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Spring Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS)
LaurenVA 5.3 Gimme Five
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Task Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 5
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Total Points: 55
Heather KSFinished task 20.7 Quips and Quotes. My quote is "if music be the food of love, play on!" by William Shakespeare. As a music teacher I LOVE that quote! I read Teaching With Love and Logic: Taking Control of the Classroom.
New point total: 150
15.3 Earth DayB. Reduce - I read Horns by Joe Hill, which was a book that I had planned to read for the Winter challenge.
C. Recycle - I read The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, which was borrowed from the library.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 235
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Jayme(the ghostreader)I completed task 25.4 Chose an author from the science fiction and Fantasy Awards list.
Option A: Lathe of Heaven by Ursela LeGuin
Option B; Ancestors of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley.
Tasks Completed 15
Books Read: 19
GR Authors: 1, (Neal Shusterman)
Big Books: 0
Grand Total: 230
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter. Tami's task: Quips and Quotes My quote is : "Cela est bien, repondit Candide, mais il faut cultiver notre jardin." Voltaire (Candide) ("Excellently observed, answered Candide, but let us cultivate our garden")
In the Devil's Garden: A Sinful History of Forbidden Food by Stewart Lee Allen
Books read: 8
Challenges completed: 6
Points : 135
50.1 "I Need to Know What Happens Next!"I chose Lawrence Block's Bernie Rhodenbarr Mystery series.
#1 Burglars Can't Be Choosers
#2 Burglar In The Closet
#3 The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling
Points: 50
Total Points: 520
Total Tasks Completed: 25
Total Books Read: 37
5.2 CIRCLE OF FRIENDS - Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr ***GoodReads Author***
5.6 WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE -
The Testament by John Grisham***Big Book 544pgs***
20.1 LASSIEZ LES BON TEMPS ROULER - The King of Lies by John Hart
20.2 RANDOM WORDS - Black Sand by William J. Caunitz
My words were sand/stream/garlic/hope/lamb
20.6 YOUNG ADULT - Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton
This book was 453 pages
***GoodReads Author***
Points: 70
Tasks: 5
Books: 5
GR Authors: 2
Big Books 500+: 1
Total Points: 735
Total Tasks: 41
Total Books: 52
Total Pages; 23,182
GR Authors: 13
Big Books: 500+: 7
Big Books: 750+: 1
Big Books: 1000+: 3
Readerboard Name-LeoraCompleted Tasks:
5.2 Circle of Friends: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
5.3 Gimme Five: Death by Diamonds by Annette Blair
10.3 Beware the Ides of March: The Women of the Caesars by Guglielmo Ferrero
10.4 Elementary my Dear Watson: Hangman by Faye Kellerman
10.6 Respect Your Elders: The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein published in 1938.
15.6 The Truth Is: I read Sarah's Key last year and was very interested in the experience of children during the holocaust. For this task I read: Parallel Journeys by Eleanor Ayer
20.1 Cindy AL's task: I picked option 2 and read-The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
20.4 Tracyj's Task: I read Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell
20.7 Tami's Task: My favorite quote is by Winston Churchill-Never, Never Give Up! So I read: Churchill's Secret Agent: A Novel Based on a True Story by Max and Linda Ciampoli.
30.6 Meanie's Task: I rolled a 6 and read: Town in a Lobster Stew by B.B. Haywood. The main character and her Dad own a Blueberry farm in Maine.
I also rolled a 1 and read: Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss & Love by Matt Logelin. This is a true story about a family who's Mom died the day after giving borth to their first child. So sad, but also so heartwarming because Matt, the Dad does such a great job with their daughter.
This brings me to 365 points.
Kate C.I'm changing up my books, so this is everything I have so far:
15.9 - In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb:
Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence--and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process by Irene M. Pepperberg
20.1 - Lassiez Les Bon Temps Rouler!
I chose option 1: The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
20.6 - Young Adult Series:
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray with 403 pages
20.7 - Quips and Quotes:
I selected the quote: Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an APPEAL to the essence of being. -Albert Camus
The Appeal by John Grisham
20.10 - Group Read
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls and my post is #22 in the discussion.
50.1 - "I Need to Know What Happens Next!"
