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RtT Tasks, Traveler Type = ConstantTask 15.1 (1951-2000) - How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez (Publ 1991)
+15 Task
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 80
In Msg 199 -- Cait wrote: "Task 10.9.... Krista, when I last posted (post #76), I claimed points for Task 10.5 by reading Freedom (before the task was modified). I just now realized that I only claimed task points and forgot to claim Jumbo Style points (+5, since the book is 576 pages). Is it too late to amend my score to reflect the style points? If not, then my Grand Total = 70. Thanks, and sorry for any inconvenience..."
Nope, it's not too late. I've added the 5 Jumbo points to that book. No problem.
Grand Total = 70
In Msg 201-- Rebekah wrote: "Task 20.3 - Season of Shorter Days- Penguin Book of Indian Ghost Stories by Ruskin Bond 
+20 Task
+5 Combo (task 20.1 Monster Redux for Ghost in title)
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 145
Hi Rebekah: Did ghosts have a major role in these stories? Part C of Task 20.1 (Monsterfest) needs to have ghosts featured in the story, not "Ghost" in the title.
I'll post the Combo points for Task 20.1. But if the book doesn't fit this task, please let me know so I can adjust the score. Thanks!
Out of the 21 stories one was about a werewolf, one was about a vampire, two were horror and the remaining were all about ghosts.These were all based in India. There were 18 authors.Things haven't changed much. When we lived there, we had some guards who wouldn't go check a section of the property at night because it was haunted by a ghost!
Task 20.2 – Banned Book WeekI read a book from the 2000-2009 list (Entire Harry Potter series is listed)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling- 880 L
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.7, "Flashlight- I am using the Childrens Books- The Complete Harry Potter Series list)
+ 10 Series (Book 3 in series; my 2nd book in series)
Task Total = 35
20.5 – Freedom Season- American South
I read Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.3, Fall Birthday- Nov 25, 1951)
+ 5 Series (Book 9 in the series; my 1st book in series)
Task Total = 30
20.7 – Unification Season (published between 1961-1989
I read Wideacre by Philippa Gregory
It was published in 1987; she is English
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.4, Harvest/Farm- entire novel takes place on a farm in the 18th century during Harvest over 5 yrs)
+ 5 Series (Book 1 in the series; my 1st book in series)
+ 5 Jumbo- 648 pages
Task Total = 35
New Grand Total = 170
Task 10.8 - Moon depicted on the cover of the book:
. "The Capture" by Kathryn Lasky. (The moon is behind the owl's ear tuft in the upper right corner of the book.)+10 Task points
+5 Series (Book 1 in the "Guardian of Ga'hoole" series) Lexile score 730
Task total = 15
TOTAL = 125
Liz Vegas10.8 The Moon Is Down- John Steinbeck (moon in title and a moon on the cover)
+10 task points
+5 combo (10.2 - Steinbeck appears on Literature map of F. Scott Fitzgerald
=15 task total
Grand total = 220 points
Task 20.9 Scandinavian Noir: Frozen Tracks by Åke Edwardson Sweden+20 Task
+5 Series (Book 5 of'Inspector Erik Winter' series)
+10 LiT (Swedish)
Task Total= 35
Grand Total= 420
Task 10.8 The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
Task points 10
+10 Canon
+5 Jumbo (528 pages)
+5 Combo (20.10 A #19 on list)
Task total 30
Total points 120
Task 20.10 A The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (#8 on list)
Task points 20
+10 Canon
+5 Combo (10.3 Wilde born Oct 16 1854, 10.4 one hit wonder)
Task total 40
Total points 160
Task points 10
+10 Canon
+5 Jumbo (528 pages)
+5 Combo (20.10 A #19 on list)
Task total 30
Total points 120
Task 20.10 A The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (#8 on list)
Task points 20
+10 Canon
+5 Combo (10.3 Wilde born Oct 16 1854, 10.4 one hit wonder)
Task total 40
Total points 160
nsfancy wrote: "Task 20.10 A The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (#8 on list)Task points 20
+10 Canon
+5 Combo (10.3 Wilde born Oct 16 1854)"
It's also a combo with 10.4 One Hit Wonder
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "nsfancy wrote: "Task 20.10 A The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (#8 on list)
Task points 20
+10 Canon
+5 Combo (10.3 Wilde born Oct 16 1854)"
It's also a combo with 10.4 One Hit Wo..."
So it is! Thank you Elizabeth.
Krista, can I add 5 points to Dorian Gray for a total of 160 please?
Task points 20
+10 Canon
+5 Combo (10.3 Wilde born Oct 16 1854)"
It's also a combo with 10.4 One Hit Wo..."
So it is! Thank you Elizabeth.
Krista, can I add 5 points to Dorian Gray for a total of 160 please?
Task 10.9 Coralie's Task: Also Known AsHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling was also published as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Lexile Score 880 (http://www.lexile.com/search/filters/...)
