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Su 2015 RwS Completed Tasks - Summer 2015
20.8 A Funny StoryThe Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett
Shelved as "comedy" 289 times
+20 task
+5 oldies (pub. in 1986)
Task total: 25 pts
Grand total: 185 pts
20.4 - The South:Child of God by Cormac McCarthy
+20 Task: Tennessee
+ 5 Oldies (1973)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 850
20.9 - Novel Lives -Conversations with Beethoven by Sanford Friedman
+20 Task: Beethoven, his nephew and brothers + other real minor characters
Grand Total: 870
20.4 The SouthA Childhood: The Biography of a Place by Harry Crews
+20 task (set in Georgia)
+ 5 combo (10.2 subtitle)
+ 5 oldie (pub 1978)
+10 not a novel (non-fiction, memoir)
Task total: 40
Grand total:355
20.6 Under 31A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
+ 5 combo (10.2 subtitles)
+ 10 not-a-novel
Task total: 35
Grand total: 375
20.1 - Every 25 YearsIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote (pub. 1965) (Lexile 1040)
+20 task
+ 5 combo (20.3)
+10 Not-a-Novel (shelved 364.1523 C at BPL)
+5 oldies
Task total=40
Grand total=565
15.3 - Time TravelerBy the Book, A Reader's Guide to Life by Ramona Koval
+15 task
+10 bonus
Task total: 25 points
Grand total: 160 points
15.4 - Time TravelerThe Architecture of Happiness by Alain de Botton
+15 task
+10 bonus
Task total: 25 points
Grand total: 185 points
Task 10.6 – WILLABold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian America by Linda Lawrence Hunt
+10 Task
+5 Combo (#10.2 Sub-title)
+10 Not-a-Novel: Non-fiction
Task total: 25
Grand total: 825
10.7 - Multi-century The Traveler's Gift: Seven Decisions That Determine Personal Success by Andy Andrews
+10 task (the traveler guy travels into different centuries to meet people eg: King Solomon (bible), Christopher Columbus, Anne Frank)
+5 combo (10.2 Sub-title)
Task total: 15
Grand total: 840
(this is currently the worst book i have read so far this summer. thankfully it was a quick read)
20.7 Jumbo bookGravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
this is #98 on the list
20 task
10 jumbo (776 pg)
5 oldie (1973)
____
35
Running total 310
What an epic - I feel like I (and anyone else who reads this during a challenge) should get bonus completion points! Ha, ha And that's not just because of the length....
10-20 Time Traveler15.5 Pub 2009, Born 1957
A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 895
10.9 - Diverse Genres - Cory Day's Task:Money Boy by Paul Yee
+10 Task: Romance / Chinese American
Grand Total: 905
10.8. Summertime HeatCity on Fire: The Explosion that Devastated a Texas Town and Ignited a Historic Legal Battle by Bill Minutaglio
+ 10 pts - task
+ 10 pts - combo (10.2, 10.8 - TX)
+ 10 pts - not a novel
Task total - 30 pts
Grand total - 335 pts
20.2 - AwardsInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
+20 task (Hemingway/PEN Award 2000)
+5 combo (20.5 - Post-Colonial)
+10 not-a-novel
Task total: 35
RwS total: 135
10-20 total: 140
Grand Total: 275
15.4 Time TravelerPubl 2002 --- Author born 1961
Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
+15 Task
+10 Time Traveler Bonus
Task Total = 25
Grand Total: 370 + 25 = 395
20.8 Funny StoryThe Ugly Truth by Jeff Kinney
+ 20 task
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 460
Finally getting through these books, at my daughter's request!
10.3 Best TwistsMurder On The Orient Express by Agatha Christie
YA assignment, low lexile, no style points :(
+ 10 task
Task Total = 10
Grand Total = 470
My husband has been on a spree picking up Christie's for me. I now own 55, and am gradually making my way through them with the help of this season!
Task 10.09 – Diverse GenresGenre: Mystery
Main character is a person of color.
