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SP 2015 RwS Completed Tasks - Spring 2015
15.4 Reading Globally - EuropeOn the Eve by Ivan Turgenev (A, B & C in Russia)
+15 task
+5 pre-1990 (published 1860)
total= 20
grant total= 170
Task 20.5 GerminalTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
#1 on the book list
+20 Task
+30 Combo (10.1/Winter post #301, 10.3/on each mod's shelf, 10.8/BookRiot Podcast #79, 10.9/4.23 & 2,259 ratings, 20.4, 20.6/shelved 199 times)
+ 5 Prize Worthy
Task Total = 55 points
Total Points = 140 points
From Post 114Claire wrote: "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
+20 combo (10.9 - Tried and Tr..."
+10 canon (his collected essays are included on the canon)
From Post 136Don (The Book Guy) wrote: "20.2 Series
The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis, 4.1 avg rating, 3,127,376 ratings, lexile 890
+20 Task
+5 combo, 10.9
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 155"
Don (The Book Guy) wrote: "20.2 Series
The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis, 4.1 avg rating, 3,127,376 ratings, lexile 890
+20 Task
+5 combo, 10.9
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 155"
+5 Prize-worthy Carnegie Medal in Literature
10.4 ScrabbleMidnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China by Paul French
+10 Task "haunted"
+5 Combo 20.6
+5 Not-a-novel nonfiction
+10 Prize worthy Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime (2013), CWA Gold Dagger Award for Non-Fiction (2013)
Task total: 30
Grand Total 160
From Post 114Claire wrote: "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
+20 combo (10.9 - Tried and Tr..."
I'm sorry, Claire, but this title is not on the list of Penguins approved for 20.7. (-5 Combo)
From Post 121Jenifer wrote: "Task 10.8 Podcast Reading
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
Books On The Nightstand Podcast
+10 Task
+10 N..."
+5 Prize worthy (LA Times for Biography
Kate S wrote: "From Post 121Jenifer wrote: "Task 10.8 Podcast Reading
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
Books On The Nig..."
Thanks!
From Post 136Don (The Book Guy) wrote: "20.2 Series
The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis, 4.1 avg rating, 3,127,376 ratings, lexile 890
+20 Task
+5 combo, 10.9
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 155"
+5 Combo 20.4-Chronicles of Narnia is on the list
15.5 Reading Globally - Oceania- AustraliaThe Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman (A,B & C- Australia)
+15 task
grand total= 185
20.2 SeriesJustine by Lawrence Durrell
+20 Task (Alexandria Quartet)
+20 Combo (10.4, 20.4, 20.8, 20.9)
+10 Canon
Task Total = 50
Grand Total = 135
10.3 Borrowing from the ModsThe Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell
+10 Task (on Kate S's "read" shelf, posted June 21, 2013)
Task Total = 10
Grand Total = 25
10.9 Tried and TrueThe Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
+10 Task (avg. rating: 3.96, 151,718 ratings)
+10 Combo
-10.4: on Sam's "read" shelf, posted Aug 28, 2014
-10.8: discussed 3 times on Books on the Nightstand
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 45
20.9 CanonicalThe Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
+20 Task
+15 combo 10.1 (reviewed by Ed 2/3/15) 10.9, 10.3 (Sam 1/8/06)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 190
20.6 CrimeMexican Heat by Laura Baumbach
+20 Task (Mystery > Crime on book’s main page)
+5 Combo (10.4 – Mexican)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 250
10.9 Tried and TrueBound by Flames by Jeaniene Frost
+10 Task (Average rating: 4.23, 538,202 ratings)
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 260
10.4 Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus by Bill Wasik
+10 task (history)
+10 not a novel
task total: 20
grand total: 370
10.1 Rants and RavesThe Absent One by Jussi Adler-Olsen
Reviewed by Katy post 772 (Nov 12, 2014) Fall 2014
+10 task
+5 crime
____
15
Running total 240
From Post 171Deedee 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.
Goodreads says about [author:P..."
I'm sorry, Deedee, I don't see any evidence she has a doctorate.
From Post 158Rebekah wrote: "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.go..."
The MPE of this book has only 356 pages and is not eligible for Jumbo points.
Also the Grand Prix des lectrices de Elle does not appear to meet the criteria for Prize Worthy. Sorry, Rebekah
From Post 169Valerie wrote: "20.4 Guardian
Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney
+20 task
+5 nameless (20.9)
+5 borrow from the mods: Liz M read Jan 2013
_____
30
Running total 225"
+5 Combo Reviewed in Winter
From Post 183Claire wrote: "10.9 - Tried and True
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Average rating 4.0 with 406,726 ratings
+10 task
+20 combo (10.2 - Women's Lit, 10.3 - Borrowing from the Mods (Liz)..."
+5 Combo 10.1 Reviewed in Winter
From Post 49Heather wrote: "20.6 - listed as crime 586 times
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
+20 task
task total: 20
grand total: 165"
+5 Combo 10.9
Christine wrote: "I must be confused about how the penguin task works then. I've been searching titles on the linked page and if they come up I've been using them. Down and out is on the linked site http://www.penguinclassics.co.uk/book ..."
Unfortunately, the qualifying penguin titles are only those ~450 titles on the linked page(s), which is a subset of all (1000s?) of penguin classics (I believe just the UK penguins).
Please see the task thread for more details and a google doc listing the titles.
From Post 171Deedee wrote: "Task 10.6 - Women's Ed:
...
I'm sorry, Deedee, I don't see any evidence she has a doctorate.
OK, I've removed her points from the total.
