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message 451: by Jecca (new)

Jecca | 735 comments 20.8. It's My Birthday: Mary Beth's Task - Party Time!
Book with under 500 rating
Dragon Blues by Edie Ramer
Goodreads Author
Has 72 ratings as of today. Was approved for length.

Points this post: 20
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 5
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0


message 452: by Carla (new)

Carla Ruffer (hpaddict) | 117 comments hpaddict

20.7 Happy Rama Navami!

The Aeneid by Virgil The Aeneid by Virgil

myth of the travels from conquered Troy to the founding of Rome

this post = 20
challenge total = 85
goodreads authors = 0
big books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0


message 453: by Almeta (new)

Almeta (menfrommarrs) Points for these tasks: 30
Points thus far: 30/60
Goodreads Author: 1/2

30.7 Beth NC's task FIRE ELEMENTALS
5. A posionous snake is delivered to Nero Wolf, a Fer-de-Lance by Rex Stout.

6. Read a book where the number of pages ends a 7.
I Am Half Sick Of Shadows: A Flavia De Luce Novel with 297 pages Alan Bradley is a Goodreads author


message 454: by Foxy Grandma (new)

Foxy Grandma (foxygrandma) | 1194 comments 15.5 AND XYZ - The Hard Way by Lee Child

15.9 GEEK PRIDE DAY - The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
approved by task creator
***Big Book 563 pages***

20.5 A GAME OF BOOKS - In a Dark Season by Vicki Lane
Rolled a 3 - Stark House - Set in Winter
***GR Author***

20.8 PARTY TIME - The Thief by Clive Cussler
46 ratings

Points: 70
Tasks: 4
Book: 4
Pages: 1811
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 1

Total Points: 230
Total Tasks: 13
Total Books: 16
Total Pages: 6369
GR Authors: 4
Big Books 500+: 2

Total


message 455: by Lavinia (new)

Lavinia (platinumwarlock) Lavinia

15.1 - Spring Forward

Memory in Death - J.D. Robb

Mudbound - Hillary Jordan

(Memory in Death is set at the end of 2059; Mudbound is set in the 1940s.)

Hillary Jordan is a Goodreads Author.

Points this post: 15
Total points: 150


message 456: by Esther (new)

Esther  (estame) 10.9 I’m On Fire! Read a book that you're "hot" to read

I read Lost in a Good Book - I was "hot" to read this because it had been a while since I had read the first one and I loved that one - this one didn't disappoint either!

POINTS THIS POST = 10
TOTAL SO FAR = 135
TOTAL GR Authors = 2
Big Books - 750 =1



message 457: by Cathy (last edited Mar 20, 2012 08:19PM) (new)

Cathy Galloway | 1077 comments CathyG

5.5 Possession- Read a book with a word in the possessive form

Lenobia's Vow by PC & Kristin Cast
______________________________________________________________________
10.2. ”The Shot Heard Round the World” Patriots Day (commemorating the Battle of Lexington and Concord) is April 16 - read a fiction book about the Revolutionary War, the significant characters of the war, or events leading up to the war.
REQUIRED: if it is not otherwise clear,specify when your book takes place.

The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon
Set in North Carolina 1771/1772 – events leading up to the Revolutionary War
Goodreads Author
Big Book 1443 pages
_______________________________________________________________________

30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's task: Spring Delights
Read two books from the following options (must choose different options for the two books):
3. Luck O’ the Irish- set in Ireland

Shadowfeverby Karen Marie Moning
Set in Dublin, Ireland
Big Book 594 pages

5. Spring in German is “der Frühling”- Using 2 consecutive letters in "derFruhling" choose a book where those letters appear in the same order in the words of the title
REQUIRED: Post the two letters you used in your title or author’s name.

