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15.4 Fabulous FirstsThe Woman Who Stole Vermeer: The True Story of Rose Dugdale and the Russborough House Art Heist by Anthony M. Amore
15 pts 15.4 A W
5 pts. Nonfiction
Task total: 20 pts
Season total: 295 pts
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Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 636 Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "15.2 Fabulous FirstKrondor: The Betrayalby Raymond E. Feist
F-K
Task +15
Grand Total: 215"
Jayme, this works for K-R - your poi..."
Okay, thanks.
20.9 SeriesThe Invasion of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
+20 Task
+5 Jumbo (515 pages)
+15 Combo: 10.4, pub. 2015; 10.9, Riesling: tEaRLING erIka johanSen; 20.3, sections told from the POV of priest, head of guard, and jailer, all men
Task total: 40
Season total: 1365
10.2 NameWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Task=10
Oldie=5 (1974)
Task Total=15
Season Total=615
10.1; 10.2; -----; -----; 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 (8x); -----;
10.10 Group Reads The House in the Cerulean Sea. T.J. Klune
Loved this book!
Task: 10
Combo: 5 (10.9 - Kahula)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 1095
10.1; 10.2(x2); 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6(x2); 10.7; 10.8; 10.9(x4); 10.10;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; -----;
20.1; -----; 20.3(x5); 20.4(x3); -----;20.6; -----; 20.8(x2); 20.9(x4); 20.10(x4)
10.7 - Codebreakers (Tien's Task)Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II by Liza Mundy
+ 10 Task
+ 10 Combo - (� 10.2 - Liza; � 10.9 - whiskey: W in Women; H in Helped; IS in Girls; KE in Breakers; Y in Story)
Task total = 20
Season Total = 415
20.3 OppositesIn honor of Larry's Party (1998 winner), read a book written by an author of one sex, using a point of view of the opposite sex: The Anvil of the World by Kage Baker.
Task Points: 20
Combo + 5 (10.2 Name, 4-letter Kage)
Combo + 5 (20.9 Series, # 1 in Lord Ermenwyr series)
Total Points This Post: 30
Total Points so Far: 240
message by Kate S:From Post 596
Nick wrote: "20.1 Prize
A Spell of Winter was the inaugural winner of the Bailey's/Orange/Women's Prize for fiction 25 years ago...."
+5 Oldies
+10 Combo 10.9, 20.10
Thanks Kate, This brings my total to 255.
10.5 MotherThe Shadows in the Street (Simon Serrailler #5) by Susan Hill
+10 Task
+20 Combo (10.2 - HILL; 20.3; 20.4; 20.9)
+5 Oldies (pub. 1989)
Post Total: 35
Season Total: 675
20.8 Queen of Short Fiction (Denise's Task)Match Up edited by Lee Child
+20 Task
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 695
10.9 Pub Trivia (Anika's Task)Silent Spring. Rachel Carson
SILEnt SpRING = Riesling
Task: 10
Oldie: 5 (Published in 1962)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 1110
10.1; 10.2(x2); 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6(x2); 10.7; 10.8; 10.9(x5); 10.10;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; -----;
20.1; -----; 20.3(x5); 20.4(x3); -----;20.6; -----; 20.8(x2); 20.9(x4); 20.10(x4)
10.5 Mother The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
+10 task
+10 combo (20.4, 20.9)
+10 oldies (pub 1922)
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 345
20.2. Ann/e The Crow Trap by Ann Cleeves
+20 task
+20 combo (10.3 pub 1999, 10.8, 20.4, 20.9)
Task Total: 40
Season Total: 385
20.4 CrimeThe Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths
+20 task
+15 combo (10.2, 10.9 - riesling in thE StraNGeR dIarIes eLly, 20.9 - 2 books in series out now, looks like more to come)
Task Total: 35
Season Total: 420
15.3 Fabulous Firsts The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
O - A
+15 Task
+5 jumbo (517 pages)
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 455
20.2 - Ann/eLamb to the Slaughter by Karen Ann Hopkins
+20 task
+15 Combo (20.4, 20.9, 10.9 - absinthe - lAmB to the SlaugHTEr karen ann hopkINs
Task total: 35
Grand total: 690
10.9 - Pub TriviaLiving a Lie: A Novel Based on a True Story by Rachel San
+10 task - cabernet - liviNg a lie a novel Based on a TruE story RAChEl san
Task total: 10
Grand total: 700
10.9 - Pub TriviaBeating the Lie: Based on a True Story by Rachel San
+10 task - cabernet - BEATiNg the lie based on a true story RaChEl san
Task total: 10
Grand total: 710
10.4 SpringThe 13 Clocks by James Thurber
Lexile 800
+10 Task (1950)
+5 Combo 10.9 Merlot
+10 Boxall
+5 Oldie
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 100
20.9 SeriesThe Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
+20 task
+25 combo (10.4, 10.9 riesling - taLENted mR hIGhSmIth, 20.3 female author/male POV Tom Ripley, 20.4, 20.6)
+10 1001 Books
+ 5 oldies (1955)
Task total=60
Season total=370
15.10 Fabulous FirstsYou Me Everything. Catherine Isaac. 4.21.21
C-Y
Task: 20
Finisher bonus: 100
Post Total: 120
Season Total: 1230
10.1; 10.2(x2); 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6(x2); 10.7; 10.8; 10.9(x5); 10.10;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9;15.10;
20.1; -----; 20.3(x5); 20.4(x3); -----;20.6; -----; 20.8(x2); 20.9(x4); 20.10(x4)
20.3 OppositesThe Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.4, 20.4, 20.9)
+ 5 Oldies (1951)
Task total = 40
Season total = 405
Task 20.02 Ann/eRead a book by an author who shares one of these names similar to Ann/e: Ann, Anne, Anna, Hannah, Nancy, Nanette, Anika (etc). This name can be in the first or MIDDLE position in an author's published name.