I read the last 3 books in The Chronicles of Narnia:
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Silver Chair
The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis
Total Points: 145
25.6 Australia and OceanaOption 2. Author has letters in AUSTRALIA in name
The Sugar Queen by ***Goodreads Author Sarah Addison Allen***
Option 3. book with island, south, southern, open, down, under, out, back, coral, great, reef, gold, spring(s), opera, house, beach(es) in tltle
The Mango Opera by Tom Corcoran
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 370
Tasks Completed: 26
Books Read: 35
GoodReads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
20.9 - Lucky Me! Laurie's TaskStolen* by Kelley Armstrong**
*My copy of Stolen was 551 pages long so I am claiming a Big Book Ticket.
**Kelly Armstrong is a Goodreads Author
25.3 - A Better World
Fiction: Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison
The main character works for law enforcement agencies to catch criminals.
NonFiction: The Murder Room by Michael Capuzzo
This book falls under the category Improving Safety as well. The group meets to solve crimes.
Total Points to Date: 720
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5.6 Read
By Mary Hoffman Its hard to see because the water is black. The characters on a a boat in the canal.
10.5 It Takes Two Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson
Maureen Johnson is a Goodreads author
30.5 All The World's a Birthday Cake My Birtday is the 7th of April
read Coraline by Neil Gaiman from Rachel Erin's List
Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads author
and read Fire by Kristin Cashore from Sheila's list
Points this task 50
Total points 645/910
Tasks Completed: 35/54
Books read: 46/71
Total pages: 12757
GR Authors: 16
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
BRENDA MO24.4 - SciFi/Fantasy Master
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury (1989 Damon Knight Award)
Cell by Stephen King (2004 World Fantasy Award)
Points: 25
Total Points: 495
BJ Rose1 new task
25.4. Helen's Task: Science-Fiction/Fantasy Masters
A. The Damon Knight Award 2005: Anne McCaffery: No One Noticed the Cat
B. The World Fantasy Award 1983: Roald Dahl: The Umbrella Man
Total Points = 655
Tasks Completed = 44
Total Pages = 17,643
GoodReads Authors = 7
Big Books (500+) = 2
Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "Jayme(the ghostreader)I completed task 25.4 Chose an author from the science fiction and Fantasy Awards list.
Option A: Lathe of Heaven by Ursela LeGuin
Option B; Ancestors of Avalon by Marion Zi..."
i smile every time i see your ticker. :)
20.7 My quote: "We must absolutely do what we love or we run the risk of doing nothing at all". Author unknown.I read On the Run by Lorena McCourtney
Points 20 this task
20.3 Women's DayThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot.
My Country = CAN. Author's Country = USA.
Rebecca Skloot is a Goodreads Author.
20.10 Group Read
I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore.
See message 45 in thread.
Points This Post: 40
Total Points: 160
15.6 'The Truth Is'I read Mennonite in a Little Black Dress (a non-fiction memoir) hoping to find out more about Anabaptist faith having read some Amish and Mennonite fiction. I didn't learn much but I did finish the book.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 695
Tasks Completed: 46
Books Read: 48
Goodreads Author Books: 6
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(1)
5.6 Water, Water, Everywhere:for this task I read The Maze
by Catherine Coulter.Tasks Complete: 8
Total Points: 75
I have completed task #5.1 "Waltzing Matilda" by readingThe Walking Dead Vol. 13: Too Far Gone by Robert Kirkman
I am using the "dance word option." The Walking Boston is the form of dance I'm matching with the book title.
Total = 160 points
10.2. Say what?Read a book with “who,” “what,” “when,” “where,” “why,” or “how” in the
title.
How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer by Sarah Bakewell
This Post: 10
Total Points: 430
Tasks Completed: 32/54
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
Task 20.8 - The Night I was Born
Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest by Stephen E. Ambrose
Task points = 20
Challenge total = 345
10.2 -- Say What?The Girl Who Stopped Swimming by Joshilyn Jackson
20.9 -- Laurie’s Task -- The word "crime" in the title
The Crime Writer by Gregg Hurwitz
25.4 -- Science Fiction/Fantasy Masters
A. Damon Knight Science Fiction Award - I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
AND
B. World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Loved this book. Can't believe I've gotten to be as old as I am without reading it ;o)!
