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Su 2015 RwS Completed Tasks - Summer 2015
15.5 - 10-20 Time TravelerHolidays on Ice by David Sedaris
+15 task
+10 bonus
total = 25
grand total = 200
20.8 Funny StoryDiary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Lexile 970
(Am now being told that I have to read the whole series by my daughter. If i can swing it, maybe, at least 4 books are on the list and qualify!)
+20 task
+ 5 combo (20.6 - published 2000, born 1971)
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 120
I can't believe I have finished 5 tasks already!
10.9 - Diverse GenresParable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
+10 task
+5 combo (20.3 - postmodern)
task total: 15
grand total: 15
10.2 - Subtitles Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
+10 Task
+10 Not a Novel (nonfiction)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 205
10.2The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson
+10 task
+10 not a novel (true crime)
task total: 20
grand total: 170
10.9 Diverse GenresSnow Hunters by Paul Yoon
+10 task (main character is North Korean)
grand total= 210
15.2 10-20 Time TravelerOrphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
Born 1964, Pub 2013
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 50 points
10.8 - Summertime Heat - Krista's Task:The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
+ 10 task
+ 10 oldies (published 1926)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 85
10.3 - TwistsThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
#192 on Twists list on 6/12/15
+10 Task
+10 Style Not-a-Novel (Memoir)
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 20
10.8 Summertime HeatBurning Bright: Stories by Ron Rash
Burning and Bright are both on the accepted word list. How lucky was that? I think I should get some sort of serendipity bonus. :-)
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo 20.4 (Set in North Carolina)
+10 Style Not-a-Novel (Short Stories)
Task Total = 25
Grand Total 20 + 25 = 45
Task 15.1 10-20 - Time TravelerThe Loop by Joe Coomer
Publ 1992 Author Born 1958
+15 Task
Task Total = 15
Grand Total 45 + 15 = 60
20.4 The SouthThe Secret Wisdom of the Earth by Christopher Scotton
Set in Kentucky
+20 Task
Task Total = 20
Sadly, I couldn't find any Combo or Style points -- but I'd been meaning to read this for awhile. I finally made it to the top of the library 'Hold' queue. Yay!
I thought it was a great book. I'm glad I read it now, even if it didn't get a ton of points.
Grand Total 60 + 20 = 80
15.3 - 10-20 Time TravelerThe Wind Is Not a River by Brian Payton
pub 2013, b. 1966
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Task Total = 25
Grand total = 65
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "15.3 - 10-20 Time TravelerThe Wind Is Not a River by Brian Payton
pub 2013, b. 1966
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Task Total = 25
Grand total = 65"
Oh man -- I loved this book!
20.4 The SouthReflections in a Golden Eye by Carson McCullers
+ 20 task
+ 10 combo (20.1 - approved, 20.6 - pub. 1940, born 1917)
+ 5 oldies
Task Total = 35
Grand Total = 155
Post 92 Anika wrote: "10.3 TwistsAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
+10 Task (#3 on the list)
+10 Oldies (pub. 1939)
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 40"
Surprising as it may seem, this is a YA Assignment at BPL with a 570 Lexile. Task, but no styles.
The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman
+20 pts - Task
Task Total - 20 pts
Grand Total - 20 pts
Rebekah wrote: "20.9 Novel LivesThe Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman
+20 pts - Task
Task Total - 20 pts
Grand Total - 20 pts"
When I read it, I had thought it worked for this category but when I went to the BPL link, they have it shelved as non-fiction. IS there anywhere else I can use this?
Rebekah wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "20.9 Novel LivesThe Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman
+20 pts - Task
Task Total - 20 pts
Grand Total - 20 pts"
When I read it, I had t..."
10.2
<20.4 The SouthSmoky Mountain Mysteries by Juanitta Baldwin
+20 pts - Task ( takes place in the Smoky Mountains of TN and NC
+10 - not a novel
Task total - 30 pts
Grand total - 30 pts
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 92 Anika wrote: "10.3 TwistsAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
+10 Task (#3 on the list)
+10 Oldies (pub. 1939)
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 40"
Surprising as it may seem, this is a YA Assignment at BPL with a 570 Lexile. Task, but no styles. "
I just checked, I lose 10pts for The A.B.C. Murders for the same reason. :( Didn't think to check these due to my automatic belief that they were adult books.
