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SPRING CHALLENGE 2015
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Katrina 15.7.Pi Day
Deadly by Sara Shepard *goodreads author*
This book is number 14 in the series.
This Post: 15
Total Points: 55/1035
Books Read: 5
Completed Tasks: 5/60
ŷ Authors: 5
Big Books: 0
Cait S25.2- Garden Quotes
This is a 2 book challenge. Pick 2 different options and read one book from each.
Book #1- Option 3
Read an autobiography or memoir. This must be a non-fiction account about the author’s own life.
Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide by Peter Allison
(The title/genres make it clear that this is an autobiography but this version's summary is pretty lacking. If more is needed to verify, the kindle version provides better information: Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide)
This book was not a re-read for me.
Book #2- Option 4
Read a book with the main page genre of Science Fiction. Genre can be stand alone or embedded.
Peeps by Scott Westerfeld **Scott Westerfeld is a ŷ Author**
This book was not a re-read for me.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 60
ŷ Authors: 3
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Coralie5.8 Niflheim, the home of the dead
Grass For His Pillow by Lian Hearn which is a pseudonym of Gillian Rubinstein
10.5 Cinco de Mayo
Book set in Mexico
The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico
15.5 International Women's Day
Shortlisted for the Stella Prize 2013
Sea Hearts
20.9 Hel Hath Fury
Option 2 The final book in the Mars trilogy
Blue Mars
This post 50 points
Total to date 50 points
5.7 Home of the DwarvesRead a book between 100-260pp
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydeby Robert Louis Stevenson
MPE: 144pp
Books read:2
Tasks Completed: 2
Big Books: 0
GR Authors: 1: Ally Condie
Tasks Points: 5
Grand Total: 10/1050
NicoleS15.7 Pi Day-The Activist (Theodore Boone #4) by John Grisham IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 10.0
*John Grisham is a ŷ author
Points this Task: 15
ŷ Authors: 1
Total Points: 25
Adria15.6 Tax Day: Read a nonfiction book about money, economics, or finance
Shakedown Socialism: Unions, Pitchforks, Collective Greed, The Fallacy of Economic Equality, and other Optical Illusions of "Redistributive Justice"
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
RedsCat5.1 Asgard
Just What Kind of Mother Are You?
*Paula Daly is a GoodReads author*
Points This Post: 5
ŷ Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total for Spring Challenge:
Total Points: 20/1,035
Total Tasks: 2/59
Total ŷ Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets:
Jonquil20.2 Rookie at the Top - Maryn’s Task: Midwives Help People Out
Option Two: midwife is a main character.
"As a midwife in turn-of-the-century New York, Sarah Brandt has seen pain and joy."
Murder on Astor Place
Victoria Thompson
278 pages 3/8
If not for Marvyn's task, and Dee's recommendation, I never would have considered this book (which I enjoyed.)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 160
Books posted: 12
Tasks complete: 10
Pages this post: 278
Total pages as of this post: 3798
Janice CA20.6: I Spy Spring with the letter B
Option: blossom
(There is a rose on top of the casket.)
# of pages: 350
The Undertaker's Daughter by Kate Mayfield
+20
total: 20
tasks: 1
books: 1
ASHLEY V5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves.
Read a book with 100-360 pages
Child of God by Cormac McCarthy
Page Count: 197
CURRENT POST
Points: 5
ŷ Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 85
Total ŷ Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Oma122920.5 - Bigger is Better � ChrisEverest’s Task � Love and Not Quite Love
I Chose Option #1
Option 1- LOVE: Read a book by a single author (no co-authors or books by multiple contributors) whose last name (name in the last position) ends in –ER
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Marissa Meyer is a new author to me
Claiming Marissa Meyer as GR author
Total Points-40/1060
Total Tasks Completed-3/60
Number of GR authors-(2)
Big Books-500 pages ();750+pages ()
20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References:Option 4: He Is My Brother - Read a book where one of the main characters is someone’s brother or has a brother.
Lord of Scoundrels- The main character Jessica has a brother as indicated in this line from ŷ summary "Jessica Trent is a determined young woman, and she s going to drag her imbecile brother off the road to ruin, no matter what it takes."
