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Task 20.1 Alliteration Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb

Task points 20
+5 Series (Farseer #1)

Task total 25

Total points 630

20.4 Poet's non-poetry:
Justine by Lawrence Durrell

+20 Task
+10 Canon
+5 Oldies (published 1957)
+5 Series (Alexandria Quartet)

Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 235

Spring Cleaning
15.4 Romance - The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
+15 Task Points

10.10 General Non-fiction - The Zimmermann Telegram by Barbara W. Tuchman
+ 15 Task
+ 5 Oldies (Publ 1958)
Task Total = 20

One more book to go before my literary Spring Cleaning is done. Now I have to go do the dishes. Really! :-(

RwS
20.1 Alliteration -
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo Style (10.8 Penquin Book)
+10 Canon
+ 5 Oldies (Publ 1963)
Task Total = 40

20.3 Iambic Pentameter - The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (Task 20.9, Albania is Peace Corps country)
+ 5 Series (#1 Mrs Pollifax series)
+ 5 Oldies (Publ 1966)
Task Total = 35

Grand Total = 420

Task 15.5 Spring Cleaning - supernatural
The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole

+15 pts - Task
+5 pts - Oldies (first pub. 1764)

20 pts - Task Total
940 pts - Grand Total

10.1 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Baker Towers by Jennifer Haigh (10.6 Noel Noel)


+10 Task

Grand Total = 435

15.4 Historical Fiction

The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory

+15 Task
+150 BONUS FOR BEING DONE! :)

Task Total: 165
Grand Total: 860

Task 20.4 - A Poet's Non-Poetry
Read a book of non-poetry by a poet.

Surfacing (1972) by Margaret Atwood

+ 20 Task
+ 10 Task: Style: 3. Canon (10 points)
+ 5 Task: Style: 4. Oldies (5 to 15 points): -25 to 75 years old: 5 points (1935-1985) )

Task Total: 20 + 10 + 5 = 35

Grand Total: 515 + 35 = 550

10.8 - Coralie's 2nd Place Task (Popular Penguins)
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

+10 Task
+10 Canon
+15 Oldies (Originally published in 1719)

Task total - 35
Grand Total - 80

Completed task 20.1 Alliteration "Ancestors of Avalon" by Marion Zimmer Bradley.

Task Points: 20
Style: 5 (Series)
Grand Total: 460

RwS

10.7 Scrabble - The Enemy by Lee Child

tiles T,E,L,C = LET

+10 Task

Total Points=10
Grand Total=250

This total is subject to verification of adding 5 points to my total from message #622 where my total would be 240 instead of 235.

Tobey wrote: "This total is subject to verification of adding 5 points to my total from message #622 where my total would be 240 instead of 235..."

Yes, your total is 250. See post 623.

Krista wrote: "Hey Rachel:

How did you like A Discovery of Witches? It's on my TBR shelf. I'm wondering if it should stay there.....

Thanks! -Krista"

It's GOOD Krista! You'll be wanting the next one in your hands immediately! :)

READERBOARD NAME: Rachel OH

I completed...

10.5 I'm Tellin'

Sisters Red

+10 Task

Task Total= 10
TOTAL POINTS= 345

Karen GHHS wrote: "Points this Post: 115
Grand Total:
1065 or 1070 (if Winterlong series points accepted)..."

At the risk of causing great confusion:
Your previous readerboard score was 945.
945 + 115 (post 615) + 5 series points for Winterlong = 1065

As of post 615, I have your Grand Total as 1065.

Liz M wrote: "Karen GHHS wrote: "Points this Post: 115
Grand Total:
1065 or 1070 (if Winterlong series points accepted)..."

At the risk of causing great confusion:
Your previous readerboard score was 945.
945 ..."

That's fine with me, Liz, thanks! The only thing I can think of to cause the 5 point difference I have is the 5 extra points for one of the tasks that someone found for me, but let's just go with your total. I don't keep a spreadsheet, so I also could have just goofed!
Thanks for the points for Winterlong!

Norma wrote: "Spring Cleaning
15.3 Fantasy - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

15 task total..."

+5 points for a book longer than 500 pgs.

Norma wrote: "20.10 Potent Potables - Heat Wave by Richard Castle..."

