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SPRING CHALLENGE 2011: AUSTRALIA
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Spring Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS)
10.8. Come On, Eat Your Spinach: Banana Fish, Vol. 1 3/19
Pretty good graphic novel. I think I will go on to read the rest of this series!
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 395
Tasks Completed: 27
Books Read: 31
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
I'm LindseyMA and I completed 3 tasksTask 5.9 - I read Jane Austen's Guide to Good Manners which was 144 pages.
Task 20.7 - All of my favorite quotes including "We must learn to live together as brothers, or perish together as fools" is from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. So I read What Would Martin Say? by Clarence Jones, MLK's close friend.
Task 30.4 - Fort part A, I read The Big-Ass Book of Crafts because I love crafting. For part B, I read The Help which is about a group of maids in Mississippi.
Kathryn Stockett is a goodreads' author.
Total Points - 125
Goodreads' authors - 5
20.10 - Group ReadThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Post 20 in the discussion thread.
Total points to date 130
Angela NY30.6 Melanie's Task: Myth-behaving Greeks
I rolled 2 and 1 on the dice.
Book A
2. Hera: Everything Is Illuminated The main character is not only searching for the woman who saved his grandfather during WWII but throughout the story is telling the history of his ancestry through many generations. (pre-approved)
Book B
1. Aeschylus: A Thousand Splendid Suns Incredibly sad book, but what an excellent read.
This Post: 30
Total Points: 45
Tasks Completed: 2
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Angela NY 5.9 Shrimp on the Barbie
Speak
This book was 198 pages. Also, Laurie Halse Anderson is a Goodreads Author.
This Post: 5
Total Points: 50
Tasks Completed: 3
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
BJ Rose2 new tasks
5.10 Read a book originally written in a language that is not your native language.
My native language is English - this book was originally written in French
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
15.3 -- Earth Day: choose two of the following:
A. Reduce: Read any book listed as one of the 22 oldest books on your TBR list.
A Dangerous Beauty by Sophia Nash - has been on my TBR since Feb 2009
C. Recycle: Read a book you've borrowed from the library...
Agnes and the Hitman by Jennifer Crusie**
Jennifer Crusie is a GoodReads Author
Total Points = 110
Tasks Completed = 12
Total Pages = 4,289
GoodReads Authors = 2
Big Books: (500+) = 1
I completed task 5.7 Going Green:I read Indulgence in Death (In Death, #31) by J.D. Robb.
This was an e-book that I purchased on my Nook.
Tasks Complete: 2
Total Points: 10
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5.7 Going Green:
Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn (19 Mar 11)
** GOODREADS AUTHOR **
Required: I got it through Paperbackswap.com
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15.10 Spring Break -Take a break and read any book you choose.
Paying the Virgin's Price by Christine Merrill (12 Mar 11)
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20.1. Most Improved Player. Cindy AL's Task: Lassiez Les Bon Temps Rouler!
Queen of Shadows by Dianne Sylvan (14 Mar 11)
** GOODREADS AUTHOR **
Choice #1 - Read a book written by an author whose initials are in the following: J,O,E,C,A,I,N,F,A,T,T,U,E,S,D,A,Y.
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20.4 Author, Author. Tracyj's Task: The Royal Wedding
The Convenient Marriage by Georgette Heyer (18 Mar 11)
***Audiobook - book link above is to the edition I own/used. 408 pages
Choice #1 - Read a fiction or non-fiction book whose title or sub-title contains one of the following words: royal, wedding, prince, princess, husband, wife or marriage.
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This Post:
Points: 60
Completed Tasks: 4
Good Read Authors: 2
Big Books: 0
10.5 - It Takes TwoMidnight's Daughter by Karen Chance
20.4 - The Royal Wedding
Pleasure of a Dark Prince by Kresley Cole
20.6 - Young Adult Series
Torment by Lauren Kate**
Torment is 452 pages long
Lauren Kate is a Goodreads Author
Total Points to Date: 160
20.7 -- Quips and QuotesOne of my favorite quotes is Bob Bitchin's "Don't just dream your life, live your dream."
