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Christmas in Vegas 2: Roulette Sample Post15.2 CiV 2
The House of the Dead by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Bet: Even
Squares: 10, 22, 36
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
15.1 CiV 2I love to re-read this one every December!
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Bet: High
Squares: 24,27,29
24: Historical Fiction 440 Users / 27: Born 1812 / 29: Born February 7
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 15
15.9 CiV 2"I come from the valley" by Joan Finnigan
Bet: 1st Column
Squares: 1, 7, 31
ETA
Task Total:
Grand Total:
10.6 Obscure AwardsThe Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
ALA Alex Award 2003
task =10
combo= 5 (10.2 Fforde)
total=15
grand total =15
20.4 AMember of the WeddingLittle Altars Everywhere by Rebecca Wells #109 on list
+20 - task
+ 5 - combo (10.2)
+ 5 - oldies (1992)
Task total - 30
Grand Total - 30 pts
20.2 LGBTThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
task = 20
combo= 5 (10.6-Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award 2006)
total= 25
grand total =40
20.6 The Heart is a Lonely HunterWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee
+20 task
+5 oldies
+10 Not a Novel
+15 combos (10.2 - Albee, 10.3 - 1962, 20.2 - approved)
Task Total = 50
Grand Total = 50
20.6 The Heart is a Lonely Hunter I Curse the River of Time by Per Petterson
+20 Task
+ 15 Combo (10.2, 10.4-Norway/Denmark, 10.6 Nordic Council Literature Prize)
+10 LiT
Task Total = 45
Grand Total = 45
10.3 20/16/2017Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd by Alan Bradley
+20 - Task
+ 5 - Combo (20.6)
Task total - 15
Grand Total - 45 pts
10.2 Double TroubleTen White Geese by Gerbrand Bakker
+10 task
+10 combo (10.6 obscure awards, 10.8 for the birds)
+10 lost in translation (from Dutch)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 30
10.2 - Double TroubleA Date at the Altar by Cathy Maxwell
+10 task (Maxwell)
+5 combo (10.3 - pub 2016)
Task total: 15 points
Grand total: 15 points
Task 10.3 2016/17 Read any book originally published in a year that includes at least two of the numbers 1, 6, and 7.
The Glorious Ones: A Novel (1974) by Francine Prose (Hardcover, 175 pages)
+10 Task
+05 Oldies -25 to 75 years old: (1942-1992)
Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15
Grand Total: 00 + 15 = 15
15.1 CiV 2The Duppy by Anthony C. Winkler
Bet: High
Squares: 22, 29, 32
Date of birth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony...
+15 Task
Task Total=15
Season total=15
15.1 CiV 2Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf
Bet: Even
Squares: 10, 18, 22
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Grand Total = 60
20.8 Shirley Jackson Amanda's TaskThe Cubs and Other Stories by Mario Vargas Llosa
task = 20
combo = 5 (10.2 Llosa)
LiT= 10 (Spanish)
Not a novel=10
Oldie =5 (1959)
task total= 50
grand total= 90
Task 20.8 Shirley Jackson Read a book in which the title contains the phrase "and other stories".
The First Person: and Other Stories (2008) by Ali Smith (Hardcover, 207 pages)
+20 Task
+05 Combo (#20.1 LGBT)
+10 Not-a-Novel: short story collections
Task Total: 20 + 05 + 10 = 35
Grand Total: 15 + 35 = 50
15.1 CiV 2A Death in the Sánchez Family by Oscar Lewis
Bet: 3rd Dozen
Squares: 25, 31, 34
task =15
grand total = 105
20.6 Heart is a lonely HunterTell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
+20 task
+5 combo (10.6 obscure award ALA Alex Award)
Task Total = 25
Grand total = 25
15.1 CiV 2Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Bet: 2nd Dozen
Squares: 13, 16, 18
Task total: 15
Grand total: 15
15.1 - CiV 2Black Dogs by Ian McEwan
Bet: 1st Dozen
Squares: 4, 7, 9
+15 task
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 15
15.2 - CiV 2Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood
Bet: Red
Squares: 1 (set 100% in Canada), 32, 34
+20 task
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 35
20.6 - The Heart Is a Lonely HunterTell It to a Stranger by Elizabeth Berridge
+20 task (approved)
+10 combo (10.2, 10.3 1947)
+10 not a novel (short stories)
+ 5 oldies
Task Total: 45
Season Total: 80
10.1 - Square PegWhite Heat by M.J. McGrath
+10 task (approved)
Task Total: 10
Season Total so far:
CIV 2Redoubtby Mercedes Lackey
Bets used: 28, 35, 36 (female author, 301-350pp, Title starts with R)
Task +15
Book Total:15
Grand Total: 15
P.S. I checked the Brooklyn Public Library site and this book is not listed as Young Adult even though Goodreads lists it in its main page. I also couldn't find it listed in the lexile score.
