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20.9 Tournament of Books
Room by Emma Donoghue
+20 Task
+20 combo 10.2, 10.3, 10.7, 20.5 (approved in thread)
+5 multiple
Task total: 45
+5 from post 450 (never thought to check that one!)
Grand Total: 265

20.6-The Bronte Sisters

The First Bad Man by Miranda July

+20 Task (both parents are writers)
+10 Combo (10.7, 20.5 )
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 180

Ashley wrote: "20.6-The Bronte Sisters

The First Bad Man by Miranda July

+20 Task (both parents are writers)
+10 Combo (10.7, 20.5)
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 180"

Please provide links. I see in her GR profile that both parents are writers, but there is no link to see if those are books or articles.

15.4 Waters of the World

Real World by Natsuo Kirino

Pacific Ocean / Japan

+15 Task (author born/nationality/setting)

Task Total: 15
Season Total: 725

10.8 - License to Write:

Shrinks: The Untold Story of Psychiatry by Jeffrey A. Lieberman (the author is a psychiatrist, approved on the help thread)

+10 task
+10 Not-a-Novel (nonfiction)

Task total: 20
Grand total: 65

20.2-Graham Greene

The Seven Seas by Rudyard Kipling
MPE says it was originally published 2001, which is obviously wrong.
Wikipedia says 1896 -

+20 task
+10 not-a-novel
+10 oldies
+10 combo (20.5 - wrote poetry, novel length fiction, and short fiction; 20.4 - d. 1936)

Task total: 50
Grand total: 625

20.2-Graham Greene

Dancing Girls by Margaret Atwood

+20 task
+10 combo (10.8 - post 86; 20.5 - post 3
+10 not-a-novel (short stories)
+ 5 oldies (1977)
+ 5 multiple

Task total=50
Grand total=975

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Ashley wrote: "20.6-The Bronte Sisters

The First Bad Man by Miranda July

+20 Task (both parents are writers)
+10 Combo (10.7, 20.5)
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 180..."

I provided a link to wikipedia, which includes stories and novels, and a link to an article she wrote for Vogue (It wasn't clear that she wrote articles in the wiki); and I wasn't sure if screenwriting counted.

Ashley wrote: "I provided a link to wikipedia, which includes stories and novels, and a link to an article she wrote for Vogue (It wasn't clear that she wrote articles in the wiki); and I wasn't sure if screenwriting counted. ."

Thanks. Yes, playwright/screenwright counts and the wikipedia link includes a link to her father, so that will work also.

20.2 Graham Greene

Atonement by Ian McEwan

+20 task
+15 combos ( 10.2, 20.5 - approved, 20.6 - approved)

Task Total = 35
Grand Total = 525

10.4 - Popular Genre

The Child's Child by Barbara Vine

+10 task
+ 5 combo (10.7)
+ 5 multiple

Task total: 20
Grand Total: 750

20.2 Graham Greene

Music & Silence by Rose Tremain

+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.7)
+ 5 Multiple

Task Total = 30

Grand total = 345

20.3 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

An Inquiry Into Love and Death by Simone St. James

+20 Task

Task total: 20
Grand Total: 380

10.6 booklovers
The Club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

+ 10 - task
+ 15 - combo(10.4, 20.3, 20.5 - , 20.6 - approved in thread)

Task total - 25 pts
Grand Total - 295 pts

10.1 Square Peg

Agnostic: A Spirited Manifesto by Lesley Hazleton

+10 Task
+10 Not-A-Novel
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 200

20.5-R.K. Narayan

Short Friday and Other Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer (note: MPE is listed as a Spanish edition, but the cover is in English, and Worldcat says it is English. I wasn't sure if I should edit it, so I used the next edition listed.)

+20 task
+10 combo (10.8 - post 142; 20.6 - post 115)
+10 not-a-novel (short stories)
+ 5 oldies (1960)
+ 5 multiple

Task total=50
Grand total=1025

Post 472 Rebekah wrote: "10.6 booklovers
The Club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

+ 10 - task
+ 15 - combo(10.4, 20.3, 20.5 - , 20.6 - approved ..."

