SU 2014 RwS Completed Tasks - Summer 2014 Showing 701-750 of 1,189

[Ismaa]

20.6 Unfinished

Pride and Prejudiceby Jane Austen at # 16

+ 20 Task
+ 5 Combo 10.2 Highly Rated by Sam & Marianne
+ 10 Canon

Task Total = 35
Grand Total = 915

[Karen Michele]

10.6 - Summer School

Blue Angel by Francine Prose

+10 Task: Campus Novel list
+ 5 Combo: 10.3 Baby Boomers (1947)

Task Total: 15

RwS Finish: 100

Points this Post: 115
Grand Total: 1070

[Nick]

ATA

15.7 The Book of the Unknown: Tales of the Thirty-six by Jonathon Keats.

15.5 - 15.7 = 25 points each

Points This Post: 25
Grand Total: 475

[Heather]

10.9

Fragments by Dan Wells

+10 task
+5 combo (10.4)
+5 multiple
+5 jumbo (576 pages)

task total: 25
grand total: 630

[Heather]

10.5

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

+10 task
+15 combo (10.2 - 5 star, 10.3 - born 1960, 10.9 - published 2013)

task total: 25
grand total: 655

[Sarah A.]

15.9 ATA
The Shortest Way Home by Juliette Fay

Task = 30
Grand total = 435

[Rosemary]

10.1 - Instant Replay

Michael L. Printz award (2000)

Hard Love by Ellen Wittlinger

Lexile 680 - no style points

+10 task

Task total: 10
Grand Total: 760 points

[Tien]

10.6 - Summer School:
Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
#4 on GR List

+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.9 - set in 1950s according to Wikipedia)

Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 860

[Tien]

10.9 - Hot Off the Press
Disruption by Jessica Shirvington
not on BPL and not rated on Lexile

+10 Task
+5 Multiple

Task Total: 15
Grand total: 875

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Tien wrote: "10.9 - Hot Off the Press
Disruption by Jessica Shirvington
not on BPL and not rated on Lexile

+10 Task
+5 Multiple

Task Total: 15
Grand total: 875"

Since it isn't catalogued as YA at BPL, the lexile rule does not apply. Which styles do you think qualify?

[Kathleen (itpdx)]

10.1 Instant Replay
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography (2010)
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T.J. Stiles

+10 Task
+10 Jumbo 736 pages
Task total: 20
Grand total: 110

[Tien]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Since it isn't catalogued as YA at BPL, the lexile rule does not apply. Which styles do you think qualify?"

Only the Multiple :)

[Tanya]

20.1 Tea

Waiting by Ha Jin

+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.2-Nick, Rebekah; 10.3 born in 1956)

Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 180 points

[Kate S]

From Post 693

Karen Michele wrote: "20.2 - Jailed

I wasn't sure about non western because he lives in the west as an exile."

We have him classified as non-western, so +10!

[Kate S]

Shannon wrote: "10.4 Double Trouble
Double 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..."

+5 Combo author born in 1957 according to BPL

[Karen Michele]

Kate S wrote: "From Post 693

Karen Michele wrote: "20.2 - Jailed

I wasn't sure about non western because he lives in the west as an exile."

We have him classified as non-western, so +10!"

Thanks!

[Karen Michele]

15.5 AtA

A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif

+25 Points

Grand Total: 1105

[Kazen]

10.2 Highly-rated

Parasite by Mira Grant

+10 task (Katy gave it five stars)
+5 combo (10.9 - published 2013)
+5 style (Jumbo - 512 pages)

Task total: 20
Grand total: 150

[Sarah A.]

10.3 Baby boomer

The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel

lee strobel birthdate 1952:(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Strobel)

Task +10
Combo +5 (10.2 Cassie - https://www.goodreads.com/group/show_...)

Task total = 15
Grand total = 450

[Ismaa]

20.7 Call and Response

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Response to The Emperor of All Maladiesread for 10.2 Highly Rated.

+ 20 Task
+ 5 Combo 10.2 Highly Rated by Melanie & Emelia
+ 5 Combo 10.4 Double Trouble

Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 945

[Ismaa]

Completion Bonuses

+ 100 RwS Finish
+ 200 Mega Finish

Grand total = 1245

[Karen Michele]

Congratulations, Ismaa!

[Jama]

20.6 unfinished
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov

20 pt. task
+15 combo (10.2 Joanna and others rated it 5 stars: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show_..., 10.6, 20.3)
+10 canon

And I believe Nabokov is not considered non-western, correct?

