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SPRING CHALLENGE 2012: FIRE
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Sandy MN20.10 Group Read
The Night Circus byErin Morgenstern
Posted review href="http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/8...
Total Points: 60
Kimber10.6 Middle Name Pride Day
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
This task: 10
tasks completed: 1
Total points: 10
Points for these tasks: 30Points thus far: 30
Goodreads Author: 1/1
30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's task: Spring Delights
3. Luck O’ the Irish- Read a book with a green cover
The Boy In The Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis who is a Goodreads author
4. Tulips- Read a book showing two people on the cover
Beautiful Death: Art of the Cemetery by David Robinson. (This cover is actually a photograph, but since it had no frame around it, it wouldn’t qualify for option 1!)
Beautiful Death: Art of the Cemetery with Dean Koontz introduction.
TASK 5.4: The Fire WithinHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling, 734 Pages
Points this Post: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Books read: 1
Pages Read : 734
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
KAREN F15.6 They're on Fire
Nora Roberts was on the 1/8/12 Trade Paperback Fiction list.
Vision in White by Nora Roberts
20.3 Fiery Tunes
Playing With Fire by Katie MacAlister
Song: Light My Fire
**Katie MacAlister is a Goodreads Author**
Points this Post: 35
Total Challenge Points: 35
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
Nick KYFirst Post of the Season
5.10 Good Minds Suggest -- I read Underworld by Don DeLillo, which was suggested by Good Minds author Chad Harbach as one of the “five great books that capture the poignancy and thrill of America’s favorite pasttime” –It actually uses baseball as one aspect of American Pop culture and compares those attitudes with how the public viewed the Cold War. Strange. 827 pages
25.4 More Fun With Words
Book 1: I read Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery, and Murder in Medieval England by Alison Weir. 490 pages -- From that title I made the word “TEAM” (Treachery England Adultery Murder – Fun Words!) and read
Book 2: May the Best Team Win: Baseball Economics and Public Policy by Andrew S. Zimbalist, 224 pages
Claiming ONE BIG BOOK 750+ (2 tickets) for Underworld 827 pages (I’m Exhausted already!)
Task Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 30
Total Pages: 1,541
Big Books: 750+ (1)
Jodi2Task 5.7 – I Love Paris in the Spring Time
Anna and the French Kiss
Points this Post: 5
Total points: 25
Tasks Completed: 3
Books read: 3
SuzanneTask 20.10 Group read
Divergent by Veronica Roth
total points: 20
GoodReads Author : 1
5.4 The FIRE Within Read a book with the LETTERS F, I, R, E in the title or subtitle.
the Fates will find thEIR way byHannah Pittard
This Post: 5
Total Points: 15/1090
Tasks Completed: 3/61
Books Read: 3/86
Jodi2Task 20.1 - Most Improved: Jen C's Task - Clean those shelves!
First Year Teacher: Wit and Wisdom from Teachers Who've Been There
Points this Post: 20
Total points: 45
Tasks Completed: 4
Books read: 4
CASSELM15.3 We Go Together Like...
Buyology: Truth and Lies About Why We Buy and the New Science of Desire by Martin Lindstrom, "truth and lies".
15.9 Geek Pride Day
This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession by Daniel J. Levitin, it is a science (the S of STEM).
Points this post/total points: 30
10.3 Run or Ride!This book has the word "horse" in the title.
War Horse: by Michael Morpurgo.
20.10 Group Read
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern.
Post #3 in the group read discussion.
Points: 30
Tasks: 2
Books: 2
Janice CA10.6. Middle Name Pride Day ......
Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven by Susan Jane Gilman
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+10
total: 10
tasks: 1
books: 1
10.5 All Fired Up!I read Eating Animals. I am vegetarian, and passionate about it.
Points this Post: 10
Total points: 10
Tasks Completed: 1
Books read: 1
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Kristi CO 30.8 The Breakfast Club
Option 1: Big Book: The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer
Amazon lists the Kindle version at 652 pages, so this is a Big Book. Julie Orringer is a Goodreads Author.
Option 5: Borrow: The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Jayme(the ghostreader)15.2 Dewey Be Different
Book 1
by Misty Bernall 373.1782Book 2 Everyday life in medieval times by Majorie Rowling 940.1
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 2
Big Book (0) 500+, (0) 750+, (0) +1000
GR Authors:
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 15
5.10 Good Minds Suggest Author Laurie R. King suggested the Kate Brannigan series by Val McDermid
I read book 5 of that series. Blue Genes by Val McDermid
Total Points = 50
Thanks Dlmrose, Kristi and Sandy for adding the help thread links to the actual task descriptions. What a great idea!
Sheila wrote: "Thanks Dlmrose, Kristi and Sandy for adding the help thread links to the actual task descriptions. What a great idea!"I saw that too and I definitely agree! Thanks mods!
15.5 - ...... And XYZ Y in Ally
Crossed by Ally Condie
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
20.3. Best Review: Chris MD's Task - Fiery TunesThe War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
I used the song Blood Fire War Hate by Soulfly. Word is WAR. It was approved in the help thread.
