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Spring Challenge 2012: Completed Tasks -DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC
CHRISTINE USTask 5.1 Silhouette in the Shade
by Sophie KinsellaTask 15.10 Where There's Smoke
Wild Heat by Bella Andre
***Bella Andre is a GR author
Task 20.3 Fiery Tunes
"Set Fire to the Rain" by Adele
by Jodi Thomas***Jodi Thomas is a GR author
Task 25.9 Red Hot!
Minnesota Wild
by Sandra Hillpublished in 2008:
by Suzanne CollinsTask 30.6 Stranger than Fiction
Fiction:
by Dee HendersonIn the fiction book, the main female character is in a witness protection program.
So, for non-fiction I read:
by Pete EarleyTOTAL: 290
Nick KY25.5 100 Years Ago
Book 1 deals with various shipwrecks. Great Shipwrecks & Castaways: Authentic Accounts of Disasters at Sea by Charles Neider, 238 pages
Book 2 deals with Baseball. The Complete Game: Reflections on Baseball, Pitching, and Life on the Mound by Ron Darling, 272 pages
25.6 Keltie Lee’s Fire and Ice
Book 1: flipped tails -- “Desire” in title -- A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, 142 pages
Book 2: flipped tails – Dystopian -- Genesis by Bernard Beckett, 150 pages
30.8 The Breakfast Club
Book 1: The Basket Case – The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. Delany is an April book of the month in GR’s “Beyond Reality” book club. 147 pages
Book 2: The Criminal – Walking Across Egypt by Clyde Edgerton, borrowed from the library. 240 pages
Task Points this Post: 80
Total Points: 700
Total Pages: 16,095
Big Books: 750+ (1)
Sheila
25.7. Mstan's Task: Cooking With Fire and Back to the Basics
Book 1: The Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton
Quiche is baked and I have had it for breakfast, lunch or dinner. I've never tried making it myself but I know some good restaurants that make it for me!
AND
Book 2: Black Cherry Blues by James Lee Burke
I like nothing better than a nice plump Black Cherry eaten just the way it is off the stem but I also add them to jello.
30.4 Dlmrose's task: Burning Ring of Fire
Book 1:
by J.A. JanceSet in Seattle, Washington
AND
Book 2:
by Bryan Gruleying in Hanging
Total Points = 960
Finished30.3 spring delights
by Diane Chamberlain - green cover
by Jodi Picoult -spring author/ born 19.05Task points 30
Total points 250
15.9 Geek Pride Day Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card 20.3 Fiery Tunes Set The WORLD on Fire Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork
25.12 Book A Option 4 Stickers - An Acceptable Time (Time, #5) by Madeleine L'Engle
Book B Book B Option 2 Four Leaf Clover Magyk by Angie Sage 564 pages claim big book ticket
Points this Post: 60
Total points- 205
Tasks Completed: 15
Books read: 15
GR Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Readername: Beth Lynn25.12
A4: Stickers (a YA book) - Z by Michael Thomas Ford (288 pages)
B3: Mischief (Mystery) - Jekel Loves Hyde by Beth Fantaskey (282 pages)
Points This Post - 25
Total Points - 145
Tasks Completed - 5
Books Read - 10
Pages Read - 3,404
Goodreads Authors - 3
Big Books - 0
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 20.9 I Can't Wait for Spring!...pick an option and read one book that fits that option task:
I chose option #1 (read a book that has either a bird(s) on the cover or the name of a bird in the title) and I read
The Dovekeepers: A Novel by Alice Hoffman 528 pages (claiming a BIG BOOK ticket) (4.19)Points earned for this task:20
Points Achieved to date: 430
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 3
Total # of Big Books:
500+ (0)= 3
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
BUTTERFLYCAGER25.1. Jessica PDX’s Task: This One Goes Out to the One I Love
Book A - 1979 -
Let's Bring Back: An Encyclopedia of Forgotten-Yet-Delightful, Chic, Useful, Curious, and Otherwise Commendable Things from Times Gone By by Lesley M.M. Blume (Forgotten is in line 11 of the song)
Book B - 33 - Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies: A Guide to Language for Fun and Spite by June Casagrande (Language is in line 1 of the song)
