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SPRING CHALLENGE 2011: AUSTRALIA
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Spring Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS)
Carly10.2. Say what?
I read How to Be Popular by Meg Cabot.
Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 2
Tasks in Progress: 0
Books Read: 2
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Pages Read: 413
Angie TXCompleted Tasks:
5.7 Going Green Playing Easy to Get by Sherrilyn Kenyon
I read this as an e-book.
10.8 Eat Your Spinach A Peach of a Murder by Livia J. Washburn
Livia J. Washburn is a GoodReads author.
Total Points:15
Total Points This Post:15
GRA:1
Total Books Read:2
20.3 International Women's DayThe Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares
I am British, she is American.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 115
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 9
Goodreads Author Books: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(1)
5.9 Shrimp on the BarbieSideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5
Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
Big Ticket Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Goodreads Authors: 0
Christine USTask 15.1 Down Under
I read 1 book that had both down & under in the title
Sisterchicks Down Under by Robin Gunn
Total points: 15
Stacey
10.4 Elementary, My Dear Watson
The Murder Room: The Heirs of Sherlock Holmes Gather to Solve the World's Most Perplexing Cold Cases
New points: 10
Total points: 80
10.4 Elementary, My Dear Watson
The Murder Room: The Heirs of Sherlock Holmes Gather to Solve the World's Most Perplexing Cold Cases
New points: 10
Total points: 80
5.9 Shrimp on the BarbieI read The Giver by Lois Lowry (179 pages)
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 10
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 2
Total Pages Read: 394
Total GoodReads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
15.6 - The Truth is...I have recently enjoyed reading Raven Black and the other three books in the Shetland Quartet. They left me wanting to know more about the Shetland Islands so I read:
Between Weathers: Travels in 21st Century Shetland by Ron McMillan
Total points to date 15
BLUEMOON20.10 - GROUP READ - The Glass Castle (4*)
And posted in the proper thread.
This gives me 25 points.
Janelba5.5 - The Brother's Wife (The Kingsley Baby, #2) - Amanda Stevens (GR Author) - Finished 5/3
5.9 - Mesmerizing Mr Carlyle - Arlene James - Finished 3/6
Total Points This Post : 10
Total Points in Challenge: 35
Books Read : 4
Tasks Completed : 4
Pages read : 1470
GR Authors : 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (0); 750+(1); 1000+(0)
Previous Tasks Completed:
5.7
20.6
Shannon ★ ----REPOST (8)15.8 From a Different Perspective
**Goodreads Author**
I read The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein. This book was written from the perspective of a dog who has learned about humanity through watching TV while his owner is out. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who knows how to read.
Total Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 1
Pages Read: 336
Books Read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Readerboard Name: Jennifer UT20.6. Seasoned Reader. Kathryn CA's Task: Young Adult Series
Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead. This the 6th book in her YA series, published by Razor Bill, for a total of 594 pages.
Counts for a Big Books ticket for 500 pages.
Richelle Mead is a Goodreads Author.
This post: 20 Points
Total points: 40 Points
Completed Tasks: 2
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
15.9 -- In Like a Lion, Out Like a LambThe Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Total points = 30
Nickboy.15.3.2 Earth Day -- Option C: Recycle -- The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster 168 pages borrowed from library.
15.3.1 Option B: Reread of an old favorite Zastrozzi by Percy Bysshe Shelley 136 pages
Task Points: 15
Total Points: 35/910
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 4
Pages Read: 778
Goodreads Authors: 0
5.10 Kia Ora:The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson <>
originally in Swedish
Total Points = 80 Points
New Big Book
20.3 Int'l Women's DayThe Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell
She is Irish, I am American
Total Points = 20
5.4 Fan ClubPoison Study by Maria V. Snyder
I went to Tamora Pierce's profile, as she has been one of my favorite authors for years. The fan I selected is Holly.
**Maria V. Snyder is a Goodreads Author**
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 15/910
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Pages Read: 563
Goodreads Authors: 1
AMBER MARIE
10.10 Final Frontier
Dune, by Frank Herbert
Claiming Big Book Ticket. Dune is 608 pages.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 2
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
10.10 Final Frontier
Dune, by Frank Herbert
Claiming Big Book Ticket. Dune is 608 pages.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 2
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
I'm LindseyMA and I completed 2 more tasks:Task 5.7 (Going Green) - I read the ebook of Ravenous on my nook.
Task 5.8 (Blow your stack) - I read The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder by Rebecca Wells (who is a goodreads author) which I've had on my tbr shelf forever.
New total: 40
Goodreads' authors: 3
Books' read: 4
20.10 Group ReadOutlander by Diana Gabaldon I posted in the Outlander discussion folder.
Total Points = 100
5.1 Waltzing Mathilda - Angel Time by Anne Rice (Dance is the Time Warp)10.2 Say What? - If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries—What Am I Doing in the Pits? by Erma Bombeck
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
TANYAPT20.1. Read a book written by an author whose initials are in the following: J,O,E,C,A,I,N,F,A,T,T,U,E,S,D,A,Y.
Book: Tales from the Town of Widows, James Canon
*** Goodreads Author ***
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
10.1 Sing OutChords of Strength by David Archuleta
15.10 Spring Break
The Diamond of Darkhold by Jeanne DuPrau
20.3 International Women's Day
The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist
The author was born in and lives in Sweden, which is not where I live.
