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Su 2015 RwS Completed Tasks - Summer 2015
10.1 Square PegRodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney
( I couldn't take the nagging anymore and read another one. It's very hard to read when someone keeps reading over your shoulder and asking you what your favourite bit is. Only 7 more books of nagging to go!)
+ 10 task
Task total = 10
Grand Total = 195
Halfway to RWS finish already! I think this season i can make the Mega Finish!!
10.4 - TBR Roulette The Weight of Oranges / Miners Pond / Skin Divers: Poems by Anne Michaels
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 215
10.7 - Multi-Century - Coralie's Task:The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton
+10 Task: 1904 - 2014
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 225
10.9 - Diverse Genres - Cory Day's Task:The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor
+10 Task: Genres - Science Fiction / Fantasy, POC - Author & Main Character(s) African American and African
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 235
20.3 - Post-modernRabbit, Run by John Updike
task +20
combo +5 (20.6 published 1960, Updike born 1932)
oldie +5 (1960)
task total = 30
grand total = 315
20.1 Every 25 yearsCircle of Friends by Maeve Binchy
pub. 1990
20 task
10 oldie, jumbo
____
30
(revised) running total: 165
15.1 - 10-20 - Time TravelerDismissed with Prejudice by J.A. Jance
Pub 1989, Born 1944
+15 task
Task total: 15
Grand total: 15
15.2 - 10-20 - Time TravelerUrn Burial by Kerry Greenwood
Pub 1996, Born 1954
+15 task
+10 bonus
Task total: 25
Grand total: 50
Task 15.1 - 10-20 - Time LeaperAuthor birthday: 1928 –1947
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
Born: October 21, 1929
Published: 1971
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 75 + 15 = 90
Task 15.2 - 10-20 - Time LeaperAuthor birthday: 1928 –1947
The Doctor and the Kid (Weird West Tales #2) by Mike Resnick
Born: March 05, 1942
Published: 2011
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 90 + 15 = 105
Task 15.3 - 10-20 - Time LeaperAuthor birthday: 1928 –1947
Leaving Home: A Novel by Anita Brookner (Hardcover, 212 pages)
Born: July 16, 1928
Published: 2005
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 105 + 15 = 120
15.2 Time TravellerCharlotte Gray, Sebastian Faulks
pub 1998, born 1953
+15 task
+10 second book
Task total = 25
Grand total = 70
From Post 178Beth wrote: "20.1 - Every 25 Years:
A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov first published 1840
+ 20 task
+ 10 non-Western
+ 15 oldies
Task total: 45
Grand total: 200"
+5 Combo 20.6
From Post 200Beth wrote: "20.5 - Post-Colonial:
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
+ 20 task
+ 10 Non-Western
Task total: 30
Grand total: 230"
+5 Combo 10.5
Heather wrote: "20.9Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
+20 task
+5 combo (10.7 - 1818-2010)
task total: 25
grand total: 225"
This book qualifies for 10.2 (unique subtitle on MPE)...
Heather wrote: "20.2 - American Book AwardLies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen
+20 task
+10 not a novel (history)
+10 combo (10.2 - Everything your American history textbook go..."
Unfortunately, this one does not qualify for 10.2 (no sub-title on MPE)
15.2 10-20 Time TravelerUrn Burial by Kerry Greenwood
Publ 1996 Author Born 1954
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Task Total = 25
Grand Total: 80 + 25 = 105
Thank you. I missed the Tropic of Cancer connection and it didn't even occur to me to look up the age of Lermontov. I am assuming I dont need to repost the info. Please let me know if that is incorrect.
Karen Michele wrote: "10.4 - TBR Roulette The Weight of Oranges / Miners Pond / Skin Divers: Poems by Anne Michaels
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 215"
+10 Not a Novel
Beth wrote: "I am assuming I dont need to repost the info. Yes, there is no need to repost anything at this time. I just want to make it as clear as possible when a discretion between our scoring may occur.
Valerie wrote: "20.1 Every 25 yearsCircle of Friends by Maeve Binchy
pub. 1990
20 task
10 oldie, jumbo
____
30
(revised) running total: 165"
I show the following styles for this book:
+5 Oldies
+10 Jumbo
Which may change your total score.
Kate S wrote: "Karen Michele wrote: "10.4 - TBR Roulette The Weight of Oranges / Miners Pond / Skin Divers: Poems by Anne Michaels
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 215"
+10 N..."
Thanks, Kate!
10.3 TwistsThe Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
+10 Task (#159 on list when I looked)
+5 Combo (20.7)
+5 Jumbo (541 pages)
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 85
Kate S wrote: "Valerie wrote: "20.1 Every 25 yearsCircle of Friends by Maeve Binchy
pub. 1990
20 task
10 oldie, jumbo
____
30
(revised) running total: 165"
I show the following ..."
Well, of course I'll take an extra 5 pts! However, that confirms my confusion about jumbo style points. The actual edition I read was in the 500-699 category, but the GR most popular version has 722 pgs. So, for future reference - do I count the GR popular version? (Particularly interested since i am soon to start a 800+ pg book that GR lists as 776!)
