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SU 2014 RwS Completed Tasks - Summer 2014
20.2 - JailedMother Night - Kurt Vonnegut
+20 task
+10 combo (10.2 - rated 5 stars by Rosemary; 10.4 - double Ns)
Post total: 30
Grand total: 220
20.7 - Call and ResponseWide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys
(ties in with Jane Eyre)
+20 task
+10 combo (10.2 - rated 5 stars by Katrina; 10.7 - born in August)
Post total: 30
Grand total: 250
20.9 - Father's DayThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
(set in 1946)
+20 task
+10 combo (10.2 - rated 5 stars by Arow; 10.4 - double Fs/double Rs)
Post total: 30
Grand total: 280
10.6 Summer SchoolDisgrace by J.M. Coetzee
+10 Task (on list of campus novels)
+10 Combo (10.2-Deedee gave it 5 stars, 10.4 – ee)
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 990
10.2 Highly RatedSisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
no style points as low lexile.
Task pts : 10
Grand total : 350
Here are some combo points I forgot to put in post 651 for10.3 Baby Boomer Let's Just Say It Wasn't Pretty by Diane Keaton
+5 Combo 10.9-first published 2014
Grand Total: 395
10.5 - Sounds of SummerThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
+10 task
+15 combo (10.2 Ravyn and others gave 5 stars, 10.3 born 1960 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Gaiman , 10.9 pub. 2013)
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 720 points
10.4 Double Trouble I read The Goldfinch by Donna TarttTask Points: 10
+ 5 Combo 10.2 Highly Rated (Marie, Christy, Jayme VA, to name a few)
+ 5 Combo 10.3 Baby Boomer. Author born in 1963
+5 Combo 10.5 Sounds of Summer
+ 5 Combo 10.9 Hot Off the Press. Jan 2013
+ 10 Jumbo Pages: 771
Total Points this Post: 40
Grand Total: 435
10.3 - Baby BoomerThe Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Born December 23, 1963
+10 Task
+15 Combo (10.2, 10.4, 10.9 - published October 22nd 2013)
+10 Jumbo (771 pages)
Task total = 35
Grand Total: 150
Marie wrote: "10.3 - Baby BoomerThe Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Born December 23, 1963
+10 Task
+15 Combo (10.2, 10.4, 10.9 - published October 22nd 2013)
+10 Jumbo (771 pages)
..."
+5 Combo 10.5 Sounds of Summer
Post 677 Sam wrote: "20.2 - JailedMother Night - Kurt Vonnegut
+20 task
+10 combo (10.2 - rated 5 stars by Rosemary; 10.4 - double Ns)
Post total: 30
Grand total: 220"
+5 combo 20.9, takes place 1904-1954
10.4 Double TroubleTo the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
+10 task (Woolf)
+10 combo (10.2 multiple times highly rated; 10.6 #65)
+10 canon
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 30
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 677 Sam wrote: "20.2 - JailedMother Night - Kurt Vonnegut
+20 task
+10 combo (10.2 - rated 5 stars by Rosemary; 10.4 - double Ns)
I'm going to take away my own combo points, LOL. Most of the book is set in 1961 with flashbacks to the war, but the bulk of the actual plot is after '54, so I didn't think it would count.
Post total: 30
Grand total: 220"
+5 combo 20...."
Sam wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 677 Sam wrote: "20.2 - JailedMother Night - Kurt Vonnegut
+20 task
+10 combo (10.2 - rated 5 stars by Rosemary; 10.4 - double Ns)
I'm going to take a..."
Well, you know best - it looked like a good fit from here. ;-)
20.2 - JailedA Grain of Wheat by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
+20 Task: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ng%C5%A9...
+ 5 Combo: 20.1 Tea (Kenya)
+10 Canon
Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 885
I wasn't sure about non western because he lives in the west as an exile.
15.4 - AtA:Just an Ordinary Day: The Uncollected Stories by Shirley Jackson
Task total=20
Grand total=470
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Sam wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 677 Sam wrote: "20.2 - JailedMother Night - Kurt Vonnegut
+20 task
+10 combo (10.2 - rated 5 stars by Rosemary; 10.4 - double Ns)
I'm goi..."
Yeah I read it thinking it would fit that one but turns out the actual war is only a really small part. I don't want to abuse the honor system :P
Phoebe wrote: "10.4 Double TroubleTo the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
+10 task (Woolf)
+10 combo (10.2 multiple times highly rated; 10.6 #65)
+10 canon
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 30"
+5 Combo 20.6
From Post 583itpdx wrote: "10.5 Summer Sounds
Wisp of a Thing: A Novel of the Tufa by Alex Bledsoe
Winner in the fantasy category
+10 task
+5 combo 10.7 originally published 2013
Task total: ..."
+5 Combo (10.3-see post 664)
Liz M wrote: "15.10 - AtASummer Will Show by Sylvia Townsend Warner
+30 task
+100 new faces bonus
Grand Total: 465"
Congrats on you AtA Finish, Liz!
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "15.10 AtAEarly Autumn: A Story of a Lady by Louis Bromfield
+30 Task
+100 New Faces Finisher
Grand Total = 375"
Congrats on your AtA Finish, Elizabeth!
Rosemary wrote: "15.10 AtALittle Boy Lost by Marghanita Laski
+30 task
+50 Familiar Faces completion bonus
Grand Total: 675 points"
Congrats, Rosemary!
