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20.C Novel with a Ghost in itI read The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts by Lilian Braun. There were several ghosts in this book...mainly the miners that kept reappearing on the anniversary of the caving of the mine.
20 points
+ 5 Combo 10.1 "Cat"
+10 Series (Second book in this series used)
=35 points
Total RWS points: 430
15.8 (1601-1650)Othello by William Shakespeare published :~1604+15 Task
+10 Style Points
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 360
In Msg 504 - Karen GHHS wrote: "Krista wrote: "In Msg 500 - Karen GHHS wrote: ....20.1 – Monsterfest Redux
.....
A. Dark Flame by Alyson Noel Lexile 1080
Actually Radiance is the first book of a series for middle school age kids called Radiance based on one of the characters from the immortals series for older teens. The first book of the immortal series is called Evermore and I read it about a year
ago, so wouldn't it be ok?
+20 Task
+15 Series (Book 4 in 'Immortal' series), third task
..."
Oops, my goof! Yes, if the books are from different series then, you can use them for the same task and claim Series points for both. Sorry, I thought they were from the same series.
I'll add the 15 Series point back in when tallying up the next round of messages. Sorry about all the confusion on this one. I think we have it straight now. Whew!
For "Dark Flame"
+15 Series (Book 4 in 'Immortal' series), third task
Readjusted Grand Total = 390
Krista wrote: "In Msg 504 - Karen GHHS wrote: "Krista wrote: "In Msg 500 - Karen GHHS wrote: ....20.1 – Monsterfest Redux
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A. Dark Flame by Alyson Noel Lexile 1080
Actually Radiance is the first boo..."
Thanks, Krista, and sorry for the extra work!
Task 10.4 One Hit Wonder - I read Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War by Karl Marlantes, his first and only novel. (And I would highly recommend it!)task points 10
jumbo (over 500 pages) +5
points this task = 15
grand total = 245
Task 10.8 moon on the coverLife As We Knew It- Susan Beth Pfeffer (Lexile score 770)
+10 task
+5 series (Last Survivors #1)
= +15
Total points = 420
20.9 - Sam's Choice: Scandinavian Noir: Jar City: A Thriller by Arnaldur Indriðason (Iceland)+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.5, "City" in title; 10.9 UK: Jar City, U.S.: The Tainted Blood)
+5 Series (Book 3 in Inspector Erlendur Sveinsson Series)
+10 Lit (Translated from Icelandic)
Task Total = 45
Grand Total = 105
Task 10.8 Shine On Harvest Moon: Taken by Midnight (Midnight Breed #8) by Lara Adrian (Moon on cover just below title)
+10 Task
+5 Series (Book 8 of 'Midnight Breed' series)
Task Total= 15
Grand Total= 1375
Karen GHHS wrote: "Krista wrote: "In Msg 504 - Karen GHHS wrote: "Krista wrote: "In Msg 500 - Karen GHHS wrote: ....20.1 – Monsterfest Redux
.....
A. Dark Flame by Alyson Noel ....
Thanks, Krista, and sorry for the extra work! ..."
No worries! We're all singing from the same page in the choir book now. :-)
20.3 Shorter DaysListening Is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the StoryCorps Project, Dave Isay
This book is a collection of interviews by a variety of people.
+20 task points
+5 Combo (20.8, just the facts)
Task Total = 25 points
Grand Total = 570 points
10.4 One Hit WondersThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
This was Oscar Wilde's only novel.
+10 Task points
+5 Combo (20.10A)
+5 Combo (10.3, Oscar Wilde born 10/16/1854)
+10 Canon
Task Total=30
Grand Total=415
10.2 Literature MapMirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold
+ 10 Task (literature map of Anne Mc Caffrey)
+ 5 Combo (10.3 Fall Birthdays – born on November 02, 1949)
+ 5 Series
Task Total 20
10.6 What a Way to Make a Living
My Turn to Make the Tea
+ 10 Task
+5 Combo (20.8)
Task Total 15
20.4 Harvest Season
Gilgamesh
+ 20 Task – set on a farm in Western Australia
20.8 just the Facts Ma’am
Too Many Mothers
+ 20 Task
Grand Total = 670
RtT Tasks, Traveler Type = Constant Task 15.2 (1901-1950) The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes (Publ 1913)
+15 Task
+10 Style Points
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 130
Task 20.1 Monsterfest Redux: Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks (Option B - 'Devil' in title)+20 Task
+5 Series (in the 'James Bond' series)
Task Total= 25
Grand Total= 1400
10.2 Literature MapInvisible Cities by Italo Calvino
+10 Task points (Using Alexandre Dumas as initial author)
+5 Combo (10.3 10/15/1923)
+10 Canon
+10 LiT (translated from Italian)
Task Total=35
Grand Total=450
READERBOARD NAME: Rachel OHI completed...
