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20.3 Artemis by Andy Weir - male author, female protagonist (low lexile, no styles)+20 task
Task total: 20
Season total: 230
15.3 Fabulous Firsts Round 2, N-MNotes from an Apocalypse: A Personal Journey to the End of the World and Back by Mark O'Connell
+15 Task
+5 Not Fiction
Task total: 20
Season total: 1555
15.4 Fabulous Firsts Round 2, W-LWhen No One Is Watching by Linathi Makanda
+15 Task
+5 Not Fiction (Poetry)
Task total: 20
Season total: 1575
20.10 FamilyThe House by the Medlar Tree by Giovanni Verga
+20 Task (approved in help thread)
+10 Combo (10.9 merlot, 20.3 Mena is female and one of the main POV characters)
+10 1001 list
+10 Oldies (1881)
Task total: 50
Season total: 1545
20.10 Family The Yield by Tara June Winch
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.2, 20.3)
Task total = 30
Season Total=1350
15.9 Fabulous FirstsQuakeland: On the Road to America's Next Devastating Earthquake by Kathryn Miles
K - Q
+20 Task
+5 NF
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 855
15.5 round 2Extraordinary Engines: The Definitive Steampunk Anthology ed by Nick Gevers
+15 task
+5 not a novel
Task total: 20
Grand total: 1510
20.10 Family Elizabeth (Alaska)'s taskClear Light of Day by Anita Desai
+20 Task 3 generations, 3 households
+15 Combo 20.2, 10.5, 10.9 riesling
+10 Non-western (she is on the non-western authors spreadsheet)
+10 1001
+5 Oldie (1980)
Task Total: 60
Season Total: 195
20.3 oppositesKlara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
20 pts 20.3 Opposites
5 pts 10.9 Pub trivia shiraz
Task total: 25 pts
Season total: 415 pts
10.1 10.2 ... ... ... 10.6 ... ... 10.9 ...
... ... 20.3 20.4 ... ... ... 20.8 20.9 20.10
15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 ... ... ... ... ... ...
A B F G
Q U V W
15.9 Fab FirstsFinding Nouf by Zoë Ferraris
Task=20
Task Total=20
Season Total=800
10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6; -----; 10.8; 10.9; 10.10;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; -----;
-----; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; -----; 20.7; -----; 20.9 (10x); -----;
Post 834 Joanna wrote: "10.5 MotherA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Lexile: 1150
+10 Task
+5 Oldies (1968)
+15 Combo (10.2, 10.9 - kahlua, 20.9)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 775"
I'm sorry, she doesn't work for 10.2 as her name is Le Guin.
Post 852 Heather wrote: "20.3 Artemis by Andy Weir - male author, female protagonist (low lexile, no styles)+20 task
Task total: 20
Season total: 230"
Heather - good news! This isn't shelved as YA/Juv at BPL, so the Lexile rule does not apply. I note it works also for 10.2. Let us know if there are other combos/styles you can claim.
20.3 Opposites The Witch Elm by Tana French
+20 task (female author, male protagonist)
+15 combo (10.2, 20.4, 20.10 - 4 adult siblings and their respective families are the central characters)
+5 jumbo (528 pages)
Task Total: 40
Season Total: 570
20.3 OppositesBefore the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
20 task
10 non-western
10 combo 10.4, 10.9 kahlua
_____
40
Running total: 1035
20.2 Ann/eThe Mystery of the Hasty Arrow by Anna Katharine Green
+20 Task
+20 Combo (10.2,10.9 - amaretto, 20.3, 20.9) - and not enough readers for Crime, darn it!
+10 Oldies (1917)
Task total = 50
Season total = 660
20.2The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
+20 task
+25 combo (10.3, 10.5,20.3,20.10, 10.9 Riesling thEShIppING news annie pRouLx)
+10 1001 Books
+5 Oldies
Task total = 60
Season total = 635
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "20.8 Queen of short FictionYou Can Thank Me Later by Kelly Harms *see post #52 in the General Questions thread
+20 pts - Task
+10 pts - Combo (10..."
Oh dear!
Could I use it instead for Fabulous Firsts Sub-challenge? I believe that would make it 15.5. Also should I repost it that way?
Rebekah wrote: "10.10 - Group ReadsThe Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis
+10 Task
+ 10 Combo - ( 10.9 - absinthe, 20.3)
+5 Oldies (1983)
Task total - 25 pts"
Could I please change this to fill in for Task 10.9? Do I need to repost it that way?
20.2 Ann/AnneThe Green Road by Anne Enright
+20 pts - Task
+25 pts - Task (10.2, 10.4-2015, 10.5, 20.1, 20.10- a mother and her four adult children unite from around the world at the home place in Ireland)
Task Total -45 pts
20.4 CrimeThe Legacy by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
+20 pts - Task
+10 pts - Combo (10.2, 20.9- first in series)
Task total - 30 pts
Could I please change this to fill in for Task 10.9? Do I need to repost it that way?."Kate needs the original post numbers for this and the switch to Fab Firsts.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Could I please change this to fill in for Task 10.9? Do I need to repost it that way?."Kate needs the original post numbers for this and the switch to Fab Firsts."
