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Su 2015 RwS Completed Tasks - Summer 2015
15.4 10-20 Time TravelerA Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick
Published 2009 born 1948
+15 Task
+10 bonus
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 145
20.5 - Post-Colonial:Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
shelved 24 times as post-colonial
task +20
combo +5 (20.3)
non-western +10 (South Africa )
total + 35
grand total = 705
20.10 Books in BooksCity by Clifford D. Simak
+20 Task (mentioned in Among Others which I read last season)
+5 Combo (10.7 Begins in 1990 and ends at least 12 000 years later)
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 460
15.5 - Time TravelerAs an Earl Desires by Lorraine Heath
+15 task
+10 bonus
Task total: 25 points
Grand total: 210 points
Post 553 Tuyen wrote: "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 bel..."
There are several lexile scores for this and I aim to give the highest one. In this case it is 1160, and all styles will apply.
10.2 SubtitleWild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, Cheryl Strayed
+10 task
+ 10 Not a novel - autobiography
Task total: 20
Grand total: 90
20.8 A Funny StoryDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, David Sedaris
+ 20 task
+ 10 not a novel
task total: 30
Grand total: 120
20.6 Under 31The Encyclopedia of Early Earth, Isabel Greenberg
(age 27 - see 2013 article: http://metro.co.uk/2013/10/03/graphic...)
+20 task
+ 5 combo (diverse genres - this is listed as fantasy and has an Eskimo as it's central character)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 145
10.3 Best TwistCatching Fire, Suzanne Collins (no.12 on the list)
Lexille = 820
+10 task
+ 5 combo (10.8 Summertime Heat)
Task total: 15
Grand total: 160
20.6 Under 31The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Author was 29 at the time of publication.
+20 task
+5 oldies (pub. 1968)
Task total: 25 pts
Grand total: 25 pts
15.5 - Time-travelerStephen King On Writing by Stephen King
+15 task
+10 going in order
Task total: 25
Grand total: 545
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
Grand total: 580
10.9 Diverse GenresThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
+ 10 task
+ 5 combo (10.3)
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 485
15.5 10-20 Time TravelerA Deeper Sleep by Dana Stabenow
Publ: 2006 Author Born: 1952
+15 Task
+10 Time Traveler Bonus
Task Total = 25
Grand Total: 395 + 25 = 420
15.3 Time traveler The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
pub. 2005, born 1969
15 task
10 bonus
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25
Running total: 345
Coralie wrote: "20.5 Post-ColonialThe Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
+20 Task (posted 10 times)
+5 Combo (20.2)
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 435"
Sorry, Coralie, I do not see this book listed as a winner for either of the awards required for 20.2. Did I miss it?
Valerie wrote: "10.1 Square pegShort Girls by Bich Minh Nguyen
10 task
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10
Running total: 320"
This book won the American Book Award in 2010. It has been recorded for 20.2 and your Square Peg is still available.
Ed wrote: "20.5 - Post-Colonial:Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
shelved 24 times as post-colonial
task +20
combo +5 (20.3)
non-western +10 (South Africa )
total + 35
grand total = 705"
Sorry Ed, Coetzee is an Australian citizen and does not qualify for Non-Western Points.
Tuyen wrote: "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 bel..."
We have this with a lexile of 1160.
+10 Oldies
Coralie wrote: "20.10 Books in BooksCity by Clifford D. Simak
+20 Task (mentioned in Among Others which I read last season)
+5 Combo (10.7 Begins in 1990 and ends at ..."
+5 Oldies (1952)
20.3 Post ModernSpeak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov
20 pt. task
+10 not a novel (memoir)
+5 oldies
Task total: 35
Grand total: 120
20.5 Post ColonialismEast, West by Salman Rushdie
Shelved x 5
+20 pts - task
+10 pts - combo ( 10.5 - India, 20.3)
+10 pts - not novel (short stories)
Task total - 40 pts
Grand Total - 395 pts
10.7 Multi-CenturyThe Tenth Gift by Jane Johnson
+ 10 Task (1625-present day, never specified a precise year but Internet and cell phones are mentioned...)
