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SPRING CHALLENGE 2012: FIRE
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Spring Challenge 2012: Completed Tasks -DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC
30.8 Meghanly's task: The Breakfast Club Book 1: The Brain - 500+ page book
Exodus by Leon Uris
**Big Book: Exodus is 648 Pages**
Book 2: The Criminal - beg, borrow or steal
I borrowed The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer from the library.
Points in This Task: 30
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 1
Pages Read in This Post: 922
Totals:
Total Points: 170
Total Goodreads Authors: 4
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(2), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 8
Total Books Read: 11
Total Pages Read in Spring 2012 SRC: 4108
Reviews Available. Anne (Booklady) Spring 2012 Reviews
I forgot this task in Post #715.
DebraTTask 5.8 Too Long To-Do List
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey
Has been in my TBR pile since my sister recommended it a while ago.
Task 10.5 All Fired Up
ZooBorns Cats!: The Newest, Cutest Kittens and Cubs from the World's Zoos by Andrew Bleiman
I absolutely LOVE cats. All the ones who've owned me have been like my children, including my current one, sweet Lucy!
Task 10.7 Fuel to the Fire
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir by R.A. Dick
Author is new to me now.
Task 10.9 I'm On Fire!
The Night Eternal by Guillermo del Toro
Was HOT to read the final book in this trilogy.
Task 20.10 Group Reads
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Starting posting comments in group discussion thread at message 13.
This post: 55 points
Total to date: 250 points
Goodreads Authors:5
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
25.6 Fire and Ice#2 Dystopia
Fever by Lauren DeStefano*
*Lauren DeStefano is a goodreads author
#1 Fire in the title
The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
(Big book 503 pages)
15.6 They're on Fire
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
(Big book 563 pages)
Points: 130
Emmalita20.5 Bigger is Better: Masanobu's Task - A Game of Books
A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin
I rolled a 4 for house Targaryen and the word Dragon is in the title
A Dance with Dragons is a big book with 1024 pages
This post: 20 points
Total points to Date: 20 points
Goodread authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 3
Total tasks completed: 1
20.10 - Group ReadSherlock: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Comment in post 12 of the discussion thread.
Total points 115
5.3 Let's Hear it for the Boys Read a book from the shelves of any male GR friend or male SRC member. This is a list of male SRC members who have posted recently or have 100+ books on their shelves. You are not restricted to this list- See the "members" link to search for more members.
Required: Please include the name of the friend or SRC member whose list you used.
Tara Road - Maeve Binchy from Joseph-Daniel Peter Paul Abondius Letendre.
Nick KY5.2 Get Caught Reading /I read A Dash of Style: The Art and Mastery of Punctuation by Noah Lukeman. A book is on the cover
206 pages10.5 All Fired Up I read
, 87pages, and
, 88 pages, both by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. I am always all fired up to read a good play. I especially like the little acting editions which you can stuff in your back pocket and carry around with you. For page length, I read two of the most famous Kaufmann and Hart comedies, totaling 175 pages. 25.12 Easter Eggs and Leprechauns
Book 1. Option 2. First published in the ‘60’s: Come Along With Me; Part of a Novel, Sixteen Stories, and Three Lectures by Shirley Jackson, first published 1968 (posthumously), 243 pages
Book 2. Option 1. Green Cover: The Edge
, 368 pagesTask Points this Post: 40
Total Points: 440
Total Pages: 11,651
Big Books: 750+ (1)
20.2. Rookie on Top: Queenarwen's Task: April Showers Option B3. Has a main character with the name of a flower: Peony In Love by Lisa See. The main character is named Peony.
Lisa See is a GR author
Points this post: 20
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Goodreads Authors to date: 3
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Chris MD15.5 ... and XYZ
Vixen by Jillian Larkin
15.9 Geek Pride Day
Ysabel by Guy Gariel Kay
Approved in the task help thread, message #49.
20.4 To be continued .... in Spring
The Dead of Night by John Marsden
This is #2 in the Tomorrow series. I read #1 for the Winter Reading Challenge.