I read The Accidental Bestseller by Wendy Wax.
The four women in this book are living their dream--they're all published authors. But when one of the friend's career falters, the other three rally around and decide to do something about it. Even though they go into the project with the best of intentions, it has the potential to ruin all their careers and end their friendship. This book gives a great insider's look at the publishing business. It was my first 5 star book of this challenge.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 40/910
Tasks Completed: 2/54
Tasks in Progress: 25.2, 25.4; 30.1, 30.2
Books Read: 6
Books from my book shelves: 1
Brenda WI 5.6 Book with water on the cover Simply Sailing: A Different Approach to a Life of Adventure
5.9 Fantasy Coraline
10.4 Mystery I, Alex Cross
15.7 Scientist plays important role The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
35 points this post + 0 previous = 35 points total
15.2 Blurb ItI read this edition of Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
The cover carries a quote by Stephenie Meyer, so I also read Midnight Sun
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 270
Tasks Completed: 20
Books Read: 21
Goodreads Author Books: 2
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(1)
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read Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George
by Jessica Day George is a GOODREADS author.
I read this book because I want to go Disneyworld and eat in Cinderella's castle and wear a tiara. I want to be a princess.
read Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren off the list.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 210/910
Total pages 3958
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 14
Goodreads Author Books: 4
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Task 5.9 - Shrimp on the BarieDinner with a Perfect Stranger: An Invitation Worth ConsideringDavid Gregory
This book has 100 pages
Points this task: 5
Points to date: 45
Task 20.1 - Mardi Gras
book required to have a type of cake in the title
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake byAimee Bender
Points this task: 20
Points to date: 65
Southpaw285Completed Task #10.5 - It Takes Two
Whispering Rock by Robyn Carr
This Post: 10 Points
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Total challenge points as of 03/19/11 = 40
Michelle WI15.3 Earth Day
A. Reduce - T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton
C. Recycle - The Woods by Harlan Coben - borrowed from the library
***** The Woods was 509 pages so I'd like to claim a big book ticket *****
Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 65
Amy W15.7 Lab Lit
I read Ape House by Sara Gruen. A main character is a primatologist and the book was specifically approved in the help thread.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 50
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
RACHEL CA: 50 points total25.05 MARCH MADNESS
Bloodroot by Amy Greene
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
(Both from 2011 Tournament of Books)
Amy Greene is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
Points: 25
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Goodreads authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
25.2 Your Bucket Lista) Volunteering in a third world country is on my bucket list, so I chose to read Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal by Conor Grennan - a story about a man who volunteers in a Nepali orphanage and then sets off to find the families of these lost children
b) Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Conor Grennan is a goodreads author
Anna Karenina is a big book at 838 pages
Points this Task: 25
Total Points 70
Tasks complete: 4
Books read: 7
Pages read: 2,540
Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (0) 750+ (1) 1000+ (0)
30.6 Myth-behaving GreeksBook A - Rolled a 6 A book where a main character is a farmer, rancher or lives off the land.
Lone Star Trouble by Autumn Piper
The main character is a rancher.
Book B - Rolled a 2 Read a romance
Unlacing the Innocent Miss by Margaret McPhee
This Post: 30
Total Points: 70
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 5
Goodreads Authors: 0 ()
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Jennifer KS20.9. Lucky Me! Laurie's Task
I read The Murder Book by Jonathan Kellerman
Points this Task 20
Total Points 80
Tasks Complete 7
Books Read 7
Pages Read 2670
10.5. It Takes TwoI read Wicked Richmond by Beth Brown (GoodReads author).
Note that when you go to the GoodReads link of the book, it reads as Wicked Richmond (VA). However, nowhere on or in the book does the (VA) appear, nor does it appear on the inner page listing the ISBN number.
