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SP 2014 RwS Completed Tasks - Spring 2014
Kate S wrote: "Karen GHHS wrote: "10.10 Group ReadsAmongst Women by John McGahern
+10 Task
And I cut it close, but that's my RwS finish
+100
Grand Total: 1535"
+5 Combo 20.1 (..."
Thank you, Kate--- I didn't even check, sorry!
Karen GHHS wrote: "And I cut it close, but that's my RwS finish+100
Grand Total: 1535"
Congrats, Karen!
Theresa~OctoberLace wrote: "15.10 - Eyes on the Prize Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson 5/25/14
Lexile 810
Newbery Medal (1978)
+15 Task
+5 Pre-1990 (pub. 1977)
Task total: 20 points
..."
I am so sorry, Theresa. In reviewing your list, I found only 4 decades represented. One of the requirements for the EotP challenge is five different decades (by original publication date) be included in your chain. The decades I show are 1970-79, 1990-99, 2000-09, 2010-14. I am human and may have made an error somewhere, but at the moment, I do not have the EotP as complete for you.
10.8 War of the RosesPilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
+10 task
+ 5 oldie (published 1974)
Task total: 15
Grand total: 205
Kate S wrote: "One of the requirements for the EotP challenge is five different decades (by original publication date)"Kate, that's definitely my mistake. I've got a very heavy load on my mind right now and totally missed that part of the rules.
I know for certain I have a 1949 book I can use, so I'll read that or another qualifying book this week, then we can switch out one of the ones in my EotP group for that.
For now, just deduct the 350 points (150 for EotP and 200 for the Mega Finish), and I'll finish by Saturday.
Sorry for my screw-up!
I am glad you have an alternative. When you decide how you want to move things around, let me know.
20.7 Local TalentThe Next Rodeo: New and Selected Essays by William Kittredge
+20 Task William Kittredge was born in Portland, Oregon where I live.
+10 not-a-novel (essays)
Task total: 30
Grand Total: 525
Theresa~OctoberLace wrote: "Kate, that's definitely my mistake. I've got a very heavy load on my mind right now and totally missed that part of the rules..."Oh no! Thank goodness there is another book on hand. If your 1949 book is slow, here are a couple of other good books that should be quick reads:
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (Boston Globe-Horn Book)
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (Nebula)
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade (otherwise known as Marat/Sade) by Peter Weiss (PEN Translation)
20.3 - VeniceThe Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
+20 Task: after reading Christopher Moore's retelling The Serpent of Venice: A Novel, I had to read the original that inspired the task!
+15: Combo: 10.2 Play / 10.4 Romeo and Juliet / 20.1 Shakespeare's Birthday
+10 Not a Novel(play)
+25 Oldies (1600)
Task Total: 70
Grand Total: 1650
Liz M wrote: "If your 1949 book is slow, here are a couple of other good books that should be quick reads:A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (Boston Globe-Horn Book)..."
Thanks so much for the suggestions, Liz! The Man With the Golden Arm is really dragging...definitely not up to the movie with Frank Sinatra. I really need something that can lift my spirits right now.
Fortunately, my library had A Wizard of Earthsea available in the audiobook read by Rob Inglis. He's the same narrator who read The Hobbit so beautifully. It's exactly what I need.
Theresa~OctoberLace wrote: "Thanks so much for the suggestions, Liz! The Man With the Golden Arm is really dragging......"Oof, had I known that was your book I would have warned you off much more strongly! (I did not enjoy that book).
20.3 - ItalyDisobedience by Alberto Moravia
+20 task
+5 oldies (pub. 1948)
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 870
20.8 Spring FlingFor Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund
+20 Task (shOws, stArs)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 1740
20.1 Shakespeare's BirthdayKing John by William Shakespeare
+20 Task
+25 Oldies
+10 Not-a-Novel
+10 Combo (10.2, 10.4)
Task Total: 65
Grand Total: 1805
20.8 Spring FlingBitter Night by Diana Pharaoh Francis
+20 Task (nIght)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 1825
20.5 Otello (Minority)Thorn's Challenge by Brenda Jackson
+20 Task (both narrators/main characters are African-American)
+5 Combo (20.8)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 1850
10.4-Romeo and JulietHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix byJ.K. Rowling
+10 Task
+15 Jumbo (870 pp.)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 300
20.6 - TempestThe_Reluctant_Fundamentalist by Mohsin_Hamid
+20 task (approved in help thread)
+10 non-western (approved by Liz here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
Task total = 30
Grand Total: 380
20.10 I Love NYCLucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
+20 Task (NYRB: http://www.nybooks.com/books/browse/a...)
+5 Oldies (1954)
Task total: 25
+100 RWS finish
Grand total: 615
20.8 Spring FlingThrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder by Arianna Huffington
+20 Task (Third)
+10 Not-a-novel (nonfiction)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 645
15.3 EoPNewberry. 1951
Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates
Lexie 1090
+15 pts - task
+. 5 pts - oldie
Task total - 20 pts
Grand total - 1900 pts
20.3 The Merchant of VeniceThe Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare
+20 pts - Task
+15 pts - combo (20.1, 10.2, 10.4)
+10 pts - not a novel
+25 pts - oldies (1623)
Task total - 70 pts
Grand total - 1970 pts
Category change:In Post 534 I claimed Divergent and in post 664 I claimed Insurgent
Please change from from 10.7 to 20.2
New Grand total = 435
thanks!
