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SP 2016 RwS Completed Tasks Spring 2016
15.5 Waters of the WorldShipwrecks by Akira Yoshimura
+15 task
claiming for the Philippine Sea - Japan
born, nationality, and setting
Task total: 15
Grand total: 815
20.5-R.K. NarayanThe Gentle Art of Verbal Self Defense at Work by Suzette Haden Elgin
approved in help thread - non-fiction, novels, short stories
+20 task
+10 combo (10.9, 10.8 professor)
+5 multiple
+10 not a novel
Task total: 45
Grand total: 860
10.9-Back to BusinessOvercoming Organizational Defenses: Facilitating Organizational Learning by Chris Argyris
+10 Task
+5 Oldies (1990)
+10 Not-a-Novel
+5 Combo (10.8 – professor - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_A...)
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 250
10.3-Bailey's PrizeWhere'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.5 – novels, screenplays, and Magnify Your Business: Tips, Tools and Strategies for Growing Your Business or Your Nonprofit Magnify Your Business: Tips, Tools and Strategies for Growing Your Business or Your Nonprofit)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 265
15.2 Waters of the WorldTigers and Devils by Sean Kennedy
Indian Ocean – Australia
+15 Task (born in Australia/Australian/set in Australia)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 280
20.1 William ShakespeareThe Inferno by Dante Alighieri
(Hollander translation)
+20 task
+10 not a novel
+25 oldie (pub 1304)
Task total: 55
Grand total: 310
20.5-R.K. NarayanYour Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? by Dave Eggers
+20 Task (approved in message 157 of help thread)
+5 combo (10.7 Dave)
+5 multiple (9th claim for 20.5)
Points this post: 30
Grand Total: 650
20.4-Evelyn WaughClouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers
+20 task
+10 age
+15 combos ( 10.4, 10.8 approved, 20.5 approved)
+5 multiple
Task total: 50
Grand total: 910
20.5-R.K. NarayanThe Big Smoke by D'Arcy Niland
approval
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.6 - approval)
+5 Oldies (pub. 1959)
+5 Multiple
Task total: 35
Season Total: 930
Task 15.6 Waters of the WorldThe Storyteller (1987) by Mario Vargas Llosa; translated from Spanish by Helen Lane; (Paperback 246 pages)
Translated from the Spanish
~first pub. 1987
Amazon basin: Peru
+15 Task (author born & nationality & setting)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 325 + 15 = 340
15.9 - Waters of the WorldThe Time of the Hero by Mario Vargas Llosa
Pacific Ocean : Peru
+35 Task (author born/nationality/set)
Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 955
20.2-Graham GreeneThe Fallen Curtain by Ruth Rendell
+20 task
+15 combo (10.4; 10.7; 20.5 - post 191)
+10 not-a-novel (short stories)
+ 5 oldies (1976)
+ 5 multiple
Task total=55
Grand total=1210
20.4 Evelyn WaughFarewell My Lovely by Raymond Chandler
+20 task
+10 oldies
+5 multiple
+10 combos (10.4, 20.5 - approved)
Task Total = 45
Grand Total = 635
20.3-Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Prisoner of Heaven (The Cemetary of Forgotten Books #3) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.6 - 103 times)
Task total: 25
Season Total: 955
10.4-Popular GenreThe Semester of Our Discontent (Lila MacLean Mystery #1) by Cynthia Kuhn
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.7 - KUHN)
+5 Multiple
Task total: 20
Season Total: 975
10.8 Licensed to WriteAngel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America by Erika Lee and Judy Yung
+10 Task according to their GR bios both authors are college professors
+10 Not-a-Novel (nonfiction)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 305
10.7 Rosemary's Task: 4 Letter NamesThe Spies of Warsaw by Alan Furst
+10 Task
+ 5 Multiple
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 940
20.6-The Bronte SistersRock with Wings by Anne Hillerman
+20 Task: on list
+10 Combo: 10.4 Popular Genre /10.7 Rosemary's Task: 4 Letter Names
+ 5 Multiple
Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 975
20.7-David BowieThe Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
+20 Task
+10 Combo: 20.3-Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra / 20.4 Evelyn Waugh (1957)
+ 5 Oldies (1958)
+ 5 Multiple
Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 1015
15.6 Waters of the WorldThe Capital of Latecomers by Nina Nenova
body of water - the Black Sea
country - Bulgaria
author born and resident
see webpage - http://ninanenova.com/en/biography/
Task total: 15
Grand total: 925
10.7 - Four Letter NamesCharleston Syllabus: Readings on Race, Racism, and Racial Violence by Chad Williams (and others)
+10 task (Chad)
+5 combo (10.8 - professor, listed in GR profile)
+5 multiple
+10 not-a-novel
Task total: 30 points
Grand total: 210 points
20.7 – David BowieThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
20 task
5 combo (20.9 - on the 2008 list)
____
25
Running total: 535
From Post 571Karen Michele wrote: "20.5-R.K. Narayan
Where Angels Fear to Tread by E.M. Forster
+20 Task: recently approved in help thread
+10 Oldies (1905)
+ 5 Multiple
Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 920"
+5 Combo 10.5-Novella
From Post 595Valerie wrote: "10.8 – License to write
Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam
10 task (he was approved, is a MD)
10 not a novel (short stories)
____
20
(revised) Running t..."
