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FA11 Reading w/Style Completed Tasks - Fall 2011
10.3 Meta ReadingThe Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan(Lex score 740)
+10 - Task
+10 - Combo (10.2 highly rated by Jayme(theghostreader)and others, 20.1 I Read)
20 pts - Task Total
560 pts - Grand Total
20.5 They ReadThe Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
+20 Task
20.9 Reading with IMPAC
2007 Nominee
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.2; 10.3)
15.5 Religion
The Handmaid and the Carpenter by Elizabeth Berg
+15 Task
15.8 Art
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
+15 Task
+5 Oldies
Post Total: 85
Season Total: 895
20.1 Stream of ConsciousnessAs I Lay Dying by William Faulkner 4 stars
I did not think this as good as either his Light in August nor especially his The Sound and the Fury. Fantastic Fiction has it listed as part of his "series" called Sin and Salvation.
Told in the first person from several characters, it is the story of a poor and ignorant country family who must bury their wife and mother. Through the their words, and some of their neighbors, rich characterizations and complex family relationships are revealed.
Faulkner is at once simple and complex. The people are simple: their motivations not necessarily so and sometimes Faulkner makes up words, or uses words that are familiar only to these back country people. His sentence construction is sometimes non-existent, but the thought processes are more easily understood.
I'll look forward to another Faulkner.
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.2 Rebekah, 20.5 Multiple Narrators)
+10 Review
+10 Oldie (pub 1930)
Task Total = 50
Grand Total = 365
10.2 Highly Rated "Beautiful Creatures" by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl (off of Rachel Lee's list)Review
Beautiful Creatures by Kami GarciaMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book was better than I thought. I got this book for $10.00 and personally signed by the authors. I was pleasantly surprised about the element of fantasy in this book. I heard in some reviews that is is compared to Twilight and that is far from the truth. There are both lead female characters who are new to small towns and both books have narrow minded characters but the similarities end there.
Lena, the new girl at school feels like an outcast both in the town and in her family. Her family is not normal. Well what is normal. She comes from a caster family which makes her magical. Everyone in her family has told her on her sixteenth birthday, she will be claimed for either Light or Dark and as her birthday looms closer, the more she panics. Then she meets Ethan and their lives become more entwined than they know.
Now for the spoilers. I think Lena's mom is a bitch. Her uncle isn't exactly stellar either. The authors seems to take general magical terms and make them either own. You have an Incubus for an uncle who sucks people's dreams. Each family member has their own gift which makes them either Light or Dark but there is another choice. I like the choice Lena makes for Lena is a Natural, a person who can harness the elements and Nature is neither Light or Dark but neutral.
The other thing that bothered me about this book was the disciplinary meeting against Lena. It sounds like a modern day witch trial. I thought the trial wasn't strong and already been done.
Task +10
Review +10
Jumbo + 5 (563pp)
Total: 320
15.8 – Art, Music, DanceThe Summer Without Men by Siri Hustvedt
The narrator is a poetry author and teacher
+ 15 Task
Task total = 15
Grand Total = 215
20.3 She/He Reads - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyI feel violated. Fahrenheit 451 is a book most people either read in school or read because it’s a classic and it’s been on my TBR list for quite a while just for the classic reason. Let me reiterate: I feel violated. I can’t imagine anyone who loves books like I do (or in this group particularly) didn’t feel this to some degree. Why would anybody do this, this dumbing down of society? Was that Bradbury's whole motive, to point out what could happen to society as a whole? I wonder...
I can’t say I liked this book and I can’t say I disliked it, I’m ambivalent. I wondered for quite a while how people knew how to read if they weren’t allowed to but that question was finally answered and when the story took the climactic turn that it did, I can’t say I was thrilled with the road it took.
Violated.
+20 Task
+10 Review
+5 Oldies (published 1953)
+5 Combo (10.2 - a couple of members rated it 5 stars)
Task Total=40
Grand Total=310
15.3 – Literature (my country, US)The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton won the Pulitzer for literature for this book, making her the first woman to win that prize.
