Reading with Style discussion

20.1 Alliteration - Deadly Decision by Kathy Reichs



Points This Post: 25
Tasks Completed: 12
Total Points: 205
Books Read: 12

Krista wrote: "In Msg 746 -- Arow wrote: "Thank you everyone involved for keeping all of this together! I don't even want to imagine the score spreadsheet :-)

Spring Cleaning
15.5- Supernatural ....

Grand ..."

Thanks Krista! I was trying to find where the 5 points came from :-)

Task 15.8 - Biography

Lafayette by Harlow Giles Unger

Task Total: 15

Grand Total: 635 + 15 = 650

READERBOARD NAME: Rachel OH

I completed...

10.8 Coralie's Task (Australia's Popular Penguins0

The Chrysalids

+10 Task
+5 Oldie (published 1955)
+5 Combo (Task 10.3 Cyberpunk!)

Task Total=20
TOTAL POINTS= 435

10.5 I'm Tellin' The Little Sister


+10 Task
+10 Series (Philip Marlowe)
+ 5 Oldie (pub 1949)

Task Total = 25

Grand Total = 600

10.1 Reduce Reuse Recycle

Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall by Kazuo Ishiguro

+10 Task (Winter 10.1 Turkey Coma)
+5 Combo (20.2 Rhymes - Author's Name)

Task Total: 15

15.9 Memoir

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

+15 Task

Task Total

+150 Spring Cleaning Challenge Completed

Post Total: 180

Grand Total:915

ERIN C.

20.2 Rhyming

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

Authors name, Haruki Murakami rhymes

+20 Task
+5 Jumbo (607pp)

Task Total= 25
Grand Total= 470

15.2 Science Fiction: Robopocalypse


20.3 Iambic Pentameter: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Combo: 5 points for Popular Penguin
Task Total: 25

Post total: 40
Grand Total: 250

Erin wrote: "ERIN C.

20.2 Rhyming

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami"

One of my favorite books :)

Task 15.7- Drama: Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw (96 pgs) and An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde (96 pgs)

+15 Task
+5 Bonus (Publ. 1914 and 1895)
Task Total= 20

Grand Total= 430

RwS Task 10.1 Reduce, reuse, recycle Primary Inversion by Catherine Asaro (Winter 10.6 Noel)

Task points 10
+5 Series (Skolian Empire #1)

Task total 15
Total points 725

Task 10.7 Scrabble The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery (totem)

Task points 10
Total points 735


Task 10.8 Popular Penguins Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome

Task points 10
+10 Oldies (1889)
+5 Combo (20.2 Rhymes Jerome-Jerome)

Task total 25
Total points 760

Spring cleaning
Task 15.7 Drama

I read

The School for Husbands., by Moliere (58 pages)
and
The Pretentious Young Ladies, by Moliere (47 pages)

to complete this task.

15 task points
+ 5 written before 1980
=20 task points

**I think I have finished spring cleaning for the 150 point bonus***

Total RWS Points: 535**I think**

Task 15.10- General Non-Fiction: On Human Nature by Edward O. Wilson (Won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction)

+15 Task
+5 Bonus (Publ. 1979)
Task Total = 20

+150 Spring Cleaning Completion Bonus

Grand Total = 600

Task 20.5 epic Poetry
The Tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight translated by Marco Vassi

+20 pts - Task
+5 pts -Combo (20.6 Poetry before 1900. This epic is from the 14th century)
+15 pts - Oldies

40 pts - Task total
1650 pts - Grand Total

READERBOARD NAME: Rachel OH

I completed...

20.10 Potent Potables

Pemberley Manor

+20 Task

Task Total=20
TOTAL POINTS=455

Spring Cleaning Round 2

15.1 – Mystery/Thriller

Hurricane Gold: A James Bond Adventure by Charlie Higson

15.2 – Science Fiction

One of Our Thursdays Is Missing by Jasper Fforde - checked on Amazon for genre and one of the listings was science fiction.

+0

RwS Tasks:

10.4 - Say what?

If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where's My Prince? by Melissa Kantor

+10 Task
Task Points: 10

20.7 – Post-19th Century Poetry

The War Poems by Siegfried Sassoon

+20 Task
+10 Oldies: -76 to 150 years old: 10 points (1860-1934) Poems were written from 1917 to 1934
Task Total : 40
Grand Total: 1660

Task 20.2 Rhymes
Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed

+20 pts - Task
+5 pts - Combo (20.4 Poet's non-poetry)
+5 pts - Oldies (first pub in 1972)
+10 pts - Canon

40 pts - Task Total
1690 pts - Grand Total

Karen GHHS wrote: "Spring Cleaning Round 2

15.1 – Mystery/Thriller

Hurricane Gold: A James Bond Adventure by Charlie Higson

15.2 – Science Fiction

[book:One of Our Thursdays Is Miss..."

