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Fall 2012 Rws Completed Tasks - Fall 2012
Know Your ABCs sample post:15.5 - 5th book - letter H
Nowhere Man by Aleksandar Hemon
+20 Task
Grand Total: 460 points
(This assumes mid-challenge, and that you had previously posted 440 points)
20.7 Women of Achievement MonthThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
This book is in one of the discussions that Connie links to in the help thread The main character is female and she has plenty of conversations with her mother, grandmother, female friends and teachers in her all-girls school that are not about men (e.g. about clothes including the veil, politics, her education). It definitely passes the test.
It's a graphic novel so no style points.
+20 task
Task Total: 20 points
Grand Total: 20
RwS Task10.2 - Celebrate Oktoberfest
Author born in CA, USA
Blank Confession by Pete Hautman 700 Lexile
Pete Hautman is always an author worth reading. He won the National Book Award for his book Godless and has been writing great books for almost 20 years. Blank Confession deals with the personal issues of a teen adrift but also extreme bullying and how quickly events can unravel beyond control. The pages fly by as Shayne Blank tells his story to Detective George Rawls while his one friend Mikey tells the story through his eyes in alternating chapters. It’s a riviting story and one that will have you thinking about actions and their consequences and about standing up for those you care about.
+10 Task
Grand Total: 10
10.5 International Day for the Elderly Invisible by Lorena McCourtney
This book was a free Kindle download which I would class as light reading (mystery). I think that this is the first book I’ve read with an old (60+ year) protagonist and it plays a lot on prejudices. I think it would have been a better book if the granny wasn’t so cliché; cobbler and crochet I mean seriously� There were a few twists which I didn’t exactly see at the time, but they were never enough to fully draw me into the story. The book didn't seem very fresh to me, I’m not quite sure why.
I’m not left wanting to read the whole of the next book so it gets 2 stars for me. Not terrible but room for improvement.
+ 10 task (Ivy, the main character is over 60 years old.)
+10 combo 20.7 Ivy has a conversation with Letitia about health and being old; 20.8 author has published between 1979 and 2012
+ 10 review
Task total = 30
Grand Total:30
20.8 - Veteran's DayFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
+20 task (Fannie Flagg has published novels spanning 1983 to 2010 so far)
+35 Combo (10.2 born in Alabama; 10.4 green; 10.5 Mrs. Cleo Threadgoode, elderly narrator is 86; 10.8(C) first published 1987; 20.2 #39 on list; 20.4 20.7 (A) Ninny Threadgoode and Evelyn Couch have many conversations about dieting and food
+10 Review
+5 Oldies (1987)
Task total=70
Grand total=70
20.5 Lab LitSky Time in Gray's River: Living for Keeps in a Forgotten Place by Robert Michael Pyle
Review: How can I describe this book? Pyle’s beautiful use of language leaves me feeling my words are inadequate. What is it about? In his afterward, Pyle uses the phrases “ode to home ground� and “a closely observed country year� which come close. Pyle extemporizes on themes suggested by the passing months, placed in the Gray’s River Valley of southwest Washington, centered on his old farm house. He presents the natural history of the place from spiders to the community of humans that occupy this sodden corner of the world, his chosen home. He has great affection for the people, animals and plants of the area. He describes everything from slug copulation to the process of replacing the area’s covered bridge.
My only small quibble with the book is that even living near by I cannot identify many of the animals and insects that he talks about.
+20 Task (BPL DD 508.797)
+10 Review
+15 Combo (20.8 books published 1974-2010; 10.8C published 2007; 10.2 Pyle was born in US
Task total: 45
Grand Total: 45
20.9 - National Authors DayOn Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
Review: Wow. I’m not sure what I was expecting when I sat down to read On Writing, but I definitely know that I wasn’t expecting to open it up this morning and finish it by the end of the day. Learning about King’s childhood, marriage, and personal life was astounding (I had no idea that he was a drug addict and an alcoholic � did you know that he doesn’t even remember writing Cujo because he was in the throes of alcoholism the whole time?). However, it was even more amazing to a) discover some of the history behind his most famous stories, and b) learn more about King’s ideas about writing as a craft. I found myself reading passage after passage to my boyfriend, because every other sentence was a quotable gem. I don’t really plan on writing any fiction, but I am a science writer and an academic, so I do quite a bit of (nonfiction) writing, and the majority of what King says could (and should) be applied to the writing that we have to do in the science field. And as a social psychologist, I found it especially amusing that he was actually touching on many of the principles that we hold near and dear (fundamental attribution error, the “spotlight effect,� the “endowment effect,� etc.) when giving advice on how to create multidimensional characters and write concisely. Overall, this was just a phenomenal read. I would (and probably will) recommend this to every single person I know, writer, reader, Stephen King fan, or none of the above.
