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WI 10-11 RwS Completed Tasks - Winter
20.8 The Time of Your Life: Blackout by Connie Willis
Task Points: 20
Combo (Shortest Day): 5
Jumbo (528 pages) 5
Series (1st in All Clear Series): 5
Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 360
10.1 Turkey ComaThis Place You Return to Is Home by Kirsty Gunn
+10 task
+5 Combo (10.9 Alphabet Soup, T-G)
Task Total = 15
20.9 Amazon Best Books
Room by Emma Donoghue
+20 Task
+20 Combo (10.6, 10.7, 10.9 E-R, 20.3)
Task Total = 40
Grand Total = 305
10.9 Alphabet SoupCharlotte Fairlie by D.E. Stevenson
+ 10 Task (F - S)
+ 5 Oldies (1954)
Task Total = 15 points
20.8 The Time of Your Life
Playing Beatie Bow
+ 20 Task (Lexile 900)
+ 5 Combo (10.8 Australia)
+ 5 Oldies (1980)
Task Total = 30 points
Grand Total = 1880
Krista wrote: "In Msg 574 -- Potjy wrote: ...."Task 20.8 - Krista's Choice: The Time of Your Life: Charming the Highlander by Janet Chapman (The hero is transferred to the modern world from 13th century Scotland ..."I'll take your book length.
Thank you! Yay!
In Msg 611 --- Karen GHHS wrote: "10.3 – V-Day Best Romance #33I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
.....
And that's a RwS and a Mega Finish for me. Hooray!
Task Points this Post: +40
RwS Finish: +100
Mega Finish: +200
Total This Post: 340
Grand Total: 1335
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Hooray is right! Way to go Karen. What a nice way to wrap up the challenge. Congrats!
nsfancy --- I saw that Sam approved Michael Faber for The Netherlands in your BtE tasks. I've added the points for the three BtE books you posted in Msg 588, and 589.New Grand Total = 760
Krista wrote: "In Msg 611 --- Karen GHHS wrote: "10.3 – V-Day Best Romance #33I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
.....
And that's a RwS and a Mega Finish for me. Hooray!..."
Thanks, Krista
I definitely was excited to finish all the tasks this time. Now I still have a week for repeats of favorite tasks and it's mid winter break in my school district so I get to spend most of the week reading and planning for spring.
Task 20.2 Visions of Sugarplums (Epic Fantasy): The Gunslinger by Stephen KingDare I admit it? This is the first Stephen King novel that I've read. I'm not sure that I'll read the next book in the series, but I'm glad I read this one.
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.5, 20.1)
+ 5 Series (#1 The Dark Tower)
+ 5 Oldies (Publ 1982)
Task Total = 40
Grand Total = 555
20.3 Shortest Day/Month of the Year Envy by Sandra Brown
+20 task
+5 Combo (10.6)
Task total 25
total points 105
20.1 Not a creature was stirring…Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
+ 20 Task (number 33)
+ 10 Canon
+ 5 Oldies (1963)
Task Total = 35 points
Grand Total = 1915
Can I make 2000 by the end of the month?
Coralie wrote: "20.1 Not a creature was stirring…Can I make 2000 by the end of the month?"
Of course you can and good luck!
Task 20.3 – Shortest Day/Month of the Year Aftermath by Charles Sheffield (Paperback, 547 pages)
+ 20 Task
+ 5 Style: Jumbo -500 Pages: 5 Points
Task Total: 25
Task 15.9 (9th Itinerary Stop) Russia
Backpacking Tasks, Traveler Type = Land & Sea
9 Poland -> Russia
Death of Ivan Ilyich & Master and Man by Leo Tolstoy (translated by Ann Pasternak Slater) Leo Tolstoy Born: September 09, 1828 in Yasnaya Polyana, Russian Federation
+15 Task
+ 10 Bonus
+ 25 Task Total
Post Total: 25 + 25 = 50
Grand Total: 630 + 50 = 680
10.6 Noel, NoelOver Sea, Under Stone
+ 10 Task (Lexile 830)
+ 5 Series (Dark is Rising)
+ 5 Oldies (1965)
Task Total = 20 points
Grand Total = 1935
Task 15.3 Backpacking Through Europe- Land & Sea3rd Stop Ireland
Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
15 pts - Task
10 pts - Bonus
25 pts - Task Total
765 pts - Grand Total
on to Iceland!
