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SPRING CHALLENGE 2011: AUSTRALIA
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Spring Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS)
Coralie20.2 Random Words
words – chocolate, apple pie, false teech??, stretcher, map
Friends, Lovers, Chocolate
20.6 Young Adult Series
Lady Knight
20.8 The Night I was Born
Seven Little Australians
Made into a mini-series in 1973
20.9 Laurie’s Task
exile in title
The sun in exile: A novel
Total points 270
15.9 Spring BreakA Promise to Believe In by Tracie Peterson
Task Points: 15
Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 3
Pages Read: 1560
Books Read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
25.5. Gayla's Task: March Madness I read two books from the Tournament of Books 2011:
Room by Emma Donoghue Emma is a Goodreads author
and
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Eagan
total points: 190
Books read: 15
Tasks completed:11
GR authors: 3
Big books 750+ (1)
Pages read: 5084
last post 895
10.2. Say what?
Ex, Why, And Me - Susanna Carr (GR Author)
10.3. Beware the Ides of March
the course of honour
10.4. Elementary, my dear Watson
Eye of the Red Tsar: A Novel of Suspense - Inspector Pekkala, one of the few people close to the Tsar before his murder, is brought in to find out what happened to the treasure that the Tsar hid prior to his death - Finished - 3/30
20.1. Most Improved Player. Cindy AL's Task: Lassiez Les Bon Temps Rouler!
1) The Peach Keeper - Sarah Addison Allen (S, A, A) (GR Author)
25.1. Coralie's Task:In my Backyard
A. Option D – Delicious – she is a Chef - Susan Mallery (GR Author)
B. Option E. See Jane Score – features a member of a professional ice hockey team
30.5. Delicious Dee's task: “All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, or a book”
My birthday is on the 16th
A. Mary Beth (16th) Drawing in the Dust
B. Matthew (16th) The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest - Big Book Ticket - 500+ pages - HC is 563 pages
Total Points This Post: 105
Total Points in Challenge: 430
Books Read: 35
Tasks Completed: 30
GR Authors: 13
Big Book Tickets: 500+(3); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Previous Tasks Completed:
5.1;5.3;5.4;5.5;5.6;5.9;5.10
10.8;10.10
15.1;15.3;15.4;15.5;15.6;15.7;15.9;15.10
20.2;20.4;20.5;20.7;20.8;20.9
30.3
5.3 Gimme FiveThe Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
Carrue Ryan is a goodreads author
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 180
Tasks Completed: 12
Pages Read: 6200
Books Read: 17
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
15.3 -- Earth DayA. Reduce: added to TBR 2/12/11
Texas Rich by Fern Michaels read 4/6/11
Big Book ticket: 568 pages
C. Recycle: borrowed from sister
Witness in Death by JD Robb read 3/26/11
Points this Post: 15
Completed Tasks: 20
Total Points to Date: 270
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+ (5), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
10.10- Read a Fantasy/Sci-Fi BookI read Evernight by Claudia Gray. Shelved 182 times as Fantasy.
Points for this task- 10
Total Points- 280
Goodreads Authors- 3
Tasks Completed- 16
Nickboy. 20.3 Happy International Women’s Day! – Omnitopia Dawn by Diane Duane 352 pages
I live in the U.S. -- Though born in New York, author Diane Duane now resides in County Wicklow, Ireland, according to her GR bio.
20.6 Young Adult Series – The Red Pyramid (Kane Chronicles # 1) by Rick Riordan 516 pages
Claiming one Goodreads Author for Diane Duane
Claiming one BIG BOOK for The Red Pyramid 516 pages
Task Points: 40
Total Points: 350/910
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 28
Pages Read: 8221
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (2)
Kathleen FL15.6 The Truth Is...:
Edge of America: Folly Beach, a Pictorial History
I was inspired to read this book by On Folly Beach. I have lived on Folly Beach and live nearby it now so I was really curious to find out more about the history and if the novel was true to it.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 165
Goodreads Author Books: 1
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
15.9 - In like a lion, out like a lamb
by Richelle Mead**- There are birds in the left hand corner
Richelle Mead is a Goodreads Author
Total Points to Date: 395
Readerboard: Cheryl TXREPOST
10.9 No Lawyer Jokes
The Street Lawyer by John Grisham
20.4 The Royal Wedding
Wedding Cake by Lynn Hinton
This completes my challenge with 860 points
whoo hoo I found books to fit 25.6Let's move The Grapes of Wrath by F. Scott Fitzgerald to 25.6 option 1
and leave The Great Gatsby for 25.2B 1001 Books to read before you die.and the other half would be Lights, Camera--Kiss the Boss by Nikki Logan set in Australia
now I am finished. WhewwwwLet me know if this is satisfactory
15.2 -- Blurb ItLover Enshrined (finished reread on 3/21) has a blurb from Nicole Jordan in it. I read The Heart Breaker 4/7.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 720
Tasks Completed: 45
Books Read: 57
Goodreads Authors: 17
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
STESSE20.1. Most Improved Player. Cindy AL's Task: Lassiez Les Bon Temps Rouler!
