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SP 2016 RwS Completed Tasks Spring 2016
10.3-Bailey's PrizeI Was Amelia Earhart by Jane Mendelsohn
task +10
combo +5 (10.7- Jane)
total = 15
grand total = 675
20.5-R.K. NarayanDressing Up for the Carnival by Carol Shields
+20 task (on approved list)
+10 combo (10.8 -post 159; 20.6 - post 133)
+10 not-a-novel (short stories)
+ 5 multiple
Task total=45
Grand total =1550
20.9 Tournament of Books Kate's TaskPride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughan
graphic novel...doesn't qualify for style points
task +20
grand total= 695
10.4 Popular GenreThe Girl in the Green Raincoat by Laura Lippman
+10 task
+ 5 multiples
Task total: 15
Grand total: 460
10.3 Bailey's PrizeThe Weight of Water by Anita Shreve
+10 Task
+5 Combo 10.8-teacher according to GR profile
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 265
20.6 Bronte SistersCell by Stephen King
+20 Task
+5 Multiple
+20 Combo (10.2, 10.7, 10.8, 20.5)
Post Total: 45
Season Total: 310
15.3 Waters of the WorldAdriatic Sea: Italy
The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
+15 Task
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 325
20.9 Tournament of BooksThe Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.8)
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 350
20.3 CervantesHow Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain de Botton
+20 Task
+5 Combo 20.2
+10 Not a Novel
Post Total: 35
Season Total: 385
20.10 AutoBioMem Elizabeth (Alaska)'s TaskJust Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
+20 Task
+5 combo (10.8 approved in message 216 of help thread)
+5 multiple (2nd claim for 20.10)
+10 not-a-novel (non-fiction)
Points this post: 40
RwS total: 795
WotW total: 15
Grand Total: 810
10.4 Popular GenreSink Trap by Christy Evans has "Mystery" as its first genre on its GR main page.
+ 10 Task
Total Points So Far: 480
Task 20.2-Graham GreeneRead any book written by a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
Our Man in Havana (1958) by Graham Greene (Paperback, Penguin Twentieth Century Classics, 220 pages)
+20 Task (#20.2)
+05 Combo (#20.5 published in multiple forms)
+05 Oldies -25 to 75 years old: (1941-1991)
Task Total: 20 + 05 + 05 =30
Grand Total: 440 + 30 = 470
In post 768, I claimed The Tiger's Wife.I'd like to change from task 20.9 to 10.3; 2011 winner.
-10 Task
Season Total: 1,300
20.9 Tournament of Books Kate's TaskOreo by Fran Ross
#13 on 2016 list
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.2 - one word title; 10.7 - FRAN)
+5 Oldies (pub. 1974)
Task Total: 35
+100 RwS Finish
+200 Mega Finish
Season Total: 1,635
Tien wrote:"+100 RwS Finish
+200 Mega Finish"
Well done!
Heather wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 832 Heather wrote: "15.5 -UK/North SeaThe Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett
Could you move it to 20.5 then, please? Pratchett had published short stories, essays, novels, and articles. "
Moved.
Joanna wrote: "I'd like to move another book.In post 277 (with a points correction at 314), I reported The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster for 10.8.
Lexile: 1000
I'd like to move tha..."
Moved, thank you again for the original post number.
Rosemary wrote: "20.7 - David BowieMoney by Martin Amis
+20 task
+25 combo (10.7 Amis, 10.8 approved, 20.2, 20.5 on list, 20.6 on list)
+ 5 oldies (1984)
Task total: 50
Grand Total: ..."
+5 Combo 10.2
Bea wrote: "My biggest total EVER in all my challenges!"Congrats, Bea! And with plenty of time left to drive up the score!
Bea wrote: "20.5 R. K. NarayanThe Violin of Auschwitz by Maria Àngels Anglada
+20 task (short stories, novels, poetry)
+5 oldie (1983)
+5 multiple
Task Total: 30
Grand Tota..."
+5 combo 10.5
Connie wrote: "10.4 Popular GenreThe Girl in the Green Raincoat by Laura Lippman
+10 task
+ 5 multiples
Task total: 15
Grand total: 460"
+5 Combo 20.6
From Post 213Kazen wrote: "20.9 - Tournament of Books
Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
+20 task (2016 shortlist)
+5 combo (10.7 - four letter names)
Task total: 25 points
Grand total: 120 po..."
