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Task 20.2 Favorites - 10 tasks from 10 different seasons – all one task, #20.10
summer 2014
task 20.10 Austria-Hungary
The Great War began on 28 July 1914 when the Austro-Hungarians fired the first shots in preparation for the invasion of Serbia. Read a book about or set in (more than 75%) Austria-Hungary -- Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine.
Novel is set 100% in Ukraine.
Calling Ukraine (2023) by Johannes Lichtman
+20 task
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 20 + 20 = 40
Task 20.1 Favorites - 10 tasks from 10 different seasons – all one task, #20.10
winter 2018-2019
task 20.10 Over and Under
Read any book with an average rating over 3.74 AND under 1001 ratings. (3.75/1000)
Smoking Kills (2008) by Antoine Laurain; translated from French by Louise Lalaurie Rogers
+20 task
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 00 + 20 = 20
Task 20.3 POVRead a book told through multiple point of views (POVs).
The Ghost Manuscript (2019) by Kris Frieswick
+20 Task
+05 Combo (#10.4 – three word title)
Task Total: 20 + 05 = 35
Grand Total: 405 + 30 = 435
Thanks for the quick reply! Now to my planning.....
I have a question about Summer 2015
20.10 - Books in Books - Liz M's Task:
Read a book that was mentioned in a novel you read for the Spring or Summer 2015 challenges. The reference must be specific enough to apply to a single title. This task cannot be used for combo points .
It specifies a novel read for the Spring or Summer 2015 challenges. Which challenge quarter would be used for Summer 2023? Thanks
Task 20.10 Uncommon Letter (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)Read any book where the name of a major character - main or supporting - has a Q, X, or Z. The letter can appear anywhere in the name. Please post the name of the character when claiming this task.
The eldest Chao son is in a love triangle with him, his fiancé Katherine, and pretty vivacious Brenda WoZicek. While the main characters are the three Chao sons, Brenda is very present in the novel as a supporting character.
The Family Chao (2022) by Lan Samantha Chang
+20 Task
+10 Combo (#10.4 – three word title; #20.3 multiple POV)
Task Total: 20 + 10 = 30
Grand Total: 375 + 30 = 405
Task 20.9 Non-Fiction (Kate S's Task)Read a work of non-fiction that is part of a series.
A Zoo in My Luggage (The Zoo Memoirs #1) (1960) by Gerald Durrell (Paperback 198 pages) [590.92]
+20 Task
+05 Combo (#10.4 – Five words in Title)
+05 Oldies: -25 to 75 years old: (1948-1998)
Task Total: 20 + 05 + 05 = 30
Grand Total: 345 + 30 = 375
Task 10.4 3, 4, 5Read a book with exactly 3, 4 or 5 words in the title.
White Cat, Black Dog: Stories (2023) by Kelly Link (Hardcover 272 pages)
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 335 + 10 = 345
Task 10.1 New HorizonsRead a book by a new-to-you author.
Horrorstör (2014) by Grady Hendrix
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 325 + 10 = 335
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Deedee wrote: "Would The Family Chao work for this task? The relationship between the characters is family.Thanks"
We were going for a more specific title word."
Thanks for the quick replay :)
Task 15.03 Growing GenresMYSTERY
And, with the further requirement, that the books also have a MPG of
SCIENCE FICTION
YEAR: 2012
Doktor Glass (2012) by Thomas Brennan (Paperback 314 pages)
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 310 + 15 = 325
Task 20.8 Real Fiction (Owlette's Task)Read a work that has an MPG of historical fiction AND a GR character list or GR book summary that includes the name of a real-life person.
The first listed Genre is: “Historical Fiction”. The book summary lists Robert Louis Stevenson and his “journal”. The premise is that Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a work of non-fiction, not fiction, written by Robert Louis Stevenson.
The book is told in interleaving chapters. One set of chapters (about 60% of novel) is a journal, supposedly written by Robert Louis Stevenson; the other set of chapters is told 3rd person, centering on a 21st century environmental scientist named Rafael Salazar.
The Jekyll Revelation (2016) by Robert Masello
+20 Task
+15 Combo (#10.4 Three-word-title; #20.3 multiple POV; and #20.10 a main character’s name is Rafael SalaZar)
Task Total: 20 + 15 = 35
Grand Total: 275 + 35 = 310
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: ""I love that sign! So creative!!
Task 15.02 Growing GenresMYSTERY
And, with the further requirement, that the books also have a MPG of
SCIENCE FICTION
YEAR: 2017
Sweet Dreams (2017) by Tricia Sullivan
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 260 + 15 = 275
Adding to Post #0487:Just realized that Clifford D. Simak received lifetime achievement awards! Here's the wiki article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliffor...
The Science Fiction Writers of America made Simak its third SFWA Grand Master in 1977, after Robert Heinlein and Jack Williamson. In 1987 the Horror Writers Association named him one of three inaugural winners of the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement,
See:
https://nebulas.sfwa.org/grand-master...
https://www.thebramstokerawards.com/l...
+05 Combo (#20.06 Lifetime Award)
Grand Total: 240 + 05 = 245
Just realized that Clifford D. Simak received lifetime achievement awards! Here's the wiki article:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliffor...
The Science Fiction Writers of America made Simak its third SFWA Grand Master in 1977, after Robert Heinlein and Jack Williamson. In 1987 the Horror Writers Association named him one of three inaugural winners of the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement,
So I'm going to add +05 Bonus points to my post #0487 - I'll do a new post to reflect the update
Task 20.7 Non-humanRead a book with a non-human main character. This can be a hobbit, space alien, dog, etc.
Our main character is Professor Peter Maxwell, a human “specialist in Supernatural Phenomena”. His best friend is a Neanderthal (transported from ancient days to “today”) named Alley Oop. The main antagonist is an alien that has adopted the name of Mr. Marmaduke. While Alley Oop looks humanoid, Mr. Marmaduke looks like a collection of fireflies in a large cylinder which is attached to wheels.
The Goblin Reservation (1968) by Clifford D. Simak
Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel (1969)
+20 Task
+15 Combo (#10.4 (3 word title), #10.7 (born: 1904), #20.10 main character’s name is maXwell)
+05 Oldies: -25 to 75 years old: (1948-1998)
Task Total: 20 + 15 + 05 = 40
Grand Total: 200 + 40 = 240
Task 10.5 WimseyIn honor of the first appearance of Lord Peter Wimsey, read any book by an author whose initials (in any order) can be found in consecutive letters of the character name.
LO, OR, RD, DP, PE, ET, ER, RW, WI, IM, MS, SE, EY
ER
Shutter (2022) by Ramona Emerson (Hardcover 296 pages)
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 190 + 10 = 200
I have a question aboutWe Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse #1) (2016) by Dennis E. Taylor
from goodreads description:
Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and is looking forward to a life of leisure. There are places to go, books to read, and movies to watch. So it's a little unfair when he gets himself killed crossing the street.
Bob wakes up a century later to find that corpsicles have been declared to be without rights, and he is now the property of the state. He has been uploaded into computer hardware and is slated to be the controlling AI in an interstellar probe looking for habitable planets.
It sounds like it would fit 10.3 Non-person series title, since "Bob" (in Bobiverse), while he began as a human being, is now an AI controlling a spaceship. It would also fit 20.7 Nonhuman, as "Bob" is now an AI, and not something with blood or lungs. Or .... maybe not .... as "Bob" began as a fully human male, in the first few pages of the novel. I've been going back and forth about this, so I figured I'd ask. :)
