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SP 2014 RwS Completed Tasks - Spring 2014
20.1 Shakespeare’s birthdayThe Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
+20 task (born 1866, died 1946)
+10 Oldies (published 1896)
Task Total: 30 points
Grand Total: 925 points
10.5 - Twelfth Night: read a book by an LGBT author.Fingersmith by Sarah Waters 4/16/14
Sarah Waters is a LGBT author as evidenced in this interview: http://www.afterellen.com/interview-w...
+10 task
+5 Jumbo 582 pages
Task total: 15 points
EotP Total: 0
EotP Completion Bonus: 0
RwS Total: 925
RwS Bonus: 0
Mega Bonus: 0
Grand Total: 925
15.9 Eyes on the Prize2010 Nebula
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
+15 Task
+10 Multi (2010 John W Campbell)
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 380
15.10 Eyes on the Prize1998 Martin Beck
An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears
+15 Task
EotP Completion: 150
Post Total: 165
Season Total: 545
20.8 Spring FlingThe Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
+20 Task (THINGS)
+5 Jumbo (512 pages)
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 570
20.4 HamletCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.4, 10.8B)
+10 Non-Western
+5 Jumbo (551 pages)
+10 Oldies (1866)
Post Total: 55
Season Total: 625
15.2 Eyes on the Prize1967 Nebula
Flowers for Algernon byDaniel Keyes Lexile 910
+15 task
+ 5 published before 1990 (pub 1966)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 175
20.1 ShakespeareThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
+20 Task (1860-1935)
+10 Combo (10.4, 10.6)
+10 Oldies (pretty sure all of these stories were published prior to Gilman's 1935 death)
+10 Not-a-Novel
Post Total: 50
Season Total: 675
10.10 Group ReadAmongst Women by John McGahern
+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.1-1934-2006)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 690
Kate S wrote: "Rosemary wrote: "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"
+5 Combo 10.4
ETA: +5 Oldies "
Thanks Kate! Don't know how I missed all that!
Congratulations to all of you who completed your Eye on the Prize challenge!
20.2 The HenrysMaus I : A Survivor's Tale : My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman
+20 Task (shelved as "War" 188 times)
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 245
15.10 1963 Batchelder Award The Little Man by Erich Kästner+15 task
+5 Pre-1990
Task Total: 20 points
EotP Completion Bonus: 150 points
Grand Total: 1095 points
20.2 The HenrysIn the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson
+20 Task
+10 Not-a-novel (nonfiction)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 360
10.10 Group ReadA Constellation of Vital Phenomena: A Novel by Anthony Marra
+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.2: shelved as "war" 55 times)
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 240
Task 15.1Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
2006 Longlist
Mr. Muo's Travelling Couch (2003) by Sijie Dai; translated by Ina Rilke (Paperback, 287 pages)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 335 + 15 = 350
15.5 - Booker 1981Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
+15 task
+5 pre 1990
task total: 20
grand total: 885
15.6 - Globe/Horn 1969A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
+15 task
+5 pre 1990
task total: 20
grand total: 905
20.1 Shakespeare' BirthdayA Bold Stroke for a Wife 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. 1717)
Task Total: 55
Grand Total: 160
20.8 Spring FlingRalph The Heir by Anthony Trollope
+20 Task (Ralph)
+5 Combo (10.8, pub 1871)
+10 Oldie
+5 Jumbo (544 pgs)
Task Total = 40
Grand Total = 280
15.6 - 2004 - PEN Translation PrizeSuite Française by Irène Némirovsky
+15 task
Task Total: 15 points
Grand Total:
15.6 - 1970 - Geoffrey FaberTroubles by J.G. Farrell
+15 pts - Task
+ 5 pts - Before 1990
+10 pts - Multi Award (also 1970 Booker)
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 435
20.1 – Shakespeare’s BirthdayLeaf Storm and Other Stories by Gabriel García Márquez
+20 Task: a sad loss, but a joy to read a Marquez I owned but hadn't read!
+ 5 Combo: 20.8 – Spring Fling (stOrm)
+10 Not a Novel (short stories)
+10 Non Western
+ 5 Oldies (1972)
Task Total:50
Grand Total:900
EotP15.6 - 2007 shortlist -- Samuel Johnson Prize. I read Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance by Ian Buruma.
