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message 1001: by Katy (new)

Katy | 1216 comments 10.1 Square Peg

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

+10 task
+10 not a novel (memoir/essay)

Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 690


message 1002: by Katy (new)

Katy | 1216 comments 10.6 WILLA

Full-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


message 1003: by Elizabeth (Alaska) (new)

Elizabeth (Alaska) 15.9 10-20 Time Traveler

Plainsong by Kent Haruf
pub 1999, born 1943

+15 Task
+10 Bonus

Task Total = 25

Grand Total = 555


message 1004: by Rebekah (last edited Aug 23, 2015 10:36AM) (new)

Rebekah (bekalynn) 15.9 10 - 20. Time traveler
The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
P 2002. B 1945


+15 pts - task
+10 pts - bonus

Task total - 25 pts
Grand total - 1255 pts


message 1005: by Claire (last edited Aug 24, 2015 09:20AM) (new)

Claire Jefferies (clairesjefferies) | 157 comments 10.4 - TBR Roulette
Something 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


message 1006: by Jayme(theghostreader) (last edited Aug 23, 2015 07:23PM) (new)

Jayme(theghostreader) (jaymetheghostreader) | 2598 comments 20.8 A Funny Story
Good 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


message 1007: by El (new)

El | 300 comments 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


message 1008: by Coralie (new)

Coralie | 2768 comments 10.8 Summertime Heat

The Pool of Fire by John Christopher
Lexile 970

+10 Task
+5 Oldies (1968)

Task total: 15
Grand Total: 1020


message 1009: by Coralie (new)

Coralie | 2768 comments 15.9 Time-Leaper

Riding Lessons by Sara Gruen
Pub. 2004, Born 1969

+15 Task
+10 bonus

Task Total 25
grand Total 1045


message 1010: by Karen Michele (new)

Karen Michele Burns (klibrary) | 5290 comments 10.6 WILLA

All Over Creation by Ruth Ozeki

+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.2)

Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 1740


message 1011: by Claire (last edited Aug 30, 2015 07:13PM) (new)

Claire Jefferies (clairesjefferies) | 157 comments 20.2 - Awards
Interpreter 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


message 1012: by Elizabeth (Alaska) (new)

Elizabeth (Alaska) 15.10 10-20 Time Traveler

The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
pub 2007, born 1934

+15 Task
+10 bonus

+100 Time Traveler Completion Bonus

Task Total = 125

Grand Total = 680


message 1013: by Anika (new)

Anika | 2805 comments Krista wrote: "10.1 Square Peg
The 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 :-)


message 1014: by Anika (new)

Anika | 2805 comments 20.8 A Funny Story

The 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


message 1015: by Kate S (new)

Kate S | 6459 comments Claire wrote: "20.2 - Awards
Interpreter 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.


message 1016: by Kate S (new)

Kate S | 6459 comments Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "20.8 A Funny Story
Good 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)


message 1017: by Kate S (new)

Kate S | 6459 comments 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!


message 1018: by Kate S (new)

Kate S | 6459 comments Anika wrote: "+100 Finisher Bonus
+200 MegaFinish"


Way to Go, Anika! Congrats!


message 1019: by Kate S (new)

Kate S | 6459 comments Coralie wrote: "RWS completion bonus: 100"

Well done, Coralie!


message 1020: by Kate S (new)

Kate S | 6459 comments Karen Michele wrote: "+100 Time Traveler Completion"

Congratulations, Karen!


message 1021: by Kate S (new)

Kate S | 6459 comments Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "+100 Time Traveler Completion Bonus"

Congrats on your second 10-20 Finish, Elizabeth. Nicely done!


message 1022: by Cory Day (new)

Cory Day (cors36) | 1205 comments 20.3 - Post-modern

Any Human Heart by William Boyd

+20 Task

Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 675


message 1023: by Cory Day (new)

Cory Day (cors36) | 1205 comments 10.6 - WILLA

Dorothea 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


message 1024: by Cory Day (new)

Cory Day (cors36) | 1205 comments 10.2 - Subtitles

Primates: 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


message 1025: by Cory Day (new)

Cory Day (cors36) | 1205 comments 20.10 Books in Books

The 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


message 1026: by Kath (new)

Kath | 147 comments 20.10 Books in books

Pilgrimage: 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


message 1027: by Kath (new)

Kath | 147 comments 15.10 Time traveller

Authority by Jeff VanderMeer

b. 1968, p. 2014

+15 task
+10 bonus
+100 completion bonus

Task total 125

Grand total 765


message 1028: by Cory Day (new)

Cory Day (cors36) | 1205 comments 15.1 – 10-20 – Time Traveler (Round 2)

Pocket Apocalypse by Seanan McGuire

+15 Task

Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 755


message 1029: by Kate S (new)

