Reading with Style discussion

20.4 - In honor of A Christmas Carol, read a novel that looks forward to the future,
OR a novel that looks backward to the past.

Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières

Reveiw:

This book was quite unlike anything I have read before. At first when I started I was not quite sure what to make of it, but I have to say as I continued to read I began to get really drawn into the story and it grew on me more and more. By the end I loved it and found the characters to be endearing. There were aspects of the book which reminded me of Catch-22 though it was not quite as absurd.

One of the things which I really enjoyed about this book was the way in which it gave the reader varrious different perspectives, and at times the narrative voice shifted as you were given glimpses of the lives of these varrious different characters which was interesting. Another thing I loved about the book was the humanity of it. This book was not truly about bad guys vs good guys, or who was right and wrong, and regardless of what ones views upon the war and individual governments were, this was a story about how the soldiers themselves were just human regardless of what side they found themselves fighting on. They all had thier own sorrows, and hopes and suffering and it explored the complex range of emotions created by the war.

It was a beautiful and heartbreaking book about the way in which life, love, and hope still go on even in times of greatest hardship and despair.


+20 Task
+5 Combo(20.3 - In honor of Great Expectations, a book that seems to be either beloved or despised)
+10 Review

Total Points: 35

Grand Total 160

Task 10.5 Under-rated
Witch Hunt

Good story as far as following a family all the way through history. You were able to see the good that began the family and how over time power caused them to fall away from their true spirituality. It takes a woman who finds herself forced into being a witch to take them back. However, the overall story is not very upbeat and ends basically where it begins with paranoia and threats from those who do not understand. I felt like it ended in the middle of the story and maybe it did.

+10 Task (49 ratings)
+10 Review

Task Total = 20

Grand Total = 20

15.4 CiV
S-T-U | 141-180/541-580 | 1977-1988

The Witness by Juan José Saer, 168 pgs, pub. 1983

+30 Task

Task total: 30
Grand Total: 255 points

10.9 11 in '11

The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers

Review:
This was a great read for New Year! Lord Peter Wimsey's car goes off the road in snow on New Year's Eve, leaving him stranded overnight in a remote Fenland village where he is persuaded to help ring in the New Year on the church bells. Some time later, a body is discovered and Lord Peter is called back to find out what really happened that night.
This is probably the third time I have read this book. It's one of my favourites by this author. Lord Peter, who is really rather silly in the early books, has become much more mature by this point in the series. I love the way Sayers evokes the flat, desolate land of the Fens.

+10 Task (option D: 11th in Lord Peter Wimsey series)
+10 Review
+10 Oldie 1862-1936 (pub.1934)

Task Total = 30

Grand Total = 715

20.10 Play the numbers
The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht

Review: There are so many themes at work it this book, the most prominent being how people deal with death. The weaving of the real and the mythological makes the story even more enticing to read. It is about a woman coping with the grief of losing her grandfather. She is searching elements of his past and reminiscing on the stories he told her in order to figure out what brought him to the place where he passed away. I was drawn to the authors depiction of how the individual characters rationalized their actions by moving back and forward through the characters histories. The story revolves around a country that is seemingly always at war and the affect that has the people and what those people carry with them as a result.

+20 Task (published in 2011)
+5 Combo (20.4 In honor of A Christmas Carol)
+10 Review

Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 35

20.2 (US & Ireland)
+20 pts (US/Ire)
+10 pts Review

Let the Great World Spin

This book was one that I happened to find on someone's reading list. I am always searching to find a book that is a little more thought provoking then most.

McCann is an Irish writer and this novel is mainly set in the Bronx but starts and ends in Ireland. The characters and how their lives intertwine or at the very list intercept, made for an interesting read. The trying lives of these characters (judge, hooker, monk) played on my emotions while the antics of the tightrope walker lifted my spirits.

McCann wrote this book in 2009 and very delicately, tied the World Trade Center buildings into the story line. He writes about a ficticious tightrope walker (based on Philippe Petit actual walk, 1974) to remind readers that there was something good or interesting to remember about those buildings before current tragedies happened. While this character performs his death defying stunts in the air, life still happens below, while the great world spins.

Loved this book.

Happy New Year, everyone!