+5 series points

RwS Task 10.5 I'm Tellin'
Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser
+10 Task
+10 Oldies (pub 1900)
+0 Jumbo (499 pages of text)
+10 Canon

Spring Cleaning
Task 15.3 Fantasy
A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
+15 Task
+5 Jumbo (728 p)
Task 15.4 Historical Fiction
The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette by Carolly Erickson
+15 Task
Post Total: 65
New Total: 980+65=1045

Spring Cleaning
15.6 Romance

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson

Task points = 15
Total points = 185

Task 15.10 General Nonfiction Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks

15 task points
new grand total = 255

RwS Tasks

10.6 � Lab Lit

When the Killing's Done by T.C. Boyle

+10 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.4 Say What?

Task Total: 15

20.1 � Alliteration

Love & Lies: Marisol's Story by Ellen Wittlinger

+20 Task

Task Total: 20

20.2 � Rhymes

You Know When the Men Are Gone by Siobhan Fallon Rhyme: men & when

+20 Task
+10 Combo: 10.4 Say What? / 10.10 Group Reads

Task Total: 30

Total This Post: 65
Grand Total: 1210

20.8 Quoatable Quotes

A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley

A quote from A Looking Glasse, for London and Englande (1592) by Thomas Lodge and Robert Greene
... a cup of ale without a wench, why, alas, 'tis like an egg without salt or a red herring without mustard
... mentioned several times throughout the book and also printed on the first page

+20 Task
+5 Combo 10.6 Lab Lit - Flavia is a chemist
+10 Series (Book 3 in Flavia De Luce series)

Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 895

Task 15.6 Spring Cleaning - Romance
The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope

+15 pts - Task
+5 pts - Bonus (Oldie. First pub. in 1894

20 pts - Task Total
960 pts - Grand Total

Task 15.9 Spring Cleaning - Memoir
A Three Dog Life
Task Total: 15

Task 20.3 Iambic Pentameter
My Family and Other Animals
Combo: 5 points Popular Penguin
Series: 5 points
Oldies: 5 points - published in 1956
Task Total: 35

Post Total: 50
Grand Total: 210

Task 15.9- Memoir: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman

+15 Task
Task Total= 15

20.9B- Krista's Choice: Son of the Revolution by Liang Heng (Set in China)

+20 Task
+5 Oldies (Publ 1983) Thanks Liz!
Task Total= 25

Grand Total = 295

Task 10.1 Reduce Reuse Recycle

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

This book fits Task 20.9 (Amazon's Best of 2010) from the Winter Challenge.

+10 Task

Grand total: 520

20.1 - Alliteration

I read Plum Pudding Murder- Plum Pudding Murder Bundle with Candy Cane Murder & Sugar Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke

+ 20 Task
** zero series points as I have already claimed points under this task for this series.

Task Total: 20
New Grand Total: 280

Hello! I'm just starting this challenge, this is my 1st post :

Rws

20.4 - A Poet's Non-Poetry : Candide by Voltaire
+20 Task
+10 Canon
+ 15 Oldies (published 1759)
Task Total = 45
Grand Total = 45

Welcome, Marie!

Rws

20.2 � Rhymes : Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
+20 Task

Task total = 20
Grand Total = 65

Rws

10.7 - Karen's 3rd Place Task :
Homeland and Other Stories by Barbara Kingsolver (soak)
+10 Task
Task total = 10

10.4 - Say what? : This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper
+10 Task
Task total = 10

Post total = 20

Grand Total = 85

Welcome Marie!

Before you get too far along, you should note that Task 10.7 can't be used for combo points with other tasks (so no bonus for Garden Spells or This is Where I Leave You). I know it can be sort of confusing when you first start fitting books in.

