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SPRING CHALLENGE 2012: FIRE
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Spring Challenge 2012: Completed Tasks -DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC
Also wanted to congratulate all the other finishers so far and all those who will complete this challenge. Looks like there will be quite a few.Also thanks to the mods for all the hard work that they do to keep this challenge running!!!
congrats bluemoon -can't wait to see your task ;) i'm down to the final few - 6 books left and 3 of them are in progress
30.7 Beth NC's task FIRE ELEMENTALS I read Skinny Bitch Ultimate Everyday Cookbook
for #3 to motivate me to eat more Vegs and Things I have been Silent About by Azar Nafisi for #. THis book has 336 pages Things I've Been Silent AboutAzar Nafisi is a ***** goodreads author *****
Total Points: 250
Books read: 25
Tasks Completed: 19
GR Authors: 6
Big Books 1(500) 1 (750+)
Pages read: 6824
Congrats, Bluemoon! And those who have finished the Spring 2012 SRC. I'm slugging along ~ have 3 tasks in progress. My hope is to reach close to half of the 1090 Points. I envy those who can listen to audio books, I have no way to use them. It's the old fashioned way for me.
WTG Bluemoon. Congratulations on finishing early.
Jayme(the ghostreader)30.6 Sometimes Truth is Stranger Than Fiction
A. "Lady of Rivers" by Philippa Gregory
I chose this because I am a big Tudors fan and I wanted to learn more about the other half of the family, the Plantagenets.
B. I found a nonfiction book about the Plantagenets.
"Kings and Queens:The Plantagenets of England by Janice Young Brooks.
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 11
Big Book (0) 500+, (0) 750+, (0) +1000
GR Authors: 2 Tamora Pierce, Veronica Roth
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 130
STACIE MITask 15.3 - We Go Together Like...
I decided to read one book with two words that are commonly linked together. My words were "you" and "me" and I read:
You Are So Undead to Me by Stacey Jay
**Stacey Jay is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 15
Total points: 795
Tasks completed: 45
Books read: 81
Pages read: 16208
Goodreads authors: 20
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
5.6 SRC Recommends ReduxThe Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author)(Listed as #91)
I voted for Pride and Prejudice & Halfway to the Grave.
10.2. ”The Shot Heard Round the World”
The Ninth Daughter by Barbara Hamilton
Set during the Revolutionary War
10.3. Run or Ride?
Tacked to Death by Michele Scott (Goodreads author)
20.5. Bigger is Better: Masanobu's Task - A Game of Books
Elizabeth's Wolf by Lora Leigh
I rolled a 3: Stark - Wolf in title
20.9 Lucky Me!: Bea's Task - I Can’t Wait for Spring!
A Rose from the Dead by Kate Collins (Goodreads author)
Option 2: Flower on cover
25.6. Keltie Lee's Task: Fire and Ice
Flipped Heads & Tails
Heads, Book 1: Chains of Ice by Christina Dodd
Tails, Book 2: Cinder by Marissa Meyer (Goodreads author)
Total Points This Post: 90
Total Tasks This Post: 6
Goodreads Authors This Post: 4
Grand Total Points: 420/1090
Total Books Read: 31
Tasks Completed: 21/57
Total Goodreads Authors: 17
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
20.8. It's My Birthday: Mary Beth's Task - Party Time! I prefer small gatherings - 30 ratingsBlack Oil, Red Blood by *Diane Castle
*Diane Castle 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: 346
Totals:
Total Points: 335
Total Goodreads Authors: 8
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(4), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 16
Total Books Read: 22
Total Pages Read in Spring 2012 SRC: 8204
Review Available. Anne (Booklady) Spring 2012 Reviews
30.6 Sometimes truth is stranger than fictionOption A
1. Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli
2. The Secret Holocaust Diaries: The Untold Story of Nonna Bannister by Nonna Bannister
Milkweed is the story of a young boy during the Holocaust and The secret Holocaust diaries is the true story (the diary) of a young girl during the holocaust
Previous points: 135
New Points:30
total: 165
Previous Goodreads author tickts:4
New Goodreads author ticktets:0
total:4
Total tasks: 13
Jessica PDX30.8 - Meghanly's Task - The Breakfast Club
Option 3 - Basket Case
I read this one for my offline book club (that I recommended use Goodreads for scheduling!)