CiV Challenge:

15.7 – 55 points:

Lady Oracle by Margaret Atwood /345 pgs./1976

A-B / 341-380/741-780 / 1965-1976

Task Total: 55

15.8 – 65 points:

Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy / 480 pgs. / 1895

G-H / 461-500/861-900 / 1892-1904

Task Total: 65

RwS Tasks:

20.3 – In honor of Great Expectations:

Exceeded Expectations List #149:

Geek Love by Katherine Dunn

I wouldn’t recommend this book to those who have to like the characters in a story, but if you can deal with that and enjoy reading about people who are truly different from the “norm” it is well written and engaging. The story revolves around the Binewski family and the Freak Show they run and inhabit. In fact, the parents created this family on purpose so that they could have this show. There is an aqua man, co-joined twins and our narrator, the hunchbacked albino, who serves the family, especially her brother Arturo(the aqua man). Some understandably unusual family dynamics emerge as Arturo’s power over the show and his family grows. I was completely drawn into the story of this family, but not as convinced by the present day story which I can’t go into without spoilers. Geek Love has been on my TBR list for a long time, and I’m so glad I read it, even though it isn’t for everyone!

+20 Task
+10 Review
Task Total: 30

20.9 – Krista’s Task – Take the High Road

Angel Burn by L.A. Weatherly 720 Lexile

I loved the premise of this story. The angels’ world could no longer support them, so they have come to earth to steal the life force of the humans and take over (most of the humans have not figured this out, however and worship the angels). They are beautiful, but most are definitely different from the protecting angel that is usually portrayed. The writing was strong, especially during the sections that described the angels and the action surrounding the hero, Alex, and heroine, Willow. I thought the writing weakened when the author wrote the romance scenes. The vocabulary and even the sentence structure seemed to become more simplistic, repetitive and a bit “drawn out”. It was still good, but just felt a little stilted to me. I also enjoyed the “road trip” element of the book as Alex and Willow tried to escape danger and stop the angel takeover. I’d recommend Angel Burn to anyone who likes paranormal books. It’s the first of a planned trilogy, but still has a sense of completion, too, which I liked. I’m looking forward to Angel Fire, out later this month!

+20 Task
+10 Review
+ 5 Combo: 20.10 Play the Numbers (2010)
Task Total: 35

Points this Post: 185
Grand Total: 830

20.10 Play the Numbers

A Simple Amish Christmas by Vannetta Chapman

+20 Task (pub.2010)
+ 5 Combo (10.5 Underrated)

Task Total = 25

Grand Total = 740

20.9 - Take the High Road

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie

+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.6)


20.10 - Play the Numbers

Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner

+20 Task (published in 2011)


Posting Total = 45 points

Grand Total = 165 points

10.6 Uncommon Letter

I read Dreaming in English by Laura Fitzgerald (Letter "Z").

+ 10 points

My review:
This was a great little love story about a girl from Iran and a boy from America. Of course, it all starts with a greencard! This is part of a series (again, picked it up on a clearance rack and did not know that)….and I will be looking up the rest of the series soon! There are so many wonderful things about this book besides the main storyline…how this Iranian girl views America, its freedoms, and her desire to be a part of it all is so beautifully written! There are several twists and turns (and definitely meddling from family and exes) that make the story even more interesting! There are wonderful things added about the cultures as well. I highly recommend it!

+ 10 points
+ 5 Combo 20.10 (published in 2010 and 2011)
+ 5 Combo 20.2 (more than one country: USA/IRAN/PERSIA)
+5 Combo 10.5 (257 ratings)
=35 task points

GRAND TOTAL: 430 Points

Task 10.7: - What's Your Personality Type?:
Mine is: ISTJ :: ST

The Train of Small Mercies (2011) by David Rowell (Hardcover, 260 pages)
Review: The concept was good: tell stories of people waiting to see the funeral train of Robert F. Kennedy go by in 1968. The execution just didn't work. The author took 6 sets of people (who do not ever get to know each other) and writes about a slice of life for each set, a slice which includes brief intersections with the funeral train. The people in the slices didn't seem like real people -- just names with situations. The events didn't seem rooted in the 1960s -- it could have been 1978 or 1988 as easily as it was 1968. And, unexpectedly, two sets of situations involved (view spoiler)[ threatening the life of a young child (hide spoiler)], which if I had realized before reading the book I wouldn't have read the book. Not recommended.

