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10.1 – Football Season: A Question of Power by Bessie Head+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.7 South Africa, 1972)
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 740
10.4 One Hit Wonders My Name is Mary Sutter is the only book by Robin Oliveira+ 10 task points
+5 Combo (20.5 Freedom Season - the book is set during the Civil War)
+15 total points for this task
GRAND TOTAL = 175
In Msg 538 - Katy wrote: "10.2 Literature Map - Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott - on the map of Shirley JacksonTask Total = 10
..........
Total This Post - 100
Grand Total = 165 ..."
Hi Katy:
Since this book is non-fiction it would qualify for Combo points with Task 20.8. (Just the Facts Ma'am) I'll go ahead and ajust your score here.
+5 Combo (Task 20.8)
Task Total = 15
Adjusted Grand Total = 170
In Msg 550 - Liz M wrote: "Cheryl wrote: "oops I forgot to put the points in thereTask Total 150
Grand Total 440"
Liz responded:
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? ..."
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Hi Cheryl:
Welcome to the RwS Challenge!
Liz is correct. For the RtT books posted in message #545, I'll need to know the order that you read the books in to be able to score them correctly. Were you a Constant Traveller, or a Time Leaper?
In addition to the bonus that you get for completing all 10 time periods, you get individaul points for each book read in the series, and those points vary based on whether you read the books in chronological order (newest to oldest, or oldest to newest) or read them in random order.
Chronological Order = Constant Traveller
Random Order = Time Leaper
I'll hold off scoring the books from message #545 until you provide the order the books were read in.
Thanks! -Krista
10.4 One Hit WondersWench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
+10 task points
+ 5 combo points (20.5 Freedom season, set during the events leading up to the civil war)
+15 Points
Grand Total = 595 Points
In Msg 543 - Cheryl wrote: "Readerboard: Cheryl TX10.4 One Hit Wonder
Donut Days by Lara Zeilin Lexile Not Available
+10 Task
Task Total 10
Grand Total 145
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Heat Wave by RIchard Castle
+10 Task
Task Total 10
Grand Total 165 ..."
Hi Cheryl: I have some good news and some bad news.
Good News:
Task 10.4
Donut Days by Lara Zeilin Lexile Not Available
+10 Task
Task Total 10
While looking up Lara Zeilin in Goodreads, I noticed that she has a November birthday, so this book qualifies for Combo points with Task 10.3
+5 Combo (10.3, Fall Birtdays)
Adjusted Task Total = 15
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Bad News:
Heat Wave by RIchard Castle
Task Total 10
This is not Richard Castle's only published work. "Naked Heat" was published in September, 2010. So this doesn't fit for this task. The only way "Heat Wave" would qualify is if you read it in early September before the 2nd book in the series was published.
I'm going to disallow the points claimed for this book. If you did read it before the 2nd book was published, post it again in a new message with a note to that affect so I am sure to see it when I tally the scores next.
Adjusted Grand Total 235
In Msg 544 - Cheryl wrote: "Readerboard: Cheryl TX10.7 Flashlight Worthy - 7 Beach Reads You Can Grab Off of Your Tween's Bookshelf List ....
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Lexile 810
+10 Task
+ 5 Series
Task Total 15
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Lexile 810
+10 Task
+ 5 Series
Task Total 15
Grand Total 275
+5 Combo (10.3 Fall Birthdays 11/21/47)
Adjusted Task Total = 20
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Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins Lexile not available
+10 Task
+ 5 Series
Task Total 15
Grand Total 290
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Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins Lexile not available
+10 Task
Task Total 15
Grand Total 290
+5 Combo (10.3 Fall Birthdays 11/21/47)
Task Total = 15
Adjusted Grand Total = 290
Liz is right, you can only claim Series Style points once for each series used in the same task. I'm deducting the Series points from Catching Fire. But on a positive note, Suzanne Collins has a Fall birthday! So I've added 5 Combo points for each of these books.
