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In Msg 27 -- Erin wrote: "ERIN MN (Can you please change my name to this instead of ERIN C (MN)? Thanks!!! "
Sure! I've updated the name on the Readerboard. Please continue to include "Erin MN" at the beginning of your posts. That will help me keep the Erins straight. :-)
Liz VegasTask 20.1 The Devil and Miss Prym= Paulo Coelho
+20 task
+5 combo (20.6 - Brazilian author)
+10 LiT (translated by Amanda Hopkinson)
= 35 points for this task
= 280 grand total points
Task 20.8 Just The Facts."Columbine" by Dave Cullen.
+20 Task Points
+10 Combo Points (10.4 one hit wonder, his only book; 10.5 city lights, columbine is accepted name of area that the media called Littleton.)
Points this post: 30
Grand total: 125
Constant Traveler Task 215.9 1551- 1600 Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
Published: 1599
+15 Task
+10 Style Points
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 215
Miss GP wrote: "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"
Hi Miss GP:
So I take it you're going to be a Constant Traveler then? If you are electing to be a Constant Traveler, then the 10-point per book bonus starts with this, your second book.
I've marked you down as a Constant Traveler and added the 10 bonus points to your score. If you intended instead to be a Time Leaper, please let me know and I'll deduct the 10 bonus points.
New Grand Total (if Constant) = 160
Erin wrote: "ERIN C20.2 Banned Book Week
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
+20 Task Points
+10 Canon
Total Point the Task=30
Grand Total=
Hi Erin:
I've updated your Readboard name to "Erin C". Also, your grand total before this message was 90. So after this message your new score is:
Grand Total = 120
nsfancy wrote: "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)
Ta..."
I'm don't think that "rye" qualifies as a starch. It can be baked into something that would be starchy, but on its own it's a grain.
Sam -- could you give us a ruling on this one?
I'll hold off posting the points for this until Sam weighs in. Thanks! -Krista
Task 10.3 - Fall Birthdays: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (B-Day 11/21/1947)+10 Task
+ 5 Series (Hunger Games #2)
Task Total = 15
Task 10.8 - Harvest Moon: Ice Moon by Jan Costin Wagner (B-Day 10/13/1972)
+10 Task
+15 Combo (10.3 Fall B-Day, 10.7 Flashlight Worthy: Nordic Noir list, 20.9 Sam's Scandinavian Noir - Finland)
+10 LiT
Task Total = 35
Task 10.10 - Group Reads: Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo (20.7 Unification - Japan, 1987)
+10 LiT (Japanese)
Task Total = 25
Post Total = 75
Grand Total = 210
Liz wrote: "Liz Vegas10.1 The Lion in Winter: A Play - James Goldman
+10 task
task total = 10
Grand total = 290"
She gets combo points for this Krista. It was originally published in 1966, so combo with 20.7, and Goldman has an October birthday, so combo with 10.3. I didn't look at anything else.
Task 20.3 The Season of Shorter Days: The Truth about Cats and Dogs by Lori Foster, et al. (anthology with three authors)+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.1 Football Season (Cats))
Task Total= 25
Grand Total= 580
Task 20.9 Scandanavian NoirThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
+20 task points
+5 Series (Millenium Series)
+10 LiT (originally written in Swedish)
+5 Jumbo (590 pages)
Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 175
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Liz wrote: "Liz Vegas10.1 The Lion in Winter: A Play - James Goldman
+10 task
task total = 10
Grand total = 290"
She gets combo points for this Krista. It was original..."
Thanks for looking out, Sam! Goodreads says Goldman died in October, but he was not born in the fall. When I claimed points for the Unification task, I used an American author, so I wasn't sure if I cold use another American when claiming combo points...
IF i can, then I guess my new total is 295 points.
Krista, do you need me to edit my post?
Krista wrote: "nsfancy wrote: "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 p..."
It's okay...it's a crop associated with harvest that's not a fruit.
Krista wrote: "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 (bei..."
