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Spring Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS)
DianeFor my previously claimed task 30.2 (Sheila's Task: Sheila’s Guilty Pleasures), I need to remove The Accidental by Ali Smith (DWTS Emmitt Smith) and replace it with Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner (DWTS Jennifer Grey).
Jennifer Weiner is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
I will take The Accidental and place it instead in:
15.5 -- Award Me
Read a Man Booker Prize winner or one of the nominees from any of the years this prize has been awarded. The Accidental was a Booker nominee.
Total: 625
15.2 -- Blurb ItA. The Darkest Secret by Gena Showalter - ★ ★ ★
B. Dreams of a Dark Warrior by Kresley Cole - ★ ★ ★
30.6 Melanie's Task: Myth-behaving Greeks
I rolled a 4 & a 3
Book A:
4. Hades: Undead and Unwelcome by Mary Janice Davidson (vampires) - ★ ★ ★ ★
Book B:
3. Herodotus: Ravished by Amanda Quick - ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Points This Post: 45
Total Points: 735
Goodreads authors this post: 0
Goodreads authors total: 10
Total Big Books: (500+) 4
15.10 Spring BreakPale Demon by Kim Harrison
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 305
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
10.8 Peeled by Joan Bauer
25.6 Midnight Predator by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes and The Cat Who Went Underground by Lillan Jackson Braun
Total Points: 680
10.6 Respect Your EldersSie kamen nach Bagdad (paperback edition 208 pp.) by Agatha Christie
The book was originally published in 1951, which is earlier than 1960.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 585/910
Tasks Completed: 34
Books Read: 45
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(2), 1000+(0)
15.9 In Like a LionMidnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo
20.4 The Royal Wedding
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale*
*Shannon Hale is a goodreads author
points=695
MASANOBU5.6 Water, Water, Everywhere:
I've read La carta Rossetti by Christi Phillips. In the picture is not that easy to see it, but the bottom is a view of a Venetian canal with a gondolier rowing.
Total Points: 35 + 5 = 40
10.8 Come on, Eat your Spinach - State of the Onion by Julie Hyzy15.9 In like a Lion, Out like a Lamb -Tyrannosaur Canyon by Douglas Preston
Tasks completed: 10
Total Points: 160 points
Books read: 12
30.3. Donna Jo's Task: Yours, Mine, and OursA. Read a book with the word Your(s), My or Mine, or Our(s) in the Title;
The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie by Wendy McClure
B. Read a book with a blended family (Children, Steps, and/or Halfs) in it. Books may be fiction or nonfiction and may involve adult step or half siblings.
When Madeline Was Young by Jane Hamilton
This Post: 30
Total Points: 650
Tasks Completed: 434/54
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
Jess Philly10.5 It Takes Two
I read the new Sookie Stackhouse novel,
Dead Reckoning.
Total Points: 185
10.10 The Final FrontiersThe Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde
This Post: 10
Total Points: 345
Tasks Completed: 20
Books Read: 26
Goodreads Authors: 3 (Elle Amery, Bella Andre, Emma Donoghue)
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Stacey
50.1 I Need to Know What Happens Next!
Uglies
Pretties
Specials
Books 1-3 in the Uglies series
New points: 50
Total points: 530
50.1 I Need to Know What Happens Next!
Uglies
Pretties
Specials
Books 1-3 in the Uglies series
New points: 50
Total points: 530
15.10 -- Spring BreakI read Let's Bring Back byLesley M.M. Blume.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 100
Total Tasks Completed: 6
Total Books Read: 6
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (2), 1000+ (0)
10.3 - Beware the Ides of March - Read Roman Sex: 100 BC to AD 250 by John R. Clarke. Another book for school. My class was on the Hellenistic Age.15.8 - From a Different Perspective - Read Grendel by John Gardner. This worked out well because I had read Beowulf for another task.
Points for above tasks: 25
Tasks above completed: 2
Total tasks completed: 17/54
Points completed: 275/910
Books read & claimed: 24
Books by Goodreads authors: 3
Big Books: 1 (500+), 0 (750+), 0 (1000+)
5.8 TBR before 2/19/11I read The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson. This has been on my TBR list since June 2010. It is another "Big Book" at 563 pages.
Total Points to date: 360
Total Tasks Completed: 27
Total Books Read: 34
Total GoodReads Authors: 12
Total Big Books: 500+ (5), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0
M_ELLEREADS50 Point Task: “I Need to Know What Happens Next!
39 Clues #8: The Emperor's Code by Gordon Korman
39 Clues #9: Storm Warning by Linda Sue Park
39 Clues #10: Into the Gauntlet by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Task Points: 50
Books Read: 3
Pages Read: 707
Total Accumulated Points: 205
Celeste repost30.7 The Heretic's Daughter
The Heritic by Alison MacLeod http://www.amazon.com/HERETIC-NOVEL-A...
