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15.1 Listopia TagThe Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
Best science fiction # 279
tag: speculative-fiction
+15 task
Task total = 15
Points total = 70
15.3 Listopia TagThe Optimist's Guide to Letting Go by Amy E. Reichert
+15 Task (from this list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... , using the tag "releases")
Task total: 15
Season total: 375
10.3 AwardsThe Vanishing Velázquez: A 19th Century Bookseller's Obsession with a Lost Masterpiece
James Tait Black
+10 - Task
+10 - Combo (20.9,20.10)
+10 - Female Author
Task Total - 30
Season Total - 825
From Post 431Lalitha wrote: "20.3 Gold Coast
Brotherhood of Warriors: Behind Enemy Lines with a Commando in One of the World's Most Elite Counterterrorism Units by Aaron Cohen
Task +20
Combo +1..."
Sorry, Lalitha, 20.4 is only for debut novels, as this is non-fiction, it does not work for 20.4. Reading the reviews, it looks like this is a memoir, after reading it, did you find it to be more memoir-ish or broader than that?
From Post 432Ann wrote: "10.10 Group Reads
Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag
+10 task
Task total = 10
Grand total = 580"
+10 Combo 10.8K, 10.9
From Post 433June wrote: "10.10- Group Reads
Killers of the Flower Moon: Oil, Money, Murder and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
Task: 10
Combo: 10 (20.9, 10.5- published in 2017)
Post..."
+5 Combo 10.6
From Post 443Sam wrote: "10.5 - Inferno
The House in the Hills - Rowan Hanlon
+10 task
Post total: 10
Grand total: 25"
+5 Combo 20.4
Kate S wrote: "From Post 431Lalitha wrote: "20.3 Gold Coast
Brotherhood of Warriors: Behind Enemy Lines with a Commando in One of the World's Most Elite Counterterrorism Units by [author:Aaron C..."
I felt the book was broader than mere memoirs especially towards the last chapters where he talks about the spirit of military etc. I am afraid these are grey areas. Not sure what I can claim for this one.
Lalitha wrote: "I felt the book was broader than mere memoirs especially towards the last chapters where he talks about the spirit of military etc. I am afraid these are grey areas. Not sure what I can claim for this one."Sounds good. Just wanted to make sure I asked the question. I will take it for 20.9.
10.3 AwardsNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Task +10
Combo +5 (10.4)
Task total = 15
Season total (assuming that the previous post cuts off the combo points ) = 185+15 = 200
Based on the above, I have edited the points in this post.
Heather wrote: "Kate S wrote: "From Post 341Heather wrote: "15.5 - listopia tag
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
#175 on https://www.goodreads.com/list/s..."
There was an error on my part and I correted it. Although, there is also an error in post 227. Female style is only for RwS tasks this season, not for LT tasks. Your score should be correct next Readerboard update.
10.3 Awards = James Tait Black Award 2010The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli
10 task
10 female author
5 combo 20.4
____
25
Running total: 510
10.9 BronteThe Grave's a Fine and Private Place by Alan Bradley
+10 Task
+5 Combo 10.5 - published 2018
Task Total: 15 pts
Grand Total: 120 pts
20.9 Tom WolfeDavid and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell
+ 20 Task
Grand Total: 140 pts
20.5 - NemesisAn Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim
+20 task (dystopia by way of a flu epidemic)
+10 combo (10.5, 20.4)
+10 female
Task total: 40 points
Grand total: 295 points
15.4 Listopia TagGlass Houses by Louise Penny
+15 Task (from this Listopia: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1..., using the tag "mystery")
Task total: 15
Season total: 390
10.6 Cloud AtlasKillers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
+10 Task ("Moon")
+15 Combo (10.5--pub. 2017; 10.10; 20.9)
Task total: 25
Season total: 415
10.4 Book Lover’s Day#42 as of 7/19:
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
+10 Task
+10 Female
+5 Jumbo (648 pages)
+5 Combo (20.7)
Task total = 30
+100 RwS Finish. (OMG! Never even came close before!)
Grand total = 690. (See post 482 for correction)
Ann wrote: "10.4 Book Lover’s Day#42 as of 7/19:
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
+10 Task
+10 Female
+5 Jumbo (648 pages)
+5 Combo (20.7)
Task total = 30
+100 RwS Finish. (O..."
Well done, Ann!
15.7 Listopia TagThe Calcutta Chromosome: A Novel of Fevers, Delirium & Discovery by Amitav Ghosh
Can be found on this list https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4... (#83) with the tag of: ethnic
+15 Task
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 760
Oops - I was so excited to finish that I forgot how to add.I was at 610 per the readerboard after some corrections.
