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SP 2015 RwS Completed Tasks - Spring 2015
From Post 7Heather 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"
+10 Combo 10.2-Women's Lit, 20.1-Zola
From Post 11Deedee wrote: "Task 10.6 - Women's Ed:
Read a book written by a woman who has earned a doctorate (not an honorary degree). Please provide a link when claiming points for this task.
Here is Valerie Paradiz’s webs..."
+5 Combo 10.4 Scrabble: HISTORY
From Post 30Karen Michele wrote: "20.1 - Zola
The Fortune of the Rougons by Émile Zola
+20 Task: 1870
+ 5 Combo: 20.2 - Series
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 45"
+5 Combo 10.4-Scrabble: FORTUNE
15.2 – South AmericaBy Night in Chile by Roberto Bolaño
+15 task (Chile)
Task total: 15
Grand Total: 225
15.3 EuropeAshes in My Mouth, Sand in My Shoes by Per Petterson
+15 task (Norway)
+5 pre-1990 (1987)
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 245
20.8 Spring Break!Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
Listed as one of The 86 Greatest Travel Books of All Time
+20 task
+15 combo (10.9 - Tried and True; 20.3 - Paris; 20.9 - Nameless)
+10 canon
task total: 45
grand total: 65
20.6 CrimeA Dangerous Thing by Josh Lanyon
+20 Task (Mystery > Crime on book page)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 125
10.1 Rants and RavesStation Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
+10 Task (Reviewed by Amanda in Winter 14/15)
+10 Combo (10.4 - station, 10.8 - http://booksonthenightstand.com/2014/...)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 145
20.2 - Series:Broken Harbour by Tana French, book #4 in the Dublin Murder Squad series that has already been approved on the task thread
Review: This was my fourth book by Tana French. By now I already know that no matter how hard I try, I won't be able to produce a review that does her books justice. I simply can't write as well as she does!
Her books are usually shelved under the "Crime" or "Thriller" genres, but they're not just your average crime novel. The focus is different: they're not so much about who did it, but why it was done and what led to it. They're not about the evidence, but the people involved: the victims, suspects and the detectives working the case. They're not your one-hour CSI episode, focusing on the DNA, fingerprints and fancy machines that tell you who did it. They don't have a lone serial killer who the victims never knew; usually you end up looking for the murderer very close to the victims.
In this one, the focus is on why we do the things we do, on why we end up hurting the very people we're supposed to love the most. On how keeping secrets and trying very hard to just appear normal to everyone else can end up doing much more damage than the problem we've been trying to hide from everyone. On whether the people who look like the have everything perfect and under control are really just one inch away from total chaos and disaster.
The vast majority of the characters in her books are deeply traumatised, broken people who are struggling to find meaning in their lives after something horrible has happened to them. These are not exactly easy-going books but if you like going deep, they're highly recommended.
+20 task
+15 combos (10.4 – Scrabble!: "harbour" is a 7-letter word; 20.6 - Crime: shelved as crime 205 times and it's also listed as the genre on the book page; and 10.1 -Rants and Raves: reviewed by Tony in Fall Challenge 2014, see message #162)
+10 prize-worthy (the book page claims it has won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller in 2012 and the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Award for Ireland AM Crime Fiction Award in 2012)
+5 jumbo (533 pages)
Task total: 50
Grand total: 50
Reading globally15.1 - Africa:
The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
+15 task (Nigeria)
Task total: 15
Grand total: 65
I know that the 15-point tasks are not eligible for review points, but I wanted to comment anyway. It has been fun so far reading stuff that is very different from my culture and the things that are familiar to me. The 12 short stories in the book were good and understandable, but what made them even more interesting were the little details that I was compelled to look up: the unfamiliar trees people are standing under, the unfamiliar foods they're eating, the Nigerian names which are so different that I couldn't even tell if it was a man or a woman without the author telling me...
Kate S wrote: "From Post 6Heather wrote: "20.1 - 1886
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
+20 task
+5 combo (10.4 - strange)
task total: 25
gran..."
Robert Louis Stevenson is on the canon list? I looked and I couldn't find him on the list. I read that book too for this challenge.
