Su 2015 RwS Completed Tasks - Summer 2015 Showing 751-800 of 1,153

[El]

20.1 - Every 25 years

Brida by Paulo Coelho

+20 task (pub 1990)
+10 Non-Western
+5 oldies

Task total: 35
Grand total: 920

[El]

20.9 - Novel Lives

The Paris Wife by Paula McLain

+20 task (about Hadley + Ernest Hemingway)

Task total: 20
Grand total: 940

[El]

20.5 - Post-Colonial

The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai

+20 task (shelved 8 times)
+10 combo (10.5 - born in India, 10.9 - Historical fiction/author+character indian)
+10 non-western

Task total: 40
RWS finish: 100
Mega finish: 200
Post total: 340

Grand total:1260

[Ed]

10.8 Summertime Heat

Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov

task +10

grand total = 1205

[Jenifer]

10.4 TBR Roulette

Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb
(sorted on 5/26/15)

+10 task

Task Total = 10

Grand Total = 130

[Jenifer]

15.4 Time Leaper

Destined for an Early Grave by Jeaniene Frost
Pub 2009/ b. 1974

+15

Task Total = 15

Grand Total = 145

[Jenifer]

15.5 Time Leaper

The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny
pub 2007/b.1958

+15 task

Task Total = 15

Grand Total = 160

[Jenifer]

15.6 Time Leaper

Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
pub 1996/b. 1960

+15 task
+10 bonus

Task Total = 25

Grand Total = 185

[Jenifer]

20.4 The South

I Scream, You Scream by Wendy Lyn Watson
set in Texa

+20 Task

Task Total = 20

Grand Total = 205

[Denise]

10.2 - Subtitles

Just Checking: Scenes From the Life of an Obsessive-Compulsive by Emily Colas

+10 task
+10 Not-a-Novel (616.8522 C at BPL)

Task total=20
Grand total=835

[Norma]

15.10 - 10-20 - Time Traveler

The Escape by David Baldacci; Pub 2014, Born 1960

+15 task
+10 task bonus
+100 time traveler bonus

Task total: 125
Grand total: 355

[Tanya]

10.2 - Subtitles

As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes

+10 Task
+10 Not-a-Novel

Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 250

[Kazen]

15.6 - Time Traveler

Whisper of Evil by Kay Hooper

+15 task
+10 bonus

Task total: 25 points
Grand total: 285 points

[Kate S]

From Post 744

Anika wrote: "10.5 June Solstice

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

+10 Task (author born in India)

Task Total = 10

Grand Total = 485"

+5 Combo 20.5 (shelved 9 times as postcolonial)

[Valerie]

15.6 Time traveler

Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks

born 1965, pub 2010

15 task
10 bonus
______
25

Running total: 480

[Kate S]

Ed wrote: "10.8 Summertime Heat

Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov

task +10

grand total = 1205"

+5 Combo (20.3)
+5 Oldies (1962)

This book is on the canon so the YA Assignment doesn't come into play.

[Kate S]

Rebekah wrote: "20.7 Jumbo
Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley # 37 on list

+20 pts - Task
+25 pts - Combo (10.2,10.7 - 1750's - 1960's, 10.9 - African-American histo..."

Your score doesn't change, but the way it's scored is a little different.

This book is listed as non-fiction at the BPL. We could argue this point all day, but the BPL is our resource for deciding these things. So, it does not qualify for 10.9 or 20.9, but it does count for Not-a-Novel.

[Kate S]

From Post 744

Anika wrote: "10.5 June Solstice

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

+10 Task (author born in India)

Task Total = 10

Grand Total = 485"

+10 Non Western

[Connie]

20.8 A Funny Story

Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson

+20 task (shelved 60X as comedy)
+10 not a novel (non-fiction)

Task total: 30
Grand total: 550

[Denise]

20.6 - Under 31

Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell

+20 task (born 1903, pub. 1933)
+ 5 combo (10.5 born in India)
+10 oldies

Task total=35
Grand total=870

[Ed]

Kate S wrote: "Ed wrote: "10.8 Summertime Heat

Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov

task +10

grand total = 1205"

+5 Combo (20.3)
+5 Oldies (1962)

This book is on the canon so the YA Assign..."

wow.... I never even checked the YA assignment status.... this is such a difficult book...
thanks Kate

[Deedee]

Task 20.8 - A Funny Story -
Read a book shelved as comedy at least 40 times.

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (2011) by Mindy Kaling (Hardcover, 222 pages)
On August 02, 2015, shelved 565 times as comedy.

