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20.10 FamilyStarve Acre by Andrew Michael Hurley
Three generations, plus three related adult households (Juliette, sister Harrie, their parents)
+20 Task
Task total: 20
Season total: 360
20.8 Queen of Short FictionMystery Cats: Felonious Felines from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine by Lilian Jackson Braun **
20 task
5 oldie
10 combo 10.3, 10.9 (merlot)
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35
Running total: 180
**this is a compilation of short stories by 16 different writers, however GR has LJB listed as author.
15.3 Fabulous FirstsBiloxi Blues by Neil Simon
Task=15
NaN=5
Task Total=20
Season Total=155
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15.1; 15.2; 15.3; ----; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----;
-----; -----; -----; -----; 20.5; -----; -----; -----; 20.9; -----;
20.9 SeriesEvil Under the Sunby Agatha Christie
#18 in the Hercule Poriot series
Task +20
Oldies +10
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 30
20.8 Queen of Short FictionMasterpieces of Mystery Riddle Stories by Joseph Lewis French
20 pts 20.8 Queen of Short Fiction
5 pts Pub Trivia merlot
10 pts Oldies
Task total: 35 pts
Season total: 125 pts
10.1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 10.9 ...
... ... ... 20.4 ... ... ... 20.8 20.9 ...
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15.1 Fabulous FirstsThe Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop. Fannie Flagg W-F
+15 Task
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 245
10.1; 10.2; -----; -----; -----; 10.6(x2); -----; ----; 10.9(x2); -----;
15.1; -----; -----; ----; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----;
-----; -----; -----; 20.4x2; -----;20.6; -----; -----; 20.9; -----
A B C D E
N O P Q R S T U V
15.2 Fabulous FirstsNemesis. Isaac Asimov N-I
+15 Task
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 260
10.1; 10.2; -----; -----; -----; 10.6(x2); -----; ----; 10.9(x2); -----;
15.1; 15.2; -----; ----; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----;
-----; -----; -----; 20.4x2; -----;20.6; -----; -----; 20.9; -----
A B C D E
20.9 SeriesPirates of the Levant by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
+20 Task
+5 Combo 10.9 – shiraz
Task total = 25
Season Total=200
20.3 OppositesMy Dear I Wanted to Tell You by Louisa Young
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.6, 10.9 – merlot, 20.9)
Task total = 35
Season Total=235
20.9 SeriesBetween Two Worlds by Upton Sinclair
+20 Task (Lanny Budd #2)
+ 5 Combo (10.9 - cabernet)
+10 Oldies (1941)
+15 Jumbo (871 pgs)
Task total = 50
Season total = 65
(Thanks for this task, Kate. I've had this on my list for several seasons!)
10.3 NinetiesThe Blue Bedspread by Raj Kamal Jha
+10 task pub 1999
+10 non-western (India)
+5 combo - kahlua
tHe bLUe bedspreAd raj KAmal jha
Task total: 25
Grand total: 235
10.8 Kim's TaskName of bird in title or author (finch) I couldn't embarrass myself by not coming up with one for my own task.
A Beautiful Blue Death. Charles Finch. 3.14.21
+10 Task
+5 combo: 10.9 - A Beautiful Blue Death Charles Finch = absinthe
+5 combo 20.9 - (Charles Lenox Mysteries #1)
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 280
10.1; 10.2; -----; -----; -----; 10.6(x2); -----; 10.8; 10.9(x2); -----;
15.1; 15.2; -----; ----; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----;
-----; -----; -----; 20.4x2; -----;20.6; -----; -----; 20.9; -----
A B C D E
15.1 Fabulous FirstsThe Visit by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
15 pts 15.1 Fabulous Firsts
5 pts Nonfiction
Task total: 20 pts
Season total: 145 pts
10.1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 10.9 ...
... ... ... 20.4 ... ... ... 20.8 20.9 ...
