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WI 18-19 Completed Tasks
Sample BtE2 Post15.2 BtE2 Land and Sea
France: A, B, and C
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
+25 Task
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 405 (assumes mid-season with a previous total of 380)
15.1 BtE2 AirHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
England A,B,C
Task +15
Grand Total: 15
10.4 New Year’s Day Debut novel
Heartburn by Nora Ephron
+10 task
+5 combo 10.3 (published 1983)
Task total: 15
Season total: 15
from posting 4itpdx wrote: "10.4 New Year’s Day
Debut novel
Heartburn by Nora Ephron
+10 task
+5 combo 10.3 (published 1983)
Task total: 15
Season total: 15"
Oh boy! look at that! +10 combo (10.8, 10.9 NE)
Task total: 25
Season total: 25
20.10 Over and Under (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)Jewel Sea by Kim Kelly
4.18 / 38
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.2; 10.8)
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 30
15.1 BtE2 Land and SeaUK: A and C
Breaking Dead (Sophie Kent #1) by Corrie Jackson
+15 Task
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 45
10.8 New AuthorsThe Mountain Between Us by Charles Martin
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.2, 20.7)
Task total: 20
Season total: 20
15.1 BtE2 Land and SeaUK
Coming Up for Air by George Orwell
(Just a note- this was my favorite by Orwell so far.)
task total=15
Grand Total=15
20.1 Winter BirthdaysAmy and Isabelle by Elizabeth Strout
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.4 https://www.fantasticfiction.com/s/el... , 10.7)
+ 5 Prizeworthy
Task Total: 35
Season Total: 35
10.5 2018 AmazonElevation by Stephen King
Task = 10 points
Combo = 5 points (10.9 State Your name -Stephen King - KS)
Combo = 5 points (10.2 GoodReads Authorized)
Combo = 5 points (Prizeworthy)
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 25
20.5 Nevil ShuteDoctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
20 task
10 canon
5 jumbo
5 prize
10 combo 10.3, 20.1
_____
50
Running total: 60
(This was my carry over book).
20.10 Over and UnderTrue Places by Sonja Yoerg
4.46 / 166
+20 task
+20 combo (20.8, 20.6, 10.8, 10.2)
Task total = 40
Season total = 40
20.1Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire
+20 Task - birthday Jan 5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seanan_...
+5 Combo 10.2 Goodreads Author
+5 Combo 10.7 Conjunction
+5 Combo 10.8
+5 Combo 10.9 MS = Mississippi
+5 ALA Alex Award Winner 2018
Task Total: 45 pts
Grand Total: 45 pts
10.2 - Goodreads AuthorizedStirred by J.A. Konrath
+10 task
+5 Combo (10.9 - AK - Alaska)
Task total: 15
Grand total: 15
15.1 BtE2, Land and SeaIreland: A, B, and C
A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Season total: 35
15.2 BtE2 AirItaly: A, B, and C
Eva Sleeps by Francesca Melandri
+15 Task
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 30
20.10 Over and UnderWe Need Silence to Find Out What We Think: Selected Essays by Shirley Hazzard
+20 Task
+10 Aged
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 30
10.8 New AuthorBecoming by Michelle Obama
+10 task
+10 combo 10.9 (MO=Missouri), 20.1 (Jan birthday)
Post total: 20
Season total: 40
10.2 Goodreads AuthorizedDeath by Dumpling (A Noodle Shop Mystery #1) by Vivien Chen
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.4, 10.8)
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 65
20.7 Charles Darwin West by Carys Davies
+20 Task
+ 20 Combo (10.2, 10.4, 10.8, 10.9 DC=District of Columbia)
Points this post: 40
RwS total: 40
BtE total: -
Season Total: 40
10.2 Goodreads AuthorizedThe Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 45
20.3 Isaac AsimovLove Game: A History of Tennis, from Victorian Pastime to Global Phenomenon by Elizabeth Wilson
+20 Task (Novels: The Lost Time Cafe, The Twilight Hour, War Damage, The Girl in Berlin, She Died Young)
+ 10 Combo (10.8, 20.10 3.84/38)
+ 10 Aged (born 1936)
Points this post: 40
RwS total: 80
BtE total: -
Season Total: 80
10.7 - AndThe Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson
+10 task
Task total: 10
Grand total: 10
20.8 AppalachiaSalvation on Sand Mountain: Snake-Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia by Dennis Covington
Task = 20 Points
Combo = 5 Points (10.9 State Your Name - DC - District of Columbia)
Combo = 5 Points (20.2 T. Coraghessan Boyle)
Combo = 10 Points (10.3, 10.8)
Task Total = 40 Points
Season Total = 65 Points
20.1 - Winter BirthdayDishonorable Intentions by Stuart Woods
+20 - January 9
+10 Aged - 1938
Task total: 30
Grand total: 45
10.8 New Authors (Coralie's Task)My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.2)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 45
10.4 New Year's DayThe Atlantis Code (Thomas Lourds #1) by Charles Brokaw
approval
+10 Task
+15 Combo (10.4, 10.8, 10.9 - BC for British Columbia)
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 90
10.9 State Your Name (Anika's Task)Fatal Mistake (Lexie Rogers #3) by Karen M. Davis
MD for Maryland
+10 Task
+15 Combo (10.2, 10.8, 20.10 - 3.89 / 82)