Task total 45
Grand Total: 340

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Jama wrote: "And I believe Nabokov is not considered non-western, correct?"

correct

[Cory Day]

10.2 Highly Rated

Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon

+10 Task ( Denise rated it 5 stars)
+15 Jumbo (825 pages)
+5 Multiple
+10 Combo (10.3 – ( born 1952, 10.9 – published 2014)

Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 690

[Cory Day]

15.9 – AtA:

Her Best Worst Mistake by Sarah Mayberry

+30 Task

Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 720

[Cory Day]

10.3 Baby Boomers (1946-1964)

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

+10 Task (born 1947)
Lexile 580 – no style

Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 730

[Cory Day]

20.5 Financial

A Dangerous Fortune by Ken Follett

+20 Task
+5 Jumbo (576 pages)
+15 Combo (10.3, 10.8 – born June 1949, 10.4 – foLLeTT)

Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 770

[Cory Day]

20.2 Jailed

A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy by Thomas Buergenthal

+20 Task (Buergenthal was imprisoned in Auschwitz)
+5 Multiple
+5 Combo (20.9 – set during WWII)

Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 800

[Theresa~OctoberLace]

10.10 - Group Reads

In Evil Hour by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez 7/22/14

Task: 10
Non-Western: 10

Task total: 20

AtA Total: 240
AtA Familiar Faces Completion Bonus: 50
RwS Total: 470

Grand Total: 760

[Coralie]

10.9 Hot Off the Press

Storm Front by Jim Butcher

+10 Task (Skin Game published in 2014)
+5 Combo (10.2 - Rebekah rated it 5 stars)
+5 Multiple

Task total: 20
Grand Total: 1060

[Ismaa]

Karen Michele wrote: "Congratulations, Ismaa!"

Thanks Karen.

Did you enjoy Exploding Mangoes, by my countryman Hanif? I found it quite interesting and fun as it is of around the time I was growing up :)

[Sarah A.]

15.10 ATA

What Happened to Hannah by Mary Kay McComas

Task = 30
ATA completion bonus - all new faces = 100

grand total = 580

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

10.9 Hot off the Presses
Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich published in 2013.

Task +10
Grand Total: 135

[Kate S]

10.1 Instant Replay

Cornelius Ryan Award

The Good Soldiers by David Finkel

+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.3-b. 1955)
+5 Multiple

Post Total: 20
Season Total: 750

[Kate S]

15.3 AtA

Using second chain

Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passos

+20 Task

Season Total: 770

[Kate S]

15.4 AtA

Using second chain

Spring Flowers, Spring Frost by Ismail Kadare

+20 Task

Season Total: 790

[Karen Michele]

Ismaa wrote: "Karen Michele wrote: "Congratulations, Ismaa!"

Thanks Karen.

Did you enjoy Exploding Mangoes, by my countryman Hanif? I found it quite interesting and fun as it is of around the time I was growi..."

Yes, I enjoyed Exploding Mangoes a lot. It was a good story and good writing as well. Have you read his other books? It is so interesting finding out about the diverse lives of our group members.

[Karen Michele]

15.6 AtA

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid

+25 Points

Grand Total: 1130

[Karen Michele]

10.4 Double Trouble

When the Devil Holds the Candle by Karin Fossum

+10 Task: foSSum
+ 5 Combo: 10.3 Baby Boomers (1954)
+ 5 Multiple

Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 1150

[Karen Michele]

10.7 - Summer Celebrations

Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith

+10 Task: August 24, 1948 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexande...
+15 Combo: 10.2 Highly-rated, rated 5 stars by Cindie Harp and others https://www.goodreads.com/group/show_... Baby Boomers (1948) / 10.4 Double Trouble (mccaLL)
+ 5 Multiple

Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 1180

[Denise]

20.4 - Action/Adventure

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

+20 Task (#16 on list)
+ 5 Combo (10.2 - Alicia Gordon and others)
+10 Canon

Task total=35
Grand total=530

[Cory Day]

15.10 – AtA:

An Invitation to Sin by Sarah Morgan

+30 Task

Task Total: 30
New Friends Bonus: 100
Grand Total: 930

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

20.3 Banned

Germinal by Émile Zola

+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.2, Karen)
+10 Canon
+ 5 Jumbo (592 pages)

Task Total = 40

Grand total = 440

[Coralie]

20.1 Tea

One Amazing Thing by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

+20 Task (born in India)
+10 Combo (10.2 - Anika rated it 5 stars, 10.3 – born in 1956)

Task total: 30
Grand Total: 1090

[Karen Michele]

10.2 Highly-rated

South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami

+10 Task - rated 5 stars by Ilana https://www.goodreads.com/group/show_...
+ 5 Combo: 10.3 Baby Boomers (January 12, 1949)
+ 5 Multiple
+10 Non western

Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 1210

[Rosemary]

20.1 - Tea

Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard
Lexile 1130

+20 task - born in China
+15 combo (10.4, 20.2 imprisoned in a Japanese internment camp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._G._Ba..., 20.9 set 1941-45)

Task total: 35
Grand Total: 795 points

[Denise]

20.7 - Call and Response

The Crucible by Arthur Miller

+20 task (Response to Witches: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem by Rosalyn Schanzer read during current challenge; approved here)
+15 Combo (10.2 - Jayme(the ghost reader) and others; 10.4 - Miller; 10.8 - 1692)

Task total=35
Grand total=565

[Cory Day]

20.6 Unfinished

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

+20 Task (#249 on list)
+15 Combo (10.2 - Jenifer rated it 5 stars, 10.3, 10.8 – born June 1951)

Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 965

[Nick]

ATA

15.8 I read: Shadows of Blue & Gray: The Civil War Writings of Ambrose Bierce by Ambrose Bierce

15.8-15.10 = 30 points each

Total this Post: 30
Grand Total: 505