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FA 2014 RwS Completed Tasks - Fall 2014
15.2 BtW-Constant Traveler1921-22
One of Ours by Willa Cather
+15 Task
+15 Bonus
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 45
15.3 BtW-Constant Traveler1923-24
The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
+15 Task
+15 Bonus
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 75
10.8 - Comfort Read - Cory Day's Task:Egg and Spoon by Gregory Maguire
No lexile yet, but I have requested a rating.
Right inside the cover of the new book Egg & Spoon it says “master storyteller Gregory Maguire surpasses himself in this dazzling novel for readers of all ages”. In an interview Maguire states that the target audience is his 14 year old self. I, at 60+, thoroughly enjoyed it! High level vocabulary abounds and the connections to the Russian mythology of the firebird and Baba Yaga among others are strong. It’s also laugh out loud funny and includes contemporary references alongside ancient ones. The story begins with a bow to Mark Twain’s Prince and the Pauper as the two protagonists switch places, but that tale proceeds with many twists and turns along the way. The plot is driven by family responsibilities and the world issue of climate change, so there are timely connections to social issues as well. It’s a lot of fun and I recommend to anyone who enjoys mythology, folktales and fairy tales.
+10 Task: I previously rated Out of Oz with 5 stars.
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 920
Since I lost all the style points for Breakfast at Tiffany's in Post #341, can you please move that book to 10.7 Honored Authors? Capote is on the pre-approved list.
10.4 - 9, 10, 11Smartcuts: How Hackers, Innovators, and Icons Accelerate Business by Shane Snow
Review: ★★★
The pace of life is accelerating. Everything happens quicker these days. It took Rockefeller forty-six years to become a billionaire. Andrew Mason did it in two. Clearly you can't do that by traditional means — you have to find some shortcuts along the way. But the amorality of a shortcut troubles Snow, so he has coined a "smartcut" instead, for “shortcuts with integrity.” Think Benjamin Franklin, not Frank Abagnale. (Or indeed Andrew Mason.)
What can you learn from people like Jimmy Fallon, David Heinemeier Hansson, Sonny Moore, Eli Pariser, Jane Chan, or Elon Musk. Or the surgeons at Great Ormond Street Hospital. And what did they learn from the Ferrari Formula One pit-crew? […more]
+10 task (Smartcuts/Innovators/Accelerate)
+10 not-a-novel (non-fiction)
+10 review
Task total: 30
Grand total: 1760
20.6 - Underrated:Paradise of the Blind by Dương Thu Hương
Since most of what I know of Vietnam is derived form movies and novels focused on the war, it was a pleasant surprise that this little novel didn't touch upon it at all. Rather, it focused on personal, familial conflict exacerbated by the shifts in power and society constructs as Communism solidifies its grip on the country. Given the events in the story, I should have been much more emotionally involved. But the story is framed by the narrator's train journey to see her uncle and the bulk of the story is told as drowsy, incomplete memories. The narrator, Hang, did not seem emotionally involved in her own story, telling it at a distance that made empathy difficult. The most compelling parts of the book were the descriptions of the various feasts and meals.
+20 task
+10 review
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 410
20.6 - Underrated:Typical: Stories by Padgett Powell (born in Florida in 1952)
Powell's writing in these stories is unique - I have not read anything quite like it. They are so surreal, yet too realistic to be surreal and to absurd to be realistic. I believe that the stories had been written over a period of years and it was interesting to see the writing style mature. There is one short story, only three or four pages long, that I found absolutely brilliant: "Wait". I'm not even going to summarize it as I think it is best to read when wholly unprepared for it. However, as a whole I did not care for these stories. Perhaps one needs a particular appreciation of irony or the right sort of offbeat humor. Maybe one has to have spent time in the South to appreciate the language. Whatever it is, I don't have it. I found it a struggle to read more than a few pages at a time. Even so, I think the collection is worth dipping in and out of, if only for the unique style.
+20 task
+10 review
+10 not-a-novel (short stories)
Task total: 40
Grand Total: 450
10.8 - Comfort Read The King's General by Daphne du Maurier 10/6/14
I previously rated Rebecca and Frenchman's Creek 5 stars.
