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20.4 - Evelyn WaughGrey Mask by Patricia Wentworth
+20 task (died 1961)
+ 5 combo (10.4)
+ 5 multiple
+10 oldies (1928)
Task total: 40
Grand Total: 2415
20.3 Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraDon't Look Now and Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier
+20 task
+5 Oldies
+10 Not A Novel (short stories)
+ 10 combos (20.5 - approved, 20.6 - approved)
Task Total = 45
Grand Total = 875
20.7 David BowieLast Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jr.
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.5)
Task Total: 25
Bonuses:
RwS Finisher: 100
Mega Finisher: 200
Grand Total: 1905
Thanks everyone for making this season so much fun!
From Post 1116Bea wrote: "10.4 Popular Genre
Innocent in Death by J.D. Robb
+10 task
+5 multiple
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 1275"
+5 Combo 10.7
From Post 1117Bea wrote: "10.4 Popular Genre
The Cater Street Hangman by Anne Perry
+10 task
+5 oldie (1979)
+5 multiple
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 1295"
+5 Combo 10.7
From Post 1137Deedee wrote: "Task 20.3-Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Read an author who has a complex surname: surname consists of two distinct words, includes an article, or is hyphenated.
The Beginning Place (..."
+5 Combo 20.6
From Post 1140Bea wrote: " Four Letter Names
Thirteenth Night by Alan Gordon
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.8 pending)
+5 Multiple
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 1515"
+5 Combo 10.4
Thank you, Kate, for the extra points. Grand Total now is 1920.
From Post 1146Lagullande wrote: "20.6-The Bronte Sisters
The Past by Tessa Hadley
+20 Task (approved in message 169 of help thread)
+5 combo (10.8 approved in message 243 of help thread, 20.2, 20...."
+5 Combo 20.5
From Post 1148Deedee wrote: "Task 10.7 4 Letter Names
Read a book by an author who uses at least one four letter name for their publications.
The Vegetarian (2007) by Han Kang; translated by D..."
+15 Combo 10.8, 20.5, 20.6
Kate S wrote: "From Post 1146Lagullande wrote: "20.6-The Bronte Sisters
The Past by Tessa Hadley
+20 Task (approved in message 169 of help thread)
+5 combo (10.8 approved in me..."
Hi Kate, I think my post 1146 did actually claim the correct total amount of points (as I allowed for 3 combos - 10.8, 20.2, 20.5). I just mis-typed 5 instead of 15 in the points breadown. Sorry about that.
From Post 1124Bea wrote: "20.9 Tournament of Books
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
+20 task (2015 list)
+5 multiple
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 1440"
+5 Jumbo
Valerie wrote: "15.10 Waters of the worldThe Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy
Russia, Black Sea: born, nationality, set
35 task
100 completion bonus!!!!
_____
135
Running total ..."
Unfortunately, the MPE of this book only has 86 pages. It does not work for WotW. Sorry.
Thanks, again, Kate, for the points. New grand total = 1925
15.3 Waters of The WorldPacific Ocean: USA
Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs
Lexile 820
+15 Task Author Born/Nationality
Grand Total: 380 pts
15.10 - Waters of the WorldNorwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami
Sea of Japan - Japan (born, nationality, setting)
+15 task
+20 bonus
+100 completion bonus
+25 all non-English
+75 all published 1991 or earlier
Post total: 235
Grand total: 860
Phew, just barely managed to finish that one!
20.4 Evelyn WaughFour Plays for Dancers by W.B. Yeats
+20 Task
+20 Combo (20.1, 20.2, 20.5, 20.6)
+10 Not a novel (plays)
+5 Multiple
+10 Oldies
Task total: 65
Grand total: 1005
15.10 WotWRhine River Basin: France
Gourmet Rhapsody by Muriel Barbery
+15 Task (Author nationality/setting)
+20 Bonus
Task total: 35
Grand total: 1040
+100 WotW finish
+200 Mega finish
Grand total: 1340
Joanna wrote: "+100 WotW finish
+200 Mega finish
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Well done!
Task 10.7 4 Letter NamesRead a book by an author who uses at least one four letter name for their publications.
