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SPRING CHALLENGE 2011: AUSTRALIA
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Spring Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS)
STESSE10.5. It Takes Two: April is Couple Appreciation Month
Love Letters by Katie Fforde (388 p.)
10.10. The Final Frontiers
After America by John Birmingham (465 p.)
15.3 -- Earth Day
A. 16 Lighthouse Road by Debbie Macomber (377 p.) – been on my TBR list FOREVER!
B. Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick (314 p.) – Meant to read for the Winter Challenge but my hold at the library didn’t arrive in time.
***And bonus, BOTH of these books were from the library!!! Green & wallet-friendly!***
Points this Post: 35
Tasks Completed this Post: 3
Books Read this Post: 4
Pages Read this Post: 1544
GoodReads Authors this Post: 0
Big Books this Post: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Points: 75
Total Tasks Completed: 6
Total Books Read: 8
Total Pages Read: 2646
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
25.5. Gayla's Task: March Madness Option B: read two books that have been part of the tournament's brackets since it started in 2005.
Savages by Don Winslow
Kapitoil by Teddy Wayne
Both are on the 2011 brackets.
Teddy Wayne is a GoodReads author.
This Post: 25
Total Points: 50
Tasks Completed: 3/54
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
15.3 -- Earth Day
Option A: Reduce Stone Cold by David Baldacci (one of my oldest tbr books)
Option C: Recycle Hangman's Root by Susan Wittig Albert (borrowed from the library) <<>>
15.7 -- Lab Lit
Mindbend by Robin Cook
Robin Cook once again delves in to medical science possibilities run amok. This book delves in to the efforts of a large drug companies' efforts to control Drs. minds so that they prescribe drugs from their company. Dr. Cooks stories always have enough true science in them to make me really uncomfortable.
Total Points - 130
New Goodreads author = Susan Wittig Albert
Task 20.3 - Happy International Women's Day!
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters ****BIG BOOK 592 pages****
I live in the US, the author lives in the UK.
Task points = 20
Total Big Book Tickets = 1
Challenge total = 20
5.2 Circle of FriendsDark Lover by J.R. Ward
5.3 Gimme Five
Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward
10.5 It takes Two
Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward
20.7 Quips and Quotes
Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward
"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within."— Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
30.3 Yours, Mine, and Ours
Blended Family-Half brothers are rivals for the heroine's attention in After the Kiss by Suzanne Enoch
AND Lover Mine by J.R. Ward
Points this post 70
Total Points 90/910
Tasks Completed 2/53
Books Read 14/69
Total Pages 5899
Joanna TTask 20.5 Alliterative Authors
The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
Sarah Addison Allen is a GR Author
Task 15.8 From a Different Perspective
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
--Nearly every chapter of the book is told from a different perspective because the book is a collection of interviews.
Points this post: 35
Total points: 35
5.6 Water, Water, Everywhere
by James PattersonPoints this post: 5
Total Points: 25
Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3
Big Ticket Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Goodreads Authors: 0
15.8 Different PerspectiveAcross the Universe by Beth Revis
The perspective alternates between Amy and Elder.
*Beth Revis is a Goodreads Author*
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 130
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 10
Goodreads Author Books: 2
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(1)
KRISTEN MAMy first post of the Spring Challenge!
20.3 KATY'S TASK - HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY! - The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons. Paullina Simons was born in Russia.
***I would like to claim a Big Book Ticket. The Bronze Horseman was 832 pages***
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 1
Total Pages: 832
Books Read: 1
Goodreads Author Books
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
I just completed task 15.4. Both books have murder in the title. Also, Michele Scott who wrote Murder Uncorked is a goodreads author.Completed Tasks
5 Points
5.3 -- Gimme Five - Lover Unbound
15 Points
15.4 -- It's a Repeat - A. Murder With Puffins and B. Murder Uncorked
15.10 -- Spring Break - Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder
Totals
Points: 35
Tasks: 3
Books: 4
Pages: 1477
Goodreads Author: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
BRENDA MO10.2 Say What?
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman by Jon Krakauer
Points: 10
Total Points: 60
Readerboard Name: Jennifer UT15.4 It's a Repeat
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin.
Tom Franklin is a Goodreads Author.
This post: 15 Points
Total points: 55 Points
Completed Tasks: 3
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
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5.10 Kia Ora
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
Translated from Norwegian.
10.4 Elementary, My Dear Watson
A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley the 3rd Flavia de Luce mystery
15.4 It's a Repeat
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
15.8 From a Different Perspective
One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd by Jim Fergus
Journal and letter format
15.9 In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb
Chasing Kangaroos: A Continent, a Scientist, and a Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Creature by Tim Flannery
total= 60
How did you like Crooked Letter, Dlmrose? I'm using that for the repeat task too.
