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SPRING CHALLENGE 2015
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Cindy C.Task 10.6-Older Americans Month
Read a book by an American author currently 50 years of age or older.
Ann Rule was born October 22, 1935 in Michigan.
**Claiming Big Book as it has 523 pages.**
The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up
Task 20.4-Author! Author!-Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
Option 1: Read a book with exactly two people on the cover. Approved in Help Thread message 17.
And the Band Played On . . .: The Titanic Violinist and the Glovemaker: A True Story of Love, Loss and Betrayal
Points this post: 30
Total points: 45
Total tasks: 3
GRA: 1
Big Books: (500+): 1
Laura NT5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir
Read a book with a nine letter word in the title or subtitle
Clockwork Angel
Clo-ckw-ork = 9 letters
Points this post = 5
Total points = 5
MIMI MICHELE20.10 Group Read
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
My comment on the group discussion is #9.
Both of these authors are a GR Author
CURRENT POST
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 30
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
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Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
CMFRUIN5.6 Svartalfheim -- read a book with a wolf on the cover.
I read Fables Vol. 5: The Mean Seasons. There is a wolf on the cover.
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This Post: 5
Total Points: 20
Books Read: 2
Completed Tasks: 2
Goodreads Authors: 1
SweetMelissa5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants
Young Adult on its main page
Thirteen Reasons Why, Jay Asher (GRA), 3/5/15
10.3 Earth Day
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail, Bill Bryson, 3/9/15
20.3 Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 5: If He Be Worthy (not a re-read)
Code Name Verity, Elizabeth Wein (GRA), 3/7/15
Points this post: 35
Goodread Authors this post: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total points: 35
Total Goodreads authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Erin NY (I haven't participated in a while, and I am excited to jump in again!)
10.4 Genre sci-fi
Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson.
* Big book: 647 pp
15.5 Shortlisted for women authors price -- Baileys/Orange prize
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
20.3 Option 2 - Genre "magic realism"
First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen
* Sarah Addison Allen is a Goodreads author
Total Points: 45
Tasks Completed: 3
Tasks in progress: 3
Books Read: 6
Pages Read: 2,998
OHMYMY5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves.
Read a book with a wolf on the cover OR read a book with "wolf" in the title or subtitle.
Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
POINTS
This Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Books Read: 1
Completed Tasks: 1
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- BellaGBear’s Task: Relive Childhood Feelings
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark HaddonREQUIREMENTS : Popular Child Narrator Books, Page 1, Book 3
CURRENT POST
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 80
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
LAUREN JODI15.4. Spring Reads
Option 2: Satisfies both A & B
The Pride of Jared MacKade by Nora Roberts
A - Published in 1995
B - Author’s initials in SPRING: N and R
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 15/1035
Total Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1/59
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 0
Ana20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name
Option 4, Page 2 of DId Not Finish
by Marissa Meyer.***GoodReads Author***
Points this Post 20
Total Points 40
Tasks Completed 2
Books Read 2
Total Pages 586
GoodReads Author 1
Big Book Tickets 0
15.5. International Women's DayRead a book that won or was shortlisted for the Baileys Prize/Orange Prize, the Orange Prize for New Writers, or the Stella Prize, awards for fiction written by women.
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Won the Bailey's Prize in 2012
Madeline Miller is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 90
Books Read: 8
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
HINA10.5 - Cinco de Mayo - Read a book set in Mexico or written by a Mexican author.
Wild Orchids by Karen Robards.
Almost all of the book (97%) takes place in Mexico.
Current post:
Points: 10
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 80
Total Goodreads Authors: 4
Total Big Book Tickets:
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Katrina 20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 3: Next book in a series. This book is number 15 in a series that I've been reading, this book is not a re-read.
Toxic by Sara Shepard *goodreads author*
This Post: 20
Total Points: 75/1035
Books Read: 6
Completed Tasks: 6/59
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 0
LOULOU20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
Option 2. Read a book with a three-word title. Two of the words must start with the same letter.
Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente
Notes: "Six-Gun" has been approved in the help thread as one word, therefore Six-Gun Snow White.
