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WI 10-11 RwS Completed Tasks - Winter
Task 20.3- Shortest Day/Month of the Year: Utopia by Thomas More+20 Task Points
+5 Combo (10.6, No "L")
+10 Canon
+15 Oldies (1516)
Task Total = 50
Grand Total = 155
Readerboard Name: Rachel OHI completed...
20.1 "Not a creature was stirring..."
The Forest of Hands and Teeth (Lexile score=900)
+20 task
+5 Combo (Task 10.6: "Noel, Noel"-- there's no "L" in the book title or author name)
+5 Series (first in "The Forest of Hands and Teeth" series)
Task Points= 30
TOTAL POINTS=30
Backpacking TasksTraveler Type = Land & Sea
Task 15.1 (1st Itinerary Stop) Ukraine:
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen by Tadeusz Borowski
+15 Task
Task Total = 15
Task 15.2 (2nd Itinerary Stop) Russia: Moscow to the End of the Line by Venedikt Erofeev
+15 Task
+10 bonus
Task Total = 25
Task 15.3 (3rd Itinerary Stop) Finland: The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
+15 Task
+10 bonus
Task Total = 25
Grand Total= 95
Backpacking Tasks, Traveler Type = Land & Sea Task 15.1 (1st Itinerary Stop) UK - The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Helen Grant
+15 Task
Task Total = 15
RwS
Task 20.3 - One Word Title - Wake by Lisa McMann
+20 Task
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 45
20.5 – "Put on your yarmulke, Here comes Hanukkah!"Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman
+20 Task
Task Total= 20
Grand Total= 30
20.10 President’s Day: Fences by August Wilson+5 combo (20.3 One word title)
+10 Canon
Task Total: 35
10.6 Noel:The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
+5 Oldies (pub 1967)
Task Total:15
Post Total:50
Grand Total= 65
10.1 Turkey ComaHow to Breathe Underwater: Stories by Julie Orringer
(really a fabulous collection -- highly recommended)
10 Task
+5 Combo (10.9 -- Breathe-Orrigner)
Task Total: 15
20.10 President's Day
Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller
20 Task
+5 Combo (this dropped to 55 on the Romance list between the time I picked it and the time I finished it. Boo! But approved by Sam for combo anyway! Yay!)
Task total: 25
Post total: 40
Grand total: 195
20.9 Sam's ChoiceBefore I Fall by Lauren Oliver
+20 Task #93
+5 Combo 10.9 B-O Before- Oliver
+5 Combo 20.8 Goes back to the beginning of the same day 6 times with memory of the previous days
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 275
Jackie wrote: "20.10 President’s Day: Fences by August Wilson+5 combo (20.3 One word title)
+10 Canon
Task Total: 35"
I believe the task says the President's name must be in the title.
10.6 Noel Noel The Sea Runners by Ivan Doig, pub 1981+10 Task
+ 5 Oldies
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 40
Joanna wrote: +0 Combo (this dropped to 55 on the Romance list between the time I picked it and the time I finished it. Boo!)Since you added it to your bookshelf on 12/1, I'm okay with giving you the combo points.
Sam wrote: "Joanna wrote: +0 Combo (this dropped to 55 on the Romance list between the time I picked it and the time I finished it. Boo!)Since you added it to your bookshelf on 12/1, I'm okay with giving y..."
Neat! Thanks. I'll edit the post above.
Backpacking TasksTraveler Type = Land & Sea
Task 15.4 (4th Itinerary Stop) Sweden:
Simon's Family by Marianne Fredriksson
+15 Task
+10 bonus
Task total: 25
Grand total: 120
20.9 Amazon's best The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements-by Sam Kean+20 task total
160 grand total
Backpacking TasksTraveler Type = Land & Sea
Task 15.6 (6th Itinerary Stop) UK: Under the Skin by Michel Faber
+15 Task
+10 Style
Task Total= 25
Grand Total= 525
Backpacking Tasks, Traveler Type = Land & Sea Task 15.3 (3rd Itinerary Stop) Italy
Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
+15 Task
+10 Style Points
Task Total = 25
RwS Tasks
10.1 – Turkey Coma
Blood Roses by Francesca Lia Block Lexile 820
+10 Task
10.6 – Noel, Noel:
Three Rivers Rising by Jame Richards Lexile 780
I chose this one for no el just looking at the cover and didn't consider it a book with a subtitle, but when I pulled it up there was one with an "l"(A Novel of the Johnstown Flood). If it doesn't count I'll adjust my points. Thanks!
