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SPRING CHALLENGE 2015
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Kimber25.6 We're a Cozy Mystery!
Option 1: Moon River by J.R. Rain
Option 1: Existence by Abbi Glines (goodreads author)
This task: 25 points
# tasks completed to date: 39
gRA: 39
New total: 735
SHELLEY UT25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up
Option 1: Uma Proposta Sedutora by Jennifer Lyon
Option 3: Possession by Jennifer Lyon
Jennifer Connelly won in 2001.
Jennifer Lyons is a goodreads author.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 245
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 27
Goodreads authors: 19
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Cindy C.Task 20.2 Rookie at the Top-Maryn's Task: Midwives Help People Out
Option 1: Read a book with the word midwife in the title.
**Roberta Rich is a Goodreads Author.**
The Midwife of Venice
Points this post: 20
Total points: 550
Total tasks: 29
GRA: 15
Big Books: (500+): 3
Task # 25.10 – Sirena’s Task – Ready for Their Close-UpOption 4 – Song – Author First & Last initial found in GLORY / SELMA
The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom ✔ – 26May15
Suze Orman (S from Selma / O from glOry)
Option 5 – Director – Book from Immigrant Experience LIterature list
The Book of Unknown Americans ✔ – 16March15
# 144 on page 2 of the list (eff 16March15)
*** Cristina Henriquez is a Goodreads Author ***
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 470 points
Goodreads Authors: 21
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2
50.1- Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go!1. Read a book with a one-word title. All words count including "a", "an", and "the". Ignore subtitles and series titles.
Room by Emma Donoghue 321 pages
Emma Donoghue is a Goodreads author, one ticket claimed.
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).
The Rogue by Trudi Canavan (Traitor Spy #2) 485 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 Traitor Queen by Trudi Canavan (three As) 528 pages
With 528 pages, The Traitor Queen is a big book. One ticket claimed.
Points this post: 50
Points total: 150
Tasks completed: 7
GRA total: 3
BB totals: 1 - 500+(1) 750+() 1000+()
Amy O.30.1 - Jonquil's Task: Straight on Till Morning.
Book 1: Book with roller coaster on cover - The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider.
**Robyn Schneider is a Goodreads author**
Book 2: Book where protagonist has made a major life change - Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot
Protagonist's former career: pop star
New occupation: Assistant director of college residence hall
**Meg Cabot is a Goodreads author**
Neither book is a re-read for me.
This post: 30 points
Total to Date = 360 points
Total Goodreads Authors Tickets: 16
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Books read: 27
Tasks completed: 17
10.4 - May the Fourth Be With YouMay 4th is Star Wars day. Read a book with the genre "science fiction" on its main page. The genre may stand alone or be embedded.
The Ask and the Answer - Patrick Ness
The Ask and the Answer has 517 pages, one BB ticket claimed.
20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 2: Science and Magic
Thor describes his home as a place where science and magic are one in the same.
Read a book with the genre science, science fiction, or magical realism on it’s main page. Genres may stand alone or be embedded.
Trouble With Lichen - John Wyndham
Points this post: 30
Points total: 180
Tasks completed: 9
GRA total: 3
BB totals: 2 - 500+(2) 750+() 1000+()
Elizabeth B10.3 - Earth Day
non-fiction book with the genre "environment" on its main page
Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds
30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t >250 pg
Book 1: favorite genre Romance Thankless in Death
Book 2: least favorite genre horror Night Film
Points:40
Total:1000
trishhartuk15.3. Is it Live or is it Memorex?
A. April 11 is Barbershop Quartet Day. In honor of Barbershop and Beautyshop quartets, read a book with 4 words in the title/subtitle. AND B. Read a book first published between 1965 and 1979 (inclusive). Option 2: Read one book that satisfies both A and B.
Murder at the Savoy, Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
First published 1970 and has a four-word title.
GRA: No
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Tasks completed: 29
Total points: 610
Goodreads Authors: 24
Big Books: (500+) 1
LOULOUTask 20.2 Rookie at the Top--Maryn's Task: Midwives Help People Out
Option 2. Main character is a midwife.