There is no mass market paperback for this book, but there is a hardcover with 168 pages: Six-Gun Snow White.
Catherynne M. Valente is a Goodreads Author and I am claiming ONE GRA ticket.
This post
Points: 20
GRA: 1
BB tickets: 0
Tasks complete: 1
Overall
Points: 20
GRA: 1
BB tickets 500+: 0
BB tickets 750+: 0
BB tickets 1000+: 0
Tasks complete: 1
MORGAN FAERIESFOLLY10.9 Over the Rainbow
REQUIRED: Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in "ROY G BIV." Middle initials can be ignored.
Selection: Saga, Volume 2 -- Brian K. Vaughan
15.9 Better Put on a Heavy Coat!
REQUIRED: Read a book set at least 50% in one of the Nordic countries - Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, or Sweden. (Tampere -- Tampere is a city in Pirkanmaa, southern Finland.)
Selection: As Red as Blood (Lumikki Andersson #1) -- Salla Simukka
I read the kindle edition, the PB has 272 pages.
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This Post: 10 + 15 = 25
Total Points: 70/1035
Books Read: 8
Completed Tasks: 8/59
Pages Read: 1911
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
ESHAY20.3
Option 5: Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Finding True Intimacy by Donald Miller
This book is new to me. Loved this author and I bought it as soon as it was out!
This post: 20
Total: 20
Tasks: 1
GR Authors:
Big Books:
500: 750: 1000:
This is a REPOST for error in reporting task20.3 Best Review--Cait S's Task--Thinly Veiled Marvel References:
3. This book I like it:
The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy byJulia Quinn. Book 4 of the Smythe-Smith Quartet.
This is a new book, and is not a reread.
Today's total: 20
Grand total: 80
Pamela326520.6 Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B
by Julia Quinn (Goodreads Author) - 391 pages20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers
Option 1: I live in Idaho
by Leigh Bale (Goodreads Author) - Set in Idaho20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
by Mia Ross (Goodreads Author) - Most recent release in Barrett's Mill SeriesPoints this post: 60
Total Points: 185
Goodreads Authors this post: 3
Total Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 0
Big Books - 1000+: 0
Amy O. Task #25.2 Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes.
Option 2 - Mystery genre: Jemima Shore's First Case and Other Stories by Antonia Fraser. Book is not a re-read for me.
Option 3 - Memoir genre
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan. Book is not a re-read for me.
Susannah Cahalan is a Goodreads author.
This post: 25 points
Total to Date = 45 points
Total Goodreads Authors Tickets: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 3
SCHATZIE5.6: SVARTALFHEIM, HOME OF THE DARK ELVES
wolf on cover
White Fang
IL: MG BL: 7.4 AR PTS: 13.0
Points this post: 5
Total Challenge Points: 135
GRA: 2
BB (500)- 0
BB (750)- 0
BB (1000)- 0
20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
- The Great Gatsby - F. Scott FitzgeraldREQUIREMENTS : Option Two: Repetition, Repetition, Repetition!
CURRENT POST
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 100
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
20.6 I Spy Spring With the Letter B
Howards End by E.M. ForsterThis book has 359 pages.
It has 2 birds in the upper left part of the cover, and pink blossoms in the lower right part of the cover.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Katrina 20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
Option 2: Final book in a series. This is the final and most recently published book in the Pretty Little Liars series, number 16.
Vicious by Sara Shepard *goodreads author*
This Post: 20
Total Points: 95/1035
Books Read: 7
Completed Tasks: 7/59
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: 0
30.2 Dlmrose's task: Initial ImpressionsBook 1: Hush Hush by Laura Lippman
Laura Lippman = initials L. L.
Book 2: Love Letters: A Rose Harbor Novel by Debbie Macomber
Love Letters = title letters L. L.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 50
Jasmiina F20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References:
Option 2: Read a book with the genre science, science fiction, or magical realism on it’s main page.
