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SP 2014 RwS Completed Tasks - Spring 2014
Rachelccameron wrote: "He was born in Lebanon but lived in France and now Canada... so I don't get non-western points right?"Right. Sorry, but he does not qualify as Non-Western either.
Kate, #313 on the list for 10.4 is The Complete Works by William Shakespeare. The Tempest alone is #745. Are you allowing The Complete List to qualify all of Shakespeare's plays for 10.4?
D wrote: "One thing I'm confused about though. When I look at the book's page it is still saying "first published January 1st 1959"."I've asked in the Librarian's Group for someone with more patience and knowledge than I have to separate out the short story editions from the novel editions. As long as those short story editions stay combined, I think the system will revert to the 1959 date. Never fear, we have entered 1966 in our Reading With Style database, and that will stick!
Theresa~OctoberLace wrote: "Kate, #313 on the list for 10.4 is The Complete Works by William Shakespeare. The Tempest alone is #745. Are you allowing The Complete List to qualify all ..."Yes. The complete works includes all of his plays, and we will count each of his plays under this task. :)
Thanks, Kate. That is a gift for several of us! That will add +5 for Richard II in Post #87 as well.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "D wrote: "One thing I'm confused about though. When I look at the book's page it is still saying "first published January 1st 1959"."I've asked in the Librarian's Group for someone with more pati..."
Thanks so much for explaining it. I wasn't concerned about the points, but it was driving me nuts trying to figure out why the page still said 1959, especially when I could see that you had tried to change it. And I don't blame you for not wanting to sort through at least 121 editions of Flowers for Algernon to separate the novel from the short story!
From Post 61Cory (Bigler) '00-'05 wrote: "20.2 The Henrys (War)
Henry V by William Shakespeare
+20 Task (shelved 25 times as war)
+10 Combo (10.2, 20.1)
+10 Not-a-Novel (play)
+25 Oldies (published 1600)
Task T..."
+5 Combo 10.4-#313 on linked list
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 49 Rachelccameron wrote: "10.2 Actor/WriterIncendies by Wajdi Mouawad
Translated as "Scorched" in English
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1......"
I read this version.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
For some reason the ISBN keeps coming up as the French version. I hope this okay?
Rachelccameron wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 49 Rachelccameron wrote: "10.2 Actor/WriterIncendies by Wajdi Mouawad
Translated as "Scorched" in English
https://www.goodreads.com..."
That's one of the English versions, and is 160 pages. Very good!
From Post 74Connie wrote: "20.5 Othello
Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America and American in Iran by Azadeh Moaveni
+20 task
+10 not a novel (non-fiction)
Task total: 30
G..."
This does not appear to work for 20.5. Much of this book seems to be about her as an American in Iran. As a foreigner, she is not a member of an Iranian minority
D wrote: "Kate S wrote: "From Post 76D wrote: "20.7 - Local Talent
Flying Home and Other Stories by Ralph Ellison
...Also, this looks like it would fit into 20.5-Othello. Are t..."
Great, D. I will add the 5 Combo points for
Kate S wrote: "D wrote: "Kate S wrote: "From Post 76D wrote: "20.7 - Local Talent
Flying Home and Other Stories by Ralph Ellison
Great, D. I will add the 5 Combo points for 10.5 20.5! "
Thanks, Kate!
10.5 Twelfth NightThe Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories by Carson McCullers
Carson McCullers is on Wikipedia's list of bisexual writers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category...
+10 task
+ 5 oldie (pub 1951)
+10 not a novel (short stories & novella)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 35
Kate S wrote: "D wrote: "Kate S wrote: "Great, D. I will add the 5 Combo points for 20.5!"Are these 5 points on the Readerboard you just posted, or will they be on next week? I'm showing 165 points on my records. (The problem is probably on Flying Home and Other Stories-- I picked up the extra 10 not-a-novel points, 5 Combo points for 20.5, and Elizabeth mentioned 5 Oldies points for this book in post 84. It is no big deal about 5 points, but I hate starting out the week all messed up. Thanks, and sorry for all the confusion.
D wrote: "Kate S wrote: "D wrote: "Kate S wrote: "Great, D. I will add the 5 Combo points for 20.5!"Are these 5 points on the Readerboard you just posted, or will they be on next week? I'm showing 165 poi..."
165 is correct. I actually made an unrelated data entry error and will correct it before I update the Readerboard. Thank you for letting me know.
Kate S wrote: "D wrote: "Kate S wrote: "...165 is correct. I actually made an unrelated data entry error and will correct it before I update the Readerboard. Thank you for letting me know."Great, thank you.
10.9 All the World's His StageShakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson
+10 pts - Task
+ 5 pts - Combo (10.2)
+10 pts - Non Novel (bio of Shakespeare)
Task Total - 25 pts
Grand Total - 70 pts
Rachelccameron wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 49 Rachelccameron wrote: "10.2 Actor/WriterIncendies by Wajdi Mouawad
Translated as "Scorched" in English
https://www.goodreads.com..."
I'm very sorry. I was thinking about poetry, not plays. Only poetry is edition specific. The most popular English language edition of this play is only 83 pages, so does not qualify.
