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Su 2015 RwS Completed Tasks - Summer 2015
10.6 WILLAFull-Court Quest: The Girls from Fort Shaw Indian School Basketball Champions of the World by Linda Peavy
+10 task (Won 2009 WILLA for Scholarly Nonfiction)
+5 combo (10.2)
+10 Not-a-Novel
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 715
15.9 10-20 Time TravelerPlainsong by Kent Haruf
pub 1999, born 1943
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 555
15.9 10 - 20. Time travelerThe Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
P 2002. B 1945
+15 pts - task
+10 pts - bonus
Task total - 25 pts
Grand total - 1255 pts
10.4 - TBR RouletteSomething Rich and Strange: Selected Stories by Ron Rash
+10 task
+5 combo (20.4 - The South)
+10 not-a-novel
task total: 25
grand total: 180
20.8 A Funny StoryGood Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witchby Terry Pratchett
#2 on the list and shelved 602 times as comedy
Task +20
Style +10 Combo(20.1 published 1990), subtitles(10.2)
Book Total: 30
Grand Total: 55
20.10 - Books in Books The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
+20 task (in Cranford read spring)
+10 combo (20.6 - 24 years old; 20.7 - #116)
+15 oldies (1837)
+15 jumbo (801 pages)
Task total: 60
Grand total: 1790
10.8 Summertime HeatThe Pool of Fire by John Christopher
Lexile 970
+10 Task
+5 Oldies (1968)
Task total: 15
Grand Total: 1020
15.9 Time-LeaperRiding Lessons by Sara Gruen
Pub. 2004, Born 1969
+15 Task
+10 bonus
Task Total 25
grand Total 1045
20.2 - AwardsInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
+20 task (Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award 2000)
+5 (20.5 - Post Colonial)
+10 Not-A-Novel
task total: 35
grand total: 215
15.10 10-20 Time TravelerThe Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
pub 2007, born 1934
+15 Task
+10 bonus
+100 Time Traveler Completion Bonus
Task Total = 125
Grand Total = 680
Krista wrote: "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 F..."
Thanks, Krista :-)
20.8 A Funny StoryThe Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
+20 Task (shelved as "comedy" 65 times)
+5 Combo 10.3 (#176)
+10 Not-a-Novel
+25 Oldies (pub. 1600)
Task Total = 60
Grand Total = 1445
Claire wrote: "20.2 - AwardsInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
+20 task (Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award 2000)
+10 (20.5 - Post Colonial, 20.6 - Under 31)
+10 Not-A-Novel
task to..."
Sorry, Claire, this does not appear to work for 20.6; author born in 1967, book published in 1999.
Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "20.8 A Funny StoryGood Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witchby Terry Pratchett
#2 on the list and shelved 602 times as comedy
Task +20
Style ..."
+5 Oldies (1990)
Katy wrote: "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"
Congratulations on your 10-20 Finish, Katy!
Anika wrote: "+100 Finisher Bonus+200 MegaFinish"
Way to Go, Anika! Congrats!
Coralie wrote: "RWS completion bonus: 100"Well done, Coralie!
Karen Michele wrote: "+100 Time Traveler Completion"Congratulations, Karen!
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "+100 Time Traveler Completion Bonus"Congrats on your second 10-20 Finish, Elizabeth. Nicely done!
