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SU 2014 RwS Completed Tasks - Summer 2014
10.4 Double TroubleDrift: The Unmooring of American Military Power by Rachel Maddow
+10 Task (Maddow)
+5 Combo (10.2: rated 5 stars by itpdx and Katy)
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 75
10.2 Highly-ratedHunted by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast
+10 Task (rated 5 stars by Alicia Gordon, grace truth, and six others)
Task Total = 10
Grand Total = 85
10.9Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues by Diana Rowland
+10 task (next book is due to be released July 1, 2014)
+5 multiple
task total: 15
grand total: 320
20.2 - JailedA Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut
+20 Task (POW https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vo...)
+10 Combo (10.2 - Nick) and several others rated it 5-stars; 10.4 - Double Trouble Vonnegut
+ 5 Multiple
Task total=35
Grand total=230
D wrote: "I've had pretty good luck finding stuff on LOC. We'll see whether or not the mods find the info acceptable. "
LOC is an excellent resource, and I've used it for other things. But I had not known nor used this Authorities portion - at least not directly - and it will help a lot. Thank you, and yes, it's definitely acceptable.
Post 205 Debra wrote: "10.1 Instant ReplayWhen You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
+10 task (Newberry Medal, 2010 and Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction and Poetry, 2010)
+5 combo (10.2 ..."
Unfortunately, this has a YA/Juv designation at BPL and a Lexile of only 750. You're good for the task, but not the style points.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 205 Debra wrote: "10.1 Instant ReplayWhen You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
+10 task (Newberry Medal, 2010 and Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction and Poetry..."
Thanks Elizabeth. . . I thought style points had to do with number of pages . . . so, to clarify, I can't use any combo points when I'm reading YA with a Lexile less than 800? Is that correct? - Debra
Debra wrote: "Thanks Elizabeth. . . I thought style points had to do with number of pages . . . so, to clarify, I can't use any combo points when I'm reading YA with a Lexile less than 800? Is that correct? - Debra "Yes, that is correct. You can claim for the 10- and 20-point tasks however.
20.2 JailedThe Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksand...
+ 20 Task
+ 5 Combo 10.2 Highly Rated by Douglas
+ 5 Combo 20.6 Unfinished # 212
+ 5 Combo 20.9 Fathers Day. From 1918 to 1956
+ 5 Combo 20.3 Banned
+ 10 Non Western . Russia
+ 10 Canon
+ 5 Jumbo. 512 pages
Task Total = 65
Grand Total = 165
10.9 Fresh off the pressMen We Reaped: A Memoir by Jesmyn Ward
published in 2013
+10 task
+ 5 multiple
Task Total: 15
Grand Total:85
10.4 - Double Trouble: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Note double 'n' in surname
+10 task
+5 Combo (10.2 -Melanie, Jaime VA, plus others rated book 5 stars)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 100
From Post 176:Nick wrote: "20.4 - Action/Adventure: "It was the day my grandmother exploded." (The Crow Road).
-Read one of the 200 Greatest Adventure Novels of All Time.
I read #2 on the chronological list,[book:Frankenst..."
Picked a good one there!
+10 (additional) combo 10.5-audible books and 20.3 banned books
From post 179Heather wrote: "20.1 - India
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
+20 task
+10 non western
+5 jumbo (561 pages)
+10 combo (10.3 - 1947, 10.7 - June 19)
task total: 45
grand total: 300"
Another big one!
+15 (additional) combos: 10.2-highly rated (see post 198), 20.3 banned, 20.6 unfinished
From Post 179Heather wrote: "20.1 - India
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
+20 task
+10 non western
+5 jumbo (561 pages)
+10 combo (10.3 - 1947, 10.7 - June 19)
task total: 45
grand total: 300"
Salman Rushdie is considered a Western Author. See this post for more information.
From Post 181Katrina wrote: "10.9 Hot off the press
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
+5 combo 10.1 Bailey'sshortlist 2014
+10 non western Adiche was born in Nigeria (goodreads page)
Total..."
Sorry, Katrina, but we are not allowing combos with 10.1 for this season.
Task 10.4 - Double Trouble: Read a book by an author whose surname has a double letter. The Space Between (2011) by Brenna Yovanoff
Lexile 760L so no Style points
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 115 + 10 = 125
From Post 131Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "10.2 Highly Rated
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Connie N. rated it 5 stars.
Lexile score 850
Task +10
Style Points:+5 Combo 10.4 Double trouble 2 e's in Gre..."
+5 Combo: 10.7-see post 187
20.8 Great Outdoors Small Wonder by Barbara Kingsolver
+20 Task (shelved 20 times as nature)
+5 Combo (10.3 – born 1955)
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 275
20.10 Austria-hungary Death in Venice by Thomas Mann
Lexile 1410
+20 Task (set in Italy)
+15 Combo (10.2- Joanna rated it 5 stars, 10.4 – nn, 10.7 – Born June 6th )
Task total: 35
Grand Total: 310
10.9White Trash Zombie Apocalypse by Diana Rowland
+10 task (next book is due to be released July 1, 2014)
+5 multiple
task total: 15
grand total: 325
20.4 - Action/Adventure: The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
#12 on list
+20 task
+5 Combo (10.2 -rated 5 stars by Rebekah, Joy, & a few others)
+5 Combo (10.4 - double l's in Collins)
+10 Canon
Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 140
10.2 Highly RatedPale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
+10 Task (rated 5 stars by Karen Michele)
+10 Non-western (Russian)
+10 Canon
+10 Combo (10.6, 20.3)
Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 40
10.4 Double Trouble Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories by Karen Russell
+10 Task (double s and double l)
+10 Combo (10.2- Dave rated it 5 stars, 10.9 published 2013 )
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 330
20.1 TeaWild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang born in China
+ 20 Task
+ 5 Combo 10.2 Highly rated by Rosemary, Christine
+ 5 Combo 10.3 Baby Boomer. DOB 1952
+ 5 Combo 20.3 Banned
+ 5 Jumbo. 544 pages
Task Total = 40
Grand Total = 205
20.8 Great OutdoorsAll Creatures Great and Small by [author:James Herriot|18062
+ 20 Task Shelved 34 times as Nature
+ 5 Combo 10.2 Highly rated by Connie N & Kiri
+ 5 Combo 10.4 Double Trouble. Herriot
+ 5 Combo 20.9 Fathers Day. Set around 1930's
Task Total = 35
Grand Total = 240
10.2 Highly RatedThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
+ 10 Task Highly rated by Sally & Mx.Shining
+ 5 Combo 10.4 Double Trouble
+ 5 Combo 20.1 Tea Born and raised in India
+ 5 Jumbo 592 pages
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 265
Post 231 Don (The Book Guy) wrote: "10.2 Highly RatedThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
+10 Task, rated 5 stars by Arow
+10 Combo, 10.4 and 20.9
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 135"
I'm sorry, Don. This does not qualify for 20.9 as it takes place in the 1960s.
