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20.2. Rookie on Top: Queenarwen’s Task: April ShowersB. May Flowers: Choose a book that fits one of these criteria:
2. Is included on one of these lists:
Books That Make You Laugh or
Best Lighthearted Literature: book is #25
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
+20 Points
20.9 Lucky Me!: Bea’s Task – I Can’t Wait for Spring!
1. Birds: Bird on the Cover
Delicate Edible Birds and Other Stories by Lauren Groff+20 Points
Points this Post: 40
Grand Total: 500
STACIE MITask 20.9 - I Can't Wait for Spring!
I chose to do option 3 and read a book with the word "sun" in the title:
Sunlight and Shadow: A Retelling of "The Magic Flute" by Cameron Dokey
Points this task: 20
Total points: 710
Tasks completed: 40
Books read: 58
Pages read: 13756
Goodreads authors: 19
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
15.5 - ...... And XYZGypped: A Regan Reilly Mystery by Carol Higgins Clark
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 375/1090
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 30
GoodReads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (2), 1000+ ()
Kristi CO 30.3 Spring Delights
Option 2, Spring Thing
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson was published on Mar 2nd, 2010
Helen Simonson is a Goodreads author
Option 5, der Fruhling
Christopher Moore, using 'er'
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
Points this post: 30
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 7
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Kimber20.8 Party Time!
The Midget's House by Anita Bartholomew
(63 GR ratings 5/6/12)
50.1 North To Alaska
OPTION 1:
While We're Far Apart by Lynn Austin (author's initials LA in word BERINGSTRAIT SEWARDSFOLLY)
OPTION 2:
Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich
(mystery)
OPTION 5:
The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
518 pages BIG BOOK (favorite genre historical fiction)
Current tasks: 70
# tasks completed: 19
GR Authors: 11
Total points: 385
Big Book: 2/500+
Kimber25.10 I love a happy ending!
OPTION A: 2 Romance Novels
The Marriage Bargain by Sandra Edwards
Hallowed by Cynthia Hand
SANDRA EDWARDS IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR
CYNTHIA HAND IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR
This task: 25
Tasks complete: 20
GR authors: 13
Total: 410
Big Book: 2/500+
Task 20.3- Fiery Tunes
Song: Great Balls of Fire
Book: Great Expectations ***Big Book 505 pages*** by Charles Dickens
Total Big Book Tickets = 10
Challenge total = 370
SUZANNE VN25.7 Cooking with Fire
Book 1: Cover with a food traditionally prepared with heat - scones are baked. The scones are in the upper left corner on the tiered serving piece.
by Laura ChildsBook 2: Cover with a food that does not have to be prepared with heat - popsicles require no heat.
by Ibi KaslikPoints this post: 25
Total points: 175
Finished 20.10 group reads
Divergent by Veronica Roth
- I posted my mini review in group reads.
Task points 20
Total points 365
15.5 ...... 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.
The Forgotten Waltz by Anne Enright
This Post: 15
Total Points: 395/1090
Tasks Completed: 31/61
Books Read:47/86
10.9 I'm on FireThumped
15.7 Spring into Action!
Demons of the Ocean
"Adventure" is one of the genres on the main page
20.3 Fiery Tunes
The Fire Ascending
20.4 TBC in Spring
Insurgent
20.10 Group Reads
Divergent
Post 37 in the discussion thread
25.6 Fire and Ice
1. Heads = Fire World
2. Tails = Catching Fire
25.7 Cooking with Fire
1. Cooked =
(egg!)2. Uncooked =
(cherry!)25.8 Hugo and Nebula
Hugo: Speaker for the Dead (1987)
Nebula: Speaker for the Dead (1986)
Total: 160 + 750 (from earlier) = 910 points
You are almost there, Ms. Anderson.:-)
10.6 Middle Name Pride The Wizard Heirby Cinda Williams Chima (Goodreads Author)15.4 Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans
20.7 The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman
30.8
Option 1 The Brain Big Book Dust & Decay by Jonathan Maberry Claiming Big Book Ticket and goodreads author
and Option 6 The Criminal borrowed from library
Higher Institute of Villainous Education by Mark Walden (GRA)
Points this Post: 75
Total points- 280
Tasks Completed: 19
Books read:
GR Authors: 7
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Readername: Beth Lynn30.6
A1 - Fiction book of my choice
The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay (528 pages).
