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SP 2016 RwS Completed Tasks Spring 2016
20.3 - Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Princess Priscilla's Fortnight by Elizabeth von Arnim
20 task
10 oldie (1905)
5 combo 20.4
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35
Running total: 160
10.5-NovellasThe Big Time by Fritz Leiber
+10 task
+5 age
+5 combo (20.5)
Not yet approved on 20.5.
See Wikipedia entry - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_L... - novels, plays, poetry, essays
Task total: 20
Grand total: 100
20.5-R.K. NarayanRobinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
+20 task
+20 age (1719)
+5 multiple on task
Task total: 45
Grand total: 145
10.8 Cory Day's Task: License to WriteMisdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children and Adults: ADHD, Bipolar, OCD, Asperger's, Depression, and Other Disorders by James T. Webb
+10 task
profession of psychologist noted in Goodreads profile
+5 combo (10.7 4 letter name)
+10 not-a-novel (nonfiction)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 170
10.6 Book LoversThe Readers of Broken Wheel Recommendby Katarina Bivald
Listed 96 times as books about books on the GR Book page as of 2/25/16
Task +10
Style: Multiple +5
Book Total: 15
Grand Total: 25
10.4 - Popular GenreMurder at Mansfield Park by Lynn Shepherd
+10 task
+ 5 combo (10.7)
+ 5 multiple
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 290
20.8 A Nod to Tristram ShandyThe Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
Lexile: 890
+20 Task
Task total: 20
Grand total: 200
20.5-R.K. NarayanThe Poisoned Kiss and Other Stories from the Portuguese by Joyce Carol Oates
+20 task (post 18)
+ 5 combo (10.8 - post 56)
+10 not-a-novel (short stories)
+ 5 multiple
+ 5 oldies (1975)
Task total=45
Grand total=395
10.8 Cory Day's Task: License to WriteWays to Disappear by Idra Novey
+10 Task: approved https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
+ 5 Combo: 10.7 Rosemary's Task: 4 Letter Names
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 175
15.2 Waters of the WorldThe White Woman on the Green Bicycle by Monique Roffey
Caribbean Sea / Trinidad and Tobago
+15 Task
Grand Total: 190
20.5-R.K. NarayanCorregidora by Gayl Jones
+20 Task: approved: approved https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
+15 Combo: 10.2-Single Word / 10.7 Rosemary's Task: 4 Letter Names / 10.8 Cory Day's Task: License to Write (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
+ 5 Oldies (1975)
Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 230
20.5-R.K. NarayanProperty by Valerie Martin
+20 Task: approved https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
+15 Combo: 10.2-Single Word / 10.3-Bailey's Prize / 10.8 Cory Day's Task: License to Write (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
+ 5 Multiple
Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 270
Post 204 Joanna wrote: "20.4 Evelyn WaughThe Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore by W.B. Yeats
+20 Task (d. 1939)
+10 Not-a-novel (short stories/fairy tales)
+10 Oldies (pub. 1893)
+20 Com..."
Interestingly, WorldCat has this also classified as biography. Since I allowed their classifications from the beginning, we'll certainly be glad to add it there.
20.1 - William ShakespeareThe Essential Rilke byRainer Maria Rilke
20 task
5 combo 20.4 (died 1926)
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25
Running total: 185
20.1 William ShakespeareA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
+20 task
+5 oldies
+20 combos ( 10.8 - approved, 20.2, 20.5 - approved, 20.7)
Task Total = 45
Grand Total = 260
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 204 Joanna wrote: "20.4 Evelyn WaughThe Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore by W.B. Yeats
Interestingly, WorldCat has this also classified as biography. Since I allowed their classifications from the beginning, we'll certainly be glad to add it there. "
I never would have thought to check that. I wouldn't classify it as a biography, but I'll take the combo since it fits. Thanks for noticing that for me.
Task 20.9 Tournament of Books Read a book that has been included on the short list from any one of the past 12 years of the Tournament of Books.
2016 Tournament of Books Shortlist
The Invaders (2015) by Karolina Waclawiak (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 240 pages)
+20 Task
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 115 + 20 = 135
R.K. NarayanThe Faith of a Writer: Life, Craft, Art by Joyce Carol Oates
+20 task (post 18)
+10 combo (10.8 - post 56; 20.10 - biography at worldcat)
+10 not-a-novel
+ 5 multiple
Task total=45
Grand total=440
10.4 Popular GenreThe Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths
+10 task
+5 combo (10.7)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 30
10.5 NovellasDouble Indemnity by James M. Cain
+10 task (115 pages)
+15 combo (10.4, 10.7, 20.5)
+10 oldies (1936)
Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 65
20.10 AutobiomemWhy Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
+20 task (listed as biography in Worldcat here)
+10 Not a Novel
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 105
From Post 142Tien wrote: "10.9 Beth's Task: Back to Business
Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki
+10 Task
+5 combo (10.5 - 195 pages)
+10 Not-a-Novel
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 195"
Sorry, Tien, task 10.5 requires a book between 100 and 150 pages; 195 pages is too many.