Task 10.4 – Scrabble!CHASING
Chasing Ravens (2014) by Jessica E. Paige
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 215 + 10 = 225
20.9 - Nameless10:04 by Ben Lerner
+20 task (Liz M read 2002)
+5 prize worthy (Terry Southern Prize approved in message 9 here)
Task total: 25
RwS total: 25
Reading Globally total: -
Grand Total: 25
10.1 - Rants and RavesQuiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
+10 task (Don's review)
+15 combo (10.4 - Scrabble: Talking, 10.6 Women's Ed - Juris Doctor, 10.8 - Podcast Reading: BOTNS 172 )
+10 not-a-novel
Task total: 35
RwS total: 60
Reading Globally total: -
Grand Total: 60
10.6 - Women's EdThe Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
+10 task (PhD)
+10 combo (10.1 - Rants and Raves: Theresa-OctoberLace reviewed here, 10.8 - Podcast Reading: The Readers Ep 103)
+5 jumbo (576 pages)
Task total: 25
RwS total: 85
Reading Globally total: -
Grand Total: 85
10.6 - Scrabble!Nora Webster by Colm Tóibín
+10 task (Webster)
Task total: 10
RwS total: 95
Reading Globally total: -
Grand Total: 95
10.4 - Scrabble!Double Fudge Brownie Murder by Joanne Fluke
+10 Task (Brownie)
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 20
10.7 - WeirdAnnihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
+10 task
+25 combo (10.3 - Sam read Oct 2014, 10.5 - Nebula: 2015 nominee, 10.8 - Podcast: Bookrageous Ep 70, 20.2 - Series, 20.9 - Nameless)
Task total: 40
RwS total: 135
Reading Globally total: -
Grand Total: 135
From Post 207Amanda wrote: "10.10 Group Reads
All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld
+10 task
+10 Combo ( 10.3 - Kate S Jan '15, 10.4)
+10 Prizeworthy ( European Union Prize for literature 2014..."
+5 Prize worthy-also won the Jerwood Fiction Prize
From Post 195Joanna wrote: "10.7 Weird
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
+10 Task
+20 Combo (10.1, 10.3 (Liz M), 10.4, 10.9)
+10 Not a novel
+10 Canon
Task total: 50
Grand total: 190"
Sorry, Joanna, this is a novel (a disjointed novel, but still a novel) according to BPL
From Post 196Joanna wrote: "20.9 Nameless
Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.1, 10.9, 20.4)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 225"
+10 Canon (should keep your total the same through this post) :)
Kate S wrote: "From Post 207Amanda wrote: "10.10 Group Reads
All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld
+10 task
+10 Combo ( 10.3 - Kate S Jan '15, 10.4)
+10 Prizeworthy ( European U..."
Also +5 combo - 10.8: http://bookriot.com/2014/12/09/dear-b... (every once in a while I recognize a book from a podcast :))
From Post 184Heather wrote: "10.4
The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
+10 task (Origins)
+10 not a novel
task total: 20
grand total: 345"
+5 Combo 10.1 Reviewed in Fall
From Post 187Christine wrote: "10.6 women's Ed
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin. She has a doctorate.
+10 task
+ 5 combo (10.3 Krista read it)
+10 not a..."
+5 Combo 10.4 (LINCOLN)
ETA From Post 195Joanna wrote: "10.7 Weird
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
+10 Task
+20 Combo (10.1, 10.3 (Liz M), 10.4, 10.9)
+10 Not a novel
+10 Canon
Task total: 50
Grand total: 190"
+5 Combo 10.5 (Nebula) or 20.4 (Guardian), this does not work for 10.4 (Scrabble), so I'm sure you meant one of these two.
From Post 196Joanna wrote: "20.9 Nameless
Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.1, 10.9, 20.4)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 225"
+5 Combo 20.1 (1862)
From Post 215Jenifer wrote: "Task 20.5 Germinal
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
#1 on the book list
+20 Task
+30 Combo 10.3/on each mod's shelf,"
I have this recorded as 10.3-Elizabeth (as you can only use each moderator once for a combo I needed it assigned to one of us). This can be changed if you choose.
From Post 227Anika wrote: "10.9 Tried and True
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
+10 Task (avg. rating: 3.96, 151,718 ratings)
+10 Combo
-10.4: on Sam's "read" shelf, posted Aug 28, 2014..."
+10 Combo 10.1 Reviewed in Winter and 10.3-Sam or 10.4 (PROJECT)
+5 Prize-worthy UC Book of the Year
Cory Day wrote: "Kate S wrote: "From Post 207Amanda wrote: "10.10 Group Reads
All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld
+10 task
+10 Combo ( 10.3 - Kate S Jan '15, 10.4)
+10 Prizewort..."
Thanks, Cory, added this.
Kate S wrote: "From Post 207+5 Prize worthy-also won the Jerwood Fiction Prize "
Thanks Kate.
I saw it on the GR page, but it wasn't on the list for the Prizeworthy page, so I wasn't sure.
Cory Day wrote: "Kate S wrote: "From Post 207Also +5 combo - 10.8: http://bookriot.com/2014/12/09/dear-b... (every once in a while I recognize a book from a podcast :)) "
Thanks Cory. I am having so much trouble navigating those podcast pages that I am letting them slide :(
I don't blame you - they're not cut and dry. I'm just trying to chime in when I remember hearing them.
Cory Day wrote: "I don't blame you - they're not cut and dry. I'm just trying to chime in when I remember hearing them."Much appreciated that you do! :D
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Gretel and the Case of the Missing Frog Prints: A Brothers Grimm Mystery (A Brothers Grimm Mystery #1) (2014) by P.J. Brackston
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 220 + 10 = 230