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SPRING CHALLENGE 2011: AUSTRALIA
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Spring Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS)
5.6 Water, Water, Everywhere: Oceania is comprised on many island nations. Read a book with a view of a body of water on the cover. Underwater and in-water images work.The Girls by Lori Lansens
Carly15.10 -- Spring Break
I read Never Tell a Lie by Hallie Ephron.
Hallie Ephron is a GoodReads Author.
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 65
Tasks Completed: 6
Tasks in Progress: 1
Books Read: 7
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Pages Read: 1790
M_ELLEREADSTask 5.2: Circle of Friends
Someday by Alison McGhee
Task Points: 5
Books Read: 1
Pages Read: 40
Total Accumulated Points: 80
15.10- Any BookI read Wanted: Perfect Partner by Debbie Macomber.
Points for this task- 15
Total Points- 270
Goodreads Authors- 3
Tasks Completed- 15
10.10 The Final FrontiersI read Enchanters' End Game by David Eddings
15.3 -- Earth Day
A. Reduce- I read Candy Cane Murder- Plum Pudding Murder Bundle with Candy Cane Murder & Sugar Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke
C. Recycle- I read Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella - I borrowed it from my sister-in-law
20.1. Most Improved Player
1) J,O,E,C,A,I,N,F,A,T,T,U,E,S,D,A,Y
I read Carrot Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke (J/F)
New Grand Total = 130
ALICIA T.20.3 International Women's Day
I read The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory.
I live in the United States, and Philippa Gregory lives in the UK.
Pages Read:1973
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 55
Sandy MNTask 10.2 Say What?
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson, 563 pages
***Claiming Big Book Ticket***
Total Points: 235
20.8. It's My Birthday. Jayme VA's Task: The Night I was Born Shogun by James Clavell, 1152 pages. This book was the basis for the miniseries of the same name.
BIG BOOK 1000+ pages
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 30/910
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Goodreads Author Books: 0
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(1)
Janice CA10.8 Eat your Spinach......
Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years with a Midwife in Mali by Kris Holloway
3.5 stars
+10
total: 105
tasks: 6
books: 7
15.6 The Truth Is...The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander
A few years ago I read The Ice Child by Elizabeth McGregor in which the main character searches for her child's father in the Arctic. The story moves between her search and the Franklin expedition to the Arctic circle. I am fascinated by the expeditions these men carry out to these isolated environments such as the Arctic and Antarctic.
Total points: 185
20.7 Quips and Quotes - one of my all-time favorites is:"All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king."
From The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 265
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 24
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
15.1 Down and Under Watership Down - Richard Adams
Under the Skin - Michel Faber
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 130
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 11
GoodReads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
20.2 Rookie at the Top. Travelgirlut's Task: Random Words my words were frame, prophet, whiteboard, poison and pillar and I read The Perfect Poison by Amanda Quick
Task 30.7. Diane's Task: Title Connections
I chose option A: and read The Price of Murder by Bruce Alexander
AND
Murder With Peacocks by Donna Andrews
Total Points = 770 Points
30.3 - Yours, Mine, OursA. Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer's, My Mother, and Me by Sarah Leavitt, a GoodReads author - 130 pages
B. Shopaholic and Sister by Sophie Kinsella - 388 pages
Woman reconnects with a half-sister and both their lives change.
30.6 - Myth-behaving Greeks
A. Becoming George Sand by Rosalind Brackenbury - 295 pages
Rolled a 2. Marie, married with children, is having an affair with another man while researching George Sand.
B. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins - 374 pages
Rolled a 4. Set in a dystopian future.
Points This Post: 60
Total Points: 305
Total Tasks Completed: 20
Total Books Read: 24
Total Pages Read: 7034
Total GoodReads Authors: 4
Total Big Books: 500(2);750(0);1000+(0)
15.10 Spring Break -Electric Barracudaby Tim DorseyTasks completed: 5
Total Points: 85 points
Books read: 6
NICOLE VA10.4 Elementary My Dear Watson
I read The Lying Game by Sara Shepard.
10.5 It Takes Two
I read Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal by Conor Grennan.
Both Sara Shepard and Connor Grennan are GoodReads Authors.
Total points = 200
Repost: Task 15.6 - The Truth is...
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle
Inspired by Every Last Cuckoo, in which the main character uses meditation in the grieving process after losing her husband.
Task points = 15
Challenge total = 125
Task 25.1 - In my backyard
C: character is a builder - The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson **GR Author**
I: main character works in television or film -
The Funny Thing Is... by Ellen DeGeneres
Task points = 25
Total GR Authors = 2
Challenge total = 150
I have completed task #20.4 "The Royal Wedding" by readingThe Complete Tales of Lucy Gold by Kate Bernheimer
Kate Bernheimer is also a goodreads author!
