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RtT: Constant TravelerTask 15.10 1501-1550: In Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (pub. 1511)
+15 Task
+10 Style
Task Total=25
+200 Mega Finish Bonus (I have completed all RwS and RtT tasks)
Grand Total= 1900
Liz M wrote: "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 ..."
I don't understand what you mean by this--could you help me a little more?
Krista wrote: "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..."
I was a Time Leaper-I was confused and thought that if I reported them all at the same time that was what you wanted, but I understand better now. Thanks
Krista wrote: "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
....
Heat Wave by RIchard ..."
I did read it the first week of Spetmebr for a task in another challenge. it was read first because there was another book coming out by him
Cheryl wrote: "Krista wrote: "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
....
I did read it the first week of Spetmebr for a task in another challenge. it was read first because there was another book coming out by him
..."
Alrighty then! I'll adjust your total with the addition of this book next time I update the scores. Thanks! -Krista
Cheryl wrote: "Krista wrote: "In Msg 550 - Liz M wrote: "Cheryl wrote: "oops I forgot to put the points in thereTask Total 150
Grand Total 440"
...
I was a Time Leaper-I was confused and thought that if I reported them all at the same time that was what you wanted, but I understand better now. Thanks
....."
Okay thanks. I can score the books you posted for the Reading Through Time tasks now.
Task 10.8 Shine On Harvest Moon: Bayou Moon by Ilona Andrews ('moon' in title)+10 Task
+5 Series (Book 2 in 'Edge' series)
Task Total= 15
Grand Total= 1915
Task 15.8 RtT An Antarctic Mystery by Jules Verne (1899)
Task points 15
+10 Style
Task total 25
Total points 630
Task points 15
+10 Style
Task total 25
Total points 630
Ok so adding the 250 points for the Time Leaper and 10 points for the One-Hit Wonder Heat Wave by Richard Castle I come up with 350 + 260 = 610 Grand Total? (I hope--fingers crossed)
10.1 Australian Football LeagueThe Cat Who Played Post Office by Lilian Jackson Braun
Task +10
The Cat Who Played Braums by Lilian Jackson Braun
Task +10
Service Dress Blues by Michael Bowen
Task +10
Lion's Heat by Lora Leigh
Task +10
Hollywood Crows by Joseph Wambaugh
Task +10
Jumbo +5 593 Pages
Combo +5 Also fits 10.5
Task Totals +60
Grand Total 670
10.2 Literature MapThe Clique by Lisi Harrison Lexile 790
+10 Task
+ 5 Series
Task Total 15
Grand Total 685
Rhymes With Witches by Lauren Myracle Lexile Not Available
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo Also fits Task 20.1
Total Task 15
Grand Total 700
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things by Carolyn Mackler Lexile 790
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo Also fits 20.2
Task Total 15
Grand Total 715
Anyone But You by Lara M. Zaines Lexile 740
+10 Task
Task Total 10
Grand Total 725
The Bridesmaid by Hailey Abbott Lexile 740
+10 Task
Task Total 10
Grand Total 735
Buddies by Barbara Park Lexile 740
+10 Task
Task Total 10
Grand Total 745
A Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin Lexile 750
+10 Task
Task Total 10
Grand Total 755
I'd Tell You I Love You, But THen I'd Have To Kill You by Ally Carter Lexile 1000
+10 Task
+ 5 Series
Task Total 15
Grand TOtal 770
I Was a Non-Blonde Cheerleader by Kieran Scott AKA Kate Brian Lexile 750
+10 Task
+ 5 Series
Task Total 15
Grand Total 785
Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard Lexile 760
+10 Task
+ 5 Series
Task Total 15
Grand Total 800
Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta Lexile 820
+10 Task
Task Total 10
Grand Total 810
Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys by Kate Brian Lexile 720
+10 Task
Task Total 10
Grand Total 820
Girl, (Nearly) 16, Absolute Torture by Sue Limb Lexile 730
+10 Task
+ 5 Series
Task Total 15
Grand Total 835
10.2 Literature Map Original Author Was Cecily von Ziegesar--I forgot to tell you in the previous post
I'm sorry, but I just have to speak up. It is so unfair to Krista to post multiple books at a time. Well, two or three (even four) might be understandable, but dozens is just not right. Surely you don't read them 10 at a time!