Farewell to the East End: The Last Days of the East End Midwives by Jennifer Worth
The main character is a midwife working in the East End of London, and there are lots of descriptions of home births in the narrative.
This post:
Points: 20
GRA: 0
BB tickets: 0
Tasks complete: 1
In total:
Points: 255
GRA: 6
BB tickets: 0
Tasks complete: 16
Readerboard name JAIR30.6- Happy's Task:Happy Equinox!
OptB: Read a book with atleast 500 pages
Gone by Michael Grant-- 558 pgs
OptD: Read a book from Feel Good Books.
The Dr Pepper Prophecies by Jennifer Gilby Roberts-- (Ranking #22) -- 296 pgs
**Goodreads Authors
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Points this post:30
Total Points:80
Total Books Read:5
Tasks Completed:2
Goodreads Authors:2
Total Goodreads Authors:2
Big Book:1
Task# 5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves.Read a book with 100-360 pages.
The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City & Sparked the Tabloid Wars by Paul Collins (336 pages)
** Paul Collins is a Goodreads Author**
POINTS:
This Post: 5
Total Points: 125
Books Read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans Read a book with a tree on the cover.
Tiger's Eye by Barbara Anino (Goodreads Author)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.
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke (Pseudonyms: E. G. O'Brien and Charles Willis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C...)
10.3 - Earth Day Read a non-fiction book with the genre "environment" on its main page.
Under the Sea Wind by Rachel Carson
Tasks: 5 + 5 + 10 = 20
Total: 965
GRA Tickets: 1
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.3: Alfheim: Million Dollar Baby by Amy Patricia Meade. The rating was 3.51 when I selected it (unchanged at day of posting). Amy Patricia Meade is a GoodReads author.
Task 5.7: Nidavellir: Sleight of Paw by Sofie Kelly. The book has 336 pages.
Task 15.10: Would I lie to you?: Grace Under Pressure by Julie Hyzy has lie intact in the author's name, Julie Hyzy. Julie Huzy is a GoodReads author.
Totals this posting:
Total Points: 25
Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0;
Summary Totals:
Total Points: 300
Books Read: 22
Tasks Completed: 15
GoodReads Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0;
Julie D5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
Boxers by Gene Luen Yang
rating 3.84 on mai 27, 2015
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves
Saints by Gene Luen Yang
170 pages (paperback)
10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day
The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom by Christopher Healy
IL: MG - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 12.0
480 pages (paperback)
10.3 - Earth Day
Where Do Camels Belong by Ken Thompson
10.4 - May the Fourth Be With You
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
Current Post
Points: 40
Total
Points: 40
Amy FL5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir
Collusion (Col/lus/ion)
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice (160 pages)
5.8 Niflheim, the Home of the Dead
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith (aka J.K. Rowling)
10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day
If I Should Die (499 pages)
10.4 - May the Fourth Be With You
Brain Wave
10.6 - Older Americans Month
The Stranger by Harlan Coben (per Goodreads page, born in Newark, New Jersey, The United States, January 04, 1962)
10.7 - Typhoid Mary
The Twelve (on page 1 of list at #44)
10.8 - The Vikings are Coming
Broken Harbor
10.9 - Over the Rainbow
The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey (ROY G BIV)
Points this post: 75
Total points: 75
LORI TX50.1 1-2-3-Go!
1. Boomerang by Noelle August (325 pages)
2. (a) #2 Betrayals by Lili St. Crow (304 pages)
3. (a&c) All Broke Down by Cora Carmack (368 pages)
Points this post = 50
Total points = 125
25.12 - Elizabeth B's Task: Independence DayOption A, genre War: An Unwilling Accomplice by Charles Todd
Option D, death in the title: A Presumption of Death by Jill Paton Walsh
Points this post: 25
Total points: 825
Adria25.10: Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up
I chose Options 3 & 4
Option 3: Author has same first name as Oscar Winner for Best SA
The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra by Helen Rappaport
Helen Hayes won in 1970.
