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SP 2016 RwS Completed Tasks Spring 2016
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "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
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Ooops! Did I not share ? I do most of my posts at 5am, so maybe I missed posting but put on my spreadsheet anyway!
Will this help ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_...
Novels, short stories and non-fiction.
10.7. 4 Letter NameSilber: Das dritte Buch der Träume by Kerstin Gier
(English: Silver: The 3rd Book of Dreams)
+10 task (GIER)
Task total: 10
Grand Total: 45
15.1 Waters of the WorldVoices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexievich
Black Sea: Ukraine
+15 Task (author born /setting)
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 230
20.6 The BronteSistersThe Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman
+20 Task (approved in help thread)
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 250
Task 10.7 4 Letter NamesRead a book by an author who uses at least one four letter name for their publications.
Kage
Mendoza in Hollywood (The Company #3) (2000) by Kage Baker (Mass Market Paperback, 365 pages)
+10 Task
+05 Repeat a Task
Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15
Grand Total: 205 + 15 = 220
From Post 283Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "10.4 Popular Genre
Unleashedby Laurien Berenson
Mystery on the GR page Listed as mystery by 54 users
Task + 10
Style +5 Multiple
Book Total: 15
Grand Total: 65"
+5 Combo 10.2
From Post 277Joanna wrote: "10.8 License to Write
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Lexile: 1000
+10 Task (architect)
+5 Multiple (see post 246)
Task total: 15
Grand total: 290"
+5 Oldies (1961)
From Post 267Ashley wrote: "20.5-R.K. Narayan
Middlemarch by George Eliot
+20 Task
+10 Oldies (p. 1874)
+20 Jumbo (904 pp.)
Task Total: 50
Grand Total: 105"
+5 Multiple
Amanda wrote: "Will this help ?"Yes. That will do. Thanks Amanda
20.5 R.K. NarayanThe Acceptance World by Anthony Powell
+20 task (approved)
+ 5 oldie (pub 1955)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 135
15.2 Waters of the WorldThree Bags Full By Leonie Swann
Germany (birthplace, nationality) Rhine
15 task
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15
Running total 315
20.10 -- Autobio/Bio/MemoirThe Notes: Ronald Reagan's Private Collection of Stories and Wisdom
Verification: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
20 Task
10 Not-a-Novel -- (nonfiction)
5 Multiple
Points This Post: 35
Total Points So Far: 140
20.10 -- Autobio/Bio/MemoirGreen Day: American Idiots & The New Punk Explosion
Verification: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
20 Task
10 Not-a-Novel -- (nonfiction)
5 Multiple
Points This Post: 35
Total Points So Far: 175
20.5 R.K. NarayanThe Golden Lion of Granpere by Anthony Trollope
+20 Task (help thread)
+ 5 Combo (20.6 - help thread)
+ 5 Multiple
+10 Oldies (1866)
Task Total = 40
Grand Total = 245
Oops, just realized post #284 I said "10.6" when I meant "10.8", I updated my post, just making sure the recordkeeping of our moderators caught my error. Sorry.
10.7-4 Letter NamesUnder His Kilt by Melissa Blue
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.5)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 75
10.7-4 Letter NamesBending The Iron by Libby Drew
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.5)
+5 Multiple
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 95
10.7-4 Letter NamesSomething Like Summer by Jay Bell
+10 Task
+5 Multiple
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 110
15.2 Waters of the WorldThe Monsoon Bride by Michelle Aung Thin
Indian Ocean (Burma)
+15 Task (author born /setting)
https://www.textpublishing.com.au/aut...
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 265
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 pts - task
+10 pts - not a novel
Task total - 20 pts
Grand Total - 75 pts
10.8 - License to WriteRiver Marked by Patricia Briggs
+10 task (approved author)
+5 multiple
Task total: 15 points
Grand total: 125 points
15.2 - Waters of the WorldDeath and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov
Baltic Sea: Ukraine
+15 task (author nationality and setting) (translated)
Task total: 15 points
Grand total: 140 points
10.4 Popular GenreThe Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
+10 Task
+5 Combo 20.5 (wrote fiction, journalism and non-fiction, see Goodreads Author Page)
Task Total: 15 points
Grand Total: 120 points
20.4 Evelyn WaughNineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell - died 1950
+20 task
+ 5 oldies
+ 15 combos ( 10.8 - approved, 20.5 - approved, 20.7)
Task Total = 40
Grand Total = 470
This book has been on my list EVERY season since I joined RWS. So glad I finally got around to reading it!
