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SU 2014 RwS Completed Tasks - Summer 2014
10.6 - Summer School: The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
+10 Task: On the campus novels list
+ 5 Combo: 10.2 Highly-rated by Katy and others https://www.goodreads.com/group/show_...
+ 5 Jumbo (512 pages)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 2265
20.6 UnfinishedLook Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe
+20 Task (#161 on list)
+5 Jumbo (644 pages)
+5 Multiple
+10 Combo (10.2 - Max Karpovets rated it 5 stars, 20.9 – set mainly in Eugene’s remembered lifetime - ~1906-1918)
Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 1660
20.9 Fathers' Day (set 1904-1954)Guests on Earth by Lee Smith
+20 Task (set 1936-1948)
+5 Combo (10.9 – published 2013)
+5 Multiple
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 1690
10.8 Summer BirthdayByrd by Kim Church
+10 Task (born August 7)
+5 Combo (10.9 – published 2014)
+5 Multiple
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 1710
20.6 UnfinishedThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
+20 task (#68 on the list)
+10 combo (10.2 – Highly-rated by href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2..., 20.4 – Action / Adventure (#124 on the list))
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 135
20.4 Action/AdventureTime Out of Joint by Philip K. Dick
+20 Task (#143)
+5 Multiple
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 1990
20.1 - TeaAn Atlas of Impossible Longing by Anuradha Roy
Anuradha Roy was Born in India
+20 Task
+10 Non-Western (born and residing in India)
Task total = 40
Grand Total: 245
10.2 - Highly-ratedA Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
Rated 5 by Shannon, Jayme VA
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.3 - born 1956 ; 10.9 - published January 1st 2013)
+5 Multiple
Task total = 25
Grand Total: 270
20.10 - Austria-HungaryThe Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
Set mainly in Italy apart from ~15% in England
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.2 - Christine ; 10.7 - born 31 August 1866 ; 20.9 - written in 1922 and takes place at around the time)
+5 Multiple
Task total = 40
Grand Total: 310
20.8 The Great OutdoorsAWOL on the Appalachian Trail by David Miller
+20 pts - Task
+ 5 pts - combo (10.4 )
+5 pts - combo (10.3 b. 1961)
Grand Total - 380
task - 30 pts
Grand total - 385 pts
10.3 Baby Boomer703: How I Lost More Than a Quarter Ton and Gained a Life by Nancy Makin
+10 Task (born May 17, 1956, as stated in Chapter 1 of the book)
Task Total = 10
Grand Total = 285
10.9 Hot Off the PressThe Unpredictable Consequences of Love by Jill Mansell, published 2014
+ 10 task
+ 5 multiple
+ 10 combo (10.4 (manseLL), 10.7 (June 16th))
Task total: 25 pts
Grand total: 330 pts
20.6 - UnfinishedThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, 940 Lexile
+20 Task: #69 on the list
+15 Combo: Combo: 10.2 Highly-rated by Claire Jefferies https://www.goodreads.com/group/show_... / 10.7 - Summer Celebrations (July 21, 1899) / 20.3 - Banned (Banned in Nazi Germany)
+ 5 Multiple
Task Total: 40
2nd RwS Finish: 100
Grand Total: 2405
10.4 Double TroubleIce Cold by Tess Gerritsen
+10 task
+5 Combo (10.3 Baby Boomer)
+5 Combo (10.7 Summer Celebrations)
+5 Multiple
Task total: 25
Grand total: 480
10.4 Double TroubleThe Silent Girl by Tess Gerritsen
+10 task
+5 Combo (10.3 Baby Boomer)
+5 Combo (10.7 Summer Celebrations)
+5 Multiple
Task total: 25
Grand total: 505
10.4 Double TroubleLast to Die by Tess Gerritsen
+10 task
+5 Combo (10.3 Baby Boomer)
+5 Combo (10.7 Summer Celebrations)
+5 Multiple
Task total: 25
Grand total: 530
10.4 Double TroubleCut and Thrust by Stuart Woods
+10 task
+5 Combo (10.9 Hot off the Press)
+5 Multiple
Task total: 20
Grand total: 550
20.9 Father's DayThe Brimming Cup byDorothy Canfield Fisher
+20 Task (set in 1920)
+5 Multiple
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 2015
10.7 - Summer Celebrations:Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters 8/27/14
Sarah Waters was born in July.
Combos:
10.2 - Avory and several others rated it 5-stars
+10 task
+5 combos (10.2)
+5 multiples
Task total: 20
AtA Total: 240
AtA Familiar Faces Completion Bonus: 50
RwS Total: 945
RwS Bonus: 100
Mega Finish Bonus: 200
Grand Total: 1535
Post 1155 Rebekah wrote: "20.8 The Great OutdoorsAWOL on the Appalachian Trail by David Miller
+20 pts - Task
+ 5 pts - combo (10.4 )
Task - 25 pts
Grand Total - 380"
+5 Combo 10.3 - born 1961 according to BPL and LOC
Post 1160 Norma wrote: "10.4 Double TroubleIce Cold by Tess Gerritsen
+10 task
+5 Combo (10.3 Baby Boomer)
+5 Combo (10.7 Summer Celebrations)
+5 Multiple
Task total: 25
Grand total: 480"
+5 Combo 10.2 Rated 5 stars by Rebekah
Post 1162 Norma wrote: "10.4 Double TroubleLast to Die by Tess Gerritsen
+10 task
+5 Combo (10.3 Baby Boomer)
+5 Combo (10.7 Summer Celebrations)
+5 Multiple
Task total: 25
Grand total: 530"
+5 Combo 10.2 Rated 5 stars by ilovebakedgoods
Post 1161 Norma wrote: "10.4 Double TroubleThe Silent Girl by Tess Gerritsen
+10 task
+5 Combo (10.3 Baby Boomer)
+5 Combo (10.7 Summer Celebrations)
+5 Multiple
Task total: 25
Grand tota..."
