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The Spring 2014 challenge will begin March 1, 2014 and end at midnight, EST, May 31, 2014.

This is where you will need to post information about completed tasks - updates to the Readerboard will be based on what is posted HERE AND ONLY HERE.

Please do not delete or edit any post in this thread!! Even if the post is not reflected on the Readerboard yet, I've often logged the post on my spreadsheet already and I will not know that you've made the changes. I do not go backwards in this thread to pick up points. If you need to make a change, just make a new post.

Please refer to the posting requirements for what must be included, and to the general guidelines that will help us keep the challenge running smoothly.


NOTES:
1. You MUST post a link to books claimed for a task. Be sure that you have linked to the correct edition. See links to books in your completed task posts.
2. If you claim a book that only exists in e-book form, you MUST provide either a line reference to the approved book spreadsheet or the post number in which the book was approved.
3. If the task requires a cover element, you MUST include the cover when you post.
4. Remember to include all "Required" task elements.
5. If your book was approved in the Help Thread for the task, please indicate that in your post.
6. Post tasks in numerical order, from smallest to largest.

Any problems with task postings will be posted in the questions/problems thread. Please post there if you have a question about your points, ŷ������ authors, or Big Books.

Good luck and have fun!

And the Spring 2014 challenge begins!

Yay spring is here! Unfortunately it is snowing and -10 degrees but the spring challenge starting does give me hope!

Sheila wrote: "Yay spring is here! Unfortunately it is snowing and -10 degrees but the spring challenge starting does give me hope!"

Really doesn't feel like spring, does it?

10.6 - Spring Showers Rainbow Boys by Alex Sanchez


Alex Sanchez is a goodreads author so claiming a ticket for that


Total Points Earned: 10/940
Total Pages Read: 247/18819
Total Books Read: 1/73
Good Read Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()

Jessica PDX

20.10 - Group Read

Post #2 in the discussion thread.

by Frank Herbert

Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20

10.1 Go To Jail

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

+ 10 Task

Grand Total: 10

5.1 - So Many Games.

Game - this book is strangely well-connected with the theme of this season's challenge...

Barry Lyga is a ŷ������ author.

5.2 - Go.

Dumpling Days - set in Taiwan, and approved in task help thread

Grace Lin is a ŷ������ author.

Total points claimed: 10
ŷ������ authors: 2

Delicious Dee

30.8 - Delicious Dee's task: Read ‘Em Again
Author 1 - I read Hillary Jordan's (GR Author) When She Woke in the Winter 2011 challenge - Indie Next task and chose to read Mudbound this season
Author 2 - I read Crista McHugh's (GR Author) Tangled Web in Winter 2013 challenge - Miss Scarlett in the 50 point challenge and wanted to try more by her, so I read The Sweetest Seduction

Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 30
GR Author: 2

30.1 - Susan A’s Task: Eat, Sleep, Swim, Repeat

Option 3: In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
Butterflies in title

Option 4: Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross
Freestyle choice

Points this post: 30
Total points: 30

5.6 Statego

The Pianist

this task 5 points

total points 5

Sheila


5.1 - So Many Games.
Game Over by James Patterson

5.2 - Go.
Mash: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker

Total Points = 10

10.9 - Colorful Captions by Victoria Scott (ŷ������ author)

Approved in help thread.

Points this post- 10
Total Points- 10
GRA authors- 1

15.9 Spring Into Action
Don't delay! Read a book that you added to your To Read shelf or acquired between September 1, 2013 and February 14, 2014

Insurgent by Veronica Roth (ŷ������ author)

This book was added to my to read list on Nov. 12, 2013

Total points: 15
ŷ������ Author: 1

Just to let all of my friends here why I disappeared from the Fall Challenge last week - my kitty - Fidget - is dying from Renal Failure.

The Vet is coming to my condo at 4 o'clock to let him go to the Heavenly Garden where he can see Harry and his sister - Midget. Hopefully they will be playing and chasing rainbows and butterflies without pain and any cares tonight.

I'll begin reading for Spring in a couple of days.

Cindy F

Task 10.8 Join The Crowd

I read The Dead in Their Vaulted Archesby Alan BradleyWho is a GOODREADS AUTHOR!!
Found on list Feb15

Points this post:10
Total points:10
Books read:1
Tasks completed:1
ŷ������ Authors:1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)

10.5 - America's Most Popular Cheaper by the Dozen


First Published in 1948


Total Points Earned: 20/940
Total Pages Read: 535/18819
Total Books Read: 2/73
Good Read Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()

Suzannesea

15.3 - You Go Girl!

Option 2
Alice's Tulips by Sandra Dallas
Approved in Help Thread Message 25

This post: 15 points
Total to date: 15 points

Anne (Booklady) wrote: "Just to let all of my friends here why I disappeared from the Fall Challenge last week - my kitty - Fidget - is dying from Renal Failure.

The Vet is coming to my condo at 4 o'clock to let him go..."

Anne, I'm so sorry.

Hana C.

30.2 - Sassafrass's task: Mouth full of words!

