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Hi Everyone! Hope you had a great 4th of July. I know I've been away for awhile -- and I see that Liz and the new group of moderator's have things well in hand. What a big job this is now with all the new participants. :-) Sam's idea for a new type of challenge has certainly gained in popularity.I've decided to work on the Ten Degrees of Separation for this quarter. It's been so fun working on the list. I've enjoyed discovering how folks have rated so many classic books. I've found some new treasures and been spurred to read some older classics I haven't had time to read yet. They've all been great!
Cheers!!
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TDoS Sub-challenge
15.1 1st Book 5 Stars by Ms Hicks and Tracey
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
+15 Task
15.2 2nd Book 5 Stars by Tracey and Lisa Sokol
Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
+20 Task
15.3 3rd Book 5 Stars by Lisa Sokol and Zadzubina
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
+20 Task
15.4 4th Book 5 Stars by Zadzubina and Rachel
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
+20 Task
15.5 5th Book 5 Stars by Rachel and Suefly
Stardust by Neil Gaiman (Lexile score = 970)
+30 Task
Grand Total = 105
How wonderful to see you Krista!
Krista wrote: "Hi Everyone! Hope you had a great 4th of July. I know I've been away for awhile -- and see that Liz and the new group of moderator's have things well in hand. What a big job this is now with all..."Aaaww, thanks, Krista. It's Good to see you again!
Liz M wrote: "Krista wrote: "Hi Everyone! Hope you had a great 4th of July. I know I've been away for awhile -- and see that Liz and the new group of moderator's have things well in hand. What a big job this ..."Thanks!! It's good to be back. :-)
Welcome back, Krista - it's great to see you here again!
20.9 FatherlyA Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
+20 Task (father to Adrian Conan Doyle)
+10 Oldies (pub. 1887)
+10 Combo
-10.7 (Scottish male, died in 1930)
-20.6 Alliteration
Task Total = 40
Grand Total = 690
TDoS 15.5 Fifth BookThe Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
rated 5 stars by Anika and Karen GHHS
My Review
+30 Task
Previous Total 235
Grand Total: 265
10.3 Road trip!Sleeping Around: A Couch Surfing Tour Of The Globe by Brian Thacker
DDC: 910.4
+ 10 Task
+ 10 LiT (I read the German translation from my local library: Couch Surfing. Eine abenteuerliche Reise um die Welt)
+ 5 Combo (20.2: 81 ratings)
+ 10 Not-a-Novel
Task total: 35
Grand Total: 365
10.2 UnderratedCongo. Een geschiedenis by David Van Reybrouck
Task: 10 (237 ratings when I began reading)
Not-A-Novel: 10
Jumbo: 5 (680 pgs)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 95
20.10 The Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Frank Kafka+20 task
+5 combo (10.7)
+10 oldies (published 1919)
+10 not a novel (short stories)
+10 translated from German
task total = 55 points
grand total = 120 points
20.8 SeriallyThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
+20 task
+10 Oldies - published 1926
Task Total: 30 points
Grand Total: 385 points
20.5 Making HistoryWreck and Sinking of the Titanic: The Ocean's Greatest Disaster: A Graphic and Thrilling Account of the Sinking of the Greatest Floating Palace Ever Built Carrying Down to Watery Graves More Than 1,500 Souls by Marshall Everett
+20 task (this is a compendium of newspaper articles, witnesses' accounts, Senate hearing records, and essays regarding the Titanic disaster on 14 April 1912)
+10 Not-a-Novel
+5 Oldies (originally pub. 1912)
+5 Underrated (22 ratings)
Task Total = 40
Grand Total = 730
20.4 Literature Map-Janet Evanovitch-Joanne Fluke
Task+20
Review
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book Total: 20
Grand Total: 100
10.6 O CanadaAlias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Scotia Bank Giller prize 1996.
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo 20.7
Task total = 15
Grand total =
10.5 Teddy Bear's PicnicDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
+10 Task (on AbeBooks Retro Summer Reading list)
+10 Oldies (pub. 1886)
+10 Combo
-10.7 (Scottish male, died 1894)
-20.7 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._L._St...)
Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 760
TDoS15.5 - Fifth Book Rated 5-stars by Lisa Sokol and Anika
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama
+30 Task
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 320
Liz M wrote: "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 th..."
Liz. in post 216 I claimed combo points for The Three Musketeers being the name of a chocolate candy bar.