Are you getting close to going down in History? I think you are the only one going for it, right? This is me cheering you on......Yeah, Kathy!!!! Go..Go..Go...! : )

Rebekah wrote: "Karen GHHS wrote: "Spring Cleaning Round 2

Thanks for the cheers! I am trying to finish a 2nd round, but I don't know if I'll make it. We will see - I haven't seen anyone else trying. Anyone else out there going for round 2?

ERIN C.

20.9

The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices by Xinran

This book is for option B, taking place in China

+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.2, 'women' and 'hidden')

Task Total= 25
Grand Total= 495

20.9 Host country - Ethiopia
Cutting for Stoneby Abraham Verghese
+20 task
+10 jumbo

30 task total

225 grand total

Task 20.3 Iambic Pentmeter
The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party by Alexander McCall Smith

+20 pts -Task
+5 pts - Combo (20.9 setting in Botswana)
+15 pts - Series (this is the 3rd book I've used for the Spring Challenge from this series)

40 pts - Task Total
1730 pts - Grand Total

Completed 10.10 Group Read "Room" by Emma Donoghue.

Task Points: 10
Style: 0
Grand Total: 715

nsfancy wrote: "Task 10.8 Popular Penguins Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome

Task points 10
+10 Oldies (1889)
+5 Combo (20.2 Rhymes Jerome-Jerome)..."

Unfortunately, a word cannot rhyme with itself.

Tammy wrote: "15.2 Science Fiction: Robopocalypse


20.3 Iambic Pentameter: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Combo: 5 points for Popular Penguin
Task Total: 25

Post total: 40
Grand Tot..."

+5 oldies points (pub 1985)

RwS Task 10.2 Women's History Month
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
+10 Task
+10 Oldies (pub 1911)
+10 Canon

Task 20.2 Rhymes Option B
The Dork of Cork by Chet Raymo
+20 Task

Task 20.4 Poet's Non Poetry
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.2)
+5 Oldies (pub 1963)
Post Total: 80
Grand Total: 1585+80=1665

Kate wrote: "RwS Task 10.2 Women's History Month
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
+10 Task
+10 Oldies (pub 1911)
+10 Canon

"


+5 combo with 20.4 Poet's Non-Poetry

Task 10.2 Women's History Month

Diving into the Wreck: Poems 1971-1972 and The Dream of a Common Language: Poems, 1974-1977 by Adrienne Rich

+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.7)
+5 Oldies (poems from between 1971 and 1977)

Together, these books add up to more than 100 pgs.

Task total: 20
Grand total: 675

Task 20.8 Quotable Quotes
The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O'Connor
"And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent bear it away" Matthew 11:12 KJV

+20 pts - Task
+5 pts - Combo (10.2 Women's History)
+5 pts - Oldies (first pub. in 1960)
+10 pts - Canon

40 pts - Task Total
1770 pts - Grand Total

Task 20.1: Alliteration

I read Blameless by Gail Carriger

task: +20
combo: +5 (iambic)
series: +10 (third, I've read the other two also)
total: +35

RwS TOTAL: 395

10.3 Cyberpunk

Count Zero by William Gibson

+10 Task
+5 Series (Sprawl)

Task Total: 15

10.8 Australia's Popular Penguins

Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome

+10 Task
+10 Oldies (1889)

Task Total: 20

10.10 Group Reads

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

+10 Task
+5 Series (A Song of Ice and Fire)
+15 Jumbo (832)

Task Total: 30

20.6 Pre-20th Century Poetry

Shakespeare's Sonnets by William Shakespeare

+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.8 Popular Penguins, 20.1 Alliteration)
+10 Canon
+15 Oldies

Task Total: 55

20.11 Alliteration

Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb

+20 Task
+5 Series (Farseer Trilogy)

Reading With Style Completion Bonus: 100

Post Total: 245

Grand Total: 1160

Task 20.1 Alliteration
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
The Lexile gave two scores 890 and 940. I couldn't figure out what the difference was but I actually read the Penguin copy but printed in USA instead of UK or OZ

+20 pts - Task
+10 pts - Combo (10.8 Aus.Pop Peng. 20.2 Iambic Pent)
+10 pts - Canon
+10 pts - Oldies (first pub 1865)
+5 pts - series (Through the Looking Glass, Alice's Adventures Underground)

55 pts - Task Total
1825 pts - Grand Total

READERBOARD NAME: Rachel OH

I completed...

15.7 Spring Cleaning

Drama

Four Major Plays: Volume 1 by Henrik Ibsen

+15 Task
+5 "Spring Cleaning" Bonus--published before 1980

Task Total=20
TOTAL POINTS=475

Task 10.5 I'm Telling

The Last Brother by Nathacha Appanah

+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.2 Rhyme Nathacha with Appanah)

Grand total: 690

20.2 Potent Potables The Virgin Blue

I've had this for ages - thanks for the task, Sam!