+20 Task
+20 Combo (10.2 [Author was born in the US], 10.8 [Seven-Letter Title; full title is "On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft"], 20.6 [Won the 2000 Nonfiction Bram Stoker award], 20.8 [first novel published in 1974, most recent novel published in 2012])
+10 Review
Task Total: 50
Grand Total: 50
RwS20.8 - Veteran's Day
Odd Apocalypse by Dean Koontz
This third installment of the Odd Thomas series I had such high hopes for and for the most part, I was not disappointed. I will say that I should have read the 3 “interludes� that led up to this novel but in my zeal to get it started, I totally forgot I had them on the Kindle until I was well into the novel. While Apocalypse took a while to get going, it did lead into one of my very favorite subjects of which I love reading about ( I won’t say what it is lest I give it away). This is not a standalone novel though so for those interested, read the first Odd Thomas book, else you will be totally lost.
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.7 - Swine freaks present, 10.2 - Author born in the US)
+10 Review
Task total=40
Grand Total=40
I think there is a multiple style points for reading a book that is part of a series.
Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "I think there is a multiple style points for reading a book that is part of a series."The multiple style is for completing a task a second (or third, etc.) time.
oh okay, I thought it was for something else
10.8B Lucky Sevens Problemski Hotel By Dimitri Verhulst
I was a bit disappointed by this book. My classmates said last year that it was an awesome book, I don’t agree. Yes, it was funny in places but it didn’t really tell me anything new. It’s a book based around an asylum seeker who has made his way to Belgium. It is basically a book of short stories of his stay in a detention centre (some are quite amusing), and the daily life of the asylum seekers there. The one thing I will give this book credit for is that the asylum seekers are painted as people and not as non-humans.
+ 10 task (7 letters in Dimitri)
+ 10 review
Task total = 20
Grand Total: 50
I think Jayme might have been refering to a combo of 10.9 to be continued for Tobey, but that can't be combo'd
10.1 Square PegCanvey Island by James Runcie
Review:
A rather dismal novel that starts with a disaster on an island in the Thames estuary and jumps through different points in the main character's life as he falls in love, goes to Cambridge, marries, and is temporarily abandoned by his wife who joins the women's anti-nuclear protest camp at Greenham Common. It's a portrait of a generation but a very gloomy one.
Once Martin's mother was gone (which was very early) I didn't like any of the characters and I found the story bleak and depressing. They all seemed to mess up their lives and it was hard to care. But the author certainly paints a clear picture of changing times in England from the 1950s to the 1990s and it did keep me reading.
+10 task (author born in UK, still alive, married to a woman, has only been publishing since 2001; protagonist is under 60; none of the female characters have conversations with each other, it focuses on the men)
+10 review
Task Total: 20 points
Grand Total: 40
Rosemary wrote: "10.1 Square PegCanvey Island by James Runcie
Review:
A rather dismal novel that starts with a disaster on an island in the Thames estuary and jumps through different points in the main character..."
+10 Review
Thanks Elizabeth! I have corrected it.
RwS Task20.1 � In honor of Mary Shelley’s debut novel Frankenstein:
Waterstones 11, 2012:
The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
The Age of Miracles opens with a shift in time. Days are getting longer and the effects of the change are gradually revealed and become more frightening. The beginning of the book is strong. The writing is good and the descriptions of the new world are engaging. I didn't feel the book finished as well as it began or that I was as connected to the characters as I wanted to be, but I did enjoy the book. Julia comes of age in the story and deals with her mother's health problems, her father's personality changes, her aging grandfather and a first relationship. I recommend it to any reader that enjoys reading about coming of age in an altered world.