Points for this post: 15 + 15 + 20 = 50
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 500=0, 750=0, 1,000=0
Jessica PDX20.4 - Skandia's Task - To Be Continued...in Spring!
I read The Last Coyote, #4 in the Harry Bosch series, in winter.
by Michael Connelly (Goodreads Author)Points this Post: 20
Total Challenge Points: 235
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+ - 3; 750+ - zero; 1000+ - zero
Michelle WI20.5 A Game of Books
I rolled a 4 and read a book shelved as fantasy
Don't Breathe a Word by Jennifer McMahon
20.7 Happy Rama Navami!
I read a book based on fairy tales/nursery rhymes (approved by Jayalalita in the help thread)
The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde
***** Jennifer McMahon is a Goodreads Author *****
points this post: 40
total points: 170
tasks completed: 9
goodreads authors: 4
15.3 - We Go Together Like...I chose the one-book option:
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt
book was approved in the help thread (Post 89)
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Total points: 135 + 15 above = 150
GR Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 7
Books read: 10
ERIN B.10.5. ALL FIRED UP!
I read Mental Ills and Bodily Cures: Psychiatric Treatment in the First Half of the Twentieth Century by J.T. Braslow.
Why I get all fired up: This is a book I'm using to complete my master's degree, and I've been studying the rights of people with mental illness. I'm also a high school psychology teacher and found this book really interesting!
15.5 - ...... AND XYZ
I read The Cholera Years: The United States in 1832, 1849, and 1866 by Charles Rosenberg.
20.8. It's My Birthday: Mary Beth's Task - Party Time!
I read Managing Madness: The Case Against Civil Commitment by Kent Miller.
Ratings when selected: 0
Points this post: 35
Total points: 35
STACIE MITask 20.10 - Group Reads
I decided to read:
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
I have also posted in the discussion thread.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 190
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 19
Pages read: 4891
Goodreads authors: 7
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
repost 25.12 - Easter Eggs and Leprechauns
A. pink cover
B. Mischief: Book of the Dead
3/ 25/12 points this post 85
Total points 105
Tasks completed 4
5.9 - THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT - Desert Devil10.8 - I HAVE A QUESTION - What the Lady Wants
Jennifer Crusie is a Goodreads author.
25.10 - I LOVE A HAPPY ENDING - I chose to read two romance novels.
311 Pelican Court by Debbie Macomber
44 Cranberry Point by Debbie Macomber
Debbie Macomber (X2) is a Goodreads author.
TOTAL POINTS - 560
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 15
BIG BOOKS - 1
30.2 - What I Want to beBook 1 - a novelist The Thirteenth Tale
Book 2 - The Help--A journalist
25.10- I love a happy ending - Option A
Windy Night, Rainy Morrow
I And My Heart
post this post 55
total points 160
Tasks completed 6
5.5 PossessionThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood is a GoodReads author
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 25
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
Kimber30.8 The Breakfast Club
Option 1 (big book) The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Option 5 (borrow-library download) Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard
SARA SHEPARD IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR & THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL IS A BIG BOOK AT 661 PAGES.
This task: 30
tasks complete: 11
GR authors: 9
big book: 1/500+
total points: 220
KAREN F15.4 ABCs, 123s...
I chose the one book option.
Ten Things I Love About You by Julia Quinn
Ten, About
**Julia Quinn is a Goodreads Author**
20.1 Clean Those Shelves
Option 1: A book I've owned as of March 1.
A Hellion in Her Bed by Sabrina Jeffries
I purchased this book last summer at one of the Border's closing sales.
**Sabrina Jeffries is a Goodreads Author**
25.8 Science Fiction and Fantasy Award Winners/Nominees
Book 1: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
2011 Hugo Award Nominee
Book 2: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
2011 Nebula Award Nominee
**N.K. Jemisin is a Goodreads Author**
30.7 Fire Elementals
Book 1: Option 4 - Romance
Lip Service by Susan Mallery
**Susan Mallery is a Goodreads Author**
Book 2: Option 5 - Lion on the cover
Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews
**Ilona Andrews is a Goodreads Author**
Points this Post: 90
Total Challenge Points: 295
Goodreads Authors: 13
Big Books: 500+(1),750+(0),1000+(0)
SOELO15.5 And XYZ
I read Syren which contains a Y in the title.
