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Su 2015 RwS Completed Tasks - Summer 2015
20.1 - Every 25 YearsA Suspension of Mercy by Patricia Highsmith (pub.1965)
+20 task
+ 5 oldies
Task total=25
Grand total=685
20.7 Jumbo BooksPrayer for Owen Meany, A by John Irving
+ 20 task
+ 5 combo (20.3)
+ 5 oldies
+ 5 jumbo
Task Total = 35
Grand Total = 520
Kate S wrote: "Karen Michele wrote: "20.8 - A Funny Story - Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task:Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
+20 Task
+10 Not a Novel
+20 Oldies 1623
Task Total: 50
Gran..."
Thanks, Kate,
I was a bit confused about the Shakespeare dates because of this post from Elizabeth in the "Every 25 Years" thread:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... about a site for Shakespeare dates. I used the dates from the link instead of the Goodreads dates.
15.7 - 10-20 - Time Traveler list #2Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn
task +15
bonus +10
total = 25
grand total = 825
15.7 Time TravellerPygmy by Chuck Palahniuk
b. 1962, pub. 2009
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Task total: 25
Grand total: 165
15.8 Time TravelerHelping Me Help Myself: One Skeptic, Ten Self-Help Gurus, and a Year on the Brink of the Comfort Zone by Beth Lisick
b. 1969, pub. 2008
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Task total: 25
Grand total: 190
20.7 Jumbo - Elizabeth's TaskLook Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe
+20 pts - Task (# 415 on list)
+15 pts - Combo (20.4 - N.C., 20.6- b. 1900 p.1929)
+10 pts - Oldies (1929)
+ 5 pts - Jumbo (644 pgs)
Task Total - 45 pts
Grand Total - 505 Pts
Kate S wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "10.10 Group ReadsTiger Hills by Sarita Mandanna
+10 pts - task
+. 5 pts - combo (10.5 India)
+. 5 pts - jumbo (522 pgs)
+ 10 pts - ..."
Thank you much, Kate!
20.2 AwardsThe Round House by Louise Erdrich
+20 Task (American Book Award 2013)
+5 Combo (20.3)
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 505
Thanks, Kate S., for noticing that I had missed 5 combo points on an earlier post. I am terrible about things like that.10.10 - Group Reads
Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
+10 Task
+5 Style points (Oldies, 1961)
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 95
10.3 - Best TwistsDeception Point by Dan Brown
# 147 on list
+10 pts - Task
+ 5 pts - Jumbo (522 pgs)
Task Total - 15 pts
Grand Total - 525 pts
Nick wrote: "Thanks, Kate S., for noticing that I had missed 5 combo points on an earlier post. I am terrible about things like that.10.10 - Group Reads
Franny and Zooey by [author:J.D. Salinger|..."
I'm just starting this book. Had a time finding a copy though. How was it?
20.7 Jumbo BooksThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
+ 20 task
+ 5 combo (20.5)
+ 5 jumbo
Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 550
15.8 - 10-20 Time TravelerHush by Kate White; Pub 2010, Born 1951
+15 task
+10 time traveler bonus
Task total: 25
Grand total: 205
15.9 - 10-20 Time Traveler/b>NYPD Red by James Patterson; Pub 2012, Born 1947
+15 task
+10 time traveler bonus
Task total: 25
Grand total: 230
10.5 June SolsticeLife and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng
China is one of the countries the Tropic of Cancer passes through and she was born in Shanghai however she became an American citizen before her death so no non-Western bonus.
+10 task
+10 not-a-novel
+5 length - 560 pages
Task total: 25
Grand total: 690
15.2 Time-Traveler Sisterland pub. 2013 by Curtis Sittenfeld born 1975
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 450
Task 20.6 - Under 31:Rakossy (1966) by Cecelia Holland
Born: December 31, 1943
Published: 1966
Age: 23
+20 Task
+05 Oldies -25 to 75 years old: (1940-1990)
Task Total: 20 + 05 = 25
Grand Total: 345 + 25 = 370
10.10 Group ReadsFranny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
+10 pts - Task
+ 5 pts - Oldies (1955, 1957, 1961)*
Task Total - 15 pts
Grand Total - 540 pts
*Franny was published in first in 1955 in The New Yorker
and Zooey was published in 1957 in the same publication. They were put into a book form in 1961
15.8 - 10-20 - Time Traveler list #2American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush by Kevin Phillips
task +15
bonus +10
total = 25
grand total = 850
15.6 10-20 Time TravelerOne Amazing Thing by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
p. 2009 b. 1956
+15 pts - Task
+10 pts - Bonus
Task Total - 25 pts
Grand Total - 565 pts
10.2 - Subtitles The Big Questions: How Philosophy Can Change Your Life by Lou Marinoff
+10 task
+10 not-a-novel
Task total: 20
Grand total: 710
15.9 - Time TravelerFirst Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde
b. 1961, pub. 2007
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Task total: 25
Grand total: 215
10.3 - TwistsHouse Rules by Jodi Picoult
+10 Task (#107 on list)
+5 Jumbo (532 pages)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 225
10.8 - Summertime Heat - Krista's Task:I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
+10 Task: sun
Grand Total: 1220
10-20 Time Traveler15.6 Pub 2006, Born 1961
The Unknown Terrorist by Richard Flanagan
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 1245
20.8 - A Funny Story - Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task:The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
+20 Task
+10 Not a Novel
+25 Oldies 1594
Task Total: 55
Grand Total: 1300
10-20 Time Traveler15.7 Pub 2004, Born 1952
The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 1325
Rebekah wroteI liked Franny and Zooey better than The Catcher in the Rye -- but then, I hate being told I have to like a book, and in high school Catcher was presented that way. F&Z, is fragmented, but that never bothers me.
