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10.2 - Name The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa
✼ Hiro ✼
+10 Task
+10 Combo - (☞ 10.9 - riesling: RIESL in Chronicles; ING in Travelling ☞ 20.3 - female author; male human & cat point of view)
+10 Non-Western (Japan)
Task total = 30
Season Total = 135
From Post 114Kim wrote: "20.4 Crime
Murder at the Library of Congress by Margaret Truman 3.10.21
+20 Task
+10 combo - 10.9 [lambic or merlot], & 20.9 - Capital Crimes series
+5 Oldie - 1991
..."
+5 Combo 10.3
From Post 122 Beth wrote: "10.9 Pub
Report from Planet Midnight by Nalo Hopkinson
Merlot - repORT from pLanEt Midnight
+10 task
+5 combo 20.9 series (ok'd in help)
+5 combo 10.2 4 letter nam..."
+10 Non-Western
From Post 155Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "20.9 Series
Evil Under the Sunby Agatha Christie
#18 in the Hercule Poriot series
Task +20
Oldies +10
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 30"
+15 Combo 10.5, 10.9, 20.3
From Post 166Karen Michele wrote: "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)
T..."
+10 Non-Western
From Post 181Tien wrote: "10.2 Name
A 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 (pu..."
1980 only earns 5 oldie points
Post 204 Kate S wrote: "From Post 122 Beth wrote: "10.9 Pub
Report from Planet Midnight by Nalo Hopkinson
Merlot - repORT from pLanEt Midnight
+10 task
+5 combo 20.9 series (ok'd in hel..."
It has been pointed out to me that I have an error in the author table and Nalo Hopkinson is not nonwestern, but a Canadian citizen. I will fix this, and sorry to have to take back these points, Beth.
That's ok. :) I was very confused by them.
10.9 Pub Trivia (Anika's Task)The Bookshop of Yesterdays. Amy Meyerson. 3.17.21
The Bookshop of Yesterdays Amy Meyerson = amaretto
+10 Task
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 320
10.1; 10.2; -----; -----; -----; 10.6(x2); -----; 10.8; 10.9(x3); -----;
15.1; 15.2; -----; ----; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----;
-----; -----; 20.3; 20.4x2; -----;20.6; -----; -----; 20.9; -----
A B C D E
10.7 Codebreakers (Tien's Task)Australian Code Breakers: Our top-secret war with the Kaiser's Reich by James Phelps
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.9 - cabernet found in AusTRaliaN Code BrEakErs)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 245
10.8 BirdsSelected Poems by Rita Dove
+10 task
+5 oldies (pub 1993)
+5 combo 10.2 4 letter name
+5 combo 10.3 pub nineties
+5 combo 10.9 - merlot - seLecTed pOEMs Rita
Task total: 30
Grand total: 350
10.5 MotherAnd Then There Were Noneby Agatha Christie
Task +10
Combo +5 ( 20.3)
Oldies +10
Grand Total: 70
20.10 FamilyFlashback by Shannon Messenger
The story focus around several families, including the Vackers, composed of several generations.
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.9)
+15 Jumbo (848 pages)
Task total = 40
Points total = 150
.... 10.2 .... .... .... .... .... .... 10.9 (x2) 10.10
.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
.... .... 20.3 .... .... .... .... .... 20.9 20.10
20.5 - Balkans Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
✼ set in Slovenia ✼
+20 Task
+25 Combo (☞ 10.3-1998; ☞ 10.6; ☞ 10.9-vodka: VOKA in Veronika; D in Die; ☞ 20.3-male author; female MC; ☞ 20.9-On the Seventh Day #2)
+10 Non-Western (born in Brazil; lives 1/2 year in Rio de Janeiro)
+10 1001 Books
Task total = 65
Season Total = 200
Post 213 Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "10.5 MotherAnd Then There Were Noneby Agatha Christie
Task +10
Combo +5 ( 20.3)
Oldies +10
Grand Total: 70"
I'm sorry Jayme. This is YA Assignment at BPL with a Lexile of 570. Task, but no styles.
