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20.3 POVNight Crossing by Robert Ryan
+20 Task (mostly Cameron Ross and Erich Hinkel, but other as well)
+ 5 10.3 (Morning, Noon, and Night trilogy)
+15 Series
Task total = 40
Season total = 800
20.2 FrenchExercises in Style by Raymond Queneau
+20 task
+10 combo (10.4, 10.7)
+10 oldies (1947)
Task total=40
Season total=590
10-3 DiscWorldJimmy and the Crawler -Series title is The Rift War Saga. This is #4 in the series and 3rd book read this season
+10 Task
+ 15 Series
+ 10 Combo (10.4, 10.5-R.E.)
Task Total 35
Season Total 545
( note My season total is probably of 5-10 points one way or the other-I am not worried about it, I just thought I would let you know I am aware of the number of time I screwed up this particular task🙄and the fixing of it became more of a mess)
20.7 non-human main character The Narrator and a main character is a god, who has taken the form of rock. Another main character is the book title god The Raven
The Raven Tower
+20 task
+5 Combo (10.4)
Task Total 25
Season Total 585
Joanne wrote: "20.7 non-human main character The Narrator and a main character is a god, who has taken the form of rock. Another main character is the book title god The Raven
The Raven Tower
..."
Just a reminder, we need the author in your post. It's harder to maintain the scorekeeping database without it.
20.5 FemaleCold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
20 task
10 oldie
5 series
10 combo 10.3, 10.4
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45
Running total: 965
20.6 AwardNovelist as a Vocation by Haruki Murakami
Jerusalem Prize 2009 Approved in thread
+20 task
+10 non-western
+5 combo (10.4)
Post Total = 35
Season Total = 1625
10.1; 10.2; 10.3 (x3); 10.4 (x4); 10.5; 10.6; 10.7; 10.8; 10.9; 10.10; 20.1 (x2); 20.2 (x2); 20.3 (x3); 20.4 (x2); 20.5 (x2); 20.6(x3); 20.7 (x2); 20.8 (x2); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x3)
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9
20.7 Non-humanMachines like Me by Ian McEwan
+20 task
+20 combo (10.4; 10.5; 20.6 - approved; 20.10 - Maxfield Black, Miranda's father)
Post Total = 40
Season Total = 1665
10.1; 10.2; 10.3 (x3); 10.4 (x4); 10.5; 10.6; 10.7; 10.8; 10.9; 10.10; 20.1 (x2); 20.2 (x2); 20.3 (x3); 20.4 (x2); 20.5 (x2); 20.6(x3); 20.7 (x2); 20.8 (x2); 20.9 (x3); 20.10 (x3)
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9
20.5 FemaleThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
+20 task
+5 series
+10 combo (10.3; 20.3)
Post Total = 35
Season Total = 1700
10.1; 10.2; 10.3 (x3); 10.4 (x4); 10.5; 10.6; 10.7; 10.8; 10.9; 10.10; 20.1 (x2); 20.2 (x2); 20.3 (x3); 20.4 (x2); 20.5 (x3); 20.6(x3); 20.7 (x2); 20.8 (x2); 20.9 (x3); 20.10 (x3)
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9
Task 20.10 Uncommon Letter (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)Read any book where the name of a major character - main or supporting - has a Q, X, or Z. The letter can appear anywhere in the name. Please post the name of the character when claiming this task.
The eldest Chao son is in a love triangle with him, his fiancé Katherine, and pretty vivacious Brenda WoZicek. While the main characters are the three Chao sons, Brenda is very present in the novel as a supporting character.
The Family Chao (2022) by Lan Samantha Chang
+20 Task
+10 Combo (#10.4 – three word title; #20.3 multiple POV)
Task Total: 20 + 10 = 30
Grand Total: 375 + 30 = 405
Post 765 Rosemary wrote: "20.10 Uncommon LetterMartyn Pig by Kevin Brooks
+20 Task (MC's best & only friend Alex Freeman is a major supporting character)
+ 5 Combo (10.6 pig)
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We only look at English language editions. This title at BPL is only an ebook, and we don't consider those for YA/JUV shelvings.
10.7 20th C bookendsMaigret Hesitates by Georges Simenon
10 task
10 series (first used for 20.2)
5 oldie
10 combo 20.2, 20.6
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35
Running total: 1000
20.3 POVThe Secrets She Keeps by Michael Robotham
+20 task (POVs of Meg and Agatha)
+ 5 combo 10.4 3, 4, 5
Task total: 25
Season total: 725
10.5 WimseyA Killer’s Game (Daniela Vega #1) by Isabella Maldonado
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.4 - 3 words)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 760
10.2 Albright Sisters Engaging Children: Igniting a Drive for Deeper Learning by Ellin Oliver Keene
+10 task
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 750
20.3 POVThe Night Shift by Alex Finlay
+20 task (multiple including Ella, Chris, and Keller)
+5 combo (10.4)
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 775
20.7 Non-human Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
+20 task (mc Viv is an orc)
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 795
20.6 AwardThe Fairy Gunmother by Daniel Pennac
Prix Ulysse, Grand Prix Metropolis Bleu - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_...