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Jayme VA20.5: Alliterative Authors
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 20
Pages Read: 320
Big Books: 0
Goodreads authors: 0
Readerboard Name: Jess Philly5.3: Gimme Five
I read Rise of the Evening Star by Brandon Mull.
This post: 5 points
Total points: 5 points
Completed Tasks: 1
aka Metshaft20.4 Royal Wedding
I read The Sixty Minute Marriage
Title includes the word "Marriage"
Points claimed = 20
Total points = 20
Janice CA20.1 Lassiez Les Bon Temps Rouler!.......
Option 2: The word "queen" in the title
The Haunted Queen Mary, Long Beach, California by Robert James Wlodarski
4 stars
I really enjoyed this task. I was staying aboard the Queen Mary while I was reading this book and was able to explore many of the eerie locations mentioned by guests, staff, and investigators. Strangely, during our first night, my boyfriend and I had to move rooms because our cabin wouldn't get warm even with the heater turned on. The next day, I read about a ghostly "incident" in the same room.
+20
total: 20
tasks: 1
books: 1
5.7 - GOING GREEN(reread a book, read an ebook or library book, borrow a book from a friend)
I read a library book. The Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid
10.4 - ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR WATSON
Something Wicked by Carolyn Hart
10.8 - COME ON, EAT YOUR SPINACH
(cover with a fruit or vegetable)
by Kate Jacobs10.10 - THE FINAL FRONTIERS
(read a fantasy or science fiction book.)
I chose fantasy.
by Katie MacAlister (Goodreads author)15.7 - LAB LIT
(scientist is a major character)
by Leann Sweeney (Goodreads author). The victim is a biologist whose murder is related to the experimental research he was conducting.20.2 - RANDOM WORDS
(my 5 random words were foam, sand, family, verse, verb)
by Toni McGee Causey30.6 - MYTH-BEHAVING GREEKS
(I rolled a 4 - main character is considered dead - and a 3 - historical fiction)
#4 -
by Lynsay Sands. The main character is a vampire. #3 -
by Lauren Willig ( Goodreads author) which takes place in late 1800s or early 1900s England. Points this post - 100
Total points - 100
Goodreads authors this post - 3
Total Goodreads authors - 3
10.8 Come On, Eat Your SpinachRaspberries on the Yangtze by Karen Wallace (148 pages)
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 140
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 11
Goodreads Author Books: 2
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(1)
Joy Marie5.9 Shrimp on the Barbie
Read Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams
161 pages
Total Points: 5
15.1 -- The Land Down UnderAunt Dimity Down Under
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 130
Tasks Completed: 10
Pages Read: 2931
Books Read: 11
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
10.5 It Takes TwoI read The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
10.8 Come on, Eat your spinach
I read
by Cynthia Holz I won this book on a Goodreads Giveaway, and I really enjoyed it!Points for these tasks = 20
Points to date =20
Angie TXCompleted Task:
20.1 Lassiez Les Bon Temps Rouler!
Option 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.
One for the Money by Janet Evanovich.
Total Points: 40
Total Points This Post: 20
GRA: 1
Total Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 4
Task 30.7 Title Connections (option A)Through Thick and Thin: My Autobiography
A Thin Dark Line
Total Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 30
20.10 Group Read The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Points this post: 20
I commented on the discussion thread too.
Total points: 45
Total tasks: 3
Total books: 3
Total pages: 1425
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 500+(2); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
30.2 Guilty PleasuresAI Winners- David Cook
I read Stash by David Matthew Klein(a GoodReads Author).
DWTS Winners-Kelly Monaco
I read The Bird House by Kelly Simmons(a GoodReads Author).
Total Points to date: 45
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 3
Total Pages Read: 1010
Total GoodReads Authors: 3
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Cindy AL5.1 Waltzing Matilda - dance: Kitty Goes to War by Carrie Vaughn.
Carrie Vaughn is a Goodreads author.
The dance is a war dance, as approved in the help thread
10.7 Kuddle a Koala - Australian author or set in Australia: Murder in the Dark by Kerry Greenwood.
Kerry Greenwood is Australian and the book is set in Australia
15.1 The Land Down Under - words "down" and "under": Aunt Dimity Down Under by Nancy Atherton.
Interestingly the book is set predominantly in that other "Down Under" nation - New Zealand.