30.6. (2) Hera The shell Seekers
The Shell Seekers
(6) Aristphanes:
Bridget Jones's Diary
Total Tasks completed 7
Total Books Read 11
Total pages
Total good read authors 0
Total Big books 500 + (1)
TANYAPT15.1 - Read one book with the words “Down” and “Under” anywhere in the title ...
Book: Aunt Dimity Down Under, Nancy Atherton
Points this post:15
Total Points: 310
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 20
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Celeste30.4 No Housework Day
Better Homes and Gardens American Patchwork and Quilting
The TouchThe Nanny is the cause of the major catalyst in the story.
30.2 Guilty Pleasures
DWTS - (Mark Ballas) America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It
Idol - (Lee Dewys) The Last Day the Dogbushes Bloomed
25.6 Australia and Oceana
5. Indecent ObsessionColleen McCullough from Australia
2. The Devil's Dream (L)ee (S)mith
25.3
A. Teacher -- Then Came Heaven
B. Teaching Unprepared Students: Strategies for Promoting Success and Retention in Higher Education
20.5 Allieterative Authors Assoc.
A Sight for Sore Eyes
20.3 International Women's Day
Wild Mountain Thyme
points this post 150
Total points 330
total tasks 17
total books 22
total pages
Total Good reads author
total big books 500 + (1)
Mod
I read Fablehaven by Brandon Mull.
15.10 -- Spring Break
I read Clear and Convincing Proof
Total points: 850
KAREN OZTask 15.7 -- Lab Lit
Prey by Michael Crichton
Task 10.2. Say what?:
What the World will look like when all the water leaves us by Laura Van Den Berg*
*GoodReads Author
Task 5.1 Waltzing Matilda-
Tall Pine Polka by Lorna Landvik
Total this post: 30 points
Total to date: 490 points
Lisa MDCOMPLETED TASKS:
15.5 Award Me
Man Booker Prize winner or one of the nominees
❀The Sea by John Banville READ 5.22.11
15.7 Lab Lit
novel in which a scientist plays a major role
❀Ape House by Sara Gruen READ 5.19.11
15.10 Spring Break
any book you choose
❀A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (592 pp) READ 5.16.11
GOODREADS AUTHOR
BIG BOOK
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COMPLETED TASKS: 38/54
TOTAL POINTS: 675/910
BOOKS READ: 50/71
GOODREAD AUTHORS: 16
BIG BOOKS: 500 pp. [ ✔ ✔✔ ] 750 pp. [ ✔ ] 1000 pp. [ ]
25.3. Mrs. Soule's Task: A Better World • Improving health – doctors, nurses, therapists
• Improving safety – crime-fighters, fire-fighters, military
• Improving social order and well-being – spiritual leaders, counselors, social workers
• Increasing knowledge – teachers, scientists
• Protecting the natural environment – ecologists, environmental activists
Book A. Read a fiction title where a main character works in one of these areas.
The Birth of Love: A Novel by Joanna Kavenna
One of the four main characters is a doctor.
Book B. Read a non-fiction title about one of these areas. This can include a biography of someone working in these areas.
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Pre-approved in task thread.
This Post: 25
Total Points: 675
Tasks Completed: 46/54
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
Kelly G. 10.6 It Takes Two
Poison Study by: Maria V. Snyder. (Goodreads Author).
15.3 Earth Day
Reuse: Magic Study by: Maria V. Snyder (Goodreads Author).
Recycle: The Likeness by: Tana French.
15.10 Spring Break
Moloka'i by: Alan Brennert
20.10 Group Reads
I Am Number Four by: Pittacus Lore.
Points Claimed this Post: 60
Total Points: 190
Books Read: 12
Tasks Completed: 10
Big Ticket Books (1) 500+ (0) 750+ (0) 1000+
Goodreads Authors: 4 (Clare, Clare, Snyder, Snyder and Allen)
50 Point TaskThe Eyre Affair (Thursday Next #1)
Lost in a Good Book (Thursday Next #2)
The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next #3)
by Jasper Fforde
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 315
Mary
Janice CA10.5 It Takes Two....
Something Missing by Matthew Dicks
4 stars
***Goodreads Author***
+10
total: 195
tasks: 12
books: 15
GR Authors: 2
Task 30.7. Diane's Task: Title Connections For this task, you will have to read two books, both from either Option A or from Option B.
Option A.