Will check my other Christie now, Thanks for pointing out Elizabeth. Just goes to show, you can't make assumptions about a book!
New Grand Total : 145
Amanda wrote: "I just checked, I lose 10pts for The A.B.C. Murders for the same reason. :( Didn't think to check these due to my automatic belief that they were adult books."No, the ABC Murders qualifies. BPL does not shelve/classify this as YA/Assignment/Juvenile, so the Lexile doesn't matter.
EDIT - no you're right, although I would not have gone looking for it under her author name. I check titles, and the title that comes up does not have the YA Assignment classification.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Amanda wrote: "I just checked, I lose 10pts for The A.B.C. Murders for the same reason. :( Didn't think to check these due to my automatic belief that they were adult books."No, the ABC Murders qualifies. BPL does not shelve/classify this as YA/Assignment/Juvenile, so the Lexile doesn't matter. "
Depends what entry you look at, there are multiple entries for the book and it is listed as YA Assignment on this page
http://catalog.brooklynpubliclibrary....
15.2 10 in 20A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews
pub. 2004 born 1964
task
15+10
_____
25
Running total: 110
10.6 WILLA Literary AwardJunction, Utah by Rebecca Lawton
won WILLA Literary Award for Original Softcover Fiction (2014)
+ 10 tast
Task total: 10
Grand total: 115
15.2 - 10-20 - Time TravelerGod Carlos by Anthony C. Winkler
Pub. 2012, Born 1942
+15 task
+10 bonus
Task total=25
Grand Total=125
20.3 Post ModernOdd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman
Lexile 820
+ 20 task
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 160
20.9 Novel LivesThe Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin
This book is about Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
+20 task
Task total: 20
Grand total: 110
10.4 TBR RouletteThe White Tower by Dorothy Johnston
This book is on my random list (message #41).
+10 task
Task total: 10
Grand total: 120
10.9 - Diverse GenresWhat the Greek's Money Can't Buy by Maya Blake
+10 task - written by a person of color (link)
Task total: 10 points
Grand total: 30 points
15.3 10-20 Time TravelerWhere'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
Born 1964, Pub. 2012
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 75 points
10.8 - Summertime HeatServed Hot by Annabeth Albert
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.9 – Romance listed on genre page; Robby is half Korean)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 15
15.1 - 10-20 - Time TravelerThe Dark Between the Stars by Kevin J. Anderson
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 40
10.9 - Diverse GenresIndigo by Beverly Jenkins
+10 Task (Romance on main page, author and main characters are all African-American)
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 50
20.6 - Under 31Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
+20 Task (pub. 2012 when Andrews was 30 - born in 1982 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_An...)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 70
20.4 - The SouthBurn for Me by Ilona Andrews
+20 Task (set entirely in Texas)
+5 Combo (10.8 – burn)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 95
20.3 - Post-modernThe Knight of the Swords by Michael Moorcock
+ 20 task
+ 5 age - published 1971
Task total: 25
Grand total: 140
15.1 - 10-20 Time TravelerBehind the Wall: A Journey Through China by Colin Thubron
+ 15 task
Task total: 15
Grand total: 155
20.8 - A Funny Story How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
+20 task (on page 3 of linked list in task description, shelved as comedy 73 times)
+ 5 combo (10.10 group reads)
+10 Not-a-Novel
Task total=35
Grand total=160
10.2 SubtitlesThe Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman
+10 pts - Task
+10 pts - not a novel
Task Total - 20 pts
Grand Total - 50 pts
Thanks, Ed! :)
From Post 119Tuyen wrote: "10.8 - Summertime Heat - Krista's Task:
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
+ 10 task
+ 10 oldies (published 1926)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 85"
+5 Combo 20.6 Under 31 (author born 1899, book published 1926)
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#69 on the list
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
20 task
5 combo (20.3 post modern)
5 jumbo
_______
30
Running total: 85