Valerie wrote: "Well, of course I'll take an extra 5 pts! However, that confirms my confusion about jumbo style points. The actual edition I read was in the 500-699 category, but the GR most popular version has 722 pgs. So, for future reference - do I count the GR popular version? (Particularly interested since i am soon to start a 800+ pg book that GR lists as 776!) "Yes, we will always use the most popular (written) English edition for determining page count. Sometimes this adds points and sometimes it takes away, but overall it seems to even out over the season.
10.10 - Group readsThree Parts Dead by Max Gladstone
+ 10 task
+ 5 combo with 10.9 main character is person of color
+ 5 combo with 20.6 - his website is down but LinkedIn says he got his BA in 2002-2006. If he was 18 (likely) in 2002 then he was 28 when this book was published.
Task total: 20
Grand total: 260
Task 20.9 – Novel LivesWriter Henry James is one of two main protagonists (the other protaganist is Sherlock Holmes).
The Fifth Heart (2015) by Dan Simmons
+20 Task
+05 Jumbo: 500-699 Pages
Task Total: 20 + 05 = 25
Grand Total: 120 + 25 = 145
20.6 Under 31The Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon
+20 Task (born 1963 published 1988)
+5 Combo (20.3)
+5 Oldies (1988)
Task total: 30
Grand Total: 115
10.4 - TBR RouletteIf the River Was Whiskey by T.C. Boyle
+10 Task first book on my list
+10 Not-a-Novel (short stories)
+5 Oldies (1989)
Task total=25
Grand total=240
20.10 Books in BooksGift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
This book was mentioned in the novel The Aviator's Wife.
+20 task
+10 not-a-novel (nonfiction, essays)
+ 5 oldie (pub 1955)
Task total: 35
Grand total:180
15.2 10-20 Time Traveller Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie
Pub. 2011 born 1929
+25 task
Grand Total: 50
15.4 Time TravelerMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
+15 task
+10 bonus
Task total: 25
Grand total: 350 (Kate - did you accidentally skip recording my book post 193 or 195? in the total list i am missing 20 points)
15.2 - 10-20 - Time TravellerThe Laughing Monsters by Denis Johnson
Pub. 2014, Born 1949
+15 task
+10 bonus
Task total: 25
RwS total: 70
10-20 total: 40
Grand Total: 110
15.9 Time TravelerPossible Side Effects by Augusten Burroughs
task = 15
bonus = 10
task total = 25
grand total = 340
10.4 - TBR RouletteMetamorphoses by Ovid
+10 task
+5 combo (20.7 #402)
+10 not a novel
+25 oldies (8 ad)
+10 jumbo (723)
Task total: 60
Grand total: 410
20.4 The SouthThe Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers
lexile 900, takes place in Georgia
20 task
5 oldie (1946)
5 combo 20.6, she was 29 in 1946
____
30
Running total: 195
20.6 Under 31Humans of New York by Brandon Stanton
+20 Task (pub. 2013, author was 29 at time of publication)
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 125
(I don't know if this one is acceptable as it's mainly photographs that have captions or snippets of conversation underneath with an essay to begin and end the book...but I know I've used PostSecret books before and I would say the picture:word ratio was comparable. I just treated it like a graphic novel--task points only. Just let me know if it's not an acceptable book for this challenge. Thanks!)
10.2 - Subtitles Batman: Year One by Frank Miller
+10 Task: Graphic Novel - is the subtitle ok?
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 255
10.7 - Multi-Century - Coralie's Task:The House Girl by Tara Conklin
+10 Task: 1852 - 2004
+ 5 Combo: 10.9 - Diverse Genres (Historical Fiction / African American main character)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 270
20.8 - A Funny Story - Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task:Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
+10 Task: Comedy: 175
+10 Not a Novel (Play)
+25 Oldies (1599)
Task Total: 45
Grand Total: 315
10.5 June SolsticeSky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet by Xinran
+10 task (Author was born in China)
+15 combos (10.2 subtitle, 10.9 genre romance, 20.9 character is a real person Shu Wen)
+10 non-western (Chinese author)
Note: This book is called fiction on its copyright page, even though some GR readers have called it nonfiction. It's historical fiction. The copyright page and preface are viewable on the Barnes and Noble website if you need to see them. http://www.barnesandnoble.com/sample/...
Task total: 35
Grand total: 215
15.5 - 10-20 - Time TravelerEd King by David Guterson
pub 2011, born 1956
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Task Total = 25
Grand total = 115
15.3 - 10-20 - Time TravellerThe Maid's Version by Daniel Woodrell
Pub. 2013, Born 1953
+15 task
+10 bonus
Task total: 25
RwS total: 70
10-20 total: 65
Grand Total: 135
20.6 - Under 31Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
+20 Task (she is 24) http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by...
Grand Total = 95
10.2 - SubtitlesOut of Mao's Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a New China by Philip P. Pan
+ 10 task
+ 10 not a novel
Task total: 20
Grand total: 120
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The Orchard Keeper by Cormac McCarthy
pub 1965
+20 pts - Task
+ 5 pts - Combo (20.4 TN)
+ 5 pts - Oldies (1965)
Task Total - 30 pts
Grand Total - 80 pts