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Sheila
15.8 - International Worker’s Day
The English Assassin by Daniel Silva --approved in help thread--
15.9 - Geek Pride Day
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
15.10 - Where There's Smoke.......
The Smoke Jumper by Nicholas Evans
25.3. Coralie's task: Naming Things
Book 1 - The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly
Book 2 - Deep Storm by Lincoln Child
Total Points = 850
10.7 Fuel to the FireI did not participate in the Winter Challenge, so I read a new to me author.
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides **BIG BOOK**
Total Points = 225
Finished:20.1 Clean those shelves
Confessions of a Scary Mommy: An Honest and Irreverent Look at Motherhood: The Good, The Bad, and the Scary by Jill Smokler / option 3, published in 2012
30.5 Climbing the family tree
Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott / option D, word "eight" in a title
Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen/ option A, romance
Tasks points 50
Total points 220
Total tasks 10
Total books 15
50.1 North to AlaskaI chose:
Option 2: Mystery
Living Dead in Dallas
Option 3: Yellow cover
- accepted in help threadOption 5: Favorite Genre - mystery
Points: 50
Total Points: 280
Total Books Read: 23
Total Tasks Completed: 15
Total GR Authors: 1
Total Big Books: (500) - 2
GayleTask 10.7: Fuel to the Fire
For Task 25.9 in the winter challenge, I read In Bed with a Highlander by new-to-me-author Maya Banks. So, for the spring challenge, I read
Seduction of a Highland Lass which is the 2nd book in the McCabe Trilogy. 322 pages
Task 15.1: Spring Forward
Book 1: Spring Forward (set in 2060)
Indulgence in Death by J.D. Robb
Book 2: Fall Back (set in 1920's)
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain 314 pages
****Paula McLain is a GR author.****
Task 20.8: It's My Birthday
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 388 pages
This book had 576,715 ratings at the time I read it.
Task 25.2: Jenn Renee's task: Out with the Old...
Option 1: Author's last name begins with F.
Kill Shot by Vince Flynn 400 pages
Option 3: Book with "burn" in title (Words ending in "ing" are ok.)
Eden Burning by Elizabeth Lowell 400 pages
****Elizabeth Lowell is a GR author.****
Task 25.3: Coralie's task
Book 1: I would choose Grey for a name.
Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James 552 pages
****E.L. James is a GR author.****
*********Big Book Ticket 500+ pages********
Book 2: Use name from book 1 as author's name in book 2.
Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey
Points this Post: 95
Total Points: 220
JACKIE NC5.8 Too Long To-Do List
Indemnity Only by Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky is a Goodreads author.
10.9. I’m On Fire! Read a book that you're "hot" to read.
Heat Stroke by Rachel Caine
20.1. Most Improved: Jen C's Task - Clean those shelves!
Option 1:
The Hound of Death by Agatha Christie
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 160
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 3
MG25.9. Stacie MI's Task: Red Hot
Option A: Read a book with 2 and a 3 in the page total
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline 372 pages GR Author
Option B: year Detroit Red Wings won Stanley Cup
Trunk Music by Michael Connelly , published 1997 GR Author
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 270
GR Authors: 7
Big Ticket = (2)500+
5.4 The FIRE Within In the Company of Cheerful Ladies by Alexander McCall
5.9 The Devil Made Me Do It
The Devil Wears Plaid by Teresa Medeiros
20.6. Seasoned Reader: Jennifer W’s task- She Works Hard for the Money
I rolled a one.
1: Mental health
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
Task 25.12: Denise NC’s Task: Easter Eggs and Leprechauns
Book A, Option 1 – Pastels:
Skip Beat!, Vol. 17by Yoshiki Nakamura
Book B, Option 3 – Mischief (mystery):
Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire
Points This Post: 55
Total Points: 335
Readername = Beth Lynn30.3 #4 - Tulips (two lips) on the cover
by David Nicholls (435 pages)#6 - Book that scares me
by Kashmira Sheth (316 pages)This one scares me for a number of reasons - child kidnapping, sweatshops, unsanitary living conditions. Fortunately, there was a hopeful message to the story.
