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Task 15.1 2000-1951 (I'm going for Constant Traveler)I read Less Than Angels by Barbara Pym (published 1955)
15 points
Task 20.9 Scandinavian Noir The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
20 task points
+5 series
+10 LiT (Swedish)
+5 Jumbo (500+ pages)
total points this post = 55
grand total = 55
Miss GP wrote: "Reading through Time task 15.1: In the Time of the ButterfliesTask points 15
Challenge points to date: 40"
Hi Miss GP: What type of traveler are you, Constant or Time Leaper?
Also if you could remember to include the date range for the task number, and the book's original publication year when claiming RtT points, that will save me some time when posting the points.
I think I'm going to need all the time I can get with all the new participants this season. :-) Thanks!
RtT Tasks, Traveler Type = ConstantTask 15.10 (1500-1550) -
The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli published 1532
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 35
Task 10.2 Literature MapI used the Jay Asher Map
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
740 Lexile
+10 Task
+5 Series
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 50
In Msg 41 -- Katie wrote: "...20.7 Unification Season: Prisoner without a Name, Cell without a Number by Jacobo Timerman (published in 1981, Israeli* author)+20 Task
+10 LiT (translated from Spanish)
Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 55
*This author has multiple possible nationalities (see message 22 in 20.7 help thread). I've chosen Israel because that was his nationality when he wrote the book...and also he was an enthusiastic Zionist who probably thought of himself as Israeli. Please let me know if you think he should be classified differently, as it will probably affect my plan for combo points.
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Okay, I've added this as an Isreali author in your column.
RtT Tasks, Traveler Type = ConstantTask 15.9 (1551-1600) - Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare
(first performed in 1594 and also printed in 1594)
+15 task points
+10 bonus points
Task Tota: 25
Grand Total: 130
And now I know why this particular play is rarely performed or taught.
Completed RWS task 20.8 Read a nonfiction book. I read "Odd Girl Out" by Rachel Simmons.Task Point: 20
Style: 0
Grand Total: 20
Task 20.10 - Kiri’s 1st Place Task: Late One Night...(A) The Best Gothic Novel, Ghost Stories, and Early Horror: 1764-1973. - The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole+20 Task
+20 Combo (10.3 - fall birthday 9/24/1717, 10.4 - this was author's only novel, 10.5 - Otranto is a town in Italy, 20.1(C) - ghosts of Alfonso and the holy man)
Task Total = 40
Grand Total = 40
RtT Tasks, Traveler Type = ConstantTask 15.1 (1951-2000) - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling (Publ 1997)
+15 Task
Task Total = 15
Task 15.2 (1901-1950)The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain-116 pages (Publ 1934)
+15 Task
+10 Style Points
Task Total = 25
RwS
Task 10.9 - published in English with more than one title:
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in US
+10 Task
+15 Combo (10.2 Literature Map, Author: Joanne Fluke [she is listed as Joanne K.Rowling]; 10.7 Childrens Books- The Complete Harry Potter Series; 20.2- Top 100 Challenged Book from 2000-2009 #1 Complete Harry Potter Series)
+5 Series (Book 1 of the Harry Potter Series)
Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 70
Ok then, I'm going to try this.book:
Task 20.3 Season of shorter days = 20 pts
Combo 20.5 Freedom Season, LA and TX = 5 pts
Total 25 pts?
Let me know if I did this right or not. I'm new and goofy too!
Task 20.7 - Unification Season- The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 1963, USA+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.3 Fall Birthday - Oct. 27, 1932, 10.4 One Hit Wonder - her only novel, 10.5 City Lights Bell, Florida)
Task Total = 35
Grand Total = 75
Task 10.2 Literary Map
by Philippa Gregory
(Diane Setterfield's map)
10 Task points
0 Style points
Task total: 10
Total points: 10
Task 20.4 Harvest Season
by May Ann Shaffer
20 Task points
+5 Combo (10.2 Literary Map - Diane Setterfield's map)
Task total: 25
Total points: 35
Shannon wrote: "Task 10.2 Literary Mapby Philippa Gregory
(Diane Setterfield's map)
10 Task points
0 Style points
Task total: 10
Total points: 10"
Hi Shannon: What book was read for this task?
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7:30 PM 9/9/10 (Hours after the first message about which book was used for this task was posted.)
Hi Shannon, me again. Disregard this message please. My browser at work (shhh....don't tell anyone I'm looking at this at work....) doesn't show the graphics, so the book cover didn't show up at work. Now that I'm home I see which book you are using for this task.
