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SP 2016 RwS Completed Tasks Spring 2016
10.4 Popular GenreThe Cater Street Hangman by Anne Perry
+10 task
+5 oldie (1979)
+5 multiple
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 1295
10.6 Book LoversWhen Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II by Molly Guptill Manning
+10 task
+5 combo (10.8)
+10 not-a-novel (nonfiction)
+5 multiple
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 1340
10.7 Four Letter NamesThe Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones by Neil Gaiman
+10 task
Graphic Novel - no style points
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 1320
10.7 Four Letter NamesThe Sandman: Volume 10: The Wake by Neil Gaiman
+10 task
Graphic Novel - no style points
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 1330
10.9 Back to BusinessThink Like a Freak by Steven D. Levitt
+10 task
+5 combo (10.8)
+10 not-a-novel (nonfiction)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 1355
20.6 The Bronte SistersDamia by Anne McCaffrey
+20 task
+15 combo (10.2, 10.7, 20.5)
+5 oldie (1991)
Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 1395
20.9 Tournament of BooksThe Book of Night Women by Marlon James
+20 task (2010 list)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 1415
20.9 Tournament of BooksAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
+20 task (2015 list)
+5 multiple
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 1440
20.9 Tournament of BooksOur Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
+20 task (2016 list)
+10 combo (10.7, 10.8)
+5 multiple
Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 1475
20.10 AutoBioMemFeynman by Jim Ottaviani
+20 task (biography)
Graphic Novel - no style points
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 1495
My Excel Summation function does not work in this version on my new computer, so would someone verify that my Grand Total is correct? I have had to do it manually!
Also, by my records...I have three books/tasks to go to finish, correct?
Bea wrote: would someone verify that my Grand Total is correct? "Kate will post the official score - I think next time we do scorekeeping. (Is the formula correct? Do you have auto calculate enabled?)
Elizabeth, I got a new computer and did not have Excel on it. As a result I am using a web-based Excel, which does not have all the functions available. It does have a summation function, but I could not get the page to scroll while holding down the shift key (in order to indicate which cells the summation function was to cover). So I had to recalculate my base points by going back to a posting that I knew was correct. Anyway, just let me know if I am wrong.
Post 1108 Deedee wrote: "Task 20.8 A Nod to Tristram Shandy#153 on the list as of May 23, 2016.
Colors Insulting To Nature (2004) by Cintra Wilson (Paperback, 353 pages)
+20 Task
Task Total..."
Verifying her birth info on Wikipedia, she has 3 forms: novels; short fiction; plays - she's good for a combo with 20.5
Post 1122 Bea wrote: "20.6 The Bronte SistersDamia by Anne McCaffrey
+20 task
+15 combo (10.2, 10.7, 20.5)
+5 oldie (1991)
Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 1395"
I don't see a request/link for 20.6 - did I miss it?
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "I don't see a request/link for 20.6 - did I miss it?"I had to research this but think this is how I got to Anne McCaffrey for this task.
In the thread, post 4 (I think), a link was shared to a 2012 thread (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...). Post 10 in that thread mentioned Anne McCaffrey and her son Todd Johnson with reference to a Wikipedia entry (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Mc...).
Guess I neglected to add it to this season's thread. Will it work?
Bea wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "I don't see a request/link for 20.6 - did I miss it?"I had to research this but think this is how I got to Anne McCaffrey for this task.
In the thread, post 4 (I think..."
yes.
whew! Thank you. (Desperately trying to read three more books)
10.10 Group ReadsThe Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing
+10 task
+5 oldies
+5 jumbo
+15 combos (10.7 - Doris, 20.2, 20.5 - approved)
Task Total = 35
Grand Total = 765
20.9 Tournament of BooksSaturday by Ian McEwan - 6th on 2006 list
+20 task
+20 combos (10.2, 20.2, 20.5 - approved, 20.6 - approved)
Task Total = 40
Grand Total = 805
15.10 - Waters of the World - Black Sea - RussiaThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
task +35
completion bonus =100
all pre-1991 bonus = 50
subtotal= 185
grand total = 940
one other book to finish for the mega
Task 20.3-Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraRead an author who has a complex surname: surname consists of two distinct words, includes an article, or is hyphenated.
The Beginning Place (1980) by Ursula K. Le Guin (Mass Market Paperback, 183 pages)
+20 Task (#20.3 LeGuin)
+05 Combo (#20.5)
+05 Oldies -25 to 75 years old: (1941-1991)
+100 RWS Completion Bonus
+200 Mega Finish
Task Total: 20 + 05 + 05 = 30
Grand Total: 885 + 30 + 100 + 200 = 1,215
20.5-R.K. NarayanGateway by Frederik Pohl
novels, short stories, nonfiction (an autobiography)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
+20 task
+10 combo (10.7, 10.2)
+5 multiple
+5 age (1976)
Task total: 40
Grand total: 2015
Four Letter NamesThirteenth Night by Alan Gordon
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.8 pending)
+5 Multiple
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 1515
10.1 Square PegUnfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell
task +10
not a novel +10
total= 20
RWS completion bonus= 100
Mega Bonus = 200
task total=320
grand total = 1260
Ed wrote: "RWS completion bonus= 100
Mega Bonus = 200"
Well done!
