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20.9 ApolloBlue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
+20 task
+10 length (761 pages)
+5 age (1996)
+15 combo (20.6, 20.1, 10.8)
Task total: 50
Grand total: 345
20.8 Revisit a FriendThe Vacationers by Emma Straub
+20 Task (read my first book by her on June 21, 2018)
+10 Combo (10.3, 20.6)
+10 Young (b. 1980 https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/emm...)
Task total: 40
Season total: 255
10.7 Summer Shorts (Mary's Task)Boule De Suif by Guy de Maupassant
The Horla by Guy de Maupassant
Task = +10
Other applicable task - 10.3 (+5)
Multiple = +5
Oldies +10
Young +5 (Maupassant died when he was aged less than 50)
Total = 35
Season total = 40 (*)+35 = 75
(based on a previous correction)
10.3 No IDaughter of Time by Sarah Woodbury
+10 task
+10 combo (10.8, 20.6)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 365
Task 10.3 Summer 2017 (No I)Sherlock Holmes: The Patchwork Devil (Sherlock) (2016) by Cavan Scott
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 85 + 10 = 95
20.10 Historical (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
Low Lexile
task=20
Task total=20
Grand Total=105
Completed Tasks: 20.1 (25); 20.10 (20); 50.1(60)
20.7 ShakespeareDunbar by Edward St. Aubyn
+20 Task (retelling of King Lear)
+20 Combo (10.3, 10.8 https://www.goodreads.com/series/158687, 20.2, 20.6)
Task total: 40
Season total: 295
10.9 All Star ReadsThe Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
10 task
20 combo 20.1, 20.6, 20.9, 20.10
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30
Running total: 280
It was put on the list by Megan, and it is fantastic - thanks for the reco!
15.5 - Rating Game1,000 - 4,999
Victim Six by Gregg Olsen
+15 (2,071 rating)
Task total: 15
Grand total: 330
15.2 Ratings Game 250-999The Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater: Essays on Crafting by Alanna Okun
15 pts 15.2 Ratings 250-999
5 pts Nonfiction
Task Total 20 pts
Season Total 410 pts
10.10 Group Reads
Loitering with Intent by Muriel Spark
+10 Task
+ 15 Combo (20.1 Iris Murdoch, 20.5 London, 20.6 Characters)
+5 Oldies (1981)
Task total: 30
Season total: 225
Loitering with Intent by Muriel Spark
+10 Task
+ 15 Combo (20.1 Iris Murdoch, 20.5 London, 20.6 Characters)
+5 Oldies (1981)
Task total: 30
Season total: 225
10.2 Jackson's DilemmaMy Life by Anton Chekhov
+10 task
+10 combo (10.3, 20.6-more than 9 characters)
+10 young (1860-1904)
+10 oldies (1896)
Task total=40
Grand total=445
20.9 Apollo 11The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
It's a 5 star book!
+20 task
+20 combo 10.9 All Star, 20.1 Iris Murdoch, 20.6 Characters, 20.10 Historical
Task total: 40
Season total: 215
20.7 ShakespeareVinegar Girl by Anne Tyler
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.3; 20.6)
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 135
20.5 LondonMoonraker by Ian Fleming
task=20
combo= 15 (10.8,20.1, 20.6)
Oldie=5 (1955)
Task total=40
Grand Total=145
Completed Tasks: 20.1 (25); 20.5 (40), 20.10 (20);
50.1(60)
10.6 Author Lifetime AwardsHag-Seed by Margaret Atwood
+10 Task
+20 Combo (10.3; 10.8 https://www.goodreads.com/series/158687; 20.6; 20.7)
Task total: 30
Season total: 325
Anika wrote: "20.10 HistoricalNew Boy by Tracy Chevalier
+20 Task
+10 Combo (20.6, 20.7)
Task total: 30
Season total: 215"
When posting Hag-Seed, I looked to see if anyone else had already claimed the same book so I could just cut and paste their scoring (I'm all about making things easier on myself for summer ;-D) and that's when I noticed that 10.8 had been claimed for it with the accompanying goodreads link to support the claim. I didn't even think of the Hogarth Shakespeare series as working for 10.8! Brilliant! So I was hoping to get an extra +5 Combo for New Boy since it is also a part of this series.
20.8 Revisit a friendCasting Off by Elizabeth Jane Howard
+20 task (read her first during the Winter season)
+15 Combo (10.8, 20.1, 20.6)
Task total = 35
Season total = 165
Thanks for this task, Lynn.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "20.8 Revisit a friendCasting Off by Elizabeth Jane Howard
+20 task (read her first during the Winter season)
+15 Combo (10.8, 20.1, 20.6)
Task total = 35
Season t..."
Oh, you're very welcome :)
15.2 Ratings Game 15,000 - 24,999 Ross Poldark (Poldark Saga #1) by Winston Graham 21,130 ratings
+15 task
+ 5 Oldie (1945)
20 task
385 Season Total
Task 10.7 Summer ShortsA Book of Essays:
Eating the Dinosaur (2009) by Chuck Klosterman (Hardcover, 245 pages) [306.0973]
+10 Task
+05 In-depth
+10 Young Authors
Task Total: 10 + 05 + 10 = 25
Grand Total: 95 + 25 = 120
20.1 Iris MurdochMemoirs of a Dutiful Daughter by Simone de Beauvoir
Task +20
Combo +5 (20.6)
Oldies +5
Task total = 30
Season total = 70+30 = 100
20.5 LondonThe Wicked Cousin by Stella Riley
+20 Task (Set 90% in London.)
