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SP 2015 RwS Completed Tasks - Spring 2015
10.8 podcastsMy Struggle: Book 1 by Karl Ove Knausgård
10 pt. task (http://bookrageous.podbean.com/e/book...)
+10 not a novel (memoir)
+15 prize-worthy (Morgenbladet's book of the year, Brage Prize, NRK p2 listener's prize, norwegian critic's prize)
Task total:35
Grand total 85
15.5 RG - Oceania/New Zealand A Man Lay Dead by Ngaio Marsh (A, B)
+15 Task
+ 5 Pre-1990 (Publ 1934)
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 195
20.2 series In the Woods by Tana French
20 pt. task
+15 prize worthy (Barry award, Macavity award, Anthony award, Edgar award)
+ 15 combo (10.3 Kate S., 20.6, 10.8 - http://booksonthenightstand.com/2012/...)
Task total: 50
Grand total: 135
15.6 Reading Globally- The CaribbeanA State of Independence by Caryl Phillips
task +15 (St. Kitts A & C)
pre 1990 (1988) +5
task total+ 20
grand total = 205
10.8 Podcast ReadingWe Were Liars by E. Lockhart
+10 Task (from Bookrageous)
Task Total = 10
Grand Total = 60
Task 10.6 Women's EdThat Summer by Lauren Willig
*The author has a J.D. from Harvard Law and possibly a Ph.D. as well).
+10 task
Task Total = 10 points
Grand Total = 155 points
20.6 CrimeThe Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
*shelved as crime 179 times*
+20 task
+5 combo (10.1-reviewed in post #506 during winter challenge)
Task Total = 25 points
Grand Total = 180 points
Jenifer wrote: "20.6 CrimeThe Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
*shelved as crime 179 times*
+20 task
+5 combo (10.1-reviewed in post #506 during winter challenge)
Task Total ..."
+5 Combo (10.8 - http://booksonthenightstand.com/2015/...)
Jenifer wrote: "Task 10.6 Women's EdThat Summer by Lauren Willig
*The author has a J.D. from Harvard Law and possibly a Ph.D. as well).
+10 task
Task Total = 10 points
Grand Tota..."
+5 Combo (10.8 - http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/20...)
Kate S wrote: "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..."
That's fine. I just didn't want anyone to feel left out since it was on each of your shelves. ;)
Thanks for the podcast combos, Cory!
Amanda wrote: "10.5 NebulaCloud 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 (10.8 - http://bookrageous.podbean.com/e/book...)
Sorry Kate for some late catches :)
Claire wrote: "10.1 Rants and RavesMagic for Beginners by Kelly Link
from message 524: Make it Strange (Karen Michelle): https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/......"
+5 Combo (10.8 - http://booksonthenightstand.com/2013/...)
Valerie wrote: "10.7 Weird The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
shelved as weird 7x
+10 task
+5 borrow from mods: Krista read Mar. 2012
+5 jumbo - 512 pgs
+10 prizeworthy (as pe..."
+5 Combo (10.8 - http://booksonthenightstand.com/2012/...)
Coralie wrote: "20.10 CanonicalThe Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
+20 task
+10 Combo (10.9-rating 3.93, 20.2 – Maddaddam)
Task total: 30
Grand Total: 135"
+5 Combo (10.8 - http://booksonthenightstand.com/2011/...)
Katy wrote: "20.6 CrimeChild 44 by Tom Rob Smith
+20 task (shelved 252 times as Crime)
+15 prize worthy (Barry Award for Best First Novel, LA Times Book Prize, Ian Fleming Stee..."
+5 Combo (10.8 - http://booksonthenightstand.com/2015/...)
Valerie wrote: "20.5 GerminalSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
+20 task
+10 prize-worthy (2 awards listed on gr)
+5 borrow from mods: Elizabeth read Feb. 2009
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35
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+5 Combo (10.8 - http://booksonthenightstand.com/2011/...)
itpdx wrote: "20.9 NamelessThe 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 Combo (10.8 - http://bookbasedbanter.co.uk/thereade...)
Anika wrote: "10.1 Rants and RavesSoulless by Gail Carriger
+10 [reviewed by Jayme(the ghost reader) in Winter 14/15, post #358]
Task Total = 10
Grand Total = 10"
+5 Combo (10.8 - http://galactisuburbia.podbean.com/e/...)
Heather wrote: "20.4The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
+20 task
+15 awards
+5 jumbo (637 pages)
+5 combo (10.9 - 3.93 and over 900k, 10.3 - Liz)
task total: 45
grand total: 275 (e..."
+5 Combo (10.8 - http://booksonthenightstand.com/2011/...)
I'll try to pay closer attention from now on - it's amazing how many of them I can remember hearing :-P
Eleanor wrote: " 20.5 - GerminalThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
+20 task (#3 on list)
+15 combo (10.3 - read by Liz M in 2006, 10.9 - Average rating: 4.23 · 2,151,718 ratings, 20.4)..."
can i get + 5 combo for 10.8 mentioned in the dear booknerd podcast. - post 163
10.1 - Rants and ravesThe 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, 20.9)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 190
20.1 - ZolaKing Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard
+20 task (pub 1885)
+10 combo (20.4, 20.7)
Task total: 30
Grand Total: 220
Cory Day wrote: "Amanda wrote: "10.5 NebulaCloud Atlas by David Mitchell
+ 10 task points
+ 10 combo (10.7, 20.4)
+ 5 Jumbo (529 pgs)
+ 5 Prizeworthy ( British Book Awards, Literary ..."
