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WI 10-11 RwS Completed Tasks - Winter
Task 10.2 B CryoBurn by Lois McMaster Bujold (November 2010)
Task points 10
+5 Series (Vorkosigan series)
+5 Combo (20.3 1 word title)
Task total 20
Total points 955
Task points 10
+5 Series (Vorkosigan series)
+5 Combo (20.3 1 word title)
Task total 20
Total points 955
Task 10.7 Booker The Night Watch by Sarah Waters Nominee 2006
Task points 10
Total points 965
And another challenge laid to rest.
+100 RwS finish
+200 Mega finish
Total points 1265
Once again thank you Krista and Sam for making this challenge happen. I love it!
And now, do I really want to tackle Dante...
Task points 10
Total points 965
And another challenge laid to rest.
+100 RwS finish
+200 Mega finish
Total points 1265
Once again thank you Krista and Sam for making this challenge happen. I love it!
And now, do I really want to tackle Dante...
nsfancy wrote: "Task 10.7 Booker The Night Watch by Sarah Waters Nominee 2006Task points 10
Total points 965
And another challenge laid to rest.
+100 RwS finish
+200 Mega finish..."
Congratulations nsfancy! Krista and Sam I'd like to add my thanks as well for all of your hard work. This challenge is so much fun.
Task 10.7 Booker Prize: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro+10 Task (won in 1989)
+10 Combo (10.6 Noel, Noel; 10.10 Group Read)
Task Total= 20
Grand Total= 2695
Task 15.8 Iceland, Land & Sea TravelHypothermia by Arnaldur Indriðason
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Task total: 25
Grand total: 715
This last bit of my tour is a bit of a race to the finish, but I still hope to make it to the end!
20.7 Non-fiction of 00-10 Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. EllisIncludes the Hamilton/Burr duel of 1804 and much of the Adams/Jefferson quarrel of the first decade of the 19th Century.
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.1, collection of essays/stories by one author; 10.9 Alphabet Soup E-R, Ellis Revolutionary)
Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 200
And I might add, that if you're looking for a very readable general non-fiction for Spring, I found this exceptionally entertaining, and it isn't overly long if you don't really like history.
I'd like to switch all of my "Land and Sea" backpacking tasks to Air, since I might have better luck finishing Air. I have two. Larsson, Stieg (Sweden) in message 318 for 15.2 and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (Russia) in message 304 for task 15.1. So I'll just loose the 10 style points off of 15.2 and have 10 less points.
Grand Total = 1145 - 10 = 1135
Traveler Type = Air
Task 15.3: Greece - Alcestis by Euripides
+15 Task
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 1135 + 15 = 1150
Task 20.3 - Shortest Day/Month of the Year: Andromache by Euripides+20 Task
+10 Canon
+15 Oldies (Publ. Between 428 and 425B.C.E.)
+5 Combo (10.6, Noel, Noel)
Task Total = 50
Task 20.2 - "While visions of sugarplums danced in their heads": Dune by Frank Herbert (#25 on the list)
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.6, noel; 20.3, one word)
+5 Series (Dune Chronicles #1)
+5 Oldies (Publ 1965)
+5 Jumbo (608pgs)
Task Total= 45
Grand Total = 1245
20.3 One Word Title Dubliners+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.1 Short Stories)
+10 Canon
+10 Oldie, pub 1914
Task Total = 45
Grand Total = 245
My last post for the challenge20.3 Shortest Day
Friday
+ 20 Task
+ 5 Oldies (1982)
Task Total = 25 points
Grand Total = 2000
BPTE - Land & Sea15.5 Fifth Stop - U.K.
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
+15 pts - Task
+10 pts - Bonus
25 pts - Task Total
815 pts - Grand Total
I'm getting seasick but have to get back on the ship to go to Germany1
RwS Tasks10.7 –The Booker Prize
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.6 Noel, Noel)
Task Total=15
10.9 – Alphabet Soup
F-S
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
+10 Task
Task Total=10
Points this Post: 25
Grand Total:1485
nsfancy wrote: "Task 10.7 Booker The Night Watch by Sarah Waters Nominee 2006Task points 10
Total points 965
And another challenge laid to rest.
+100 RwS finish
+200 Mega finish..."
Congratulations on completing the whole enchilada!
You guys who finish the whole challenge amaze me every quarter. I strive to get there, but never quite make it. Oh well, there's always the next challenge to look forward to.
