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SP 2014 RwS Completed Tasks - Spring 2014
EotP15.1 - 1985 winner - Miles Franklin Award - Shallows by Tim Winton
+ 15 task
+ 5 ( prior 1990 )
Task Total : 20 points
Grand total : 45 points
10.3 - Julius Caesar Read a book shelved as Historical Fiction at least 500 times.The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer 3/29/14
This book has been shelved as Historical Fiction 3,315 times.
Combos:
10.4 - #330 on the list
20.1 - Author lived 1934-2008
20.2 - Shelved as War 232 times
+10 task
+15 Combo (10.4, 20.1, 20.2)
Task total: 25 points
EotP Total: 0
EotP Completion Bonus: 0
RwS Total: 710
RwS Bonus: 0
Mega Bonus: 0
Grand Total: 710
10.7 Brave New WorldsThe White Mountains by John Christopher (1922-1912)
Published 1967, Lexile 920
+10 task
+10 Combo (10.8, 20.1)
+5 Oldies
Task Total: 25 points
Grand Total: 455 points
15.6 1977 - Gold Dagger AwardThe Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carré
+15 Task
+ 5 before 1990
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 190
10.4 This book is # 177 on the listAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
YA assignment, Lexile 570.
Task total: 10
Grand total: 105
10.7 - Brave New Worlds Read a dystopia book from the linked list.A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess 3/30/14
This book is on the specified dystopia book list.
Combos:
10.4 - #88 on the list
10.8 - published 1962
20.4 - #38 on the list of philosophical literature
+10 task
+15 Combo (10.4, 10.8, 20.4)
+5 Oldie (published 1962)
Task total: 30 points
EotP Total: 0
EotP Completion Bonus: 0
RwS Total: 740
RwS Bonus: 0
Mega Bonus: 0
Grand Total: 740
10.2 In Honor of Shakespeare read a playTamburlaine by Christopher Marlowe
+10 pts - Task
+ 10 pts - not a novel
+ 25 pts - Oldies (1590)
Task Total -45 pts
Grand Total - 565 pts
10.2 - Actor/WriterTwelve Plays by Joyce Carol Oates
+10 Task
+10 Not-A-Novel
Task total=20
Grand total=390
20.9 - Battle of the WildernessLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Max Lexile 1300
+20 task (Novels of the Civil War list)
+20 combo (10.3, 10.4, 10.8(b) 1868, 20.2)
+10 oldies (1868)
Task total: 50 points
Grand total: 345
20.3 VeniceUnder the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
+20 task
+5 COmbo (not a novel)
Task total = 25
Grand total = 165
10.4 Everyone Should ReadOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
+10 Task
Low Lexile, no style
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 450*
*I’m still off on my math – I added the 10 combo points Kate pointed out last time and now I’m 10 over what’s on the Readerboard. I’m pretty sure I’ve picked up all the negative points, so not sure what’s off kilter. My spreadsheet adds up ☺
10.8 War of the RosesKing Henry VI, Part 2 by William Shakespeare
+10 Task
+25 Oldies
+10 Not-a-Novel
+5 Jumbo (507 pg)
+15 Combo (10.2, 10.4, 20.1)
Task Total: 65
Grand Total: 515
20.5 Otello (Minority)King's Passion by Adrianne Byrd
+20 Task (all the main characters are African-American; it’s set in the USA)
+5 Combo (kIng’s)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 540
From Post 337Heather wrote: "20.10 - Melville House
Definitely Maybe by Arkady Strugatsky
+20 task
task total: 20
grand total: 495
edited to add that I no can has html, but the book is on the..."
+10 Non-Western
ETA: +5 Oldies (1974)
From Post 336Heather wrote: "20.7 - Riffle, WV (i'm from near Charleston, WV)
Men in Black: The Secret Terror Among Us by Gray Barker
+20 task
+10 not a novel
+5 combo (20.8 - black)
task to..."
