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Su 2015 RwS Completed Tasks - Summer 2015
Kate S wrote: "Kate S wrote: "From Post 364Tuyen wrote: "10.3 - Twists
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
+ 10 task
+ 10 oldies (published 1873)
Task total: 20
Grand ..."
I just realized this also qualifies for 20.10 since the book was mentioned in "All the Light We Cannot See." Can I use it for 20.10?
+20 task
+5 combo
+ 10 oldies
Task total: 35
20.2 AwardsWhen My Brother Was an Aztec by Natalie Diaz
2014 American Book Award winner
+20 Task
+10 Style: Not-a-Novel (Poetry)
Task Total = 30
Grand Total: 300 + 30 = 330
20.5 Post ColonialLucy by Jamaica Kincaid
Shelved 12 times as Post Colonial
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (Task 20.1 Publ 1990)
+10 Style: Non-Western
+ 5 Style: Oldies
Task Total = 40
Grand Total: 330 + 40 = 370
10.2 subtitlesHershey: Milton S. Hershey's Extraordinary Life of Wealth, Empire, and Utopian Dreams by Michael D'Antonio
+10 pts - Task
+ 5 pts - Combo (10.7 - from 1856 at parents' marriage until 2005)
+ 10 pts - non novel
Task total - 25 pts
Grand total - trying to figure that out Going back thru all my posts, I get a total score of 280
20.9 Novel LivesThe White Queen by Philippa Gregory
novelisation of Elizabeth Woodville https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabe...
+ 20 task
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 430
20.8 A Funny StorySmall Gods by Terry Pratchett
+20 Task (shelved 199 times as comedy)
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 305
20.1 Every 25 YearsThe Difference Engine by William Gibson
+20 Task (published 1990)
+5 Oldies
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 330
10.6 WILLAAlice's Tulips by Sandra Dallas
This was a WILLA nominee for Historical Fiction in 2001.
+10 task
Task total: 10
Grand total: 315
10.3 TwistsThe House at Riverton by Kate Morton
+10 task
+5 oldie (599 pp.)
Task total 15
Grand total 135
10.5 June SolsticeThe Removal Company: A Joe Scintilla Historical Mystery Novel by S.T. Joshi (born India)
+10 task
Grand total 145
10.1 Square PegThe Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
task +10
not a novel (graphic NF) +10
total = 20
grand total = 645
20.6 Under 31The Quilter's Apprentice by Jennifer Chiaverini
b. 1969 and p. 1999
+20 task
Grand total 165
15.3 Time TravellerThe Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde
born 1961, pub. 2003
+15 task
+10 bonus
Task total 25
Grand total 190
15.2 10-20 - Time TravellerTooth and Claw by Jo Walton
Pub. 2003, author born 1964
+15 task
+10 bonus
Task total: 25 pts
Grand total: 160 pts
10.2 - SubtitlesGet Me Out of Here: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder by Rachel Reiland
+ 10 task
+ 10 not-a-novel
Task total: 20
Grand total: 305??
10.6 - WILLAFour Souls by Louise Erdrich
+10 task
+10 combo (20.3 - Post-Modern; 10.9 - Diverse Genres)
task total: 20
grand total: 80
10-20 - Time Traveler15.4 Pub 2011, Born 1960
The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
+15 task
+10 bonus
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 795
20.8 A Funny StoryThe Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead by Max Brooks
Lexile 1070
+20 Task (shelved 87 times)
+10 Not a Novel
Task total: 30
Grand Total: 360
Task 10.2 – SubtitlesThe Trigger: Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War (2014) by Tim Butcher
+10 Task
+10 Not-a-Novel: Non-fiction
Task Total: 10 + 10 = 20
Grand Total: 245 + 20 = 265
20.3 Post-ModernCrash by J.G. Ballard
+20 Task (shelved 87 times)
+5 Oldies (published 1973)
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 385
10.10 Group ReadsHow to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
task total= 10
+5 combo (20.8)
+10 not-a-novel
grand total= 55
20.1 - Every 25 YearsSunshine Enemies by K.C. Constantine
+20 task (pub. 1990)
+ 5 combo (10.8 sunshine)
+ 5 oldies
Task total=30
Grand total=485
20.3 Post-ModernGentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon
+ 20 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.9--one of the titular "gentlemen" is African)
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 285
15.4 - Time-travelerWorking with Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
+15 task
+10 going in order
Task total: 25
Grand total: 520
Tuyen wrote: "10.7 - Multi-CenturyNo god but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam by Reza Aslan
Time span is from Muhammad's birth to 21st century.
+10 task
+ 10 not-a-..."
+5 Combo (10.2-Subtitles)
Don (The Book Guy) wrote: "10.4 TBR RouletteThe Courage to Be Paul Tillich, pub. 1915
+10 Task
+5 Combo, 20.1
+10 Not a novel
+10 Oldies
Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 130"
+5 Combo 20.6-Under 31 (author born 1886, book published 1915)
Tuyen wrote: "Kate S wrote: "Kate S wrote: "From Post 364Tuyen wrote: "10.3 - Twists
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
+ 10 task
+ 10 oldies (published 1873)
Task t..."
