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SPRING CHALLENGE 2011: AUSTRALIA
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Spring Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS)
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter. Tami's task: Quips and Quotes For this task, please choose a favorite or meaningful verse, quip, quote or saying. Read one book that either relates in some way to your choice OR one book that has one word from your choice in the Title.
I chose the quote "What would be the use of immortality to a person who cannot use well half an hour," by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Half a Life by Darin Strauss
This Post: 20
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 2/54
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
BRENDA MO30.7 Title Connections
Black by Ted Dekker
Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen
Points: 30
Total Points: 30
10.10 - The Final FrontiersEmerald Magic: Great Tales of Irish Fantasy
This book is a collection of short stories that includes pieces from four Goodreads authors:
Diane Duane
Cecilia Dart-Thornton
Jacqueline Carey
Judith Tarr
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Points Claiming: 10
Total Points: 35
5.3 Read The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher Moorepoints this task 5
total points 20
MASANOBU5.2 Circle of Friends I've read North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell. It is on the bottom of the list, so just 4 of my friends have read it, and I think it is better than their average. What a fun task, I didn't even know that feature existed!
Total Points: 5
30.4 Dlmrose's Task: Like I Needed an ExcuseA. A History of Reading by Alberto Manguel (I'd rather be reading than doing housework) &
B. My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse (valets, especially Jeeves, are important characters in the stories)
10.5 It Takes Two
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
10.8 Come On, Eat Your Spinach
Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson
total points: 50
TANYAPT20.10 Group Read. I read The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls and posted in the thread.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.4 Fan Club - I went to Janet Evanovich and found a fan named Jill Wentzel. She gave 5 stars to Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein.15.8 -- From a Different Perspective - I read an advanced copy of Flirt Club by Cathrine Daly. It is an epistolary novel.
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 3
Pages Read: 640
Books Read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
10.4 Elementary my Dear Watson - Heavens Prisoners by James Lee Burke Heaven's Prisoners
Points This Task: 10
Tasks Completed: 1
Total Points: 10
Books Read: 1
Sandy MN5.3 Gimme Five
Book: Naked in Death by J.D. Robb
Points this Post:5
Total Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read:1
Pages Read: 314
Goodreads Author Books: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Amanda Pearl15.10 Spring Break
Feed by Mira Grant
This is a big book: 571 pages
Points this post: 15
total points: 15
total tasks: 1
total books: 1
total pages: 571
goodreads authors: 0
big books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
(p.s. this is my first post so I hope I did it right!)
Welcome to the challenge Amanda Pearl. I'm not a moderator but your post looks good to me.
5.8: Shrimp on a Barbie Vanished by Kristi Holl, 128 pages
15.3: Earth Day
Reuse(re-read): The Marquis by Denise Patrick
Recycle(library): England's Perfect Hero by Suzanne Enoch
Points This Post 20
Total Points 20/910
Tasks Completed 2/53
Books Read 6/69
Total Pages 2101
STESSE30.6 Melanie's Task: Myth-behaving Greeks
I rolled double 2’s!
Book A
2. Hera: a book about family or family relationships.
The Red Garden by Alice Hoffman (270 p.)
This book covers the lives of several inter-related families over 300 years through a series of short vignettes. Not her best work, but still a good read.
Book B
2. Sappho: Read a romance
Nora Roberts - Happy Ever After (355 p.)
It’s by Nora Roberts – little, if any, explanation needed here! :)
Points this Post: 30
Tasks Completed this Post: 1
Books Read this Post: 2
Pages Read this Post: 625
GoodReads Authors this Post: 0
Big Books this Post: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Points: 40
Total Tasks Completed: 3
Total Books Read: 4
Total Pages Read: 1102
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
5.7 GOING GREEN - Tastes of Love & Evil by Barbara MonajemI read the ebook edition on my Droid
5.8 BLOW YOUR STACK - Tick Tock by James Patterson
***GoodReads Author***
10.9 NO LAWYER JOKES - Strategic Moves by Stuart Woods
The main character is a corporate lawyer
Points: 20
Tasks: 3
Books: 3
Pages: 1088
GR Authors: 1
Stacey
5.3 Gimme Five
Preacher, Volume 2: Until the End of the World by Garth Ennis
5.9 Shrimp on the Barbie
Preacher, Volume 8: All Hell's A-Coming (192 pages)
15.9 In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb
(I'm not sure how well you can see in this picture, but there's a large snake at the bottom of the cover.)
15.10 Spring Break
Preacher, Volume 3: Proud Americans
30.6
A4: Vampire character
Preacher, Volume 9: Alamo
B6: Humorous book
The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time, by Jeff Deck, who is a GR author.
New points: 70
Total points: 70
And we're off!
5.3 Gimme Five
Preacher, Volume 2: Until the End of the World by Garth Ennis
5.9 Shrimp on the Barbie
Preacher, Volume 8: All Hell's A-Coming (192 pages)
15.9 In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb
(I'm not sure how well you can see in this picture, but there's a large snake at the bottom of the cover.)