I see novels and non-fiction on the link. Is there something else? (If he wrote the screenplays for the films, that would work.)

20.10 -- Autobio/Bio/Memoir

Waterlog by Roger Deakin

Verification:

20 Task
10 Not-a-Novel -- (nonfiction)
5 Multiple

Points This Post: 35
Total Points So Far: 225

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 472 Rebekah wrote: "10.6 booklovers
The Club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

+ 10 - task
+ 15 - combo(10.4, 20.3, 20.5 - -..."

This part was under the heading Controversies;
"Pérez-Reverte's script for the film "Gitano" in the late nineties also brought a case of plagiarism against the author, of which he was exonerated several times. However, Pérez-Reverte still had to pay 212,000 euros when the Audiencia Provincial de Madrid accepted an appeal by the plaintiff.[6]"

Nick wrote: "20.10 -- Autobio/Bio/Memoir

Waterlog by Roger Deakin

Verification: ..."

Combo points for 10.2, one word title

Rebekah wrote: "This part was under the heading Controversies;
"Pérez-Reverte's script for the film "Gitano" in the late nineties also brought a case of plagiarism against the author, of which he was exonerated several times. However, Pérez-Reverte still had to pay 212,000 euros when the Audiencia Provincial de Madrid accepted an appeal by the plaintiff.."

Ok, we'll add him. I was in no way going to go researching.

Also, to everyone, it would be most helpful if you would post in the help threads rather than here in the completed tasks thread.

20.4 - Evelyn Waugh

Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery
Lexile 890

+20 task
+10 combo (10.8 approved, 20.5 approved)
+ 5 multiple
+10 oldies (1915)

Task total: 45
Grand Total: 795

20.5 R.K. Narayan

Clouds and Eclipses: The Collected Short Stories by Gore Vidal

+20 Task (help thread)
+ 5 Combo (20.7)
+ 5 Multiple
+10 Not a Novel

Task Total = 40

Grand total = 390

From Post 445

itpdx wrote: "20.5 Bronte Sisters
Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch
+20 Task (approved in thread)
+5 combo 20.6 (approved in thread)
+5 multiple
Task total: 30
Grand Total: 215"

I want to make sure I get this right, itpdx. You are claiming this book for 20.6 Bronte with a combo for 20.5 Narayan, right? That is how it works for the multiple points. For now, this is how I have it scored.
If you are claiming this book for 20.5 Narayan with a combo for 20.6, it will not work for multiple as this is your first claim for 20.5.
Let me know, I can score it whichever way you prefer.

Coralie wrote: "20.3 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

An Inquiry Into Love and Death by Simone St. James

+20 Task

Task total: 20
Grand Total: 380"

+5 Multiple

Task 15.4 Waters of the World

Rickshaw Boy (1937) by Lao She; translated by Evan King; (Hardcover, 384 pages)
Translated from the Chinese
~first pub. 1937

The Yellow Sea: China

+15 Task (author born & nationality & setting)

Task Total: 15

Grand Total: 265 + 15 = 280

20.10 AutoBioMem Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task

The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt by Eleanor Roosevelt

+20 task
+10 not-a-novel
+5 (20.4 d1962)
+5 oldies (1960)

Task total: 40
Grand total: 665

Kate S wrote: "From Post 445

itpdx wrote: "20.5 Bronte Sisters
Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch
+20 Task (approved in thread)
+5 combo 20.6 (approved in thread)
+5 multiple
Task t..."

Apologies. Yes, I am claiming it for 20.6 Bronte Sisters.