Task: 15
Oldies: 5 (published 1920)
Total: 20
Previous Total: 245
New Total: 265
If it's not too late, i found another 5 combo points for 20.4Rebekah wrote: "10.1 List Lover - Man Booker prize
Possession by A.S. ByattWinner for 1990
Review
I’m so peeved with myself for getting too excited and jumping the gun so to spea..."
Rebekah wrote: "If it's not too late, i found another 5 combo points for 10.4Rebekah wrote: "10.1 List Lover - Man Booker prize
Possession by A.S. ByattWinner for 1990..."
It's been a while since I read Possession, but I thought it took place in England, in the present day and in the Victorian era. So, I'm not sure how it is about Native Americans?
10.6 – Fall Freebies Choice #2Only the Good Spy Young by Ally Carter Lexile 780
I'm not sure if I can get combo points for a review on this task, but here it is:
Ally Carter’s great spy series continues with Only the Good Spy Young. This series will make you laugh and keep you turning the pages as a light thriller at the same time. You can’t tell who is on what side most of the time! Cammie is an engaging character who you can’t help but root for as she learns to be a spy at the exclusive girl’s school, the Gallagher Academy. In this book, interesting things are revealed about the spy school for boys, the Blackthorne Institute. It’s full of intrigue, adventure and clever writing. Cammie tells the story and it is interspersed with her Covert Incident Reports, lists of things she’s learned and lists of Pros and Cons which are a trademark of the series.
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
10.8 – Karen’s Task – Seasons Change
Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok Lexile 840 /Change and Challenge List
What a difficult and hardworking life it was for Kimberly Chang and her mother after immigrating from Hong Kong to America. Kimberly’s aunt runs a clothing factory and that is where she and her mother must labor to keep up with deadlines and satisfy their debt to the aunt who paid to bring them to Brooklyn. She has found housing for them, but in an apartment without heat. Kimberly is a capable student, though and this is her saving grace. She cannot socialize as a typical American girl, but through hard work and perseverance, her life takes some turns for the better. I thought the writing started to run out of steam towards the end, but Kimberly’s story overcame that flaw and it was still well worth the read.
+10 Task
+10 Review
Task Total: 20
20.1 – I read
July's People by Nadine Gordimer
I have had July’s People on my TBR pile for a long time. The story takes place in South Africa and it takes a look at relations between black and white, rich and poor, and those of the majority and minority and the balance of power between them when the tables are turned. Riots had occurred in Soweto and other South African Townships in the late 1970s when Nadine Gordimer would have been writing this book and imagining the overturning of Apartheid which was yet to occur. In the story July, the servant of an Afrikaans family, has rescued them from the violence and installed them in his mother’s house in his home village. The writing is stream of consciousness” and although not my favorite narrative style, it is effectively used to create a sense of tension between characters as the story progresses. Anyone interested in Apartheid and the relationships that were influenced by the system and its breakdown will be drawn into this book.
+10 Task
+10 Review
+ 5 Combo: 10.2 Highly Rated
+ 5 Oldies: 1981 / 5 points
Task Total: 30
Points this Post: 60
Grand Total: 1190
Liz M wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "If it's not too late, i found another 5 combo points for 10.4Rebekah wrote: "10.1 List Lover - Man Booker prize
Possession by A.S. ByattWinner for 199..."
whoops! lol typo! I meant 2o.4, for We read because the Victorian part of the story is only told through letters and Journal entries. When I correccted the orginal post (see * on post #387) I put the right number.
