Connie ’s
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(group member since Nov 11, 2013)
Connie ’s
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from the Reading with Style group.
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15.4 Waters of the WorldVisitation by Jenny Erpenbeck
Baltic Sea/Germany
Born/Nationality/Setting
+15 task
Task total: 15
Grand total: 630
20.5 R.K. NarayanThe Turn of the Screw by Henry James
+20 task
+15 combo (10.5, 20.4, 20.5)
+10 oldie (pub 1898)
+ 5 mutliples
Task total: 50
Grand total: 615
20.6 The Bronte SistersThe Lemur by Benjamin Black
+20 task
+10 combo (10.5 Popular Genre; 10.5 Novella-144 pages)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 565
20.10 AutoBioMemLab Girl by Hope Jahren
+20 task--listed in WorldCat as biog https://www.worldcat.org/title/lab-gi...
+10 combo (10.7 4 Letter Names, 10.8 License to Write--teacher per GR bio)
+10 not a novel
+ 5 multiples
Task total: 45
Grand total: 535
10.6 Book LoversThe Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
+10 task
+15 combos (10.7, 20.5, 10.8-teacher per GR bio)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 490
10.4 Popular GenreThe Girl in the Green Raincoat by Laura Lippman
+10 task
+ 5 multiples
Task total: 15
Grand total: 460
On the GR author profile for Benjamin Black, pen name for John Banville, it says his siblings Vincent Banville and Vonnie Banville-Evans are also writers.
20.9 Tournament of BooksOur Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
+20 task
+10 combo (10.7 4 Letter Name, 10.8 License to Write-Teacher per GR)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 445
20.10 AutoBioMemWhen Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
+20 task (https://www.worldcat.org/title/when-b...)
+10 combo (10.7 4 Letter Names, 10.8 License to Write doctor, per GR)
+10 not a novel
+ 5 multiple
Task total: 45
Grand total: 415
10.2 Single WordRivers by Michael Farris Smith
+10 task
+ 5 combo (10.8 License to Write, approved)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 370
Michael Farris Smith teaches creative writing at the Mississippi University for Women.http://www.muwspectator.com/home/2013...
Cory, you'll be in my thoughts. I'm so sorry for the loss of your beloved husband.
Congrats on finishing RwS, Beth!
20.10 AutoBioMemBad Blood by Lorna Sage
+20 task https://www.worldcat.org/title/bad-bl...
+10 combo (10.7 4 Letter Name, 10.8 License to Write--Professor of Literature per GR)
+10 not a novel
Task total: 40
Grand total: 345
Kate S wrote: "From Post 603Connie wrote: "10.7 Four Letter Names
The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean
+10 task
+ 5 combo (10.8 author is a teacher per GR description)
+ 5 old..."
You're right, Kate. I mixed up the novel with the short story that she had written earlier.
20.1 William ShakespeareThe Inferno by Dante Alighieri
(Hollander translation)
+20 task
+10 not a novel
+25 oldie (pub 1304)
Task total: 55
Grand total: 310
10.7 Four Letter NamesThe Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean
+10 task
+ 5 combo (10.8 author is a teacher per GR description)
+ 5 oldie (pub 1989)
+ 5 multiple
Task total: 25
Grand total: 255
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Connie wrote: "Nicholas Petrie has been a roofer, carpenter, general contractor, and a building inspector. Would that work for tradesman?http://www.nickpetrie.com/blog/2015/1......"
OK. Thanks, Elizabeth.
Wonderful news, Amanda. Thanks for your help.