15.1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
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20.3 OppositesThe Dry by Jane Harper
+20 task
+15 combo 10.3 Name; 20.4 Crime; 20.9 Series
Task total: 35
Season total: 115
10.9 Pub Trivia (Anika's Task)The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey
+10 Task Lambic: MermAId BLaCk
+ 5 Combo: 20.3 Opposites (David is a main character)
Task total = 15
Season Total=115
20.2 Ann/eIncidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs
+20 Task
+ 5 10.9 Pub Trivia (riesling INcIdEntS GiRL)
+15 Oldies (1861)
Task total = 40
Season Total=155
20.3 OppositesThe Midnight Library by Matt Haig
+20 Task (Nora)
+ 5 Combo: 10.2 Name
Task total = 25
Season Total=180
20.4 CrimeBlack Coffee: A Mystery Play in Three Acts by Agatha Christie
+20 Task
+20 Combo: 10.5 Mother / 10.9 Pub Trivia (Baileys BLAck coffEe plaY In actS) 20.3 Opposites (Poirot) / 20.9 Series
+10 Oldies (1930)
Task total = 50
Season Total=230
20.8 Queen of Short Fiction (Denise's Task)The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories by Agatha Christie
+20 Task
+20 Combo: 10.5 Mother / 10.9 Pub Trivia (amaretto REgATTA Mystery Other)/ 20.3 Opposites (Poirot & Parker Pyne - only 1 Miss Marple story) / 20.4 Crime
+10 Oldies (1939)
Task total = 50
Season Total=280
15.1 The Book of Jakarta: A City in Short Fiction by Maesy AngM-T
+15 Task
+ 5 Not a Novel
Post Total=20
Correction +10
Season Total=310
20.3 OppositesBlanc autour by Wilfrid Lupano and Stephane Fert
Author (and illustrator) are males, and their protagonists are almost all females - this graphic novel is about Prudence Crandall and her school for coloured girls in the 1830's in Connecticut.
+10 Task
No style points, graphic novel
Task total = 10
Points total = 85
.... 10.2 .... .... .... .... .... .... 10.9 (x2) 10.10
.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
.... .... 20.3 .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
15.2 Fabulous FirstsI-P
Indecent by Paula Vogel
+15 Task
+5 Non Fiction
Task Total: 20 pts
Grand Total: 60 pts
10.7 CodebreakersHouse of Secrets: A Bletchley Park Novella by W. Len
+10 Task
+10 Combo: 10.9 cabernet: sEcRETs A BletChley leN; 20.7, Alan Turing is a main character
Task total: 20
Season total: 275
20.10 FamilyThe Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate
The book is about a cousin and half-sisters trying to locate their father/uncle in 1875 and their descendants (including 4 and 5 time great grandchildren) in 1986 putting together the family history.
+20 task
+10 combo 10.2, 10.9 absinthe The Book of Lost Friends Lisa Wingate
Task total: 30
Season total: 95
20.9 - SeriesOne Last Lesson by Iain Cameron
+20 task
+5 Combo - 10.2
+5 Combo - 10.9 - merlot - One lasT LEsson caMeRon
Task total: 30
Grand total: 165
20.8 - Queen of Short FictionThe Bone Box by Gregg Olsen
+20 task - novella
+5 Combo - 20.3
Task total: 25
Grand total: 210
10.3 NaughtyMy Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.2, 10.9 – shiraz)
Task total = 20
Season Total=255
20.4 CrimeThe Bungalow Mystery by Annie Haynes
20 task
10 oldie
15 combo 20.2, 20.3, 10.9 (merlot)
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45
Running total: 225
10.2 NameA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.9 - kahlua found in A confederAcy dUnces joHn Kennedy tooLe)
+10 1001 books
+10 Oldies (pub. 1980)
Post Total: 35
Season Total: 235
20.10 - Family (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)The Witching Hour by Anne Rice
✼ multi-generational family saga ✼
+20 Task
+25 Combo (10.2-Rice; 10.3-1990; 10.5; 20.2; 20.9-#1 in series)
+25 Jumbo (1207 pages)
+5 Oldies (originally published 1990)
Task total = 75
Season Total = 105
20.7 Real PersonStrongbow: The Story of Richard and Aoife by Morgan Llywelyn
Pov alternates between the two named, both historical real people
+20 task
+5 oldies pub 1992
+5 combo 20.3 half of book is from Richard's Pov
+5 combo 10.9 - merlot - MORgan L... and ThE....
