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SPRING CHALLENGE 2011: AUSTRALIA
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Spring Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS)
20.10 Group ReadsOutlander by Diana Gabaldon
At 850 pages, I'd like Big Book tickets, please.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 545
Tasks Completed: 35
Books Read: 47
GoodReads Authors: 10
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (2), 1000+ (0)
15.8 -- From a Different PerspectiveI read The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry. It was written in the perspective of two characters, both writing in a diary-like way.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 115
Total Tasks Completed: 7
Total Books Read: 7
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (2), 1000+ (0)
Finished two tasks:25.6 It's All About Austraila and Oceania
Choose 2
I read from (1), Zeitoun by David Eggers, which was about Hurrican Katrina and its aftermath for 1 family. 5*
I also read from (2), The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot. Her initials are in the word "Austrailia". Another excellent 5* read for me.
REBECCA SKLOOT IS A GR AUTHOR.
20.2 Random Words
My five words were, saliva, chocolate, corpse, western and grass. I read All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. 4*.
Total Points: 155 + 45 = 200
Big Books: 750+ (1)
GR Authors: 7
20.3. Best Review Contest. Katy's Task: Happy International Women's Day!Archangel's Kiss by Nalini Singh (Goodreads author)
I'm from the U.S. and she is from New Zealand.
20.9. Lucky Me! Laurie's Task
Murder Under a Mystic Moon by Yasmine Galenorn.
30.1. Cheryl's Task: Literature Map By Gender
I put in Jim Butcher as one of my favorite authors and the map came up with these authors...
Mark Del Franco Unshapely Things
Simon R. Green Ghost of a Chance
Total Points This Post: 70
Total Tasks This Post: 3
Goodreads Authors This Post: 1
Grand Total Points: 740/910
Total Books Read: 56
Tasks Completed: 44/54
Total Goodreads Authors: 20
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Big Books: 2
Jen UT5.2 - Circle of Friends
Enna Burning by Shannon Hale
Total Points: 100
Total Books: 11
Total Tasks: 10
10.7 Kuddle a Koala?I read Household Guide To Dying by Debra Adelaide. She is an Australian author and the book was set in Australia.
Total Points to date: 370
Total Tasks Completed: 28
Total Books Read: 35
Total GoodReads Authors: 12
Total Big Books: 500+ (5), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0
10.4. Elementary, my dear WatsonFool Moon by Jim Butcher
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
30.3 A. The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O'FarrellB. Independence Hall by Roland Smith
25.6 Option 1: Ill Wind by Rachel Caine
Option 2: Checkout Girl: A Life Behind the Register by Anna Sam
25.3 A. Treachery in Death by J.D. Robb
B. Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof
25.1 G. Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix
H. Storm Front by Jim Butcher
20.9 The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
I would like to claim 1 Big Book ticket please
20.6 The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
15.10 Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
15.2 I read Bullet by Laurell K. Hamilton which had a blurb from Charlaine Harris on it, so I read Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris
10.2 When I Look into the Mirror and See You: Women, Terror, and Resistance by Margaret Randall
5.10 The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson (translated from Swedish to English)
I would like to claim 1 Big Book Ticket, please
5.8 Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
5.5 Sister Wife by Shelley Hrdlitschka
5.2 Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
Points this post: 205
Total Points:365
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.6 - Body of water on cover -
by Chris Bohjalian (GOODREADS AUTHOR)10.2 - Question word in title (who) - The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson (BIG BOOK TICKET - 500 pages, please!)
15.3 - Earth day -
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris (recycle - borrowed from library)
and
The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan (reuse - meant to use in winter challenge)
15.10 - Free - Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson (GOODREADS AUTHOR)
20.6 - YA series book at least 400 pages - A Great and Terrible Beauty (shows up as #1 in Gemma Doyle series when you click, 403 pages)
30.1 - Lit Map - I put in Nevada Barr, a favorite author. CJ Box and Aaron Elkins both came up, male authors I hadn't read before. I read:
Blue Heaven by CJ Box
and
Skull Duggery by Aaron Elkins
30.6 - Greek Gods - I rolled a 2 and a 4:
2 (family relationships) - I read Imperfect Birds by Anne Lamott which was all about family relationships and parent/child issues.
and
4 (fantasy or scifi) - I read The House Of The Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
Whew! Sorry for the long post.