+5 Combo 10.8
Tien wrote: "20.9 Tournament of Books Kate's TaskOreo by Fran Ross
#13 on 2016 list
+100 RwS Finish
+200 Mega Finish
"
Well done Tien!
Thanks, Kate S., for the extra points and congrats.
10.3 - Baileys PrizeOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
+10 task
+15 combo (10.8 on list, 20.2, 20.5 on list)
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 1405
20.4 - Evelyn WaughPrinces in the Land by Joanna Cannan
+20 task
+ 5 combo (20.6 approved)
+ 5 multiple
+10 oldies (1938)
Task total: 40
Grand Total: 1445
15.5 WotWBroken April by Ismail Kadare
(born / nationality / setting)
+15 task
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 715
15.9 Waters of the WorldRush Oh! by Shirley Barrett
Pacific (Australia)
+15 Task (author born /nationality/setting)
+20 Bonus
Task Total: 35
Season Total: 755
Amanda wrote: "15.5 WotWBroken April by Ismail Kadare
(born / nationality / setting)
+15 task
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 715"
Sorry, forgot to state Adriatic Sea.
20.5-R.K. NarayanLantern Slides: Short Stories by Edna O'Brien
+20 task (post 386)
+20 combo (10.7; 10.8-post 212; 20.2; 20.6-post 158)
+10 not-a-novel (short stories)
+ 5 oldies (1990)
+ 5 multiple
Task total=60
Grand total=1610
20.3 - Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraA Woman's Life by Guy de Maupassant
+20 task
+ 5 combo (20.5 on list)
+ 5 multiple
+10 oldies (1883)
Task total: 40
Grand Total: 1485
10.9 Beth's Task: Back to BusinessThe Deming Management Method by Mary Walton
+10 task
+10 not-a-novel
+5 multiple
+5 combo (10.7)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 1285
20.5 - R.K. NarayanVeronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
+20 task
+ 5 multiple
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 1510
15.6 WotWPacific Ocean - Mexico
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
(born, nationality, set in Mexico)
+15 task
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 730
20.2 - Graham GreeneTigerlily's Orchids by Ruth Rendell
+20 task
+15 combo (10.4, 10.7, 20.5 approved)
+ 5 multiple
Task total: 40
Grand Total: 1550
15.7 Waters of the WorldBalzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Yellow Sea
author born in China
story set in China
Task total: 25
Grand total: 1315
ed for +5 for post 901
10.4 – Popular genrePeril in Paperback by Kate Carlisle
10 task
5 multi
5 combo 10.7
____
20
Running total 655
20.4 - Evelyn WaughThe Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories by Ernest Hemingway
20 task
5 not a novel
5 oldie
10 combo 20.5, 20.6
______
40
Running total 695
10.8 Licensed to WriteWar Horse by Michael Morpurgo
Juvenile book, Lexile 580
+10 task (according to his GoodReads bio, Morpurgo was a teacher)
Gand Total: 505
10.8 Cory Day's Task: License to WriteNaked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science by Charles Wheelan
+10 Task: approved: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
+10 Not a Novel
+ 5 Multiple
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 1270
15.8 Waters of the WorldRed Fox by Karina Halle
Pacific Ocean / US
+15 Task (author born/nationality/setting)
+10 Bonus
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 1295
15.9 Waters of the WorldThe Mystics of Mile End by Sigal Samuel
Atlantic Ocean / Canada
+15 Task (author born/setting)
+20 Bonus
Task Total: 35
Season Total: 1330
10.8 - License to WriteThe Second Mrs. Hockaday by Susan Rivers
+10 task (approved here)
+5 multiple
Task total: 15 points
Grand total: 260 points
20.2-Graham GreeneMoon Tiger by Penelope Lively
+20 Task
+10 Combo: 20.5-R.K. Narayan / 20.6 The Bronte Sisters(both approved in threads)
+ 5 Oldies (1987)
+ 5 Multiple
Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 1370
20.5-R.K. NarayanThe Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
+20 Task: approved
+10 Combo: 10.5 Novellas /10. 8 Cory Day's Task: License to Write
+10 Oldies (1927)
+ 5 Multiple
Task Total: 45
Grand Total: 1415
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The Violin of Auschwitz by Maria Àngels Anglada
+20 task (short stories, novels, poetry)
+5 oldie (1983)
+5 multiple
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 1050