+10 Task
10.9 – Alphabet Soup
G - T
Bright Young Things by Anna Godbersen Lexile: book too new, Luxe Series by same author is 990 - 1140
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.3 Noel, Noel)
+ 5 Series (Book 1 in 'Bright Young Things' series)
+20 Total
20.3 – Shortest Day/Month of the Year
Split by Swati Avasthi
+20 Task
20.3 – Shortest Day/Month of the Year
Captivate by Carrie Jones Low Lexile
+20 Task
Task Total = 20 + 20 + 20 + 10 + 10 + 25 = 105
Grand Total = 190
ERIN MN10.7 - Booker Prize
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
+10 Task Points
+5 Combo (10.6 - Noel, Noel)
New Points = 15
TOTAL POINTS = 40
Backpacking Tasks, Traveler Type = Land & Sea Task 15.3 (1st Itinerary Stop) U.K. (Scotland).
The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
+ 15 Task
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 105 + 15 = 120
Backpacking Tasks, Traveler Type = Land & SeaTask 15.7 (7th Itinerary stop) Iceland: Jar City by Arnaldur Indriðason
+15 Task
+10 Style
Task Total= 25
Grand Total= 550
10.1 Turkey ComaWillful Creatures: Stories by Aimee Bender
(I actually didn't mean to read this book. I just picked it up to flip through it, and didn't get up until I'd raced through all the stories three or four hours later. I want to read more of her work.)
+10 Task
Grand Total = 205
Backpacking Tasks, Traveler Type = Land & SeaTask 15.8 (8th Itinerary stop) Norway: Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen
+15 Task
+10 Style
Task Total= 25
Grand Total= 575
20.5 HanukkahDeath of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
+20 Task
+10 Canon
+5 Oldies (published 1949)
Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 310
20.9 Best of 2010The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness and Obsession by David Grann
+20 Task
Task Total=20
Grand Total=105
20.9 Best of 2010Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
+20 Task
+5 Series (Book 10 in the Sookie Stackhouse Series)
Task Total 25
Grand Total = 60
Task 20.1 Post-Apocalyptic Fiction List: The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham (#22 on list)+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.6 Noel, Noel)
+5 Oldies (pub. 1951)
Task Total= 30
Grand Total= 605
DeeDee Task 20.3 – Shortest Day/Month of the Year
Rumors by Anna Godbersen
(Lexile Score: 1070L)
+ 20 Task
+ 5 Combo (also fits Task 10.6 NO "L" )
+ 5 Style (Part of a Series)
Task Total = 30
Grand Total: 120 + 30 = 150
Backpacking Tasks, Traveler Type = Land & SeaTask 15.2 (2nd Itinerary stop) Ireland:
Heart and Soul by Maeve Binchy
+15 Task
+10 Style
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 100
Task 10.9 - Alphabet Soup: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept by Paulo Coelho (C-P, Piedra-Coelho)+10 Task
+5 Series (On the Seventh Day #1)
Task Total = 15
Task 20.1 - "Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse": The Time Machine by H.G. Wells (#41 on the list)
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.8, it involves time travel)
+10 Canon
+10 Oldies (Publ 1895)
Task Total = 45
Grand Total =
10.6 Noel NoelMagic Steps by Tamora Pierce
+ 10 Task Lexile 760
+ 5 Series
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 320
Backpacking Tasks, Land & SeaTask 15.3 (3d Itinerary Stop): Hungary
The boy changed into a stag: Selected poems, 1949-1967 by Ferenc Juhász
(an extremely strange collection of poetry -- not sure how much the foreigness is a result of translation and how much is a result of the poet himself)
+15 Task
+10 Bonus
Task Total = 25
20.1 Not a creature was stirring...
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Lexile: 760
+20 Task (#9 on the list)
+5 Series (first book in the series)
Task total=25
Grand total = 255
Task 20.9 Best of 2010A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
+20 task
+5 combo (task 10.6 Noel, Noel)
task total = 25
grand total = 60
Task 20.8 - The Time of Your Life: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.5, #23 on the list)
+10 Canon
+15 Oldies (Publ 1843)
Task Total = 50
Grand Total =
Hello Fellow Reading with Stylers. THis will be my last post for the Reading with Style challenge for Winter. I am having major surgery on January 6th and have no ideas on recovery time. I have really enjoyed looking for and reading the books for this challenge but feel that it would be unfair to dump a lot of postings at a time since I have been active from the first of this challenge. I love all you guys and look forward to getting back into the fray in March!!!Take care. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Krista would you please send me an email on goodreads. Thanks
Cheryl - best of luck in the next few months, and for a speedy recovery. Look forward to seeing you in March!