Krista wrote: "You guys who finish the whole challenge amaze me every quarter. I strive to get there, but never quite make it. Oh well, there's always the next challenge to look forward to. "I agree, they are just amazing, Krista!
In Msg 669 -- Rhea wrote: I'd like to switch all of my "Land and Sea" backpacking tasks to Air, since I might have better luck finishing Air. I have two. Larsson, Stieg (Sweden) in message 318 for 15.2 and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (Russia) in message 304 for task 15.1. So I'll just loose the 10 style points off of 15.2 and have 10 less points.
Grand Total = 1145 - 10 = 1135
Traveler Type = Air
Task 15.3: Greece - Alcestis by Euripides
+15 Task
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 1135 + 15 = 1150
..."
Hi Rhea:
Okay, I've changed your traveler type to "Air". I had your starting point total at 1165 (not 1135 as you show above.)
1165 + 5 (net points) = 1170
Adjusted Grand Total = 1170
Let me know if you think my starting point total of 1165 is off. Thanks!
In Msg 672 -- Coralie wrote: "My last post for the challenge20.3 Shortest Day
Friday
+ 20 Task
+ 5 Oldies (1982)
Task Total = 25 points
Grand Total = 2000 "
Hey Coralie --- you made it to your goal of 2000 points. Wa-hoo!
In Msg 673 -- Rebekah wrote: "BPTE - Land & Sea 15.5 Fifth Stop - U.K.
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
+15 pts - Task
+10 pts - Bonus
25 pts - Task Total
815 pts - Grand Total
I'm getting seasick but have to get back on the ship to go to Germany1
..."
Hi Rebekah:
Your starting point total is off by 5 points.
785 = Starting Point Total (not 790 as you used)
+25 Task Total for this book
810 = Adjusted Grand Total
Good luck with the seasickness as you travel to Germany. May you have smooth sailing from here on out.
Task 10.6: Noel, Noel - Death at Victoria Dock by Kerry Greenwood(#4 in Phryne Fisher series)
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.8, set in Australia)
+15 Series (3rd 'Phryne Fisher' series book this challenge)
Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 585
My last post for this challengeTask 20.3 Shortest Day Persuasion by Jane Austen
+20 task points
+15 oldie (1817)
+10 canon
+5 combo (task 10.6 Noel)
total this post = 50
grand total = 540
BPTE - Land & Sea15.6 - Germany
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
+15 pts - Task
+10 pts - Bonus
25 pts - Task Total
835 pts - Grand Total
Krista, I must have been so seasick I was seeing double on some of those numbers ! lol Now I'm on an express train to Denmark!
Task 20.9 Sam's Choice Best of 2010: One Day
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 380
I'm done until next challenge, see you all in a few days. Thanks for the work you do Krista, Sam & Liz, it is much appreciated!
BPTE - Land & Sea15.7 - Denmark
The Quiet Girl: A Novel by Peter Høeg
+15 pts - Task
+10 - Bonus
25 pts - Task Total
860 pts - Grand Total
Does Isaac B. Singer count for Poland?
Rebekah wrote: "BPTE - Land & Sea15.7 - Denmark
The Quiet Girl: A Novel by Peter Høeg
+15 pts - Task
+10 - Bonus
25 pts - Task Total
860 pts - Grand Total
Does Isaac B. S..."
I went back and read the Q&A for Backpacking and saw the place of birth would count. He was born in Poland in1902 but left in 1935. When he won the Nobel as a US citizen, his awrd was accepted as for the US.
RwS Tasks20.3 – Shortest Day/Month of the Year
Torment by Lauren Kate
Task Total=20
20.3 – Shortest Day/Month of the Year
Grace by Elizabeth Scott
Task Total=20
20.9 – Sam’s Choice: Best of 2010
Great House by Nicole Krauss
Task Total=20
Task Points This Post=60
Grand Total= 1545
I'm hoping to read one more before tomorrow night!
New Years Resolution Best Beginning - Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth
+10 points
+5 Oldies (1969)
total tsk 15
total points 130
Task 10.6 – Noel, NoelThe Awakening (1899) by Kate Chopin
+ 10 Task
+ 10 Style: Canon
+ 10 Style: Oldies: -76 to 150 years old: 10 points (1860-1934))
Task Total: 30
Grand Total : 805 + 30 = 835
One more book to go for this challenge!
