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Su 2015 RwS Completed Tasks - Summer 2015
10.4 TBR RouletteThe Diving Pool: Three Novellas by Yōko Ogawa
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo (20.1 - Publ 1990)
+10 Style (Non-Western, set in Japan)
Task Total = 25
Grand Total: 775 + 25 = 800
10.7 Multi-CenturyChronicles of Old New York: Exploring Manhattan's Landmark Neighborhoods by James Roman
300 years of New York City history
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.2 - Subtitles)
+10 Style (Not-a-Novel, Non-Fiction)
Task Total = 25
+100 RwS Finish Bonus (All 10 & 20 point tasks completed)
Grand Total: 800 + 25 +100 = 925
(I'm madly reading to finish the 10th 10-20 task before Monday! Of course I had to pick a long book for the final task. Ha!)
Task 10.2 – SubtitlesThe Oregon Trail: A New American Journey (2015) by Rinker Buck
+10 Task
+10 Not-a-novel: Non-fiction
Task Total: 10 + 10 = 20
Grand Total: 510 + 20 = 530
Kath wrote: "15.10 Time travellerAuthority by Jeff VanderMeer
b. 1968, p. 2014
+15 task
+10 bonus
+100 completion bonus
Task total 125
Grand total 765"
Congratulations on your 10-20 Finish, Kath!
Rebekah wrote: "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."I will investigate this and see what I can figure out. It may be tomorrow before I can get you an answer, however.
itpdx wrote: "15.10 10-20 Time TravellerPattern Recognition by William Gibson
Published 2003 born 1948
+15 task
+10 bonus
Task total: 25
Completion bonus: 100"
Well done, itpdx!
Sam wrote: "Ahhhh so excited that I finally finished at least a sub-challenge! :D"Congratulations, Sam!
20.9 - Novel LivesAlice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin
+20 Task (about Alice Liddell – the supposed inspiration for Alice in Wonderland)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 775
15.7 Time TravelerMelmoth the Wanderer by Charles Robert Maturin
p 1820, b 1782
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 635
15.8 Time TravelerThe Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg
b. 1770 p 1824
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 660
15.9 Time TravelerTales of the Alhambra by Washington Irving
b 1783 p 1832
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 685
15.10 Time TravelerThe Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal
b. 1783 p 1839
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
+100 Time Traveler Bonus
Post Total: 125
Season Total: 810
10.3 TwistsWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
+10 task (# 65 on list)
+15 oldie (pub 1847)
+100 RwS Completion Bonus
Post total: 125
Grand total: 815
15.10. Time TravelerWe Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates
p. 1996. b. 1938
+ 10 pts - task
+ 15 pts - bonus
+100 pts - completion bonus for sub-challenge
+200 pts - mega finish
Task Total - 315 pts
Grand Total -1645 pts
Rebekah wrote: "+200 pts - mega finish"
Well done!
Sorry i know this time is a busy one for you but I would like to move The House on Mango Street from 20.2 Awards to 20.5 Post colonial. This will not affect scoring.Thanks!
20.2 AwardsA Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True by Brigid Pasulka
+20 task
+100 RwS finish
+200 Mega finish
Task total 320
Grand total 1085
Congratulations to all - this has been a great challenge season----- so many great finishes!20.7 - Jumbo Books
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.3 - Best Twists
+ 5 Jumbo: 528 pages
+10 Oldies: 1868
Task Total: 40
Rws Finish: 100
Mega Finish: 200
Points this Post: 340
Grand Total: 2090
Karen Michele wrote: "Mega Finish: 200"
Well done!
20.10 Books in BooksKing Lear by William Shakespeare
+20 Task (mentioned in Station Eleven)
+25 Oldies (1604)
+10 Not-a-Novel
Task Total = 55
Grand Total = 1560
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Karen Michele wrote: "Mega Finish: 200"
Well done!"
Seconded! :-)
15.9 10-20 time travelerSarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler
15 pt. task
+10 bonus
Task total 25
Grand total 320
20.7 Jumbo BooksAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
+ 20 task
+ 5 jumbo
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 960
Kate S wrote: "15.10 Time TravelerThe Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal
b. 1783 p 1839
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
+100 Time Traveler Bonus
Post Total: 125
Season Total: 810"
good for you!
20.6 Under 31A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov
pub 1840 born 1814
+20 pts - Task
+ 5 pts = Combo (20.1)
+15 pts - Oldies
+10 pts - Non Western
Task Tota - 50 pts
Grand Total - 1695 pts
10.7 Multi-centuryThe Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America by Thomas King
+10 task. 1492 to present
+5 combo 10.2
+10 not a novel (nonfiction)
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 510
20.8 ComedyMuch Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
+20 Task: Comedy (178 )
+10 Not a Novel
+25 Oldies (1600)
Task Total - 55 pts
Grand Total - 1750 pts
15.10 - 10-20 - Time TravellerThe Bone People by Keri Hulme
Pub. 1984, Born 1947
+15 task
+10 bonus
+100 Time Traveller Completion Bonus
Task total: 125
RwS total: 210
10-20 total: 315
Grand Total: 525
Task 15.7 - 10-20 - Time LeaperAuthor birthday: 1928 –1947
Oxford Blood (Jemima Shore #5) (1985) by Antonia Fraser (Paperback, 224 pages)
Born: 1932
Published: 1985
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Task Total: 15 + 10 = 25
Grand Total: 530 + 25 = 555
Rebekah wrote: "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 "The error is an older one. I think I may have screwed up the scores at some point. In post 726, you changed your total to match the Readerboard, but that new total doesn't match what is in the database. I'm not sure what I copied for that Readerboard, but I think I may have led you astray. I show your current total (through post 1084) at 1305.