Total = 105 points
30.1 -- Literature Map by GenderI put J.K. Rowling into the Literature Map. Two of the male authors it produced that I had never read were Isaac Asimov and Terry Pratchett. I read:
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov and
The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
I preferred the Asimov book, but I liked both of them.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 115
Tasks Completed: 6/54
Tasks in Progress: 15.3; 25.2, 25.4; 30.2, 30.3
Books Read: 12
Books from my book shelves: 1 (all the others have been ebooks I've checked out from the library!)
RACHEL CA: 140 points total5.01 WALTZING MATILDA
George's Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl, (medicine dance) 96 pgs (using this as the “1 or 2 books between 80 and 100 pgs” exception rule to the usual 100 pg requirement)
5.03 GIMME FIVE
The BFG by Roald Dahl
Points: 10
Total points: 140
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 14
Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.9 - SHRIMP ON THE BARBIE(book less than 200 pages)
This is a repost of #900 as I had to receive ebook verification for the number of pages. See the approval in post #63.
Ivy and Intrigue: A Very Selwick Christmas
Points this post - 5
Total points - 345
Goodreads authors this post - 1
Total Goodreads authors - 8
5.1 - WALTZING MATILDA(word from any form of dance OR any variation of the word "Dance" in the title)
Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants: Even Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison.
20.5 - ALLITERATIVE AUTHORS ASSOCIATION
(book by author with alliterative name)
The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz (Goodreads author)
Points this post - 25
Total points - 370
Goodreads authors this post - 1
Total Goodreads authors - 9
20.8 The Night I Was BornThe Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers
TV mini-series 1975 Five Red Herrings (http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=...)
Points: 20
Total Points: 320
Total books read: 22
Total tasks completed: 16
Total big books: 500+ (2)
5.3 Gimme Five: Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead Goodreads Author5.4 Fan Club: Betrayed by P.C. Cast http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... Fan: Beth
5.9 Shrimp on the Barbie: Before Dawn Breaks by Rae Lori - won in a giveaway. Goodreads Author
5.10 Kia Ora: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón big books - 510 pages
25.1 a) The Odyssey by Homer - set on a boat. h) Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
Total Points: 45
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Total Books Read: 6
Total Pages Read: 1955
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ 1, 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
25.6. Jennifer N's Task: It’s All About Australia and Oceaniachoose 2:
1. natural disaster (flood) The Log of the Ark 3/11
2. initials in AUSTRALIA
Somatesthesia by Ann Somerville (A and S are in AUSTRALIA)
Ann Someriville is a
**GOODREADS AUTHOR**
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 695
Tasks Completed: 43
Books Read: 55
Goodreads Authors: 17
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
20.7 - Quips and Quotes"The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times."
— Paulo Coelho
Book: The Darkest Secret by Gena Showalter
Total Points to Date: 380
KRISTEN MA20.6 KATHRYN CA'S TASK - YOUND ADULT SERIES: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer. This book had 756 pages. ***I would like to claim a BIG BOOKS TICKET***
20.10 GROUP READ - The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. I made a post in the group discussion.
Total Points: 140
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 11
Total Pages:4585
Goodreads Authors: 0
0Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(2), 1000+(0)
STESSE15.6 -- The Truth Is...
I love Harry Potter, and was intrigued by all of the societal themes running through the series… so I read If Harry Potter Ran General Electric: Leadership Wisdom from the World of the Wizards by Tom Morris (247 p.).
25.5. Gayla's Task: March Madness
I chose 2 books from the Tournament of Books:
Freedom by Jonathan Franzen - (2011 ToB) (562 p.)
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell - (2005 ToB) (509 p.)
These are both BIG BOOKS.
Points this Post: 40
Tasks Completed this Post: 2
Books Read this Post: 3
Pages Read this Post: 1318
GoodReads Authors this Post: 0
Big Books this Post: 2
Total Points: 315
Total Tasks Completed: 22
Total Books Read: 28
Total Pages Read: 9547
Total GoodReads Authors: 6
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
20.1. Most Improved Player. Cindy AL's Task: Lassiez Les Bon Temps Rouler! I chose option 2 with the word moon in the title.
The Shanghai Moon by S.J. Rozan
Total Points = 790
Michelle WI20.10 Group Reads
I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
I posted in the group thread (number 31)
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 95
Readerboard Name: Jenny ChicagoAm working through the challenge... but things are slow this challenge.