+20 Task
+10 Review
+10 Combo: 10.2 Oktoberfest (Author born in the US) / 20.7 Women’s Achievement (Bechdel Test: Conversation between girl and piano teacher about the changing length of the days)
Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 50
20.8 - Veteran's DayThe Dead Zone by Stephen King
Review: This was an interesting read for me. First, I knew some of the characters and the basic premise from the TV show, so I was reading not quite as much for plot. I was more appreciative of what he was doing with establishing the setting -- he's so great with those little details that place you in the right time period! Second, I read 11/22/63 by King a few months ago, and having read that recently made a big impact on how I read this book. King seems to have really stuck with this question of whether or not you should change history if you could, from book to book. Dead Zone was published in 1979 and then 11/22/63 in 2011 -- that's a lot of years to mull over this question! So it was interesting to see him approach it from different angles and with, presumably, more wisdom from the intervening years. I don't have an answer myself to the question he poses, but it's certainly one of those late-night-talk questions that begs for a beer and a couple of friends.
+20 task (King has published works since at least 1974 and continuing to present)
+10 combo (10.2 -- King was born the US. 10.8B -- Stephen has 7 letters)
+10 review
+5 oldies (pub. 1979)
Task Total: 45 points
Grand total: 45 points
Task 20.8 "veteran" author, one that has published books for 20 or more years.Thomas Paine's Rights of Man: A Biography by Christopher Hitchens
+20 Task.
+10 Style:3. Review (10 points):
Total: 20 + 10 = 30
Grand Total: 00 + 30 = 30
Review: Christopher Hitchens focuses his book on the only part of Thomas Paine’s life he found interesting: Paine’s ideas. He provides just enough biographical background to set the scene, and then, the text turns towards Paine’s philosophical arguments. Paine’s arguments include: Why hereditary elites are bad; why absolute separation of church and state is good (without it, you wind up with the Spanish Inquisition); why (p. 109) “poverty and illness were an offence and a threat to the better-off, as well as to the poor and sick�; and so on. Hitchens also traces Paine’s influences on the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution. Recommended for when you want to read about government and philosophy.
Deedee wrote: "Task 20.8 "veteran" author, one that has published books for 20 or more years.Thomas Paine's Rights of Man: A Biography by Christop..."
+5 combo 20.9 - biography of Thomas Paine who was an author
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Deedee wrote: "Task 20.8 "veteran" author, one that has published books for 20 or more years.Thomas Paine's Rights of Man: A Biogra..."
:)
While I'm always glad to get combo points, the book had very little about Paine's life. At 160 total pages, maybe 18-20 pages was about his life, and the rest was about Common Sense and The Rights of Man, the arguements Paine make, and the arguements those opposed to his point of view made.
20.7 Women of Achievement The Next Best Thing by Kristan Higgins
Could have been better, could have been much worse. There was a lot about this book that didn’t really grab my interest: the romantic leads never seemed to really click � they break off their sexual relationship at the very beginning of the story and then spend the rest of it barely speaking, and the many minor characters were either annoying or boring (or both). What consistently bugged me though were the random comments sprinkled through the whole book about the tearing/cracking in uncomfortable areas that comes with childbirth/nursing. Overall just not what I was looking for from a fun, easy romance.
+20 Task (passes Bechdel Test - female characters have conversations about baking and childbirth)
+10 Combo (10.2 US author - bio says she has a Connecticut hometown , 10.8 author first name = 7 letters (KRISTAN))
+10 Review
Task Total: 40
20.3 - Essay CollectionDon't Get Too Comfortable: The Indignities of Coach Class, The Torments of Low Thread Count, The Never-Ending Quest for Artisanal Olive Oil, and Other First World Problems by David Rakoff
Review: I decided to read this book after seeing a short daily show clip of David Rakoff following his death (RIP). It was definitely funny, as I was expecting it to be, but I sort of got bored towards the end (though, to be fair, I consistently have this problem with essay/short story collections). There were some good laugh-out-loud moments, but I definitely liked the beginning more than the end. I also didn’t love the last story, which I thought was the least funny of the bunch � it was about cryogenics and a little dry, and I wish it had ended on a stronger, funnier note. Still, Rakoff is certainly a funny guy and this is one of the best essay collections I’ve read � I think I’m just not a particular fan of the genre.