RtT Tasks, Traveler Type = Constant 1850-1801 (Task 15.4)Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 1847
+15 Task Points
+10 Style Points
Task Total: 25 Points
Grand Total: 535 Points
10.3 Author BirthdaysDeath of a Stranger by Anne Perry 10/28
+10 Task
Task Total 10
Grand Total 845
Moon Over Water by Debbie Macomber 10/22
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo Also fits 10.8
Task Total 15
Grand Total 855
C. J.'s Fate by Kay Hooper 10/30
+1o Task
+ 5 Combo Also fits 20.7 (1984)
Task Total 15
Grand Total 870
A Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 11/18
+10 Task
Task Total 10
Grand Total 880
Burnout by Marcia Muller 09/28
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo Also fits 10.8
Task Total 15
Grand Total 895
10.6 Author MemoirsNow I See The Moon by Elaine Hall
+10 Task
+10 Combo Also fits 10.8, 20.8
Task Total 20
Grand TOtal 1020
10.7 Flashlight Worthy 7 Beach Reads You Can Grab Off OF Your Tween's Shelf
Fire by Kristin Cashore Lexile 870
+10 Task
Task Total 10
Grand TOtal 1040
10.8 Moon in the Title or On the Cover
Moon Over Water by Debbie Macomber
+10 Task
+ 0 Combo
Task Total 10
Grand Total 1050
10.10 Group Reads
Nine Parts Of Desire The Hidden World of Islamic Women by Geraldine Brooks
+10 Task
+ 0 Combo
Task Total 10
Grand Total 1060
20.1 Halloween AdjectiveRhymes With Witches by Lauren Myracle Lexile not Available
+20 Task
+ 0 COmbo
Task Total 20
Grand Total 1080
Death of a Witch by M. C. Beaton
+20 Task
Task Total 20
Grand Total 1100
Devil in the Detail by Clare Curzon
+20 Task
Task Total 20
Grand Total 1120
Monster in the Box by Ruth Rendell
+20 Task
Task Total 20
Grand Total 1140
The Devil by Ken Bruen
+20 Task
Task Total 20
Grand Total 1160
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "I'm sorry, but I just have to speak up. It is so unfair to Krista to post multiple books at a time. Well, two or three (even four) might be understandable, but dozens is just not right. Surely you ..."No Elizabeth I don't read 10 books at a time but I got started on claiming points at the end of October so I am trying to get these all in as soon as possible and I DO NOT have Internet at home so I can only work on this when I got to the Library and can get ona computer. I am truly sorry you feel the way you do but maybe now you could understand a little better. I will do better in the next challenge, so try to give me a break. Thanks
Thanks Krista for all your help you are AWESOME
Cheryl wrote: "No Elizabeth I don't read 10 books at a time but I got started on claiming points at the end of October so I am trying to get these all in as soon as possible and I DO NOT have Internet at home so I can only work on this when I got to the Library and can get ona computer. I am truly sorry you feel the way you do but maybe now you could understand a little better. I will do better in the next challenge, so try to give me a break."But you've posted Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women three times today under 3 different task numbers, and that's what I can see at first glance. By trying to post so much at a time, you've confused yourself. AND That makes a lot of extra work for Krista. You need to slow down, take it easy and post in a logical manner.
Task 15.5. (1751-1800): She Stoops To Conquer by Oliver GoldsmithPublished 1773
+15 Task
+10 Style Points
Task Total: 25
10.3 Fall Birthday Miss Marple's Final
Cases by Agatha Christie
Birthday: Sept. 15
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Post Total: 35
Grand Total: 510
I'm happy to post the points for Cheryl. I'm glad to see new group members and I want to encourage them to participate. What I struggled with last season when someone flooded the Completed Tasks folder with lots of bulk points messages towards the end of the challenge was that I didn't think it was fair for everyone else's point tallies to languish un-updated while I worked through the "bulk" messages.