by Amy ChuaOption 5 - The Criminal
I got this one from my library.
by Joanne HarrisPoints this Post: 30
Total Challenge Points: 595
Goodreads Authors: 20
Big Books: 500+ - 7; 750+ - zero; 1000+ - zero
Dee wrote: "congrats bluemoon -can't wait to see your task ;) i'm down to the final few - 6 books left and 3 of them are in progress"Anne (Booklady) wrote: "Congrats, Bluemoon! And those who have finished the Spring 2012 SRC.
I'm slugging along ~ have 3 tasks in progress. My hope is to reach close to half of the 1090 Points. I envy those who can liste..."
Sheila wrote: "WTG Bluemoon. Congratulations on finishing early."
Kathy G. wrote: "Alright Bluemoon!"
Sue T wrote: "Congrats Bluemoon!"
Sassafrass wrote: "WTG Bluemoon!"
Thanks all. It helped that I had to work about 6 weeks of midnights at work. I don't know if I will finish the summer challenge. I think my husband will get rid of me if I don't slow down on the reading and do some of my much neglected chores around the house.
STACIE MITask 30.3 - Spring Delight
I chose to do options 5 and 6.
For Option 5, I read a book with "de" in the title, found both in the word "dead" and in the word "made":
The Walking Dead, Vol. 8: Made to Suffer by Robert Kirkman
For Option 6, I read a book that I found scary:
The Walking Dead, Vol. 5: The Best Defense by Robert Kirkman
Let's face it, a world overrun by zombies is quite frightening!
Points this task: 30
Total points: 825
Tasks completed: 46
Books read: 83
Pages read: 16480
Goodreads authors: 20
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Laurie ME15.2: Dewey Be Different:
1. Sebastian Junger - The Perfect Storm: 974.45
2. Solomon Volkov - Testimony: The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich: 785-0924
15.4: ABC's 123's:
Patrice Wilton - Champagne for Two
Points this Post: 30.
Total Points: 980.
BUTTERFLYCAGER10.2. ”The Shot Heard Round the World” - I read The Rebellion of Jane Clarke by Sally Gunning, which is a work of historical fiction about a witness to the Boston Massacre, and includes characters such as John and Samuel Adams.
Sally Gunning is a Goodreads Author.
25.5. Laurie ME's Task: 100 Years Ago
1. A Night to Remember by Walter Lord (about the Titanic)
2. Women in Baseball by Gai Ingham Berlage
Points this post: 35
Total challenge point: 1025
Tasks completed: 56
Books read: 77
Goodreads Authors: 23
Big Books: 500=1, 750=3, 1000=0
CHRISTINE USTask 15.2 Dewey Be Different
From section 330: Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven Levitt
From Section 615: Strong Women Stay Slim by Miriam Nelson
Task 30.7 Fie Elements
#4, Romance: Just the Way You Are by Christina Dodd
#5, Dragon in book: You Slay Me by Katie MacAlister
***Katie MacAlister is a GR author
Task 50.1 North to Alaska
#2, mystery on page: The Judas Pair by Jonathan Gash
#4, "road":Beach Road by James Patterson
#6, set in Alaska: Murder on the Iditarod Trail by Sue Henry
***James Patterson is a GR author
TOTAL: 385
BABBLING C10.9. I’m On Fire! - Read a book that you're "hot" to read.