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.2 [Rakoff born in Canada]; 20.4 [Rakoff was openly gay])
+10 Review
Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 90
Melanie wrote: "20.3 - Essay CollectionDon't Get Too Comfortable: The Indignities of Coach Class, The Torments of Low Thread Count, The Never-Ending Quest for Artisanal Olive Oil, and Other First World Problems ..."
This collection has a Dewey decimal number of 081 and does not qualify for 20.3. Do you want to move it to 20.4?
Christine wrote: "10.9 A Conspiracy of Friends: A Corduroy Mansions Novel..."Please include the author's name in your posts.
+5 combo for 20.8 - Veteran authors -- McCall Smith published a short story collection in 1991 & a No. 1 Ladies book in 2012.
10.7 MonsterfestSeawitch by Kat Richardson
Review: I first read about Kat Richardson's Harper Blaine in a short story in one urban fantasy anthology or another, and that convinced me to read her novels. Seawitch is the seventh I've read, and while I still prefer the short stories, I'll be continuing to follow Harper's adventures.
Seawitch is plot-heavy and short on character development, but that seems appropriate for Harper's character. She's a slightly aloof self-described loner, so getting to know her fictionally feels similar to what it would mean to get to know her in real life. In this volume she's working on becoming a better friend by reducing the number of times she relies on those she loves to find answers she could search for herself; this stands in opposition to her tendency to rush headlong into things and NOT allow people to help her. If Richardson chooses to pursue this line of character development, I'd like to see it become a more integral part of the plot line.
The plot of Seawitch walked a nice balance between being creepy but not giving me nightmares, although I did feel many of the revelations were obvious to me much earlier than to the characters. It was good seeing Harper work with a police partner, especially as his character is beginning to be flushed out nicely. All in all, I enjoyed going back into Harper Blaine's world - it always feels like visiting with old (if slightly aloof) friends.
+10 Task (ghosts, sea monsters, etc.)
+5 Combo (10.2 Oktoberfest - author was born in the USA)
+10 Review
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 25
10.2 Celebrate OktoberfestShadow's Edge by Brent Weeks
Review:
Shadow’s Edge is the second book in the Night Angel trilogy. It continues the story of Kylar, who has left his earlier life of an assassin behind and tries to lead a “normal� life together with Elene. Meanwhile the Godking strengthens his hold on Cenaria while the true king, Logan Gyre, tries to survive in the worst dungeon imaginable.
The second book has more plot twists than the first and develops the characters further. Some characters that only played a minor part in The Way of Shadows become main characters during Shadow’s Edge. I loved the insight into some of the minor characters (the focus of the first book was on Kylar), it gave the book depth.
I first read this story some months ago in German (my local library only had an English copy of the first book in the series). After finishing the series I felt a bit overwhelmed by all the plots within plots and character development, so I decided to re-read the series. As an audiobook fan I now listened to the English audiobook. Paul Boehmer is a decent narrator and I enjoyed listening to the audiobook immensely. Even though I already knew the story I finished the audiobook (21 hours) in about four days.
Knowing the story already I could pay more attention to the details and little hints and plot twists. That might also have been due to the way the narrator of the audiobook presents the story.
Comparing the book to George R. R. Martin’s series A Song of Ice and Fire, I certainly prefer the Night Angel Trilogy. It is a complex book with plot twists, surprises and well-developed characters without the lengthiness of Martin’s books.
+ 10 Task (Brent Weeks was born in the US)
+ 5 Jumbo (656 pages)
+ 5 Combo (10.7: includes a demon queen called Khali and monsters called Ferali that can't be killed easily and that grow through assimilating anyone whose skin comes into contact with them, I certainly found them scary when I read/listened to the book, see also the )
+ 10 Review
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 45
Christine wrote: "Wait. I thought we couldn't use the series task for combo points? Do I not understand what this means? "This task cannot be claimed as combo points or for multiple points.""
It means that when you claim a series book for another task, you cannot claim combo points for 10.9 also, nor can you claim multiple points if you repeat task 10.9.