30.2 -- Sheila’s Guilty Pleasures
A. American Idol: David Cook
One Day by David Nicholls
AND
B. Dancing With the Stars: Jennifer Grey
Trust Me on This by Jennifer Crusie
Points this post: 85
Total Points: 245
Tasks Completed: 12/54
Tasks in Progress: 15.3; 25.2
Books Read: 18
Danielle Louise5.9 -- Shrimp on the Barbie
So What Are You Going to Do with That?: Finding Careers Outside Academia
160 pages
15.10 -- Spring Break
The Land of Painted Caves
757 pages claiming a big book ticket
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Goodreads Author: 0
Big Books: 500+, 750+(1), 1000+
STACIE MITask 30.3 - Yours, Mine, and Ours
For A, I read Dear George Clooney: Please Marry My Mom by Susin Nielsen-Fernlund.
For B, I read Undead and Unappreciated by MaryJanice Davidson. In this book, we meet Betsy's long-lost half-sister, Laura.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 400
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 32
Pages read: 8445
Goodreads authors: 6
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
15.4 It's a RepeatThe City & The City by China Mieville
15.9 In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 285
Tasks Completed: 16
Total Books: 21
Pages Read: 8,896
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(5), 750+(2), 1000+(0)
50 Point TaskMsOPP (Julie)'s Task: "I Need to Know What Happens Next!"
I read the first three books in Alexander McCall Smith's 44 Scotland Street Series: 44 Scotland Street, Espresso Tales and Love Over Scotland.
Alexander McCall Smith is a Goodreads Author -- so that is GR times 3!!
total points: 265
books read: 20
tasks completed:14
GR authors: 9
Big Books (1) 750+
total pages read: 6806
LISA NC50 Point Task - "I Need To Know..." - 3 books in series
Vamps and the City(Love at Stake #2) by Kerrelyn Sparks
Be Still My Vampire Heart (Love at Stake #3) by Kerrelyn Sparks
The Undead Next Door (Love at Stake #4) by Kerrelyn Sparks
This post: 50 points
Total: 165 points
SHANNON SOUTH AFRICA20.3 Happy International Women's Day
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
Published in 2010 by a woman writer not South African
Task points = 20
Total points = 130
50.1 Read 3 books from a series - Aurora Teagarden Mysteries by Charlaine Harris - A Bone to Pick #2, Three Bedrooms, One Corspse #3 and The Julius House #4
Three Bedrooms, One CorpseThe Julius House15.10 Spring Break - A Fool & His Honey by Charlaine Harris
Points This Task: 65
Tasks Completed: 13
Total Points: 240
Books Read: 22
Alice GTask: 10.2 Say What?
Book: The Dog who Came in from the Cold
Total Points: 205
Previous Reads:
5.9 Shrimp on the Barbie - The Humbling by Philip Roth
10.1 Sing Out - Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
10.4 Elementary, my dear Watson - Started Early, Took my Dog by Kate Atkinson
15.4 It's a repeat - Cold Comfort Farm and The Double Comfort Safari Club
20.9 - Lucky Me - Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova
20.10 Group Read - I am Number Four by Pitticus Lore
25.6 It's all about Australia and Oceania - Zeitoun by Dave Eggers and So Much for That by Lionel Shriver
30.1 Literature Map by Gender - For Whom the Bell Tolls by Hemmingway and On the Road by Jack Kerouac
30.3 Yours, Mine and Ours - The Hand that First Held Mine by Maggie O Farrell and The Colour Purple by Alice Walker
30.7 Title Connections - Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively and Tiger Hills
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Kim D15.3 Earth Day
Reduce: I read The Apothecary's Daughter by Julie Klassen. 3*
Recycle: I read Fragile by Lisa Unger. 3*
Total Points: 125
For 30.1A I am going to substitute Dead and Alive which is by the same authorAnd I am now posting
10.2 SAY WHAT? - What the Night Knows by Dean Koontz
Points: 10
Total Points: 745
Total Tasks: 52
Total Books: 41
Total Pages: 27941
GR Authors: 13
Big Books 500+: 7
Big Books 750+: 1
Big Books 1000+: 3
Carla 15.9 In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb
I read Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Total Points: 235
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 17
Pages Read: 5155 + 2 audiobooks
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Erin NY20.6 - book that is a part of YA series
City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
Cassandra Clare is a goodreads author.