15.3 1997-Bailey's Women's Prize for fictionLarry's Party by Carol Shields
+15 Task
+10 Multi Award (ScotiaBank Giller)
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 75
20.8 - Spring FlingIn the Heat of the Night by John Dudley Ball
+20 Task (Night)
+ 5 Oldies (1965)
Task total=25
Grand total=190
15.1 - 1998 - Scotiabank Giller Prize - Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood+15 task
+10 multi-award (also Baileys and Int'l IMPAC)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 25
10.7 DystopiaThe House of the Scorpionby Nancy Farmer
Lexile 660
Task Total: 10 points
Grand Total: 10 points
15.2 - 1996 – Premio Valle-Inclan – Distant Star by Roberto Bolaño +15 task
Task Total: 15 points
Grand Total: 140 points
Task 20.1 - Shakespeare's Birthday: In honor of William Shakespeare's 450th birthday (April 2014), read a book by an author who was born in one century (1501-1600, 1701-1800, 1901-2000, etc.) and died in the next.
Knut Hamsun
Born: in Lom, Gudbrandsdal, Norway : On: August 04, 1859
Died: February 19, 1952
Hunger (1890) by Knut Hamsun; translated by Robert Bly
+20 Task
+10 Oldies -76 to 150 years old: 10 points (1864-1938)
Task Total: 20 + 10 = 30
Grand Total: 45 + 30 = 75
20.8 - Spring FlingHow the Light Gets In bt Louise Penny
(light)
+20 Task
Task Total = 20
Grand Total: 20
Eyes on the Prize15.1 - 2006 - Gold Dagger nominee
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
+15 Task
Task Total = 15
Grand Total: 35
10.9 - All the World's His StageKing of Shadows by Susan Cooper
Lexile 1010.
Shakespeare is a character in the novel.
+10 task
Task total: 10 points
Grand total: 65
10.6 Lady MacbethThe Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
+10 task
+10 oldies (published 1920)
+20 combo (20.1 Shakespeare's Birthday - born January 24, 1862, died August 11, 1937
Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 70
20.1 Birthday Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
CS Lewis 1898-1963
Lexile 870
+20 Task
+5 Combo 10.4 The Complete Series is number 13 on the list. I assume, like Shakespeare's works, it's ok to read one of them?
+5 Oldies Published 1951
Task Total 30 points
Grand Total: 40 points
20.10 I love NYCThe Unknown Masterpiece; and, Gambara by Honoré de Balzac
+20 Task NYRB
+ 5 Combo (20.1 1799-1850)
+15 Oldies (orig pub 1837)
Task total = 40
Grand Total = 115
15.1 - Newberry Award 1923The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
+15 task
+5 pre-1990
task total: 20
grand total: 125
20.8 - Spring FlingRead a book with a title which contains a 5 (or more) letter word with only one vowel.
The Good Luck of Right Now by Matthew Quick
20 point task
Total points = 20
EotP15.2 - 2012 runner up - Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Nanjing Requiem by Ha Jin
+15 task
Task Total: 15 points
Grand Total: 35 points
20.2 War Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
Published 1957
Pasternak 1890-1960
+20 task
+10 non- western (Russian)
+10 Combo (20.1, 10.8)
+5 Oldies
+5 Jumbo
Task total: 50
Grand Total: 50
10.08b - War of the Roses(published 1955-1987)
The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel García Márquez
+10 task
+5 combo (20.1)
+10 non-Western
+5 oldies (pub. 1975)
Task total: 30 points
Grand Total: 90 points
10.1 Square PegPieces of Sky: A Memoir by Noelle Cablay
+10 Task
+10 Not-A-Novel (memoir)
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 50 points
15.1 Pub 1993, International IMPAC Dublin Lit Award 1996Remembering Babylon by David Malouf
+15 task
+10 multi-awards Commonwealth Writers Prize SE Asia and South Pacific Regional Award 1994
Task total: 25
Grand total: 60
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15.1 - 2006 - World Fantasy - Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami+15 task
+10 multi-award (Pen/Translation, International Foreign Fiction)
Task Total- 25 points
Grand Total -95 points
Post 118 Connie wrote: "10.5 Twelfth NightThe Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories by Carson McCullers
Carson McCullers is on Wikipedia's list of bisexual writers.
http://en..."
I'm very sorry to report this is listed as YA Assignment at BPL and has no Lexile score. The task points will count, but not the styles.
15.1 EotP1968--Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction--A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
+15 task
+5 pre-1990
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 50
15.5 (EotP) - 2011 - Walter Scott Prize - On Canaan's Side by Sebastian Barry+15 Task
Task total=15
Grand total=205
Post 133 Marie wrote: "Eyes on the Prize15.1 - 2006 - Gold Dagger nominee
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
+15 Task
Task Total = 15
Grand Total: 35"
I'm sorry, Marie. This has a YA designation at BPL and has no lexile score, so does not qualify for EotP. With the word "sharp" in the title, it does qualify for 20.8 Spring Fling. Let us know if you want to claim it there.
15.2 - 2009 - Samuel Johnson Prize - The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann+15 Task
+5 Nonfiction
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 45
From Post 126D wrote: "20.8 - Spring Fling
In the Heat of the Night by John Dudley Ball
+20 Task (Night)
+ 5 Oldies (1965)
Task total=25
Grand total=190"
+5 Combo 10.8-publication year 1955-1987
From Post 135Caitlin wrote: "10.6 Lady Macbeth
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
+10 task
+10 oldies (published 1920)
+20 combo (20.1 Shakespeare's Birthday - born January 24, 1862, died August ..."
Caitlin, each combo is worth 5 points. I show and it appears you have reported) Age of Innocence qualifying for one combo for a total of 5 points. If you see other combos available, please let me know. Thanks.
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Karen GHHS wrote: "20.2 – The Henrys:
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
+20 Task: shelved war 26 times
+20 Combo: 10.2 Actor/Writer (play) /10.4 Romeo and Juli..."
Thanks, Kate!