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WI 17-18 Completed Tasks
10.9 The Power of FiveThe Eagle's Mate by Anna Alice Chapin
+10 task (Alice)
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 780
20.4 DoctorateThe House of Unexpected Sisters] by Alexander McCall Smith
He has no less than 12 honourary doctorates!
+20 Task
+10 Combo - 20.1 (born 24 August 1948),
and 10.9 the Power of 5 S-M-I-T-H
Task Total = 30
Season Total - 315
20.1 LifetimeThe Wedding of Zein by Tayeb Salih
Set entirely in Sudan
task=20
combos= 10 (10.6; 20.3)
NaN=10 (stories)
LiT=10
task total= 50
grand total = 495
20.3 AgedThe Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark
+20 Task
+25 Combo 10.9, 20.1, 20.2, 20.4, 20.6
Task Total: 45
Season Total: 1220
20.1 - LifetimeStorm Track by Margaret Maron
+20 task
+10 Combo (10.9, 20.4)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 555
Task 20.2 ScottishRead a book written by any author born in Scotland.
Symposium (1990) by Muriel Spark
+20 Task
+25 Combo (#10.9, #20.1, #20.3, #20.4, #20.6)
Task Total: 20 + 25 = 45
Grand Total: 515 + 45 = 560
20.10 First Person Junky by William S. Burroughs writing as William Lee (noted in GR bio and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkie_... )
+20 task (written in first person)
+15 combo (10.4; 20.3; 20.9)
Task total=35
Grand total=825
10.5 In TranslationThe Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
+10 Task (French-American Foundation Translation Prize, 2008 nominee for fiction)
+15 Combo: 10.3 (#183 on list), 20.1, 20.10 (first person fiction)
+10 Lost-in-Translation
Task Total: 35
Season Total: 845
20.1 LifetimePerpetual War for Perpetual Peace by Gore Vidal
+20 task
+15 combo (10.9; 20.3; 20.4)
+10 not-a-novel
Task total=45
Grand total=870
30.1 Holiday Bonus! Hot Ice by Nora Roberts
approx 80% of book set in Madagascar
+30 Task
+5 Combo (20.1 - approval)
Post Total: 35
Season Total: 770
10.4 AKAThe Rose Rent by Ellis Peters
+10 Task
+10 Combo - 10.9 Power of 5 E-L-L-I-S 20.3 aged (lived over 80 years and is on GR author page,
Task Total = 20
Season Total - 335
20.10 First PersonThe Reason You're Alive by Matthew Quick
+20 task
+15 combo 10.9, 20.4, 20.1 (born 1973)
Task total: 35
Season total: 420
20.9 Addiction (Kate S)Money by Martin Amis
+20 Task
+15 Combo (20.1 - born 1949 as per GR author page; 20.4 - approval; 20.5)
Post Total: 35
Season Total: 805
20.10 First Person (Elizabeth (Alaska))The Lime Tree by César Aira
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.9 Cesar, 20.10 born 1949)
+10 LiT (Spanish)
Points this post: 40
RwS total: 495
PC total: 15
Season Total: 510
20.1 LifetimeThe Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession by Allison Hoover Bartlett
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.2 "Man")
+10 Not-a-Novel
Task total: 35
Season total: 1350
15.4 Page CountThe Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
232 pages, published 1922
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 305
20.3 AgedThe Greater Journey: Americans in Paris by David McCullough
+20 born 1933 still living
+15 combo (10.9, 20.1, 20.4 approved)
+5 jumbo
+10 NAN
Task total: 50
Season total: 405
Thanks. I'll take the 20.1Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Leslie wrote: "My first try. Let me know if I have it right or wrong, please.
Bram: A Highlander Romance by L.L. Muir
164 pp
15.2 subtask page count
20.1 Lifetime..."
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Leslie wrote: "My first try. Let me know if I have it right or wrong, please.
Bram: A Highlander Romance by L.L. Muir
164 pp
15.2 subtask page count
20.1 Lifetime..."
20.3 AgedThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
20 task
10 canon
15 combo 10.8, 20.1, 20.4
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45
Running total: 885
Task 20.1 LifetimeRead a book written by any author born during Muriel Spark's lifetime (1918-2006).
It's All Relative: Adventures Up and Down the World’s Family Tree (2017) by A.J. Jacobs [929.1] (Hardcover, 336 pages)
+20 Task
+10 Not-a-Novel: non-fiction
Task Total: 20 + 10 = 30
Grand Total: 560 + 30 = 590
Task 20.1 LifetimeRead a book written by any author born during Muriel Spark's lifetime (1918-2006).
