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10.4 Spring My Enemy's Cherry Tree by Ting-Kuo Wang
+10 Task published 2015
+10 Combo (10.2, 10.9 whiskey)
+10 Non-Western
Task total = 30
RwS finish (if I’ve calculated correctly) 100
Season Total=2240
20.3 OppositesSunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon
+20 Task (author male, all from a female POV)
+15 Combo (10.9 riesling, 20.9, 20.10 3 generations of Chris Guthrie's family)
+10 1001 list
+10 Oldies (1932)
Task total: 55
Season total: 2405
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "I'm sorry, Bea. There are only 2 titles in this series and it doesn't look as if the author intends to continue it. No combo for 20.9."No worries, Elizabeth. I got carried away looking for series, but forgot to check the titles in each.
15.8 Fabulous FirstsYou Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
880 Lexile
Y - L
+15 Task
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 755
Task 10.4 SpringRead any book with a 5 in its original publication date.
Welcome to Night Vale (Welcome to Night Vale #1) (2015) by Joseph Fink (Goodreads Author) and Jeffrey Cranor (Hardcover, 401 pages)
+10 Task
+05 Combo (#10.2 “Fink”)
Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15
Grand Total: 445 + 15 = 460
20.9 Series (Kate S's task)The Long Haul by Jeff Kinney
Task=20
Combo= 5 - (10.2)
Task Total=25
Season Total=1175
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 (15x); -----;
15.9 Fabulous Firsts Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City by Wes Moore
F - W
+20 Task
+5 NF
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 780
From Post 925Karen Michele wrote: "10.6 Sentence
Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri
+10 Task - 800 Lexile
Post Total=10
Season Total=990"
+10 Combo 10.9, 20.10
From Post 1060Coralie wrote: "10.5 Mother
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.3)
Task total = 15
Season Total=1210"
+5 Combo 20.1
From Post 1080Bea wrote: "20.5 Set in Balkans
Read a book set in the Balkans.
Girl at War by Sara Nović
Set in Croatia and about the war and its effects on children of that war.
Task: 20..."
+5 Combo 20.1
From Post 1091Joanna wrote: "20.10 Family
Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.9 - riesling)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 1380"
+5 Combo 10.6
20.7 Real PersonBlood & Beauty: The Borgias by Sarah Dunant
+20 Task
+5 Jumbo, 596 pages
+15 Combo: 10.9, bourbon: BlOOd BeaUty saRah duNant; 20.3, writes from the points of view of Pope Alexander VI and Cesare Borgia in addition to several other male characters; 20.10 Pope Alexander--Lucrezia Borgia--Rodrigo of Aragon
Task total: 40
Season total: 1750
20.3 OppositesThe Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare
+20 Task
+25 Oldies
+ 15 Combo: 10.3, pub. 1597; 10.4; 10.9, whiskey: merrY WIlliam SHaKEspeare
Task total: 60
Season total: 1810
20.5 BalkansThe Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
+20 Task, set in Greece
+25 Oldies
+20 Combo: 10.3, pub. 1594; 10.4; 10.9 whiskey: comEdY WillIam SHaKespeare; 20.3
Task total: 65
Season total: 1875
20.3 OppositesAs You Like It by William Shakespeare
+20 Task
+25 Oldies
+15 Combo: 10.3: pub. 1599; 10.4; 10.9 whiskey: You WillIam sHaKESpeare
Task total: 60
Season total: 1935
15.9Fabulous FirstsG - R
The Gaslight Effect: How to Spot and Survive the Hidden Manipulation Others Use to Control Your Life by Robin Stern
+20 pts - Task
+10 Pts - non fiction
Task total - 30 pts
20.3 OppositesDeserter's Masquerade by Chloé Cruchaudet
The hero, Paul, is male, author is female
+20 Task
No style points, graphic novel
Task total = 20
Points total = 755
10.1 10.2 (x2) .... 10.4 10.5 10.6 .... 10.8 10.9 (x4) 10.10
15.1 .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
20.1 20.2 20.3 (x4) 20.4 20.5 20.6 (x2) 20.7 20.8 20.9 (x3) 20.10 (x2)
20.10 Family Atomic Empire by Thierry Smolderen
The hero, his father, his daughter
+20 Task
No style points - graphic novel
Task total = 20
Points total = 775
10.1 10.2 (x2) .... 10.4 10.5 10.6 .... 10.8 10.9 (x4) 10.10
15.1 .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
20.1 20.2 20.3 (x4) 20.4 20.5 20.6 (x2) 20.7 20.8 20.9 (x3) 20.10 (x3)
10.4 SpringInstantanés d'Ambre by Yōko Ogawa
Published 2015
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.2 ; 10.9 - amaretto: Ins ta n t/b> anés d’ Am/b> b re/b> , Yoko O/b> gawa ; 20.3 - Ambre, who's point of view is used most of the book, is male, author is female)
+10 Non-Western (author is japanese)
Task total = 45
Points total = 820
10.1 10.2 (x2) .... 10.4 (x2) 10.5 10.6 .... 10.8 10.9 (x4) 10.10
15.1 .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
20.1 20.2 20.3 (x4) 20.4 20.5 20.6 (x2) 20.7 20.8 20.9 (x3) 20.10 (x3)
Kate S wrote: "From Post 1080Bea wrote: "...Girl at War by Sara Nović"
Thanks for the extra points, Kate. That makes my total 200! A nice round number.
