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SPRING CHALLENGE 2011: AUSTRALIA
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Spring Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS)
Ashley FLTask 30.6
Rolled a 5 (main character in military or veteran) Don't Look Down by Jennifer Crusie
Rolled a 1 (Sad book) The Water Wars by Cameron Stracher was horribly sad
Task 30.7 Two Books in which one title ends with the same word that begins the other (disregarding "the") Double Black (by Wendy Clinch) and The Black Echo (by Michael Connelly)
50 Point Task (3 consecutive books in a series)
B is for Burglar
"C" is for Corpse
D is for Deadbeat
are all part of the Kinsey Milhorne series by Sue Grafton
Points: 110
Total Points: 455
M_ELLEREADS10.2: Say What?
Where She Went by Gayle Forman
Task Points: 10
Books Read: 1
Pages Read: 264
Total Accumulated Points: 155
EllenCAFor Task 30.6 I rolled a 1 and a 3.
For the first book (1 - Royality) I read The White QueenThe White Queen by Philippa Gregory.
For the second book (3 Historical Fiction) I read The Goldsmith's Wife by Jean Plaidy.
Total Points: 85
Completed Tasks: 6
Goodread Authors: 0
Big Books: 1 (500+)
Jana5.4 Fan Club
Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr Jay Asher was the author and Julie Prestsater was the fan.
5.7 Going Green
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder. I checked this book out from the library.
15.7 Lab Lit
Syndrome by Thomas Hoover Story was about a scientist doing human research and experimentation with stem cells.
20.1 Mardi Gras
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin Title has the word "moon" in it.
25.1 In My Backyard
The Winding Ways Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini for G: A Needle and Thread. Book about quilting friends and their summer quilting retreats that they run.
Firefly Laneby Kristin Hannah for I: A Television Studio. One of the two main characters works in the TV news industry.
**GOODREADS AUTHOR**
**BIG BOOK TICKET (513 pages)
Points this Post: 70
Total Points: 215
repost: Task #15.6 The Truth Is...American Zombie Gothicby Kyle William Bishop
Inspired by World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie Warby Max Brooks
Points This Post: 15
Total points:130
Total Tasks Completed: 12
Total Books Read: 13
Total Pages Read: 3700
Total GoodReads Authors: 5
Joanna TTask 30.4 No More Housework
Book 1: Nonfiction to replace housework:
The Devil's Picnic: Around the World in Pursuit of Forbidden Fruit by Taras Grescoe
I'd much rather be traveling and sampling foods around the world than doing housework.
Book 2: Book featuring domestic servant:
The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus by Margaret Atwood
The book was approved in the help thread. Parts of the book are told by the twelve (slave) maids who were ordered hanged by Odysseus. Also, Odysseus's own maid plays a major role in the book.
Margaret Atwood is a GR author.
New points: 30
Grand total: 285
Joanna TI just realized that Aimee Bender is a GR author. I posted The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake in Post #405 and I'd like to add a GR Author ticket for it.
Thanks!
Sandy MN20.8. It's My Birthday. Jayme VA's Task: The Night I was Born
I read
Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain. HBO aired a mini-series with the same title in 2011.
Total Points: 430
20.8 - The Night I was BornThe Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
This was turned into a mini-series.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1332653/
Total Points to Date: 765
20.10 Group Read Outlander by Diana Gabaldon** (posted in discussion thread)
**Big book ticket (850 pgs)**
Total points = 300
10.6. Respect Your Elders1929: Magic for Marigold by L.M. Montgomery read 5/5/11
Total This Post: 10
Completed Tasks: 42
Total Points to Date: 700
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books: 500+ (7), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
CHRISTINE UStask 15.8 Diff't Perspective
The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
The story is told by 3 different narrators from their individual viewpoints
Task 25.1 Backyard
Food prep: Dark Tort by Diane Mott Davidon
main character is a caterer
TV actor: Born To Be Wild by Catherine Coulter
main character is a soap opera actress
Total: 565
Janice CA5.10 Kia Ora......
