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SPRING CHALLENGE 2011: AUSTRALIA
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Spring Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS)
BLUEMOON20.8 - THE NIGHT I WAS BORN - I read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (4*) which was made into a miniseries in 1981 as per this link http://www.imdb.com/keyword/based-on-nov... provided in the help thread.
TOTAL POINTS 185
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneMy Goal Points for this Season: 225
Points earned for this task: 20
Points Achieved to date: 115
Updated last on: 3.26
Total # of books read: 8
Total # of pages read: 2,518
Total # of tasks completed: 7
Task 20.7 Quips and quotes...Pick a favorite quote and read one book that has at least one word from your quote in the title.
My quote choice is:
"I haven't any right to criticize books, and I don't do it except when I hate them. I often want to criticize Jane Austen, but her books madden me so that I can't conceal my frenzy from the reader; and therefore I have to stop every time I begin. Every time I read Pride and Prejudice I want to dig her up and beat her over the skull with her own shin-bone.
-Letter to Joseph Twichell, 9/13/1898"
— Mark Twain
I read
The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler 288 pages (3.25)Where as I don't like Mark Twain's sentiment about wanting to beat Jane Austen, it amuses me that even though he states that Austen's books madden him, he also implies that he rereads her book(s)...
"Every time I read Pride and Prejudice I want to dig her up and beat her over the skull with her own shin-bone.
-Letter to Joseph Twichell, 9/13/1898"
— Mark Twain
Readerboard Name: StacyCT20.1 - Lassiez Les Bon Temps Rouler
B.) The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
Task Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 5
Total Points Earned: 80
Total Books Read: 6
Pages Read: 1771
GoodReads Authors:
Big Book Tickets: 500+(), 750+(), 1000+()
15.7 The Time Machine by H.G.Wells30.1 The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan and The Invasion of the Road Weenies by David Lubar placed Scott Westerfeld in the literature map
total points: 100
LDB15.9 In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb
Life of Pi by Yann Martel.
The cover has pictures of a tiger, turtles, and sharks.
Total Points: 15
Tasks done: 1
Books read: 1
Pages read: 319
20.1 Mardi Gras TaskThough Not Dead by Dana Stabenow (GOODREADS AUTHOR) - initials are DS and appear in Fat Tuesday)
20.5 Alliterative Author
There's Nothing to Be Afraid Of by Marcia Muller
New Total: 70
BRENDA MO30.5 - Delicious Dee's birthday cake
Gone by Michael Grant - Kim K's shelf
I Am Not A Serial Killer by Dan Wells - Bea's Shelf
We all have birthdays on the 13th
Gone is a Big Book - 558pgs
Dan Wells AND Michael Grant are Goodreads authors
Points: 30
Total Points: 190
Big Book - 1
Goodread Authors - 2
BLUEMOON20.4 - ROYAL WEDDING - I chose to read a book by an author named KATE. I read A Wrongful Death by Kate Wilhelm.
TOTAL POINTS - 205
30.6 Rolled 5 and 6 - Part A (Ares) The Templar Throneby Paul Christopher (main character is retired Lt Colonel): Part B (Aristophanes)Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff KinneyTasks completed: 4
Total Points: 70 points
Books read: 5
Cindy ALI apologize at the beginning for the length of this post, I've been out of pocket for almost two weeks between traveling for work and traveling for fun, but I've been reading on all those plane rides. It is catch-up time.
5.10 Kia Ora - book originally not in English:
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson, 526pp read 3/12/2011.
I want to claim a 500 page ticket .
10.5 It Takes Two - two word title:
Blood Trail by Tanya Huff, 304pp read 3/9/2011.
10.9 No Lawyer Jokes - book featuring a lawyer:
Kitty's House of Horrors by Carrie Vaughn, 292pp read 3/10/2011.
Kitty's husband Ben is a lawyer.
Carrie Vaughn is a Goodreads Author.
15.5 Award Me - Man Booker Prize:
Life of Pi by Yann Martel, 336pp read 3/7/2011.
20.1 Mardi Gras - I chose the word "Moon":
Bayou Moon by Ilona Andrews, 447pp read 3/13/2011.
