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SPRING CHALLENGE 2011: AUSTRALIA
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Spring Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS)
5.2 --Circle of Friends- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone10.4. -- Elementary, my dear Watson - Sizzling Sixteen
Totals
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 195
Tasks: 14
Books: 17
Pages: 5680
Goodreads Author: 8
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
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Kelly G. 5.7 Going Green
Listened to The Hunger Games by: Suzanne Collins. Plus I got it from my library's e-lending system which means I didn't even have to drive to the library to pick it up...does that get me double points? J/K!
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 80
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 4
Big Ticket Books (1) 500+ (0) 750+ (0) 1000+
Goodreads Authors: 2 (clare)
M_ELLEREADSTask 5.7: Going Green
The Viper's Nest by Peter Lerangis(39 Clues #7)
Borrowed from the library
Task Points: 5
Books Read: 1
Pages Read: 190
Total Accumulated Points: 75
Southpaw285Completed task #25.2 - Sandy's Task: Your Bucket List
One thing on my bucket list is to complete the list of 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, so I have chosen to read two books from this list.
(A) Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow
(B) Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice
Completed task #25.5 - Gayla's Task: March Madness
(A) Room by Emma Donoghue (2011 List)
(B) Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann (2010 List)
This Post: 50 Points
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Total challenge points as of 03/30/11 = 105
BLUEMOON25.1 - IN MY BACKYARD - I chose option G (needle and thread) and read Round Robin which is part of a series about quilters (4*). And for the second part I chose option I (television studio) and read Winner Stands Alone by Paulo Coelho which features many people who work in the film industry (1*).
Paulo Coelho is a GoodReads Author.
TOTAL POINTS - 230
In post 755 I read a book by Claire Cook and did not claim a GoodReads Author ticket. I would like to do that here please. Thanks
Readerboard Name: Cheryl TX10.5 It Takes Two
Steadfast Soldier by Cheryl Wyatt
15.7 Lab Lit
Unknown Means by Elizabeth Becka
She is a forensic specialist
20.5 Rachel Renee's Task: Alliterative Authors
Heartless by Sara Shepard
Total points for this post: 45
5.3 Gimme Five: March, April, And May are short word name months. Read a book by an author whose last name is five or fewer LETTERS.I read The Gunslinger by Stephen King
Tasks complete: 5
Total Points: 35
EllenCA15.10 Spring Break I read Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein's Brain by Michael Paterniti
Total Points: 20
Total Tasks: 2
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 0
Jennifer KS10.1. Sing Out: I read The Heroin Diaries A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star
Points this task 10
Total Points 150
Task Complete 14
Books Read 14
Pages Read 5162
EllenCAIn my previous post 972 I claimed Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein's Brain by Michael Paterniti for task 15.10 but I'd really like to claim it for 15.7 Lab Lit since it discusses Albert Einstein in great detail.
For 15.10 Spring Break - I'd like to claim The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory with 518 pages I'd also like to claim a big book ticket.
Here is my correct updated numbers:
Total Points: 35
Total Tasks: 3
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 1 (500+)
10.4. Elementary, my dear WatsonI listened to the audiobook of Don't Point That Thing At Me by Kyril Bonfiglioli. It is the first book in the Mortdecai Mysteries.
Reader Name: Ian
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 20
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 2
Total Pages Read: 324
Total GoodReads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
BJ Rose3 new tasks
5.5 I'm Tellin': my book has 'brother' in the title
The Case Against My Brother by Libby Sternberg
5.6 Water, Water, Everywhere: The Widow
by Carla Neggers15.6 -- The Truth Is... I love the Temeraire series about using dragons in the military, and I wanted to find out more about how dragons have appeared historically in mythology, so I read the non-fiction book of The Book of Dragons and Other Mythical Beasts by Joseph Nigg
Total Points = 175
Tasks Completed = 17
Total Pages = 5,819
GoodReads Authors = 2
Big Books: (500+) = 1
20.2 Random Wordsi read Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. my 5 words were: silo, orange, shirt, formula, and window.
Books Read: 15/69+
Points Completed: 255/910
Tasks Completed: 11/54
Kimber20.8 It's My Birthday
I read Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman which was a BBC miniseries.