Hi Krista, I just picked up that you've corrected my points, thank you very much (and to Deanna and Dan)! I haven't yet read Homeland or Pigs in Heaven
Task 10.6 What a Way to Make a Living: Between a Heart and a Rock Place by Pat Benatar (memoir of her singing career)+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.8 Just the Facts - nonfiction book over 200 pages)
Task Total= 15
Grand Total= 595
Task 15.3 (1851-1900) - Constant travelerRomola by George Eliot (pub'd 1863)
15 task points
10 style points
total for this task = 25
grand total = 155
Liz wrote: "Thanks for looking out, Sam! Goodreads says Goldman died in October, but he was not born in the fall. When I claimed points for the Unification task, I used an American author, so I wasn't sure if I cold use another American when claiming combo points...IF i can, then I guess my new total is 295 points.
Krista, do you need me to edit my post?"
Sorry, I'll butt out. I forgot about the duplicate/non-duplicate countries. I just didn't want you to miss out on anything.
Hi Krista, If it is okay with you I would like to move a book I finished to a different Task.
I would like to use Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K Rowling (880 L) for Task 10.8 instead of 20.2.
If possible, please remove the following points; posted in 207:
Task 20.2 – Banned Book Week
I 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
I would like to add the following:
10.8- Harvest Moon- B- novel with Moon on the cover
by J.K. Rowling+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.7, "Flashlight- I am using the Childrens Books- The Complete Harry Potter Series list; 20.2- Banned/Challenged- 2000-2009 list- Entire Harry Potter series)
+ 10 Series (Book 3 in series; my 2nd book in series)
Task Total = 30
New Grand Total = 180
Sam wrote: "Krista wrote: "nsfancy wrote: "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 hi..."
It's okay...it's a crop associated with harvest that's not a fruit.
Okey doke, I'll get this book added next time I update the scores. :-)
10.9 ~ Coralie's "Also Known As"
- Little Bee (also published as The Other Hand)Task Points 10
Grand Total 185
Dan wrote: "I'm pretty sure that rye qualifies as a starch:http://www.starch.dk/isi/starch/rye.asp"
Hi Dan: Thanks for the link. I didn't even know there was an International Starch Institue. Learn something new everyday.
20.5 Freedom Season Light in August+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.3, Faulkner born 9/25/1897)
+10 Canon
+ 5 Jumbo, 507 pages
Task Total= 40
Grand Total = 195
20.2 – Banned Book WeekRead a book from 100 Challenged/Banned- 2000 to 2009 List
Forever by Judy Blume #16 on list- no lexile score- I assume due to the controversy surrounding the novel.
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (20.7- 1976-American)
Task Total = 25
New Grand Total = 205
Krista wrote: "Sam wrote: "Krista wrote: "nsfancy wrote: "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,..."
Whew! Thanks Sam and Dan. I have an agricultural background and when I saw starch on the task description it never occurred to me that you weren't referring to grain crops.
Task points 20
+10 Canon
+10 Combo (20.2 Banned book,..."
Whew! Thanks Sam and Dan. I have an agricultural background and when I saw starch on the task description it never occurred to me that you weren't referring to grain crops.
Task 20.5 Freedom Season: The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen (set in North Carolina)+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.8 Shine On Harvest Moon - "Moon" in title)
Task Total= 25
Grand Total=620
RtT (Constant Traveller) 15.4 The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing World by Margaret Cavendish (1666)
Task points 15
+10 Style
Task total 25
Total points 225
Task points 15
+10 Style
Task total 25
Total points 225
Task 10.9 Also Known As: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie Also published as Ten Little Indians+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.3 Fall Birthdays - born September 15; 10.7 Under the Covers - "Creepy Houses That Must Be Explored")
Task Total= 20
Grand Total= 640
Task 20.3 The Season of Shorter Days: Men Of Courage II by Lori Foster, et al. (anthology with three authors)+20 Task
Task Total= 20
Grand Total= 660
Task 20.3 Season of Shorter DaysWastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse edited by John Joseph Adams
This was a compilation of short stories by different authors about the end of the world as we know it. Lots of good stuff.