25.4. Sandy's task:More Fun with Words - With a Twist!
Book 1: Superman Versus The Ku Klux Klan: The True Story of How the Iconic Superhero Battled the Men of Hate by Rick Bowers = SVTKKKTTSOHTISBTMOH = BOOKS
Book 2: Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books by Leah Price
25.10. Mrs. Soule's Task:I love a happy ending!
Option B:
2. Eeyore - The Woman in Black by Susan Hill appears on the Best Gothic Books of All Time list.
5. Tigger - The Secret Life of Bletchley Park: The History of the Wartime Codebreaking Centre by the Men and Women Who Were There by Sinclair McKay
30.4 Dlmrose's task: Burning Ring of Fire
Book 1 - set in New Zealand and California -
The Wives of Henry Oades by Johanna Moran
Book 2 - ING - The Raising by Laura Kasischke
30.5 Donna Jo's task: Climbing the Family Tree
A - romance - Owl Island: A Novel by Randy Sue Coburn
D - eight words in title - Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran
50.1. Cindy AL's Task: North to Alaska
2. Mystery - A Place of Secrets by Rachel Hore
3. White cover -
Bitter in the Mouth: A Novel by Monique Truong
5. My favorite genre is urban fantasy, so I read The Urban Fantasy Anthology edited by Peter S. Beagle
Johanna Moran, Randy Sue Coburn, and Michelle Moran are all Goodreads Authors. The Urban Fantasy Anthology contains a story by Emma Bull, who is also a Goodreads Author.
Points this post: 185
Total challenge points: 780
Tasks completed: 42
Books read: 56
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Books: 500=1, 750=3, 1000=0
20.1. Most Improved: Jen C's Task - Clean those shelves! 3. Read any book first published in 2012.
Lover Reborn by JR Ward
Big Book
30.4 Dlmrose's task: Burning Ring of Fire
book 1 = set in Seattle, Washington
Fifty Shades Darker by EL James
Goodreads Author
book 2 - ing book
Playing the Game by by Stephanie Queen
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 220
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 12
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
5.9 - Read a book with the devil as a significant character.Undead and Unfinished by MaryJanice Davidson
The devil is a "guide" and an annoyance to the main character throughout the book.
This post: 5
Total to Date: 15
Delicious Dee
Last Post: 990
5.2 Get Caught Reading
A Killer Read
10.5. All Fired Up!
one of the things that I am passionate about was the repeal of DADT last year by the military. Both of these books feature DADT either prior to repeal or after
A Ring and a Promise and Uniform Desires (Heart of a Hero, #1). - Simone Anderson (GR Author)
10.6. Middle Name Pride Day
A Dyeing Shame: Death at the Beauty Box - Elizabeth Spann Craig (GR Author)
10.10. April Fools Day!
The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove - 239 people have it shelved as humor
15.10 - Where There's Smoke.......
Priority One and Code Blue - Stephani Hecht (GR Author) - both Kaleb and Justin, the main characters in each are firefighters in Michigan
25.7. Mstan's Task: Cooking With Fire and Back to the Basics
A.
- Cake on the CoverB. Ice Cream on the Side - Wren Boudreau (GR Author) - I love ice cream
25.10. Mrs. Soule's Task:I love a happy ending!
Option A
A. Jesse's Story - 53 users have it shelved as romance>>M/M romance (approved in THT – msg 25) and 9 have it shelved as regular romance
B. Tribute - 24 users have it shelved as romance>>M/M romance
Total Points This Post: 100
Total Points Overall: 520
Books Completed: 43
Tasks Complete: 32
GR Authors: 23
Big Book Tickers: 500(2), 750(0), 1000(0)
ERIN B.10.6. Middle Name Pride Day
I read Moral Treatment in American Psychiatry by J. Sanbourne Bockoven
Points this post: 10
Total points: 65
Laurie ME15.3: We Go Together Like ... Hot and Cold.
Susan Mallery - Hot on Her Heels
Lisa Jaskson - Cold Blooded
Susan Mallery is a goodreads author
30.1: Ms Anderson's Task: We Didn't Start the Fire: rolled a 4 and a 6; chose the year: 1963.
A. Book Publisted in 1963:
Agatha Christie - The Clocks
B. The Assassination of JFK
Barry Ernest - The Girl on the Stairs
30.8: Meghanly's Task: The Breakfast Club:
A. Option 1:
Shannon McKenna - Fade to Midnight
B. Option 3: Nothing But Reading Challenges:
Susanna Kearsley - The Rose Garden
Points this Post: 75.