15.4 Fabulous FirstsLast Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan
Task=15
Task Total=15
Season Total=205
----; -----; -----; -----; 10.5; 10.6; -----; ----; ----; -----;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----;
-----; 20.2; -----; -----; 20.5; -----; -----; -----; 20.9; -----;
15.2 Fabulous FirstsO-E
Out of the Silence: After the Crash by Eduardo Strauch Urioste
+15 Task
+ 5 Not a Novel
Task total = 20
Season total = 85
20.10 Family (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)Next Year in Havana. Chanel Cleeton 3.18.21
+20 Task
+5 combo (20.9)
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 345
10.1; 10.2; -----; -----; -----; 10.6(x2); -----; 10.8; 10.9(x3); -----;
15.1; 15.2; -----; ----; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----;
-----; -----; 20.3; 20.4x2; -----;20.6; -----; -----; 20.9; 20.10
A B C D E
20.5 BalkansThe Ionia Sanction (The Athenian Mysteries #2) by Gary Corby
20% Athens
20% Ephesus
60% Magnesia
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.2 - GARY; 10.9 - absinthe found in THE IoNiA Santion corBy; 20.9)
Post Total: 35
Season Total: 280
10.6 SentenceBless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
10 task
10 combo 10.9 merlot, 20.10
____
20
Running total: 245
20.1 PrizeA Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
+20 Task, Women's Prize Nominee 2015
+30 Combo: 10.2; 10.4, pub. 2015; 10.5; 20.2; 20.3: Junior, Red, and Denny are main characters, most of the book is told from their POV; 20.10
Task total: 50
Season total: 410
20.1 PrizeSecret Son by Laila Lalami
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.9 – merlot, 20.3)
Task total = 30
Season Total=360
20.8 Queen of Short FictionA Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
+20 task (123 pages)
+10 combo 10.9 Pub Trivia chardonnay; 20.9 Series
+10 oldie (pub1887)
Task total: 40
Season total: 200
20.3 OppositesFinder (Finder Chronicles #1) by Suzanne Palmer
+20 Task (female author - male MC)
+5 Combo (20.9)
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 305
20.5 BalkansDe la Macédoine à la France by Fabien Toulmé
An important part of the story is set in the Balkans (Greece, Macedonia and Slovenia).
+20 Task
No style, graphic novel
Task total = 20
Points total = 170
.... 10.2 .... .... .... .... .... .... 10.9 (x2) 10.10
.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
.... .... 20.3 .... 20.5 .... .... .... 20.9 20.10
10.6 SentenceA Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling
+10 task
+5 combo (10.9 shiraz Libertarian Walks Hongoltz-Hetling
Task total: 15
Season total: 110
20.3 OppositesDumb Witness by Agatha Christie
The story is told from the perspective of Arthur Hastings
+20 task
+20 combo (10.5, 10.9 [spelling cabernet - dumB wiTNEss Agatha ChRistiE], 20.4, 20.9)
+10 oldies (originally published 1937)
Task total: 50
Season total: 110
20.10 Family (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)A Column of Fire. Ken Follett
+20 Task
+5 combo (20.9)
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 370
10.1; 10.2; -----; -----; -----; 10.6(x2); -----; 10.8; 10.9(x3); -----;
15.1; 15.2; -----; ----; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----;
-----; -----; 20.3; 20.4x2; -----;20.6; -----; -----; 20.9; 20.10(x2)
A B C D E
10.9 Pub Trivia (Anika's Task)A Bend in the Road. Nicholas Sparks
Abend IN The Road Sparks = absinthe
+10 Task
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 380
10.1; 10.2; -----; -----; -----; 10.6(x2); -----; 10.8; 10.9(x4); -----;
15.1; 15.2; -----; ----; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----;
-----; -----; 20.3; 20.4x2; -----;20.6; -----; -----; 20.9; -----
A B C D E
10.4Vivia by Tanith Lee
+10 task
+5 combo (10.3 1995)
Task total = 15
Season total = 240
+5 oldie added in post 253
15.3 Fabulous FirstsThe Choice: Embrace the Possible by Edith Eger
E - T
+15 Task
+5 NF
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 325
20.3 OppositesMrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris by Paul Gallico
10.9 merlot: MRs arris gOEs To paris pauL
+20 Task (author male, main character Mrs Harris female)
+20 Combo (10.2, 10.6, 10.9, 20.9)
+10 1001 list (surprisingly!)