Thanks Cory! I'm not even finishing books right now and still my pts are increasing! LOL ( I WILL have 3 books finished by the end of the week, I WILL!! )
Wow, Kate. My posts have been a mess. Thanks for sorting everything out for me. I show my updated total at this point at 235.
20.4 GuardianLouis Lambert by Honoré de Balzac
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.4, 20.9 - that it had an unnamed narrator was surprise!)
+10 Canon
Task total = 40
Grand total = 175
10.9 Tried and TrueAs Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust by Alan Bradley
Average rating: 3.94, with 182,305 ratings
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.4, 'Chimney')
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 210
10.4 ScrabbleBrain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan
+10 Task (Madness = 7 letter)
+10 Not a Novel (memoir)
+5 Combo (10.8 - http://bookrageous.podbean.com/e/book...)*
Task total: 25
Grand total: 135
*edited 3/30/15 to add combo points
10.4 ScrabbleSynners by Pat Cadigan
+10 Task (Synners)
+5 Combo (10.5 – nominated 1992)
+5 prize worthy (Arthur C. Clarke award)
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 345
Joy wrote: "10.4 ScrabbleBrain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan
+10 Task (Madness = 7 letter)
+10 Not a Novel (memoir)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 130"
+5 Combo (10.8 - http://bookrageous.podbean.com/e/book...)
Well, Kate and Cory Day are keeping me on the straight and narrow - so I am +5-5+5 ;) so my running total is: 24510.7 weird
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
+10 task
+5 combo for nebula nom 1970
____
15
Running total: 260
10. Tried and trueThe Under Dog and Other Stories by Agatha Christie who has an average rating of 3.93 from 1,545,390 ratings!
+10 task
+10 not a novel
______
20
Running total 280
From Post 244Christine wrote: "15.2 European Union
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
+15 task
Task total = 15
Grand total = 185"
+5 Pub before 1990 (1951)
From Post 246Lagullande wrote: "10.1 - Rants and Raves
Quiet: 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,..."
+5 Combo 10.9-4.01 avg for 129,000 ratings
20.6 CrimeSnowball in Hell by Josh Lanyon
+20 Task (Mystery > Crime on book’s main page)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 280
20.5 GerminalMonongah: The Tragic Story of the 1907 Monongah Mine Disaster, the Worst Industrial Accident in US History by Davitt Mcateer
+20 Task (about mining – it also does have a chapter devoted to labor unrest)
+5 Combo (10.4 – History)
+10 Not-a-Novel (Non-fiction)
Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 315
10.8 PodcastsThe Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez
+10 Task (http://booksonthenightstand.com/2014/...)
+5 Combo (10.4 – unknown)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 330
20.6 CrimeThe Dark Horse by Josh Lanyon
+20 Task (Mystery > Crime on book’s main page)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 350
From Post 291Eleanor wrote: " 20.1 - Zola
King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard
+20 task (pub 1885)
+10 combo (20.4, 20.7)
Task total: 30
Grand Total: 220"
Sorry, this is not on the list of Penguins approved for this task.
From Post 267Jama wrote: "10.8 podcasts
My Struggle: Book 1 by Karl Ove Knausgård
10 pt. task (http://bookrageous.podbean.com/e/book...)
+10 not a n..."
Sorry, Jama, this is listed as fiction at both the BPL and worldcat.org, it does not qualify for not-a-novel.
From Post 290Eleanor 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,..."
+10 Canon
From Post 96Katy wrote: "10.1 Rants and Raves
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
+10 task (Don reviewed here)
+5 combo (10.4 - talking)
+10 not..."
+10 Combo 10.6, 10.9
15.4 Asia - WesternA Thousand Rooms of Dream and Fear by Atiq Rahimi
+15 task (Afghanistan)
Task total: 15
Grand Total: 360
20.7 - PenguinA Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
+20 task
+10 not-a-novel (extended essay)
+20 combo
→10.1 - Ed reviewed Winter 14/15
→10.2 - #29 most influential
→10.3 - Sam read Jan 2002
→20.10 - female author in canon
Task total: 50
Grand total: 140 points
Task 10.9 – Tried & True Average Rating at least 3.90 AND at least 100,000 ratings.
Stephen King
11/22/63 (2011) by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 849 pages)
+10 Task (#10.9)
+10 Combo (#10.3: SAM read Dec 22, 2011, #10.8 Books on the Nightstand #158 )
+15 Jumbo 800-899 Pages
Task Total: 10 + 10 + 15 = 35
Grand Total: 235 + 35 = 270
10.4 ScrabbleThe Love We Share Without Knowing by Christopher Barzak
+10 Task (without, knowing)
+5 Combo (10.5 – nominated 2010
Task total: 15
Grand Total: 385
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The Establishment: And How They Get Away with It by Owen Jones (A, B & C)
+15 task
+5 non-fiction
Task total: 20
RwS total: 135
Reading Globally total: 20
Grand Total: 155