20.3 OppositesCell-out by Peter Armstrong
+20 Task
Points this post: 20
RwS total: 485
Fan1sts total: -
Season Total: 485
10.1 .... .... .... .... .... .... .... 10.9 10.10
.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 .... .... .... 20.8 20.9 20.10
20.10 Family (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss (refers to 3 generations)
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.9 Cabernet: thE BlACk couNT: glory, REvolution, betrayal, and the real count of monte cristo)
Points this post: 25
RwS total: 510
Fan1sts total: -
Season Total: 510
10.1 .... .... .... .... .... .... .... 10.9 10.10
.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 .... .... .... 20.8 20.9 20.10
20.10 FamilyA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
20 task
10 combo 10.9 kahlua, 20.3
____
30
100 RwS finish
200 Megafinish
_____
330
Running total: 1600
20.6 AchillesMemoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar
+20 Task
+20 Combo (10.4 - 1951, 10.9 - Chardonnay, 20.3, 20.7)
+10 1001
+ 5 Oldies
Task total = 55
Season total = 970
20.10 FamilyThe Gathering by Anne Enright
+20 Task
+10 1001 Books
+20 Combo: 10.2; 10.5; 20.1; 20.2
Task total: 50
Season total: 1985
20.10 FamilyOur Fathers by Andrew O'Hagan
+20 task
+ 5 10.3 Naughty (published 1999)
Task total: 25
Season total: 890
20.9 SeriesArtificial Condition by Martha Wells
+20 task
+5 combo 10.9 merlot
Task total: 25
Season total: 300
15.3 Fabulous FirstsOff the Leash: A Year at the Dog Parkby Matthew Gilbert
M-0
Task +15
Nonfiction +5
Book Total: 20
Grand Total: 375
Rebekah wrote: "15.9Fabulous FirstsG - R
The Gaslight Effect: How to Spot and Survive the Hidden Manipulation Others Use to Control Your Life by Robin Stern
+20 pts - Task
+10 Pt..."
20.10 Family (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)The House by the Medlar Tree by Giovanni Verga
pub. 1881
Task=20
Combo= 5 - (10.9-merlot)
1001 books= 10
Oldie=10 (1881)
Task Total=45
Season Total=1220
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 (15x); 20.10;
20.2 Ann/eThe Crystal Beads Murder by Annie Haynes
+20 Task
+20 Combo (10.9 lambic, 20.3 Inspector Stoddart male, 20.4, 20.9)
+10 Oldies (1930)
Task total: 50
Season total: 2455
20.7 Real PersonA Dreadful Murder: The Mysterious Death of Caroline Luard by Minette Walters
+20 Task (approved)
+15 Combo (10.9 merlot, 20.3 main POV is male policeman, 20.4)
Task total: 35
Season total: 2490
20.3 OppositesThe Unknown Ajax by Georgette Heyer
20 task
5 oldie
10 combo 10.4, 20.10
_____
35
Running total: 1635
Post 1133 Joanna wrote: "10.9 Pub TriviaA Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
+10 Task (vodka)
Task total: 10
Grand total: 1395"
Good news! It appears that at least one more in the series is planned so that this qualifies for 20.9 Series. +5 Combo, and let us know if you want to switch to the 20-point task.
20.10 FamilyUnmarriageable by Soniah Kamal
20 pts 20.10 Family
5 pts 10.9 Pub Trivia riesling
Task total: 25 pts
Season total: 595 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
20.3 OppositesCraigslist Confessional: A Collection of Secrets from Anonymous Strangers by Helena Dea Bala
+20 Task
+10 Combo: 10.2: Bala; 10.9 cabernet: sECRETs heleNa BAla
Task total: 30
Season total: 1965
20.3 OppositesMuch Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
+20 Task
+25 Oldies (1598)
+15 Combo: 10.3; 10.4; 10.9 merlot: Much nOThing wiLliam shakEspeaRe
Task total: 60
Season total: 2025
20.9 - SeriesTheir Frozen Graves by Ruhi Choudhary
+20 task
+15 combos (10.2, 20.4, 10.9 - shiraz - their froZen gRAveS ruHI choudhary)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 1270
20.9 - SeriesLittle Boy Lost by Ruhi Choudhary
+20 task
+10 Combo (10.2, 20.4)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 1300
From Post 1101Katy wrote: "20.8 Queen of Short Fiction
In the Company of Sherlock Holmes edited by Laurie R. King
+20 task (collection of short stories, mystery genre, based on Sherlock Holmes..."
+5 Combo 10.9
From Post 1107Deedee wrote: "Task 10.4 Spring
Read any book with a 5 in its original publication date.
Welcome to Night Vale (Welcome to Night Vale #1) (2015) by Joseph Fink (Goodreads Author..."
+5 Combo 20.9
From Post 1116Anika wrote: "20.5 Balkans
The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
+20 Task, set in Greece
+25 Oldies
+15 Combo: 10.3, pub. 1594; 10.4; 10.9 whiskey: comEdY WillIam SHaKespeare; 2..."
+5 Combo 20.3
From Post 1117Anika wrote: "20.3 Opposites
As You Like It by William Shakespeare
+20 Task
+25 Oldies
+10 Combo: 10.3: pub. 1599; 10.4; 10.9 whiskey: You WillIam sHaKESpeare
Task total: 60
Season t..."
+5 Combo 10.4
From Post 1134Ed wrote: "20.10 Family (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)
The House by the Medlar Tree by Giovanni Verga
pub. 1881
Task=20
Combo= 5 - (10.9-merlot)
1001 books= 10
Oldie=10 (1881)
Ta..."
+5 Combo 20.3
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+20 task (collection of short stories, mystery genre, based on Sherlock Holmes)
+15 combo (10.2, 20.4? - female editor, crime MPG - 20.9 - 2nd in series of stories inspired by Holmes canon - 5 books in series so far)
Task Total: 35
Season Total: 740