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RTT TaskTask 15.4 (1801-1850) I read Pride and Prejudice for 15 points.
15 points
+ 10 points Constant Traveler Bonus
= 25 task points
Total RWS Points: 320
RtT: Constant TravelerTask 15.4 1801-1850: Elective Affinities by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1809
+15 Task
+10 Style
Task Total + 25
Grand Total= 1030
In Msg 397 - Miss GP wrote: "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 ...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."
Thanks for the info. It's on my TBR pile. I'll start with the first book in the series. It sounds like a great series. Ah, so many books.... so little time. :-)
Task 10.8 Shine On Harvest Moon: Twice Bitten by Chloe Neill (moon on cover - upper left)
+10 Task
Task Total= 10
Grand Total= 1040
Task 20.8 Non-Fiction The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann20 task points
+5 combo 10.5 City Lights
total task points = 25
grand total = 230
Task 20.3 Season of Shorter Days: Burning Up by Angela Knight, et al. (anthology by more than one author)+20 Task
Task Total= 20
Grand Total= 1060
20.8 Just the Facts Ma'amStiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
+20 Task
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 490
Task 20.5 Freedom Season: 2 Bodies For The Price Of 1 by Stephanie Bond (Set in Atlanta, Georgia)+20 Task
+5 Series (Body Movers Series)
Task Total = 25
Task 20.5 Freedom Season: 3 Men And A Body by Stephanie Bond (Set in Atlanta, Georgia with a detour to Florida.)
+20 Task
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 305
Task 10.2 Literature Map: The Vile Village by Lemony Snicket (Edgar Allan Poe)1080 Lexile
+10 Task
+5 Series (A Series of Unfortunate Events)
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 320
20.8 Just the facts Ma’amThe Diary of Anne Frank
+ 20 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.9 Also Known as The Diary of a Young Girl)
+ 10 LiT
Task Total 35
Grand Total = 530
Sara Grace wrote: "RtT Tasks, Traveler Type = Constant Task 15.10 (1501-1550) The Prince, Niccolò Machiavelli (1532)
Task Points: 15
Traveler Points: 5
Task 15.9 (1551-1600) Dr Fautus, Christopher Marlowe (1593)
Task Points: 15
Traveler Points: 10"
Sara Grace,
As a Constant traveler, you do not receive traveler points for the first book, you only receive 10 traveler points for the second through the tenth book. (As long as you continue to read them in order). Guidelines are here.
20.5 Freedom Season: Under Her Skin by Susan Mallery (set in Texas)+20 Task
+5 Series (Book 1 of 'Lone Stars Sisters' series)
Task Total= 25
Grand Total= 1085
Task 10.3 Fall Birthdays: Persecuted by Lisa Childs (Birthday October 31)+10 Task
+5 Series (Book 2 of 'Witch Hunt' series)
Task Total= 15
Grand Total= 1100
Task 20.8 "Just the Facts": The Man Who Could Not Kill Enough: The Secret Murders of Milwaukee's Jeffrey Dahmer by Anne E. Schwartz+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.4 Only book by author; 10.5 Milwaukee in title; 10.6 author was reporter who did a ton of coverage for the case)
Task Total: 35 pts
Grand Total: 295 pts
Sara Grace wrote: "Liz - Thanks! You know I am feeling a little cheated by the Reading Through Time rules. I mean if I had read the Prince last season I would have received a lot more than 15 points for it. Ah well, ..."But if you complete all ten tasks as a Constant Traveler and receive the 100 point bonus, it averages to 34 points per book, which is like reading it for a 15 point task + canon & translation points.
Task 10.2 Literature Map (Janet Evanovich)I read Vision in White by Nora Roberts for 10 points.
10 points
+ 5 combo (10.3 Birthday 10-10-50)
+ 5 series (Bridal Quartet #1)
=20 points
Total RWS Points: 340
ERIN C20.5 Freedom Season
The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
This story takes place in the American South in the late 1700's.
+20 Task points
+5 Combo (20.4 Harvest Season. Book takes place on a plantation farm (tobacco)
Task Total=25
Grand Total=290
Krista,Thanks for the catch in message 402. I should have read the debate on the challenge first...I just posted and claimed combo points for the Kitchen house, which takes place on a tobacco plantation in the South, does that work?
In Msg 419 - Rachelccameron wrote: "Task 20.8 "Just the Facts": The Man Who Could Not Kill Enough: The Secret Murders of Milwaukee's Jeffrey Dahmer by Anne E. Schwartz+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.4 Only book by author; 10.5 Milwaukee in title;
Task Total: 35 pts
Grand Total: 295 pts
..."
I'm disqualifying the claiming of Task 10.6 for Combo points. Task 10.6 is supposed to be a memoir about what someone does for a living. That doesn't seem to fit the bill for this book. Is this book about what it was like to write this book from the reporter's perspective? It looks like it's about Jeffrey Dahlmer, and that would't qualify as a memoir. If I've misunderstood what the book is about, let me know and I'll add the points back in.
