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Karen Michele
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Jun 30, 2012 03:46PM
Thanks, Liz. I think I forgot to add my second TDoS claim to my total.
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Kate S wrote: "20.6 AlliterationRevolutionary Road by Richard Yates
20.9 Fatherly
The Stand by Stephen King
Post Total: 75..."
In post 270, your previous total was 470. As of post 300, I have your Grand Total as 545.
10.2 - Underrated Inquisition by Alfredo Colitto
+10 Task
+10 Lost in Translation
Total Task Points: 20
Grand Total: 70
10.9 I Scream, You Scream...In honor of my favorite dessert ever:
Napoleon Bonaparte (Biography) by Elaine Landau (990 Lexile)
+10 Task
+10 Not-a-Novel
+5 Combo (10.2, 0 ratings)
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 555
Anika wrote: "Man, you guys know how to make a girl feel like a million bucks! Thanks so much for all the well-wishing!20.3 We Read
Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster
(Too bad it's ..."
That's cool! I thought I knew so much about Mark twain but i never had discovered that fact!
15.3 TDOS In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
5-stars by Lurk42 and Lyn
+20 Task
Grand Total = 160
Ten Degrees of Separation15.7 - 7th book
5 stars by Lisa Sokol and Tien
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
+30 task
Grand total = 535
RwS Tasks10.2 - Underrated (Winter 11-12, 10.5)
130 ratings when started
No Safety In Numbers by Dayna Lorentz
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
20.6 – Alliteration (Spring 2011, 20.1)
Monday Mornings: A Novel by Sanjay Gupta
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.5 – Teddy Bear’s Picnic (Hot New Releases)
Task Total: 25
20.7 – A Poet’s Non-Poetry
Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.7-British male d.1936, 20.6-Alliteration, 20.8-Serially http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captains… )
+10 Oldies (pub. 1897)
Task Total: 45
Points this Post: 80
Grand Total: 370
20.3 We Read World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
+20 Task
+10 Combo (20.9 Fatherly (father is Mel Brooks and 20.1 Make Me Laugh)
Task Total = 30 pts
20.6 Alliteration
Rainshadow Road by Lisa Kleypas
Task Total = 20pts
Grand Total = 140 pts
20.1 - Make me laughThe Life of Lazarillo de Tormes by Anonymous
+20 task
+5 combo (10.7 - Past foreign country)
+10 translation
+25 oldies (published 1550)
Task total: 60
Grand Total: 585 points
20.6 AlliterationPrivate Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo
Very moving story of an underage soldier in the First World War.
+20 Task
Task total = 20
Grand total = 555
20.6 - AlliterationAztec Autumn by Gary Jennings
+20 Task
+5 Combo (Road Trip)
Total Task Points: 25
Grand Total: 110
10.7 - The Past is a Foreign CountryInferno by Dante Alighieri
+10 Task (I am a female born in the USA; Dante was male, born in Italy, died in 1321)
+5 Combo (10.3: Road Trip)
+5 Jumbo
+10 Lost In Translation (originally in Italian)
+10 Not A Novel (epic poem)
+25 Oldies (published in early 1300s)
Task Total: 65
Grand Total: 160
10.8 Pick a PulitzerRules of Civility by Amor Towles
I would have had no trouble agreeing with the judges if this book had been picked for the Pulitzer. I found it unusual that the voice is female while the author is male and he pulls it off.
+10 pts - Task
+5 pts - Combo(10.10 Group Reads)
Task Total - 15 pts
Grand Total -
Rebekah wrote: "20.6 AlliterationThe Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
+20 pts - Task
+15 pts - Combo (10.7- British, Male, d.1870, 20.8 - http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12... 20.9 - h..."
Could I claim combo points for 10.3 Road trip? I would say that at least 75% of the book is about Mr. Pickwick's travels and the places he visits and the madcap adventures he gets into.
Rebekah wrote: "Could I claim combo points for 10.3 Road trip? I would say that at least 75% of the book is about Mr. Pickwick's travels and the places he visits and the madcap adventures he gets into...."It doesn't seem to fit; Pickwick doesn't seem to on a single journey/quest.
Task 10.6 -- O Canada!Read a book that won, or was short-listed for, the Scotia Bank Giller prize
I read a book that was shortlisted for the Prize in 2011.
