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WI 10-11 RwS Completed Tasks - Winter
Backpacking Tasks, Traveler Type = Land & Sea Task 15.7 (7th Itinerary Stop) France, The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas
+ 15 Task
+ 10 Style
Task Total = 25
RwS
10.3 V-Day
The Notebook
+ 10 Task (3rd on list)
Task Total = 10 points
20.1 Not a Creature was stirring …
The Giver (760 Lexile)
+ 20 task
+ 5 Series (The Giver #1)
Task Total = 25
20.3 Shortest Day/Month of the Year
Stardust (970 Lexile)
+ 20 Task
+ 5 Combo (20.2 47th on list)
Task Total = 25 points
20.3 Shortest Day/Month of the Year
Frederica by Georgette Heyer
+ 20 Task
+ 10 Combo (10.3 14th on list, 10.6 Noel)
+ 5 Oldies (1965)
Task Total = 35 points
20.4 A Short Detour to Sweden
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
+ 20 Task (Nobel prize in 1982)
+ 15 Combo (10.3 19th on list, 10.9 T-G)
+ 10 Canon
+ 5 Oldies (1985)
Task Total = 50 points
Grand Total = 710
Task 10.7 - Man Booker Prize - Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (shortlisted in 2005)+10 Task
Task Total = 10
Task 20.9 - Amazon's Best Books - Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
+ 20 Task
+ 10 Combo (10.1, 10.9 F-S)
Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 170
Krista wrote: "In Msg 328 -- Rebekah wrote: "Krista, I just copied this from Wikipedia instead of trying to go through that whole big book which was an audiobook....He was touted as a possible opponent of Bi..."
Okey dokey
It was still a good book and made me admire the man even more. Wish he would run for prez. So is my grand total 275?
Rebekah wrote: "Krista wrote: "In Msg 328 -- Rebekah wrote: "Krista, I just copied this from Wikipedia instead of trying to go through that whole big book which was an audiobook....He was touted as a possible..."
Oops! I forgot it didn't qualify for Shortest Day/Month either! Can I even get 5 pts for the Jumbo Read? ;)
Norma wrote: "10.9 Alphabet Soup - J-W - Womans Murder Club #9 - The 9th Judgement by James Patterson 
+10 Task
+5 Series (Book 9)
Task total = 15
20.2 While visions o..."
Beloved also is #43 on the Best beginnings List (task 10.5)
and is one of the African American authors for Task 20.6
I was looking at this book myself to use for one of these tasks.
10.9 - Alphabet Soup: No Longer at Ease by Chinua Achebe (A-N, Achebe-No)+10 Task
+5 Series (The African Trilogy #2)
+10 Canon
+5 Oldies (Publ 1960)
Task Total = 30
10.6 - Noel, Noel: The Sight by Erin Hunter
770 Lexile
+10 Task
+10 Series (Warriors series, I used another book in the series for task 20.3 in message 346)
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 1055
10.6 NoelI read Savor the Moment by Nora Roberts (no L!)
Task: 10 points
+5 series (Bridal Quartet #3)
= 15 points for the task
Total RWS Points: 40
Task 20.2 Best Epic Fantasies: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman (#45)+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.9 Alphabet Soup G(ood)-T(erry))
Task Total= 25
Grand Total= 1525
Task 20.1 Not a Creature Was Stirring: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins+5 Combo (20.3 Shortest Day)
+5 Series (#3 Hunger Games Trilogy)
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 180
Task 10.1 Turkey ComaTanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne
+10 pts - Task
+15 pts - Style (oldies, pub in 1851)
I'm not sure if this gets style points for series. It was a follow-up of A Wonder Book with the same character Eustace Bright as narrator.
25 pts - Task Total
275 pts - Grand Total
Task 20.9 Best of 2010 - Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey+20 task
+5 combo 10.7 Booker
+5 combo 10.9 alphabet soup (C-P)
total this post = 30
grand total = 175
Christy wrote: "Task 20.9 Best of 2010 - Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey+20 task
+5 combo 10.7 Booker
+5 combo 10.9 alphabet soup (C-P)
total this post = 30
gra..."
I do so hope I make time to get to this one.
Elizabeth -I'm a big Peter Carey fan. Every one of his books (that I've read anyway) seems to be written in a completely different style, and yet they're all equally wonderful. His latest is no exception -- I thoroughly enjoyed it!
Christy wrote: "Elizabeth -I'm a big Peter Carey fan. Every one of his books (that I've read anyway) seems to be written in a completely different style, and yet they're all equally wonderful. His latest is no..."
Thanks, Christy. I have way more books identified than I can read this challenge. Your comment really helps me to prioritize!