Option 2--Amaurosis fugax- read a book that clearly shows at least one eye on the cover

by Stephenie Meyer

*** claiming one Big Book ticket 652 pages

Option 3--Palpitations - read a book with Romance as a genre on the main page

Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare

** Tessa Dare is a GRA

points this post: 30

Tasks Completed: 1
GRAs: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Points: 30

Emily S

10.2 Do Not Pass Go
The Death Cure by James Dashner

James Dashner is a ŷ������ author.

Points this Post: 10
Tasks Completed: 1
ŷ������ Author: 1
Total Points: 10

15.7 Mr Monopoly’s Mustache
Battle of Hearts by Valentina Heart

(/topic/show/... message #20)

**Valentina Heart is a ŷ������ Author**

Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
GR Author this post: 1
Total GR Authors: 1
Big Books this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0

Barbara Allen

Task #30.6
Part A...Read a book by an author whose name is a place

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Virginia is a state in the USA


Part B.... Read a book set primarly in the place named in Part A

The Hen of the Baskervilles: A Meg Langslow Mystery by Donna Andrews

This book takes place in the state of Virginia

Both Authors are new to me.

***Donna Andrews is a GRA*

Points this post 30
Total points 30
GRA this post 1
Total GRA 1
Big Book Tickets this post 0
Total Big Book tickets 0

Nick KY

20.10 Group Read

I read Dune, reading 210 pages of it last week. It's one of my favorite sci-fi novels, though I haven't read it in a while before this opportunity. My comment is in message 4 of the Discussion thread.

I can claim 1 Big Book for its 536 pages.

Points This Post: 20
Total Points so far: 20
Big Books: 500+ (1)

15.10 Goof Off!
Give Him the Slip by Geralyn Dawson


Geralyn Dawson is a ŷ������ Author.

Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 15
ŷ������ Author: (1)

15.2 Spring Babies

Book A. | Angie TX Rated 4 stars | Catching Fire | Suzanne Collins | 472 Pages | ★★★★

Book B. Arow Rated 4 stars | Mockingjay | Suzanne Collins | 458 Pages | ★★��

Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Points this Task: 15
Total Overall Points: 15
ŷ������ Author Points This Task: 0
ŷ������ Author Points Total: 0
Big Book Ticket Totals: 500+(0)

5.9 - Gin Rummy

Cocktail: Paradise

Hurricanes in Paradise

Hurricanes in Paradise | Denise Hildreth | 384 Pages | ★★��


Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Points this Task: 5
Total Overall Points: 20
ŷ������ Author Points This Task: 0
ŷ������ Author Points Total: 0
Big Book Ticket Totals: 500+(0)

Stacey

15.6 World Changes Required
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (set in the UK)

15.7

(several fellows with beards on the right)

New points: 30
Total points: 30

15.3 You Go Girl!

Option 2
Read ONE book that satisfies both A and B above.

The Anastasia Syndrome and Other Stories by Mary Higgins Clark

Points this post:15
Total points:15
Books read:1
Tasks completed:1
ŷ������ Authors:0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)

Sheila



5.6 - Stratego.
Edge of Black by J.T. Ellison
(Thriller)




25.1 - Andy P's task: The 50 States of Monopoly
Book 1: I went with Alaska - AK (the only state I have NOT visited)
The Stranger You Know by Andrea Kane

AND

Book 2: The nickname for Alaska is The Last Frontier
Her Last Breath: A Novel by Linda Castillo
(last)


Total Points = 40

10.3 - Do Not Collect $200

The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron March 3 (144 p.)

Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 10
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books Read: 1
Total ŷ������ Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

Andy P.
Task # 10.1 Go to Jail
by Mark Billingham This book was approved here: /topic/show/...

Task # 20.10 Group Reads
I chose by Frank Herbert. My comment in the discussion thread can be found here: /topic/show/...( Message # 5)

Points this post: 30
Total points: 30

5.5 - Scrabble

Read a book whose author's initials appear in the word "Scrabble."

Night of the Republic by Alan Shapiro (80 pgs; submitted under the "One book between 80-99 pages may be used for ONE 5 point task." I hope I'm understanding it correctly.)

Alan Shapiro

Task total=5
Grand total=5

25.2 - Elizabeth B's task: Nordic Noir

It's been more than 10 years since I got the Nordic noir bug. In honor of this genre, read 2 books that have a total page count of 500+ pages:

Book A: Read a book set primarily (at least 50%) in a Nordic country or written by a Nordic author (by birth or by residence). Required: If the GRs description does not make it clear, explain how your book fits the task.

Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist (set in Sweden)

Book B: Read a book that is connected to Book A in one of the following ways:

2. By setting -- Book B is set in the same country as Book A.
Required: Identify how Book B is related to Book A when you post.

Unwanted by Kristina Ohlsson ( Set in Sweden)

Total pages= 840

Totals for challenge:
Totals for challenge:

Points this task: 25
Total points: 25/ 940
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 2
ŷ������ authors: 0
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

5.8. Go Fish
Six-Pound Walleye

Total. 5
Grand Total. 5

Emily S

5.6 Stratego
Legend by Marie Lu

Marie Lu is a ŷ������ author.