No Place to Run by Maya Banks “Ru”


Points this post: 45
Total points: 165
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 12
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=1


message 458: by Coralie (new)

Coralie Coralie

20.3 Fiery Tunes
From the song The fire DOWN below
Watership Down

Total points 110


message 459: by Kim (new)

Kim (goodreadscomkimber) | 708 comments Kimber

15.9 Geek Pride Day

Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herdby Holly Black

HOLLY BLACK IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR

This task: 15
Tasks completed: 4
GR Authors: 4
Total Points: 75


message 460: by Megan W (last edited Mar 20, 2012 09:07PM) (new)

Megan W | 185 comments 30.3 Spring Delights

PHOTO OP: Writing A Research Paper In Political Science A Practical Guide To Inquiry, Structure, And Methods by Lisa A Baglione by Lisa A Baglione

GERMAN SPRING: Lost Decades: The Making of America's Debt Crisis and the Long Recovery by Menzie David Chinn



Points this task: 30
Total Points: 170

GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 0

Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 12


message 461: by Connie (new)

Connie  G (connie_g) | 358 comments 10.5 All Fired Up!

A subject that I'm passionate about is human rights. This book is about the injustices to women in developing countries (sex trafficing, lack of education, lack of maternal health care, rapes, beatings by husbands, etc.)

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof

15.7 Spring into Action

This book has the genre "adventure" on Goodread's main page.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.

Points this post: 25
Total points: 180
Tasks: 11
Books: 12
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 0


message 462: by Cindie (new)

Cindie | 1836 comments 10.6. Middle Name Pride Day

I read The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemming.

Points: 50
tasks completed: 7
books read: 8
GR authors: 1
total pages: 1784


message 463: by Cindy AL (new)

Cindy AL (cangelmd) | 645 comments Cindy AL

25.1 This One Goes Out To The One I Love:

The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones by Anthony Bourdain

"bones" in line 9 of "1979" and

The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

"language" in line 1 of "33"

Vanessa Diffenbaugh is a Goodreads Author.

25.2 Out With The Old:

) Dayhunter (Dark Days, #2) by Jocelynn Drake by Jocelynn Drake

Option 2 red cover and

Web of Lies (Elemental Assassin, #2) by Jennifer Estep by Jennifer Estep

Option 1 author's name begins with "E"

Jennifer Estep is a Goodreads Author and Jocelyn Drake is a Goodreads Author.

25.12 Easter Eggs and Leprechauns:

Charming the Shrew  by Laurin Wittig by Laurin Wittig

Option 1 for Leprechaun, green cover and

Venom by Jennifer Estep

Option 3 for Easter Eggs, women protagonist

Jennifer Estep is a Goodreads Author and Laurin Wittig is a Goodreads Author.


Points in this post - 75
Total Points - 190/1090
Books - 14/86
Pages - 5580
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books:500+ - (0), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)


message 464: by Bluemoon (new)

Bluemoon (bluemoon286) | 1797 comments 20.10 - GROUP READ - The Night Circus. Post # 12 in the discussion thread.




TOTAL POINTS - 325
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 7
BIG BOOKS - 0







message 465: by Sarah (new)

Sarah (moragepona) | 122 comments MoragEpona

15.9 Geek Pride Day
Virals. Kathy Reichs by Kathy Reichs
The Main Characters are Science-Nerds at their local High School.

20.10 Group Read
Divergent (Divergent #1) by Veronica Roth
I'd like to claim a GRA Ticket for this book, as Veronica Roth is a GR Author.

Total Points 35
Total GRA Tickets 1
Total BB Tickets 0


message 466: by JennRenee, Moderator (new)

JennRenee (jennreneeread) | 2904 comments Mod
10.9 I'm on Fire!
read Dark Insideby by Jeyn Roberts
(Goodreads author)

15.10 Where There's Smoke.......
read Burn Mark by Laura Powell (book is about witches burned at the stake)

25.11 Take to the Links
3. Irons- read The Sea of Monsters(goodreads author)of 25k ratings (90,169)
4. Wedge - favorite author - read Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver (Goodreads Author)

Points this Post: 50
Total points- 245
Tasks Completed: 14
Books read: 17
Pages Read : 6,338
GR Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)





message 467: by Christie (new)

Christie Christie Guatemala

25.10. Mrs. Soule's Task:I love a happy ending!

Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews

Where She Went by Gayle Forman

I like romance novels, so I picked two for this challenge.

Ilona Andrews is a Goodreads author.

