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SP 2016 RwS Completed Tasks Spring 2016
20.6-The Bronte SistersThe First Bad Man by Miranda July
+20 Task (both parents are writers)
+10 Combo (10.7, 20.5 http://www.vogue.com/8139675/miranda-... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda...)
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 180
Ashley wrote: "20.6-The Bronte SistersThe First Bad Man by Miranda July
+20 Task (both parents are writers)
+10 Combo (10.7, 20.5)
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 180"
Please provide links. I see in her GR profile that both parents are writers, but there is no link to see if those are books or articles.
15.4 Waters of the WorldReal World by Natsuo Kirino
Pacific Ocean / Japan
+15 Task (author born/nationality/setting)
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 725
10.8 - License to Write:Shrinks: The Untold Story of Psychiatry by Jeffrey A. Lieberman (the author is a psychiatrist, approved on the help thread)
+10 task
+10 Not-a-Novel (nonfiction)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 65
20.2-Graham GreeneThe Seven Seas by Rudyard Kipling
MPE says it was originally published 2001, which is obviously wrong.
Wikipedia says 1896 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudyard...
+20 task
+10 not-a-novel
+10 oldies
+10 combo (20.5 - wrote poetry, novel length fiction, and short fiction; 20.4 - d. 1936)
Task total: 50
Grand total: 625
20.2-Graham GreeneDancing Girls by Margaret Atwood
+20 task
+10 combo (10.8 - post 86; 20.5 - post 3
+10 not-a-novel (short stories)
+ 5 oldies (1977)
+ 5 multiple
Task total=50
Grand total=975
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Ashley wrote: "20.6-The Bronte SistersThe First Bad Man by Miranda July
+20 Task (both parents are writers)
+10 Combo (10.7, 20.5)
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 180..."
I provided a link to wikipedia, which includes stories and novels, and a link to an article she wrote for Vogue (It wasn't clear that she wrote articles in the wiki); and I wasn't sure if screenwriting counted.
Ashley wrote: "I provided a link to wikipedia, which includes stories and novels, and a link to an article she wrote for Vogue (It wasn't clear that she wrote articles in the wiki); and I wasn't sure if screenwriting counted. ."Thanks. Yes, playwright/screenwright counts and the wikipedia link includes a link to her father, so that will work also.
20.2 Graham GreeneAtonement by Ian McEwan
+20 task
+15 combos ( 10.2, 20.5 - approved, 20.6 - approved)
Task Total = 35
Grand Total = 525
10.4 - Popular GenreThe Child's Child by Barbara Vine
+10 task
+ 5 combo (10.7)
+ 5 multiple
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 750
20.2 Graham GreeneMusic & Silence by Rose Tremain
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.7)
+ 5 Multiple
Task Total = 30
Grand total = 345
20.3 Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraAn Inquiry Into Love and Death by Simone St. James
+20 Task
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 380
10.6 bookloversThe Club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
+ 10 - task
+ 15 - combo(10.4, 20.3, 20.5 - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artur..., 20.6 - approved in thread)
Task total - 25 pts
Grand Total - 295 pts
10.1 Square PegAgnostic: A Spirited Manifesto by Lesley Hazleton
+10 Task
+10 Not-A-Novel
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 200
20.5-R.K. NarayanShort Friday and Other Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer (note: MPE is listed as a Spanish edition, but the cover is in English, and Worldcat says it is English. I wasn't sure if I should edit it, so I used the next edition listed.)
+20 task
+10 combo (10.8 - post 142; 20.6 - post 115)
+10 not-a-novel (short stories)
+ 5 oldies (1960)
+ 5 multiple
Task total=50
Grand total=1025
Post 472 Rebekah wrote: "10.6 bookloversThe Club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
+ 10 - task
+ 15 - combo(10.4, 20.3, 20.5 - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artur..., 20.6 - approved ..."
I see novels and non-fiction on the link. Is there something else? (If he wrote the screenplays for the films, that would work.)
