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20.3 POVThe Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories by Peter Lovesey
20.6: Peter Lovesey won the Cartier Diamond Dagger, 2000
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartier...
(posted just a moment ago on the task thread)
+20 Task (approved)
+ 5 Combo (20.6)
+ 5 Oldies (1994)
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 1075
20.2 FrenchThe Art of Losing by Alice Zeniter
+20 task
+10 combos 10.4, 20.3 told from the POV’s of Ali, Hamid and Naima ( at least)
Task total:30
Season total: 400
20.3 POVCalling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah
+20 pts - task ( told through the voices of members of an entwined family from different generations)
+10 pts - combo (10.4, 10.10)
Task Total - 30 pts
I think all handmade quilts are magic
10.3 Discworld Skylark DuQuesne by E.E. "Doc" Smith
10pts 10.3 Discworld. Skylark #4
5 pts 10.5 Wimsey
5 pts 20.6 Award see question thread post 20 First Fandom Hall of Fame
5 pts 20.7 Ree Toe Prenk alien
5 pts 20.10 Uncommon Letter Marc DuQuesne
20 pts Series
5 pts Oldies
Task Total: 55 pts
Season Total: 515 pts
10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 … … 10.9 …
… …. … 20.4 … 20.6 20.7 20.8 … 20.10
15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 … … … … … …
10.1 New HorizonsHow to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer by Sarah Bakewell
+10 task (new author for me)
+ 5 combo 10.4 3, 4, 5
Task total: 15
Season total: 545
20.3 POVEmperor of the Air by Ethan Canin
+20 Task (short stories from different perspectives)
+10 Combo (10.4, 10.9 - Air)
+5 Oldies (1988)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 590
20.8 Real FictionThe First Mrs. Rothschild by Sara Aharoni
+20 (all those Rothschilds)
+5 Combo (10.4)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 615
10.3 Discworld Pocket Apocalypse by Seanan McGuire
+10 task (#4 in the Incryptid series)
+10 combo (10.5, 20.10 - major character is Alex)
+20 series (fourth book claimed in series)
Task Total: 40
Season Total: 520
20.4 Sub-Continent The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
+20 task (set entirely in India)
+5 combo (10.4)
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 555
20.8 Real FictionMurder and the First Lady by Elliott Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt is a major character, mentioned in the description as "Mrs. Roosevelt" (and in the series title as "Eleanor Roosevelt"). Franklin D. Roosevelt is also a major character, and there are other real supporting characters, including J. Edgar Hoover.
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.4, 10.5 ER, 10.7 born 1910)
+ 5 Series (Eleanor Roosevelt Mysteries)
+ 5 Oldies (1984)
Halfway Finish, 20 pt tasks: 50
Post Total: 95
Season Total: 1170
20.10 Uncommon LetterThe Light Years by Elizabeth Jane Howard
Almost all of the main characters have the last name Cazalet.
POV switches between all family members and servants in different sections.
+20 Task (Z in Cazalet)
+10 Combo (10.4, 20.3)
+ 5 Series (Cazalet Chronicles)
+ 5 Oldies (1990)
Post Total: 40
Season Total: 1210
10.10 Group readsSpirits Abroad by Zen Cho
+10 pts -task
+ 5 pts - combo (20.3)
+10 pts - non western
Task total - 25 pts
20.10 Uncommon letterMaureen by Rachel Joyce
20 task (Queenie, alive and dead, plays a major role)
5 series
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25
Running total: 550
10.1 New HorizonsThe Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh
YA designation with Lexile 770. No styles.
+ 10 Task
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 135
10.3 DiscworldHeist Society by Ally Carter
YA designation, Lexile 800
+ 10 Task (Series title: Heist Society)
+ 5 Series
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 160
10.9 Quilting (Rebekah's Task)Broken by Karin Fossum
Traditional quilt block name = Broken Dishes
+ 10 Task
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 170
10.10 Group ReadsCalling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah
+ 10 Task
+10 Combo (10.4 - 5 words, 20.3 - story related through eyes of many family members)
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 190
20.6 AwardDead Simple by Peter James
Award: CWA Diamond Dagger 2016
https://thecwa.co.uk/past-winners?pas...
Message 121 in task thread
POV switches between detective Roy Grace, potential victim Michael Harrison, and others.
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (20.3)
+ 5 Series (Roy Grace)
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 1240
20.6 AwardThe Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury - 1977 World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement (post #51 in thread)
+ 20 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.4 - 3 words)
+ 5 Oldies (published 1951)
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 220
20.7 Non-humanUntil Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him by Luis Carlos Montalván
+ 20 Task (dog)
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 240
20.10 Uncommon Letter (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)A Christmas Mystery in Provence by Mary-Jane Deeb
A book character is a French detective by name of Xavier de la Rochereau. He is a counterpoint to the protagonist (an amateur sleuth - Chrissy de Medici).