+ 10 Task
+ 10 Style: 1. Combo (5 points) (also fits: 10.5 (underrated), 20.10 (pub. 2010))
+ 10 Style: 2. Review (10 points):

Task Total: 10 + 10 + 10 = 30

Grand Total: 460 + 30 = 490

Task 20.2 More than One Country

I read The Wishing Trees by John Shors. (Takes place in USA, China, Thailand, Vietnam, and others)

+ 20 points
+ 5 combo 10.8 Asian Country
+ 5 combo 10.5 ratings (255)
+ 5 combo 20.10 (published 2010)

My review:
This book reminded me so much of the YA series about the blue envelopes. This is the story of a mother who has died and left instructions for her husband and daughter. Their instructions are to take the same journey that she and her husband took years ago when they met, fell in love, and became a couple. They travel from country to country sharing memories of the couple and making new ones together. She has written them letters with poems, special instructions, memories, etc. to read in each country. It is a touching story about dealing with the grief of loss and the discovery of the joy of living with the memories.

+ 10 points
= 45 task points

GRAND TOTAL: 475 Points (I think!)

20.10 Play the Numbers - The Fall by Guillermo del Toro

I really enjoyed the first book in this trilogy and had high hopes for this second book, The Fall and knowing of course that there is a third. This novel starts off pretty much where the first story ends and along the way some new characters join us. Alas midway through, not that this had nothing to do with my review, but I, for the first time ever, dropped this book into the tub. Not just lightly but totally submerged. Yes, Merry Christmas to me. So needless to say, I had to take a break from said book and make way for something else but I finally got back to it before the end of the year. The story was well written and ended off with questions that were answered and more questions asked. Looking forward to the third to tie up this riveting series!

+20 Task (published in 2010)
+10 Review

Task Total=30
Grand Total=135 pts

10.7 What's Your Type-ENFJ-EJ
"Lean Mean Thirteen" by Janet Evanovich

Review-http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40...

Task +10
Style +10 Review
Book Points: 20
Grand Points: 255

15.4 CiV

S-T-U | 141-180/541-580 | 1953-1964

When the Lion Feeds by Wilbur A. Smith

544pp. p.1964

+30 Task

Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 150

10.6 The Uncommon Letter

Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal by Julie Metz



"Perfection" is precisely what she thinks she has in the beginning: a handsome husband, darling daughter, gorgeous home complete with garden, rewarding work, a large circle of friends. Everything comes crashing down one afternoon in January when her husband suddenly dies. Julie takes us by the hand and guides us through the quickly descending circles of hell that she experiences following his death and the discovery of his secret life. This is a story of betrayal and heartbreak and, finally, of healing. There were times when I wasn't in love with the narrative voice, but the story was so compelling it was easy to overlook.

+10 Task (Julie Metz)
+10 Review
+5 Combo
-10.3 Home for the Holidays (NYC)

Task Total = 25

Grand Total = 195

Task 20.8 - Fictional fiction

Firebird (Alex Benedict #6) (2011) by Jack McDevitt (Hardcover, 384 pages)

This book is set in 11,321 C.E. (used to be A.D.), over 9,000 years in the future. Each chapter starts with a quotation from a fictional book.
Kosha Malkeva, The Road to Babylon, 3376 C. E. (Common Era – used to be A. D.)
Robin, Christopher - Multiverse
Grammery, Ferris - Famous Ghosts of Dellaconda
Taylor, Henry - The Statesman, 6712 C . E.
A book written about Alex Benedict “by an author I won’t bother to name” Destiny’s Thief
Etc;

Not sure what the policy on 20.2 is – the characters travel to different planets at different times throughout the novel. Each planet has their own government; and, most of the governments belong to an overarching government (similar to Belgium and France belonging to the European Union).

Review:This is the 6th novel in the author’s “Alex Benedict” series. Alex Benedict is an antiquities dealer, specializing in items related to famous people and big events. He does his own research whenever he is offered items that purport to be connected to such events --- (motive: his reputation would suffer if he offered his customers fakes) --- and when he does the research, he usually solves the mysteries associated with such events. The first person narrator is his assistant, a young-ish lady who doubles as his starship captain when travelling to other planets. This series is a perfect blend of science fiction (New Planets! Alien species! Technological advances! Near-sentient computers!) and the garden-variety detective story (Red Herrings! Witnesses with something to hide! Unexplained disappearances!). 5*s

+20 Task
+ 20 Style: 1. Combo (5 points each) (also fits: 10.5 underrated, 20.2 two cities, 20.4 future (11,321 C.E.), 20.10 (“2011”))
+ 10 Style: 2. Review (10 points):

Task Total: 50

Grand Total: 490 + 50 = 540

Deedee wrote: "Not sure what the policy on 20.2 is – the characters travel to different planets at different times throughout the novel...."