So in order to even the points posting field so to speak, when I start working on updating the scores tomorrow morning (Saturday AM) I'll catch-up all the long-term players scores first and then go back and work on Cheryl's posts.
I don't think that Cheryl was holding back on posting books, I think she just found the challenge late in the season and wanted to participate. We want to encourage participation and sometimes folks want to join late. I will have more of an issue with folks who wait all season to post any Completed Task messages and then flood this folder with tons of books. That's why I'm trying this new approach. If you've been posting all along I'll get your points tallied first and then work my way through the "bulk" points posting messages.
Thanks for your concern Elizabeth! It does take awhile to work through the messages but that's what goes with the territory when tallying the points. Cheryl, hang in there with us. I'll get your points caught up eventually. They probablby won't all be added to the point tally on Saturday though. I'll write a little explanatory note on the Readerboard Scores message that will explain which message numbers aren't included in the score totals.
Whew, I think that covers all the bases. If this approach works then this is what I'll do if other people join late, or wait to post their books until the end of the challenge period. It's a fine balancing act. Hang in there everyone, we'll work it out.
Perhaps I should add there is an issue for me, personally. One of the reasons I like the challenge is because we are all hard core readers. I get to see what others are reading, click on the link, and read about the book. When there are 30+ books, especially with no link, my eyes glaze over. There might be several books that Cheryl has read that would be of interest to me, but with these postings, I'll never find out. I guess that's my loss.
Task 10.2 Literature Map (Janet Evanovich)I read Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult.
10 points
Total RWS Points: 465
Task 20.2 Banned Books Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
Task points 20
+10 Canon
+10 Style (10.1 Football team, 10.3 Fall birthday - Nov.11, 1922)
Task Total 40
Total points 670
Task points 20
+10 Canon
+10 Style (10.1 Football team, 10.3 Fall birthday - Nov.11, 1922)
Task Total 40
Total points 670
Task 20.7 Unification Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter British, 1975
Task points 20
+5 Series (Inspector Morse #1)
+15 Style (10.2 Map of Agatha Christie, 10.7 First of the Best: British Police Detective Series, 10.2 Born Sept. 29,1930)
Task total 40
Total points 710
Task points 20
+5 Series (Inspector Morse #1)
+15 Style (10.2 Map of Agatha Christie, 10.7 First of the Best: British Police Detective Series, 10.2 Born Sept. 29,1930)
Task total 40
Total points 710
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Perhaps I should add there is an issue for me, personally. One of the reasons I like the challenge is because we are all hard core readers. I get to see what others are reading, click on the link, ..."That's a different issue, and to tell you the truth Elizabeth --- it's easier for me to tally the scores if the books and authors are posted as links.
Here's a request to everyone: When you post your books, please use the "add book/author" link at the top of the message box to add both the book and the author.
Thanks! -Krista
In Msg 578 - Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "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 asked on the task thread and never received an answer. My question was there for a week.
..."
Hi Jayme:
I'm sorry your question wasn't answered on the Task Help thread. In the future please repost your message in the Task Help thread and let us know this is your second post about the question. Sometimes things do get overlooked. Unfortunately no answer to your question on the Help thread does not mean that your book is automatically approved. This book just doesn't work for the task.
In Msg 595 - Liz Vegas wrote: "20.9 Swedish Noir Faceless Killersby Henning Mankell+20 task
+10 translation (Swedish)
+5 Series (#1 in Wallander series)
task total = 40
RwS total = 460 points
..."
Hi Liz:
This book doesn't qualify for Combo points with Task 20.7. It's outside the accepted book published date range for Task 20.7. (1961-1989)
Adjusted Task total = 35
Adjusted RwS total = 455 points 5>
In Msg 596 - 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. (post #5).
New Grand Total: 770 ...."
Sorry, you can't steal this style. :-) See the message above re: date range for 20.7 books.
Grand Total back down to: 765
In Msg 597 -- Tobey wrote: "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 - [book:Dem..."
