as a series on GR.
I read The Tyrant's Law by Daniel Abraham
This book is number three in The Dagger and the Coin series. (It's listed as book #3 on the GR page)
20.8 Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers
Choose one of the options listed and read one book.
Option one: Where do you live?
I read The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
I live in Illinois and the book is set entirely in Chicago, Illinois.
Points this post: 35

15.7. Pi Day
Read a book that is number 3, 1, 4, 31, or 14 in a series.
I read Promethea, Vol. 3 by Alan Moore.
20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name
Option 4: Tyr (god of war)
The letters in TYR also spell TRY. Read a book from the first 10 pages of either of these shelving lists Did Not Finish or Abandoned.
I read 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher.
This is on the Did Not Finish Shelf on page 5.
Jay Asher is a Goodreads author - **Claiming a Goodreads author ticket**.
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.
I read Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein.
This book is not a re-read for me.
Elizabeth Wein is a Goodreads author - **Claiming a Goodreads author ticket**.
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.
I read

Sylvia McNicoll is a Goodreads author - **Claiming a Goodreads author ticket**.
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- BellaGBear’s Task: Relive Childhood Feelings
Read a book found on this shelf list Child Narrator or on the listopias Adult Fiction with a Child Protagonist or Juvenile Narrators
I read The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.
This is on page 1 of the Child Narrator list.
Markus Zusak is a Goodreads author - **Claiming a Goodreads author ticket**.
The Book Thief has 550 pages - **Claiming one Big Books ticket**
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.
I read Promethea, Vol. 5 by Alan Moore.
[POINTS]
This Post: 115
Total Points: 155
Books Read: 12
Completed Tasks: 12
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]

10.7 - Typhoid Mary
Read a book found on the Apocalypse by Epidemic list.
The Pesthouse is number 50 (p1)
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B

A. Bumbershoot/Umbrella on cover AND B. 396 pages
**Jamie Ford is a GRA
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 400
Goodreads Authors: 16
Big Book Tickets: 11

10.3 Earth Day
A book with "environment" on main page
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson
20.3 Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
I chose option 4: He is my brother
A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
25.2 Schatzie's Task: Garden Quotes
I chose options 3 (memoir) and 4 (genre of science fiction)
Option3: Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich by David Kenyon Webster
Option 4: All Clear by Connie Willis - claiming 1 BB ticket as this book is 641 pages.
25.3 Andy P's Task: Ragnarok
Book 1: author's initials can be found in RAGNAROK
Human Croquet by Kate Atkinson
Book 2: "ODIN" is spelled out in book title:
The Other Side of Midnight by Simone St. James (Goodreads author)
the Other siDe of mIdNight
Points this post: 80
Total points to date: 370
Tasks completed to date:19
GRA this post: 1
GRA to date: 13
BB (+500 pages) this post: 1
BB to date: 2

25.4 Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology
I chose options 1 and 3.
Option 1: Read a book with a word in title which is also in title of an animated Disney movie
Shared word: Time
Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer
Disney Movie: Melody Time (1948)
Option 2: Lightheartedness - a book with "humour" or "funny" on main page.
Shadow Roll by Ki Longfellow (Goodreads author)
Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 395
Tasks completed to date:20
GRA this post: 1
GRA to date: 14
BB (+500 pages) this post: 0
BB to date: 2

5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir
Word with nine letters in the title – Charlotte
Charlotte Temple
20.8 Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers
Option 1. Where do you live?
I live in Melbourne. This book is set about a mile from where I live. The author was born and lives in Melbourne.
Earthly Delights by Kerry Greenwood
This post 25 points
Total to date 685 points

Read a book with LIE found intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.
Charlie
First Impressions: A Novel of Old Books, Unexpected Love, and Jane Austen (2014) by Charlie Lovett (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 308 pages)
** Charlie Lovett is a Goodreads Author.**
425 + 15 = 440
Tasks Completed: 25
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 425 + 15 = 440
Books read: 37
Pages read: 11,273
Read but not claimed: 5
Goodreads Authors: 13
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+