A2 - Related Non-fiction book
It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living by Dan Savage (338 pages).
The theme of bullying runs heavily through both titles.
Points This Post = 30
Total Points = 195
Tasks Completed = 6
Books Read = 13
Pages Read = 4578
Goodreads Authors = 3
Big Books 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
5.6 SRC Recommends Redux Voted for The Help - Kathryn Stockett (#3) and read Skippy Dies - Paul Murray (#363)
Keltie Lee20.1 Clean those shelves!
Option 1: Sleepaway Girls
by Jen Calonita
*I've had this book on my shelves for a couple years, and just haven't had a chance to read it*
30.8 The Breakfast Club
Option 1: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
by J.K. Rowling
870 Pages 2 Big Book Tickets
Option 5: 366: A Leap Year of Great Story: A Leap Year in Great Stories from History
by W.B. Marsh
576 Pages Big Book Ticket
*borrowed from the library*
Points this post: 50
Total points: 705
Tasks: 42
Books: 57
Goodread authors: 19
Big Book Tickets 500: 8
Please disregard this post -- I would like to switch out Abandon, but have already used Clockwork Angel. I will repost this request once I have another YA book. Sorry!
Can I please change a book? I would like to replace
with
in task 25.12. Both are Young Adult books. I will use Abandon in another task, to be posted shortly.
Thanks
Both are also GoodReads authors, so there is no change there.
15.1: Spring Forward Book 1:
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Lauren Oliver is a Goodreads Author.
This book is labeled on the dystopia and post-apocalyptic shelves.
Book 2:
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
This book takes place between approximately 1920 and 1945.
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Points this post: 15
Total points: 1020/1090
Goodreads Authors: 27
Big Books: 500+ (3); 750+ (2); 1000+ (0)
15.5 XYZThe Aviary by Kathleen O'Dell
20.6 She Works Hard For the Money
I rolled a 1 and chose Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Laurie Halse Anderson is a Goodreads Author
25.12
Book 1- Option 4 Young Adult
So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847 by Barry Denenberg
Book 2- Option 3 Mystery
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Points this post: 60
Total Points: 185
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 0
DebraTTask 10.4 Fire Signs
The Flanders Panel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Sagittarius born 11/25/51
Task 20.2 Rookie on Top
Uprising by Scott G. Mariani
Option A3: Storm on the cover. Approved in message 14 of help thread.
Task 20.6
Helsinki White by James Thompson
Rolled a 5: Main character is a homicide detective.
Task 20.9 Lucky Me!
Darwinia by Robert Charles Wilson
Option 4: Colors on cover green and cream/yellow.
Task 25.1 Jessica PDX's Task
Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Word "right" in 2nd line of song "1979"
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Miguel Ruiz
Non-fiction with the word "guide" in 10th line of song "Thirty-Three"
Task 25.7 Mstan's Task
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
Can cook "lamb" - word in the title
I Am the Cheese by Robert Cormier
"Cheese" can be eaten raw. Okayed in msg 59 of help thread.
Task 30.1 Ms. Anderson's Task
Chose year 1957. Rolled 4 and 5
On the Beach by Nevil Shute
Option 4, book published in 1957
Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen
Option 5: won 1957 Newbery Award
Task 30.2 Sassafrass's task
Mid-life Confidential: The Rock Bottom Remainders Tour America with Three Chords and an Attitude by Dave Marsh
Book about Stephen King's band. I have always wanted to be a singer in a band.
The Alienist by Caleb Carr
I'm a Certified Peer Suppor Specialist working with the mentally ill. The lead character in the book is a psychiatrist who works with the mentally ill.
608 pages claiming Big Book ticket
This post: 180 points
Total to date: 635 points
Goodreads Authors:10
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0
Readerboard Name - Denise NCTask 5.1 Silhouette on the Shade
by Neil GaimanNeil Gaiman is a Goodreads author.
Points - 5
Task 5.2 Get Caught Reading
Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
Shannon Hale is a Goodreads Author
Points - 5
Task 5.4 The Fire Within
Fire by Kristin Cashore
Points - 5
Task 5.5 Possession
Jake Ransom And The Skull King's Shadow by James Rollins
James Rollins is a Goodreads author.
