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SP 2014 RwS Completed Tasks - Spring 2014
EotP15.9 - 2000 National Book Award, nonfiction: In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick.
+15 task
+5 nonfiction
Task Total: 20 points
Grand Total: 190 points
20.5 - OthelloWhen the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
+20 Task--all the narrators are of Japanese descent living in the US.
+5 Combo (20.2-shelved as war 30 times)
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 465
Jama wrote: "20.1 2 century AuthorsWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Tolstoy (1828-1910)
20 point task
+25 combo (10.3, 10.4, 10.8, 20.2, 20.4)
+25 jumbo
+10 oldies (1868)
+10 non wester..."
Wow! Good for you to get it finished!
10.8 - War of the Roses:Henry VI, Part 1 by William Shakespeare
+10 Task: A: Set in the period of the War of the Roses
+15 Combo: 10.2 Play/ 10.4 Romeo and Juliet / 20.1 Shakespeare's Birthday
+10 Not a Novel
+25 Oldies (1594)
Task Total: 60
Grand Total: 1290
10.8 - Wars of the RosesHomecoming by Cynthia Voigt
Lexile 630, no style points
+10 task (pub. 1981)
Task total: 10 points
Grand total: 1385
10.5 Twelfth NightDust by Patricia Cornwell
+10 task
+5 jumbo missed on post 683
Task total: 15
Grand total: 155
20.1 - Shakespeare's BirthdayHouse-Bound by Winifred Peck
+20 task (1882-1962)
+ 5 oldies (1942)
Task total: 25 points
Grand total: 1410
20.4 philosophical lit. The Aleph and Other Stories by Jorge Luis Borges
20 point task
+5 combo (20.1) Borges 1899-1996
+5 oldies (1949)
+10 not a novel
+10 non western
Task total: 50
Grand Total: 240
Task 20.2 - The HenrysIn honor of Henry IV (Part 1 & 2), Henry V, and Henry VI (Part 1, 2, 3), read a book shelved as war at least 25 times.
On May 14, 2014 this book was shelved 28 times as war:
In the Shadow of Blackbirds (2013) by Cat Winters (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 387 pages)
Lexile HL800L
+20 Task
Grand Total: 520 + 20 = 540
10.2 Actor/WriterLong Day's Journey Into Night by Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953)
+10 task
+15 Combo (20.1, 20.6, 20.8)
+ 10 Not-a Novel
+5 Oldies (published 1941)
Task Total: 40 points
Grand Total: 1490 points
15.9 1942 PEN Translation The Stranger by Albert Camus+15 task
+5 prior to 1990
Task Total: 20 points
Grand Total: 1510 points
Rebekah wrote: "Jama wrote: "20.1 2 century AuthorsWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
."
Thanks Rebecca! I really enjoyed it, but wasn't expecting it to take me so long to read :-)
20.2 The HenrysThe Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
+20 task (shelved 37 times as war)
+5 Jumbo (517 pages)
Task Total: 25 points
Grand Total: 1535 points
10.4 Romeo and JulietHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
+10 Task
Task Total: 10 pts
Grand Total: 235 pts
20.6 - TempestThe Hours by Michael Cunningham
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.5 - wikipedia and Out Magazine, 10.6 - #18)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 435
Anika wrote: "10.8 War of the Roses (B)Sula by Toni Morrison
+10 Task (pub. 1973)
Task Total = 10
Grand Total = 315"
+5 Oldies
Anika wrote: "10.8 War of the Roses (B)Sula by Toni Morrison
+10 Task (pub. 1973)
Task Total = 10
Grand Total = 315"
+5 Oldies
Norma wrote: "10.5 Twelfth NightDust by Patricia Cornwell
+10 task
+5 jumbo missed on post 683
Task total: 15
Grand total: 155"
+5 Jumbo
20.1 Shakespeare's BirthdayThe Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal
+20 Task (1783-1842)
+ 5 Combo (20.3 - less than 10% takes place in France/Belgium)
+15 Oldie (pub 1839)
+ 5 Jumbo (532 pgs)
Task total = 45
Grand Total = 690
From Post 795Sarah wrote: "10.4 Romeo and Juliet
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
+10 task
+10 not a novel
Task total = 20
Grand Total = 390"
+5 Combo (20.4)
Heather wrote: "20.1 - 1882-1973The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
+20 task
+5 combo (10.4- #7)
+10 oldies (1937)
task total: 35
grand total: 1430"
+5 Combo (20.2-shelved 36 times as 'war')
10.8 - War of the RosesA Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
Published in 1977
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.7)
+5 Oldies (1977)
Task total = 20
Grand Total: 325
Task 20.1 - Shakespeare's Birthday: Read a book by an author who was born in one century (1501-1600, 1701-1800, 1901-2000, etc.) and died in the next.