+5 combo 10.3
Task total: 40
Grand total: 295
20.8 ShortTwo Hundred and Twenty-One Baker Streets: An Anthology of Holmesian Tales Across Time and Space ed by David Thomas Moore
+20 task
+5 combo 10.9 - merlot - hOLMEsian .... Two hundRed
Task total: 25
Grand total: 320
20.2 Ann/eGigi: A Comedy in Two Acts by Anita Loos
Task=20
Combo= 15 (10.2; 10.3; 20.10*) *Gigi lives with her Mom and Grandmother....and sometimes with her grand aunt.
Task Total=35
Season Total=190
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15.1; 15.2; 15.3; ----; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----;
-----; 20.2; -----; -----; 20.5; -----; -----; -----; 20.9; -----;
10.9 Pub Trivia Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
no Lexile level
+10 task (lambic - LAst nIght at the telegraph CluB Malinda lo)
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 85
20.9 Series The Craftsman by Sharon J. Bolton
+20 task (1st in new series, approved in task thread)
+10 combo (10.9 - amaretto - ThE cRAfTsMan shAron bolTOn; 20.4)
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 115
20.9 Series Voyages en absurdie by Stéphane de Groodt
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.9 - Vo y ag es e n ab su rd i e by Stépha n e de Groodt : sauvignon)
Task total = 25
Points total = 110
.... 10.2 .... .... .... .... .... .... 10.9 (x2) 10.10
.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
.... .... 20.3 .... .... .... .... .... 20.9 ....
Post 178 Norma wrote: "20.8 - Queen of Short FictionThe Bone Box by Gregg Olsen
+20 task - novella
+5 Combo - 20.3
Task total: 25
Grand total: 210"
I'm sorry, Norma. None of the editions of this title are as long as 100 pages.
If it's any consolation, your Post 177 Closer than Blood qualifies for both 10.9 and 20.9.
20.3 OppositesFemale author/ Male main character (Zod)
The Last Days of Café Leila. Donia Bijan 3.15.21
+20 Task
+5 combo: 10.9 -The Last Days of Cafe Leila Donia Bijan = absinthe
+5 combo 20.10
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 310
10.1; 10.2; -----; -----; -----; 10.6(x2); -----; 10.8; 10.9(x2); -----;
15.1; 15.2; -----; ----; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----;
-----; -----; 20.3; 20.4x2; -----;20.6; -----; -----; 20.9; -----
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10.8 BirdsAnother Way by Anna Martin
+10 Task
+15 Combo (20.2, 20.3, 20.9)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 210
20.6 AchillesThe Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
+20 Task (#49 on Best Gay Fiction list)
+10 1001 Books
+5 Oldies (1955)
+25 Combo (10.4; 10.9 riesling: taLeNted RIplEy hiGhSmIth; 20.3; 20.4; 20.9)
Task total: 60
Season total: 335
20.3 OppositesConcrete Rose by Angie Thomas
YA, no lexile score
Author is female, main character Maverick is male
+20 Task
Task total: 20
Season total: 380
10.10A Children's Bible by Lydia Millet
Really excellent, thanks for making it a selection!
+10 task
+5 10.9 lambic A ChILdrens Bible lydia Millet
Task total = 15
Season total = 210
20.3 OppositesBorder Crossing by Pat Barker
+20 Task (female author-male MC)
+10 Combo (10.9 – cabernet, 20.4)
Task total = 30
Season Total=285
20.3 OppositesA Bali Conspiracy Most Foul by Shamini Flint
+20 Task (female author-male MC)
+15 Combo (10.9 – lambic, 20.4, 20.9)
+10 Non-Western
Task total = 45
Season Total=330
20.1 PrizeAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
+20 task
+ 5 combo 10.5 Mother
+10 1001 book
+10 Non-Western (Nigeria)
Task total: 45
Season total: 160
10.7PopCo by Scarlett Thomas
+10 task
+5 10.9 merlot pOpco scaRLETt thoMas
Task total = 15
Season total = 225
10.1 EnjoyedReasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig
+10 Task (read The Midnight Library last season)
+15 Combo: 10.2; 10.4, pub. 2015; 10.9 riesling: REaSoNs aLIve haIG
Task total: 25
Season total: 360
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+10 Task
+ 5 Oldies (1988)
Task total: 15
Season total: 340