Billy Moon: A Transcendent Novel Reimagining the Life of Christopher Robin Milne (2013) by Douglas Lain (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author) (Hardcover, 272 pages)
+10 (#10.7 “Lain�)
+05 Repeat a Task
Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15
Grand Total: 1,230 + 15 = 1,245
10.8 License to writePlease refer to post #270
The Window at the White Cat by Mary Roberts Rinehart
+10 - task
+25 - combo (10.4, 10.7, 20.4, 20.5, 20.6)
+10 - oldies (1910)
Task total - 45
Grand Total - 710
10.10 Group readAngle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
Aside from being a good book, it has a lot of points!
10 task
15 combo 10.8, 20.5, 20.6
5 oldie
5 jumbo
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35
Plus:
100 RwS finish!!
200 Mega finish!!!!!!!!
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335
Final total: 1315
I'm so proud - I did it despite the set back of the computer deleting my spreadsheet! This is the first time I've been able to do this, and potentially the last - so 'yay' for me! :)
20.4-Evelyn WaughThe Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust
+20 Task: 1922
+ 5 Combo: 20.5-R.K. Narayan
+10 Oldies (1920)
+ 5 Jumbo (619)
+ 5 Multiple
Task Total: 45
Grand Total: 2190
20.5-R.K. NarayanZeitoun by Dave Eggers
+20 Task
+10 Combo: 10.2-Single Word / Rosemary's Task: 4 Letter Names
+10 Not a Novel
+ 5 Multiple
Task Total: 45
Grand Total: 2235
We have a lot of great finishers this time! Nice job, Valerie!
10.7 Rosemary's Task: 4 Letter NamesNotes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
+10 Task
+10 Not a Novel
+ 5 Multiple
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 2260
Just sneaking in one last mystery!10.4 - Popular Genre
Miss Julia Takes Over by Ann B. Ross
+10 task
+10 combo (10.7, 10.8 - teacher, see GR profile)
+ 5 multiple
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 2440
Thanks to everybody for another wonderful challenge and congratulations to all the finishers! Looking forward to summer now...
I thought I had finished with post 1149, but I managed to sneek one more in!20.1 William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
+20 task
+10 not a novel (play)
+25 oldies (1601)
Points this post: 55
RwS total: 1035
WotW total: 30
Grand Total: 1065
10.7 Rosemary's Task: 4 Letter NamesLa fiancée américaine by Éric Dupont
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.8 - teacher : /author/show...)
+5 Jumbo (568 pages)
Task total = 20
Points total = 140
Task 20.2-Graham GreeneRead any book written by a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
The Seven Dials Mystery (Superintendent Battle #2) (1929) by Agatha Christie (Paperback, 270 pages)
+20 Task (#20.2)
+10 Combo (#10.4, #20.5)
+10 Oldies -76 to 150 years old: (1866-1940)
+05 Repeat a Task
Task Total: 20 + 10 + 10 + 05 = 45
Grand Total: 1,245 + 45 = 1,290
20.3 Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraA Delicate Truth by John le Carré
+20 task
+15 combo (10.7, 10.8, 20.5)
Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 740
20.1 William ShakespeareThe Life and Death of King John by William Shakespeare
+20 task
+25 oldies (published 1595)
+10 not-a-novel (play)
Task Total: 55
+ 100 RWS Finish (I've never finished before!!)
Grand Total: 895
20.5 R.K. NarayanJust So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
+20 Task (in help thread)
+ 5 multiple
+ 10 Oldie *1902)
+10 not-a-Novel
+5 Combo (20.2)
Task Total = 50
Season total: 120
20.5 R.K. NarayanThe Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis by José Saramago
+20 Task (in help thread)
+ 5 multiple
Task Total = 25
Season total: 145
20.6 Bronte SistersFoxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch
+20 task (approved in thread)
+5 combo 20.5 (approved in thread)
+5 multiple
Task total: 30
Grand Total : 910
Great challenge everyone! Thanks for participating! Now on to summer!
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Task +10
Style +5 Multiple
Book Total: 15
Grand Total : 245