15.2 Back to School - ScienceAdam's Curse: A Future without Men by Bryan Sykes
another title to a more recent edition is this.Adam's Curse: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic DestinyI added it because it contains the word "science" and the title explains i'm not an androphobe (smile)
+15 pts - task
+5 pts - non fiction
20 pts - Task total
585 pts - Grand Total
20.1 - I readThe Lonely Londoners by Samuel Selvon
+ 20 task points
+ 5 combo (20.5)
+ 5 oldies (pub. 1952)
Task total: 30 points
10.1 - List lovers
Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane
(From the 1001 core list)
+ 10 task
+ 5 combo (20.5)
+ 10 translation
+ 10 oldies (1895)
Task total: 35 points
Grand Total: 530 points
15.10 Study HallTemples, Tombs & Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt by Barbara Mertz
Reading about the complexities of Egyptian dynasties is fascinating...to me at least :)
+15 Task
+5 Non-Fic
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 305
Task 10.1 – List LoversI chose the list of Booker Prize Winners. Rebekah in message 48 of the General Questions & Answers Thread made a numbered list of Booker Prize winners; my roll came up #29 so I read:
Life and Times of Michael K by J.M. Coetzee
Winner Booker Prize 1983
+ 10 Task
+10 Style: 1. Combo (5 points): (10.2 (Maxym Karpovets), 10.5 *(Joshua Ferris))
+05 Style: 4. Oldies (5 to 25 points): -25 to 75 years old: 5 points (1936-1986)
Task Total: 10 + 10 + 5 = 25
Task 10.6 – Fall Freebies
Read a book that was added to your goodreads to-read shelf prior to 9/15/2011.
I read a book I added on March 26, 2011:
Little Fuzzy (1962) (Fuzzy Sapiens #1) by H. Beam Piper (Nominated for 1963 Hugo Award for Best Novel)
+10 Task
+ 05 Style: 4. Oldies -25 to 75 years old: 5 points (1936-1986)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 645 +25 + 15 = 685
20.2 You ReadBright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney
+20 pts - task
+5 pts - oldies (pub in 1984)
25 pts - Task total
610 pts - Grand total
ReviewI found this book slow reading as I could barely read a chapter or two at a time without becoming angry, frustrated or sorrowful .Once upon a time there were nations who persecuted the people that had lived in them for generations, mostly for religious or political reasons. These nations had acquired lands through colonization. Yes, there were natives in this land but were barbaric, fought amongst themselves, were not educated and may have even been less than human. The unwanted political and religious troublemakers were sent off to these lands to civilize them. First thing to do, run the natives off the land. How, by destroying the homes, farms, and other sources of food. Naturally these natives fought back but having not been “civilized” did not have the superior weaponry and know how to properly defend themselves. The newcomers had support of most of the rest of the world or at least the “civilized” world and sent their own people in to help settle these lands. Besides if this effort did not work it would defeat their purpose of eliminating their “undesirables” by sending them abroad. As whole groups were displaced from the lands they lived on for centuries, as the European encroachment continued, some individual, more enraged natives fought back committing barbarous acts against the individual settlements they could find, attacking the “innocent”. This only gave the civilized people ammunition to further mistreat the natives including the majority who did not even participate in the violence, and even to claim God was on their side. A destiny that had been reserved for them for following God’s will. Therefore under the banner of all that is good and holy, they usurped the land and any basic rights these original people may have had. Thenewcomers committed horrible acts among native innocents as wel, but to a thousand-fold larger scale than the natives ever perpetrated on the new invaders. The settlers thought the world would be better off if these natives just all died off or were killed, or by the more charitable, sent to small acres of unusable land and let them make as well as they could with little access to freedom of movement, water, food shelter, health care, livelihoods, and education. This attitude was supported by other strong nations. Now which of the following three books I read am I referring to?
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West,
Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
I Shall Not Hate
Rebekah, which tasks did you read these for, and what points are you claiming?
Task 10.8 Seasons Change Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown -#42 on Literature for Social Change List.
Yes, the above description certainly fits this book. What makes it hard to bear is it was my own beloved country who performed these atrocious acts against another people who had been living here first for over a thousand years. The book is a classic and well-written.the author systematically traces the plights of the contiental Indians for the USA beginning with the first aboriginals who gretted the colonists of Virginia and New England and ending with the last of the Western Plains Indians who held out until they had nothing left to hold on to. It's uncomfortable because many of our us celebrate our brave, rugged pioneer ancestors who fought through all kinds of adverse conditions to make a great country.It is also uncomfortable tthat many of us with these pioneer forefathers also have the blood of some of these first poeple mixing with the agressor's blood. Brace yourself and read this with a solid stomach as it is difficult to stomach. A saga of what people will do to get what they want.
