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Summer 2012 Rws Completed Tasks
Ten Degrees of Separation sample post:15.4 - 4th book 5-stars by Elizabeth (Alaska) and Anika
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
+20 task
15.5 - 5th book 5-stars by Anika and Jennifer N
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
+30 task
Grand Total 960
(This assumes mid-challenge, and that you had previously posted 910 points.)
Let's get this party started!10.2 Underrated
Love In The Wrong Dimension by Anette Darbyshire
Review:
A light paranormal romance, not much to it but an enjoyable easy read.
+10 Task (11 ratings)
Task total = 10
Grand total = 10
15.1 TDoSThe Name of this Book Is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch
5-star rated by Christine and Maureen
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 15
15.1 TDoSDaughter of Smoke and Boneby Laini Taylor
5 star: Luculus and Karen GHHS
task total = 15
grand total = 15
RwS Task20.1 � Make Me Laugh (Winter 09-10, 15.4)
From: Satirical Novels:
Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov
I really enjoy Bulgakov. I only regret that I'm not more knowledgeable about the history and politics of Russia at the time, but I knew enough to laugh out loud throughout!
+20 Task
+10 Combo: 10.7 The Past is a Foreign Country (Russia, male, died 1940) / 20.10 Modernly
+10 LiT
+10 Oldies: 1925
Task Total: 50
Grand Total: 50
10.2 UnderratedThe Dyslexic Advantage: Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain by Brock L. Eide
My Review
+10 Task (currently 66 ratings)
+10 Not-a-novel (nonfiction)
Task total= 20
Grand total = 20
Audrey wrote: "20.6 AlliterationA Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
+20 Task
+10 Oldies (published in 1887)
+5 combo
Task total = 35
Grand total = 35"
I am just checking, are you claiming combo points for 10.7 (The Past is a Foreign Country)?
15.2 TDoSThe Fault in Our Stars by John Green
5-star rated by Maureen and Karen GHHS
Curses...I didn't let myself read anything about this one--just saw that there were A LOT of 5-star ratings for it--so didn't know what I was getting myself into. Ugh...puffy red eyes are SO unbecoming at work!
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 35
Kate S wrote: "Audrey wrote: "20.6 AlliterationA Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
+20 Task
+10 Oldies (published in 1887)
+5 combo
Task total = 35
Grand total = 35"
I am just checking, are you claiming combo points for 10.7 (The Past is a Foreign Country)?"
It could be 20.9, he had an author son called Adrian Conan Doyle
20.1 Make Me LaughChoke by Chuck Palahniuk
+20 Task (Best Dark Humor)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 20
Review: I have never read anything by Palahniuk (I keep wanting to spell it with "ui" instead of "iu", forgive me if this happens), but I had a vague idea of what I was getting into. I know this book was made into a movie. I don't think I'd want to see anything that was written in this book on the screen. I'm good. Let me know how it went.
It's a story about a sex addict who works at a colonial reenactment village (it's odd) with an elderly mother that needs care he cannot afford. He pretends to choke on food at restaurants (every night) in order to get money out of the people who save his life (this part is entirely logical; that's sarcasm). At some point he actually believes he's Jesus come again; I'm not spoiling anything there by the way, it's how he comes to that "realization" that's... interesting. There is some messed up stuff that happens in this book. It's very much about addiction, all types of addiction, how it manifest and the challenges people go through dealing with it.
Kate S wrote: "Audrey wrote: "20.6 AlliterationA Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
+20 Task
+10 Oldies (published in 1887)
+5 combo
Task total = 35
Grand total = 35"
I am just checking, are you claiming..."
No, but can I? I didn't remeber that additional category.
Square PegJayme(the ghosthunter)
Task +10 "Flawless" by Sara Shepard
"Flawless by Sara Shepard
Total: 10
Grand Total:10
20.6 AlliterationHomicide In Hardcover by Kate Carlisle
+20 Task
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 20
This book was a lot of fun if you're a bibliophile as the main character is a restorer of old books. There is quite a bit of description covering the techniques of bookbinding/restoration as well as the differences between restoration versus conservation. Given the quality of readers in this group I figured this book would be a good recommendation. ^_~
Audrey wrote: "No, but can I? I didn't remeber that additional category. "Audrey, you can claim combo points for 10.7 if you were NOT born in the UK where Conan Doyle was born (and assuming from your name that you are female).