20.5 Author Alliteration
American Idol: The Untold Story by Richard Rushfield*
Richard Rushfield is a goodreads author
Points = 65
Coralie5.2 Circle of Friends
The Kite Runner
20.3 Happy International Women’s Day
The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus
I am Australian, Margaret Atwood is Canadian
Total points 25
20.1. Lassiez Les Bon Temps Rouler! Read the The Texan's Wager by Jodi Thomas J and T are in Joe Cain Fat Tuesday.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 105
Tasks Completed: 7
Pages Read: 2275
Books Read: 8
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Angie TXCompleted Task:
5.4 Fan Club Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
One of my favorite authors is John Kennedy Toole. I chose a book from Erin's Read shelf.
Total Points:20
Total Points This Post:5
GRA:1
Total Books Read:3
Total Tasks Completed:3
5.7 Going GreenI read Follow the River by James Alexander Thom. I read this book as an e-book on my Kindle.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 35
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Readerboard Name - Denise NCTask 15.10 Spring Break
Listen by Rene Gutteridge
Points this Post - 15
Total Points - 15
Tasks Completed - 1
Goodreads Authors - 0
Big Books - 0 (500) / 0 (750) / 0 (1000)
ERIN C.5.6 Water Water Everywhere
by Per PettersonTask Points: 5
Grand Total: 25
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
Pages Read: 1,039
Goodreads Author Books: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.8 Blow Your StackBy Love Possessed: Stories by Lorna Goodison - 288 pages
15.7 Lab Lit
The Blind Contessa's New Machine by Carey Wallace - 207 pages
One of the main characters is the inventor of the typewriter. Approved in Task Help.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 2
Total Pages Read: 495
Total GoodReads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
30.5 All the World is Birthday Cake...my birthday is april 6th.
i chose a book from the shelf of my birthday twin, AmandaB (april 6th), The Call of the Wild, and a book that was on the shelf of two people who sandwiched my birthday, AngelaSunshine (april 5th) and Sheila (april 7th), A Thousand Splendid Suns. since i had "suns" on both sides of me, i figured it was a sign to finally read it! :)
Books Read: 4/69+
Points Completed: 60/910
Tasks Completed: 2/54
5.8 Blow Your Stack: Labor Day
**Goodreads Author**
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 110
Tasks Completed: 8
Pages Read: 2531
Books Read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Mod
read The Musician's Daughter by Susanne Dunlap
Susanne Dunlap is a Goodreads Author
15.6 The Truth is...
readThe Book of Dragons & Other Mythical Beasts by by Joseph Nigg
Inspired by My Soul to Save... The book is about sirens and I wanted to read more about mythical creatures.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 50/910
Total pages 1069
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
Goodreads Author Books: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Readerboard Name - Kimber10.4 Elementary, my dear Watson
I read Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich.
This task: 10 points
Tasks completed: 2
Total points earned: 15
Goodread authors: 0
Big book: 1/500+
5.9 Shrimp on the Barbie: Living Dead Girl with 176 pages.
**GOODREADS AUTHOR**
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 115
Tasks Completed: 9
Pages Read: 2707
Books Read: 10
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Jayme(the ghostreader)I completed task 10.4 Elementary My Dear Watson. The mystery I read was "Blueberry Muffin Murder" by Joanne Fluke.
Task Points: 10
Task Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
GR Authors: 0
Grand Total: 15
Amanda Pearl10.7 Kuddle a Koala?
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Zusak is an Australian Author.
This is a big book: 550 pages
Points this post: 10
Total points: 25
Total tasks: 2
Total books: 2
Total pages: 1121
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 500+(2); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
15.10 Spring BreakSh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 20
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
Big Ticket Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Goodreads Authors: 0
5.9 - Shrimp on the BarbieBunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery by Deborah & James Howe (128 pages)
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Points Claiming: 5
Total Points: 50
Shannon South Africa10.8 Come On, Eat Your Spinach
by Maria McCannApples lying on the ground
Task points: 10
Total points: 10
5.3 Gimme FiveRead Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr.
Melissa Marr is a GR author.
This post: 5
Total to Date = 10 points.
Books Read: 2
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 0
10.4 Elementary, My Dear Watson -A Stitch in Time by Jessica Ferris 256 pages
Total Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 1
Pages Read: 256
Books Read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
ANNA E5.6 Water, Water, Everywhere
Task Points: 5
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Points Earned: 5
5.6 Water, Water Everywhere - read
by Sara J. Henry. I won this book in a giveaway and have to say it was fantastic!points this task 5
total points 25
30.6- MythsDice Roller- I rolled 2,4
A. Hera- It's All Relative by Wade Rouse- a memoir of the author's family gatherings (very funny)
B. Homer- First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones - UF
both books pre-approved
*Darynda Jones is a Goodreads Author*
Points for this tasks- 30
Total Points- 65
Goodreads Authors- 2
Tasks Completed- 4
BRENDA MO20.8 The Night I Was Born - Miniseries
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
(Approved in help thread #24)
Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads Author
In post #53 I used "Black" by Ted Dekker.
Ted Dekker is a Goodreads Author.
Points: 20
Total Points: 50
GoodReads Authors: 2
15.2 - Blurb ItMy e-copy of Curse the Dawn by Karen Chance had a blurb in it by Patricia Briggs on one of the inside front pages. I then read Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs.
30.6 - Myth-Behaving Greeks - I rolled a 4 and a 6
Book A: Claimed By Shadow by Karen Chance. This book has a vampire as a main character.
Book B: Embrace the Night by Karen Chance. I think that all of these books in this series are funny. The author has a nice dry wit that keeps you entertained.
Total Points This Post: 45
Total Points To Date: 45
Big Book Tickets: 0
Goodreads Authors: 0
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 85
Tasks Completed: 6
Pages Read: 1939
Books Read: 7
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)