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Winter 2012/13 Rws Completed Tasks - Winter 12/13
10.10 – Group ReadI Shall Not Hate A Gaza Doctor's Journey by Izzeldin Abuelaish
+10 Task
+15 Combo (10.2, 20.4 – born in 1955, 20.8)
+10 Non-Western
+10 Not a Novel
Task Total = 45 points
Grand Total = 380 points
Task 20.4 – In honor of Winter Trees:Without Remorse (Jack Ryan #1) by Tom Clancy -Author born in 1947
+20 Task
+10 Jumbo (768 pages)
Task Total = 30 points
Grand Total = 410 points
20.4 - Winter TreesBook Lust To Go: Recommended Reading for Travelers, Vagabonds, and Dreamers by Nancy Pearl
+20 task (born 1945)
+10 not-a-novel (non-fiction)
Task Total - 30 points
Grand Total - 150 points
20.8 – InformedThe Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.4 – born 1961)
+10 Not a Novel
Task Total = 35 points
Grand Total = 445 points
10.8 Historical Fiction Before 1500The Rise of Rome: The Making of the World's Greatest Empire by Anthony Everitt
+10 Task
+10 Not a Novel
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 155
Location: LondonYears: 1825-2005
15.6 - Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd
Setting: 99% in London
Published: 1985
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
+15 Task
+25 Bonus
Task total: 40 points
Grand Total: 615
20.10 - UndauntedKinder- und Hausmärchen by Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm
+ 20 Task (This was on my currently reading shelf for a year and I hadn't managed to read even half the book by the beginning of December; a lot of stories in dialects and after a certain point the stories got quite repetitive; I had to force myself to get this over with.)
+ 10 Canon
+ 20 Jumbo (952 pages)
+ 5 Combo (10.5)
+ 10 Not-a-Novel (collection of fairy tales)
Task Total: 65
Grand Total: 475
20.4 – In honor of Winter TreesShadow Puppets by Orson Scott Card (850L)
Orson Scott Card was born on August 24, 1951
+20 task
Task total: 20 points
Grand total: 85
Task 10.4 Read a fairy tale retellings (shelved as such at least 5 times)As of January 16, 2013, this was shelved exactly 5 times as
fairy tale retellings.
Home From the Sea (Elemental Masters #8) (2012) by Mercedes Lackey (Hardcover, Daw, 311 pages)
+10 Task
+05 Style:1. Combo (5 points) (20.4 born 1950)
Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15
Grand Total: 385 + 15 = 400
Rebekah wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "10.2 Yours, Mine and OursMy Journey to Appalachia: A Year at the Folk School by Eleanor Lambert Wilson
+10 pts - Task
+10 pts - Not a Novel
Task Total - 20 pts
Grand Total - 2..."
Moved to 10.9. Thanks.
Kate S wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "10.2 Yours, Mine and OursMy Journey to Appalachia: A Year at the Folk School by Eleanor Lambert Wilson
+10 pts - Task
+10 pts - Not a Novel
Task Total - 20 pts
..."
sorry about not checking good!
Location: New York CityYears 1925 to 2012
15.8 The Coffin Dancer by Jeffery Deaver
+15 task
+25 bonus
Task total: 40
Grand total: 320
Location: New York CityYears 1925 to 2012
15.9 Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell
+15 task
+25 bonus
Task total: 40
Grand total: 360
20.7 Notable - The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach+20 Task (on the 2011 list)
+5 Jumbo (over 500 pages)
Task Total=25
Grand Total=145 pts
10.2 - Yours, Mine and OursAnd Then You Dye by Monica Ferris
+ 10 Task
+ 10 Combo
10.7: I got this free to review, the book was published in December last year;
20.4: Monica Ferris was born in 1943, as can be seen on the Goodreads page for Mary Monica Pulver, "Monica Ferris" is one of her pen names
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 495
15.9 Location location locationNYC
Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney, pub. 1984
+15 task
+25 bonus (set entirely within NYC)
Task total: 40 points
Grand Total: 445 points
10.1 Year in ReviewWhy We Broke Up by Daniel Handler 980 Lexile
+10 Task (read by Karen GHHS for Winter 2011/2012)
+10 Combo
-10.2 ("We")
-10.7 (orig. pub. date Dec. 2011; checked out from library)
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 310
10.7 Buy Nothing Christmasafter the quake by Haruki Murakami
+10 Task (orig. pub. date Feb. 2000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_th... one of the passengers on one of my flights gave it to me)
+10 Not-a-Novel (short stories)
+10 Non-Western (Japan)
+5 Combo (20.4, born 1949)
Task Total = 35
Grand Total = 345
10.7 Buy Nothing ChristmasSpindle's End by Robin McKinley
first pub in January and I "borrowed" the book from my adult daughter's bookshelf.