20.1 Monsterfest Redux
Part C. The Ghosts of Kerfol
+20 Task
Task Points=20
TOTAL POINTS=130
Task 10.2 Lit Map (Kelley Armstrong): Side Jobs: Stories From the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.3 Fall Birthdays - October 26)
+5 Series ('Dresden Files' series)
Task Total= 20
Grand Total= 1420
Task 20.1 Monsterfest Redux: How To Marry a Millionaire Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks (Option B - 'Vampire' in title)+20 Task
+10 Series ( Book 1 of 'Love At Stake' series, previously used another book in this series for task 10.8 see msg. 465)
Task Total= 30
Grand Total= 1450
Task 10.3 – Fall BirthdaysThe Story of O by Pauline Réage. Author was borned Sept 23, 1927.
(I highly recommend this novel; it was nothing like I was expecting and it deals with an issue that is not lightly thrown around. It is not an erotic book even though some may tell you it is. It is a heart breaking tale of a women trying to love herself and others in the world of bondage and slavery.)
+10 Task
+5 Series (Book 1 of 2)
Task Total = 15
Task 15.4- Constant Traveler- 1850-1801
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus: The 1818 Text by Mary Shelley.
+15 Task
+10 Constant Traveler
Task Total = 25
New Grand Total = 315
10.9 Also Known As...And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
also known as Ten Little Indians
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.2 from Jay Asher Lit Map; 10.3 Birthday: Sept 15)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 380
20.2 Banned Book Week (list B #14): Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain(Lexile = 990)
+20 Task
+5 Combo (Fall Birthdays-Nov 30)
+10 Canon
Task Total = 35
Challenge Total = 145
Task 15.7 RtT The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucketby EdgarAllan Poe (1838)
Task points 15
+10 Style
Task total 15
Total points 485
Task points 15
+10 Style
Task total 15
Total points 485
Task 20.9 Scan. Noir Kennedy's Brain by Henning Mankell
Task points 20
+10 LiT
+5 Combo (10.2 I am using the literature map for Agatha Christie and Mr. Mankell may be found there)
Task total 35
Total points 520
Task points 20
+10 LiT
+5 Combo (10.2 I am using the literature map for Agatha Christie and Mr. Mankell may be found there)
Task total 35
Total points 520
Task 10.5 City Lights: New York Dead by Stuart Woods+10 Task
+5 Series (Book 1 of the 'Stone Barrington' series)
Task Total= 15
Grand Total= 1465
20.2 Banned Books Snow Falling on Cedars, #33 on the ALA 2000-2009 list+ 20 Task, and task total
Grand Total = 405
Krista wrote: "Allie wrote: " ...20.10 It Happened One Night
+20 task points
+10 Combo Points (10.2 Literature Map of Stephenie Meyer - http://www.literature-map.com/stephenie+... ; 20.1 Monsterfest Red..."
Hi Krista - I did an edit of the post to include the title (not sure how I missed that the first time, lol). Does that work? Or should I do a whole new post? Message 502. Thanks! You're doing a fantastic job!
Task 10.8 Shine On Harvest Moon: Moon Awakening by Lucy Monroe ("moon" in title)+10 Task
+5 series (Book 1 in " Children of the Moon" series)
Task Total= 15
Grand Total= 1480
In Msg 531 0 Allie wrote: "Krista wrote: "Allie wrote: " ...Hi Krista - I did an edit of the post to include the title (not sure how I missed that the first time, lol). Does that work? Or should I do a whole new post? Message 502. Thanks! You're doing a fantastic job!
..."
Hi Allie: No, you don't need to edit anything further. I did see that you'd added the book title to message #502. I haven't added points for that message to the point tally yet so we're all good.