+10 pts - Task
+10 pts - combo (10.4 American Indian, 20.3 third person)
+10 pts - Review
+5 pts - Oldies (pub in 1970)
+5 pts - jumbo (512 pgs)
40 pts - Task total
650 pts - Grand total
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Rebekah, which tasks did you read these for, and what points are you claiming?"Sorry Elizabeth, you are too quick1 I had to go back and see how many pts for 1970 and by the time i got back to complete the post, you had already seen it!
Sorry, Rebekah, I had been doing other things and didn't even look at the time stamp.
10.7 Muslim MindesetI Shall Not Hate by Izzeldin Abuelaish
The above desription in post #419 what is happening today in Palestine. If you compare the two books with the (american) reactions society has today with those of the 19th and early 20th centuries, you can see where the Palestinians will end up. But in this book a man wants to change that. His family was forced off their land after the British mmandate. In fact their once prosperous and plentiful farm is now owned by Ariel Sharon and his family. Living in a Gaza refugee camp his entire life, he descided the only way out was education no matter how the odds were stacked against him. He did through sheer force of will become a successful doctor that even worked in an Israeli hospital helping infertile couples conceive, yet every evening he had to face the humilitation of the Israeli check points in his own country to get home where he may or may not be allowed to return, depending on the caprices of the soldiers there. I won't go through all the insults put upon him in the name of "security" (you might see a real resembalance to what the Americans did to the Indians in the same spirit of "security" ) but the final act was the shelling of his house on the attack on Gaza that left three of his daughters and a niece dead because they happened to be in their bedroom doing homework. I really did not know how much the Palestinians were putting up with although I knew a little because I lived outside this country and got a more unbiased view through the mediaand knew some actual refugees. However this remarkable man insists on peace, love and brotherhood and the only way out of the mess is to "Love thy neighbor". In the style of the Dalai Lama, he still believes in only reaching out to his tormentors in Friendship. If it had happened to me and my children were killed, and my land taken over, I would be enraged and if I had nothing left to live for, would I decide being a suicide bomber would take me out of my misery along with my enemies? The message the author brings is one we can only hope for, Both sides to stop hating and start celebrating their common heritage. Maybe one day we will see this book on the List for Literature of Social Change.
+10 pts - task
+5 pts - Combo (20.1 I read)
+10 pts - review
25 pts - Task total
675 pts - Grand Total
20.4 I Read/EpistolaryGilead by Marilynne Robinson 3 stars
I'm not sure I can review this without offending some of you, and, if that premonition holds, I apologize in advance.
I did not know what this book was about before I started in, having picked it up because I liked Robinson's Housekeeping, and because it won the Pulitzer. I was immediately intrigued with the concept of the aging and dying father writing a letter to his son. My own father died just before my ninth birthday, and I'd give my eye teeth had he thought to share himself with us in this way.
The narrator is a preacher. I guess I just didn't expect the book to be one long sermon. Ok, that's unfair of me. Parts of it weren't a sermon. But not enough parts. To be fair, there were a couple of parallel stories that were very interesting. I'm just sorry Robinson didn't pursue those, and leave the preaching aside.
I am not a Christian, although I would have called myself one once. I'd like to believe I've overcome that, and this is just the sort of thing that turns me off even further.
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.2 Krista)
+10 Review
Task Total = 35
Grand Total = 400
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Sorry, Rebekah, I had been doing other things and didn't even look at the time stamp."I'm just a slow poke and as you can see can't type worth a dime! (smile)
10.4 Native AmericanEmpire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S.C. Gwynne
As far as review goes, what a wrote above in post #419 would fit too. However itpdx wrote an excellent review that i really can't add to. I am glad i read this along (this book I "read" as audiobook) along with Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee. they very much complimented one another with Empire taking out one of the events discussed in Bury and elaborated it.
