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15.2 Pick 'n' Mix 2D1 Time Travel
The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain
Task total: 15
Season total: 30
15.1 Pick 'n' MixE4 Title has non-generic subtitle.
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick
Task total: 15
Season total: 15
RwS Possibilities10.1 Sub-Sandwich
The Shadowy Horses by Susanna Kearsley
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride
Eden Close by Anita Shreve
and many more
10.2 Book Lover's Day DONE
The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley
Books for Living by Will Schwalbe
A Novel Bookstore by Laurence Cossé DONE
10.3 Andre Gide (The_____) DONE
The Wildlands by Abby Geni DONE
10.4 Replay (can only use once) DONE
Short stories
10.5 Banned
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck YA Assignment--no styles
10.6 WWII
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières
10.7 A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y DONE
I'll Be Your Blue Sky by Marisa de los Santos DONE
America's First Daughter by Stephanie Dray
The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons
American Princess: A Novel of First Daughter Alice Roosevelt by Stephanie Marie Thornton
The Wildlands by Abby Geni
The Shadowy Horses by Susanna Kearsley
and many more
10.8 Double O DONE
A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver DONE
American Princess: A Novel of First Daughter Alice Roosevelt by Stephanie Marie Thornton
The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford
A Novel Bookstore by Laurence Cossé
10.9 Science
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari 576H
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong 579.17Y
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben 582.16
Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone by Juli Berwald 593.53B
10.10 Group Read DONE
The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham
The White Earth by Andrew McGahan
The Friend by Sigrid Nunez DONE
20.1 Inaugural (Booker)
The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard
Atonement by Ian McEwan
and many more
20.2 Wolf Hall (16th, 17th Century) DONE
In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant Set in 1527.
Corrag by Susan Fletcher Set in 1692.
King Lear by William Shakespeare Published in 1606. DONE
Virgin Earth by Philippa Gregory Set in mid-1600s.
20.3 Author
The Master by Colm Tóibín
Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner
20.4 Boomer (1946-64) DONE
In the Footsteps of Marco Polo by Denis Belliveau DONE
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
and many more
20.5 Non-Linear DONE
The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali DONE
Glory Over Everything: Beyond The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom DONE
Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult
The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford
The Dead House by Billy O'Callaghan DONE
20.6 Monster Redux (witch, ghost, etc) DONE
The Ghost Writer by Philip Roth DONE
The Ghost of the Mary Celeste by Valerie Martin
Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje
20.7 Spec Fic DONE
Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
The Postman by David Brin
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood DONE
20.8 Periodic Table DONE
Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West by Blaine Harden BH DONE
Drowned Lives by Stephen Booth SB
Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury RB
When All Is Said by Anne Griffin AG
20.9 Shipwrecked! DONE
The Odyssey by Homer DONE
The Dressmaker by Kate Alcott
20.10 Difficult DONE
Beloved by Toni Morrison DONE
Congratulations, Rebekah!
It was a wonderful summer season with great tasks. I'm looking forward to the fall. Thank you to the mods for all their work.
20.6 CharactersThe Heaven of Mercury by Brad Watson
+20 task
+ 5 combo 10.3
+ 5 multiple
Task total: 30
Season total: 1120
That's a great new list you started, Rebekah! I'll have to look over my list of books tonight to see if I could add anything. I had a lot of possibilities for this task.
10.1 Design Your Own TaskRead a book published within the last 10 years.
The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg (published in 2017)
+10 task
+ 5 multiples
Task total: 15
Season total: 1090
15.10 Ratings Game100,000-249,999 ratings
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles 124,202 ratings
+30 task
+100 completion bonus
Task total: 130
Season total: 1075
15.9 Rating Game75,000-99,999
Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz 76,959 ratings
Task total: 30
Season total: 945
15.8 Ratings Game< 250 ratings--locked in at 249
The Fall of the Year by Howard Frank Mosher
Task total: 20
Season total: 915
Enjoy your new job, Valerie! I imagine your TBR list will grow quickly as you see so many wonderful books pass by your desk.
15.7 Ratings Game5,000-9,999
The Look of Love by Sarah Jio (5,141 ratings)
Task total: 20
Season total: 895
20.6 CharactersThe Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
+20 task
+ 5 multiples
Task total: 25
Season total: 875
I would like to compliment the moderators for coming up with great tasks for so many years. I like having some tasks that are not too specific (since I'm usually reading for another challenge and for book groups at the same time) mixed in with the "theme tasks". I found lots of tasks that I enjoyed, and probably wrote down too many of them.Square Peg, especially if it can be used several times
Road Trip Su12
We Read Epistolary Novels Su12
Go Visit the Neighbors Su13
Stories for Book Lovers F13
Goodreads Authorized W13/14
Nobel Prize W13/14
Julius Caesar Sp14
Lady Macbeth Sp14
Banned Su14
Dr Salk F14
Historical W14/15
Exiles and Emmigrants W14/15
Guardian 1000 W14/15
Penguin W14/15
Tried and True Sp15
Authors F15
Realistic Ratings W15/16
Single Word Sp16
Book Lovers Sp16
AutoBioMem Sp16
War Su16
Double Trouble W16/17
Obscure Awards W 16/17
For the Birds W 16/17
3,4, or 5 Sp 17
Gothic Authors F17
The House F17
I love Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Memoirs, and some Mystery/Thrillers. I don't read much Sci Fiction unless it's time travel or dystopia. I rarely read True Crime. When I read nonfiction, I like it to be written recently for most subjects so it's accurate (rather than a prize winner from years ago or books on a list). It's fun having occasional tasks so we can read short works like plays, poetry, novellas, etc. Thanks for all your hard work.
I may not always finish the sub-challenges but I always love planning for them. I like the Pick 'n' Mix for this fall. I also enjoy the awards sub-challenges like Awards of the Decade Sp17, and Awards by Country Sp 19.
Sub-challenges where we visit states or countries are good like Around the World Sp12, Travel the Pacific Rim W14, Reading Globally Sp15, Travel the US Sp 16
Lynn wrote: "Lynn - I will post a plan here. I will pretend that these are the books that I will read. Then I will willy-nilly disregard all the planning at my own peril.1. D1 Dune by [author..."
Lynn, I've read [book:The Alchemist|18144590], and it's set in Spain and Africa. Oh well, I guess we knew our plans would be changing!
My plan for the moment, including some alternates, although I'm sure it will be changed:A1 Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope by Gabrielle Giffords USA DONE
A4 The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson North Korea, Asia DONE
B2 A Garden Beyond Paradise by Rumi 1992 DONE
B3 Up at the Villa by W. Somerset Maugham 1941
C6 Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly multiple points of view DONE
D1 The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain time travel DONE
D5 The Long Flight Home by Alan Hlad historical fiction DONE
E3 Here We Are: American Dreams, American Nightmares by Aarti Namdev Shahani title is sentence DONE
E4 Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick non-generic subtitle DONE
F2 Wish You Were Here by Graham Swift or Ashenden by Elizabeth Wilhide or Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout or Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout or A Killer's Christmas in Wales by Elizabeth J. Duncan E-H
D2 The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel Mystery
F5 The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware Author name starts with R DONE