10.9 - Over the Rainbow
Tangled Up In You by Rachel Gibson
The initials of the author RG are found in Roy G biv
~~~~~~~~~~
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 430/1035
Total Books Read: 38
Tasks Completed: 30/59

Task 25.10 Ready for their Close-Up!
Option 1. Shorts: Read a book with between 100 and 200 pages.
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Page count 192.
Option 4: Song. Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in GLORY and/or SELMA.
The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell
Suzanne Rindell is a GOODREADS AUTHOR and I am claiming ONE GRA ticket.
This post:
Points: 25
GRA: 1
BB tickets: 0
Tasks complete: 1
Overall:
Points: 205
GRA: 5
BB tickets 500+: 0
BB tickets 750+: 0
BB tickets 1000+: 0
Tasks complete: 12

completed 15.7 pi day and read The Sinner by tess gerristsen. This is book 3.
task points 20
total points 20

A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozecki - set in Japan and British Columbia - Note: book swap! Formerly used this one for 20.7.
Ruth Ozeki is a Goodreads author.
10.1 - Remarkable Women
Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare - #16 on list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- BellaGBear’s Task: Relive Childhood Feelings
The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey- pg 1 of the Child Narrator shelf:
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
M.R. Carey is a Goodreads author.
25.7 - Dakimel’s Task: Awards Season
Option A: Rooster Tournament of Book
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins - #35 on the long list
Paula Hawkins is a Goodreads author.
Option B: Audies
Food: A Love Story by Jim Gaffigan - in Humor category
Points this post: 60
Grand Total: 605
Goodreads Authors: 26

25.4 - Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies.
Option 1: Disney Animated Movies -Read a book with a title that contains a word of at least three letters that appears in a movie title from the List of Animated Disney Movies.
I read Where All Light Tends to Go by David Joy. The movie is Where the Toys Come From.
Option 3: Lightheartedness -Read a book that has "humor" or "funny" in the main page genre list.
I read Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters by Mallory Ortberg

REPOST
25.2 Schatzie's Task: Garden Quotes
I chose options 3 (memoir) and 4 (science fiction)
Option 3: Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich by David Kenyon Webster
This is not a reread for me.
Option 4: All Clear by Connie Willis. Claiming 1 BB ticket (641 pages).
This is not a reread for me.
Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 395
Tasks completed to date:20
GRA this post: 0
GRA to date: 14
BB (+500 pages) this post: 1
BB to date: 2

15.8 Women in War
I read Maisie Dobbs
25.8 - Coralie's Task: Anzac Day
For option 1, I read Seducing Phoebe
(Flockton was born in Perth: http://www.nicoleflockton.com/uncateg...
http://www.nicoleflockton.com/uncateg...)
For option 2, I read Headed for Trouble
TALLY:
This post - 40 points
Total - 880

Book One: Ferris Wheel on cover Four: A Divergent Collection

Book Two: Character undergoes major career change Cooking the Books by ***Goodreads Author Bonnie S. Calhoun - character previously worked in cyber crimes, now owns a bookstore.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 190/1035
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 15
GoodReads Authors: 10
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ (1)

Trees on cover

25.2 Garden Quotes
Option 1: Flowers on cover

Option 2: Thriller/Crime/Suspense all on main genre page

***GRA***
CURRENT POST
Points: 30
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
____________________________
TOTAL
Total Points: 80
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:

Reposting again, if I might get this right this time...
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

The Big Bad Wolf by James Patterson
*James Patterson is a GR author, claiming one GRA ticket*
50.1- Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go!
1. Gone by James Patterson
I listened to the audio cd; no MMP available, link to paperback Gone, 416 pages
*James Patterson is a GR author, claiming one GRA ticket*
2. b) Unnatural Causes 272 pages
3. Kurganin varjot by Risto Isomäki 3 x I 349 pages
Points this post: 55
Points total: 360/1035
GRA total: 11
BB total: 5
Tasks completed: 24/59
Books read: 31

30.3 - Teri-k's Task: Your Own Personal Tardis
Option #3: The Irish Princess by Karen Harper
Option #4: The Notorious Mrs. Winston by Mary Mackey
Points this post: 30
Total points: 570