Hi Tobey:
Welcome to the Reading with Style Challenge! Your first points posting message looks really good. I just have a couple of requests:
1. When claiming Series points, please include the name of the series and the number this book is in the series.
2. When claiming Lost in Translation points, please provide the language the book was originally published in.
That reduces the time I have to spend qualifying the books when I'm tallying the scores. Thanks!
10.1 – Football Season?
A Catskill Eagle by Robert B Parker
Task Points - 10
Total Points - 10
10.2 – Literature Map
Charlaine Harris November 25 - Living Dead in Dallas (Sookie Stackhouse #2)
Task Points - 10
Second in a series - 5
Literature map - 5
Total Task Points - 20
Total Points - 50
Literature Map - JA Jance - Charlaine Harris
Shakespeares's Landlord
Task Points - 10
First in a series -m 5
Birthday in November - 5
Total task points - 20
Total Points - 30
10.3 – Fall Birthdays - Charlaine Harris
10.5 – City Lights
City of Bones by Michael Connelly
Task Points - 10
total Task Points 10
total Points - 60
10.7 – Under the Covers
Flashlight Worthy - 7 Beach Reads You Can Grab Off Your T(w)een's Bookshelf - Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Task Points 10
First in a series - 5
Total Task points - 15
Total points - 75
10.8 - Shine on Harvest Moon
The Moon Pool by Max McCoy
Task Points - 10
Total task points - 10
total points - 85
15.1-15.10 - Reading through Time15.1 - 1951 - 2000
Sweet and Deadly by Charlaine Harris (1981)
Task Points - 15
Total task points -15
Total Points - 100
15.2 - 1901 - 1950
Lady Chatterley's Lover by DH Lawrence (1928)
Task Points - 15
Constant Traveller - 10
Total task points - 25
total points - 125
15.3 - 1851 - 1900
Jurney to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne (1864)
Task Points - 15
Constant Traveller - 10
Total Task points - 25
Total poines - 150
20.7 – Unification Season
Taming a Sea-Horse by Robert B Parker (1986)
Task Points - 20
total Task Points - 20
Total Points 170
20.5 Freedom SeasonThe Awakening by Kate Chopin
This book takes place in New Orleans, LA, the American South.
+20 Task points
+10 Canon
Task Total=30
Grand Total=525
20.8 Just The Facts The Life and Times of Miss Jane Marple by Anne Hart+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.7 , 1985, Canadian)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 535
Krista wrote: "In Msg 597 -- Tobey wrote: "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..."
Krista - Duly noted and will do in future posts! Twas my first time and I figured I screwed something up somewhere! :-)
Krista wrote: "In Msg 595 - Liz Vegas wrote: "20.9 Swedish Noir Faceless Killersby Henning Mankell+20 task
+5 Combo (20.7 published in 1991- Sweden)
Ack. sorry about that Krista, oversight. Thanks for keeping it straight! :)
In Msg 644 - Tobey wrote: "Krista wrote: "In Msg 597 -- Tobey wrote: "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! :...Krista - Duly noted and will do in future posts! Twas my first time and I figured I screwed something up somewhere! :-) ...."
No worries Tobey. All things considered it was a great first post. Welcome to the Challenge!
In Msg 604 - Rebekah wrote: "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"
Liz is right, this also qualifies for Combo points with Task 20.8. (Just the Facts Ma'am)
+5 Combo 20.8
Adjusted Task Total = 20
Adjusted Grand Total = 380
In Msg 606 -- Liz M wrote: "20.1 – Monsterfest redux: Demons by Fyodor Dostoevsky
+20 Task
+15 combo* (10.2 - Lit map of Lev Tolstoi; 10.3 - 11/11/1821; 10.9 - AKA: The Devils, ...
Task Total = 65 ..."
Wow --- Way to go Liz! That's the highest point score we've had for a single book to date. Gotta love your style. :-)
Krista wrote: "Wow --- Way to go Liz! That's the highest point score we've had for a single book to date. Gotta love your style. :-) "Yes, Liz always reads books that get an amazing point total!