Points this post: 20
GRA this post:0
BB this post:0
Total points:20
Total GRA:0
Total BB:0
10.4 - May the Fourth Be With YouScience fiction: The Martian by Andy Weir
Points this post: 10
Total points: 20
20.4 - Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era:Option One: Tutor Time
Read a book with exactly two people on the cover.
- there are two people on the coverJennifer Ashley is a GRA. 1 GRA point.
Points this post: 20
GRA this post:1
BB this post:0
Total points:40
Total GRA:1
Total BB:0
15.7.Pi DayRead a book that is number 3, 1, or 4 in a series.
Keep Me Ghosted by Karen Cantwell *ŷ Author*
*Sophie Rhodes Ghostly Romance #1
TASK TOTALS
Points: 15
ŷ Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets:
CHALLENGE TOTALS
Points: 80
ŷ Authors: 3
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
20.6 - Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B :Read a book that fulfills A AND B
Part A - One of the I spy items must be on cover - There is a bird on the cover (green, sitting on fountain)
Part B - Books must be a Minimum of 300 pages and MUST include only numbers from the following number sequence, my birthday 03/07/1965 - The paperback has 305 pages.
Laura Merriman is a GRA. 1 GRA Point.
Points this post: 20
GRA this post:1
BB this post:0
Total points:60
Total GRA:2
Total BB:0
20.9 - Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury:Option 2: Read a book that is the last published book in a series OR the most recently published in a series.
Dogwood Hill - Most recently published book in series as indicated on ŷ. Book #12, published December 30, 2014. Book #13 is expected in 2015 (according to ŷ).
Points this post: 20
GRA this post:0
BB this post:0
Total points:80
Total GRA:2
Total BB:0
Ana20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
by Matsuri Hino. *Not a Reread
*3rd in the series
*It was approved in message 28 by Cait.
Points this Post 20
Total Points 20
Tasks Completed 1
Books Read 1
Total Pages 196
GoodReads Author 0
Big Book Tickets 0
SCHATZIE25.7: DAKIMEL'S AWARD SEASON
opt. B: Herbie Hancock: Possibilities
req'd: category was -- NARRATED BY THE AUTHOR
opt. B: You Can Date Boys When You're Forty: Dave Barry on Parenting and Other Topics He Knows Very Little About
req'd: category was -- HUMOR
Points this post: 25
Total Challenge Points: 130
GRA: 2
BB (500)- 0
BB (750)- 0
BB (1000)- 0
AKCTask 15.7 This book is #1 in series
The Fortune of the Rougons by Émile Zola
Points this task: 15
Total points: 30
20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a NameCompleted Option 4:Read Gone Girl which was on the first page of the "Did Not Finish" Shelf.
Current post = 20
20.1 Most Improved Player Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Option 4: This book appears on page 3 of the "Did Not Finish" list
I read the Kindle edition; the Mass Market Paperback edition has 1,463 pages. I am claiming 3 Big Book tickets.
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 165
SandiCompleted Task
NO TICKET CLAIMS
10.6 - Older Americans Month
American Author 50+ yrs old -- Gloria D. Miklowitz -- born May 18, 1927 in New York City
Past Forgiving
30.6 Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!
Book #1: Using Option A - Short Story collection with main page genre of Short Stories or Anthologies
Available in ebook format only. Verified for length at post #329 of ebook verification thread -- /topic/show/...
The Indie Eclective: The Halloween Collection
Book #2: Using Option B - Book 500+ pp
Ebook (Scribd) edition I read: The Bronze Horseman
Most popular MMPB edition: El jinete de bronce -- 781 pp
Summary***
Previous Points Earned: 0
Points Earned this Post: 40
Total Points To Date: 40
20.3 Thinly Veiled Marvel ReferencesOption 1 Storm in title: Freaks of the Storm: From Flying Cows to Stealing Thunder: The World's Strangest True Weather Stories by Randy Cerveny
Total points: 20
ASHLEY OZ10.4 - May the Fourth Be With You
Read a book with the genre "science fiction" on its main page
The Young Elites by Marie Lu
POINTS
This Post: 10
Total Points: 70
Books Read: 6
Completed Tasks: 5
Shannon South Africa5.1 Asgard Home of the Aesir
?! or ... in title
by Digonta BordoloiDigonta Bordoloi is a GR author
GR authors: 1
Task points: 5
Challenge points: 5
Shannon South Africa20.4 End of an Era
Option 1. Exactly two people on the cover
by Gabrielle ZevinGabrielle Zevin is a GR author
GR authors: 2
Task points: 20
Challenge points: 25
VAL TX25.4 - Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies.