20.3 One word title: Brooklyn+ 20 Task
Grand Total = 265
This is my final entry for the Winter Challenge. Congratulations to everyone, especially to the Mega Finishers. Now, I certainly hope that, since it's time for the Spring Challenge, it's time for Spring!
I completed task 20.1 Not A Creature Was Stirring by reading "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins. It is #30 on the list.Task Points: 20
Style: 10 (5 Series, book 3, Combo Shortest Day 5)
Grand Total: 325
20.10 President's DayA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain - President Arthur
+20 Task
+5 Combo 10.6 Noel
+5 Combo 20.8 Time Travel
+10 Canon
+10 Oldies
Task Total: 50
Grand Total: 970
I suspect this will be it...I agree with Elizabeth, let's have some spring weather for the spring challenge!BPTE - Land & Sea
15.3 - Italy
The Drowned and the Saved by Primo Levi
+ 15 Task
+10 Bonus
Task Total 25
15.4 - France
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Task Total 25
New Total: 390
BtE - L&S TravellerUh oh, looks like my passport has expired and this'll be my last stop!
Task 15.5 (Destination #5 - France) Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
+15 Task
+10 Style
Task Total=25
Grand Total=340
Task 20.3 One Word Title: Undone by Rachel Caine+20 Task
+5 Series (Book 1 of 'Outcast Season' series)
Task Total= 25
Grand Total= 2720
Task 20.4 Nobel Prize for Lit: Kim by Rudyard Kipling+20 Task (won in 1907)
+5 Combo (20.3 One Word Title)
+10 Canon
+10 Oldies (1901)
Task Total= 45
Grand Total= 2765
Task 10.6 Noel, Noel: This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.9 Alphabet Soup (F-S))
+5 Series (Book 5 of 'Night Huntress' series)
Task Total= 20
Grand Total= 2785
Task 10.6 Noel, Noel: The Man Must Marry by Janet Chapman+10 Task
+5 Series (Book 1 of 'Sinclair Brothers' series)
Task Total= 15
Grand Total= 2800
Task 15.9, Land & Sea, UKThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Task Total = 25
Task 20.9 Best of 2010
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.9, U-H; 20.3)
Task total = 30
Grand total = 770
I'm within 100 pages of finishing the RwS tasks, but I don't know if I'll have time to get to them today. It looks like my BtE journey may end on stop 9, though. Oh, the pressure!
READERBOARD NAME: Rachel OHI completed...
20.6 African American History Month
Beloved
+20 Task
+10 Combo (also qualifies for Tasks 20.3 and 20.4)
10.6 Noel, Noel
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde.
+10 Task
+5 Series (Thursday Next #1)
10.9 Alphabet Soup
Something Rotten
+10 Task
+5 Combo (also qualifies for Task 10.6)
+10 Series (Thursday Next #4)
15.7 Backpacking Through Europe
Itinerary: Land and Sea
Stop #7: Ireland
The Picture of Dorian Gray
+15 Task
+10 "Backpacking" Bonus
15.8 Backpacking Through Europe
Itinerary: Land and Sea
Stop #8: Spain
The Club Dumas
+15 Task
+10 "Backpacking" Bonus
15.9 Backpacking Through Europe
Itinerary: Land and Sea
Stop #9: Italy
The Silent Duchess
+15 Task
+10 "Backpacking" Bonus
15.10 Backpacking Through Europe
Itinerary: Land and Sea
Stop #10: Greece
Four Plays by Aristophanes: The Clouds/The Birds/Lysistrata/The Frogs
+15 Task
+10 "Backpacking" Bonus
+100 "Well-Traveled" Bonus
Task Total=270
TOTAL POINTS FOR THIS SEASON= 665
I know other people get tons more points but considering I was sick for a week and got NO reading done, I'm happy with my total. I hope to finish the challenge for Spring!
Task 15.8 BPTE - Land & Sea8th stop - Sweden
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
+15 pts - Task
+10 pts - Bonus
25 pts - Task Total
885 pts - Grand Total
I'm reading furiously. I have until midnight, right? Thank Goodness for Audible.com!
Rachelccameron wrote: "20.10 President's DayA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain - President Arthur
+20 Task
+5 Combo 10.6 Noel
+5 Combo 20.8 Time Travel
+10 Canon
+10 ..."
Good on ya, Rachelcameron!