When claiming combo points, it is easier for the moderators if we include the task numbers with a little explanation, like Karen did it in message #7 above :)
Ok then, I'm redoing my previous entry (which I have deleted):20.6 Alliteration
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
+20 task
+10 combo (10.7 the past is a foreign country / 20.9 fatherly)
+10 oldies
Task total: 40
Grand total: 40
Audrey wrote: "Ok then, I'm redoing my previous entry (which I have deleted):20.6 Alliteration
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
+20 task
+10 combo (10.7 the past is a foreign country / 20.9 fatherly)
..."
Reposting and telling us you did so is great - especially in this case when you needed to add the explanation.
But please - everyone - never delete a post. Our scorekeeping is done by post number. When you delete a post it changes the numbering of all subsequent posts. (It's ok this one time, we haven't gotten started entering posts.)
Ten Degrees of Separation15.1 - 1st book
5 stars by Miki and Rebekah
Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay
Review
+15 task
Grand total = 25
And folks, you need never worry about making a mistake when posting. If you need to change something, you can always do so in a later post or if we don't understand, we'll ask. You'll soon see that all of us eventually leave something out or overlook something. We're all here to get the most out of this as possible, and everyone helps each other find those hidden points.
20.4 Literature MapSylvia Plath
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
+20 Task
+5 Oldies (published 1970)
Task Total: 25 points
Grand Total: 25
20.10 - ModernlyThe Pearl by John Steinbeck
+20 Task (On the first list of modernist writers)
+5 combo (20.9 - father of an author)
+5 oldies (pub. 1945)
Task Total: 30 points
Grand Total: 30
Terrific book -- I'd never read it before and am glad I had the occasion to do so.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "And folks, you need never worry about making a mistake when posting. If you need to change something, you can always do so in a later post or if we don't understand, we'll ask. You'll soon see that..."or don't add properly!! (smile)
20.4 - Literature Map (Author: Suzanne Collins)
Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
+20 Task
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 20
20.3 - We readForever Princess by Meg Cabot
For some reason, I started this series awhile back, and then got bored with it. This is the last one I had on my Kindle (phew!). This is a guilty pleasures book for me - not great literature but it makes me feel good.
+20 Task (Written as a series of diary entries, emails, IMs, and notes. Lexile score = 830)
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 20
I'm on the board! Weeee!
15.3 TDoSDaughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
5-star rated by Karen GHHS and Jayme(the ghost reader)
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 55
20.5 Making HistoryStorm of Steel by Ernst Jünger
+20 Task
+ 5 combo (20.6 Alliteration)
+10 Lost in Translation
+10 Not a Novel
+10 Oldies (pub 1920)
Task Total = 55
Grand total = 55
my review
15.1 TDoSThe Fault in Our Stars by John Green
5-star rated by Melissa and Rach
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 15
10.3 - Road trip!Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck
+10 task
+15 combo (20.8 Serially - originally published in Holiday Magazine: 20.9 - Fatherly - sons Thomas and John IV are writers 20.10 - Modernly - John Steinbeck on first linked list.
+10 Not-a-Novel (Dewey Decimal number is 917.3)
+5 Oldies (1962)
Task total=40
Grand total=40
Task 10.2 Underrated (<250 ratings) 129 ratings on June 04, 2012
Far Afield (1990) by Susanna Kaysen (Paperback, 338 pages)
+ 10 Task
Grand Total: 00 + 10 =10
Review: This novel centers on a young male anthropologist who spends a year in the Faroe Islands working on his dissertation. There are descriptions of the people and the scenery. The descriptions of the “interior life� of the anthropologist seems realistic. Recommended for those interested in how life is lived in remote Arctic areas.
Ten Degrees of Separation15.1 5-stars by Cait & Mickey
The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
+15 task
15.2 5-stars by Mickey & Lisa Sokol
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
+20 task
15.3 5-stars by Lisa Sokol & Christy
The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt
+20 task
Grand Total = 55 points
10.2 UnderratedSaplings by Noel Streatfeild
Review
+10 Task (120 ratings)
+ 5 Oldies 1937-87 (pub.1945)
Task total = 15
Grand total = 50
Katy wrote: "20.10 - ModernlyThe Pearl by John Steinbeck
+20 Task (On the first list of modernist writers)
+5 combo (20.9 - father of an author)
+5 oldies (pub. 1945)
Task Total: 30 points
Grand Total: 30
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Unfortunately, the most popular edition of this book is only 87 pages & does not meet the minimum page requirement.
