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32 Candles by Ernessa T. Carter (335 p)
Ernessa T. Carter is a GRA.

5.9 The Devil Made Me Do It
Heck: Where the Bad Kids Go by Dale E. Basye (304 p)
Heck was approved in the help thread.
25.2. Jenn Renee's task:Out with the Old, In with the New... and it's Fire
2. Red cover: And Thereby Hangs A Tale by Jeffrey Archer (274 p)
2. Yellow cover: Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back by Todd Burpo (162 p)


30.7 Beth NC's task FIRE ELEMENTALS
4. Romance: The Gilded Web by Mary Balogh (480 p)
6. Chinese Astrology: The Thief by Clive Cussler (416 p) (I couldn't get a link within the comment box so here's the direct web link: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11.... Sorry!)
50.1. Cindy AL's Task: North to Alaska
1. BERINGSTRAIT, SEWARDSFOLLY - Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (352 p)
2. Mystery - Sudden Death by David Rosenfelt (306 p)
3. Blue Cover – The Genius Wars by Catherine Jinks (384 p)

Points this Post: 115
Tasks Completed this Post: 5
Books Read this Post: 9
Pages Read this Post: 3013
GoodReads Authors this Post: 1
Big Books this Post: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Points: 590
Total Tasks Completed: 34
Total Books Read: 45
Total Pages Read: 16325
Total GoodReads Authors: 15
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)

30.3 - Spring Delights
2 - The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snicket. First published in April 2000.
5 - The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket. "de" from "derFruhling" in the word "wide".
Points this post: 30
Total points: 190
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 1000+(1)

15.8 - International Worker’s Day
In the Land of Long Fingernails: A Gravedigger in the Age of Aquarius by Charles Wilkins
(***)
+15
total: 125
tasks: 7
books: 9
GR Authors: 1

Option A
Fiction: The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis Which is the final book in the Narnia series.
Non-fiction: The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia by Laura Miller a goodreads' author This is about the author's experiences with reading the Narnia books and research on CS Lewis' life.
This combo was approved in the help thread.
Total points: 95

A book with HOW in the title:
How It All Began by Penelope Lively
Total points 265


25.10. Mrs. Soule's Task:I love a happy ending!
Option A
Night Road by Kristin Hannah (Goodreads Author)
Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts
Both are designated as "romance" on main page
Total Points:455
Total GR Authors: 14

sIstERs oF
Sisters of Glass by Stephanie Hemphill
+5 Points
15.2 – Dewey be Different
Dewey 398.45:
The Fairy Ring: Or Elsie and Frances Fool the World by Mary Losure
Dewey 973:
Vietnamerica: A Family's Leavetakings and Homecomings by GB Tran
+15 Points
Task 25.12: Denise NC’s Task: Easter Eggs and Leprechauns
Book A – Easter Eggs:
Option 3 – Sparkly: Read a book featuring a woman as the main character because I think all of us girls have a bit of sparkle.
Grace Williams Says It Loud by Emma Henderson
Book B – Leprechauns:
Option 2 – Four Leaf Clover: Read an Action / Adventure book
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
+25 Points
Points this Post: 45
Grand Total: 430

15.7 Spring into Action
The Peshawar Lancers
20.4 To be continued … in Spring
In the Winter Challenge I read Xenocide, so this time I read
Children of the Mind
20.8 Party Time!
Journey from Venice which had about 48 ratings when I looked.
Total points 530

20.1 Clean Those Shelves
Option 2
Listened to Ape House by Sara Gruen
15.6 They're on Fire
Janet Evanovich was on the New York Times Bestsellers List on Jan. 1, 2012.
Read Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich
20.2 April Showers
Option 1
Read Summer of Night by Dan Simmons
Although not stated in the book's description, the book has ominous clouds and rain throughout that gets worse as the book progresses and it ends with a massive severe thunderstorm.
Total points: 125

5.5 Possession
The Lion's Lady by Julie Garwood
20.5 A Game of Books
I rolled 5 Tully. I read a book with blue and red cover.
The Countess by Lynsay Sands

