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RtT - Constant Traveler15.10 (1501-1550): The Prince - Machiavelli (1532)
+15
Task Total = 15
RwS
20.2 (Banned Book): Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling (Lexile 980)
+20 Task
+10 Combo (20.1 "Deathly," 10.2 Stephenie Meyer Lit Map)
+5 Series (Harry Potter)
+10 Jumbo (759 pages)
Task Total = 45
20.6 (Multicultural): Monsieur Pain - Roberto Bolano (Chilean)
+20 Task
+10 LiT (Spanish)
Task Total = 30
New Points = 90
Grand Total = 110
Task 10.2 Literature Map - Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (I read The Help by Kathryn Stockett in August and Suzanne Collins was on the map : http://www.literature-map.com/kathryn... )
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.3, B-Day 11/21)
+5 Series (Hunger Games #3)
No Lexile score for this YA book, but 1st book in the series scored: 810
Task Total: 20
Grand Total = 85
Krista wrote: "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 -..."
Thanks Krista.
I really messed up my post. Not only did I add up my totals wrong but I didn't even think that The View from Docker's Hill also fits 10.5 City Lights. Is it too late to claim 5 combo points?
Coralie
Constant Traveler Ticket15.4 (RTT 1801 - 1850) - A Woman of Thirty by Honoré de Balzac 195pp (1832)
15
+ 10 (style)
= 25
Total this post: 25
RWS Total: In question due to prior post
Reading with StyleTask 10.2: Literature Map - Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (from Lit. Map of Stephenie Meyer)
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.3, Fall Birthday Nov. 21)
+5 Series (Hunger Games #3)
(as noted above this series has a high Lexile score even though this book isn't scored)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 20
Reading with Style Task 10.7 Flashlight Worthy - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The list used was "Book Club Recommendations: The Most Popular Reads of 2008 from the Editors of Reading Group Guides"
+10 Task
+5 Jumbo (550 pages)
Lexile score:730
Task Total:15
Grand Total: 35
Liz Vegas20.8 The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time - Jeff Deck
+20 task (20.8 - 269 pages Nonfiction)
+10 combo (10.4 this is the only book by this author, 10.6 work memoir)
= 30 points for this task
Grand Total = 115 points
Task 20.1 Monsterfest Redux: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire+20 Task
+ 5 Series (Book 1 in 'Wicked' series)
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 25
In Msg 97 -- Kiri wrote: "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..."
Maugham. (I stuck Dumas in because stoker turned up in that one too.. it was v. early.)
So is Maugham your Literature Map author (Task 10.2) for this challenge? You can only use ONE author for the entire season so there is no need to stick Dumas in as an author for the Literature Map if Maugham is the author.
I just looked at Maugham's Literature Map, and Bram Stoker is not found on that map. "Dracula" won't qualify for Combo points with Task 10.2 if you're using Maugham as your Literature Map author.
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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*
...."
Dracula may be associated with Halloween, but he doesn't quite fit for any of the specific qualifiers laid out in task 20.1.
Task 20.1
A) Dracula is not an adjective
B) The word; Devil, Witch, Vampire, Zombie, or Werewolf isn't in the title
C) A ghost doesn't play a prominent role in the story.
In Msg 100 - Rebekah wrote: "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 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?
..."
Hi Rebekah: I'd prefer it if you didn't delete the whole message. If you delete the message, then all numbering of message # prefixes that I add to my posts when commenting/replying to an original post will be wrong.
It would be better if you'd go back to your original message and add strikethrough's (line through) your text. With a note as to why this message should be disregarded. Thanks! -Krista
10.10 – Group ReadKitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo 20.7 – (Unification Season Japan, 1988)
+10 Lit (Translated from Japanese)
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 65
In Msg 105 -- Coralie wrote: "Krista wrote: "In Msg 82 -- Coralie wrote: "Task 10.1 Football Season?: The View from Docker’s Hill at Richmond near Melbourne by J. McMillan....Thanks Krista. I really messed up my post. Not only did I add up my totals wrong but I didn't even think that The View from Docker's Hill also fits 10.5 City Lights. Is it too late to claim 5 combo points?
Coralie
..."
Hi Coralie: No worries, it's not too late. :-) I'll add 5 more Combo points for this book. Your new Grand Total = 60.
Karen GHHS wrote: "10.4 – One Hit WondersFirst and Only Novel (2 nonfiction):
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese "
Karen, how did you like this book? It's been in my TBR pile for about a year now. It's received high praise. I'm just curious what you thought about it. Thanks!
