Anika’s
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(group member since Dec 25, 2011)
Anika’s
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Would Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood work for this one? I haven't read it yet, but based on the goodreads description it sounds like it could...
10.9 Play the NumbersThe Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic by Leigh Bardugo (Lexile 970)
+10 Task (pub. 2017)
+10 Female
+5 Combo--10.1 (Madly Jane and 2 others)
Task total: 25
Season total: 345
Happy New Year, everyone!
15.8 CYOA, A2 (no "L")Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days by Jeanette Winterson
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Season total: 320
15.7 CYOA, A3 (three names)Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Season total: 305
15.6 CYOA, C5 (author has worked as a journalist)Summer Hours at the Robbers Library by Sue Halpern
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Season total: 290
10.10 Group ReadsThe Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher Moore
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.1--5-star ratings from Ellen Marcolongo and Cheryl; 10.2)
Task total: 20
Season total: 275
15.5 CYOA, C1 (Read an author you've not read before)The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Season total: 245
10.9 Play the NumbersAll Families are Psychotic by Douglas Coupland
+10 Task (first pub. 2001)
+15 Combo (10.1--5-star rating from Burke Burke; 10.2; 20.2--set in Florida)
Task total: 25
Season total: 230
20.9 The Season of Shorter DaysAmerican Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures by America Ferrera
+20 Task
+10 Female
+15 Combo (10.2, 10.5, 10.9--pub. 2018)
Task total: 45
Season total: 205
10.7 Alphabet Soup (E-R)Room by Emma Donoghue
+10 Task
+10 Female
+20 Task (10.1--received 5-star rating from several members, including Joanna and Rebekah; 10.2; 10.8; 10.10)
Task total: 40
Season total: 160
10.1 5-Star ReadsThe Feast of Love by Charles Baxter
+10 Task (rated 5 stars by group member Devin Murphy)
Task total: 10
Season total: 120
20.2 Freedom Season Gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson
+20 Task (set in Alabama)
+10 Female
+10 Combo (10.5, 20.3)
Task total: 40
Season total: 95
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 34 Anika wrote: "10.5 DebutVaclav and Lena by Haley Tanner
+10 Task (this is the author’s first and only novel)
+10 Female
+10 Combo (10.2, 10.9 pub. 2011)
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Never even thought to look :-/ Sorry about that. I've amended my tasks/total to reflect the low Lexile.
10.5 DebutVaclav and Lena by Haley Tanner
(low Lexile)
+10 Task (this is the author’s first and only novel)
Task total: 10
Season total: 55
Valerie! I’m so glad you loved The Fur Person, too :-)
15.3 CYOA, C3 Author has published for 20+ yearsMom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Season total: 45
15.2 CYOA, B4 Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers
+15 Task (b. 1883, d. 1957)
Task total: 15
Season total: 30
So, would Mr. Dickens and His Carol work? It’s set in the right time period, but isn’t really *about* the Industrial Revolution...
15.1 CYOA, A4 (double letter in name)Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth by Rachel Maddow (my carry-over book, read 51% today)
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Season total: 15
Valerie wrote: "Anika wrote: "May Sarton is fantastic...I love her poetry and read her novel, The Fur Person, which was delightful (and short). Turns out she has written quite a few ..."Winner winner chicken dinner! I love it when Overdrive has exactly what I’m looking for, especially when I think there’s absolutely no way they would. I hope you enjoy it if you should choose to read it :-)