15.7 - Spring Into Action!
I read Physik which has Adventure listed on its main page.
20.1 Clean those shelves
I chose option 1 and read a book I owned on March 1st: Queste
20.8 - Party Time
I read The Hunger Games which has more than 50,000 ratings. I waited until after I saw the movie, though!
20.10 Group Reads
I read Divergent and commented in the discussion thread.
Points this post: 90
Total so far: 90
10.4 Fire Signs Night Play by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Sherrilyn Kenyon is a Sagittarius, with a birthdate of December 11th, 1965
Sherrilyn Kenyon is a Goodreads Author
10.7 Fuel to the Fire
I did not participate in the Winter Challenge, therefore I read an author new to me:
Invisible by Lorena McCourtney
Lorena McCourtney is a Gooreads Author
10.10 April Fools Day
Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich
Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads Author
Points this post = 30
Total points: 135+ 30 = 165
Goodreads Authors: 6+3=9
Big Books: 500+= 0, 750+=0, 1000+=0
20.2 Rookie on Top: Queenarwen's Task: April ShowersI chose the third criterion for option B:
B. May Flowers: Choose a book that fits one of these criteria:
3. Has an author or a main character with the name of a flower.
Shark's Fin And Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China by Fuchsia Dunlop
(The author's name, Fuchsia, is the flower.)
This Post: 20
Total Points: 190/1090
Tasks Completed: 17/61
Books Read: 25/86
CHRISTINE USTask 5.10 Good Minds Suggest
The Bungalow: A Novel by Sarah Jio
Sarah Jio was interviewed
***Sarah Jio is a GR author
Task 15.4 ABC, 123
Letter "C": The Curse of the Pharaohs by Elizabeth Peters
Number "2" (second):Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones
***Darynda Jones is a GR author
TOTAL: 170
15.6 - They're On FireThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
This is listed as number two on the "Hardcover Business Books" list.
Big book ticket: this book is 512 pages
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Points this post: 15
Total points: 220
Total Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (1)
Total tasks completed: 11
Total pages: 4,983
Total books: 14
Sheila5.7 I Love Paris in the Spring Time
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
5.9 The Devil Made Me Do It
Lucifer's Tears by James Thompson
Total Points = 455
10.2. ”The Shot Heard Round the World”My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier
15.9 - Geek Pride Day
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 395
Goodreads Authors: Alex Flinn, Sara Shepard*, Janet Lee Carey, James Patterson, Susan Cooper***, Karen Levine
Sandy MN25.2. Jenn Renee's task:Out with the Old, In with the New... and it's Fire
1. Author first name starts with "I"
Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
**Goodreads author**
2. Orange cover
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
30.8 Meghanly's task: The Breakfast Club
1. Big Book
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
**Goodreads author**
1059 pages - Claiming Big Book ticket
5. Borrowed from the library
Changeless by Gail Carriger
**Goodreads author**
Total points: 325
Total GR Authors: 9
Total Big Books: (1) 500; (0)750; (1)1000
Christie Guatemala15.7 - Spring Into Action!
Goliath by Scott Westerfeld
543 pages claiming Big Book Ticket
Points this post: 15
Total points: 195
Goodreads authors: 6
Big Books: 500=1
MG20.10 Group Reads
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
25.8. Helen's Task: Science Fiction and Fantasy Award Winners/Nominees
Category 1: HUGO AWARD for Best Novel -Little Brother by Cory Doctorow. 2009 Nominee
Category 2: NEBULA AWARD for Best Novel - Little Brother by Cory Doctorow. 2009 Nominee
Points this post: 45
Total Points: 215
GR Authors: 3
Big Ticket = (1)500+
Cindy AL25.11 Take it To the Links
The Garden Intrigue by Lauren Willig - The Wedge
Lauren Wittig is one of my favorite authors, this is her newest book.
