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20.7 Happy Rama Navami!

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

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

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

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

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

5.5 Possession- Read a book with a word in the possessive form
Lenobia's Vow by PC & Kristin Cast
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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
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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

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

PHOTO OP:

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

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

I read The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemming.
Points: 50
tasks completed: 7
books read: 8
GR authors: 1
total pages: 1784

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:
)

Option 2 red cover and

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:

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)

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


15.9 Geek Pride Day

The Main Characters are Science-Nerds at their local High School.
20.10 Group Read

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
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)
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)


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

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)


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

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)

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

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.

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

30.3 - Spring Delights
Option 3 -

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.

20.5 - A Game of Books
3.

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

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

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

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.

10.8 I have a question
When in Rome...: A Novel of Piazzas and Passion
Points this post: 10
Total points: 30

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


30.1 We Didn't Start The Fire
1983
1) Person:

4) Read a book first published in your year

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


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

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

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*

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

Total: 120 + 50 (from earlier) = 170 points.
It's too early in the morning for math.

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)

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

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 --

25.1 …to the One I Love – the Smashing Pumpkins task
Book 1: Published in 1979: I read

Book 2: from song lyric “33” line 3 – “Deep in thought I forgive everyone” – the word is “everyone” – I read

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

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

20.9 Lucky Me!: Bea's Task - I Can’t Wait for Spring!
option #4:
Inheritanceby Christopher Paolini

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

5.1: Silhouette on the Shade:
Linda Howard - Veil of Night

15.10: Where There's Smoke ....
Karen Rose - Silent Scream

20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: Jayalaita's Task: Happy Rama Navami:
Tera Lynn Childs - Oh. My. Gods.

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

Book 2: Option C: The Boston Bruins:
Allie Boniface - One Night in Boston

30.4: Dimrose's Task: Burning Ring of Fire
A. Alaska:
Mary Janice Davidson - The Royal Pain

B. ING:
Laura Levine - Killing Bridezilla

Points this Post: 95.
Total Points: 280.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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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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.

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

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

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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Dragon Blues by Edie Ramer
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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