WI 10-11 RwS Completed Tasks - Winter

[Krista]

Task 20.8 The Time of Your Life: A Connecticut Fashionista In King Arthur's Court by Marianne Mancusi

+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.6, No "L", 20.10 President's Names)
+ 5 Series
Task Total = 35

Grand Total = 295

[Coralie]

Backpacking Tasks, Traveler Type = Land & Sea

Task 15.8 (8th Itinerary Stop) Switzerland, All Alone in the World, which I think is the same as Rico and Wiseli by Johanna Spyri
+ 15 Task
+ 10 Style
Task Total = 25

RwS

20.1 ‘Not a Creature was Stirring …”
Riddley Walker
+ 20 Task (No 47 on list)
+ 10 Canon
+ 5 Oldies (1980)
Task Total = 35

20.3 Shortest Day/Month of the Year
Nemesis
+ 20 Task
+ 5 Series
Task Total = 25

20.4 A Short Detour to Sweden
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
+ 20 Task
+ 10 Combo (10.6 Noel, 20.3)
+ 10 Oldies (1922)
Task Total = 40 points

20.8 The Time of your life
Millennium
+ 20 Task
+ 5 Combo (20.3)
+ 5 Oldies (1983)
Task Total = 30 points

Grand Total = 940

[Rachel]

20.3 Shortest Day

Eumenides by Aeschylus

+20 Task
+10 Canon
+15 Oldies

Task Total: 45
Grand Total: 565

[colleen]

Task 10.9 Alphabet Soup: A Wicked Lord at the Wedding by Jillian Hunter (J-W)

+10 Task
+5 Series (Book 8 of 'Boscastle' series)

Task Total= 15
Grand Total= 1640

[Christy]

Task 20.9 Best of 2010
Skippy Dies by Paul Murray

+20 task points
+5 jumbo (672 pages)

Task 20.9 Best of 2010
The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman

+ 20 task points
+ 5 combo (task 10.6 Noel)

total this post = 50
grand total = 230

And thanks, Krista, for catching the extra combo points on Fordlandia! (message 380)

[Karen Michele]

Backpacking Tasks, Traveler Type = Land & Sea

Task 15.9 (9th Itinerary Stop) Sweden:

Heart's Delight by Per Nilsson

+15 Task
+10 Style Points
Task Total = 25

RwS

10.1 – Turkey Coma

A Thousand Years of Good Prayers by Yiyun Li

+10 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.9 Alphabet Soup Y-L)
Task Total = 15

20.3 – Shortest Day/Month of the Year

Bleed by Laurie Faria Stolarz

+20 Task
Task Total = 20

Task Totals This Post: 20+15+25= 60
Grand Total: 500

[colleen]

Backpacking through Europe - Air Traveler (2nd trip)
Task 15.2 UK:
A Question of Upbringing by Anthony Powell

+15 Task

Task Total= 15
Grand Total= 1655

[Cassandra]

20.3 - Shortest Day/Month of the Year: Outcast by Erin Hunter
770 Lexile

+20 Task
Task Total = 20


10.9 - Alphabet Soup: Swords Against Death by Fritz Leiber (F-S, Fritz-Swords)

+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.1, short stories)
+5 Series (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser #2)
+5 Oldies (Publ 1970)
Task Total = 25

Grand Total = 1145

[colleen]

Task 20.4 Nobel Prize for Lit: Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee (won in 2003)

+20 Task
+20 Combo (10.6 Noel, Noel; 10.7 Booker Prize (in 1999); 10.8 Tropic of Capricorn (South Africa); 20.3 One Word Title)

Task Total= 40
Grand Total= 1695

[Joanna]

Backpacking Tasks, Traveler Type = Land & Sea

Task 15.5 (5th Itinerary Stop) Italy:

Naked Masks: Five Plays by Luigi Pirandello

+15 Task
+10 Bonus

Task total = 25

RWS
Task 20.8 The Time of Your Life
Replay by Ken Grimwood

+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.3)

Task Total = 25

Grand Total=420

[Tammy AZ]

10.6 - Noel, Noel: The Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwan.

Task Total=10

10.9 Alphabet Soup: Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

Task Total = 10

20.9 Best of 2010: Worth Dying For

Task Total = 20
Posting Total = 40
Grand Total = 245

[colleen]

Task 10.6 Noel, Noel: The Undead Kama Sutra by Mario Acevedo

+10 Task
+5 Series (Book 3 of 'Felix Gomez' series)

Task Total= 15
Grand Total= 1710

[colleen]

Task 10.1 Turkey Coma: You Know When the Men Are Gone by Siobhan Fallon

+10 Task

Task Total= 10
Grand Total= 1720

[colleen]

Task 10.9 Alphabet Soup: Jailbait Zombie by Mario Acevedo (M-Z)

+10 Task
+10 Series (Book 4 of 'Felix Gomez' series; used Book 3 for Task 10.6, msg. 416)

Task Total= 20
Grand Total= 1740

[Erin]

ERIN MN

10.1 - Turkey Coma
A Porch Sofa Almanac by Peter Smith
+10 Task

10.6 - Noel, Noel
Quick Study by Maggie Barbieri
+10 Task
+5 Series

10.9 - Alphabet Soup
Photo Finished - Laura Childs (P-C)
+10 Task
+5 Series

New Points - 10+15+15=40
TOTAL POINTS = 115

[Deedee]

Krista wrote: "In Msg 372 -- Deedee wrote: "10.9 - Alphabet Soup - B - O

Oops! *blushes* Sorry about that!