Liz M wrote: "This collection has a Dewey decimal number of 081 and does not qualify for 20.3. Do you want to move it to 20.4?"Really? That's kind of annoying; it's shelved at my library as "814.6 RAK." I guess we have to go by the BPL Dewey Decimal classification, even if our local libraries have it shelved as something that would qualify? If so, then sure, 20.4 is fine -- though I now have to do some re-planning :(
Eleanor wrote: " 10.8B Lucky Sevens By Dimitri Verhulst
I was a bit disappointed by this book. My classmates said last year that it was an awesome book, I don’t agree. Yes, it was funny in places but it didn’t ..."
Eleanor, we need to know the title of the book.
10.2 Oktoberfest - USAThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Bloom's Canon
Review:
I first read this in my teens and thought Holden was cool! Hard to believe now when he just seems rather pathetic. But I'm still giving it 5 stars because I think Salinger does such an amazing job of portraying a damaged and sensitive teenager who is desperately trying to pretend that he's neither. The swearing, the repetitions, the (now very dated) slang all contribute to the feeling that you are hearing a real teenaged voice as Holden tells the story of three days when he ricocheted around New York between being expelled from school and facing up to going home.
Can't believe that Garfunkel has read Salinger's stories and even the daughter's memoir but not this! But I can't find it on the list. Perhaps he read it before he started keeping records.
+10 Task (author born in USA)
+10 Review
+ 5 Oldies 1937-87 (pub.1951)
Task Total: 25 points
Grand Total: 65
10.2 Oktoberfest - IndiaThe Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken by Tarquin Hall
Review
This is the third in the Vishni Puri, Most Private Detective series. Puri lives in New Delhi, India. His scenes and dialogue are so authentic. I listened to this as an audiobook and the narrator’s voice was perfect for all the characters. So realistic, in fact, he really makes me miss living in New Delhi. One of the best features of this series is an unwanted, but astute assistant, Mummy-ji, Puri’s mother. He bristles when she does her own detecting saying, “this is not business for Mummy-Jis!� I especially liked this book as cricket takes center stage, as it does in India, and the relationships and long held hatreds between Pakistan and India are explored. Delving back to the history when Britain decreed the Great Partition as they left off ruling the area, gives a personal view of that horrific time. By the way, the author is mentioned in our Group Read book of the summer, Emma’s War, as a journalist that saw Emma in Sudan.
+10 pts - Task
+ 5 pts - Combo (10.8 author's name has 7 letters)
+10 pts - Review
Task Total - 25 pts
Grand Total - 25 pts
20.7 Women of Achievement2nd Chance by James Patterson
Review
I just began this popular series last challenge and was so happy to find I could go on to the next book in this challenge. I believe this series is so popular because it is about four strong women who are best friends as well as collaborates to solving murders and righting wrongs. The pronoun He is used in many of their conversations but as a generic term mostly at first when they refer to the killer. Later on as they get closer, he means they have strong suspicions the murderer is a male although that is not always the case. But as friends that meet regularly they talk about subjects generally talked about by women, health, careers, past personal histories, food, babies, politics, economics, and the clues. I’ve wanted to get started on this series for a while and am very happy that I finally did.
+20 pts - Task
+10 pts - Combo(10.2, author born in US, 20.8 prolific authorof more than 20 books)
+10 pts - Review
Task total - 40 pts
Grand total - 65 pts
Rebekah wrote: "20.7 Women of Achievement2nd Chance by James Patterson..."
Combo(10.2, author born in US, 20.8 prolific authorof more than 20 books)
It's not that he's published 20 books, it's that he has been publishing books for more than 20 years. :)
Know Your ABCs15.2-Second Book
Letter B, pub 1996
Absolute Power by David Baldacci
+15 Task
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 30
10.2 OktoberfestWhich Brings Me to You by Steve Almond and Julianna Baggott
The subtitle of this book is "a novel in confessions." It's the story of two people who meet at a wedding and almost have sex in the coat closet. Instead, the man says that he hopes they can write. I know. Not really realistic. But. But they do--end up writing--and we get to read their letters. They divulge their romantic histories to each other and in doing so reveal their weaknesses and fears and sorrows and regrets and hopes and souls. It was so touching and sexy and poetic and far more titillating than 50 Shades could ever hope to be. I'm still reeling from the beautiful rawness contained in this book. 5 wholehearted stars.
