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Liz M wrote: "RtT Tasks, Traveler Type = ConstantTask 15.1 (1951-2000) - Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams (pub. 1987). A perfectly fun & frivolous book to while a..."
Got to have some of those to clear the palate.
Task 20.8 Krista's non-fictionI read Fodor's Walt Disney World with Kids 2011: with Universal Orlando, SeaWorld & Aquatica (I hope it counts....it is not a novel, so I wasn't sure)
20 points
Total RWS Points: 275
RtT Tasks, Traveler Type = ConstantTask 15.3 (1900-1851) - Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne (1864)
+ 15 Task
+ 10 Traveler Points
Task Total = 25
New Grand Total = 240
10.2 Literature MapLucifer's Hammer
+ 10 Task Larry Niven on literature map of Anne McCaffrey
+ 5 Jumbo (640 pages)
Task Total 15
Task 10.4 One Hit wonders
The Secret Year
+ 10 Task only book published (so far)
Task Total = 10
20.7 Unification Season
Eighth Moon: True Story of a Young Girl's Life in Communist China
+ 20 Task 1964 China
+ 10 Combo (10.8 moon in title, 20.8 Just the facts ma’am)
= Task total 30
Grand Total = 370
Task 10.8 Shine On Harvest Moon: Friday Night Bites by Chloe Neill (Option B - Moon on the cover on upper left side)
+10 Task
+5 Series (Book 2 in the 'Chicagoland Vampires' series)
Task Total= 15
Grand Total= 940
RwS10.1 – Football Season? Pelagia And The White Bulldog : The First Sister Pelagia Mystery by Boris Akunin The word is bulldog.
+10 Task
+ 5 Series (Book 1 in 'Sister Pelagia Mystery' series)
+10 Lit (Translated from Russian)
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 60
Task 10.4 One Hit Wonders: The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (author's only novel)+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.3 Fall Birthdays - November 24)
Task Total= 15
Grand Total= 955
I've completed all ten and twenty point tasks. On to RtT!
In Msg 350 - Tammy wrote: "This is my first post ever.Task 10.5 City Light: The Man from Beijing by Henning Mankell
+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.9 Scandinavian Noir)
+10 Lost in Translation (Transla...
Task 20.7 Unification Season: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card...
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Welcome to the Reading with Style Challenge Tammy. Glad to have you join us!
This points posting looks really good. The only think I saw that I needed more information about was for Task 20.7. When claiming points for this task we ask that you also provide the country the author is from and the book's original publication year. That saves me some research time when posting the points.
All in all, you did a great job for your first post.
Thanks! -Krista
In Msg 353 - Liz M wrote: "RtT Tasks, Traveler Type = ConstantTask 15.1 (1951-2000) - Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams (pub. 1987). A perfectly fun & frivolous book to while a...
Well-traveled bonus: +100 points....
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Way to go Liz. You are the first challenge particpant to earn the Well-Traveled bonus! Wa-hoo!!
In Msg 355 - Deana wrote: Task 20.8 Krista's non-fiction I read Fodor's Walt Disney World with Kids 2011: with Universal Orlando, SeaWorld & Aquatica (I hope it counts....it is not a novel, so I wasn't sure)
20 points
Total RWS Points: 275
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Yep, any non-fiction book over 200 pages counts for this task. (If it was a novel, it wouldn't be non-fiction.) ;-)
Krista wrote: "In Msg 355 - Deana wrote: Task 20.8 Krista's non-fiction I read Fodor's Walt Disney World with Kids 2011: with Universal Orlando, SeaWorld & Aquatica (I hope it counts....it is not a novel, so ..."
Poor choice of words....VERY LONGGGG DAY....I meant, it wasn't a biography or written in "story form". But glad to know any topic works!
In Msg 360 - Potjy wrote: "RwS10.1 – Football Season? Pelagia And The White Bulldog : The First Sister Pelagia Mystery by Boris Akunin The word is bulldog.
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Hi Potjy: I was excited to see that you've just read this book. What did you think of it? I stumbled upon this title when researching possible books for this task. I just picked it up from the library. Would you recommend it? Thanks! -Krista
I completed task 20.7 Unification. I read "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan. It was published in 1989. Tasks Points: 20
Style: o
Total Points: 70
Krista wrote: "In Msg 360 - Potjy wrote: "RwS10.1 – Football Season? Pelagia And The White Bulldog : The First Sister Pelagia Mystery by Boris Akunin The word is bulldog.
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Well Krista, as I don't know your taste in books, I must say that I was not sure. The book is kind of slow-paced and not for everyone. But if you love historical novels, or be a mystery geek (like me), you should enjoy it.