+10 pts - Task
Task Total -
Grand Total -
Location, Location, LocationLocation: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Publication: 1957 – 2010
“Archeologist”
15.7 The Idea of Home: Autobiographical Essays by John Hughes –pub. 2004
+15 Task
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 460 points
Location, Location, LocationLocation: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Publication: 1957 – 2010
“Archeologist”
15.8 Malicious Intent (Dr Anya Crichton #1) by Kathryn Fox –pub. 2006
+15 Task
+25 Bonus Points (approx. 90% of the book is set around the inner-city suburbs –within a few miles’ radius)
Task Total = 40
Grand Total = 500 points
20.4 In Honor of Winter TreesThe Runaway Jury by John Grisham
+20 Task (born 1955)
Task total: 20 points
Grand Total: 635
20.6 In Honor of The Winter Of Our DiscontentA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Lexile 1310
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.3, 10.5)
Task total: 30 points
Grand Total: 665
Location, Location, Location: PittsburghTime Period: 1955-2012
15.2 - Life and Architecture in Pittsburgh by James Van Trump (orig pub 1983)
Setting: Pittsburgh
+15 Task
+25 Bonus (within city limits - except total of about 25 pages that compare Pittsburgh buildings to others outside the city)
Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 390
15.10 Location, location, location: NYC
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles, pub. 2010
+15 task
+25 bonus (all but 10 pages is set in NYC)
+100 Archeologist finish
Grand total: 585 points
Liz M wrote: "15.10 Location, location, location: NYC
+100 Archeologist finish"
Yippee! :-))))
Congratulations Liz! That must be the first this season!Location: London
Years: 1825-2005
15.7 - Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby
Setting: London, Maidenhead (30 miles), Cambridge (65 miles)
Published: 1992
Lexile: 1340
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
+15 Task
+ 5 Bonus
Task total: 20 points
Grand Total: 685
20.4 - Winter TreesThe Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast by Douglas Brinkley
+20 task (Brinkley born in 1960 according to this link)
+10 not-a-novel (nonfiction)
+10 jumbo (736 pages)
Task total: 40 points
Grand total: 145
This was a very interesting read. Took a while, needless to say, but well worth it. It's not a totally neutral-journalist tone (he's from New Orleans and lived through Katrina there) - he expresses some anger and frustration - but given the circumstances that feels right.
20.4 - Winter TreesThe Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly
+ 20 task (born in 1956 according to his GR bio)
Task Total: 20 points
Grand Total: 165 points
RwS Task10.3 - Honor Library Lover’s Month (February)
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
+10 Task: on fiction list
+10 Combo: 20.3 – In honor of Winter’s Tale (India list) / Combo: 20.4 In Honor of Winter Trees (1947)
+10 Canon
+ 5 Jumbo (647 pages)
Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 520
Task 20.4 Read a book whose was author born during Sylvia Plath's lifetime (1932-1963). John Dramani Mahama was born: 29 November 1958.
(see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dra...)
My First Coup d'Etat: And Other True Stories from the Lost Decades of Africa by John Dramani Mahama
+20 Task
+10 Style:2. Non-Western (10 points):
+10 Style:3. Not-a-Novel (10 points):
Task Total: 20 + 10 + 10 = 40
Grand Total: 400 + 40 = 440
Deedee wrote: "Task 20.4 Read a book whose was author born during Sylvia Plath's lifetime (1932-1963). John Dramani Mahama was born: 29 November 1958.