Your Grand Total is back to 290!
In Msg 547 - Cheryl wrote: "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 ..."
Hi Cheryl: This doesn't look like a compilation of non-fiction stories to me. I'm disallowing the Combo points for this task. If these are non-fiction stories, please post a new message stating that and I'll adjust the score.
+20 Task
Adjusted Task Total = 20
Before adding any points for the books you've read for the Reading Through Time challenge, I have your Current Grand Total = 350.
20.10 Late One NightDracula by Bram Stoker
I used Option A - Best gothic Novel
+20 task
+ 5 combo (10.10 group reads)
+10 Canon
35 pts -Task Total
275 pts - Grand Total
20.5 Freedom Season - Novel set in the SouthAdventures of Huckleberry Finn
+20 task
+10 Combo ( 10.3 Birthday in Nov., 20.2 Banned books)
+10 Canon
+ 5 Series (#2 of Tom Sawyer series which are 4 total)
45 pts - Task Total
320 pts - Grand Total
Rebekah wrote: "20.5 Freedom SeasonNovel set in the South
+20 task
+10 Combo ( 10.3 Birthday in Nov., 20.2 Banned books)
+10 Canon
+ 5 Series (#2 of Tom Sawyer series which are 4 total)
45 pts - Task To..."
Hey, Rebekah - does this book have a title?
Newly Completed Tasks:10.1 (Football Season) - The Demon of Dakar by Kjell Eriksson
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo (20.9 Scandinavian Noir)
+15 Series (#3 Ann Lindell, 3rd book in series used for different tasks.)
+10 Lit (Swedish)
Task Total = 40
10.2 Literature Map of Wilkie Collins - Green Tea and Other Ghost Stories by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo (20.1, Ghost Stories)
Task Total = 15
10.4 One Hit Wonders - The Broken Teaglass: A Novel by Emily Arsenault
+10 Task
Task Total = 10
20.10 Kiri's Late One Nigt (Part B) - 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (Task 20.1 Part C - Ghost Stories)
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 500
10.2 – Literature MapLiterature Map of Lisa McMann
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra ClareLexile 780
+10 Task
+ 5 Series (Book 1 in 'The Infernal Devices' series)
Task Total: 15 Points
10.9 Also Known As…
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
AKA The Other Hand
+10 Task
Task Total: 10 Points
20.4 – Harvest Season
Front and Center by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Set on a Wisconsin dairy farm and the nearby town. Ok'd in the task thread.
+20 Task
+ 5 Series (Book 3 in 'Dairy Queen' series)
Task Total: 25 Points
20.6 – Multicultural Season
Marcelo In The Real World by Francisco X. Stork
Author was born in Mexico.
+20 Task
Task Total = 20 + 25 + 10 + 15 = 70 Points
Grand Total = 460
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "20.5 Freedom SeasonNovel set in the South
+20 task
+10 Combo ( 10.3 Birthday in Nov., 20.2 Banned books)
+10 Canon
+ 5 Series (#2 of Tom Sawyer series which are 4 total)
..."
OOPS! Thanks for catching that! I will correct it on my post~
20.3 – Short Stories: The Graywolf Annual: Short Stories edited by Scott Walker
+20 Task
+5 series
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 765
10.4 One Hit WondersVeteran – the only novel published (so far) by Gavin G. Smith
+ 10 Task
Task Total = 10
Task 20.7 Unification Season
The Snow Queen
+ 20 Task 1980, USA
+ 5 Series (has a couple of sequels)
+ 5 Jumbo 536 pages
Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 735
20.6 Multicultural Season2666 by Roberto Bolaño
Roberto Bolano is from Chile.
+20 Task points
+15 Jumbo (898 pp.)
