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From Post 557Tien wrote: "20.7 Annie Dillard
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson
Review
A book that's not particularly within my comfort zone. I liked that I've learnt..."
+5 Combo 20.7
From Post 199Connie wrote: "10.10 Group reads
The Warlow Experiment by Alix Nathan
Herbert Powys, a wealthy man from Herefordshire, is a loner interested only in books and horticulture. In 1..."
+5 Combo 20.8
From Post 507Kathleen (itpdx) wrote: "20.8 My Cup of Tea
Small Island by Andrea Levy
Review: This is just the way I like my historical fiction! It has well-written characters inhabiting times and places tha..."
+10 1001 book
From Post 481Valerie wrote: "20.10 It's a Mystery
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
I think it has been quite a while since I (re)read this, but I did remember immediately who ‘did i..."
+5 Combo 10.5
From Post 460Karen Michele wrote: "10.5 Sherlock Holmes
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
+10 Task
+20 Combo: 10.2 Letters (26) / 10.3 Conjunctions / 10.4 High Five Day / 20.6 Katherine A..."
+5 Combo 20.4
From Post 453Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "10.1 Thirst for More
Storm Cursedby Patricia Briggs
I have read the first 5 books by this author.
Task +10
Grand total: 120"
+5 Combo 20.6
Ed wrote: "Kate S wrote: "From Post 375Ed wrote: "15.9 Blackjack
Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin
S3- 3 word title
D6-pub. in '60s- 1969
DQ-set in W. Europe- France
3+6+Q=19
Task=30..."
Thank you!
From Post 346Tien wrote: "15.1 Blackjack (Round 2)
Kappy King and the Pie Kaper (An Amish Mystery #3) by Amy Lillard
J Clubs (title has a k in King)
K Spades (KING ends in '-ing')
+15 Task..."
Tien, you claimed this book in post 317, did you mean do include a different title?
From Post 440Mary wrote: "10.2 Letters
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
10 pts 10.2 Letters
5 pts 10.3 Conjunctions
5 pts 10.4 High Five
5 pts 10.5 Sherlock Holmes
5 pts 20.6 Ka..."
+10 Combo 10.06, 20.04
From Post 411Coralie wrote: "20.3 Theodore H White
City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett
+20 Task (Jackson)
+5 Combo 10.8 – MC spends time in jail
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 530"
Sorry, this does not work for 20.3 which requires a matching surname. I have recorded it for 10.8.
From Post 375Ed wrote: "15.9 Blackjack
Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin
S3- 3 word title
D6-pub. in '60s- 1969
DQ-set in W. Europe- France
3+6+Q=19
Task=30
Female=5
pub<1995=5
NaN=5
Task Total=45..."
I carry this in the database as a novel, can you explain why it is not?
From Post 320Bryony wrote: "20.1 Edmund Morris
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
+20 task (winner of the National Book Award for nonfiction in 2015)
+10 review
+25 combo (10.3, 1..."
Sorry, Bryony, this does not work for 20.8 which requires a novel.
From Post 391Beth wrote: "20.10 Mystery
A Breach of Promise by Anne Perry
I liked the novel. It read well. I was a bit surprised that a key ending seemed to happen near the middle of the book a..."
+5 Combo 10.8
From Post 378Rosemary wrote: "10.8 Go to Jail
Three Novellas by D.H. Lawrence
All of these novellas are set during or just after the First World War, showing the effect of the war on men, and the..."
+5 Combo 10.5
From Post 361Karen Michele wrote: "20.9 Women in Translation (Kate S's Task)
Where The Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda
+20 Task
+10 Combo: 10.4 High Five Day / 20.8 My Cup of Tea “Tsuyuko took a s..."
+5 Combo 10.2
From Post 360Karen Michele wrote: "20.9 Women in Translation (Kate S's Task)
The Mussel Feast by Birgit Vanderbeke
+20 Task
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 560"
+5 Oldies
From Post 359Karen Michele wrote: "20.8 My Cup of Tea (Owlette's Task)
The Mountain Lion by Jean Stafford
+20 Task: He took a drink of his tea and said, "The milk is sour, Mother" loc 1574
Task Total..."
+5 Oldies
From Post 329Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "20.8 My cup of teaA Scandal in Batterseaby Mercedes Lackey
"Nan pointed triumphantly and finished her tea." p 100
Task + 20
Female + 5
Total: 25
Grand total: 115"
+5 Combo 20.6
From Post 315Tien wrote: "10.9 Trilogy (Tien's Task)
Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy #1) by Ken Follett
Edge of Eternity (The Century Trilogy #3) described as "the sweeping, ..."
+10 Combo 10.8, 20.8
From Post 248Ed wrote: "20.1 Edmund Morris
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
I just read Coates' novel The Water Dancer a few days ago and enjoyed it....in fac..."
+5 Combo 10.6
