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SU 2014 RwS Completed Tasks - Summer 2014
10.1 Instant ReplayJasper Jones by Craig Silvey
Low Lexile
+10 Task (Printz award)
Task total: 10
Grand Total: 1100
Don (The Book Guy) wrote: "20.3 BannedThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, lexile 1030
+20 Task
+5 Combo, 10.2 rated 5 stars by Theresa October~Lace
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 440"
+5 Combo 20.5
From Post 200Heather wrote: "10.9 -2013
Parasite by Mira Grant
+10 task
+5 multiple
+5 jumbo (512 pages)
task total: 20
grand total: 305"
+5 Combo 10.2 Katy rated it 5*
Norma wrote: "AtA - 15.10The Innocent by David Baldacci
+30 task
+50 familiar faces bonus
Task total: 80
Grand total: 290"
Congrats on your AtA Finish, Norma!
Karen Michele wrote: "RwS Finish: 100"Congrats, Karen!
Ismaa wrote: "Completion Bonuses+ 100 RwS Finish
+ 200 Mega Finish
Grand total = 1245"
Way to go, Ismaa!
Sarah wrote: "15.10 ATAWhat Happened to Hannah by Mary Kay McComas
Task = 30
ATA completion bonus - all new faces = 100
grand total = 580"
Congratulations, Sarah!
Cory Day wrote: "15.10 – AtA:An Invitation to Sin by Sarah Morgan
+30 Task
Task Total: 30
New Friends Bonus: 100
Grand Total: 930"
Congrats, Cory!
10.10 - Group readsAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
830L
+10 Task
+25 Combo (10.2 - Elizabeth (Alaska & others rated 5 stars; 10.7 - born June 22,1898; 20.3 - author's work burned in Nazi Germany; 20.6 - #267; 20.9 - set around WWI 1916-1918 ish)
Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 910
10.7 - Summer Celebrations: The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe
Author born July 9, 1764
Note: only 50-60% of book is set in Italy; the rest in France
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.2 - Sam rated book 5 stars; 10.4 - 2 fs in last name)
+5 Multiple
+5 Jumbo (654 pages)
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 940
10.9 - Hot Off the PressNight Film by Marisha Pessl
First published January 1st 2013
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.2 - Allie ; 10.4)
+5 Jumbo (624 pages)
Task total = 25
Grand Total: 180
20.10 - Austria-Hungary Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
+20 Task (set in Ukraine)
+10 Combo (10.2 - Rebekah and others; 20.6 - #129 on list)
Task total=30
Grand total=595
10.7 Summer CelebrationsIf I Stay by Gayle Forman
Task + 10 (born in June http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayle_Fo...)
+5 style multiple for task
+5 combo (10.2 Denise https://www.goodreads.com/group/show_...)
Task Total = 20
Grand total = 600
10.3 Baby BoomerThe Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
+10 task (born 1952)
+ 5 combo (10.2)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 50
10.9 Hot off the PressThe Tea Chest by Josephine Moon, published 2014
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.4(mOOn))
Task total: 15 pts
Grand total: 190 pts
10.9 Hot off the Press Cupcakes at Carrington's by Alexandra Brown, published 2013 (with a sequel published in 2014)
+10 Task
+5 Multiple
Task total: 15 pts
Grand total: 205 pts
10.8 - The 17th CenturyAt the Sign of the Sugared Plum by Mary Hooper
Set in 1665
Lexile 1120
+10 task
+10 combo (10.4, 10.7 born 23rd July, scroll down to the Q&A section here: http://us.macmillan.com/author/maryho... )
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 815 points
10.1 - Instant ReplayThe Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
+10 Task: Women's Prize for Fiction 2014 nominee
+15 Combo: 10.2 Highly-rated by Angelbis https://www.goodreads.com/group/show_... / 10.7 - Summer Celebrations(July 11, 1967) / 10.9 - Hot Off the Press (September 24, 2013)
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 1235
10.9 - Hot Off The PressDiagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: It's Mitochondria, Not Hypochondria! by Sarah Myhill
+10 task (pub. 2014)
+ 5 combo (10.4)
+ 5 multiple
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 835 points
10.7 Summer CelebrationsInferno by Dan Brown -June 22, 1964
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_brown
+10 pts - Task
+15 pts - Combo (10.2-Jackie, 10.3, 10.9 - 2013)
Task Total - 25 pts
Grand Total - 310 pts
20.7 Call & ResponseReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
in response to Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America by Firoozeh Dumas
+20 pts - Task
+10 pts - Combo (10.2 - Anika, 10.3 - 1955 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azar_Nafisi ,20.3 - on list banned in Iran, 20.6)
+10 pts - Non-Western (Iran)
+ 5 pts - Multiple
Task Total - 55 pts
Grand Total - 365 pts
10.2 - Highly-ratedKristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset 7/28/14
Lisa, ColleenPA, and Kiri rated it 5-stars
Task: 10
Multiple: 5
Canon: 10
Jumbo: 25 (1,168 pages)
Task total: 50
AtA Total: 240
AtA Familiar Faces Completion Bonus: 50
RwS Total: 520
Grand Total: 810
10.2 - Highly-ratedAfter Dark by Haruki Murakami
Rated 5 stars by Ilona
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.3 - Born 1949)
+10 Non-Western (japanese)
Task total = 25
Grand Total: 205
20.1 TeaAn Equal Music by Vikram Seth
+20 Task (born in India)
+15 Combo (10.2-Ilona rated it 5 stars, 10.3-born in 1952, 10.7 – birthday June 20th)
+10 Non-Western
+5 Multiple
Task total: 50
Grand Total: 1150
10.10 Group ReadsIn Evil Hour by Gabriel García Márquez
+10 Task
+10 Non-Western
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 1170
20.7Pandemic by Yvonne Ventresca - read Partials this challenge
no lexile
+20 task
+5 multiple
+5 combo (10.9 - published 2013)
