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TDoS:

15.4: 4th Book

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Rated 5 Stars by Katy Wischow and Sam

This one was 4 stars for me. I liked the story, but I didn't think the actual writing was as good as a 5 star YA book. I enjoyed it a lot, though.

+20 Task
Grand Total: 740

RwS Tasks

10.4 - Hot Summer Nights

From the 100 Top Steampunk list:

The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross

+10 Task
Task Total: 10

10.8 � Karen GHHS� Task � Pick a Pulitzer

1. 2011 Publication
2. About American Life: Tax Inspector
3. Genre “Literary Fiction� on the goodreads page listed by 15 users.

The Pale King by David Foster Wallace

+10 Task
+ 5 Jumbo (548 pages)
Task Total: 15

Points this Post: 25
Grand Total: 765

10.4 Hot Summer Nights

Soulless by Gail Carriger

+10 Task (#1 on the Best Steampunk Books list)

Task total = 10

10.7 The Past is a Foreign Country

The Collected Short Stories of Saki by Hector Hugh Munro

+10 Task (he was born Burma, died 1916, I was born UK, I'm female)
+10 Not a novel (short stories)
+10 Oldies 1862-1936 (all written before he died in 1916)
+ 5 Jumbo 500+

Task total = 35

Grand total = 1180

Task 10.9 A flavor of ice cream/dessert listed in the title

Strawberry Sunday (John Marshall Tanner #13) by Stephen Greenleaf

Note: also fits 20.2B Edgar Award-winning authors
Strawberry Sunday was the 2000 Edgar Award Nominee for Best Novel

+ 10 Task (10.9 ice cream flavor : strawberry)
+ 15 Style: 1. Combo (5 points): (10.2 underrated, 20.2B Edgar Award, 20.6 Alliteration)

Task Total: 10 + 15 = 25

Review: Strawberry Sunday is a private detective mystery novel. Our hero is a crusty, unwed, middle-aged guy living in San Francisco. He befriends a young woman of Italian ancestory while recovering from gunshot wounds (presumably acquired in #12 of the series). She is associated with the Mexicans who pick the strawberry crop in farms located about 2 hours away from San Francisco. When she is murdered, our hero decides to find whodunit. Overall, a quick read, reminding me of those one-hour detective mystery shows so prevalent on television. Recommended for fans of private-eye detective novels.

Grand Total: 590 + 25 = 615

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Oops! Behind the scenes, I am reminded that 20.08 is for novels only."

Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck

I think I might be the person who first erroneously claimed "20.08 - Serially" combo points for this Not-a-Novel, before I finally got it through my head that 20.08 requires a novel. My apologies to the scorekeepers and other participants.

D wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Oops! Behind the scenes, I am reminded that 20.08 is for novels only."

Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck

I think I might be the person who f..."

Not to worry, D. I do see yours, but there are others. Just last night we got an add-on to our program that will help us with this issue now and in the future.

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Not to worry, D. I do see yours, but there are others. Just last night we got an add-on to our program that will help us with this issue now and in the future. "

Thanks, Elizabeth.

D wrote: "Thanks, Elizabeth. I'm glad the program continues to be refined, so maybe the next time I mess up, it will be caught before I mislead everyone. "

LOL - and we won't have to have 100% of our wits about us!

TDoS. 15.7

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Butterfly catcher and Morgan Barry

+30 task

Total points 565

RwS. 10.9 I scream. Bitter Chocolate: Investigating the Dark Side of the World's Most Seductive Sweet by Carol Off

+10 task
+5 combo (10.2 - 105 ratings)
+10 not a novel

Task total 25

Total points 590

10.6 O Canada!

Governor General's Award in 1985: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

+ 10 Task
+ 5 Oldies (pub 1985)
+ 10 LiT (I read the German translation from my local library: Der Report der Magd)
+ 10 Combo (10.10, 20.7)

Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 820

I think I also claimed Combo points for task 20.8 for Travels with Charley. My total given here should be correct (the points erroneously claimed substracted).