My native language is English. The book I read was originally published in Italian.
I'm Not Scared byNiccolò Ammaniti
4 stars
The book was great, but the movie was even better.
+5
total: 170
tasks: 10
books: 12
GR Authors: 1
15.10 -- Spring Break 
by Debbie ViguiéPoints for this Task: 15
Total Points: 100
Completed Tasks: 5.2, 15.10, 30.6, 50.1
Tasks in Progress: 10.4, 10.6, 20.10, 30.1
Goodreads Authors: 4 (Cassandra Clare, Sara Shepard x3)
Big Books: 500+(1) 750+() 1000+()
RACHEL CA: 290 points total5.02 CIRCLE OF FRIENDS
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson
Greg Mortenson is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
Points: 5
Total points: 290
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 26
Goodreads authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.1 Waltzing MatildaI read The Badenweiler Waltz by G.W. Kroeker(A GoodReads Author)
Total Points to date: 325
Total Tasks Completed: 21
Total Books Read: 28
Total GoodReads Authors: 12
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0
10.7 Kuddle a Koala?Elizabeth Costello by J.M. Coetzee
The main character is a famous Australian writer.
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 165
Task Completed: 12
Books Read: 13
10.1 Sing OutSaturday by Ian McEwan
One of the character's is a professional blues musician (pre-approved)
Points for this task: 10
Total points: 175
Task Completed: 13
Books Read: 14
5.9 - Shrimp on the BarbieThe Thieves of Ostia by Caroline Lawrence 160 pages
10.8 - Come on Eat your Spinach
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
Total points to date 520
20.6 Young Adult SeriesMatched by Ally Condie
Task Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 16
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Total Points: 250
10.8. Come On, Eat Your Spinach 
A Little Class on Murder4/30/11**Goodreads Author: Carolyn Hart**
20.9. Lucky Me! Laurie's Task
Real Murders 4/27/11
25.4. Helen's Task: Science-Fiction/Fantasy Masters
A. "The Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award": Anne McCaffrey: Catalyst: A Tale of the Barque Cats 5/3/11
B. World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement: Jane Yolen: Briar Rose 3/29/11
25.6. Jennifer N's Task: It’s All About Australia and Oceania
Option 2
A Quick Bite (3/7/11)
Lynsay Sands
Option 5.
Play of Passion (4/29/11)
Nalini Singh (born in Fiji, living in NZ per author profile)
**GoodReads Author
50 Point Task: MsOPP (Julie)'s Task: "I Need to Know What Happens Next!"
Blue Dahlia 5/5/11
Black Rose 5/5/11
Red Lily 5/6/11
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Points this post: 130
Total Points: 475
Tasks Completed: 27 (5 in this post)
Books Read: 38 (9 in this post)
GoodReads Authors: 16 (2 in this post)
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
BRENDA MO15.5 - Award Me
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
2008 Man Booker Award
Points: 15
Total Points: 510
STACIE MITask 30.1 - Literature Map By Gender
I entered in J.K. Rowling and read Sabriel by Garth Nix and Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 440
Tasks completed: 27
Books read: 35
Pages read: 9560
Goodreads authors: 6
Big Books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
10.8 - Come on, Eat your Spinach!Left Neglected - Lisa Genova (Goodreads Author)
I also have moved Never Let Me Go from 5.7 - Going Green to 5.2 - Circle of Friends. The points don't change.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 240
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 17
GoodReads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Nickboy.25.3 A Better World.
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
(about a doctor) by Robert Louis Stevenson 128 pagesand
Ponderings from the Precipice: Soulwork for the New Millennium
by James Conlon (a spiritual leader) 143 pagesTask Points: 25
Total Points: 665/910
Tasks Completed: 40
Books Read: 54
Pages Read: 14,983
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+ (4)
BJ Rose1 new task
Task 30.7. Diane's Task: Title Connections
These books actually work for both Option A and Option B
Option A. Read two books. The first book must end with the same word or group of words as the beginning of the second book.
