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TDoS15.2 Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe rated 5 * by Lisa Sokol and Katy Wischow
+20 points
TDoS Total = 35
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "In Post 278 Rosemary wrote: "20.8 SeriallyKidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
Lexile 990..."
+5 Combo for 20.07 Poet's Non-Poetry"
Oh great! Thank you! Total now 725.
RwS Tasks10.2 - Underrated (Winter 11-12, 10.5)
230 ratings when started
Diabolical by Cynthia Leitich Smith
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
20.8 - Kate S’s task – Serially
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente
Lexile 870
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl...
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo: 20.7 A Poet’s Non Poetry
Task Total: 25
Points this Post: 35
Grand Total: 495
Kate S wrote: "Anika wrote: "20.7 Poet's Non-PoetryThree Tragedies: Blood Wedding, Yerma, Bernarda Alba by Federico García Lorca
[bookcover:Three Tragedies: Blood Wedding Yerma Bernarda Alba]
+20 Task (http:/..."
That's what I get for viewing the webpages on my phone...it looked like it was on the list, but apparently it's just on the webpage itself. At the bottom of the "Modernist Literature" wiki-entry is a spreadsheet labelled "Modernism" and Lorca is listed under "Poetry."
Will that qualify as 20.10 since it is technically on the link or do I need to reassign it to a different task?
Anika wrote: "At the bottom of the "Modernist Literature" wiki-entry is a spreadsheet labelled "Modernism" and Lorca is listed under "Poetry."Will that qualify as 20.10 since it is technically on the link or do I need to reassign it to a different task? ..."
Unfortunately, no. The link was specifically for the writers listed as "Modernist Writers" on the linked page, not for all the names included in the "related articles" section or on the webpage.
Anika - I think that means that it's fine for your posted task of 20.7. It's the 5-point combo for 20.10 that will be subtracted.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Anika - I think that means that it's fine for your posted task of 20.7. It's the 5-point combo for 20.10 that will be subtracted."Excellent! Thank you! I'd forgotten that I'd posted it as 20.7...ah, sigh of relief! I'd much rather be down 5 points than add another book to my never-shrinking stack :-)
Ten Degrees of Separation15.10 - 10th book
5 stars by Magdalena
Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search For Everything by Elizabeth Gilbert
+45 task
+100 TDoS completion bonus
Grand total = 890
Rosemary wrote: "Ten Degrees of Separation15.10 - 10th book
5 stars by Magdalena
Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search For Everything by Elizabeth Gilbert
+45 task
+100 TDoS completion bonus
Grand total = 890"
Congratulations, Rosemary!
15.3 TDoSAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
rated 5 stars by Meghan and Sara Grace
Task total=20
Grand total=360
Connie wrote: "Now I'm confused... is my total of 145 still correct, or is it 135?"Sorry for the confusion. Kiss Kiss did earn 10 points for being not-a-novel, but does not qualify for 10.9 (combo), so your new total is 140.
Woo hoo, Rosemary! Congrats!10.9 I Scream, You Scream...
***Just noticed the full title of this book isn't coming up with the "add book" link! The title on the book is Paris, My Sweet: A Year in the City of Light (and Dark Chocolate) and it shows the full title when you click the book link***
Paris, My Sweet: A Year in the City of Light by Amy Thomas
+10 Task
+10 Not-a-Novel
This memoir is DANGEROUS! I think I gained 10 pounds just reading about all the butter and cream and chocolate and pastry as she ate her way through Paris...
Task Total = 20
-5 re:message 483
Grand Total = 840
Task 10.2- SteampunkFrom the list
http://english.turkcebilgi.com/List+o...
under the sub-heading 19th century setting
Lord Kelvin's Machine (1992) by James P. Blaylock
World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Collection (1993)
+10 Task
+ 05 Style: 1. Combo (5 points): (10.4 underrated)
+10 Style: 3. Not-a-Novel (10 points): Short Stories
Task Total: 10 + 05 + 10 = 25
Grand Total: 380 + 25 = 405
Review: This book is a collection of three novellas, more or less self-contained even though the novellas features the same main characters, and occur in time sequential order. There was a lot of action, combined with a lot of steampunk trappings. Recommended only for hardcore fans of steampunk.
