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RwS Completed Tasks - Summer 2015
10-20 sub-challenge sample post:15.7 - 10-20 - Time Traveler
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men by David Foster Wallace
Pub. 1997, Born 1962
+15 task
+10 bonus
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 475
15.1 - Time-leaperBlack Light by Elizabeth Hand
born 1975, published 1999
+15 task
task total: 15
grand total: 15
20.9 Novel LivesThe Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
+20 Task (the queen)
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 20
10.7 - 576 thousand million and two yearsThe Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
+10 task
+5 oldies (1980)
task total: 15
grand total: 45
15.2 - Time leaperThe Fall by Guillermo del Toro
Born 1964, published 2008
+15 task
task total: 15
grand total: 60
]20.4 The SouthThe Awakening by Kate Chopin
+20 task (Louisiana 100%)
+10 oldie (1899)
task total= 30
grand total- 30
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Which book, Ed?"okay okay...I added that silly little detail. LOL
10.10 Group ReadsGod Help the Child by Toni Morrison
+ 20 pt task 20.3 post-modern writer
task total= 15
grand total= 15
10.1 Square PegThe Wisdom of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton, collection of 12 short stories, pub. 1914
+10 Task
+10 Not a novel
+10 Oldies
Task total: 30
Grand Total: 30
20.2 AwardsInterpreter of Maladies byJhumpa Lahiri - PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award (2000).
+ 20 task
+ 5 combo (20.5)
+ 10 Not a Novel
Task Total = 35
Grand Total = 35
15.1 Time travelerThe Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
pub. 2001, born 1961
15 task
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15
Running total 15 (woohoo, I'm on the board!)
15.1 Time TravellerThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Jean-Dominique Bauby
Pub 1997, born 1952
+15 task
Task total 15
Grand total 15
20.4 - The SouthDeath Books a Return by Marion Moore Hill
+20 task (set 100% in Oklahoma)
Task total=20
Grand total=20
10.7 Jumbo BooksTime Regained by Marcel Proust
This is #7 of 7 of Proust's series In Search of Lost Time, which is #100 on the list. This completes my reading of that series.
+20 task
+10 oldies (1927)
+10 jumbo (794 pages)
Task total: 40
Grand Total: 40
10.9 - Diverse GenresBlanche on the Lam: A Blanche White Mystery by Barbara Neely
Mystery written by and starring a black woman
+10 task
+ 5 also qualifies for 20.4 The South (takes place in North Carolina)
Task total: 15
Grand Total: 15
20.4 - GeorgiaMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story by John Berendt
+20 task
+10 not a novel (true crime)
+5 combo (20.9 - Jim Williams (main character))
task total: 35
grand total: 95
10.8 - FireA World Lit Only by Fire by William R. Manchester
+10 task
+10 not a novel (nonfiction)
+5 oldies (1987)
+5 combo (10.2 - The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance Portrait of an Age)
task total: 30
grand total: 125
15.1 - 10-20 - Time Traveler(Born in the Middle: 1943 to 1962)
Pub 2015, Born 1951
A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
+15 Task
Grand Total: 15
20.10 - Books in Books - Liz M's Task:Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
+20 Task: Book found in A Brief History of Seven Killings
+10 Oldies (1899)
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 75
15.1 10-20 Time TravelerDead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson
pub 2015, born 1954
+15 Task
20.1 Every 25 YearsOne, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie - first published 1940
+ 20 task
+ 5 oldies
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 60
10.1 Square PegThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, Alan Bradley
Lexile = 960 https://www.lexile.com/book/details/9...
