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SP 2014 RwS Completed Tasks - Spring 2014
15.8 1983 - Winifred Holtby PrizeWaterland by Graham Swift
+15 Task
+ 5 Before 1990
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 240
15.4 - 1979 - Martin BeckSouthern Seas by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán
+15 task
+5 before 1990
Task Total: 20 points
Grand Total: 310 points
Kate S wrote: "Connie wrote: "10.8 War of the RosesFoe by J.M. Coetzee
+10 task (pub 1986)
+ 5 oldie
+10 non-Western author (South African)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 165"
Sorr..."
I didn't realize he was a citizen of Australia. I'll adjust my points, Kate.
Task 20.10 - I Love NYC:Anton Chekhov
Born: in Taganrog, Russian Federation : On: January 29, 1860
Died: July 15, 1904
Peasants and Other Stories (1903) by Anton Chekhov; edited by Edmund Wilson (Paperback, 479 pages)
The stories by Chekhov were first published 1894 – 1903. Edmund Wilson chose the stories in this volume, and added a 5 page introduction; this version was first published in 1956. Goodreads has the publication date as 1947, I'm not sure why. I count collections like this as having been first published in the year of the latest-published story, which was Betrothed published in 1903, so I added +10 Oldies points. The moderators will decide which date is correct for RWS :0)
+20 task (NYRB: http://www.nybooks.com/books/imprints... )
+05 Combo (#20.1 b. 1860 d. 1904)
+10 Non-Western
+10 Not-a-Novel (novellas and short stories)
+10 Oldies -76 to 150 years old: (1864-1938)
Task Total: 20 + 05 + 10 +10 + 10 = 55
Grand Total: 280 + 55 = 335
10.2 - Actor/WriterLes Mains sales - Jean-Paul Sartre
+10 task
+10 not-a-novel (play)
+5 oldies (1946)
Post total: 25
Grand total: 105
10.3 - Julius Caesar Read a book shelved as Historical Fiction at least 500 times.The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom 4/12/14
This book has been shelved as historical fiction 1,345 times.
+10 task
Task total: 10 points
EotP Total: 0
EotP Completion Bonus: 0
RwS Total: 860
RwS Bonus: 0
Mega Bonus: 0
Grand Total: 860
20.7 - Local TalentHons and Rebels by Jessica Mitford
Jessica Mitford was born in Gloucestershire, part of my local region agreed in the help thread.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_...
+20 task
+ 5 combo (20.10 http://www.nybooks.com/books/imprints... )
+10 not a novel (memoir)
+ 5 oldies (1960)
Task total: 40 points
Grand total: 550
15.7 1998 Forward Prize for Poetry Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes+15 task
+5 Non-fiction
Task Total: 20 points
Grand Total: 850 points
15.8 1974 World Fantasy Award The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip+15 task
+5 pre-1990
Task Total: 20 points
Grand Total: 870 points
15.5 - 1997 - Miles FranklinJack Maggs by Peter Carey
+15 task
+10 multi-award (also Commonwealth Best Book)
Task total: 25 points
Grand Total: 335 points
The Wonder: A Woman Keeps a Secret by Susanna Centlivre+20 Task (Shakespeare's Birthday--Centlivre, b. 1667-1670 d. 1723)
+5 Combo (Actor/Writer--it's a play)
+10 Not-a-Novel
+20 Oldies (p. 1714)
Task Total: 55
Grand Total: 105
Post 523 Coralie wrote: "15.8 1974 World Fantasy Award The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip+15 task
+5 pre-1990
Task Total: 20 points
Grand Total: 870 points"
I'm so sorry, this is listed as Juv Fiction at BPL and has a Lexile of 780. It is not eligible for EotP.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 523 Coralie wrote: "15.8 1974 World Fantasy Award The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip+15 task
+5 pre-1990
Task Total: 20 points
Grand Total: 870 poi..."
I thought I had checked them all. I must have missed that one.
10.8 War of the RosesThe Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip
Lexile 780
+10 task (published 1974)
Task Total: 10 points
Grand Total: 860 points
20.6 - Tempest: read a novel that takes place in one day.Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf 4/13/14
This book takes place in one day and is on the first suggested linked list.
Combos:
10.4 - #387
10.5 - http://www.uis.edu/lgbtq/virginiawoolf/
10.6 - #13 on the linked list of Women and Mental Illness
20.1 - author lived 1882-1941
+20 task
+20 Combos (10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 20.1)
+10 Oldies (pub. 1925)
Task total: 50 points
EotP Total: 0
EotP Completion Bonus: 0
RwS Total: 910
RwS Bonus: 0
Mega Bonus: 0
Grand Total: 910
Coralie wrote: "10.8 War of the RosesThe Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip
Lexile 780
+10 task (published 1974)
Task Total: 10 points
Grand Total: 860 points"
I'm glad you found a place for it!
