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message 801: by Tawallah (new)

Tawallah | 447 comments 15.5- Listopia Tag

Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft
Number #133 0n https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Tag: literary

Task: 15

Season total: 465


message 802: by Tien (new)

Tien (tiensblurb) | 3114 comments 20.6 Winter's Tale
Regina's Song by David Eddings & Leigh Eddings

+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.7 - 424 pages)
+5 Multiple
+10 Female ?

Post Total: 40
Season Total: 1,205



Elizabeth (Alaska) Post 810Ann wrote:

"+200 Mega Finish"


Congratulations! Well done!

(There is also a Listopia Tag finish of 100 points which you'll get as well!)


message 804: by Rebekah (last edited Aug 22, 2018 05:02AM) (new)

Rebekah (bekalynn) 15.9 Listopia Tag
The Haunted House compiled by Charles Dickens

#84 on this list https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5...
Tag-Serial

+15 - task
+ 5 - pub 1859

Task Total - 20 pts
Season Total - 1370 pts


message 805: by Gabriel (new)

Gabriel Soll 15.2 Listopia

The Nonexistent Knight & The Cloven Viscount by Italo Calvino

This can be found on the following list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... (# 106) with the tag of: italian.

Scoring:
15.2: +15
Pre-1980 +5 oints (ub'd 1959)
----

Total: 20
Season Total: 50


Elizabeth (Alaska) 20.6 Winter's Tale

The Salaryman's Wife by Sujata Massey

+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.8K, 20.4)
+10 Female
+ 5 Multiple

Task total = 45

Season Total = 555


message 807: by Rebekah (new)

Rebekah (bekalynn) Karin wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 740 Karin wrote: "30.1 Island Hopping

Where We Once Belonged by Sia Figiel written by a Samoan female author and set in Samoa

+30 - ..."

It would have brought down your average


message 808: by Norma (new)

Norma | 1832 comments 20.7 - Ambassador

Dead Man's Chest by Kerry Greenwood

+20 task
+5 repeat
+10 female author

Task total: 35
Grand total: 515


message 809: by Norma (new)

Norma | 1832 comments 10.7 - Not Quite Jumbo

Dead Watch by John Sandford

+10 task
+5 repeat

Task total: 15
Grand total: 530


message 810: by Norma (new)

Norma | 1832 comments 20.7 - Ambassador

Unnatural Habits by Kerry Greenwood

+20 task
+5 repeat
+10 female author

Task total: 35
Grand total: 565


message 811: by Norma (new)

Norma | 1832 comments 10.6 - Cloud Atlas

Heat by Stuart Woods

+10 task

Task total: 10
Grand total: 575


message 812: by Rosemary (new)

Rosemary | 4307 comments 10.2 July

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Lexile 920

+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.3 LA Times, 10.6 thunder)
+10 Female author

Task Total: 30
Season Total: 730


message 813: by Valerie (new)

Valerie Brown | 3287 comments 10.5 Inferno

A Talent for Murder by Andrew Wilson

10 task
5 repeat
____
15

Running total: 700


message 814: by Karin (new)

Karin Rebekah wrote: "Karin wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 740 Karin wrote: "30.1 Island Hopping

Where We Once Belonged by Sia Figiel written by a Samoan female author and set in..."


Exactly, because I had read it not realizing that Samoa and American Samoa were different countries and thought it would be 55 points, but it was much lower.


message 815: by Tien (new)

Tien (tiensblurb) | 3114 comments 20.7 Ambassador
Summer At Mount Hope by Rosalie Ham

+20 Task (born in Jerilderie, NSW, Australia)
+5 Multiple
+10 Female

Post Total: 35
Season Total: 1,240



message 816: by Anika (new)

Anika | 2806 comments 20.8 Summer Nights

Amy and Isabelle by Elizabeth Strout

+20 Task
+10 Female
+15 Combo (10.3, 10.9, 20.4)

Task total: 45
Season total: 890


message 817: by Rebekah (new)

Rebekah (bekalynn) 15.10 Listopia Tag
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English by John McWhorter
#91 on this list https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
Tag- language

+15 - Task
+ 5 - non fiction

Task total - 20
SubChallenge bonus - 100 pts
Mega Finish bonus - 200 pts

Season Total - 1690 pts


Elizabeth (Alaska) Post 828 Rebekah wrote:

"SubChallenge bonus - 100 pts
Mega Finish bonus - 200 pts "


Congratulations! Well done!


message 819: by Megan (new)