Beth Brown is a GoodReads author
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5
Total Tasks completed: 1
Total Books Read: 1
Total Pages Read: 106
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
Readerboard Name: Gina NY
Task 5.5: I'm Tellin
Task 10.4 Elementary Mr. Watson: A mystery book
Total Points: 65 Points
Task 5.5: I'm Tellin
Task 10.4 Elementary Mr. Watson: A mystery book
Total Points: 65 Points
Task # 10.6 Respect your Elders. Originally Published in 1959.
Cat Among the Pigeonsby Agatha Christie
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 25
Total Tasks Completed: 3
Total Books Read: 3
Total Pages Read: 650
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
10.6 Respect Your EldersLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Originally published in 1868
Total points: 85
Kathleen FL20.7 Quips and Quotes:
On Folly Beach
My Quote: "A fragrant breeze wandered up from the quiet sea, trailed along the beach, and drifted back to the sea again, wondering where to go next. On a mad impulse it went up to the beach again. It drifted back to sea."
— Douglas Adams
I love both beaches and Douglas Adams:-)
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Goodreads Author Books: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
15.9 In Like a Lion, Out Like a LambThe picture of an animal on the cover
Has butterflies and birds on it.
Total points 20
Tasks completed 2
Books read 2
Goodreads Author Books 0
Big Book Points 500+ (0) 750+ (0) 1000+ (0)
5.10 Kia OraThe Carnivorous Lamb by Agustin Gomez-Arcos
Originally written in French, I read it in English (my native language)
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 275
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 22
Goodreads Author Books: 2
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(1)
BLUEMOON30.6 - MYTH-BEHAVING GREEKS - I rolled a 4 and a 3. So for part A (Hades) I read a book with the word cemetery in it Cemetery Dance (3*). For B (Herodotus- Historical fiction) I read Year of Wonders (4*).
TOTAL POINTS - 100
5.7 Going Green:Magic Study by Maria V. Snyder (416 pages)
The edition I read is an e-book.
** Maria V. Snyder is a Goodreads author **
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15.4 (B) It's a Repeat, two-book alternative
Tod im Augustinerhof by Dirk Kruse (332 pages) AND
Der Tod wartet by Agatha Christie (audiobook, paperback edition counts 250 pages)
Both titles include the word "Tod", which translates to "death" in English.
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20.3 Happy International Women's Day
Fire Study by Maria V. Snyder (315 pages)
Maria V. Snyder is an American author, I'm German.
** Maria V. Snyder is a Goodreads author **
Task Points this post: 40
Total Points: 105/910
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 11
Pages Read: 4431
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
20.4 The Royal WeddingThe OBSESSION: A Novel by Catherine Cookson. Author's first name is Catherine.
Points: 20
Total Points: 145
Total Tasks Completed: 7
Total Books Read: 12
Total GR Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (2)
5.3 Gimme FiveA Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews
5.9 Shrimp On The Barbie
Scott Pilgrim vs The Universe by Bryan Lee O'Malley
15.5 Award Me
Room by Emma Donoghue
Emma Donoghue is a Goodreads Author.
20.9 Lucky Me
Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'Neill
Points This Post: 45
Total Points: 45
5.3 Gimme Five:I read The Strange Return of Sherlock Holmes by Barry Grant
Points this post: 5
Tasks Completed: 2
Total Points: 15
Readerboard name: Michelle VA30.5 All the world's a birthday cake:
My bday is April 4;
Shannon is also April 4 Hex Hall
*Rachel Hawkins is a Goodreads Author*
&
Hawkeye Jackie is also April 4: The Hunger Games
Points this post: 30
Tasks Completed: 2
Total Points: 35
Nickboy.30.2 Sheila's Guilty Pleasures:
Dear John by Nicholas Sparks for American Idol winner Jordin Sparks -- 276 pages
True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey for Dancing with the Stars winner Kelly Monaco -- 384 pages