10.2-Single WordXenogenesis by Miriam Allen DeFord
+10 task
+10 not-a-novel (short stories)
+5 oldies
Task total: 25
Grand total: 290
20.1-William ShakespearePoems Chiefly from Manuscript by John Clare
+20 task
+10 oldies
+10 not-a-novel
+5 combo (10.7 4 letter names)
Task total: 45
Grand total: 335
20.4 - Evelyn WaughDracula by Bram Stoker
+20 task (died 1912)
+15 combo (10.2, 10.7, 20.5 on list)
+10 oldies (1897)
Task total: 45
Grand Total: 575
Waters of the World15.5 Mediterranean Sea: Italy
The Wine-Dark Sea by Leonardo Sciascia
+ 15 points (author born/nationality/set in)
Total Points So Far: 190
20.8 - a nod to Tristam Shandy The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
#162 on list
lexile 890
20 task
5 combo 20.9 (on 2009 list)
_____
25
Running total 340
Deedee wrote: "Oops, just realized post #284 I said "10.6" when I meant "10.8", I updated my post, just making sure the recordkeeping of our moderators caught my error. Sorry."Thank you for letting us know.
10.5 NovellaThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
132 pages
+10 Points
+5 Combo 20.4 (died 1961)
+5 Combo 20.5 (short stories, fiction, 2 non-fiction, according to GR author page)
+5 Combo 20.6 (on spreadsheet)
+5 Oldies (published 1952)
Task Total: 30 points
Grand Total: 150 points
20.5- R. K. NarayanSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
+20 Task (approved in message 101 of help thread)
+10 combo (10.2, 20.4 died 1962)
+10 oldies (1922)
+5 multiple (6th claim for 20.5)
Points this post: 45
Grand Total: 410
20.9Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
+20 task
+10 combo (10.7, 20.5 - short stories, poetry, comic books, screenplays, novels)
task total: 30
grand total: 225
15.8 Waters of the WorldThe Gate by Natsume Sōseki
First published in Japanese in 1910
Philippine Sea: Japan
+15 Task (author's birth place & nationality & setting)
+10 Bonus
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 300
10.7 Rosemary's Task: 4 Letter NamesScared Yet? by Jaye Ford
+10 Task
+5 Multiple
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 315
15.3 Waters of the WorldAstrid and Veronika by Linda Olsson
Sweden (author birthplace, setting)
Baltic Sea
15 task
____
15
Running total: 355
20.10 AutoBioMemEdgar Allan Poe: The Fever Called Living by Paul Collins
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.7)
+10 Not-a-Novel
Task Total = 35
Grand total = 280
20.2-Graham GreenePiranha to Scurfy: And Other Stories by Ruth Rendell
+20 task
+10 combo (10.7; 20.5 - post 191)
+10 not-a-novel (short stories)
+ 5 multiple
Task total=45
Grand total=830
20.7-David Bowie1984 by George Orwell
(at bottom of list with number spelled out as nineteen eighty four)
+20 task
+5 oldies
+5 combo (20.4 d.1950)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 365
20.4-Evelyn Waughusing rule that two short books of poetry by same author can be combined for length - books and author approved in help thread
Songs from Vagabondia and More Songs From Vagabondia by Bliss Carman
most recent of two published 1896
+20 task
+10 not-a-novel
+10 oldies
Task total: 40
Grand total: 405
20.3-Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Watcher in the Shadows by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
(no Lexile so no combos)
+20 Task
Points this post: 20
Grand Total: 430
10.8 License To WriteThe Burning Wire by Jeffery Deaver
+10 Task (Lawyer)
+ 5 Combo 10.4 Popular Genre (Mystery)
+5 Combo Narayan (novels, short stories, non-fiction in GR author profile)
Task Total: 20 points
Grand Total: 170 points
10.9 – Back to businessDo the Work by Steven Pressfield
(you'll see I didn't link to the MPE as shown in GR because that is the audio + I read this book)
10 task
5 combo 20.5(approved in help thread)
10 not a novel
____
25
Running total: 380
10.4 Popular GenreOnce Bittenby Laurien Berenson
Mystery on Gr book page 57 users
Task +10
Style + 5 Multiple
Book Total: 15
Grand Total: 85
10.7 Rosemary's Task: 4 Letter NamesRiding the Black Cockatoo by John Danalis
+10 Task
+10 Not-a-Novel
+5 Multiple
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 340
20.8 Gabriel's Task: A Nod to Tristram ShandyOrlando by Virginia Woolf
#31 as of now
+20 task
+20 combos ( 10.2, 20.4, 20.5 - approved, 20.6 - approved)
+10 oldies
Task total: 50
Grand total: 455
10.6-Book LoversParnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley
shelved 114 times
+10 task
+10 oldies
+10 combo (20.5 stated on Goodreads profile, 20.4)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 485
20.6-The Bronte SistersThe Wind Among the Reeds by W.B. Yeats
approved in help
+20 task
+10 not-a-novel
+10 oldies (1899)
+20 combo (20.1, 20.2, 20.4 - d. 1939, 20.5 - approved)
Task total: 60
Grand total: 545
20.6 Bronte SistersThe Rat Began to Gnaw the Rope by C.W. Grafton (He was the father of mystery writer, Sue Grafton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._W._G...
+20 pts - Task
+10 pts - Combo (10.4, 10.8- attorney)
+ 5 pts - Oldies (1943)
Task Total - 35 pts
Grand Total - 110 pts
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Atlantic Ocean - United States:
The Martian by Andy Weir
+15 task , Author is born California, US, and still is a U.S. citizen
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Weir)
Task total: 15
Grand Total: 35