Total Points: 730.
20.1. Most Improved: Jen C's Task - Clean those shelves! 3. Read any book first published in 2012. Advance copies are fine.
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, And Hope In A Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo
This Post: 20
Total Points: 300/1090
Tasks Completed: 24/61
Books Read:38/86
TANYAPT30.3 option 5
Book: A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan ("F" then "r" in the title)
*** Goodreads Author ***
option 6
Book: Teeth: Vampire Tales, Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (Editors)
Scary because it's a book of short stories about vampires - creepy & scary good!
*** Goodreads Author ***
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 150
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 8
GR Author: 5
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Jennifer L.15.1 - Spring Forward - Divergent by Veronica Roth (dystopia & set more than 30 years in the future) and A Murderous Procession by Ariana Franklin (set in 1176)
15.10 - Where There's Smoke...- Grave Goods by Ariana Franklin - a fire and arsonist are central to the plot
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 120
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 10
15.5 - ... And XYZOnce a Cowboy by Linda Warren
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Jennifer W's task - She Works Hard for the Money
I rolled a 5
5: Forensics: Crime Scene at Cardwell Ranch by B.J. Daniels
25.9 Stacie MI's Task:Red Hot
Option A: Night Play by Sherrilyn Kenyon -- 362 pages
Option B: Slow Hands by Leslie Kelly - published in 2008
Leslie Kelly is a GoodReads Author
Points this post = 60
Total points: 285 + 60 = 345
Goodreads Authors: 12 +1 =13
Big Books: 500+= 0, 750+=0, 1000+=0
TANYAPT50.1
option 1 Book: Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor (initials NO)
*** Goodreads Author ***
option 3
Book: Fire by Kristin Cashore
(red predominant color)
option 5 Book: The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian
(genre: fantasy)
Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 200
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 11
GR Author: 6
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
STACIE MITask 5.10 - Good Minds Suggests
Author Felicia Day recommended the Chew series, so I read:
Flambé by John Layman
Points this task: 5
Total points: 415
Tasks completed: 26
Books read: 36
Pages read: 9073
Goodreads authors: 14
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
5.1 - Silhouette on the Shade
(* *)25.1 - Jessica PDX’s Task: This One Goes Out to the One I Love
Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English (Option A - non-fiction; song option - 'better' - approved in task help thread) (* * *)
Before I Go To Sleep (Option B - fiction; song option - 'before' - approved in task help thread) (* * *)
30.3 - Sheila/Kathy G's task: Spring Delights
Option 3 (set in Ireland) - A Swift Pure Cry (* * *)
Option 5 ('in') - Singing the Dogstar Blues (* * *)
Tasks completed: 24/61
Books read: 31/86
Points claimed in this post: 60
Total points claimed: 405
Task: 5.5 PossessionRead: The Devil's Right Hand by Lilith Saintcrow
Task: 5.8 Too Long To-Do List
Read: Dead Man Rising by Lilith Saintcrow
Task: 5.9 The Devil Made Me Do It
Read: Working for the Devil by Lilith Saintcrow
Task: 10.9 I'm on Fire!
Read: Saint City Sinners by Lilith Saintcrow
Task 30.5 Donna Jo's Task: Climbing the Family Tree
Read:
Option A: Ghost Walk by Heather Graham
Option C: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (My mother's mother's first name was Mary)
Points this post: 55
Total Points: 75
Claiming 5 Goodreads Author Tickets (4 for Lilith Saintcrow and 1 for Heather Graham)
Babbling C
15.1 - Spring Forward
Book 1 - Spring Forward: Read a book set at least 30 years in the future.
Play of Passion by Nalini Singh is set in "the spring of 2081" (GRA)
Book 2 - Fall Back: Read a book that is set at least 30 years in the past.
The Glass House by Ashley Gardner is "A Mystery of Regency England" and set in January 1817. (GRA)
THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 2
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 160
Completed Tasks: 8
Good Read Authors: 9
Big Books: 0
Jess Philly10.10 April Fools Day!
For this task I read Mindy Kaling's book, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, listed as humor on its main page.
15.7 Spring Into Action!
I read The Magician, listed as adventure on its main page.
25.11 Take to the Links
I chose The Irons, and read Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything. It has 182,016 ratings!