10.7 - Typhoid Mary
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
located on page 2
Veronica Roth is a goodreads author.
This is a big book.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 205
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 23
Goodreads authors: 15
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Task # 10.7 - Typhoid Mary
In remembrance of Typhoid Mary, read a book found on the Apocalypse by Epidemic list.

Book is # 20 on the list (first page) as of 5/13/15
Points this post: 10
Total points: 735

Task # 20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love
Option 1- LOVE

I have never read a book by Robert B. Parker until this one, but it will not be the last.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 755

15.1.Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong?
Book 1 – Read a book that a GR friend has rated 4 or 5 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Giovanni's Room
Book 2 – Read a book that a GR friend has rated 1 or 2 stars.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A Pale View of Hills
Points this post: 15
Total points: 55

25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
Option 2: Mystery Genre: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (GRA)
The Girl on the Train
and Option 4: Science Fiction Genre: Lock In by John Scalzi (GRA) Lock In
CURRENT POST
Points: 25
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 195
Goodreads Authors: 11

5.3 Alfheim
The Language of Hoofbeats by Catherine Ryan Hyde (goodreads author)
*rated 4.01
25.1 Auntie Tattin's Challenge
Book 1: Alex by Adam J. Nicolai (goodreads author)
*book is new to me
*first published 2011
*Pb 294 pages
*man/debut
Book 2: The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult (goodreads author)
*book is new to me
*first published 2013
*pb 480 pgs
*woman/not debut or 1st in series
*both books new to me
*pub dates: 2011, 2013
*page total = 294 + 480 = 774
Above tasks 30 points
# completed tasks: 33
GRA: 33
New total: 590

Read a book set in a Nordic Country - set 100% in ICELAND
Burial Rites ✔ – 18Mar15
*** Hannah Kent is a Goodreads Author ***
---------------------------------------------------
Task # 25.8 – Coralie’s Task – Anzac Day
Option 1 – WHO – Author born in Australia
The Narrow Road to the Deep North ✔ – 12May15
Richard Flanagan was born in Tasmania, Australia per his Goodreads profile
Option 2 – WHAT – “War” as a standalone genre
His Majesty's Dragon ✔ – 05Mar15
GENRE thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
*** Naomi Novik is a Goodreads Author ***
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
This Post: 40 points
Total points to date: 315 points
Goodreads Authors: 16
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2

The Perfect Letter by Chris Harrison
CURRENT POST
Points: 5
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Points: 130
Total GR Authors: 6
Big Books: 1
*edited cumulative total to reflect readerboard/issues with previous claim**

Gilded Ashes by Rosamund Hodge (GR Author)
rating 3.86 on 13 May 2015
10.2 - at least 400 pages long
This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl by Esther Earl
CURRENT POST
Points: 15
GR Authors: 1
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Points: 145
GR Authors: 7
Big books: 1

25.1
Option 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 Bat
First published 1997.
Option 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.
The Invention of Wings
Sue Monk Kidd is a GRA.
First published 2014.
Both books are new to me.
369 pgs + 384 pgs = 753 pgs.
Pts. this task: 25
Total pts: 160
GRA: 5
Total books: 11

20.8
Opt. 1: Read a book set in (at least 50%) the city or state/county/province where you currently live.
Suspect
I live in California, the book is set in Los Angeles, CA.
Pts this task: 20
Total pts: 180
Total books: 12

20.7 Read a book found on the listopia Adult Fiction with a Child Protagonist. It was #13.
The Shadow of the Wind
Pts this post: 20
Total pts: 200
Total books: 13
This topic has been frozen by the moderator. No new comments can be posted.
Books mentioned in this topic
Paper Towns (other topics)The House on Mango Street (other topics)
The Awakening (other topics)
The One (other topics)
How to Marry a Duke (other topics)
More...
Authors mentioned in this topic
Sandra Cisneros (other topics)John Green (other topics)
Vicky Dreiling (other topics)
Kate Chopin (other topics)
Kiera Cass (other topics)
More...
5.8 Niflheim, the home of the dead. I read The Whites by Harry Brandt, pen name of Richard Price.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 775