Megan (gentlyread) | 358 comments 10.2 July

Falling in Love with Hominids by Nalo Hopkinson

+10 Task
+5 Multiple
+10 Female

Task Total: 25
Season Total: 1320


message 820: by Megan (new)

Megan (gentlyread) | 358 comments 10.5 Inferno

Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

Shelved as YA, No Lexile

+10 Task -- published 2018

Task Total: 10
Season Total: 1330


message 821: by Anika (new)

Anika | 2806 comments 20.1 Gemini

Girl Meets Boy by Ali Smith

+20 Task
+10 Female

Task total: 30

+100 RwS Finish
+200 MegaFinish

Season Total: 1220


message 822: by Elizabeth (Alaska) (last edited Aug 22, 2018 11:03AM) (new)

Elizabeth (Alaska) Anika wrote: "

+100 RwS Finish
+200 MegaFinish"


Congratulations! Well done!


message 823: by Rebekah (new)

Rebekah (bekalynn) Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 828 Rebekah wrote:

"SubChallenge bonus - 100 pts
Mega Finish bonus - 200 pts "

Congratulations! Well done!"


thank you


message 824: by Rebekah (last edited Aug 22, 2018 01:19PM) (new)

Rebekah (bekalynn) 30.1 Island Hopping
Balibo by Jill Jolliffe
Timor -Leste

+30 pts - Task
+20 pts - Combo (10.7-416 pgs, 20.4, 20.7-Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Jo..., 20.9)
+10 pts - Female Author
+ 5 pts - Multi

Task Total - 65 pts
Season Total - 1755 pts


message 825: by Rebekah (new)

Rebekah (bekalynn) Karin wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "Karin wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 740 Karin wrote: "30.1 Island Hopping

Where We Once Belonged by Sia Figiel written by a Samoan female a..."


I didn't realize they were separate countries either


message 826: by Coralie (new)

Coralie | 2769 comments 10.9 Emily Bronte

The Price of Spring by Daniel Abraham

+10 Task
+5 Multiple

Task Total: 15
Season Total: 1335


message 827: by Tien (new)

Tien (tiensblurb) | 3114 comments 10.8R Mom (Rebekah via Karen Michele's Task) 
To Green Angel Tower, Part 1 (Memory, Sorrow and Thorn #3 part 1) by Tad Williams

+10 Task (Williams)
+15 Jumbo (815 pages)

Post Total: 25
Season Total: 1,265



message 828: by Tien (new)

Tien (tiensblurb) | 3114 comments 10.1 Possession
Renegades (Renegades #1) by Marissa Meyer
YA - 860L

+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.5 - pub. 2017)
+5 Jumbo (556 pages)
+10 Female

+100 RwS Finish

Post Total: 130
Season Total: 1,370



message 829: by Ed (last edited Aug 23, 2018 07:03AM) (new)

Ed Lehman | 2651 comments 15.7 Listopia

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

#77 on this list https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2... with tag of "fiction"

task=15
grand total=765


message 830: by Rebekah (new)

Rebekah (bekalynn) 30.1 Island Hopping
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES

Island in the Clouds by Susan M. Toy

+30 pts - Task
+15 pts - Combo - (10.6,10.8K,20.4)
+10 pts - Female Author
+ 5 pts - Multi

Task Total - 60 pts
Season Total - 1815 pts


message 831: by Tawallah (new)

Tawallah | 447 comments 20.5- Nemesis

Plagues: Their Origin, History, And Future by Christopher Wills

Task: 20

Post total: 20
Season total: 485


message 832: by Tawallah (new)

Tawallah | 447 comments 15.6- Listopia Tag

Blindness by José Saramago

#290 on https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
Tag: book-to-film

Post total: 15
Season total: 500


Elizabeth (Alaska) 15.9 Listopia Tag

Human Voices by Penelope Fitzgerald
My Plan (last entry)

+15 Task

Season total = 570


message 834: by Valerie (new)

Valerie Brown | 3287 comments 15.10 Listopia Tag

Summer by Edith Wharton


15 task
5 older than 1980
100 completion bonus
_____
120

Running total: 820


Elizabeth (Alaska) Valerie wrote: "15.10 Listopia Tag

Summer by Edith Wharton


15 task
5 older than 1980
100 completion bonus
_____
120

Running total: 820"


Valerie! Find something else quick! Summer is a YA Assignment at BPL and doesn't have a Lexile. It doesn't work for a sub-challenge.


message 836: by Valerie (last edited Aug 23, 2018 05:19PM) (new)

Valerie Brown | 3287 comments Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Valerie wrote: "15.10 Listopia Tag

Summer by Edith Wharton


15 task
5 older than 1980
100 completion bonus
_____
120

Running total: 820"

Valerie! Find something else q..."


