FA10 RwS Completed Tasks

[Rebekah]

Task 20.7 Reunification - Mexico pub. 1985
The Old Gringo by Carlos Fuentes

20 pts - Task
10 pts - Combo(10.3-Nov 11, 20.7-multi culture)
10 pts - LiT
40 pts - Task Total
1285 - Grand Total

[colleen]

Task 10.3 Fall Birthdays: Original Sin by Allison Brennan (September 29)

+10 Task
+5 Series (Book 1 of '7 Deadly Sins')

Task Total= 15
Grand Total= 2670

[Krista]

Just a reminder ---- I will count all posts made before 12:00 Midnight PST tonight for inclusion in the Fall Challenge point tally. I probably won't get the Readerboard completely updated tonight, but if you post before midnight tonight the points will be included in the near future.

Thanks! -Krista

[Rebekah]

Task 20.5 Freedom Season (takes place on a farm in Virginia)
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life - Barbara Kingsolver

20 pts - Task
20 pts - Combo (10.2 - John Irving, 10.6 - farming, 20.4, 20.8)
40 pts - Task total
1325 pts - Grand Total

Now for a reading break...until tomorrow!

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

10.3 Fall Birthdays The Lieutenant, Kate Grenville was born 10/17/1950

+10 Task

Grand Total = 745


Thank you Sam and Krista for creating and maintaining such a wonderful challenge! Thanks to all participants, too, I always learn something from you. And a special congratulations to the mega-finishers - you are champions all!

[Sam]

Reading through Time - Constant Traveler
15.1: Night Walker - Donald Hamilton (1954)
+25 points

10.3 - Fall Birthday: Say It With Bullets - Richard Powell (11/28)
+ 10 Task Points
Task Points: 10

10.5 - City Lights: Jar City - Arnaldur Indridason
+ 10 Task Points
+ 10 Combo Points (10.7 Nordic Noir, 20.9)
+ 10 LiT Points (Icelandic)
+ 5 Series Points (Erlendur #3)
Task Points: 35

10.7 - Under the Covers: The Princess of Burundi - Kjell Eriksson (Nordic Noir)
+ 10 Task Points
+ 5 Combo Points (20.9)
+ 10 LiT (Swedish)
Task Points: 25

20.3 - Shorter Days:
Pulp Fiction: The Crimefighters - Otto Penzler, ed.
+ 20 Task Points
+ 5 Jumbo Points (528)
Task Points: 25

20.7 - Unification Season: Grifter's Game - Lawrence Block (published as "Mona" in 1961)
+ 20 Task Points
Task Points: 20

+100 - Well-Traveled
+100 - RwS Finish
+200 - Mega Finish

New Points: 540
Grand Total: 1150

[Arow]

Well I didn't read as much as I wanted to this season but there is always Winter :-)

10.10- Group Read
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
Thank you for picking this book; I picked it up last minute from my friend and I just blew through it. Great stories.

+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.7 Unification - Japan, 1987)
+10 LiT (Japanese)

Task Total = 25 Points

20.2- Challenged- 2000 to 2009
Entire Harry Potter Series
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.7:Childrens Books- The Complete Harry Potter Series)
+25 Series (this is the 5th book in the series I have read this challenge)
+5 Jumbo- 608 pages

Task Total = 55 points

Grand Total = 470 points

[colleen]

Tasl 10.3 Fall Birthdays: Don't Move by Margaret Mazzantini (October 27)

+10 Task
+10 LiT (Italian)

Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 2690

[Rachel]

READERBOARD NAME: Rachel OH

I completed...

10.7 Under the Covers

I read Katherine off the "Best Romantic Books You've Never Heard Of" list.

+10 task

10.9 Also Known As...

I read Impulse & Initiative: What If Mr. Darcy Didn't Take No for an Answer?, which was also republished recently as To Conquer Mr. Darcy.

+10 task

15.8 Reading Through Time 1650-1600

I read Timon of Athens

+15 task

15.10 Reading Through Timt 1550-1500

I read Utopia

+15 task

20.8 Just the Facts, Ma'am

I read Century of Struggle: The Womans Rights Movement in the United States, Enlarged Edition.

+20 task

Task Points=70
TOTAL POINTS= 280

I am fairly satisfied with the points I was able to get, as I was competing over at The Seasonal Reading Challenge as well. I think for Winter, I will focus my attention here on Reading With Style and see how many points I can get!

[Krista]

I have one final book to post.

Task 20.8: Just the Facts Ma'am - 13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown by Simon Johnson and James Kwak

+20 Task
Task Total = 20
Final Grand Total = 740

Whew, and another quarter has just about been completed. I'm proud of myself. I read about 1,000 more pages than during the Spring Challenge, and scored almost 300 more points than in the Spring. It probably helped that I switched jobs in September and I'm now only working 40 hours a week instead of the 55-60 I was averaging during the Spring. Come to think of it, if I had 15 - 20 hours a week added back to my leisure time this quarter I probably should have scored even higher.

Ah well, there's always next quarter. But I'm giving myself a pass during the Winter Challenge to read less in order to more fully participate in all the festivities.

I'm sending out a big "Thanks" to everyone who particpated in this quarter's challenge. I think it was a good one and I'm curious to see the books everyone reads in the upcoming months.

Cheers! -Krista

[Krista]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "RtT Constant Traveler


15.10 1500-1550 The Prince, pub 1532

+ 15 Task
+ 10 RtT Bonus
+100 RtT Completion Bonus

Task Total = 125

Grand Total = 735


I'm hopeful to get..."