Tempted by Pamela Britton
& Tempted All Night by Liz Carlyle
Total Points = 685
Tasks Completed = 45
Total Pages = 18,379
GoodReads Authors = 7
Big Books (500+) = 2
Sorry. accidentally hit enter instead of return.10.6 Read The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie originally published in 1922.
5.9 Read Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Points these tasks 15
total points: 545 (I think)
STESSE15.9 -- In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb
You Dropped a Blonde on Me by Dakota Cassidy (357 p.)
Dog on cover
25.1. Coralie's Task:In my Backyard
d. Read a book where a main character works in the food preparation industry.
I read The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister (240 p.) – the main character runs a restaurant and cooking school.
Erica Bauermeister is a GoodReads Author.
h. Read a book based on a television show or one on which a television show is based.
I read Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay (288 p.) – the TV show Dexter is based on this series.
Points this Post: 40
Tasks Completed this Post: 2
Books Read this Post: 3
Pages Read this Post: 885
GoodReads Authors this Post:1
Total Points: 630
Total Tasks Completed: 39
Total Books Read: 50
Total Pages Read: 17728
Total GoodReads Authors: 13
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (2), 1000+ (0)
I would like to move a book.I previously claimed The Murder Room as the non-fiction book for 25.3. I would like to remove those points.
15.6 - The Truth Is...
The Murder Room by Michael Capuzzo
I read The Big Sleep this challenge and was interested in learning how crimes really are solved.
25.3 - A Better World
Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison
The main character works for law enforcement agencies to catch criminals.
and
The Cleveland Clinic Guide to Sleep Disorders by Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer
This book could fall under the category of improving health.
Total Points to Date: 780
Jules reporting.5.9 Shrimp on the Barbie Possessing Jessie by Nancy Springer 68 pages
10.5 It Takes Two: Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French RevolutionMichelle Moran by
10.10 The Final Frontier A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
20.1 Laissiez Les Bon Temps Rouler
Option 1 The Peach KeeperSarah Addison Allen
Points this task : 45
Total completed: 120
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 10
Total pages: 3389
Goodreads authors: 4
Big Books: (2) 500 (0) 750 (0)1000
5.2 Circle of FriendsEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
5.7 Going Green
The Diamond of Darkhold by Jeanne DuPrau
5.8 Blow Your Stack
Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter
Adding 15 points to make a total of 30 points.
TANYAPT20.9 Lucky Me.
Book: Stolen, Kelley Armstrong
*** Goodreads Author ***
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 220
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 14
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
30.3 Yours,Mine and OursA. My Korean Deli by Ben Ryder Howe
B. Imperfect Birds by Anne Lamott (has a blended family in the story)
Books Read - 12
Tasks Completed - 10
Total Points - 200
Christine USTask 25.4
Damon Knight: ray Bradbury We'll Always Have Paris: Stories
World Fantasy: Stephen King One Past Midnight: The Langoliers
total: 590
5.3 Gimme Five: Lover Unleashed by J.R. Ward - ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
10.3. Beware the Ides of March:
Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt by Ann Rice - ★ ★ ★
10.10. The Final Frontiers:
Running Scared by Shannon K. Butcher - ★ ★ ★ ★
15.1 The Land Down Under
A. Aunt Dimity Down Under by Nancy Atherton - ★ ★ ★
15.10 Spring Break
Colters' Woman by Maya Banks - ★
30.1. Cheryl's Task: Literature Map By Gender
Initial author used: Nalini Singh
1. Destiny by Alex Archer - ★ ★ ★ ★
2. Storm Front by Jim Butcher - ★ ★ ★ ★
30.7. Diane's Task: Title Connections
Option A.
