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20.4 CrimeA Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.9 MERLOT)
+5 Combo (20.9 1st in the Series)
Task total = 30
Season Total=30
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----; -----; -----; ----; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----;
-----; -----; -----; 20.4 ; -----; -----; -----; -----; ----; -----;
10.2 Name (JANE)All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.8 Birds)
+ 5 Combo (10.9 BAILEYS)
+5 Combo (20.9 1st in the Series)
Task total = 25
Season Total=55
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----; -----; -----; ----; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----;
-----; -----; -----; 20.4 ; -----; -----; -----; -----; ----; -----;
20.9 SeriesHighland Promise by Alyson McLayne
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.9 RIESLING)
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 80
----; 10.2; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----; ----; ----; -----;
----; -----; -----; ----; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----;
-----; -----; -----; 20.4 ; -----; -----; -----; -----; 20.9; -----;
10.7 CodebreakersMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstoreby Robin Sloan
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.9 BOURBON)
+5 Combo (20.9 1st in a series)
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 100
----; 10.2; -----; -----; -----; -----; 10.7; ----; ----; -----;
----; -----; -----; ----; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----;
-----; -----; -----; 20.4 ; -----; -----; -----; -----; 20.9; -----;
15.8 Fabulous FirstsThe Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
(The) Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
K -- Y
+ 15 Task
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 210
20.9 SeriesRest Ye Murdered Gentlemen by Vicki Delany
20 task
15 combo 10.4, 10.9 riesling, 20.4
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35
Running total: 705
Task 20.9 SeriesA Murderous Glaze (Clay and Crime #1) (2007) by Melissa Glazer
+20 Task
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 130 + 20 = 150
15.9 Fabulous FirstsOn Turpentine Lane. Elinor Lipman. 4.16.21
O-E
Task: 20
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 1050
10.1; 10.2(x2); 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6(x2); 10.7; 10.8; 10.9(x4); -----;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; -----;
20.1; -----; 20.3(x4); 20.4(x3); -----;20.6; -----; 20.8(x2); 20.9(x4); 20.10(x4)
20.9 Series Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill
Graphic Novel - no styles
+20 Task
Grand Total: 340 pts
Grand Total:
10.10 Group ReadsAll Systems Red by Martha Wells
+10 task
+5 combo 20.9
Task total: 15
Season total: 235
20.10 FamilyToo Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trump
+20 Task - 3 generations of Trump family affairs explored here
+5 Combo 10.2 Name
+5 Combo 10.9 Pub Trivia - MERLOT
Task Total: 30 pts
Grand Total: 370 pts
From Post 551Coralie wrote: "20.3 Opposites
The Trouble with Peace by Joe Abercrombie
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.9)
+5 Jumbo (506 pages)
Task total = 30
Season Total=900"
+5 Combo 10.9
From Post 555Ann wrote: "10.8
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
+10 task
+5 10.6
Task total = 15
Season total = 430"
+10 1001 book
From Post 570Beth wrote: "20.9
My Life, My Body by Marge Piercy
+20 task, pm outspoken approved in help
+5 combo 10.9 - lambic - LIfe Body MArge pierCy
Task total: 25
Grand total: 1280"
+5 combo 10.4
From Post 592Rosemary wrote: "20.2 Ann/e
The Crime at Tattenham Corner by Annie Haynes
10.9 amaretto ThE cRiMe AT tAttenham cOrner
20.3 MC Inspector Stoddart is male
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.9..."
+5 Combo 20.9
From Post 596Nick wrote: "20.1 Prize
A Spell of Winter was the inaugural winner of the Bailey's/Orange/Women's Prize for fiction 25 years ago. In honor of this anniversary, read any book that has won or been nominated for ..."
+5 Oldies
+10 Combo 10.9, 20.10
10.8 - Birds (Kim's Task)Swan for the Money by Donna Andrews
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo (☞ 20.9 - Meg Langslow #11)
Task total = 15
Season Total = 395
20.7 Real PersonA Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier
+20 Task (Louisa Pesel, approved)
+10 Combo (10.5, 10.9 Riesling)
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 70
20.3 OppositesSimon the Fiddler by Paulette Jiles
+20 task
+ 5 combo 10.9 Pub Trivia merlot
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 395
Task 20.7 Real PersonIn honor of the most recent winner (as of posting), Hamnet, read a novel about a real person.
