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SP 2016 RwS Completed Tasks Spring 2016
15.6 Waters of the WorldThe Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam by Bảo Ninh
First published in Vietnamese in 1987
Pacific Ocean: Vietnam
+15 Task (author's birth place & nationality & setting)
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 245
10.2 - Single Word:Insurgent by Veronica Roth
No styles, YA with a lexile of HL710L.
+10 task
Task total: 10
Grand total: 45
10.1 Bulfinch's Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch
+10 task
+15 oldie (1863)
+10 not a novel
+15 jumbo (862 pages)
task total: 50
grand total: 180
15.1 - Ukraine (Black Sea)Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexievich
+15 task
task total: 15
grand total: 195
10.4 MysteryEverything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
+10 Task (first genre after Fiction)
+5 Combo (20.9)
Task total: 15
Grand total: 275
Post 254 Beth wrote: "10.7 Rosemary's Task: 4 Letter NamesThe Industries of the Future by Alec J. Ross
+10 task
+10 not-a-novel
+5 combo 10.9
Task total: 25
Grand total: 260"
While looking to fill in his author information, I see that he taught for 2 years, so you'll get combo points for 10.8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_Ro...
20.10 AutoBioMem Elizabeth (Alaska)'s TaskBooks by Larry McMurtry
+20 task
+20 combo (10.2; 10.6; 10.8; 20.5)
+10 not-a-novel
+ 5 multiple
Task total=55
Grand total=640
10.9 BusinessA Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by Daniel H. Pink
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.7)
+10 Not-a-novel
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 110
20.5-R.K. NarayanMiddlemarch by George Eliot
+20 Task
+10 Oldies (p. 1874)
+20 Jumbo (904 pp.)
+5 Multiple
Task Total: 55
Grand Total: 110
20.10 - AutoBioMemLife by Keith Richards
20 task
10 not a novel
5 jumbo
5 combo 10.2
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40
(corrected) running total: 285
10.8 License to WriteThirteen Ways of Looking by Colum McCann
+10 task (GR profile says that McCann teaches at Hunter College)
+10 not a novel (short stories)
+ 5 multiples
Task total: 25
Grand total: 110
I finally finished a book!20.4 Evelyn Waugh
The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart (died in 1958)
+20 pts -task
+25 pts - combo (10.4, 10.7, 10.8 - was a nurse, 20.5, 20.6-son Alan was a playwright) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_...
+10 pts - oldies (pub in 1908)
Task total - 55 pts
Grand total - 55 pts
20.10 AutoBioMem Elizabeth (Alaska)'s TaskButterfly in the Typewriter: The Short, Tragic Life of John Kennedy Toole and the Remarkable Story of A Confederacy of Dunces by Cory MacLauchlin
+20 task
+10 combo (10.7; 10.8)
+10 not-a-novel
+ 5 multiple
Task total=45
Grand total=685
20.10 - AutoBioMemThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Lexile 1080
+20 task http://www.worldcat.org/title/anne-fr...
+15 combo (10.7, 20.4 died 1945, 20.6 approved)
+10 not a novel (diary)
+ 5 oldies (1947)
Task total: 50
Grand Total: 495
20.9 - Tournament of BooksThe History of Love by Nicole Krauss
+20 task
+10 combo (10.3, 10.6)
Task total: 30
Grand Total: 525
20.5-R.K. NarayanChallenger Deep by Neal Shusterman, 800 Lexile
+20 Task: on list
+ 5 Combo: 10.7 Rosemary's Task: 4 Letter Names
+ 5 Multiple
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 320
20.8 Gabriel's Task: A Nod to Tristram ShandyGut Symmetries by Jeanette Winterson
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo: 20.5-R.K. Narayan: on list
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 345
20.10 AutoBioMem Elizabeth (Alaska)'s TaskNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
+20 Task
+10 Not a Novel
+15 Oldies (1845)
Task Total: 45
Grand Total: 390
10.8 License to WriteThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Lexile: 1000
+10 Task (architect)
+5 Multiple (see post 246)
Task total: 15
Grand total: 290
15.1 Water of the WorldLike Family by Paolo Giordano
Italy (author birthplace, nationality, story setting), Adriatic Sea
15 task
___
15
Running total 300
From Post 246Joanna wrote: "10.8 License to Write
Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation by Dan Fagin
+10 Task (Professor)
+10 Not a novel (nonfiction)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 260"
+5 Jumbo (560 pages in MPE)
From Post 150Claire wrote: "20.2 - Graham Greene
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
+20 task
+5 jumbo (512 pages)
task total: 25
grand total: 25"
+5 Combo 10.8-see help thread
Rosemary wrote: "10.4 - Popular GenreCop Town by Karin Slaughter
+10 task
Task total: 10
Grand Total: 445"
+5 Multiple
From post 247Tien wrote: "10.7 Rosemary's Task: 4 Letter Names
Like I Can Love by Kim Lock
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 230"
