The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

If you would like a place to plan or share what you'll be reading for the Spring 2015 Challenge, you may post a list in this thread. You are NOT required to post here to participate in the challenge.

5 Point Tasks - 5 / 10
5.1 Asgard, the Home of the Aesir
5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir
5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves Perfect Shadow
5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans Pines
5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants
5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves.
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves. In Search of Lost Dragons
5.8 Niflheim, the Home of the Dead The Acolyte
5.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons.
5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds Irona 700

10 Point Tasks - 5 / 10
10.1 - Remarkable Women
10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day The Great Zoo of China
10.3 - Earth Day Why Dogs Hump and Bees Get Depressed: The Fascinating Science of Animal Intelligence, Emotions, Friendship, and Conservation
10.4 - May the Fourth Be With You The Fold: A Novel
10.5 - Cinco de Mayo
10.6 - Older Americans Month The Other Wind
10.7 - Typhoid Mary
10.8 - The Vikings are Coming
10.9 - Over the Rainbow
10.10 - The Odd Couple The Graveyard Book

15 Point Tasks - 4 / 10
15.1.Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong? The Library at Mount CharThe Weight of Blood
15.2. Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown
15.3. Is it Live or is it Memorex? The Tombs of Atuan
15.4. Spring Reads
15.5. International Women's Day Life After Life
15.6. Tax Day
15.7.Pi Day The Last Town
15.8 Women in War A Crown for Cold Silver
15.9. Better Put on a Heavy Coat!
15.10. Would I Lie to You?

20 Point Tasks - 6 / 10
20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name My Beloved Brontosaurus: On the Road with Old Bones, New Science, and Our Favorite Dinosaurs
20.2 Rookie at the Top - Maryn’s Task: Midwives Help People Out
20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References The Good House
20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era The Dark Defiles
20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love The Book of Speculation
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- BellaGBear’s Task: Relive Childhood Feelings
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers Fairest
20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury Shadow's Master
20.10 - Group Reads

25 Point Tasks - 7 / 12
25.1 - Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge Ship of Destiny Homeland
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes Three Wishes Confessions
25.3 - Andy P's Task: Ragnarok
25.4 - Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies. Hollow World The Farthest Shore
25.5 - Nikki's Task: A Viking Pillage The Bone Clocks
25.6 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: We're a Cozy Mystery 1: Shadow's Lure 2: Tehanu
25.7 - Dakimel’s Task: Awards Season
25.8 - Coralie's Task: Anzac Day 1: The Hypnotist's Love Story 2: City of Savages
25.9 - Nick KY’s Task: “Y” Wayward American Elsewhere
25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up
25.12 - Elizabeth B's Task: Independence Day

30 Point Tasks - 3 / 7
30.1 - Jonquil's Task: Straight on Till Morning
30.2 Dlmrose's task: Initial Impressions !: Endymion 2: Dead Spots
30.3 - Teri-k's Task: Your Own Personal Tardis
30.4. Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas.
30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t Angelfall World After
30.6 Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox! A: Tales from Earthsea Ship of Magic
30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library!

50 Point Task - 1 / 1
50.1- Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go! Sojourn Exile Harrison Squared


Total: 560
GRA: 23
Big Book: 11

5.1 Asgard, the Home of the Aesir
5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir
5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans
5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants
5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves.
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves.
5.8 Niflheim, the Home of the Dead
5.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons.
5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds

10.1 - Remarkable Women
10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day
10.3 - Earth Day
10.4 - May the Fourth Be With You Saga, Volume 3 post 21
10.5 - Cinco de Mayo
10.6 - Older Americans Month
10.7 - Typhoid Mary
10.8 - The Vikings are Coming
10.9 - Over the Rainbow Saga, Volume 4 post 21
10.10 - The Odd Couple

15.1.Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong? Locke & Key Vol. 6: Alpha & Omega The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 post 3261
15.2. Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown
15.3. Is it Live or is it Memorex? Picnic at Hanging Rock post 1398
15.4. Spring Reads
15.5. International Women's Day Oryx and Crake post 3038
15.6. Tax Day
15.7.Pi Day Smiler's Fair post 2087
15.8 Women in War
15.9. Better Put on a Heavy Coat!
15.10. Would I Lie to You? A Man Lies Dreaming post 1823

20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name NOS4A2 post 59
20.2 Rookie at the Top - Maryn’s Task: Midwives Help People Out Murder in Little Italy post 239
20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References Shadow Unit 2 post 118
20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era The Other Tree post 507
20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love The Damned post 802
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B Maisie Dobbs post 787
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- BellaGBear’s Task: Relive Childhood Feelings Among Others post 833
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers Doctor Who: Beautiful Chaos post 963
20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury Maplecroft post 337
20.10 - Group Reads

25.1 - Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes Mountain of the Dead: The Dyatlov Pass Incident The Hope post 2447
25.3 - Andy P's Task: Ragnarok
25.4 - Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales
25.5 - Nikki's Task: A Viking Pillage In the Cities of Coin and Spice post 1345
25.6 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: We're a Cozy Mystery
25.7 - Dakimel’s Task: Awards Season
25.8 - Coralie's Task: Anzac Day
25.9 - Nick KY’s Task: “Y”
25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up Dismantled Murder on the Orient Express post 2484
25.12 - Elizabeth B's Task: Independence Day When Nights Were Cold The Death House post 3172

30.1 - Jonquil's Task: Straight on Till Morning Nightmare Carnival Silence for the Dead post 3261
30.2 Dlmrose's task: Initial Impressions Murder in the Title: A Crime Novel Still bleeding post 2707
30.3 - Teri-k's Task: Your Own Personal Tardis The Spider's Web A Place of Confinement post 1258
30.4. Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries Station Eleven post 1653
30.5 Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t
30.6 Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox! Academic Exercises Rogues post 1345
30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library! The Titanic Murders Bird Box post 2272

50.1- Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go! Revival Charm The Headmaster's Wife post 2016

Total Points: 605
Books Read: 39
Goodreads Authors: 17
Big Books:500+(3)750+(1)1000+(0)

Kathy G's Spring Reading Plan


5.1- Asgard, the Home of the Aesir
Madam, Will You Talk? by Mary Stewart
5.2- Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir
Divergent by Veronica Roth ***
5.3- Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
Allegiant by Veronica Roth ***
5.4- Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans
Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
5.5- Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants
Insurgent by Veronica Roth ***
5.6- Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves
Wolf Tower by Tanith Lee
5.7- Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves
The Yellow House by Patricia Falvey
5.8- Niflheim, the Home of the Dead
Holiday in Death by J.D. Robb
5.9- Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons
The Romanov Bride by Robert Alexander ***
5.10- Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds
Free Choice

10.1- Remarkable Woman
The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory ***
10.2- Blah, Blah, Blah Day
The Lost City of Faar by D.J. MacHale ***
10.3- Earth Day
Green Living For Dummies by Liz Barclay
10.4- May the Fourth Be With You
Infidel by Ted Dekker ***
10.5- Cinco de Mayo
The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire by C.M. Mayo ***
10.6- Older Americans Month
Bride of Pendorric by Victoria Holt
10.7- Typhoid Mary
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez
10.8- The Vikings are Coming
Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck
10.9- Over the Rainbow
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa
10.10- The Odd Couple
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman ***

15.1- Everything You Think is Right .... or Wrong?
Legend by Marie Lu ***
Extras by Scott Westerfeld ***
15.2- Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green ***
Divergent by Veronica Roth ***
15.3- Is it Live or is it Memorex?
Child of the Owl by Laurence Yep
15.4- Spring Reads
Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins ***
15.5- International Women's Day
The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht ***
15.6- Tax Day
Your Money or Your Life by Robin Vicki
15.7- Pi Day
The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks ***
15.8- Women in War
Home Front by Kristin Hannah ***
15.9- Better Put on a Heavy Coat!
Three Seconds by Anders Roslund
15.10- Would I Lie to You?
True Believer by Virginia Euwer Wolff

20.1-
20.2-
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20.5-
20.6-
20.7-
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20.9-
20.10- Group Reads
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green ***

25.1-
25.2- Schatzie's Task: Garden Quotes
Option 1- flower on cover
First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen ***
Option 4- science fiction
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
25.3- Andy P's Task: Ragnarok
Book 1- AA in Ragnarok
Outpost by Ann Aguirre ***
Book 2- Tyr- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

30.1- Jonquil's Task: Straight on Till Morning
Book 1- Carousel on cover
London Eye by Tim Lebbon ***
Book 2- New career
The Unlikely Spy by Daniel Silva
30.2- Dimrose's Task: Initial Impressioons
Book 1- AF for the author's name
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Book 2- AF- for the title
Article 5 by Kristen Simmons ***
30.3- Teri-k's Task: Your Own Personal Tardis
Option 3- 1200-1699
The White Queen by Philippa Gregory ***
Option 4- 1700-1899
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
30.4- Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas
Book 1- Recommends
The Corinthian by Georgette Heyer
Book 2- Friend read
Elantris by Brandon Sanderson ***
30.5- Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don't
Book 1- favorite genre- fantasy
Prodigy by Marie Lu ***
Book 2- least fav. genre- sports
Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella
30.6- Happy's Task: Happy Equinox!
Book C- Spoon on cover
Life From Scratch by Melissa Ford ***
Book D- Feel Good Books- #74
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin ***
30.7- Delicious Dee's Task: I Love My Library!
Book 1- AAA-ANF
The Book of Tomorrow by Cecelia Ahern
Book 2- GIF-GOT
Three Junes by Julia Glass ***

Sheila's Spring Plan


5.1 Asgard, the Home of the Aesir
Wanna Get Lucky? by Deborah Coonts

■ 5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir
Snowbound

■ 5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
Under the Knife

5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans
Darkness, My Old Friend by Lisa Unger

5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants
First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen


5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves.
Wolfsbane and Mistletoe by Charlaine Harris


➜ 5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves.
So Much Pretty by Cara Hoffman
I listened to the audiobook but the pb has 287 pages
link to pb So Much Pretty


5.8 Niflheim, the Home of the Dead
Rising Tides by Nora Roberts
Nora Roberts AKA J.D. Robb as stated in her profile


5.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons.
The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes by Marcus Sakey
set in LA, California USA


5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds
Any Book

10.1 - Remarkable Women
The Secret of Isobel Key by Jen McConnel
page 2 #101 kindle


➜ 10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day
The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty
I listened to the audiobook but the pb had 416 pages
The Husband's Secret


10.6 - Older Americans Month
Potshot by Robert B. Parker


10.7 - Typhoid Mary
The Adventure of the Dying Detective by Arthur Conan Doyle
on page 1 - on kindle


10.8 - The Vikings are Coming
As The Crow Flies by Craig Johnson


➜ 10.9 - Over the Rainbow
The Girl in the Woods by Gregg Olsen


10.10 - The Odd Couple
Sanctus by Simon Toyne

15.1.Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong?
Killer Market by Margaret Maron
Beth rated it 4 stars https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
AND
Help for the Haunted by John Searles
Betsy rated it 2 stars https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


15.2. Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown
Help Thread
Book 1. Read a book with the letters AESIR in the title/subtitle of the book.
The Rosary Girls by Richard Montanari
AND
Book 2. Read a book with the letters VANIR in the title/subtitle of the book.
Grave Endings by Rochelle Krich



15.3. Is it Live or is it Memorex?
Option 2:
Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews



15.4. Spring Reads
Option 2
The Janson Option by Paul Garrison


15.7.Pi Day
Honeymoon by James Patterson
(Honeymoon #1)

15.9. Better Put on a Heavy Coat!
Someone to Watch Over Me: A Thriller by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
(Iceland - http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/y...


15.10. Would I Lie to You?
Lie Still by Julia Heaberlin

20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name
Option 4: Tyr (god of war)
Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon
On page 3 of Abandoned shelf

■ 20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
N is for Noose

20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
Option Two: Repetition, Repetition, Repetition!
Far From Here by Nicole Baart



20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love
Option 1- LOVE:
The Killing Woods by Lucy Christopher
Author is new to me




20.6 Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B
Hen of the Baskervilles by Donna Andrews
I listented to the audiobook. The pbk book is here for page count https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
(blossoms in background)



20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers
1. Where do you live?
Total Recall by Sara Paretsky
I live in Illinois and this book is set in Chicago, Illinois




20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
Option 2:
The 9th Girl by Tami Hoag


■ 20.10 Group Read
11/22/63 by Stephen King

25.1 - Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge
Book One: Back Of Beyond by C.J. Box
(Cody Hoyt #1) 2011
Paperback Back Of Beyond, 496 pages
AND
Book Two: Zapped by Carol Higgins Clark
(Regan Reilly Mystery #11) (first published 2008)
Paperback Zapped 304 pages
Both books are new to me




25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
OPTION 1: Two Alone by Sandra Brown
AND
OPTION 2: The Whispering Room by Amanda Stevens
Neither book is a re-read



25.3 - Andy P's Task: Ragnarok
Book 1. Breaking Creed by Alex Kava
AND
Book 2. Another Time, Another Life by Leif G.W. Persson
THOR - anoTHer time, anOtheR life



25.4 - Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies.
Option 1: Disney Animated Movies
The Secret World of Arrietty
The Secret Friend by Chris Mooney
(Secret)
AND
Option 2: Frozen
The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard
OR
Heat Lightning by John Sandford




25.5 - Nikki's Task: A Viking Pillage
Gold by Chris Cleave
Mass Market Paperback, 1, 334 pages is here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
AND
The New Year's Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini
Paperback, 240 pages is here:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
(As a quilter I think I would be far more upset if someone pillaged my quilt than my gold)



25.6 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: We're a Cozy Mystery
2) choose one option and do it twice!
I chose to do Option 3 twice
Vanished by Kendra Elliot
AND
Pursuit by Karen Robards



25.7 - Dakimel’s Task: Awards Season
Option B: The Christmas Light by Donna VanLiere
AND
Option B: Missing You by Harlan Coben
Both books are from the 2015 Audies Nominations list



25.8 - Coralie's Task: Anzac Day
Option 1: WHO? - The Prodigal Son by Colleen McCullough
AND
Option 1: WHO? - Sins of the Flesh by Colleen McCullough



25.9 - Nick KY’s Task: “Y”
Option 1. Goodnight Nobody by Jennifer Weiner
AND
Option 3. Sacred Clowns by Tony Hillerman




25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up
Option 3: Supporting Actress:
A Partial History of Lost Causes by Jennifer duBois
Jennifer Hudson - 2005
AND
Option 4: Song:
A Vision of Fire by Gillian Anderson


25.12 - Elizabeth B's Task: Independence Day
Option C:
Cold Betrayal by J.A. Jance
March 10th 2015
AND
Option D:
Death of the Party by Carolyn Hart


30.2 Dlmrose's task: Initial Impressions
Book 1: The Heat of the Moon by Sandra Parshall
initials S P
AND
Book 2: Silent Partner by Jonathan Kellerman

30.4. Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas.
➜ Book 1: Speak No Evil by Allison Brennan
recommendation based on my on pc shelf on 2/15/15
AND
Book 2: The 7th Woman by Frédérique Molay
1 friend on 2/15/15

30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t
Book 1: And When She Was Good by Laura Lippman
(Mystery)
AND
Book 2: Sticks & Stones by Madeleine Urban
paperback here Sticks & Stones
(GLBT)

30.6 Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!
Book A: FaceOff by David Baldacci
AND
Book D: The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
Ranked # 1 on 2/17

30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library!
The Dark Winter
new author in winter challenge

Book 1: The new book/author near it on the shelf LOG-MCC is:
Pulse: A Frank Quinn Novel by John Lutz
new author

AND

Beautiful Ruins
new author in winter challenge

Book 2: Near it on the shelf WAI-WHH
The Dark Vineyard


50.1 - Betrayal by Gregg Olsen
Deliver Us From Evil by David Baldacci
The Disappeared by Kristina Ohlsson

Laurajay reading plan spot!

5.1 when will there be good news?
5.2 the alchemist
5.3 the thirteenth tale 14/7/15 3.93
5.4 the stolen child
5.5 YA 5th wave
5.6
5.7 the sense of an ending
5.8 the cuckoos calling
5.9 Washington state- hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet.
5.10

10.1 the red tent pg1 #18
10.2 the miniaturist
10.3 the sixth extinction
10.4 the time machine
10.5 the Devils highway
10.6 absalom! absalom!!
10.7 oryx and crake #6
10.8 the invention of wings
10.9 the wasp factory Iain Banks
10.10 neverwhere- Neil Gaiman

15.1 crystal 1- ocean at the end of the lane
2- sharp objects
15.2- the prime of miss Jean Brodie
voyage in the dark
15.3 option 2- tinker, tailor, soldier, spy
15.4 option 2- waterland- graham swift 1983
15.5 list 1- fugitive pieces
15.6
15.7 the memoirs of Sherlock Holmes #4
15.8
15.9 jar city- Iceland
15.10 the bookmans tale- Charlie Lovett.