New total: 250 points
15.10 Spring BreakAngus Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
This should give me 105 points.
STACIE MITask 15.5 - Award Me
I read Room by Emma Donoghue, who is a Goodreads author!
Points this task: 15
Total points: 775
Tasks completed: 44
Books read: 59
Pages read: 15615
Goodreads authors: 7
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Casey TN15.7 - Lab Lit
I read Altar of Eden by James Rollins. The main character is a veterinarian. James Rollins is a **Goodreads Author**
15.10 - Spring Break
I read Cursor's Fury by Jim Butcher
20.1 - Lassiez Les Bon Temps Rouler!
I chose the first option, and read The Spark by Chris Downie
20.4 - The Royal Wedding
I read The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
20.6 - Young Adult Series
I read City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare. Cassandra Clare is a **Goodreads Author**
Points this Post: 90
Total Points: 390
GoodReads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(5), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
30.1 Cheryl's Task: Literature Map By Gender
Using literature-map.com choose one of your favorite authors of either gender and enter it. When the results come up, choose 2 new authors who you have never read before and who are of the opposite gender from yourself. Read one book by each of these authors.
I entered:
George R.R. Martin
I am female. I picked two new-to-me male authors who have been on my TBR for some time.
Author #1:
Patrick Rothfuss
and I read:
The Name of the Wind (Kingkiller Chronicle, #1) (2007) by Patrick Rothfuss (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 662 pages)
Author #2:
Terry Brooks
and I read:
Magic Kingdom for Sale—Sold! (Magic Kingdom of Landover #1) (1986) by Terry Brooks (Goodreads Author) (Mass Market Paperback, 373 pages)
Two Goodreads Author Tickets:
Patrick Rothfuss
Terry Brooks
And, One Big Books Ticket:
The Name of the Wind - (Hardcover, 662 pages)
435 + 30 = 465
Tasks Completed: 26
Points for this task: 30
Points thus far: 435 + 30 = 465
Books read: 36
Pages Read: 11,484
Read but not claimed: 2
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(1) 750 +
(0) 1000 +
Lisa MDCOMPLETED TASKS:
10.1. Sing Out:
a biography/autobiography/memoir of a musician, or a novel featuring a professional musician or music teacher
❀Lucy Gayheart by Willa Cather READ 5.28.11
10.7. Kuddle a Koala?:
Australian author or set in Australia
❀Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo by Vanessa Woods READ 5.28.11
GOODREADS AUTHOR
25.4. Helen's Task: Science-Fiction/Fantasy Masters
A. "The Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award" author
❀No One Noticed the Cat by Anne McCaffrey (2005) READ 5.26.11
B. World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement author
❀The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen (2009 )READ 5.27.11
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COMPLETED TASKS: 45/54
TOTAL POINTS: 795/910
BOOKS READ: 59/71
GOODREAD AUTHORS: 19
BIG BOOKS: 500 pp. [ ✔ ✔✔ ] 750 pp. [ ✔ ] 1000 pp. [ ]
Janice CA15.10 Spring Break.....
Diary of a Witch by Sybil Leek
5 stars
+15
total: 220
tasks: 14
books: 17
GR Authors: 2
STACIE MITask 10.2 - Say What?
I read What's Your Status? by Katie Finn.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 785
Tasks completed: 45
Books read: 60
Pages read: 15967
Goodreads authors: 7
Big Books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
30.1. Cheryl's Task: Literature Map By Gender Using literature-map.com choose one of your favorite authors of either gender and enter it. When the results come up, choose 2 new authors who you have never read before and who are of the opposite gender from yourself.
I entered Sarah Waters in Literature Map and chose Charles de Lint and David Leavitt from the results.