Theresa~OctoberLace wrote: "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
A..."
Way to Go, Theresa!
Kate S wrote: "From Post 583itpdx wrote: "10.5 Summer Sounds
Wisp of a Thing: A Novel of the Tufa by Alex Bledsoe
Winner in the fantasy category
+10 task
+5 combo 10.7 originally..."
Yes! I saw that. Thank you Deedee for searching out Bledsoe's birthday!
AtA - 15.10The Innocent by David Baldacci
+30 task
+50 familiar faces bonus
Task total: 80
Grand total: 290
20.9 - Father's Day The Wars by Timothy Findley
+20 Task: WWI
+ 5 Multiple
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 910
Task 15.4 Author to AuthorCamara Laye
The Radiance of the King (1954) by Camara Laye (Paperback, 279 pages)
+20 Task
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 380 + 20 = 400
Task 10.9 - Hot Off the PressLandline (2014) by Rainbow Rowell (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 308 pages)
+10 Task
+05 Combo (#10.4 double “ll”)
+05 Multiple
Task Total: 10 + 05 + 05 = 20
Grand Total: 400 + 20 = 420
20.3 BannedThe House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
+ 20 Task
+ 5 Combo 10.2 Highly Rated by Katerina & Lisa
+ 5 Combo 10.4 Double Trouble
+ 5 Combo 10.7 Summer Celebrations. Born in August
+ 5 Combo 20.6 Unfinished # 190
Task Total = 40
Grand Total = 820
20.5 Financial FictionA Dangerous Fortune by Ken Follett
+ 20 Task
+ 5 Combo 10.3 Baby Boomer. 1949
+ 5 Combo 10.4 Double Trouble
+ 5 Combo 10.7 Summer Celebration. June
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Follett
+ 5 Jumbo. 576 pages
Task Total = 40
Grand Total = 860
Ismaa wrote: "20.5 Financial Fiction+ 20 Task
+ 5 Combo 10.3 Baby Boomer. 1949
+ 5 Combo 10.4 Double Trouble
+ 5 Combo 10.7 Summer Celebration. June
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Follett
+ 5 Jumbo. 576 pag..."
Don't forget to tell us the title and author! ;-)
Ismaa wrote: "20.5 Financial Fiction+ 20 Task
+ 5 Combo 10.3 Baby Boomer. 1949
+ 5 Combo 10.4 Double Trouble
+ 5 Combo 10.7 Summer Celebration. June
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Follett
+ 5 Jumbo. 576 pag..."
Good grief, I'm such a numbskull!!! Editing now!
20.2 - JailedThe Wild Boys by William S. Burroughs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_... Under the heading 'Mexico and South America': "He spent 13 days in jail before his brother came to Mexico City..."
+20 task
+ 5 combo (10.4)
+ 5 multiple
Task total: 30
Grand Total: 750 points
10.3 - Baby Boomer:Drive By by Michael Duffy
author born in 1957; Wikipedia
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.4 - 2 fs in last name; 10.9 - published August 2013)
+5 Multiple
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 845
posted in error and removed, got on wrong group
10.4 Double TroubleDouble letter in author surname
The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop: A Memoir, a History by Lewis Buzbee
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.2 - Walt rated this book 5 stars)
Task total = 15
Grand total = 70
10.9 Hot off the PressMaddAddam by Margaret Atwood
10 pt task
+ 15 combo ( 10.2 - Tanya, 10.4, 10.5 )
+ 5 multiple
Task Total 30pts
Grand Total 380pts
10.1 Instant Replayfor my 3rd and last Nebula Award winner, I read The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke, the 1979 recipient.
Task Points: 10
Multiple: 5
Post Total: 15
Total Points so Far: 450
20.8 - Great OutdoorsThe Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
+20 Task: 17 shelvings as nature
+15 Combo: 10.2 Highly-rated rated 5 stars by Cindie Harp https://www.goodreads.com/group/show_... 10.7 - Summer Celebrations born July 18, 1969 - wikipedia / 10.9 - Hot Off the Press (October 1, 2013)
+ 5 Multiple
+ 5 Jumbo (512 pages)
Task Total: 45
Grand Total: 955
10.7 Summer CelebrationsRing of Bright Water by Gavin Maxwell Born in July https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
+ 10 Task
+ 5 Combo 10.4 Double Trouble
+ 5 Combo 20.8 Nature Shelved 20 times
Task Total= 20
Grand Total = 880
10.7 Summer CelebrationsHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Lexile 980
+10 Task (born July 31)
+5 Combo (10.2-Deedee gave it 5 stars)
+5 Multiple
+10 Jumbo (759 pages)
Task total: 30
Grand Total: 1020
Task 20.8 - Great Outdoors – Read a book shelved at least 15 times as nature.
July 16, 2014: Page 2: (shelved 27 times as nature)
Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind (2003) by David Quammen (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 513 pages)
+20 Task (#20.8)
+10 Combo (#10.3 born Feb. 1948; #10.4 double letter)
+05 Jumbo 500-699 Pages
Task Total: 20 + 10 + 05 = 35
Grand Total: 420 + 35 = 455
10.2 Highly RatedAcross the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn
Lexile 840
+10 Task (Rosemary rated it 5 stars)
+5 Combo (10.7- born August 28)
+5 Multiple
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 1040
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Landline - Rainbow Rowell
+10 task
+5 combo (10.4 - double Ls)
Post total: 15
Grand total: 145