I also chose The Wedge, and read The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan. I loved the Percy Jackson series so it was fun to go back to a tried and true favorite.
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 130
RACHEL CA: 190 pts total10.08 I Have a Question
How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer, who is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
Points: 10
Total points: 190
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 16
Goodreads authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Cindy AL5.1 Silhouette:
by Erin Morgenstern5.2 Get Caught Reading:
The Book of Lost Fragrances by M.J. Rose
M. J. Rose is a Goodreads Author.
5.3 Let's Hear It For the Boys:
Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
The person I used was Jason, he was on the list of members given in the task.
Cherie Priest is a Goodreads Author
Points in this post - 15
Total Points - 995/1090
Books - 78/85
Pages - 27731
Goodreads Authors: 42
Big Books:500+ - (1), 750+ - (2),1000+ - (0)
Mod
15.6 - They're On Fire
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
appeared on the list at #4 on 2/12- 11 weeks on the Hardcover Nonfiction list
25.2. Jenn Renee's task:Out with the Old
option 1- initial R: The Sly Company of People Who Care: A Novel by Rahul Bhattacharya
option 3- smoke in title: Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
Both authors were new to me
25.7. Mstan's Task: Cooking With Fire and Back to the Basics
book 1- cooked-bread- The Bread of Angels: A Memoir of Love and Faith by Stephanie Saldana
book 2- raw- mango- Mango Elephants in the Sun: How Life in an African Village Let Me Be in My Skin by Susana Herrera
25.9 Stacie MI's Red Hot
Option B- published in 2002: Bluebird in Ponta Delgada: A Dan Sylvester Adventure by H. Allen Mann
Option C- Boston Bruins- book set in Boston: A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane
Task 25.12: Denise NC’s Task: Easter Eggs and Leprechauns
Book 1 option 2 Tie-Dye published in 1965: The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread by Don Robertson
Book 2 option 1 green cover:
Force Of Nature by C.J. Boxtotal 730
Kathy G.20.9 Lucky Me!: Bea's Task - I Can’t Wait for Spring!
Option #4- Colors (Pick a book that has a green cover)
by Rebecca Wells***Claiming Goodreads Author***
Total Points- 95
Total Tasks- 5
Goodreads Authors- 3
Big Books (500+)- 2
Shuga's completed challenges: 10 pts 04.22.20125 Points:
5.5 Possession~ Tiger's Quest by Colleen Houck 04.16.2012
5.7 I love Paris in the Springtime~
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by lauren willig 03.01.2012
15.4 ABC's, 123's (ONE book option)Märchen-Almanach auf das Jahr 1827 by Wilhelm Hauff
Paperback edition (Märchen-Almanach auf das Jahr 1827) has 108 pages;
The book has both a number (1827) in the title and the word "auf" starts with an "a".
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Total points: 375
GR authors: 5
Big Books: 6 (500+)
25.9. Stacie MI's Task: Red Hot
Option B : published 1936, 1937, 1943, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2008
I chose a book published in 2008:
The House on Tradd Street (Tradd Street #1) (2008) by Karen White (Paperback, 339 pages)
AND
Option C: set in the state or Canadian province of NHL team)
I chose Boston, Massachusetts:
A Kiss Before the Apocalypse (Remy Chandler #1) (2008) by Thomas E. Sniegoski (Paperback, 290 pages)
190 + 25 = 215
Tasks Completed: 13
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 190 + 25 = 215
Books read: 14
Pages read: 4,477
Read but not claimed: 7
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
20.3 Fiery Tunes - Song: Fire BurningChasing Fire by Nora Roberts
25.6 Fire and Ice -
1. Heads - Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole (Ice in title)
2. Tails - Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry (Dystopian)
25.8 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Award Winners
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
1986 Hugo and 1987 Nebula winner
30.1 We Didnt Start the Fire - Year 1955 Opt 2 and 5
The Emperor's Tomb by Steve Berry (born in 1955)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams (Won the Pulitzer Play prize in 1955)
30.3 Spring Delights
Opt 3.
