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Su 2015 RwS Completed Tasks - Summer 2015
20.10 Books in BooksRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
+20 Task (from Station Eleven, which I read for the Spring 2015 challenge)
+10 Not-a-Novel
+25 Oldies (pub 1597)
Task Total = 55
Grand Total = 995
Amanda wrote: "20.10 Books in BooksWhere Angels Fear to TreadWhere Angels Fear To Tread by E.M. Forster
mentioned in Vanessa and Her Sister
+ 20 task
..."
Good for you!
20.8 A funny storyThe Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
+20 pts - task
+ 5 pts - combo (20.6)
+10 pts - not novel
+25 pts - Oldies
Task total - 60 pts
Grand total - 1205 pts
20.4 The SouthThe Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
+ 20 task
+ 10 oldies
Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 845
20.9 - Novel LivesChicot the Jester by Alexandre Dumas see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicot -
task = 20
comb0 = 5 (10.9- histoical fiction)
oldie = 15 (1846)
jumbo = 5 (596p)
total = 45
grand total = 2060
10.9 Diverse genresMorality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith
10 task
____
10
Running total 625
10.9 - Diverse Genres - Cory Day's Task:Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
+10 Task: Science Fiction / Author and main character POC
Grand Total: 1375
10.9 - Diverse Genres - Cory Day's Task:She Weeps Each Time You're Born by Quan Barry
+10 Task: Historical Fiction / Author and main character POC
Grand Total: 1385
10-20 - Time Traveler 15.8 Pub 1999 , Born 1943
Music & Silence by Rose Tremain
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 1410
10-20 - Time Traveler 15.9 Pub 1982, Born 1953
A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 1435
20.10 Books in BooksAnna Karenina by Leo
Tolstoy
mentioned in A Prayer for Owen Meany
+ 10 task
+ 10 oldies
+ 20 jumbo
+ 10 non-western
+ 5 combo (20.7)
Task Total = 65
Grand Total = 910
20.2 - Awards:Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
+20 Task: ABA 1980
+10 Combo: 20.3 - Post-modern / 20.6 - Under 31 (1977, 1948)
+ 5 Oldies (1977)
Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 1470
20.4 - The South:My Sunshine Away by M.O. Walsh
+20 Task: Louisiana
+ 5 Combo: 10.8 - Summertime Heat
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 1495
20.5 - Post-Colonial:Shame by Salman Rushdie
+20 Task
+ 5 Oldies (1983)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 1520
20.6 - Under 31:The Archived by Victoria Schwab
+20 Task: Born 1987 (https://veschwab.wordpress.com/about/), Published 2013
Grand Total: 1540
20.6 - Under 31:After the Fire, a Still Small Voice by Evie Wyld
+20 Task: Born 1980 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evie_Wyld), Published 2009
+ 5 Combo: 10.8 - Summertime Heat
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 1565
15.7 10-20 Time TravelerThirteen Moons by Charles Frazier
p 2006, b 1950
+15 pts - task
+10 pts - bonus
Task Total - 25 pts
Grand Total - 1230 pts
finally got through the difficult part, just gritted my teeth and got through the Indian Removal.(smile)
I found another I didn't claim:10.5 - June Solstice
Sugar Street by Naguib Mahfouz
+10 Task: Egypt
+ 5 Oldies (1957)
+10 Non Western
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 1590
20.8 A Funny StoryThe Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
+20 Task
+10 Combo
-10.3 (#180 on the list)
-20.6 (born in 1563, pub. 1593)
+10 Not-a-Novel
+25 Oldies (1593)
Task Total = 65
Grand Total = 1060
15.8 10 - 20. Time TravelerThe City of Falling Angels by John Berendt
p. 2005 b. 1939
+15 pts - task
+10 pts - bonus
Task total -
Grand Total - 1255
15.10 10-20 Time Traveler Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
born 1966, published 2002
+15 task
+10 bonus
+100 completion bonus
Task Total: 125
Grand Total: 670
15.8 10-20 Time TravelerWe Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates
pub 1996, born 1938
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 530
15.8 10-20 time travelerNative Speaker by Chang-rae Lee
15 pt. task
+ 10 bonus
Task total - 25
Grand total - 295
15.10 Time-TravelerThe Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, pub. 2000, by Malcolm Gladwell, born 1963
+15 Task
+ 10 Bonus
Task Total = 25
+100 Finisher Bonus
+200 MegaFinish
Grand Total = 1385
10.1 Square PegThe Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
Lexile score of 990
+10 Task
Task Total = 10
Grand Total: 490 + 10 = 500
PS: Congrats to Anika for the Mega Finish!
