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Post 984 Rebekah wrote: "20.6 Song of AchillesQuo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Published sometime between 1894 - 1896*
+20 pts - Task (#49 on Historical Fiction List)
+20 pts - Combo (10.3, 10..."
I have fixed the GR date, which should be 1896. GR policy is for books to carry as original publication date the last year when they have been published in serialized form.
20.10 Family (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)Read any book that is multi-generational or a family saga. Should include at least 3 generations of a family OR extended family of 3 or more households (adult siblings, cousins, etc.)
A Dangerous Fortune by Ken Follett -- O.K.'d in message 23 on the help thread
Previous points as of 950 (including a bunch that I had not seen -- I am so bad at this!) = 505
Task Points: + 20
Combo 10.3: + 5
Jumbo: + 5
Oldies: + 5
Grand Total: 540
20.8 Queen of Short FictionDangerous Women by Otto Penzler (editor)
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.2 - Otto, 10.4 - 2005, 10.9- merlot)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 875
10.5 MotherHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fireby J.K. Rowling
Task +10
Combo +5 series
Jumbo +10 (732pp)
Grand Total: 325
20.6 Achilles The City and the Pillar by Gore Vidal
+20 Task
+5 Oldies (published 1948)
Task total = 25
Season Total=1920
15.8 Fabulous Firsts Round 2, O-KOne of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Season total: 1685
15.6 Fabulous FirstsReflections in a Golden Eye by Carson McCullers
C-R
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Season total = 345
15.7 Fabulous FirstsFooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
F-N
+15 Task
+5 Non-fiction
Task total = 20
Season total = 365
15.10 Fabulous FirstsYou're Never Weird on the Internet by Felicia Day
F-Y
+20 Task
+5 Not a novel
Task total: 25
+100 Finisher
Grand total: 1030
15.10 Fab FirstsThe Uttermost Farthing by Marie Belloc Lowndes
Task=20
Finish Bonus=100
Task Total=120
Season Total=1060
10.1; 10.2 (2x); 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6; 10.7; 10.8; 10.9; 10.10;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10;
-----; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6; 20.7; -----; 20.9 (12x); -----;
20.1 PrizeOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
20 pts 20.1 Prize
5 pts 20.3 Opposites
5 pts 20.9 Series
5 pts 10.5 Mother
5 pts 10.8 Birds. Crake
5 pts 10.9 Pub Trivia amaretto
Task total: 45 pts
Season total: 525 pts
10.1 10.2 ... ... ... 10.6 ... 10.8 10.9 ...
20.1 ... 20.3 20.4 20.5 ... ... 20.8 20.9 20.10
15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 ... ... ... ... ... ...
A B F G
Q U V W
10.2 NameRock Springs by Richard Ford -- "Ford" is a four letter word.
Task Points: 10
Oldies: +5
Grand Total: 555
10.8 - BirdsShooting at Loons by Margaret Maron
+10 task
+20 Combos (10.3, 20.4, 20.9, 10.9 - merlot - shooting at LOons MaRgaRET maron)
+5 oldie -1994
Task total: 35
Grand total: 1140
10.4 - SpringTurning Angel by Greg Iles
+10 task - 2005
+25 Combos (10.2, 20.9, 10.9 - riesling - tuRnING angel greg ILES)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 1165
20.4 - CrimeThe Guilded Cage by Camilla Läckberg
+20 task
+5 Combo (10.9 - lambic - CAMILla lackBerg
Task total: 25
Grand total: 1190
20.9 - SeriesOur Daughter's Bones by Ruhi Choudhary
+20 task
+15 Combos (10.2, 20.4, 10.9 - cabernet - our daughTERs BoNEs ruhi ChoudhAry)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 1225
10.3 NaughtySnow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson 1994
Task Points: 10
Combo (10.9 reisling): +5
Oldies: +5
Grand Total: 575
15.7 Fabulous FirstsThe Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
R - G
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Season Total: 670
10.10 Group ReadsAll This I Will Give to You by Dolores Redondo
+10 Task
+20 Combo (10.6; 10.9 - riesling found in alL thIS I will GivE to you doloRes redoNdo; 20.3; 20.4)
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 1,030
20.5 BalkansThe Two Faces of January by Patricia Highsmith
+20 Task - takes place mostly in Greece
+10 Combo - 20.3, 20.4
+ 5 Oldies - 1964
Task total = 35
Season total = 870
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 984 Rebekah wrote: "20.6 Song of AchillesQuo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Published sometime between 1894 - 1896*
+20 pts - Task (#49 on Historical Fiction List)
..."
Thx
20.1 PrizeMy Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
+20 prs - Task
+10 pts - combo (10.9-Baileys, 20.4)
+10 pts- non western (Nigeria)
Task total - 40 pts
10.8 Birds The Cygnet and the Firebird by Patricia A. McKillip
+10 Task cygnet
+10 Combo (10.3, 10.9 cabernet)
+5 Oldies (published 1993)
Task total = 25
Season Total=1945
10.1 EnjoyedRead a book by an author you enjoyed last season.
Shark River by Randy Wayne White
I have been trying to complete this series for a while and am currently trying to fill the holes in the series list. I read #20 in January for another group.