10.9 I Scream, U ScreamThe Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
+10 pts - Task
+5 pts - Combo (10.8 pub in 2011)
Task Total - 15 pts
Grand Total -
15.3 - TDoS Book 3Rated 5 stars by Alicia and Rachel
Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
+20 Task
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 190
20.8 SeriallyDumb Witness by Agatha Christie
+ 20 Task (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumb_Wit... serialized in Saturday Evening Post)
+ 5 Oldies (pub 1937)
+ 10 LiT (I listened to the German audiobook: Der Ball spielende Hund)
Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 400
TDoS:15.1 - 1st book - 5 stars by Leigh and Lisa Sokol
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
At first I wasn't so sure about this one. I loved her other Oxford Time Travel books, but this one just didn't grab me at first...but I should have been more trusting -- it was HILARIOUS and fascinating, one of those books I was scheming ways to read more ("Hmmm, if I get in the long line at the grocery store I could read more while I wait"). One of the rare books that made me literally laugh out loud.
Task Total - 15
Grand Total - 35
Task 10.5 - Teddy Bear's Picnic - summer classic readshttp://www.abebooks.com/books/best-re...
The Red and the Green (1965) by Iris Murdoch
+ 10 Task
+ 05 Style: 1. Combo (5 points): (10.2 underrated)
+ 05 Style: 4. Oldies - 25 to 75 years old: 5 points (1937-1987)
Task Total: 10 + 05 + 05 = 20
Grand Total: 310 + 20 = 330
Review: Iris Murdoch keep a tight focus on character in this novel about an Anglo-Irish family living through the week before the Irish Easter Rising of 1916. The men all seemed realistic as people; the women, not so much. Ms. Murdoch writes as an Englishwomen trying to be fair when discussing those strange Catholic Irishmen/Irishwomen. Well-written but irritating if you don’t agree with Ms. Murdoch’s opinion of the Irish “Troubles”.
D wrote: "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 ..."D-I apologize, I made an error when entering your last post. I missed a 5 point combo, it will be corrected in the next Readerboard update. Your score of 310 is correct.
20.6 AlliterationThe Lambs of London by Peter Ackroyd
+20 Task
20.7 A Poet's Non-Poetry
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.7-Russian male, died 1960)
+10 LiT
+5 Oldies (1957)
+5 Jumbo 592 pages
20.9 Fatherly
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.6)
+5 Oldies (pub 1955)
Post Total: 100
Season Total: 725
10.7 The Past is a Foreign CountryThe Jewish War by Flavius Josephus
I had this book for a while and after reading The Dovekeepers I decided to learn more about the era. My Goodness! There has NEVER been peace in the Middle East! Siding with Syrians to fight Greeks,fighting with the Egyptians to fight Syrians, Babylonians, Persians, Samaritans, the Jewish Kings but even worse duting all this, often the Jews were killing their own countrymen. The book ends with the choice to overthrow Roman oppression which was strongly advised against by King Agrippa, putting his life at risk. Then different factions within the rebels decided to make war against one another. Unbelievable! I've never been there but is that strip of land really work the centuries of war and hate and neverending suffering.
+10 pts - Task
+10 pts - Not a novel
+10 pts - LiT (orginally written in Aramenic, there are no more left in that language. However, Josephus decided to translate his own work to Greek because he was afraid the rest of the world wouldn't know what happened. The Englsih translation is taken from the Greek edition)
+25 pts - Oldies (first written in 66 A.D.)
+5 Oldies
Task total - 55 pts
Grand total - 575 pts
despite getting 5 extra points for Jumbo, my sccore would remain the same because I had to remove 5 points for post 216. I hope this is right!
And ... I've just started reading Hush Now, Don't You Cry (Molly Murphy Mysteries #11) (2012) by Rhys Bowen which has 248 ratings as of today! So I made it under the wire for Underrated. :-)
Kate S wrote: "Your score of 310 is correct."Thanks, Kate!
10.8 -- Pick a PulitzerTrain Dreams by Denis Johnson
+10 task (short-listed for Pulitzer, and 5 users have listed it as “Literary Fiction"
Task total=10
Grand total=320
20.5 Making HistoryDaniel Boone by John S.C. Abbott
Biography of Daniel Boone, who died in 1820 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_B...).
+ 20 Task
+ 10 Oldies (pub 1872)
+ 10 Combo (10.2: 10 ratings, 10.7: male American died in 1877, I'm German)
+ 10 Not-a-Novel
Task Total: 50
Grand Total: 450
TDoS15.6 - Sixth Book Rated 5-stars by Anika & Meghan
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
+30 Task
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 350
Ten Degrees of Separation15.8 - 8th book
5 stars by Tien and Meghan
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
+45 task
Grand total = 650
Tien (aka Kazza) wrote: "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)
+1..."
