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15.10 Fabulous FirstsThe Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
E Q
YA Lexile Score 860
+20 task
+ 100 Completion Bonus
Task total: 120
Grand total: 395
10.8 Birds (Kim's Task)A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes by Eric Jay Dolin. The bird is "Jay."
Points + 10
Combo 10.2 Name 4 letters "Eric" + 5
Points This Post: 15
Grand Total: 415
10.4 SpringMap of Bones by James Rollins 1st pub'd 2005
Points + 10
Jumbo Bonus 523 pp + 5
Points This Post: 15
Geand Total: 430
15.10 Fabulous FirstsThe High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel
Y - H
+20 Task
+100 Finisher
Post Total: 120
Season Total: 985
Post 879 Ann wrote: "20.3The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
+20 task
+15 combo (10.6, 20.10 - Main house has 3 generations in the same home, all the w..."
I'm sorry, Ann. This title is not a complete sentence. Guide is used as a noun and there is no verb for it.
20.7 Real Person The real person, a major character, is the world’s most renowned physician, Avicenna.
The Physician. Noah Gordon. 5.9.21
Published in 1986
Task: 20
Combo: 15 (20.10, 20.9, 10.2)
Oldie 1986: 5
Jumbo: 10 (768 pages)
Post Total: 50
Season Total: 1925
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; 20.2; 20.3(x5); 20.4(x5); 20.5;20.6; 20.7(x2); 20.8(x2); 20.9(x5); 20.10(x5)
20.3 OppositesWonderstruck by Brian Selznick
830 L
One of the 2 main characters, Rose, is a girl, author is male.
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.9 - cabernet : Wond er s t ru c k, B ri an S e lznick ; 20.10 - infos (with spoilers!) )
+5 Jumbo (640 pages)
Task total = 35
Points total = 660
10.1 10.2 (x2) .... 10.4 .... 10.6 .... 10.8 10.9 (x4) 10.10
15.1 .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
20.1 20.2 20.3 (x3) 20.4 20.5 20.6 (x2) 20.7 .... 20.9 (x2) 20.10 (x2)
10.4 Spring Moo by Jane Smiley pub 1995
+10 pts - Task
+15 pts - Combo (10.2, 10.3,10.5)
+5 pts - Oldies
Task Total - 30 pts
10.2 NameMediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma Oluo
+10 task
+5 combo (10.9 - merlot - MEdiOcRe Legacy whiTe)
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 605
10.9 Pub Trivia Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
+10 task (cabernet - lEgeNdBoRN TrACy deonn)
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 615
15.5 Fabulous Firsts Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History by Katy Tur
U - K
+15 Task
+5 nonfiction
Task Total: 20
Season: 635
20.7 Real PersonEarthly Joys by Philippa Gregory
+20 Task (full of real people)
+10 Combo (20.3, 20.10)
+5 Jumbo (516pp)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 805
15.6 - Fabulous FirstMystic Falls by Vickie McKeehan
M -V
+15 task
+5 combo missed on post 781
Task total: 20
Grand total: 875
10.10 Group ReadsThe House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.9 kahlua)
Task total: 15
Season total: 2055
15.7 - Fabulous FirstThe Quiet Game by Greg Iles
G - Q
+15 task
+5 jumbo - 580pgs
Task total: 20
Grand total: 895
15.8 - Fabulous FirstThe Opposite of Dark by Debra Purdy Kong
D - O
+15 task
Task total: 15
Grand total: 910
15.10 - Fabulous FirstYesterday's Dreams by Jane O'Brien
J - Y
+20 task
+100 completion bonus
Task total: 120
Grand total: 1050
10.10 The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa+10 Task
+10 Non-Western, born and lives in Japan
+15 Combo: 10.2, Yoko; 10.3 - 1994 ; 10.9, merlot: The MEmORy poLice)
+5 Oldies
Task total: 40
Season total: 275
20.9 Series (Kate S's task)The Secrets Come Out by Marguerite Abouet-
I'm not sure if Cote Ivoire is green yet in our group project...but this book and Aya of Yop City which I read earlier this season are both set entirely there.
Task=20
Task Total=20
Season Total=845
10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6; -----; 10.8; 10.9; 10.10;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; -----;
-----; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; -----; 20.7; -----; 20.9 (12x); -----;
15.5 Fabulous Firsts Round 2, B-PThe Beautiful Ones by Prince
+15 Task
+5 Not Fiction
Task total: 20
Season total: 1595
20.9 SeriesButchers Hill by Laura Lippman
+20 Task
+15 Combo: 10.3, pub 1998; 10.9, absinthe: BuTcHErS lIppmAN; 20.4
Task total: 35
Season total: 1630
10.6 - SentenceWhere Are the Children? by Mary Higgins Clark
+10 task
+20 Combos (10.2, 10.4, 20.4 and 10.9 - riesling - wheRE are the chILdren mary higGINS clark
+5 oldie - 1975
Task total: 35
Grand total: 1085
10.6 SentenceEverything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri
+10 Task - 800 Lexile
Post Total=10
Season Total=990
20.4 CrimeA Demon in My View by Ruth Rendell
+20 Task
+20 Combo (10.2, 10.5, 10.9 - merlot, 20.3)
+ 5 Oldies (1976)
Task total = 45
Season total = 750
20.1 PrizeNo One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.9 Pub Trivia (Kahlua)
Post Total=25
Season Total=1055
20.5 BalkansSnapping Point by Aslı Biçen
+20 Task: Outside of Istanbul, Turkey, both on land and on the Aegean Sea
+10 Combo: 10.2 Name / 20.3 Opposites: female author, primary character, Cemal is male
Post Total=30
Season Total=1085
20.5 BalkansCorelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières
20pts 20.5 Balkans
5 pts 10.3 Naughty
5 pts 10.9 Pub Trivia lambic
5 pts 20.10 Families
5 pts Oldies
10 pts 1001 Books
Task total: 50 pts
Season total: 465 pts
10.1 10.2 ... ... ... 10.6 ... ... 10.9 ...
