Reading with Style discussion

From Post 981

Karen Michele wrote: "10.10-Group Reads

The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton

+10 Task
+15 Jumbo

Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 1440"

+5 Combo 20.9

10.2-Single Word

Oceanic by Greg Egan

+10 task
+10 not-a-novel (short stories)
+5 combo (10.7 4 letter)

Task total: 25
Grand total: 1830

Task 15.9- Waters of the World

Thérèse Raquin (1867) by Émile Zola (Paperback, 211 pages)
Translated from the French
~first pub. 1867

Rhine River Basin: France

+15 Task (author born & nationality & setting)
+20 point bonus

Task Total: 15 + 20 = 35

Grand Total: 570 + 35 = 605

15.5 - Waters of the World

The Curious Case of Dassoukine’s Trousers by Fouad Laroui

Mediterranean Sea: Morocco

+15 task (author nationality and birthplace) (translated)

Task total: 15 points
Grand total: 300 points

Thanks for the extra points! I added Paris late and forgot it was a group read!


10.7 Rosemary's Task: 4 Letter Names

The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hamer

+10 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.4-Popular Genre
+ 5 Multiple

Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 1505

20.5 R.K. Narayan

The Whore's Child and Other Stories by Richard Russo

+20 Task (help thread)
+ 5 Multiple
+10 Not-a-novel

Task Total = 35

Grand Total = 640

20.2-Graham Greene

A Judgement in Stone by Ruth Rendell

+20 task
+15 combo (10.4; 10.7; 20.5 - post 191)
+ 5 oldies (1977)
+ 5 multiple

Task total=45
Grand total=1745

15.4 Waters of the World

Visitation by Jenny Erpenbeck

Baltic Sea/Germany
Born/Nationality/Setting

+15 task

Task total: 15
Grand total: 630

From Post 849

D wrote: "20.6-The Bronte Sisters

The 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..."

I show this as your first post for 20.6. So it would not qualify for multiple. Did I mis-mark one of your posts? Could you direct me to either a post # or title. Sorry.

From Post 995

Sam wrote: "20.4 - Evelyn Waugh

The Violent Bear it Away - Flannery O'Connor

+20 task
+5 oldies
+5 combo (20.5)
(honestly can't remember if I posted this one in the help thread, l..."

+5 Multiple, I show your first claim for 20.5 in post 145.

Joanna wrote: "+100 RWS finish"

Congrats, Joanna!

Coralie wrote: "15.10 Waters of the World

Completion bonus: 100."


Nicely done, Coralie!

Beth wrote: "15.10 Waters of the World

+35 Task
+100 Waters of the World completion
+25 translated works only
And.. +200 Mega Finish"

Nice reading, Beth! Congrats on your Mega Finish!

Nick wrote: "Moderators! You are great!

you do such a great job keeping things straight. I would be beating my head against the wall. In the readerboard thread, though, you have me down as an RwS Finisher. The..."

Sorry, I think I just screwed up the icon. It appears I have you down for the correct finish in the score keeping place, just picked the wrong symbol. Sorry for the confusion.

Kate S wrote: "From Post 849

D wrote: "20.6-The Bronte Sisters

The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis

...I show this as your first post for 20.6. So it would not qualify for multiple. ..."

Kate, you are correct, I am the one who messed up. I have claimed books for 20.6 in two posts, post 849 and post 922. I claimed "multiple" style points both times, when it should have been only once. Could I move both books to 20.5 and claim 20.6 as combo on each? That way the points will stay the same (I think). I'm sorry for causing confusion.

15.9 Waters of the World

Eat Move Sleep: How Small Choices Lead to Big Changes by Tom Rath

Pacific Ocean / US

+15 Task (author born/nationality/setting)
+20 Bonus

Task Total: 35
Season Total: 1540

20.2 Graham Green
The Eye in the Door by Pat Barker
+20 task
+ 5 combo 10.8 (GR bio)
Task total: 25
+5 post 1014
Grand Total 665

15.1 Waters of the World

Original Letters from India by Eliza Fay

+15 Task (North Sea) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliza_Fay) born in England
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 265

Task 10.6 Book Lovers

The Polysyllabic Spree (Stuff I've Been Reading #1) (2004) by Nick Hornby

+10 Task
+05 Combo (#10.7 “Nick”)
+10 Not-a-Novel: non-fiction

Task Total: 10 + 05 + 10 = 25

Grand Total: 605 + 25 = 630

15.9 Waters of the World

The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K. Lee

South China Sea: Hong Kong

+15 Task (Author born/setting)
+20 Bonus

Task total: 35
Grand total: 935

20.4 - Evelyn Waugh

To Let by John Galsworthy

+20 task (died 1933)
+10 combo (10.7, 20.5 on list)
+ 5 multiple
+10 oldies (1921)

Task total: 45
Grand Total: 2070

20.8 Gabriel's Task: A Nod to Tristram Shandy

Amalgamemnon by Christine Brooke-Rose

task +20
combo +20 (10.2, 10.8-professor, 20.3, 20.5-pending approval in post 419)
oldie +5 (1984)


total= 45
grand total = 755

(This would have been great as just a short story but it dragged on so long that I grew to hate it. Had no idea it was racking up so many combo and oldie points.)

20.7 David Bowie

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.2, 20.5)
+5 Oldies (published 1955)

Task total: 35
Grand Total: 1005

10.1 Square Peg

Remember How I Told You I Loved You? by Gillian Linden

+10 Task
+10 Not a Novel (short stories)

Task total: 20
Grand Total: 1025

20.5-R.K. Narayan

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo


+20 Task (approved in message 415 of help thread)
+10 combo (10.7 Hugo, 20.6 approved in message 167 of help thread)
+15 oldies (pub 1831)
+5 jumbo (614 pages)
+5 multiple (12th claim for 20.5)


Points this post: 55
RwS total: 860
WotW total: 30
Grand Total: 890

10.2 Single Word

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

+10 task
(no styles - low lexile!)

Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 600

20.2 Graham Greene

A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson

+20 task
+5 combo (10.7)

Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 625

20.10 AutoBioMem

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

+20 task
+5 combo (10.9)
+10 Not-a-novel
+5 jumbo (656 pages)
+5 multiple

Task Total: 45
Grand Total: 670

10.7 - 4 Letter Names

The Half-life of Hannah by Nick Alexander

+10 task (Nick)
+ 5 multiple

Task total: 15
Grand Total: 2085

Karen Michele wrote: "10.6-Book Lovers

The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George

+10 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.7 Rosemary's Task: 4 Letter Names
+ 5 Multiple

Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 1475"

+10 Combo 10.8, 20.5

D wrote: "Kate S wrote: "From Post 849

D wrote: "20.6-The Bronte Sisters

The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis

...I show this as your first post for 20.6. So it would not qualify..."

I have moved both claims to 20.5. Thank you for including the original post numbers.

Deedee wrote: "Task 10.6 Book Lovers

The Polysyllabic Spree (Stuff I've Been Reading #1) (2004) by Nick Hornby

+10 Task
+05 Combo (#10.7 “Nick”)
+10 Not-a-Novel: non-fiction

Task Tot..."

+5 Combo 20.2

Katy wrote: "20.2 Graham Greene

A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson

+20 task
+5 combo (10.7)

Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 625"

+10 Combo 10.8, 20.5

Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "20.5 The Gentle Art of Verbal Self Defense at Workby Suzette Haden Elgin

Task +20
Style + 10 Combo 10.9, 10.8 professor
+10 Not A Novel
Book Total: 40
Grand Total: 250"

+5 Multiple, I show your first claim for 20.5 in post 570

Beth wrote: "10.2-Single Word

Oceanic by Greg Egan

+10 task
+10 not-a-novel (short stories)
+5 combo (10.7 4 letter)

Task total: 25
Grand total: 1830"

+5 Multiple

10.3 Bailey's Prize

Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels

+10 Task (1997 winner)

Task total: 10
Grand Total: 1035

Task 10.7 4 Letter Names
Read a book by an author who uses at least one four letter name for their publications.

The Dream Years (1985) by Lisa Goldstein (Hardcover, 181 pages)
World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (1986)

+10 Task
+05 Repeat a Task
+05 Oldies -25 to 75 years old: (1941-1991)

Task Total: 10 + 05 + 05 = 20

Grand Total: 635 + 20 = 655

20.4 Evelyn Waugh

Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley

+20 task (died 1957)
+10 combo (10.6 Book Lovers; 20.5 R.K. Narayan-GR profile states he wrote essays, poetry, novels)
+ 5 multiples
+10 oldie

Task total: 45
Grand total: 675

10.8 - License to Write

Shrink Rap: Three Psychiatrists Explain Their Work by Dinah Miller, Annette Hanson, and Steven Roy Daviss

+10 task (all are licensed doctors, lead author here (sorry I didn't preapprove this one! :( )
+10 not-a-novel
+5 multiple

Task total: 25 points
Grand total: 325 points

20.5-R.K. Narayan

What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi


+20 Task (approved in message 416 of help thread)
+5 combo (20.2)
+5 multiple (13th claim for 20.5)
+10 not-a-novel (short stories)


Points this post: 40
RwS total: 900
WotW total: 30
Grand Total: 930
28/5/16 edited to correct RwS total from 860 to 900 - no change to Grand Total

Task 15.10- Waters of the World

Baltasar and Blimunda (1982) by José Saramago; translated by Giovanni Pontiero; (Paperback, 346 pages)
Translated from the Portuguese
~first pub. 1982

Atlantic: Portugal

+15 Task (author born & nationality & setting)
+20 point bonus

+100 point for completing Waters of the World
+25 point : all books were originally written in languages other than English
+50 point: all books originally published in 1991 or earlier

Task Total: 15 + 20 + 100 + 25 + 50 = 210

Grand Total: 655 + 210 = 865

10.4 Popular genre

Royal Flush by Rhys Bowen

10 task
5 combo 10.7
5 multi
____
20

Running total 790

10.10 Group Reads
Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam
Thanks for this recommendation!
+10 task
+5 combo 10.8
+10 not a novel (short stories)
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 690

10.7 4 Letter Names

The Tie That Binds by Kent Haruf

+10 task
+ 5 combo (10.8 - post 238)
+ 5 oldies (1984)

Task total=20
Grand total=1765

My total on the Readerboard is 1,870 but I've only got 1,850?

Just checking...

I could totally be wrong in my calc.

Tien wrote: "My total on the Readerboard is 1,870 but I've only got 1,850?

Just checking...

I could totally be wrong in my calc."

In post 940, you claimed your style points, but did not include your task points. Adding those 20 points should rectify our difference.

lol - that's pretty funny

Thanks, Kate! ;)

20.1 William Shakespeare
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
+20 Task
+5 oldies
+20 combos 10.8, 20.2, 20.5, 20.7
Task total: 45
+100 RwS completion bonus
Grand Total: 835

10.6-Book Lovers

Great Books: My Adventures with Homer, Rousseau, Woolf, and Other Indestructible Writers of the Western World by David Denby

+10 task
+10 not a novel
+5 multiple

Task total: 25
Grand total: 1860

10.8 License to Write

My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

+10 task (GR profile states that author teaches in the MFA program at a university)
+ 5 multiples

Task total: 15
Grand total: 690