Points This Post = 30
Total Points = 120
Tasks Completed = 4
Books Read = 8
Pages Read = 2,834
Goodreads Authors = 3
Big Books = 0
Kimber5.1 Silhouette On The Shade
by R.A. JonesR.A. is a Goodreads author
This task: 5
#tasks complete: 17
GR authors: 11
Total: 315
20.1. Most Improved: Jen C's Task - Clean those shelves! 1. I read Shadows by Jennifer L. Armentrout, which I bought in February for my Kindle.
*Jennifer L. Armentrout is a GR Author*
Points This Post- 20
Total Points- 365
GR Authors- 19
20.4 To be continued... in Spring!Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned by David Vaughan, Pia Guerra, Jose Marzan Jr.
I didn't take part in the Winter Challenge, so this is the first book in a new series.
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Total points: 260 + 20 above = 280
GR Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 13
Books read: 17
10.8 I Have A QuestionWhy We Broke Up by Daniel Handler
20.10 Group Reads
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Comment #26 in the discussion thread
Veronica Roth is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 30
Total points: 165
Total tasks: 10
Books read: 11
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets: 1
Laurie ME20.6: Seasoned Reader: Jennifer W's Task: She Works Hard for the Money: I write when not reading and the main character in this book is a mystery writer.
Christie Craig - Divorced, Desperate and Dating
20.8: It's My Birthday: Mary Beth's Task: Party Time:
The rating for this book when I picked it on 4/17/12 was 108)
Pat Gragg - The Rose Killer
Pat Gragg is a goodreads author
25.3: Coralie's Task: Naming Things:
1. Joy Preble - Dreaming Anastasia
2. Anastasia Amor - A Corpse for Cozumel
30.5: Donna Jo's Task: Climbing the Family Tree:
A. Romance
Heather Graham - Ghost Shadow
Heather Graham is a goodreads author
B. Book published in 40s or 50s: This book was published in 1942:
Ngaio Marsh - Death and the Dancing Footman
Points This Post: 95
Total Points: 655.
RACHEL CA: 160 pts total20.08 Party Time!
500 Great Dates: Creative, Fun, and Sexy Ways to Spend Time Together by Lisa Sussman (6 ratings)
Points: 20
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 14
Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Emmalita20.1 Clean Those Shelves
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
I chose option 1 for this task. I've had this book since before March 1.
20.2 Rookie on Top: Queenarwen's Task: April Showers
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
I chose Option B. This book was on the Books that Made you laugh list and it was a happy book because it was very funny.
This post: 40 points
Total points to Date: 60 points
Goodread authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 3
Total tasks completed: 3
Cindy FTask 10.7 Fuel to the Fire
I read The Apprentice by Tess Gerritsen who is a Goodreads Author!!
This author was new to me in the winter challenge.
Points this post:10
Total points:195
Tasks completed:13
Books read:15
Goodreads Authors:2
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
5.1 Silhouette on the Shade
In the Wake by Per Petterson
+5 Points
5.7 I Love Paris in the Spring Time I love Paris in the fall….
The House I Loved by Tatiana de Rosnay
+5 Points
Points this Post: 10
Grand Total: 360
Sheila
25.6. Keltie Lee's Task: Fire and Ice
I got heads twice in my coin flips so I read.
Book 1: Free Fire by C.J. Box
AND
Book 2: The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks
30.5 Donna Jo's task: Climbing the Family Tree
Option A: (romance) The Honk and Holler Opening Soon by Billie Letts
AND
Option D: (8th in the Buchanan Series) Sizzle by Julie Garwood
Total Points = 905
15.5 - ...And XYZA book with X in the title:
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell
30.8 - The Breakfast Club
1. The Brain a 'Big Book':
The Little Friend by Donna Tartt *Big Book* 640 pages (claiming ticket please)
2. The Criminal: Beg, borrow or steal - A book which I begged from my daughter:
The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson
Total points 205
STESSE5.2 Get Caught Reading
by Caroline Preston (228 p)Caroline Preston is a GRA.
