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10.6 SentenceSo We Read On: How The Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures by Maureen Corrigan
+10 task
+10 combo 10.9 Pub Trivia chardonnay; 20.10 Family (4 generations of Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's family)
Task total: 20
Season total: 255
15.5 Fabulous FirstsThe Sanction (Holm & da Silva Thrillers #1) by Mark Sennen
M - S
+15 Task
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 450
Rebekah wrote: "Marie wrote: "10.6 SentenceQuand y en a plus, y en a encore by Marion Montaigne
Title is a french saying that literally translates: "When there is no more, there..."
"Quand y'en a plus y'en a encore" / "When there is no more, there is still some...": @Rebekah, i'm going to disappoint, i think it actually comes from an ad for some dishwashing product :)
10.1 EnjoyedLegacy by Shannon Messenger
I read other books of the serie last season for 15 points tasks.
+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.9)
+10 Jumbo (797 pages)
Task total = 25
Points total = 260
10.1 10.2 .... .... .... 10.6 .... .... 10.9 (x2) 10.10
15.1 .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
.... .... 20.3 20.4 20.5 .... .... .... 20.9 20.10
10.7 CodebreakersBefore Bletchley Park: The Codebreakers of the First World War by Paul Gannon
I found this rather dry. I think World War 2 codebreaking has much better stories.
10.9 Baileys: Before bLEtchleY pArk the codebreakerS of the fIrst
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.9)
Task total: 15
Season total: 745
20.1 PrizeA Spell of Winter by Helen Dunmore
10.9 merlot: a spELl Of winTeR dunMore
+20 Task
+20 Combo (10.3 1995, 10.4, 10.9, 20.10 Catherine & Rob, their parents, their grandfather)
+ 5 Oldies
Task total: 45
Season total: 790
20.1 PrizeNormal People by Sally Rooney
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.3 - POV is part from Marianne, part from Connell)
Task total = 25
Points total = 285
10.1 10.2 .... .... .... 10.6 .... .... 10.9 (x2) 10.10
15.1 .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
20.1 .... 20.3 20.4 20.5 .... .... .... 20.9 20.10
Post 331 Rebekah wrote: "20.10 FamilyThree Daughters by Consuelo Saah Baehr
Three generations of daughters in Palestine spanning the years of the Ottoman Empire to recent times. Ironically ..."
The MPE has only 552 pages, so only 5 jumbo points. BUT I looked and looked and can find no evidence that she ever became a US Citizen, so 10 nonwestern points.
Tien wrote: "10.2 NameDancing On Coral by Glenda Adams
+10 Task
+5 Oldies (pub 1987)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 415"
I'm sorry, Tien, but neither of the author's names is 4-letters long. I don't see another place for it unless maybe it qualifies for 20.3 Opposites. Let us know if the fellow Lark marries has a POV in this or that you have another idea for a task.