Option 1: Read a book with a title (subtitles EXCLUDED) that contains a word of at least three letters that appears in an animated Disney movie title.
King Lear by William Shakespeare [The Lion King]
Option 3: Read a book that has "humor" or "funny" in the main page genre list.
The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
Humor = 56 users
This post:
Points - 25
Total:
Points - 85
20.5 - Bigger is Better � ChrisEverest’s Task � Love and Not Quite Love
- The Godwulf Manuscript - Robert B. ParkerREQUIREMENTS : Choosing Option 1. This author is new to me.
CURRENT POST
Points: 20
ŷ Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 60
Total ŷ Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Catherine TTask 25.7 - Awards Season
option A - Tournament of Books
Annihilation, Acceptance both by Jeff Vandermeer
as permitted in the help thread
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total points: 105
ChrisEverest5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants
The option with the Apple
Robert B. Parker's Damned If You DoMichael Brandman is not a GRA
ChrisEverest25.1 - Catherine's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge
Both books new-to-me:
Book 1, by a male author, #1 in a series:
The Gray Man
(Court Gentry #1)
Mark Greaney IS a GRA
Date Published = 2009 (Jove) 464 pages
Book 2, by a female author, not first book or #1:
The Maltese Goddess
(Lara McClintoch Archeological Mystery #2)
Lyn Hamilton is NOT a GRA
Date Published = 1998 (Berkeley) 256 pages
Nick KY5.2 Vannaheim, home of the Vanir. I read Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan. The 9-letter word is “Bookstore.�
25.2 Schatzie’s Garden
Option 1: Flower on the Cover. I read 69 by Ryū Murakami.
Option 3: Autobiography. I read
Just Call Me Mike: A Journey to Actor and Activist by Mike Farrell.Neither book is a re-read for me.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 60
NICOLE OH30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t
Book 1: Love Letters to the Dead (336 pages)
Favorite genre- Contemporary
Ava Dellaira is a ŷ author.
Book 2: Fever Pitch (272 pages)
Least favorite genre: Sports
POINTS
This Post: 30
Total Points: 90
Books Read: 6
ŷ Authors: 4
Big Books: [500+: 1] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
15.10 In honor of Tell a Lie day (April 4), read a book with LIE found intact in the title/subtitle or author's name. Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty *Claiming GRA Ticket*
25.5 Read a book with something in the title and/or subtitle that is worthy of being pillaged, nicked, pinched, stolen or misappropriated. You can read 1 or 2 books, but the page total must be at least 500 pages.
The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
Item to be pillaged is "book" (approved in help thread); Page count is 500 pages *Claiming BB Ticket*.
This Post: 40
Total: 40
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
ŷ Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Pages Read: 960
15.7.Pi DayThe Moor by Laurie R. King ***GRA*** (NOT re-read)
Series: Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #4
20.10 - Group Reads
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain ***GRA*** (NOT re-read)
Discussed in thread posts 11 and 17
THIS POST:
Points: 35
Tasks Completed: 2
Books: 2
GRA Tickets: 2
BB Tickets: [500+:0][750+:0][1000+:0]
TOTAL THIS SEASON:
Points: 205
Tasks Completed: 11
Books: 16
GRA Tickets: 8
BB Tickets: [500+:1][750+:0][1000+:0]
trishhartuk25.1 - Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge
Book One: in honour of Master T: Read a book written by a man that was the debut published work by the author.
A Good Man in Africa, William Boyd: First published 1981: Paperback, 341 pages
Debut published work. Winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award in 1981. GR description says "A Good Man in Africa is William Boyd's classic, prize-winning debut novel".