Total: 130
Pages Read: 3680
Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 7
Tasks in progress: 2
STESSE5.1 Waltzing Matilda
Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen (422 p)
Sarah Dessen is a Goodreads Author.
Dance Style: Pop and Lock – approved in task help thread
15.7 -- Lab Lit
Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings by Christopher Moore (311 p) – featured marine biologists.
30.1. Cheryl's Task: Literature Map By Gender
Initial Author: Matthew Reilly
A. Ian Sansom - Mr. Dixon Disappears (257 p.) “Eh”
B. Steve Alten - Grim Reaper: End of Days (487 p) – loved the way they played off Dante.
Task 30.7. Diane's Task: Title Connections
I chose Option A:
A. The Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren Willig (339 p)
B. Mistletoe Man by Susan Wittig Albert (Susan Wittig Albert is a Goodreads Author) (294 p)
Points this Post: 80
Tasks Completed this Post: 4
Books Read this Post: 6
Pages Read this Post: 2110
GoodReads Authors this Post: 2
Total Points: 590
Total Tasks Completed: 37
Total Books Read: 47
Total Pages Read: 16843
Total GoodReads Authors: 12
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (2), 1000+ (0)
Task 15.10 Spring Break Whistles Volume One: The Starlight Calliopeby Andrew Hussie
Points This Post: 15
Total points:145
Total Tasks Completed: 13
Total Books Read: 14
Total Pages Read: 3820
Total GoodReads Authors: 5
Task 15.8 - Different PerspectivesI read Pictures of You by Caroline Leavitt. This book was told from multiple perspectives. I gave it 3 stars.
Task 30.2 - Shelia's Guilty Pleasures
I read The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson (David Cook) and I Am Messenger by Markus Zusak (Mark Ballas). I gave these books 3 and 4 stars, respectively.
Caroline Leavitt is a GR author.
Total Points: 115 + 15 + 30 = 155
GR authors = 6
Big Book = 1
Danielle Louise15.8 -- From a Different Perspective
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
told from Death's point of view
550 pages claiming a big book ticket
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 35
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Pages Read: 1467
Goodreads Author: 0
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+
15.1- The Land Down UnderUnder the Net by Iris Murdoch - 256 pages
A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby - 352 pages
25.2 - Your Bucket List
A. The Edwardians by Vita Sackville-West - 349 pages
I have always wanted to travel to England to visit the area from which my ancestors came. This novel is set in England, and I read it while I was there.
B. Fifth Business by Robertson Davies - 272 pages
Points This Post: 40
Total Points: 440
Total Tasks Completed: 29
Total Books Read: 36
Total Pages Read: 10,814
Total Goodreads Authors: 7
Total Big Books: 500(3);750(0);1000+(0)
M_ELLEREADS30.6: Melanie’s Task: Myth-behaving Greeks
You rolled: 5 & 3 Timestamp: 2011-03-23 19:55:54 UTC
Book A: #5. Ares: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
Book B: #3. Herodotus: Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys (Goodreads Author) Story of a Lithuanian girl deported by Soviet police in 1941.
Task Points: 30
Books Read: 2
Pages Read: 496 + 338 = 834
5.3: Gimme Five
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Task Points: 5
Books Read: 1
Pages Read: 277
Total points this post: 35
Total Accumulated Points: 145
Finished:30.3 Donna Jo`s Task : Yours, Mine and Ours
How to Kill Your Husbandby Kathy Lette
When Madeline Was Young by Jane Hamilton
Task points: 30
Total points:310
Total tasks: 15
Total books: 23
10.1 Sing OutThe Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
10.2 Say What?
How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown
50.1 I Need To Know What Happens Next
Ninth Key
Reunion
Darkest Hour
All by Meg Cabot in the Mediator series.
Points this post: 70
Total points: 590
GR Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(0), 1000+(1)
EllenCAFor Task 10.5: It Takes Two I read Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
Total Points: 55
Completed Tasks: 5
Goodread Authors: 0
Big Books: 1 (500+)
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Total Books Read: 13
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