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20.10 The ...... of ...... The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.1 – Classics, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction ,20.3)
+10 Aged (1931 – 2019)
+5 Oldies (pub 1980)
Task total: 45
Grand total: 520
20.10 The ...... of ...... The Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren Willig
+20 Task
+15 Combo (20.2 ,20.3, 20.4 – historical fiction, mystery)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 475
20.10 The ...... of ...... The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.3)
+10 Aged (born 1949)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 440
20.10 The ...... of ...... The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Ann Older
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.2)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 405
20.10 The ...... of ...... The Mercy of Gods by James S.A. Corey
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.2)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 380
20.10 The ...... of ...... The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.6, 20.2, 20.3)
+10 Jumbo (752 pages)
Task total: 45
Grand total: 355
20.10 The ...... of ...... The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.2 a handful of brief conversations mostly about escaping)
+5 Oldies (pub 1995)
+5 Jumbo (528 pages)
+10 Aged (born 1954)
Task total: 45
Grand total: 310
20.10 The ...... of ...... The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.2 Joe escapes from Prague by train)
+5 Oldies (pub 2000 – hard to think that that is old now)
+5 Jumbo (639 pages)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 265
20.10 The ...... of ...... The Improbability of Love by Hannah Rothschild
+20 Task
+25 Combo (10.5 pub 2015, 10.7 improbabilITY, 20.2 mostly the characters talk about art or food, 20.4 historical fiction, mystery, 20.8 Women’s prize nominee 2016)
Task total: 45
Grand total: 230
20.10 The ...... of ...... The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.2 Valery is taken from Moscow to labour camp by train)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 185
20.10 The ...... of ...... The Festival of Insignificance by Milan Kundera
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.3)
+10 Aged (1929-2023)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 160
20.10 The ...... of ...... The Librarian of Crooked Lane by C.J. Archer
+20 Task
+15 Combo (20.2, 20.3, 20.4 – historical fiction, historical)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 125
20.10 The ...... of ...... The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.4 – blackbird, 20.2, 20.4 – historical fiction, historical)
+10 Aged (1908-1994)
+5 Oldies (pub. 1958)
Task total: 50
Grand total: 90
20.10 The ...... of ...... The Mountains of Mourning by Lois McMaster Bujold
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.3)
+10 Aged (b. 1949)
+5 Oldies (pub. 1989)
Task total: 40
Grand total: 40
I plan to do something that I have been thinking about for a long, long time and just read the same task over and over again all season.
15.10 ScrabbleElusive by Genevieve Cogman
Tile: E2 set in Europe (UK & France)
Letter points: 1
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Scrabble Finish:
Words:
quickly - 25
fed - 7
Word total: 32
+150 Scrabble finish bonus
Post total: 165
Season total = 2285
20.2 MathsA Cold Day for Murder by Dana Stabenow
+20 task (A COLD DAY)
+15 Combo [10.6 carrying over half a million tons of COPPER and a billion ounces of SILVER., 20.3 Na-Ta-Be-No, 20.8]
+20 series (previously used for 10.6, 20.3 & 20.8)
+5 multiple
Post total = 60
Season total = 2120
15.9 ScrabbleThe House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
Tile: L3 LGBT
Letter points: 1
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Post total: 15
Season total = 2060
Chosen Book A Marvellous LightWhat are the names of the characters?
Sir Robert Blyth (AKA Robin), Adelaide Morrissey, Flora Sutton
Where was it set (city/country/or imagined world if it's fantasy)?
England
When was it set (time period)?
Edwardian
Who wrote it?
Freya Marske
What are its top three MPGs (most popular genres)?
Fantasy, Romance, Historical fiction
What year was it published?
2021
How many words are in the title?
3
In what language was it originally published?
English
What other RwS members have read it?
TBD
That's enough planning for now.