20.10 -- Autobio/Bio/MemoirWaterlog by Roger Deakin
Verification: http://www.worldcat.org/title/waterlo...
20 Task
10 Not-a-Novel -- (nonfiction)
5 Multiple
Points This Post: 35
Total Points So Far: 225
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 472 Rebekah wrote: "10.6 bookloversThe Club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
+ 10 - task
+ 15 - combo(10.4, 20.3, 20.5 - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artur...-..."
This part was under the heading Controversies;
"Pérez-Reverte's script for the film "Gitano" in the late nineties also brought a case of plagiarism against the author, of which he was exonerated several times. However, Pérez-Reverte still had to pay 212,000 euros when the Audiencia Provincial de Madrid accepted an appeal by the plaintiff.[6]"
Nick wrote: "20.10 -- Autobio/Bio/MemoirWaterlog by Roger Deakin
Verification: http://www.worldcat.org/title/waterlo......"
Combo points for 10.2, one word title
Rebekah wrote: "This part was under the heading Controversies;"Pérez-Reverte's script for the film "Gitano" in the late nineties also brought a case of plagiarism against the author, of which he was exonerated several times. However, Pérez-Reverte still had to pay 212,000 euros when the Audiencia Provincial de Madrid accepted an appeal by the plaintiff.."
Ok, we'll add him. I was in no way going to go researching.
Also, to everyone, it would be most helpful if you would post in the help threads rather than here in the completed tasks thread.
20.4 - Evelyn WaughAnne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery
Lexile 890
+20 task
+10 combo (10.8 approved, 20.5 approved)
+ 5 multiple
+10 oldies (1915)
Task total: 45
Grand Total: 795
20.5 R.K. NarayanClouds and Eclipses: The Collected Short Stories by Gore Vidal
+20 Task (help thread)
+ 5 Combo (20.7)
+ 5 Multiple
+10 Not a Novel
Task Total = 40
Grand total = 390
From Post 445itpdx wrote: "20.5 Bronte Sisters
Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch
+20 Task (approved in thread)
+5 combo 20.6 (approved in thread)
+5 multiple
Task total: 30
Grand Total: 215"
I want to make sure I get this right, itpdx. You are claiming this book for 20.6 Bronte with a combo for 20.5 Narayan, right? That is how it works for the multiple points. For now, this is how I have it scored.
If you are claiming this book for 20.5 Narayan with a combo for 20.6, it will not work for multiple as this is your first claim for 20.5.
Let me know, I can score it whichever way you prefer.
Coralie wrote: "20.3 Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraAn Inquiry Into Love and Death by Simone St. James
+20 Task
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 380"
+5 Multiple
Task 15.4 Waters of the WorldRickshaw Boy (1937) by Lao She; translated by Evan King; (Hardcover, 384 pages)
Translated from the Chinese
~first pub. 1937
The Yellow Sea: China
+15 Task (author born & nationality & setting)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 265 + 15 = 280
20.10 AutoBioMem Elizabeth (Alaska)'s TaskThe Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt by Eleanor Roosevelt
+20 task
+10 not-a-novel
+5 (20.4 d1962)
+5 oldies (1960)
Task total: 40
Grand total: 665
Kate S wrote: "From Post 445itpdx wrote: "20.5 Bronte Sisters
Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch
+20 Task (approved in thread)
+5 combo 20.6 (approved in thread)
+5 multiple
Task t..."
Apologies. Yes, I am claiming it for 20.6 Bronte Sisters.
10.8 License to WriteThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Lexile: 1000
+10 Task (architect)
+5 Oldies (1961)
+5 multiple
Task total: 20
Grand total: 685
15.2. Waters of the WorldRhine River Basin - Austria:
Asteroid Now: Warum die Zukunft der Menschheit in den Sternen liegt by Florian Freistetter
+15 task , Author is born in Krems, Austria, and is an Austrian citizen
(http://www.florian-freistetter.de/vit...)
