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Spring Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS)
Joanna TTask 15.3 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
A library audio that I also have a hardcopy that I'm giving away:
You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas by Augusten Burroughs
AND
The book I'd slated for Task 15.1 of the winter challenge (which, incidentally, I'm also giving away):
Watermark: A Novel of the Middle Ages by Vanitha Sankaran
Vanitha Sankaran is a GR Author
New points: 15
Total points: 95
20.5 Alliterative Authors AssociationThe Wildwater Walking Club by Claire Cook
Claire Cook is a Goodreads Author.
Total points: 110
5.9 Shrimp on the BarbieCoraline by Neil Gaiman - 152 pages
Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads Author.
This post: 5 points
Total to Date = 15 points
25.3 Mrs Soule - A Better Worlda) Extreme Measures by ***Goodreads author***Michael Palmer - main character is a physician
b) Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption byLaura Hillenbrand - about a WWII POW
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 195
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 18
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
20.5 -- Marked, PC Cast (the C is for Christine) and Kristen CastTotals
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 150
Tasks: 11
Books: 13
Pages: 4254
Goodreads Author: 7
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.6 Water, Water, EverywhereShadows in the Water by Kathryn Lasky
Cover:
20.8 The Night I Was Born
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Millennium Mini-Series on IMDB
20.9 Lucky Me!
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Points this post: 45
Total Points: 45
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Readerboard Name: Gina NY
Task 5.6 Water Water Everywhere
Total Points: 90 Points
Task 5.6 Water Water Everywhere
Total Points: 90 Points
25.3. Mrs. Soule's Task: A Better World
Book A. Read a fiction title where a main character works in one of these areas.
• Improving safety – military
You Know When the Men Are Gone (2010) by Siobhan Fallon (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 240 pages)
Book B. Read a non-fiction title about one of these areas
• Improving safety – crime-fighters, OR military (book actually can fit either category)
Bloody Crimes: The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant for Lincoln's Corpse (2010) by James L. Swanson (Hardcover, 464 pages)
Message 91 of task help thread for 25.3, Mrs. Soule write about these two choices:
"Deedee, both books look great. "
Goodreads Author = Siobhan Fallon
65 + 25 = 90
Tasks Completed: 6
Points for this task: 25
Points thus far: 65 + 25 = 90
Books read: 7
Pages Read: 2238
Read but not claimed: 2
15.7 "Lab Lit"Rowan the Strange by Julie Hearn
A main character in this book is Dr Von Metzer who is experimenting with electro-convulsive therapy on Rowan and other schizophrenic patients. It was confirmed in the help thread that doctors count as scientists for this task.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 400
Tasks Completed: 26
Books Read: 31
Goodreads Author Books: 3
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(1)
KAREN OZTask 25.5 - Gayla's Task: March Madness
Option B: Tournament of Books
(2005) Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke 1,024 pgs - claiming Big Book ticket (> 1000 pages) and
(2006) No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Task 15.3 - Earth Day
B. Reuse: Read a book you planned to read for the Winter 2010-2011 challenge, but didn’t get to: Last of the Wilds -Age of Five 2 by Trudi Canavan 586 pgs claiming Big Book ticket (>500 pages)
C. read a book you've borrowed from the library: Bitten by Cupid by Lynsay Sands, Pamela Palmer, & Jaime Rush
Task 10.5 - It Takes Two:
Outside In by Maria V. Snyder
Advance Reader Copy
This post: 50 points
Total to Date = 135 points.
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read The Fallen: Volume 1 by Thomas E. Sniegoski
519 pages For the Big Book Ticket
This was a mini series in 2006 on ABC
Points this task 20
Total points 245/910
Tasks Completed: 13/54
Books read: 16/71
Total pages: 4808
GR Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
25.6 "It's All About Australia and Oceania"(2) Rainbow Road by Alex Sanchez
Author initials are in the word 'Australia'
Plus
(3) The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Title contains the word 'Great'
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 425
Tasks Completed: 27
Books Read: 33
Goodreads Author Books: 3
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(1)
10.8- Come On, Eat Your SpinachI read
(there is a lime wedge in one of the drinks on the cover)When Irish Eyes Are Sparkling was pre-approved in the ebook thread.