+20 Task
+25 Combo (10.2 ; 10.4 ; 10.5 ; 20.2 ; 20.3 - several POV, including Benjamin the main charactor, Pastor and Coudrier, the cops)
+5 Series
+5 Oldies (1987)
Task total = 55
Points total = 900
10.1 ; 10.2 ; 10.3 ; 10.4 ; 10.5 ; 10.6 ; 10.7 ; 10.8 ; 10.9 ; 10.10
15.1 ; 15.2 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
20.10 ; 20.2 (x6) ; 20.3 (x2) ; 20.4 ; 20.5 ; 20.6 (x2) ; 20.7 ; 20.8 ; 20.9 (x2) ; 20.10 (x3)
10.4 3, 4, 5Maigret and the Killer by Georges Simenon
10 task
5 oldie
15 series (used previously for 10.7, 20.2)
15 combo 10.7, 20.2, 20.6
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45
Running total: 1045
20.9 Nonfiction King Henry IV, Part 1 by William Shakespeare
20 pts 20.9 Nonfiction
5 pts 20.10 Uncommon Letter Nell Quickly
5 pts 20.8 Real Fiction. Henry IV
5 pts 20.3 POV Henry IV and Hotspur views of the revolt
5 pts 10.8 Gilmore Girls #143
5 pts 10.4 345
5 pts 10.3 Discworld War of the Roses #2
10 pts Series
25 pts Oldies
Task Total: 85 pts
Season Total: 925 pts
10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 … 10.9 …
20.1 …. 20.3 20.4 20.5 20.6 20.7 20.8 20.9 20.10
15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 15.7 15.8 15.9 …
20.1 Modernist To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway
+20 Task
+10 Combo: Combo:10.4 3, 4, 5 / 10.8 Gilmore Girls
+10 Oldies (1937)
Post Total: 40
Season Total: 1190
10.10 Group ReadsTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
10 pts 10.10 Group Reads
5 pts 20.10 Uncommon Letter Dov Mizrah
5 pts 20.3 POV Sadie and Sam. See post 34 in the task thread
5 pts 10.4 345
Task Total: 25 pts
Season Total: 950 pts
10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 … 10.9 10.10
20.1 …. 20.3 20.4 20.5 20.6 20.7 20.8 20.9 20.10
15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 15.7 15.8 15.9 …
10.3 DiscworldThe Judas Field: A Novel of the Civil War by Howard Bahr
+10 task (A Novel of the Civil War trilogy)
+ 5 combo 10.4 3, 4, 5
+10 series (second task claimed for this series)
Task total: 25
Season total: 750
10.5 - WimseyBurnt Echo by Rhys Dylan
+10 task - RD
+5 Combo - 10.3 - Black Beacon Murders
+10 series
Task total: 25
Grand total: 575
20.8 Real FictionUnder the Wide and Starry Sky by Nancy Horan
20 task
5 combo 20.3
50 1/2 way bonus
200 megafinish
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275
Running total: 1320
Valerie wrote: "200 megafinish
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Congratulations! Well done!
