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SP 2015 RwS Completed Tasks - Spring 2015
10.8 PodcastCan't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast
http://booksonthenightstand.com/2014/...
This was a graphic memoir. It was my first foray into the graphic 'novel' genre. My reading of the rules for graphic novels is that they can't be used for 15 point tasks nor do the qualify for any Style points. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
This was a great memoir about dealing with the issues that arise with aging parents!
+10 Task
Task Total = 10
Grand Total = 595
20.5 GerminalWork Song by Ivan Doig
Set in Butte, MT with a union strike as a central theme. (I had to read this now in honor of Ivan Doig's recent passing. As usual with Doig books, it was terrific.)
But dang it, I couldn't find a single Combo or Style point for it. I HATE it when that happens. :-)
+20 Task
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 615
20.6 CrimeThe Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.4 'Telling', 10.9 - 4.16 rating 160,702)
+10 Prize - Anthony Award for Best Novel (2010) and Agatha Award for Best Novel (2009)
Task Total = 40
Grand Total = 655
Krista wrote: "10.4 ScrabbleNeil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris
'PATRICK'
+10 Task
+10 Style: Not A Novel (Memoir)
Task Total = 20
Grand T..."
+5 Combo (10.8 - http://booksonthenightstand.com/2014/...) - they talked about it before the title was actually announced, but the link is definitely to the right book, so it should count
Cory Day wrote: "Krista wrote: "10.4 ScrabbleNeil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris
'PATRICK'
+10 Task
+10 Style: Not A Novel (Memoir)
Task Tota..."
Wa-hoo! Thanks Cory!! I'll update my personal scoring spreadsheet.
Kate --- I think that puts my current total after Msg 797 at 660 points.
20.3 - Paris Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper by Harriet Scott Chessman
+20 Task: set in Paris (about 90%)
+10 Combo: 10.4 – Scrabble! (cassatt, reading, morning) / 10.6 - Women's Ed: PhD in English from Yale University in 1979 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_...)
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 1275
20.2 - SeriesGilead by Marilynne Robinson
+20 Task: Book one in an approved series
+15 Combo: 10.6 - Women's Ed / 10.8 - Podcast Reading (Book Riot #50 http://bookriot.com/2014/04/28/book-r...) / 20.4 - Guardian
+15 Prize-Worthy: (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Ambassador Book Award for Fiction, National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction)
Task Total: 50
Grand Total: 1325
Krista wrote: "10.4 ScrabbleNeil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris
'PATRICK'
+10 Task
+10 Style: Not A Novel (Memoir)
Task Total = 20
Grand T..."
This has nothing to do with points or tasks... just thanking you Krista for making me aware of this book, as I didn't know about it until just now! I think he's one of the funniest people ever and I definitely want to read this book! So thanks :)
From Post 753Heather wrote: "10.2 - GirlCanon
How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
+10 task
task total: 10
grand total: 560"
+10 Not-a-Novel
+5 Prize-worthy (Galaxy)
From Post 754Christine wrote: "10.10 group read Before I Croak by Anna Babiashkina
+10 task
Task total = 10
Grand total = 455
Note: I think this may qualify for prize winning style points. ..."
Sorry we were not more timely in our response to your query about this book. We are going to count both awards, so +10 Prize worthy.
From Post 783Jenifer wrote: "Task 10.5 Nebula
Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
2011
+10 task
Task Total = 10
Total Points = 300"
+5 Prize-worthy
10.8 PodcastsSweetland by Michael Crummey
+10 Task (http://booksonthenightstand.com/2015/...)
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 810
10.2 Women's LitGet in Trouble by Kelly Link
+10 Task (Girl Canon List)
+10 Combo (10.4 – trouble, 10.8 - http://booksonthenightstand.com/2015/...)
+10 Not-A-Novel (short stories)
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 840
10.8 PodcastsFram by Steve Himmer
+10 Task (http://booksonthenightstand.com/2015/...)
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 850
20.3 ParisAmorous Liaisons by Sarah Mayberry
+20 Task (set 90%+ in Paris)
+10 Combo (10.4, 10.8 - http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/po...)
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 890
10.8 PodcastsDestiny's Embrace by Beverly Jenkins
+10 Task (http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/20...)
