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15.4 - 2010 - National Book Award for Nonfiction - Just Kids by Patti Smith+15 Task
+5 Nonfiction
Task total: 20
Grand total: (80 + 20) 100
15.3 - 1998 - Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction - The Magician's Assistant by Ann Patchett+15 Task
Task total: 15
Grand total: (65 + 15) 80
10.1 - Square PegSixpence House: Lost in A Town Of Books by Paul Collins
+10 Task
+10 Not-a-Novel (nonfiction)
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 65
15.2 - 2009 - Samuel Johnson Prize - The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann+15 Task
+5 Nonfiction
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 45
15.1 - 1998 - Scotiabank Giller Prize - Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood+15 task
+10 multi-award (also Baileys and Int'l IMPAC)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 25
Plan:2010 - Int'l IMPAC Dublin Literary Award: A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
2009 - Walter Scott Prize: Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
2009 - Samuel Johnson Prize: The Lost City of Z by David Grann
2004 - Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize: The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde
1998 - Scotiabank Giller Prize: Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
1998 - Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction: The Magician's Assistant by Ann Patchett
1998 - National Book Critics Circle Award: The Love of a Good Woman by Alice Munro
1984 - Man Booker Prize: Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner
1975 - Hawthornden Prize: Changing Places: A Tale of Two Campuses by David Lodge
1964 - Somerset Maugham Award: The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré
Actually read:
15.1 - 1998 - Scotiabank Giller Prize - Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
15.2 - 2009 - Samuel Johnson Prize - The Lost City of Z by David Grann
15.3 - 1998 - Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction - The Magician's Assistant by Ann Patchett
15.4 - 2010 - National Book Award for Nonfiction - Just Kids by Patti Smith
15.5 - 2011 - International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award - The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
15.6 - 1964 - Somerset Maugham Award - The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré
15.7 - 1994 - Ferro-Grumley Award - Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
15.8 - 1987 - Arthur C. Clarke Award - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
15.9 - 2012 - Pulitzer Prize for Biography - The Black Count by Tom Reiss
15.10 - 1975 - Hawthornden Prize - Changing Places by David Lodge
10.6 - Beginnings/EndingsIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
Mindy Kaling compiles a collection of stories, anecdotes, and lists to create Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?. It is partly a humorous memoir and partly her tale of breaking into show business. The downside is that her book seems more like a lengthy magazine article than a fully-realized narrative. However, Kaling’s charm and wit come through to create many funny moments that makes reading this lighthearted book a completely enjoyable way to spend a few of hours. I listened to the audiobook, which I would recommend, because Kaling's entertaining narration makes it seem like you are listening to a friend tell you all her funny stories.
+10 Task (most recent)
+10 Not-a-Novel (nonfiction)
+10 Review
Task total: 30
Grand total: 510
10.6 - Beginnings/EndingsLove is a Mix Tape by Rob Sheffield
+10 Task (debut)
+10 Not-a-Novel (nonfiction)
Total task: 20
Grand total: 480
10.7 - Keep it ShortTenth of December by George Saunders
+10 Task (Story Prize and PEN/Malamud Award)
+5 Combo (10.6 - most recent)
+10 Not-a-Novel (short stories)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 460
10.6 - Beginnings/EndingsAmy Falls Down by Jincy Willett
+10 Task (most recent book)
Task total: 10
Grand total: 435
10.6 - Beginnings/EndingsThe Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story by Lily Koppel
+10 Task (most recent book)
+5 Combo (10.5 - Goodreads Author)
+10 Not-a-Novel (nonfiction)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 425
20.7 - Group Reads ReduxThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
+20 Task (added by LIz M. 12/03/01)
+10 Combo (10.5 and 10.6-debut)
+10 Not-a-Novel
Task total: 40
Grand total: (360 + 40=) 400
10.8 - BINGO!Ruined By Reading: A Life in Books by Lynne Sharon Schwartz
+10 Task (Ruined By ReadING: A Life in BoOks)
+10 Not-a-Novel
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 360
Correction to post 764:20.7 - Group Reads Redux
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
+5 Not-a-Novel
Task total: 25
Grand total: 330
+20 Task (Group read: 2013/09/01-2013/11/30)
+10 Not-a-Novel
+5 Combo (20.4)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 340
Kate S wrote: "Joy wrote: "20.7 - Group Reads Redux"Thanks for the corrections, Kate!
20.7 - Group Reads ReduxThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
+20 Task (Group read: 2013/09/01-2013/11/30)
+5 Not-a-Novel
Task total: 25
Grand total: 330
20.9 - Daytona 500The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
Catton crafts a tale that is a delight to read. She beautifully captures the voices of the Victorian era to create an intricate plot that keeps you turning pages (all 834 of them!). My instinct is to say that those who like Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone are likely to enjoy this book, but that seems unlikely to apply to many given Collins's lack of popular appeal. Perhaps I should instead say, if you enjoyed The Luminaries try The Moonstone (it really is a wonderful book)! The Luminaries was a perfect winter read; an adventure tale set in a warm (albeit rainy) clime with a mystery all put together with skillful writing.
+ 5 Combo (10.6 - most recent)
+ 15 (Jumbo - 834 pages)
+ 10 (Review)
Task total: 50
Grand total: 305
10.8 - BINGO!Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall
+ 10 Task (Born to Run: A HIddeN Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the WOrld Has Never Seen)
+ 10 Style (not a novel)
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 255
10.8 - BINGO!Ten Years in the Tub: A Decade Soaking in Great Books by Nick Hornby
+10 Task ( Ten Years in the Tub: A Decade SoakING in Great BoOks)
+5 Combo (10.6-debut)
+10 Style (Not-a-Novel)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 235
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
+10 Task ( MoOnwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of RememBerING Everything)
+10 Combo (10.5, 10.6-debut)
+5 Style (Not-a-Novel)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 205
EDIT on 1/20/2014 to correct style points (should be +10 for Not-a-Novel not +5) and subsequent totals:
10.8 - BINGO!
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
+10 Task ( MoOnwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of RememBerING Everything)
+10 Combo (10.5, 10.6-debut)
+10 Style (Not-a-Novel)
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 210