I've been trying to slog my way through this book for about a month. I just couldn't get it finished by the end of the challenge. I found some passages really funny, and some that just went on and on and on. I suspect that was more the style of writing in Twain's time. I thought this would be a light romp worth bunches of points, but I just couldn't get through it.
Did you enjoy it, is it worth trying to continue reading?
Krista wrote: "Rachelccameron wrote: "20.10 President's DayA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain - President Arthur
+20 Task
+5 Combo 10.6 Noel
+5 Combo 20..."
It was ok. I didn't love it. I agree, some of the passages are quite entertaining but others are lengthy and boring. I enjoyed watching the progress of the civilization he set up. I hate how they continually say peradventure! The ending wasn't great, it finished on a pretty down note. It kind of follows the legend but not exactly (if I remember correctly).
The 50 points are nice, but I probably wouldn't have finished without that.
- That's my last book for the challenge. So close to my 1000 point goal! I hope I can finish the Spring Challenge!
This is my last post for this challenge!!Task 20.4 - Nobel Prize Winning Author
Pearl S. Buck won in 1938
Sons (House of Earth #2) (1932) by Pearl S. Buck
+ 20 Task
+ 5 Combo (also fits Task 20.3 One Word Title)
+ 10 Style: Series (this is the second one of this series I read this challenge; #1 was The Good Earth )
+ 10 Style: Oldies: -76 to 150 years old: 10 points (1860-1934)
Task Total: 45
Grand Total: 835 + 45 = 880
Krista wrote: "Rachelccameron wrote: "20.10 President's DayA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain - President Arthur
+20 Task
+5 Combo 10.6 Noel
+5 Combo 20..."
Mark Twain is my all-time fave author. I liked this book but it's not my favorite. When my daughter was going to a boarding school in Iowa, I made the family take annual pilgimages to Hannibal, Mo. I've been to his house in Ct twice where his next door neighbor was Harriet Beecher Stowe. I've even bee to a cabin in Tennessee that claims to be the place he was probably conceived in! ha=ha
Task 15.9 Land & Sea9th stop - Russia
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
+15 pts Task Total
+10 pts Bonus
25 pts Task Total
905 pts - Grand Total (I think)
I finished this audiobook but i must say it was very confusing with the Russian names. I had to back up a few times to remember who was who and who was talking! I think when I read War & Peace, I will have to stick to the physical book.
Now back to sticking my nose into my Polish read so I can finish in time to be a mega-finisher!
Task 10.6: Noel, Noel - The Water Wars by Cameron Stracher+10 Task
Task Total = 20
Final Grand Total for Winter Challenge = 595
Great Challenge everyone. Now I'm off to try to finish up the scorekeeping tonight.
Remember, you have until midnight (Pacific Standard Time) to post your final points for the Winter Challenge. We'll open up the Spring Challenge Completed Tasks folder tomorrow.
In Msg 687 -- Norma wrote: "New Years Resolution Best Beginning - Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth +10 points
+5 Oldies (1969)
total tsk 15
total points 130"
Hi Norma: I show your current point total as 120 not 130. I think you may have missed a message from me awhile back that disallowed some points. -Krista
In Msg 700 -- Rachel wrote: "READERBOARD NAME: Rachel OHI completed...
Itinerary: Land and Sea
Stop #10: Greece
Four Plays by Aristophanes: The Clouds/The Birds/Lysistrata/The Frogs
+15 Task
+10 "Backpacking" Bonus
+100 "Well-Traveled" Bonus
Task Total=270
TOTAL POINTS FOR THIS SEASON= 665 ..."
Hey, Congratulations on completing the whole European circuit. We hope you enjoyed your journey. You did great -- espcially with being sick for over a week. -Krista
In Msg 706 -- Rebekah wrote: "Task 15.9 Land & Sea9th stop - Russia
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
+15 pts Task Total
+10 pts Bonus
25 pts Task Total
905 pts - Grand Total (I think) "
LOL -- Well, your total is pretty close. :-)
885
+25
910 points - Grand Total
Just keep to your reading. :-)
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4th stop - Iceland
Last Rituals by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
+15 pts - Task
+10 pts Bonus
25 pts Task Total
790 pts Grand Total"
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Hi Rebekah:
760 = Starting Total (See Msg 661 above)
+ 25 Task Points
Grand Total = 785
Whew, we're all straight now. :-)