Grave Mercy by R.L. LaFevers (GRA)
Big Book Ticket: 549 pages
THIS POST
Points: 10
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (1)
Total This Season
Points: 245
Completed Tasks: 12
Good Read Authors: 13
Big Books: 500+ (1)
15.1 - Spring ForwardBook 1 - Spring Forward: Naked in Death by J.D. Robb
Book 2 - Fall Back: Midnight's Wild Passion by Anna Campbell
Anna Campbell is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 15
Total points: 580
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 39
Goodreads Author: 25
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(3)
Task 25.12: Denise NC’s Task: Easter Eggs and LeprechaunsEaster Eggs:
Option 4:
by Kelly Creagh ***Goodreads Author***Leprechauns:
Option 4: rated 5 star by April Rose-
by Lauren DeStefano ***Goodreads Author***Points for this Task: 25
Total Points: 220
Goal Points: 335
Completed Tasks: 9/61
Tasks in Progress: 25.11, 30.8, 50.1
Goodreads Authors: 7 (Kelley Armstrong, Kelly Creagh, Lauren DeStefano, Maureen Johnson, Richelle Mead, Sarah Mlynowski, Maria V. Snyder, Laini Taylor)
Big Book Tickets: 500+() 750+() 1000+()
25.2 - Out with the Old, In with the New...and it's Fire1. A book whose author's last name starts with F,I,R,E:
Playing Sardines by Michèle Roberts
3. A book with the word SMOKE in the title:
River of Smoke by Amitav Ghosh *Big Book* 522 pages
Total points 345
30.8 - The Breakfast ClubOption 1 - The Brain - Insurgent by Veronica Roth (525 pages)
*** Veronica Roth is a Goodreads Author ***
*** I am claiming a Big Book Ticket (over 500 pgs) ***
Option 5 - The Criminal - Spider's Revenge by Jennifer Estep (borrowed from the library)
*** Jennifer Estep is a Goodreads Author ***
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Total points: 430 + 30 above = 460
GR Authors: 14 + 2 above = 16
Big Books: 500+(1 + 1 above = 2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 21
Books read: 29
20.3 Best Review: Chris MD's Task - Fiery TunesSong approved in help thread: Fire Forever
Book: Forever by Maggie Stiefvater
Maggie Stiefvater is a Goodreads author.
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Jennifer W's task - She Works Hard for the Money
I rolled a four (book about a WILD animal (not domesticated) or an animal biologist).
The Wind In The Willows by Kenneth Grahame
The main characters of the book are a water rat, a toad, a badger and a mole.
25.8 Helen's Task: Science Fiction and Fantasy Award Winners/Nominees
Hugo Award: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (Winner in 1986)
Nebula Award: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (Winner in 1985/1986; the award listing here on GR shows 1985, while the wikipedia page linked to in the task description sais its 1986)
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New points this post: 65
Total points: 540
Big Books: 16 (9x500+; 2x750+; 1x1000+)
GR authors: 7
Christie Guatemala15.10 - Where There's Smoke.......
River Secrets by Shannon Hale
This is a fantasy in which some characters can manipulate certain elements, one of which is fire. In this book, the peace between two countries is threatened when a group of people try to learn how to use fire. One of the main characters also is a "fire-speaker" with this ability.
Shannon Hale is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 320
Goodreads authors: 10
Big Books: 500=1
5.9 The Devil Made Me Do It The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson
Erik Larson is a Goodreads Author.
10.2. "The Shot Heard Round the World"
The Hornet's Nest by Jimmy Carter
This book's subtitle is "A Novel of the Revolutionary War."
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Points this post: 15
Total points: 1090/1090: CHALLENGE COMPLETE!
Goodreads Authors: 30
Big Books: 500+ (3); 750+ (2); 1000+ (0)
Nice Peebee, I look forward to seeing your summer task.Congratulations!
RACHEL CA: 275 pts total20.07 Happy Rama Navami!
The Pink Fairy Book by Andrew Lang (fairy tales from Denmark, Italy, Japan, Germany, France, Africa, Spain)
Points: 20
Total points: 275
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 22
Goodreads authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
20.2 April ShowersI chose option B2 and used the list Books That Make You Laugh.
One For The Money
There are parts of this book that are laugh-out funny - from Stephanie's ineptness as a beginning bounty hunter to Grandma Mazur, who speaks her mind!