For 20.2, the two countries should be real countries, so Firebird does not qualify for combo points.

Liz M wrote: "Deedee wrote: "Not sure what the policy on 20.2 is – the characters travel to different planets at different times throughout the novel...."

For 20.2, the two countries should be real countries, s..."

ok fine

535 total points

20.2 Tale of Two Cities

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern



"The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not."

This story follows the battle between two magicians. The arena for their showdown: a circus. As night falls, the doors to the circus open. You feel as if you are walking through a black and white picture, even the grass has been painted. As you make your way through the labyrinth of striped tents, your senses and sense of reality are challenged and delighted, displays of color and illusion and memory and wish. As the sun peeps over the horizon, the circus closes its doors until night falls once more.

While the attractions at the circus are absolute confections and brilliantly constructed, it's the characters Morgenstern imagined that I most loved. From the dueling magicians who are only pawns themselves to the twins born the night the circus first opened its doors, I fell madly for each of the characters.

Morgenstern has created a world I would love to join, to see with my own eyes the amazing spectacles she has described and to become friends with the dizzying array of humanity she has assembled in this gem of a debut.

+20 Task (mainly US and England)
+10 Review
+10 Combo
-10.3 Home for the Holidays (NYC)
-20.10 Play the Numbers (pub. 2011)

Task Total = 40

Grand Total = 235

Task 20.4 Christmas Carol

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Review: The Night Circus is like no other book I've ever read. The style the narrative takes is like clockwork, moving forward and backward in time in a way that at first disconcerts the reader but ultimately makes sense in an alarmingly beautiful way. The pacing is perfect and grips the reader. However, I wouldn't call it a page-turner in the traditional sense, as I felt compelled to savor the beautiful, pristine imagery Morgernstern crafts in this innovative, fantastic novel that is about life and dreams, love and fortune. I plan to re-read this brilliantly-crafted novel as soon as possible, and I would recommend it to any who enjoys well-written prose, along with a compelling narrative.

+20 Task (Set in the late 1800s to early 1900s)
+5 Combo (20.2 Tale of Two Cities-Set in England and US)
+5 Combo (20.10 Play the numbers-Published in 2011)
+10 Review

Task Total = 40

Grand Total = 40

Task 20.10: Play the Numbers (pub. 2011)

I read The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan

REVIEW:
I wasn't sure what to expect, but this was a quick and easy read. The book was written in first person narration with dictionary entries to describe the entire relationship. Several of the entries were confusing to me and I wasn't even sure how they flowed with the others. Also, several of the entries seemed incomplete but then another entry later on would explain further. I read the book in a couple of hours on Kindle, but I'm not sure I would have invested money in the hardback version.

+20: task
+10: review
+30: task total

RwS TOTAL: 135

15.5 CiV
C-D | 301-340/701-740 | 1892-1904

The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service
by Erskine Childers, 334 pgs, pub. 1903

+35 Task

Task total: 35
Grand Total: 290 points

RwS
10.5 Underrated
Not a Girl Detective by Susan Kandel

251 ratings

+10 Task

20.9 Take the High Road
"Angel" in the title

Snow Angels by James Thompson

+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.5 Underrated-535 ratings)

CiV

15.6 Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

V-W-X-Y-Z; 181-220; 1917-1928

+45 Task

Post Total: 80
Season Total: 620

CiV
15.6
P-Q-R, 301-340, 1965-1976


The Fortunate Pilgrim by Mario Puzo, read on my Kindle, unpaginated, but most popular version gives 304 pages

+45 task

Grand Total = 315

CiV 15.6
Night Shift by Stephen King 326 pgs. first published 1979

I-J-K; 301-340/701-740; 1977-1988

My Review

+45 Task
Previous Total: 265
New Grand Total: 310

CiV
15.1 V-W-X-Y-Z, 1892-1904, 101-140 pgs
Edith Wharton - Bunner Sisters, 1900, 101 pgs
Bunner Sisters

