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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
15.7 Spring into actionInsurgent by Veronica Roth*
*Veronica Roth is a goodreads author
*Big book 525 pages
50.1 North to Alaska
5 - Favorite Genre YA
The Last Echo by Kimberly Derting*
*Kimberly Derting is a goodreads author
2 - Mystery
Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo*
*Linda Castillo is a goodreads author
3 - Blue cover sapphire
Bumped #2: Thumped by Megan McCafferty*
*Megan McCafferty is a goodreads author
Total points: 430
30.8 The Breakfast ClubOption 1: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Book Thief has 550 pages.
This is a big book at 550 pages.
Markus Zusak is a Goodreads author.
Option 3: Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
We're currently reading this for the Challenge: 2012 Read Challenge group.
This is a big book at 519 pages.
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Points this post: 30
Total points: 630
Total Goodreads authors: 9
Big Books: 500+ (5), 750+ (1), 1000+ (1)
Total tasks completed: 27
Total pages: 14,489
Total books: 40
Katie OH 20.8 It's My Birthday: Mary Beth's Task
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (638,932 ratings)
20.9 Lucky Me: Bea's Task
Hissy Fit by Mary Kay Andrews
Points this post: 40
Total points: 115
Tasks Completed: 6
Books read: 7
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 0
50.1. Cindy AL's Task: North to AlaskaOption 1: Author's initials in STEWARDSFOLLY
Les Standiford/Bringing Adam Home: The Abduction That Changed America = Finished 5/25/12
Option 2: Read a Mystery -
The Twin's Daughter by Lauren Baratz-Logsted = Finished 5/25/12
Option 5: Favorite genre:Fantasy -
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl = Finished 5/23/12
Previous Points: 250
This Task: 50
New Total: 300
Lauren Baratz-Logsted and Kami Garcia are GR Authors
Total Author Tickets = 12
Donna Jo wrote: "Jayme VA wrote: "I just have to say I did it! I did it! I did it! I'm so excited- I've been doing this challenge pretty much since it started so I think that's about 4 years? and I've never finis..."WTG, Jayme!
Chris MD20.6 She Works Hard for the Money
Rolled a 2: Educational setting
James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing by G. Norman Lippert
Title was approved in the Help thread (see Message 2-Approved books.) This is an ebook, approved in the ebook verficationt list, currently line 221. (I know it's been approved for some time.)
G. Norman Lippertis a GR author. Claiming 1 author ticket.
20.7 Happy Rava Rama Navami
Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George
The story is a retelling of the Grimm's fairytale "The Twelve Dancing Princesses." Approved in the Help thread, message #60.
Jessica Day Georgeis a GR author. Claiming 1 author ticket.
30.1 We Didn't Start the Fire
I picked 1955 and rolled a 2 and a 5.
2 - Author born in 1955
Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of the World Today, or Six Good Reasons to Stay Homeand Bolt the Door by Lynne Truss
Her birthdate isn't listed in her GR profile, but according to Wikipedia, and several other sources, she was born in 1955.
5 - Award-winning book from 1955
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams
Won the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
30.4 Burning Ring of Fire
1. Book set along the "Ring of Fire"
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Book is set in San Francisco.
2. Book has "ING" in title
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
snoggING
Still have 2-3 more I'm working on!
Points for this post: 20 + 20 + 30 + 30 = 100
Total points: 405 + 100 = 505
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 30
Goodreads authors: 9
Big books: 3 500=1, 750=1, 1,000=0
10.10. April Fools Day!I read Girl Walks into a Bar . . .: Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle by Rachel Dratch, which lists Humor on its main page.
25.10. Mrs. Soule's Task:I love a happy ending!
1. I read 2 romance novels-
A Matter of Time by Mary Calmes and Sugar and Spice by Mari Carr and The Sweetest Tattoo by Cameron Daneand Just Curious by Jude Deveraux- The last 3 are in combination to form one eligible book, all pre-approved.
*Mary Calmes and Mari Carr are GR Authors*
Points this post- 35
Total Points- 530
GR Authors- 25
Michelle WI15.4 ABC's, 123's ...
100 Cupboards by N.D. Wilson **
15.5 ... AND XYZ
Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin by Kathy Griffin
*** N.D. Wilson is a Goodreads Author ***
points this post: 30
total points: 410
tasks completed: 18
Goodreads authors: 10
STACIE MITask 20.1 - Clean Those Shelves!