20.6 AwardKing Hedley II by August Wilson
+20 Task: 2005 Ainsfield-Wolf Lifetime Achievement: August Wilson
+20 Combo: 10.4 3, 4, 5/ 10.3 Discworld (Century Cycle) / 20.3 POV/ 20.9 Non-Fiction
+. 5 Series
Post Total: 45
Season Total: 1230
20.8 Real FictionThe Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
+20 Task: In the summary: Lucrezia de’ Medici
+10 Combo: 10.4 3, 4, 5 / 20.10 Uncommon Letter (Lucrezia)
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 1260
20.9 Non-Fiction (Kate S's Task)Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson
+20 Task:
+30 Combo: 10.2 Albright Sisters (Ma) / 10.3 Discworld (Century Cycle) / 10.4 3, 4, 5/ 20.3 POV / 20.6 Award (2005 Ainsfield-Wolf Lifetime Achivement: August Wilson) / 20.8 Real Fiction (Ma Rainey, a real person, is mentioned in the GR description)
+10 Series Claim 2, Century Cycle
+. 5 Oldies (1984)
Post Total: 65
Season Total: 1325
10.3 DiscworldThe Last Colony by John Scalzi
+10 Task (Old Man's War #3)
+10 Combo (10.4, 20.7)
+5 Series
Task total: 25
Grand total: 775
20.5 FemaleSoulless by Gail Carriger
+20 Task
+5 Series
+5 Combo (10.3 - The Parasol Protectorate)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 805
15.7 Growing GenresRound 3, Random order
The Jackal's Head by Elizabeth Peters
+15 pts - task 1968 Mysteries
20.2 French Pietr the Latvian by Georges Simenon
20 pts 20.2 French
5 pts 20.6 Award MWA's Grand Master Award. See post 25 in question thread
5 pts 10.4 345
5 pts 10.6 Pi Day
5 pts 10.7 20th Century Bookends
5 pts Series
10 pts Oldies
Task Total: 55 pts
Halfway Bonus 50 pts 20 pt tasks
Season Total: 1055 pts
10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 … 10.9 10.10
20.1 20.2. 20.3 20.4 20.5 20.6 20.7 20.8 20.9 20.10
15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 15.7 15.8 15.9 …
20.1 ModernistSoldiers' Pay by William Faulkner
+20 Task
+10 Combo (20.3 - multiples, Cecily, Margaret, Jones, Gilligan; 20.6 , Nobel))
+10 Oldies (1926)
Task total = 40
Season total = 840
20.6 AwardThe Awkward Black Man by Walter Mosley
+20 task (2016 Grand Master Award, msg 79)
+ 5 combo (10.4)
Task total=25
Season total=615
20.4 Sub ContinentThe Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
+20 pts - Task -Bombay, India
+20 pts - Combo (10.2, 10.4, 10.5, 20.10-two of the widows are named Razia and Mumtaz)
+5 - series (Perveen Mistry)
Task Total - 45 pts
15.10. Growing GenresGod Save the Mark by Donald E. Westlake
15 pts 15.10 1967 Mystery
Task Total: 15 pts
Chronological order finish: 100 pts
Season Total: 1170 pts
10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 … 10.9 10.10
20.1 20.2. 20.3 20.4 20.5 20.6 20.7 20.8 20.9 20.10
15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 15.7 15.8 15.9 15.10
20.10 Uncommon Letter Write to Kill by Daniel Pennac
One the main character is Queen Zabo
+20 Task
+25 Combo (10.4 ; 10.5 ; 20.2 ; 20.3 - told through the POV of several characteres: Benjamin, Julien, Loussa,... ; 20.6 - Prix Ulysse, Grand Prix Metropolis Bleu - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_...)
+10 Series (already claimed for 20.6)
+5 Oldies (1990)
Task total = 60
Points total = 960
10.1 ; 10.2 ; 10.3 ; 10.4 ; 10.5 ; 10.6 ; 10.7 ; 10.8 ; 10.9 ; 10.10
15.1 ; 15.2 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
20.10 ; 20.2 (x6) ; 20.3 (x2) ; 20.4 ; 20.5 ; 20.6 (x2) ; 20.7 ; 20.8 ; 20.9 (x2) ; 20.10 (x4)
10.4 3, 4, 5 A Deadly Cambodian Crime Spree by Shamini Flint
+10 task
+10 series (2nd book claimed in this series)
+10 non-Western
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 825
10.6 Pi Day Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors by Matt Parker
+10 task
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 835
15.8 Growing Genres3rd Round, Random order
The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon
+15 pts - Task 1959 Mysteries
15.10 Growing GenresThe Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood
+15 Task 2021 Mystery
Post Total: 15
GG chronological finish: 100
Mega finish: 200
Season Total: 1880
Rosemary wrote: "GG chronological finish: 100
Mega finish: 200"
Congratulations! Well done!
Thank you!20.3 POV
I'm Not Stiller by Max Frisch
2 POVs, "Stiller" and Rolf
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.4, 10.7)
+ 5 Oldies (1954)
Post Total: 35
Season Total: 1915
20.3 POVThe Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
Several POVs
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.3, 10.4)
+10 Non-western (Chinese)
+ 5 Series
Post Total: 45
Season Total: 1960
20.3 POVKeeper of Enchanted Rooms by Charlie N. Holmberg
+20 Task
+20 Combo: 10.3, Whimbrel House series; 10.4; 20.7, a main character is a ghost who animates a house and is then transferred to a dog; 20.10, Mr. Babineaux
+5 Series
Task total: 45
Season total: 1395
20.10 Uncommon LetterThe Librarian of Crooked Lane by C.J. Archer
+20 Task, Alex
+5 Series, Glass Library series
+5 Combo, 10.4 (**Note: I don't think I can claim 10.3 for this one: "Glass" is the last name of the patron's who fund the library**)
Task total: 30
Season total: 1425
10.9 QuiltF*ck You, I'm Irish: Why We Irish Are Awesome by Rashers Tierney
+10 - task
+ 5 - combo (10.4)
15 pts - total
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After the Crown (The Indranan War #2) by K.B. Wagers
+15 Task (2016 Fantasy)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 745