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SP 2015 RwS Completed Tasks - Spring 2015
20.2 SeriesA Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
+20 Task (Game of Thrones #3)
+10 Combo (10.5 – 2002, 10.9 – rating 4.35)
+15 prize-worthy (Locus, Geffen, Ignotus)
+25 Jumbo (1177 pages)
Task total: 70
Grand Total: 595
Coralie wrote: "20.2 SeriesA Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
+20 Task (Game of Thrones #3)
+10 Combo (10.5 – 2002, 10.9 – rating 4.35)
+15 prize-worthy (Locus, Geffen, Ignotus..."
+5 Combo (10.8 - http://booksonthenightstand.com/2013/...)
15.6 Reading GloballyAsia Western - Bangladesh
The Good Muslim by Tahmima Anam
+15 task
Task Total : 15
Grand Total : 250
Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "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..."
We have not found good information regarding this prize and are not counting it at this time. Sorry.
From Post 396 Don (The Book Guy) wrote: "15.2 Reading GloballyEuropean Union
The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis,
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 285"
+5 Published before 1990
ETA and +5 Non-Fiction
From Post 379Anika wrote: "10.5 Nebula
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
+10 Task (nominated for 2015 Nebula)
Task Total = 10
Grand Total = 85"
+5 Combo 10.6-Women's Ed
Joanna wrote: "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"
Got it.
From Post 383Jenifer wrote: "10.3 Borrowing From the Mods
Storm 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 T..."
+5 Combo 10.9
Liz M wrote: "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 Awa..."
Thanks Liz! I've updated it below.
see comment history 10.3 – Borrowing from the Mods
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
+ 10 task (Sam)
+ 10 not a novel
+ 5 prize-worthy (Pulitzer Prize for Drama)
+ 10 canon
Task total: 35
Grand total: 205
Ed wrote: "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;..."
+5 Combo 10.8 as noted here
and
+5 Prizeworthy Jerwood Fiction Award
Coralie wrote: "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"
+5 Combo 10.7-Weird
Kate S wrote: "Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "Kate S wrote: "Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "10.10 Group ReadStill Alice by Lisa GenovaTask +10
Grand Total: 130"
+15 Combo 10.6,..."
No problem, I was just wondering.
20.5 GerminalA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
+20 Task (#53 on list)
+20 Combo (10.7, 10.9, 20.4, 20.6)
+5 Prize-Worthy (Prometheus Hall of Fame)
Task total: 45
Grand Total: 665
10.9 Tried & TrueDoctor Sleep by Stephen King
+ 10 task (average: 3,96; 7,303,311 ratings)
+ 10 combo (10.3 Sam 2013-12-06; 10.8
http://booksonthenightstand.com/2013/...)
+ 5 prize-worthy
(https://www.goodreads.com/award/show/...)
+ 5 jumbo (640 pages)
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 30
15.1 North AmericaSymbiont by Mira Grant
+15 task (born in U.S., U.S. nationality)
+5 500+ pages
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 235
10.4 Scrabble!Improbable Scholars: The Rebirth of a Great American School System and a Strategy for America's Schools
+10 task (rebirth)
+10 Not a Novel (nonfiction)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 255
10.8 Podcast ReadingGirl in the Dark by Anna Lyndsey
http://booksonthenightstand.com/2015/...
+10 task
+10 not-a-novel
task total: 20
grand total: 215
I'd like to reassign one of my tasks (re: post 379) from fulfilling the 10.5 Nebula task to:10.6 Women's Ed
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
+10 Task (PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, per her goodreads profile)
+5 Combo (nominated for 2015 Nebula)
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 90
(Thank you, Kate S, for noticing that!! I'd been struggling to find a book to fit this task, not realizing I already had! You're the best!)
10.8 Podcast ReadingStation Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
+10 task (link here)
+10 combo (10.1 - Amanda in Winter 14/15; 10.4)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 275
10.7 - WeirdThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
+ 10 task
+ 20 combo (10.4, 20.1, 20.4, 20.7)
+ 10 canon
Task total: 40
Grand total: 245
15.2 - EuropeThe Wine of Solitude by Irène Némirovsky
+15 task (criteria A and B)
