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SU 2014 RwS Completed Tasks - Summer 2014
Don (The Book Guy) wrote: "15.7 AtASabbath: Restoring the Sacred Rhythm of Rest and Delight by Wayne Muller
+25 Task
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 355"
It turned out to be a 5 for you too, huh? I think it's the letters that really sucked me in.
Cory Day wrote: "It turned out to be a 5 for you too, huh? I think it's the letters that really sucked me in."Yes, me too!
Post 617 Kate S wrote: "20.8 Great OutdoorsA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
+20 Task (shelved as nature 44 times)
+5 Combo (10.3 b. 1951)
+5 Jumbo (544 pages)
+100 RwS Finish
Po..."
+5 combo 10.2 rated 5 stars by Lisa and others.
Post 588 Karen Michele wrote: "20.7 - Call and ResponseThe Three-Arched Bridge by Ismail Kadaré
+20 Task: I read The Bridge on the Drina this season. Kadare's book is a tribute to the f..."
Post 593 Sara Grace wrote: "10.4.1 - Double TroubleThe Children's Book by A.S. Byatt
+10 task (Byatt)
+5 combo [10.2 - Lisa rated it 5-stars]
+5 Jumbo (675 pgs)
Task Total: +20
Grand Total..."
GR profile says born in August - +5 combo 10.7
20.4 Action Adventure Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. # 5 on the list
+ 20 Task
+ 5 Combo 10.2 Highly Rated by Lisa, Jayme VA etc.
+ 5 Combo 10.5 Sounds of Summer. Category: Drama
+ 5 Combo 20.6 Unfinished # 135 on list
+ 5 Jumbo. 554 pages
+ 10 Canon
Task Total = 50
Grand Total = 780
15.3 AtA The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord
+20 Task
Task total: 20 pts
Grand total: 155 pts
20.6 UnfinishedLife of Pi by Yann Martel
20 task points
+ 20 combo ( 10.2 - Jenifer, 10.3, 10.7 - 25/6/63, 20.8 )
Total Task : 40
Grand Total : 315
20.1 - Tea:My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk
author was born in Turkey
+20 Task
+20 Combo (10.2 - Katrina & others rated 5 stars; 10.3 & 10.7 - born June 1952; 20.6 - #186)
+10 Non-Western (resides in Istanbul, Turkey)
Task Total: 50
Grand Total: 820
from Post 575Karen Michele wrote: "20.10 - Austria-Hungary
The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andrić
+20 Task: Set in Bosnia and Herzegovina
+ 5 Combo: 10.10 Group Reads
+10 Canon
Task Total: 35
Grand Total:..."
+5 Multiple
Thanks, Kate -- I forgot again;)!
20.9 Father’s DayStones from the River by Ursula Hegi
+20 Task (set between 1915 and 1952)
+10 Combo (10.2-Angelbis gave it 5 stars, 10.3 – born 1946)
+5 Multiple
+5 Jumbo (515 pages)
Task total: 40
Grand Total: 890
20.4 Action/AdventureHerland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
+20 Task (#58 on list)
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 910
10.5 - Sounds of Summer: We Live in Water by Jess Walter
+10 Task: short Stories/Collections
+ 5 Combo: 10.9 - Hot Off the Press (February 12, 2013)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 805
10.3 - Baby Boomer1Q84 by Haruki Murakami 7/16/14
Haruki Murakami was born in 1949
Combos:
10.2 - Joanna rated it 5-stars
20.6 - The book is #214 on the linked list of unfinished books.
Task: 10
Combos: 10 (10.2, 20.6)
Non-Western: 10 (Japan)
Jumbo: 20 (925 pages)
Task total: 50
AtA Total: 125
RwS Total: 450
Grand Total: 575
15.10 AtAEarly Autumn: A Story of a Lady by Louis Bromfield
+30 Task
+100 New Faces Finisher
Grand Total = 375
10.4Winter King: Henry VII and the Dawn of Tudor England by Thomas Penn
+10 task
+5 multiple
task total: 15
grand total: 580
10.9Partials by Dan Wells
+10 task (book 3 was released in March 2014)
+5 multiple
+5 combo (10.4)
task total: 20
grand total: 600
10.10 - Group readsWaterland by Graham Swift
+10 Task
+10 Combo: 10.2 Highly-rated: rated 5 stars by Elizabeth and others https://www.goodreads.com/group/show_... / 10.3 Baby Boomers (1949)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 825
Post 638 Coralie wrote: "20.4 Action/AdventureHerland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
+20 Task (#58 on list)
+10 Combo (10.2-Jae gave it 5 stars, 10.7 – born July 3rd)
+5 Multiple
Task total: 3..."
I'm so sorry, Coralie. This has a YA Assignment designation at BPL without a Lexile score. Task points, but no styles.
Post 639 Karen Michele wrote: "10.5 - Sounds of Summer: We Live in Water by Jess Walter
+10 Task: short Stories/Collections
+ 5 Combo: 10.9 - Hot Off the Press (February 12, 2013)
Task Total: 1..."
You're in luck! July birthday. +5 Combo for 10.7.
20.7 - Call and ResponseDreaming the Eagle by Manda Scott
(response to Celtic Myths and Legends and The Cut-throat Celts read in spring)
+20 task (approved in help thread)
+15 combo (10.2 Mx.shining gave 5 stars; 10.3 born 1962 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manda_Sc... 10.4 scoTT)
+ 5 multiple
Task total: 40
Grand Total: 595 points
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 639 Karen Michele wrote: "10.5 - Sounds of Summer: We Live in Water by Jess Walter
+10 Task: short Stories/Collections
+ 5 Combo: 10.9 - Hot Off the Press (Fe..."