Arnold Bennett
Born: in Hanley, Staffordshire, The United Kingdom : On: May 27, 1867
Died: March 27, 1931
Anna of the Five Towns (1902) by Arnold Bennett
+20 Task
+05 Combo (#20.8 towns)
+10 Oldies -76 to 150 years old: (1864-1938)
Task Total: 20 + 05 + 10 = 35
Grand Total: 540 + 35 = 575
10.4 Everyone Should ReadWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (Lexile 880)
+10 Task
+15 Oldies (published 1847)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 1340
15.10 - 2009 – Independent Foreign Fiction Prize – Longlist –HHhH by Laurent Binet+15 Task
Task Total: 15
EotP Completion Bonus: 150
Grand Total: 1505
20.1 Shakespeare's BirthdayHenry VIII by William Shakespeare
+20 Task
+10 Not-a-Novel
+25 Oldies
+10 Combo (10.2, 10.4)
Task Total: 65
Grand Total: 1570
20.4 Philosophical Lit.Macbeth by William Shakespeare
20 pt. task
+ 25 combo (10.2, 10.4, 10.6, 20.1, 20.2)
+25 oldies (1606)
+10 not a novel
Task total: 80
Grand Total 320
10.1 Square PegI Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
+10 pts - Task
+10 pts - Non-West (Pakistan)
+10 pts - Non Fiction
Task Total - 30 pts
RWS Completion Bonus - 100 pts
Mega Finish - 200 pts
Grand Total - 1575 pts
20.1 - Shakespeare's BirthdayIvanhoe by Walter Scott
+20 task (1771-1832)
+ 5 combo (10.4)
+15 oldies (1819)
+ 5 jumbo (544 pages)
Task total: 45 points
Grand total: 1455
20.8 Spring FlingCrewel World by Monica Ferris
+20 task
+5 (jumbo points missed on post 825)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 180
20.3 The Merchant of VenicePinocchio by Carlo Collodi Lex. 840
+20 pts - Task
+15 pts - Combo (10.8-pub 1880, 20.1 - b.1826 d.1901, 20.10 - NYRB)
+10 Oldies
Task Total - 45 pts
Grand Total - 1620 pts
10.4 Romeo & JulietHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Grandtotal: 245
20.8 Spring FlingSomeone To Watch Over Me by Lisa Kleypas
+20 Task (wAtch)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 1590
20.3 VeniceInvisible Cities by Italo Calvino
+20 Task (translated from Italian)
+5 Oldies (pub. 1972)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 1615
20.1 - Shakespeare's BirthdayDragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
+20 Task (1926-2011)
+5 Combo (10.8 - published 1968)
+5 Oldie (published 1968)
Task total: 30 points
Grand total: 190 points
15.6 - Eyes on the Prize The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss by Edmund de Waal 5/17/14
Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize (2011)
+15 Task
+5 Non-fiction
Task total: 20 points
EotP Total: 120
EotP Completion Bonus: 0
RwS Total: 1210
RwS Bonus: 100
Mega Bonus: 0
Grand Total: 1430
20.1 Shakespeare's birthdayKing Henry VI, Part 2 by William Shakespeare
+20 pts - task
+15 pts - combo (10.2, 10.4, 10.8)
+25 pts - oldies
+10 pts - not novel
Task total - 70 pts
grand total - 1690 pts
Does Sixth as in Henry VI count for Spring Fling task?
Rebekah wrote: "RWS Completion Bonus - 100 pts
Mega Finish - 200 pts"
Well done!
10.4 Romeo & JulietHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
+10 Task
Task total: 10
Grand total: 255
Task 15.5Nordic Council Literature Prize (2010), winner
Purge (2008) by Sofi Oksanen (Goodreads Author), (translated by Lola Rogers) (Paperback, 390 pages)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 575 + 15 = 590
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "RWS Completion Bonus - 100 pts
Mega Finish - 200 pts"
Well done!"
Thanks! However I feel like I have given myself too many points. I guess you'll let me know if I have ( smile)
15.7 - Eyes on the Prize The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion 5/18/14
National Book Award - Non-Fiction (2005)
+15 Task
+5 Non-fiction
Task total: 20 points
EotP Total: 140
EotP Completion Bonus: 0
RwS Total: 1210
RwS Bonus: 100
Mega Bonus: 0
Grand Total: 1450
20.1 - Shakespeare's BirthdayThe Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart
She died last weekend, sadly. I knew she was very old but I was hoping she would make it to 100
+20 task (1916-2014)
+ 5 combo (10.8, pub. 1970)
+ 5 oldies (1970)
Task total: 30 points
Grand total: 1485
20.1 - Shakespeare's BirthdayThe Hollow Hills by Mary Stewart
+20 task (1916-2014)
+10 combo (10.8 pub. 1973, 20.8 hills)
+ 5 oldies (1973)
Task total: 35 points
Grand total: 1520
15.3 EotPBel Canto by Ann Patchett
Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction 2002
+15 Task
+10 Two awards (International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award shortlist 2003)
Task total: 25 pts
Grand total: 165 pts
10.6 - Lady Macbeth:Surfacing by Margaret Atwood
+10 Task: Women and Mental Illness #43
+ 5 Oldies (1972)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 1340
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The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol (1842) by Nikolai Gogol; translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky (Paperback, 435 pages)
+10 Task
+10 Non-Western
+10 Not-a-Novel (novelettes and short stories)
+15 Oldies -151 to 250 years old: (1764-1863)
Task Total: 10 + 10 + 10 + 15 = 45
Grand Total: 475 + 45 = 520