20.3 We read (repeated)

Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce

+ 20 Task (the book consists solely of the diary entries of the main character)

No style points due to being YA with a lexile score of less than 800.

Grand Total: 840

20.8 Serially

The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope

+20 task
+10 Combo (10.5, 10.7)
+10 Oldie (pub 1864)
+10 Jumbo (752 pages)

Task Total = 50

Grand total = 390


my review

20.4 Literature Map

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

+20 Task (my map is from George Orwell)
+10 Combo (10.3 Road Trip, 20.9 father of Christopher Tolkien)
+5 Oldies 1937-87 (pub. 1937)

Task total = 35

Grand total = 1215

15.5 - TDoS, book 5

Animal Farm, given 5 stars by Chad and Ann.

+30 pts - Task

Task Total: 30 pts
Grand Total: 120 pts

Congrats on your TDoS finish, Norma!

10.4 Hot Summer Nights

The Native Star by M.K. Hobson



+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.3--this is a story of Emily and Stanton's quest as they walk, ride trains, horses, and various other modes of transport from Lost Pine, CA, to San Francisco and then on to New York with several other stops along the way--including the place where I live part-time: Ogden!)

Task Total = 15

RwS Finish = 100

Mega Finish = 200

Grand Total = 1325

Way to go, Anika! Whoo Hoo!!!!

15.7 - TDoS Book 7

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Rated 5 stars by Liz Vegas and Lisa Sokol

+30 Task

Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 420

15.6 TDoS

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

rated 5 stars by Debbie Johnson and Emily

Task total=30
Grand total=520

Congratulations Norma and Anika! Great reading!

20.5 Making History

Amy Winehouse died in 2011.

Amy Amy Amy: The Amy Winehouse Story Updated Edition by Nick Johnstone

+20 Task
+ 5 Combo 10.2 28 ratings
+10 Not a Novel

Task Total: 35 points

20.9 Fatherly

Joe Hill is son of Stephen King

Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill

+20 Task
+5 Combo 10.3 (I would say they are on the road for at least 75% of the novel)

Task Total: 25 points

Post Total: 60 points
Grand Total: 505 points

20.3 We Read by Alison Weir. The story is told in a series of diary entries

Task Points: 20
Style: 0
Grand Total: 125

Congratulations Anika and Norma!

10.2 Underrated

Letters In Cardboard Boxes by Abby Slovin

+10 Task (rating 119 when chosen)

Task Total: 10 points

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10.2 Underrated

Piano Lessons by Anna Goldsworthy

+10 Task (rating 83 when chosen)
+10 Not a Novel (non-fiction)

Task Total: 20 points

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10.3 Road trip!

The Places in Between by Rory Stewart

+10 Task (description of walk across Afghanistan)
+10 Not a Novel (non-fiction)

Task Total: 20

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10.4 Hot Summer Nights

The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

+10 Task (Listed on Top 100 when chosen.)

Task Total: 10

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20.3 We Read

Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn

+20 Task (epistolary novel)

Task Total: 20

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Total Points: 250

Bea wrote: "10.2 Underrated

Letters In Cardboard Boxes by Abby Slovin

+10 Task (rating 119 when chosen)

Task Total: 10 points"

This sounds as if it is told entirely through letters. If so, then there are combo points.

Task 10.2 Underrated (<250 ratings)

Nectar from a Stone: A Novel (2005) by Jane Guill


+ 10 Task Total

Grand Total: 615 + 10 = 625

Review: This is a historical novel set in the 14th Century (after the “Great Mortality�) in north Wales. The good characters are very good; the bad characters are very bad. This is NOT a finely nuanced character study (!). The attraction of this novel is the background detail of life in Wales in the 14th Century, a subject that the author has spent a lot of time learning about. Overall, a good read. Recommended for when you want to read a historical novel.

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Bea wrote: "10.2 Underrated

Letters In Cardboard Boxes by Abby Slovin

+10 Task (rating 119 when chosen)

Task Total: 10 points"

This sounds as if it is told entirely through letters. If so, then..."