(Thanks Brenda for the great idea for this task!)
Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads author
This task: 20
Total tasks completed: 11
Total points earned: 160
GR Authors: 5
Big Book: 1/500+,1/750+
Angie TX Completed Task:
15.3 Earth Day
B. Reuse The Duchess by Jude Deveraux (My copy has a red cover, which I was going to use for the Winter 2010-11 red cover task.)
C. Recycle The Neon Rain by James Lee Burke (I borrowed this from the library.)
Total Points: 105
Total Points This Post: 15
GRA: 2
Total Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 9
5.8 Blow Your StackAdded to stacks: Feb 12, 2011
World without End by Sean Russell read 3/30/11
Big Book ticket: 606 pages
Points this Post: 5
Completed Tasks: 18
Total Points to Date: 240
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+ (4), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Jess Philly15.9 Spring Break
I finished the Fablehaven series with book 5, Keys to the Demon Prison by Brandon Mull.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 60
15.8 From a Different PerspectiveRead a novel written from a unique point of view. For example, it could be written in 2nd person, from a non-human perspective, from multiple perspectives, or it could be a retelling of a story from a different perspective.
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives: A Novel by Lola Shoneyin
This novel is told from multiple perspectives (Baba Segi and each of his four(!) wives).
This Post: 15
Total Points: 180
Tasks Completed: 16/54
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
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5.8 Blow Your Stack on my list since Oct 2010
Breathing Water: A Bangkok Thriller by Timothy Hallinan
15.1 Down Under
Down Thunder Road: The Making of Bruce Springsteen by Marc Eliot
15.3 Earth Day
A. Reduce: Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating with More Than 75 Recipes by Mark Bittman
#5 on my list, I waited too long to read this book. I've read a lot in this area and the tone was shrill. Maybe if I had read this first it would have resonated more.
B. Reuse 50.1 Melanie's Land Among the Stars. For C: Stars, rolled a 5: Clint Eastwood- western
True Grit by Charles Portis
I had tried to read this book for the Winter Challenge, but the library waitlist for this book was too long and I had to choose another book. It was worth the wait.
20.9 Laurie's Lucky Me Exile
Devils in Exile: A Novel by Chuck Hogan
30.5 Delicious Dee's Birthday Cake
My birthday is June 27
A. Audiaa's list: Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
very enjoyable YA fantasy- I hope to read the other books in the series
B. Donna Jo's list: Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body by Neil Shubin
Donna Jo's list is always a great source of books for me. I really liked this one
total 335
I just completed task 5.7 Going GreenI read Little Women by Louisa May Alcott on my iPhone
Points this task: 5
Total points for challenge: 50
15.7 -- Lab Lit In Lover Unleashed, Manny is a surgeon. This book has been vetted in the help thread. I finished it on 3/30.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 555
Tasks Completed: 35
Books Read: 44
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Sandy MNTask 15.2: Blurb It
I read A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole, which has a blurb by Sherrilyn Kenyon. "A unique romance - it truly stands on its own!"
I read Night Pleasures by Sherrilyn Kenyon.
Points this Task:15
Total Points: 200
Tasks this post:1
Total Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read this post: 2
Total Books Read: 16
Total Pages Read: 5342
Total Goodreads Author Books: 5
Total Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
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20.9 Lucky Me read The Thiefby Megan Whalen Turner
25.3 A Better World read
Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBIby Robert K. Ressler and I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill Youby Ally Carter
This book is about teenage spies.
Points this task 65
Total points 310/910
Tasks Completed: 16/54
Books read: 20/71
Total pages: 5944
GR Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
15.4 It's a RepeatA. Read one book with a word in the title that repeats. tout/tout
Je veux tout, tout de suite by Cecily von Ziegesar
15.8 From a Different Perspective
Ne t'inquiète pas pour moi by Alice Kuipers
The book is written in notes left on the refrigerator door by a mother and her daughter.