Option 4: Author's initials appear in GLORY/SELMA
Stone Mattress: Nine Tales by Margaret Atwood
Points this post: 25
Total points: 150
Delicious Dee30.1 - Jonquil's Task: Straight on Till Morning
Book 1 -
- Jane Harvey-Berrick (GR Author) - ferris wheel on the cover; NOT a re-readBook 2 - Naughty Bits - she is making a career change from a financial advisor to a store owner; NOT a re-read
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 910
Goodreads Authors: 56
5.3 - Alfheim, the Home of the Light ElvesBook with GR rating of 3.5 or higher
What Matters Most by ***Goodreads Author Bette Lee Crosby which has a 4.02 rating on 5/27.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 265/1035
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 20
GoodReads Authors: 13
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ (1)
This may be my last book of the challenge since we are heading out camping tomorrow and I won't have internet access again until Monday. If it is, I just wanted to thank the mods and task creators for another great season.
Amy N.25.8 - Coralie's Task: Anzac Day
25 April 2015 is the centenary of Anzac day.
Read 2 books from the following options. You MAY do the same option twice.
Required: Indicate the option(s).
Option 1: WHO?
They were Australian and New Zealanders.
Read a book written by an author born in Australia or New Zealand.
Required: If the author's birthplace is not indicated on his or her Goodreads profile page include a reference.
Option 2: WHAT?
They were fighting a war.
Read a book with the genre 'war' on the main page. The genre must be stand-alone NOT embedded.
Option 3: WHERE?
They were fighting in Turkey.
Read a book set (at least 50%) in Turkey.
Option 4: WHEN?
The war was between 1914 and 1918.
Read a book first published between 1914 and 1918 inclusive.
Option 1: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Completed 4/6/15 Claiming Goodreads Author
Option 2: I Remember You by Cathleen Davitt Bell Completed 5/23/15 Claiming Goodreads Author
This Task: 25
Total points: 115
Books Read: 10
Goodreads Author: 7
Total Tasks Completed: 6
Big Ticket Books: 0
Dakimel10.1 - Remarkable Women
I read The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb - #73 on pg 1 of list
TALLY:
This post - 10 points
Total - 1035
(woohoo!)
MELANIE CTASK NAME: 15.2 Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown
Book 1:
Louisa and the Missing Heiress by Anna Maclean
Qualifier: letters AESIR in the title
Book 2: Rivals in the City by Y.S. Lee
Qualifier: letters VANIR in the title.
Claiming GRA for Y.S. Lee
Points this task: 15
Points Total: 375
Tasks Completed: 22
GR Author: (adjusting)
Big Books: 1
BEKKA - 20.10 - Group ReadsFor this task, I read “Will Grayson, Will Grayson” by John Green and David Leviathan. I commented on the discussion thread in post 48.
Also, John Green is a Goodreads Author, so I’m claiming a ticket for that.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 20
Total Points Earned to Date: 145
Pages Read this Challenge: 310
Total Pages Read to Date: 3256
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Book Tickets: 500( 1 ), 750(), 1000()
Task 20.1: What's in a NameOption 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.
Required: State the shelf and the page on which your book appeared.
On: May 27, 2015
Page 8 of Did-not-finish (shelved 33 times as did-not-finish)
Storm Front (The Dresden Files #1) (2000) by Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author) (Paperback 322 pages)
** Jim Butcher is a Goodreads Author.**
590 + 20 = 610
Tasks Completed: 33
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 590 + 20 = 610
Books read: 50
Pages read: 15,452
Read but not claimed: 1
Goodreads Authors: 19
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
10.1 - Remarkable WomenThe Forest Lover by Susan Vreeland, found on the first page (#96) of the Remarkable Historical Women in Fiction list
Points this post: 10
Total points: 835
Maddie5.10: Yggdrasil: Read a book of your choice!
Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things
(I found it on my bookshelf and it was fascinating!)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 70
Elizabeth B10.7 - Typhoid Mary
The Constant Gardener found in page 1 on the Apocalypse by Epidemic list
I read the greek edition Ο επίμονος κηπουρός
10.10 - The Odd Couple
Serving Simon, e-book only, approved for length at msg# 4670 of the verification thread
Points:20
Total:1020
JUKKA15.2. Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown
Books with letters AESIR and VANIR in title/subtitle.
Book 1: Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch
Book 2: Sex Criminals, Vol. 1: One Weird Trick by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky
15.3. Is it Live or is it Memorex?
Option 2: Book with a four-word title, published between 1965 and 1979.
Adventure, Mystery, and Romance: Formula Stories as Art and Popular Culture by John G. Cawelti, first published in 1976.
30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library!
Two books from new authors, shelved in same shelf as two books from authors that were new to me in previous challenge.
New authors from previous challenge: Pekka Vartiainen (shelf TWE-WAH) and Walt Whitman (shelf WHI-WOK)
Books read for this challenge, both by authors that were new to me:
Book 1: Hänen olivat linnut by Marja-Liisa Vartio (shelf TWE-WAH). The book has been translated into English as Parson's Widow.
Book 2: Wisdom From My Internet by Michael Z. Williamson (shelf WHI-WOK). Book is only in ebook, verification document line 2391.
Points This Post: 60
Total Points: 445
Books Read: 38
LAUREN JODI25.8 - Coralie's Task: Anzac Day
Option 1: WHO?
The Curious Case Of The Clockwork Menace by Bec McMaster*
As per her GR page, Bec McMaster was born in Australia
Approved for length in post #4657 of the eBook Verification thread
Option 3: WHERE?
Defender by Catherine Mann*
Set in Incirlik, Turkey
*Goodreads Author
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 645/1035
Total Books Read: 53
Tasks Completed: 38/59
Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Goodreads Authors: 43
Big Books: 0
ASHLEY OZMarkus Zusak25.8 - Coralie's Task: Anzac Day
Option 1: WHO?
Read a book written by an author born in Australia or New Zealand.
The President's Lunch by Jenny Bond
The Messenger by Markus Zusak
POINTS
This Post: 25
Total Points: 710
Books Read: 53
Completed Tasks: 36
Jamie NYCTask #25.7 - Dakimel’s Task: Awards Season
Book 1: Read a book from this year’s Tournament of Books Rooster list
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
#24 on Tournament of Books long list
Book 2: Read (or listen to!) a nominee for a 2015 Audies award
I listened to Yes Please by Amy Poehler and narrated by the author. This is nominated in the AUTOBIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR category for the 2015 Audies and YES it deserves to win.
The hardcover edition is here: Yes Please
Current
Points this post: 25
Books: 2
Tasks: 1
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Cumulative
Total Points: 970
Books: 77
Tasks: 54
Mod
10.5 - Cinco de MayoBorn to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall - approved on task board
Points this post: 10
Grand Total: 875
Goodreads Authors: 32
Marina H5.1 Asgard, the Home of the Aesir
Er der nogen?
20.10 - Group Reads
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Points this post: 25
Total points: 380
NIKKI20.2 Rookie at the Top
Option 1 - book has midwife in title
It Shouldn't Happen to a Midwife: More Nursing Tales from the Swinging Sixties by Jane Yeadon
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25.1 Catherine T's Task
Book 1 - Male Author, new book to me, 1st in Series, pub 2003, 446pages
Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
Book 2 - Female, new book to me, Not 1st book, pub 1985, 311pages
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Books 18 yrs & 135pages apart
Total pages - 757
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25.12 Elizabeth B's Task
Option A - Book with War in genre
My Early Life, 1874-1904 by Winston S. Churchill
Option D - Book with "OR" in title
Slapstick or Lonesome No More! by Kurt Vonnegut
Previous Total - 965
This Post - 70
GRAND TOTAL - 1035 DONE !!!!!
Thanks moderators and task people for another great challenge. The amount of work you all do to run this event is phenomenal and its appreciated xxx.