15.1 Roulettebet: high sq. 22, 26, 34
The Winter Lodge by Susan Wiggs
15 task
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15
Yay, I'm on the board!
Running total: 15
20.1 Carson McCullers:The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde
task = 20
combo= 10 (10.3- 1887; 20.2)
oldie = 10 (1887)
task total = 40
grand total= 145
20.3 Illumination and NightglareJust Kids by Patti Smith
+20 - Task
+10 - Combo (10.6 -National Book Award and NAIBA Book of the Year both in 2010, 20.5)
+10 - Not a Novel
Task Total - 40 pts
Grand Total - 85 pts
10.4 ScandinaviaFaceless Killers by Henning Mankell
+10 Task (Set in Sweden)
+10 LiT
+10 Combo (10.2, 10.6)
+5 Oldies (1991)
Task Total: 35
Season Total: 50
20.3 IlluminationThe Outsider: My Life in Intrigue by Frederick Forsyth
+20 Task
+10 Not-a-Novel
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 80
20.2 - LGBTDepraved Heart by Patricia Cornwell
+ 20 task
+ 5 Combo (10.2)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 50
15.1 CiV 2: Bet on OddCafé Scheherazade by Arnold Zable
ODD: 7 (232 pages) | 21 (b. 10 Jan 1947) | 31 (103 ratings)
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 15
15.2 Roulettebet low: sq. 3, 7, 8
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
20 task
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20
Running total: 35
20.9 Reading Resolutions Kate S's TaskHag-Seed by Margaret Atwood
+20 task
+15 combo (20.7, 10.2, 10.3)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 35
15.2 CiV 2The Trial Of Sören Qvist by Janet Lewis
Bet: Even
Squares: 10, 18, 28
+20 Task
Season Total=35
20.3 Illumination and Night Glare: The Unfinished Autobiography of Carson McCullersThe Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin
task =20
combo=5 (10.3- 1791)
not a novel =10
oldie = 15 (1791)
task total = 50
grand total =195
10.2 Double TroubleSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
task =10
combo= 10 (10.3-1969; 10.6- Chicago Publishers' Award Winners 1970)
oldie = 5 (1969)
task total = 25
grand total = 220
15.3 CiV 2The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson
Bet: Column 1
Squares: 7, 10, 22
Task total: 25
Grand total: 60
20.6 The Heart is a Lonely HungerMy Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
task=20
combo=5 (10.3 2016/2017)
Task total= 25
Season/grand total=
15.1 CiV 1The Mathematician's Shiva by Stuart Rojstaczer
Bet: Reds
Squares: 9, 14, 34
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Season total: 15
Post 43 Ed wrote: "10.2 Double TroubleSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
task =10
combo= 10 (10.3-1969; 10.6- Chicago Publishers' Award Winners 1970)
oldie = 5 (1969)
task total = 2..."
I'm sorry, Ed. This doesn't qualify for 10.6 because it was nominated for the Hugo, which is one of the excluded awards.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 43 Ed wrote: "10.2 Double TroubleSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
task =10
combo= 10 (10.3-1969; 10.6- Chicago Publishers' Award Winners 1970)
oldie = 5 (19..."
oops...I forgot about the nominations.
20.3 Illumination and Night Glare: The Unfinished Autobiography of Carson McCullersA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future...: Twists and Turns and Lessons Learned by Michael J. Fox (approved)
Task=20
combo=5 (20.6 --the title is a complete sentence)
not a novel=10
Task Total=35
Grand/Season Total =
15.1 CiV2The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley
Bet - Even
Squares - 10 - 16 - 18
Task total: 15
Grand total: 50
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20.1 Carson McCullers
The Complete Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant, Part One by Guy de Maupassant
+20 Task (1850-1893)
+ 5 Combo (10.2)
+10 LiT
+10 Not a Novel (Stories)
+10 Oldies (1902)
+ 5 Jumbo (520 pgs)
Task Total = 60