Points - 5
Task 5.6 SRC Recommends Redux
Voted for The Book Thief
Gone by Michael Grant
Ranked #4 when selected.
Michael Grant is a Goodreads author.
Big Book - 500
Points - 5
Task 5.7 I Love Paris in the Spring Time
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
Paula McLain is a Goodreads author.
Points - 5
Task 5.9 The Devil Made Me Do It
Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas
Lisa Kleypas is a Goodreads author.
Points - 5
Task 5.10 Good Minds Suggest
Featured author Maggie Stiefvater
Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception by Maggie Stiefvater
Maggie Stiefvater is a Goodreads author.
Points - 5
Points this Post - 40
Points this Challenge - 40
Goodreads Authors this Post - 7
Goodreads Authors this Challenge - 7
Big Books this Post - 1(500)
Big Books this Challenge - 1(500)/0(750)/0(1000)
Readerboard Name - Denise NCTask 10.1 Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!
The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson
star - rats
Maureen Johnson is a Goodreads author.
Points - 10
Task 10.2 "The Shot Heard Round the World"
Dawn's Early Light by Elswyth Thane
Set during Revolutionary War.
Points - 10
Task 10.3 Run or Ride?
by Maggie StiefvaterMaggie Stiefvater is a Goodreads author.
Points - 10
Task 10.4 Fire Signs
The Death Cure by James Dashner
James Dashner born November 26, 1972 - Sagittarius
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Da...
James Dashner is a Goodreads author.
Points - 10
Task 10.5 All Fired Up
An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude by Ann Vanderhoof
I love the idea of putting everything on hold for a couple of years and sailing around the Caribbean.
Points - 10
Task 10.6 Middle Name Pride Day
The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner
Points - 10
Task 10.9 I'm on Fire!
Crossed by Ally Condie
Points - 10
Task 10.10 April Fools Day!
A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
Points - 10
Points this Post - 80
Points this Challenge - 120
Goodreads Authors this Post - 3
Goodreads Authors this Challenge - 10
Big Books this Post - 0(500)/0(750)/0(1000)
Big Books this Challenge - 1(500)/0(750)/0(1000)
Janice CA5.8 Too Long To-Do List......
The book I read has been on my TBR list since September 2009.
Blackout Girl: Growing Up and Drying Out in America by Jennifer Storm
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***Goodreads Author***
+5
total: 140
tasks: 9
books: 11
GR Authors: 2
I'm sorry--I need to do some moving around for point optimization. I hope this isn't too confusing!I had previously claimed Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy for task 20.4. Author!Author!. Please move that to 15.8 - International Worker’s Day.
Please replace The Little Lady Agency as part of task 50.1. North to Alaska with:
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip Heath
Option 3: sapphire = blue cover:
Please move The Little Lady Agency to 20.4. Author!Author! (it is first in a series, and I had not participated in any previous challenges).
The only new book I'm adding in all of this is Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard.
In summary...
Original:
20.4: Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy
50.1: Steam Laundry, The Stand, and The Little Lady Agency
New (changes in bold):
15.8: Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy
20.4: The Little Lady Agency
50.1: Steam Laundry, The Stand, and Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
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Additional points this post: 15
Total points: 525
Total Goodreads authors: 8
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (1), 1000+ (1)
Total tasks completed: 23
Total pages: 11,993
Total books: 33
BUTTERFLYCAGER5.10 Good Minds Suggest - I chose featured author Laurie R. King and read her book A Monstrous Regiment of Women.
Laurie R. King is a Goodreads Author.
25.3. Coralie's task: Naming Things
Book 1: The White Devil by Justin Evans (White)
Book 2: The Lost Hours by Karen White
Justin Evans is a Goodreads Author.
25.9 Stacie MI's Task - Red Hot
Option B - book published in 2008 - The Secret Shopper's Revenge by Kate Harrison
Option C - Chicago Blackhawks - book set in Chicago - White Night by Jim Butcher
Jim Butcher is a Goodreads Author.
Points this post: 55
Total challenge points: 990
Tasks completed: 54
Books read: 74
Goodreads Authors: 22
Big Books: 500=1, 750=3, 1000=0
Readerboard name Tracy K10.7 Fuel to the Fire
This is my first challenge so I did not participate in the Winter challenge. I read
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
The author Lewis Carroll is new to me. I have never read him before.