10.2 SubtitlesFour Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World by Anthony Doerr
+10 Task
+10 Style: Not-a-Novel (Non-Fiction)
Task Total = 20
Grand Total: 500 + 20 = 520
10.10 Group ReadsThe Book of Salt by Monique Truong
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.9 - Main character is Vietnamese)
Task Total = 15
Grand Total: 520 + 15 = 535
15.7 10-20 Time TravelerBury Your Dead by Louise Penny
(Publ - 2010, Author Born 1958)
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Task Total = 25
Grand Total: 535 + 25 = 560
15.8 10-20 Time TravelerOne Plus One by Jojo Moyes
(Publ - 2013, Author Born - 1969)
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Task Total = 25
Grand Total: 560 + 25 = 585
15.9 10-20 Time Traveler Lock In by John Scalzi
(Publ - 2014, Author Born - 1969)
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Task Total = 25
Grand Total: 585 + 25 = 610
20.4 The SouthThe Maid's Version by Daniel Woodrell
(Set in Missouri)
+20 Task
Task Total = 20
Grand Total: 610 + 20 = 630
20.7 Jumbo BooksJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
(3rd book on the Listopia list)
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.3 #31 on list, 20.10 - from The Eyre Affair read Spring Challenge)
+15 Oldies (Publ 1847)
+ 5 Jumbo (507 pages)
Task Total = 50
Grand Total: 630 + 50 = 680
20.8 A Funny StoryThe Inimitable Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
(On page 4 of Listopia list, shelved as Comedy 69 times on 8/5/15)
+20 Task
+10 Oldies (Publ 1923)
+10 Not-a-Novel (Short Stories)
Task Total = 40
Grand Total: 680 + 40 = 720
20.10 Books in BooksA Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
(Mentioned frequently in Station Eleven which I read for the Spring Challenge)
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (20.8)
+25 Oldies (Publ 1600)
+10 Not-a-Novel (Play)
Task Total = 60
Grand Total: 720 + 60 = 780
10.6 WILLAAll Over Creation by Ruth Ozeki
+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.2)
Task total: 15
RWS completion bonus: 100
Grand Total: 985
20.6 Under 31Rhubarb by Craig Silvey
+20 Task (born 1982, published 2004)
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 1005
From Post 998Karen Michele wrote: "20.5 - Post-Colonial:
Shame by Salman Rushdie
+20 Task
+ 5 Oldies (1983)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 1520"
+10 Combo 20.3, 10.5
10.4 TBR RouletteThe Lasko Tangent: A Novel by Richard North Patterson
+10 Task
+5 Oldies (1979)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 500
10.9 Diverse genresThe Kalahari Typing School for MenAlexander McCall Smith
10 task
_____
10
Running total 635
10.8 Summertime heatThe Wind from the Sun by Arthur C. Clarke
10 task
5 oldie
5 not a novel (short stories)
____
20
Running total 655
15.9 10-20 Time TravellerTrue North by Jim Harrison
Pub. 2004 born 1937
+15 task
+10 bonus
Task total 25
Grand total: 360
10-20 Time Traveler15.10 Pub 1979, Born 1948
Descent of Man: Stories by T.C. Boyle
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Task Total: 25
+100 Time Traveler Completion
Points Total: 125
Grand Total: 1725
Kate S wrote: "From Post 998Karen Michele wrote: "20.5 - Post-Colonial:
Shame by Salman Rushdie
+20 Task
+ 5 Oldies (1983)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 1520"
+10 Combo 20.3, 10.5"
Thank you, Kate!
20.8 - A Funny StoryFood: A Love Story by Jim Gaffigan
+20 task (shelved as comedy by 78 people)
+ 5 combo (10.2 - Subtitles)
+10 Not-a-Novel
Task total=35
Grand total=1110
10.3 Best TwistsDeath on the Nile by Agatha Christie
YA Assignment, Low Lexile, no Style Points
+ 10 task
Task Total = 10
Grand Total = 920
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Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith
10 task
____
10
Running total 615