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Mandy SueTask #15.1 - Spring Forward
Book 1: Pretties by Scott Westerfeld
Dystopia novel
Book 2: Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Set in the 1660's
** Tracy Chevalier is a GR Author **
This post: 15 points
Total: 45 points
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 4
Pages Read: 1,791
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500 (0), 750 (1), 1000+ (0)
15.4-ABC's, 123's...
by Maureen Johnson ***Goodreads Author***Points for this Task: 15
Total Points: 15
Goal Points: 335
Completed Tasks:1/61
Tasks in Progress: 30.2, 30.3, 30.4
Goodreads Authors: 1 (Maureen Johnson)
Big Book Tickets: 500+() 750+() 1000+()
Casselm20.6 Seasoned Reader: Jennifer W’s task- She Works Hard for the Money
I rolled a 6, and decided to do the poetry option.
A Shropshire Lad by A.E. Housman and Gunga Din and Other Favorite Poems by Rudyard Kipling, which have a combined page total of 144.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
20.10 Group Reads Read one of the Group Reads selections, and make at least one post in the discussion thread for the book.
A. Published in the Twenty-Teens: The Night Circus
My post in the discussion thread is #7.
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
This Post: 20
Total Points: 75/1090
Tasks Completed: 8/61
Books Read: 8/86
Cindy FTask 10.10 April Fools Day!
I read Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
Humor Genre!
Points this post:10
Total points: 80
Tasks completed:5
Books read:6
Goodreads Authors:0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Nick KY10.2”The Shot Heard Round the World” Read a book set during the Revolutionary War Period – A Dawn In The Trees: The Thomas Jefferson Years: 1776 To 1789 by Leonard Wibberley. It is a biography of Jefferson during those years. It is written at young adult level, 188 pages of 12-point font with no pictures. Here is the Google Books link for verification of page length: http://books.google.com/books/about/A...
188 pages
15.1 Spring Forward
Book 1: Embassytown by China Miéville, set in the distant future, 349 pages
Book 2: The Figure in the Carpet and Other Stories by Henry JamesThe Figure in the Carpet and other stories by Henry James, stories written in the 1880’s and 1890’s, set in their times. 464 pages
15.10 Where There’s Smoke… I read Chasing Fire by Nora Roberts, 472 pages
Task Points this Post: 40
Total Points: 110
Total Pages: 4,291
Big Books: 750+ (1)
Sandy MN15.2 - Dewey be Different
I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How To Discover What You Really Want And How To Get It by Barbara Sher call number 158.1
Sleepless in America by Mary Kurcinka call number 616.8498
15.4 - ABC’s, 123’s ......
The 10 Laws of Career Reinvention by Pamela Mitchell
**Goodreads Author**
Total Points: 200
Total GR Authors: 5
15.5-...And XYZ- I read Existence by Abbi Glines.
Existence was approved in ebook thread. This is a repost because I forgot to get it approved earlier- sorry! All taken care of :)
30.2- Sassafrass's task: “What I want to be” meets “What did I become”...
I wanted to become a teacher when I was young. As early as 3rd grade I knew. When I grew up I became a teacher. I have taught elementary school and pre-school throughout the years. I read 2 books that have a teacher as a main character.
1. Taming Natasha by Nora Roberts
2. His Son's Teacher by Kay Stockham
5.7- I Love Paris In The Springtime
I read Curio by Cara McKenna, which is set in Paris. Pre-approved in ebook thread.
Points This Post- 50
Total Points- 75
GR Authors- 4
ALICIA T5.3 Let's Hear it for the Boys
I picked a book from my GR friend, Josh, and read a book from his read list.
The Long Walk by Stephen King, and I ended up giving it the same rating as he did.
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 25
25.9 Stacie MI's Task: Red Hotoption B: Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
first published 2008
Simone Elkeles is a Goodreads Author
option C: Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz
Melissa de la Cruz is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 25
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 7
Goodreads Author: 5
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(3)
10.1. Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss! Part becomes Trap:
Angels in America, Part 2: Perestroika by Tony Kushner
+10 Points
20.7. Shorter is Sweeter: Jayalalita’s Task – Happy Rama Navami!
"Fractured Fairy Tales" based on traditional tales:
Tales from the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters Weird by Vivian Vande Velde
+20 Points
25.9. Stacie MI’s Task: Red Hot
Option A: 231 pages:
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
Option B: first published in 1955
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
+25 Points
Points this Post: 55
Grand Total: 95
10.10. April Fools Day!I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 150
Goodreads Authors: Alex Flinn, Sara Shepard, Janet Lee Carey, James Patterson
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
30.7 Beth NC's task FIRE ELEMENTALSOption 5 - I read a Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin which features.... Dragons! There is also one on the cover:
For this book I claim a big book ticket as it has 1000+ pages
Option 6 - I read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathon Safran Foer which has 326 pages Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Points this task: 30
Total: 30
20.4. Author!Author!Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré
This is Smiley versus Karla #1 (I didn't take part in the winter challenge)
20 pts
20.9 Lucky Me!
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
2. Flower on the cover:
Margaret Atwood is a Goodreads author.
20 pts
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Points this post: 40
Total points: 40
Total Goodreads authors: 1
Repost of #20220.6 - Seasoned Reader - She Works Hard for the Money
I rolled a 5 and read No Nest for the Wicket by Donna Andrews. The book is a mystery.
No change in points.
30.2 - Sassafrass - “What I want to be” meets “What did I become”... Book 1 - when I was young I wanted to be a teacher, so I read Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling - this series was approved in the help thread.
Book 2 - before I was a stay-at-home mom I was a scientist so I read Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 105/1090
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 10
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Nick KY5.7 I Love Paris The Immoralist by André Gide, 123 pages
Task Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 115
Total Pages: 4,414
Big Books: 750+ (1)
25.10. I love a happy ending! Option A
1. The White Queen by Philippa Gregory
3. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
25 points
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30.3 Spring Delights
Option 1: 11/22/63 by Stephen King -
849 claiming big book ticket
Option 5: The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum
("der" is in "Murder")
30 points
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Points this post: 55
Total points: 95
Total Goodreads authors: 1
Big Books: 750+ (1)
15.4 - ABC’s, 123’s ......I chose the one book option and read From a Buick 8 by Stephen King
Total Points = 170
Mod
10.4. Fire Signs
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen an Aries, born April 17, 1885
10.8. I Have a Question - how, what in title
Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It by Kelly Gallagher
20.9 Lucky Me!: Bea's Task - I Can’t Wait for Spring!
option 3, spring word in title- flower: Poison Flower: A Jane Whitefield Novel by Thomas Perry
20.10 Group Reads
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
post # 5 in the discussion thread
25.4. Sandy's task:More Fun with Words - With a Twist!
book 1- Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin- title: PLAM, anagram PALM
book 2- Stevenson Under the Palm Trees by Alberto Manguel
total 140
20.10 Group ReadDivergent
Points this post: 20
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Can I claim a Goodreads Author ticket for this one - Veronica Roth is a goodreads author.
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 10.6 Middle Name Pride...Read a book by an author who uses his or her middle name
I read
Hounded to DeathRita Mae Brown 336 pages (3.12)Points earned for this task: 10
Points Achieved to date: 80
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 1
Total # of Big Books:
500+ (0)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Christie Guatemala20.4. Author!Author!: Skandia's Task - To be continued .... in Spring!
Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld
I read the first book of the Leviathan trilogy, Leviathan, during the Winter challenge.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 90
Goodreads authors: 4
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 5.5 Possession...Read a book with a word in the possessive form in the title:
I read
The Sea King's DaughterBarbara Michaels 342 pages (3.13)Points earned for this task: 5
Points Achieved to date: 85
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 1
Total # of Big Books:
500+ (0)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Carly15.7 - Spring Into Action!
Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter
Uncommon Criminals has both "action" and "adventure" listed in its genres.
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 50
Tasks Completed: 3
Tasks in Progress: 1
Books Read: 3
GoodReads Authors:
Big Books: 500+(-), 750+(-), 1000+(-)
Pages Read: 792
TANYAPT20.8 Book: After the Apocalypse: Stories by Maureen F. McHugh
# of ratings when I selected it - 208
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
GR Author: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
15.9 Geek Pride DayI read State of Wonder by Ann Patchett. The main character in this book (and several other characters too) are pharmaceutical researchers and the book is about their fictional attempt to develop a fertility drug.
20.2 Queen Arwen's Task: April Showers
I chose option A3 (storm on the cover) and read The Waves by Virginia Woolf.
The cover shows foreboding storm clouds over a choppy ocean. This book is on the approved list (post 2) in the task help thread.Task 20.3 ChrisMD's Task: Fiery Tunes
I used the song St. Elmo's Fire and read The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett.