Task 10.8: Popular Penguins list
I read Washington Square by Henry James

+10: task
+10: oldie (pub 1880)

RwS TOTAL: 335

Thanks Joanna, I think I skipped the note regarding 10.7... I have updated my posts, so :
Grand Total = 85

Spring cleaning

15.4 - Historical Fiction : Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier
+15 Task
+5 Jumbo(521 pages)
Task Total = 20 points

15.8 - Biography : Le Montespan by Jean Teulé
+15 Task
Task Total = 15 points

15.9 � Memoir : No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet, and the Discoveries He Makes About Himself and Our Way of Life in the Process by Colin Beavan
+15 Task
Task Total = 15 points

15.10 - General Non-Fiction : In the Devil's Garden: A Sinful History of Forbidden Food by Stewart Lee Allen
+15 Task
Task Total = 15 points

Post Total = 65

Grand Total = 150

Spring cleaning
Task 15.2 Science Fiction

I read 5 ebooks to meet this task. I hope that is acceptable. Each book was between 37 and 40 pages.

Precipice
Purgatory
Skyborn
Paragon
Savior

All written by John Jackson Miller

Task Points 15
Total RWS Points: 295

20.2 Rhymes Murder Down Under


+20 Task
+ 5 Series (Napoleon Bonaparte #4)
+ 5 Oldie (pub 1937)

Task Total = 30

Grand Total = 465

10.9 - Colleen's 1st Place Task - Pi Day
Face Down In The Marrow-Bone Pie (Susanna, Lady Appleton Mystery #1) by Kathy Lynn Emerson

+ 10 Task
+ 05 Style: 2. Series (5 points):

Task Total = 15

Task 20.1 - Alliteration
Pirates of Pensacola by Keith Thomson

+ 20 Task
+ 05 Style: 1. Combo (5 points): (also fits 10.9 Pi Day)

Task Total = 25

Grand Total: 550 + 15 + 25 = 590

Task 20.4 A Poet's Non-Poetry

The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus by Margaret Atwood

+20 Task

Grand total = 540

RwS Tasks

10.6 � Lab Lit

Approved in the general questions thread:

World and Town by Gish Jen

+10 Task

Task Total: 10

20.10 � Sam’s Choice: Potent Potables

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

+20 Task
+ 5 Series Millenium #1
+ 5 Jumbo: 500 Pages: 5 Points (590 Pages)

Task Total: 30

Task Points This Post: 40
RwS Finish: 100
Mega Finish: 200
Points This Post: 340
Grand Total: 1550 - edited to 1530 subtracting 20 for Love & Lies: Marisol's Story

Congrats on hitting the Mega Finish already, Karen. Are you going to go for the Hall of Fame?

Joanna wrote: "Congrats on hitting the Mega Finish already, Karen. Are you going to go for the Hall of Fame?"

I'm going to try- we'll see!

15.8 Spring Cleaning Biography-"The Shirley Temple Story" by Lester David and Irene David

Task Points: 15
Grand Total: 510

20.7 Post-19th Century Poetry

North of Boston by Robert Frost

+20 Task
+5 Oldies (1977)

Task Total: 25

20.8 Quotable Quotes

What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson

+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.4 Say What?)
+5 Oldies (1977)

Task Total: 30

Post Total: 55

Grand Total: 660

Task 15.6 -Spring Cleaning: Romance OR Horror:

Dear John by Nicholas Sparks (Romance)

+15 Task

Spring Cleaning Completed

+150 Completion bonus

Total this post: 165 points
Total to date: 710 points

Task 15.4 Historical Fiction The Big Sky by A.B. Guthrie Jr. (mountain men on the American frontier)

15 task points
5 bonus points (pub'd 1947)

total this post = 20
grand total = 275

Task 20.1 Alliteration

Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card

+20 Task
+5 Series (#6 in Ender's Game series)

Task total: 25
Grand total: 565

Task 10.8 Popular Penguins

I read Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Task: 10 points
+ 10 canon
+ 10 oldies
= 30 total task

Total RWS points: 325

Rachel wrote: "20.7 Post-19th Century Poetry
Inventions of the March Hare: Poems 1909-1917

+20 Task
+10 Canon ..."

+10 oldies

Tobey wrote: "RwS

10.7 Scrabble - The Enemy by Lee Child
tiles T,E,L,C = LET

+10 Task

Total Points=10
Grand Total=250 ..."

+5 series points, Grand Total=255

Karen GHHS wrote: "20.1 � Alliteration
Love & Lies: Marisol's Story by Ellen Wittlinger

+20 Task..."

Unfortunately, this book does not work as the subtitle contains two non-alliterative words. Let me know if you want to use this for another task.