20.1 Most Improved: Jen C's Task- Clean Those Shelves
I chose option #2: read an audiobook
The Marriage Plot
20.4 Author! Author!
I am not currently reading a series so I started a new one
All the Pretty Horses
This is book #1 in "The Border Trilogy"
Points this post= 50
Total Points 90/1090
STACIE MITask 5.4 - The FIRE Within
I realized the other day that there are so many books that are in my regular rotation to read to the kids that I nanny for that would fit this task!
One FIsh, Two Fish, REd Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss - 63 pages
Sam and the FIREfly by P.D. Eastman - 72 pages
A FIsh Out of WatER by Helen Palmer Geisel - 72 pages
A Child's Book of FaeRIEs by Tanya Robyn Batt - 64 pages
MakE Way FoR DucklIngs by Robert McCloskey - 64 pages
IF I Ran thE Circus by Dr. Seuss - 64 pages
The Story of FERdInand by Munro Leaf - 72 pages
ThE FoolIsh ToRtoise by Richard Buckley - 24 pages
If my math is correct and if I didn't make any mistakes that should be 504 pages.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 715
Tasks completed: 41
Books read: 66
Pages read: 14260
Goodreads authors: 19
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
15.2 - Dewey be Different Sideways on a Scooter: Life and Love in India by Miranda Kennedy
call no. 305.4095456
and
Mediterranean Summer: A Season on France's Cote d'Azur and Italy's Costa Bella by David Shalleck (Goodreads Author)
call no. 641.5092
Previous points: 120
New Points:15
total: 135
Previous Goodreads author tickts:3
New Goodreads author ticktets:1
total:4
STACIE MITask 10.1 - Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!
Again, children's books:
Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! by Dr. Seuss - (now = won) 64 pages
Go, Dog. Go! by P.D. Eastman - (dog = god) 72 pages
The Digging-Est Dog (Beginner Books by Al Perkins - (dog = god) 72 pages
McElligot's Pool by Dr. Seuss - (pool = loop) 64 pages
Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? by Dr. Seuss - (are = era) 64 pages
The Sleep Book by Dr. Seuss - (sleep = peels) 64 pages
Mom and Dad Are Palindromes by Mark Shulman - (are = era) 36 pages
I, Trixie, Who is Dog by Dean Koontz - (dog = god) 32 pages
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak - (are = era) 37 pages
If my math is correct and if I didn't make any mistakes, that should be 505 pages.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 725
Tasks completed: 42
Books read: 75
Pages read: 14765
Goodreads authors: 19
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
20.4 Author!Author!: Skandia's Task - To be continued .... in Spring! For this task choose ONE book that is the next book in a series from which you read and claimed points for any task during the Winter Challenge 2011 -2012.
Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld
Behemoth is the second book in the Leviathan series. I read the first book in this series, Leviathan, during the Winter challenge.
This Post: 20
Total Points: 415/1090
Tasks Completed: 32/61
Books Read:48/86
15.7 Spring Into Action!Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
20.2 Spring Showers
Option B3: Character with the name of a flower
Daisy Miller by Henry James
20.8 Party Time
Small and Intimate
Had only 250 ratings when I picked it on 4/6/2012
The Romantics by Pankaj Mishra
Post Total: 55
Season Total: 680
50.1. Cindy AL's Task: North to AlaskaAll the below were approved on the task thread:
1 I read Other Waters
By Eleni Gage. Both E and G are in Beringstrait, Sewardfolly.2. I read a mystery. Fall from Grace
by Richard North Patterson.5. I read
for my favorite genre, biography. Stacy Schiff is the author.**** Eleni N. Gage is a goodreads author ****
total points: 205
books read: 21
tasks completed: 17
GR authors: 5
Big Books: 1(500) 1 (750+)
Pages read: 6187
15.7 - Spring Into Action!Legend by Marie Lu
Listed on main book page as 'Adventure' by 60 users.
*** Marie Lu is a Goodreads Author ***
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Total points: 385 + 15 above = 400
GR Authors: 11 + 1 above = 12
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 19
Books read: 25
15.8 International Worker's Day"... book with a type of job or profession in the title. (...) Prince (...) will be considered professions for the purposes of this task."
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
It has "prince" in the title.
