Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ

Congrats Jayme! I am excited to see your task!

Keltie Lee

10.8. I Have a Question

What the Lady Wants
by Jennifer CrusieÅ·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author

Task 20.2 April Showers

Option B 3:

Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
by Rachel Cohn

*main characters name is Lily*

50.1 North to Alaska

Option 1:

Vampire Kisses
by Ellen Schreiber

*authors initials are ES in BERINGSTRAIT, SEWARDSFOLLY

Option 4:

Boys, Bears, and a Serious Pair of Hiking Boots
by Abby McDonaldÅ·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author

*has the word Bears in the title*

Option 5: Vampire Kisses: Blood Relatives, Vol. 3
by Ellen Schreiber

*my favourite genre is young adult and this lists in as a genre*

Points this post: 80
Total points: 1030
Tasks: 58
Books: 81
Goodread authors: 27
Big Book Tickets 500: 8

ooooh Keltie Lee, you are so close to finishing. Read girl Read.

10.4. Fire Signs

March 25



Froi of the Exiles by Melina Marchetta

+10 Points

25.4. Sandy’s task:More Fun with Words � With a Twist!

Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong

Letters:

DARH:HARD

Hard Times by Charles Dickens

+25 Points

30.8 Meghanly’s task: The Breakfast Club

1. The Brain / 512 pages

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser

5. The Criminal / From the Library

Wicked Girls by Stephanie Hemphill

+30 Points

Points this Post: 65
Grand Total: 680

congrats jayme!! let's go Keltie almost there!!

Yeah Jayme!!! Keep reading Keltie Lee you can do it!!

Repost

5.6 SRC Recommends Redux

Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris

Voted for Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins among others.
Dead to the World was #76 on the list

Points this time = 5
Total Points = 90

Yes, Jayme VA!!!!!! WTG girl!

25.9 Red Hot

A. Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris 234 pages

C. From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris published in 2008


25.11 Take to the Links!

3. All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris 74,495 ratings

4. Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris one of my favorite authors

Points this time = 50
Total points = 140

Go Keltie Lee!!! :-) The more the merrier~

5.7 I Love Paris in the Spring
The Basque Kitchen: Tempting Food from the Pyrenees by Gerald Hirigoyen
Author is French (Basque region)

15.1 - Spring Forward
Book 1 - Spring Forward:
Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card

Book 2 - Fall Back:
An Affair Before Christmas by Eloisa James

15.9 - Geek Pride Day
The Dream-Hunter by Sherrilyn Kenyon � heroine is underwater archeologist
Approved on Task Board Message 70 (http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/8...)

25.4. Sandy's task:More Fun with Words - With a Twist!
Book 1 �
The Transition Handbook: From oil dependency to local resilience by Rob Hopkins

Book 2 �
Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase � word is LORD

25.5. Laurie ME's Task: 100 Years Ago
Book 1:
Fateful by Claudia Gray

Book 2:
Double Play by Jill Shalvis

Points This Post: 85
Total Points: 910

Coralie
This post will be longer than usual as I have been without a computer for the last week and I wish to make some changes.

15.4 ABC’s 123’s
ABC � Around, 123�.80
Around the World in Eighty Days

20.9 I Can’t Wait for Spring!
Spring Words � Day
The Wicked Day

25.6 Fire and Ice
Rolled tails � desire in title
Desire
Rolled heads � author called Robert
The Science In Science Fiction: 83 SF Predictions That Became Scientific Reality by Robert W. Bly

30.1 We Didn’t Start the Fire
Chose 1952 and rolled 1 and 5
The Vaccine Controversy: The History, Use, and Safety of Vaccinations � approved in help thread

The Borrowers � winner of the Carnegie medal

30.5 Climbing the Family Tree
Option B That Hideous Strength (as before)

Option C my father’s father’s name was John
A Million Open Doors by John Barnes

50.1 North to Alaska
Option 1 � author’s initials in BERINGSTRAIT, SEWARDSFOLLY
Aunts Up The Cross by Robin Eakin

Option 2 � a mystery
A Dying Light in Corduba (moved from 30.5)

Option 3 � green cover


Total points 845

Keep going Mrs. Soule- You can do it!