Task 20.9 Best of 2010Room by Emma Donoghue
+20 pts - Task
+20 pts - Combo (10.6 - No eL,10.7 - ManBooker Short List 2010, 10.9 - Alphabet Soup E-R, 20.3 - Shortest Day/Month)
40 pts - Task Total
315 pts - Grand Total
10.6 - Noel, Noel: Dark River by Erin Hunter620 Lexile, no style points
Task Total = 10
20.8 - The Time of Your Life: Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (It's on the third link provided)
+20 Task
+10 Combo (20.6, African-American author on the list; 20.3, one word title)
+5 Oldies (Publ 1978)
Task Total = 35
Grand Total = 1100
10.9 - Alphabet Soup - B - OA Woman of Valor: Clara Barton and the Civil War by Stephen B. Oates (Paperback, 527 pages)
+ 20 Task
+ 5 Style: 500+ pages
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 320 + 25 = 345
Task 20.3 One Word Title: Intimacy: A Novel by Hanif Kureishi+20 Task
Task Total= 20
Grand Total= 1545
20.2 Epic Fantasty The Name of the Windby Patrick Rothfuss+20 task
+5 jumbo (662 pages)
+5 series (1st of the Kingkiller series)
task total = 30
grand total = 210 points
20.1 Post-apocalyptic fiction (#35): The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
+ 20 Task
+ 10 Canon
+ 10 Oldies (published 1898)
Task Total: 40 points
Grand Total: 385
Task 10.9 Alphabet Soup: The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson (F-S)+10 Task
+5 Series (Book 2 of 'Millennium' series)
+5 Jumbo (630 pp)
Task Total= 20
Grand Total= 1565
In Msg 324 -- Norma wrote: "10.9 Alphabet Soup - J-W - Womans Murder Club #9 - The 9th Judgement by James Patterson +10 Task
+5 Series (Book 9)
Task total = 15
20.2 While visions of sugarplums danced in their heads - The Golden Compass (His Dark Material #1) by Philip Pullman
+20 task
+5 Series
Task total = 25
Grand total 15+25+25=65 "
Hi Norma:
Task 10.9 -- The 9th Judgment by James Patterson does not work for this task. The J-W combo can only be made if you use the series name. There is no "W" in the book title.
Points for this task/book combo are invalid.
Task 20.2 -- Shoot, I hate to do this, but per the taks rules, if the whole series is shown on the list as one entry, the whole series has to be read in order to claim points for the task.
"Note: Some of the Top 50 are entire series...don't pick those unless you plan on reading the entire series."
The whole "His Dark Materials" series is listed on the Listopia entry. I didn't see an entry that just listed The Golden Compass. So I can't count points for The Golden Compass since it's only one book in the trilogy.
I hope you can find another task for these books. If you do, please add a new entry when posting the points.
Adjusted Grand total
In Msg 331 -- colleen wrote: "Task 20.4 Nobel Prize: Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse (won in 1946)+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.6 Noel, Noel; 20.3 One Word Title)
+10 Oldies (pub. 1922)
Task Total= 40
+100 RwS Finish
+200 Mega Finish
Grand Total= 1480 ..."
Hey Colleen: Congrats on finishing up the whole challenge. What are you going to do for the 2nd half of the quarter? :-)
Krista wrote: "Hey Colleen: Congrats on finishing up the whole challenge. What are you going to do for the 2nd half of the quarter? :-) "Thanks, Krista. I'll still be reading. Lots of good books out there. :)
In Msg 353 --- Christy wrote: "10.8 Tropic of Capricorn - Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City by Greg Grandin (set in Brazil)+10 task
grand total = 145"
+5 Combo Task 20.10 (President's Day) "Ford" is a presidential name.
Adjusted Grand Total = 150
In Msg 354 -- Coralie wrote: 20.4 A Short Detour to Sweden
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
+ 20 Task (Nobel prize in 1982)
+ 10 Canon
+ 5 Oldies (1985)
Task Total = 50 points
Grand Total = 710 ..."
Hi Coralie:
I only see two Combo tasks listed for this book. (10.3, 10.9) So your Combo point total for this books is 10, not 15.
Adjusted Grand Total = 705
In Msg 356 -- Rebekah wrote: "Krista wrote: Okey dokey --It was still a good book and made me admire the man even more. Wish he would run for prez. So is my grand total 275? ..."
Yes
As of this post, your Grand Total is 275
Task 20.4 Detour to Sweden Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee+20 pts - Task
+20 pts - Combo(10.6 - No eL, 10.7 - Won ManBooker 1999, 10.8 - Tropic of Capricorn South Africa, 20.5 - Shortest Day/Month)
40 pts - Task Total
355 pts - Grand Total
In Msg 358 -- Rebekah wrote to Norma: "Beloved also is #43 on the Best beginnings List (task 10.5) and is one of the African American authors for Task 20.6
I was looking at this book myself to use for one of these tasks.
..."
Good catch Rebekah!
Norma -- I've added the 10 new Combo points to your point total for Beloved.
