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Liz M wrote: "Paula wrote: " 15.3 - 1986 - Macavity - A Taste For Death by P.D. James"+10 multi-award (it was also shortlisted for the Gold dagger in 1986)"
Thanks for catching that!
10.4 - Romeo and Juliet: In honor of Romeo and Juliet, read one of the top 500 of these Books Everyone Should Read at Least Once.Othello by William Shakespeare 3/16/14
This book is #320 on the list.
+10 task
+10 combo (10.2 - play, 20.1 - author lived 1564-1616)
+10 Not a Novel (play)
+25 oldies (published 1603)
Task total: 55 points
EotP Total: 0
EotP Completion Bonus: 0
RwS Total: 555
RwS Bonus: 0
Mega Bonus: 0
Grand Total: 555
From Post 169Heather wrote: "10.4 - #45
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
+10 task
+10 oldies (1911)
task total: 20
grand total: 165"
+5 Combo 20.1 (Author lived 1849-1924)
From Post 173Rebekah wrote: "10.2 In Honor of Shakespeare
King John by William Shakespeare
+10 pts - Task
+ 5 pts- Combo (20.1 - Shakespeare's Birthday)
+10 pts - Non-fiction
+25 pts - Oldies (pub 15..."
+5 Combo 10.4-Shakespeare's Complete Works are included
10.8 War of the RosesB) published 1983
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories by Roald Dahl
+10 Task
+5 Combo 20.8 One vowel in ghost
+10 Not-a-novel Short Stories
+5 Oldies
Task Total: 30 points
Grand Total: 85 points
10.8 War of the RosesThis book was published in 1976. 1060 Lexile.
The Bride Price by Buchi Emecheta
+10 task
+10 non-Western (author born in Nigeria)
+ 5 oldie
Task total: 25
Grand total: 120
Kate S wrote: "From Post 173Rebekah wrote: "10.2 In Honor of Shakespeare
King John by William Shakespeare
+10 pts - Task
+ 5 pts- Combo (20.1 - Shakespeare's Birthday)
+10 pts - Non-f..."
Thank you very much! I'm going to correct my post so I won't get mixed up.
15.3 2003 nominee- Scotiabank Giller MemorialOryx and Crake
+15 pts - Task
+10 pts - Multi Award (also 2003 Bailey's nominee)
Task Total = 25
Grand Total - 285 pts
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Marie wrote: "It seems there has been a mistake at BPL because the books is clearly not aimed at young adults : So is there a way to change that? "
BPL serves 2.5 million residents and has nearl..."
Ok well thanks for your reply!
In this case, I'll use the book for 20.8 :
20.8 - Spring Fling
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Sharp
+20 Task
Task total = 20
Grand Total: 40
20.3 - VeniceIf on a winter's night a traveler by Italo Calvino
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.10 - Group Reads; 10.8 - War of the Roses : 1979; 20.8 - Spring Fling : night)
+5 Oldies (1979)
Task total = 40
Grand Total: 80
20.1 Shakespeare's BirthdayA Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.2, 10.4, 20.8)
+25 Oldies
+10 Not a novel (play)
Task total: 70
Grand total: 130
20.6 - TempestVertical Run by Joseph R. Garber
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.1 Shakespeare's Bday)
Task total 25
Grand total: 95
20.10 nyrbhttp://www.nybooks.com/books/imprints...
The Road: Stories, Journalism, and Essays by Vasily Grossman
+20 task
+ 10 not a novel
+ 10 non western
+ 5 oldies? ( he died in 1964 and most of the included material was published previously)
Ask total 45
Grand total 95
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15.3 1982 - Nebula AwardsThe Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe
+ 15 Task
+ 5 Before 1990
Task Total= 20
Grand Total = 60
Kate S wrote: "From Post 135Caitlin wrote: "10.6 Lady Macbeth
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
+10 task
+10 oldies (published 1920)
+20 combo (20.1 Shakespeare's Birthday - born..."
Oh thanks for point this out! Still learning all the points... Should have been +5 instead of +20
20.7 - Local Talent - Isabell's Task:A God in Every Stoneby Kamila Shamsie
The author was born in Karachi, Pakistan where I currently reside. GR's profile only says Pakistan, please see this link for city of birth http://southasianlitfest.com/speakers...
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 80
20.7 – Local Talent - Isabell’s Task:The Elephant of Surprise by Brent Hartinger
No Lexile but not at BPL
+20 Task: born in WA
+ 5. Combo: Twelfth Night: last lines of Goodreads profile + has talked at my school
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 425
20.9 - The Battle of the WildernessGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
+ 20 Task
+ 5 Combo 10.3 Julius Caesar, Shelved 3156 times
+ 5 Combo 10.4 Romeo & Juliet, at No 30
+ 5 Combo 10.6 Lady MacBeth, Bad Girls at No 1
+ 5 Combo 20.2 The Henry's, Shelved 250 times
+ 10 Oldies, First Published in 1936
+ 25 Jumbo, 1037 Pages
Task Total = 75
Grand Total = 155
10.3 - Julius Caesar Life After Lifeby Kate Atkinson Shelved 952 times as Historical Fiction
+ 10 Task
+ 5 Combo 20.2 The Henry's, Shelved 65 times in War
+ 5 Jumbo, 500+ pages
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 175
15.3 2003 – National Book Award – The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard +15 task
+10 also Baileys Women’s and Miles Franklin awards
Task Total: 25 points
Grand Total: 220 points
20.8 Spring FlingThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
+20 Task ("Lacks")
+10 Not-a-Novel (non-fiction)
Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 80
20.1 - Shakespeare's BirthdayMinding Frankie by Maeve Binchy
+20 Task (1940-2012)
Grand Total = 70 points
20.4 - Hamlet: Read a one of the top 175 books from this list of Best Philosophical Literature OR a Philosophical novel.Middlemarch by George Eliot 3/18/14
This book is #122 on the list of Philosophical Literature:
+20 task
+10 combo (10.4 #420 on the list, 10.8 pub. 1874)
+10 Oldie (pub 1874)
+20 Jumbo (904 pages)
Task total: 60 points
EotP Total: 0
EotP Completion Bonus: 0
RwS Total: 615
RwS Bonus: 0
Mega Bonus: 0
Grand Total: 615
15.4 1992 James Tiptree Jnr Ammonite by Nicola Griffith +15 task
Task Total: 15 points
Grand Total: 235 points
20.1 - Shakespeare's Birthday:The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
+20 task (1859-1930)
+5 combo (10.4 - R&J, #221)
+10 not-a-novel (short stories)
+10 oldies (pub. 1892)
Task total: 45 points
Grand Total: 135 points
20.5 – Otello:Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
+20 Task: each story is 1st person Mexican American narrator
+ 5 Combo: 10.5 Twelfth Night
http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2013/...