Combo: 10.7 - Honored Authors - approved here.
Review:
While The King's General was not my favorite book by Daphne du Maurier, it certainly comes close. Here you have an interesting mix of historical fiction and romance. The story takes place during the time of the English Civil War (1642-1646), using some actual persons, such as the title character, Richard Grenvile, and others of her own invention, including the key female character and narrator, Honor Harris. The story focuses on an unusual romance between these two, and the goings on in their dysfunctional families.
Menabilly, the home of the Grenviles, is still in existence today. In fact, du Maurier wrote this novel in that house, where she lived for twenty years. This same house was the setting for Rebecca, though in that novel she called the home Manderley.
+10 task
+5 combo (10.7)
+10 review
+5 oldies (1946)
Task total: 30
BtW total: 15
RwS total: 390
Grand Total: 405
10.3. Leif EriksonIt's Fine By Me by Per Petterson (shelved 9 times as Norway)
+10 task
+ 5 combo (20.6, 571 ratings)
Task total 15
Grand total 325
Task 20.9 -War Babies - Read a book by an author who was born in the years of either of the two world wars, 1914-1918 or 1939-1945.
Margaret MacMillan was born in 1943.
The War That Ended Peace: The Road To 1914 (2013) by Margaret MacMillan (Hardcover, 739 pages)
Review:This is a narrative history of the causes of World War I. The cultures of England, France, Germany, Russia and Austria-Hungary during 1900-1914 are reviewed. Biographical information on the major decision-makers from the various countries is presented. Ms. MacMillan’s attitude is that World War I was NOT inevitable. The last line she wrote in this book would have worked equally well as a first line for this book: “There are always choices.” She’s particularly interested in conflicts between the European powers 1900-1914 which COULD have resulted in war but were instead resolved peacefully. Why were those conflicts resolved peacefully? And then: why was the conflict ignited by the assassination of Franz Ferdinand NOT resolved peacefully? While the author believes that peaceful resolutions could have gone on indefinitely if the leaders of the various nations chose a different course of action, I’m still inclined to think that war was inevitable – the conflicts between the nations during 1900-1914 were never really resolved, they were postponed, until finally war was viewed as the only way of resolving the conflicts once and for all.
Overall, I found this book very interesting. I read it a chapter or two per day, which was the right pace for a book of this type. Recommended for the “educated lay reader” who is interested in why nations go to war.
+20 Task
+10 Jumbo 700-799 Pages:
+10 Not-a-Novel: non-fiction
+10 Review
Task Total: 20 + 10 + 10 +10 = 50
Grand Total: 430 + 50 = 480
10.5 Dr. SalkThe Dramatic Life of a Country Doctor: Fifty Years of Disasters and Diagnoses by Arnold Burden
+ 10 task
+ 10 combo (10.4 'disasters', 20.6, 1 rating)
+ 10 not a novel
Task total 30
Grand total 335
20.6 UnderratedA Short History of Indians in Canada: Stories by Thomas King (173 ratings)
+ 20 task
+ 5 combo (20.9, b. 1943)
+ 10 not a novel
Task total 35
Grand total 370
10.7 - Honored AuthorsRebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
Daphne Du Maurier Award
What a great novel! I wasn't sure about it at first, because the narrator (who is never named, and referred to only as "Mrs. de Winter after her marriage) is very docile and submissive in the first bit. But as the novel went on, her personality became a lot more interesting and complex. It was clear from fairly early on that something was off in the whole situation, but up until the twist was revealed, I had no idea what it was. This was such a page-turner, I couldn't put it down! I'll definitely be looking into more of Du Maurier's novels after this one!
+10 task
+10 oldies (published 1938)
+10 review
Post total: 30
Grand total: 130
10.2 - HalloweenThe Stand by Stephen King 10/12/14
One of the Top 100 Horror Books in the linked list.
Review:
October has Halloween, so it’s time to fit in some spooky, scary, and horror stories. Many of Stephen King’s books fit that bill, so I chose to finally read The Stand. I’d seen the TV mini-series from 1994 and there’s been some buzz about a star-studded re-make, though I’ve not seen anything solid on that.