15 points

15.2 C-D, 1905-1916, 141-180 pgs
Arthur Conan Doyle - The Valley of Fear, 1914, 176 pgs
The Valley of Fear

20 points

15.3 G-H, 1929-1940, 181-220 pgs
Erle Stanley Gardner - Case of the Velvet Claws,1933, 216 pgs
The Case of the Velvet Claws

25 points

15.4 S-T-U, 1917 - 1928, 221-260 pgs
Dorothy Sayers - Cloud of Witness - 1926 - 248 pgs
Clouds of Witness

30 points

Total Points This Post: 90
Tasks Completed: 7
Total Points: 125
Books Read: 7

10.5 Underrated - book that has fewer than 1,000 ratings - Betrayal of Trust (Beaumont #20) by JA Jance - 529 rating

Betrayal of Trust

10 points

20.1 Play the numbers
Fatal Error (Ali Reynolds #6) by JA Jance - 2011

Fatal Error

20 points

Points This Post: 30
Tasks Completed: 9
Total Points: 155
Books Read: 9

Norma wrote: "10.5 Underrated - book that has fewer than 1,000 ratings - Betrayal of Trust (Beaumont #20) by JA Jance - 529 rating

Betrayal of Trust

10 points"

+5 combo points 20.10 as it was published in 2011.

CiV 15.6
Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales by Stephen King pub 2002 - 459 pgs

I,J,K - 461-500pgs - 2001-2012
421 - 460pgs

+45 pts - Task
240 pts - Grand Total

Rebekah wrote: "CiV 15.6
Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales by Stephen King pub 2002 - 459 pgs

I,J,K - 461-500pgs - 2001-2012

+45 pts - Task
240 pts - Grand Total


"

If this is supposed to fit the 461-500 page task, then at 459 pages is a bit short.

10.7 What's Your Type-ENFJ-EJ-"Fearless Fourteen" by Janet Evanovich

Task +10
Style: +10 Review

Review
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total: 20
Grand Total:275

20.07 -

Canadian author

Also Falls under Great Expectations challenge

+ 5 for task completion

+ 5 for multi category
Task Total = 10

Grand Total = 10

*Am I doing this right? this is the first time I've posted. Help if you can *

20.10 - Sam’s Task - Play the numbers
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Published in 2011

+ 20 Task
+ 15 Combo : 20.7 (USA), 20.4, 20.2
Task Total = 30

10.9 - Kate's Task - 11 in '11
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Option A

+ 10 Task
+ 10 Combo : 20.8, 10.7 (ESFJ)
Task Total = 20

20.2 - Tale of Two Cities
Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
UK, Japan

+ 20 Task
+ 5 Combo : 20.8
Task Total = 25

20.8 - Liz M’s Task - Fictional fiction
The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde
+ 20 Task
Task Total = 20

Grand Total = 95

Sarah wrote: "20.07 -

Canadian author

Also Falls under Great Expectations challenge

+ 5 for task completion

*Am I doing this right? this is the first time I've posted. Help if you can *


+ 5 for multi category
Task Total = 10

Grand Total = 10

*Am..."

Sarah, the tasks number 10.X are worth 20 points, and the tasks numbered 20.X are worth 20 points, so you shorted yourself 15 points for this book! But yes, you've got it basically correct.

20.7 Baby it's cold outside
I read The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

Review:

I am not sure where to start with this review/opinion. Jeffrey Eugenides has a unique voice which is strong but wavers every once and awhile. I am huge fan of Sofia Coppola's version of this story, which was brought to life in her 1999 film. I have seen the movie more times than I can count so I think by reading the novel more than 10 years after the movie release and from knowing the movie so well I am a bit tainted.

The novel is dark and brooding through out with little glimmers of light, which connects the reader back to the story. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the story and I have recommended the novel to many friends who have not seen the movie and I look forward to hearing their opinions.