Spring totals: 315 points, 21 tasks, 27 books, 9887 pages

5.1 - Asgard, Home of the Aesir - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
5.2 - Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir - The Witch of Blackbird Pond ✔
5.3 - Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves - Rifles for Watie ✔
5.4 - Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans - The Forever Girl
5.5 - Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants - Glass ✔
5.6 - Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves -
5.7 - Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves - I, Juan de Pareja ✔
5.8 - Niflheim, the Home of the Dead - Murder Past Due
5.9 - Muspenheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons - Dead Souls
5.10 - Muspenheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons - Towards Zero ✔

10.1 - Remarkable Women - The Constant Princess ✔
10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day - The Mill on the Floss ✔
10.3 - Earth Day - Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
10.4 - May the Fourth Be With You - Foundation ✔
10.5 - Cinco de Mayo - Mexico
10.6 - Older Americans Month - Fallout ✔
10.7 - Typhoid Mary - The Heretic's Daughter
10.8 - The Vikings are Coming - The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics ✔
10.9 - Over the Rainbow - Jonathan Livingston Seagull ✔
10.10 - The Odd Couple - The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness

15.1 - Everything You Think is right...or Wrong? - The Bean Trees and Pigs in Heaven
15.2 - Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown - Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH and If on a Winter's Night a Traveler ✔
15.3 - Is it Live or is it Memorex? - The Looking Glass War
15.4 - Spring Reads - Suite Française
15.5 - International Women's Day - Half of a Yellow Sun
15.6 - Tax Day - Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt
15.7 - Pi Day - Death of a Perfect Wife
15.8 - Women in War - Code Name Verity
15.9 - Better Put on a Heavy Coat! - Detective Inspector Huss
15.10 - Would I Lie to You? - Juliet's Nurse

20.1 - What's in a Name - All the Light We Cannot See ✔
20.2 - Midwives Help People Out - The Birth House
20.3 - Thinly Veiled Marvel Reference - City of Bones ✔
20.4 - End of an Era - Any Human Heart
20.5 - Love and Not Quite Love - The Septembers of Shiraz
20.6 - I Spy Spring with the letter B - The Swan Thieves
20.7 - Relive Childhood Feelings - I Capture the Castle
20.8 - Getting to know Seasonal Reading Challengers - Murder in the Marais ✔
20.9 - Hel Hath Fury - The Handsome Man's Deluxe Café
20.10 - Group Reads - Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking ✔

25.1 - Auntie Tattin's Challenge - Last Bus to Woodstock and The Deeds of the Disturber ✔
25.2 - Garden Quotes - The Body in the Library and Hard Choices ✔
25.3 Ragnarok - The Hungry Tide and The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
25.4 - Everything You Think is Right... - In a Sunburned Country and The Power and the Glory
25.5 - A Viking Pillage - The Glass Palace
25.6 - We're a Cozy Mystery - Never Let Me Go and In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
25.7 - A Tournament of Books -
25.8 - Anzac Day - Between Shades of Gray and Catch-22
25.9 - "Y" - Broadway Tails and Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout
25.10 - Ready for Their Close-up - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Girl in Translation ✔
25.12 - Independence Day - Death in Zanzibar and Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era

30.1 - Straight on Till Morning - Whistling Past the Graveyard and Me Before You
30.2 - Initial Impressions - The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales and Open Secrets
30.3 - Your Own Personal Tardis - The Other Boleyn Girl and The Mayor of Casterbridge ✔
30.4 - Spring Renewal for Your Reading Ideas - The Invention of Wings and Orphan Train
30.5 - Your Either Like it or You Don't - For the Sake of Elena and The Stand
30.6 - Happy Equinox! - Steve Jobs and In the Bedroom: Seven Stories
30.7 - I Love My Library! - The Imperfectionists and Astonish Me ✔

Future home of Victoria C's reading plans (hopefully)

5.1 - Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?
5.2 - The Invention of Curried Sausage (9-letter word)
5.3 - Chew, Vol. 9: Chicken Tenders (GR rating of 3.5 and above)
5.4 - (tree on cover) - IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 17.0
5.5 - Marco Impossible - IL: MG+ - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 6.0 (YA / apple on cover)
5.6 - wolf
5.7 - The Zoo Where You're Fed to God (100-360 pages)
5.8 - author with pseudonym (Agatha Christie?)
5.9 - ring of fire
5.10 - Complicit

10.1 - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
10.2 - The Ghost Riders of Ordebec (400+ pages; MMP 439 pages)
10.3 - Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout (non-fiction book on environment)
10.4 - science fiction
10.5 - Mexico
10.6 - Poachers (Tom Franklin is 52 this year)
10.7 - Station Eleven?
10.8 - I Was Here (Viking book)
10.9 - Bloodchild and Other Stories (ROY G BIV)
10.10 - Neil, Simon, Oscar, or Felix in the title, subtitle, or author's name

15.1 - GR friend 1/2 stars and 4/5 stars
15.2 - AESIR & VANIR in title/subtitle
15.3 - Pedagogy of the Oppressed (4 words in title and published between 1965-1979)
15.4 - Old School (published in 2003 - year ending in 3, 4, 5) and author's initials in SPRING
15.7 - The Moving Finger (#4 in series)

20.3 - March: Book Two (Option 3)
20.4 - A Single Shot (Option 3)
20.5 - The Godwulf Manuscript (Option 1)
20.8 - Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom
20.9 - Revival, Vol. 4: Escape to Wisconsin (zombies)
20.10 - Will Grayson, Will Grayson

25.1 - The Martian (369 pages) and Year of the Griffin (400 pages) (any book by a woman published before 2012, not her debut or 1st in series)
25.2 - All the Rage (Option 2- mystery) and All the Wrong Places: A Life Lost and Found (memoir)
25.3 - Book One (RAGNAROK in author initials) - and Book Two - (THOR)
25.4 - Flimsy Little Plastic Miracles (Option 1 - 'little') and The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (Option 2 - LETITGO in title and author's name - The sTOrIEd Life... Gabrielle...)
25.5 - The Bone Clocks (pillaging)
25.6 - Equal Rites and Fire and Hemlock (Option 2 x 2)
25.10 - Option 1 - book between 100-200 pages and Option 4 - GLORY/SELMA

50.1 - (1 - one-word; 256 pages); Stone Mattress: Nine Tales (3 - Margaret Atwood - letter 'A'; 304 pages)

Post: 25, 47, 57, 64, 67, 69

Spring Challenge Reading Plans

Points total: 490/1035
GRA total: 16
BB total: 7
Tasks completed: 32/59
Books read: 42

✔5.1 Asgard
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
✔5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir
Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead (GRA) 588 pages
9-letter word: sacrifice
✔5.3 Alfheim
Taivaslaulu GR rating 3.84, selected 06 March
✔5.4 Midgard
In the Woods by Tana French (GRA)

592 pages
5.5 Jotunheim
Catalyst YA
✔5.6 Svartalfheim
The Big Bad Wolf by James Patterson (GRA)
✔5.7 Nidavellir
Extinction Game by Gary Gibson (GRA)
✔5.8 Niflheim
Naamiotanssi by Ritva Sarkola (pen name Tuula Sariola, stated on author's profile page)
✔5.9 Muspelheim
Slow Apocalypse set in California
✔5.10 Yggdrasil
Luupuisto

10.1 - Skip
✔10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day
The Golem's Eye by Jonathan Stroud (GRA)
592 pages
10.3 - Earth Day
A Year in the Maine Woods
✔10.4 - May the Fourth Be With You
The Mammoth Book of SF Stories by Women edited by Alex Dally MacFarlane (GRA)
10.5 - Cinco de Mayo
The Ruins
✔10.6 - Older Americans Month
Don't Look Twice by Andrew Gross (GRA)
Andrew Gross's birth year (1952) is not mentioned on his GR page, but it is stated in Wikipedia. Link to web page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_G...
10.7 - Typhoid Mary
I read the Finnish translation Tuomiopäivän kirja 828 pages, 2 BB tickets
MMP: Doomsday Book
Found on page 1 of the list
10.8 - The Vikings are Coming
The Likeness by Tana French (GRA)
✔10.9 - Over the Rainbow
Halki ikiyön by Veronica Rossi (GRA)
✔10.10 - The Odd Couple
Blood Crazy by Simon Clark

15.1.Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong?
+Book 1 – Down Came the Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book 2 – Red Rising by Pierce Brown (GRA)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
✔15.2. Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown
Book 1. I listened to an audio CD The Risk of Darkness
No MMP available, link to paperback The Risk of Darkness
Book 2. Väärät valinnat
✔15.3. Is it Live or is it Memorex?
A. Never Saw it Coming By Linwood Barclay (GRA)
B. Kuu on julma first published in 1966
✔15.4. Spring Reads
Option 1
A. Heinäkuun neljäs by James Patterson (GRA) first published 2005
B. Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin initlas G P found in "spring"
15.5. International Women's Day
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (GRA) Bailey's/Orange Prize
15.6. Skip
✔15.7.Pi Day
Vaarallinen varjostaja (#4)
15.8 Skip
✔15.9. Better Put on a Heavy Coat!
Surmanpelto set in Finland
✔15.10. Would I Lie to You?
My Love Lies Bleeding by Alyxandra Harvey (GRA)

20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name
Option 4: Tyr
Fallen by Lauren Kate (GRA)
Shelf: Did not finish, page 1

20.2 Rookie at the Top - Maryn’s Task: Midwives Help People Out
Lady's Hands, Lion's Heart: A Midwife's Saga
Fits both option 1 and 2

✔20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 3: This Book, I Like It-- Another!
The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon (GRA)
This book is not a re-read for me.

✔20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
Option Two: Repetition
Petos peilistä katsoo

✔20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love
Option 1- LOVE: Kuolleessa kulmassa by Thomas Kanger
The author is new to me.

20.6 Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B
Evermore By Alyson Noel (GRA) 301 pages
contains a blossom

✔20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- BellaGBear’s Task: Relive Childhood Feelings
Ender's Shadow I used Adult Fiction with a Child Protagonist list. The book is on page 1, #39.

✔20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers
2. What do you do for work?
Crazy: Notes On and Off the Couch
I work as a psychologist as does the writer of this non-fiction book, where he describes his work and his cases.

✔20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
Option 2: Lapsenpiika (Syrjästäkatsojan tarinoita #2)

25.1 - Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge
Book One: Uglies by Scott Westerfeld (GRA) 448 pages, #1 in the Uglies series, first published 2005
Book Two: Bark: Stories by Lorrie Moore 192 pages, first published 2014
Both books are new to me

✔25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
OPTION 2: Tappakaa Peter Pan
595 pages
OPTION 4: Champion by Marie Lu (GRA)
Neither of the books is a reread for me.

25.3 - Andy P's Task: Ragnarok
Book 1. Opettajan selviytymisoppi by Aino Kontula initials AK
Book 2. I'm Perfect, You're Doomed: Tales from a Jehovah's Witness Upbringing God Tyr

✔25.4 - Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies.
Option 1: Some Kind of Fairy Tale
Film: The Pirate Fairy, word "Fairy" used in film and book title
Option 3: Trust Me, I'm A (Junior) Doctor
25.5 Skip

25.6 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task
Option One :: Home Improvement: Undead Edition genre verified in help thread message #20
Option Three :: Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan (GRA) initials A K R all found in VALKYRIE

25.7 - Dakimel’s Task: Awards Season
Option A: Annihilation Authority by Jeff VanderMeer (GRA)
Required: State the book's number on the list.

25.8 - Skip
✔25.9 - Nick KY’s Task: “Y”
Option 1. Häpäisty by Karin Slaughter (GRA) Letter "Y" in title
Option 2. Hiking Through: Finding Peace and Freedom on the Appalachian Trail Word "Peace" in subtitle

25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up
Books with a main page genre of Kids or Children's may NOT be used for this task.
+Option 1: Medicien naapurissa 189 pages
Option 4: Run, Don't Walk: The Curious and Chaotic Life of a Physical Therapist Inside Walter Reed Army Medical Center by Adele Levine (GRA) Initials A L found in "Selma"
25.11 No task

25.12 - Elizabeth B's Task: Independence Day
+Option B: Ei kahta kolmannetta 181 pages
Option D: Coroner's Journal: Stalking Death in Louisiana Word "Death" in subtitle

✔30.1 - Jonquil's Task: Straight on Till Morning
Neither book is a re-read.
Book 1: Tomorrow, When the War Began
Book 2: Ambulance Girl: How I Saved Myself By Becoming an EMT by Jane Stern
*Jane Stern is a GR author, claiming one GRA ticket*
Previous career: food and travel writer
New career: emergency medical technician

30.2 Dlmrose's task: Initial Impressions
Book 1: Last to Die by Tess Gerritsen (GRA) initials T.G.
Book 2: T.G. -> Teatro Grottesco

30.3 - Teri-k's Task: Your Own Personal Tardis
Option 1 Ancient World
Invisible Romans: Prostitutes, Outlaws, Slaves, Gladiators, Ordinary Men and Women -- The Romans That History Forgot. Robert C. Knapp by Robert Knapp (GRA)
The book is about the Ancient World, before 200 AD.
Option 2 Post-Classical Era
The Last Kingdom
I read the Finnish translation Viimeinen kuningaskunta
Set in the Post-Classical Era, 9th century AD.

30.4. Skip
30.5 Skip

✔30.6 Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!
B: Me, Keisarinna
*600 pages, claiming one BB ticket*
D. Persuasion #45 on the list

30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library!
New-to-me author in December-February: Susan Ee; would be shelved on shelf DUM-ERM.
Author found on same shelf: Jennifer Egan is new to me. I read Emerald City.
*Jennifer Egan is a GR author, claiming one GRA ticket*
+New-to-me author in December-February: Harri Winter; would be shelved on shelf WHI-WOK.
Author found on same shelf: Ben H. Winters is new to me. I read The Last Policeman. (GRA)

✔50.1- Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go!
1. Gone by James Patterson (GRA)
I listened to the audio cd; no MMP available, link to paperback Gone, 416 pages
2. b) Unnatural Causes 272 pages
3. Kurganin varjot by Risto Isomäki 3 x I

5 Point Tasks
1. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
2. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger tra/vel/ers
3. On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta Rating was 4.17 on 3/3/15
4. The Walk by Richard Paul Evans
5. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
6. Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
7. The Heir by Kiera Cass
8. Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler Pseudonym: Lemony Snicket
9. Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
10. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

10 Point Tasks
1. The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks Page One
2. Us by David Nicholls
3. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
4. Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
5. The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
6. Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem
7. Blindness by José Saramago
8. And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
9. Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9.0
10. Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater

15 Point Tasks
1. Book 1: The Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book 2: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2. Book 1: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Book 2: Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins
3. Option 1: A:
B: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
4. Option 1: A: The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
B: Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
5. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett On Bailys/Orange List
6. The Total Money Makeover Workbook by Dave Ramsey
7. The Jewel by Amy Ewing
8. The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
9. Hamlet by William Shakespeare
10. The Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa

20 Point Tasks
1. Option 2: The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
2. Option One: The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times by Jennifer Worth
3. Option 1: The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea Sebastian Junger
4. Option 1: The Actor and the Housewife by Shannon Hale
5. Option 1: The Song Reader by Lisa Tucker The author is new to me.
6. The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
7. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer from the Child Narrator List, Page 1 Number 2
8. 1. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7.0 I live in the United States, and the book takes place in the United States.
9. Option 1: Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
10. Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green

25 Point Tasks
1. Book 1: Digital Fortress by Dan Brown First published: 1998 Number of Pages: 510
Book 2: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen First published: 1818 Number of pages: 251
Both books are new to me
2. Option 2: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Option 4: Cinder by Marissa Meyer
3. Book 1: Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
Book 2: Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom Thor
4. Option 1: It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini Toy Story
Option 3: Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
5. The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K. Lee Piano Pages: 328
Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale Book Pages: 306
6. Option 1: Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia
Option 1: Fallen by Lauren Kate
7. Option A: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr #1
Option B: The Odyssey by Homer #19
8. Option 2: Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Option 2: Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
9. Option 1: Curse of the Thirteenth Fey: The True Tale of Sleeping Beauty by Jane Yolen IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10.0
Option 2: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
10. Option 1: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Option 2: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Nominated in 1939
11. NA
12. Option A: The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Option B: Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey by Margaret Peterson Haddix IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4.0

30 Point Tasks
1. Book 1 - Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden
Book 2 - A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly The main character, Mattie, gets a new job at a hotel. Neither book is a re-read.
2. Book 1: Adam Bede by George Eliot
Book 2: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
3. Option 1: The Odyssey by Homer
Option 3: The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
4. Book 1: Eleven by Mark Watson
Book 2: Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas 1 Friend has read it; Found on 2/19/15
5. Book 1: Young Adult - A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Book 2: Manga - Death Note, Vol. 1: Boredom by Tsugumi Ohba
6. A: This Is Push: New Stories from the Edge by David Levithan
B: Magyk by Angie Sage IL: MG - BL: 6.0 - AR Pts: 18.0
7. These authors are new to me, inspired by new to me authors from the winter challenge. Zel by Donna Jo Napoli Inspired by Katherine Neville
A Time to Kill by John Grisham Inspired by Grace Helbig

Total Points: 60
Total Books Read: 9

Spring 2015 Reading Plan
I'm so excited !!!!
Completed 5/10

5.1 Who Is This Man?: The Unpredictable Impact of the Inescapable Jesus
5.2 Catching Moondrops
5.3 Disappointment with God: Three Questions No One Asks Aloud
5.4 The Returning
5.5 The Queen of Attolia
5.6 Celtic Moon
5.7 Absolutely, Positively
5.8 The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog
5.9 A Cook in Time
5.10 Too Far to Say Far Enough

10.1 Time and Chance
10.2 Fair Play
10.3 Animal, Vegetable, Miracle : A Year of Food Life
10.4 The Hum and the Shiver
10.5 The Power and the Glory
10.6 Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist
10.7 The Nine Tailors
10.8 The Singing Tree
10.9 The Captive
10.10 Star Trap

15.1 Fireflies in December The Duke and I
15.2 Crocodile on the Sandbank Captain Vorpatril's Alliance
15.3 Of Silk and Steam and The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
15.4 The Eagle of the Ninth
15.5 The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
15.6 Jesus and Money: A Guide for Times of Financial Crisis
15.7 It Happened at the Fair
15.8 A Duty To The Dead
15.9 Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: A Novel
15.10 The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History

20.1 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
20.2 Genghis: Birth of an Empire
20.3 He Drank, and Saw the Spider
20.4 Murder Most Crafty
20.5 The Measure of Katie Calloway
20.6 Blowing on Dandelions
20.7 To Kill a Mockingbird
20.8 Die for Love
20.9 Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled
20.10 Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

25.1 Book 1: The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep Book 2: Unexpected Dismounts
25.2 Option 1: Annie's Song Option 3: An American Childhood
25.3 Book 1: The Reluctant Prophet Book 2: The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy
25.4 Option 1: A Great Catch Option 3: Witches Abroad
25.5 Book 1: The Last Camel Died at Noon Book 2: Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer
25.6 Option 3: Murder To Go Option 3: Right on the Money
25.7 Book 1: Murphy's Law Book 2: A Sensible Arrangement
25.8 Book 1: Letters of a Woman Homesteader Book 2: The Road Not Taken and Other Poems and North of Boston
25.9 Book 1: Under a Blackberry Moon Book 2: Falling for the Fireman
25.10 Book 1: Miss Read's Christmas Book Book 2: Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle
25.11 No Task
25.12 Book 1: Lion in the Valley: An Amelia Peabody Novel of Suspense Book 2: Jesus the King: Understanding the Life and Death of the Son of God

30.1 Book 1: The Ride of Her Life Book 2: To Serve Them All My Days
30.2 Book 1: Wyrd Sisters Book 2: The Proposal
30.3 Book 1: The Promise of Peace Book 2: The Deeds of the Disturber
30.4 Book 1: The Jesus I Never Knew Book 2: Prudence
30.5 Book 1: The Truest Pleasure Book 2: The Kid from Tomkinsville
30.6 Book A: Living with Shakespeare: Actors, Directors, and Writers on Shakespeare in Our Time Book C: The Perfect Blend
30.7 Book 1: Valley of the Shadow Book 2: Betrayal

50.1 Book 1: Soulless Book 2: Heavenly Pleasures Book 3: Devil's Food

Spring 2015 plans:

5.1: Asgard:
Remember Me? Sophie Kinsella
5.2: Vanaheim:
Interview with the Vampire-Anne Rice
5.3: Alfheim:Root Cellaring by Mike Bubel

5.4: Midgard:
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
5.5: Jotunheim:
Cider- Annie Proulx
5.6: Svartalfheim:
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
5.7: Nidavellir:
Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech
5.8: Niflheim:
5.9: Muspelheim:
Dawn's Prelude by Tracie Peterson
5.10:Yggdrasil:
Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs

Spring 2015 Reading Plan:

5.1 Flinder's Field by D.M.Mitchell

5.2 The Perfect Gentleman by Danice Allen

5.3 Fragments Of Grace by Kathryn Le Vegue

5.4 Ghost in a Small Town by Diana Anderson

5.5 Temptation: Unlimited Special by Selena Kitt

5.6 Wicked Cravings by Suzanne Wright

5.7 Confession by Selena Kitt

5.8 The Long Walk by Richard Bachman

5.9 Heartsick by Chelsea Cain

10.1 The Last Letter by Kathleen Shoop

10 2 Feral Sins by Suzanne Wright

10.3 Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed

10.4 Red Moon by Benjamin Percy

10.6 The Abominable by Dan Simmons

10.7 Red Hill by Jamie McGuire

10.9 American Elsewhere by Robert Jackson Bennett

10.10 The One That Got Away by Simon Wood

15.2 1. Nightmares of Caitlin Lockyer by Demelza Carlton
2. Reservations for Two by Anne Patrick

15.3 1. God Stole My Daughter by Mark Steel
2. Roselynde by Roberta Gellis

15.4 1.Max by D.M.Mitchell
2. A Bucket Full of Lies by Robert K Swisher Jr.