Task 25.12: Denise NC’s Task: Easter Eggs and Leprechauns
A.3. The Ideal Man by Julie Garwood (main character is Dr. Ellie Sullivan) (322 p)
B.2. The Affair: A Reacher Novel by Lee Child (Action / Adventure) (405 p)
Points this Post: 30
Tasks Completed this Post: 2
Books Read this Post: 3
Pages Read this Post: 955
GoodReads Authors this Post: 1
Big Books this Post: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Points: 400
Total Tasks Completed: 25
Total Books Read: 32
Total Pages Read: 12119
Total GoodReads Authors: 13
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
hpaddict20.9 I can't Wait for Spring
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczyoption 2 - flower on cover
this post = 20
challenge total = 205
goodreads authors = 1
big book: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
Finished Task 30.1 - We didn't start the fireA. I picked the year 1961.
B. I rolled a 2 and a 4.
For #2, I read
by Jasper Fforde. Fforde was born in 1961.For #4, I read
by John Steinbeck. The book was first published in 1961.Task 30.8 The Breakfast Club
I chose #s 1 and 5.
For #1, I read
by Elizabeth Gaskell. It's a big book at 800 pages. (Please note that the GR page count is wrong for the Kindle version and see http://www.amazon.com/Wives-and-Daugh... )WIVES AND DAUGHTERS IS A BIG BOOK AT 800 PAGES
For #5, I read
by Tom Rachman. I borrowed this one on audio from the library.Total Points: 110 + 30 + 30 = 170
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (1); 750+ (1)
20.3. Best Review: Chris MD's Task - Fiery Tunes
LIGHT my FIRE
The Light Fantastic (Discworld #2) (1986) by Terry Pratchett (Mass Market Paperback, 272 pages)
170 + 20 = 190
Tasks Completed: 12
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 170 + 20 = 190
Books read: 12
Pages read: 3,484
Read but not claimed: 8
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
STACIE MITask 30.1 - We Didn't Start the Fire
I chose the year 1983 and rolled two 4's, so I read two books that were both originally published in 1983:
The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story by Susan Hill
and
Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
**Tamora Pierce is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 30
Total points: 380
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 33
Pages read: 8563
Goodreads authors: 14
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
30.8 - Meganly - The Breakfast Club1. The Brain - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - 743 pgs ***Big Book***
3. The Basket Case - A Hoe Lot of Trouble by ***Goodreads AuthorHeather Webber*** and is currently being read by the Cozy Mysteries group. http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1...
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 285/1090
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 24
GoodReads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
RACHEL CA: 180 pts total20.05 A Game of Books
Baby by Patricia MacLachlan (predominantly white and blue cover)Points: 20
Total points: 180
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 15
Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Cindy AL5.7 I Love Paris:
The Vintage Caper by Peter Mayle
This book starts with a robbery in Los Angeles, but most of the book takes place in France - Paris, Bordeaux and Marseilles
5.9 The Devil Made Me Do It:
Silver-Tongued Devil by Jaye Wells
Jaye Wells is a Goodreads Author.
10.5 All Fired Up!:
The Alaska Cruise Handbook: A Mile-by-Mile Guide by Joe Upton
As you may be able to tell from the 50 point task, I'm fired up about going to Alaska!
20.1 Clean Those Shelves:
Urban Shaman by C.E. Murphy
I read the paperback book, and I've been trying to get to it since before Christmas
C. E. Murphy is a Goodreads Author
Points in this post - 40
Total Points - 955/1090
Books - 71/85
Pages - 25291
Goodreads Authors: 38
Big Books:500+ - (0), 750+ - (2),1000+ - (0)
20.6. Seasoned Reader: Jennifer W’s task- She Works Hard for the Money I rolled a 5. Inspector Vaara is a Finnish Police Chief investigating a brutal murder and does his own forensic evidence collecting.