As long as you don't count on me for addition! I'm notorious for giving the moderaters more to do by correcting my math errors! (smile)
RwS TasksI love the strategic readers idea. I'm surprised I made it on the list at all, though, because this summer my strategy has been usurped by library holds and due dates and books that were underrated when I picked them, but are quickly reaching toward 250;). I got carried away with the "hot new releases" list I think!
10.1 - Square Peg
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
10.2 - Underrated (Winter 11-12, 10.5)
Rated 165 when started:
Mission to Paris by Alan Furst
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
10.2 - Underrated (Winter 11-12, 10.5)
Rated 95 when started:
The Year of the Beasts by Cecil Castellucci
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
10.5– Teddy Bear’s Picnic
An Unexpected Guest by Anne Korkeakivi
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.2 Underrated 202 when started
Task Total: 15
Points this Post: 45
Grand Total: 450
Good to see both Krista and Sanskriti back again!
20.9: FatherlyIt by Stephen King (father of Joe Hill)
+20 Task
+5 (published 1986)
+25 Jumbo (1090 pages)
Task Total: 50
Grand Total: 240
20.9 FatherlyTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea: The Completely Restored and Annotated Ed by Jules Verne
Jules Verne is the father of Michel Verne
My Review
+20 Task
+10 Oldie (published 1870)
+10 LiT (written in French read in English)
+15 Combo
-20.8 according to the introduction of this edition, originally published as a magazine serial in Magasin d'education et de recreation between 20 March 1869 and 20 June 1870
-10.4 on the 12 Classic Steampunk Books list;
-10.7 Verne died 1905, was a French male, I am a female born in the US
Task Total: 55
Previous total: 265
Grand total: 320
20.4 Literature Map (Terry Prachett)
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
+20 task
20.3 We Read
Dracula by Bram Stoker
+20 task
+5 combo 10.7 (I’m a U.S.-born female)
+10 oldies (pub. 1897)
task total =35
grand total=170
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
+20 task
20.3 We Read
Dracula by Bram Stoker
+20 task
+5 combo 10.7 (I’m a U.S.-born female)
+10 oldies (pub. 1897)
task total =35
grand total=170
Rebekah wrote: "Liz. in post 216 I claimed combo points for The Three Musketeers being the name of a chocolate candy bar...."Ooops, I missed that. It should not qualify for 10.9. Thanks for helping to keep me honest!
Rosemary wrote: "10.6 O CanadaAlias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Scotia Bank Giller prize 1996.
+10 Task
+ 5 Jumbo (most popular edition has 636 pages)"
The most popular edition is, strangely, a German-language edition. The most popular English edition has 468 pages, so no jumbo points for this one.
TDoS 15.4The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
5-star ratings from Lyn and Joanna
+20 Task
Grand Total = 210
20.6 AlliterationKiss Kiss by Roald Dahl
Task: 20 (Kiss Kiss)
Combo: 15 (20.9 Father of Tessa Dahl, 10.9 Apparently, something or other "Kiss" is a dessert: http://www.yummly.com/recipes/kiss+de... 10.5 Teddy Bear's Picnic Classic list Thanks, Karen!)
Not-a-Novel: 10
Oldies: 5 (pub 1959)
Task Total: 50
Grand Total: 145
20.7 A Poet's Non-Poetry The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
Atwood has published 15 books of poetry.
+20 Task
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 370
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"
Jayme-who are you using for your literature map? I also see +10 for style, but am wondering which categories you are claiming? (we are not using 'review' this season) Thanks.
Connie wrote: "20.6 AlliterationKiss Kiss by Roald Dahl
Task: 20 (Kiss Kiss)
Combo: 10 (20.9 Father of Tessa Dahl, 10.9 Apparently, something or other "Kiss" is a dessert: http://www.yummly.com/recipes/kiss+de..."
I've been tempted to pick this one up. It's on the 10.5 Teddy Bear's Picnic list: classic:
http://www.abebooks.com/books/best-re...
15.5 TDoSMistress of the Art of Death
Rated 5-Stars by Miss GP & Lisa Sokol
+30 Task
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 395
Kate S wrote: "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"
Jayme-wh..."
My literature Map is Janet Evanovitch. The style points were for the Review but I will subtract the 10 points.
20.6 Alliteration (Repeated)A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
+ 20 Task
+ 10 LiT (I listened to the four German audiobooks that constitute the book: Das Lied von Eis und Feuer 9, Das Lied von Eis und Feuer 10, Das Lied von Eis und Feuer 11, Das Lied von Eis und Feuer 12)
+ 25 Jumbo (1128 pages)
Task Total: 55
Grand Total: 505
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+10 pts - Task
+10 pts - Not a Novel
Task total - 20 pts
Grand total -
505500 pts