+10 Task points
+10 Combo Points (10.2 Literature Map of Stephenie Meyer: http://www.literature-map.com/stephen... 20.2 Banned Book: http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy...)
+5 Series (1st in the Harry Potter series)
Task Points: 25
Grand Total: 270
20.10A The Best Gothic Novels, etc. The Picture of Dorian Gray (#7 on list when I checked)+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.3 Fall Birthday born 10/16/1854, 10.4 One Hit Wonder - only novel)
+10 Canon
Task Total = 40
Grand Total = 155
(see how I knew nsfancy?)
In Msg 214 -- nsfancy wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "nsfancy wrote: "Task 20.10 A The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (#8 on list)Task points 20
+10 Canon
+5 Combo (10.3 Wilde born Oct 16 1854)"
It's also a combo with 10.4 One Hit Wonder
So it is! Thank you Elizabeth.
Krista, can I add 5 points to Dorian Gray for a total of 160 please? ..."
Yep, since I haven't actaully gotten to this adding the points for this message yet, you can edit it in the original message. Just add the 5 new Combo points to message 212 and I'll pick it up when I do the scoring. Thanks!
Task 10.1 Football Season: The Eagle Catcher by Margaret Coel (Eagle)+10 Task
+5 Series (Book 1 of 'Wind River Reservation' series)
Task Total= 15
Grand Total= 435
Task 20.7 Unification SeasonI read The Night Trilogy: Night, Dawn, The Accident (published 1969) by Elie Wiesel (Transylvania/Romania).
20 points
+ 5 Combo for 10.7 (Flashlight Worthy: WWII/Holocaust)
+ 10 Lost in Translation (French)
= 35 points for the task
Total RWS Points: 175
20.7 Unification Season : Les belles-soeurs by Michel TremblayCanadian Author published in 1965
+20 Task
+10 Lit (originally published in French)
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 190
Task 15.2 RtT2A Town like Alice by Nevil Shute
Published 1950
Task points = 10
Total points = 65
Task 10.5 "City Lights" - The Devil in the White City Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson+10 Task
+10 Combo (20.1 Monsterfest, 20.8 Just the facts)
Task points = 20
10.10 - Group Read The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
+10 Task
Task points = 10
Total for post = 30
Grand total = 65
Task 10.8 B Shine On Harvest Moon: Total Eclipse by Rachel Caine
(moon on cover)+10 Task
+10 Series (Book 9 of 'Weather Warden' series - another book from this series (Cape Storm) was used previously for task 20.5)
Task Total= 20
Grand Total= 455
RtT Tasks, Traveler Type = ConstantTask 15.6 (1701-1750) - Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure by John Cleland
(pub. 1749)
+15 task points
+10 bonus points
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 250
Shannon wrote: "Task 15.2 RtT2A Town like Alice by Nevil Shute
Published 1950
Task points = 10
Total points = 65"
Shannon, as this is your second RtT book as a constant traveler, you receive 15 task points + 10 bonus points.
ERIN MN (Can you please change my name to this instead of ERIN C (MN)? Thanks!!!
10.7 - Under the Covers
Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer - Novella Carpenter
*LIST = Culinary Memoirs That Make Perfect Beach Reads
+10 Task Points
+15 Combo Points (10.5 "City" / 20.4 Farm - the author turns a vacant lot into a "farm" plants food and raises animals / 20.8 Non-Fiction 288pgs)
Total Points = 25
Grand Total = 80
Task 20.2A Banned Book Week: Ulysses by James Joyce+20 Task
+10 Canon
+10 Jumbo (783 pp)
Task Total= 40
Grand Total= 495
ERIN C20.8 Just the Facts, Ma'am
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson
+20 Task Points
Total for Task=20
Grand Total=65
ERIN C10.3 Fall Birthdays
Lord Of The Silent by Elizabeth Peters
Elizabeth Peters was born 09/29/1927
+10 task points
+10 series (#13 in Amelia Peabody series. I also read one from this series for 10.1)
+5 jumbo (640pp.)
Total for Task=25
Grand Total=90
Task 10.2 Literature MapNature by Ralph Waldo Emerson
My Literature Map is based on Mark Twain: http://www.literature-map.com/mark+tw...