Thanks for the compliment. Sometimes it's hard to know if folks feel like I'm being a royal pain in the neck with all the picky questions. So it was nice to get your feedback. Cheers! -Krista
Krista wrote: "Sometimes it's hard to know if folks feel like I'm being a royal pain in the neck ..."I think that's Task 20.1 Part B, Vampire.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Krista wrote: "Sometimes it's hard to know if folks feel like I'm being a royal pain in the neck ..."I think that's Task 20.1 Part B, Vampire."
LOL --- Oh this group is just so clever. I'm glad I can be a part of it! :-)
Task 10.2 Lit MapPretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard
Lexile 760 (http://lexile.com/search/filters/resu...)
Map of Stephenie Meyer (http://www.literature-map.com/stephen...)
+10 Task Points
Grand Total = 580 Points
Task 20.1A. Halloween adjectiveI read Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich.
20 points
+ 5 Series points (Unmentionables #1)
=25 points
Total RWS Points: 455
10.2 Literature Map - Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott - on the map of Shirley JacksonTask Total = 10
10.7 Zeitoun by Dave Eggers - from the list "Best Books of 2009"
+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.5 - set in Louisiana)
Task Total = 15
10.3 Born in Fall - Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver - according to her blog she is a Scorpio which makes her born in fall. The blog link is http://www.blogger.com/profile/097391...
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.4 - this is her only published novel)
Task Total = 15
20.5 Freedom Season - The Help by Kathryn Stockett
+20 Task (set in Mississippi)
+10 Combo (10.4 - debut novel and 10.7 - flashlight worthy, on the same list, Best Books of 2009)
Task Total = 30
20.8 Nonfiction - In the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.6 - this was about her career in the field and 20.7 - English author, published 1971)
Task Total = 30
Total This Post - 100
Grand Total = 165
RtT Tasks, Traveler Type = Constant Task 15.5 1751-1800
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 1792
+15 Task
+10 Style Points
Task Total = 25
Task 20.5 Freedom Season: Ghost Moon by Heather Graham (set in Florida)+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.8 Shine On Harvest Moon - "Moon" in title; 20.1 Monsterfest Redux - Option C - ghost is a significant character)
+5 Series (Book 3 of 'Bone Island' trilogy)
Task Total= 35
Grand Total= 1515
10.6 – Work Memoir: Dispatches by Michael Herr, a memoir of his time as a correspondent for Esquire magazine (1967–1969) during the Vietnam War.+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.8 Just the Facts)
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 725
OK Here I go with my first post I hope I get it right:Readerboard: Cheryl TX
10.1 Australian Football League
Dewey: The Small Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo Also fits 20.8
Total 15
Good Morning Captain - 50 Years with Bob Keeshan-TV's
Captain Kangaroo by Robert Keeshan
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo Also fits 20.8
Task Total 15
Grand total 30
The French Bulldog by Kathy Dannal
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo Also Fits 20.8
Task Total 15
Grand Total 45
Swans of the World in Nature, History, Myth, and Art by Lindsay Price
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo also fits 20.8
Task Total 15
Grand Total 60
Liars and Saints by Maile Meloy
+10 Task
Task Total 10
Grand Total 70
The Bombers - The Illustrated Story of Offensive Strategy and Tactics in the 20th Century by Robin Cook
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo Also fits 20.8
Task Total 15
Grand Total 85
10.3 Author Birthdays
Locked in by Marcia Muller 09/28
+10 Task
Task Total 10
Grand Total 95
Little Women by Louisa Mae Alcott 11/29
+10 Task
Task Total 10
Grand Total 105
Walks With Men by Ann Beattie 09/08
+10 Task
Task Total 10
Grand Total 115
Forget You by Jennifer Echols 09/15
+10 Task
Task Total 10
Grand Total 125
The Mist by Stephen King
+10 Task
Task Total 10
Grand Total 135
Readerboard: Cheryl TX10.4 One Hit Wonder
Donut Days by Lara Zeilin Lexile Not Available
+10 Task
Task Total 10
Grand Total 145
A Match Made in High School by Kristin Walker Lexile Not Available
+10 Task
Task Total 10
Grand Total 155
Heat Wave by RIchard Castle
+10 Task
Task Total 10
Grand Total 165
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
+10 Task
+ 5 COmbo Also fits 20.2
Task Total 15
Grand Total 180
10.5 City Lights
San Antonio by Nancy Halston Foster
+10 Task
Task Total 10
Grand Total 190
10.6 Author Memoirs
The White House Doctor by Connie Mariano
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo Also fits 20.8