+ 5 Oldies (1958)
Task total: 55
Season total: 435
20.3 OppositesMrs. 'Arris Goes to New York by Paul Gallico
10.9 merlot: MRs arris gOEs To new york pauL
+20 Task (author male, main character Mrs Harris female)
+20 Combo (10.2, 10.6, 10.9, 20.9)
+ 5 Oldies (1960)
Task total: 45
Season total: 480
20.8 Queen of Short FictionGreat Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror: Second Series edited by Dorothy L. Sayers
10.9 amaretto: gREAT shOrT stories of detection Mystery And horror
+20 Task (approved)
+10 Combo (10.5, 10.9)
+10 Oldies (1931)
+25 Jumbo (1147 pages)
Task total: 65
Season total: 545
From Post 192Joanna wrote: "10.8 Birds
Another Way by Anna Martin
+10 Task
+15 Combo (20.2, 20.3, 20.9)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 210"
+5 Combo 10.2
From Post 199Ann wrote: "10.7
PopCo by Scarlett Thomas
+10 task
+5 10.9 merlot pOpco scaRLETt thoMas
Task total = 15
Season total = 225"
+5 Jumbo (512 pages in MPE)
15.5 Fabulous FirstsThe Plains by Gerald Murnane
Task=15
Task Total=15
Season Total=220
----; -----; -----; -----; 10.5; 10.6; -----; ----; ----; -----;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----;
-----; 20.2; -----; -----; 20.5; -----; -----; -----; 20.9; -----;
15.1 Fabulous FirstsYour Perfect Year by Charlotte Lucas, Y-C
AB
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Season total: 425
10.2 NameFate of the Fallen by Kel Kade
+10 Task - Kade
+10 Combo (20.3, 20.9)
Task total = 20
Season Total=380
10.1 Enjoyed The Butterfly House by Katrine Engberg
+10 task I read The Tenant during the winter challenge
+15 combo 20.9, 20.4, 10.9 BAILEYS ButtErfLY houSe kAtrIne
Task total: 25
Season total: 135
20.6 - AchillesThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
✼ #48 on Best Gay Fiction list ✼
+20 Task
+20 Combo (☞ 10.5; ☞ 10.9 - Kahlua: KA in Darkness; H in Hand; LUA in Ursula; ☞ 20.3 - female author; male MC; ☞ 20.9 - Hainish Cycle #4)
+5 Oldies (1969
Task total = 45
Season Total = 245
10.1 Enjoyed Smiley's People by John le Carré
10 task (read Agent Running in the Field last season)
10 1001 list book
5 oldie
10 combo 10.2, 20.9
_______
35
Running total: 280
15.2 Fabulous FirstsThe Quiet Game by Greg Iles
15 pts 15.2 Fabulous Firsts
5 pts Jumbo
Task total: 20 pts
Season total: 165 pts
10.1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 10.9 ...
... ... ... 20.4 ... ... ... 20.8 20.9 ...
15.1 15.2 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
F G
Q V
20.3 OppositesThe Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. Ernest J. Gaines. 3.21.21
Edited:
+20 Task
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 400
10.1; 10.2; -----; -----; -----; 10.6(x2); -----; 10.8; 10.9(x4); -----;
15.1; 15.2; -----; ----; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----;
-----; -----; 20.3(x2); 20.4x2; -----;20.6; -----; -----; 20.9; -----
A B C D E
10.6Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
+10 task
+ 5 combo (10.2)
+5 jumbo
Task total = 20
Season total =265 (reflects corrected score from post 238)
15.1 - Fabulous FirstsThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
K - W
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Points total = 185
.... 10.2 .... .... .... .... .... .... 10.9 (x2) 10.10
15.1 .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
.... .... 20.3 .... 20.5 .... .... .... 20.9 20.10
20.9 SeriesThe Cat Who Played Brahms by Lilian Jackson Braun
10.9 merlot: caT whO pLayEd bRahMs
20.3 Author is female, main character Jim Qwilleran is male
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.9, 20.3, 20.4)
+ 5 Oldies (1987)
Task total: 40
Season total: 585
20.9 SeriesThe Cat Who Played Post Office by Lilian Jackson Braun
10.9 cabernet: CAT who playEd post officE BRauN
20.3 Author is female, main character Jim Qwilleran is male
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.9, 20.3, 20.4)
+ 5 Oldies (1987)
Task total: 40
Season total: 625
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+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.2 Olga, 10.6, 10.9 Whiskey: drIvE Your ploW over tHe boneS of the dead olga toKarczuk)
Points this post: 35
RwS total: 180
Fan1sts total: -
Season Total: 180
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