I did like the book, though I did find that it dragged in parts, which might be in expected in a book of 1,168 pages. Stephen King writes for the masses, and I read his books when I want the type of fantasy/horror/escape that he’s known for. This book starts with a devastating Superflu which wipes out a majority of the world’s population, throwing in a devilish villain to thwart the return of civilization. Maybe it’s an odd choice when we’ve got the threat of Ebola spreading?
+10 task
+10 review
+5 oldies (1978)
+25 jumbo (1,168 pages)
Task total: 50
BtW total: 15
RwS total: 440
Grand Total: 455
20.9 - War BabiesMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - John Berendt
(born in 1939)
I think this is the first true crime book I've read, and I have to say, it was a really interesting read! It takes a while for the actual story to get going, as the first part just dedicates a chapter to each of the principle players of the main plot, but even that was well written enough that it didn't drag. Not to mention that there are definitely some colorful characters that keep those chapters from being slow or tedious to read. Once the actual crime occurs and the trial gets underway, it was hard to put this one down! Berendt does a wonderful job describing Savannah and the social scene there before and during the trial. He keeps everything moving well so that you're never bored and you care about the varied cast of characters. A great and interesting read, and a nice change from both your typical novel and your typical non fiction.
+20 task
+10 review
+10 not a novel
Post total: 40
Grand total: 170
15.3 - BtW - Constant Traveler - 1923-1924Le Diable au corps - Raymond Radiguet
+15 task
+15 bonus
Post total: 30
Grand total: 200
10.4 - 9, 10, 11 Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America
I started Hand to Mouth last night and finished it this afternoon. It's a quick read, and I found myself unable to put it down. I read Tirado's famous Huffington Post essay on why poor people make poor choices several months ago, and as someone who grew up on the upper end of the lower middle class, I found myself nodding along to much of what she had to say.
This book isn't four stars because of the quality of the writing - not to say that Tirado isn't a fine writer, just that the writing itself isn't the star here. The stars are for the emotions she made me feel - anger, disappointment, sadness, empathy, understanding, and more anger. I also didn't particularly like Linda Tirado - but I'm not sure I'm supposed to. She's angry and pessimistic and not the most sympathetic character. But the points she makes, and the messages she conveys, are poignant enough for me to forgive all of that. It's time for people to really hear this stuff, that the American Dream is a myth, that it's impossible to get ahead making minimum wage, that being poor has become a crime, and that the "support" systems we have in place are set up to keep people in poverty - a vicious cycle.
To read more of this review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
+10 task
+10 not-a-novel
+10 review
Task total: 30
Grand total: 160
Claire wrote: " 10.1 Square Peg Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America
You can only have one Square Peg book, but the "Bootstrap" in the title means you can play this as 10.4 "9, 10, 11" instead.
20.2 - IrishMetal Sushi by David Conway
+20 task
+10 not a novel (short stories)
task total: 30
grand total: 720
20.10Radium Girls: A Play in Two Acts by D.W. Gregory
+20 task (on list linked for task)
+10 not a novel (play)
+5 combo (20.6 - published in 2003, 43 ratings)
task total: 35
grand total: 755
20.9 - born 1915Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree Jr.
+20 task
+10 not a novel (short stories)
+5 combo (10.7 - James Tiptree Jr. Award)
+5 jumbo (508 pgs.)
task total: 40
grand total: 795
Tony wrote: "Claire wrote: " 10.1 Square Peg Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America
You can only have one Square Peg book, but the "Bootstrap" in the title means you can play this as 10.4 ..."
I think both of them fit 20.6 Underrated, too.
Rosemary wrote: Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America
I think both of them fit 20.6 Underrated, too.
I thought books published in 2014 didn't count for that?
10.5 - Dr. Salk:Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
Review:
Oh boy. This is a book on by far one of the most morbid topics there can be: what happens to our bodies after our souls have vacated them and they've become just empty vessels. So not really suitable reading material for the faint of heart (or for late evenings, as I found out). Most people think that there's nothing to really talk about when it comes to dead bodies - they're just buried or cremated, end of story, and it's the memory of the person and their legacy that remains. But they're very wrong!