+10 pts - Task
+5 pts - Combo (20.3 he/she reads)
15 pts - total
690 pts - Grand Total
10.3 – Meta-readingThe Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett Lexile 680
I loved Terry Pratchett’s book The Nation, but I had always hesitated to journey into Discworld because of the overwhelming number of books written in that world and my need to complete series I start. I’m so glad I decided to give The Tiffany Aching “mini-series” a try. I found myself laughing out loud frequently and thoroughly enjoying Tiffany’s romp with The Wee Free Men! What a great mix of favorite fairy tales was used as the basis for the story – Little Bo Peep and her sheep and many more abound and Tiffany is aware that the stories inform her world. She also spends a lot of time “thinking about her thinking”, bringing the whole concept of meta cognition to young adult readers and grown-ups alike. Tiffany Aching is an engaging character and the Wee Free Men, who are piksties, not pixies, are great fun! I look forward to reading the next book, A Hat Full of Sky, and the rest of this great series within a series.
+10 Task
+ 0 Review: 680 Lexile
Task Total: 10
10.10 – Group Reads
Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids by Kenzaburō Ōe 1000L
Kenzaburo Oe won the Nobel Prize in 1994 and, one year later, a translation of his novel Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids, was published for the first time in English. Originally, the book was published in Japan in 1958. The book has some of the same premise as The Lord of the Flies by William Golding(also written in the 1950s). A group of boys, in this case all delinquents on work duty, are abandoned by the adults of a village when the plague strikes. Oe does not look at a struggle for power between the boys, but tells the story of their fight to survive even when the adults they come in contact with are thoughtless and brutal, the ties between brothers, and even first love when an abandoned girl is discovered in the village. The story is also about the aftermath of war and strength and weakness when confronted by adversity. I found it unusual, well written (although I always wonder about the quality of the translation) and gripping.
+10 Task
+10 Review 1000 Lexile
+ 5 Oldies (1958)
Task Total: 25
20.9 – Krista’s Task – Reading with IMPAC
The Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra
I couldn’t put this one down. It’s a slim volume at just less than 200 pages, but it really packs a punch. From it’s gripping opening at the stoning of an adulturous woman, to an unexpected, but actually inevitable ending, the lives of the four main characters of the book intertwine although the two couples have never met. Written under a pseudonym, Yasmina Khadra, for protection from military censors, the Algerian army officer, Mohammed Moulessehoul, writes of life in Afghanistan under the Taliban. His descriptions are unflinching, but there is not one word of gratuitous language or violence described in more detail than is necessary to tell the story. It is a study in what war and occupation has done to the psyche of the people of Afghanistan. The descriptions of Kabul envelop the reader in the heat and dust and the characterizations and reactions of the characters let you see through different eyes and empathize with the conflicts, if not the actions of people under the stress of Taliban extremism.
+20 Task
+10 Combo: 10.2 Highly Rated / Muslim Mindset
+10 Review
Task Total: 40
20.10 – Sam’s Task – Monsterfest III
#48 Best Gothic Books
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
I always enjoy retellings of fairy tales, and the tales in The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter were especially dark and juicy! The stories were recognizable, but with interesting characterizations and twists that kept me alert and interested. Angela Carter also enchanted me with her way with words. An example of a simple line that really grabbed me is “My skin crisped at his touch”. There’s something about that image “crisped” that laid expectations for the creepiness to come in the story, even though at that point, it was a budding romance that was being described in the title story. As I read, I also began to notice the mixing in of other familiar tales. In one story, a dish was labeled “Eat Me” and a drink “Drink Me” and later on in another story, I was back in Alice in Wonderland with the line “curiouser and curiouser”. In another story, Jack and the Beanstalk showed up with the famous line “Fee, fie, fo, fum. I smell the blood of an Englishman.” I also loved the varied settings of the stories which took place in France, Romania and other varied locals. I plan to locate and read more books by Angela Carter.
+20 Task
+10 Combo: 10.5 (Laura Miller) / 10.3 Meta-reading
+10 Review
+ 5 Oldies: 1979
Task Total: 45
Total this Post: 120
Grand Total: 1310
Karen GHHS wrote: "10.3 – Meta-readingThe Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett Lexile 680
I loved Terry Pratchett’s book The Nation, but I had always hesitated to journey into Discworld beca..."
It looks like you missed the combo points for the Muslim Mindset task on The Swallows of Kabul.
Karen GHHS wrote: "10.3 – Meta-readingThe Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett Lexile 680
I loved Terry Pratchett’s book The Nation, but I had always hesitated to journey into Discworld beca..."