1. Play of Passion by Nalini Singh - ★ ★ ★ ★
Goodreads Author: Nalini Singh
2. Passion Untamed by Pamela Palmer - ★ ★ ★
Goodreads Author: Pamela Palmer
Points This Post: 115
Total Points: 570
Goodreads authors this post: 2
Goodreads authors total: 8
Total Big Books: (500+) 4
Kathy G.5.8 Blow Your Stack
Winter People by Phyllis A. Whitney
Total Tasks- 4
Total Points- 30
Goodreads Authors- 0
Big Books- 0
Christinab50.1 50 Point Task
MsOPP (Julie)'s Task: "I Need to Know What Happens Next!"
I read the following trilogy by Dan Wells:
I Am Not A Serial Killer
Mr. Monster
I Don't Want to Kill You
Dan Wells is a Goodreads author so I am claiming 3 big book tickets.
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 220
Total tasks completed: 11
Total books read: 15
Total pages read: 6030
Total GoodReads authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (2) 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
Jennifer KS15.7 -- Lab Lit I read The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths a Good Reads Author.
In the book the main character is an archaeologist.
Points this task 15
Total Points 345
Good Reads Authors 11
Tasks complete 29
Books read 30
Pages 10286
Task 10.8 - Come on, Eat your Spinach
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Task points = 10
Challenge total = 355
Coralie20.7 Quips and Quotes
My favourite quote is I like work. It fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. by Jerome K. Jerome.
I took the word ‘hours’ and read
The Distant Hours
25.2 Your Bucket List
I am aiming to read all the Hugo and Nebula award winners and most of the nominees. So I read Ender's Game and Neuromancer
25.4 Science-Fiction/Fantasy Masters
Science Fiction
Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov
Fantasy
Gifts by Ursula K. Le Guin
25.5 March Madness
I chose B and read Netherland and A Mercy, both from 2009.
25.6 It’s all about Australia and Oceania
Option 1. Main character works outdoors
The Shiralee by D'Arcy Niland
Option 3 ‘south’ in the title
The Harp in the South by Ruth Park
Both these books also satisfy options 4 and 5.
Total points 735
50.1 Need to Know What Happens NextMerry Gentry #1: A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K. Hamilton
Merry Gentry #2: A Caress of Twilight by Laurell K. Hamilton
Merry Gentry #3: Seduced by Moonlight by Laurell K. Hamilton
points = 595
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneMy Goal Points for this Season: 225
Points earned for this task: 5
Points Achieved to date: 275
Updated last on: 5.7
Total # of books read: 23
Total # of pages read: 7,931
Total # of tasks completed: 18
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 6
Total # of Big Books: 500+ (1)
Task 5.4 Fan Club... (go to the profile page of one of your favorite authors and navigate to their fan listing. click on a fan's profile and read a 5-star book from their Read shelf).
One of my favorite authors is Debbie Macomber. From her fan list I chose Shelly (pg #3) and from her 5-star book Read shelf I read
Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella (5.7)
Diane5.2 Circle of Friends- Click on the "Friends" tab, and then "Popular Books". Read a book from that list - She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb.
Total Points: 405
LDB15.6 The Truth Is...
Afghanistan: A Short History of Its People and Politics by Martin Ewans
I read A Thousand Splendid Suns and was inspired to learn more about Afghanistan's history.
Total Points: 50
Books read: 3
Pages read: 1,033
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Task 25.1
B. (main character in finance industry): Treachery in Death by JD Robb -- Roarke is in finance
D. (main character in food prep industry) The Bachelor Preferred Pastry by Shirley Jump (main characters bake and run a gift basket business with their creations)
Task 25.3
A (Fiction with main character who is a cop): The Night Season (Gretchen Lowell, #4) by Chelsea Cain
B (Non-Fiction with main characters as educators): Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America by Paul Tough
Task 25.6
Part 2: Author initials in "AUSTRALIA" Murder at the PTA by Laura Alden
Part 3 (words in title including beach) The Beach House by Jane Green
Points: 75
Total Points: 345