With 768 pages, this is a Big Book
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Total points: 475
GR authors: 6
Big Books: 16 (9x500+; 2x750+; 1x100+)
20.4 To Be Continued.... In SpringJudas Kiss
3rd book in Taylor Jackson series - I read the 2nd book as part of Task 30.6 in Winter Challenge.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 175
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 13
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
J T Ellison is also a goodreads author
Nick KY10.3 Run or Ride horses on cover,
Santa Fe Passage by Jon R. Bauman, 384 pages10.8 I Have a Question "How" in the title,How to Make Love to Adrian Colesberry by Adrian Colesberry, a re-read of a very funny memoir wherein Adrian pie charts and bar graphs his love life. 206 pages
30.2 What I wanted to be meets What I became
One of my fondest memories of childhood is sitting on the curb with the neighborhood kids and watching the high school band practice parade-marching up and down the street. I was especially taken with how much fun the drummers in the front row were having -- and decided I wanted to be a drummer when I grew up. However, I never learned to play the drums. I became a pianist instead. And I also work in an office.
So I read a book about drumming, and then a reread of a book about an office worker – or that’s what he thinks he is.
Drumming at Edge of Magic by Mickey Hart, 264 pages
The Penultimate Truth by Philip K. Dick, 191 pagesTask Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 980
Total Pages: 22,241
Big Books: 500+ (1) 750+ (1)
30.2 Sassafrass's task: "What I want to be" meets "What did I become"..Book 1: Growing up I always wanted to just read for a living. Later on I discovered that there are not many careers in which you can do that - but Claudia in Baby Proof found the perfect job! She works for a publisher and reads manuscripts for a living. Perhaps I should change careers now??
Book 2: The career I eventually chose - and have LOVED for years is teaching. While I teach elementary school, Lilly in The Truant Officer by Derek Ciccone,is a high school teacher.
30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's task: Spring Delights
Option 2: Spring Thing May Day by Jess Lourey is set in the Spring.
Option 5: derfruhl ing Dat ing a Cougar by Donna McDonald has "ING" in the title.
Donna McDonald is a GoodReads Author
Points this post = 60
Total points: 480 + 60 = 540
Goodreads Authors: 16 +1 =17
Big Books: 500+= 0, 750+=0, 1000+=0
Personal Goal: 600
Sandy MN15.7 Spring Into Action!
Delirium by Lauren Oliver "Adventure" appears as main genre
Goodreads Author
50.1. Cindy AL's Task: North to Alaska
1. Initials NR
Happy Ever After by Nora Roberts
3. Emerald - Green Cover
Your Voice In My Head by Emma Forrest
5. Genre Historical Fiction
The Devil Wears Plaid by Teresa Medeiros Goodreads Author
Total Points: 545
Total GR Authors:18
Jessica PDX25.10 - Mrs. Soule's Task - I Love a Happy Ending
I used the Eeyore option for both. The first book comes from the Quality Dark Fiction list, while the second comes from Best Gothic Books.
by Cormac McCarthy
by Kate MortonPoints this Post: 25
Total Challenge Points: 560
Goodreads Authors: 20
Big Books: 500+ - 7; 750+ - zero; 1000+ - zero
15.4 - ABCs, 123s...I read ONE book which has a number and a word beginning with A in the title:
Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie
Total points 320
20.9- I Can't Wait for Spring!
4. Colors orange Lover Reborn
Big Book at 572 pgs.
Points this post= 20
Challenge total= 375
Tasks completed= 15
Books read= 24
Goodreads Authors= 7
Big Books= 500 (3), 750 (1), 1000 (0)
Keltie Lee30.1 We Didn't Start the Fire
*The year I chose was 1965*
I rolled two 2's
Book 1: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
by J.K. Rowling
Book 2: Her Sexy Valentine
by Stephanie Bond
*Stephanie Bond's Birthdate*
*Both were born in 1965*
30.2 “What I want to be” meets “What did I become”...
Book 1: She's Got the Beat
by Nancy E. Krulik
*when I was a kid I dreamed of being a musician and being in a band, like the main characters*
Book 2: Ripped at the Seams
by Nancy E. Krulik
*I currently work in a clothing store, like the main character*
Points this post: 60
Total points: 765
Tasks: 44
Books: 61
Goodread authors: 19
Big Book Tickets 500: 8
Jennifer N5.2 - Get Caught Reading
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
5.10 - Good Minds Suggest
Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause.