I did option 3 and read a book that was first published in March of 2012:
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier by Ree Drummond
Points this task: 20
Total points: 985
Tasks completed: 57
Books read: 97
Pages read: 20115
Goodreads authors: 26
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
CHRISTINE USTask 5.5 Possession
The Serpent's Shadow by Rick Riordan
Task 15.7 Spring into action!
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
***James Dashner is a GR author
Task 25.10 Happy Ending
The Bride Thief by Jennie Lucas
To Dance with a Prince by Cara colter
Task 30.5 Climbing the Family Tree
Has 8 in the title: Thursdays at Eight by Debbie Macomber
Romance: The Last Boyfriend by Nora Roberts
TOTAL: 475
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 20.4 To be Continued!...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:
For the Winter Challenge Task #20.10 I read
The Beekeeper's Apprentice [1st book of the Mary Russell series] by Laurie R. King.
For this current task I read
A Monstrous Regiment of Women [2nd book of the Mary Russell series] by Laurie R. King*(this is a GRA) 336 pages (5.23)Points earned for this task: 20
Points Achieved to date: 790
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 9
Total # of Big Books:
500+ (0)= 4
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Christie Guatemala5.4 The FIRE Within
Up To Jerusalem: Devotions For Lent And Easter by John A Braun
30.8 Meghanly's task: The Breakfast Club
Option 3: Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy--This book was read by the Victorians! group last month.
592 pages claiming Big Book ticket.
Option 5: State of Wonder by Ann Patchett--I borrowed this book from my local library.
Points this post: 35
Total points: 420
Goodreads authors: 13
Big Books: 500=2, 750=1
STACIE MITask 15.10 - Where There's Smoke...
I read a book with an arsonist as a main character:
Surrender by Sonya Hartnett
Points this task: 15
Total points: 1000
Tasks completed: 58
Books read: 98
Pages read: 20371
Goodreads authors: 26
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
30.5 - Climbing the Family TreeOption A - Romance book
Shaedes of Gray by Amanda Bonilla
*** Amanda Bonilla is a Goodreads Author ***
Option D - Eighth book in series
Magic Without Mercy by Devon Monk (Allie Beckstrom, #8)
*** Devon Monk is a Goodreads Author ***
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Total points: 490 + 30 above = 520
GR Authors: 18 + 2 above = 20
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 24
Books read: 33
ANGIE CAI'd like to move The Annihilation of Foreverland from 20.8 to 5.4 and replace it with Notes to Self.
5.4 The FIRE Within
Book: The Annihilation of Foreverland by Tony Bertauski
5.9 The Devil Made Me Do It
Book: Snowballs in Hell by Eve Langlais
Notes: "Hell" in title.
20.8 Party Time!
Book: Notes to Self by Avery Sawyer
Notes: Has 126 ratings.
This Post: 10 {+30, -20}
Total to Date: 605
I just "know" that Keltie Lee and Stacie are going to finish the challenge this week. Who else is going to finish? Let's see a show of hands. Read people, read!
don't make sheila and I get out those whips to make you finish ;)Shiela - are your pom-pom's all dusted off?
Sheila wrote: "I just "know" that Keltie Lee and Stacie are going to finish the challenge this week. Who else is going to finish? Let's see a show of hands. Read people, read!"Sheila, I'm just trying to get over 500 Points! I may just get there, If I have to drop reviewing the last couple books. I may just post them to my book review thread later.
15.3 - We Go Together Like... One Book Option:
Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson
25.7. Mstan's Task: Cooking With Fire and Back to the Basics
Book 1:
Gourmet Vegetarian Slow Cooker: Simple and Sophisticated Meals from Around the World by Lynn Alley - Chana Masala with rice
Book 2 –
Jude's Law by Lori Foster – I LOVE fresh cherries.
30.6 Delicious Dee's task: Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction
Option B:
Book 1
Original Book = Heart of Steel by Meljean Brooks for Task 20.3 – subject of interest = steampunk culture, so I read:
1,000 Steampunk Creations: Neo-Victorian Fashion, Gear, and Art by Dr. Grymm & Barbe Saint John
Book 2
Original Book = Trial by Fire by Jo Davis, Task 15.10 – subject of interest = raising an adopted child who’s been abused (hero was severely abused by his alcoholic father and the book mentions several times his adoptive parents had a “difficult time” while he worked through his issues), so I read:
Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control: A Love-Based Approach to Helping Attachment-Challenged Children With Severe Behaviors, Volume 1 by Heather Forbes & B. Bryan Post
Points This Post: 70
Total Points: 980
500 Points is very respectable Anne. You write such good reviews.I'm retired which helps a lot in being able to finish the challenge. I don't know how anyone who is still working ever does it.