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 115
20.1 Winter Birthdays:The Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henning...
+20 task
+5 combo (10.3 Gerald Durrell - first published in 1992)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 25
15.2 BtE2 Land and SeaGermany: A, B, & C
Crime by Ferdinand von Schirach
+25 Task
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 140
15.1 BtE2 Land and SeaSwitzerland: A and B
The News: A User's Manual by Alain de Botton
+15 Task
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 55
Post 17 Rachelccameron wrote: "20.1Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire
+20 Task - birthday Jan 5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seanan_...
+5 Combo 10.2 Goodreads Author
+5 Co..."
I'm sorry, Rachelccameron, McGuire is on the authors list of Nov 17, so she doesn't work for 10.8, and "among" is not on the list of connecting conjunctions for 10.7.
20.6 Edith WhartonI Heard That Song Before by Mary Higgins Clark
Author born 24 Dec 1927 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Hi...
+20 pts - Task
+15 pts - combo (10.4,20.1,20.4)
+10 pts - aged
Task Total - 45 pts
Season Total - 45 pts
20.3 Isaac AsimovThe Devil's Highway: A True Story by Luis Alberto Urrea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lu%C3%A... (lists his 5 novels)
+20 pts - Task
+15 pts - Combo (10.4, 10.9- LA Louisiana, 20.7)
+10 pts - Prizeworthy (Lannan Literary Award, BRLA Southwest Book Award https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lu%C3%A... )
Task Total - 45 pts
Season Total - 90 pts
10.9 State Your NameDark Matter by Blake Crouch
+10 Task (BC)
+ 5 Combo (10.2)
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 60
20.2 T Coraghessan BoyleThe Passage by Justin Cronin
+20 Task
+10 Combo 10.2, 20.9
+10 Jumbo (766 pages)
Post Total: 40
Season Total: 95
10.10 Group ReadsThe Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
+10 Task
+10 Combo: 10.2 Goodreads Authorized / 10.9 State Your Name (NJ New Jersey)
+ 5 Prizeworthy
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 25
20.6 Edith WhartonI, Claudius by Robert Graves
+20 Task
+10 Combo: 10.3 Gerald Durrell / 20.5 Nevil Shute
+10 Aged
+15 Prizeworthy (3)
Task Total: 55
Season Total: 80
20.10 Over and UnderThe Aye-Aye and I by Gerald Durrell
+20 Task
+20 Combo: 10.3 Gerald Durrell / 10.7 Conjunctions / 20.1 Winter Birthdays / 20.7 Charles Darwin
Task Total: 40
Season Total: 120
10.7 Conjunctions (Beth's Task)Looking FOR Alaska by John Green
YA w/ 850L
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.2, 10.4)
+5 Prizeworthy
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 165
15.3 BtE2 Land and SeaSweden: A, B, & C
Let The Right one In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
+25 Task
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 190
10.7 ConjunctionsBalzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
10 task
15 prize
15 combo 10.4, 10.9, 20.5
____
40
Running total: 100
10.5 2018 AmazonThe Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels by Jon Meacham
+10 task
+5 combo 20.10
Task total 15
Season total: 40
itpdx wrote: "10.5 2018 AmazonThe Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels by Jon Meacham
+10 task
+5 combo 20.10
Task total 15
Season total: 40"
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Sample RwS Post
20.3 Isaac Asimov
The Collected Stories by Eudora Welty
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.3 - pub'd 1980)
+10 Aged
+10 Canon
+10 Prize Worthy
+ 5 Jumbo
Post Total: 60
Season Total: 380 (assumes mid-season with a previous total of 320)