+ 20 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.4 - 5 words)
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 265
Post 571 Bea wrote: "10.1 New HorizonsThe Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh
YA designation with Lexile 770. No styles.
+ 10 Task
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 135"
The Lexile level is just 700, so if there are styles you can claim, feel free to do so.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 571 Bea wrote: "10.1 New HorizonsThe Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh
YA designation with Lexile 770. No styles.
+ 10 Task
Task Total: 10
Season..."
Oh, I missed that info. Will look again. Do I need to re-post?
EDIT: Nope...no styles. Author is 2nd generation American.
Bea wrote: "Oh, I missed that info. Will look again. Do I need to re-post?"You can edit this post, we haven't gotten to it yet.
20.8 Real PersonThe Blue Noon by Robert Ryan
+20 Task (Harry Cole was a real person)
+15 Combo (10.3, 10.4, 20.3 - mostly Harry, but nearly every chapter started with the POV of another person for at least 2-3 pages)
+10 Series
Task total = 45
Season total = 490
10.4 3,4,5Anne's House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery
Lexile 930
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.8 spelling Anne approved, 20.5 first book in series is on list)
+15 Series (Anne of Green Gables, third book used for three different tasks)
+10 Oldies (1917)
Post Total: 45
Season Total: 1285
Task 20.8 Real Fiction (Owlette's Task)Read a work that has an MPG of historical fiction AND a GR character list or GR book summary that includes the name of a real-life person.
The first listed Genre is: “Historical Fiction”. The book summary lists Robert Louis Stevenson and his “journal”. The premise is that Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a work of non-fiction, not fiction, written by Robert Louis Stevenson.
The book is told in interleaving chapters. One set of chapters (about 60% of novel) is a journal, supposedly written by Robert Louis Stevenson; the other set of chapters is told 3rd person, centering on a 21st century environmental scientist named Rafael Salazar.
The Jekyll Revelation (2016) by Robert Masello
+20 Task
+15 Combo (#10.4 Three-word-title; #20.3 multiple POV; and #20.10 a main character’s name is Rafael SalaZar)
Task Total: 20 + 15 = 35
Grand Total: 275 + 35 = 310
20.3 POV I Liked My Life: A Novel by Abby Fabiaschi
+ 20 Task (story told by the mother, father and daughter)
+ 5 Combo (10.4 3,4,5)
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 140
10.2 Albright SistersI’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
+10 Task
+5 Combo, 10.4
Task total: 15
Season total: 25
10.3 DiscworldHarvest Moon by Annabel Chase
+10 Task, The Hex Support trilogy
+5 Combo, 20.7--Edgar, an albino raven, is a main character
+5 Series
Task total: 20
Season total: 45
10.4 3, 4, 5Real Artists Don't Starve: Timeless Strategies for Thriving in the New Creative Age by Jeff Goins
+10 Task
Task total: 10
Season total: 55
10.5 WimseyThe Women in Black by Madeleine St. John
+10 Task, wiMSey
+10 Combo, 10.4, 20.3
+5 Oldies, pub. 1993
Task total: 25
Season total: 80
10.6 Pi DayPink Moon by Annabel Chase
+10 Task
+5 Series, The Hex Support trilogy
+5 Combo, 10.3
Task total: 20
Season total: 100
10.7 20th Century Bookends The Berlin Stories by ChristopherIsherwood
+10 Task, born 1904
+10 Combo: 10.4, 20.3
+10 Oldies, pub. 1945
Task total: 30
Season total: 130
10.8 Gilmore GirlsA Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
+10 Task
+15 Combo: 10.4, 20.3, 20.7--populated with elves, fairies, and a man with the head of an ass
+25 Oldies, pub. 1595
Task total: 50
Season total: 180
10.9 QuiltingThe Last Garden in England by Julia Kelly
+10 Task, Grandmother's Flower Garden
+10 Combo: 10.4, 20.3
Task total: 20
Season total: 200
10.10 Group ReadsTolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading by Nina Sankovitch
+10 Task
+5 Combo, 10.4
Task total: 15
+50, Halfway Finish, 10-point tasks
Season total: 265
20.1 ModernistFull Woman, Fleshly Apple, Hot Moon: Selected Poems by Pablo Neruda
+20 Task
+10 Non-Western, Chilean
+10 Combo: 10.7, born 1904; 20.6, Nobel for Literature
Task total: 40
Season total: 305
20.3 POVState of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny
+20, Task
+5 Combo, 10.4
Task total: 25
Season total: 355
20.4 Sub-ContinentThe Blue Bar by Damyanti Biswas
+20 Task, set 100% in India
+5 Series, Blue Mumbai
+15 Combo: 10.3, 10.4, 20.3
Task total: 40
Season total: 445
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Introducing Quantum Theory: A Graphic Guide by J.P. McEvoy
In the series "Introducing Graphic Guides".
This book has a lot of graphics, so I won't claim styles.
Sadly the pictures didn't help me understand all the mathematics and physics, and I didn't learn much from this book :(
+20 Task
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 1045