In Msg 607 - colleen wrote: "RtT: Constant TravelerTask 15.10 1501-1550: In Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (pub. 1511)
+15 Task
+10 Style
Task Total=25
+200 Mega Finish Bonus (I have completed all RwS and RtT tasks)
Grand Total= 1900
..."
Colleen, Congratulations! You are the first Mega Finisher this season. I've added your Mega Finish bonus points to your score. You are at 1900 points as of this post.
What a way to Read With STYLE!
In Msg 545 -- Cheryl wrote: "Readerboard: CHeryl TXReading Through Time
Traveler Type=Constant
15.1 Custer: The Controversial Life of George Armstrong Custer by Jeffry D. Wert ....
15.6 Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe
15.8 Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
..."
Hi Cheryl:
I have a couple of questions and/or observations about this message.
1) You've added here that you're a Constant Traveller --- but in a later message you said that you're a Time Leaper. I'm scoring these books using the Time Leaper reader type.
2) Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe doesn't work for Task 15.7. The date range for Task 15.7 is 1651 - 1700. This book was first published in 1593. You'll have to read a book published 1651 - 1700 in order to complete the whole Reading through Time (RtT) sub-challenge and earn the Time Leaper Completion Bonus of 60 points.
Grand Total through your message #545 -- AND with the addition of 10 points for "Heat Wave" by Richard Castle for Task 10.4 in Msg #543 = 535
(Review the scoring method for the Time Leaper if you have questions about how I got to this total. You get points for the individual books read for RtT as well as the completion bonus.)
In Msg 616 -- Cheryl wrote: "Ok so adding the 250 points for the Time Leaper and 10 points for the One-Hit Wonder Heat Wave by Richard Castle I come up with 350 + 260 = 610 Grand Total? (I hope--fingers crossed)"Previous Grand Total = 350
+ 10 for Richard Castle book
+175 current points for Reading through Time (Task 15.7 uncompleted for series)
Grand Total as of message #616 = 535
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Cheryl wrote: "No Elizabeth I don't read 10 books at a time but I got started on claiming points at the end of October so I am trying to get these all in as soon as possible and I DO NOT have Inter..."Do you ever stop? I posted the books in one category at a time to try and be LOGICAL about it and make it easier for Krista.
Task 10.9 Coralie's AKA - Little Bee by Chris Cleave (Also known as: The Other Hand)I found this book to be really compelling. The words that each character spoke seemed to be so perfect for their role and/or life experience. It is hauntingly memorable to me, much more so than Horror genre books I've read for tasks this season.
+ 10 Task Points
Task 20.7 Unification Season: Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood (Australian author, book published 1989)
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.1, "Blues" in title)
+ 5 Series (#1 Phryne Fisher series)
Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 540
In Msg 619 -- Cheryl wrote: "10.2 Literature Map Original Author Was Cecily von Ziegesar--I forgot to tell you in the previous postAlphas by Lisi Harrison Lexile Not Available
+10 Task
+ 5 Series
Task Total 15
Grand To..."
Hi Cheryl: I've scored your points up through Msg 617.
Message #618 & 619 -- the books posted are all for task 10.2 (Literary Map). One of the rules of this task is that the same author cannot be used twice.
Quoted from Task 10.2;
"Read a book by another author who comes up on the literature map. While you can repeat this task as many times as you like, you must continue to use the first literature map that you created. Additionally, you must select a different author to read each time you repeat this task."
I think at this point it will probably be less confusing for both of us if you go back to message number 618 and 619 and delete the duplicate books written by the same author. I'll wait to do any scoring for these message until you let me know you're done editing the posts.
I think that will help us avoid mulitple messages with books crossed out and different point tallies.
Thanks! -Krista
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by Fyodor Dostoevsky
+20 Task
+15 combo* (10.2 - Lit map of Lev Tolstoi; 10.3 - 11/11/1821; 10.9 - AKA: The Devils, The Possessed)
+10 Canon
+10 Translation (Russian)
+10 Jumbo (714 pages)
Task Total = 65
Grand Total = 835
*I am not claiming combo points for 10.1 as it seems unfair to get points for both variations on the title (devil for 20.1 & demon for 10.1).