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Kate S’s
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From Post 316Karen Michele wrote: "10.4 Genius
The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster
+10 Task
+25 Combo:10.1 5-Star Reads (Rachel)/ 10.2 ANNIVERSARY /10.7 Alphabet Soup (A-N) / 20.5 Sense of Place / 20.8 U..."
+5 Oldies
From Post 302Tien wrote: "10.2 ANNIVERSARY
Shamed (Kate Burkholder #11) by Linda Castillo
+10 Task
+15 Combo (10.8; 10.9 -pub. 2019; 20.3)
+10 Female author
Post Total: 35
Season Total: 485"
+5 Combo 10.5
From Post 286Beth wrote: "20.4 Non-poetry
Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places by Ursula K. Le Guin
+20 task
+10 female
+5 combo (20.8 pub 1989)
Task total: 35
G..."
+5 Oldies
From Post 276Norma wrote: "10.7 - Alphabet Soup
Secret Relations: A Finn O'Brien Crime Thriller by Rebecca Forster
+10 task (F-S)
+10 Combo (10.2, 10.9)
+10 female
Task total: 30
Grand total..."
+5 Combo 10.5
From Post 265Bea wrote: "10.2 Anniversary
A Season of Delight by Joanne Greenberg
Task: 10
Female Author: 10
Oldie: 5 (published 1980)
Task total: 25
Season total: 70"
+5 Combo 20.8
From post 263Connie wrote: "10.2 ANNIVERSARY
A Well-Behaved Woman: A Novel of the Vanderbilts by Therese Anne Fowler
+10 task
+20 combo 10.1 5-Star Reads (Sally), 10.5 Debut (or most recentl..."
+5 Combo 10.6
From Post 258Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "10.8 Single title
"Nutshell" by Ian McEwan
Task + 10
Grand total: 60"
+10 Combo 10.2, 10.9
From Post 216Don (The Book Guy) wrote: "Anniversary
Sweet Danger by Margery Allingham, set in England.
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 30"
+10 Female
Kathleen (itpdx) wrote: "The reader board shows my score at 105 as of Post 250. I think it is 120?"Error found and fixed, it will be reflected in the next Readeroard update (probably over the weekend sometime.)
Karen Michele wrote: "Can we read the Costa Winners that were just announced? They are 2019 publications, but the award was just given in January 2020."They will not work for this task. Sorry.
Lagullande wrote: "Please may I have approval for Augustown?(Pen?)ultimate paragraph here says:
"And that is exactly what he does in Augustown. He tells the stories of a number of characters whose ..."
Looks good. Thank you for the link!
Christine wrote: "Can you please confirm or deny Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo for me? I’ve started reading it and in my opinion it qualifies. I’ve been looking for reviews etc and ..."
After reading through several reviews mentioning the atmospheric aspects of this novel, and your own views of the importance of the setting, I will approve this title.
Kathleen (itpdx) wrote: "The reader board shows my score at 105 as of Post 250. I think it is 120?"I will take a look at this and let you know what I find. Thank you for letting me know.
Top Scoring Books85 Points in PostNbr 694 - Indiana by George Sand - 20.03 ( Combo 30, Female, Lost in Translation, Oldies 15 )
80 Points in PostNbr 493 - The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot - 20.04 ( Combo 30, Female, Jumbo 05, Oldies 15 )
75 Points in PostNbr 31 - Pachinko by Min Jin Lee - 20.01 ( Combo 45, Female )
75 Points in PostNbr 362 - The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende - 20.08 ( Combo 30, Female, Lost in Translation, Oldies 05 )
75 Points in PostNbr 677 - Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - 20.06 ( Combo 45, Female )
70 Points in PostNbr 530 - Ivanhoe by Walter Scott - 20.04 ( Combo 30, Jumbo 05, Oldies 15 )
70 Points in PostNbr 537 - War's Unwomanly Face by Svetlana Alexievich - 20.08 ( Combo 25, Female, Lost in Translation, Oldies 05 )
70 Points in PostNbr 731 - Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs - 20.06 ( Combo 25, Female, Oldies 15 )
70 Points in PostNbr 749 - Silas Marner by George Eliot - 20.06 ( Combo 25, Female, Oldies 15 )
70 Points in PostNbr 983 - Steamboat Gothic by Frances Parkinson Keyes - 20.02 ( Combo 30, Female, Jumbo 05, Oldies 05 )
65 Points in PostNbr 141 - The Summer Book by Tove Jansson - 10.02 ( Combo 30, Female, Lost in Translation, Oldies 05 )
65 Points in PostNbr 172 - Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - 10.07 ( Combo 45, Female )
65 Points in PostNbr 318 - Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams - 20.05 ( Combo 35, Female )
65 Points in PostNbr 421 - Sappho by Sappho - 10.01 ( Combo 10, Female, Lost in Translation, Oldies 25 )
65 Points in PostNbr 765 - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman - 20.01 ( Combo 35, Female )
65 Points in PostNbr 795 - Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte - 20.03 ( Combo 20, Female, Oldies 15 )
65 Points in PostNbr 801 - We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson - 20.05 ( Combo 30, Female, Oldies 05 )
Most Strategic ReaderThrough Post 987
Owlette - 66.0, for 5 Books
Joanna - 53.4, for 32 Books
Rebekah - 48.0, for 27 Books
Jackie - 44.0, for 5 Books
Rachel - 42.1, for 7 Books
Karen Michele - 39.6, for 41 Books
Anika - 38.5, for 55 Books
Lagullande - 38.3, for 30 Books
Elizabeth (Alaska) - 38.0, for 25 Books
Penny - 37.0, for 10 Books
Requires a 5-book minimum
From Post 247Karen Michele wrote: "10.6 Not Quite Jumbo
Audacity by Melanie Crowder
+10 Task: 1120 Lexile
+25 Combo: 10.2 ANNIVERSARY / 10.8 Single Word Title / 10.9 Play the Numbers / 20.3 She Wri..."
+5 Combo 10.1
From Post 230Rosemary wrote: "10.3 Revolution
The Railway Detective by Edward Marston
+10 Task (approved in help thread)
+10 Combo (10.7 E - R, 20.7 set entirely in the UK)
Post total: 20
Season ..."
+5 Combo 10.2
From Post 228Penny wrote: " 10.6 Not Quite Jumbo
A Better Man by Louise Penny
+10 Task (437 pages)
+10 Female Author
+5 10.2 Anniversary
+5 10.9 Play with Numbers (2019)
Task Total = 30
..."
+15 Combo 10.1, 10.5, 20.5
From Post 216Don (The Book Guy) wrote: "Anniversary
Sweet Danger by Margery Allingham, set in England.
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 30"
+10 Oldies
From Post 66Karen Michele wrote: "10.8 Single Word Title
Utopia by Thomas More
+10 Task
+10 Combo: 10.1 5-Star Reads (Rachel) / 10.5 Debut (According to dates on Goodreads)
+25 Oldies
Task Total: 4..."
+10 LiT (given already on the readerboard, but no post apparently, sorry)