5. Forensics - Snow Angels by *James Thompson
*James Thompson is a Goodreads Author*
Points in This Task: 20
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 264
Totals:
Total Points: 220
Total Goodreads Authors: 5
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(3), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 10
Total Books Read: 14
Total Pages Read in Spring 2012 SRC: 5285
Review Available. Anne (Booklady) Spring 2012 Reviews
Reader name: Marie-Anne15.5 ... And XYZ: The Givenchy Code by Julie Kenner ( Goodreads author ).
This post:
Points this post: 15
Goodreads author claims this post: 1
Totals:
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 11
Goodreads authors: 3
Coralie15.3 We Go Together Like….
Down and out (approved in the help thread)
Down and Out in Paris and London
15.8 International Worker’s Day
The Dancer From Atlantis
25.7 Cooking with fire and back to the basics
I like my beans cooked and my plums raw so I read
Book 1 The Bean Trees
Book 2 On the Banks of Plum Creek
25.9 Red Hot
Option B The Dying Earth first published in 1950
Option C The Native Star – Dallas Stars
Total points 400
Task 5.8 - Too Long To-Do ListThe Lovely Bones
This book has been on my GR TBR list since 4/22/2010 (pretty much since I joined GoodReads).
Task 10.7 - Fuel to the Fire
Anne of Avonlea
I first read Lucy Maud Montgomery during the Winter Challenge (Anne of Green Gables).
Task 20.4 - To be continued...in spring
The Reversal
#3 in the Mickey Haller series.
I read #2 (The Brass Verdict) during the Winter Challenge
Michael Connelly is a GoodReads author
Task 25.12 - Easter Eggs and Leprechauns
Book A: Option 2 - Read a book originally published in the 1960's.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich: - originally published in 1962.
Book B: Option 4 - Pot o'Gold
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
This book is from my friend, Chris's historical-fiction shelf. Chris gave it 5 stars and so did I!
Points this post: 60
Tasks completed this post: 4
Big Book Tickets, GR authors this post: 0,1
Total points: 90
Total tasks completed: 6
Total number Big Books: 500(0) 750() 1000(0)
Total Big Book tickets: 0
Total GoodReads authors: 1
Cindy FTask 10.2 The Shot Heard Round the World
Set in 1777
I read An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon who is a Goodreads Author!!
I am claiming 2 big book tickets for 848 pages!
Points this post:10
Total points:205
Tasks completed:14
Books read:16
Goodreads Authors:3
Big books:500+(1)750+(1)1000+(0)
AprilDT20.8- Party Time! Book with fewer than 500 ratings
Wreck the Halls: Cake Wrecks Gets "Festive" by Jen Yates
Ratings= 139 on 4/19/12
Points this post= 20
Challenge total= 200
Tasks completed= 8
Books read= 12
Goodreads Authors= 4
Big Books= 500 (2), 750 (0), 1000 (0)
10.7. Fuel to the FireAbsolution by Jennifer Laurens
author was new to me in the winter challenge
Jennifer Laurens is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 10
Total points: 450
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 30
Goodreads Author: 21
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(3)
Read:20.4 Author! Author!
In the Winter Challenge I read Death of a Dreamer (#21) by M. C. Beaton so I read
Death of a Maid (#22) for this challenge
20.5 Bigger Is Better--Masanobu's Task--A Game of Books:
I had a 6 so I read a Mystery
The Serpent's Tale by Ariana Franklin
25.4 Sandy--More Fun with Words--With a Twist:
A. Tribute For Harriettesubtitled The Surprising Career of Harriette Wilson which shows up when you click on it by Angela Thirkell. This gives the word SHOT.
B. Shot Through Velvet by Ellen Byerrum
Today's total: 65
Grand Total: 655
Sandy MN15.6 They're on Fire
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Hardcover Nonfiction January 8, 2012
Total Points: 390
5.10 - GOOD MINDS SUGGEST - The Bungalow: A Novel by Sarah Jio who is featured on the list.Sarah Jio is a Goodreads author.
10.4 - FIRE SIGNS - Sail by James Patterson who was born March 22 and is an Aries.
James Patterson is a Goodreads author.
25.4 - FUN WITH WORDS WITH A TWIST
1. The World in Half by Cristina Henriquez
I made the word WITH.
