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Su 2015 RwS Completed Tasks - Summer 2015
20.8 - A Funny Story The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.3 Best Twists #164 / 20.6 - Under 31 (born 1563, published 1593)
+10 Not a Novel (Play)
+25 Oldies: 1593
Task Total: 65
Grand Total: 525
From Post 271Katrina wrote: "20.6 Under 30
The Gracekeepers, Kirsty Logan
http://www.amazon.com/Kirsty-Logan/e/...
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 90"
Unfortunately, it appears the Amazon article is a bit out of date. The author's website states she is 31 this year. This will not work for 20.6, sorry.
From Post 289Rebekah wrote: "20.10 Book in a Book
Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... The main charact..."
+5 Combo 20.7
Ed wrote: "15.10 Time TravelerNot My Father's Son: A Memoir by Alan Cumming
task +15
bonus +10
completion bonus = 100
total = 125
grand total = 465"
Congratulations on your 10-20 Finish! That was fast!
10.1 Square PegWe Are Not Ourselves by Matthew Thomas
+ 10 task
+ 5 jumbo
Task total: 15
Grand total: 180
20.8 - A Funny StoryThe Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
+20 Task
+10 Combo: 10.3 #164, 20.6 - Under 31 (born 1563, published 1593)
+10 Not a Novel (Play)
+25 Oldies: 1593
Task total: 65
Grand total: 525
15.7 - Time TravelerThe Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee by Sarah Silverman
pub 2010, born 1970
+15 task
+10 bonus points
Task total: 25
Grand total: 550
15.8 - Time travelerIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
pub 2011 born 1979
+15 task
+10 bonus
Task total: 25
Grand total: 575
20.1 - Every 25 YearsN.P. by Banana Yoshimoto
+20 Task: 1990
+10 Combo: 20.3 - Post-modern / 20.6 - Under 31 (Born 1964, Published 1990)
+ 5 Oldies
+10 Non Western (Japan)
Task Total: 45
Grand Total: 570
10.4 TBR RouletteThe Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers
task +10
combo +10 (20.4; 20.6 pub.1946, born 1917)
oldie +5 (1946)
total = 25
grand total = 530
15.6 10-20 Time TravelerI'm skipping You Know When the Men Are Gone because the GR date was wrong (now corrected), which would have made a duplication.
For this task:
Day After Night by Anita Diamant
pub 2009, born 1951
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Task Total = 25
Grand total = 140
10.5 June SolsticeA Golden Age by Tahmima Anam
(Author born in Bangladesh)
The author is on the linked list of Non-Western authors.
+ 10 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.9 Historical Fiction)
+ 10 Style: Non-Western
Task Total = 25
Grand Total: 155 + 25 = 180
20.8 A Funny StoryThree Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
+20 pts - Task
+10 pts Oldies (1889)
+ 5 pts - Combo (20.6 b 1859 p 1889)
Task Total - 35 pts
Grand Total - 145 pts
Kate S wrote: "From Post 271Katrina wrote: "20.6 Under 30
The Gracekeepers, Kirsty Logan
http://www.amazon.com/Kirsty-Logan/e/...
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 90"
Unfo..."
Damn, oh well I have plenty for this category if I ever manage to finish A Clash of Kings
Kate S wrote: "From Post 289Rebekah wrote: "20.10 Book in a Book
Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1......"
Thanks, Kate but I see the MPE as under 500 pages
Rebekah wrote: "Kate S wrote: "From Post 289Rebekah wrote: "20.10 Book in a Book
Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1......"
Thanks Rebekah. That page count was recently updated on GR and we will correct our database.
20.1 - Every 25 Years:Where You Once Belonged by Kent Haruf (pub. 1990)
+20 task
+5 oldies
Task total=25
Grand total=290
20.8 A funny storySquirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary by David Sedaris
20 task (123x as comedy)
5 combo 10.2 subtitle
10 not a novel (short stories)
____
35
Running total: 235
Task 15.4 - 10-20 - Time LeaperAuthor birthday: 1928 –1947
The Hourglass by Barbara Metzger
Born: February 15, 1944
Published: 2007
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 170 + 15 = 185
20.6 - Under 31:Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality by Scott Belsky
Scott was born in 1980 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_B... - and the book was published in 2010.
