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SPRING CHALLENGE 2011: AUSTRALIA
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Spring Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS)
5.7 Going Green: KindleThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory read 3/20/11
Big Book ticket: 672 pages
15.7 Lab Lit: Major character is a geneticist
Season Of The Harvest by Michael R. Hicks read 3/2/11
Goodreads Author: Michael R. Hicks
15.8 From a Different Perspective: Told from the dog's point of view
A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron read 3/14/11
Goodreads Author: W. Bruce Cameron
Points This Post: 35
Total Points to Date: 35
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
5.7 Going GreenI read cliff's Study Guide: Praxis II, Special Education
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 25
Total tasks completed: 2
Total Books Read: 2
Total Pages Read: 806
Total Goodreads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+(1),750+(0),1000+(0)
I completed task 10.4 elementary my dear watson. I read The Guardian by Nicholas Sparks. It is a love story but also it is about a stalker with "killer" intentions. A very good read but scary at times. Police get involved in the issue and it is a small town station and they are dealing with a very experienced stalker/killer. A good read but it was hard to finish if you are an animal lover.
20.5 Alliterative Authors Associationi read Finding Beauty in a Broken World by Terry Tempest Williams. what a lovely book. gave me a lot to think about.
Books Read: 10/69+
Points Completed: 155/910
Tasks Completed: 6/54
NICOLE VA20.7 Shorter is Sweeter. Tami's task: Quips and Quotes
I chose:
"A room without books is like a body without a soul."
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
so I read My Soul to Take by Rachel Vincent.
Rachel Vincent is a GoodReads author.
Total points = 145
15.6 The Truth Is...I previously read Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal and it made me interested to learn more about the Bible and religion, so for this task I read The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible As Literally As Possible by A.J. Jacobs. This was approved in the task help thread.
15.10 Spring Break
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
**This is a 750+ page Big Book**
20.4 The Royal Wedding
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (keyword: "prince")
**This is a 500+ page Big Book**
Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 7
Total Books: 8
Pages Read: 4,426
GoodReads Authors:
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(2), 1000+(0)
Nicole wrote: "NICOLE VA20.7 Shorter is Sweeter. Tami's task: Quips and Quotes
I chose:
"A room without books is like a body without a soul."
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
so I read My Soul to Take ..."
that's the quote i'll be using as well. it just kind of sums it all up, doesn't it?! :)
Readerboard Name - Kimber10.8 Come on, eat your spinach
The Land of Mango Sunsets by Dorothea Benton Frank
DOROTHEA BENTON FRANK IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR
This task: 10
Total tasks completed: 8
Total points earned: 105
Goodreads authors: 3
Kate.x.20.3 Happy International Women's day
I read "A place called here" by Cecelia Ahern who was born and lives in Ireland and I live in England.
Total tasks = 4
Total points = 70
5.1 Waltzing MatildaDancing in the Moonlight (Cowboys of Cold Creek, #2) by RaeAnne Thayne
This Post: 5
Total Points: 75
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 6
Goodreads Authors: 0 ()
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
15.2 Blurb It! Rules of Engagement by Christina Dodd had a blurb from Teresa Medeiros who wrote Charming the Prince
20.5 Alliterative Authors
A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole
30.7 Title Connections
Warrior by Zoe Archer and To Tame a Highland Warrior by Karen Marie Moning
This Post: 65
Total Points 210/910
Tasks Completed 13/53
Books Read 22/69
Total Pages 8672
5.3 Gimme Five: Author’s name is less than 5 lettersNaked in Death by JD Robb read 3/3/11
5.6 Water, Water, Everywhere: Body of water on the cover
On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah read 3/18/11
Goodreads Author: Kristin Hannah
5.9 Shrimp on the Barbie 96 pages
Midnight in Death by JD Robb read 3/15/11
10.4. Elementary, my dear Watson: mystery
Glory in Death by JD Robb read 3/9/11
10.5. It Takes Two: 2 word title.
Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly read 3/14/11
10.10. The Final Frontiers: fantasy
Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning read 3/17/11
Big Book ticket: 594 pages
15.10 — Spring Break
Talk of the Town by Lisa Wingate read 3/4/11
Goodreads Author: Lisa Wingate
20.4 Author, Author. Tracyj’s Task: The Royal Wedding
The Cove by Catherine Coulter read 3/15/11
20.5. Bigger is Better. Rachel Renee’s Task: Alliterative Authors Association
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare read 3/8/11
Goodreads Author: Cassandra Clare
Points This Post: 100
Completed Tasks: 12
Total Points to Date: 135
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
ALICIA. T. 5.13 Earth Day
I chose to do:
A. Reduce: Dragon Tears by Dean Koontz (This was the oldest book on my TBR shelf.)
C. Recycle Happy Ever After by Nora Roberts (I checked this book out of the library.)
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 3
Pages Read: 1035
Sandy MNTask 30.6 Melanie's Task:Myth-behaving Greeks
I rolled a 4 and a 2
4. Hades: Read a book where a main character is considered dead.
Book: Crave by J.R. Ward (Jim Heron is a fallen angel) 454 pages
2. Read a romance
Book: Lip Service by Susan Mallery, 366 pages (contemporary romance)
****Susan Mallery is a Goodreads Author****
Points this Task:30
Total Points: 85
Tasks this post:1
Total Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read this post: 2
Total Books Read: 7
Total Pages Read: 2433
Total Goodreads Author Books: 1
Total Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.4 Fan ClubGo to the profile page of one of your favorite authors and navigate to their fan listing. Click on a fan's profile and read a 5-star book from their Read shelf.
I used Jane Austen as the author and Kathleen as the fan.
Annabel by Kathleen Winter
Kathleen Winter is a GoodReads author.
This Post: 5
Total Points: 135
Tasks Completed: 11/54
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Carla 10.08 Come On, Eat Your Spinach
I read: Chorus of Mushrooms by Hiromi Goto
Total Points: 70
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 6
Pages Read: 2314
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
20.10- Group ReadI read I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore. I made a comment in the discussion thread for this book. I really liked it.
30.5- Dee's It's Your Birthday task
My birthday is on the 26th and I read a book on Amy Mo's "read" shelf. Her bday is also on the 26th. I read Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris. I also read a book on Cait's "read" shelf- her bday is the 27th. I read The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen (loved it).
Points for these tasks- 50
Total Points- 225
Goodreads Authors- 3
Tasks Completed- 12
BRENDA MOI know it is early in the challenge, but I would like to change a book. In post #491 I claimed A Widow's Story: A Widow's Story for the 5.7 task. I would like to change it to...
20.7 Quips and Quotes
A Widow's Story: A Widow's Story by Joyce Carol Oates
"Everybody has a story to tell"
Points: 20
Total Points: 140
BRENDA MO15.10 - Spring Break
The Nearest Exit by Olen Steinhauer
5.5 I'm Telling
Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel
Points: 20
Total Points: 160
Readerboard Name: Jennifer UT10.3 Beware the Ides of March
Lily of the Nile by Stephanie Dray
Set in Rome beginning in 40 B.C. This book was approved in the help thread for this task.
Stephanie Dray is a Goodreads Author.
This post: 10 Points
Total points: 120 Points
Completed Tasks: 10
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Here is my latest postReaderboard Name Cheryl TX
5.3 Gimme Five
The Book of Spells by Kate Brian
5.7 Going green - Borrowed Book
Ominous: A Private Novel by Kate Brian
Borrowed the book from the Library
5.10 Kia Ora
I Curse the River of Time by Per Petterson
Original Language was Scandinavian
10.6 Respect Your Elders
The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
15.3 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
A Reuse: Finger-Lickin Fifteen by Janet Evanovich
B Recycle: Pure Sin: A Privilege Novel by Kate Brian
20.6 Kathryn CA's Task: Young Adult Series
Shelf: Popular YA Books
Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter 236 pages
Only the Good Spy Young by Ally Carter 265 pages
20.8 Jayme VA's Task: The Night I was Born
Dead Man's Walk by Larry McMurtry
20.9 Laurie's Task: Thief
To Fetch a Thief by Spencer Quinn
20.10 Group Read
I Am Number 4 by Pittacus Lore and posting to the Thread
25.2 Sandy's Task - Your Bucket List
I want to go to Las Vegas really, really bad
To the Nines by Janet Evanovich
1001 Books to Read Before You Die:
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
30.2 Sheila's Task: Guilty Pleasures
American Idol: Carrie Underwood
Seeking His Love by Carrie Turansky
Dancing With The Stars: Cheryl Burke
A Soldier's Devotion by Cheryl Wyatt
30.6 Melanie's Task - Myth-Behaving Greeks
Rolled a 4
The Ghost in the First Row by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Rolled a 6
Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern
30.7 Diane's Task - Title Connections
The Mystery of the Runaway Ghost by Gertrude Chandler Warner
The Ghost at the Drive-In Movie by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Total Points for this post is 245
25.5 Gayla's TAsk--March Madness:B. Read two bookf from the ToB lists
1. Bad Marie by Marcy Dermansky
2. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
30.7 Melanie's Task-- Myth-behaving Greeks
Roll 2 and 2
A. Hera: The Stars Blue Yonder by Sandra McDonald in which our time-traveling hero is dealing with his wife and children at different ages all at the same time, plus an illegitimate child, while trying to save the world.