20.9 Series (Kate S's task) Little Beach Street Bakery. Jenny Colgan. 3.29.21
+20 Task
+5 combo - 10.9 - cabernet LiTtl e Beach Street Bakery Colgan
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 660
10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4; -----; 10.6(x2); -----; 10.8; 10.9(x4); -----;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; ----; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----;
20.1; -----; 20.3(x4); 20.4x2; -----;20.6; -----; -----; 20.9(x2); 20.10(x4)
A B C D E
20.2 Ann/eFugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels
20 task
10 1001 book
5 oldie
20 combo 10.2, 10.3, 20.1, 20.3
______
55
Running total: 420
10.10 - Group ReadsThe Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis
+10 Task
+ 10 Combo - (☞ 10.9 - absinthe: AB in Gambit; SI in Tevis; N in Queen's; THE in The; ☞ 20.3 - male author; female main character)
+5 Oldies (1983)
Task total = 25
Season Total = 305
15.1 - Fabulous FirstsPaper Bullets: Two Artists Who Risked Their Lives to Defy the Nazis by Jeffrey H. Jackson
J - P
+15 Task
+5 Nonfiction
Task total = 20
Season Total = 325
A B C D E F G H I
N O
15.2 - Fabulous FirstsA Vintage Affair by Isabel Wolff
I - V
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Season Total = 340
A B C D E F G H
N O
20.3 OppositesBefore the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
+20 Task, all of the main characters are women
+10 Non-Western, born and lives in Japan
+10 Combo: 10.4, pub 2015; 10.9 Kahlua: coLd KAwAgUcHi
Task total: 40
Season total: 495
20.7 Real PersonThe Misses Brontë's Establishment by Amy Wolf
+20 Task, Charlotte, Emily, Anne, and Branwell were main characters
+15 Combo: 10.2: Wolf; 10.4: pub 2015; 10.9 Baileys: EStABLIshment amY
Task total: 35
Season total: 530
10.3 NaughtyThe Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa
+10 Task, pub 1994
+10 Non-Western, born and lives in Japan
+15 Combo: 10.2, Yoko; 10.9, merlot: The MEmORy poLice; 10.10–thanks for the recommendation, Valerie...this one has been haunting me the past few days (in a good way)
Task total: 35
Season total: 565
20.5 BalkansThe Fall of the Stone City by Ismail Kadare
+20 Task (set in Albania)
+5 Combo (10.9 - merlot)
Task total = 25
Season Total=590
10.2 NameA Lear of the Steppes by Ivan Turgenev
+10 Task (Ivan)
+15 Oldies (published 1870)
+10 Non-western
+10 1001 Books
Task total = 45
Season Total=635
15.6 Fabulous FirstsOne Writer's Beginnings by Eudora Welty
Task=15
NF=5
Task Total=20
Season Total=370
----; -----; -----; -----; 10.5; 10.6; -----; ----; ----; -----;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; -----; -----; -----; -----;
-----; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; -----; -----; -----; 20.9 (3x); -----;
20.4 Crime* Edited to reflect confirmation on style points by Elizabeth (Alaska) *
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.5, 10.9 merlot, 20.3)
Task total: 35
Season total: 825
20.7 Real PersonThe Wife of Martin Guerre
+20 Task (based on a real court case of 16th Century France)
+20 Combo (10.8 "martin" in title, 10.9 - amaretto, 20.9, 20.10)
+10 Oldies (1941)
Task total = 50
Season total = 180
15.3 Fabulous FirstsThe Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World by Brad Stone
15 pts 15.3 Fabulous Firsts
5 pts Non fiction
Task total: 20 pts
Season total: 220 pts
10.1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 10.9 ...
... ... ... 20.4 ... ... ... 20.8 20.9 ...
15.1 15.2 15.3 ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
B F G
Q U V
10.9 Pub TriviaThe Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis
+10 Task absinthe: THE queeN'S gAmBIt
+10 Combo: 10.10 (thanks for the rec, Joanna...I loved the Netflix series and the book was even better!); 20.3
+5 Oldies, pub. 1983
Task total: 25
Season total: 590
20.1 PrizeMy Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
20 task
10 non-western
10 combo 10.9 (whiskey), 20.4
______
40
Running total: 460
15.10Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston
B - Z
+20 task
+5 not a novel
Task total: 25
Subtotal: 560
Complete! - +100 pt bonus
Grand total: 660
Task 15.02 Fabulous FirstsThe Space Between Worlds (2020) by Micaiah Johnson (female) (Hardcover, 329 pages)
M – S
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 40 + 15 = 55
10.7 Codebreakers (Tien's Task)Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII by Chester Nez
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.9 Pub Trivia (shiraz)
Post Total=15
Season Total=470
20.7 Real PersonMr Beethoven by Paul Griffiths
+20 Task
+10 Combo: 10.2 Name / 10.9 Pub Trivia (absinthe)
Post Total=30
Season Total=500
20.10 Family (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
+20 Task
Post Total=20
Season Total=520
From Post 313Rosemary wrote: "20.7 Real Person
The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel
Author is female, main character Thomas Cromwell is male and was a real person
10.9 merlot: ThE MirrOR and..."