Task total: 15
Grand Total: 60
10.7 4 Letter Names The Prize: Who's in Charge of America's Schools? by Dale Russakoff
+10 task
+5 multiple
+10 not a novel (nonfiction)
Task Total:25
Grand Total: 325
10.4-Popular GenreThe Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories by Agatha Christie
+10 Task
+10 Not a Novel
+ 5 Oldies ?
+ 5 Multiple
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 770
20.2-Graham GreeneThere But for The by Ali Smith
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo: 20.5-R.K. Narayan (on list)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 795
15.5 Waters of the WorldNumero Zero by Umberto Eco
Adriatic Sea: Italy
+15 Task (author born/nationality/setting)
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 810
10.7 - Four Letter NamesA Matter of Class by Mary Balogh
+10 task (Mary)
+5 combo (10.8 - listed in GR profile)
+5 multiple
Task total: 20
Grand total: 160
20.5-R.K. NarayanThe Most Beautiful Woman in Town & Other Stories by Charles Bukowski
+20 task (post 175)
+10 not-a-novel (short stories)
+ 5 oldies (1983)
+ 5 multiple
Task total=40
Grand total=1065
15.2 Waters of the WorldThe Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield
Pacific Ocean, New Zealand
+15 task (author born, nationality)
Task total:15
Grand total: 215
20.5 R K NarayanKing Rat by China Miéville
+20 Task (approved in help thread)
+5 Multiple
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 410
10.2 Single Word TitlePartitions by Amit Majmudar
+10 Task
+10 Combo 10.7, 10.8 (approved in thread)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 285
20.9 Tournament of BooksLife After Life by Kate Atkinson (2014 tournament )
+20 - task
+25 - combo(10.3 -2013, 10.7, 10.8, 20.2, 20.5)
+ 5 - jumbo (544)
Task total - 50 pts
Grand total - 345 pts
15.5 Waters of the WorldThe Sea by John Banville
Ireland, Atlantic
Author born, citizen, book set in
15 task
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15
Running total 435
20.5 R.K. NarayanMurder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers
+20 task
+10 oldies
+5 multiple
+15 combos (10.4, 10.8 - approved, 20.4)
Task Total = 50
Grand Total = 575
15.6 - Waters of the WorldThe Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Adriatic Sea: Italy
+25 Task (author born/nationality/setting)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 820
10.4 Popular GenreWhispers of the Dead by Peter Tremayne
+10 - Task
+10 - Not a Novel (short stories)
Task Total - 20 pts
Grand Total - 365 pts
Rebekah wrote: "10.4 Popular GenreWhispers of the Dead by Peter Tremayne
+10 - Task
+10 - Not a Novel (short stories)
Task Total - 20 pts
Grand Total - 365 pts"
After checking the reader board and seeing my numbers were different from moderators, I went back through and re-added my score. I don't know how I did it but I shorted myself 15 points or that is how it appears so here is my adjusted score.
Grand Total - 380 pts
Kate S wrote: "Tien wrote: "15.10 Waters of the World+ 100 Completion bonus
+ 25 all books were originally written in languages other than English
+ 50 all books originally published in 1991 or earlier."
Impressive! Well done, Tien!"
Thanks, Kate! I was really excited about WotW :D
I'm going to do a second round of it though at a more relax pace (ie. whatever I'm picking up that doesn't actually fit in with 10/20 tasks that I haven't yet completed) and see how far I get to! ;)
20.10 AutoBioMem Elizabeth (Alaska)'s TaskFor Love of Country by Anthony Hill
worldcat - biography
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.7 - HILL)
+10 Not-a-Novel
Task total: 35
Season Total: 735
10.1 Square PegThe Aquitaine Progression by Robert Ludlum
+10 Task
+5 Oldies (pub. 1984)
+15 Jumbo (800 pages)
Task total: 30
Season Total: 765
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Room by Emma Donoghue
+20 Task
+20 combo 10.2, 10.3, 10.7, 20.5 (approved in thread)
+5 multiple
Task total: 45
+5 from post 450 (never thought to check that one!)
Grand Total: 265