Task total = 10
Grand total = 25
15.1 10-20 Time TravellerThe Men Who United the States: America's Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics and Mavericks, and the Creation of One Nation, Indivisible by Simon Winchester
Pub. 2013 born 1944
+15 task
Grand Total 15
15.1 - 10-20 - Time TravelerJack of Spades by Joyce Carol Oates
Pub. 2015, Born 1938
+15 Task
Task total=15
Grand total=35
10.9 Diverse GenresThe Country of Ice Cream Star by Sandra Newman
+ 10 task
+ 5 jumbo
Task Total = 15
Grand total = 75
10.2 SubtitlesCave in the Snow: Tenzin Palmo's Quest for Enlightenment, Vicki Mackenzie
+ 10 task
+ 10 not a novel
Task total = 20
Grand total = 45
Post 3 Heather wrote: "15.1 - Time-leaperBlack Light by Elizabeth Hand
born 1975, published 1999
+15 task
task total: 15
grand total: 15"
You may have just transposed the numbers, but Elizabeth Hand was born 1957 - just in case you need to review your plan.
Task 10.2 – SubtitlesThe Riddle and the Knight: In Search of Sir John Mandeville, the World's Greatest Traveler (1996) by Giles Milton
+10 Task
+10 Not-a-Novel: Non-fiction
Task Total: 10 + 10 = 20
Grand Total: 00 + 20 = 20
10.7 Multi-century Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
set in 2054 and 1348
+10 task
+10 combo (20.3, 20.7)
+5 jumbo. 578 pp.
Task total 25
Grand total 40
15.1 - 10-20 - Time Traveler And the Good News Is...: Lessons and Advice from the Bright Side by Dana Perino
Pub. 2015, Born 1972
+15 Task
Grand Total = 15
20.9 Novel livesThe Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
20 task (the Queen of England)
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20
Running total = 50
Christine wrote: "I notice others are entering square peg books, but we are still missing one task? Do we not have to hold back on the square peg until we know that final task?"Hi Christine -- I was wondering the same thing...
Heather wrote: "20.4 - GeorgiaMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story by John Berendt
+20 task
+10 not a novel (true crime)
+5 combo (20.9 - Jim Williams (main char..."
Heather, task 20.9 requires a fictional account of a real person, a true account does not qualify. However, the MPE of this book does have a unique subtitle (A Savannah Story). So, there is no change in score, just a slightly different configuration.
Karen Michele wrote: "20.10 - Books in Books - Liz M's Task:Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
+20 Task: Book found in A Brief History of Seven Killings
+10 Oldies (1899)
Ta..."
+5 Combo 20.5 tagged as post colonial 16 times
Kate S wrote: "Karen Michele wrote: "20.10 - Books in Books - Liz M's Task:Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
+20 Task: Book found in A Brief History of Seven Killings..."
Thanks for the +5, Kate! I can't believe I did that -- that's where I first had it and then I remembered it was on my 20.10 list and forgot to move the combo. I'll be more careful!
Any idea when we might see 20.8?
Valerie wrote: "10.1 Square PegDespair by Vladimir Nabokov
10 task
5 oldie (1966)
______
15
Running total 30"
Sorry, this book does not work for 10.1 as it qualifies for 20.3 (on list for post modern authors). I have moved it to 20.3, added 10 points to your score, and you still have your Square Peg available for this season.
Christine wrote: "I notice others are entering square peg books, but we are still missing one task? Do we not have to hold back on the square peg until we know that final task?"Books can be moved if needed. Waiting until all the tasks are posted is a good idea, but I understand some people like to get there books posted ASAP (also a good idea). At the end of the day, we will make it work. :)
Karen Michele wrote: "Any idea when we might see 20.8?"Sorry, no. I can't give you an ETA, yet. Soon, I hope.
Kate S wrote: "Karen Michele wrote: "Any idea when we might see 20.8?"Sorry, no. I can't give you an ETA, yet. Soon, I hope."
Thanks, I'm waiting as patiently as I can;)
Valerie wrote: "10.1 Square PegDespair by Vladimir Nabokov
10 task
5 oldie (1966)
______
15
Running total 30"
+10 oldies (first published 1934)
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Reading w/Style (RwS) Sample Completed Tasks Post:
10.2 - Subtitle
Sor Juana: Or, the Traps of Faith by Octavio Paz
+10 task
+5 combo (10.5 - Solstice)
+10 not-a-novel
+10 non-Western
+5 oldies (1982)
+5 jumbo (547 pages)
Task total: 45
Grand Total: 475
(This assumes the post is mid-challenge, and that you had previously posted 430 points)