+10 Not a Novel(short stories)
Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 460
20.1 – Shakespeare’s Birthday:The Ransom of Dond by Siobhan Dowd
+20 Task: 1960 - 2007
Grand Total: 480
10.6 Lady MacBethAntony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare # 15 on Bad Girls List
+10 pts - Task
+10 pts - Combos (10.2, 20.1)
+10 pts - Not a Novel
+25 pts - Oldies (pub 1606)
Task Total - 55 pts
Grand Total - 340 pts
EotP15.1: 1987, PEN Translation Prize, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind
+15 Task
+5 pre-1990 (1987)
+10 multi-award (World Fantasy Award)
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 40
15.5 2010 Royal Society Why Does E=mc²?: by Brian Cox +15 task
+5 Non-fiction
Task Total: 20 points
Grand Total: 255 points
Caitlin wrote: "Kate S wrote: "From Post 135Oh thanks for point this out! Still learning all the points... Should have been +5 instead of +20"
No, problem, Caitlin. Welcome, we are glad to have you here. Yes, this should have been +5, we will certainly help as needed to figure it all out!
20.7 - Local TalentMalavita by Tonino Benacquista
Tonino Benacquista was born in Choisy le Roi, Ile de France, and so was I.
+20 Task
Task total = 20
Grand Total: 100
20.8 - blackBlack Beauty by Anna Sewell
+20 task
+10 oldies (1877)
+5 combo (10.8 - 1877)
task total: 35
grand total: 225
20.8 - worldsThe War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
+20 task
+10 oldies (1897)
+5 combo (20.1)
task total: 35
grand total: 260
15.4 EOTP Bailey's Women's Prize - 2005We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
+15 Task
Grand Total - 355 pts
I've been hoodwinked! I've had this book for a while and when I saw it won two prizes, I thought well I can read it and get the extra 10 points. It wasn't until I started posting it that I noticed the second prize was that one was for fiction and the other non-fiction, The Royal Society Prizes for Science. Then I noticed the awards were in two different years and finally noticed the authors were different! Who'd have thunk it? Then I looked the other We Need to Talk About Kevin book and saw there was even another one with the title We Need to Talk About Kevin Keegan! I didn't know we had so many boys named Kevin we needed to discuss! (smile)
Heather wrote: "20.6Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk
+20 task
+5 combo (20.8)
task total: 25
grand total: 285"
He also qualifies for 10.5!
20.2 WarMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Lexile 800
shelved as such over 300 times
+20 task
+5 combo 10.7 Dystopia
Task Total: 25 points
Grand Total: 110 points
15.6 1977 Newbury Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonLexile 810
+15 task
+5 Prior to 1990
Task Total: 20 points
Grand Total: 275 points
!5.5 1963 Somerset Maugham AwardThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré
+15 pts - Task
+10 pts - also won Gold Dagger
+ 5 pts - pub 1963
Task total - 30 pts
Grand Total - 385 pts
15.4 EotPOscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey
1989 Miles Franklin prize
+15 Task
+10 also won the Man Booker
+5 published 1988
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 120
Task 20.1 - Shakespeare's Birthday: Read a book by an author who was born in one century (1501-1600, 1701-1800, 1901-2000, etc.) and died in the next.
Mikhail Bulgakov
Born: in Kiev, Ukraine : On: May 15, 1891
Died: March 10, 1940
The White Guard (1926) by Mikhail Bulgakov; translated by Michael Gleeny
+20 Task
+10 Non-Western (born in Ukraine)
+10 Oldies -76 to 150 years old: 10 points (1864-1938)
Task Total: 20 + 10 + 10 = 40
Grand Total: 95 + 40 = 135
10.4 Romeo & JulietThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
#146 on the book list
+10 task
+15 oldie (pub 1844)
+10 jumbo (720 pg)
+ 5 combo w/ 10.3 shelved as historical fiction over 500 times
Task Total = 40
Grand Total = 40
15.1 - 1996 - Scotiabank Giller PrizeAlias Grace by Margaret Atwood
+15 task
+10 multi award (also Bailey's Women's Award)
Task Total = 25 points
Grand Total = 65 points
EotP - 15.1, PEN Translation Prize (1987)Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind
+ 15 Task
+ 10 Multi Award (also World Fantasy Award)
+ 5 Published prior to 1990
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 90
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+15 Task
Grand Total: 55