by Barbara Kingsolver (Green cover)Opt 4. Tulips (2 people on cover)
by Rachel Van Dyken (GR Author)30.8 The Breakfast Club
1. Brain book -
by Kate Morton (Big Ticket book @ 562 pages)4. The Princess- Printz Honor in 2000
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (GR Author)
Total points: 160
GR Author: 2
Big ticket books: 1
Cindy ALThis is a repost of #1154
5.7 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
Option #1 - 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)
25.10 - I Love A Happy Ending A. Dracula, My Love: The Secret Journals of Mina Harker
Windy Night, Rainy Morrow
Points this post 25
Total points 105
Tasks completed 4
30.8 The Breakfast Club 1. The Brain Drums of Autumn
2. The Criminal The Little Stranger (library)
25.4 With a Twist LAST
Book 1 -- The Scent of Rain and Lightning
Book 2 --The Last Lie
20.9 I Can't Wait for Spring - 1.
20.5 A Game of Books 1. Baratheon:
20.1 Clean those Shelves: Hurt People Hurt People
15.5 ....And XYZ The Anxiety Cure
10.8 I Have A Question How to Help People Change: The Four-Step Biblical Process
10.6 Middle name Pride Day One Hundred Years of Solitude
Points this post 130
Total points 235
Tasks completed 12
20.2 Rookie on Top: Queenarwen's Task: April Showers, Option A, 2Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
This is one of those kindle books, where page numbers are shown; it has 766 pages (there is also a Mass Market Paperback edition (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) with over 900 pages), so it qualifies for two (1x750+ pages) Big Book tickets
The book is number 11 on the list Books that made you cry
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Total points: 395
GR authors: 5
Big Books: 8 (6x500+, 1x750+)
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Edited to correct code to link to MMP edition;
STACIE MITask 10.7 - Fuel to the Fire
During the winter challenge, I discovered and read a few books by Cameron Dokey and she became an instant favorite!! So I read:
Winter's Child: A Retelling of "The Snow Queen" by Cameron Dokey
Points this task: 10
Total points: 425
Tasks completed: 27
Books read: 37
Pages read: 9246
Goodreads authors: 14
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Jessica PDX25.6 - Keltie Lee's Task - Fire & Ice
I flipped two tails
by Amanda Quick
by Daniel H. Wilson (Goodreads Author)Points this Post: 25
Total Challenge Points: 440
Goodreads Authors: 15
Big Books: 500+ - 5; 750+ - zero; 1000+ - zero
KAREN F5.10 Good Minds Suggests
Laurie R. King suggests the Amelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters.
The Serpent on the Crown by Elizabeth Peters
15.5 And XYZ
Sexiest Vampire Alive by Kerrelyn Sparks
30.8 The Breakfast Club
Book 1: The Basket Case - Stormwalker by Allyson James
This is an April BOM in the Who's Your Author? PNR/UF group.
**Allyson James is a Goodreads Author**
Book 2: The Criminal - Blood Rights by Kristen Painter
This was a library book.
**Kristen Painter is a Goodreads Author**
Points this Post: 50
Total Challenge Points: 445
Goodreads Authors: 20
Big Books: 500+(1),750+(0),1000+(0)
DEANA30.8 Meghanly's task: The Breakfast Club
Option 1. The Brain
A Game of Thrones
*** This is a big book, 807 pages! ***
Option 5. The Criminal
The White Queen: The Cousins War Book One
I borrowed this audio book from the library.
30.5 Donna Jo's task: Climbing the Family Tree
Option A. Romance Genre
Addition
Option D. Eight words in title
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
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Points this post: 60
Total Points: 85
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
BJ Rose3 new tasks
5.8 Too Long To-Do List
At the Midnight Hour by Alicia Scott has been on my TBR since 3.21.09
20.1. Most Improved: Jen C's Task - Clean those shelves!
Option 1. Read any book that you own as of March 1.
A Love So Strong by Arlene James - I have owned this since 9.16.11
25.11. Kate S's Task: Take to the Links!
4. The Wedge - I chose to read a book by a favorite author
The Next Always by Nora Roberts
5. The Putter-used for the "short game". Read a short book (100-200 pages)
Magic in the Wind (Drake Sisters, #1) by Christine Feehan is 103 pages
Points this post = 50
Total Points = 535
Tasks Completed = 31
Total Pages = 13,581
GR Authors = 12
Big Books (500+) = 1
10.5. All Fired Up!The Walking Dead, Book One by Robert Kirkman
I absolutely LOVE the show and wanted to read the graphic novel on which it was based! Completely different!
15.7 - Spring Into Action!