+5 Combo 10.2 rated 5 stars by Lisa
Task 15.9 Author to Author15.9 Maxim Gorky
My Childhood (1913) by Maxim Gorky; translated by Ronald Wilks (Paperback, 234 pages)
+30 Task
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 760 + 30 = 790
One more book to go to finish the mini-challenge!!!
10.3 Baby BoomersMissing You by Harlan Coben
+10 Task: born in 1962
+ 5 Combo: 10.9 - Hot Off the Press (March 18, 2014)
+ 5 Multiple
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 2425
10.7 - Summer CelebrationsThe Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
+10 Task ( June 28, 1969)
+ 5 Combo (10.2 - rated 5 stars by Tanya)
+ 5 Multiple
Task total=20
Grand total=1390
20.7 call and responseThe Hours by Michael Cunningham
(I read Mrs. Dalloway this spring)
20 pt. task
+20 combo (10.2 Lisa and others rated it 5 stars: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show_... 10.3, 10.4, 10.10)
+5 repeated task
Task total: 45
Grand Total: 640
20.10 - Austria-HungaryThe Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andrić
+20 task
+15 combo (10.2 Don gave 5 stars, 10.10, 20.2)
+ 5 multiple
+10 canon
Task total: 50
Grand Total: 1380 points
20.9 Father's DayBurmese Days by George Orwell (takes place in 1926)
+ 20 task
+ 20 combo (10.2 (given 5 stars by DeeDee), 10.4 (orweLL), 10.7 (June 25th), 20.1 ( born in India))
+ 5 multiple
Total task: 45 pts
Grand total: 375 pts
10.2 Highly RatedThe History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding
+10 Task
+10 Canon
+25 Jumbo (1024 pp.)
Task Total: 45
Grand Total: 155
20.6 - Unfinished:The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust 8/27/14
This series, In Search of Lost Time is #116 on the list of Most Begun But Unfinished Books.
+20 task
+5 multiples
+10 Canon
+5 Jumbo
Task total: 40
AtA Total: 240
AtA Familiar Faces Completion Bonus: 50
RwS Total: 985
RwS Bonus: 100
Mega Finish Bonus: 200
Grand Total: 1575
15.5 (2nd round) – AtA: Glimmerglass by Jenna Black (Lexile 880)
+25 Task
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 1735
10.3 - Baby BoomerColorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
+10 Task (January 12, 1949)
+10 Combo (10.2 - rated 5 stars by ilona and others; 10.9 - April 12th 2013)
+10 Non-Western
+ 5 Multiple
Task total=35
Grand total=
(edited to adjust for 20-point addition error I made in post 1132-I think.)
From post 1150Debra wrote: "20.6 Unfinished
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
+20 task (#68 on the list)
+10 combo (10.2 – Highly-rated by href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2......"
+5 Combo 20.3-banned
Rebekah wrote: "20.8 The Great OutdoorsAWOL on the Appalachian Trail by David Miller
+20 pts - Task
+ 5 pts - combo (10.4 )
Task - 25 pts
Grand Total - 380"
+5 Combo 10.3-author born 1961 according to BPL
20.6 - UnfinishedMe Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
#215 in the list
+20 task
+10 Combo (10.2 - Anikah ; 10.3 - born December 26, 1956)
Task total = 30
Grand Total: 340
10.2 Highly RatedWinter Solsticeby Rosamunde Pilcher by Kristicats
+ 10 Task
+ 5 Multiple
+ 5 Jumbo
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 1450
10.3 Baby Boomer Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health by William Davis Born in 1957
+ 10 Task
+ 5 Multiple
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 1465
20.8 Great OutdoorsWild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed shelved 137 times
+ 20 Task
+ 5 Combo 10.2 Highly rated by Christa & Emily Green
+ 5 Multiple
Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 1495
20.9 Fathers DayA Nurse and Mother by Evelyn Prentis (just after the end of world war II)
+ 20 Task
+ 5 Multiple
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 1520
10.7 Summer CelebrationsThe Night Circusby Erin Morgenstern born in July
+ 10 Task
+ 5 10.2 Highly Rated by Erin & Jenger
+ 5 Multiple
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 1540
20.10 Austria-HungaryNina Balatka by Anthony Trollope
+20 Task (set entirely in Prague)
+ 5 Combo (10.4)
Task total = 25
Grand Total = 730
And that will do it for me this season.
10.3 Baby BoomerThe Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
(born 1963 https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
+10 pts - Task
+20 pts - Combo (10.2-Marie, 10.4,10.5, 10.9)
+10 pts - Jumbo (771 pgs)
Task total - 40 pts
Grand Total - 424 pts
Kate S wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "20.8 The Great OutdoorsAWOL on the Appalachian Trail by David Miller
+20 pts - Task
+ 5 pts - combo (10.4 )
Task - 25 pts
Grand Total - 380..."
THanks Elizabeth and Kate for catching that. When I first put it on my list I had marked that combo because I had thought I had read that somewhere but when I posted, I couldn't find what link I had used to know that so thought I must have mixed him up with another David Miller on Wikipedia.
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The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.2 - 5-stars by Cindi Harp; 10.9)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 595