Mrs. soule, you can do it!
Come on mstan. You're soooo close.

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 finished. It was a lo..."


Yay, Jayme!!! I've always been surprised that you haven't finished before.

15.10 Where There's Smoke

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

20.3 Fiery Tunes

Using the song "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire"

The Known World by Edward P. Jones

25.12 Easter Eggs and Leprechauns

Book A Option 3: Sparkly-Main Character is a Woman

The Ice Princess by Camilla Läckberg

Book B Option 3: Mischief-A Mystery

In Cold Pursuit: A Mystery From The Last Continent by Sarah Andrews

Post Total: 60
Season Total: 920

Task 50.1 Cindy AL's Task: North to Alaska

#1: Read a book whose author's initials are in these letters: BERINGSTRAIT, SEWARDSFOLLY.
Initials: WF

Absalom, Absalom! (1936) by William Faulkner (Paperback, 320 pages)

#2: Read a mystery.

Death Comes to Pemberley (2011) by P.D. James (Hardcover, 291 pages)

#3: Read a book with a cover that is the corresponding color on the following list.
Sapphire = blue cover


The Lady and the Unicorn (2003) by Tracy Chevalier (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author) (Hardcover, 250 pages)

****Goodread Author**** Tracy Chevalier


Tasks Completed: 28
Points for this post: 50
Points thus far: 560 + 50 = 610
Books read: 40
Pages read: 12,498

Read but not claimed: 3

Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Authors: 5

Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+

20.1 Clean Those Shelves

Option 2 Listen to An Audio Book

Dearly Devoted Dexter

Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 285

10.9 I'm on Fire!

Read This is a Book by Demetri Martin

269 pages

10.10 April Fools Day !

Read Ant Farm and Other Desperate Situations by Simon Rich

160 pages

Humor is the first genre listed on the Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ page.

20.3 Fiery Tunes

Selected the song "LIGHT MY FIRE"
Read Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

391 pages

20.8 It's My Birthday

Read The Ten, No Make That Nine, Habits of Very Organized People. Make That Ten. by Steve Martin
105 pages

Currently has 193 ratings, when I looked at it first, it had 188 ratings.

20.9 Lucky Me! I Can't Wait for Spring !

Selected COLORS, main cover color of RED.
Read Free-Range Chickens by Simon Rich

176 pages

Points this Post: 80
Total points- 80
Tasks Completed: 5
Books read: 5

:-} Used a Trilogy I've been reading for 3 weeks.

50.1. Cindy AL's Task: North to Alaska

1. BERINGSTRAIGHT - NR Nora Roberts

Black Rose by Nora Roberts

3. Blue Cover

,Blue Dahlia by Nora Roberts

5. Whew! I read Contemporary (41 users) Mystery (25 users.)

Red Lily by Nora Roberts

Points in This Task: 50
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Authors in This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 1119



Totals:
Total Points: 455
Total Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Authors: 11
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(5), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 22
Total Books Read: 31
Total Pages Read in Spring 2012 SRC: 11,643

Reviews Available. Anne (Booklady) Spring 2012 Reviews

Janice CA

5.1 Silhouette on the Shade....

Slackjaw: A memoir by Jim Knipfel


(2.5 stars)

+5
total: 185
tasks: 12
books: 15
GR Authors: 2

20.4 Author!Author!: Skandia's Task - To be continued .... in Spring!

Body and Soul by Stacey Kade


Points this post: 20
Total points: 185
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 11
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Authors: 2
Big Books: 2

Jodi2
30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's task: Spring Delights

Option #1 - Read a book with an actual photo(s) or film on the cover
READ

Option 3: Green cover
READ

Points this Post: 30
Total points: 250
Tasks Completed: 12
Books read: 18

Carly

30.3 -- Sheila/Kathy G's task: Spring Delights

Option 3: Green cover

The Fleet Street Murders by Charles Finch

Option 5: 2 consecutive letters in "derFruhling"

The Daughters Break the Rules by Joanna Philbin

The "er" in "Daughters" is the same as the "er" in "derFruhling."

Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 295
Tasks Completed: 16
Tasks in Progress: 1
Books Read: 20
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(-), 1000+(-)
Pages Read: 6612

Congrats Jayme!

25.6 - Keltie Lee - Fire and Ice

Rolled two heads

Book 1: Fire or Ice in title
Fire Study by ***Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author***Maria V. Snyder

Book 2: Author named Robert
The Scorpio Illusion by Robert Ludlum ***664 pages Big Book***


30.5 - Donna Jo Climbing the Family Tree

A. Romance - The Next Always by Nora Roberts

B. Grandparent's First Name - Ice Blue by Emma Jameson
Emma was my father's mother.

Points this post: 55
Total Points: 500/1090
Tasks Completed: 28
Books Read: 38
GoodReads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+ (4), 750+ (2), 1000+ ()

Yeah--- Jayme and Keltie Lee!!!
:-)

SUZANNE VN

15.10 Where There's Smoke

The Vanished Man

Jeffery Deaver is a GoodReads Author

Claiming one Big Book Item (560 pp.)

The importance of fire as a central theme of this book isn't readily apparent from the descritpion. (view spoiler)[And, since fire and the fascination with fire is a key element for finding the serial killer, I can see why. The "Conjurer," specialized in an act called "The Burning Mirror," which was rarely done due to the dangerousness of the act. The Conjurer (killer) was seriously injured in a circus fire that resulted from his Burning Mirror act. His wife was also killed in the flame and these events were the driving force for his killings. Some cool quotes to illustrate my point. The Conjurer to his imaginary audience, "Fire and illusion are soul mates. Bursts of flash powder, candles, propane flames over which escape artists dangle..... Fire, Revered Audience, is the devil's toy and the devil has always been linked to magic. Fire illuminates and fire obscures, it destroys and it creates. Fire transforms." And from a psychological profiler assisting on the case (about the Conjurer/killer), "So the result is that the fire basically eradicated the man he had been....the fire deformed him and damaged his lungs. So as a public person he'd be particularly self-conscious of the deformities. They'd multiply the anger logarithmically." (hide spoiler)]

Points this post: 15
Total points: 275

5.8 Too Long To-Do List

Roadside Crosses - Jeffery Deaver

BJ Rose

1 new task

30.7 Beth NC's task FIRE ELEMENTALS
#4: Romance: No Longer a Gentleman by Mary Jo Putney
Romance is listed as a genre on book's main page
#6: Book Pages end in 7: Hidden Summit by Robyn Carr
Hidden Summit has 347 pages

Points this post = 30

Total Points = 840

Tasks Completed = 44
Total Pages = 21,539
GR Authors = 20
Big Books (500+) = 3

15.5 ........And XYZ

Me Talk Pretty One Day (Y in the title) by David Sedaris

Points this post: 15
Total points: 260
Total tasks completed: 12
GR tickets: 7

Readerboard Name= Lindy-Lane

Task 15.4 ABC's, 123's!...read one book that has a number and a word that starts with A, B, or C in its title:

I read 92 Pacific Boulevard by Debbie Macomber *(this is a GRA) 378 pages (5.22)


Points earned for this task: 15
Points Achieved to date: 770
Total # of Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Authors: 8
Total # of Big Books:
500+ (0)= 4
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)

Readerboard name: Tracy K

Task 20.9 Lucky Me! I can't wait for Spring

Read one book, option #2- flower on the cover
Cereus Blooms at Night: A Novel

points this post = 20
total points=110/1090

Task 15.7 - Spring Into Action

The Two Towers (Adventure genre)

Task 30.4 - Burning Ring of Fire

Book 1: Set in a country located in the Ring of Fire

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
The novel is set in Nagasaki Harbor in Japan