+10 Task
+10 Canon
Points this post: 20
Grand Total: 95
20.7 Unification Season: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroEngland-May 1989
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.3 Fall Birthdays-Nov. 8)
Task Total = 25
Challenge Total = 70
RTT TASKTask 15.3 (1851-1900)
I read What Katy Did (Lexile 940) for 15 points
+ 10 points (Constant Traveler)
= 25 points for the task
Total RWS Points: 200
Liz Vegas15.3 (1851-1900) The Invisible Man- H.G. Wells
+15 pt task (published in 1897)
+10 3rd stop constant traveler
= 25 task points
grand total: 245 points
Task 20.8 ‘Just the Facts Ma’am’Life And Explorations Of Fridtjof Nansen
+20 Task
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 135
10.4 – One Hit WondersFirst and Only Novel (1 short story collection):
The Invisible Bridge: A Novel by Julie Orringer
+10 Task
+5 Jumbo (602 pages)
Task Total = 15
20.5 – Freedom Season
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.4 One Hit Wonders)
Task Total = 25
Task Total = 15 + 25 = 40
Grand Total = 115
10.3 – Fall BirthdaysCatching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Birthday November 21
+ 10 Task
+ 5 Series (Book 2)
Task Total = 15
New Grand Total: 185
10.3 Fall Birthdays: Danny the Champion of the World-Roald Dahl (770 Lexile, 9/13/16)+10 Task points
10.3 Fall Birthdays: Mockingjay-Suzanne Collins (11/21/47)
+10 Task points
+5 Series (Hunger Games #3)
Task Total= 15
10.5 City Lights: Hiroshima-John Hersey
+10 Task points
+5 Combo (20.8 Nonfiction)
Task Total= 15
20.5 Freedom Season: The Truest Pleasure- Robert Morgan (Set in South Carolina)
+20 Task Points
+10 Combo (20.4 Set on a farm, 10.3 Birthday (10/3/44)
Task Total = 30
Grand Total= 70
RtT Tasks, Traveler Type = Constant Task 15.1 (1951-2000) – Dreamsnake (Publ 1978)
+15 Task
Task Total = 15
Task 15.2 (1901-1950) Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (Publ 1937)
+15 Task
+10 Style Points
Task Total = 25
RwS
Task 10.1 Football Season?:
Lion in the Valley
+10 Task
+5 Series (Amelia Peabody)
Task Total = 15
Task 10.7 Under the Covers
Stargirl
+ 10 Task Books for strong girls in middle school
Task Total = 10
20.9 Scandinavian Noir
The Girl Who Played with Fire
+ 20 Task
+ 5 Series (Millennium series)
+10 Lost in Translation (Swedish)
+ 5 Jumbo (569 pages)
= Task total 40
Grand Total = 240
Task 10.3 Fall Birthdays: Angel Time by Anne Rice who was born Oct.4.+10 Task
+ 5 Series (Book 1 in 'The Songs of the Seraphim' series)
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 45
In Msg 222 - Shannon wrote: "Task 15.2 RtT2A Town like Alice by Nevil Shute
Published 1950
Task points = 10
Total points = 65"
Hi Shannon:
Since you are a Constant Traveler, and this is the second book read for RtT here's how the book is scored:
+15 Task
+10 Combo
Task Total = 25
New Grand Total = 95
10.8 Shine On Harvest Moon
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (Lexile 880 - http://www.lexile.com/book/details/97...)
+10 Task Points
+ 5 Combo Points (20.2 Banned Books List: http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy...)
+10 Series (Harry Potter Series - used #1 for 10.9)
+25 Task Points
Grand Total: 295
Task 20.2 Banned Book Week (http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy...)Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling (Lexile 940: http://www.lexile.com/search/filters/...)
+20 Task Points
+15 Series Points (Harry Potter Series: Used #1 for 10.0, Used #3 for 10.8)
+35 Task Points
Grand Total: 330
Task 10.10 Group ReadI read Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women
10 points
+ 5 points (10.3 birthday 9/14/55)
=15 task points
Total RWS Points: 215
Completed Task 10.3: Read a book by an author who was born in September, October or November. Blindness, by José Saramago birthdate November 16, 1922.Task points: 10
+ 10 points for language (translated from the Portuguese)
= 20 task points
Total challenge points: 135
Completed Task #15.2: Reading through Time, 1950 - 1901. The Age of Innocence, published in 1920.Task points: 15
Total challenge points to date: 150
Task 10.8 Shine On Harvest Moon: The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham (A- has the word "moon" in the title"+10 Task
+10 Canon
Task Total= 20
Grand Total= 515
ERIN C20.2 Banned Book Week
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
+20 Task Points
+10 Canon
Total Point the Task=30
Grand Total=95
Task 20.4 The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Starch in title)
Task points 20
+10 Canon
+10 Combo (20.2 Banned book, 10.4 One hit wonder - as per provided list)
Task total 40
Total points 200
Task points 20
+10 Canon
+10 Combo (20.2 Banned book, 10.4 One hit wonder - as per provided list)
Task total 40
Total points 200
Reading Through Time: Constant TravellerTask 15.1 1951-2000 Embraced by Love by Suzanne Brockmann pub. 1995
+15 Task
Task Total= 15
Task 15.2 1901-1950 The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain pub. 1934
+15 Task
+10 Style
Task Total= 25
Grand Total= 555
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+10 Task Gordon Dickson born November 1 1923
Task Total = 10
Task 10.3 Fall Birthdays
Anne of Green Gables
+10 Task L.M. Montgomery born November 30 1874
+ 5 Series
Task Total = 15
Task 10.9 Also Known As
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+10 Task also published as Little Bee
Task Total = 10
Task 20.8 ‘Just the Facts Ma’am’
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+20 Task
Task Total = 20
Total this post 55
Grand Total = 115