Connie ’s
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(group member since Nov 11, 2013)
Connie ’s
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Ed wrote: "well.... I'm not likely to keep pace this season.... because I will be traveling for the next 5 weeks. starting with 6 days in New Orleans and then to Berlin, Krakow, Prague, Bratislava, Budapest, ..."Your trip sounds wonderful! Enjoy!
Joanna, I've read Cloud Atlas, and the short stories are interconnected through the characters and themes. My review tells about how the stories are connected:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Thank you. Liz is taking the break - I'll still be here!"Sorry, Elizabeth. It's great that you will be back!
Thanks to all the moderators for their great work this summer. It was a wonderful group of tasks.Elizabeth, I hope you enjoy your break and have a very happy birthday!
10.2 SubtitlesBeing Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
+10 task
+10 not a novel (non-fiction)
Task total: 20
Grand total:840
Kate S wrote: "From Post 1099Connie wrote: "10.3 Twists
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
+10 task (# 65 on list)
+15 oldie (pub 1847)
+100 RwS Completion Bonus
Post total: 125
Gran..."
Thanks, Kate!
itpdx wrote: "Unfortunately Oliver Saks just qualified. A couple of his books within 20 years are Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain and The Mind's Eye both NAN"That's sad. I read two of Oliver Sacks' books and enjoyed them. Kent Haruf and E.L. Doctorow also died in the past year.
10.3 TwistsWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
+10 task (# 65 on list)
+15 oldie (pub 1847)
+100 RwS Completion Bonus
Post total: 125
Grand total: 815
10.2 SubtitlesFour Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World by Anthony Doerr
+10 task
+10 not a novel (non-fiction)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 690
20.7 Jumbo BooksAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (#314 on list)
+20 task
+ 5 jumbo (530 pages)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 670
The Goodreads Group "Around the World in 80 Books" has wonderful lists of books from every state. You would have to be careful and read the description to make sure that >50% of the book is in that state.https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
15.5 10-20 Time LeaperThe Last Days of Rabbit Hayes by Anna McPartlin
born 1972
published 2014
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 645
10.9 Diverse GenresA Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
+10 task (Historical fiction, African-American author and main characters)
+ 5 combo (20.4 set in Louisiana)
Task total: 15
Grand total: 635
20.5 Post-colonialThe English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
+20 task
+ 5 combo (20.9 Loosely based on the life of the desert explorer Laszlo Almasy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A1...)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 620
20.2 AwardsMrs. Kimble by Jennifer Haigh
+ 20 (won PEN/Hemingway Award in 2004)
+ 5 combo (20.4 set in FL and VA)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 595
20.4 The SouthGo Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
+20 task (set in Alabama)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 570
20.8 A Funny StoryNotes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
+20 task (shelved 60X as comedy)
+10 not a novel (non-fiction)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 550
20.1 Every 25 YearsStoner by John Williams
+20 task (published in 1965)
+ 5 oldie
+ 5 combo (20.4 Missouri)
Task total: 30
Grand total:520
20.9 Novel LivesSunflowers by Sheramy Bundrick
This book is a novel about the artist Vincent van Gogh.
+20 task
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 490
20.6 Under 31Battleborn by Claire Vaye Watkins
Born 1/1/1984
Published 2012 at age 28
+20 task
+ 5 combo (10.7 multi-century Gold Rush 1848 to present day)
+10 not a novel (short stories)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 470