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.4 Only book by author; 10.5 Milwaukee in title)
Task Total: 30 pts
Adjusted Grand Total: 290 pts
In Msg 423 - Erin wrote: "Krista,Thanks for the catch in message 402. I should have read the debate on the challenge first...I just posted and claimed combo points for the Kitchen house, which takes place on a tobacco plantation in the South, does that work?..."
I'll let Sam make the call about tobacco. I think it fits the spirit of the task. But I was way off base earlier with "Catcher in the Rye", so I'm leaving that ruling to the task expert. :-)
As luck would have it, I just added this title to my TBR pile earlier today. (And got my name added to the Hold queue for it at the library.) How did you like the book BTW?
I was going to claim Combo points for Task 10.4, One Hit Wonder since it's the author's only published book to date.
So, I'm adding 5 points to the your scoring of The Kitchen House.
+5 Combo Points - Task 10.4
Adjusted Grand Total = 295 (from Msg 422)
If Sam rules out the farming aspect, I'll deduct the 5 Combo points claimed for task 20.4.
Task 15.5 RtT (Constant Traveller) The Journey of Niels Klim to the World Underground by Ludvig Holberg (1741)
Task points 15
+10 Style
Task total 25
Total points 340
Task points 15
+10 Style
Task total 25
Total points 340
Task 10.8 Shine On Harvest Moon: Void Moon by Michael Connelly (Option A - "Moon" in title)+10 Task
Task Total= 10
Grand Total= 1110
READERBOARD NAME: Rachel OHI completed...
10.4 One Hit Wonders
Lost in Austen: Create Your Own Jane Austen Adventure
This is the only book by Emma Campbell Webster.
+10 Task
+5 Combo (Task 10.9: also published as Being Elizabeth Bennet: Create Your Own Jane Austen Adventure)
20.3 Season of Shorter Days
Victorian Love Stories: An Oxford Anthology
+20 Task
TASK TOTALS= 35
TOTAL POINTS= 75
Task 10.3 Fall Birthdays: Linger by Maggie Stiefvater (Birthday - November 18) (Lexile: 800L)+10 task
+5 series (Book 2 of 'The Wolves of Mercy Falls' series)
Task Total= 15
Grand Total= 1125
10.5 – City Lights: Death in Venice by Thomas Mann+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.2 - Literature map of Lev Tolstoi)
+10 Canon (included in Stories of Three Decades which is listed by Bloom)
+10 Lit (Translated from German)
Task Total = 35
Grand Total = 540
Task 10.7 – Under the CoversI am using the list: Childrens Books- The Complete Harry Potter Series
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (880 L)
+10 Task
+15 Series (the 3rd book I have read when claiming points)
+5 Jumbo (636 pages)
+5 Combo (20.2- Challenged- 2000 to 2009)
Task Total = 35
New Grand Total = 275
Reading through Time: Constant TravelerTask 15.5 1751-1800: The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis (Pub. 1796)
+15 Task
+10 Style
Task Total= 25
Grand Total= 1150
Krista wrote: "In Msg 419 - Rachelccameron wrote: "Task 20.8 "Just the Facts": The Man Who Could Not Kill Enough: The Secret Murders of Milwaukee's Jeffrey Dahmer by Anne E. Schwartz..."It is about Jeffrey Dahmer, but the way she writes it, it Also shows what it was like to write this book from the reporter's perspective. Because she was basically the first reporter on the case, it follows her career through this time. A great deal of it has more to do with her job and what she went through than just covering Jeffrey Dahmer.
No worries if you don't want to allow it though!
Task 10.2 Lit Map (Kelley Armstrong): My Favorite Earthling by Susan Grant+10 Task
+5 Series (Book 2 of the 'Otherworldly Men' series)
Task Total= 15
Grand Total= 1165
10.4 – One Hit Wonders: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger+10 Task
+10 Combo (20.2 - Banned Books, 20.4 - Harvest Season)
+10 Canon
Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 570
Rachelccameron wrote: "Krista wrote: "In Msg 419 - Rachelccameron wrote: "Task 20.8 "Just the Facts": The Man Who Could Not Kill Enough: The Secret Murders of Milwaukee's Jeffrey Dahmer by [author:Anne E. S...It is about Jeffrey Dahmer, but the way she writes it, it Also shows what it was like to write this book from the reporter's perspective. Because she was basically the first reporter on the case, it follows her career through this time. A great deal of it has more to do with her job and what she went through than just covering Jeffrey Dahmer.
No worries if you don't want to allow it though!
"
Thanks for the extra explanation. I'll allow it!