(see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dra...)
..."
How did you like this book, Deedee? I'm interested for myself and as a supplemental reading book for 9th grade World Cultures class at the high school.
20.5 Winter in MadridThe General in His Labyrinth by Gabriel García Márquez
+20 pts - Task
+ 5 pts - Combo (10.6 - 1982 laureate)
+10 pts - Non-Western (author is from Colombia and now lives in Mexico)
I didn't give myself combo credit for 20.4, even though it is on the list Whoever made the list probably assumed it fit the genre since this author is well-known for that. However it was really a historical novel on the last few months of the life of Simon Boliver.
Task Total - 35 pts
Grand Total -
Karen GHHS wrote: "Deedee wrote: "Task 20.4 Read a book whose was author born during Sylvia Plath's lifetime (1932-1963). John Dramani Mahama was born: 29 November 1958.
(see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D..."
I really liked this one. Most of the book concerned events pre-1980. It was a nice mix of traditions from Ghana, personal stories and how the politics of the time affected his life. The writing style was direct and easy to follow. He freely talks about being a socialist during this time, all the while implying (but not outright saying) that he isn't anymore. He's a "former member of Parliament and minister of state" and so stays away from anything that would be controversial in 2013. I think it would make a good supplement for your class.
Task 15.2Location, Location, Location
Location:London, UK
“Archeologist”
Publication: 1722-2012
15.2 The Nether World (1889) by George R. Gissing
Setting: London
+15 Task
+25 Bonus Points (set in the city, except for 4 pages when the characters went to the nearby countryside)
Task Total = 40
Grand Total: 440 + 40 = 480
20.2 In Honor of The Winter WarMy Ántonia by Willa Cather
+20 Task (it's currently #52 but it was in the top 50 when I planned my reads - I hope this counts)
+10 Canon
Task total: 30 points
Grand Total: 715
Rosemary wrote: "20.2 In Honor of The Winter WarMy Ántonia by Willa Cather
+20 Task (it's currently #52 but it was in the top 50 when I planned my reads - I hope this counts)
+10 Canon
Task total: 30 points
Gra..."
Yes, it will count!
20.10 UndauntedCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (even upon completion, I must admit, I still feel daunted)
+20 Task
+10 Non-Western (Russia)
+10 Canon
+5 Jumbo (564 pages)
+5 Combo (20.9)
Task Total = 50
Grand Total = 395
20.9 PennedFirst Love by Ivan Turgenev
+20 Task
+10 Non-Western (Russia)
+10 Canon
Task Total = 40
Grand Total = 435
15.5 - LLL, 5th bookNuremberg
Das letzte Lächeln by Stefanie Mohr (set entirely in Nuremberg)
+ 15 Task
+ 25 Bonus
Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 585
Location, Location, LocationLocation: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Publication: 1957 – 2010
“Archeologist”
15.9 Without Consent (Dr Anya Crichton #2) by Kathryn Fox –pub. 2007
+15 Task
+25 Bonus Points (approx. 90% of the book is set around the inner-city suburbs –within a few miles’ radius)
Task Total = 40
Grand Total = 540 points
Liz M wrote: "+100 Archeologist finish"Woohoo!! Congrats, Liz!
20.6 – poetic titleEverything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor
+20 Task
+5 Combo 10.7 (Published January 1965 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everythi... and borrowed from library)
+10 Not-a-Novel (short stories)
+10 Canon
Task total=45
Grand total=185
20.9 – PennedFirst Love by Ivan Turgenev
+20 task
+10 Non-Western (Russia)
+10 Canon
Task total=40
Grand total=225
20.1 In Honor of If On A Winter's Night A TravelerCakes and Ale by W. Somerset Maugham
+20 Task (on the 'novels about writers' list)
Task total: 20 points
Grand Total: 735
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Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Publication: 1957 – 2010
“Archeologist”
15.6 Eat Me by Linda Jaivin –pub. 1995
+15 Task
+25 Bonus Points (nearly 100% of the book is set around the inner-city suburbs –within a few miles’ radius)
Task Total = 40
Grand Total = 335 points