20.4 Literature Map An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
+20 Task (Lit Map of Scott Westerfeld)
Task Total: 20 points
20.7 A Poet's Non-Poetry
Flight by Sherman Alexie
+20 task (Alexie's published something like 10 volumes of poetry)
Task Total: 20 points
Grand Total: 105
10. 6. O'Canada Life of Pi by Yann Martel
+10 Task
+ 5 combo (10.3 Road Trip)
Total taks points: 15
Grand Total: 130
10.2 Underrated Divided by God: America's Church-State Problem--And What We Should Do about It by Noah Feldman
+10 Task (53 ratings as of 7/13/12)
+10 Not-a-Novel (nonfiction)
Task Total: 20
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 475
20.7 A Poet's Non-PoetryPale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
Approved on the questions thread.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_b...
This book does not have a lexile score but is in the Canon so mods confirmed it would qualify for style points despite being YA Assignment.
Message #602 http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/4...
+20 Task
+ 5 Oldies 1937-87 (pub.1962)
Task total = 25
Grand total = 915
20.9 Fatherly11/22/63 by Stephen King
+20 Task (father of author Joe Hill)
+5 Combo (10.8 -- 2011 published, US-themed topic, 6 people shelved as Literary Fiction)
+15 Jumbo (849 pages)
Task Total = 40
I did enjoy this one, heavy as it was to carry around! I found myself caught up in thinking through King's version of time travel and it got me thinking quite a bit about JFK and the events around his assassination.
Grand Total = 145
20.9 FatherlyNicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.7 Past is a Different Country, 20.6 Alliteration, 20.8 Serially)
+15 Oldie (pub 1839)
+20 Jumbo (957 pages)
Task total = 70
Grand Total = 305
my review
Ten Degrees of Separation - Round 215.1 - 1st book
5 stars by Elizabeth George and Katy Wischow
The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist
+15 task
Grand total = 930
RwS Tasks10.5– Teddy Bear’s Picnic
From the :Hot New Releases" list
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
This book won the Orange Prize and I want to include a little about this one. I rated it 5 stars, but in that rating I considered more of a well written YA historical fiction with a good coming of age and gay romance story. I don't think I would have rated it this highly with just sophisticated readers of any age in mind. I really enjoyed it, but my husband wasn't impressed at all;) I will be adding it to my high school library, particularly for my GLBT kids who need positive books about their sexuality and for it's originality as a retelling. If you are looking for a more sophisticated retelling I suggest:
The Songs of the Kings by Barry Unsworth
+10 Task
Task Total:10
20.6 – Alliteration (Spring 2011, 20.1)
Burning Bright: Stories by Ron Rash
Excellent!
+20 Task
+10 Not a Novel
Task Total: 30
Points this Post: 40
Grand Total: 535
TDoS15.4 4th book, rated 5 stars by Rosemary and nsfancy
Still Alice by Lisa Genova
+20
15.5 5th book, rated 5 stars by nsfancy and Kazza
The Devil and Miss Prym by Paulo Coelho
+30
Post Total: 50
Season Total: 775
RwS Tasks20.1 Make Me Laugh
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
+20 Task
20.9 Fatherly
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
+20 Task
+5 Oldies (pub 1973)
Post Total: 45
Season Total: 820
Task 20.4 Literature Map (Fall 2010, 10.2)I read Dune by Frank Herbert in Spring 2012. The literature map of Frank Herbert gave several names, including Isaac Asimov . I read a collection of short stories, all by Isaac Asimov:
Earth Is Room Enough (1957) by Isaac Asimov
+20 Task
+10 Style: 3. Not-a-Novel (10 points): Short Stories
+ 05 Style: 4. Oldies - 25 to 75 years old: 5 points (1937-1987)
Task Total: 20 + 10 + 05 = 35
Grand Total: 405 + 35 = 440
Review: This book is a collection of Golden Age SF, all written by Isaac Asimov and first published in the Science Fiction magazines of the 1950s. The point of the stories is the cool idea; the characters are secondary. I read his autobiography earlier this challenge. During the time these stories were written, his first marriage was failing. Knowing this makes it easier to accept the negative views of “the wife” that is present in many of the stories (write what you know!). Recommended for people who enjoy 1950s science fiction.