Task 20.8 Time Travel: Dark Seduction by Brenda Joyce+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.6 Noel, Noel)
+5 Series (Book 1 of 'Masters of Time' series)
Task Total= 30
Grand Total= 2530
Task 20.8 Time Travel: Twice a Hero by Susan Krinard+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.6 Noel, Noel)
Task Total= 25
Grand Total= 2555
Task 20.10 President's Day: Ronald Reagan: 100 Years: Official Centennial Edition from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Library by Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Found+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.4 Private Lives; 20.7 Goodbye...(Died 2004))
Task Total= 30
Grand Total= 2585
15.1 Destination SwedenThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 895
Backpacking Tasks, Traveler Type = Land & Sea(After a long, long cruise, I'm glad to have a solid ground under my feet again. :P)
Task 15.2 (2nd Itinerary Stop) Portugal: Death at Intervals by José Saramago
+15 Task
+10 Style Points
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 205
Task 20.8 Time Travel: Viking Heat by Sandra Hill+20 Task
+5 Series (Book 9 of 'Viking II' series)
Task Total= 25
Grand Total= 2610
RwS Task20.9 – Sam’s Choice: Best of 2010
Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.6 – Noel, Noel/20.3 Shortest Day)
+ 5 Jumbo (561 pages)
Task Total = 35
Grand Total = 1370
Task 20.10 President's Day Arthur & George by Julian Barnes+20 task
+5 combo (task 10.7 Booker Prize)
total this post = 25
grand total = 490
20.3 Shortest DayDragonsong by Anne McCaffrey
+ 20 Task
+5 Combo (10.6 Noel)
+ 10 Series (2nd Pern book in challenge)
+ 5 Oldies (1976)
Task Total = 40 points
Grand Total = 1975
20.2 Epic FantasyThe Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.9 C-P)
+5 Series (Discworld #1)
+5 Oldies (1983)
Task Total = 35
Grand Total = 665
Task 15.9 BtE Land & Sea (Switzerland) Cornelli by Johanna Spyri
Task points 15
+10 Style
Task total 25
Total points 785
Task 15.10 (Italy) Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
Task points 15
+10 Style
Task total 25
Total points 810
And the backpack is carefully and lovingly cleaned and returned to the closet, to patiently await a new adventure.
+100 BtE Finish points
Total points 910
Task points 15
+10 Style
Task total 25
Total points 785
Task 15.10 (Italy) Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
Task points 15
+10 Style
Task total 25
Total points 810
And the backpack is carefully and lovingly cleaned and returned to the closet, to patiently await a new adventure.
+100 BtE Finish points
Total points 910
Task 20.9 Best of 2010 At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson
Task points 20
+5 Jumbo (512 pgs)
Task total 25
Total points 935
Task points 20
+5 Jumbo (512 pgs)
Task total 25
Total points 935
Task 15.10 (10th Itinerary Stop) SwedenBackpacking Tasks, Traveler Type = Land & Sea
10 Russia -> Sweden (Cruse Line Routes)
The Laughing Policeman (Martin Beck #4) (1970) by Maj Sjöwall
+15 Task
+ 10 Bonus
+ 25 Itinerary Total
At the end of the reader's travels, he/she will receive a 100-point "Well-Traveled" bonus if all ten countries have been visited.
+ 100 "Well-Traveled" bonus
+125 Task Total
Grand Total: 680 + 125 = 805
RwS Tasks20.3 – Shortest Day/Month of the Year
Entice by Carrie Jones
Low Lexile
+20 Task
Task Total: 20
20.3 – Shortest Day/Month of the Year
Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix Lexile 790
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.9 Alphabet Soup H-U/10.6 Noel, Noel)
Task Total: 30
Total This Post: 50
Grand Total: 1420
Task 20.4 - A Short Detour to Sweden: Paradise by Toni Morrison (1993 Nobel Prize Winner) + 20 Task
+ 15 Combo (20.3, One Word Title, 20.6, African-American authors, 10.6, No "L")
Task Total = 35
Grand Total = 340
15.2 Destination RussiaUncle Vanya by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
+15 task
+10 Style
Task Total: 25
Grand Total:920
10.1 Turkey Coma: Coronado: Stories by Dennis Lehane+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.3)
Total: 15 points
10.4 William and Kate: Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser
+10 Task
10.10 Group Read: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
+10
15.10 Ireland: Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney
+15
Total New Points: 50
Grand Total: 140
Bobbie wrote: "10.10 Group Read: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro..."+ 10 Combo (10.6 Noel, 10.7 Booker Prize)
I completed task Shortest Days by reading "Shiver" by Maggie Stiefvater.Task Points: 20
Style Points: 10 (Combo Noel, Noel, Series, first in a series)
Grand Total: 295
RwSTask 20.1 "Not A Creature was stirring..." Earth Abides by George R. Stewart
Task +20 (#17 on the list)
Oldies +5 (publ 1949)
Task Total =25
Grand Total=315
RwSTask 20.3 – Shortest Day/Month of the Year: Unless by Carol Shields
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.7 2002 Booker shortlisted)
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 230
Task 20.8 Time of Your Life: With Every Breath by Lynn Kurland+20 Task
+5 Series (Book 10 of 'MacLeod Family' series)
Task Total= 25
Grand Total= 2675
20.9 – Sam’s Choice: Best of 2010Room by Emma Donoghue
+20 Task
+20 Combo (10.7 Booker Prize/10.6 – Noel, Noel/20.3 Shortest Day/10.9 Alphabet Soup E-R)
Great book!
Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 1460
15.7 Land & Sea Travel - IrelandThe Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 690
READERBOARD NAME: Rachel OHI completed...
20.3 Shortest Day/Month of the Year
Rebecca.
+20 Task
+15 Combo (also qualifies for Tasks 10.3, 10.5, and 10.6)
+5 Oldies (published 1938)
20.8 The Time of Your Life
Both Sides of Time (Lexile: 750)
+20 Task
20.10 President's Day
Miss Wilson's Reputation
+20 Task
10.2 A Special Gift
The Orchid Affair
+10 Task
+5 Series (#7 in the Pink Carnation series)
15.5 Backpacking Through Europe
Itinerary: Land and Sea
Stop#5 France
A Very Long Engagement
+15 Task
+10 "Backpacking" Bonus
15.6 Backpacking Through Europe
Itinerary: Land and Sea
Stop #6 Portugal
Death with Interruptions
+15 Task
+10 "Backpacking" Bonus
Task Points= 145
TOTAL POINTS= 395
BPTE 15.4 Land and Sea4th stop - Iceland
Last Rituals by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
+15 pts - Task
+10 pts Bonus
25 pts Task Total
790 pts Grand Total
In Msg 640 -- nsfancy wrote: .....And the backpack is carefully and lovingly cleaned and returned to the closet, to patiently await a new adventure.
+100 BtE Finish points
..."
Congratulations on completing your European tour! I hope you enjoyed your trip.
In Msg 642 -- Deedee wrote: "Task 15.10 (10th Itinerary Stop) SwedenBackpacking Tasks, Traveler Type = Land & Sea
10 Russia -> Sweden (Cruse Line Routes) ...
At the end of the reader's travels, he/she will receive a 100-point "Well-Traveled" bonus if all ten countries have been visited.
+ 100 "Well-Traveled" bonus
..."
Hi Deedee: A big "Congratulations" message goes out to you to for completing the whole European circuit. Good going!
In Msg 646 -- Bobbie wrote: "10.1 Turkey Coma: Coronado: Stories by Dennis Lehane+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.3)
Total: 15 points .....
Total New Points: 50
Grand Total: 140 ..."
+ 10 Combo points for The Remains of the Day that Liz pointed out in Msg 647.
Adjusted Grand Total = 150
In Msg 652 -- Karen GHHS wrote: "20.9 – Sam’s Choice: Best of 2010Room by Emma Donoghue
+20 Task
+20 Combo (10.7 Booker Prize/10.6 – Noel, Noel/20.3 Shortest Day/10.9 Alphabet Soup E-R)
Room by Emma Donoghue
Great book! ..."
I thought so too! I listened to the audio book. I think it was a great way to experience the story. Here's a sneak peek for you ---- I chose it as my selection for the Spring Group Reads task.
In Msg 654 -- Rachel wrote: "READERBOARD NAME: Rachel OH .....I completed...
Both Sides of Time (Lexile: 750)
+20 Task
..."
+5 Series - #1 Time Traveler
Adjusted Grand Total = 400
In Msg 627 -- Rebekah wrote: "Task 15.3 Backpacking Through Europe- Land & Sea3rd Stop Ireland
Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
15 pts - Task
10 pts - Bonus
25 pts - Task Total
765 pts - Grand Total
..."
Hi Rebekah:
735 = Starting Total (See Msg 612)
+ 25 - Task Total
Grand Total = 760 (Not 765 as shown above)
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#2 stop - Spain
The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
+15 pts Task
+10 pts second stop completed
25 pts - Task Total
735 pts - Grand Total