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20.5 A Game of BooksI rolled a 3 "Winter is Coming"
by Patrick NessWhite and grey cover
Points this post: 20
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Big Book Tickets: 1
10.9 I'm on Fire!A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
As published in the omnibus edition, The Complete Sherlock Holmes, the combined page total = 141 pages
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 140
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 10
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 0
Lavinia30.6 - Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction
Option A:
The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever - Julia Quinn
and
What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist-The Facts of Daily Life in Nineteenth-Century England - Daniel Pool
(The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever is set in the 19th century in England; What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew is about life at that time.)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 8
30.4 Dlmrose's task: Burning Ring of Fire
by Richelle Mead ***Goodreads Author*** takes place in Seattle, Washington
by Kelley Armstrong ***Goodreads Author***Points for this Task: 30
Total Points: 45
Goal Points: 335
Completed Tasks:2/61
Tasks in Progress: 5.8, 25.9, 30.2, 30.3
Goodreads Authors: 3 (Kelley Armstrong, Maureen Johnson, Richelle Mead)
Big Book Tickets: 500+() 750+() 1000+()
RACHEL CA: 20 pts total5.03 Let's Hear it for the Boys
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar (Chris Bowns)
15.05 ...... And XYZ
The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood by Elspeth Huxley
Points: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Goodreads authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
20.4 To Be Continued... In Spring!I didn't read any books that were part of a series in the last challenge, so I started a new series. I read Heartsick by Chelsea Cain.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 75
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Total Books Read: 4
Total Pages Read: 1272
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
30.3 - SPRING DELIGHTSOPTION 4 - TULIPS -
OPTION 5 - DU FRUHLING -
by Ann Rinaldi (IN in authors last name).TOTAL POINTS - 305
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 7
BIG BOOKS - 0
Nick KY15.6 They’re on Fire The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings, #35 On Mar 4 NYTimes Bestseller list, (# 18 the week before) 4 weeks on the list, 283 pages
30.3 Spring Delights
Option 3 -- Luck o’ the Irish: Sun Dancing: Life in a medieval Irish monastery and how Celtic spirituality influenced the world by Geoffrey Moorhouse, 304 pages
Option 5 – Der Fruhling: Philadelphia, Here I Come! by Brian Friel, “FR” consecutive in the author’s name, 110 pages
Task Points this Post: 45
Total Points: 205
Total Pages: 6,430
Big Books: 750+ (1)
ERIN C. 10.9 I'm on Fire!
The Constant Gardener by John le Carré
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
Three New Tasks in this Post15.9 - Geek Pride Day: The Geek Job by Eve Langlais
***Eve Langlais is a Goodreads Author***
20.6 She Works Hard for the Money: I rolled a 1 and read Circle of Change which has the main character, Kim, who has Gender Identity Disorder in adolescents and adults and is a female to male transgender character.
20.8 Party Time! I chose the small and indulgent style of party and read Yellowstone Wild which only has 38 ratings as of right now and when I chose it.
Total Points this Post: 55
Total Points in Challenge: 350
Books Read: 28
Tasks Completed: 18
GR Authors: 20
Big Book Tickets: 500+(2); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
hpaddict20.3 Fiery Tunes
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgeraldused with song - Great Balls of Fire
this post = 20
challenge total = 65
goodreads authors = 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
5.6 SRC Recommends Redux The Hunger Games This book was at #1 when I voted.Total Point Earned: 30/1090
Total Pages Read: 1270/29893
Good Read Authors:
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
20.10-Group Reads - Divergentpoints this post 20
Total points 20
Tasks completed 1
MariyaTask 20.5. Bigger is Better: Masanobu's Task - A Game of Books
I rolled a 4 and chose a book that has a black & red cover:
Points this post: 20
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
STACIE MITask 10.6 - Middle Name Pride Day
I read:
OyMG by Amy Fellner Dominy
**Amy Fellner Dominy is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 10
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 12
Pages read: 3440
Goodreads authors: 6
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Task #20.6 - Seasoned Reader: Jennifer W’s task- She Works Hard for the MoneyI rolled the dice and got 5: Forensics.
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
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5.2 Get Caught Reading
book in title: The Book of Chameleons: A Novel by José Eduardo Agualusa
10.3. Run or Ride?
book about running: To Be a Runner: How Racing Up Mountains, Running with the Bulls, or Just Taking On a 5-K Makes You a Better Person by Martin Dugard
10.7. Fuel to the Fire
Fellowship of Fear by Aaron Elkins- an author new-to-me in the Winter Challenge- I don't know how I missed him all these years
15.4 - ABC’s, 123’s ......