B. Sappho: Because of You by Cathy Maxwell which is a lovely Regency romance by a favorite author.
Today's total: 55
Grand Total: 200
Readerboard Name: Gina NY
Task 20.10 Group Read
Total Points: 85 Points
Task 20.10 Group Read
Total Points: 85 Points
10.8 -- Come On, Eat Your SpinachName of fruit or vegetable in book title:
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
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15.9 -- In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb
Picture of animal on cover:
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller (Specifically approved in help thread)
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20.1 -- Cindy's task -- Lassiez Les Bon Temps Rouler
Option 2 - Word MOON in title:
Brilliance of the Moon, Episode 2: Scars of Victory by Lian Hearn
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20.3 -- Katy's task -- Happy International Women's Day!
Published: 1961 / Author's birth country: Scotland
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
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20.4 -- Tracyj's task -- The Royal Wedding
Variation of word ROYAL in title:
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
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20.7 -- Tami's task -- Quips and Quotes
Relation between book and quote - Same author:
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
** 768 pgs.
** Claiming big book ticket (x2)
Quote: "Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it."
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky in A Writer's Diary
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(first post this challenge)
Total Points: 105
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 6
Total Pages: 1832
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0)x1, 750+(1)x2, 1000+(0)x3
5.9 - Shrimp on the Barbie We have always lived in the castle - Shirley Jackson (146 pgs)
Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 45
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
15.9 In Like a Lion Out Like a Lamb - A Morning for Flamingos by James Lee BurkeA Morning for Flamingos
Points This Task: 15
Tasks Completed: 4
Total Points: 65
Books Read: 7
10.8 Come On, Eat Your Spinach. Le Fruit de la passion by Karel Glastra van Loon
"fruit de la passion" means passion fruit in French
This post: 10 points
Total to Date = 10 points
25.6. Jennifer N's Task: It’s All About Australia and Oceania Option 2: Initials of Author in Australia
Black Water Rising by Attica Locke
Option 3: The word DOWN in the title
Don't Look Down by Jennifer Crusie (((Goodreads Author)))
25.1. Coralie's Task:In my Backyard
Option a: takes place on a ship
Decked by Carol Higgins Clark
Option g: sewing/quilting
The Winding Ways Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini
Total Points = 380
New Goodreads Author = Jennifer Crusie
LISA NC20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Quips and Quotes
My selected quote "So many books, so little time."-Frank Zappa
I read Out of Time by Monique Martin
ebook length was preapproved under General Help thread
Monique Martin is a Goodreads Author
This post: 20 points
Total: 50 points
Goodreads Authors: 2
Katie OH 20.7 Tami's task: Quips and Quotes
The New Rules of Lifting for Women by Lou Schuler
My quote is: "Well behaved women rarely make history." -Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 85
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 5
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Couldn't remember what I'd posted, so here's my "plan" with the completed books crossed off -- I know a couple aren't completed tasks yet, but at least my status is in writing now!5.1 Dancers in Mourning DANCERS IN MOURNING
5.2 Breakfast at Tiffany's or The Long Goodbye
5.3 The Vintage Caper
5.4 Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life or In the Woods
5.5
5.6
5.7 The Sheltering Sky
5.8
5.9 A World Lost: A Novel
5.10 Faceless Killers or To the End of the Land
10.1 Jazz
10.2 Thirteen Reasons Why
10.3
10.4 A Test of Wills
10.5
10.6
10.7
10.8 A Plateful of Murder
10.9 The Emperor of Ocean Park??
10.10 The Hunger Games
15.1
15.2 Loving Frank and ?? (Elizabeth Berg, Jane Hamilton or Scott Turow)
15.3
15.4 Devil-Devil: A Sergeant Kella and Sister Conchita Mystery Set in the Solomon Islands
15.5
15.6
15.7 A Red Herring Without Mustard
15.8 Mrs. Chippy's Last Expedition: The Remarkable Journal of Shackleton's Polar-Bound Cat
15.9 Kingfishers Catch Fire
15.10 Mentor ??
20.1
20.2
20.3
20.4 The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure
20.5
20.6
20.7
20.8
20.9
20.10
25.1 Man in the Woods and ???
25.2
25.3
25.4
25.5
25.6
Still working on my plan for those 30-pointers...
