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SPRING CHALLENGE 2011: AUSTRALIA
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Spring Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS)
20.4 Author, Author. Tracyj's Task: The Royal Wedding Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik (approved msg.#21 in help messages)
30.6 Melanie's Task: Myth-behaving Greeks
I rolled 2 fours
Book A: 4. Hades: A book where a main character is considered dead (ghost, angel, vampire) or with "ghost", "grave", "cemetery" or "bones" in the title (variations work: i.e. "graveyard", "ghostly",..)
I read Leave the Grave Green by Deborah Crombie
AND
Book B 4. Homer: Read a fantasy or sci-fi (futuristic setting or set 30+ years after it was written)
I read Conspiracy in Death by J.D. Robb
Total Points = 860
5.1 Waltzing Matilda-War Dances by Sherman Alexie
+5 Points
10.4. Elementary, my dear Watson:
A different task for this book:
The Kalahari Typing School for Men by Alexander McCall Smith, Goodreads Author
+10 Points
1 Goodreads Author
15.10 — Spring Break
Matched by Ally Condie
+15 Points
20.8. It’s My Birthday. Jayme VA’s Task: The Night I was Born
New book for this task:
Mini Series: Miss Marple(approved in the help thread)
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side by Agatha Christie
+20 Points
Points this Post: 20+15+10+5=50
Goodreads Authors this Post: 1
Grand Total: 325
MANDY Y.20.3. Best Review Contest. Katy's Task: Happy International Women's Day!
The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
Task Points: 20
Grand Total: 185
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 12
Pages Read: 4183
Goodreads Author Books: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
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20.2 Travelgirlut's Random Words
My words: straw, degree, dinosaur, fatigue, space
My Nest Isn't Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman by Lisa Scottoline
Fun collection of essays- loved "Library Slut" and others
20.4 Tracyj's Royal Wedding
2nd option: William Arthur Philip Louis
First Light: The First Ever Brady Coyne/J.W. Jackson Mystery by Philip R. Craig and William G. Tapply
The authors' characters team up in alternating chapters- nicely done
20.6 Kathryn CA's Young Adult Series
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
The Mortal Instruments #1 485 pages
20.7 Tami's Quips and Quotes
Quote from Invictus
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
Invictus: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation by John Carlin
25.5 Gayla's March Madness
Option C-one of each
A. Basketball: When March Went Mad: The Game That Transformed Basketball by Seth Davis
B. ToB: That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo 2010 list
I really enjoyed both books.
total 510
Nicely done Cheryl and Sheila!
Thanks kiki and Dlmrose. Have I mentioned that I am enjoying retirement? Now a whole NEW world of reading has opened up since my kids gave me a Kindle for my birthday yesterday. I already have the downloading thing figured out and have started with a bunch of classics that are free.
Keri ★TX 5.10 Kia Ora
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne. This book was originally written in Verne's native French language.
5.19 In Like a Lion, Out like a Lamb
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley *Goodreads Author* --picture of a dead jack snipe on the cover with a Penny Black stamp in its beak20.1 Lassiez Les Bon Temps Rouler!
3) Read a book by an author with an Alabama connection:
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, born in Monroeville, AL. Story takes place in fictional town of Maycomb, AL
20.5 Alliterative Authors Association
Gone With the Wind by Margaret (Munnerlyn) Mitchell
Big Book 1024 pages
25.3 A Better World
The Choice by Nicholas Sparks. Travis Parker is a veterinarian and Gabby Holland is a Physician's Assistant -- fiction
and
Scent of the Missing by Susannah Charleson. This nonfiction book is about Search and Rescue dogs and is the author's story about her training of her own SARS dog.