Adjusted Grand Total = 35
10.5 - New Year's ResolutionsHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
+10 Task
+ 5 Series
Task Total=15
Grand total=110
10.1 Turkey ComaWith a Delicate Air, and other stories by Pearl S. Buck
+ 10 Task
+ 5 Combo (20.4 Nobel prize in 1938)
+ 5 Oldies (1962)
Task Total = 20 points
10.6 No El
Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
+ 10 Task
Task Total = 10 points
10.6 No El
The Vampire Tapestry: A Novel by Suzy McKee Charnas
+ 10 Task
+ 5 Oldies (1988)
Task Total = 15 points
20.6 African-America History Month
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
+ 20 Task
+ 10 Combo (20.3, 20.8)
+ 5 Oldies (1979)
Task Total = 35
Grand Total = 785
In Msg 364 -- Rebekah wrote: "Task 10.1 Turkey ComaTanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne
+10 pts - Task
+15 pts - Style (oldies, pub in 1851)...
25 pts - Task Total
275 pts - Grand Total
"
Hi Rebekah:
Your last Grand Total before these points were added was 275.
Adjusted Grand Total = 300
In Msg 370 -- Rebekah wrote: "Task 20.9 Best of 2010Room by Emma Donoghue
+20 pts - Task
+20 pts - Combo (10.6 - No eL,10.7 - ManBooker Short List 2010, 10.9 - Alphabet Soup E-R, 20.3 - Short..."
Adjusted Grand Total = 340
In Msg 372 -- Deedee wrote: "10.9 - Alphabet Soup - B - OA Woman of Valor: Clara Barton and the Civil War by Stephen B. Oates (Paperback, 527 pages)
+ 5 Style: 500+ pages
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 320 + 25 = 345 ..."
Hi DeeDee:
This task (10.9) is only worth 10 points.
+10 Task
+ 5 Jumbo (527 pages)
Task Total = 15
Adjusted Grand Total = 335
In Msg 383 -- Rebekah wrote: "Task 20.4 Detour to Sweden Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee+20 pts - Task
+20 pts - Combo(10.6 - No eL, 10.7 - Won ManBooker 1999, 10.8 - Tropic of Capricorn South Africa, 20...
40 pts - Task Total
355 pts - Grand Total ..... "
Adjusted Grand Total = 380
Backpacking through Europe - Land and Sea15.4 Germany - Reckless by Cornelia Funke
+15 Task
+10 Style
Grand Total = 260
20.2 Epic Fantasy: Stardust by Neil Gaiman(#47)
+20 Task Points
+5 Combo Points (20.3)
=25 Total Points
20.3 One Word:
Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
+20 Task Points
Backpacking Through Europe - Air Traveler
UK: A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
+15 Task Points
Germany:
The Weekend: A Novel by Bernhard Schlink
+15 Task Points
Iceland: Voices by Arnaldur Indridason
+15 Task Points
New Points: 90
Grand Total: 90
Backpacking through Europe - Land and Sea 15.2 Spain - The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
+15 Task
+10 Style
Grand Total = 195
Bless your heart, Krista! I just don't know why I get so mixed up! I guess I got the beauty in the family! (smile)
20.9 Best Books of 2010: Just Kids by Patti Smith (#9)+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.6 Noel, Noel)
Task Total= 25
Grand Total= 1590
In Msg 394 -- Rebekah wrote: "Bless your heart, Krista! I just don't know why I get so mixed up! I guess I got the beauty in the family! (smile)"LOL -- No worries. Just keep enjoying your reading. We'll work out the scores together. :-)
Backpacking Tasks, Traveler Type = Land & Sea Task 15.8 (8th Itinerary Stop) Russia:
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (Михаил Булгаков)
+15 Task
+10 Style Points
Task Total = 25
RwS Tasks
10.6 – Noel, Noel
For The Win by Cory Doctorow
+ 10 Task
Task Total: 10
10.8 – The Tropic of Capricorn
Australia:
Butterfly by Sonya Hartnett Lexile 860
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo (20.3 Shortest Day)
Task Total = 15
Task Totals: 50
Grand Total: 440
Task 10.4 Private Lives Mornings on Horseback by David McCullough+10 Task
+ 5 Oldies (pub 1981)
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 85
10.6 Noel, NoelIn Character: An Actor's Workbook for Character Development by Christopher Vened
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.9 I-V)
Task Total: 15
10.6 Noel, Noel
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
+10 Task
+10 Oldies - Published 1933
Task Total: 20
20.3 Shortest Day
Agamemnon by Aeschylus
+20 Task
+10 Canon
+15 Oldies
Task Total: 45
Post Total: 80
Grand Total: 475
10.5: New Year's Resolutions (Best Beginnings) One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.4: Nobel prize winner in 1982)
+10 Canon (Latin America)
+5 Oldies (published 1970)
Total Task Points=30
Grand Total=175 pts
Task 10.6 Noel, Noel: Kiss at Your Own Risk by Stephanie Rowe+10 Task
+5 Series (Book 1 of 'Soulfire' series)
Task Total= 15
Grand Total= 1625
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