The Blue Girl by Charles de Lint
Arkansas: Three Novellas by David Leavitt
This Post: 30
Total Points: 855
Tasks Completed: 51/54
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+ (4), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
5.2 - Circle of Friends - The Help5.4 - Fan Club - Nicholas Sparks, Cynthia was the fan page I used - A Walk to Remember
5.6 - Oceania - True Believer
5.8 - to read stack - Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest to Discover if Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, or Why Pie is Not the Answer
5.9 - Shrimp - On Chesil Beach
5.10 - Book written in other language - The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
10.5 - two word title - Something Borrowed
10.9 - lawyer - The Lincoln Lawyer
10.10 - Fantasy - Beastly
15.3 - library book - William and Harry, reuse - opposite day task -
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
15.6 - political thrillers - Vince Flynn novels -
In the President's Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect
20.1 - Initials - NS - At First Sight
20.6 - YA totaling 400 pages - Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy and Sugar and Spice
20.10 - group read - I Am Number Four
25.1 - In my backyard - Definitely Dead and Bossypants
Total Points: 175
Nicki STL
Kimber10.6 Respect Your Elders
The Little Princeby Antoine De Saint-Exupery
First published in 1943
This task: 10
# tasks completed: 31
Total points: 475
Kimber10.10 The Final Frontiers
Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
This task: 10
# completed tasks: 32
Total points: 475
NICOLE VA50.1 I Need to Know What Happens Next!
I read books 3, 4, and 5 in the Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs.
Iron Kissed
Bone Crossed]
Silver Borne
Total points= 400
Task 25.2 - Your bucket list
A: Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende This book is set partly in Chile and I'd like to visit South America.
B: Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Task points = 25
Challenge total = 525
RACHEL CA: 400 points total30.04 LIKE I NEEDED AN EXCUSE…
A. Menlo Park, California: Beyond the Gate by Michael Svanevik and Shirley Burgett (this author not listed)--I’m interested in history, and certainly prefer it to housecleaning, anyway!
B. Ladder of Years by Anne Tyler (Delia Grinstead is employed and paid as a domestic for a household not her own, housekeeping and caring for a child, for about a third of the book)
Points: 30
Total points: 400
Tasks completed: 27
Books read: 34
Goodreads authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
10.4. Elementary, my dear Watson:
Face Down In The Marrow-Bone Pie (Susanna, Lady Appleton Mystery #1) (1997) by Kathy Lynn Emerson (Paperback, 256 pages)
465 + 10 = 475
Tasks Completed: 27
Points for this task: 10
Points thus far: 465 + 10 = 475
Books read: 37
Pages Read: 11,750
Read but not claimed: 1
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(1) 750 +
(0) 1000 +
MG5.2 Circle of Friends The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen GR Author
5.7 Going Green The Informationist by Taylor Stevens borrowed from the library
5.6 Water, Water, Everywhere: Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley GR Author
5.8 Blow Your Stack Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese **Big book**
15.10 -- Spring Break The List by J.A. Konrath GR Author
30.6 Melanie's Task Book A: Hades: Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs Book B: Aechylus: Still Alice by Lisa Genova GR Author
15.9 -- In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughan
Points This Task: 80
Total Points:310
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 27
GoodReads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
15.3 Earth DayOption B (reread of old favorite): Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family by Thomas Mann (I quite liked it when reading it for the first time, so I tried the audio version this time and was impressed by how well it was done.)
Option C: Hercule Poirots Weihnachten (mass market paperback edition) by Agatha Christie
Points this post:
Total Points: 625/910
Tasks Completed: 37
Books Read: 49
Goodreads Authors: 15
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(2), 1000+(0)
I have one book to move:5.7 Going Green
I would like to remove Dance, Dance, Dance and replace it with another book I got from the library:
Townie: A Memoir by Andre Dubus III
No change in points.
And then claim:
10.10. The Final Frontiers:
The Lost Saint by Bree Despain Goodreads Author
15.4 — It’s a Repeat
Dance, Dance, Dance by Haruki Murakami
+15 Points
20.5. Bigger is Better. Rachel Renee’s Task: Alliterative Authors Association
The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon by Siegfried Sassoon
+20 Points
Points This Post: 45
Goodreads Author: 1
Grand Total: 745
30.1 - Literature Map by GenderI entered Alexander McCall Smith and chose Tony Hillerman and Philip Gulley, neither of whom I was familiar with.