+5 Oldies (1983)
From Post 331Isabell wrote: "20.2 - The Henrys
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Shelves 31 times as war
+ 20 Task
+ 5 Oldies (pub. 1945)
+ 10 Combo
10.4: #6
20.4: #74 on Philosophical Literature list
..."
+5 Combo 10.7
From Post 336Heather wrote: "20.7 - Riffle, WV (i'm from near Charleston, WV)
Men in Black: The Secret Terror Among Us by Gray Barker
+20 task
+10 not a novel
+5 combo (20.8 - black)
task to..."
+5 Combo (10.8-publication date)
From Post 337Heather wrote: "20.10 - Melville House
Definitely Maybe by Arkady Strugatsky
+20 task
task total: 20
grand total: 495
edited to add that I no can has html, but the book is on the..."
+5 Combo 10.8-publication date
Rebekah wrote: "20.5 OthelloStaying On by Paul Scott
+20 pts - Task
+ 5 pts - Oldies (1977)
Task Total - 25 pts
Grand Total - 520"
+5 Combo 10.8-publication date
Cory (Bigler) '00-'05 wrote: "*I’m still off on my math – I added the 10 combo points Kate pointed out last time and now I’m 10 over what’s on the Readerboard. I’m pretty sure I’ve picked up all the negative points, so not sure what’s off kilter. My spreadsheet adds up ☺ "After some research, I believe there are two addition errors causing this issue. In post 78 our totals agree at 215.
In post 183 you claimed 25, but had your total at 235 (should be 240).
Post 186, you posted a total of 320, then added 10 points (instead of 5) in post 275.
I also had a 5 point error in entry.
I think this will account for a total of a 10 point difference.
I am happy to give more information if needed.
Kate S wrote: "Cory (Bigler) '00-'05 wrote: "*I’m still off on my math – I added the 10 combo points Kate pointed out last time and now I’m 10 over what’s on the Readerboard. I’m pretty sure I’ve picked up all th..."I think we've got it, thanks! I've adjusted mine and it now matches the Readerboard. I had an extra 5 combo points (10.8) in Henry VI part 1 that I didn't post as a separate update, but I've taken it off because it doesn't fit the exact task restrictions. Theresa~OctoberLace did say she thought it fit the spirit of the task in the topic thread, but it's not in my total for now. Thanks again!
10.4 Romeo and Juliet Slaughterhouse-Fiveby Kurt Vonnegut
+ 10 task
+ 5 Oldies ( 1939-1989 )
+ 25 combo ( 10.3, 10.8, 20.1, 20.2, 20.4 )
Total 40
Grand Total 85
15.8 2008 Ditmar Award Tender Morsels by Margo LanaganLexile 950
+15 task
+10 Multiple awards – Also Printz
Task Total: 25 points
Grand Total: 480 points
20.4 - HamletSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Lexile 850
+20 task (on the Philosophical Novels list)
+25 combo (10.3, 10.4, 10.8(b) 1969, 20.1 1922-2007, 20.2)
+ 5 oldies (1969)
Task total: 50 points
Grand total: 395
20.5 - OthelloMarcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork
Lexile 700, no style points
+20 task (approved in help thread)
Task total: 20 points
Grand total: 415
10.8 War of the RosesA Card For The Clubs by Les Dawson
+10 Task (pub. 1974)
+5 Oldies (1974)
+5 Combo (20.8 - Clubs)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 180
20.4 HamletTill We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.8 - 1956; 20.1 - 1898-1963)
+5 Oldies (1956)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 215
15.9 1985 John W. Campbell Award The Postman by David Brin+15 task
+5 before 1990
Task Total: 20 points
Grand Total: 500 points
10.6 Lady MacBethSickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood by Julie Gregory
+10 Task
+10 Not-a-novel (memoir)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 235
20.1 - Shakespeare's Birthday Read a book by an author who was born in one century and died in the next.King Henry IV, Part 1 by William Shakespeare 3/31/14
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 1598)
Task total: 65 points
EotP Total: 0
EotP Completion Bonus: 0
RwS Total: 805
RwS Bonus: 0
Mega Bonus: 0
Grand Total: 805
20.2 - 613 timesThe Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
+20 task
+20 combo (10.3 - 750 times, 10.4 -#211, 20.5 - American soldiers in Vietnam, 20.8 - things)
task total: 40
grand total: 615
15.6 EotP2006 PEN Open
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
+15 Task
+10 Add'l award (Bailey's)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 170
EotP15.2 - 1987 - Arthur C. Clarke Award
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
+ 15 Task
+ 5 pre-1990 (1985)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 60
EotP15.3 - 1993 - Commonwealth Writers' Best Book
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
+15 Task
+10 Multi-award (also Man Booker Prize)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 85
Heather wrote: "20.2 - 613 timesThe Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
+20 task
+20 combo (10.3 - 750 times, 10.4 -#211, 20.5 - American soldiers in Vietnam, 20.8 - things)
task tot..."