Book 2: "ING" in title

The Art of Fielding (528 pages)
1 Big Book ticket claimed

Points this post: 45
Tasks completed this post: 2
Big Book Tickets, GR authors this post: 1, 0

Total points: 210
Total tasks completed: 13
Total number Big Books: 500(2) 750(1) 1000(0)
Total Big Book tickets: 4
Total GoodReads authors: 4

15.5 ...... And XYZ

Unnatural Exposure by Patrica Cornwell

20.8 It's My Birthday - Party Time! - 120 rating
Deadly Gamble by Connie Shelton

25.10 "I love a happy ending!
Option B: Read 2 books from options below
5. Tigger � Read any book from your to-read list that was added before March 1, 2012

10th Anniversary by James Patterson
Black Notice by Patrica Cornwell

30. "Burning Ring of Fire -
Book 1: Read a book set in a country located in the Ring of Fire: Brazil

Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho

Book 2: Read a book with ""ING"" found intact in any word in the title
House of the Rising Sun by Chuck Huatmyre

30.5 Climbing the Family Tree

Option C - read a book whose author has the exact same first name - father’s father - James

11th Hour by James Patterson

Option D - Read a book with the word eight in the title OR with eight words in the title OR read book eight in a series

The 8th Confession by James Patterson

30.7 FIRE ELEMENTALS
Option 5 - lion, snake, dragon, eagle, horse, phoenix

The 5th Horseman by James Patterson

Option 6 - Read a book where the number of pages ends in a 6 or a 7 - 397 pgs

Point Of Origin by Patricia Cornwell

30.8 "The Breakfast Club

Option 3 The Basket Case - Read a “Currently Reading� reading for Reading wtih Styles

Still Life by Louise Penny

Option 5 - The Criminal: Beg, borrow or steal - borrowed from a friend

Dexter in the Dark by Jeff Lindsay


Points this Task: 180
Task Completed: 16
Total Points: 335
Books Read: 24

Jodi2
25.4 Sandy's task: More Fun with Words - With a Twist!

Book 1
You Don't Even Know Me: Stories and Poems About Boys

Book 2 � PEAKS
No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks


Points this Post: 25
Total points: 275
Tasks Completed: 13
Books read: 20

Coralie

15.9 Geek Pride Day
Nicholas/Niccolo would be considered a genius in
The Spring of the Ram

Total points 860

getting there Coralie ;)

Heather KS

Completed task 25.11 Take to the Links

Option 4-The Wedge I love love love Jonathon Tropper. I read How to Talk to a Widower

Option 5-The Putter The short book I read was Consoling the Heart of Jesus - Prayer Companion. It had 126 pages.

New point total: 185

Heather KS

Completed task 25.2 Out With the Old In With the New-and it's Fire

Option 1 I read Sleeping Beauty by Elle Lothlorien Author first name starts with E She is also a new author to me.

Option 2 red, orange, or yellow cover. I read The New Rosary in Scripture: Biblical Insights for Praying the 20 Mysteries .

New point total: 210

Hey Dee, is it time to dust off the pom poms?

10.7 Fuel to the Fire

I read another book by an author that I first read during the winter challenge.

Dream Lake by Lisa Kleypas.

Lisa Kleypas is a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ author.

Points this post: 10
Total points: 725
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ authors: 10
Big Books: 500=1

Readername: Beth Lynn

25.10
Tigger - Book from to-read list - A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (215 pages).

Roo - YA Book - The Boyfriend List: 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs and Me, Ruby Oliver by E. Lockhart (229 pages).

Points This Post - 25
Total Points - 220
Tasks Completed - 7
Books Read - 15
Pages Read - 5022
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Authors - 3
Big Books 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0

Christie Guatemala

15.1 - Spring Forward

Book 1: Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver--This book is a dystopia, set in the future.

Lauren Oliver is a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author.

Book 2: Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare

Cassandra Clare is a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ author.