15.7 Grace by Selena Kitt

15.9 Blind Allegiance by Violetta Rand

15.10 The Psalmist: A Bowers and Hunter Mystery by James Lilliefors

20.1 11/22/63 by Stephen King

25.1 A. Across the Creek by Jeremy Asher

Vicki's Spring 2015 Reading Plan

5 Point Tasks - 3/10

5.1 Asgard, the Home of the Aesir
A book with ... ? !

5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir
Checkmate

5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
Off Season

5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans
Snowbound

★ ☀ ★ ☀5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants
The Giver ★ ☀ ★ ☀


5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves
A wolf in the title or the cover

★ ☀ ★ ☀5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves
Kin★ ☀ ★ ☀

5.8 Niflhiem, the Home of the Dead


5.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons
A book with the setting 50% in the Ring of Fire

★ ☀ ★ ☀5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree that Anchors the Worlds
The Pines ★ ☀ ★ ☀



10 Point Tasks - 1/ 10

10.1 Remarkable Women
Cleopatra's Daughter

10.2 Blah, Blah, Blah
400+ Pages


10.3 Earth Day
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

★ ☀ ★ ☀10.4 May the Fourth Be With You
Station Eleven★ ☀ ★ ☀

10.5 Cinco de Mayo
Mexican author or setting

10.6 Older Americans Month
Breaking Creed

10.7 Typhoid Mary
Fever 1793

10.8 The Vikings are Coming
In the Woods

10.9 Over the Rainbow
Four: A Divergent Story Collection

10.10 The Odd Couple
The Ocean at the End of the Lane


15 Point Tasks - 1 / 10

★ ☀ ★ ☀15.1 Everything You Think is Right... or Wrong
Book 1: One Breath Away
Book 2: The Girl on the Train ★ ☀ ★ ☀

15.2 Aesir vs. Vanie Gods Showdown
Book 1: Secrets in the Shadows
Book 2:The Picture Frame: A Horror Novel

15.3 Is it Live or is it Memorex
Book 1: Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
Book 2: Hell House

15.4 Spring Reads
Paydown

15.5 International Women's Day
We Need to Talk About Kevin

15.6 Tax Day
Book with money, finance, economics

15.7 Pi Day
The Heist

15.8 Women in War
Female in a war zone

15.9 Better Put on a Heavy Coat!
Setting in a Nordic country

15.10 Would I Lie to You>
An Innocent Client


20 Point Tasks - 1/10

20.1 What's in a Name?
The Paris Wife

20.2 Midwives Help People Out

★ ☀ ★ ☀20.3 Thinly Veiled marvel References
Option 5: Joyland★ ☀ ★ ☀

20.4 End of an Era
Saved

20.5 Love and Not Quite Love


20.6 Spy Spring with the Letter B


20.7 Relive Childhood Feelings


20.8 Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers
Nathan's Run

20.9 Hel Hath Fury
The Last Town

20.10 Group Reads
11/22/63


25 Point Tasks - 4/12

25.1 Auntie Tattin's Challenge
Book 1: Whisper
Book 2:

★ ☀ ★ ☀25.2 Garden Quotes
Option 1: Fatal Flowers
Option 2: The Troop★ ☀ ★ ☀

25.3 Ragnarok
Book 1: Winter's Destiny
Book 2: The Survival of Thomas Ford

★ ☀ ★ ☀25.4 Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales
Option 1: The Girl in the Wall
Option 2: The Girl in 6E★ ☀ ★ ☀

25.5 A Viking Pillage
Book 1: The Lifeboat
Book 2: Beneath the Mask of Sanity

25.6 We're a Cozy Mystery
Option 1: Supernatural book
Option 3: Hidden

★ ☀ ★ ☀25.7 Awards Season
Option A: Everything I Never Told You
Option B: Mr. Mercedes (audible)★ ☀ ★ ☀

25.8 AnzacDay SKIP

25.9 Y
Option 1: Sex, Marry, Kill
Option 2/3: book off list

25.10 Ready for Their Close Up
Option 3:
Option 4:

25.11

★ ☀ ★ ☀25.12 Independence Day
Option 1: Letters from Skye
Option 3: Wave ★ ☀ ★ ☀

30 Point Tasks - 2/7

30.1 Straight On Till Morning
Book 1: ferris wheel, roller coaster
Book 2: profession change

★ ☀ ★ ☀30.2 Initial Impressions
Book 1: Land
Book 2: The Stranger ★ ☀ ★ ☀

30.3 Your Own Personal Tardis
Option 3: The Sisters Who Would Be Queen
Option 4: Her Husband's Harlot

30.4 Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas
Book 1: Malicious
Book 2: Thousand Words

★ ☀ ★ ☀ 30.5 You Either Like it or You Don't
Book 1: Crash & Burn
Book 2: Wayward★ ☀ ★ ☀

30.6 Happy Equinox!
Option A: Chicken Soup for the Soul: Find Your Inner Strength: 101 Empowering Stories of Resilience, Positive Thinking, and Overcoming Challenges
Option D: Just Listen

30.7 I Love My Library!
Book 1: MILK-BLOOD: A Tale of Urban Horror
Book 2: Watched

50 Point Task - 1 / 1

★ ☀ ★ ☀ 50.1 1-2-3-Go
book 1: Relic
Book 2: Accused
Book 3: Burned ★ ☀ ★ ☀


Total 5/31/15:
13 tasks
270 pts
16 GRA

5.1 Why Cant U Teach me 2 Read?,

5.2 The Brothers Karamazov, The Challenge of Jesus, The Old Curiosity Shop, The Valley of Amazement, Like Water for Chocolate, Mannequin Girl, The Signature of All Things, The Bohemians, Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth..., *Jumpstart the World (Catherine Ryan Hyde), The Invention of Wings, The Adventure of Living, *Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore

5.3

5.4 The Orchardist, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, East of Eden, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Bleak House, Walking the Rez Road, The Apple Orchard, Dead Man's Walk, *Take Me With You, Night of Many Trees, Evergreen

5.5 Heartbeat, Log from the Sea of Cortez, The Rosie Effect, The Bronte Project, *Comfort me with Apples, Five Moral Pieces, *Damned if you do (jesse stone)

5.6 Big Bad Wolf (James Patterson)

5.7 any

5.8 Mary Kay Andrews, L. Frank Baum, Elizabeth Peters, Ray Bradbury, J. K. Rowling, Ruth Rendell, Dean Koontz, Pearl S. Buck, Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen),
*Daniel Handler, Michael Crichton

5.9 *Molokai, This is Paradise (Kahakauwila)

5.10 any

10.1 Eighty Days: Nellie Bly...

10.2 Les Miserables, The Thorn Birds, The Stand, David Copperfield, *An Echo in the Bone, Lonesome Dove, The Far Pavilions, The Corrections, *The Thirteenth Tale, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, *Cranford Chronicles, Agony and the Ecstacy

10.3 Before they're Gone: A Family's year-long...,
Log from the Sea of Cortez, The Good life lab:

10.4

10.5 Like Water for Chocolate, Log from the Sea of Cortez, Life in the Time of Cholera, One Hundred Years of Solitude

10.6 The Far Pavilions, Life After Life, Cranford, Cotton Tenants: Three Families, The Stand, The Invention of Wings, ....

10.7 Life in the Time of Cholera, *Molokai, The Stand

10.8 Sweet Thursday (John Steinbeck)
The Boys in the Boat, Invention of Wings


10.9 Lorna Doone

10.10

15.1 GOOD
Orphan Train Life Studies: Stories, Here be Monsters Year of Wonders, Molokai The Thirteenth Tale

BAD
Thorn Birds, Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry,
Let it Snow (John Green)


15.2 Aesir
The Importance of Being Earnest, Pain, Parties Work: Sylvia Plath, The Challenge of Jesus, Good Life Lab:
*Night of Many Dreams, Kalahari Typing School for Men
The Rise and Fall of Great Powers, The Salinger Year
Unlikely Allies: how a merchant,..., Lovers at the Chameleon Club,..., One Hundred Years of Solitude, Reconstructing Amelia. Twelve Tribes of Hattie, Memoirs of a White Crow Indian, This is Paradise
Without You There is No Us, The Signature of All Things, To Rise Again at a Decent Hour, The Rescue Artist:..., The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls,
Claire of the Sea Light, AlfaRomeo 1300 and Other Miracles, Cotton Tenants: ...
Vanir
Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath, Renovation of the Heart, Adventure of Living, The Vacationers, Astrid and Veronika, The Prince of Venice Beach, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Junius and Albert's Adventures...
15.3
15.4 Mr. Penumbr's 24-hour, To the moon and timbuktu, agony and the ecstasy, love, nina, the notebook, pain parties work, alena, the last stand,
15.5
15.5 Life After Life Bailey's, Where'd You Go Bernadette
15.6
15.7 Tomothy Hallinan series, Dead Man's Walk (Lonesome Dove), Nathan Active series
15.8
15.9 Jo Nesbo, Henning Mankell
15.10
20.1
20.2
20.3
20.4
20.6
20.7
20.7
20.9
20.10
25.1
25.3
opt 1: Let's Get Lost, Reading Lolita in Tehran, The Old Curiosity Shop, The Rescue Artist: a true..., The Yonahlossee Riding Camp..., The Apple Tree Yard, The Bone Orchard, The Ghost in the Electric Blue Sit, Before they're gone: A Family's..., The Deserter: Murder, The Good Luck of Right Now, John Dies at the End, The Apple Orchard,
opt 2: Molokai, The Orchardist, The House Girl, Serena, Evergreen
25.4
25.5
25.6
25.7
25.8
25.9
25.10
30.1
30.2 (The Apple Tree Yard, Lorna Doone OR Little Dorrit)
(The Good Life Lab;, Wild Things), (The Things They Carried, The Orchardist), (Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls, Aegean Dream), (The House Girl, The Corrections),
(Vertigo 42 OR Eighty Days:Nellie Bly.., Mannequin Girl), (Let's Get Lost, Angela's Ashes), (Anne Hillerman, After Her), (Canning Season, Perfect Hatred),
30.3
30.4
30.8
30.9
30.10

5 Point Tasks
5. 1 - Asgard, the Home of the Aesir (Read a book with a ?, !, or ...)
Anybody Out There? - Marian Keyes

5.2 - Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir (9 letter word)
The Glamorous (Double) Life of Isabel Bookbinder - Holly McQueen

5.3 - Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves (Goodreads rating 3.5+)
Sorcery and the Single Girl - Mindy Klasky

5.4 - Midgard "Middle-Earth", the Home of the Humans (tree on cover)
- Dean Koontz

5.5 - Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants (apple on cover, or YA book)
Wanted - Sara Shepard Read 3/15

5.6 - Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves (wolf on cover, or wolf in title)
Prince of Wolves - Quinn Loftis

5.7 - Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves (100-360 pages)
Killer - Sara Shepard (321 pages) Read 3/2

5.8 - Niflheim, the Home of the Dead (read a book by someone who writes under a pesudonym)
Can You Keep a Secret? - Sophie Kinsella
(writes as Madeleine Wickham)

5.9 - Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons (book set in certain country/state: California?)

5.10 - Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds (any)

10 Point Tasks
10.1 - Remarkable Women (Remarkable Historical Women in Fiction list)

10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day (400+ pages)
The Girl Who Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson

10.3 - Earth Day (nonfiction about environment)

10.4 - May the Fourth Be With You (science fiction genre)
77 Shadow Street - Dean Koontz

10.5 - Cinco de Mayo (set in Mexico, or written by a Mexican author)

10.6 - Older Americans Month (50 years or older now, or when they died)
http://stephenking.com/the_author.html
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon - Stephen King

10.7 - Typhoid Mary (Apocalypse by Epidemic list)
The Andromeda Strain - Michael Crichton

10.8 - The Vikings are Coming (published by Viking Press)

10.9 - Over the Rainbow (author initials in ROY G BIV).
Flirting with Felicity - Gerri Russell

10.10 - The Odd Couple (Neil, Simon, Oscar, or Felix in the title, subtitle, or author's name)

15 Point Tasks
15.1 - Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong?
B1: GR friend rated 4 or 5 stars
Heartless - Sara Shepard
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... Read 3/14
B2: GR friend rated 1 or 2 stars
Baby Proof - Emily Giffin
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

15.2 - Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown
B1: letters AESIR in the title/subtitle
B2: letters VANIR in the title/subtitle

15.3 - Is it Live or is it Memorex?
A: 4 words in title
B: first published between '65 and '79
OR 1 book that does both.

15.4 - Spring Reads
A: published in a year ending in 3, 4, or 5
B: author initials in SPRING
OR 1 book that does both

15.5 - International Women's Day
Baileys/Orange Prize, Stella Prize, Orange Prize for New Writers.

15.6 - Tax Day
nonfiction about economics

15.7 - Pi Day
3, 1, or 4 in series - Magic and the Modern Girl - Mindy Klasky

15.8 - Women in War
the main character is a woman who engages or engaged in military combat or who serves or served in a combat area

15.9 - Better Put on a Heavy Coat!
set in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, or Sweden.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson

15.10 - Would I Lie to You?
LIE in title or author's name

20.1 - What's in a Name
Option 4: did not finish list page 1: The Host - Stephanie Meyer

20.2 - Midwives Help People Out

20.3 - Thinly Veiled Marvel References

20.4 - End of an Era

20.5 - Love and Not Quite Love

20.6 - I Spy Spring with the letter B

20.7 - Relive Childhood Feelings

20.8 - Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers

20.9 - Hel Hath Fury

20.10 - Group Reads - 11/22/63 - Stephen King

25.1 - Auntie Tattin's Challenge
B1: A Beautiful Blue Death - Charles Finch
First published 2007, 309 pages, Charles Lenox mysteries #1

B2: City of Lost Souls - Cassandra Clare
First published 2012, 535 pages, Mortal Instruments #5

25.2 - Garden Quotes
Option 2: crime, mystery, suspense, thriller - Miramont's Ghost - Elizabeth Hall Read 3/7
Option 4: science fiction - Shatter Me - Tahereh Mafi Read 3/10

25.3 - Ragnorak
B1: author initials in RAGNORAK
B2: God: Tyr - City of Heavenly Fire - Cassandra Clare
CiTY of Heavenly FiRe

25.4 - Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies.
Option 1: matching word with disney movie
Option 2: LET IT GO in title
Option 3: "humor" or "funny" genre
Option 4: showing high heel

25.5 - A Viking Pillage
Something worth stealing in title
1 or 2 books, at least 500 pages

25.6 - We're a Cozy Mystery
Option 1: supernatural genre
Option 3: Read a book where the author's initials can be found in VALKYRIE

25.7 - Awards Season
Option A: #1 - All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr

Option B: Fiction: Mr. Mercedes - Stephen King

25.8 - Anzac Day
Option 1: Read a book written by an author born in Australia or New Zealand
Option 2: Read a book with the genre 'war' on the main page
Option 3: set in Turkey
Option 4: published between 1914 and 1918

25.9 - Y
Option 1: letter Y in the title or subtitle
Option 3: real man books #42: 'Salem's Lot - Stephen King

25.10 - Ready for Their Close-up
Option 1: between 100 and 200 pages
Option 3: author's first name matches a supporting actress winner
Option 4: author initials in GLORY or SELMA or both

25.11 - NONE!

25.12 - Independence Day
Option B: # pages in 1821
Option C: first published in March
Option D: "freedom," "or," "death" in title

30 Point Tasks
30.1 - Straight on Till Morning
B1: Ride on cover
B2: main character career change

30.2 - Initial Impressions
B1: Any author
B2: Same initials in title as author from B1

30.3 - Your Own Personal Tardis
2 books from different time periods

30.4 - Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas
B1: Recommended by GR
Monkey Business - Sarah Mlynowski (based on chick lit fiction recommendations)
B2: Popular books among friends

30.5 - You Either Like it or you Don't
B1: fav genre
B2: least fav genre

30.6 - Happy Equinox!
B: 500+ pages
C: spoon on cover
D: feel good list

30.7 - I Love my Library!
2 authors in range of last names as 2 new authors from Winter challenge
1- Cassandra Clare
2 - Sara Shepard

5 books
35 points
3 GRA tickets

After a fast start and a slow finish in the Winter challenge, I am back for the Spring challenge. Hopefully I can get back to reading, although it will be the Summer challenge before I am done with school.