Ilona Andrews is a Goodreads Author.
20.3 International Womens' day - inter'l female author:
The Attenbury Emeralds by Jill Paton Walsh, 338pp read 3/6/2011.
Jill Paton Walsh is British and I'm from the USA.
20.6 Young Adult Series - 400 pgs:
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare, 485 pages read 3/15/2011.
Cassandra Clare is a Goodreads Author.
20.7 Quips and Quotes - relate to quote or word in quote:
My chosen quote is
"Cry 'Havoc', and let slip the dogs of war" by Shakespeare.
The book is Faefever by Karen Marie Moning, 314pp read 3/16/2011.
Somewhat unwisely I buzzed through the first four of Moning's books in two weeks, so now I have to try to fit them all into the challenge!
I think this particular book fits the quote because it is the peak of absolute disaster and havoc for the series. The havoc occurs when the major characters fail in their tasks and a war to contain evil is begun.
30.1 Literature Map by Gender - 2 male authors:
Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry and Face Off by Mark Del Franco, 757pp.
Brandon Sanderson was the reference author I used in the Literature Map.
Jonathan Maberry is a Goodreads author.
30.5 Birthday Cake - 2 books from members with Spring Birthdays:
My birthday is on the 22nd. I read:
Foundation: The Collegium Chronicles by Mercedes Lackey from Tani's (22nd) list and Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris from Chinook's (21st) list. 723pp
I see today that another person has listed the 22nd as a birthdate, but this person was not a member or on the list when I chose these two books in early March.
Points in this post - 180
Total Points - 300/910
Books - 29/66
Pages - 9109
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books:500+ - (2), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)
5.9 Shrimp on the BarbieI read Tinkersby Paul Harding (192 pages)
20.3 Happy International Women's Day
I read Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
I am Canadian, and Virginia Woolf was born in London, England.
Posts for these tasks = 25
Total points to date = 85
STACIE MITask 10.7 - Kuddle a Koala?
I read I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak, who is Australian.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 8
Pages read: 2306
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 10.10 - The Final Frontiers
I read The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 9
Pages read: 2642
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Finished20.5 Bigger is Better. Rachel Renee's Task: Alliterative Authors Association
The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
Task points 20
Total points 115
Total tasks 6
Total points 9
5.2 Circle of FriendsPoison Study by Maria V. Snyder
15.9 In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb
Dog on It by Spencer Quinn
The black lump on the right is Chet, the dog (his hind quarters and tail are on the back cover)
20.6 Seasoned Reader. Kathryn CA's Task--Young Adutl Series:
Cart and Cwidder Cart and Cwidder 214pp Vol. 1 Dalemark Series and
Drowned Ammet 312 pp Vol. 2 Dalemark Series Total 526 pages
20.9 Lucky Me--Laurie's Task
Sideways In Crime--short story anthology of Science Fiction Mysteries.
30.5 Delicious Dee's Task--All the World Is Birthday Cake:
My birthdate is 27 and my birthday buddies are Audiaa and Emu
A. Audiaa Magic Study by Maria V. Snyder
B. Emu The Sinister Pig by Tony Hillerman
Today's Total: 90
Grand Total: 350
30.7 Title Connections - I chose option 1: Last word of first title is first word of second titleDesign for Murder by Carolyn Hart
and
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 240
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 22
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
20.1 Lassiez Les Bon Temps Rouler!i read Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier. C and F both appear in joeCainFattuesday.
Books Read: 12/69+
Points Completed: 195/910
Tasks Completed: 8/54
15.1 Down and Under The Devil's Dozen: How Cutting-Edge Forensics Took Down 12 Notorious Serial Killers by Katherine M. Ramsland
Bright Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking has Underminded America by Barbara Ehrenreich
20.6 Young Adult Series
The Ask and the Answer by Partick Ness
*Big book 500+ (528 pages)
Chaos Walking Series
20.9 Crime in title
Forensic science: modern methods of solving crime by Max Houck
30.6 Myth-behaving Greeks
A) Skinjacker #2: Everlost by Neal Shusterman* (4 Hades main character dead)
*Neal Shusterman is a goodreads author
B) The Wise Man's Fear* by Patrick Rothfuss* (4 Fantasy)
* Big book 1000+ (1008 pages)
*Patrick Rothfuss is a goodreads author
points = 265
20.5: Alliterative Authors I read Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bonsby Lorna Landvik
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 75
Total tasks completed: 4
Total Books read: 5
Coralie20.1 Laissiez Les Bon Temps Rouler!