Points for this task- 10
Total Points- 240
Goodreads Authors- 3
Tasks Completed- 14
25.2. Sandy's Task: Your Bucket List A I've always wanted to learn to pick locks:
Practical Lock Picking: A Physical Penetration Tester's Training Guide
finished 3/12
B from 1001 books to read(2010):
Get Shorty
finished 3/24
30.3. Donna Jo's Task: Yours, Mine, and Ours
AAccidentally Yours
finished 3/16
written by Susan Mallery
**GOODREADS AUTHOR**
BCharming the Prince (Willow has many stepbrothers/stepsisters, and is married to be the stepmother to Bannor's children.)
finished 3/24
written by Teresa Medeiros
**GOODREADS AUTHOR**
Points This Post: 55
Total Points: 525
Tasks Completed: 32
Books Read: 41
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Coralie5.10 Kia Ora
Complete Illustrated Stories of Hans Christian Andersen
Originally written in Danish, my native language is English
10.6 Respect Your Elders
Voyage to Venus first published in 1943
15.1 The Land Down Under
Bad Boys Down Under
30.1 Literature Map by Gender
I put in Guy Gavriel Kay and found Steven Erikson and China Miéville, who were male and new to me.
Gardens of the Moon and The City & The City
Total points 140
20.6 YA books totalling 400 pgs.Read Point Blank by Anthony Horowitz 304 pgs AND
read Snakehead by Anthony Horowitz 388 pgs.
Love the Alex Rider series!
points this task 20
total points 150? I think
Christine USTask 5.8 Blow Your Stack
Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot
added 6/6/10
Task 15.6 The Truth is...
Escape by Carolyn Jessop
I've been interested in the FLDS and polygamy from "big love" and The 19th Wife
Total: 210
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I read Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: And Other Things I've Learned by Alan Alda. I really enjoyed this one - lots of interesting anecdotes, information about his life and career.
25.5. Gayla's Task: March Madness
I'm definitely a "both" person, so I chose option C - read one book about basketball and one book from the Tournament of Books.
I read Last Dance: Behind the Scenes at the Final Four
Again, lots of interesting information and very enjoyable to read if you like college basketball.
I also read One Good Turn, from the 2007 Tournament of Books.
Total points: 170
RACHEL CA: 80 points total10.02 SAY WHAT?
The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing: From the Files of Vish Puri, Most Private Investigator by Tarquin Hall
(Tarquin Hall is a GOODREADS AUTHOR)
Points: 10
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
15.1 "Down Under"Before I Die by Jenny Down ham
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan K under a
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 440
Tasks Completed: 28
Books Read: 35
Goodreads Author Books: 3
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(1)
25.4. Helen's Task: Science-Fiction/Fantasy Masters A. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
B. Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 6
NICOLE VA10.1 Sing Out
I read Taylor Swift: Love Story.
Taylor Swift is my favorite singer and I really enjoyed this book!
Total points = 175
10.5 It Takes TwoRiver Marked by Patricia Briggs
10.6 Respect Your Elders
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke - published in 1953
15.4 It's a Repeat
The City & The City by China Miéville
15.9 In Like A Lion, Out Like a Lamb
A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley - A herring is a fish.
Alan Bradley is a GR author.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 140
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(1)
Angie TX Completed Task:
5.2 Circle of Friends
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
5 of my 19 friends have read it.
Total Points: 90
Total Points This Post: 5
GRA: 2
Total Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 8
10.7. Kuddle a Koala?:
Too Many Murders by Colleen McCullough (Australian Author)
25.2. Sandy's Task: Your Bucket List
A. One of my bucket list goals is to read every book that has been # 1 on the New York Times Best Seller List since they started the list back in the 1940's so I read Port Mortuary by Patricia Cornwell which was # 1 on NYT Dec. 19, 2010
AND
B. The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen which was #40 on 1001 before you die list.
Total Points = 440
BLUEMOON15.3 - EARTH DAY - REDUCE - The Queen's Man (3*) RECYCLE - The Last Unicorn (2.5*) Both of these were library books.