20.1 - Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades #1) by E.L. James (Goodreads Author)


***So not much reading happening this challenge. But I am 4 weeks away from finishing my degree and then I will only be working full-time. Bring on the Summer challenge, and I will attempt to finish my 20 points for this quarter.***

I don't know what I will be reading yet, but I'm in.

5.1 - Asgard, the Home of the Aesir

5.2 - Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir

5.3 - Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves

5.4 - Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans

5.5 - Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants

5.6 - Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves.

5.7 - Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves.

5.8 - Niflheim, the Home of the Dead

5.9 - Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons.

5.10 - Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds

10.1 - Remarkable Women

10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day

10.3 - Earth Day

10.4 - May the Fourth Be With You

10.5 - Cinco de Mayo

10.6 - Older Americans Month

10.7 - Typhoid Mary

10.8 - The Vikings are Coming

10.9 - Over the Rainbow

10.10 - The Odd Couple

15.1 - Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong?

15.2 - Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown vs

15.3 - Is it Live or is it Memorex?

15.4 - Spring Reads

15.5 - International Women's Day

15.6 - Tax Day

15.7 - Pi Day

15.8 - Women in War

15.9 - Better Put on a Heavy Coat!

15.10 - Would I Lie to You?

Spring 2015 Reading Plan:
TOTAL: 40 pts

30/50 (5pts tasks)

OK (14/03/15): 5.1. Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett (view spoiler)[ Asgard, the Home of the Aesir: Read a book with one of these three modern symbols: ? ! or ... in the title or subtitle (!) (hide spoiler)]

5.2. Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir
Read a book with a nine letter word in the title or subtitle:
Required: identify the word - Hor/vaa/tia
Minu Horvaatia. Varjupaik kotkasaarel by Sigrid Suu-Peica

OK (06/03/15): 5.3. Room by Emma Donoghue (view spoiler)[ Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves: Goodreads rating at or above 3.50 (3.96 on March 6th) (hide spoiler)]
OK (18/03/15): 5.4. Chill of Fear by Kay Hooper (view spoiler)[ Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans: Read a book with a tree on the cover (I read the translated version):
(hide spoiler)]
OK (31/03/15): 5.5. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (view spoiler)[ Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants: Read a book with an apple on the cover OR read a book with the genre Young Adult on its main page (genre YA (hide spoiler)]

5.6. Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves
Read a book with a wolf on the cover OR read a book with "wolf" in the title or subtitle:
Required:Include the cover if using that option
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

5.7. Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves
Read a book with 100-360 pages:
Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found by Cheryl Strayed

OK (28/03/15): 5.8. Strawberry Shortcake Murder by Joanne Fluke (view spoiler)[ Niflheim, the Home of the Dead: Read a book by an author who also writes other books concealed under another name or pseudonym (uses many other writer-names, f.e Jo Gibson, Kathryn Kirkwood etc) (hide spoiler)]
OK (04/04/15): 5.9. Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende (view spoiler)[Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons:
Read a book set (at least 50%) in a country found in the Ring of Fire (Chile, California).
Required: State the country/setting if it is not evident in the book's title, description, metadata or main book page. (hide spoiler)]

5.10. Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds
read a book of your choice:
Eluga pääsenud. Sõda läbi lapse silmade by Tony M. Taagen



10/100 (10pts tasks)

10.1. Remarkable Women
Read a book found on the Remarkable Historical Women in Fiction list:
Required: State which page of the list the book is found on when you post (page 1 # 26)
Orlando by Virginia Woolf

OK (24/03/15): 10.2. The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson (view spoiler)[ Blah, Blah, Blah Day: Read a book that is at least 400 pages long (630 pages) (hide spoiler)]

10.3. Earth Day
Read a non-fiction book with the genre "environment" on its main page:
Island on Fire: The Extraordinary Story of a Forgotten Volcano That Covered a Continent in Darkness by Alexandra Witze

10.4. May the Fourth Be With You
Read a book with the genre "science fiction" on its main page:
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North

10.5. Cinco de Mayo
Read a book set in Mexico or written by a Mexican author (by birth or by residence):
The Ruins by Scott Smith

10.6. Older Americans Month
Read a book written by an American author (by birth or residence) who is currently 50 years old or older OR who was 50 years old or older when they died:
(http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?2990)
Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey

5.1 - From Notting Hill with Love... Actually
5.2 - The Wednesday Letters
5.3 - Love Unexpected
5.4 - Devil in Winter
5.5 - The Alliance
5.6 - Cry Wolf
5.7 - As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
5.8 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
5.9 - The Other Side of Heaven
5.10 -

10.1 - Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper; Gift from the Sea
10.2 - Angels & Demons
10.3 - My Life with the Chimpanzees
10.4 - The Blue Sword
10.5 -
10.6 - Beauty
10.7 - The Secret Garden
10.8 - The Invention of Wings
10.9 - Allegiant
10.10 - The Odd Couple

15.1.1 - All the Light We Cannot See
15.1.2 -
15.2.1 - After a Fashion
15.2.2 - Love in the Afternoon
15.3 - Death of a Doxy
15.4 - The Doorbell Rang
15.5 - I Was Amelia Earhart; Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
15.6 - Dave Ramsey's Complete Guide to Money: The Handbook of Financial Peace University
15.7 - Crossfire
15.8 - Code Name Verity
15.9 - Journey to the Center of the Earth
15.10 - Big Little Lies

5.1 -- Asgard, the Home of the Aesir
5.2 -- Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir
5.3 -- Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
5.4 -- Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans
5.5 -- Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants
5.6 -- Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves
5.7 -- Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves
5.8 -- Niflheim, the Home of the Dead
5.9 -- Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons
5.10 -- Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds

10.1 -- Remarkable Women
10.2 -- Blah, Blah, Blah Day
10.3 -- Earth Day
10.4 -- May the Fourth Be With You
10.5 -- Cinco de Mayo
10.6 -- Older Americans Month
10.7 -- Typhoid Mary
10.8 -- The Vikings are Coming
10.9 -- Over the Rainbow
10.10 -- The Odd Couple

15.1 -- Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong?
Book 1:
Book 2:
15.2 -- Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown
Book 1:
Book 2:
15.3 -- Is it Live or is it Memorex?
Book 1:
Book 2:
15.4 -- Spring Reads -- Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman
Book 1:
Book 2:
15.5 -- International Women's Day
15.6 -- Tax Day
15.7 -- Pi Day -- Paper Airplanes by Dawn O'Porter
15.8 -- Women in War
15.9 -- Better Put on a Heavy Coat!
15.10 -- Would I Lie to You?

20.1 -- Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name
20.2 -- Rookie at the Top - Maryn’s Task: Midwives Help People Out
20.3 -- Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References -- Fin & Lady: A Novel by Cathleen Schine Option 4: Fin is Lady's half-brother (273 pages)
20.4 -– Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era -- Boys Don't Knit by T.S. Easton Option 3 (265 pages)
20.5 -- Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love --
20.6 -- Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B
20.7 -- Shorter is Sweeter- BellaGBear’s Task: Relive Childhood Feelings
20.8 -- Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers
20.9 -- Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
20.10 -- Group Reads

25.1 -- Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge
Book 1:
Book 2:
25.2 -- Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
Book 1:
Book 2:
25.3 -- Andy P's Task: Ragnarok
Book 1:
Book 2:
25.4 -- Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies.
Book 1:
Book 2:
25.5 -- Nikki's Task: A Viking Pillage
Book 1:
Book 2:
25.6 -- Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: We're a Cozy Mystery
Book 1:
Book 2:
25.7 -- Dakimel’s Task: Awards Season
Book 1:
Book 2:
25.8 -- Coralie's Task: Anzac Day
Book 1:
Book 2:
25.9 -- Nick KY’s Task: “Y”
Book 1:
Book 2:
25.10 -- Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up
Book 1:
Book 2:
25.12 -- Elizabeth B's Task: Independence Day
Book 1:
Book 2:

30.1 -- Jonquil's Task: Straight on Till Morning
Book 1:
Book 2:
30.2 -- Dlmrose's task: Initial Impressions
Book 1:
Book 2:
30.3 -- Teri-k's Task: Your Own Personal Tardis
Option 1:
Option 2:
30.4 -- Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas.
Book 1:
Book 2:
30.5 -- Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t
Book 1:
Book 2:
30.6 -- Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!
Book 1:
Book 2:
30.7 -- Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library!
Book 1:
Book 2:

Funny Girl by Nick Hornby (452 pages)
The Truth by Michael Palin (261 pages)
Boys Don't Knit by T.S. Easton (265 pages)
A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin (1060 pages)

5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5 Daughter of the Earth and Sky Kaitlin Bevis
5.6
5.7
5.8
5.9
5.10
10.1 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot
10.2 The Last Anniversary Liane Moriarty
10.3
10.4
15.1 Dark Places Gillian Flynn The Letter Kathryn Hughes
15.2
15.3
15.4
15.5 The Song of Achilles Madeleine Miller
15.6
15.7 The Iron Queen Kaitlin Bevis
15.8
15.9
15.10 Lipstick and Lies Debbie Viggiano
20.10
25.1
25.2 The Color Purple Alice Walker The Murder on the Links Agatha Christie
30.1
30.2 The End of Mr. Y Scarlett Thomas Sweet Temptation Lucy Diamond
30.3 House of Illusions Pauline Gedge The Crucible Arthur MIller
30.4 Between The Tides Patti Kallahan Henry The Door Magda Szabo
30.5 Esther Mr. Mercedes Stephen King
30.6 Fixing Delilah Sarah Ockler
30.7 There's Something I've Been Dying to Tell You Lynda Bellingham

Goal: 19+ tasks completed

5.1 Title/subtitle !, ? or ... Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
5.2 Nine letter word in the title/subtitle Ancillary Justice
5.3 GR rating >= 3.50 Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life as a Weapon
5.4 Tree on the cover The Secret Agent
5.5 Apple on the cover OR genre Young Adult
5.6 Wolf on the cover OR in title or subtitle Wolf Hall
5.7 100-360 pages The Reluctant Fundamentalist
5.8 Author who also writes other books under another name or pseudonym
5.9 Set in a country/state/province found in the Ring of Fire
5.10 Book of your choice Hawkeye, Vol. 2: Little Hits

10.1 On the Remarkable Historical Women in Fiction list The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
10.2 At least 400 pages long Sabriel
10.3 Non-fiction book with the genre "environment"
10.4 Genre "science fiction"
10.5 Set in Mexico or written by a Mexican author
10.6 Author is currently 50 years old or older or was at death
10.7 On the Apocalypse by Epidemic list
10.8 Published by Viking Press
10.9 Author whose initials can be found in "ROY G BIV"
10.10 Neil, Simon, Oscar, or Felix in the title, subtitle, or author's name

15.1 TWO Books
Book 1: A GR friend has rated 4 or 5 stars Breakfast of Champions (James)
Book 2: A GR friend has rated 1 or 2 stars No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden (James)
15.2 TWO Books - Vote for your favorite
Book 1: Letters AESIR in the title/subtitle
Book 2: Letters VANIR in the title/subtitle
15.3 ONE or TWO Books
Option 1: A. 4 words in title/subtitle AND B. Published between 1965-1979 (inclusive).
OR Option 2: A book which fits both A & B.
15.4 ONE or TWO Books
Option 1: A. Published in a year ending 3, 4 or 5 AND B. Author’s initials in SPRING.
OR Option 2: Fits both A & B.
15.5 Won or was shortlisted for the Baileys Prize/Orange Prize, the Orange Prize for New Writers, or the Stella Prize
15.6 Nonfiction book about money, economics, or finance. No specific genre required
15.7 Number 3, 1, or 4 in a series
15.8 MC is woman engaged in military combat or who served in combat area
15.9 Set 50% in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, or Sweden The White Lioness
15.10 LIE found intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.

20.1 One book
Option 2: Roth in author's name Allegiant
20.2 One book
Option 1: Midwife or birth in title
Option 2: Midwife the main character
20.3 One book
Option 5: New book highly anticipated Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Finding True Intimacy
20.4 One book
Option 2: three words in the title, two of which must start with the same letter Leaders Eat Last
20.5 One book
Option 1: Author's last name ends in ERThe Book of Strange New Things
20.6 One book that fulfills:
A: Baseball, Bird, Bird Nest, Blossom, Bunny Rabbit on cover
B: minimum of 300 pages and MUST include only numbers from the following number sequence, my birthday 03/07/1965 The Secret Life of Bees
20.7 One book from lists Child narrator, adult fiction with child narrator, or juvenile protagonist no children's Lord of the Flies
20.8 One book
Option 2: Character does similar job or nonfiction about job Fate Is the Hunter
20.9 One book
Option 3: Main character has a dog The Dog Stars
20.10 Group Read Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

25.1 TWO Books No Rereads, Page & Date Restrictions combined 500 pages. 2 years between books and 100 pages between books.
Book 1: Male author, debut or #1 in series Less Than Zero 1985 & 208 pages
Book 2: Female author, not debut or #1 Bel Canto
25.2 TWO Books No Rereads No Kids
OPTION 2: Read a book with the main page genre of “Crime”, “Mystery”, “Suspense”, or Thriller” The Nine Tailors
Option 3: Autobiography or memoir genre Shrinkage: Manhood, Marriage, and the Tumor That Tried to Kill Me
25.3 TWO Books No Kids
Book 1: Author initials in RAGNAROK
Book 2: Thor, Odin, Freyr, Loki or Tyr letter in order in title
25.4 two books
Option 1: contains a word of at least three letters that appears in an animated Disney movie title
Option 2: the letters in "Let It Go" appear in any combination of the book's title (subtitles EXCLUDED) and/or author's first or last name
Option 3: humor or funny as genre President Me: The America That's in My Head
Option 4: book with the cover that shows a shoe(s) with high heels
25.5 1 or 2 books, total 500+ pages
something in the title and/or subtitle that is worthy of being pillaged, nicked, pinched, stolen or misappropriated The Girl on the Train (336)
25.6 TWO Books Options Repeatable
Option 2: Speculative fiction that passes the Bechdel test Neuromancer (page 1 #60) & The Blind Assassin (Page 2 #144)
25.7 TWO Books Options Repeatable
Option 1: tournament of books long list Brown Girl Dreaming
Option 2: nominee for 2015 audies Yes Please
25.8 TWO Books Options Repeatable
Option 1: author born in Australia or New Zealand
Option 2: genre 'war'Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Option 3: set (at least 50%) in Turkey
Option 4: published between 1914 and 1918 inclusive The Metamorphosis (1915)
25.9 two books, 2 different options
Option 1: letter “Y” somewhere in the title or subtitle
Option 2: “peace” found intact in a word in the title or subtitle, OR a book from the Popular Peace Books list
Option 3: book from Real Man book list Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
25.10 two books
Option 1: between 100-200 pages
Option 2: a work made into Oscar nominated screenplay Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Option 3: author shares their first name with an actress who has WON an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Option 4: author whose initials can be found in GLORY and/or SELMA Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
Option 5: Immigrant Experience Literature list Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close or The Namesake
25.12 two books
Option 1: genre war
Option 2: number of pages consisting of digits found in 1821
Option 3: published in March of any year
Option 4: freedom, or, death in the title or subtitle

30.1 TWO Books
Book 1: Roller coaster, carousel or Ferris wheel on the cover
Book 2: Main Character makes a major career change
30.2 TWO Books
Book 1: Single author uses at least 2 names
Book 2: Title words begin with letters of previous author's initials
30.3 TWO Books
Option 2: Post-Classical
Option 3: 1200-1699
30.4 TWO Books
Book 1: Recommended by GR based on one of your shelves or genre
Book 2: From "Popular Books Among My Friends this Month."
30.5
Book 1: favorite genre on its main page (mystery)
Book 2: least favorite genre on its main page (Romance) Atonement
30.6 TWO Books
Option A: Anthologies, Short Stories, or Essays genre
Option B: At least 500 pages
Option C: Spoon on the cover
Option D: From Feel Good Books List The Perks of Being a Wallflower
30.7 two books, authors new
2 authors you read for the first time last season during SRC
FICTION by a single new-to-you author whose last name falls within the range of the provided library shelves
Read The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion and Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

SHE-SKH Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
MIT-MUQ Me Before You

50.1 Three books, all over 250 pages
Book 1: One word title Fobbit
Book 2: is number 2, 12, or 22 in a series or pages end in 2 Bring Up the Bodies
Book 3: author with a letter that appears 3, and only 3, times in his/her name as it appears on Goodreads Brown Girl Dreaming 3 O's

5 pts

5.1 Asgard, the Home of the Aesir
!,?," in the title or subtitle
Si j'étais Dieu !
orN or M?
5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir
9-letter-word
Chewing-gum et spaghetti (spa/ghe/tti)
5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
GR rating >3,5
Ten Commandments
5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans
tree on cover
River's Edge
5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants
apple on cover OR YA
Mockingjay (YA)
5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves.
wolf
Skin of the Wolf
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves.
100-360 pages
Schindler's List
5.8 Niflheim, the Home of the Dead
author with pseudonym
Poirot Investigates (Mary Westmacott)
5.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons.
set in Ring of Fire
The House of the Spirits (Chile)
5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds
book of my choice
Dead Letter Office

10pts

10.1 Remarkable Women https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...
Lysistrata (24th 1st page)
10.2 Blah, Blah, Blah Day
at least 400 pages
Eldest
10.3 Earth Day
environment
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
10.4 May the Fourth Be With You
science fiction
1984
10.5 Cinco de Mayo
set in Mexico
Under the Volcano
10.6 Older Americans Month
american author over 50 yo
To Kill a Mockingbird
10.7 Typhoid Mary https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5...
The Leper of Saint Giles (53d 1st page)
10.8 The Vikings are Coming
http://www.penguin.com/meet/publisher...