task points = 20
grand total = 175
15.4 1851-1800 Sense and Sensibilityby Jane Austen (1811)4th stop as a Constant Traveller
+15 Task points
+10 bonus
Task total = 25
Grand total = 150
Colleen is quickly becoming a hero of mine. May I ask where you get all that time to read? :)
20.9 Scandinavian Noir The Indian Bride+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.3, Fossum born 11/6/1954; 10.9 AKA Calling Out for You)
+ 5 Series (Inspector Sejer series)
+10 LiT from Norwegian
Task Total = 45
Grand Total = 240
Reading through Time: Constant Traveler Task 15.3 1851-1900: News From Nowhere by William Morris pub. 1890
+15 Task
+10 Style
Task Total= 25
Grand Total= 685
ERIN CRtT Traveler Type=Constant Traveler
15.1 (1951-2000)
Mating: A Novel by Norman Rush (pub. 1991)
+15 Task points
Task Total=15
Grand Total=110
ERIN CRtT Constant Traveler
15.2 (1901-1950)
The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles (pub. 1949)
+15 Task points
+10 Style points
Task Total=25
Grand Total=135
Task 20.8 Non-fictionI read Free For All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library by Don Borchert
20 task points
10 combo points (Task 10.6 work memoir and Task 10.4 one hit wonder. This is Borchert's only non-fiction book.)
total this post = 30
grand total = 205
10.3 – Fall BirthdaysMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Her birthday is November 21
+10 Task
0 combo as I have already claimed Catching Fire for this task
Task Total = 10
New Grand Total = 215
Task 10.10 Group Read: Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.7 Unification Season - Japan, 1988)
+10 LiT (Japanese)
Task Total= 25
Grand Total= 710
Task 20.6 (Multicultural season) The Devil and Miss Prym by Paulo Coelho
Task points 20
+10 LiT
+5 Combo (20.1 "devil" in title)
Task total 35
Total points 280
I really enjoyed this book.
Task points 20
+10 LiT
+5 Combo (20.1 "devil" in title)
Task total 35
Total points 280
I really enjoyed this book.
RwS10.3 – Fall Birthdays: On Writing by Stephen King (21 September)
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.6, work memoir; 20.8, Non-fiction)
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 35
20.3 Season of Shorter DaysThe Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009
+20 Task Points
+5 Series
Total points this post: 25
Grand Total: 150
Task 20.8 Just the Facts: Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer by Novella Carpenter (nonfiction, 288 pp)+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.5 City Lights - "City" in title)
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 735
Task 20.3 Season of Shorter Days: Miami Noir edited by Les Standiford (anthology of stories by more than one author)+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.5 City Lights - title references Miami where the stories are set)
+5 Series (unnumbered, part of the "Noir" series by Akashic Books)
Task Total= 30
Grand Total= 765
20.7 Unification Season: Backwards & Forwards: A Technical Manual for Reading Plays by David Ball American published 1983+20 Task
Task Total= 20
Grand Total= 235
Liz Vegasprevious total = 295
20.2 Banned books - As I Lay Dyingby William Faulkner
+20 task points
+20 combo points
(10.2- faulkner is on the lit. map of F S
Fitzgerald)
(10.3 Faulkner's birthday is Sept. 25)
(10.7 Flashlight - Oprah's list)
(20.5 takes place in Mississippi)
+10 Canon
= 50 points
grand total = 345 points
Reading Through Time - Constant Traveler15.1 - Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters (1998)
Task total: 15
20.1 Monsterfest -The Witches by Roald Dahl (740 Lexile)
+20 Task points
+5 Combo (Fall Birthday)
Task total: 25
New points: 40
Grand total: 110
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Task 15.5 (1751-1800) - Vathek by William Beckford (pub. 1782)
+15 task points
+10 bonus points
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 275