10.1 Football SeasonThe Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun
+10 Task Points
+ 5 Combo Points (20.7 Unification Season, US Author, Published 1966)
+ 5 Series Points (The Cat Who.... Series)
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 180
Krista wrote: "Karen GHHS wrote: "10.4 – One Hit WondersFirst and Only Novel (2 nonfiction):
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese "
Karen, how did you like this book? It..."
I liked it a lot, especially the last quarter or so of the book. There is a lot of medical description throughout and that got a little much for me at times, but it was otherwise wonderful!
RtT task - Constant Traveler15.2 (1950-1901) Black Mischief by Evelyn Waugh (1932)
+15 task
+10 style points
RwS task
10.2 Literature Map. I read Man Walks Into a Room by Nicole Krauss. I'm using the lit map for Dave Eggers who I read for the last challenge.
+10 task points
no style points (had to read this for book group, so I was just glad to find a place to put it!)
total this post = 35
grand total = 90
ok, Krista, but how do I do a strike through?
RtT Tasks - Constant Traveller
15.1 Utopia by Thomas More
Task points 15
Total points 15
15.2 Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
Task points 15
+ 10 Style
Task total 25
Total points 40
15.1 Utopia by Thomas More
Task points 15
Total points 15
15.2 Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
Task points 15
+ 10 Style
Task total 25
Total points 40
RwS tasks
10.6 Lucky Man: A Memoir by Michael J. Fox (What a way to make a living)
Task points 10
Total points 50
10.4 A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (One hit wonder from provided list)
Task points 10
+5 Combo (Freedom season - set in American south)
Task total 15
Total points 65
10.6 Lucky Man: A Memoir by Michael J. Fox (What a way to make a living)
Task points 10
Total points 50
10.4 A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (One hit wonder from provided list)
Task points 10
+5 Combo (Freedom season - set in American south)
Task total 15
Total points 65
Rebekah wrote: "ok, Krista, but how do I do a strike through?"Look at the little "(some html is ok)" link right next to the "add book/author" link. It tells you how to do it around a third of the way from the bottom.
Replace the brackets ([,]) in this example with less than or greater than symbols (<,>)
[s]example[/s]
Rebekah, I was trying to show you how but it just kept striking through my text, lol.In the comment box, click on the link that says "some html is ok". Instructions are there. :o)
Rebekah wrote: "ok, Krista, but how do I do a strike through?"Hi Rebekah: If you click on the (some html is ok) link in the upper right corner when you have a comment 'box' open, it will show you how to add the commands.
Liz Vegas10.10 Kitchen- Banana Yoshimoto
+10 task
+5 combo (20.7 - 1988/ Japanese Author
+10 translation (Japanese)
=25 points
Grand total = 140 points
Task 20.8 (Non-Fiction Book): In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (US Author, Published 1966) +20 Task
+15 Combo (10.3 Fall birthday Sept. 30, 20.2 Banned Book Week - (List A), 20.7 Unification Season (US Author, publ 1966))
+10 Canon
Task Total = 45
Grand Total = 230
Task 20.10C Late One Night...: I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (On the HWA reading list)+20 Task
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 115
Task 10.3 Fall Birthdays: Hot Finish by Erin McCarthy (Birthday - September 13)+10 Task
+5 Series (Book 3 of 'Fast Track' series)
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 245
Task 15.9 (1551-1600) The Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kyd (Publ 1589)+15 Task
+10 Style Points
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 140
Task 10.3 Fall Birthdays: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (Birthday - November 21) (Lexile score = 820L)+10 Task
+5 Series (Book 2 of 'Hunger Games' series)
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 260
Task 10.9 Also Known As...:Acharnians/Knights by Aristophanes (Also translated as The Acharnians or The Knights)+10 Task
+10 Canon (just Knights)
+10 LiT (Ancient Greek)
Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 170
I completed RtT Tasks, Traveler Type-Time LeaperTask 15.1 "Sherwood" by Parke Godwin (pub. 1991)
Task Points:15
Style Points: 0
Grand Total: 35
ERIN C10.3 Fall Birthdays
Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
D.H. Lawrence was born on 9 Sept. 1885
+10 Task Points
+5 Combo (20.2 Listed as #48 on Banned Books List)
Task Total=15
Grand Total=40
20.6 Multicultural Season The Dancer and the Thief: A Novel by Antonio Skármeta, Chilean+20 task