So change it on the original posts or can I just tell you The Queen's Gambit I posted for 10.10, I want to move to 10.9 is post #497?
The post for You Can Thank Me Later that I want to change to 15.5 is #809
15.10 Fabulous FirstsA Virtuous Woman by Kaye Gibbons
K - V
+20 Task
Task total: 20
Fab Firsts completion bonus: 100
Season total: 1665
15.1 Fabulous Firsts, Round 2The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud by Ben Sherwood
B - T
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Season total: 1680
20.8 Queen of Short FictionTrouble Is My Business by Raymond Chandler
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.6, 10.9 - bourbon, 20.9)
+10 Oldies (1939)
Task total = 45
Season total = 705
20.3The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
+20 task
+15 combo (10.6, 20.10 - Main house has 3 generations in the same home, all the women are targeted by the Big Bad, 10.9 vodka the sOthern booK clubs guiDe to slAying Vampires)
+100 RwS finish
Task total = 135
Season total = 770
10.10 GoodreadsHe Never Came Back by Helen McCloy
(Wish I had a Great Aunt Caroline!)
+10 pts - task
+5 Pts - combo (10.6)
+5 pts - oldies ( 1961)
Task Total - 20 pts
10.5 MotherA Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
+10 pts - task
+25 pts - combo(10.2, 10.4-2015, 20.1, 20.2, 20.10)
Task total - 35 pts
Task 20.7 Real PersonRead a novel about a real person.
Nicolaus Copernicus, 1473-1543
Combo for #10.9
cabernet
BAnvillE, john – docTor Cop ERNicus
Doctor Copernicus (The Revolutions Trilogy #1) (1976) by John Banville (Paperback, 242 pages)
+20 Task (#20.7)
+10 Combo (#10.2 “John”, #10.9 “Cabernet”)
+05 Oldies -25 to 75 years old: (1946-1996)
Task Total: 20 + 10 + 05 = 35
Grand Total: 325 + 35 = 360
20.10 Family There There by Tommy Orange
+20 task (3 generations plus aunts and uncles)
Task total: 20
Season total: 655
20.9 series The Ring of Solomon by Jonathan Stroud
Lexile 820
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.9-merlot, 20.3)
Task total = 30
Season Total=1395
20.9 SeriesThe Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow by Cory Doctorow
+20 task
+5 10.2
+5 10.9 - bEauTifuL tOMoRrow - merlot
Task total: 30
Grand total: 1540
15.10 Fabulous Firsts The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O'Connor
F - V
20 task
100 finisher bonus
____
120
Running total: 1155
20.9 Series (Kate S's task)The Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney
Task=20
Combo=5 (10.2)
Task Total=25
Season Total=825
10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6; -----; 10.8; 10.9; 10.10;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; -----;
-----; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; -----; 20.7; -----; 20.9 (11x); -----;
10.3 NaughtyAbsolute Power by David Baldacci
+10 Task (1995)
+ 5 Combo (10.4)
+ 5 Oldies
+ 5 Jumbo (550)
Task total: 25
Season total: 1705
10.8 BirdsThe Owl Service by Alan Garner
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.2, 20.3 Alison is a major female POV character)
+ 5 Oldies (1967)
Task total: 25
RwS finish: 100
Mega finish: 200
Season total: 2030
20.10 Family The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis
+20 task (dual timeline, grandmother and granddaughter)
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 590
From Post 85Ann wrote: "20.6 Achilles
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
+20 task
+20 combo (10.9 Riesling thESoNG of achILles Madeline mIlleR ,20.1, 20.3, 20.5)
Task total = 40
Se..."
+5 Combo 20.10
From Post 565Tien wrote: "10.4 Spring
The Sea by John Banville
Pub. 2005
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.2 - JOHN)
+10 1001 books
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 560"
+10 Combo 10.9, 20.10
From Post 682Valerie wrote: "20.6 Achilles
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
20 task
20 combo 10.9 reisling, 20.1, 20.3, 20.5
_____
40
Running total: 790"
+5 Combo 20.10
From Post 806Valerie wrote: "20.4 Crime
Rope’s End, Rogue’s End by E.C.R. Lorac
20 task
10 oldie
5 combo 20.9
_____
35
Running total: 945"
+5 Combo 20.3
From Post 848Rosemary wrote: "10.4 Spring
The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.9 merlot)
+10 1001 list
+ 5 Oldies (1956)
Task total: 30
Season total: 1495"
+10 Non-Western
20.10 FamilyThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir. R.A. Dick. 5.8.21
Published in 1945
Task: 20
Combo: 15 (20.3- female author/ghost-male, 10.4 - 1945,10.2- Dick)
Oldie 1945: 10
Post Total: 45
Season Total: 1875 ** Edit: According to the Readerboard, I had 1830 going into this task, so I am adjusting my Season Total to reflect that. (Previously, I had it as 1825).
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(x5); 20.5;20.6; 20.7; 20.8(x2); 20.9(x5); 20.10(x5)
15.1 Fabulous Firsts (Rd 2)The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn
J - V
15 task
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15
Running total: 1180
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+20 task
+10 combo 10.9 Pub Trivia amaretto; 20.10 Family (3 generations)
Task total: 30
Season total: 635