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Michael Bishop has been a college professor: according to his goodreads bio : Bishop received a bachelor's from the Univ. of Georgia in 1967, going on to complete a master's in English. He taught English at the US Air Force Academy Preparatory School in Colorado Springs from 1968-72 & then at the Univ. of Georgia ..... In recent years, Bishop has returned to teaching & is writer-in-residence at LaGrange College located near his home in Pine Mountain, GA.
Task 10.10-Group Reads Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures: Stories (2005) by Vincent Lam (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 352 pages)
Scotiabank Giller Prize (2006)
The Story Prize Nominee (2007)
+10 Task (Group Reads)
+05 Combo (#10.8)
+10 Not-a-Novel: short story collections
Task Total: 10 + 05 + 10 = 25
Grand Total: 500 + 25 = 525
Task 20.7-David BowieOn the Road (1957) by Jack Kerouac (Paperback, 310 pages)
+20 Task (#20.7 Bowie’s list)
+05 Combo (#10.7 “Jack”)
+05 Oldies -25 to 75 years old: (1941-1991)
Task Total: 20 + 05 + 05 = 30
Grand Total: 470 + 30 = 500
Task 20.2-Graham GreeneRead any book written by a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
Our Man in Havana (1958) by Graham Greene (Paperback, Penguin Twentieth Century Classics, 220 pages)
+20 Task (#20.2)
+05 Combo (#20.5 published in multiple forms)
+05 Oldies -25 to 75 years old: (1941-1991)
Task Total: 20 + 05 + 05 =30
Grand Total: 440 + 30 = 470
Task 10.5-NovellaThe Man in the Picture (2007) by Susan Hill (Hardcover, 145 pages)
+10 Task (#10.5 novella)
+05 Combo (#10.7 “Hill”)
Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15
Grand Total: 425 + 15 = 440
Task 10.2-Single WordPassenger (Passenger #1) (2016) by Alexandra Bracken (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 486 pages)
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 415 + 10 = 425
I'm getting ready to read one of the biographies that he has written, so, I'm looking to pre-approve Professor Paul Murray Kendall: In 1937, while studying for a Ph.D, he became an instructor in English at the Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. He obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 1939, and continued as professor at Ohio University until his retirement in 1970. Thanks!
Task 20.5-R.K. NarayanRead any work by an author who has published in multiple forms.
The Drowned World (1962) by J.G. Ballard (Paperback, 176 pages)
+20 Task
+05 Oldies -25 to 75 years old: (1941-1991)
Task Total: 20 + 05 = 25
Grand Total: 390 + 25 = 415
I was thinking of using this book for France:
Five Weeks in a Balloon (1863) by Jules Verne; translated from the French by William Lackland; (Paperback, 308 pages)
It is not present in the BPL; it does not have a Lexile score; and one of the genres is "Childrens"; however, it reads at the level of Verne's other adventure tales. Could I use this book for the sub-challenge? Thanks!
Task 15.7 Waters of the WorldThe White Castle (1985) by Orhan Pamuk; translated by Victoria Holbrook; (Paperback, 161 pages)
Translated from the Turkish
~first pub. 1985
Black Sea: Turkey
+15 Task (author born & nationality)
+10 point bonus
Task Total: 15 + 10 = 25
Grand Total: 365 + 25 = 390
Task 10.3-Bailey's Prize A Spell of Winter (1995) by Helen Dunmore (Hardcover, 313 pages)
Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction (1996)
+10 Task (#10.3)
+15 Combo (#10.8 teacher, #20.2 Royal Society, #20.5 multiple forms)
Task Total: 10 + 15 = 25
Grand Total: 340 + 25 = 365
Amanda wrote: "Deedee wrote: "Helen Dunmore: her goodreads biography states I studied English at the University of York, and after graduation taught English as a foreign language in Finland.. She h..."Yeah! all those good combos. I'm reading A Spell of Winter now --
ESL certification -- it depends on where you go. My son is teaching English in South Korea right now and they required a certification from his university before they would even interview him for the job.
Helen Dunmore: her goodreads biography states I studied English at the University of York, and after graduation taught English as a foreign language in Finland.. She has also taught other courses at other universities.
Helen Dunmore: in her goodreads biography, she mentions my first poetry collection, The Apple Fall,; that she wrote some of the short stories which were later collected in Love of Fat Men; and, of course, she has published novels (one of which is A Spell of Winter )
Goodread's mini-bio of Ali Smith lists her job as a lecturer at University of Strathclyde. Does she work?
Task 15.6 Waters of the WorldThe Storyteller (1987) by Mario Vargas Llosa; translated from Spanish by Helen Lane; (Paperback 246 pages)
Translated from the Spanish
~first pub. 1987
Amazon basin: Peru
+15 Task (author born & nationality & setting)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 325 + 15 = 340
Task 10.1 Square PegThe Forever Queen (The Saxon Series #1) (2004) by Helen Hollick (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 635 pages)
+10 Task
+05 Jumbo 500-699 Pages: 5 Points
Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15
Grand Total: 310 + 15 = 325
Task 10.4 Popular GenreRead a book with "mystery" listed as the first genre on the book's main page.
Sprinkle with Murder (Cupcake Bakery Mystery #1) (2010) by Jenn McKinlay (Goodreads Author) (Mass Market Paperback, 222 pages)
+10 Task
+05 Combo (#10.7 “Jenn”)
Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15
Grand Total: 295 + 15 = 310
Task 15.5 Waters of the WorldGoodbye Tsugumi (1989) by Banana Yoshimoto (Hardcover, 186 pages)
Translated from the Japanese
~first pub. 1989
Philippine Sea: Japan
+15 Task (author born & nationality & setting)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 280 + 15 = 295