2. An Acquaintance with Darkness by Ann Rinaldi.
Cristina Henriquez is a Goodreads author.
TOTAL POINTS - 905
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 26
BIG BOOKS - 2
MariyaTask 15.5 - ...... And XYZ
I read Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
The letter X appears in the title of this book.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 150
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 13
STACIE MITask 30.4 - Burning Ring of Fire
For Book 1, I read a book set in Mexico:
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
For Book 2, I read a book with "ing" in the word "walking":
The Walking Dead, Vol. 6: This Sorrowful Life by Robert Kirkman
Points this task: 30
Total points: 410
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 35
Pages read: 8953
Goodreads authors: 14
Big Books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Carly10.5. All Fired Up!
Photo Finished by Laura Childs
I'm "all fired up" about scrapbooking. I don't do it as much as I should, but I love to read blogs about it and learn new techniques. Carmela, the main character in Photo Finished owns and runs her own little scrapbook shop. A good portion of the story takes place in the shop, and there are even scrapbooking tips included in the back of the book.
Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 205
Tasks Completed: 11
Tasks in Progress: 1
Books Read: 13
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(-), 1000+(-)
Pages Read: 4025
Task 30.2 - “What I want to be” meets “What did I become”...
Book 1 (Artist): The Lady and the Unicorn: A Novel by Tracy Chevalier **GR Author**
Book 2 (Teacher): 32 Third Graders and One Class Bunny: Life Lessons from Teaching by Phillip Done
Total GR Authors = 4
Challenge total = 290
20.1 Most ImprovedBought as of March 1 and was published in 2012
Switched
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 210
10.7. Fuel to the Fire - New to me author this Spring. All of the new to me authors I read in the Winter challenge only had debut novels.The Insider by *Reece Hirsch
*Reece Hirsch is a Goodreads Author*
Points in This Task: 10
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 330
Totals:
Total Points: 230
Total Goodreads Authors: 6
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(3), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 11
Total Books Read: 15
Total Pages Read in Spring 2012 SRC: 5615
Review Available. Anne (Booklady) Spring 2012 Reviews
Mod
I read Deader Homes and Gardens (homes and gardens approved in help thread)
15.5 - ...... And XYZ
I read Lost in Shangri-la by Mitchell Zuckoff ("Z" in author's name)
30.5 Donna Jo's task: Climbing the Family Tree
For book 1, I chose option A and read The Sunday Philosophy Club ("Sunday" in title)
For book 2, I chose option B, and read Second Foundation, published in 1953.
total points: 410
5.1 - Read a book with a silhouette on the cover.
5.8 - Read a book on your TBR for too long.
Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich
On my TBR since October 2010
This post: 10
Total to Date: 10
SOELO20.2 April Showers
I read Stuff White People Like which fulfills #2 on Option B because it is on the list "Books that make you laugh"
20.3 Fiery Tunes
I read Catching Fire which matches all of the song titles because it contains the word "fire".
20.7 Happy Rama Navami
I read Sisters Red which has fairy tale elements and is sort of a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.
20.9 I Can't Wait for Spring
I read
which has a large golden bird on the cover, fulfilling option 1.Points in this post: 80
Previous Points: 90
Total Points: 170
25.12 Denise NC's Task: Easter Eggs and LeprachaunsBook A, Option 3:
Ich, die Königin by Susan Hastings
The main character is Queen Isabella I of Castile (Spain). The book follows her life from the age of being a teenager and nothing more than a pawn in her brother's court to seizing the reign for herself and being queen until her death. Very impressive woman.
Paperback edition (Ich, die Königin) has 652 pages, which makes this a Big Book
Book B, Option 2:
Sakrileg by Dan Brown (The Da Vinci Code)
The book has "Adventure" listed in the genre listing on the book's main page.
German paperback edition (Sakrileg) has 608 pages, so this is also a Big Book.
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Total points: 360
Big Books: 6 (500+)
GR authors: 5
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5.1 Silhouette on the Shade
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Total Points: 35