Morality for Beautiful Girls (#3 of No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency) (2001) by Alexander McCall Smith
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 300 + 10 = 310
Tuyen wrote: "20.6 Under 31A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
+ 5 combo (10.2 subtitles)
+ 10 not-a-novel
Task total: 35
Grand total: 375"
+10 Non-Western
Anika wrote: "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 (..."
I show a publication date of 1610, so +25 for oldies.
15.2 Time TravelerThe Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis
pub 1795 born 1775
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 220
15.3 Time TravelerHyperion, or The Hermit in Greeceby Friedrich Hölderlin
pub 1800 born 1770
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 245
15.4 Time TravelerThe Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott
pub 1810 born 1771
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 270
20.10 Books in BooksA Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
+20 Task (from The Mysteries of Udolpho claimed summer 2015)
+5 Combo (20.8)
+25 Oldies (1600)
+10 Not a Novel (play)
Post Total: 60
Season Total: 330
20.4 The SouthWelcome to Braggsville by T. Geronimo Johnson
+20 Task (set mostly in Georgia)
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 350
20.3 Post Modern2666 by Roberto Bolaño
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.7)
+10 Non-Western
+15 Jumbo (898 pages)
Post Total: 50
Season Total: 400
20.9 Novel LivesThe Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
+ 20 task (One of the main characters is Prince Edward VI)
Cannot claim style points because the lexile is below 800.
Grand total: 405
10.2 - SubtitlesTransforming Cities and Minds Through the Scholarship of Engagement: Economy, Equity, and Environment by Lorlene Hoyt
+10 Task
+10 Not-a-Novel (non-fiction)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 280
20.7 - Jumbo BooksThe Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
+20 Task (#273)
+10 Jumbo (771 pages)
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 310
20.5 - Post-ColonialThe Heart of Redness by Zakes Mda
+20 Task (shelved 3 times as post-colonial)
+10 Non-Western
+10 Combo (10.7 – goes back and forth from the mid-1800s to early 2000s, 10.9 – historical fiction)
Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 350
20.6 - Under 31Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor
Born 1925, pub.1952
+20 task
+ 5 combo (20.4 - set in fictional Tennessee towns Taulkinham, Melsy, and Eastrod)
+ 5 oldies
Task total=30
Grand total=595
20.9 Novel LivesRemarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier
+20 Task (the narrators are Mary Anning and Elizabeth Philpot)
Grand Total : 120
Task 10.2 – SubtitlesService Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter (2007) by Phoebe Damrosch
+10 Task
+10 Not-a-Novel: Non-fiction
Task Total: 10 + 10 = 20
Grand Total: 310 + 20 = 330
20.3 Post-modernClose Range by Annie Proulx
+20 task
+10 not a novel (short stories)
+ 5 combo (10.7 multi-century 1886-1999)
Task total: 35
Grand total:390
20.5 Post-ColonialThe Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
+20 Task (posted 10 times)
+5 Combo (20.2)
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 435
15.10 10-20 Time TravelerThe Shadow Lines by Amitav Ghosh
pub 1988, born 1956
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
+100 Completion Bonus
Task Total = 125
Grand total = 340
10.1 Square PegDoctor Who: The Tenth Doctor, Vol. 1: Revolutions of Terror by Nick Abadzis
(graphic novel, 128 pages)
+10 task
Task total: 10
Grand total: 30
10.4 TBR RouletteLet the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
+10 task
+5 combo (20.7 - #241 on list)
+5 jumbo (513 pages)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 215
20.4 The SouthVanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver
+20 task (set in Virginia)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 235
20.4 The SouthIn The Forest Of Harm by Sallie Bissell
+20 task (set in the mountains of GA and NC)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 255
15.3 Time LeaperThe Silent Land by Graham Joyce
Born 1954
Published 2010
+15 task
Task total: 15
Grand total: 405
15.3 - 10-20 - Time Traveler list #2Treasures on Earth by Carter Wilson
task +15
bonus +10
total = 25
grand total = 670
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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami
+20 task
+10 Non-Western
+10 Not-a-Novel (short stories)
Task total=40
Grand total=525