Points: 20
25.5 100 Years Ago
Book 1: The Band That Played on: The Extraordinary Story of the 8 Musicians Who Went Down with the Titanic
Book 2: Fielder's Choice
Points: 25
30.7 FIRE ELEMENTALS
Option 4: Romance listed as a genre for this book
Goliath - BIG BOOK 543p
Option 5: Horse on cover
by Margaret Coel - GR AUTHORPoints: 30
Total Points: 470
Total Books Read: 38
Total Tasks Completed: 23
Total GR Authors: 4
Total Big Books: 500+ (3)
Kathy G.20.7. Shorter is Sweeter: Jayalalita's Task - Happy Rama Navami!
A String In The Harp by Nancy Bond
***This was the unabridged CDs****
Check A String in the Harp for
numbers of pages. (There is no Mass Market Paperback)
Peter finds the harp key of Taliesin. Through the magic of the harp key, he finds out all about the legend and the life of Taliesin. (Wales)
Total Points- 225
Total Tasks- 11
Goodreads Authors- 6
Big Books (500+)- 2
SUZANNE VN20.1 Clean Those Shelves!
Option 2 - read any audio book. I listened to Gossip: A Novel by Beth Gutcheon.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 195
Boston Kate20.4 To Be Continued... In Spring!
Locke and Key, Vol. 2: Head Games
I read Locke and Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft during the Winter Challenge
30.3 Spring Delights
Option 5 "der Fruhling": Academ's Fury
"de" in "derFruhling" and "Academ"
Option 6 "Spring in Your Step": Locke and Key, Vol. 3: Crown of Shadows
the Locke and Key series takes place in Keyhouse, which is basically a haunted house, to simplify it - the "crown of shadows" from the title, which brings shadows to life, is particularly terrifying
Points this post: 50
Total points: 230
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 16
10.6 Middle NameA House of Tailors by Patricia Reilly Giff
15.1 DST
Spring Forward (2505): Immortal War
Fall Back (1911): Ties That Bind, Ties That Break
15.6 They're on Fire
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 2 was on the Manga list this year (Jan. 8, 2012): http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-b...
15.8 International Worker's Day
Blood Captain
20.1 Cleaning Shelves
Marmalade Boy, Volume 2, which I've owned for years and years
25.2 Old, New, Fire
1 (f-i-r-e in author's name): The Living End by Stanley Elkin
3 (fire in title): Dark Fire
30.3 Spring Delights
5 (derfruhling): Tide of Terror ("de" and "er")
6 (scary thing): Empire of Night has vampires and war and people/creatures who are power-crazed, all of which scare me
50.1 North to Alaska
1 (A, W): The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic by Allan Wolf
3 (red):
5 (I love YA and fantasy): Black Heart
Total: 180 + 910 (from earlier) = 1090 points
Janice CATask 25.12 Easter Eggs and Leprechauns....
Option A3: Female main character
Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad by Waris Dirie
(****)
Option B3: Book shelved as "mystery" on its main page.
Boy A by Jonathan Trigell
(***)
+25
total: 165
tasks: 10
books: 13
GR Authors: 2
And another reader crosses the finish line! Great going Ms. Anderson. I KNOW you will have a great summer task. Congratulations
CathyG#25.5. Laurie ME's Task: 100 Years Ago
Book 1: Read a fiction or non fiction book about the sinking of a luxury liner or other ship .
Fateful by Claudia Gray
Book 2: Read a fiction or nonfiction book about baseball.
Double Play by Jill Shalvis
Goodreads Author
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#25.6. Keltie Lee's Task: Fire and Ice
In this task flip a coin twice and read two books according to your flips. Coin Flipper
REQUIRED: Include the results of your coin flip in your post.
For book 1
Heads: read a book that has the word fire or ice in the title. Plural and possessives are OK, no other variants are acceptable.