Sharon Kay Penman is a GoodReads author.
TOTAL POINTS - 165
10.6 Respect Your EldersThe Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler - First published in 1939.
Total Points to Date: 220
15.4 It's a repeatRemembered Death by Agatha Christie and Treachery in Death by J.D. Robb
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 210
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 20
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
AMBER MARIE
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter. Tami's task: Quips and Quotes
Tell Me A Secret by Holly Cupala
Quote: "What is love? Love is when one person knows all of your secrets... your deepest, darkest, most dreadful secrets of which no one else in the world knows... and yet in the end, that one person does not think any less of you; even if the rest of the world does."
Throughout the course of the book, the main character deals with many secrets, and how to deal with the revealing of them and finding out who really does/doesn't love her.
Holly Cupala is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 55
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ (0)
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter. Tami's task: Quips and Quotes
Tell Me A Secret by Holly Cupala
Quote: "What is love? Love is when one person knows all of your secrets... your deepest, darkest, most dreadful secrets of which no one else in the world knows... and yet in the end, that one person does not think any less of you; even if the rest of the world does."
Throughout the course of the book, the main character deals with many secrets, and how to deal with the revealing of them and finding out who really does/doesn't love her.
Holly Cupala is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 55
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ (0)
Carla 20.10 Group Reads
I read I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore. I posted in the groups reads thread as well (#27)
Total Points: 110
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 8
Pages Read: 3075
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Readerboard Name: CHeryl TX10.4 Elementary, My Dear Watson
Burned: A Regan Reilly Mystery by Carol Higgins Clark
25.4 Helen's Task - Science Fiction/Fantasy Masters
Science Fiction: Wizard's Hall by Jane Yolen
Fantasy: If Wishes Were Horses by Anne McCaffrey
Total Points This Post: 35
Task # 10.10: The Final Frontiers Read a fantasy
Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston
Lesley Livingston is a Goodreads Author
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 45
Total Tasks Completed: 6
Total Books Read: 6
Total Pages Read: 1513
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
5.3 Gimme Five Ten Thousand Lovers - Edeet Ravel
Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 45
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Readerboard Name: Gina NY
Task 20.2 Rookie at the Top: Travelgirlut's Task: Random Words: hope, cheat, lido, apetite, news
Total Points: 110 Points
Task 20.2 Rookie at the Top: Travelgirlut's Task: Random Words: hope, cheat, lido, apetite, news
Total Points: 110 Points
20.6 Young Adult Seriesi read The Golden Compass, which is the 1st in the His Dark Materials series. this is the deluxe edition, which rings in at 432 pages. i LOVED this book, and now i can't wait to read the other two.
Books Read: 11/69+
Points Completed: 175/910
Tasks Completed: 7/54
STESSE10.8. Come On, Eat Your Spinach
The Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman – it has peaches on the cover.
Points this Post: 10
Tasks Completed this Post: 1
Books Read this Post: 1
Pages Read this Post: 394
GoodReads Authors this Post: 0
Big Books this Post: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Points: 230
Total Tasks Completed: 17
Total Books Read: 21
Total Pages Read: 6592
Total GoodReads Authors: 4
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
20.9 - Laurie's TaskThe ABC Murders by Agatha Christie - 256 pages
(Uses the plural of "murder".)
25.1 - In my backyard
In the Kitchen by Monica Ali - 552 pages (big book ticket)
Main character is a chef as per (d).