+5 Multiple
10.4 Popular GenreUnleashedby Laurien Berenson
Mystery on the GR page Listed as mystery by 54 users
Task + 10
Style +5 Multiple
Book Total: 15
Grand Total: 65
Task 10.8- License to Write The Sirens of Titan (1959) by Kurt Vonnegut (Paperback, 326 pages)
+10 Task (#10.8)
+15 Combo (#10.7 “Kurt”, #20.5 – novels, short stories, plays; #20.6 – son)
+05 Oldies -25 to 75 years old: (1941-1991)
Task Total: 10 + 15 + 05 = 30
Grand Total: 175 + 30 = 205
10.9 Back to BusinessFreakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt
+10 task
+10 not-a-novel
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 410
20.5 R.K. NarayanFlaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes
+20 task (help thread)
+10 combo (20.6, 20.7)
+ 5 multiple
+ 5 oldies (1984)
Task Total = 40
Grand Total = 205
20.6-The Bronte SistersThe Vegetarian by Han Kang
+20 Task (approved in message 90 of help thread)
+15 combo (10.7, 10.8-approved in message 126 of help thread, 20.5-approved in message 281 of help thread)
+5 multiple (3rd claim for 20.6)
Points this post: 40
Grand Total: 365
20.4 Evelyn WaughLife and Fate by Vasily Grossman
+20 Task (died 1964)
+5 Oldies (published 1980)
+20 Jumbo (912 pages)
Task total: 45
Grand Total: 220
20.2-Graham GreeneThe Empty Family by Colm Tóibín
+20 task
+15 combo (10.7; 10.8 - post 39; 20.5 - post 117)
+10 not-a-novel (short stories)
+ 5 multiple
Task total=50
Grand total=735
10.7 Four Letter NameDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
+10 task
+5 oldies
+5 combo ( 20.5 - approved)
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 430
10.2 Single WordWanting by Richard Flanagan
+10 task
+5 combo (20.5 approved)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 180
10.2 Single WordWintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
+10 task
+ 5 multiple
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 195
10.7 - 4 Letter NamesThe Sandman, Vol. 6: Fables and Reflections by Neil Gaiman
+10 Task
Graphic Novel - no styles
Task Total: 10
10.7 - 4 Letter NamesThe Color of Earth by Kim Dong Hwa
+10 Task
Graphic Novel, Lexile 600 - no styles
Task Total: 10
10.7 - 4 Letter NamesThe Color of Water by Kim Dong Hwa
+ 10 Task
Graphic Novel, Lexile 650 - no styles
Task Total: 10
10.7 - 4 Letter NamesThe Color of Heaven by Kim Dong Hwa
+10 Task
Graphic Novel, Lexile 740 - no styles
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 235
15.2 Waters of the WorldMidaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz
Indian Ocean: Egypt
Published 1947, Original language = Arabic
+15 Task (author born/nationality/setting)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 250
20.10 AutoBioMemLoving and Leaving the Good Life by Helen Nearing
+20 Task
+10 Not-a-Novel (memoir)
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 280
15.7 Waters of the WorldThe Garlic Ballads by Mo Yan
First published in Chinese in 1988
The Yellow Sea: China
+15 Task (author's birth place & nationality & setting)
+10 Bonus
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 275
20.2-Graham GreeneBlood Lines: Long and Short Stories by Ruth Rendell
+20 task
+15 combo (10.4; 10.7; 20.5 - post 191)
+10 not-a-novel (short stories)
+ 5 multiple
Task total=50
Grand total=785
Post 289 Coralie wrote: "20.4 Evelyn WaughLife and Fate by Vasily Grossman
+20 Task (died 1964)
+5 Oldies (published 1980)
+20 Jumbo (912 pages)
Task total: 45
Grand Total: 220"
A librarian updated the page count for this on March 11, but still 864 pages, so 15 jumbo points rather than 20.
Post 291 Amanda wrote: "10.7 Four Letter NameDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
+10 task
+5 oldies
+5 combo ( 20.5 - approved)
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 430"
I must have missed this and I don't see it when I do a search in the group for him. Can you point me in the right direction?
Post 293 Bea wrote: "10.2 Single WordWintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
+10 task
+ 5 multiple
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 195"
Sorry, Bea. This is shelved as YA Fiction at BPL, and has a Lexile of 730. Task, but no styles.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 293 Bea wrote: "10.2 Single WordWintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
+10 task
+ 5 multiple
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 195"
Sorry, Bea. This is shelved as Y..."
Oops, missed that one. Well, points come (earlier I got 5) and go (now I lost 5)! :)
10.1. Square PegEmpty Labor by Roland Paulsen
+10 task
+10 non-fiction (it's a sociological book about work place resistance and the meaning of work)
task total: 20
Grand total: 20
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+10 task
+10 combo (10.5, 10.7)
+20 oldies (1688)
Task total: 40
Grand Total: 435