I read Queen Victoria
and Victoria's Daughters
My edition of Queen Victoria has 557 pages, so I am claiming a ***big book ticket!!***
total: 335
tasks completed: 16
books: 24
GR Authors: 7
Big Books 500 (1) 750+ (1)
total pages: 8584
Jayme VAReposting:
30.5: Birthday: My birthday is on 3/28
A. Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe was on Kate.x's shelf
B. The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon was on Meagan's shelf
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 260
Big Books: 1 (500+)
Goodreads authors: 3
20.8 I read Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
It was made into a UK miniseries in 1975 that I found on IMDb.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 185
Katie OH 15.10 Spring Break
Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 200
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 16
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Kate C.Finished 20.8 - The Night I Was Born
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, which was made into a miniseries for the BBC
Total Points: 210
Sandy MNTask 15.9 -- In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb
Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris (has a tiger on the cover)
20.4 Author, Author. Tracyj's Task: The Royal Wedding
His Lady Mistress by Elizabeth Rolls (Elizabeth is Catherine's middle name)
Total Points: 660
Readerboard Name: LeoraTask 15.1 The Land Down Under- I read- Watership Down by Richard Adams and;
Under the Boardwalk by Carly Phillips
430 points
20.1 Lassiez Les Bon Temps Rouler!Option 1 - authors initials AC
4:50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie
This Post: 20
Total Points: 365
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 27
Goodreads Authors: 3 (Elle Amery, Bella Andre, Emma Donoghue)
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Erin NY50.1: 3 consecutive books from a series
All Together Dead (Sookie Stackhouse #7)
From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse #8)
Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse #9)
by Charlaine Harris
Total: 285
Tasks Completed: 13
Tasks in Progress: 3
Books Read: 22
Pages Read: 7064
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneMy Goal Points for this Season: 225
Points earned for this task: 30
Points Achieved to date: 390
Updated last on: 5.23
Total # of books read: 30
Total # of pages read: 9,989
Total # of tasks completed: 24
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 6
Total # of Big Books: 500+ (1)
Task 30.2 Sheila's Guilty Pleasures... Read 2 books whose titles or authors names match either the first or last names of the winners of these two shows (Am. Idol and DWTS).
I read
The Black Book of Hollywood Pregnancy Secrets by Kym Douglas 208 pages (5.20) The author's first name matches the professional dance partner of Donny Osmond (his partner was Kym Johnson) on DWTS.I also read
The Stepmother: A Novel by Carrie Adams 368 pages (5.22). The author's first name matches the Am. Idol winner Carrie Underwood.
Readerboard Name - Denise NCTask 25.4 - Science Fiction / Fantasy Masters
Book A - Damon Knight Award
Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
Pages - 320
Book B - World Fantasy Award
Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
Pages - 190
Points - 25
Final Post for this Challenge
Mod
30.6 rolled 3 Poseidon
and 3
Tempest Risingby Tracy Deebs
and
rolled a 3 Herodotus readVixenby Jillian Larkin
Points this task 35
Total points 860/910
Tasks Completed: 50/54
Books read: 66/71
Total pages: 19,086
GR Authors: 23
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
CHRISTINE USTask 10.2 say What?
Word: WHEN
I'll Mature When I'm Dead: Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of Adulthood by Dave Barry
Total: 805
LaurenVA25.5. Gayla's Task: March Madness
Option B
2006 - Never Let Me Go
2011 - Room
Also claiming a Goodreads Author for Emma Donoghue, author of Room.
Task Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 8
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Total Points: 90
LaurenVA 15.9 -- In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb
Saving Gracie: How One Dog Escaped the Shadowy World of American Puppy Mills
This book has a picture of a dog on the cover.
Task Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Total Points: 105
20.5 Alliterative AuthorsAttachments by Rainbow Rowell
**Rainbow Rowell is a GR Author**
Task Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 23
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Total Points: 340
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter. Tami's task: Quips and Quotes "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." - Robert Frost
For One More Day by Mitch Albom
Total points = 405
BJ Rose1 new task
10.1. Sing Out: March is Music in Our Schools Month.
novel featuring a musician: Shawn is a songwriter/composer
Tears of the Moon by Nora Roberts
Total Points = 910
Tasks Completed = 54
Total Pages = 23,887
GoodReads Authors = 10
Big Books (500+) = 3
DianeOnce again I need to rearrange things a bit (sorry!).
I need to remove The Kitchen God's Wife from:
5.7 (Going Green) and replace it with The Joy Luck Club, also by Amy Tan. It qualifies as "green" since it is a borrowed book.
I need to move The Kitchen God's Wife and place it into:
10.8. Come On, Eat Your Spinach: Read a book with the name of a fruit or vegetable in the title, or with a fruit or vegetable on the cover.
15.4 -- It's a Repeat
A. Read one book with a word in the title that repeats - The Ha-Ha: A Novel by Dave King.
Total: 650
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I read The Midnight Palace, originally written in Spanish
10.2 Say What?
I read What Alice Forgot
15.10 Spring Break
I read Secrets at Sea
20.6 Young Adult Series
I read Eona: The Last Dragoneye. This is the second book in the Eon Series.
New Points: 50
Total Points: 150