I read:
Skeleton Man
and
Home to Harmony: A Harmony Novel
Total points to date 745
Task #15.10 - Spring Break Read any book you choose
Illusions by Aprilynne Pike
Task #5.9 - Shrimp on the Barbie
Read a book with fewer than 200 pages
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads Author
This post:20 points
Total to Date = 320 points
I just found a task I never claimed!30.3. Yours, Mine, and Ours
A. Our
One of Our Thursdays Is Missing by Jasper Fforde
B. Blended: Wicked Stepmother and Stepsisters
If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where's My Prince? by Melissa Kantor a Goodreads Author
+30 Points
Points This Post: 30
Goodreads Authors: 1
Grand Total: 775
5.1 Waltzing MatildaDance of Death (Pendergast, #6) by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, 592 pages. The Title contains the word "Dance"
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 80/910
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 5
Goodreads Author Books: 0
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(1)
LISA NC15.10 Spring Break - Read any book
Kiss and Tell by Cherry Adair
This Post: 15 points
Total: 210 points
Tammy AZ30.4 Like I Needed and Excust
A)
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen - I'd rather be running.
B) The Kitchen House The characters are slaves working as domestics on a plantation.
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 285
CHRISTINE USTask 25.3
non-fiction/biography: military
SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper by Howard E. Wasdin
fiction/ main characters are dr & nurse:
Taming the Beastly M.D. by Elizabeth Bevarly
Total: 905
Mod
Yep, we are rooting for you Christine!
10.1. Sing OutGuitar Girl by Sarra Manning
This post: 10 points
Total to Date = 110 points
Total Tasks Completed: 9
Total Books Read: 10
Total Pages Read: 3495
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500(0);750(1);1000+(0)
10.8 Come On, Eat Your SpinachOranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Points: 10
Total Points: 630
Total Books Read: 45
Total Tasks Completed: 30
15.6 The Truth Is...I read Rewind, Replay, Repeat: A Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Jeff Bell. I chose to read this book after reading Kissing Doorknobs, a novel about a teenage girl with OCD.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 60
This will be my final post for the Spring Challenge.20.6 Young Adult Series
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
This Post: 20
Total Points: 405
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 29
Goodreads Authors: 3 (Elle Amery, Bella Andre, Emma Donoghue)
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Heather KSFinished task 15.5 Award Me...Man Booker Prize
I read Room
Brilliant!
Emma Donoghue is a Goodreads author
new point total: 235
20.6. Seasoned Reader. Kathryn CA's Task: Young Adult SeriesMind the Gap by Christopher Golden (Goodreads author) & Tim Lebbon (Goodreads author)
Task 30.7. Diane's Task: Title Connections
Bookmarked For Death by Lorna Barrett (Goodreads author)
Death Threads by Elizabeth Lynn Casey (Goodreads author)
Total Points This Post: 50
Total Tasks This Post: 2
Goodreads Authors This Post: 3
Grand Total Points: 790/910
Total Books Read: 59
Tasks Completed: 46/54
Total Goodreads Authors: 23
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Big Books: 2
25.6. Jennifer N's Task: It’s All About Australia and Oceania Option 1: Miracle by Danielle Steel
A huge storm brings the characters together.
Option 2: When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Total Points: 620
Tasks Completed: 36
Books Read: 50
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.5 I'm Tellin'!I read Satan's Sisters by Star Jones.
Total Points: 345
Tasks Completed: 18
Books read: 26
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500 (1) 750+ (1)
Total Pages: 9124
Erin NY30.7 Title connections: book 1's last word is the 1st word of book 2
Every Last One by Anna Quindlen
One Amazing Thing by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
* Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is a goodreads author
Total: 345 points
Tasks Completed: 15
Tasks in Progress: 1
Books Read: 24
Pages Read: 7560
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My Goal Points for this Season: 225
Points earned for this task: 30
Points Achieved to date: 440
Updated last on: 5.28
Total # of books read: 34
Total # of pages read: 11,156
Total # of tasks completed: 26
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 9
Total # of Big Books: 500+ (1)
Task 30.5 Delicious D's All the world is birthday Cake... Read two books, from different members"read" shelves whose birthdays fall closest to yours.
My birthday is the 27th as was these ladies (Donna Jo & Audiaa).
I read from Audiaa's shelf
I read from Donna Jo's shelf
This is my last entry for the Spring Tasks. I'm proud of myself that I exceeded my personal goal of 225 points by 215 points having achieved 440 points.