+5 Combo 10.10-Group Reads
From Post 603Connie wrote: "10.7 Four Letter Names
The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean
+10 task
+ 5 combo (10.8 author is a teacher per GR description)
+ 5 oldie (pub 1989)
+ 5 multiple
Ta..."
I show a publication date of 2006 for this book, not 1989. No oldies at this time.
Kate S wrote: "From Post 571Karen Michele wrote: "20.5-R.K. Narayan
Where Angels Fear to Tread by E.M. Forster
+20 Task: recently approved in help thread
+10 Oldies (1905)
+ 5 Multi..."
Thank you, Kate!
10.6 Books About BooksThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
+10 Task (122+ shelvings)
+5 Combo (10.8 - professor)
+5 Oldies (pub. 1980)
+5 Jumbo
Task total: 25
Grand total: 440
15.3 WotWOne of Our Thursdays Is Missing by Jasper Fforde
Atlantic Ocean - UK
Author born and resides/citizen
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Grand total: 455
20.3 Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraDreams Underfoot by Charles de Lint
+20 Task
+10 Not a novel (short stories)
+5 Combo (20.5 - approved in help)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 490
10.3 Bailey's PrizeThe History of Love by Nicole Krauss (Nominee 2006)
+10 task
+10 combos (10.6, 20.9 - on 2006 list)
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 655
20.7 David BowieJourney into the Whirlwind by Evgenia Ginzburg
+20 Task
+15 Combo 20.10, 10.8 (approved in thread), 20.6 (approved in thread)
+10 Not-a-novel (memoir)
Task total: 45
Grand total: 350
Kate S wrote: "From Post 603Connie wrote: "10.7 Four Letter Names
The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean
+10 task
+ 5 combo (10.8 author is a teacher per GR description)
+ 5 old..."
You're right, Kate. I mixed up the novel with the short story that she had written earlier.
20.4-Evelyn WaughUnnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers
+20 task
+10 age
+15 combos ( 10.4, 10.8 approved, 20.5 approved)
+5 multiple
Task total: 50
Grand total: 975
20.5-R.K. NarayanThe Orange Fish by Carol Shields
+20 task (on approved list)
+10 combo (10.8 -post 159; 20.6 - post 133)
+10 not-a-novel (short stories)
+ 5 oldies (1989)
+ 5 multiple
Task total=50
Grand total=1260
20.5 R.K. NarayanThe Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr by E.T.A. Hoffmann
+20 Task (in help thread)
+ 5 Combo (20.8)
+5 Combo (10.8)
+15 Oldies (pub 1819)
Task Total = 45
Season total: 45
Post 628 Tien wrote: "10.4-Popular GenreThe Semester of Our Discontent (Lila MacLean Mystery #1) by Cynthia Kuhn
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.7 - KUHN)
+5 Multiple
Task total: 20
Season Total:..."
Looking for information to complete her entry in the database, I see that she "teaches at Metropolitan State University of Denver" so she will qualify for 10.8 as well.
20.5 R.K. NarayanThe Plough and the Stars by Seán O'Casey
+20 Task (approved in help)
+5 Combo (10.7)
+10 Not-a-novel (play)
+10 Oldies (1926)
Task total: 45
Grand total: 535
20.2 Graham GreeneJohn Sherman / Dhoya by W.B. Yeats
+20 Task
+10 Not a novel (short stories)
+20 Combo (20.1, 20.4, 20.5, 20.6)
+10 Oldies (1891)
Task total: 60
Grand total: 595
I need to move a book.In post #113, I posted Visitors by Anita Brookner to 20.2, with 10.2 as a combo.
I'd like to move that to 10.2 with 20.2 as a combo.
Task total: -10
Grand total: 585
20.5-R.K. NarayanThe Green Road by Anne Enright
+20 Task (approved in message 214 of help thread)
+15 combo (10.3 2016, 10.7 Anne, 20.2)
+5 multiple (10th claim for 20.5)
Points this post: 40
Grand Total: 690
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In post 628, I claimed The Semester of Our Discontent (Lila MacLean Mystery #1) by Cynthia KuhnI would like to add
+5 Combo 10.8 (as noted by Elizabeth, post 651, author teaches English at Metropolitan State University of Denver)
Thanks, Elizabeth!! :)
20.1-William ShakespeareZastrozzi by Percy Bysshe Shelley
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.2; 10.5 - 136 pages; 20.5 - approval)
+15 Oldies (Pub. 1810)
Task total: 50
Season Total: 1,030
15.3 Waters of the World-round 2
Waiting for a Wide Horse Sky by Elaine Kennedy
The Yellow Sea: South Korea
+15 Task (setting; approx 97%)
Task total: 15
Season Total: 1,045
20.5-R.K. NarayanBlack Rock White City by A.S. Patric
approval
+20 Task
+5 combo (10.8 - approval)
+5 Multiple
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 1,075
20.5 R.K. NarayanFlight by Sherman Alexie
+20 task approved in thread
+5 combo 10.2
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 375
10.1 Square PegThe Histories by Herodotus
+10 jumbo
+25 oldies (bc...)
+10 not-a-novel
+10 task
Task total: 55
Grand total: 1030
Waters of the World15.8 Sea of Japan -- Russia
The Duel and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov
+25 (author born in/nationality/setting)
Total Points So Far: 300
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Sartor Resartus by Thomas Carlyle
#43
+20 Task
+15 Oldies (pub. 1834)
+5 Combo (10.8 - approval)
Task total: 40
Season Total: 895