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15.2 round 2Stone, Paper, Knife by Marge Piercy
M - S
+15 task
+5 not a novel
Task total: 20
Grand total: 1255
20.3 OppositesThe Midnight Library by Matt Haig
+20 Task (author male, main character Nora female)
+ 5 Combo (10.2)
Task total: 25
Season total: 1015
20.9 SeriesThe Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse
+20 Task
+10 Oldies (1938)
Task total: 30
Season total: 1045
10.3 Naughty 90'sHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
+10 Task
+5 Combo 10.5 Mother
+5 Combo 10.9 Pub Trivia - RIESLING
+5 Combo 20.3 Opposites - Female Author/Male Character
+5 Combo 20.9 Series
Task Total: 30pts
Grand Total: 205 pts
20.3 OppositesDjinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara
The author is a woman and the Protagonist is a 9 yr old boy named Jai.
+20 pts - Task
+10 pts - Combo ( 20.1 - long list 2020, 20.4)
+10 pts - non-western (India)
Task Total - 40 pts
15.5 - Fabulous FirstI - T
The Calling by Inger Ash Wolfe
+15 task
+5 missed combo points post 450
Task total: 20
Grand total: 590
20.2 - Ann/eSleep Tight by Anne Frasier
+20 task
+15 Combo (10.2, 20.4, 10.9 - riesling - sLEep tIGt anNe fRaSIer)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 625
20.9 - SeriesThe Silent Dolls by Rita Herron
+20 task
+10 Combo (10.2, 20.4)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 655
I'm hoping to switch this - I posted it for 10.9 in post 512 but now that I realize it fits 10.2 I would rather use it there! Sorry for the confusion. Reposting here: 10.2 Name
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham
+10 task (adam)
+5 combo 10.9 (bourbon - b and o in chernobyl, u in untold, r in story, b in higginbotham, o in story, n in nuclear)
+5 jumbo (538 pages)
Task Total: 20
New Season Total: 310 (including the posts I've made since #512)
15.7 Fabulous FirstsThe Sweeney Sisters. Lian Dolan. 4.12.21
S-L
Task: 15
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 960
10.1; 10.2(x2); 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6(x2); 10.7; 10.8; 10.9(x4); -----;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; -----; -----; -----;
20.1; -----; 20.3(x4); 20.4x2; -----;20.6; -----; 20.8(x2); 20.9(x4); 20.10(x4)
10.4 SpringThe Sea by John Banville
Pub. 2005
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.2 - JOHN)
+10 1001 books
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 560
10.9 Pub Trivia (Anika's Task)The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
merlot found in The hedgehOg MuRiEL
+10 Task
+10 1001 books
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 580
Congratulations Beth!15.7 Fabulous Firsts
The Counterfeiter and Other Stories by Yasushi Inoue
Task=15
Task Total=15
Season Total=545
10.1; -----; -----; -----; 10.5; 10.6; -----; 10.8; ----; -----;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; -----; -----; -----;
-----; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; -----; -----; -----; 20.9 (7x); -----;
20.9My Life, My Body by Marge Piercy
+20 task, pm outspoken approved in help
+5 combo 10.9 - lambic - LIfe Body MArge pierCy
Task total: 25
Grand total: 1280
20.2 Ann/eThe Man with the Dark Beard by Annie Haynes
10.9 absinthe: THE mAN wIth the dark Beard hayneS
20.3 Inspector Stoddart is male
+20 Task
+20 Combo (10.9, 20.3, 20.4, 20.9)
+10 Oldies (1928)
Task total: 50
Season total: 1095
20.9 SeriesA Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig
Low lexile, no styles
+20 Task
Task total: 20
Season total: 1115
20.10 FamilyThe Man Who Loved Children by Christina Stead
The story of a large family plus aunts and uncles in different households and one grandparent.
10.9 merlot: ThE Man whO Loved childRen
20.3 POV characters include Sam, the man of the book title and father of the family, and some of the boys, especially Ernie.
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.9, 20.3)
+10 1001 list
+10 Oldies (1940)
+ 5 Jumbo (527 pages)
Task total: 55
Season total: 1170
Oops, too short, deleted after pointed out
10.6 SentenceStart Finishing: How to Go from Idea to Done by Charlie Gilkey
10 pts 10.6 Sentence
5 pts. 10.9 Pub trivia riesling
Task total: 15 pts
Season total: 275 pts
10.1 ... ... ... ... 10.6 ... ... 10.9 ...
... ... ... 20.4 ... ... ... 20.8 20.9 20.10
15.1 15.2 15.3 ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
B F G
Q U V
From Post 510Katy wrote: "20.6 Achilles
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
+20 task
+20 combo (10.4, 20.3, 20.4, 20.9)
+5 oldies (1955)
+10 1001 books
Task Total: 55
Season To..."
+5 combo 10.9
From Post 523Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "10.9 Pub Trivia
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkabanby J.K. Rowling
asnbathe
Combo +10 (20.9, 10.5-mother)
Task +20
Grand Total: 170"
+5 Combo 10.3
From Post 548Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "20.9 Series
High Fiveby Janet Evanovich
Task +20
Combo +5 10.3 Naughty (1999)
Task +25
Grand Total: 195"
+5 Combo 20.4
Katy wrote: "I'm hoping to switch this - I posted it for 10.9 in post 512 but now that I realize it fits 10.2 I would rather use it there! Sorry for the confusion. Reposting here: 10.2 Name
[book:Midnight i..."
Thank you for including the original post number. I have updated this claim.