Cindy C.Task 20.6 Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B
Part A: A Blossom on the cover (there is a large white rose on the cover of the version I read).
Part B: Must include number from Diane's birth date. My version has 300 pages.
**Alex Flinn is a Goodreads Author.**
Beastly
Points this post: 20
Total points: 570
Total tasks: 30
GRA: 16
Big Books: (500+): 3
FANDURY25.12 - Elizabeth B's Task: Independence Day
Option C: Read a book that was first published in March of any year.
When Nights Were Cold by Susanna Jones
This book was first published in March 2012
Option D: Read a book with one of these three words: freedom, or, death in the title or subtitle.
The Death House by Sarah Pinborough
This book has the word Death in the title.
Sarah Pinborough is a Goodreads Author!
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 560
Books Read: 35
Goodreads Authors: 16
Big Books:500+(3)750+(1)1000+(0)
15.4. Spring Reads A. Read a book first published in a year that ends in 3, 4, or 5.
B. Read a book whose author’s initials can be found in the word SPRING.
Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
A. Published 1853
B. Solomon Northup
Task: 15
Total: 980
SweetMelissa5.1 Asgard, the Home of the Aesir
O Pioneers!, Willa Cather, 4/5/15
5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir
The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton (GRA), 4/2/15
Required: state the word = Outsiders, AR Info: IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7.0
5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson, Mitch Albom (GRA), 4/9/15, rated 4.01
5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans
, Laurie Halse Anderson (GRA), 3/10/15, AR info: IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7.05.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds
Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston, 5/26/15
10.2 Blah, Blah, Blah Day
The Song of the Lark, Willa Cather, 417 pages, 4/7/15
15.1.Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong?
Book 1: If I Stay, Gayle Forman (GRA), 4/12/15
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book 2: The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern, 4/3/15
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
15.2. Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown
Book 1: Nights in Rodanthe, Nicholas Sparks (GRA), 3/19/15
Book 2: Alice + Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis, Alexis Coe (GRA), 4/22/15
15.7.Pi Day
My Ántonia, Willa Cather, Great Plains Trilogy 3, 4/8/15
20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love
Option 1: Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer (GRA) - new to me author, 4/3/15
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B
(bumbershoot - umbrella), Jacqueline Winspear (GRA), 309 pages, 5/20/1520.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers
Option 1: Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder, Joanne Fluke (GRA), book set in MN and I live in MN, 5/2/15
25.1 - Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge
Book 1, by a male author, #1 in a series: Home to Harmony: A Harmony Novel, Philip Gulley, new to me, first published 2000, 237 pgs, 5/6/15
Book 2, by a female author, not first book or #1: The Art Forger, B.A. Shapiro (GRA), stand alone book, new to me, published 2012, 360 pgs, 5/6/15
Both books are new to me
Years published: 2000, 2012
Total pages = 237 + 360 = 597
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
Option 1:
, Kristin Hannah (GRA), 4/8/15Option 3: The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch, 4/3/15
25.7 - Dakimel’s Task: Awards Season
Option A: The Paying Guests, Sarah Waters, book 20 on list, 576 pgs (BBT), 3/28/15
Option B: Breakfast at Tiffany's, Truman Capote, book 40 on list, 5/28/15
25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up
Option 1: Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck, 103 pgs, 5/23/15
Option 4: Still Alice, Lisa Genova (GRA), 5/20/15
25.12 - Elizabeth B's Task: Independence Day
Option A: Sarah's Key, Tatiana de Rosnay (GRA), 5/13/15
Option B: North and South, John Jakes, 812 pgs (BBT), 4/24/15
30.3 - Teri-k's Task: Your Own Personal Tardis
Option 1: The Red Tent, Anita Diamant (GRA), set in ancient world, 4/25/15
Option 4: The 19th Wife, David Ebershoff (GRA), part is set in 1870s, 514 pgs (BBT), 3/3/15
30.4. - Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas
Book 1, Christian Shelf: When Calls the Heart, Janette Oke, 3/31/15
Book 2, 1 friend, 5/13/15: Room, Emma Donoghue (GRA), 5/16/15
30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t
Book 1, Historial Fiction: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See (GRA), 258 pgs, 4/12/15
Book 2, Paranormal: Undead and Unwed, MaryJanice Davidson (GRA), 255 pgs, 5/25/15
30.6 - Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!