30.3 Spring Delights
Book 1: Option 2 - Author born in Spring
Copper Beach by Jayne Ann Krentz
Jayne Ann Krentz was born March 28. http://www.authdir.net/dir-march.shtml
**Jayne Ann Krentz is a Goodreads Author**
Book 2: Option 5 - der Fruhling
Archangel's Blade by Nalini Singh
de in Blade or li in Nalini
**Nalini Singh is a Goodreads Author**
Points this Post: 55
Total Challenge Points: 500
Goodreads Authors: 22
Big Books: 500+(1),750+(0),1000+(0)

#15.3 - We Go Together Like...
Read ONE book that contains two words that are commonly linked together as a pair in its title or subtitle
Beauty Dates the Beast by Jessica Sims
Goodreads Author
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#20.7. Shorter is Sweeter: Jayalalita's Task - Happy Rama Navami!
In honor of this occasion, read a fiction or nonfiction book about or containing an aspect of myth, legend, folklore, fairy tale, or fable from any culture or part of the world you would like to learn more about.
Fortune's Fool by Mercedes Lackey
Points this post: 35
Total points: 565
Tasks completed: 32
Books read: 43
Goodreads Authors: 22
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=1

2 new tasks
15.2 - Dewey be Different Read 2 non-fiction books
#330.973 - Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and the Government Bailout Will Make Things Worse by Thomas E. Woods Jr.
#622.19 - The Discovery of the Titanic by Robert D. Ballard
20.8. It's My Birthday: Mary Beth's Task - Party Time!
Less than 500 ratings: The Black Hawk by Joanna Bourne
This book had 368 ratings on 3.9 when I chose it, and 466 ratings on 4.28 when I read it
Joanna Bourne is a Goodreads author
Points this post = 35
Total Points = 665
Tasks Completed = 36
Total Pages = 16,539
GR Authors = 16
Big Books (500+) = 1

Option A – 2
If I Stay by Gayle Forman - From the Books that Made You Cry list, the scene of the accident & the scene where she realizes her little brother died made me cry
20.5. Bigger is Better: Masanobu's Task - A Game of Books
I rolled a 6.
6. Arryn: (mystery)
Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
25.3. Coralie's task: Naming Things
Book 1:
Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coehlo
Book 2:
Real People Don't Own Monkeys: And Other Stories of Pets, Their People and the Vets Who See It All by J. Veronika Kiklevich
25.9. Stacie MI's Task: Red Hot
Option A:
Zen and the Art of Vampires by Katie MacAllister – 332 pgs.
Option C:
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan – Chosen team = New York Rangers, book is set in New York City
Points This Post: 90
Total Points: 490

25.8 - Helen's Task - Science Fiction and Fantasy Award Winners
I did the two-into-one option - this book was a Hugo nominee in 2002 and a Nebula nominee in 2003, per the Wikipedia article (Goodreads says it was a 2002 nominee for the Nebula, though).

I am claiming a Big Book ticket for this one.
Points this Post: 25
Total Challenge Points: 525
Goodreads Authors: 19
Big Books: 500+ - 6; 750+ - zero; 1000+ - zero

20.5. Bigger is Better: Masanobu's Task - A Game of Books
For this task, I chose option #6: Arryn and read a mystery/thriller: E is for Evidence by Sue Grafton.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 115

A2: From the Books that Made you Cry List. Jenny dies of leukemia. She and Ollie only had a short time together.
Love Story by Erich Segal
25.7. Mstan's Task: Cooking With Fire and Back to the Basics Selections Approved
Book 1 - Lemon Cake is Baked.
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by *Aimee Bender
*Aimee Bender is a Goodreads Author.*
Book 2 - Grapes need not be cooked to be enjoyed.
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
**Big Book Ticket - Grapes of Wrath has 581 Pages**
Points in This Task: 45
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 1
Pages Read in This Post: 1107

Totals:
Total Points: 290
Total Goodreads Authors: 7
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(4), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 14
Total Books Read: 19
Total Pages Read in Spring 2012 SRC: 7205
Reviews Available. Anne (Booklady) Spring 2012 Reviews

Read another book by an author you first read during the winter challenge. If you did not read any new authors during the winter challenge, read a book by an author who is new to you now.
Liberty's Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World by Maya Jasanoff
This author is new to me. I did not read any new-to-me authors during the Winter challenge.
This Post: 10
Total Points: 350/1090
Tasks Completed: 27/61
Books Read:42/86