This post: 30 points
Total to Date = 60 points
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Total Books Read: 5
Total Pages Read: 1397
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500(0);750(0);1000+(0)
Erin NYCouple more to report:
25.1
A: Book a tv show is based on: (show = True Blood)
Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
B: Main character in the sewing industry
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
30.4
A. Non fiction about a hobby you want to pursue (Quilting)
Quilts! Quilts!! Quilts!!! : The Complete Guide to Quiltmaking by Diana McClun
B. Book featuring a domestic worker (slaves & servants here)
The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 5
Tasks In Progress: 1
Pages Read: 2541
Books Read: 8
Readerboard Name: Gina NY
Task: 15.9 In Like a Lion Out Like a Lamb--animal on cover (dog)
Total Points: 160 Points
Task: 15.9 In Like a Lion Out Like a Lamb--animal on cover (dog)
Total Points: 160 Points
Erin B.20.1. Most Improved Player. Cindy AL's Task: Lassiez Les Bon Temps Rouler!
I picked choice #1 (author's initials):
Manic: a memoir by Terri Cheney
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Joanna TI need to move a book (already!).
In Post #243, I claimed Glass Soup for Task 20.1. I'd now like to move that book to Task 15.9:
Task 15.9 Lion/Lamb
[New] Task 20.1 Mardi Gras
Rolling Nowhere: Riding the Rails with America's Hoboes by Ted Conover
Choice 1: The author's initials (T,C) fit into JOECAINFATTUESDAY.
New points: 15 (minus 20 + 15 + 20)
Grand total: 120
20.5. Bigger is Better. Rachel Renee's Task: Alliterative Authors Association
Read any book by an author with an alliterative name!
I read a book by Michelle Moran
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution (2011) by Michelle Moran (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 464 pages)
Goodreads Author = Michelle Moran
90 + 20 = 110
Tasks Completed: 7
Points for this task: 20
Points thus far: 90 + 20 = 110
Books read: 8
Pages Read: 2702
Read but not claimed: 3
Goodreads Authors: 2
15.2 Blurb ItShip Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
Blurb by Robert J. Sawyer so I read:
WWW:Wake
20.7 Quips and Quotes
"Whatever you can do or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now." Goethe
Cold Magic by Kate Elliott (500+ pages - Big book ticket)
30.1 Literature Map by Gender
Original author: Terry Pratchett
Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher (500+ pages - Big book ticket)
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
30.7 Title Connections
Feed by M.T. Anderson
Feed by Mira Grant (500+ pages - Big book ticket)
These books work for either option for this task.
Points this post: 95
Total points: 235
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(1)
20.6 Young Adult SeriesI read Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder.
*Maria V. Snyder is a goodreads author*
Task Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 6
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Total Points: 85
Readerboard Name: Cheryl TX5.5 I'm Tellin'
Sisters, Ink. by Rebeca Seitz
15.9 In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb
The Dog Park Club: A Mystery by Cynthia Robinson
20.3 Katy's Task: Happy International Women's Day
Poison Ivory: A Den of Antiquity Mystery by Tamar Myers
Tamar Myers was born and raised in the Belgian Congo
Total points this post: 40
20.5. Bigger is Better. Rachel Renee's Task: Alliterative Authors Association The Murder Game by Beverly Barton
Total Points = 600
Completed 20.10 Group Reads. Read I am Number Four by Pittacus LorePoints 20
Total Points 50
Tasks complete-3
20.6 - Seasoned Reader. Kathryn CA's Task: Young Adult Series 1. A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner – 336 pp – The Queens Thief #4 - ★ ★ ★ ★
2. Boys Over Flowers: Hana Yori Dango, Volume 10 by Yoko Kamio – 184 pp – approved in task help board message 36 - ★ ★ ★
Total pages: 520
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter. Tami's task: Quips and Quotes
My favorite quote:
To put meaning in one’s life may end in madness,
But life without meaning is the torture
Of restlessness and vague desire—
It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid.