+5 Combo 20.1
15.6 Fabulous FirstsA-R
And Four to Go by Rex Stout
+15 Task
+ 5 Not a Novel (stories)
Task total = 20
Season total = 200
15.3 Fabulous Firsts, A-NAmusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil Postman
+15 Task
+5 Not Fiction
Task total: 20
Season total: 610
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Tien wrote: "10.2 NameDancing On Coral by Glenda Adams
+10 Task
+5 Oldies (pub 1987)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 415"
I'm sorry, Tien, but neither of the author'..."
oops, ha! Just ignore that post :p
20.2 Ann/eThe Space Between the Stars by Anne Corlett
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.2 - ANNE; 10.9 - cabernet found in ThE spACE BetweeN the staRs)
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 465
15.4 Fabulous Firsts A Summons to Memphis. Peter Taylor. 3.31.21
A-P
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 675
10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4; -----; 10.6(x2); -----; 10.8; 10.9(x4); -----;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----;
20.1; -----; 20.3(x4); 20.4x2; -----;20.6; -----; -----; 20.9(x2); 20.10(x4)
Approved message 45 - General Questions - combo points missed when originally posted.Message 35 - Magruder's Curiosity Cabinet combo 20.3 (there are two main characters, one is male - the author is female). +5
Message 36 - The Duke and I combo 20.10 - the Bridgerton series is all about family +5
Message 46 - Call Your Daughter Home combo 20.10 - definitely a family saga (multiple households, multiple generations) +5
Message 60 - Trials and Tribulations combo 20.10 - definitely a family saga (multiple households, multiple generations) +5
Message 288 - The Christmas Swap combo 20.10 - definitely a family saga (multiple households) +5
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 700
10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4; -----; 10.6(x2); -----; 10.8; 10.9(x4); -----;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----;
20.1; -----; 20.3(x4); 20.4x2; -----;20.6; -----; -----; 20.9(x2); 20.10(x4)
Post 359 Marie wrote: "10.1 EnjoyedLegacy by Shannon Messenger
I read other books of the serie last season for 15 points tasks.
+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.9)
+10 Jumbo (797 pages)
Task to..."
The MPE for this is 816 pgs, so 15 Jumbo.
10.4 SpringThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
+10 task (pub 1925)
+ 5 combo 10.9 Pub Trivia shiraz
+10 1001 list
+10 oldie 1925
Task total: 35
Season total: 290
10.2 NameThe Mitaines Gang by Loïc Clément and Anne Montel
+10 Task
No style, graphic novel
Task total = 10
Points total = 300
10.1 10.2 (x2) .... .... .... 10.6 .... .... 10.9 (x2) 10.10
15.1 .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
20.1 .... 20.3 20.4 20.5 .... .... .... 20.9 20.10
20.2 Ann/eLe chat du kimono by Nancy Peña
+20 Task
No style points, graphic novel
Task total = 20
Points total = 320
10.1 10.2 (x2) .... .... .... 10.6 .... .... 10.9 (x2) 10.10
15.1 .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 .... .... .... 20.9 20.10
20.4 CrimeDate with Death (The Dales Detective Series #1) by Julia Chapman
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.9)
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 490
10.1Black Order by James Rollins
+10 task
+5 combo 20.9
+5 combo 10.9 - lambic - BLACk order jaMes rollIns
Task total: 20
Grand total: 680
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Task=20
Combo 15 (10.4,-1950; 10.9-"cabernet"; 20.8)
Oldie=5 (1950)
Task Total=40
Season Total=350
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15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----;
-----; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; -----; -----; -----; 20.9 (3x); -----;