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SP 2015 RwS Completed Tasks - Spring 2015
20.7 – Penguin1984 by George Orwell
+ 20 task
+ 15 combo (10.9, 20.4, 20.5)
+ 10 canon
+ 5 prize-worthy (Prometheus Hall of Fame Award)
Task total: 50
Grand total: 160
10.3 Borrowing from the ModsWaiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
Borrowed from Liz's Read shelf. Book added to the shelf October, 2007.
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.4 'Waiting', 10.7)
+10 Not-a-Novel (Play)
+10 Canon
Task Total = 40
Grand Total = 250
20.8 In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
+20 task
+10 not a novel
+5 combo (10.4 - country)
+5 award winner
task total: 30
grand total: 435
20.2 SeriesThe Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
+20 task
low lexile, no style points
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 220
10.5 NebulaThe Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
+10 Task (nominated for 2015 Nebula)
Task Total = 10
Grand Total = 85
I'd like to move Invisible Cities from Task 10.7 (post #195) to Task #20.4.This is +10.
New points: 10
Grand total: 245
20.4 - Guardian Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
+20 Task: on approved list
+25 Combo: 10.1 Rants and Raves (Toby, Fall 2014, 878) / 10.3 – Borrowing from the Mods (Liz) /10.5 - Nebula / 10.7 - Weird / 10.9 Tried and True (Average rating: 4.05 · 134,115 ratings)
+10 Canon
Task Total: 55
Grand Total: 575
15.1 Reading Globally - European UnionCall the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s by Jennifer Worth
+15 task
+5 non-fiction
Task Total = 20 points
Grand Total = 210 points
10.3 Borrowing From the ModsStorm Front by Jim Butcher
(borrowed from Sam's shelf)
+10 task
+ 5 combo (w/20.6 shelved 255 times as crime)
Task Total = 15 pts
Grand Total = 225 pts
20.3 ParisThe Chocolate Kiss by Laura Florand
+20 Task (set entirely in Paris except the couple paged epilogue)
+5 Combo (10.8 - http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/20...)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 375
20.2 SeriesSomething About You by Julie James
+20 Task (approved in help thread - FBI/US Attorney series)
+20 Combo (10.6 – J.D. - http://juliejames.com/about/, 10.8 - http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/po..., 10.9 - Average rating: 4.01 · 136,842 ratings, 20.6 – Mystery>Crime on book’s main page)
Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 415
Christine wrote: "10.4 scrabbleThe Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C. S. Lewis by Alan Jacobs
+10 task
Task total = 10
Grand total = 260"
+10 Not-a-Novel
From Post 345Claire wrote: "20.5 - Germinal
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
+20 task
+30 combo (10.1 - Rants and Raves, reviewed by Sam: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/......"
+5 Combo 10.2
Deedee wrote: "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 – ..."
+10 Prize-worthy (PEN/Faulkner and California Book Award)
Claire wrote: "10.8 - Podcast ReadingThe Tusk That Did the Damage by Tania James
task total: 10
grand total: 190"
Please remember to include a link to the podcast when claiming 10.8. I was able to find this one relatively quickly, but may not always be able. Thanks.
Tuyen wrote: "20.7 – Penguin1984 by George Orwell
+ 20 task
+ 15 combo (10.9, 20.4, 20.5)
+ 10 canon
+ 5 prize-worthy (Prometheus Hall of Fame Award)
Task total: 50
Grand total: 160"
+10 Combo 10.7-Weird and 20.8-George Orwell is on the list of authors
Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "10.10 Group ReadStill Alice by Lisa GenovaTask +10
Grand Total: 130"
+15 Combo 10.6, 10.9, and 20.5
Heather wrote: "20.8 In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
+20 task
+10 not a novel
+5 combo (10.4 - country)
+5 award winner
task total: 30
grand total: 435"
+5 Combo 10.9
Kate S wrote: "Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "10.10 Group ReadStill Alice by Lisa GenovaTask +10
Grand Total: 130"
+15 Combo 10.6, 10.9, and 20.5"
thanks for the combos. On the author's page on Goodreads it says the book won a Bronte prize in 2008. So does that qualify for prize worthy style points? Just wondering.
20.8 Spring BreakA Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson
20 pt. task
+20 combo (10.4 "America", 10.3 (Krista), 10.9, 10.10 http://booksonthenightstand.com/2009/...)