RtT - Constant Traveler15.2 1901-1950 A Passage to India, pub 1924
+15 Task
+10 RtT bonus
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 265
10.8 – Shine on Harvest MoonBlue Moon by Alyson Noel
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.2 Literature Map (Lisa McMann))
+ 5 Series (Book 2 in Immortal series)
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 210
10.4 ~ One Hit Wonders ~ Up from the Blue: A Novel by Susan HendersonHenderson is an accomplished and award winning poet; this is her first novel.
+10 Task Points
Task Total = 10
Grand Total = 40
Thanks!
Task 20.8 Just the Facts: The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael PollanTask Total = 20
Grand Total = 65
10.5 City Name Winesburg, Ohio+ 10 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.3 author birthday, Sherwood Anderson born 9/13/1876)
+ 10 Canon
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 290
Task 10.8B Shine on Harvest Moon: Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett (The blue circle above the title is the moon.)
+10 Task
+10 Canon
+10 Lit (French)
Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 240
RtT Tasks, Traveler Type: ConstantTask 15.9 (1551-1600): A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (Publ 1600)
+15 Task
+10 Style
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 170
Task 20.10 Late One Night...: Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury (Option C - HWA's Horror Reading List)+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.1 Monsterfest Redux - Option A Adj. related to Halloween)
Task Total= 25
Grand Total= 980
Liz M wrote: "Rhea wrote: "Task 10.8B Shine on Harvest Moon: Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett"+10 Canon points"
Thank you!
Task 10.5 City Lights The Crystal City by Orson Scott Card
Task points 10
+5 Style (#6 in the Alvin Maker series)
Task total 15
Total points 315
Task points 10
+5 Style (#6 in the Alvin Maker series)
Task total 15
Total points 315
Task 20.8 Just the Facts Ma'am: The Way of the Cell: Molecules, Organisms, and the Order of Life by Franklin M. Harold (320 pg Nonfiction)+20 Task
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 260
10.3 Fall BirthdaysNeil Gaiman (b. 11/10/1960)
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo Points (20.1 Monsterfest Redux, a ghost story)
Task Points 15
Grand Total = 345 points
Task 20.2 Banned Books (x4) (http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy...)Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Lexile = 880; Pages 734 (+15 jumbo)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Lexile = 950; Pages 870 (+10 jumbo)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Lexile = 1030; Pages 652 (+5 jumbo)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Lexile = 980; Pages 759 (+10 jumbo)
+ 80 (completed the task four times)
+ 5 Combo (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - 20.1 Monsterfest Redux, Deathly = Halloweenish adjective)
+40 Jumbo
+ 0 Series (my understanding was that I can't claim series points when I use books from the same series for the same task)
Task Points = 125
Grand Total = 470
ERIN C.10.7 Under the Covers
The list I'm using is "Dystopian Novels".
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
+10 Task points
+10 LiT
Task Total=20
Grand Total=215
Potjy wrote: "Krista wrote: "In Msg 360 - Potjy wrote: "RwS10.1 – Football Season? Pelagia And The White Bulldog : The First Sister Pelagia Mystery by Boris Akunin The word is bull...
But if you love historical novels, or be a mystery geek (like me), you should enjoy it."
LOL -- I do love historical fiction and I'm a bit of a mystery geek. How did you know? :-) I hope I won't run out of time to read this book during this challenge! Thanks for the feedback.
Karen GHHS wrote: "10.8 – Shine on Harvest MoonBlue Moon by Alyson Noel
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.2 Literature Map (Lisa McMann))
+ 5 Series (Book 2 in Immortal series)
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 210 ..."
Hi Karen: I have your previous Grand Total = 195. Add 20 points for this task, your
New Grand Total = 215
I added 5 Series Style points for "The Iron King" from your last post since someone else had also just claimed Series points for that book. I'll leave your current Grand Total at 215 unless I get a request from you to readjust the points. Thanks! -Krista
In Msg 383 - Allie wrote: "Task 20.2 Banned Books (x4) (http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy...)Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Lexile = 880; ...
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+ 0 Series (my understanding was that I can't claim series points when I use books from the same series for the same task)
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Hi Allie, that's right. You'd already claimed Series style points for another Harry Potter book for this specific task prior to this post. So you can't claim any Series points for these books.
Task 10.7 - Flashlight Worthy: (List Used = Nordic Noir) The Princess of Burundi by Kjell Eriksson+10 Task
+ 5 Combo - 20.9, Scandinavian Noir
+ 5 Series - Ann Lindell #1
+10 LiT - Swedish
Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 335
Krista wrote: "Karen GHHS wrote: "10.8 – Shine on Harvest MoonBlue Moon by Alyson Noel
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.2 Literature Map (Lisa McMann))
+ 5 Series (Book 2 in Immortal..."
thanks, Krista -- I'd love to have the extra 5 points!
ERIN C.10.6 What a Way to Make a Living
Too Much Tuscan Sun: Confessions of a Chianti Tour Guide by Dario Castagno, translated by Robert Rodi
This book is a description of the life as a tour guide in the Chianti region of Tuscany.
