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Christin wrote: "nsfancy wrote: "RwS
20.8 Serially Silently and Very Fast by Catherynne M. Valente
First published in three parts in Clarkesworld Magazine
+20 task..."
Thanks Christin, never thought to check that. First one of hers that I have read and I liked it enough to try for another!
Moderators, shall I edit my post?
20.8 Serially Silently and Very Fast by Catherynne M. Valente
First published in three parts in Clarkesworld Magazine
+20 task..."
Thanks Christin, never thought to check that. First one of hers that I have read and I liked it enough to try for another!
Moderators, shall I edit my post?
nsfancy wrote: "Thanks Christin, never thought to check that. First one of hers that I have read and I liked it enough to try for another!Moderators, shall I edit my post? "
You can as we haven't yet gotten to it!
nsfancy wrote: "Christin wrote: "nsfancy wrote: "RwS20.8 Serially Silently and Very Fast by Catherynne M. Valente
First published in three parts in Clarkesworld Magazine ..."
It's one of my favorites by her so if you liked that one I would highly recommend either The Orphan's Tales (In the Night Garden & In the Cities of Coin and Spice), The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (which would also work for serially as it was released online in chapters), or Deathless - they're all very different but each is beautifully written.
20.5 Making HistoryAmerican Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee by Karen Abbott
My Review
+20 Task (Biography Gyspy Rose Lee was born Jan 8, 1911 [the book includes a copy of her birth certificate])
+10 Not-a-novel
Task total: 30
Previous total: 100
Grand Total: 130
20.7 A Poet's Non-PoetryVentriloquism by Catherynne M. Valente
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.2)
+10 Not-A-Novel
Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 145
20.4 Literature Map-Author used Janet Evanovitch-
by Charlaine HarrisTask Points: 20
Review
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Grand Total: 30
20.2 Scandinavian Noir
The Locked Room by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
I did a little happy dance when this task showed up. I’ve been reading through this series and trying to fit one in per season. It’s written by “the founders of Scandinavian crime fiction� and they won the Edgar award in 1971 for an earlier book in the series. So, this qualifies under both A and B.
+20 task
+5 oldies (pub. 1972)
+10 LiT (translated from Swedish)
task total=30
grand total=55
The Locked Room by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
I did a little happy dance when this task showed up. I’ve been reading through this series and trying to fit one in per season. It’s written by “the founders of Scandinavian crime fiction� and they won the Edgar award in 1971 for an earlier book in the series. So, this qualifies under both A and B.
+20 task
+5 oldies (pub. 1972)
+10 LiT (translated from Swedish)
task total=30
grand total=55
Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "20.4 Literature Map-Author used Janet Evanovitch- by Charlaine HarrisTask Points: 20
Style: + 10 Review
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Grand Total: 40"
Thanks for the review, but for the Summer challenge there are no review points.
Christin wrote: "nsfancy wrote: "Christin wrote: "nsfancy wrote: "RwS
20.8 Serially Silently and Very Fast by Catherynne M. Valente
First published in three parts in Clarkesworld Magazine ..."
I have just started Deathless - definitely different :)
20.8 Serially Silently and Very Fast by Catherynne M. Valente
First published in three parts in Clarkesworld Magazine ..."
I have just started Deathless - definitely different :)
RwS
20.5 Making History
A Night to Remember by Walter Lord
A factual account of the night the Titanic sunk, April 15, 1912.
+20 task
+10 Not a novel
+5 Oldie (1955)
Task total 35
Total points 120
20.5 Making History
A Night to Remember by Walter Lord
A factual account of the night the Titanic sunk, April 15, 1912.
+20 task
+10 Not a novel
+5 Oldie (1955)
Task total 35
Total points 120
Ten Degrees of Separation15.1 The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman
rated 5 stars by Stacie and Anika
Task total=15
Grand total=75
20.10 ModernlyThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
+20 pts - Task
+25 pts - Combo (10.7, 10.10,20.1,20.8,20.6)
+10 pts - LiT
+ 5 pts - Oldies (1940)
Task Total -
Grand Total -
Rebekah wrote: "20.10 ModernlyThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
+20 pts - Task
+20 pts - Combo (10.7, 10.10,20.1,20.8)
+10 pts - LiT
+ 5 pts - Oldies (1940)
Task Total - 55 pts
Grand Total - 110 pts"
Don't forget 20.6 Alliteration - where did you see that it was published serially?