15.4 TDoSGrendel by John Gardner
rated 5 stars by Sara Grace and Christine Geelan
Task total=20
Grand total=380
15.7 TDoSThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Rated 5-Stars by Butterflycager & Jenifer
+30 Task
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 455
20.6 AlliterationThe War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
+ 20 task
+10 oldies (first published 1898)
+ 15 combo - 10.7 (died August 13, 1946, i'm female, he male, born in NZ, Wells in England) + 20.8 (on wiki list of books first published as serial) + 20.9 (father of Anthony West - author, G.P. Wells his other son also co-authored a book)
= 45 pts task total
15.1 TDoS #1 jayme(the ghost reader) + lisa sokol
The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
+ 15 task
+ 5 combo missed from post 281 ( Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne - also first published as a serial see post 283 (thanks itpdx)
Previous total - 110pts
Total this post - 45 + 15 + 5 = 65pts
Grand Total - 175 pts
10.10 Group ReadsWatership Down by Richard Adams
+ 10 Task
+ 5 Oldies (pub 1972)
+ 5 Combo (10.3)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 610
Silver wrote: "10. 6. O'Canada Life of Pi by Yann Martel
+10 Task
+ 5 combo (10.3 Road Trip) "
For 10.3 - Road Trip, we requested that the journey takes place over land, so Life of Pi does not qualify for this task.
ETA: Oh heck, it looks like this book was not shortlisted for the Scotia Bank Giller prize or a winner of the Governor General's Award and does not qualify for 10.6 - O Canada.
Kate S wrote: "20.9 Fatherly11/22/63 by Stephen King
+20 Task
+15 Jumbo (849 pgs)..."
+5 combo for 10.8 - Pick a Pulitzer
20.9 FatherlyCheerful Weather for the Wedding by Julia Strachey
daughter of Oliver Strachey
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.2 Underrated, 195 ratings)
+10 Oldies 1862-1936 (pub.1932)
Task total = 35
Grand total = 965
RwS Task10.5– Teddy Bear’s Picnic
From the "Hot New Releases" list: 5 star book!
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 545
Task 20.10 - modernist literature or a modernist writerNathanael West is on the modernist literature list.
The Day of the Locust (1939) by Nathanael West
+20 Task
+ 05 Style: 4. Oldies - 25 to 75 years old: 5 points (1937-1987)
Task Total: 20 + 05 = 25
Grand Total: 440 + 25 = 465
Review: This novel made the list for Time Magazine’s Top 100 Novels since 1923:
http://entertainment.time.com/2005/10...
It also made the list for Modern Library Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century, and it is on Harold Bloom’s Canon List. I don’t see it; it wouldn't have made my Top 100 list. The novel’s characters all live in Hollywood. They are all looking for success in the movie business, and it is obvious that none of them are going to get it. The novel lurches from tawdry event to tawdry event, ending in a Hollywood-wide tawdry event. The end. I suppose it was one of the first novels to see Hollywood as tawdry rather than amazing, and that is why it made all of the best-of lists. Additionally, the prose is that sparse style which is hard to pull off successfully. Recommended only for those wanting to read all the novels on the Top 100 novels list.