By Edgar Lee Masters (from Spoon River Anthology – George Gray)
Me to We: Finding Meaning in a Material World by Craig Kielburger & Marc Kielburger - ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
25.1 - Coralie's Task:In my Backyard
a. Book set on a boat: The Price of Pleasure by Kresley Cole - ★ ★ ★ ★
h. Read a book on which a television show is based: Boys Over Flowers: Hana Yori Dango, Volume 14 by Yoko Kamio (anime series and regular TV series) - ★ ★ ★
Task 30.7. - Diane's Task: Title Connections
Option A:
1. Hotter After Midnight by Cynthia Eden - ★ ★ ★
Goodreads Author: Cynthia Eden
2. Midnight Sins by Cynthia Eden - ★ ★ ★ ★
Goodreads Author: Cynthia Eden
Points This Post: 95
Total Points: 230
Goodreads authors this post: 2
Goodreads authors total: 4
Total Big Books: (500+) 1
RACHEL CA: 130 points total5.08 BLOW YOUR STACK
Stones for Ibarra by Harriet Doerr (added Aug 2, 2010)
Points: 5
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 12
Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Jennifer KS5.1 Waltzing Matilda
I read Shadow Dance by Julie Garwood
Points this task 5
Total Points 155
Tasks complete 15
Books read 16
Pages read 5498
Janice CA30.4 Like I Need An Excuse.....
Part 1: I'd rather be off exploring exotic cultures, so I read
Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu by J. Maarten Troost
4 stars
This book wasn't quite as good as his first, but it was still strong in history, anthropology, and humor.
Part 2: Domestic Worker - Seamstress
(Book approved in help thread)
Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House by Elizabeth Keckley
4 stars
Ms. Keckley bought her and her son's freedom from slavery utilizing her sewing skills. She then moved to Washington D.C. and became the personal seamstress to Mary Todd Lincoln, Mrs. Jefferson Davis, and other society ladies. This was a very unique story, because the author did most of her work within the White House and witnessed many of the interactions between the Lincolns during the Civil War. In Fact, Mrs. Lincoln requested Keckley's presence the night of her husband's death.
+30
total: 95
tasks: 5
books: 6
20.9. Lucky Me! Laurie's Task Dear Exile : The True Story of Two Friends Separated (for a Year) by an Ocean by Hilary Liftin
Total Points = 160
20.3. Best Review Contest. Katy's Task: Happy International Women's Day! I read Late for Tea at the Deer Palace by Tamara Chalabi. Tamara was born in Beirut, Lebanon. I was born in Mount Holly, NJ US.
total points: 155
tasks completed: 9
books read: 12
total pages:4187
Lisa MDCOMPLETED TASKS:
20.2 Rookie at the Top. Travelgirlut's Task: Random Words
Random Word Generator: radio,scream, sunburn, supplies, refugee
❀Radio Shangri-La: What I Learned in the Happiest Place on Earth by Lisa Napoli READ 3.31.11
20.5. Bigger is Better. Rachel Renee's Task: Alliterative Authors Association
❀In Big Trouble by Laura Lippman READ 3.31.11
GOODREADS AUTHOR
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COMPLETED TASKS: 17/54
TOTAL POINTS: 275/910
BOOKS READ: 20/71
GOODREAD AUTHORS: 7
BIG BOOKS: 500 pp. [ ✔ ] 750 pp. [ ✔ ] 1000 pp. [ ]
Joy Marie10.10 The Final Frontiers: Science Fiction
Read So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Total Points: 55
20.3 Happy International Women's Day!i read Good Bones and Simple Murders. Margaret Atwood is from canada, i'm from the u.s.
Books Read: 16/69+
Points Completed: 275/910
Tasks Completed: 12/54
Jayme(the ghostreader)I completed task 10.8 Eat Your Spinach. I read "Carrot Cake Murder" by Joanne Fluke.
Tasks Completed 10
Books Read: 11
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: 0
Grand Total: 135
5.9 Shrimp on the BarbieFinished Don't Point That Thing At Me by Kyril Bonfiglioli. 198 pages.
Reader Name: Ian
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 15
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 2
Total GoodReads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
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15.7 Lab Lit
The main character is a forensic archeologist
20.7 Quips and Quotes
"Its our choices, Harry, that show us who we truly are, far more than our abilities."
-JK Rowilng "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"
30.7 Title Connections
A:
Points this post: 70
Total Points: 130
Total GR Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)