Kate S | 6459 comments 10.10 Group Read

The Book of Salt by Monique Truong

+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.9)

Post Total: 15
Season Total: 550


message 1030: by Kate S (new)

Kate S | 6459 comments 20.5 Post Colonial

The Quiet American by Graham Greene

+20 Task
+5 Oldies (1955)

Post Total: 25
Season Total: 575


message 1031: by Kate S (new)

Kate S | 6459 comments 20.7 Jumbo

Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin

+20 Task
+10 Jumbo (768 pages in MPE)
+5 Oldies (1983)

Post Total: 35
Season Total: 610


message 1032: by Kate S (new)

Kate S | 6459 comments 20.8 A Funny Story

SeinLanguage by Jerry Seinfeld

+20 Task
+10 Not a Novel (collection of observations)

Post Total: 30
Season Total: 640


message 1033: by Rebekah (new)

Rebekah (bekalynn) Rebekah wrote: "15.9 10 - 20. Time traveler
The 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


message 1034: by Connie (new)

Connie  G (connie_g) | 1906 comments 10.2 Subtitles

Four 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


message 1035: by Rebekah (new)

Rebekah (bekalynn) 20.5 Post Colonial
The 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


message 1036: by Amanda (new)

Amanda | 1527 comments 10.3 Best Twists

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

+ 10 task
+5 combo (10.9)

Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 935


message 1037: by Kathleen (itpdx) (last edited Aug 26, 2015 01:02PM) (new)

Kathleen (itpdx) (itpdx) | 1727 comments 15.10 10-20 Time Traveller
Pattern Recognition by William Gibson
Published 2003 born 1948
+15 task
+10 bonus
Task total: 25
Completion bonus: 100
Grand Total: 485


message 1038: by Karen Michele (new)

Karen Michele Burns (klibrary) | 5290 comments 10.7 - Multi-Century - Coralie's Task

A Reunion of Ghosts by Judith Claire Mitchell

+10 Task: 1868 - 2010

Grand Total: 1750


message 1039: by Sam (new)

Sam (theliteraryhooker) | 1008 comments 10.1 - Square Peg

The Table of Less Valued Knights - Marie Philips

+10 task

Post total: 10
Grand total: 195



message 1040: by Sam (last edited Aug 26, 2015 07:55PM) (new)

Sam (theliteraryhooker) | 1008 comments 20.6 - Under 31

The Ghost Network - Catie Disabato
(28 according to her tumblr)

+20 task

Post total: 20
Grand total: 215



message 1041: by Sam (new)

Sam (theliteraryhooker) | 1008 comments 20.9 - Novel Lives

Murder as a Fine Art - David Morrell
(main character is Thomas De Quincey)

+20 task

Post total: 20
Grand total: 235



message 1042: by Sam (last edited Aug 26, 2015 07:58PM) (new)

Sam (theliteraryhooker) | 1008 comments 15.7 - Time-Traveler - Authors born 1958-1977

The House at Riverton - Kate Morton
(published 2006; born 1976)

+15 task
+10 bonus

Post total: 25
Grand total: 260



message 1043: by Sam (new)

Sam (theliteraryhooker) | 1008 comments 15.8 - Time-Traveler - Authors born 1958-1977

Still Life - Louise Penny
(published 2005; born 1958)

+15 task
+10 bonus

Post total: 25
Grand total: 285



message 1044: by Sam (new)

Sam (theliteraryhooker) | 1008 comments 15.9 - Time-Traveler - Authors born 1958-1977

Lost in a Good Book - Jasper Fforde
(published 2002; born 1961)

+15 task
+10 bonus

Post total: 25
Grand total: 305



message 1045: by Sam (last edited Aug 26, 2015 08:02PM) (new)

Sam (theliteraryhooker) | 1008 comments 15.10 - Time-Traveler - Authors born 1958-1977

Grave 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


message 1046: by Kathleen (itpdx) (new)

Kathleen (itpdx) (itpdx) | 1727 comments Sam wrote: "15.10 - Time-Traveler - Authors born 1958-1977

Grave Peril - Jim Butcher
(published 2001; born 1971

It IS exciting. Congrats!


message 1047: by Ed (new)

Ed Lehman | 2651 comments 20.3 - Post-modern

Loving Roger by Tim Parks

task +20
oldie +5 (1985)
total= 25

grand total = 2085


message 1048: by Anika (new)

Anika | 2805 comments 20.8 A Funny Story

The 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


message 1049: by Valerie (new)

Valerie Brown | 3285 comments 20.6 Under 31

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

20 task
15 oldie (1818)
____
35

Running total 700


message 1050: by Elizabeth (Alaska) (new)

Elizabeth (Alaska) Every 25 Years

Pierrette by Honoré de Balzac

+20 Task (pub 1840)
+15 Oldies

Task Total = 35

Grand Total = 715


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