First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones (initials: D, J) (310 p.)
A really cute read and total serendipity find on the library popular shelves! Looking forward to her next one…
Darynda Jones is a GoodReads Author.
Points this Post: 20
Tasks Completed this Post: 1
Books Read this Post: 1
Pages Read this Post: 310
GoodReads Authors this Post: 1
Total Points: 335
Total Tasks Completed: 23
Total Books Read: 29
Total Pages Read: 9857
Total GoodReads Authors: 7
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
10.9 - No Lawyer JokesRumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders by John Mortimer
Rumpole is a barrister and this is the story of his first murder case at the Old Bailey.
Total points to date 180
Readerboard Name= Lindy-Lane My Goal Points for this Season: 225
Points earned for this task: 15
Points Achieved to date: 155
Updated last on: 4.07
Total # of books read: 11
Total # of pages read: 3,749
Total # of tasks completed: 10
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 2
Total # of Big Books: 0
Task 15.9 In like a Lion ou like a Lamb...Read a book with the name of an animal in the title or picture of an animal on the cover.
I read
The Black Lyon by Jude Deveraux 343 pages (4.7)
TANYAPT15.8 From a Different Perspective. Read a novel written from a unique point of view.
Wide Sargasso Sea
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 135
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 7
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Readerboard Name: Gina NY
Task 15.2 Blurb It
a)
b)
Task 5.7: Going Green--read an e-book
Total Points: 185 Points
Task 15.2 Blurb It
a)
b)
Task 5.7: Going Green--read an e-book
Total Points: 185 Points
5.3 Gimme FiveDie dunkle Seite des Sommers: Franken Krimi by Stefanie Mohr ("Mohr" has four letters, that's less than five)
15.10 Spring Break
Die vergessenen Schwestern by Stefanie Mohr
20.1 Lassiez Les Bon Temps Rouler
Der blaue Express. 7 CDs by Agatha Christie (paperback edition counts 197 pages)
Option 1: "A" and "C" are included in J,O,E,C,A,I,N,F,A,T,T,U,E,S,D,A,Y.
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 260/910
Tasks Completed: 20
Books Read: 24
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
10.5 It Takes TwoThink Twice by Lisa Scottoline.
Lisa Scottoline is a Goodreads author.
Points this post : 10
Points so far : 60
20.4 Author, Author. Tracyj's Task: The Royal Wedding The False Princess has the word princess in the title
Eilis O'Neal is a **GOODREADS AUTHOR**
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 740
Tasks Completed: 46
Books Read: 58
Goodreads Authors: 18
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
15.8 From a Different PerspectiveLady Susan by Jane Austen
(The story is told through letters by different characters)
Kelly G. 20.3 International Women's Day
Read: The House at Riverton by: Kate Morton. Kate Morton is from Australia and I am in the U.S.
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 100
Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 5
Big Ticket Books (1) 500+ (0) 750+ (0) 1000+
Goodreads Authors: 2 (clare)
15.9 In Like a Lion, Out Like a LambLand of Painted Caves by Jean Auel
I know you can't tell from here, but there are horses on the cover.
Big Book Ticket = 757 pages
My first points. Total 15.
Joanna T30.6 - Myth Behaving Greeks
Die Roll 2 (Family Relationships):
I read four plays by Euripides. I read them on my kindle, so I can't count the pages exactly, but looking at the equivalent print editions makes it clear that it totals more than 100 pages. The three plays kindle version says 205 pages, while the paperback for that book says 305; the kindle version for the other play says 44.
Note: reading plays by Euripides for this task was approved in the help thread. All of these dealt with family relationships (e.g., Medea punishing her husband for leaving her by killing his new bride, bride's father, and Medea's children).
Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus
AND
HERACLES
by Euripides
Die roll 5 (nonfiction):
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks
Task total: 30
Grand total: 150
20.1 Lassiez Bon Temps Rouler! Motor Mouth by Janet EvanovichTasks completed: 6
Total Points: 105 points
Books read: 7
15.9 -- In Like a Lion, Out Like a LambLions and Lace by Meagan McKinney read 4/7/11
Total this Post: 15
Completed Tasks: 21
Total Points to Date: 285
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+ (5), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Well I've enjoyed no housework day aka as my birthday today and it ended with my kids giving me my new addiction. They gave me a Kindle - this could be VERY, VERY bad.
This is a repost of two previous tasks as I'd like to change books.20.3 - HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
(a book by a woman author from another country)
What's New, Pussycat? by Alexandra Potter who was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, UK
20.6 - YOUNG ADULT SERIES
(read a YA book that is a part of a series and has at least 400 pages or multiple books from series to add up to 400 pages)
On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God: Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series - 272 pages)
Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas by Louise Rennison (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series - 173 pages)
Points reposted - 40
Total points posted - 370
Sheila wrote: "Well I've enjoyed no housework day aka as my birthday today and it ended with my kids giving me my new addiction. They gave me a Kindle - this could be VERY, VERY bad."Oh, but it can also be VERY, VERY fun ;o).... LOL... enjoy your new toy and happy birthday!
