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SP 2015 RwS Completed Tasks - Spring 2015
20.10 CanonicalRunaway by Alice Munro
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.4)
+10 Not-a-Novel
+10 Prize Worthy (Scotiabank Giller, Rogers Writers Trust)
Task Total = 45
Grand total = 440
10.6 - Women's Ed:Inside the O'Briens by Lisa Genova
+10 Task: Lisa Genova graduated valedictorian, summa cum laude from Bates College with a degree in Biopsychology and has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Harvard University. http://lisagenova.com/about-lisa/
+10 Combo: 10.4 – Scrabble! (obriens) / 10.9 Tried and True: Average rating: 4.19 · 210,034 ratings
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 1110
20.3 ParisThe Book of Salt by Monique Truong - about 90% in Paris
task +20
combo +5 (10.6- J.D. from Columbia)
prize-worthy +15 (Stonewall Book Award for Literature (2004), New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2004), PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize (2004)
total= 40
grand total = 605
10.3 - Borrowing from the ModsO Pioneers! by Willa Cather
(read by Elizabeth (Alaska))
+10 task
+5 combo (20.10)
task total: 15
grand total: 310
20.1 - Zola Queen Margot, or Marguerite de Valois by Alexandre Dumas
+20 Task: 1844
+10 Combo: 10.9 – Tried and True (Average rating: 4.11 · 764,810 ratings ) / 20.2 - Series ( #1 The Last Valois)
+ 5 Jumbo (542)
Task total: 35
Grand Total: 1145
20.10 - Canonical - Liz M’s Task:God Help the Child by Toni Morrison
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.8 – Podcast Reading: Book Riot #87: http://bookriot.com/2015/01/05/book-r...
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 1170
15.5 The Caribbean - BarbadosThe Galaxy Game by Karen Lord
+15 Task (A: born in Barbados, B: Barbadian)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 695
10.9 Tried and TrueDoc by Mary Doria Russell
+10 Task (Average rating: 4.02 · 111,662 ratings)
+10 Combo (10.6, 10.8 - http://booksonthenightstand.com/2014/...)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 715
10.4 ScrabbleDead, Undead, or Somewhere in Between by J.A. Saare
+10 Task (between)
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 725
10.8 PodcastsClear Water by Amy Lane
+10 Task (http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/po...)
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 735
20.5 GerminalEpitaph by Mary Doria Russell
+20 Task
+20 Combo (10.4, 10.6, 10.8, 10.9)
+5 Jumbo (581 pages)
Task Total: 45
Grand Total: 780
10.8 PodcastsAlmost Famous Women: Stories by Megan Mayhew Bergman
+10 Task (http://bookriot.com/2015/01/12/book-r...)
+10 Not-a-Novel (short stories)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 800
20.5 GerminalThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Lexile 910
+20 Task
+5 combo 10.3 Krista read Nov. 2009
Task total 25
Grand Total: 375
Post 665 Valerie wrote: "20.7 PenguinThe Pearl by John Steinbeck
+20 task
_______
20
Running total 395"
I'm sorry, Valerie. The most popular English edition is only 87 page and does not qualify for Reading with Style.
20.2 SeriesThe House of Hades by Rick Riordan
+20 task
Low lexile, no Style points.
Task Total = 20
Graand TOTAL = 350
Ed wrote: "Hi Kate, Victoria Jones is the prime character of the book but NOT the narrator. The narrator is the all-knowing omniscient unnamed narrator. Victoria Jones isn't even introduced until the 2nd ch..."
all knowing narrators were specifically disallowed for 20.9 here
Kate S wrote: "Ed wrote: "Hi Kate, Victoria Jones is the prime character of the book but NOT the narrator. The narrator is the all-knowing omniscient unnamed narrator. Victoria Jones isn't even introduced until..."
oh..ok...I misseed that...thanks
Norma wrote: "20.6 CrimeA Darkness More Than Night by Michael Connelly
+20 task (shelved 185 times)
+5 Combo (10.9 Tried and True - 4.06; 785,733)
+5 Prize Worthy - Barry Awards Be..."