10.9 Over the Rainbow
initials in ROY G BIV
Set in Darkness
10.10 The Odd Couple
Neil, Simon, Oscar, or Felix in the title, subtitle, or author's name
De Profundis

15 pts

15.1 Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong?
Book 1 – Read a book that a GR friend has rated 4 or 5 stars, AND
Book 2 – Read a book that a GR friend has rated 1 or 2 stars.
Book 1: The A.B.C. Murders (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)
Book 2: Around the World in Eighty Days (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)
15.2 Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown
Book 1. Read a book with the letters AESIR in the title/subtitle of the book. AND
Book 2. Read a book with the letters VANIR in the title/subtitle of the book.
Bipolar Disorder: Management Of Bipolar Disorder In Adults, Children And Adolescents In Primary And Secondary Care
Parker Pyne Investigates
15.3 Is it Live or is it Memorex?
4 words and 1965-1979
Tales of the Unexpected
15.4 Spring Reads
initials in SPRING and published 3,4,5
U.S.S. Seawolf and The Moving Finger
15.5 International Women's Day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_...
We Need to Talk About Kevin
15.6 Tax Day
nonfiction about money, economics, finance

15.7 Pi Day
1,3, or 4 in series
The left hand of God
15.8 Women in War
Read a book in which the main character is a woman who engages or engaged in military combat or who serves or served in a combat area
Joan of Arc: A History
15.9 Better Put on a Heavy Coat!
at least 50% in one of the Nordic countries
Nemesis (Sweeden)
15.10 Would I Lie to You?
LIE found intact in the title/subtitle or author's name.
Uglies

20pts

20.1 What's in a Name
Option 2: Read a book where ROTH is intact in the author’s name.
Insurgent
20.2 Midwives Help People Out
Option Two: Read a book where a midwife is a main character. This can be fiction or non-fiction.
Murder on Astor Place
20.3 Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 3: This Book, I Like It-- Another!
Allegiant
20.4 End of an Era
Option 2: Read a book that has three words in the title, two of which must start with the same letter. Subtitles can be ignored.
Playing for Pizza
20.5 Love and Not Quite 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
Night Passage
20.6 I Spy Spring with the letter B
A. Using the list above, AT LEAST ONE of the objects must appear on the cover and B. Books must be a Minimum of 300 pages and MUST include only numbers from the following number sequence, my birthday 03/07/1965.
Purple Hibiscus blossom 307 pages
20.7 Relive Childhood Feelings
Read a book found on this shelf list Child Narrator
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close page 1, 2nd
20.8 Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers
1. Where do you live?
Read a book set in (at least 50%) the city or state/county/province where you currently live, or a book by an author who was born or currently lives in your city/state/county/province.

20.9 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
The Activist
20.10 Group Reads
11/22/63

25 pts

25.1 Auntie Tattin's Challenge
Book One: in honour of Master T
As my nephew was the first of his generation, Read a book written by a man* that was either the debut published work by the author or the first in a series written by the author.
A Game of Thrones 1996 / 835 pages
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.
Devious 2011 / 439 pages
25.2 Garden Quotes
OPTION 2: Read a book with the main page genre of “Crime”, “Mystery”, “Suspense”, or Thriller”
The Green Mile
OPTION 4: Read a book with the main page genre of Science Fiction.
Divergent
25.3 Ragnarok
Book 1. Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in the word RAGNAROK.
Ο άνθρωπος που θα γινόταν βασιλιάς (RK)
Book 2. Using ALL the letters in ONE of the following gods' names read a book whose TITLE (excluding subtitle) includes the name's letters IN ORDER. The letters do not need to be consecutive, but must appear in the title in order from left to right
The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories THe witness fOR...
25.4 Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies.
Option 3 humor: The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
Option 1 Read a book with a title (subtitles EXCLUDED) that contains a word* of at least three letters that appears in a movie title from the List of Animated Disney Movies
25.5 A Viking Pillage
for this task, read a book with something in the title and/or subtitle that is worthy of being pillaged, nicked, pinched, stolen or misappropriated.

25.6 We're a Cozy Mystery
Option 2 Sometimes it's about girls
The Fault in Our Stars #338 page 4
Option 3 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in VALKYRIE.
A Question of Blood (IR)
25.7 Awards Season
Book 1 Option A Tournament of Books Rooster long-list.
A Brief History of Seven Killings
Book 2 Option B a nominee for a 2015 Audies award.
The Lost Key
25.8 Anzac Day
Option 2: WHAT? (twice)
They were fighting a war.
Read a book with the genre 'war' on the main page. The genre must be stand-alone NOT embedded.
Book 1: The Absolutist
Book 2: The Diary of a Young Girl
25.9 “Y”
Option 2. Read a book with the word “Peace” in the title/subtitle
Peace Like a River
Option 3. Real Man Books list
Fight Club
25.10 Ready for Their Close-up
Option 1 between 100 and 200 pages.
Invisible Cities
Option 5 read a book from the Immigrant Experience Literature list.
The Kite Runner
25.12 Independence Day
Option A: read a book with the genre War
Wish You Were Here
Option D: read a book with one of these three words: freedom, or, death in the title or subtitle.
Naked in Death


30 pts

30.1 Straight on Till Morning
Book 1: read a book with a roller coaster, carousel or Ferris wheel on the cover.
Joyland
Βοοκ 2: Main Character makes a major career change
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
30.2 Initial Impressions
Book 1: Read a book written by a single author who uses at least 2 names
What Is to Be Done? (N C )
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
Noah's Compass
30.3 Your Own Personal Tardis
Option 1 Ancient World
Generation of Animals (written)
Option 2 200 AD to 1200 AD.
Murder in Canton(set)
30.4 Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas.
Book 1: Go to Recommendations, at the top of the GR page. Read a book recommended by GR, based on one of your shelves or genre recommendations.
La catedral del mar (favorites)
Book 2: "Popular Books Among My Friends this Month."
30.5 You Either Like it Or You Don’t
Books must be at least 250 pages.
Book 1: Read a book that has your favorite genre on its main page. (thriller)
The Partner
Book 2: Read a book that has your least favorite genre on its main page. (historical)
The Pillars of the Earth
30.6 Happy Equinox!
A: short stories, essays
Cuentos macabros
D: list of Feel Good Books.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (7)
30.7 I Love My Library!
Select 2 authors you read for the first time last season during SRC. For each author, select a work of FICTION by a single new-to-you author whose last name falls within the range of the provided library shelves.
Richard Dawkins Pacific Vortex!
Terry Pratchett Swann's Way

50pts

50.1 1-2-3-Go!
Read 3 books, one from each option below
Each book must have a minimum of 250 pages.
A.Read a book with a one-word title
Postmortem
B.Read a book that has a page count ending in 2.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... (392)
C.Read a book written by an author with a letter that appears 3, and only 3, times in his/her name as it appears on Goodreads.
Saints of the Shadow Bible (Ian Rankin 3n)

TOTAL
Points:45
GRA:2
Big Books 500+:1
Big Books 750+:
Big Books 1000+:

amandab1975 - Returning after a couple of seasons absence.

5.1 Title/subtitle !, ? or ...
5.2 Nine letter word in the title/subtitle The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
5.3 GR rating >= 3.50 Paradise of the Blind by Dương Thu Hương 3.65, 26/2
5.4 Tree on the cover Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
5.5 Apple on the cover OR genre Young Adult Flame by Amy Kathleen Ryan READ 15/3
5.6 Wolf on the cover OR in title or subtitle Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
5.7 100-360 pages See Now Then by Jamaica Kincaid 182pgs READ 8/3
5.8 Author who also writes other books under another name or pseudonym Absent In The Spring by Mary Westmacott / Agatha Christie READ 28/4
5.9 Set in a country/state/province found in the Ring of Fire Hotel Iris by Yōko Ogawa, Japan READ 3/4
5.10 Book of your choice Pillars of Salt by Fadia Faqir

10.1 On the Remarkable Historical Women in Fiction list Orlando by Virginia Woolf, pg 1 #26
10.2 At least 400 pages long The House of the Mosque by Kader Abdolah
10.3 Non-fiction book with the genre "environment"
10.4 Genre "science fiction" The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
10.5 Set in Mexico or written by a Mexican author Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
10.6 Author is currently 50 years old or older or was at death Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler
10.7 On the Apocalypse by Epidemic list Blindness by José Saramago
10.8 Published by Viking Press On the Road by Jack Kerouac
10.9 Author whose initials can be found in "ROY G BIV" Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
10.10 Neil, Simon, Oscar, or Felix in the title, subtitle, or author's name American Gods by Neil Gaiman

15.1 TWO Books
Book 1: A GR friend has rated 4 or 5 stars The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga (Tien)
Book 2: A GR friend has rated 1 or 2 stars The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (itpdx)
15.2 TWO Books - Vote for your favorite
Book 1: Letters AESIR in the title/subtitle Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
Book 2: Letters VANIR in the title/subtitle Death at Intervals by José Saramago
15.3 ONE or TWO Books
Option 2: A book which fits both A & B. Tied Up In Tinsel by Ngaio Marsh
15.4 ONE or TWO Books
Option 1: A. Published in a year ending 3, 4 or 5 Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez, 2004
B. Author’s initials in SPRING.The Light of Day by Graham Swift
15.5 Won or was shortlisted for the Baileys Prize/Orange Prize, the Orange Prize for New Writers, or the Stella Prize The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
15.6 Nonfiction book about money, economics, or finance. No specific genre required
15.7 Number 3, 1, or 4 in a series Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke
15.8 Woman engaged in military combat or who served in combat area
15.9 Set 50% in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, or Sweden Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
15.10 LIE found intact in the title/subtitle or author's name. The Judges by Elie Wiesel

20.1 OPTION 4 (Did not Finish, pg.1) Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell READ 15/3
20.2The Birth House by Ami McKay
20.3 Storm of Steel by Ernst Jünger
20.4 The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien
20.5
20.6 Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
20.7
20.8 OPTION 1 Monkey Grip by Helen Garner
20.9 OPTION 3 All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld READ 19/3
20.10 Group Read Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green READ 12/4

25.1 TWO Books No Rereads, Page & Date Restrictions
Book 1: Male author, debut or #1 in series The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Book 2: Female author, not debut or #1 Wilderness Tips by Margaret Atwood READ 27/3
25.2 TWO Books No Rereads No Kids
OPTION 2: Read a book with the main page genre of “Crime”, “Mystery”, “Suspense”, or Thriller”. Peril at End House by Agatha Christie
Option 3: Autobiography or memoir genre Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming READ 17/3
25.3 TWO Books No Kids
Book 1: Author initials in RAGNAROK Rhyming Life and Death by Amos Oz READ 4/3
Book 2: Thor, Odin, Freyr, Loki or Tyr in order in title Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
25.4 OPTION 1 I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
OPTION 3 Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman READ 10/4
25.5
25.6 TWO Books Options Repeatable
Option 1: Read a book with 'Supernatural' in the main page genres. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater READ 15/4
Option 3: Author's initials can be found in VALKYRIE The Successor by Ismail Kadare
25.7 TWO Books Options Repeatable
Option 1: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Option 2: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman READ 7/3
25.8 TWO Books Options Repeatable (Both Option 1)
Book 1: Bereft by Chris Womersley, Australia
Book 2: Owls Do Cryby Janet Frame
25.9 TWO BOOKS
Option 1: Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald
Option 2: The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, pg.4
25.10

30.1 TWO Books No Rereads
Book 1: Roller coaster, carousel or Ferris wheel on the cover Four: A Divergent Collection by Veronica Roth
Book 2: Main Character makes a major career change We Bought a Zoo by Benjamin Mee READ 20/4
30.2 TWO Books
Book 1: Single author uses at least 2 names The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Book 2: Title words begin with letters of previous author's initials Michael Kohlhaas by Heinrich von Kleist
30.3 TWO Books
Option 3: 1200-1699 World Without End by Ken Follett
Option 4:1700-1899 A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
30.4. TWO Books No Kids
Book 1: Recommended by GR based on one of your shelves or genre The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente, fantasy READ 18/4
Book 2: From "Popular Books Among My Friends this Month." Kokoro by Natsume Sōseki, 2 friends 22/2
30.5 TWO Books
Book 1: Favorite genre The Good Muslim by Tahmima Anam, literature READ 3/4
Book 2: Least favorite genre The Crazed by Ha Jin, politics
30.6 TWO Books
Option A: Minimum of Two by Tim Winton
Option D: An Abundance of Katherines by John Green READ 4/4

30.7 TWO Books, New Authors, Fiction
Book 1:
Book 2:

50.1

5.1-Delicious by Ruth Reichl
5.2-Quicksand by Gigi Pandian
5.3-Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
5.4-
5.5-Seeker by Arwen Elys Dayton
5.6-The Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort
5.7-The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
5.8-The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith (J.K Rowling)
5.9-
5.10-All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
10.1-Quiver by Stephanie Spinner (3/2/15)
10.2-All the Light we Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
10.3
10.4-It’s the End of the World as We Know It by Saci Lloyd
10.5-Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
10.6-The Witch of Painted Sorrows by M.J.Rose
10.7-
10.8-The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
10.9-Knightley & Son by Rohan Gavin
10.10-Stardust by Neil Gaiman
15.1-
15.2-The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud, Private View: Inside Baryshnikov’s American Ballet Theatre
15.3-Hear the Wind Sing by Murakami
15.4-At the Water’s Edge by Sara Gruen
15.5-The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
15.6
15.7-Theodore Boone: The Activist by John Grisham
15.8-Girl in Blue by Ann Rinaldi
15.9-Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
15.10-Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert Edsel
20.1
20.2
20.3
20.4
20.5
20.6
20.7
20.8
20.9
20.10
25.1-The Finisher by David Baldacci (2012, 497 pgs, book 1), Son by Lois Lowry (2012, 393 pgs book 4)
25.2-2:As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust by Alan Bradley, 4:Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
25.3-1:Brunelleschi's Dome by Ross King 2:The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
25.4
25.5
25.6-2: Soulless by Gail Carriger, Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
25.7-Bellweather Rhapsody by Kate Racculia, Egg & Spoon by Gregory Maguire
27.8
25.9
25.10
30.1-Hope is a Ferris Wheel by Robin Herrera, Size 12 is not fat by Meg Cabot
30.2-French Revolutions by Tim Moore, The Martian by Andy Weir
30.3
30.4
30.5-Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek by Maya Van Wagenen, Self Help 10% Happier by Dan Harris
30.6-The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean, City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
30.7-Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo, Uncle Janice by Matt Burgess
30.8
30.9
30.10

Boston's Kate's Spring Reading Plan

Points: 5

5.1 What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
5.2 The Signature of All Things currently reading
5.3 The Damned - read 3/22/15 - post #870
5.4 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story
5.5 Redwall
5.6 Wolf in White Van
5.7 Yes, Chef
5.8 The Gunslinger
5.9 Euphoria
5.10 Poisoned: The True Story of the Deadly E. Coli Outbreak That Changed the Way Americans Eat

10.1 The Queen's Fool
10.2 Killing Floor
10.3 The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
10.4 The Great Zoo of China
10.5 The Strain
10.6 The Dovekeepers
10.7 The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
10.8 Broken Harbour - read 4/23/15
10.9 Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favorite Television Show
10.10 Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances

15.1
Book 1: The Secret Place
Book 2: The Kill Order
15.2
Book 1: Speaking from Among the Bones
Book 2: The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
15.3 In Search of Dracula: The History of Dracula and Vampires
15.4 Unbecoming: A Novel - currently reading
15.5 The Goldfinch
15.6 Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
15.7 I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
15.8 I Shall Be Near to You
15.9 The Devil's Star
15.10 Big Little Lies

20.1 Option 4 - City of Bones
20.2 Option 1 - After Birth
20.3 Option 2 - Poisoned: The True Story of the Deadly E. Coli Outbreak That Changed the Way Americans Eat
20.4 Option 1 - The Pearl that Broke Its Shell
20.5 Option 1 - The Witch of Napoli
20.6 Purple Hibiscus
20.7 The Same Sky
20.8 Option 1 - Inside the O'Briens
20.9 Option 1 - Rot and Ruin
20.10 11/22/63

25.1
Book 1: The Color of Magic
Book 2: Broken Monsters
25.2
Book 1: Option 1 - The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession
Book 2: Option 4 - The Lemoncholy Life of Annie Aster
25.3
Book 1: A God in Ruins: A Novel
Book 2: The Girl on the Train
25.4
Book 1: Option 1 - The Good Girl - read 3/14/15
Book 2: Option 2 - The Ocean at the End of the Lane
25.5 The Bone Clocks
25.6
Book 1: Option 2 - When She Woke
Book 2: Option 3 - The Frangipani Hotel
25.7
Book 1: Option A - An Untamed State
Book 2: Option A - Station Eleven - read 3/27/15
25.8
Book 1: Option 1 - Sabriel
Book 2: Option 2 - City of Women
25.9
Book 1: Option 1 - Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Book 2: Option 3 - Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout
25.10
Book 1: Option 3 - Frost Burned
Book 2: Option 4 - The Magician's Land
25.12
Book 1: Option C - At the Water's Edge
Book 2: Option D - Death: The Deluxe Edition

30.1
Book 1: The Long and Faraway Gone
Book 2: Me Before You
30.2
Book 1: Suffer the Children
Book 2: China Dolls
30.3
Book 1: Option 1 - Cleopatra's Daughter
Book 2: Option 3 - The Constant Princess
30.4
Book 1: All the Flowers in Shanghai
Book 2: The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
30.5
Book 1: The Rook
Book 2: The Swan Gondola
30.6
Book 1: Option A - Rogues
Book 2: Option B - The Paying Guests
30.7
Book 1: I'll Give You the Sun - currently reading
Book 2: Annihilation - read 4/8/15

50.1
Book 1: Proof: The Science of Booze - currently reading
Book 2: Two Graves
Book 3: Moloka'i

5 Point Tasks - 0 / 10
5.1 Asgard, the Home of the Aesir
5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir
5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans
5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants
5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves.
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves.
5.8 Niflheim, the Home of the Dead
5.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons.
5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds

10 Point Tasks - 0 / 10
10.1 - Remarkable Women
10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day
10.3 - Earth Day
10.4 - May the Fourth Be With You
10.5 - Cinco de Mayo
10.6 - Older Americans Month
10.7 - Typhoid Mary
10.8 - The Vikings are Coming
10.9 - Over the Rainbow
10.10 - The Odd Couple

15 Point Tasks - 0 / 10
15.1.Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong?
15.2. Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown - Frankenstein &
15.3. Is it Live or is it Memorex? - Post Office &
15.4. Spring Reads
15.5. International Women's Day
15.6. Tax Day
15.7.Pi Day
15.8 Women in War
15.9. Better Put on a Heavy Coat!
15.10. Would I Lie to You?