Points this post: 5
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
ŷ������ Author: 2
Total Points: 15

5.1 So Many Games
Max Flash: Mission 1: Game On
Game is in the title

5.2 Go
Honey and Clover, Vol. 1
Set in Japan

5.3 Candyland
Honey and Clover, Volume 2
"And" is a word in the title

5.10 Poker
Honey and Clover, Volume 3
3 is a number and it's part of the GR title

10.5 America's Most PopularThe Door in the Wall
Originally published in 1949

10.6 Spring Showers
Strawberry Panic, Vol. 01
GBLT is the seventh genre on the list

15.6 World Champs
Honey and Clover, Vol. 4
Set in Japan

15.7 Mr. Monopoly's Moustache

He's pretty scruffy and 5-o'-clock-shadowy :D

30.8 Read Them Again
Book A (author first read for Fall 2013 challenge): Ask the Passengers
Fall 2013 book = Everybody Sees the Ants
Book B (author first read for Winter '11): Sisters of Glass
Winter 2011 Book = Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath

Total: 100pts

Delicious Dee

10.8 - Join the Crowd
Neanderthal Seeks Human: A Smart Romance - Penny Reid (GR Author) - on my popular books list as of March 3, 2014

Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 40
GR Author: 3

10.1 Go to Jail

May Sky: There Is Always Tomorrow : An Anthology of Japanese American Concentration Camp Kaiko Haiku by Violet Kazue De Cristoforo

Total points: 10

15.7 - Mr. Monopoly's Mustache

Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie

Points this post: 15
Total Points: 15/940
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
GoodReads Authors:
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()

Jessica PDX

20.5 - Mary Beth's Task - Big Books are Best!

by Donna Tartt

Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 40

Rhonda

10.7 - Sugar Shack

Early Autumn by Robert B. ParkerSet in Maine and Massachusetts.

Points this post:10
Total points: 10
Tasks this post:1
Total tasks: 1
ŷ������ authors this post: 0
Total ŷ������ authors: 0
Big Books this post: 0
Total Big Books: 500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)

Oma1229

15.8 Take Your Vitamins

Getting enough vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin D? Read a book with a word of a single letter in the title or subtitle.

A Kiss Remembered by Sandra Brown

Claiming Sandra Brown as GR author

Total Points: 15/940
Total Tasks: 1/55
Total GR Authors: (1)
Total Big Books: 500+( );759+( )

10.4 - A Token Task
Read a book with a monopoly token on the cover. For the purposes of this task, we'll use this list of tokens: Monopoly Pieces. Images on the book cover must correspond to the token (i.e., a top hat would work but not a cowboy hat. A horse with a rider will work, but a horse alone will not. A Scottie dog works, other breeds don't, etc.). Rejected tokens work. Required: Include the cover when you post.

The Cat Insideby William S. Burroughs (token: Cat)

10.5 - America's Most Popular
Read a book that was first published between 1940 and 1960, inclusive.

The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams (first published in 1945)



Totals for challenge:

Points this task: 20
Total points: 45/ 940
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 4
ŷ������ authors: 0
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

SAM ID
15.8 - Take Your Vitamins
Book with a single letter in the title
Take a Chance on Me by Susan May Warren

**Susan May Warren is a GR Author**

Points: 15
Total Points: 15/940
GRA: 1
BB: 0

Lindy-Lane

task 10.2 do not pass go!

*book that does not include letters G or O in title/subtitle or author's name:

The New Year's Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini


Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
ŷ������ Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)

Tasks Completed: 1

Abigail

Task 20.10: Group Reads
Read: Dune by Frank Herbert

My comment in the discussion thread can be found here: /topic/show/...( Message # 6)

**This qualifies for a "Big Book Ticket" at 536 pages.

Points this task: 20
Total points: 20/ 940
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
ŷ������ authors: 0
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Post #1


5.2 - Go.

Skip Beat!, Vol. 30 Takes place in Japan


20.1 - Most Improved Player - Shelby's task: Chug-a Chug-a...Chug-a Chug-a...Choo-Choo

Using option 4
Vicious by Victoria Schwab
V in Locamotive, S in Caboose

Victoria Schwab is a GR author


Points this task:25
Total: 25
GR authors:1
Books read:2
Tasks Done:2

JOLIE
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Mary Beth's task: Big Books are Best!
Read a book with 500+ pages
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright has 560 pages.

Obviously, this is a BIG BOOK!

Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 1
ŷ������ authors this post: 0
ŷ������ authors total: 0
Big Books this post: 1 (500+)
Big Books total: 1 (500+)

10.10 - Take a Chance
Make a list of 20 books you really want to read this season. Set the True Random Number Generator to generate a number between 1 and 20. Read the book at the number generated.

The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman


Totals for challenge:
Points this task: 10
Total points: 55/ 940
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
ŷ������ authors: 0
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)