10.8 License to Write

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Lexile: 1000

+10 Task (architect)
+5 Oldies (1961)
+5 multiple

Task total: 20
Grand total: 685

15.2. Waters of the World

Rhine River Basin - Austria:
Asteroid Now: Warum die Zukunft der Menschheit in den Sternen liegt by Florian Freistetter

+15 task , Author is born in Krems, Austria, and is an Austrian citizen
()

Task total: 15
Grand Total: 60

10.7 4 Letter Names

Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye

+10 task
+5 multiple

Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 300

10.7 4 Letter Names

The Prize: Who's in Charge of America's Schools? by Dale Russakoff

+10 task
+5 multiple
+10 not a novel (nonfiction)

Task Total:25
Grand Total: 325

10.2-Single Word

Darkhouse by Karina Halle

+10 Task
+ 5 Duplicate

Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 740

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

20.2-Graham Greene

There But for The by Ali Smith

+20 Task
+ 5 Combo: 20.5-R.K. Narayan (on list)

Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 795

15.5 Waters of the World

Numero Zero by Umberto Eco

Adriatic Sea: Italy

+15 Task (author born/nationality/setting)

Task Total: 15
Season Total: 810

10.7 - Four Letter Names

A Matter of Class by Mary Balogh

+10 task (Mary)
+5 combo (10.8 - listed in GR profile)
+5 multiple

Task total: 20
Grand total: 160

20.5-R.K. Narayan

The Most Beautiful Woman in Town & Other Stories by Charles Bukowski

+20 task (post 175)
+10 not-a-novel (short stories)
+ 5 oldies (1983)
+ 5 multiple

Task total=40
Grand total=1065

15.2 Waters of the World

The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield

Pacific Ocean, New Zealand

+15 task (author born, nationality)

Task total:15
Grand total: 215

20.5 R K Narayan

King Rat by China Miéville

+20 Task (approved in help thread)
+5 Multiple

Task total: 25
Grand Total: 410

10.2 Single Word Title
Partitions by Amit Majmudar
+10 Task
+10 Combo 10.7, 10.8 (approved in thread)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 285

20.9 Tournament of Books
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson (2014 tournament )

+20 - task
+25 - combo(10.3 -2013, 10.7, 10.8, 20.2, 20.5)
+ 5 - jumbo (544)

Task total - 50 pts
Grand total - 345 pts

15.5 Waters of the World

The Sea by John Banville

Ireland, Atlantic

Author born, citizen, book set in

15 task
___
15

Running total 435

20.5 R.K. Narayan

Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers

+20 task
+10 oldies
+5 multiple
+15 combos (10.4, 10.8 - approved, 20.4)

Task Total = 50
Grand Total = 575

15.6 - Waters of the World

The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

Adriatic Sea: Italy

+25 Task (author born/nationality/setting)

Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 820

10.4 Popular Genre
Whispers of the Dead by Peter Tremayne

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

Task Total - 20 pts
Grand Total - 365 pts

Rebekah wrote: "10.4 Popular Genre
Whispers of the Dead by Peter Tremayne

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

Task Total - 20 pts
Grand Total - 365 pts"

After checking the reader board and seeing my numbers were different from moderators, I went back through and re-added my score. I don't know how I did it but I shorted myself 15 points or that is how it appears so here is my adjusted score.
Grand Total - 380 pts

Kate S wrote: "Tien wrote: "15.10 Waters of the World

+ 100 Completion bonus
+ 25 all books were originally written in languages other than English
+ 50 all books originally published in 1991 or earlier."

Impressive! Well done, Tien!"

Thanks, Kate! I was really excited about WotW :D
I'm going to do a second round of it though at a more relax pace (ie. whatever I'm picking up that doesn't actually fit in with 10/20 tasks that I haven't yet completed) and see how far I get to! ;)

20.10 AutoBioMem Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task

For Love of Country by Anthony Hill


+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.7 - HILL)
+10 Not-a-Novel

Task total: 35
Season Total: 735

10.1 Square Peg

The Aquitaine Progression by Robert Ludlum

+10 Task
+5 Oldies (pub. 1984)
+15 Jumbo (800 pages)

Task total: 30
Season Total: 765