Points this post: 85
Total Points: 140
Total tasks completed: 8
Total books read: 10
Total pages read: 2297
Total Goodreads authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0) 750+ (0), 1000+ (1)
5.8 Blow Your StackLemon Meringue Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke
10.2. Say what?
The Girl Who Stopped Swimming by Joshilyn Jackson
10.5. It Takes Two
Charmed Thirds by Megan McCafferty
15.1 -- The Land Down Under
Damsel Under Stress by Shanna Swendson and Don't Look Down by Jennifer Crusie
15.2 -- Blurb It
The Marriage Bureau for Rich People by Farahad Zama and Shopaholic and Sister by Sophie Kinsella
20.6. Seasoned Reader. Kathryn CA's Task: Young Adult Series
Perfect Fifths by Megan McCafferty and Front and Center by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter. Tami's task: Quips and Quotes
Republicans believe every day is the fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15. Ronald Reagan
I read Fourth Comings by Megan McCafferty
25.1. Coralie's Task:In my Backyard
d. A food court, restaurants, bars, cafes etc. Read a book where a main character works in the food preparation industry.
Fudge Cupcake Murder by Joanne Fluke
i. A television studio. Read a book where a main character works in the film or television industry.
Blueberry Muffin Murder by Joanne Fluke
Many of the characters in this book are involved in the television industry. Here is the book description:
Hannah's popular Minnesota bakery, The Cookie Jar, is best known for its tempting confections—until best-selling cookbook author and television personality Connie McIntyre is murdered in its pantry. Despite police warnings to steer clear of the case, Hannah is soon chasing down a bevy of suspicious characters.
Points: 120
Total Points: 340
M_ELLEREADSTask 15.3: Earth Day
Option B. “REUSE” (re-read an old favorite): Crossing the Tracks by Barbara Stuber (Goodreads Author)
Option C. “RECYCLE” (read a book dying to read then give to a friend—giving to Carrie): Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver (Goodreads Author)
Task Points: 15
Books Read: 2
Pages Read: 258 + 472 = 730
Total Accumulated Points: 90
5.9 Shrimp on the BarbieCake Pops by Angie Dudley. with 159 pages.
10.4 Elelmentary, my dear Watson
Bloody Kin by Margaret Maron
10.6 Respect Your Elders
Dangerous Liaisons by Pierre A.F. Choderlos de Laclos, first published in 1782. I seriously need to watch the movie. The book was great.
15.5 Award Me
For 2010
The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson
15.6 The Truth IS...
After reading Jean Auel's The Land of Painted Caves I checked out
Lascaux: Movement, Space and Time by Norbert Aujoulat
20.1 Most Improved Player--Cindy AL;s TAsk--Lassiez Les Bon Temps Rouler!
A. Author's intitials are JF
Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
Todays Total: 75
Grand Total: 630
Jennifer KS5.8 Blow Your Stack: I read Murder by Artifact by Barbara Graham who is a Goodreads Author
Points this task 5
Total Points 185
Task complete 18
Books Read 19
Goodreads authors 6
15.5 -- Award MeFor this task I read Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. Man Booker Prize Winner in 2009. Very good!
Tasks Complete: 6
Total Points: 50
5.4 Fan Club: Hotter After Midnight by Cynthia Eden - ★ ★ ★ - (Favorite Author: Kresley Cole - Fan: Cindy)
Goodreads Author: Cynthia Eden
10.1. Sing Out:
Midnight Sins by Cynthia Eden - ★ ★ ★ ★ – heroine is a bar singer
Goodreads Author: Cynthia Eden
10.7. Kuddle a Koala?:
Mighty Quinns: Brody by Kate Hoffman - ★ ★ ★
15.3 -- Earth Day
A. Reduce: Midnight's Master by Cynthia Eden - ★ ★ ★
Goodreads Author: Cynthia Eden
C. Recycle : Make a Difference: America's Guide to Volunteering and Community - ★ ★ ★ Service by Arthur I. Blaustein
20.8. It's My Birthday. Jayme VA's Task: The Night I was Born
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy mini-series : So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams - ★ ★ ★
Mini-series link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081874/
30.5. Delicious Dee's task: “All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, or a book”
My birthday = 17th
A. Kandie – 17th : A Fistful of Charms by Kim Harrison - ★ ★ ★
B. Delicious Dee Challenge Addict – 16th : Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning - ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Big Book Ticket (500+ pgs): 1
Points This Post: 90
Total Points: 290
Goodreads authors this post: 3