Thank you, Elizabeth!
10.1 Instant Replay a second bookThe Moon and the Sun, 1997 Nebula Award Winner, by Vonda N. McIntyre
Task Points: 10
Combo Points: 15 -- 10.3 McIntyre is a baby-boomer, born 1948, 10.7 McIntyre born in August, 10.8 book takes place in the 17th century.
Multiple: 5 -- 2nd time I've posted for 10.1.
Total Points This Post: 30
Grand Total: 380
10.3 Baby boomerI read Let's Just Say It Wasn't Pretty by Diane Keaton, born 1946.
Points This Post: 10
Grand Total: 390
From Post 642Heather wrote: "20.10 - Ukraine
Prip'Yat: The Beast of Chernobyl by Mike Kraus
+20 task
task total: 20
grand total: 565"
+5 Combo 10.9-first published 2013
15.7 - AtAThe Group by Mary McCarthy 7/19/14
Task total: 25
AtA Total: 150
RwS Total: 450
Grand Total: 600
10.9 Hot off the PressMy Accidental Jihad by Krista Bremer
+10 Task (published 2014)
+5 Multiple
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 645
15.8 - AtAA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 7/19/14
One of Dickens' Christmas Stories on Boom's Canon. Approved by Elizabeth (Alaska) in Message #81 in AtA Questions and Answers.
Task total: 30
AtA Total: 180
RwS Total: 450
Grand Total: 630
10.9 Hot off the PressThe Pure Gold Baby by Margaret Drabble
Task Pts :10
Combo : +15 (10.2 - Arena, 10.4, 10.7 - 5/6/39 )
Task Total: 25pts
Grand Total: 340pts
Can I admit, I re-joined my local library so I could get hold of a recent book. Cost me $20 in unpaid fines and replacement cards !
Amanda wrote: "Can I admit, I re-joined my local library so I could get hold of a recent book. Cost me $20 in unpaid fines and replacement cards ! "Kudos to you for your courage! And I'm sure you will not regret rejoining. Now you can get hold of all kinds of books :)
15.10 AtALittle Boy Lost by Marghanita Laski
+30 task
+50 Familiar Faces completion bonus
Grand Total: 675 points
10.4 - Double TroubleWho Says I'm an Addict? by David Smallwood
+10 task
+ 5 combo (10.9 pub. 2014)
+ 5 multiple
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 695 points
Task 10.9 - Hot Off the PressRead an earlier book from a series that has a new installment out in 2014. For this option, please also post a link to the series book published/to be published in 2014.
Installment out in 2014:
He Drank, and Saw the Spider (Eddie LaCrosse #5)
Published January 14th 2014 by Tor Books
Combo 10.3 Baby Boomer
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?9...
Birthplace: Gibson, Tennessee, USA
Birthdate: 3 February 1963
Book Read:
The Sword-Edged Blonde (Eddie LaCrosse #1) (2007) by Alex Bledsoe (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 310 pages)
+10 Task
+05 Combo (#10.3 born 1963)
+05 Multiple
Task Total: 10 + 05+ 05 = 20
Grand Total: 360 + 20 = 380
10.8 The 17th CenturyTartuffe by Molière
+10 Task (published 1664)
+5 Multiple
+10 Canon
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 935
10.8 - The 17th Century (1601-1700) Witches: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem by Rosalyn Schanzer
1190 Lexile
Task total=10
Grand total=450
(author's birthday, so no Summer Birthday/Boomer combo points.)
15.9 - AtAThe Man of Property: The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy 7/20/14
Task total: 30
AtA Total: 210
RwS Total: 450
Grand Total: 660
15.10 - AtAMarta Oulie: A Novel of Betrayal by Sigrid Undset 7/20/14
This completes my AtA Chain. All but two authors were familiar faces to me.
Task total: 30
AtA Total: 240
AtA Familiar Faces Completion Bonus: 50
RwS Total: 450
Grand Total: 740
10.2 Highly RatedThe Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
+10 Task (Bexy rated it 5*)
+15 Combo (10.3-b. 1948, 10.4, 10.9-pub 2014)
+5 Multiple
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 680
10.3 Baby BoomersMy Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel by Ari Shavit
+10 Task (b. 1957 according to Wikipedia)
+10 Non-Western (Israeli)
+5 Multiple
+5 Combo (10.9-pub 2013)
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 710
10.4 Double TroubleThe Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss
+10 Task (Reiss)
+10 Combo (10.2-Kiri rated it 5*; 10.3-b 1964)
+5 Multiple
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 735
20.6 UnfinishedA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Lexile 800
+20 Task (#29 on list)
+10 Combo (10.2-Nanci Svensson gave it 5 stars, 10.4 – oo)
+5 Multiple
Task total: 35
Grand Total: 970
20.9 Father's DayRegeneration by Pat Barker
+20 Task (takes place in 1917)
+ 5 Combo (10.2 Rosemary)
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 400
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An Interrupted Life: The Diaries, 1941-1943; and Letters from Westerbork by Etty Hillesum
+20 Task (Etty was interned in Westerbork transit camp and died ..."
I rated it 5 yesterday, Cory - you can get another combo!