A word- Around, # in title- 80
Around the World in 80 Dinners: The Ultimate Culinary Adventure by Cheryl Alters Jamison
15.8 - International Worker’s Day
Talking About Detective Fiction by P.D. James
total 195
Sheila10.6. Middle Name Pride Day
Mobbed: A Regan Reilly Mystery by Carol Higgins Clark
30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's task: Spring Delights
Option: 2. Spring Thing -
by Christopher Buckley Published April 2nd 2007AND
Option 5. Spring in German is “der Frühling”-
Contents Under Pressure Contents Under Pressure by Edna Buchanan
D-E or E-R
Total Points = 315
Keltie Lee15.7 - Spring Into Action!
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
by J.K. Rowling
*has adventure listed as a genre*
30.4 Burning Ring of Fire
Book 1: The Rules for Hearts
by Sara Ryan Goodreads Author
*takes place in Portland, OR*
Book 2: Knowing the Score
by Marie Donovan
Points this post: 45
Total points: 155
Tasks: 12
Books: 14
Goodread authors: 6
Big Book Tickets 500: 1
15.7 Spring Into Action!i read The Elephant Keeper, which has adventure listed as a genre on it's main page (as of 3.19.12.) i loved this book. :)
Total points: 65/1090
Tasks Completed: 3/61
Books read: 4/83ish
Goodreads Authors:
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
CathyG20.4. 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.
A book must be identified as part of series by Goodreads (Series Name, #). A series will be defined as at least 2 published books with the same series name by Goodreads.
Required: Include the name of the book and series that you read during the Winter Challenge when you post.
To Wed a Wild Lord by Sabrina Jeffries during the winter challenge
A Lady Never Surrenders for the spring challenge
Goodreads Author
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20.6. Seasoned Reader: Jennifer W’s task- She Works Hard for the Money
Roll a die. Die Roller REQUIRED: State what you rolled when posting. 5
5: Forensics. Read a book in which a character investigates a crime.
A Perfect Blood by Kim Harrison
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20.8. It's My Birthday: Mary Beth's Task - Party Time!
So, for this task, celebrate in the style of your choice. Read either a book with more than 50,000 ratings on Goodreads or a book with fewer than 500 ratings on Goodreads. The ratings shown on the book's main page must be used. REQUIRED: Include in your post the number of ratings that the book had when you selected it.
Destiny by Carly Phillips
299 ratings
Goodreads Author
Points this post: 60
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 8
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
5.1 Silhouette on the Shade Married With Zombies by by Jesse Petersen
5.3 Let's Hear it for the Boys
Glory in Death by J.D. Robb – from Kyle F.’s read list
5.8 Too Long To-Do List
Harpy Thyme by Piers Anthony (on TBR since 10/2009)
10.1. Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!
Wolf at the Door by Christine Warren – Wolf backwards is Flow
10.7. Fuel to the Fire
Skip Beat!, Vol. 14by Yoshiki Nakamura
Yoshiki Nakamura was a new author for me in the Winter 2011-2012 challenge.
Points This Post: 35
Total Points: 35
JACKIE NC20.5. Bigger is Better: Masanobu's Task - A Game of Books
Option 6 - Mystery
Invisible by Lorena McCourtney
25.2. Jenn Renee's task:Out with the Old, In with the New... and it's Fire
Option 1: Sew Deadly by Elizabeth Lynn Casey
Option 2:
by Shirley Rousseau MurphyElizabeth Lynn Casey and Lorena McCourtney are Goodreads authors
Points this post: 45
Total Points: 45
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
30.8 Meghanly's task: The Breakfast Club I chose option #1 and read
:*662 pages
*goodreads author
*big book ticket item
I also chose option #2 and read
Points this Post: 30
Total points- 30
Tasks Completed: 1
Books read: 2
Pages Read : 949
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
STACIE MITask 10.10 - April Fools Day!
I read:
Say Hello to Cactus Flats: A FoxTrot Collection,
May the Force Be With Us, Please: A FoxTrot Collection,
Take Us to Your Mall : A FoxTrot Collection, and
At Least This Place Sells T-Shirts: A FoxTrot Collection, all by Bill Amend.
At 128 pages each, together they are over 500 pages of syndicated comic strips.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 145
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 16
Pages read: 3952
Goodreads authors: 6
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Lavinia5.3 Let's Hear it for the Boys
In the Woods - Tana French
(from my friend Rich Stoehr's shelves)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 135
Katie OH 20.6. Seasoned Reader: She Works Hard for the Money
I rolled a 4.
Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey by Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall is famous for her work with chimpanzees. This book contains a lot of information about her experiences. This book was approved in post #66 of the help thread.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 35
Tasks Completed: 2
Books read: 2
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 0
Christie Guatemala20.7. Shorter is Sweeter: Jayalalita's Task - Happy Rama Navami!
Fairest by Gail Carson Levine
This is a retelling of Snow White.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
Goodreads authors: 5
Carly25.10. Mrs. Soule's Task:I love a happy ending!
I read books for Option B.
4. Rabbit: Gardenias for Breakfast: A Women of Faith Novel by Robin Jones Gunn
Christian is listed in its genres.
6. Roo: Ruthless by Sara Shepard.
Young Adult is listed in its genres.
Also, Sara Shepard is a GoodReads Author.
Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 85
Tasks Completed: 5
Tasks in Progress: 1
Books Read: 6
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(-), 750+(-), 1000+(-)
Pages Read: 1728
25.9. Stacie MI's Task: Red Hot Option A. 352 Pages. Has 2 & 3 in Page #
Still Missing by *Chevy Stevens
*Chevy Stevens is a Goodreads Author.*
Option B: Published in 2002
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Points in This Task: 25
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 724
Totals:
Total Points: 90
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(0), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Total Books Read: 6
Total Pages Read in Spring 2012 SRC: 2194
Reviews Available. Anne (Booklady) Spring 2012 Reviews
5.4 The FIRE Within- Read a book with the LETTERS F, I, R, E in the title or subtitle. The letters do not need to appear consecutively. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Total Points: 5
Books Read: 1
10.7. Fuel to the Fire 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. REQUIRED: state in your post whether the author was new to you in the winter challenge or is new to you now.
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
This author is new to me now.
Total Points: 15
Books Read:2
20.4 To Be Continued In Spring11th Hour by James Patterson
I read 10th Anniversary which is part of the Women's Murder Club for the winter challenge.
***Claiming a GR author ticket***
20.7 Happy Rama Navami
Fantasy Loverby Sherrilyn Kenyon
Inspired by a Greek legend and approved on help thread
Points claimed this post:40
Total points:140
Tasks completed:7
Books Read:8
GR Author Tickets: 1
BB tickets:1
Cindy FTask 20.4 To Be Continued...In Spring
I read Southern Discomfort by Margaret Maron
I read the first book in the series in the winter challenge Bootlegger's Daughter
Points this post:20
Total points:100
Tasks completed:6
Books read:7
Goodreads Authors:0
Big books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Cindy ALHi guys, I've been gone for two weeks, and I've done a lot of reading, will try to catch up over today and tomorrow! Here goes:
30.3 Spring Delights:
by Sharon Lee
Option 4 Two lips, two persons on the cover and
The Amaranth Enchantment by Julie Berry
Option 5 Der Fruhling "li" in Julie Berry
Sharon Lee is a Goodreads Author and Julie Berry is a Goodreads Author.
30.7 Fire Elementals:
Beauty and the Werewolf by Mercedes Lackey
Option 4 romance and Option 1 changes into a wolf, shapeshifting and
Tanya HuffOption 5 dragon on the cover and Option 1 shapeshifting
30.8 The Breakfast Club:
The Shattered Vine by Laura Anne Gilman
Option 5 Checked out of the library and
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
Option 4 Printz Award
Ship Breaker won the Printz Award in 2011
Laura Anne Gilman is a Goodreads Author.
Points in this post - 90
Total Points - 115/1090
Books - 8/84
Pages - 4106
Goodreads Authors: 4
5.9- The Devil Made Me Do ItI read Hell by Jet Mykles
10.7- Fuel to the Fire
I read Faith by Jet Mykles.
(I read Heavenby Jet Mykles for the Winter Challenge. Heaven was the first book by this author that I have read.)
20.4- To Be Cont...In Spring!
I read Purgatory by Jet Mykles, which is the next in the series Heaven Sent by Jet Mykles. The first was Heaven, which I read in the Winter Challenge.
15.3- We Go Together Like...
I read Mergers & Acquisitions by Lillian Grant. Approved in Help thread.
15.8- International Worker's Day
I read Misunderstanding Mason by Claire Ashgrove. Approved in Help thread.
*All ebooks listed were pre-approved in ebook thread*
*Claire Ashgrove, Jet Mykles and Lillian Hart are all Gr Authors *
Points This Post- 65
Total Points- 170
GR Authors- 10
15.4 - ABC’s, 123’s ......Two Truths and a Lie by Sara Shepard
Has the number two and the "a" word And. Sara Shepard is a goodreads author.
