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Su 2015 RwS Completed Tasks - Summer 2015
15.5 10-20 Time Traveler1434 The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance by Gavin Menzies
Published 2008 born 1937
+15 task
+10 bonus
Task total 25
Grand Total 210
15.10 - 10-20 - Time Traveler list #2The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
task +15
bonus +10
time traveler bonus = 100
total = 125
grand total = 1000
10.7 Multi CenturyClose Range: Brokeback Mountain and Other stories by Annie Proulx
1886-1999 ( Thank you Connie for pointing this out. I ha this on my list to read anyway, but helped me get 10.7 complete! )
+10 task
+10 not a novel (short stories)
+5 combo (20.3 post modern)
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 590
15.5 Time travelerThe Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
b. 1975, pub. 2008
15 task
10 bonus
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25
Running total 430
20.2 - Awards:Mulberry and Peach: Two Women of China by Hualing Nieh
task +20
combo +15 (10.2; 10.5; 10.9)
non-Western +10
oldie +5 (1976)
total= 50
grand total = 1050
20.8 - A Funny StoryTwelfth Night by William Shakespeare
+ 20 task
+ 10 not-a-novel
+ 25 oldies (1601)
Task total: 55
Grand total: 490
10.2 - SubtitlesThe Victorian City: Everyday Life in Dickens' London by Judith Flanders
+ 10 task
+ 10 not-a-novel
Task total: 20
Grand total: 510
15.2 - 10-20 Time Traveler2014 - Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi (1984)
+15 Task
+10 Bonus (2nd book)
Task total = 25
Points total = 135
10.2 - SubtitlesSew U: The Built by Wendy Guide to Making Your Own Wardrobe by Wendy Mullin
+10 Task
+10 Not-a-Novel
Task total = 20
Points total = 155
10.5 - June SolsticeThe Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell (born in India)
+10 task
+10 Not-a-Novel (journalism and essay; 331.0941 O at BPL)
+10 Oldies (1937)
Task total=30
Grand total=775
15.3 Time-TravelerJepp, Who Defied the Stars, pub. 2012 by Katherine Marsh, born 1974
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 475
20.1 Every 25 YearsStoner by John Williams
+20 task (published in 1965)
+ 5 oldie
+ 5 combo (20.4 Missouri)
Task total: 30
Grand total:520
10.6 - WILLABetween Grass And Sky: Where I Live And Work by Linda M. Hasselstrom
task +10 (nominated in 2003)
combo +5 (10.2)
not a novel +10
total = 25
grand total = 1075
I never would have read this book but for this challenge...and it is why I like the Reading with Style group. It forces me to explore areas I need to be exposed to. Having said that, I don't think I will ever get over my antipathy for science fiction.
10.10 - Group ReadsThe Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton
+10 Task
+10 Style points (Oldies, 1910)
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 115
10.5 June SolsticeThe White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
+10 Task (author born in India)
Task Total = 10
Grand Total = 485
15.9 10-20 Time TravelerDevil's Peak by Deon Meyer
born 1958, published 2004
+15 task
+10 bonus
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 390
20.8 A Funny StoryBeauty Queens by Libba Bray
shelved 55 times as "comedy"
+20 task
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 410
15.4 Time-TravelerThe Lover's Dictionary, pub. 2011 by David Levithan, born 1972
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 510
Task 10.09 – Diverse GenresGenre: Fantasy
Main character is a Native American.
Blood Bound (Mercy Thompson #2) (2007) by Patricia Briggs (Mass Market Paperback, 292 pages)
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 370 + 10 = 380
20.6 - Under 31:The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
task +20 (Dickens was only 25)
combo +5 (20.7- #116 on list)
oldie +15 (1837)
jumbo +15 (801p.)