+ 5 combo (10.3, born 11/7/1940)
+10 LiT
Task Total = 35
Grand Total = 105
RtT Tasks, Traveler Type = ConstantTask 15.8 (1600-1650) - Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare
(first performed in 1602 and printed in 1609)
+15 task points
+10 bonus points
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 155
Task 10.5 City Lights - "City" in the title The City & The City by China Miéville+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.3 Fall Birthdays (September 6))
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 275
Task 10.2 Literature Map: Saving Fish from Drowning: A Novel by Amy Tan (John Irving's map)+ 10 Task
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 65
RWS TaskTask 10.3 Birthdays
I read Big Jack by J.D. Robb (birthdate 10-10-50) for 10 points
+5 points series (10.7 In Death Series)
+5 points combo (10.2 Lit Map of Janet Evanovich)
=20 points for the task
Total RWS Points: 125
Task 20.6 Multicultural SeasonDaughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende (Allende was born in Peru, raised in Chile)
+20 Task Points
+10 LiT (Written in Spanish)
Task Total: 30 Points
Grand Total: 210
Task 20.3 Season of Shorter Days - The Power of Love by Lori Foster, et al. (anthology of stories by 12 authors)+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.1 Football Season (Power))
Task Total= 25
Grand Total= 300
Take 10.1 - Football SeasonBeneath the Lions Gaze by Maaza Mengiste
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.4 One Hit Wonder - only book written by author to date; 20.7 Unification Season - 1974 Ethiopia)
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 35
10.9 "Also Known As"Hope Leslie: or, Early Times in the Massachusetts by Catherine Maria Sedgwick.
Titled Hope Leslie, originally published as Early Times in the Massachusetts.
+10 Task
Task Total = 10
Grand Total = 40
RrT Task 1Constant Traveller
Homeland, The Bean Trees, Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver
(I read The Bean Trees)
Published 1988
Points: 0 (being the first book)
Total points: remain 35
Shannon wrote: "RrT Task 1Constant Traveller
Homeland, The Bean Trees, Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver
(I read The Bean Trees)
Published 1988
Points: 0 (being the first book)
I think you still get the 15 points for the task...indicate which it is (15.1, 15.2, etc.). You just don't get any bonus RTT points until your second book. Right?
Total p..."
I believe that's correct. It's +15 task points for the first step of a Constant Traveler's RtT... the second book and so on will be +15 task and +10 style. If I've understood...
Task 20.10A Horror/GothicI read Dracula by Bram Stoker.
20 task points
+5 combo 10.10 group read
+5 combo 10.3 fall birthday (Nov. 9)
+10 canon
total this post = 40
grand total = 130
In Msg 143 - Shannon wrote: "RrT Task 1Constant Traveller
Homeland, The Bean Trees, Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver
(I read The Bean Trees)
Published 1988
Points: 0 (being the first book)
Total p..."
Hi Shannon: The folks commenting above are correct. If you have identified yourself as a Constant Traveler, the first task you complete (either 15.1, or 15.10 depending on which end of the eras you start with) will earn 15 points. All tasks after that earn 15 points + a 10 point style bonus.
You new Grand Total after claiming points for The Bean Trees for Task 15.1 = 50
If you've also read Homeland and Other Stories and Pigs in Heaven during this challenge, please let me know which task(s) you are using the books for.
Task 10.3 Fall Birthdays Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (November 21) (Lexile = 800)+10 Task
Task Total= 10
Grand Total= 310
RtT Tasks, Traveler Type=Time LeaperTask 15.5 (1800-1751) - Candide by Voltaire (pub. 1759)
+15 task points
Task total = 15
Grand total = 15
Task 20.1B Monsterfest Redux (Zombie) My Zombie Valentine by Katie MacAlister et al. +20 Task
+5 Combo (20.3 Season of Shorter Days (anthology by 4 authors))
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 335
20.4 Harvest Season In Cold Blood by Truman Capote+20 Task ( it takes place mostly on a farm, and certainly the main events center around what happened on said farm)
+ 20 Combo ( 10.3 Birthday Sept.30, 1924; 20.2 Banned Book List A; 20.7 American Published 1965; 20.8 Non-Fiction 343 pgs.)
+10 Canon
Task Total: 50
Grand Total: 125
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+ 10 pts Task
+ 10 pts Combo (combo 20.8 Just the Facts (240 pgs), combo 10.4 One Hit Wonder (only book by either Andy or Jonathan Hillstrand)
Task total 20
Grand total 50