Category changeIn post 705 I claimed Allegiant please change from 10.7 to 20.2
Task +20
Combo +5 (dystopia)
Jumbo +5
Task total = 30
Grand total = 445
Task 10.8 - War of the Roses -B) Read a book published during the anniversary of the War of the Roses. Eligible publication dates would be 1555-1587, 1655-1687, 1755-1787, 1855-1887, and 1955-1987.
1981
Lycanthia: or The Children of Wolves (1981) by Tanith Lee (Paperback, 220 pages)
+10 Task
+05 Oldies -25 to 75 years old: (1939-1989)
Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15
Grand Total: 630 + 15 = 645
10.10 Group ReadsA Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra
+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.2)
Task Total: 15
RwS Finish: 100
Mega Finish: 200
Grand Total: 2165
20.8 - Spring FlingAfter the Wreck, I Picked Myself Up, Spread My Wings, and Flew Away by Joyce Carol Oates
YA, Lexile 830 (but there aren't any applicable styles)
+20 Task (Wreck, Wings)
Task total=20
Grand total=1170
10.3 Julius CaesarThis book was shelved as historical fiction 722 times.
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
+10 task
+ 5 combo (10.4--# 361 on the list)
Task total: 15
Grand total: 220
Congratulations Karen, Cory and everybody else that did their mega-finish!
20.7 Local Talent - TexasSince You're Leaving Anyway, Take Out the Trash by Dixie Cash http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_...
Very much Texas culture and cliche. In fact, only Texans may be able to understand several inferences. There should be a glossary in the back
+20 pts - Task
+ 5 pts - Combo (20.8)
Task Total -25 pts
Grand Total - 1995 pts
Post 967 Karen GHHS wrote: "20.8 - Spring Fling:After the First Death by Robert Cormier, low lexile
+20 Task: fIrst
Grand Total: 1575"
Karen, this book is not shelved at BPL, and the Lexile rule does not apply. Does it qualify for any styles?
20.8 - Spring FlingNights at the Circus by Angela Carter
+20 task (nights)
+ 5 combo (10.8 pub.1984)
+ 5 oldies (1984)
Task total: 30 points
Grand total: 1695
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 967 Karen GHHS wrote: "20.8 - Spring Fling:After the First Death by Robert Cormier, low lexile
+20 Task: fIrst
Grand Total: 1575"
Karen, this book is not shel..."
It was first published in 1979, so it would get 5 for oldies. Thanks!
Also, sadly Maya Angelou has just died and I read a book by her, so I guess that adds 5 combo points if it's counted for happening during the challenge.
EotP15.10 1965 Nebula
Dune by Frank Herbert
+15 Task
+ 5 Pre 1990(1965)
Task Total: 20
EotP Finish: 150
Mega Finish: 200
Total this Post: 370
Grand Total:2020
+10 Missed oldies/Combo Points: 2030
Karen GHHS wrote: "EotP Finish: 150
Mega Finish: 200
"
Well done!
10.5 - Twelfth Night:The Snow Queen by Michael Cunningham
+10 Task: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_...
Grand Total: 2040
20.1 Shakespeare's BirthdayThe Beast Within by Émile Zola
+ 20 Task (1840-1902)
+ 10 Oldies (pub 1890)
Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 785
From Post 975Connie wrote: "10.8 War of the Roses
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
+10 task
+ 5 oldie (published 1974)
Task total: 15
Grand total: 205"
+10 Not-a-Novel (non fiction)
From Post 967Karen GHHS wrote: "20.8 - Spring Fling:
After the First Death by Robert Cormier, low lexile
+20 Task: fIrst
Grand Total: 1575"
This also qualifies for 10.8B-publication dates (+5 Combo)
Kate S wrote: "From Post 967Karen GHHS wrote: "20.8 - Spring Fling:
After the First Death by Robert Cormier, low lexile
+20 Task: fIrst
Grand Total: 1575"
This also qualifies fo..." ------ thanks, Kate- that one keeps getting me extra points!
From Post 981Don (The Book Guy) wrote: "15.9 EotP
Macavity Award for Best Mystery Novel
A Little Class on Murder by Carolyn G. Hart, published 1989
+15 Task, 1990 winner
+5 Publ. before 1990
Task Total:..."
+10 Multi (also the Agatha Winner)
Don (The Book Guy) wrote: "+150 Completion bonus..."Congrats on your award winning reading!
Karen GHHS wrote: "EotP Finish: 150
Mega Finish: 200"
Congrats times two!
Cory (Bigler) '00-'05 wrote: "RwS Finish: 100Mega Finish: 200
Grand Total: 2165"
Congrats, Cory. Snuck it in there, I almost missed this one. :)
Kate S wrote: "Karen GHHS wrote: "EotP Finish: 150
Mega Finish: 200"
Congrats times two!"
Thanks and also congratulations to all on another exciting challenge about to come to a close!
Kate S, now that I'm over my crisis (long story, but I saw a neurosurgeon last night with a referral diagnosis of inoperable brain cancer. Left overjoyed to find out the radiologist was way off base, and I have a benign neoplasm that can probably stay in my head forever), I'm ready to adjust my EotP for my error in forgetting about the 5 decades. The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo was used for EotP 15.9 in message #959, but I'm moving that to RwS and will post a separate message for that. Deduct 20 points
Bridge to Terabithia was posted for EotP 15.10 in message #962 with 20 task points. Let that be EotP 15.9 with no change in task points.
Current points:
EotP Total: 185
EotP Completion Bonus: 0
RwS Total: 1210
RwS Bonus: 100
Mega Bonus: 0
Grand Total: 1495
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Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Lexile 850
+20 task (b1867, d1957)
+5 Oldies (pub 1941)
Task Total: 25 points
Grand Total:..."
+5 Combo 10.4