+10 Combo (10.8, 20.6)
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 240
15.4 RGunder 250
From Stone Orchard by Timothy Findley
+15 Task
+ 5 Non-fiction
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 190
From Post 158Coralie wrote: "20.6 Characters
A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White
+20 Task
+ 10 Young
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 130"
+5 Combo 20.9
From Post 178Beth wrote: "20.6 Characters
Mythical Doorways edited by H.L. Burke
+20 task
+10 combo (10.7, 10.8)
Series is not an active collection with its own link but you can see it by ..."
We carry this with the editor as the author, so +5 Combo for 10.3
From Post 199Megan wrote: "10.5 D-Day
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
+10 Task -- #97 on Best Beginning
+15 Combo (10.3 no I; 20.3 approval for productions in task thread; 20.9 shelved as "s..."
+5 Combo 10.4
10.7 Summer ShortsAstray by Emma Donoghue
+10 Task
+10 Young (b. 1969)
+10 Combo (10.3, 20.6)
Task total: 30
Season total: 355
50.1. MonacoLoser Takes All by Graham Greene
50 pts. 50.1 Monaco
5 pts 10.3 Summer 2017
5 pts 20.1 Iris Murdoch
5 pts 20.2 Oxford
5 pts Oldies
5 pts Multiple
Task Total: 75 pts
Season total: 485 pts
15.3 Ratings Game 100,000 - 249,999The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros 106,728 ratings
+15 task
+5 Oldie (1984)
20 task
405 Season Total
20.1 Iris MurdochThe House Without a Key by Earl Derr Biggers
20 pts. 20.1 Iris Murdoch
5 pts. 20.6 Characters
10 pts. Young
10 pts. Oldies
Task total 45 pts.
Season total : 530 pts.
10.7 Summer ShortsAnd Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman (97 pages)
On the Bus With Rosa Parks by Rita Dove (96 pages)
Task total: 10
Season total: 225
20.5 LondonThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes #3) (1892) 339 pages by Arthur Conan Doyle
+20 task
+25 Combo 10.3 No i in name, 10.4 Visiting (Catching Up with Classics Shelf) , 10.7 Summer Shorts , 10.8 Series, 20.6 Characters
+10 Oldie
Task 55 points
Season total 460
20.1 Iris Murdoch Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (391 pages, published 1990)
+ 10 combo (10.5 #52 on Best Beginnings list and 20.6 Characters)
+5 Oldies (1944 - 1994)
Task Total: 35
Season Total: 75
10.6 Author Lifetime AwardsUnder the Net by Iris Murdoch
task=10
combo= 25 (20.1,20.2,20.4,205,20.6)
Oldie=5 (1954)
Task total=40
Grand Total=185
Completed Tasks: (5)
10.6 (40)
20.1 (25); 20.5 (40), 20.10 (20);
50.1(60)
10.3 Summer 2017 (no i)The Grouchy Historian: An Old-Time Lefty Defends Our Constitution Against Right-Wing Hypocrites and Nutjobs by Ed Asner
+10 task
Season total: 100
20.8 Revisit a friendBirds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear
20 task (first read March 2019)
15 combo 10.8, 20.5, 20,6
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35
Running total: 315
15.3 RG1,000 - 4,999
Unmasked by the Marquess by Cat Sebastian
+15 Task
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 285
20.2 OxfordThe Hours Before Dawn by Celia Fremlin
+20 Task
+10 Combo (20.1 published 1959; 20.6 at least nine named characters)
+5 Oldies
Post Total: 35
Season Total: 320
10.7 Summer Shorts (Mary's Task)There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé by Morgan Parker (85 pages)
and
Thrall by Natasha Trethewey (84 pages)
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.3 no I)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 335
10.8 Series (Beth's Task)The Three Secret Cities (Jack West Jr #5) by Matthew Reilly
+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.6)
+5 Multiple
+10 Young (born 1974)
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 165
10.1 Design Your Own TaskMy task was to read books published in the last decade.
Man with a Seagull on His Head by Harriet Paige
+10 task
+ 5 combo 20.6 Characters
+10 young (born 1979) Her birth year is on her Amazon page
https://www.amazon.com/Harriet-Paige/...
Task total: 25
Season total: 250
20.6 CharactersKitty (The Smuggler's Wife #1) by Deborah Challinor
+20 Task
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 185
10.10 Group ReadsThe Children of Men by P.D. James
+10 task
+15 combo (10.3, 20.1, 20.6 - more then 9 named characters)
+ 5 oldies (1992)
Task total=30
Grand total=475
15.1 RG<250 ratings
Safeword Matte: In Training by Candace Blevins
+15 task
Task total: 15
Grand total: 205
10.1 Design Your Own Task - Read a book that won a Science Fiction award. NOTE: I believe that "Cannot be used as a combo." means I can still claim other tasks as Combo points on this one?
The Sirens of Titan (1959) by Kurt Vonnegut 129 pages / Hugo Award (1960)
+10 task
+20 Combo (10.3 no i in author's name, 20.1 Iris Murdoch, 20.3 A Severed Head, 20.6 Characters, 20.9 Space ) play listed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sir...
+5 Oldie
Task = 40 points
Season Total = 500 points
15.3 RG250000+ Ratings
The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure by William Goldman
+15 Task (711,350 ratings)
+5 Oldies (1973)
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 125
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+15 Task -- locked in on the RG thread
+5 Non-Fiction
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 265