Elizabeth, even though it was listed in the Wikipedia list of epistolary works, it is not entirely told in letters. The story is supplemented by letters but does include narration and conversation between characters.

RwS Tasks

20.2 A. Scandinavian Noir (Fall 2010, 20.9)

Don't Look Back by Karin Fossum Norway

+20 Task
+10 LiT
Task Total: 30

20.4 � Literature Map (Fall 2010, 10.2)

Literature Map for Chuck Palahniuk: Dave Eggers

A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers

+20 Task
Task Total: 20

Points this Post: 50
Grand Total: 815

20.3 We Read

ttyl by Lauren Myracle

This is told entirely through instant messages and it was approved in the help thread for this task.

+20 Task

Task total = 20

Grand total = 1235

Task 10.6 -- O Canada!

The Free World by David Bezmozgis - shortlisted for the Prize in 2011.


+ 10 Task

Task Total: 10


Task 10.7 The Past is a Foreign Country

A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

+10 task
+10 combo (20.6 alliteration + 20.9 fatherly)
+10 oldies (first published 1887)

Task total: 30

20.7 A Poet's Non-Poetry

Het Jaar van de Kreeft by Hugo Claus

+20 task (
+ 5 combo (20.9 He's the father of

Task total: 25

Post total: 65
Previous Total: 175
Total points: 240

RwS Task:

20.2 A. Scandinavian Noir (Fall 2010, 20.9)

B. Edgar Award-winning authors (Spring 2010, 20.10)

Nancy Pickard: 2001 & 1992 Nominee

The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard

+20 Task
Task Total: 20

Grand Total: 835

Eleanor wrote: "Het Jaar van de Kreeft by Hugo Claus

+20 task (Claus wrote over a thousand pages of poetry
+ 5 combo (20.9 He's the father of Thomas Claus

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+5 Oldies (pub 1972)

15.1 TDoS, round 2

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach



5-star rated by Cait and Miss GP

Task Total = 15

Grand Total = 1340

congratulations Norma and Anika!

TDOS 15.6
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
(5-stars by Potjy and Alicia)

Task +30

Grand Total = 330

10.6 O! Canada!
Thirty Acres by Ringuet
(Won Governer General's Award in 1940)

+10 - Task
+10 - Combo (10.2 - 23 ratings, 10.7 male, Canadian died in 1960)
+10 - LiT - French
+5 - Oldies - 1938

Task total - 35 pts
Grand total - 725 pts


We've been taking a road trip through the beautiful state of Virginia the last couple of weeks, hence the ticker with the road on it. A little more time to read (if the kids aren't antsy) but no time to get on-line!

thanks Kate.


+ 5 points oldies for 20.7 A Poet's Non-Poetry (see post 660)
total points Total points: 245

15.6 TDoS, book 6

The Book of Lost Things, given 5 stars by Ann and Miss GP.

+ 30 task

Task Total - 30 pts
Grand total - 150 pts

Kate S wrote: "Anika wrote: "20.7 Poet's Non-Poetry

Three Tragedies: Blood Wedding, Yerma, Bernarda Alba by Federico García Lorca


Anika, I do not see Federico Garcia Lorca on either of the two lists for 20.10. Did I miss it? Did you mean to combo with a different task?

It's not for the points that I'm asking for verification on this, it's to make sure that I'm not losing my mind (which is altogether possible)...but now when I click the "Modernist Literature" link, Lorca is listed at the top of the second column.

Anika wrote: "Kate S wrote: "Anika wrote: "20.7 Poet's Non-Poetry

Three Tragedies: Blood Wedding, Yerma, Bernarda Alba by Federico García Lorca


Anika, I do not see Federico Garcia Lorca on either of the two l..."


I don't think you're losing your mind. We'll fix this on our end!

Task 20.9 � Father is an author (Father or child fits)

John Steinbeck is a famous author; his sons John Steinbeck IV and Thomas Steinbeck are also authors.