Task 10.1 Football Season?: On Justice, Power and Human Nature: The Essence of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides+10 Task
+10 LiT (Ancient Greek)
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 340
Task 20.9 - Sam's Scandinavian Noir: The Cruel Stars of the Night by Kjell Eriksson+20 Task
+10 Series (#2 Ann Lindell; 2nd book in this series used for different tasks this challenge)
+10 LiT (Swedish)
Task Total = 40
Task 20.10 - Kiri's Late One Night...: (Parts A,C & D) Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (Task 10.2 Literature Map of Wilkie Collins)
+10 Canon
Task Total = 35
Grand Total = 410
Rhea wrote: "Task 10.1 Football Season?: On Justice, Power and Human Nature: The Essence of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides"+10 Canon points
Rhea wrote: "Task 10.1 Football Season?: On Justice, Power and Human Nature: The Essence of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides"The Peloponnesian Wars is in Bloom's Western canon. Presumably extracts of this work also count for canon points?
Liz M wrote: "Rhea wrote: "Task 10.1 Football Season?: On Justice, Power and Human Nature: The Essence of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides"+10 Canon points"
It wasn't the entire thing, it was just selections from it. I'll take the canon points if I get them though, thanks!
Reading through Time: Constant TravelerTask 15.6 1701-1750:
Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure by John Cleland (Pub. 1749)
+15 Task
+10 Style
Task Total= 25
Grand Total= 1190
10.3 Fall BirthdaysThe King's Gold by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Arturo Perez-Reverte was born 11/25/1951.
+10 Task points
+5 Series (#4 in the 'Adventures of Captain Alatriste')
+10 Lit (Translated from Spanish)
Task Total=25
Grand Total=320
...and Krista, The Kitchen House was excellent! It was a book that was difficult to put down, and has some great characters that you can easily become attached to.
Task 20.5 Freedom Season: Hornet's Nest by Patricia Cornwell (set in North Carolina)+20 Task
+5 Series (Book 1 in the 'Andy Brazil' series)
Task Total= 25
Grand Total= 1215
I finished task 10.5 City Lights by reading "City of Bones" by Cassandra Clare.Task Points: 10
Style Points 5(Series)
Grand Total:85
In Msg 441 - Rhea wrote: "Liz M wrote: "Rhea wrote: "Task 10.1 Football Season?: On Justice, Power and Human Nature: The Essence of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides"+10 Canon points"
It wasn't the entire thing, it was just selections from it. I'll take the canon points if I get them though, thanks!
..."
I'll allow it. Thanks for the heads-up Liz! I'll add +10 Canon points for this title the next time I update the points. -Krista
20.4 – Harvest Season: Ethan Frome by Edith WhartonStunning depiction of a life tragically resigned to despair.
+20 Task
+10 Canon
Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 600
Reading through Time - Constant Traveler15.7: Paradise Lost - John Milton (1667)
+25 points
15.6: Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure - John Cleland (1748)
+25 points
15.5: Candide - Voltaire (1759)
+25 points
10.1 - Football Season: Of Love and Other Demons - Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Demons)
+ 10 Task Points
+ 5 Combo Points (20.6 - Colombia)
+ 10 LiT Points
Task Points: 25
20.4 - Just the Facts: O Pioneers! - Willa Cather
+ 20 Task Points
Task Points: 20
20.10 - Late One Night: I Am Legend - Richard Matheson
+ 20 Task Points (List D #6)
Total Points: 20
New Points: 140
Grand Total: 425
Task 20.2 B Banned BooksI read The Lovely Bones (#74 on the list), by Alice Sebold.
20 points
+ 5 combo (10.3...Sebold's birthday is 9/6/63)
= 25 task points
Total RWS points: 365
Task 20.1 Monsterfest Redux: The Wicked Duke Takes a Wife by Jillian Hunter (Option A - "Wicked" in title)+20 Task
+5 Series (Book 9 in 'Boscastle' series)
Task Total= 25
Grand Total= 1240
ERIN MN10.4 - One Hit Wonders
The Imperfectionists - Tom Rachman
*Author's only book to date*
NO STYLE POINTS
=10 Points
20.5 - Freedom Season
Murder Takes the Cake - Gayle Trent (Set in VA)
+20 Task Points
+5 Series
=25 Points
Gunpowder Green - Laura Childs (Set in SC)
+20 Task Points
+5 Series
=25 Points
Frankly My Dear, I'm Dead - Livia J. Washburn (Set in TX)
+20 Task Points
+5 Series
=25 Points
New Points = 10+25+25+25 = 85
TOTAL POINTS = 165
20.10a Late one night: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson+20 Task
+10 Canon
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 630
20.8 Just the Facts, Ma'amHistory of Beauty by Umberto Eco
+20 Task points
+10 LiT (Translated from Italian)
Task Total=30
Grand Total=350
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My literature map is for Lisa McMann:
Shadowland by Alyson Noel
Lexile 960
+10 Task
+10 Series (Book 3 in 'Immortal' series, 2nd task for series)
20 Points
10.3 Fall Birthdays
Revelations by Melissa de la Cruz (September 7)
+10 Task
+ 0 Series (Book 3 in 'Blue Bloods' series, but already used for points for this task)
10 Points
Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 245