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Post 416 Don (The Book Guy) wrote: "20.8 Real FictionMalcolm: The Scots-English Edition, Illustrated and Translated by George MacDonald
+20 Task Historical Fiction & Malcolm MacPhail
+10 Oldies, Publi..."
Don, I can't find any references that Malcolm Macphail was a real person. BUT we can save your read. The MPE for this is The Fisherman's Lady which fits 10.4.
Post 419 Valerie wrote: "10.5 WimseyThe Heavenly Horse from the Outermost West by Mary Stanton
10 task
5 oldie
10 combo 10.4, 20.7*
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25
*the main characters are horses and a dog, guest..."
This title has more than 5 words, so doesn't fit 10.4. Thinking it a typo, if you meant 10.3, that series is has just 2 entries and doesn't appear the author intends to continue it. Is there another task you had in mind for that combo?
15.4 Growing GenresThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
15 pts 15.4 1930 Mystery
Task Total: 15pts
Season Total: 190 pts
… 10.2 …10.4 10.5 … … 10.9 …
… …. … … … … … 20.8 … 20.10
15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 … … … … … … …
Disc WorldKrondor: The Assassins by Raymond E. Feist
+10 Task
+5 Series
+5 Combo (10.4)
Task total 20
Season Total 300
20.8 Real FictionThe Summit of the Gods Volume 1 by Jirō Taniguchi
George Herbert Leigh Mallory and Andrew Irvine are mountaineers who took part to the first british expedition to climb the Everest in the 20's.
+20 Task
No style points, graphic novel
Task total = 20
Points total = 550
10.1 ; 10.2 ; 10.3 ; 10.4 ; 10.5 ; 10.6 ; 10.7 ; 10.8 ; … ; …
15.1 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
20.10 ; 20.2 (x5) ; 20.3 (x2) ; … ; … ; 20.6 ; 20.7 ; 20.8 ; 20.9 ; 20.10 (x2)
15.5 Growing GenresRound 2 Random order
Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
+15 pts - 2017 Fantasy
10.6 Pi DayPigeons: The Fascinating Saga of the World's Most Revered and Reviled Bird by Andrew D. Blechman
+10 Task
Task total: 10
Grand total: 510
10.1 New HorizonsWanderer of the Wasteland by Zane Grey
+10 Task (new-to-me author)
+ 5 Combo (10.4)
+10 Oldies (1923)
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 925
10.9 QuiltingAnne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery
Lexile 810
20.5: Book 1 in this series, Anne of Green Gables, is number 8 on the list
+10 Task (spelling Anne approved in help thread)
+10 Combo (10.4, 20.5)
+10 Series (second book claimed for different tasks)
+10 Oldies (1936)
Post Total: 40
Season Total: 965
20.3 POVSomebody's Luggage by Charles Dickens
+20 task (interrelated short stories written by Dickens and four other writers with many POV)
+15 oldie (published in 1862)
Task total: 35
Season total: 400
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 419 Valerie wrote: "10.5 WimseyThe Heavenly Horse from the Outermost West by Mary Stanton
10 task
5 oldie
10 combo 10.4, 20.7*
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25
*the main characters ar..."
No, sorry - I was confused! :)
10.2 Albright SistersThe Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
10 task
10 combo 10.4, 20.3*
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20
Running total: 445
*POV of 4 main characters
20.6 - AwardDesert Star by Michael Connelly
+20 task - Cartier Diamond Dagger Award 2018
+5 Combo - 10.9 - Star
+5 series
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartier...
Task total: 30
Grand total: 335
Kate S wrote: "From Post 362chunwui wrote: "20.9 Non-Fiction (Kate S's Task)
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by [author:Marie Kondō|558964..."
Hi Kate, Marie Kondo was born in Japan but currently lives in USA. I'm not sure which country she has citizenship with. Would this still qualify her book for the Non Western style?
chunwui wrote: "Kate S wrote: "From Post 362chunwui wrote: "20.9 Non-Fiction (Kate S's Task)
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by [author:Mar..."
Marie Kondo is Japanese and does, indeed, qualify for nonwestern points.
