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Early Warning by Jane Smiley
+20 Task
+20 Combo (10.1 - I read Some Luck in Dec 2020; 10.2 - Jane; 10.4 - pub'd 2015; 10.5)
Task total: 40
Season total: 260

Doing What the Day Brought: An Oral History of Arizona Women by Mary Logan Rothschild
10 pts 10.2 Name
5 pts 10.3 Naughty
5 pts 10.9 Pub Trivia
5 pts Oldies
Task total: 25 pts
Season total: 320 pts
10.1 10.2 ... ... ... 10.6 ... ... 10.9 ...
... ... ... 20.4 ... ... ... 20.8 20.9 20.10
15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 ... ... ... ... ... ...
A B F G
Q U V W

Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.9 cabernet)
Task total = 25
Season Total=1125

Rutland Place by Anne Perry
+20 Task
+20 Combo (10.2, 20.3, 20.4, 20.9)
+ 5 Oldies (published 1983
Task total = 45
Season Total=1170

The Soul Slayer by Paul Doherty
+20 Task (MC Rebecca Lennox is female)
+10 Combo (10.2, 10.3)
Task total: 30
Season total: 1320

The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri
10.9 amaretto ThE shApe Of wATeR caMilleri
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.3, 10.9)
Task total: 30
Season total: 1350

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
+10 pts -Task
+10 pts - Combo ( 10.2, 20.10)
Task total - 20 pts

Q & E
The Question of the Felonious Friend by E.J. Copperman
+15 pts - Task
Total - WYS (whatever you say) due to my disability, ADD (arithmetic dysfunction disorder)

The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri
10.9 amaretto ThE shApe Of wATeR caMilleri
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.3, 10.9)
Task total: 30
Season total: 1350"
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Fire Watch by Connie Willis
+20 Task (several of the stories have a male protagonist)
+ 5 Combo (10.4)
+ 5 Oldies (1985)
Task total: 30
Season total: 1380

The Boston Girl. Anita Diamant. 4.24.21
Task: 20
Combo: 15 (10.9 absinthe; 10.5; 20.10)
Post Total: 35
Season Total: 1305
10.1; 10.2(x2); 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6(x2); 10.7; 10.8; 10.9(x5); 10.10;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9;15.10;
20.1; 20.2; 20.3(x5); 20.4(x3); -----;20.6; 20.7; 20.8(x2); 20.9(x4); 20.10(x4)

A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
20 task
5 oldie
10 1001 book
5 combo 10.4
______
40
Running total: 840

The Blackwater Lightship by Colm Tóibín
+20 task
+25 combo 10.2 Name (Colm); 10.3 Naughty (1999); 10.9 Pub Trivia (cabernet); 20.3 Opposites (Helen is the main character); 20.10 Family (4 generations)
Task total: 45
Season total: 460

Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson
+10 Task Last season I read Shadows of self
+10 Combo (20.3, 20.9)
+ 25 Jumbo (1232 pages)
Task total = 45
Season Total=1215

March: Book Two by John Lewis
Task=20
Task Total=20
Season Total=645
10.1; 10.2; -----; -----; 10.5; 10.6; -----; 10.8; 10.9; -----;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; -----; -----;
-----; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; -----; -----; -----; 20.9 (9x); -----;

Vintage 1954 (2018) by Antoine Laurain; translated from the French by Emily Boyce and Jane Aitken
A – V
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 250 + 15 = 265

Behind the Night Bazaar (Jayne Keeney #1) by Angela Savage
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.9 - shiraz found in beHInd bAZaar Savage; 20.4)
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 725

The Other People by C.J. Tudor
+20 Task
+5 Combo 20.3 Opposite - female authour, male protagonist
+5 Combo 20.10 Multi -Gen - deals with Grandparents, Siblings and Children of 2 families
Task Total: 30 pts
Grand Total: 400 pts

Whispering Rock. Robyn Carr. 4.25.21
Task: 20
Combo: 20 (10.2- Carr, 10.9 - whiskey, 20.3 - Mike, 20.10)
Post Total: 40
Season Total: 1345
10.1; 10.2(x2); 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6(x2); 10.7; 10.8; 10.9(x5); 10.10;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9;15.10;
20.1; 20.2; 20.3(x5); 20.4(x3); -----;20.6; 20.7; 20.8(x2); 20.9(x5); 20.10(x4)

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
+10 Task
+5 Combo 10.9 riesling and merlot
+10 Oldie (1938)
+10 1001 Books
Task Total: 35
Season Total: 135

Actress by Anne Enright
+20 Task, Women's Prize Nominee 2020
+15 Combo: 10.2; 10.5; 20.2
Task total: 35
Season total: 1435

A Lear of the Steppes by Ivan Turgenev
+10 Task (Ivan)
+15 Oldies (published 1870)
+10 Non-western
+10 1001 Books
Task total: 45
Grand total: 1330

This looks like at least some of it is written from a female point of view and so would combo with 20.3 Opposites. Let us know if that is not the case.
It also combos with 20.9 Series.

