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Summer 2012 Rws Completed Tasks
10.4 Hot Summer Nights
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
+10 task
20.6 Alliteration
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
+20 task
grand total=640
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
+10 task
20.6 Alliteration
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
+20 task
grand total=640
10.2 UnderratedThe Baby Agenda by Janice Kay Johnson
+10 Task (31 ratings)
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 625
15.2 TDoS (2nd Round)I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella
rated 5 stars by Jenger and Deedee
+ 20 Task
Grand Total: 1765
15.4 TDoSPeril at End House by Agatha Christie
+20 task - 5 star rosemary and c. nick
15.5 TDoS
The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie
+30 task - 5 star c. nick and selena
Post total = 50
Grand total = 830
10.7 The Past is a Foreign CountryThe Spell of the Yukon by Robert W. Service
+10 Task Service died 1958 was born in the UK I am female born in the US
+10 Not-a-novel (poetry)
+10 Oldie originally published 1907
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 865
15.3 TDoS (2nd Round)The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
rated 5 stars by Deedee and Potjy
+ 20 Task
Grand Total: 1785
20.2b - EdgarThe Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler
+20 task
+5 oldies (pub. 1953)
Task Total = 25
10.1 - Square Peg
Gods Without Men by Hari Kunzru
+10 Task
10.2 - Underrated
The Last Summer of Reason by Tahar Djaout
+10 Task
+10 Translation
Task Total = 20 points
Grand Total = 855 points
10.7 - Rosemary's Task - The Past is a Foreign CountryTwenty Four Hours in the Life of a Woman & The Royal Game by Stefan Zweig
Born in Austria, died in 1942
+10 task
+10 lost in translation (published in German)
+10 oldies (1927)
Task total = 30
Grand total = 30
10.2 - Underrated (Winter 11-12, 10.5)Alabama Song: Roman by Gilles Leroy
186 ratings
+10 task
Task total = 10
Grand total = 40
10.1 - Square PegPalo Alto by James Franco
+10 task
+10 lost in translation (published in English, read it in French, my native language is French)
+10 not-a-novel (short stories)
Task total = 30
Grand total = 70
10.9 -- Christin's Task -- I scream, You scream...The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
+10 task
Task total = 10
Grand total = 80
20.4 - Literature Map (Fall 2010, 10.2)The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark (after reading White Teeth by Zadie Smith in March)
+20 task
+5 oldies (1961)
Task total = 25
Grand total = 105
Ten Degrees of Separation (TDoS)15.1 – 1st book rated 5 stars by Erin NY and Jayme VA
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
+15 task
15.2 – 2nd book rated 5 stars by Jayme VA and Meg
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
+20 task
15.3 – 3rd book rated 5 stars by Meg and Joanna
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
+20 task
15.4 – 4th book rated 5 stars by Joanna and Deedee
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
+20 task
15.5 – 5th book rated 5 stars by Deedee and Lauren
Small Island by Andrea Levy
+30 task
Post total = 105
Grand total = 210
20.9 FatherlySunrise by Michael Köhlmeier
+ 20 task (Michael Köhlmeier is the father of Paula Köhlmeier, who wrote the novel "Maramba")
+ 5 combo (10.2 underrated: 35 ratings)
task total: 25
Grand Total: 130
15.8 TDoSSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Elizabeth(alaska) & Jayme (the ghostreader)
+45 pts - Task Total
Grand Total - 1030 pts
Thanks Tien, Elizabeth and Jayme for bel Canto and Snow flower. I have had them on my bookshelf for a while and intend to try to fit them in every challenge. Now I know what I've been missing! Although they both turned me into a weeping willow for a few hours!
Ten Degrees of Separation15.8 - 8th book
5 stars by Ravyn and Adam (from Santa Clara)
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Lexile 890
+45 task
Grand total = 2045
10.6 O CanadaThe Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
+10 Task
10.10 Group Read
Chiefs by Stuart Woods
+10 Task
+5 Oldies (1981)
+5 Combo (20.2-Edgar Award Winner)
20.4 Literature Map-Michael Crichton
The Mask by Dean Koontz
+20 Task
+5 Oldies (1981)
Post Total: 55
Season Total: 1790
10.1 Square PegThe Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch
+10 Task
+10 LiT
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 965
TDoS TaskRound 2
15.1 1st book:
I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella
Rated 5 Stars by Miss GP and Jenger
+15 Task
Grand Total: 2075
RwS Task10.3 - Road trip!
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
+10 Task
+ 5 Oldies (1957)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 2090
20.7 Poet's Non-PoetryTroilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare
+20 Task
+10 Not-a-Novel
+25 Oldies (pub. 1602)
+5 Combo (10.7)
Task Total = 60
Grand Total = 2345
20.8 - Serially (repeat)Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
YA, Lexile 1080 http://www.lexile.com/book/details/97... (to differentiate from the adaptations of 64 pages for young readers with a lexile of only 640.)
+20 task (originally published serially in 1872 in the Paris newspaper "Le Temps" http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/t... And according to Wikipedia, "As it was being published serially for the first time, some readers believed that the journey was actually taking place — bets were placed, and some railway companies and ship liner companies actually lobbied Verne to appear in the book." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Around_t...
+10 Combo 10.4 - Hot Summer Nights (The Works of Jules Verne is #90 on Top 100 of the Best Steampunk Books list;
10.7 - The Past is a Foreign Country (male, born in France, died 1905)
+10 LiT (originally written in French)
+10 Oldies (1873)
Task total=50
Grand total=985
Anika wrote: "20.7 Poet's Non-PoetryTroilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare
+20 Task
+10 Not-a-Novel
+25 Oldies (pub. 1602)
+5 Combo (10.7)
Task Total = 60
Grand Total ..."
