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SP 2015 RwS Completed Tasks - Spring 2015
20.1 - ZolaFar from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
+ 20 task (published 1874)
+ 5 combo (20.4)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 35
Task 15.1 Reading GloballyASIA (EASTERN) -- Japan
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (2013) by Haruki Murakami; translated by Philip Gabriel (A and B Japan)
+ 15 task
Task Total : 15
Grand Total: 270 + 15 = 285
Kate S wrote: "From Post 246Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain....
+5 Combo 10.9-4.01 avg for 129,000 ratings
Thanks, Kate. That makes up for my poor adding-up in message 250!
20.1 ZolaFirst Love by Ivan Turgenev
+20 Task (published 1960)
+10 Combo (20.4, 20.7)
+10 Canon
Task total: 40
Grand Total: 425
15.3 Reading Globally Eastern AsiaSputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami (A and B Japan)
+ 15 task
Grand total 140
10.7 WeirdCloud Atlas by David Mitchell
+10 task
+20 combo (10.3 Liz, 10.5, 10.8, 20.4)
+5 jumbo
+10 prizeworthy (Geoffrey Faber, British Book Awards)
task total 45
Grand total 195
10.9 Tried And TrueMemory by Lois McMaster Bujold (4.15, 246,000+ ratings)
+10 task
+5 combo (10.5. 1998)
Task total 15
Grand total 210
20.7 PenguinMansfield Park by Jane Austen
+20 task
+25 combo (10.1 Cory Day post 739, 10.3 Sam, 10.9, 20.4, 20.10)
+5 jumbo (507 pp)
+10 canon
task total 60
Grand total 270
20.2 SeriesThe Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory
+20 Task (approved in Series Thread)
+5 Combo (10.6 - Gregory has a PhD in 18th Century Lit)
+5 Jumbo (504 pages)
Task Total=30
Grand Total=65
10.4 – Scrabble!A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut
+10 task (country)
+5 combo (10.9, 4.03 · 1,513,374 ratings)
+10 not a novel
task toal=25
grand total= 230
20.8 Spring BreakStudies in Classic American Literature by D.H. Lawrence
+20 Task (listed author)
+ 5 Combo (10.4)
+10 Not a Nove
+10 Canon
Task total = 45
Grand total = 220
15.4 Reading GloballyWilderness Tips by Margaret Atwood Canada ( Nth America)
+15 task
Task Total: 15
Gran Total : 200
10.4 – Scrabble!In the Company of Others by Jan Karon
+10 Task: company
+ 5 Combo: 10.9 – Tried and True (Average rating: 4.17 · 148,193 ratings)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 425
10.7 – Weird - Coralie’s Task:St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell
+10 Task: 5 shelvings
+10 Not a Novel (short stories)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 445
20.5 - Germinal In Dubious Battle by John Steinbeck
+20 Task: about an apple picker's strike
+ 5 Combo: 10.4 – Scrabble! (dubious)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 470
20.9 - Nameless - Kate S's TaskThe Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
+20 Task: a surprise, but this one fits!
+ 5 Combo: 10.8 – Podcast Reading (Book Riot #87: http://bookriot.com/2015/01/05/book-r...)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 495
10.3 – Borrowing from the ModsRuby by Cynthia Bond
+10 Task:from Kate S. shelf
Grand Total = 10 points
10.4 – Scrabble!The Peaceable Kingdom: Stories by Francine Prose
+10 Task: Kingdom
+10 Not-A-Novel: short story collection
Task Total: 20
Grand Total = 50 points
10.1 Rants and Raves Moloka'iby Alan Brennert
Reviewed by Debra in post #45 in Fall 2014 Completed Tasks dated Sept. 07, 2014
Style:+5 Combo 10.4 Scrabble Molokai
Book Total: 15
Grand Total: 120
Post 335 Karen Michele wrote: "20.5 - Germinal In Dubious Battle by John Steinbeck
+20 Task: about an apple picker's strike
+ 5 Combo: 10.4 – Scrabble! (dubious)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 470"
I'm sorry, Karen. This is a YA Assignment at BPL, with no Lexile. Task, but no styles.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 335 Karen Michele wrote: "20.5 - Germinal In Dubious Battle by John Steinbeck
+20 Task: about an apple picker's strike
+ 5 Combo: 10.4 – Scrabble! (dubious)
Task..."
Ok, I'll fix my total, thanks.
Thank you, Cory!Cory Day wrote: "Claire wrote: "10.1 Rants and Raves
Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link
from message 524: Make it Strange (Karen Michelle): https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/......"
10.3 – Borrowing from the Mods:Restoration by Rose Tremain
+10 Task: Elizabeth's Shelf
+ 5 Combo: 10.1 Rants and Raves (Elizabeth, Fall 2014, 883)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 505
20.5 - GerminalRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
+20 task
+35 combo (10.1 - Rants and Raves, reviewed by Sam: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 10.8 -Podcast Reading:http://bookbasedbanter.co.uk/thereade... 10.4 - Scrabble; 10.9 - Tried and True; 20.4 - Guardian; 20.9 - Nameless; 10.2 - http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013...)
+5 Prize-worthy (won National Book Award in 1938)
task total: 60
grand total: 185
Christine wrote: "10.4 ScrabbleChalked Up: Inside Elite Gymnastics' Merciless Coaching, Overzealous Parents, Eating Disorders, and Elusive Olympic Dreams by Jennifer Sey
+10 task
..."