10.6 - WILLADorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits by Linda Gordon
+10 Task
+10 Not-a-novel
+5 Jumbo (560 pages)
+5 Combo (10.2)
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 705
10.2 - SubtitlesPrimates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas by Jim Ottaviani
+10 Task
Graphic Novel – no styles
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 715
20.10 Books in BooksThe Charioteer by Mary Renault
+20 Task (referenced in The Dark Horse – see message 57 in thread)
+5 Oldies (published 1953)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 740
20.10 Books in booksPilgrimage: The Book of the People by Zenna Henderson
mentioned in Among Others Which I read for the subchallenge
+20 rask
+5 oldie (p.1961)
Task total 25
Grand total 640
15.10 Time travellerAuthority by Jeff VanderMeer
b. 1968, p. 2014
+15 task
+10 bonus
+100 completion bonus
Task total 125
Grand total 765
15.1 – 10-20 – Time Traveler (Round 2)Pocket Apocalypse by Seanan McGuire
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 755
10.10 Group ReadThe Book of Salt by Monique Truong
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.9)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 550
20.5 Post ColonialThe Quiet American by Graham Greene
+20 Task
+5 Oldies (1955)
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 575
20.7 JumboWinter's Tale by Mark Helprin
+20 Task
+10 Jumbo (768 pages in MPE)
+5 Oldies (1983)
Post Total: 35
Season Total: 610
20.8 A Funny StorySeinLanguage by Jerry Seinfeld
+20 Task
+10 Not a Novel (collection of observations)
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 640
Rebekah wrote: "15.9 10 - 20. Time travelerThe Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
P 2002. B 1945
+15 pts - task
+10 pts - bonus
Task total - 25 pts
Grand total - 1255 pts"
I think my score is messed up and it is my own fault yet again. In post #1005, my grand total was 1255. In post #1038 I again put 1255 as my grand total when it should have been 1280 pts
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 not a novel (non-fiction)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 690
20.5 Post ColonialThe Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh
shelved 3 times as post-colonial
+20 pts - Task
+15 pts - Combos (10.5 - India & Burma, 10.7 - covers the time of King Thibaw's coronation in 1878 to late 1990's, 10.9 - all characters are either Burmese, Indian or Burmese Indian or Chinese Burmese mixes)
+10 pts - Non-western (India)
+ 5 pts - Jumbo (512) pages
Task Total - 50 pts
Grand Total - 1330 pts
10.3 Best TwistsThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
+ 10 task
+5 combo (10.9)
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 935
15.10 10-20 Time TravellerPattern Recognition by William Gibson
Published 2003 born 1948
+15 task
+10 bonus
Task total: 25
Completion bonus: 100
Grand Total: 485
10.7 - Multi-Century - Coralie's TaskA Reunion of Ghosts by Judith Claire Mitchell
+10 Task: 1868 - 2010
Grand Total: 1750
10.1 - Square PegThe Table of Less Valued Knights - Marie Philips
+10 task
Post total: 10
Grand total: 195
20.6 - Under 31The Ghost Network - Catie Disabato
(28 according to her tumblr)
+20 task
Post total: 20
Grand total: 215
20.9 - Novel LivesMurder as a Fine Art - David Morrell
(main character is Thomas De Quincey)
+20 task
Post total: 20
Grand total: 235
15.7 - Time-Traveler - Authors born 1958-1977The House at Riverton - Kate Morton
(published 2006; born 1976)
+15 task
+10 bonus
Post total: 25
Grand total: 260
15.8 - Time-Traveler - Authors born 1958-1977Still Life - Louise Penny
(published 2005; born 1958)
+15 task
+10 bonus
Post total: 25
Grand total: 285
15.9 - Time-Traveler - Authors born 1958-1977Lost in a Good Book - Jasper Fforde
(published 2002; born 1961)
+15 task
+10 bonus
Post total: 25
Grand total: 305
15.10 - Time-Traveler - Authors born 1958-1977Grave Peril - Jim Butcher
(published 2001; born 1971)
+15 task
+10 bonus
+100 completion bonus
Post total: 125
Grand total: 430
Ahhhh so excited that I finally finished at least a sub-challenge! :D
Sam wrote: "15.10 - Time-Traveler - Authors born 1958-1977Grave Peril - Jim Butcher
(published 2001; born 1971
It IS exciting. Congrats!
20.8 A Funny StoryThe Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.6)
+10 Not-a-Novel
+25 Oldies (1594)
Task Total = 60
Grand Total = 1505
Every 25 YearsPierrette by Honoré de Balzac
+20 Task (pub 1840)
+15 Oldies
Task Total = 35
Grand Total = 715
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Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
+10 task
+10 not a novel (memoir/essay)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 690