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SP 2014 RwS Completed Tasks - Spring 2014
Eyes on the Prize sample completed post:15.4 - 1988 - Pulitzer Biography - Oscar Wilde by Richard Ellmann
+15 task
+5 pre-1990
+5 non-fiction
+10 multi-award (also NBCC Biography)
Task Total: 35 points
Grand Total: 220 points
10.4 - Romeo & JulietRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
+ 10 Task
+
+ 25 Oldies
+ 10 Not-a-Novel
Task Total:
Edited to remove wrong Combo, see post #5 below.
20.3 - Venice: Read a book set in Italy or written in Italian.Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare 3/2/14
This play takes place in Verona, Italy.
+20 task
+15 combos (10.2 play, 10.4 #11 on list, 20.1 author born 1564 died 1616)
+10 not-a-novel (play)
+25 oldies (published 1597)
Task total: 70 points
EotP Total: 0
EotP Completion Bonus: 0
RwS Total: = 70
RwS Bonus: 0
Mega Bonus: 0
Grand Total: 70
Isabell wrote: "10.4 - Romeo & JulietRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
+ 10 Task
+ 20 Combo (10.2, 10.5: Sexuality of William Shakespeare, 20.1, 20.3: set in Verona, Italy)
+ 25 ..."
Just noticed that Shakespeare doesn't actually count for 10.5. Thus my total for the book posted above is only 60 points. Just letting you know that I spotted and corrected the error.
20.6 � Tempest:One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
+20 Task
+10 Combo: Combo: 10.4 Romeo and Juliet #277 / 20.1 Shakespeare’s Birthday (1918-2008)
+10 Non Western
+ 5 Oldies (1962)
Task Total: 45
Grand Total: 45
Karen GHHS wrote: "20.6 � Tempest:One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
+20 Task
+10 Combo: Combo: 10.4 Romeo and Juliet #277 / 20.1 Shakespeare’s Birthday (1..."
+5 combo: 10.8 - War of the Roses, pub. 1955-1988
15.1 (EotP) - 1969 - James Tiptree Award - The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin+15 task
+5 pre-1990
+10 multi-award (also Nebula Award)
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 30
Liz M wrote: "Karen GHHS wrote: "20.6 � Tempest:One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
+20 Task
+10 Combo: Combo: 10.4 Romeo and Juliet #277 / 20.1 Shakes..."
Oh, thank you- I wasn't thorough on the new tasks!
10.5 - Twelfth NightMore Than This by Patrick Ness (Lexile 800)
+10 Task (LGBT categories listed on )
Task total: 10
Grand total: 10
15.1 1989 National Book Critics Circle - FictionBilly Bathgate by E.L. Doctorow
+15 Task
+ 5 pre 1990
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 20
15.1 (EotP) - 1989 - Macavity Award - A Little Class on Murder by Carolyn G. Hart+15 Task
+ 5 pre-1990
Task total=20
Grand total=20
15.2 (EotP) - 2012 - Griffin Poetry - Night of the Republic by Alan Shapiro(discussed in msgs 19 and 20 of EotP help thread
+15 Task
Task total=15
Grand total=35
10.2William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, a New Hope by Ian Doescher
+10 task
+10 not a novel
Task total: 20
grand total: 20
10.5Palimpsest by Catherynne M. Valente
approved in Twelfth Night thread ;-)
+10 task
task total: 10
grand total: 30
15.1 EotP 1985 World Fantasy Award Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock
+15 Task
+5 Pre 1990
Task total: 20
Grand total: 20
15.2 EotP1968 Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize. The Round Tower by Catherine Cookson
+15 Task
+5 Pre 1990
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 40
20.1 - Shakespeare's Birthday: Read a book by an author who was born in one century and died in the next.Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare 3/4/14
Shakespeare was born in 1564 and died in 1616.
+20 task
+15 combos (10.2 play, 10.4 #269 on list, 20.3 takes place in Italy)
+10 not-a-novel (play)
+25 oldies (published 1599)
Task total: 70 points
EotP Total: 0
EotP Completion Bonus: 0
RwS Total: = 140
RwS Bonus: 0
Mega Bonus: 0
Grand Total: 140
20.6 - Tempest: Read a novel that takes place in one day. The Tempest by William Shakespeare 3/5/14
This play takes place in a single day.
+20 task
+10 combos (10.2 play, 20.1 Shakespeare born 1564 died 1616)
+10 not-a-novel (play)
+25 oldies (published 1611)
Task total: 65 points
EotP Total: 0
EotP Completion Bonus: 0
RwS Total: = 205
RwS Bonus: 0
Mega Bonus: 0
Grand Total: 205
Please ignore this one - see re-post #32
10.6 - Lady MacbethGirl, Interrupted, by Susanna Kaysen
#2 on women and mental illness list
+10 task
+10 not a novel
task total: 20
grand total: 80
Theresa~OctoberLace wrote: "20.6 - Tempest: Read a novel that takes place in one day. The Tempest by William Shakespeare 3/5/14
This play takes place in a single day...."
Sorry Theresa, I overlooked this question in the task help thread. Although The Tempest was the inspiration for the task, it does not qualify for this task. Only novels will qualify.
Please let us know where you'd like to move this book!