15.10 10-20 Time TravelerThe Postman by David Brin
15 pt. task
+10 pt. bonus
+100 pt. completion bonus
Task total: 125
Grand total: 445
15.10 time travelerStation Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
b. 1979 pub. 2014
15 task
10 bonus
100 finish bonus
____
125
Running total 825
Yippee! I can't tell you how happy I am to finish this task. 7 out of the 10 books were dependent on the library - and someone had the nerve (ha, ha...) to take out Station Eleven just as I was finishing 15.9. I didn't think I'd get the book in time. This will be my highest 'score' for the year, as I will be away for a portion of the fall challenge.
15.10 Time-LeaperThe South by Colm Tóibín
Pub. 1990, Born 1955
+15 Task
+10 bonus
Task Total 25
Completion bonus 50
Mega Finish bonus 200
grand Total 1330
Kate S wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "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 128..."That wasn't even the error I was thinking of,but I went back and added all my books, more than once and I get I have read 42 books with total points of 1775 pts. I got that answer twice so I am going to use that when I post my next book. However, I will defer to your more credible math skills. (smile)
20.8 - A Funny Story As You Like It by William Shakespeare
+20 task
+10 not a novel
+25 oldies
Task total - 55
Grand total - 1830 pts
10.9 - Diverse Genres Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan
task +10 (historical fiction)
non-western +10
not a novel +10 (short stories)
total = 30
grand total = 2115
10.4 TBR RouletteBrother, I'm Dying by Edwidge Danticat
+10 task
+10 not-a-novel (memoir)
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 530
itpdx wrote: "10.4 TBR RouletteBrother, I'm Dying by Edwidge Danticat
+10 task
+10 not-a-novel (memoir)
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 530"
Kathleen, I'm sorry. One of the editions of this at BPL is shelved as YA Biography and there is no Lexile. Task, but no styles.
20.4 The SouthBurning Bright: Stories by Ron Rash
(North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
+20 pts - Task
+10 pts - Combo (10.7- Civil War to present, 10.8)
+10 pts - Not a Novel
Task - 40 pts
Grand Total - 1870 pts
20.8 A Funny StoryThe Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
+20 Task
+5 Combo 10.3 (#176)
+10 Not-a-Novel
+25 Oldies (pub. 1600)
Task Total - 60 pts
Grand Total - 1930
I stayed up late to finish the last two. I have one more non-fiction book to read but I'm only 25% into it. I thought I'd have time to finish today but folks are coming over for dinner so ll have to stay up late tonight for that. I hope I finish it because so far there is no where to put it in the Fall challenge. Anyway I'm still proud of myself. It's been a while since I was able to complete a challenge much less go beyond. I don't know how next season will be but I'm looking forward to it!
20.3 Post ModernFour Souls by Louise Erdrich
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.6, 10.9)
Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 745
And that will do it for me for Summer. I was glad to fit this one in. At the beginning of the season, I could only hope to finish the sub-challenge twice, and I managed 2 bonus books! Whoohoo!
20.7 - Jumbo booksOutlander by Diana Gabaldon
+20 task
+10 combo (10.7, 10.9)
+15 jumbo
Task total: 45
Grand total: 1835
20.5 - Post-ColonialDogeaters by Jessica Hagedorn
+20 task (shelved 4 times)
+20 combo (10.9 Filipino author/characters + historical fiction; 20.1 1990; 20.2 ABA award; 20.3)
+5 oldies
Task total: 45
Grand total: 1880
20.10 Books in BooksMrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
mentioned in Adeline: A Novel of Virginia Woolf
+20 task
+10 oldies
Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 990
And I finished Dalloway! By my reckoning there is still 32 hours to finish The Custom of the Country, but since I have to go to work, I am not sure I will make it.
Amanda wrote: "20.10 Books in BooksMrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
mentioned in Adeline: A Novel of Virginia Woolf
+20 task
+10 oldies
Task Total = 30
Grand Total ..."
Hope you get the chance!
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "20.3 Post ModernFour Souls by Louise Erdrich
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.6, 10.9)
Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 745
And that will do it for me for Summer. I was glad to ..."
Way to go!
From Post 1099Connie wrote: "10.3 Twists
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
+10 task (# 65 on list)
+15 oldie (pub 1847)
+100 RwS Completion Bonus
Post total: 125
Grand total: 815"
+5 Combo 20.6 (author born 1818, book published 1847)
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In Post 1017, I incorrectly claimed Combo points for Task 20.10 when claiming points for Jane Eyre. So I'm deducting those combo points here.
-5 Combo Points
Grand Total: 780 - 5 = 775