The Free World: A Novel by David Bezmozgis
+ 10 Task
Task Total: + 10
Grand Total: 300 + 10 = 310
Review: In 1978, an extended Jewish family in Latvia is taking advantage of a chance to leave the Soviet Union and emigrate to the West. After a stressful journey to Rome, Italy, they make a temporary home whilst awaiting documents to travel to their final destination (Israel, Australia, Canada or America). On the acknowledgement page, the author writes: “I am grateful to the many people who shared their recollections of the period …”. Included are numerous flashbacks by various characters of life before emigration. My interested started flagging about 2/3rds of the way through but I soldiered on to the end. It was OK, so 2*.
Anika wrote: "10.9 I Scream, You Scream...Napoleon Bonaparte (Biography) by Elaine Landau (990 Lexile)
+10 Task
+10 Not-a-Nove..."
Since the word "Napoleon" in the the title does not refer to the dessert, I don't think it fits for 10.9. Do you want to move it to 10.2 instead?
20.4Stephen King
Caliban's Hour by Tad Williams
This has been sitting on my bookcase for about a decade, and I've been scanning my books in and sorting out the few unread. This was one - and yeah. Might as well have stayed that way. I really disliked it, but not even in a passionate way - found it dead dull.
But hey, it got me 20 points and it was a fastish read.
Task total: 20
Grand total: 40
amending message 321:10.2 Underrated
Napoleon Bonaparte (Biography) by Elaine Landau (990 Lexile)
+10 Task (1 rating)
+10 Not-a-Novel
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 550
also amending message 303:
10.7 The Past Is a Foreign Country
The Hafez Poems of Gertrude Bell: With the Original Persian on the Facing Page by Hafez
+10 Task (Persian male from the 14th century)
+10 Lost in Translation (originally written in Persian)
+10 Not a Novel (poetry)
+25 Oldies (original pub. date set at 1375)
+5 Combo (10.2, 27 ratings)
Task Total = 60
20.8 - SeriallyCakes and Ale by W. Somerset Maugham
+20 task (Cakes and Ale was first published in serialised form in four issues of Harper's Bazaar (Feb–Apr, Jun 1930). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cakes_an...
+5 Combo (10.9 - "Cakes")
+10 Oldies (Published 1930)
Task total=35
Grand total=310
20.4 Literature Map based on Barbara KingsolverA Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson
+20 Task
+10 Not-a-Novel
+5 Combo (10.3, it's an account of the author's hiking the Appalachian Trail)
Task Total = 35
20.10 Modernly
Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties: Translations and Considerations by Rainer Maria Rilke
+20 Task
+10 Lost in Translation (from German)
+10 Not-a-Novel
+5 Oldies (I haven't heard back from the moderators on this, so I'm only claiming points from the date of the publication of this collection, 1975. I just wanted to get this posting done while I have internet access :) )
+5 Combo (10.7, male Bohemian-Austrian, died 1926)
Task Total = 50
Grand Total = 635
TDoS
15.4. Old Man's War by John Scalzi
5 stars by Rick F. and MissGP
+ 20 task
Total points 260
15.5. Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran
5 stars by MissGP and Donna Jo Atwood
+30 task
Total points 290
15.4. Old Man's War by John Scalzi
5 stars by Rick F. and MissGP
+ 20 task
Total points 260
15.5. Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran
5 stars by MissGP and Donna Jo Atwood
+30 task
Total points 290
RwS
10.5. Teddy Bear's Picnic. The Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler
+10 task
+15 combo (20.2 Edgar, 20.6 Alliteration, 10.7 Foreign country - American male d.1959)
+5 oldie (1943)
Task total 30
Total points 320
10.5. Teddy Bear's Picnic. The Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler
+10 task
+15 combo (20.2 Edgar, 20.6 Alliteration, 10.7 Foreign country - American male d.1959)
+5 oldie (1943)
Task total 30
Total points 320
nsfancy wrote: "RwS10.5. Teddy Bear's Picnic. The Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler
+10 task
+15 combo (20.2 Edgar, 20.6 Alliteration, 10.7 Foreign country - American male d.1959)
+5 oldie (1943)
Task tota..."
How did you like it? I had that one slated as my 10.5 also, but would love to hear your review of it...
Liz M wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "Could I claim combo points for 10.3 Road trip? I would say that at least 75% of the book is about Mr. Pickwick's travels and the places he visits and the madcap adventures he gets i..."You're right.
