WI 10-11 RwS Completed Tasks - Winter

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BtE Land & Sea

15.1 Ireland Minding Frankie by Maeve Binchy

+15 Task

Total points 115


15.2 Portugal All the Names by José Saramago

+15 Task
+10 Style

Task Total 25

Total points 140

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20.1 Post Apocalyptic Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.9 F-S pair)
+5 Series (Hunger Games #2)

Task Total 30

Total points 170

[Krista]

Rebekah wrote: "Task 20.8 Time of Your Life The Time Machine by H.G. Wells ...

I thought if I made two seperate entries it might help my addition problem. (fingers crossed)
..."

Your addition is spot on. :-)

[Krista]

In Msg 214 -- colleen wrote: "Backpacking through Europe: Land & Sea
Task 15.10 (10th Itinerary stop) Russia: Mother by Maxim Gorky
...

+100 Well Traveled Bonus ..."

Wowie! Congrats Colleen on completing your backpacking trip in less than a month. You must be a quick walker. :-)

Are you going to set out on a new trip?

[Liz M]

nsfancy wrote: "15.2 Portugal All the Names by José Saramago..."

This is one of my favorite novels! what did you think of it? I know the style/structure is not for everyone, but I loved the search for identity theme.

[Krista]

In Msg 226 -- Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "I am claiming points for task 20.2 "While Visions of Sugar Plums". I read "Feast For Crows" by George R.R. Martin. It was number 28 on the list.

Task Points: 20
Style: 15 (Series: Song of Ice and Fire #4, Jumbo 753pp)
Grand Total: 125 ..."

Hi Jayme: I think you missed claiming Combo points for Task 10.6, No "L".

Here's my scoring for this book. (If you could use this format going foward that will help me understand your point totals easier.)

+20 Task
+5 Combo Task 10.6, No "L"
+5 Series (#4 Songs of Fire and Ice)
+10 Jumbo - 753 pgs

Task Total = 40
Adjusted Grand Total = 130

[Tammy AZ]

Task 15.3 Land and Sea

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

+15 Task
+10 Style
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 150

[colleen]

Krista wrote: "Wowie! Congrats Colleen on completing your backpacking trip in less than a month. You must be a quick walker. :-)

Are you going to set out on a new trip? "

Thanks, Krista. I'll hit a few more countries, but I'm going to take the Air route for a change of pace. :)

[colleen]

Task 20.9 Best of 2010: Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris (#80)

+20 Task
+5 Series (Book 10 of 'Sookie Stackhouse' series)

Task Total= 25
Grand Total= 960

[Erin]

ERIN MN

10.1 - Turkey Coma
Had a Good Time: Stories from American Postcards - Robert Olen Butler
+10 Task Points

10.2 - Gift From RWS
The Kitchen House - Kathleen Grissom
+10 Task Points

New Points = 20
TOTAL POINTS = 60

[Rachel]

READERBOARD NAME: Rachel OH

I completed...

15.1 Backpacking Through Europe
Itinerary Type: Land and Sea
Stop #1: Russia

I read The Cherry Orchard. This edition had supplemental material, which I also read, and was 191 pgs.

+15 task

Task Total=15
TOTAL POINTS=65

[Krista]

I HAVE been reading while my computer was out. :-)

Starting point total = 10

Backpacking through Europe (BtE) Land & Sea Traveler
Task 15.1 - Norway Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
+15 Task
Task Total = 15

Task 15.2 - Sweden Handling the Undead by John Ajvide Lindqvist
+15 Task
+10 Style
Task Total = 25

RwS
Task 20.1 - Not a Creature was Stirring: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (I have to say, I didn't like this 3rd book in the Hunger Games series. I only gave it 1 star!)
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (20.3, Shortest Day -- 1 Word Title)
+ 5 Series (#3 Hunger Games)
Task Total = 30

Task 20.3 - Shortest Day (1 Word Title): Room by Emma Donoghue
(And this is my favorite book so far this challenge. 5 stars.)
+20 Task
+20 Combo (10.6, 10.7, 10.9 E-R, 20.9)
Task Total = 40

Task 20.3 - Shortest Day: Tinkers by Paul Harding
+20 Task
(Drat I couldn't find any Style points!)
Task Total = 20

Task 20.4 - A Short Detour to Sweden: Kim by Rudyard Kipling Published 1901
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (20.3, 1 Word Title)
+10 Canon
+10 Oldies
Task Total = 45

Task 20.7 Good-By and Good Riddance: 1500-1510 The Lady in the Tower by Alison Weir Book about the last few months of Anne Boleyn's life. Anne Boleyn born 1501.
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (Task 10.4, Monarchy)
Task Total = 25

Total New Points Posted = 200
Grand Total = 210

HAPPY NEW YEAR'S EVE EVERYONE!