Task Points: 30
Total Points:125/910
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 12
Pages Read: 3215
Goodreads Authors: 0
25.1 In my backyarda) anchor - I read Murder on the QE2 which takes place primarily on the QE2.
d) restaurant - I read The Main Corpse - main character is a caterer.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 155
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 14
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: StacyCT5.4 - Fan Club
Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
(This book was rated 5 stars by Lilly G, a fan of Margaret Atwood)
Task Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 4
Total Points Earned: 60
Total Books Read: 5
Pages Read: 1538
GoodReads Authors:
Big Book Tickets: 500+(), 750+(), 1000+()
10.6 Respect Your EldersCatch-22 by Joseph Heller pub. 1955
10.8 Eat Your Spinach
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 60
Total GR Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
25.1. Coralie's Task:In my BackyardI read d: As Always, Julia
and h: Sh*t my Dad Says
total points: 75
Total GR Authors: 1
Total Big Books 750+ (1)
Books read: 7
tasks completed: 4
pages read: 2651
Casey TN10.2 - Say What?
I read Where Is He Now? by Jennifer Greene
20.7 - Quips and Quotes
One of my favorite quotes is taken from the song "Blackbird" by the Beatles.
"Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise."
So I read Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer. (using the word life)
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 70
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
I completed 20.10 Group Reads by reading "I Am Number Four" by PIttacus Lore.Tasks Completed 8
Books Read: 9
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: 0
Grand Total: 105
KAREN OZTask 20.9 - Lucky Me! Laurie's Task
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind
Task 15.8 - From a Different Perspective
The Storyteller by Sharon Tillotson - a GR author
Note: book was approved in the Q&A section - being told from the perspective of a 'Soul'
Task 15.10 - Spring Break
Advance Reader Copy The Cellar by AJ Whitten
Task 10.10 - The Final Frontiers:
Voice of the Gods - The Age of Five 3 by Trudi Canavan
586 pgs claiming Big Book ticket (>500 pages)
Task 5.4 - Fan Club
Maureen McGowan's fan: Kristi Stern
Advance Reader Copy Sleeping Beauty: Vampire Slayer by Maureen McGowan - a GR author
This post: 65 points
Total to Date = 105 points
20.1. Most Improved Player. Cindy AL's Task: Lassiez Les Bon Temps Rouler!
1) Read a book written by an author whose initials are in the following:
J, O,E, C ,A,I,N, F ,A,T,T,U,E,S,D,A,Y.
A Death of Honor (1987) by Joe Clifford Faust (Hardcover, 1st, 326 pages)
Joe Clifford Faust
20 + 20 = 40
Tasks Completed: 3
Points for this task: 20
Points thus far: 20 + 20 = 40
Books read: 3
Pages Read: 973
Read but not claimed: 3
30.3 Yours, Mine and OursA: My Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
B: The Bride's Farewell by Meg Rosoff
Main character Pell Ridley leaves home with her small half-brother Bean and a pony. Bean is soon lost and Pell spends much of the rest of the book looking for him. Bean's mother, who conceived the child with Pell's father, also appears in the story.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 305
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 24
Goodreads Author Books: 2
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(1)
Jennifer KS10.8. Come On, Eat Your Spinach:
I read the Land of Mango Sunsets by Dorothea Benton Frank. I am claiming a Goodreads Author ticket for her.
Points this task 10
Total Points 90
Tasks complete 8
Books read 8
Pages read 3024
Goodread Authors 3
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by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 225/910
Total pages 4287
Tasks Completed: 11/54
Books Read: 15/71
Goodreads Author Books: 4
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.9 Shrimp on the Barbie - Summer Reading Is Killing Me by Jon Scieszka (69 pages)15.6 The Truth Is... - Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures by Robert Wittman. Inspired by recovery of missing Rembrandt painting in Rembrandt Affair by Daniel Silva
20.2 Random Words - The Athena Projectby Brad Thor- Words - Velcro, Flirt,Tongue, Project, Waltz
Tasks completed: 3
Points: 40 points
Books read: 3
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20.2 Rookie at the Top. Travelgirlut's Task: Random Words
My words: Texas, coach, fountain, limit, lunch
Book: Don't Get Too Comfortable: The Indignities of Coach Class, The Torments of Low Thread Count, The Never-Ending Quest for Artisanal Olive Oil, and Other First World Problems, David Rakoff
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 5
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)