20.5 GerminalWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
+ 20 task
+ 30 Combo [10.3 (Liz); 10.8 - http://booksonthenightstand.com/2015/... 10.9 (4.01/578k); 20.1-pub 1869; 20.4, 20.7]
+ 10 Canon
+ 25 Jumbo (MPE 1392 pages)
Task Total = 85
Grand total = 85
Task 10.8 Podcast ReadingUnbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
Books On The Nightstand Podcast
+10 Task
+10 Not a Novel
+5 combo (10.9 - Laura Hillenbrand has 4.38/389,327 rating)
Task Total = 25 pts
Grand Total = 25 pts
Cory Day wrote: "Katy wrote: "10.1 Rants and RavesQuiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
+10 task (Don reviewed here)
+5 combo (10.4 - tal..."
Thanks, Cory! I didn't even think to check...
Task 10.4 Scrabble!The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston
+10 Task
+10 Not a Novel
+10 Combo (10.9, 20.6)
Task Total = 30 pts
Grand Total = 55 pts
20.3 ParisMrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris by Paul Gallico
What a funny little light read from the 1,001 Books to Read list. I gave it 4 stars.
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.3 - Read by Kate S)
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 80
20.6 CrimeThe Handsome Man's Deluxe Café by Alexander McCall Smith
Category of Mystery>Crime on book's main page.
+20 Task
(I couldn't find any other bonus point qualifications. Boo-hoo!)
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 100
15.2 Reading Globally - Africa/NigeriaThe Bride Price by Buchi Emecheta
Author born in Nigeria and book set in Nigeria
Published 1976
+15 Task
+ 5 Bonus - Published before 1990
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 120
20.2 - Series Fairest by Marissa Meyer, 860 Lexile
+20 Task: Approved: The Lunar Chronicles
+10 Combo: 10.4 – Scrabble! (fairest)/ 10.9 – Tried and True (Average rating: 4.22 · 362,664 ratings)
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 310
Don (The Book Guy) wrote: "10.4 ScrabbleScenes from Village Life by Amos Oz
+10 Task, village
+5 Combo, 10.3 Elizabeth
+10 Not a novel
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 100"
Don, I have not read this, but I believe Kate has.
20.9 - Nameless - Kate S's Task:Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.8 – Podcast Reading: Books on the Nightstand #315: http://booksonthenightstand.com/2015/...
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 335
10.1 Rants and RavesMagic for Beginners by Kelly Link
from message 524: Make it Strange (Karen Michelle): https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
+10 task
+10 not-a-novel
+10 prize-worthy
+5 combo (10.8, http://booksonthenightstand.com/2013/...)
task total: 35
grand total: 100
Task 20.10 - CanonicalStone Mattress: Nine Tales (2014) by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 273 pages)
+20 Task (#20.10)
+15 Combo (#10.1 (Fall 14) Post #0381
, #10.8 Bookrageous Episode 78, #10.9)
+10 Not-a-Novel (short stories)
Task Total: 20 + 15 + 10 = 45
Grand Total: 100 + 45 = 145
Christine wrote: "Kätlin wrote: "20.2 - Series:Broken Harbour by Tana French, book #4 in the Dublin Murder Squad series that has already been approved on the task thread
Review: Th..."
Oops, no, it seems to be my mistake. I didn't even notice that they were missing this time :D I'll deduct the 10 points from my score.
Post 35 Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "RG15.1 North America
Matched by Ally Condie
Author is born in US and nationality is American.
Task +15
Book Total: 15
Grand Total: 15"
I'm sorry, Jayme, this has a Lexile score of 680 so does not qualify for Reading Globally. As Matched is a 7-letter work, it qualifies for 10.4 Scrabble - would you like to move it there?
Post 51 Joanna wrote: "20.1 ZolaArms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw
+20 Task (pub. 1894)
+10 Not a novel (play)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 30"
This is listed as an Assignment at BPL with no Lexile. Good for the task, but no style points.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 35 Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "RG15.1 North America
Matched by Ally Condie
Author is born in US and nationality is American.
Task +15
Book Total: 15
Gran..."
Yes, that's fine
10.8 – Podcast Reading Elsewhere by Richard Russo
+10 Task: Books on the Nightstand podcast #207 in the BOTNS Holiday Gift Guide (approved in message 39 by Liz M on Mar 14 in the 10.8 – Podcast Reading thread)
+10 Not a Novel: memoir
+5 Combo: 10.3 (Kate S. 11/2013)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 75
From Post 46Coralie wrote: "10.8 Podcast Reading
The Brides of Rollrock Island by Margo Lanagan
+10 task (episode 19)
+ 5 prize worthy (Ditmar award 2013)
Task total: 15
Grand Total: 105"
+10 Prize Worthy-also won the World Fantasy Award (2010) and the Norma K Hemming Award (2013)
From Post 47itpdx wrote: "20.9 Nameless
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
+20 Task
+20 Combo (10.3 Kate read Jan 2014, 10.5, 10.7, 10.9)
Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 80"
+5 Prize worthy-the Locus Award counts
From Post 49 Heather wrote: "20.6 - listed as crime 586 times
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
+20 task
task total: 20
grand total: 165"
+5 Prize worthy-Won the Black Quill Award (2010)
From Post 54Tobey wrote: "10.4 Scrabble
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.3,10.8 http://bookrageous.podbean.com/e/book...)
