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SP 2016 RwS Completed Tasks Spring 2016
10.3 Bailey's PrizeLadder of Years by Anne Tyler
+10 Task
+10 combo 10.7, 20.5 (approved in thread)
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 475
Ah, I don't know how to say this but I've made a few mistakes... for some reason, I forgot that for WotW, the book must meet at least 2 categories!My first Round of WotW is all correct but I'll have to revise Round 2 and amend my points.
In post 658, 15.3
In post 770, 15.4
So, taking back 30 points will bring my Season total to 1,165
Sorry for the confusion :)
15.3 Waters of the World-round 2
The White Castle by Orhan Pamuk
Black Sea: Turkey
+15 Task (author birthplace & nationality & book setting)
Task total: 15
Season Total: 1,180
10.4-Popular GenreThe Third Victim (Quincy & Rainie #2) by Lisa Gardner
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.7 - LISA)
+5 Multiple
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 1,200
10.8 Cory Day's Task: License to WriteA Decline in Prophets (Rowland Sinclair #2) by Sulari Gentill
author was corporate lawyer as noted on author's page
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.4 - Mystery)
+5 Multiple
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 1,220
20.2-Graham GreeneA Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie
Only 690L so no style points
+20 Task
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 1,240
10.4 - Popular GenreThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith
+10 task
+15 combo (10.8; 20.4; 20.5)
All combos approved in help threads.
Post total: 25
Grand total: 335
10.8 - License to WriteThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz
+10 task
+15 combo (10.7; 20.7; 20.9)
All combos approved in help threads.
Post total: 25
Grand total: 360
15.8 - Waters of the WorldA Doll's House - Henrik Ibsen
North Sea - Norway (born, nationality, setting)
+15 task
+10 bonus
Post total: 25
Grand total: 385
20.3 - Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Mission Song - John le Carré
+20 task
+20 combo (10.7; 10.8; 20.5; 20.6)
All combos approved in help threads
Post total: 40
Grand total: 425
20.10 - AutoBioMemMy Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business - Dick Van Dyke
+20 task
+10 not a novel
+10 combo (10.7; 20.3)
Post total: 40
Grand total: 465
20.10 AutoBioMemWhen Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
+20 task (https://www.worldcat.org/title/when-b...)
+10 combo (10.7 4 Letter Names, 10.8 License to Write doctor, per GR)
+10 not a novel
+ 5 multiple
Task total: 45
Grand total: 415
Task 10.2-Single WordPassenger (Passenger #1) (2016) by Alexandra Bracken (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 486 pages)
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 415 + 10 = 425
10.9Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt
+10 task
+10 not a novel
task total: 10
grand total: 390
10.4 - Popular GenreCrooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
+10 task
+ 5 multiple
Task total: 15
Grand Total: 1325
Post 821 Tien wrote: "20.2-Graham GreeneA Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie
Only 690L so no style points
+20 Task
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 1,240"
This is not shelved as YA at BPL, so the Lexile rule does not apply. You are free to take styles!
Post 825 Sam wrote: "20.3 - Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Mission Song - John le Carré
+20 task
+20 combo (10.7; 10.8; 20.5; 20.6)
All combos approved in help threads
Post total: 40
Grand total: 425"
I don't see a request for le Carre for 20.6. Did I miss it?
Post 832 Heather wrote: "15.5 -UK/North SeaThe Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett
+15 task
Task total: 15
grand total: 405"
I'm sorry, Heather. This is shelved as YA at BPL, and there is no Lexile. It does not qualify for WotW.
Post 834 Heather wrote: "15.6 - France/MediterraneanThe Song of Roland by Unknown
Task total: 15
grand total: 420"
WotW requires at least one of the author's characteristics of born or cit/res. An unknown author has neither, so this does not qualify for WotW.
Popular GenreThe Murder of Mary Russell by Laurie R. King
+10 task
+5 combo (10.7)
+5 multiple
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 470
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 832 Heather wrote: "15.5 -UK/North SeaThe Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett
+15 task
Task total: 15
grand total: 405"
I'm sorry, Heather. This is shelved a..."
Could you move it to 20.5 then, please? Pratchett had published short stories, essays, novels, and articles.
Waters of the World15.9 Baltic Sea -- Poland
Satan in Goray by Isaac Bashevis Singer
+35 (author born in/setting)
Total Points So Far: 335
Waters of the World15.10 Yellow Sea -- China
Empress Orchid by Anchee Min
+35 (author born in/setting)
+ 100 point bonus for finishing Waters of the World!
Total Points So Far: 470
20.10 AutoBioMemTownie by Andre Dubus III
+20 Task
+20 Combo (10.2, 10.8, 20.5, 20.6 - all in the help threads)
+10 Not a Novel
+ 5 Multiple
Task Total = 55
Grand Total = 525
20.6-The Bronte SistersThe Stand by Stephen King
+20 Task: on list
+15 Combo: 10.7 Rosemary's Task: 4 Letter Names /10. 8 Cory Day's Task: License to Write (on list) / 20.5-R.K. Narayan (on list)
+25 Jumbo (1,153)
+ 5 Oldies (1978)
+ 5 Multiple
Task Total: 70
Grand Total: 1240
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 821 Tien wrote: "20.2-Graham GreeneA Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie
Only 690L so no style points...
