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SP 2016 RwS Completed Tasks Spring 2016
10.5 - NovellasStripped by Lauren Dane
+10 task
+5 combo (10.7 - Dane)
Task total: 15 points
Grand total: 175 points
10.3 - Bailey's PrizeThe Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood
+10 task
+5 jumbo
+20 combo (10.6; 10.8; 20.2; 20.5)
Combos approved in help threads.
Post total: 35
Grand total: 205
10.10 - Group ReadsA Pleasure and a Calling - Phil Hogan
+10 task
+5 combo (10.7)
Post total: 15
Grand total: 220
15.5 - Waters of the WorldExercices de style - Raymond Queneau
Mediterranean Sea - France (born, nationality, setting)
+15 task
Post total: 15
Grand total: 235
15.6 - Waters of the WorldThe Alchemist - Paulo Coehlo
Amazon Basin - Peru (born, nationality)
+15 task
Post total: 15
Grand total: 250
15.7 - Waters of the WorldThe Lover - Marguerite Duras
South China Sea - Vietnam (born, setting)
+15 task
+10 bonus
Post total: 25
Grand total: 275
20.7 - David BowieWhite Noise - Don DeLillo
+20 task
+5 oldie
+5 combo (20.5)
Post total: 30
Grand total: 305
10.5 NovellasHear the Wind Sing by Haruki Murakami
+10 Task (130 pages)
+5 Combo (20.5 – approved in help thread)
+5 Oldies (published 1979)
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 430
10.4 Popular GenreMurder in Mount Holly by Paul Theroux
+10 Task (second after fiction – although it is not a mystery)
+5 Combo (10.7 – Paul)
+5 Oldies (published 1969)
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 450
10.9 Beth's Task: Back to BusinessSNAP Selling: Speed Up Sales and Win More Business with Today's Frazzled Customers by Jill Konrath
+10 task
+5 combo (10.7)
+5 multiple
+10 not-a-novel
Task total: 30
Group Total: 715
15.3 Waters of the WorldThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Amazon Basin
Brazil
born and nationality
Task total: 15
Grand total: 730
Post 493 Karen Michele wrote: "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"
I checked the included stories and all were published in Christie's lifetime except for Within a Wall which was first published in this collection. So, no oldies points.
10.9 Back to BusinessSuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance by Steven D. Levitt
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.8 - professor)
+10 Not-a-novel (nonfiction)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 325
10.10 Group Reads11/22/63 by Stephen King
+10 Task
+20 Combo (10.7 - King; 10.8, 20.5, 20.6 - all approved in help)
+15 Jumbo
Task total: 45
Grand total: 370
20.6 Bronte SistersMidnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch
+20 Task (approved in help)
+5 Combo (20.5 - approved in help)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 395
20.9 Tournament of BooksThe Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli
+20 Task
Task total: 20
Grand total: 415
10.7 4 Letter NamesFaithful Place by Tana French
+10 task
+5 combo (10.4)
Task total: 15
Grand total: 35
20.10 AutoBioMemWildflower by Drew Barrymore
+20 task
+10 combo (10.2, 10.4)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 65
20.10 AutoBioMemLittle Victories: Perfect Rules for Imperfect Living by Jason Gay
+20 task
+5 multiple (second book for 20.10)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 90
Task 15.5 Waters of the WorldGoodbye Tsugumi (1989) by Banana Yoshimoto (Hardcover, 186 pages)
Translated from the Japanese
~first pub. 1989
Philippine Sea: Japan
+15 Task (author born & nationality & setting)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 280 + 15 = 295
20.6-The Bronte SistersBlack Beauty by Anna Sewell
Lexile 850
+20 Task (approved in message 131 of help thread)
+5 combo (10.7 Anna)
+10 oldies (1877)
+5 multiple (5th claim for 20.6)
Points this post: 40
Grand Total: 580
10.5 NovellasO Pioneers! by Willa Cather
+10 task
+15 combo (10.8 - teacher, 20.4 - died 1947, 20.5)
+10 oldies (pub in 1913)
Points: 35
Grand Total Points: 310
10.5 NovellasThe Stranger by Albert Camus
+10 task
+10 combo (20.4 - died 1960, 20.5)
+5 oldies (pub in 1942)
+5 multiple
Points: 30
Grand Total Points: 340
10.5 NovellasThe Final Solution by Michael Chabon
+10 task
+5 combo (20.5)
+5 multiple
Points: 20
Grand Total Points: 360