Points this post: 25
Total points: 150
Goodreads authors: 6


message 468: by Sassafrass (last edited Mar 21, 2012 06:46AM) (new)

Sassafrass (sass-a-frass) | 891 comments Repost from Post 370 + 1 new task


5.4 The FIRE Within I read The Fire Within.




20.7 Happy Rama Navami! I read Modern Wicked Fairy Tales: Volume 1 by Selena Kitt which had retellings of the fairy tales, "Beauty and the Beast", "Goldilocks and the Three Bears", and "Briar Rose".
***Selena Kitt is a Goodreads Author***


Total Points this Post: 25 (5 for repost, 20 for new task)
Total Points in Challenge: 370
Books Read: 29
Tasks Completed: 19
GR Authors: 21
Big Book Tickets: 500+(2); 750+(0); 1000+(0)


message 469: by Deedee (new)

Deedee | 2344 comments Doctor Fischer Of Geneva Or, The Bomb Party by Graham Greene
15.8 - International Worker’s Day
A doctor is a worker:

Doctor Fischer Of Geneva: Or, The Bomb Party (1980) by Graham Greene (Hardcover, 156 pages)

40 + 15 = 55

Tasks Completed: 4
Points for this task: 15
Points thus far: 40 + 15 = 55
Books read: 4
Pages Read: 1,031
Read but not claimed: 4

Goodreads Authors: 1


message 470: by Cindy (new)

Cindy | 987 comments Cindy F

Task 30.4 Burning Ring of Fire

Book 1 I read The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
This book is set in Peru!

Book 2 I read Sexing the Cherryby Jeanette Wintersonfor ING!


Points this post:30
Total points:145
Tasks completed:8
Books read:10
Goodreads Authors:1
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)


message 471: by Tammy AZ (last edited Mar 21, 2012 08:26AM) (new)

Tammy AZ (tammyaz) | 1207 comments 15.7 - Spring Into Action
Pursuit of Honor This book has both action and adventure on the main page.

* BB with 528 pages

20.4 To Be Continued in Spring
Extreme Measures
This is # 9 in the Mitch Rapp series. I read #8 Protect & Defend in the Winter Challenge

* BB with 515 pages

Post Total: 35
Grand Total: 60


message 472: by Vikki (new)

Vikki (silverstarz) | 50 comments 20.10 Group Read
Divergent

Points this post: 20
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)

Can I claim a Goodreads Author ticket for this one - Veronica Roth is a goodreads author.


message 473: by Claire (new)

Claire (proud-mum) | 1086 comments 5.2 Get Caught Reading

Reading Lolita in Tehran - Azar Nafisi


message 474: by Bucket (last edited Mar 21, 2012 02:06PM) (new)

Bucket | 362 comments Task 20.4 Skandia's Task: To be continued... in Spring!

I read In Search of Lost Time: The Prisoner and the Fugitive: Prisoner and the Fugitive v. 5 by Marcel Proust. This is Volume 5 in the series In Search of Lost Time.

(In the winter I read Sodom and Gomorrah, volume 4 in the series.)

Claiming 1 big book ticket - The Prisoner / The Fugitive has 720 pages.

Points this post: 20
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
GR authors: none
Big Books: The Prisoner / The Fugitive


message 475: by BZMoney (new)

BZMoney | 159 comments I have not participated in the last several challenges (too busy with life, I guess), so I have finally completed several books that I've started over the past year & intended to finish for past tasks!

30.3 - Spring Delights

Option 3 - Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie by Dai Sijie AND
Option 5 -
The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers (matching letters "ng"

25.10 - I love a happy ending!

Option B
1. Piglet - The Christmas Train by David Baldacci
6. Roo - Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry

25.2 - Out with the Old, In with the New... and it's Fire

1. Timepiece by Richard Paul Evans
1. The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans

25.11 - Take to the Links!

2. Anthem by Ayn Rand
5. The Christmas Shoes by Donna VanLiere

20.9 - I Can’t Wait for Spring!

4. My Friend Leonard by James Frey by James Frey

20.5 - A Game of Books

3. Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell by Daniel Woodrell

15.5 - ...... And XYZ

Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell

10.10 - April Fools Day!

Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk

10.4 - Fire Signs

Coronado: Stories by Dennis Lehane

Total Points = 180


message 476: by kiki (new)

kiki (keekers) | 815 comments 20.6 She Works Hard for the Money

i rolled a 6 and read Death in Venice. von Aschenbach (main character) is a famous writer. not a cheery book.





Total points: 85/1090
Tasks Completed: 4/61
Books read: 5/83ish
Goodreads Authors:
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0


message 477: by Kara (new)

Kara (karaayako) 10.6. Middle Name Pride

Shadows in Flight by Orson Scott Card


20.7. Happy Rama Navami!

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Approved in message 11


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Points this post: 30
Total points: 190
Total Goodreads authors: 1
Big Books: 750+ (1)

Total tasks completed: 9
Total pages: 4,321
Total books: 12


message 478: by Jean (new)

Jean | 122 comments 15.5 ... and XYZ

Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness by Alexandra Fuller

The letter "X" is in the author's name: Alexandra.

20.6 She Works Hard for the Money

Good Morning, Miss Dove by Frances Gray Patton

I rolled #2. Miss Dove was a school teacher.

20.8 Party Time! (More that 50,000 or less that 500 ratings)

In the Pond by Ha Jin

This book had 483 ratings when I selected it on March 18, 2012.

55 points this post.
55 total points.


message 479: by Suzanne (new)

Suzanne | 216 comments SUZANNE VN

10.8 I have a question

When in Rome...: A Novel of Piazzas and Passion

Points this post: 10
Total points: 30


message 480: by Bluemoon (new)

Bluemoon (bluemoon286) | 1797 comments 30.3 - WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE

I chose 1961 and rolled 1,1.

Hemingway - To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway.


Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan at the Crossroads by Greil Marcus.



TOTAL POINTS - 355
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 7
BIG BOOKS - 0






message 481: by Jayme(theghostreader) (last edited Mar 21, 2012 10:40PM) (new)

Jayme(theghostreader) (jaymetheghostreader) | 3040 comments Jayme(the ghostreader)

30.1 We Didn't Start The Fire

1983
1) Person: Sally Ride First American Woman in Space by Carole Ann Camp

4) Read a book first published in your year Alanna The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness, #1) by Tamora Pierce (1983)
Tamora Pierce is a Goodreads Author

Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 5
Big Book (0) 500+, (0) 750+, (0) +1000
GR Authors: 1 tamora Pierce
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 50





message 482: by Immersednbooks (Kristen) (last edited Mar 22, 2012 03:18AM) (new)

Immersednbooks (Kristen) Lynn | 48 comments immersednbooks

10.1 Happy Birthday, Dr, Seuss!

Read: A War of Gifts by Orson Scott Card
word is War -> Raw

20.5. Bigger is Better: Masanobu's Task - A Game of Books

Rolled 4, Read fantasy book
Read: Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
Big book 763

25.8. Helen's Task: Science Fiction and Fantasy Award Winners/Nominees

Hugo Awards(1987): Read: Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
Nebula Awards (1987): Read:Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
***using "magical" exception of 1 book in 2 uses


message 483: by Gayla (last edited Mar 22, 2012 03:29AM) (new)

Gayla Bassham (sophronisba) | 64 comments 5.10 Good Minds Suggest 

Using the Goodreads Newsletter column Good Minds Suggest read a book by one of the authors featured or a book that they recommend.

Beautiful Thing: Inside the Secret World of Bombay's Dance Bars by Sonia Faleiro

Recommended by Katherine Boo

This Post: 5
Total Points: 105/1090
Tasks Completed: 11/61
Books Read: 16/86


message 484: by Jayme Pendergraft (new)

Jayme Pendergraft | 762 comments 15.7 - Spring Into Action!

The Grey King by Susan Cooper is classified as adventure.

Susan Cooper is a goodreads author

Points this task: 15
Total Points: 235
Goodreads Authors: Alex Flinn, Sara Shepard*, Janet Lee Carey, James Patterson, Susan Cooper*


message 485: by Megan (new)

Megan Anderson (ms_anderson) | 1464 comments 10.1 Dr. Seuss
Violet Raines Almost Got Struck by Lightning
"Got" can be reversed into "Tog" according to the Scrabble dictionary (it means "Clothing").