I found this book utterly fascinating. It was full of stuff I had no idea about. Do you know exactly what happens to a dead human body as it starts decomposing? Do you know how forensic scientists determine how long the body of a murder victim has been exposed to the elements and how different environmental factors can influence the rotting process – for example, if they were dressed or not and if it was dry or humid outside? Do you know what the hospitals and doctors will do to a cadaver that has been donated to science? Apparently there's lots of uses - a learning tool of anatomy for medical students is a predictable one, but what about a human crash test dummy, a source for the blood needed for transfusions, a testing tool for plastic surgeons to practice a new skill on? Do you know how embalming liquid works? Do you know you can dip a dead body into liquid nitrogen, then freeze-dry it and use the remaining bits as fertilizer for a memorial tree/shrub as an alternative to burial/cremation? Or that full body transplants are at least theoretically totally plausible? There's science, there's history, there's myths, all in one book. Full of downright weird things that will make you shudder slightly, and written very well with just the right amount of humour to lighten the otherwise heavy stuff (but still remaining respectful). Totally entertaining!
+10 task
+10 review
+10 not-a-novel
Task total: 30
Grand Total: 130
10.4 - 9, 10, 11The Rehearsal by Eleanor Catton
(shelved on GR as YA, presumably because it is about teenagers and not because it is aimed at them, but does not appear as such on BPL, as far as I can see)
+10 task
Task total: 10
Grand Total: 65
20.7 Make it strangeChanging Planes by Ursula K. Le Guin
+ 20 task
+ 10 not a novel
Task total 30
Grand total 400
20.8 Middle EastThey Came to Baghdad by Agatha Christie
+20 task (set in Iraq)
+5 Combo (10.7)
+5 Oldies (published 1951)
Task total: 30
Grand Total: 340
Post 426 Heather wrote: "20.2 - IrishMetal Sushi by David Conway
+20 task
+10 not a novel (short stories)
task total: 30
grand total: 720"
+5 combo This does qualify for 20.6 Underrated, as it was originally published in 1998. (I combined with that earlier edition.)
Post 436 Heather wrote: "10.4 Insurgent by Veronica Roth
+10 task
+5 jumbo (525 pages)
task total: 15
grand total: 810"
I'm sorry, Heather. This is catalogued as YA at BPL and has a Lexile of 710. It counts for the task, but no style points.
Tony wrote: "Claire wrote: " 10.1 Square Peg Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America
You can only have one Square Peg book, but the "Bootstrap" in the title means you can play this as 10.4 ..."
Thanks Tony - edited my post.
10.10 Group ReadsThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Review:
I listened to the audiobook version of this in the car with my five-year-old. We'd already read the book at bedtime, so he was familiar with the story and enjoyed hearing it read again. I have fond memories of watching the movie and am looking forward to watching it with my son now that we've finished another reading of the book. I had forgotten the ways that the book differed from the movie, so it was fun for me to revisit this story in this format. Compelling, engrossing, a bit violent but in ways that didn't overly scare my kid, and fun. Recommended reading for those who forgot the book or never read this as a child.
+10 Task
+10 Review
+5 Combo (10.4)
+10 Oldies
Task total: 35
Grand total: 335
10.8 Comfort ReadsLock In by John Scalzi
Review:
I really enjoyed the world building in this book. The premise is a good one: a disease that causes a certain percentage of its victims to experience "lock in" where they have full consciousness but no ability to control their bodies. Because of the high profile nature of the disease, lots of money is dumped into R&D and technology is created to allow the sufferers to participate in a virtual reality and to interact with the physical world through "threeps" or robotic bodies. Scalzi does a great job exploring the social, political, and emotional ramifications of this premise. The actual plot of the book is a little thin, involving an FBI investigation and political intrigue. But the writing is so enjoyable and the world so interesting that I fully enjoyed the story.
I listened to the Wil Wheaton narration, but I also got a copy of the book narrated by Amber Benson and I think I'll listen to that one for the contrast of hearing the narrator as a female instead of as a male.