+10 not a novel
Task total: 50
Grand total: 175
15.6 Reading Globally - Central America/MexicoPedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo
(Qualifies for A, B and C)
+15 Task
+ 5 Published before 1990 (Publ 1955)
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 270
20.1 Zola (Book published 1840-1902)Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
Published 1853
+20 Task
+10 Not a Novel (Non-Fiction Memoir)
Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 300
15.7 Reading GloballyAsia Western
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
task +15 (Pakistan)
grand total = 245
10.10 Group ReadsAll 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; Miles Franklin Literary Award, 2014)
Task Total : 30
Grand Total: 275
10.3 – Borrowing from the ModsBattle Royale by Koushun Takami
+10 Task (from Sam's shelf)
+5 Jumbo (617 pages)
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 70
20.7 PenguinAgnes Grey by Anne Brontë
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.1--pub. 1847)
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 110
20.1 ZolaArms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw
task +20
not a novel (play) +10
combo +5 (10.3 Liz M in 2007)
task total= 35
grand total= 310
10.3 – Borrowing from the ModsDeath of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
+ 10 task (Sam)
+ 10 not a novel
+ 10 prize-worthy (Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Tony Award for Play)
+ 10 canon
Task total: 40
Grand total: 210
20.2 SeriesAuthority by Jeff VanderMeer
+20 Task (Southern Reach trilogy)
+10 Combo (10.7, 10.8 – episode 37)
Task total: 30
Grand Total: 455
20.7 PenguinOrlando by Virginia Woolf
+20 Task
+20 Combo (10.3, 10.4 – Kate read it in Nov 2013, 20.4, 20.10)
+10 Canon
Task total: 50
Grand Total: 505
15.4 Asia - EasternRashomon by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
+15 task (Japan)
+5 Pre 1990
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 525
Tuyen wrote: "10.3 – Borrowing from the ModsDeath of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
+ 10 task (Sam)
+ 10 not a novel
+ 10 prize-worthy (Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Tony Award for Play)
+..."
Tony Awards are not literature awards (the award is for the entire production, not the script) and do not qualify for Prize-worthy.
20.4 - Guardian:The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
+20 task
+20 combos ( 10.1 - Raves, 10.2 - Wms Lit, 10.9 - Tried & True, 20.6 - Crime)
Task total: 40
Grand Total: 175
15.3 - South AmericaTrafalgar by Angélica Gorodischer
+15 task (Argentina, A&B)
+5 pre-1990 (1979)
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 195
15.4 - North AmericaThe Street by Ann Petry
+15 task (USA, AB&C)
+5 pre-1990 (1946)
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 215
10.6 - Women's Ed:The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.1 Rants and Raves (Theresa - October Lace, Fall 2014, 342)
+ 5 Jumbo (576)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 595
Karen Michele wrote: "10.6 - Women's Ed:The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.1 Rants and Raves (Theresa - October Lace, Fall 2014, 342)
+ 5 Jumbo (576)
Task Tota..."
+5 Combo (10.8 - http://bookbasedbanter.co.uk/thereade...)
Cory Day wrote: "Karen Michele wrote: "10.6 - Women's Ed:The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.1 Rants and Raves (Theresa - October Lace, Fall 2014, 342)
+ 5 ..."
Thanks, Cory! I was thinking one probably existed that I didn't catch. I'm glad you can remember these!
Karen Michele wrote: "Cory Day wrote: "Karen Michele wrote: "10.6 - Women's Ed:The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.1 Rants and Raves (Theresa - October Lace, Fall ..."
I'm sure I'll miss some, but I'm amazed at the number I've caught!
10.5 NebulaAncillary Justice by Ann Leckie
+10 Task (Nebula 2013)
+10 Combo (10.4 – justice; 10.8 - http://bookrageous.podbean.com/page/2/)
+15 Prize-Worthy (2013 Nebula, 2014 Hugo, 2014 Arthur C. Clarke, 2014 Locus, etc.)
Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 450
10.8 PodcastsTrust The Focus by Megan Erickson
+10 Task (http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/po...)
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 460
Post 404 Ed wrote: "20.1 ZolaArms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw
task +20
not a novel (play) +10
combo +5 (10.3 Liz M in 2007)
task total= 35
grand total= 310"
I'm sorry, Ed. This is on the Assignment shelf at BPL, and has no Lexile. Task, but no styles.
10.8 - PodcastA Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra
+10 task (BOTNS 231)
+15 prize worthy (see below)
Hoping three of these prizes will count for 15 style points: Anisfield-Wolf Award 2014, California Book Award Gold Medal for First Fiction 2013, Paris Review Best of the Best 2013, Athens Prize for Literature 2014, John Leonard Prize 2013
Task total: 25
RwS total: 160
Reading Globally total: 20
Grand Total: 180
20.9 - NamelessDept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
From GR book description: "Jenny Offill’s heroine, referred to in these pages as simply “the wife,” once exchanged love letters with her husband postmarked Dept. of Speculation..."
+20 task
+5 combo (10.8 - Podcast: BOTNS 315)
Task total: 25
RwS total: 185
Reading Globally total: 20
Grand Total: 205
15.5 Reading GloballyAsia Eastern - Japan
Hotel Iris by Yōko Ogawa
+15 task
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 235
Hi Kate - I'm so sorry about that! I had it bookmarked and everything, but must have gotten distracted when posting this. Thanks for searching for it - I'll do better next time :)Kate S wrote: "Claire wrote: "10.8 - Podcast Reading
The Tusk That Did the Damage by Tania James
task total: 10
grand total: 190"
Please remember to include a link to the podca..."
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task total: 10
grand total: 195