Lauren Wittig is a Goodreads Author.
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome - The Putter - 188 pages
25.5 100 Years Ago
Nation by Terry Pratchett (Titanic)
Nation was approved in the Help Thread, the action begins with a tidal wave and shipwreck.
Under the March Sun: The Story of Spring Training by Charles Fountain(baseball)
Points in this post - 50
Total Points - 675/1090
Books - 47/85
Pages - 17820
Goodreads Authors: 26
Big Books:500+ - (0), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)
15.8 - International Worker’s DayType of job in the title: Gravedigger in The Gravedigger's Daughter: A Novel by Joyce Carol Oates.
This book is 624 pages, which qualifies as a Big Book.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 6
Goodreads Authors to date: 3
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Queenarwen25.11 - The Wedge - Eldorado (new book by an old favorite author)
The Putter - Whale Rider (168 pg.)
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - The Myths, Legends, and Lore of Ireland
15.1 - Spring Forward - Mockingjay - set in dystopian future
Fall Back - The Innocent Libertine - set in Victorian times
15.4 - ABC's, 123's - Around the World in 100 Days
15.5 - And XYZ - Doomwyte
15.7 - Spring Into Action - Catching Fire
15.10 - Where There's Smoke - Firegirl - about a girl who was badly burned
10.2 - The Shot Heard Round the World - Sup with the Devil - set in Boston during the Revolutionary War
10.3 - Run or Ride? - A Passion Most Pure - set in Boston
10.7 - Fuel to the Fire - A Marked Man - author was new in the winter challenge
10.10 - April Fools' Day - Ophelia Joined the Group Maidens Who Don't Float
5.4 - The FIRE Within - Refiner's Fire
Jen UT10.5 - All Fired Up!
Disney at Dawn by Ridley Pearson
I'm passionate about all things Disney, and this book takes place in Disneyland.
5.3 - Let's Hear It For the Boys
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
I used Ian Scott's currently reading shelf.
Total Points: 15
hpaddict20.5 A Game of Books
Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend by Susan Orlean****Susan Orlean is a goodreads author****
option 3 - moderator approved for primarily white and grey cover
this post = 20
challenge total = 145
goodreads authors = 1
big book: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
STESSE10.1. Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!
Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks (552 p)
Evil=Live
This is a BIG BOOK.
20.4. Author!Author!: Skandia's Task - To be continued .... in Spring!
Deadline by Mira Grant (581 p) completed 3/29/12
This is a BIG BOOK.
I read (and posted but forgot!) Feed by Mira Grant for Task #25.1 in the winter challenge. The only good thing about being forgetful is it results in lovely surprises.
20.6. Seasoned Reader: Jennifer W’s task- She Works Hard for the Money
Rolled a 3 and a 5
3. Customer Service: (hotel manager) Hotel Vendome: A Novel by Danielle Steele (336 p)
5. Forensics: (mystery) Play Dead by David Rosenfelt (308 p)
Points this Post: 45
Tasks Completed this Post: 3
Books Read this Post: 4
Pages Read this Post: 1777
GoodReads Authors this Post: none
Big Books this Post: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Points: 145
Total Tasks Completed: 10
Total Books Read: 12
Total Pages Read: 5018
Total GoodReads Authors: 3
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
Nick KY20.1 Jen C's Task - Clean those shelves! No Such Thing as Silence: John Cage's 4'33" by Kyle Gann, Option 1. This book has been on my tbr since Jun 25, 2010, and I’ve owned it since Feb 1, 2012.
272 pagesTask Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 460
Total Pages: 11,923
Big Books: 750+ (1)
20.5- A Game of BooksI rolled a 2 - Lannister.
I read The Wednesday Wars which took place during the Vietnam War. How the war affected those at home was a main theme of the book.
20.6- She Works Hard For The Money
I rolled a 1 - Mental Health
I read Will Grayson, Will Grayson, which has a main character, Will Grayson, who has depression. He takes medication for it and it affects every aspect of his life. His mother also suffers from depression. Depression was on the accepted list of Mental Health ailments that was given.