Task total for post 479 = 640
+ 100 RwS = Grand total 740
Ann wrote: "10.4 Book Lover’s Day
#42 as of 7/19:
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
+10 Task
+10 Female
+5 Jumbo (648 pages)
+5 Combo (20.7)
Task total = 30
+100 RwS Finish. (O..."
Listopia Tag 15.3Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
Can be found on "Funny Women Memoirs" at #2 on the list with the tag of biography.
Task Points: 15
Grand Total: 110
20.4 The Piano TeacherThe Truth About Alice by Jennifer Mathieu
YA 900L
+20 Task
+10 Female
+5 Multiple
Post Total: 35
Season Total: 515
10.6 Cloud AtlasRain of Gold by Victor Villaseñor
task=10
Jumbo=5 (576p.)
combo 20.4?- the author has two novels credited with 1991 publication dates. I can't discern which was published first.
task total=15
grand total= 380
15.5 Listopia TagScrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick
+15 Task (from this Listopia: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1..., using the tag "feminist")
+5 Not-a-novel
Task total: 20
Season total: 435
20.6 Winter's TaleThe Surrogate's Unexpected Miracle by Alison Roberts
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.5 -- 2017; 10.9; 20.7 -- New Zealand)
+5 Multiple
+10 Female
Task Total: 50
Season Total: 510
15.6 Listopia TagThe Pursuit Of... by Courtney Milan
(38,000 words as per goodreads blurb)
#55 on this list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Using the tag erotica
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 525
20.7 AmbassadorThe Wedding Planner and the CEO by Alison Roberts
+20 Task -- born in New Zealand
+5 Combo (10.9)
+10 Female
Task Total: 35
Season Total: 560
15.1 Listopia TagHillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance
The Post-Trump Big Questions Canon https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Canon tag - Class
+15 pts - Task
+5 pts - Non Fiction
Task Total - 20 pts
Season Total - 845 pts
20.4 Piano TeacherThe Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
+20 Task
+10 Female
+ 5 Multiple
Task Total = 35
Season Total = 240
20.6 Winter’s TalePenric's Fox by Lois McMaster Bujold
+20 Task
+15 Combo 10.5, 10.8, 10.9
+5 Multiple
+10 Female Author
Task Total: 50
Season Total: 810
I'd like to switch post 315 from Listopia 15.2 to 20.2 Track of the Cat
O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
tagged 50 times as Western
task=20
female author=10
task total=30
grand total= 390
Task 15.5 The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror (2018) by Mallory Ortberg
List:
Most Anticipated Releases No YA
132nd out of 420 books — 631 voters as of July 20, 2018
Tag:
cant-wait
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 175 + 15 = 190
15.6 Listopia TagDark Matter by Blake Crouch
Book can be found on this list: Original Stories (4,732 books | 7,731 voters) (#934) with the tag of: original
+15 Task
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 530
20.8 Summer Nights (Karin's Task)Green Darkness by Anya Seton
Published 1972 & forbidden love (view spoiler)
+20 Task
+10 Female
+5 Jumbo (591 pages)
Post Total: 35
Season Total: 565
15.2 Listopia Summer by Edith Wharton
Found at #230 on: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
Tag - female
Task + 15
Pre-1979 +5
Season Total = 200+20 = 220
Post 485 Ed wrote: "10.6 Cloud AtlasRain of Gold by Victor Villaseñor
task=10
Jumbo=5 (576p.)
combo 20.4?- the author has two novels credited with 1991 publication dates. I can't disce..."
I can't tell either, and we'll be happy to count it for the 20.4 combo.
10.7 Not Quite JumboUnnatural Creatures edited by Neil Gaiman
Lexile 840
462 pages
+10 Task
Grand Total: 160 pts
15.4 Listopia TagThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
#43 on list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...
tag: assigned-reading
Lexile 950
+15 Task
+ 5 pre-1981
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 485
20.8 Summer Nights (Karin's Task)The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Shelved as YA, 870 Lexile
+20 Task -- approved in task thread
+5 Combo (10.4 -- #10 on the list)
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 585
10.4 Book lover's dayThe Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
#29 on the list
10 task
___
10
Running total: 520
Rosemary wrote: "15.4 Listopia TagThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
#43 on list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...
tag: assigned-r..."
This is one of my favorite books from childhood and I still love it!
10.4 Book Lover's DayPersuasion by Jane Austen
BPL Assignment Lexile 1120
+10 Task (Complete Novels is #136)
+10 Canon
+10 Female
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 425
20.6 Winter's TaleJuly's People by Nadine Gordimer
task=20
female author=10
combo=5 (20.7-South Africa)
task total=35
grand total= 455
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Owlette wrote: "20.8 Summer Nights (Karin's Task)
Heat and Dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
+10 Canon? I completely missed that. Thanks!