1. Author with initials F & E
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
Total points 160
5.9 - Shrimp on the BarbieDinner with Friends by Donald Margulies - 112 pages
10.5 - It takes two
Mr. Chartwell by Rebecca Hunt - 256 pages
15.4 - It's a repeat
Refresh, Refresh: A Graphic Novel by James Ponsoldt - 144 pages
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 215
Total Tasks Completed: 15
Total Books Read: 17
Total Pages Read: 4870
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500(2);750(0);1000+(0)
5.1 Waltzing MatildaRead a book with a word from any form of dance: ballet, waltz, tango, electric slide etc. OR any variation of the word "Dance" in the title.
Apollo's Angels: A History of Ballet by Jennifer Homans
This Post: 5
Total Points: 155
Tasks Completed: 14/54
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name - Denise NCTask 5.9 Shrimp on the Barbie
Breakfast at Tiffany's: A Short Novel and Three Stories by Truman Capote
Pages - 179
Points - 5
Task 10.7 Kuddle a Koala
A Killing Frost by John Marsden
Australian Setting and Author
Pages - 288
Points - 10
Task 10.10 The Final Frontier
Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney
Pages - 343
Points - 10
Task 15.1 Land Down Under
Down Under by Bill Bryson
Pages - 319
Points - 15
Task 15.9 In Like a Lion
by John MarsdenPages - 288
Points - 15
Points this Post - 55
Total Points - 280
Tasks this Post - 5
Total Tasks - 15
Jennifer KS5.5 I'm Tellin': The Geometry of Sisters by Luanne Rice she is a Goodreads Author
Points this Task 5
Total Points 135
Goodreads Authors 5
Books Read 13
Tasks Complete 12
Pages read 4413
Casey TN15.8 - From a Different Perspective
I read Dog by Daniel Pennac. It's written from a dog's perspective.
20.5 - Alliterative Authors Association
I chose Rick Riordan for my author, and read The Titan's Curse.
30.7 - Title Connections
I chose Option B. For my first book I read Gone by Michael Grant. Michael Grant is a *Goodreads* author, and Gone was 558 pages for a *Big Book* ticket.
For my second book, I read The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer.
Points this Post: 65
Total Points: 135
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
10.5. It Takes Two: Sleeping Beauty read 3/26
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 535
Tasks Completed: 33
Books Read: 42
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
30.5 All the World is Birthday Cake....My birthday is the 9th (of October) and I selected the 2 members that have the same date:
3/9 Laurie Byers- I read Blessings by Anna Quindlen.
3/9 Pam- I read Knit Two by Kate Jacobs.
They were both good, quick reads!
Total Points to date: 140
Total Tasks Completed: 8
Total Books Read: 11
Total GoodReads Authors: 6
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
10.5 It Takes TwoKill Me by Stephen White
10.6 Respect Your Elders
A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie
Total Points = 490
5.6 Water, Water, EverywhereI read
by Virginia Kantra (Goodreads author)25.5. Gayla's Task: March Madness
I picked one book about basketball and one off the Tournament list...
Glory Road: My Story of the 1966 NCAA Basketball Championship and How One Team Triumphed Against the Odds by Don Haskins
2008 Tournament list: What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman (Goodreads author)
Total Points This Post: 30
Total Tasks This Post: 2
Goodreads Authors This Post: 2
Grand Total Points: 145/910
Total Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 12/53
Total Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
15.7 Lab LitLandung auf Darkover (Darkover Landfall) by Marion Zimmer Bradley (208 pages)
Most of the characters are scientists, the book has been approved in the help thread.