Cheryl,Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and best wishes for a speedy recovery.
Task 10.5 Best Beginnings: The Princess Bride by William Goldman (#7 on list)+10 Task
+5 Oldies (1973)
Task Total= 15
Grand Total= 620
Task 10.5 New Year's Resolutions: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (#23 on the list)+10 Task
+10 Canon
+15 Oldies (Publ 1859)
+5 Jumbo (541 pgs)
Task Total = 40
Task 20.9 - Best of 2010: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (#1 on the list)
+20 Task
Task Total = 20
Grand Total =
Backpacking Tasks, Traveler Type = Land & SeaTask 15.9 (9th Itinerary stop) Sweden: By the Open Sea by August Strindberg
+15 Task
+10 Style
Task Total= 25
Grand Total= 645
Backpacking Tasks, Traveler Type = Land & Sea Task 15.4 (4th Itinerary Stop) France:
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
+15 Task
+10 Style Points
Task Total = 25
RwS Task:
20.1 – “Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse”
#4 on the list of "bests"
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.9 Alphabet Soup B-O)
Task Total = 25
Task Points: +50
Grand Total: 240
Task 20.2 Best Epic Fantasy: Dune by Frank Herbert (#30 on list)+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.6 Noel, Noel; 20.3 One Word Title)
+5 Series (Book 1 of 'Dune Chronicles')
+5 Oldies (1965)
+5 Jumbo (608pp)
Task Total= 45
Grand Total= 690
Backpacking Through Europe - Land & Sea TravelerTask 15.1 - 1st Itinerary Stop (Ireland)
Faithful Place by Tana French
+15 Task
Task Total=15
Grand Total=60
Backpacking TasksTraveler Type = Land & Sea
Task 15.5 (5th Itinerary Stop) Germany:
Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald
+15 Task
+10 bonus
Task total: 25
Task 15.6 (6th Itinerary Stop) Czech Republic:
Closely Watched Trains by Bohumil Hrabal
+15 Task
+10 bonus
Task total: 25
Task 15.7 (7th Itinerary Stop) Austria:
The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek
+15 Task
+10 bonus
Task total: 25
Grand total: 195
Task 10.8 - nsfancy's 3rd Place Task - The Tropic of Capricorn The Book of Murder by Guillermo Martinez (Argentina)+10 Task
Task Total = 10
Grand Total =
Task 20.8 Time of Your Life: Unraveled by Gena Showalter (YA - no Lexile score)+20 Task
Task Total= 20
Grand Total= 710
Backpacking Tasks, Traveler Type = Land & Sea Task 15.5 (5th Itinerary Stop) UK (Scotland)
Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith
+15 Task
+10 Style Points
Task Total = 25
RwS Task
20.5 – “Put on your yarmulke, Here comes Hanukkah!”
I am fascinated with the legend of the Golem, so for this task I purchased a copy of the play The Golem by H. Leivick. There is no Goodreads link for this copy, so I checked it on the Questions and Answers thread and Sam approved the book.
+20 Task
+10 Oldies (Publ 1921)
Task Total: +30
Task Total this Post: 55
Grand Total: 295
Backpacking Tasks, Traveler Type = Land & Sea Task 15.2 (2nd Itinerary Stop) Portugal
The Elephant's Journey by José Saramago
+15 Task
+ 10 Bonus
+ 25 Task Total
Task 10.9 Alphabet Soup - G-T
Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America by Matt Taibbi
+10 Task
+ 10 Task Total
Task Totals this Post: 35
Grand Total: 185
Task 20.7 - Goodbye, So Long, Good Riddance...: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin (1700-1710. Franklin was born in 1706)+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.4, Franklin was an American politician)
+15 Oldies (Publ 1790)
Task Total = 40
Grand Total =
Rhea wrote: "Task 20.7 - Goodbye, So Long, Good Riddance...: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin (1700-1710. Franklin was born in 1706)+20 Task
+5 Combo (1..."
Was this good? I just downloaded it on my Kindle since it was free.
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+ 20 task
+ 5 combo (task 10.9 alphabet soup M-Z)
task total = 25
grand total = 35