task total: 30
grand total: 705
ATA15.9 I read: A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
15.8-15.10 = 30 points each
Total this Post: 30
Grand Total: 535
10.3 Baby BoomerI read Look to Windward by Iain M. Banks, born 1954.
+5 Multiple
Points This Post: 15
Grand Total: 550
20.9 Father's DayA Buyer's Market by Anthony Powell
+20 Task (takes place in the early 20s)
+ 5 Combo (10.4)
+ 5 Multiple
Task total = 30
Grand Total = 470
20.8 NatureThe Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
+20 Task (shelved 23 times as nature)
+10 Combo (10.2 - Lisa rated it 5 stars, 10.4 – keLLy)
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 995
20.7 Call and ResponseThe Haunted House by Charles Dickens et al
Last season I read Droodwhich was a novel about Charles Dickens and Wilkie. Jama approved this pairing.
+20 Task
+5 Multiple
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 1195
20.1 - TeaThe Cinnamon Peeler: Selected Poems by Michael Ondaatje
+20 Task: Ondaatje born in Sri Lanka
+ 5 Combo: 10.4 Double Trouble (ondAAtje)
+ 5 Multiple
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 1290
Rebekah wrote: "20.7 Call & ResponseReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
in response to Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America by [author:Firoozeh Duma..."
Sorry, Rebekah, Nafisi is a US citizen and does not qualify for Non-Western points.
Coralie wrote: "20.1 TeaAn Equal Music by Vikram Seth
+20 Task (born in India)
+15 Combo (10.2-Ilona rated it 5 stars, 10.3-born in 1952, 10.7 – birthday June 20th)
+5 Multiple
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+10 Non-Western (Indian)
Don (The Book Guy) wrote: "20.7 Call & ResponseThe Civil War Volume III: Red River to Appomattox by Shelby Foote, Read Catton's Stillnes at Appomattox in spring. Catton was from Michigan and F..."
The most popular edition of this book has over 1100 pages, so +25 Jumbo.
Karen Michele wrote: "10.1 - Instant ReplayFrom Post 798
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
+10 Task: Women's Prize for Fiction 2014 nominee
+15 Combo: 10.2 Highly-rated by Angelbis https://www.goodreads.co..."
+5 Multiple
From Post 793Phoebe wrote: "10.3 Baby Boomer
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
+10 task (born 1952)
+ 5 combo (10.2)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 50"
+5 Combo 20.6
10.7 Summer CelebrationsPaper Towns by John Green
+10 Task (8/24/77)
+10 Combo (10.2-Hrishita, Ely, 10.4 GrEEn)
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 200 points
Don (The Book Guy) wrote: "15.10 AtAHillel: If Not Now, When? by Joseph Telushkin
+30 Task
+100 Completion Bonus for all new authors to me.
Task Total: 130
Grand Total: 610"
Congratulations on your AtA Finish, Don!
ATA15.10 I read: The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
15.8-15.10 = 30 points each
Familiar Faces Bonus = 50 points
Total this Post: 80
Grand Total: 630
20.4Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
+20 task
+10 canon
+20 combo (10.2 - Ann gave it 5 stars, 10.4 - Shelley, 10.7 - August 1797, 20.3 - banned)
task total: 50
grand total: 775
20.2 - arrested and accused of being a British spy in the 1910'sLady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
+20 task
+10 combo (10.2 - Ann gave it 5 stars, 20.3 - banned)
task total: 30
grand total: 805
20.9 - Father's DayThe Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons
Mostly took place during the Siege of Leningrand (1941-1943) with a few additional months on either side
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.2 - Jade & 2 others rated 5 stars; 10.3 - born 1963)
+5 Jumbo (636 pages)
Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 975
10.9 Hot Off The PressesTop Secret Twenty-One by Janet Evanovich Published 2014
+10
+5 Multiple
Task Total: 15
Grand Total 150
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+20 Task
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 130