This is what I copied from Connie's Post in discussion concerning 10.10. I just thought 20.8 was alliteration without thinking.The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Combo +20 (10.7 (if you're female and non-Russian); 20.1; 20.10; 20.98; 10.9 (if you go for Margarita ice cream))
LiT +10 (if you can't, or would prefer not to read Russian)
Oldies +5 (pub 1940)(less)
this is the linkhttp://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/9...
The part about being Margarita ice cream was struck out but didn't appear that way when I copied it into my post
Ok so she says where it was published serially - but go add your points for 20.6 Alliteration!
20.2 Scandinavian NoirThe Preacher by Camilla Läckberg
+20 Task
+10 LiT (Swedish->English)
20.3 We Read
The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith
+20 Task (told through diary entries)
+10 Combo (10.7-British male died in 1912, 20.8-wikipedia list)
+10 Oldies (pub 1892)
20.6 Alliteration
Pied Piper by Nevil Shute
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.7-male, UK, died 1960; 10.3-journey through France)
+5 Oldies (pub 1942)
Post Total: 105
Season Total: 300
Rebekah wrote: "20.10 ModernlyThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
+20 pts - Task
+20 pts - Combo (10.7, 10.10,20.1,20.820.6)
+10 pts - LiT
+ 5 pts - Oldies (1940)
Task Total - 55 pts
Grand Total - 110 ..."
You get combo points for both 20.8 and 20.6!
As of post 125, I show your total to be 115.
Kate S wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "20.10 ModernlyThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
+20 pts - Task
+20 pts - Combo (10.7, 10.10,20.1,20.820.6)
+10 pts - LiT
+ 5 pts - Oldies (1940)
Task Total - 55 pts
Gr..."
Thanks Elizabeth and Kate!!! My post is corrected
Kate S wrote: "Anika wrote: "15.6 TDoSThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
5-star rated by Best and Jayme VA
Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 135"
Unfortunately, The Book Thief is a YA bo..."
CURSES! I didn't even think to check to see if it was considered YA (in Australia it was sold as adult fiction--and the copy of the book I have happens to have been an Australian copy--but I see now that the American publishers labeled it YA). Boo. I'll also have to shuffle the book that I have posted for 15.5 and change the second name of the chain in 15.4...
SO:
10.1 Square Peg
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Task Total = 10
Grand Total = 85
15.5 TDoSThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
5-star rated by Melissa and Jayme VA
And I swear this isn't a re-read. The closest I ever came to reading this was skimming the Cliff Notes in Junior High. Embarrassing but true.
Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 115
RwS Task10.10 Group Reads
Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.2 Underrated (I lucked out on this one! - 249 when started June 9)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 90
15.1 TDoSPawn of Prophecy, 5-star ratings by Ceraphina & Tobey.
+15 Task (First book)
Grand total - 25 pts
Louise wrote: "15.1 TDoSPawn of Prophecy, 5-star ratings by Ceraphina & Tobey.
+15 Task (First book)
Grand total - 25 pts"
Louise, how did you like it?
15.2 TDoSThe Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
5-star ratings by Elaine and Lurk42
+20 Task Total
Grand Total - 60 points
20.7 Poet's Non PoetryThe Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia by Ursula K. Le Guin
+20 Task (six books of poetry, according to GoodReads)
+5 Oldies (1974)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 60
20.5 Making History1920: The Year of the Six Presidents by David Pietrusza
+20 pts - Task
+5 pts - Combo (10.2-122 ratings)
+10 pts - Not a Novel
Task Total - 35 pts
Grand Total - 150 pts
Wow! What a year! President Harding makes Clinton look like a saint and all the trouble over women's suffrage is something we should never take for granted. FDR also had his Monica, his wife's secretary!
20.4 Literature MapAuthor used for map: Kristin Cashore
Book read: Insurgent by Veronica Roth
+20 Task
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 50
10.7 The Past is a Foreign CountryThe Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith
+10 task (Oliver Goldsmith: died April 04, 1774; born in Ireland; I am a female born in the U.S.)
+15 Oldies (published 1766)
Task total=25
Grand total=100
15.2 TDoS (Book 2)Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
5-star book by Debbie Hoffman and Stacie Morrell
+ 20 Task
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 70
20.8 SeriallyThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.5, 10.7 [Frenchman, died 1870], 20.9 [son Alexandre Dumas-fils])
+10 LiT
+15 Oldie (pub 1844)
+25 Jumbo (1243 pages)
Task Total = 85
Grand Total = 140
my review
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "20.8 SeriallyThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.5, 10.7 [Frenchman, died 1870], 20.9 [son Alexandre Dumas-fils])
+10 LiT
+15 Oldie (pub 1844)
+25 Jumbo (1243 pag..."