Goodreads authors total: 5
Total Big Books: (500+) 2
10.9. No Lawyer Jokes!: The Law Of Attraction 4/8
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 785
Tasks Completed: 49
Books Read: 62
Goodreads Authors: 18
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
20.6. Seasoned Reader. Kathryn CA's Task: Young Adult SeriesThe Mortal Instruments, Book 4 / 424 pages
City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare read 4/8/11
Goodreads Author: Cassandra Clare
Total This Post: 20
Completed Tasks: 23
Total Points to Date: 315
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+ (5), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Lisa MDCOMPLETED TASKS:
15.3 Earth Day
B. planned to read for the Winter 2010-2011 challenge
❀Kisser by Stuart Woods READ 3.30.11
C. borrowed - from the library
❀The Red Garden by Alice Hoffman READ 4.7.11
30.1. Cheryl's Task: Literature Map By Gender
Used authorJon Krakauer
A. ❀The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson READ 4.5.11
GOODREADS AUTHOR
B. ❀Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist by Michael J. Fox READ 4.8.11
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COMPLETED TASKS: 22/54
TOTAL POINTS: 395/910
BOOKS READ: 29/71
GOODREAD AUTHORS: 10
BIG BOOKS: 500 pp. [ ✔ ✔ ] 750 pp. [ ✔ ] 1000 pp. [ ]
MANDY Y.15.7 -- Lab Lit
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
One of the main characters is a marinebiologist.
Task Points: 15
Grand Total: 200
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 13
Pages Read: 4379
Goodreads Author Books: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
Michelle WI30.2 Sheila's Guilty Pleasures
- for both parts I matched the authors name to the winners name
A. American Idol - David Cook
One Day by David Nicholls
B. DWTS - Mark Ballas (Shawn Johnson)
Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 125
15.7 Lab LitAltar of Eden by James Rollins
Main character is a veterinarian.
20.4 The Royal Wedding
The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
Author's first name is Elizabeth.
20.6 Young Adult Series
Crank by Ellen Hopkins - from the Crank series
Ellen Hopkins is a GR author.
500+ pages - Big Book ticket
20.10 Reader's Choice
I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
Comment #30 in discussion thread.
25.4 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Makers
A: The Forever War by Joe Haldeman - won in 2010
B: The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin - won in 1995
Points this post: 100
Total points: 315
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(0), 1000+(1)
Task 20.7 - Quips and quotes
The Liar by Stephen Fry
Favorite verse: Liar, liar, pants on fire!
Task points = 20
Challenge total = 170
Kimber5.5 I'm Tellin'
For this I read The Story Sisters by Alice Hoffman.
This task: 5
Total tasks completed: 14
Total points earned: 200
GR Authors: 5
Big Books: 1/500+, 1/750+
Finished MELANIE`S TASK:MYTH-BEHAVING GREEKS
Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult ( A/2 )
The Digital Photography Book, Volume 2 by Scott Kelby ( B/5 )
Task points: 30
Total points: 190
Total tasks: 8
Total books: 14
15.2 Author BlurbA) Denialism by Michael Specter
B) Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
'Michael Specter has written a lucid and insightful book about a very frightening and irrational phenomenon-the fear and superstition that threaten human science and progress. A superb and convincing work' Malcolm Gladwell, author of "Outliers", "Blink", and "The Tipping Point".
15.3
Reduce: Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
22 oldest on TBR
Recycle: XVI by Julia Karr*
*Julia Karr is a goodreads author
Borrowed from a friend
20.1 Mardi Gras (choice 1)
Academy 7 by Anne Osterlund*
Anne Osterlund is a goodreads author
25.1 In my Backyard
A) Whiter by Lauren DeStefano*
*Lauren DeStefano is a goodreads author
Option d - main character works in food preparation
Gabriel, a main character, is a servant that works in the kitchen and serves the wives food
B) Brave Girl Eating by Harriet Brown
Option f - main character trying to improve health
Kitty, main character, is trying to recover from anorexia
30.7 Title Connections
A) Some Girls by Jillian Lauren*
*Jillian Lauren is a goodreads author
B) Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers*
*Courtney Summers is a goodreads author
points = 435
Kate.x10.2 Say What? I read, "When God was a Rabbit" by Sarah Winman.