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 20
Goodreads Authors:
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Cindy AL10.3 Run or Ride?:
A Slepyng Hound to Wake: a novel by Vincent McCaffrey
This book is set in Boston, Cambridge and near environs.
Points in this post - 10
Total Points - 25/1090
Books - 2/84
Pages - 1605
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books:500+ - (0), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)
15.6 - They're on FireA book which was #17 on the Trade Paperback List on February 5th:
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
Total points 15
30.8 Meghanly's task: The Breakfast Club Option 1: A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
big book 1009 pages , claiming 3 big book tickets
Option 5: Penitence by Jennifer Laurens
got the book from Kindle lending
Jennifer Laurens is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 2
Goodreads Author: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(3)
15.7 - Spring Into Action!
Read an action/adventure book. Either the genre "action" or the genre "adventure" (or both) must appear on the book's main GRs page for it to fulfill this task.
Both "action" and "adventure" are on this book's main GR page.
An Awfully Big Adventure (1989) by Beryl Bainbridge(Hardcover, 206 pages)
Man Booker Prize Nominee (1990)
0 + 15 = 15
Tasks Completed: 1
Points for this task: 15
Points thus far: 15
Books read: 1
Pages Read: 206
15.3 We Go TogetherI read Hello Goodbye by Emily Chenoweth. This was approved in the task help thread.
Points this post:15
Total points: 55
Tasks completed:3.
Books read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
20.1 - CLEAN THOSE SHELVES - Needle in a Haystack by Ernesto Mallo. I had this book on my Nook prior to March 1.Ernesto Mallo is a Goodreads Author.
TOTAL POINTS - 35
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 2
BIG BOOKS - 0
Sandy MN10.4 Fire Signs
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
Beverly Cleary's birthday is April 12, so she is an Aries.
20.4. Author!Author!: Skandia's Task - To be continued .... in Spring!
Messenger by Lois Lowry
This is the third book in the Giver trilolgy; I read books 1 and 2 during the Winter challenge.
Total Points:90
25.4 - Sandy - More Fun with Words - With a TwistBook 1: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling - the word I made from this is PAST and read
Book 2: Pawing Through the Past by Rita Mae Brown
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 25/1090
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 2
GoodReads Authors:
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Lauren Marie30.7 Beth NC's task FIRE ELEMENTALS
2. Fire is at the very heart of transformation, clearing the old and making something new Read a book where the main character cleanses something from his/her life and begins a new stage in their life ie. divorce, move, job change, letting go of anger/sorrow.
For this challenge I read Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles. The main male character is in a gang and changes by leaving the gang in the end of the book.
4. Some of the emotions associated with fire are: passion, sexual energy, love and lust. Read a romance book – one with “romance” listed as a genre on the book’s main page.
For this challenge, I read Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles. The book is a romance story.
Simone Elkeles is a Goodreads Author.
Points this Post: 30
Total points: 30
Tasks Completed: 1
Books read: 2
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
STACIE MITask 15.7 - Spring into Action
I read a book with both action and adventure as its genres:
Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick by Joe Schreiber
Points this task: 15
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Pages read: 742
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Carly15.5 - ...... And XYZ
Koyal Dark, Mango Sweet by Kashmira Sheth
There is a "y" in "Koyal."
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 1
Tasks in Progress:
Books Read: 1
GoodReads Authors:
Big Books: 500+(-), 750+(-), 1000+(-)
Pages Read: 250
Dawn (Kat N Hat)25.10. Mrs. Soule's Task:I love a happy ending!
Read: The Darkest Seduction, Gena Showalter 3/5/12
Requirement:Option A:Winnie-the-Pooh
Pages: 504
Points this Post:25
Total points:40
Tasks Completed:2
Books read:2
Pages Read :907
20.8 Party TimeA Walk in the Park by Jill Mansell
The book had 23 ratings when I chose it on 3/3/12
Points this post: 20
Total Points:35
Tasks Completed:2
Books Read:2
BUTTERFLYCAGER5.4 The FIRE Within - Afterlight by Elle Jasper
15.5 - ...... And XYZ - Dangerous to Know by Tasha Alexander (x in author's name)
20.7. Shorter is Sweeter: Jayalalita's Task - Happy Rama Navami!
I read Sacrifice by S.J. Bolton, which takes place in the Shetland Islands, and involves the local legend of the Kunal Trows, or trolls that kidnap human women and force them to bear their children.
20.8. It's My Birthday: Mary Beth's Task - Party Time!
Ice: Great Moments in the History of Hard, Cold Water by Karal Ann Marling (had 9 ratings as of 3/5/2012)
20.9 Lucky Me!: Bea's Task - I Can’t Wait for Spring!
2. FLOWER - The Orchid House by Lucinda Riley (orchid on cover)
Tasha Alexander and S.J. Bolton are Goodreads Authors
Points this post: 80
Total challenge points: 80
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Lavinia10.5 All Fired Up!