This book does not qualify for 20.5. The American soldiers are not Vietnamese or long-term, permanent residents of Vietnam.
20.3 VeniceIf On a Winter's Night A Traveler by Italo Calvino
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.8 - 1979, 10.10, 20.8 - night)
+5 Oldies (1979)
Task total: 40
Grand total: 275
15.9 (EotP) - 1942 - Newbery MedalAdam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray (Lexile 1030)
+15 Task
+ 5 Pre-1990
Task total=20
Grand total=410
EotP15.2 2011 Triptree/Originally published 1983
Baba Yaga Laid an Egg by Dubravka Ugrešić
+15 Task
+ 5 Publication before 1990
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 600
10.3 – Julius Caesar :My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira
+10 Task: 528 shelvings
Grand Total: 610
10.1 Square PegHilarity Ensues by Tucker Max
+10 Task
+10 Not a Novel
Task Total: 20 points
Grand Total: 190 points
15.1 - 2011 - Gold DaggerCrooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
+15 task
Task Total: 15 points
Grand Total: 15 points
15.2 - 2006 - Samuel Johnson PrizeMurder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance by Ian Buruma
+15 task
+5 nonfiction
+10 multi-award (also 2006 LA Times Book Prize - Current Interest)
Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 45
15.10 1996 Baileys Women’s Prize Accordion Crimes by Annie Proulx+15 task
Task Total: 15 points
Completion Bonus 150 points
Grand Total: 665 points
20.8 Spring FlingShift by Hugh Howey
+20 Task (shift)
+5 Jumbo (608 pgs)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 300
10.1 Square PegRonan's Echo by Joanne van Os
+10 Task
Grand Total - 200
If I could, I would nominate this for our group reads next season. Unfortunately, it is not yet available in the US. But perhaps to peak your interest here is my review.
Task 10.10Group ReadsAmongst Women (1990) by John McGahern
Man Booker Prize Nominee for Shortlist (1990)
+10 Task
+05 Combo (#20.1 b. 1934 d. 2006)
Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15
Grand Total: 220 + 15 = 235
Joanna wrote: "20.8 Spring FlingShift by Hugh Howey
+20 Task (shift)
+5 Jumbo (608 pgs)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 300"
Sorry, Joanna, but the most popular English-language print edition of this book has only 448 pages (see FAQs for more information)
Coralie wrote: "15.10 1996 Baileys Women’s Prize Accordion Crimes by Annie Proulx+15 task
Task Total: 15 points
Completion Bonus 150 points
Grand Total: 665 points"
Congrats on your EotP finish, Coralie!
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15.3 - 2001 winner - Ferro-Grumley Award (Lesbian) - Affinity by Sarah Waters
+15 task
+10 also won 2000 award -- Somerset-Maugham Award
Task Total: 25 points
Grand Total: 60 points