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SP 2016 RwS Completed Tasks Spring 2016
10.7 Four Letter NamesClassics: A Very Short Introduction by Mary Beard
+10 task
+5 combo (10.2)
+10 not-a-novel (nonfiction)
+5 multiple
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 770
20.9 Tournament of Books Kate's TaskThe Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.3 - 2011 winnter)
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 1,145
20.10 AutoBioMem Elizabeth (Alaska)'s TaskRazor: Tilly Devine, Kate Leigh and the Razor Gangs by Larry Writer
worldcat: biography
+20 Task
+10 Not-a-Novel
+5 Multiple
Task Total: 35
Season Total: 1,180
15.4 Waters of the World-round 2
Winter Journey by Diane Armstrong
Baltic Sea: Poland
+15 Task (setting approx. 76%)
Task total: 15
Season Total: 1,195
10.2-Single WordFirewall by Henning Mankell
+10 Task
+ 5 Jumbo
+ 5 Multiple
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 1120
15.6 Waters of the WorldThe Meaning of Night by Michael Cox
North Sea / UK
+15 Task (author born/nationality/setting)
+10 Bonus
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 1145
10.7 Four Letter NamesThe Sandman, Vol. 7: Brief Lives by Neil Gaiman
Graphic Novel - no styles
+10 task
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 780
10.7 Four Letter NamesThe Sandman, Vol. 8: Worlds' End by Neil Gaiman
Graphic Novel - no styles
+10 task
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 790
10.7 Four Letter NamesGirl Genius Omnibus Volume One: Agatha Awakens by Phil Foglio
Graphic Novel - no styles
+10 task
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 800
10.7 Four Letter NamesAn Age of License: A Travelogue by Lucy Knisley
Graphic Novel - no styles
+10 task
Task Total: 10
10.7 Four Letter NamesA Bride's Story, Vol. 1 by Kaoru Mori
Graphic Novel - no styles
+10 task
Task Total: 10
10.7 Four Letter NamesLaika by Nick Abadzis
Graphic Novel - no styles, Lexile 370
+10 task
Task Total: 10
10.7 Four Letter NamesGeorge by Alex Gino
Lexile 790 - no styles
+10 task
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 850
15.6 Waters of the WorldThe Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam by Bảo Ninh
South China Sea: Vietnam
Original language Vietnamese, published 1987
+15 Task (author born/nationality/setting)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 865
20.1 William Shakespeare100 Selected Poems by E.E. Cummings
+10 task
+10 combo (20.4, 20.5)
+10 not-a-novel (poems)
+5 oldie (1954)
Task Total: 55
Grand Total: 920
I need to make a change to my Waters of the World.In post 642, I posted One of Our Thursdays Is Missing for 15.3, UK, Atlantic Ocean.
I'd like to change that to 15.3, UK, North Sea.
15.4 Waters of the WorldTransAtlantic by Colum McCann
Ireland - A/B
Atlantic Ocean
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Grand total: 640
Post 767 Bea wrote: "10.7 Four Letter NamesClassics: A Very Short Introduction by Mary Beard
+10 task
+5 combo (10.2)
+10 not-a-novel (nonfiction)
+5 multiple
Task Total: 30
Grand Tota..."
10.2 is for single word titles without a subtitle, so this does not qualify for that combo.
Thanks, Elizabeth. I will adjust my total. I thought maybe the subtitle was just ignored. But, I am good with this decision.Grand Total: now 915
10.9 Back to BusinessIn the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives by Steven Levy
+10 pts - Task
+ 5 pts- Combo - 10.7
+10 pts - Not a Novel
Task Total - 25
Grand Total - 455
20.7 David BowieThe Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
+20 pts - Task
+ 5 pts - Combo (10.8- Professor of Religion on Goodreads page)
+10 pts - Not a Novel
+ 5 pts - Oldies (1979)
Task Total - 40
Grand Total - 495 its
Joanna wrote: "Kate S wrote: "From Post 653Joanna wrote: "20.2 Graham Greene
John Sherman / Dhoya by W.B. Yeats
Then do they qualify for 10.5?"
Unfortunately, task 10.5 is written for a single title. Multiple titles in a single volume was specifically disallowed in the help thread. So, no this will not combo with 10.5 either. Sorry.