10.2 Shot Heard Round the World
Johnny Tremain


10.5 Passionate About...
Say the Word
I'm passionate about stopping homophobia and bullying, both of which are major aspects of this book.


10.7 Fuel to the Fire
In the High Valley
I first read Susan Coolidge during the Winter SRC.


15.4 ABC and Number
Around the World in Eighty Days
"Around" begins with "A" and "Eighty" is a number.


15.9 Geek Day!
Chopsticks
The female protagonist is a piano prodigy.


20.2 April Showers
Flowers for Algernon
This book is on both of the lists (#24 and #15). I thought it was sad, but more because of how, even though he becomes less naive, he still never really understands what's going on around him--how he claims to have had "friends" in the people who treated him like dirt at work. However, I didn't think the book was sad so much as philosophical and an interesting look at human nature and learning.


30.6 Truth and Fiction
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones (fiction) and
The Pregnancy Project (nonfiction)
Both of these books dealt with teen pregnancy and how people see it. The fiction was from the 60s while the nonfiction is from a year or two ago, and it's interesting to see how attitudes and options have changed and remained the same in almost 50 years.


Total: 120 + 100 (from earlier) = 220 pts


message 486: by Megan (new)

Megan Anderson (ms_anderson) | 1464 comments Sorry, screwed up my addition. The total should be:

Total: 120 + 50 (from earlier) = 170 points.

It's too early in the morning for math.


message 487: by Cindy AL (new)

Cindy AL (cangelmd) | 645 comments Cindy AL

20.2 April Showers:

Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George

Option 3, one main character's name is Rose.

Jessica Day George is a Goodreads Author

20.7 Happy Rava Navami:

Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham

Fables, Vol. 2: Animal Farm by Bill Willingham

Fables, Vol. 3: Storybook Love by Bill Willingham

These are graphic novels that were approved in the help thread, I read a total of 419 pages.

25.8 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Award Winners;

The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi

The Windup Girl won the Hugo Award in 2010 and

The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi

The Windup Girl won the Nebula Award in 2010

Points in this post - 65
Total Points - 255/1090
Books - 17/85
Pages - 6209
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books:500+ - (0), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)


message 488: by Sheila (last edited Mar 22, 2012 06:12AM) (new)

Sheila (sheilaj) | 2221 comments Sheila

20.2. Rookie on Top: Queenarwen's Task: April Showers

I chose option B. May Flowers: Choose a book that fits one of these criteria:

Part 3 and read a book by an author with the name of a flower.

False Testimony by Rose Connors

Total Points = 335


message 489: by Nick (new)

Nick (doily) | 3392 comments Nick KY

20.2 Rookie on Top: Queenarwen's Task: April Showers
Option A: April Showers. Criterion 3: Rain on the Cover – I read Hold Tight by Harlan Coben. I can’t find a GR link to the edition I read, which is a paperback ed. by the Penguin Group. Here is the B&N link:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hold-...
It’s almost the same cover as this Signet edition -- Hold Tight by Harlan Coben --, but you can’t see the rain very well in the GR thumbnail, whereas the Barnes and Noble homepage for the book shows the rain wonderfully. 496 pages

25.1 …to the One I Love – the Smashing Pumpkins task
Book 1: Published in 1979: I read The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter, 164 pages
Book 2: from song lyric “33” line 3 – “Deep in thought I forgive everyone” – the word is “everyone” – I read How Starbucks Saved My Life A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else by Michael Gates Gill How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else by Michael Gates Gill, 265 pages

30.7 Beth NC’s Fire Elementals
Option 3. “Lighting a Fire” When I read about music, I am inspired to do something musical. After finishing this book about Anton Webern, I learned a new piano piece, and I listened to some Webern and other modern pd music which I had not done in a while – and I love this stuff with its wild jazzlike dissonance and disjunction: Anton Webern; by Friedrich Wildgans. 185 pages
Option 5. Horses on the cover. I read West of Washoe West of Washoe by Tim Champlin by Tim Champlin. My Dad’s collection of Westerns comes in handy for these challenges. 228 pages


