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10.2 Spy Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett
What a fantastic spy novel! Reading this made me want to immediately go out and read everything else by Ken Follett. If you like historical fiction, World War II, or spies, check this one out. It centers on the art of finding and eliminating German spies and double agents, and in particular, "the Needle", the top German spy in England who is in danger of discovering, then revealing the elaborate misdirection the Allies put in place to disguise their D-Day plans. Follett weaves together multiple settings and storylines to build a compelling story, and all his characters are multifaceted and interesting enough to want to come back to throughout the book.
+10 task (shelved 108x as spy)
+5 combo (10.8)
+5 oldies (pub 1978)
+10 review
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 685
15.2 Reading Globally, 2nd Round Bhutan
Radio Shangri-la: What I Learned in Bhutan, the Happiest Kingdom on Earth by Lisa Napoli
+15 task
+15 first to Bhutan
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 655
15.1 Reading Globally 2nd Time!Country: Azerbaijan
The Colonel's Mistake by Dan Mayland
+15 task (set about 55-60% in country)
+15 first visitor
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 625
15.10 Reading Globally Country: Zimbabwe
The Hairdresser of Harare by Tendai Huchu
+40 task (set 100% in the country)
+100 ABC order completion
+100 6 continents (all but Antarctica!)
Post Total: 240
Season Total: 595
15.9 Reading Globally Country: Venezuela
The Sickness by Alberto Barrera Tyszka
+40 task
Season Total: 355
20.4 NighttimeThey Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
(no Lexile score)
+20 task (takes place within about 22 hours)
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 315
15.7 Reading Globally Tonga
American Taboo: A Murder in the Peace Corps by Philip Weiss (set about 70% in Tonga)
+25 task
+15 first visitor to Tonga
Task Total: 40
Season Total: 270
15.6 Reading Globally Setting: Singapore
Singapore Noir by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan
+25 task
+15 first visitor to Singapore
Task Total: 40
Season Total: 230
15.5 Reading GloballySetting: Romania
The Fox was Ever the Hunter by Herta Müller
+15 Task
+15 first visitor to Romania
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 190 (Edited to fix adding error earlier!!)
10.8 Double LetterShadow of the Lions: A Novel by Christopher Swann
This has the feel of a classic literary mystery, which I love. It tells the story of a floundering author who returns to his private high school to teach, and ends up revisiting the mystery of what happened to his best friend, who had disappeared in their senior year. It's well-written and though the time switches from past to present frequently, it's never confusing where and when the action is taking place. Matthias is a well-drawn character, and even though he's sometimes irritating (as in, why did he do this? And then why did he do THAT?) you end up sympathetic to his overall predicament.
+10 task
+10 review
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 130
15.4 Reading GloballySetting: Nepal
Mad Country by Samrat Upadhyay
+15 Task (set about 80% in Nepal)
+15 first visitor to Nepal
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 140
15.3 Reading Globally Setting: Marshall Islands (Oceania)
Surviving Paradise: One Year on a Disappearing Island by Peter Rudiak-Gould
+15 task
+15 first visitor to Marshalls
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 90
15.2 Reading GloballySetting: Liberia
Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War by Leymah Gbowee
+15 Task
+15 first visitor to Liberia
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 60
15.1 Reading Globally Setting: Korea, Dem. People's Republic of
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick
+15 task
+15 first visitor to country
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 30
10.9 The Arts I Know I Am, But What Are You? by Samantha Bee
+10 task (Bee is an actress)
+15 combo (10.2, 10.3, 20.2)
Task Total: 25
RWS Completion Bonus: 100
Grand Total: 700
10.2 No O Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil by Melina Marchetta
+10 task
+5 multiple
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 565