+15 task
+5 nonfiction
Task Total: 20 points
Grand Total: 125 points
20.8 - Spring Fling Still Life with Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen
Task total=20 (still, crumbs)
Grand total=830
2 stars, barely
20.8 Spring FlingA Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
+20 Task
+ 15 combos
+10 not a novel
+25 oldies
Task Total = 70
Grand total = 310
20.4 HamletLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
+20 Task
+5 Oldies
+15 Combo (10.6, 10.8, 20.1)
Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 820
20.8 Spring FlingBlack Widow: The Name of the Rose by Marjorie M. Liu
+20 Task (blAck)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 840
15.1 - EotP - 2000 Somerset Maugham AwardAffinity by Sarah Waters 4/19/14
+15 task
+10 Multi Award (also 2001 Ferro-Grumley Award for Lesbian Fiction)
Task total: 25 points
EotP Total: 25
EotP Completion Bonus: 0
RwS Total: 925
RwS Bonus: 0
Mega Bonus: 0
Grand Total: 950
20.1 - Shakespeare's Birthday: Read a book by an author who was born in one century and died in the next.Henry IV, Part 2 by William Shakespeare 4/20/14
Shakespeare was born in 1564 and died in 1616.
+20 task
+10 Combo (10.2 - play, 10.4 - #313 on list)
+10 Not a Novel (Play)
+25 Oldie (published 1600)
Task total: 65 points
EotP Total: 25
EotP Completion Bonus: 0
RwS Total: 990
RwS Bonus: 0
Mega Bonus: 0
Grand Total: 1015
20.8 - Spring FlingFlush by Virginia Woolf
+20 Task
+10 Combo (20.1 b. 1882 d. 1941; 10.5)
+10 Oldies (p. 1933)
Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 200
Heather wrote: "15.4 - Bollinger 2012Snuff by Terry Pratchett
+15 task
task total: 15
grand total: 865"
You claimed this book in post 245 for 20.6. Do you want to move it to 15.4?
From Post 592Cory (Bigler) '00-'05 wrote: "20.4 Hamlet
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
+20 Task
+5 Oldies
+15 Combo (10.6, 10.8, 20.1)
Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 820"
+5 combo 10.4
From Post 599Ashley wrote: "20.8 - Spring Fling
Flush by Virginia Woolf
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.1 b. 1882 d. 1941)
+10 Oldies (p. 1933)
Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 195"
+5 Combo 10.5
The recent loss of Gabriel García Márquez adds an additional combo to the following:Post 142-Liz
Post 202-Theresa
Post 495-Theresa
+5 Combo for 20.1 has been added for each of these posts.
Kate, I felt so sad that Gabriel García Márquez passed away this past week. I knew he'd been ill, but hoped he'd recover.
From Post 588Nick wrote: "EotP
15.6 - 2007 shortlist -- Samuel Johnson Prize. I read Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance by Ian Buruma.
+15 task
+5 nonfi..."
+10 Multi (also won LA Times Current Events)
Kate S wrote: "Heather wrote: "15.4 - Bollinger 2012Snuff by Terry Pratchett
+15 task
task total: 15
grand total: 865"
You claimed this book in post 245 for 20.6. Do you want t..."
look at the author - the one I claimed for 20.6 was by Chuck Pahluniuk. this one is the one by Terry Pratchett. :-)
15.8 EotP2001-Cornelius Ryan Award
Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw by Mark Bowden
+15 Task
+5 Nonfiction
Task total: 20
Grand total: 240
EotP15.3 2013 World Fantasy
Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson, published 2012
+15 Task
Grand Total: 915
20.10 - I Love NYCThe Right Way to Do Wrong: A Unique Selection of Writings by History's Greatest Escape Artist by Harry Houdini
+20 Task (http://www.mhpbooks.com/?s=The+Right+...)
+10 Combo (20.1; 20.8)
+10 Not-a-Novel (non-fiction 364.163 H at BPL)
+10 Oldies (1906)
Task total=50
Grand total=880
15.2 EOTP - 2005 Michael L Printz Award Looking for Alaska by John Green
lexile 910
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 80
20.8 Spring FlingThe Lucky Dog Matchmaking Service by Beth Kendrick
The five letter word with one vowel in "Lucky"
Task +20
Style +0
Task Total: 20
Grand Total:60
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The Once and Future King by T.H. White
+10 task (pub 1958)
+ 5 jumbo (639 pages)
Task total: 15 points
Grand total: 570"
+5 Combo 10.4
ETA: +5 Oldies