15.6 Fab FirstsD - R
Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire
+15 task
+5 not a novel (a play)
Task total: 20
Season total: 220
20.6 AchillesWonder Boys by Michael Chabon
#140 on Best Gay Fiction list
+20 Task
+5 Oldies (pub'd 1995)
+15 Combo (10.3, 10.4, 10.9-Baileys BYS in Boys, AILE in Michael)
Task total: 40
Season total: 210
20.4 CrimeWhose Body?. Dorothy L. Sayers. 4.14.21
Task: 20
Combo: 20 (20.9, 20.3, 10.6, 10.5) (This appears on the GR list Titlemania III: Whole-Sentence Titles)
Oldie: 10 (pub. 1923)
Post Total: 50
Season Total: 1010
10.1; 10.2(x2); 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6(x2); 10.7; 10.8; 10.9(x4); -----;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; -----; -----; -----;
20.1; -----; 20.3(x4); 20.4(x3); -----;20.6; -----; 20.8(x2); 20.9(x4); 20.10(x4)
15.9 Fabulous Firsts, O-JThe Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow
+20 Task
Task total: 20
Season total: 970
Congrats on your speedy finish, Beth!
20.8 Queen of Short FictionThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Listened to an audiobook read by Stanley Tucci!
But I have to say, I enjoyed Double Indemnity FAR better.
Novella 116 pgs.
+20 Task
+5 Combo 10.2 Name - 4 letters
+5 Combo 10.6 Sentence
+5 Combo 10.9 Pub Trivia MERLOT
+10 1001 Books
+10 Oldies - pub 1934
Task Total: 55 pts
Grand Total: 290 pts
Post 574 Beth wrote: "15.3 round 2The Undressing: Poems by Li-Young Lee
+15 task
+5 not a novel
Task total: 20
Grand total: 1300"
I'm sorry, Beth. This is only 96 pages and does not have enough pages to qualify for Fabulous Firsts.
10.9 Pub Trivia (Anika's Task)(Balleys)
Double Indemnity by James M. Cain
Task=10
Combo= 10 (10.2; 20.8)
Oldie=10 (1936)
Task Total=30
Season Total=575
10.1; -----; -----; -----; 10.5; 10.6; -----; 10.8; 10.9; -----;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; -----; -----; -----;
-----; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; -----; -----; -----; 20.9 (7x); -----;
15.10 Fabulous Firsts, U-FUnder the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
+20 Task
+5 Not Fiction
Task total: 25
+100 Finisher Bonus
+200 MegaFinish
Season total: 1295
Anika wrote: "15.10 Fabulous Firsts, U-F+100 Finisher Bonus
+200 MegaFinish"
Congratulations! Well done!
Anika wrote: "15.10 Fabulous Firsts, U-FUnder the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
+20 Task
+5 Not Fiction
Task total: 25
+100 Fin..."
Wow! Congrats..... another fast and furious finisher!
10.10 Group ReadsThe House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
=> I just loved this! Thank you, Coralie, for making this book your group read pick.
10 task
10 combo 10.9 kahlua, 10.8*
_____
20
Running total: 670
*could be either 'Cerulean warbler' or 'House finch'
20.9 SeriesSwallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome Lexie 800
+20 pts - Task
+ 5 pts - combo (10.8)
+10 pts - Oldies (1930)
Task Total - 35 pts
20.2 Ann/eThe Crime at Tattenham Corner by Annie Haynes
10.9 amaretto ThE cRiMe AT tAttenham cOrner
20.3 MC Inspector Stoddart is male
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.9, 20.3, 20.4)
+10 Oldies (1929)
Task total: 45
Season total: 1215
15.8 Fabulous FirstsQueen Victoria's Matchmaking: The Royal Marriages that Shaped Europe. Deborah Cadbury
D-Q
Task: 15
NaN - 5
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 1030
10.1; 10.2(x2); 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6(x2); 10.7; 10.8; 10.9(x4); -----;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; -----; -----;
20.1; -----; 20.3(x4); 20.4(x3); -----;20.6; -----; 20.8(x2); 20.9(x4); 20.10(x4)
20.10 FamilyThe Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
+20 Task (includes various families, including parents, sister's family, cousins, grandparents)
+10 1001 list
+20 Combo (10.5, 10.9 - kahlua, 20.3, 20.1)
Task total: 50
Grand total: 475
Well, bummer.Ok, thank you.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 574 Beth wrote: "15.3 round 2
The Undressing: Poems by Li-Young Lee
+15 task
+5 not a novel
Task total: 20
Grand total: 1300"
I'm sorry, Beth. This is only ..."
20.1 PrizeA Spell of Winter was the inaugural winner of the Bailey's/Orange/Women's Prize for fiction 25 years ago. In honor of this anniversary, read any book that has won or been nominated for this prize (under any name).
I read A Spell of Winter by Helen Dunmore, 1st winner.
Task = 20
Combo = 5 10.3 Naughty, 1st publ’d 1995
Combo = 5 10.4 Spring, �5� in pub date
Total for this Post = 30
Total Points So Far: 195
10.1 - EnjoyedThe Extraordinaries by T.J. Klune
� I read The House in the Cerulean Sea last season and loved it �
� YA; no Lexile score �
+10 Task
Task total = 10
Season Total = 365
15.4 - Fabulous FirstsOpen and Shut by David Rosenfelt
D - O
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Season Total = 380
A B C
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20.3 Opposite SexGwendy's Magic Feather by Richard Chizmar
+20 Task
+5 Combo 10.9 Pub Trivia - SHIRAZ
+5 Combo 20.9 Series (#2 of expected 3)
Task Total: 30 pts
Grand Total: 320 pts
20.1 PrizeBarkskins by Annie Proulx
+20 Task
+20 Combo (10.5, 20.2, 20.3 - lots of men, 20.10 - 300 years of family)
+10 Jumbo (717 pgs)
Task total = 50
Season total = 325
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+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.9)
+5 Jumbo (506 pages)
Task total = 30
Season Total=900