Sorry, Norma, this was nominated for the Barry Award, but was not the winner.
Coralie wrote: "20.4 GuardianMaking Money by Terry Pratchett
A Discworld novel
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.5-2009, 20.2)
+5 prize-Worthy (Locus Award)
Task total: 35
Grand Total: 1065"
+5 Combo 10.9 Tried and True
itpdx wrote: "20.8 Spring BreakThis Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland by Gretel Ehrlich
+20 task approved by Liz in the Spring Break thread
+10 not a novel nonfiction
Task tot..."
+5 Combo 10.4-SEASONS
Valerie wrote: "10.8 title here....The Graveyard Book By Neil Gaiman (lex 820)
The Graveyard Book listed on the Books on the Nightstand book list ( http://booksonthenightsta..."
For style points on this book I show
+15 Combo 10.3-Sam, 10.7-Weird, 10.9-Tried and True
+15 Prize-worthy-Hugo, Newberry, Locus
Valerie wrote: "10.9 Tried and trueMrs. McGinty's Dead by Agatha Christie
+10 task
_____
10
Running total 435"
+5 Combo 20.6-Crime on main page
Claire wrote: "10.3 - Borrowing from the ModsO Pioneers! by Willa Cather
(read by Elizabeth (Alaska))
+10 task
task total: 10
grand total: 305"
+5 Combo 20.10
Karen Michele wrote: "20.1 - Zola Queen Margot, or Marguerite de Valois by Alexandre Dumas
+20 Task: 1844
+10 Combo: 10.9 – Tried and True (Average rating: 4.11 · 764,810 ratings ) / 20.2 ..."
+5 Combo 10.1-Winter
From Post 101 (late find of combo points, sorry?)Amanda wrote: "10.5 Nebula
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
+ 10 task points
+ 10 combo (10.7, 20.4)
+ 5 Jumbo (529 pgs)
+ 5 Prizeworthy ( British Book Awards, Literary Fiction, 2005 h..."
+5 Combo 10.9
From Post 326Kath wrote: "10.7 Weird
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
+10 task
+20 combo (10.3 Liz, 10.5, 10.8, 20.4)
+5 jumbo
+10 prizeworthy (Geoffrey Faber, British Book Awards)
task total 4..."
+5 Combo 10.9
From Post 7 (a little late)Heather wrote: "20.5 - #24
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
+20 task
+20 combo (10.4 - heights, 20.7 - Penguin, 20.10 - Emily Bronte, 20.4)
+10 canon
task total: 50
grand total: 75"
+5 Combo 10.8
Kate S wrote: "From Post 101 (late find of combo points, sorry?)Amanda wrote: "10.5 Nebula
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
"
Thanks Kate, missed it due to my misunderstanding of the task.
From Post 612Ed wrote: "20.9 Nameless Narrator
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
task +20
combo +20 (10.3- read by Sam 4/14/13; 10.8- Book Riot 50 9/24/12 http://bookriot.com/2012/09/24/the-bo...-..."
Sorry, Ed, you have already used your combo for 10.3-Sam (in post 504), fortunately, this was also read by Elizabeth before March 1st and can be used for that one.
From Post 637
Ed wrote: "20.2 - Series
Justine by Lawrence Durrell 1st part of the Alexandria Quartet
task +20
combo +15 (10.3 - read by Sam 4/10/2009; 10.4- Justine; 20.9)
canon +10
total= 45..."
This one however, has only been read by moderator's shelves you've already claimed. Sorry.
From Post 77Karen Michele wrote: "20.10 - Canonical - Liz M’s Task:
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
+20 Task
+35 Combo: 10.2 – Women's Lit / 10.3 – Borrowing from the Mods (Kate's Shelf) / 10.9..."
I have moved this to combo with Sam's shelf instead of mine as you claimed a combo with my shelf in post 493.
Kate S wrote: "From Post 612Ed wrote: "20.9 Nameless Narrator
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
task +20
combo +20 (10.3- read by Sam 4/14/13; 10.8- Book Riot 50 9/24/12 http://bookriot.com..."