Points this post: 55
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
GR authors: none
Big Books: none
20.7. Shorter is Sweeter: Jayalita's Task - Happy Rama Navami!
This book was based on the Russian Myth "The Snow Maiden":
The Snow Child (2012) by Eowyn Ivey (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 389 pages)
***Goodreads Author*** Eowyn Ivey
Grand Total: 20 + 20 = 40
Tasks Completed: 3
Points for this task: 20
Points thus far: 20 + 20 = 40
Books read: 3
Pages Read: 875
Read but not claimed: 2
Goodreads Authors: 1
Mod
by Kristen Simmons (GRA)20.8 Party Time
read
by Cathy Brett 33 ratings. Points this Post: 40
Total points- 165
Tasks Completed: 9
Books read: 11
Pages Read : 4,189
GR Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
DebraTTask 15.3: We Go Together Like...
Lost Boy Lost Girl by Peter Straub
One book that has a commonly linked pair in the title: "boy" and "girl"
Peter Straub is a GoodReads Author
20.4 Author! Author!
The Fall by Guillermo del Toro
I read The Strain, which is book number 1 in the "The Strain Trilogy," during the Winter Seasonal Challenge.
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter
Hammered by Kevin Hearne
Book features Norse Mythology
Kevin Hearne is a GoodReads Author
25.10 Mrs. Soule's Task
Hotel Iris: A Novel by Yoko Ogawa
Option 5, Tigger: On TBR list prior to 3/1/12
This post: 80 points
Total to date: 80 points
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Jennifer L.30.7 - Fire Elementals -
Option #4 - Romance - The Secret by Julie Garwood
Option #6 - Page Numbers Ending in 6 or 7 - Ransom by Julie Garwood (576 pages)
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 90
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 7
STACIE MITask 30.8 - The Breakfast Club
I decided to do option 1 and 5.
For 1, I read a book with 512 pages:
Smash Cut by Sandra Brown
For 5, I read a book that I got out from the library:
Frost by Wendy Delsol
**At 512 pages, Smash Cut qualifies as a Big Book!!**
**Both Sandra Brown and Wendy Delsol are Goodreads authors!!**
Points this task: 30
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
Pages read: 2410
Goodreads authors: 5
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Completed 15.5...XYZ Listened to Odd Thomas by Dean Kootnz "z" in last nameTask points 15
Total points 20
15.3 We Go Together...Cat & Mouse by James Patterson (GOODREADS AUTHOR!)
15.5 XYZ
Bumped by Megan McCafferty (GOODREADS AUTHOR!) -- Y in the author's name
20.10 Group Reads
The Night Circus - my post was #8 in the discussion thread.
Point Total: 50
15.4 - ABC’s, 123’s ......Selection Approved
has One and Carry starts with C in title
Carry the One by *Carol Anshaw
*Carol Anshaw is a Goodreads Author*
Points in This Task: 15
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 253
Totals:
Total Points: 45
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(0), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 3
Total Pages Read in Spring 2012 SRC: 1077
Review Available. Anne (Booklady) Spring 2012 Reviews
Laurie ME15.1: Spring Forward:
A. Dystopia: Carrie Vaughn - Discord's Apple
B. 1794: Bertrice Small - The Duchess
Carrie Vaughn is a Goodread's Author
25.11: Kate S's Task: Take it to the Links:
A. Option 4: Lisa Kleypas - It Happened One Autumn
B. Option 5: John Buchan - The Thirty Nine Steps (has 149 pages)
Lisa Kleypas is a Goodreads author.
Points this Post: 40.
Total Points: 185.
20.3 - FIERY TUNES - I chose St. Elmo's Fire (one of my favorite movies BTW) and read Murder at St. Adelaide's (St. in title).TOTAL POINTS - 185
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 5
BIG BOOKS - 0
Sheila5.6 SRC Recommends Redux
Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris which was #94 at time of choosing.
I voted on The Book Thief and The Help which were ★★★★★ books that I read last year.
Total Points = 175
5.8 Too Long To-Do List Read one of the books that has been on your to-read pile for too long.
The Grief of Others by Leah Hager Cohen
This Post: 5
Total Points: 80/1090
Tasks Completed: 8/61
Books Read: 10/86
30.6 Delicious Dee's task:Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction I read Midnight in Austenland by Shannon Hale and the non-fiction Jane Austen by Deirdre Le Faye. This duo was pre-approved by Dee in her help thread.
