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SU 19 Completed Tasks
10.7 Summer Shorts (Mary's Task)The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
The Witness for the Prosecution: A Short Story not YA at BPL
A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner not YA at BPL
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.4 Visiting
+10 Oldies: 1905, 1925 and 1930 -76 to 150 years old: 10 points (1869-1943)
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 1240
10.7 Summer Shorts (Mary's Task)Ten Days in a Mad-House by Nellie Bly
The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.4 Visiting
+10 Oldies: 1887 and 1936 -76 to 150 years old: 10 points (1869-1943)
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 1265
10.7 Summer Shorts (Mary's Task)The Dead by James Joyce
The Magic Shop by H.G. Wells
+10 Task
+10 Oldies
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 1285
+35 Multiples Points
Season Total: 1320
Post 1096 Rebekah wrote: "+100 pts - Sub Challenge Completion Bonus
+200 pts - Mega Finish Bonus"
Congratulations! Well done!
20.10 Historical
The Shield Ring by Rosemary Sutcliff
(YA, but I couldn't find it listed at BPL.)
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.8 Dolphin Ring cycle #8; 20.1 pub 1956; 20.6 >9 named characters)
+5 Oldies (1956)
Task total: 40
Season total: 905
The Shield Ring by Rosemary Sutcliff
(YA, but I couldn't find it listed at BPL.)
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.8 Dolphin Ring cycle #8; 20.1 pub 1956; 20.6 >9 named characters)
+5 Oldies (1956)
Task total: 40
Season total: 905
10.4 Visiting
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Catching up on Classics shelf
+10 Task
+20 Combo (10.3 no I in author's name; 20.3 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/North... ; 20.4; 20.6 >9 named characters)
+15 Oldies (1818)
+10 Young (1775-1817)
+100 RwS Finish
Task total: 155
Season total: 1060
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Catching up on Classics shelf
+10 Task
+20 Combo (10.3 no I in author's name; 20.3 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/North... ; 20.4; 20.6 >9 named characters)
+15 Oldies (1818)
+10 Young (1775-1817)
+100 RwS Finish
Task total: 155
Season total: 1060
10.9 All Star Reads (Anika's Task)Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.3; 20.6)
+10 Young (born 1973)
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 1,695
50.1 RwS projectBahrain
Two Old Fools on a Camel: From Spain to Bahrain and Back Again by Victoria Twead
+50 pts - Task
+10 pts - Combo (10.8, 20.6)
+5 Pts - Multi
Task Total - 65 pts
Season Total - 1825?
Ed, I saw your post on this book and it looked I could relate. Mees Vicky has the double culture shock of not only Bahrain and that surreal culture of the super wealthy, ultra modern, seething with a very traditional and ancient culture in dress, manners, religion etc.. but also had to adjust to the American school. We had the double culture shock of adjusting to Qatar and putting our kids in a British school, about a year after she left the Middle East. Our expectations weren’t quite like hers. We had been exposed to camels, and elephants and snake charmers and Brahman Bulls up close and personal in our time in India and we even got to ride the first two on several occasions! Also we had taken some R&R in Dubai and Doha when we got a hankering for beef! (Smile). I really enjoyed reading the book and could laugh at so many of her experiences. Fortunately we didn’t have to be personally affected by the tragic results of Arab Spring as Qatar didn’t have the unrest.
Thanks again for introducing the book to us!
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 1096 Rebekah wrote: "+100 pts - Sub Challenge Completion Bonus
+200 pts - Mega Finish Bonus"
Congratulations! Well done!"
Awwwwww! Ty
10.7 Summer ShortsPhantasmes
Anthology book of short graphic novels done by different authors, each one is no more than 5 pages.
+10 Task
(no combo as it is a graphic novel)
Task total = 10
Points total = 130
15.10 RG10,000 - 14,999
The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwon
+30 Task
+100 RG finish
Post Total: 130
Season Total: 1000
20.10 Historical Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar
+20 Task
+15 Combo (20.1, 20.4, 20.6)
+ 5 Oldies (1951)
Post Total: 40
Season Total: 1040
Just one to read for a megafinish!
Rebekah wrote: "50.1 RwS projectBahrain
Two Old Fools on a Camel: From Spain to Bahrain and Back Again by Victoria Twead
+50 pts - Task
+10 pts - Combo (10.8, 20.6)
+5 Pts - Mul..."
ahh...Glad you enjoyed it...it was a fun read. Also check out Stranded in the Seychelles...also English folks...in this case two women friends in their 20s....teaching English in the Seychelles..... some funny stuff....reminded me of Edina and Patsy from Ab Fab.