+20 Task
+10 Non-fiction

Task Total: 20 + 10 = 30

Grand Total: 380 + 30 = 410

[Ed]

15.4 - 10-20 - Time Traveler list #3

The Spark: The 28-Day Breakthrough Plan for Losing Weight, Getting Fit, and Transforming Your Life by Chris Downie

task +15
bonus +10

total + 25

grand total = 1240

[Denise]

20.3 - Post-modern

Valparaiso by Don DeLillo

+20 task
+10 Not-a-Novel (play)

Task total=30
Grand total=900

[Beth]

10.3 Twists

Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
#62 on the list

+10 task

Task total: 10
Grand total: 725

[Beth]

15.7 Time Traveler

Re-Imagine!: Business Excellence in a Disruptive Age by Tom Peters

+ 15 task
+ 10 reading in order

Task total: 25
Grand total: 750

[Marie]

20.3 - Post-modern

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

+20 Task

Task total = 20
Points total = 175

[Nick]

10.10 Group Reads

Tiger Hills by Sarita Mandanna

+10 pts - task
+ 5 pts - combo (10.5 India)
+ 5 pts - combo (10.9 "Historical Fiction" with Asian Indian protagonists)
+ 10 pts - non western

Task Total - 30 pts
Total Points So Far: 160

[Louise Bro]

10.3 Twists

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

+10 Task

Task total: 10 pts
Grand total: 220 pts

[Louise Bro]

15.3 10-20: Time Traveller

Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik
Pub. 2006, author born 1973

+15 Task
+10 Bonus

Task total: 25 pts
Grand total: 245 pts

[Louise Bro]

20.1 Every 25 years

Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman

+20 task
+10 combo (10.2 and 20.3)
+10 not-a-novel

Task total: 40 pts
Grand total: 285 pts

[Ed]

10.3 - Twists

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré

task +10 (#80 on list)
combo +5 (20.6- Le Carre born 1931- book published 1960)
oldie +5

total = 20
grand total = 1260

[Kate S]

15.5 10-20 Time Traveler

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
B: 1775 P: 1814

+15 Task
+10 Bonus

Post Total: 25
Season Total: 425

[Kate S]

15.6 10-20 Time Traveler

Ormond by Maria Edgeworth
B: 1767 P: 1817

+15 Task
+10 Bonus

Post Total: 25
Season Total: 450

[Kate S]

20.2 Awards

All Over Creation by Ruth Ozeki

+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.6)

Post Total: 25
Season Total: 475

[Kathleen (itpdx)]

15.6 10-20 Time Traveler
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Maté
Published 2007 born 1944
+15 task
+10 bonus
Task total 25
Grand Total: 235

[Anika]

15.5 Time-Traveler

A Visit from the Goon Squad pub. 2010 by Jennifer Egan, born 1962

+15 Task
+10 Bonus

Task Total = 25

Grand Total = 605

[Connie]

20.4 The South

Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

+20 task (set in Alabama)

Task total: 20
Grand total: 570

[Valerie]

10.6 WILLA

The Bride's House by Sandra Dallas

10 task (won WILLA 2012)
____
10


Running total 490

[Anika]

15.6 Time-Traveler

Outtakes from a Marriage pub. 2008 by Ann Leary born 1962

+15 Task
+10 Bonus

Task Total = 25

Grand Total = 630

[Ed]

15.5 - 10-20 - Time Traveler list #3

Wide Awake by David Levithan

task +15
bonus +10

total + 25

grand total = 1285

[Denise]

20.9 - Novel Lives

I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive by Steve Earle

+20 task (musician Hank Williams)
+10 combo (10.9 main character Graciela is a Mexican immigrant; 20.4 set in Texas)

Task total=30
Grand total=930

[Ed]

10.5 - June Solstice

The Peach Blossom Fan by Kong Shangren

task +10 (China)
combo +5 (10.9)
non-western +10
not a novel +10 (play)
oldie +20 (c.1699- original published date unclear...but it was completed in 1699 and Wikiedia indicates it was published during the author's lifetime, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pea... )

total = 55
grand total = 1340

[Ed]

10.2 - Subtitles

In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams by Tahir Shah

task +10
does this qualify for non-western? Author lives in Morocco..and has British and Afghanistan citizenship, born in UK.)
not a novel +10 (travelogue)

total = 20
grand total = 1360

[Jama]

15.4 10-20 time Traveler
My Struggle: Book Two: A Man in Love by Karl Ove Knausgård

15 pt. task
+10 bonus

Task total: 25
Grand total: 195

[Kate S]

From Post 797

D wrote: "20.6 - Under 31

Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell

+20 task (born 1903, pub. 1933)
+ 5 combo (10.5 born in India)
+10 oldies

Task total=35
Grand total=870"

+10 Not-a-Novel

[Kate S]

Nick wrote: "10.10 Group Reads

Tiger Hills by Sarita Mandanna

+10 pts - task
+ 5 pts - combo (10.5 India)
+ 5 pts - combo (10.9 "Historical Fiction" with Asian Indian protagon..."

+5 Jumbo (593 pages in MPE)

[Kate S]

Ed wrote: "10.3 - Twists

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré

task +10 (#80 on list)
combo +5 (20.6- Le Carre born 1931- book published 1960)
oldie +5

total =..."

I am very sorry, Ed. There was an error in the GoodReads database regarding the original publication date for this book. The book was originally published in 1963 and therefore does not qualify for 20.6.

[Kate S]

Eleanor wrote: "20.5 - Post-Colonial

The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai

+20 task (shelved 8 times)
+10 combo (10.5 - born in India, 10.9 - Historical fiction/author+character ind..."

Congratulations on your Mega Finish, Eleanor!!

[Kate S]

Norma wrote: "15.10 - 10-20 - Time Traveler

The Escape by David Baldacci; Pub 2014, Born 1960

+15 task
+10 task bonus
+100 time traveler bonus

Task total: 125
Grand total: 355"

Congrats on your 10-20 Finish, Norma!