+ 20 task
+ 5 combo with 10.2 Subtitles
+ 10 not-a-novel
Task: 35
Grand total: 365
20.6 Under 31In the Night Garden by Catherynne M. Valente
+20 Task (born 1979 published 2006)
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 140
15.1 10-20 Time TravelerThe Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley
pub. 2014, birth 1938
+15 pts - Task
Task Total - 15 pts
Grand Total - 160 pts
20.6 - Under 31The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
+20 task (born 1970, published 1999)
Task total: 20 points
Grand total: 100 points
Task 10.01 - Square PegHistory of the Rain: A Novel (2014) by Niall Williams
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 185 + 10 = 195
15.9 - Time TravelerEuphoria by Lily King
pub 2014 born 1963
+15 task
+10 bonus
Task total: 25
Grand total:600
15.10 - Time Traveler Living with Intent: My Somewhat Messy Journey to Purpose, Peace, and Joy by Mallika Chopra
pub 2015 born 1971
+15 task
+10 bonus
Task total: 25
Time traveler bonus: 100
Grand total: 725
20.7 Jumbo BooksCan You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope
+20 Task (#423)
+5 Combo (20.1)
+10 Oldies (published 1865)
+15 Jumbo (847 pages)
Task total: 50
Grand Total: 190
20.9 - Novel LivesCatherine: A Story by William Makepeace Thackeray
+ 20 task - more info in different edition page Catherine: A Story
+ 5 combo w/ 10.5 Thackeray was born in India
+ 5 combo w/ 20.1 published 1840
+ 5 combo w/ 20.6 Thackeray born 1811 so was 29
+ 15 age
Task total: 50
Grand total: 415
15.4 - Time TravelerThe Making of Us by Lisa Jewell
Pub. 2011, Born 1968
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 140 points
15.3 – 10-20 – Time Traveler(Skipped Midnight Riot due to library hold)
The Amazing Absorbing Boy by Rabindranath Maharaj
+15 Task
+10 Time Traveler Bonus
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 205
10.10 - Group ReadsThree Parts Dead by Max Gladstone
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.9, 20.6)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 225
15.2 10-20 Time TravelerThe Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon by Alexander McCall Smith
+15 pts - Task
+10 pts - TT Bonus
Task Total - 25 pts
Grand Total - 185 pts
10.3 TwistsMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
+10 Task (#10 on the list)
Task Total = 10
Grand Total = 135
10.2 - SubtitlesThe Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester
+ 10 task
+ 10 not a novel
Task total: 20
Grand total: 200
Task 10.2 – SubtitlesThe Invisible History of the Human Race: How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures (2014) by Christine Kenneally
+10 Task
+10 Not-a-Novel: Non-fiction
Task Total: 10 + 10 = 20
Grand Total: 195 + 20 = 215
Oh gosh, I'm sorry. I didn't put the published at least 20 years ago into my spreadsheet.Thank you for switching it around for me. :)
Kate S wrote: "Jenifer wrote: "Task 20.7 Jumbo Books
A Desperate Fortune by Susanna Kearsley
528 pages
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.7, 20.1-pub 2015)
+5 Jumbo
Task Total: 35
Grand T..."
15.3 - 10-20 - Time LeaperMe Before You by Jojo Moyes
Pub. 2012, Born 1969
+15 task
Task total: 15
Grand Total: 100
Task 10.2 SubtitlesThe Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown
+10 task
+10 not-a-novel
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 120
10.7 Multi CenturyKindred by Octavia E. Butler
1815 - 1976
+10 pts - Task
Task Total - 10 pts
Grand Total - 195 pts
From Post 324Rebekah wrote: "20.8 A Funny Story
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
+20 pts - Task
+10 pts Oldies (1889)
Task Total - 30 pts
Grand Total - 140 pts"
+5 Combo 20.6 (author born 1859, book published 1889)
Eleanor wrote: "15.10 - Time Traveler Living with Intent: My Somewhat Messy Journey to Purpose, Peace, and Joy by Mallika Chopra
pub 2015 born 1971
+15 task
+10 bonus
Task total..."
Congratulations on completing your 10-20 Challenge, Eleanor!
From Post 308Karen Michele wrote: "20.6 - Under 31:
The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
+20 Task: Born 1921, Published 1946
+ 5 Oldies: 1946
+10 Non Western (Russia)
Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 400"
This should be 15 Oldies, published 1846
10.6 WILLAAll Over Creation by Ruth Ozeki
+ 10 task
+ 5 combo ( 20.2 )
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 260
10.9 - Diverse GenresDust by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
(Historical Fiction; Kenyan author)
+10 task
+10 non-Western (Kenyan born & citizen)
Task total: 20
RwS total: 90
10-20 total: 90
Grand Total: 180
Kate S wrote: "From Post 308Karen Michele wrote: "20.6 - Under 31:
The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
+20 Task: Born 1921, Published 1946
+ 5 Oldies: 1946
+10 Non Western (Russia..."
Thank you, Kate. I guess I was in a hurry on that one;) -- Sorry!
10.1 Square PegLifelogging. Wie die digitale Selbstvermessung unsere Gesellschaft verändert by Stefan Selke
(Lifelogging. How digitale self-measurement changes our society)
+10 task
+10 Not-A-Novel (non-fiction)
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 20
10.1 - Square Peg:Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare
+10 Task
+10 Not a Novel
+25 Oldies (1598)
Task Total: 45
Grand Total: 625
10.5 - June SolsticePalace of Desire by Naguib Mahfouz
+10 Task: Egypt
+ 5 Oldies (1957)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 640
20.3 - Post-modernThe Natural by Bernard Malamud
+20 Task
+ 5 Oldies (1952)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 665
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+20 Task: Born 1985, Published 2015
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Grand Total: 460