It is really difficult to tell how far people have gotten the way the points are set up. For example you could read 10 books that are all 5 pointers and only show 50 points or those same 10 books could be for 30 pointers and you would have 150 points. It is hard to tell how many more tasks people have to complete to finish. Several people are pretty close.
Clear as mud?
Thanks guys! Just noticed the encouragement after my second-to-last post. :-)
Sheila wrote: "500 Points is very respectable Anne. You write such good reviews.I'm retired which helps a lot in being able to finish the challenge. I don't know how anyone who is still working ever does it.
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Yep, clear as Mud. I actually know what you mean, Sheila. And you're very sweet to say such nice words about my reviews ;-}
And dear new friend, are YOU the Sheila in the duo that comes up with very interesting tasks?
Mrs.soule wrote: "Thanks guys! Just noticed the encouragement after my second-to-last post. :-)"You can do it, Mrs. soule!!!!!!!!
Anne (Booklady) wrote: "And dear new friend, are YOU the Sheila in the duo that comes up with very interesting tasks? .."
That would be me Anne, but Kathy G. gets all the kudos for the task ideas. I am TERRIBLE at creating tasks so I just randomly last season asked Kathy G. if she would like to do it. She was always posting such creative ideas in the ideas thread. We have since become great friends. (Hopefully Kathy feels the same way) ;/
Sheila-- My Pal- My Bud---You bet I feel the same.
So excited for everyone to finish.
Thank you Sheila for letting me use
my creative juices!!!
:-)
Kathy G. wrote: "Sheila-- My Pal- My Bud---You bet I feel the same.
So excited for everyone to finish.
Thank you Sheila for letting me use
my creative juices!!!
:-)"
Kudo's to Sheila's creative partner!!!!!! I have a great task in mind, but I need to win the best review contest to do it, lol.
or the random luck one, or the Goodreads author one...you have a few opportunities
Dee wrote: "or the random luck one, or the Goodreads author one...you have a few opportunities"Dee, I'm not very lucky. Lady Luck shakes head when she sees me limping along, lol.
Mod
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Fateful by Jordan Sonnenblick
50.1 Option 2 Mystery read Out of Sight, Out of Time by Ally Carter
Option 3 read
by Sherrilyn KenyonOption 5 my favorite Genre as of late is contemporary romance read The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith (GRA)
Points this Post: 75
Total points- 1010
Tasks Completed: 51
Books read: 74
Pages Read : 25,830
GR Authors: 45
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
So lets see:Keltie Lee
Stacie
Mrs. Soule
Jennrenee
Forget those holiday picnics ladies, stay home and read!
you can do it Marcia...mind over matter...shut yourself in your room with enough supplies to last you the week and read ;)
Casselm10.9 I'm on Fire!
The Tea House on Mulberry Street by Sharon Owens.
Points: 10
Total points: 385
Keltie Lee15.10 - Where There's Smoke.......
Flashpoint
by Jill Shalvis Goodreads Author
*has a character who is a firefighter and a character who is an arsonist*
20.7 Happy Rama Navami!
Cloaked
by Alex Flinn Goodreads Author
*approved in help thread message 34*
25.3 Naming Things
Book 1:
Caleb + Kate
by Cindy Martinusen-Coloma Goodreads Author
Book 2:
The Princess & the Pauper
byKate Brian
*Kate and Kate*
Points this post: 60
Total points: 1090 YAY!! :)
Tasks: 61
Books: 85
Goodread authors: 30
Big Book Tickets 500: 8
Mod
I've been meaning to read The Magician's Nephew for years now - and finally got to it.
10.1. Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!
I read I Moved Your Cheese: For Those Who Refuse to Live as Mice in Someone Else's Maze. Live is evil spelled backwards.
10.7. Fuel to the Fire
I read House of Thieves by Kaui Hart Hemmings. She was a new author for me in the winter challenge.
10.9. I’m On Fire! Read a book that you're "hot" to read.
I read Capitol Murder: A Novel of Suspense. I had read the first two books in this trilogy, so was very eager to read the third when it came out in April.
15.1 - Spring Forward
For my first book, I read Life as We Knew It, listed as post apocalytic and dystopia.
For my second book, I read The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York - this was set during the 1920's and 1930's.
20.6. Seasoned Reader: Jennifer W’s task- She Works Hard for the Money
I rolled a 6, so read a book in which a writer is a main character - Death of a Cozy Writer
30.1 Ms. Anderson's Task: We Didn't Start the Fire
I chose the year 1951, and rolled a 2 and a 4.