Grrrr.... I didn't think there was any way that would be read now in school. Blah. No problem I will find a back up. Thanks for the swift heads up!


message 837: by Tien (new)

Tien (tiensblurb) | 3114 comments 10.5 Inferno
The Archetype Diet: Reclaim Your Self-Worth and Change the Shape of Your Body by Dana James
Pub. 2018

+10 Task
+5 Multiple
+10 Female

Post Total: 25
Season Total: 1,395



message 838: by Ed (new)

Ed Lehman | 2651 comments 20.1 Gemini

Achilles by Elizabeth Cook

task=20
combo=5 (20.4)
female author=10
task total=35
grand total=800


message 839: by Rachel (new)

Rachel | 574 comments 15.4

Scythe by Neal Shusterman

Lexile 830

List : https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Tag : Top-5

Task Total: 15 pts
Grand Total: 260 pts


message 840: by Tien (new)

Tien (tiensblurb) | 3114 comments 15.10 Listopia Tag
The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes #2) by Arthur Conan Doyle

Book can be found on this list: Thieves (541 books | 1,220 voters) (#24) with the tag of: thieves

+15 Task
+5 Pre-1980 (pub. 1890)
+100 Finisher

+200 Mega Finish

Post Total: 320
Season Total: 1,715



message 841: by Tien (new)

Tien (tiensblurb) | 3114 comments 10.9 Emily Bronte (Rosemary's Task)
Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity #1) by Elizabeth E. Wein
YA - 1020L
B & E found in elizaBEth


+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.7 - 452 pages)
+5 Multiple
+10 Female

Post Total: 30
Season Total: 1,745



message 842: by Connie (new)

Connie  G (connie_g) | 1908 comments 20.2 Track of the Cat

My Ántonia by Willa Cather

Assignment, 1010 Lexile

+20 task
+10 female author

Task total: 30
Season total: 720


message 843: by Rosemary (new)

Rosemary | 4307 comments 20.5 Nemesis

I Am Legend by Richard Matheson

+20 Task (plague of vampirism spread by airborne bacteria)

Task Total: 20
Season Total: 750


message 844: by Kätlin (new)

Kätlin | 174 comments 20.4 The Piano Teacher:

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

+20 task
+5 combo (10.4 Book Lover's Day - #203 on the list)
+10 female author
+15 jumbo (MPE 850 pages)

Woohoo, I'm so proud of myself for finding a book that should get on the readerboard for being worth 50 points. I think that's a first for me.

Task total: 50
Grand total: 140


message 845: by Valerie (new)

Valerie Brown | 3287 comments 15.10 Listopia Tag

let's try this again....!!!


A New Leash on Death by Susan Conant

15 task
100 completion
_____
115

Running total: 815


Elizabeth (Alaska) Post 835 Rebekah wrote: "30.1 Island Hopping
Balibo by Jill Jolliffe
Timor -Leste

+30 pts - Task
+20 pts - Combo (10.7-416 pgs, 20.4, 20.7-Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Jo......"


I'm sorry, Rebekah. This is nonfiction and doesn't qualify for 20.4 for a debut novel.


Elizabeth (Alaska) Post 845 Valerie wrote: "15.10 Listopia Tag

Summer by Edith Wharton


15 task
5 older than 1980
100 completion bonus
_____
120

Running total: 820"


I'm glad you were able to salvage your Listopia Tag Finish. But can we salvage the book too? I think this works for 20.8.


message 848: by Rebekah (new)

Rebekah (bekalynn) Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 835 Rebekah wrote: "30.1 Island Hopping
Balibo by Jill Jolliffe
Timor -Leste

+30 pts - Task
+20 pts - Combo (10.7-416 pgs, 20.4, 20.7-Australia https://en.wikip..."


I did it again! I meant to type 20.9 So sorry!


message 849: by Rebekah (new)

Rebekah (bekalynn) Ed wrote: "20.1 Gemini

Achilles by Elizabeth Cook

task=20
combo=5 (20.4)
female author=10
task total=35
grand total=800"


Combo with 10.9


message 850: by Lagullande (new)

Lagullande | 1131 comments 10.5 Inferno

Snap by Belinda Bauer

+10 Task (pub 2018)
+5 Combo (10.9)
+5 Multiple
+10 Female


Points this post: 30
RwS total: 210
ListTag total: 165
Season Total: 375


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