+10 Task (authors are both U.S. born--Thank you, Liz, for the quick response to my question on this one!)
+10 Review
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 20
10.9 To Be Continued...Insurgent by Veronica Roth (Lexile 710)
+10 Task (Book 2 of 3...3 projected to be released 2013)
Task Total = 10
Grand Total = 30
20.1 � FrankensteinLe coeur cousu by Carole Martinez
Won the (french prize for 1st novels) in 2007.
+20 task
+15 combo: 20.7 (all main caracters are female and have various conversations), 10.8 (published in 2007), 10.7 (Death is personified as a beautiful lady)
Task total = 35
Grand Total = 35
10.3 Art Garfunkel's listParadise Lost by John Milton
Review:
The first encounter I had with Paradise Lost was when I read Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials Trilogy (which included quotations from Paradise Lost). That was years ago and somehow the quotations always made me want to read Paradise Lost. It took me years to actually read it (I listened to the audiobooks of His Dark Materials in mid-2007, so it actually took me five years).
It was the right decision to wait and not read Paradise Lost instantly. My five-year-younger self wouldn’t have appreciated it and I’m not even certain I would have finished it in 2007. I now listened to the LibriVox group audiobook and found my thoughts sometimes straying from listening to my next riding lesson or how to re-order my bookshelf. I probably would have had more problems with straying thoughts would I have actually read it as opposed to listen to the narration (my mind has decided as it has to concentrate on law-related reading the whole day, it may take the freedom to take a break when it doesn’t enjoy my “entertainment reading�.)
But that doesn’t mean that I didn’t enjoy listening to the audiobook. As usual I’m surprised by the quality of the narrators at LibriVox. Except for the first track (the narrator used some distorted voices that hurt my ears) I didn’t have any problems with sound quality and the narrators all did a decent job. Paradise Lost is one of those classics that one should have read at least once and I’m glad I did so. I might even listen to the audiobook (or try myself at actually reading it) again at one time (though not in the too near future).
+ 10 Task
+ 20 Oldies (pub. 1667)
+ 10 Combo (10.8: pub. year ends in 7; 20.4: relationship with Charles Diodati, see )
+ 10 Review
Task Total: 50
Grand Total: 95
20.4 In Honor Of CarmillaThe Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers
Lexile 900
Review:
This is one of those dark and brooding coming-of-age stories where something terrible seems always about to happen - but if and when it does, it's not what you expected. Short but not an easy read, this is the story of the over-imaginative 12-year-old Frankie who is so desperate for something to happen to her that she visits bars in her small town and threatens to shoot herself if her older brother won't take her on his honeymoon. Meanwhile she listens to the stories of her housekeeper's four marriages, sees a lot of things she doesn't quite understand and is followed around by a 6-year-old cousin who tries to pull her back into childhood. In fact she is almost pulled apart by the different forces acting in and on her. I found this a very powerful read.
+20 Task (Bisexual author )
+10 Combo (10.2 USA; 20.8 )
+10 Review
+ 5 Oldies 1937-87 (pub.1946)
Task Total: 45 points
Grand Total: 110
Marie wrote: "20.1 � FrankensteinLe coeur cousu by Carole Martinez
Won the Prix Emmanuel-Roblès (french prize for 1st novels) in 2007 ..."
Marie, that prize was not included in the wiki links provided for this task. Since it fits the intent behind the task I will accept it.
From this point forward, only the awards listed in the first post of the task help thread will count.
20.4 � Carmilla Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.8 Capote published books from 1948 until 1983)
+10 Review
+5 Oldies (1958)
Task total=40
Grand total=110
10.9 To Be Continued-I previously read "Divergent" so I read the sequel "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth.This book only had a lexile socre of 710 so no style points for me however I did do a review for fun.
Task +10
Review
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Grand Total: 10
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20.4 - Carmilla
In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower by Marcel Proust
(Insert 100+ word review here).
+20 task ()
+10 combo (10.3 - Garfunkel, listed as "Within a Budding Grove", 20.8)
+5 multiple (3rd book for this task)
+10 review
+10 oldies (pub. 1918)
+5 jumbo (576 pgs)
Task Total: 60 points
Grand total 345
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