Points in this post - 30
Total Points - 55/910
Books - 9/66
Pages - 3419
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books:500+ - (1), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)
5.4 Fan Club:Catching Fire (3/6/11)
Favorite author: Nalini Singh's fan: Yz the Whyz
5.8 Blow Your Stack:
Master of Smoke (3/3/11)
(Added May 21, 2010)
10.5. It Takes Two:
Bayou Moon (3/5/11)
**GoodReads Author: Ilona Andrews
15.2 -- Blurb It:
On the Edge (3/5/11)
(Has Jeaniene Frost blurb on cover)
This Side of the Grave (3/1/11)
**Both are GoodReads Authors:Jeaniene Frost & Ilona Andrews
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Points this post: 35
Total Points: 35
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 5
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
20.3 Happy International Women's Day The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
I live in the US, Rowling lives in the UK.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 45
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 4
Big Ticket Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Goodreads Authors:
5.7 Going GreenI read The Demon's Librarian by Lilith Saintcrow (Goodreads Author), it was a library book.
10.10. The Final Frontiers
I read The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack (Burton & Swinburne #1) by Mark Hodder. I think it could be considered fantasy or Sci-Fi.
15.8 -- From a Different Perspective
I read Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding.
Total Points This Post: 30
Total Tasks This Post: 3
Goodreads Authors This Post: 1
Grand Total Points: 30/910
Total Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3/53
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
15.6 -- The Truth Is...I read Hangman's Root by Susan Wittig Albert for the recycle task earlier and the protagonist in the story runs a herb shop and I wanted to know more about the medicinal properties of herbs/natural medicines so I read the non-fiction book The Healing Herbs: The Ultimate Guide To The Curative Power Of Nature's Medicines by Michael Castleman This book had a lot of good information in it and was well organized.
15.9 -- In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb
The Snake Tattoo by Linda Barnes
Total Points = 160
Kate.x.10.4 Elementary, my dear Watson. I read "Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage" by MC Beaton.
Total points = 10
Kate.x.Opps forgot to add
Total Points: 10
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books Read: 1
Total Pages Read: 264
Total GoodReads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Can I please repost that in Post#114 I stated that Amanda Stevens is a **GR AUTHOR**.Maybe I didn't post it in the correct format so could you possibly update my leaderboard to include The Brother's Wife (The Kingsley Baby, #2) by Amanda Stevens is a book by a GR Author.
Thank you so much and as I newbie to the challenge I will try harder from here on ! !
I admire the way you deal with all these posts and task records.
BLUEMOON15.4 - IT'S A REPEAT - Bobbie Faye's Very (very, very, very) Bad Day (3*).
This gives me 40 points.
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Readerboard Name: Gina NY
Task 20.1 Most Improved Player: Contains initials J & C
by Jennifer Crusie
Total Points: 40 Points
Task 20.1 Most Improved Player: Contains initials J & C
by Jennifer CrusieTotal Points: 40 Points
5.8 Blow your stack Sin and Sensibility by Suzanne Enoch
20.1 Cindy AL's Task: Lassiez Les Bon Temps Rouler!
Option 1: An Invitation to Sin by Suzanne Enoch
30.6 Melanie's Task: Myth-behaving Greeks
I rolled a 4 and a 3.
4: Hades (vampire character) Lover Unbound by J.R. Ward
3: Herodotus (historical fiction) Before the Scandal by Suzanne Enoch
Points this post 55
Total Points 145/910
Tasks Completed 10/53
Books Read 17/69
Total Pages 7033
20.3 Women's DayThe Rice Mother by Rani Manicka
My country: USA - Author country: Malaysia - Pub. 2003
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 1
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
5.7 Going Green Buddhism for Dummies by Jonathan Landaw
Points this post: 5
I borrowed this from the library almost 5 months ago and never read it, I just kept renewing it because I wanted to read it. Glad to finally have the motivation to finish it!
Total points: 50
Total tasks: 4
Total books: 4
Total pages: 1809
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 500+(2); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
15.8- From A Different PerspectiveI read Goodnight Tweetheart by Teresa Medeiros (pre-approved). This book is written mostly as a series of "tweets" between 2 people. I loved it- 5*
Points for this tasks- 15
Total Points- 80
Goodreads Authors- 2
Tasks Completed- 5
5.10 Kia Ora Read a book originally written in a language which is not your native language. 
My native language is English and this book was originally written in German and translated into English 70 years after its publication.
Total Points 5
Tasks completed 1
Books read 1
Goodreads author Books 0
Big Books 500+ (0) 750+ (0) 1000+ (0)
10.8 Come on, Eat your Spinach (fruit/veggie in title)Lemon Meringue Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: Kimber10.9 No Lawyer Jokes!
I read Drop Shot by Harlan Coben. The main character of this series is a former pro athlete, sports agent, sleuth AND lawyer. In this book, he actually represents a few clients in addition to his other interests.
This task: 10
Tasks completed: 3
Total points earned: 25
GR Authors: 0
Big Book: 1/500+
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Task 5.7 (Going Green) - I read the ebook of Ravenous on my nook. The length was verified in the ebook verification folder.
New total: 40
Goodreads' authors: 3
Books' read: 4