total = 55
grand total = 1145
20.8 A Funny StoryAs You Like It by William Shakespeare
+ 20 Task (shelved as "comedy" 76 times)
+ 10 Not-a-Novel
+25 Oldies (pub. 1600)
Task Total = 55
Grand Total = 565
15.2 - 10-20 - Time Traveler list #3Stay Where You Are and Then Leave by John Boyne
task = 15
bonus = 10
total =25
grand total = 1170
15.2 Time-LeaperThe Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker
Pub. 1986, Born 1952
+15 Task
Task Total 15
grand Total 535
15.3 Time-LeaperDay Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
Pub. 1998, Born 1968
+15 Task
Task Total 15
grand Total 550
15.4 Time-LeaperOne Heart to Win by Johanna Lindsey
Pub. 2013, Born 1952
+15 Task
Task Total 15
grand Total 565
15.5 Time-LeaperTuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Pub. 1997, Born 1958
+15 Task
Task Total 15
grand Total 580
15.6 Time-LeaperButterfly by Sonya Hartnett
Pub. 2009, Born 1968, Lexile 860
+15 Task
+10 bonus
Task Total 25
grand Total 605
15.7 Time-LeaperFor the Win by Cory Doctorow
Pub. 2010, Born 1971, Lexile 1070
+15 Task
+10 bonus
Task Total 25
grand Total 630
10.10 - Group ReadsThe Book of Salt by Monique Truong
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.9 - Diverse Genres (Historical Fiction, Vietnamese author and main character)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 130
20.1 Every 25 yearsHauntings and Other Fantastic Tales by Vernon Lee (1890)
+20 pts - Task
+10 pts - Oldies
+10 pts - Not a Novel
Task Total - 40 pts
Grand Total - 675 pts
20. 3 Post ModernFicciones by Jorge Luis Borges
+20 pts - Task
+10 pts - Non Western (Argentina)
+ 5 pts - Oldies (1944)
+10 pts - Not a novel
Task Total - 45 pts
Grand Total - 720 pts
Ed wrote: "15.10 - 10-20 - Time Traveler list #2The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
task +15
bonus +10
time traveler bonus = 100
total = 125
grand total = 1000"
wow! You're on a roll!
I notice some of you have read Go Set a Watchman. Doesn't that have a combo with 20.1 since it was published this year?
20.1 must be published before 2000.
20.5 Post-colonialWhite Teeth by Zadie Smith
20 task
5 combo 20.6 (she was 25 when this was pub.)
____
25
Running total: 455
10.8 - Summertime HeatTriangle: The Fire That Changed America by David von Drehle
+10 task
+5 combo (10.2 - subtitle)
+10 Not-a-novel
Task total: 25 points
Grand total: 260 points
20.6 - Under 31:The Girl With Glass Feet by Ali Shaw - the dust jacket says that the author "was born in 1982 and grew up in a small town in Dorset." The book is his first novel and was published in 2009.
Task total: 20
Grand total: 85
10.9 Diverse GenresParable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
+10 task
+5 combo (20.3)
Task total 15
Grand total 210
20.1 Every 25 yearsSad Cypress by Agatha Christie. p. 1940
+20 task
+5 oldies
Task total 25
Grand total 235
15.3 - 10-20 - Time Traveler list #3Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks by Ken Jennings
task +15
bonus +10
total + 25
grand total = 1195
10.2 - SubtitlesOne Click: Jeff Bezos and the Rise of Amazon.com by Richard L. Brandt
+10 task
+10 Not-a-Novel (381.45 B at BPL)
Task total=20
Grand total=815
20.7 JumboRoots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley # 37 on list
+20 pts - Task
+15 pts - Combo (10.2,10.7 - 1750's - 1960's,
+ 5 pts - Oldies (1976)https://www.facebook.com/rebekah.cess...
+10 pts - Jumbo (729 pgs)
+10 pts - not a novel
Task Total - 60 pts
Grand Total - 780 pts
10.3 - Best Twists Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
+10 Task
+ 5 Jumbo (544 pages)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 1345
20.9 - Novel Lives -Gutenberg's Apprentice by Alix Christie
+20 Task: the main characters were all real people.
Grand Total: 1365
10.9 - Diverse Genres The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich
+10 task (Historical fiction + Ojibwe author+main character
+5 combo (20.3)
Task total: 15
Grand total: 885
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+20 task
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 490