+10 LiT (Translated from Spanish)
Task Total=45
Grand Total=495
I completed task 20.1 Monster Fest. I chose part A and read "Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan. Monster is the word I used. Task Points: 20
Style: +10 (Series I read book 2 in the series and I used book 1 for 10.7 Under the Covers task)
Grand Total: 130
20.2 Banned BooksSong of Solomon- Toni Morrison
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.2, Lit. Map for John Irving, 20.7 Unif.-USA)
+10 Canon
40 pts - Task Total
360 pts - Grand Total
Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "I completed task 20.1 Monster Fest. I chose part A and read "Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan. Monster is the word I used."For Part A, the scary word should be an adjective. I don't think "monster" works.
In Msg 573 - Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: I completed task 20.1 Monster Fest. I chose part A and read "Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan. Monster is the word I used. Task Points:
Style:
Grand Total:
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Hi Jayme: Liz is right. This book doesn't fit the task requirements. "Monster" isn't an adjective, and it's not one of the approved words for Part B.
I can't add the points you'd included for this book to your score.
Task 20.5 Freedom SeasonI read A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (set in New Orleans)
+20 task
+5 combo (10.2 Lit Map for Dave Eggers)
+5 combo (10.4 One Hit Wonder)
+5 combo (10.7 Flashlight list - Pulitzer Prize winners for fiction)
+5 combo (20.7 Unification season - American, 1980)
total this task = 40
grand total = 285
Krista wrote: "In Msg 573 - Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: I completed task 20.1 Monster Fest. I chose part A and read "Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan. Monster is the word I used. Tas..."
I asked on the task thread and never received an answer. My question was there for a week.
15.7 (1651-1700): The Misanthrope by Molièrepublished 1666
+15 Task
+10 Style
Task Total: 25
10.5 City Lights
4:50 From Paddington by Agatha Christie
(The station/train from Paddington is where the crime takes place, they also do some investigating there)
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.3 Birthday: Sept. 15; 10.9 AKA What Mrs McGillicuddy Saw)
Task Total: 20
Post Total 45
Grand Total: 440
Task 20.1 - Monsterfest Redux: Plum Spooky (A Stephanie Plum Between the Numbers/Holiday Novel, #4) by Janet Evanovich
+20 Task
+5 Series (Book 4 in 'Between-the-Numbers' Stephanie Plum series)
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 90
Liz M wrote: "Rachelccameron wrote: "15.7 (1651-1700): The Misanthrope by Molièrepublished 1666"
+10 Canon points"
No canon points for RtT
Task 20.1 Monsterfest Redux: Night of the Loving Dead by Casey Daniels (Option C - many ghosts including one of the main characters)+20 Task
+5 Series (Book 4 of 'Pepper Martin' series)
Task Total= 25
Grand Total= 1615
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Liz M wrote: "Rachelccameron wrote: "15.7 (1651-1700): The Misanthrope by Molièrepublished 1666"
+10 Canon points"
No canon points for RtT"
Oops! I wasn't paying attention to the task number.
20.4 Harvest SeasonElla Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
+20 task points
+ 5 combo points (10.3 Fall Birthdays - Oct. 22)
Task Total = 25 Points
Grand Total = 620 Points
Task 20.8 Just the Facts. I read The Evolution of God by Robert Wright.20 task points
new grand total = 305
RtT: Constant TravelerTask 15.5 1800-1751
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1787)
+15 Task
+10 Constant Traveler
Total Task: 25
New Grand Total = 340
Task 20.1 Monsterfest Redux: Dead Man Talking by Casey Daniels(Option A - "dead" as adjective)
+20 Task
Task Total= 20
Grand Total= 1635
Task 10.7 Flashlight worthy The Man With a Load of Mischief by Martha Grimes (First of the Best:British Police Detective Series)
Task points 10
+5 Series (Inspector Jury)