You did miss the combo points. i've been trying to decided to read The Reluctant Fundamentalist or Swallows of Kabul thanks for the review!
Denae wrote: "Karen GHHS wrote: "10.3 – Meta-readingThe Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett Lexile 680
I loved Terry Pratchett’s book The Nation, but I had always hesitated to journey ..."
Indeed I did --- thanks. I'll edit the post. - done
15.10 BtS Study HallWhen Ghosts Speak: Understanding the World of Earthbound Spirits by Mary Ann Winkowski
This book is a memoir of a medium
+15 task
+5 non fiction
20 pts - Task total
710 pts - Grand Total
10.2 highly RatedHowl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones(Kazza, Rhea and others)
+10 pts - task
+5 pts - Oldies (1986)
15 pts - Task total
725 pts - Grand Total
Task 20.2 You read Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas by Tom Robbins
Task points 20
Total points 575
Task 20.1 I Read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Task points 20
+10 Oldie (1925)
+10 Combo (10.2 Sam, 20.8 Opera)
Task total 40
Total points 615
Task points 20
Total points 575
Task 20.1 I Read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Task points 20
+10 Oldie (1925)
+10 Combo (10.2 Sam, 20.8 Opera)
Task total 40
Total points 615
Task 20.9 IMPAC The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
Task points 20
+5 Jumbo (508pp)
Task total 25
Total points 640
10.9 1492 The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson
Task points 10
+10 Oldie (1888)
Task total 20
Total points 660
Task points 20
+5 Jumbo (508pp)
Task total 25
Total points 640
10.9 1492 The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson
Task points 10
+10 Oldie (1888)
Task total 20
Total points 660
BtS 15.8 Foreign Language Reckless by Cornelia Funke
Task points 15
Total points 675
BtS 15.10 Study Hall Sugar Nation: The Hidden Truth Behind America's Deadliest Habit and the Simple Way to Beat It by Jeff O'Connell
Task points 15
+5 non-fiction
Task total 20
Total points 695
Task points 15
Total points 675
BtS 15.10 Study Hall Sugar Nation: The Hidden Truth Behind America's Deadliest Habit and the Simple Way to Beat It by Jeff O'Connell
Task points 15
+5 non-fiction
Task total 20
Total points 695
15.8 BtS MusicMusicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks
+15 pts - Task
+5 pts - non fiction
20 pts Task Total
730 pts - grand Total
Rebekah wrote: "10.2 highly RatedHowl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones(Kazza, Rhea and others)
+10 pts - task
+5 pts - Oldies (1986)
15 pts - Task total
725 pts - Grand Total"
Can I change this to 10.6 Fall Freebies instead? I forgot which task I hadn't completed yet.
You could change it to 10.6 and add on the 10.2 as a combo.
Back to School15.1 Math
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
+15 Task
15.3 U.S. Literature
Sula by Toni Morrison
+15 Task
+5 Oldies (pub 1973)
15.4 World Literature
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
+15 Task
+5 Oldies (pub 1813)
15.6 Sociology/Psychology
If You Really Loved Me by Ann Rule
+15 Task
+5 Jumbo (608 pages)
+5 Nonfiction
15.10 Study Hall
Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing American Schools Back to Reality by Charles Murray
+15 Task
+5 Nonfiction
Post Total: 100
Season Total: 1050
First, I'd like to apologize for making so many dumb mistakes with my points this challenge! Most recently, I totally forgot to claim combo points for Lost in Translation for Swallows of Kabul and Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids, so I'd like to claim +20 points for that.Here's my new claim:
20.4 – We read
Last Days of Summer Rev Ed: A Novel by Steve Kluger 900 Lexile
The letters, interviews, and newspaper articles used to tell this story of baseball World War II and the ties that bind us, will keep you laughing and entertained throughout this wonderful story, Last Days of Summer. Steve Kluger writes through the voices of Joey Margolis, a 12 year old boy with an absent father trying to find his way in the world, and Charlie Banks, third baseman for the New York Giants who has some troubles of his own. Their relationship grows and Charlie , reluctantly at first, becomes more and more connected with the tenacious Joey who wants to spend the summer on a road trip with Charlie. I read the Tenth Anniversary edition of this book and picked it out because I loved Steve Kluger’s My Most Excellent Year. I am so glad to have read it and I highly recommend it, especially to baseball and historical fiction lovers.