Task Total = 10
Grand Total = 395
15.7 - 10-20 - Time TravellerOut Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
Pub. 2003, Born 1952
+15 task
+10 bonus
Task total: 25
RwS total: 160
10-20 total: 140
Grand Total: 300
10.10 - Group ReadsThree Parts Dead by Max Gladstone
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.9, 20.6)
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 75
15.3 - 10-20 Time TravelerThe Mercy Rule by John Lescroart - Pub 1998; Born 1948
+15 task
+10 time traveler bonus
Task total: 25
Grand total: 80
15.4 - 10-20 Time TravelerThe Pyramid by Henning Mankell - Pub 1999; Born 1948
+15 task
+10 time traveler bonus
Task total: 25
Grand total: 105
15.5 - 10-20 Time TravelerThe Narrows by Michael Connelly - Pub 2004; Born 1956
+15 task
+10 time traveler bonus
Task total: 25
Grand total: 130
15.6 - 10-20 Time TravelerThe Cold Moon by Jeffery Deaver- Pub 2006; Born 1950
+15 task
+10 time traveler bonus
Task total: 25
Grand total: 155
15.7 - 10-20 Time TravelerKnitting Bones by Monica Ferris - Pub 2007; Born 1943
+15 task
+10 time traveler bonus
Task total: 25
Grand total: 180
10.2 - Subtitles Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
+10 Task
+10 Not a Novel (poetry)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 925
10.9 - Diverse Genres - Cory Day's Task:A Cup of Friendship by Deborah Rodriguez
+10 Task: genre: romance / some main characters Afghan
Grand Total: 945
10.9 - Diverse Genres - Cory Day's Task:The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi
+10 Task: genre: science fiction / main characters: Angel & Maria: hispanic
Grand Total: 955
10.10 - Group ReadsThe Street by Ann Petry
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.9 - Diverse Genres: historical fiction / African American author & main characters
+ 5 Oldies 1946
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 975
20.6 - Under 31:The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton low lexile
+20 Task: (born in 1948, published in 1967)
Grand Total: 995
20.3 Post-modernThe Lathe of Heaven
+20 Task
+5 Oldies (1972)
+5 Combo (could have applied to 10.9 diverse genre)
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30 pts.
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20.3 - Post-modernMurder in the Dark: Short Fictions and Prose Poems by Margaret Atwood
+20 task
+ 5 combo (10.2)
+10 Not-a-Novel
+ 5 Oldies (1983)
Task total=40
Grand total=635
Task 15.5 - 10-20 - Time LeaperAuthor birthday: 1928 –1947
Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence (2013) by Joseph J. Ellis (Hardcover, 240 pages)
Born: July 18, 1943
Published: 2013
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 330 + 15 = 345
CORRECTED SCORING REPORT:20.3 Post-modern
The Lathe of Heaven
+20 Task
+5 Oldies (1972)
(combo category deleted because it did not apply)
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25 pts.
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Great, Gabriel - we like to have the author link in the post too, but in this case I know Le Guin is already in the database, so don't worry about it. Welcome!
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Great, Gabriel - we like to have the author link in the post too, but in this case I know Le Guin is already in the database, so don't worry about it. Welcome!"Tanks! Im working on another post, but trying to determine if it was published before the author was 31...no info on author's DOB (even in the Library of Congress records). I've tried asking the author directly through GR...any thoughts? If not, I will just assume it was not and categorize it elsewise.
Gabriel wrote: "Im working on another post, but trying to determine if it was published before the author was 31..."Liz has said for that task we could calculate based on college graduation, so if you find that it might work, too.
Post 580 Katrina wrote: "20.6 Under 31The Encyclopedia of Early Earth, Isabel Greenberg
(age 27 - see 2013 article: http://metro.co.uk/2013/10/03/graphic......"
As a graphic novel, this doesn't qualify for styles.
15.1 10-20 Time TravelerRevolutionary Road by Richard Yates
pub 1961, born 1926
+15 Task
Grand total = 355
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+ 20 pts - task
Task Total - 20 pts
Grand total - 355 pts