Task Total 15
Grand Total 205
Spoken From the Heart by Laura Bush
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo Also fits 20.8
Task Total 15
Grand Total 220
The Rhythm of Success by Emilio Estefan
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo Also fits 20.6 Birthplace Cuba
+ 5 Combo Also fits 20.8
Task Total 20
Grand Total 240
Readerboard: Cheryl TX10.7 Flashlight Worthy - 7 Beach Reads You Can Grab Off of Your Tween's Bookshelf List
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin Lexile 720
+10 Task
Task Total 10
Grand Total 250
Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen Lexile 750
+10 Task
Task Total 10
Grand Total 260
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Lexile 810
+10 Task
+ 5 Series
Task Total 15
Grand Total 275
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins Lexile not available
+10 Task
+ 5 Series
Task Total 15
Grand Total 290
Readerboard: CHeryl TXReading Through Time
Traveler Type=Constant
15.1 Custer: The Controversial Life of George Armstrong Custer by Jeffry D. Wert
15.2 The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
15.3 Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
15.4 The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
15.5 Candide by Voltaire
15.6 Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe
15.7 Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
15.8 Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
15.9 Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
15.10 The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
oops I forgot to put the points in thereTask Total 150
Grand Total 440
Readerboard: Cheryl TX20.3 Anthology or Short Story Collections
Second Sight - Stories for a New Millenium Edited by Avi
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo Also fits 20.8
Task Total 25
Grand TOtal 465
Best Shorts: Favorite Shoert Stories for Sharing compiled by Avi
+20 Task
Task Total 20
Grand Total 485
The Seventh Star of the Confederacy: Texas During the Civil War Edited by Kenneth W. Howell
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo Also fits 20.8
Task Total 25
Grand Total 505
RtT: Constant TravelerTask 15.7 1651-1700: Paradise Lost by John Milton (pub. 1667)
+15 Task
+10 Style
Task Total= 25
Grand Total= 1540
Cheryl wrote: "Little Women by Louisa Mae Alcott 11/29"+10 Canon points
Cheryl wrote: "10.7 Flashlight Worthy - 7 Beach Reads You Can Grab Off of Your Tween's Bookshelf List:
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins"
You only receive series points if various books in the series are read for different tasks. In this case, you would receive 5 points for Hunger Games, but no series style points for Catching Fire.
Cheryl wrote: "oops I forgot to put the points in thereTask Total 150
Grand Total 440"
For finishing RtT as a constant traveler, you would receive a total of 10 points per task (150 points) +10 style points for books 2-10 (90 points) plus a "well-traveled" bonus of 100 points, for a total of 340 points.
However, the books must be read in chronological order (starting in 1500-50 going forwards or in 1950-2000 & going backwards). Maybe you can edit your post with the dates you read the books?
In Msg 505 - Rhea wrote: ....Task 20.6 Multicultural Season: Coplas a la Muerte de su Padre by Jorge Manrique (Spanish author)
+20 Task
+10 Canon
+10 LiT (Spanish)
Task Total = 40
Grand Total = 450 ..."
Hi Rhea:
The authors for this task can't be from Spain. They need to be from, Mexico, Central America, South America, or one of the Spanish-speaking countries in the Caribbean.
I'm going to have to disallow the use of this book for Task 20.6.
Task Total =
Adjusted Grand Total = 410
10.2 Lit MapMurder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
from Jay Asher Lit map
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.3 birthday : Sept 15)
Task Total: 15 pts.
Grand Total: 395 points
RtT: Constant TravelerTask 15.8 1601-1650: Othello by William Shakespeare (pub. 1622)
+15 Task
+10 Style
Task Total= 25
Grand Total= 1565
Task 20.5 Freedom Season: Familiar Texas by Caroline Burnes (set in Texas)+20 Task
+5 Series (Book 17 of 'Fear Familiar' series)
Task Total= 25
Grand Total= 1590
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Lexile 1020L
+10 Task
+5 Series
Task Total = 15
Task 20.2A Banned Book Week: Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut (#66 on the ALA Classic List)
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.1, Cats; 10.3, born November 11; 20.6, publ 1963. by an American author)
+10 Canon
Task Total = 45
Task 20.6 Multicultural Season: Coplas a la Muerte de su Padre by Jorge Manrique (Spanish author)
+20 Task
+10 Canon
+10 LiT (Spanish)
Task Total = 40
Grand Total = 450