Just to make sure I understand.... I'm just losing the 5 points for the 10.3 combo, right?
Valerie wrote: "20.8 CanonicalWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
+20 task
+30 combo (+5 scrabble, +5 womans lit, +5 kate s read
sept2011, +5 zola (1847), +5 guardian, +5
..."
Sorry, Valerie, you have already used all of your combo points for 10.3 (borrowing from the mods).
Ed wrote: "Just to make sure I understand.... I'm just losing the 5 points for the 10.3 combo, right?"Yes, sorry I wasn't clearer.
Reading globally:15.6 - South America
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter by Mario Vargas Llosa (A, B, C in Peru)
+15 task
+5 oldies (first published 1977)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 155
15.10 Central America (A,B & C= Mexico)Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
task +15
pre-1990 +5(1989)
Reading Globally completion bonus=150
total= 170
grand total= 765
10.4 – Scrabble!Outline by Rachel Cusk
+10 task
Task total: 10
RwS total: 280
Reading Globally total: 40
Grand Total: 320
10.8 – Podcast ReadingEuphoria by Lily King
+10 task (Book Riot Ep56)
+5 prize worthy (Kirkus Prize for Fiction 2014)
Task total: 15
RwS total: 295
Reading Globally total: 40
Grand Total: 335
20.2 - SeriesGilead by Marilynne Robinson
+20 task
+15 combo (10.3 - Kate S read June 2013, 10.6 - PhD 1977, 20.4)
+15 prize worthy (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Ambassador Book Award for Fiction, National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction)
Task total: 50
RwS total: 345
Reading Globally total: 40
Grand Total: 385
Lagullande wrote: "20.2 - SeriesGilead by Marilynne Robinson
+20 task
+15 combo (10.3 - Kate S read June 2013, 10.6 - PhD 1977, 20.4)
+15 prize worthy (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Amba..."
+5 10.8 - http://bookriot.com/2014/04/28/book-r...
10.4 ScrabbleStation Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
+10 task
+10 combo
-10.1, reviewed by Amanda in 2014/15 Winter Challenge Msg #745
-10.8, BOTNS episode 296
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 175
Cory Day wrote: "+5 10.8 - http://bookriot.com/2014/04/28/book-r... "Thanks, Cory :-)
So, Task total: 55
RwS total: 350
Reading Globally total: 40
Grand Total: 390
Task 10.4 – Scrabble!ENGLISH
That's Not English: Britishisms, Americanisms, and What Our English Says About Us (2015) by Erin Moore (Hardcover, 223 pages)
+ 10 Task
+10 Not-a-Novel: Non-Fiction
Task Total: 10 + 10 = 20
Grand Total: 515 + 20 = 535
20.5 GerminalThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank - #13 on the list
task +20
combo +10 (10.3 read by Kate S. -3/11/11; 10.8= http://bookriot.com/2014/11/12/a-voya... ; )
not a novel +10
total= 40
grand total = 805
10.8 Podcast ReadingThe Bees by Laline Paull
+10 Task: Smart Bitches #112 http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/20...
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 1185
10.9 Tried and TrueThe Stranger by Harlan Coben
+10 Task: Average rating: 3.97 · 494,074 ratings
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 1195
10.8 - Podcast ReadingThe Bees by Laline Paull
+10 task (SmartBitchesTrashyBooks Ep. 112)
Task total: 10
RwS total: 360
Reading Globally total: 40
Grand Total: 400
15.10 AfricaA Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
+15 task (Sierra Leone)
+5 Non-fiction
Task total: 20
Completion Bonus 150
Grand Total: 1265
10.4 – Scrabble!All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
+10 task (SORROWS)
+5 prize worthy (Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize)
Task total: 15
RwS total: 375
Reading Globally total: 40
Grand Total: 415
10.2 Women's HistoryWide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
10 pt. task
+5 combo (20.4)
+10 prize worthy (WH Smith Literary award, Cheltenham booker prize 2006)
task total: 25
Grand total: 370
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Peru
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The Discreet Hero: A Novel (2013) by Mario Vargas Llosa; translated by Edith Grossman
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 500 + 15 = 515