+20 Task (US Author)
+5 Combo (10.4- #7 in Crazy Love list)
+10 Review

Task Total = 35

New Grand Total = 150

Don wrote: "The Handmaid and the Carpenter by Elizabeth Bert, 176 pgs., 967 ratings, publ. 2006

+10 Task 10.5 Underrated
+5 Combo (uncommon letter)
+5 Task 20.4 Looks back to the past

not sure if this is right"

You have all the information right; it's the presentation that could be a bit better:

Task 10.5 - Underrated
The Handmaid and the Carpenter by Elizabeth Berg, 967 ratings

+10 task
+10 Combo (10.6 - uncommon letter, 20.4 - Christmas Carol)
Task Total = 20

Grand total = 45

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Please put the task # at the top of the post
Each book can only earn task points once, it if fits more than one task, it gets combo points

Anika wrote: "Changing task for The Dovekeepers (original posting message #227)

Instead of fulfilling 20.10 Sam's Task: Play the Numbers, I would like to have it fill the task for 20.4 A Christm..."

Done.

itpdx wrote: "CiV 15.5
The Coast Watchers by Eric A. Feldt first published 1946, 240 pages

My Review

E-F;221-260/621-660;1941-1952

+35 Task
Previous Total: 230
New Grand Total:..."

The book you linked does not have page numbers listed, and the other edition has 424 pages...?

I need to do some research to see why there is such a big discrepancy between your edition & the other editions with listed page numbers (Amazon has it at 424 pages & I can't find it in my library system).

Liz M wrote: "itpdx wrote: "CiV 15.5
The Coast Watchers by Eric A. Feldt first published 1946, 240 pages

My Review

E-F;221-260/621-660;1941-1952

+35 Task
Previous Total: 230
Ne..."

Liz, I did research on this for itpdx. This is the correct book, from the Civ thread (see msg 23).

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Liz, I did research on this for itpdx. This is the correct book, from the Civ thread (see msg 23)...."

Ooops. Thanks! This is what happens when one gets so behind in the score-keeping (silly holiday vacation without computer!)

I just didn't want to spend any more time with this. So sorry you didn't have a computer, I know that means you got to do a lot more reading. ;-)

Camille wrote: "Task 20.7: Baby, It's Cold Outside

I read Heartless by Gail Carriger born in the US..."

+5 combo for 20.4 - A Christmas Carol

Leigh wrote: "10.10 Group Reads

The Tragedy of Arthur by Arthur Phillips..."

+5 combo for 20.8 - Fictional Fiction

Kate S wrote: "The Tenth Justice by Brad Meltzer-first book by an author who has published 11 books or more

+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.6-uncommon letter)..."

+5 combo 20.6 - Bleak House (main character is a Law Clerk for a Judge)

Karen GHHS wrote: "Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall by KaZuo Ishiguro

+10 Task
+10 Review
+10 Combo: 10.8 Chinese New Year (Asian Author) / Tale of Two Cities (England & Italy)

Task Total: 30"

+5 combo 10.6 - Uncommon Letter


Karen GHHS wrote: "10.9 – Kate’s Task – 11 in ’11
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

+10 Task
+10 Review
+10 Oldies: 76 to 150 years old: published 1920

Task Total: 30..."

+5 combo 20.10 - Play the Numbers

Deana wrote: "Task 20.10 Play the numbers

I read Beyond Summer by Lisa Wingate. It was published in 2010.

+ 20 points
+ 10 points
= 30 task points ..."

+5 combo points for 10.5 - Underrated

Camille wrote: "Task 20.5: David Copperfield (autobiography)

I read Bobblehead Dad: 25 Life Lessons I Forgot I Knew by Jim Higley..."

Unfortunately this book does not qualify as an autobiography. It has a Dewey decimal number in the 362 in the Social Sciences and Amazon classifies it as self-help.

It fits 20.7 - US Author, 20.10 - Play the Numbers, and 10.5 - Underrated. Let me know which task you'd like to use.

Rachelccameron wrote: "A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

+20 Task (published 1843)
+5 Combo 20.4 Christmas Carol
+10 Review
+15 Oldies 1762-1861 (pub. 1843)

Task Total: 50 pts..."

Weirdly, A Christmas Carol should not qualify for task 20.4 (three of five sections are set in the present and the future section doesn't seem to be more than 25 years in the future), but we're going to make an exception & allow it to qualify for the task it inspired.

Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "10.7 What's Your Type-ENFJ-EJ I read "Twelve Sharp" by Janet Evanovich

Task +10
Style +10 (Review)
Book Total: 20
Grand Total: 210..."

With post 264, your total should have been 210 points. With the 20 points claimed in post 298, your Grand Total is 230 points (as of post 300).