10.4 – William and Kate: The Private Lives of Public Figures

William and Kate: A Royal Love Story by Christopher Andersen

+ 10 Task

Grand Total: 335 + 10 = 345

[Christy]

Task 10.8 Tropic of Capricorn
The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas (set in Australia)

+10 task

grand total = 240

[Rachel]

READERBOARD NAME: Rachel OH

I completed...

10.4 Private Lives of Public Figures

I read The King in Love: Edwards Vll's Mistresses : Lillie, Langtry, Daisy Warwick, Alice Keppel and Others

+10 Task

Task Total=10
TOTAL POINTS=75

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

I completed task 20.7 Goodbye, So Long, Good Riddance. I read "Seeking Spirits: The Lost Cases of The Atlantic Paranormal Society" by Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson. This is a nonfiction book about a paranormal group who investigate the paranormal. Most of the cases in the book took place from 2000-2009.

Task Points: 10
Style Points: 0
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 190

[colleen]

Task 10.6 Noel, Noel: In Too Deep by Jayne Ann Krentz

+10 Task
+5 Series (Book 1 of 'Looking Glass' trilogy)

Task Total= 15
Grand Total= 1755

[Katy]

Task 10.5 Best Beginnings - The Host by Stephenie Meyer (#31 on list)

+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.6, 20.1 - #36 on list)
+5 Series (Book 1 of "Host" series)
+5 Jumbo (619 pages)

Task Total= 30
Grand Total= 225

[Rachel]

20.3 Shortest Day

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

+20 Task
+10 Canon
+15 Oldies - Published 1603

Task Total: 45
Grand Total: 610

[colleen]

Task 20.3 One Word Title: Dragonhaven by Robin McKinley

+20 Task

Task Total= 20
Grand Total= 1775

[Karen Michele]

Backpacking Tasks, Traveler Type = Land & Sea

Task 15.10 (10th Itinerary Stop) Norway:

Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson

+15 Task
+10 Style Points
Task Total = 25

And this completes my wonderful Backpacking Across Europe journey!

Task Points: 25
Bonus Points: 100
Grand Total: 625

[Rebekah]

Task 10.2 A Special Gift - option A
Heart for a Hero - Ed Ditto
+10 pts Task
390 pts - Grand Total

[colleen]

Task 20.3 One Word Title: Chill by Stephanie Rowe

+20 Task
+5 Series (Book 2 of 'Alaska' series)

Task Total= 25
Grand Total= 1800

[Liz M]

20.6 African-American Fiction: Quicksand
by Nella Larsen

+ 20 Task
+ 5 Combo (20.3 - one word title)
+ 10 Oldies (published 1928)
Task Total: 35 points

Grand Total: 420

What a relief to read a non-Russian, short book with one protagonist!

[Rachel]

20.3 Shortest Day

Bacchae by Euripides

+20 Task
+10 Canon
+15 Oldies

Task Total: 45
Grand Total: 655

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

I completed task 10.6 Noel, Noel by reading "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan.

Task: 10
Style: 10 (Series, book 3 of the Percy Jackson series, Combo 20.8 Time Travel, two of the characters had originally lived in the 193os and then were stuck in a time warp in the Lotus Hotel and Casino for 70 years until 2007.)

Grand Total: 210

[Coralie]

Task 15.9 (9th Itinerary Stop) Germany, The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
+ 15 Task
+ 10 Style
Task Total = 25

RwS

10.8 The Tropic of Capricorn
Roadside Sisters
+ 10 Task (set in Australia)
+ 5 Combo (10.6 Noel)
Task Total = 15 points

10.9 Alphabet soup
I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
+ 10 Task (M-Z)
+ 15 Combo (10.5 #35 on list, 10.6 No El, 10.8 Australia)
Task Total = 25 points

Grand Total = 1005

[Tobey]

Backpacking Through Europe - Land & Sea Traveller

15.2 - (2nd Itinerary Stop) Portugal: The Last Pope by Luís Miguel Rocha

+15 Task
+10 Style

Total Task Points=25
Grand Total=200

[Christy]

Task 20.4 Detour to Sweden - Nobel Prize
I read Life and Times of Michael K by J.M. Coetzee

+20 task points
+5 oldie (1983)
+5 combo Task 10.7 Booker prize winner
+5 combo Task 10.8 Tropic of Capricorn (South Africa)

total this post = 35
grand total = 275

[Rachel]

READERBOARD NAME: Rachel OH

I completed...