This is not shelved as YA at BPL, so the Lexile rule does not apply. You are free to take styles!"
Oh man! I took it for granted that it is... don't know whether I love or hate Agatha Christie now lol
Will fix in a mo :)
In post 831, I claimed A Pocket Full of Rye.I would like to add
+10 Combo (10.4; 20.5 - approval)
+5 Oldies (pub. 1953)
Total styles: 15
Season Total: 1,255
Tien wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 821 Tien wrote: "20.2-Graham GreeneA Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie
Only 690L so no style points...
This is not shelved as YA ..."
I have the same love-hate with Christie when it comes to scoring!
From Post 822Sam wrote: "10.4 - Popular Genre
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith
+10 task
+15 combo (10.8; 20.4; 20.5)
All combos approved in help threads.
Post total: 25
Grand tot..."
+5 Combo 20.2
From Post 493Karen Michele wrote: "10.4-Popular Genre
The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories by Agatha Christie
+10 Task
+10 Not a Novel
+ 5 Oldies ?
+ 5 Multiple
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 770"
+5 Combo 20.5
Rosemary wrote: "15.10 - Waters of the WorldPetals of Blood by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Indian Ocean : Kenya
WotW Completion: 100
Bonus for all non-English books: 25
Bonus for all pre-1991 books: 50"
Well done, Rosemary! Congratulations!
20.6-The Bronte SistersThe Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis
+20 task (approved post 156)
+15 combo (10.8 - post 204; 20.4 - died 1963; 20.5 -
post 77)
+10 not-a-novel (philosophic essay)
+10 oldies (1940)
+ 5 multiple
Task total=60
Grand total=1505
20.9 Tournament of BooksOur Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
+20 task
+10 combo (10.7 4 Letter Name, 10.8 License to Write-Teacher per GR)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 445
10.4 Popular GenreWhat Angels Fear by C.S. Harris
+10 Task
+5 Multiple
Task total: 15
Grand Total: 700
Task 10.5-NovellaThe Man in the Picture (2007) by Susan Hill (Hardcover, 145 pages)
+10 Task (#10.5 novella)
+05 Combo (#10.7 “Hill”)
Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15
Grand Total: 425 + 15 = 440
15.5 Waters of the WorldColorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
Philippine Sea: Japan
+15 Task (Born, nationality, setting)
Task total: 15
Grand total: 655
I'd like to move another book.In post 277 (with a points correction at 314), I reported The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster for 10.8.
Lexile: 1000
I'd like to move that to:
15.6 Waters of the World
Pacific Ocean: US
+15 Task (born, nationality)
-20 (10.8 posting)
Task total: -5
Grand total: 650
10.8 License to WriteEvicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
+10 Task (professor)
+10 Not a novel (nonfiction)
+5 Multiple (see post 246)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 675
10.7 4 Letter NamesMy Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara
Lexile 960
+10 Task (Mary)
+5 Multiple
+5 Oldies (published 1941)
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 720
20.10 AutoBioMem Elizabeth (Alaska)'s TaskThe Fictional Woman by Tara Moss
Worldcat: Biography
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.7 - TARA)
+10 Not-a-Novel
+5 Multiple
Task Total: 40
Season Total: 1,295
15.4 Waters of the World-round 2
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Adriatic Sea: Italy
+15 Task (author birthplace & nationality)
Task total: 15
Season Total: 1,310
20.10 BiographyJoss Whedon: The Biography by Amy Pascale
+20 task
+10 not-a-novel
+5 multiple
Task total: 35
Grand total: 1255
20.7 - David BowieMoney by Martin Amis
+20 task
+25 combo (10.7 Amis, 10.8 approved, 20.2, 20.5 on list, 20.6 on list)
+ 5 oldies (1984)
Task total: 50
Grand Total: 1375
10.9 Beth's Task: Back to BusinessFlash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt by Michael Lewis
task +10
not a novel +10
total = 20
grand total= 660
15.7 Waters of the WorldThe Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
Adriatic Sea: Italy
Original language: Italian, published 1513 - on Canon
+15 task (author born, nationality, setting)
+10 bonus
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 965
20.4 Evelyn WaughRed Hills and Cotton by Ben Robertson
Author died 1943.
+20 task
+10 not-a-novel (history, memoir)
+5 oldie (1942)
Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 1000
My biggest total EVER in all my challenges!
20.5 R. K. NarayanThe Last Days of Ptolemy Grey by Walter Mosley
+20 task (novels, plays, non-fiction)
Task Total: 20
Grand total: 1020
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