20.3. Best Review: Chris MD's Task - Fiery Tunes

Living in the Light of Eternity by K.P. Yohannan--Light from song 'Light My Fire'



20.5. Bigger is Better: Masanobu's Task - A Game of Books

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin--I rolled a 1. This book features a king and queen.

835 pages claiming Big Book ticket.

Points this post: 55
Total points: 385
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ authors: 13
Big Books: 500=1, 750=1

20.8 Party Time
The Titanic Secret by Jack Steel (book had 10 ratings on 4/28/12)

20.9 Can't Wait Until Spring - name of flower
The Betrayal of the Blood Lily by Lauren Willig (GR Author)

25.7 Cooking With Fire
A. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender (cake - cooked food)
B. Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal (GR Author) (milk and honey - uncooked foods)

25.9 Red Hot
Opt A. Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton (320 pages)- read a book with 2 & 3 in page total
Opt B. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (published in 2002)

25.10 Happy Endings - read 2 romance books
The Next Always by Nora Roberts
Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas (GR Author)

30.7 Fire Elementals
Opt 5 by Maggie Stiefvater (GR Author) - book featuring horses
Opt 6 The Book of Unholy Mischief by Elle Newmark (ends in 6 or 7 - book had 367 pgs)

50. Alaska
Opt 1 A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute (Author's initials NS found in Beringstrait)
Opt 3 by Lisa Genova (GR Author) - book has mainly white cover
Opt 4 by Susan Wilson (dog in title)

Points this Post: 175
Total Points/Challenge: 355
GR Authors: 5

50.1 north to alaska
Option 1. The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht
T and O the author's initials can be found I. Beringstrait sewardsfolly
Option 3. Catcher, Caught by Sarah Honenberger
Cover is mostly blue=sapphire
Option 5. The Apothecary's Daughter by Julie Klassen
I love historical fiction and this genre is listed on the good reads pagei

I would like to claim goodreads author tickets for all three of these books

previous points 170
new points 50
Total 220
Previous gr aouthot tickets 4
Vew GR author tickets 3
Total 7
Total tasks 15
Total books read 20

15.5 - ...... And XYZ

The Autobiography of Malcolm XbyMalcolm X

15.10 - Where There's Smoke.......

Fahrenheit 451by Ray Bradbury

20.9 Lucky Me!: Bea's Task - I Can’t Wait for Spring!

I chose option 4-COLORS.

by Suzanne Collins

Points this Post: 50
Total points- 85/1090
Pages Read: 2156
Tasks Completed: 6/62
Books read: 6
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

Re-post

Task # 10.9 book I'm hot to read

Destiny's Path by Kimberly Hunter

Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author

ebook approved post # 1119



Task # 25.4 Fun with words

Book 1 � Only When the Loon Sings by Beverly Wells

spell out "lost" from Loon � Only � Sings � The.

Book 2 - The Lost Journal by Chris Blewitt

ebook approved post # 1075


This post: 35 points
Total to date: 835 points
Goodread authors this post: 1
Goodread authors to date: 33
Big Books claimed this post: 0
Total Big Books claimed: 500+ (2)
Tasks Completed: 45
Books Read: 63

5.7 - I Love Paris in the Spring Time

Nausea (* * *) - set in France, written by a French author (Sartre), and originally written in French

20.2 - Rookie on Top: Queenarwen's Task: April Showers

Long Day's Journey Into Night (* * *) = #133 on 'Most Depressing Book of All Time' - this is about a dysfunctional family with a mother who's addicted to morphine and father and sons who are alcoholics - yes, absolutely depressing!

25.6 - Keltie Lee's Task: Fire and Ice

Head - Elementals: Stories of Fire and Ice (* * * *) - 'fire'/'ice'

Tail - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (* * * *) - dystopia

Tasks completed: 51/61
Books read: 71/85
Points claimed in this post: 50
Total points claimed: 885

20.7 - Happy Rama Navami!


A book inspired by the Russian fairy tale The Snow Maiden:

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey



Total points 410