Playing With Fire by Katie MacAlister
Goodreads Author
For book 2
Tails: read a novel that takes place at the end of the world. Any book shelved as dystopia, apocalyptic, or post-apocalyptic on its main GRs page will work
Truth by Julie Karr
Goodreads Author
Points this post: 50
Total points: 710
Tasks completed: 39
Books read: 54
Goodreads Authors: 25
Big Books: 500=4, 750=0, 1000=1
50.1. Cindy AL's Task: North to Alaska1 (option 1) - Bossypants by Tina Fey
BERINGSTRAIT, SEWARDSFOLLY
2 (option 3) - Behind the Bedroom Door: Getting It, Giving It, Loving It, Missing It by Paula Derrow
Green cover
3 (option 6) - The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
Takes place in Alaska
Total Points: 165
GRA: 7
abbeysophiaTask #5.4 – The FIRE Within
The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
630 pages, claiming Big Book ticket
[“FIRE” in the title]
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Task #5.9 – The Devil Made Me Do It
Damned by Chuck Palahniuk
[Takes place in hell]
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Task #15.6 – They’re On Fire
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
[NYT bestseller list, January 8, 2012]]
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Task #20.5 – A Game of Books
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
590 pages, claiming Big Book Ticket
[Rolled 3; This book is set in wintertime]
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Task #20.9 – I Can’t Wait for Spring!
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
[Rolled 1; this book has the name of a bird in the title]
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Task #20.10 – Group Reads
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Veronica Roth is a Goodreads Author.
[This book is a group read; I have posted in the discussion thread (5/13)]
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This post: 85 points
Total to Date = 85 points.
congrats Ms Anderson!! can't wait to see your task!! now I must hurry up and finish 3 to go and all in progress ;)
Yeah Ms. Anderson. I can't wait for the fun tasks to all roll in!!!
Congrats PeeBee and Mrs. Anderson!!!
Laurie ME25.4: Sandy's Task: More Fun with Words - With a Twist:
1. Simon Winchester - A Crack in the Edge of the World
(a,C,I,T,E,o,t,W = TWICE)
2. Edna Buchanan - You Only Die Twice
25.8: Helen's Task: Science Fiction and Fantasy Award Winners/Nominees:
1. 2010 Nominee: Robert Charles Wilson - Julian Comstock
2. 2006 Nominee: Terry Pratchett - Going Postal
Points this post: 50.
Total Points: 1030.
ANGIE CA5.5 Possession
Book: Lady Sophia's Lover by Lisa Kleypas
15.1 Spring Forward
Book 1: Death Whispers by Tamara Rose Blodgett
Notes: Dystopian
Book 2: Worth Any Price by Lisa Kleypas
Notes: Historical Romance set in 1842.
This Post: 20
Total to Date: 510
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.
**Re: post 1570 - the Truant Officer has been approved for length by Dlmrose in the e-book verification thread. Current points would equal 540**
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.
points to date -- 540
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20.5 Bigger is Better:Massanobu's Task - A Game of Books
I rolled a 6
6.Arryn: "As High as Honor" - read a thriller
John Grisham is a GoodReads Author
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter:Jayalalita's Task - Happy Rama Navami!
Meg Cabot is a GoodReads Author
30.4 Dlmrose's Task:Burning Ring of Fire
Book 1 Set in Washington
Book 2 ING
Second Sight Dating
Garth Stein is a GoodReads Author
30.8 Meghanly's task: The Breakfast Club
Option 3 The Basket Case - The April "currently reading" book for Chick-Lit Book Club, which I finished in May, was:
I've Got Your Number
Option 5 The Criminal - I borrowed The Best Laid Plans from my sister.
Terry Fallis is a GoodReads Author
Points this post = 100
Total points: 540 + 100 = 640
Goodreads Authors: 17 + 4 = 21
Big Books: 500+= 0, 750+=0, 1000+=0
Personal Goal: 600
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10.5 - ALL FIRED UP - Sarah's Ground. I am currently passionate about historical fiction. This book takes place during the American Civil War.
15.9 - GEEK PRIDE DAY - Death Benefit. This book fits the science from STEM as it features a 4th year medical student who is working with a well known reasearch scientist. He is growing complete organs from stem cells. The stem cells come from the patient who will ultimately receive the organ for transplant thereby eliminating the possibility of rejection.
This should do it for me provided there are no problems.
TOTAL POINTS - 1090
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 33
BIG BOOKS - 3