+10 Task points
+5 Combo (20.8 Just the Facts)
+10 LiT (Translated from the original Italian)
Task Total=25
Grand Total=240
Completed Task #10.8: Shine on Harvest Moon. Read a book with a picture of the moon on the cover. I read
A Fatal Grace, by Louise Penny.Task points: 10
Combo points: 0
Series points: 5 (#2 in the Inspector Gamache/Three Pines series)
Canon: 0
Language: 0
Jumbo: 0
Total task points: 15
Challenge total to date: 175
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Welcome, Tammy!"Thanks!
10.3 Fall BirthdaysJim Butcher (b. 10/26/1971)
Storm Front
+10 Task
+ 5 Style Points (Series - this is the first in the Dresden Series)
Task Total 15
Grand Total Points: 70
Task 10.3 Fall Birthdays: Painted Ladies: A Spenser Novel by Robert B. Parker (Birthday September 17)+10 Task
+5 Series (Book 38 in 'Spenser' series)
Task Total= 15
Grand Total= 995
In Msg 391 - Miss GP wrote: "Completed Task #10.8: Shine on Harvest Moon. Read a book with a picture of the moon on the cover. I read A Fatal Grace, by Louise Penny.Task points: 10
Combo points: 0
Series points: 5 (#2 in the Inspector Gamache/Three Pines series)
Canon: 0
Language: 0
Jumbo: 0
Total task points: 15
Challenge total to date: 175 ..."
Hi Miss GP: This book looked interesting to me so I started reading the Goodreads blurb about the author. It mentiones that some of her books are published under different titles in the UK/Canada and the US. I did a little more digging uncovered that THIS book was published as "Dead Cold" in the UK and Canada.
So....that means you also earn Combo point for Task 10.9: Coralie's "Also Known As".
+ 5 Combo
New Task Total = 20
New Grand Total = 180
Task 10.3 Fall Birthday: Three Nights with a Scoundrel by Tessa Dare (Birthday November 9)+10 Task
Task Total= 10
Grand Total = 1005
Krista wrote: "Hi Miss GP: This book looked interesting to me so I started reading the Goodreads blurb about the author. It mentiones that some of her books are published under different titles in the UK/Canada and the US. I did a little more digging uncovered that THIS book was published as "Dead Cold" in the UK and Canada. ..."Thanks so much, Krista - I'll update my total, and I appreciate the unexpected bonus!
I LOVE this series. This is the second book, and I think it's probably better to start with the first, as a number of the characters are more developed in the first novel (the author doesn't spend a lot of time fleshing them out in the second, since that was done in the first). As soon as I was finished I went out & bought book #3.
20.5 – Freedom Season: Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor is set in Tennessee.+20 Task
+10 Canon
Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 505
ERIN C.20.7 Unification Season
The Cider House Rules by John Irving p. 1985
+20 Task points
+5 Jumbo (570pp.)
+5 Combo (20.4 Harvest Season. Takes place on an apple farm)
Task Total=30
Grand Total=270
10.4 One Hit Wonders: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (only novel)+10 Task
+10 Combo (Fall Birthdays-Oct 27 and Unification Season-US 1963)
Task Total = 20
Challenge Total = 110
10.10 Group ReadKitchen
+ 10 Task
+ 5 Combo 20.7 (Japan 1988)
+ 10 LiT (Japanese)
Task Total 25
Task 10.2 Literature Map
The Forbidden Circle
+ 10 Task (from the literature map of Anne McCaffrey)
+ 5 Series (Darkover series)
+ 5 Jumbo (570 pages)
Task Total = 20
20.2 Banned Book week
Northern Lights
+ 20 Task
+ 20 Combo (10.2 literature map of Anne McCaffrey, 10.3 born Oct 3, 1946, 10.7 books for strong girls in middle school, 10.9 Also Known As The Golden Compass)
+ 5 Series (His Dark Materials)
= Task total 45
20.10 Horror
A Christmas Carol
+ 20 Task (best gothic novel list)
+ 5 Combo (20.1 Ghost Story)
+ 10 Canon
Task Total 35
Grand Total = 495
In Msg 399 - Erin wrote: "ERIN C.20.7 Unification Season
The Cider House Rules by John Irving p. 1985
+20 Task points
+5 Jumbo (570pp.)
Task Total=30
Grand Total=270 ..."
Hi Erin: I'm going to have to disallow the combo points for Task 20.4, Harvest Season. Sam is only allowing crops that are associated with a harvest that is NOT a fruit. See his response to the use of "Catcher in the Rye" in Msg 273.
Task Total=
Grand Total=
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Task 15.1 (1951-2000) - Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams (pub. 1987). A perfectly fun & frivolous book to while away a sick day.
+15 task points
+10 bonus points
Task Total: 25
Well-traveled bonus: +100 points
Grand Total: 475