+10 Not a Novel
Tuyen wrote: "20.1 - ZolaFar from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
+ 20 task (published 1874)
+ 5 combo (20.4)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 35"
+10 Canon
Coralie wrote: "Kate S wrote: "From Post 46Coralie wrote: "10.8 Podcast Reading
The Brides of Rollrock Island by Margo Lanagan
+10 task (episode 19)
+ 5 prize worthy (Ditmar awa..."
Sorry, I meant to post this a few days ago. The good people who maintain GoodReads database have decided the edition awarded the World Fantasy Award is not significantly different from the MPE and have combined them. For the purposes of our challenge, we are going to accept their decision.
Kate S wrote: "Tuyen wrote: "20.1 - ZolaFar from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
+ 20 task (published 1874)
+ 5 combo (20.4)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 35"
+10 Canon"
Thanks Kate! Just also realized I get another 5 combo points because it falls under 20.5 as well.
Updated:
+20 task
+ 10 combo (20.4 and 20.5)
+10 Canon
Task total: 40
Grand total: 50
Tuyen wrote: "Kate S wrote: "Tuyen wrote: "20.1 - ZolaFar from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
+ 20 task (published 1874)
+ 5 combo (20.4)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 35"
+10 C..."
Also, 10.4 (madding) and 20.7 (from the penguin list) :)
From Post 299Valerie wrote: "Well, Kate and Cory Day are keeping me on the straight and narrow - so I am +5-5+5 ;) so my running total is: 245
10.7 weird
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
..."
A few more points for you
+10 Combo 10.9-4.03 avg with over 1.5 million ratings; 20.4 Guardian list
20.4 - GuardianTender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
+ 20 task
+ 10 canon
Task total: 30
Grand total: 80
From Post 300Valerie wrote: "10. Tried and true
The 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
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+5 Combo 10.4 (STORIES)
From Post 325Kath wrote: "10.4 Scrabble
Death in Ecstasy by Ngaio Marsh
+10 task
Grand total 150"
+5 Combo 20.6 (Mystery>Crime listed on main page)
From Post 338Tanya wrote: "10.4 – Scrabble!
The Peaceable Kingdom: Stories by Francine Prose
+10 Task: Kingdom
+10 Not-A-Novel: short story collection
Task Total: 20
Grand Total = 50 points"
+5 Combo 10.9 (3.95 avg with over 3 million ratings)
From Post 340Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "10.1 Rants and Raves
Moloka'iby Alan Brennert
Reviewed by Debra in post #45 in Fall 2014 Completed Tasks dated Sept. 07, 2014
Style:+5 Combo 10.4 Scrabble Molokai
Book ..."
I think there is an addition error here 10 (for the task) + 5 (combo) = 15 (book total)
15.9 - North AmericaFranny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
+ 15 task
+ 5 pre-1990
Task total: 20
Grand total: 110
Task 10.5 - NebulaNebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (2013)
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (2013) by Karen Joy Fowler
+10 Task (#10.5)
+15 Combo (#10.1 – (Fall 14) #0373, #10.3 Kate S.; #10.8 The Writer and the Critic: Episode 40 )
Task Total: 10 + 15 = 25
Grand Total: 285 + 25 = 310
15.2 - EuropeGarden, Ashes by Danilo Kiš
+15 task (Serbia)
+5 pre-1990 (1965)
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 85
20.6 - CrimeThérèse Raquin by Émile Zola
+20 task
+30 combo (10.3 - Kate, 10.4, 20.1, 20.4, 20.7)
Task total: 50
Grand Total: 135
Kate S wrote: "From Post 340Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "10.1 Rants and Raves
Moloka'iby Alan Brennert
Reviewed by Debra in post #45 in Fall 2014 Completed Tasks dated Sept. 07, 20..."
Yeah, I will edit my totals.
10.2 Women's LitDare Me by Megan Abbott
+ 10 task (on Girl Canon list)
+ 15 combo (10.6 - Ph.D. according to GR bio, 10.8 here, 20.6 - crime genre on main page)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 110
10.4 Scrabble!Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout by Philip Connors
+10 task (lookout)
+10 Not-a-Novel (nonfiction)
+15 Prize-Worthy (Phyllis & Don Munday Award, Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award, Nat'l Outdoor Book Award)
Task total: 35
Grand Total: 145
10.6 Women's EdThe Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
+10 task (Ph.D. in Renaissance studies according to GR bio)
+15 combo (10.3 - on Elizabeth's list; 10.8 - here; 10.9)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 170
20.9 NamelessAnnihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
+20 task
+25 combo (10.3 - Kate; 10.5 - 2015 Nebula; 10.7; 10.8 - here; 20.2)
Task Total: 45
Grand Total: 215
20.6 CrimeThérèse Raquin by Émile Zola
+20 Task
+30 Combo (10.3-Kate, 10.4, 20.1, 20.3, 20.4, 20.7)
Task total = 50
Grand total = 270
Task 10.5 - NebulaNominated 2014 Best Novella
Yesterday's Kin (2014) by Nancy Kress
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 310 + 10 = 320
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Average rating: 3.98 · 368,884 ratings, read by LizM winter of 2015 & reviewed, PhD in Renaissance Studies
+10 Task
+2..."
+5 Combo (10.8 - http://bookriot.com/2014/06/23/book-r...)