Option B: Life After Life, Kate Atkinson, 544 pgs (BBT), 5/12/15
Option D: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, #7 on list on 2/22/15, 3/17/15
50.1- Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go!
Book 1: Identical, Ellen Hopkins (GRA), 565 pgs (BBT), 4/7/15
Book 2: Invisible Murder, Lene Kaaberbol, #2 in Nina Borg series and 352 pgs, 5/28/15
Book 3: The Silent Wife, A.S.A. Harrison, triple letter = A, 4/29/15
Points this post: 435
Goodread authors this post: 19
Big Book Tickets this post
500 pgs: 4
750 pgs: 1
Total points: 535
Total Goodread authors: 23
Total Big Book Tickets
500 pgs: 4
750 pgs: 1
1000 pgs: 0
10.3 - Earth DayApril 22nd is Earth Day. Read a non-fiction book with the genre "environment" on its main page. The genre may stand alone or be embedded.
I read Cathedral of the Wild: An African Journey Home, which has "environment" on its main page
Points: 290
GR authors: 12
Books read: 23
Tasks completed: 18
Big books: 2(500)
Pages read: 8043
Catherine TTask 20.10 - Group Reads
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
I commented here
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total points = 1035
15.8 Women in War Read a book in which the main character is a woman who engages or engaged in military combat or who serves or served in a combat area (for instance, nurses in battle zones). Hitler's Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields by Wendy Lower
Task: 15
Total: 995
10.9 - Over the RainbowAuthor's initials in ROY G BIV
Royal Blood by ***Goodreads Author Rhys Bowen
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 275/1035
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 21
GoodReads Authors: 14
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ (1)
Kristen IA20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers
Choose one of the four options and read one book:
Required: Indicate the option.
Option 1: Read a book set in (at least 50%) the city or state/county/province where you currently live, or a book by an author who was born or currently lives in your city/state/county/province.
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Required: I live in Iowa and the book takes place in Gilead, Iowa.
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 305/1035
Total Books Read: 23
Tasks Completed: 16/59
Goodreads Authors This Post: 0
Total Goodreads Authors: 18
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden QuotesOption 2: Read a book with the main page genre of “Crime”, “Mystery”, “Suspense”, or Thriller”.
I read Dark Rooms by Lili Anolik. This is not a reread for me.
Option 3: Read an autobiography or memoir.
I read True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa by Michael Finkel. This is not a reread for me.
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden QuotesThis is a two book task
OPTION 2: “Garden design is all about concealment and surprise.” –- Andrew Crofts
Read a book with the main page genre of “Crime”, “Mystery”, “Suspense”, or “Thriller”..
After Her by Goodreads Author Joyce Maynard has the main page genres of “Mystery”, “Suspense”, and “ Thriller”.
OPTION 3: “Gardens are a form of autobiography,” -- Robert Dash.
Read an autobiography or memoir.
Now I See You: A Memoir by Goodreads Author Nicole C. Kear is a memoir.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 305
Total Goodreads Authors: 11
Total Tasks Completed: 15
Total Books Read: 20
SHELLEY UT25.4 - Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies.
Option 1: Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison
Movie: The Black Cauldron
Option 3: Killer Pancake by Diane Mott Davidson
Both authors are goodreads authors.
Black Magic Sanction is a big book.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 270
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 29
Goodreads authors: 21
Big books: 500+ (4); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
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5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
Read a book rated 3.5 or higher.
Teaching the Cat to Sit: A Memoir by Michelle Theall
rating: 4.26
***Michelle Theall is a Goodreads author***
+5
total: 80
tasks: 6
books: 7
GR authors: 1