Points This Post- 40
Total Points- 265
GR Authors- 12
There was some confusion with my other posts so I am reposting all of the tasks I have completed for the Spring Challenge.10.4 - Fire Signs
Coronado: Stories by Dennis Lehane
10.10 - April Fools Day!
Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
Points this post = 20
Total Points = 20
15.5 - ... And XYZBeat the Reaper by Josh Bazell
15.6 - They're on Fire
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak **GOODREADS AUTHOR** **BIG BOOK**
On the 1/8/12 NYT List under Children's Paperback Book
Points this post = 30
Total Points = 50
20.1 - Clean those shelves!Listened to audiobook - Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
20.2 - April Showers
Option B -2. Books that Make You Laugh
Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
20.4 - To Be Continued... in Spring!
I did not participate in the Winter Challenge, so I read the first in a series - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon **GOODREADS AUTHOR** **BIG BOOK**
20.5 - A Game of Books
3.
by Daniel Woodrell20.8 - Party Time!
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Has over 300,000 ratings!
20.9 - I can't wait for spring!
4.
by James FreyPoints this post = 120
Total Points = 170
15.1 - Spring Forward30 years in the future - The Giver by Lois Lowry
30 years in the past - The Help by Kathryn Stockett **GOODREADS AUTHOR**
30.3 - Spring Delights
Option 3 -
by Dai Sijie ANDOption 5 - The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers (matching letters "ng")
Points this post = 45
Total Points = 215
5.4 - The FIRE WithinStill LiFE WIth MuRder by P.B. Ryan
Still LiFE WIth MuRder
10.3 - Run or Ride
True Betrayals by Nora Roberts - set on a thoroughbred farm during the preparation for and running of the Triple Crown races. Approved in help thread.
30.6 - Delicious Dee - Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction
Book 1 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Book 2 - The Science of Harry Potter: How Magic Really Works by Roger Highfield which looks at the science to show how many of the things in Harry's world are theoritically possible. Approved in help thread.
Points this post: 45
Total Points: 210/1090
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 18
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
20.9 Lucky Me!: Bea's Task - I Can’t Wait for Spring!option 1:
Points this post: 20
Total points: 320
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 20
Goodreads Author: 13
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(3)
JESS M20.2 - April Showers
Option B3: I read The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket. One of the main characters is called Violet.
20.7 - Happy Rama Navami!
I read Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman which contains elements from mythology and legend.
Approved in help thread (post #89).
***Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads author***
20.8 - Party Time!
I read The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket which has more than 50,000 ratings.
Points this post: 60
Total points: 120
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(1)
25.4. Sandy’s task:More Fun with Words – With a Twist! I read:
Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
I made the word: LOUD, and read:
Grace Williams Says It Loud by Emma Henderson
+25 Points
Grand Total: 205
5.2 Get Caught ReadingThe Reader by Bernhard Schlink
20.7 Happy Rama Navami!
Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles by Jeanette Winterson
30.3 Spring Delights
5. “der Frühling”- Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
"-er" in the Title
6. Spring in your Step-read a murder mystery
The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
Post Total: 55
Season Total: 325
5.3 Let's Hear it for the BoysI read Night by Elie Wiesel. It is from Lev Rothenberg's "read" list.
total: 55
Tasks completed:10
books read: 12
GR authors: 1
pages read: 3111
In accordance with the rules ("posting requirements" section, #3), I would like to change one of my books to a different task. I previously had Shadows in Flight by Orson Scott Card listed for task 10.6, but I would like to change it to the below.15.7 - Spring Into Action!
Shadows in Flight by Orson Scott Card
Currently listed with an "adventure" tag on its page.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 225
Thank you!
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30.3 Spring Delights
Option 3 (green cover)
Option 6 (scary)
Be Still, My Love by Deborah J. Hughes
DEBORAH J HUGHES IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR
This task: 30
tasks completed: 10
GR Authors: 8
Total points: 190