Hamnet (2020) by Maggie O'Farrell
+20 Task
+10 Combo (#10.5 Mother; #20.1 WINNER - Women's Prize for Fiction (2020))
Task Total: 20 + 10 = 30
Grand Total: 150 + 30 = 180
20.10 FamilyThe Revisioners by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.9 merlot)
Task total = 25
Season Total=945
10.1 EnjoyedThe Hidden Family by Charles Stross
I enjoyed The Annihilation Score last season
+10 Task
+20 Combo (10.4 pub 2005, 10.9 merlot, 20.3, 20.9)
Task total = 30
Season Total=975
20.9 Series (Kate S's task)Dog Days by Jeff Kinney
Task=20
Combo= 5 (10.2)
Task Total=25
Season Total=600
10.1; -----; -----; -----; 10.5; 10.6; -----; 10.8; 10.9; -----;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; -----; -----; -----;
-----; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; -----; -----; -----; 20.9 (8x); -----;
20.3 OppositesThe Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
+20 Task (half of the book is written from a variety of male points of view)
+10 Combo: 10.9 Riesling tEaRLING erIka johanSen; 20.9
Task total: 30
Season total: 1325
10.7 Codebreakers (Tien's Task)The Enigma Game by Elizabeth Wein
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.2 Name (820 Lexile)
Post Total=15
Season Total=835
10.9 Pub Trivia (Anika's Task)Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
+10 Task (Cabernet: CAsTE oRigiN isaBEl)
Post Total=10
Season Total=845
20.1 PrizePiranesi by Susanna Clarke
+20 Points
+ 5 Combo: 20.3 Opposites (Piranesi is male)
Post Total=25
Season Total=870
20.9 SeriesWe Wish You a Murderous Christmas by Vicki Delany
20 task
5 combo 20.9 whiskey
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25
Running total: 725 (corrected to Elizabeth's post below)
Post 602 Sarah wrote: "20.4 CrimeA Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.9 MERLOT)
+5 Combo (20.9 1st in the Series)
Task total = 30
Season Total=30
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I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but this book does not have an MGP of crime. Maybe it did when you selected it for this task. If you want to keep an eye on the page, you can post in the thread or you can make another post in this thread. Remind us of the post number.
In the meantime, we'll score it for 20.9, so you lose only 5 points for the combo.
Post 603 Sarah wrote: "10.2 Name (JANE)All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.8 Birds)
+ 5 Combo (10.9 BAILEYS)
+5 Combo (20.9 1st in the Series)
Task ..."
Sigh. This series has just 2 entries and those 5 years ago. RwS sets a minimum of 3 books for a series or an indication the author plans to continue the series. It's hard to tell if the author intends to continue this one. So no combo for 20.9.
Post 605 Sarah wrote: "10.7 CodebreakersMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstoreby Robin Sloan
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.9 BOURBON)
+5 Combo (20.9 1st in a series)
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 10..."
This is the same as Post 603 about the series. The good news is that this qualifies for 10.8 for Robin in the author's name. Your score is the same, just arrived at differently, in case you keep track of such things.
Post 607 Valerie wrote: "20.9 SeriesRest Ye Murdered Gentlemen by Vicki Delany
20 task
15 combo 10.4, 10.9 riesling, 20.4
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35
Running total: 705"
Darn heck! This doesn't have crime in the MPG. If you want to keep an eye on it and alert us if it shows up, be sure to include your post number.
Post 608 Deedee wrote: "Task 20.9 SeriesA Murderous Glaze (Clay and Crime #1) (2007) by Melissa Glazer
+20 Task
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 130 + 20 = 150"
This is a surprise! Melissa Glazer is a pseudonym of Tim Meyers, a male. So this qualifies for 20.3 Opposite and +5 combo.
10.10 Group ReadThe Red Notebook by Antoine Laurain
Delightful group read choice, Ed!
Task total: 10
Season total: 405
Task 20.6 AchillesIn honor of The Song of Achilles (2012 winner), read one of the top 50 from Historical Fiction on Greece and Rome.
On April 19, 2021: #27 of Historical Fiction on Greece and Rome.
The Beacon at Alexandria (1986) by Gillian Bradshaw
For #20.5 combo:
51% of novel is set in Thrace, Greece
14.5% of novel set in Ephesus, Turkey (eastern Turkey near Greece)
the non-Balkan 34.5% set in Alexandria, Egypt
+20 Task
+05 Oldies -25 to 75 years old: (1946-1996)
+05 Combo (#20.5 Balkans)
Task Total: 20 + 05 + 05 = 30
Grand Total: 180 + 30 = 210
20.6 AchillesThe Silver Pigs (Marcus Didius Falco #1) by Lindsey Davis
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.9 - riesling found in SILvER pIGs liNdsey; 20.4; 20.9)
+5 Oldies (pub. 1989)
Post Total: 40
Season Total: 640
10.6 SentenceThey Can't Ration These by Georges de Mauduit
Approved for styles in general questions thread
10.9 amaretto: ThEy cAnT RAtiOn Mauduit
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.9)
+10 Oldies (1940)
Task total: 25
Season total: 1245
20.5 BalkansBosnian Chronicle by Ivo Andrić
+20 Task (set 100% in Bosnia)
+ 5 Combo (10.4 1945)
+10 1001 books
+10 Oldies (1945)
Task total: 45
Season total: 1290
10.1 EnjoyedRogue Protocol by Martha Wells
+10 Task (read other Murderbot books by this author last season)
+10 Combo (10.9 - merlot; 20.9)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 495
Post 636 Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "15.2 Fabulous FirstKrondor: The Betrayalby Raymond E. Feist
F-K
Task +15
Grand Total: 215"
Jayme, this works for K-R - your points are the same.
20.9 SeriesThe Bath Mysteries by E.R. Punshon
+20 Task (Bobby Owen)
+10 Combo (10.9 - absinthe, 20.10 - cousins enough!)
+10 Oldies (pub'd 1936)
Task total = 40
Season total = 365
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