Book 1: Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu by J. Maarten Troost is set in Kirabati.
Book 2: Remembering Laughter by Wallace Stegner: ing in Remembering.
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 815
Goodreads Authors: Alex Flinn, Sara Shepard**, Janet Lee Carey, James Patterson, Susan Cooper****, Karen Levine, Richard Farr, Laurie Halse Anderson

25.12: Denise NC’s Task: Easter Eggs and Leprechauns
Book A: Option 4: The Daughters Take the Stage
It is a young adult novel.
Book B: Option 2: In the Belly of the Bloodhound: Being an Account of a Particularly Peculiar Adventure in the Life of Jacky Faber (Bloody Jack #4)
It's an adventure novel.
I would like to claim a Big Books Ticket for In the Belly of the Bloodhound: Being an Account of a Particularly Peculiar Adventure in the Life of Jacky Faber (Bloody Jack #4). It had 515 pages.
Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 230
Tasks Completed: 12
Tasks in Progress: 1
Books Read: 15
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(-), 1000+(-)
Pages Read: 4828

Option 1 - Bird (approved in help thread post 2) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling ***870 pp Big Book***
30.3 - Sheila/Kathy G - Spring Delights
4. Tulips
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling ***652 pp Big Book
5. 5. Spring in German is “der Frühling” Crunch Time by Diane Mott Davidson - contains "ru"
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 335/1090
Tasks Completed: 20
Books Read: 27
GoodReads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (1), 1000+ ()

#5 (Tigger, book from TBR-list since before March 1, 2012):
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Volumes 1 & 21 by Mark Twain.
This has been on my shelf since April 18, 2011; about time I listened to this wonderful LibriVox recording. The Mass Market Paperback edition (Joan of Arc) has 529 pages, which makes this a Big Book.
#6 (Roo, YA as genre on book's main page):
The Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer has YA listed as second genre (559 users).
The Paperback edition (The Arctic Incident) has 277 pages.
__________
Total points: 435
GR authors: 6
Big Books: 9 (7x500+; 1x750+)

50.1Cindy AL's Task: North to Alaska

The Weight of Water by Sarah Crossan/ option 4/ water in title
The Jade Peony by Wayson Choy/ option 5/ historical fiction
Task points 50
Total points 345

5.8 Too Long To Do I read The Precipice by Ben Bova, on my tbr since 12/07/2010. 432 pages
15.8 International Workers Day I read Talking About Detective Fiction by P.D. James. I shamelessly stole the idea to read this book for this task from Dlmrose – Thanks! It’s truly an interesting read. 198 pages
25.3. Coralie's task: Naming Things
Book 1 – Bill of Wrongs: The Executive Branch's Assault on America's Fundamental Rights by Molly Ivins, 288 pages
Book 2 – Schemers by Bill Pronzini, 304 pages
My name could be Bill. Bill Pronzini’s name is Bill.
Task Points this Post: 45
Total Points: 870
Total Pages: 19,884
Big Books: 500+(1) 750+(1)
10.7 Fuel to the Fire read The Long Way Homeby Andrew Klavan - next book to Homlander series read first book The Last Thing I Remember last challenge.
10.10 April Fool's Day read Chompby Carl Hiaasen
15.3 We Go Together read Under the Never Skyby Veronica Rossi (GRA)
and
Above by Leah Bobet (GRA)
15.6 They're on Fire read Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson (GRA)
15.8 International Worker's Day read Spirit's Princess by Esther M. Friesner
20.7 Happy Birthday Rama read
Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked Queen by Serena Valentino (GRA)
30.8 Breakfast Club
Option Basket Case read Strayby Rachel Vincent (GRA and big book) on shelf for group The Worlds Newest and Best Group Eva read shelf.
and
Option Criminal read Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev (GRA) borrowed from library
Points this Post: 115
Total points- 625
Tasks Completed: 33
Books read: 45
Pages Read : 16,304
GR Authors: 24
Big Books: 500+(5), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
10.10 April Fool's Day read Chompby Carl Hiaasen
15.3 We Go Together read Under the Never Skyby Veronica Rossi (GRA)
and
Above by Leah Bobet (GRA)
15.6 They're on Fire read Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson (GRA)
15.8 International Worker's Day read Spirit's Princess by Esther M. Friesner
20.7 Happy Birthday Rama read
Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked Queen by Serena Valentino (GRA)
30.8 Breakfast Club
Option Basket Case read Strayby Rachel Vincent (GRA and big book) on shelf for group The Worlds Newest and Best Group Eva read shelf.
and
Option Criminal read Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev (GRA) borrowed from library
Points this Post: 115
Total points- 625
Tasks Completed: 33
Books read: 45
Pages Read : 16,304
GR Authors: 24
Big Books: 500+(5), 750+(0), 1000+(0)