10.3 Road Trip!Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
+10 Task (memoir of author's hike of the Pacific Crest Trail)
+10 Not-a-Novel
Task Total = 20
10.2 Underrated
The George Carlin Letters: The Permanent Courtship of Sally Wade by Sally Wade
Who knew George Carlin was such a sweetheart? My favorite quote: "Hey Brightness--No star twinkles brighter than your eyes; no planet holds more wonder than your mind; no inter-stellar distance matches the dimensions of your soul--and no galaxy is vaster than my love."
+10 Task (83 ratings)
+10 Not-a-Novel
Task Total = 20
20.8 Serially
Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola
+20 Task (The novel was originally published in serial format in the journal L'Artiste)
+10 Oldies (pub. 1867)
+10 Lost in Translation (French)
+5 Combo (10.7--French male, d. 1902)
Task Total = 45
Grand Total = 925
10.2 Underrated The Holy Vote: The Politics of Faith in America by Ray Suarez
+10 Task (27 ratings as of 7/15/12)
+10 Not-a-Novel (nonfiction)
Task Total: 20
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 495
20.9 FatherlyThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.5, 10.7-Frenchman, died 1870, 20.8-son Alexandre Dumas-fils)
+10 LiT (from French)
+15 Oldie (pub 1844)
+25 Jumbo (1243 pages)
Task Total: 85
Season Total: 910
15.8 TDoSSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Rated 5-Stars by Jenifer & Donna Jo
+45 Task
Task Total: 45
Grand Total: 500
10.7 The Past is a Foreign CountryThe Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights by Muhsin Mahdi, Translated by Richard Francis Burton
+10 Task
+10 LiT
+10 Not-A-Novel
+25 Oldie
+25 Jumbo
Task Total: 80
Grand Total: 580
Task 20.5- Making History - took place between the 10's-20'sNon-fiction on earthquakes occurring between Dec. 16, 1811, and late April 1812.
When the Mississippi Ran Backwards: Empire, Intrigue, Murder, and the New Madrid Earthquakes (2005) by Jay Feldman
+20 Task
+ 05 Style: 1. Combo (5 points): 10.2 Underrated
+10 Style: 3. Not-a-Novel (10 points): Non-fiction
Task Total: 20 + 05 + 10 = 35
Grand Total: 465 + 35 = 500
Review: This book is a narrative history of the effects that a catastrophic series of earthquakes (estimated Richter Scale: 7.0-8.2) which shook the Mississippi River Valley (epicenter: New Madrid, Missouri, on the Missouri-Tennessee border) between December 16, 1811, and late April 1812 had on American life in the Midwest. For about half of the book, the author explains about the tectonic plates and soil consistencies and how that created the effects of the quakes. The other half of the book discussed (1) Indian relations (Tecumseh); (2) the expansion of slavery; and (3) technological advances (especially the steamboat), and how those 3 things changed American life during the 1810-1812 timeframe. Recommended for anybody interested in early American history and/or interested in earthquakes.
20.9 Fatherly The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria
+20 Task (son of Rafiq Zakaria, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafiq_Za... )
+10 Not-a-Novel (nonfiction)
Task Total: 30
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 525
20.4 - Literature Map (repeat)Charles Dickens map
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
+20 task
+10 combo (10.7 - died in 1832, born in Germany, male;
and 20.7 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_W...
+10 LiT
+15 oldies (published in 1774)
Task total=55
Grand Total=435
10.2 UnderratedMidsummer Night in the Workhouse by Diana Athill
+10 Task (19 ratings)
+10 Not a novel (short stories)
Not claiming oldies points because although most of the stories are from the 1960s, one was never published before this volume appeared in 2011 and the author is still living so she may have written that story more recently.
Task total = 20
Grand total = 985
15.9 TDoSCompany Of Liars by Karen Maitland
Rated 5-Stars by Donna Jo & Deedee
+45 Task
Task Total: 45
Grand Total: 625
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The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald
+ 20 Task
+ 10 Oldies (pub 1920)
+ 10 Combo (10.5: Retro Summer Reading list; 10.7: Fitzgerald was a male American who died in 1940, I'm German)
Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 590