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Su 2015 RwS Completed Tasks - Summer 2015
Coralie wrote: "10.9 Diverse GenresRedemption in Indigo by Karen Lord
+10 Task
Task total: 10
Grand Total: 1055"
+10 Non-Western
Kate S wrote: "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
Gran..."
Thanks, Kate!
20.9 Novel LivesKonstantin by Tom Bullough
+20 Task (Konstantin Tsiolkovsky)
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 1340
Task 20.3 - Post-modern:Read any work by one of these Post-modern Writers .
Writer: Annie Proulx
Fine Just the Way it Is (Wyoming Stories #3) (2008) by Annie Proulx (Hardcover, 221 pages)
+20 Task
+10 Non-Novel (Short Stories)
Task Total: 20 + 10 = 30
Grand Total: 555 + 30 = 585
Krista wrote: "+100 RwS Finish Bonus (All 10 & 20 point tasks completed)"Congratulations!!
"(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!)"
Good Luck!
Connie wrote: "+100 RwS Completion Bonus"Congratulations, Connie!!
Rebekah wrote: "+100 pts - completion bonus for sub-challenge+200 pts - mega finish"
Well done, Rebekah!
Kath wrote: "+100 RwS finish
+200 Mega finish"
Way to go, Kath!
Karen Michele wrote: "Rws Finish: 100Mega Finish: 200
Points this Post: 340
Grand Total: 2090 "
Nice, Karen!
Lagullande wrote: "+100 Time Traveler Completion Bonus"
Well done, Lagullande!
Jama wrote: "+100 pt. completion bonus"
Congrats, Jama!
Valerie wrote: "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."Kudos to you, Valerie!
Coralie wrote: "Completion bonus 50Mega Finish bonus 200"
Congratulations, Coralie!
10.10 - Group readsFranny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
+10 task
+ 5 oldies (1961)
Task total=15
Grand total=1125
Rebekah wrote: "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 shoul..."I see my score still doesn't match the reader board's tally so I guess this wasn't correct? It seems I either am counting an extra book or two or I'm missing books. Readerboard total is up to what I have for #1122 but the posts #1126 & 1127 brings my score up 100 points to 1930.
20.4 - The SouthTwilight: A Novel by William Gay
This book takes place in Tennessee and Alabama
task total: 20
grand total: 235
Rebekah wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "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 tot..."It appears we are 40 points apart. How many books did you read worth 40 points?
15.2 – 10-20 – Time Traveler (Round 2)The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
+25 Task
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 800
10.5 Summer SolsticeThe God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
+10 Task
+10 Combo 20.5, 10.9 Historical Fiction+Indian Protagonists
+10 Non-Western
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 850
10.2 SubtitlesDewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron
+10 Task
+10 Not-a-Novel
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 870
20.1 25 YearsThe Solitaire Mystery by Jostein Gaarder
+20 Task (1990)
+5 Oldies
+10 Non-Western
Post Total: 35
Season Total: 905
10.2 SubtitlesBeing Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
+10 task
+10 not a novel (non-fiction)
Task total: 20
Grand total:840
20.6 Under 31Near to the Wild Heart by Clarice Lispector
+20 Task
+10 Non Western
+5 Combo (20.3)
+5 Oldies
Post Total: 40
Season Total: 945
20.7 JumboCutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
+20 Task
+5 Combo 10.9 (Historical Fiction+African Protagonists)
+5 Jumbo
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 975
20.9 Novel LivesUnder the Wide and Starry Sky by Nancy Horan
+20 Task (Robert Louis Stevenson and his wife Fanny)
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 995
20.9 Novel LivesThe Dream Lover: A Novel of George Sand by Elizabeth Berg
+20 Task (George Sand)
+5 Combo 10.2
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 1020
10.1 Square PegSaint Odd by Dean Koontz
+10 Task
+100 RwS Finish
+200 Mega Finish
Post Total: 310
Season Total: 1360
Kate S wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "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..."I have only two books that earned 40 points.
Post # 595 Task 20.5 post colonial, East, West
Post # 761. Task 20.1 every 25 years. Hauntings and Other Fantastic Tales
Kate S wrote: "10.1 Square PegSaint Odd by Dean Koontz
+10 Task
+100 RwS Finish
+200 Mega Finish
Post Total: 310
Season Total: 1360"
Congratulations! People like me hold you back from getting this accomplished so you work twice as hard as the rest of us to get it done! Moderators are awesome!
Rebekah wrote: "Kate S wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "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..."Liz, don't worry about it. This is really a small thing in the big picture. I know you have a life outside of goodreads. It's really not necessary for you to have to waste any more time with it. Given my track record, I'm sure it is my mistake. Sorry for the trouble.
Kate S wrote: "+100 RwS Finish
+200 Mega Finish
"
Awesome!
Valerie wrote: "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 te..."
Congrats Valerie!
Coralie wrote: "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"
Congrats on your Mega Finish Coralie!
Kate S wrote: "10.1 Square PegSaint Odd by Dean Koontz
+10 Task
+100 RwS Finish
+200 Mega Finish
Post Total: 310
Season Total: 1360"
Wa-hoo!
Kate S wrote: "Valerie wrote: "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 j..."Thanks!
Krista wrote: "Valerie wrote: "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
Yip..."
Thanks!
20.7 Jumbo BooksSarum: The Novel of England by Edward Rutherfurd
#93 on the list
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.2 & 10.7 (Begins in 7500 BC and ends in 1985)
+5 Oldies (Pub. 1987)
+20 Jumbo (912 pages)
Task total: 55 pts
Grand total: 390 pts
20.7 Jumbo BooksThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
#4 on the list
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.3)
+15 Oldie (Pub. 1844)
+25 Jumbo (1276 pages)
Task total: 65 pts
Grand total: 455 pts
15.10 10-20 A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
(Publ 2015 Author Born 1951)
+15 Task
+10 Task Bonus
Task Total = 25
+ 100 Time-Traveler Completion Bonus
+ 200 Mega Finish
Grand Total: 925 +25 +100 +200 = 1,250
That's it for me! Thanks for another great Challenge. Onward to next season. :-)
Post 1155 Ed wrote: "20.3 - Post-modernHome Thoughts by Tim Parks
task +20
grand total = 2135"
There was an error in the GR database and this was originally published in 1988, so +5 Oldies points
10.7 - Multi-CenturyHistory of the People of Trinidad & Tobago by Eric Williams
+10 Task (spans from prior to the 15th century through the 1960s)
+10 Non-Western (Trinidad and Tobago)
+5 Oldies (1962)
Task Total: 25
Completion Bonus: 100
Mega Bonus: 200
Grand Total: 1135
Cory Day wrote: "10.7 - Multi-CenturyHistory of the People of Trinidad & Tobago by Eric Williams
+10 Task (spans from prior to the 15th century through the 1960s)
+10 Non-Western ..."
Wa-hoo! Congratulations on your Mega Finish!
Krista wrote: "Cory Day wrote: "10.7 - Multi-CenturyHistory of the People of Trinidad & Tobago by Eric Williams
+10 Task (spans from prior to the 15th century through the 1960s)..."
Thanks! I didn't think I'd finish that one, but I finally got through it!
10.2 - SubtitlesMs. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 1145
Great challenge, all and on to fall!I'm working on one last book, but doubt I'll get through it in time so good night and see you in September!
20.3 - Post ModernThe Beach - Alex Garland
+20 task
+5 combo (20.6 - 26 when published)
Post total: 25
Grand total: 455
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