Thanks, Krista
RtT - Constant Traveler15.1 (1951-2000) Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson, pub 1980
+15 Task
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 45
**Having issues with Add Book links today***RtT Tasks, Traveler Type = Constant Traveler
Book 1: Task 15.7 (1651-1700)
Tartuffe by Moliere(Publ 1664)
+15 Task
+10 Style Points
Task Total = 25
Book 2: Task 15.6 (1701-1751)
A Journal of Plague Year by Daniel Defoe (Publ 1722)
+15 Task
+10 Style Points
Task Total = 25
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RwS Tasks
Task 10.5
Revenge of the Wrought Iron Flamingos by Donna Andrews
+10 Task (Iron, MN)
+5 Combo (20.5 -Set in VA)
+5 Series (Books 3 in Meg Lanslow series)
Task Total = 20
Grand Total 135
Total Books 6
Total Pages 1234
Task 20.8 Just the Facts Ma'am: Proteins, Enzymes, Genes: The Interplay of Chemistry and Biology by Joseph S. Fruton (800pg Nonfiction)+20 Task
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 80
I am not claiming Jumbo points because the citations started on page 495.
Task 10.4 - One Hit WondersElizabeth Street: A novel based on true events - Laurie Fabiano
*This is her only book to date
+10 Task Points
+5 Combo (10.5 - Elizabeth, NJ)
NEW POINTS = 15
TOTAL POINTS = 15
Task 10.6 Work MemoirJarhead by Anthony Swofford
+10 task points
+10 combo (10.4 One Hit Wonders, only non fiction book published; 20.8 Just the Facts, 200+ non fiction)
Task Total: 20 points
Grand Total: 120 points
Task 15.10 (1501-1550) The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli (Publ 1532)+15 Task
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 95
I want to be a Constant Traveler.
20.7 Requiem for a Dream- Hubert Selby Jr.1978 - US Author
+20 task
+0 style
task total = 20
Grand total = 85 points
Task 10.5 City Lights: The Rembrandt Affair by Daniel Silva City of Rembrandt, Iowa
+10 Task
+ 5 Series (Book 10 in 'Gabriel Allon' series)
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 90
Task 10.6 What A Way To Make a LivingThe Writing Life by Annie Dillard
+10 Task Points
Grand Total: 30
RtT Tasks, Traveler Type: Constant
Task 15.10 (1500-1550): The Prince - Machiavelli (pub. 1532)
+15 Task
Task Total = 15
RwS
Task 10.5 City Lights: Freedom by Jonathan Franzen (city of Freedom, CA)
+10 Task
Task Total: 10 Pts.
Grand Total: 45 Pts.
Task 20.7 Unification Season:Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Lexile Score: 810
160 pgs.
Published 1964, British Author
+20 Task
+5 Combo: 10.3 - Birthday: Sept. 13th
Task Total: 25 pts
Grand Total: 75 pts
Task 10.2 Lit Map (Kelley Armstrong): Love Bites by Lynsay Sands +10 Task
+5 Combo (10.5 City Lights - Love, Texas)
+5 Series (Book 2 in 'Argeneau' series)
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 110
Task 10.7 Under the CoversI used the flashlight worthy list What New Yorkers Read on the Subway (http://www.flashlightworthybooks.com/...)
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.9 Scandanavian Noir)
+10 Series (Millenium # 2 (#1 used in task 20.9))
+10 LiT (Swedish)
+5 Jumbo (503 pages)
Task Total=40
Grand Total = 160
***Announcement***From this point forward, the "City Lights" task has been modified. Please read the modification at the "City Lights" thread or at the Task Overview before posting points for this task.