15.10 Spring Break
Preacher, Volume 3: Proud Americans
30.6
A4: Vampire character
Preacher, Volume 9: Alamo
B6: Humorous book
The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time, by Jeff Deck, who is a GR author.
New points: 70
Total points: 70
And we're off!
AMBER MARIE
5.8- Blow Your Stack
I read The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, which has been on my 'to read' list since January 14th.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books Read: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
5.8- Blow Your Stack
I read The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, which has been on my 'to read' list since January 14th.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books Read: 1
Total Goodreads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
5.6 Water, Water, Everywhere:The Maze by Catherine Coulter
5.9 Shrimp on the Barbie
Coraline by Neil Gaiman 162 pages
Total Points = 35 Points
20.2 Random Words:My words were: guitar, drinking, florist, sermon, stone.
Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper, 213 pages
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 80
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 6
Goodreads Author Books: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
completed 20.6 YA 400+ Pages bookI read The Hunger Gamesby Suzanne Collins.
Points: 20
Total points: 20
10.9. No Lawyer Jokes!: Maximum Security: A Crime Novel by Rose Connors
The protagonist is a lawyer
Total Points = 45 Points
Readerboard Name: GinaNY
Task 15.8 From a Different Perspective
I read Breaking Dawn. Each part of the book alternates from being told from Bella's perspective to being told from Jacob's perspective.
Total Points: 15 Points
Task 15.8 From a Different Perspective
I read Breaking Dawn. Each part of the book alternates from being told from Bella's perspective to being told from Jacob's perspective.
Total Points: 15 Points
Mod
I read Sh*t My Dad Says, 159 pages.
I couldn't stop laughing out loud at this one.
Total points: 5
5.6- Water, Water, EverywhereI read
(wouldn't mind this guy living next door to me!)*Lori Foster is a Goodreads Author*
Points for this tasks- 5
Total Points- 35
Goodreads Authors- 1
Tasks Completed- 3
Readerbook Name Kimber5.10 Kia Ora
Read The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
Would like to claim Big Book ticket - 630 pages
This task: 5
Tasks completed: 1
Total points earned: 5
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book: 1/500+
ERIN C.5.2 Waltzing Matilda
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
This has the word "long" in the title from "The Long Sword Dance", which was on the wikipedia list of dances.
10.2 Say What?
Manthropology: The Science of Why the Modern Male Is Not the Man He Used to Be by Peter Mcallister
With the word "why" in the subtitle.
Points this Post: 15
Grand Total: 20
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Pages Read: 792
Goodreads Author Books: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
15.8 From a Different PerspectiveI read The Best of Times: A Novel by Penny Vincenzi(a GoodReads Author). The story is told in a multiple person perspective-bouncing back and forth between all individuals that are affected by an auto accident in England. It was a Big Book as well, at 595 pages.
Total Points to date: 15
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books Read: 1
Total Pages Read: 595
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
10.5 - It Takes TwoSuddenly You by Lisa Kleypas, a Goodreads author
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Points Claiming: 10
Total Points: 45
Finished30.2 Sheila's guilty pleasures
At First Sight by Nicholas SPARKS
Good in Bed by JENNIFER Weiner
Task points 30
Total points 30
Total tasks 1
Total books 2
JanelbaTask 5.7 - Going Green (ebook) - A Princess for Christmas by Shirley Jump (192 pages)
Task 20.6 - Seasonal Reader - Kathryn in CA's Task: Y A Series - The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
This is a big book = 767 pages
Total Points This Post: 25
Total Points in Challenge: 25
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
Pages Read: 959
GR Authors:
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(1); 1000+(0)
Michelle WI20.6 Young Adult Series
The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride #1) - James Patterson
*****James Patterson is a Goodreads author*****
Points this task: 20
Total points: 20
5.4 Fan ClubI read Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury (215 pages)
The favourite author whose site I went to was Neil Gaiman, the fan's name is Karen Faith
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books Read: 1
Total Pages Read: 215
Total GoodReads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
10.9 No Lawyer Jokes!Primal Fear by William Diehl
The main protagonist is a lawyer.
Claiming a Big Book Ticket - 528 pages
This Post: 10
Total Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 0 ()
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Cindy AL5.6 Water, Water - Body of water on cover
Troubled Waters by Sharon Shinn, 391 pp 4/3/2011.
5.7 Going green - borrowed or audiobook:
The Seduction of the Crimson Rose, by Lauren Willig, audio 4/2/2011.
This was an audiobook borrowed from the library.
