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SP 2016 RwS Completed Tasks Spring 2016
10.6 Book LoversThe Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
+10 task
+15 combos (10.7, 20.5, 10.8-teacher per GR bio)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 490
15.2 Waters of the WorldMy Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
Pacific Ocean: United States
+15 Task (author born/nationality/setting)
Points this post: 15
RwS total: 795
WotW total: 30
Grand Total: 825
20.5 - R.K. NarayanOne Hundred Twenty-One Days by Michèle Audin
+20 task (approved in thread)
+5 combo (10.8 - approved thread)
Task total: 25 points
Grand total: 285 points
20.2 - Graham GreeneEnduring Love by Ian McEwan
+20 task
+10 combo (20.5 on list, 20.6 on list)
+ 5 multiple
Task total: 35
Grand Total: 1585
Post 911 Karen Michele wrote: "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"
This author was born in Canada. She currently lives off the coast of British Columbia and I have no information that she has become a US citizen. As such, she will not qualify for WotW US.
20.6-The Bronte SistersLetters to an American Lady by C.S. Lewis
+20 task (approved post 156)
+15 combo (10.8 - post 204; 20.4 - died 1963; 20.5 -
post 77)
+10 not-a-novel
+ 5 oldies (1966)
+ 5 multiple
Task total=55
Grand total=1665
20.4 - Evelyn WaughThe Man of Property by John Galsworthy
+20 task (died 1933)
+10 combo (10.7, 20.5 on list)
+ 5 multiple
+10 oldies (1906)
Task total: 45
Grand Total: 1630
I'm so sorry to take up your time checking my book, Elizabeth! ---Totally threw it in on a whim without even checking it appears!
Karen Michele wrote: "I'm so sorry to take up your time checking my book, Elizabeth! ---Totally threw it in on a whim without even checking it appears!"It's OK. I had her as Canada, but I know mistakes can happen, so double-checking accuracy is a good thing. Mostly, I wanted you to know so that you could make sure to get your Finishers without thinking this one worked!
15.8 Waters of the WorldElectra and Other Plays by Euripides
Mediterranean Sea
Greece - born, resident, set
Task total: 25
Grand total: 1340
ed for +5 for post 901
10.10-Group ReadsA Pleasure and a Calling by Phil Hogan
task +10
combo +5 (10.7-Phil
total =15
grand total= 710
I want to thank Katy for recommending this book..... I loved it....didn't want it to end and hope there are sequels.
Ed wrote: "10.10-Group ReadsA Pleasure and a Calling by Phil Hogan
task +10
combo +5 (10.7-Phil
total =15
grand total= 710
I want to thank Katy for recommending this book...."
Thanks to you, too, Ed! I hadn't noticed it on the group reads list until you posted this, and I just saw it in the library and grabbed it! Looks good :)
20.5 R.K. NarayanThe Belton Estate by Anthony Trollope
+20 Task (help thread)
+ 5 Combo (20.6, help thread)
+ 5 Multiple
+10 Oldies (1866)
Task Total = 40
Grand Total = 565
10.1 Square PegSin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul by Karen Abbott
+10 Task
+10 Not a novel
Task total: 20
Grand total: 695
In post 152, I posted The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore by W.B. Yeats for 20.4.In post 170, you pointed out that it qualified for 20.10.
I'd now like to move that one to 20.10.
Also, in post 652, I posted The Plough and the Stars by Seán O'Casey for 20.5.
In post 690, you pointed out that it qualified for 20.4.
I'd now like to move that one to 20.4.
These moves shouldn't change any points.
20.5 R.K. NarayanThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
+20 Task (approved in help)
+5 Combo (20.6 - approved in help)
+5 Oldies (1982)
+15 Jumbo
Task total: 45
Grand total: 750
+100 RWS finish
Grand total: 850
Tien wrote: "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"
Moved. Thank you for including the original post number.
From Post 910Karen Michele wrote: "10.8 Cory Day's Task: License to Write
Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science by Charles Wheelan
+10 Task: approved: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/180..."
+5 Combo 10.9-Business listed 3rd
Kate S wrote: "From Post 910Karen Michele wrote: "10.8 Cory Day's Task: License to Write
Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science by Charles Wheelan
+10 Task: approved: htt..."
Oh, thanks Kate, I totally missed that! Could I move it to 10.9, please, and use 10.8 as a combo?
The points would stay the same because I would lose the multiple points.