The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
30.1 Ms. Anderson's Task: We Didn't Start the Fire
Year Picked: 1962
Dice Rolls: 2 & 4
Rolled a 2: Read a book by an author born during your year : The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (born 1962 as according to http://www.shelfari.com/authors/a3374...)
Rolled a 4: Read a book first published during your year : A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (first published 1962—just celebrated its 50th anniversary!)
Points this Post: 55
Total points- 460/1090
Tasks Completed: 26/62
Books read: 34
Pages Read : 11113
Minutes Listened To: 630
GR Authors: 13
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1x2), 1000+(0)
Read:10.2 The Shot Heard Round the world:
A Marked Man by Barbara Hamilton. Mystery set in 1774 featuring Abigail and John Adams, Henry Knox, Sons of Liberty, et al. Okayed in help thread.
10.10 April Fools Day:
Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett
20.4 Author! Author! Skandia's Task--To be continued...In Spring:
25.6 Keltie Lee's Task--Fire and Ice:
I got 2 tails.
A. book with word desire or hate in the title:
Desire by Amanda Quick
B. Novel that takes place at the end of the world.
Green Witch by Alice Hoffman
25.7 Mstan's task--Cooking with Fre and Back to the Basics:
A. Cooked food in title:
Pancakes in title and on cover
Killer Pancake by Diane Mott Davidson
B. Raw food in title:
Apples & Oranges in title and in silhouette on cover:
Apples and Oranges: My Brother and Me, Lost and Found by Marie Brenner
30.5 Donna Jo's Task--Climbing the Family Tree:
A. Book with Wedding in Title
The Wedding by Elizabeth Bevarly (Actually read electronic version of this on my Sony Reader, but no record in GR of it--okayed on ebook thread)
B. Book published in 1940 to 1959.
The Reluctant Widow by Georgette Heyer first published in 1946.
Today's total: 100
Grand total: 755
10.4 Fire SignsI read Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane. He is a Leo -- birthday is listed on Goodreads. It is August 4.
Points: 155
Books read: 17
Tasks completed: 15
GR authors: 2
Big Books 2 (500)
Pages read: 4879
15.10 - Where There's Smoke.......Houston Firefighter Clare Chance helps fight the great wildfires consuming Yellowstone National Park in 1988.
Summer of Fire by Linda Jacobs
Points in This Task: 15
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 483
Totals:
Total Points: 245
Total Goodreads Authors: 6
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(3), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 12
Total Books Read: 16
Total Pages Read in Spring 2012 SRC: 6098
Review Available. Anne (Booklady) Spring 2012 Reviews
Repost of 11145.6 I read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SMith. This is a big book A Tree Grows in Brooklyn This book is 513 pages long. ***** Please give me a Big Book ticket *****
This book is ranked number 37. I voted for Memoirs of a Geisha, To Kill a Mockingbird and Rebecca.
total: 145
GR authors: 2
Big Books : 2 *500)
Jodi2Task 20.3 - Fiery Tunes
Song: PLAY with FIRE
The Girl Who Played With Fire
Points this Post: 20
Total points: 100
Tasks Completed: 7
Books read: 8
Mod
I read Shrink Rap by Robert B. Parker, set in the Boston area.
15.9 - Geek Pride Day
I read The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag. The heroine, Flavia, was specifically mentioned in the help thread as qualifying.
25.4. Sandy's task:More Fun with Words - With a Twist!
For my first book, I read Dealing with People You Can't Stand: How to Bring Out the Best in People at Their Worst DWP YC SH T BOTB I PATW - I made the word CITY.
For my second book, I read Charm City
Total points: 460
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5.4 The FIRE Within:
With Fate Conspire by Marie Brennan
"F" in Fate and "ire" in Conspire
Marie Brennan is a Goodreads Author.
I want to claim one Big Book Ticket. 528 pages
5.5 Possession:
Fate's Edge by Ilona Andrews
Ilona Andrews is a Goodreads Author
5.6 Recommends Redux:
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
City of Ashes was book #63 when I checked the list. I voted for Soulless
Cassandra Clare is a Goodreads Author
10.10 April Fools' Day:
Snuff by Terry Pratchett
Snuff was listed as "humor" when I checked it.
Points in this post - 25
Total Points - 980/1090
Books - 75/85
Pages - 27315
Goodreads Authors: 40
Big Books:500+ - (1), 750+ - (2),1000+ - (0)