20 Point Tasks - 0 / 10
20.2 Rookie at the Top - Maryn’s Task: Midwives Help People Out
20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References - The Martian
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B

20.10 - Group Reads - Will Grayson, Will Grayson

25 Point Tasks - 0 / 7
25.1 - Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge
Option A: Holes
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
25.3 - Andy P's Task: Ragnarok
25.6 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: We're a Cozy Mystery
25.7 - Dakimel’s Task: Awards Season
25.8 - Coralie's Task: Anzac Day
25.9 - Nick KY’s Task: “Y”
25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up
Option 2: Inherent Vice

25.12 - Elizabeth B's Task: Independence Day
Option C: The Glass Castle

30 Point Tasks - 0 / 7
30.1 - Jonquil's Task: Straight on Till Morning
30.2 Dlmrose's task: Initial Impressions
30.3 - Teri-k's Task: Your Own Personal Tardis -
Option 2: Beowulf
Option 4: Walden
30.4. Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas.
30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t
30.6 Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!
Option A: What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
Option B: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library!

50 Point Task - 0 / 1

Becky P

5 Point Tasks - 0 / 10
5.1 Asgard, the Home of the Aesir When Will There Be Good News?
5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir The Summoning
5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line
5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans To Kill a Mockingbird
5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend
5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves. Promise of the Wolves
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves. Death Sworn
5.8 Niflheim, the Home of the Dead The Cuckoo's Calling
5.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons. Into the Wild
5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds

10 Point Tasks - 0 / 10
10.1 - Remarkable Women The Constant Princess
10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day Golden Son
10.3 - Earth Day
10.4 - May the Fourth Be With You Red Queen
10.5 - Cinco de Mayo Skin Game
10.6 - Older Americans Month Mr. Kiss and Tell
10.7 - Typhoid Mary Love in the Time of Cholera
10.8 - The Vikings are Coming
10.9 - Over the Rainbow Witchling
10.10 - The Odd Couple

15 Point Tasks - 0 / 10
15.1.Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong? The Knife of Never Letting Go and Living Dead Girl
15.2. Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown
15.3. Is it Live or is it Memorex?
15.4. Spring Reads Jinn and Juice
15.5. International Women's Day
15.6. Tax Day
15.7.Pi Day Dead Heat
15.8 Women in War I Shall Be Near to You
15.9. Better Put on a Heavy Coat! Flaggermusmannen
15.10. Would I Lie to You?

20 Point Tasks - 0 / 10
20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name Eat, Pray, Love (op4)
20.2 Rookie at the Top - Maryn’s Task: Midwives Help People Out The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times (op1)
20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References Under the Dome (op2)
20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- BellaGBear’s Task: Relive Childhood Feelings
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers Better Than Perfect
20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
20.10 - Group Reads Will Grayson, Will Grayson

25 Point Tasks - 0 / 12
25.1 - Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes Gone Girl (op2) and Inked (op4)
25.3 - Andy P's Task: Ragnarok
25.4 - Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies. The List (op3) and How I Lost You (op1)
25.5 - Nikki's Task: A Viking Pillage Ruby Red and The Jewel
25.6 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: We're a Cozy Mystery When (op1) and Dragon Marked (op1)
25.7 - Dakimel’s Task: Awards Season
25.8 - Coralie's Task: Anzac Day The Nightingale (op2) and All the Light We Cannot See (op2)
25.9 - Nick KY’s Task: “Y” One Day (op1) and Hot Head (op3 firefighter)
25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up Breeding Cycle (op1) and Winter's Bone (op2)
25.12 - Elizabeth B's Task: Independence Day Atonement (op1) and Penelope (op3)

30 Point Tasks - 0 / 7
30.1 - Jonquil's Task: Straight on Till Morning Dead Spots Silence for the Dead Tomorrow, When the War Began and Size 12 Is Not Fat
30.2 Dlmrose's task: Initial Impressions
30.3 - Teri-k's Task: Your Own Personal Tardis The White Queen (op3) and North and South (op4)
30.4. Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas. The Surgeon (Thriller) and The Darkest Minds (26/02/15)
30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t The Fellowship of the Ring (Fantasy) and Naming Jack the Ripper (Non-Fiction)
30.6 Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox! Bad Feminist: Essays (opA) and Gone with the Wind (opB)
30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library! Yellow Crocus (IAG-JGZ) and Tithe (BEL-BNZ)

50 Point Task - 0 / 1

30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library!

Shelf GRE-IAF: Paula Hawkins, a new-to-me author in SRC Winter 2015, inspired me to read The Obituary Writer by Ann Hood, a new-to-me author.
Shelf CHE-CKZ: Lucy Christopher, a new-to-me author in SRC Winter 2015, inspired me to read A Russian Affair by Anton Chekhov, a new-to-me author.


5 Point Tasks - 0 / 10
5.1 Asgard, the Home of the Aesir
5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir
5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans
5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants
5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves.
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves.
5.8 Niflheim, the Home of the Dead
5.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons.
5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds

10 Point Tasks - 0 / 10
10.1 - Remarkable Women
10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day
10.3 - Earth Day
10.4 - May the Fourth Be With You
10.5 - Cinco de Mayo
10.6 - Older Americans Month
10.7 - Typhoid Mary
10.8 - The Vikings are Coming
10.9 - Over the Rainbow
10.10 - The Odd Couple

15 Point Tasks - 0 / 10
15.1.Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong?
15.2. Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown
15.3. Is it Live or is it Memorex?
15.4. Spring Reads
15.5. International Women's Day
15.6. Tax Day
15.7.Pi Day
15.8 Women in War
15.9. Better Put on a Heavy Coat!
15.10. Would I Lie to You?

20 Point Tasks - 0 / 10
20.10 - Group Reads

25 Point Tasks - 0 / 7
25.1 - Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
25.3 - Andy P's Task: Ragnarok
25.6 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: We're a Cozy Mystery

30 Point Tasks - 0 / 7
30.1 - Jonquil's Task: Straight on Till Morning Dead Spots Silence for the Dead
30.2 Dlmrose's task: Initial Impressions
30.3 - Teri-k's Task: Your Own Personal Tardis
30.4. Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas.
30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t
30.6 Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!

5 Point Tasks

5.1 Asgard, the Home of the Aesir Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir Daughters of Rome
5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves She Walks in Beauty: A Woman's Journey Through Poems✔854
5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans A Passage to India
5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants Divergent
5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves Sense and Sensibility✔2726
5.8 Niflheim, the Home of the Dead Out of Africa
5.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons
5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds The Leopard✔2950

10 Point Tasks
10.1 - Remarkable Women The Penelopiad, God's Daughter
10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day Bring Up the Bodies✔3214
10.3 - Earth Day The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
10.4 - May the Fourth Be With You The Martian
10.5 - Cinco de Mayo The Pearl, The Lacuna
10.6 - Older Americans Month Girl With a Pearl Earring
10.7 - Typhoid Mary The Year of the Flood
10.8 - The Vikings are Coming Cannery Row
10.9 - Over the Rainbow Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina✔2725
10.10 - The Odd Couple The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

15 Point Tasks
15.1 Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong?
Book 1 – The Crucible
Book 2 – The Awakening
15.2 Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown
Book 1. AESIR A Study in Scarlet
Book 2. VANIR The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
15.3 Is it Live or is it Memorex?
Book A&B Interview with the Vampire
15.4 Spring Reads - Book A&B I, Claudius✔143
15.5 International Women's Day Wolf Hall✔3105
15.6 Tax Day The Millionaire Next Door
15.7 Pi Day Mistress of Rome✔2726
15.8 Women in War Code Name Verity, Joan of Arc
15.9 Better Put on a Heavy Coat! The Ice Palace or Beowulf: A New Verse Translation
15.10 Would I Lie to You?

20 Point Tasks
20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name
Option 4: Abandoned: The Age of Innocence✔ (approved in task help thread)1162
20.2 Rookie at the Top - Maryn’s Task: Midwives Help People Out
Option 1: Call The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times, The Birth of Venus
20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References
Option 2: Station Eleven✔580
20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
Option 3: The Scarlet Pimpernel✔180
20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love
Option 1: Black Sheep by Georgette Heyer✔968
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B
Mansfield Park (MMP: Mansfield Park) (approved in task help thread)✔909
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- BellaGBear’s Task: Relive Childhood Feelings
Child Narrator: The Bone Clocks✔1634
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers
Option 1: The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald or Beowulf: A New Verse Translation
20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury
Option 1: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
20.10 - Group Reads Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

25 Point Tasks
25.1 - Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge
1. The Last Kingdom✔
2. Euphoria✔355
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
1. Option 1: Atonement
2. Option 2: A Burnable Book
25.3 - Andy P's Task: Ragnarok
1. Sleep Donation by Karen Russell
2. ODIN: Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West
25.4 - Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies
Option 1: The Enchanted - Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
Option 3: The Princess Bride
25.5 - Nikki's Task: A Viking Pillage The Moonstone✔ (>500 pages)3025
25.6 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: We're a Cozy Mystery
Option 2: The Blind Assassin
Option 3: Wisdom's Daughter: A Novel of Solomon and Sheba
25.7 - Dakimel’s Task: Awards Season
1. The Paying Guests
2. The Bone Clocks
25.8 - Coralie's Task: Anzac Day
1&2. Option 2: Half of a Yellow Sun and The Garden of Evening Mists
25.9 - Nick KY’s Task: “Y”
1. Option 1: As I Lay Dying
2. Option 3: Real Man Books The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up
Option 2: Heart of Darkness, Life of Pi
Option 3: Jane Austen (Jane Darwell 1940), Mary Stewart (Mary Astor 1941)
25.11 - NO TASK
25.12 - Elizabeth B's Task: Independence Day
1. Option A: Catch-22
2. Option D: Life and Death are Wearing Me Out

30 Point Tasks

30.1 - Jonquil's Task: Straight on Till Morning SKIP
30.2 Dlmrose's task: Initial Impressions
Middlemarch by George Eliot and Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
30.3 - Teri-k's Task: Your Own Personal Tardis
Option 1:
Option 2: Beowulf: A New Verse Translation
30.4. - Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas
1.The End of the Affair (Favorites Shelf) or The Awakening (1001 Books shelf)
2. The Martian (2 friends, 3/1)
30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t
1. HF: Love and War
2. Sports: The Art of Fielding
30.6 - Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!
1. Option A: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
2. Option D: Persuasion#48
30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library!
1. Chinua Achebe - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
2. F. Scott Fitzgerald - Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

5 Point

5.1 Asgard, the Home of the Aesir Right You Are! (If You Think So)
5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves The Savage God: A Study of Suicide
5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans Raiders of Blue Dome: A Western Story
5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants Murder by the Slice
5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves.Destiny of the Wolf
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves. Woody Allen: A Life in Film
5.8 Niflheim, the Home of the Dead The Whites: A Novel by Harry Brandt pen name of Richard Price
5.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons. By Night in Chile by Roberto Bolaño
5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds

10 Point

10.1 - Remarkable Women
10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day
10.3 - Earth Day Bayou Farewell: The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisiana's Cajun Coast
10.4 - May the Fourth Be With You Yesterday's Kin
10.5 - Cinco de Mayo
10.6 - Older Americans Month The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton pub'd in 1920 when the author was 58
10.7 - Typhoid Mary What Really Killed Gilda Radner? Frontline Reports on the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Epidemic #124 (p2) on list
10.8 - The Vikings are Coming The Woman Who Walked Into Doors
10.9 - Over the Rainbow
10.10 - The Odd Couple

15 Point

15.1.Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong? (using Paul Jr.'s 5* and 2* list)
a. 5* The Betrayal of Liliuokalani: Last Queen of Hawaii 1838-1917
b. 2* All That Glitters/ Prime/ Biplane
15.2. Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown
a. AESIR The Rasputin File
b. VANIR Why Do Men Have Nipples?: Hundreds of Questions You'd Only Ask a Doctor After Your Third Martini
15.3. Is it Live or is it Memorex? A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg (1971)
15.4. Spring Reads Book 1. 2004 A Perfect Waiter
Book 2. Initials in SPRING Sides by Peter Straub
15.5. International Women's Day A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
15.6. Tax Day
15.7.Pi Day
15.8 Women in War
15.9. Better Put on a Heavy Coat! Silence of the Grave by Arnaldur Indriðason (Iceland)
15.10. Would I Lie to You?

20 Point

20.1 Julia 103's -- Option 2: Thor=Roth. The Professor Of Desire
20.10 - Group Reads

25 Point

25.1 - Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge -- Book 1 Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance: A Mystery
Book 2 The Christmas Letters
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes Book 1: Flower on cover -- 69
Book 2 - Autobiography -- Just Call Me Mike: A Journey to Actor and Activist
25.3 - Andy P's Task: Ragnarok
25.4 - Hina's Task: Option 2: EGILTTO appears in title: All the Light We Cannot See
option 3: "Humor" as GR genre Woody Allen on Woody Allen
25.5 Nikki's Pillage. Book 1 - Ivory's Ghosts: The White Gold of History and the Fate of Elephants
Book 2 - Cup of Gold
25.6 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: We're a Cozy Mystery
25.7 - Dakimel’s Task: Awards Season
a. Option 1.
b. Option 1.
25.8 - Coralie's Task: Anzac Day
a. Austalian Author: Dirt Music
b. New Zealand Author -- Here at the End of the World We Learn to Dance
25.9 - Nick's Task: Y Option 1 -- Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House
option 3 -- On the Trail of Genghis Khan: An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads
25.10 Sirena's Close Up
25.11 No Task
25.12 Eliz B's Greece. Book 1 -- Redeployment ("War" as GR genre)
Book 2 -- Death Comes As the End ("Death" in title)

30 Point

30.1 - Jonquil's Task: Straight on Till Morning -- Book 1: Peter Pan Must Die: A Novel
Book 2: Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys
30.2 Dlmrose's task: Initial Impressions Book 1: Angle of Repose
Book 2: White Shotgun
30.3 - Teri-k's Task: Your Own Personal Tardis
30.4. Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas.
30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t
30.6 Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!
30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library! Book 1: White is for Witching
Book 2: The Girl on the Train

50 Point

5 Point Tasks - 10 / 10
✔ 5.1 Asgard, the Home of the Aesir: What's a Ghoul to Do? by Victoria Laurie (R: #1410)
✔ 5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir: Captured by Moonlight by Nancy Gideon (R: #1926)
✔ 5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves: Witch Fire by Anya Bast (R: #1773)
✔ 5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans: One Bad Apple by Sheila Connolly (R: #1681)
✔ 5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants: Graveminder by Melissa Marr (R: #471)
✔ 5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves: Primal Law by J.D. Tyler (R: #1736)
✔ 5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves: Hell on Wheels by Julie Ann Walker (R: #815)
✔ 5.8 Niflheim, the Home of the Dead: Tiger Magic by Jennifer Ashley (R: #1243)
✔ 5.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons: Forbidden Magic by Cheyenne McCray (R: #2047)
✔ 5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds: Killer Secrets by Lora Leigh (R: #627)

10 Point Tasks - 3 / 10
10.1 - Remarkable Women: In a Treacherous Court by Michelle Diener
10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day: The Kill by Allison Brennan
10.3 - Earth Day: XXX
✔ 10.4 - May the Fourth Be With You: Awaken Me Darkly by Gena Showalter (R: #1248)
10.5 - Cinco de Mayo: Wild Orchids by Karen Robards
✔ 10.6 - Older Americans Month: The Curse of the Pharaohs by Elizabeth Peters (R: #1041)
10.7 - Typhoid Mary: Whiteout by Ken Follett
10.8 - The Vikings are Coming: XXX
✔ 10.9 - Over the Rainbow: Tangled Up In You by Rachel Gibson (R: #2601)
10.10 - The Odd Couple: Siege by Simon Kernick

15 Point Tasks - 7 / 10
✔ 15.1.Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong? (R: #750)
Book #1: The Widow by Carla Neggers
Book #2: Forgotten Sins by Rebecca Zanetti
✔ 15.2. Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown
Book #1: In The Warrior's Bed by Mary Wine
Book #2: Sixth Grave on the Edge by Darynda Jones
✔ 15.3. Is it Live or is it Memorex?: Candle In The Wind by Sally Wentworth (R: #2460)
✔ 15.4. Spring Reads: The Pride of Jared MacKade by Nora Roberts (R: #316)
15.5. International Women's Day: XXX
15.6. Tax Day: XXX
✔ 15.7. Pi Day: Snowed in with the Boss by Jessica Andersen (R: #2235)
✔ 15.8 Women in War: A Duty To The Dead by Charles Todd (R: #1677)
15.9. Better Put on a Heavy Coat!: Fires of Winter by Johanna Lindsey
✔ 15.10. Would I Lie to You?: Midnight Fear by Leslie Tentler (R: #1654)

20 Point Tasks - 6 / 10
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Julia103's Task: What's In A Name:
Gameboard of the Gods by Richelle Mead
20.2 Rookie at the Top - Maryn’s Task: Midwives Help People Out:
Murder on Astor Place by Victoria Thompson
✔ 20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References: (R: #540)
Masked by Moonlight by Nancy Gideon
✔ 20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era
Night Betrayed by Joss Ware (R: #1305)
✔ 20.5 - Bigger is Better - ChrisEverest's Task: Love And Not Quite Love (R: #3072)
The Anatomist's Wife by Anna Lee Huber
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B:
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- BellaGBear’s Task: Relive Childhood Feelings: XXX
✔ 20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers (R: #2708)
Mackenzie's Mountain by Linda Howard
✔ 20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury (R: #1594)
Scream For Me: A Novel of the Night Hunter by Cynthia Eden
✔ 20.10 - Group Reads (R: #1272)
11/22/63 by Stephen King

25 Point Tasks - 8 / 11
25.1 - Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge:
Book 1: Back of Beyond by C. J. Box
Book 2: Archangel's Consort by Nalini Singh
✔ 25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes (R: #2649)
Option 1: Dark Road to Darjeeling by Deanna Raybourn
Option 2: Sweet Revenge by Rebecca Zanetti
✔ 25.3 - Andy P's Task: Ragnarok (R: #2428)
Book 1: Bound By Moonlight by Nancy Gideon
Book 2: Night's Honor by Thea Harrison
✔ 25.4 - Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies (R:#2668)
Book 1: Get A Clue by Jill Shalvis
Book 2: Every Which Way But Dead by Kim Harrison
✔ 25.5 - Nikki's Task: A Viking Pillage (R: #2858)
Book 1: If Books Could Kill by Kate Carlisle
Book 2: Where Serpents Sleep by C. S. Harris
✔ 25.6 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: We're a Cozy Mystery (R: #2261)
Book 1: Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris
Book 2: Up From the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
✔ 25.7 - Dakimel’s Task: Awards Season (R: #3127)
Book #1: Murphy's Law by Rhys Bowen
Book #2: Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews
✔ 25.8 - Coralie's Task: Anzac Day (R: #3163)
Book #1: The Curious Case Of The Clockwork Menace by Bec McMaster
Book #2: Defender by Catherine Mann
25.9 - Nick KY’s Task: “Y”
Book 1: Criminally Handsome by Cassie Mills
Book 2: Burning up by Anne Marsh
✔ 25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up (R: #2427)
Book #1: Breaking Silence by Linda Castillo
Book #2: Midnight Shadows by Ella Grace
25.11 - No Task: XXX
25.12 - Elizabeth B's Task: Independence Day
Book #1: The Unseen by Heather Graham
Book #2: The Five Deaths of Roxanne Love by Erin Quinn

30 Point Tasks - 3 / 7
30.1 - Jonquil's Task: Straight on Till Morning:
Book 1: Forbidden by Lisa Clark O’Neill
Book 2: The Rhetoric of Death by Judith Rock
30.2 Dlmrose's task: Initial Impressions:
Book 1: The Guardian by Margaret Mallory
Book 2: Maggie’s Man by Alicia Scott
✔ 30.3 - Teri-k's Task: Your Own Personal Tardis (R: #1985)
Book 1: Company of Liars by Karen Maitland
Book 2: Why Mermaids Sing by C. S. Harris
30.4. Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas:
Book 1: The Lady Most Likely by Julia Quinn
Book 2: Scream for Me by Karen Rose
✔ 30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t (R: #706)
Book 1: Fury of the Demon by Diana Rowland
Book 2: Canyons of Night by Jayne Castle
30.6 Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!:
Book 1: The Darkest Seduction by Gena Showalter or Blood and Fire
Book 2: The Perfect Match by Kristan Higgins
✔ 30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library! (R: #2461)
Book 1: Simply Sexual by Kate Pearce
Book 2: The Prince Who Loved Me by Karen Hawkins

50 Point Task - 1 / 1
✔ 50.1 Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go! (R: #3007)
Book 1: Fever by Joan Swann
Book 2: In Rides Trouble by Julie Ann Walker
Book 3: Blind Faith by Rebecca Zanetti

Amy O.

