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SP 2014 RwS Completed Tasks - Spring 2014
15.3 Eye on the PrizeThe Carpathians by Janet Frame
Commonwealth Writers Prize
+ 15 task
+ 5 ( prior 1990 )
Total 20
Grand Total 180
15.7 - 1937 - Hawthornden PrizeIn Parenthesis by David Jones
+15 task
+5 pre-1990
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 455
20.10 I Love NYCThe Human Comedy: Selected Stories by Honoré de Balzac
+20 Task http://www.nybooks.com/books/imprints...
+ 5 Combo (20.1; Balzac 1799-1850)
+10 Not-a-Novel (stories)
+15 Oldies (pub ~1842)
Task total = 50
Grand Total = 345
10.1 Square PegJust Be Well: A Book for Seekers of Vibrant Health by Thomas A. Sult
+10 Task
+10 Not-a-novel (nonfiction)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 380
20.1 - Shakespeare's BirthdayPassing by Nella Larsen
(Assignment at BPL, can't find a Lexile)
+20 Task (1891-1964)
Task total=20
Grand total=900
20.10 I Love NYCThe Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
http://www.nybooks.com/books/browse/?...
+20 pts - Task
+ 5 pts - Combo (20.1, 1866-1941)
+10 pts - Oldies (pub in 1922)
Task Total - 35 pts
GRand Total - 750 Pts
I thought this was a timely title to read (smile)
10.4 Romeo and JulietMere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Task +10
Combo +5 (Shakespeare Bday)
Not a novel +10 (non-fiction)
Oldie (1901) + 10
Task Total = 35
Grand Total = 345
15.9 EotPA Taste for Death by P.D. James
Macavity Prize - 1987
+15 pts - Task
+10 pts - multi (Dagger)
+ 5 pts - (pub 1986)
Task total - 30 pts
Grand Total - 780 pts
20.8 - Spring FlingThe Girls by Helen Yglesias
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (20.1 - lived 1915–2008)
Task total=25
Grand total=925
Theresa~OctoberLace wrote: "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."It's always sad when we lose a great. Glad he left us so much material to enjoy!
Heather wrote: "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...."
Got it. Fixed now
Sarah wrote: "10.4 Romeo and JulietMere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Task +10
Combo +5 (Shakespeare Bday)
Not a novel +10 (non-fiction)
Oldie (1901) + 10
Task Total = 35
Grand Tota..."
I show a publication date of 1952 for this, earning 5 oldies points, not 10. You can make a request in this thread if you believe this date is incorrect.
From Post 587Karen GHHS wrote: "20.1 – Shakespeare’s Birthday
Leaf 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 Co..."
+5 Combo 10.8-publication date
Kate S wrote: "From Post 587Karen GHHS wrote: "20.1 – Shakespeare’s Birthday
Leaf Storm and Other Stories by Gabriel García Márquez
+20 Task: a sad loss, but a joy to read a Marqu..."
Thank you, Kate, I completely forgot to check that one!
20.1 - Shakespeare's BirthdayThe Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom by Slavomir Rawicz
+20 task (1915-2004)
+ 5 combo (10.8 B 1956)
+10 not-a-novel (non-fiction)
+ 5 oldies (1956)
Task total: 40 points
Grand total: 635
Task 15.2Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books
2002 Other nominees:
A Primate's Memoir (2001) by Robert M. Sapolsky
+15 Task
+05 Non-fiction
Task total: 15 + 05 = 20
Grand Total: 350 + 20 = 370
15.9 - 2012 - Pulitzer Prize for Biography - The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss+15 Task
+5 Nonfiction
Task total: 20
Grand total: 215
20.6 The TempestThe Dinner by Herman Koch
+20 Task (takes place in one evening, over dinner)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 235
20.7 Local TalentAustenland by Shannon Hale
+20 Task (Shannon Hale was born in SLC, UT and I live 30 miles north of there)
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 265
15.10 2001-Commonwealth Writer's Prize Best BookGould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish by Richard Flanagan
+15 Task
+150 EoTP Finisher
Grand Total = 510
10.8 War of RosesHenry VI, Part 1 by William Shakespeare
+10 pts - Task
+15 pts - Combo(10.2,10.4,20.1)
+10 pts - Non Novel
+25 pts - Oldies (1596)
Task Total - 60 pts
Grand Total - 840 pts
Task 20.8 - Spring Fling Read a book with a title which contains a 5 (or more) letter word with only one vowel.