Task Total = 20

Grand Total = 620

Hi Everyone: I wanted to give you a heads-up that the Readerboard scores won't be updated until Monday. I haven't had a chance to work on them this week. (Sorry!) But on the upside (for me anyway) is that I'm heading out to the beach for the weekend in just a little while, and I'm not taking my laptop. I'm going to enjoy the gloriously sunny day outdoors!

Happy Reading everyone!

-Krista

Krista wrote: "Hi Everyone: I wanted to give you a heads-up that the Readerboard scores won't be updated until Monday. I haven't had a chance to work on them this week. (Sorry!) But on the upside (for me an..."

Enjoy the break in routine, Krista! (What are you taking to read?)

Task 20.8 - Liz's Choice: Quotable Quotes
I read:
A Red Herring Without Mustard (Flavia de Luce #3) by Alan Bradley

The page before the novel starts has a quote from "A Looking Glasse, for London and Englande" (1592) by Thomas Lodge and Robert Greene, as follows:

... a cup of ale without a wench, why, alas, 'tis like an egg without salt or a red herring without mustard.


+20 Task
+05 Style: 1. Combo (5 points): (also fits 10.6 Lab Lit)
+05 Style: 2. Series (5 points):

Task Total: 20 + 5 + 5 = 30

And, with this post I have finished all of the Reading with Style 10-point and 20-point tasks; so:

+ 100 Complete all Reading with Style tasks.

Grand Total: 650 + 30 + 100 = 780

One more book to go to complete the Spring Cleaning Tasks --- I think I'm going to make it :0)

SC

Task 15.2 Science Fiction - Wheels within Wheels by F. Paul Wilson

+15 Task

Total Points=15
Grand Total=300

20.1 – Alliteration

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

+20 Task
+10 Canon
+ 5 Jumbo 672 pages
+10 Oldies: -76 to 150 years old: 10 points (1860-1934) published in 1860
Task Total: 45

20.3 – Iambic Pentameter

In the Company of Cheerful Ladies by Alexander McCall Smith

+20 Task
+ 5 Combo: 20.9 Krista’s Choice (Botswana)
(Series already used for this task)
Task Total: 25

Points This Post: 70
Grand Total:1730

Task 20.3 Iambic Pent
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs

+20 Pts - Task
+5 pts - Combo (10.2 Women's History)
+10 pts - Oldies (first pub in 1860)

35 pts - Task Total
1860 pts - Grand Total

How 'bout that! My Grand total is the same as the year the book was published. (smile)

Krista wrote: "Hi Everyone: I wanted to give you a heads-up that the Readerboard scores won't be updated until Monday. I haven't had a chance to work on them this week. (Sorry!) But on the upside (for me an..."

Fun! Have a relaxing time!

Rws Task 10.9 Pi Day
The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K. Lee
+10 Task

20.4 Poet's Non Poetry
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.4 Say What?)
+5 Oldies (pub 1970)
Post Total: 40
Grand Total: 1710

But Who's Counting
15.1 Mystery/Thriller Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
15.2 Science Fiction Dune byFrank Herbert
15.3 Fantasy A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
15.4 Historical Fiction Fall of Giants by Ken Follett
15.5 Supernatural Dracula by Bram Stoker
15.6 Romance OR Horror Wilde Thing by Janelle Denison
15.7 Drama The Miracle Worker by William Gibson
15.8 Biography The Most Beautiful Woman in the World: The Obsessions, Passions, and Courage of Elizabeth Taylor by Ellis Amburn
15.9 Memoir Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant by Daniel Tammet
15.10 General Non-Fiction Best Lessons of a Chess Coach by Sunil Weeramantry

READERBOARD NAME: Rachel OH

I completed...

20.2 Rhymes

The Hanover Square Affair

+20 Task
+5 Series (Captain Gabriel Lacey #1)

Task Total=25
TOTAL POINTS=500

Kate wrote:

Wow, Kate-- congrats on finishing round two of spring cleaning! Now I'm inspired to keep on & try to finish, too.

Very good, Kate!

Hall of Fame!!!

Task 20.1 Alliteration

I read Strawberry Shortcake Murder by Joanne Fluke.

20 task points
+ 5 series points
= 25 points

Total RWS Points = 560

Task 10.4 - Say what?
What the World will look like when all the water leaves us by Laura Van Den Berg

+10 Task

Task 10.6 - Lab Lit
Prey by Michael Crichton

+10 Task

Task 10.9 - Colleen's 1st Place Task
Tall Pine Polka by Lorna Landvik

+10 Task
+ 5 Combo (20.1)

Task 20.9 - Krista's Choice:
Wolf Totem by Jiang Rong - Option B. Located in Mongolian Plains, China

+20 Task
+ 5 Jumbo (500+ pages)

I'm hoping all books above are acceptable and therefore:
RwS Finish: 100 points
Mega Finish: 200 points

Total this post: 360 points
Grand Total:1,115 points

Woo Hoo!

15.6 - Horror: Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
+15 Task

Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 395