TDoS15.3 Third book
Rated 5 stars by Don and Rosemary
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
+20 points
RwS10.7 The Past is a Foreign Country
The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton
+10 Task (male, UK died in 1936)
+5 Combo (20.7)
+10 Oldies (pub 1908)
20.9 Fatherly
11/22/63 by Stephen King
+20 Task
+15 Jumbo (849 pgs)
Post Total: 60
Season Total: 625 (or thereabouts :) )
Sara Grace ('00-'05) wrote: "20.2a - Edgar Award WinnersElegy for April, Benjamin Black
(nominated for Christine Falls, 2008)
+20
Task Total: 20
Tasks Completed:6/30
Teddy Bear's Picnic
Our Man in Havana, Graham Greene
+1..."
Please be sure to include links to the books you have read. Thanks.
No need to repost or adjust this, I have found these, but for future reference, please include links.
TDoS15.3 - 3rd Book Rated 5-stars by Rebekah and Miss GP
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
+20 Task
Total Points: 270
10.2 Underrated100 Unforgettable Dresses by Hal Rubenstein
117 ratings
+10 Task
+10 Not a Novel
Task Total: 20 points
20.1 Make Me Laugh
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max
48 on Best Dark Humor Books
+20 Task
+10 Not A Novel
Task Total: 30 points
20.9 Fatherly
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
son of Leonard Huxley
+20 Task
+5 Combo 20.1 On Satirical Novels List
+5 Combo 20.7
+10 Oldies published 1932
Task Total: 40 points
Post Total: 90 points
Grand Total: 355 points
10.9 - I Scream, You ScreamThe Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 170
The newly-updated Readerboard shows me having 305 points, whereas I am showing 310. No big deal about the 5 points, but I am just curious whether something was disallowed, or if I've made an error somewhere.
20.1 Make Me LaughAnimal Farm by George Orwell
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.7 Past...male author, died in 1950, not American)
+5 Oldies (pub. 1946)
+30 Task Total
Grand Total=190
Task 10.2 Underrated1788: The Brutal Truth of the First Fleet by David Hill
+10 Task
+10 Not a Novel (NF)
Task Total: 20 points
Task 20.2 Option B. Edgar Award-winning authors
The Gingerbread House by Carin Gerhardsen
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.2 - 49 ratings & 10.9 - gingerbread house)
+10 Lost in Translation
Task Total : 40 points
Grand Total: 185 points
20.8 - SeriallyCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
+20 Task (contained in the list http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category...)
+5 combo (10.7 - The Past is a Foreign Country)
+10 Lost in Translation
+10 Oldies (pub. 1866)
+5 jumbo (576 pages)
Task Total: 50 points
Grand Total: 50
10.6 O Canada! Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje
+10 Task (Governor General's Award, 2007)
+5 Combo (20.7, http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michae...)
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 650
TDoS15.5 - 5th book 5-stars by Kimberly Maloney and Sarah
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
+30 Task
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 105
15.5 TDoSThe Distant Hours by Kate Morton
5-star book by Lisa Sokol and Christine
+ 30 Task
Task points: 30
Grand Total: 330
RwS Tasks10.5 – Teddy Bear’s Picnic
From the Hot New Releases list:
City of Bohane by Kevin Barry
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.2 Underrated 205 when started
Task Total: 15
20.4 – Literature Map (Fall 2010, 10.2)
My map is Chuck Palahniuk
Shakespeare Wrote for Money by Nick Hornby
+20 Task
Task Total: 20
Points this post: 35
Grand Total: 405
20.4 "Devil's Food Cake Murder" by Joanne FlukeTask +20
Review
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book Total: 20
Grand Total: 80
TDoS15.4 - 4th Book Rated 5 stars by Miss GP & Lisa Sokol
Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
+20 Task
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 290
Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "20.4 "Devil's Food Cake Murder" by Joanne FlukeTask +20
Style + 10
Review
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book Total: 30
Grand Total: 90"
+5 Combo 10.9 (as Devil's Food Cake is a dessert)
20.8 SeriallyAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
+20 Task
+5 Oldie
Task Total: 25
10.3 Road Trip
The Native Star by M.K. Hobson
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.4)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 365
Task 20.9 - Elizabeth (Alaska)'s task - FatherlyThe Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens Jr
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.7- British, Male, d.1870, 20.8 - serially, 20.6 - Alliteration)
+15 Oldies (1837)
+15 Jumbo (801 pgs)
Task Total: 65 pts
Grand Total: 250 pts
PS: Thanks, Rebekah, you made my life so much easier LOL I'm always scared that I've missed something with my style points (I usually make 2-3 mistakes a season, maybe more :p)
20.5 Making HistoryYesterday Morning by Diana Athill
Autobiography by author born in 1917.
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.2 Underrated)
+10 Not a novel
Task total = 35
Grand total = 590
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