15.3 Waters of the WorldThe War of the Saints by Jorge Amado
Amazon Basin: Brazil
Published 1970, Original language = Portuguese
+15 Task (author born/nationality/setting)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 375
15.4 Waters of the WorldThe Saturday Morning Murder by Batya Gur
Mediterranean Sea: Israel
Published 1989, Original language = Hebrew
+15 Task (author born/nationality/setting)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 390
15.5 Waters of the WorldBilliards at Half-Past Nine by Heinrich Böll
Atlantic Ocean: Germany
Published 1959, Original language = German
+15 Task (author born/nationality/setting)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 405
20.3 Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraIn the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.4)
Points: 25
Grand Total: 430
20.8 A Nod to Tristram ShandyIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
+20 Task
Points: 20
Grand Total: 450
20.6 Bronte SistersThe Mist by Stephen King
Son is Joe Hill
+20 Task
+5 Combo 10.7 Four Letter Name
+5 Combo 10.8 Teacher
+5 Combo 20.5 Novels, Short Stories, Non-Fiction
+5 Oldies Published 1980
Task Total: 40 pts
Grand Total: 210 pts
20.10 AutoBioMemLet's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson
+20 Task
+10 Not A Novel
Task Total: 30 pts
Grand Total: 240 points
20.6 - The Bronte SistersGod Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut
20 task
5 oldie (1965)
10 combo 20.5, 10.7
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35
Running total: 470
Due to this oversight on my part:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I now have 235 points -- I think. (I am the worst at counting combo points!)
Now, I can add
Waters of the World
15.6 Nile River Basin: Kenya
Dreams in a Time of War: A Childhood Memoir by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
+ 15 points (author born/nationality/set in)
Total Points So Far: 250
10.4 Wedding Cake Murder by Joanne FlukeMystery on GR page 76 users
Task +10
Style + 5 Multiple
Book Total: 15
Grand Total: 130
15.2 Waters of the World-round 2
Sea Hearts by Margo Lanagan
Published as The Brides of Rollrock Island in UK & US -BPL:YA with 950L
Pacific Ocean: Australia
+15 Task (author's birthplace & Nationality)
Task total: 15
Season Total: 795
From Post 493Karen Michele wrote: "10.4-Popular Genre
The 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"
+5 Combo 20.2
From Post 499Coralie wrote: "20.5 R K Narayan
King Rat by China Miéville
+20 Task (approved in help thread)
+5 Multiple
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 410"
+5 Combo 20.2
Kazen wrote: "10.5 - NovellasStripped by Lauren Dane
+10 task
+5 combo (10.7 - Dane)
Task total: 15 points
Grand total: 175 points"
+5 Combo 10.2
20.3-Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Coming Race by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
+20 task
+10 oldies (1871)
+5 combo (20.5, first line of profile)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 765
From Post 476Don (The Book Guy) wrote: "20.4 Evelyn Waugh
Galactic Patrol by E.E. "Doc" Smith, published 1950.
Smith was a chemical engineer specializing in foods.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._E._Smi..."
I show this as +10 oldies (first published 1937)
From Post 144Sam wrote: "20.2 - Graham Greene
Life After Life - Kate Atkinson
+20 task
+5 jumbo
+20 combo (10.3; 10.7; 20.5; 20.9)
All combos approved in the help threads.
Post total: 45
Grand total: 60"
+5 Combo 10.8
15.3 Waters of the WorldThe Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson
North Sea
United Kingdom (author born, nationality, setting)
Task total: 15
Grand total: 230
10.4 Popular genreElizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey
"Mystery" is the top genre.
+10 task
+5 Combo (10.7 ("Emma"))
Task total: 15 pts
Grand total: 60 pts
15.1 Waters of the WorldThe End of Days by Jenny Erpenbeck
Rhine: Germany
+15 Task
Task total: 15 pts
Grand total: 75 pts
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-round 2
Told from the Hips: short stories by Andrea Amosson
Atlantic Ocean: Chile
+15 Task (author's birthplace & nationality)
Task total: 15
Season Total: 780