From Post 149Valerie wrote: "10.7 4 letter names
Risk by Dick Francis
10 task
10 combo = 10.2 + 10.4
5 oldie (1977)
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25
Running total 125"
+10 Combo 20.2 and 20.6
Joanna wrote: "20.8 A Nod to Tristram ShandyThe Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
Lexile: 890
+20 Task
Task total: 20
Grand total: 200"
+5 Combo 20.9-2009 list
Karen Michele wrote: "10.8 Cory Day's Task: License to WriteWays to Disappear by Idra Novey
+10 Task: approved https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/......"
+5 Combo 10.4
Claire wrote: "10.1 - Square PegThe Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondō
+10 task
task total: 10
grand total: 35"
+10 Not-a-Novel
From Post 132Bea wrote: "10.7 Four Letter Names
A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.8 - post #82, 20.5 - post #226)
+5 Multiple
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 95"
+5 Oldies (1991)
From Post 150Claire wrote: "20.2 - Graham Greene
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
+20 task
+5 jumbo (512 pages)
task total: 25
grand total: 25"
Sorry, Claire, the most popular edition of The Little Stranger has only 466 pages and does not qualify for jumbo points.
20.4 Evelyn WaughA Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor
+20 task (author died in 1964)
+ 5 combo (20.5 approved in post 88 of the help thread)
+ 5 not a novel (short stories)
+ 5 oldie (pub 1953)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 70
Kate S wrote: "From Post 132Bea wrote: "10.7 Four Letter Names
A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.8 - post #82, 20.5 - post #226)
+5 Multiple..."
+5 Oldies (1991)
Thanks, Kate.
20.6 - The Bronte SistersThe Sugar House by Laura Lippman
+20 task (approved in help thread)
+ 5 combo (10.4)
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 315
20.5- R. K. NarayanGorsky by Vesna Goldsworthy
+20 Task (approved in message 218 of help thread)
+10 combo (10.2, 10.8 approved in message 73 of help thread)
+5 multiple (5th claim for 20.5)
Points this post: 35
Grand Total: 275
Waters of the World15.3 Caribbean Sea: Jamaica
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
+ 15 points (author born/nationality/set in)
Total Points So Far: 45
Waters of the World15.4 Rhine Basin: France
The Ghost Riders of Ordebec by Fred Vargas
+ 15 points (author born/nationality/set in)
Total Points So Far: 60
20.9 - Tournament of booksThe News from Paraguay by Lily Tuck
this was on the 2005 list
20 task
10 combo 10.7, 20.5 (approved in help thread)
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30
(corrected - see post 182) Running total: 225
15.4 Waters of the WorldOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
First published in Russian in 1962
Black Sea: Russia
+15 Task (author's birth place & nationality & setting)
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 210
10.5 NovellaRead a book between 100-150 pps
The House on Mango Streetby Sandra Cisneros
MPE had 110pp
Task +10
Style +15 Not A Novel (GR book page says shelved as Short stories by 303 users, Oldies published 1984
Book Total: 25
Grand Total: 50
20.5-R.K. NarayanTales of Ordinary Madness by Charles Bukowski
+20 task (post 175)
+10 not-a-novel (short stories)
+ 5 oldies (1978)
+ 5 multiple
Task total=40
Grand total=480
(Edited to correct grand total)
10.4-Popular GenreWhose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers
+10 task
+10 age
+15 combos ( 10.8 approved, 20.4, 20.5 approved)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 205
20.5-R.K. NarayanUprooted by Naomi Novik
+20 Task (post 167)
+5 Combo (10.2)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 25
10.5-NovellasAll Your Reasons by Nina Levine
+10 Task (130 pages)
+5 Combo (10.7)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 40
10.6-Book LoversLibriomancer by Jim C. Hines
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.2, 20.5)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 60
Task 15.2 Waters of the WorldUnto a Good Land (The Emigrants #2) (1952) by Vilhelm Moberg; translated by Gustaf Lannestock
Translated from the Swedish
~first pub. 1952
Baltic Sea: Sweden
+15 Task (author born & nationality)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 135 + 15 = 150
15.2 WotWThe Dark Forest by Liu Cixin
Yellow Sea: China
+15 Task (author born/nationality)
Task total: 15
Grand total: 225
10.5 NovellasBuddha Boy by Kathe Koja
+10 Task (128 pgs.)
+5 Combo (10.7 - Koja)
Task total: 15
Grand total: 240
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