Last Post: 1338
5.1 Silhouette on the Shade

10.2. ”The Shot Heard Round the World”
The Schoolmaster's Daughter
25.8. Helen's Task: Science Fiction and Fantasy Award Winners/Nominees
A - The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms - N.K. Jemisin (GR Author) - nominated 2011 for HUGO Award
B - The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms - N.K. Jemisin (GR Author) - nominated 2011 from NEBULA award
30.6 Delicious Dee's task:Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction
Option A
Book 1 - Vanish - Tess Gerritsen - one of the secondary characters/victim of the crime is an individual who has been smuggled into the US as a sex slave/victim of human trafficking
Book 2 - Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery - the author made 3 trips overseas, visited multiple countries to explore the phenomenon of human trafficking – it was a daunting read
50.1. Cindy AL's Task: North to Alaska
Book 1 - Option 1 - The Locker Room - Amy Lane (GR Author) - the initials A and L appear in the provided words
Book 2 - Option 2 - Shadow Man - 35 people have it shelved as mystery
Book 3 - Option 5 - American Love Songs - Ashlyn Kane (GR Author) - my favorite genre is romance (27 people have it shelved as that) and within romance, M-M romance (113 people have it shelved as that
Total Points This Post: 120
Total Points Overall: 800
Books Completed: 65
Tasks Complete: 46
GR Authors: 34 (I wasn’t sure about the 25.8 task, since the same book worked for both, so I only counted it once)
Big Book Tickers: 500(2), 750(0), 1000(0)




Task 50.1 - North to Alaska
Option 2 (Mystery): The Blind Assassin **637 pages = 1 BB ticket** by Margaret Atwood **GR Author**
Option 3 (Sapphire/blue cover): A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Option 5 (Fantasy): The Passage **766 pages = 2 BB tickets** by Justin Cronin
Total BB tickets this post = 3
Total GR Author tickets this post = 1
Tota BB tickets for challenge = 9
Total GR Author tickets for challenge = 5
Challenge total = 350

3. Luck O’ the Irish- Read a book with a green cover
Night Work: A Novel (2006) by Thomas Glavinic (translated by John Brownjohn) (Paperback, 375 pages)
Here’s the cover:

6. Spring in Your Step- Read a book that is “scary” and makes you jump--- Murder mysteries, ghosts, anything that is creepy enough to qualify will fit this category.
In the Flesh (Books of Blood #5) (1986) by Clive Barker (Mass Market Paperback, 255 pages)
REQUIRED: Explain how your book is “scary” and makes you jump.
In the Flesh contained four stories of the “horror” genre. I don’t want to spoil the stories, so I’ll just say that each story contained a supernatural element that was scary. Death and grotesque life after death were unifying themes in the book. --- I’m glad I was reading the stories, and not living them!
275 + 30 = 305
Tasks Completed: 16
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 275 + 30 = 305
Books read: 20
Pages read: 6,369
Read but not claimed: 6
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+

Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris

10.10 April Fool's Day
Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich

15.6 They're on Fire
Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich (on list March 4)

20.1 Clean Those Shelves
Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich (audiobook)

20.2 April Showers
Option B -- May Flowers
Number 2 -- Books That Make You Laugh
Stephanie always makes me laugh because of the crazy predicaments she gets herself into and has to be saved from.
Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich

20.8 Party Time!
Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris (70860 ratings)

Total Points = 90

♦♦♦ I DID IT! ♦♦♦
♦♦♦ I DID IT! ♦♦♦
♦♦♦ I DID IT! ♦♦♦
♦♦♦ What did I do? I finished the challenge without any of my posts hitting the ♦♦♦ Wall of Shame ♦♦♦ -- er, I mean posts with problems thread.
I just proved to myself that not only can I read books, but I can read task requirements as well.
Sorry, this was just so exciting and a first for me.
I know, I should get a life ;/


Option B
The Hunger Games - published in 2008
Option C
Ghost Town - set in Texas, home state for Dallas Stars
Points this post: 25
Total points: 155
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 12
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)