15.5 Growing GenresCase Without a Corpse by Leo Bruce
15 pts 15.5 1937 Mystery
Task Total: 15pts
Season Total: 205 pts
… 10.2 …10.4 10.5 … … 10.9 …
… …. … … … … … 20.8 … 20.10
15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 … … … … … …
20.6 Award The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerNobel Prize winner 1949.Task + 20
Combo + 25 -- 10.4, 10.8, 20.1, 20.3 (POVs of 3 brothers and Dilsey), 20.10 (one of the brothers and his niece are named Quentin).
Oldie. + 10 (1st pub'd 1929)
Previous Total: 345
Points this post: 55
Season Total: 400
15.6 Growing GenresSecond round, Random Order
The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa
+15 pts - Task 1994 Fantasy
10.3 DiscworldLucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout
+10 task (series is Amgash, the name of a town)
+15 combo 10.4 3, 4, 5; 10.5 Wimsey; 20.6 Award (2022 Helmerich Award--see comment 140 in help thread)
+ 5 series
Task total: 30
Season total: 430
20.3 Underlord by Will Wight
Lindon and Yerin primary POVs
+20 task
+10 Series (previously read Ghostwater)
+10 combo (10.3 Cradle series, 20.7 Orthos turtle MC)
Task total - 40
Season total - 215
15.8 Growing GenresThe Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by Sharyn McCrumb
+15 Task 1992 Mystery
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 375
10-2 Albright Sisters Family member in titleMoonlight and the Pearler's Daughter by Lizzie Pook
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.4)
Task Total 15
Season Total 315
20.4 Sub-Continent Set in IndiaHonor by Thrity Umrigar
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.5 story is told by Smita and Meena)
Task Total 25
Season Total 340
15.7 growing genres2nd round, random order
The Old Gods Waken by Manly Wade Wellman
+15 pts - 1979 fantasy
Task 10.5 WimseyIn honor of the first appearance of Lord Peter Wimsey, read any book by an author whose initials (in any order) can be found in consecutive letters of the character name.
LO, OR, RD, DP, PE, ET, ER, RW, WI, IM, MS, SE, EY
ER
Shutter (2022) by Ramona Emerson (Hardcover 296 pages)
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 190 + 10 = 200
20.1 ModernistThe Years by Virginia Woolf
+20 Task
+. 5 Combo: 20.3 POV (different characters pov in different time periods)
+10 Oldies (1937)
Post Total: 35
Season Total: 410
20.3 POVElectra by Sophocles
+20 Task: pov: Electra and Orestes, approved in help thread
+25 Oldies (-410)
Post Total: 45
Season Total: 455
Task 20.7 Non-humanRead a book with a non-human main character. This can be a hobbit, space alien, dog, etc.
Our main character is Professor Peter Maxwell, a human “specialist in Supernatural Phenomena”. His best friend is a Neanderthal (transported from ancient days to “today”) named Alley Oop. The main antagonist is an alien that has adopted the name of Mr. Marmaduke. While Alley Oop looks humanoid, Mr. Marmaduke looks like a collection of fireflies in a large cylinder which is attached to wheels.
The Goblin Reservation (1968) by Clifford D. Simak
Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel (1969)
+20 Task
+15 Combo (#10.4 (3 word title), #10.7 (born: 1904), #20.10 main character’s name is maXwell)
+05 Oldies: -25 to 75 years old: (1948-1998)
Task Total: 20 + 15 + 05 = 40
Grand Total: 200 + 40 = 240
20.6 Award WinningOathblood by Mercedes Lackey
Lackey won the 2022 SFWA Grand Master Award https://www.sfadb.com/SFWA_Grand_Mast...
+20 Task
+10 Styles (Oldie-1998) (Series)
+5 Combo (10.3 )
Task Total 35
Season Total 375
20.6 Award1966 Edgar Grand Master
Signed, Picpus by Georges Simenon
+20 pts - book
+15 pts - combo (10.6, 10.7, 20.2 )
+10 pts - series (2nd book for this season)
+10 pts - oldies (1944)
Task Total - 55 pts
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15.8 Growing Genres2nd round, random order
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
+15 pts -1973 Fantasy
20.3 POV Raven Black by Ann Cleeves
+20 Task (Told from multiple POVs including Jimmy Perez, Fran, and Magnus)
+15 Combo (10.3, 20.6 - Ann Cleeves on list for 2017 CWA Diamond Dagger, 20.10 - Perez)
+ 5 Series (Shetland Island series #1)
Task total: 40
Season Total: 290
20.6 Award White Nights by Ann Cleeves
+20 Task (2017 CWA Diamond Dagger) https://thecwa.co.uk/past-winners?pas...