Unwind - Neal Shusterman
Goodreads Author
I'm currently all fired up - obsessive, even! - about dystopian fiction, which is a new genre to me. Unwind is a work of dystopian fiction.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 35/1090
30.6 Delicious Dee's task:Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction I chose option A. and read
The Silent Spirit by Margaret Coel
which is #14 in the Wind River Reservation series.
For my non-fiction book I chose a book about the Wind River Reservation. This book went into more detail of what life and the issues of those living on the reservation is really like.
What You See in Clear Water: Indians, Whites, and a Battle Over Water in the American West
Total Points = 80
Jodi2Task 20.1 - Most Improved: Jen C's Task - Clean those shelves!
1. Read any book that you own as of March 1. “Real” books, ebooks, audio downloads all work. If you have it, read it!
First Year Teacher: Wit and Wisdom from Teachers Who've Been There
Points this Post: 20
Total points: 45
Tasks Completed: 4
Books read: 4
Suzanne*repost*
Task 20.10 Group read
Divergent by Veronica Roth
total points: 20
GoodReads Author : 1
Mod
5.1 Silhouette on the Shade
The Dancer and the Thief by Antonio Skármeta5.5 Possession
The Ambassador's Son by Homer H. Hickam
10.5. All Fired Up!
Recently, I've been fired up about yoga- taking lots of classes
This is a book about the practice of yoga
Vital Yoga: A Sourcebook For Students And Teachers by Meta Chaya Hirschl
15.5 ...... And XYZ
Z in author's name
Finding Nouf by Zoë Ferraris
20.4. Author!Author!: Skandia's Task - To be continued .... in Spring!
In the Winter Challenge I read Walking the Perfect Square Moe Prager #1 for 30.7 bad cover
For this task I read Moe Prager #2
Redemption Street by Reed Farrel Coleman
total 55
CathyG15.5 - ...... And XYZ
Read a book in which the letters X, Y, or Z appear somewhere in the title/subtitle/series title or author’s name.
Zack by Cheyenne McCray
Goodreads Author
20.3. Best Review: Chris MD's Task - Fiery Tunes
For this task, you will select a song with the word “fire” in the TITLE, and then read a book where any of the MAIN words from the song title also appear in the book’s title.
REQUIRED: Include the song title you used in your post.
LIGHT MY FIRE
The Dom of My Dreams: A BDSM Novel by MF Sinclair
share the word "MY"
25.11. Kate S's Task: Take to the Links!
3. The Irons-the most popular, most often used of the clubs, read a book with more than 25000 ratings. The number of ratings shown on the book's main page must be used. REQUIRED: Include in your post the number of ratings that the book had when you selected it.
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
115073 ratings
Goodreads Author
5. The Putter-used for the "short game". Read a short book (100-200 pages)
Enticed by His Forgotten Lover by Maya Banks
186 pp
Points this post: 60
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Mod
Points this Post: 20
Total points- 25
Tasks Completed: 3
Books read: 3
Pages Read : 1,439
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Christie Guatemala25.2. Jenn Renee's task:Out with the Old, In with the New... and it's Fire
I picked option 1 for both books: Read a book whose author's first or last name starts with the letters F,I,R,E.
Nanny Returns by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
Ilona Andrews is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 25
Goodreads authors: 1
5.9 The Devil Made Me Do It I read The Devil's Arithmatic
by Jane Yolen.Total points: 10
Task completed: 2
Books read: 3
Pages read: 661
GR authors: 1
Lav Task 5.2- Get Caught Reading
Picture of a book on the cover
This post: 5 points
Total points: 5 points
25.4. Sandy's task:More Fun with Words - With a Twist!Book 1: The News Where You Are by Catherine O'Flynn (TNWYA = WANT)
Book 2: The Gift: Home for Christmas / All I Want for Christmas by Nora Roberts
The word is "want."
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 45
Goodreads Authors:
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Lauren Marie20.1. Most Improved: Jen C's Task - Clean those shelves!
Option:
1. Read any book that you own as of March 1. “Real” books, ebooks, audio downloads all work. If you have it, read it!
I read Chain Reaction by Simone Elkeles, which I recently purchased (March 2).
Simone Elkeles is a Goodreads Author.
Points this Post: 20
Total points: 50
Tasks Completed: 2
Books read: 3
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.10 Good Minds Suggest:The Colony of Unrequited Dreams by Wayne Johnston recommended by Katherine Govier. Interesting book.
10.1 Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss:
Just Desserts by J.M. Gregson
Desserts is "Stressed" spelled backward. I celebrated Dr. Seuss's birthday by reading Dr. Seuss and others to 60 first graders.
15.8 International Worker's Day:
The Sheriff of Yrnameer by Michael Rubens
A Space Opera Western with shades of Douglas Adams.
15.9 Geek Pride Day:
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu
Okayed on thread.
Main character repairs time machines and examines the philosophy behind their use.
20.1 Jen C's Task--Clean Those Shelves
Option 2:
I Am Half-Sick of Shadows: A Flavia de Luce Novel by Alan Bradley
Today's total: 65
Grand total: 75
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#4 - Princess Printz honor (2012)
Two Truths and a Lie by Sara Shepard*
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Points: 30