Task 20.2. Rookie on Top: Queenarwen's Task: April Showers
A-1: About a storm/flood:
The Great Hurricane: 1938 by Cherie Burns is about the hurricane that hit New England in 1938.
Points this task: 35
Total Points: 210
Goodreads Authors: Alex Flinn, Sara Shepard*, Janet Lee Carey, James Patterson, Susan Cooper
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Michelle WI20.2 April Showers
(option B number 2, from the list Books That Make You Laugh)
The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz ** - the dysfunctional family in this story made it laugh worthy and I will definitely be reading more in the series!
20.3 Fiery Tunes
(song: I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire)
The Boy at the End of the World by Greg Van Eekhout ** (WORLD appears in both titles)
***** Lisa Lutz and Greg Van Eekhout are GoodReads authors *****
points this post: 40
total points: 130
tasks completed: 7
goodreads authors: 3
15.5- ...... And XYZDiamond Bay by Linda Howard
Points this post: 15
Total points: 175
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 11
Goodreads Author: 8
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(3)
Cindy FTask 15.3 We go together like....
I read a one book option Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford BITTER/SWEET
Jamie Ford is a Goodreads Author!!
Points this post:15
Total points:115
Tasks completed:7
Books read:8
Goodreads Authors:1
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
25.4. More Fun with WordsBook 1: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Book 2: Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
(using the first letters from "do," "electric," "androids," and "dream" to spell "dead")
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Points this post: 25
Total points: 160
Total Goodreads authors: 1
Big Books: 750+ (1)
Total tasks completed: 7
Total pages: 3,754
Total books: 10
10.8. I Have a QuestionWhat We Keep by Elizabeth Berg
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 220
Goodreads Authors: Alex Flinn, Sara Shepard*, Janet Lee Carey, James Patterson, Susan Cooper
STESSE10.6. Middle Name Pride Day
Murder Unleashed: A Novel by Rita Mae Brown (304 p)
10.8. I Have a Question
Me, Myself and Why? by MaryJanice Davidson (302 p)
15.5 - ...... And XYZ
Third Grave Dead Ahead by Darynda Jones (310 p)
Jones is a GRA
Points this Post: 35
Tasks Completed this Post: 3
Books Read this Post: 3
Pages Read this Post: 916
GoodReads Authors this Post: 1
Big Books this Post: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Points: 35
Total Tasks Completed: 3
Total Books Read: 3
Total Pages Read: 916
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
name: Suzannetask 25.10 I love a happy ending
Opt.A
by Elizabeth Bevarlyand Kathleen Creighton*this is a 2 in 1 book*
Total Task points:50
BUTTERFLYCAGER5.5 Possession - Between the Covers: The Book Babes' Guide to a Woman's Reading Pleasures by Margo Hammond
5.8 Too Long To-Do List - A Finer End by Deborah Crombie
20.4. Author!Author!: Skandia's Task - To be continued .... in Spring!
I read Lucifer's Tears (Inspector Kari Vaara #2) by James Thompson for Winter Challenge task #15.6. For this task, I read Helsinki White (Inspector Kari Vaara #3).
James Thompson is a Goodreads Author.
Points this post: 30
Total challenge points: 300
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 23
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500-0, 750-0, 1000=0
ERIN C.5.4 The FIRE Within
The Rise and Fall of Alexandria: Birthplace of the Modern Mind by Justin Pollard
Justin Pollard is a GoodReads Author
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
30.4 -Burning Ring of FireBook 1 A book set in Alaska:
Alaska by James A. Michener *Big Book* x2 - 896 pages
Book 2 A book with ing in the title:
Whistling For The Elephants by Sandi Toksvig
Total points 70
5.8 Too Long To-Do ListThe Rossetti Letter by Christi Phillips
Has been on my TBR shelf since September 2010
15.4 ABC's, 123's
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
30.6 Stranger Than Fiction
Option A
Book 1: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
I liked the end of the story and wanted to know more about what happened next (especially in regards to education)
Book 2: Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace With Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Greg Mortenson
***Greg Mortensen is a GR Author***
***REPOST for Big Book Ticket***
The edition of What the Night Knows had over 500 pages in it
Post Total: 50
Season Total: 185
Tasks Completed: 13/61
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Task 25.2 - Jenn Renee's task: Out with the Old, In with the New... and it's Fire
2. Read a book with a red, yellow, or orange cover. At least half the book cover has to be one of these colors.
2. Read a book with a red, yellow, or orange cover. At least half the book cover has to be one of these colors.
Points this Post: 25
Total points: 70
Tasks Completed: 5
Books read: 6