Task Points this Post: 75
Total Points: 280
Total Pages: 7,768
Big Books: 750+ (1)


Immersednbooks (Kristen) Lynn | 48 comments immersednbooks

20.9 Lucky Me!: Bea's Task - I Can’t Wait for Spring!
option #4:
Inheritanceby Christopher Paolini Inheritance (Inheritance, #4) by Christopher Paolini approved by bea

15.5 - ...... And XYZ
Xenocide by Orson Scott Card

20.4. Author!Author!: Skandia's Task - To be continued .... in Spring!
Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card
I wasn't in the winter challenge, so this is a first of a series

25.12: Denise NC’s Task: Easter Eggs and Leprechauns
Book A, Option 4 - YA genre: Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card
Book B, Option 2 - Adventure genre: Shadow Puppets by Orson Scott Card

15.9 - Geek Pride Day
Shadow of the Giant by Orson Scott Card
Genius Hero: "Bean" Julian Delphiki


message 491: by Laurie (last edited Mar 22, 2012 07:34AM) (new)

Laurie | 910 comments Laurie ME

5.1: Silhouette on the Shade:

Linda Howard - Veil of Night
Veil of Night by Linda Howard

15.10: Where There's Smoke ....

Karen Rose - Silent Scream
Silent Scream (book #11) by Karen Rose The action is around a fire in various buildings; the main male hero is a firefighter.

20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: Jayalaita's Task: Happy Rama Navami:

Tera Lynn Childs - Oh. My. Gods.
Oh. My. Gods. (Oh. My. Gods, #1) by Tera Lynn Childs
involves the Olympic Gods.

25.9: Stacie MI's Task: Red Hot

Book 1: Option B: published in 2008:

Allie Boniface - One Night in Memphis
One Night in Memphis (One Night, #2) by Allie Boniface

Book 2: Option C: The Boston Bruins:

Allie Boniface - One Night in Boston
One Night in Boston (One Night, #1) by Allie Boniface

30.4: Dimrose's Task: Burning Ring of Fire

A. Alaska:

Mary Janice Davidson - The Royal Pain
The Royal Pain (Alaskan Royal Family, #2) by MaryJanice Davidson

B. ING:

Laura Levine - Killing Bridezilla
Killing Bridezilla (A Jaine Austen Mystery, #7) by Laura Levine

Points this Post: 95.
Total Points: 280.


message 492: by SandyC (new)

SandyC (sandyc88) | 406 comments Sandy MN

30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's task: Spring Delights

#2 Author born on May 4
Soulless by Gail Carriger
**Goodreads Author**

#5 "derFruhling" (er - Jennifer Donnelly)
The Wild Rose by Jennifer Donnelly

**Big Book 623 pages**

Total Points: 245
Total GR Authors: 6
Total Big Books: (1) 500; (0)750; (0) 1000


message 493: by Kayleigh (new)

Kayleigh Reads (kayleigh_reads_romance) Keltie Lee

10.10. April Fools Day!


A Match Made in High School
by Kristin WalkerGoodreads Author

*lists humour as a genre*

30.7 FIRE ELEMENTALS

Option 2:
Bitter End
by Jennifer Brown

*about a girl who finds herself in an abusive relationship and how she gets out of it*
*approved in help thread post 57*

Option 4:
Tangled
by Carolyn Mackler

*lists romance as a genre*

Points this post: 40
Total points: 195
Tasks: 14
Books: 17
Goodread authors: 7
Big Book Tickets 500: 1


message 494: by BJ Rose (new)

BJ Rose (bjrose) | 811 comments BJ Rose

4 new tasks

5.5 Possession - Read a book with a word in the possessive form
A Beginner's Guide to Rakes by Suzanne Enoch

10.6. Middle Name Pride Day
Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith

Alexander McCall Smith is a Goodreads Author

10.7. Fuel to the Fire
Maya Banks was a new-to-me author in the Winter Challenge
Never Love A Highlander by Maya Banks

15.9 - Geek Pride Day
Flavia de Luce is an 11-year-old scientific genius who specializes in poisons
I Am Half Sick Of Shadows by Alan Bradley