From Post 732Valerie wrote: "10.3 – Bailey's prize
State of Wonder By Ann Patchett
10 task
5 combo (20.6, this was approved)
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15
Running total: 605"
+5 Combo 20.9-2012 list
Bea wrote: "10.4 Popular GenreThe Broken Window by Jeffery Deaver
+10 task
+5 combo (10.8 - on list)
+5 multiple
Task Total: 20"
+5 Combo 20.5-approved in help thread
Bea wrote: "10.6 Book LoversThe Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
+10 task
+10 combo (10.7, 20.5 - approved)
+5 multiple
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 605"
+5 Combo 10.8-approved in help thread
Bea wrote: "10.7 Four Letter NamesWife of the Gods by Kwei Quartey
+10 task
+5 multiple
Task Total: 15"
+5 Combo 10.4
Karen Michele wrote: "10.2-Single WordFirewall by Henning Mankell
+10 Task
+ 5 Jumbo
+ 5 Multiple
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 1120"
+5 Combo 10.4
Joanna wrote: "I need to make a change to my Waters of the World.In post 642, I posted One of Our Thursdays Is Missing for 15.3, UK, Atlantic Ocean.
I'd like to change that to 15.3, UK, North Sea."
Updated. Thank you for including the original post number.
Bea wrote: "10.7 Four Letter NamesThe No Spin Zone: Confrontations with the Powerful and Famous in America by Bill O'Reilly
+10 task
+5 multiple
Task Total: 15"
+10 Not a Novel
20.6 The Bronte SistersThe Stand by Stephen King
+20 Task (approved in help thread)
+15 Combo (10.7-King, 10.8-approved, 20.5-approved)
+5 Multiple
+5 Oldies (published 1978)
+25 Jumbo (1153 pages)
Task total: 70
Grand Total: 670
10.8 License to WriteThe Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
+10 Task (approved in help thread
+5 Multiple
Task total: 15
Grand Total: 685
20.5 - R.K. Narayan:The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
+20 task (author approved on the help thread)
+5 jumbo (most popular edition has 528 pages)
+10 oldies (first published 1868)
+5 multiple (have used this task already this season)
Task total: 40
Grand total: 105
Thanks for the extra points, Kate. I can't believe that I missed the not-a-novel and mystery points. new Grand Total: 940
15.1 Waters of the WorldThe Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hamer
North Sea: United Kingdom
+15 Task (author born/nationality)
Points this post: 15
RwS total: 725
WotW total: 15
Grand Total: 740
20.5-R.K. NarayanMargaret the First by Danielle Dutton
+20 Task (approved in message 372 of help thread)
+5 combo (10.8 approved in message 196 of help thread)
+5 multiple (11th claim for 20.5)
Points this post: 30
RwS total: 755
WotW total: 15
Grand Total: 770
10.9 Back to BusinessMisbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics by Richard H. Thaler
+10 task
+5 combo (10.8 - author teaches at University of Chicago)
+10 not-a-novel (nonfiction)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 450
15.7 Waters of the WorldThe Cossacks by Leo Tolstoy
Baltic Sea / Russia
+15 Task (author born/nationality)
+10 Bonus
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 1170
20.6 Bronte SistersCranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
+20 Task (approved in thread)
+10 Combo (10.2, 20.5-HT)
+15 Oldies (1851)
Post Total: 45
Season Total: 175
15.1 Waters of the WorldMediterranean Sea: Greece
Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis
+15 Task
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 200
15.2 Waters of the WorldAmazon River Basin: Brazil
Aqua viva by Clarice Lispector
+15 Task (residency/setting)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 215
20.5 R.K. NarayanA Walk on the Wild Side by Nelson Algren
+20 Task
+5 Combo 10.8
+5 Oldies (1956)
+5 Multiple
Post Total: 35
Season Total: 250
10.2 Single WordRivers by Michael Farris Smith
+10 task
+ 5 combo (10.8 License to Write, approved)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 370
10.3 Bailey's PrizeFingersmith by Sarah Waters
+10 pts - Task
+20 pts - Combo(10.2,10.8- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_W... ,20.2,20.7)
+ 5 pts - Jumbo (564 pages)
Task - 35
Grand Total - 530
15.10 - Waters of the WorldPetals of Blood by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Indian Ocean : Kenya
+35 Task (author born/nationality/set)
Task: 35
WotW Completion: 100
Bonus for all non-English books: 25
Bonus for all pre-1991 books: 50
Total in this post: 210
Grand Total: 1310
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Wife of the Gods by Kwei Quartey
+10 task
+5 multiple
Task Total: 15