Task 5.3 Gimme 5: Short Months, short Author Last name.
I read A Vineyard in Tuscany: A Wine Lover's Dream by Ferenc Máté His last name is 4 letters long, 4 is less than 5.
Ferenc Mate is a Good Reads Author
Points this post 5
Total points 5
Goodreads Author 1
LauMarie20.3 Happy International Women's Day!
I read Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. Daphne du Maurier = UK
Me = US
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 25
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 2
Total Pages Read: 380
Total GoodReads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
MANDY Y.20.7 Shorter is Sweeter. Tami's task: Quips and Quotes
"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
— Marilyn Monroe
My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands by Chelsea Handler
Chelsea Handler is completely out of control, hard to handle, selfish, and makes many mistakes and doesn't care what anyone thinks of her. This book showcases that she lives her life as if she lives by this quote.
Task Points: 20
Grand Total: 135
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 9
Pages Read: 2986
Goodreads Author Books: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
15.7 Lab Lit - The Condition - Jennifer Haigh
*The father is an oncogeneticist. This book was approved in the help thread.
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 150
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 13
GoodReads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
*I made a mistake on my totals back in my second post I think, so according to my calculations, this is where I'm at ...*
5.4 - Fan ClubAuthor:Alexander McCall Smith - Fan:Heather
From Heather's 5 star books I chose:
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
I also gave this book 5 stars.
15.3 - Earth Day
B. Reuse: The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney
I had planned to read this for the Winter challenge, and before that for the Summer Challenge! I'm glad I got round to it at last because I really enjoyed it.
C. Recycle: The Rich Are Different by Susan Howatch*Big Book* 568 pages
I borrowed this from the library.
Total points to date 170
10.5 It Takes TwoGrave Secret by Charlaine Harris
This Post: 10
Total Points: 110
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 1 (Elle Amery)
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
15.1 -- The Land Down UnderLockdown by Alexander Gordon Smith
and
Magic Under Glass by Jaclyn Dolamore
Total Points:140
Tasks Completed:9
Repost of 5.4 with missing information:I read A Red Herring Without Mustard. The author, Alan Bradley, is a Goodreads Author and my copy had 399 pages.
One of my favorite authors is Peter Robinson. Johanna is also a fan of his, and she rated A Red Herring Without Mustard with 5 stars.
Sorry for the lack of info the first time!
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A. I read The Winter of Our Disconnect. Interesting book about a family (with 3 teenagers) that "disconnects" for 6 months - no tv, computers, video games - nothing with a screen. They managed quite well!
B. I read I Capture the Castle. The plot centers around a family with a father, stepmother, and 3 children. I really enjoyed this book, and would not have run across it if it hadn't been mentioned in the help thread for this task!
Total points: 255
I'm LindseyMA and I completed 1 more taskFor task 20.3, I read Juliet by Anne Fortier who was born and raised in Denmark.
New total: 145
25.5 Apex Hides the Hurt by Colson Whitehead 2007 and Alentejo Blue by Monica Ali 2007Total points:165
Angela NY 30.2. Sheila's Task: Sheila’s Guilty Pleasures
When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris (American Idol - David Cook)
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly (Dancing With the Stars - Kelly Monaco)
This Post: 30
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 5
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
20.4 Read A Beautiful Place to Die: The First Martha's Vineyard Mystery (Martha's Vineyard Mysteries by Philip R. Craigpoints this task 20
total points 235? I think
Jen UT10.7 - Kuddle a Koala?
Fighting Ruben Wolfe by Markus Zusak
The author is Australian and the book is set in Australia
Total Points: 30
Total Books: 3
Total Tasks: 3
Readerboard Name - Denise NCTask 25.2 Your Bucket List
Book A - Stay at the Ice Hotel in Sweden
The Ice Hotel by M.C. Foley
Pages - 364
Book B - 1001 Books
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
Pgaes 192
Points - 15
Task 30.2 Sheila's Guilty Pleasures
Book A - AI - Kelly Clarkson
Rorey's Secret by Leisha Kelly
Book B - Julianne Hough
The Color of Heaven by Julianne MacLean
Points - 30
Task 30.6 Myth Behaving Greeks - Rolled 6
Book A - Main Character Rancher
The Young Ranchers by Edward S. Ellis
Pages 112
Book B - Comic or Humorous Book
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Pages - 215
Points - 30
10.3. Beware the Ides of March : Pompeii read 4/6
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 705
Tasks Completed: 44
Books Read: 56
Goodreads Authors: 17
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
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Read Come and Find Me by Hallie Ephron
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