5 Point Tasks - 2/ 10
5.1 Asgard, the Home of the Aesir - Who Let the Dogs In? by Molly Ivins
5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir - Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care by Jennifer Block ("maternity" has nine letters)
5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans - What the Dead Know by Laura Lippmann [ON SCRIBD]; Utopia by Sir Thomas More [on scribd] (tree on cover)
5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants - Adam by Ariel Schrag
5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves. - Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult [ON SCRIBD]
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves. - Long Past Stopping by Oran Canfield
5.8 Niflheim, the Home of the Dead - Desire by Amanda Quick(also writes as Jayne Ann Krentz)
5.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons -Moloka'i by Allan Brennert
5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds

10 Point Tasks - 1 / 10
10.1 - Remarkable Women - The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory
10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day - The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides (400+ pages) or Cutting for Stone (667 pages)
10.3 - Earth Day - The Tree by John Fowles [ON SCRIBD]
10.4 - May the Fourth Be With You - Neuromancer by William Gibson
10.5 - Cinco de Mayo - poetry by Octavio Paz (born Mexico City)
10.6 - Older Americans Month - American author over 50 : Laura Lippmann, J.D. Robb
10.7 - Typhoid Mary - A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe [ON SCRIBD]
10.8 - The Vikings are Coming - The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd; The Up Side of Down by Megan McArdle; Pharmakon by Dirk Wittenborn; look at books by Lev Grossman or Tana French also
10.9 - Over the Rainbow
10.10 - The Odd Couple - anything by Neil Gaiman

15 Point Tasks - 4 / 10
15.1.Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong? - book by Barbara Kingsolver, Bill Bryson, John Green (Jenna's reviews), 1 star - the Girls' Guide to Hunting and fishing
15.2. Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown -
The Children's Blizzard by David Laskin(AESIR in title)
VANIR book: Moments of Clarity: Voices from the Front Lines of Addiction and Recovery by Christopher Kennedy Lawford - VANIR in title/subtitle
15.3. Is it Live or is it Memorex? - The Body Beautiful Murders by Kin Platt
15.4. Spring Reads - Option 2: The White Princess by Philippa Gregory
15.5. International Women's Day - Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behavior [ON SCRIBD] or The Lacuna (Bailey/Orange Prize)
15.6. Tax Day - The Money Saving Mom's Budget: Slash Your Spending, Pay Down Your Debt, Streamline Your Life, and Save Thousands a Year by Crystal Paine
15.7.Pi Day - The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill (#1 in series)
15.8 Women in War - Piece of My Heart by Keith Walker
15.9. Better Put on a Heavy Coat! - The Farm or Burial Rites
15.10. Would I Lie to You? - Just Let Me Lie Down by Kristen van Ogtrop

20 Point Tasks - 1 / 10
20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name - 12000 Miles in the Nick of time
20.2 Rookie at the Top - Maryn’s Task: Midwives Help People Out - The Birth House by Ami McKay
20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References. Option 3: Blindness by Jose Saramago (sci fi genre)
20.4 – Author! Author! - Elizabeth P's Task: End of an Era - Option 1: Changeling by Philippa Gregory [ON SCRIBD]
20.5 - Bigger is Better – ChrisEverest’s Task – Love and Not Quite Love
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Diane Whitney's Task: I Spy Spring with the letter B -
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter- BellaGBear’s Task: Relive Childhood Feelings - Ender's Game, or Flavia de Luce novel, or The Reader
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - MegSCL's Task: Getting to Know Seasonal Reading Challengers - Crazy, VA or Killer Sweet Tooth by Gayle Trent [ON SCRIBD] or Miss Ophelia by Mary Burnett Smith
20.9 Moderator's Pet- Kait's Task: Hel Hath Fury - Option 2: The King's Curse by Philippa Gregory (last pub in series) or Option 3: a Tess Monaghan mystery (main character has a dog)
20.10 - Group Reads - Quiet, the Power of Introverts

25 Point Tasks - 3/ 10
25.1 - Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge. Book 1 - Book 2:
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes - Option 2: Jemima Shore's First Case and Other Stories by Antonia Fraser. Option 3 (memoir): Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan
25.3 - Andy P's Task: Ragnarok - Book 1: Heart of Ice by Gregg Olsen (initials of author found in RAGNAROK). Book 2: Thirty-Three Teeth by Colin Cotterill (TYR in title)
25.4 - Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies (2 book task)
Option 2 - Frozen: Read a book where ALL the letters in "Let It Go" (EGILTTO) appear in any combination of the book's title (subtitles EXCLUDED) and/or author's first or last name. Middle names and initials should be ignored. - The Golden Ball And Other Stories by Agatha Christie
Option 3: Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett (humor genre on main page)
25.5 - Nikki's Task: A Viking Pillage - The Diamond age by Neal Stephenson OR The Talisman Ring by Georgette Heyer [on scribd] and The Jewel Box by Anna Davis [ON SCRIBD] (total page count must be 500+)
25.6 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: We're a Cozy Mystery - Option 2:
Option 3: When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro
25.7 - Dakimel’s Task: Awards Season - Two of the following: An Untamed State by Roxane Gay; The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell; All the Light We Cannot See; Station eleven; Everything I never told You; The Secret Place by Tana French; or any other book off the Tournament of Books Long List https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
25.8 - Coralie's Task: Anzac Day. Option 1: book by Australian or New Zealand author; Option 2: genre War - use one of the Women in War books not used for the Women in War task above, or War by Sebastian Junger; Option3: book set in Turkey at least 50%; Option 4: bok published between 1914-1918 inclusive
25.9 - Nick KY’s Task: “Y” - Option 1: . Option 2: Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life by Thích Nhất Hạnh or Peace is Every Breath by same [ON SCRIBD] or Being Peace by same [ON SCRIBD] or Nineteen Seventy-Four by David Peace or Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up - Option 1: The Crying of Lot 49 or The Old Man and the Sea. Option 5: Bless Me, Ultima by Rodolfo Anaya

30 Point Tasks - 4 / 7
30.1 - Jonquil's Task: Straight on Till Morning.
Book 1: The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider.
Book 2: Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot
30.2 Dlmrose's task: Initial Impressions
30.3 - Teri-k's Task: Your Own Personal Tardis - Option 3: The Kingmaker's Daughter by Philippa Gregory. Option 4: Mischief by Amanda Quick - set in time period from 1700-1899 (Regency England). See review in Publisher's Weekly confirming time period: http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0....
30.4. Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas. Book 1: Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depression by Nell Casey (GR rec based on my to-read shelf). Book 2: Paper Towns by John Green
30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t - Least Favorite Genre: Sports. Men at work by George F. Will. Favorite genre: Mystery. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs.
30.6 Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox! - Option A: My Misspent Youth by Meghan Daum. Option A or B: Elizabeth George collection of Women on Crime. Option B only: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese; Option C: The Disappearing Spoon
30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library! - Book 1: Inspiration author - David Finch (new to me in winter src). FIE-FOQ shelf. The Goddess Lounge by Margaret Finnegan (new author to me).
Book 2: inspiration author - Amy Poehler (new to me in winter SRC). PLA-QUH shelf. The Pushbutton Butterfly by Kin Platt (new author to me). This e-book has no hard copy listed on Goodreads, but was approved for length in the e-book verification thread on March 14, 2015, at message 4520.

50 point tasks - 1/1

50.1- Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go!
1. Read a book with a one-word title - Mystique by Amanda Quick
2. Read a book that is number 2, 12, or 22 in a series - The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory (The Cousins' War #2)
3. Happens Every Day: An All-Too-True Story by Isabel Gillies- letter L appears three times in author's name

5.1 Title w/ !, ? or ...
5.2 9 letter word in the title
5.3 GR rating over 3.50
5.4 Cover w/ tree
5.5 YA OR cover w/ apple
5.6 Cover or title w/ wolf
5.7 100-360 pages
5.8 Author w/ pseudonym
5.9 Setting in Ring of Fire (Pacific Ocean)
5.10 Free book

10.1 Remarkable Historical Women in Fiction list
10.2 400+ pages
10.3 NF environment
10.4 Science fiction
10.5 Mexico - setting or author
10.6 Author 50+ years old
10.7 Apocalypse by Epidemic list
10.8 Published by Viking Press
10.9 Author initials in ROY G BIV
10.10 Neil, Simon, Oscar, or Felix - title or author

15.1 TWO Books
Book 1: A GR friend has rated 4 or 5 stars
Book 2: A GR friend has rated 1 or 2 stars
15.2 TWO Books
Book 1: Title w/ AESIR
Book 2: Title w/ VANIR
15.3 ONE or TWO Books
A. 4 words in title AND
B. Published between 1965-1979
15.4 ONE or TWO Books
A. Published in a year ending 3, 4 or 5
B. Author initials in SPRING.
15.5 Won or was shortlisted for the Baileys Prize/Orange Prize, the Orange Prize for New Writers, or the Stella Prize
15.6 NF money, economics, or finance
15.7 1, 3 or 4 in a series
15.8 MC is woman in military combat
15.9 Set in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, or Sweden
15.10 Title or author w/ "LIE"

*20.1*
Option 1: Cover or title w/ dinosaur
Option 2: Author w/ "roth" in name Allegiant (GRA)
Option 3: Title or series w/ thousand
Option 4: Did Not Finish or Abandoned lists
20.2
Option 1: Title w/ midwife or birth
Option 2: MC in midwife
20.3
Option 1: Title or series w/ thunder, lightning, or storm
Option 2: Genre science, science fiction, or magical realism
Option 3: Next book in a series
Option 4: MC is or has a brother
Option 5: Highly recommended
*20.4
Option 1: Cover w/ 2 people
Option 2: Title w/ 3 words, 2 start w/ same letter
Option 3: Author initials in VOLUNTEER
20.5
Option 1: Author's last name ends w/ ER
Option 2: Read James Joyce’s Ulysses
*20.6 No kids, 300+ pages, meets A & B (GRA)
A. Cover w/ baseball, birds nest, blossom, bunny, umbrella, or bee
B. Page number must use only 0, 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 9 359 pgs
20.7 No kids The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag (GRA)
Child Narrator page 1, Adult Fiction with a Child Protagonist or Juvenile Narrators lists
20.8
Option 1: Set in Indiana
Option 2: MC works architecture/engineering/construction
Option 3: Title or author w/ Sugar or Spice
Option 4: Authored by ‘Anonymous’
20.9
Option 1: Zombies
*Option 2: Most recently published in a series Golden Son (GRA)
Option 3: MC has dog
20.10 Group Read Will Grayson, Will Grayson (GRA)

25.1 TWO Books
25.2 TWO Books - no kids
Option 1: Cover w/ flowers
*Option 2: Crime, mystery, suspense or thriller I Hunt Killers (GRA)
*Option 3: Autobiography What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding (GRA)
Option 4: Science fiction
25.3 TWO Books - no kids
Book 1: Author initials in RAGNAROK
Book 2: Title w/ letters in order of Thor, Odin, Freyr, Loki or Tyr
25.4 TWO Books - no kids
Option 1: Word in title from a Disney movie title
*Option 2: Title and/or author w/ LET IT GO If I Knew You Were Going To Be This Beautiful, I Never Would Have Let You Go
Option 3: Humor or funny
Option 4: High heel
25.5 500+ pages total
Title w/ something that would be stolen
25.6 TWO Books (an option may be used twice)
Option 1: Supernatural Spell Bound (GRA)
Option 2: Speculative Fiction that Passes the Bechdel Test list
Option 3: Author initials in VALKYRIE
25.7 TWO Books (an option may be used twice)
Option A: Tournament of Books Rooster long-list
Option B: Nominee for a 2015 Audies award Egg & Spoon (Teen)
25.8 TWO Books (an option may be used twice)
Option 1: Author born in Australia or New Zealand
Option 2: War
Option 3: Setting - Turkey
Option 4: Published 1914-1918
25.9 TWO Books
Option 1: Y in title
Option 2: Title w/ Peace or first 200 of Popular Peace Books list
Option 3: Books Set in New Mexico, Real Man Books, Banff Mountain Book Festival Award Winners or Firefighters lists
25.10 TWO Books - no kids
Option 1: 100-200 pages
Option 2: Oscar-NOMINATED screenplay adapted from book
Option 3: Author's first same as actress who has WON an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Option 4: Authors initials in GLORY and/or SELMA Mortal Heart
Option 5: Immigrant Experience Literature list
25.11 N/A
25.12 TWO Books
Option A: War
Option B: Page numbers in 1821
Option C: Published in March
Option D: Title w/ FREEDOM, OR, or DEATH

30.1 TWO Books
Book 1: Cover w/ roller coaster, carousel or Ferris wheel (GRA)
Book 2: MC makes a major career change Hammer Head: The Making of a Carpenter (GRA)
30.2 TWO Books
Book 1: Single author uses at least 2 names
Book 2: Title words begin with Book 1 author's initials
30.3 TWO Books
Option 1: Before 200 AD
Option 2: 200-1200
Option 3: 1200-1699
Option 4: 1700-1899
30.4. TWO Books - no kids
Book 1: Recommended by GR
Book 2: Popular w/ Friends
30.5 TWO Books
Book 1: favorite genre
*Book 2: least favorite genre The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ (religion)
30.6 TWO Books
Option A: Anthologies, Short Stories, or Essays genre
Option B: At least 500 pages
Option C: Cover w/ spoon
Option D: Feel Good Books list
30.7 TWO Books
Same "shelf" as a new author in winter SRC

Read but unclaimed:
The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ 15.2.1 30.5.2
Golden Son (GRA) 10.4 20.3.2, 20.3.3 20.9.2, 25.2.4 30.5.1
Demonglass (GRA) 20.6 25.6.2 (#322 on pg 4), 30.5.1
I Hunt Killers (GRA) 15.7, 25.2.2, 30.5.1
(GRA) 10.4, 15.7, 20.3.2 20.4.1, 25.2.4, 25.3.1, 30.5.1
If I Knew You Were Going To Be This Beautiful, I Never Would Have Let You Go 25.4.2, 25.9.1, 30.5.1
What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding (GRA) 25.2.3, 25.3.2 (Tyr), 25.4.3
Anatomy of a Misfit (GRA) 25.9.1, 30.5.1

5.1 Asgard, the Home of the Aesir SKIP
5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir ~ Endsinger - Jay Kristoff
5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves TBD
5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans ~ Spider Bones - Kathy Reichs
5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants ~ Cruel Beauty - Rosamund Hodge
5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves ~ The Gray Wolf Throne - Cinda Williams Chima
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves TBD
5.8 Niflheim, the Home of the Dead ~ Forbidden - Jacquelyn Frank
5.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons ~ Buried - Kendra Elliot
5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds TBD

10.1 - Remarkable Women ~ The Secret of Isobel Key - Jen McConnel
10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day TBD
10.3 - Earth Day SKIP
10.4 - May the Fourth Be With You ~ Skybreaker - Kenneth Oppel
10.5 - Cinco de Mayo TBD
10.6 - Older Americans Month TBD
10.7 - Typhoid Mary ~ Exposed - Alex Kava
10.8 - The Vikings are Coming TBD
10.9 - Over the Rainbow SKIP
10.10 - The Odd Couple ~ The Map of Time - Felix Palma

15.1.Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong? TBD
15.2. Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown
Book 1. Dawn's Early Light - Pip Ballantine
Book 2. City of Heavenly Fire - Cassandra Clare

15.3. Is it Live or is it Memorex? ~ Option 1
A. Charmed by His Love - Janet Chapman
B. Dragonquest - Anne McCaffrey

15.4. Spring Reads ~ Option 1
A. Air Bound - Christine Feehan
B. Alice in Zombieland - Gena Showalter

15.5. International Women's Day SKIP
15.6. Tax Day SKIP
15.7.Pi Day TBD
15.8 Women in War TBD
15.9. Better Put on a Heavy Coat! ~ Invisible Murder- Lene Kaaberbøl
15.10. Would I Lie to You? ~ About That Night - Julie James

20.1
20.2
20.3
20.4
20.5
20.6
20.7
20.8
20.9
20.10 - Group Reads ~ Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking - Susan Cain

25.1 - Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge
Book One: The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters - Gordon Dahlquist
Book Two: Better Off Dead in Deadwood - Ann Charles