Task 20.5 Freedom Season (set in Louisiana) No Mercy by Sherrilyn Kenyon+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.2 Lit Map - Kelley Armstrong)
+5 Series (Book 19 in 'Dark-Hunter' series)
Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 140
Task 10.1 Football Season?: The View from Docker’s Hill at Richmond near Melbourne by J. McMillan+10 Task (the only book I could find with docker/dockers in title - I can't link it but it is on my bookshelf)
Task Total = 10
Task 10.1 Football Season? The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell by Lilian Jackson Braun
+10 Task (Cat in title)
+5 Series (Book 28 in Cat Who… series)
Task Total = 15
Task 10.2 Literature Map Harpist in the Wind by Patricia A. McKillip
+10 Task (from the literature map of Anne McCaffrey)
+5 Series (Book 3 in Riddle Master trilogy)
Task Total = 15
Task 10.5 City Lights: The Castlemaine Murders by Kerry Greenwood
+10 Task
+5 Series (Book 13 of Phryne Fisher series)
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 50
Task 10.7Madame Bovary
Flashlight Worthy/Under the Blankets
John Irving's 10 Favorite Books
10 pts
10 pts - canon
10 pts - LiT
Total 30 pts
Grand total 30
Task 10.4 One Hit Wonders - The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town by John Grisham. This is the only non-fiction book by this author.+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.8, Non-fiction)
Task Total = 15
Task 20.7 Unification Season - The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros - US author, published 1988
(No style points)
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 65
Completed task #20.6 - Multicultural Season - Portrait in Sepia, by Isabel Allende. Task points: 20
Combo: 0
Series Pts: 0
Canon: 0
Language: 10 (Spanish)
Jumbo: 0
Task total: 30 points
Challenge total to date: 60
Hi everyone! I'm new here. So please tell me if I do something wrong.RtT Tasks, Traveler Type = Constant
Task 15.1 (1951-2000) – Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card (Published in 1986)
+15 Task
Task Total = 15
Task 10.2 Lit Map (Kelley Armstrong): Cast in Chaos by Michelle Sagara+10 Task
+5 Series (Book 6 in 'Chronicles of Elantra' series)
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 155
Great Irish Tales of Horror: A Treasury of Fear by Peter Haining (Ed.) 301pp. 1995
20 (20.1) + 10 (Combo - 20.3, 10.2 - W. Somerset Maugham & Alexandre Dumas) = 30
Dracula by Bram Stoker 574pp 1897
20 (20.10A - The best gothic novels, ghost stories and early horror 1764-1937)
+ 25 Combo
10.2 - W. Somerset Maugham & Alexandre Dumas,
10.3 - November 08, 1847,
10.7 - Best of Irish Writers, Then and Now,
10.10 - Group Read
20.1 (Dracula)
+10 (Canon)
+ 5 (Jumbo)
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60 points
15.6 - Constant Traveler Four Major Plays of Chikamatsu by Monzaemon Chikamatsu 220pp 1700-1725 15 + 10 style = 25
15.5 Candide 173pp. 1759 15 + 10 style = 25
140 points this post
Total RWS points so far: 275
In Msg 61 -- Rebekah wrote: "Ok then, I'm going to try this.Jesus Out to Sea: Stories
Task 20.3 Season of shorter days = 20 pts
Combo 20.5 Freedom Season, LA and TX = 5 pts
Total 25 pts?
Let me know if I did this right or not. I'm new and goofy too!
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Hi Rebekah: This book won't work for Task 20.3.
The task states: "Read an anthology or collection of stories that includes (non-introductory) writing by more than one author."
This looks like it's a collection of stories and/or essays from only James Lee Burke. No points will be added to your score from this post. If there are contributions by more than 1 author, let me know and we can adjust your points.
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Here's the preferred formatting for this post. (Just a learning curve tip...)
20.3 - The Season of Shorter Days:
Jesus Out to Sea: Stories by James Lee Burke
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (Combo 20.5 Freedom Season, set in LA and TX)
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 15
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Thanks! -Krista
In Msg 65 - KatieDE wrote: "Task 20.5 Freedom Season: Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris+20 Task
+5 Combo (Task 10.3 Fall Birthday...author born Nov. 25)
+5 Series (Book 1, Sookie Stackhous...
(OK, so I think this is correct? My first time on RwS, so I'm not sure...)
.."
Yes, perfect scoring and formatting. Thanks!!
20.8 Non-fiction The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town by John Grisham+ 20 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.4 One Hit Wonder - only non-fiction by author)
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 70
(and thanks for having a place or two for this one, it's been penciled in the last 2 challenges and I haven't gotten to it. Finally here!)
Kiri, how do you claim task points for Dracula on 20.1 and also combo points for Dracula on 20.1?
In Msg 82 -- Coralie wrote: "Task 10.1 Football Season?: The View from Docker’s Hill at Richmond near Melbourne by J. McMillan+10 Task (the only book I could find with docker/dockers in title - I can't link it but it is on m...
Grand Total =
Good news Coralie, your Grand Total is actually 55 points. Really, I double checked my addition! :-) (10+15+15+15)
In Msg 85 - Miss GP wrote: "Completed task #20.6 - Multicultural Season - Portrait in Sepia, by Isabel Allende. Task points: 20
Combo: 0
Series Pts: 0
Canon: 0
Language: 10 (Spanish)
Jumbo: 0
Task total 30
Challenge total to date:
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Your Grand Total was 40 points after your last points were posted. The addition of these 30 points, brings your new Grand Total to 70 points
RtT Tasks, Traveler Type = I am going for Constant TravelerTask 15.1 (1951-2000)
Mrs. Bridge: A Novel by Evan S. Connell1959
+15 Task
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 25
10.4 – One Hit WondersFirst and Only Novel (2 nonfiction):
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
+ 10 Task
+ 5 Jumbo, 541 pages
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 40
In Msg 88 - Kiri wrote: "Great Irish Tales of Horror: A Treasury of Fear by Peter Haining (Ed.) 301pp. 1995
Great Irish Tales of Horror: A Treasury of Fear by Peter Haining (Ed.)