Every Thing You Are (2019) by Kerry Anne King
+10 Task
+05 Combo (#10.2 last name “King�)
Task Total: 20 + 05 =25
Grand Total: 210 + 25 = 235
Post 656 Ed wrote: "10.2 NameWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Task=10
Oldie=5 (1974)
Task Total=15
Season Total=615
10.1; 10.2; -----; -----; 10.5; 10.6; -----; 10.8; 10.9..."
This is Juvenile non-fiction and does not have a Lexile. Task, but no styles.
15.8 Fabulous FirstsDevil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
Task=15
Task Total=15
Season Total=625
10.1; 10.2; -----; -----; 10.5; 10.6; -----; 10.8; 10.9; -----;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; -----; -----;
-----; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; -----; -----; -----; 20.9 (8x); -----;
10.5Beloved by Toni Morrison
+10 task
+20 Combo (10.2, 10.9 merlot bELOved Toni MoRrison, 20.9, 20.10)
+10 1001 Books
+5 Oldie
Task total = 45
Season total = 495
20.6 AchillesThe Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
20 task
20 combo 10.9 reisling, 20.1, 20.3, 20.5
_____
40
Running total: 790
10.4 - Spring Sea Glass Sunrise by Donna Kauffman
� published 2015 �
+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.9)
Task total = 15
Season Total = 430
20.7 Real PersonA Well-Behaved Woman: A Novel of the Vanderbilts. Therese Anne Fowler. 4.22.21
The story of Alva Smith Vanderbilt Belmont
Task: 20
Combo: 20 (10.2 - Anne, 10.9 - absinthe, 20.2 - Anne, 20.10)
Post Total: 40
Season Total: 1270
10.1; 10.2(x2); 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6(x2); 10.7; 10.8; 10.9(x5); 10.10;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9;15.10;
20.1; -----; 20.3(x5); 20.4(x3); -----;20.6; 20.7; 20.8(x2); 20.9(x4); 20.10(x4)
20.8 Queen of Short FictionThe Obama Inheritance: Fifteen Stories of Conspiracy Noir edited by Gary Phillips
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.9 cabernet)
Task total = 25
RwS Finish = 100
Season Total=1100
10.3 Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life by Jon Lee Anderson+ 10 task
+ 15 jumbo
Task total: 25
Season total: 45
10.9 Chop Suey: A Cultural History of Chinese Food in the United States by Andrew Coe - chardonnay+ 10 task
Task total: 10
Season total: 65
20.4 Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History by Tori Telfer+20 task
+5 combo (10.2 - Tori)
Task total: 25
Season total: 90
20.10 Dark Age by Pierce Brown - the entire series involves family lineages and they're a huge part of the over arching plot. It's kind of like Game of Thrones in space - it's that involved.+ 20 task
+ 10 jumbo
Task total: 30
Season total: 140
From Post 508Anika wrote: "10.10 Group Reads
Into the Forest by Jean Hegland
+10 Task (Great recommendation, Marie!)
+10 Combo: 10.2, Jean; 10.3, pub. 1996
+5 Oldies
Task total: 25
Season total..."
+5 Combo 20.10
From Post 590Valerie wrote: "10.10 Group Reads
The 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 com..."
This title doesn't work for 10.8. Neither of the words are specific to birds. We are looking for a more general bird word.
From Post 607Valerie wrote: "20.9 Series
Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen by Vicki Delany
20 task
15 combo 10.4, 10.9 riesling, 20.4
_____
35
Running total: 705"
+5 Combo 20.4
From Post 622Deedee wrote: "Task 20.7 Real Person
In honor of the most recent winner (as of posting), Hamnet, read a novel about a real person.
Hamnet (2020) by Maggie O'Farrell
+20 Task
+10 C..."
+5 Combo 10.9
From Post 643Deedee wrote: "Task 20.6 Achilles
In honor of The Song of Achilles (2012 winner), read one of the top 50 from Historical Fiction on Greece and Rome.
On April 19, 2021: #27 of Historical Fiction on Greece and Rom..."
+5 Combo 10.9
Kate S wrote: "From Post 607Valerie wrote: "20.9 Series
Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen by Vicki Delany
20 task
15 combo 10.4, 10.9 riesling, 20.4
_____
35
Running total: 705"
+5 ..."
Hi Kate: I've already claimed 20.4 for this post, so I'm not sure what you were thinking here!
15.8 Fabulous FirstsThe Unchangeable Spots of Leopards by Kristopher Jansma
k - u
15 task
______
15
Running total: 800 (corrected to reflect Kate's post #695)
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Her Forbidden Knight. Rex Stout. Originally published in 1913
Task: 20
Oldie: 10
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 1080
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; 15.9; -----;
20.1; -----; 20.3(x5); 20.4(x3); -----;20.6; -----; 20.8(x2); 20.9(x4); 20.10(x4)
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