[Krista]

In Msg 240 -- Rebekah wrote: "Task 20.4 Detour to Sweden Hunger by Knut Hamsun(1920 - Norway)

+20 pts Task
+10 pts Combo (10.6 No El,20.3 Shortest Day/Month)
+10 pts Oldies (1890)

30 pts 40 pts Task Total
185 pts Grand Total ..."

Hi Rebekah: You were doing so GOOD with your math... :-)

Total points for this book as posted equals 40 not the 30 shown here.

+ 10 Canon (As pointed out in Liz M's msg #241)

Adjusted Grand Total = 205

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Krista wrote: "In Msg 258 -- Tammy wrote: "Task 15.3 Land and Sea

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

+15 Task
+10 Style
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 150"

Hi Tammy:
What specific Style poin..."

Krista, this is a backpacking through Europe task, so the 10 "style" points are for that, I think.

[Krista]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Krista wrote: "In Msg 258 -- Tammy wrote: "Task 15.3 Land and Sea

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

+15 Task
+10 Style
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 150"

Hi Tammy:
What spec..."

Doh! You're absolutely right Elizabeth. I didn't notice the Task number. --- Tammy, please disregard my earlier blather. (In fact, I think I'll just delete my first post about this book. Let's see if I can make this message thread even harder to follow.)

I swear I haven't been hitting the champagne...yet! :-}

[colleen]

Task 20.3 One Word Title: Captivated by Carla Neggers

+20 Task

Task Total= 20
Grand Total= 980

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Krista wrote: "I swear I haven't been hitting the champagne...yet! :-} "

Maybe that's the problem! ;-)

[Tammy AZ]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Krista wrote: "I swear I haven't been hitting the champagne...yet! :-} "

Maybe that's the problem! ;-)"

Thanks for catching that Elizabeth - let's all start on the champagne!

[colleen]

Task 10.9 Alphabet Soup: The Texan's Convenient Marriage (A Piece of Texas) by Peggy Moreland (C-P)

+10 Task

Task Total= 10
Grand Total= 990

[Tobey]

RwS

Task 20.2: While Visions of Sugarplums (Epic Fantasies)
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

+20 Task
+10 Jumbo (722 pgs)
+5 Series (Kingkiller Chronicle #1)
+5 Combo (10.6 Noel, Noel)

Task Total=40
Grand Total=115 pts

[Potjy]

Task 10.1 - Turkey Coma (2nd book): Mysteries of a Great City by William Le Queux

(The book link will take you to a page at fantasitcfiction.co.uk, as the only page of this book on goodreads is an OCR version with undecipherable characters and misspelled author's name!)

+10 Task
+10 Oldies (Publ 1920)
Task Total = 20

Grand Total = 60

[Liz M]

Backpacking Tasks
Traveler Type = Land & Sea

Task 15.9 (9th Itinerary Stop)
The Museum of Unconditional Surrender by Dubravka Ugrešić

+15 Task
+10 bonus
Task total: 25

RwS Tasks

20.8 Time travel: The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

+ 20 Task
+ 10 Combo (10.9 G-T, 20.1 #49)
+ 10 Canon
+ 10 Oldies (published 1895)
Task Total: 50 points

Grand Total: 295

[Rebekah]

Krista wrote: "In Msg 240 -- Rebekah wrote: "Task 20.4 Detour to Sweden Hunger by Knut Hamsun(1920 - Norway)

+20 pts Task
+10 pts Combo (10.6 No El,20.3 Shortest Day/Month)
+10 ..."

Well, Krista, I added it all up again from my spread sheet and got the same total as you. I know once in the last challenge, I started counting my last task total for my grand total! I caught myself doing it again this time Focus problems!
Thanks for keeping it all straight!
How do you like your new computer?
Best,
Rebekah

[Rebekah]

Liz M wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "Task 20.4 Detour to Sweden Hunger by Knut Hamsun(1920 - Norway)

+20 pts Task
+10 pts Combo (10.6 No El,20.3 Shortest Day/Month)
+10 pts Oldies (1890)

3..."