The Moon Is Down (1942) by John Steinbeck

+20 Task
+ 05 Style: 1. Combo (5 points) (20.10 modernist literature)
+ 05 Style: 4. Oldies - 25 to 75 years old: 5 points (1937-1987)

Task Total: 20 + 05 + 05 = 30

Grand Total: 625 + 30 = 655

Review: A town in an unnamed country (but clearly meant to be Norway) is invaded and conquered by soldiers (clearly meant to be the Nazis). Steinbeck wrote this novel during the early days of World War II to give hope to all the towns in Europe under occupation by the Nazis. He “shows� not “tells� how a free people can be occupied but not defeated. And, he does it in only 112 pages, resisting the temptation to pad and repeat and introduce besides-the-point subplots. Recommended to anyone who enjoys fiction, and particularly to those looking to read World War II fiction.

10.7 The Past Is a Foreign Country

Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen



+10 Task (male, b. Norway, d. 1906)
+10 Lost in Translation (Norwegian)
+10 Not-a-Novel (play)
+10 Oldies (first published in 1875)

Task Total = 40

Grand Total = 1380

15.9 TDoS

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor (YA, but Lexile score of 850)

rated 5 stars by ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) and Luculus

+ 45 Task

Grand Total: 885

Ten Degrees of Separation

15.4 - 4th book
5 stars by Jenna and Marie
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

+20 task

Grand total = 1255

10.5 - Hot Summer Reads

HHhH by Laurent Binet

+10 Task
+10 Lost in Translation
+5 Combo (20.6 - Alliteration; approved in help thread).

Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 445

Deedee wrote: "Task 20.9 � Father is an author (Father or child fits)

John Steinbeck is a famous author; his sons John Steinbeck IV and Thomas Steinbeck are also authors.

The Moon Is Down (1942) by John Steinb..."

I'm so sorry, Deedee. This book is listed as YA Assignment at BPL but has no Lexile score. As such, it will not score any styles.

Scoring issues involving 20.8 Serially, which requires the book claimed be a novel.

Previously we addressed those three members who read Travels with Charley and they already know about the scoring deduction.

In Post 562: Leigh who read The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. This is classified as a short story and does not qualify as a combo for 20.8. You claimed it for 20.9, so we'll just deduct the 5 combo points unless we hear from you differently that you want it applied to a different task.


Below, please let us know if you wish to adjust your posting for these books - since you claimed no combo points for these, it seems reasonable that you could put them on 10.1 Square Peg if you haven't claimed another book for that task.

Post 307: Ann, who read Dark Tower. This is a graphic novel and does not qualify for this task.

Post 358: Sara Grace who read Daytripper. Also a graphic novel and does not qualify for this task.

Post 537: Carolyn who read In Cold Blood. This is non-fiction and does not qualify for this task.

TDoS 15.2 by Jane Yolan
From Butterflycager and Lisa Sokol's list. Both gave the book 5 stars. I would agree it deserves the five stars.

15.2-20

This book is classified as YA and has a Lexile score of 820 but it doesn't fit any style points. I missied the Oldies category by one year. Originakl publication date is 1988.

Grand Total: 125

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Deedee wrote: "Task 20.9 � Father is an author (Father or child fits)

John Steinbeck is a famous author; his sons John Steinbeck IV and Thomas Steinbeck are also authors.

The Moon Is Down (1942)..."

Oops, sorry about that ---

Removing styles: 655 � 10 = 645

20.10 Modernly

Smoke: And Other Early Stories by Djuna Barnes



+20 Task
+10 Oldies (while the collection wasn't first published until 1982--wrongly listed as 1984 on goodreads--it was due to the fact that the author would not consent to them being republished sooner. The copyright lapsed and Sun & Moon Press jumped on it. The stories initially appeared in All Story Cavalier Weekly, The Trend, and The New York Morning Telegraph Sunday Magazine published between 1914 and 1917 oldest story in the collection is "The Terrible Peacock", most recent is "A Night in the Woods")
+10 Not-a-Novel (short stories)
+5 Combo (10.2, 58 ratings)

Task Total = 45

Grand Total = 1425