Total points = 125
Total Tasks = 8
Joy Marie30.3 Yours, Mine, and Ours
Part A - Read My Favorite Mistake by Beth Kendrick
Part B - Read Undead and Unreturnable by MaryJanice Davidson
****Beth Kendrick is a Goodreads Author*****
Total Points: 100
Goodreads Authors: 1
15.4 It's a RepeatI read Between, Georgia by Joshilyn Jackson and Between The Tides by Patti Callahan Henry.
Total Points to date: 215
Total Tasks Completed: 13
Total Books Read: 17
Total GoodReads Authors: 8
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
5.1 Waltzing MatildaDance Upon the Air by Nora Roberts read 4/9/11
Total This Post: 5
Completed Tasks: 24
Total Points to Date: 320
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+ (5), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
15.4 It's A Repeati read Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.
Books Read: 19/69+
Points Completed: 325/910
Tasks Completed: 15/54
Finished another one! Here's the total of my completed tasks:5.1 Dancers in Mourning DANCERS IN MOURNING
5.6 Breath
10.5 Mrs. Bridge
15.3 Reduce: The Enchanted Castle and Recycle: The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party
25.1 c: Man in the Woods (main character was a carpenter) and e: Live Wire (main characters were former basketball player, sports agent, professional tennis players)
25.3 A: An Impartial Witness (nurse) and B: The Bookseller of Kabul (bookseller in a repressive culture)
5.10 - Kia OraBalzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie - 184 pages.
Book was first published in French as Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinoise.
15.3 - Earth Day
B. Reuse: Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman, a Goodreads author.
I had this book on my list for the last challenge but it didn't get to the top of my library hold list, so am using it for this challenge.
C. Recycle: Bride Of New France by Suzanne Desrochers.
I borrowed this book from the library.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 325
Total Tasks Completed: 22
Total Books Read: 27
Total Pages Read: 7816
Total Goodreads Authors: 5
Total Big Books: 500(2);750(0);1000+(0)
STACIE MITask 15.2 - Blurb It
I read Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King, who is a Goodreads author.
On the back was this blurb: "A truly astonishing and great book. I love it!" - Terry Trueman, author of Stuck in Neutral, a Printz Honor Book
so I read Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 175
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 15
Pages read: 3890
Goodreads authors: 5
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
I completed the task Spring Break and Read Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks. It was a book that kept me turning the pages and finding time in my busy schedule to sit down and read! I believe this was a 15 pt task.
Brenda WIRepost
15.10 Please put Sailing Fundamentalsin for the choice book (was previously posted under 15.6
New post
15.6 - The Truth is... I read Three Ways to Capsize a Boat: An Optimist Afloat inspired by reading Master and Commander
15.9 - Animal in the title - Wolf Brother
30 new points + 95 previous = 125 total points
15.8 From a Different PerspectiveAn Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears
A mystery told from the perspectives of four different witnesses.
Claiming a Big Book ticket - 704 pages.
This Post: 15
Total Points: 125
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 10
Goodreads Authors: 1 (Elle Amery)
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
20.2 Rookie at the Top. Travelgirlut's Task: Random WordsRequired: Curtain - Cow - Earth - Diary - Holiday
Heaven and Earth by Nora Roberts read 4/9/11
Total this post: 20
Completed Tasks: 25
Total Points to Date: 340
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+ (5), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
LaurenVA 30.1 Cheryl's Task: Literature Map By Gender
Author that I put in: Andre Dubus III
Books Read:
She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
This Boy's Life by Tobias Wolff
Task Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Total Points: 50
10.7. Kuddle a Koala?: read a book by an Australian author or set in AustraliaThe Elusive Bride by Stephanie Laurens, who lives in Australia