Thanks, Liz! I saw that when I first started to read it, but then clean forgot about it. Thanks for being so sharp!
Happy New Year

[Rebekah]

Task 20.1 Post-Apocalptic Fiction - Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

20 pts Task
5 pts Combo (10.9 Alphabet Soup, F-S)
10 pts Series (#1 of series used for 10.5)

35 Task Total
240 Grand Total

--- 35
+205
-----
240

[Rebekah]

Task 10.6 No El Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever by Mem Fox

10 pts - Task Total
150 pts - Grand Total

--- 10
+240
----
250


Am I doing better? (smile)

[colleen]

Backpacking Tasks, Traveler Type = Air (2nd trip)

Task 15.1 Albania: Spring Flowers, Spring Frost: A Novel by Ismail Kadare

+15 Task

Task Total= 15
Grand Total= 1005

[Rebekah]

Task 20.3 Shortest Day/Month Soldier: The Life of Colin Powell by Karen DeYoung

+20 pts Task
+ 5 pts Combo (10.4 Will & Kate ~ Secretary of State for George W Bush and Secretary of Defense for George H W Bush as well as having held appointed offices for Reagan and Clinton)
+ 5 Jumbo (640 pages)

30 pts Task Total
280 pts Grand Total

25 pts Task Total
275 pts Grand Total

[Cassandra]

Task 10.4 - The Private Lives of Public Figures: Autobiography by John Stuart Mill (Mill was a member of the English Parliment)

+10 Task
+10 Combo (20.3, one word title; 20.7, Mill was born in 1806)
+10 Canon
+10 Oldies (Publ 1873)
Task total = 40


Task 10.8 - The Tropic of Capricorn: The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough (Set in Australia)

+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.3, #31 on the list.)
+5 Oldies (Publ 1977)
+5 Jumbo (692)
Task Total = 25

+100 RwS Finish Points

Grand Total = 705

[colleen]

Task 20.3 One Word Title: Ignorance by Milan Kundera

+20 Task

Task Total= 20
Grand Total= 1025

[Karen Michele]

Backpacking Tasks, Traveler Type = Land & Sea

Task 15.6 (6th Itinerary Stop) Germany:

Center of the World by Andreas Steinhofel

+15 Task
+10 Style Points
Task Total = 25

RwS Tasks:

10.9 – Alphabet Soup

C-P
The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman

+10 Task
Task Total = 10

20.3 – Shortest Day/Month of the Year

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.5 – New Year’s Resolution/10.6 – Noel, Noel/10.3 – V-Day)
+5 Oldies (1938 (25 to 75 years)

Task Total = 40

Task Total This Post: 40+10+25=75
Grand Total: 365

[colleen]

Task 20.3 One Word Title: Pastoralia by George Saunders

+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.1 Turkey Coma)

Task Total= 25
Grand Total= 1050

[Rachel]

10.1 Turkey Coma

A Quiver Full of Arrows by Jeffrey Archer

+10 Task
+5 Oldies - published 1980
Task Total: 15

20.8 Time Of Your Life

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

+20 Task
+5 Combo - 20.2 (#30)
+5 Series (Time #1)
+5 Oldies -published 1962
Task Total: 35

Post Total: 50
Grand Total: 360

[Krista]

In Msg 274-- Rebekah wrote: "Krista wrote: "In Msg 240 -- ....
Well, Krista, I added it all up again from my spread sheet and got the same total as you. I know once in the last challenge, I started counting my last task total for my grand total! I caught myself doing it again this time Focus problems!
Thanks for keeping it all straight!
How do you like your new computer?
Best, Rebekah ..."

Hi Rebekah:
No worries! :-) I really like the SPEED of the new computer and the extra disk space. I'm having the get used to Windows 7 and the Microsoft Office 7 though so there is a bit of adjustment.

But did I tell you it really goes "Zoom, Zoom"?

[Krista]

In Msg 277 -- Rebekah wrote: "Task 10.6 No El Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever by Mem Fox

10 pts - Task Total
150 pts - Grand Total

--- 10
+240
----
250
Am I doing better? (smile) ..."

LOL --- Perfecto!