I had not read William Boyd before (and probably won't again!) so this is not a reread.
ŷ Author: No
Big Book: No
Book Two: In honour of Miss T: Read a book written by a woman that is NEITHER the debut published work by the author NOR the first book in a series.
Aunt Dimity's Christmas (Dimity #5), Nancy Atherton
First published: 1999. Paperback, 224 pages.
I've been working my way through this series, and this was the next one in the list. It's not a reread for me.
ŷ Author: No
Big Book: No
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2 - Total pages 341 + 224 = 565
Tasks completed: 3
Total points: 50
ŷ Authors: 1
Big Books: 0
Jayme VA5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants
The Runaway King by Jennifer A. Nielsen, goodreads author.
IL: MG - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 12.0
The Runaway King is shelved as Young Adult by 385 users.
15.7.Pi Day
The Shadow Throne by Jennifer A. Nielsen, goodreads author.
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12.0
The Shadow Throne is the 3rd book in the Ascendance series.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
10.1 Remarkable Women:The Sister Queens by Sophie Perinot.
It is on page 1, #46 this morning.
Today's total: 10
Grand total: 60
by Peakles30.2 Dlmrose's task: Initial Impressions
Book 1: Read a book written by a single author who uses at least 2 names.
Cotton by Christopher Wilson
Book 2: Using the initials from the author of Book 1, read a book where the title (excluding subtitle) is comprised of words beginning with the letters of the author's initials-
Colters' Woman by Maya Banks
Colters' Woman
Maya Banks is a GRA
Fun task!!
Total Points: 60
Total GRA: 3
30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’tBook 1:
And When She Was Good by Laura Lippman(Mystery)
ppb /book/show/1...
AND
Book 2:
Sticks & Stones by Madeleine Urbanpaperback here Sticks & Stones
(GLBT)
Total Points = 180
ColetteGTask 25.8 Anzac Day
Option #1: Who?: Author Biff Ward born in Australia
It is a memoir and there is not author description.
In the ŷ book description it says it takes place in Sydney, Canberra and Armidale all in Australia.
It revolves around the author's mother's mental illness and the mysterious death of the family's first born child, who was buried in Sydney.
Option #3 Where? Turkey
The book takes place in Turkey and France. About Jews who immigrated from Turkey to France and want to get to Turkey to avoid the concentration camps. It takes place in both Turkey and France, but is primarily set in Turkey and the premise is all about getting to Turkey. (It also fits option #2 with War as a Genre)25 points for task
20.3 Best Review--Cait S's Task--Thinly Veiled Marvel References:Option 3. The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy by Julia Quinn Book 4 of the Smythe-Smith Quartet
Today's Total: 20
Grand Total: 80
HINA15.1.Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong? -
Book 1: Raid by Kristen Ashley.
GR Friend: UniquelyMoi ~ 1-Click RockChick's Review - 5 Stars
Book 2: Powerful Greek, Unworldly Wife by Sarah Morgan.
GR Friend: Dee Review - 1 Star
**Kristen Ashley is a goodreads author.**
**Sarah Morgan is a goodreads author.**
Current post:
Points: 15
ŷ Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 70
Total ŷ Authors: 4
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Nikki B10.1 Remarkable Women
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution
Found on page one of list, #11
Claiming on GR author ticket for Michelle Moran
Total Task Points: 10
Total Challenge Points: 60
Total GR Tickets: 5
Total BB tickets: 2
25.1 - Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge1 - Man Up!: Tales of My Delusional Self-Confidence by Ross Mathews
Male author's first published work.
2 - Only a Duke Will Do by Sabrina Jeffries, a ŷ author
Female author, not a debut and not first in series.
>Neither book was a reread for me.
>Publication years: 2013 & 2006
>Page count: 240 + 367 = 607
Points: 35
ColetteGTask 5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
Book with a ŷ rating over 3.5
This book had a 3.8 Average Rating on March 9, 2015
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5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors The World: Read a book of your choice
Grave Surprise
Total Points this Task: 5
Total Challenge Points: 50
Total GR tickets: 4
Total BB tickets: 2