15.10 - Waters of the WorldSouth China Sea / Indonesia
Man Tiger by Eka Kurniawan
+15 Task (author born, citizen, setting)
+20 Bonus
Task Total: 35
WotW Completion: 100
Grand Total: 1810
20.5 - R.K. NarayanLetters From Menabilly: Portrait Of A Friendship by Daphne du Maurier
+20 task
+10 combo (20.3, 20.10 http://www.worldcat.org/title/letters...)
+ 5 multiple
+10 not a novel (letters)
ETA: Also claiming combo points for 20.6, approved in thread.
Task total: 50
Grand Total: 2275
20.2 - Graham GreeneThe Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
+20 task
+ 5 combo (20.5 on list)
+ 5 multiple
+ 5 oldies (1988)
+ 5 jumbo (561 pages)
Task total: 40
Grand Total: 2315
20.6-The Bronte SistersThe Past by Tessa Hadley
+20 Task (approved in message 169 of help thread)
+5 combo (10.8 approved in message 243 of help thread, 20.2, 20.5 approved in message 422 of help thread)
+5 multiple (6th claim for 20.6)
Points this post: 40
RwS total: 940
WotW total: 30
Grand Total: 970
20.10 AutoBioMemMy Train to Freedom: A Jewish Boy's Journey from Nazi Europe to a Life of Activism by Ivan A. Backer
+20 task (approved)
+ 5 multiples
+ 5 combo 10.7
+10 not a novel
Task total: 40
Grand total: 760
Task 10.7 4 Letter NamesRead a book by an author who uses at least one four letter name for their publications.
The Vegetarian (2007) by Han Kang; translated by Deborah Smith; (Hardcover, 188 pages)
Man Booker International Prize (2016) WINNER
+10 (#10.7 “Kang”)
+05 Repeat a Task
Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15
Grand Total: 1,215 + 15 = 1,230
20.5-R. K. NarayanMay We Be Forgiven by A.M. Homes
+20 Task (approved in message 416 of help thread)
+15 combo (10.3 winner 2013, 10.8 approved in message 236 of help thread, 20.9 1013)
+5 multiple (14th claim for 20.5)
Points this post: 40
RwS total: 980
WotW total: 30
Grand Total: 1010
That's all for me this season. Many thanks to all the Mods for all your hard work. It's much appreciated.
10.7 - 4 letter namesLord Loss by Darren Shan
Lexile 690 - no styles
+10 task
Task total: 10
Grand Total: 2325
I have edited post 1144 to add combo points for 20.6. Just posting here as well in case you already checked that post before I edited it.
20.5 - R.K. NarayanThe Rendezvous and Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier
+20 task
+10 combo (20.3, 20.6 approved)
+10 not a novel (short stories)
+ 5 multiple
+ 5 oldies (1980)
Task total: 50
Grand Total: 2375
10.1 Square PegThe Song of Roland by Unknown
+10 - Task
+10 - Not a Novel
+25 - Oldies (1070)
Task Total - 45 pts
Grand Total - 575 pts
10.8 License to WriteAnd the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
+10 Task
+5 Multiple
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 1530
10.10 Group ReadsThe Murder Room: The Heirs of Sherlock Holmes Gather to Solve the World's Most Perplexing Cold Cases by Michael Capuzzo
+10 Task
+10 Not-a-novel (nonfiction)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 1550
20.2 Graham GreeneCat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.5)
+5 Oldie (1988)
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 1580
One more task to go!
20.2 Graham GreeneThe Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing
+20 - Task
+10 - Combo (10.10, 20.5)
+ 5 - Oldies (1962)
+ 5 - Jumbo (640)
Task total - 40 pts
Grand Total - 615 pts
20.3 Miguel de CervantesIt's Only The Sister by Angela du Maurier
+20 - task
+15- combo (20.5 - approved in thread, 20.6 - sister of Daphne du Maurier, 20.10)
+10 - Not a Novel
+ 5 - Oldies (1951)
Task total - 50 pts
Grand Total - 665 pts
10.1 Square PegThe Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater
+10 Task
+100 RwS Finish
+200 Mega Finish
Points Total: 310
Grand Total: 2120
20.2-Graham GreeneBoy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
+20 Task
+ 5 Multiple
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 2145
Karen Michele wrote: "+100 RwS Finish
+200 Mega Finish"
Well done!
20.5 R K NarayanGrendel by John Gardner
+20 Task (approved in help thread)
+15 Combo (10.2, 10.5, 10.7)
+5 Oldies (published 1970)
+5 Multiple
Task total: 45
Grand Total: 1110
15.1 Waters of the WorldThe Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
North Sea:UK
+15 task (setting/residence)
Grand Total: 880
15.9 - Waters of the WorldThe Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco
Adriatic Sea - Italy (born, nationality, setting)
+15 task
+20 bonus
Post total: 35
Grand total: 590
20.9 - Tournament of BooksThe Tsar of Love and Techno - Anthony Marra
+20 task
+10 not a novel
+5 combo (10.8 - approved in help thread)
Post total: 35
Grand total: 625
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+10 task
+5 multiple
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 1275