A Good Woman (2008) by Danielle Steel (Hardcover, 336 pages)
+20 Task
+10 Combo (#10.2, #10.9)
Task Total: 20 + 10 = 30
Grand Total: 590 + 30 = 620
From Post 700Karen Michele wrote: "20.10 First Person (Elizabeth (Alaska))
The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes by Anonymous
+20 Task: entirely in first person
+10 Lost in Translation
Task Total: 30
Seaso..."
+10 Canon
From Post 672Heather wrote: "20.7
The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher Moore
+20 task
+15 combo (10.8- 417 times, 10.9, 20.1)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 565"
+5 Combo 20.8
From Post 701Heather wrote: "20.3
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
+20 task
+5 combo (10.8 - 809 times)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 590"
+10 Combo 20.1, 20.4
20.7 It's Winter (or Summer?) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The book takes place in winter (it is snowing) in the northern hemisphere
+20 task
+15 combo (10.8 ; 10.9 ; 20.1 - 1964)
+10 lost in translation (written in english, read in french)
Task total = 45
Points total = 95
20.10 First Person (Elizabeth (Alaska))Peach by Emma Glass
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.9 Glass, 20.10 exact date unstated but photo shows within range)
Points this post: 30
RwS total: 525
PC total: 15
Season Total: 540
15.1 PC2Congratulations, By the Way: Some Thoughts on Kindness by George Saunders, 64 pages, and Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang, 44 pages
+15 Task (both living authors)
Task total: 15
Season total: 1365
20.4 - DoctorateUncommon Clay by Margaret Maron
+20 task
+10 Combo (10.9, 20.1)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 610
30.1 Holiday BonusThe Stranger by Albert Camus
+30 task (Algeria)
+15 combo (10.5, 10.9, 20.10)
+10 lost in translation
+10 canon
Post Total: 65
Season Total: 845
20.1 LifetimeThe Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients' Lives by Theresa Brown
+20 task
+ 5 combo (10.9)
+10 not-a-novel
Task total=35
Grand total=905
10.4 AKAStars Across the Ocean by Kimberley Freeman aka Kim Wilkins
+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.1 - approval)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 820
20.2 - ScottishMinerva by Marion Chesney
born in Glasgow
+20 Task
+10 Combo (20.1 - born 1938, 20.3 - I calculate her to be 82/83)
post total = 30
Season total = 855
15.6 - Page Count - pre-1950The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
MPE is 336 pages
lex is Ok
pub 1905
Season total = 870
10.8 Fantasy!The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All the Way Home by Catherynne M. Valente
+10 task
+10 combo (20.1 - 1979 ; 20.8 - i don't want to spoil, so i'll just say several characters become something else in the book at the end)
Task total = 10
Points total = 115
10.8 FantasyMy Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales edited by Kate Bernheimer
228 times
+10 Task
+5 Jumbo - 576 pgs
+10 Not a Novel
Task Total: 25 pts
Grand Total: 145 pts
Kate S wrote: "From Post 701Heather wrote: "20.3
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
+20 task
+5 combo (10.8 - 809 times)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 590"
+10 Combo 20.1,..."
These two corrections should put me at 605, if I'm not mistaken.
Post 715 Denise wrote: "20.10 First Person Junky by William S. Burroughs writing as William Lee (noted in GR bio and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkie_... )
+20 task (written in fir..."
I'm sorry, this doesn't work for 10.4 because the author credit is for Burroughs.
Post 736 Marie wrote: "20.7 It's Winter (or Summer?) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The book takes place in winter (it is snowing) in the northern hemisp..."
I'm sorry, this doesn't qualify for 20.1 because Dahl was born in 1916 (the task is author born 1918-2006, not pub date)
Post 746 Marie wrote: "10.8 Fantasy!The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All the Way Home by Catherynne M. Valente
+10 task
+10 combo (20.1 - 1979 ; 20.8 - i don't want to spoil, so i'll just s..."
I'm sorry, Marie. This is shelved as Juv Fic at BPL and does not have a Lexile score. Task, but no styles.
20.1 LifetimeThe Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor
+20 Task (b. 1974)
+10 Combo (10.8 -- shelved as fantasy 33 times; 10.9 -- NNEDI)
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 385
10.2 It's All RelativeThe Sword of Deborah, First-Hand Impressions of the British Women's Army in France by F. Tennyson Jesse
+10 Task (Women's)
+5 Combo (10.9 -- JESSE)
+
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 410
15.6 Page CountWhite Tears by Hari Kunzru
+15 Task (304 pages; Note: MPE page count was changed from 304 to 271 a few hours before I posted this; see comments in the help thread here)
+100 Page Count Completion Bonus
+50 All Living Authors Bonus
Task Total: 165
Season Total: 575
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+20 task
+10 combo (10.9, 20.10 entirely in the first person)
+10 lost in translation (it was certainly lost on me!)
+ 5 jumbo (512 pages)
Post Total: 45
Season Total: 770