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From Post 279Heather wrote: "20.5 -metafiction on first list
Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
+20 task
+10 combo (20.1 - Born 1922, 20.3 - lived to 84)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 200"
+5 Combo 10.8
10.9 - 5 letter nameEven White Trash Zombies Get the Blues by Diana Rowland
+10 task
+20 combo (10.8, 20.1, 20.9 (dad's an alcoholic), 20.10)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 275
10.10 Group ReadThe View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction by Neil Gaiman
+10 Task (Thanks for choosing this one, Denise! Loved it)
+10 Not-a-Novel
+5 Jumbo (522 pages)
+15 Combo (10.8--shelved as "fantasy" 26 times; 20.1--born 1960; 20.4--approved in thread)
(I wasn't sure if it would qualify for 10.6 since they're more essays than short stories, so took the cautious route)
Task total: 40
Season total: 525
20.3 - AgedLove Kills by Dan Greenburg
+20 task (born 1936 - 81 years old)
+5 Combo (20.1)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 315
20.1 LifetimePlease Mr Postman by Alan Johnson
+20 Task (born 1950)
+10 Not-a-novel (memoir)
Points this post: 30
RwS total: 230
PC total: -
Season Total: 230
10.4 AKAThe Silkworm (Cormoran Strike #2) by Robert Galbraith aka J.K. Rowling
10 Task
5 Combo (20.1 - GR author link noted born 1965)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 305
10.6 Keep it ShortThe Evening News by Tony Ardizzone
+10 task
+ 5 combo (20.1)
+10 not-a-novel
Task total=25
Grand total=560
finally getting around to claiming my December books....10.2 - It's All Relative
Old Man's War by John Scalzi
+10 Task
+10 combo (10.8 - 121 shelvings; 20.1 - born 1969)
10.3 - Listopia Reigns!Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
#259 on list
low lexile
+10 Task
10.4 - AKADeath of a Busybody by George Bellairs
pseudonym of Harold Blundell
+10 Task
+5 combo (20.3 - lived 1902 - 1982 = 80)
10.6 - Keep it ShortThe Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.8 - 153 shelvings; 20.1 - born 1976)
+10 Not a Novel (collection short stories, innit)
10.7 - For RealUneasy Lies the Head by Jean Plaidy
Henry VIII is pretty famous, I reckon
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.4 - AKA Eleanor Alice Burford; 20.3 - lived 1906 - 1993 = 87)
10.8 - Fantasy!Artemis by Andy Weir
75 shelvings
+10 Task
+10 Combo (20.1 - born 1972; 20.10 - 1st person narration)
10.9 - The Power of FiveSapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
YUVAL
+10 Task
+5 Combo (born 1976)
+10 Not a Novel (nonfiction history)
+10 LiT (approved - first pub in Hebrew)
20.6 - Literature MapThe Driver's Seat by Muriel Spark
+20 Task
+25 Combo (10.9 - SPARK; 20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4)
20.7 - It's Winter (or Summer?)Somebody at the Door by Raymond Postgate
set in UK in Jan = winter in N hemisphere
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.3 - lived 1896 - 1971 = 75)
20.10 - First PersonWhen Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
told in 1st person (both sides)
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.9 - MENON)
20.1 - LifetimeOne of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
she certainly looks like she was born within Spark's lifetime!
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.9 - KAREN; 20.10 - all four persepectives are told in 1st person)
20.1 - LifetimeGood As You: From Prejudice to Pride - 30 Years of Gay Britain by Paul Flynn (though I don't think GR has the right author)
born 1971, as deduced from info in the book - he turns 13 in 1984 (https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/fi...)
+20 Task
+10 NaN (nonfiction history)
+5 Combo (10.9 - FLYNN)
20.1 - LifetimeThe Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
born 1969
+20 Task
+5 combo (10.8 - 35 shelvings)
Total to here: 380
30.1 Holiday Bonus! Algeria
The Tongue's Blood Does Not Run Dry: Algerian Stories by Assia Djebar
This is a book of stories with 7 stories... 5 of which are solely set in Algeria (135 pages) and the other two set in both France and Algeria. (89 pages)
task=30
NaN=10
Lit=10
combo= 30 (10.4;10.6;10.9;20.1;20.3; 20.4-pending approval)
task total= 80
grand total=175
20.1 - LifetimeWinds of Change by Mercedes Lackey
born 1950
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.8 - 1000+ shelvings)
Season total = 430
Post 340 Ed wrote: "20.3 AgedThe Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy
task=20
combo=5 (20.10)
Not a Novel ?(GR has it listed as "short stories" but seems to be a novella to me)
LiT=10
WC-10
..."