For 2, author born in 1951, I read Those Who Hunt the Night by Barbara Hambly, born 8/28/51.
For 4, book published in 1951, I read Foundation
50.1. Cindy AL's Task: North to Alaska
When I started looking at this task, I realized that I had not read the last 3 books in Dana Stabenow's Kate Shugak series - what could be more perfect.
And, all three books fit all 3 options!
Option 1 - A Night Too Dark by Dana Stabenow. Initials "DS" in SEWARDSFOLLY.
Option 2 - Though Not Dead. Mystery is the top genre listed for the book.
Option 6 - Restless In The Grave. The book is set in Alaska, and Dana Stabenow is an Alaskan author.
Total points - 1090
Yay!!!!!! Great job, Sandy! Woohoo!!!!!!!!!
SUZANNE VN25.2 Out with the Old, In with the New
Author with initial in F-I-R-E
Jerrilyn Farmer / Dim Sum Dead
Book with a red, yellow, or orange cover
/ Lisa ScottolinePoints this post: 25
Total points: 300
STACIE MITask 15.6 - They're on Fire
Robert Kirkman appears on the Paperback Graphic Novel list for January 15th, 2012, so I read:
The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become by Robert Kirkman
Points this task: 15
Total points: 1015
Tasks completed: 59
Books read: 99
Pages read: 20507
Goodreads authors: 26
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Yeah!!! Keltie Lee and Sandy!!!Party time girls!
Stacie MI--- you are almost there!!!:-)
Kathy G. wrote: "Stacie MI--- you are almost there!!!:-)"
Two more books and I'm finished!
Congrats Sandy and Keltie Lee!!!Read Stacie READ!!!
Task # 5.9 Devil made me do it Foreseen Hunger by Marisa Chenery
Goodreads Author
It involves a battle between Ra, the Egyptian sun god and Apep, the demon god of the underworld.
ebook approved post # 1117
Task # 10.2 Revolutionary War period
Silver Storm by Cynthia Wright
Goodreads Author
Set in 1781 on a pirate ship between CT and VA and includes the battle at Yorktown.
Task # 15.1 Spring forward
The Pleasure Girl by Jan Springer
Goodreads Author
Book 1 - Spring forward, post-apocalyptic
ebook approved post # 1117
Hernando Heat by Tymber Dalton
Goodreads Author
Book 2 - Fall back, 1889/1890 Florida
ebook approved post # 1117
Task # 15.7 Action or adventure genre
The Defiant Hero by Suzanne Brockmann
action
Task # 20.7 Shorter is sweeter - myth, etc
Three Wishes by Stephanie Bond
A modern re-telling of Aladdin's Lamp, with a genie, three wishes granted, a magic flying carpet, a hero named Laddon and his princess, Jasmine.
ebook approved post # 1117
Task # 25.3 Naming things
Book 1 – name in title - Desiree's Lone Wolves by Gigi Moore
ebook approved post # 1075
Book 2 – same name for author - Out of Control by Desiree Holt
ebook approved post # 1075
This post: 90 points
Total to date: 925 points
Goodread authors this post: 4
Goodread authors to date: 37
Big Books claimed this post: 0
Total Big Books claimed: 500+ (2)
Tasks Completed: 51
Books Read: 71
There you go Keltie Lee and Sandy and with a week to spare! Congratulations. What are you ever going to do with all your free time?OK now Stacie, Mrs. Soule, Jennrenee and Marcia - get to work!
Anyone else a contender???
Looking at the Readerboard, it looks like so many people did so good this season. I bet we had a lot of folks achieve their personal bests this spring. I guess that is a statistic that the moderators can't track. It would be interesting to know though.
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I am fired up about travel and adventure - and wish I could do more of it. I read Double Dare which is about a girl running away from everything for some travel and adventure. This ebook was verified in post #1114.
15.10 Where There's Smoke...
I read a fiction about a firefighter.
This ebook was verified in the SRC ebook verification list.
Kristen James is a GoodReads Author
30.5 Donna Jo's Task: Climbing the Family Tree
Option A: "romance" genre
Option C: My mother's mother's name (and my middle name) was Kathleen
This ebook was verified in post 1105.
Both Susan Mallery and Kathleen Brooks are GoodReads Authors.
Points this post = 55
Total points: 740 + 355 = 795
Goodreads Authors: 24 + 3 = 27
Big Books: 500+= 0, 750+=0, 1000+ = 0
Personal Goal: 600