Kate S’s
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From Post 840Bea wrote: "Dual (Tien's Task)
Read a book with dual timeline.
The Cottingley Secret by Hazel Gaynor
This book deals with events from 1917 and 2017. It presents the events o..."
+5 Combo 10.4
From Post 824Valerie wrote: "20.7
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
This is an interesting novel, told wholly in one voice. The focus is very narrow because of the one perspective, a..."
+10 Non-Western
+5 Combo 20.6
From Post 823Marie wrote: "10.8 Ukraine Has Not Yet Perished
Le Bal by Irène Némirovsky
Irène Némirovsky was born in Kiev.
+10 Task
+15 Combo (10.4; 20.7 - she immigrated and spent her life..."
+10 Non-Western
From Post 807Sue wrote: "15.7 East Asia ( Japan )
Heaven by Kawakami Mieko
+15 task
Post Total: 15
Season total: 615"
+10 Non-Western
From Post 806Tawallah wrote: "20.8- Texas Independence
A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World’s Smartest Birds of Prey by Jonathan Meiburg
GR data shows Mr..."
+5 Combo 10.2
Anika wrote: "For the aged task, are we going by authors born in 1947 and prior or do i need to find the exact birthdate to make sure they’re officially 75 (I’m considering Larry Watson)?"Glad you are excited, Anika! We like to create some fun laid back summer reading adventures.
We will use the same premise for our aged box as for our aged style. We only track birth years, not month/date. So, 1947 should be good to go this summer. :)
From Post 789Rosemary wrote: "20.9 Birthdays
Venus in Copper by Lindsey Davis
Third in the series featuring Marcus Didius Falco, a private investigator in ancient Rome. Marcus is hired by a 'famil..."
+5 Oldies
From Post 788Rosemary wrote: "10.8 Ukraine Has Not Yet Perished
Solaris by Stanisław Lem
Kris Kelvin arrives on the planet Solaris where three men have been studying a possibly sentient ocean, to f..."
+10 Non-Western
+5 Oldies
From Post 776Valerie wrote: "20.5 The Killer Angels
Hadji Murád by Leo Tolstoy
I am a fan of Tolstoy’s work. Here he brings to life the story of Hadji Murat, a real life (what we would call) fre..."
+10 Oldies
From Post 773Norma wrote: "20.9 - Birthday's
Informed Risk by Robyn Carr
+20 task - ... throughout the meal, through cakes and pies and ice cream and coffee...
+5 Combo - 10.4
+5 oldies - 19..."
+5 Combo 20.2
From Post 759Tien wrote: "10.9 Dual (Tien's Task)
The Island House by Posie Graeme-Evans
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.4 - POSIE)
+200 Mega Finish
Post Total: 215
Season Total: 1,245"
+5 Combo 20.9
From Post 357Rosemary wrote: "10.4 Name
The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler
This story of a mismatched couple begins with their meeting just after Pearl Harbor and continues into the twenty-first cent..."
+5 Combo 10.7
With 75 tasks, we did not intend to set up a planning thread for summer. But are there books you're most excited about getting to read? Tell us your top 5 and which squares you're using to get to them.
From Post 738Jayme wrote: "10.6 Space out
Acorna: The Unicorn Girl
Story takes place on a spaceship and on a fictional planet Kezdet.
Task +10
Total points: 315"
+5 Oldies
+5 Combo 10.4
From Post 734Norma wrote: "20.10 - Between the Wars
A Secret Agenda: A Lillie Mead Historical Mystery by Lisa Zumpano
+20 task - 1923
+5 Combo - 10.4
Task total: 25
Grand total: 785"
+5 Combo 10.2
From Post 729Anika wrote: "20.1 Pulitzer
The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
The more Doyle I read, the more I realize that I really don't like him and don't find his mysteries to be pa..."
+10 Oldies
From Post 714Bucket wrote: "10.1 Popular
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer (I used 1997 – it’s #7.)
Review: Krakauer is a fantastic writer. He knows ho..."
+10 Combo 10.2, 10.4
From Post 706Sue wrote: "10.3 Shakespeare
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
+10 task
+10 combo 10.4 name,,10.7 three favorite women
Post total: 20
Season total: 555"
+15 Oldies
+5 Combo 20.6
From Post 658Bucket wrote: "10.5 Database Anniversary
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (Computers are a focus as the tool used to program and set parameters for “opening the net” to send people back..."
+5 Combo 20.9
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