FLASH
Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt (2014) by Michael Lewis (Hardcover, 274 pages)
+20 Task
+10 Not-a-Novel (non-fiction)
Task Total: 20 + 10 = 30
Grand Total: 370 + 30 = 400
20.5 - Othello: read a book where the narrator or protagonist is a member of a minority ethnic/racial group of the country in which the book is set. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford 4/25/14
Approved at this link
+20 task
+10 Combo (10.3 - 1,678 times Historical Fiction, 20.2 - 75 times War)
Task total: 30 points
EotP Total: 25
EotP Completion Bonus: 0
RwS Total: 1030
RwS Bonus: 0
Mega Bonus: 0
Grand Total: 1055
15.4 Eye on the PrizePaddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle
Man Booker
+15 task
Task Total 15
Grand Total 195
15.8 - 2009 - World FantasyThe City and the City by China Miéville
+15 task
+10 multi-award (also Arthur C. Clarke)
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 480
10.5 Twelfth NightThe Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931783/bi...
+10 pts - Task
+15 pts - Combo (10.2, 10.4 -#323 on list,10.6 -#41 on mental Illness list)
+10 pts - not a novel (play)
+ 5 pts - Oldies (1945)
Task Total - 40 pts
Grand Total - 880 pts
20.1 - Shakespeare's BirthdayGood Things in England by Florence White
+20 task (1863-1940)
+ 5 combo (20.8 Things)
+10 not-a-novel (non-fiction)
+10 oldies (1932)
Task total: 45 points
Grand total: 680
20.1 - Shakespeare's Birthday: The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor by Gabriel García Márquez
+20 Task: 1927-2014
+ 5 Combo: 10.8 - War of the Roses: published 1970
+10 Not a Novel(non fiction)
+10 Non Western
+ 5 Oldies (1970)
Task Total: 50
Grand Total: 970
20.8 - Spring FlingIn the Middle of the Night by Robert Cormier
+20 Task: most popular edition had no page # nIght
Grand Total: 990
20.1 - Shakespeare's BirthdayA Night in the Cemetery and Other Stories of Crime & Suspense by Anton Chekhov
+20 Task (1860-1904)
+ 5 Combo (20.8 - Night)
+10 Non-Western (Russia)
+10 Not-A-Novel
+10 Oldies (published 1880-1890)
Task total=55
Grand total=980
10.6 - Lady MacbethDevil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood by Jennifer Traig
+10 task (#53 on second list)
+10 Not-A-Novel
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 65
10.3 Julius CaesarThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
+10 task (shelved 722 times)
+5 Combo (10.4 #361 on list)
Task Total: 15 points
Grand Total: 1110 points
10.8 War of the RosesOf Love and Shadows by Isabel Allende
+10 task (published 1987)
+5 Oldies
Task Total: 15 points
Grand Total: 1125 points
15.1 2004 Arthur C. Clarke Air by Geoff Ryman+15 task
+10 Also James Tiptree Jnr
Task Total: 25 points
Grand Total: 1150 points
After falling into a well of escapist reading I finally finished a challenge book, yea!10.8 - War of the Roses
The Intellectual Life by Philip Gilbert Hamerton
+10 task (published 1873)
+10 Not-a-novel (non-fiction)
+10 oldie
Task total: 30 pts
Grand total: 105 pts
20.1 Shakespeare's BirthdaySnow Country by Yasunari Kawabata
+20 Task (1899-1972)
+10 Non-Western
+10 Oldies (1935)
Task Total = 40
Grand Total = 550
15.1 EotP1994 Commonwealth
Remembering Babylon by David Malouf
+15 Task
+10 Multi (1996 IMPAC)
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 715
20.8 Spring FlingMary Shelley: Frankenstein's Creator - The First Science Fiction Writer by Joan Kane Nichols
+20 Task (FIRST)
+10 Not-a-Novel
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 745
20.1 Shakespeare's BirthdayMary Shelley by Muriel Spark
248 pages
+20 Task (1918-2006)
+10 Not-a-Novel (Biography)
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 775
10.8 War of the RosesDangerous Liaisons by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
+10 Task (publication year)
+5 Combo (10.6)
+15 Oldies (1782)
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 805
20.8 Spring FlingSecrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas
+20 Task (nIght)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 910
20.8 Spring FlingFables, Vol. 7: Arabian Nights (and Days) by Bill Willingham
+20 Task (nIghts)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 930
20.8 Spring FlingThe Ghost and the Goth by Stacey Kade
+20 Task (ghOst)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 950
10.8 - War of the Roses: B) Read a book published during the anniversary of the War of the Roses. Imperial Woman by Pearl S. Buck 4/27/14
This book was published in 1956
+10 task
+5 Combo (20.1 - Author lived 1892-1973)
+5 Oldies (published 1956)
Task total: 20 points
EotP Total: 25
EotP Completion Bonus: 0
RwS Total: 1050
RwS Bonus: 0
Mega Bonus: 0
Grand Total: 1075
10.4 Romeo and JulietHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Lexile 950
+10 task (#101 on list)
+15 Jumbo (870 pages)
Task Total: 25 points
Grand Total: 1175 points
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Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels
Baileys / Orange Women's Prize for Fiction
+ 15 task
+ 10 ( also nominated for Scotia Giller Prize )
Total 25
Grand Total 160