AND...congrats on the Mega-Finish!
Post 1079 Tien wrote: "10.5 D-DayWhite Fang by Jack London
#47 on Best Beginning
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.3; 20.1 - pub 1905; 20.6)
+10 Young
+10 Oldies
Post Total: 40
Season Total: 1,665"
I'm sorry, 1905 is too early for 20.1, which is 1919-1999.
20.7 ShakespeareRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Task= 20
Combo= 10 (10.5; 20.6)
Old=25 (1595)
Multiple=5
Task Total: 60
Grand Total= 2630
Completed Tasks: (49)
✔10.1 (15); 10.2 (10); 10.3 (25); 10.4 (40); 10.5 (35); 10.6 (40); 10.7 (20); 10.8(30); 10.9 (20); 10.10 (35)
✔15.1 (15); 15.2 (15); 15.3(25); 15.4 (20); 15.5 (20); 15.6 (25); 15.7 (25); 15.8 (25); 15.9 (35); 15.10 (35)
✔20.1 (35); 20.2 (50); 20.3 (35); 20.3(2x)(45);20.4 (45); 20.5 (40), 20.6 (40);20.6 (2x)(35);20.7 (50);20.7(2x)(60); 20.8(45); 20.9 (55);20.10 (20);
✔50.1(65); 50.1 again (60); 50.1 (3rd time)(70); 50.1 (4x)(70); 50.1 (5x)(75); 50.1 (6x)(75); 50.1 (7x)(70); 50.1 (8x)(75); 50.1 (9x)(60); 50.1(10x)(60); 50.1 (11x)(60); 50.1(12x)(60); 50.1 (13x)(60); 50.1 (14x)(65); 50.1 (15x)(75); 50.1(16x)(65); 50.1 (17x)(60);
✔250,000 or more ratings
✔100,000 - 249,999
✔75,000 - 99,999
✔25,000 - 74,999
✔15,000 - 24,999
✔10,000 - 14,999
✔5,000 - 9,999
✔1,000 - 4,999
✔250 - 999
✔fewer than 250 ratings
20.6 CharactersMunich by Robert Harris
+20 Task
Season total = 1010
And that wraps it up for me this season!
20.6 - CharactersWild Thing by L.M. Krier
+20 task
+5 Combo (10.8)
+5 multiple
Task total: 30
Grand total: 1505
10.4 Visiting The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
+10 task
+20 combo (10.3, 20.3 - play, 20.6, 20.10)
+10 oldies (1905)
Task total=40
+100 RWS finish
+200 Megafinish
Grand total=2055
15.5- RG: 10,000 - 14,999Three Women by Lisa Taddeo
ratings: 11,425
task: + 15
nonfiction: + 5
task total: 20
season total: 100
15.6 - RG: 15,000 - 24,999 Well-Schooled in Murder, by Elizabeth George
ratings: 20,830
task: + 15
old: + 5
task total: 20 (1989)
season total: 120
15.7 - RG: 25,000 - 74,999Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
ratings: 59,136
task: + 20
task total: 20
season total: 140
15.8 - RG: 100,000 - 249,999Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
ratings: 139,796
task: + 20
big: + 5
task total: 25
season total: 165
10.8: series (beth's task)Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante
● book #3 in a 4-book series
task: + 10
combo: + 10 (10.3; 20.6)
task total: 20
season total: 185
Post 1108 Tien wrote: "10.9 All Star Reads (Anika's Task)Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.3; 20.6)
+10 Young (born 1973)
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 1,695"
This doesn't work for 10.3 no "I", so if this was a typo and you meant a different task, let us know.
50.1 RwS ProjectThe Dead Don't Dance by John Enright
American Samoa
+50 pts - Task
+10 pts - Combo(10.8, 20.6)
+5 Pts - Multi
Task Total - 65 pts
Season Total - 1890?