20.8 The Night I was Born
Persuasion by Jane Austen (250 pages)
It has been made into a mini-series two times (1960 and 1971, see search entries # 3 and 4 here: imdb search for Persuasion)
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 140/910
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 13
Pages Read: 4294 (made a mistake in earlier calculation, corrected now)
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
5.7 Going GreenListen to an audiobook, read an ebook or read a book that you borrow from the library or a friend, obtain from a swap, or buy from a supplier of second-hand books.
The Pleasure Seekers by Tishani Doshi
I read this book on my Kindle.
This Post: 5
Total Points: 160
Tasks Completed: 15/54
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
M_ELLEREADSTask 25.6. Jennifer N’s Task: It’s All About Australia and Oceania
Choose 2 options:
Option 2.) Read a book by an author whose initials are found in the word AUSTRALIA:
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (Goodreads Author)
Option 5.) Read a book written by author from Australia:
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton (Big Book 500+)
Task Points: 25
Books Read: 2
Pages Read: 320 + 552 (BIG BOOKS 500+) = 872
Total Accumulated Points: 70
5.8 Blow Your Stack:Added to my TBR stack on February 1, 2011:
Desires of the Dead by Kimberly Derting, a Goodreads Author
+5 Points
+1 Goodreads Author
10.6. Respect Your Elders:
Beowulf: An Illustrated Edition by Unknown First Published 850
+10 Points
10.8. Come On, Eat Your Spinach:
A Time of Miracles by Anne-Laure Bondoux
+10 Points
20.1. Lassiez Les Bon Temps Rouler!
Option 1)
J,O,E,C,A,I,N,F,A,T,T,U,E,S,D,A,Y: Letters S & A
The Summer of Black Widows by Sherman Alexie
+20 Points
Points this Post: 45
Goodreads Authors: 1
Grand Total: 225
25.6. Jennifer N's Task: It’s All About Australia and Oceania 1. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
3. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
Total Points = 120
Lisa MDCOMPLETED TASKS:
15.1 The Land Down Under
the words “Down” and “Under” anywhere in the title, subtitle, or author’s name
❀Aunt Dimity Down Under by Nancy Atherton READ 3.23.11
30.2. Sheila's Task: Sheila’s Guilty Pleasures
A. American Idol Winners - Kelly Clarkson
❀The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott by Kelly O. McNees READ 3.1.11
GOODREADS AUTHOR
B. Dancing With the Stars - Kristi Yamaguchi
❀Between Sistersby Kristin Hannah READ 3.26.11
GOODREADS AUTHOR
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COMPLETED TASKS: 13/54
TOTAL POINTS: 190/910
BOOKS READ: 15/71
GOODREAD AUTHORS: 4
BIG BOOKS: 500 pp. [ ✔ ] 750 pp. [ ✔ ] 1000 pp. [ ]
20.8 The Night I Was Borni read Little House in the Big Woods. Little House on the Prairie was made into a mini-series in 2005.
Books Read: 13/69+
Points Completed: 215/910
Tasks Completed: 9/54
30.7 Title Connection Option Ba. The Heritic Alison Mcleod
b. The Heritic's Daughter Kathleen Kent
30.6 Mythbehaving Greeks
A. The shell Seekers (big book) 530 pages The Shell Seekers
B. Bridget Jones' Diary Bridget Jones's Diary
30.5 Birthday Cake - My B-day is June 30
A. BlueMoon's B-day is April 30 Secret Life of Bees
B. Manday's b-day is May 30 - The short second life of bree tanner.
30.3 Yours, Mine and Ours
A. Because it is Bitter and Because it is My Heart - Joyce Carol Oates
B. In Her Shoes In Her ShoesThe sisters must deal with stepmother who kept grandmother a secret.
20.4 The Royal Wedding
The Pilot's Wife
15.8 A Different Perspective
The Time Traveler's Wife
15.2 Blurb it
Where are you now Mary Higgins Clark
Points This Post: 180
Total Points 180
Total Tasks completed 7
Total Books Read:12
Total Pages Read: 2505+
Total GoodReads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (1)
AMBER MARIE
20.10 Group Read
I read I Am Number Four and posted in the discussion board.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points 75
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (1) 700+(0) 1000+(0)
20.10 Group Read
I read I Am Number Four and posted in the discussion board.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points 75
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (1) 700+(0) 1000+(0)
Nickboy.15.4 In like a Lion, Out like a Lamb. A Gift upon the Shore
by M.K. Wren has a dog and a horse on the cover. 368 pages30.4 Like I needed an excuse...