20.4 The SouthThe Color Of Lightning by Paulette Jiles
+20 task --set in Texas
+10 combo
*20.9 based on what is known about Brett Johnson
*10.9 Genre-historical fiction. Main character is a freed slave.
Task total: 30
Grand Total: 185
20.9 Novel LivesCircling the Sun by Paula McLain
Historical Fiction about Beryl Markham.
(Honestly, I think that Markham's memoir West with the Night was a better read.)
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.8 - 'Sun'
Task Total = 25
Grand Total: 465 + 25 = 490
15.9 - 10-20 - Time Traveler list #2The Road by Cormac McCarthy
task +15
bonus +10
total = 25
grand total = 875
15.3 10-20 Time TravelerJacob the Liar by Jurek Becker
pub 1969, born 1937
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 405
15.8 10-20 Time TravelerHold Tight by Harlan Coben
pub. 2008, born 1962
+15 pts - Task
+10 pts - Bonus
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 355
Rebekah wrote: "20.7 Jumbo - Elizabeth's TaskLook Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe
+20 pts - Task (# 415 on list)
+15 pts - Combo (20.4 - N.C., 20.6- b. 1900 p.1929, 20.9 - https://en...."
Sorry, Rebekah, in order to count for 20.9, the real person being fictionalized must use his/her real name. From the help thread
Tanya wrote: "10.3 - TwistsHouse Rules by Jodi Picoult
+10 Task (#107 on list)
+5 Jumbo (532 pages)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 225"
+5 Combo 20.7
Karen Michele wrote: "20.8 - A Funny Story - Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task:The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
+20 Task
+10 Not a Novel
+25 Oldies 1594
Task Total: 55
Grand Total: 1300"
+5 Combo 20.6
From Post 681Christine wrote: "10.9
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
+10 task
+10 non-western
Task total = 20
Grand total = 340"
Sorry, Christine, as a US citizen, this author does not qualify for non-western points.
From Post 694Beth wrote: "10.5 June Solstice
Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng
China is one of the countries the Tropic of Cancer passes through and she was born in Shanghai however she..."
+5 Oldies 1986
15.2 10-20 time TravelerThe Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
15 pt. task
+10 bonus
Task total 25
Grand total 145
15.3 10-20 Time TravelerA Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
15 pt. task
+10 bonus
Task total 25
Grand total 170
20.4 - The SouthClock Without Hands by Carson McCullers
+20 task (set in Georgia)
+ 5 oldies (1961)
Task total=25
Grand total=710
10.10 Group ReadGod Help the Child by Toni MorrisonToni Morrison
+10 task
+5 combo (20.3)
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 565
20.6 - Under 31Reflections in a Golden Eye by Carson McCullers
+20 task (born 1917, pub. in magazine 1940)
+10 combo (20.1, 20.4)
+ 5 oldies
Task total=35
Grand total=745
10.9 Diverse GenresA Princess Remembers: The Memoirs of the Maharani of Jaipur by Gayatri Devi (India)
+10 pts - Task
+15 pts - Combo (10.2, 10.5, 10.7 - she includes of the history of her maternal grandparents, specially of Maharaja Sayjirao Gaekwad III born in 1863 and of her husband's predecessor Maharajah Madho Singh II born in 1861 and ends in the mid 1970's)
+10 pts - Non-Western
+10 pts - Not a Novel
+ 5 pts - Oldies (1976)
Task Total - 50 pts
Grand Total -
Kate S wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "20.7 Jumbo - Elizabeth's TaskLook Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe
+20 pts - Task (# 415 on list)
+15 pts - Combo (20.4 - N.C., 20.6- b. 1900 p.1929, 20..."
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Battleborn by Claire Vaye Watkins
Born 1/1/1984
Published 2012 at age 28
+20 task
+ 5 combo (10.7 multi-century Gold Rush 1848 to present day)
+10 not a novel (short stories)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 470