20.2 - The HenrysHenry V by William Shakespeare
+20 Task
+15 Combo, 20.1, 10.2, 10.4
+10 Not a novel
+25 Oldies
Task total: 70
Grand Total: 405
20.8 Spring FlingBig Girls Don't Cry: The Election that Changed Everything for American Women by Rebecca Traister
+20 Task "Girls"
+10 Not-a-novel nonfiction
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 200
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Coralie wrote: "10.8 War of the RosesThe Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip
Lexile 780
+10 task (published 1974)
Task Total: 10 points
Grand Total: 860 poin..."
Now I'm having fun trying to decide which World Fantasy Award winner I will replace it with.
Rosemary wrote: "20.7 - Local TalentHons and Rebels by Jessica Mitford
Jessica Mitford was born in Gloucestershire, part of my local region agreed in the help thread.
http://en.wikipe..."
+5 Combo 10.8 publication date
D wrote: "20.6 - TempestThe Hours by Michael Cunningham
+20 Task
Task total=20
Grand total=770"
+10 Combo (10.5, 10.6)
From Post 491Don (The Book Guy) wrote: "Shakespeare's Birthday
Father Brown of the Church of Rome by G.K. Chesterton
+20 Task
+5 combo, 20.8 spring fling (Brown or Church)
+10 Not a novel
Task total: 35
..."
+10 Oldies (it appears all of these stories were published prior to Chesterton's death)
Coralie wrote: "15.7 1998 Forward Prize for Poetry Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes+15 task
+5 Non-fiction
Task Total: 20 points
Grand Total: 850 points"
Sorry, with a Dewey Decimal Number of 821 at the BPL, this does not qualify for the Non-Fiction points.
20.1 - Shakespeare's BirthdayIt's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
700 Lexile
+20 Task (1981-2013; Vizzini died 4 months ago) Vizzini_NYTimes
Task total=20
Grand total=800
Kate S wrote: "From Post 393Arow wrote: "EotP
15.2 - 1987 - Arthur C. Clarke Award
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
+ 15 Task
+ 5 pre-1990 (1985)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 6..."
Thanks! I don't know how I missed that.
15.4 - 2002 - Man Booker PrizeLife of Pi by Yann Martel
+15 Task
+10 Multi-award (Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 120
15.8 - 1987 - Arthur C. Clarke Award - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood+15 Task
+5 Before 1990
+10 Multi Award (also Commonwealth Writers' Best Book)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 195
10.3 Historical FictionThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
(Lexile 850)
+10 Task (shelved as historical fiction by 1,464 users)
+5 Oldies (pub. 1958)
+15 Combo (10.4, 10.8, 20.8)
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 680
20.8 Spring FlingAnna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
+20 Task (frEnch)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 720
20.8 Spring FlingFirst Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones
+20 Task (fIrst, rIght)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 740
15.5 - 2009 – Los Angeles Times Book Prize Biography – Winner – Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand+15 Task
+5 Not-a-Novel
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 760
15.8 2003 Scotiabank Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood+15 task
+10 Multi-award Baileys Women’s
Task Total: 25 points
Grand Total: 880 points
15.9 2004 International IMPAC The Master by Colm Tóibín+15 task
Task Total: 15 points
Grand Total: 895 points
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 437 Rebekah wrote: "10.7 Brave New WorldEnder's Game by Orson Scott Card
+10 pts - Task
+10 pts - Combo (10.8 -pub 1985,..."
Thanks!
15.7 1988 Miles Franklin AwardOscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey
+15 pts - Task
+10 pts - Also on ManBooker prize
+ 5 pts - pub before 1990
Task total - 30 pts
Grand Total - 685 pts
10.6 - Lady MacbethThe Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
+10 Task (#61 on list)
Task total=10
Grand total=810
5 stars, fantastic book
10.8 - Wars of the RosesThe Once and Future King by T.H. White
+10 task (pub 1958)
+ 5 jumbo (639 pages)
Task total: 15 points
Grand total: 570
20.4. HamletThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
+20 task (Best Philosophical Literature, #57)
+ 5 combo (10.4 #127)
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 65
20.1 – Shakespeare’s Birthday:The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.2 – Actor/Writer (play)
+10 Not a Novel
+25 Oldies (1609)
Task Total: 60
Grand Total: 790
20.5 – OtelloFire in the Streets by Kekla Magoon
+20 Task: Historical fiction about the Black Panther Party. Main characters all African American.
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 810
20.10 – I Love NYCThe Lake by Banana Yoshimoto
+20 Task: published by Melville House
+10 Non Western (Japanese)
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 840
15.7 EotP1997 LA Times Book Prize – Current Interest
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures by Anne Fadiman
+15 Task
+5 Nonfiction
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 220
15.8 EoP2012 LA Times Book Prize-Current Interest
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo
+15 pts - Task
+10 pts - also won NBA- NF, short listed for Samuel Johnson Prize
+ 5 pts - non fiction
Task total - 30 pts
Grand Total - 715 pts
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Awesome! Thanks, Kate :)