This was from Maggie Stiefvater's List
10.1 - Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!
At Grave's End by Jeaniene Frost.
AT = TA backwards.
10.4 - Fire Signs
Dream Chaser by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Sherrilyn Kenyon was born December 11th.
10.7 - Fuel to the Fire
Another Kind of Dead by Kelly Meding
This author was new to me last Winter.
15.4 - ABC's, 123's...
One Grave at a Time by Jeaniene Frost
Has One in the title along with At.
20.5 - A Game of Books - Opt. 5
by Jeaniene FrostThe book has a primary blue red cover.
30.5 - Climbing the Family Tree
Opt. A - Effortless by S.C. Stephens
This book has Romance on the front page
Opt. C - Monster by Walter Dean Myers
Walter was my Grandfather's first name.
30.7 - FIRE ELEMENTS
Opt. 1 - Dark Magic by Christine Feehan
The main character is Gregori who transforms into a wolf.
Opt. 4 - Dark Symphony by Christine Feehan
This book is a Romance Book.
30.8 - The Breakfest Club
Opt. 1 - Love Unscripted by Tina Reber
This book was over 500 pages long.
Opt. 5 - Ecstasy Unveiled by Larissa Ione
I borrowed this book from the library.
Total points this post: 165
25.8 - Helen - Science Fiction and Fantasy Award Winners/Nominees Hugo - The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon - 2008 Winner
Nebula - The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon - 2008 Winner
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 400/1090
Tasks Completed: 24
Books Read: 31
GoodReads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (2), 1000+ ()
30.8: The Breakfast Club Option 2: (The Jock)
Age Is Just a Number: Achieve Your Dreams at Any Stage in Your Life by Dara Torres and Elizabeth Weil
Elizabeth Weil is a Goodreads Author.
This book is written by and about the comeback of Dara Torres, Olympic medalist swimmer.
Option 5: (The Criminal)
Delicacy by David Foenkinos
This book was borrowed from my local library.
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Points this post: 30
Total points: 1050/1090
Goodreads Authors: 28
Big Books: 500+ (3); 750+ (2); 1000+ (0)
30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's task: Spring DelightsBook 1, Option 2: Spring Thing - The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan. Originally published April 1, 2006
Book 2, Option 5: der Fruhling - The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. (The Lightning Thief)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 105
Total tasks completed: 5
GR tickets: 4
TANYAPT15.5 (Letter "Y" in author name)
Book: The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff
*** Goodreads Author ***
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 215
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 9
GR Author: 6
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
CathyG15.6 - They're On Fire
Read any book written by an author that has appeared on the New York Times Bestseller list so far this year. Lover Reborn by JR Ward
Hard cover fiction 4/15/12
Big Book
15.9 - Geek Pride Day
Embrace your inner nerd by reading a book (fiction or non-fiction) that focuses on a STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) topic
Teach Like a Techie by Lori Elliot
This book is not on Goodreads so here is the Amazon link
http://www.amazon.com/Teach-Like-Tech...
30.5 Donna Jo's task: Climbing the Family Tree Please choose two of the following options and read one book from each. REQUIRED: State which options you chose when posting.
A.. Read a book with "romance" listed as one of the genres on the book's main page.
The Husband Hunt by Lynsay Sands
C. Using YOUR grandparent’s first names (no nicknames), read a book whose author has the exact same first name.
My maternal grandmother's name was Mary
Mary Wine The Highlander's Prize
Points this post: 60
Total points: 660
Tasks completed: 37
Books read: 50
Goodreads Authors: 22
Big Books: 500=4, 750=0, 1000=1
10.5 All Fired Up!School's Out: Bridging Out-Of-School Literacies with Classroom Practice by Glynda Hull. I read this book because I am a preservice English language arts teacher and I am passionate about education!!! This is a book on literacy and how it relates to education both in and out of the classroom.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 115
Total tasks completed: 6
GR tickets: 4
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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30.3.5. Read a book with 2 consecutive letters from "derFruhling" in the title.
The Hunger Games
"-er" in Hunger.
30.3.6.Read a book that is scary and makes you jump.
The Guardian by Nicholas Sparks
***Goodreads Author***
It doesn't come across as a scary book, but it ended up being a thriller and I jumped at the end when the "Guardian" came to the rescue. Sorry, trying not to spoil it!
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