20.3 - HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY(a book by a woman author from another country)
I just reposted this with the wrong book. I apologize for any confusion. The appropriate book for this post is You're the One That I Don't Want by Alexandra Potter who was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, UK.
5.4 - FAN CLUB
(a 5-star book from the READ shelf of a fan from a favorite author's profile page)
I chose Julia Quinn as the author and the fan's name was Christa. (http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...)
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
10.2 - SAY WHAT?
(read a book with “who,” “what,” “when,” “where,” “why,” or “how” in the title)
What's New, Pussycat? by Alexandra Potter
15.2 - BLURB IT
(read one book that has a blurb from another author on it and read a book by the author that provided the blurb)
book with the blurb - Waiting in the Wings by Donna Hay
book by the author who wrote the blurb - Gardens of Delight by Erica James
Points reposted - 20
New points this post - 30
Total points posted - 400
20.3 - HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY(a book by a woman author from another country)
I just reposted this with the wrong book. I apologize for any confusion. The appropriate book for this post is You're the One That I Don't Want by Alexandra Potter who was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, UK.
5.4 - FAN CLUB
(a 5-star book from the READ shelf of a fan from a favorite author's profile page)
I chose Julia Quinn as the author and the fan's name was Christa. (http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...)
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
10.2 - SAY WHAT?
(read a book with “who,” “what,” “when,” “where,” “why,” or “how” in the title)
What's New, Pussycat? by Alexandra Potter
15.2 - BLURB IT
(read one book that has a blurb from another author on it and read a book by the author that provided the blurb)
book with the blurb - Waiting in the Wings by Donna Hay
book by the author who wrote the blurb - Gardens of Delight by Erica James
Points reposted - 20
New points this post - 30
Total points posted - 400
Jenny Chicago Task 15.10 Spring Break: Read whatever you would like.
For this task I read 12,000 Miles in the Nick of Time: A Semi-Dysfunctional Family Circumnavigates the Globe by Mark Jacobson
Points this Post 15
Total Points 20
Goodread Authors 1
Big Books 0
MANDY Y.30.3. Donna Jo's Task: Yours, Mine, and Ours
A. My Life in France by Julia Child
B. Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
Revolves around a girl and her new stepmother and stepsister.
--2 Big Book Tickets: 752 Pages--
Task Points: 30
Grand Total: 165
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 11
Pages Read: 4055
Goodreads Author Books: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
30.5 All the World is Birthday Cake...I read Room by Emma Donoghue (Goodreads Author), from Brenda MO's shelf. I also read The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, from Kim L's shelf. My birthday is on the 13th. Both Brenda MO and Kim L also have birthdays on the 13th.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 135
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
BLUEMOON20.3 - INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY - The Violin of Auschwitz: A Novel by Maria Àngels Anglada who is from Spain. I am from the US.
TOTAL POINTS - 270
Cindy AL5.5 I'm Tellin' - brother, sister, sibling: Brother Odd by Dean Koontz, 384pp read 4/1/2011
10.8 Eat your Spinach - fruit or veggie on cover or title: A Catered Thanksgiving by Isis CrawfordIris Crawford, 307pp read on 4/4/2011.
15.10 Spring Break - anything you want: Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning, 594pp read 4/7/2011.
I want to claim a Big Books ticket.
Points in this post - 30
Total Points - 4200/910
Books - 40/66
Pages - 13160
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books:500+ - (4), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)
30.5 - Like I need an Excuse..Book A: How to Raise the Perfect Dog: Through Puppyhood and Beyond by Cesar Millan
- I would much rather be with my dogs than cleaning
Book B: Jane Eyre** by Charlotte Bronte
**Jane Eyre was 576 pages so I am claiming a big book ticket
Total Points to Date: 425
Southpaw285*****Repost*****
To correct post #1159
Completed task #30.7 - Diane's Task: Title Connection
(A) Slightly Wicked by Mary Balogh
(b) Wicked Angel by Julia London
Points this post: 30
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Total challenge points = 135
25.4. Helen's Task: Science-Fiction/Fantasy Masters Sci-Fi: Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey (2005) finished 4/7
Fantasy: Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King (2004) finished 4/8
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 765
Tasks Completed: 47
Books Read: 60
Goodreads Authors: 18
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
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Happy Birthday, Sheila - and the kindle is wonderful. I love mine.
15.9 -- In Like a Lion, Out Like a LambBattle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
Task Points: 15
Total Points: 55
10.6. Respect Your Elders: Casino Royale 4/8
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 775
Tasks Completed: 48
Books Read: 61
Goodreads Authors: 18
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
10.3. Beware the Ides of March: AD 79Pompeii by Robert Harris read 4/8/11
Total This Post: 10
Completed Tasks: 22
Total Points to Date: 295
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+ (5), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
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I read Poison Study by by Maria V. Snyder 409 pages
Maria V. Snyder is a good reads author
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 395/910
Total pages 7389
Tasks Completed: 19/54
Books Read: 25/71
Goodreads Author Books: 5
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)