Alan Bradley is a Goodreads Author

Points this post = 40

Total Points = 150

Tasks Completed = 9
Total Pages = 4059
GR Authors = 7
Big Books (500+) = 1


message 495: by BZMoney (new)

BZMoney | 159 comments Completed

15.1 - Spring Forward

30 years in the future - The Giver by Lois Lowry
30 years in the past - The Help by Kathryn Stockett **GOODREADS AUTHOR**

15.6 - They're on Fire

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak **GOODREADS AUTHOR** **BIG BOOK**

20.2 - April Showers

Option B - 2. Books that Make You Laugh
Choke by Chuck Palahniuk

20.7 - Happy Rama Navami!

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon **GOODREADS AUTHOR** **BIG BOOK**
Takes place in 1700's Scotland where they have strong beliefs in folklore and fairytales & affects their daily lives.

20.8 - Party Time!

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Has over 300,000 ratings!

Points this post = 90 points

Total points = 270


message 496: by Ann A (new)

Ann A (readerann) | 1091 comments Task 10.4 Fire Signs
State of Wonder
Ann Patchett is a Sagittarius - born December 2, 1963.

Task 20.7 Happy Rama Navami!
Tales From Silver Lands
Folk tales from South America. Approved on the Task Help thread.

Points this post: 30
Tasks completed this post: 2
Big Book Tickets, GR authors this post: 0,0

Total points: 30
Total tasks completed: 2
Total number Big Books: 500(0) 750() 1000(0)
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Total GoodReads authors: 0



message 497: by Almeta (new)

Almeta (menfrommarrs) Points for these tasks: 25
Points thus far: 85
Goodreads Author: 0/2

25.5. Laurie ME's Task: 100 Years Ago
Book 1: Read a fiction book about the sinking of the Titanic.
Ghosts I Have Been by Richard Peck -Blosssom Culp has second sight . . . and she is "on board" the sinking Titanic.

Book 2: Read nonfiction book about baseball.
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis.


message 498: by Alice (last edited Mar 22, 2012 02:19PM) (new)

Alice (aliceg) | 424 comments Alice G

Task 20.4 To be continued...in Spring!

Book: Voice of the Gods which is book 3 of the Age of the Five series.

For the winter challenge I read Last of the Wilds which is book 2 of the Age of the Five Series by Trudi Canavan.

Big Book Ticket Claim: Voice of the Gods is 625 pages long.

Total Points: 95
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books 500+ pages: 2

Previous Reads
15.4 ABC's, 123's - 22 Britannia Road by Amanda Hodgkinson
15.8 International Workers Day - The Midwife of Venice by Roberta Rich

20.10 Group Reads Choice - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

25.8 Science Fiction and Fantasy Award Winners - American Gods by Neil Gaiman


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message 499: by Jessica (new)

Jessica (sureshot26) | 745 comments Jessica PDX

30.6 - Delicious Dee's Task - Sometimes Truth is Stranger than Fiction

Option A

My fiction choice is about time traveling historians who end up trapped in London during the Blitz. My non-fiction choice is about American citizens living in London during WWII. The pairing was approved in the task thread.

All Clear by Connie Willis by Connie Willis

I am claiming a Big Book ticket for this audiobook based on the paperback edition: All Clear

Citizens of London The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Darkest, Finest Hour by Lynne Olson by Lynne Olson (Goodreads Author)

Points this Post: 30
Total Challenge Points: 190
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+ - 2; 750+ - zero; 1000+ - zero


message 500: by Bluemoon (new)

Bluemoon (bluemoon286) | 1797 comments 30.2 - WHAT I WANTED TO BE MEETS WHAT I BECAME


I always wanted to do something in the medical field so I read Adam's Fall by Sandra Brown which features a physical therapist as the main character.


I became a Medical Technologist (work in a hospital lab drawing and testing blood). So I read A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness. Matthew ia a geneticist and an MD. And also like Matthew I am a modern day vampire I just choose to use a needle to draw blood instead of fangs.


A Discovery of Witches is a big book at 579 pages.



Sandra Brown and Deborah Harkness are Goodreads authors.


TOTAL POINTS - 385
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 9
BIG BOOKS - 1







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