301pp. 1995
20 (20.1) + 10 (Combo - 20.3, 10.2 - W. Somerset Maugham & Alexandre Dumas) = 30
Dracula by Bram Stoker 574pp 1897
20 (20.10A - The best gothic novels, ghost stories and early horror 1764-1937)
+ 25 Combo
10.2 - W. Somerset Maugham & Alexandre Dumas,
10.3 - November 08, 1847,
10.7 - Best of Irish Writers, Then and Now,
10.10 - Group Read
20.1 (Dracula)
+10 (Canon)
+ 5 (Jumbo)
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60 points
15.6 - Constant Traveler Four Major Plays of Chikamatsu by Monzaemon Chikamatsu 220pp 1700-1725 15 + 10 style = 25
15.5 Candide 173pp. 1759 15 + 10 style = 25
140 points this post
Total RWS points so far: 275
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Hi Kiri: I have a couple of questions about the points you've claimed. (I'm also going to post the first book you claimed points for in the preferred posting format. If you could please try to post your points using this format it will be much easier for me to understand what you're posting.)
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Sample Posting Format for the first task posted above:
Task 20.1 Monsterfest Redux: Part C) Ghost Stories
"Great Irish Tales of Horror: A Treasury of Fear by Peter Haining (Ed.)
301pp. 1995
+20 Task
+10 Combo (20.3, Season of Shorter Days (Anthology), 10.2, W. Somerset Maugham & Alexandre Dumas)
Task Total = 30
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Question about points claimed for Task 20.1 above --- Which author's Literature Map have you selected to use this quarter?
Here's what Task 10.2 states, "10.2 – Literature Map
Go to Literature Map and type in an author whose work you read this summer (June, July, and August). 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. State the author you used to create your Literature Map when claiming points. "
Which author did you read last quarter who you are using to create this challenge's Literature Map? Then --- from that map, which author are you using to claim these Combo points?) Goodreads only shows me the editor of this anthology as the author of the book. Which other author's writings are contained in the book? Are you claiming the Literature Map for one of those authors?
For this book, I will allow the combo points for Task 20.3 (Anthology) but I'm going to disallow the combo points for Task 10.2 (Literature Map) until I know which author you've used to create your Literature Map, and which author you're reading from their map.
Total Points Posted for Task 20.1 = 25
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Dracula by Bram Stoker 574pp 1897
20 (20.10A - The best gothic novels, ghost stories and early horror 1764-1937)
+ 25 Combo
10.3 - November 08, 1847,
10.7 - Best of Irish Writers, Then and Now,
10.10 - Group Read
+10 (Canon)
+ 5 (Jumbo)
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Task Points = 50
Task Points Posted this message:
+25 Task 20.1
+50 Task 20.10 (Part A)
+25 Task 15.6
+25 Task 15.6
Total Points for this message: 125
Grand Total = 255
Krista wrote: "In Msg 88 - Kiri wrote: "Great Irish Tales of Horror: A Treasury of Fear by Peter Haining (Ed.) 301pp. 1995
Great Irish Tales of Horror: A Treasury of Fear by Pete..."
Maugham. (I stuck Dumas in because stoker turned up in that one too.. it was v. early.)
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and Dracula is associated with Halloween. Heavily so.
"A) Read a novel that has an adjective related to Halloween: Spooky, Creepy, Crawly, Scary etc."
Dracula is a Vampire. (dracula is synonymous for vampire at times too) .. *gestures with deviled eggs - which vampires don't generally like*
Task 20.5 Freedom Season: Cape Storm by Rachel Caine (set in Florida and in a cruise ship off the coast of Florida)+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.2 Lit Map Kelley Armstrong)
+5 Series (Book 8 of the 'Weather Warden' series)
Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 185
Krista wrote: "In Msg 61 -- Rebekah wrote: "Ok then, I'm going to try this.Jesus Out to Sea: Stories
Task 20.3 Season of shorter days = 20 pts
Combo 20.5 Freedom Season, LA and TX = 5 pts
T..."
I can't count it as Freedom Season either since it is not a novel. Is it okay if I remove that post so I won't get mixed up when i try to keep up with Grand Total points?
RTT Task15.2 (1901-1950) I read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
15 points for the task
+10 points RTT bonus, constant traveler, 2nd stop
= 25 total points for the task
Total RWS points: 105
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
+20 task points
+ 5 combo points (10.7 flashlight worthy - what new yorkers read on the subway)
+5 Series (Millenium Series)
+10 LiT (originally written in Swedish)
+5 Jumbo (590 pages)
Task Total = 45
Grand Total = 100