+5 Combo (10.4)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 905
10.3 Borrowing from the ModsAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
+10 Task (Krista)
+5 Jumbo (531 pages)
+10 Prizeworthy (ALA Alex Award, Pulitzer Prize)
+15 Combo (10.1 - Jayme(the ghost reader), 10.8 - http://booksonthenightstand.com/2014/..., 10.9 - Average rating: 4.25 · 126,925 ratings)
Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 945
From Post 751Heather wrote: "20.7 - on list
Dracula by Bram Stoker
+20 task
+10 canon
+25 combo (10.3 - Sam, 10.4 - Dracula, 10.7 - 3.94, 500k+, 20.1 - 1897, 20.4 - SF&F section)
task total: 55
gr..."
+5 Combo 10.1
Kate S wrote: "From Post 751Heather wrote: "20.7 - on list
Dracula by Bram Stoker
+20 task
+10 canon
+25 combo (10.3 - Sam, 10.4 - Dracula, 10.7 - 3.94, 500k+, 20.1 - 1897, 20.4 - S..."
Oh, and +5 Combo (10.8 - http://bookrageous.podbean.com/e/book...)
From Post 767Christine wrote: "10.1 rants and raves
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
+ 10 task
+ 5 combo (20.6)
+ 5 jumbo
+ 10 prize worthy (prix Medici and premio Strega)
Task total = 30
Grand ..."
+10 Combo 20.4-Guardian List, 10.9-3.92 avg for 290K ratings
From Post 774Eleanor wrote: "20.3 - Paris
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
+20 task
+5 combo (10.1 - read by coralie Fall 14)
+10 prize-worthy (Prix des Libraires 2007,
Prix Georg..."
Sorry, Eleanor, Coralie did read this in the Fall, but she did not review it, it does not qualify for 10.1.
From Post 777Heather wrote: "10.9 - 3.96, 3M+
Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
+10 task
+10 not a novel (nonfiction)
task total: 20
grand total: 580"
+5 Combo 20.8
10.5 Nebula Among Others by Jo Walton+10 pts - Task(2011 Nebula Award Winner)
+ 5 pts - Combo (10.8 Podcast http://galactisuburbia.podbean.com/e/...)
+15pts - Prizeworthy - Hugo Award for Best Novel (2012), Nebula Award for Best Novel (2011), British Fantasy Award for Best Novel (2012)
Task Total - 30 pts
Grand total - 100 pts
10.3 - borrowing from the modsNorth and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
+10 task (Sam)
+35 combo (10.2, 10.9, 20.1, 20.4, 20.5, 20.7, 20.10)
+10 canon
+5 jumbo
Task total - 60
Grand total - 405
10.4 - scrabbleNever Again Good-bye by Terri Blackstock
+10 task (goodbye)
Task total: 10
Grand total: 415
10.7 - weirdThe House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson
+10 task shelved 8 times
+5 combo (20.7)
task total: 15
Grand total: 430
10.9 - tried and true Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
+10 task
+20 combo(20.1 pub 1885, 20.4, 20.7, 20.10)
+10 canon
Task total: 40
Grand total: 470
20.4 - GuardianThe Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers
+20 task
+5 combo 20.6 (at the moment showing genre crime)
task total: 25
Grand total: 495
20.9 - namelessThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
+20 Task
+25 Combo (10.3 Kate read Jan 2014, 10.5, 10.7,10.8, 10.9)
+5 prizeworthy - Locus awards
task total: 50
Grand total: 545
hoping i haven't made too many mistakes this time round (and i do think i'm up to date(ish) now)
Kätlin wrote: "Krista wrote: "10.4 ScrabbleNeil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris
'PATRICK'
+10 Task
+10 Style: Not A Novel (Memoir)
Task Tota..."
Hi Kaitlin:
Glad I could help! I actually listened to this in audiobook format. Neil Patrick Harris does the narration. It was great!
20.6 CrimeThe Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.3-Krista, 10.4, Edit: 10.8 - see Cory's post #828)
+15 Prize Worthy - there are a gazillion
Task Total =
Grand Total =
Post 794 Krista wrote: " 10.6 Women's EdPrince of Darkness by Sharon Kay Penman
(JD degree from Rutgers)
+10 Task
Task Total = 10
Grand Total = 585"
I see Paris as the setting on the GR book page. Is it enough to qualify for 20.3?