20.5 Alliterative AuthorsI read The Whore's Child by Richard Russo
total points: 95
tasks completed: 5
books read:8
total pages: 2891
ERIN C.5.2 Circle of Friends
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
At 533pp., I'm claiming 1 Big Book ticket for this book.
Task Points: 5
Grand Total: 45
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 8
Pages Read: 1,971
Goodreads Author Books: 0
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.4 Fan Club: 5-star bookThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger read 3/21/11
Required: Author: Kristin Hannah / Fan: Tina
Goodreads Author: Audrey Niffenegger
Big Book ticket: 536 pages
Total Points This Post: 5
Completed Tasks: 13
Total Points to Date: 140
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Angela NY 20.1. Most Improved Player. Cindy AL's Task: Lassiez Les Bon Temps Rouler!
Option 1. You Are Free: Stories by Danzy Senna
The author's initials are D and S. **This is an advance publisher's copy that I received from a first-reads giveaway.**
This Post: 20
Total Points: 70
Tasks Completed: 4
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
10.6. Respect Your Elders I read Animal Farm 140 pages25.2. Sandy's Task: Your Bucket List I read
13 Little Blue Envelopes (I want to travel the world) 336 pages. Maureen Johnson is a goodreads author
I also read Pippi Longstocking 160 pages
30.4 Dlmrose's Task: Like I Needed an Excuse.......
I read John Hedgecoe's Complete Guide To Black & White Photography 160 pages and Confessions of a Teen Nanny 208 pages
Points this post: 65
Total Points: 210
Tasks Completed: 14
Pages Read: 4173
Books Read: 18
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
BJ Rose2 new tasks
10.6. Respect Your Elders: Read a book originally published before 1960.
Lord Emsworth and Others by P.G. Wodehouse - originally published in 1937
30.5. Delicious Dee's task: My birthday is March 18
Patricia - Apr 18: Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Tracey - May 18: The Witches by Roald
Dahl
Total Points = 150
Tasks Completed = 14
Total Pages = 5,163
GoodReads Authors = 2
Big Books (500+) = 1
I would like to claim a big ticket book for reading the Outlander by Diana GabaldonPages: 627
10.5 It takes twoBellfield Hall by Anna Dean
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 165
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 15
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
Coralie30.6 Myth-behaving Greeks
1. Main Character royal – The Last Light of the Sun
in which most of the main characters are royal.
6. Humorous Book – Pyramid Power
Total points 80
25.5. Gayla's Task: March Madness ALowboy 2010 3/21
BThe Finishing School 2005 3/12
I read both of these, but I didn't really like either of them too much. Lowboy just confused me.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 420
Tasks Completed: 28
Books Read: 33
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
20.6. Seasoned Reader. Kathryn CA's Task: Young Adult Series Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
**GOODREADS AUTHOR**
and
The Darkangel (finished reread 3/21)
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 440
Tasks Completed: 29
Books Read: 35
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
15.3 -- Earth DayReduce - The 8th Confession by James Patterson
Recycle - Enchanted, Inc. by Shanna Swendson
25.3. Mrs. Soule's Task: A Better World
A. 7th Heaven by James Patterson (Improving Safety)
B. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch (Increasing Knowledge)
Points: 40
Total Points: 125
30.5 "All the world is birthday cake"My date is 29th February. I read from lists of:
KatieDE (29th): The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank
Meagan (28th): The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 335
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 26
Goodreads Author Books: 2
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(1)
Task 15.2 - Blurb it
Miss Wonderful by Loretta Chase had a blurb by: Mary Jo Putney who wrote The Bartered Bride
Task points = 15
Challenge total = 95
Kimber15.3 Earth Day
I chose options A and B
A. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead. This was #4 on my TBR list.
B. Call Me Irresistible by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. I had intended to use this on a winter task but ran out of time.
RICHELLE MEAD IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR
This task: 15
Total tasks completed: 9
Total points earned: 120
GR Authors: 4
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I read Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Total tasks completed: 1
Total Books Read: 1
Total Pages Read: 627
Total Goodreads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+(1),750+(0),1000+(0)