Liz, I'm at work, so I'll check my worksheet tonight. I do have a novel that fits this task. Can you check my question on Othello as well?
Theresa~OctoberLace wrote: "Can you check my question on Othello as well?"It's still under discussion (we got distracted by other setting-up-new-challenge issues). Soon, I promise!
10.1 Square PegThe Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 3/5/2014
+10 task
+10 Jumbo points (755 pages)
task total: 20
grand total: 20
Caitlin wrote: "10.1 Square PegThe Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 3/5/2014
+10 task
+10 Jumbo points (755 pages)
task total: 20
grand total: 20"
I'm midway through this one myself. I'm awaiting the 2013 decision from the National Book Critics Award, for which it has been nominated. The announcement is mid-March. If it wins, I'll probably slot it into EotP.
This re-post replaces message #2410.2 - Actor/Writer: Read a play or....
The Tempest by William Shakespeare 3/5/14
This is a play written by Shakespeare.
+10 task
+5 combos (20.1 Shakespeare born 1564 died 1616)
+10 not-a-novel (play)
+25 oldies (published 1611)
Task total: 50 points
EotP Total: 0
EotP Completion Bonus: 0
RwS Total: = 190
RwS Bonus: 0
Mega Bonus: 0
Grand Total: 190
15.3 (EotP) - +15 Task
+ 5 Pre-1990
Task total=20
Grand total=55
(I wasn't sure which publication date to use. It was first published as a short story in 1959, then as a novel in 1966. Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ lists it as 1959, so that's what I did.)
10.1 - Square PegPerfect Poison: A Female Serial Killer's Deadly Medicine by M. William Phelps
+10 Task
+10 Not-a-novel
Task total: 20
Grand total: 30
10.4 - Romeo and JulietThe World According to Garp by John Irving
+10 task
+10 combo (10.8(B) pub 1978, 20.8 world)
+ 5 oldies (1978)
+ 5 jumbo (609 pages)
Task total: 30 points
Grand total: 40
10.7 - Brave New WorldsAnthem by Ayn Rand Lexile 880
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.4 - #364 on list)
+10 Oldies (1938)
Task total=25
Grand total=80
EotPI'm playing again for the 15 pointers.
15.1 - 1966 - Nebula Award - Dune by Frank Herbert
+15 task
+5 pre-1990
Task Total: 20 points
Grand Total: 20 points
20.1 � Shakespeare’s Birthday:Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
+20 Task: 1564 to 1616
+10 Combo: 10.2 � Actor/Writer (play) / 10.6 � Lady Macbeth #15
+10 Not a Novel (play)
+25 Oldies (1606)
Task Total: 65
Grand Total: 115
20.8 - Spring FlingPraying Drunk by Kyle Minor
+20 Task (Drunk)
+10 Not-a-Novel
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 30
10.5 - Twelfth Night The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
+10 Task ()
+ 5 Oldies (1952)
Task total=15
Grand total=95
15.4 (EotP) - 1923 - Pulitzer Prize for Poetry -New Hampshire by Robert Frost+15 Task
+ 5 Pre-1990
Task total=20
Grand total=115
20.1 - Shakespeare's Birthday:Against Nature by Joris-Karl Huysmans
+20 task (1848-1907)
+5 combo (10.8)
+10 oldies (1884)
Task total: 35 points
Grand Total: 35 points
20.7 Local TalentThe Ghost's Child by Sonya Hartnett
Lexile 900
+20 task (born in Melbourne where I live)
+5 Combo (20.8)
Task Total: 25 points
Grand Total: 60 points
20.2 � The Henrys:Macbeth by William Shakespeare
+20 Task: shelved war 26 times
+20 Combo: 10.2 Actor/Writer (play) /10.4 Romeo and Juliet #77 / 10.6 � Lady Macbeth #14 / 20.1 Shakespeare’s Birthday
+10 Not a Novel
+25 Oldies (1606)
Task Total: 75
Grand Total: 190
D wrote: "15.1 (EotP) - 1989 - Macavity Award - A Little Class on Murder by Carolyn G. Hart"+10 points - This book also qualifies under "Agatha Award - Best Novel - winners & shortlist"
10.2 Actor/WriterIncendies by Wajdi Mouawad
Translated as "Scorched" in English
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+10 task
+10 Not a novel
He was born in Lebanon but lived in France and now Canada... so I don't get non-western points right?
Task Total: 20 points
Grand Total: 20 points
15.2 1970-Geoffrey Faber MemorialTroubles by J.G. Farrell
+15 Task
+ 5 Before 1990
+10 Multi Award (also 1970 Booker)
Task Total = 30
Grand total = 50
Heather wrote: "10.5Palimpsest by Catherynne M. Valente"
Heather, can you provide a link showing that Valente is Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender?
Liz M wrote: "Heather wrote: "10.5Palimpsest by Catherynne M. Valente"
Heather, can you provide a link showing that Valente is Lesbian/Gay/Transgender?"
I don't have one, but Elizabeth ok'd it in the Twelfth Night thread and she actually won a Lambda Award for this specific book.
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20.1 - Shakespeare's Birthday:
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist by Alexander Berkman
+20 task
+5 combo (20.10)
+10 non-Western
+10 not-a-novel
+5 oldies (1971)
+5 jumbo (500 pages)
Task total: 55 points
Grand Total: 240
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