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From Post 1037Joanna wrote: "20.7 Penguin
New Grub Street by George Gissing
+20 Task
+10 Combo (20.1 - 1891, 20.4)
+10 Canon
Task total: 40
Grand total: 540"
I'm sorry, Joanna. I do not see this listed on the Penguin list
I have scored it as 20.1 with a combo for 20.4.
From Post 996Rebekah wrote: "20.4 Guardian
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
+20 pts - Task
+25 pts - Combo (10.7 -weird, 10.3 - Sam, 10.8 - BOTN, 20.6 -crime,20.9 - nameless)
+ 5 pts - Prize worthy (Or..."
Sorry, Rebekah, you have already used your 10.3/Sam combo in post 158.
From Post 928Amanda wrote: "10.8 Podcast Reading
How to be both by Ali Smith
http://booksonthenightstand.com/2014/...
+10 task
+ 10 combo (10.1 - Karen M..."
Congrats on your mini-finish!
You have already claimed 10.3 combo with Kate's (my) shelf in post 207.
No problem - I'm sure you would've figured it out without my input, but I'm a busy body :)Thanks!
Kate S wrote: "Cory Day wrote: "Kate S wrote: "From Post 1000
Cory Day wrote: "15.9 – Central America – Mexico
The Mongolian Conspiracy by Rafael Bernal
+15 Task (A, B, C)
+5 O..."
Cory Day wrote: "No problem - I'm sure you would've figured it out without my input, but I'm a busy body :)Thanks!"
I juggle a lot of scores, it's A-OK with me to get input from others. Glad this was an easy one.
20.4. GuardianThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
+20 Task
+5 combo 20.9
Task total 25
Grand Total: 705
Kate S wrote: "Kätlin wrote: "Woohoo, this was my first ever finish of any challenge or sub-challenge :) "Congratulations on your first challenge finish!"
Thank you Kate! :)
20.4 - Guardian:Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg
+20 task
+10 combos (20.6: "crime" listed on the book page as genre and 10.3: read by Liz M)
+15 prize-worthy (The Crime Writers' Association Silver Dagger for Fiction 1994, Dilys Award 1994, Glass Key Award 1993, Palle Rosenkrantz Prisen 1992)
Task total: 45
Grand total: 440
That's my last book for this challenge.
Kate S wrote: "Congrats on your mini-finish!
You have already claimed 10.3 combo with Kate's (my) shelf in post 207. "
Thank you, and it seems my record keeping is not doing so well! Best post my latest finish to make up those 5 pts!
10.6 Women's EdThe Invisible History of the Human Race: How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures by Christine Kenneally
Christine Kenneally has a PhD in linguistics from Cambridge University.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christin...
+ 10 task
+ 5 combo ( 10.4 - History )
+ 10 Not A Novel
Task total = 25
Grand Total - 615
20.6 CrimeBlack Dog by Stephen Booth
+20 Task
+ 5 Prize Worthy (Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel 2001
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 1,420
10.4 ScrabbleRaising An Emotionally Intelligent Child by John M. Gottman
'Raising'
+10 Task
+10 Style: Not-a-Novel
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 1,440
And so ends the Spring Challenge for me. Thanks to all the Group Mods for their hard work in putting the challenge together and keeping it running. I can't believe that this is the 2nd challenge in a row that I've finished all the tasks. My reading speed must be increasing. (Either that or I don't have much of a life....) :-)
Task 10.4 – Scrabble!NUCLEAR
Doctor Who: Nuclear Time (Doctor Who: New Series Adventures #40) (2010) by Oli Smith(Hardcover, 246 pages)
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 790 + 10 = 800
20.1 ZolaLinda Tressel by Anthony Trollope
+20 Task (pub 1868)
+ 4 Combo (10.4)
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 705
And that wraps up my Spring!
