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10.2 PlaysHenry VI, Part 1 by William Shakespeare
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.8, 20.1)
+25 Oldies (although Goodreads has this published 1623)
+10 Not-a-Novel
Task Total: 55
Grand Total: 320
10.9 Shakespeare CharacterLoving Will Shakespeare by Carolyn Meyer
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 265
20.8 Spring FlingMagic Marks the Spot by Caroline Carlson
+20 Task (mArks)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 255
20.1 Shakespeare's BirthdayFog Magic by Julia L. Sauer
+20 Task (born 1891, died 1983
+5 Oldies (published 1943)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 235
Theresa~OctoberLace wrote: "These links may be helpful in locating books for Option B:Table of Years in Literature and List of Years in Literature
Links for Option A:
Shakespeare's War of the Roses Series
Historicalnovels...."
I'm pretty sure that actually the majority of Shakespeare's "Wars of the Roses" plays are actually not set during the time period you've limited the task to... Henry V died in 1422, and Henry VI, Part 1 begins at his death and just prior to Henry VI's marriage, which occurred in 1445. Part 2 begins with the marriage and does seem to end in 1455 with the First Battle of St. Albans, which began the War of the Roses, so I guess that counts? That makes 3/8 that qualify. Not a problem - I just thought it should be clarified...
Rebekah wrote: "Henry V by William Shakespeare needs only one more. It is shelved 24 times under "war""Hm, looks like someone changed their shelves, because when I claimed it, it showed 25 times...
15.2 - 2004 – Agatha Award – Best Novel – Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 215
20.7 Local TalentDuck the Halls by Donna Andrews
+20 Task (I live in Norfolk, VA; she was born in Yorktown, VA)
+5 Combo (20.8)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 200
20.10 NYC PublishersThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
+20 Task (http://www.mhpbooks.com/books/the-hou...)
+10 Combo (10.4, 20.1)
+10 Oldies (published 1901)
Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 155
20.8 Spring FlingThe Lady of the Storm by Kathryne Kennedy
+20 Task (stOrm)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 115
15.1 - 2011 – RITA Award – Historical Romance - His at Night by Sherry Thomas+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 95
20.2 The Henrys (War)Henry V by William Shakespeare
+20 Task (shelved 25 times as war)
+10 Combo (10.2, 20.1)
+10 Not-a-Novel (play)
+25 Oldies (published 1600)
Task Total: 65
Grand Total: 80
10.1 Square PegThe Undead Pool by Kim Harrison
+10 Task
+5 Jumbo (512 pages)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 15
How are you dealing with flashbacks? I'm trying to find one that doesn't include them, but it seems like a lot of novels that might qualify could easily flash back at one point or another to develop characters, explain, etc...
Liz M wrote: "Cory (Bigler) '00-'05 wrote: "You've clarified that religious groups do not qualify, but there are a number of groups of people whose ties are both ethnic and religious, and Jews are one of them: h..."Totally understood - the clarifications help a lot. Thanks!
Liz M wrote: "Thank you, these are very good questions! I, unfortunately, have to run and don't have time to sort out my thoughts and give a considered response right now. I just wanted to let you know I am not ignoring this post."Thanks Liz!
You've clarified that religious groups do not qualify, but there are a number of groups of people whose ties are both ethnic and religious, and Jews are one of them: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnorel.... We can't argue that in 21st century America they are an ethnic minority, since we group all "white americans" together, but throughout most of history (including but not limited to 1949s Germany) Jews were being persecuted as an ethnic minority without regard to actual faith. Does the focus of the task (and the fact that we had a Jewish task recently) negate that experience because of the religious ties, or would the groups in the Wikipedia article qualify? Also, does the time period in which the book is set change the rules? Even in America our views of ethnicity and race have changed in the last century. For example, today in the USA a person of Hungarian descent is simply one of the majority white, but in the 1890s that person would not have been seen as part of the majority and been called derogatory names.
I understand that there have to be some kind of guidelines in order to determine whether or not books qualify, but this is a complex issue and it's one that the task seems to be directly attempting to address. I'd just hate for us to miss out on books that would absolutely fit the spirit of the task because of a narrow definition.
*I edited this post a number of times because my husband kept asking me to add things. We're both clearly passionate about it :)
10.5 Goodreads AuthorEnclave by Ann Aguirre
+10 Task
Low Lexile – no style
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 1530
20.4 TravelThe Age of Kali: Indian Travels and Encounters by William Dalrymple
Review: I read Dalrymple’s City of Djinns for a history of India course in college, and remembered liking it enough that at some point I picked this one up as well. It’s been sitting on my bookshelves for years, and I’m glad I finally got to it. Written at various points in his travels through India and some of its neighbors during the 1990s, it’s a series of essays that explores the political and cultural climate in that moment in time as well as the history of how things became that way. I’m not entirely sure what Dalrymple’s background is, but I really appreciated how he also pulls in the setting. As an architect, I am fascinated by the connection of social history and architectural and urban history, so I loved finding those nuggets. Now I want to look up how the people and events he wrote about have changed since the 90s.
+20 Task (#94 on Favorite Travel Books list)
+10 Review
+10 Not-a-Novel
Task Total: 40
RwS Finish: 100
Mega Finish: 200
Grand Total: 1520