+15 Combo (10.3, 20.3 - multiple storytellers, 20.10 - Perez)
+10 Series (Shetland Island series #2 - posted book 1 just above)
Task total: 45
Season Total: 335
20.10 Uncommon Letter Half-Off Ragnarok by Seanan McGuire
+20 task (main character is Alex Price)
+10 combo (10.3 - Incryptid series; 10.5)
+15 series (#3 posted in Incryptid series)
Task Total: 45
Season Total: 380
Adding to Post #0487:Just realized that Clifford D. Simak received lifetime achievement awards! Here's the wiki article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliffor...
The Science Fiction Writers of America made Simak its third SFWA Grand Master in 1977, after Robert Heinlein and Jack Williamson. In 1987 the Horror Writers Association named him one of three inaugural winners of the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement,
See:
https://nebulas.sfwa.org/grand-master...
https://www.thebramstokerawards.com/l...
+05 Combo (#20.06 Lifetime Award)
Grand Total: 240 + 05 = 245
20.3 POV1919 by John Dos Passos
+20 Task
+30 Combo (10.3 - USA Trilogy, 10.5, 20.1, 20.6 - Antonio Feltrinelli Prize Post 9 in thread, 20.8, 20.10 - Anne Elizabeth Trent)
+10 Oldie (pub'd 1932)
+10 Series
Task total = 70
Season total = 430
20.7 NonhumanOne Good Knightby Mercedes Lackey
Task + 20
Combo +10 (10.4,(3 word title), 20.6 Award SFWA grand master award)
Styles +5 series
Book total: 35
Grand Total: 150
20.1 Modernist The Moon Is Down by John Steinbeck
+20 task
+15 combo (10.4, 10.7 - born 1902, 20.6 - Nobel 1962)
+10 oldies (pub 1942)
Task Total: 45
Season Total: 425
20.3 POV City Under One Roof by Iris Yamashita
+20 task (multiple POVs including Cara, Joe, Lonnie, Amy...)
+5 combo (10.4)
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 450
20.8 Real Fiction The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
+20 task (Dr. Kathleen Lynn in the GR description is a real person - and a very interesting one!)
+10 combo (10.4, 10.9 - star)
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 480
20.10 Uncommon Letter1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: A Memoir by Weiwei Ai
+20 Ai Qing, Ai Weiwei’s father plays an important part in this memoir
+10 non-western (approved in post 55 of general question)
Task total: 30
Season total: 370
20.6 AwardDr. No by Percival Everett
+20 task (2010 John Dos Passos Prize, post 53 task thread)
+ 5 combo (10.5)
Task total=25
Season total=310
20.4 Subcontinent Kim by Rudyard Kipling
20 pts 20.4 Subcontinent
5 pts 20.6 Awards 1907 Nobel Prize Literature
10 pts Oldies
Task Total: 35 pts
Season Total: 240 pts
… 10.2 …10.4 10.5 … … 10.9 …
… …. … 20.4 … … … 20.8 … 20.10
15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 … … … … … …
20.8 Real FictionThe Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell
Real people : Alfred The Great, Guthrum the Dane,Ivar the Boneless
Task: 20
Combo : 10 (10.3, 10.4)
Post total: 30
Season total: 175
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A Zoo in My Luggage by Gerald Durrell
+20 task
+ 5 series
+5 oldies
+15 combo (10.3; 10.4; 10.7)
Post Total = 45
Season Total = 945
10.1; 10.2; 10.3 (x2); 10.4 (x2); 10.5; 10.6; 10.7; 10.8; 10.9; 10.10; 20.1; 20.2 (x2); 20.3; 20.4 (x2); ...; 20.6; 20.7; 20.8; 20.9; 20.10 (x2)
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6;