Task 50.1 North to Alaska
Option 1 The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht Letters TO in BeringstraitSteardsfolly She is a Goodreads Author!!
Option 2 Shooting at Loons by Margaret Maron Mystery Genre
Option 3

Ruby=Red Cover
Points this post:50
Total points:275
Tasks completed:17
Books read:21
Goodreads Authors:4
Big Books:500+(1)750+(1)1000+(0)

15.4 - ABC’s, 123’s ......
13 Little Blue Envelopes
by Maureen Johnson (a GRA)
I'd like to claim a GRA Ticket for this book.
Points this post 15
GRA Tickets this post 1
Total Points 100
Total GRA Tickets 3
Total BB Tickets 1

I decided to go the 1-book route and read Neuromancer by William Gibson which won both the Hugo and the Nebula in 1985.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 9
GR authors: none
Big Books: The Prisoner / The Fugitive

10.9. I’m On Fire!
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Walt Disney World, 2010 Edition
by Doug Ingersoll
*I am planning a trip to Disney World in September and I am hot to read any info I can about the park*
15.5 - ...... And XYZ
Zero Control
by Lori Wilde Goodreads Author
*has a Z in the title*
Points this post: 25
Total points: 620
Tasks: 38
Books: 52
Goodread authors: 19
Big Book Tickets 500: 4

15.5...XYZ
The Marvelous Land of Oz
Z in Oz
Points this post= 15
Challenge total= 270
Tasks completed= 11
Books read= 17
Goodreads Authors= 5
Big Books= 500 (2), 750 (1), 1000 (0)

A Baby's Cry
The abuse and neglect of children is a subject i'm fired up about. I can't see how someone can do that to a child, let alone their own.
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 255

Chosen By Angela Cornell
Points - 10
This is a new author to me. (Sorry for not putting that the first time. )

Divergent By Veronica Roth
Points this Post: 20"
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/8...
Is the link to my comment in the discussion folder.

Fifty Shades of Grey
Points this Post: 15"
April 15 2012 on New York Bestseller List

C. Using YOUR grandparent’s first names (no nicknames), read a book whose author has the exact same first name. Required: State relationship—mother’s father, mother’s mother, father’s mother, father’s father—and first name.
My mother’s father’s name was Louis; so I read a book by Louis Bayard
The School of Night (2010) by Louis Bayard (Hardcover, 338 pages)
D. Most people have eight great-grandparents. Read a book with eight words in the title
I Do Not Come to You by Chance (2009) by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani (Paperback, 416 pages)
305 + 30 = 335
Tasks Completed: 17
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 305 + 30 = 335
Books read: 22
Pages read: 7,123
Read but not claimed: 6
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+

Book 1: Spring Forward
Shelved as Apocalyptic
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Book 2: Fall Back
Set in the 1950s
Boyhood by J.M. Coetzee
15.8 International Worker's Day
The Last Surgeon by Michael Palmer
***Michael Palmer is a GR Author***
20.9 I Can't Wait for Spring
Option 1: Bird name in title
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
***Mary Doria Russell is a GR Author***
Post Total: 50
Season Total: 580

rolled 3. STARK. Read a book set in winter.
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn
Points this post: 20
Total points: 495
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 33
Goodreads Author: 21
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(3)

I read books 2, 3 and 4 of this series during the winter challenge:
Dyer Consequences by Maggie Sefton
Total points 285


10.7: Fuel to the Fire: the author was new to me in the Winter Challenge:
Hope Ramsey - Welcome to Last Chance

50.1: Cindy AL's Task: North to Alaska
A. Option 1: mystery
Carl Hiaasen - Star Island

B. Option 5: romance:
Nora Roberts - Carnal Innocence

C. Option 6. takes place in Alaska
Mary Janice Davidson - The Royal Mess

Points this Post - 60.
Total Points - 880.

Read a book featuring horses or with a horse on the cover or the word “horse” in the title, or a book about running, with a picture of a runner on the cover or a book set in Boston.
Running the Rift by Naomi Benaron
Running the Rift is about running.
This Post: 10
Total Points: 360/1090
Tasks Completed: 28/61
Books Read:43/86
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I read Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. Ender's game got the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1986 and the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1985.
Points this Post: 25
Total points: 130
Tasks Completed: 6
Books read: 8
Pages Read : 2951
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)