+10 Task (previously rated Old Man's War 5 stars)
+10 Review
Task total: 20
Grand total: 355
20.9 War BabiesTimbuktu: The Sahara's Fabled City of Gold by Marq de Villiers
Review: This book recounts the history of Timbuktu and the region around it. Timbuktu is where the Sahara meets the savannah and is close to the Niger River at its northern-most reach. It became a focal point of the caravan trade with a focus on gold, salt and slaves along with other goods from North Africa, the Mediterranean, sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and beyond. It was also a meeting point of cultures, religions and ideas. During periods of stability, it was a city of learning and tolerance. But it was also raided, fought over and mismanaged many times.
The book also gives perspective to the current fighting in northern Mali and the region. It is not new and probably involves a lot of the same issues that have been fought over before.
The writing does not quite live up to the fascinating information presented here.
+20 Task de Villiers was born in 1940
+5 Combo 20.6 (35 ratings published 2007)
+10 Not-a-novel (nonfiction)
+10 Review
Task total: 45
Grand total: 365
15.8 - BtW - Constant Traveler 1933-1934Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald 1933, 990 Lexile
+15 Task
+15 Bonus
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 950
Don (The Book Guy) wrote: "10.2 HalloweenThe October Country by Ray Bradbury.
Ray Bradbury is one amazing writer. Even when you don't like his stories, which in someways I didn't in this collec..."
+10 Not a Novel
+10 Review
ETA: +5 Oldies
Heather wrote: "20.9 - born 1915Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree Jr.
+20 task
+10 not a novel (short stories)
+5 combo (10.7 - James Tiptree Jr. Award)
+5 jumbo (508 pgs...."
+5 Oldies
10.5 - Dr. SalkOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
Review:
I found this very powerful, moving and scary. I couldn't help loving the 'Chief' and the way his 'fog' came and went, although I wasn't that taken with McMurphy. He made a big mistake going in there, if he thought it would be a cushy option compared with jail, but he did seem to be milking the other inmates for everything he could get. However, the power that the administration of a mental hospital had at that time was terrifying.
There was a lot I didn't like, such as the sexism, and I'm sure I wouldn't have liked Kesey if I'd ever met him - I reacted the same way to On the Road by his buddy Jack Kerouac, but I think One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a much better book.
+10 task
+10 review
+ 5 oldies (1962)
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 820 points
15.3 BtW Constant TravelerSome Do Not... by Ford Madox Ford
15 pt. task
+15 bonus
Task Total : 30
Grand Total: 180
20.8 Middle EastIf You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan
+20 Task (set entirely in Iran)
Lexile 650, no styles
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 275
10.5 Dr. SalkThe Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen
Review: This is the first book in the Rizzoli and Isles mystery series, although Isles isn’t present in this one. It’s a decent police procedural with a tough female cop who has to be that way to navigate the male-centric world she grew up in and is now working in. I suppose some people might find that part heavy handed, but recent experience in my own job made me sympathize. I wonder if this was actually meant to be a series at the beginning, or if the focus changed, because at least as much of the book followed a male colleague of hers as Rizzoli herself – and I have to admit I liked those parts better. I still struggle with mysteries that bounce around among perspectives – I like to try to solve the crime, but seeing things from the point of view of the person who committed it feels like cheating. All in all, I liked this and will be picking up the second one at some point to see how the series develops.
+10 Task (#112 on list)
+10 Review
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 295
20.9 War BabiesSlightly Married by Mary Balogh
Review: Slightly Married is a predictable but relatively well-written historical romance. The last few I picked up didn’t hold my attention, so it was nice to have this one move quickly, which is what I want from a fluff book like this one. As the title suggests, it involves a marriage of convenience, but since it’s a romance, the couple falls in love in the end. My biggest criticism was that while the romance was well-developed, the sex scenes fell flat and the ending was still rushed. I did like a lot that the heroine wasn’t a virgin and even though she was older than 21 she didn’t feel like an old maid. I plan on reading the next in the series, and may end up adding Balogh to my list of go-to romance authors.