15.2 Backpacking Through Europe
Itinerary: Land and Sea
Stop #2: Sweden

I read Depths.

+15 Task

Task Total=15
TOTAL POINTS=90

[Deedee]

20.5 – "Put on your yarmulke, Here comes Hanukkah!"
A Walker in the City (1951) by Alfred Kazin

+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.1 short fiction/essays)
+ 5 Oldies (1935 - 1985)
Total: 30

Grand Total: 345 + 30 = 375

[Deedee]

Task 15.4 (4th Itinerary Stop) France
Backpacking Tasks, Traveler Type = Land & Sea
4.Spain -> France

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas (translated by Richard Pevear)

+15 Task
+ 10 Bonus
Task Total: + 25

Grand Total: 375 + 25 = 400

[Krista]

Hi Guys!

I had a really busy weekend. We had .... gasp... a SUNNY day in Portland Oregon on Saturday and I just couldn't stay inside to tally up the scores. I'll start getting them caught up tomorrow night.

Cheers, -Krista

[Karen Michele]

RwS Tasks:

10.2 – A Special Gift from Reading with Style

I received and read:

Luka and the Fire of Life by Salman Rushdie

+10 Task
Task Total: 10

20.6 – African-America History Month

On Writing for Children & Other People by Julius Lester

+20 Task
Task Total: 20

Points This Post: 30
Grand Total: 655

[Arow]

20.10 - Colleen's 1st Place Task - President's Day

I read Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith

+ 20 Task
Task Total: 20

Grand Total: 120

** I am not having much luck this season; I have been trying to clean out my TBR pile and they just aren't giving me any points LOL

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Arow wrote: "** I am not having much luck this season; I have been trying to clean out my TBR pile and they just aren't giving me any points LOL "

At least you're getting them read. I am being such a scatter-brain, trying to do too many things, I'm not finishing anything!

(And I don't even have the excuse that we've had a sunny day.)

[[deleted user]]

Task 10.4 Kate and William Pierre Elliot Trudeau by Nino Ricci

Task points 10
+5 Combo (10.9 E-R combination)

Task total 15
Total points 395


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

Task points 10
+20 Series ( Discworld series, 4th read this challenge)

Task total 30
Total points 425

[colleen]

Task 10.6 Noel, Noel: Red Kiss by Deidre Knight

+10 Task
+5 Series (Book 2 of 'Gods of Midnight' series)

Task total= 15
Grand Total= 1815

[[deleted user]]

Task 15.3 BtE Spain The Fencing Master by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Task points 15
+10 Style

Task total 25
Total points 450

[Rachel]

10.4 Private Lives of Public Figures

The Lady in the Tower by Alison Weir

+10 Task - about private life of Anne Boleyn
+5 Combo 20.7 (Anne born:1501 or 1508)

Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 670

[colleen]

Task 20.3 One Word Title: Frostfire by Lynn Viehl

+20 Task
+5 Series (Book 3 of 'Kyndred' series)

Task Total= 25
Grand Total= 1840

[colleen]

Task 20.3 One Word Title: Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning

+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.6 Noel, Noel)
+5 Series (Book 5 of 'Fever' series)
+5 Jumbo (594 pp)

Task Total= 35
Grand Total= 1875

[Rebekah]

Christy wrote: "Task 20.9 Best of 2010
Skippy Dies by Paul Murray

+20 task points
+5 jumbo (672 pages)

Task 20.9 Best of 2010
The Imperfectionists by [autho..."

[book:Skippy Dies|7146335] also works for 10.6 (NoEl)

[Rebekah]

Christy wrote: "Task 20.4 Detour to Sweden - Nobel Prize
I read Life and Times of Michael K by J.M. Coetzee

+20 task points
+5 oldie (1983)
+5 combo Task 10.7 Booker prize winner

..."

This also works for Task 10.8 as it takes place in south Africa

[Rebekah]

Task 20.3 Shortest Month/Day Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

+20 pts - Task
+5 pts - Combo (20.1 post-apocalyptic #32 on list)
+15 pts - series

40 pts = Task Total
430 pts = Grand Total

[Cassandra]

20.3 - Shortest Day/Month of the Year: Eclipse by Erin Hunter
620 Lexile

+20 Task
Task Total = 20

Grand Total = 1165 1140

In message 371 I used task 10.6 to claim points for Dark River by Erin Hunter. I want to use task 10.9 (Alphabet Soup, E-R, Erin-River) instead, since I'd already used a book by Erin Hunter for task 10.6. It doesn't change my points.

[Christy]

Rebekah- I don't think I can use Skippy Dies for 10.6 (Noel) since the author's name has an "l" (Paul Murray). But many thanks for catching the combo points on Life and Times of Michael K! I totally missed that.

Krista - Can I add 5 combo points for Life and Times of Michael K, since it takes place in South Africa (task 10.8)? That would make my grand total 275.
Thanks!