25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
Option 1: If He's Dangerous - Hannah Howell
Option 2: Bones Are Forever - Kathy Reichs

25.3 - Andy P's Task: Ragnarok
Book 1. Flash and Bones - Kathy Reichs
Book 2. It Happened One Wedding - Julie James

25.4 - Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies.
Option 2: Through the Zombie Glass - Gena Showalter
Option 3: An Ex to Grind in Deadwood - Ann Charles

25.5 - Nikki's Task: A Viking Pillage ~ The Crimson Crown - Cinda Williams Chima

25.6 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: We're a Cozy Mystery
Option 1: A Local Habitation - Seanan McGuire
Option 3: Bound by Night - Larissa Ione

25.7 - Dakimel’s Task: Awards Season SKIP

25.8 - Coralie's Task: Anzac Day - Option 1
Book 1: Beneath a Rising Moon - Keri Arthur
Book 2: Beneath a Darkening Moon - Keri Arthur

25.9 - Nick KY’s Task: “Y”
Option 1: Saints Astray - Jacqueline Carey
Option 3: Sixth Grave on the Edge - Darynda Jones

25.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up
Option 3: Flesh and Blood - Patricia Cornwell
Option 4: The Raven Boys - Maggie Stiefvater

25.11

25.12 - Elizabeth B's Task: Independence Day
Option B: Rock Chick - Kristen Ashley
Option C: Shadow Scale - Rachel Hartman

30.1 - Jonquil's Task: Straight on Till Morning SKIP

30.2 Dlmrose's task: Initial Impressions
Book 1: Without Regret - R.L. Mathewson
Book 2: Ritual Magic - Eileen Wilks

30.3 - Teri-k's Task: Your Own Personal Tardis
Option 3: 1200-1699 ~ The Recruit - Monica McCarty
Option 4: 1700-1899 TBD

30.4. - Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas.
Book 1: Deadtown - Nancy Holzner
Book 2: Love Irresistibly - Julie James

30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t
Book 1: Warrior's Redemption - Melissa Mayhue
Book 2: How the White Trash Zombie Got Her Groove Back - Diana Rowland

30.6 - Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!
A: Angels' Flight - Nalini Singh
B: Born of Fire - Sherrilyn Kenyon

30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library! SKIP

Spring Tasks


5 Point Tasks -2 / 10

5.1 Asgard, the Home of the Aesir Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner
5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir: Frostfire by Amanda Hocking finished 03/10/15✔
5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves:Prince Lestat by Anne Rice GR Rating as of 3/31/15 --> 3.73
5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans: by Barbara Kingsolver
5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants by Susan Breen
5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves:Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves.: C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton finished 03/05/15✔
5.8 Niflheim, the Home of the Dead:Valley of Silence by Nora Roberts aka JD Robb and a few others. On authors GR profile.
5.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons:Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed CA, OR, WA
5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds

10 Point Tasks 2 / 10

10.1 - Remarkable Women: Lysistrata by Aristophanes (page 1, #24)
10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
10.3 - Earth DayRed: Passion and Patience in the Desert by Terry Tempest Williamsfinished 04/21/15✔
10.4 - May the Fourth Be With You: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
10.5 - Cinco de Mayo:Ghost Radio byLeopoldo Gout Mexican Author
10.6 - Older Americans Month: Light in August by William Faulkner
10.7 - Typhoid Mary: Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks finished 03/25/15✔
10.8 - The Vikings are Coming:In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick
10.9 - Over the Rainbow: Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
10.10 - The Odd Couple: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman Started and Finished 03/02/15✔

15 Point Tasks - 2 / 10

15.1.Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong?:
15.2. Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown :
Aesir:The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro finished 04/14/15✔
Vanir:The Last American Vampire by Seth Grahame-Smith
15.3. Is it Live or is it Memorex?:
Option 1A:Dance of the Gods by Nora Roberts
Option1B:By the Pricking of My Thumbs by Agatha Christie
15.4. Spring Reads:
Option1A:Black Ice by Becca Fitzpatrick (2014) finished 03/24/15✔
Options1B:Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch finished 03/16/15✔
15.5. International Women's Day: A Spell of Winter by Helen Dunmore Baileys/Orange Prize 1996 winner http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_...
15.6. Tax Day:Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt by Michael Lewis N/F Economics finished 03/25/15✔
15.7.Pi Day:Morrigan's Cross(Circle Trilogy #1) by Nora Roberts
15.8 Women in War:
15.9. Better Put on a Heavy Coat!: The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen set in Copenhagen, Denmark
15.10. Would I Lie to You?: Bones Never Lie by Kathy Reichs

20 Point Tasks - 0 / 10:

20.1 Most Improved Player- Julia103's Task: What's in a Name:

Option 2: Thor (god of thunder)
The letters in THOR also spell ROTH. Read a book where ROTH is intact in the author’s name.

Insurgent by Veronica Roth

20.2 Rookie at the Top - Maryn’s Task: Midwives Help People Out
Option One: Read a book with the word “midwife” or “birth” in the title or subtitle. Plurals and possessives work, but no other variations.

The Midwife of Hope River by Patricia Harman
(This book actually fits both options, but just using #1)

20.3 - Best Review - Cait S's Task: Thinly Veiled Marvel References

Option 1: Scared of a Little Lightning?
Read a book with the word thunder, lightning, or storm in the title, subtitle, or series name. To keep things simple, plurals and possessives are okay, but no other variations will be accepted.

Storm Front by Jim Butcher



20.10 - Group Reads:

25 Point Tasks - 0 /12:

25.1 - Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge:
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes:
25.3 - Andy P's Task: Ragnarok:
25.4 - Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies.:
25.5 - Nikki's Task: A Viking Pillage:
25.6 - Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: We're a Cozy Mystery:
25.7 - Dakimel’s Task: Awards Season:
25.8 - Coralie's Task: Anzac Day:
25.9 - Nick KY’s Task: “Y”:
5.10 - Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up:
25.12 - Elizabeth B's Task: Independence Day:

30 Point Tasks - 0 / 7:

30.1 - Jonquil's Task: Straight on Till Morning Dead Spots Silence for the Dead:
30.2 Dlmrose's task: Initial Impressions:
30.3 - Teri-k's Task: Your Own Personal Tardis:
30.4. Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas.:
30.5 - Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t:
30.6 Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!:
30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library!:

50 Point Task - 0 / 1:

5 POINT TASKS
1. Who is Audrey Wickersham? - Sara Shrieves
2. Guarded:- Surviving As A Female Prison Officer - Susan S. Jepsen
3. The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins (3.96 ratings) (MON)
4. A Cry in the Night - Tom Grieves
5. A Discovery of Witches - Deborah Harkness
6. Caged Wolf - S.M. Reine
7. Reveal - Brina Courtney
8.
9.
10. Slim to None - Jenny Gardiner

10 POINT TASKS
1. The Song of Troy - Colleen McCullough
2. Diary of an Unsmug Married - Polly James
3.
4. BloodLight: The Apocalypse Of Robert Goldner - Harambee K. Grey-Sun
5. Accidently In Love With ... A God? - Mimi Jean Pamfiloff
6. - John Grisham
7. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War - Max Brooks (SAT & SUN)
8.
9. City Of Ghosts - Bali Rai
10. Stone Bruises - Simon Beckett OR Death Never Sleeps - E.J. Simon

15 POINT TASKS
1. The First Time We Met - Pippa Croft (Sue1958 gave it 2 stars) & Into the Darkest Corner - Elizabeth Haynes (Sophie Bristow gave it 5 stars) (THUR & FRI)
2. Accidents of Marriage - Randy Susan Meyers (AESIR) & A Vampire's Salvation - Virna DePaul(VANIR)
3. Cry For The Strangers - John Saul (1979)
4. The Girl With A Clock For A Heart - Peter Swanson (Published 6/2/14)
5. The Little Friend - Donna Tartt (Baileys/Orange Prize)
6.
7. The Doll's House - M.J. Arlidge (Number 3 in the series)
8. Truth Hurts - Janet Waters
9. The Girl Who Played With Fire - Steig Larsson (TUES)
10. Don't Look Away - Leslie Kelly (LIE)

20 POINT TASKS
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25 POINT TASKS
1. Charming - Elliott James (400 pages and Published in 2013) & Deceptive Measures - Traci Hohenstein (212 pages and Published in 2015)
2. Cold Mourning - Brenda Chapman (11 Mystery Users - Option 2) & Love At First Date - Susan Hatler (Pic of a Rose - Option 1)
3. Going Home - A. American (AA) & The Country Escape - Fiona Walker (THOR)
4. Frozen Charlotte - Alex Bell (FROZEN) & The Silver Linings Playbook - Matthew Quick (LET IT GO) (MON)
5. The Silver Chain - Primula Bond (has 400 pages) and Diamonds and Toads: A Modern Fairy Tale - K.E. Saxon (has 246 pages)
6. Where The Devil Can't Go & Death Can't Take A Joke - Anya Lipska
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9. An American Girl in Italy - Aubrie Dionne (Y in title) & Peace River (Rockland Ranch Series) - Jaclyn M. Hawkes (Peace)
10. Don't Look Back - Jennifer L. Armentrout (Option 3 - Jennifer Hudson in 2006) & The Thorn Birds - Colleen McCullough (Option 5 - Found on page 1)

30 POINT TASKS
1. Welcome To The Dark House - Laurie Stolarz (Carousel) &
2. Don't Explain - Audrey Dacey & Always Devoted - Karen Rose Smith
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4. Titch S 2012 New Books Shelf: Beyond Eden - Kele Moon & 2/3/15 - Die Again - Tess Gerritsen
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6. Option A: Shadows in the Mist: A Paranormal Anthology - Kristine Cayne (if I can get this verified for length) & Option B: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Stieg Larsson (Over 500 pages) (WED)
7. Love, Lies and Lemon Cake - Sue Watson & Between the Lives - Jessica Shirvington
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Spring 2015 Tasks

5 Point Tasks {0/10}
5.1 Asgard, the Home of the Aesir
5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir
5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves
5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans
5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants
5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves.
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves.
5.8 Niflheim, the Home of the Dead
5.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons.
5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds

10 Point Tasks {0/10}
10.1 Remarkable Women
10.2 Blah, Blah, Blah Day
10.3 Earth Day
10.4 May the Fourth Be With You
10.5 Cinco de Mayo
10.6 Older Americans Month
10.7 Typhoid Mary
10.8 The Vikings are Coming
10.9 Over the Rainbow
10.10 The Odd Couple

15 Point Tasks {0/10}
15.1 Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong?
15.2 Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown
15.3 Is it Live or is it Memorex?
15.4 Spring Reads
15.5 International Women's Day
15.6 Tax Day
15.7 Pi Day
15.8 Women in War
15.9 Better Put on a Heavy Coat!
15.10 Would I Lie to You?

20 Point Tasks {0/10}
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20.6
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20.10 Group Reads

25 Point Tasks {0/12}
25.1 Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge
25.2 Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes
25.3 Andy P's Task: Ragnarok
25.4 Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies
25.5 Nikki's Task: A Viking Pillage
25.6 Morgan Faeriesfolly's task: We're a Cozy Mystery
25.7 Dakimel’s Task: Awards Season 2: The Graveyard Book
25.8 Coralie's Task: Anzac Day
25.9 Nick KY’s Task: “Y”
25.10 Sirena's Task: Ready for Their Close-up
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25.12 Elizabeth B's Task: Independence Day

30 Point Tasks {0/7}
30.1 Jonquil's Task: Straight on Till Morning Dead Spots Silence for the Dead
30.2 Dlmrose's task: Initial Impressions
30.3 Teri-k's Task: Your Own Personal Tardis
30.4 Sandy's Task: Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas.
30.5 Angel **Book Junkie**'s Task: You Either Like it Or You Don’t
30.6 Happy’s Task: Happy Equinox!
30.7 Delicious Dee's Task - I Love My Library!

50 Point Task {0/1}

5.1 Read a book with a question mark “?", exclamation point “!" or elipsis “…” in the title or subtitle.
O Pioneers!]

5.2 Read a book with a nine letter word in the title or subtitle. The Amulet of Samarkand

5.3Read a book with a Goodreads rating at or above 3.50.
A Light in the Wilderness

5.4 Read a book with a tree on the cover The Improper Life of Bezellia Grove
5.5 Read a book with an apple on the cover OR read a book with the genre Young Adult on its main page.
5.6 Read a book with a wolf on the cover OR read a book with "wolf" in the title or subtitle. The Wolf Gift: The Wolf Gift Chronicles
5.7 Read a book with 100-360 pages (at least 100, but not over 360 pages) The Death Cure
5.8 Read a book by an author who also writes other books concealed under another name or pseudonym.The World Inside
http://www.majipoor.com/pseudolist.php
5.9 Read a book set (at least 50%) in a country found in the Ring of Fire:Japan Kinslayer
Required: State the country/setting if it is not evident in the book's title, description, metadata or main book page
5.10 Be eager to read and read a book of your choice. Golden Son

10.1 Lily of the Nile

10.2 Read a book that is at least 400 pages long. The Girl With All the Gifts: Extended Free Preview

10.3 Read a non-fiction book with the genre "environment" on its main page. Into the Wild

10.4 Read a book with the genre "science fiction" on its main page. The Breach

5 Point Tasks - 10 / 10 = 50
5.1 Asgard, the Home of the Aesir - If Not Now, When?
5.2 Vanaheim, the Home of the Vanir - Our Lady of the Assassins
5.3 Alfheim, the Home of the Light Elves Perfect Shadow - Rating 3.5 or above - As a Man Grows Older
5.4 Midgard "Middle Earth", the Home of the Humans - Picture of a tree - The Corinthian
5.5 Jotunheim, the Home of the Giants - YA book or apple - Chocky? / Anne of Avonlea
5.6 Svartalfheim, the Home of the Dark Elves - Steppenwolf
5.7 Nidavellir, the Home of the Dwarves - 100-360 pages - The Handmaiden's Tale
5.8 Niflheim, the Home of the Dead - Murder in Mesopotamia
5.9 Muspelheim, the Home of the Fire Giants and Demons. - Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
5.10 Yggdrasil, the Giant Tree That Anchors the Worlds - Jeeves in the Offing

10 Point Tasks - 9 / 10 = 90
10.1 - Remarkable Women - The Penelopiad (ebook Barbican)
10.2 - Blah, Blah, Blah Day - The Drunkard
10.3 - Earth Day - Wild Thoughts from Wild Places
10.4 - May the Fourth Be With You - Guards, Guards
10.5 - Cinco de Mayo - Queer
10.6 - Older Americans Month - The Sound and the Fury
10.7 - Typhoid Mary - Love in the Time of Cholera
10.8 - The Vikings are Coming - Drop City
10.9 - Over the Rainbow - The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
10.10 - The Odd Couple - The Garden Where the Brass Band Played


15 Point Tasks - 5 / 10 = 75
15.1.Everything You Think is Right....or Wrong?
15.2. Aesir vs. Vanir Gods Showdown 2: The Female Quixote: or, the Adventures of Arabella 2: Remains of the Day
15.3. Is it Live or is it Memorex? - The French Lieutenant's Woman
15.4. Spring Reads - Grimus - Salman Rushdie
15.5. International Women's Day - The Colour
15.6. Tax Day - Futures and Options for Dummies
15.7.Pi Day - The Acceptance World
15.8 Women in War - Monstrous Regiment
15.9. Better Put on a Heavy Coat! - Story of Blanche and Marie
15.10. Would I Lie to You? - Lord of the Flies

20 Point Tasks - 5 / 10 = 100
20.1 What's in a Name - 4: Lolita
20.2 Midwives Help People Out - The Birth of Europe
20.3 - Thinly Veiled Marvel References 2: Night Watch
20.4 – End of an Era - 2: Casanova's Chinese Restaurant
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Ulysses
20.6 - I Spy Spring with the letter - Venetia
20.7 - Relive Childhood Feelings - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
20.8 - Getting to Know - London Fields
20.9 - Hel Hath Fury - Timbuktu
20.10 - Group Reads

25 Point Tasks - 5 / 7 = 125
25.1 - Catherine T's Task: Auntie Tattin's Challenge 1: A Song of Ice and Fire 2: Jazz (Toni Morrison)
25.2 - Schatzie’s Task: Garden Quotes 2: Mystery - The Innocence of Father Brown 4: Science Fiction - 2001
25.3 - Andy P's Task: 1: Ragnarok - The Devil in the Flesh? 2: The Immoralist (Thor)?
25.4 - Hina's Task: Evolution of Mythology to Fairy Tales and to Disney's Animated Movies.1: 2: LETITGO (book title) 3: Humour - Ring for Jeeves
25.5 - A Viking Pillage - The Moonstone
25.6 -We're a Cozy Mystery - Equal Rites; Terry Pratchett? Supernatural?
25.7 - Dakimel’s Task: Awards Season 1: All the Light we Cannot See?, Ian McEwan?
25.8 - Anzac Day - 2 War Genre - The Sheepfarmer's daughter 4: Published btw 1914-1918 The Good Soldier
25.9 - “Y” - 1: Y in the title A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 3: Real Man Books - The Man and the Sea
25.10 - Ready for Their Close-up - 1: The Yellow Wallpaper; 2: Heart of Darkness(Appocylspe Now 1979)
25.12 - Independence Day Death in the Clouds C: Thank You Jeeves (published March)

30 Point Tasks - 3 / 7 = 90
30.1 - Straight on Till Morning - 1. Blind Faith; 2. Tipping the Velvet
30.2 Initial Impressions - 1. Dictionary of the Zhazars (Milorad Pavic); 2. Moon Palace
30.3 - Your Own Personal Tardis - 1: Death Comes as the End 3: Oroonoko
30.4. Spring Renewal for your Reading Ideas - 1: To the Lighthouse (5/3/15 - 1001 Bookshelf); 2: After the Quake (1 Friend) 18/3
30.5 - You Either Like it Or You Don’t - Made in America (humour) B: The Pilgrim's Progress (Spirituality)
30.6 Happy Equinox! A: The Panda's Thumb; C: At Lady Molly's
30.7 - I Love My Library! 1: Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (The Optimist's Daughter - Eudora Welty) ; 2: Democracy by Joan Didiot (The Nun - Denis Diderot)

50 Point Task - 0 / 1
1. Grimus? Mort?
2. The Grass is Singing?
3. The Grass is Singing?

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