+20 Task (born 1944)
+10 Review
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 325
10.3 Iceland/NorwayNemesis by Jo Nesbø
Review: This is the second Harry Hole novel I’ve read, although I think it’s the fourth in the series, and since I have the tenth book on my shelves, I’ll have to catch up! Jo Nesbo writes in a unique way, with lots of little tricks. Harry will have dreams or flashbacks or watch videos, but it will be written as though he’s experiencing it contemporarily with the other events in the book. Perspectives switch from Harry’s to the criminal’s to other characters’, but it’s not always clear which character is which. In this book, it’s even more pronounced than I remember from The Redbreast, since there are two murders (plus an additional one in the past), all related, being investigated at the same time. Even though I basically guessed what was going on pretty early in the book, Nesbo managed to keep me guessing.
+10 Task
+10 Review
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 345
10.8 Comfort ReadSaga, Volume 3 by Brian K. Vaughan
+10 Task ( I rated Volume 1 5 stars )
Graphic Novel – no styles
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 355
10.1 Square PegWicked as They Come by Delilah S. Dawson
Review: A friend of mine read this book recently and really enjoyed it, and since she’d sent me some of the best lines and it sounded funny, I picked it up. It was an interesting experiment – I figured out that she definitely pays attention to the writing more than I do and that I pay a lot more attention to character development and motivations than she does. In the end, it was a good read but not my favorite, and I really do think my friend sent me the best and funniest lines. The premise sounds really silly – a woman, who works as a nurse and is coming out of an emotionally abusive relationship, picks up an old locket at an estate sale and ends up being transported to an alternate world called Sang, which is inhabited in large part by what amounts to vampires and vampire animals. It’s unlike any urban fantasy/paranormal romance book I’ve read – Sang is kind of a combination of steampunk with some carnival elements – interesting. But the character development and romance was a little rushed, so it’s a 3-star book rather than higher.
+10 Task
+10 Review
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 375
10.7 Honored AuthorsAlice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll (Lexile 940 and 910)
Review: I’d read these classics by Lewis Carroll when I was a kid, and of course I’ve seen the Disney movie, but it’s been a long time since I did each of those. When I signed up for a Science Fiction and Fantasy Coursera course, I decided to listen to this instead of rereading it. It makes sense that, as a classic kids book, this really works as an audiobook. The wordplay Carroll uses really shines in audio form – I hadn’t remembered (and maybe never noticed) all the homophones and other language silliness Alice encounters. Wonderland and the Looking-Glass world are slightly creepy but fun, and it was great to listen to these stories on my long drive from Virginia to Pennsylvania.
+10 Task (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Ca...)
+10 Review
+10 Oldies (published 1865)
+10 Combo (10.4 – adventures, 20.1 – shelved as 19th century 158 times)
Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 415
10.4 9, 10, 11 Letter WordWallflower Gone Wild by Maya Rodale
Review: I had a lot of fun reading this book. Sure, it’s a predictable historical romance – heroine is about to be “on the shelf”, hero is tragically misunderstood, etc. – but the humor hit me just right. The author does a lot of capitalizing for effect, and that made me laugh, but some people might find it over the top. It also had a little case of mistaken identity, which, while a little unbelievable, is one of my favorite tropes. I do wish there had been a little less reliance on a lack of communication to create tension – in a lot of cases, if a conversation had just been finished, the couple would’ve ended up understanding each other and falling in love a little earlier, but all in all I loved it and wanted to read the next in the series right away.
+10 Task
+10 Review
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 435
20.4 RealismMacbeth by William Shakespeare
Review: Macbeth was one of my high school reading assignments, and I’m pretty sure I’d neither read nor seen it performed since, although one of the seasons of Slings and Arrows dealt with it and its themes. One of the things I noticed is that I know a lot more about Scotland now, or am at least more familiar with Scottish geography and names. Other than that, rereading it didn’t bring all that much more to light – it’s a well-known play, and a rather short one, at least in page count. I’m sticking with my original three star rating, even if it’s one of the most enduring stories of greed, guilt, and madness out there.
+20 Task
+10 Review
+10 Combo (10.7 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespe..., 20.10 - http://www.utexas.edu/ugs/frr/archive...)
+10 Not-a-Novel
+25 Oldies
Task Total: 75
Grand Total: 510
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