Task Tota..."
I don't see this listed as read by any of this group's moderators (10.3), did you mean 10.1 (rants and raves)?
20.5 - Germinal The Secret Wisdom of the Earth by Christopher Scotton
+20 Task: Kentucky coal mines
Grand Total: 355
Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "Kate S wrote: "From Post 6Heather wrote: "20.1 - 1886
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
+20 task
+5 combo (10.4 - strange)
task..."
Yes, he is on the canon and I have added +10 Canon to your claim in post 45.
From Post 65Deedee wrote: "Task 10.2 –Women's Lit:
Read a book from the 50 Most Influential Books by Women or a book from Flavorwire's Girl Canon.
From 50 Most Influential Books by Women:
[book:In a German Pension|2020890..."
+10 Canon (her short stories are listed on the canon)
From Post 41Anika wrote: "10.1 Rants and Raves
Soulless by Gail Carriger
+10 [reviewed by Jayme(the ghost reader) in Winter 14/15, post #358]
Task Total = 10
Grand Total = 10"
+5 Prize worthy ALA Alex (2010)
20.4 GuardianLucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
+20 task
+ 5 borrow from mods: Kate read Mar 2014
+ 5 prize (as per gr)
+5 penguin classic
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35
Running total: 195
From post 45Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "20.1 Zola
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
First published in 1886.
Task + 20
Style + 10 (Combo 10.7 on page 5 of the Weird list, ..."
+10 Combo 20.4 (Guardian) and 20.7 (Penguin)
Reading GloballyTask 15.1- Africa
Girls at War and Other Stories by Chinua Achebe A, B & C in Nigeria
Task +15
grand total= 110
Task 10.4 – Scrabble!DOROTHY
Dorothy Parker Stories (1933) by Dorothy Parker (Hardcover, 386 pages)
+10 Task
+10 Not-a-Novel (Short Stories)
Task Total: 10 + 10 = 20
Grand Total: 155 + 20 = 175
15.1 - OceaniaHot Island Nights by Sarah Mayberry
+15 task
Task total: 15 points
Grand total: 90 points
Deedee wrote: "Task 10.4 – Scrabble!DOROTHY
Dorothy Parker Stories (1933) by Dorothy Parker (Hardcover, 386 pages)
+10 Task
+10 Not-a-Novel (Short Stories) ..."
+5 combo 10.2 - Women's Lit (see post 2)
20.4 GuardianNorth and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
+20 Task
+35 Combo (10.2, 10.3 (Sam), 10.9, 20.1, 20.5, 20.7, 20.10)
+10 Canon
+5 Jumbo
Task total: 70
Grand total: 140
10.8 Podcast ReadingEverything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
Lexile Score = 870
+10 Task Link to Podcast: http://booksonthenightstand.com/2014/...
+ 5 Prize Worthy - 2015 ALA Alex Award
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 135
10.7 - Weird Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
(on page 6 of the book's genre's - 14 users)
+10 pts - Task
+25 pts - Combo (10.1 - Fall 2014 -Sam, 10.3 - Sam https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... , 10.8 - http://bookriot.com/search/gone+girl , 10.9, 20.6)
+ 5 pts - Jumbo (560 pgs)
+ 5 pts - Prize Worthy (Grand Prix)
Task Total - 45 pts
Grand Total - 80 pts
15.2 Reading Globally - ASIA (EASTERN)- JapanThe Book of Tea by Kakuzō Okakura
+15 task (A, B & C in Japan)
+5 first published 1905
+5 non=fiction
total= 25
grand total= 135
20.3 - ParisThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
+20 task
+10 canon (as Notre Dame of Paris - same book)
+5 jumbo (617 pages)
+5 combo (10.9 - 4.07 and >500k)
task total: 40
grand total: 320
20.8 Spring BreakThe Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain (lex 1160)
+ 20 task (mark twain is an author from the list)
+ 5 combo (20.1 pub in 1881)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 60
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+10 Not a Novel
+ 5 Prize-Worthy: National Book Award for Fiction (2014)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 275