*Shannon Hale is a GR Author*
Points This Post- 30
Total Points- 105
GR Authors- 5
TASK 5.5: PossessionThe Soldier's Wife by Margaret Leroy
TASK: 20.5 - Rolled 1: Features royal characters
A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
Points this Post: 25
Total points: 30
Tasks Completed: 3
Books read: 3
Pages Read : 1878
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
Christie Guatemala15.6 - They're On Fire
Love in a Nutshell by Janet Evanovich
Janet Evanovich shows up on the Hardcover Fiction list at number 8 on January 1st, 2012.
Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 105
Goodreads authors: 5
Nick KY30.1 We Didn’t Start the Fire My year was 1962, half a century ago.
Book 1: I rolled a 3 and read Go Down, Moses by William Faulkner who died in 1962. 365 pages
Book 2: I rolled a 6 and read An American Insurrection: James Meredith and the Battle of Oxford, Mississippi, 1962 by William Doyle, a nonfiction account of Univ of MS student James Meredith and the 1962 uprising at “Ole Miss” (mentioned in the song) because of his race. 400 pages
Task Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 145
Total Pages: 5,179
Big Books: 750+ (1)
10.3. Run or Ride?
by Denis Johnson has a horse on the cover.Points this task: 10
Total Points: 160
Goodreads Authors: Alex Flinn, Sara Shepard, Janet Lee Carey, James Patterson
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
MariyaTask 10.9. I’m On Fire!
I read
I've been waiting to read this book for months and I am so glad I finally got a chance to do it.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
*This entire post is a repost because I forgot to add my GR Authors- I am so sorry! I am definitely not on my game so far this season.*15.5-...And XYZ-
I read Existence by Abbi Glines.
Existence was approved in ebook thread. This is a repost because I forgot to get it approved earlier- sorry! All taken care of :)
30.2- Sassafrass's task: “What I want to be” meets “What did I become”...
I wanted to become a teacher when I was young. As early as 3rd grade I knew. When I grew up I became a teacher. I have taught elementary school and pre-school throughout the years. I read 2 books that have a teacher as a main character.
1. Taming Natasha by Nora Roberts
2. His Son's Teacher by Kay Stockham
5.7- I Love Paris In The Springtime
I read Curio by Cara McKenna, which is set in Paris. Pre-approved in ebook thread.
Kay Stockham,Cara McKennaand Abbi Glines are all GR Authors
Points This Post- 50
Total Points- 75
GR Authors- 7
Task 20.10 - Group read (posted in discussion)
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Challenge total = 100
5.7 I LOVE PARIS IN THE SPRINGTIME - The Paris Wife by Paula McLainBook set in Paris France
***GR Author***
20.1 CLEAN THOSE SHELVES - Sense of Evil (Evil, #3) by Kay Hooper
Listened to audiobook
20.10 GROUP READ - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Review post 10
30.3 SPRING DELIGHTS -
A. The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
"er" in title
B. Kill Alex Cross by James Patterson
James Patterson was born March 22 (springtime)
***GR Author***
Points: 75
Task: 4
Books: 5
Pages: 1937
GR Author: 2
Big Books 500+: 1
Total Points: 160
Total Tasks: 9
Total Books: 12
Total Pages: 4558
GR Authors: 3
Big Books 500+: 1
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5.8: Too Long To-Do List:
Johanna Lindsey - The Heir
10.1: Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss: Don = Nod
Casey Daniels - Don of the Dead
10.10 April Fool's Day:
Jennifer Crusie - Crazy for You
Jennifer Crusie is a Goodreads Author.
15.6: They're On Fire: listed 1/8/12 for Paperback/Trade fiction:
Nora Roberts - The Winning Hand
20.4: Author! Author! Skandia's Task: to be Continued ... in Spring: 2nd book in series:
Agatha Christie - The Seven Dials Mystery
25.2: Jenn Renee's Task: Out with the Old, in with the New ... and it's Fire:
1. Option 3: Jessica Hall - Into the Fire
2. Option 4: Thomas Fitzsimmons - City of Fire
Thomas Fitzsimmons in a Goodreads Author.
30.3: Sheila/Kathy G;s Task: Spring Delights"
1. Option 5: Johanna Lindsey - Tender is the Storm
2. Option 6: Suzanne Young - Murder by Yew
30.7: Beth NC's Task: Fire Elementals
Option 4: Lynn Kurland - One Magic Moment
Option 6: Lynn Kurland - With Every Breath
Points this Post: 145.
Total Points: 145.