The Hills Have Spiesby Mercedes Lackey
Task +20 #1 in series
combo +10 10.6 sentence, 20.3 opposites
Book Total: 30
Grand Total: 250

L'estrange malaventure de Mirella by Flore Vesco
Merlot: L'estrange m alaven t ure de Mirella, F lore Vesco
+10 Task
Task total = 10
Points total = 465
10.1 10.2 (x2) .... .... .... 10.6 .... 10.8 10.9 (x3) 10.10
15.1 .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 .... 20.7 .... 20.9 (x2) 20.10 (x2)

Cadavre exquis by Pénélope Bagieu
Riesling: Cadav re Exqu is , Pé n é l ope Ba gi eu
+10 Task
No style points, graphic novel
Task total = 10
Points total = 475
10.1 10.2 (x2) .... .... .... 10.6 .... 10.8 10.9 (x4) 10.10
15.1 .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 .... 20.7 .... 20.9 (x2) 20.10 (x2)

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
# 21 in Best Gay Fiction list
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.4 - 1945 ; 10.9 - baileys: B rideshe a d rev is ited, Ev ely n Waugh ; 20.10 - Marchmain family: separated parents and 3 adult children)
+10 1001 books
+10 Oldies (1945)
Task total = 55
Points total = 530
10.1 10.2 (x2) .... .... .... 10.6 .... 10.8 10.9 (x4) 10.10
15.1 .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 20.6 20.7 .... 20.9 (x2) 20.10 (x2)

Early Warning by Jane Smiley
+20 Task
+20 Combo (10.1 - I read Some Luck in Dec 2020; 10.2 - Jane; 10.4 - pub'd ..."
10.1 cannot be used for combo - when you claim a book for 10.1 you can claim combos - but the good news is that this is one of a series, so it counts as a combo for 20.9. No change in points - this is for record-keeping purposes, should that matter to you.

Hope Rides Again by Andrew Shaffer
(Joe Biden and Barack Obama)
Task=20
Combo= 10 (10.6; 20.9)
Task Total=30
Season Total=675
10.1; 10.2; -----; -----; 10.5; 10.6; -----; 10.8; 10.9; -----;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; -----; -----;
-----; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; -----; 20.7; -----; 20.9 (9x); -----;

Silver in the Blood by Jessica Day George
Set mostly in Romania
870 Lexile
+20 task
+10 (10.9 bailyes SILvEr in the Blood Jessica dAY george, 10.4)
Task total = 30
Season total = 525

20.1 Prize
Actress by Anne Enright
+20 Task, Women's Prize Nominee 2020
+15 Combo: 10.2; 10.5; 20.2
Task total: 35
Season total: 1435
I totally forgot about 20.10--this is about a mother/daughter relationship, but it's three generations of mother/daughter that are highlighted in this novel.
+5 Combo 20.10, brings total to 1440

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Lexile: 990
+10 Task = riesling
Task total: 10
Grand total: 505

Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey
Lexile: 940
+20 Task
+5 Oldies (1971)
+20 Combo (10.2, 10.5, 20.3, 20.9)
Task total: 45
Grand total: 550

The Exiled by Kati Hiekkapelto
+20 Task
+10 Combo (20.4, 20.9)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 580

One Corpse Too Many by Ellis Peters
20 task
5 oldie
15 combo 10.9 merlot, 20.3, 20.4
____
40
Running total: 880

The Art of Submission by Ella Dominguez
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.2, 20.3)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 610

Someone to Hold by Mary Balogh
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.2, 20.3)
Task total = 30
Season Total=1260

Winter by Christopher Nicholson
+20 task
+10 combo 10.10 Group Read; 20.3 Opposites (two of the three main characters are women)
Task total: 30
Season total: 490

Miracles Ain't What They Used to Be by Joe R. Lansdale
+20 task
+5 combo (10.6)
+5 combo (10.9) - MIrACLes ... Be - lambic
Task total: 30
Grand total: 1375

I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years by Bill Bryson
+10 Task
+15 Combo (10.2 - BILL; 10.3 - pub. 1999; 10.9 - baileys found in strAngEr BILl brYSon)
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 765

Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
+10 task
+ 20 combo (10.6; 10.9-vodka VeROniKA Decides to die, 20.3, 20.5)
+10 Non-Western
+10 1001 Books
Task total = 50
Season total = 575

Multiple chapters are from the POV of different female characters, including the main character's wife. I didn't even think about that. That'd make my season total 150, so far.
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The Fate of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
+20 Task
+10 Combo: 10.9 Riesling: tEaRLING erIka johanSen; 20.10 in this one we encounter the whole family line (mother, grandmother, great-great-great-great grandparents) as she jumps through time
Task total: 30
Season total: 1400