10.10. The Final Frontiers: read a fantasy or science fiction book
The Alchemyst by Michael Scott
20.8. It's My Birthday. Jayme VA's Task: read a book that was later made into a mini series.
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
The mini-series was The Dresden Files
Total Points = 315
Tasks Completed = 25
Total Pages = 9,110
GoodReads Authors = 2
Big Books (500+) = 1
CHRISTINE USTask 10.3 Ides of March
Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn
**Kate Quinn is a GR author
Task 10.6 Respect your elders
The Mystery of the Blue Train: A Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie
Total: 350
Reposting of Post #1305 - I forgot to put my name on it!BJ Rose
3 new tasks
10.7. Kuddle a Koala?: read a book by an Australian author or set in Australia
The Elusive Bride by Stephanie Laurens, who lives in Australia
10.10. The Final Frontiers: read a fantasy or science fiction book
The Alchemyst by Michael Scott
20.8. It's My Birthday. Jayme VA's Task: read a book that was later made into a mini series.
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
The mini-series was The Dresden Files
Total Points = 315
Tasks Completed = 25
Total Pages = 9,110
GoodReads Authors = 2
Big Books (500+) = 1
Katie OH 5.9 Shrimp on the Barbie
No-nonsense Guide to Fair Trade by David Ransom
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 105
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 8
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Jayme(the ghostreader)I completed task 30.6 Myth Behaving Greeks. My two rolls were 1 and 4.
1) Zeus: book where main character is royal: "Beauty" by Robin McKinley. The Beast was once a prince.
4) Homer- Fantasy of SciFi I chose Sci Fi and read "Unwind" by Neal Shusterman. Neal Shusterman is a goodreads author.
Tasks Completed 11
Books Read: 13
GR Authors: 1, (Neal Shusterman)
Big Books: 0
Grand Total: 165
Southpaw285I would like to make a change.
For task #5.7, I would like to replace Possession by A.S. Byatt with All-American Girl by Meg Cabot. I would like to move Possession to task #15.5.
Completed Task #5.7 - Going Green
All-American Girl by Meg Cabot (borrowed from library)
Task Points: 5
Completed Task #15.5 - Award Me
Possession by A.S. Byatt
Task Points: 15 points
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Total challenge points = 150
For 10.10. The Final Frontiers, I read The Lost GatePoints this post: 10
Total points: 30
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Readerboard Name - Denise NCTask 5.10 Kia Ora
Ronia, the Robber's Daughter by Astrid Lindgren
Originally published in Swedish - my native language is English.
Pages - 176
Points - 5
Task 15.2 Blurb It
Book A - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Blurb on Cover by Stephenie Meyer
Pages - 454
Book B - The Host by Stephenie Meyer
Pages - 619
Big Book
Points - 15
Task 30.1 Literature Map by Gender
Initial Author - Joseph Delaney
New Authors - T.A. Barron and Derek Landy
Book A - The Lost Years of Merlin by T.A. Barron
Pages - 304
Book B - Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
Pages - 416
Points - 30
Task 30.2 Sheila's Guilty Pleasures - REPOST
Book A - AI Kelly Clarkson
Rorey's Secret: A Novel by Leisha Kelly
Pages - 288
Book B - DWTS Julianne Hough
The Color of Heaven by Julianne MacLean
This book has been verified for length.
Pages - 344
Points - 30
Points This Post - 80
Total Points - 535
Tasks This Post - 4
Total Tasks - 27
Goodreads Authors - 3
Big Books - 500(3)/750(0)/1000(0)
christinab10.4. Elementary, my dear Watson
I read R is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 110
Total tasks completed: 6
Total books read: 7
Total pages read: 3161
Total GoodReads authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (1) 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
I completed task #20.1 "Lassiez Les Bon Temps Rouler!" by reading The Nearest Exit by Olen Steinhauer
The author's initials fulfill the requirements of option one of this task.
Total = 125 points
Heather KSFinished task 30.7
I read Teaching With The Brain In Mind and Teaching Smarter With the Brain in Mind: Practical Ways to Apply the Latest Brain Research to Deepen Comprehension, Improve Memory, and Motivate Students to Achieve
Both books contain the phrase "with the brain in mind"
New point total: 70
Let me elaborae on message 1315: I went with option B. The title of the first book is Teaching With the Brain in Mind. That whole title is found in the 2nd book, Teaching Smarter with the Brain in Mind. Heather in KS
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Darkest Mercy by Melissa Marr
Melissa Marr is a Goodreads Author
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 90
Total Tasks Completed: 9
Total Books Read: 10
Total Pages Read: 2905
Total GoodReads Authors: 4