Unelmakuolema by Leena Krohn.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 25
GR Authors this post: 0
Total GR Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 0
BBooks - 750+:
BBooks - 1000+:
Catherine TTask 5.4 - Midgard
Read a book with a tree on the cover
Prince Caspian by CS Lewis
IL: MY - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7.0
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total points= 110
ASHLEY V5.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons
Read a book set (at least 50%) in a country found in the Ring of Fire:
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
Book is set in the Amazon Rainforest which lies primarily in Brazil.
CURRENT POST
Points: 5
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 90
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets:
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Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Mod
10.1 - Remarkable Women
Remarkable Women Page 2, #101: God's Daughter by Heather Day Gilbert
PB: God's Daughter
20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love
Option 1: The Cairo Affair by Olen Steinhauer, a new-to-me author
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers
option 1, author from NJ: Another Man's Treasure by S.W. Hubbard She lives in Morristown, NJ I live in the same county in NJ. The book was also set in NJ with many local landmarks
PB: Another Man's Treasure
total = 85
FANDURY20.9 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.
Maplecroft by Cherie Priest
This is the last published book in the series The Borden Dispatches. The expected publishing date for second book in the series is September 2015.
Cherie Priest is a Goodreads Author!
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 100
Books Read: 6
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Jonquil25.5 - Nikki's Task: A Viking Pillage
I have pillaged marzipan and shoes.
Sadly, since they are cozy mysteries, there were deaths.
504 total pages
Don't Make Me Choose Between You and My Shoes
by Dixie Cash
Paperback, 336 pages 3/9
Murder, Money & Marzipan
by Leighann Dobbs
Paperback, 168 pages 3/9
Points this post: 25
Total points: 185
Books posted: 14
Tasks complete: 11
Pages this post: 504
Total pages as of this post: 4302
Catherine TREPOST with cover (d'oh!)
Task 5.4 - Midgard
Read a book with a tree on the cover
by CS LewisIL: MY - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7.0
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total points= 110
BARBARA ★25.1 - Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge
Book One: male author, new-to-me
The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters - Gordon Dahlquist
(Miss Temple, Doctor Svenson, and Cardinal Chang #1, 761 pages, published 2006)
Big Book: 761 pages
Book Two: female author, new-to-me
Better Off Dead in Deadwood - Ann Charles 3/9
(Deadwood #4, 400 pages, published 2013)
Goodreads Author
Both books New-to-Me
Years published: 2006 & 2013
Total Pages: 761 + 400 = 1161
Totals for Challenge
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 75
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books - 500+: (0)
Big Books - 750+: (1)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)
75/1035 POINTS
5.3 Read a book with a Goodreads rating at or above 3.50. Required: Ratings can change so note the date and rating when you select your book.Still Alice by Lisa Genova *Claiming GR Author Ticket*
Currently rated 4.28 on 3/10/15.
This Post: 5
Total: 45
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Goodreads Authors:2
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Pages Read: 1252
trishhartuk20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - BellaGBear's Task: Relive Childhood Feelings
Read a book found on this shelf list Child Narrator or on the listopia Adult Fiction with a Child Protagonist. Required: State which list you used and the page or page and number of your book on the list.
I Am Half-Sick of Shadows, Alan Bradley
Popular Child Narrator Books, Page 1 #34ish, about two-thirds down
Read the kindle version - reference MMPB:
Goodreads Authors: Yes, Alan Bradley is a Goodreads Author
Big Books: No
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Tasks completed: 4
Total points: 70
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 0
5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light ElvesThe Art of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson ***GRA***
(NOT re-read)
Rated 4.44 on 10/3
5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans
Justice Hall by Laurie R. King ***GRA***
(NOT re-read)
THIS POST:
Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 5
Books: 2
GRA Tickets: 2
BB Tickets: [500+:0][750+:0][1000+:0]
TOTAL THIS SEASON:
Points: 215
Tasks Completed: 13
Books: 18
GRA Tickets: 10
BB Tickets: [500+:1][750+:0][1000+:0]
CYNBAXTERTask # 20.10 - Group Reads
11/22/63 by Stephen King*
Group Reads post #16
Stephen King is a Goodreads Author.
11/22/63 is a Big Book (849 pages). Claiming 2 BB ticket.