... ... 20.3 20.4 20.5 ... ... 20.8 20.9 20.10
15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 ... ... ... ... ... ...
A B F G
Q U V W
Task 20.10 Family (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)Read any book that is multi-generational or a family saga.
As I said in the Help Thread: 3 generations: Uther Pendragon, King Arthur, and Mordred 😊
For Combo #10.9:
CABERNET
Tidhar, lavie � By foRCE AloNE
By Force Alone (2020) by Lavie Tidhar
+20 Task
+05 Combo (#10.9 CABERNET)
Task Total: 20 + 05 = 25
Grand Total: 360 + 25 = 385
15.6 Fabulous Firsts Round 2, G-ZGrand Union: Stories by Zadie Smith
+15 Task
+5 Not Fiction (short stories)
Task total: 20
Season total: 1650
15.2 Fabulous Firsts (Rd 2) The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
A - T
15 task
_____
15
Running total: 1195
15.7 Fabulous Firsts Round 2, E-REvery Man a Hero: A Memoir of D-Day, the First Wave at Omaha Beach, and a World at War by Ray Lambert
+15 Task
+5 Not Fiction (memoir)
Task total: 20
Season total: 1670
20.9 Series (Kate S's task)A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny
+20 Task
+15 Combo: 10.9 Pub Trivia (riesling) / 20.3 Opposites / 20.4 Crime
Post Total=35
Season Total=1120
20.9 Series (Kate S's task)Jazz by Toni Morrison
+20 Task: labeled as part of a trilogy on ŷ
+15 Combo: 10.2 Name / 10.3 Naughty / 10.5 Mother
+ 5 Oldies: 1993
Post Total=40
Corrections=20
Season Total=1180
10.5 MotherArts of the Possible: Essays and Conversations by Adrienne Rich
Task Points = 10
Combo 10.9 (Baileys) = 5
Total This Post = 15
Grand Total = 480
20.6 AchillesSodom and Gomorrah by Marcel Proust
#4 of the Remembrance of Lost Time series at #138 of the Best Gay Fiction list
Task=20
combo= 10 (10.9-merlot; 20.9)
1001 Books=10
Oldie=10 (1920)
Jumbo=5 (557p.)
Task Total=55
Season Total=900
10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6; -----; 10.8; 10.9; 10.10;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; -----;
-----; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6; 20.7; -----; 20.9 (12x); -----;
10.5 - MotherBody Surfing by Anita Shreve
+10 task
+10 Combos - 20.2, 10.9 - absinthe - Body surfing ANITa SHrEve
Task total: 20
Grand total: 1105
20.2 Ann/eClose Range: Wyoming Stories by Annie Proulx
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.3, 10.5, 20.9)
Task total = 35
Season total = 310
From Post 852Heather wrote: "20.3 Artemis by Andy Weir - male author, female protagonist (low lexile, no styles)
+20 task
Task total: 20
Season total: 230"
+5 Combo 10.2
From Post 881Rebekah wrote: "10.5 Mother
A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
+10 pts - task
+25 pts - combo(10.2, 10.4-2015, 20.1, 20.2, 20.10)
Task total - 35 pts"
+5 Combo 20.3
20.5 Balkans The Messenger of Athens by Anne Zouroudi
+20 Task set in Greece
+30 Combo (10.2, 10.9 shiraz, 20.2, 20.3, 20.4, 20.9)
Task total = 50
Season Total=1505
20.8 - 4 novellasIf It Bleeds by Stephen King
+20 task
+5 combo (10.2 - King)
Task total: 25
Season total: 300
20.8 Queen of Short FictionThe Case of Miss Elliott by Emmuska Orczy Teahouse Detective series published in 1905
+20 - Task
+25 - Combo (10.4, 10.9-amaretto, 20.3 - narrated by “The Old Man in the Corner�, 10.4, 20.9)
+10 - Oldies
Task Total - 55 pts
Kate S wrote: "From Post 881Rebekah wrote: "10.5 Mother
A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
+10 pts - task
+25 pts - combo(10.2, 10.4-2015, 20.1, 20.2, 20.10)
Task total - 35 pts..."
Thanks, Kate! I wasn’t sure if all povs had to be from males since there were also three females.
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L O
+20 task
Task total: 20
Grand total: 275