Lauren Willig is a Goodreads Author
Points in this post - 10
Total Points - 25/910
Books - 4/66
Pages - 1397
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books:500+ - (1), 750+ - (0),1000
10.10. The Final Frontiers: I read Without Reservations, a book about werewolves.
15.8 -- From a Different Perspective
I read Wicked Gentlemen (multiple perspectives)
**GOODREADS AUTHOR**
30.1. Cheryl's Task: Literature Map By Gender
Fave Author: Sherrilyn Kenyon
Completed Picks:
a) Something from the Nightside by Simon R. Green
b) Storm Front by Jim Butcher
Points This Post: 55
Total Points: 65
Tasks Completed: 5
Pages Read: 1499
Books Read: 6
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.7 - Going GreenThe Gargoyle I borrowed this book from a friend, actually he loaned it to me, insisting that I would like it, which I did. 4 stars.
New points: 5
Total points: 5
I love tickers, but he has such a long way to go!
5.3 Gimme Five:Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love, and the Search for Home (2008) by Kim Sunée 400 pp. Five letter last name
5.8 Blow Your Stack:
Six Suspects: A Novel (2008) by Vikas Swarup 470pp
5.10 Kia Ora:
The Disappearance at Pere-Lachaise: A Victor Legris Mystery (2003) by Claude Izner 306pp Written in French, translated to English.
10.5 It Takes Two:
The Flirt (2008) by Kathleen Tessaro 374pp
Today's total: 25
Grand Total: 25
30.2 Sheila's Guilty PleasuresNeed by Carrie Jones <<>>
(Carrie Underwood - Idol)
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah <<>>
(Kristi Yamaguchi - DWTS)
Total Points = 75 Points
New Goodreads Authors = Carrie Jones AND Kristin Hannah
Shannon ★5.6 Water, Water, Everywhere
**Goodreads Author**
I read Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 2
Pages Read: 576
Books Read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Nickboy.10.6 Respect your Elders. The Haunted Hotel by Wilkie Collins 154 pages
15.3.1 Earth Day. Option B: Reread an old favorite. Zastrozzi by Percy Bysshe Shelley 136 pages
Two short 19th century Gothics. The Shelley novel is not very good, very adolescent, but anything by PBS is an old favorite, and I enjoy rereading it just for its campiness.
Task Points: 10
Total Points: 20/910
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 3
Pages Read: 610
Goodreads Authors: 0
10.5 It Takes TwoPikante Sünden. Paul Flemmings zweiter Fall by Jan Beinßen, 279 pages
If I ignore the subtitle only "Pikante Sünden" remains, which means something like "Juicy Sins" translated (a reference to the fact that the murder victim was the owner of a sausage factory).
Task Points: 10
Total Points: 10/910
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Pages Read: 279
Goodreads Authors: 0
30.1 Literature Map by Genderi put in Albert Camus as my author and got Jack Kerouac and Thomas Pynchon as two new-to-me choices to read.
i read On the Road by kerouac and The Crying of Lot 49 by pynchon. both were mildly interesting, though i wasn't in love with either of them. can't see myself reading any more kerouac, but perhaps reading another pynchon someday.
Books Read: 2/67+
Points Completed: 30/910
Tasks Completed: 1/54
15.3 Earth DayB. I reread Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. R. Rowling
C. I read Object of Beauty by Steve Martin, which I got from the library
Order of the Phoenix is 870 pages, so i would like a Big Books ticket, please!
Total points:
15
Books read: 2/67
Tasks completed: 1/54
total pages read: 1174
10.4 Elementary, My Dear WatsonExtraordinary Cases of Sherlock Holmes, the by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 274 pages
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 90
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 7
Goodreads Author Books: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Shannon ★10.7 Kuddle a Koala
I read Old Magic by Marianne Curley, who lives in Australia. The novel also takes place (mostly) in Australia.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 3
Pages Read: 976
Books Read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
NICOLE VA5.9 Shrimp on the Barbie
I read Illyria by Elizabeth Hand. It is 144 pages long.
15.6 The Truth Is...
I read Flesh and Blood So Cheap, about the Triangle Factory Fire. I became interested in the Triangle Factory fire after reading 2 historical fiction novels: Ashes of Roses and Lost.
Total points = 20
5.4 Fan ClubAuthor: E.M. Forster http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
Fan: Karen http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/95...
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, 1010 pages
BIG BOOK 1000+
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 95
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 8
Goodreads Author Books: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(1)
RACHEL CA: 15 points total5.09 SHRIMP ON THE BARBIE
Maigret and the madwoman by Georges Simenon
10.07 KUDDLE A KOALA?
Snugglepot and Cuddlepie by May Gibbs
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Goodreads authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
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15.2 Blurb It - book with blurb and book from author writing blurb: Elantris and The Lost Gate by Brandon Sanderson and Orson Scott Card, 1006 finished 3/2/2011.
Elantris has a cover blurb from Orson Scott Card.
I want to claim one Big Book Ticket for a 500+ page book, and Brandon Sanderson is a Goodreads author
Points in this post - 15
Total Points - 15/910
Books - 2/66
Pages - 1006
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books:500+ - (1), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)