Ten Degrees of Separation 15.1- First book 5 stars by Erin NY and Heather KS
Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
+15 Task
Post Total: 15 points
Grand Total: 15 pts
10.2 UnderratedMasters of the Planet by Ian Tattersall
My Review
+10 Task currently 26 ratings
+10 Not-a-novel (nonfiction)
Task total: 20
Previous total: 20
Grand Total: 40
15.4 TDoSBeauty by Robin McKinley
5-star rated by Jayme(the ghost reader) and Melissa
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 75
10.2 UnderratedThe New Republic: A Novel by Lionel Shriver
+10 Task (147 ratings as of posting)
10.4 Steampunk
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
+10 Task
20.9 Fatherly
Carrie by Stephen King
+20 (Stephen King's son Joe Hill is also an author)
+5 Oldies (published 1974)
Post Total: 45
Season Total: 45
15.1 TDoSThe Fault in Our Stars by John Green
5 stars from Melissa and Elaine
+15 Task
Grand Total: 40 points
Task 20.5- Making History - took place between the 10's-20'sPocahontas (born Matoaka, and later known as Rebecca Rolfe, c. 1595 � March 1617) was a Virginia Indian notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia.
Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma: The American Portraits Series (2004) by Camilla Townsend
+ 20 Task
+ 05 Style: 1. Combo (5 points): (10.2 Underrated: 61 ratings on June 06,2012)
+10 Style: 3. Not-a-Novel (10 points): Non-fiction
Task Total: 20 + 05 + 10 = 35
Grand Total: 10 + 35 =45
Review: This book was a narrative history of the historical Pocahantas. The author was thorough and explained things very clearly. The Powhatan Dilemma: how to preserve their lands and independence in the face of a technologically superior civilization that wants to acquire both. The bookcover is of a portrait painting of the actual Pocahantas:
Recommended for people who like to read narrative histories; who are interested in early American history; and who want to learn more about Pocahantas.
15.1 TDoSCan You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella
5star book by Ligeia Coachman and Debbie Hoffman
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 15
TDoS15.4 Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
5-stars by Christy & Elizabeth(Alaska)
+20 task
Grand Total: 75 points
Ten Degrees of Separation15.2 - 2nd book
5 stars by Rebekah and Christine
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
+20 task
15.3 - 3rd book
5 stars by Christine and Jayme VA
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
+20 task
Total this post = 40
Grand total = 90
Ten Degrees of Separation15.1 - 1st book 5 stars by Miss GP & Xiri
The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
+15 Task
Task Total=15
Grand Total=15
Ten Degrees of Separation15.1 - 1st book The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
5-stars by Sam and Jayme VA
+15 task
Grand Total = 15
20.7 Poet's Non-PoetryPassage Through India: An Expanded and Illustrated Edition by Gary Snyder
My Review
+20 Task (I find at least 11 published books of poetry by Gary Snyder)
+10 Combo (10.2 currently 26 ratings; 10.3 BPL DD 915.4044)
+5 Oldie (first published 1983)
+10 Not-a-novel (nonfiction)
Task total: 45
Previous total: 40
Grand Total: 85
Hey! Wait for me!20.1 Make me laugh
Thank You for Smoking by Christopher Buckley
+20 pts - task (American Satirical Novels)
+5 pts - Combo (20.9 author is son of William Buckley Jr.)
Task Total - 25 pts
Grand Total - 25 pts
20.8 Serially The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
+20 Task (serialized in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902; )
+10 Combo (10.7: Arthur Conan Doyle was a Scottish man who died July 7, 1930 while I am an American woman; 20.9: Arthur Conan Doyle was father to Adrian Conan Doyle)
+10 Oldies (published 1902)
Task Total: 40
20.9 Fatherly
The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
+20 Task (Arthur Conan Doyle is father to Adrian Conan Doyle)
+5 Combo (10.7 Arthur Conan Doyle was a Scottish male who died July 7, 1930, while I am an American female)
+10 Not-a-Novel (short stories)
+10 Oldies (published 1905)
Task Total: 45
Post Total: 85
Grand Total: 85
15.5 TDoSMoonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
5-star reviewed by Lisa Sokol and Best
Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 105
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Reading w/Style (RwS) Sample Completed Tasks Post:
20.5 - Making History
Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
+20 Task (Autobiography and born in 1712)
+5 combo (10.7 - The Past is a Foreign Country)
+10 Lost inTranslation
+10 Not-a-Novel (Biography)
+15 oldies (pub. 1782)
+10 jumbo (720 pages)
Task Total: 70 points
Grand Total: 560
(This assumes mid-challenge, and that you had previously posted 490 points.)