This is a single story, so wouldn't qualify for 10.6 nor not-a novel.
15.10 - Page Count - Living AuthorsThe Last Herald-Mage by Mercedes Lackey
900 pages
Season total = 490
Post 350 Owlette wrote: "20.7 It's Winter...The Blue Fox by Sjón
+20 Task: more than 75% January-March in Iceland
+10 Combo (for now): 20.1 (born 1962), 10.8 (fantasy by 50 users) (a main ..."
Sjon appears to be a pseudonym, so this will also qualify for 10.4.
Thanks, Elizabeth, but I thought it was declined. Message 27 in task help thread says no good for pseudonym because:Owlette wrote: "How about Sjón?"
I think not, as it is an abbreviation/contraction of his real name.
10.9 The Power of Five (Ed's Task)Death in the Dentist's Chair by Molly Thynne
+10 Task (MOLLY)
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 210
Post 374 Cat wrote: "20.10 - First PersonWhen Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
told in 1st person (both sides)
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.9 - MENON)"
I'm sorry this is YA fiction at BPL with a Lexile of 700. Task, but no styles.
Post 376 Cat wrote: "20.1 - LifetimeOne of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
she certainly looks like she was born within Spark's lifetime!
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.9 - KAREN; 20.10 - al..."
I'm sorry, this is YA fiction at BPL and has a Lexile of 730. Task, but no styles.
Owlette wrote: "Thanks, Elizabeth, but I thought it was declined. Message 27 in task help thread says no good for pseudonym because:Owlette wrote: "How about Sjón?"
I think not, as it is an abbreviation/contrac..."
Well shows how good my memory is. Thanks for this and we'll go by my first decision when I apparently had my wits about me.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Owlette wrote: "Thanks, Elizabeth, but I thought it was declined. Message 27 in task help thread says no good for pseudonym because:Owlette wrote: "How about Sjón?"
I think not, as it is an abbr..."
Well shows how good my memory is. Thanks for this and we'll go by my first decision when I apparently had my wits about me.
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Will do; no pseudonym combo points for Mr. Sjón.
10.9 Power of FiveGone by Michael Grant
Grant is five letters in the author's last name.
Task +10
Low Lexile score 620 no styles
Grand Total: 130
15.4 Page CountThe Necessary Deaths by David C. Dawson
200 pages - living author
+15 task
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 510
20.1 LifetimeIslam: Religion, History, and Civilization by Seyyed Hossein Nasr
+20 task
+10 not a novel
+5 combo (20.3)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 545
Actually 550 total because of addition error earlier. Not updating all those entries, just noting here. Thank you.
20.4 DoctorateThe Abbess of Crewe by Muriel Spark
+20 Task
+25 Combo 10.9, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 20.6
Task Total: 45
Season Total: 675
15.5 Page CountThe Case of the Journeying Boy by Michael Innes
+15 Task (325 pages)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 690
Page Count15.1 2/3 short works totaling 75-150 pages
To Build a Fire by Jack London
32 pages
and
Reflections on Meditation: A Guide for Beginners by Robert Puff
98 pages
Total pages 130
Task points: 15
Challenge points: 60
Page Count15.3 150 - 199 pages
A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
182 pages
Task points: 15
Challenge points: 75
15.3 Page Count150-199 pages, Living Authors
I'd Like to Call for Help, but I Don't Know the Number: The Search for Spirituality in Everyday Life by Abraham J. Twerski
152 pages.
Task points: 15
Challenge points: 45
15.4 Page Count200-249 pages, Living Authors
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon
227 pages.
Task Points: 15
Challenge Points: 60
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Deedee wrote: "Task 10.7 For Real
Read a novel or play that features an actual famous person (artist, politician, explorer, singer, etc.).
For #10.7
Wild Bill Hickok was a prominent character for the first half..."
+5 Combo 20.3