20.10 Historical (Elizabeth's (Alaska) Task) A Christmas Garland by Anne Perry (2012) 208 pages.
+20 task
+15 Combos (10.3 no "I" in author's name, 10.8 series, 20.6 characters)
Task total 35 points
Season total 1350 points
15.9 RG Over 250,000 ratings
Educated by Tara Westover
+30 task (384,395 ratings)
+5 Nonfiction
Task Total: 35
Season Total: 730
20.5 London Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers
+20 task
+30 combo (10.3, 10.8, 20.1, 20.2, 20.4, 20.6)
+5 oldies (published 1933)
Task Total: 55
Season Total: 785
Task 15.9 The Ratings Game5,000 - 9,999
The Botticelli Secret (2010) by Marina Fiorato (Paperback, 514 pages)
+30 Task
+05 Big (over 500 pages)
Task Total: 30 + 05 = 35
Grand Total: 640 + 35 = 675
10.4 VisitingJamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier
+10 Task
+20 Combo (20.1; 20.3; 20.6; 20.10)
+10 Oldies (pub 1935)
+100 RwS Finish
+200 Mega Finish
Post Total: 340
Season Total: 2,030
20.6 CharactersThe Heaven of Mercury by Brad Watson
+20 task
+ 5 combo 10.3
+ 5 multiple
Task total: 30
Season total: 1120
Katy wrote: "15.9 RG Over 250,000 ratings
Educated by Tara Westover
+30 task (384,395 ratings)
+5 Nonfiction
Task Total: 35
Season Total: 730"
Wasn’t that a good book?
50.1 Project RwSGuam:
Keeper of the Night by Kimberly Willis Holt
+50 Task
+ 5 Combo: 20.6 Characters
Task total: 55
Season Total: 1375
Rebekah wrote: "Katy wrote: "15.9 RG Over 250,000 ratings
Educated by Tara Westover
+30 task (384,395 ratings)
+5 Nonfiction
Task Total: 35
Season Total: 730"
Wasn’t that ..."
Yes!!!
20.4- The Black PrinceBeloved by Toni Morrison
#6 on the list
Task: 20
Combo:20 ( 10.4, 10.5, 20.1, 20.6)
Oldies: first published in 1987- 5
Post total: 45
Season total: 800
15.6 Ratings Game15,000 - 24,999
The Bone People by Keri Hulme
Rating: 18,534
+20 Task
+ 5 Old (1984)
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 465
10.8 Series
The Purchase of the North Pole by Jules Verne
+10 Task (Extraordinary Voyages #34 / Baltimore Gun Club #3)
+5 Combo (10.2 no I in author's name)
+10 Oldies (1889)
+5 Multiple
Task total: 30
Season total: 1090
The Purchase of the North Pole by Jules Verne
+10 Task (Extraordinary Voyages #34 / Baltimore Gun Club #3)
+5 Combo (10.2 no I in author's name)
+10 Oldies (1889)
+5 Multiple
Task total: 30
Season total: 1090
50.1 Project RwSGuadaloupe:
The Bridge of Beyond by Simone Schwarz-Bart
+50 Task
+ 5 Combo: 20.6 Characters
+ 5 Oldies
Task total: 60
Season Total: 1435
Task 15.10 The Ratings Game25,000 - 74,999
Elevation (2018) by Stephen King
+30 Task
+100 pts - Sub Challenge Completion Bonus
Task Total: 30 + 100 = 130
Grand Total: 675 + 130 = 805
10.10 Group ReadsDays Without End by Sebastian Barry (2016)
+10 task
+5 20.6 Characters
15 task
100 RsW Completion Bonus
200 Megafinish Bonus
1665 Season Final Total
10.9 All Star ReadsStation Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo (20.6)
+10 Young (born 1979 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_S... )
RwS finish: 100
Megafinish: 200
Post total: 325
Season Total: 1365
I see several people who got their megafinish almost as late as mine!
Well done everybody!
Post 1141 Lynn wrote: "100 RsW Completion Bonus
200 Megafinish Bonus"
Congratulations! Well done!
Post 1142 Rosemary wrote: "RwS finish: 100
Megafinish: 200"
Congratulations! Well done!
Ratings Game15.10 25,000 - 74,999
Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie
+30 Task
+ 5 Oldies
Task Total: 35
Ratings Game Finish: 100
Megafinish: 200
Season Total: 1770
Post 1145 Karen Michele wrote: "Ratings Game Finish: 100
Megafinish: 200"
Congratulations! Well done!
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 1142 Rosemary wrote: "RwS finish: 100
Megafinish: 200"
Congratulations! Well done!"
Thank you! Congratulations to everyone else who read this Summer as well.
20.5- LondonNever Far From Nowhere by Andrea Levy
Post: 20
Combo: 15 (20.1-20.10, 10.3)
Total: 35
Season: 835
15.10 Ratings Game 75,000 - 99,999 ratings
The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer
+30 task (87,743 ratings)
+5 non-fiction
+100 finisher bonus
Task Total: 135
Season Total: 920
10.7 Summer Shorts (Mary's Task)Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
Antigone by Sophocles
+10 Task
+ 5 Multiple
+25 Oldies
Task Total: 40
Season Total: 1810
Thanks for another great season!
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We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
A Spring Harvest by Geoffrey Bache Smith
+10 Task
+10 Young
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 1215