20.1 - Zola:The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
+20 task
+20 combo (10.1 - Rosemary, 20.4 - Guardian, 20.7 - Penguin, 20.10 - Canonical)
+10 canon
+5 jumbo (608 pages)
Task Total: 55
Grand Total: 795
20.4 - GuardianCasino Royale by Ian Fleming
+20 task
+5 combo (20.6 - Crime)
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 820
20.8 - Spring BreakLady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
(assignment, low lexile)
+20 task
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 840
20.9 - NamelessDept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
+20 task
+5 combo (10.8 - podcast)
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 865
10.3 Borrow from the ModsThe Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Sam read Aug 2010
Lexile 820
+10 task
+ 15 combo ( 10.7 shelved 13 times, 10.9 - 4.13, over 200,000 ratings, 10.8 BOTN April 2009 episode #34)
+15 prizeworthy ( Hugo, Newberry, Locus)
task total : 40
Grand Total: 745
20.6 – CrimeThe Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
+20 Task
+15 Combo: 10.1 Rants and Raves / 10.8 Podcast Reading (Book Riot # 89: http://bookriot.com/2015/01/20/book-r...) / 10.9 Tried and True (Average rating: 3.90 · 162,854 ratings)
Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 1515
20.4 - Guardian The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
+20 Task
+10 Canon
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 1545
20.4 - Guardian Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz
+20 Task
+10 Combo: 10.9 – Tried and True / 20.2 - Series
+ 5 Jumbo (544 pages)
Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 1580
20.9 NamelessThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
+20 Task
+5 Prizeworthy (Locus)
+25 Combo (10.3 – Kate, 10.5, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9)
Task Total: 50
Grand Total: 1555
Task 20.6 – CrimeThe Dead in Their Vaulted Arches (Flavia de Luce #6) (2014) by Alan Bradley
+20 Task
+10 Combo (#10.4 “Vaulted”, #10.9)
Task Total: 20 + 10 = 30
Grand Total: 800 + 30 = 830
10.9 Tried and TrueThe Garden of Evening MistsThe Garden of Evening Mists by Twan Eng TanTwan Eng Tan
4.10 rating and 13,199 total ratings
Task +10
Style +10 Prize Worthy Man Asian Prize 2012 and Walter Scott Prize 2013
Book Total: 20
Grand Total 370
20.4 GuardianJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.4 – strange, 10.5-2006)
+15 Prize-worthy (World Fantasy, Hugo, Locus)
+25 Jumbo (1006 pages)
Task total: 70
Grand Total: 1435
That's all for me this challenge.
Karen Michele wrote: "20.4 - Guardian The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
+20 Task
+10 Canon
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 1545"
+5 Prize-worthy: Hawthornden Prize
10.9 Tried and TrueReamde by Neal Stephenson
+10 task (Average rating: 4.04 · 429,985 ratings)
+ 25 jumbo (1044 pages)
Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 575
15.4 European UnionFinnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland? by Pasi Sahlberg
+15 task (Finnish author, born in Finland, all about Finland!)
+5 non-fiction
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 595
10.8 Podcast ReadingEverything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
+10 task (Bookrageous episode 78)
+5 Prize Winner (ALA Alex Award)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 630
10.9 - Tried and TrueWool Omnibus Edition - Hugh Howey
+10 task
+5 jumbo
Post total: 15
Grand total: 400
20.8 - Spring BreakNotes from a Small Island - Bill Bryson
+20 task
+10 not a novel
+15 combo (10.3 - Krista; 10.8 - http://bookbasedbanter.co.uk/thereade... 10.9)
Post total: 45
Grand total: 445
20.6 CrimeConfessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man: The Early Years by Thomas Mann
+20 Task (main page genre)
+10 Canon
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 155
Kate S wrote: "Karen Michele wrote: "20.4 - Guardian The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
+20 Task
+10 Canon
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 1545"
+5 Prize-worthy: Hawthornden Prize"
Thanks for the points, Kate! I'm down to the wire this time.What time zone do we use for posting by midnight?
Just in case I don't get back to post tonight, great challenge everyone and thanks mods!
20.8 Spring BreakThe Loss of El Dorado: A Colonial History by V.S. Naipaul
+20 Task
+10 Not-a-Novel (non-fiction)
+5 Combo (10.4 – history)
Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 1590
Karen Michele wrote: "Kate S wrote: "Karen Michele wrote: "20.4 - Guardian The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
+20 Task
+10 Canon
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 1545"
+5 Prize-worthy: Ha..."
Me too... I managed to get through the book I'd been nursing almost all challenge today. Finally.
Karen Michele wrote: "Thanks for the points, Kate! I'm down to the wire this time.What time zone do we use for posting by midnight?"We will be closing at midnight Eastern time.
Approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes from now.
Kate S wrote: "Karen Michele wrote: "Thanks for the points, Kate! I'm down to the wire this time.What time zone do we use for posting by midnight?"We will be closing at midnight Eastern time.
Approximately 1 h..."
Thanks, Kate -- I know I'll get one more posted - I'm about 15 minutes away on audio, so see you here soon!
20.4 GuardianGiovanni's Room by James Baldwin
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.3 – Liz M)
Task Total: 25
RwS Completion Bonus: 100
Mega Bonus: 200
Grand Total: 1915
Thanks everyone! That's it for me :)
15.9 Middle East: IsraelMiral by Rula Jebreal
Author born in Israel, takes place in Israel
+15 Points
Grand Total: 1600
Post 1099 Cory Day wrote: "20.4 GuardianGiovanni's Room by James Baldwin
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.3 – Liz M)
Task Total: 25
RwS Completion Bonus: 100
Mega Bonus: 200
Grand Total: 1915
Thanks eve..."
I'm sorry, Cory. This is a YA Assignment at BPL with no Lexile. Task, but no styles.
Congratulations on your Mega Finish - awesome tally!
Great challenge everyone! On to summer!
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Joanna wrote: "20.2 Series
A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.3 - Kate S; 10.9; 10.8 - BOTNS #227 - http://booksonthenightstand.com/2013/...-..."
+5 Combo 10.5