A. Non-fiction about a hobby: Running After 40: A Complete Guide to Enjoying Running, Walking, and Racing by Editors of Runner's World and Joe Henderson, 160 pages
B. Featuring a Domestic Worker: Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey. Parrot is Olivier's valet, and in the first 100 pages is a chamber pot boy at a gentleman's hotel. 400 pages
Task Points: 45
Total Points: 220/910
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 18
Pages Read: 5113
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+ (1)
Readerboard Name: Cheryl TX10.2 Say What?
The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell by Lilian Jackson Braun
30.3 Donna Jo's Task: Your(s), Mine, Our(s)
Ready-Made Family by Cheryl Wyatt
This is about a soldier who marries a single mother of a daughterThe Shadow of Your Smile by Mary Higgins Clark
30.6 Melanie's Task: Myth-Behaving Greeks
Rolled a 4:
The 39 Clues Book One: The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan
Rolled a 6
Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern
Absolutely hilarious
Total points this post: 70
5.6 Water, Water, Everywhere: 
finished 3/27There is a picture of a boat on the Chesapeake Bay on the cover.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 540
Tasks Completed: 34
Books Read: 43
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
10.7 Kuddle a Koala?Shallows by Tim Winton
Points: 10
25.2 Your Bucket List
A. A Cottage in Portugal by Richard Hewitt
I have always wanted to live in another country and experience the local people, customs, and life. This book is about an American couple who moved to Portugal and built a life among the people.
B. Monkey: A Journey to the West Wu Cheng'en
Points: 25
Total Points: 210
Total Books Read: 17
Total Tasks Completed: 11
Total GR Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (2)
10.8 - Come On, Eat Your Spinach
Cooking for Isaiah: Gluten-Free & Dairy-Free Recipes for Easy Delicious Meals by Silvana Nardone (veggies on cover) - ★ ★ ★ ★ ★15.4 - It's a Repeat
Broken Bread and Broken Bodies: The Lord's Supper and World Hunger by Joseph A. Grassi - ★ ★ ★
15.8 - From a Different Perspective
Xenocide by Orson Scott Card – multiple perspectives – Ender, Valentine, Miro, Han Qin-jao, and Si Wang-mu – a change in character perspective is marked by extra paragraph breaks and a dash in the center of the page - ★ ★ ★ ★
Big Book Ticket (500+ pgs): 1
15.9 - In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb
Cat by Freya North - ★ ★ ★
20.1 - Most Improved Player. Cindy AL's Task: Lassiez Les Bon Temps Rouler!
Forged of Shadows by Jessa Slade - ★ ★ ★
Goodreads Author: Jessa Slade
Points This Post: 75
Total Points: 135
Goodreads authors this post: 1
Goodreads authors total: 2
Total Big Books: (500+) 1
10.6 Respect Your EldersI listened to the audiobook of 32 Caliber by Donald McGibeny, which was originally published in 1920. This was approved for length in Comment 70 of the General Questions topic for the current challenge.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 10
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books Read: 1
Total Pages Read: 126
Total GoodReads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
20.4 The Royal Weddingi went with the "name" option, so i read A Midsummer Night's Dream written by William Shakespeare.
Books Read: 14/69+
Points Completed: 235/910
Tasks Completed: 10/54
15.10 Spring BreakI read 13 Rue Therese
total points: 135/910
Tasks completed 8
books read: 11
pages read: 3777
Readerboard Name: StacyCT10.8 - Come On, Eat Your Spinach
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Task Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 6
Total Points Earned: 90
Total Books Read: 7
Pages Read: 2174
GoodReads Authors:
Big Book Tickets: 500+(), 750+(), 1000+()
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total points: 120
books read: 10
tasks completed: 7
pages read: 3425