+5 pre-1990
Task total: 20
RwS total: 185
Reading Globally total: 40
Grand Total: 225
20.9 UnnamedDept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.8-http://booksonthenightstand.com/2015/...)
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 25
10.5 - NebulaAmong Others by Jo Walton
+10 Task
+15 Prize-worthy (Hugo Award for Best Novel - 2012, Nebula Award for Best Novel - 2011, British Fantasy Award for Best Novel - 2012)
+5 Combo (10.8 - Galactic Suburbia: Episode 40)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 165
20.7 – Penguin L'Assommoir (The Dram Shop) by Émile Zola
+20 Task: on linked list
+15 Combo: 20.1 - Zola (1877) / 20.2 - Series / 20.3 - Paris
+10 Canon
Task Total: 45
Grand Total: 645
10.3 Borrow from the ModsAn Abundance of Katherines by John Green
(borrowed from Kate S, read April 2012)
+10 task
+ 5 combo (10.9)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total : 265
10.2 Women's LitTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
+10 Task
+10 Combo (20.4, 20.10)
+10 Canon
Task total: 30
Grand Total: 695
10.8 Podcst ReadingWe Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
+10 Task (episode 40)
+10 Combo (10.1 - reviewed by Cory Day, 10.5-2014)
+10 Prize-worthy (PEN/Faulkner, California Book Award)
Task total: 30
Grand Total: 725
15.2 – European UnionHeat Trap by J.L. Merrow
+15 Task (A: Born in UK, B: British, C: Set entirely in England)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 475
15.2 - EuropeNight Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
+15 task (approved here)
Task total: 15 points
Grand total: 155 points
15.5 - Asia - Eastern:Half of Man Is Woman by Zhang Xianliang
+15 task (China)
+5 pre-1990
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 235
10.6 - Women's EdCode Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
(Lexile 1020L)
+10 task (PhD in Folklore at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia)
+5 prize worthy (Edgar Award for Best Young Adult 2013)
Task total: 15
RwS total: 200
Reading Globally total: 40
Grand Total: 240
From Post 425Coralie wrote: "20.2 Series
A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
+20 Task (Game of Thrones #3)
+10 Combo (10.5 – 2002, 10.9 – rating 4.35)
+15 prize-worthy (Locus, Geffen, Ignotus..."
The Geffen Award is a translation award and does not work for prize-worthy, sorry.
Christine wrote: "I want to move Literary Life: A Second Memoir off of task 15.1 and to task 10.9. I need to make room for another book that won't fit anywhere else on the 15.1 task. My total should..."
I have moved this. Thank you for including the original post number. Everything looks good.
Anika wrote: "I'd like to reassign one of my tasks (re: post 379) from fulfilling the 10.5 Nebula task to:10.6 Women's Ed
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
+10 Task (P..."
Moved, glad I could help. :)
20.9 - UnnamedDept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
+20 task
+5 combo (Podcast Reading: http://booksonthenightstand.com/2015/...)
task total: 25
grand total: 240
Kazen wrote: "15.2 - EuropeNight Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
+15 task (approved here)
Task total: 15 points
Grand total: 155 points"
+5 Over 500 pages
10.4 ScrabbleQuiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talkingby Susan Cain
Task +10
(Talking)
Style + 20 (10.6 Women's Ed-author was a corporate lawyer according to her Goodreads page, 10.9 Tried and True-4.01 ratings and 127,382 ratings for Susan Cain, 10.1 Rants and Raves-Don's review post #43 in Completed Fall tasks dated December 10, 2014, 10.8 Podcast Reading-Books on the Nightstand #172,
Not A Novel +10
Book Total: 40
Grand Total: 195
Reading Globally: 15.3 - Europe
Snow by Orhan Pamuk (A, B, and C in Turkey, with a small part of it set in Germany, but in my opinion significantly less than 25%)
+15 task
Task total: 15
Grand total: 100
Kate S wrote: "Kazen wrote: "15.2 - EuropeNight Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko..."
+5 Over 500 pages"
I appreciate the extra points, but the first English edition that shows for me is 455 pages so I'm a bit confused. :/
Kazen wrote: "Kate S wrote: "Kazen wrote: "15.2 - EuropeNight Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko..."
+5 Over 500 pages"
I appreciate the extra points, but the first English edition that ..."
That page count has been changed since the book was added to the RwS database; we'll update our records - thanks!
20.10 CanonicalToo Much Happiness by Alice Munro
+20 Task
+20 Combo (10.1, 10.2, 10.3 (Krista), 10.8 - BOTNS #52 http://booksonthenightstand.com/2009/...)
+10 not a novel (short stories)
Task total: 50
Grand total: 295
15.8 Reading GloballyEU- UK
Where There's a Will by John Mortimer A,B & C
task +15
non-fiction +5
total= 20
grand total= 325
20.1 ZolaThe Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
+20 Task (pub. 1881)
+15 Combo (10.3 - Sam; 10.8 - http://booksonthenightstand.com/2013/... 20.4)
+10 Canon
+ 5 Jumbo (656 pgs)
Task Total = 50
Grand total = 320
Task 15.02 Reading Globally OCEANIA
Australia
Fits A, B, and C.
Beatle Meets Destiny (2009) by Gabrielle Williams
Lexile 840L
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 330 + 15 = 345
10.5 Nebula AwardWhen Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger
(A very disappointing read)
10 pt task
+ 15 combo (10.4, 20.6, 10.8 -http://writerandcritic.podbean.com/e/...)
Task total: 25
Grand Total:200
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Kate S wrote: "From Post 345
Claire 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/..."