20.4 Evelyn WaughThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
+ 20 task (died 1930)
+ 5 combo (10.8 - according to his GR bio, a doctor)
+ 10 not-a-novel (stories)
+ 10 oldies (published 1892)
Task Total: 45
Grand Total: 515
10.4 Popular GenreMaximum Security by Rose Connors
+10 task
+10 combo (10.7, 10.8 -- according to her author site, she is a lawyer)
+5 multiple
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 540
20.6-The Bronte SistersMissus (Harp in the South #1) by Ruth Park
approval
+15 Combo (10.2 - "MISSUS"; 10.7 - RUTH; 20.5 - approval)
+5 Oldies (pub. 1985)
+5 Multiple
Task total: 25
Season Total: 1,660
15.5 Waters of the World-round 2
Aunty Lee's Deadly Specials (Singaporean Mystery #2) by Ovidia Yu
Indian Ocean: Singapore
+15 Task (author birthplace & nationality + setting)
Task total: 15
Season Total: 1,675
20.10 AutoBioMem Elizabeth (Alaska)'s TaskStella Miles Franklin: A Biography by Jill Roe
worldcat: biography
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.7 - JILL; 10.8 - approval)
+10 Not-a-Novel
+10 Jumbo (720 pages)
+5 Multiple
Task total: 55
Season Total: 1,730
20.5-R.K. NarayanRecovering Apollo 8 by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
publishes novels, short stories, and a freelance survival guide under this name - in Goodreads profile
+20 task
+5 combo (10.5 115 pages)
+5 multiple
Task total: 30
Grand total: 1370
From Post 878Nick wrote: "20.7 David Bowie
The Outsider by Colin Wilson, 1956
+ 20 Task
Total Points So Far: 500"
+10 Not a Novel
15.10 Waters of the WorldStabat mater by Tiziano Scarpa
Adriatic (Italy)
+15 Task (author born /nationality/setting)
+20 Bonus
Task Total: 35
Completion bonus: 100
Season Total: 890
Beth wrote: "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"
+5 oldies
itpdx wrote: "20.3-Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Storyteller by Mario Vargas Llosa
+20 Task
Grand total: 495"
+5 oldies
From post 878Nick wrote: "20.7 David Bowie
The Outsider by Colin Wilson, 1956
+ 20 Task
Total Points So Far: 500"
+5 oldies
From Post 541Bea wrote: "20.8 A Nod to Tristram Shandy
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
+20 Task
Points: 20
Grand Total: 450"
+5 Combo 10.6
Tien wrote: "+100 RwS Finish
+200 Mega Finish"
Nicely done! Congrats, Tien!
10.6 Book LoversThe Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
+10 Task (listed 34 times as books about books)
+5 (post 947)
Grand Total: 550
Task 20.7-David BowieOn the Road (1957) by Jack Kerouac (Paperback, 310 pages)
+20 Task (#20.7 Bowie’s list)
+05 Combo (#10.7 “Jack”)
+05 Oldies -25 to 75 years old: (1941-1991)
Task Total: 20 + 05 + 05 = 30
Grand Total: 470 + 30 = 500
10.1 Square PegA Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim
+10 Task
+10 Not a Novel (Libretto)
+5 Oldies (1973)
Task Total: 25 points
Grand Total: 300 points
10.3 Bailey's PrizeWhere'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
+10 Task
+5 Combo 20.5
+5 Combo 20.9 Tournament of Books
Task Total: 20 points
Grand Total: 320 pts
10.9 BusinessFreakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt
+ 10 Task
+ 5 Combo 10.8 (both authors are professors)
+ 10 Not a Novel
Task Total: 25 points
Grand Total: 345 pts
20.5 R K Narayan Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
+20 Task (short stories, novels, plays)
Task Total: 20 points
Grand Total: 365 pts
10.2 – Singe word title Banker by Dick Francis
10 task
5 oldie
20 combo 10.4, 10.7, 20.2, 20.6
____
35
Running total: 745
10.7 Rosemary's Task: 4 Letter NamesThe Raven and the Dancing Tiger by Leah Cutter
+10 task
+5 multiple
Task total: 14
Grand total: 1385
10.8 Cory Day's Task: License to WriteMarked by Sarah Fine
She refers to it on her Goodreads profile and it's clearer on her website - http://sarahfinebooks.com/about_sarah... - that she's a practicing psychologist.
+10 task
+10 combos (10.7, 10.2)
+5 multiple
Task total: 25
Grand total: 1410
Task 10.10-Group Reads Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures: Stories (2005) by Vincent Lam (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 352 pages)
Scotiabank Giller Prize (2006)
The Story Prize Nominee (2007)
+10 Task (Group Reads)
+05 Combo (#10.8)
+10 Not-a-Novel: short story collections
Task Total: 10 + 05 + 10 = 25
Grand Total: 500 + 25 = 525
20.10 AutoBioMemLab Girl by Hope Jahren
+20 task--listed in WorldCat as biog https://www.worldcat.org/title/lab-gi...
+10 combo (10.7 4 Letter Names, 10.8 License to Write--teacher per GR bio)
+10 not a novel
+ 5 multiples
Task total: 45
Grand total: 535
Post 956 Rachelccameron wrote: "20.5 R K Narayan Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
+20 Task (short stories, novels, plays)
+ 5 Combo 10.5 Novella (MPE 142 pgs)
+ 10 Not A Novel
+ 5 Oldies (p..."
This is a YA Assignment at BPL and has no lexile. Task, but no styles.
From Post 938Katy wrote: "20.4 Evelyn Waugh
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
+ 20 task (died 1930)
+ 5 combo (10.8 - according to his GR bio, a doctor)
+ 10 not-a-novel (..."
+10 Combo 20.5, 20.6
Deedee wrote: "Task 20.7-David BowieOn the Road (1957) by Jack Kerouac (Paperback, 310 pages)
+20 Task (#20.7 Bowie’s list)
+05 Combo (#10.7 “Jack”)
+05 Oldies -25 to 75 years old: (..."
+5 Combo 20.5
Rachelccameron wrote: "10.3 Bailey's PrizeWhere'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
+10 Task
+5 Combo 20.9 Tournament of Books
Task Total: 15 points
Grand Total: 315 pts"
+5 Combo 20.5
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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
+20 task
+5 combo 10.6
+5 oldies (1979)
Task total: 30
Grand Total: 535