Such a summer of Shakespeare for you! Great idea!
10.1 - Square PegThen Again by Diane Keaton
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 410
This is my last entry. Thanks to all the moderators! Great job like always. Can't wait to start the Fall Challenge.
Ten Degrees of Separation15.9 - 9th book
5 stars by Adam (from Santa Clara) and Kay Lee
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Lexile 850
+45 task
Grand total = 2090
Phoebe wrote: "20.9 FatherlySunrise by Michael Köhlmeier
+ 20 task (Michael Köhlmeier is the father of Paula Köhlmeier, who wrote the novel "Maramba")
+ 5 combo (10.2 underrated: 35 ratings)
task total: 25
G..."
I'm sorry, Phoebe, neither of the editions on GR has more than 100 pages.
15.6 TDoS book 6Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie
5 stars by selena and Bridgette
+ 30 task
Grand Total = 860
And yes I'm hoping to read 4 more books in 2.5 days ;-)
Eleanor wrote: "15.6 TDoS book 6Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie
5 stars by selena and Bridgette
+ 30 task
Grand Total = 860
And yes I'm hoping to read 4 more books in 2.5 days ;-)"
This is a YA Assignment with a Lexile of 630, so cannot be used for TDoS.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: Such a summer of Shakespeare for you! Great idea!
I've been wanting to read the plays that I've missed over the course of my education...then after reading one to fill a task, my ear was tuned to his Elizabethan dialect and I figured now was as good a time as any to go on a Shakespeare bender...though I do feel a little guilty that they're worth so many points. Makes me feel like I'm somehow cheating, a fraudulent reader. :-/
Eleanor wrote: "15.6 TDoS book 6Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie
5 stars by selena and Bridgette
+ 30 task
Grand Total = 860
And yes I'm hoping to read 4 more books in 2.5 days ;-)"
man, and I looked yesterday and couldn't find the YA version. Time for new glasses I guess. I don't think I can put that book anywhere else either :(
I do think that 5 books will be a bit too much :S
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "I'm sorry, Phoebe, neither of the editions on GR has more than 100 pages." oh, completely forgot about that restriction...sorry
Eleanor wrote: "Eleanor wrote: "15.6 TDoS book 6Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie
5 stars by selena and Bridgette
+ 30 task
Grand Total = 860
And yes I'm hoping to read 4 more books in 2.5 days ;-)"
man..."
Some of the Agatha Christie books were published serially, so you might check that out for a place to put it. I was going to use one there, but it doesn't look like I will fit it in.
RwS Task20.7 – A Poet’s Non-Poetry
Silently and Very Fast by Catherynne M. Valente
+20 Task
+10 Combo 10.2 Underrated 120 when started / 20.8 Serially (Silently and Very Fast by Catherynne M. Valente. WSFA Press (hardcover at Abebooks or Amazon; Kindle). Serialized in Clarkesworld 61-63 (October-December 2011): part one, part two, part three.)
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 2125
D wrote: "20.8 - Serially (repeat)Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
YA, Lexile 1080 http://www.lexile.com/book/details/97... (to differentiate from the adaptations of 64 pages for..."
+5 Combo 20.09-father of Michael Verne
Karen GHHS wrote: "RwS Task10.3 - Road trip!
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
+10 Task
+ 5 Oldies (1957)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 2090"
+5 Combo 20.7
Kate S wrote: "Karen GHHS wrote: "RwS Task10.3 - Road trip!
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
+10 Task
+ 5 Oldies (1957)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 2090"
+5 Combo 20.7"
Thanks again! I added 5 to my latest posted grand total in post # 981
20.4 Literature Map-Michael CrichtonChoke by Chuck Palahniuk
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.1)
20.10 Modernly
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
+20 Task
+25 Combo (10.7, 10.10, 20.1, 20.6, 20.8)
+10 LiT
+5 Oldies (1940)
Post Total: 85
RwS Finish: 100
Mega Finish: 200
Season Total: 2175
Yay, Kate! Congrats on the Mega Finish!
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Yay, Kate! Congrats on the Mega Finish!"Ended up a lot later in the season than I had hoped, but I got it done! :)
20.5 Making HistoryStorm of Steel by Ernst Jünger
Task: 20
Combo: 5 (20.6)
Not-A-Novel: 10
Oldies: 10 (pub 1920)
Task Total: 45
(read the German original, so no LiT)
Grand Total: 495
Kate S wrote: "D wrote: "20.8 - Serially (repeat)Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
+5 Combo 20.09-father of Michael Verne "
Thanks for finding the additional 5 points for me, Kate. Since I'm not going to accomplish the Mega Finish, I've changed my goal to reaching 1000 points. Now I need only 10 points instead of 15! And congratulations on your Mega Finish!
20.5 Making HistoryJane Austen by Claire Tomalin
+20 Task
+10 Not-A-Novel
Task Total: 30
RwS Finish: 100
Mega Finish: 200
Grand Total: 1295
15.10 TDoS1st to Die by James Patterson
Bridgette & Melissa
+45 Task Total
+100 TDoS finish
+200 Mega Finish
Grand total - 1420 pts
Rebekah wrote: "+100 TDoS finish
+200 Mega Finish
Grand total - 1420 pts
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Congratulations! Well done!
Congrats Rebekah on your mega finish!
Ten Degrees of Separation15.10 - 10th book
5 stars by Kay Lee
Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin
+45 task
+100 TDoS finish
Grand total = 2235
15.6 TDoS 6th book (take two)A Caribbean Mystery by agatha christie
5 stars - selena and Rick F.
+ 30 task
Grand Total = 860
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20.4 – Literature Map (Fall 2010, 10.2)
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The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
+20 Task
+10 Combo: 10.5 Teddy Be..."
Thank you, Kate!