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "20.6 CrimeThe Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.3-Krista, 10.4)
+15 Prize Worthy - there are a gazillion
Task Total = 45
Grand Total = 505"
+5 Combo (10.8 - http://booksonthenightstand.com/2011/...)
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 794 Krista wrote: " 10.6 Women's EdPrince of Darkness by Sharon Kay Penman
(JD degree from Rutgers)
+10 Task
Task Total = 10
Grand Total = 585"
I see Paris as..."
Unfortunately no. It's mainly set at Mont St Michel and the French and English countryside. Thanks for the points review though!
10.9 Tried and TrueWolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
+ 10 task
+ 5 combo (10.3 - Sam)
+5 Jumbo
+15 prizeworthy
Task Total : 35
Grand Total : 425
20.5 GerminalRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
+20 task
+40 combo (10.1, 10.2, 10.3 - Krista, 10.4, 10.8 - The Readers Ep 118, 10.9, 20.4, 20.9)
+5 prize worthy (National Book Award 1938)
Task total: 65
RwS total: 440
Reading Globally total: 55
Grand Total: 495
Amanda wrote: "10.9 Tried and TrueWolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
+ 10 task
+ 5 combo (10.3 - Sam)
+5 Jumbo
+15 prizeworthy
Task Total : 35
Grand Total : 425"
+5 Combo (10.8 - http://booksonthenightstand.com/2013/...)
20.4 GuardianDubliners by James Joyce
task +20
combo +10 (10.3 read by Elizabeth 6/2010; 10.8 http://bookriot.com/2013/10/08/116-fa... )
not a novel +10 (short stories)
canon +10
total = 50
grand total= 945
15.8 - Central AmericaHere's to You, Jesusa! by Elena Poniatowska
+15 task ( B & C)
+5 pre-1990
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 395
From Post 788Heather wrote: "10.3 - Kate S
The Peripheral by William Gibson
+10 task
task total: 10
grand total: 605"
Sorry, Heather, I did read this, but not before the March 1st deadline for borrowing from the mods. I do not currently see another place for this book.
From Post 794Krista wrote: " 10.6 Women's Ed
Prince of Darkness by Sharon Kay Penman
(JD degree from Rutgers)
+10 Task
Task Total = 10
Grand Total = 585"
+5 Combo 20.6-Crime on main page
Krista wrote: "This was a graphic memoir. It was my first foray into the graphic 'novel' genre. My reading of the rules for graphic novels is that they can't be used for 15 point tasks nor do the qualify for any Style points. Please correct me if I'm wrong."You've got it right. :)
10.4 ScrabbleElementary: All-New Tales of the Elemental Mastersby Mercedes Lackey
Elementary
Task +10
Style +15 (Combo-10.9 Tried and True 3.97 rating and 631,761 ratings, Not A Novel-short stories)
Book Total: 25
Grand Total: 310
From Post 790Ed wrote: "10.1 Rants and Raves
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
+10 task (Read + reviewed by Joanna Fall 2014)
+25 combo (10.8 - Book based banter, 20.1 - pub 1898, 20.4, 20.7..."
+10 Canon (short novels and tales)
Cory Day wrote: "Amanda wrote: "10.9 Tried and TrueWolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
+ 10 task
+ 5 combo (10.3 - Sam)
+5 Jumbo
+15 prizeworthy
Task Total : 35
Grand Total : 425"
+5 Combo(10.8 - http://booksonthenightstand.com/2013/...) "
Thanks Cory. I went back to my reading poster after updating and saw I had the points marked and was going to check why when i got home. You saved me the hunt! :)
20.2 SeriesShiver by Maggie Stiefvater
+ 20 task
YA novel, no lexile score, so no style points
task total = 20
grand total = 450
(Thought I had claimed this already, but can't find it, please let me know if I am wrong. _
20.8 - Spring Break! Shenzhen: A Travelogue from China by Guy Delisle
915 on BPL
+20 Task
Task total = 20
Points total = 120
20.9 - Nameless Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.3 - Krista ; 10.8)
Task total = 30
Points total = 150
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Prince of Darkness by Sharon Kay Penman
(JD degree from Rutgers)
+10 Task
Task Total = 10
Grand Total = 585