Hey Elizabeth --- Way to finish all those RtT tasks! I've added the completion bonus to your score.

[Krista]

Rebekah wrote: "RTT 1551 - 1600 Constant Traveler
Fox's Book of Martyrs by John Foxe pub 1563 but revised 1570
((Can you believe people were burned at the stake for reading just The Lord's Prayer in English!)
..."

No -- and I really can't believe that you'd want to read about it. :-)

When I was in 7th Grade, I had a teacher (in a parochial school) who would read out loud to us from this book during our quiet time right after lunch. Ugh!!

[Krista]

In Msg 894 -- Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "I completed task 10.3 Fall Birthdays by reading "The Lady and the Unicorn" by Tracey Chavalier. Her birthday is October 19, 1962.

Task Points: 20 10
Style: 0
Grand total: 195"

Hi Jayme: This task is only worth 10 points.

Adjusted Grand Total = 185

[Krista]

In Msg 898 - Rebekah wrote: "RTT - Constant Traveler
1500 - 1551 The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli pub 1532

15 pts - Task
10 pts - Bonus
100 pts RTT completion Bonus
200 pts - Mega Finish Bonus

325 pts - Total
1245 pts - Grand Total

Woo-Hoo!
I still have an audiobook I'm about to finish and another book-book. Hope I can get it all done in the next 30 hours!
..."

Hi Rebekah: You've shorted yourself some points here girlfriend!

970 = Stating score
+325 (Points added this message)

Adjusted Grand Total = 1270

Congratulations on finining every single task. Good going with that Mega Finish!

[Krista]

In Msg 903 -- Coralie wrote: "10.3 Fall Birthdays
Lilian's Story by Kate Grenville

+ 10 Task (born on October 14, 1950)

Task Total = 10


20.3 The Season of Shorter Days
[book:Worlds Of Honor|81...

RwS Finish 100
..."

Coralie:
Good on 'ya for finising all the RwS tasks! I've added the 100 bonus points to your score.

[Krista]

In Msg 909 -- Rebekah wrote: "Task 20.5 Freedom Season (takes place on a farm in Virginia)
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life - Barbara Kingsolver

20 pts - Task
20 pts - Combo (10.2 ...

1325 pts - Grand Total
..."

Adjusted FINAL Grand Total = 1350

[Allie]

20.7 Unification Season

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

+20 task points (published 1967 sp/1970 eng)
+ 5 combo points (20.6 Multicultural Season - Colombia)
+10 Canon
+10 LiT (originally written in Spanish)

Total Task Points = 45
Completion Bonus = 100

Grand Total = 840 points

[Krista]

In Msg 911 -- Sam wrote: "Reading through Time - Constant Traveler
15.1: Night Walker - Donald Hamilton (1954)
+25 points ....

10.7 - Under the Covers: The Princess of Burundi - Kjell Eriksson (Nordic Noir)
+ 10 Task Points
+ 5 Combo Points (20.9)
+5 Series Points (I read this book too!)
+ 10 LiT (Swedish)
Task Points: 25 30
...

+100 - Well-Traveled
+100 - RwS Finish
+200 - Mega Finish

New Points: 540
Grand Total: 1150
"

Adjusted Total: 1155

Hey Sam: Congrats for your achievement of joining the ranks for the Mega Finishers this quarter. You managed to get all the tasks finished, AND lead the group. What an accomplishment. :-)

[Krista]

In Msg 912 -- Arow wrote: "Well I didn't read as much as I wanted to this season but there is always Winter :-)
...
20.2- Challenged- 2000 to 2009
Entire Harry Potter Series
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.7:Childrens Books- The Complete Harry Potter Series)
+25 Series (this is the 5th book in the series I have read this challenge)
+5 Jumbo- 608 pages
..."

Hi Arow: There's no prize or bonus for this, but I wanted to recognize you for earning the highest Series Style points in a single task this challenge. Wowie, you managed to work 5 books in the Harry Potter series into 5 different tasks. Now that's planning ahead!

[Krista]

In Msg 922 - Allie wrote: "20.7 Unification Season

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

+20 task points (published 1967 sp/1970 eng)
+ 5 combo points (20.6 Multicultural Se...

Completion Bonus = 100
"

Hi Allie: Congrats on completing all the RwS tasks! I've added the 100 point bonus to your point total.

[Karen Michele]

RtT Tasks, Traveler Type = Constant

1600-1551 (Task 15.9)

A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare (1596)

+15 Task Points
+10 Bonus

Total Points: 25

I was going to try to finish The Prince, but it's beyond my stamina tonight - on to backpacking!

RwS Task

20.1 – Monsterfest Redux

C. ALl kinds of ghosts!


The Ghosts of Ashbury High by Jaclyn Moriarty

+20 Task
+5 Combo: 10.9 AKA Dreaming of Amelia
+5 Series: Book 4(Ashbury/Brookfield)

Total: 30 Points

Points this Post: 55
Grand finishing Total: 1045

[Bobbie]

Task 10.6 - Making a Living: Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain
+10 Task Points
+5 Combo Points (20.8)
+15 Total Points

New Points: 15
Grand Total: 320

[Krista]

And so ends another Reading with Style Challenge.

To post completed tasks for the Winter 2010-2011 Reading with Style Challenge, go here