Glory in Death by J.D. Robb - 296 pages
One of the main characters is a TV Reporter for Channel 75 (Nadine Furst) as per (i)
Points This Post: 45
Total Points: 185
Total Tasks Completed: 12
Total Books Read: 14
Total Pages Read: 4358
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500(2);750(0);1000+(0)
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5.5 I'm Tellin'
The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
10.2 Say What
How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown
Engaging book about the discovery of the "dwarf planet" that changed Pluto's status- lots of astrophysicist politics- Mike Brown must be a wonderful professor. This was entertaining and educational, but it did stray to his personal life a bit too much.
10.5 It Takes Two
Agent X by Noah Boyd
Such a clever spy book- fun and fast
10.7 Kuddle A Koala
Gunshot Road by Adrian Hyland
Set in Northern Australia by an Australian author.
20.8 Jayme VA's On the Night I Was Born
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
This book has been made into a mini-series twice: 1981 and 2009.
total 250
5.7 "Going Green"ebook: Sno Ho by Ethan Day
approved for length in ebook thread
* Ethan Day is a Goodreads Author *
15.10 "Spring Break"
Life in Fusion by Ethan Day
paperback edition is 316 pages
* Ethan Day is a Goodreads Author *
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 460
Tasks Completed: 30
Books Read: 37
Goodreads Author Books: 5
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(1)
LaurenVA15.8 From a Different Perspective
Bright Lights, Big City
Second Person
Task Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Total Points: 15
This is Jules posting:5.7 Going Green-ebook on my kindle
Fools Rush Inby Janice Thompson 320 pages
10.4 Elementary, my dear Watson
Buttons and Bonesby Monica Ferris 288 pages
10.8 Come on, eat your spinach
Left Neglected by Lisa Genova 336 pages (goodreads author)
15.7 Lab Lit
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown 528 pages
Katherine is the scientist in charge of the neothic lab and in need of Robert Langdon's help.
Points this task: 40
Total completed: 40
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Pages read: 1472
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books 500+ (1) 750+ (0) 1000+(0)
Jennifer KS15.1 -- The Land Down Under Part B
Way Down Dead in Dixie by Caroline Cousins
Under the Boardwalk by Carly Phillips who is a Goodreads Author
Points this task 15
Total Points 130
tasks complete 11
Goodreads Authors 4
Pages read 4094
Books read 12
30.2. Sheila's Task: Sheila’s Guilty PleasuresA. American Idol Winners - Lee DeWyze
61 Hours by Lee Child 3/25/11
B. Dancing With the Stars United States version - Kristi Yamaguchi
Night Road by Kristin Hannah read 3/22/11
Goodreads Author: Kristin Hannah
Total this post: 30
Completed Tasks: 15
Total Points to Date: 190
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
15.5 -- Award MeThe White Tiger by Aravind Adiga (Man Booker prize in 2008)
15.10 -- Spring Break
Silent Mercy by Linda Fairstein
Total Points = 470
Vanessa P5.5 I'm Telling
The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
5.6 Water, Water Everywhere
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
5.7 Going Green
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
borrowed from library and also read on kindle
10.4 Elementary My Dear Watson
Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 4
Janice CA10.6 Respect Your Elders.....
The book I read was originally published in 1953.
Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson
4 stars
+10
total: 45
tasks: 3
books: 3
Alice GTask: 30.3 Yours, Mine and Ours
Book A: The Hand That First Held Mine
Book B: The Color Purple
Total Points: 65
Previous Reads:
5.9 Shrimp on the Barbie - The Humbling by Philip Roth
30.1 Literature Map by Gender - For Whom the Bell Tolls by Hemmingway and On the Road by Jack Kerouac
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Kate.x15.3 Earth Day. I choose Reduce and Read "Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist" by MC Beaton, which was about no 16 on my TBR list
And Recycle, my friend recommended to me and then kindly lent me "Life and Laughing, My Story" by Michael McIntyre. Which inturn I would recommend as a very funny book.
Total points = 85
Books reads = 7
tasks = 5
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20.9 Lucky Me - Word "murder" in title.
Murder a la Mode by G.A. McKevett
This post: 20 points
Total: 70 points