Wow, congrats on finishing this huge of a book during the summer! I know I definitely wouldn't have the zeal to do so right now ^_^
15.2 TDoSBreakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
rated 5 stars by Jayme VA and Rachel Erin
+20 Task
Grand total - 70 pts
10.2 UnderratedShe's Got Next : A Story of Getting In, Staying Open, and Taking a Shot by Melissa King
11 ratings
+10 Task
+10 Not-A-Novel (Memoir)
Task Total=20
Grand Total = 80
10.2 UnderratedCat's Claw by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.6)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 170
20.10 ModernlyThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
+20 task
+10 combo (20.6 Alliteration / 10.10 Group reads Connie's choice)
+10 lost in translation
+5 oldies (first published in 1967)
Task total: 45
Grand total: 85
Audrey wrote: "20.10 ModernlyThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
+20 task
+10 combo (20.6 Alliteration / 10.10 Group reads Connie's choice)
+10 lost in translation
+5 oldies (first published in 1967)
..."
+15 combo (10.7 [assuming you're not from Russia], 20.1, 20.8)
I hope you enjoyed it!
15.2 TDosDeliriumby Lauren Oliver
rated 5 stars by Karen GHHS and Rachel
+20 task
Grand total: 45 points
20.2 B Edgar WinnersMy Brother Michael by Mary Stewart
An enjoyable mystery/romance set in the hills around Delphi in Greece in the 1950s.
+20 Task (Mary Stewart shortlisted for Edgar 1965 and 1966)
+ 5 Oldies 1937-87 (pub.1959)
Task total = 25
Grand total = 185
Rosemary wrote: "20.2 Scandinavian NoirMy Brother Michael by Mary Stewart..."
Clearly I need more coffee. It took me a good 5 minutes of trying to figure out how this book qualified for Scandinavian Noir before realizing it actually was posted for 20.2B Edgar Award-winning authors.
Please differentiate between 20.2A & 20.2B when posting these for those tasks.
Sorry Liz! I misread the task name, I thought the name 'Scandinavian Noir' applied to both options. I have edited it!
10.5 Teddy Bear's PicnicAmours de Voyage plus other poems in Arthur Hugh Clough: Everyman's Poetry Library by Arthur Hugh Clough
I was thrilled to see Amours de Voyage on the list because I had an unread copy of this book and had never heard of him before. Since Amours de Voyage was not quite long enough by itself, I downloaded Arthur Hugh Clough: Everyman's Poetry Library and read the other poems in that as well. Enjoyable and surprisingly modern in attitude.
+10 Task
+10 Not a novel
+15 Oldies on advice from Liz M
Task total = 35
Grand total = 220
Task 10.2 Underrated (<250 ratings) Hey, America, Your Roots Are Showing (2012) by Megan Smolenyak (72 ratings on 06-16-12)
+ 10 Task Total
Review: Geneaology for the non-geneaologists. Ms. Smolenyak is associated with ancestors.com . In this book, she explains how she does her genealogical searches, illustrated by actual cases (like the genealogical search she did for Barack and Michelle Obama). She’s also associated with the US military, involved in identifying the next-of-kin of fallen American military from all the 20th century wars. Recommended for geneaology newbies.
Task 20.2 B. Edgar Award-winning authors
2007 Edgar Award Nominee: Pickard, Nancy � The Virgin of Small Plains
Book read:
The Scent of Rain and Lightning (2010) by Nancy Pickard
+ 20 Task Total
Review: The man convicted of murdering Jody’s father is being released from prison and returning to the small town of Rose, Kansas. It has been twenty-six years since the murder. After setting the premise, the first half of the novel is told in a long flashback, introducing the characters and ending with the murder. The second half is set in present-day 2009 Kansas. Jody’s grandparents reminded me of J.R.’s parents in the TV show Dallas. The resolution of the various mysteries of the novel fits the novel very well. Recommended for mystery fans and for those who like contemporary fiction.
Grand Total: 110 + 10 + 20 = 140
and .... I'm starting Glamour in Glass which today has 243 ratings :0)
15.6 TDoSBefore I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson
5-star rated by Jayme VA and Marie
Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 145
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10.8 Pick A Pulitzer - The Red Garden by Alice Hoffman
I didn't know what to expect when I started this novel but I was pleasantly surprised by it. It's not so much a novel but a series of vignettes about the settlers of Blackwell, Massachusetts and how legends are born and the truth is set free. Enjoyable.
+10 Task (fits all three criteria, I believe)
Task Total=10
Grand Total=25