+20 Task
+10 Review
+ 5 Combo 20.5 They Read
Task Total: 35
And that's a finish and a mega finish! I'm going to keep reading, though. I have loved this fall challenge - Thanks moderators!
Points this Post: 35+ 20 adjustment=55
RwS Finish: 100
Mega Finish:200
Grand Total: 1665
Sam's Task 20.10 Monsterfest Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
From Best Gothic novels and Ghost Stories and Early Horror of 1764-1937 #11 and #20 respectively
Task +20
Oldies + 15(originally published 1818)
Combo +5(10.2 Highly rated from Rachel list and others
Total: 40
Grand Total: 345
Karen GHHS wrote: "And that's a finish and a mega finish! I'm going to keep reading, though. I have loved this fall challenge ..."Woo Hoo! Congratulations! You are an inspiration to us all!
Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "10.2 Highly Rated "Beautiful Creatures" by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl (off of Rachel Lee's list)Task +10
Review +10
Jumbo + 5 (563pp)
Total: 320 ..."
Unfortunately, this book has a Lexile rating of 670 & does not qualify for style points. As of post 345, I have your Grand Total as 345.
Karen GHHS wrote: "10.6 – Fall Freebies Choice #2Only the Good Spy Young by Ally Carter Lexile 780
I'm not sure if I can get combo points for a review on this task, but here it is...."
Yes, you can can claim combo points for 10.6.
+10 review points
Karen GHHS wrote: "20.1 – I read
July's People by Nadine Gordimer
+10 Task
+10 Review
+ 5 Combo: 10.2 Highly Rated
+ 5 Oldies: 1981 / 5 points
Task Total: 30..."
+20 task points, not 10
Erin wrote: "15.10 Study HallTemples, Tombs & Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt by Barbara Mertz
Reading about the complexities of Egyptian dynasties is fascinatin..."
+5 oldies points, originally published in 1964.
nsfancy wrote: "BtS 15.8 Foreign Language Reckless by Cornelia Funke..."In post 132, you claimed:
15.8 Dance Stardance by Spider Robinson
Task points 15
+5 pre 1980 (1977)
Task total 20.
Unfortunately, you can't repeat 15-point tasks until all the 15-point tasks have been claimed once. Let me know if you want to use Reckless for 10.6 or find another place for one of these books. Thanks!
Karen GHHS wrote: "First, I'd like to apologize for making so many dumb mistakes with my points this challenge! Most recently, I totally forgot to claim combo points for Lost in Translation for [book:Swallows of Kabu..."Thank you for the corrections; it was clearly posted. Please see my post 445 above for more missed points. As of post 441, I have your Grand Total as 1685.
Excellent! Congratulations on completing the whole she-bang!!!
Rebekah wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "10.2 highly RatedHowl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones(Kazza, Rhea and others)
+10 pts - task
+5 pts - Oldies (1986)
15 pts - Task total
725 pts..."
Done. I am not sure where you are with your math, but as of post 438, I have your Grand Total as 750.
Kate S wrote: "Post Total: 100Season Total: 1050..."
Or is the season total 1005?
Tobey wrote: "20.3 She/He Reads - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyTask Total=40
Grand Total=310 ..."
Previous total was 275 + 40 = 315
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The Devil and Miss Prym by Paulo Coelho
+20 Task
+10 Lost In Translation
+5 Combo (Task 10.2)
Task 15.7 – Foreign Languages:
the Law of Love by Laura Esquivel
+15 Task
Task 20.3 – S/he Reads
The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie
+20 Task
+10 Oldies (1931)
Task 10.8 – Karen’s Task - Seasons Change
The French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles
+10 Task
+10 Combo (Task 10.2, 10.3)
Task 15.8 – Art, Music, Dance:
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
+15 Task
Total this post: 115 points
Total to date: 400 points