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Coralie wrote: "20.1 Every 25 YearsThe Difference Engine by William Gibson
+20 Task (published 1990)
+5 Oldies
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 330"
+5 Combo 20.3-Post Modern
Kath wrote: "10.3 TwistsThe House at Riverton by Kate Morton
+10 task
+5 oldie (599 pp.)
Task total 15
Grand total 135"
+5 Combo 20.6-Under 31 (author born 1976, book published 2006)
Ed wrote: "10.1 Square PegThe Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
task +10
not a novel (graphic NF) +10
total = 20
grand total = 645"
Sorry Graphic Novels do not qualify for style points.
Coralie wrote: "20.3 Post-ModernCrash by J.G. Ballard
+20 Task (shelved 87 times)
+5 Oldies (published 1973)
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 385"
+5 Combo 10.5-author born in China
15.4 Time TravelerA Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear
P. 2011 B. 1955
+ 15 pts - task
+ 10 pts - bonus
Task total - 25 pts
Grand total - 305 pts
From Post 465Amanda wrote: "10.5 June Solstice
The Crazed by Ha Jin
China
+ 10 task
+10 combo (10.9 - historical fiction; 20.3)
+10 non-western
Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 410"
Sorry, Amanda, Ha Jin has American citizenship and does not qualify for Non-Western points.
From Post 486Coralie wrote: "20.8 A Funny Story
The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead by Max Brooks
Lexile 1070
+20 Task (shelved 87 times)
+10 Not a Novel
Task tota..."
Sorry, Coralie, this is listed as fiction at the BPL, so it does not qualify as Not-a-Novel
Kate S wrote: "From Post 486Coralie wrote: "20.8 A Funny Story
The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead by Max Brooks
Lexile 1070
I thought a novel needed characters and a plot! (I thought it was worth trying.)
You give with one hand and take away with the other. I think I need to go back and reread all the task requirements. I totally had 10.5 different in my mind.
I remember struggling with where I wanted to shelve the Zombie Survival Guide in my school library. I think I did end up putting it in the humor section with things like David Sedaris, but this challenge uses BPL shelving in order to keep the complicated database working for us and so we are all on an even, objective playing field. It took me a while to adjust to it, but it's really necessary for a complex challenge like this one.
20.6 Under 31The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories by Marina Keegan
+ 20 task
+ 10 not a novel
Task total: 30
Grand total: 340
Kate S wrote: "Ed wrote: "10.1 Square PegThe Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
task +10
not a novel (graphic NF) +10
total = 20
grand total = 645"
Sorry Graphic Novels do not qualify ..."
thanks.... i wasn't sure if it would qualify...but to pick a nit... it isn't a novel. Classified as non-fiction.
20.10 - Books in books The Iliad by Homer
+20 task - in The Ameriad: The Untold Founding of America By the Survivors of Troy (read this summer)
+5 combo (20.7)
+10 not-a-novel
+25 oldies
+5 jumbo (683 pages)
Task total: 65
Grand total: 800
20.6 - Under 31The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
+20 task born 1896 published1925
+10 oldies
Task total: 30
Grand total: 830
10.5 June solsticeChildren of the Alley by Naguib Mahfouz
+10 Task (born in Egypt)
+5 Oldies (published 1959)
+10 Non-Western
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 410
20.1 Every 25 YearsAriel by Sylvia Plath
+ 20 Task (pub. 1965)
+ 10 Not-a-Novel
+ 5 Oldies
(I don't know if it could count for combo 20.6--this was published posthumously, two years after her death. She died at age 30...so is she considered 30 at the time of publishing or 32, since that's the age she would have been?)
Task Total = 35
Grand Total = 320
20.10 Books in BooksThe Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare
+ 20 Task (from Station Eleven, read for Spring challenge, posted on 4/28/15)
+ 20 Oldies (pub. 1623)
+ 10 Not-a-Novel
Task Total = 50
Grand Total = 370
15.9 10-20 Time TravelerA Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell
pub 2004, born 1950
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Task total = 25
Grand total = 215
15.3 10-20 Time TravelerThe Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco
Published 2010 born 1932
+15 task
+10 bonus
Task total 25
Grand Total: 100
15.6 - 10-20 - Time TravellerThe Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill
Pub. 2004, Born 1952
+15 task
+10 bonus
Task total: 25
RwS total: 100
10-20 total: 140
Grand Total: 240
Task 20.10 – Books in BooksMentioned on Page 3 of: The Fifth Heart (2015) by Dan Simmons
The Princess Casamassima (1886) by Henry James (Paperback, 608 pages)
+20 Task
+10 Oldies -76 to 150 years old: (1865-1939)
+05 Jumbo 500-699 Pages: 5 Points
Task Total: 20 + 10 + 05 = 35
Grand Total: 265 + 35 = 300
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The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Pub. 2011, Born 1946
+15 task
+10 bonus
Task total: 25
RwS total: 100
10-20 total: 115
Grand Total: 215