+5 Combo (10.2 Map of Agatha Christie)
Task total 20
Total points 540
Task points 10
+5 Series (Inspector Jury)
+5 Combo (10.2 Map of Agatha Christie)
Task total 20
Total points 540
Task 10.3 The Leper of Saint Giles: The Fifth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael by Ellis Peters (Birthday Sept 28, 1913)
Task points 10
+5 Series (Brother Cadfael)
+10 Combo (10.1 Saint is a football team, 10.2 Map of Agatha Christie)
Task total 25
Total points 565
Task points 10
+5 Series (Brother Cadfael)
+10 Combo (10.1 Saint is a football team, 10.2 Map of Agatha Christie)
Task total 25
Total points 565
Task 10.2 From Doon with Death: The First Inspector Wexford Novel by Ruth Rendell (Map of Agatha Christie)
Task points 10
+5 Series
+5 Combo (10.7 First of the Best: British Police Detective Series)
Task total 20
Total points 585
Task points 10
+5 Series
+5 Combo (10.7 First of the Best: British Police Detective Series)
Task total 20
Total points 585
Task 10.9 AKA Sins of the Fathers: An Inspector Wexford Mystery by Ruth Rendell (also published as A New Lease of Death)
Task points 10
+10 Series (2nd in Inspector Wexford series)
Task Total 20
Total points 605
Task points 10
+10 Series (2nd in Inspector Wexford series)
Task Total 20
Total points 605
20.1 – Monsterfest ReduxB. "witch" Green Witch by Alice HoffmanLexile 740
+20 Task
+ 5 Series (Book 2 in 'Green Angel' series)
Task: 25 Points
20.7 – Unification Season
Anthills of the Savannah by Chinua Achebe
1987, Africa
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.3 Fall Birthdays (November 16))
Task: 25 Points
Tasks Total = 50
Grand Total = 510
20.9 Swedish Noir Faceless Killersby Henning Mankell+20 task
+5 Combo (20.7 published in 1991- Sweden)
+10 translation (Swedish)
+5 Series (#1 in Wallander series)
task total = 40
RwS total = 460 points
Liz Vegas wrote: "20.9 Swedish Noir Faceless Killers+5 Combo (20.7 published in 1991- Sweden)"
Ooh! I missed the 20.7 combo points when I posted this book waaaay back in Sept. (post #5).
New Grand Total: 770
All right, I'm new here but am going to jump in and gear up for the next challenge starting in Dec. Please feel free to let me know if I screw this up! :-)Task 10.1 - Football Season - Demon Ex Machina: Tales of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom by Julie Kenner
+10 (Task)
+5 (Series)
Task Total = 15
Task 10.2 - Literature Map Using Douglas Preston
Lee Child comes up on the map. I read Running Blind
+10 (Task)
+5 (Series)
Task Total = 15
Task 12.9 - Scandinavian Noir
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
+20 (Task)
+5 (Jumbo - 563 pgs)
+5 (Series)
+10 (Lost in Translation)
Task Total = 40
Grand Total = 70
Liz M wrote: "Liz Vegas wrote: "20.9 Swedish Noir Faceless Killers+5 Combo (20.7 published in 1991- Sweden)"
Ooh! I missed the 20.7 combo points when I posted this book waaaay back in Sept. ..."
Quit stealing my style, Liz! ;)
Task 10.3 Fall Birthdays: Indulgence in Death (In Death, #31) by J.D. Robb (Birthday - October 10)+10 Task
+5 Series (Book 31 of 'In Death' series)
Task Total= 15
Grand Total= 1650
RtT: Constant TravelerTask 15.9 1551-1600: The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare (pub. 1594)
+15 Task
+10 Style
Task Total= 25
Grand Total= 1675
20.1 Monsterfest ReduxThe Witch’s Son by Ira J. Morris
+ 20 Task
+ 5 Series (Sequel to A Kingdom for a Song)
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 760
15.6 1701-1750: The Beggar's Opera by John Gay published 1728+15 Task
+10 Style
Task Total: 25
10.3 The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
Birthday: Sept 15
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Post Total: 35
Grand Total: 475
10.5 City LightsParis to the Moon by Adam Gopnik
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.8 - Shine on Harvest Moon)
15 - Task Total
375 - Grand Total
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+15 task
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Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 430