Edited posts # 234, 235 and 236. (I had forgotten to add Combo points to post 234- 20.1 )
10.9 - Hot Off the PressGrasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith
+10 Task (Published February 11th, 2014)
+15 Combo (10.2 - rated 5-stars by Joanna; 10.3 & 10.7 - Smith's LOC Authority file )
Task total=25
Grand total=255
With many apologies to the Moderators for editing posts so frequently. Have edited Post 215- for 20.2 Jailed, to add 5 Combo points for 20.3 Banned. Subsequently following points have been edited for Grand Total.
234
235
236
Grand Total after editing = 275
Apologies again.
10.7 - Summer Celebrations He's Gone by Deb Caletti
+10 Task: June 16, 1963 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deb_Caletti
+20 Combo:10.3 Baby Boomers (1963) / 10.4 Double Trouble (caleTTi) / 10.5 - Sounds of Summer /10.9 - Hot Off the Press (May 14, 2013)
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 135
Author to Author15.2 Lust for Life: A Novel Based on the Life of Vincent Van Gogh by Irving Stone
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 155
10.1 - Instant ReplayDune by Frank Herbert
Nebula Award 1966
Combos:
10.2 Lisa and Nick rated it 5 Stars.
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show_...
20.4 Acton Adventure #163
20.6 Unfinished #47
Task 10
Combos 15
Jumbo 5 (604 pages)
Total Task 30
Grand Total 350
20.9 Father's DayThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
+20 task
+10 combo (20.10 - Auschwitz concentration camps were in parts of Poland annexed by Germany, 10.2 - Jayme VA, among others )
Task Total 30
Grand Total 155
20.10 - Austria-Hungary The Street of Crocodiles by Bruno Schulz
+20 Task: Poland, now Ukraine
+15 Combo: 10.2 Highly-rated (Burke Burke rated it 5 stars https://www.goodreads.com/group/show_...) / 10.7 - Summer Celebrations (July 12, 1892) / 20.9 - Father's Day (set/published 1930s)
+10 Canon
Task Total: 45
Grand Total: 180
Karen Michele wrote: "20.10 - Austria-Hungary The Street of Crocodiles by Bruno Schulz
+20 Task: Poland, now Ukraine
+15 Combo: 10.2 Highly-rated (Burke Burke rated it 5 stars https://ww..."
Karen I don't see where this says the time period in which it takes place other than it is about the author's boyhood, which would likely be largely before 1904. Were there dates mentioned in the stories?
10.1 Instant ReplayA Rogue by Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean
+10 Task (RITA Award for Best Historical Fiction, 2013)
+10 Combo (10.2 - Arena rated it 5 stars, 10.9 – Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover to be published 11/2014)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 230
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Karen Michele wrote: "20.10 - Austria-Hungary The Street of Crocodiles by Bruno Schulz
+20 Task: Poland, now Ukraine
+15 Combo: 10.2 Highly-rated (Burke Burke rated..."
Sorry, Elizabeth, I read it carelessly and didn't think about his boyhood being before the allowed time period, so -5 for me;
10.1 - Instant ReplayCrooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
Using Gold Dagger Award - Best Crime Novel - winners & shortlist
+10 Task (2011 Gold Dagger)
+15 Combo (10.2 - rated 5-stars by Katy and others; 10.3 & 10.7 - encyclopediaofalabama.org, 2nd paragraph, and Franklin's LOC Authority file)
Task total=25
Grand total=280
10.1 Instant ReplayUsing the Cornelius Ryan
Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden--from 9/11 to Abbottabad by Peter L. Bergen
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.3-b 1962 per GR Author profile)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 15
10.2 Highly RatedNeverwhere by Neil Gaiman
+10 Task (Katrina and Others rated 5*)
+5 Combo (10.3-b 1960 according to wikipedia)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 30
10.3 Baby BoomerCharlotte Gray by Sebastian Faulks
+10 Task (b 1953 on GR Author profile)
+10 Combo (10.2 Rosemary and Others rated it 5*; 20.9-set 1942-1944)
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 50
10.4 Double TroubleWhat Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal by Zoë Heller
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.2 Deedee rated it 5*; 10.7-b July 7 according to GR Author profile)
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 70
10.5 Sounds of SummerThe Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
+10 Task-nominated in fiction category
+10 Combo (10.2 Cindie Harp and Others rated it 5*; 10.9-released 2013)
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 90
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+10 Task (pub. 28 Jan 2014)
Task Total = 10
Grand Total = 60