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 10
10.3 NaughtyRead a book published in the naughty nineties, any century.
Flesh & Bones by Paul Levine
First published 1997.
Task Total: 10
Combo: 5 (10.2)
Season Total: 25
10.6 SentenceRead any book whose title is a complete sentence.
The Mountains Bow Down by Sibella Giorello
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 35
From Post 316Karen Michele wrote: "20.1 Prize
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
+20 Task (2021 Longlist)
+ 5 Combo: 10.2 Name
Post Total=25
Season Total=390"
+10 Combo 10.9, 20.10
From Post 961Connie wrote: "10.5 Mother
Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
+10 task
+10 combo 10.9 Pub Trivia kahlua; 20.10 Family ( Gibsons and Kilpatricks form a blended family, London..."
I have an MPE at 720 pages, so +10 Jumbo
From Post 994Marie wrote: "10.5 Mother
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.9 - absinthe :
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+5 Combo 20.9
From Post 996Karen Michele wrote: "10.2 Name
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.9 Pub Trivia (reis..."
+5 Combo 10.8 (Robin)
From Post 997Karen Michele wrote: "10.5 Mother
The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.9 Pub Trivia (merlot)
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 1205"
+5 Oldies
Good grief;) thanks for all of the points --- sorry I wasn't more careful!
10.1 EnjoyedOlmec Obituary (Dr Pimms, Intermillennial Sleuth #1) by L.J.M. Owen
last season's post
+10 Task
+25 Combo (10.2 - OWEN; 10.4 - 2015; 10.9 - merlot found in OLMEc obiTuaRy; 20.4; 20.9)
+100 RwS Finish
+200 Mega Finish
Post Total: 335
Season Total: 1,365
Tien wrote: "+100 RwS Finish
+200 Mega Finish"
Congratulations! Well done!
20.9 SeriesSalvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
+20 task (Bois Sauvage series)
+10 combo 10.2 Name; 10.6 Sentence
Task total: 30
Season total: 865
Task 20.2 Ann/eRead a book by an author who shares one of these names similar to Ann/e: Ann, Anne, Anna, Hannah, Nancy, Nanette, Anika (etc). This name can be in the first or middle position in an author's published name.
The Lost Vintage (2018) by Ann Mah
+20 Task
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 425 + 20 = 445
20.9 SeriesThe Consequences of Fear by Jacqueline Winspear
20 pts 20.9 Series
Task total: 20 pts
Season total: 545 pts
10.1 10.2 ... ... ... 10.6 ... 10.8 10.9 ...
20.1 ... 20.3 20.4 20.5 ... ... 20.8 20.9 20.10
15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 ... ... ... ... ... ...
A B F G
Q U V W
Post 1021 Norma wrote: "20.4 - CrimeThe Guilded Cage by Camilla Läckberg
+20 task
+5 Combo (10.9 - lambic - CAMILla lackBerg
Task total: 25
Grand total: 1190"
Though the series is at this time only 2 titles, the most recent was published in 2020 and this author has a history of writing longer series. Combo for 20.9.
20.8 Queen of Short Fiction (Denise's Task)Cold Comfort by Charles Todd
Task=20
Combo= 15 (10.2; 10.9-merlot; 20.9- .5 in a series...hope that works?)
Task Total=35
Season Total=1095
*****Would this qualify for a combo for 20.4? The author is actually a pseudonym for a mother/son team. The MC is male.*****
10.1; 10.2 (2x); 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6; 10.7; 10.8; 10.9; 10.10;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10;
-----; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6; 20.7; 20.8; 20.9 (12x); -----;
10.9 Pub Trivia (Anika's Task)The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
Spelling Merlot: ThE pRiMe Of miss jean brodie by murieL spark
+10 task
+5 oldies (published 1961)
+10 1001 books
+5 combo (10.5)
Task total: 30
Season total: 220
10.7 Codebreakers The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
+10 task (book is all about codebreakers at Bletchley Park in WWII)
+10 combo (10.2, 20.7 - maybe? - Dilly Knox, Alan Turing, Commander Travis, Prince Phillip, a young Queen Elizabeth, and others are key characters in the book and real people)
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 690
10.9 Pub TriviaThe Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
+10 task (cabernet - thE ThursdAy murdER CluB richard osmaN)
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 700
10.4 SpringThe Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford pub in 1945
+10 -Task
+20 pts - Combo (10.9 - merlot, 20.2, 20.9 - first in the Radlett and Montdore series, 20.10 - told from POV of a cousin who spends long periods of time with her6 cousins, later about them growing up, marrying and their children, the aunt who adopted her, the mother who abandoned her and various in-laws, and uncles and children)
+10 pts - Oldies
+10 pts - 1001 Books
+100 pts - RWS Finish bonus
Task total - 150 pts
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Mega finish: 200."
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