[Coralie]

10.6 Noel Noel
The Fortune Hunter by Ira J. Morris
+ 10 Task
+ 5 Oldies (1971)
Task Total = 15

Grand Total = 410

[Krista]

In Msg 279 -- Rebekah wrote: "Task 20.3 Shortest Day/Month Soldier: The Life of Colin Powell by Karen DeYoung

+20 pts Task
+ 5 pts Combo (10.4 Will & Kate ~ Secretary of State for George W Bush and Secretary of Defense for George H W Bush as well as having held appointed offices for Reagan and Clinton)
+ 5 Jumbo (640 pages)

30 pts Task Total
280 pts Grand Total ..."

Hi Rebekah:

Books with subtitles aren't allowed for Task 20.3 (One Word Title). Sorry, I can't include these points in your total. If you can find another spot to used the book, please post it in a new message.

Thanks! -Krista

[Krista]

In Msg 280 -- Rhea wrote: "Task 10.4 - The Private Lives of Public Figures: Autobiography by John Stuart Mill (Mill was a member of the English Parliment)

+10 Task
+10 Combo (20.3, one word title)...

+100 RwS Finish Points ..."

Hi Rhea: Congratulations on finishing all the RwS tasks. I think this is the earliest that anyone had completed all 20 tasks in the season. Good going!

-K

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

I completed task 10.5 New Year's Resolution by reading "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen.

Task Points: 10

Style: 30 (Oldies published 1813, Canon, Combo task 10.6 Noel, Noel)

Total: 40
Grand Total: 140

[Krista]

In Msg 283 -- Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "I completed task 10.5 New Year's Resolution by reading "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen.

Task Points: 10

Style: 30 (Oldies published 1813, Canon, Combo task 10.3 V Day, #35 on the Best Romances of the 20th Century list)

Total: 40
Grand Total: 130 ..."

Hi Jayme: You can't count Combo points with Task 10.3. Per the task instructions the books from list list have to be published in the 20th Century.

But this DOES count for Combo points with Task 10.6 (No "L")

Also your STARTING Grand Total before this book was added = 130.

-5 Combo Task 10.3
+5 Combo Task 10.6

Task Total = 40
Adjusted Grand Total = 170

[Krista]

Alrighty -- all the posts have now been tallied! I've updated the Readerboard through this post.

Whew, it feels good to be caught up. I know I won't stay caught up for long, but I'm going to revel in the moment while I can. :-)

Happy New Year Everyone! Here's hoping 2011 turns out to be a banner year.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Thank you, Krista!

[Rachel]

Thanks Krista! You're awesome! :)

[Cassandra]

Task 10.9 - Alphabet Soup: Small Gods by Terry Pratchett (G-T, Gods-Terry)

+10 Task
+5 Series (Discworld #13)
Task Total = 15

Grand Total = 720

[Rebekah]

Krista wrote: "In Msg 279 -- Rebekah wrote: "Task 20.3 Shortest Day/Month Soldier: The Life of Colin Powell by Karen DeYoung

+20 pts Task
+ 5 pts Combo (10.4 Will & Kate ~ Secre..."

OK. How about Task 10.4 then?


Task 10.4 Will & Kate Soldier: The Life of Colin Powell by Karen DeYoung

+10 pts Task
+5 pts Jumbo

15 Task Total
265 Grand Total

[Christy]

Task 20.9 Best of 2010 The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall

Hilarious book, would highly recommend!

+20 task points
+5 jumbo (602 pages)

total points this post = 25
grand total = 135

[colleen]

Task 10.6 Noel, Noel: The Emperor's Tomb by Steve Berry

+10 Task
+5 series (Book 6 of 'Cotton Malone' series)

Task Total= 15
Grand Total= 1065

[Melissa Wiebe]

20.9 Best of 2010: The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

+20 Task
+5 Jumbo (640 pages)

Task total=25
Grand total=70

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

I completed task 10.6 Noel, Noel by reading "A Christmas Story" by Jean Shepherd.

Task Points: 10
Style: 0
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 180

[Cassandra]

Task 10.9 - Alphabet Soup: Queen of Sorcery by David Eddings (D-Q, David-Queen)

+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.6, no L)
+5 Series (The Belgariad #2)
+5 Oldies (Publ 1982)
Task Total = 25

Grand Total = 745