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date = 65 points
GRA this post: 1
Total GRA to date: 3
BB tickets this post: 2
Total BB tickets to date: 2
Task 20.4 Author AuthorOption #3 So many hours! read a book whose first and last initials are in the word VOLUNTEER
Author: Rupert Thomson R and T are both in volunteer.
20 pts for task.
Nikki B10.2 Blah, Blah, Blah Dar: Read a book with over 400 pages
Airframe
This book has 431 pages
Total Task Points: 10
Total Challenge Points: 70
Total GR Tickets: 5
Total BB tickets: 2
Laura NT10.9 - Over the Rainbow
Read a book written by an author whose initials can be found in "ROY G BIV.
The Kennedy Connection: A Gil Malloy Novel by R.G. Belsky
R, G, and B are all in ROY G BIV
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 15
10.5 Cinco de MayoMexico by James A. Michener is set in Mexico.
10.9 Over the Rainbow
This Family of Mine: What It Was Like Growing Up Gotti by Victoria Gotti.
Today's Total: 20
Grand total: 100
M1NKS15.7.Pi Day
In honor of Pi Day (3/14), read a book that is number 3, 1, 4, 31, or 14 in a series.
The Acceptance World
POINTS
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 15
GR Author: 0
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Tasks Completed: 1
Dakimel5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants
I read
15.4. Spring Reads
I read Earls Just Want to Have Fun - for option 2 - it's published in 2015 & author initials SG are in spring
30.6 Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!
For option A I read Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall
For option B I read A Brief History of Seven Killings
TALLY:
This task - 50 points
Total - 140
REPOST with readerboard name (aaarg, so simple a thing to knock down the no errors until now)Beth Robinson
15.5. International Women's Day
Read a book that won or was shortlisted for the Baileys Prize/Orange Prize, the Orange Prize for New Writers, or the Stella Prize, awards for fiction written by women.
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Won the Bailey's Prize in 2012
Madeline Miller is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 90
Books Read: 8
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Mod
I read Elizabeth of York, with 572 pages.
10.3 - Earth Day
I read Green Is the New Red: An Insider's Account of a Social Movement Under Siege - nonfiction and environment both listed as main page genres.
15.4. Spring Reads
I chose option 2, reading a book that was published in a year ending in 5 and the author of which has initials in SPRING. I read Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman - the book was published in 2015 and NG is found in SPRING.
Points this post: 35
Total points: 75
5. 3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light ElvesI read That Summer by Lauren Willig
Had a rating of 3.59 on 3/1
Current post:
Points: 5
Goodreads Authors: 1 Lauren Willig is a goodreads author
Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Total:
Total Points: 10
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Christine V25.1 - Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge
Book 1: By a male author, #1 in a series The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell. This book is new to me, and the book was first published in 2004.
I read the above Kindle edition. The MMP establishes a page count of 383 pages.
Book 2: By a female author, not her first book or part of a series. Euphoria by Lily King This book is new to me and was first published in 2014.
I read the above audio edition. The Paperback establishes a page count of 257 pages. (No MMP available.)
Lily King is a Goodreads Author ***Claiming GRA Ticket***
Both books are new-to-me.
Years first published: 2004, 2014
Total pages = 383 + 257 = 640
Points this post: 25
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel ReferencesOption 4: He Is My Brother
Read a book where one of the main characters is someone’s brother or has a brother. This fact must be evident from the book’s summary on Goodreads.
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
The following information is included on this book’s summary on Goodreads.
• The narrator is Rosemary Cooke.
• Her adored older brother is a fugitive, wanted by the FBI.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 35
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 2
Becky P15.7.Pi Day
Dead Heat by Patricia Briggs
Points this post-15
Total Points-45
Total GRA-
Total BB-1
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- BellaGBear’s Task: Relive Childhood Feelings The Fault in Our Stars is on this list Child Narrator Claiming Goodreads Author ticket for John Green
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers Blackberry Pie Murder I chose Option 1. This book takes place in Minnesota and I am from Minnesota. Claiming Goodreads author ticket for Joanne Fluke
Total Points Earned: 95/1035
Total Pages Read: 2325/27045
Total Books Read: 7/81
Good Read Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
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